Remarks by Rick Bertrand
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We brought the language in that it's an unfair tax. Nowhere along the line did I say it was going to be a tax. It's no different than if we're permitting a food truck or if we're permitting something else. I threw a number out there. I think there's reasonable, especially in light of the size of these boards and in light of Where they're going in and the maintenance that's around them that there's it's it's not unexpected They're sitting on public infrastructure that we should not have a permit We should not have a an annual type of inspection. I think is it is it $4 a sign is a $6 sign I…
Yeah, but I don't know what their costs are, so we know what ours are.
There's only so so question Julie on would you support an ordinance? I'm not. I really don't have a fight. I don't have a fight. I really don't have a dog in this fight at all. I'm just kind of thinking I'm you guys know me. I'm all about revenue outside of taxes because we're taxed. So I'm but I'm with you. Do you think you? Yeah, we're we're on the same page. I'm just trying to ask would should we support something where? You're saying like almost like a like a buy-in variance like that allows so many signs of here you would define what you're saying about commercial and like industrial…
Hard to ‑‑ Sitting on public infrastructure.
So if I wanted to amend, this is the point in the program?
I'll do it. I want to do a little more research on that. I said, if you want to cab it, cab it. I'm fine with it. But I think there's got to be some... some skin in the game on from inspection standpoint everything so we got to figure that out if we could get a hard number you know I guess my gut's telling me somewhere in that that four to six hundred range I think that's a fair did you put the board it's going to cost us to do this it's up and just for clarification it was in the RCA but the moratorium runs through December 19th that correct
If we start so I think I was off it's all we're doing here is we're not pulling the rug out on the second year Right. We're just talking about extending the two years another one year or two year, right? So they locked into the this we do we did a two-year right to begin with Isn't that what we approved originally? Mr. Mayor That was the discussion Was but I mean originally what did we approve a two-year on the agreements that we sat with on the terms I?
Yeah, this is the agreement for approval. That was a budget hearing discussion, so we never approved the the process. So there they they they hit the goal, but we had. We were not under any obligate with the we approved this.
So the 391 that they've banked, that is not under any obligation by the city right now? Not for the second year.
When it's hard enough. Yep, and she knew you like a placeholder almost correct.
So really all you're doing is you're approving to extend the second year of the calculation for one year on this calculation that we're doing?
status quo on one. The organization is going to operate on the same formula.
I don't know. I feel like we're a dog and a cat fighting over an empty bowl right now. I haven't lost this whole conversation. I just know we had a two-year discussion. I get it. We want more control behind it, but I don't think it's going to change the financing side of it. I like the idea, Julie and Craig, you're discussing more about the vision and you want more hard... I'm trying to read between the lines of this one. We need more tangibles? Is that what we're trying to do? That register under their notch? Is that what this is all about?
I remember what he did. We talked about the budget part of it. It was the numbers that were thrown out there were obviously not all. They were pretty big numbers they had to blow through and they got them. So I don't know. I don't see the difference between doing a one year or two year. I'll do a one or two. I don't think it's going to affect you. Because if they throw you overboard this year or they throw you overboard next year, it's going to be one or two years. It's the same formula. So I don't think I'd read into it too much. Would you?
So the alternative is we pay them now and we worry about next year. Next year, is that the alternative? I'll second that. That's what we're talking about? So they don't have any certainty in their budget now? We're paying them.
So a yes is a what and a no is a what. This whole issue's got me completely confused. I don't do this very often.
There was a formula that was put in front of them, and they performed, and they went through it, and that's how they got paid.
There was matrices put up in front of them, and they went through them, the 2A. And then that's how they got the percentages. So don't come up here and act like we just handed them a check, because we didn't. You did. No, we didn't.
I only got about five minutes to my hand.
One question. Chad, real quick, have you shared your expectations with your parent company on the new GM hire? Actually, yes. And what the expectations of this council is? Yes.
That last exit statement I probably should say is with the two Iowa games that you landed, great, fantastic. We're there. Just want to make sure that from a performance standpoint that we're there. Expectations on the bathroom, cleanliness, expectations on concessions throughout the whole game. We don't want the feedback after this. We want to roll out the red carpet just to make sure that the expectations are there. Yeah. Keep the concession stands open. Make it clean. And that's part of the reason. Showcase this community.
Good. And I just want to make sure that we waited so long for this and this council got it. We got it done. You guys got it done. And I'm excited for that. It's going to be an interesting year, so good job.
Still waiting for that big thing you're going to bring to us, make us say no. I'm working on it. I think I've said that to about four departments now, and I'm still waiting. I haven't seen one. I'm working on it. Make us say no. I will do my best. Good job. Good presentation.
Well, the reality of it is that what the community wants, and we always talk about what we want to be like, grow to other communities, the reality is we've got to find revenue sources that are going to get infrastructure in. And so this starts the dialogue there of what we currently have on the books is not acceptable if we actually think we're going to develop as a community. So you know what, everything and everything's gotta be on the table for infrastructure, it just does. And I think you're starting to see a large wave, and Mr. Mayor, I think you're completely appropriate by asking that…
30 seconds real quick. I'm just excited that the wastewater treatment plant was going back out to bid. We should have some numbers in October. I think preliminarily the community should be excited. I think we're going to save at least $100 million, looks like, on first pass. I think it's going to be more than that. I also want to thank American Natural on Floyd Boulevard. I'm sure you guys drove by that. You have the new sidewalks in. We've been watching people tromps through that mud for years. Thanks to those guys. They're great partners in that community, in that neighborhood. People don't…