City Council - Regular Meeting

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Are you feeling any better? Good to see. No problem.

I'm convinced that the truth is stranger than fiction. always. That's why I prefer to truth. It's what people are least likely to believe.

Not to mention the truth never changes. Some kind of people. Hey session. Okay, I will go ahead and call to order tonight's meeting for Monday, March 2nd, 2026. We'll start with the pledge. 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.

Pastor David, Lord, we just give you thanks for tonight. We ask Lord that you would be with us as we deliberate city business. Lord, we that you would give us wisdom and guidance. And Lord, we pray for our troops overseas and the conflict going overseas right now. Lord, that you would resolve that. We give you all the praise and glory in Jesus name. Amen.

We need to make a couple amendments to the agenda. We need to add another 10-minute executive session for non-elective personnel to discuss job performance. And we need to add a fivem minute executive session for attorney client privilege for possible litigation. Are there any other amendments to the agenda that we need to make? Can I get a motion to accept these amended agenda? Agenda. I make a motion to amend the agenda. I'll second.

It's been moved and seconded. Any discussion? All in favor?

Passes. Is there anything in the public comment box? Okay. As far as speakers on the agenda, we have Zulma Delila and Amaya Tykus. If you could just state your name and address. Yes, my name is Zoma Dalila Amaya Tikas and address 609 Central Street, Lexington, Kansas.

Um, I'm here because I've been since I move over here, the water that I get in my house is smelling and looks so bad and that uh I has to get a loan to get a filter to filter my water. That way, my animals don't get sick. And we were cooking and taking shower with that kind of water. And I think the guy he used to go uh clean the water in my house. He has approved the way the water look in my house. I have a video if you guys wants to see it how the water look. And that's I'm paying the bill for my water and I don't think it's fair that I'm paying for the water and paying for the filter to filter my water. Can you give me the water, please? You tell me the difference in this water. One is from the faucet and one is from the bottle water from the store. Can we see them closer, please? on the inside of track. I know what it looks like.

So, this is from the water from the store. This is the water from my house that clears the water. If I show you the video, the way my water look, I don't think you're going to like it. And that's the way we was when we moved to this place.

Now, where did you take this picture from? This video is inside or outside?

No, the the filter is connected to the main water coming to my house. Does the water come from the filter and I has to clean the filter every 3 months and that water it smells so bad. I was giving my dogs this kind of water. I was cooking with this kind of water and my animals was getting sick. And this is the water we were taking shower and I don't think it's fair if I'm paying for the water bill and the was paying for the um loan that I have for the system to filter my water. So, I'm asking for help to see if they can fix the problem in the water because the guy come drain the water and he said it's still coming. I cannot fix it. They need to figure out what's going on with the pipes. I lose pressure two two years ago and I don't know what is the reason.

When you say he came and drain the water, where did he drain the water at? From outside. From the outside. Yes.

Okay. So, for having water clean and dirty water, I'm paying $250 a month. 100 that I pay for the city and 150 that I pay for the filter the the loan. So I don't see the the point paying to you guys send me water if the water is not clean if I has to pay another system to clean it up. That way I can use the water in the house.

Okay. Um, we can definitely have them look into why the water is that way down on that area. I can appreciate. Thank you. Thank you. [clears throat] What was that address again? 609 center.

Is that right? 609 center. Okay. Thank you. [clears throat] speakers for March 16. Okay, rescheduled. What?

Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. If I get a motion for a fivem minute executive session for non-elected personnel to discuss job performance. I make a motion for five minute executive session for non-elected personnel to discuss job performance. I second. It's been moved and seconded. 5 minutes. Returning is at 6:14. All in favor? We'll be right back.

[laughter] Is that tomorrow?

How hard it was for me to get into And so we're probably looking at next week. So I think 21st the following week would put it the week this next week the week before this week which I'm not going to do in this state two and a half weeks. So

I'm thinking I think I already so it's like the column width. So what I do is two column widths two column width side. Yeah.

Yeah. I was just trying to figure out like how much you'll get hooked into it, you know. It's a little thing but it turns into what I might do is I might take some of that extra information and create one specifically

so that it only communicates the absolute mention pushes people to register via the email address or online for tickets if they want tickets. We'll have a list of who bought tickets and all so that way people buy online.

The 21st. Yeah. [laughter] I can't believe I went up there.

Management has been very friendly about flyers and stuff. So they don't have them in places where public gather kind of stick them in your area. People don't see them. So, um

is there a possibility for like basically where it gets put inside the paper? I don't know how much.

She has not stopped talking. I'm not so just rounding it to 10.

I've got a feeling way at St. Joe. Oh, really?

My guy St. There's quite a several bunch of different papers where that's where you Well, it would do like,

dude, I was down at two bucks. box for two but like so I'm looking on the map for she's one of the ladies for my church and really kind of promoting it pretty suggested that what I'm wondering is it better to next week and then do the small because there's more time leading up to the event.

Go all the way up top and you jump off. There's a lot of

[clears throat] Executive session ended. No action taken. Resuming normal meeting. If I could get a motion for a fiveminut executive session for non-elected personnel to discuss job performance. I make a motion for five minute executive session for non-elected personnel to discuss job reports. I'll second.

It's been moved and seconded. All in favor? Returning at 6:22. We'll be right back. discussions. But those different everything.

We're thinking Especially if you're in northern Indiana,

more snow than less than southern Indiana. So they get snow more than here but not much more the running joke is that there's nothing else that Colorado things like Indiana.

Here it is. Okay. So, the Bears are moving to Indiana. This has been talks that's been going on the past couple months about moving out of Chicago and in Indiana on the other side of the state.

That's that's the current Bears in New York. They're not in Chicago. They'll still be the Chicago Bears in Indiana. So Indiana [clears throat] the weird Kansas City. They should just rebuild it and have more You can't have super.

Yeah.

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Executive session ended. Resuming normal meeting. No action taken. Um, Becky, on the next one, are we including the employee? That's up to you. Okay. Um, if somebody could give me a fivem minute executive session for non-elected personnel to discuss job performance to include Jimmy Watts. I move move to make a fivem minute objective session for non-elected personnel to discuss job performance along with Jimmy Watts. I second. It's been moved and seconded. All in favor? I

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we can do it a lot cheaper than that. She's in

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I'm not barely No, my dentist.

Okay, executive session ended. No action taken. Resuming normal meeting. I make a motion to continue another five minutes in executive session for nonpersonnel to discuss job including Jimmy Watts. Jimmy Watts. Yes. [snorts] I second. It's been moved and seconded. All in favoring at 6:33. It was an extension. Is that true?

I say hyper. You take the party out. You take the party. [laughter] It's just nothing.

What was the natural just popping over there.

I'm still worry about as they're trying to figure out power is not just surrender. I'm sure that there's things going on that

operations will take care of. No doubt it's a dangerous place. They had to obviously protest. Like when you have Iranians,

the country they escaped now for the first time in what 60 years. There's such fierce loyalty to people 60 plus years. He was ruling

and they were so fiercely fra when you're the one in power and people are afraid to Yeah, we're going to get around quicker world

and then of course you got you still got in North Korea and North Korea isolated. executive session ended. Resume normal meeting. No action taken. And if I could get somebody to make a motion for a 10-minute executive session for non-elected personnel to discuss job performance.

I'll make a motion for 10 minutes for Elected personnel press second. It's been moved and seconded. All in favor? Returning at 6:44.

They amended the agenda before started. We may have another minute executive session for They got five minute executive session for security cameras. Yeah. So they've got one for legal litigation. They've got the 10 that they're doing now for elected. So

this place added to the back. We went back in. See you, buddy. You all right?

You got enough water yet? Oh, yeah. Yeah. I got the mud right now. It'll be dry a couple days.

Getting any deeper yet? Oh, yeah. They got a little deep. Good. Good. That's That's my biggest. Yeah. Got stuck trying to get up to the trench. Had to pull battery out of there. lately. Oh, okay.

It cuts back a lot. Yep. And then you would oxy over

$4,000. When's the office?

I think you're wrong. Okay. Um, it's gonna be long and I should know off the top of my head. Yeah. So, I will not something Um, oh, March 27th. 27th. Friday. That's terrible.

I don't have it in my calendar. The senior basketball game.

Yes, it's basketball game. What the satisfa? And if he will make them

and have that done before get that in the thing or No, we have to outsource it. So, we got Yeah, we need a little time to get it there and get it back. Okay. Well, one good thing about it if we can get a little bit of warm weather for the grass green up so you won't have to quite much fertilize. Man, I tell you what, cows might be horse weeks. I don't know.

I looked into a couple places down and I even looked into, you know, chicken it's just well chicken used to be real real cheap. Yeah. Now everybody wants to use it. Well, now all these turn farms out nearly now likeund60 bucks. It's almost as much as regular.

Yeah, I've talked to Scott.

Did he? Yeah. Yeah. He does pretty good. Does he? And does he he flames the poop and all that stuff? He what? Flames it. I don't. No. The truck and he puts in the spreader. He spread it. He spreads it. He's got it. He's got his spreader. All right.

Tell you what's your damn iron fire at sometimes. Yeah. I do that myself. got better.

I tell you what, get close to half. We have to be close to half. Smell I got chicken at home. Well, they going to put them chicken. We had a truck that concentrated. Oh man, it takes a little while.

I can have a pass in the football field and smell like that's right. in hot days. It was really our chickens were in their pins.

I don't think you can do that anymore.

I would have a problem with it over there between Butler and Oh, I know. Yeah, I forgot about that. That's used to just brought We'll carry on. We have two minutes.

Last hour. 35 seconds. Well, you know that fishing store in town. [laughter] It's not about It's like Okay. Executive session ended. Resume normal meeting. No action taken. If I can get someone to make a motion for a five-minute executive session for security reasons to discuss security cameras. I'll make a motion for a fiveminut executive session for security reasons to discuss car security cameras.

I second. It's been moved and seconded. All in favor to return at 629. that

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It's fine. What's going on? start understanding spirit. That alcohol is for me. It's going to hurt.

I'll give up with you. Look at you. [laughter] You talking about years ago for tea,

sugar? Not grape. Not Could be worse. No, I think it's rivers.

It wasn't for children. I love water. She had a gift for a couple gallon barrel over [snorts]

take a dipper over all time. Okay. Uh, executive session ended. Resuming normal meeting. No action taken. Mr. Mayor, I make a motion to um purchase five security cameras for $2375. I second. and I abstain.

It's been moved and seconded to purchase five comm five cameras at the amount of $2,375. Any discussion? [snorts] All in favor? Passes unanimous. One extent. Do what, Jackie? 4. 41. Um, it's it's 4 Z with one abstension. Y

and if I could get a motion for an executive session for attorney client privilege uh to discuss potential litigation city for 5 minutes. I'll make a motion for executive session for attorney client privileges. Five minutes. I second.

It's been moved and seconded. All in favor? We'll return at 656. [clears throat] There are I don't know. I knew these and I turn around like

[laughter] I don't like that. I showed up. That's for you. [snorts]

I literally came out. No, I had no shoes. Don't ask question.

[clears throat] [laughter]

The SCB is coming. [laughter] I'm just glad I know upside. I was too. So 360.

We're done. All right, executive session ended. Resume normal meeting. No action taken. If I could get somebody to motion to approve the consent agenda. Make a motion to approve this consent agenda. I second.

It's been moved and seconded. Any questions? Any discussion? All in favor? Passes unanimous. And if you all would just remember to turn your mics on or if you want to just go ahead and turn them on and leave them on that way, we don't have the they're not quite catching everything. [snorts] City administrator and departmental reports. Um I do have two things. Um I would like the permission for the public works to gather up less equipment that we have and um have it ready to put up for sealed goods in a month or so.

Everybody okay with that? Yes, ma'am. I agree.

Um the second thing is we had a customer come in today and um they moved out of one place and into another place. The way our billing is set up right now, they ended up paying the minimum at both places. and she asked if there was any way to um reduce this. Um right now our policy does not allow it. I know in the past I had mentioned about looking into billing by the gallon instead of by the thousand gallons and then these people wouldn't be paying um that. So is that something you guys would be interested in looking at? Um, the way we also did it in was we prorated it for like if there she was in one place for eight days and one place in the new place for 9 days and so rather than paying a whole month at both places, they just paid for the water that was used. That something you guys would be interested in getting some more information

situation by situation scenario like just one person or is that going to apply for everybody? Um, I would prefer if you you can't really do it for one person. You need to if you're going to consider prorating it, you need to just make that your policy for when someone moves in or out that their bill is prrated. I'd like to see if we could go to just usage amounts being paid on on the water as it is, not just, you know, how many, you know, you fit into that category, how many gallons or whatever. Well, it's there's several older people in town that they only may use 100 gallons a month, but yet they're still paying for a thousand gallons. Exactly my point. Yeah.

So, would you all like her to bring a proposal to change the current water billing to to that? Yeah. Um I mean, I would definitely advise that that be something that we do in the middle of this fixing the water filter building also. Yep. To make sure that we do that right. And then also about prorating it for when they move out that too.

Get something for you guys to prove. Okay. Um the only other thing I have is Jason Hoffinson and the structural engineers were here um this morning and they were getting all their measurements and stuff. So we should have um some specs for that soon. They were here today. Thank you. Did y'all have any questions on any of the departmental reports as was sent to you?

I don't have anything, but I have a question. Becky, did you find anything out on the CDs that for the um water thing? I have not done any more checking on the financing till we find out what numbers we're looking at.

Okay. Chief Snider. my stuff's in your packet. Um, for the month of February, we had 268 calls for service. We wrote 18 citations, had 70 traffic stops. We checked seven fishing licenses. We had five arrests, 11 drug cases, 23 reports, uh, 12 callouts. Um, out of our calls being broke down, uh, 6, uh, 10 of those were, uh, juvenile involved. Uh, we did six special assignments. We assisted, uh, three other agencies with, uh, issues that they were having. 12 citizens assists. Um that's all we had for that period for us. Uh codes and animal control. Animal control sent out or codes and animal control sent out three notices, sent out two letters, issued five tickets, closed three cases, currently has 42 open cases, uh responded to six dog calls, and we have two dogs in the pound at this time.

That's all I ask. I have a question. Um, in the mornings, do we do um patrol out by the school? Should be. Yes. I'm I work afternoons. There should be somebody in the school zone. Yes. Is H has there not been? Well, I noticed a car that was sitting at the old show building, but there was no one in it. Okay. So, I was just wondering. I will get that worked out. Thank you.

Yep. Thank you, sir. Chief Wisdom, do you have anything? [clears throat and cough] Um, I don't have a whole lot going on. We had a we had a couple of lift assist that we was um assisting AMR on in the past couple of weeks. Um, I have here a couple of different gas detectors that we need to buy for the fire department. Um, I've done some research. I have some others, but um, this is something that is in my budget. I just want it's just above the amount that I can spend. So, I need to get your guys's approval for this. So, I have some Um, the first page you're going to look at, they're basically the same gas detector. Uh, they're both Drager. Uh, one of them is a 2500, one of them is a 2800. Um, uh, like I say, I've actually looked into some others that are a little bit cheaper, but I feel this is what we as firefighters that have used them are comfortable with using. And um, the um, one on the top page is a is a 2500. Actually, the through on the second page, it's a 2,800. Um, it's actually $10 cheaper. I just need to have your guys's approval to where I can spend to buy one of the two.

Um, on the back page, there's also a calibration kit. There's also a um a four gas calibration mix and a bump test station. We don't need that stuff at this time. We just need to get a a gas detector because the one that we have was borrowed from another entity and it had to go back to them. When did it go back? Um, right at two weeks ago. So, did you have it on that gas seat?

No. And the gas detectors will not detect u natural gas but they can just give a oxygen level reading to where the oxygen in the air is acceptable acceptable or not. So a gas detector in that situation would not have done a lot of good other than just saying yes it's a it's it stinks but it is a breathable oxygen level. So, so does that mean you didn't have it when you called the gas le? No. Can you find one that that actually works with that gas? We don't

Well, um they I one of the ones that I looked at that was sent to me was a pinpoint gas detector. I don't want to get the fire department or the city into a situation like that because if we find one leak, there might possibly be another leak somewhere else and we say this is where your leak is and then there's another one then that might put some liability on us. Uh when speaking with Atmas today, uh they would really recommend just shutting off the main gas and like a time of when you shut it off. Okay. To not really mess with anything that is a liability on you. Yeah, if you touch one valve and and then it blows up, then that's on you. So, atmosph.

Okay. Yep.

And uh just to help you out, I did I get a hold of this other guy for this like 14 gas analyzer and I get the quote and everything right here. Like I say, I've got a couple of others over there. It's just some of them are a little cheaper. This is what we're comfortable with. You know, there's cheaper. I can buy one that is for like 500 bucks or something like that that is good for 2 years and then you throw it away and you buy another one. You know, there's them there's ones out there. Uh the this is going to be something that we can send in to have serviced. We can, you know, the calibration. I feel that um we need to send back to the company to have the company calibrate it. That way um if there is a problem, it's on the company to to say this thing has been calibrated and good to go. Um that's why I'm not really looking to wanting to buy calibration kits at this time.

During this time that we don't have one, um when there is a gas leak or something, we not call on mutual aid county. That's what that's what we will do. I at the time that this call came out, I did not realize that that gas detector was gone until we was already in the middle of it. So, I will call for mutual aid of, you know, county fire bringing their gas detector in. So, to say I'm a little concerned that you didn't call mutual aid in the situation itself.

Yeah. Especially since you had, you know, you just said right in the middle of it, you realize, oh, we don't have it at that point. We should have been on the radio. Hey, we need a detector to take care of this, you know, to cover our books. Cuz in addition to the liability for pinpoint if you didn't identify all sources of leaks, there's of course also liability for calling it all clear if it's not all clear. If it's not all clear.

And then also with like that gas analyzer, uh, Atlas actually has one that I figured out today. Uh, and then also county's getting like the county should have been in today, but they weren't. Uh, and also their confined space you can drop them in and then it will actually measure on like what the percentage was all going up. Mhm. Um, is that the one that like you can hook on to your gear as you go in?

It's about that big. Yeah, we have actually I've got some of them quoted over there too, but um they're they are limited use if I remember right. It's not like you can go outside and shut it off and then come back at a later, you know, come go to the next call if I remember right. And this has been a while since I've looked at that one because I it looked to me to being a one time use type thing. Um well from the guy like that is like the salesman he said that like once they're charged like they're charged and then when you turn them on that's when they start using the battery but you could turn them off and and then you can reuse them anytime. Yeah. Uh and I was talking to today and he's actually had his for 5 years and it was still accurate.

It's still okay. All right. I was just trying to save money. N I I totally understand. Is that equivalent to these? Yeah. [clears throat] Um, is this a company that if we have an issue with it that we can send it back to to get it taken care of? Pretty positive. Okay. With just a little bit of brief time that I had. Okay. Talking to them. But I

I just wanted to get like tonight for everybody. Um, I was just want, you know, why we was going with the wise ones is so I can if there is a problem, I have a company that I can send it back to to get it fixed and get back to us or get, you know, get something taken care of. So, out of these two, which one do you um

Well, I mean, do that's what I was going to ask you, too. um you know the the actual the the Dreger 2800 um the specs on them are basically the same. I was look I've looked into the specs on them. Um we might as well go with the one that's $10 cheaper. If we go that route um if we want to go into the one that um Council Person Wills looked into um we can go that route too. I mean, I'm if we do that one, um I really don't need your guys your council approval because it is un under my spending limit. I'm just um this is the ones that I've brought to you. So, whatever you guys want me to do, that's what I will do.

I mean, like my thing was we could get two versus one. I mean, I mean, with prices. So that okay. So it also with that price is like a 12volt charger I think to be able to plug into truck but it also comes with a wall charger too. So it could be something that could be put in the truck and one of them left in the truck, one of them left at the station type situation. Okay. Um just just quick math. I would need approval if we went that route to buy two of them um because that would be over my spending limit. and I'll pass that back to you $1,000

and I will give you the information um if it's brought to if you guys want to give me the approval to buy the two or buy the one or see which one is going to be best fit for the department. We can put specifications side by side by side and see what's going to work best. I'll make a motion to table this you can get more information on that so we can do with the with these.

I just have a question for you. Uhhuh. How could you clear the scene if you aren't positive that the leak is done? What was happenness on the scene before you when you left or

what what I did was I shut the gas off to the heater that was the problem. Um and there to in this heater wall-mounted heater there was a pilot there. So, if the air quality was going to be bad enough, there could have been an explosion. It would have happened. I mean, looking at this pilot light burning in there, that's what actually was making this the the flame go across this heater that was there. It would it would go across and then it' quit and then it' go across and then it quit. The flame the pilot light was what was actually making this flame go across there. I shut that valve off because there was a problem with that heater that had just been installed. So, air quality was not the potential of a hazardous explosion. It smells terrible, but it would have blown up if if it was actually to that mixing level because there was actually a flame in that heater. for futureness. I would still rather have the meter called in for mutual aid if we don't have it.

Okay. If they're available, right? We're at the most um till atmas gets there and they can confirm for just just go ahead and go ahead and get Atmas in route. That that would probably be the best thing and then we can which that is say that's part of the protocol that they were

I'm sure that they were notified. Uh actually talking today dispatch was not the one that notified them. It was people to the south of them is the one that notified that we are just a little bit of clarification about the SOG. We are in the process of doing them. We don't have them finished yet there. Nothing's been approved. So we actually don't have an SOG to go off of. We're I'm going off of city code, city city ordinance, whatever it is that that I try to do because we don't have anything finished and finalized to go off of for a standard operating guideline or procedure, whatever you want to call.

I just want to make sure that all this is properly stated in also. Yes, I totally totally understand. I made I made a motion here about two minutes ago to table this until get more information. Okay. And I second uh there's been moved and seconded to table the

detector gas detector until more information is given. All in favor? Okay. Gas detector has been tabled to the next meeting. You can turn around. [clears throat] Could you make sure too that chief gets that information as he gives it so that they have it as well. Right.

Um I don't have anything else unless you guys have questions for me. I think you're doing a great job and I want to praise you for making sure all our firefighters are safe regardless. So, if you stand up here every week asking for money to spend, whatever, I am really proud of you and all your firefighters.

Um, we we are trying to do our best in situations that we have. Um, it seems like I'm asking to spend money all the time. The money I'm asking to spend is just it's part of my budget that has been budgeted to me. I it's just over my limit of spending. So I have to get council approval to spend it you know and I am working on the list of the wants the need the needs the wants and the wish list. I am working on that to where we can get that to you guys to so we are covering that as well. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you.

Okay. Any other questions, departmental reports or anything? Mr. Mayor, I'd like to request a motion for an executive session for 5 minutes for attorney client privilege in anticipation of litigation. So we'll make that motion please. Like to make a motion for how long would you say? 5 minutes of executive session for attorney client privilege in uh in lie of litigation.

Second it. All in favor return at 7:24 right back. I'm sorry. as a military Another sacrifice.

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know. Oh my god. I think they tier said Think with all these cell towers we have. Okay. Executive session ended. No action taken. Resuming normal meeting. I make a motion to extend five more minutes for attorney cl privileges.

A second.

It's been moved and seconded for five more minutes. Um all in favor returning at 7:30. So when we move to Texas Let's go. [laughter]

Push it over the edge or what? He might drop the bottom of his hand. makes it real.

I'm talking pictures.

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well gray hairs from him and his mother [laughter] They're

good. I said chicken. You just noticed that

I came out the first time and I was like, it's brighter in here. She looked up. She's like, there's no [clears throat] better on our license. Hopefully it looks better.

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need to save something. It'll save us. It'll save us. [clears throat] So cut your cut by what% 25 it's running long except Sunday mornings and then pretty much all day long on Wednesday and the rest of the week we're usually not there so our Yeah. Yeah. Why do you have to come back?

Use it as a straw for root beer. You tried to fly. Oh, I'm done. I called the best thing.

[clears throat] Executive session ended. No action taken. Resuming normal meeting. skids. Steer,

did y'all get a chance to review this?

Yes. Yes.

Well, I talked with Robert Francis today on the skid steer and the option between buying one wholeheartedly or leasing one and and the benefits of leasing compared to buying. If we buy one, that puts us responsible for all maintenance blah blah blah. Whereas with leasing, the balloon payment at the end is lower and we would have the option of going in and getting another newer newer machine and continuing the lease at a lesser lesser value.

So my thing is um the skits here is what I'm understanding is it's only 20 it was we got it in 2017 has 2,851.5 hours on it. And I looked at doc at the documentations and what I'm seeing is the documentation has not been kept up very well and from 311 to November 20 something there's a huge gap. I'm not sure where the information is at and everything. So, um I mean it's I mean we've had c there's certain names on there, so it's really nobody's fault, but the documentation has not been kept up very well and everything. So, I cannot justify buying a brand new equipment when the documentation is not all there. So, and it's I mean I don't know what kind of upkeep it's really been put up. I don't know what kind of oil it's been. I don't know if it the hoses have been changed. You know, I'm not I mean, the documentation is not there for me. So,

yeah. And unfortunately, that documentation is under a few different public works.

That's and that's what I just And that's what I just said. I said there's multiple names on there. So, I mean, there's a huge gap and everything. So, I just cannot justify buying a brand new equipment when there's not. I know when we were talking to public works on um keeping track of and recording and doing stuff, uh that is something that they've stepped up and started making sure that everything is documented on all of that because it's important. It's been needed and it's one of those things that as many of our public works employees were hired on initially, they had no idea that they were even there. Um no one that was on that taught them how to do stuff even informed them that the books to keep track of it were even in existence. uh knowing that they are now now they're being kept up with and tracked of and

so are they when they buy something say from Napa are they buying it and then keeping it and then scanning it into their computer and then keep keep doing that way too we don't have that capability not that not that capability of computer yeah we don't have that capability at this moment we can put that they replace the part but there's no um the other thing that I just want to mention that is if you talk to one person one company about leasing then you really need to talk to all of them because that wasn't part of the

just one that was just the one that I talked to the other one did not reach out to me yeah because we have the bids and everything so if we wanted to alter what we were requesting of them. We have to do that with everyone before we can consider it. Right. What is your all's desire then in respect to the skid steer lease versus buy and with the bids that we have

to fix skid steer now it's going to cost 24 grand or 12 12 grand or something to fix it you know that's 24 grand in two years you know it's broken now it's not I mean even if We And it's not that old. It's not that old. It's only what, eight, nine years old. 9 years. So, but if we keep dumping money into it, you might as well buy a new one. That's just my opinion. And if we're going to be driving it on like the streets as much as we do, we don't need a track machine, right? Yeah. Because that is what's tearing her up. And there are those options of removable ones too, right?

Yeah. I mean, like they do make metal tracks for like wheel tires, but I don't think he I don't think public works would need it unless they were brush hoging mud. But yeah, they're saying that the warranty if you put traps on it voids the warranty on the drivetrain. Okay. So, I think that'd be something that if you're going to get a skid steer, get one that's already tracked. That way it's covered. under the warranty for the drivetrain. Beggy, is that something that was put into the budget? No, it was not. We didn't know it was going to break down.

But with everything going wrong with it, I mean, leaky leaky hoses, valves, vent bent arm. I mean, like I said, we keep dumping money, dumping money, dumping money, and part that time you already had money after a year. So, if we did anything, Becky, what would the money come from?

Um, you have a municipal equipment fund that has 58 in it. probably want to finance it though just to make it a yearly payment and I can talk once we have it now I can talk to our local bank I talked to them a couple of years ago and they would be interested in doing something like that. I talked to both of them so we could visit with them and see if they would be able to help us. And we we need this piece of equipment right now for a lot.

Well, they they use it every day. Yeah. This is this isn't just a once in a while thing. This is an everyday pretty much everyday use. And they and they have a trade value on board. But the you won't you're not going to get very much for the trade in

245 is what you're going to get for that basically given the down payment. So we want to look at the bids that we have or do we want to find out if any of the other if the other companies do lease also and what the difference of that is. Uh what route do we want to pursue at this time? We've only got one. This is just from one person. The one in Fort Scott's the other one. I contact them and I need to reply back.

I'd like to get more to see where we are. That's just my opinion. Well, we have different bids. He's talking about the just this the financing part of it. Oh, okay. Okay.

I'd like to go ahead and just make a motion to go ahead and purchase a new one. Okay. Which one? Did you want to clarify your motion?

Motion dies for lack of second. M uh would you be able to email these to us so we have more time to look at and we can email

you have them in your email. Oh [clears throat] only one I've seen was for the maintenance. February 188. I must have skipped right over the main after looking at the main skip right over.

Do you want to table it for two weeks? Yeah, I would rather that table for two weeks. Is it something that you're interested in the lease versus the purchase? Because if it is, we need to contact all the companies.

I think it saves city money if having the company come in and service and doing any repairs other than coming out of the city's button belt time. I really do. I think that if we did a lease program, I mean, they've got it on both anyways, but later on down the line when that lease when lease versus ownership, the warranty part of it ends, I mean, with the lease, it doesn't. And then it gives you an option at the end to continue your lease with with new equipment. Whereas with the old with buying outright, you're just that's what you got. It's just my worries with like the lease if something happened to it because of the operator sometimes that they don't want to warranty that.

That's my only So if that would be neglect. Yeah. So, if there was no water in it and it blew up because it had no water in it, we would be buying a brand new motor

versus So, we're going to put a new motor in something that we don't own. That'd be my only worry. That'd be something to ask a scenario. If this happened, would this be covered under the warranty? My whole thing on the lease part of it is maintenance. Maintenance and repairs and the cost cost that would save the city. So, we'll find that stuff out and revisit it next meeting. Okay. Uh public works power washer. Where have we landed on that? I sent you all the warranty that John found out about said have a six month part labor warranty and then all parts that were replaced after the while they were remanding it would have a one year warranty. John was also able to get um a hose reel and a stainless steel gun and thrown in at no cost.

And replacing old was a 4,000 and I said it was 30 years old I think they said and you said that would come out of pool public works.

Well yeah we can split it over several because they'll all use it. I make a motion to approve the purchase of a portable hot water pressure washer. I second. been moved and seconded to purchase the portable power washer. Any discussion? All in favor? Passes unanimous. Set work session for fire department SOGS. Now, do we need to worry about setting one right now until we can get a, you know, revised one from the chief?

That I think we need to set a date and sit down and just get it completed to the chief so he can get it finalized and given back to the city. You do you do already have the March deadline from the ISO which is March 23rd. So, but we need to set up a day immediately to get that situation taken under control. What day are we looking at that y'all are available? I'm I'm open on Mondays. No, Tuesdays, please.

So, once we start, we finish. So, I guess we'll bring dinner. So, are we thinking next Monday? That's what we're already for anyways. It's going to be an all day with people working. We're not going to make it an all day. Yeah, it's going to have to be on the weekend. What day?

Chief Wisdom, you had stepped out a while ago. Um, slipped before you um have you implemented any of the changes to the SOG that's been presented already. No, we had some other situations come up that I felt was more more time time appropriate. So, I am going to meet and we are going to do that tomorrow night. We had some other issues come up. So, that is is being worked out and I will get all 40 pages of updates done tomorrow evening. Do you work on Saturdays, Jeff?

Um, I don't have to. No. Can he submit what he finalizes to the city and get that in record or on the record and then finish up the other half or whatever we got to do on Saturday? I mean the council would be able to approve any of it until the next meeting and work in progress is draft documents that are not on a record. Um so but doesn't mean you all can't review it in anticipation of your work session for review.

Yeah. So if we found a Saturday to all get together on a workshop and work on this on the SOGS, would you be available? Yes. Whatever day. I apologize for last Monday. Their work did not work out to where I could get away sooner. So we I will make whatever Saturday we need. Okay. It would basically be an all day. Yeah. Everybody good for this Saturday? The 7th. Starting at what? We got to get it done. Starting at what time? Oh god. What time's good for you, Chief? Huh? What time's good for you on Saturday?

Um, Saturday morning I'll probably be My eyes will open at 5:00, so I'm good. Ready. You'll be the only one. [laughter] Toothpicks in the eyes. Let's just start 8:00. 8:00. 8:00.

Okay. Okay. Work session March 7th 8:00 a.m. focusing on the SOGS for the fire department.

Thanks, sir. Thank you.

Okay. Request to close a portion of Cedar Street. There any questions on that? Um, it was sent out to you all petitioning a portion of Cedar Street between 10th and 12th. It's already closed though. I mean, that's not a street. It is a street in that it the um right ofway for the street is there. Um even though it's not developed and drivable, it it still is a city street.

So that was my other question because that alley also goes all the way through. Yes. But it's grass and you can't drive it, right? So if we're going to allow them, I mean to adopt that road, we're have to let everybody adopt that apple. Well, and that we're going to also have to let everybody um who wants to close their alley come in here and stand and say, "I want um my alley closed due to blah blah blah." So, we still got to give you still got to give Eastman some city regards. So, even if we vacate Center Street, they still got to leave it for the utilities that are already in play.

So, they can't just put up a fence wherever the heck they want. They just they got to abide by, you know, city codes and I'm sure they will, but I'm just saying if we do it for one, we have to do it for everybody. I

mean, at this point, uh throughout the years, there have been multiple streets that have been vacated uh that were never developed and never placed for for driving. Uh this particular portion of uh Cedar Street is just a big dip and back up that has never been actually roaded. Uh but it's just been there. the right of way for the street is still there. So, they're petitioning the close of just the half that is on their um next to their property and their neighbors u not the rest of it. Now, from the north, there is a main power line that comes to that alley and runs down through that. So, that's the piece that's being looked at on there. All you would need to do tonight is basically if you're in favor of it is to set a hearing date and then that's the first step to see if anyone um disagrees with it.

And this isn't something that needs to go to planning and zoning.

No. So what happen is is we would set a hearing date. The hearing would allow the public to come in say if they're for or against it. uh on all of that, look at the parameters of it, and [clears throat] then if the council is still for it, then an ordinance would have to be made vacating that piece of the street. And then when that ordinance comes through, then it would be voted on at that time for the ordinance making the vacating of the streets solidified. So you need a motion for that.

You need a motion to set the hearing date and it has to be at least 20 days public notice. So probably go to maybe the May 4th council meeting. That gives time for everything to get published. I make a motion to have a hearing on May 4th council meeting over this vac.

Okay. Um, it's been moved and seconded to have a hearing on May 4th for the request or the petition to close Cedar, the portion of Cedar Street [snorts] at 6:00. Any discussion? All in favor of the hearing? So, pass. Hearing set for 54 at six. copier.

Um, we had been having some trouble with this copier off and on. Um, the gentleman that came through, we didn't call him or anything. He just stopped in and he gave us this estimate on what it would be to switch over to this one. They would buy out the remaining lease on our other copier. You guys got any questions on that stuff? I can't have We don't know anything about this company and our lease previous now I would say now is with CPI. It is.

And how much is the new copier? Um it's going to be two 37733 a month and that gives you the lease on it. Um 2500 black and white copies, 500 color copies. So what they're doing now? Has he been able? I mean, how do you feel about um I do not like the copy that we have now. It we have more problems with it. It jams up and it's

it jams. It's sideways printed. So, when you scan something, it's always crooked. So, so the feed's gone bad on there's a lot of stuff that's going on with it. It jams. Um if someone uses the bypass tray, then you have to completely reset everything because every time you go to make a coffee, it switches back. And this is pretty close to what you have now. Um, isn't it the machine as far as the new company as far as capability and Yeah, it's actually has some stuff that'll allow us to print envelopes. Um,

has a few extra features for now and it's a lot um faster than the other one. That comes out of the mix. Yeah, the the monthly payment isn't going to be any nothing changes. Nothing changes. It's just a matter that they will buy our old lease out. How long's the lease on on the building?

It's for 63. Sorry. So, you're how many years into it now? Oh, the one we have now, um, I don't remember. It seems like it was four or five years into it. I make a motion to accept copy. I don't have my sheet with me. It's from um, 360 document solutions. from 360 document solutions.

Okay, it's been moved and seconded to accept the copier change bid from 360 document solutions. Any discussion? All in favor? Passes unanimous. Thank you. Attorney Jack, did you have anything? No, not tonight. Okay. Student representative to the city council, Aaron Bowie. Did you have [clears throat] anything? I always do.

Good evening everyone. I hope your weekend was filled with family and your Monday was not a normal gloomy Monday. My Monday was boring until just a few hours ago. crash practice center today and I'm exhausted but very excited. For those of you who don't know, I was wasn't able to compete last year because of four years of compound compounded injuries, which is just me running on injuries like an idiot for four years and a native horse. Um, I'm finally able to compete this year after an entire year of rehabilitation and I'm excited. Before I get to talking about track night, because I I will [laughter] I should probably tell you all how the simple sanctuary [clears throat] has been doing. Last you heard, we were two weeks in. Now we are a whole month in. The third week we had a total of six kids. The highlight of that week was making peanut butter and chocolate chip cookies and giving them out to the local businesses as a way of community service. It always fills my heart to see everyone's faces light up when I give back to this amazing community. It's honestly one of my favorite things and I'm glad the kids got to experience that with me. The fourth week we had a total of 20 kids. They painted and did some team bonding exercises. They had so much fun. They also had a love party on Friday. I can proudly say that in the past month, the biggest goal of the program being for kids to have a safe place has been accomplished once again. The kids were safe getting to the program and getting home. They've also been having so much fun participating in activities and giving their own suggestions for future activities. Since track has started, I've been getting asked about my involvement in the program and if it will change because of track. Although I've spent a better of a year rehabilitating the million and one injuries in both of my legs, my focus this spring will not just be on track. As a wise woman once told me, I can't just drop my baby off at someone else's doorstep once they're born. Um, I have to nurture the baby first and raise it to come into its own and then give it away.

I would like this program to succeed. In order for that to happen, I still need to be involved in it for just a little longer. With that being said, my involvement in the program will significantly lessen. Most of my work will be behind the scenes related, but I will be at the program with kids on certain days, too. This spring, I am significantly adding to my already overflowing plate, but sometimes in life, you have to judge it all. And somehow, it is in those moments I seem to flourish the most. Time routines launched February 24th, 2026, uh, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Paige Chapel. The results for that are as follows. Tuesday was launch day and sadly we had no one come. Um it was then that we realized that for high school students we have to hype something up so that they want to go. Um I asked myself what have I heard high school students talk about lately and the answer was pickle ball. Now I had no idea whatsoever what pickle ball was. I knew it was a sport with ball. That's it. I asked about it and I found out it's kind of like tennis. I also found out that we could do at chapel. So on February 26, 2026, so Thursday that week, I like to make things complicated. We hosted a pickle ball tournament. I made a flyer and everything. The flyer actually doesn't look pretty. Um we had so much we had we had a total of three kids. We had so and um me as well. We also we had so much fun with pickle ball and other activities. I actually learned how to play pickle ball. And I may hate pickles, but I love pickle. The winner of Thursday night's tournament was Jaden Pool, and he got a gift certificate for Cookies Drive-In. Shout out to Cookies Drive-In and others Doug and Becky Grant. Also, shout out to Tim Eller for contributing to the gift certificate. Um, this week, Time for Teens will be hosting an eightball pool tournament.

Uh, and they tune on Thursday. If you are a high school student, come on out from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday this week and participate in the fun at Cape Chapel. Snacks and drinks will be provided both days. Just bring your game faces and your friends. Also have flyers here as I've pointed to and you guys have flyers and Jackie has flyers. Y'all do not, but y'all can come up here and um take pictures um if you guys want to show your kids or anything. Um time for team time each month time for teams will put on four events. On the first and third Tuesdays we will host an aball pool tournament. On the first and third Thursdays we will host name that tune. On the second and fourth Tuesdays we will host a pickle ball tournament. On the second and fourth Thursdays we will host a movie night. This is all free to high school students and their guests. We will always have snacks and drinks for everyone. And on some nights, we will have hot dogs or some other dinner food. 6:00 p.m. at Page Chapel. We cannot wait to see you there. Also, [gasps] any and all adults, teachers, retired people, anybody honestly that are above the 18 or above. Um we need adults volunteers to help run the simple sanctuary and time for teens even once a month or a random day of the week. helps tremendously. Reach out if you'd like to help [snorts] on this paper. It has my contact information and uh consequently the mayors because he runs Faith Chapel and he's also our director. So reach out to us. Um also um Becky um I would I would like it if you so kindly could send the agendas um in advance to me. I'd like to see them. Um,

I think that's it. Thank you guys. Thank you very much. All right. I'll give it to you later. Thank you so much for your endeavor to engage the teens of this community in activities that keeps them out of trouble and doing fun stuff. Councilwoman Rochelle, did you have anything? Yeah. Is there a way we can move the budget meeting to April 13th? Um that's the um instead of March 30th.

You want to move the budget work session from the 30th to Yes. the April 13th to April 13th. Is that still work within the timeline? Okay. Is that good for everyone? It's a Monday.

Yes, I know you were looking before I said something about it like [cough] it's a [clears throat] Monday. I promise you. Okay. So, the work session has been for the budget work session has been moved from March 30th to April 13th.

Still at 6:00. Yes. That's fine.

Anything else? Where are we at um getting the concrete for [clears throat] the um pool? Do you know? I know the weather's nasty this week. Um I was just wondering. I know they were out there taking some measurements. I don't know if they've marked anything off yet. Um, looking at that, I was by there today and I didn't see anything marked, but I was just wondering where where we're at on it. Um, we're at the point of them looking to me getting measurements and marking off so it's prepped for it. Yeah, I know this week is really nasty. It's not there to be their friend. So, that's probably why they didn't mark it since it had been kind of rainy. But

that's it. John, Council Alex, I don't think I said what I needed to say today. Councilwoman Sandy.

Yes. I uh a while back I had came in and and talked to Becky a little bit about um us looking into a financial advisor to help the city uh maybe get back on track. Um Becky, have you been able to not contact anybody till we find out what the prices were on the what the plant was going to cost us? I kind of think it's not only just for the plan, but I think our city is in desperate need of a financial advisor to help us uh move forward. And I'd really like to see us look into that and and get something going.

Does it cost for him, Sandy, to come down or her or her? I don't know. [clears throat] I'm sure it does. I'm sure it does. But I haven't I did not myself reach out to them. I I gave the permission to I I don't need a motion from [clears throat] y'all wanted to look into what um financial advisor would be costs etc. You need a motion for to look into it. I just want to make sure not doing it for one council member that you all have consensus to go ahead and do this.

Oh, is that a motion to look into the cost of a financial advisor for the city? I'll second.

It's been moved and seconded to look into the cost of a financial adviser for the city. Any discussion? All in favor? Any opposed? No. All in favor? Passes unanimously. Anything else? Council Kenny.

Yes. My concern is with the student representative not following resolution 455. She always talks about her pet projects and doesn't have anything to do where it's a bridge between the school board or the students at the school bringing any information to the to the city council. It just it's just gone off track somewhere and she has just I mean I commend you for all your projects that you got going on, but that does not put anything from the students at city count or students at the school to the city council. It goes clearly against resolution 455. Okay. Um so I will get with her and go over that again and just kind of re evaluate what it is that the student council the student representative to student council uh does and the parameters and guidelines of that to readjust. Okay. So, if you would just see me after we we can set a date, kind of go over that, that'd be amazing. Thank you.

Anything else, sir? Nope, I'm good. All right. Um, with that, I will entertain a motion for adjournment. Second. It's been moved and seconded. All in favor? We are. All right.

Chief, do you have a minute? That's good.