Common Council - Regular Meeting

Okay, we're going to go ahead and get the council meeting started. Uh get everything organized here. Um uh we're going to start off with the prayer. Uh Mr. Councilman Kaine will do the prayer tonight and um pledge of allegiance by uh Vice President Divine. So if we'd all stand, please join with me in prayer. Dear heavenly father, we thank you for this this evening. Thank you for uh being here with us in this room tonight and we we lean on you for our decisions. We we want to glorify you in our our language and our talk and our discussions tonight. We ask these things in your name, Jesus. Amen.

Amen. If you can join me with the pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of America and to the stands nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

Okay. Roll call, please. Kane here. Marshall here. Ford ice here. Brunner here. Klein here. Divine here. Whitten here. McKinley here. Calgill here. Um Okay. Um we the person that we was doing a spotlight with it was kind of a ran into a situation. So we are not going to have one of those tonight. We'll pick it back up next week. So next I would uh entertain a motion for the consent agenda. Mr. President, I move that we pass the consent agenda. Second.

We have a motion by Councilman Kaine and a second by Councilman Klene. Well, you're right. That Klein Kane, that's where it gets me. Uh, roll call, please. Kane, I Marshall, I force. Hi. Brer, I Klene, yes. Divine. Yes. Whitten. Yes. McKinley, yes. Calgill,

I. Uh, next committee reports. Anybody have any committee reports? I actually do. I have two committee reports, but I left my notebook in my car and it was too snowy to go back and get it. But, um, the if you need I'm sure, uh, Mr. McKanley would be happy.

Go get it for me. Excellent. Um the border works met yesterday. Um and I believe it was on social media as well. They did um the fire department welcomed a new was able to swear in a new private um Luke Thompson. And so that was exciting. They gave him um his grandfather's badge which I thought was was a very nice uh thing to do. the um they also discussed um purchasing um replacing two of the gators for the park department. So they used those as trade in and then um able to upgrade them. They were over six years old and had several thousand hours on them. Um so they did that. Uh the I forget who the architect was, but the building over on Adam Street next to Quality Care Ambulance. Um that was uh is my understanding is going to be donated to Indiana Landmarks and um they did put a unsafe order attached to it, but Indiana Landmarks reported that they have received a grant and they are going to be some grant some of their own money. They're going to be renovating that back up to the level that it should be and then we'll be looking to sell it after that um for regular market price on it. So um that was a project between Indiana Landmarks SOS here in Marian and then working with the current owner of that home. Um there was several policies that the police department updated while they were uh updating policies in their handbook SOPs regarding the um kines because they had incre over the years they have increased from two kines to six. So they wanted to put some new language and regulations in place regarding what the kines were being used

for. Um another one was on the tasers that have been purchased. they wanted to update that policy because I guess it was a different type of taser from what the original policy talked about. So, they had to update some of the parameters around it. And then the third one was just updating language in their um personal appearance code as part of their SOP. Um the other meeting I attended was the Marian Utility Board last week. They went over um some of the finances for November, which we've seen the results of that. Um they also talked about uh payments for several projects that had come due and um and budget reconciliations. I was like I was almost there. I almost had all of it. Um and so they did go through all of that. all of those results of which will be which will be part of our conversations as we go forward anyway with the with the rate increase. So, um that's what those two committees were. Thank you.

Thank you. That's pretty good. Any other committee report? Go

ahead. Parkboard was to have met yesterday, but considering that we have not had one pickle ball match played at M Park, I considered uh talking to the park board about uh putting a hockey rink in down on the tennis courts because it looks like we won't be a able to play any pickle ball till sometime in August. So, uh just just so you know, there's a possibility of uh hockey coming to to uh Marian and Grant County. Good. Thank you. Anybody else? Does client have anything?

No. Okay. Um, so that's it. Um, before we jump into I just had a a couple things I wanted to talk about, wanted to do. One, uh, Chief Butchie, if you could relay this on to Chief Gilbert, uh, the binder that he sent out for your progress of last year and everything. Um, man, I appreciate that. He does such a good job with that and gives us all, you know, how everything changed. And obviously by the numbers, you guys at the police department are are doing a great job and and I very much appreciate that. So, you know, if you could just relate on you probably the one that put it together anyway, but if you let Chief Gilbert know that that we appreciate that.

Absolutely. And then the other thing Yeah, I didn't sign it yet. Let me sign it real quick, Dave. Uh, got a little thing here. Kind of a tra traditional thing that um Mr. McKinley, would you like to come up? Uh, you know, I was really impressed with Nick when he first came on the council with, uh, not having, you know, any experience doing this before and everything and he jumped right into the role of the president and, uh, you know, many of nights he called me crying. I said, "Nick, I'll get you through it." But, um, oh, I should I'm sorry, but

I'm out of here. He I'm quitting. But he he he did it and he did a phenomenal job. Anybody, you know, I'm uh that seen what a great job he did and we appreciate it. We just wanted to give you this and appreciation of what you've done. Oh, well, thank you. Appreciate it. Wow. Appreciate. You're a good man. I appreciate it. Yeah. Thank you. You want to say anything? Oh, boy. What did I do? How long do I have? No, I'm just kidding. No, I just want to say thank you. I'll keep it short. Appreciate it. There you go.

Actually, I could say, can I say one thing? Nope. You already said that. All right. Go ahead. Yeah. You know, just want to be careful how I say this, but um my hope is is that I'll be able to put this on a desk down in Indianapolis soon. So, I appreciate you. I uh I hope so as well. We definitely wish you luck on that, Nick. Uh okay, next thing. Uh new business on um do the appropriation 1 2025 or 26. This was

Yeah, it is 26 when I put these on. Go ahead, Aisha. An ordinance appropriating $50,000 for the Maran Arts Commission. Speaking city controller Dana G. Good evening. Let's see. The mayor continues to collaborate with Marian Arts Commission um for a dedicated arts district here in Marian and the Maran arts uh commission is taking the lead in uh showcasing and elevating the arts within the community. This partnership underscores the city's commitment to cultural enrichment and economic development. Any questions from the board? is is the uh executive director. I'm not sure what her is. She here.

A lot of them are here. Looks like Oh, right there. Okay. Room full. Go ahead. Yeah. Come on. Good evening. Good evening. How are you? I'm well. Matt Wilson, 1124 West Spencer Avenue, 46952. I'm the executive director of the Maring Arts Commission. Do you did you guys have any um are you like I I know this is the second year that we're doing this, but um I just don't want to get in the habit of funding this every year. So, have you guys done anything? We talked about this last year. Yes. As far as doing like some fundraising or grants or anything. Can you give us any kind of update on that?

Yes. Um compared to 2024 and 2025, we were able to triple our income. Um, we were also able to have u, of course more expenses, but the overall um, I can't think of the word I'm looking for, but it was a $25,000 swing from 2024 to 2025 in regards to income and expenses, whatever that final uh, number is. Um, our largest fundraising event is the MAC Gala. Uh, we have been able to raise an average of over $25,000 each event. And so small fundraising events here and there has helped us bring in a little over $30,000 last year in uh donations and fundraising with the understanding that in order for the Marion Arts Commission to be sustainable with this director role, provide grants and curate exhibits here in Marian, we have to almost triple that and understanding that we do not want to be reliable on the city for any funding beyond three years. That was the original discussions was this would be a startup um helping us build the foundation and then at some point the city would let us go and having that understanding on our end that we have to be sustainable and not depend on the city.

Have you guys noticed um like attendance or pe more people starting to go through and everything?

Yes, absolutely. Um, I shared in a report, um, one of the things that I'm excited for is this summer. I've had a lot of people talk about, man, I really wish we had First Friday or something like that back downtown. And one of the grants that I was able to get in December through the Indiana Arts Commission is going to bring back First Fridays as well as second, third, and fourth. um downtown in Penrod Plaza Friday evenings this summer starting the Friday of Memorial Day weekend up until midepptember there will be a live music there will be a vendor market featuring local artists and makers and the way that we're going to promote this is not so much for that event but it really is to make downtown Marian a destination on Friday evenings understandably people work their jobs Monday through Friday people are tired and don't really want to cook so we encourage people come downtown eat at one of our restaurants walk. And that's a key thing that we want to start promoting really well is walk in downtown Marian so they can see the businesses that maybe they're driving by over to Pinrod Plaza, enjoy some live music, purchase some art, and then if you want to grab ice cream, you can grab ice cream at Ashley's. And then to make people aware of the Dora area uh district, you can grab a pineapple old fits and walk over and keep enjoying the show. So, I forget the question, but really that's that's what we're bringing is the foundation of what's to come. Um the stage for these events is going to be facing the River Rock lofts and we want people's perception to be looking at those apartments and seeing it develop week by week and if they come in June and then they come in July they're going to see a substantial difference in what's going on downtown and what that does is create more chatter more commotion throughout the community as well as the county and hopefully outside of county. Uh any other Go ahead, Mr. Councilman.

Yeah. Hi, Matt. I was here last year when you guys came and asked for this. And um I remember specifically that um we were told last year that this was going to be a one-time shot to get you started so you could continue with your fundraising and get self-sufficient. So, I it surprises me that you're back asking for it again because I distinctly remember that. And then you were working on public grants also in collaboration with Indiana Westland, I believe. That I'm not familiar of. Well, I came I came to one of your Marian Arts Commission meetings and Indiana Wesley was was there and they said that they had

secured some grants with Lily for the arts district. So, and the and the Marian Arts Commission to start projects. Do you have any projects started or completed or anything that uh has attributed to us helping you and getting started? Because I know that this 50,000 from last year was to pay for the director which was you is what we were told. So,

and then it was a one-time deal until you could get up and get fundraising is what we were told. My only is my only hesitation on this is that is that I don't mind collaborating with the art commissions and helping them. I think it's a great organization and we do need it in our community. But as far as giving 50,000, we couldn't even give our law enforcement and firefighters and employees a cost a living raise.

And for us just to start doing out 50,000 here and 50,000 there for this and that, I don't believe it's in our best interest. this point in time. And I believe that you guys should be at least a little self-sufficient. Cost goes up. I understand that. But that's just part of being an organization. You have to factor that in on your fundraisers and stuff. Do you have any anything completed or projects started or going or

So, I want to try to answer all the questions you asked. Okay. There's quite a few. Um the ready funding uh ready 2.0 No, the that is I think what you're talking about is two separate initiatives where there was ready 2.0 funding that went to public infrastructure. I believe that helped with the River Rock Lofts apartments and then there was a separate uh pocket of change that the meetings that we had at the KI Arts Center. Those were focused strategically for arts initiatives and I believe that they have not opened the funding yet but that is going to be part of the uh the what we're going for is additions to the pedestrian bridge. We have the pedestrian bridge uh funded or at least allocated but it's the additional parts the concert stage the lighting that's where the ready grant would add on to that investment. So, in regards to the mayor and arts commission, we're working with Mayor Morurell and uh I cannot Jeff Reyes, the city grant writer on uh that application whenever it opens up here pretty soon. Um you were talking about funding at again, correct me if I'm wrong, but the initial uh understanding was that we would seek three years of under uh coming back here for a financial partnership. I remember Councilman McKinley, you talking about how we had the funding, but coming back this year, the changes that were happening in 2025, how your concerns were maybe the budget would be shrunk, which I would imagine it has been. So, the discussions that we had here a year ago did have those conversations where we would not limit it to just one year. We would come back for an additional funding for up to three years with a cut off at three years. And then we talked about tapering the funding down for $35,000 for the director and then tapering it down little by little until eventually we were done. And then part of the 50,000 35,000 does go to the director's salary. The other 15,000 is for grants that go to local artists uh to help with the

exhibits of Kenny Art Center. And then projects. Um yeah, there's there's a lot. I just submitted a grant this week that I'm I don't want to sound arrogant, but I am fairly certain that we're going to get the funding. It was part of the creative convergence program with the IA back in November in Marian was one of 10 cities selected in the state to be a part of this training where we had a cohort of teams that included myself, local artist Don Artemis and then uh director of economic development Joe Murphy. And what that did is brought us together where getting to know Joe and how involved he is with everything that's going on in this city. And Joe's showing me projects where we're going to put a parking lot here and a building right here, but this spot right here, we don't have any ideas yet. So where I'm getting is placemaking art in the public. Who are our artists? One of the initiatives that the American Arts Commission just rolled out the last few weeks is our collaborative effort called Third Space. We are trying to bring our artists together so that that third space between home and work, we bring our artists together so we get to know who they are, what their primary art discipline discipline is, who were the artists that could curate the art that we would put out into the public. And one of those uh projects is uh through the creative convergence grant that I just applied for where we would transform the downtown bus stops terminal with additional art on the uh bottom window panes and on the top window panes. And again highlighting Pinrod Plaza as the focal point for this summer where people are going to come downtown to enjoy the concerts I was talking about, but to be able to visually see the bus stop transform through simple placemaking with the local artists as well as having a videographer um come and film testimonies from bus drivers, staff, uh patrons, people that are coming to the shows to get their input on what Placemaking Art can do and then also

utilize that film as a promotional tool. for the public transit system. Um, Gen Z, they're not really into buying cars and so public transit, that's a huge deal. If we have all these apartments downtown, we want to be able to promote that we have this free transit system for you to utilize. So, that's one of the projects is how do we get people to move into these apartments downtown that are coming? We hear a lot of people say, "Well, who's going to fill them?" in my opinion, young people, especially Iwoo graduates, especially Iwoo uh artists. Third space had it our first artist mixer and we had professors and students from IWO. Um whether kind of uh did not bring the Taylor people over, but we had commitments from Taylor students and professors. Those are the people that I want to go after that can find community here, that can find their roots here in Marian and choose to stay here in Marion for as long as they want and fill in these apartments that are going to be here as well as contribute to the downtown scene. So, that's one of the main projects that I'm working on right now is bringing everyone together so we know who all we have at the table and then looking at placemaking opportunities and then uh projects such as the uh the bus stop I just mentioned and then really just building a community here where the artists choose to stay involved in Marion. Um just another one today had a meeting at the Hostess House with the uh SOS Marian folks that are looking at revitalizing some of the homes on Branson Street like the Plato house that's over there and Bill Mun has spoken a lot about places like Paduka Kentucky uh Richmond Indiana Garfield Park Indiana where housing that is just sitting there going to waste those cities were able to bring in artists to sell those houses at them on a, you know, a fair fair price and have a program where they're vetted, they're approved, they have a plan where they purchase the property at a fair rate. They go in, they restore it, but they

also use that as a front for their art gallery, their wine bar, whatever. Um, that's something that's in the works as well. So, I feel like there may be one or two questions that I didn't write down, but hopefully that's the best that I was able to answer. That's sufficient. Thank you. You're welcome. just to I was just gonna say um to verify the thing I could because I remember Mr. report. I said we talked about something like that too and everything. So I got with Aisha. We went back and looked at the minutes from the last year and it was for a three-year. Okay.

Be dropped off after the three. And then the as far as the grants from the the I Lily IU thing. They open it up uh every quarter for somebody to apply for $50,000. But there's no specific like they're not saying we're going to give it to the arts. We're going to give it to It's I think it just depends on who applies and what they do though. If if I'm correct with that.

Yeah. Mayor, uh not to throw you under the bus or anything. Um it really there's two initiatives with ready 2.0 where I think it was a total of maybe 250 million they were pouring out to the state and they had set aside about 65 million specifically for arts initiatives. So, those are the grants that I believe um when we had the uh ECI folks coming to the Kennedy Arts Center to gather input from the community, it was for that 65 million chunk of change that was going throughout the entire state specifically for the arts. Okay. Thank you. Welcome, Mr. Client. What's the timetable for the upcoming grant you mentioned from RFP to the award announcement? What's the time frame timetable

um for the summer concerts we were talking about or you mentioned there's a grant you're getting ready to apply for. Yeah. Is the RFP already out? I mean, what's that timetable?

That would be this month. There are two grants that here in the next few weeks we'll be getting results back on whether or not we were awarded them. The uh the one that I was just talking about was for the creative convergence training. It is a post training grant for $5,000. And then the other grant was for the America 250 um program. And even though they're only going to select probably 12 people in the state that applied uh for a grant of up to $5,000, the application that we put forth involves the youth in our community curating art and activating alleyways in downtown where we would have hopefully uh the children and their parents and their grandparents coming downtown for the ribbon cutting to walk around downtown and then of course encourage them please go support our local restaurants and downtown diners. Um there's a couple other uh grants that I'm working on that are due next month. Um one is with the NEA uh organization where the National Endowment of the Arts, it is a research grant and they provided some examples of what they were looking for and the one that I felt that we had the most resources available here in Grant County um is about opioid how art can be used as a way to combat opioid prevention, addiction and recovery. And we have a lot of healthcare organizations, nonprofits, recovery homes, and our police force. And there are probably people that I haven't met yet, but that's what I'm working on next month. And that's up to a thous $100,000.

And Mr. President, you guys did find hard and fast evidence that it's three years. Mr. president. Yeah, I I also verified that because my memory didn't go back a year and I can't couldn't quite uh remember the discussion. I watched the video. I actually watched the video of the tape and the mayor was very specific in saying this is this is a three-year give. Yes.

Um I had a long discussion with Don Conwell uh yesterday. In fact, um, in my hand, I have six pages of your plans and accomplishments here that she forwarded to me. Um, a lot of things going on. Um, so you received that. Um, where was it? I lost it now. Um, the $4,000 grant for a concert down at Pinrod Plaza. Um, and that'll provide, you know, 18 concerts.

So, things are going to happen and this doesn't happen overnight. Just like the revital revitalization of of Marian, it's not going to happen overnight. So, it's going to take some time. It's going to take some investment and that's what these folks are asking for. And so, I am uh I'm still in support of this moving forward. And um, Mr. President, when you're ready for a motion, I'll be glad to make that. Mr. President, is it possible for me to add one more thing? Sure. Absolutely.

The number one goal of the Marian Arts Commission and the City Marion is to get a designated arts and cultural district designation through the Indiana Arts Commission. And since I came into this role a little over nine months ago, unfortunately, the Indian Arts Commission has not been receiving applications for that. Um, but that doesn't mean that we can't make progress. And so what I've been able to do is I've gotten to know uh Ang Hansen. She is the uh director of that program and she came into that role fairly new uh sometime last year. And so the reason why they're not accepting applications is because they're rebuilding the framework. But what I was able to do is to invite an to our city to tour what we have. And so Ann has a visual framework of what we have here in Maring because she got to go to the quilters hall of fame, the public library and history center. She got to meet Karen Montero and see his recording studio that she was blown away by the community school of the arts and how they utilize every square inch of that space. She got to meet Mayor Morell. And one thing that I've learned in a lot of trainings and webinars is that a lot of communities have people like myself that are trying to make the arts happen in their community and their common roadblock is typically local government. For Ann to come here and to meet our mayor and to know that our mayor not only supports the arts but is an artist. From her perspective that lets her know that this city is serious about the arts. um in our board meeting that she joined us later that evening just talking to her about where does she see us in regards to getting that um designation and her words were we're closer than you think. Uh we're about one to two years away. So my understanding is they're going to be opening up applications here in the spring. um we'll apply hopefully get it and if we don't get it that's where we get direct feedback from the Indian arts commission as to why we think that you probably should have an artist residency or maybe you need some more public art

those kind of feedback that kind of feedback that we will then receive that gives us a bullseye or a goal of this is what we need to do here in the next year to ensure that we do get this designation. Thank you. Anybody else have any other questions? Thank you. Thank you, Mr. President. Yeah. I'd like to make a motion. Uh go ahead. What's the matter? What did I do something wrong? No.

Oh, thanks. I'd like to make a motion that we I can't say that we uh pass additional appropriation 1-2026 to uh second reading public hearing. Second that you I'm out of it. We have a motion by Councilman McKinley. A second. Which one was it? All right. Second with Eric. Roll call. Kane. Am I Am I here? Yeah. I Marshall. Hi. For ice. No. Brunner. Hi.

Klein. Yes. Divine. Yes. Wen. Yes. McKinley. Yes. Calgill. I. Thank you. Okay. Next is general ordinance 1226 uh amending the monthly water usage rates. Go ahead. An ordinance amending the monthly water user rates and charges for the city of Baron, Indiana. Speaking utility director Robin Schrader.

Good evening again. Um just want to introduce this uh this ordinance is a proposal for raising rates by 39.21% That's the same number that was previously approved in December when you account for the removal of the pilot um consideration. And uh just for the sake of the public, the necessity of this has been prompted by our inability to maintain revenues of at least 125% of our debt service uh per general ordinance 24-2022. Um, and I know we've had quite a bit of discussion about this already this evening, so I'll I'll keep my comments brief, but I'm I'm happy to answer any questions you may have.

Mr. President, sir, I'd just like to read a statement real quick. Um, I just want to take a moment to make something very clear. Uh, I have full confidence in the employees of Marin Utilities and my appreciation for them has never wavered through this whole process. I've seen comments online that have disparaged Marin utilities or make accusations that are simply not true. And it is important for everyone to understand that the discussions between the city council and mayor and utilities are a necessary part of good governance. These conversations ensure transparency, accountability, and confidence for our citizens and rateayers. This process is us doing the job our residents expect and deserve. I also want to sincerely thank the employees of Marin Utilities for the work they do every day to keep our city running. Whether it's clean water, safe wastewater service, our community depends on you. Uh much of your work happens behind the scenes, but its impact is felt by every resident every day and every business. Uh you show up in all conditions, early mornings, late nights, weekends, and emergencies. And you do so with professionalism and pride. And because of you, our homes are safe and our businesses can operate and our city can continue to grow. So on behalf of the city of Mary and myself, uh the people you serve, we thank you for your dedication, hard work, and commitment to our community.

Thank you, Mr. McKinley. Anybody else have any other questions or comments or anything? As we stated, the committee met and made a recommendation to go ahead and approve this uh at first reading and then ask respectfully that we push the second reading and public hearing to the first meeting in March to allow some additional time for calculations, collaboration and um continuation of discussion so that we can properly decide on if that rate should stay as proposed or if it should be adjusted um at that next meeting.

So I will with those with that recommendation and those conditions I will make the motion to approve general ordinance 1-2026. Is that all right? Second with the public hearing not next time but first meeting in March. Yes. Mr. Mr. President, may you say that? Go ahead. Since uh we have a rule that requires um ordinance to be put on the agenda, um however, that rule can be suspended. So, the vote on uh count vice president divine's motion will need to carry at least six in order to uh to suspend that rule.

Okay. Thank you. Okay. So you got the motion by Vice President Divine, second by Councilman McKinley. Roll call. Kane. I. Marshall. I. For ice. I. Brunner. I. Klene. Yes. Divine. Yes. Whitten. Yes. Mckenley. Yes. Calgill. I. Thank you, Mr. Harker. Okay. Okay. Next on the agenda is resolution uh 120. No, this says 2025. That's for Yolanda's place.

It's Yeah. Is that supposed to be 26? I take it. Okay. I think that's what messed me up while ago, but Okay. Go ahead. Okay. A resolution granting approving a formal written commitment and use agreement by and between the city of Marian Grant County, Indiana and Yolanda's Place and Soul Entertainment LLC. Speaking Mayor Ronald Moral Jr.

All right, good evening again everyone. Um this is um we we've cycled through this process a few times now. This is um uh 2024 I guess when we've established the riverfront district and we've um allowed four different um restaurants and other um establishments to apply for um the riverfront liquor license. So we've had success with Obie's had success with um um Losa Mores and um now this is a new restaurant that's going to be moving into in town into where uh in the the the bottom floor of Ridley Tower. So, um um the owner is here to speak tonight about that project and the investment they're making into the city of Marion and most importantly to be able to get this resolution moved forward to be able to secure the riverfront license.

Mayor, is she going to go into where Ashley's was? Yeah, it's him. Yeah, he's he's here. He could come. Yes. Y the old I should say. Yeah. Good point. Hi, welcome. Say your name and address. Osiris Arrington, 402 South Washington. Go ahead. Um, I'm the owner of Yolanda's Place. Um, the first location is located in Cooko, Indiana. And we was just recently voted number one restaurant in Cookamo.

Wow. and we going to open a second location here at 42 South Washington. And we're going to bring jazz, blues, we'll be doing it on the weekends. all type of artists from all over the United States. They'll be coming in and we'll be hosting them and we'll be pushing out some of the finest meals. Top shelf. I'm your chef. There we go.

And I recently just graduated from um Midwest Bartending School. I went ahead and got my um bartender license so I can understand that area and we'll be doing some high-end drinks. Good. Well, thank you for choosing Marion. We appreciate it. I'm looking forward to eating there. What do you guys have a tenative timeline for when you're going to open? We hoping for March sometime. Oh, good. Soon then. Coming soon. So, we we loading everything in. We finishing up and we'll be putting the tables down soon. Deal.

Anybody else have any questions or I just want to know speak of some menu? Um, oxtails, baked mac and cheese, candy yams, collard greens with smoked turkey in it, fried cabbage with smoked turkey sausage, fried catfish, fried salmon, smothered chicken, smothered turkey ribs, jumbo turkey legs, all type of stuff. We bring it to the table. That's what I wanted to hear. Yeah. I have a question. Um, are you going to be offering like Door Dash and all that?

Yeah. Well, I'm not on Door Dash or Uber Eats right now in Cooko, but I probably will. Door Dash, but not Uber Eats. Yeah. Yeah. We don't have Uber Eats. That's Door Dash. All we have is Just curious. My kids will probably want to know that. Yeah. So, we'll have Door Dash. Anybody else? If not, I'll entertain a motion. Mr. President, I move that we pass and I'll make a correction resolution number one, 2026. Pass that. Second.

Uh, I got a motion by Councilman Kaine, uh, second by Councilman Brunner. So, uh, roll call, please. Kane, I Marshall, I. For ice, I. Brunner, I. Klein, yes. Divine. Yes. Whitten. Yes. McKinley. Yes. Calgill. Hi. Thank you. Thank you. Welcome to Marian. Yes, sir. All right.

Um Okay. Well, that's it on as far as the agenda. Um, I do have one announcement. Um, for the Grant County Visitors Bureau, uh, they'll have opening resumes up until, uh, well, the deadline would be February the 26th, correct? What's that? At noon.

At noon. Yes. Um, we have two resumes, I think, currently right now. So, anybody interested in that, you have until noon the 26th. Does anybody else have any announcements? If indeed this is the final meeting for our former president, uh I have really enjoyed Nick McKinley's uh time as our president and uh I think he's done an outstanding job. So good luck on uh what you're trying to accomplish in the near future. And if you have to leave our council, uh it would be a uh a dark day that we have to lose you. But I know you're looking forward to another position. So, uh, just congratulations for the great job you've done for us.

Thank you. Appreciate that. Yeah, I sack that, too. Um, you're you're going to make a great senator, brother. I am proud of you. And I'm hoping I don't have to pay taxes anymore. So, we'll see. But, uh, okay. If, uh, there's nothing else, I'll take a motion for dismissal. I'll make a motion we adjourn. Dismiss. Last second. Okay, we've got a nom or a motion from Councilman McKinley, second from Councilman Kaine. Roll call. Kane, I. Marshall, I. For ice, hi. Brunner, I. Klene, yes. Divine. Yes. Whitten. Yes. McKinley. Yes. Calg.

We are dismissed. Good night, Mayor.