Board of Public Works and Safety and Common Council - Regular Meeting

Monday, September 14, 2026

The Plymouth Board of Public Works and Safety and Common Council held a joint meeting on September 14, 2026, to discuss upcoming infrastructure projects, police and fire department updates, and the proposed 2027 budget.

About this meeting

Government Body
Board of Public Works and Safety and Common Council
Meeting Type
Board Of Public Works And Safety And Common Council
Location
Plymouth, IN
Meeting Date
September 14, 2026

Transcript

108 sections

0:28 – 0:51•Speaker 4

let's follow the order of the uh september 14 board of public's work and safety meeting roll call please here call here becker here miller here borrow here thank you

0:53 – 1:18•Speaker 13

entertain a motion to approve our mints from our are we doing the special session and yeah both yeah in our last board meeting regular point make a motion to approve the minutes from the regular session the board of public works and safety of august 24th 2026 and the executive and special sessions of the board of public works and safety of august 25th 2026.

1:22 – 1:42•Speaker 4

We have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? Hearing none, all in favor say aye. Aye. Those opposed, nay. Thank you. All right. Jumping right down into Donna. You have anything this evening? Thank you, Your Honor.

1:42 – 3:40•Speaker 5

I just wanted to update the board on a A couple projects that we have coming up, we're hoping to, whether permitting next Monday, we will be slip lining a sewer on Western Avenue in the area of top and US granules. We've got about 350 feet. We're going to try to slip a new sewer into an existing one. We're going to be pretty deep. We're going to be about 10 feet deep, so it may necessitate closing the street while we're actually in the hole doing the work. I don't think it'd be safe. Now, we could, emergency equipment and things like that could still pass, but we would like to shut the road down just for the safety of our workers. So hopefully we'll get that completed next week. An ideal installation, maybe 3 days, but, uh, figure for a week. So. The next project is on by autumn trace our water main ends there and we have secured the necessary easements and we're going to be going along the that field to the to the West down to Hillcrest. And then we will be turning north all the way up to crimson lane. And then we will connect to an existing main, which that'll complete the loop in that area and add. uh better fire protection and water quality since the water will be circulating clear through that entire loop so uh as soon as the beans come off uh we will be starting on that if we get the uh project done on western avenue we may start on the hillcrest section uh which isn't dependent upon the crops coming off i think that's uh hopefully by the end of this month we'll be uh for the first part of october uh we'll be starting on that one just so you know what's going on out there so Very good. Questions? Do we need to ask them to float the road straight?

3:40•Speaker 4

Probably could. Might as well.

3:44 – 4:03•Speaker 5

I'll make a motion to float the street during the sewer installation. Second. Our plan is to notify the industries there in U.S. Grand Hills about what's going on there and that they can still have some access, but we don't want traffic to...

4:05•Speaker 4

Very good. Okay, we have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? Hearing none, all in favor say aye. Aye. And that was Boesnay. Very good. That's all I have. Thanks, Donnie.

4:16•Speaker 12

Dan, anything to see me?

4:22 – 4:57•Speaker 10

I had an update on Drive and Shine. We met with them last week, and they presented a traffic plan that was generally favorable to us. So they will be starting that work very soon, as soon as they get their end-op permanent. That's pretty much all I'd have to say about it, other than there will be some congestion there with some severe blame restrictions for probably about three weeks.

5:01•Speaker 4

Thank you. Any questions?

5:03 – 5:34•Speaker 13

I'm just concerned that we're going to try to line up an exit to go in to this road with all these, correct? Isn't that part of the conversation? Try to line that up. Are we going to allow people to come out of there to turn left to get to US 30 from there? Or are we going to make this either? I mean, cutting across at that point is tough as it is. I mean, I don't know what kind of conversation is taking place, but I've got some serious concerns on that.

5:36 – 5:57•Speaker 4

Well, this goes way back, like a year and a half ago planning, and we had it on one way, and they changed it. The two property owners couldn't get along and kind of messed up. But then in talking with NDOT and with everybody, there was not a lot of things we could do to change it up.

5:59 – 6:48•Speaker 10

so to answer your question yeah they're going to be able to go left um and uh yeah the mayor is correct did you did you happen to look at the out there it won't be a view the view from the building uh being close to the road uh i think it's acceptable um i think if you try to push that envelope that ability there's other communities with a similar setup I was hoping to have Haji here tonight. He said that he might be here online, but I don't see him. They've had similar setups in other communities that have worked okay.

6:49 – 7:00•Speaker 5

And then right away back to Andy. Andy's place is to the north of that building. Yes. That's going to stay open. Unfortunately, yes. Okay. I got you.

7:00 – 7:13•Speaker 4

And even from that one, you can turn left. I wouldn't otherwise. I know. I know how you would, but there wouldn't be no restriction, would there? Unfortunately, no. So we have no authority to make a no turn.

7:14•Speaker 10

I do not know the answer to that at this time. All right. Thanks. Thank you.

7:29 – 7:40•Speaker 5

Do you have a one-way turn only? Across the street or Marshalls and all that stuff is?

7:40•Speaker 7

That's public road.

7:44•Speaker 5

But they're turning onto a public road.

7:47•Speaker 14

Right. Pilgrim Lane is a public road also.

7:50•Speaker 5

Oh, gotcha. Okay. You're right. Yeah.

7:52 – 8:15•Speaker 4

I know what you're talking about now. Yeah. Thank you. Yeah, please. oh yeah dennis dennis is not here i knew that cheap hell good evening i just want to keep you guys updated on the hiring we've done uh

8:16 – 9:12•Speaker 9

Three different people, we're all kind of in separate stages. Our first hire, that was our lateral transfer. He is doing a great job and has already been released and working on his own, has already made a good impact for us. Our second hire has been through the medical psychological evaluation, has been approved by the pension. He will be starting on October, I'm sorry, August 28th. September, we're in September, right? There we go. Thank you. September 28th, and then our 3rd and final hire, he just went down and had his evaluations done. I'm waiting for those results to send them down to the pension office. So we're just kind of stair stepping our way in, but hopefully within. Probably another 3 to 4 weeks will be actually all completely fully staffed.

9:15•Speaker 9

Well, yeah, minus an injury and now that we have, so we're down 1, but. He'll be back, so yeah, so thanks for your time.

9:25 – 9:37•Speaker 4

Thank you Matt. Yeah, everything for sitting step in for chief weird, weird night. Um. I just want to inform.

9:37 – 11:17•Speaker 11

Good evening, Your Honor. I just want to inform the board of a grant that we are working on with the Plymouth Community School Corporation and Director of Safety Ward Buyers. It's a COPS grant, which is Community Oriented Policing Service, this acronym of COPS. We're going to be filing for that to do two different training exercises with the schools. The one's going to be a tabletop exercise, and it'll have emergency services with school personnel, and it will be about 20 participants. The grant will cover everything, and it'll cost about $3,000. The second exercise will be a two-day reunification exercise. If you're not familiar, reunification is Essentially, after a catastrophic event, or a critical event taking place with the schools. I know as police side, we think of, you know, like, an active shooter or something like that. But obviously this could be a fire, or this could be a tornado or something like that. But it's basically the process of. Of getting the kids from the care of the school back reunified with their parents and their guardians. So that'll be a two day exercise. It'll be a pretty large scale with around 60 participants. And that'll be $23,500. Yeah, and I just want to remind you guys that the police department is committed to work with the Plymouth Community School system to keep our kids safe. That's a high priority for our department. So.

11:18•Speaker 5

You can carry it to our other departments,

11:21 – 12:13•Speaker 11

uh police departments about uh we haven't spoken to them we're gonna apply for the grant and most of the time we we bring in area other officers that you know in the surrounding areas how much is it great how much is the grant total uh so we're gonna request the twenty six thousand five hundred dollars to do both uh training and assignments the 60 participants is that like school teachers and administration over there and then you you all probably yeah it'll be a lot of law enforcement fire administrative personnel teachers and and that also includes some role playing some actors that act as parents showing up and children and to walk through the entire unification process you know

12:17•Speaker 4

Good job. That seems... When will you find out about the grant?

12:25 – 12:36•Speaker 11

I don't really know their timeline. It's an open grant that we can apply for at any time. I'm going to be doing that here this week. Are you confident in that? I would think so. I got my fingers crossed.

12:36•Speaker 4

Maybe you should have Dan help.

12:37 – 13:28•Speaker 13

He's been pretty good lately on grants. Is this a requirement for approval? Or are we good to go without it? It does not require approval. Perfect. I do have something for the Chief. Tonight on the way in, and this follows with Councilman Longenecker's concerns over the last months, and that is that we're seeing mopeds. I'm seeing mopeds and people on scooters on roads and on State Road 17 and the mopeds, I'm calling them mopeds, did not have license plates. I would think that those are in violation if they're going to be on roads, streets, and highways. This is actually Lake Avenue, so that's State Road 17. They're not even supposed to be on there. Is that correct? I believe a moped can. A moped has to be plated. These two are not. Unfortunately, I'm going one way and they're going the other way.

13:28 – 13:46•Speaker 11

We are seeing multiple different electric bikes and and electric dirt bikes, and they all kind of get classified different. But if it truly was a moped, a moped has to be plated, and you have to have a special license for it or a driver's license if you don't have a driver's license.

13:46•Speaker 13

So you brought up electric. Does that have to be registered, plated, or how does this whole thing work?

13:53 – 14:21•Speaker 11

No, electric... Dirt bike is classified under the dirt bike registration or regulations, but electric bicycle is just like your normal bicycle that you might ride in your personal time. Okay. They can go very fast, but when they have pedals, they, they fall under a bicycle. So, I think I think some of it is the technology is. You know, caught up before the law, and I think at some point, there's going to be legislation.

14:22 – 14:36•Speaker 4

know that's kind of what i foresee but i'm not for sure there's just so many more of them too there's just so many more um in their way they can also they can govern them yeah take the throttle yeah they can

14:37•Speaker 14

Yeah, absolutely.

14:37•Speaker 4

Go faster than they're supposed to.

14:39 – 15:27•Speaker 14

Electric bicycles fall into different classes based on power and speed limits. The problem is, like Assistant Chief said, if it has pedals, it looks like a bicycle. It's really difficult for a police officer to be able to tell what class it falls into, what the power rating is, just by looking at it. We have started talking about this. Indiana's law doesn't give us a good framework for how to deal with them. We've been talking to other communities. They have dealt with that, and I've got some sample ordinances. We're starting to look into what we can do. Another big concern is things like electric scooters and sidewalks. They can go very fast. Yes, they can. They're dangerous.

15:28 – 16:37•Speaker 13

think the thing that's concerning me is we're talking about the growth of this product or this industry and recklessness that's going with it and i'm seeing um some of these bikes where two people are on a bike and you know not necessarily in plymouth i haven't seen it specifically in plymouth but i've seen it in the areas and that's a serious concern i have i'm i am very concerned about the safety side of it and it takes one slip one quick turn on some of these bikes or scooters and You know, you hear stories about people breaking arms or having head injuries and things like this, and I know we can't protect everybody from that, but at the same time, we've got to make people aware of this, right? I mean, to me, it's... If we don't say, bring it up and make people aware of it, we're not doing our job. Well, so I just want to make you aware of it and I just feel that Councilman Longenecker has been very consistent on this and he's very concerned about it. And dirt bikes is a concern. You mentioned electric dirt bikes, didn't even know they existed. So, those are things that we, I feel we need to make the public aware of and take a serious look at it. That's something you can do. Put that on your goals and objectives for 2027.

16:37 – 17:10•Speaker 4

I'll just add a two there. You do the DARE program. We started today. You started today? We started today. So can you take a moment in that training and talk about this with the kids? but so you're doing six seven six six graders yeah yeah um and maybe like not like some of our walk the bikes on the sidewalks downtown take a you get squeeze that in there you got their attention so uh can you do some of that or not

17:11 – 17:26•Speaker 11

No, I definitely can't. Maybe we should do that. We bring up a lot of different things come up like that. I know Officer Delaney just did a bike safety class the other day. So some of that stuff happens, but no, I agree. I think that's a good place that we talk about those.

17:26 – 18:01•Speaker 4

Just another time telling them, remind them of the rules downtown. Yeah, absolutely. That'd be a good opportunity, maybe. Thanks. I appreciate it. I've stopped the kids, but i got a funny story i can't say here what happened there but um yeah so that's all i have keep us up or not on that grant yeah that's that's yeah that's really good thank you yep thank you jim marquette thank your honor um

18:02 – 18:56•Speaker 3

thing to bring up i did speak with emb this afternoon and he says you're not on our schedule for this next two weeks but hopefully next week he will have our schedule uh concrete is done what he's talking about is the paving projects uh We're all saving. Harrison, Parkview, everywhere else. We're not on the schedule? Do what? We're not on the schedule yet. We're not on? He said that I was just looking at this two-week schedule right now, and he goes, and you're not on that. I said, oh, I thought we weren't. I mean, but... These things change constantly. I mean, their flow is wherever they go, but they did get the sidewalks done, the curbs done, and they have planted sod, and they've kept up on watering it, so... That part of the project's done. They just didn't get billing and paying me. But he said he would let me know as soon as he finds out.

18:56•Speaker 4

I get asked daily now. That's what I told him.

18:59•Speaker 3

But I would ask today and I'm sure I might be asked tonight. So I need to know an answer.

19:04•Speaker 4

That's where we're on at. All right. Next question. Mike Collins.

19:11•Speaker 5

I have nothing to add to your honor.

19:13 – 19:25•Speaker 4

Very good. We're going to go see. Bill's not here either. That's it. My movie's online, right? Yeah. Okay.

19:27•Speaker 4

Mr. City Attorney.

19:31 – 19:52•Speaker 14

Hey, you have a resolution number 2026 dash 1210 resolution to amend the fire protection and emergency medical services agreement to the city of Plymouth, Indiana, and center township, Marshall County, Indiana. This is identical to the 1 that was just approved for West township. It's just updating the schedule a, the list of equipment and vehicles that are owned by the townships.

19:57•Speaker 13

Make a motion we approve resolution 2026 dash 1210.

20:02 – 20:13•Speaker 4

Nevermind. Okay, we have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? Hearing none, all in favor say aye. Aye. Those opposed nay. Very good. That's all I have.

20:24 – 20:45•Speaker 7

Hey, you have one request today from Todd March. Eric. Eric, sorry. From brown brown he is requesting a temporary generator in the alley behind the heartland art Center from September 28 through October 5 and he is here, if you have questions for us, please.

20:45•Speaker 3

We need to take the.

20:54 – 21:24•Speaker 5

Permanent power out for that amount of time to do the work safely and the only way to keep the building next to the heartland arts up and running with the apartments and everything. So, we're trying to keep it as. Minimal amount of time as it can you said. It's about a week of it. Yeah. By chances, that will be a quite generator. Do they make one like that? I'm not aware of it. It's a diesel. It's going to sound just like a semi.

21:25 – 22:55•Speaker 12

Randy Longenecker, Michiana Contracting. So we're doing the subcontracting work for them. It'll be a semi-quiet generator. It's not a semi-trailer. It's just a semi-quiet. It's not super quiet, but the biggest thing that just with the noise ordinance, that's why we wanted to address it and just... more than anything you know what the decibel level is something like that i was going to look at it but i i can't remember global people i mean probably somebody said they're idling yeah it's it's more of a it's it's not going to be outstanding i mean it's just yeah like you said more of an idle diesel idle um and really through the night it's not going to ramp up know it'll be more during the day it's going to be louder um yeah just you know as the load increases it'll it'll forward this be position draining it's going to be in the closed off area of the project itself behind the building well yeah be behind the in the barricades right in the middle of the block yeah down the alley there It's basically just because the Masons, we have to have the primary power shut off so that the Masons can work. You got to have a 10-foot clearance from the primary with scaffolding. I think they're using a lift or they're using a scaffolding.

22:55•Speaker 5

Either or, it's metal, so we have to have the power shut down. Did everybody know in the general area that's going to happen?

23:03 – 23:29•Speaker 12

The only power that actually be out will be the building beside it, and they're aware of it in Heartland. The other primary does not pick up any other buildings. I just was curious if people would recognize it. It wouldn't be any other power affected other than those, which that business owner will know. Make it for sure. Please be quiet. Second.

23:29 – 23:46•Speaker 4

We have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? Hearing none, all in favor say aye. Aye. All those opposed, nay. Thank you. Okay. That's all you had, Lynn?

23:46•Speaker 5

That's all I had, thank you.

23:48•Speaker 4

All right. Number eight, approval of claims.

23:52•Speaker 4

Did I miss something?

23:55 – 24:10•Speaker 5

The resolution 2026-1210. You already approved that? We did? That was the one I presented. Okay. Yeah, so.

24:10 – 24:38•Speaker 4

So, we're going to make somebody want to make a motion. Sure. Got a motion to have a 2nd, got a 2nd, any further discussion. Hearing none all fair to say aye. Aye. Opposed. Nay. Somebody like to make a motion, except for. Communications got a motion and a 2nd. Any further discussion? Hearing none, all in favor say aye. Aye. Those opposed nay.

31:18•Speaker 4

Good evening. I'd like to call to order the September 14th Common Council meeting. Linda, I think it's your turn. Yes.

31:29 – 32:57•Speaker 8

Pray with me. Dear God, we thank you for your providence and protection over the past events in our community. We've had so many times to be together and people from different parts of our state and other states have been in our community as well and We just thank you that we have the protection that we have with our first responders and those who were there to meet the needs of anything that needed their attention. Thank you for that. We ask that you be with us as we gather this evening to discuss financial plans as well as other issues that are facing our city. We ask for your clarity and wisdom, and we feel so privileged to be able to serve the people that live in the city and that we might be true to our promises and do our best job. We know that there are people that are in our midst who are hurting, who are lonely, who are dealing with issues of health. We just ask that you let them know that you're near them and that they are not alone and help us to know how we might be able to reach out and be your arms to them. We thank you for this time and everyone here and as we listen and discuss and we ask that you give us your protection and direction in the days to come. These things we ask in your name. Amen.

32:57•Speaker 4

Amen. Thank you. Join me in the pledge of allegiance.

33:02•Speaker 10

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic

33:16•Speaker 6

Roll call please.

33:17•Speaker 5

Thank you. I'll entertain a motion to approve the minutes please.

33:26•Speaker 2

We have a motion.

33:46 – 34:05•Speaker 4

All right. Any other second? Any further discussion? Hearing none, all in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed nay. Very good. Okay, we need to open up a public hearing. Motion to open up public hearing for the 2027 proposed budget.

34:06•Speaker 4

Okay, we have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? Hearing none, all in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed nay. Public hearing.

34:18 – 46:44•Speaker 7

all right so your proposed 2027 budget the general fund was advertised for fourteen million four hundred and forty three thousand thirty dollars with the following departments engineering for four hundred twenty seven thousand eight hundred dollars $115,300 of that is for the streetscapes and Oak Road and Jefferson Street, Lincoln Highway Special Engineering Services. And $30,000 in server and computer upgrades. And then the general budget. So what I'm going to do is just highlight the big ticket items in each of the budgets, okay? A building commissioner budget of $373,725. There really wasn't any too much big ticket items in there other than a $2,000 printer split that will be split with the mayor, the law department, and the building commissioner for the printer on the second floor of the city building. Law department. $278,485. Again, no big ticket really items in there, along with that, other than that $2,000 printer split. Mayoring Council budget, $389,625. The big ticket items, printer split. Minute books at $2,900. $100,000 debt reduction for the Reese Theater and $250,000 for NIPRA in the promotion of the city fund. Financial board, $1,693,425. Big ticket items in financial board's budget include the PEDC contract, so MCEDC contract, One Marshall County, Heartland Arts Center, local match, liability insurance, and election expenses. Sanitation department, $841,470. That's about a $39,000 increase from last year because of COVID shoots. Police department budget, $4,828,750. Big ticket items would include the potential for an additional officer, $130,000 for benefits and wages, four police cars, eight radios, and five body cameras. Leased cars at $85,000 each is budgeted. Fire department $3,948,490 includes bringing the fire department assistant chief today's $162,000 in equipment for radios, pagers, air packs, workout equipment, turnout gear, and response vehicle. City properties, $843,100, which includes $18,100 in median flowers on North Michigan Street, $3,500 in flower rehabilitation at North Center and Weston Fork Street, And $300,000 in paving the Water Street parking lot. City power and lights, $305,000. Animal welfare, $30,000. Garage and warehouse, $843,600. Say that again, please. $483,000. Okay, I thought you said $800,000. I may have. Okay. $483,160. Thank you. Thank you. that concludes the general budget or general fund uh in mvh three million four hundred thirteen thousand eight hundred and eighty five dollars uh big ticket items in the mvh would be um an increase to the repairs and labors to refurbish the street sweeper uh 840 $804,000 for street and alley improvements. That includes $100,000 in track seal and rejuvenation. $200,000 in equipment, which would be to outfit the dump truck that you approved the chassis for this year and operating equipment. Local road and street, $90,000 for street improvements. mvh restricted also for street improvements of two hundred thousand dollars the parks department one million seven hundred twenty two thousand eight hundred sixty dollars uh big ticket items uh looks like building improvements hundred thousand dollars uh seventy five thousand dollars of that would be for um renovating the restrooms either at Fassapitch or Price's Memorial Park, and $25,000 for pavilion ceilings, $90,000 in parking equipment, $60,000 of that being for a truck and plow, and $30,000 for a mower, and $150,000 in improvements, which would include $70,000 for paving, the archway building area and pool area and $50,000 for the planning for the grant for the Kitty Kingdom, which is the wood park, and $30,000 for Harrison Street Trail at the Conservation Clubhouse. Cemetery, $563,975. Big ticket items in there, $30,000 for the military awning, and $49,000 for Crackville and Seal, 3.4 miles of roads in the cemetery. Aviation, $430,500. Big ticket items in there would be under the improvements for $33,100. This would be the city match for the AIP grants that the FAA provides if they get awarded the FAA grants for improving drainage design, rehab taxi A design, rehab and widen taxi A. This would be the city's portion of those rent. So those are all the tax-funded budget items. The home-ruled funds would be the park non-reverting fund that was approved by the park board on August 3rd for $102,400. Law enforcement continuing education, $26,350. Reversion, $3,000. Unsafe building fund, $30,000. Opioid unrestricted funds, $5,574. Opioid, did I say unrestricted first? Unrestricted was first, okay. And then opioid restricted funds, $8,751. City monetary gift fund, $46,000. That is what funds the Night or Summer of Music. So if we don't receive donations, then this $46,000 won't be spent. So that's where that budget comes in at. Park gift fund, $19,000. Transportation, this is our support for the older adult services, $15,000. K-9 Fund, $2,000. Aviation Rotary, $218,900. DARE, $500, most of which is, I believe, funded by the county. Community Improvement, which would be our commercial revitalizations, $30,000. Toon cap improvement, $17,300 would be for a mower at the cemetery. Let's skip over two points for now. Fire pension, this is for two of retired firefighters and or their spouses from the 1937 fire pension fund, $94,200. Police pension, we still have eight of those officers and or spouses on this police pension for $350,010. Cemetery trust, $1,000. Cemetery and park deposits, $15,100. City financial guarantees, refunds of those, $387,000. And then in the tip, funds. TIP 1, $259,250, which includes $10,000 in economic development initiatives. TIP 2, $462,643, which includes $150,000 in economic development initiatives. $100,000 of that would be for the Debt reduction, TIP 3, $999,032. Economic development initiatives for $500,000. TIP 4, $7,000. TIP 5, there is no budget there. We do not receive revenue for that TIP. $363,388, the majority of that going to pay bonds. TIF 7, $880,000, and that too goes to pay bonds. TIF 8, $4,807 for basically professional services. And that concludes all of the funded items. Does anyone have any questions?

46:47•Speaker 13

I'll just have to make a statement. I appreciate the time you took with me last week, Ted. I have a couple questions. And I thank you for your time on that.

47:00•Speaker 4

Yeah, I'll thank you also. That's a lot of work putting that together. And you'll be glad when this season's over.

47:07•Speaker 7

Yes, I will be.

47:09•Speaker 4

Thank you for your work.

47:11•Speaker 13

So, explain the process. So, we come back.

47:15•Speaker 7

This is what the advertised budget is.

47:17•Speaker 7

If there's anything that you want to reduce, now is your time. Otherwise, at your next meeting, it will be passed as is.

47:27•Speaker 13

And then from there, we publish the DLGF gets this after we approve this.

47:33•Speaker 7

Yes. The DLGF then gets it, goes through with

47:37 – 48:04•Speaker 5

but they're fine to come and make sure that we're within what we need and allows it or cuts it yeah okay i have a question for that he going to assistant chief if that's included it's me automatically the only one if in five years i have to come back here we can assess

48:04 – 48:33•Speaker 14

so what you're considering here is just the budget so this is in mind as being appropriated any changes in job description will require an approval of that job description at a later date thank you okay uh if there's no further questions i'll entertain looking to close the public hearing

48:34•Speaker 4

All right, we have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? Hearing none, all in favor say aye. Aye. Those opposed, nay.

48:44•Speaker 7

I have the first and second, please come down over here and write it down. First, second. Thank you.

48:49 – 49:08•Speaker 4

Sorry. All right. Anything from the board this evening? All right, thank you.

49:08 – 49:28•Speaker 8

It's always nice to see our city returned as quickly as it is after we've had the festival here. And I'm always amazed by that. And I'm very thankful for all who who helped make that possible. Just think everybody was really hard. I appreciate that.

49:31 – 50:05•Speaker 4

i also want to thank everybody for the music in the park and the last one was last friday and a lot of people like that one they did not make it but i didn't make that it was cool i heard it was the best one so far that's what i heard too talking with people so she's uh already uh bringing them back next year for the alumni night so they must be pretty good they were good you were really good yeah fortunately it was outside very good anything else All right, so moving on down, do you have anything else?

50:05•Speaker 7

I have nothing else. Okay.

50:08 – 51:51•Speaker 14

All right. Yeah. Packets is a memorandum of understanding regarding the historic firehouse project grant funds. So hope you all know by now that 1st source bank foundation award a 50,000 dollar grant for part of the restoration of the historic firehouse. Because they are a 501 foundation, they can only award the funds to a 501 entities. So the marsh county historical society agreed to be the applicant for that grant and they are the recipient of the grant. The intention is that the money will flow through the historical society for that project. This agreement is an agreement between them and the city. We're still trying to get clarification on the grant terms. It would be much easier for them if they can simply receive the money and write a check to the city. I've talked to Lynn, and I would likely go into the city monetary gift fund to be held until we're ready to start expanding that. If they cannot do that, then we have to present receipts to the historical society. All of this is just to ensure that the money is only spent on eligible expenses. So it does not jeopardize their 501 tax exemption. And that's the purpose of this memorandum of understanding to make sure that the money is only used appropriately for eligible purposes. So that they stay in compliance and 1st source stays in compliance. So we're asking you to approve this agreement and I'll continue to work with the historical society and their attorney and look and build to make sure that it's all handled correctly.

51:53•Speaker 13

Make a motion to approve the memorandum memorandum of understanding regarding this, the historic firehouse.

52:02 – 52:19•Speaker 4

Okay, we have a motion in a 2nd, any further discussion. I would like to point out that the historical society, they've done. Tremendous amount of work, and they're helping in this. And it's much appreciated. They did a lot of the research of the building and

52:19 – 52:39•Speaker 14

It helped put these grants together and so without their help, I mean, they really did Sandy garrison and admit that she will not share the mayor's committee, but for a year and a half, she's done a fantastic job of. Facilitating that committee, she's done phenomenal.

52:39 – 52:52•Speaker 4

She won't accept the title of chair, but she's so very, very thankful for their help and all this. So, okay. Any further discussion? Hearing none, all in favor say aye. Aye. Those opposed, nay. Thank you.

52:55 – 54:03•Speaker 14

Next, you have ordinance number 2026-2267, an ordinance for appropriations and tax rates for 2027. Lynn, do you have anything you want to say about this? That is for first reading, so requires no action. Uh, 1 Marshall county updates. I do not have an update, but we have a board meeting. I guess I do have a slide updates. The board members for 1 Marshall county have been making the rounds to all of the other communities. I have presented on their behalf in Argus and Culver. They'll be in front of the development commission tomorrow. Um. Randy, just like you had asked about, they are asking all of the communities to consider funding in their 2027 budgets to share the expense across the county since we're all benefiting from the work. I don't know that anyone has approved their commitments yet, but just like you, they're going through the budget process and hopefully we'll have updates on that very soon. I do not have a comprehensive plan update for you though.

54:06 – 54:33•Speaker 4

very good i'm gonna get out of here early okay and privilege of the floor does anybody have anything they would like to hearing none number eight acceptance of communication move to accept the communications that was in our packet okay okay we have a motion in a second any further discussion hearing none all in favor say aye aye opposed nay and randy very good thank you all

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