City Council - Regular Meeting

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Good evening everybody and uh welcome to uh tonight's council meeting. It's good to have uh such a large number of people here today. So uh we will start off with the roll call. Brewster here. Walters here. Rarden here. Eert here. Benner here. Harton here. Crumb here. Thompson here. All right. Next, the invocation will be given by Kurt Hansen from Hazville Christian Church. Welcome.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Council, first of all, uh personal thank you, Mr. Mayor, council members, department heads, police officers for your service for another year to our community. uh thought about what to pray tonight and the Lord said go in a couple of verses of this song. So, thank you for that indulgence. My wife said it was okay. [laughter] This song is born out of a time of anxiety, chaos. Most people don't know that. And this time of year brings a lot of anxiety for some people. old memories, grief, but it's a beautiful song with a beautiful message. I'm just going to do two verses. Councilman Brewster is going to sing a solo, [clears throat] but if you know it, uh, sing along with me and I'll have a short prayer afterwards. So, [music] [singing and music] Night [singing and music] is gone. All is round your virgin [singing] [music] mother. Oh, we ever [singing] send And so sleep [music and singing] in heavenly peace. Sleep. [music] [music] [singing] Holy. [music]

Son of God [singing and music] loves pure light. Radant [singing] streams from [music] my holy place with [singing] the dawn of redeeming [music] grave. Jesus [music and singing] Lord. Jesus Lord. Gracious Father, we thank you that we can in this season just stop for a moment, take a deep breath and give you thanks for the peace, the hope, the joy, and the life that you provide for us through your precious son Jesus. In whose name I pray,

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 it stands. One nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. [cough]

All right. Next, we have a special order of business tonight. We have a special employee service recognition uh awards to give out. So, as I say your name, uh please um join the department head at the uh podium. First one is uh Tracy Ringer. Sergeant, five years. So, Tracy began working with the city of Hayesville Police Department on November 30th, 2020 after 25 years working in the aircraft industry. While working in the aircraft, he also worked for over 18 years in law enforcement to include 12 years as a sheriff reserve, a part-time officer in Andel, and three years in the Sedick County Sheriff detention facility. Since beginning uh here, Tracy has served in the position of police officer, school resource officer, master police officer, and most recently as a sergeant supervising the night shift. Sergeant Renegger is married to his wife Sherry and has four kids. Thank you. [applause] Next we have Eugene Satderfield, wastewater operator, class one, 5 years. Tonight we are recognizing two utility operators. I want to acknowledge that these positions require responding to afterhour emergencies 247, 365 days a year. This work often takes them away from family time, holidays, and important moments. We are grateful not only for the dedic dedication of our operators, but also for the families who support them. Eugene began his employment with the city of Pesville on July 12th, 2020. He is a highly uh detail-oriented member [music] of our wastewater team, consistently taking great [snorts] pride in the quality of his work and the operation of our system. We thank Eugene for his five YEARS OF SERVICE.

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SIERRA LEECH, PROGRAM SUPERVISOR, five years. Sierra currently serves as a program supervisor for the recreation department and has been with the city since June 5th, 2020. She began her career as a program coordinator before being promoted to program supervisor in June 2024. her role or in her role, Sierra oversees the planning and execution of large community events including DaddyDaughter night, party 06o, 5K races, fall festival, mom prom, and a variety of holiday celebrations such as Halloween spectacular, Easter hunt, and the Fourth of July celebration. And her personal favorite, a night with Santa, which is coming up this Saturday, right? Uh she enjoys looking for fun new ideas to bring to the community and creative ways to make existing events even more exciting and memorable. Sarah also manages youth programs such as summer elements, spring break camp, and SOS days held at the Hazville Activity Center for K through 5th grade students. She is always willing to step in and support her co-workers with their events whenever needed. Outside of work, Sarah loves spending time outdoors, playing softball, and coaching her daughter in both softball and volleyball, especially when the weather is warm and sunny. [applause] So, uh, Nathan Cabaro, uh, he's not here tonight. I will, uh, go ahead and read this. So, Nathan joined the city on March 2nd, 2020, shortly after graduating high school. Over the past several years, we have watched him grow and mature professionally, becoming a reliable and dedicated member of our water team. Nathan also keeps the rest of us old folks up to date on the newest lingo, and we are grateful for his five

years of service. So, congratulations, Nathan. [applause] All right. Lydia Vargas, she here. Not here.

Not here. All right. She is the uh record supervisor for uh 10 years. So, Lydia has uh been employed with the Hazville Police Department since October 5th, 2015. She was hired as a community resource specialist and was promoted to CRS supervisor on July 1st, 2018. She supervises the record section and trains newly hired record specialist. She also serves as the city safety committee as well as the records committee. She currently resides in Hazesville with her husband Steven and their dogs. So congratulations, Lydia. [applause] Aaron Watkins, master police officer, 10 years. [clears throat] So Aaron was hired by the city of Hazville Police Department in September of 2015. He came to Hazville after working with the Newton police off uh department where he spent four years as a reserve police officer. Since coming to our department, he has held the rank of police officer and master police officer. He has served the citizens of Hazville and the patrol section as well as being a school resource officer, most recently assigned to campus high school. He enjoys doing community policing projects and has taken over the department's car seat technician program after being a certified technician for the last seven years. CONGRATULATIONS. [applause] Also have Kenny Stark, crew leader, 10 years. Kenny has been with the city since May 17th, 2015. His strong technical knowledge of turf management and irrigation systems play a vital role in the success of our parks. Kenny takes great pride in the appearance and condition of our park system and it shows in the quality of the spaces our residents enjoy every day. He's also known around public works as a diehard Kansas City Chiefs fan, even today, right this season. Uh something he proudly

displays every season. So Kenny, CONGRATULATIONS. [applause] Uh Frank Cortez, uh program supervisor, 10 years. Frank is currently a program supervisor for the recreation department and has been employed with the city since January 28th, 2015. Frank has been instrumental in implementing our group fitness classes, personal training sessions, and overseeing employee and member wellness programming. He insistently uh reminds his co-workers to make good choices when it comes to their personal health. A significant amount of Frank's responsibilities also comes with the supervising uh the front desk concessions, janitorial duties, facility maintenance, and citywide uh faculty rentals. He also helps incorporate new programs and assists other co-workers with their events such as fall fest, partying 06o, holiday events, youth basketball, and various middle school programs. Congratulations, FRANK. [applause] Mark Mullen, Sergeant, 20 years. Mark began working for the city in on [clears throat] December 12th, 2005 as a police officer. Mark came to Hazeville already certified as a police officer since 1996, having spent time uh with the Selen County Sheriff's Department as well as the Concordia Police Department before coming to Hazville. Mark has been assigned to the patrol section with us for the for the time he has been here. He has held the rank of police officer, master police officer, and most recently has been the sergeant assigned to supervised second shift for the department. CONGRATULATIONS, MARK.

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BRADY SIMMONS, master police officer, 20 years. Brady began his career with the city of Hazville Police Department on March 14th, 2005 as an animal patrol officer. He later moved to the patrol section into the position of police officer in 2007. Since that time, he has worked on the street as a patrol officer and and as a school resource officer. He's also spent a good amount of time doing work in community policing, including planning and working out all the details of the department's national night out celebrations in August of each year. For the last several years, he has been a master police officer working in the investigation section. He is married to his wife, Deb. Congratulations. [applause] And last but not least, Jeff Woodfield, chief of police, 30 years. That's a long time.

So Jeff began working for the city on November 13th, 1995 as a police dispatcher. He moved to the patrol section in early 1996. During his career, he has spent time as patrol officer, investigator, field training officer, and supervisor. is held the rank of police officer, master police officer, sergeant, and lieutenant. He was promoted to the rank of police chief in June of 2011. In addition to his work in the police department, he also he has also had assignments in the public works department emergency management and has been an honor honorary commander at McConnell Air Force Base for the past several years. is married to his wife Deborah. Married to his wife Deborah. And they have three adult sons and three grandchildren which they enjoy spending time with. Chief, CONGRATULATIONS. [applause]

SO, it's something to be said when you have, you know, we had 10 people here tonight with longevity awards. We have several 10, 20, 30. So, it's uh it's great to see that commitment to our city and uh and u and our citizens. Thank you. All right. Next, we have presentation and approval of minutes. A minutes of November 10th, 2025. Council, make a motion we approve the minutes of the November 10, 2025 business meeting as presented. Second. We have a motion and a second to approve the minutes of November 10th, 2025. Is there any discussion? Question, please. Roster, yes.

Walters, Roden, yes. Eart, yes. Benner, yes. Harton, yes. Crumb, yes. [snorts] Yes. All right. So, next we have the administration of oath of office. So, first we'll do the outgoing um council members. Council member Crime and Benner. If I can have uh do one at a time. So, Catherine, better if you could come up here, please. [cough]

We were going to do this. Still here behind us. So, Daniel, you've been here a very long time. So, it's uh it's been great working with you. Uh sorry to see you go. Uh you've done a lot of great things in the city. So, I appreciate everything and I I appreciate everything uh that you're going to do for uh for the city and u and for your uh for your career. Thank you, Mayor.

Been a pleasure. Thank you so much. [applause] Pretty good. How you doing?

All right. So, uh appreciate everything uh that you have done. Uh both these blacks say April 2013 to December 25 both and Steve. So, I know you served uh before this as well. Uh you had a small gap because you had to move or well you moved and so you had to uh Right. Yeah. So, so uh definitely uh grateful for everything you have done for the city and uh for the wards that you uh represented and uh definitely want to wish you well and everything that you uh you do in the future. So, thank you. Thank you very much. [applause]

I do want to say one thing. I want to thank all the council members and the staff. The city has a fantastic staff and they do not get enough credit. That's I wish people would just Sometimes staff just hears negatives from the community. You guys do a great job. Great job. [applause] Daniel like to say a few words.

I'd just like to say I'd like to echo what Steve said. When I came on the council in 2013, I had uh no real idea how this worked and what this all was all about. And it's been a very very pleasant surprise and experience for me uh through the last 12 years. I've made a lot of friends here and had a lot of great experiences and appreciate you all so much more uh than I ever did. And that'll continue. We look forward to the work you're going to do in the future. Thank you all. [applause] ALL RIGHT. SO, next turn over to Angie for the administration of the oath of office. Thompson.

Okay. If I can have Myers go there, Eert and Walter stand, please. We'll do the oath of office. You stay there and I go there. [laughter] I guess I should have left the name tags on the other side. [laughter] If you will repeat after me, but when I say um duties of the office, you'll put what your office is and what word you're serving or the mayor will say mayor. So, if you'll please raise your right hand and repeat after me. I do solemnly swear I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution I will support the Constitution of the United States of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Kansas and the Constitution of the State of Kansas

and faithfully discharge the duties and faithfully discharge the duties of [clears throat] the office of the office of So help me God. God. Thank you guys. Thank you. [applause]

[clears throat]

Yeah.

So, welcome both of you. Glad you found your seat. Yeah. [laughter] So, uh, if anybody told you not, but if you'd like to say something, we have the switches right here. Just flip your switch. I will call on you. All right. So, next we have item one, public comment. So, uh, we have Kelly Zering from the Chief Deputy of Cedric County Register of Deeds. Welcome.

Okay. Good evening, everyone. Um, my name is Kinley Xaring. I'm the chief deputy for the Sed County Register of Deeds. Your home is your biggest investment and protecting it shouldn't be complicated. We offer two free alerts through the Seduk County Registered Deeds Office. These alerts tell you when your name or notary seal is used on a recorded document. I like to say if you own it, you can enroll it. Uh this me this goes for homeowners. Uh if your home is in a trust, if it's in an LLC, if you have multiple rental properties or businesses, the alert is simple. It gives you the document number, the type of document, and the date that it was filed. And you can instantly see it. So if you know if it's legitimate or not. Fraud can happen anywhere, but early awareness is very powerful. Switch this. Notary fraud alert. It kind of goes um just like the property fraud alert, but this is directed just to the notaries. So if any documents that are filed in our office uh real estate related, the notary gets that same alert like the property fraud and um this can also help protect them. They can also verify their document with their ledger to make sure that it's an accurate document that they recorded. Uh we are the first in Kansas to offer that. So, I I assume the other counties will follow suit, but um we thought this was a good program because a lot of fraud is happening uh on the east and west coast and it's starting to trickle home. the notary fraud um will help the

you know the homeowner not and the notary and if there is fraud that happens we would direct them to the district attorney and law enforcement so that they can make a case and that's pretty much it. Um the next slide just shows where we're located in the RPM building um at Douglas and Broadway. Um I listed our phone number there. If you guys have any questions, I can stand for those or you can call us at the office and we can be happy to answer any questions that you have. So, I know you came out to talk about uh prevention, but I know I know your office also helps uh veterans. We sure do. Dr. say anything about that?

Yeah. Um we also have the veteran and military discount program. It's just to bring awareness to any veteran. They can file their DD214 in our office for safekeeping. Um, you can come into our office at any time and get five free certified copies to use. Uh, we we highly encourage you to do that to have it in another spot because a lot of um, you know, veterans keep it folded in their wallet and this will just give you another way to, you know, make additional copies for whatever reasons you need. [snorts] Have any questions? All right. I don't see any. So, all right. Definitely appreciate you coming out tonight.

Thank you for having me. Thank you.

All right. Next, we have item two, approval of license and bonds. We have none. Item three, introduction of ordinances and resolutions. A an ordinance adopting the recotification of ordinances of the city of Hazville, Kansas, 2025 edition, providing for the effective date thereof, providing for the repeal of certain of certain other ordinances not included therein, the addition of certain new provisions, saving certain ordinances from repeal, and saving certain acred rights and uh liabilities. So hopefully everybody had a chance to read through this over the last uh well since last meeting. Anybody like to make a motion to to approve this?

Council person partner. I make a motion we accept the ordinance as presented. Second. So we have a motion and a second to approve the ordinance as uh presented. Is there any discussion? Question please. Brewster. Yes. Walters yes [laughter] yes yes yes yes yes yes all right next we have item four notices and communications a governing body announcements any members of the governing body have any announcements Brewster

programs at the Hazville Community Library for this month um we just finished up on December 4th parents teacher story time. Um December 6th, Village Christmas. I know I was out there for a little bit and that was a great time there. Um December 17th at 400 p.m. is a Lego club. December 18th at 10:30 is parents teacher story time. Also, um on the 18th, 5:30 is uh friends of the library board meeting. That same evening at 700 p.m. is a library board meeting. Um December 19th, 11 to 2, um the library will have an open house. Um December 20th, 11 to 4 pm, the Red Cross will be doing um a blood drive. And right now it's a battle of the badges. So Chief, I'm sorry, but uh hopefully you guys will vote for the fire departments. [laughter] Um

and then December 24th and 25th um the library will be closed. That's all I have. Right. Thank you. Any other announcements? If not, I have some from the senior center. So, some upcoming events, movie outing December 10th, Christmas tree uh contest uh December 12th, magic of estate planning presentation December 16th, commodities December 17th, and the Christmas celebration dinner is December 19th. some reoccurring events, coffee and conversation, games, fitness classes, crafts, bingo, bunko, and allheimer support group. So, u mentioned the uh village Christmas. So, you know, I was out there and I know a lot of you were out there too and uh I thought it was a great event, great weather. Uh had a lot of great uh comments, a lot of positive feedback and um also want to recognize the mayor's youth leadership council. Uh there were several of them [clears throat] out there that night at different areas whether it's with the Santa Claus or the library helping people out or the hometown market um community building. So I had several people tell me how much they appreciated them being out there and how much of a help they were. So uh I just want to thank the mayor's youth leadership council for for being out there and uh being recognized. All right. Next we have Cedric County Fire Department station 34 monthly report. We have a memo regarding the utility building account write-offs. Item D, memo regarding the last city council meeting of 2025. And and E, the document from a resident regarding screening.

All right, we'll move on to item five, old business. We have none. Item six, other business. A, we have a public hearing for uh and consideration of approval for the proposed amendment to the 2025 budget. So, I have a public script that I will be reading from. So, we now formally open the public hearing on the proposed 2025 budget amendment. Do any members of the audience wish to speak concerning the proposed budget amendment? If there are no members of the audience wishing to speak concerning the budget amendment, I now formally close the public hearing for the proposed 2025 budget amendment. Is there any discussion from council? Any questions? If not, I would entertain a motion for the proposed 2025 budget amendment as presented.

Council person Martin, I make a motion that we accept the budget amendment. Second. We have a motion and a second to accept the proposed 2025 budget amendment as presented. Is there any discussion? Question, please. Rooster. Yes. Walters. Yes. Rarden, yes. Eert, yes. Cloan, yes. Harton, yes. Myers, yes. Thompson, yes.

All right. Next, we have item B, consideration of agreement with K DOT, secretary of transportation, and Cedric County regarding the meridian street and multi-use trail. Uh, good evening, mayor and council. Uh, we have included an agreement in your packet that is between the city, Cedric County, and KOT. This agreement formalizes the roles and responsibilities for the South Meridian and the 79th Street improvement project. This is a standard agreement for projects that involve federal funding. Uh we are currently funded at 67% but this agreement states it may be up to 80%. Uh city staff will continue to have those conversations with WAMO to try and get the ferally funded portion up to 80%. I stand for any questions you may have.

Any questions for Tony? Anybody like to make a motion to approve the agreement? Councilman Thompson. I make a motion we approve that agreement. Second. We have a motion and a second to approve the agreement with Kot Secretary of Transportation and Cedric County regarding the Meridian Street and multi-use trail as presented. [clears throat] Any discussion? Question please. Brewster. Yes. Walters. Yes. Rarden. Yes, yes yes Martin. Yes Myyers. Yes Thompson. Yes. All right. Next we have item C. Consideration of bioolids agreement.

So there's another agreement in your council packet which outlines a new disposal method for our bioolids that's generated at our wastewater treatment plant. Currently our bio bioolids are treated and placed in a rolloff container and hauled to plum thicket at landfill by waste connections. We have an annual cost with that of just o under 96,000. The new agreement with Vaulted Deep states they will pick up and transport the bioolids for subsurface disposal and underground caverns in the Hutchinson area. This change is estimated to save the city approximately 25,000 per year. Uh also the agreement states that the city may terminate the agreement without cause with 60 days notice. I could stand for any questions. The gentleman from Volta Deep was supposed to be here but was unable to make it at the last minute. There any questions for Tony? If not, would anybody like to make a motion to approve the uh bioolids agreement? Councilman Martin. May

I make a motion that we accept the deal for the bioolid agreement? Second. We have a motion, a second to approve the uh accept the bid for the solids uh solids agreement. Any discussion? Question, please. Brewster. Yes. Walters. Yes, Martin. Yes, Eert. Yes. Yes. Harton. Yes. Myers. Yes. Thompson. Yes. Thank you. All right. Next, we have item seven, Department of Reports, [clears throat] Administrative Services, Georgie.

Mayor and Council, I just want to remind everyone we are taking entries for the holiday light contest. So, if you're decorating your yard, the deadline is the [snorts] 15th. And then voting will be online through Facebook. Also, um, as everybody said, I just want to thank everyone for helping out that volunteers, mayor's youth leadership, um, public works, everyone that was there and attended village Christmas on Saturday. It was a great event. Um, lastly, mayor did announce that commodities were next week at the senior center. And I forgot to correct him today that we got an email this afternoon and it is canceled for December. It will not be until February of next year. That's all I have. All right. Thank you. Next vit city clerk. Thank you.

Good evening. City offices will be closed December 24th and 25th for the Christmas holiday. And we will also be closed on January 1st for New Year's. Please call 529-5912 if you have a water sewer emergency. Um, our last meeting of the year will be December 29th at 6 o'clock p.m. So, please note the time change for that meeting. Thank you. All right. Thank you. All right. Next, we have uh police, our 30-year veteran.

Uh, good evening, Mayor and Council. Um, just wanted to introduce everybody to our visiting officer tonight is Officer Will Nan. Um, he's one of our newer officers. He is assigned to second shift right now. So say hi to him as you go by out there. He's doing a awesome job for us. So we appreciate that. There he is. [clears throat] [laughter] Um also just wanted to remind everybody with the holidays coming up, a lot of holiday parties and things like that. Don't drink and drive. Um designated driver. Um there is uh some increased enforcement going on under KOT grants. So we will have extra officers around uh New Year's that are out on K grants that pay for the overtime for us. So we have them out there keeping our streets safe and making sure everybody gets home okay on those nights. Appreciate it. Thank you.

Thanks, Chief. Next, we have public works. Tony,

as usual, got a few project updates for you. So, the gravel road project, uh, the contractor has completed the final punch list items. So, that project is 100% complete. And just so you're aware, these projects that we do internally have a two-year warranty with the contractor. Um, update on Sarah Lane. The county is finishing up the excavation of the site. Uh the crane and the last two items in the structures are scheduled to be delivered next week. Uh the county has indicated they can set all the structures in one day. Um at that point, city staff will move in with back filling and then installing the road base and then coordinate with the concrete and asphalt contractors. So knock on wood the near is in sight. The end is in sight. Uh lastly uh most importantly uh this afternoon we discovered the force man in the floodway has had some type of failure. Uh the contractor is currently on site excavating the north section. Um until I until they have it excavated, I'm unable to tell you exactly what's going on. Um we are currently bypassing the lift station again, which means there's no waste water going into the floodway. Um this also means we'll have to conduct new floodway stream samples. Uh so once the repair is made, we'll take the samples and the lab says 24 hours is the earliest we'll have them back. So hopefully have it repaired tomorrow. take the samples if it's not too late in the day and get results back Wednesday would be best case. So, thank you.

All right. Thanks, Tony. Next, we have recreation Rob. Good evening, Mayor and Council. Uh, we'll have Night with Santa this Saturday, December 13th from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the historic district. Picture taken with Santa, carriage rides, candy cane dash, cookie decorating. Good. Thank you. That's one. Thanks, Rob. [clears throat] All right. Next, we have item eight, appointments. A, appointment of Vicky Moore to the library board for the remainder of the term. Anybody like to make a motion to appoint Vicky Moore. Council person Martin. Make a motion we appoint Vicky Moore to the library board for the remainder of the term. Second.

We have a motion, a second to appoint Vicky Moore to the library board for the remainder of the term. Any discussion? Question, please. Brewster, yes. Walters, yes. Roden, yes. Eert, yes. Cloia, yes. Parton, yes. Myers, yes. Thompson, yes. All right. Next, we have item nine, executive session. A, executive session for a preliminary discussion regarding acquisition of real property not to exceed 15 minutes. Council Brewster.

I move that we have recess until an executive session under KS75-4319B subsection six for preliminary discussion on the acquisition of real property. The open meeting shall resume here in the city um council meeting room at um 7:52. Second. All right. So, a motion and a second to adjourn into the executive session um as presented. Any discussion? Question, please. Brewster, yes. Walters, yes. Roden, yes. Eert. Yes.

Yes. Parton, yes. Myers, yes. Yes.

All right, we are back from executive session. There was uh no binding action taken. All right, we will move on to item 10, review of expenditures. A summary of November expenditures. Council person, I move to receive and file the November expenditures. Second. We have a motion and a second to review and file the the November expenditures. Any discussion? Question, please. Brewster, yes. Walters, yes. Rarden, yes. Eworth, yes. Yes. Parton, yes. Myers, yes. Yes.

All right. Next, we have item 11, the consent agenda. We have two items on there. Anybody like to make a motion to approve the consent agenda? Councilman Ro. I make a motion to accept the consent agenda. Second. We have a motion, a second to approve the consent agenda. Is there any discussion? Question, please. Brewster, yes. Walters, yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Parton, yes. Myers, yes. Thompson, yes. All right. Next item 12, council items. A, council concerns. Any council people want have a concern? Council person.

Yeah. You know, Tony, this is direct you. You know those, sorry. You know those crosswalks we have with the lights on Zinica? There's one by the senior center or close to it and then there's another one on on Grand or Yeah. on Grand by Kitty somewhere.

There's been several close calls on both places. I've had one senior in a wheelchair that if electric wheelchair that did stop, a car went through and he would have probably been history. I was over in Mane Saturday and they have these yellow signs that says pedestrian crossing and we already have the light that flashes. They don't pay attention to that. So, I was wondering if we could get two of those placed in the middle is where they have them. and it's on Rock Road. That's the one I saw. That was no crossing. So, I don't know if it lights up or what. I know the red light does on the sign that says pedestrian crossing.

We can definitely look in that. I could even contact Mulle Bane to see where they got it. And then PC's got a traffic engineer just kind of run it by picture of it. By the time I left or was it stuck, so I did not get a picture. Thank you. I have Tony, I have a question. So those lights at those crosswalks, they're yellow. Can we change those to red? I was thinking No, they're yellow. So they flash. The thing is is everybody goes, "It's yellow. That just means be cautious." And so they don't even slow down.

No, they're going through there 35 milesPH. So, we'll look into that too. We've had several me and my wife walking across Grand almost got hit one night because we pushed a button, walked across and it's like, okay, it's just a caution light. It's not a stop sign, you know. I'd like to see something before someone does get hurt. If we Exactly. Councilman Myers, did you ask something in regards to that? Okay.

Okay. Uh, good evening, Mayor and Council. It's a truly honor and a privilege to serve the city of Hazesville. Uh, I hope to leave a lasting lasting positive impact on the community over the next four years. I'm currently working on a few ideas for boosting local business, improving local tree programs, initiating energy and lighting efficiency programs, and further improving our city's waste disposal. Um, I would like to extend extend an invitation to other council members as well as the citizens of Hazesville to reach out to me if they would like to help with any of my proposed ideas. Um, regarding issues, I would like to propose publishing the agenda two days earlier on Wednesday instead of on Friday. This will allow council two days before the meeting uh two duty days before the meeting to address any topics of concern. It will also allow the public more notice for any agenda items of interest. Uh, I spoke with Will um and he said that Thursday will work with no issues. I also spoke with Councilman Brewster and he said he would prefer Wednesday over Thursday as well as I would prefer Wednesday over Thursday. So

So it just it makes it to where we have a little bit more time to review everything. You spent the whole weekend looking at the agenda and got it I think two two extra days during the week. Yeah, for sure. Because it's it's published on Friday at night or in the evening and it's like now you're stuck usually after four o'clock. Well, it's noon because they close at noon on Fridays. Yeah. Well, I don't think [laughter]

and it it didn't seem like there was much push back. That one concern was that the the earlier we push it back, the more chance of new things popping up on the agenda and needing to be shued in. So, we don't want to have it say on Monday. We want to give everybody enough time to where you they can come into work Monday, Tuesday, sort out whatever they need, get it on the agenda for for Wednesday. So yeah, I'd like to see at least moved up a day or back a day. It's possible to shoe them in on a hate doing that, but I know to give more. Bill, do you have any comments?

We can live with it. Yeah, I just wanted to make sure we have a consensus of council as to what day and then the staff will work with anybody that we have as far as our engineers and others that uh work with us to set up bid opening dates to make sure we push those back to where we'll have those and have enough time to get those types of things ready for the council packet and then also work with our bond council and financial advisor for the same. So, there'll just be that gap in between when the packet comes out and the meeting is. So, We need a motion. Uh, no, we don't. Um, Council Brewster, did you have something on the subject?

Well, what for it to be fair to the city staff, what what is realistic for you? Is Thursday better than Wednesday? I mean, I want to be fair to our city staff, too. Yeah, it's it's really if we put it out on Wednesday, we just move everything that we would normally do up a couple days. Okay. It's not like it's unfair to city staff and moving everything up, making sure everybody that we work with, third party knows that what we're doing so we don't have any message there. Well, I think it's only fair to us also. Yeah. Because we get it on Friday. [clears throat] You're out of the office the time we get it. If we have any questions, then we have to wait till Monday and by Monday,

you know, we're kind of at a standstill what we decide to do. I have found out we'll check his email on the weekend, too. [laughter] Well, it's six o'clock in the morning. Yeah, I was going to say I'll get some. Oh, yeah. Good ones. I have my email. at the c uh casper pardon you have yes Tony for you on south sica going out of town where the no parking signs are there's one that's completely blank on south yeah go start go around the curve the old

yeah that's it [clears throat] any other concerns from council All right, that we will move on to item B. Council request updates. All right, a couple two updates for you. The community building uh is scheduled to be repainted tomorrow and Wednesday. I think we're going to consider this case closed, I think. And then uh 8:15 Peach, the truck has been removed and the trailer is now tagged. So, case considered closed until next time. All right. Thanks, buddy. All right. All right. Next, we have item 13, adjournment. Second.

We have a motion and a second to adjurnn next meeting. M. Are we going to do a second part of the executive or is that going to be that was already done? We're not going to continue that. You had to do that. Right. Right. Then so how did that work? Um, can we still go back to that or is it not I would like to address that. earlier. I did not I did not see any interest in doing it as we left the executive session. Was there no interest in it? I mean

I don't I don't know the correct verbage, but can we can we go to executive session? Is there a motion in a second to

Can I make a motion to move to executive session? Uh, we have to vote on this first.

But but for adjournment, I can stop the adjournment. Can I not? If everybody votes no, we're not vote no. Okay, we have to vote first on the on the German. Okay, if we want to vote for a German, go ahead. Is there any discussion on German? Question, please. No. Walters, no. Roden, yes. No. No. No. Miners, no. Thompson, no.

All right. So, these have it. So we will not adjourn. So now what would council like to do? Uh I make a motion for executive session 15 minutes. Actually Brewster hasn't Oh my motion. Can you say to include public works director, chief administrative officer and city of Okay. integration. So that I'm sorry that was public works and who else? Public works director. Yeah. Chief administrative officer and city attorney.

Okay. Um I move that we recess to executive session under KSA 734319B section 6 for preliminary discussion of the acquisition of real property. Uh the open meeting shall resume here in the council uh meeting room at uh 6 uh 24. Oh, that's wrong time. 8:24. Um, and it would also include the uh public public works director, the lawyer, city, city attorney, and um, chief administrator of officer. Thank you.

So, you want this for 20 minutes? I mean, we shouldn't need all of it. We're going to stay in it for how long? Oh, 10 10 minutes. So, what would that be? Uh 8:15. Okay. All right. So, we have a motion. Is there a second? Second. We have a motion and a second to move into executive session under KSA 754319 B6 where preliminary discussion on the acquisition of real property. The open meeting shall resume here in the council meeting room at uh 8:15. Discussion question, please. Yes. Walters, yes. Yes.

Yes. Yes. Yes. Myers, yes. Yes.

All right, we are back out of executive session where non binding action was taken. Our next item is uh back to item 13, adjournment. Second. We have a motion and a second to adjourn tonight's meeting. Is there any discussion? Question please. Yes. Walters. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Myers. Yes. Yes. All right.