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<v Maya>Welcome to CivicCast Brief. I am Maya. This is the Longmont City Council meeting of September twenty-second, twenty twenty-six.</v>

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<v Theo>This episode is AI-generated from the public meeting video; check the official record.</v>

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<v Maya>What did the first motion on the minutes do?</v>

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<v Theo>A motion was made to adopt the minutes as corrected.</v>

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<v Theo>What detail from that exchange should people keep in mind as they listen back?</v>

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<v Maya>A council member seconded a motion to adopt the minutes as amended.</v>

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<v Theo>What did one speaker say about the date?</v>

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<v Maya>One speaker said this would be after the election, probably sometime in the first quarter of next year.</v>

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<v Theo>And what did another speaker ask for?</v>

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<v Maya>Another speaker asked for time until after the election, saying it was a heavy lift for the office.</v>

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<v Theo>What else came up?</v>

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<v Maya>Another speaker brought attention to the impending loss of a very valuable affordable senior living location.</v>

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<v Theo>Was there anything about a meeting?</v>

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<v Maya>Another speaker said there was still a meeting on October sixth.</v>

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<v Theo>What was scheduled for that date?</v>

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<v Maya>The second reading and public hearing for all ordinances introduced on the consent agenda were scheduled for October sixth, twenty twenty-six.</v>

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<v Theo>What did a speaker say about service?</v>

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<v Maya>A speaker said no additional service was necessarily planned for that area as of now.</v>

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<v Theo>What was the first motion on the ordinance?</v>

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<v Maya>A motion was made to change the term on bill charge to on bill improvement repayment throughout the ordinance.</v>

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<v Theo>And the next amendment?</v>

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<v Maya>A motion was made to amend the definition of eligible improvement to add and requested by the customer to the end.</v>

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<v Theo>What did a speaker say about the program?</v>

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<v Maya>A speaker said the city was not proposing a program at that time.</v>

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<v Theo>What was the motion on the ordinance as amended?</v>

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<v Maya>A motion was made to approve Ordinance twenty twenty-six dash sixty-three as amended.</v>

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<v Theo>What was the motion on time?</v>

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<v Maya>A motion was made to extend the meeting beyond eleven o'clock.</v>

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<v Theo>What did a speaker say about rates?</v>

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<v Maya>A speaker said there would be adjustments to rates, not additional proposals for twenty twenty-seven, and that within twenty twenty-seven they would talk about what twenty twenty-eight would look like.</v>

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<v Theo>What about billing?</v>

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<v Maya>A new bill print vendor would change the service that provided printed and mailed bills in early twenty twenty-seven.</v>

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<v Theo>And the fund?</v>

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<v Maya>The fund was to be renamed the utility customer service fund.</v>

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<v Theo>What about waste services?</v>

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<v Maya>The waste services department was made up of around twenty-eight employees.</v>

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<v Theo>What about water?</v>

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<v Maya>The water master plan was anticipated to be completed in December.</v>

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<v Theo>And sewer?</v>

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<v Maya>A sanitary sewer master plan was underway that year and was expected to be done in December or early January.</v>

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<v Theo>What about the grant?</v>

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<v Maya>The grant was released last week, and design was to continue through twenty twenty-seven.</v>

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<v Theo>What about roadway mileage?</v>

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<v Maya>The city had added nine miles of roadway.</v>

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<v Theo>What about rail?</v>

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<v Maya>The Colorado connector rail service was expected to come to Longmont two years after that.</v>

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<v Theo>And pavement?</v>

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<v Maya>Resurfacing work was about five miles of roadway per year, while the sustainable level was ten miles.</v>

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<v Maya>Did the council adjourn?</v>

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<v Theo>The council adjourned.</v>

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<v Maya>Where can listeners find the meeting video?</v>

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<v Theo>Thanks for listening. You can find the meeting video on the city's YouTube channel.</v>