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[Budget Public Hearing ]
CAN YOU HEAR ME? I CAN HEAR YOU, SIR.OKAY. WOULD YOU IDENTIFY YOURSELF, PLEASE? THIS IS WILLIAM GILLETTE.
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO GET YOU IN IN A MINUTE.
HOPEFULLY WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPECTATORS.
WE GOT A BIG AUDIENCE TONIGHT.
WE GOT GLEN UPDIKE AND THAT'S IT.
WE'VE ALREADY TOLD HIM IT'S A TIME LIMIT, YOU KNOW.
NO ANSWER. MAYBE HE'S ON THE WAY.
YOU SEE, I DIDN'T GET ANY ANSWER.
YEAH. WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S 7:00, ACCORDING TO MY WATCH.
I'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
AND THE FIRST THING. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
YEAH. ANY VOLUNTEER AT THIS JUST IN YOUR SEAT.
I'M TRYING TO GET MY [INAUDIBLE].
WHAT IS THIS? WHAT? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL, GO AHEAD.
WE NEED A MOTION TO GET SUPERVISOR GILLETTE IN.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE.
OKAY, WILLIAM HART, YOU'RE IN.
WE'RE GOING TO THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
THAT INCLUDES THE ANNUAL BUDGET TAX RATES FEES.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
MUST BE A VERY GOOD BUDGET THEN.
I HAVE HEARD ALMOST NOTHING FROM THE PUBLIC.
HAVEN'T GOT MANY PHONE CALLS THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
ANYBODY HEARD ANYTHING FROM ANYBODY?.
NOT A THING. [INAUDIBLE] IS THAT COMING FROM WILLIAM HART? IT IS. WHAT DID YOU SAY? I ASKED IF ALL THAT STATIC WAS COMING FROM YOU.
IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME THIS IS A FIRST I DON'T KNOW, MR. CHAIRMAN, OR MIKE JOHNSON.
IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME THAT THIS IS THE FIRST FULL BUDGET MEETING.
I DON'T EVER RECALL ONLY ONE PERSON IN THE AUDIENCE.
AND HE'S HERE BECAUSE HIS WIFE MADE HIM.
[INAUDIBLE] I THINK IT'S ALL REFLECTS THE CONDITION OF THE ECONOMY.
PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE. I AGREE WITH YOU, CARL.
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I THINK YOU'RE IN BAD TROUBLE HERE.WELL, ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE THINGS ON THE BUDGET? [INAUDIBLE] THE ONLY COMMENT IS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THAT YOUR STATE STATUTES PROVIDE THAT YOU CANNOT TAKE ACTION ON THE BUDGET RATES OR ANYTHING [INAUDIBLE].
IT WILL BE QUEUED UP ON YOUR REGULAR AGENDA NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT FOR YOUR YOUR ACTION .[INAUDIBLE] .
OKAY. WILLIAM HART HAVE ANY COMMENTS? NO, I DON'T. OKAY.
I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT SEVEN.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.