2MC Podcast Eps 63 - Bad to the Batteries

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MAK
Hey, everybody, welcome back to 2MC

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Courtney
Yeah. That's MAK

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MAK
I am.

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Courtney
And, it's our weekly podcast, all things Martin County government.

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MAK
Yes, we've had a bit of a week, but you know what? There's some good stuff.

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Courtney
It's been a rainy week.

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MAK
You know what? That we don't. We're getting out of our drought. We are. That was hard for me to get out.

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Courtney
My main rain. Don't go away. We need you to stay another day.

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MAK
Yeah. So I know, you know, people might be like, this is frustrating. Like when we get from our car to the building. But it has. Right is good. Yeah. That's what we're going to start with. Rain is good that we should start with that.

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Courtney
And we are not your local weather people.

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MAK
So we are not weather people as you say.

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Courtney
Meteorologist.

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MAK
Yeah.

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Courtney
I near the word. I just couldn't think of it at that moment.

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MAK
I feel like we should jump right into our stuff.

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Courtney
Let's do it. So we did have a board meeting this week. And they did a lot of things.

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MAK
As they typically do. Yes. Right.

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Courtney
And they had NAC appointments

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MAK
I like this the NAC oh oh.

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Courtney
They might be wondering what is NAC

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MAK
Well I was just going to say that you go right ahead. Oh did you tell me. Oh, no. No. Okay, fine. Neighborhood advisory committees. And for at this meeting, they did appointments for the Golden Gate in the old Palm City neighborhoods.

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Courtney
Yes. So these committees assist in the preparation of the required community redevelopment plan.

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MAK
Yeah.

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Courtney
And therefore each designated CRA area.

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MAK
You read that very well.

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Courtney
Thank you.

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MAK
So if you live in a neighborhood in an area cra. All right, then you can participate in these meetings. You don't even have to be a member. You can just participate. But it helps drive what's going on in that, little community. And I think that's so cool.

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Courtney
Yeah. It's a minimum of five people and a maximum of nine.

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MAK
Wow. Nine I.

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Courtney
Know.

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MAK
That's a big committee.

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Courtney
I know.

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MAK
Okay. So thanks for bringing that to us.

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Courtney
We sometimes we are looking for people for those committees, different things. So Donna Gordon is your person. We'll drop that down.

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MAK
She's everybody's person. We love Donna. Right.

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Courtney
And so she's who you need to go to you if you want to join any of those.

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MAK
Yeah. We'll drop the information in the show notes. There's a page for, actually all of our boards and committees, and you can check out any of the vacancies that are available and apply.

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Courtney
That's very true. Right. That was a good factual information.

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MAK
You just can you see how I did that?

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Courtney
Yes.

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MAK
We did some other stuff at the board meeting.

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Courtney
Yes we.

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MAK
Did. We talked about the lithium. What we didn't.

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Courtney
Know we did.

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MAK
Not. Fire-Rescue did a presentation on the lithium ion batteries.

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Courtney
Yeah. Their fire prevention team.

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MAK
Yes, their fire prevention team. And we have talked about this before. I don't know if you guys remember or if you listened in or watched it, but we had, Chris on.

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Courtney
Chris Hansen.

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MAK
Chris Hansen, and we learned a lot during that.

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Courtney
Yeah. Do you remember at all?

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MAK
Yes, because I he talked about a charger or chargers for your phone. And I was shocked because I had charger in the bed.

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Courtney
Oh gosh.

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MAK
And he said that's not good.

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Courtney
Now that's not good because in 2025, there were 212 battery fires in Florida.

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MAK
And we had some right here. We were just at the transfer station the other day and they were talking about battery fires.

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Courtney
Yeah. They are most commonly caused by scooter hoverboards.

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MAK
I do not have one of those.

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Courtney
Golf carts, electric vehicles or battery backup devices. So some common things that have lithium batteries is drones, tools, laptops, portable ACS, holiday decorations, all things to look out for. And don't throw those away.

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MAK
But you can take them to our household hazardous waste station. Yes, at the transfer station or the house mobile?

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Courtney
Correct?

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MAK
Right. And dispose of them properly. Be safe out there, Martin County.

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Courtney
Be safe. Yes. Go ahead.

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MAK
Okay. This is super exciting.

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Courtney
It's exciting because it's in the home.

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MAK
I know again, we, the board accepted acquisition of parcels in Hobe Sound, totaling a little over three acres. Yes. And then the donation of one and a quarter acres along southeast Dixie highway. Again in Hobe Sound. Yes. Amazing things. Amazing conservation. Land is growing. And that's all thanks to the half cent sales tax that you guys voted for.

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MAK
Yeah. So thank you.

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Courtney
And you know what? I found something very interesting. We had.

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MAK
Please tell.

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Courtney
Me cares this week. And Stephanie Murley our budget director.

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MAK
Oh my gosh. We had such great presentations this week.

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Courtney
She came to us and while she was doing her presentation and in the financial transparency page, you can go in and see where your half cent sales tax dollars, like how much each piece of land has been, what pieces of land we've bought. So that's something that's super interesting. And it is that while we were talking about it, thank you.

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MAK
And you know, the other cool thing about not just about the transparency portal, but the land acquisition, how much it costs, what we paid, but also the leverage of those dollars with state and federal dollars. It really stretches, yeah, what we're able to buy or it stretches the dollars so we can buy more. Yeah.

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Courtney
And while we're talking about that, I think we would be remiss.

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MAK
That's what I would just say. Remiss.

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Courtney
Remiss not.

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MAK
Remiss. I would be remiss. No, that's not a thing.

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Courtney
Martin County forever conservation celebration. Yep. It is happening. Friday, April 17th at 9 a.m.. It is going to be a celebration. Celebration of the conservation that is happening because of the half cent sales tax.

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MAK
You could say that. Yeah, I don't know. It's a cool thing. We're we're super excited about it. You guys should be excited about it. And we're we just we want to share it with everybody.

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Courtney
And you might be wondering where that is because I didn't tell you. It's a Timer Powers Park and we are asking for people to RSVP by April 13th, and we'll drop that down in the show notes.

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MAK
Yep. Did you RSVP?

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Courtney
I am, I will be there.

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MAK
Oh, because you're working? Yes. Got it.

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Courtney
I don't think that I but.

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MAK
We hope you guys RSVP.

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Courtney
And, Yeah, just so you guys know, we have gotten over to more than 2000 acres. Yes. So far, so it's really cool. It is cool. We are tire up. I for tie around for mosquito control. Yes. You know we do that every year.

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MAK
Right. And it was kind of interesting because we were in this drought right when we were first talking about it. And we're like, you know, rain water collects in tires, but there was no rain to be had.

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Courtney
Yeah, definitely has been collecting and tires.

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MAK
Yes. So do not let those mosquitoes breed do their thing. I was going to say in your tires. Take them to the tire roundup.

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Courtney
Yes. And, where.

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MAK
Is it this week?

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Courtney
This is at Lamar Howard Park this week on Saturday, 8 to 1. And, there is a limit of ten passenger tires per household. But I was going to say because of all the rain. Another important thing to remember is the tip and toss.

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MAK
Oh that is true from our mosquito control guys right. Yeah.

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Courtney
So if you have water that's been sitting make sure you toss that water.

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MAK
Water everywhere. Oh gosh. Not a drop to spare.

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Courtney
Not a drop to spare.

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MAK
Right.

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Courtney
Yeah. So yeah.

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MAK
Tip and toss.

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Courtney
Toss it. So that way there's less water.

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MAK
Right in your planters and pool toys or whatever you might have on your. Yes to tomatoes.

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Courtney
Fountains that are.

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MAK
Containers.

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Courtney
Still, like still standing water. Yes. Fountain that does it has a aerator. Yeah. Thank you.

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MAK
Fountain.

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Courtney
Yeah, exactly. Then toss toss that water.

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MAK

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Courtney
Okay.

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MAK
I like this.

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Courtney
Okay. Which one. Not your average tonight but.

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MAK
Cannot could not. It could be a cannot but it's it's like kindness but it's the opposite right. Okay.

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Courtney
Yes. So.

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MAK
And why is it spelled that way. Cannot.

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Courtney
Because they are making a cozy blanket. That's why.

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MAK
Cool.

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Courtney
Yeah. Which I can use right now.

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MAK
Because a little fleece blanket, it's the kind where you tie it. Right? Tie. Take those strips and knotted. Yeah, you cut.

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Courtney
It, you know it. You make a blanket. Cool.

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MAK
And that's for our teens.

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Courtney
Yes. Friday, April 17th, 530 to 730 at the Port Solano Civic Center. And that's supported by the Children's Services Council of Martin County.

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MAK
They do amazing things.

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Courtney
They do.

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MAK
Okay. Where's the phone? Where's the phone? Right. I know. Dial up her poem. Hope. Home. Dial.

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Courtney
Dial up.

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MAK
Power. Dial a poem.

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Courtney
Yes.

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MAK
Hello, poem.

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Courtney
So it's National Poetry Month. I know, and, every Tuesday in April, between 4 and 5, you can call our phone number and you will be read a fun poem.

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MAK
Right through our children's library program.

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Courtney
Yes.

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MAK
It's so cool.

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Courtney
You know, it's so fun. So. Yeah. Check that out.

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MAK
I think it's a neat way to celebrate Write poetry month.

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Courtney
Yeah, I think so. We'll drop the phone number for you guys to.

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MAK
Maybe it'll just go right across the screen. Oh, boy. Do you think it. Well, William.

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Courtney
Williams. Okay, now,

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MAK
He loves doing the motion graphics and stuff.

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Courtney
Yeah, he does, he does. Anyways, back to our.

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MAK
Regularly scheduled program. Yes.

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Courtney
The waters are. What?

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MAK
Let me handle this for you. The water ambassador.

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Courtney
The water ambassador. Virtual webinar.

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MAK
That is really.

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Courtney
Really hard today.

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MAK
William, would you mark that so that we can.

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Courtney
I mean.

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MAK
Water ambassador virtual webinar.

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Courtney
Yes. Tuesday, April 21st at 12 p.m..

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MAK
And what are we talking about this time?

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Courtney
The trap, the trash reduction for aquatic preserves.

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MAK
Registration is required.

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Courtney
Yes. And I honestly, that was all we had this week.

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MAK
It was a lot of really good stuff.

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Courtney
It was. And if you weren't able to tune in to the board meeting, you can always do that. And our next one is.

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MAK
You know, what's cool about the when you tune in on our website, I love this. You can go right to the agenda item that you want. Yeah. So the agendas listed below it.

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Courtney
It's very convenient.

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MAK
And then you just go, oh, I want to listen to this item click and it takes you right to that item.

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Courtney
It does.

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MAK
It is wizardry of the internet.

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Courtney
Technology at its finest. Yeah. Yes. Our next board meeting is April 21st.

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MAK
Board meeting.

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Courtney
And board. Listen, words are real hard today.

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MAK
It's the rain.

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Courtney
I think it is April 21st. Yes.

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MAK
Agenda will be available today. Tomorrow? I don't know. They come out on Thursdays.

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Courtney
Okay.

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MAK
So this week. Right? Oh, yes.

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Courtney
Yeah. So that's all we had. Don't forget to like, subscribe, follow and share with people.

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MAK
Yeah. And you can listen or you can watch.

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Courtney
Whatever you choose.

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MAK
Yeah. Let's sign off.

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Courtney
All right. We'll see you guys next week. Bye.