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A
A
Invocation
may
we
pray
for
our
country
at
all
times
that
all
citizens
are
safe,
healthy
and
happy.
We
pray
for
wisdom
for
all
those
who
guide
and
govern
help
this
government
body
in
every
situation
to
know
and
to
do
things
that
are
right
and
just
with
soundness
of
judgment
and
making
vital
decisions.
We
pray
for
the
peacemakers
that
the
holy
life-giving
spirit
may
ever
dwell
in
their
hearts
and
that
the
barriers
of
fear,
suspicion
and
hatred
may
fall.
A
A
B
I
request
to
be
read
at
tonight's
meeting
during
public
comment
and
to
be
put
into
the
record
of
tonight's
proceedings.
Unfortunately,
the
aristocracy
had
a
policy
of
450
words,
so
I
needed
to
edit
it
severely.
This
original
version
has
664
words
and
should
not
take
long
Thank,
You
Dale.
This
is
her
letter.
After
watching
the
City
Council
meeting
of
April
21st
I
am
concerned
regarding
a
financial
by
our
elected
officials,
their
plan
is
to
give
full-time
city
employees
a
$500
gift
certificate
and
part-time
employees,
a
250
dollar
gift
certificate.
B
These
are
to
be
used
at
businesses
in
Caribou,
not
outside
city
borders.
This
windfall
to
the
city,
employees
has
been
called
a
bonus,
an
economic
stimulus
or
a
thank
you
to
raise
morale.
After
talking
with
some
council
members
and
the
city
manager,
these
are
the
justifications
given,
along
with
my
responses.
B
City
employees
are
not
receiving
a
raise
this
year,
I'm.
So
sorry
to
hear
this
having
been
through
years
of
not
receiving
raises
of
colas
I
know
how
hard
this
can
be
on
family
budgets.
Our
city
employees
work
hard
and
work
smart.
They
deserve
it.
Does
a
$500
gift
certificate
replace
a
well-deserved
rates?
It
will
help
morale
among
city
employees.
Morale
can
be
challenging
to
man,
while
morale
has
not
happened
because
of
this
current
global
crisis.
In
all
times,
especially
tough
times,
employees
need
to
be
treated
with
dignity
and
respect.
B
B
Isn't
this
a
good
way
to
help
small
businesses?
I
was
asked.
This
economic
stimulus
is
coming
from
our
tax
dollars,
the
property
taxes
you
and
I
pay
to
help
finance
the
city
do
I
think
it
is.
It
is
equitable
for
me
and
my
neighbors
to
fun
an
economic
stimulus
package
when
there
are
many
people
in
this
city
who
are
laid
off
had
their
hours
cut
or
even
salaries
decreased,
our
neighbors
still
need
to
pay
mortgages.
Car
payments
purchase
food
and
pay
utilities.
B
B
When,
when
told
to
cut
my
budgets,
I
was
never
rewarded
for
doing
what
I
was
told.
It
was
hard
and
difficult.
We
tightened
our
belts
doing
more
with
less
we
got
creative
by
thinking
outside
the
box.
We
did
it
because
it
was
our
job.
There
was
no
money
left
for
monetary
rewards.
If
a
windfall
happened,
it
would
have
been
applied
to
our
budgets
this
money.
This
is
the
money
that
taxpaying
citizens
of
Caribou
have
paid
to
have
the
services
we
need
in
this
community.
B
40,000
dollars
be
better
used,
blight,
unsafe,
sidewalks,
a
rainy
day
fund
for
emergencies
such
as
another
River
Road,
or
more
chip,
steel
or
even
blacktop
on
some
country
roads.
Please
know
this
letter
is
not
against
city
employees.
I
have
volunteered
side-by-side
with
too
many
of
them
not
to
respect
and
thank
them
for
their
job
to
the
job
they
do
to
make
this
community
better.
I
am
grateful
for
those
employees
who
go
above
and
beyond
doing
more
or
less
many
are
behind
the
scenes
doing
jobs.
B
We
don't
see
few
people
like
taxes,
but
they
are
necessary
evil
for
the
services
we
currently
have
I.
Thank
you
publicly,
while
wondering
if
this
money
can
be
used
for
the
benefit
as
the
city
as
a
whole,
PS
I
want
to
express
my
appreciation
for
the
cities
of
Madawaska
and
Holton
for
thinking
outside
the
box
and
being
creative.
These
towns
have
found
creative
ways
to
bring
together
their
communities
with
neighbors
helping
neighbors
and
help
with
economic
stimulus
without
using
taxpayer
money's.
B
The
second
one
is
Phil
McDonough.
The
second
may
4th
to
2020
good
day
councillors.
I
would
like
to
have
this
read
during
public
input
session
of
today's
meeting.
I
would
like
to
comment
on
the
recent
article
in
the
Aroostook
Republican
about
a
stimulus
voucher
that
you,
the
calcine,
want
to
get
to
municipal
employees
and
selected
businesses
in
town.
I
know
your
thought
process
was
well
intended,
but
it
was
not
well
developed.
My
question
is:
how
is
each
person
and/or
each
business
in
our
community
going
to
benefit
from
the
generosity
of
your
plan?
B
C
In
your
council
packet
under
the
same
discussion,
we
did
receive
a
phone
call
from
another
lady
who
expressed
gratitude
and
appreciation
for
the
the
council's
thought
in
the
matter
and
expressed
its
how
much
she
appreciated
and
was
willing
to
to
have
some
of
her
taxes
go
to
the
same
project.
But
it's
in
the
council
memo
and
we
can
talk
about
that
again
when
it's
on
the
agenda.
Okay,.
D
A
A
E
C
Was
law,
discussion
about
the
asphalt
work
and
the
use
of
a
local
preference
for
some
of
that
work,
as
it
turns
out,
we
only
had
two
local
companies
that
bid
on
the
in
town,
paving
work
and
the
out
of
town
or
a
country
paving
work.
Those
two
companies
were
Soderbergh
construction
and
Tremblay
industries,
the
paving
in
the
country
work.
The
bids
were:
seventy
nine
dollars
and
fifty
cents,
a
ton
for
Soderbergh
construction
and
Trombly
Industries
was
at
eighty
three
dollars
and
seventy
five
cents
for
the
in
town
paving
work.
F
C
A
A
C
So
as
the
money
that
was
going
to
be
used
for
the
chips
lien
project
last
year,
which
we
did
not
do,
was
put
into
the
road
reserve
fund,
and
so
we
captured
those
funds
in
last
year's
budget
that
it
could
be
applied
toward
work
this
year.
The
budget
this
year
remained
the
same
as
far
as
the
amount
of
dollars
of
the
council
allocated
to
worden
road
projects,
and
so
technically
we
have
the
dollars
from
last
year's
pay
or
chips
field
project
and
all
the
same
dollars
this
year
to
move
forward.
C
You
know,
as
we
look
at
all
the
road
projects
that
are
out
there
and
the
criticalness
of
certain
roads
or
not
Dave
is
able
to
look
at
it
based
on
the
funds
that
we
have
where's
the
best
use
of
those
funds,
and
how
can
we
utilize
those
to
maximize
the
dollars
that
we
have
he's
going
to
definitely
try
to
get
more
chip
seal
done
this
year?
But
at
the
same
time,
he's
also
looking
at
rather
than
ships
the
old
roads.
Can
we
started
doing
asphalt
in
the
country,
roads.
G
C
G
G
C
G
Dave's
kind
of
synopsis
to
us
are
the
last
year
was
that
it's
better
off
to
pave,
so
we
can
do
this.
Many
models
it
was
talked
about
last
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that,
regardless
of
what
we
get
going
on
town,
regardless
of
what
we
got
going
on
anywhere
else,
this
is
how
many
miles
we
can
pave.
We
reach
that
market
great.
We
don't.
This
is
the
money,
it's
gonna
cost,
and
this
is
the
money
we're
gonna
roll
over
into
next
year.
G
A
A
C
Councilors
we
we
talked
during
the
last
meeting
about
the
establishment
of
a
local
preference
in
that
the
seen
the
consensus
or
the
general
discussion
was.
This
council
wanted
to
retain
its
ability
to
select
a
local
bidder
if,
if
they
were
close
enough
in
the
bid
that
we
thought
that
warranted
it
that
just
to
go
to
the
local,
regardless
of
them
being
the
low
bidder
on
a
project
this
resolution
has
been
drafted.
C
It
outlines
four
four
criteria
that
we
would
look
at
as
far
as
looking
at
a
local
preference,
and
let
me
push
this
out
onto
the
the
internet
cable
system.
Sellers
can
see
it
as
well.
So
first,
any
preferential
element
will
be
second
to
a
determination
that
offered
goods
and
their
services
are
equal
to
specific
advertised
criteria
in
a
city
bid
request,
the
city
may
disqualify
bidders
based
on
documented
concerns
at
past
performance,
quality
control,
responsiveness
or
other
factors
determined
to
be
important
in
achieving
best
value
number
three.
C
If
all
products
and
services
offered
through
competitive
bid
processes
are
determined
to
be
equivalent,
then
the
city
will
consider
price
of
goods.
If
costs
are
equal
in
the
city
will
utilize
a
local
vendor
the
city
reserves
the
right
to
award
all
bids,
regardless
of
lowest
bid.
Amount
number
for
use
of
the
preferential
standard
is
subject
to
any
limitations
imposed
by
project
funding
sources.
A
H
H
I'll
just
breathe
through
it
and
in
an
effort
to
be
fiscally
responsible
with
the
taxpayers
money
and
to
ensure
we
get
equal
to
or
better
value
and
quality
for
our
advertised
solicitations.
After
determining
that
the
goods
and
services
meet
or
exceed
our
advertised
RFQ.
The
city
retains
a
right
to
disqualified
bidders
based
on
past
performance
reviews.
H
Once
all
criteria
has
been
thoroughly
reviewed.
The
city
may
use
preferred
perk
program
anyway,
with
local
vendors,
using
the
preference
chart
below
I
happen
to
agree
with
the
tiered
I
think.
That's
a
pretty
good
way
to
go
for
projects
less
than
ten
thousand
a
two
percent
preference
would
be
given
for
projects
between
ten
ten
thousand
to
1
million.
H
The
preference
would
be
one
percent
plus
a
buck,
a
dollar
for
projects
exceeding
1
million,
the
preference
would
be
a
half
a
percent
Plus
$5,100
preference
not
to
exceed
50,000
and
finally,
the
city
of
Carroll
reserves
the
right
to
modify
the
preference
chart
calculations,
it's
kind
of
higley
pigley.
It's
some
thoughts
to
be
thrown
out
for
consideration
as
we
formulate
or
try
to
formulate
a
plan.
H
I'm
bidding
out
of
the
state
of
Maine
I've
been
out
across
the
country,
and
everyone
has
their
own.
Take.
Each
state
has
their
own
take,
of
course,
usually
I'm
bidding
at
state
level,
and
the
states
have
their
own
lead
way
for
their
local
team.
If
you
will
some
of
the
some
of
the
cities,
if
they're
large
enough
that
put
out
their
own
rfqs,
that
I
can
find
have
have
similar
preferences
for
their
local
team.
A
H
F
H
H
Wasn't
even
approached
on
a
bid
here
for
an
education
educational
department
that
passed
the
contractor
who
was
brought
to
the
table
on
the
interstate.
Well,
he
was
going
south
that
one
was
coming
north
get
the
point
our
local
contractor
was
on
this
case,
wasn't
even
invited,
but
he's
going
south
to
earn
the
money
to
come
back
here
and
pay
our
taxes
pay
his
taxes
to
was
a
local
contractor
on
a
project
for
the
library
and
I
think
don't
hold
me
exact,
but
it
was
around
$1,000
that
he
lost
that
bid
again.
H
H
There's
both
both
people
that
I'm
talking
about
pay
a
lot
of
taxes
here
in
town
and
it's
to
me
if,
as
a
contractor,
that
would
be
an
insult
to
lose
a
bid
for
$1,000
to
somebody
that's
out
of
Bangor
and
on
the
other
hand,
I'm
here
and
I'm
being,
you
know,
paying
a
lot
of
taxes
tax
base.
Anyway,
that's
kind
of
a
thought
process
for
that.
A
Okay,
anybody
else.
Thank
you
very
much,
Thank
You
Dennis.
Thank
you.
Doug
item
8b.
This
is
the
part
where
we're
thinking.
If
anybody
would
like
to
go
over
the
budget
and
do
we
put
it
on
the
November
ballot
before
we
do
that,
we
have
to
go
to
the
lawyer
opinion
on
how
things
work
and
resolution
versus
a
amendment.
How
does
it
work
now?
Charter.
A
A
C
As
has
been
requested,
this
has
been
drafted
such
that
that
the
the
current
city
budget,
it
begins
the
process
of
being
revised
in
roughly
September.
That's
when
the
manager
is
directed
by
Trotter
to
start
reaching
out
to
the
department,
heads
and
begin
compiling
information
together,
reviewing
numbers
from
a
operational
aspect
and
the
capital
aspect.
All
of
that
information
gets
compiled.
The
managers
supposed
to
review
that
come
up
with
a
budget
to
present
to
the
City
Council,
basically
the
first
part
of
November.
C
C
The
manager
is
then
supposed
to
provide
income
projections
to
the
council
to
see
if
the
income
projections
line
up
with
the
budget
that's
been
passed,
and
then
the
council,
throughout
the
year,
is
able
to
refine
the
budget
and
and
make
changes
as
far
as
reducing
the
expense
budget.
If
they
see
fit
to
this
ordinance
makes
it
so
that
the
the
budget
process
would
start
roughly
the
same
timeframe
as
far
as
reaching
out
to
the
department
heads
beginning
to
compile
information.
C
The
language
in
here
indicates
that
until
the
council
approves
a
budget
for
the
year,
we
basically
look
back
at
the
previous
year's
budget
and
proportionally
apply
that
budget
for,
say
January
February
until
the
new
budget
is
approved,
which
would
cover
January
1st
of
December.
We
just
need
to
make
adjustments
as
we
go
until
the
budget
is
approved.
So
essentially
that's
what
this
does
is
it.
It
changes
the
timeframe
that
the
council
is
going
to
receive
the
budget
to
begin
reviewing
it
the
timeframe.
A
A
There's
a
lot
of
usage
of
the
word.
We
assume
we
assume
this
we'll
assume
that
and
if
we
do
it
all
this
way,
this
is
what
it's
going
to
look
like.
Assuming
a
lot
I've
often
found
it
kind
of
hard
to
understand.
How
are
we
setting
an
expense
budget
without
talking
it
in
the
context
of
what
are
we
getting
for
income
and
the
third?
A
A
So
just
looking
at
it,
it
looks
pretty
close
to
the
way
we
used
to
do
it
eight
years
ago,
and
then
the
Charter
got
changed.
Correct
right,
I
mean
as
far
as
we
know,
and
it
obviously
will
need
some
fine-tuning
like
say
if
it
does
make
it
to
the
list
of
things
that
will
go
to
a
lawyer
for
opinion.
Can
it
be
done
so
does
any
other
councillors
have
any
comments
or
questions?
I
H
I
C
State
code
outlines
the
process
for
amending
the
charters,
as
well
as
revising
the
Charter.
They
have
a
distinction
of
terms
but
really
very
little
distinction
in
process,
but
in
talking
with
city's
legal
counsel,
the
feeling
was.
This
was
a
minor
amendment
where
you're
just
adjusting
timeframes,
you're,
not
adjusting
powers
or
authorities,
and
so
the
the
Charter
process
in
this
one
that
we're
going
through
now
is
an
amendment.
C
The
council
can
adopt
this
ordinance,
but
it
is
subject
to
being
made
into
effect
until
the
citizens
approve
it
by
vote
on
the
next
election
or
in
November's
election.
So,
but
it
does
not
open
up
the
entire
Charter.
We
don't
need
a
charter
commission
to
review
this,
where
it's
a
minor
amendment
to
the
Charter.
J
C
C
That
really
is
that
really
is
the
strength
behind
the
current
process
is
that
we
know
January
1
what
money
we're
dealing
with,
but
certainly
as
long
as
we
have
provisions
in
place
for
like
I
say
they
tell
the
council
adopts
a
budget
in
March.
These
are
the
rules
that
we're
playing
by
it
and
what
understands
that
and
is
spelled
out,
which
this
ordinance
does
I,
think
we'd
be
fine,
either
way
the
numbers
can't
be
put
into
the
trio
software.
C
One
of
those
situations
we're
dealing
with
until
we,
the
council,
approves
the
capital
operations
and
authorizes
the
income
projections
to
be
what
they
are.
So
weird,
you
know
that's
taking
place
in
March
for
the
past
couple
of
years.
This
outlines
a
D
by
the
middle
of
March
in
this
process.
So
it
really
doesn't
change
that.
As
far
as
the
reporting
side
of
things,
okay,.
D
C
Are
many
communities
that
are
asking
for
comments
to
be
written
upfront
and
submitted
to
the
city
to
be
right
into
the
record
similar
we
did
tonight
with
the
public
forum.
Some
cities
are
providing
zoom
meetings
where
the
public
are
they
contacted
ministration
ahead
of
time
to
say
they
want
to
speak
and
those
participants
are
then
provided
connections
to
zoom
meeting
and
they
would
be
able
to
connect
like
we've
done
in
the
past.
C
I
think
we've
got
all
those
bugs
worked
out,
even
though
we're
not
using
the
technology
tonight,
but
they
would,
in
a
sense,
connect
through
zoom,
be
able
to
read
their
comments
or
speak
their
piece
through
the
zoom
process.
Other
communities,
I've
known,
are
they're
just
broadcasting
a
zoom
connection
to
the
whole
community,
and
anybody
can
connect
to
the
meeting
and
we
just
have
to
monitor
who's
speaking
administrative
Leath,
rue
the
computer
one
at
a
time.
So
there
are
ways
of
doing
it.
It's
it's.
C
Definitely
not
what
we've
done
in
the
past
being
able
to
interact
and
see
people
face
to
face
and
see
body,
language
and
whatnot,
but
we
can
do
it
they,
the
time
frame.
For
this
being
adopted
as
far
as
getting
on
the
November
ballot,
the
council
would
not
have
to
take
action
on
this
really
until
June
8
to
still
be
able
to
get
it
onto
the
ballot
in
November.
C
A
Was
hoping
that
we
could
just
wait
another
meeting
or
two
before
we
introduce
this
officially
in
case
there's
other
items
that
we
would
like
to
review
on
the
Charter
and
then
Dennis
could
handle
the
items
all
at
once,
instead
of
having
one
week
this
and
then
another
week,
another
thing
and
then
so
and
the
Jonas
our
deadline
to
tell
you
different,
we
do
or
do
not
want
things
to
be
placed
on
to
start
the
process.
I
would.
C
I
H
And
I
apologize
if
I
sound
like
a
broken
record
or
if
I've
said
this
before,
but
I
spoke
with
one
of
the
Charter
Commissioners
on
this
very
topic,
which
I
am
then
was
very
much
in
favor
of
because
it
was
an
effort
to
control
the
runaway
spending
that
was
happening.
That
is
my
personal
opinion.
I'm.
Not
it
was
to
help
control
to
get
the
council's
mind
on
the
necessities.
Only
having
said
that,
I
think
what
I
personally
need
to
do
is
reflect
on
what
did
it
prevent?
Did
it
work?
H
I
can
right
now,
I
can
see
both
sides
of
the
coin,
I'm
riding
the
razor's
edge.
Personally,
so
I
guess
that's
to
me.
I
got
to
see
how
did
it
did
it
work?
Did
we
actually
curtail
run
away
spending,
or
is
it
come
in
another
means
as
it
come
in
under
other
guises
and
still
everybody's
gotten?
You
know
the
Cadillac
of
this
or
that
of
the
next
thing.
A
A
A
Held
back
for
making
decisions
if
the
first
ordinance
goes
through,
if
the
first
ordinance
were
to
go
to
the
public
vote.
In
other
words,
we
don't
have
to
make
up
our
minds
until
March,
15th
I,
believe
that
gives
the
council
approximately
four
more
months
of
knowledge,
four
more
months
of
letting
those
variables
be
known
in
four
more
months.
The
word
assumption
won't
be
used
quite
as
much
we'll
have
an
idea.
A
J
C
Just
where
the
public's
benefit,
this
ordinance
just
again
to
walk
through
a
little
bit
is
the
the
current
Charter
says
that
once
the
expense
budget
is
set,
the
council
cannot
change
that
other
than
to
reduce
it
depending
upon
revenues.
There
are
two
sections
of
the
Charter
that
would
be
affected
by
this
amendment,
but
if
this
ordinance,
if
it
moves
forward
and
would
get
approved
by
the
voters,
would
effectively
allow
the
council,
if,
if
revenues
are
coming
in
better
than
expected,
then
the
council
could
authorize
additional
expenses
in
the
budget
year
or
increase
the
expense
budget.
F
A
A
Kind
of
a
standing
rule
that,
if
we're
not
gonna
the
city
manager
shouldn't
go
down
the
road
unless,
for
councilors
are
more
agree.
That
was
the
theory
behind
this
and
just
to
see
if
the
time
should
be
spent
even
talking
about
it,
you
know
what
I
mean
and,
like
you
said,
maybe
we
don't
even
have
to
talk
about
8c
anymore.
C
C
This
one
is
an
actual
power
that
would
be
given
to
the
council
and
even
if
the
first
ordinance
gets
passed,
would
the
council
still
want
to
have
the
ability
to
flex
the
expansive
budget
in
the
future,
so
I
I,
guess
from
my
standpoint,
I
I
would
have
rather
that
there
be
more
power
established
if
the
citizens
are
willing
to
give
it
with
regards
to
the
budget,
then
to
say
we're
just
going
to
rely
on
one
or
the
other.
You.
C
A
We're
gonna:
do
you
mind
if
we
wait
two
more?
We
know
that
until
the
next
meeting
don't
do
it
some
voting
or
consensus
concept,
and
you
can
just
think
about
this,
and
maybe
during
the
course
of
a
couple
of
weeks,
some
take
this.
Your
thoughts
and
you'll
have
a
chance
to
hear
from
citizens
of
caribou.
You
know
over
the
next
couple
of
weeks
on
the
issue.
I
C
The
charter,
revision
or
amendment
process
requires
that
once
an
ordinance
is
adopted,
we
have
to
seek
legal
opinion
on
the
change.
Is
it
a
legal,
lawful
change
to
make
in
the
Charter?
I
have
already
talked
with
our
legal
counsel
on
these.
He
indicates
that
he
could
turn
around
on
this
pretty
quickly
that
there
are,
he
can't
see
that
there
are
any
legal
ramifications
or
these
would
be
lawful
changes.
You
would
not
have
to
try
to
dig
into
something
to
give
us
an
opinion
to
that
fact.
So.
I
C
Councilors
every
year
we
we
this
list.
Hopefully
it
doesn't
grow
too
much,
but
we,
we
do
have
quite
a
few
properties
on
the
list
this
year
of
lands
that
and
the
properties
that
were
required
due
to
delinquent
taxes,
and
so
in
your
packet
is
a
list
of
those
and
the
suggested
minimum
sale
price
that
we
were
put
out
for
bid.
You
know
there
was
a
question:
counselor
tario
asked
about
a
property
earlier,
I
didn't
get
back
to
her.
C
The
minimum
bid
price
is
generally
1/3
the
assessed
value
of
the
properties,
and
we
like
to
look
at
that
and
say
if
it's
a
1/3
of
the
assessed
value.
It's
just
it's
again,
it's
not
official
policy,
but
it's
been
practice
that
typically
takes
care
of
any
outstanding
fees,
interests
and
taxes
that
need
to
be
collected
for
the
time
time
that
we
have
you
had
asked
about
which
which
property
wasn't.
D
D
C
C
But
the
the
process
we
have
to
go
through
is
outlined
through
the
tax
acquired
property
policy
to
the
city
that
the
council
needs
to
authorize
the
putting
of
these
properties
out
to
bid
the
minimum
sale
price
again
is.
This
is
just
as
minimum
bid
price.
We
typically
will
put
these
out
for
a
couple
of
weeks
and
any
bids
that
we
receive
are
brought
back
to
the
council
for
consideration
in
the
future
meeting.
D
But
isn't
that
down
there
where,
like
there
was
a
building
down
there,
city
owned
the
land,
but
the
building
that
was
torn
down
was
owned
by
an
individual,
but
it
was
on
city
land,
because
this
does
this,
some
of
them
had
land
and
building
and
this
one's
just
got
building.
So
does
someone
else
own
the
land
and
is
it
already
or
is
it?
Does
it
already
belong
to
the
city?
C
I'm
afraid
I
don't
have
an
answer
on
the
last
one,
though,
on
the
on
the
day,
lien
Tracy
property
at
25,
Liberty,
Street
I'm,
it
may
be
that
I
know
on
Liberty
Street.
We
recently
just
tore
down
a
building.
I
think
that
might
be
it,
and
so
part
of
that
is
the
recuperation
of
costs
that
we
incurred
in
in
demolishing
the
building.
C
H
We
get
what
is
owed
to
the
taxpayers
of
this
community,
plus
the
CUV
money.
I
pointed
out
there
I
think.
If
we
try
and
to
go
for
broke,
we're
only
hurt
in
the
community.
I
think
a
fair
way
to
approach.
It
is
collect
every
nickel
on
Taxation
and
fees
plus
the
Cu
B
and
use
it
as
a
minimum
bid
and
get
this
off
our
visit
to
get
it
back.
Working
for
the
community.
H
For
the
city,
the
taxpayers,
but
above
and
beyond,
trying
to
earn
a
margin
in
this
case,
I
just
think
we're
shooting
ourselves
in
the
flow
plus.
Let's
get
what
is
rightfully
owed
and
not
a
nickel
more
and
make
it
more
attractive,
with
the
minimum
bid
by
doing
that,
and
hopefully
clean
this
list
up
and
be
done
with
it
that
way,
the
taxpayers,
nobody
has
lost,
we're
all
covered
fees.
D
D
Everybody's
doing
good,
because
I
think
a
lot
of
these
are
a
little
too
high
and
I
think
if
they
were
brought
down
to
where
we
recoup
the
expenses
they'll
get
on
the
tax
rolls
a
lot
faster
and
that's
where
we
want
them
to
be.
We
don't
want
them
sitting
here
for
five
six,
seven
years
and
I
think
we
need
to
bring
some
of
these
these
minimum
beings
down
to
see
if
they'll
go
a
little
quicker.
I
I
Just
on
that
initially
I
think
wasn't
a
determined
that
the
idea
was.
We
would
I'm
agreeable
with
lowering,
but
the
idea
was
that
we'd
recoup
a
little
bit
of
money
and
we
gotta
go
tear
down
four
buildings
and
that
money
was
gonna
go
into
a
fund,
but
we
never
got
enough
back
ever
cover
those
costs.
I've
we
weekly.
If
we
gonna,
spend
twenty
thousand
dollars
to
knock
a
house
down,
we
never
make
twenty
thousand
dollars.
I
selling
these
other
properties
and
they
just
sit
there
stagnant
without
them
being
back
on
the
tax
roll.
C
You'll
see
at
the
bottom
of
the
list
are
our
five
properties
that
were
tax
acquired
and
due
to
the
conditions
of
the
homes,
are
really
uninhabitable
and
need
to
be
torn
down,
and
so
we've
been
through
the
process
before
where
we
said.
If
somebody
wants
to
come
and
tear
them
down,
they
could
have
the
properties
here.
I
G
Can
that's
not
even
all
you
get
a
number
3398
whispers?
God,
that's
condemned
the
over
B
residents,
no
trade
on
the
door,
so
that
needs
to
be
condemned.
I
mean
I.
Take
it.
I
took
a
good
hard
look
at
this
list.
Again
the
end
say:
okay,
what's
condemned,
what
are
we
gonna
have
to
spend
money
on
if
we
have
to
tear
down?
What
are
the
asbestos
costs?
Gonna
cause
us,
and
you
know
you,
you
look
under
and
everybody's
favorite
topic,
Merlin
one
LLC,
there's
nothing
in
amount
owed
to
si
UD.
G
J
C
J
C
J
Other
item
I
had
here
seems
to
me
the
offloading
the
process
batch
process.
However,
many
of
these
properties,
we
have
this
umbrella,
get
get
kind
of
pushed
out
in
a
batch.
You
know
so
there's
a
long
list
it
gets
put
in
the
paper
kits
website
is
their
way
to
kind
of
incorporate
the
idea
that
John,
the
Doug
had
set
the
price,
and
it's
just
instead
of
a
batch
process.
It's
a
rolling
process,
the
first
person
to
come
with
that
minimum.
J
J
J
H
C
A
D
The
I
think
part
of
the
reason
why
we
started
taking
these
again
was
because
of
the
new
blight
thing
that
they're
working
on
and
trying
to
get
rid
of
the
blight,
but
I'm
wondering.
Are
there
any
grants
available
out
there
to
help
cities
get
rid
of
the
blight
that
they
take?
Is
there
any
anybody
looking
into
grants,
or
do
we
have
a
grant
writer
or
anything
like
that
they
can
apply
for
some,
maybe
some
grants
that
might
be
available
for
something
like
this.
We.
D
C
F
C
I
I'm,
just
going
back
to
the
Thunder
saying
whether
we
should
or
shouldn't
have
taken
these
at
the
time
or
you
know,
as
you
were
mentioning
where's
the
value
or
Nauticus.
Maybe
we
just
need
to
be
more
aggressive
long
addition
these
out
getting
rid
of
what
we
have,
whether
that
means
how
we
lower
those
bids.
Do
we
just
want
to
recover
back
what
we've
got
invested?
I
C
You
will
notice
that
some
of
those
minimum
bids
are
less
than
the
amount
that's
even
owed
now
present
at
the
very
top.
We've
got
a
property.
It's
been
on
there
for
five
years
and
trying
to
offload
it.
The
minimum
sale
price
is
only
$2,500,
but
tax
amount
on
the
books
is
55.
Almost
fifty
six
hundred
dollars.
H
C
C
J
Landed
on
this
list
had
a
cell
for
the
current
date,
another
cell,
the
Carnot
rate,
and
you
could
have
a
tall
column
for
what
it's
costing
the
city
for
having
these
justice
listed,
not
the
other
taxpayer
kind
of.
If
you
did
it
on
here,
the
number
would
be
huge,
in
other
words,
that's
kind
of
your
that's
kind
of
your
clock.
J
D
J
C
A
C
H
H
I
C
I
I
D
I
G
C
A
C
We
thought
they
were
going
to
be
maturing
at
the
same
time,
but
it
turns
out
the
the
larger
one
is
going
to
be
expiring.
In
another
three
months
we
looked
at
the
ability
to
just
renew
the
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
another
three
months
so
that
they
would
both
mature
at
the
same
time
and
be
able
to
handle
the
full
three
million
dollars
at
once.
C
We've
we
have
talked
about
the
council
investment
committee
getting
together
and
just
discussing
strategizing
how
we
want
to
move
forward.
With
these
monies
it
was
eye-opening
to
say
the
least,
as
we
looked
at
the
reinvestment
potential
of
just
a
hundred
thousand
dollars.
The
the
CD
market
right
now
is
is
in
the
tank,
and
we've
been
getting
three
percent
on
all
of
this
money.
Up
until
now
and
currency
D
rates
are
less
than
one
percent.
F
C
Cases
well
in
the
case
of
art,
for
instance,
the
city's
checking
account
we
get
more
than
one
percent
in
our
checking
account,
and
so
it's
given
us
some
time
to
look
at,
should
we
just
maybe
move
some
things
into
the
checking
account
and
rather
than
try
to
invest
in
the
CD
market
right
now.
At
this
point,
the
current
CD
holder
is
was
willing
to
match
the
the
interest
rate
that
we
were
getting
on.
Our
checking
account.
It
is
in
a
separate
financial
institution.
C
We
generate
about
ninety
thousand
dollars
a
year
in
interest
off
of
this.
We
anticipate
with
the
the
knowledge
that
we
have
our
our
revenue
from
interest
this
year
on.
This
money
is
going
to
be
down
about
twenty
five
thousand
dollars
and
so
something
that
we're
we
want
to
be
looking
at
very
seriously
as
we
come
closer
to
that.
2.9
million
dollar
investment
maturing.
A
H
H
I
We
believe
when
we
did
this
last
time
when
the
money
came
back
to
us
and
I
was
here,
it
went
out
to
her
RFQ
and
there
were
several
different
options.
There
was
some
investment
choices.
Then
the
council
decided
that
that
was
the
safest
investment
at
the
time.
Remember
how
many
people,
three
or
four
institutions,
gave
us
portfolios
and
options.
So
if
correctly,
this
was
a
simple
option,
because
a
CD
and.
H
F
G
I
get
a
loan,
invest
money,
I
know
when
things
are
gonna
mature
and
what
one
I
have
to
pay
stuff
and
I
wouldn't
be
sitting
here.
If
I
didn't
know
when
to
pay
my
taxes,
why
didn't
we
know
this
was
gonna
happen?
So
that
way
the
financial
committee
can
mean
we
could
have
talked
about
this
last
meeting,
it's
frustrating
for
me
too.
G
G
C
So
since
you
brought
up
the
tax
card
list
again,
I
know
we've
passed
that,
but
that
information
is
correct.
That
is
all
the
legal
obligations
that
are
on
associated
with
those
properties
are
on
that
paper.
We've
checked
that,
okay,
so
I
know
you
reference
a
blank,
that's
on
there
and
that
blank
is
there,
because
there
currently
is
no
legal
obligations
for.
C
G
A
C
I
believe
is
well
I
know
in
participating
with
the
Aroostook
waste
solutions
board.
They
they
do
that
with
all
of
their
investments.
They
contact
all
the
financial
institutions
around
and
they
say
we
have
this
pot
of
money
give
us
the
best
rate
that
you
can
for
a
certain
period
of
time
and
I.
Guess
that's
what
we're
looking
at
from
the
council
investment
community
side
of
things
is.
C
I
A
C
C
F
H
A
A
E
A
Wasn't
counting
the
county
budgets
2.2
mil
and
we
just
said:
stop
it's
not
dig
anymore,
just
stop,
and
with
that
we
ask
the
employees
minimal,
raise
if
any
minimal
Cola,
if
any,
until
we
figured
it
out
because
a
2.2
mil
increase
I
thought
from
the
consensus
of
the
council
was
not
acceptable
and
we
slowly
work
through
it
over
time.
But
once
again
we
had
a
deadline,
December
15th,
and
we
had
to
make
up
our
minds
on
what
we
know
at
the
time.
A
We
were
looking
at
a
hundred
and
forty
thousand
dollars
of
additional
revenue
sharing
yeah
the
city.
Employees
did
a
great
job.
They
brought
that
budget
back
down
management
team
and
got
it
back
down
to
I.
Think
we
ended
up.
Don't
quote
me
with
about
$140,000
of
additional
spending
and
we
ended
up
bringing
that
2.2
mil
increase
down.
F
A
Four
hundred
and
seventy
five
thousand
dollars
of
additional
money
came
in
because
we
aligned
the
ambulance
department
fee
that
was
being
charged
to
the
Cariboo
taxpayers.
We
aligned
that,
with
the
service
fee
that
we
were
charging
surrounding
communities
and
I
got
to
be
quite
frank,
were
sitting
here.
A
Looking
pretty
good
in
March
1st
of
March
I
brought
forward
the
idea
of
passing
out
a
$500
gift
certificate
to
the
city,
employees,
knowing
that
they
didn't
get
any
raises
during
the
course
of
the
year,
and
we
had
this
extra
money
and
at
the
time
it
was
my
opinion.
There's
some
money
here
that
everybody
can
get
a
little
something,
not
a
2.2
mil
increase.
But
now
we
can
give
out
a
little
bit
of
money
in
different
formats,
and
this
was
one
of
them.
I
wanted
to.
A
Let
the
public
know
that
I
sensed
a
luke
warm
reception
from
fellow
councillors,
not
that
they
were
against
it,
but
not
that
they
were
for
it,
and
then
something
happened
who
it
was.
This
virus
thing
struck
and
it
took
this
beautiful
picture
that
we
had
theoretically
this
money
that
we
were
gonna
have
to
look
at
and
how
could
we
now
spend
it.
A
And
it
really
turned
it
upside
down
and
then
along
came
the
idea,
hey
you
know,
how
can
we
take
help?
Can
we
help
businesses?
How
can
we
help
taxpayers?
How
can
we
be
part
not
that
we
caused
this
virus,
not
that
we're
going
to
solve
this
virus?
But
how
can
we
be
positive?
How
can
we
be
upbeat?
How
can
we
show
our
support
symbolic
as
it
is?
It
was
our
way
and
when
the
idea
came
along-
and
it
said
hey,
why
don't
we
give
him
the
$500
as
long
as
they
spend
it
with
Caribou
businesses?
D
F
A
A
That's
basically
the
history
of
it.
People
think
it's
the
proper
way
to
do
it.
Some
people
don't
think
it's
the
proper
way
to
do
it.
You
know
you
can't
satisfy
or
please
everybody
as
the
story
goes
I
suppose,
there's
always
going
to
be
people
that
think
they
didn't
get
enough
and
there
will
always
be
people
that
think
the
other
guy
got
too
much.
All's
we
can
do
is
thread
the
needles
to
the
best
of
our
ability.
I
can
only
tell
you
from
personal
experiences.
A
At
the
end
of
the
year,
we
divvy
up
the
profits
on
the
farm.
If
there
are
any
profits,
we
divvy
them
up
and
they
get
davido
up
not
only
to
the
family.
Members
like
to
employees
and
I
am
shocked
at
how
well
received
it
is
by
the
employees
on
my
farm
and
I.
Just
couldn't
believe
that
city
employees,
wouldn't
they.
It
was
a
good
idea
either.
A
However,
that's
the
history
of
it
I
want
to
go
through
with
it.
I
want
to
continue
it
with
the
thought
process
or
working
through
the
struggles
of
the
virus
and
the
money
shortened
up
mighty
fast,
but
we're
going
to
work
our
way
through
it
with
a
positive
attitude,
with
positive
thoughts
that
it
can
be
done
and
I'd
like
to.
A
Entertain
a
motion:
well,
let
me
entertain.
That's
the
history.
Let
me
put
the
motion
on
the
table
and
then
we'll
just
if
anybody
has
any
discussion,
if
you
don't
mind
and
the
money
and
as
I
said
last
council
meeting,
what
I'd
like
to
do
is
anybody
that
works
for
the
city
of
caribou.
Currently
works
for
the
city.
Caribou
is
eligible
for
500
top
dollar
I
thought
we
didn't
have
that
much
money
for
four
five
hundred
dollars
for
full-time
employees,
two
hundred
and
fifty
dollars
for
part-time
employees.
A
A
Private
sector.
Excuse
me
what's
being
lost
out
there
in
the
private
sector.
It's
a
token.
It's
our
effort
to
be
part
of
a
system
to
bring
this
thing
back,
get
everybody
in
the
mood
of
understanding
the
importance
of
local,
investing
in
your
employees,
investing
in
your
local
businesses.
That's
all
this
is
meant
to
be
it's
a
one-time
deal
that
we
thought
we
could
do
in
a
hurry.
So
the
motion
was
to
get
$500
each
per
full-time,
employee.
Two
hundred
and
fifty.
I
D
I
ask
you
one
question
before
you
actually
put
the
motion
on
because
you
talked
about
amending
it
from
well.
I
should
back
up.
There
was
an
employee,
apparently
in
one
of
the
departments
that
was
hired
on
after
2019
and
2020,
and
another
employee
was
going
to
donate
his
his
portion
of
the
stimulus,
because
this
new
employee
wasn't
eligible.
Has
that
been
amended,
so
the
new
employees
that's
been
amended,
so
this
employee
does
not
have
to
give
up
his.
The
old
employee
does
not
have
to
give
up
his
stimulus
or
here's
her
her
stimulus
for
my.
A
D
A
A
A
A
And
I
know
you're
not
supposed
to
venture
off
and
break
pop,
but
this
isn't
a
policy
to
break
the
concept,
but
that's
got
to
be
one
on
the
the
nicest
women
that
this
city's
had
the
honor
of
her
employment
that
the
amendment
will
read
that
she
gets
an
honorary
from
the
mayor
status
of
a
full-time
employment
for
the
year
2019
as
working
for
2019
I
know
it's
probably
not
a
legal
way
of
doing
it.
It's
just
being
nice!
I
get
it
if
they're
nice
to
me.
A
B
B
A
A
H
Just
one
record
stating
I
support:
it
I
support
this,
but
it's
a
two
pronged
approach
for
me
personally
and
my
counsel
see
when
we
get
something
back
for
the
overall
tax
payers.
Also
I
think
most
of
you
have
heard
me
whine
about
it,
but
I
just
want
to
go
on
record.
Saying
I,
support
this
and
I
agree.
Caitlin
is
an
absolute
dog,
a
very
very
nice
person.
I
C
A
A
E
A
Now
a
press
release
dealing
with
this,
which
is
kind
of
the
official
way
of
entering
it
into
our
books
so
that
five
years
from
now
someone
says:
hey
how'd,
you
guys
ever
do
that
or
why
did
you
ever
do
it?
It's
written
in
the
press
release
and
it's
our
fish
oil
document
that
can
go
into
the
minutes
of
the
meeting.
A
I
I
C
I
I
F
A
Do
we
read
it?
Let's
read
it
if
you
don't
mind
anybody
mind:
okay,
May
4th,
2020,
caribou,
City
Council
approved
the
use
of
forty
thousand
dollars
of
prior
year
savings
to
boost
the
local
economy.
The
funds
had
been
placed
into
city
reserves
and
to
be
used
for
financial
contingencies.
The
council
recognizes
the
current
pandemic
has
created
severe
strains
on
local
businesses
and
may
significantly
impact
city
finances.
A
The
authorized
funds
will
be
immediately
injected
into
the
local
economy
through
the
purchase
of
gift
cards
for
local
from
local
businesses
to
offset
the
pandemic
losses.
Many
federal
and
state
fund
funding
programs
provide
help
to
businesses,
so
they
can
pay
their
employees
and
utilities.
However,
business
owners
have
little
opportunity
to
sustain
their
own
livelihood
without
direct
sales
or
in
core
increasing
debt.
The
council
has
discussed
the
use
of
revolving
loan
funds
to
issue
small,
affordable
gap
loans
at
reduced
rate.
Another
idea
is
to
help
business
business
way
was
to
increase
sales
through
purchasing
gift
cards.
A
At
the
same
time,
the
council
has
been
considering
ways
to
show
its
appreciation
to
the
city
staff
for
their
efforts
to
save
tax
payer
dollars
in
2019.
In
2019,
there
was
a
renew
council
emphasis
on
reducing
the
city
expenses
to
find
ways
to
generate
revenue
without
adding
taxes.
The
city
departments
responded
positively
with
the
final
expense
savings
over
two
hundred
and
two
thousand
dollars.
Additionally,
revenue
exceeded
expectations
by
more
than
a
hundred
and
fifty
six
thousand
dollars.
A
The
council
utilized
some
of
these
savings
to
build
up
the
contingency
credit
reserve
fund,
ie
rainy
day
fund
for
the
city
by
city
charter.
Other
amounts
will
be
used
to
offset
future
taxes
to
help
businesses
through
this
pandemic.
The
show
and
show
appreciation
to
employees
for
their
work.
The
council
authorized
music
using
40,000
dollars
of
gift
cards.
Current
for
full-time
employees
would
be
eligible
for
$500
of
certificates
and
permanent
part-time
employees
could
receive
$250
or
certificate
certificates.
A
The
caveat
to
receiving
the
benefit
benefit
is
to
is
that
the
employees
must
select
gift
cards
from
the
300
plus
businesses
located
in
Caribou.
Employee
employees
can
select
multiple
businesses
from
which
to
receive
the
total
benefit.
The
council
would
like
to
express
appreciation
to
the
city
residents
and
to
the
business
owners
for
their
perseverance
during
this
time.
A
The
anxiety
and
tension
caused
by
the
unknown
created
by
this
pandemic
can
be
challenging,
but
there
have
been
many
even
individuals
who
are
thriving
with
strength
and
energy
to
raise
the
banner
of
faith,
hope
and
charity
within
our
community.
Please
continue
to
find
ways
to
support
one
another
list:
spirits
and
be
good
neighbors.
A
A
D
A
Was
he
organized
as
a
city
in
1965,
making
it
the
most
northeastern
city
in
the
United?
States
caribou
has
four
distinct
seasons,
making
it
a
year-round
destination
for
most
outdoor
recreational
pursuits.
Caribou
not
only
boasts
a
long,
a
garyun
and
cultural
heritage.
It
also
the
hometown
of
four-time
u.s.
senator
soon
Susan
Collins
and
recent
International
Space
Station
returnee,
Jessica
Muir.
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
Remember
we
wouldn't
even
have
anything
if
we
didn't
go
through
the
criticism.
Part
of
this
deal.
People
will
say
yeah.
We
should
have
changed
it,
but
I
didn't
like
the
way
you
did
it
well
by
the
time
we
figured
this
discrepancy
out
in
late
November,
I
looked
around
and
I
didn't
see
anybody
doing
anything
right
or
wrong
about
this
issue.
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
How
do
you
want
to
spend
the
money
and
let
the
caribou
taxpayers
hear
us
get
these
ideas
and
you
stand
on
it.
That's
your
conviction
and
the
chips
fall
where
they
may
I
got
news.
It's
not
really
a
new
slash.
The
criticisms
aren't
going
to
stop
they're
gonna
keep
on
coming,
no
matter
what
we
do,
no
matter
who
we
give
the
money
to
no
matter
what
direction
it
flies
in.
We're
gonna
get
criticized.
A
A
E
A
We're
losing
$100,000.
Well,
we
don't
know
this
for
a
fact,
but
we've
lost
100.
We
were,
we
thought
we
were
gonna,
get
140,000
dollars
of
additional
revenue
from
Maine
state
revenue
sharing
and
once
again
we
have
to
assume
it
here
and
we've
got
a
hundred
thousand
dollars.
Out
of
that,
we
just
got
an
inkling
that
we
might
be
losing
thirty
thousand
dollars
in
interest.
A
D
D
A
D
D
H
Favor,
obviously,
over
a
reduction
for
citizens
I'm
also
concerned
we
have
with
the
people's
asset
at
the
fire
station
that
needs.
Some
attention
should
have
had
it
years
ago.
Maybe
one
of
the
things
the
committee
could
look
at
instead
of
going
through
the
overall
expense
of
upgrading
structural
going
through
all
that,
just
we
even
put
a
thicker
pack
on.
H
Maybe
it
might
be
in
our
interest
to
just
go
ahead
and
replace
what's
there
with
a
new
roof
of
what
was
matched
and
free
up
some
of
those
dollars
to
other
projects,
I
mean
it's
still
giving
us
the
and
I'm
just
throwing
it
out
as
an
idea.
It
gives
us
the
attention
number
one.
The
roofs
got
to
be
taken
care
of
there's
arguments
both
sides
of
the
coin
as
to
whether
we
need
to
increase
the
insulation
pact
just
as
on,
but
it's
got
to
be
dealt
with.
C
As
you
say,
there
are
a
lot
of
things
that
are
going
to
be
coming
down.
The
pike
there's
the
pile
of
where
could
we
spend
it?
There's
a
pile
of
money
to
spend
from
and,
as
has
been
indicated
tonight
in
multiple
times
this
pandemic
is,
is
causing
a
lot
of
uncertainty.
There's
a
lot
of
financial
concern
at
the
state
level.
C
We
may
only
have
four
hundred
and
seventy
thousand
dollars
we
might
have
that
in
new
contracts,
but
we
may
end
up
losing
that
in
other
ways,
and
so
as
we
have
these
discussions
about
the
mill
rate
and
the
ability
to
reduce
the
mill
rate,
we
also
have
to
look
at
what
other
money
do.
We
have
that's
coming
in
to
help
make
that
possible
and
we're
obviously
watching
the
expenses
watching
the
revenues
and
trying
to
be
sensitive
to
you
know
what
options
are
out
there
to
do:
a
full
mill
rate
reduction
at
this
point.
C
It's
going
to
cost
more
than
four
hundred
and
seventy
thousand
dollars
to
make
that
happen,
but
certainly
we
can
bring
back
more
numbers
to
you.
I've
already
met
what
the
department
is
today
to
talk
with
them
about.
We
may
need
to
curb
expenditures
for
a
little
while
and
monitor,
what's
happening
with
with
all
the
revenues
that
are
are
not
coming
in
at
this
point
because
we're
closed,
we
don't
know,
what's
going
to
happen
when
we
do
open
the
doors
again,
is
it
going
to
be
one
big
balloon?
C
F
A
A
Let
the
other
towns
pay
1150
and
let
the
Cariboo
citizens
pay
the
hundred
and
forty
dollars.
We
straightened
it
up
that
hundred
and
four.
That
difference
is
not
it's
the
citizens
money
they're,
the
ones
that
have
been
subsidizing,
the
service
rates
for
the
last
seven
or
eight
years,
I
guess
I'm
curious.
A
C
Telling
you
the
four
hundred
and
seventy
thousand,
is
a
contracted
obligation
that
we
have
coming
in.
Yes,
what
we
didn't
have
before,
but
there
are
other
revenue
sources
that
are
impacted,
maybe
as
much
or
greater
to
the
negative
this
year
that
we're
trying
to
monitor
as
we
get
closer
to
setting
the
mill
rate.
C
I'm
not
saying
you
can't
reduce
it
to
do
a
full
meal
at
this
point
again,
my
exercise
today,
even
this
morning,
was
worst
case
scenario,
almost
doomsday
type
of
thing
not
necessary
that
extreme,
but
to
reduce
a
full
meal
rate
they
have
that
benefit
in
place.
It
would
be
almost
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
that
we'd
have
to
be
finding
to
make
that
work
and
still
be
able
to
have
all
the
operations
taken
care
of
actually
to
say
all
the
operations.
That's
even
reducing
operation
expenses
by
over
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
make
that
work.
C
A
We
haven't
cut,
nothing,
people
think
we've
cut
people
keep
using
the
word,
you've
cut,
you've
cut,
we
haven't
cut,
nothing,
people
will
come
in
grab
the
microphone
say,
we're
slashing
and
we're
burning,
and
it's
not
true.
What
we've
done
is
we
reduced
the
requested
increase
in
spending?
We
haven't
cut
anybody
nobody's,
lost
ours,
nobody's
been
reduced
in
dollars
or
what
they
pay
nobody's
been
laid
off.
To
my
knowledge,
everyone
is
still
whole
I
wish.
I
believed
I
really
wish.
I
could
say
that
for
our
businesses,
this
mill
rate
reduction
is
very
important.
F
A
C
A
A
A
A
No
one's
gonna
get
fired,
no
one's
gonna
get
laid
off;
no
one's
gonna
get
reduced,
pay,
that's
not
how
you
do
it,
you
do
it
through
the
revenue
side
and
we
do
not
even
come
close
as
a
city
talking
about
revenue.
The
only
way
we
talk
about
revenue
is
when
we
say
well,
let's
raise
the
mill
rate.
No,
that's
not
how
you
that's
not
the
converse.
The
conversation
we
have
to
do
is:
how
do
we
get
more
businesses
that
can
come
in?
How
do
we
get
more
people
to
move
here?
A
A
C
Is
I
have
to
address
that
I
did
hear
back
from
our
auditors
today,
they've
finally
reviewed
that
policy
that
was
reviewed
and
and
looking
forward
to
a
conversation
with
me
so
we'll
have
that
tomorrow
with
them,
so
we
were
just
waiting
for
the
others
to
get
their
feedback
to
us.
We
were
waiting
for
the
auditors
to
review
that
policy
and
get
back
to
us.
C
D
G
G
G
G
We
don't
have
to
win
a
fashion,
show
just
just
to
get
everybody
I've
heard
from
multiple
citizens.
What
am
I
gonna
be
able
to
come
in
and
register
my
beer
that
I
got
new
that
place.
I
tried
to
renew
them
online
I
can't
I
gotta
go
into
the
office
I
can't.
Even
though
I
said
you
know,
you
don't
purchased
your
vehicle,
you
don't
have
inspected
these.
You
can
drive
down
Bennett
Drive
with
you
know,
coming
right
off
the
manifold.
G
C
G
C
Again,
we're
trying
to
work
through
what
we
can
do,
what
the
state's
trying
to
do
and
we
want
to
be
open
to
we
do
we
want
I,
know.
There's
things.
I
saw
an
email
late
this
afternoon
from
our
library
director,
where
they're
getting
direction
on
how
to
handle
collections
and
open
things
and
not
open
things,
and
it's
we're
trying
to.
G
G
C
We
we
have
125,000
dollars
that
was
donated
to
the
city
for
the
development
of
a
splash
pad
and
that
money
is
still
sitting
waiting
to
be
spent.
Specifically
on
that
my
conversation
with
Gary
last
week
was
that
we're
just
waiting
for
a
design
I'm
incorporating
that
into
the
construction
at
the
tape
park.
But
it's
the
hope
is
that
we
will
be
done
this
year.
A
C
C
Yes,
again,
just
to
highlight
some
of
these,
the
60
access
highway
building,
it
is
under
contract
for
shooting
for
a
closing
of
June
12th.
We
ran
into
a
little
bit
of
a
hiccup
with
what
appears
to
be
a
mortgage
still
on
the
property
to
the
pre
the
the
previous
owner
has,
but
all
the
payments
were
made.
It
just
needs
to
get
a
release,
and
so
we've
got
our
attorney
working
to
make
sure
that
that
happens
as
far
as
events
and
marketing
things
that
are
going
on,
we
are
are
looking
because
of
the
governor's
executive
orders.
C
Thursdays
on
Sweden
may
be
delayed
a
little
bit
as
far
as
being
able
to
have
mass
gatherings
in
the
month
of
June.
It's
probably
not
going
to
happen,
and
so
we're
trying
to
develop
some
workarounds.
With
that
we've
discussed
a
new
idea.
Tooling,
Tuesday's
I
had
no
idea
what
tooling
meant
when
it
was
mentioned
to
me,
but
I.
Guess
if
you
grew
up
here,
you
understand
driving
up
on
the
out
of
the
roads.
We
called
it
driving
the
drag.
You
know
dragon
main
street,
but
it's
a
little
bit
different.
D
C
So
we're
still
trying
to
look
at
ways
to
engage
the
public
and
get
some
Community
Interest
still
going.
There's
a
survey
out
on
Facebook
right
now
as
far
as
selecting
the
picture
of
the
month.
If
you
take
a
minute
to
look
at
the
photos
that
we're
all
submitted
there
for
for
the
month,
a
lot
of
beautiful
pictures,
blight
cleanup,
we
are
we've
completed
the
blight
survey.
Ken
is
working
on
getting
that
into
the
computer,
so
that
we
can
map
that
and
be
able
to
illustrate
where
the
blight
issues
are
in
the
community.
C
We
are
still
working
with
a
blight
committee
and
we
have
we've
started
putting
together
all
the
narrative
on
all
the
tools
and
I
know.
The
council
was
hoping
for
that
and
the
month
of
May
we're
still
in
the
process
of
pulling
that
together
and
so
we'll
keep
working
on
that,
hopefully,
by
the
month
of
June,
we'll
have
something
back
to
the
council.
For
that
the
bird's
eye
cleanup.
We
anticipate
that
there
will
be
some
resuming
of
work
on
May
18th
there
are.
C
C
Spars
covered
19
support.
We
continue
to.
Whenever
we
get
of
information
for
local
businesses,
we
try
to
push
that
out
to
Facebook
or
to
the
citizens
and
make
that
information
available.
The
site
L
building,
has
officially
changed
hands.
Mr.
Dana
Cassady
is
the
the
new
owner
of
that
building
and
will
work
now
with
mr.
Cassidy
determined.
C
C
It
basically
just
means
based
on
what
we
have,
what
we
do
in
the
department.
This
would
be
the
building
the
footprint
and
the
floor
plan,
but
they
can't
give
us
any
final
estimate
of
cost
until
the
city
decides,
which
property
we
seriously
want
to
look
at
actually
putting
that
on,
because
then
you
get
into
access
to
utilities,
grading
drainage
and
everything
else,
and
so
we
know
that
there's
been
a
lot
of
properties
discussed
the
former
Birdseye
plant,
the
airport
redevelopment
near
the
county
offices,
maybe
along
Bennett
Drive
the
recreation
center.
C
We
really
just
need
to
I
guess
at
this
point
from
the
council
standpoint
is
try
to
narrow
down.
If
we
can,
what
properties
we
really
want
to
take
a
serious
look
at
placing
this
ideal
floor
plan
on,
but
they
are
they'll
bring.
All
of
this
information
back,
it's
I,
guess
a
question
for
what
does
counsel
wanna
do
as
far
as
investigating
options
for
location
and
we're
looking
roughly
a
half.
A
G
A
F
C
A
A
A
A
A
The
men
need
offices,
the
men
need
the
appearance
they
need
up,
they
need
to
spruce
up
for
appearance.
The
city
should
always
be
working
on
infrastructure,
always
have
a
project
going.
The
wood
pellet
boiler
set
us
back
tremendously.
We
were
supposed
to
save
money
on
that
and
that
thing's
been
nothing
but
a
leech
in
our
side
hundred
thousand
dollars
a
year
for
nothing.
A
A
A
C
And
I'm
not
pushing
that
we
make
a
decision
in
the
next
two
weeks,
I'm
I'm,
definitely
not
because
there
is
a
lot
of
other
options
and
I've
brought
up
the
same
jail
cell
issue
with
the
architects
and
and
and
they
they
provided.
Some
good
comments
that
I'll
forward
on
to
the
council,
but
yeah
there
may
be
some
options
there
that
you
know.
Maybe
we
leave
them
where
they're
at
about
something
else
or
okay.
F
C
A
C
It's
it's
up
in
the
air
right
now.
That's
the
problem
is
the
county
is
looking
at.
Do
we
build
a
brand
new
down
in
Houlton
because
that's
been
the
the
Center
for
the
jail
for
many
many
years
or
do
we
split
it?
Put
the
central
Aroostook
a
southerner
ooh
stick,
or
do
we
build
one?
That's
centered
in
the
population
base
of
the
county
there
they're
just
starting
the
investigation
process
right
now,
yeah
I
mean
you
could
be
for.
H
F
A
When
you
make
an
investment
of
6.5
million
dollars
into
a
new
police
station
with
new
jail
cells,
you
got
to
know
those
jail
cells
have
value
1012
years
down
the
road
so
that
you
can
get
your
return
on
it.
I
mean
that's
the
whole
deal
running
and
I'm,
just
gonna
put
it
the
end.
It's
just
my
personal
opinion.
A
A
There's,
no
better
presence
for
our
police
department
to
be
located
than
in
that
vicinity
somewhere
and
the
way
this
world
is
going.
It's
going
to
get
worse
in
my
opinion,
and
we
have
to
protect
this.
We
have
to
protect
the
our
assets
so
presence,
not
how
big
the
building
is
not
how
fancy
it
is
not
all
the
bells
and
whistles,
but
having
presence
is
what's
important.
They
do
not
have
a
good
presence
when
they're
located
down
here
at
today
is
neat
when
downtown
was
active
and
going
strong,
I
get
it,
but
things
evolve.
C
C
Don't
know
if
there's
any
questions,
anything
else
that
we
have
there
I
guess
River
Road.
We
are
monitoring
that
we've
identified,
that
there
are
other
areas
of
failure
to
the
south
of
places
that
we
fixed
last
year,
places
that
have
dropped
four
to
five
feet
off
the
shoulder,
but
within
ten
feet
of
the
the
existing
Road.
So
the
the
current
design
that
we've
been
thinking
was
going
to
be
put
in
place
as
a
even
a
rough
fix
may
not
be
sufficient,
and
so
we
definitely
need
to
start
looking
at
options.
C
And
you
know
one
of
them
that's
been
discussed,
as
maybe
we
just
need
to
start
bulldozing
and
lowering
the
road
down
so
that
we
can
reduce
some
of
the
weight
in
the
area
and
make
some
things
happen,
but
for
right
now
we
think
we're
pretty
much
through
the
spring
thaw
and
we'll
continue
to
watch
the
road
as
it
is
and
we
can
get
through
the
summer
we
think
pretty
easily,
but
next
spring
again
will
we
may
be
facing
additional
failures.
How
are
we.
J
A
C
J
B
B
So
spread
the
word
that
we
wanted
to
do
as
many
absentee
ballots
as
possible.
I
will
also
report
that
I
had
to
surveyed
my
workers
to
get
whether
or
not
I
was
going
to
be
able
to
get
a
crew
for
July
and
I
only
had
one
of
my
crew.
That
said
that
they
would
prefer
not
to
somebody
in
their
70s,
so
I
understand
and
we
so
I
have
my
crew
I
had
to
report
that
to
the
state,
because
there
are
other
communities
throughout
the
state
that
are
having
issues
getting
them
through.
B
B
Ballots,
everyone
gets
to
vote
because
there
are
two
referendum
questions,
so
that's
my
shoutout
for
that.
The
other
is
wheat.
Today
you
know,
I
come
in
that
plan
every
day
have
a
plan
while
work
on
my
knees.
I
always
have
a
plan,
and
today
I
didn't
get
the
plan
done
it
all,
because
I'll
tell
you,
we
are
not
open
to
the
public,
but
we
were
hopping
all
day
long.
We
were
hopping
with
the
pile
that
dropped
gossip
over
the
weekend.
B
To
be
honest,
I
haven't
cashed
receipted
for
a
month.
These
two,
ladies
that
I,
have
took
it
over.
For
me,
I
said:
I'll
do
every
third
day
will
have
just
one
person
doing
well
my
day.
They
took
it
over
for
me
and
ever
since
then,
the
month
of
April
I
took
in
this
amount
of
money.
Okay,
you've
never
done
that
before,
but
today
I
had
to
have
two
of
the
ladies
of
processing,
because
they
would
have
never
gotten
done.
They
had
a
pile
that
was
over
the
weekend,
a
pile
that
came
in
the
mail.
B
We
went
down
and
had
a
third
pile
in
the
afternoon.
To
be
honest,
the
revenues
for
the
month
of
April-
if
you
look
at
the
clerk's
report,
was
not
as
they
were
higher
than
I
thought.
They
would
be
to
be
honest
too
so,
as
for
doing
motor
vehicles-
and
we
have
the
forms
right
here-
they're
down
in
the
police
station
they're
on
the
city's
website,
you
can
take
them
home
with
you,
you're
able
to
do
these
through
the
mail
or
through
the
Dropbox,
and
she
will
leave
to
people
for.
B
Is
for
registration,
if
you
don't
want
to
do
it
on
on
the
online
rapid
renewal
site,
we
use
these
forms
and
Danielle
will
email
and
she
is
the
motor-vehicle
agent.
So
she
handles
all
those
phone
calls.
We
have
started
Friday
doing
ATVs
if
people
have
not
access
to
do
them
online
or
they
have
new
ones
to
them.
B
B
You
have
to
wait
until
our
vehicle
opens
up,
and
there
is
some
concern
amongst
us
that
we
had
a
person
that
was
insistent
that
wanted
it
done
before
the
end
of
April
last
week
because
wanting
to
get
that
credit.
But
what
if
we
gave
her
credit
but
then
come
they
opened
in
June,
because
that's
what
it
looks
like
from
the
last
governor's
order
that
state
employees
won't
go
back
until
June.
B
She,
it
could
be
expired
by
that
her
registration
that
she
was
trying
to
transfer
could
be
expired,
and
so
we
were
like
it's
really
not
your
best
bet.
You
really
need
to
wait,
drive
on
your
temporary
ones
until
we
know
what's
happening
with
motor
vehicle
and
we're
over.
So
the
other
thing
about
the
manager
and
I
have
spoken
and
we're
talking
about
the
plan
getting
our
column
mahakasyapa,
but
they're,
really
the
barricade
the
plexiglass
barricade
between
us
and
the
customers.
We've
got
to
have
our
routines
of
wiping
down
the
areas
using
disinfectants.
B
B
B
And
we
want
to
do
it,
but
we
want
to
do
it
safely
and
organized
because
we
really
don't
want
you
getting
calls
saying
that
I
had
to
wait
for
two
hours,
three
hours
an
amount
in
the
parking
lot.
How
are
we
going
to
handle
that
I?
Also
one
of
my
favorite
ninety
plus
year
old
widowers
here
in
Town
Hall
today
pay
his
taxes
as
monthly
taxes
and
I
said,
put
it
in
the
mail
drop
it
in
the
police,
department
and
I'm
like
don't
come
into
this
office.