001All right, on that note, we'll get started. We're done with family updates. We'll call to order the village council regular meeting, Tuesday, July 8th, 2025 at 7 p.m. If we could stand for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Madame clerk, could you call the role, please? Cook here. Ross, here. Kemp, yes. Nicia, here. We have a quorum. Um, item number four, approval of the agenda. I'd like to make a motion to amend the agenda. And that will be at item number five, presentation. It'll be a um proclamation and presentation to Moren Kelmouth. And then vote no. B it will be the lone ranger fund. Vote no.
002Second. Okay. Motion by Cook, seconded by Ross. Yes. All those in favor say I. I. I. Any nay? Motion carries. The agenda is amended. So then we'll move to item five presentations. And first up is our um proclamation to Moren Helmet. So I am going to um read a certificate of appreciation from village council. um to you, Mo. And then um I also have a document with some wellw wishes from various uh people you'll recognize around the around the village. And I'll let you take take both home, but read that um on your own time. So uh this certificate of appreciation is presented to Moren Mo Helmouth in recognition and appreciation of her dedicated service to the village of Oxford and the greater Oxford community. Throughout her many years of service, Moren Helmouth has served
003with distinction on the village council, the village planning commission, the Oxford area cable communications commission, and various other committees and initiatives that have contributed to the betterment of our community. Mo's one-of-a-kind perspective, quick wit, and fearless honesty has always brought something special to the council table. Whether offering historical context, asking the tough questions, or delivering a well-timed quip, she kept things interesting. Her deep knowledge of village happenings, past and present, will be impossible to replace and certainly missed. The village of Oxford extends with sincere gratitude to Mrs. Helmouth for her steadfast commitment and lasting contributions. We wish her continued success and fulfillment in the next chapter of her life dated this 8th day of July 2025 and signed by all four council members today. So Mo, do you want to come up and grab this
004from us? No. Go down. Can we get a Maybe we can come around and get a picture stand up here and then I'll give you that too. Thank you. And then Mo, before you sit down, I just present something from the police department. Take that with you, too. This was going to be hard. We appreciate all your support in this town. No. Yes. No. Yes. All your support around all these years. May I borrow? Yes. I've known each other for 30 years. Long time. Yeah. I think you were there when I was born. I was there at Bush. I just want to say I've been the council for a long time. You guys are possibly best. You guys all have different opinions. Give them different backgrounds. You think it through. You vote your conscience. Please
005start turning out crosswalks. Um, and that's all I can You guys are great. Um, and it's Bob 30 years. 40 years. Just going there. I've been with the village for 40 years. 39 too many. But 40 years. I started in 91. I started in 85. Right. Um, and you guys have been great. So, Thank you, Mo. So, what street did you take the stop sign off of? Chief Mo. Mo. Dayton. Dayton Street. The pass through. Was it a stop sign she voted against? All right. Um our next presentation this evening um is I believe CJ Karnacio is going to come up and um the village of Oxford um works in partnership with Oxford Township all the time. Um and so recognizing the township's efforts um regarding the lone ranger and a lot of historical markers
006and significance that especially CJ has worked on across the community. uh the village of Oxford wanted to make a donation to from our lone ranger fund here um to the effort that CJ is leading at the township. So I do have a check um that I can present and council wants to come around again. Oh god. Thank you. It's good. Thank you very much, council. Thank you. Good luck with the room. Use your poll to get that picture on the paper. That's why I got That's why I grew all the hair from this. Good job. All right. Um, next is public hearings. We have none this evening, so we'll move on to call to public. Uh this is a time for anyone in the public would like to address councel. Feel free to step up
007to the podium about any issue. Seeing no one headed to the podium, we'll move on to the consent agenda. Item 8A are receive and file items. Motion to receive and file um consent agenda items A1 and two, correspondence letters and department reports. Second. Okay. Okay. Motion by Nicia, seconded by Ross. All those in favor say I. I. Any nay? Motion carries. Next is 8B are approval items. I'll make the motion to receive and file items 8B 1 2 and 3. And the bills in the amount of $469,000 $46951. Support. Okay. Is that you said receive and files I approve approve and approve the bills any amount of it. Thank you. That was seconded by Kemp. Reliant so much. All right. Um roll call vote please. Ross. Yes. Nicoia. Yes. Cook. Yes. Kemp. Yes. Motion carries.
008Those are approved. Next is our unfinished old business under item nine. Um, a council vacancy discussion and candidate interview consideration. So, as anyone can see, council is a fun group. Um, we do get a lot of stuff done, too. So, um, I'd like to welcome Regina Knock, if you don't mind going up to the podium. Um, well, she's one of the people that make I give you a meeting. Thank you so much for your interest in um the council. We do have your letter and your resume in front of us, but I just wanted to give um each council member a chance to ask you a question if that's okay and anything you wanted to share. Yeah. Um so I can kind of start us off. Um could you tell us a little bit about
009your background? So I um I grew up in East Point and I have moved around a little bit and um I have uh I have a CPA practice in Lake Borian kept core professional advisors that um I had merged my own CPA practice into and I needed to find a good place to put down roots. So I decided that Oxford was uh Oxford was a really nice place to fall in love with. Um I have a I now own a historical house at 67 Pontiac and it was one of those um dreams come true like you always want you know to be part of something and be able to continue on the legacy and I'm I'm just thrilled to have the house a lot of work but it's you know it's um it's it's been
010really nice because it's given me a lot of purpose. So I've spent my my whole life is the house and the practice and there's something that's missing. So that's where I think getting involved with with the community and having that engagement is something that I'm excited and I'm ready to do because I'm at a point in my life that um I'm looking for that connection between myself and others. Great. Thank you. Any other questions from council? Um, hi neighbor. Um, uh, what's been your favorite project so far in your house? Um, the the landscaping for sure. Um, you know, it's one of those things that I knew a it's uh moving plants is pretty cheap and everything else uh with that house is not. So, but I I I really thought that it was really
011important because of the lack of landscaping and how the helps was kept up on the outside that I really wanted to make a big impact. So, 80 bags of mulch later, we're doing we're doing good. But it's um you know I I think between that and starting to get to know the neighbors. It's been I you know like I said my life is just the house and work. But I want to say that you know getting to know everyone around here and being able to spend Friday nights in downtown Oxford has just been just an absolute blessing because it's something that I've never had before and that I've always wanted and one of those dreams come true kind of things. I know it's represented in your resume, but could you speak a little bit about
012your experience with government and boards? Yes. So, I have been on uh two different nonprofit boards, the hospitality house food pantry and the Lake Syria Community Coalition where I was the treasurer. Um it's kind of like like the Oakland uh the Oakland Oak Oakland community coalition. Um, so and I was uh I used to live in commerce for a while. So I was I again kind of being more civic-minded let me get involved with the community where I'm living and it was nice because you know being a CPA we have to be we have to be analytical we have to be thoughtful but we all are also able to understand the emotions that come with working with boards and clients and uh neighbors and um you One of the big things that we do with
013in our business is business advisory services. We we end up being a counselor more than the the taxes don't matter at the end of the day. You know, people just want to know that things are being taken care of. So, a lot of my time was spent making sure that all the boards that I have been on and all the boards that we currently do, some nonprofit clients, that they understand what's going on. I want them to ask questions and I I I think that getting that understanding gets more buy in and I think it makes for more comprehensive um decision- making. Uh as for uh working in government services, I my co-op job in high school was working for the city of East Point in their clerk's office. So I've worked for their in
014their clerk's office and I've worked for the city of Royal Oak in their clerk's office. Um I promised uh one of the old managers that I would go back to East Point for every election to be a precinct chairperson. So I've been doing that for about 20 years now. So have seen how the elections work and have been able to work with the clerk with trying to get uh my recommendations uh implemented when it comes for security and operations and trying to keep things smoothly on that end. So yeah. So you've answered frankly what I was wondering about wonderfully. Yes. But is there something that has surprised you about Oxford since moving here? Um, I've never been part of a small town. So, but you know, I I think that the the friendliness that in
015a lot of the relationships that I've been able to build over the past four or five years since I merged my practice in Lake Oran. Um, it it's it's been wonderful. And, you know, that was like I said, that's the connection that I know I was missing. And I think that was something that I didn't really know how small towns work. and you kind of have an idea how it is, but you know, at the same time, it's there's something wonderful about knowing your neighbor and kind of knowing the background and and I think that that's really important to build that community. So, that's I was I a little bit scared? Yeah, I hear stories, but you know, honestly, I mean, you you you wear your heart on your sleeve and you're nice to everyone
016and pleasant and responsible and you don't have anything to worry about. Any other questions from council? Okay. Well, thank you. How fortunate are we to have such an amazing um candidate to consider? So, we really appreciate your time and um I'll make a motion to appoint Regina Knock to Village Council to fulfill the term vacated by Morgan Helmouth, which do you know that year end? Next year, isn't it? 24 year or 26 I mean 26. This is through 2026. Okay. Through 2026. I'll support your motion. Okay. Motion by Cook, seconded by Kemp. Any discussion? Hearing none. We'll do a roll call vote. All right. Cook. Yes. Kemp, yes. Nicia, yes. And Ross, yes. Okay. Motion carries. Okay. Have a seat. No. you have to come see the this morning. Thanks very much for for the
017opportunity and everything. I'm I'm I've put down roots and I'm really excited to see what I can do to help everyone out and kind of make my mark. Keep Oxford Oxford. Like I said, make some time to come in and get sworn in. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, we'll reach out to you. You know, um you could get sworn in. Hope be able to attend the August meeting. So, jump right in. All right. Well, thank you guys very much. I appreciate it. Thank you. We appreciate you. Thank you. Not in a creepy way. I was admiring when you had your roofers out and then when you applied I was like, "Oh, very nice." Welcome. Thank you. Thank you. I'll swear you in. We're trying. Don't listen to lady in the back row. Don't tell her. All right.
018move on to our other unfinished business and that's the Park Street project update. Um I left it on there of course because it is old business. Uh we haven't we are meeting again tomorrow um Paul um Mr. Davis myself and another representative from Row so nothing new to add at this point. Okay, great. It continues. Okay. Anything from council before I move on? Okay. Um 10 new business a is Clint Riverside Coalition contract renewal consideration. It's been like 5 years since we did this before. I think it was 2019 now or 2020 maybe. I think it was 19. But anyways, it's a 5-year renewal. Clinton River provides us a lot of the uh documentation and the pamphlets and the brochures to help us with our water shed and our MS4 permit, which is a permit
019for discharging surface waters to the state of Michigan. So, it's it's very helpful. Um, and they even do offer, I think, some of the classes that DPW guys can check into here and there for some of their storm water training stuff, too. So, it's a good good partnership. Um, and then it's a 5-year renewal in front of us. I think I think it's got a 5% annual increase in it, but it's still a nominal amount like a thousand a year. I remember right. Trying to go back to my memory of last week reading it. It's like $500 on signing and then $1,000 because it's staggered. I think they were changing it getting off all the same one. Yeah. Get be thousands a year. paper 2026. Okay. The thing about this this organization is it's a
020it's a wealth of knowledge and information. And I think their main criticism of communities is people don't call them enough. And if you guys have any questions and you reach out to these people, you'll be amazed at the amount of information you can get about watershed and other issues um in in in the water area and and they're always receptive. They're always receptive. So, thank you. Yeah, they've been good to work with. I'll make a motion to approve the Clinton River Wershed Coalition contract as presented. Support motion by Cook, seconded by Mia. Any discussion? Um, I really like what they do with with education. Um, it's it's a good organization. I think um it's it's worth it. We need to continue that education um in the public. So, I'm for it. Any further comment from
021council? Okay, hearing none. A roll call vote, please. Cook, yes. Nico, yes. Ken, yes. Ross, yes. Motion carries to approve. Next is 10B, the consideration of note credits transfer contract with SMART. kind of a similar situation um that over the years we get certain credits through smart to the county and then we transfer those for the use that not uses on our behalf. So it's just time to redo that again. Um I know Nota is currently going through a uh renewal of their contract or their agreement that we had with them. So the draft's been out there I think but um not ready to take any action on that yet. They've circulated their revised interlocal agreement. I know you I think someone you provided comments. So that that'll be coming before the board the council
022soon. Okay. Thank you. Make a motion to approve another credit transfer contract with support. Motion by Ross, seconded by Kemp. Any discussion hearing? None. Do a roll call vote. Kemp, yes. Ross, yes. Nicia, yes. Cook, yes. Motion carries is approved. 10 C is our next item. That's the Oxford Lakes Drive resurfacing project phase one contract award consideration. All right. Um, we had the bid opening on the last Monday, I think it was. Yep. and four biders. Um, pretty good pricing on all of them. Uh, the the bid tab is in your packet as well as the recommendation letter from Paulra here from Row. Um, I think last time we discussed this around budget time we were estimating around 275ish for the project. Um, the fact that we're coming in at 224, just under 225 um,
023is good for us. um longtime contractor and so we're anxious uh and we kind of came to us rather quickly that the contractor seems anxious to get moving on it sooner rather than later. So we were like to move on it and and get it done perhaps during the school year as well. Well or well summer vacation I mean before the school year. So um yeah we would recommend still to award it to the uh ASI paving as directed. Make a motion to award the Oxford Lakes Drive resurfacing project to the Ashvalt Specialist LLC um with the price at 220 $224,824 as recommended by our engineer from row four. Motion by Cook, seconded by NAI. Any discussion? Yep. Um because the bid is so much lower than what we're anticipating, can we get any of
024that additional work added in? I don't think so at this time because the scope is already clearly defined. But if you do remember um we did talk I think after budget maybe we have some work on Lincoln Street with some flooding at at Mechanic that we're looking to maybe roll into some work that may have been happening with the Washington Square the the I'm sorry the uh South Washington Triangle the U 32 unit condo development. They were hoping to get some of that underground work done on during this uh summer season, but the school wasn't because it's right next to the school. That's not going to happen. We were hoping to piggy back some uh extension of our storm drain down Lincoln towards M24 while they were there digging. We still may now just try
025to go forward and get that repair done um this summer ourselves. It's about 300 feet, I think, of of storm sewer has to be extended down Lincoln to tie into the ones that go to M24 already to alleviate that. So, that's another local street. Our local street fund is the one that doesn't have much money that we keep subsidizing with our general fund dollars. This will uh if there's 40 grand left over here will help us perhaps um handle that issue over on Lincoln and Mechanic. I think it much more needed. Any other comments or questions? Okay, hearing none. Uh, roll call vote, please. Nicarasia, yes. Cook, yes. Ross, yes. C, yes. Uh, motion carries is approved. 10 D is a special event application. And you saw the letter that I included in a little
026bit of a background on it. Um, I I did email the uh the folks who sent me the letter requesting them to complete an application and try to get it to me today by this evening's meeting, but I have not received it. I mean, I Okay, I've checked. So, I don't know where it stands um because they want to do it on August 2nd, which is before the next meeting. I I other than what was in that letter, I don't have a lot of the details. Okay. that might normally be there. That's a letter from one of those local businesses. Yes. From the owners of two South and Six South there. Um from the Cassandra Company Boutique and owner of the Wild and Rooted. Um have you spoken to either of them about? No, other
027than this letter came Oh, I say she was um Kimberly may have. Yeah. Thank you. Go ahead, Joe. I say I know you were involved. It came from you I think to me the letter and then I followed up the email and said okay I have your letter but and I sent her an application a special event application request and get completed. I even checked all my junk folders and stuff today. I haven't heard anything back but this was just Wednesday of last week though I think we got it. Yeah. So what my understanding is the event would be a wellness event. It's partnered with an anniversary from two of our businesses Wild and Rooted and Scots Toys. they would be celebrating one year and five years um of being in business in downtown. They
028wanted to partner all together as a quad and host some wellness activities. So, I believe that in the park they were hoping to have a yoga instructor and then do some yoga classes throughout the day. And then also there was a portion I don't know if it's included in the letter, but to block off um a portion of the parking lot behind Scott's Toys, Modern Marketplace, Wild and Rooted as well to have some space for vendors similar. We did it similar to Scarecup Pro Fest. I think it was two years ago. We closed that space out for um vendors for our market. And that parking area is owned by the village there. Yeah, it's just on the east side of the monogram shop there as it exits out onto East Beric. Okay. One way. And
029you know, I was that's say I'm not sure if they want to close off that whole exit or just some of the spaces. So that part wasn't real clear to me. I believe it was to close the full so people weren't traveling through the vendors. They would just close it off completely and not allow people to exit through that space. That's something we would require more than just I mean the special event application has insurance and liability waiver and things we would need. Yes. Right. Yeah. Um it it doesn't seem very complicated and and out of bounds what we normally would approve. I just don't have all the details. I mean, you guys could approve it contingent upon us working it all out with the the uh the details and making sure we get everything.
030Yeah. And they are aware, the businesses are aware that there would be additional approvals by the fire department and police department. Yeah. Well, you you could do a conditional approval, but it would have to be for an application that seeks no waiverss because you're the only body that can issue the waiver. You don't have time to do that. So, okay. If you if you wanted to say positive on this conditional approval, let administration fed out the application, but the application can't be seeking any waiverss otherwise that has to come back to you. Yeah. And being that they both have in businesses and have business insurance, it it should be relatively simple for them. It shouldn't be, right? Uh and then the other was just a $100 um right deposit thing anyway. So, okay. I believe
031last we checked there was no other event applications for that date. Right. So you mentioned something about in the park too. I know they talked a little bit in there of what health and wellness activities but I didn't in the letter I did see in the park. So if they want to do it in part two that's okay. They Yep. So Vicki had sent them the the actual application. Okay. For them to complete as well. So for council I mean I'm fine to allow the conditional approval if they meet everything. I don't know what any else's thoughts are. So, I'd hate to not allow the event just because of the council meeting. Sounds like a great event. I want to go. Yeah. So, we want to see you do yoga. Does council need any more
032information before we make a motion? I'll make a motion to approve the special event request um condition on uh the village manager's review and receipt of an actual special event application that complies with all the village requirements and does not seek a waiver as to the deposit or insurance requirements. Okay. Motion by Cub, seconded by any discussion. I think obviously all the businesses have to be on board with this. It sounds like they are. Um, so I think that's the concern of getting the waiver and the insurance. Sounds sounds like a fun event. We'll do a roll call on this. All right. Nico, yes. Camp. Yes. Ross. Yes. Yancock. Yes. Motion carried. That is approved. Thank you, council. That being said, I don't love the request. I don't either. It was Wednesday last week that
033it came. That's the day I was putting together the application. That's what gave me, not that sounds great. But I think you contacted them over and over again and I sent it to him Wednesday and said, "All right, you don't break. But they you've been in contact. You've been in contact like that's I had another one called today wanted to something but I said we can't do it tonight. Get me something then we can approve it at the August meeting. It can't be verbal alone. I mean the fact that there was a letter helps but yeah Kimberly do you mind communicating message about timing about just getting your stuff in? Getting stuff. Absolutely. I think that's not known to the business owners or anyone who's interested in reserving the park or having a special event.
034I don't think they understand the time frames. So, I'm happy to communicate to the the visitor. Thank you so much. All right. Um 10 B is the Oxford Lakes Drive construction services agreement. All right, council. And I did have a little memo there today and then um Paul and sent me the uh item tenny which is on the uh deis here when you arrive. Um but one of the things we were you know kind of surprised with in a heavy way is that if ASI was approved that they were going to want to do this work relatively soon. And so normally we would have, you know, four or five weeks, maybe bring something back to you at our next meeting, but it sounds like perhaps they want to be well in the pro project by
035then. So we had to kind of shorten up our timeline a bit to uh get the reviews done and get the stuff over and Paul had to work on some things to get us the uh agreement for the Moyers project. When we approved that project, council was contingent upon the contract language being uh approved by Mr. Davis and myself. and we're still working through one as aspect of that and limitations of liability. So rather than trying to wait for that to get done, we want to get something approved tonight. So Paul suggested and I think it makes good sense to just amend the current contract we have with RO for the Mo uh Oxford Lake Drive project. We already have a contract in place with them for the design and engineering. Part of that contract
036does allow for additional work to be um added in under that contract. So, what's proposed to us tonight is to add the additional construction engineering services as outlined in item 10E in front of you um today um at a not to exceed price of 27,500 and that would be just as an amendment to the existing Oxford Lake driver servicing um contract that we have in place. So it's just a change order for construction administration and observation. Yes. Okay. I think the the rates were like around 180 for the engineering services and then 115 for the observation. The hours seemed appropriate too for the 2 and 1/2 week timeline. So and you know I guess the question is what happens if they don't meet that I guess would be my main question. Well, I think and
037it may not maybe they're under that too. If the weather's good and they get rolling good, um that's one of the things that and Paul's wrestled with a little bit to try to like last year's uh Park Street project. You know, they estimate to be x amount of weeks. We sit down at the pre-construction meeting, everyone agrees it's going to be x amount of weeks. Next thing you know, it's twice as many weeks, right? Well, they're trying to give us an upfront cost what they think it's going to cost and it's completely out of their control. So those things will happen of course but um I think this two and a half weeks is quite doable. The paving section is smaller. It's reduced as we remember um to a phase first phase. Um uh I
038I think he's kind of being maybe a little generous with the two and a half weeks. I'm thinking maybe good week they could get it done in two perhaps. So okay if it goes over I mean we have uh we have the uh not to exceed price in here. So I I don't know at that point. I mean, if it's a problem, they have to manage their time a little bit better, too. Um, if the contractor is not going to be out there doing anything pertinent that day, maybe they don't have to be there that day. We've done that in the past, too. If they're just moving stuff around and not putting stuff in the ground, we try to minimize the uh on-site cost. I'll make a motion to approve the amendment number one to
039the contract for engineering construction services for the Hexford Lakes Drive resurfacing project uh with row as presented and reviewed by Mr. Davis support any motion by seconded by any discussion here questions. Um I yeah I would just say that the if we can get it done in that sounds fantastic and I think the the hours seem appropriate on it too. So no concerns here other than and and we're happy to hear that the contractor is anxious to get it going that pushing us off till you know, late in the year. Absolutely. Um Okay. And that does have the not to exceed amount in there. So, as presented and I think it was 27,500, right? Mhm. Okay. Um roll call vote, please. Kemp, yes. Ross, yes. Cook, yes. Nia, yes. Motion carries. That's approved. Item 11
040are items removed from the consent agenda, which are none this evening. 12 is our second opportunity for public comment. So, if anyone would like to address council, please feel free to step up to the podium. Okay, moving right along. 13 committee reports. Um, A is not. Um, yeah. So, I had sent that draft off to you. It's still with NOTA's attorneys. So, I'm sure there'll be something different coming your way at some point, but we are not meeting until August. If by chance we get a draft earlier, I'll be sure to send it along. Wonderful. Thank you. Um planning commission um we don't have anybody currently liaison to planning commission. So, we can but I'm there if you they're working on the ordinance looking at the sign ordinance and stuff. So planner is looking at
041that three weeks ago, whatever it was. Yeah. Yeah. Right. Um and and to the to your point, the the the state statute doesn't require us to have a council member on there. It's our bylaws that do. Ah, okay. So, okay. So, if any council members or future council members want to talk, I'd love to let me know. It's a great group. So, um and hopefully, you know, even Mo might consider staying on the planning commission. I just going to ask you to turn out an application. Can you just open it for you? For me? Yeah. We might be able to make a session. I don't know. That she's want to make appointment. It's not me. Yeah. Do I need to make a motion for that? I don't know the term time frame. Not on this
042agenda. Yeah. Okay. I'll I'll put something together for you. Stay on that mo for as long as you want. And then we'll also maybe have a a council member join planning commission as well. So then that would fill the planning commission which would be really nice. Um okay, thank you for the update. Yeah. Um cable commission I think same scenario but we had with that. Okay. Thank you. But she is going to stay and then and that's in line that's in line with there's there's no problems with staying as a representative there. Perfect. Um DDA Jacob. Uh Kimberly, would you like to come up? Um meetings are ongoing. I know I know that we have um we had a b a business opening uh this month. I believe it's uh in is it an art
043studio? Oh, whimsy. Yeah, it's this weekend. Um and other than that um there are some Rod is putting together essentially a historic uh tour. He is um I guess it's in pilot phase right now. So, he's testing it out with various different folks and uh looking to get Sorry. Going No, please. I was going to add in after you're done. Yeah. Looking looking to uh start to offer that. Um it's still in the in the works, but it's I thought it was something really exciting that we should at least mention and kind of get people excited about. Yeah, they had a couple dates they had to reschedu from May. Um unfortunately, there's been some changes with NOTA that they're no longer able to use NOTA vehicles for the event. So, they will have to use
044the trolley begrudgingly. Um, the problem with that, however, is the trolley is currently in the shop. Um, so we're just working out some dates, they do have groups already prepared and ready to go for the pilot. Great. Just to add on for DVD and um federal law does not permit um publicly own federal funded um vehicles to be used private purposes. So, while it seems like a change to NOTA, it's actually NOTA being in compliance with all the new things that have shifted over the last few months. Um, however, NOTA can still operate vehicles that are owned separately. So, since the DDA owns the trolley, we can partner with them for drivers and continue that. But that's where it stops. We can't just rent a not a shuttle because it's partially supported with federal funds,
045but the trolley is not. So, um, while we voted to adopt it, it was already lost. So, they couldn't just not follow the law. That makes sense. The DDA, Isn't this a DDA event, which is public? It is. I think they wanted to use a note of vehicle and have a noted driver the not vehicle who happens to be on one of our committees. um just to kind of integrate from a community standpoint. But I that there was talks about charging. It was a private type event. So there's no special charters or anything. We're just kind of not permitted if we don't own the vehicle. Luckily, we own a vehicle. It's not the most reliable one, but we have it. So I'm sure there's a lot more intricacies that I'm not explaining well, but the
046general synopsis Thank you. Anything further, Kimberly, going on with the stuff that Jacob's got on a roll here. Well, did you want to talk about any of the projects? I want you to talk. I'm here for you. Uh, so obviously we have the gazebo project as well too um that's commencing. And then um the Sorry, go ahead. It's okay. We got the bids on last week on the 30th, the same day that um the village got their bids. So that will be going to our board on the 21st for review. Um it came in a lot higher than we were expecting. So we do have to revise our plan. Um I think that's probably it. Oh yeah, the crosswalk. You can skip that. Oh no. Well, yeah. You're going to like this update. You get
047to leave your Yeah. Uh so we don't MDOT has uh has some issues with where someone puts the cross rout that 140. Yeah, we do not Yeah, we do not have approval from MDOT for the crosswalk portion. So again, going to the board with the project or No, unfortunately there's not enough there. The the savings for the crosswalk was much smaller than we were expecting. It was I am charcoal. Oh, I can hug you. Okay. Backard living backyard. And then last but not least, congratulations for the spirit of Main Street, Mr. Frank. We got from our senator in Michigan. So that was pretty exciting. We got it in the mail. We're like, "What is this excitement?" So yeah, thank you very much. It was a great event. It was very surprising. Um but a very
048good surprise. So wonderful. Congrats. Great update. Thank you. Um Paul Trail. Well, I went to the meeting at Oxford Township and nobody was there. So what'd you learn? I was not late. I was a day early. And then the next day I looked up in my office and it started 45 minutes. Oh, and I knew it wasn't going to last. A rough week. So I should get credit at least going her I did speak speak with Linda briefly. She's been doing a lot of work with resurfacing. Yeah. A lot of projects going on. Yes. Redoing the gravel and paving the gravel, rolling it. Um some drainage repairs. They've been doing a lot. She's been doing a lot. Great. Thank you. Um and then I assume the ZBA has not met. No. Okay. Um next manager
049staff and attorney reports. Mr. I really got nothing else. Okay. Taxes went out. Everything was good. Everyone there's a lot of people using the do the free option which is really nice. Great. That's about it. Wonderful. Thanks. All All is well. Thank you. Okay. All right. Council comments action. Welcome, Regina. Thank you, Mom. I miss you. All right. Um, I know I'm not supposed to say business, but can we raise this flag up before our next meeting? Oh my. Yeah, I suppose so. It does not look good. Thank you. It's coming in soon. Welcome to our new member. Glad to have you aboard. Um, nothing other than that. Ken, welcome. I'm very excited to work with you. And Mo, I gave my samp comments last time, so you'll have to watch an OCTV. I echo
050the same sentiment. And with that, I will move to adjourn at 7:45. Second. Okay. All those in favor? I