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Debt Instrument, Maturity Term

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Debt Instrument, Principal Amortization Term

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Debt Instrument, Restrictive Covenant, Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Amount

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Debt Instrument, Security Interest Pledged, Percentage

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Line of Credit Facility, Covenant Compliance, Maximum Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio

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Line of Credit Facility, Covenant Compliance, Maximum Consolidated Leverage Ratio

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Line of Credit Facility, Mandatory Prepayment Provision, Net Cash Proceeds from Dispositions Not Reinvested, Percentage

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Line of Credit Facility, Mandatory Prepayment Provision, Net Cash Proceeds from Receipts Greater than 250 Thousand Dollars, Non-ordinary Business, Percentage

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Line of Credit Facility, Mandatory Prepayment Provision, Net Cash Proceeds from Stated Equity Issuance, Percentage

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Long-term debt, Repayment of Principal in connection with Amendment

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Monthly Repayments of Long-Term Debt, Principal And Interest

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Number of Financial Covenants

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of the required periodic payments applied to principal.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The number of derivative instruments of a particular group held by the entity.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Amount of current borrowing capacity under the credit facility considering any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed (for example, borrowings may be limited by the amount of current assets), but without considering any amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Debt and Line of Credit (Details Textual)			9 Months Ended	11 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Debt and Line of Credit (Details Textual)	Oct. 30, 2018 USD ($) financial_covenants	Jul. 01, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) period	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) period	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) Swap_Agreements financial_covenants	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayment of remaining balance	$ 17,225,000
Mortgage loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount						$ 4,000,000
Debt instrument, maturity term						10 years
Debt instrument, principal amortization term						20 years
Monthly repayments of long-term debt, principal and interest						$ 15,000
Balloon payment						$ 2,551,000
Number of financial covenants \| financial_covenants						1
Mortgage loan \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, restrictive covenant, fixed charge coverage ratio, amount						$ 25,000,000
Senior Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| 2018 Term Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, current borrowing capacity	$ 42,500,000
Net cash proceeds from certain dispositions to the extent not reinvested	100.00%
Net cash proceeds from stated equity issuances	50.00%
Net cash proceeds from certain receipts above certain threshold amounts	100.00%
Senior Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Term of debt instrument		5 years
Line of credit facility, current borrowing capacity		$ 80,000,000
Line of credit facility, amount outstanding		30,000,000
Consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio	1.25
Senior Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| Revolving loan agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, current borrowing capacity	$ 20,000,000	15,000,000
Line of credit facility, amount outstanding	5,000,000
Remaining balance available for borrowing	$ 15,000,000
Senior Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| Term loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Term of debt instrument	3 years
Line of credit facility, current borrowing capacity	$ 22,500,000	$ 65,000,000
Security interest pledge	65.00%	65.00%
Senior Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| Eurodollar Rate \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate	1.50%
Senior Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| Eurodollar Rate \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate	2.375%
Senior Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| Base Rate \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate	0.50%
Senior Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| Base Rate \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate	1.375%
Mortgage Loan On Headquarters Facility \| Mortgage loan \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate						2.00%
Forecast
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Consolidated leverage ratio								2.50
Forecast \| Senior Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| Revolving loan agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, current borrowing capacity							$ 15,000,000
Forecast \| Senior Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| Term loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal repayment			$ 844,000	$ 563,000	$ 703,000
Number of three-month periods, frequency of payment \| period				4	4
Debt Covenant Period, One \| Senior Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Consolidated leverage ratio	3.00
Number of financial covenants \| financial_covenants	2
Debt Covenant Period, Two \| Senior Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Consolidated leverage ratio	2.75
Debt Covenant Period, Three \| Senior Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Consolidated leverage ratio	2.50
Debt Covenant Period, Four \| Senior Credit Facility \| Line of Credit \| Line of Credit
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Consolidated leverage ratio	2.00
Interest Rate Swap \| Mortgage loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of interest rate swap agreements \| Swap_Agreements						2
First Half of Mortgage \| Interest Rate Swap \| Mortgage loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Strike rate						5.91%
Second Half of Mortgage \| Interest Rate Swap \| Mortgage loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Strike rate						6.07%