City Council - Regular Meeting

said, "You need an iPad." [laughter] That's what she told me. Well, you know what? This I just printed it off. What we had at the schoolboard, they got us all Chromebooks and so is that like an iPad? Yeah, I kind of sort of Microsoft and and it worked because I mean they sent us all the information on that and we just, you know, it it was right there. Everybody had all the same. Everything was set up the same. Did you find Kirk Boo? I don't know if you know him. He was a stickler on that stuff. He was He's so funny. But oh my gosh, he was wanting wanting stuff

right [clears throat] down to the wire. Sorry [laughter] wanting stuff. No, he was just like, you know, he had everything down and we we got everything that he had. You know, it was right in front of us. this this is the way they've always done it. I get it. But boy, it was it was really nice. But then they got Chromebooks for all the kids too throughout the high school. And it was it was like

I didn't find that there is law with state of Indiana is you either have an agenda or you don't. If you do, you have to provide everything well in advance. like school board does and you don't deviate from agenda at all. So open discussion like we tend to have [laughter] the more you know without the agenda much more I still think more stuff could be provided to us

doesn't mean that's when it's going to come up just at some point it's upon discussion I think they included school board Chromebooks because the whole school have Yeah. So they just said, "Well, let's just just give them for everybody. What's what's seven more?" You know, six more. It's like, you know, act what you can't discuss in close session. What you can't

Yeah. Yeah. But we always had an executive session right before the regular board meeting and it was things that we discussed like personnel or salaries or things like that. But then then the things that we could bring to the board then then we did that. Yeah. Labor negotiations and I think there's something with bids too maybe. Yes. Bids HR personel. [laughter] Those were always interesting. Yeah. It's been interesting because because Illinois is a little different what you can and can do behind closed doors. Yeah. Right. Not just education,

the big the big differences that I have to learn is the differences who handles what what's municipality, what's township, what's county, what's, you know, How then all the taxing bodies break out and where the revenues fall and where they come from who has jurisdiction over certain things. Well, I got in six months before they got rid of Nate Evans. You remember that? The superintendent. I've heard it was before me, but I'd heard it. I thought, what did I get myself into? So that's when you own

I I took Vince Grog wasn't going to run for that seat. So I ran for it because I don't know how the district wasn't Patty's a member an employee of the district. Yeah. Yeah. He was a maintenance administrator or something. He was just one hand off of Yeah. Yeah. They kind of they kind of looked at that a little bit on who who who else could be involved. Yeah. It could have been a long list, but could have been, you know, but then when he when he got the moving van and moved out at night, you know, and and then kind of left the trail, so they they found him, you know. Was driving a bus or something?

Yeah. He was he was, of course, he got his CDLs and everything all through the school and then he was driving some sort of tour bus or something around Indianapolis and they found him and prosecuted. He actually went he had two years two year prison sentence and he served one year. So yeah,

running car dealerships. There's a thing called dealer 20 groups. So 20 dealers, same franchises all across the country. Then you get together like three times a year and we go over our financial statements. We go over practices and we talk about different ideas and stuff like that. We had a meeting coming up in Springs and I was supposed to be the one meeting

and the guy who was supposed we we always had a big social Friday evening and then Saturday we start meetings and one of the guys was supposed to be a major presenter is from the next morning was from Riverside and we're there Friday night and he hasn't shown up yet Call the meeting to order. Lindy, you'll have a roll call. Mayor Crane here. Council member Copenha here. Eastern here. Smith here. Randles here. And attorney Pal here.

Present. Mall four. Are there any additions or corrections to the minutes? Minutes stand approved.

[snorts] Okay, I think you were all sent ordinance 2026-3. uh revised salary ordinance for 2026 um which will take effect March 1. Does anybody have any questions on that? [clears throat] Move to approve. I I have some. Yeah. Paul, um

how does this affect the budget or DLGs? It doesn't affect either one. Okay. They're all uh utilities related, so not no effect at all. Okay. Then I second Brad's motion. Okay. Randy, yes. Brad, yes. Kathy, yes. Chad, yes. Paula, yes. Motion 5 to approve ordinance 2026-3. [clears throat] Casey, I don't have anything. Shannon,

I did make a phone call today. Hopefully our car will be next week. Yay. Yay. That's That's They haven't sent you any pictures or anything. No. Okay. I bet it looks a lot like Seth without stickers. They got those yet. Okay. A little bit. Good. Thank you. That's all you had? That's all I got. Okay. I don't really have anything. Okay. Great. [laughter] Great. Just the Maddox showed up down there today construction.

Okay. should all be under warrant under their warranty for work. Um, and let's see, they got started on they got to get some parts ordered. So, it's not finished yet, but at least they showed up getting it done.

Okay, that's good. We've got a I got an alliance training alliance meeting alliance rural water will be here doing a training session at the fire department for us and all local operators on May 28th I think it is. Got that scheduled. I have the I have the uh quote from Forest Street Roofing Company for the reader in the lab here. Do you just have one copy? Yeah,

okay. Can we make Is everybody okay if we make copies of it and look at it? Oh, there's three. Pass one down. Pass one down there. And Um for the lab re remodeling lab we really need that he's got base cabinet is the the bid's only 10,900 He probably figured wood cabinets and it it needs to be and he's got a laminate countertop which that may be okay but we probably should have polyphenolic or something that is approved for lab use. So, I'm guessing you've probably seen labs at U of I and usually the me the cabinets are metal and something that um so we're going to try to get another bid in some way.

I think it'd be be good or tell Allan and maybe he can he's probably not done that before. Did you show him what he showed me that time in the office in there? Is that what you were looking at? Yes. out of that catalog. He said there's Yeah, this is that's what we need to show him. So, you know, about like what we have now. Yeah. The chemical resistance. Yeah. Chemical resist

phenolic or Yeah. Um that's what really needs to be. It needs to be an industrial grade uh laboratory grade. I mean that's that's not very much money but that includes repainting tearing out all the you know what needs to come out and redoing the ceiling. Yeah. Yeah. Remove the existing. It's a total redo. Yeah. Yeah. So

I just need super maybe we could uh meet with Allen and show him what we've got and and kind of what we need. Um that's what I'm thinking. get the right stuff.

Is there anybody else that can bid [laughter] on it? Because I know that he was scheduled to do the thing for the pool and it never did get built if I'm not mistaken. That's true.

He's kind of picking and choosing what we're doing. I prefer to start looking at a contractor that's going to work with us better, what we need instead of what he wants to do. Um there's one in Danville, uh Brad McDow that u I know I know the guy that works for him lives down on 32. His kids went to school here and he's uh he used to work and do a lot of work with Herman Miller, which is industrial grade furniture uh up by Chicago. He used to put it together and McDall construction. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I I prefer local obviously, but

yeah. Oh, maybe we can still, you know, we we still need to get another get a hold of Allen and get, you know. Yeah. I mean, it's going to be apples and oranges because it's going to be it's going to be more than 10,900. Yeah. But maybe we can talk to Allen and tell him, you know, we need laboratory grade and materials, the cabinets and the countertops especially.

And just for the record, I'm not saying he does bad work because he doesn't he does great work. It's just if he didn't show up to do the cool thing, then gonna make sure that he's gonna do this job. Okay. Going to get another one from somebody else. Yeah. Probably be a good idea to have comparison um with with that kind of equipment. It'll be more money. So I don't have a problem, you know, if as long as we can, you know, Allan can use the right material.

Like I don't know what kind of sink [clears throat] in a lab is pretty critical because it takes a lot of hit from different chemical. Yeah. And what kind do you have now? Is it stainless? Right. No, it's the it's the counter. It's the It's the phenolic and the sink is in one piece, right? No, it's not. The countertop over the top of it. Okay. Okay. Yeah, we check into that and see. It is that black whatever you call it phenolic. It's like stone. Stone. It's chemical re resistant. Same stuff we had in high school.

Yep. Yep. That's it. So, you're saying that Allan can do a a rebid? Yeah. On the different products, have somebody else come in? Yeah. Good. Oh, yeah. Yeah, definitely. [clears throat] Okay, Randy. What's that? You have anything? Oh, no, I don't. Brad, nothing. Kathy, nothing this time. Chad, no Paula. This could be a record. [laughter] I I don't have anything for tonight.

Okay. Um, last week I uh I met with u had a teams meeting, Microsoft Teams meeting over the internet with Aegis and uh Klein Peter Consulting. um regarding the grant, the okra grant and the new water lines. Um so, um it's going to go pretty quick. Um Pine Peter has uh sent income surveys out. So, if anybody asks you if they say they got a green card, fill out the survey and um it is legitimate. Um that that's probably the biggest thing. I've got to get some letters on uh people that had dirty water, something like that. So, that shouldn't be any problem to do.

No. And um so we've got we've got things started anyway. This would be a timeline. It's probably going to take uh up to six six to eight months to know um for them to put the bid together um what it what would happen and how it would go. And then it'll take we would have 18 months after we get the grant to finish the bid. Um but it's probably going to be uh start on Second Street. That's probably the oldest lines where it's the dirtiest creates the most um most problems. North Third Street since South Third South of Pearl has been done. And then Fourth Street north of Jefferson is probably the next area. Would you say Casey that we have problems with pressure problems and and dirt? So,

probably next season. Pardon? Probably next season doing the work. Yeah. Um, so they're getting everything put together and hopefully they'll have something for us in the next month or two. So, we've got got the thing started anyway. So, that's all I have. You did. I forgot. Yeah, Paul. There is a legislative conference um on February 18th. Thank you. You're welcome.

If um anybody wants to go, it is on a Wednesday. It is a um an a legislative dinner at 6:30 at the Weston in Indie. And so I plan to attend if anybody wants to join me. Let it go with somebody other than myself. [laughter]

And if you plan to go, you should have gotten an email RSVP. I'm going because with I'll be with Matt Commons that night, um our legislature, our our representative because um I've met with him and uh we're trying to get some answers on the SEA1 bill, how it's going to affect our budget for next year and the next four years. Um so he had asked me if I was going to be there and would set with him. So, I will be there at the dinner. I was there last year. And [clears throat and cough] so,

and if anybody has any concerns that you want relayed to our legislators, let us know while we're in attendance because we will have those meetings. Okay. Tomorrow. Okay. Anybody have anything, girls? Carol Candy sir, thanks for coming. Seth, do you have anything? Meetings journ. [snorts] Subway