City Council - Regular Meeting

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. I'd like to call this meeting to order. Now is the time for the open form. This is time for any resident of Jefferson to speak to the council on any item that is not on the agenda. Larry.

My name is Larry Joy. I live at 504 East Washington. I've been coming here for a while about my drainage problems and I I keep getting told the same answer is that it's they're doing a study and and and so on and it takes time. Well, my question tonight is um I got told the last meeting that Bolton and Mink is working on six projects right now. I guess what my question is right now, which projects are they looking at harder? The want projects or the necessity projects is my question. We treat all projects the same.

Okay? Cuz I am I understand this takes time, but I'm telling you, the water that I'm taking on in my house cannot be good on my foundation. That's the most money I've ever spent in my life. And I'm going to keep being a pest because it's it needs it needs fixed. And I've been coming here for a year. So that's all I got.

Okay. Well, we've been working on this. I can't remember when we were approved. Beginning of the year, I think, is when we approved for this report and we're on track to meet that schedule of second meeting in May for the report. Um, just to clarify, the report is going to say what the next steps are. It's not going to be a fix for this problem. Hopefully, it will be direction to the fix. Well, a direction would be good. I mean, honestly, it would be good. I I agree with you. Yep. So, okay. Thank you. Yep. Thank you. Seeing uh no others, on to the consent items. Approve.

I do have a discussion. Okay. I'm sorry. Go ahead. Shall the discussion occur after a second or can we? Yeah. Should it be before or after the first motion? Uh actually no. No discussion on consent agenda. So if you want something removed, say that and we remove it and then we'll have discussion on that specific item. E and F. Okay. So if there's an approval, it's everything other than other than ENF.

So what do we do? Move to approve everything but ENF. I'll move that. Good. Okay. So I had first with and I'll second. Okay. Aaron Holtz. I Jackson. I Sloan. Hi Waitri. Hi Winkleban. Hi. Uh now time for the discussion on ENF. Yeah. Uh the grapple for the 2025R. Uh can you elaborate on that? Which device would that be? So it's it's a a smaller utility tractor in the parks and cemetery department. Okay.

Okay. So you know we do have we have a grapple that that we can use with our skid loader. Okay. Okay. and and then this would be exclusively for that that little um u tractor within the parks and recck department. Rationale being, you know, for to to have use during other times when the other one's in use. But they talk about uses where this tractor can be so much more uh useful and convenient and not tear things up nearly so much as what a skid loader does. Okay,

so that that was the uh the rationale behind that. Um this is that there is some additional budgeted funds that rem would remain and uh this was within those budgeted funds. Gotcha. I thank you for elaborating on that. I know we've got a grapple for the skid loader and I believe we've got a grapple for the front end loader too. So this uh my question was is what what can this do that the others cannot? And biggest thing is is for use in in the parks department. But the other thing they talked about a lot more during committee meeting was not tearing up properties, you know, when when they're using them. Yeah. Because I remember

they did discuss that at some length at our uh at our committee meeting. Mhm. Because I know that there has been not not necessarily a complaint, but at least discussion about when it's a tree is removed or when something's done in between some tight spaces, the turf on a residential property is damaged quite a bit. Yeah. So, thank you. Yeah. And then uh discussion on the next one. Okay. Uh the stump grinder. It's my recollection that we already had a spiral stump grinder.

So we do have a spiral stump grinder and um and it's been well used over the past years as far as as taking out all of those those stumps. And the proposal is that they would actually go to the more traditional rotary stump grinder. And with the the argument there being to looking at two things at the at the cost to to repair and maintain that that uh spiral one that the the cost of that was more than what the what the new purchase of this new one was go was going to be. So, they've had real good good luck with the with that spiral ruin, but as they continue to maintain it and they grind down on that on that lower blade, the the whole thing gets out of kilter and and hasn't worked as well for quite some time. But it has been, like I say, very very very well used and they've done a nice job of of maintaining that, but it is it is not functioning the the way that it should and they're looking to go back to one of the more traditional rotary uh stump grinders. So is the plan to try and sell the spiral one

it it it has some some value. So they were they were exploring you know what's what's the best with thing that they would do look at selling it or looking at maintaining it for as a second. Okay. But um as far as budget numbers go um this comes up be because there is some additional unbudgeted monies. We'll actually be using some funds from a from a good snow removal year to uh to purchase this. So, we have some funds left over from Yeah. from not having to move quite so much snow, right? Excellent. Now, with this particular style of stump grinder, projectiles are of greater concern. Has insurance been notified or is that something we'll plan on doing? We certainly will. We have not notified him. Okay.

But yeah, we certainly will because it'll certainly be an insured an insured piece of equipment. Yeah. Now process-wise, if we're ready to move on this, it would take a separate motion. Then I'll move to approve. Second

WLman. Hi Waitri. Hi Sloan. I Jackson. Hi Aron Holtz. Hi. Under new business, item A is now time for a public hearing regarding the proposed 26 27 budget. Uh have we heard anything from anyone? No public no public comment. Question here or there maybe and that was it. Uh Henry does have a presentation ready to go. Okay. Do we have to go into public hearing or? Yeah. Yeah. But we should open public hearing.

I move that we open this public hearing. I'll second.

All right. We are we good? Yeah. We have a motion on the floor. I need to close test before. All right. Well, thank you guys for first. All right. Erin Holtz. Hi, Jackson. Hi, Sloan. Hi, Wedri. Hi, Wman. Hi. Okay.

All right. I think that's my queue. So, thanks guys for showing up. Um, I'm going to real quick walk through a couple slides for you about the budget proposal for fiscal year 27. Um, so right off the gates, we have the same pie chart that we saw during the special meeting um in late March regarding the general fund revenues. As you can see, the proposal is to receive $1.5 million for property tax and then transfers in at 1.42. These together make up for a vast majority of the expected uh revenues. Um I do have a breakdown of those if questions arise. Moving on to the expenses. Um, just like the last meeting, one of the big things of note is that although we are receiving a pretty generous amount of property tax that really pales in comparison as to the actual uh expenses of operating, um, and I did check with Mark, he gave me the okay to mention this, but the the police expenses alone are 1.2. So, those almost eat up the entirety of those those revenues received from property tax. Um administration is also the second leading um expense at 530,000. Um and we can see the kind of breakdown percentage- wise and dollar amounts there and give you a second to review those. All right, moving on to the actual comparison of the property tax levy. As compared to last year, uh we were at 14.88578. This year we're at 14.88447. Um in terms of the actual integrated amounts, we can see that most of them are down from the previous year with the other employee benefits being slightly up. Um this is of note moving into the future. This might be something that we

see um to keep that actual property levy uh consistent with with the rate. So types of expenses fall under that other employee benefits category. Other employee benefits I have. That's a good question. Scott, you can answer that. Biggest one is health insurance. Health insurance. Good to move on. Yes. All right.

Now, here are some major expected expenses. Um again, just just make a note of the police operating expense. Uh just the dollar amount there. Um, fire truck remainder. This is $310,000 off a total of 426. This is uh split out to 157 and 157,000 and 153.3 um across two different transfers into general funds. Um we have two phases of tree planting. There is uh kind of a a contracted uh deadline for that for $30,000 to be expensed by 2027. So at the end of 15 or at the end of 26 15,000 is going to be expensed and then another 15,000 at the end of next year. Um library computers now that is 57,000 but that is not the actual amount of um the automated expenses that is at $40,000 and that's going to be transferred in um $17,000 is an average amount of expenses per year. recreation projects. Those are two that is Shiakqua Park and the diving board projects that they have coming up um this fiscal year. There's also another $25,000 that's going to be attributed to to that for both of those projects out of Hotel Motel, which is the amount that we receive or the revenue received from the the stays, those people staying at the hotel. Um a big one here, and this is something that I'm sure everybody has been seeing is the utilities. I have this blank for a reason because it is a varying percentage, but we are seeing percentage increases. um across virtually all departments of 8 to 10%. Um so that's something that we expect to see raising in the future. Um you know obviously a big key here is we are going forward with that solar panel project. That's something that we are not we have not just off the timing have not budgeted um in this upcoming budget but you know expect to see those kind of be reduced by a little bit. um being being said that is a reduction of expenses not of

revenues right so a key point there uh people service contract we have at 94,000 as I've mentioned to you guys on a couple occasions here um that's because we are without a superintendent the superintendent salary and that water contract have both been added into the budget um that's because we are expecting about a two-month overlap um during the process of hiring that individual and and the phase out of the the people service. Um if we can get that landed. Um the water system maintenance, this is 125,000 part part of this, excuse me, is going to go into the actual water replacement fund. Um water tower replacement fund and the other part is just for general system maintenance. Um be that what it may, I think the average there is about $75,000. The water tower cleaning, this is for the actual interior of the of the water tower, right? Exterior.

Exterior. Well, actually both. All right. And and this this is one of those where there's a little flux in that. Jim's doing the study for us now about the water tower and when we would want to paint that, you know, what's what's this what's the status of the of the paint job on there? Does it need to be addressed in in a year or two or is it in two or three years? You know, so we put some time to it. Then this would say we would not paint the water tower this year, but that it still needs a cleaning. And if and if you look at the outside of the water tower, you you can see that and really see all the mildew growth on it. That would be allow for an interior cleaning which needs to be periodically done. And then this would be a uh an exterior cleaning then also and that

go ahead that exterior cleaning is that just aesthetic or is that necessary for I if it's I want to tell you it's aesthetic but is there any other reason? No, I think it's mainly aesthetic. It um helps a little bit with keeping that surface from getting things embedded in it, but for the most part, I think it's an aesthetics. What else? Just understanding again that what you see up there as dirt is milder growing. Right. But I mean, you know, clean it this year, paint it next year or two years from now. It's Yeah, I guess it's not uncommon to do a cleaning periodically.

I see. It'll have to be cleaned for sure before painted. That would that would be all part of a big of a big painting project if that were to come to be. That'd be all part of the project. And then the interior cleaning is mandated on intervals by the DNR. Correct. It is. Yep. Good. Thank you.

Perfect. Uh moving on to the watery tower replace. That's $745,000. Now, that is two separate um kind of expenses going into that. One is for the water tower replace um I believe bond repayment and then the other one is the repayment of that internal tiff loan that we did. So that kind of makes up the $745,000. That's not a single expense there. U water tower system maintenance. This does not the key here is this does not include the cleaning. Um that is just general wastewater. Oh, you said water tower system. Excuse me. Wastewater system maintenance. That's just the the standard operating expense there. Um the new one, and this is something that we have not budgeted this past year, is the sludge removal, and that's at 75 uh $70,000, excuse me. Um we did have our department head meeting this morning, and there there is some, you know, insight into how that operates and why that is, you know, at $70,000 and and makes up for that uh that process there. Uh the RU or the road use tax, street uh utility lighting is again another standard operating expense. That's $99,000 and that's been that case for the last several years. Um we might see that go up just again with the utilities increase, but uh that's that's a good amount um to predict there. Um as we mentioned with the road use tax, snow, sand, and salt that that uh stump grinder is going to be pulled out of, we are keeping that at $32,000. that's very similar as to what it's been in the past. Um Dave Morland, our public works director, mentioned that those again that's another that's another feed or expense that's going to be continue to increase. Um sand and salt is is an ever growing uh increase in expense.

We we had an interesting discussion on that this morning at at our department head meeting because there are basically two big expenses that would come out of that and that is buying bulk sand and salt. So, we get it premixed, but but we would buy that in in bulk. And the other thing is to buy cutting blades, cutting edges in bulk. And if it is that we need to fully stock sand and and completely redo cutting edges, that 32,000 does not cut it. But, but we've uh been able to um just purchase one or the other or a little bit of both and make that work over the course of the years.

Moving on to wastewater uh bond transfer. Now, this is something to kind of has a parallel on the revenue side. We are expecting sewer receipts to be at a revenue of $1.9 million. And that's largely due to pay back that expense right there of the bond transfer um $1.2 million. So, um without the actual budget sheet, and it's hard to kind of demonstrate that to you guys, but um there there is a reasoning behind that.

Just real quick comment on that too. So, with that that bond, what's listed as a bond transfers is the annual payment of our SRF debt. Okay, so that's 20-year debt. We' be about on year three right now. But every year it would be consistently that much. So like Henry was saying, the expense for for debt payment is about 1.2 million. Total revenue in the in the sewer department is about 1.9 million. So that leaves the the remainder then for operations.

Uh landfill fees, as we've talked about, have gone up about 1.7 times. um $30 to about $64 per ton dump. So that's a tremendous increase there. Um we went about from 85 to $165,000 in expense. Again, this has a you know another part of the uh equation where there's 148 on on the charge side for revenue generated from the landfill fees. But sanitation transfer to internal syncing fund. This is the new truck that we're expecting for sanit sanitation. uh future expense of we're making a transfer of $61,000 to that internal syncing fund. Um same thing for a recycling truck of $36,000. And then local option sales track street improvements. Uh this is another standard operating expense of $155,000. That's been expensed at a similar amount for the last several years. And then same with the sidewalk program as well. And then the capital project from debt issuance. I do have a breakdown of this and it is as follows. The McKinley overlay is at 250,000. The fire department Chevy truck, which is again part of that um new new firet truck purchase of $426,000, 157,000 is going to be coming out of that. Uh Westwood sidewalk is a tremendous amount of that at 1.14 million. And then Doc's Alley, which is a a rather new project that's coming up of $85,000. So now areas of emphasis. Um again as we mentioned during that special meeting uh the reason for the property tax levy to remain consistent are these as follows. The predictability for future budgeting both from a revenue and expense side. Um accurate comparison from year to year just to see you know what the tra trajectory looks like. Um where are we going where have we been? Um consistency in revenue. Um this just again kind of allow us to the first two but you know

if we are consistently generating revenue that allows us to save and kind of be have a have a cushion for any unforeseen unpredicted and future expenses. So um with that being said we have I think several hundred,000 in that internal syncing fund. Um now it sounds like a lot but I mean if you see the kinds of vehicle repairs and vehicle purchases we are doing that's it's it pales in comparison right? uh a new sanitation truck I think is at $380,000. So um but it is good to kind of lighten that blow. Um for for something that we have in in the near future, we have the water plant, the water tower and the wells. Um and then CIP compliance is the maintenance of equipment and infrastructure. Um another area of emphasis is the understanding of salaries as part of the whole. So salaries alone out of general fund expense is 28% salaries plus FICA and group insurance accounts for 44% of the general fund expenses. Now overall uh those those four areas salaries FICA IP and group insurance accounts for 28% of the total expense. Um that expenses at 12 let's just call it $12 million slightly over just over $12 million. Um, so 28% of that is projects of note um are the streets, sidewalks, the downtown facades, and the East Lincoln Way, uh, excuse me, drainage districts. So, um, has it become any clearer where the state legislature is going to go with their things? It's becoming slightly more and more clear as time progresses and it'll it'll come to a head here within within the next days or weeks, but it's it's just it's very apparent that that there we'll look at a 2% cap on on property taxes. One of the big thing that's that's out outstanding yet

is whether that 2% is a hard cap on on everything but debt or if uh the insurance levies would would be excluded out of that 2%. That I think is one of the one of the big items that's remaining yet. um anticipate you know significant uh significant changes in in property tax but that 2% will be will be one of the main controlling uh instance expect you know we would we would never generate more than than 2% more in revenue for general fund than than what we did for this year and normally we had and it would vary depend on on what what had happened to valuations

you over the the trend over time is is is more than 2%. I couldn't tell you what it is. I see questions. Maybe one quick one clarification minor thing, but just for folks listening to understand when you say uh Doc's Alley that is city property. It doesn't belong to any private business. Just so we're not

correct. People don't think we're doing a project for a business like that. That a good easy description of it, but just to clarify and kind of forget because it's been used like that for a while, but that is a a piece of city property. So, so with the t the the tax levy remaining essentially unchanged, marginally less, but essentially unchanged, um the property valuation going up by 5%, but then you deduct the roll back. Mhm. Uh that property valuation going up, that's going to be the the biggest factor in and any potential seen changes in in changes in property tax.

Correct. Based off the roll back. So last year's roll back was 47% and some change. I think it was like 47.34. Uh currents is actually dropping down to 44. So that's a 3% reduction. So for instance, I have $100,000 house. 47,000 of that or yeah, 47,000 of that can be taxed last year. Now it's only 44,000. So if your housing price stays the same, you're actually going to be paying less um with that consistency in property tax levy. Um but you know there is a 5% and then that's only the you know takes into account the portion that is taxed by the city but then property in town here is taxed by multiple entities. Multiple entities. Yes.

Yeah. Any idea on how many properties are now rolling off of the tax abatement and are now being taxed? Scott, there there are some if I there I do not have but an exact number. I do not have an exact number. Thank you. I can get that for you.

Can you go back to your first page that had all the pie chart? I want to see the numbers on the golf course. Was that give me a second here? that one.

So, what does it cost to run the golf course for the city based off those numbers? About $80,000.

You know, the history on that, Chad, is that it it uh it has not generated revenue to cover expenses. I'm just looking at the 308,000 there for the golf course and that's what I want to know your figure on that over the course of time it has has been low as 60 some or a little over 100 some thousand in a deficit every year. Okay, that that's all I wanted to know. All right. Good to go. All right. Thank you, guys.

Thank you, Henry. Good job. Thank you, Henry. Need a motion to close this? Sure. Next. We don't have a lot of public, but did anyone have any any discount? I move to close the the public hearing. Second Sloan. I Jackson. Hi. Wkelman. Hi. Wetrick. Hi.

Hi. venues and and uh some for expenses then but to the total budget amendment for revenues 2.86 million the budget amendment for expenses 1.89 89 million. Um then and then there's the bottom box there includes rationale for for what a lot of the changes in expenses would be. Um just looking at that the the revenues are largely that $2 million debt issuance and then also shows that $800,000 internal tip transfer and then that's part of the expenses. Then shows that $800,000 internal trans uh tip transfer and many other smaller things. But a couple of the large things are are $275,000 for the purchase of that jetback truck, which was just not uh not budgeted budgeted. Um $70,000 for HVAC. And then we have some additional engineering fees, which was the uh that feasibility study for the golf course project that was unbudgeted, largely reimbursed by others, but we still

incurred the expense and then engineering for the sidewalk project amongst other things. Those were unbudgeted items. So we need to uh have a budget amendment so that at the at the end of the year we have not over spent what what the authorized budget amount was. So what would be asked right now is to just simply set a public hearing date and the public hearing date would be May 12th. I'll move to second. Second Jackson. Hi, Erin. Holmes. Hi. Wman. Hi. Wait. Hi. SL. I. Item D is a resolution adopting new and revised fees for the Green County Community Center.

We have asked our departments to take a look at the revenue side of of things too which the uh which the recreation center has done. They have proposed a uh a little increase in membership fees. Then the fees are proposed to increase 3% and then round it up to the next $5 annually. So within that uh that resolution in the packet was was the new fees but again uh about 3%. Um the park and recck board has considered this recommends approval. One of the things that um we said on or that we were told with Parks and Rack with Nathan's u study is that we're still below a lot of other local communities

with with similar with similar maybe even smaller. Yeah. Are we seeing a pretty consistent uh membership? Yeah. Or is it growing up? Yeah. you were concerned because we did raise rates last year for the first time in in quite a few years, but membership had gone up then afterwards. So feel feel pretty good about that. Yeah. Use of the facility continues to be very high. I'll move to approve. Second. Aaron Holtz. Hi. Jackson. Hi. Sloan. I Waitri. Hi. Wkelman.

Hi. Item B is resolution approving third amendment to the employment agreement with city administrator. You want to speak to that? Sure. Good. So, um, in the past few years, anytime there's an adjustment in the compensation for the seed administrator, we have a standalone agreement and then it's basically plug-and-play after that. We just amend the amount uh from year over year. Um, so this would be, you know, leave this one with your personnel. Yep. Through wage and benefits. Yeah. Yeah. through weighted benefits and so uh need to have approval of the council. You guys are going to be amending then for the upcoming fiscal year. So this would go into effect on July 1.

Is this percentage consistent with the other percentage increases for the rest of administrative staff? It's it'll end up being slightly more rounded up to the next move to approve. Second W. I trick. Hi Sloan. Hi Jackson. Hi Erin Holtz. Hi. And I may approve approving the fiscal year 26 FAA grant applications for the fuel farm project. You want two votes on this? No, we can probably do them do them both together. I think if we can

just be the explanation here. So, this is all related to that fuel farm project. And first of all, the construction on the fuel farm is is coming along real well and they poured a lot more uh concrete today. Looked like they had a few more concrete pores left to go, but the the underground work uh must be substantially done and and they're getting the concrete for it. Okay. When we authorized this project, what we did was authorize the use of two years worth of FF FAA funding to to fund this project. Okay. So, this technically comes across as a grant application that we're applying to receive these funds. Um, not exactly entitlement funds, but pretty close. We will receive these uh these funds that go towards the project. Two different ones. AIP is the airport improvement uh program. That's uh a a basic uh uh pool of of funds that we would have access to basically every year. the IIGJ or the the BIL is the bipartisan infrastructure monies. That's the one that was from from Biden era. So, this is some special Biden arrow money then too. Um but but it certainly is recommended that we would uh approve these two grant applications with within the packet. there was this one colored sheet and and if folks take a look at it that's this is how we fund the project amongst those four different grants and and the local share and really what I wanted to point out on that more than anything dealt with the local share in this case we're we're just very very fortunate that the the uh local match on the grant dollars is 5% and generally for these projects it's 10% but for for this one is 5%. When you look at the far right hand column, there are some things, however, that aren't covered by the by the grant. And one of the main things would be the the credit card reader. Those things are not covered.

There's some things that are that are listed as if that are are covered by FFA that they're FAA eligible if funding exists. Uh but the other thing to point out there is is $58,000 for demolition. That is included in the uh in the contractor's contract right now. Okay. What we're going to do is remove that from the contractor's contract and city staff will take care of the demolition then. So we will uh save those local dollars then by doing it that way. Are the contractors willing to to do that? They will. Yep.

Very nice. So, um, the action before the council tonight is approving the applications for these two grants. Move to approve. Second. Jackson. I Sloan. I Wait. I Aaron Holtz. I Winkman. Hi.

Item G is awarding the bid for Fort Dodge asphalt for the 2026 painting project. So, they they did take uh proposals on asphalt work this year. They bid Fort Dodge asphalt and Humboldt black service out of Humboldt. Low bid is is uh Fort Dodge asphalt. We had always intended that we were going to do McKinley Street and and still do proposed that it's the entire run of McKinley Street. We'll will be repaved this year. Uh bid right bid price on that's $186,000. Okay. The budgeted amount on that was $ 250. So, it came in considerably under under budget on that and would look to add another uh street project to it then. And the next project to be added onto it would be Central Avenue north of the railroad tracks.

So, excuse me, Cedar Cedar Street, north of the railroad tracks to Central.

Yeah, excuse me, I misspoke. But that that would be proposed and these two projects have ran through the streets committee and be would be recommended for approval. There's a third one that that they would like to consider if we if we know that we have enough funds to do this. Okay. So the street work is being is being funded out of that that $2 million debt. And uh there is a little bit of play in that that that there there if things come in the way they're supposed to, we should have some extra dollars. The other street that's proposed to be done is East Vest Street from from Chestnut over to the trail and the quote on that's $125,000. Um the committee did not suggest that we would go ahead and enter into contract with that right now just largely because again we're the use of that debt money first and foremost is for the uh um for the Westwood sidewalk project. So we need to bid that know what the actual costs are going to be and if we would have any money left over if if there's funds left over that'll be the proposal that we would do this vest street also. But the uh action before the council tonight would be to contract with Fort Dodge Asphalt for McKinley and Cedar Street.

And that's that's $250,000 or less or a little bit more. It's a little over. It's it's about $30,000 over, but if you're comfortable with that Sure. Uh coming out of this debt issuance, it's resurfacing with asphalt.

It is. Yep. So it is um you mill you mill off and and it you mill especially the edges um and and u so anyway it's a it's mill it and replace 2 in uh it does also include then all of the the manholes and they will come box out the manholes and do concrete box outs around the manholes then afterwards on on McKinley Street on all of these streets figure that the uh uh the work goes around the radius um to the edge of the radius on the adjacent street. Move to approve. Second. Erin Holtz.

Hi. Jackson. I Sloan. Hi. Waitri. Hi. Wkelman. Hi. Item H is accepting a bid for the 2026 crack ceiling project.

Yeah. We did did in this case it's a it's single source for for the bit on that for the way that they do their crack sealing that they're they're very good of they blast the cracks blow it out and then seal it. So the uh in the the crack is actually made a little bit bigger before they turn around and and reseal it. So you always get a real good seal on it. A unit price is 130 per linear linear foot. That's up 5 cents from from last year. But this uh the budgeted amount that we have then will finish some in the southeast part of town, Georgia Avenue and Park Street and then starts to work on the southwest part of town focusing on Madison, Monroe and Harrison streets.

What's the interval that we usually find these need to be resealed? I I don't know that answer. How long that happens? you know, many many years, but I don't know what the what the uh what the answer is. Um Scott, did I hear you say they're going to mill and grind and resurface north cedar 2 in of asphalt? It is. Yeah, it's it's I'm sorry, but a farm to market road with I mean I live offse tractors and semis. You know what's going to happen is you mention the asphalt

just again just the b the base of the road will will be there. They'll they'll scarify it and get a get a good good lay of that that asphalt on it. But yeah, it's supposed to be 2 in. Okay. They're only milling the top two in off. So if there's four or six there now, they're only taking the top two and then putting two back. So it's not taking all the asphalt off. I I understand that. I'm just trying to say that the most heavy equipment goes down that street going to the park going. Yep. Well, le from Atlanta, but I guess we'll see. Is it already as small? It's concrete.

It's concrete right now. Move to approve. Second. Wman. I Wait. Hi, Sloan. Hi, Jackson. Hi, Erin H. Hi. When your reports, Jim,

uh, on the airport, like Scott was saying, the pad is, uh, pretty much poured. They were working on some of the apron work. Uh, got all the base underneath that pad completed. Uh, there will be a change order for some of the work they did there. And that'll also probably include removing that removals item from the project that was discussed at precon. Um there is a state grant that we're working on right now. Uh we'll have that for the next council meeting. Um and that is to try and get uh funding from the state for uh redoing the paving around the existing uh area. Um we did we applied for it last year, did not get it. So we're going to try again hopefully get that. So that'll help a little bit on that stuff. Um that'll be at the next council meeting and it's due the 14th. So, we'll have to turn that around. Um, Westward, I've met with a few more property owners and the plans are progressing. Uh, we've got a couple of small items to work out yet, but, uh, we should be on track for second meeting in May to put those on file. Uh, docs, we're getting into the design on that one. Um, DD57, as I said, we were, uh, looking to get the camera in town and get a couple more reaches. Uh they did some more research with the county records on some manholes. Uh some we knew about, couple that we didn't. So we're going to try and get the camera in to look at that and see if we can see any issues in those reaches. Um and still have that for something for the second meeting in May. Uh the risk and resilience assessment and emergency response plans for the water plant uh haven't got gotten started yet. Uh, that should be coming soon. And same with the tower. I checked on schedules yet, but they haven't given me an updated schedule as to when the dates they'll be here. So, I'll hopefully know something

more on the next meeting on that one. Okay. Thank you, Roxan. No report, David. No report.

Scott, couple things in in regards to couple of personnel changes then. Um, Mike Wall-E. Wall-ally, Wall-E. What's Wallally's last? Wallace. Mike Wallace is going to retire. Mike's last day is going to be in the middle of June. So, Mike is one of our uh is our commercial sanitation operator. And then, uh, Ken Curtis will be will be retiring then also. So, Ken's retirement date will be in in August. Uh we will go ahead and and look to turn around and and fill that position shortly. Kent's been on an extended mil uh medical leave for a while. Working on some some custodial uh shuffling here too that we we've had a contractor who has done city hall and the shop and the and golf course and and airport. And we actually have a an employee who has worked at the library and done the custodial work there. So, we're going to expand the the hours then for the custodian at the at the library to come cover these other places for us and should end up uh providing really really solid service and uh should end up saving us a few bucks. Uh recycling 280s are are completed. They've all been sent out to the other communities for action. And that's about it. Other than start to clean the pool next week

with that custodian then they would probably be working 5 days a week just it's still a very part-time very part-time position and actually she she plans to work before office hours for the most part.

Okay. Uh Mark, you got anything? Just wanted to ask everyone to help me help us congratulate Shaden Thurman. Graduated from the academy last Friday. Um, virtually our whole department minus the guy that was working went down for us. We had a real strong showing there for Shaden. So, he back to work. Uh, today I believe was his first day back. So, if you see him, give him a give him a hint. GOOD.

THANK YOU. FORMER STUDENT. DON'T take any credit. Harry, no report. Matt,

some bark and wreck stuff for you. Um, the uh new diving board is is uh in route to being installed. That was a a project largely covered by the Green County Community Foundation. And uh so it'll be sometime in May. And then uh park and wreck uh got the m the what it had hoped for from grow green to get new playground equipment at park. So the swimming pool will see a new playground uh playground equipment being covered majority by that grant coming up here installed in uh late May or early June. So that'll be exciting. And then also got a grant from Delta Dental to cover cost of a new water bottle water bottle filling station that'll go in at Dob Deck Park there by the the beautiful new restroom area there. It's what a great addition that has been. And a local Palmer has offered a donated installation of that expense. So um and uh yeah. Oh. Um, they had a good application pool for the uh lifeguard positions and they're going to be doing training for that mid May in water stuff at the end of May. Hoping to open the pool June 1st. So, I think that's it. Chair,

no report. Luke,

uh, Main Street Matters Board met on the 22nd and, uh, had a changing of the guard. uh board members uh both Jamie Dabbendck and Peg Rainey uh retired after an illustrious career as as board members for for Main Street Matters. I went over quite a quite a few of the projects. Uh mainly the one probably the upcoming one is the back right around Green County and that one's uh quite a bit of enrollment in that one. So it's headed in the uphill direction. So it's doing really well there. Um and the police committee met uh yesterday, the 27th, and uh we're reviewing the potential ordinance for um electric scooters. Uh there we've had a slew of uh concerns about pedestrians and uh younger children uh riding them in an unsafe manner. And so we're exploring what other communities are doing to to be wise about that and to make sure that we're caring for the people that are enjoying our sidewalks as well as the younger folks, younger generation that are utilizing those.

Total of four scooters. Is that right? We still um Well, that's that's a that'd be a different subject. Okay. Yeah. So we're Yeah. Right now we're going over the ordinance of uh ensuring that people are being safe with the ones we already have. Yeah. And then uh then the finance committee met uh also on the 27th. And this it it is not a fun process going over over the budget. And so I can I can attest not no who says that

uh probably the least fun thing that I've done as part of this. But um I will say that um as far as trimming the fat uh I'm impressed. Um, and in some cases we've had to trim muscle uh to try and get it as low as it has. And so, um, we're putting a lot of work in to try and keep the numbers the way they are or low, you know, as low as they are. So, thank you.

No report. Uh, I've just got one thing I would like to recognize as a city. Uh, the dedication of Jim and Karen North to the webhouse. uh they are resigning from the management position of it, but they've been in it almost 30 years now. So it was and it's been quite the benefit to the community. So thank you. So we're done.