So, phase two means that that phase has been completed and you're saying no. So, okay. All right.

So we're paying um Minger the we'll just round it up for simplicity the $700,000 for work that was completed between August 21st and September 25th. As a part of this pay application, the city um expects that we get like an itemized list of like every single thing that we're paying for within those dates cuz the whole pay app will show like the total amount of the project, but I, as the finance person, want to know like what services and goods did we get during this period?

When when get to the end of the project, as Matt has mentioned, we withhold 5% of the total project cost. And then as we near the end, we withhold 5% of the remaining work. And so even things that they have, you know, presumably finished, that we have already accepted, said that you know, this is curb that drains, right? We're going to pay you for this. We still withhold an additional 5% incentive on that.

So, so on for example, on on Gumwood, we have put that contractor on notice. They've received a legal letter from us saying that they are essentially in breach of contract, which means that we are counting days for liquidated damages, but also the other tools that are at our disposal would be to, you know, the extreme would be to fire the contractor, keep the retaining funds we have, keep their bond, and then go find somebody else to finish the project. That would guarantee that we would have a gravel road over the winter, and so that's not in anyone's best interest, but that is one of the tools in our box.

Well, to reassure the residents and the people in the audience, are you still on track to have this pretty well finished except for landscaping by Thanksgiving?

The letters notified residents of this public hearing to come and attest, and also gave instructions on how they can pay before um, November 16th to avoid the assessment to the rolls because that comes with a interest rate of 5% annually until paid.

When the EPA began enforcing that health-based guideline for manganese, that was when we started on this journey. Mound is served currently by two wells. Uh, and we don't have any treatment in addition to some chemical injection.

Our water, as we know, is also high in iron. And when you combine that iron and manganese together, we sometimes get some fun rusty water. We get some dark coloration. We get some orangeish coloration. Those things can, uh, well, they are not considered, uh, primary contaminants, which means they're not dangerous for us to ingest. They definitely can cause a nuisance sometimes, uh, and they are an aesthetic problem as well as a a huge nuisance to doing laundry, to bathing, to drinking.

So, what we landed on in the study and what we all agreed upon was a single site plant over behind Sorbo Park.