City Council - Regular Meeting

Good evening and welcome to the April 1, 2026 regular meeting of the Holland City Council. I'm Mayor Nathan Box and I'm calling the meeting to order. Brenda, would you please call the role? Clumps here. Freeman here. Raymond here. Corbin here. Schulty present. Mayor Keane here. Rowan Shay here. Mayor Box present. We have a quorum.

Wonderful. Thank you. We're going to begin this evening's meeting as we have for many years. First with an opening prayer this evening by council member Vman followed immediately by the pledge of allegiance. And we would invite you to join us if you're so inclined. Please join me in prayer. Lord, we want to come before you uh this evening and we are grateful for the promise of new life and spring and everything that that pertains to. And so we ask that you would lead and guide uh this body, that we would be able to make a wise and informed decisions, that we'd be able to ask uh questions with great discernment, and that from it our community might become even uh better. Thank you for the opportunities that we each have to serve our neighbors and this community. And it's we put now this time before you. It's by your name we pray. Amen. To the flag of the United States of America and to the stands one indivisible and justice for all. Thank you, Mr. Freeman. Next item on our agenda are our consent agenda items. These are items that are considered to be fairly routine and have been previously reviewed by council members as part of our council packet and they will be enacted in one motion unless a member of the public or a member of council asked to have an item removed from the consent agenda and then it will be placed in its regular order on the regular agenda. But before I ask if anyone would like to have an item removed from consent, Brenda, would you please review the consent agenda for us?

Yes. 4 A, excuse the absence of council member Rowan. 4 B, approve the minutes of the March 18 regular meeting and March 25 study session. 4 C, oaths of office. 4 D, unit 9 main isolation gas valve replacement. 4 E, contract amendment with Southwest Electric. 4F, claims filed against the city. 4 G, Election Publishing Services agreement with Ottawa County. 4 H. Schedule a public hearing for Roa Technologies PA 198 tax abatement request. 4 I, schedule a public hearing for Roa Technologies, PA 198 tax abatement request. 4J, award bid for an overhead door services. 4K, accept experience support grant. 4 L, award the bid for heat pump number 18 replacement at the Holland Museum. And 4 M, a revocable license agreement for 208 River Avenue, a projecting sign. Great.

Thank you, Brenda. Is there any member of the public that would like to have an item removed from the consent agenda and placed on the regular agenda? Seeing none, any member of council that would like to have an item removed from consent? Seeing none there. What is pleasure of council in regard to the consent agenda? Move to approve the agenda as presented. Moved by Vman. Is there support? Support. Support by Raymond. Any discussion? Seeing none, Brenda, would you please call the role? Clarence, yes. Vman, yes. Raymond, yes. Corbin, yes. Schulty, yes. Mayor Keane, yes. Shay, yes. Mayor Box, yes. Motion carries.

Great. Thank you. Next item on our agenda, item number five, public comment. Under the Open Meetings Act of the State of Michigan, we provide the public the opportunity to address council in person at our regular meetings, our study sessions, and every one of our board, committee, and commission meetings. We we do want you to know that this is one-way communication. It's an opportunity for you to address council for on any subject that you believe is important, but we don't answer questions during this time or engage in discussion. But if there's a question that staff can answer after the meeting, they may be able to circle back to you. Uh we do limit your time to five minutes. There are three lights on the day in front of me. There's a green light, a yellow light, and a red light. Green light means that you're doing well on time. Yellow light means that you have one minute left, and the red light means that your time is expired. And we are strict about that. Uh we ask that when you approach the podium you please state your name and the municipality in which you live because it's important for us to know whether or not you're a resident of the city of Holland. Now having said that is there anyone here who would like to address council at this time. So please come forward and would you please state your name and municipality for the record?

You bet. I'm Nancy Honor. I live up in Holland Heights and I'm a Holland city resident. If you would like to follow up with me uh following my comments, my email address is nancy honorgmail.com and my phone number is 6167955461. I understand this is being recorded and I'll repeat that later. After last the comments were made last week at the council study session about the city traffic committee. I thought it might be helpful to share a resident's perspective and that would be my 14-month journey with this team. I wrote a two-page white paper on current conditions up on 16th Street to get to the stores and restaurants up there by Meyer. I researched population densities, subsidized housing statistics, retirement homes, and traffic counts. Included were footnotes of my resources, including recommendations from the non-motorized transportation plan. I also listed 10 options to improve the safety of folks trying to cross the road. This led me on a real learning journey the last 14 months to put it mildly. On February 18, I read this white paper and showed photos and storyboards to the neighborhood improvement committee asking for help on where do I go? And Lynn was in attendance at that meeting as well. The answer I got, Brian White, transportation director. So off went my white paper and an email. I asked Holland Heights residents for feedback and about 14 of us met. We formed a subcommittee of five residents, including a former city council person and the principal of Holland Heights Elementary to meet with Brian and Sergeant John Bouvy. On March 20, the traffic committee met on Mar and October 14 last year. There may have been more meetings, but these were the two that had meetings and decisions made on the paper that I had submitted along with my neighbors. The meeting minutes only covered the options suggested in my white paper. I do not know if there are

other conversations or decisions made. The one suggestion that was implemented was moving the reduced speed limit sign to be before the crosswalk rather than after the crosswalk. Uh rest current conditions meet MDOT standards was the response for most of the suggested changes. A couple actions were postponed until this spring. And based on uh the members present at these two uh meetings last year, I think they are Brian along with Karen Elwood, Matt Mezer from the uh police uh fire department, Scott Bouvy with the city of Holland, Bob Bersma with the police department, Steve Peterson with the Holland city. I'm not sure I'm going to pronounce these names right. Jeff Geneva with the downtown development authority. John Bouvy with the police department and Mark Cornelis was recently added from the neighborhood improvement committee. I don't know if he's attended a meeting or not. My impression is that the traffic committee has evolved over the years. It must be difficult to juggle requests, budgets, and priorities. As a staff committee, they have done a good job with improvements downtown and around Hope College and in keeping traffic moving. Neighbors I have talked to have never heard of this committee. I understand not wanting to process and be political. However, I think residents deserve more transparency about the decisions that affect us so profoundly in our day-to-day lives. I have learned a great deal in exploring our city and police department websites. We have 26 community uh committees that publish mission statements, members names, etc. As I said last week, I suggest the traffic committee mission, membership, and meeting schedule and resident process to ask for changes and create an appeals process be created by city council with input from residents. Brian White gave a great presentation on the no non-motorized transportation. I learned a lot. Let's take it farther and

faster. I am fully on board and support Devin Shea's proposal on funding and tracking lowhanging fruit. perhaps a dashboard of residents requests and responses. After last week's study session, I approached Mayor Box at the dis. I asked that as mayor and leader of this council if he would consider looking into the traffic committee members and processes. His response was just because I did not get what I wanted does not mean the committee is not working well. Well, I've been retired for nine years and have plenty of time to wait at crosswalks. I have been happily divorced and single for 36 years. I have no children, no grandchildren. My pursuing change in non-vehicular safety process and policies is because my neighbors all over the city have shared the same concerns. Many have asked for lower speed limits, better and more crosswalks, and do not feel there is a way to be heard. I have no skin in this game other than my concern about students crossing the streets to get to school, especially on 16th Street from the new development at Waverly and 24th. Retirees need to get to the grocery store and it would be nice if residents could enjoy restaurants that are not

five minutes. I'm sorry, your time is expired. Is there anyone else who would like to address council?

Lots of us. It looks like I am sojourered on. I live on 15th Street, Hope College Central. All my uh 80 90% of my neighbors are Hope students. I moved here in January. I found I am newly divorced as of five years ago and um my mom kicked me out in December illegally evicted me. So I was homeless for two weeks living out of hotels. I got a place on 15th Street, my first place that I've owned totally by myself. And when the storms were coming, I parked on the road because I found somebody who would snowplow for um 10 bucks, but I couldn't be in the driveway. I got a ticket. There are no signs. None. I looked. Did I miss a Did I miss a sign when I called? Oh my word. Similar journey to that fine lady there. Holland is sucks is to put it mildly with how they treat residents of Holland. I am pissed. In case you can't tell, I had to pay $25. I offered to go to court. They said, "You'll lose." I had all these hoops and hurdles. I got institutionalized because Holland Hospital in my spare time I get to sue them also. I am in the process. So 6164311011011011011011011011011011011087 dawnless Jesus number sevengmail.com. Please get a hold of me because I'm going to do petitions during tulip time for getting the residents who own their houses to pay for us non uh renters uh to have signs on every se street stating what the rules are. And please do odd even parking because there's no place for me to park if there's a snowstorm. No place at all in Holland during the months. And have billboards that state what the rules are. I've already done informal surveys. I'm going to get actual petitions. Tell me what I

need on the petition because Tulip Time is going to hear about this. Bye. Thank you. Is there anyone else who would like to address council at this time? Would you please state your name and municipality for the record?

Yeah. Martha Capistani, Holland. Um, first of all, I'd like to thank the council for their service and Mayor Box for declaring April as faith month for the city of Holland. In honor of that, I'm going to share with you some information and insights that you may not know about the Bible and then pray for our city and government. I'd like to begin by sharing w with you this colorful diagram which represents 63,779 cross references that exist in the Bible. And these references either directly or indirectly connect to another part of the Bible. Now, if one person wrote a book that did something like that, we would all be like, "Wow, a masterpiece. Greatest author that ever existed." Nobody had ever done that before. But this book was written not by one man. This book was written by 40 different authors over 1500 years across three separate continents, Africa, Asia, and Europe. And in three different languages, Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic. It has one united story with zero contradictions. If you really consider that, there's only one answer as to how something like that could happen. It was written down by man, but it was authored by the living God. And the Bible itself says it was inspired by God. Now, this is an amazing book. Whether you believe it or not to be true on its own, it is still an amazing piece of literature. We expose our students in schools to all kinds of books and literature on history and such. But deny exposing them to this incredible work. Now, they don't have to believe in it, but it is an integral part of our history, particularly regarding the creation of our nation, our form of government, our laws, and our constitution. You may not know that it is now more than ever accepted that Jesus was a indeed a real historical figure, and that the Roman crucifixion was a real thing. There are historical writings in existence outside the Bible

who mention Jesus such as the Jewish author Josephus who was connected to the Roman elite who crucified Jesus written in 94 AD. Tacitus, a Roman historian who reported Nero's persecution of Christians, noting Chris was executed by Pilate, written in 116 AD, and Ply the Younger, a Roman governor who wrote a who wrote of Christians worshiping Christ as God written in 112 AD. These historical documents were written within 60 to 80 years of Jesus existence. Also, there are more and more archaeological discoveries today of real places referenced in the Bible that consist, excuse me, continue to support the veracity of the Bible. Now, I've only scratched the surface of this incredible story and its survival over thousands of years. I think we failed in education by not exposing our students to this incredible unmatched piece of literature. It tells a beautiful story of courage, sacrifice, and redemption. In closing, this Sunday we recognize Easter and the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. This has been recognized or celebrated for over 2,000 years across the world and in the United States for over 200 years. You may not believe the mounting evidence of the existence of a man named Jesus, or the more recent scientific discoveries such as the finetuning of the universe to support life, or that everything and everyone we see today and throughout history was not created by something or someone. This begs the question of God's existence and the story of his redeeming us back to him through the sacrifice of his son Jesus Christ. I'd like to pray right now. So, if you want to join me, please do so. Father God, I thank you for our city council and the sacrifice of their time to serve our city. I pray that you will protect them, their families, bless them, give them wisdom and discernment as they conduct the business of this city and surrounding areas. I pray this as well for the leaders of our state and federal governments. And God, as a believer in representing others here

today, we also thank you for sending your son to take on the weight of our sin. We pray for a great revival in faith in our nation. And we take great comfort in knowing that we can experience your peace and your salvation both in heaven and on earth. And it's in Jesus name we pray. Amen. Thank you very much. Thank you. Is there anyone else who would like to address counsel at this time? And would you please state your name and municipality for the record?

Yes, I my name is Tim Slice and I actually live in Alagen County and Sodak Township. Uh I come out to introduce myself tonight as a candidate for the 57th District Court in Alligan. Uh Holland is one of those gems of the West that is shared by both Alligan and Ottawa County. So uh although some of you may not be Alligan County voters or residents, uh I'm sure you have friends or family that live in Alligan. Uh in Alagan is going to be an exciting time as well as in uh Ottawa for district court judge races. Uh Ottawa has two seats that are available this year. Um for the longest time we had Judge Scotchless and Judge Bologard on the bench. Judge Bologard stepped down in May and the governor appointed Chris Bernett into that seat. So he'll have to defend that uh that seat come the general in November. I'm actually running for Judge Scotchless's seat. Uh Judge Scotchless is 70 years old and cannot run again according to the Constitution. Uh so I am running for that open seat. Uh my background uh my wife and I came over here to the South Haven area in 1996 uh with the Michigan State Police. Um I joined the state police in 1995. Uh South Haven was our first post. So I worked at the South Haven Post as a road trooper for just under 10 years. Uh very proud young trooper. Uh enjoyed my work as a police officer. Served a lot of uh people in the west side of Alagan, west side of Amburn counties. Uh unfortunately in in 2003 I was shot in the line of duty in Benton Harbor. uh during the civil unrest of 2003 and in 2005 the department retired me from duty. So I persevered. I went back to law school and got my degree to practice law. Went back to Berian County as a prosecutor for about four and a half years. Uh in that role I was the chairman of the gun board which at the time oversaw uh issuance of concealed pistol licenses. Uh I am a proponent of the second amendment. Um tried several misdemeanor and felony cases. uh stood up for victim's rights as a prosecutor and in 2015, I'm sorry, I quit there and uh opened my own practice here in Holland. Uh I

practice primarily in Alagan and Ottawa counties in the area of criminal defense. So uh having been a police officer, prosecutor, and defense attorney, uh I think it lends well to um thinking outside the box and problem solving. Um, I think it's important to have judges who are able to uh think on their feet and give people an opportunity to to tell their story, uh, but also hold people accountable and keep our community safe. Uh, I am a proponent of our specialty courts and in Alligan we have three specialty courts at the district court level. We have sobriety treatment court, mental health treatment court, uh, and veterans court. And I think it's important when you have people who are struggling uh and find themselves a riot of the law and have a common background uh especially for instance veterans court those people have all gone through uh boot camp and have served our our nation. Uh they have a built-in support system with those that are also struggling and and are in veterans court. So I I believe that those specialy courts are important in in redemption and rehabilitation. Uh however, if people are not willing to put in the work uh or are repeatedly failing, uh then I think they need to be held accountable. Um for those that are are Alagen County residents here, um as a candidate, we are required to uh gain signatures to get on the ballot. So, as an Alagen County resident, we have to get at least 600 signatures, up to a thousand signatures. Uh those that due date is coming up uh as April 21. Uh so, anyone here tonight be willing to sign a petition to help me get on the ballot. I'd appreciate that. Haveformational cards for anyone who's willing uh to listen and read. I encourage everyone to do their homework and I appreciate anyone's everyone's support this year. Thank you.

Great. Thank you. Is there anyone else who would like to address council at this time? Go ahead. And you are one of our HAK students and I always want to make sure that everyone in the public knows that. uh our our Holland Youth Advisory Council, one of our our high school students that's involved in local government. And I always have four additional questions for you to answer. Uh what grade you're in, what school you go to, uh what you are doing with Hayak, and if you have any plans for the future. And as I always say, if you don't, that's fine because I didn't have any your age either. So, welcome.

Thank you. Hello. I'm Andrew Le. I'm a senior attending Holland High School and I serve on the environmental committee for Hayak. I plan to attend University of Michigan for nursing next fall. I'm here to speak in support of youth rec recreational leagues in Han. These programs do so much more than just keep kids active. They build teamwork, confidence, and a sense of belonging. I know this firsthand because I grew up playing youth rec soccer, basketball, and baseball. Those experiences shaped who I am today. They gave me friendships and positive role models and kept me engaged in something I still participate in today. Investing in these programs is investing in the future of our community. When kids have access to safe, structured activities, it strengthens families and builds a stronger Holland. I encourage you to continue sporting and expanding the youth recreation uh opportunities so every child has that same chance. Thank you.

Thank you. Is there anyone else who would like to address council at this time? Well, good evening. Hi, Mr. Would you please state your name and municipality for the record?

Thank you. My name is Tom Cyber. I'm running to be your next 57th Judicial District Court Judge opposite of uh my colleague Tim. Tim is running for Judge Scotchless's seat. I'm running for Judge Bardron's seat. Uh I appreciate you having the opportunity to come and see you all tonight. Uh like I said, I'm running for the next uh to be your next 57th judicial district court judge for Alagan County. Um I've practiced law for 19 and a half years. Uh Mr. Duckworth knows me. I've also refed high school and college football. Um, I've spent 13 years with my father learning how to practice law, how to treat people, how to be an individual and a human. I spent eight and a half years as the prosecutor for the city of Greenville on a contract basis. Uh, did an awesome job for those folks, held people accountable and uh, took care of their community. Uh, my highlighted case for the whole entire 19 years was uh, I won the Michael Null case, which was where he was accused of wanting to kidnap the governor of the state of Michigan. Now whether you like the topic or not, the significant portion of it is that I did my job. We came out with a not-uilty verdict after six hours. Um if you seat me on the to the to the district bench, I plan on implementing a thing called go next. We plan on holding people accountable through compassion, grace, and dignity for all. But we plan on helping people with the dignity for all by go next. Go next is this GED or jail. you're found convicted or you found that you've pled guilty, you can either take our standard sentence, which may include some jail, or you can take the whole balance of your sentence, usually 93 days to a year.

I don't want to interrupt you, but could you make sure you're speaking to the microphone because we got people at home who want to make sure they hear you as well.

Sorry, I need to stick right where I'm at. Apologize. Uh, you can either do the 93 days or you can do the one year in jail. We're going to hold that over top of your head, but you're going to enroll in a GED program or you're going to enroll in a trade or an associates degree. In Michigan, you can get an associates degree if you have no no education, no diploma, and it's your first time around and you're 21 years old. So, there's no reason why we can't take the the resources that we already have and educate our population. By educating them, we give them personal value and we give our employers value. There's no way a human is going to sit in jail and tell their children, "Go to college when I'm willing to show you how to get there for free." So, it's going to be GED or jail. If you don't go to class, go spend the weekend in jail. If you decide to drop out of the program, go spend the balance of your sentence in jail. Uh, now, we're not telling people, but if you get to jail and you dropped out and you made a you made a mistake, send us a kite. We'll re-evaluate whether or not we can put you back into the program. Uh the go operation drive, it's out of uh the 44th district down in uh Detroit. What they're doing is non drunk driving offenses. We will put you back in a driver's license or we will show you how to get there by getting rid of parking tickets, speeding tickets, not getting rid of them, but getting you into a system where we can get you back behind the wheel so that you can go to work instead of having the excuse that you can't. Uh next, we are running night court. We're going to meet people at the same time as whenever you met your your officer. If you met him at 3:00 in the morning, guess what? You're paying me a salary. There's no reason why I can't do it on Zoom. Hit record and we take care of your case. I don't have to have an open uh courtroom. I don't have to have a baiff. I don't have to have a uh recorder. I can lower the cost. By me lowering the cost of coming to court, that lowers your taxes,

which raises the value of our society. Again, um the next or the E and the X is expungement clinic. We'll run expungement clinic four times throughout the year. That way it can lower the cost for people to attempt to get rid of their nonrunk driving crimes. Um we will help them get back to give them personal value again. Once again, I heard Tim talking about treatment courts. Absolutely. We are running all the treatment courts. I absolutely believe in treatment. You're at the district court level. This is the entrylevel court. Mr. Duckworth works in the circuit court. He's up there with the guys that are going off to criminal or to prison, dealing with divorces, dealing with major corporations. This is the people's court. This is the court where your neighbors come in front of me and say, "I have a dispute." And guess what? For the most part, we're going to look to resolve them or we're going to look to wrap our arms around them and give them the services that they need to get them through the system. Now, I need your help. My last name is spelled cyber. It's like silver without the L. Si V is in victory. E R. You can go to votecyber.com. You can learn all about me. But I need for you to do me a favor. More importantly, we have veterans and people that have died for our country. Please,

Mr. Mayor, that is five minutes. I'm sorry, your time is expired. Please go vote. Thank you. Is there anyone else who would like to address council at this time?

And you are also one of our Hayek students. Welcome. Thank you. Good evening, members of the council. My name is Owen Bear. I'm a senior at Holland High School on the recreation committee, and I'm planning on attending Northwestern University this upcoming fall. I'm here to share how Holland's Spanish immersion program has affected my life. From kindergarten through fifth grade, I was enrolled in the Spanish immersion program, starting at Holland West and later moving to Holland Language Academy. I'm incredibly grateful for this opportunity because I began the journey so early. I was able to absorb the language much more naturally. While I continued to work towards full fluency, the pro program gave me a high level of competency and more importantly, the ability to connect with my neighbors in ways I otherwise wouldn't. This skill has opened up opportunities I wouldn't have had without a second language. I've had the privilege of volunteering at local migrant camps where I was able to play with children while parents attended mass. It has also allowed me to hear the stories and perspectives of many Spanish-sp speakaking immigrants in our community. These programs do much more than just teach a second language. They bridge connections between people and help improve our Holland community. I'm grateful to have had this opportunity and I'm glad that so many other children in Holland do as well.

Thank you. Is there anyone else who would like to address council at this time? And you are also one of our Hayek students.

That I am sorry. I had to pull up. Hello, my name is Andrew Erlick. I'm a junior at Holland High School and I sit on the parks and recreation committee. I've yet to figure out what I'm doing as I'm still a junior, but um today I want to talk about something that I'm really passionate about, which is the unified sports teams at Holland High School. As a multiport athlete, I've had the privilege of participating in various school sports at our school. Sorry. Um, our unified basketball team is meant to help create inclusivity consisting of kids with a variety of different abilities and other peer programs at our school. It is also a part of the Michigan Special Olympics program. So, we get to play other schools in the area that are a part of it. Unified sports gives students with learning differences the opportunity to be a part of something bigger. Not only does it foster inclusion, but it also allows general education students like myself the ability to learn empathy. For example, this program has given me a new meaning of what it means to take nothing for granted. All students come to particip come to practice with big smiles and the attitude to make themselves better. This really stuck with me because I've been on sports teams where the attitudes are like it's just another day of practice and students did not care as much. This positive outlook that all the students on the team had is what I think allowed us to make many strides as the season went on. For instance, the first time we played Holland Christian, we tied them, but the next time we played them, we beat them by 10. I believe that unified sports gives kids with differences the ability to be seen as the same and celebrated for their differences. An example of this is how we host a big assembly every year during inclusion week showcasing their talents. All the kids in the building get to go and cheer on their peers, even making posters. This assembly celebrates our differences and is something that I think all schools in Holland should strive to achieve this level of incon incon incon inclusivity. Thank you.

Thank you. Is there anyone else who would like to address council at this time? And you are also one of our Hayak students. Yes.

Good evening, city c uh city members. My name is Xavier Murphy. I'm a senior at Highland High School and a member of the neighborhood improvement community. I'm currently undecided, but I will be studying electrical engineering in college. I want to talk about how important is it is to really listen to young people and make sure more of their voices are heard. I think it's a great it's great that we already have things like Holland Youth Advisory Council, but a lot but a lot of the voices we heard we hear are mainly from high schoolers. There are a lot of other kids in our community whose voices aren't being heard as much, like middle schoolers, homeschooled students, or kids who just aren't involved in school groups. Their opinions matter, too, and they should have more chances to share them. If we can find any way to reach out and include them, include all kinds of youth, I think it would make our community stronger. Youth people are the future of this city. They're going to be the workers, the leaders, and maybe sitting in your seats one day. So, their voices should matter now, not just later. Thank you.

Thank you. And Xavier, I want you to stay up there just for a minute. I'm going to break the rules here. uh normally don't engage, but uh I happen to know that just under two weeks ago, you were named the 2026 Boys and Girls Club Youth of the Year, and that deserves recognition. So, congratulations. Thank you from the mayor and the Holland City Council. Well done. Well done to all of you, all you gentlemen tonight. Thank you very much. Is there anyone else who would like to address council at this time? And would you please state your name and municipality for the record?

Anne Henrikson, Zealand. This is one of my favorite meetings because I'm able to talk about the last five years of seeing something so good take place in Holland. National Day of Prayer 2022 and National April Faith Month 2023 has been declared by Mayor Nathan Box for four years. In April, he graciously declares that Holland is a community that supports both faith events. The city of Holland government has not financially supported the events but recognizes them because Holland founded by Alberta Van Ralty was established for religious freedom expression. That is a significant heritage. Mayor Box has pledged to do it 2026 as well and we are thankful for his commitment. As I have said, I'm an advocate for the constitutional freedom of expression of our faith in Holland. This is something that almost got buried because of the 1973 law, separation of church and state, meaning nothing religious could be displayed or expressed on public property. In 2022, the law firm's Liberty Council and in separate cases, First Liberty won at the Supreme Court level the disabowment of the separation of church and state as null and void. The city of Holland stopped using the term separation of church and state in prohibiting the use of public places. After First Liberty came in 2024 at a public lunchon in the civic center to inform us of the new US Supreme Court decision. Mayor Box and some council members attended that lunchon. National April Faith Month was

initiated by the Concerned Women of America in 2022 with two Congress women getting it voted into the congressional record. This means it is official by the people representing our nation. As of 2026, communities across the nation are honoring the month. It is not just a Christian month, but meant by the Constitution of the United States for freedom of speech to express all beliefs. On the other hand, any belief that is intended to destroy our democracy is not protected. The growing threat since 19 uh 911 of Sharia law is an example. Holland's National April Faith Month Action Organization is a nonprofit as of December 2025. Our mission is John 12:32. Jesus said, "If I be lifted up, I will draw all people to myself." We have all our we have all we are a non we have all our non-en denominational events outside church walls. So everyone is welcome and to hear the message of the greatest story ever told from the Holy Bible. We are international and intergenerational focusing on the youth. Our expression is prayer and worship. Many people that would not set foot in a church stop by and join us in our events. We have events in parades, parks, the museum, parking lots, the library, etc. We base our action throughout the year, January through December. Each year we become more visible. January, February, we joined the Grand Rapids Hispanic Women's Conference in Heric Library on women's

god-given identity. February, a book lecture, raising gender confident kids. April hosting the National Day of Prayer April 28th this year at the Civic Center with the Calvary School Children's Choir and Evergreen Corral and the Holland Safety Officers presenting the flag. In May, there will be a float in the tool of time parade. Midepptember will be our first nonprofits festival of faith at Colin Park Banshell. December parade of lights with a float shalom and Christmas hymn sing at rest haven senior center. It is a joy to gather and celebrate our faith in God. Our motivation stems from God's goodness to our community within his commands to love one another as he has loved us. Thank you.

Thank you. Is there anyone else who would like to address council at this time? I'm sorry, ma'am. Each person is only allowed to speak one time. No, I'm sorry, ma'am. Each person is control is not doing its job. Each person is only allowed to speak one time. I didn't have my own five minutes.

Each person is only allowed to speak one time. You have spoken already at this meeting. Each person is only allowed to speak one time. Is there anyone else who would like to speak to council at this time? Seeing none, I will close the public comment period. Public comment is closed. Ma'am, I'm sorry. You may come to the next council meeting and address the council at that time. Next item on our agenda, item number seven, special order of the day, public hearings, community and neighborhood services, a PA 198 tax abatement request, Atlas Headrest LLC. Mr. Van Beek. Yes. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um, in a moment, I'm going to ask uh staff member Juan Gnome to come up and he'll uh make the presentation at the podium. Um and uh um basically we have a standard PA 198 tax abatement. Um along with Juan, we have a representative as always from Lakeshore Advantage and we also have someone from the company. So um Juan can come up. I'll drive from here

and thanks for giving Juan some I have one minute. No one ma'am. Each each person is only allowed to speak one time. one time. Please, you may come to the next council meeting and speak. We're moving on. Animal control. So, if my dog dies before next week, are you going to pay for a new dog for me? Your time has expired for this meeting. You may come to the next meeting. We're moving on with the meeting. Blessings to you. I forgive you. I forgive you. I forgive you. All the Christians here who are whitewashed tombs, I forgive you.

Good evening, Mr. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen of the council. I am pleased to introduce for your consideration an industrial facilities tax exemption certificate request submitted by Atlas Headrest LLC. Uh actually I have with me Ryan Frier who's the director of business solutions from Lakeshore Advantage and Andrew Foley who is the chief executive officer of Atlas Headrest who I will uh give the podium here in just a second. Um this is the second time that Atlas Headrest has been in front of the city council last about last year. Last year around this time, I think they submitted a request that was approved by the city council and now they're back for a buildout request associated with the buildout of the address at 72 West 64th Street, which at Sweet 330, which is just south of the airport. I will let these gentlemen explain a little bit about the business and the nature of the request. Ryan, would you like to go first?

Yes, please.

All right. Good evening, council. My name is Ryan Frier. I'm with Lakeshore Advantage. Uh, we're the regional economic development organization for Holland. Uh, so first, thank you, Juan, for all of your support uh through this uh process. Um, I just wanted to add a little bit of uh context um to what you what you guys are seeing. So, as Juan mentioned, the application uh before you tonight is the interior buildout for Atlas Headrest. Uh this application was uh prepared and submitted by me on the company's behalf, which is part of the support we provide to uh local companies navigating incentive programs. Uh during the original submission, the speculative shell building which you had approved um prior and this buildout were combined into one single application. Um under the current process, those two should have been on a separate application. Um and uh which is why the buildout is being presented to you today. I I do want to note that the buildout application is outside of the standard six-month filing requirement under state statute. And because of that, we're not asking the city to wave or resolve that issue tonight. But what we are asking is for local approval so that that application can move forward to state review. Um I've been in contact with the MEEDC, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, uh to work through this. And based on those conversations, a statutory exception requests like this are typically considered by the state once they have support from the local unit. Um so uh our request here is uh to approve um and uh that will just allow for uh the process to stay intact intact and allow the appropriate state bodies to make uh the determination. So, thank you for your time and consideration and I'll pass it off to Andrew Foley.

Thank you, gentlemen. Thank you, councel. Uh, so I'm Andrew Foley, the owner and CEO of Atlas Headrest. We design, manufacture, engineer office furniture headrest for the major brands, Herman Miller, Steelcase, Hworth, um, everybody who's located here in this furniture mecca of the world. Uh, darling of a company. We have around 25 employees, mostly manufacturing. We're proudly making our products here in the US and then distributing them uh all over the world internationally. About half of our business gets exported to Asia. U so it's just incredible. We get to manufacture here and do all of this here. Your support has been amazing. This new facility that we have here has been a huge boost to productivity, to employment, to landing employees, everything like that. It it it represents the company and this community well. So, your continued support uh on this tax abatement for the buildout would be much appreciated. That's all I have. Any other questions for me?

Any questions? Maybe. Sorry. What was your name again? Yeah, my name's Ryan. Ryan. Yeah. So, could you explain again what happened? Like why this is why we're doing this again? Yeah. So, um Atlas Headrest assumed a speculative abatement um owned by Electric Steel. So he is the the tenant uh paying property taxes and so there was the speculative shell that we were looking to transfer to Atlas Headrest and then he did an additional buildout inside. Okay. Those two should have been separated. Um and I had combined them on one application. So here trying to correct that mistake

for him.

Thank you for the explanation. Just in closing here, unless anyone has any specific questions, uh inside your packet, as is customary with an IFT application is the application itself, the quickf fact sheet, which is prepared by the city assessor's office, which is a fantastic summary of what's being proposed. And I should note, which I didn't earlier, it's a four-year abatement. And the reason it's a four-year abatement on that quickf fact sheet is because it's a lease agreement for four years. and the IFT can't go longer than the actual lease agreement. Uh the resolution, the agreement itself, and a letter from the assessor regarding the recommendation of the public hearing for you this evening. All right. Any other questions for staff? All right. Great. Thank you, gentlemen. Appreciate it.

Thank you. What is the pleasure of council in regard to this item? We're all looking at each other. Motion to approve agenda item 7 alpha as presented. Moved by Schult Ty. Is there support? Support Corbin. Support by Corbin. Any discussion? Seeing none, Brenda, would you please call the role? Verman, yes. Raymond, yes. Corbin, yes. Schultice, yes. Mayor Keane, yes. Shay, yes. Clumparens, yes. Mayor Box. Yes. Motion carries.

Great. Thank you. Next item, uh, under unfinished business, item 8A, traffic changes, parking restriction on 10th Street and Central Avenue adjacent to Central Avenue Church. Mr. Van Beek.

Yes. Thank you, Mr. Mayor and Councel. I'm going to ask Brian White, our transportation director, to come up here and walk us through this item. Um, and you'll recall, Brian will probably say this, but this uh follows the process that we use for this where this was already before you once and then we immediately table it. Um, and then we um notify the surrounding area and also use this for format to inform of a potential traffic control order change. So, Brian, why don't you walk us through this and thanks for being here tonight.

Okay. Uh good evening, Mayor Box. Uh good evening, council members, members of the public, and uh those tuning in um tonight. Um and thank you, Keith, for the the lead in. Um before you tonight, uh is a recommendation from the traffic committee. Uh and there are a couple of slides um that we have showing where the uh uh what this involves is some parking restrictions along Central Avenue and 10th Street. And the uh the first slide there is the parking restrictions along 10th Street. This is just to the um east of Central Avenue. Uh again near the the church and uh um the Hope College uh Science Center driveway. Um and then Keith, do you have the clicker?

Great. Okay. And then the next slide here is additional parking restrictions on Central Avenue. Uh and that's just north of Graves Place. Um these this request came to us from Central Avenue Church. Um again, uh their observations um parking is just getting a little tight through there to the point where um concerned about line of sight and things like that. Um traffic committee evaluated it. were agreeable with um these parking restrictions. Uh and um as Keith mentioned um this initially came uh before council uh at the last meeting as is customary with the um uh items like this. We typically table those which was done at last meeting and then um we send out notices to all the um area property owners to make sure that they have an opportunity to comment um on that. Um I don't believe uh we've received comments. Um not sure if somebody in the audience may have some comments, but um at this point we haven't received any correspondence um either directly to the transportation uh department or to the clerk. So with that, the recommendation is uh to move ahead with these parking restrictions uh as proposed.

All right. Any questions for for staff? Lynn, we'll do Lynn and then Devin and then Tim. Um, so for the one that we're looking at here in the language on on this on this document here, the report, it says this area on Central was supposed to be a drop off point. So, how does that get determined? Like, do do they just decide or how

Yeah. Yeah. So, and there are other um drop off areas. Some of them are signed, some of them aren't. Um, this one in this case isn't um signed. Um but what we would propose to do here is rather than designate a specific drop off area um we would just propose basically from Graves Place to the north that northerly hatched area um put the one sign there and basically restrict parking from there to corner. So that would

I noticed Thank you. I noticed that there are actually two places where people can get dropped off at central and one of them is under cover and then there's another one on 12th where you can turn all the way around and there's a small narrow ramp. Is there a reason why they need an additional Yeah, I think um in I do think that they have some additional improvements that they're planning to do here at the church that may involve some snow melt um around the entrances. Um and so that may be part of the reason that they want to um that they're targeting this area along Central Avenue um just for the seasonal aspect of that.

Okay. And then the other one if can I I have one more question here. Um the is there another slide Keith for the other side? Yeah. So it says here that um they park up to the apron. Is that right? I don't like so so cars are actually parking in the driveway like I I think next to the driveway approaches to the point where I think there's some concerns about line of sight. Okay. Yeah. Oh, they that wasn't is line of sight. Line of sight wasn't mentioned in here as part Yeah, that's again in the request that they sent to us. Okay. Yeah.

Thank you, Devin. I think they all got answered. Thank you. All right. Great. Tim. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Hi, Brian. Hey. Uh, you talked about or mentioned, um, that truck committee has studied that. What does that mean? Like number of people that park in those spots, drop offs. Can you explain that a bit, please? Yeah. So, um, not that technical. um we just look at it at face value, look at the angles involved and um uh we do um typically look at aerial photos, historical aerial photos to see where folks are parking from that aspect. So that's what we've used to um validate, if you will, the request. Okay.

And there would be three parking spaces that could be eliminated. Yeah. So um if we can click back to central. Yeah. So there there's three at Central. Um and then really I don't even know if you could count a parking space on 10th Street just because it's so close to the the approaches. It's just trying to delineate that area to again preserve that line of sight. Sure, folks. As it is though, it is technically legal street parking. Um I I think it's a uh it's again it's an enforcement question and having the signs out there just eliminates any kind of gray area.

Certainly. I'm I'm just thinking of like elimination of public use versus for private consumption. Sure. Yeah. And I would say that again there's um we're really talking about three spaces along Central Avenue. Um and we really think that the benefits uh there outweigh the um you know the other certainly um thinking of proximity to Hope College and downtown that is a premium that once it goes away is

and I guess another concern is um enforcement how will that be sort of as just in the general enforcement of traffic and parking. Yeah. So, and again it's if I follow you. So, um the the um the enforcement basically becomes crystal clear when the signs go up. Um and it just makes that um again u um easier for the enforcement um the person that's doing the enforcement to um to know exactly where that demarcation line is. So, certainly.

Yeah. So and just to from my own understanding it would be a recommendation pri primarily on anecdotal information to eliminate public use for private consumption per se. Yeah. Um so again I think when you look at line of sight right obviously the public is is motoring along that rightway. Um this is to pro protect them, you know, as much as folks that are entering and exiting the driveway as well as pedestrians that are in the area that may be crossing. So certainly. Yeah. Y Okay. Thank you. Yeah. Devin.

Uh yeah, thanks. So the did you say that some of it is is current all of it's currently legal parking? Correct. So again, at the uh the Central Avenue, there's three spots that have been marked out as legal spots. Okay. And would there be uh any world in where the furthest south parking spot would not be removed?

Yeah. again had those deliberations and I think um the proximity to Craves Place in the crossing and the crosswalks there just again it um preserves that line of sight particularly for the pedestrian movements there. So um yeah I'm all set. Thanks. Okay. Thank you. Tim and Brian I was this is I appreciate this. Is there any uh alternative that could be seen that sort of splits the difference?

Um, you know, I think in this case it's just straightforward and um yeah, I don't um I guess it's either we allow parking there or we don't. Um and I think the traffic committee, at least from our perspective, think it's there's validity to the request. So, okay. Thank you, Devin. Would there be a possibility for a no parking sign on Sundays? Um, we have done that around churches as well. Um, that was not the request that was made. Um, but that's certainly a possibility.

Any other questions?

Mr. Van Beek. Um, I hesitate to say this, but I just want to make sure um that this situation isn't necessarily viewed with others. I don't want to open up larger, but um there are other situations um Brian, am I correct, that when we get requests or whether they be staff or organization or public um you know, requested that you'll look at a variety of factors. Um, so sometimes there's traffic studies that go into it and traffic counts and those types of things. So I just want to make it clear for everybody that in this case it was more just observation and taking a look at the site. Um, other types of situations involve more technical deliberation and observation.

Yes. Thank you. Any other questions for staff? All right. Thanks, Brian. Appreciate it. Thank you. Yep. What is the pleasure of councel in regard to this item?

Move to approve the request as presented. Moved by Freeman. Is there support? Support.

Support by Raymond. Any discussion? Yes, Mr. Sheay. Um, I think I will probably be voting no on this just primarily because of the fact that the utilization of the church is really mostly going to be on certain days of the week, a few days of the week at very specific times. Um, as I think um, Councilman Medakin was alluding to, I think the the public good I understand this is a I would love to see a um, a no parking on Sundays. I think that would be a great use. Um but I think just we have to be thinking about the majority of our um neighbors and so um those are my thoughts. Thank you.

Any other discussion? Yes, Miss Clumparts. Yes, I will likely also be voting no. I understand again the request, but I think public parking is so limited in that area anyway and it's a hot spot for so many events and for Hope College. Um, and I would I would struggle to set a precedent that private businesses could request public parking be removed because it's not necessarily convenient. Um, so likely people would know. Thank you, Miss Raymond.

Yeah, I think it would be helpful in the future to understand a bit more about when you do more um extensive studies and research about places and and and like in this particular case less than perhaps you've done in the past. So I think it would be helpful to to understand that and um get a better better idea of how of how you make those decisions on how to research. Any other discussion? Brenda, would you please call the role? Raymond, no. Corbin, no. Schultice, no. Mary Keem, no. Shay, no. Clumps, no. Freeman.

No. And Mayor Box, no. Motion does not carry.

All right. Thank you. Next item on the agenda is item number nine, written petitions and communications. In addition to providing the public the opportunity to address council in person during our meetings, we do also have an email address where you can provide written comments to council and that is public comment cityofhalland.com. Again, public comment at cityofholland.com. Uh we the we accept those into the record at our regular meetings. We don't read them out loud, but we do accept them into the record when we have them. Uh we do not have any today, but I always like to make sure that the public knows that that email address is there. And it again is public comment at cityofholland.com. Uh next item on the agenda is item 12, echo6.1, gifts. Brenda, would you please review the gifts for us?

Yes. The city manager's office is pleased to report the following gift for the parks and recreation services. A gift of $6,000 to be used toward children's admission fees at Bos Pool. All right. Uh what is the pleasure of council in regard to the gifts? I move that this donation be accepted with appreciation, credited to the appropriate account, and an expression of gratitude be forwarded to the donor. Motion by clumps. Is there support? Support. support by Schultice. Any discussion? Yeah. Oh, go ahead. Is this an ana Sorry, anonymous donation. Do we know?

Yes, it is anonymous. All right. Well, thank you to Ann. Anonymous anonymous. Ann Miss Raymond, did you have any discussion on this as well? I just wanted to know, Matt, maybe you can tell us how many kids that actually will assist. I believe the admission for children at Bows Pool is 50 cents. A whopping 50 cents or a dollar. It's very very low. So, it we haven't actually charged because we've had this covered for

Yes. To my to my knowledge, it has been a very long time since a child had to pay to swim above school. Glad to hear it. Y All right. Wonderful. Any other discussion? All right. Seeing none, all those in favor say I. I. All oppose, same sign. Motion carries. Wonderful. Uh, next item on the agenda, item 12, echo 6.2, fiscal year 2026, strategic plan and business plan, quarterly progress report, January through March 2026. Mr. Van Bev.

Yes. Thank you, Mr. Mayor and Council. Um probably to to your happiness, I do not plan to go through this report in detail. Happy to answer any questions. Um just want to pass along my thanks to the staff uh that continue to move forward. We I would say this quarter um there were probably more updates and movement on a lot of these types of things. Um this is obviously available to the public. You get these reports quarterly. And a special thank you to Mallerie in my office that really does the heavy lifting of putting all this together for you. So again, uh, present this for your information and happy to answer any questions that you might have.

Any questions for Mr. Van Beek? What is the pleasure of council in regard to this item? Motion to accept 12. E motion by Corbin as presented. Motion information. Thank you, Mr. Corbin. Sorry for interrupting you multiple times during that motion. Motion by Corbin. Is there support? Support. Support. Was that Mr. Schulty? No. No. Mr. Maren. Mr. Marin. I knew that there was a voice coming over there from one of the gentlemen in classes over there. Uh we've got a motion. We have support. Uh any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor say I. I. All oppose. Same sign. Motion carries. Uh next item on the agenda, item 13, communications from the city manager, Mr. Van Beek.

Yes. Thank you, Mr. Mayor and Councel. Again, I'll be brief. Uh not often that we have these city council meetings on the first day of the month, and the first day of the month is when um we have increasingly more and more communications that come out from the city in a variety of different ways. Um, so hopefully you are all signed up for that and I would encourage the public if you want those communications to sign up um on the city website through our media room um all the way from an e newswsletter covering everything to specifically parks and recreation to neighborhood improvement committee and many more of the newsletters that we put out. Um, one in particular that only happens once a year is council all of you received by email today and it's also published now is our budget and brief document. Um, that is another thing um that is part of our um strategic planning and priority setting process and establishing the budget. Um, so much thanks obviously to finance director Lynn McCann and to her staff for putting that out. I have it here. Again, you've all received that and that's also on sit um um city communications. So, um I think it's April 15 and 16 we have budget review sessions and then we have a public hearing and um hopeful adopted of the budget the first meeting in May. Um lots of other upcoming meetings, although next week it seems like not everybody uh but a lot of people um head for spring break. Um so we do not have a meeting next week, but then we'll be back with you April 15 and 22. Um and then it's kind of the accelerated process around tulip time in May. Um the

other thing I communicated something to council but just because I like to bring in um this to people's attention and understandably I think some people are confused by the ownership um and the um bringing this to the good of the community. Um you'll see that um 8th Street was um closed um one lane of traffic for a few days this week and that you saw some action in the and it's a private um area between the next to the courtyard by Marriott and um the courtyard is pursuing and installing um a splash pad there. Um and that was has always been a private facility. Uh the equipment was um damaged and Courtyard um has gone through and is incurring the cost and putting that back in. So um I think the community is happy to see that um going back into the downtown and just thought because there's a lot of questions that's a visible location and a visible thing. I just thought it'd be helpful to let everyone know um that um Courtyard by Marriott is doing that and we're thankful. I think that's a good investment that they're making that uh contributes to the good of the overall community. And that's all I have, Mr. Mayor.

Thank you very much. Uh next item on the agenda is item number 14, uh appointments, motions, and communications from the mayor. And I do have two proclamations today. Uh the first is in regard to faith month. uh proclamation. Whereas faith is an integral part of American life and residents of Holland represent faith traditions from every part of the world. And whereas we recognize the founder of Holland, Reverend Albertus Christian Venrali, and the community of Dutch Calvinist separatists who came to Holland for a better way of life to express their faith. And whereas we recognize the individual freedom to express our faith is a cornerstone of our great nation and protected under the United States Constitution. And whereas the freedom to express individual faith traditions has helped create and sustain our city, state, and nation with vitality and diversity. And whereas people of every faith from every corner of the world continue to seek better lives and freedom to worship free from persecution here in Holland and other parts of our nation. And whereas people of faith find hope in their traditions in times of crisis and uncertainty. And whereas we acknowledge the tradition and strength of each person's faith as we make decisions for today and the future to strengthen and grow our community. And now therefore, I, Nathan Box, mayor of the city of Holland, Michigan, do hereby proclaim April as faith month. We encourage residents of every faith tradition to observe, reaffirm, and celebrate the religious diversity of our great nation, to worship their own tradition, seeking truth and strength from God to face problems of today, and give thanks for the access and opportunity to worship, pray, meditate, and practice their faith tradition in their own manner. We invite members of

our community to gather as they choose to pray for our nation, state, and local governmental leaders and for wisdom to lead Holland on the paths of justice, peace, and goodwill for all people. Given under my hand and the seal of the city of Holland this first day of April, 2026, Mayor Nathan Box. And I also have a proclamation in regard to fair housing month. Whereas, April 11, 2026 marks the 58th anniversary of the passage of title 8 of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, also known as the Fair Housing Act, which created national policy for fair housing for all who live in the United States. And whereas the Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status, and disability, and commits recipients of federal funding to affirmatively further fair housing in their communities. And whereas the Elliot Larson Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination based on age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and further prohibits source of income discrimination and rental housing. And whereas the city of Holland has a long history of fair housing advocacy protecting sources of income and decades later sexual orientation, gender expression, and gender identity ahead of state adoption. And whereas city of Holland ordinance number 1784 adopted by this city council on August 8, 2020 reading in part, "No person or persons shall discriminate against any person or persons within the city regarding the advertising, listing, showing, inspection, negotiation, purchase, sale, exchange, ownership or financing and interest in real property

or the leasing or occupy of real property on the basis of age, race, national origin, color, disability, education, familial status, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, height, marital status, religion, source of income, or weight. And whereas organizations throughout our community, both private and nonprofits, housing professionals, realtors, and banks, who work tirelessly to make housing a reality for many. And whereas we celebrate the work of the Fair Housing Center of West Michigan, who has supported and advanced fair housing practices and learning opportunities for 46 years in West Michigan. Now therefore, I, Nathan Box, mayor of the city of Holland, Michigan, do hereby proclaim the month of April 2026 as Fair Housing Month. I encourage residents to attend the Fair Housing Center of West Michigan's 38th annual Fair Housing Workshop Series being held virtually on April 2020, April 22, 2026, and other local events being hosted to celebrate fair housing and advanced learning to widen the path for housing access and opportunity. given under my hand in the seal of the city of Holland this first day of April, 2026, Mayor Nathan Box. And that is all I have today. Next item on the agenda, item item number 15, appointments, motions, and communications from council members. Anything from council members?

Oh, I'm sorry. Thank you. 14 alpha. Thank you. I appreciate that. Uh I you correct me on that. I appreciate it. I do. and it's uh the police communicate community relations commission. Get back to that one. Uh I am recommending to council to approve the appointment of Allison Land to the police community community relations commission for a three-year term expiring on December 31, 2028. Uh I would be looking for a motion from councel in that regard. Salute. Moved by Schultice. Thank you, Mr. Schulty. Appreciate that. Is there support? Support support by Raymond. Any discussion? Mr.

Yes. December 21 or December 31? December I'm sorry. December 31. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Duckworth. Any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor say I. I. All oppose, same sign. Motion carries. Now we'll move on to number 15. Anything from council today? Yes, Mr. Sheay. Thank you. Uh I just wanted to request to my colleagues um if you have time please do give me some feedback on policy concept I distributed at our study session. If you weren't at the study session uh that will be in your mailbox. I'd appreciate your feedback and I appreciate it. Thanks.

Great. Thank you. Any other communications motions from council members? Move to adjourn. Moved by moved by Raymond. Is there support? Support. We're support by Raymond. We're journed. Thank you. Have a great night.