Council 6-23-2026 [52:11-57:11]

Yeah. Orange County we've placed over half a million feet of fiber. Three, I think three different townships. Bono, Marion, Spice Valley. We've been working on that since 2018. We have done some recent expansion in the Bryant'sville area. Spice Valley Road, WPA Road. Rabbit'sville Road. Kind of working on some other areas there. We're going to actually build a mainline fiber through the town of Mitchell. Connect back to our network. We've got those abatements till, I think, 20-29. And there were some 20 miles you guys. So it's over half a million feet. I don't know what the mileage is. Yeah. Quick math, right? I'll just put down half a million feet. Yeah, yeah. It's bigger that way. Yeah. That's just to see if I had a breakdown in mileage. I know recently we added about 150,000 feet in the last, in 2025. Probably since I was here last. That was Bryant'sville, Rabbit'sville, some businesses in the town of Mitchell. Mitchell schools, fire department, town hall, water department. Yeah. Did you go in with your headbed no service before? We've built mostly where there's no service. But we've been asked to serve others that had service before. So we pretty much don't say no. Mack can answer that. Okay. Any further questions? Okay, for good. Thank you. Thank you. I've got a baseball practice somewhere. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. And that ended the CF warnings. And we'll move on to items for consideration, which is employees' additional stipend. And I know we talked about this last year when we did this last year. At budget time, and we were going to wait tall. Actually, there's Gene July, which they're right on time with the supplemental width. And the supplemental width is Ian. There's an F there. What we did last time was 500 for full time, 250 for part time, correct? Yes. 500. And what that will total up, the memorite is 120. Right at 120,000. Which that can come out of the supplemental width there. And I guess I'm trying to see what we can vote on this tonight. If you guys are agreeance on doing this stipend, there was one request from the auditor that on the effective date, if we do this, you want to hold till... Well, because we have to get in additional. When you also have proof to put the money back on the books for the stipend to be paid. So we would have to do the additional that your next council meeting. And then we can get it on the July 31st paycheck. Okay. So the money, I mean... And that's actually advantageous for the employees, because that's a three paycheck month. And on that third paycheck, the only thing that comes out of taxes, no insurance, nothing like that. Okay. But that would be just like before. Now, the only difference before was, and I don't know, the memory serves me, the commissioners and the council did not take it before. Is that figured in on this time with the commission? I figured it in on all employees. Okay. The commissioners are out here to accept or deny. And is the council want to consider council and commissioners this time, or... No raise for us. No raise for us. Okay. Then what's held like we did last time, which would be no council and no commissioners. And... Yeah, we're careful. 500 on the full time. 250 on the part time. Yes. Correct. That's what we did last time. That's what we did last time. And this would be effective, like I say, we would have to do an additional... And the next meeting... The next meeting, I would have only... But then they would pay out in the end of July. Yes. The last check in July. Okay.