City Council - Regular Meeting

Call meeting to order. Shelly can do a roll call, please.

Yes, thank you, Mr. Mayor. District 1, Councilman Rios.

Here.

District 2, Councilman Pastor.

Hello, I'll be here.

District 3, Councilman Leatham is excused. District 4, Vice Mayor Stapleton. Here. District 5, Councilman Gonzalez. Here. District 6, Councilman Shipley.

Here.

Mayor Guimaraes.

Here.

We have a poor Mr. Mayor.

Thank you, Shelly. Chief.

Our Father in heaven, we're grateful unto thee this day for those things that thou hast blessed each of us with. We're grateful for this community, for those who serve within it, and for those whose efforts go towards the betterment of the community in this area. We're grateful for this body this evening, and we would pray that as they deliberate that they will find solutions and answers and an action that can be implemented to improve the lives and the livelihoods of those here. We pray for those in our community who may be in need at this time, who are mourning or in need of comfort, that that would bless them in their need. Please watch over those who serve within the community as well. Keep them safe. These things we say in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Amen. 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.

We'll start with some recurring events. Mike, start with you down there.

Mr. Mayor, just... The conference that we all attended last week was very good. I really enjoyed myself. I learned a lot, and that was really good for us, but with all this heat and everything, it's hard to stay focused. That's all I have, Mr. Mayor.

Thank you. Mike? Yeah, Mayor, thank you. I just have a few reminders. The hamburger fry, the monthly hamburger fry is this Friday at 6 p.m. over at the museum. I think cost is only like 10 bucks. so it's a really good deal if you haven't tried it or even if you have go back and check it out again and then the following friday is our we're back to first friday again i believe it's a normal schedule so right thank you linda so make sure you attend that and uh welcome our first friday's back And then, like Mike said, we all attended the League of Cities last week. We were there from Tuesday until Friday and went to several classes every day. Not all day, but it was several good classes and it was just... reminder of things that we know and what we learned. So I had a really good time. And Mayor Guimaraes did an outstanding job on his class that he taught on Thursday. So thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Mike. That's all I have. Thank you. Mariano?

I, too, attended that thing and enjoyed the camaraderie with the other cities and towns and reconnected with some mayors. I really appreciate that. I just want to give a shout out to our people over at the public library, the friends of the library. There is a lot going on over there. So if you're bored on an evening, go over there and enjoy. Read the schedule. You have every reason to go to the library and enjoy yourselves here in this great city of ours. Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

Thank you. Fernando.

Just a couple things. So Miami is having their fiesta on the 4th and the 5th. That's Friday evening. They're going to have a bandstand. We'll have a beer garden and lots of vendors and booths, and then all day Saturday. So if you guys wanna go place and have something to do, I recommend getting out there. I'll be volunteering out there. I also attended Leagues of Cities and Towns, and I try not to go on social media, but I accidentally did. And there was like these whole attacks about how we were being basically brainwashed. And so I went to a class to learn how to bring affordable housing and how to find funding and how to get grants to bring that to your community. And I'm really struggling with how is that? I'm not sure. But being educated and learning how to do your job to the best of your ability to serve the people that you serve, I think it's a good thing. So I'm not sure what people think out there, but that's my opinion. So thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Freddie.

Unfortunately, I did not go to Leeds and Cities. I had to make an emergency trip to be with my daughter in Florida. I just got back this Saturday, so I spent a lot of time with her. Everything's okay. It's good to be home. But I will comment on the leagues and cities as I've attended those in years past. They are very fruitful for councils, mayors, city government. There's good networking going on. There are some great speakers, as Fernando mentioned, and you do bring home to your community some values and thoughts of what could work in your community based on what other communities have done or are doing. So I too don't get into the social media, but brainwash, in my opinion, is not what happens at these Lincoln cities. So thank you, Larry.

Thank you, Freddie. Yeah, I agree with my council members. The League of Cities is somewhere you really learn. You do a lot of talking to different other cities. And, you know, you make those contacts that help your community in the future. You know, they talked about housing. They talk about youth sports. They're going to come and visit our community next month because we made that contact there and hopefully help with our youth sports too in our community. So it's huge. It truly is. The only other thing, everything else has been mentioned. On the 26th, again, as we all know, is the anniversary of our, devastating flood here in Globe. I know that our city is planning a state of Globe, not really a celebration, but something memorial for that time. I mean, we all went through a lot of tough times with that flooding. So I think it's important that we memorialize the lives that were lost, the property, and just memorialize what happened, what occurred, because it changed our community, our lives forever. So we're planning that. That will be on the 26th of September. It's on a Saturday. Don't have all the details. Stay tuned for all the everything that will come forward with it. That's all I have.

Mr. Mayor, members of council, nothing to add. Thank you all.

Okay. We'll go to the first community call to the public. This is an opportunity for any citizen desiring to speak on a matter that is not scheduled on the agenda. They may do so at this time. This is a time for the public to comment to members of the council, not to members of the staff. Comments are limited to three minutes per person and shall be addressed to the city council as a whole public body and not to any individual member. Please complete a request to speak card located at the rear of the chambers and turn it in to our city clerk. And I have no cards up here.

Mr. Mayor, I have nothing.

OK. So next we have presentations, and the first item, item A, is a proclamation for August 31st, 2026, for Overdose Awareness Day. And I'll read it, and then I will present it to Monica Magoon on behalf of the Sarah Kay Foundation, and I will ask her also to come and explain her foundation and what they do after the proclamation is read. Overdose Awareness Day, August 31st, 2026. Whereas addiction is a devastating disease that knows no boundaries, touching the lives of families and friends across the city of Globe and leaving behind a wake of unimaginable grief. And whereas behind every statistic is a human being, a beloved son, a daughter, a mother, father, sibling, or friend. whose life was stolen by a fatal overdose and whose memory deserves to be honored without stigma or shame. And whereas International Overdose Awareness Day is recognized globally on August 31st to remember those we have lost, to acknowledge the deep sorrow of the families left behind, and to send a clear message that every human life is valuable. And whereas the Sarah Kane Foundation works tirelessly within our community to replace silence with support, offering a beacon of hope and demonstrating that empathy, education, and compassion are our most powerful tools in saving lives. And whereas no family should have to walk the painful journey of loss or the difficult path of recovery alone, By uniting as a community, we can break the chains of stigma, encourage those actively struggling to seek help, and celebrate the incredible strength of those in recovery. Now, therefore, I, Al Gomeros, Mayor of City of Globe, Arizona, do hereby proclaim August 31st, 2026, as Overdose Awareness Day. In the City of Globe, I urge all citizens to join the Sarah Kay Foundation in lighting a candle wearing purple, or taking a moment of silence to remember those we have lost, to comfort those who mourn, and to reaffirm our commitment to a community where healing is always possible. So, Monica, if you want to come up to the... If you want to explain, and then I'll give it to you, okay?

Good evening, Mayor and members of the Globe City Council. Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to speak with you tonight. On behalf of the Sarah King Foundation, I want to sincerely thank the City of Globe for recognizing Drug Overdose Awareness Day on August 31st and for taking a stand to bring awareness to an issue that affects families and communities throughout Gila County and across America. For me, this is not just a cause, it is personal. On February 11th, 2018, my daughter Sarah lost her life to fentanyl poisoning. She was just 28 years old. Like so many families, we never imagined that one decision could change lives forever. Losing Sarah was devastating, but out of that grief became a decision to turn our pain into purpose. That is why the Sarah Kincaid Foundation was created. Our mission is to put love into action by empowering underserved communities, breaking down stigma and raising awareness through acts of kindness, community events and charitable contributions inspired by the legacy of Sarah. This work is especially important in rural communities like ours. According to the Arizona Department of Health Services, more than five people die every day in Arizona due to opioid overdose. And while the United States has seen an overall decline in overdose deaths, Arizona numbers are still climbing. Here in Gila County, the numbers make this crisis very real. Over the last three years here in Gila County, there have been 47 overdose deaths with 18 in 2025 and 2023 and 11 in 2024. Those are 47 people, 47 families, and 47 stories that ended too soon. And the rural communities, the challenges can be even greater. Access to treatment, recovery services, mental health resources, transportation, and other support can be limited. That makes community education, prevention, and having life-saving resources like NARCAN available even more important. The Sarah Kay Foundation is committed to being part of the solution. We work throughout our communities to raise awareness about fentanyl and overdose, provide Narcan educational health and grief, and provide compassion and practical resources to individuals experiencing homelessness. We believe education can save lives, but awareness also means removing the stigma Addiction does not make someone a bad person. People struggling with substance use need compassion, resources, treatment, and support. And families who have lost someone deserve compassion too. Because behind every overdose is a, every overdose statistic is a real person. I also want to recognize the parents, grandparents, siblings, spouses, and friends who continue to carry the weight of that loss. We know that grief doesn't simply disappear. We cannot change what happened to Sarah, but we can change what happens next. We can educate. We can carry Narcan. Everyone should carry Narcan with them. And we have some here if you don't already have it available. Narcan isn't just for those struggling with addiction. It is for the teen who's just experimenting at a party. For your grandparent who took too much prescribed medication. For a toddler who accidentally found medication and decided to try to taste it. For someone who went into a public restroom where someone used and left residue. For your dog who picks up something to eat or play with that's laced with an opioid. For a toddler crawling in a hotel room that wasn't cleaned properly, and that actually happened in New York. We can talk openly about addiction and mental health. We can choose compassion over judgment, and we can be a voice for those who may not have one. It is more than just a piece of paper. It is a commitment to remember to educate, to reduce stigma, and to work together as community to prevent another family from experiencing the heartbreaking experience that we did. And I believe communities like GLOBE have an important role to play. We may not be able to save everyone, but having Narcan available saves one life. If one conversation keeps someone from making a dangerous decision, if one person finds the courage to ask for help, then the effort matters. Sarah's life mattered. Every life mattered. Thank you to the city of GLOBE. for recognizing the Overdose Awareness Day and for helping us to keep the conversation going. Thank you for standing with families affected by overdose and for recognizing that this is not someone else's problem. It's a community issue. And it will take all of us to address it. As we say at the Sarah Kay Foundation, be a voice, not a victim. Together we can stop overdose deaths. Thank you.

Mayor, could we ask her, could you tell us how they could get involved with Sarah Kay if they want to or how they could volunteer? Because I know you do a lot in the community. You bring food and things and everything you do. How could they get involved or how can they contact you?

Well, we do have a contact through the Sarah Kay Foundation. Sarah with no H. SarahKFoundation.org is our website. There is a volunteer form on there. They can follow us on social media. They can reach out to our email address, info at SarahKFoundation.org, and we would be glad to have all the volunteers or any input or any organization that wants to partner with us. Great.

Thank you. Just a quick question on the Narcan. Can we go to the same website to get educated on Narcan? Do you have to have a prescription? How does all that work?

Narcan, you do not need a prescription. There are several organizations that do give it out for free. You can purchase it through a pharmacy as well. The good thing about Narcan is if someone is having a health event that you mistakenly thought they were overdosing, the Narcan will not hurt them. So if you administer it and it's a health emergency, not an overdose, it will not hurt them. And it normally takes two doses. There's two in each box. I carry two in my purse all the time and it's just a nose spray. You just put it in their nose, spray it, and then they'll usually come through true, come to, and they may vomit or, you know, be a little bit, um, kind of out of it. And if they start to doze off again, you give them the second dose by then. Hopefully, um, 911 will be called in some emergency medical.

So this can be sold over the counter?

Huh?

This is sold over the counter at a pharmacy?

Yes, you can buy it. But Wowza here with Gila County, they give it out as well. So you can contact us. We can get it to you. We can actually hold a training, if you'd like, on how to use it and when to use it as well.

Yeah, great.

Council so quick question and it may be you or PD, but my understanding is if two people are are Using something and one person needs to knock on the other there's an amount of immunity for the the person Can you explain better how that works?

So if you're say there's teenagers at a party and someone overdoses and they're all using they are immune they if they call a 9-1-1 and get help for that individual, they're immune to prosecution for whatever else is going on. That's really important. Yeah, that's very important because there's been so many, until that law came into effect, there's been so many, especially kids, that will just leave someone on the side of the road and won't call for help. I mean, I have friends that that's what happened to their child. So...

It's an amazing drug. And I know there's three fire personnel in the back too. You know, just one call that I can remember at four in the morning, a 16-year-old was found in the front room by his mom and his daughter. We got there, fired it and not breathing, unresponsive. It's like a miracle drug. We gave him two doses by IV. And he came around, started breathing again, but he was already in a state of not unresponsive, not breathing. So it's an amazing drug. Next, if it's okay with council, I'd like to move item D up, which is recognition. And then we'll have the presentations because they're a little lengthy. So item D is recognition of 25 years of service to the city of Globe for David Kemp. Water Department. And we have Vince doing it.

Good evening, Mayor and Council. I got asked to say some nice things about David Kemp, so I had to make sure it was nice things. There's a lot I can say about David, but a lot of them probably wouldn't be appropriate, but yeah. So David, yeah, he's been here 25 years, and just like everyone that started back at that time, they all had to start their career on the garbage truck. so did David. He went down the wastewater plant, spent some time down there. I think maybe it's like a hazing that maybe they did back in the day to see if they were going to stand it. He made it past that, and that's where he landed on the water crew. During that time, countless employees fell victim to I mean, not victims, had the pleasure of knowing David. Yeah, he was a leader out there. So I've known David for eight years now, and he's always been a leader out there on the field, out there, even in the yard. You could tell he had kind of like the swag, this command that he had. People looked at him, they respected him, and I still do to this day. During the flood, I was busy coordinating. David was on my speed dial all day. He was out there with me in the mud, in the sewer, everything. He was there with me. David took some time off, did a little sabbatical, got his health right, came back. And our GIS system isn't where we want it to be. We needed a locator, a utility locator person at the time. And it made sense to have David come in probably cause he probably put all the pipe in the ground. So he knows, he knows all the secret manholes that are hidden, hidden secret places, all the meters he knows. I don't know. I swear he's our go-to guy for all the, all the locations, all the history. Our map says it's something David looks at and says, no, I think it's this. And we open up the hole and it's exactly what David said. So. Very knowledgeable on that. All the guys that come through the water department, David's there teaching them. He doesn't let them get hurt. He's there to, whoa, stop right there, and he'll teach them the right way. He goes with them to the yard to find parts and teaches them parts. He's one of our main trainers in the yard right now with all the new people. Sending David to go find parts, you know he's going to bring back more than what you need because he knows that it's never gonna be a perfect plum. He's bringing back those extra parts and we all appreciate that. Saves us time so we don't have to be out there all day and night. Along with being such a great employee, he's my friend. He calls me, I call him, and he's my friend. So, David? That's his catchphrase. And I catch myself saying, I say, as my good friend once said, you're welcome. Yeah. So that's it.

Yes. Cool. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Glad you came back to us.

Yes. Very good.

Come on up, come on up. Picture time. Congratulations Dave.

Thank you.

Thank you, Vince. Thank you, sir. Item B is presentation request for council direction regarding a proposed public comment process for city council and boards, commissions, and committees public meetings. And Shelly will be presenting.

Yeah.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor, members of the council for the opportunity to talk about our public comment and community call to the public and request to speak to the item process. We haven't looked at this process since COVID and we put some practices into place to accommodate people who couldn't attend the meeting and so we were receiving comments various ways and this kind of, sets a standard and it'll be a set standard that we know and that the public will know and there are several opportunities to comment on the meeting, attend the meeting and speak to council and I'll go over those changes with you right now. The way it is right now, the process is if you come to a meeting and attend the meeting, you can fill out a request to speak card and you can speak to the community call to the public, and there are two opportunities now on the agenda, one at the beginning of the meeting and one at the end of the meeting, and you also have the opportunity to speak to an item, and that would be a discussion with Council on an item that you're considering. We do have a phone that we did designate to receive text messages for public comments from residents and constituents that could not, or did not want to attend the meeting and so those come live and rolling in throughout the meeting and we do try our best to catch those text messages and read them at the appropriate time of the agenda. So that is our process now and we're wanting to put something more predictable and structured for the meeting so that we know exactly how that meeting's going to to schedule out throughout that agenda. I was gonna say call, but I've got it. So I wanted to start off by just looking at the Arizona Revised Statute and the ASRS guarantees the public the right to attend a meeting and listen, but a general call to the public is, permitted but not required at every meeting. So it's not a requirement of the Arizona State statute. The city may impose reasonable rules, such as a three limit rule, a limit, a requirement that comments concern city matters, speaker card deadlines, and a prohibit, prohibitate, Help me with this word, Paul. I never can say that word on actual disruption. Restrictions should be applied consistently and should not discriminate based on the speaker's viewpoint. For the community call to the public, council members may respond to criticism individually, ask staff to review the matter, or ask that it be placed on a future agenda. Council cannot collectively discuss or take action on a non-agendized matter. This is the request to speak at Council meetings, and this is what we practice now throughout our meetings. So the public has two opportunities to speak at a Council meeting. The first is the community call to the public. The agenda, and this is what we're proposing, the agenda will be limited to one community call per meeting held at the beginning of the meeting. It's required in-person attendance. And the speaker is asked to complete a request to speak card prior to the scheduled community call to the public. So if they get her at six and the community call to the public isn't until after the summary of current events, they do have that time to fill out that card and get it to me and schedule their time to speak to Council. Cards are available at the meeting and they'll also be available on our website. Speaking will be limited to three minutes. City Council may not discuss or take legal action on a community call to the public, and that's the practice that we have in place right now. The other opportunity for a constituent to speak to Council is to an agenda item. So they are required to attend the meeting in person, Complete a request to speak card prior to the scheduled agenda item. Cards are available at the meeting and also on the City of Globe webpage. Indicate which item you'll be speaking to. Council may discuss the agenda item during request to speak card with the requester. So if a constituent attended the meeting and they had interest in one of our items and they wanted to

have a discussion with council council could have that discussion with that constituent because it is on the agenda fernando go ahead so a lot of this has to do with the chair of the meeting right because they can because i've been to meetings public meetings where they say if you did not fill out a car to speak to item 6a prior to the meeting then you cannot speak to it when the agenda item comes up But you're not privy to what they're privy to so you don't even know what they're going to say until they say it. So your question can come up because of the presentation or the conversation. And so, and I know that this, if I'm the chair, I'm going to allow it, but I know these are guidelines so that at least this is the minimum required, correct? Correct. Okay, so the chair still has a prerogative to accept somebody, fill out a card later, right? Absolutely. Because I've been to meetings literally where they put call to the public at the end. We had people drive for two hours to be there because there was an issue that they were concerned about. They did not let them speak to the item when it was on the agenda. And then at call to the public, the decision had already been made. which to me is not what we're supposed to do.

Yes, no, and this isn't a restriction that we're wanting to place on our constituents. We want to provide opportunities for the community to come in and engage with the meeting and attend our meetings and have a constructive conversation with Council about agenda items. And it would be up to the Mayor running the meeting, but I don't see, the City of Globe turning anybody away because they didn't fill out a card at the beginning of that item. We can take care of that housekeeping issue with them. We do want a card because it is a public document and we want to make sure that we know that they're a resident and what their name is. spelling so that we can get that all correct within our minute. But that would be deferred to the mayor.

Yeah, and I think in any of our meetings, we have never denied anybody that is here to speak to the agenda item because they may come up with a question during the presentation that they want to comment on. So they're asked to come up. They've always been asked to come up and then fill out a card at the end. I don't think in our council meetings that we've ever had anybody denied when they're speaking to the agenda item.

I don't remember the time either, Mayor. Yeah. Yeah. So we're proposing a new opportunity, and that is a public comment at public meetings where you do not have to attend in person. So residents who do not wish to speak or attend a meeting but would like to share a comment or opinion with Council, they're going to be able to submit an online comment card available at globeaz.gov. So we're going to have it set up on our website where you can go in and submit a comment card to Council. To ensure that Council receives your online comments prior to the start of the meeting, submit prior to 2 p.m. So we are going to have a deadline for those comments to be submitted and issued to Council for your review. on the day of the meeting. Online comments submitted prior to the 2 p.m. deadline on the day of the council meeting will be shared with council prior to the meeting and posted publicly on the city webpage before the scheduled start time of the meeting so that those public comments are on our website so that our public can see what's been sent to council. And they'll be on the dais for your review as well. In that instance, Council may wish to comment on the public comment received prior to the 2 PM deadline. during the community call to the public. So if you do receive a comment on an event that somebody's wanting the public to know about, if they submit that before the 2 p.m. deadline, it'll be on our website for the public to see and then Council will receive a copy of that comment and you'll be able to comment on that during the community call to the public. Online comments submitted after the deadline and paper comments submitted to the clerk at the meeting prior to the meeting will be shared with council and posted on the webpage the following day of the meeting for public viewing. The council cell phone will be eliminated as an option to make a public comment. We will not monitor that cell phone any longer. So during the meeting, okay. So are there any questions on the new?

Questions on the... Are there cities using this format?

Yeah, actually, we've been looking at what the city of Mesa has been doing, and this is a process that's similar to what they're doing. Okay. And I wanted to mention that we do have the council at will be the dot gov that is always available for for public feedback and those emails will be distributed to to counsel for for your review as well direction.

So, Mr mayor, we're trying to focus on the in person presentation and encouraging people as prior to to come in and speak and we catered them. If somebody halfway through a presentation, once speak to the item, we'll accept that card. A lot of times they come up speak, haven't fill out the card after they're done. Just to make that happen, but but we're 5 years out from 4 years out from cobit and I think we need to go go back. We are, we are up here sometimes scrambling, trying to manage the everything going on and not paying full attention to what we need to be doing is making sure the meeting going well, the flow and and the process. So, and this was brought forward from a request from from council last week. So that's why this is on the agenda tonight, or two weeks ago. Go ahead, Fernando.

I would just like to say that I do feel like we do try to hear everybody out, even if we don't like what they say. That's not a requirement. And if you can't handle that, then you shouldn't be up here. But I think we've been very fair. And I've always tried to be very fair, too. But I have seen it abused, but not by us. And I just feel like it's important to have a process where people can, they should be part of the process. They're our citizens. And whether we agree or not is irrelevant. Thank you.

Mr. Mayor, members, council, one other item. We will have the community call the public in the beginning and then speak to the item. When I first came here, I think we had called it public at the end and I asked to move that to the forward and we ended up having it both ends. And that one is very, very hardly ever used. The idea was if someone heard something spoken at the meeting, that they could come back to that call to the public in the afternoon or at the end of the meeting. But we had the discussion with the attorney. And truly, if the item is on the agenda, we should encourage people and ask people to speak to the item rather than, let's say that there's an issue number three on the agenda. If they come up and want to speak at community call the public, we're to encourage them to wait and speak when we actually bring the item up. And therefore that kind of makes that second call the public move. And so we have, if you approve this process, that second call the public will go away.

Well, I got a comment, too. OK, so we're not silencing the people. They're still able to come up and do a call to the public. The only thing we're not going to do If they want to do emails, it has to be before two o'clock. So if they do it after two o'clock or during the meeting, we're still going to see them and we can bring them up in the following meeting if that's a case. So I think there's a lot of, we've seen some abuse with that. You know, we're here to do business for our city. And when there's those distractions where you get, where you can't control an email or text message because it's right there. It's right now. So, you know, you don't know if it's three minutes. You don't know what's going to happen with it. So I think and I also understand there's a lot of fake accounts out there where people email in and they're not actually the people. They have a fake account just so they can make comments, negative comments in a public setting. That's what I understand, you know, sometimes happens too. I think this is a process to keep, be able to, if you give a speak, come to the meetings or submit them early on with our rules.

Right. No, and this is very traditional throughout the Valley. So Mr. Mayor, members, council, this is a presentation, but we are asking for direction to the city clerk to implement the new process. And that is what we're asking for tonight is direction. No, no, I'd rather verbalize would be good. If somebody, and so if council would like to verbally say, yes, we, you know, what is your pleasure on this? What would you like to see happen?

I like the idea. I do, too. At the beginning, it's better.

Do we make a motion?

No, no, just direction. So if the council.

I think it makes a lot of sense.

So I'm seeing all the council in agreement that they're supportive of the present, of the process as presented by the council, I'm sorry, by the clerk. Okay.

I agree.

And will this take effect in our next meeting? This will take effect right now. Okay. Okay.

Good. Thank you, Mayor. Thanks, Shelly. Thanks, Shelly.

So next we have item C is presentation, discussion, and possible direction to staff regarding the referral of the general plan update to the Planning and Zoning Commission for review and discussion. And we have Zach Montgomery, our zoning administrator.

Good evening, Mayor, members of the council. Thank you for having me this evening. I'm excited because I've been working with the city management and all the different directors, getting to know them. And in that process, I've been collecting a lot of data, current information about the city, and taking inventory of what we have going on currently, some of the issues that the different directors have noted in their different departments. So I'm excited to see the creation and consensus of a vision. And that vision is created through a number of different methods, but it's heavily driven by public input. And what that vision does is it gets input from the residents, the business owners, the stakeholders, the Planning and Zoning Commission, which is your planning agency for the city, and of course from you guys, the elected governing body for the city. And that vision basically tells the general plan what the community wants to see the city of Globe look like by the end of that 20-year planning horizon, which is 2047, and how they would like to see it function, and what the city wants should offer to its residents and visitors at that 2047 20-year plan horizon. Once that vision is created and established, we've reached a consensus on it, then city management gets together, we create the goals, the policies, and the implementation actions, and that's basically what drives the general plan. Once we have those established, then the implementation actions are going to drive what needs to be done by the various different departments, city management, and hopefully steer us to meet that vision of 2047. The update process is very simple. It essentially establishes the vision for GLOBE. documents the current conditions and inventory, which I've been working on for several months now, like I said earlier, that will be reviewed numerous times by the public until we can massage it into something that we all feel comfortable is a good final draft that we can finally take to approve an adoption through you via resolution. Public input is going to guide the direction heavily of the vision, the general plan draft, and then the general plan final draft. And we're going to do that through a number of different methods, one-on-one interviews with each of you as the governing body for the city. we're going to create a survey that's going to be put on the website, all of our social media sites. I'll be giving presentations to the different civic organizations, the high school, the junior high, churches, anywhere I can get out, public institutions, and get people to fill out the survey, get their input. hopefully get some really good ideas and some vision on what they would like to see the city do to grow, improve, or whatever, change. And we're also going to have the planning agency, which is the P&Z Commission. That's the state-mandated planning agency for the city and every city in the state. And they will serve as a steering committee. And we're going to have monthly meetings that are gonna be publicly open and they're gonna be workshop sessions. And if we have any business to take care of, we'll take care of that as well. I'll be coming back to you on a regular occasion at your desire and will to get updates or give you updates on where we're at. All of you are welcome to come to the steering committee meetings, any of the public workshops, any of the presentations I'll be giving to the different Lions Club, Elks Club, whomever. And we're going to also have a set of focus groups from specific stakeholders that are pretty big stakeholders in the community. and I'll be getting input from all of you on which different stakeholders we should focus on, but the railroad, the school district, people like that, where we can get some direct input that deals with their issues. So I think that talking to the kids, the public, the business owners, and really we're also gonna put a link in the water bills We'll go out for a couple of consecutive months to steer people to the website so they can fill out the survey. I'm working with Linda right now on a three to five question survey, and I think that's plenty to get a lot of input. It's kind of an open survey. We haven't finalized it yet, but that's where we're headed. And I'm here tonight to basically get your nod of approval to allow me to take this to the Planning and Zoning Commission and officially start this process.

Do you have a timeline when this will be a live document in the end? Is there a timeline, a deadline to get it done?

It's a 10-year plan. It was supposed to be updated in 25. So by the time we get it approved, it'll be 2027. but it's not going to be a long process, probably six to eight months at most.

Okay.

Questions for that?

Freddie? I don't have a question, but more of a comment. I remember when I first became a council member, I read the general plan at that time.

I'm sorry.

And just as a learning tool, right, to try to understand, you know, what my role is going to be here. But I think more importantly, not only do we have our general plan, but off of that general plan, we have a strategic action plan. And a lot of what we've done in the past is use that strategic action plan to implement some of those findings or those things that were in the general plan. So it was kind of like a roadmap, in my opinion. You know, we get the general plan is the... the community's vision and the strategic action plan is the council's platform to try and make those things happen. So I think it's so important to get this general plan updated so that we can continue this process. I really want the public to know that because that's something that we never really talk about, but it is a driving force and mechanism for us council members.

Definitely, and I thank you counselor I also want to add to that that the way I like to do it is I like to get the general plan adopted and approved and Then immediately follow that like even that same meeting with the approval and adoption of the updated zoning codes to make it more business friendly and I've been working on those as well and the updated subdivision codes and by law we're required to update those codes, but we can't approve them until after the general plan is approved. So I'm working on all three at the same time. And again, that's my goal in one meeting is to have all three of those adopted. And that seems to work well. Fernando, go ahead.

I know it's kind of embarrassing, but this will be my third general plan for the City of Globe. But it is a tool and it's a very helpful tool because there are times where it makes sense for the city to participate or take action on an item. But if it's not in your general plan or you can't show it's for the public good of the City of Globe or part of your mission, then you really can't justify participating or doing it. So it's a very important tool that I think a lot of people don't realize how important it is.

And thank you for that. And another thing that I want to add to what you said, this is the opportunity to put some projects that we may have in our capital improvements plan into the general plan. Why is that? I mean, I've written millions of dollars of grants for many communities, but if your project isn't in an adopted plan, your chances of getting that grant are slim to nil. So, you know, this is a good opportunity to, and I've been pushing the different directors, working with the fire chief, you know, say, hey, you know, you've got a great department. Let's put some projects in there that, you know, you want to get going in the next five, 10, 20 years. So it's a good opportunity for that.

I think it's vital that we make sure that we get public input. And we get the public input because a lot of us will be gone, you know, in 10 or whatever, 20 years, you know, but this plan will go on, you know, so the public input is vital. And I think when you, if you do surveys, just a recommendation, I know we send out our bills and how many people really open them or they tear them up. If there's something we could put on the front of that envelope, this important survey, please fill out or something. Great idea. Where it'll catch the attention of that individual to open that letter for that survey.

Even if it's a stamp or something that's colorful and says, hey, Go here and give us your input. I like that. Thank you.

Yeah, that's a good idea. I agree with you. Most people don't read what's inside their bill other than the amount due.

Yeah. And my office is right there. So if you guys have any ideas, call me, email me, come by. Let me know what you're thinking.

I know in the past we've had some public meetings. Would we incorporate a public meeting and just invite the public to talk? Yeah. share what a general plan is and see if there's any good ideas that come out of that.

Definitely. And again, the Planning and Zoning Commission month after month after month is going to be covering the general plan. We're going to be advertising each meeting, putting it on the crier boards, you know, getting the word out on the website, our social media platforms. So, you know, we'll be hitting it hot and heavy. And if you don't think we're hitting it hard enough, let me know. We'll try to find other ways.

Mr. Mayor, years ago, I was on the Planning and Zoning Commission. I remember one iteration of constructing the general plan. And there's input opportunities by everybody. So I look forward to that. That's going to be something that everyone can have a say in.

Great, thank you.

Great. Thank you.

So Mr. Mayor, members of council, like I say, we're so happy that Zach is here to put this together. We were getting this off the ground 2025, but then we had our flood event. But, but in, but since then, we brought Zach on board and so he has been literally back in his office, working away, getting the prep done for this, getting everything lined up. Not it's more than just the general plan as he talked about code updates, which are just really, really important. But, but take a lot to make sure you got everything straight. So, we're happy to have him working on all 3 of those items. other thing i wanted to say was that we have made a commitment to council that anytime we put a a project or a topic that's going to go through pnz that we would come to council and make sure that you are aware that that the general plan is going to pnz and there's nothing going to be more impactful on on pnz than this one this will be in pnz like Zach says, every meeting. And so just want council to recognize that part of the education to council right now is this will go for the majority of the work to be worked with with PNZ and then come back as Zach described in all the different manners and formats.

Questions, comments? Zach, thank you.

Thank you.

Appreciate it. Thank you, Zach.

Thank you. So I assume I have the direction.

Go to P&G. Thank you. They're nodding their head in affirmative.

Item four is consent calendar. Matter listed on the consent calendar are considered to be routine and have been enacted by one motion and one vote. Public hearing items are designated with an asterisk. Prior to consideration of the consent agenda, the mayor will ask whether any member of the public wishes to remove a public item for separate consideration. Members of the council and or staff may remove any item for separate consideration. Item A is consideration of waiver of section 2-4-10A prior discussion rule to allow action on the balance of the consent agenda. A1, accounts payable $871,719.71. And item B is consideration of possible approval of change order number one to contract number CS20250164 with Exilem for HMI programming and testing in the amount of $2,333.13 with funds to come from account number 518051234, contractual services. Do we have anybody from the staff, public, or council wishing to remove any item for separate consideration?

No.

Mayor, I move to approve the consent agenda as presented. Second.

We have a motion and a second for approval of the consent agenda as read. Is there any further discussion? All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed, nay. Motion passed. Item five is new business, public hearing and consideration to approve an acquisition of control agent change for the series nine liquor stores, liquor license to Connie's Liquor Store, located at 806 South Jess Hayes Road, Globe, Arizona, and request to waive section 2-4-10A prior discussion rule. Shelly?

Thank you, Mr. Mayor, members of the council. So this acquisition of control is an agent change for the Connie's Liquor Store. And they just had a change in their structure of ownership and the agent did change. We did post the notice at the Connie's Liquor Store announcing that this would be heard at this council meeting for the required 20 days. I didn't receive any public comment and so that posting was removed and it's before you tonight to approve, consider.

We don't see anybody in the audience to speak to that either. We do have one person. Okay. Any comment?

Thank you for coming.

You bet. It's your opportunity here.

Don't blow it.

Thank you, Council, members of the community. My name is Scott Harder. I'm the new co-owner of Connie's Liquor Store. My wife, Mackenzie Vuksonovich, actually inherited the store from her late father, you might know, Louis Vuksonovich, who owned MV Enterprises, and his wife, late Casey Cunningham, who is the operating owner of Matlock Gas. So since the passing of Louis, we've taken control. We will continue to strive to provide services for all of Globe and all the members of the community of Miami. Thank you.

Good luck.

Congratulations.

Mr. Mayor, if there's no further discussion, I would make a motion to approve the motion as presented.

Wave section 2-4-10. You have to wave section 2-4-10.

You have the request to wave it.

Yeah, and wave the section 2-4-10 prior discussion. Second.

We have motion and second for approval of item 5A as read with waving of the rule. Any further discussion? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed nay. Motion passes. Item 5B, consideration to award contract number CS Zero two seven zero zero two four two YC YSC paving incorporated conduct has hot asphalt patch repairs to restore five deteriorating pavement areas caused by City utility repairs for the amount not to exceed seventy nine thousand eight hundred and eighty six dollars and twenty eight cents funds from this project are budgeted through the half cent excise tax through account 12805220 capital outlay construction and request to waive section 2-4-10a prior discussion to Vince.

Good evening again, Mayor and Council. Yeah, bringing this contract today, or tonight, like I said, it's to repair five Utility patches, if you want to know about them, I got a little brief descriptions on them. The first one that came up was during the construction of Gorman, the Hill Street School. We had to do an abandonment for the old fire line for the old building. We put our warm patch in that we do. The abandonment landed right there where their loading zone is, that yellow painted out loading zone. A lot of the delivery trucks come in and just the weight of those trucks aren't supported, or our medium heat patch was not supporting those trucks. The second one was during the flood at the 1100 Plaza over here, across from DeMarco's, if you know the area, we had a line that got jammed up full of boulders and rocks. We had, at that time, Apache Underground came in, they redid that line. They put some, hot patch down but there was a lot of I guess scarring from the tracks of the excavator and some of just the activities during construction scarred up the asphalt that was there that he just had paved that parking lot. The other three that are out in the county are water breaks that happen and again with all the heavy haul with the construction that's doing the sediment removal and all the all the work they're doing out there in the county, the big heavy trucks are just pounding out our patches. And so instead of fighting it over and over and over, I don't know how many times Uriel and his, he's not here, him and his crew have been out repatching these holes. We decided to go with the contractor to put in some hot patch and do it solid and right. So any questions or comments? Go ahead, Freddie.

They're going to work on the sub base as well.

Yeah. Lately we've been adding into all our specs and all the plans is a slurry backfill. Oh, okay. And that's in this quote too.

Is there anything that we should do different if we know there's going to be heavy traffic on there so we don't have this recurrence of deterioration? Yeah. We talked about that now. Yeah.

So along with the backfill, we don't have the slurry ready to us. Like we have to order it. And usually like after a water leak, we're just backfilling it with the AB. We're talking about, you know, coming back and removing it before we, because sometimes we let the AB patch settle with just regular traffic and then Uriel's crew will come back and skim a few inches of the AB out and then put his mix in there. So we're thinking about, we've already talked about that, like removing more than a few inches and ordering trucks and maybe going out with slurry a few days ahead of his patching crew, and then put that slurry in there, let that solid up, and then come back with the mix on top of that. Yeah, we had that conversation.

We got a question there. Go ahead, Mike. I know this isn't on one of your five, but what about prior, the new bridge through East Canyon Bridge across from Railroad Court? I've had several people say that area right there is bad. I don't know if we could address that. There's a path after the American Legion and on towards the bridge.

Oh, where the old entrance into the bridge. Yeah, I don't know what's going on there. It's been like that since the bridge.

Maybe we can change order?

I don't know what I'm talking about. Yeah, I do know, and I had heard a response on that, but I can't bring it up right now. Let us look into that and see what's going on.

It was an option at one point during the construction of the bridge and then something happened. I kind of went away. What John had said about that. Yeah. But let us do some homework. Maybe while they're here.

I know that one. We had many comments on that. Okay. And I'm not sure what the plan was for that. But it may, like I say, we can combine. That's the whole thing about the economy at scale when we have Are able to do this, like, say, they're, they're in a pinch during emergency, get the get the road back to where it is. We know that the patches are not going to hold, but then we come in and just do a mass. Patch to all these old ones and we get a better value because this comes from out of town, right? This is not local. But yeah, let's follow up about the about I know the 1 you're talking about.

There's one other one, too. I know it's not our responsibility, but the new Cottonwood Bridge, and as you go over where the railroad tracks are, when are they going to fix that?

Oh, man. That's a future agenda item. It's a work session item. Work session? Yes. If you want to get out before midnight. Yeah, we can talk about that one. We'll put that on future agenda.

Okay.

And then this is something we need to weigh the rules as things should be done.

Yeah. Um, so I just, I just jumped into this too. Um, you know, John was supposed to present this, but I found out, I think they're coming Friday. Oh, okay. Um, they're, they're in the mix of, you know, blowing and going down in the Valley. So there, I guess they had an opening, uh, to get up here. So there's no closure, so that's good. Right. Well, there will be flagging, but no closures. No, no, I'm thinking the road closures. Oh, the highway. Yeah, the highway closures.

I guess they get up before 9, so.

Sorry, my frame of reference.

Do we have a motion?

We take a motion to approve item B as read and waive section 2-4-10A. Seconded.

Motion second for approval of item 5B. Is there any further discussion? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed, nay. Motion passed. 6A, action item. Council will discuss and possibly approve the second amendment to authorize the second year, the second one-year renewal for the contract PS20240069, Sustainability Engineering Group, LLC, for zoning administrator services for the previously budgeted amount not to exceed $75,000, funded through account 1065151262, community development.

Good evening, Mayor and Council. I'll help Paul cover this item. This item actually will come out of account number 1069-51234 if it does. So currently we don't have this budget, so at this time there would be no budgetary impact. But if we were to come across a project where we needed additional assistance, additional capacity for staff, say a development agreement, We worked with SEG in the past to help clean up some right of way issues on the property that is just west of the Copper Bistro that would allow a drive-in option onto this property. So it's things like this that come up and need to be tended to very quickly, and that's what SEG can help us do, because our current community development staff is absolutely immersed in general plan and zoning updates to bring forth to Planning and Zoning Council. Oh, it is under community development, my apologies. Tina Allen, she monitors our agendas very closely to make sure that everything that we do is properly accounted for, and so she had pointed out that this account number needed to be corrected if Council so moves forward to approve.

Okay, so Mr. Berry decided to enlighten us with a lot of information. And he goes on to mention that Our general plan authorizes $60,000, and it sounds like we're authorizing another $75,000, but I don't interpret it that way.

No.

And so is this $75,000 is what we are limiting this contract to potentially be. So if we ended up meeting a whole bunch of stuff, we've got a huge developer coming in, we're still capped at $75,000.

Oh, absolutely. And if we needed additional services that time, typically would be paid for by the user fee, so we could pass that on to the future developer.

And is this Dana's group?

Yes, correct.

Mr. Mayor, members of council, this is very similar to the on-call contracts we have in public works, where we line up professionals, get them in the queue so we don't have to do procurement or anything like that. And that way, if something comes up where we have the need, we have the money, we just don't have the bandwidth, we can get things done. It helps us move towards not kicking the can down the road and timely completion of projects that we're not aware of. uh but yeah it is a not to exceed amount and it it is based on um at the time and we will be coming back if if we do need to do something we will come back to council to make it happen so seg and dana is our assigned project manager through scg dana has

over a decade of experience with our community. So utilizing someone who's now with this firm to move forward with projects, there's just, we can move much more swiftly and that costs the city less and the end user.

Yeah, go ahead. So when you use the term Second Amendment and First Amendment, I'm thinking guns and free speech. So it probably could have been a better description. No, thank you. I'm like, okay, what does this have to do with guns and what does this have to do with free speech?

And Bill Sims has reviewed this document. Oh, yes. I'm good to go. Thank you.

So just one comment, I guess, as we work towards, we've built our team and our resources, just making sure that we're bringing more in-house services so we're not utilizing outside consultants more. So this will just be, Not something we pull at every time we got something, because we have in-house zoning administrator now. This is just something, cases that are needed specialty.

Mr. Mayor, members of council, one of the things that we prided ourselves over the past five to 10 years is we can handle... Something that comes out of blue hill street came out of the blue all of a sudden boom. We needed to do that. The minds tend to have projects that we had not planned or budgeted for, but this keeps us agile and ability and flexible and ability to to rise up and take care of those opportunities. So they don't they don't we don't lose them over timeliness. So it gives us that capacity and I think the, what Zach is doing is the, the. the stuff that we've been ignoring, which is the updating the code and all the in-house stuff. But still, if we get a hot project and we need, boom, we need to have something worked out to make it happen, we have that extra capacity.

And not ignoring, we've known that these are much, these are identified priorities by council. And our general plan, as Paul had mentioned, we were set to move forth with SEG to do the general plan update. And then of course, you know, September 26th happened. And so now we're in a different time and place with having Zach on staff who has written several award-winning general plans across the country. And so we're very fortunate to have someone at his caliber working with our staff our community, our planning and zoning commission, and our council to help drive a more usable and current general plan. If you go back to review some of the economic development priorities were built upon us becoming a retirement community. And while that's extremely important to have a community built for all, if your focus is one segment, it really limits your growth potential. So he has expertise in looking at the community from that 30,000 foot level. and seeing where we are and where we want to be and how to get there. And that brings us back to that's the council's SAP is how we get there.

Okay. Any other questions or comments?

Mr. Mayor, I'd like to go ahead and make a motion to approve item 6A. Do we need to put a waiver on it?

No, it's an action item.

It's an action item. As stated. Second.

Motion second for approval of item 6A. Is there any further discussion?

Mayor? With the change of the account number. Yeah.

Yeah, that's at 51234? Correct. Okay. Thank you. 1069-51234? Yes, thank you. Okay, all those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed, nay. Thank you. Item 16. Thank you.

Mr. Mayor, members, council, just a quick update. I did hear from John. The lump over by the train tracks is going to be covered in part of the cottonwood paving project. So, so that is scheduled to be fixed. The 1 you had talked about the 1 I talked about prior to the bridge, the 1 that we were going, we weren't sure John text me. I don't know if you text you and the cottonwood. Yeah, the cottonwood caving project will take care of the cottonwood bridge. I talked about the 1 all I can. Let me let me read his text. Exactly at least. That lump will be taken care of with the cottonwood paving.

Okay.

That's not the one I was talking about. Yeah. Is that not the one? Is it?

Yeah. Yeah. He's talking about, well, he says the cottonwood paving. I don't know what that means. I don't know.

So there was some extra funding on the Cottonwood Bridge project to cover from Broad Street to the approach of Cottonwood Bridge. Okay. I don't know if he's talking about that, what you're concerned about, the crossing. Cottonwood. I don't know if he's talking.

Yeah, it might be 2 different things.

We'll update you. We actually have an infrastructure work group coming up soon. So we'll talk about that. Okay.

But if he's mobilizing equipment and bringing people from out of town, and he's doing it, then that's probably what he's saying is he's going to lump it when they do that. Good.

Hopefully.

Yeah. Okay.

Okay. Item 6B, consideration of possible proof of change order number one to contract number CS20260097 to Doge Contracting for the Jess Hayes Sidewalk Project in the amount of $32,379.68 with funds to come from account 128052200 Capital Outlay Construction.

John Vince. The Mayor and Council again? I feel like Travis is down here. Yeah, so this is for the Jesse Hay Sidewalk project that you guys all know is underway. Start of the thing, we're already finding issues that we had to address. One is a credit. They called for a drain at the bottom of Westridge. I don't know if you all know where Westridge is. It's the dirt road. There was going to be, they call it a trench drain. Me and Steve Smith, the inspector, we call it a cattle garden. They don't like when we call it that, but it's kind of similar to that. But that got eliminated. And then there was some up at the skate park, the entrance there, there was some curbing. There was a pre-existing sidewalk that wasn't caught. They wanted us to add like one foot to it to make it ADA compliant. It didn't make sense to dowel into it and have this one foot floating piece of sidewalk kind of hanging onto it. So we decided to just rip out the whole thing and put a five foot sidewalk in. The other part is some design for the crossing right there at Hayes Gulch where it goes into Matlock's Gas. You know, that's the spot where all the ABs are right now. So when they had to upsize the culvert pipes, they found that the sewer line is right below it. So they couldn't go deeper to set those in. So they had to raise the road. So it caused some extra design survey to come out and get that all fixed up. I think those are the four. Yep, those are the ones. That's what happened out there.

Is this off contingency funds for the project, or is this additional funds?

You know, I don't know. Do you know? So the total, there are some credits. The total modification is $116,000. There are some credits with the elimination of Westridge. Drive drainage facility that was a savings of 84,000 and so the net change cost to the city is roughly 32,000. So there was an elimination of a project to clear some money, and then so it didn't totally match the change order. But net cost, and that's coming out of our half-cent excise tax capital. I'm sure there's contingency in the contract.

We always do. Danny knows. Oh, Danny knows. There should be.

I think we put contingency in there. I apologize.

I'm not really involved in that project much at all. I kind of, like I said, got bumped into this.

Good evening, Mayor and Council. I discussed this with Travis, and there is, in the capital outlay construction, there's $158,000 that is for the Jess Hayes sidewalk. We do have a 207,000 capital project reserve that is in this account that can be utilized if we go over that 158,000. Okay.

Here's a good answer.

Thank you. Thanks. Just got to have good help.

I had cheat sheet notes, but straight from the finance.

Yeah, that answer wasn't on mine either. Any other questions, comments?

Mr. Mayor, we look forward to comments. Now we make a motion to approve change order number one to contract CS2026-0097 as presented tonight. Second.

Motion second for approval of item 6B as presented. Is there any further discussion? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed, nay. Motion passed.

Thank you.

Thank you, Vince. Item C is consideration to approve City Council Resolution 1964 to accept and adopt Arizona Water Infrastructure Finance Authority WIFA Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Loan in the amount of $1 million with a $512,500 is forgivable. Shelly, can you do Resolution 1964, please?

Resolution number 1964, a resolution of the Mayor and Council of the City of Globe, Gila County, Arizona, approving the form authorizing the execution and delivery of a loan agreement. loan number 920417-25 with the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority of Arizona from its drinking water revolving fund program, delegating the determination of certain matters relating thereto to the manager and the finance director, providing for the transfer of certain monies and making certain covenants and agreements with respect thereto. Authorizing the taking of all other action necessary to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such a loan agreement and this resolution and declaring. Council please with that meeting.

So, Mr mayor members council, as you know, we've been working on the. Usd or the army core money for the water line going out to the fairgrounds and there is a match requirement and we have so we went to with it to get that match requirement. So we could complete keep the project going there. They're still they're still working on some on some background on it. But it's very important that we got this with a loan in place to cover that this 1Million is specifically for this water line project and will definitely help us out. Travis put this together and so we're getting a rate of. 4.67% on 1Million, but the best news is that Travis was able to get 512,000 dollars of this forgivable. So we will actually only be 49% is all we'll be paying back. And so this is the highest amount of forgivable, I think, in my memory. And so what we found, what Travis has learned, is that instead of blanket, like a smorgasbord of projects, you have this, this, and this, and then some backups. Don't get the forgivable like just a one-up project. Here's a key project. This is important. And we're kind of changing our strategy as how we go forward with WIFA because we have found that we can get more forgivable on that. And so this is a big win for the city, saving us a lot of money. Thank you to all the board members.

So this is specific to the 595 project? Yes. That's how much we're short, a million dollars?

That's what we needed for the match. I don't have the numbers in front of me on exactly the match. The total cost is 2.1, and I think there are some other costs that are in there. So I can't speak to how much of this will actually go to the match, but I believe it's in... Ah, there we go, finance.

There you go. Ask Danny. There is a $750,000 match for the 595 project. And then, so then the rest of this is going to go to additional costs that we had to, that are in addition to what we have provided from the grant for the 595 that need to be done, that came up in the design.

It's a federalized project, so they're, you know, sometimes they have requirements that cost a little bit more money than we expected.

So, is this something we expect, I guess, as we move forward with phase 3 of our NRCS project that this is kind of how we're going to have to meet the matching the match for us is to go through the loan process.

If it qualifies, we're, we're open to whatever option we have. But, but this is so this is. For clean water, the drinking water, we have a $3 million match coming with a request coming up very quickly. I don't know how soon that is, but that should be getting funded.

They actually have already met on that. We just haven't received the decision yet.

Yes, and that would be the $3 million. And that's going to help with a match on the NRCS funding there. And we can use that, I believe, also into, it's a sewer line, sewer-based loan. So there are lots of things connected to the creek that we're going to use that for.

So I'm in the Federal Programs Committee for WIFA. So we did approve the $3 million. And then it goes to the, there's like a political board. never seem to balk. Once it gets that far, it's pretty much a, so.

Did you get us two million forgivable on that?

No, but one thing that I did notice is for PFAS, they had several that were funded at 100% forgivable. So if we have a PFAS issue, we should really look at that.

Yeah, I think we're not in a bad shape on that, but I think we have one well.

Yeah.

But no, I mean, and with a has been a lifesaver for the city globe for the 10 years that I've been here and I know going back even further than that, we are, we are so grateful to them and all the hard work and Travis is working very well with them to get these, you know, these projects moved and get the documentation and get the forgivable. So that's good stuff.

Yeah. Okay.

You have motion.

Mr. Mayor, a motion to approve item 6A as presented.

6C.

I'm sorry, 6C as presented. Second.

Motion second for approval of item 6C. Is there any further discussion? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed, nay. Motion passed. No late agenda items? None. Schedule any meetings? We do have one. Yeah, we do have something.

Mr. Mayor, members of the Council, so our next regularly scheduled meeting is September the 8th, which is the Tuesday after the Labor Day holiday that the city observes, and we're asking Council to reschedule that meeting to that Wednesday, September the 9th. That allows us just that one day to make sure that the meeting is sound and if there's any

amendments to the agenda that need to be done we do have a 24 hour period everybody good with that um yeah i think i'm returning from being out of town on the night so hopefully i'll get back in time because i'm going to be gone for the holiday okay so will i i'll be coming back on monday though so tuesday or wednesday lord yes

Yeah, this would be the Wednesday the 9th.

Everybody else okay with that?

Yes.

I think so.

I'll be out of town on the 9th.

You will be?

10th and 11th.

You are out of town? You will be out of town?

I'll be out of town.

Okay, so let us make sure we can before we tentative approval by council preferably and make sure that we can line up and check schedules and do that. Is everybody still what's availability for the 8th of the 10th? I think it sounds like if people are flying in on the 9th, they're not going to be here for the 8th anyway. Yeah, exactly. So I think if it would work out better, should we go Thursday the 10th?

That works much better for me.

It works better for me too. I have a meeting on the 9th.

Here we go. Okay. You want to go the 10th then? Thursday? Yeah, the Thursday the 10th. Okay. What do you think?

Okay.

Thank you.

So we will report back and lock in.

Yeah, and we'll issue a PSA and make sure that it's posted on our site.

Did we get overtime?

Yeah. I'm not sure. Time and a half. Yeah, right. I don't think we want to lose this meeting. We're in the busy season now, so we want to keep the meeting going. Sounds like, say, it's that holiday weekend, so the Thursday may work out the best.

Okay.

Agenda items anybody have a Talk about the railroad in the future or the we would we had talked about the railroad track and yeah the cottonwood bridge the Fixing that wrote that yes track. There's horrible Yeah, and and I believe in in two weeks at this meeting whatever day it falls on we'll probably have a good update on the NRCS and Tiffany and the project because