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UM, ASKED ROBERTA, UH, TO, UM, PROVIDE, UM, ALL THE, UM, THE DEPARTMENT HEADS TODAY WHEN WE HAD OUR DEPARTMENT BUDGET MEETING WITH A LIST OF, UM, ITEMS, UH, IN THE CAPITAL BUDGETS THAT HAVE BEEN AUTHORIZED IN THE PAST, BUT NEVER, UH, WE NEVER SPENT THE MONEY AND SOME OF THE DOLLARS APPROPRIATIONS GO BACK LIKE 10 YEARS OR, YOU KNOW, A LONG TIME.SO, SO DOESN'T THAT GET US IN SOME KIND OF LIABILITY? DID YOU HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THEM IN ADVANCE? RIGHT.
WELL, WE'VE ALL HAD DISCUSSIONS.
SO THE THING IS, WE ROBERTA'S MENTIONED THIS, UH, TO THE BOARD AND, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST, SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE BASICALLY WANT TO DO IS WE WANNA CLEAN IT UP AND WE'RE TOLD ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT, UM, THEY HAVE TO EITHER SPEND THE MONEY OR THE MONEY WILL BE, UM, RETURNED TO, TO PAY OUT THE DEBT.
BUT YOU'VE MENTIONED THIS A NUMBER OF TIMES IN THE PAST.
SO, SO WHY, WHY HASN'T IT BEEN DONE? WHAT, WHY HASN'T IT BEEN DONE? ROBERTA'S BEEN TRYING FOR, UM, FOR, UM, A FEW YEARS TO NO, UH, NOT, WE KNOW ROBERTA'S MENTIONED IT.
WHY HASN'T IT BEEN DONE? WHY HAVE HASN'T? THE DEPARTMENT HAS, YOU KNOW, SPENT THE MONEY.
THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO CLEAN UP AND WE YOU'VE BEEN MAKE, WE'VE BEEN MAKING SOME, SOME PROGRESS, BUT OBVIOUSLY MORE HAS TO BE DONE.
THERE'S NOT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT, IT'S AGAIN, WE HAVE SPOKEN TO DEPARTMENT HEADS AT DEPARTMENT MEETINGS.
WE, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, ROBERTA, UM, ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO YOU SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THIS.
AND WE DID ADVISE THE BOARD AND NOW WE'RE, UH, GONNA TRY IN THE COMING MONTHS TO CLEAN IT TO ADDRESS EVERYTHING.
AND I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAME UP WITH AN ITEMIZED LIST AND NOW EVERYBODY COULD SEE IT AND ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS HAVE, HAVE, HAVE, HAVE A LIST AND, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THERE'S NOT GONNA BE A PROBLEM.
ANYTHING ELSE? I'D LIKE TO, ANY OTHER, UH, DISCUSSIONS? WE ALSO, UH, ROBERTA TERRENCE, APPARENTLY THERE'S NO AUDIO GOING OUT.
COULD YOU CHECK THAT? YEAH, IT'S BACK OUT.
IT, I JUST, THERE WAS A DELAY BECAUSE I THOUGHT YOU GUYS WERE STOPPING FOR LIKE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO IT SHOULD BE BACK SINCE THE SITE STREAM.
YEAH, I GUESS YOU CUT IT THINKING WE WERE DONE.
UM, WE ALSO, ROBERTA ALSO MENTIONED AT THE DEPARTMENT HEAD MEETING THAT, UM, UH, IN THE FUTURE IT WOULD MAKE SENSE IF WE DO THE CAPITAL BUDGET AROUND JULY, WHICH WOULD, UM, HELP US, WOULD HELP YOU, UH, DEAL WITH SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE TO, UH, DISCUSS, DEAL WITH YES.
DURING THE YEAR DEADLINES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
BUT THAT WOULD BE THE E THAT'S THE OPT OPTIMUM TIME.
SO I THINK WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS, UM, YOU WORK WITH ROBERTA GOING FORWARD AND UM, AND THIS WAY WE COULD WORK AROUND YOUR TIMETABLE AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IF EVERYBODY, JUST LIKE, WE HAVE A JANUARY, IT'S DECEMBER BUDGET.
IF WE BASE FOR THE OPERATING BUDGET, IF WE, UM, DO THE CAPITAL BUDGET AROUND THE TIME THAT YOU COULD DO IT, THEN IT'S GONNA MAKE EVERYTHING MUCH SMOOTHER.
THAT'S AFTER WE GET THE FI THAT'S AFTER WE GET THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OUT.
SO IT MAKE SENSE TOO WITH THAT'S, YEAH, I THOUGHT THE MEETING TODAY WAS REALLY EXCELLENT, SO YEAH, I'M REALLY, YOU KNOW, FELT REALLY, YOU KNOW, GOOD ABOUT IT, SO THANK YOU.
AND THE OTHER ISSUE THAT CAME UP, BUT THE DEPARTMENT HAD A MEETING WAS THE DEPART.
THE BIGGEST ISSUE WAS, UM, THAT PEOPLE WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT, UH, ONE PLY TOILET PAPER.
UH, THEY SAID THAT IT WAS, UH, THAT WE ARE BEING PENNYWISE AND POUND FOOLISH AND THAT, THAT TOOK UP ABOUT A HALF HOUR.
ISN'T EVERYBODY GLAD THAT THEY NOW KNOW THAT
MAYBE THIS IS WHY PEOPLE AREN'T DOING THEIR CAPITAL BUDGETS IN TIME.
WELL, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS WAS ACTUALLY, UH, AN ISSUE THAT THE DEPARTMENT HEADS WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT.
DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? I HAVE A MOTION.
CAN YOU STATE THAT TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT'S WAY IT WAS FOR THE PURPOSES OF DISCUSSING PERSONNEL MATTERS INVOLVING SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS AND TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE IN VARIOUS MATTERS.
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE, UH, MOVE THAT SECOND.