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I think to call the

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August 22nd, 2022
meeting of the Derry Township School

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District Board of Directors
to order and announce that this meeting

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is being both live
streamed and audio recorded.

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This meeting is also being conducted
both in-person and virtually so.

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Board members,
please state your name when speaking.

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Mrs. Agee. Roll call, please.

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Mr. Bennett.

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Dr. Cronan. Here.

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Ms.. Drew Here.

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Dr. Cook. Here.

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This is many here. Mr. RIZZO. Here.

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Mrs. Schmidt.

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Here. Mr..

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Mrs.. Singer. Sicker here.

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Mr. Singer.

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Here. A present. One absent.

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Thank you.

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Please rise and join me if you are able
for the Pledge of Allegiance.

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Senate,

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the United States of America.

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And it is a very serious condition,

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under God, indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.

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Ma'am, please have a motion to approve

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the August 22nd, 2022 Board of Directors
meeting agenda.

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So moved Maria My second. Mike Rizzo.

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Is there any discussion?

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This is a standard voice vote.

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All those in favor,
please say I oppose the no

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agenda is approved.

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Moving on to information and proposals
this evening, we do have a presentation

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and I would like to welcome Dauphin
County Treasurer Janice Christian

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to our meeting, as well as to the podium

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as she is here to further our discussion
and present on the county

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tax collection services that we've spoken
about in previous meetings.

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So, Miss Risen,
thank you for being here with us.

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Thank you.

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Thank you. I'm here this evening
also with Vince.

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Peace is on and he is deputy treasurer
and the brains behind

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a lot of what we do in the county tax
our treasurer's office.

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So this conversation started
probably with little pilot

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who is currently serving as your elected
tax collector in name only.

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We are governed by the local tax
collection Act.

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All of the processes of tax collection

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are derived from that legislation,
from that act.

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Unfortunately, that law was written before
there was a ballpoint pen,

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so and it has not had
a lot of amendments to it.

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So some of it can seem rather antiquated.

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A lot of tax collectors
are still collecting from their homes.

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They are individuals who are just,

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you know, making it a part time job.

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And yet our tax revenue
has increased significantly.

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We have in my tenure and I've been
with the county for 15 years,

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we have had some nefarious conduct
by tax collectors.

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And through the course of that,

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there was some interest in having
the county step in and take over.

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In 2011, I worked with someone
who you probably are familiar with

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is Representative Dave now,
and we did get an amendment to the Local

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Tax Collection Act that allowed county
treasurers to collect taxes

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if there is a vacancy in the office
in lieu of a tax collector.

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And that was kind of the catalyst
that got us started in the Treasurer's

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office
of collecting taxes for municipalities

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in addition to the county
and also collecting for school districts.

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So that kind of just came into being
because we have software

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that was developed in 2009
for tax collection.

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We have provided
that to all of our elected tax collectors

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and we to make certain that they could do
the best job possible

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in the most efficient job,

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we incorporated into that software,
not just county tax collection,

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but also municipal and school
tax collection in addition to per capita.

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So our tax collectors and in my office

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can collect all of those taxes
very efficiently.

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All that information pours
into that system.

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Unfortunately, in Derry Township,

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because they are on a separate system
for school collection,

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they are using software to collect school,
but then they have to kind of

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do a double entry and put the municipal
and county into our system.

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So we have, since 2009,

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taken over collection
for 11 different municipalities

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and several municipalities that are in
upper Dauphin and central Dauphin.

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We collect for as well.

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That has worked out very, very well.

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It has been very efficient,
very cost effective.

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There's no cost to the municipalities
because we are on the same bill.

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But then that brings us
to the school district

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because that leaves them in the lurch
when,

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you know, we've taken over
and in some cases

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it's a name only tax collector like Lew,
and we are deputized.

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In other cases, there is no tax collector

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and we are appointed to
fill that vacant position. So

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Lew had

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expressed an interest and the board
had expressed expressed an interest in

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exploring the opportunity for the county
to be collecting Derry Township taxes.

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And we offer that service

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to the school district
to provide continuity and efficiency.

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Often
the taxpayers will make one check out

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for county, township and school
district taxes.

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They want a tax certificate

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and for refinance
or for mortgage purposes.

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And we're able to provide
that all on one document.

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So it's some kind of a turnkey,
one stop shopping

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type event and you are dealing
with the same taxpayers.

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It's the same assessed database
of properties,

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whether it is for county,
municipal or school.

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So we that has become kind of a hallmark
for us.

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We pride ourselves on the job
that we do there.

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Nothing much changes in regard to billing

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collection, bonding of the tax collector
that still takes place.

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It's a it's
something that you are participating in

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and the payment of a premium
for a bond on a four year term.

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Pretty much

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just to make sure I didn't miss anything
before,

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I let Vince tell you a little bit
about the background,

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the appointment of the deputy again,
is done by the tax sector.

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The one thing I really like
to impress upon anyone I speak to and I,

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I teach the statewide tax certification

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or qualification program
for the Pennsylvania Municipal League.

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They passed that legislation
several years ago

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that tax cutters must have continuing.

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Add the one thing I impress upon

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them as tax collectors and upon any board

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is that the tax collector maintains
the authority here.

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The tax collector needs to

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to authorize a deputy
to act on their behalf.

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Without that,
none of us in this room have any power.

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We we cannot make a decision
in that regard.

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We can't we don't hire him.

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We can't fire him.

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We can't make that decision.

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So I think it's always important to know,
as you're making the decision,

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that you're doing that in cooperation
with the elected tax collector,

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as long as you have that tax collector,
that who is has the elected authority

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that is vested in that person, as long as
they are serving in that capacity.

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So I always like to point that out

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that we are not inventing a wheel here
without that person's cooperation,

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but we are very

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happy to cooperate and offer our services.

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I'm not here as a vendor
selling something.

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We can't do that.

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What we're here
is offering a service that we provide

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if we are able to help in that regard.

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The commissioners have endorsed
our willingness to do that on your behalf.

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So if I don't have any questions
at that point, if I do, please

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jump in there and ask any questions
that I didn't make clear

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from what I've spoken so far,
But I'm going to have Vince

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just kind of give you a little overview
of how the collection process works

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and what happens in our office
and about our staff.

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And then if you have questions for us,
we'd be happy to entertain. Now.

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Good evening, everybody.

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So as Janice mentioned,
we collect for 11 different municipalities

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and then with that we collect
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for pillow borough grants.

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Borough Likens Borough
and Barry's work as well

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for Central Dauphin,
for Pembroke Borough and Dauphin Borough.

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So right now in our office,

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obviously we're coming up at the end of
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So it's starting to pick up a little bit,
but we really pride ourselves

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on getting those bills in
and then the money to you guys.

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So on a weekly basis, we remit to all the
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Thursday is our cutoff.

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At that point, I would send
whoever would be in charge of that.

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Maybe we

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to share an email of what we're going
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We then do a direct deposit

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into your account on Friday,
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That is a weekly thing.

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So no matter when bills come out in July,
we start receiving them.

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We will keep that up
through the end of the year.

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Right now in the office, everything

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that we have received the last few days
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So there's no lag right now.

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And really with school, I don't
we will never gets to that in our office

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at the peak of county Municipal

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back at the like at the end of March

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maybe things are held for a week, week
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But tax collection is our priority
in our office.

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We've made it that way
so we don't let them sit.

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We want to get you guys your money
as you're used to getting it on time.

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Right now we have a staff of five
that's including Janice and Janice.

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Desperate
but in payments, not just a figurehead.

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She's working every day with us.

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So it's a full diversion of that.

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We do have other tasks.

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We do.

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But again, tax collection and getting that
money to you guys is our main goal

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because, I mean, that's for the county.

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Our county real estate is a large portion
of all the money

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we're bringing in for the year.
So it's made a priority for us.

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And kind of as Janice was saying,

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it's a service we're already doing
and can offer to you guys.

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As far as what we're charging,

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it's a dollar 85, same as we do for Upper
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Then if you guys would want access
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that Janice mentioned,
that is $3 a quarter

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and then there's just an annual stipend
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So that's how that would go for you guys.

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John I

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think as far as just the day to day goes,

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we always have someone answering phones.

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Our phone line
technically is 9 to 330, But Janice,

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her phone rings at all hours of the day
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So we have all staff
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So 9 to 330, Monday through Friday,

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all answering emails, any tax requests
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as well as any mortgage companies
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we do predators of ourselves
on our customer service.

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I haven't really don't
get too many complaints.

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Obviously,
every now and then people are upset

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about the amount on their tax bill,
but that's not really our

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we didn't put that number there, but

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we try to do the best
service we can for everyone.

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I think I miss you.

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Know,

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I just think that the definite software
that we've developed is very valuable.

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I think they'll be valuable
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and that that gives you access
to in your business

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office, access to all assessment
records, homes to see the homestead

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clean and green, all those types of things
addresses, sales, dates,

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all the reporting that we have access
to you and have access to.

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I think that is a really nice feature
to be able to have that

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there's no charge for that
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but then we do ask for that maintenance

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fee going forward just to help us
in our continuing development of that.

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But that is a great feature.

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You can see the payments going
into the system as we're entering them.

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So it's in real time.

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So when you're looking at that,
you know you have a complete handle

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on what has been collected so far,
what remains outstanding.

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But I think in a nutshell,
that's pretty much it.

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I don't want to I could I teach a course
that last two days so I could talk to you

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about tax collection for,
you know, 16 hours without stopping.

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We won't do that.

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But if you have any questions, I would be
happy to entertain them while we're here.

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Thank you.

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This is Lindsay Drew.
I just have a couple of questions.

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And I had the obviously,
we're having this conversation again

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because of the township was also looking

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at that and understanding
that if the township were to make a move,

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we would need to look at that
through the tax collection association.

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So I had the opportunity at the township
meeting earlier in the summer

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to hear your presentation and just wanted
to reiterate a couple of things

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for the benefit of folks
listening to our meeting tonight,

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really
the biggest change would be the in-person,

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you know, the ability in-person
in Derry Township to go in to pay taxes.

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But I understand through the conversation
at the township that you often

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will have someone locally,
you know, through

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that first year or two of transition
to make sure that there's someone there

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and help, you know, move that through.

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But benefits really is credit
card payments would then be accepted for

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for tax collection.

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And the only other change impact
for taxpayers

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is that there would now be a fee for tax
certifications, correct?

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Correct.

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That is that is a source of revenue

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that is probably being overlooked
at this point.

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It is unique.

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I was somewhat surprised to hear
that there wasn't a fee.

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It does help us to subsidize
the additional manpower that we may need

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and that the indirect costs, direct
and indirect costs that we have.

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So we do promote capturing that fee.

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The mortgage companies

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are more than willing, and in fact,
the $10 is kind of low as some have gone.

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I think.

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I can't tell them what to make it,
but I think it's gotten a little high.

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But the municipality has to approve that
and they do.

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Do you would have access to credit card
payments?

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That's an online portal
that they can go to Dauphin County dot

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org forward slash payments.

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You could go and look at that

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they can make their payment
through all the major credit cards and

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I don't

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there's any credit card
they don't accept on school.

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I think they accept all of them
including American Express.

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I think on that fee side now.

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Again, I believe all of them.

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Should have the e check.

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They the nice thing is
if you have a lot of properties

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in Derry Township
and you go through e check,

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you can select as many properties
as you want to pay at that time.

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And there's just one charge,
which I think is a dollar $75, 95 four.

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So that's kind of worth it.

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What we did in Susquehanna Township
and we've done

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in lower Swatara and

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trying to think was up in Millersburg
and we stopped that.

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And in the pandemic

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we kind of really shut that down
because the buildings were closed.

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But we went out there for a period of time
and people paid in person

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As time has gone by.

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And I'm thinking we still need to have

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that conversation of what
what makes a really great transition.

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Some municipalities have said, no,
we don't want it, we don't need it.

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Sometimes we've gone
like just two days at the end a discount.

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Other times we've gone,
you know, two or three days.

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And in any given week, over time,
what we found is

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we kind of went gangbusters
and added a lot of days

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and then no one came
or very few people came,

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especially in the evening,

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which that was a learning experience
for me

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because I felt like more people would stop
by in the evening and appreciate it.

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That was not the case.

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Very few people came by.

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Most work
people are have stamps and or computers

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available to them and they find online
or mailing it to be better.

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There are very few places you go anymore
and pay a payment in person.

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But we are at the courthouse.

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And one thing I will tell you from
an educational standpoint is that the law

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says the tax collector must be available
in person to receive payments

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for the last two weeks of the discount
period for three days.

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In those two weeks, we do fulfill that
because we are available

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five days a week at the courthouse,

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and we may want to discuss
what that looks like in a transitional.

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I don't you know,

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I think that's something that we all need
to come to the table after,

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you know, there's been some

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decisions made.

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And online payments
have definitely increased in popularity.

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Even with just the past year,

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we have been getting more
and more of those.

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So I think a lot of them what taxpayers
should probably utilize that service

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like their. Points on the credit.

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So thank you.

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This is Maria Mimi.

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I'm on the Tax Association Committee
collection Association with Donna Cronan.

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I think this is and this isn't a question

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I am very concerned about,
the just a certain demographic of people

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and how that transition is is going to go,
which I'm sure you've done this

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several times before.

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So you you understand it.

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I don't understand it.

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So that is that's probably my number.

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That is my number one concern with mine.

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I know our tax office is
busy with people walking in.

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I think that's

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going I think that's going to be hard for
for a lot of people.

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I think communication and I preach this

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all the time, is communication,
communication, communication.

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I think communication is key.

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You have to be upfront about
what is happening, what the benefits are.

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And you know what may one, some folks
may not see as a benefit.

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You know, sometimes the tax office

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is a a social study for them.

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And I collected taxes
that says Gahanna in person.

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In fact,

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every in-person event that happened,
I was the person collecting the taxes.

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So, yes, firsthand,
it is beneficial to be able

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to be in front of someone.

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And there is a social aspect
and the security aspect.

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I believe that as time went on,
like I said, that became they developed

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a confidence in our ability Vince
jotted down here and he was good to say.

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So that that certainly is only for
we only charge out two mortgage companies.

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And settlements and.

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Settlement and settlement companies
that are going through.

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If you are a homeowner, there is no fee.

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We'll send you a receipt.

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You can call

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Vincent Iverson over at Starbucks
while we were waiting to come here

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and we are laptops open
and someone emailed

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and asked for a copy of some bills
and we got

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they have them, you know,
we got them off to them right away.

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So we're able to provide

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just about 24 seven service.

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We now have our offices on our phones
thanks to the CARES Act money.

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Now we have all kinds of technology,
so we are kind of at 24 seven operation.

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You know, I answered calls yesterday

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of people
who had questions about their tax bill.

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They were new from Florida.
They didn't understand.

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So I think when you communicate that

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you you give them
excellent customer service, you offer them

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some features
that perhaps they did not have before.

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That's all we can offer.

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You know, we cannot do

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cannot

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propose more than what we are able to do.

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All I can say
is that over the last 12 years

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that I've been doing this,
it has been very successful.

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And we have
we have not had any complaints.

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I think that's something that, you know,
you'd want to maybe talk to the other

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taxing districts
and get that first chance from now.

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Okay.

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Well,
thank you so much for taking the time

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to come and present this in person
and answer the questions,

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obviously, for clarification,

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this is for the school real estate
tax collection services.

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There are other taxes
that the tax association currently

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collects, which the county does
not have the ability to do that for.

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So there will be another conversation
about that component

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of it as well, correct? Ms.. Purcell

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Yes. This is specifically for real estate
tax collections.

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The other component that we need
to consider that are o-pee-chee

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and the LST taxes, amusement tax.

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We can work out a way
to get that with H&R, but it's the least

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that we will need to look to an RFP

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for services and see who is out there
that would

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put in a proposal to collect those for us.

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And the county.

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The school real estate taxes
would not go to an RFP

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because of the relationship with the tax
collector needing to deputize the county

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and him having expressed
that the county really was

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the only entity

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he would feel comfortable deputizing
outside of the Tax collection association.

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So that's what brings us here.

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The other thing I might mention
is that one of the requirements

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for us doing the billing, if we would,

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if you would want to entertain that idea,
is that we would produce the bills.

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We produce the bills
because they're calculated in our system

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and that's what makes them available.

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So it's a standard bill format
that we would then be able to provide

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to the taxpayer or anyone else that calls.

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We send out the original to the tax
to the homeowner.

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However, if their mortgage company
has requested their bills

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because they're escrowed, then
the homeowner gets a bill that is marked

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and some of you might have seen, well,
you're not using so you're not obviously

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marked copy across it.

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And it will indicate this bill has been
sent to your mortgage company

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if they have paid off their mortgage
in that period of time,

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then they can still use that
same bill on the coupon and mail it to us.

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But that is one of the requirements
that the printing

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and the mailing of the bills
that's done through the county.

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So it's coordinated
with our online system.

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And I can share
they have shared a quote with us for that

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and it is substantially less
than what we're currently paying

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under the arrangements we have.

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And I also want to I know they've talked
about the debt of that system.

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I'm familiar with it from Lancaster
County Schools.

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It is it gives it will give us
give me the ability to log in

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and get read only access to read
only access though, to the information

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our information

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that's in the system, information
that I currently cannot get access to.

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So will we be able to see reporting
and information in a little bit

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different way,
which I think is a really great thing.

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Reading
we can see you will be able to see.

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So it's yeah, there's nothing,
nothing missing from that.

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So if you have any questions at all,
please don't hesitate to call me.

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You can give out my cell phone
number and I will be happy

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to call you and discuss
any questions outside of this meeting.

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So thank you.

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Thank you very much.

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Thanks for being here.
Have a nice. Evening. Thank you to.

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Okay.

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I would like to announce
that the board met

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in executive session prior to this meeting
to discuss informational items

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and also that the board met for an
informational board retreat on Wednesday,

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August 17th, from 530 to 7:00
pm here, The district office

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will now begin the first recognition of
citizens for items related to the agenda.

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This is an opportunity for taxpayers
and residents to address the board

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again,
only on matters related to the agenda.

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Citizens wishing to speak
should come to the microphone

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or raise their virtual hand
once recognized or unmuted.

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Please state your full name and address.

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For the record, this is a reminder
that public comment is not a forum

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for personal attacks,
antagonistic behavior or harassment.

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Please be advised that you are accountable
for any legal ramifications

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and liability
which may result from statements

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misrepresenting the truth,
defaming individuals or disclosing

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personal information,
not of public concern.

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To provide other residents

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with an opportunity to speak each speaker
during the public comment portion

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is limited to 5 minutes of speaking time
once recognized and limited

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to one opportunity to address the board
during each of the public comment periods.

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If necessary,

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the board may set a maximum time
for public comment portion of any meeting.

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I will ask Board Treasurer, Mrs.

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Decker to please keep time.

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Are there any residents or taxpayers
who would like to comment?

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We do have some individuals here in person
this evening, so I will start

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with those in the audience. Mr.

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Miller, you're up first and then we'll
move to those who are attending virtually.

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Hello, John Miller 329 Cocoa Avenue.

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Hope everybody had a nice summer.

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Our fourth grader
was thrilled to start today

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and had nothing
but good things to say about her,

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her teacher and the whole environment. So

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her energy was through the roof and it was

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sad to see and was sad to see her go back.

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But she was ready to go back and see her
friends. So.

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So that's great.

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But what I wanted to talk about
would be the reference

478
00:26:59.351 --> 00:27:02.520
to our capital plan in Grenada and

479
00:27:03.922 --> 00:27:08.960
how that ties in to my valuation
of some information, the social emotional

480
00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:13.465
learning information
that was obtained from the surveys

481
00:27:13.465 --> 00:27:16.468
in 2021 and 2022.

482
00:27:16.735 --> 00:27:20.505
With regard to the question,
how is the energy at the school?

483
00:27:21.573 --> 00:27:24.542
And if you don't mind, I did make a chart

484
00:27:24.542 --> 00:27:28.513
and it does tie in to Grenada,
so I'll just do this very quickly.

485
00:27:29.247 --> 00:27:32.250
It shows some interesting
trends in the data.

486
00:27:32.350 --> 00:27:35.854
You think that seems kind of
like a strange question to ask a kid, but

487
00:27:36.921 --> 00:27:37.155
think

488
00:27:37.155 --> 00:27:40.158
about the energy
of of when someone gets a new puppy there.

489
00:27:40.191 --> 00:27:42.527
It's exciting or contrasting.

490
00:27:42.527 --> 00:27:44.696
When the energy, when somebody calls you

491
00:27:44.696 --> 00:27:48.166
and says that your grandmother passed
away, it's completely different energy.

492
00:27:48.600 --> 00:27:51.569
And as quantum physics continues

493
00:27:51.569 --> 00:27:54.572
to expand its understanding of the

494
00:27:55.140 --> 00:27:58.710
the subatomic realm, we are particles

495
00:27:58.710 --> 00:28:01.746
and we are subject

496
00:28:01.746 --> 00:28:05.250
to certain frequencies
and and this was just interesting.

497
00:28:05.250 --> 00:28:08.319
I was honestly to see linear trends

498
00:28:09.688 --> 00:28:11.690
and I can I can provide this.

499
00:28:11.690 --> 00:28:16.194
It might be kind of hard to see,
but you see the linear trends in the data

500
00:28:16.561 --> 00:28:20.899
and that's a, that's
so from fourth grade to 12th grade,

501
00:28:22.067 --> 00:28:25.070
I think there's R squared value,
which is the best

502
00:28:25.203 --> 00:28:30.608
fit on trend line of 0.97.

503
00:28:30.909 --> 00:28:32.410
I think I can send it to.

504
00:28:32.410 --> 00:28:36.214
It's fascinating
that it follows the grades.

505
00:28:36.781 --> 00:28:37.682
So I believe

506
00:28:39.017 --> 00:28:42.020
there's only 3% of fourth graders that

507
00:28:42.287 --> 00:28:45.290
feel it's negative.

508
00:28:45.390 --> 00:28:48.393
I think it is a senior

509
00:28:49.094 --> 00:28:51.362
now. Actually, Junior was the highest.

510
00:28:51.362 --> 00:28:53.164
I think it was 29%.

511
00:28:53.164 --> 00:28:56.367
But it's a trend from from fourth grade,

512
00:28:56.367 --> 00:29:00.238
which the grade
my daughter's in directly at 12th grade.

513
00:29:00.238 --> 00:29:03.241
You basically could write a linear program
to project

514
00:29:03.508 --> 00:29:06.144
where your child's energy
level is going to be.

515
00:29:06.144 --> 00:29:08.747
And there's two distinct groups that in

516
00:29:08.747 --> 00:29:11.583
indifferent and negative

517
00:29:11.583 --> 00:29:14.619
were actually when they were combined.

518
00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:19.491
The best fit line was improved to 0.966

519
00:29:19.758 --> 00:29:26.064
and the positive group was best
fit on a 0.97, but

520
00:29:26.064 --> 00:29:29.734
completely different slopes on the chart,
and that's the one in the middle there.

521
00:29:30.702 --> 00:29:33.705
So what can we do in Grenada

522
00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:38.676
to raise the vibrational frequency
of children in this district?

523
00:29:39.210 --> 00:29:44.349
And I believe that it involves
getting their hands dirty, building stuff

524
00:29:44.749 --> 00:29:49.654
and working, getting children
that are gifted academically

525
00:29:50.955 --> 00:29:53.958
with kids
that just want to pick up a welder.

526
00:29:54.459 --> 00:29:57.729
Because I can tell you it's
going to benefit

527
00:29:57.729 --> 00:30:00.732
both of them
in ways that we can't even imagine.

528
00:30:02.367 --> 00:30:03.334
And I was just

529
00:30:03.334 --> 00:30:06.337
kind of shocked to see that that

530
00:30:06.437 --> 00:30:09.440
the answers to a question were that

531
00:30:10.141 --> 00:30:12.911
precise across all the kids,

532
00:30:12.911 --> 00:30:15.914
all the ages.

533
00:30:16.714 --> 00:30:17.816
I don't know.

534
00:30:17.816 --> 00:30:20.752
It's that's the way it trended out to me
are if you want to check me on that.

535
00:30:20.752 --> 00:30:22.053
But it was just fascinating.

536
00:30:22.053 --> 00:30:23.888
I wanted to share it with everybody.

537
00:30:23.888 --> 00:30:26.891
So if there is anything that

538
00:30:28.126 --> 00:30:31.129
we could do with Grenada
looking forward to somehow

539
00:30:32.030 --> 00:30:35.200
make that happen, I mean, we've
got a lot of societal problems

540
00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:39.137
and we're not going to be able to solve
them when when we have a

541
00:30:41.072 --> 00:30:43.174
pattern of

542
00:30:43.174 --> 00:30:46.244
low frequency vibrations and low energy,

543
00:30:46.578 --> 00:30:49.581
because that is hard

544
00:30:50.248 --> 00:30:50.949
to expand.

545
00:30:50.949 --> 00:30:53.251
Your consciousness is hard to create.

546
00:30:53.251 --> 00:30:55.453
It's hard to be empathetic.

547
00:30:55.453 --> 00:30:58.723
And that's all I want for

548
00:30:59.257 --> 00:31:02.160
my kids is just and everybody also.

549
00:31:02.160 --> 00:31:05.163
Thank you.

550
00:31:05.263 --> 00:31:05.630
Thank you.

551
00:31:05.630 --> 00:31:09.901
Mr. Miller,
is there anyone in person in the audience

552
00:31:09.901 --> 00:31:12.904
who would like to speak at this time?

553
00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:17.609
Okay, I do not see anyone in person,

554
00:31:17.609 --> 00:31:20.612
so I will open up to anyone
who is attending virtually.

555
00:31:20.912 --> 00:31:24.449
If you would like to speak on any agenda
related item, please

556
00:31:24.749 --> 00:31:27.752
go ahead and raise your virtual hand.

557
00:31:39.464 --> 00:31:39.764
Okay.

558
00:31:39.764 --> 00:31:43.501
I do not see anyone, so we will go ahead
and close this first public comment period

559
00:31:44.235 --> 00:31:47.238
and move on to standing committee meeting
reports.

560
00:31:47.505 --> 00:31:51.609
The General Services
and Finance Standing Committees met today.

561
00:31:51.843 --> 00:31:54.112
Mr. Rizzo, do you have a General
Services report, please?

562
00:31:55.546 --> 00:31:56.214
Yes, I do.

563
00:31:56.214 --> 00:31:59.851
So the General Services Committee
met today.

564
00:32:00.752 --> 00:32:02.320
It has been the first time

565
00:32:02.320 --> 00:32:05.523
in a couple of months
that we've met from the general services.

566
00:32:05.523 --> 00:32:09.394
So it's kind of a brief meeting today

567
00:32:09.394 --> 00:32:13.531
really to to get an assessment of where
some of these things stand.

568
00:32:13.531 --> 00:32:16.935
So with unfinished business,
we did talk about the parking lot

569
00:32:16.935 --> 00:32:20.004
projects, both Memorial Field and also the

570
00:32:20.138 --> 00:32:24.976
the Little League softball fields
looking at the

571
00:32:25.310 --> 00:32:28.313
the parking situation and,
you know, getting

572
00:32:28.880 --> 00:32:31.316
getting ready to put a base down, a base

573
00:32:31.316 --> 00:32:34.519
playing down for the cost to McAdam.

574
00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:37.622
So this was part of the gaming grant

575
00:32:37.622 --> 00:32:40.725
that came through that will pay
for some of these activities.

576
00:32:41.192 --> 00:32:44.162
Unfortunately,
with with the Parking lot project

577
00:32:44.162 --> 00:32:49.167
and the retention base business base
in assessment, the individual

578
00:32:49.167 --> 00:32:53.638
that is the estimate her from
Rita was out for the last week or two.

579
00:32:53.638 --> 00:32:57.275
So we're waiting for him
to come back to lay out the plan.

580
00:32:57.275 --> 00:32:58.576
But Mr.

581
00:32:58.576 --> 00:33:01.079
Anderson did did provide some assessment

582
00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:05.350
or some updates on where that stands.

583
00:33:05.350 --> 00:33:07.151
We also had Mr.

584
00:33:07.151 --> 00:33:10.154
Purcell provide us with the capital plan,

585
00:33:10.254 --> 00:33:15.093
capital plan review, which was attached
to the general services agenda.

586
00:33:15.860 --> 00:33:18.863
So if anyone wants to to review that plan,
they can

587
00:33:18.896 --> 00:33:20.798
they can go to the general services.

588
00:33:20.798 --> 00:33:24.802
One thing to note, they did
finish their Dave Dehumidification

589
00:33:24.802 --> 00:33:28.973
project in the middle school
and things are looking rather well

590
00:33:30.074 --> 00:33:33.144
for that project with new business.

591
00:33:33.344 --> 00:33:36.314
We did have an update on the elementary

592
00:33:36.314 --> 00:33:39.317
building assessment.

593
00:33:40.351 --> 00:33:43.388
So with that, with that assessment, Mr.

594
00:33:43.388 --> 00:33:44.522
Anderson and Dr.

595
00:33:44.522 --> 00:33:48.292
Winslow did talk about the fact
that they spent two days

596
00:33:48.693 --> 00:33:51.696
with the

597
00:33:53.097 --> 00:33:54.465
who who.

598
00:33:54.465 --> 00:33:55.433
Are LPA.

599
00:33:55.433 --> 00:33:56.267
Architects.

600
00:33:56.267 --> 00:33:59.670
Okay. RPF Yeah. Architect
Sorry about that.

601
00:33:59.670 --> 00:34:02.073
I forgot to write it down

602
00:34:02.073 --> 00:34:06.444
in basically with that two days,
there was a lot of eye

603
00:34:06.444 --> 00:34:11.449
opening scenarios with the assessment
of the current elementary school.

604
00:34:11.449 --> 00:34:15.787
So, you know, the building was built 1952.

605
00:34:16.487 --> 00:34:22.160
It is not ADA compliant in current
standards.

606
00:34:22.160 --> 00:34:25.530
Need to go through
and look at that building

607
00:34:26.130 --> 00:34:29.300
and try and do an upgrade to the building
itself.

608
00:34:29.767 --> 00:34:34.972
Could be more expensive than than
a building, you know, in a greenfield.

609
00:34:34.972 --> 00:34:39.143
But what we will what they'll be doing
is that there's an assessment that they're

610
00:34:39.277 --> 00:34:42.280
they're providing the grade
in a lot of different things.

611
00:34:42.713 --> 00:34:45.950
The building has been upgraded over those,
you know,

612
00:34:46.150 --> 00:34:50.054
whatever, 50 to 60 years
worth of of school.

613
00:34:50.054 --> 00:34:51.656
Go ahead documents.

614
00:34:51.656 --> 00:34:52.590
The building. Is 50.

615
00:34:52.590 --> 00:34:54.692
Two years. Old. 52.

616
00:34:54.692 --> 00:34:56.694
I thought it was 1952. No.

617
00:34:56.694 --> 00:34:57.428
52 years.

618
00:34:57.428 --> 00:34:58.563
Old. Sorry.

619
00:34:58.563 --> 00:35:01.299
SKELTON 70. Yeah, 1970.

620
00:35:01.299 --> 00:35:02.967
Yeah, I wrote that incorrectly.

621
00:35:02.967 --> 00:35:04.802
So 52 years old.

622
00:35:04.802 --> 00:35:09.407
And over that 52 years, the building
itself had been upgraded many times.

623
00:35:10.241 --> 00:35:13.945
Therefore, there's a lot of inefficiencies
in wastewater

624
00:35:13.945 --> 00:35:19.417
pumps, systems and things that,
you know, really should be upgraded.

625
00:35:19.417 --> 00:35:22.820
So they're going to be putting out the
the assessment

626
00:35:23.154 --> 00:35:27.925
at the end of November to be able
to provide us with an understanding

627
00:35:27.925 --> 00:35:33.164
of what that that option or the options
may be for the elementary school.

628
00:35:33.164 --> 00:35:36.834
Right now the SCC is is an upgraded school

629
00:35:36.834 --> 00:35:40.271
or a newer school
and is in it in good condition.

630
00:35:40.538 --> 00:35:42.974
It's just about what to do
with the elementary school.

631
00:35:42.974 --> 00:35:46.110
And this doesn't mean that necessarily
mean that something is going to be built

632
00:35:47.278 --> 00:35:50.047
from greenfield
it's just really saying that

633
00:35:50.047 --> 00:35:52.950
hey we have to start thinking
about the options of what

634
00:35:52.950 --> 00:35:56.020
we're going to do
with that elementary school right there.

635
00:35:56.187 --> 00:35:57.989
There's multiple options there.

636
00:35:57.989 --> 00:36:01.692
We have a lot of building here, moving,
you know, departments around.

637
00:36:02.393 --> 00:36:03.728
But really, it's it's open.

638
00:36:03.728 --> 00:36:04.829
It's at the very beginning.

639
00:36:04.829 --> 00:36:08.666
There's no there's no set plan at this
point in time until that report comes out.

640
00:36:09.767 --> 00:36:13.504
And then the final
the final key here is on

641
00:36:13.504 --> 00:36:17.341
the grant of building
Repointing for the bricks.

642
00:36:17.942 --> 00:36:22.480
We do have some water leaks and some water
penetration into the Granata Building.

643
00:36:23.181 --> 00:36:26.184
We did have two companies

644
00:36:26.317 --> 00:36:30.988
provide us with beds to do an assessment
on what that cost may be,

645
00:36:31.322 --> 00:36:36.060
and we will be bringing that to the board
for a vote on the September 12th

646
00:36:36.394 --> 00:36:39.630
meeting to vote on
just the assessment alone.

647
00:36:40.264 --> 00:36:42.867
And when you look at the two assessments,

648
00:36:42.867 --> 00:36:48.639
the Hamilton Associates came in
at about $23,000 to do the assessment

649
00:36:48.873 --> 00:36:52.643
and warehouse, came in at about $125,000
to do the assessment.

650
00:36:52.643 --> 00:36:56.948
And again,
those are rough terms or rough values,

651
00:36:56.948 --> 00:37:00.751
but $400,000 extra, I think we've

652
00:37:01.886 --> 00:37:02.620
we have chosen to

653
00:37:02.620 --> 00:37:06.224
bring Hamilton Associates
to the next board meeting.

654
00:37:06.557 --> 00:37:11.429
And some of their work includes
doing the theater across across the street

655
00:37:11.429 --> 00:37:15.933
here, the parking lot and some other
historic buildings in the area.

656
00:37:16.367 --> 00:37:20.371
But again,
it's really about making this facility

657
00:37:21.339 --> 00:37:24.842
good again so that we don't have further
deterioration.

658
00:37:25.977 --> 00:37:28.412
Okay. That's all I have.

659
00:37:28.412 --> 00:37:30.448
Thank you so much.

660
00:37:30.448 --> 00:37:33.985
Lots of things
going on the Finance Committee.

661
00:37:34.185 --> 00:37:36.053
Mrs. Decker, do you have a finance report?

662
00:37:36.053 --> 00:37:36.487
I do.

663
00:37:36.487 --> 00:37:37.755
We had a quarterly update

664
00:37:37.755 --> 00:37:41.058
on the Milton Hershey
Trust Fund by Fulton Financial Advisors.

665
00:37:41.058 --> 00:37:44.161
The trust
at the end of July was 48 million.

666
00:37:44.895 --> 00:37:47.898
We are down right now 9.8%.

667
00:37:48.132 --> 00:37:50.434
Our highest was 55 million.

668
00:37:50.434 --> 00:37:54.205
But if you look at the ten year return,
we are at a 7.61%

669
00:37:54.205 --> 00:37:58.576
return over ten years
and our annual goal of return is 6.5%.

670
00:37:59.944 --> 00:38:01.012
We do have an average

671
00:38:01.012 --> 00:38:04.048
withdraw of four and a quarter percent
each year.

672
00:38:04.949 --> 00:38:09.153
We also got an update on food services
by Food Director Greg Hummel.

673
00:38:09.754 --> 00:38:12.156
He did a history of

674
00:38:12.156 --> 00:38:14.692
when we were on the nutritional

675
00:38:14.692 --> 00:38:17.862
the federal nutritional program
and off of it and then back on it again.

676
00:38:17.862 --> 00:38:21.966
We are back on the federal program
for all of our buildings.

677
00:38:23.134 --> 00:38:25.369
He broke down the cost

678
00:38:25.369 --> 00:38:28.372
of the meals
and the free and reduced lunch

679
00:38:28.472 --> 00:38:30.441
issues.

680
00:38:30.441 --> 00:38:32.510
He is down with staffing right now.

681
00:38:32.510 --> 00:38:35.046
He's down overall
six people in the district.

682
00:38:35.046 --> 00:38:38.049
So he does need food service workers.

683
00:38:38.215 --> 00:38:40.184
We also added to our one of our goals

684
00:38:40.184 --> 00:38:44.422
to review cyber school enrollment in 2122.

685
00:38:44.455 --> 00:38:45.990
You may have heard these numbers already.

686
00:38:45.990 --> 00:38:51.329
We had 109 students go to cyber school,
which was $1.7 million last year.

687
00:38:51.696 --> 00:38:55.299
We will be reviewing those numbers
as a finance committee quarterly

688
00:38:55.299 --> 00:38:58.302
to see if they are going to go down
for this year.

689
00:38:58.536 --> 00:39:00.738
That was one of our highest numbers.

690
00:39:02.106 --> 00:39:05.409
We also reviewed the general fund revenues
and expenses

691
00:39:05.409 --> 00:39:08.412
and Pennsylvania
state subsidies and depositories.

692
00:39:09.213 --> 00:39:11.315
We passed our budget on June 13th

693
00:39:11.315 --> 00:39:14.318
and the state
passed their budget on July 8th.

694
00:39:14.485 --> 00:39:17.288
We did unexpectedly receive $1 million

695
00:39:17.288 --> 00:39:20.291
more than usual in state subsidies,

696
00:39:20.891 --> 00:39:23.761
which is actually very good news
for us with future

697
00:39:23.761 --> 00:39:27.465
capital planning and future building
needs at General Services is reviewing

698
00:39:27.898 --> 00:39:30.735
and the deficits we've experienced
due to the pandemic

699
00:39:30.735 --> 00:39:34.138
and also possibly returning back
to staffing levels where we have

700
00:39:34.538 --> 00:39:37.541
did an early retirement incentive program.

701
00:39:38.442 --> 00:39:40.411
We reviewed the Capital Reserve plan

702
00:39:40.411 --> 00:39:43.414
that General Services also reviewed.

703
00:39:43.848 --> 00:39:47.385
We had a review of our depositories
and Mrs.

704
00:39:47.385 --> 00:39:51.822
Purcell is doing a great job
of looking over our investment plan

705
00:39:51.822 --> 00:39:54.825
and getting us the highest yield
interest rates in all of our accounts

706
00:39:55.459 --> 00:39:58.262
by thoroughly reviewing
all of those where our money sits.

707
00:40:00.164 --> 00:40:02.700
And then we did a final review
of the contracts

708
00:40:02.700 --> 00:40:05.703
that we are approving tonight.

709
00:40:06.437 --> 00:40:06.971
Thank you, Mr.

710
00:40:06.971 --> 00:40:08.939
Speaker.

711
00:40:08.939 --> 00:40:11.108
The listed items are on the anticipated
September

712
00:40:11.108 --> 00:40:14.111
12th, 2022 Board of Directors
meeting agenda.

713
00:40:14.879 --> 00:40:16.881
There's no unfinished business
this evening,

714
00:40:16.881 --> 00:40:19.884
so we will go right into consent
agenda items.

715
00:40:20.251 --> 00:40:23.554
The consent agenda contains
routinely adopted items and items

716
00:40:23.554 --> 00:40:27.091
which normally do not require public
deliberation on the part of the board.

717
00:40:27.491 --> 00:40:31.195
A board member may pull items which will
then be discussed and voted on separately.

718
00:40:31.762 --> 00:40:35.166
May I please have a motion to approve
the consent agenda items as listed.

719
00:40:35.466 --> 00:40:38.469
So moved Maria Mimi Session sticker.

720
00:40:38.602 --> 00:40:41.138
Is there any discussion?

721
00:40:41.138 --> 00:40:42.406
This is a standard voice vote.

722
00:40:42.406 --> 00:40:44.942
All those in favor, please say I oppose.

723
00:40:44.942 --> 00:40:47.845
Say no consent agenda is approved

724
00:40:49.113 --> 00:40:50.815
in regard to new business.

725
00:40:50.815 --> 00:40:52.950
First item is approval of depositories.

726
00:40:52.950 --> 00:40:54.385
Dr. Winslow.

727
00:40:54.385 --> 00:40:55.586
The administration recommends

728
00:40:55.586 --> 00:40:59.557
the board approve the list of depositories
for the 2022 23 school year.

729
00:40:59.857 --> 00:41:00.157
Thank you.

730
00:41:00.157 --> 00:41:04.261
May I please have a motion to approve
the list of depositories for the 2022 2023

731
00:41:04.261 --> 00:41:04.795
school year?

732
00:41:04.795 --> 00:41:07.298
Some of Cathy sicker. Second. Maria. Mimi.

733
00:41:07.298 --> 00:41:09.567
Is there any discussion?

734
00:41:09.567 --> 00:41:10.801
This is a standard voice vote.

735
00:41:10.801 --> 00:41:13.771
All those in favor, please say I say no.

736
00:41:15.573 --> 00:41:17.942
Next item is the approval
of the capital plan.

737
00:41:17.942 --> 00:41:18.876
Dr. Windsor.

738
00:41:18.876 --> 00:41:22.880
The administration recommends the board
approve the 2022 23 capital plan.

739
00:41:23.380 --> 00:41:23.747
Thank you.

740
00:41:23.747 --> 00:41:26.283
May I please have a motion
to approve the capital plan?

741
00:41:26.283 --> 00:41:26.951
So moves.

742
00:41:26.951 --> 00:41:28.953
Maria Miami second. Cathy Zika.

743
00:41:28.953 --> 00:41:31.522
Is there any discussion?

744
00:41:31.522 --> 00:41:32.790
This is a standard voice vote.

745
00:41:32.790 --> 00:41:35.759
All those in favor,
please say I oppose. Say no.

746
00:41:37.862 --> 00:41:39.597
The plan is approved.

747
00:41:39.597 --> 00:41:42.867
The next item is the Harrisburg Area
Community College and Hershey High School.

748
00:41:42.867 --> 00:41:43.801
Dual Enrollment.

749
00:41:43.801 --> 00:41:45.870
Dr. Winslow The administration.

750
00:41:45.870 --> 00:41:48.873
Recommends the approval of the memorandum
of Understanding with Harrisburg

751
00:41:48.873 --> 00:41:52.009
Area Community College to offer dual
enrollment course options through the.

752
00:41:52.009 --> 00:41:53.410
Community college.

753
00:41:53.410 --> 00:41:53.777
Thank you.

754
00:41:53.777 --> 00:41:55.613
May I please have a motion
to approve the hack?

755
00:41:55.613 --> 00:41:58.249
Hershey High School Dual
Enrollment Agreement.

756
00:41:58.249 --> 00:41:59.683
So move. Donna Cronin.

757
00:41:59.683 --> 00:42:02.253
Second. Maria. Mimi. Dani. Discussion.

758
00:42:02.253 --> 00:42:05.256
Madam President, I will abstain
from this vote as this is my employer.

759
00:42:05.556 --> 00:42:06.123
Thank you, Mrs.

760
00:42:06.123 --> 00:42:09.126
Sikka.

761
00:42:11.195 --> 00:42:14.198
So, any other discussion?

762
00:42:14.465 --> 00:42:16.300
With the exception of Mrs.

763
00:42:16.300 --> 00:42:17.134
Segers. Abstention.

764
00:42:17.134 --> 00:42:19.770
All those in favor, please say I opposed.

765
00:42:19.770 --> 00:42:21.472
Say no.

766
00:42:21.472 --> 00:42:24.475
For the record, this was approved 7 to 0.

767
00:42:27.578 --> 00:42:30.080
Next item is the Pennsylvania
educator contract.

768
00:42:30.080 --> 00:42:33.517
Dr. Winslow, The administration recommends
the board approve the contract

769
00:42:33.517 --> 00:42:37.488
of services
for educator in the amount of $2,375.

770
00:42:37.855 --> 00:42:41.859
The 2000 sorry, The 2022 23 school year.

771
00:42:42.393 --> 00:42:42.693
Thank you.

772
00:42:42.693 --> 00:42:45.696
May I please have a motion
to approve the educator contract?

773
00:42:45.896 --> 00:42:48.032
So moved Miami second.

774
00:42:48.032 --> 00:42:49.934
Donna Cronan, is there any discussion?

775
00:42:51.001 --> 00:42:52.236
This is a standard voice vote.

776
00:42:52.236 --> 00:42:54.738
All those in favor, please say I oppose.

777
00:42:54.738 --> 00:42:56.907
Say no.

778
00:42:56.907 --> 00:43:01.245
Next item of business is the SIU Preschool
Classroom Agreement.

779
00:43:01.278 --> 00:43:04.715
Dr. Windsor The administration recommends
the approval of the SIU.

780
00:43:04.715 --> 00:43:05.149
Preschool.

781
00:43:05.149 --> 00:43:08.085
Agreement for the 2022 23 school year.

782
00:43:08.085 --> 00:43:11.188
May I please have a motion
to approve the SIU preschool agreement?

783
00:43:11.822 --> 00:43:13.824
So moves Mommy.

784
00:43:13.824 --> 00:43:15.059
Second, Mike Rizzo.

785
00:43:15.059 --> 00:43:16.860
Is there any discussion?

786
00:43:16.860 --> 00:43:18.329
Is this a standard voice vote?

787
00:43:18.329 --> 00:43:21.332
All those in favor,
please say I any Pacino.

788
00:43:23.200 --> 00:43:24.969
Approval of school Position of record.

789
00:43:24.969 --> 00:43:26.103
Dr. Winslow.

790
00:43:26.103 --> 00:43:28.272
The administration recommends
the approval of the agreement

791
00:43:28.272 --> 00:43:30.674
with Pinnacle Health Medical Services
and Dr.

792
00:43:30.674 --> 00:43:33.744
Denise Dewan to serve as the school
districts physician of record.

793
00:43:34.044 --> 00:43:36.647
For the 2022 23 school year.

794
00:43:36.647 --> 00:43:36.981
Thank you.

795
00:43:36.981 --> 00:43:39.984
May I please have a motion
to approve this school position of record

796
00:43:40.184 --> 00:43:42.953
for 2020 to 2023 Agreement.

797
00:43:42.953 --> 00:43:45.656
So moved on to Cronin's second.
Miriam Amie.

798
00:43:45.656 --> 00:43:46.557
Is there any discussion?

799
00:43:48.158 --> 00:43:49.093
Just like to thank Dr.

800
00:43:49.093 --> 00:43:50.294
Dawn for continuing.

801
00:43:50.294 --> 00:43:53.530
I know it has been probably
a little bit more work than it

802
00:43:53.530 --> 00:43:56.533
normally is over the past couple of years
with her involvement

803
00:43:56.767 --> 00:43:59.103
through the pandemic team
and everything else.

804
00:43:59.103 --> 00:44:02.673
So thank you for continuing
to help the district in this way.

805
00:44:04.742 --> 00:44:06.143
This is a standard voice vote.

806
00:44:06.143 --> 00:44:09.046
All those in favor,
please say I am the opposed.

807
00:44:09.046 --> 00:44:12.049
Say no.

808
00:44:12.282 --> 00:44:14.418
Next, we have an acceptance of a gift. Dr.

809
00:44:14.418 --> 00:44:16.253
Winslow, the. Administration recommends.

810
00:44:16.253 --> 00:44:19.056
Accepting a check for 30 $400
from the Joyce Sports.

811
00:44:19.056 --> 00:44:21.759
Foundation, which is presented by Andy.

812
00:44:21.759 --> 00:44:24.528
For the Positive Coaching
Alliance Partnership.

813
00:44:24.528 --> 00:44:24.862
Thank you.

814
00:44:24.862 --> 00:44:26.730
May I please have a motion
to accept the Positive

815
00:44:26.730 --> 00:44:29.199
Coaching Alliance Partnership
Check from Joy of Sport.

816
00:44:29.199 --> 00:44:31.969
So moved Cathy Decker Second Marami.

817
00:44:33.871 --> 00:44:36.874
And is there any discussion

818
00:44:36.940 --> 00:44:38.742
I would like at this time

819
00:44:38.742 --> 00:44:41.912
before we move to the vote to invite Mr.

820
00:44:41.912 --> 00:44:44.848
Andy Billingsley to the podium
on behalf of Truth Sports?

821
00:44:44.848 --> 00:44:45.315
Awesome.

822
00:44:45.315 --> 00:44:47.985
I didn't know this was getting voted on,
but thanks for having me.

823
00:44:47.985 --> 00:44:48.886
I'm Andy.

824
00:44:48.886 --> 00:44:49.386
Andy Billingsley.

825
00:44:49.386 --> 00:44:52.122
I live to do Java right over there.

826
00:44:52.122 --> 00:44:55.893
I'm here on behalf of Joy Sports
to present a check for 30 $400.

827
00:44:56.293 --> 00:44:58.362
I'm really pleased able to do this.

828
00:44:58.362 --> 00:45:00.230
So, Joy,
Sports is about keeping kids active,

829
00:45:00.230 --> 00:45:03.233
making sure we got the opportunities
for kids to be active.

830
00:45:03.300 --> 00:45:06.303
One of the tenets of what we do

831
00:45:06.937 --> 00:45:10.040
is to also provide education
about sporting activities

832
00:45:10.374 --> 00:45:14.244
to kids, parents, coaches,
teachers, administrators.

833
00:45:14.611 --> 00:45:18.215
And so this check for 30 $400
is going to go towards supporting

834
00:45:18.215 --> 00:45:19.750
or underwriting the partnership

835
00:45:19.750 --> 00:45:23.020
between the school district
and the positive coaching Alliance.

836
00:45:23.821 --> 00:45:27.124
So just really pleased
to give this to the district for 30 $400.

837
00:45:27.124 --> 00:45:29.393
And I will go to Mike.

838
00:45:29.393 --> 00:45:31.361
So it was a photo opportunity, but.

839
00:45:31.361 --> 00:45:32.830
Our athletic director, Mr.

840
00:45:32.830 --> 00:45:35.532
Montoro, is also here with us
this evening.

841
00:45:35.532 --> 00:45:37.701
Mr. Montessori,
did you want to add anything?

842
00:45:37.701 --> 00:45:41.939
Yes, we are very fortunate
to have the joy of sports in our community

843
00:45:41.939 --> 00:45:45.075
and the things that they do for us
and for children is outstanding.

844
00:45:45.075 --> 00:45:49.980
And this partnership I inherited last year
and it was outstanding.

845
00:45:49.980 --> 00:45:54.284
So looking forward to providing workshops
for athletes and coaches

846
00:45:54.284 --> 00:45:57.187
as we move forward.
So I'm thrilled about this tonight.

847
00:45:57.187 --> 00:45:59.857
I'm thrilled that the joy of sports
jumped back on board.

848
00:45:59.857 --> 00:46:02.526
So thank you very much.
And thanks a lot, Jamie.

849
00:46:03.927 --> 00:46:06.563
Thank you both very much.

850
00:46:06.563 --> 00:46:09.099
Is there any other discussion?

851
00:46:09.099 --> 00:46:10.400
This is a standard voice vote.

852
00:46:10.400 --> 00:46:11.969
All those in favor, please say I.

853
00:46:11.969 --> 00:46:14.972
I. Any a person now

854
00:46:15.739 --> 00:46:18.742
acceptance of gift is approved.

855
00:46:18.809 --> 00:46:20.377
Personnel, resignations. Dr.

856
00:46:20.377 --> 00:46:24.248
Windsor, the administration recommends the
approval of the personnel resignations.

857
00:46:24.615 --> 00:46:24.948
Thank you.

858
00:46:24.948 --> 00:46:27.951
May I please have a motion
to approve the personnel resignations?

859
00:46:28.051 --> 00:46:28.852
So much more.

860
00:46:28.852 --> 00:46:31.789
I am Amy Lindsay Cook.

861
00:46:31.789 --> 00:46:34.424
Is there any discussion?

862
00:46:34.424 --> 00:46:35.759
This is a standard voice vote.

863
00:46:35.759 --> 00:46:38.829
All those in favor,
please say I, I any person know

864
00:46:40.631 --> 00:46:41.431
that I'm president.

865
00:46:41.431 --> 00:46:43.200
I did just want to acknowledge Mrs.

866
00:46:43.200 --> 00:46:47.771
KURTZ, who has extended her retirement
yet again in order to help.

867
00:46:48.205 --> 00:46:48.972
Us make.

868
00:46:48.972 --> 00:46:53.143
Transitions in the business office
as we do get some new folks in place.

869
00:46:54.077 --> 00:46:55.145
Wow. Thank you.

870
00:46:56.213 --> 00:46:57.247
It's very nice of her.

871
00:46:57.247 --> 00:47:00.250
Very, very nice

872
00:47:00.784 --> 00:47:01.251
personnel.

873
00:47:01.251 --> 00:47:04.555
General documents of the administration
recommends the approval of the list

874
00:47:04.555 --> 00:47:07.558
of personnel
and recognition of any list of transfers

875
00:47:08.759 --> 00:47:10.060
may please have a motion, approve

876
00:47:10.060 --> 00:47:13.197
of enlisted personnel
and recognition of any listed transfers.

877
00:47:13.897 --> 00:47:14.398
So move.

878
00:47:14.398 --> 00:47:17.401
Donna Cronan, Second Cathy Shaker.

879
00:47:17.701 --> 00:47:20.671
Is there any discussion?

880
00:47:23.307 --> 00:47:24.308
I would just like to

881
00:47:24.308 --> 00:47:27.845
welcome the new employees
that are joining us,

882
00:47:28.745 --> 00:47:31.748
especially in the business office,
with Mrs.

883
00:47:31.748 --> 00:47:35.853
Purcell being still relatively new,
I know that Ms..

884
00:47:35.853 --> 00:47:39.289
White will be a welcome addition
to the business office.

885
00:47:39.289 --> 00:47:42.025
I believe she's here with us this evening.

886
00:47:42.025 --> 00:47:45.028
So thank you for being here
for our meeting and welcome.

887
00:47:45.295 --> 00:47:47.431
We look forward to having you.

888
00:47:47.431 --> 00:47:48.365
And thank you again to Mrs.

889
00:47:48.365 --> 00:47:51.268
KURTZ for staying to help
facilitate those transitions

890
00:47:53.604 --> 00:47:53.770
there.

891
00:47:53.770 --> 00:47:56.273
Any other discussion?

892
00:47:56.273 --> 00:47:57.507
This is a standard voice vote.

893
00:47:57.507 --> 00:47:58.442
All those in favor, please.

894
00:47:58.442 --> 00:48:01.411
They ain't any personnel.

895
00:48:01.778 --> 00:48:02.212
Personnel.

896
00:48:02.212 --> 00:48:04.882
General, as approved.

897
00:48:04.882 --> 00:48:06.583
That concludes new business.

898
00:48:06.583 --> 00:48:09.953
Moving on to delegate reports,
the SIU report is attached.

899
00:48:09.987 --> 00:48:12.990
Mrs. Schmitt, do you have anything
that you would like to add?

900
00:48:13.090 --> 00:48:14.291
I do not.

901
00:48:14.291 --> 00:48:16.927
Think you

902
00:48:16.927 --> 00:48:18.128
board member reports.

903
00:48:18.128 --> 00:48:21.131
Are there any board members who would like
to give a report this evening?

904
00:48:23.700 --> 00:48:24.234
Dr. Winslow.

905
00:48:24.234 --> 00:48:25.836
Do you have a superintendents report?

906
00:48:25.836 --> 00:48:27.871
I do have a brief celebration.

907
00:48:27.871 --> 00:48:29.940
Today was the first day
of. School for students.

908
00:48:29.940 --> 00:48:32.209
It was a wonderful day.

909
00:48:32.209 --> 00:48:34.244
And it was,

910
00:48:34.244 --> 00:48:37.481
quite frankly,
it was our most normal opening since 2019.

911
00:48:37.748 --> 00:48:38.982
And there was a lot of energy.

912
00:48:38.982 --> 00:48:40.350
The kids seem pretty excited.

913
00:48:40.350 --> 00:48:42.319
The teachers are very excited.

914
00:48:42.319 --> 00:48:43.387
I know it was just a little bit.

915
00:48:43.387 --> 00:48:44.821
Of a short summer with that extra.

916
00:48:44.821 --> 00:48:46.256
Week in there,

917
00:48:46.256 --> 00:48:49.026
but everybody was very happy
to be back in the buildings today

918
00:48:49.026 --> 00:48:51.094
and we are looking forward
to a really great year.

919
00:48:52.429 --> 00:48:53.597
Thank you.

920
00:48:53.597 --> 00:48:57.034
Board President Report
just kind of reiterate the welcome back

921
00:48:57.434 --> 00:49:01.438
we are looking forward
to welcoming our student represen.

922
00:49:01.438 --> 00:49:04.841
And it is from the high school
at our next meeting starting in september.

923
00:49:05.542 --> 00:49:08.111
So we will have two more

924
00:49:08.111 --> 00:49:10.614
attendees here at the desks

925
00:49:10.614 --> 00:49:13.717
and then also just for the public citizen
advisor.

926
00:49:13.717 --> 00:49:16.653
Applications will be opening soon.

927
00:49:16.653 --> 00:49:18.221
So i'm sure, as Ms..

928
00:49:18.221 --> 00:49:21.959
Carpel does a great job
with all things social media

929
00:49:21.959 --> 00:49:25.696
and website and email, that notifications
will be coming out for that.

930
00:49:26.363 --> 00:49:28.832
So we welcome and encourage

931
00:49:28.832 --> 00:49:32.102
all residents to consider applying

932
00:49:32.102 --> 00:49:35.339
for one of those citizen advisor positions
on one of our standing committees,

933
00:49:36.106 --> 00:49:39.109
as there will be a number of vacancies
this year to fill

934
00:49:40.711 --> 00:49:43.680
and just wishing everyone
best of luck as we move on.

935
00:49:43.680 --> 00:49:45.916
It's hard to believe
we're back to school. So

936
00:49:47.851 --> 00:49:49.086
thank you again to Dr.

937
00:49:49.086 --> 00:49:49.653
Winslow.

938
00:49:49.653 --> 00:49:53.256
The administration and the entire faculty
and staff for making it smooth

939
00:49:53.623 --> 00:49:57.394
for kids, coming back
and getting to enjoy all that

940
00:49:57.394 --> 00:50:00.564
Derry Township has to offer,
and for it to feel normal.

941
00:50:00.564 --> 00:50:03.567
Finally.

942
00:50:04.034 --> 00:50:06.970
Okay, final recognition
as citizens, period.

943
00:50:06.970 --> 00:50:08.005
This is an opportunity

944
00:50:08.005 --> 00:50:11.908
for residents and taxpayers to address
the board on matters related to the agenda

945
00:50:11.908 --> 00:50:15.245
or matters of district governance,
which were not on the agenda this evening.

946
00:50:15.779 --> 00:50:18.849
Those who speak are asked
to follow the same guidelines as outlined

947
00:50:18.849 --> 00:50:22.953
at the initial public comment
portion of our meeting, and I'll ask Mrs.

948
00:50:23.453 --> 00:50:26.456
Seger, the board Treasurer, once again
to please keep time.

949
00:50:26.757 --> 00:50:30.127
Are there any residents or taxpayers
who would like to comment at this time?

950
00:50:30.494 --> 00:50:32.729
I'll once again
start with those in the audience.

951
00:50:39.169 --> 00:50:41.805
Walter Zelinski, 62, Boxwood Drive.

952
00:50:41.805 --> 00:50:44.207
I'd like to read an email

953
00:50:44.207 --> 00:50:47.210
that was sent to my 15 year
old son last school year

954
00:50:47.611 --> 00:50:50.147
when he requested to be the manager

955
00:50:50.147 --> 00:50:53.150
on the freshman basketball team.

956
00:50:54.918 --> 00:50:56.653
Sorry for the late reply,

957
00:50:56.653 --> 00:51:00.657
but we decided as a coaching staff
and team

958
00:51:01.191 --> 00:51:04.261
that it is not a good fit for the team
this year.

959
00:51:04.961 --> 00:51:07.631
This was a message
that was sent to a 15 year old child.

960
00:51:07.631 --> 00:51:10.634
We just wanted to support his friends

961
00:51:11.435 --> 00:51:12.569
as a general policy.

962
00:51:12.569 --> 00:51:17.040
I think that we all know what what a team
manager does and it's my opinion.

963
00:51:17.040 --> 00:51:19.976
I think that would be
most of your opinions too,

964
00:51:19.976 --> 00:51:23.713
that if a student,
if a child wants to be a manager

965
00:51:24.247 --> 00:51:27.250
on a athletic team,

966
00:51:27.584 --> 00:51:31.655
that the answer almost universally,
with very few exceptions, should be yes.

967
00:51:32.122 --> 00:51:35.525
And what was conveyed to my son here
was that one,

968
00:51:35.592 --> 00:51:37.260
the coaching staff doesn't want you.

969
00:51:37.260 --> 00:51:40.263
And not only that,
but all the people that you think that are

970
00:51:40.864 --> 00:51:42.532
that you think are your friends.

971
00:51:42.532 --> 00:51:43.867
They don't want you either.

972
00:51:43.867 --> 00:51:46.770
That was what was conveyed
to my 15 year old son.

973
00:51:46.770 --> 00:51:48.672
I brought this to the attention
of the principal.

974
00:51:48.672 --> 00:51:51.274
I brought this to the attention of Mr.
Monte Darryl.

975
00:51:51.274 --> 00:51:52.776
It's unfortunate that he laughed.

976
00:51:52.776 --> 00:51:55.712
I was actually like,
Wow, this is kismet that he's here.

977
00:51:55.712 --> 00:51:59.716
But he left
and I could not even get so much as a half

978
00:51:59.716 --> 00:52:03.320
hearted apology, could not get a phone
call, could not get anything.

979
00:52:03.587 --> 00:52:06.456
And I thought that the response
was unacceptable.

980
00:52:06.456 --> 00:52:10.861
Next, throughout this school
year, on multiple occasions,

981
00:52:10.861 --> 00:52:14.297
I think two, maybe three on at least one,
I was called to the school

982
00:52:14.631 --> 00:52:18.135
because students tried to assault my son

983
00:52:18.135 --> 00:52:21.138
inside of the bathroom.

984
00:52:21.404 --> 00:52:24.541
I got to the point where he said, Look,
I'm just not going to go to the bathroom

985
00:52:24.541 --> 00:52:25.175
in school.

986
00:52:27.210 --> 00:52:28.578
That's not that's

987
00:52:28.578 --> 00:52:31.581
that's not what a school
any school should be.

988
00:52:33.083 --> 00:52:33.850
That's how it should be.

989
00:52:33.850 --> 00:52:36.253
That's how it is in a prison.

990
00:52:36.253 --> 00:52:38.788
That's not how it should be
in a school, though.

991
00:52:38.788 --> 00:52:42.225
And what was also conveyed to me,
not only by my son, but also by

992
00:52:42.225 --> 00:52:46.263
his friends too, was the rampant drug use,
at least in the boys bathroom.

993
00:52:46.263 --> 00:52:50.000
I know about the girls bathroom,
but but at least in the boys bathroom,

994
00:52:50.367 --> 00:52:53.336
this drug use, this just unacceptable.

995
00:52:53.336 --> 00:52:55.872
Completely and totally unacceptable.

996
00:52:55.872 --> 00:52:57.607
And I think that last year

997
00:52:57.607 --> 00:52:59.609
I don't know about this year,
but last year

998
00:52:59.609 --> 00:53:01.711
and maybe the year before that,
I think that the school

999
00:53:01.711 --> 00:53:04.281
and the administration
was completely focused on these masks.

1000
00:53:04.281 --> 00:53:06.349
That was really what was important.

1001
00:53:06.349 --> 00:53:09.886
These other issues, which I mean, it's
my belief that these are issues

1002
00:53:09.886 --> 00:53:11.188
that these just didn't

1003
00:53:11.188 --> 00:53:14.991
this didn't start last year or the year
before that or the year before that.

1004
00:53:15.292 --> 00:53:16.993
I and I don't want to hear that.

1005
00:53:16.993 --> 00:53:18.228
Well, that's how all schools are.

1006
00:53:18.228 --> 00:53:20.096
That's not acceptable.

1007
00:53:20.096 --> 00:53:22.098
That's not acceptable for this community.

1008
00:53:22.098 --> 00:53:25.101
And I think that you should hold your
I think that you should hold yourselves

1009
00:53:25.569 --> 00:53:27.237
to a higher standard.

1010
00:53:27.237 --> 00:53:32.409
And frankly, 2019, my family moved
from New Jersey to Pennsylvania

1011
00:53:32.642 --> 00:53:36.546
and we want to go to Pennsylvania
so that, you know, we could still be close

1012
00:53:36.546 --> 00:53:39.549
to my
my place of employment back in New Jersey.

1013
00:53:40.083 --> 00:53:42.819
And out of all the places
in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,

1014
00:53:42.819 --> 00:53:47.424
we came to Hershey and won the deciding
factors was the school system.

1015
00:53:47.757 --> 00:53:52.896
And in three short years, this board has
completely and totally lost my confidence.

1016
00:53:52.896 --> 00:53:54.464
It all started with the math

1017
00:53:54.464 --> 00:53:57.767
and that was where I really start
to scratch my head and said, Why on earth

1018
00:53:58.101 --> 00:54:02.639
would anyone think that it was a good idea
to put masks on children?

1019
00:54:02.973 --> 00:54:05.642
And what's also kind of interesting
is that the last time I was here,

1020
00:54:05.642 --> 00:54:07.110
you were talking about raising taxes.

1021
00:54:07.110 --> 00:54:08.578
I thought to myself, wait,

1022
00:54:08.578 --> 00:54:12.782
I was someone I know
very closely, was offering them money.

1023
00:54:12.782 --> 00:54:15.752
All they had to do was provide me
with a study that show that masks work.

1024
00:54:15.752 --> 00:54:17.254
And guess none of you did it.

1025
00:54:17.254 --> 00:54:19.322
You know why you didn't do it?
Because of mass don't work.

1026
00:54:20.323 --> 00:54:22.559
But yet you

1027
00:54:22.559 --> 00:54:25.962
impose this on children
for the better part of a school year.

1028
00:54:26.696 --> 00:54:29.699
You didn't have a problem doing that
even though that they don't work.

1029
00:54:29.899 --> 00:54:33.737
So it came in really I started to think,
is this really malignancies?

1030
00:54:33.737 --> 00:54:35.672
Is this incompetence?

1031
00:54:35.672 --> 00:54:38.008
I don't know the answer to that question,
quite frankly.

1032
00:54:38.008 --> 00:54:41.011
I don't think I'm ever going
to figure out the answer to that question.

1033
00:54:41.411 --> 00:54:45.115
So at great personal expense,
I made the decision

1034
00:54:45.115 --> 00:54:48.118
I have to take my son
out of this school district.

1035
00:54:48.251 --> 00:54:51.254
There is just no other way around it.

1036
00:54:51.988 --> 00:54:55.058
And it's unfortunate
that that that it's come to this.

1037
00:54:55.058 --> 00:54:58.561
I am convinced that there are many of you
on the board that are waiting

1038
00:54:58.561 --> 00:55:02.032
for the opportunity
to reimpose the mask on these children.

1039
00:55:02.032 --> 00:55:04.334
And I think that's unfortunate.

1040
00:55:04.334 --> 00:55:07.370
But the bottom line is,
and I'm not speaking about Mr.

1041
00:55:07.370 --> 00:55:10.573
Bennett and Mrs. Schmidt. Dr..

1042
00:55:11.007 --> 00:55:14.644
Like I mentioned,
I do not you're you're new to the board,

1043
00:55:14.644 --> 00:55:18.315
but the rest of you, I'm I'm convinced
that you want to bring these mass back

1044
00:55:18.315 --> 00:55:20.517
and who knows
what else do you want to bring back?

1045
00:55:20.517 --> 00:55:23.320
But like I said I had to pull my son
out of the school district.

1046
00:55:23.320 --> 00:55:26.022
It's very unfortunate,
but I felt no other choice.

1047
00:55:26.022 --> 00:55:28.692
And that was that.
And that was the only way I could vote.

1048
00:55:28.692 --> 00:55:30.026
Thank you so much. Have a great day.

1049
00:55:33.396 --> 00:55:33.797
Thank you.

1050
00:55:33.797 --> 00:55:36.800
Is there anyone else in the audience
who would like to comment at this time?

1051
00:55:39.469 --> 00:55:40.036
Seeman

1052
00:55:40.036 --> 00:55:45.108
I will invite anyone who is participating
electronically on Zoom to please

1053
00:55:45.108 --> 00:55:48.378
go ahead and raise your virtual hand
if you would like to participate.

1054
00:55:48.511 --> 00:55:51.481
Public comment.

1055
00:56:07.764 --> 00:56:08.098
Okay.

1056
00:56:08.098 --> 00:56:11.735
I do not see any virtual hands
raised at this time.

1057
00:56:15.638 --> 00:56:18.641
Is there anything else
for the good in the order

1058
00:56:19.509 --> 00:56:22.212
The next public Board of Directors
meeting will be held on September

1059
00:56:22.212 --> 00:56:26.483
12th, 2022, beginning at 7:00
PM here at the District Office.

1060
00:56:26.883 --> 00:56:28.518
Please refer to the District website

1061
00:56:28.518 --> 00:56:31.521
to register for virtual attendance
as the meeting draws closer.

1062
00:56:31.855 --> 00:56:33.790
May I please have a motion to adjourn
this meeting?

1063
00:56:33.790 --> 00:56:36.526
So move to Kathy Secours.
I can't remember me.

1064
00:56:36.526 --> 00:56:37.026
All in favor.

1065
00:56:37.026 --> 00:56:38.762
Say I opposed.

1066
00:56:38.762 --> 00:56:42.565
Now your meeting is adjourned
at 7:58 p.m..

1067
00:56:43.166 --> 00:56:44.834
Thank you and have a great night.