 Okay, we're now recording the meeting and 602 we call the meeting to order are there any additions or changes to the agenda? Okay, hearing none. Is there any public comment? Okay, I have two. Oh, John. I see your hand is up. Go ahead, sir John you must be on mute because I can't hear you. Okay, there Okay Just letting members of the board know that I think tomorrow I will be sending you all a request to Take the the post that we had on front porch forum on Monday and repost it sometime this week In your own community We get the one post for free. It's a reminder about our webinar next week And we'd like to reinforce that as much as we can so if you can I will send the text you can Personalize it if you want or put it up on front porch forum in your community That's what I'm asking and I'm done Thanks John Michael Gray, you have your hand up sir. Yes, I just wonder if this is an appropriate time for me to introduce myself But it's absolutely perfect time. Okay for it. So I am a New rep to CV fiber. I'm a Woodbury alternative rep So and I want to apologize for the town for the lack of Representative from Woodbury we thought people were attending the meetings until recently had a had a meeting about CV fiber So And I also want to let you know that I have a conflict on Tuesday evenings the second Tuesday of every month I'm also the Woodbury rep to the Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission and their meeting starts in half an hour so I'm planning on attending this meeting till 7 or a little after and then jumping out and maybe jumping back in and The town is going to be working on trying to solve that conflict For me by either finding someone else to be the rep to CV fiber or someone else to be the rep to the Regional Planning Commission Thank you. Thanks Michael. That's that's excellent and Also, if there's any backfill you'd like to do by going back and forth with me for questions, you know We can always do that one-on-one if you know if you if you look at the minutes And you say well, what was that that happened when I wasn't there? We also have another New delegate is that Ted Barnett is is that your hand that's up sir? Ted you're on mute. Maybe I can't hear Ted. Can anybody else here Ted? I Don't I don't see you being on mute, but you are You're you yeah, he is Now you're on you symbol next to that Ted you may want to call in Yep, or turn your mic on but it looks like you're muted right now If you look to unmute if you look in the upper left-hand corner of your of your team's window The third icon from the left should be a mic icon and if you click on that it should unmute you Yes, just check You're still you're still you're still you're still muted Ted But we'll we'll move on and you jump in when you when you when you when you get that figured out We'll move on to the meeting minutes approval Jeremy you want to take that? just a sec Yeah, so a motion to approve the August 9th 2022 meeting minutes as drafted second Okay, I see a second by Siobhan I also see a hand up from Alan Yeah, I wanted to propose a revision to the third bullet item under policy committee recommendations on page two Okay, bring that back up Just a small addition that I think we should do so the revision is to add after the phrase developed by the policy committee Add a phrase based on a proposal from Ray Pelletier and Christopher Schenck So the full sentence would read Alan Gilbert presented a governing board delegate attendance rule developed by the policy committee and Then based on a proposal from Ray Pelletier and Christopher Schenck I just wanted to to to get in there who the who the authors of the original Proposal were So let me just so can you see my screen Alan? Yes, I can so we're on page so it would be right here Is my cursor at the right place? I think so if I can see it. It's pretty small Yeah, no, that's right place. You got it Developed by the policy committee and then based on a proposal from Ray Pelletier and Christopher Schenck I'll stop sharing my screen before people get mad at me. Not remembering All right, so I should be proposal you should be proposal from instead of bye. Oh Proposal from okay Yeah, I would accept that as a friendly amendment Alright I've got another This is just a really small typo on page three There's a typo in the indebted bullet section at the bottom of the page in the third line of the indebted section The word key at the end of the line should be plural keys Just want to make sure that oh, yeah, this doesn't you yeah Just so people when they're reading it ten years from now for history though. They won't stumble over it They don't think we have bad grammar Thanks, so I would also accept that as a friendly amendment. Are you okay with those Siobhan? Yep, there we go Excellent, so yeah camera off who turned my camera off. We have the two friendly amendments. Thank you Alan We always appreciate that. Let's get it right Any additional discussion on these minutes? Are there any opposed then to the modified motion the friendly amendment included Hearing none opposed any abstaining None opposed none abstaining The motion is approved Thank you very much very much appreciate that We have rave rave from the Finance community and Mary Beth our treasurer. Do we have a treasurer's report for this evening? Lori Beth does the treasure report Thank you very best. I just tried to head to get the mute button to work Yes, I had I'd sent out a treasurer's report. We recently paid sixty two thousand four hundred and sixty two dollars and ninety nine cents in checks that were paid out all of them were accepted and approved by Janelle and There wasn't anything that's outstanding that needs to be approved or accepted by anyone else At the moment she just sent in another batch That'll be paid probably with this sometime this week for thirteen thousand four hundred and eighty four eighty five dollars and fifty seven cents So that will be going out again this week as well Before the ones that at the end of September 9th when they paid the lat the first checks this month There was a balance in the account of 20 of two million five hundred and seventy eight thousand twenty six dollars and fifty two cents and I sent out the Financial pay Pages financial statements the profit and loss the balance sheets and also the grant sheet the grants update and Also sent out The the accounts payable there were some invoices sent out that I understand Janelle generated There we came across one era so that has been Apparently rectified and it there the town of Worcester is getting a new invoice. They had been invoiced for fifty thousand It should have been a fifth. Yeah, and it should have been fifty three thousand so Janelle has issued that or asked a batch elder to reissue that invoice and we're double checking to make sure there aren't any others errors I Think that's all we had a little bit of a discussion with batch elder about their timing and paying and the new girl Who's been handling it wanted to hold everything for two? basically it was going to be two weeks and She didn't want you she wanted Janelle to hold them for a week Then she wanted to hold them for a week and because you all know it takes another week And I I told Janelle and I explained to her in detail why I said that's just not acceptable I said we are a new entity We don't need these companies getting nervous if we're behind on our schedule and the rents Of course have to be paid by the 10th of the month, so I told her I said no I said that's not acceptable so she has passed that on to their new bookkeeper Thank You Laurie Beth And thank you for watching out for us in that way. That's much appreciated Well, yeah Alan also helped me he brought it up because he'd gone to the town of Worcester and he let me know so then I chased it down Thank you Yes, thank you any any any comment on the treasurer's report before we move on So I've asked Janelle to cover three areas For today's executives director report the make ready the materials and our warehouse Situation to bring everybody up to date Janelle do you want to take over? Janelle you're off. You're on mute. Sorry Janelle is still on mute. We seem to be having mute issues Did she She did up off where'd you go? I don't know. Look it looks looks like she's here. What if she had internet issues? She had a camera on And now I don't see her so she may have been kicked off, but well, there is some weather passing through connected people Yeah, here's some point why we need Well we can We can we can move on to the to the town ARPA funds and and come back Yeah, it seems like a number of folks are having a Are having trouble here So Let's let's let's let's move let's move on to uh Let's move on to the next item and then we can we can we can come back when janelle gets back on and those I just got back on i'm on the phone uh my computer is Acting strange right now and I can't get my microphone or my camera Okay, are you are you able to uh move on with your discussion of make ready materials and warehouse? Yes Okay, go ahead So we have uh installed a fence at um at our locations in montpelier And we have received plenty of materials And we're working on securing, uh, we're working on securing um security systems as well and We're working with nrtc toward Uh truing up the bomb. That's the bill of materials For our equipment that we've ordered for the first 400 miles and actually I think andrew might be on our Um call andrew our nrtc project manager. Are you on andrew? Yes, I am here I haven't introduced myself to the group yet though, but Okay, that's cool. So yeah, so what we thought we would like to do is um Is to introduce some of our partners who we're working with Every month and nrtc is our design partner and andrew is One of the project managers on our crew and I I wanted to ask andrew to give a Five-minute high-level description of what we've been doing together for the past several months so that everyone here can Get some exposure to what we have been doing as far as design goes. Maybe that 10 000 foot Overview of what we're doing and maybe a bit about the construction schedule. Is that something you can talk to andrew? Yeah, yeah, I think so Again, I'll do a quick intro I'm from the the central vermont area. I'm from uh, barry town actually I went to school in high school and at norwich. So spend a lot of time in the central vermont community and Moved west and I started working on telecom about A little bit over a decade ago now. I think I'm in my my 12th year. So I've been doing this for for quite a while um, I was really excited to Have the opportunity to work on these projects Specifically cv5 or you folks are Uh, you know, my parents still live in in barry. So it's it's an exciting project to be part of I'm glad to be here. So uh, yeah, real quick I can share out some of the information that we have Organized for you folks and really the uh the high level view and I don't want to go too far into detail um What we're trying to do for cv5 or is follow the the pmi standards. So What that really means is we want to make sure that we're a good steward of of the funds We're making the best use of The resources that are available to us to build as much as we can as fast as we can And make sure that these communities get connected. So What that looks like Down in the weeds and again, I don't want to go too deep So I'll let jerry and janiel put the brakes on if I go in Um, we have a project schedule that we try to follow and that has a lot of the milestones that We'll work on a lot of them will be the same for each of the communities within cv fiber We've divided up the The cv fiber Footprint if you will each of your communities Uh in the mapping system called gis so many folks are probably familiar with GIS mapping tools. It looks a lot like google maps But allows us to basically draw circles around communities and design it so we can determine How big the fiber needs to be that we're we're going to put up for you folks and Where it's going to attach where it's going to go Down into the dirt down underground Um and allows us to assign materials for each each attachment along the way. So we know exactly In the plan what it's going to take to uh to build the network out and that's that's really what nrtc is Brings to the table for you folks And I I think what I might do and jerry and janiel let me know if i'm going too far I'll bring up my screen share and I wanted to um to share the fielding map real quick if that's acceptable to the group Sure go ahead and Okay, fantastic And I think at this point a lot of this it's not Proprietary, I think it's pretty much, you know public knowledge what we're building and where we're building it. So Just give me one moment to get that Any questions so far? I I looked around the room. I don't recognize Anybody here, but that doesn't mean they I've seen everybody I don't see it yet Andrew Yep, it's coming right up here Okay, I'm getting it. I'm getting an error message from it, but Okay, we got you now Andrew Right, and I I did just get an error from a mapping system. I'm I just pulled this up in real time. I didn't have it loaded before I I did my uh my screen share so Bear with me for a minute here a live demo. That's brave Yeah, I'm I'm willing to go for it here and that's it's going to crash on me Yeah, let me just a sec. I'll try to pull up another data set We were we were working in here just a little bit ago From our call this afternoon. I might have to close out my browser session to get it get it up fresh But this one's still running and it's because I didn't close my browser out, but What you'll notice here and you'll probably see your communities Um, and I'm hoping it doesn't throw an error around me here as I zoom out and it might It will unfortunately Well, there we go so This looks like gobbledygook. There's a lot of notes on here, but really the impression I want to Leave you folks with these the amount of work that's going on out in the field right now within the cv fiber territory You'll probably have seen some of the nrtc trucks Driving around through you through your communities. Some of them have the cv fiber door magnets on them now a little bit of a color clash their Red dodge pickup trucks and some of our folks will be on foot And what they're doing is they're looking at the infrastructure that's in place out there across cv fiber And they're taking notes about What it's what it's going to take to put in the network. So what types of changes are we going to need to make? Uh, and really it's it's a ton of data collection and we organize it using a mapping system Um with gps coordinates. So we can go to a telephone pole Out there in marsh field or callus or wherever and Our folks that are out there in the field can load pictures add notes and and really Get the sense for what it's going to take to make this design happen for cv fiber. So That's really the work we've been doing here over the last few months This level of of collection, you know, as soon as the weather turns a little We'll continue to to collect as long as we can but At a certain point you can imagine the snow banks get so high We might have to to pause our field collection because we can't Get a correct height with the snow banks. They're adding to the the depth when we're doing our measurements. So Um Yeah, that's that's really what we've been up to for the most part. Um You know each one of these dots and I again, let me know how far you want to go jerry. I don't want to go too deep Um, yeah, you don't need to go to you don't need to go too deep andrew because we can You could make a semester's class out of out of just what's on this page Yep Yeah, but really I guess the impression I want to leave you folks with is we're engineering it all the way down to the nuts and bolts So, um, the very finest details is how far down The design is going and that bomb or bill of materials that janelle just talked about What that is is we can take a collection of all of this data And when we'd extract it we put it into a spreadsheet form And you can look at it in aggregate. So you get all the counts of all the bolts all the washers And all the footages and that can drive you, you know through your materials procurement process So what janelle's doing is taking those outputs from the map all those units are folks are putting in She's getting the list at the end making the purchase and then we're chewing it up against The final nrtc design. So That's how we achieve the level of accuracy and we're we're good stewards of of the resources you folks have for building Any any questions, I know it's this is real high level. I'm trying not to go too deep Just sort of give you a An impression of the amount of work it it takes to build one of these networks Rd. I see you've got your hand up Yes, I wonder if we can get am I unmuted I wonder if we can get get the fielding map Via email I can't read it but the information is most interesting and Um, I'd certainly like to be able to share it If if it's appropriate to do so with my select board So they can see what action is taking place on the ground I see Ray say no I'm not sure the fielding maps are exactly what you're looking for Uh, we do we we could do a graphic presentation of the of the eligible Addresses, uh, we could do some kind of graphic representation of the roads that are I mean, you really don't want those fielding maps It's what you're looking at is a gigabyte more worth of data. You you you really don't You don't want that you want the visual Well, I this is true. I certainly and I certainly don't want to reveal any information That's not appropriate to be shared and I don't want to put anybody to a great deal extra effort I would just like to be able to share some of this information With my select board to show them what work is actually taking place on the ground Yeah, no, that's that's that's that's that's a that's a good one rd. We uh We should we should Put that aside for a deeper discussion and come up with something that would be appropriate That not only you but others could could could share in a timely in a timely manner and and some of that will be discussed at the webinar Um as well, which we'll talk about in a little bit um Alan I see you've got your hand up Andrew, uh, I'm Alan Gilbert. I'm from Worcester of glad Glad glad you're on the team having somebody from barriers a real plus Um, so thank you for working here Has anything come up? For nrtc in this project that's been really unusual and a real problem to solve or are we sort of just Another project that's going along just as fine as it can And we shouldn't worry that things are going to get done as quickly as they possibly can That's a good question. I think uh, what's unique about vermont is the uh, the cud environment That is uh unique to vermont most of the most the nrtc projects are typically, uh utility companies that are looking to Uh, satisfied demand from their existing clientele. They're usually a rural electric cooperatives and They see the need their folks are asking for it and They have the ability to use their existing infrastructure to rapidly deploy a fiber optic network and really for them they're usually You know trained on how to do The type of construction it takes to put up a network. So yeah, that's that's really the the uniqueness that I'd say vermont has is the communities are are behind this more so than maybe the the utility companies are Thank you Walker, I see you have your hand up, sir Thank you, uh related to the fact that the utilities the electric utilities aren't entirely You know doing the poll work Um, have you do you have challenges around the amount of off-grid people in vermont and could you comment on that design work? Um, I think that might be in the cv fiber wheelhouse. I think there's um Yeah, we we can we I can address that and then others can chime in or our our uh requirement for the for the grant funds that we get are for folks that are Have 911 addresses that are on the grid So we we recognize that there are off-grid folks and we we we have Built capacity in the system to be able to get out to off-grid folks but going out to folks that are Uh off the grid is is is not the immediate charge of cv fiber So we've built a system to handle that at some point But the the grant funds that we have right now Are for the unserved and underserved that are already Um on the grid with e911 addresses. I'm talking about people have e911 addresses and copper pole grid access not Oh, oh, oh, yeah, well, that's Yeah, that's that's it depends on their it depends on their level of service Most likely if it's copper wire service, then they're eligible for for cv fiber and and they're in our plans Uh, as we as we deploy Okay, good The exception might be those Uh, those areas jerry were I again, hopefully I'm not giving up too much information but those areas where maybe comcast or another cable provider has One of those d slams and it's fiber fed But then they have their their basic Short distributions out from that cabinet and in copper like a cable tv area Then they could be served at 100 and those Those are a little bit different Right, so that that's the asterisk to the answer I gave Yeah And I remember that coming from from a cv fiber Source I think originally when we first looked at that so yep, I want to make sure we cover that asterisk So are there are there, uh, other questions for janiel or for andrew, um before we move on through the agenda Andrew, I really want to thank you for being here and and and And apart from that, uh, just thanks for being a part of the team because I mean even even considering some of the solutions We came up with today on figure now how to get from a to c because we didn't realize b was in the way is uh You know that kind of thing is happening on a daily basis and I certainly appreciate it. So thank you Yep, my pleasure I'd like to move on to town arpa funds And I am going to share my screen if I can it should be as simple as a click or two Let's see. Am I sharing my screen? Do you see a word document? No, not yet. No Not yet. Okay. It's trying Okay, hold on. Let me go back Let me go back. Um, oh share Share content. Okay, bear with me So I want to share my screen How about that? Can you can you see? There we go My word document Yes Yes Excellent. Okay So this is The status of our town arpa funds Uh to date And this is something that I I I pulled together from multiple sources, um Uh, just just before this meeting I haven't even totaled it up, but I'm looking at 400 500 600 Almost $700,000. Did I just do that right? Um, and this will be matched dollar for dollar Uh, but there's something that we need to do Uh in advance of of getting this done two things we need to do first of all I need to thank everybody that worked so extremely hard To make this happen Uh, this is this is just phenomenal that the towns have recognized the importance of what we are doing and are willing to Uh support it and put the money where their mouth is and that is Uh incredibly important and it is very much appreciated And we uh, we are going to spend that money and we are going to get people hooked up to fiber internet throughout central vermont And this is another step towards it But in order to make this happen I need to sign some mo use and There's also a possibility that even though we are very close to the deadline There will be additional mo use that will follow up That I will need to sign so that we can we can codify these agreements and move forward to spend the money in these towns And i'm going to uh stop presenting here And what I What I am going to do here is I'm I'm going to make a motion And this motion is going to ask that the chair be allowed to Sign the mo use as they come in from the towns With the ones that we have in front of us and the ones that are very potentially going to come in in the In the following weeks and maybe months if there's an extension granted Which is a possibility I am going to ask for the Authority to sign those mo use and get them out the door These in a lump sum that I'll do tonight tomorrow morning get them out and then future ones as they come So I would like to uh read a motion And then I'll wait for a second and if there's a second we can have discussion on it And uh, you know who my mentor Was in putting together motions as I go through this Where as the american rescue plan act of 2021 arpa Don't make me laugh provides the state of vermont funds to develop community broadband networks And whereas arpa provides funds directly to towns for the provision of government services including community broadband networks And whereas the vermont community broadband board has set aside state arpa funds to be used as a dollar for dollar match for town arpa funds committed to CUDs And whereas cb fiber and its member towns have collaborated on identifying the potential use of town arpa funds And the associated state arpa fund match It is moved that see that the cb fiber chair Be authorized to enter into agreements between cb fiber and member towns committing cb fiber to use town arpa funds And associated state matching funds within the town as determined by the negotiated agreement Oh, I believe that was shavon, but wow You heard linda, I'll I'll I'll defer to that I I There's I'll defer to that. That's fine. Um Any any any discussion on this? I I think it's important to do this in one shot and get all the mo used present and future in here so that we can just knock these out I should have an mo you tomorrow jerry I'll I'll I'll email this to you jeremy Or to christopher Or to christian. Yeah, no christian. That's right. I'll email this to christian. Thank you. Uh, henry I see your hand up Yes, um, what's the timeline for getting the mo use? well the the so the the The vcbb is asked for a commitment So if the and the commitment so far is by the by the 15th An mo you is certainly a commitment Uh, a vote of the select board. I would consider a commitment a letter of commitment is a commitment So anything along those lines, but certainly the sooner we have an mo you that can be signed the better But I think if the if the select board's already voted henry, which I believe is is your situation Right. We have a matter of commitment, but we don't have an mo you yet, and I'm just wondering When do we need to do that part two? Part two would be done as soon as possible But the letter of commitment gets you in the door and and and you've got your matching funds as far as the vcbb is concerned Okay, thanks, so There's no particular timeline for us to make I mean we we need to do an mo you in addition to our letter of commitment, but there's no deadline for that Um pending There's no hard deadline, but certainly as soon as possible because we we we we have We want to be able to spend these ARPA funds and and and not have any uh hiccups and on the road to do in that And our uh, is genio going to be following up with the request for example for duxbury to Do the mo you Absolutely Okay, very good. Thank you. Absolutely. Henry. Thank you Any other discussion? on this Thank you again with everybody who's been working so hard ted go ahead, please sir Can you hear me now? Yeah Hey ted all right Perfect. Um, it's great to meet you also first of all i'm sat under the new williams down delegate Uh, I the reason uh, it was good that I went to the select board because I learned that they have about $369,000 with the ARPA funds that they have not allocated yet So is there any I mean, I'm assuming even without the match, right cv fiber would take Some number of ARPA funds and what is the is there kind of any sort of guidelines in terms of a request amount or Well, the I I would I would Recommend to the to the town that as much of that as they can spare would go and get be matched by cv fiber By excuse me by the state funds Uh to double the amount that cv fiber would be able to spend in the town We can get you a letter of commitment a draft letter of commitment or a Template letter of commitment that you can take to the select board Um, I know that september the 15th is the deadline, but if we've got something in the works Um, I would certainly lobby to at least on an individual basis have that extended If something happening on the on the 15th Is uh is impossible, but at the close of this meeting. I will email you a Template on the uh on the letter of commitment. That's the easiest fastest thing thing to do Perfect. Yeah Board meeting Get last night. I I would say that it would be able to get on the agenda before the 11th of october Okay, well, we will we'll do it. We'll do what we can and let the vcb be know that that is in the works Great Okay, excellent Uh additional discussion on this on the motion that's been seconded and is on the floor Are there any opposed to the motion Are there any abstentions Hearing none the motion passes unanimously. Thank you very much uh, we just Gained at least 700 thousand dollars in in funds. Thank you. Thank you all Excellent fantastic job Fantastic job Uh, I will um and jeremy I will email this out to christian As as soon as we're finished um, I'd also I'd like to move now to if if if there's uh No opposition to this I'd like to move on and talk a little bit about the webinar update That's coming up because I I want to make sure that there's nothing in our webinar update that would surprise a board member um, and I went and looked back at What we had said we were going to do and where we were at the last webinar, which you may remember was um in the middle of june and Fortunately We have really moved forward on every front that we presented in june. So it's it's a it's a positive report that we're going to bring with this with this with this new web with the upcoming webinar and Some of the some of the key items that I want to bring up are first of all We're on track for our fall construction start It's not We haven't started but we're on track for our fall construction start our materials have been Purchased they have not all been received and as as janiel had mentioned and andrew had mentioned we are Uh as we learn more about what we need as we move forward We're going back and checking our purchases to make sure that we haven't missed anything um We also have our warehouse and our outside space Secured, you know that we we have a wet web at a warehouse at pioneer center in montpellier And then basically right behind Just north of uh of bar hill Uh distillery we we have an outdoor fenced in space where we have our Where we have our some of our Fiber and the rest of our fiber is being held at wex facility Um, we have a construction grant that has been awarded so that we can pay for construction Uh, we have a construction master services agreement and scope of work For the fall work to be done that is under review And and and soon to be negotiated Uh, we have contractors that we've talked with that are willing to work through the fall and into the winter and really don't see the Seasonal change as a problem other than things do slow down But there's no reason to come to a multi-month dead stop Is what we've heard so far. We'll see how that goes Uh our make ready is ongoing and has been quite successful for the most part And in in areas where we've run into make ready problems. We've come up with some solutions Uh, which is an extremely uh important aspect of the way we're moving forward is that when we see problems we get them solved Uh, we also have permits and easements that are that are necessary and that are under development Again, we're somewhat fortunate for these areas that we're looking to start in the fall They're relatively light on the permits and the easements where we're not we're not crossing any any interstate highways We're not crossing any railroads the things that are our long pole items Uh in the tent we're we're fortunately avoiding in these in these uh in these first areas Siobhan go ahead. I see your hands up I was just uh speaking of easements and polls made me wonder about mr. Childs and how that's going I've got just just for the board's information I've got a constituent and orange who Has issues with the easements across his land. He's got rather a large parcel and uh We we've been trying to research what's going what what the legal requirements are Or we may want to discuss it offline nevermind Well, I would I would I um No, that's that's that's that's a good point and and The the situation that we have here is not going to be unique It may be singular in that it's jumped up at us at the moment But is it certainly not going to be not going to be uh unique Which is why I brought it up Yeah, let let me let me uh, let me say for the for the public aspect of the meeting is that we are certainly looking into it And and want to make sure that we understand all the facts before we move forward in any way I would also add that In in from the perspective of the webinar that we're presenting and our full construction This issue is not an item That that inhibits our full construction or impacts our full construction. This would be this would be uh In in the in the next construction season that all of this needs to be of course resolved in advance But but it it isn't impacting our our full construction And you know if we uh, if it if it comes up later if we end up in executive session We can talk about it a little bit more than if we need to Um, is that is that sufficient for you now shavon? Yeah, oh, yeah, yeah, I just brought it up because I didn't know if it was Unique and I know that there are members of the public who care. So yep, that's fine Yeah, it's it's it's not going to be unique Um, and we all we all care about it Um, I'll move on to linda. You have a question Could you tell us if there's what the critical path item is in our construction? Is it make ready? We're there. We're there only one critical path item um Ever ever everything that I've mentioned so far is a critical Path item all these things need to be aligned Resolved designs need to be final All all poles We we need to have the approvals for for licenses for every pole that we touch We need to have every permit and every easement fully resolved and satisfied We need to have the the the the the contractors On board Ready to go to start on time. They need to have all the materials they need on hand In order to move forward And everything needs to be there a couple of weeks before it actually needs to hit the street So everything everything I've I've I've mentioned um Is is a critical path item now some risks some are more somewhere higher risk than others in the sense that they may be further from being resolved but um, any any one of these things goes awry and Things things have to uh things either have to stop or we need to figure out a workaround Sounds like we're juggling We well that we're we're we're we're yeah, we're building Um, David. I see David Lawrence. I see you have your hand up, sir Hi, as long as we were talking constituent stuff I just wanted to um bring up a constituent concern that I don't think is actually a question I mean, it is ultimately a question, but I don't think it's one we can answer right now and that is um one of my uh middle sex people lives up a very long driveway that does not he wants to um finish his last mile so to speak it's not full mile but In the metaphor sense, um with a a wireless signal, right? And so he's basically interested to know if we could you know, um I don't know exactly what he's picturing as far as who's provisioning the equipment for that But I know that um, he's thinking of he wants to term out at the pole by the road rather than Trying he can't afford the trenching to go all the way up to his place and so on so That's just something to apparently when he talked to I'd have to look in my email, but a different provider Um, they were just totally not Interested they wouldn't allow it, right? And so he's hoping that we'll have the flexibility to allow for that type of setup Well, that's Really interesting. Um I I am not going to make a commitment at this point because we certainly need more information and we need, you know Detailed field information We also need to coordinate with weightsfield telecom who are the folks that will be doing drops And and and you know, we'll be our isp To see if they've run into this kind of a thing before um So yeah, we'll have to we will have to look into that. It is certainly our intention To bring high speed internet to everyone In in in our district that doesn't have high speed internet I'm happy to provide to him right now that it just has not been fully reviewed yet But that we were definitely open to looking into that as possible We're absolutely open to looking at it. I just I don't want to make any promises without having more detailed information Oh, I am with you on that Okay, thank you. Thank you, David uh So I'd like to move on a little bit because I talk the the uh, June webinar is going to talk about the moving forward on the construction front But then we've also been moving forward on building our subscriber base We've been coordinating ever more closely with weightsfield telecom We now have regular meetings with them so that we we are we are working together We have been developing Uh ours our subscription fees and if we uh, if we end up in executive session We may talk about that a little bit more detail later on We've also been working on the the affordability and equal access programs Um, we're we're looking very deeply into that one as cv fiber and also in concert with weightsfield telecom that has been doing this for a long time and has a lot of history in this and we uh You know, we're definitely not going to reinvent the wheel But we sure see some spokes that are busted in this Program that we would that we would like to see fixed We I don't know if they're in our purview to do that or not But certainly affordability and equal access is a is a very big aspect of what we're looking at for our subscribers um, we also have Our marketing contract msa and scope of work. They are also uh under review So we uh We are moving forward on that front as we had announced that we were starting to move forward in our june webinar Where we're getting close to being able to sign off on that and then the last thing I would mention about our subscriber base Um, and maybe this isn't exactly correct place to put it but we have our town opera funds and we can talk about the uh the funds that we've received And hopefully with an extension the ability to receive additional funds from towns that still want to get on board um, and you know, I Always want to be concerned about overselling and sounding too rosy There are some risk items that that will still play a play into what we're doing there's always the potential for materials delays And you know, we're we're trying to address that problem by taking partial deliveries So if we've ordered 10, but we only need two for the fall We're more than happy to just take the two. We don't need the other eight for another few months Uh, we're also looking at alternative sources Um to see if maybe another cud has One extra for the time being that we don't need and we might be able to use Some of their equipment to be paid back in kind in kind over time So we're trying to address the materials delay problem uh, there's also of course contracting issues um and manpower issues and having the having the boots on the ground actually do the work at the right time Um, we're trying to address this with advanced planning letting letting the contractors know what our plans are Letting them know where they'll be working so they they can get out there and take a look at the at the area We're looking at Even potentially flexible deployment where if there's one spot that is it is lagging Perhaps we can we can switch our deployment around a little bit and let that one happen in week eight instead of week two So that everybody keeps working and we don't have to come to a stop Because something jumped up that we have to deal with So for all these risk items also make ready is is is always another one That could pose a problem for us and we've been looking at potentially coming up with design alternatives Um, or we've come up looking at alternative sources for some of the materials that might be needed for make ready so Even though even though there are risk items. We we don't let them just stand at risk items We hope to address them With some risk management well to the extent that we that we can So, you know, these are the things I want to talk about in the in the june webinar I don't want to over promise, but I want to let folks know that we've moved forward on the items that we Identified in june here. It is september. We move forward. We'll likely have another webinar probably in two months Because I think things are moving so quickly that we'll have we'll have even more to present In in in two months and maybe we'll follow that one up with something in the beginning of the new year And and get set up for because things are happening so quickly We'll see if uh, if we can keep on a two month track as we get our construction um moving forward So that that's that's just something that I I wanted the board to know about my intention is to Send out the webinar in advance So that folks can take a look at it and and and make a comment Uh, I see that linda has her hand up. Go ahead linda I would just like to mention that the senior citizen center in waterberry Has generously offered their facility Um and opened it up to the public on wednesday night the 21st So that uh people who don't have internet can come and watch the webinar And also to run it again at their wednesday luncheon the week after Uh, they're going to put up the video. I'm going to go over and run a replay of the video at the senior citizen center So I'd like to just uh put it out to the public How generous the senior citizen center has been offering their facility for us to use Thank you Well, that's that's absolutely marvelous linda and You know that that that kind of outreach with organizations such as the senior center are I think going to be invaluable as we move forward, uh Because we we need to do we need to do outreach in multiple ways and Using existing organizations like that is a really good way to do that So thank you again for leveraging that if I can use such a vulgar term that that that's a really helpful thing to do Thank you Any other discussion on the on the webinar? so I have the construction schedule on the calendar here I on the agenda I I feel like we've talked about it a fair amount, but let me go to henry henry. You have a question, sir Uh, yeah, I typed it into the chat At last night at the ducks very select board meeting they wanted to know if customers were Responsible for paying for the customer drops or what that situation is currently being You know considered as Well, ducks very Um Didn't did I just see on my list that ducks berry has allocated 20 000 of the of its opera funds Yes I I I I hope that when we when we sign the mo you that's those opera funds will be able to be used towards drops um The more general question is Um, is there going to be an individual resident requirement to pay for drops? And what what is the current? You know consideration for that So at the at the moment that has not been finalized uh, there there will be a a threshold standard drop that will that will be uh Not impacted not impacting the uh the the subscriber And then we don't know what that number is. There will also be Town opera funds that will then also be used to support Drops uh within that that town, right? So each town that that town opera money will only be spent in that town Um, but so far it looks like the lion's share of that money is going to be spent on drops Um, and then then there's the you know, there are folks that may fall outside of that Description that I've just laid out and some of that uh Responsibility may fall on May likely fall on the subscriber, but it all depends on What that threshold is and it's typically a distance threshold if we're talking aerial It'll it'll be a distance threshold With no impact to the subscriber and then there'll be additional funds available From the town hopefully And then after that it would it would typically typically be the subscriber kicking in to make up whatever delta Might be there. So that's the way it looks now. Uh, have I misspoken? Let me go across the room there is Did I get that right? I believe that's where we're at with Yeah We're still working on the details And we have an operator who's going to actually be doing the drops for us a waste field will be So part of this depends on our negotiations with them as well as It's a distance from the last poll to the service location. So it is to be determined But but let me add that I've recognized for a long time that I don't well, I'll I'll make this personal, but I think this this goes out to to others as well I don't I don't want the the the drop to be a barrier To entry for anybody that that that wants to get cv5 Uh, it really it really shouldn't be a a barrier that can't be overcome for someone to get Their service. So we will we we are looking to reduce that burden on the subscriber To the fullest extent we can and and we will do that So that's right, you know that kind of rounds out that answer Thank you Yeah, of course Henry Uh, let's see. Is it are there any other questions on the construction schedule? I put this in here But I feel like I've I've touched on it multiple times. We're we're on track to start Certainly on two of our Uh design areas in this in this upcoming fall and hopefully We'll be able to get through that approximate hundred miles Uh and start getting folks signed up in the winter So next we have our 2023 budget And I'm going to turn this over to the chair of our Finance committee and we will determine if and when we may need to get into Executive session to talk about the details here Ray, would you like to take this over please? You're on mute ray. Yeah. Yeah, you can hear me. Okay. Okay. You can hear me now though Okay, so um, let me before we go into executive session Let me say start off with what the schedule is right in october the board takes action and approves the budget Um, and that's october 13th somewhere on the october 12th and and then it goes to the towns for their review And their their comments come back to us. I don't think we've I think there have been some comments that have come back But not usually not in november. We have a public hearing On that on that budget And then in december the board actually adopts the budget and that's our budget for 2023. Okay um And of course on the budget during the course of the 23 year Can be adjusted and can be changed when it can be moved from one account to another line items can be added to it, etc And certainly whatever happens between october and december If we become More informed about one thing or another the budget may change from the one that you The board has approved in october and so whereas We're going to be talking about instructions schedule strategic planning and the budget So what we need to do if you need a motion for strategic planning. I mean for going executive session And I just wanted to pull uh jerry's chain there a little bit He did such a good job on that though. I appreciated the morning and by me first It was it was usual And so Is there's two parts there's only one motion But there's kind of two parts to it the first part is why we're going to executive session The second part has is inviting people into the executive session And that would include um our treasurer Uh delegates and alternates delegates, of course are Are invited but delegates and alternates and vice chairs of committees And I'd like to know if I am I leaving anybody out besides uh christian mayor who who's here from orc from our pc right for no minutes And uh, is there anybody else Here that doesn't come under one of those one or more of those Criteria and janila staff so she she's invited So so we don't have to kick anybody off the call Jerry And so here we go Move that we enter executive session discuss records that are confidential pursuant to one vsa section 313 alpha 6 specifically construction and budgeting details that relate to our strategic planning and that all alternates got committee vice chairs And um our our treasurer Are are invited as they have information that is needed in accordance with one vsa section 313 bravo All right second Okay, the second by jeremy Any discussion on this And andrew you could leave yeah gavies Yes, I was I was just getting ready to exit stage right. Thanks everyone. Um, oh, I look forward to working with you on this project It's it's very exciting Thanks. Thanks andrew. Bye bye andrew All right, uh any additional discussion Any opposed to the motion Any abstentions Hearing none the motion passes unanimously, please give me a minute as I stop recording And we are going to go into executive session at 707 and I am stopping the recording