City Council - Regular Meeting

Council call this mean order for the record is Tuesday August 25 2026 at 6pm will begin tonight's registered Councilman with roll call attendance thank you, Mr Mayor Councilman governor. Councilman Taylor Councilman with lock here Councilwoman little Roberts mayor Simpson here next item is a pledge of allegiance could I invite troop 149 up to lead us in the pledge are you guys good with that. want to come up to the podium and speak into the MIC and kick us off.

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.

Thank you for that. It's great to have some scouts in the room this evening. With that, we will move on to our community invocation, which tonight will be delivered by Carrie Laframbois. If you'd always please join us in the community invocation or take this as a moment of silence and reflection. Good evening.

Good evening, Mr. Mayor, council members. It is once again an honor to be in front of you. I don't take this lightly and I don't take the job that you do lightly. It is a large task. It's a great city, and God has anointed each one of you to do what you do. So I want to read a verse for you, and then I want to pray for you. Proverbs 24, 3 through 6 says, Through wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established. By knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches. A wise man is strong. Yes, a man of knowledge increases strength. For by wise counsel, you will wage your own war. And in a multitude of counselors, there is safety. Father, we thank you that wisdom, knowledge, understanding, and counsel come from you. I thank you for this great city of Meridian. And I thank you for these leaders that you have put in place to guide and direct this city. I noticed that the agenda today seems to be pretty long. I don't know what I'm talking about, but there's a lot of pages on that agenda. I just pray that you would pour in your wisdom your knowledge, and your understanding that at heated points, oh God, they would seek counsel. They would defer to one another. There would be respect and integrity and honesty in all that they do tonight. Be with them and strengthen them. I'm sure it's been a long day. Give them the strength that they need, the clearness of thinking, the wisdom for each point that needs to be covered. Bless them and encourage them and bless their families. We ask it in Jesus' name. Amen.

Amen. Thank you. Thank you. Okay, up next is option of the agenda. That's one little Roberts. Seeing we have no changes I move we adopt the agenda as published second have a motion a second to adopt the agenda is published is there any discussion, if not on favor signify by saying aye. Those may the eyes have it and the agenda is agreed to up next is a consent agenda. Council little Roberts.

Again, seeing no changes, I move we adopt the consent agenda as published for the mayor to sign and the clerk to a test second.

Have a motion a second to adopt the consent agenda or approve the consent agenda. Is there any discussion? If not, all in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed, nay. You guys have it. And the consent agenda is agreed to. There were no items moved from the consent agenda. So we'll move on to our proclamations this evening. And I'd like to invite Wassim Johnson with Idaho Partners for Good up to the podium and anyone else from her team who's here to help celebrate with this proclamation. yeah Council we're going to do some a little different tonight um because sometimes I feel like the Atlantic I'm going to have Boston you speak first and I'm going to do the proclamation after you speak so you can inform everyone why we're here this evening if that works for you

First of all, I want to thank Zoe from the Meridian Youth Advisory Council for being here with us. I met her at the Association of Idaho City Conference this year, where we were talking about this need for people to show up neighbor to neighbor. So the focus tonight is really on our community is growing. We can't afford to lose our human connection. And we really do have a shared responsibility to help our neighbors. And we believe in core Idaho values of showing up in and for our community. So Meridian is growing and growth brings tremendous opportunity, but it can also make it harder for us to stay connected to one another. Our Idaho neighbor to neighbor. Colby, come up here. Another one of our teammates is about making sure that as our community grows, we don't lose one of the things that has always made Idaho special, people looking out for each other. This isn't about creating another government program or another organization. It's about purely recognizing that strong communities are built when residents, Businesses, nonprofits, faith communities, schools, and local governments all see themselves as part of the solution. Meridian has an opportunity to show what that can look like in a growing Idaho community. Neighbors knowing neighbors, people stepping up when someone needs help, and all of us taking some responsibility for making this place a great place for families and children to thrive.

With that, I'll go to read this proclamation.

Whereas Idaho's strength has always been rooted in the values of neighborliness, hard work, local leadership, civic responsibility, and communities coming together in times of challenge. And whereas throughout our history, Idahoans have demonstrated courage, innovation, and collaboration across differences to build stronger communities and expand opportunity for future generations. And whereas communities across Idaho are facing increasing challenges contributing to growing demands on the community safety net, And whereas Idaho's future depends on creating communities where families can live and work, young people see opportunity, veterans and vulnerable neighbors are supported, and every resident feels they belong and can contribute. And whereas our Idaho neighbor to neighbor movement seeks to encourage practical collaboration, shared responsibility, local problem solving, volunteerism, and stronger connections between neighbors and communities across Idaho by owning the one mile radius around our homes, churches, schools, and places of business, Therefore, I, Mayor Robert E. Simpson, hereby proclaim August 2026 as our Idaho Neighbor to Neighbor Month in the City of Meridian and call upon the community to work together to strengthen our community safety net through collaboration, compassion, stewardship, and shared responsibility this 25th day of August 2026. So awesome. And team, on behalf of the City of Meridian, myself, the council, thank you for bringing this to our attention. And congratulations on this month.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Okay, and with that we'll move on to announcements and recognition.

Council, anything council cover. Here that better Dean. All right. Sorry about that, Dean. Council. I know that you all saw the Tragic fire that happened at the curb a couple weeks ago, and I just wanted to invite the council. They're doing a fundraiser for their service staff this Sunday, I think from noon to 5, burgers, raffles, et cetera. Curb, I love supporting our local independent businesses. Curb's been a staple in our community and has really grown as a meeting place, particularly in South Meridian. So I'll be there to bump into you. Happy to buy you a cheeseburger. But if you're not able to attend, just keep them in your thoughts as they continue to rebuild. Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

Anything else from Council. All right. Next, we have public forums curriculum sign up under public forum.

Mr Mayor nobody signed up.

Okay, then with that we'll move on to department reports, the first time up is approval of Curtis Calder as employee health benefits trust trustee missionary would you like to leave this off.

Yes, Mr. Mayor, Mayor of the Council. So we have before you tonight the approval of Curtis Calder as our new benefits trustee. As you all know, Christina Barney completed her service on the board last month. We've asked Curtis to consider applying. He has a lot of prior experience in his prior position in the city of Elko with health trusts. He's been on boards and helped manage some of those types of trusts in Elko in the past. A lot of extensive experience in this arena. As part of our process through our bylaws, we have to vet that through the Department of Insurance. That has been completed, so this is the last step for approval by this council for Curtis to serve as the trustee.

Thank you. Council, any questions for Mr. Neri or Mr. Calder?

Councilman Roberts.

Councilman Roberts.

Can you hear me? Okay, sorry um if there are no comments, I move that we approve curtis calder as an employee health benefits trustee for the trust.

have emotional second to prove the curse college, the employee health benefits trust is there any discussion. If not, I'm favor signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Opposed nay. Do you guys have it? And the item is agreed to. Mr. Calderon, any comments since you stepped up to the mic?

Nope. Just thanks. And I'll do a good job for you.

Thanks, Curtis. Appreciate you being here.

Thank you.

With that, we'll move on to item 35, which is Public Works Fiscal Year 2027 Republic Services Annual Rate Adjustment for Solid Waste Collection Services. I'll invite someone up to the podium. I don't know who that's going to be this evening. All right. Good evening.

All right. Good evening, Mayor and Council. Thank you for the opportunity to present tonight. It's Republic Services' annual rate adjustment for fiscal year 2027. Per our agreement with the City of Meridian, rates are reviewed. Margaret Mangura, do you need the address?

And i'm chase Cresta.

Alright, per our agreement with the city marina meridian rates are reviewed annually and adjusted based on contractually defined methodology. today's presentation will summarize the components of the proposed adjustment explain the drivers behind each change and review the overall impact to meridian customers, the proposed rate would become effective October 1 2026. All right. High level summary by category. This year's adjustment is composed of four primary line items. First is the CPI adjustment methodology, which results in a 3.454% increase. That represents 90% of the annual change in the consumer price index for garbage and trash as specified in our contract. Second is disposal, which there would be no change this year. Third is the volumetric excise tax credit, or VTEC. The tax credit is no longer available because the federal credit expired December 31st, 2024. Finally, the recycling service charge is increasing due to higher recycling transportation costs and depressed commodity markets. Together, these components make up the proposed fiscal year 2027 rate adjustment. Before discussing each individual component in detail, I just want to highlight the overall residential impact for a typical customer with a 95 gallon garbage cart the proposed adjustment results in a monthly increase of 93 cents. We want to emphasize that the adjustments are tied directly to contractual formulas and actual cost increases associated with providing service. Republic Services remains committed to operating efficiently and providing reliable collection, recycling, and disposal services to Meridian residents. So the first adjustment, CPI, which is the largest, Under our agreement, non-disposal costs are adjusted 90% of the annual change in CPI for garbage trash. This year, again, that's 3.454%. And the impact of the CPI adjustment for a 95 gallon residential customer is 74 cents per month. This adjustment helps offset increase in our operating costs, such as our annual labor increase, vehicle maintenance, fuel insurance, and others necessary to continue providing safe and reliable service. For commercial customers, the impact varies depending on the container size and collection frequency That they subscribe to disposal costs is the second component historically disposal is based off of Ada county landfills rate adjustment. This year they're increasing their disposal rate from 33 to 34 per ton effective October 1 that's a 3.03% increase. For a 95-gallon residential customer, that disposal change would be about 11 cents per month. However, through the availability of Sawtooth Regional Landfill, we can keep disposal rates flat, and we're presenting no change for fiscal year 2027 on the disposal line item. The next component relates to recycling. The recycling process fee increased from $128.95 per ton to $135.57, which is a 5.134% increase. These costs reflect current challenges within the recycling industry, including commodity market conditions and transportation expenses. Over the trailing 12 month period ending in May of 2026 Republic services absorbs approximately 540,000 in recycling costs associated with meridians residential program. And as a result we're requesting a rate a residential rate increase of seven cents per household per month to cover the portion of increased recycle processing costs. Last again is the V tech credit. Historically, Republic received a federal tax credit for the use of compressed natural gas used in our fleet, and we passed that benefit through to Meridian customers as a rate adjustment. The federal program expired in December of 2024, and we no longer receive this credit. Consequently, the customer credit can no longer be applied, resulting in an increase of 12 cents per month per household. It's important to note that this is not a new fee. Rather, it's an expiration of a federal subsidy that had previously reduced customer rates. So this slide summarizes how each component contributes to the total adjustment for a residential 95-gallon cart customer. Again, the total increase per month per household is $0.93, and you can see the breakdown here. The CPI impact is $0.74, zero for disposal, $0.12 for VTech, and $0.07 for recycling. Our goal is to continue providing safe, reliable, and environmentally responsible service while applying only the adjustments allowed under the contract and necessary to support our operating costs. Thank you for your time and consideration today, and we're happy to take any questions.

Thank you, Margaret. Council, any questions? Mr. Mayor. Councilman Cavanaugh.

Thanks for the presentation. Appreciate it. Talk to me. I know you guys serve a lot of municipalities in the Valley. What is the percentage change that you are bringing to the other neighboring municipalities, both in Aiden and Canyon County that you serve?

So every customer is different and contracts are structured different. Some are fixed annual increases ranging from 3% to 3.5%, and then some are based on CPI, which the 3.454% only yields 90% of that CPI. So if it was based on CPI, it would be slightly higher than the increase here.

Mr. Mayor, recognize that every contract is different. Give me what's the highest percentage increase? What's the lowest percentage increase? Is any city seeing a decrease in a proposed rate?

No one is seeing a decrease. And from off the top of my head, the highest increase for this year was 6%.

Mr. Mayor, maybe additional. Yes, Mr. Mayor.

Talk to me about the disposal fee, recognizing you guys reached out and created your own facility, again, being in charge of your own destiny. And I know that part of that is really designed to really address cost controls that you guys are facing as an industry and as an organization. Obviously, that was a calculated risk that you're taking. My hope was that that risk would result in a reduction to our rate payers. Help me understand why that's not the case.

The 12 cents i'm sorry the no disposal change could be viewed as a reduction right, otherwise it would be going up 11 cents. There is potential for future reduction in the disposal portion of the rate, however, we've had many conversations working with staff and with Ada county and just trying to be good partners and how we leverage both landfills for the Community.

So, Mr, maybe just do that a quick flop and some of my questions are coming from I've connected with other municipal leaders that have heard the. Right decreases are being proposed and so I, what I want to make sure is that if the city of Meridian. We trust you to bring us this, this recommendation, this information. I want to be able to look at my constituents in the face and say, Hey, we got, we got a fair deal and I don't want them to open up the newspaper, see on TV that. that Boise or some other larger city or smaller city is going to see a rate decrease as a result. And you're telling me that's not the case. I don't have to worry about that.

No.

Good evening, Mr. Mayor, Councilmember Cavender. No, that's right now, as that stands, it's not the case. As Margaret mentioned, through discussions with Ada County and fully, without us fully leveraging our asset over in Elmore County, we've come to an understanding with Ada County, you know, some of the staff in many of our cities about what that would entail and look like from the usage of those disposal assets throughout both Ada County and our own in Elmore County. And we've come to a semblance of an understanding of what that could possibly look like. As Margaret mentioned, there is the possibility that that could look different and ultimately result in rate decreases depending on how those conversations come out with staff in our cities that we service.

um those that transpire with ada county as well mr mayor councilman governor touch on something that i guess now has piqued my interest it's it's engagement with staff in these cities And again, I'm a political science major, so I'm not the brightest bulb in the room, but it sounds like there's a possibility of decreases being offered, but maybe staff at either a municipality or the county level is discouraging that or stopping that from happening. I would hope that's not the case, but if it is, I'm gravely concerned.

I'll say that discussions have taken place where we could offer potential rate decreases with the full utilization of Sawtooth Regional Landfill. However, that could have a disproportionate impact on what Ada County can expect. And just through conversations there, we landed on a level of understanding that ultimately results in an effective rate decrease from historicals for the city of Meridian when we look at Ada County is increasing their rate by 3% dollar October 1st. We're suggesting by not fully leveraging our landfill, still leveraging it and we're able to keep that rate flat by using our landfill.

Understood. Thank you. Mr. Mayor.

Councilman Taylor.

I probably have 2 questions. I'm going to kind of dovetail off what Councilman Kavner said. So the Ada County is required by a lot to have a landfill. When you introduce competition into something, the hope is decreased costs, increased service to Councilman Kavner's point holding it flat. is not manifesting the idea of introducing competition here now it's new i understand that we're maybe at the beginning of this but um i could make an argument if i was ada county well if there's less trash coming that's reduced revenues we have to increase revenues elsewhere they're mandated to have the landfill um i'm not subscribing necessarily to that i'm just putting that out there so the the question would be um My expectation would be I would see a decrease in cost for us because you're leveraging an asset you control and you control those costs a little bit more. What does year two, year three, year four look like in terms of this trend? Is that our expectation that we'll just be flat because you're absorbing the cost that eight counties may be trying to pass along? When can we see a decrease? Because if there's not a decrease, I don't see the hope for benefit from that. So can you kind of talk me through? I know it's a hypothetical, but it's one I kind of want to understand a little better.

Uh, great question. Councilmember Taylor. Yeah, there it could manifest in a rate decrease again to your point. Hypothetical and conversations are still ongoing in multiple different ways about how we're going to fully leverage our landfill. But in an ideal world, in an ideal scenario, and what Margaret talked about from a. Really lowest cost provide the best possible service and i'm sure that that's what the city of meridian is interested in. That those conversations and how that transpires could ultimately result in decreases for reading ratepayers. Samir, another follow-up question.

I appreciate it. I would hope that your team would look hard at how bringing an asset like that on would help to pass along additional costs, not just holding the line in the future. Next question, a little bit more in terms of the service. I had a constituent reach out. They had a dumpster that All the neighbors were throwing their stuff in as a commercial dumpster, so they got a lock on it. It ended up not getting service for several weeks where the trash built up. I had to reach out to Lorelei. They checked. The lock was on, you know, it was known. I don't know if it was a training issue where the drivers didn't know, but that was quite bothersome because there was trash just overflowing. It got resolved quickly once I brought it to their attention. So for that, I'm grateful and appreciate it. But how do you ensure that these things don't happen? Because the person just happened to know me and said, well, you're on the city council. Trash has not been dumped for about five weeks. Got it done in about 48 hours, which was, again, I appreciate that. But how do you go about ensuring these kinds of service interruptions don't happen? Because those can be public health challenges I don't think we want to see in the city. And it reflects poorly on us, reflects poorly on you.

Yeah, absolutely. We want to mitigate that as much as we possibly can. I mean, we provide all the training tools, resources, expectations for our drivers in terms of what's expected of them from a level of service standpoint. Obviously, communication from their end to the operations team to be able to communicate that proactively with our constituents, not just staff, but you are likely interested in something that could occur like that in the interest of public health. And so in an ideal world, educate our team members to communicate any challenges that they encounter with service whenever they arise. That doesn't always happen exactly to be expected, and when it does, we ensure that we put in, number one, we root cause the issue, but then we put in corrective actions and use those as lessons and learning points with our team members to make sure that those can't reoccur. Yeah. Mr. Mayor, that was a comment. I'll be done. Appreciate it.

I think the fact that it did get resolved fairly quickly once it was Paul Haney, brought up to the attention was great I appreciate that clear, there was a breakdown and communication between the driver and maybe what they knew they were supposed to do, we did verify that they.

Paul Haney, You know, because there was a lot, but they knew the lock and so just kind of a breakdown so appreciate that I appreciate you bringing that up i'm familiar with it, and I can assure you that we've addressed it with our team yeah, thank you, thank you, Mr here that's been a lot.

Talk to me about the future of your CNG fleet. When I hear the word subsidy, it's usually because either it's too expensive to operate efficiently or there's some incentives to run something that may be environmentally better for the city. With that subsidy going away, are the CNG, is the CNG fleet the fleet of the future?

I would say yes, so are the majority of our fleet here in the treasure Valley is CNG and the but the proportion of electric vehicles that we use is growing. I think we're very fortunate to have the CNG fleet, I can tell you that I looked at the diesel price that we're paying in the valley this morning it's about $5 and 38 cents a gallon and CNG is. roughly 20% of that. So no, our CNG fleet is strong. It's not going anywhere.

Thank you. Council, any additional questions?

One more thing. We're also very insulated from the volatility in the fuel prices because it only changes once a year when intermountain gas pushes an increase. So it does not fluctuate the way that diesel does.

And maybe just one more comment to your earlier point, Councilmember Cavender, on just rate adjustments. When we were looking at this and talking with SWAC, this 3.5% proposed increase, it is the lowest proposed increase for the City of Meridian going back to 2020.

Mayor?

That's fantastic.

Just kind of a quick comment, just, you know, City Council Chambers, sharing thoughts I have in some ways. City Council Chambers, The services you provide are critical to the city. City Council Chambers, And in some ways I view this almost like a utility like because the massive amount of capital and infrastructure that you have to provide to provide these services is is enormous right so to leverage the scope of that to provide these services, not saying you have a monopoly, but you have such. City Council Chambers, We give you a lot of. room to operate to drive the services, our hope would be leveraging such a large contract having that you would find ways to. To help us keep these costs down because a 3.3% increase a 3.5% increase those are meaningful numbers for you, but they're also very meaningful for us and so. you know my my charge to you this next year is anything you can do to find any little bit of savings uh we really appreciate it we're just you know times are where they are where um every little percentage and point uh basis of cost reduction is a significant win for everyone so just you know I think that I just want to share that I'd really encourage you to continue to look for that so that hopefully next year you can come back with a reduction certainly thank you

Right remind me, Mr do we need any action tonight, or this come back in a separate.

It will come back with the with the rate change okay all right first number yeah.

Okay, thank you, thank you all for being here, thank you. Okay, with that we'll move on to item 36 was a public hearing for Briar Ridge TECC-2026-0002. We will open this public hearing with staff comments.

Make sure my mic's working. Good evening, Mayor, members of the Council. Good evening. Tonight I am presenting the Briar Ridge subdivision for Linda. It's her anniversary tomorrow and her birthday on Saturday. So I figured that was a good way to send her out. She's out the rest of the week. So Linda, if you're listening, happy anniversary and happy birthday to you. So tonight we want to talk about the Briar Ridge time extension. This is the third time this has been requested. In 2021, this property was annexed and zoned with the T&R zoning district. And then in 2022, the council approved a final plat. In 23, the applicant received a director's time extension, which was granted a one-year time extension. And then 2024, that's when this body, the city council, actually granted an additional extension of two years. And a lot of the reason why the extensions have occurred was primarily to do with sewer, trying to figure out a strategy with getting that extended to the site. There's been quite a long time to try to get that figured out. We have an adjacent property owner that has the sewer stubbed to them. but development hasn't occurred as quickly on their property as we had hoped. So the applicant has been working with our public works on a solution and they're close to getting those plans approved for a temporary lift station to service this particular development. I had a chance to look at the system before the meeting this evening and it looks like those plans are back to the city engineer for review and hopefully those will get issued out in approval. and the applicant can get underway and get the project constructed. So again, they're here to discuss another one-year time extension. They hope they can get that done by then. If they don't, if the extension isn't granted, they're coming back and submitting a new preliminary plan before this body. Staff also looked at previous zoning amendments. There are no changes that would impact this development. So we are not proposing any new conditions of approval as part of this time extension. Looking at the public record, we did have written testimony from Jim Percy. He is the land owner to directly to the north of this site. uh which does have that sewer that stub to the property and it's the master plan does show sewer being extended from that that's that area so again his request is that this project move forward and the Collective Road between his boundary his property and this property is built so that he has access to his site again staff is recommending approval with the one-year extension I'd be happy to answer any questions you may have thank you Bill Council any questions for staff

Okay, well, I see the applicant coming forward.

It's been a while. Kemp Brown, 3161 East Springwood. The last time we were here on this one, we kind of discussed the sewer was brought to this area by the city. The sewer was stubbed to our neighbor to the north on the west side of Meridian Road or the highway there, and that was to be our access point. When we submitted our preliminary plat, that was the route to go and the neighbor to the north also had a preliminary plat on his piece of property. We approached him, offered to build it through his subdivision and that he could continue to farm. He declined that. So when we submitted our final plat, we had gone to the state transportation department had gotten approval from them that we could run a pressure line down the west side of the highway there and connect without being on Mr. Percy's property. After we got the preliminary plat approved and removed a bunch of rock on site, thousands of dollars worth of work, changes at the State Transportation Department, they viewed that they might be widening highway in the future and that they did not want that. Part of the reason is, is even though it's a pressure line, that the City would need access to it and having those vehicles on the shoulder would be kind of a problem. Specifically from the nine years that I worked for the City of Boise, you probably don't even notice them on Shinden, but those were similar things that were done along Shinden between HP and and the Meridian boundary line. And you have to be able to back up a back truck and be able to do stuff, you know, and so forth. So when we came back and asked for the last time extension, you actually had Warren made the mistake of walking by the doors out here and you had him come in and he said he was willing to look at it. I have a timeline. I can show you how long it's taken. We first submitted construction plans. Well, I'll step back. What you have to understand is we are diverting sewer from the east side of the road and pumping over to that collection point. that might put a load on that main line. And so we had to work with Warren and the modeling, and that as that area grows, that what we're doing by pumping over there isn't going to cause a problem to the city. And that took a while. That almost took six months just to do that. We first submitted construction plans in July of 2025. So, and we're seeing this on all of our projects, but just a delay in getting plans approved. So we had to go to ITD again. This time we're approaching them as going just across the road, which they were okay with, but getting that approval. And then every time that A plan gets changed, ITD or ACHD is making a little tweak here or there, and then it just seemed like a pet project to just keep adding one more little thing. The last word I got, and I appreciate Bill looking in the system, I've been told by my engineer that we're anticipating September 10th having approval. as we started our construction season this year, I was pushing them because I didn't want to be here tonight and have this discussion. I wanted to build it this year and ask them to try to push it. And the feedback that I've gotten from the building team or the design team is that they're just experiencing that valley wide. It's not necessarily that Meridian Is the problem it's that all everybody. We did not have a break this year, so everybody was submitting plans and doing things. All year long, and there was not any seasonal stop for winter. We didn't have it. It didn't show up and so plans are being approved and then you get back into the queue and then you. I've got this year's schedule. We're submitting or getting plans back every month of this year to get to where we're at today. So I'll stand for any questions that you might have, but we feel pretty confident that we can move forward. We don't want to come back with a formulary plat. We've really excavated the area out there. The tweaks have made it that we're going to have to maybe do a little bit of rock work. But for the most part, we've cleaned the site twice this year, pulled the weeds off, anticipating we were going to get approved and we didn't get approved. And I think they finally removed the portable toilet that's been out there for three years. Any questions?

You can cancel any questions. Thank you. Okay, thank you. It's cracking one side by testimony.

Mr. Mayor, nobody signed up.

Is there anybody present that like to provide testimony on this item. If you're online, you can use the raise your hand feature. Seeing no one coming forward and no one raising their hand online the app to waive any final comments. applicant wave sound comments nobody running to the podium for public comment i move we close the public hearing on item 36. motion second close the public hearing is there any discussion if not on favor signify by saying aye aye opposed nay the guys haven't public hearing is closed

Mr. Mayor.

Councilman Kavanaugh.

This is a pretty straightforward request. Kent knows I don't love time extensions. I don't like third time extensions, but all of the explanation I think makes sense to me. So I move with approval of TECC-2026-0002 and include all staff applicant and staff applicant testimony.

Second.

I have a motion and a second to approve item 22. Mayor Mrakas, 36 is there discussion, if not quick call the roll.

Mayor Mrakas, Thank you, Mr mayor kavanagh Taylor with lock little Roberts.

Mayor Mrakas, Oh, I suppose she carries them is great to. Mayor Mrakas, Okay, with that we'll bond i'm 737 which is orders number 26 dash 2136 as the court read the sources by title.

Thank you, Ms. Mayor. This is an ordinance annexing land located in a portion of the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 23, Township 3 North, Range 1 West, Boise Meridian, Ada County, Idaho, as depicted in the map exhibit, rezoning 5.81 acres of central property from RUT to the R8 zoning district. City Council Chambers, Directing city staff to alter all applicable you scenario maps, as well as the official zoning maps and all official maps depicting the boundaries and the zoning districts of the city meridian in accordance with this ordinance. City Council Chambers, Providing providing that copies this ordinance shall be filed with the county assessor the county treasurer the county recorder and the Idaho state tax Commission is required by law repealing inflicting ordinances and providing an effective date.

City Council Chambers, Thank you counsel you've heard this word described by title is there anybody that would like it read in its entirety. Mayor Mrakas, If not drive emotion. Mayor Mrakas, That's Taylor.

Mayor Mrakas, move that we approve ordinance number 26 dash 2136.

Mayor Mrakas, Have a motion second to prove item 37 which is ordinance for 26 to 136 is there discussion, if not call the roll.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor, Kavanagh, Taylor, Wedlock, Little-Roberts.

All ayes, motion carries, and ayes agree to. Next up is item 38, which is ordinance number 26-2137. I ask the clerk to read this ordinance by title.

I give a smear this is an ordinance annexing all of lots one and two block two of jewel subdivision and book 34 pages 2850 56 through 2857. Being a portion of the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 16 township three north range one east Boise meridian a to county Idaho is depicted in the map exhibit rezoning 2.46 acres of central property from the R one to our 15 zoning district. Directing city staff to alter alter all applicable use scenario maps, as well as the official zoning maps and all official maps depicting the boundaries and zoning districts, the city meridian in accordance with this ordinance. Providing the copies of this ordinance shall be filed with the Ada County Assessor, the Ada County Treasurer, the Ada County Recorder, and the Ohio State Tax Commission, as required by law, repealing conflicting ordinances and providing an effective date.

Thank you. Council, we've heard this ordinance read by title. Is there anybody that would like it read in its entirety? If not, do I have a motion?

Mr. Mayor.

Councilman Taylor.

Move that we approve ordinance H-2025-0004. Ordinance number 26-2137.

They don't have the ordinance number on the actual agenda. So it's 26-2137. Sorry about that. 26, ordinance 26-2137. have motion second to provide them 38 which is I or December 26 dash 237 is their discussion. If not call their own. Mayor Kavanaugh Taylor I would lock I little Roberts allies motion carries the I'm is agree to counsel anything under future meeting topics or do I have a motion for executive session. That's one of the little robbers.

Mr. Mayor, I move that we go into executive session for Idaho Code section 74-2061J to consider labor contract matters. Second.

I have a motion and a second to go into executive session. Is there a discussion? If not, can I call the roll?

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Cavanaugh. Taylor. Woodlock. Little Roberts.

Aye.

Aye. Motion carries and we'll move into executive session.