That password that was listed on the agenda did not work for me to get into them.

Are we recording?

I mean do you have the ability to invite from there?

Like invite the participant.

So we can do this once it's cannot forward it.

Yeah.

As long as it's being recorded, I guess.

That's that's the most important thing.

All right.

All right, let's go ahead.

Good morning.

We'll call the meeting order of the board of commissioners, December 17, 2025.

Meaning, please stand for the pledge allegiance to remain standing for the moment silent.

And to the republic for which it says under God.

Thank you.

Uh uh.

Yes, the group.

Um I think they can be taken in on this form, they'll be addressed.

Uh and on further part of the agenda, and I'll make sure I note note where the additions are.

So this motion would just be for the purposes of amending the agenda.

Amending the agenda and approving it as amended.

Yeah.

Is that a motion?

Mr.

Chairman, I move to approve the agenda as amended.

Second.

Let the record show the motion carries three of um then we'll uh can we get a motion to open up the bids?

Chairman, I move to open all bender responses to request for bids and quotes.

Second.

Oh a motion on the minutes and 4.1.

Move to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of August 20th, 2025.

Second.

The record show the motion carries three.

Oh item five is specification for IBM compute uh compatible computers bids to be returned to the lake county auditors office Wednesday October 15th, no later to 9 30.

Move to approve agenda item 5.1.

Second.

Oh you can you can jump in if you want to, but if we do another step, I'm okay with that.

I'm I'm trying to notice other people.

Okay, so I apologize.

Yeah, no, no, that's fine.

That's fine.

We'll go to item number seven.

Um point one is the uh lake county elections board uh registration and requests to seek proposals to move uh uh voter missions from November 4, which is special election in bolt.

Um Lake Central and Hanover Schools.

Is there a motion to move Mr.

Chairman?

Second direct so the motion carries three oh I'm back, Commissioners.

You're back.

Uh item eight eight point one action informed contract on behalf of the assessor uh legal services contract uh in place for 2025 with Capka Pink has stolen has been terminated.

A new legal service agreement has been entered into with Ricardo Hall with uh Quinteros Prieto Wood and Boyer uh for 7500 uh dollars monthly starting August the 11th, 2025 through December the 31st.

I would just indicate for the board's edification that um uh a number of attorneys left Copka Pinkus and Dolan went to this new firm.

So it's the same attorney doing the same work just with a different law.

Thank you.

Second let the record show the motion carries three eight point two and eight point three nine one one renewal of O365 contract with trust tech and the amount of 924 a month and e911 contract with ATT for one uh fat pipe one edge device for internet redundancy at a monthly cost of 370 dollars and eighty-two cents chairman.

I will uh move for approval for 8.2 and 8.3 seconds to record sure the motion carries three oh uh eight point four plan commission recommend and approved professional engineering services related to assistance with floodplain administration for Lake County uh with Christopher B.

Burke uh engineering uh limited in the amount not to exceed 15,200 for 2025 chairman and I'll move for approval number eight point four seconds to the motion carrier uh commissioners I believe items eight point five uh through eight point one four can be taken in on this form uh I do want to address eight point one five or have Mr.

Alberson address it with the board you want them to address it before we vote well you can go eight we can do eight point one four and then he'll be up for eight point one five yeah okay uh Mr.

Chairman 8.15 and eight three point through eight point one four are primarily uh road cuts and utility agreements so I would uh move for approval for eight point one five through eight point one four second look vote director shows the motion carries three oh uh eight point one five commissioners is a recommendation to award uh for the cadmet township subject uh tank elimination project um yes uh engineering is recommending award for the lowest and most responsive bidder at asperry water technology uh but mr elverson has some additional information for the board relative to the actual contract and contracting books yeah we're recommending award to ashbury uh the eleven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars is an annual cost so once we get into the contract negotiations they have offered some savings if we go to an extended contract to a three year or five year contract which we can discuss uh at the contractual stage how much was it again to win the the annual cost that uh we're recommending award right now is eleven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars per month per month so this is the company that we would bring on to run our utility and tally my township right that's correct right manage the manage the pump station operate go ahead the the pump station the maintenance of the pump station uh the billing uh uh and yeah it's entirety and it's entirety and if there's some breakdowns we got unit cost to get contractors in there to to make the repairs so but the uh uh annual cost monthly cost is 11250 per month that's for a one year contract for a three year contract it would be nine thousand two hundred and fifty dollars monthly on five year contract it's eight thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars is what they're offering for an extended contract be on the one year but you're you're recommending to us that we do a one year at this point or award right now okay in the annual one eleven thousand two hundred and fifty and then once we get a contract from them or get into the contract negotiations we can consider the extended yeah how are they going to operate are they uh they're not gonna be on site right uh a lot of the times yes because the lift station will require some daily monthly weekly but they won't be out there they won't be resident on site they're they'll visit the site they'll they'll have to visit the site daily right yeah the list I think they got to go to every day or every week but yeah so they're they're gonna be on site quite a bit oh okay that's but not like with an office necessarily or anything like that no I would say not dissimilar or or somewhat similar to the the engine permits layer yeah thank you but I probably obviously much larger scale yeah okay um is there a motion to approve that award move to approve a 8.15 second the record of the motion carries three oh um we have one thing we have to uh probably motion to reconsider uh eight point one two it would be the appropriate way to leave that I think and then and then that's that that one we deferred and it ended up back on the agenda which it really shouldn't have ended up on the back on the agenda it should have been no action and and died okay so however the attorney wishes that we should do that um I would recommend that commissioner alan uh make a motion to rescind his uh motion to approve item 8.12 um and then the board can take a vote on it chairman then i will make the motion to uh rescind my uh vote for 8.12 second unless we're the motion carries three oh now it has no vote and it just dies for a last vote okay yes uh eight point one six sorry uh eight point one six through uh eight point three zero are all also on behalf of the highway department uh i believe those can be taken anonymous form there are any questions mr eliberson was present road cut road cut utilities road cut internet road cut road cut road cuts cut equipment

Road cut road cut utilities.

Road cut.