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Regular Council Meeting Minutes <br />8-16-10 <br />Page 16 <br />ENGINEERING - Tom Canpello <br />Providing an update on Wilson Mills, Mr. Cappello reported that they are progressing fairly well. <br />They will be setting the box culverts on Wednesday hopefully, if not Thursday. Hopefully by <br />the end of next week they should have the north side of that road paved and getting ready to do <br />the second half. <br />LEGAL DEPARTMENT -1VIr. Diemert <br />There was no report. <br />FIRE - Chief Mohr <br />Chief Mohr reported that the State will be doing work on our tower at the Fire Station <br />Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. They're going to be installing new antennas and cabling. So <br />there will be workers on the top. If anyone looks over there, they are doing preventative <br />maintenance and upgrades to the system. <br />Secondly, we received notification today that our Fire Communication Grant of 2008 had a <br />surplus of funds. The government is going to allow us to apply those funds towards public <br />safety and education materials along with the other communities that partner so we will be <br />having some dialogue with the other communities on purchasing fire protection materials and <br />distribute them to those other cities as well as our own community. <br />FINANCE - Ron Wvnne <br />Mr. Wynne reported that tomorrow we are going to market to sell and price our $3.4 million <br />worth of Notes, the proceeds of which will be used to pay down the $3.6 million that is due on <br />September 2nd <br />Our 2009 audit with the State has been completed. I will be meeting with the Regional Manager <br />on Wednesday to go over what those findings were before we meet with the Council Committee <br />that will review the audit results. <br />The final item is our dental plan which expires at the end of this month. We have worked with <br />our insurance broker. We have gotten six quotes. The quotes we have gotten reflect savings of <br />anywhere from 13-24% compared to what we are currently paying. We have gone back to our <br />current provider to see if they want to continue to keep our business, what they need to do. We <br />should have a decision on that towards the end of this week. <br />POLICE - Chief Dearden <br />Chief Dearden reported that the police facility again continues to be on course for a mid- <br />September completion and is still within the construction budget. Secondly, as Tom mentioned, <br />with regard to the Wilson Mills project, we have been able to accommodate traffic by having <br />11