City Council - Regular Meeting

IS calling to order the February 4th, 2026 city council meeting. Please rise and we will say the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. The clerk will call the role. Council member Luther here. Council member Norris here. Council member Patel is absent. Council member Satel here. Council member Weshi here.

Council member Hood here. Council member Iwanu here. Council member Luke here. Okay, we have seven out of eight council members here. Next item on the agenda is the agenda approval. Do I have a motion? Make a motion for approval. Second. Motion's made by Council Member Luke, seconded by Council Member Luther to approve tonight's agenda. Are there any changes, deletions? This, by the way, is an amended agenda that you will be approving. I see no lights. All in favor of tonight's agenda say I. I. Any opposed?

I hear none. The agenda is approved for this evening. Next item on the agenda is public comments. I have two cards here. Okay. First, I will call up Mary Schultz. Please state your name and address for the city clerk, please.

Uh, my name is Mary Schultz. I live in BridgeNet 1612 Breezeway Lane in W4. Um I just wanted to highlight that the entire month of no uh February is rare disease month and um in October the city issued a proclamation recognizing World HSP awareness day which is what I've got and I think as a direct result of that the annual conference of my charity The speestic paraplegia foundation is in St. Louis this year. Um the So I wanted to thank you for that. Uh I think that was it. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Schultz. Next person, Teresa. Hello everyone.

All right. Um, I'm going to just go ahead and read this. Um, I received an ordinance violation notice. I've been going through transitions um that I tried to tell the ordinance officer um and he had nothing to do with trying to be um a good listener or understander. Um so here's the letter. I received an ordinance violation in the mail recently. It was very short with some nubilous ordinances numbers and a description which was not very helpful. I was uh just told the numbers. I'm not going to give them to y'all. Um section and to remove rubbish from my carport. What they're considering the rubbish is things that go back and forth from my truck because we're moving my boys to different um location. Uh and I also have a hobby which I work with wood and what he's calling rubbish is good hard wood, not the particle board stuff. uh to remove uh my deteriorated playground equipment for the code provision section. Uh it had a number on it. Um and I called the person. Uh he didn't get back with me for a couple days, but he wasn't very friendly. The conversation was was not very friendly, I must say. We discussed this so-called rubbish and he was talking about the wood I was repurposing as part of my hobby, which I do. I make furniture and then I donate it. When I told him that, he said that he said um he did not believe me, implying I was lying. This is what's been done to one of your

residents. This was not professional. And for some uh someone with a job of citing people for violations, he needs some training. Definitely all of them need some training. And uh sorry, yeah, I don't have my glasses. Um training and uh better manners. He had really bad manners. I'm not able to do much due to the the bitter cold. And so I did not pick up some of my work for now. But the timing of this is not reasonable at all due to the current um cold spell we are having. Uh and a lot of the things that I have are heavy equipment this time because I'm putting three pieces of furniture together um and making different things. The play equipment works fine. And what what's um I should have brought my glasses. I'm sorry. Uh, fine. And when it warms up, I will look at it to see if there's any repairs to me need to be done. The one piece of equipment I am going to use for a plant hanger. That's called repurposing. There goes a step before, you know, after recycling, you know, you repurpose things for the planet. All right. Um, that is where I'm going to be hanging flowers and such. Um, it was an old monkey bar, so it's going to to look pretty good with all the flowers all over it. And the swing I use on a regular basis, and three adults can sit on it. So, tell me that that is not stable. Yeah. No, it's perfectly fine. The other pieces I use um like the bench swing. So, I do not know what his problem is, but it seems like he is

picking on me, demanding that I tear all of the equipment down, which he did. Told me that I had to take the horse out of the front of my yard, which is what I choose to decorate with. And my ship, I've been calling it a turtle. I gave the turtle away to a child. Um uh uh so he's demanding me to tear just tear everything down. Not even option. of repairing it nor even talking to me about it. He refused to give me explanations and the play equipment. Um, I won't say that. Um, let's see. I have a big yard and the play equipment is about 150 ft from the road. So, I'm not sure how he determined the condition of that. Um, hopefully he was not trespassing. I don't like trespassers.

He also I'm gonna have to cut you off. You're over three minutes. Oh, okay. Well, I'll get a copy of this to all of you. Um and then we'll have a meeting. Um because um give me a couple days. I've been under the weather and still am. So, yeah. I don't want to get sick. I plan I plan on contacting you Friday and we can set up a meeting. Okay. Yeah, we need to because it's gone out of hand and I felt abused by the gentleman and that is not acceptable. Okay. Thank you. Thank you.

Okay. No further public comments. Next item on the agenda is the approval of the minutes from January 21st, 2026. Do I have a motion? Motion to approve. Second. Motion made by council member Hood, seconded by council member Satil for the approval of the minutes from January 21st, 2026. Council member Norris. Yes, Mayor. I'd need to abstain. I was absent. Okay. Thank you. Thank you.

Any changes, additions, deletions? I see none. All in favor? of the minutes from January 21st, 2026. Say I. I. Any opposed? We have six in favor and one abstension. Say I. I. I. None opposed. Okay. Thank you. The minutes for January 21st, 2026 are approved. Next item on the agenda. We're proud to have this proclamation for Mr. Ron Abernathy. Council member Norris.

Yes, sir. Thank you very much. It's an honor and a privilege to be able to do this. Um, Mr. Abernathy, um, I would like to make a motion to accept the proclamation honoring Ron Abernathy on his 50th anniversary as member of the Kuanas Club. Second. And then I I will read uh the proclamation. Um, would you like to have Mr. Abernathy and his wife come up? Sure. Okay. I'll go out in front and hold.

Okay. All righty. As you do that, I'll read this. Whereas Ron Abernathy celebrates 50th anniversary as a member of the Kuanas Club of Bridgton, Missouri in St. Louis County. And whereas Ron was born in St. Louis, Missouri on September 27th, 1945 and moved to St. Anne, Missouri in 1954. Graduated from Rittner High School, I won't hold that against him, 1963. And whereas Ron served his country by volunteering in the army during the Vietnam War, he was at the Battle of the Ted offensive in 1968. Ron was honorably discharged in January 30th of 1969. And whereas Ron married his sweetheart Shirley on July 23rd, 1966, celebrating over 59 years of marriage. Ron and Shirley have two children, Laura and Brian. Three grandchildren, Brendan, Alisa, Abby, and two greatg grandandchildren, Isabella, and Brooklyn. Whereas Ron retired after his military service and became and began another chapter in his life. Ron attended barber school in 1969 and graduated in 1970. And whereas Ron started his business Ron's Barberhop oper operating a successful small business in Bridgen and Maryland Heights area for over 50 years. Whereas Ron's devotion to the Kowanas Club of Bridgen has held many positions. treasurer, secretary, vice president, president, past president, chaired many committees for the club, including working on bingo events, pancake breakfast, golf tournament, fishing derby, always giving back to the club. Ron has received many awards, including life member, Hixon Fellowship, Region of Honor, and

Zeller Fellowship. Now, therefore, shall I read your name, mayor? Sure. Now therefore, I Randall High, Mayor of the City of Bridgen, Missouri, be resolved hereby congratulate Ron Abernathy on his 50th anniversary as member of the Quantis Club of Bridged, Missouri, and extend best wishes for continued success and prosperity prosperity in the years ahead. Congratulations, Ron. Thank you so much. ANY PICTURES? Anybody got a camera?

Anybody got a camera? Oh, I do. We don't have a perussion. Oh, okay. Don, you going to take one? You should get in there. Oh, that's right. Don, bring Jon in. Jonah's gonna come down. Everybody can That's it.

It's been 50 years uh of volunteering and uh I've enjoyed all of them and look forward to more and I'll put a plug in. We have a pancake breakfast coming up on Sunday if anybody's interested or member. So, uh, I appreciate the mayor, council people, uh, all the members from the past years that have, uh, helped me grow and couldn't have did it without him. I mentioned to the chief that I was, I guess, coerced into being a member 50 years by the then police. So, it's been a long time a lot of thank you all. Appreciate all the council people and all the work you guys do and I appreciate everything that the city does for us. So, thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you, Ron. Thank you, Council Member Norris. Can I just say one word and please please please his wife has been by his side all the time pushing him and helping him remember many many meetings and so Shirley is part of that honor and uh the date is March 29th at uh the Bridgton Community Center and the price is $10 for adults and $5 for kids. So, uh, it's from 7:30 to 12:30. So, be there or be square. We need it. We help the children in the neighborhood and the community. So, it is a very worthwhile. That's one of our largest fundraisers. So, thank you very much.

Thank you, Council Member Luther. Yes. I I didn't hear in the proclamation a very important point. The Abernathies reside in W three. Oh, go W three. Thank you. Thank you, Ron. Thank you. Next item on the agenda, we're going to recess for public hearing. Public hearing 26-PZ-01. Mr. Gradens.

Yes. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. You swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Yes. Please state your name and address to the city clerk.

Zack Greatton, planning and zoning officer with the city of Bridgton, 12355 Natural Bridge Road, Bridton, Missouri 63044. I have a list of uh the city's exhibits for this special use permit application that I'll read for the record. They include a copy of the report to the mayor and city council from the planning commission dated January 27th, 2026. A copy of the staff report to the planning commission dated January 8th, 2026. A copy of the planning commission meeting minutes from their meeting held on January 12th, 2026. Uh the site plan associated with this application and by reference ordinance number 70-25, the zoning ordinance with amendments through November 19th, 2025.

Court recorder, please enter those into the record. Thank you. As as Mayor Hines stated, this is a public hearing for application 26-PZ-01. The request is a special use permit to allow a dog boarding and daycare facility located at 10937 St. Charles Rock Road. The property is located in the B5W planned commercial district. This a public hearing on this application was held at the planning commission's January 12th, 2026 meeting. The planning commission recommended approval with by a vote of 11 to zero with conditions. Uh I've got a couple maps um and some additional information and the site plan on my slides that I'll run through. Uh the this is a approximately 5200 square foot tenant space in a multi-tenant strip center, Cypress Village Shopping Center located on St. Charles Rock Road. On this map, the the yellow circle area, that's the location of this tenant space. Um it is the tenant I'm sorry, the property itself is a mix of commercial uses. There are several vacant uh spaces in this in this building currently on the lower portion of this uh uh aerial image. Those two buildings are no longer there. That's the location of a recently completed uh Chick-fil-A. The property to the west is Homeman Middle School and Patentville School District offices. To the north uh Cypress Village Apartments and to the east uh on the lower right hand portion of this uh aerial photo is self-s storage facility which was previously uh the former Walmart. In terms of zoning, as as stated, the property is zoned B5W. This property was reszoned to B5W about

eight years ago. The B5W is very similar to our B2 district which allows a mix of office, retail, and service uh types of uses. The Patentville School District property to the west is unzoned. The property, the multifamily residential to the north is R5 community unit plan. The property on the other side of St. Charles Rock Road is located within the city of St. Anne. The red line is the municipal boundary. As I mentioned, the this is current this is a vacant tennis space approximately 5200 square feet. As the applicant stated in their uh material submitted, they're currently operating their dog boarding and daycare facility in the city of St. Anne. And they had details that explained that in their um material in terms of the comprehensive plan. Uh it states in reference to this, it states that the city should encourage commercial infill where appropriate. The future land use map shows this area as commercial. Summarizing from the report that was distributed, uh traffic and parking is not an issue for this particular use. The existing circulation and parking is sufficient to accommodate parking demand and it exceeds the zoning requirements. Uh the neighborhood character surrounding this tennis space and this property is a mix of commercial land uses re as I mentioned retail, restaurant service uses, multif family residential to the north and the school to the to the west. There were four there were four conditions that the uh planning commission that were recommended by staff and recommended for approval by the planning commission. The first one uh and the planning commission did make a minor amendment to this. Uh the first one just to summarize the special use permit shall be limited to an indoor dog boarding and daycare facility including grooming. The planning commission want to make sure that the grooming portion was included specifically uh in this condition. It's limited to the proposed tennis space and

any future expansion would require an amendment to this special use permit. One comment I do want to make on this um condition because it just briefly came up with the planning commission. The reason uh it states indoor the B5W district includes permitted uses and uses permitted with a special use permit in the B2 district. In the B2 district for this particular land use category, it states specifically that it's only allowed if such operation um is conducted wholly within an enclosed building. That's why it's references indoor. Uh moving on to the second uh these types of facilities are licensed and inspected by the Missouri Department of Agriculture. So that condition states that the oper operator must maintain all required licensing with the Missouri Department of Agriculture. Uh there was an explanation by the applicant about noise and some of the testing they did at their Saint Anne facility. Um based on that, I thought it was important to include um that they must conform to the St. Lewis County Noise Control Code at all times. This would at least if there were an issue, this would at least give us um something to uh enforce and point back to if necessary. And the fourth uh that the parking lot must be kept free of trash and litter at all times and pavement well-maintained. The applicant did include um a conceptual floor plan and the site plan. Uh here's an image of the this is the straight and right in the middle of that image is the tennis space that uh the this application refers to and this was included in the um in their material. Um of course any structural changes would require a building permit um and any other necessary permits

plumbing electrical through St. Louis County. And then this is the site plan in that upper lefthand corner. The location of this space. Are there any questions that the council has for me?

Council member Norris. Thank you, Mr. Greatton. Just to verify that there will be we we do not allow so they won't be walking dogs in the parking lot. So no dogs. They all have to be inside. The way it's written in the zoning ordinances that states provided is conducted wholly within an enclosed. Okay. So now of course yes clients bringing dogs to and from the facility. I got that. When it says conducted I think meaning like the care of the the walking a dog or doing their personal situation. Uh but anyway so that's strictly is all inside. All right. Correct.

Okay. And it was 75 dogs maximum. I Yes. In their application information, they stated 75 dogs maximum. Okay. And then you indicated that county was the noise level of barking dogs. So did they do it at a maximum 75 dogs barking? You know, could happen. Uh the applicant might be able to answer that better. They did have an explanation of some of the testing they did at the Saint Anne location. The county noise control code refers to noise at the property line and then it lists out specific decibel levels that are like the maximum acceptable amount in certain areas whether it be commercial, residential, industrial. Yeah.

Okay. And you indicate it's the hours are 247. Correct. Okay. All right. Thank you. Council member Luke. Thank you, Mayor. Mr. guidance. Um, can you summarize why the uh committee added grooming to the condition? Was it just to be fully inclusive of what was going to be correct? There was a little bit of discussion about is grooming just automatically included as part of the facility or would it be important to make sure it's specified so there's no question about whether it's allowed or not. So that's why they wanted that added. Okay. Was that it's it's not forgotten. Yeah. Okay. Thank you,

Council Member Luther. Yes. Thank you, Mayor. So, I know with businesses, we talk about this is going to sound funny, you know, making the outside free of litter. And I know having a dog and taking dog a dog to a daycare facility that or a boarding facility that oftentimes when you take a dog out of a car that it will it will use whatever solid surface beneath it to relieve itself. So, with people folks coming through and this being all pavement, I'm just wondering if that would be something to think about in terms of keeping those areas clean because I I just know that's seems to be how animals behave. I um

I don't know if that was considered conditions. So, the condition that references the parking lot being kept free of trash and litter. If I recall correctly, it was a previous special use permit application where we had on this property where we talked about that the operator should monitor um just as a suggestion. This is up to the council maybe adding something about that the operator shall monitor the parking area for for those types of situations. Right. Yeah. I'm just I'm I I think that might be a a good thing to consider given the way animals behave when they're coming and going from new places. Sure. Council member Hood,

is this going to be a second location or are they moving from Saint indicated that their proposal would be to move their location and I believe uh downsizing. Thank you, Council Member Luke. Thank you, Mayor. I would add on to what um council member Luther said that it's not just about monitoring. I can go out and monitor the conditions somewhere and do nothing about it. So, there has to be an action tied to that as well. I'm just jotting that down. I know we don't necessarily change the conditions at the first council meeting, but for future reference. Yeah.

Okay. Council member Satil. Thank you, Mayor. Um, maybe a suggestion might be to require them to have a doggy station with the bags outside for their guest that they maintain and there'll be their off their responsibility for it. Uh, I mean, if we if we're putting them in some of our parks, I don't see why that wouldn't be a solution to the situation that they maintain, they have it at their door. I mean, otherwise, they're going to have the same problems inside the building, but then they know what they got to do inside the building. But, you know, you don't want something outside and some guests walking around the the the sidewalk on the area and stepping in something. So, I I just think that might be something that I would be voting for as a change. So, something next to a trash can or a trash.

They usually got the baggies that are there with a disposal thing, you know, for and I I see them in a lot of the parks where it's a stand. Maybe you can look into in that more that we approve or what we currently have in other places in in in the in the area. But I think that would be a a good solution there. We got a nice restaurant out there, the you don't want somebody, you know, walking around the whole perimeter all a sudden and stepping in something. So, I just think that'd be more appropriate. Thank you. Council member Luther again. Yes. Thank you, Mayor. So, you licensed by the Department of Agriculture. Is there I'm just curious Missouri Department of Agriculture if there's a an inspection schedule for day dog.

It's it's my understanding that it's once a year. Okay. But the applicant might be able to address that more specifically.

And then I'm not done. So I saw the sound surveys that were done in St. Anne and I know they weren't done here, but I looked at the decibel levels and then looked at what is considered normal and safe. So anything under 70, you know, plus or minus seems to be safe. Considered normal and safe and their exterior from their building it sound it looked like they were beneath that. So that that was good to see. And then I guess is there any special I we're talking about the disposal of waste. Is there any special air handling and I'm thinking of neighbors and you know the issue with the sidewalk and the exterior space is about neighbors as well because there may be other we'd like to build up that area as well with new businesses. So I'm just interested to know what type of air handling systems or if there is anything to manage that outside the facility. I think that the

right applicant they had some information in the material they might be able to address that more specifically. They are here this evening. Yeah.

Um Mr. Greatens, you mentioned an enclosed building. It doesn't mean a standalone building. Correct. Correct. Okay. Correct. Um, no outdoor kennels, correct? Okay. And no, uh, animals will be entering or exiting through the rear door.

Uh, we did not address that specifically. Um, in terms of any conditions, I think it was the uh applicant's intent that it would be through the front, but if we um if the council thinks that that needs to be addressed specifically, we could do that. Okay. Um, one more question. Uh, the exterior of the building, the north rear, um, there's a fence there. Is that a privacy fence or is that a cyclone fence? It is a wooden privacy fence. Okay. It looks to be approximately eight feet in height. And going to the west, there's a cyclone fence or is that privacy fence also?

The privacy fence lines the entire rear drive aisle and then there's an entrance to Spring Avenue uh there on the upper that' be the northwest corner if you can see that. Um so the the wood privacy fence extends all the way to that entrance. You can in this image you can sort of see the the shadow between the street and the driveway on the property itself. So that privacy fence lines the entire property line. Okay. Mhm. Thank you. You're welcome.

Any further questions from council? Mr. Greatens. Thank you. Would the applicant like to come forward? I had to swear each one of you in separately. Okay. Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? Yes. Please state your name and address to the court reporter. Derek Jinkola, 4743 Gatesbury, St. Louis, Missouri 63128. Thank you. Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?

Yes, I do. My name is Mark Benson. I live at 7:15 St. Anthony in Florisonent, Missouri 633 or 633. Thank you. Um would you like to uh say something first before council has questions?

Absolutely. So again, my name is Mark Benson and I am the cookie club president for the Barkford and that's what I call treats for the dogs or cookies. Derek is chief of tail wagging operations there, which means he takes care of all the tough stuff. I take care of all the happy stuff with the dogs. Um, but speaking of cookies, we don't give cookies out unless they're authorized by their parents. We're not introducing foreign foods or substances that haven't been pre-authoriz. Am I talking into this enough? Okay. um so that you know we're not giving a pup something that they may be allergic to or not. So we are currently operating as a 247 365 doggy daycare and boarding facility. Um by last count between our staff and ourselves we probably have over 300 years in doggy daycare and boarding experience. Now, that's dog ears, so you guys can do the math on that. But, um, we really, this this is something that's a passion. We really love to do this. Um, last time I was here, I was asked why we were going to move and downsize. And so, this is our first business into this. We both have been managing dog daycare and boarding facilities before. I think Kathy uh remembers that. Um, however, when we got started at our current facility, we were kind of thinking on in terms of just operating how our previous businesses operated

where we just wanted to pack dogs in as much as we could. And as we went along, we kind of made the realization that what the dogs, the staff, and their parents actually prefer is more of a boutique style where it's more individual playtime and specifically scheduled activities for the dogs. We don't need the crushing numbers of dogs to come through. I know um places that we had worked prior to this, we had numbers north of 300 often times and we crunch the numbers in that and we don't need anything like that to make it a thriving business here in the city of Bridgton which that's a challenge. we'd we'd like to say we've been operating in in Bridgen for 50 years and giving back to the community as well. Um so we do have a relationship, a good relationship with the Department of Agriculture who does a standard inspection once a year, but our experience has been that they they will do surprise inspections as well. and our our inspector for this area happens to live just right down the road.

So, she can stop in for a cup of coffee just about anytime and see what's actually taking place. So, we have a very good long-standing relationship with the Department of Agriculture. I'm not going to remember all the questions that came up, so you guys will have a chance to fire away again. Um, like I said, we're 365 24/7, so it makes it very convenient for customers to drop off and pick up around their schedules, not ours. Um, this is especially important to first responders because we do serve a lot of law enforcement, um, fire department, paramedics, nurses, doctors, people that are, you know, have crazy schedules and sometimes the schedules that nobody else wants or emergencies and they've got to get out and have a safe place for their dogs to go. The reason that we're all indoors is also it makes us impervious to weather. If you can get to us, your dog's going to be safe and comfortable with us. It can be extremely hot, which is a lot of breeds don't do extreme heat very well. It's a constant 72 degrees in our facility, which is what we intend to operate here in the city of Bridgton if we're allowed to. Um, same way with the cold. Like we've had some really extreme cold and some dogs have really thick coats and they don't care. They're in heaven. But most their paws can freeze just like our skin can in a relatively short amount of time. So that's it's it's not grueling to the staff. It's not grueling to the dogs.

They're safe and comfortable during their entire visit. Um, let's see. With regard to dog waste, yes, they do poop and pee and sometimes vomit inside and we clean it up. It's just what we have to do. It's got to get clean. We have to maintain a safe, clean environment for all our guests and our staffs and oursel. Um, as far as the outside goes, it does happen. Dogs are excited to get at our at our other facility. And somebody Bob mentioned the the station. We have a station like that out in front of our facility where we're at because and and people just walking by with their dogs oftentimes just grab a couple extra sacks so they can be mindful whether it's in that parking lot or our place or down the road, but they've got some extra bags to be courteous about that kind of thing. So those are things we are sensitive to it. We don't want trash and poop and pee for anybody to have to go through or see. It just looks shabby. So, um, you could talk with anybody from St. Anne where we've

Well, we're what are we coming up on two years here? Yeah. Um, we haven't had a single complaint about what kind of neighbor we are for anybody. We've got a senior care facility right next door to us, the post office to the other side, and of course, the golf course right behind us. And we've never had anybody complain about anything. Occasionally Derek and I would complain because there's not enough errant golf balls being hit and left in our parking lot for us to pick up because we're golf enthusiasts, too. So, um, what am I leaving out about all of this? Sound.

Sound. Yeah, it's uh that was a big concern for St. An because of this. Well, they were more concerned about bothering the golfers than the seniors, which I'm practically part of that. So, I found that interesting. But, uh, never a complaint from anybody going walking by, uh, emergency vehicles, planes coming and going through traffic patterns. the the decibb are way louder than anything we've ever generated

at our facility. I'm not saying that there aren't exciting times because generally when it's a feeding time, all the dogs are in their their enclosures, feed me first, feed me first, and then when meal time's over, let me out first, let me out first. So, yeah, there's there are some moments, but uh it doesn't last that long. And believe it or not, the ones that are staying the night with us, they're exhausted after a full day of play because the play goes from six in the morning until 9ine at night. So they're exhausted and believe it or not, even the Energizer Boonies want to take a rest. So So anyway, um that's kind of a brief overview. I could stay and talk dogs with you guys all night long, and I'm glad to do if you guys have the time for it. Um, but hit us with questions.

Council member Norris. Uh, of course you're going to have health records. They have to pass. You have to have Bordello and everything else. Thank you. I knew there was something I was leaving out. So before you can't just drop by Exactly. facility with your dog.

It has to be vetted before it's it's allowed to come in. So, um, what the Department of Agriculture requires is everybody's current on rabies, bordella, and distemper, flu shots or any other shots. That's really guidance between your vet and and what you feel somebody may need. But those are the three biggies. And we can't just have somebody go, "Oh, yeah, they're current."

We have to get the records from the vet offices that take care of your pets. And we have to keep a copy of those uploaded into our system. So when the Department of Agriculture takes a look at us and they look at our reservation screen and go, "Okay, let me see this dog's records." We have to be able to prove that we didn't just put in random expiration dates.

Right. And then so once the the dogs have been confirmed that they they're current on their required vaccines, they after six months of age, they have to be spayed or neutered. That's just a requirement. And so they've got to be spayed or neutered beyond six months and current on their uh vaccines. Then we invite you to bring your pup in for what we call an evaluation, but it's an opportunity for you and your pup to meet us and the staff and the other guests that are playing there because they're all in their various yards playing together. So, they have to demonstrate that they're not just full of targeted aggression. That doesn't mean that a dust up or a misunderstanding never happens, but it's a very low percentage of guests and things that where a true big alternate altercation comes up. So, um those are things that we manage and and because of the experience, we we see the language very very well. Um, yeah, that's what I was just wondering how you put do you put your big dogs, little dogs together and then you know you have three divisions what I can figure you're going to do a grooming is that just come coming in they do bath and grooming then you have boarding and then you have playday is that what you're doing yeah

and so you dump all the dogs in in in these I can see evidently and there there is a a distinction between large dogs and and small dogs but there's like, oh, there's really a lot of gray area there because we have 800 pound gorillas that think they're lap dogs, right? And they think they're teacup Yorkies and they play very respectfully with the smaller dogs. And then we've got some smaller per uh pups that prefer to

be in the rough and tumble of the 800 pound gorillas they think they are. And so what we try to do is, and this happens during evaluation, where we can determine what's the size of that dog's comfort level, their confidence, and their play style. Some are more energetic and want to be in a more active yard. others and maybe they they've got an illness or they're they're older pups that prefer just to take it easy. So, they just need superi supervision or they may they may need medications administered throughout the day that parents because of work or other factors um aren't able to give them.

Okay. So you you have people there you have in the in the play area you have I'm always supervised. Yes. All right. And how many of will you have boarding cages? Is that how you do or Yeah. How many do you have? Well, they're they're metal crates. They're they're enclosures that are sized for the dogs. We're not like having to use a plunger to stuff them in a Well, no. I I understand something set up like the Humane Society, those type of uh storage cages. You know how they have the glass? It's,

you know, I'm beating this to death, but you know, the animals are very important and you know, if you're going to do this is just as children and adults daycare. So, um, and they can't talk back or anything like that. That's something. And you know, you're talking about the big and the small. You know, a big dog can be. So, if you would turn a dog, if it's an aggressive dog, you wouldn't take it. Correct. That's that's correct. They can't they can't have targeted aggression. And the first bar that they have to pass is they have to be friendly to us. Okay. If you bite the cookie club president, you're not going to make it, right? Okay. All right. Thank you. You've answered some of my questions. Thank you,

Council Member Luther. Thank you. So, a question about air handling and I don't know is the given that everything's indoor. Do you need special air handling or will you have that or I was just curious about that in particular for neighbors. So, this is in a strip mall that is developing. We'd like more businesses to come in. So, I'm curious to know if that if you have taken any precautions about air handling for the exterior or or other adjacent businesses or um or if that's necessary.

So, like in our our facility that we have right now, um our air exchange, we we turn the air over so there's fresh air constantly being provided. Um, and of course it's just exhausted out the roof. Um, I don't remember what the turnover rate is for it, but our our current system, we used about half of the system because it was just it was more than what we needed. So you have something comparable at the new facility.

Yes. Yes. The the tonnage in that Oh, that's the HVAC system. Um, so what we rely on is as soon as waste hits the ground, it gets picked up, it's put in a receptacle that's closed off that ends up being double bagged and thrown into a um dumpster out back. We've had no issues with smell. We had provisions with St. Anne because they were worried about the same thing, but we've had no um incidents or anything like that. And if you come into our facility now and walk into our playyards, there's no smell ever. I mean, right when it happens, there's a brief smell, but we have we have a very very clean facility. And we pride ourselves on that. And our customers, you know, if you go to our Google reviews, tons of them are about that

or better business bureau reviews. So, um, that's what we kind of rely on. Now, as far as the air handler, we had we haven't had a use for it. They did have one at the Saint Anne location. Uh it's currently not used at all um because they used to make teeth or something like that and there was a weird chemical smell, but we haven't used it at all and there's been no issue indoors whatsoever.

Thank you. And I I want to come back to we talked about this is in transit animals in transit urinating, you know, relieving themselves as they often do. and we talked about a station with um with bags and I'm I'm going to suggest and recommend something in addition to that a pad of some kind. I'm not going to describe specifically what it might be, but an area that would be designated, I guess, a little more with with that.

So, currently we have our parking lot and then a median out there and there's two pole stations with bags and trash cans on them. There is one right outside of the new location. There's kind of a little, you know, grassy null right out there, concreted in. So, we would probably talk to the owner and have that turned into that where they could relieve themselves and put right into the trash can right there. Thank you. For some reason, and it it does happen, but um most of the time our furry friends want to save it up for us to clean up when they get inside. So, but it does happen. Yeah. And I'm just thinking about the neighborhood, just the the character of that spot. Thank you.

Yeah. Council member Hood. And you're only dealing with canines? Yes. No cats or anything. Okay. It's just dogs only. Council member Wesy. Thank you, Mayor. Um just for uh Council Member Luther real quick so you know uh inside here they are talking about how they have a uh specially locked um dumpster and it also does mention that they are planning on putting up a uh doggy bag um dispenser but they're asking for permission to put that up. So those things are actually addressed.

I was asking excuse me I was asking for a little more than that but thank you. Thank you council member Wesi. Any further questions? Um, I guess you could invite council over and see if they bite the cookie maker. The cookie. I'm sorry. Um, that's it. Okay. Okay. Well, thank you for your time, everyone. You guys are easy. Oh, I did want to mention too, if you guys decide to accept us into the community, um, Bridgeen residents get a discount.

And as always, our our frontline workers, police and and the rest also enjoy a discount as well. Thank you very much. Okay. Thank you guys for having us. At this time, is there anybody in the audience that would like to come forward and speak in favor of this special use permit? Mrs. Schultz. No. Okay. Again, the hardest part is getting up. Um, I think this is

Well, before I talk, do you want to swear me in or whatever? Just record. Okay. Well, um, I'm in favor of this business. It's a very I think it's important for the city to en encourage businesses and this is a very important service and it's going to be attractive to young families. So I think it's good.

But the whole purpose of a special use permit is to allow for permitted uses with conditions to protect the residents. So, some of the things that were discussed tonight, they reflect concerns or interests, and I think that those should be memorialized in conditions for the special use permit. And for me personally, I love animals. I've got horses and cats now, but I've had dogs in the past. um they produce a lot of waste and big dogs in particular are very productive. So I think all the concerns can be allayed but they should be memorialized in the special use permit and that's all I have to say. I think this is a good business. I think Bridgen would benefit from a business like this, but I think the conditional use permit has to be written in such a way to protect the residents.

Thanks.

Thank you for your comments. Is there anybody else in the audience that would like to come forward and speak in favor of the special use permit? I see none. I I can't take any more testimony from you. Um, at this time, is there anybody in the audience that would like to come forward and speak in opposition of this special use permit? I see none. Closing public hearing 26PZ-01. Thank you. Thank you, gentlemen. Next item on the agenda, perfection of bills. First, bill number 6528. Council member Luke.

Thank you, Mayor. I move for second reading of bill 6528. Second. Motions made by Council Member Luke, seconded by Council Member Luther for second reading of bill number 6528. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? I hear none. Please continue. An ordinance of the mayor and city council of the city of Bridgton, Missouri, authorizing the mayor and city clerk to execute an agreement substantially in the form attached hereto with Granicus for agenda management software. I move that bill 6528 become ordinance number 26-07.

Second. Motion is made by council member Luke, seconded by council member Luther that bill number 6528 become ordinance 26-07. Discussion. I see none. The clerk will call the role. Council member Norris. I. Council member Luther. I. Council member Satel. I. Council member Weshi. Hi. Council member Hood I. Council member Iwanu I. Council member Luke I.

By a vote of seven to nothing. Bill number 6528 becomes ordinance 26-07. Next item on the agenda consideration of new bills. First bill number 6529. Council member Luke. Thank you mayor. I move for first reading of bill 6529. Second. Motions made by council member Luke. Seconded by council member Luther for first reading of bill number 6529. All in favor say I. I.

Any opposed? I hear none. Please continue. an ordinance of the city council of the city of Bridgton, Missouri, authorizing the mayor and the city clerk to execute a lease agreement substantially in the form attached here too between the city of Bridgton and Fox Point Digital LLC wherein Foxoint Digital LLC will lease a portion of the real property known and numbered as 4209 Galatin Lane, Bridton, Missouri 63044. Moved to table bill 6529. Second. Motion is made by council member Luke, seconded by council member Luther to table bill number 6529. All in favor say I. I.

Opposed? I hear none. Bill number 6529 is tabled. Next item, bill number 6530. First reading, council member Luke. Thank you, mayor. Move for first reading of bill 6530. Second. Motion's made by council member Luke. Seconded by council member Luther for first reading of bill number 6530. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? I hear none. Please continue. An ordinance of the city council of the city of Bridton, Missouri, imposing a minimum age for the purchase and sale of cratrum products within the city and enacting a new section of chapter 205 related thereto. Move to table bill 6530. Second.

Motion's made by council member Luke, seconded by council member Luther to table bill number 6530. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? I hear none. Bill number 6530 is tabled. Next item, bill number 6531, first reading. Council member Luke. Thank you, mayor. Move for first reading of bill 6531. Second. Motion's made by Council Member Luke, seconded by Council Member Luther for first reading of bill number 6531. All in favor say I. Opposed? I hear none. Please continue.

Thank you, Mayor. An ordinance of the city council of the city of Bridgton, Missouri, imposing a minimum age for the purchase and sale of hemp derived intoxicants within the city and enacting a new section of chapter 205 related thereto. Move to table bill 6531. Second. Motion's made by council member Luke, seconded by council member Luther to table bill number 6531. All in favor say I. I. Opposed? I hear none. Bill number 6531 is tabled. Next item, bill number 6532 for first reading and it's council member Hood. Move for first reading of bill 6532. Second.

Motion's made by council member Hood, seconded by council member Norris for first reading of bill number 6532. All in favor say I. I.

Any opposed? I hear none. Please continue. An ordinance of the city council of the city of Bridton, Missouri, authorizing the mayor and city clerk to execute an agreement substantially in the farm attached hereto with M&H Concrete Contractors Incorporated for the 2627 concrete pavement replacement project assoc associated with select streets in the St. Gerard and St. James subdivision in the amount of $856,50. The project budget includes a contingency in the amount of $143,950. Move to table.

Second. Motion's made by council member Hood, seconded by council member Norris to table bill number 6532. All in favor say I. I.

Any opposed? Bill number 6532 is tabled. Next item on the agenda, bill number 6533 for first reading. Council member Hood mayor, before I read this, um Parks would like to have two readings on this and I know we only have seven council members. Is there an emergency uh clause that needs to be discussed to move it from uh the agenda as a first reading or as emergency legislation.

I'm going to defer to the city attorney.

Yeah, I don't see how it fits within any of the conditions for an emergency ordinance. Uh let me look here real quick, but I I don't think it's going to satisfy any of those grounds. Looks like the website's changed. So, I've got to find the code here. I've just been advised that there is no real emergency for this. So,

yeah, I don't think it would satisfy any of the conditions anyway. Okay, then I'll uh go ahead and make it first reading. Thank you. Continue. Council member Hood. An ordinance of the city council of the city of Bridton, Missouri, authorizing the mayor and a city clerk to execute an agreement substantially in the farm attached hereto with Weiss Design Group for professional design services. Council member Hood, we need a motion for first reading and a vote. Okay. Move for first reading of bill 6533. Second. Motions made by council member Hood, seconded by council member Norris for first reading of bill number 6533. All in favor say I.

I. Any opposed? I hear none. Please continue. Okay. An ordinance of the city council of the city of Bridgton, Missouri, authorizing the mayor and city clerk to execute an agreement substantially in the farm attached here 2 with Weiss Design Group for professional design services associated with the Hella Bush Park phase 1 grant project in the amount of $81,79746. Move to table. Second. Motions made by council member Hood, seconded by council member Norris to table bill number 6533. All in favor say I. I.

Any opposed? I hear none. Bill number 6533 is tabled. Next item on the agenda is bill number 6534 for first reading. Council member Luther. Thank you, Mayor. Move for first reading of bill number 6534. Second. Motion is made by council member Luther, seconded by council member Luke for first reading of bill number 6534. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? I hear none. Please continue.

Thank you, mayor. An ordinance of the city council of the city of Bridgton, Missouri. Application number 26-PZ-01 establishing a special use permit to allow a dog daycare located at 10937 St. Charles Rock Road as provided in the Bridgton zoning ordinance under section 4.410. D.2.A A of the B-5W planned commercial district. Move to table bill number 6534. Second. Motion is made by council member Luther, seconded by council member Luke to table bill number 6534. All in favor say I.

I. Any opposed? Bill number 6534 is tabled. Next item on the agenda, the attorney's report. I have nothing, mayor. Thank you. Thank you. Council communications. I'm going to start in the middle. Council member Satil.

Well, thank you, Mayor. Um, wasn't going to say much about anything except that uh I did send out a I guess a forward an email about the city of St. Charles where they actually have a on their snow routes if it's over 6 in about s they come back and cover the seniors if they want to apply for something. So, I did send that out as just a copy to So, you know, it was I think I attached it to the U historical commission, but uh something we might look into as far as um we've had now some big snows that are over six inches and their code kind of says they'll if you if you want to sign up for this to come by and clean the little spillage of the extra snow. They're sometimes two or three feet tall um to come up with a list for seniors or dis disabled citizens just to kind of knock down that big pile. Not to plow whole driveways, but I know I had some of my neighbors, hey, can you at least knock off this here? Cuz you get a little bit of salt on the street and then and then the snow plows pile it. It refreezes and it's like a solid block of ice and they they can't even get in out of their driveways without that little bit knocked over. Um, so something that city of St. Charles had and so I saw someone else that posted that on one on one of the Facebook sites. So I forward that maybe something this winter is about halfway over anyway. it wouldn't be something to address this winter, but something we can look into learning from this winter that maybe we could try to implement going into next year somehow. That's all. Thank you.

Thank you, Council Member Ianu. Thank you, Mayor. I would just like to uh offer my personal congratulations to Mr. Abanathy for your spirit of volunteerism and 50 years of service plus 59 years additional in marriage. That's deserving of an applause as well. So, uh, both are very honorable. Well done. Thank you. You're welcome, Council Member Wishing.

Thank you, Mayor. Um, first thanks everybody for coming out. Thanks for thanks to the people that are watching online. Um, I'll keep this relatively short. I just wanted to give a huge shout out to the uh street department. Uh, this was not an easy uh storm to clean up after. The uh snow was relatively deep. Luckily, it was relatively uh dry snow, but um yes, I uh was driving around a bit because I had to make a couple errands during the storm. And uh it was very evident what streets were hit by Bridgen and what streets were hit by MDOT or surrounding cities. Um it was kind of funny actually seeing the difference and the quality of some of the clearance. So, I just wanted to say thank you to you and your team. I know I called you um and asked you to p push that along for me as well, but figured I'd say it publicly, too. So, thank you very much. Back to you, Mayor.

Thank you, Council Member Norris.

Thank you, Mayor. Um I do want to apologize for missing. I try not to miss the I work my private uh vacations around, but uh illness I did not plan. So, I do apologize for that. And also I do want to uh thank the street and park divisions for clearing our streets and making our city safe for our residents and businesses. And then I did attend or was representing design and review. They approved um the um the new China buffet is going to be called the Asian Yummy Buffet. So it's going to new signage. So uh we're going to have a business back open. So, I'm I'm proud of that. Um, we did also support uh there was the mayor uh Councilman Luther and Luke and myself. We attended the trivia uh for the police explorer scout. So, it was a great opportunity. We didn't Well, one of us won a prize, but we didn't win the big ones, but we had a great time. And this was the first time that a Bridgton table was represented. So, we need to do this again next year. So, it was at the foundry in St. Charles. 41 tables. So, I'm hoping did you ever get a count, Chief? How much money was made? You don't know. Okay. And also, I want to congratulate my dear friend and his wife uh Ron Amber Dathy and Shirley and his commitment to our community for over 50 years. And as I want to make another uh March 29th 7:30 to uh 12:30 uh our pancake breakfast. So uh please attend uh that is one of our biggest supporters and I'm I don't want to get into uh uh anything going back and forth, but I did read your comment um Mr. Sadal, but um

City of St. Charles has 71,000 people. We have 11,000 and St. Charles does not get free trash. So, you know, we we can't do everything and I understand that, but possibly they could get their neighbors to help them out with their shoveling of their snow, but we can discuss that. But I think we do a lot for our f our our residents. So, and we're a very small community and St. Charles is much larger than and with a lot more money. And I think they also mentioned St. Peters, which is also a city of 68,000 people, and they do not get free trash. So, we have a lot of benefits to our little community. So, thank you.

Thank you, Council Member Luke.

Thank you, Mayor. Uh, first, congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Abernathy. You're wonderful residents. Glad you're our neighbors. Um, hope you continue to participate for a long, long time. It's good to know you and and thanks for doing all you do. Um, as Mrs. Norris said, several of us did ex um, attend the Explorers trivia night last Saturday, and I'll just add, you know, that um, we didn't come in first, but we also didn't come in last, and that was another goal. So, we're pretty proud of that. Um it was sold out and uh Jen Irvin who re was recently promoted in our police department is uh very active in that program and she was she said she was very happy to to see us there uh representing Bridgton. So I agree. Let's do it again next year. Thank you to all who did come and did participate. That's all I have. Thank you.

Thank you council member Hood. Okay. I just want to uh reiterate about the street department. I had two personal phone calls from residents in other municipalities asking me if Bridton still had the cleanest streets in the county. And I said absolutely. So, uh, thanks to the street department and Ron, thanks for all the good haircuts for the past 56 years. Thank you, Council Member Luther.

Thank you, Mayor. Well, I want to thank everybody that's attending and listening to the meeting tonight and also to Ron. You make W three proud. So, thank you very much. You have a high standard for all of us to follow. So, we did have a W three meeting a week ago, a week ago tonight. And we had a pretty good turnout in terms of of of folks coming out. The weather was awful. So, thank you very much for the chief coming out. We we we got a lot done and had some wonderful desserts. thanks to my co-consil member. So, and Mayor Hine was there as well. So, we we brave the cold. We were not able to put out signs. If anybody's asking why there were no signs, we just couldn't put those in the ground. We normally put those out a couple of days before. So, we put things on our Facebook page, but we and it's in the calendar, but we we just could not get those signs up, unfortunately. I did want to talk about the the mayor and I attended the St. Louisis County Council member representing the second district, Gretchen Bangard's first town hall last week, and that was at Maryland Heights, their their rec center, I guess, their recreation center. That was a week ago Thursday. The highlights included a discussion about the county's dismal, I think that was the word she used, financial situation and mention of a use tax to address budget shortfalls instead of using RAM settlement monies. the necessary relocation of the county headquarters by the end of 2027. And you may have heard that they're considering moving to St. Anne into the crossings at Northwest, I think is the name, which would be terrific. Just wonderful for saying this whole area if that were to happen. I hope that it does. Uh improvements at the animal at the county animal shelter. I think there have been quite a few issues there. For those of you that follow that, that was addressed. new staff is there and there's new accountability measures. So, I wanted to report on that if you're concerned about that and the a potential

new tax it was in the newspaper yesterday as a matter of fact to support additional services for seniors. Seniors count I think was the name of that we have and I don't remember the exact exact statistics so I'm going to generalize. Our metropolitan area has one of one of one of if not the highest percentage of seniors in the country. So this is of particular interest and I think we can relate to that here in Bridgton. In addition, groups were there just moms and and another group announcing the new online portal for submitting RA claims that just opened last week. And there were representatives from sever several county offices that hadformational tables at the event. So it was pretty packed pretty packed room. The mayor was introduced and made some comments as were well as other local and state officials. I was introduced as well which was very nice. And regarding the the links that were sent about the other municipalities that offer limited and I will say it's limited snow removal. I looked at all of those and they were limited. There were lots of limitations and qualifications to apply for that. One of the municipalities is no longer accepting applications which tells me that they're at capacity. So I would encourage council members to tell if this is of interest to gather more information particularly on the cost and then uh bring it to staff and council for consideration if that's something of importance to you.

That's all. Thank you staff. I'm going to start with uh Brendan Kaine, parks and rec director.

Just real quick on bill 6533. Thank you for the consideration. The thought there is just the the sooner the better on getting the um getting the RFP out and getting the bids back so we can develop the project timeline for Hellbush Park. But definitely not an emergency. It can wait two more weeks, but thanks for the consideration on that. Uh we did a heart health uh pop-up event yesterday at the rec center. We had exercise challenges, heart trivia, healthy snacks, CPR demonstration, and a heart-shaped shakurerie boards which were a big hit uh and healthy recipes. And then we have the sweetheart ball, which is our big uh daddy daughter event, is uh next Friday the 13th, 6:30 to 9:30. Still have spots available. It's 20 for members and residents, 24 for non-residents. Uh dinner, dancing, photos, music, decorations, glow sticks, desserts, you name it. It's a good time, DJ. Uh so we'll cut off registration early next week so that we can uh put in the food order. So that's all I've got.

Any questions, council? Mr. Can I see none? Robert Gun, parks and rec director. No, maybe public works. Maybe. I mean, it's been a long meeting. I understand. You want to switch? Oh, yeah. He's got more money, Robert. Yes, there's more money involved. I'm all over that.

Uh, just real quick, we had a big storm event. We all talked about it. Uh Matt's already been able to refill the salt dome, so we're ready for the next storm. That was great. He was able to grab uh 300 tons of salt uh from the co-op really fast. So that's already been loaded in the dome. Uh just real quick, too, there was some questions or a request. So basically in front of you on the deis, there's a four-page uh summary of everything that we've gotten from Llama or we put in the llama from January 1st through February 1st. that represents 67 um either complaints that came out for property maintenance or stuff that we've noticed while we were driving around. Of the 67 items that were entered in that that month, 25 have been closed, which leaves you 72 open. Right now, we have 78 open cases that are in different phases from notice of violation all the way up through summones to court. So basically we had 36 that were open at the end of the year fiscal year. We added 72 u or excuse me 42 cases to it and that gives us the 78 that are currently open right now. Now last month was really cold, snowy. Um the fact that we added 72 cases to it sounds like it's going to be a pretty busy year for us once uh springtime rolls around. And that's all I have.

Any questions of Mr. Gun? Good job, Council. I see none. Let's see. Oh, Council Member Luke. Yeah. Can I just say thank you for this? Yes. Good job. Yeah, good information. Thank you. Let's see. Police chief, right?

That would be uh just real quick, we uh have just advertised we're going to have another craze training program. That's the civilian response to active shooter events at the government center March the 12th. That's going to be 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. So, just wanted to put that out. We'll continue to advertise that. Also, congratulations, Ron, on 50 years. The Kuanas has been always a great supporter of the police department. We appreciate all your uh volunteer hours that you put into that. Also, thank you to the council members and mayor for attending the the explore trivia event. um that's one of their biggest fundraisers of the year for the program and as you know um we're pulling a lot of police officers that are starting at a young age that are coming through that program. So thank you for the support on that. That's all I have.

Council member Luke. Thank you. Just a little more detail about the explorer program. Do you know how many explorers Bridgton has and how many spaces are open? I'm not Well, we have unlimited. We'll take as many as we can. Um I'm not sure where we're at. We had six for a long time and a few have come and gone. So we're we're hovering around six or seven. Thank you. If I'm not mistaken, Chief Madi started as an explorer himself. I did long time ago.

Not I didn't know if everybody knew that or not, but No. Yeah. So, mayor, can I add that the explorers were there from all the different communities and they were kind of acting as hosts going around cleaning up the tables. They were running our our answer sheets up to the front. Uh they did a really really good job. Some really wonderful youth in our community. Council member Norris, Chief, you didn't uh the P polar plunge. Do you have any is it filled? Is the team filled? We're still looking for for plungers for that. So, uh um I've been putting the website out. I was trying to find some at the

but get get well soon. I'm I'm still in Oh, man. better for open water here. Council member Wishing. Council member Norris, uh since you weren't here last meeting, we actually voted to have you participate. So, that's what I thought was coming. I know that when you volunteer, if you're not there, you're put on a committee. I know it. Been there. No, we learned from the best. No, I'm afraid of water. I can't swim. And you married a fireman and Well, he doesn't have to, you know, go in water. He just puts the fire out. Anyway, sorry. Go ahead. Did you have something else? No, no. I'm, you know,

council member Luke. Fundraising and polar plunging is also a requirement for new incoming council members. Yes. Oh, that one's a good one. Wow. City administrator Kevin Buell.

Yeah. I just want to give you an update on the uh employee pension asset management RFQ. It is on the street. Um I've heard from it went out to seven different firms. I have heard back from three that were were appreciative of receiving that. So, I certainly expect to get back some some information from at least three or four of them, probably more. So, uh deadline is in two weeks and we should have something for the council um at the latest the first first meeting in March. That's all I have. Mayor, thank you. Council member Loop.

Thank you, Mayor. Uh first, thank you uh Miss Waters for your research in the software for our tablets. Appreciate the work you've done on that. And then do you know now that it's um been approved when we might see that um training will come first and um once we get the contract signed, we will get that um get the ball rolling on that as soon as possible. But the tablets are here. They are ordered. So, we are ready to go with that. Are you thinking a month, two months? I'm hoping for mid-Marchch. But I we'll see. Okay. Yeah. Thank you,

Council Member Norris. One more. Um, how many training sessions are you doing? Is it on hands or is it online or what are they going to do? So, um the training sessions with council will be um we'll probably have a work session scheduled and we'll meet in the conference room and they'll um have a zoom training with us, but it all will be hands-on. So, you'll have your tablets in front of you while you're training. Okay, great. Thank you.

Okay. Any further from council? I see none. Mayor's report. Ron, thank you. Thank you for all you do for the city. Thanks for your uh involvement in Kuanas and helping uh our community youth make better lives for themselves. Um I know Kowanas contributes quite a bit of money to youth in the area. Thank you again. Ron has also uh cut my hair in the past. Uh he knows that I have a barber that's been cutting my hair since 1972 because we had adjoining businesses together. But um when there's a need, I see Ron. So, thank you. Um Jim and Rose Hardog, haven't seen you for a couple months in here. Welcome back. Um I'm glad you're on the uh road to recovery and uh hope you keep going in that direction. Thanks for coming out tonight and being with us. Um yeah, law law enforcement. anytime I can support law enforcement, whether it be uh the backstoppers or certainly the the explorers with the up and cominging youth that want to get into law enforcement, I do that because um it certainly has been needed uh you know since uh the past 10 years since Ferguson happened and all the civil unrest. But uh hopefully we'll get back there again when more people are interested in making a career out of it. Um, I do want to say that the W 3 meeting uh was very good last week, very informative, very comprehensive. Um, I know the weather kept some people away, but uh, keep in mind Ward 3 that um, either Council Member Luke or Council Member Luther always has some kind of goodies for you to eat and partake in at their council meeting. So, I guess uh, Mr. Bazada will have to step up and bake something. um Chateau Dean Apartments. They um

missed a meeting with us last week. So, we're trying to figure out who the new property uh on-site property manager is there. Apparently, they're still under the property management company of AVAS. So, we're going to get that uh taken care of this week, tomorrow or Friday, and get back on track with them. When it comes to uh snow plowing, good job, by the way, um public works. Uh there always are some mishaps. Not uh totally the city's fault. I'm talking about mailboxes. And it's probably the mailboxes that have been out there for 20 years that are wood and the the wood posts are rotten. When that amount of snow gets uh thrown at them or packed up against them, they tend to break. But just call the city. We come out and uh try and repair it or fix it for you. So, uh, we do have a supply of mailboxes on hand at the city garage. Um, I want to say congratulations to the three candidates in the office to, uh, in the, uh, council chambers tonight for being here. Thanks for taking an interest in your local government. Um, and, uh, council member Luke and I worked several hours last week on talking about a a city storm water policy. And um we do need council support if we're going to move forward with this. We will be presenting council with a pretty uh comprehensive um plan on what needs to be done in the upcoming years. And then it's up to council to make a decision on where the money's going to come from. So um there's going to be some hard decisions that have to be made if we want to address continuing storm water problems. And I'm not just talking about private property. and talking about mainly um public property which is our own rightaways. There's a lot of issues that we have that need be to be addressed. Um I've been under the weather so I was trying to keep the meeting short tonight. Council I believe

at this point we're planning on a co close session after the next council meeting. So that would be uh February the 18th. So plan on that at this point. That's all I have unless anybody else has anything to say. I'll ask for a motion for adjournment. So moved. Second. Motion's made by council member Luther, seconded by council member Luth for German. All in favor say I. I. I. Any opposed? I hear none. We're journ. Thanks for written hair back