Remarks by Mike Dittenber
87 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 4
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City Council · Oct 19, 2026
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City Council · Oct 19, 2026
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“Oscar, thank you very much. I appreciate the presentation. So in doing your research and looking out there, how many other cities around the valley do something similar?”
City Council · Oct 19, 2026
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“And the city has received this favorably. I mean, is there any grievances with adding this to their code?”
City Council · Oct 19, 2026
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“So I'm going to make a statement, and then I'm going to refer to a section in the ordinance here. And then I want you to kind of tell me what you think. So when we run for office, we make all these promises to the citizens. We're going to do this. And so this may then elevate the level of a commitment a city council member makes to their community and you combine that with the last sentence in statement three that says nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a council member from working with staff to draft agenda items supporting material prior to submitting a draft agenda for…”
City Council · Oct 19, 2026
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“That's not the intent So basically the communication between city council members and staff is already occurring and so enacting this you don't see any sort of additional burden on staff I believe so.”
City Council · Oct 19, 2026
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“Mr. Mayor, Councilor Stoddart, I appreciate your comments, but you said something that reminds me. You know, we just passed a resolution to get something on the agenda, so I'm thinking about my first item to get on the agenda. Can we get a map of this building and where all the cameras are in this building? I'm looking at you, Oscar, because I think you're the person that's going to review my request. Because I see one, two, three, four cameras in this salon. And I would suspect there's two or three out front. So that would put us at 7, 8, 9, 10. Outside would probably be 14 or 15. And the…”
City Council · Oct 19, 2026
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“I appreciate the update. I did get to see the the dewatering plant a couple different times I think you have an old belt press and you brought in some new equipment that we went out and sampled a couple years ago But I think this also correct me if I'm wrong Not only is this saving us a considerable amount of money seventy eighty percent in the in the tonnage of stuff we're taking to the sewer. But it also keeps our drivers off the road and in the plant more.”
City Council · Oct 19, 2026
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“And it also saves wear and tear on equipment that we're using to push these biosolids around on the lot. Is that a correct statement?”
City Council · Oct 19, 2026
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“Okay. And then finally, don't we have a product then when we're done that is much more environmentally safe and usable in the community rather than being something that's hauled to the landfill?”
City Council · Oct 19, 2026
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“Mr. Mayor, one more question, if you will.”
City Council · Oct 19, 2026
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“So you talked about Maine. How many days storage capacity do we have at our current facility? If there was something similar with Canyon County landfill or Clay Peak landfill where they didn't take biosolids, how many days storage capacity do we have?”
City Council · Oct 19, 2026
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“Mr. Mayor, I make a motion that we approve the resolution authorizing engineering services for the design of a new sewer dewatering facility at the wastewater treatment plant by Keller and Associates for the amount of $4,446,670.”
City Council · Oct 19, 2026
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“I was going to say the same thing we either annex them into the city and we their taxpayer dollars into the city or we let them have a venue in the county and Pay their taxes to the county so I think this is a good thing the other thing that this brings up too is If I'm reading this map right this is a property that is completely surrounded by city property and this is a single enclave that has not been annexed and this is a”
City Council · Oct 19, 2026
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“Mr. Mayor councillor Denver I Sponsored bill number 24 ordinance number 35 37 58 associated with annexation 26 zero zero zero zero one zero With request to move by its passage by title only and approve the summary for publication some motion from councillor Denver Second and this is for approval for clarity and a second from councillor Williams any discussion on the motion Seeing none madam clerk”
City Council · Oct 19, 2026
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“Then I'll make a motion that we annex, approve the annexation of ANN 26-03. Second.”
City Council · Oct 19, 2026
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“Historic Preservation Commission second a motion to adopt the plan in a second council Williams and councillor Denver any discussion I'd like to echo councillor Williams sentiment I think if we didn't have this historic Commission we would look back and go what happened to our city and what happened to the things that we take for granted. And we get to watch the commission from month to month address those issues that help preserve the rich history of this city. And so I appreciate the work that you do on the historic commission.”
City Council · Oct 19, 2026
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“Mr. Mayor, I guess I don't have any problem with the local improvement district going away, but do we have somebody who can give us a summary? Did it run its course? Is it out of time? Is there no more interest in it? Are we not decorating the downtown? Why are we letting it expire?”
City Council · Oct 19, 2026
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“I sponsor ordinance... 37 85 bill 51 dissolving the downtown decorative local improvement district LID 24-1 With request with request to move for its passage by title only and approve the summary for publication.”
City Council · Oct 19, 2026
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“Uh, thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh, just a couple of things, uh, for those of you attended, uh, this last weekend's event on the Plaza Freedom Brewfest. Uh, thank you very much for, uh, supporting our veterans. Uh, the veterans, uh, do, uh, the veterans hall does a good job in our community and, uh, they deserve whatever support that we can give them to make sure their doors are open. Uh, Also, kudos to the fire department. Every time I drive down Fifth Street, that building that they're building over there is beautiful. Not only is it a beautiful building, but it also looks like it would match…”
City Council · Oct 19, 2026
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“Mr. Mayor, I make a motion to approve the consent calendar as presented.”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“Mr. Mayor, thank you. Roland, I've got a couple questions you might be able to answer for me. I think the last time you and I chatted, we were talking about a property line. And so it's nice to see you again. Is there a well up at Purple Sage Golf Course?”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“And the city owns those wells. What population do those wells serve? And the follow-up question to that, if you're inclined to answer it, if we're talking $2 million to drill a new well or $7 million to fix existing wells, Why can't we just pipe from the existing wells we have at Purple Sage Golf Course down to our existing water line?”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“So tell me a little bit about pressure zones. Are pressure zones based upon available aquifers to feed those pressure zones? Or can we just say, hey, let's just create another pressure zone, split one into pressure zone one and five, and take the two wells from Purple Sage and provide pressure to other zones?”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“Okay. So I have a follow-up question to that. I would, I understand this completely. There's an atmosphere at every 33 feet. So we're, so we're talking about pressure. Yes. But Purple Sage, would tend to be probably about 50 feet higher in elevation than your pressure zone one. So wouldn't that mean increased pressure through pressure one and not necessarily less pressure?”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026