City Council - Regular Meeting

Heat. Heat. N. Good Good evening and welcome to tonight's council meeting. Roll call please.

Rooster here. Walters here. Rodney here. Here here the invocation tonight will be given by David Beth Baptist Church.

Let's pray. Father God, we we know that this is the month when we think about love and certainly there is no greater love for us to think about than your love. Thank you for loving us with a everlasting love that never comes to an end. And Father, we thank you that every day you show us new evidences of your love for us if we have the eyes to see them. Father God, we pray that you will teach us how to love you and other people the way you want us to. You've told us to love you with all our heart, soul, and mind, and our neighbors as ourselves. We confess that we don't always do that very well. And so, we ask you to change us so that we can become more of the people you want us to be. Father God, tonight we pray especially for our mayor and the members of this city council. We thank you for all that they do to help make our community a better place in which to live. Father God, tonight we especially pray that you will fill their hearts with your love so they will be able to serve our community in the way that you want them to. We pray that you will fill their minds with your wisdom so the decisions that they make will be the decisions that you want them to make. We pray this in Jesus name. Amen.

Amen. Amen. Please join me in the pledge of 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.

All right. Next, we have the presentation and approval of minutes. A minutes of January 12th, 2026. Council first pardon. I make a motion we approve the minutes of January 12th, 2026 as presented. Second. We have a motion and a second to approve the minutes of January 12th, 2026 as presented. Any discussion? Question, please. Brewster, yes. Walters, yes. Yes. Yes. Harton. Yes. Myers, yes. Thompson, yes. Next item one, public comment. Is there any member of the public would like to speak today?

All right. Seeing none, we will move on to item two, approval of licenses and bonds. We have none. Item three, introduction of ordinances and resolutions. A, an ordinance amending chapter 17, sections 390 and 386 regarding sewer and water fees. So this is what was approved last month. So uh this is the ordinance coming back uh before you counc make a motion we approve the ordinance amending chapter 17 sections 390 and 386 regarding sewer and water fees. Second.

We have a motion a second to approve the ordinance as presented. Any discussion? Question, please. Brewster, yes. Walters, yes. Yes. Huert. Yes. Cloer. Yes. Partner, yes. Myers, yes. Thompson, yes. Next, we have item B, resolution approving the transfer of certain real estate to the land bank. There's a memo in your packet.

Council Mars. I make a motion to approve the resolution the transfer of the real estate to the land bank as proposed. Second. We have a motion and second to approve the transfer of certain real estate to the land bank as presented. Any discussion? Question, please. Rooster, yes. Walters, yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Partner, yes. Myers, yes. Thompson, yes. All right. Next item for notices and communications. Hey, governing body announcements. Announcements. Councilman Brewster.

Mr. Mayor, uh, February for the community library. On February 12th, it's Abraham Lincoln's birthday. February 14th on their calendar is also Valentine's Day. February 14th from 11 to 4 p.m. the Red Cross will be having a blood drive. On February 16th is President's Day featuring America's worst president, James Buchanan. February 17th is the Chinese Lunar New Year and the Year of the Horse. February 18th at 4 p.m. is the Lego Club. February 19th is Paper Pie Book Fair Day. February 19th is also Parents as Teachers as story time. February 26th is another at 10:30 uh parents as teachers of story time. February 26th is the friends of the library uh board meeting at 5:30 and then following that at 700 p.m. will be the library board meeting. The quilters meet in the community room Mondays and Thursdays and the knitting and crochet group meets on Tuesday afternoon.

All right. Thank you. Thanks. Uh I just have the the accidental meeting for the uh it's like concerned citizens or whatever it's called. Uh if you're interested in about learning about accidental corp chemical factory, the meeting is at uh Tuesday, March 10th at 6:15 at the learning center. That's all I got. All right. Thank you. There any other announcements?

So for the senior center, some upcoming special events. Valentine's craft class February 12th. Valentine's baking class February 13th. The senior center and the hustle will be closed for President's Day. Uh scam presentation on February 17th. Commodities February 18th. Country Valentine's dinner and dance February 20th. Valentine's paint party on the 21st. Brain awareness presentation on the 23rd. and chili cookoff and craft fair February 28th which uh I mentioned before but that's always a great great thing to go to very busy some recurring events coffee and conversation crafts bingo exercise classes Alzheimer support group and line dancing all right next we have item B memo regarding new business licenses memo's in your packet along with the central county fire department station 34 for monthly report item D memo regarding asset forfeiture reports that memo is in the packet. If you have any questions you can ask chief any questions. All right moving on to item five old business a discussion of planning process. So uh so these are you have a memo in your packet. So these are the these are some concerns are brought up by council meers from the last meeting of Myyers.

Thank you Mr. Mayor and fellow council. I also have a code of ethics for engineers that I would like to for council to review specifically section four or section two subsection 4 D. Um and it is stated that engineers in public service as advisers of a governmental body shall not participate in decisions with respect to the service provided by their organizations in private or public engineering practice. Um I do realize that PEC has a long long-standing good reputation with the city of Hazesville and I do appreciate all the work they have done. However, it is our duty as council to ensure that the checks and balances are in our are in place uh for the protection of public safety and best interest. Um I would propose to make a motion or should I wait on that for discussion or how does that

uh do have discussion see if uh members they'd like to say?

Yeah, that's that's all I have. Anybody? Okay. Um, I make a motion to Hang on, I lost my spot. I make a motion to direct city staff to include the following changes in this year's revisions of the subdivision regulations. One, amend the note to require clear identification on the plot application when modification of width is requested. Two, all modifications to width in the table be approved by city council. Three, amend article five of the subdivision regulation contents of plans and plots to include modification of RO and roadway with on the plat. And four, amend policies to use a third party engineer to review plats or plans that are a conflict of interest with our employer employed engineer PEC. Well, there's a motion, but I don't see a second. My thoughts on that last one is that it's not a matter of reviewing it and approving it. It would just be, yeah, that person needs to step aside and abstain from a vote on a flat

that has them in it. This isn't about um voting on platinum. This is about having an engineer that reviews the documentation to make sure that it's within uh code and within just well we'd have to do that on every one of them pretty much then. So you would have to we would have to hire a secondary user lights or switches. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. So reading this, so then I take it that all the communities in Sedick County, Butler County, Harvey County, all the other counties that use PEC are all in violation.

Council Mars. Uh sir, no, they're not in violation. This isn't a violation thing. This is an ethics thing. Um it it's simply to make sure that we have checks and balances. So they're still going to do work for the city. I'm not saying that we don't want to have them as an engineer for the city. It's simply that if they are as a company are applying for a plat say, right, and and they're being paid by a private person to apply for a plat that they are not the ones that are reviewing it for the city. We would have another company, a third party engineer review it for for the for the for the city. Does that make sense? No, absolutely not. So you think that the same company should do the reviewing as the company that's doing the work? You

they've been doing it since 92 instead of going back and forth. I'm just trying to use Okay. Otherwise it could uh get hostile. No, I'm trying. It's not hostile. I mean I'm just saying but they've been doing it since ' 92. Okay. Mhm. Like I said, Mhm. most of the communities in Sedick County, Harvey County, Butler County, all the other counties use the same company, the same rules, same regulations. So, I don't see an issue. Is everybody else doing it wrong according to what you're saying? Is everybody else doing it wrong?

Custo I would say that it's not that they're doing it wrong. I would say that there is lack of um a true review that they're not having uh the the idea of having an engineer that's on staff. Right. If we were a larger company, we would have our own engineer that is hired full-time and and employed by the city. Correct. Right. Isn't that how will that be correct? I believe at some point when you uh become large enough as a city, you would potentially hire your own engineer. But one of the uh I guess detriments to doing that would be unless they're wellversed in all the areas experts in storm water, water, waste water, and streets, it'd be difficult to just have one engineer. But

absolutely. So you'd have a team of engineers, but they would be independent of any companies that are doing work for the city. So all I'm saying is that for when a plat is being applied for or a project is being done by PEC, the person doing the review for the city, not not the like they can still do all the engineering they want for the city. I'm not saying they can't do engineering for the city. I'm saying that when they it comes time to review for the city that we have a third party engineer review it. The reason why I'm doing this is because of the platting that I that I found that was basically skirting around the rules and not letting anybody know. If we had a third party engineer, they probably would have caught that this is a 20 foot road with with too many houses that are multif family on it. And now it's too late. It's already been approved. Nobody the council wasn't told about it. The planning commission wasn't told about it. Okay, there because nobody reviewed it externally. It was only reviewed it was submitted by PEC and reviewed by PEC. So I I don't see it being as it's a conflict of interest. If you look at the code of ethics which is written by the National Society of Professional Engineers, it clearly states it in section 24D. They are advisers of a governmental body and they shall not participate in decisions with respect to services solicited or provided by them or their organizations. So if we hire them, they can't make decisions on jobs that their company is involved with. So yeah,

that's first important and it still goes back to that person would just have to abstain from the vote from the decision of a yes or no pass this plat. Man, this isn't about voting. This is about So the engineers don't vote. The engineer it just goes to his desk or or their office for that sake and they just say, "Yeah, it looks good." All right. This isn't I'm not talking about uh the planning board. I'm talking about our city engineer that we pay for monthly. That that is basically, you know, our engineer that works for the city. So, this isn't about um a vote. That's important.

But it's not the engineer who did it or and then he also approve it or did they do it and another one approved it? So, Mars. So it it's the same company a as per the national society of professional engineers code of ethics for engineers if you are in the same organization it is enough to be an ethics violation person we're not budgeted for another engineer are we? So, where would become the money? We've already done the budget. Like Bill said,

it would have to be probably several engineers that were expertise in several different areas. We still have to pay them.

Yeah. Yes, we would have to pay somebody else. But I mean, in this case, you know, it's going to provide more transparency and more fairness. Uh ultimately we should have to where anything done for the city is being reviewed, right? We want to have checks and balances. We want to make sure that it's not just one multi-million dollar corporation because that's what this is doing all of the work and reviewing their all their own work. So I'm simply doing this and and cost. Yes, I mean we are going to have to hire another we would be another part-time uh um engineering firm, but it would be at a much lesser degree than what our current because right now it's like $600 a month is what we pay for PEC. Correct. Will or

$200 a month is what we pay and that's for up to 30 30 visits. 30 council visits if we wanted to have a PS engineer here we could. Okay. Um it would be a fraction of that. It would be less than $200 a month. It would be say I'll throw a number out there, $50 a month or $100 a month, but it would give us a more legitimate review. And that's what I'm trying to do. I'm trying to make to where when it is being reviewed is being reviewed with by somebody with a fresh set of eyes that doesn't have a conflict of interest because they do have a conflict. When you are an employee by a company and you are reviewing your company's work, you're going to not raise red flags like you would if you were a third party company. And that's just the truth behind it. So that's all I'm trying to do. I'm just trying to make sure that our our public and the city is is being uh that that we're having all of our processes being reviewed properly. I'm not an engineer. Nobody in this room is an engineer that I know of. And when it comes times for these plots to come through, um we don't know better. We don't know better. But these engineers do know better. And having a having a third party engineer review it is really all I'm trying to do. Um, yeah.

Council person, pardon. Did you read the PEC memo? That wasn't Mars. I mean,

yes, I did. I mean, that's literally a trust me, bro. I'm a million-dollar company. Like, they're they're not they're not like that that is not a ethics code. That is a memo saying it's okay what they're doing. That's all it is. It doesn't make it okay just because they're saying it's okay. I understand that they're a big company, but the bottom line is this is a a third-party company. I'll go back to it again organization, the National Society of Professional Engineers would categorize this as an ethics violation. So, uh that's that's how the their organization that oversees not overseas, but it's a nonprofit, but it kind of gives rough guidelines on what is good and what is bad. Um, and having your organization that you work for do something and you review it is not allowed. So,

any other discussion? All right. Without a uh second for you motion, that's a Is there a second or no? Second. Second. Can I break this down or No. Can I make a motion to uh direct city staff to include the following changes in the in this year's revisions to subdivision regulations to amend the note to require clear identifications on the plat application when the modification width is requested. Can I get a vote on that? Second. I'll make a second.

All right. All right. So, we have a motion, a second to amend the note to require clear identification on the PL application when modification of the W is requested. Any discussion on that motion? Question, please. Rooster, yes. Walters, yes. Ren, no. No. Clo, yes. Parton, no. Myers, yes. Thompson, yes. What was it? That carried Okay, Mars.

Okay, I make a second motion uh that all modifications to widths on the table be approved by city council. Uh this would simply make sure that if this ever happened in the specific instance that happened that I that brought this up that it would have to be brought to our attention and approved and not just pushed through without council even knowing about it. So that's my second motion. I have a discussion point for that. Yeah, um didn't Cedric County Fire Department, didn't they sign off on that? Yeah. So, they approved it, right? And they're the ones that I'm mostly concerned about. Mhm.

That's I think they signed off on it. I don't think I get that that area right is something that maybe some of us don't like or whatever but but I would also argue that the infill for that we haven't had anything else any other developments in there right will anybody we had it as industry at one time right it was a light commercial

light commercial sorry so we tried to fill in that spot to help out that area of town so I I don't know. I don't know why we're getting so hung up on the road with if if the county fire department approved it. They're the they're the ones I would think that would be most concerned about it. So,

custom uh so yes, uh the the fire department did approve of it. U but ultimately when you look at our city code, it states that if you look at the chart that multif family homes are not allowed on 21 foot roads. Um, additionally, there's if it was if it was single family, you can only have 24 homes on it. Um, and and again, this this motion that I'm trying to make is only to that we have to approve of it that it gets brought to our attention because none of it was being brought to our attention. That note at the bottom was being applied and nobody was aware of it. Um, it it this came to council, went to vote. There was no notes to council to say, "Hey, just so you guys know, we're we're we're break we're bending this rule a little bit and uh you know, we're gonna make an exception for this." There was no vote for that exception. It was made by the PEC engineers and whoever did all that platting work and then the PC engineer who reviewed it didn't, you know, nobody nobody brought it up to their attention. So, so yes, it was approved by many agencies, including the fire department, but but that's not the point of this. The the the point of this is the code, our city code that how it's written and how it's written to protect things like from this happening again where nobody was made aware of it. Right? So, that's why I'm trying to do this.

I would uh I would disagree that it was bent because a rule, we don't bend rules. Uh there are certain uh circumstances where uh planning commission has leeway to um change things, but the planning commission wasn't even aware of this. So here's an answer to your question. These are the people that were Hazesville administrative services, Hazesville Police Department, Hazesville Public Works, PEC as the city engineer, the planning commission chair,

Cedric County, Cedric County Public Works, Cedric County Environmental Resources, Cedric County Metropolitan Building and Construction Department, Caned County Coast Surveyor, Witchaw, Cedric County Senior Planner, Sedric County Fire Department. Uh, utilities of EverGing, Sedick County Electric Group, Cox Communication, uh, I got another one here. Hang on, man. Kansas Gas and Electric, AT&T, Black Hill Energy, Southern Kansas Telephone, Southern Star, Central Gas, Cedric County Fire was satisfied with the hammerhead turnaround. And here's the note on the plat if you see it at the very end is a hammerhead drive for it. So I don't I just really don't understand uh I've been on council for a long time and these have all come up. I don't understand what the issue is. I I just really do not understand why we want to make a mountain out of a molehill.

Councilman Walters, I guess question I have is this is kind of a one-time thing. Do you we see that we'd have to bring many things to the council for vote to discuss what what they're approving or not or what are we talking about? uh once a year, once a week, what couple months?

So, this would be part of the the platting process. It it would come to council with this approval attached to it basically just so we're aware of it. So, it would be just as the other plats that we're approving today or you know, brought to council today. It would just be like basically flagged, right? Basically saying, "Hey, just so you know, these are these changes are being made to the code." not changes but the this note is being applied and we're not following the rule because if you look at that note otherwise if if that note can be varied from then the sky is the limit you can put it on a thousand foot road or a mile long road because there's no limit to the note right you could put 500 homes on a mile mile long road and it would still be in compliance with the note so basically this puts that note it doesn't cap that note because I realize that this is a unique location, right? Like it was a small lot and it was tight and with setbacks and whatnot, we had to squeeze it a little bit and I understand why it was done. The problem is that it wasn't brought to anybody's attention that it was being modified that the code they were using the modification of the code because they could have put it on a 10-ft road. There's nothing saying otherwise. There's nothing saying that you the note basically gives you free reign to change however you want. Um and and yes, all of those agencies did approve of it, but it's not their job to make sure that they're within our code, right? Our code is is written for the city and and we set our code for for many reasons for safety for for you know to be able to park on the street, which you won't be able to park on the street on both sides. Like that's that's where we're at with this prop this this road. And I understand that that's just how the layout is and maybe we would have ended up with stuck in that 21 foot road either way,

right?

But there was no discussion about it. There was no one in agreeance that it was safe. Um so yeah, that just because every Cox approved of it and the fire department approved of it doesn't necessarily mean that it approves with our regulations, for instance, that you can only put 24 homes on a 21T road. 20 foot 21 foot road is your driveway. If you have a double wide driveway, that's 21 feet. So now you're gonna have 26 dwellings that are three bedrooms each. It's like 90 people living on a road that's no wider than your driveway. And the only way that I could figure out to fix this was to make sure it doesn't happen again. And to fix that would be to see what we can do in amending our code. And um honestly if we have it to where before I yeah if we if if we have the the first motion approved then I see no reason to further discuss that. I'll go ahead and push with my fourth motion just for heck's sake. Um unless there's any further further discussion.

So you want to drop your motion on the second item? Yeah. I mean, yeah, it basically it's going to be clearly identified on the plat. I think that's sufficient. Um, so is there any other discussion? Walters did. Yeah, I was going to mention obviously that talking about safety when the fire department says, "Hey, this is okay." But my question before was, is this a one-time issue, which seems to have been approved by a lot of folks, or have you seen other issues that have brought to light after your inspection of some of these things? Are there other areas we should be concerned with in relationship to this? Council Larson,

I'm I've only been on council for two months now, so I I don't know if this is going to be a one-time issue. There's a good chance that something that this note at the bottom of that table never gets used again, right? Right. That's a very possible thing. But I I think it's important that when we're making the city code that it it be um firm enough to where if strange things do pop up that it is addressed properly and it is not just pushed through. Um, so the fact that nobody was aware of this at planning and at council and it got pushed through with no discussion at planning or council um was was kind of a little red flag for me and that's why that's what led me to looking into well who's the engineer that reviews this, right? Who because the engineer is the one that's in charge of making sure that it's in compliance with city code. That's that that's the the checklist on the on the on the routing slip. say um so yeah that's the reason why but council

so I have a question you said nobody here and nobody in planning was discussed with this have you talked to somebody with planning and they told you they weren't discussed with Mars I I watched the planning meeting the meeting was no discussion it was just it went right through as proposed and and same thing with the council meeting and this is in 2024 um it was in like spring of 2024, right? So, all right. With uh with no second on that. I didn't make the motion. Okay. Well, you made the motion. Okay. So, I make the motion. Well, then you pulled it back. So,

yes, I'm making motion. I'm just going to I pulled back the second motion, but I would like the fourth motion to to be voted on or to for a second to amend the policies to use a third party engineer to review plats or plans that are a conflict of interest with our employed engineer PDC. Is there a second on this motion? All right. So, no second on this motion. So, of interest or cool. Great. Uh, Council Walters,

I guess the question on that would be how would we know if there's a conflict of interest on some of these uh how would that be identified that could be brought to our attention and what would be the manner of that

Mars? Um, so if if PEC is the one who submits the plat or submits the job, then it would be a different engineer reviewing it. That's what it would be. Ed, this plat in particular was a PEC plat. They were like the primary contractor, like engineering contractor for that platting. So, and this isn't always the case because some of the other platting like down south on Meridian, it wasn't PEC doing it. So, that's perfectly fine, right? Different company applies for a platting and then uh it gets reviewed by PEC and PEC throws red flags or not, you know, anything that's should be brought to our attention and it gets passed on and then there's a third party, right? PC is a third party. So yeah, does that make sense?

Uh yeah, that seems to make sense. I guess my con my thought would be um without un without overburdening them. Mhm. Uh how often would they have to bring information to our attention for a vote in something like this if we were to say, "Yeah, we want to review everything that they're doing because they have their own uh internal checks and that's not good enough for us." Bars.

So this this wouldn't be for the voting part. This is just for So like the the platting process would be it goes to planning, right? And then and please correct me if I'm wrong, but it goes to planning and then it goes to one of the checks is an engineer, the city engineer, and he would review it at that point and and just make sure that everything looks good, you know, that that it's in compliance with engineering code, right? Um, so it's not necessarily that they're voting and it's not necessarily that we would have to approve. I dropped that motion that we would have to approve of it, right? Um, it's it's going to be on the platting already, right? We just we already pushed that through. Um, so what what I'm getting at is that uh yeah, it would it would be in the event that PEC is the one submitting a plat that or or or or a big contract like let's say they're doing a multi-million dollar job for us that we have another engineering company review it and make sure that it's just within compliance. So,

all right. Well, that motion failed without a second. So, all the discussion we will move on to item six, other business. A consideration of plant in the area of influence 79 states edition. Caleb.

Good evening, mayor and councel. Before you is a one-step final plat for the 79th estates edition. The property owner is looking to develop this land into eight single family large lots. It is just west of Hillside and 79th in our area of influence. Um the plat was recommended for approval by the planning commission on January 22nd and all comments listed in the staff report have been reviewed and approved um and have been addressed by the developer on the final plat. The engineers here for you today if you have any questions and I can stand for them as well. Council

have any questions? All the council like to do like to make a motion to approve the plat in the area of influence 79th states edition. Council warden make a motion we approve the plat uh for the 79th day of state edition as presented. Second. We have a motion and a second to approve the plat in the area of influence the 79th edition or 79th estates edition. Any discussion? Question, please. Yes. Walters, yes. Roden, yes. Yes. Yes. Pardon? Yes. Myers? Yes.

Thompson? Yes. All right. Thank you. All right. Next item, item B, consideration of agreement with CPAA regarding the congregate mills. So, this is the mills at the senior center. So, we finally got this u agreement uh before us for for uh your approval. We like to make a motion to approve the uh agreement. Council person, I'll make a move to approve the consideration agreement for the congregate meals.

Second. We have a motion on a second to approve the agreement with the CPA regarding the congregate mills. Any discussion? Question, please. Brewster, yes. Walters, yes. Roden, yes. Huert. Yes. Clo, yes. Partner, yes. Myers, yes. Thompson, yes. Next item C, consideration of nuisance abatement contractor.

Good evening, mayor and council. Uh we have requested proposals from 30 area contractors to provide nuisance abatement services for the calendar year 2026. Uh in a way we are fortunate to receive one proposal. Typically we receive none. Uh we received one from JoJ's Landscaping and Mowing Incorporated. Uh we are requesting authorization to accept the proposal from JoJ's Landscaping and Mowing Incorporated for abatement services for the year of 2026. I stand for any questions you may have. Any questions for Kelly? Council person pardon. Nobody has any questions. I make a motion we accept the proposal from Joe Jax for nuisance abatement services for 2026. Second. Second.

We have a motion a second to approve the nuisance abatement contractor as presented. Any discussion? Question, please. Brewster? Yes. Walther? Yes. Martin? Yes. Eert? Yes. Clo, yes. Parton, yes. Myers, yes. Thton, yes. Thank you. All right. All right, next we have item seven, department of reports, a min administrative services. Good evening, mayor and councel. Um, mayor already did announce the 6th annual chili cookoff and craft fair at the senior center. That is on Saturday, February 28th. It is 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. It is a $5 entry. There'll be uh raffle baskets, uh lots of chili, lots of goodie baskets, and people to shop from. So, if you haven't been, it's lots of fun. That's all I have.

I think they're probably still looking for entries for chili. uh entries, correct? I think they maybe need one or two. It filled up pretty quick, but yeah. All right. Thank you. Uh, city clerk Angie. City offices will be closed February 16th for President's Day. If you have an emergency, please call the non-emergency line. Sorry, a water or sewer emergency. Please call the non-emergency line, 529-5912. And again, please continue to conserve water through January, February, and March for the um sewer rate. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Next, we have uh police chief.

Uh good evening, Mayor and Council. Um just our visiting officer this evening is officer Caitlyn Boore. Uh she's currently assigned as the school resource officer for the two middle schools, uh Hazville West Middle School and Hazville Middle School. Uh so say hi to her as you go by out there. And uh we will be open on President's Day. So if you have call 911, hey Chief, I just want to tell your your SRO's thank you. Last Thursday night they had a STEM night at Freeman and they were all there fingerprints over there and really engaging with all the students and I really appreciate that. So they do a great job for us. I appreciate that relationship there. Thank you. I'll pass it on to them. Yeah. Thank you. Thanks. We have public works.

Uh just a quick update on Sarah Lane. Uh the contractor mobilized to the site on Thursday and it's currently working on concrete work which would include the curb and sidewalk. Uh pending progress and weather. They are anticipating doing asphalt base asphalt by the end of this week with the hopes of getting it laid before it rains on Friday night and Saturday. So, getting close. Uh, next we have recreation Rob.

Good evening, Command Council. Uh, youth soccer registration deadline is this Friday the 13th. All ages puzzle night is on February 21st. Mother's son therefore on February 28th, daddy daughter day night on March 17th or March 7th. and the overwork shuffle 5K on the 14th. Thank you. Thank you. Next we have item eight, appointments. A appointment of Nicole Franklin to the historic committee for the remainder of the term. That's important.

I make a motion we approve uh Nicole Franken for the remainder of the historic district term. A motion and a second to approve the appointment of Nicole Franken to the historic committee for the remainder of the term. Any discussion? Question, please. Brewster, yes. Walters, yes. Ren, yes. Keyword, yes. Clothing, yes. Parton, yes. Myers, yes. Thompson, yes. Next item nine, executive session. We have none scheduled. Item 10, review of expenditures. A, summary of January expenditures. Council. I move to receive and file the January expenditures. Second. Have a motion and a second to receive and file the January expenditures. Any discussion? Question, please. Brewster, yes.

Walters, yes. Yes. Eert. Yes. Yes. Yes. Myers, yes. Thompson, yes. Next item 11, the consent agenda. We got uh seven items on the consent agenda. Anybody like to make a motion to approve the consent agenda? Person. I'll make a move to approve the consent agenda. Second. We have a motion and a second to approve the consent agenda. Any discussion? Question, please. Rooster, yes. Walters, yes. Roden, yes. Eert. Yes. Cloier, yes. Hartman, yes. Myers, yes. Thompson, yes.

Next item 12, council items. A council concerns. Any council members have any concerns? Council member Tony, I just wanted to say thanks. for getting all the streets cleaned off and being able to get around town. Um, I work in Derby. Not even close. So, thanks. Tell the guys I I'll pass it on. Takes a team full of people. So, I'll pass it on. Thank you. Any other concerns?

This evening, we will move on to item B, council action request updates. Uh so update on 758 East Carla Court. So after much thought, I think the property owner thought it was best to remove the crib and the other comments contents. So the case is considered closed. Thank you. All right. Next we have item 13, adjournment. Mr. Mayor, I make a motion to adjourn. Second. We have a motion, a second to adjourn tonight's meeting. And uh please stick around for the land bake meeting following this one.

Any discussion? Question please.

I'll finish my job first. Rooster. Yes. Walters. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Myers. Yes.