City Council - Regular Meeting

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I call the September 8, 2026, council meeting to order. If you are able, please stand. Remove your hat for the Pledge of Allegiance.

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.

Okay, welcome everyone, those in attendance. Thank you for spending time with us this evening. Those watching online or watching at a future time, hopefully you'll find our meeting productive. Okay, Mr. Hersey, our treasurer is with us tonight. Always good to see you. Mr. Mouser, can we start with roll call, please?

Okay. Rosenberg. Present. Mylar. Here. Lotz.

Here.

Stoffel.

Here.

Carney. Here. Foney.

Here.

Roach. Here. Newcomb. Here. Hudson. Here. Blackburn. Here. Vorce. Here. Campbell. Here. Parchman. Here. Ford. Here. Thank you.

Okay, moving on to 1.4 on the agenda. It's the approval of the minutes from August 17th, 2026. Can I get a motion to approve those minutes?

Second.

Okay, we have a motion. We have a second from Mr. Carney. Do we have any comments or discussion about the minutes from August 17th? Seeing none, all in favor? Opposed? Thank you, motion carries. Moving on to agenda item two, we do not have any public hearings tonight. So that moves us down to agenda item three, city presentations, and we do have one, 3.1 is a proclamation for Constitution Week. These ladies are pros.

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So tonight we're here for a proclamation for Constitution Week, which is September 17th through the 23rd, 2026. Whereas September 17th, 2026 marks the 239th anniversary of the drafting of the Constitution of the United States of America by the Constitutional Convention. And whereas it is fitting and proper to accord official recognition to this magnificent document and its memorable anniversary and to the patriotic celebrations which will commensurate the occasion. And whereas public law 915 guarantees the issuing of a proclamation each year by the President of the United States of America designating September 17th through the 23rd as Constitution Week. Now, therefore, I, Eric Van Hook, by virtue of the authority vested in me as the mayor of the city of O'Fallon, do hereby proclaim the week of September 17th through the 23rd, 2026, as Constitution Week. In the city of O'Fallon, and ask our citizens to reaffirm the ideas that the framers of the Constitution had in 1787 by vigilantly protecting the freedoms guaranteed to us through this guardian of our liberties, remembering that lost rights may never be regained. I have here unto set my hand and cause the seal of the city of O'Fallon to be affixed this September 2026, the 8th of September 2026. Mayor Eric Van Hook, it was witnessed by our city clerk, Mr. Jerry Mouser.

All right, you can decide what you'd like. Okay.

The city had fantastic events in July to celebrate the Declaration of Independence, but this is the Constitution that we're talking about. Constitution Week, 17th through the 23rd of September, starts off with Bells Across America. So on Thursday, September 17th, at what's the place called?

Flag Plaza.

Flag Plaza on Lincoln and First. At 3 p.m., we would like everybody to meet us there to ring bells. If you forget your bell at home, we'll have extra bells for you to ring. Can you do that?

We will get the message out there. Some of us are going to be in Chicago for the Illinois Municipal League Conference, but we'll make sure that we have some representatives to help ring the bell and celebrate.

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Thank you ladies for everything that you continue to do for our community. Okay, moving on to agenda item number four. This is our first of two sessions for public comments. This portion of the city council meeting is reserved for any member of the public wishing to address the council. All remarks should be made to the council as a whole and not to individual members or the audience. The Illinois Open Meetings Act 5 ILCS 120 forward slash 1 mandates no action shall be taken on matters not listed on this agenda. The council may direct staff to address the topic or refer the matter to the committee. Please provide the city clerk with your name, speak into the microphone, limit the presentation to five minutes, and avoid repetitious comments. Thank you. Does anyone wish to make public comments at this time?

Good evening, Mr. Mayor, members of the council, Doug Gaines. We the people of O'Fallon demand our local governments take clear public action to ensure the midterm elections are secure, lawful, and truly reflective of the people's voice. Last week, we made this demand known to the county clerk and board. It is imperative we all come together to demand election integrity. For too long, we have watched state and local governments employ lawfare, delay, and dodge laws and orders on election integrity. That pattern must end. On 31 March 26, Executive Order 14-399, ensuring citizenship verification and integrity in federal elections, directed the Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with Social Security Administration, to compile and transmit state citizenship lists of confirmed adult U.S. citizens residing in the state. States and counties were responsible for accessing, correcting, and updating these lists at least 60 days before a federal election. In Illinois, this did not happen. That should concern every citizen in this city, in this county, and our state. in accordance with executive order fourteen three ninety nine the u s p s issued its final rule concerning ballot mail for federal elections effective twenty one august twenty six all federal mail all federal ballot mail must use envelopes marked official election mail the automation compatible and have unique intelligent mail barcode for tracking. States that intend to use U.S. mail for ballots must submit mail-in and absentee participation lists of eligible mail voters through the federal ballot mail portal. Again, this did not happen in Illinois, a major cause of concern. On 24 August 26, the U.S. Supreme Court stated a district court injunction that had blocked these measures in 23 challenging states, including Illinois, clearing the way for enforcement ahead of the midterms. Illinois law is clear. Only U.S. citizens may vote. While the county clerk determines qualifications, registers voters, and maintains the rules, this council speaks for our residents and can and should demand accountability from the county regarding following election laws and orders. The DOJ and DHS have recently seized servers and domains used by Chinese hackers to infiltrate election infrastructure and have confirmed election systems use hardware and software designed to compromise our systems. This, plus the declassified evidence of foreign interference, constitutes an act of war against the United States for America. Public confidence has been eroded and we expect our public servants to take this seriously and serve the public Not be party to delay obstruct or ignore three specific actions We demand of the City Council immediately adopt a formal resolution declaring the city's full support of all election laws and orders formally request in writing on public record that st. Clair County Clerk and board of A, obtain and utilize the DHS state citizenship list for eligibility verification. B, that all mail ballots issued in O'Fallon precincts fully comply with USPS portal data submission, envelope design, and barcode requirements. And C, refuse to issue federal ballots to any person not conformed. confirmed eligible. Finally, urge Illinois State Board of Elections and our state legislators to align state processes with federal requirements. The City of O'Fallon can and must lead by example. Our elections belong to the people. We must all demand compliance with established election laws and orders, and that every legal vote is counted and no illegal votes are counted. Please choose to serve the people, not corrupt, fraudulent systems. Failure to recognize the undeniable evidence that our election infrastructure has been attacked by foreign actors and failure to help secure elections exhibits willful cooperation with the enemy and that, my fellow citizens, is treason. Thank you for your time and God bless.

Thank you for your comments. Would anybody else like to make public comments at this time?

Good evening. This is Draco Leary, Ward 4. Recently, we just had a declaration of Constitution Week, and as of late, I've been thinking about something that, a serious violation of the Bill of Rights that's been added to our Constitution, particularly the Fourth Amendment. I'm talking about Flock. For those watching at home and or are not aware of this, this is an AI-powered video surveillance network using various cameras scattered throughout the United States. In particular, The city of O'Fallon has them primarily concentrated at Home Depot, but there are particular other intersections like the Highway 50 where there's an exit to I-64 West, the intersection with Regency Park slash Dr. Drive slash Venita Drive, and near the intersection of North Main Street. There's also one near the Millburn Traffic Light. Beyond just keeping us safe, beyond just, oh, we're looking for bad guys, the police not in this particular area, but this state have used it to stalk romantic partners, ex-wives, what have you. This is... Using Flock does not require a warrant, so it's been used by law enforcement outside of our state to enforce their laws, whether it be Texas cops following a woman who lives in Texas. watching footage from Illinois to determine whether she had an abortion. There are various cases where weed was bought here, yet over in a state where that is illegal, they've tried to charge residents of that state with abortion. with that crime. And for my friends who are probably like, you know, we don't approve of weed. We don't approve of abortion. They can probably use this to track who went to a gun show in Missouri and then follow them back to Illinois. Beyond that, is it accurate? Well, anyone who's ever used ChatGPT or other AIs know that these things hallucinate and flock is no different. For instance, the LAPD has terminated their contract back in July. They found that there's a 32.3% inaccuracy rate when reading these license plates. And in Roseville, California, it was found to be up to 71%. They often misread characters like a C can be mistaken for a G, an S can be mistaken for a five, a zero can be mistaken for an O, a three can be mistaken for an eight, et cetera. Pensacola, Florida suspended their cameras and what was particularly intriguing to me was they tried to give a ticket to a guy who was all the way up in Alabama, two hours away from the city, but two hours away from the city because they misread his they misread a license plate and thought it was his beyond this it's a it's a risk to the citizens who think oh they're oh we misread a license plate for a stolen for a stolen vehicle which puts cops on edge and risks and risk the lives of civilians as they're going to be a little bit more trigger happy when they come up to the vehicle. Based on these concerns on Fourth Amendment violations, I think it would be prudent for the city of O'Fallon to terminate their contract with FLOC.

Thank you for your time. Thank you for your comments. Do we have anyone else that would like to make public comments at this time?

Burn or Ward 3 as a note to the city to what the city administrator know he can sharpen his pencil for the comments I'm going to make in regards to the warrant just to let all the Friends and neighbors and everybody else know where the city spends their money at the portion this month is First of the month is $1,600,000 and change. Okay. Your Amazon account was $8,116 and change. I'm dropping the change because it makes no difference. Now at Offenburg Ford, we bought another 2026 F-150 for $39,890. Breckenridge of Illinois, 18,000 and change. I believe that was for concrete. Commerce Bank card for training, for meetings, for travel, for trophies and supplies, $33,382. Degeligent Corporation. Degeligent Committee Platform. I guess this is an AIT thing. Maybe contracted, maybe on a budget. I'm just letting people know. $17,076. Dobbs Tire Service. I have to notice a vehicle for admin. Rotated the tires, fixed the tire for $591 a change, but there was no number of what the vehicle was, so I'd be interested to know what that was. Because all the rest of the time, you put down the vehicle for the police, you put down OPD, unit number such and such, which is another bill that was done by Dobbs for $1,800 for air conditioning, so I can understand where that went. I don't know what the other one went for. You got Durkin cleaning up our equipment out there at the waste treatment plant hauling away the stuff for us, $7,800. Electronic Incorporated, $32,463 and change for some traffic signals. The City Warrior was paid $10,262 and change for his services this month. Four Seasons Food Service, $12,213 and change. We have the... HMG engineering ten thousand one hundred thirty four dollars and change for sewer replacement tile Kyle and posh tank generator system that was that for the some sort of ICC community development source for IT department for some, I guess it's a laser fish support for a little less than $10,000, whatever that does. And JF Electrical for CIP at the waste treatment plant, electrical service, $204,654. My question on that one is, I didn't see that one come across to get approved in bidding or anything else, so I'd like to know about that one. Also, you spent $20,000 to check yourselves for an audit. And a good point, you got the police officers that had some new equipment and supplies and protection that they need for $18,732 and change. I'll stop there and pick it back up on the second half.

Thank you. Okay, thank you for your comments. Does anyone else wish to make public comments at this time? Okay, seeing none, we will close public comments and move on to agenda item five, the clerk's report.

Mayor, thank you. I have no report tonight.

Okay, thank you. Moving on to agenda item six, the mayor's report, 6.1, September 10th, 2026. We have music in the park. The band starts at 6.30 p.m. That is at the amphitheater. 6.2, September 19th, 2026. We have the Battle of the Badges football game at OTHS. at 1 p.m. 6.3, October 3rd, 2026, we have District Frights downtown. 6.4, October 6th through the 8th, 2026, the O'Fallon Fire Department will host their open house at Firehouse No. 4. And that's always a great time for families. So please attend. That's all I have for the mayor's report. We will now move on to agenda item seven, which is resolutions. And we will start with 7.1. Mr. Parchman, please.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I'd like to make a motion to approve a resolution authorizing the adoption of the capital asset policy.

Second, Lotz.

Second from Ms. Lotz. Do we have any questions or comments on 7.1? Seeing none, roll call, please.

Beilard. Yes.

Lotz.

Yes.

Stoffel.

Yes.

Carney. Yes. Afoni.

Yes.

Roach. Yes. Newcomb. Yes. Hudson. Yes. Blackburn. Yes. Vorce. Yes. Campbell. Yes. Parchment. Yes. Ford. Yes. Rosenberg. Affirmative.

Thank you. Motion carries. Moving on to 7.2. Mr. Rosenberg, please.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I'd like to make a motion to approve a resolution authorizing the mayor to execute an agreement with Hanks Excavating and Landscaping Inc. for the North Interceptor Sewer Replacement Scott Troy Road Crossing Project in the amount of $963,585.25 based on unit prices submitted. I'll second.

We have a motion and a second from Mr. Campbell. Do we have any questions or discussions on 7.2? Seeing none, roll call, please.

Lotz.

Yes.

Stoffel.

Yes.

Carney. Yes. Foney.

Yes.

Roach. Yes. Newcomb. Yes. Hudson. Yes. Blackburn. Yes. Wurst. Yes. Campbell. Yes. Parchman. Yes. Ford. Yes. Rosenberg. Affirmative. Mallard. Yes.

Thank you, motion carries. Moving on to 7.3. Again, Mr. Rosenberg, please.

Thank you, sir. I'd like to make a motion to approve a resolution authorizing the mayor to execute an agreement with Jelly Excavating and Construction for the Alyssa Creek Court Improvement Project in the amount of $186,532.94 based on unit prices submitted. Second by Carney.

OK, we have a motion and a second. Do we have any discussion or comments on 7.3? Seeing none, roll call, please.

Stoffel.

Yes.

Carney. Yes. Thony.

Yes.

Roach. Yes. Newcomb. Yes. Hudson. Yes. Blackburn. Yes. Borscht. Yes. Campbell. Yes. Parchment. Yes. Ford. Yes. Rosenberg. Affirmative. Mallard. Yes. Lutz.

Yes.

Thank you. Motion carries. Moving on to 7.4. Mr. Rosenberg, please.

Thank you again. I'd like to make a motion to approve a resolution authorizing the mayor to execute an agreement with Elevation Coatings and Restoration, LLC, for the Kyle and Posh elevated tank improvements in the amount of $1,258,900.00 based on the unit prices submitted. Second. Fourth.

Thank you. We have a motion and a second. Do we have any comments or discussion on 7.4? Seeing none, roll call, please. Carney.

Yes. Boney.

Yes.

Roach. Yes. Newcomb. Yes. Hudson. Yes. Blackburn. Yes. Warsh. Yes. Campbell. Yes. Parchman. Yes.

Ford.

Yes. Rosenberg. Affirmative. Lallard. Yes. Lotz.

Yes.

Stoffel.

Yes.

Okay, thank you. Motion carries. Moving on to 7.5, Mr. Rosenberg.

Thank you, sir. I'd like to make a motion to approve a resolution authorizing the mayor to execute an agreement with Gonzales Companies LLC for the Elizabeth Drive drainage improvements in the amount of $49,800. Second. Campbell, please.

Okay, we have a motion and we have a second. Do we have any comments or discussions on 7.5? Seeing none, roll call, please.

Foney.

Yes.

Roach. Yes. Newcomb. Yes. Hudson. Yes. Blackburn. Yes. Vorce. Yes. Campbell. Yes. Parchman. Yes. Ford. Yes. Rosenberg. Affirmative. Mallard. Yes. Lotz.

Yes.

Stoffel.

Yes.

Carney. Yes.

Okay, thank you. Motion carries. Moving on to 7.6. Mr. Rosenberg, please.

Thank you, sir. I'd like to make a motion to approve a resolution authorizing the mayor to execute an agreement with Horner and Schifrin, Inc. for the North Greenmount Trail project in the amount of $181,322.10. Second.

Okay, we have a motion and a second from Ms. Foney. Do we have any questions or comments on 7.6? Seeing none, roll call please.

Roach. Yes. Newcomb. Yes. Hudson. Yes. Blackburn. Yes. Vorce. Yes. Campbell. Yes. Parchman. Yes. Ford. Yes. Rosenberg. Affirmative. Millard. Yes. Latz.

Yes.

Schofield.

Yes.

Carney. Yes. Foley.

Yes.

Okay, thank you. Motion carries. We do not have any other resolutions tonight, so we will move on to agenda item eight, which is ordinances first reading. 8.1, Mr. Rosenberg, please.

I'd like to make a motion to consider on first reading an ordinance amending the code of ordinances of the city of O'Fallon, chapter 77, traffic schedule, schedule one, speed restrictions.

Second, Lotz.

Thank you. We have a motion and a second. Do we have any questions or comments on 8.1? Seeing none, roll call, please. Newcomb.

Yes. Hudson. Yes. Blackburn. Yes. Vorce. Yes. Campbell. Yes. Parchman. Yes. Ford. Yes. Rosenberg. Affirmative. Villard. Yes. Lotz.

Yes.

Stoffel.

Yes.

Carney. Yes. Foney.

Yes. Roach.

Yes.

Okay, thank you, motion carries. We do not have any other ordinances for first reading, so we'll move to agenda item number nine, which is ordinances second reading. We do not have any this evening, so we will carry on to agenda item 10, which is the second portion of our public comments. I'm not gonna reread the instructions that I read before the first section, but they do still apply. So if anybody would like to make public comments at this time, please approach the microphone.

Burn where Ward three moving on where I was at before In regards to warrant the items on it. You got magna rotating pumps company for the waste treatment plants for 14,000 and change I guess that is connection with the electrical work that JF electric Did I don't know we'll find out in the comment section Magna box design group eight thousand eight hundred change for tourism in O'Fallon Muse useful useful sports lighting We've got the pickleball pickleball court, I guess a lit up now for thirty six thousand seven hundred seventy eight dollars I guess the planning design studio downtown signage for 7,000, I don't know what that's for. Maybe that's for the up there by the flag. Maybe not. Maybe so. I'll find out in the comments. I also noticed on yours you had some stuff you purchased at Sam's for $3,920 and change. My question on that is who receives the rewards for the items that you purchased there after the fact? Because I know on my card you get rewards that you can use to take the cash or you can use it for other items of purchase later on. So I was wondering how your card was set up for that, and if it isn't set up, however way it's set up, I'd like to know, and if it is set up with rewards back, what happens to those rewards? stalwart of stalwart technology has three Dell power edge or 650 whatever that is, I guess it's in the budget for sixty two thousand two hundred and fifty Two-foot away merchant is on the books again for what they're doing and highway 50 shared project billing for another six thousand seven and thirteen dollars and change and And there's a Christiana Ward on the Public Works Proposition S account for a stormwater assessment program was paid $3,900 for some whatever it is, and it's in regards to the stormwater. My question is for stormwater, what was done there? And I've been asking a long time, even though you just came through and fixed the stormwater issue up in the presidential streets, I still have a problem when it's rain. I get all the water from everywhere coming down Adams and coming into that catch basin. And I think there's a problem where you've got it set up. I think there's some drainage issues there you need to fix because it's not right. All of my other points that I still bring about, Troy Scott and Bonita Drive, I hope to God nothing ever happens there, but when it does, what are you gonna do about it? I also notice that maybe you need to put a crosswalk on West State and North Cherry in regards to, there's people that, I know you have a sign out there on the weekend when the downtown market's going on, but after that's gone, people try to go through there and they might get hit. And of course, you still haven't taken care of painting the stripes down the streets to be able to see at night. Thank you, that's my comments for this time.

Thank you for your comments. Does anyone else wish to make public comments at this time? Seeing none, we will close public comments. We'll move on to agenda item 11, staff and council member comments. We'll start with our city administrator, Mr. Grant Littiken.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I was able to make some notes tonight. So the city of Willfowl does not own nor do we contract with Flock. We have no Flock cameras in the city of Willfowl that we own. The one mentioned in Home Depot is a private camera owned by Home Depot, not by us. Many comments about the warrant, just a few of them. The Amazon account, that did include some emergency lights for our vehicles that were then installed by our staff. We did purchase two vehicles from Offenburg, which were in the CIP, the budget, and a large spend item. Breckenridge is a company that does construction materials, so concrete, fill. Diligent is our agenda management software, so if you look at the screens currently on the right side of them, that is Diligent. That's what we use to produce our agendas and share them with the public. Four Seasons is the company we order concessions for, so those are sold in the parks through the concession stands. Andrew has done reports in the past about the cost and the revenue on those. Laser Fish is a service we use for our public documents. Everything we scan in, it is available on our website under public documents. We have archived paperwork, contracts, anything you can think of. This is a way for us to maintain transparency. So anybody ever wants to see the city's paperwork, you can go on our website and that's through Laser Fish. We did spend money on our annual audit. That is required by the law, the state law. We do it every single year. We had some significant work at our wastewater treatment plant over the last two months. I have shared some of it with the council. That included new switchers, transformers, and where power comes into the wastewater treatment plant. But another thing, we had a valve that was leaking on one of the larger components of our sewer plant, and Jeff's crews in the sewer division were able to drain that, and I know the water department helped as well, drain that, clean it, fix the valve, and have it refilled all within a couple days, and so the plant maintained operations the entire time. I believe it's the first time in 30 or 40 years that have been drained, so it was quite a sight to see. The smelly one, too, as well. Matchbox is the company we have contracted with to build our tourism website. I'm happy to announce that it's coming along. It looks really great. Ali's doing a presentation with the downtown district tomorrow morning at our monthly meeting of the whole, and so that will come to the committee and councils for you guys to look at it as well. Musco is the brand who does lights, and we installed those at the pickleball courts. That was included in the CIP. It was one of the council's priorities this last year. The design work is for the Memorial Plaza, and also that's where the bell-ringing ceremony is going to be. So this is at First and Lincoln. Andrew and his staff is designing a great improvement. It's going to have a water feature. It's going to have a changeable electronic board for the women's club to put the memorial on it, a new flagpole. It's going to look really nice when it's done. We have commercial Sam's Club cards, so Sandy will have to speak to it, but my knowledge is we don't get the nice little rewards like an individual would, but I believe we get some savings back on our accounts.

Yes, so we do have a business account with SAMS. And yes, we do get the credits and stuff that do apply, like some individual business accounts. But they are used and put towards purchases. So in the finance department, when a purchase comes in, we'll get the receipt and we'll see where that credit is applied to it. So those credits are used on purchases.

And you'll see the same on our ACE hardware purchases. We get a rebate at the end of the month. That includes in those bills as well that are available. And lastly, a number of items in downtown. We have a contract and we've been working with Oates to design the streetscaping. That will include where crosswalks will go, bump outs, lighting features in the downtown. Jeff, what is our schedule to get some preliminary data back from that streetscape design?

We recently got back some conceptual drawings and interviewed the staff, planned on setting up a meeting to talk with downtown district more about it to reveal those plans and move forward.

If the council does remember, we've included some of that in the Bill O'Fallon Trust Fund projections. A major downtown streetscape and overall would be quite expensive. We have procured some grants. But, again, we're talking about a very large project on a pretty significant stretch of road.

Yeah, that's right.

So with that, Mayor, my comments are done.

Thank you. Appreciate it. Any of our leadership team members, do any of you have any comments you'd like to make tonight or address any questions that were brought up?

I just wanted to add that a question was raised regarding the stormwater assistance program.

So this was our first ever applicant for that program that was implemented a couple years ago.

We passed two years of budget at $60,000 for this program.

drainage way in the rear of this property where they added riprap for erosion purposes. So work has been done, been completed, and this is our 50% share of that work as set forth in the agreement and the program that the city council approved a couple years ago.

And then I would like to add on the rotary wheels. So you ask about the dobs and the tires. The vehicle are the rotary wheel vans. We have an agreement that we help with the township. The vans that you see, the city helps with the maintenance cost of the vans.

And just for those watching at home and those in the audience, if you're not familiar, we sometimes get fixated on acronyms. If you hear CIP, that's capital improvement plan. That's a big part of our budget process and is available as well that we go through each year. So that's essentially a five-year plan. So, okay. Anybody else?

Yeah, I just wanted to mention that the Faith House located at 112 West Washington Street will be having a community day this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. They'll have free food and giveaways from like school supplies and things like that. Pastor Brown and his congregation are very welcoming. So all are welcome and they would love to see you. And also to save time, I'll be abstaining from the war report because I'm still employed by Amron.

Okay, thank you. All right, we will close out agenda item 11 and move on to agenda item 12, which is reports for community development. Mrs. Lapps, please.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. We have not met since our last council meeting, so we had no agenda items come through council tonight, but we are scheduled to meet next Monday night, which is September 14th at 6 p.m.

Okay, thank you. Moving on to agenda item 13, reports public works. Mr. Rosenberg.

Thank you, sir. We met August 24th. The draft minutes are attached. We have handled everything that we needed to be addressed. Our next scheduled meeting is September 28th at 7 p.m., but check the website in case the time changes.

Okay, thank you. Moving on to agenda item 14, reports of public safety. Mr. Blackburn, please.

Thank you, Mayor. We have not met since the last council meeting. Our next meeting is September 14th at 6.30 p.m.

Okay, thank you. Agenda item 15, reports, parks, and environment. Mr. Vorce, please.

We have not met since the last council meeting, so the next scheduled meeting is next Monday. Check the website for details.

Okay, thank you. And agenda item 16, reports, finance, and administration. Mr. Parchman, please.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. The draft finance administration minutes from August 24th are attached. We have taken care of all those items. We We'll be meeting next on September 28th at 5.30. Check the website for changes, but we do have two items for approval. So first is 16.2, and I'd like to make a motion to approve warrant number 590 in the amount of $1,612,889.62. Second, what? Okay, we have a motion, we have a second. Do we have any comments or discussion on 16.2?

Seeing none roll call, please.

Hudson. Yes. Blackburn. Yes. Force. Yes. Campbell. Yes. Parchman. Yes. Ford. Yes. Rosenberg. Affirmative. Mylar. Yes. Lats.

Yes.

Stoffel.

Yes.

Carney. Yes. Phoney.

Abstain.

Roach. Yes. Newcomb. Yes.

Okay, thank you. Motion carries. Moving on to 16.3.

All right, and then I'd like to make a motion to approve budget to actual report as of 6-30-2026. Second.

Okay, we have a motion and we have a second. Do we have any comments or discussion on 16.3? Seeing none, roll call, please.

Blackburn. Yes. Vorce. Yes. Campbell. Yes. Parchman. Yes. Ford. Yes. Rosenberg. Affirmative. Villard. Yes. Plotz.

Yes.

Stoffel.

Yes.

Carney. Yes. Foney. Yes. Roach. Yes. Newcomb. Yes. Hudson. Yes.

OK, thank you. Motion carries. We do not have executive session tonight, so can I get a motion for adjournment? I'll motion. We have a motion.

Second.

We have a second for Mrs. Lotz. All in favor? Opposed? Meeting is ended. Thank you.