City Council - Regular Meeting

Okay. Meeting come to order. Please stand for the pledgece to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Okay, next roll call. Mayor Lindell, I'm here. Councilman Morford, here. Council person Sasha, here. Council person Caber, here. Council person Garcia, here. Council person Voyette, here. Council person Parks

here. All right. Next on the agenda is public comment or audience participation for items that are not on the agenda. Public comments are limited to three minutes per speaker. Does anybody wish to address council? All right. My name is Joel Sismowski. I know most of you. So, um I'm just here tonight. Is this on?

Okay. Sir,

I'm just here tonight to uh bring to attention to the council uh a situation that I've become aware of over there on the 12more trails, especially on the 12more trail. Uh there's been somebody over there and I haven't come across them uh you know doing their deed, but they're over there riding something that they shouldn't be riding. Whether it be a motorcycle, I don't think it is. It's probably an electric ebike, you know. Um, it's got a throttle definitely. I have pictures that I can share with some of you. I've shared with a couple of you guys. Anyway, the u the thing that you guys may not realize that there are different classes of ebikes. All right, there there are class one, two, and three. And then beyond that, there are other ones that are actually a motorcycle. You know, if they don't have pedals and it and it goes, it's a motorcycle, but it's a e motorcycle and they can do a lot of damage to your trails. The trails are getting torn up pretty bad in some some of the spots. Anyway, a class one and two ebike or e- mountain bike, whatever you want to call it, is a it's a pedal assist bike. Class one is pedal assist only. Class two is a pedal assist with a throttle. Now, a couple years ago, I think you the city gave out some ebikes to some of the citizens. I believe that those were class two. Okay. I think they had throttles. That's fine. CPW, Parks and Wildlife, they only allow one and two, class one

and two bikes on their trail systems. So, I'm I'm proposing that maybe the city adopt an ordinance that limits, you know, the ebikes that are used on these trails, both Riverside and Twour to class one and two. All right, any questions? Because I can give you a lot of answers. How fast does a class three can a class

class one and two they have a maximum speed of assist of 20 miles hour. All right. Class three it can be up to 28 miles per hour. The problem is is I know this is done. People de-tune or tune these things and then they end up going they'll go 50 miles hour. So somebody's over there on a on a bicycle. It may be a pedal bike, but they're causing a lot of damage. It looks like a motocross track. It's So what what damage are you? What can you give us an example? trails,

tearing up the trails. Uh, you know, the trails are

I I've ridden and and this is it's not a lie. I've logged well over 10,000 miles on those two trails in my cycling time. And I know them by the, you know, like the back of my hand. There are there's somebody over there cutting the trails drastically just just going having a ball. You know, they're having a great time, but it's going to end up ultimately I'm more than the trail damage. I'm concerned for people walking the trails. I you know, you can I don't want to take too much time, but you can uh I've ridden over there and never Never do I disrespect the people that are pedestrians. I always give them warning that I'm coming up behind them, which side I'm going to go on, depending on where they are on the trail. I have also experienced people on these ebikes. The I ride a e- mountain bike, which is weighs 46 pounds. It's a true mountain bike. These guys are riding. I've seen them. The big ones with a fat tires that that uh you know they I know they're going 28 miles per hour and sometimes they're kids under 16 which that's prohibited by the by state law.

All right. Well, thanks for bringing it to our attention. Thanks Joel. Okay. Next is presentation possible action on appointed members to the library board. Councilman Parks. All right. In your packet, you have three applications and we need all three appointed um to the members of the library board. First one is Abigail Patterson. Second one is going to be

Karen Sheldon. And the last one is going to be Sally Gaines. All three need to be are ask someone on council to make a motion to approve all three applications. I have a second, your honor. I'll did you make it that a motion or you said you wanted somebody to? I need to. Okay. I'll make a motion to approve all three applicants as presented by council member Parks. Second. All right. So, I have a motion by John Caper, a second by Jeff Morford. All those in favor say I.

I. Oppose. Same sign. All right. They all are appointed. Next is a presentation possible action on a resolution approving the amended development agreement extension for Fort Morgan property. Mr. ation.

Okay. Get my microphone turned on here. Um yes, what you have in front of you tonight is um an extension we've been going through. We've had several of our development agreements that had expiration dates of the December 31st of this year. And so this was another one that we wanted to bring to you. Um I did ask the um developer and owner of this project, this is the Ford dealership, uh to be here tonight. And so, um, I'll just go through what we were, um, talking about in the way of the extension, then I'll let Jordan come up and he can, um, answer any questions and give us an update of where they are on their project. But, uh, we did feel that they were still moving forward with this project and we wanted them to be in compliance with the, you know, the an agreement with the city. So, uh, what you have in front of you tonight is a resolution that would extend the, um, completion date of the Ford part of the project by 2 years. So, the end of, um, 2027 and then the delivery of the second car dealership that was spelled out in the original agreement, they would have then until the end of 29 to get that one completed. And so, um, brief, um, resolution because that's all we're asking for is the extension of those two dates that was in the original agreement. So, at this point, I'll have Jordan come up and, um, he can let you know where they stand on the project. And I see there was new sign put up on the corner today. So, um, always good stuff. So,

yeah. Yeah. Do you guys want me to give you a little bit of a just kind of overview of it or is that maybe I think just kind of give us, you know, highlights of where you're at with your timeline and everything. I've had I've had discussions with your architect and everything, but I think council would just like to hear where you're kind of at and what your plan is.

Yeah. So, just a little background, when we started this project, we hired two architects who have done other Ford stores in the country. And we knew these, we didn't personally know the architects, but we knew the Ford dealer who had used them. He was out of Nebraska. So they did the design for us. Um it all seemed to be going pretty well. Well, about the time they completed, Ford came out with a new um so like every 20 years or so on average, manufacturers come out with a whole new design of how they want uh the store to look. So you can't like if you want to be in compliance with a manufacturer, you can't just go build any kind of building you want. Like it's heavily scrutinized by the manufacturer. uh everything from the size to the material all has to be signed off by you, you know, in this case by Ford. So for us um it was kind of really good and really bad. So the bad part was we just spent all this money to do this design for this new Ford store and then by the time we finished it, we found out um this no longer was applicable because Ford was coming out with a brand new uh design. So we spent all that money for essentially absolutely nothing. The positive side is I I would have been frustrated if they would have let us go forward. I think I still would have been frustrated because we would have completed a new a new Ford store that would essentially be the newest outdated Ford store in America, right? So, it was it was kind of this like blessing and a curse in a way. Um the positive side is the new design, although it's going to cost more, it it looks awesome. Like it is a very good-looking design. So essentially, we kind of had to start back from step one. Those two architects retired. That was the last project they ever did. They retired. We have a new architect. He's done work for us. Um we own a Hyundai store in Loveland and a Mazda store in Loveland as well. He uh did the the design for our Mazda store that we built in Loveland. And to my knowledge, he's been contacting Brent at least from time to time. So

correct.

I I'm not um like a developer in the sense of like I know I'm being listed as the developer of this land. that's not my profession. Although based upon the pricing I'm seeing, I'm starting to wonder if I should be a developer instead of a car dealer. But um from what I can see, this architect and the experience we've had with him, he seems to be really on top of it. And so I've been happy at least with the direction it's going now. So, even though it's taken way longer than we anticipated to get here and spent more money than we would have wanted to to essentially have to start over, I think long-term long-term, this was a better avenue in the sense that we're going to have the newest Ford store, you know, in America. We'll be one of the first ones done and it'll last for a long time versus had we completed the old one, it would have been that question of like, oh man, we we just did a new one, but it's old. like how long should we keep this before we update it to what Ford wants you to do. So hopefully that gives you a little bit uh background on where we're at. We're pushing them as fast as we possibly can. I know um Brent, I don't know if you've heard anything uh besides this, but the last I heard from the architect, they thought they were a few months out before being able to break ground. I don't know if you've heard anything more.

Yeah, the the conversation I had, what was it last week with them? They were hoping that they would have everything through us and approved and then be able to break ground the 1st of April was the what they were shooting for. So, and we're just telling them go as fast as you possibly can. So, that that's kind of where it's at. But happy to answer any questions anyone might have. Being a uh new model, is it going to come out with black blankets over it so we can't see it like they do when we see new models on the road? Oh, the building. No, I have I could I could actually send I don't think I've sent it to Have I sent it to you? No, you haven't yet. The architect asked if I'd seen it yet and I said I hadn't. So,

yeah, I'll send it to him and he can share with you guys. It's really cool. It has a little bit more glass than like uh a current for I think it looks awesome personally. So, yeah, happy to share it. Staff is in support of this. It's something, you know, I think we still want on that corner and so we're willing to work with Jordan and get this right, get him inance. Anybody else have any extra questions? Thank you for coming in. Yeah, thank you. I appreciate it. All right. In that case, I'd entertain a resolution. Your honor, I'd offer offer a resolution approving the amended development agreement extension for um do I have to specifically name the property

just with um Fort Property. Yeah, for Morgan property and um the Ford dealership. Second. All right. So I have a resolution by Lauren Boyette, a second by Doug Sasha. Vote by call. That resolution passes unanimously. Good to go. Thanks, Jordan. Thank you. All right. Next is uh presentation possible action on bids for Fort Morgan Municipal Airport Apron expansion project. Mr. Baker.

Good evening, Mayor and Council. I'm here to present um on the airport expansion project, apron expansion project. As you're aware, that has been a project we've been in design this year. The design is complete and we've been working with uh C DOT and the FAA on making sure this is in our CIP project and on their radar for 2026. We had a total of two six biders on this project. Um it ranged from 1.34 million to um $2.1 million. Uh the contractor with the lowest bid um is someone that uh RS and H has worked with before. They just recently completed a apron airport project in Colorado Springs. Um it they are um concrete concepts. They're doing business as pyramid construction. They're out of Colorado Springs. We feel like they'll do a good job. Um R SNH, our engineering consultant, looked through all the bids and it was very complete and had everything covered. This project, if you'll recall, um I think it's been discussed pre privacy. We're adding about a 7700 square yard apron to the east and south of the existing apron. So, it will be as you're coming in the airport from the highway. That will allow us to have a hangers at that uh south end of the airport on the east side. And we've got interest in that currently as well once the apron is expanded. We'll also expand um a small section of the existing a apron to make

it more conducive to parking larger aircrafts. Both projects will allow us to have better circulation and additional tie downs for visiting aircraft. This project is um covered partially by uh FAA federal funding and state funding. It's a 95% uh federal funding, 5% city funding, and 5% um state funding. Um we've got the uh budget in the capital improvement project plan, and we feel like we uh can fully fund it and it's makes sense to do both projects at the same time. And with that, staff is recommending approval of this bid.

All right. Is there any questions for Tom? In that case, I'd entertain a resolution. Your honor, I'd like to make a resolution to approve the contract with Concrete Concepts DBA pyramid construction for the Fort Morgan Aircraft Parking Apron expansion project in the bid amount of 1 million1,344,421. Second. Okay. So, have a resolution by Jim Parks, second by Jeff Morford. Vote by roll call. That resolution passes unanimously.

Mr. Nation, can we get a picture of that design? I mean, you got to have something already laid out. Could you send something out to us so we kind of have an idea? Yeah, we can we can clip the the I'd like to see what the growth is going to look like. The project area. Um, yeah, that's in the the the documents that we bid out. So I can I can get that one page for you and send it to you. That's all I'd want to see. Just get an idea what you're going to do. Yep. Thank you. All right. Since you're up there, uh, next presentation, possible action on an RFP for a fixedbased operator.

Okay. Thank you. Um, this year was the last year of the contract for the fixedbased operator at the airport. uh with Kyle Scott's untimely death last year, the uh group that purchased his business took the uh assume the airport FBO for one year and with the knowledge that we would be putting it out to bid at the end of this year for the uh ensuing years. Uh we had uh two bids. Do people respond to the proposal? Uh the current FBO decided not to respond to the proposal. It's not part of their business plan. So they opted to not bid. Um we the two bids were from uh Chris Doyle who operates Kofire and um Gold Arrow out of the out of the airport and the other bid was from Michael Bond who operates Orange Skydiving at the airport. Um, we uh evaluated their proposals and also interviewed both Mike and Chris, uh, Brent and I and uh, Kelly uh, Chenade Doyle and I all interviewed them and we felt like between the uh, proposals they presented and the interviews that Mike Bond would be the best person to take on the FBO for the ensuing year. We're opting for a one-year renewable contract because it's a a new person taking on a new endeavor and also with the uh cost of the project with uh the new FBO, we also wanted to make sure we're doing the right things. Uh Chris's uh bid was for $176,400

for the first year cost and Michael Bond uh bid $159874 for the first year and they each had an increasing uh percentage in subsequent years. Uh we know it's a little bit more expensive, but we think we'll withh Mike has planned for marketing and more revenue generation at the airport, we think we can uh make the airport go to the next level. Uh with that, staff would uh recommend approval of this contract. And Brent may have something to add.

Yeah, I'll weigh in a little bit on the financial side of this. Um so this is significantly greater than um what the last contract was about five times what the last contract was. Um so what we put in the 2026 budget was what we had been anticipating. Um I've been asked by a council member before the meeting started, you know, why do I think this is the case? Uh Kyle just had a very unique business plan up there when he because he was running multiple businesses and he was renting out hanger space and he just had so many different things going that him being able to keep control and run the airport and everything. It was worth less money to him from the city to be the FBO to sure that he was the one that was was in charge up there. Plain and simple, I think. And so now we've got two businesses that are still up there that have looked at it and from a pure economics of it, they've determined that it's going to take a whole lot more money for them to be the FBO. The question that we weighed internally is, you know, what do we do? Can we should we go with the contract or do we want to hire somebody? the the expectations of the FBO and the hours that are required to have somebody up there all the time, we would be looking at multiple employees. And so, um, for right now, just because of the importance of this and and the other question that I got ahead of the meeting was, you know, well, do we need an FBO? Well, if we want to continue to be a sanctioned FAA airport and receive the federal money like we're receiving on the previous bid, um yes, we need to have somebody that's in charge of the airport that's taking care of things up there. So, um so financially, we will put this into the next budget adjud adjustment that we do for 2026 and just get it taken care of and then we will reexamine this and

make sure that this is the right decision. I think right now just with our discussions, this is I think this is one of those things that is best to contract out. You need somebody that's up there running a business all the time and in that world to make sure things are being handled properly. Where if we tried to go out and hire somebody off the street and told them that you need to become an expert in, you know, how to handle aviation fuels and, you know, how to properly help somebody taxi their plane over in and fill it up and not break a multi-million dollar aircraft because they grabbed it in the wrong place or pushed on it in the wrong place. Yeah. I think I want somebody that's familiar with an airplane and knows, you know, those type of things or has staff that's very familiar with an airplane. So, um, it's just, yeah, it's a little bit of a, you know, shock on the price tag, but I think it's something that we need to pay and and and figure that out going into the future. So, but yeah, it has my full support to go forward. And I've gotten to know Mike. Um, you know, Mike's ran his skydiving business up there for years now. and um he's got a great um rapport with all the other users of the airport. And I'll be honest, he has a great rapport with our neighbors up there. And we've had issues with our neighbors in the past. And and Mike was a lot like Kyle where he understood that was a relationship he needed to have just as an airport user. And he has that relationship. So, it's another thing that I put into the deck of good reason to have somebody like him in charge up there.

Right. Anybody else have any other questions or comments? I did. I did. So is is does this cover his insurance just for for him or do does the city carry some other liability? So we we carry insurance for having the airport in general? That's what we've had this conversation. The big thing that we're looking at is the environmental insurancees associated with the fueling system up there and things like that. And so that's all spelled out in his proposal and everything. But we as the city, CERSA knows we have an airport and so we cover general aviation insurance for the airport and so yeah, that's something that we already have and they cover the two buildings the city technically owns up there.

Okay. I didn't I didn't know if that was covered under some of this that No, that's under our insurance line item that you see operations, right? Yeah. Okay. Thank you. And I guess one question for me, any staff that he needs or any help that's on him? That's all on him. And we had that discussion dinners during his interview about who he thought he might need to bring on or who he already has on his staff that would be qualified to help run that. So, yep.

All right. Anything else? That case, I'd entertain a resolution. Your honor, I make the resolution accepting contract approval with Michael Bone Fort Morgan Aviation Services LLC as the FBO for the Fort Morgan Airport for 2026 with the option to renew yearly. Second. All right. So, I have a resolution by Doug Sasha, second by Jim Parks. We'll play by roll call. That resolution carries unanimously. All right. Next is presentation possible action on bids for 2025 Enson Street storm sewer improvements. Mr. Acre,

thank you again. Uh this project is for the storm sewer replacement project from uh 8th Avenue down Enzyme Avenue down to Riverview and then down Main Street to the uh interstate uh exchanges. this project uh I think the city's been working on for several years and because it includes both city right away and COT rightway. Uh recently this year we've uh got all the permits and all the changes done for what C dot wanted to see for the project and we're uh about to get that permit once we've got the schedule for the project. Uh this project went out to bid in uh on October 8th. We had a pre-bid meeting mandatory on October 29th. We had several contractors attend that meeting and as a result of that meeting, the city decided we would be the entity purchasing the pipe uh for the contractors. Um when we opened the bid we had um four bid uh responses u all from firms that are capable of doing the project. Uh Western States Reclamation was a high bid at 2.1 and then we had a low bid of 1.963 from Colorado Infrastructure. However, with staff's review of the proposals and interviews and questions from uh the respondents, staff is actually recommending to go with the next lowest bidder, which is SMH West LLC. They're part of a large firm out of Minnesota that has done large projects

with uh pipe of this size and and these depths. So we felt they were the best uh fit for this project given it's also not only in city rightway but in C dot right away. Uh they had uh the bid forms also had an option of do looking at the cost for uh reinforced concrete pipe as well as uh HDP poly pipe. uh because the contractors were initially taking some concern with the uh depth and using the poly pipe. However, the bids came in where some of them were lower with the poly pipe being instead installed. Some of them wanted the reinforced concrete pipe. Both pipes are good for this type of purpose. Um also the poly pipe was a little bit less expensive than the uh reinforced concrete. Um, SMH West has had experience in putting both types of pipe in, but again, we felt like they would be the best for this project. And with that, uh, city staff recommends approval of this bid.

All right. Is there any questions or comments? I have one. How long is it going to take, Tom? We anticipate if everything goes well, um, probably about 60 days.

It's pretty quick project. Yeah, it's when you look at the total distance, it isn't a lot of pipe. It's fairly short. The problem is that it's in sections. We're going to be 20 ft in the ground. Um we're going to start a pretty vigorous um social media campaign on this because it's it's going to make a mess of traffic down there by all our fast food establishments. Um but it's something we just got to get done. So yeah, so we we impressed upon them that we wanted this done as quickly as we can. And I think that was part of the reason we didn't get any local biders on this. Um the time, you know, the time crunch and the depth and all that stuff. This we really and so this company that Tom is recommending is somebody that's done projects of this scope. And so we feel comfortable with it and we'll just see once we get the road opened up what they can do. Is this uh before wet season?

Well, the the big thing with scheduling. We we didn't want there to be conflicts with Western Sugar because late in the season, Western Sugar is hauling a lot of byproduct out of their facility to the north side of the interstate and they just are constantly driving through there. And so we told the contractor that they can begin on Enzyme Street earlier than the end of campaign, but then they really need to wait for the end of campaign and the end of Western Sugar's work, which will put them in possibly into the rainy time of the season. It'll be something that they'll have to be very aware of and how they do it will be subject to that. But the system that dumps into this still overflows into the main street system already. And so until they physically do that last tie-in piece, this it's just a matter of them making sure their trenches are safe while they're working during the rain.

Okay. So does this mean that Oh, go ahead. No. Okay. Does this mean C do DOT is actually going to start and do the project at exit 80 then? Yeah. No. Okay. It's just I mean that's wishful thinking but because I knew that we were you know trying to coordinate

originally we were going to wait for them to do that exit 80 project so we could just pay for the pipe and let their contractor do it. And when we finally had a sit down meeting with Luke Keen and his group and everything he's all like yeah that's been shelved and well we might get to it in the next 20 years is what I was told. And I was just all like, "Yeah, our citizens that are suffering from localized flooding aren't going to give us 20 years to get this done." So I said, "So we had to run it through their approval process, not just for the permitting, but for the hydraulics to make sure what we're putting in the ground meets what C do DOT's going to need to see in that intersection when they finally do redo the intersection." So,

and just to clarify, I guess for my mind, when we come to repair the street after all this is done, that's not coming out of strictly for streets or anything, is it? Yeah, we split that out in the budget. And so, the the infrastructure and everything underground is going to come out of the sewer budget because that's where our storm sewer comes out of. And then the repairs that are done to the streets, including the seed dot rightways, will come out of the strictly for streets portion of the capital budget. We we brought that in as an amendment at the end of the budget process and that was how we explained it in October. How much out of the strict streets?

So it's a half a million and so but what we did was we didn't take anything away from the strictly for streets budget. We just added the half a million out of what is the reserve basically in the strictly still have a million to do strictly for streets. Yeah. We'll still have the $3 million that goes Yes. And then there will be there's an additional half a million that's been added on that to do these street improvements. Okay. Yeah.

All right. Anything else in case I'd entertain a resolution? Your honor, I'd offer offer a resolution um to approve the contract with SMH West LLC for the NSING and Main Street storm sewer replacement project in the amount not to exceed 2,250,000 to include contingencies. Second. All right. So, I have a resolution by Lauren Boyette, second by Doug Sasha. Vote by roll call. That resolution passes unanimously. Thank you. And since you're still here, let's go ahead and talk about bids for the sewer pipe to go with that.

Okay, great. Thank you. As I mentioned earlier, we um put out the bid for pipe. We were going to purchase it and provide it for the contractor. And we actually we had bids from both companies that would do poly pipe and re uh reinforced concrete pipe. Staff has decided with the contractor we have selected the poly pipe is the best way to go. We had uh four biders. Um it range from uh they're all right around $460 odd some thousand per uh for the pipe that we're wanting to replace. The high bid was uh Denver Windwater Company at $46637. The low bid was uh Fort Line Waterworks at 460405 and 20. uh each company is supplying the same type of pipe. It's ads pipe that uh works with this type of pipe. I talked with uh a supplier rep and he didn't have a problem with any one of these uh suppliers providing us the pipe. So with that, staff is recommending that we purchase the ADA ads poly pipe from Fort Line Waterworks uh in the amount of 460 40520.

Right. Any questions or comments? So why go ahead is the pipe coming out of the strictly for streets? He just put that in the memo. The pipe will come out of the storm budget. Okay. Yeah. So sorry. Yeah, I just I saw that when I read the memo, too. It's just that was from the bid itself, but yeah, that won't come out strictly for Y. Sorry. Are we have any issues with supply? When we had problems getting pipe before we have before, but this one they said that they could have us pipe in how many days? 10 to 14 days when we got to store it. We we will put it over most likely at the Burlington facility. Okay.

Yep. We'll we'll keep it stored over there and then move it out of there when they need it. And we'll meet with the SMH West and coordinate when they're going to start and when we need to get the pipe here. Okay. Yeah. Some things have actually sped up back to normal when you order it. Not everything, but some things. All right. Make and entertain a resolution. We want to make a resolution to approve purchase from ADS Poly Pipe from Fort Line Waterworks for the Enzyme Main Street Sewer Replacement Project in the amount of $460,45.

Second. We did that. Okay. So, uh res resolution by John Caper, second by Doug Sasha. Vote for roll call. That resolution passes unanimously. Thank you. Have a seat. And you don't have to hear me again this year. All right. Next on the agenda is presentation possible action on bids for 664 nish colum columbarium units. Mr. Zinc.

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mayor. Uh I am here before you tonight to request approval for purchasing six 64 niche columbombarium units. Uh this is something that we have been working on since 2019 with the expansion of our colarium. Uh we posted this the beginning of November and it closed last week. We received three bids ranging in prices from Cold Spring for $165,624 to Monument Warehouse LLC for $190,800. Uh with this expansion and or with this purchase, this would also close out the expansion project that was proposed in 2019. We have also had an additional purchase of units back in 2023. Sorry, I hit a a brick wall there. Uh, is there any questions? I probably left a little on the table there.

Are these are these uh units identical to the ones you have or they are correct. So, in the bid it was it was stressed that no matter who got this uh proposal was that they had to match the existing idea. We didn't want to take something and change the direction that it started back in 97 when Larry Carr was running the cemetery. Uh the idea was continuity continuity and uniformity. We weren't just trying to go and say here's Tyler's idea of what it should be, but just what this was intended for all along. Oh, there's a continuation and and they're identical or correct. Yep. Thank you.

Even down to the the color of the granite as well. It had to match in every way, not only just size and shape, but the overall aesthetic and visual look. Great. Thank you. Okay. Any other questions? Okay, I'd entertain a resolution.

Your honor, I'll have a resolution accepting the bid from Colt Springs um in the amount of 165,000 for the purchase of six 64 ninch colarium units with also the approval of the additional cost crane service. Correct. Crane service, foundation, uh, and then, uh, any of the miscellaneous setup costs, potential extra parts for the little rosettes and the bolts that come with it. Since this is our last purchase on this colar, we don't want to come back and have to buy something down the road for what could last anywhere between 20 to 30 years from now.

Awesome. And these costs would not exceed the original budget of $250,000. Second. All right. So, I have a resolution by Doug Sasha, second by John Caper. Vote by roll call. That resolution passes unanimously. All right. Thank you very much. Next on the agenda is presentation, possible action to purchase upfit police vehicles. Chief Sharp.

Thank you, your honor. Um, to give you some historical background here, we used to buy vehicles. We'd wait till the budget came out, go out to RFP in January. We'd order the vehicle and they would never come until about August, September. We'd take them to the upfitter about two months later we'd have them October, November, and we'd have our new vehicle on the road. Um, over the years, the upfitters got busier and busier and we started pushing it off to the following year to get them upfit and they would tell us, "Well, it's because you're getting all all the vehicles throughout the state come in at the same time because they're all built at the manufacturer at the same time." So, if you remember the last few years, we'd come to you in November as soon as the budget was approved, ask to buy those vehicles, then we would purchase the vehicles right away, get them in April, and send them to the upfitter. Well, last year, we were still having them returned way late. Last year, we even started in January. We found two vehicles that were or three vehicles, we bought three that were already built, already ready to go. We bought them out of these other places, brought them in. So, they're already ready to go in January. Two of them are still sitting on our lot waiting for an upfitter. The other one was taken to the upfitter about a month ago and is in the queue. They haven't even started on it. So, we're still a year out from getting a vehicle done. So, we found another another opportunity to try something different this year. Um, and if in your packet there is something there's two two companies that we know of that do this and they essentially take the vehicle like we bought last year that they order them, they bring them in. So, they're already sitting on their lot. We peacemail the equipment that we want in it. We pay them, they'll upfit it, they'll mark it, they'll do everything and get it shipped here. Cost us about $2,000 extra. Saves us about 10 to 12 months of time in doing this. So, we're we have to by policy we'd have to go out the RFP. Neither company is interested in doing an RFP because they just have their price sheet and here it is. You can build it or not. Um they're not sole source because there are two companies. So, we did price those through the

companies and we were recommending that um we would use utility to purchase two of them. Um because it's not RFP and it's not soul sourced, the council would have to make that approval. I will also say the cost we expect to be $121,568. The reason it says 1555 is because that was what was actually in the budget. And to give you some background on that, we originally were going to replace three vehicles. And then, if you remember from our budget discussions, we had taser issues. All tasers are no longer going to be serviced. So, we're going to a new taser program, which is about $30,000 out of our capital budget. So, in talking with Brent, we removed one of those vehicles from that. We were going to pay about $62,000 or 62,000 per vehicle. Um, and now we're at about 64,000 for these. But we're not actually going to spend. We're not buying three. We're buying two. Does that make sense?

All right. Any questions, comments? Where is this company at? Um, it's in Ohio. I believe the one we're going to do is in Ohio. And they charge $3,300. We're not asking for that. We believe we will fly out there and bring them back for much cheaper than than that.

Any other questions? And in that case, I'd entertain a resolution. Your honor, I'd like to make a resolution for approval to accept a quote for two 2025 Dodge Durango from Utilit Equipment and Uplifting for the amount of $64,846 minus the delivery fee of $3,300 for the cost of $60,7849. 9 cents per vehicle. The total cost of the ve two vehicles will be 121568 and 98 cents but not to exceed 155.

Second. All right. So I have a resolution by Jim Park, second by Jeff Morford by roll call. That resolution passes unanimously.

All righty. Next on the agenda is public hearing on ordinance number 1326 amending portions of the Fort Morgan Municipal Code concerning a 1% sales tax and use tax rate increase approved by city voters at the November 25 election. This is a public hearing. Please keep public comments to the issues before city council. Each speaker is asked to limit comment time to three minutes unless the speaker represents a group of citizens in which event additional time may be allocated. Please respect these limitations. I reserve the right to limit public comment that's inappropriate under these guidelines or otherwise improper. I also reserve the right to limit testimony or questioning that is repetitive, cumulative, argumentative, or not pertinent to the issues and to set a limit on the duration of the testimony if I determine it to be necessary in light of the number of persons who've signed up to testify. First is the issue of legal notice. Miss Laureni, has this hearing been properly noticed? Yes, it was published December 3rd.

All right. Next is a presentation ordinance by my no Casey Edson.

Good evening, mayor and councel. Um, this is as a result of the voters voting yes for penny for a pool. Um, this ordinance is to increase the sales and use tax by 1% up to five. The new sales tax will be 5%. The 1% increase will be used for designing, acquiring, constructing, improving, and equipping an an aquatics facility. The sales tax will be in effect until um December 31st, 2046. And as of that date, it will be reduced by 0.25%. Unless council deems that it can be decreased prior to that, then we can do an ordinance prior to decrease the sales tax as well. All right. Next, we'll hear public comments. Anyone here who wishes to speak on the issue. If there's no one who wishes to speak on the issue, I'll ask the city clerk if any oral or written comments were submitted to the clerk's office prior to this hearing.

There were no comments received. Now, council discussion. Anybody want to discuss this? Okay. Since there's no discussion, I'll entertain a motion to close. Motion to close. Second. All right. So, I have a motion by Jim Park, second by Jeff Morford. All those in favor say I. Oppose. Same sign. All right. So, now we're closed. Next is council action. Mr. Wilson. Mayor and council. Good evening. You've heard presentation of this ordinance. Proper action is by a motion on ordinance 1326. All right. I'd entertain a resolution.

Your honor, I'd like to make a resolution on ordinance 1326 amending portions of the municipal code concerning the collection of taxes and authorization but to publish by title only. Okay. I got a resolution by Jim Park, second by John Caper. Vote by roll call. Thanks, Casey. Thank you. This resolution passes unanimously.

Next on the agenda is public hearing on ordinance number 1327 prohibiting the use of gray water and the installation of graywater treatment works. It's a public hearing and everything else I said still applies. First is the issue of legal notice. Miss Laureni, has this hearing been properly noticed? Yes, your honor, on December 3rd. All right. Next is presentation of the ordinance by Mr. ation.

Uh, this is the gray water ordinance that we talked about in first reading and nothing has changed since first reading. And is there anybody here that wishes to speak on the issue publicly uh privately? Okay. Uh, next I'll ask if uh the clerk if any oral or written comments were submitted to the clerk's office prior to this hearing. There were no comments received. Okay. We'll now proceed to council discussion. Anybody have any discussion? All right, there's no further discussion. I'll entertain a motion to close. Motion to close. Second.

Okay. So, I have a motion by Jeff Morford, second by Jim Parks. All those in favor say I. Oppose. Same sign. All right. Next. Council action. Mr. Wilson. Council, you've heard presentation of this issue. Proper action is by resolution on ordinance number 1327. And I would entertain a resolution ground off a resolution prohibiting on number 1327 prohibiting the use of gray water and the installation of gray water treatment works and authorized by publish by title only. Second. Okay. So I got a resolution by Dr. Sasha, second by Jeff Morford by roll call.

That resolution passes unanimously. Cool. Okay. Next is consent agenda. Miss Morenzi, all matters listed under item 14, consent agenda, are considered routine business by the council and will be enacted with a single motion and a single vote by roll call. There will be no separate discussion of these items. If discussion is deemed necessary, that item should be removed from the consent agenda and considered separately. All right. So, any discussion? All right. I'd entertain a resolution.

Your honor, I'd like to make a resolution to consent uh to approve the consent agenda A and B. Second. All right. So, I have a resolution by Jim Park, second by Doug Sasha. I'll vote by roll call. That passes unan unanimously. All right. Next is reports by officials and staff. Mr. Nation,

um yeah, just I don't have a lot for you tonight. I just want to wish everybody a merry Christmas. Um as I indicated in my report, I will be um out of town all next week. Um so I will um leave all my city manager duties to Matt um while I'm gone. So if anything comes up and it's an emergency, get hold of Matt, please. Um, and other than that, I was just going to point out, I'll let the chief chime in, too. U, we were made aware of the issues with the trails. One of our city staff people, um, ran into the individual that was down there tearing up our trails. Um, so enforcement is his side of the world, so I will let him um, speak to that. But yes, we're now fully aware of what's going on with the trails down there. So, that's all I got.

And I was not aware of that till this evening. So, it was not brought to my attention. So, all right. Too sharp.

Um, the only thing I want to say, you know, about the last month we've been working on uh blue Santa. Today, we finished that up. This year we had 110 boxes. So, the most successful program we've had. Uh, Saturday we delivered mostly to Fort Morgan, couple in the county. Today we did 21 in brush. So, we've expanded and we also had um poinsettas that we we took to all of the the retirement homes around town. So, um, very successful year and we've been pushed today. We we were asked to maybe try to do it several times a year. So, I'm not committing to doing that, but um, it definitely is wellreceived. So, I I want to thank the community for all the support again on that this year.

All right. Anything from anybody in the back? Okay. Ser. All right. Next, bids, meetings, and announcements. There are currently no bids on the calendar. The all city offices will be closed Christmas Eve, December 24th, and Christmas Day, December 25th. All city offices will also be closed um New Year's Day, January 1st, and the next city council regular meeting will be January 6th.

All righty. Uh, next is we'll go into executive session. Can I have a motion to go into executive session? I'll offer a motion to go into executive session. And you need to read it like for discussion of personnel.

All right. I'll offer a motion to go into executive session for discussion of personal matters under CRS section 246-424F and not involving any specific employees who've requested discussion of the matter in open session any member of this body or of this body of any elected official the appointment of any person to fill an office of this body or an elected official or personal policies that do not require the discussion of matters person personal to particular employees. case for the purpose of evaluation of police chief. Second.

You think? All right. All right. So, I have a motion by Lauren Boyette, second by John Caper. All those in favor say I. I. Oppose. Same sign. Meetings adjourned. See you learn. Bye-bye.