Common Council - Regular Meeting

Council member Murker. Council member Murker is present. I see councilwoman uh Sllamon uh virtually present. Uh council member Panello present. Council member Lane here. Council member Conlin here. Council member Carpenter. Council member Beckwith present. Council member Michaels

here. Rise force to the flag of America and to the stands one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Yes.

Okay. I think we have a presentation first. Uh Dr. Mendes is here, I believe, to make a statement. They are. How are you? Make some statements and introduce your hi.

Thank you, Council, for giving us a few minutes this evening to speak. Uh my name is Jeremy Jimenez. I'm a professor at Courtland in the foundations and social advocacy department. Part of our purpose here is twofold. One of them is this idea of advocacy to get our students to not just think about speaking about their students and future students in their own classrooms, but in the wider community. And so to kind of be like if you're going to speak about your students, don't limit yourself to schools only. The second part is I think we all agree we're living in particularly polarizing times. And I have some concerns young people are in many ways checking out of the political process, checking out of civics and government. So this is really just kind of an exercise to briefly participate in our democratic process to kind of you know set up those norms so in the future there's less hesitance for them to consider being involved. So so without further ado, four students of mine taught for a few weeks in an immersion experience at Barry and they're here just to share about a minute or so of their thoughts of their experience there to speak about their students and to engage in the democratic process. So without further ado, uh we'll have our first student come up. Yes, Katrina. Thank you.

Hi everyone, my name is Katrina Mahoney and over the past 3 weeks I've had the the opportunity to observe a second grade classroom at Barry Elementary School. One thing that stood out to me was part of the daily morning meeting. Each day a student was chosen to share a fact about themselves along with a few details. Then they would select classmates who had questions about it. It was a simple routine, but I think it will have a big impact on the students over time. I watched students grow confident in their voices, feel valued, and have the opportunity to express who they are beyond the classroom. I also noticed that the students would benefit from having a different co-eing model. I observed that one teacher led most of the whole group lessons while the other teacher worked with the same four students during every lesson. I think that effective co-eing should involve both teachers being involved in every lesson and supporting each other while also trading roles. This model of co-eing isn't fair to the students as it doesn't allow both teachers to connect with all learners and share instruction. It's challenging, but with more practice and planning time, I think that both teachers could evenly share classroom responsibilities, which would benefit their learners. Overall, I want to share that what I learned and saw these last few weeks have helped shape the kind of teacher I want to be and the kind of classroom I want for all my learners.

Thank you. Hello, my name is Izzy Anderson and throughout the three weeks I spent at Barry Elementary, I saw many positives in a few areas where I think students needs could be better met. For the sake of this meeting today, I want to highlight one positive and one area for improvement. I noticed that the staff at Barry is very close. In my other school experiences, I noticed that the staff was very separated or clicky and did not talk with to anyone outside of their said click. At Barry, I saw the exact opposite. Every teacher was close and open to collaborating with each other. This allowed all of the teachers to be on the same page and enabled them to ensure every student got an equal education. The teachers were being so close with each other also created a positive work environment which makes it easier for them to come to work each day. One suggestion I have for improve to improve the berry environment is possibly reaching out to partner with the YNCA or other after school programs to provide extra academic support for the students while they are there. I noticed that there was not enough time in the school day to provide students who are falling behind with the scaffolding that they need. Providing students with the ability to receive extra support at their after school programs they already attend will help provide the extra support these students need. This program could be run by volunteers from the community or students from the college. Perhaps teachers could connect with visiting professors to discuss how to help facil facilitate such support. Having it run by students from Sunni Courtland would not only provide students with the extra support that they need, but it would also give students who are going to school to be teach to be a teacher experience with working with students. Thank you so much for your time and I hope you take my ideas into consideration.

Hello, my name is Elena and I had the privilege of having my immersion experience at Barry Elementary School. I learned so much about what it truly means to support the whole child during this experience. One of the biggest takeaways for me was seeing that every student was given breakfast each morning. I think that's incredibly important because in order for children to learn, they need to be fueling and nourishing their bodies. We never really know if every child gets breakfast at home. So having that guaranteed meal sets them up for a successful day. Of course, there was also moments that made me reflect one made me reflect. One thing I noticed was the importance of being mindful about how we speak to each student. Even though they are children, they deserve to be treated fairly and spoken to with respect. Our words matter and the way we communicate truly shapes a child's confidence and their experience at school. Overall, my immersion has taught me not just about teaching but about care, dignity, and the kind kind of environment that we should create for every student. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you. Hi everyone, my name is Paige and I had the opportunity to observe and be part of a first grade classroom for a few weeks at B at Barry Primary. Throughout my three three weeks at Barry, I noticed how my host teachers and many other teachers in the school seemed to have very meaningful relationships with their students. They knew a lot about their students interests and lives outside of school and would have conversations with them about these things. My teachers also did a great job of staying in touch with their students caregivers to stay updated on their home lives. They have constant communication with students guardians on parent square keeping them updated on what is happening in the in the classroom. The communication goes both ways which I think is very important and beneficial. Students had something going on in their home lives. Parents and guardians would usually keep the teachers in loop which helps my teachers better support their students. This communication and relationships between teachers, students, and parents help foster helps to foster a good classroom environment. An area for improvement is something that I think Barry Elementary Barry Primary could benefit from is having a behavior specialist in the school. Currently, their school counselor, principal, and teachers handle all of the behavior situations in the school. All of these people have many other roles and situations to be in charge of throughout the day. Because of this, I think that the school would greatly benefit from a behavior specialist who is someone designated to handle all behavioral situations throughout the day. This would help so teachers don't have to take away or interrupt time during teaching to help with situations. In some situations and classes, there is a co-teer who is able to take over the class if one of the teachers has to step out, but this is not necessarily a long-term solution. I understand that implementing the role of a behavior specialist in the school would require

the district to hire extra employees, which might not be feasible. However, I think it is definitely something worth considering. I have had experience in working in other school districts where there's destinated behavior specialists, and I've seen the many positive impacts that it's had on the student and staff of those schools. Overall, I had a very positive experience at Barry and I am grateful I was able to spend time there. Thank you. Thank you all for your time and attention. And that concludes our student presentation session. Exactly. Thank you very much.

Thank you very much. We appreciate you guys' input and uh certainly great to have you guys here and giving us some insight of what great uh programs you have at the college and it's great that you could share with us and great to hear Greg Perry School is was blessed to have all of you there. So, thank you for that. Okay, privilege of the floor. You guys can go if you would like to sit and do this. Thank you guys for coming.

Yeah, I'll judge him later as they go out. Yeah. Great to hear. So, um, privilege of the floor, uh, Amanda X.

First of all, I know they just left, but that was really nice. That's what we need. As someone that was a non-traditional student at Sunni Courtland, I have a kid that went through Barry during CO. That's amazing. This is the kind of collaboration I really love when we can do. I want cuz I know I don't I don't want to take up too much time. I want to invite all of you guys to an event um called the Crown Table Feast Saturday, November 29th at Access to Independence right on Main Street here in Portland from 1 to 4:00 p.m. It's a free community meal created by and for Portland neighbors initiated by Dr. Pennington at Sunni Courtland literacy department. Uh the event was inspired by the impacts of SNAP and wit cuts, but all are welcome because everyone deserves a seat at the table. You can eat a meal with friends old and new. Take home groceries or grab a warm meal to go. Uh we are going to be having some donations. We're looking for volunteers and we're looking for people that really want to come eat and hang out with us. I'll leave one of these flyers for y'all and you guys know how to reach.

Thank you. Thank you for that. I would plan on stopping by. It's on my calendar. Thank you for bringing that up, Mr. Chu.

Oh, maybe it's just my nerdiness, but uh this uh budget season there's a lot of interesting stuff to learn about. And last week I attended the uh presentation of the county budget. And one of the things that uh you know interested me most was that they tried to make the budget report as readable as possible. I know the schools are going to ask for more money this year based on property taxes. The county is asking for seven and a half% and I think we're asking for about 5 and a half% increase. And interestingly, all three of those entities seem to charge about $12 per thousand uh in property taxes just to put, you know, some, you know, make them compare apples to apples. Um, but I think I know for the schools, they're trying very hard to, you know, explain what they need the extra the new the additional money for. And I think the county and the city both should probably in their interest do the same. And to that end, the the county uh tried to make their budget plan or budget report as uh easy to understand as possible and I think they did a good job. And last year the city pro prepared beautiful slides back in October that you know put provided a lot of information to make sense of the budget and I hope that you know that can be done again this year because uh it will make uh I think it will make selling the budget easier. So that's all. All right. Thank you Mr. Chair here to speak the privilege of the floor. Okay. Mayor's report. Well, I guess um this past weekend we

had a pep rally and the viewing party and the portica itself. Although the game uh extensiveness was not great. We we were not happy with the game turnout. Uh and certainly it was our game to win and that but we had a pretty decent uh weekend as far as events. Um the pep rally was a high success and uh you know thank you to Mr. Mohill for putting that working on that putting that together. The youth bureau and certainly the police and fire um police uh worked diligently all weekend. They stationed out the VFW. Thank you to Mc Dan McNeel for letting us use that. I think that was a a good success. Uh you know the code office had 36 tickets. Uh I think the city had PD had 25 traffic tickets. Only 78 instances over uh Saturday, six large parties, uh 59 topics and 21 court being the worst who got tickets from code and from PD. So they're very uh diligent about it. The bars were very well u maintained. The bouncers did a great job and the owners did a great job in keeping everybody safe and keeping them under control. So, I think we had limited issues. I think the rain helps with some of that, too. But I appreciate everybody's efforts, especially the police and fire and their efforts and keeping uh everybody safe during Portica and uh next year we got to get win the game too and we got all of them done. As we all know, that game is going to uh the city next year uh which is not necessarily good for our local commerce. Overall, I think it's great for Portland. It's great to advertise it nationally and have that game be such a big presence that it is, but I we'll still bring people in and they'll still do well. So, we're excited to have that. Um, we've had a lot of health insurance information sessions by the consortium and Excelis hopefully help with some of those concerns and relevance. Uh, went to the W five meeting last night and

addressed a good turnout there that Mr. Colin had there and I think we answered some questions there and that went well. Uh the veterans dinner at the Elks. Congratulations to our retiree Jeff Bits uh police officer who won veteran of the year. It's a great program and certainly we appreciate our events. uh the Salvation Army kickoff C red cattle kickoff campaign the kickoff breakfast attended that and um so again we have upcoming we have the 29th that you just heard about uh Smith intermediate school bingo family bingo night be to do that our visions of Christmas tree lighting don't forget that on good uh Black Friday on the 28th and then the cookies and cocoa with Santa after that and then we're pushing into the Christmas season for our manure lighting in the first or second week in December. So, be ready for that. There's youth bureau and everybody's getting set up for the Christmas lights and Christmas tree. Uh so, we're we're excited about getting everything turned around for that. Hopefully get some sunshine and get some of this depressing weather out. So, with that, we'll go to

that one quick. Can you announce the time for the lighting? Uh it's at 6. Okay. Thank you. And uh so there there'll be dancers there and uh a church choir group singing inside the fire hall. So it' be it'll be fun to get there at 5:30 or so and get to see our new uh Christmas tree that we have put in. So that'll be fun. So award one. Can I interrupt just a moment? We're uh council member Sllamon is trying to get her audio connected. I think I'm good, Andy. Thank you. First,

I'll say since the election, it's been pretty quiet, but in the last 10 days, I've had several retirees reach out to me uh expressing their concerns, and hopefully they're going to be on the same page here. Okay, thank you, Miss Welcome.

Nice to see you guys. Um, I heard that Cortica went very well. Um, the code office deserves kudos for taking down a particularly egregious bed sheet that the YMCA was not happy about, and I appreciate that. Um, it's too bad that Courtland lost the game, but you know, you got to give the Bombers a little a little incentive to keep playing, right? They have to win once in a while. And I want to say um, shout out to Barry Bulldogs. Both of my kids went to Barry and other than that, it's been pretty decent in the second ward. I do have a group of neighbors who are very concerned about um parking lots about paving a good deal of um property and building parking lots. So, uh that remains a concern and I'm hoping that we can address that with the new comprehensive plan.

Okay. Thank you very much. Good seeing you, Mr. Canel. So, all's good in the third ward as far as quiet, nothing major. Um, I too received calls from retirees about the health insurance. I also reached out and pulled my constituents to get an idea of where they stood and how they wanted me to vote um on the health insurance issue. So, I talked to many people, bipartisan, didn't matter what party um they belong to, but I did reach out to the third board constituents and I got a lot of really good information. So, that's it for me.

Thank you, Miss L. Um there were a couple of she signs that I was not pleased with, but um I heard I also heard from retirees and Tomin Street. I've heard from several people how wonderful Tom Street is and personally the tracks don't make any noise now. So, it's it's lovely for the we don't have to hear about it anymore. No, it's gonna, you know, it's going to wear away and then I'll be all over and all over. Thank you.

I'll call you, Mr. Well, you stole my uh thunder on the board meeting, but uh good turnout for that and I appreciate you coming. It was great to be able to uh have some people ask questions and all that. So, thank you. I've also heard from some retirees as well. I had conversations and doing some research on the health insurance changes. Okay. Thank you, Mr. Car. All quiet in the sixth. Mr. Beck,

uh, just recap on the accord weekend. Um, I was able to participate all three days. The the pep rally on Friday night was good. The dancers, you know, there was four dance studios that well received. and I was able to do the speech and that was all good. Uh Saturday made the rounds around town, checked on everything. Everything was going good there. And then Sunday the uh was aboutund I don't know 25 38 kids that showed up from Sunni Portland do cleanup. Eric organized all that and I forget the lady's name from the college but these kids sign up to do the cleanup program. to get extra credit. We hand out bags and gloves and they go on their way. Uh Tammy, the president of the Portland County Hometown Restaurant Association, uh donated cider and donuts for the kids and that was great, too. Even though it was raining and visible out, but I think the town overall, it was great. I didn't even, you know, anything, you know, talked about chief and deputy chief and I think everybody was happy and everything was, you know, I think the weather had a lot to do with it. It was well received and I think we're on the right track. So other than that u pretty quiet.

I didn't thank you but thank you for covering those events for me. I really appreciate where I get paid for it. Mr. We uh we also had some constituents reach out to myself regarding uh some of the questions retirees might have had and uh I was able to forward some of this information along uh to those that would better answer some of these questions in myself and I was also able to answer uh some of the items that uh I had at hand and I knew at hand. But u other than that pretty much in the a board. Thank you.

Thank you. Approval of mask. I get a motion to accept the minutes or Mr. Beck. Any questions? All those in favor? I

I thank you. Better wait for that one. Uh agenda item number one, set public hearing for proposed 2026 city budget 6 p.m. December 2nd, 2025. resolved that the city clerk shall publish notice of the filing of the budget and an abstract in the official newspaper of the city of the city that in accordance with section C219 of the city charter and be it further resolved that the common council shall hold the public hearing at 6 p.m. December 2nd, 2025 at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 25 Court Street on the proposed 2026 city budget at which any person may be heard for or against any item thereof. And be it further resolved that after said public hearing and prior to adoption of the final 2026 city budget, the common council may modify items of appropriation or anticipated revenues in the proposed 2026 city budget, accept appropriations required by law or for debt service in accordance with C2110 of the city charter.

I'll move it. Mr. Bell, Mr. Beck, any questions? Go away, please. Council member Burgerer. Hi, Council Member Silhan. I council member Panel. Hi, Council Member Lane. Hi, Council Member Conlin. Hi, Council Member Carpenter. Hi, Council Member Beckwit. Hi, Council Member Michaels. Hi. Agenda item number two, set public hearing on proposed local law relating to property tax levy authority 6 p.m. December 2nd, 2025 or 2026. RS 25 sorry

resolved that pursuant to section C uh 3C5 of the general municipal law and section 20 of the municipal home law rule law of the state of New York a public hearing on a proposed local law to authorize the override of the tax levy limit for fiscal year should be 2026 shall be held on December 2nd 2025 at 6 p.m. at city hall 25 court street at which time any person may be heard for or against the matter. Miss Langard. Any questions? Please. Council member Murker. Hi. Council member Sllon. Hi. Council member Panel. Hi. Council member Lane.

Hi. Council member Conlin. Hi. Council member Carpenter. Hi. Council member Beckwith. Hi.

Council member Michaels. Hi. Agenda item number three, set public hearing on proposed local law to allow the common council to set city fees, fines, and penalties by resolutions 6 p.m. December 2nd, 2025. Resolve that pursuant to section 20 of the municipal home rule law of the state of New York, a public hearing on a proposed local law to remove uh specified dollar amounts for fees, fines, and penalties from the city code and grant the common council the authority to set and modify such charges by resolution of the council shall be held on December 2nd, 2025 at 6 pm at city hall, 25 Court Street, at which time many person may be heard for against the matter. Mr.

Mr. Michaels, any questions? Please. Council member Murker. Hi. Council member Sllohan. I. Council member Panelloo. Hi. Council member Lane. Hi. Council member Conlin. Hi. Council member Carpenter. Hi. Council member Beckwith. Hi. Council member Michaels. Hi.

Agenda item number four. set public hearing on proposed local law to establish rental fire and safety inspection and rental certificate of compliance 6 p.m. December 2nd, 2025. Resolved that pursuant to section 20 of the municipal home rule law of the state of New York, a public hearing on a proposed local law relating to rental, fire, and safety inspections and certificates of compliance shall be held on December 2nd, 2025 at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 25 Court Street, at which time any person may be heard for against the matter.

I'll move it. That was any questions? You have a question, Katie? No, sorry. I was trying to second. I guess there's a lag. Yeah, we'll give you the next one. Anybody else? Take away, please.

And uh just to note that uh with the public hearing notice uh that'll be posted to the city website. Uh the text of both those proposed or all three of those proposed local laws will be uh posted with the meeting notice online and um the newspaper publication will direct people to that text online on the public. It'll be found on the public notice section of the website. Council member Murker. Hi. Council member Sllan I. Council member Panelloo. Hi. Council member Lane. Hi. Council member Conlin. Hi. Council member Carpenter. Hi. Council member Beckwith. Hi. Council member Michaels. Hi.

Agenda item number five. 2026 health insurance coverage plans and options for the city of Portland active employees and retirees.

Resolved as follows. one uh that the eligible retired Medicare enrolled individuals who are currently enrolled on either the classic blue or MS3 for the 2025 plan year shall be provided with an option to elect between MHIC MS-3 and spanning plan 4 and two that all retirees not currently 65 upon obtaining the age of 65 and enrolling in Medicare shall be provided with an option to elect between the MS3 plan and the spanny uh plan 4. The failure in this case to exercise an election shall result in defaulting to the spanny plan 4. Three, that all active employees or retirees not enrolled in Medicare who had coverage under classic blue or platinum plan for the 25 plan year shall be transferred to the bronze plan for set year. Four, that for all active employees and retirees being transferred to the blond bronze plan, the city shall fully fund an HR covering the in network out-ofpocket maximum and the out of network out-ofpocket uh maximum five that said HIA shall be used for expenses attributable to the in network out-ofpocket maximum and out of network out of pocket maximum or I'm sorry I I'm misstating supposed to be the in network out of pocket maximum and the out of network out of pocket maximum and six that uh that in the event that any service procedure or device would have been covered under classic blue and is not covered by the bronze plan MS3 plan or

plan 4. The city shall pay in full the expenses of said uncovered service, procedure, or device. The city is further directed to develop a policy and procedure for submission of claims for such items and to distribute the same. Before I accept the motion to it, I just want to strike the last sentence in the second resolve where it starts off as failure and then they would because it's kind of contradicting to itself. The the the failure will be to plan for they have the option and the option has to be picked. So I just like to scratch that last sentence before I take the motion for the resolution.

So stricken. Okay. A motion. I'll move it. Mr. Beck was I have any questions? Yeah, I just Yeah, everybody knows how I feel about this. The H card just a question on that and four and five. It doesn't talk about how long that H car is going to be funded for 35K being funded for 35k. The 35,000 supposed to be funded for each individual, right? That's that's what this listing is covering, right? Yeah. pay the family amount that's funded for the plan year. Whatever is not used during the plan year returns to the city.

Right. So, isn't there a word? Shouldn't there be wording in there specifically as to how long you're going to fund that for? It's funding the out-of- pocket mask for the plan year. There's no specific listed in there because that amount could go up the following year. It's funding the full in pocket and out of pocket mass. There's no expiration date on it. Correct. Correct. the mile, but the amount the amount resets every January 1st any that's not saying how long that the city's going to fund that H4 that could be 5 10 years doesn't give you a deadline right right the only way to keep it equal or better is to fully fund it in perpetuity

so if you don't fund it and it goes up to 800 if you don't fund it then it's then you're not holding it to what it's supposed to be anybody Yes. Wait, Katie. Hi, Katie. Yes.

So, um I just have to say I deeply regret that I haven't been part of the conversation around this the way I have in past years. Um but because of my own uh difficult health difficulties right now I was not able to attend all of the meetings. So, I just want to I just want to say that um it's important to me that the promises we made to people, even if they're primo plans, that they get to keep those and that we retire. We sunset those with new hires. as a public servant, as a school teacher. That's how it's worked in in my business. I'm tier four. People who were tier one got beautiful retirement plans. Tier 4 is very different, but I knew that going in. I don't want the city to turn its back on any promises it's made. That being said, I understand that if we don't vote for this, taxes go up 17% for people in the city. Is that correct?

Higher than that. That would be 34. Is that right? 34%. Jesus. Um, sorry. Strike that. Um, so,

so like from what you're saying is that you're trying to make people whole and fulfill that promise to people who who worked for the city and in good faith. You know, one thing you you trade when you're in public service is job security and stability for lower pay. But then, for instance, I I have great insurance through Sunni Courtland. We've had bills that are over $100,000. We haven't had to pay anything. And I wouldn't want the rug pulled out from under us now. So, I just um I would like to vote for this. I just need some reassurance that all of the things that Mr. Jwet just enumerated are an attempt to make people whole to keep the promise that we promised our public employees. Yes, that's what the last resolve is stating, Katie, that we would make sure they're whole no matter they're not going to be left behind because we I think we all hardly agree all 100%. We want to leave anybody behind and that is uh not any intent or we don't believe it would happen, but just to assure you would put the blanket over it say everything would be covered.

Okay. Thank you. because like the others, I've received emails from people um who have retired from the city and they're concerned and I'm hoping that um I'm hoping that they'll feel better about this when they see how it shakes out. Yes, the anxiety is real, so I can't take that away. And the anxiety is real for all of us and for especially for them and would be for the taxpayers. But if we can make make it all work out and then we're hoping that they come come again this year and everybody will recognize uh what the the the greatness of what it is. Terrific. Thank you.

So I mentioned earlier I had reached out to and pulled my constituents in the third ward and again it was a bipartisan group. Um and overall they all said the same thing. They want the retirees and the current active employees to have insurance, to have health insurance. That's a given. The problem is we as elected officials have a fiduciary responsibility, right, to the city of Portland, the taxpayers. 30% or 34% tax increase is not sustainable. People can't afford that. So it and and my constituents said, "We can't afford it. We just can't afford it. Let them have the health insurance that will keep them whole healthwise, but we cannot afford that kind of a tax increase." And then you're adding the county on top of that. So I just want that's how they wanted me to vote and that's what I'm doing. I'm representing my constituents. So, I just wanted to say that um it's not sustainable. It's just not.

Thank you. In relation to number six of the resolved, uh do you have a sense of when those policies and procedures will be presented to the council at this point or that still in the works? Um all these procedures, the procedure being like a surgical procedure. How somebody would submit a claim? How did the how they would submit an uncovered claim for policies and procedures for how that will be started working on that? I just don't have a full draft. I hope to have it by the next council.

Randle um Google in uh perpetuity. Okay. It says right here forever and ever, indefinitely or until further notice. Is that right? That's what it means. for the bronze plan for the for the funding of the HRA.

The only way the HRA works to be equal or better is with a fully funded but the only way the bronze plan works to be equal or better is with a fully funded HR. So if at some point the city were to say we're not fully funding the HRA immediately it becomes not equal or better and every retiree and union is going to sue the city. Yeah. You know, I can't guarantee you that some city council down the future is not going to do that and get sued because they could um you know, but they're putting themselves in a spot where they will lose in my opinion. All right. Anybody else? I will call the vote, please. Council member Murker,

I. Council member Sllivan, I. Council member Panel, I. Council member Lane, I. Council member Conlin. Hi. Council member Carpenter. Hi. Council member Beckwith. Hi. Council member Michaels. Hi.

Agenda item number six, award ashtree and stump removal agreement. Resolve that the city of Coron council hereby authorizes Mayor Steve to enter into an agreement with Carter's Tree Service in the amount of $27,500 for removal of 47 diseased ash trees and stumps and to execute all required contract documents. Miss Mr. Mayer, any questions on the tree? Um we still have stumps out there that haven't been picked up by the ground. What's going on? So um that is from the first batch, right?

Yes. The DC requires us and I'm trying to remember this off the top of my head. It has to be done a certain time a year when that's brown. Some of them have been done once we get the award. Some of the trees have been taken down because we have a grant right off the sto but is that that's only for the act. Correct. That's correct. So all the stumps that are left were the ash trees or maple trees. We now have a stump grinder. So city workers can do some of the houses. Some of the other trees were

and the trees on Broadway, the three or four trees on Broadway are on this list. Is there ash trees? I Yes, they were on that list. I know. Yes, for sure. Yes, they were. And we took them down. I know you have to wait until looks like based on the numbers I've seen that it's got to be some money left over. Anyway, who will be who the bail out of 65,000. I mean, if there was money left over, it's the planting portion of the grant.

Okay. Yeah, that could be any tree. That we have lots of trees on next year. Yes, lots. Just don't quite do that anyway. We'll put them on the power lines though so we cut them down or black. Yeah, that was a trigger of choice and asked to plan it. They didn't get the board. Beautiful. This a beautiful I move it, please. Council member Marker. Hi. Council member Sllohan. Hi.

Council member Panel. Hi. Council member Lane. Hi. Council member Cona. Hi. Council member Carpenter. Hi. Council member Beckwit. Hi. Council member Michaels. Hi. Agenda item number seven, approve special event permits for the YMCA turkey trot November 27, 2025.

Resolve that the city of Corland County Council does hereby approve permits as described below for issuance by the city clerk. Conditioned on fulfillment of applicable state and local code requirements. The event is the YMCA's annual turkey trot, November 27th, 2025 from 8 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. And the route goes from the YMCA down to Tomkins via Tomkins Street, Broadway, Ashley Drive, um out to 281 and then back via the same route. motion be transfer the rest of favor. Anybody have any questions, please?

Council member Murker. Hi. Council member Sllan. Hi. Council member Panelo. Hi. Council member Lane. Hi. Council member Conley. Hi. Council member Carpenter. Hi. Council member Beckwood. Hi. Council member Michaels. Hi. Agenda item number eight. Declare Police Department vehicle surplus and approve sale to Contentto Scrap Metal Processing and Recycling.

Resolved by the City of Portland Council as follows. The 2019 Chevy Tahoe police pursuit package vehicle currently owned by the city of Portland Police Department and declared surplus scrap is hereby authorized to be taken to Contenno's recycling scrapyard for disposal. Two, Mayor Steve, the police chief and other designated city officials are hereby authorized to take actions necessary to effectuate the transfer of ownership and physical delivery of the vehicle to Contenno scrap metal processing and recycling for destruction. And three, the proceeds from such sales shall be deposited in the departmental revenue account for sale of equipment.

Katie Katie. Yeah, Katie. Don't move. Lane second. Any questions on that? I think we'll be pushing that one. Right. Chief, that one doesn't have an engine. It's got an engine. It's just not connected to anything. in neutral. Right. Okay. All right. Council member Murker. Hi. Council member Sllivan. Hi. Council member Panelloo. Hi. Council member Lane. Hi. Council member Connell. Hi. Council member Carpenter. Hi. Council member Beckwith. Hi. Council member Michaels. Hi.

Agenda. Item number nine. Declare youth bureau equipment surplus and approve sales through auctions and resolved that the city resolved by the city of Corland County Council as follows. A 2011 Chevrolet Silverado with dump box, a 2013 Dodge Caravan, and two floor scrubbers currently owned by the city of Courtland Youth Bureau are declared surplus. Uh the following declared surplus and uh the sale of such surplus equipment is authorized through auctions international in accordance with applicable city and state procurement and disposal policies. And three, the proceeds from such sales shall be deposited into the departmental revenue account for sale of equipment. Anybody any questions?

Please. Council member Marker. Hi. Council member Sllamid. I council member Canelo. Hi. Council member Lane. Hi. Council member Conless. Hi. Council member Tarper. Hi. Council member Beckwood. Hi. Council member Michaels. Hi. Agenda item number 10. accept and recognize donation to the police department.

Resolved that the city of Corland County common council on behalf of the mayor and police department expresses its gratitude for the generosity of the donors listed below. Be it further resolved that the common council hereby accepts the following donations. The amount of $3,210 can be appropriated to the council for the purposes below. A donation from the Courtland School Crossing Guards and the amount of $500. All of these donations go to the shop with a cop program. Uh donation from the Portland Elps Lodge in the amount of $2,000 and a donation from Sereni Eye Care for $710. I'll move it.

Melo, Mr. Carpenter, thanks for those donations. It's grateful to keep giving back to the community. Please no. Council member Murker. Hi, Council Member Sllivan. Hi, Council Member Panel. Hi, Council Member Lane. Hi, Council Member. Hi, Council Member Carpenter. Hi, Council Member Beckwith. Hi, Council Member Michaels. Hi. Agenda item number 11, accept and recognize donations to the

resolve that the city of Portland common council on behalf of Mayor Steve and the youth bureau expresses its gratitude for the generosity of the donors below and be it further resolved that the common council hereby accepts the following donations totaling $1,225 in memory of Rick Jenkee and $1,000 for the visions of Christmas to be appropriated to the youth bureau donation account uh for for their intended purposes. So, a $1,000 donation came from Visions Credit Union for the Visions of Christmas event. And uh the following uh individuals made donations in memory of Rick Jenkee, Rosemary and Ronald Wynowitz, Zayn Remis, Claude and Donna Palzac, Robin and James M, Joseph and Mary Francis Charbano, the Coral Community Services Club, Robert Sams, Genevie Leon, and Alexandra deto. So, your colleague, there will be a we'll be doing something for Mr. Jankee uh later in spring probably next year to in the memory of him and we'll put together a project for that. So, we appreciate everybody doing that. He's a great person for our community and that they recognize him and that we'll do a memory in honor of that. the missions of Christmas again that does the Christmas tree lighting chocolate cookies etc up for the kids so it's pretty exciting stuff so make sure to come down and see your favorite Santa

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hi have engine. So, Mr. Carter, I know it was a tough decision for all of us making that decision and I think it's tough for the retirees and I understand for the the ones that are under 65 and over 65, but you know, I can't in six months from now I set my calendar's going to make sure that happens and I'm going to bring it up in a council meeting and say that where everything is at and I think it's good and good and it'll go a year of it and we'll continue that. I get the concern and I think we'll keep making that part of their resolution and we can do it on an annualized basis to make sure that that's repetitive so it does not get forgotten and I think that's something I don't know about that part of it but I think we uh I don't know if you can I don't know if you can do a longterm contract in the

outside the outside of the union contracts when we do one privately with the retirees We can't do a contract with the retirees and putting it in the charter has really no more effect than doing a resolution. I mean the charter is subject to change like a resolution would be. I'm just you know more ease for everybody. Yeah. I I don't know that there is a way out because it's a certain argument. Well, there way out we have a local that's the only way and I don't know that I will certainly be in the audience cheering them on if they go against it. So I think that's the most important part. So with that I'll accept a motion for

adjournment. Mr. K. There we go. Stay here. All those in favor speed. I

Great to see you guys. Thank you. Thank