Remarks by Jason Salamun
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Thank you. This next one's another important one for Suicide Prevention Month. And what we have, we have the team behind us from Journey On, as well as the Lost Team. They do great work, obviously, throughout our community, including in this area that's often not talked about. So I'm proud and honored to do this proclamation. I will read it aloud, and then we will open the floor up for your words. Whereas September is recognized nationwide as National Suicide Prevention Month, a time to raise awareness, honor the lives lost to suicide, support survivors, and strengthen our collective…
So we're going to give this to you and I don't know. Do we need to get a picture in? Or do we already get pictures? We're good?
Thank you all very much. We were gonna have a special presentation tonight that is going to be continued to a different meeting. So we will move on to general public comment. This is a time for members of the public to discuss or express concerns to the council on any issue not on the agenda. Action will not be taken at the meeting on any issue not on the agenda, except by placement on the agenda by unanimous vote of the council members present. As a reminder, you have three minutes and I have a few speaker request forms. First, William Wagner.
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That is the end of general public comment. I do have Councillor Maher who has requested a point of personal privilege. Councillor Maher.
Thank you, Councillor Maher. That will conclude this portion of our agenda. We will move on to non-public hearing items 4 through 25 and open public comment for items 4 through 21. I have one speaker request form from James Bailotta for item 14.
All right. That will conclude the public comment for these items. And we will move on to consent items 4 through 21. Councillor Sechrist.
OK, so that item 14 is pulled. Councillor Armstrong.
Item 15. Any other items? OK, we got a motion by Meyer with a second by Tamang to approve items 4 through 21 with the exception of 14 and 15. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries. Item 14, approve the following inaugural board members for the Impact Endowment Fund, Don Warren, Hanny Schaffee, Jim Skull, Kyle Weiss, Marnie Herman, Paulette Davidson, Daniel Ainsley, Brianna Vandepoel, and Kristen Conzett. Councilor Evans, you're in the queue, sir.
and is willing to do the hard work that it takes to go out and raise those dollars because raising three million dollars is no easy feat so i appreciate their efforts um and thank you i yield thank you next up counselor maher uh yes mayor i would just like to make the motion to approve number 14. thank you the motion on the floor is to approve item 14 by maher with a second by secrets and now we'll go to counselor armstrong
Thank you. So we have Leah Braun up here from our office, but I'll kick it off, Leah. Basically, when this board with the vision fund, this is a vision fund award as the council approved some time ago. And in fact, increased the fund, I think I had said I think 1.5 million and you increased it to three. That fund, we did an RFP to foundations in order to create an endowment. The whole purpose of the fund is to create matching funds for capital projects for nonprofits. IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM LEVERAGED THE VISION FUND OVER THE YEARS. WE HAD TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS GOING TO…
So right now the motion on the floor is to approve. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed?
Motion passes with two noes from Armstrong and Evans. Thank you. Next we're going to item 15, an authorized staff to hire outside counsel to file collection actions for certain outstanding utility accounts. Laura Armstrong, Counselor Armstrong, you pull this item.
Motion by Armstrong with a second by Evans to table. So we have to go to an immediate vote on that.
Not under tabling, motion. So all those in favor of tabling say aye.
Any opposed? Motion passes two to eight.
Oh, excuse me. I think we voted to table it.
I incorrectly stated that. Motion fails two to eight. Thank you. So it is not tabled. Did not have the votes of the council. So we were backed on the agenda. Councillor Armstrong, you are free to continue speaking.
OK, with that, we'll go to our city attorney, Carla Cushman.
All right, we got a motion by Tamang with a second by Roberts to approve. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion passes with two noes from Evans and Armstrong. Thanks, everyone. That takes us to the end of the consent items. We will move on to non-consent items 22 through 25, an open public comment for items 22 through 25. I have no speaker request form, so I will close the public comment. move on to item 22 first reading of ordinance number 6745 an ordinance amending section 17.06 of the rap city municipal code a request by black hills area community foundation for rezoning requests from…
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Motion by Tamang with a second by Roberts to approve item 28. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries with one abstention from Meyer. Item 29, back to you, Daniel.
Motion by Meyer with a second by Sekaris to approve item 29. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries. Do we have a motion to adjourn? Motion by Sechrist, second by Meyer to adjourn. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? We're adjourned. Thanks, everyone.
Good evening and welcome to the City Council meeting for Tuesday, September 8th, 2026. We will begin with a roll call and determination of quorum.