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PLEASE TURN ON YOUR MICS.I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS, UH, EMERGENCY MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL TO, TO ORDER ROLL CALL PLEASE.
COUNCILWOMAN CRAWFORD ON THE PHONE HERE.
UH, NOTING ABSENCE OF COUNCILMAN HARBURG.
UH, ACKNOWLEDGING CITY ATTORNEY KENAIR.
MAYOR KNOWLES HERE, CITY MANAGER.
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THE, THE REASON WHY, UH, I CALLED THIS MEETING HERE TODAY IS I BELIEVE LAST COUNCIL MEETING I GAVE YOU A LITTLE BIT HEADS UP OF WHAT, UH, WAS COMING DOWN THE PATH HERE.AND SO THE LAST, UH, LAST WEEK OR SO, I'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH, UH, THE, UH, CNI, UH, BETHANY HOUSE, UH, OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO, UM, KEEP THE OPERATIONS AT FULL BLAST AT BETHANY HOUSE, UM, BEING THAT ONE, THIS IS A FACILITY FOR, FOR PREGNANT WOMEN AND CHILDREN THAT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR DECADES, UH, THAT I KNOW PERSONALLY.
UH, I HAVE PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF, OF INDIVIDUALS THAT, UH, CAME THROUGH THERE SUCCESSFULLY.
ONE WAS 18 YEARS AGO, AND ANOTHER ONE 12 YEARS AGO WHO NOW IS A CASE MANAGER FOR EAST RIDGE AND HAVE REALLY, REALLY DONE WONDERS A ORGANIZATION IN THE PAST.
UH, FULL DISCLOSURE, I WAS A PAST BOARD MEMBER YEARS AGO, UH, PRIOR TO ME BEING A, A COUNCILMAN.
AND, UH, THROUGH THOSE CONVERSATIONS, YOU KNOW, UH, WE HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS A, A MECHANISM THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO THAT THAT CHANGED THE WAY FUNDING WAS BEING DISTRIBUTED.
UM, DHHR USED TO DO THE DISTRIBUTIONS.
UH, AT THAT POINT THEY WERE RECEIVING ANYWHERE BETWEEN, UH, 300 TO 350,000 A YEAR FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR, UH, PROGRAM.
UH, THERE'S 32, UH, CAPACITY OF 32 WOMEN AND CHILDREN FOR THE FACILITY.
UH, THEY MADE CHANGES, LEGISLATURES MADE CHANGES IN THAT, UH, IN THAT STRUCTURE.
AND, AND DHHR THEN CONTRACTED OUT, UH, THE, UH, ABILITY TO PUT OUT THESE GRANTS TO THE WEST VIRGINIA COALITION OF HOMELESSNESS.
AND DURING THAT PROCESS, FOR WHATEVER REASON, UH, THE, UH, COALITION, UH, REDUCED THE, UH, THE FUNDING TO THE ORGANIZATION THAT WAS RECEIVING THIS FUNDING FOR, AGAIN, DECADES, UH, TO ONE THIRD OF WHAT THEY WOULD NORMALLY GET.
UH, THAT BEING SAID, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FIRST YEAR THAT IT WAS IN, IN EFFECT, UH, THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT WERE DONE ON THE STATE LEVEL THAT WERE ABLE TO RECTIFY THAT, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO, TO RUN THEIR OPERATIONS FOR THE FULL CAPACITY OF THAT FISCAL YEAR.
UH, SAME WITH THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR, BUT, UH, THIS, THIS YEAR, THEIR FISCAL YEAR STARTS, UH, UH, IMMEDIATELY STARTS IN, IN JULY, JUST LIKE OUR FISCAL YEAR.
AND THEY'RE WORKING RIGHT NOW ON AN $18,000 SAVINGS ACCOUNT THAT THEY HAVE, WHICH THEN, UH, HAD TO REDUCE THEIR, THEIR SERVICES, WHICH THEN, UH, CAUSE SOME, UH, SOME QUESTIONS AS TO WHAT ABOUT FUNDING MOVING FORWARD.
AND, AND THAT COALITION HAS, UH, AGAIN, AWARDED THEM ONE THIRD OF THE OPERATING BUDGET, UH, FOR THEM.
BUT THAT MONEY DOES NOT COME UNTIL OCTOBER.
UH, SO, UH, I HAD CONVERSATIONS NOT ONLY WITH THE ORGANIZATION, BUT ALSO ELECTED OFFICIALS ON THE COUNTY, UH, ON THE STATE, AND EVEN WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TO PUT SOME MECHANISMS IN PLACE TO TRY TO RECTIFY, UH, WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE TODAY.
UH, IT'S, UH, UH, IT'S COME TO A POINT WHERE, ONCE AGAIN, UH, THE CITY OF MARTINSBURG, UH, DUE TO, UH, THE ABILITY THAT WE HAVE OF OUR OPIOID FUNDING THAT WE DIDN'T JUST SHRIVEL OF FRIVOLOUSLY GET RID OF THAT, WE'RE ABLE TO STEP UP ON A REGIONAL BASIS HERE, UH, ONE MORE TIME TO, TO HELP OUT HERE.
AND, AND I, I REALLY FEEL THAT MOVING FORWARD WITH THESE MECHANISMS AFTER TODAY, IF EVERYTHING GOES THE WAY I'D LIKE TO SEE IT GO THAT, UM, UH, I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO COME TO SOME TYPE OF SOLUTION MOVING FORWARD, UH, HERE, BECAUSE NOW WE'RE INVOLVED.
UH, I'M GONNA BE PERSONALLY INVOLVED AND HAVE ASKED TO BE, UH, AN ADVISOR TO THEIR BOARD TO HELP THEM MOVE FORWARD
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AND, AND ACQUIRING SOME OF THESE FUNDING.SO, UM, RIGHT NOW, UH, WE ARE ASKING, WE HAD SAT DOWN AND, AND WE IDENTIFIED THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE FOR FROM THE MORROW FUND, UH, THAT WOULD PERFECTLY FIT THE USE OF WHAT THEY, THEY THEY WANT TO USE IT FOR.
UH, SO WE'RE, UH, I'M ASKING THIS COUNCIL, UH, TO TAKE ACTION OR DISCUSS, UH, SOME FUNDING, A FUNDING OF $132,000 AT THIS POINT, UH, WHICH THAT WILL CARRY THEM THROUGH, UH, TO GET THEIR 110,000, UH, THAT THEY'RE COMING IN OCTOBER AND SHOULD CARRY THEM THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR.
GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THOSE OTHER MECHANISMS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO, UM, MOVE FORWARD.
UH, THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT, UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WOMEN AND CHILDREN HERE.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT, UH, UH, PEOPLE THAT, THAT, THAT CAN JUST GET UP AND GO TO WORK AND, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING OTHER THINGS.
SO, UH, THE ASK IS FROM MY OFFICE AND WORKING WITH OUR FINANCE AND ANDY TO, UH, TO HAVE THE CITY APPROVE $132,000 WITH A, UH, IT WON'T BE A, A TOTAL PAYOUT.
WE'RE GONNA PAY HALF OUT NOW, AND THEN HALF OUT, DOWN, DOWN THE ROAD, UH, BUT MAKE IT VERY FLEXIBLE THAT IF THEY NEED IT, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE OTHER PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, IDENTIFIED.
THOSE ARE PROJECTS, UH, OF, AS FAR AS BUILDING AS OF, UH, RAMPS AND, AND PORCHES AND ROOFS, THAT MONEY IS IDENTIFIED FOR THAT.
AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT THAT COULD BE USED FOR, BUT THAT, AND UH, UNFORTUNATELY AT THIS POINT, THEY HAVE NOT HAD ANYBODY BID ON IT.
AND, UH, THEY'RE WORKING TO GET THROUGH THAT, THAT ISSUE ALSO.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS? I, I DO HAVE A BOARD MEMBER HERE FROM, UH, CNI, FROM BETHANY HOUSE, AND I ALSO HAVE THE, THE ACTING DIRECTOR.
AM I CORRECT IN THAT? I'M THE ACTING CO-DIRECTOR RIGHT NOW? THE ACTING CO-DIRECTOR, 'CAUSE THEIR DIRECTOR HAS BEEN OUT ON, UH, ON, UH, WORKMAN'S COMP FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.
SO, UM, THAT'S OPEN FOR DISCUSSION, BUT THAT'S THE ASK FOR 132 TO BE GIVEN FROM THE MORAL FUND AND, AND TWO DISTRIBUTIONS.
WHAT'S IN THE MORROW FUND RIGHT NOW? MORROW FUND IS, WE'RE SITTING AT ABOUT $528,000.
UH, WE HAD, UH, ANDY AND I HAD DISCUSSED THIS IN THE PAST, THAT WE WANTED TO KEEP SOME OF THAT MONEY BACK FOR A FEW THINGS, THAT IF THE FUNDING STOPPED FOR OUR SOCIAL WORKERS, THAT WE WOULD STILL HAVE, UH, OPERATING MONEY TO USE FOR THE SOCIAL WORKERS, FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND ALSO IF THAT, IF ANYTHING, UH, EXTRA MAY OR MAY NOT BE NEEDED FOR THE SOBERING CENTER, ONCE THAT REALLY GETS KICKED OFF.
UH, THERE ARE OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS THAT WE'LL BE GETTING FROM IT.
WE DON'T KNOW THOSE DATES, BUT IT'S MONEY SITTING THERE THAT, UH, COULD BE BETTER USED AT THIS POINT.
WHAT, WHAT OPTIONS DO YOU HAVE FOR FUTURE FUNDING? CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THOSE NOW OR THOSE CANNOT BE DISCUSSED AT THIS POINT? FUTURE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN.
SO IF CITY COUNCIL WERE TO, UM, APPROVE OF THE $132,000 ASK, SO TO GET THEM THROUGH THE YEAR, UM, THEN WHAT SOURCES OF FUNDING ARE GOING TO BE THERE FOR THE BETHANY HOUSE? WELL, WE, WE ARE, THAT'S, THAT'S THE MECHANISMS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PUT IN PLACE WITH ALL THE ELECTED OFFICIALS TO MAKE SURE THE STATE STEPS BACK SO THAT THE, THEY GET FUNDED DIRECTLY BY THE STATE.
THAT'S THE WAY IT'S BEEN IN THE PAST, AND THAT'S WHY WE LIKE TO SEE IT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, I HAVE TWO, UM, ONE, SO ALL THE 132,000, EVEN WITH IT'S COMING OUT IN TWO DIFFERENT PAYMENTS IS WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON TODAY.
ALL THAT MONEY IS COMING THROUGH THE MORROW FUND, CORRECT? I KNOW YOU DON'T KNOW A DATE.
DO WE HAVE, AND I KNOW THAT IT'S IN THERE.
WHEN, WHEN SHOULD WE EXPECT A RE REPLENISHMENT OR OF THAT MONEY? THOSE, THOSE DATES DON'T, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC TIMELINES FOR THAT.
LIKE THERE'S ZERO, LIKE WE DON'T, LIKE, NOT EVEN WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.
I, I MEAN, I KNOW YOU'RE SHAKING YOUR HEAD AND, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT TO GIMME AN EXACT DATE.
I'M JUST TRYING TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING.
IF WE'RE TALKING, IS IT TWO YEARS? IS IT SIX MONTHS? YEAH, CO WOULDN'T KNOW THAT.
UM, IN THE PAST WHEN GOVERNOR MORRISSEY WAS ATTORNEY GENERAL, WE ASKED FOR A DISTRIBUTION SCHEDULE.
AND NO DISTRIBUTION SCHEDULE HAS BEEN
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FORTHCOMING AND NO DISTRIBUTION SCHEDULE HAS BEEN FORTHCOMING FROM THE NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL.I CERTAINLY WILL REACH OUT AGAIN FROM THE NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL, BUT WHEN THEY DISPERSED THE MONEY UNDER THE MOU, THEY DID NOT GIVE A DISBURSEMENT SCHEDULE.
UM, UNLIKE THE, UH, GAC SETTLEMENT MONEY THAT WE RECEIVED, IT DOES HAVE A DISBURSEMENT SCHEDULE, BUT THIS DOES NOT, THE MAYOR SAID THERE'S $528,000 OF UNASSIGNED MONEY IN THE ACCOUNT AS WE SPEAK.
BUT I CANNOT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT FUTURE DISBURSEMENTS.
SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS RELATED TO YOUR QUESTION? ARE WE GONNA, IS THERE GOING TO BE A RESTORATION OF THAT 132,000? UH, YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT'S WHAT IS THERE FOR RESTORATION.
AS FAR AS WHAT? MORE MONEY? UH, NO, THE ASK IS, I WAS THINKING THAT THIS WAS $132,000 THAT WOULD GO STRAIGHT FROM, UH, CITY OF MARTINSBURG TO THE BETHANY HOUSE IN TWO SEPARATE PAYMENTS.
AND THAT IT WOULD NEVER BE REPAID.
AND SO WHEN I WAS ASKING, IS THERE GOING TO BE A, A RESTORATION OF FUNDS, HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE FUND ITSELF.
THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT MONEY HAS DIFFERENT DISTRIBUTION TIMES, AND THAT'S HOW WE RECEIVED OUR CURRENT MONEY THAT WE HAVE.
WE RECEIVED AN ADDITI, UH, AN INITIAL PAYMENT FOR THE CITY'S PART, AND THEN WE GOT ANOTHER ONE FROM THEM.
SO WE'RE JUST, HE'S ASKING, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, YOU'RE ASKING FUTURE, FUTURE DISBURSEMENTS OF THAT FUND.
YEAH, YOU'RE DEAD ON THAT ONE.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS.
I PULLING IT FROM THE MORAL FUND MAKES A WHOLE BUNCH OF SENSE.
AND IT MIGHT BE THE MOST APPROPRIATE USE OF THAT MONEY THAT I HAVE HEARD US VOTE ON.
TO BE PER, TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST WITH YOU.
UM, SO YOU'RE MAKING A MOTION.
UM, I DO WANNA MAKE ONE OTHER THING OFFICIAL ON THE RECORD.
UM, I DO THINK THAT WE HAVE A POINT OF ORDER ISSUE WITH TELEPHONE CALL IN FROM A COUNCIL PERSON.
I DON'T THINK THAT WE MEET THE CRITERIA TO HAVE THAT PERSON VOTE.
I THINK IT HAS TO BE CENTRALLY LOCATED AND I THINK IT HAS TO ON, ON, ON STUFF LIKE THAT.
BUT YES, I WOULD MAKE THE MOTION, UM, TO THAT WE SUPPORT THAT WE, THAT WE USE 132,000 FOR THE MORROW FUND AND TWO PAYMENTS FOR THE BETHANY HOUSE.
DO WE NEED TO ADDRESS HIS CONCERN? I BELIEVE THAT, THAT UNDER THE CURRENT GUIDELINES FROM THE STATE, THERE IS NOW AN ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE, UH, MEETINGS BY PHONE.
I DON'T THINK THERE IS AN ISSUE OF, OF COUNCILMAN CRAWFORD PARTICIPATING IN VOTING.
I UNDERSTAND COUNCILMAN BAKER'S CONCERN, BUT I DON'T SEE AN ISSUE WITH IT.
IT'S YOUR CALL, YOUR HONOR, AS THE CHAIRMAN OF WELL, I THINK THE COMMISSION GETS THEM FROM JAMAICA.
SO, I MEAN, I THINK, I THINK WE'RE GOOD.
I JUST WANTED TO RAISE, APPRECIATE THAT.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I, I'D LIKE, I GOT A QUESTION.
NOT REALLY A QUESTION, BUT IS THIS GONNA BE A ONE TIME EVENT OR WE GONNA, ARE WE GOING TO COME BACK AGAIN TO TAKE MORE MONEY OUT OF THE MORROW FUND SUPPORT THIS OR IS THIS A I THINK IT SHOULD BE A ONE TIME PART OF THE, THE MECHANISMS PUT IN PLACE, UH, IS NO, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE I'M SAYING THAT FOR SURE THERE'S MORE MONEY TO, TO BE COMING.
BUT AGAIN, DEPENDING ON, UH, HOW THE MECHANISMS THAT ARE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW WORKING WITH THE LEGISLATURE AND ALL THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, IT'S OUR HOPES THAT THIS WOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN.
BUT WHAT I'M SAYING, ARE WE AS A COUNCIL GOING TO GIVE THE BETHANY HOUSE MORE MONIES OR IS THIS JUST A ONE TIME EVENT? BECAUSE I, ME PERSONALLY CAN'T ANSWER THAT.
'CAUSE UH, YOU KNOW, THEY, ANYTHING COULD COME UP FOR THIS TYPE OF FUNDING THAT, UM, BUT WHAT DOES THE COUNCIL THINK? ARE WE GONNA DO IT AGAIN OR ARE WE GOING TO LET IT KEEP ROLLING AND ROLLING AND ROLLING.
IT'S ADDED TO HIS STATEMENT FOR ME.
IT'S 1 32, 2 DIFFERENT TIMES COMING FROM TOMORROW FOOT.
ANYTHING ELSE, ANY OTHER ACTION FROM THIS COUNCIL WOULD TAKE ANOTHER, IT WOULD TAKE ANOTHER ACTION OF COUNSEL.
SO THAT, THAT'S ONE 30, THAT'S 1 32 SPLIT INTO TWO SEPARATE PAYMENTS.
NOT 1 32, TWICE, RIGHT? CORRECT.
SO, BUT I THINK THAT, OBVIOUSLY, I THINK KEVIN'S DANCING AROUND IT, I, I'M NOT GONNA DANCE, IS BASICALLY, I THINK HIS THING IS THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE BEAR.
I THINK IT'S WHY WE GOT INTO A LITTLE BIT OF A SITUATION THAT WE ARE TODAY, WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY.
UM, 'CAUSE I KNOW HE'S PASSIONATE ABOUT IT AND I CAN RESPECT THAT.
UM, BUT I THINK IF IT, IF THEY, THE MONEY DOESN'T COME THROUGH, I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE SITTING AROUND THE TABLE AGAIN, HAVING A CONVERSATION.
IF THE, WHAT TOMORROW FUND IS, I'LL SPEAK FROM MY OPINION, AND I'VE ALREADY SAID IT,
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I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A MORE APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR TOMORROW MONEY TO GO THAN TO PEOPLE THAT ARE IN A SHELTER THAT HAVE A HIGH LIKELIHOOD, THEY KNOW BETTER THAN I DO, THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY SUBSTANCE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.SO EVEN THOUGH I DON'T LIKE THE DIRTY MONEY FROM MORRO FUND, I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST APPROPRIATE.
SO I KNOW WHERE I WOULD STAND MOVING FORWARD, PERIOD.
WELL, I, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU.
HOWEVER, I THINK SHOULD BE A ONE TIME, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE, THAT'S ALL WE KNOWN FOR TODAY.
THAT'S WHAT MY MOTION, THAT'S WHAT MY MOTION IS.
WHERE, WHERE ARE WE AT? THERE'S A, A, A MOTION TO MAKE THE ONE TIME PAYMENT OF $132,000 SPLIT OUT OVER TWO PAYMENTS.
IT IS, HE DIDN'T MAKE IT A ONE TIME PAYMENT.
I THINK HE MADE IT FOR $132,000.
SPLIT INTO TWO DIFFERENT THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN ALL.
IT DOESN'T, HE'S NOT BINDING FUTURE COUNSEL.
IF THE COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, SIX MONTHS FROM NOW THERE'S AN ISSUE AND COUNSEL WANTS TO ADDRESS IT.
THIS IS, THIS PAYMENT IS, IS A SINGLE SHOT OUT OF THE MOR OF FUND AT THIS TIME.
THIS ISN'T PREVENTING FUTURE COUNCILS FROM ACTING IN THE BEST ENTRANCE OF THE CITY IN THE FUTURE.
CAN I, THERE NEEDS TO BE A SECOND.
ANY QUESTIONS? I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ONE COMMENT ABOUT THE ALLOCATION OF THE TWO TIMES.
SO THIS MORNING, SO EVERY TIME THE COUNCIL DOES A MORROW FUND DISBURSEMENT, WE HAVE A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT BECAUSE WE GET AUDITED BY THE STATE AND WE GET AUDITED BY THE FIRST FOUNDATION.
AND SO IN TALKING ABOUT THIS, THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT PROBABLY UPFRONT THEY NEED HALF, HALF THE MONEY, BUT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY AND SOMETHING ABOUT IF THE TOILET OVERFLOWS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UM, I WOULD SUGGEST MAYBE BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBLE WHEN THE ACTUAL DISTRIBUTION UP TO THE 1 32.
UM, BECAUSE THEY HAVE $18,000 IN THEIR ACCOUNT.
AND IF YOU'RE REALLY LOOKING TO FORWARD TO GETTING THIS THROUGH, SO AS THE MAYOR SAYS, THE 1 32 GETS 'EM TO OCTOBER, CORRECT ME LADIES IF I'M WRONG ABOUT THIS.
IT GETS YOU TO OCTOBER WHEN YOU GET THE ONE 10, IT COSTS YOU ABOUT, WHAT, $34,000 A MONTH TO OPERATE? CORRECT.
SO THE THE ONE 10 IS GONNA GET YOU UNTIL, I'M SORRY, THE 1 32 IS GONNA GET YOU UNTIL THE OCTOBER TO ONE 10.
THEN THE ONE 10 DIVIDED BY THREE, I'M NOT A GOOD MATH MAJOR.
YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH AT LEAST JANUARY 31ST WITH THAT MONEY, CORRECT? YES.
THAT'S IF EVERYTHING GOES CORRECTLY.
RIGHT CROSSED, FINGERS CROSSED EVERYTHING GOES RIGHT.
SO I THINK THAT THE TWO PAYMENTS ARE, ARE, ARE FINE, BUT LET'S SAY BEFORE THE SECOND, THE MONTH OR SOMETHING.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU MAKE IT ANY MORE THAN 1 32 FOR RIGHT NOW, WHAT I'M SAYING IS YOU MIGHT WANNA BE A LITTLE BIT FLEXIBLE WITH THE DISBURSEMENT BECAUSE WHAT YOU DON'T OF THE SECOND DISBURSEMENT, 'CAUSE WE'LL TRY TO GET, IF YOU GUYS APPROVE THIS, WE'LL TRY TO GET THE CHECKOUT IMMEDIATELY TO THEM SO THEY CAN CASH IT.
THEY HAVE A BOARD MEETING ON, ON MONDAY TO DECIDE WHAT THEIR FUTURE WAS.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT, UM, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT, BE A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBLE ON THAT DISBURSEMENT ON THE, ON THE SECOND PAYMENT IN CASE SOMETHING COMES UP WHERE THERE'S AN EMERGENCY.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 32 WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN A HOUSE.
SO WHAT, SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT, WELL, I THINK YOUR HONOR, IF I UNDERSTAND THE MOTION IS NOT A A, A SEPARATION OF DATES.
TWO PAYMENTS COULD BE MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
SO IT'S PRETTY FLEXIBLE IN WHAT HE'S DONE.
DO YOU WANT, DO YOU WANT IT IN TWO PAYMENTS LIKE THAT? OR DO YOU WANT THE SECOND PAYMENT? BECAUSE I READ YOU DIFFERENTLY, IS WHAT YOU WERE SAYING.
SECOND PAYMENT COULD BE FLEXIBLE.
DID YOU WANNA BE ABLE TO SPLIT THAT OUT SO IT'S NOT JUST ONE LUMP SUM? IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE ASKING OR WERE YOU ASKING THE OTHER WAY? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT HE'S ASKING.
HOWEVER, I NEED, I'M GONNA NEED HELP WITH THE WORDING OF THAT TO ADD THAT TO MY MOTION.
SO HE, WHERE YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU NEED FOR THE SECOND PART.
SO THE, THE, THE FIRST, FIRST HALF, THE FIRST HALF IS GONNA BE UPFRONT.
THE OTHER HALF OF THE MONEY, THE, THE OTHER HALF OF THE MONEY WILL BE DISPERSED AS NEEDED.
AND THE, AND ACTUAL, THE, THE, THE DRAFT LANGUAGE SAYS THE CITY MAY DISPERSE FUNDS IN ONE LUMP SUM, WHICH WE WILL, THE HALF OR IN DIS INSTALLMENTS IS DETERMINED BY THE CITY MANAGER AND OR FINANCE DIRECTOR AS NEEDED BY THE ORGANIZATION.
THOSE OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT LADIES, THAT I THOUGHT WE VOTED ON THE AMENDMENT.
NOW WE VOTE ON THE, YOU HAVE TO VOTE ON THE MOTION.
YOU HAVE TO VOTE ON THE AMENDED MOTION.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS WAITING TO GET.
SO NOW WE VOTE ON THE MAIN MOTION.
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THANK YOU.HOW FAST AMY GONNA TRY TO GET IT FAST.
GO SEE IF I CAN SAVE A LOT OF.