There are a lot of issues in town right now that we could be working on.

Essentially, the BID creates a budget and asks the municipal council to collect an assessment from commercial property owners. The municipal government doesn't have the authority to dictate what the budget is, all they do is make sure everything is legal and then collect the assessment from property owners that is asked for.

We have our work cut out for us.

We need four more members, one of which has to be a Planning Board member.

Obviously, I think it's very important we find the right person for the job and there's some good candidates out there. I think we'll find the right person. I think anybody who's in ownership or even somebody who's from a club, it's a little bit of a long shot to get the others to go along that this is the right guy. That's another reason it's unlikely.

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