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replacing the guardrail there. Town Attorney Lee questioned the grant for the variance. Councilman Cook would like to have the Town Attorney send a letter. Councilman Williams agreed with the Town Attorney sending a letter and then would like for Dave to come up with a solution that works for the Town. The rest of the Council agreed. Dave talked about how the 1-3 East Main building demolition should proceed in about three weeks. Dave presented some quotes from some businesses about replacing the boiler in the government building. There are a lot of options to look at as technology has evolved. Councilman Cook agreed that something needed to be done. Councilman Williams agreed that something would need to be done and requested input on the next step. Council President Warthen suggested putting together a committee to look at the government building and all taxpayer -owned buildings and determine if the COVID relief fund would be an excellent use to replace and or repair all of the HVAC units in the taxpayer -owned buildings. Councilman Williams suggested Council President Warthen and Councilman Cook look into these options, and they agreed to work with Dave Moore on this. Legal — Resolution 6-2022 Business Personal Property Tax - This resolution addresses a bill in the State House that will abolish the Business Personal Property tax. This resolution states that the Town opposes the business personal property tax dissolution without a replacement tax. This is a statement to the State Legislature based on the recommendation of AIM. If there is no replacement revenue source, it will shift to the personal property tax burden. Town Attorney Lee reiterated that when companies are looking at moving to a community, it's not just the tax burden that is a factor, it is also a quality of life question, and if an area has a low tax burden but also, a low quality of life offering for the employees a company is likely to choose someplace that may have a higher tax burden to obtain a higher quality of life for the employees. Councilman Williams expressed the difficulty of the decision as he supports eliminating the tax for the businesses but doesn't want that solely taken on by the community's members. The Council President sympathized with the conflict. Councilman Stanley made a motion to approve Resolution 6-2022. Councilman Swinney seconded. Motion carried 5-0 Public Comments— There were none. Town Council Comments— Councilman Williams gave his reasoning for voting against Erin Pipkin, stating he believed that Virginia Perry should remain on the Commission because Virginia is not afraid to ask tough questions. Councilman Stanley would like to work with legal to explore options about getting the word out about annexation to maybe clean up boundary lines. Councilman Stanley also stated that he would like to see the committees' and commissions moved to December not to disrupt the committees' business and commissions in January. Councilman Stanley made the motion to approve claims for $768,060.88. Councilman Williams seconded. Motion carried 5-0 The next regular scheduled meeting of the Mooresville Town Council will be held on Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at 6:30 P. M. at the Mooresville Government Center.