econd one gets delayed uh either kind of pauses in ip or c or whatever the situation and the first one gets green sheeted so if that second one hasn't gone through cfa then there's not language that's needed if we get to the point where this one has been completed and we need to reevaluate the language within the cfa that would be a cfa and at that time and yes you would go through the contract management office for that uh just make sure again anytime that you're dealing with changes to the cfa your p8m is cc that way they're aware of those changes as well any other questions all right i'm going to turn it over to vick okay so uh i've been hearing chatter as far as what does vick do around city hall now he was over ip rc he was over dsws he's got multiple hats so uh just let you guys know i am the senior capital officer project officer for the development services so uh i'm over ip rc but drew is the engineering manager so feel free to reach out to him if you can't reach out to him then you can reach out to me and then i'm also over this new uh sit program have you guys heard anything about it okay so i'm gonna touch briefly on it we're gonna have some upcoming uh seminars uh we're looking at doing a dev 101 in the next couple of months and we'll elaborate a little bit more on the sit program but with the sit program you guys have always heard you know miscellaneous projects has taken too long how do i get these small scale infrastructure projects built so the program is going to be water sewer paving drainage on the drainage it's going to be minor drainage improvements extension of inlets laterals so on so forth it's going to be the same criteria that's outlined for the express cfa uh so if you have any questions you can always refer back to the cfa policy on that uh so what we're going to be doing is next week we're going to be rolling out phase zero phase zero is only going to be related to pedestrian lights any flatwork that may come up we'll look at that um ideally we're you know we've got five design engineers that are going to be help us helping us out with the designs right now uh so you guys will submit the request to us we're going to evaluate just to make sure it fits the criteria for for sit program and again i'm sorry sit program stands for small scale infrastructure projects customer service with with a cup of tea let's put it that way um so with the program again we've been asked to accelerate it because we've had a lot of pedestrian pedestrian lights have been needed to be installed for small scale projects so eventually once we get fully staffed we're going to be doing everything in house design so you guys come to us provide you know whatever the scope is we'll do the design we'll have a pre pre qualified contractor on board so all you guys would have to do is give to give us a design or give us your proposal we'll do the design provide the estimate you guys got to pay for all the fees that are required for uh the project so uh we will give you an estimate uh until you guys pay that estimate just like a WMP we're not going to go to construction this is a self-sustaining funding uh program funded 100 by the development community by the developer there's no city cost participation nothing nothing from the city's involved on this on this program so uh phase again phase zero is going to be the headlights and any incidental flat work driveways we can work with you guys on that phase two is going to be uh we're going to be scaling up uh to potentially doing water and sewer extensions uh taps so and so forth so eventually like I said we'll be taking on a lot of the minor infrastructure so there'll be somewhere down the road where we will you guys will longer be required to do a WMP those requests will be housed under my under my new team so Jenna Anderson is the program manager for the SIP program you can reach out to her if you can't get a hold of her they can always reach out to me so I just want to touch base with you on the new program that's going to be coming out pretty soon and again we'll go into full detail in our next dev 101 which I think will be in the next couple of months from what I've been told so that being stated appreciate all the attendees in person everybody that's on virtual hope the information today that we everybody from development services provided to you was useful and uh there's no other questions we're going to conclude the uh seminar all right have a good day thank you all so much


Hamas uses the Palestinian and now Israelis as human shields. There are many Arabs, Palestinians, and I want to say to you, all you've gotta do is go back and look it for yourself.  Go look it up for yourself. There has never been Palestinian peoples. They are Arabs who have been kicked out and used as the cheapest pawns on earth as people have slaughtered them and done everything they could to discredit and to be able to undermine and use them as pawns in a war, namely Iran. Many Arabs want peace, but Hamas and Hezbollah and Iran want no peace. Like a monster who needs to drink blood until it's thirsty again, Hamas and other terrorists that have threatened and are killing Israelis today, ladies and gentlemen, have no stopping point.  This is prophetic because of Psalm chapter number two that says that they will counsel together as kings and their counsel will conclude we're going to drive them out, we're going to wipe Israel off of the map. So what happened? On October the 7th, Hamas broke through the borders of Gaza into Israel and began to kill immediately, taking out the IDF soldiers that were on the border and then intentionally, hear me now, they found the battle plan that was left inside of one of the vehicles, intentionally targeting towns, not just towns, but elementary schools and not just elementary schools, but targeting children and being able to take hold of the girls and the women. This music festival found people running as the paragliders were shooting at them as they came over the border, over the border, pretending to protect until they got in their cars and that long line of cars became nothing more than a duct shoot for terrorists. Why do I speak of crossing of the border? Because we have since the beginning of the year, at least those that are on the border of the United States and Mexico, have captured, ladies and gentlemen, over 150 known terrorists crossing into the United States just this year that has doubled since last year. I wanna say, some people wanna say, well pastor, what does this have to do with us?  We don't wanna hear about that, that's their problem. I wanna tell you, it makes it your problem because there are Hamas and Hezbollah sleeper cells that are in the United States right now having crossed the southern border. And I say to the government of the United States, get your act together, close the border, build the wall, protect like the declaration says for you to protect the citizens of America. Why is this important? Because there is a coming election next year if we're able to have one. The uproar of the United States government right now has people wondering, will there be? The chatter that is being said by some is that the election year of next year in 2024 will see attacks coming from these rogue and terrorist organizations. So what's the current situation? Israel is fighting a three-front war right now. The Northeast is having mortar shells that have been fired across the border from Syria. And Russia is there in Syria as the strongest presence that they have in that particular location. The second front is in Lebanon to the north. Hezbollah that is backed by Iran, they are there to attack Israel from the northern border. And this is the more, Hezbollah is more technologically advanced and Iran has more investment in the technology and the training of Hezbollah even than Hamas. I want you to know as I stood on that border just a few years ago and looked across that border at houses that had no windows and a handful of Israelis that were there in that Kibbutz to try to protect the northern flank of Israel. And 150 Kattusha rockets were inside of those windows, all of them pointed at Israel. Ladies and gentlemen, this is not something that's just happening and that's gonna go away. This is something that's gonna be in your face now for several weeks and months. The third primary front is now in Gaza in the south. There were the attacks against Israel. That's where it was originated, of course led and directed by Iran. And that's where Hamas' stronghold is at. Hamas, I remind you, is the term in Arabic, in your Old Testament, in Hebrew, meaning violence. Violence filled the land during Noah's day. Hamas filled the land during Noah's day. So the orders came from Iran. And some of you say, well I don't see the connection between Iran and Hezbollah and Iran and Hamas.  The orders came from Iran because just a few days before the attack began, a billboard went up in Iran's capital city of Tehran and the billboard said the liberation operation storming of Alaska has started. That's exactly what they call this operation from Hamas. Not only that, but after the attack, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard posted on what was Twitter now called X, we told you we would come for you. They're fulfilling their promise to wipe Israel off the map. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has created a special emergency wartime government. In recent months, you have watched as elections and debates have come to try to get together a government that would support one individual and there have been factions that have tried to assert the power or get to the location of the Prime Minister. Currently, I thank God that Benjamin Netanyahu is at the helm of all that's going on. But take a lesson United States because Mr. Netanyahu turned around to all the others that are seeking that particular position of leadership and said today we are all Israelis. We're gonna bring everybody in and form an emergency wartime government where no one has left out, everybody's in the council and we're gonna work together to see this evil defeated. That, my dear friends, is leadership in operation as you see it right now.


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Be happy! Go lucky! Be happy! Get better taste! Be happy! Go lucky! Get better taste today! Lucky's taste better. Friends, LSMFT. Lucky Strike means fine tobacco. Fine, mild, good tasting tobacco. There's no substitute for fine tobacco and don't let anybody tell you different. Yes, Lucky's taste better. Because their fine, mild, good tasting tobacco goes into the cigarette proved the best made of all five principal brands. Let me repeat that. Proved the best made of all five principal brands. That's not an empty claim. That's a fact verified by leading laboratory consultants. For example, Crawling and Robertson of Richmond, Virginia, who report, it is our conclusion that Lucky Strike is the best made of these five major brands. So don't be misled by double talk. Remember the facts. Enjoy fine, mild, good tasting tobacco in the cigarette that tastes better, Lucky Strike. So mild, so smooth, so firm and fresh with better taste in every puff. When you buy cigarettes, remember, Lucky's taste better. Be happy, go lucky, go Lucky Strike today. I'm starring Jack Benny with Mary Livingston, Philaris Rochester, Dennis Day, the sportsman for ten in yours for only downwards. Tomorrow will be New Year's Eve, but Jack has invited the gang over today for his annual pre-New Year's celebration. So let's go out to Jack's home in Beverly Hills where we find Rochester preparing for their ride. When you say I beg your pardon, then I'll come back to you. Rochester, look, Rochester, I appreciate your singing my song, but my gang will be here soon. I want everything to be just right. How are things coming along? Fine, of course, fine. What about the eggnog you were going to prepare? Did you make it? Uh-huh. How do you fix that eggnog, Rochester? Just eggs and bourbon. Of course, I'm not much of a connoisseur of drinks, but that seems rather strange to me. I wonder why anyone would ever think of mixing eggs and bourbon. It's psychological, boss. Psychological? Yeah, you see, the egg makes you think you're getting something very helpful. Uh-huh. And the bourbon makes that fact unimportant. That's logical. By the way, Rochester, how much eggnog did you make? Well, I cut it pretty close. You're having five guests and I figured if there's a little left over, I can always take it to a party I'm going to tomorrow night. Good, good. How much did you make? Fifty gallons. Hey, Rochester, you've got a lot of... Someone at the door, I'll get it. So they took the wheelbarrow and went down... The first one here, come on in. It's a party in the afternoon. Every other year, you've had it the evening. Well, Mary, to tell you the truth, I have a date tonight. A date? With whom? Well, you know that pretty French girl, Helene Francois. You know who was on my last television show? Oh yes, gee, she's beautiful. Yeah, tonight I'm going to take her dancing. I'm going to Charlie Foy's nightclub. You know the supper club? You know what, Mary? This Helene Francois, she kind of likes me. Well, what makes you think so? Well, when I took her home in a cab, she kept snuggling up to me and whispering in my ear, vaux chavoux, c'est choc. Vaux chavoux, c'est choc? Yeah, I'll have to look that up. You don't have to. Why, what does it mean? Your toupee is slipping. Oh, well, at least she cares. Here's one thing, Jack. She's a whole lot nicer than that girl who used to go out with that, that glad-as-a-bisco. Now, wait a minute, Mary. Glad-as-a-bisco is a swell girl. She may not be the most beautiful girl in the world, but she's got a nice figure. I know, but does she have to walk that way? Mary, that's not her fault. She's nearsighted, and she anticipates the curb in the middle of the block. So don't be critical. Now, come on, Mary. How about a glass of eggnog? Oh, sure, Jack. I, uh, wait a minute. Who made that eggnog? Rochester. Uh-uh. Why, what's the matter? Well, last New Year is, I tasted some of Rochester's eggnog, and the next thing I knew I was at the Rose Bowl. Oh, you saw the game? Saw it nothing. I was playing left tackle for Michigan. I'm kidding. How come on one... I'll get it. Hello? Hello, Mr. Benny. This is Dennis. What time's the party start? Three o'clock. Well, what time is it now? About half past one. Oh, then I guess I won't have enough time to shave. Dennis? Dennis, why should it take you an hour and a half to shave? I haven't got the fuzz yet. It takes me three months to get a five o'clock shadow. All right, all right. Now hurry over here. Goodbye. Goodbye.  Uh, Jack, was that Dennis on the telephone? Yeah, it was me. What did you get here so quickly? Oh, I was on the extension in the kitchen. I would have been here sooner, but I stopped to get a coke out of the machine. I'm not having a glass of eggnog. Oh, boy, eggnog. That's for... Wait a minute. I ate it. Rochester. Uh-uh. Why not? Well, last year I tasted some of Rochester's eggnog, and the next thing I knew, Mary was playing in the Rose Bowl. Yeah, I know. I know. Now look, kids, as soon as we... Come in. Oh, hello, Don. Hello, Jack. Hello, Don. Hi, Mary. Dennis? Hello. Come on in. Don? Don? Somebody would take him out in a wheelbarrow. Don, would you like a drink? Now, wait a minute, Jack. First, I want to show you something. What? Look, Don, you're wearing the cufflinks I gave you for Christmas. Isn't that nice? Don, you can take the card off. Everybody knows who gave them to you. Well, I'm not taking it off. I want to make sure people know what a cheap gift Jack gave me. What?  What about appreciation? What are you complaining about? That certainly wasn't such a hard gift you sent me. What did he send you, Jack? A gold watch, a wrist watch yet. What's wrong with a gold wrist watch? What's wrong with it? You walk down the street wearing an expensive thing like that. Somebody sees it, hits you over the head, takes it away from you, and your money, too. That's what's wrong with it. Anyway, Don, let's shake hands and forget the whole thing. Okay, Jack. I'm sorry. I lost my temper. That's all right, Don. Would you like a glass of eggnog? Eggnog? Say, that's one of my favorite... Wait a minute. Who made it? Rochester. Uh-uh. What's the matter with Rochester's eggnog? Last year I tasted some, and the next thing I knew, Mary and Dennis tackled me in the Rose Bowl. Everybody comes in with the same... Come in. Hi, Jackson. Hello, everybody. Happy New Year. Well, happy New Year. Hey, Jackson, what's the idea of switching this party to a daylight affair? Don't you trust us with the silverware? That's not it, Phil. I'm going to a nightclub tonight. I got a date. With a girl? Well, what do you think? A horse? Put the oats are cheaper than orchids. But you found your place in the sun. Well, you can stop with those jokes and find your place under the table. I even put a pillow there. Now, would you like a glass of eggnog? Eggnog? Now, you're talking Bob Desley. Hey, wait a minute. Who made that eggnog? Rochester. Please. Would you pour a glass of eggnog for Mr. Harris, please? Yes, sir. Hey, tell me, Roger. How do you make this eggnog? I used one egg to five quarts of burgers. That egg was fresh. Phil, how do you like it? Hey, Jackson, what are you doing here? Now, Dennis... You want me to go in? I say you want me to go in, coach? Yeah, yeah, report to the referee and sing a song. Okay. Not to Charlie Foyes. Would any of you like to join us? Well, thanks, Jack, but I can't make it. No, me neither. I'd like to go, Jack. Good, good. How about you, Dennis?  All right. I don't know, Dennis. I'll think about it. Well, think fast, sister.  Or why don't you wait until tomorrow night? That's New Year's Eve. No, no, I never go out on New Year's Eve. Say, boss, why don't you do something different this year and go out? No, I'm going to do what I always do and spend it at home. New Year's Eve at home? Yeah, tiptoe up to Mr. Berry's room. Wake him up. He blows a horn, falls back on the pillow, and that's it. What have you got, Barry? 39, he says. Now, look, kids, I gotta leave now and pick up Miss Francois. Come on, Mary, Dennis, let's go. Yeah, I like it here at Charlie Foy's, don't you, Mary? Yeah, but, Jack, you'll never get a table. It's too crowded. Yeah, look at those people in that little room. Boy, are they jammed together. That's the coat room. Those are coats. I wondered why they didn't have their pants on. Fine, I'll get a table. Come on, Helene, voulivou, accompany moi, un tableau. Oh, the ambiance of the room is very interesting. I'm so happy that you invited me. Let's see, where's the head waiter? Oh, Garcon, Garcon. How do you do?  No, I'm wearing this flower in my lapel because I'm going to be a float in the rose. Fantastic, I'd like to get a table for four. Well, thank heavens you didn't ask for five. Why? I wouldn't sit with you for a million dollars. Get that out and get us a table. All right, follow me.  Here you are, folks. Say, this is a pretty good table at that, isn't it, Helene? C'est très gentil, chérie. Et nous pouvons voir le spectacle. Oh, oui, oui. Gee, what a crowd. Wait a minute, where's Dennis? Uh, right behind you, Montchallis. We haven't seen her. Oh, well, thank you, what a hat. This is Jesse Block, your master of ceremonies for the evening. The orchestra is setting up. I've got a little joke for you. Listen to this, Helene, he's going to tell a joke. Funny thing happened here in the club last night. You know, this is a pretty ritzy place. And last night I saw a waiter carrying something on a flaming sword. So I asked him what it was, and he said, a customary only left a dime tipping. Say, that was a pretty good joke, wasn't it, Mary? What joke? I was here when the fire department came in and squirted water on you. Are you having a good time, Helene? Oh, oui. C'est la première fois que je vois un cabaret américain. C'est si différent des cabarets parisiens. Mais il me plaît beaucoup. Je vous remercie mille fois. Oh, really? What she say, Jack? I don't know something about how badly she feels that Joe DiMaggio is retiring. What? I don't know. Well, I guess we're going to have dancing before the show starts. Hey, Mary, you want to dance with me? Oh, sure, Dennis.  Well, thanks, Dennis, but don't hold me so tight. Okay, say, Livy, have you ever thought about getting married? What?  Then stop being silly.  Okay, but not too long, there are a lot of dames and nuts about me. I know, I know. Oh, yeah, name one. I'll be quiet and dance.  I am glad, too, chéri. You know, this is the first time I... Oh, Helene, there's a fella coming over the table who seems to know you. Yeah. Oh, yes. Oh, hello, my dear friend. Helene, oh, you're here. I haven't seen you since you were together on the coast of Azure. How are you, my dear? Wonderful. It's so nice to see you. Well, why don't you come back? I'll be here only for a few days, you know. Then call me. I'll give you my number later. Yes, of course. Of course. Goodbye, my dear. Goodbye. Helene, who was that? Maxi Rosenblum. Maxi Rosenblum? I didn't recognize him. The beret covers up his cauliflower ear. Imagine meeting a... They find me, folks, find me. Well, have you seen my wife? No, no, we haven't. Oh, well, thank you, and a half. Helene, look, there's the quartet getting up. Look at, they're going to sing. Look, sit down, kids, we better order something to eat. Oh, waiter, waiter. Yes. I think I'll have a ham sandwich. Yes, sir. Uh, Helene, Helene, what do you have? Oh, well, I'll decide. I'll start with a sandwich at the end, and then a ham sandwich at the champignon, then a salmoneer, a cutlet of your garden, and a green salad. What was that? He said she wants mustard on her sandwich. I'll order. I think I'll have crab louis. Dennis, tell him what you want. I'll have spaghetti louis. I thought that was the waiter's name. I'm training you alone. Senior wife. Well, if you ever do, you'll know why I'm drunk. Say, Mary, before we expose you and I have the knife. Oh, I wish they wouldn't do that. Mary, give me your comb. Yeah. So I take great pleasure in presenting to you that popular idol. Here's your comb, Mary. My co-star gave it with me. Take a bow. How do you like that? He even brought his horse. Helene, give me your handkerchief. Folks didn't come to hear me talk all night, so I just wanted... Pardon me, Mr. Dangerfield, but would you please put your autograph on this menu? Well, I certainly miss. I just want to wish you a very... Introducing a ham like Rodney Dangerfield.  But, Jack, we ordered food. I don't care what we ordered. Let him give it to the horse. I'm going home. Come on, Helene. I wouldn't stay here for... Ladies and gentlemen, we have another celebrity with us tonight. None other than that very... Certainly. What are you mad about? Ladies and gentlemen, master of ceremonies, my worthy colleague, Mr. Dangerfield, and ladies and gentlemen, for a moment I want you to forget that I'm Jack Benny, that scintillating star of stage screen radio, and now television. I want to talk to you as one of your friends. I want to take this opportunity to wish all of you and yours and everybody all over the world good health and happiness throughout the year. And now I'd like to take a guess. Lucky's taste better. So mild, so smooth, so firm and fresh with better taste in every puff. Yes, friends, Lucky's taste better because their fine, mild, good tasting tobacco goes into the cigarette, proved the best made of all five principal brands. Let me repeat that. Proved the best made of all five principal brands. That's not an empty claim. That's a fact verified by leading laboratory consultants. For example, Foster D. Snell of New York City who report, In our opinion, the properties measured are all important factors affecting the taste of cigarette smoke. We conclude that Lucky Strike is the best made of the five major brands. And don't forget, LSMFT, Lucky Strike means fine tobacco. Fine, mild, good tasting tobacco. There's no substitute for fine tobacco. And don't let anybody tell you different. So don't be misled by double talk. Remember the facts. Enjoy fine, mild, good tasting tobacco in the cigarette that tastes better, Lucky Strike. When you buy cigarettes, remember, Lucky's taste better. Happy, go Lucky, go Lucky Strike today. Ladies and gentlemen, sooner will be 1952. And I would like to wish all of you prosperity and happiness for the coming year. But let us all hold foremost the thought that 1952 will bring better understanding between nations and peace to the world. Happy New Year, folks.


I'm Darren Marlar and this is a Weird Darkness bonus bite. From the New York Post, Naked Wolf Man spotted by hikers in German mountains, he wouldn't take his eyes off of us by Richard Paulina. Nightmare Fuel Hikers captured a bone-chilling photo of a mysterious naked wolf man who officials believe has lived in the wild for at least five years as they traveled through Germany's Harz Mountains on Tuesday. Gina Weiss and her friend Toby encountered the unkempt figure who sat on a rock and seemingly carried a spear in the heart of the wilderness, telling German newspaper Build that the figure wouldn't take his eyes off us. Weiss, 31, said the chance encounter with the unknown mountain man lasted about 10 minutes as she explored the woods near Blankenburg about 150 miles outside of Berlin. When we reached the sand caves we saw the wolf man, Weiss told the outlet. He stood up high on one of the caves and held a long wooden stick like a lance in his arm. Weiss estimated the man to be in his 40s and said it looked as if he was from the prehistoric era.   The Times reported that police in Blankenburg received multiple reports over the past five years of a bizarre figure draped in wolf fur or in a wolf costume who roamed freely in its wilderness. In March, authorities received a call from a distressed hiker demanding help, saying there's a wolf man running around here in the park, sharing that unexplainable fire bolts were appearing around the area of the figure, the outlet said. However, emergency personnel couldn't find the wolf man when they reached the site for its investigation. Members of the Blankenburg fire brigade also reported seeing a man roaming the forest, only to scurry away when noticing the crew, the outlet reported from MDR, the regional public broadcaster of Saxody and Halt, the state where Blankenburg's located. Emergency personnel explained their concern lies more that a man is living in the woods and could cause a detrimental wildfire than the legend of a wolf man stalking hikers out in the wild. Someone clearly knows how to live outside and adapt to the changing seasons, Alexander Beck, the head of Blankenburg fire brigade, told Build. Located in northern Germany, the Harz mountain range stretches 68 miles into the German states, Sachsen-Anhalt and Anita Sachsen, with its highest peak being the Brocken, towering over the landscape at more than 3,700 feet, according to the park's website. The region is known for its labyrinth landscape and dense vegetation which differs throughout its massive reach. Eerie legends and myths of strange and otherworldly creatures lurking in the vast mountain ranges and wilderness are nothing new for German folktales and fables. A third of the country is covered by dense woodland and the Harz's region forest is entrenched with lore focused around witches, ancient cults, and frightening devilish beasts prowling in the shadows. The culture around witches in the wilderness runs deep enough that locals in the area celebrated a festival called Walpurgis Night or Witch's Night on April 30 of each year since 870 AD according to worldhistory.org. A centuries old lore dating back some time in the mid-700s tells the tale of witches descending to the highest mountain peaks of the Harz region on May Day's Eve when their powers are legend to be most potent and danced around the fire while entering an unholy matrimony with the devil. The event is to pay respect to a 9th century English missionary named Saint Walpurgia who repelled the witches' evilness that was wreaking havoc on the nearby towns according to the outlet. The festival is often referred to as the Second Halloween. According to the legend, a well-lit fire is meant to keep evil spirits away only further fueling the strangeness of the firesights found throughout the National Park as of recent, possibly made by a wild wolf man. Find the link to the original story in the show notes and find more news in the Weird News & Blog at WeirdDarkness.com.


Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Bushistan has called on all to remain united behind President Vladimir Putin following Saturday's aborted mutiny by heavily armed mercenary fighters. Under a deal late on Saturday that defused the crisis and averted possible bloodshed, the Kremlin said the Wagner Group mercenaries would return to base, while their leaders Yevgeny Prygoshin would move to Belarus. Hello. Hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.


This is the sad truth about settling when you're looking for a spouse. In this context, I'm talking about settling as compromising your own convictions and values and settling for someone who doesn't align. Why do so many people do this? It's easy to judge those who do, but instead of judging them, we should get to the root of why this happens. One of the reasons is fear. Fear we're not gonna find somebody else. Fear that we're running out of time. Fear that we'll be alone otherwise. Now, obviously, a certain amount of compromise needs to come into play in relationships, especially regarding personal preferences. But when it comes to fundamental core beliefs, we can't let our fear drive us into an ultimately destructive relationship. So what do we do? We wait, we take opportunities to meet other people, we serve, and we continue to grow closer to Christ. It's not rocket science, but it is hard. But honestly, the pain of waiting is minuscule compared to the pain that we endure when we settle for someone who doesn't align with biblical values. Warning, this whole operation takes major discernment, so don't do it alone. Okay, rant over.


Aloha. Thank you so much for tuning in to Y254 TV. It's the 23rd of March 2021. I trust you have been well. Glad you could be part of us this Tuesday. A very good evening to you. My name is Dereva Hillary. Welcome to the broadcast. We begin from the education sector. Education Cabinet Secretary, Professor George Magua, has urged all stakeholders involved in the ongoing KCP examination to lower the agad, Professor Magua, who was speaking in Machakus Town when he witnessed the opening of the examination container in Machakus Town as the education officials and the provincial administration to work together to ensure the success of the examination accesses. Magua expressed concerns over the lack of enough police officers to guard examination centres and told the police commanders across the country to ensure every centre gets to policemen. He also added that the government through the education ministry had set aside funds to cater for the security personnel maning all schools. The education seers was accompanied by top security and education officials in Machakus County, led by Machakus County Commissioner Frederick Ndunga and County Education Director Shamsa Muhammad. The teachers were all here. Like this morning they are carrying two exams one for morning, one for late morning. So as one exam is being done, that the policy framework in order for us to maintain the integrity of these examinations has been for the past four years and this been the fifth year that each centre manager must have two officers. One of the officers sits throughout the examinations. We have been working together for the past four years to ensure the safety of the children, to ensure the safety of the children, to ensure the safety of the children, to ensure the safety of the children. We have had coordinators in NEC who are receiving information from all over the country that in case there is a challenge is being brought to us and we are able to address it in a very seamless manner. All of them are brought in. Let's all support them and let's be their mentor. A mentor you don't have to meet somebody, they can just see you, what you do and they want to follow you and we coach and become role models. There will be the future. We need to ensure we protect them and ensure that whatever they are doing is being done in a very cohesive environment. We have been able to deploy our security mechanism and apparatus both monitoring and the physical so that we make sure that every part of this region, every centre is well secured. And I can assure you from where we sit up to this moment we have no security challenges and we are going to make sure during the exam period even as we start the KCSE from Thursday up to the next three to four weeks we will make sure that we deploy adequately and ensure that the exam is well secured. In other news, Busea County Government has installed 15 million shillings oxygen manufacturing plant at the Busea referral hospital the plant funded by the World Bank through the Kenya Devolution Support Program was commissioned by Busea Governor Sospita Ojamong. The project is aimed at saving the lives of patients undergoing major surgeries who are those with breathing difficulties and intensive care unit in need of oxygen. This comes after the County Government announced plans to upgrade seven health facilities to offer services to the residents. Chief Officer of Medical Services Dr Aiza Komeri said health centres including Amukura, Matayos and Bumola will be elevated to sub-county hospitals while Malaba or Bekai, Kayo and Budalangi dispensaries will be upgraded to health centres. Elsewhere, still members of the Disciplined Forces have been encouraged to seek divine nourishment and psychosocial support to avoid trauma that has led many to commit suicide or killing fellow officers speakers at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Malindi town during the annual interdominational Thanksgiving Mass for Disciplined Uniform Services said they were distressed by the recent trends in which officers had either committed suicide or fatally attacked others due to acorrelated trauma. Comissioner of Police Violet Machando from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations DCI Edu Quotas said the rate at which officers were committing suicide or killing one another was alarming. She urged senior officers to develop a listening heart to the adjuniors in order to reduce the stress that could lead to dangerous tendencies Kibingai Moturi, a commissioner of police based at the office of the Inspector General of Police said the vigilance house was aware of the problem affecting officers and the police services had deployed police chaplains and counsellors to give them psychosocial support. Moturi said the government was fully committed to the welfare of police officers and was passionate about supporting them. Let us have a listening heart to our officers. Staying on matters mental health residents of Marewa Village in Muranga East Subcount to walk up to road shok after mhuman and her lover were founded in their house the body rover that is seven year old Teresia Mombi was found laying on bed as that of a lover Francis Mongi was found in the sitting room hanging from the roof residents alleged that the man Francis Mongi killed Mombi before committing suicide local residents claim that they have been having domestic indifference for a while seeing the hostility could have led to the murder area chief Bernard Kaguato appeal to people especially those who live together to seek alternative ways of serving differences instead of opting to murder. Tumu'i turikuja tu kapata dhamu kwa Murango Akati turikuta dhamu tu ka angali ya kwa gate tu kakuta ta kwa gate kuna dhamu arafu tu kanda kwa dirisha ndi o turikuta huyo mama melana Hawa kwa wakisi vizuri kwa sababua li kwa na vita hapa na pala kidogo kwa sababua li kwa waki tumia pombi. Chos has been a challenges as children skip days without taking a shower and sometimes lack water to cook. With a story from Mungi town we'll be taking a very short break when we'll be coming back we'll have more stories for you including a CBK story where they have announced expiry of restructuring of Alunza state. Tumu'i will be back, stay with us. We appreciate your company this far and if you just tuned in this is over too far for you watching the business. Chos the on business sector the central bank of Kenya CBK has announced the expiry of measures of restructuring of loans for banks borrowers following the lapse of the one year allotment as part of the emergency measures to mitigate on the adverse economic effects of banks borrowers and amid coronavirus pandemic central bank of Kenya announced a set of measures including providing relief to borrowers only a personal loans based on individual circumstances arising from the pandemic as well as banks to review request from borrowers for extension of the loan for a period of up to one year the measures lapse the beginning of this month. National carrier Kenya Yawiz has announced that its losses nearly tripled in 2020 to stand at 36 billion shillings compared to 13 billion shillings in 2019 the national carrier has attributed the loss to among others the collapse of its operations across 2020 on the back of COVID-19 related disruptions according to CEO Alan Kela Voka Kenya Yawiz passengers dropped significantly during the year under review to 1.8 million compared to 5.2 million in 2019 heating hard on its revenue income the airlines revenue was also down by 60 percent to stand at 52 billion shillings in the period under review the airlines operating expenses were also down by 38.5 percent to stand at 79.3 billion shillings from 130 billion shillings in 2019 the airlines operating expenses was also down by 38.5 percent Alan Kela Voka has however pegged recovery of the sector to other factors such as the optic of cargo services and the rollout of the vaccines and away from Kenya Israel has gone to the polls for the election in less 2 years with the nation still divided over whether Prime Minister Benjamin Nyatenau deserves to remain in office voters are casting their ballots in polling stations across Israel and in the occupied West Bank with some 6.5 million registered to vote the general consensus among pollsters, analysts and voters is that the status quo will remain in the election Netanyahu has portrayed himself as a global statesman to lead the country through its many security and diplomatic challenges he has made Israel's coronavirus vaccination campaign the centipies of his re-election been pointed to last year's diplomatic agreements with four Arab states however opponents accused Netanyahu of bungling the management of the coronavirus pandemic for most of the past year and in Australia authorities in eastern Australia have issued fresh flood warnings and evacuation orders are made relentless weeklong as emergency services deployed helicopters and boats to rescue residents stranded by a flood waters in New South Wales the worst affected state for the consecutive day of heavy rain was expected to increase the deluge over the coming 24 hours flood and severe weather warnings were extended to areas not previously affected including the south coast of Sydney Australia's largest city and areas of the northwest which were previously creeped by a prolonged drought so far no fatalities or serious injuries have been reported by thousands of homes and businesses I believe to have been damaged about 18,000 people have been evacuated and coming closer back home on how the matters Kenyatta University teaching Andrew Farrell hospital is in the process of establishing that new ICU beds in the country over the past few weeks hospital board chair Professor Olive Mogenda say that the two ICU beds that the hospital has are currently full with COVID-19 patients Professor Mogenda who was speaking after inspecting the infrastructure preparedness of Gatundo level 5 hospital that they will soon take over in management said the new beds will be available in the next 3 days she said the demand for ICU beds in the facility has increased since the third way we have hit the country this demand of forcing them to add more the hospital is regarded among the few better places to handle COVID-19 cases in the country right now we actually are full ICU is full but this week we are opening another 30 bed ICU so I can see in another maybe 3-4 days we will be having more beds but as we talk now is full that is why we decided to increase those beds so we are working hard on that it will be that bed ICU which I can confirm it will be ready by bed of this week for now ICU right now we have 24 plus 8 that is 32 beds and as I said those are full but that is why we decided to open up another 30 bed already we have sent 11 nurses here from the hospital 7 doctors just to improve the service and we will continue working with the county to make sure that this hospital is ready to the standard of a hospital at KU hospital we are also collaborating on capacity building we are going to be training the personnel in this hospital as we train others so they can be at the same level we are also going as the governor has said to collaborate on the pharaoh system just so that people who have complications can come to a hospital so we are very happy about the collaboration I would like to assure the people of Gatudo specifically and Kibui in general that this hospital will remain a level 5 hospital so that it can serve the people of Gatudo however the services we are improving to be at the level 6 level but in terms of access to the healthcare it will be here just as before staying on matters COVID-19 in Kenya today 127 people tested positive for COVID-19 from a sample size of 5,393 tested in the last 24 hours bringing the cumulative number of confirmed cases in the country to 123,167 cumulatively so far the country has tested or has conducted 1,425 1,425,377 210 patients have recovered from the disease with 110 from home based and isolation care while 100 are from various health facilities to recoveries now stands at 90,586 suddenly 25 people have died due to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours cumulatively fatalities in the country stands at 2,048 condolences to the families and friends of those who have lost their loved ones now 1,090 patients are currently admitted in various health facilities countrywide while 3,224 patients are on home based isolation and care 135 patients are in the ICU 34 of whom are on ventilatory support and 93 on supplementary oxygen 55 patients are on supplementary oxygen with 42 of them in the general world and 13 in the high dependency unit and that story marks the end of our broadcast and I thank you so much for staying with us see you again tomorrow, same time, same place until then enjoy the rest of our programings and have yourself a very good night my name is Dereva Hilawe


So, Vince Cable says he plans to tackle what he calls an irrational cult of youth as he makes his bid to become leader of Liberal Democrats. The 74-year-old has told the Times that his age and experience are an asset, adding that the current sober mood in the country means now is the time for an older leader. So, is the age of a political leader important? Joining us to discuss this, the Navara media blogger and senior editor Ash Sakhar and also John Rental, chief political commentator at The Independent. Ash, to you first. Is there an irrational cult of youth? I mean, speaking as an irrational youth here, it seems to me that Vince Cable is really shadow boxing, both Theresa May, Jeremy Corbyn and also other kind of left-wing political figures like Bernie Sanders and Melanchon. They all qualify for a bus pass, but their support, especially Jeremy Corbyn, skews very young. So, I don't really see a problem here. But he's responding to the fact that a lot of people have raised eyebrows at the thought of somebody 74 starting to lead a political party when we have seen a real surge in young voters, a real surge of people supporting Jeremy Corbyn who is indeed older. Do you not see where he's coming from, that he feels that people are going to regard him as too old? I think he's already making excuses for the fact that the Lib Dems are polling so low. It's not about his age. It's the fact that their ideas themselves are not fresh. He's got a lot of experience, but it's bad experience. People remember the Lib Dems for yellow-bellied capitulation to the Tory's austerity agenda. They remember them for a failed electoral reform referendum, and they remember them for betraying the student vote that got them into power in the first place. John Rental, is he making excuses or is age really important? Well, let's be blunt about this. He is making the point that some people in the Liberal Democrats feel still rather bruised by the fact that Ming Campbell was pushed out of the leadership of the party allegedly for being too old, and he was younger than Vince Cable is now. Ash is quite right. Where is this cult of youth? We used to have Tony Blair, David Cameron and Nick Clegg. They all came to power in their early 40s, but today's generation of politicians are much older than that. The paradox is that it was David Cameron and Nick Clegg who put up tuition fees, and it was David Cameron who absolutely refused to touch the benefits for pensioners that Theresa May, aged 59, put in her manifesto to try to redress the balance between the generations perhaps, and we saw how that worked out. We have Macron though, don't we Ash in France, a young leader who's energised the country? You say that, but in terms of the protests that followed Macron's victory, those are often led by the very young, because just because people are young doesn't mean that they've got long-term political thinking. The thing that young people in France are very concerned about is that Macron's neoliberal agenda, one that would result in potentially hundreds of thousands of redundancies in the public sector, would strengthen a Le Pen candidacy in 2022. So I think that framing these issues as simply a matter of generational divides or demographics misses the real ideological divisions that exist in our society and the fact that economic shifts have been affecting different people at different times. So what we see are class dynamics played out along generational lines. So you think age is totally irrelevant? I don't think it's totally irrelevant, but I think that it is an incorrect framing of the situation that we find ourselves in. So young people have been disproportionately affected by increases in rents for instance, right? But that's been a bit of a slow burn and it's been exacerbated by things like right to buy, it's been exacerbated by the presence of speculative capital in the property markets. So it doesn't just affect young people, but it disproportionately affects young people. To place it within a framework of purely age, I think misses the point that real structural economic changes are needed and that they're going to benefit everyone in the long run. John Rental, do you think Vince Cable can spin his age as something actually really positive for the young? This is somebody who's got a strong economic head on his shoulders, he's lived through periods of boom and bust. He perhaps, dare I say it, knows more than them. Well yeah, you have to dare to say things like that these days. I mean I think actually right though that the age of the politician isn't necessarily relevant, it's what policies they propose. But I do disagree with her, I do think there are intergenerational issues or fairness between the distribution of resources between pensioners and students for example, which are real problems that need to be tackled and I think the age of the person who is promising to tackle them is irrelevant. And I think Vince Cable is a very clever and able politician. I think the student vote will hate him for what he did on tuition fees in the coalition government, but that was because of his policies, not because of his age. I mean Ash, isn't experience though a really useful thing? Whether or not you agree with the person, they've lived through a lot of stuff that you haven't lived through. They've experienced a lot of stuff, they have life experience that younger people can only hope to have. Isn't it worth considering that fundamentally?  So the amount of time someone has spent making bad decisions if anything plays against them in my book. Again, this isn't dismissing Cable based on his age, it's dismissing him or at least critiquing him based on his history. I think that we've seen him at the helm of a failed austerity project, a failed ideology which is centrism which is kind of becoming less and less popular and what people want now is change. Jeremy Corbyn and Diane Abbott and John McDonnell are three very experienced politicians but their ideological agenda, their worldview is very different and that's what people are looking towards. Those ideas are fresh and again it's got nothing to do with the kind of body that's expressing them. John, do you think that's right? Do you think that Jeremy Corbyn and Diane Abbott are appealing to the youth because their ideas are fresh or just because they've got a fresher way of delivering them? No, because their ideas happen to meet the needs of the moment, I think that's much more the secret of their sex. You've got to change, you've got to be fluid, you've got to move with the times. No, but the old point about Jeremy Corbyn is he hasn't changed. The reason young people in particular like him is because they think he's genuine, he's principled, he sticks to his principles because he's always held to the same ideology.  My experience as the representative of the old people on this programme, my experience in politics hasn't made me any noticeably wiser. I like it. I think we're going to leave it there. It's a lovely point to stop it. John Rental and Ash Sucker, thank you both very much.


Negotiating is one of the toughest things to do when it comes to sales and marketing because no one wants to feel like they didn't make a good deal on the price. However, your ability to negotiate successfully can go a long way in determining the success or failure of the business. So if negotiation is that important to a business, you really shouldn't be running away from it. Instead, you can learn how to become a successful negotiator. Here's the good news. In this video, I'll share with you 11 ways to negotiate better with anyone. If you're new here, consider subscribing so that you won't miss other exciting videos like this. 1. Have a strategy Like every other thing or goal that you intend to accomplish, learning to be a successful negotiator requires strategizing. According to Michael Porter, a professor at Harvard Business School, the essence of strategy is choosing what not to do. Creating a strategy for negotiating will make you confident enough when negotiating because you'll know what to do next at every point. You know what your overall goal is and, most importantly, how you intend to get there. 2.  To avoid that, you have to ensure that you prepare yourself properly by doing your assignments and research. The truth is that, until you do your research, you can't know what is fair and appropriate. For instance, say you are going in for a position or a promotion, the only way you can negotiate a good deal for yourself is if you know your predecessor's benefit package. Also, reviewing some of the company's documents to determine what its highest earners make and what those people do can help you negotiate better. So, it'll help to do your homework before you begin negotiating. 3. Be a good listener If you want your point of view acknowledged, then you should start by acknowledging others. Suppose you're going into a negotiation doesn't mean that you should be the only one doing all the talking, or most of it. Instead, pay more attention to what others are saying and ask questions. Here's the thing, understanding what other people's view, opinions, constraints, timelines, etc. are, can help you negotiate better. However, how can you figure this out when you aren't even listening to them? Negotiating others' view and opinion will help build the gap and make them more receptive to your offer or request. 4. Negotiate the process, not the substance Negotiating is best done when you understand the process. You don't want to be the kind of person that thinks of the results only and can't wait to jump to that, ignoring the process of getting what you want. For instance, imagine a situation where you've played all your cards and given your best offer only to hear the other party say, okay, I'll take this to my boss and get back to you. That can be a little devastating. However, when you pay attention to the process and do your research, you'll be in an excellent position to negotiate rightly. 5. Understand your emotions and theirs Understanding the emotions of others can give you insights that will allow you to pivot appropriately during negotiation. Also, it can help you develop creative approaches to handle difficulties which may occur during the process of negotiation. 6. Know when to work away You don't want to go overboard with your negotiation. So do not negotiate without options. Know when to work away. For instance, when you say to yourself, I will work away if I can't conclude a deal that is satisfactory. The other side can tell that you mean business. Your resolve will force the other negotiator to make concessions. You need to understand that not every opportunity is for you. So no matter how much you're willing to get that promotion, make that sale or get that position, if the deal isn't a good one, then you should work away. 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But when perceived desperate, they will suggest anything to you, no matter how ridiculous it seems. Even when the other negotiator is in a hurry, be patient because when they perceive that you are not in a hurry to close the deal, they will likely offer concessions as a means of providing you with an incentive to say yes. 10. Build a relationship As a negotiator, you should be more concerned about building a long-lasting business relationship, not just the success of one sale. When you have a good business relationship with the other negotiator, not only does it make it easy for more negotiation in the future, it makes your business a better place. 11. Always tell the truth The thing about telling the truth is that it will help you get more fantastic deals in the future as well as build an excellent reputation for you and your brand. You know, people like to do business with those they consider truthful and honest. So be transparent as much as possible and always tell the truth. 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Please permit me to confirm that all the members are present. And please state your name or state your presence when I call your name. So, Grant Givian. Shane Blundell. Here. John Ellis. Here. Makaya Haley. Here. Sorry. Very Margaret. I'm here. Arif Padaria. Jonathan Wallach. Here. Brian Beck. Peter Howard. He's here, but he's doing something on my computer right now. Shayleen Crawford. Here. Here. Darrell Harmer. Here. John Dice. Ellen Jones. Annie LaCourt. Bill Keller. Here. Al Tosti here George Cozer here Christine Deschler here Dean Carmen here and David McKenna here so We have Peter we have one two three four five six seven eight nine Ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen members attending so we have a quorum So I have Fifteen are there Okay so good evening This open meeting in the orange and finance committee is being conducted remotely consistent with Governor Baker's executive order of March 12 2020 due to the current state of emergency and the Commonwealth due to the outbreak of COVID-19 virus in order to mitigate the transmission of COVID-19 virus We've been advised and directed by the Commonwealth to suspend public gatherings and as such the Governor's order suspends the requirement of the Open meeting law to have all meetings in a publicly accessible physical location further all members of the public or public bodies are Allowed and encouraged to participate remotely The order which can find posted with agenda materials for this meeting allows public bodies to meet entirely remotely so long as reasonable public access is afforded so the public can follow along with the deliberations of the meeting Ensuring public access does not ensure public participation unless such participation is required by law The meeting will feature public comment only in writing by email to eat diggins at town that are like in dot ma dot us This meeting is convening by zoom video app as posted on a town whose website Identifying how the public may join please note the meeting is being recorded and that some attendees are participating by video Conference accordingly, please be aware that other folks may be able to see you and take care not to screen share your computer Anything that you broadcast may be captured by the recording All supporting materials that have been provided members of this body are available on the town's website Unless otherwise noted the public is encouraged to follow along using the posted agenda unless the chair notes otherwise Before we turn to the first item in the agenda permit me to cover some ground rules for Effective and clear conduct of our business and to ensure accurate meeting minutes The chair will introduce each speaker on the agenda after they conclude their remarks The chair will get down the line of members inviting each to provide any comments questions or motions Please hold your name hold until your name is called Further, please remember to mute your phone or computer when you're not speaking Please remember to speak clearly and in a way that helps generate accurate minutes For any response, please wait until the chair yields the floor to you and state your name before speaking If members wish to engage in colloquial with other members, please do so through the chair taking care to identify yourself Finally, each vote taken in this meeting will be conducted by roll call. Thank you very much. Okay I think Alan Jones is here Peter, it wasn't on the roll call. Okay. And is anybody else here, Grant Gibby is here. Yes, Grant joined too. And John Deist also. Okay, John Deist and Okay, good. So Some comments as we get into the meeting tonight, we're coming down to the final stretch in The last thing we have to do is the finance committee report the town meeting but tonight. I think we will finish all the Votes and and and business of putting together the budget So I want I want to thank Everyone for the cooperation and support and energy that you've put into this process in the last three months. It's really been outstanding and very very effective and I Appreciate the support you've given me since this is my first time in this rodeo as chairman so Thank you very much for for everything I wanted to briefly report that I had a discussion with state representative Sean Garber Lee today and He has He was able to give us the most important numbers of the of the House of Boys and Means Committee version of the budget that's going into the Cherry sheet the this the cherry sheet at least when I checked around five o'clock was not yet completely published but Sean did confirm that Arlington would have the same Chapter 17 money and the same Ugo, which is unrestricted the general Counselor just the general government aid government aid As as was in the governor's budget Now there are a couple of subtleties to this He mentioned that every city in town is getting the same Ugo amount that hasn't changed but some cities and towns are getting different amounts of Chapter 70 money and Arlington's did not change but other cities and towns chapter 70 will be somewhat increased and these are towns that qualify under a program called The Student Opportunity Act which was passed last year and there was another acronym that he mentioned that has to do with this And so some basically it's it's some sort of a wealth metric and And so he said that the most of the increases basically have gone to gateway cities That have higher populations of lower income people and there may be later This year or next year additional funds for chapter 70 for Arlington, but first these funds are going to be distributed To the cities and towns that I just mentioned We will have more details on this as soon as the The state website puts up the the details of the cherry sheet So in any event this moves us to the position where we can vote the final portions of the budget so tonight Alan Jones is going to present the override stabilization fund and some minor budget adjustments Um, and then Al Tosti is going to talk about the real estate transfer tax And then we should be virtually done for the evening. So this should be a quick meeting So let let me move to the minutes Anybody have any questions about that by the way? Oh, I'm noticing that Select person Diane Mahan is on the video Diane welcome to the finance committee Peter do you note that? Yes So, um, Peter minutes from April 12, please Um, thank you They the minister circulated for comma and I got several extensive comments. I learned a few things um And I made all the corrections um I moved that they that the notes of April 12th Be approved as corrected Here Is there a second second? Thank you. So the minutes have been moved and seconded any Comments conversations or remarks or questions about the minutes Hearing none, we'll proceed with a vote on the minutes to accept the minutes grant gibbian Hi Shane Blundell Yes John Ellis Yes Makaia Haley. Yes Mary Margaret. Yes Areefa Daria Not here Jonathan Wallach. Yes Brian Beck Peter Howard. Yes Dalyne pokers Yes Darrell Harmer Yep, and Dice Yes, John Jones. Yes Annie LaCourte. Yes. Bill Keller Yes Al-Tasih Yes George Kosher Yes Christine Deschler Yeah Dean Carmen Yes And David McKenna Yes Thank you. It's the minutes are accepted unanimously Okay, so um Ellen, um, could you uh Please take over with respect to presenting your uh your budget summary and um also um move motion on the Overage Stabilization Fund and other budget items with the overriding uh Statement that we are doing this under the Dean Carmen budget adjustment um Motion or or practice Ellen Sure Thank you, Charlie.  So I I I move $12,635,573 for the retirement budget Is there a second? Second So it's been moved and seconded any questions on the adjustments to the retirement budget Okay Hearing none seeing none Um, Grant Gibbian Yes Dean Blondell Yes John Ellis Yes Kaya Healy Yes Mary Margaret Frankelmont Yes Uh reef No reef Jonathan Wallach Yes Uh, Brian Beck Peter Howard Yes Jaylene Pocrus Yes Darryl Harmoner Yeah Um John John Deist Yes Ellen Jones Yes Amy LaCourt Yes Bill Keller Yes Al Tosti Yeah George Cozer Beth Christine Deschler Yeah Dr. Harmon Yes And David McKenna Uh, Charlie Olive Stain, please Okay, one abstention. All right, so Peter, uh, we have one, two, five, we have 26, 29, 10, 11, 12, 15, 15, 16, 17 17 voting in favor, none in opposition in one extent, one abstention. Do you have that, Peter? I got it. Thank you. Thank you very much, Ellen. Carry on. Okay, so now we're going to head into the appropriation of the, from the Override Stabilization Fund. And this, uh, shrunken figure here is, uh, Appendix C from the Finance Committee Report. Not showing, Ellen. You've still got the return on it. Oh, I do. Yeah. Okay, let me, uh, share again. Okay. Can now see it small, right? Yeah, can see. So this is Appendix C, which is supposed to be the one-page summary of the entire budget, that includes all the revenues and all the expenses. It's, it's Appendix C and the Finance Committee Report. And if you want to look at all the details, it's on the SharePoint site under draft budgets. So I want to take a, just a real quick walk through leading up to the Override Stabilization Fund appropriation. On the revenue side, this is where the main part of the revenue is the property taxes, where we start with last year's levy, add 2.5% new growth and the debt exclusions, and end up with a property tax revenue of $142,742,625. The next revenue source was school aid. Right now, we're not getting any school aid because that's all been paid out. The next revenue source is local receipts. And here's the detail of motor vehicle excise and all these things that add up to $8.8 million. Then we scroll down a little bit. This is the cherry sheet that Charlie was talking about, where the state gives us a lot of money and takes away some money. The big one that Charlie mentioned was Chapter 70, the school aid, and the unrestricted government aid. And these are the two that really make up the difference, and they've stayed stable between the governor's budget and houseways and means for a total amount from the state of $23,500,000 in change. On the negative side, they take some money away. The largest of that is the MBTA assessment, about $3 million. You take that for the money they give us, we have a net of about $20 million. That's the bulk of the revenue sources that we have to fund the town. In this section is the bottom lines of all of the budgets that you all have been working on in a one-page summary. And for example, the town manager budget, if I go back to what will the appendix be, that would be the bottom line here, 748-219 that gets fed over here. And every one of the detailed budgets in appendix B gets fed into this column. The budgets under control of the town manager under the select board, under the clerk, and then fixed budgets like insurance and stuff. The other, another way we spend money is through the warrant articles that are not the budgets. The big ones there are the capital plan, which we treat as a warrant article, Minuteman, and then all the commissions and committees and whatever, and then OPEB for about a million dollars. Up here we have the enterprise funds and being enterprise funds, they all met out to zero. So there's no taxpayer dollars except two of the enterprise funds require subsidies to balance their budgets. The council on aging transportation, we're appropriating $50 million, and Arlington Youth Counseling, we've recommended an appropriation of $120 million. Now we get to the meat of it where these are all the revenues that are summarized. These are all the expenses that are summarized, the town budgets, the school budgets, the capital plan and all the other things. And if we go down to the bottom line, we see we have a $6.2 million deficit that we have to make up. Now the override stabilization fund is the place where when we have too much money, we put it into this big bucket, and we don't have enough money, we take it out. Well, we're sort of near the end of an override cycle, we're going to be taking money out of it. So to balance the budget, we're going to take $6,243,212 from the override stabilization fund, which zeros out the bottom line to balance the budget. So my motion is going to be to appropriate $6,243,212 from the override stabilization fund to balance the budget. Second. No, it's been moved and seconded. Thank you for that very clear explanation, Helen. Let's see. This is where I live. So questions? Are there any questions about this process, budget, amount or whatever? Mr. Chair. Yes, Allen. I'm looking at the February 5th long-range financial plan and it's got about $5,009,000 and now we're up to $6,002,000, about $300,000. And I'm just wondering, is it anything in particular that where we lost the $300,000 state aid, is there anything you could put his hands on? We can look at a couple of things, go into some of the worksheets. These are, this again is sort of a summary of all the budgets we voted. And these are the budgets that were in the town managers, the paper town managers book and the changes that have been made. So for example, we took 1,175 out of the finance committee. We removed 10,000 from the information technology and it ends up bottom line in the budgets of about $388,000. So in other words, the difference between what you saw in February is that's reflecting what's in the town managers budget book, but doesn't reflect all the changes we made. Another part of it is in the ward articles where this is what we voted and this is what was in the town managers book and the distance there was actually a reduction of a little over $100,000. So what Sandy and I do is put the latest long range plan, which we just finished today and what we voted and I put them side by side and we have to do some corrections because the long range plan line items aren't quite the same as the appendix C line items. But at the end of the day, we both end up with the same numbers and that's the double checking we do to make sure we're on the same page. So to answer your question, the difference really is reflected in the long range plan and I can all the details here about where those things come from. For example, OPEB, we increased that by $300,000, that takes almost all of it. Well, it's really... Well, I mean, sorry, this includes the $300,000 for the health insurance trust fund that he doesn't count. Yeah. So it looks like the big difference was an increase in health insurance. Yeah. Thank you. Yeah, if we go back to that. So I just take you on that quick tour to show how we sort of wrap all this up with Sandy to make sure that when we put the latest long range plan as appendix D of the finance committee report, they match. And also, it's a good... Again, this is... He's playing off one sheet of music and I'm playing off another sheet of music. We both end on the same note. That's a good thing. So, Al Tossi, any more questions? No, that's it. Thank you. So are there any other questions on the motion made to withdraw $6,243,212 from the Override Stabilization Fund? Al, do you know what the balance of the fund is? I don't. But give me a second and I'll probably pull up the... Yeah, the five-year plan would tell us, probably. Yeah. The long range plans are all on the, you know, again, the SharePoint site. You think about $18 million? Yes. It's going into the year with $19 million. Okay. That's good enough.  I do. Thanks, Charlie. Can somebody... Very helpful presentation now on it. As a newbie-ish person here, we're taking money out now, but can we just explain how money goes in, just through the basics of how the money goes in? Well, the tradition in Arlington for quite a few years has been to pass overrides, which are larger than we need to fund that year's budgets. And by design, the surplus goes in to fill up this big pot of money. And if we're lucky, you know, the plan is usually to fill it up for maybe three years. And if we're lucky and do something smart, maybe it takes, you know, four or five, seven years. But then the structural deficit gets to a point where we're spending more than we're taking with property taxes, and now we're pulling money back out of it. So we pass overrides that are larger than we need, fill a bucket full of money, and then take it out in the lean years. Thank you. The... Shane, just a little editorial comment on that. The basic reason is that if we were facing shortfalls every year under Proposition 2.5, we would have to go to the voters every single year to get their approval. In the meantime, there are all sorts of contract obligations, you know, with different unions. You can imagine all of the complex commercial operations that the schools and the town have. And some of these have cancellation clauses and all sorts of other things that would have to be addressed on an annual basis. And before we started doing this, one of the really bad things that happened is that schoolteachers were getting laid off in the spring, you know, and then somehow they would get recruited back in the fall. But, you know, it was just a tough situation. So this planning process, obvious that need. Alan, go ahead. Well, so this was just a picture. The green is the stabilization fund. And this is where we started filling it up and filling it up and then draining it off again. And you can see in 2024, it goes out of zero and there's nothing left to spend. And that's why we're talking about another override, which would, again, fill the bucket up some going to come down later. Thank you. You're welcome, Shane. Are there other? Let me see. I just lost my... I have a... Grant, Grant Gibby, and yes, go ahead. Occasionally, I keep losing the little thing that has the hands on it. Me too. Can't take it down. So was it fair to say that the amount that we're transferring from the stability fund would be the amount of the structural deficit for that particular year? Well, it's the deficit for that year. I think the structural deficits were, you know, long-term trends. But that's the deficit. I mean, this is this year's slice of the structural deficit. Okay. Thank you. Any other comments or questions? Yeah, Charlie. And then I see Shailene. First, Jonathan, then Shailene. Yeah, thank you, Charlie. Al, can you put that graph back up that you just had? Yeah, a second. I was struck by one thing, which is I just didn't know whether I was misreading it. This is the famous Arlington Visual Budget that Danny and I have been working on for years. Right. So we're not bragging about it. Alan, does this say that we're actually going to deplete the override stabilization fund in 23 as opposed to in 24? Well, 24 is when we will need additional money. Yeah. And Sandy updates the numbers behind here. If I, you know, again, if I pull up his, if I pull up the latest long-range plan, this is possibly more up to date. Well, it only goes up to 2022, never mind. So here we go. Five years. Jonathan, normally, so if we were running out of money in fiscal 24, we would have to have the override in calendar 23 prior to July 1st of 2023. It's always, it always gets a little confusing. Well, if you can sort of look at it. So there's 24 million of the override stabilization fund last year. We spend 6 million, takes it down to 18. We spend 7 million next year. It takes it down to 7. We spend the rest of it in 2024 and there's not enough left. So there's a $7 million deficit. So if we, if we weren't using this stabilization fund, we'd have to have an override. We didn't have to cut 7 million out of the budget. We're having override for 7 million and then do the same thing year after year after year. Yeah, I was, I was just, you know, this tells you how it goes. There's no green for fiscal 23 in that graph. That right after we've appropriated 7 million in fiscal 23, it goes to zero. So that's what it is. It's at the end of the, basically at the end of the fiscal year. It's after what we were appropriated in 23. Okay. Thank you. And there'd be a little bit left. I mean, if we, so here we can see an appropriation of 10 million. It's not on the screen. Oh, it's not. Okay. No, can't see it. Well, the graph isn't the long range. Nothing. Okay. Sorry. Seeing you, which is great. Okay. You see it on L? Yeah. Okay. So here's, here's the, the stabilization fund at 24 million. We're appropriating 6 million goes at 18 million next year. We'll have to appropriate 10 point something million that takes it down to 7 point something. Year after that, we appropriate all of that. And it's not enough. There's a $7 million hole. So before we hit that $7 million hole, we need to pass an override or reduce the budgets, cut the budgets. But that this is, this is the year that has the problem. The zero here is the graph going to the green part going to zero. Yeah. I'd like to make an observation here, which Alan or Al Tosti feel free to comment on. But I think a rule of thumb is that if we wanted to have an override last for three years, I think we'd have to, you know, that middle deficit there. We'd probably have to be the size of the override, I think. Would that be a correct assessment? That's a back of the envelope assessment. Yes. Yeah. Okay. Just as somewhere in that magnitude. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I'm not trying to do it to the last penny. I'm just commenting that, that fulfilling the $7 million deficit all by itself is helpful, but it doesn't get as multiple years. So the amount of the override has to be bigger than that by some amount to get rid of those three years of red that you see there on the, on the screen. Yeah. And if you, if you look at a no override scenario, we need to cut $7 million out of the budget here, which would make the $7 million lower. We have to cut $12 million the next year, which would make that lower. And they went to cut another large chunk the year after that. Just one comment. If you look in fiscal 25, the budget, the total property tax is about 152 million. We've never gone and override more than 10%, which would be 15 million.  The number is really very big.  Most of that is probably not available for this budget, you know, the budgets that we deal with. Probably most of it is going to go to citizens, organizations, nonprofits, et cetera, people living in Arlington and organizations in Arlington, but not the government. But to the extent that the town has incurred revenue losses or other extraordinary expenses that have not been otherwise reimbursed, we will get some percentage of that. Some it could be, you know, I have no idea what that would be. It could be, I would suspect it's more than a million dollars, but I also suspect it would not be more than three million dollars. So that would mitigate that amount a little bit, I think. Yeah, but that's also one time money. And we all know you don't spend one time money on long-term expenses. No, but I still mentioned that this. So let's see. I lost the screen again. Hang on a minute. Shaylene, your hand was up. Yes. So since Shane was brave enough to ask a newbie question, I will also ask one. Well, and for a little while, I thought my question had been answered. And then I was just going to make a comment that I definitely think that Annie and Alan should brag about that graph. So that isn't even the coolest part. Then I'll take it offline to find out the even cooler parts, because I think that's pretty cool. I think while looking at that spreadsheet that Alan just had up, my question was answered in that this 6.2 million we're about to vote on is in line with what we expected. Is that correct? Or are we beyond what we had expected? No, it's within 300,000 dollars. That's what that's what Al-Tossi was asking about before. We were expecting a little bit less. There was an increase in the health insurance because of the number of employees and rates and other things that caused that to go up. 300. I think I missed Al-Tossi's point of like, what was the three? Yeah, that actually closes that loop perfectly for me. Yeah. I mean, it was, you know, as part of this forecast, we had 6.2 million coming out of the stable inflation fund. So you can see then in fiscal 23, we're expecting to need to draw 10 million down? Yes. And then the rest of it in 24. I needed that much help reading forward in this spreadsheet, but what can I say? It's my second year on finance. Yeah, I encourage everyone to get to know this spreadsheet intimately. It really drives a lot of decisions and illustrates the problem. I mean, if you eliminate these takes out of the pool of money that we've saved up, you have a really big drawback. Yep, definitely. And that's what the structural deficit is. We're spending more than we're making. Okay. Thank you. Okay. So I see no more hands up on the little screen here. Are there any questions from the members that aren't putting their hand up? Yeah, I have a statement, Charlie, if I may. Yeah, go ahead, John. I think it's important that the whole town has to make the case, the whole town government, including us, have to make a very strong case about this override because it's a disaster if we don't get the override. I think you're right. I think was it last week that was a bell month that had an override on the ballot and it went down, right? It didn't get passed. Yes, it failed. Yeah. And so they're facing, it's not quite the same size as the structural deficit that we have, but I think they're facing a big issue. This is a small town, I think. But unfortunately, it may be about the same size, I would guess. And so it's really important that we make the case about what's going to happen if it doesn't go, if we don't get the override. Well, it's also a reason to try to be, what's the word, conservative in spending too. Yes. Every nickel counts. Okay, are there other questions or statements or comments from anybody on the committee before we move forward on this vote? Oh, since we're making statements, I'd love to just say a couple words, Charlie. By all means. So I would encourage everybody to keep a cool head and not panic about either Bellmont's override or about, or facing. The nice thing about this projection is that it gets us a good advanced look and time both to consider our options and to communicate with the voters and the taxpayers and the people receiving these services about what exactly it is they want. So it's good to be thoughtful, but it's not good to say, oh gosh Bellmont's went down so well ours because they don't think you can pair either the moment or the dollar amount or the town circumstances to Bellmont's. We aren't going to be asking for an override when everybody is still in lockdown. So I shared with Charlie that when I was running a product development lab, I had a big sign on my desk that said it's never too soon to panic. And you know what I think is we should all go Google for Bellmont override, look at the yes website and the no website and the position the finance committee took and start looking at those things because it's not too soon to start both creating an override that we can sell and then figuring out how to sell it. It's not too early to start thinking. True, but that doesn't require panic. No, I agree with that. However, I think it's very important that the people of the town realize what will happen if the override doesn't go through. And we have the town, the entire town has to make that case in my opinion. Well, I think the presentation that Alan just gave, especially the discussion of the five-year plan but with the deficit numbers there is an excellent, what's the word I'm looking for here, real world demonstration of the analysis that George Koser gave us about six weeks ago. What you see there is you see the actual numbers, which I think is sort of interesting. George went through sort of a hypothetical or theoretical approach and this is breaking it down into real numbers. Okay. Any further comments? All right. It's been moved and seconded for the Finance Committee to vote in favor of withdrawing $6,243,212 from the Override Stabilization Fund to provide revenues for the town. And I would like to add to caveat that all the cherry sheet numbers are not nailed down. Finally, at this point, we still haven't seen the charges that the state applies, which is the bottom half of the cherry sheet. We believe that they're not going to change, but there may be some adjustments to the budget and any such adjustments would come under the Dean Karman motion and vote, I think it was two meetings ago. And this is the only number that would change. If the state takes another $100, we add $100 to this. Okay. So let me proceed with the vote. Grant Gibbian? Hi. Shane Blundell? Yes. John Ellis? Yes. Taya Healy? Yes. Mary Margaret? Yes. Arif Padaria? He's not here. Jonathan Wallach? Yes. Brian Beck? He's not here. Peter Howard? Yes. Shailene Pokers? Yes. Darrell Harmer? Yes. John Deist? Yes. Ellen Jones? Yes. Nitya LaCourte? Yes. Go to... Yes. Al Tosti? Yes. George Koser? Yes. Christine Deschler? Yes. The Dean Karman? Yes. And David McKenna? Yes. So the recommendation for the amount of $2,243,212 come from the overall stabilization fund to the revenue side of town budgets is passed unanimously. And I thank you all for the discussion on that. I think like several of the other budgets have been fairly substantial and are worthy of examination and discussion. So that's just great. Thank you. So the next item is we have a one warrant article that we have not made a decision on one way or the other or to report or not to report. And that's something that we heard from Jenny Raitt earlier. This I think was in, might have been February or early March. And that's the real estate transfer tax. So Al, you did some research on the status of that. Al Tosti, would you care to please comment on it for us? Yes. I originally thought that the select one were going to be voted on this this week. It turns out they voted on it last week. So the select one have voted favorable action on going with the home rule legislation for the real estate transfer tax. All this was explained in the email that was forwarded from Dungheim's to me to Charlie and I think was sent it out to all the finance committee. So I don't think I'm going to go into that detail. What's going to be happening is then this article will then go to the legislature. The legislature will then either pass or not pass the home rule legislation. It will come back to the town. This will have to go on a ballot question for the populist citizens to decide. And then town meeting will pass a bylaw to actually do the details and implementation. So we're not looking at this probably for a couple of years that it comes back to town meeting. Now a couple of decisions that somebody's town meeting is going to have to make. Is it the buyer or the seller that's going to pay this? I really don't see that it's much difference. If the seller's got to pay for it he's going to pass it on to the buyer. So I mean I can't see that big a deal. There's a range of interest rates which will have to be decided. There's an exemption that can be allowed where anything below like let's say below a million dollars can be exempt or below whatever is decided. So anyway and you all had a chance to read Doug's memo and the vote of the town of the board of select board. I don't seem to have gotten that out. I sent it to you all in SharePoint. I didn't see it. Through Outlook? April 11th if you're searching your email. So did I send it? Should I leave? I just searched my email and it looks like it came from Charlie to all of the finance committee. So this confuses me. It went to fincom at Arlingtonfincom.online and sometimes I get things at town and sometimes I get things at Arlingtonfincom. So I don't know if that helps anyone. You may need to log in to SharePoint and check your email if you know how. I don't even know if that makes sense. I just hadn't seen it. Let me add to that, Annie. The documents that Al included are the same documents that Jenny and her colleague whose name I can't remember right now used when they presented to us and they gave us the documents then as well. Go ahead, Al. I'm sorry. Okay. And it's a select board, Al. Right. Another two to five years. I'll probably get that down. And I'd like to make a recommendation. My recommendation is that the finance committee take no position on this article. I do that for four reasons. Number one, there's no appropriation. So this is a select board article. Number two, there's no broad tax impact. In other words, unlike the CPA, everybody was going to pay a certain piece. This only hits you if you're going to sell your property and move out of town and we don't care about them anyway. Just kidding. So there's no appropriation. There's no broad tax impact in the next couple of years. There's no impact on the budget. No general fund revenues are going to come in or out of it because of this. It doesn't have a short or long-term impact on the financial health. And this is basically a policy select board article. I know we've had a tendency this year to get involved in select board business, but I really think this is a select board article. It's not a finance article. If somebody asked a question about a tax impact, Charlie, the chairman could get up and answer that. So I move that we take no position on this article. Is there a second? Second and a quick comment is that I think that we tabled this because it was going to be sent back to the select board specifically for some types of appropriation. So nothing has changed in that respect. So I think it makes full sense to table one. Thank you. That's a nice cat. Yeah. I'll be your pardon. Your great cat is sitting right next to you. Oh yeah. One of two cats. The twin. So I don't know which one it is, but which one are you? Say hi. Okay. Let's get back to the cat or the hand. Thank you. Thank you. That was what I wanted to say. Any other comments on this article? Okay. So it's been moved that we have a no report on that since it's been in front of us for a long time. It's been tabled. Let's come back. I think we should just do a quick vote. Any more comments? I don't see any more comments. Grant Gibbian? Hi. Oh yes. I need no report. Correct. No report. Shane Lundell? Yes. John Ellis? Yes. Sia Healy? Yes. Jerry Margaret Frankelman? Yes for no report. Jonathan Walke? Yes. Brian Bexon. Peter Howard? Yes. Kayleen Poker? Yes. Darrell Harmer? Yes. John Dice? Yes. Al Jones? Yes. Do you report? Yes. Koehler? Yes to no report. Al Connesty? Yes. George Koster? Yes. Christine Dechler? Yes. Carmen? Yes. Dave McKenna? Yes. Thank you. So it's clear everybody's no report on that article. Okay. So we have completed the basic business objective of tonight. We are working on the finance committee report. You've seen a big body of work from Al Jones on the financial side of it. And tomorrow I'm hoping that Liz and I will be charging ahead on the Microsoft Word textual side. And there is a folder on SharePoint that says fiscal 22 report the town meeting in the FY22 folder section. So the information is going to be there in real time, both the budget side and the text side, so you can have access to it, to view it, make comments, etc. And I will be sending out emails to people at key points, asking for reviews. Now Al Jones, Alan Jones sent out an email about a week ago on the budgets. And I think, Alan, how many responses have you had? A few. When I put together like the final draft with all the formatting and stuff, I'm going to send that out again. And I'd ask everybody to just double check the numbers and think of headcounts, tell me about any typos. Appreciate it. Yeah, it's, I mean, I think Al Tosti can tell you it's a painful process to stand up in front of town meeting or in this case sit down in front of town meeting and go through, you know, eight or 10 minutiae changes to, you know, make things come out the right way. So if you can check all those budgets and other items in the report, that would be really helpful. Okay, any old business to address tonight that have been on people's minds? Okay, so we're going to try to bring the report to press. One comment that I wanted to make is that I know that John Ellis is probably going to want to whack me in the head on this, but I am going to, we're going to go to hard copy with this report for the town meeting members. Having gone through the full town meeting and watching so many people have difficulties with managing the town app and the zoom app at the same time, I cannot imagine how they're going to be able to be looking at a PDF on the screen of the budget and not have things just, you know, completely devolved into chaos. So we are going to go to hard copy and get that out to the town meeting members. And I think with this, the next meeting will be the opening night of town meeting at 730. We normally have a half an hour budget. I don't know what the program is this year for the state of the town meeting. If there's any, if it's, if it's going to start at eight o'clock as it has in the past, or it's going to start earlier. But basically, we have a think on meeting, usually every night of town meeting for the, for a half an hour before that. So any questions? Comments. Thank you all very much. Thank you for your support the last couple of months. I have to, I have to make one comment. And that is that this experience since, since last June has imprinted on my mind the tremendous effort and work and job that Al Tosti has done for the past couple of decades. I can't believe, I don't know, I can't understand how he, how he managed to do that. And, and that was, I think the, the technology that we've had this year with the SharePoint and some of these other features that the IT group has put up for, put up for us has made it a lot easier. So I just have to say that I'm, my hat's off to Al for all of the effort that went in prior times. So motion to adjourn is in order. So move. Second. John, you're saying, John is, John Ellis is, okay with Brendan. Thank you, John. Okay. It's always on recycled paper. Oh, thank you, everyone. It's been moved to second. Did any objections to adjourning? I hear no objections. So we are, thank you. Thank you. All on the other side.