Common Council - Regular Meeting

Okay, it is 5 o'clock. Please, let's call the monthly Board of Public Works and Safety meeting to order here on September 14th in the Council Chambers of City Hall. We will start our meeting tonight with a roll call. Please, Dan.

Dan Lipke, Board of Public Works and Safety. Bo Zeller, City Attorney.

Justin Greenmeier.

Sally Hadlow, City Clerk-Treasurer.

Warren Jones is absent tonight, so we do have two of three. We meet quorum, so we will proceed with the agenda at hand. Please, we will start tonight with the minutes from the August 10th meeting on pages one, two, and three.

I'll make a motion to accept the minutes of August 10th, 2026.

Dan makes the motion to approve. I'll second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed, same sign. Okay. We are already moving down to the mayor's comments. I've got a handful of things, Dan, for tonight just to give you some updates. Our road work continues as we progress with our grant opportunities. If you've noticed, our contractor, Copper Ridge, is navigating what they need to do in the South Main Corridor for Phase 3, as we aptly named that, because it is our third grant in succession. So phase three, the grant, pardon me, the work, the scope of work today is the water line and they are going along. They had a little hiccup in and around the Tucker intersection with some rock. Hey, welcome to Salem, welcome to Washington County. So they got through the rock and I do believe they're progressing a little better now, a little quicker. And so that is going up. Again, to give you a reminder, the construction parameters are the south end of the Blue River Bridge all the way to Bex Mill Road intersection. So a good distance, but better work, easier work. So it's progressing very well. I want to remind you of some upcoming things. We have Old Settlers Days and Friday Night on the Square. coming up, so I want to help those folks promote that. The October 2nd, 3rd, and 4th days for that. Friday night on the square being back with the Old Settlers Days Committee, so just make note of that. Hey, we had another successful on the bricks there last week, two weeks ago, sorry, two weeks ago. Food trucks, so if you missed it, hey, we're going to do another one somewhere, somehow, so get back in there and come eat and patronize those food trucks. Pretty cool event there on the bricks. And fast forwarding, just as a reminder, we will be doing Christmas Magic again, so December 4th, that weekend, so there will be a lot going on in Salem for that weekend. Parades that are upcoming, we don't have an agenda tonight, but yes, the Halloween parade, Veterans parade, and Christmas parade are all scheduled, so mark your calendars when those dates come about, but keep that in mind. They will be, and we'll have the roadway open again as we have had in the past, so there's no worries on that. Otherwise, hey, I want to share some housing items, Danny. since you're so handy. There is plenty of housing opportunities going on right now. There's been some comment about, you know, boy, it's been a while, and it has. We recognize that, and so some things have really come off center. We've got something on Jackson Street, Old 60, Highway 56, Martinsburg Road, and Small Street. So there's a whole combination of things, and quite frankly, you put them all together, and there's about $13, $14 million of investment right now not counting the final product on some of these single-family homes. So quite an infusion of investment, quite an activity to get these ready. So very proud to have that and encouraged at the same time. Anything I forgot, Sally?

No.

Okay. So please, let's move down the agenda. Reports from departments. Your wastewater report. Brandon is here tonight. Brandon, please.

Good evening. We had several issues last month, a lot of them being the NOD hitting a couple lines here and there. And they were all private issues. They weren't directly involved with the city. But we're still getting calls on those to go look at the addresses. We had a back up at 606 Bristol Street. Thought that possibly could be one, but it turned out to be just a deteriorated pipe underneath the road. So we ended up having to replace that from the yard to the tap because it was an old cast iron pipe that was just rotten out. Lift stations, Bill Anderson worked on the mission nodes at West Market Street and Martinburg Road and got those going. Martinburg Road one had several issues. Come to find out it was just a power supply issue. It was causing interference. So since then, that's been replaced, and it's smoothed out, and that mission node's working great. On the 13th, we installed a tap for Cooley's new building on R.C. Morris, and it is complete. We installed a backflow preventer on the airport in case of any power outage or anything, lift stations down to protect the building. Installed a new tap at 279 Woodlawn for the new house out there that they just built. The 20th and the 21st, we did a start up on the second portable generator. and we did that at the Salem Hardwoods lift station. We've still got to go around and test all of the stations, but both the backup generator and the portable generators have been tested now and are good to be used. As a matter of fact, we used one the other day where we had power pole come down. Already used it on one of the stations, and it worked flawlessly. Nice. Link Electric has been switching over the remaining last few lift stations, the services on them. to where they are capable of the backup generator being hooked up to them. On the 24th, we replaced 16 feet of 10-inch clay that we had mismarked. Copper Ridge hit it when they were digging their water line. Wasn't their fault. It was ours. Sewer line doesn't run straight from manhole to manhole. Kind of runs out of a jag. And we just mismarked it. I would have done the same thing. No fault to anyone. Just can't see what's in the ground. But that helped them out because they were able to replace it and get plastic in there so them digging around it made it a lot easier for them to actually manage getting the water line under it. We moved to tap 207 Lockwood. It came out, went through the neighbor's yard, and then out to the main. So we replaced it and we went up the alley and then turned it into their yard so it didn't cross their neighbor's property.

And that was all I had there. So your work with your lift stations is a reminder that that is an upgrade we're doing system-wide. All lift stations get something. Not all of them are generated with a permanent generator, but they've got the portable generator option. And so I know we talked about substantial completion a few days ago, but remind me, that side of the project, we're looking at what, another 30, 60 days? Yeah, mid-October. Yeah, not even, okay. It's final completion. Final, actually, isn't it? Okay.

Yeah, because we went through the punch list today of things that we need to address. But they're doing really good and on track. I mean, there wasn't a whole lot on the punch list.

Good, good. That's good to hear. Okay, okay. Danny, any questions? No, thank you. Okay. Sally? Have a good night. Thank you. Okay, our water department, Jennifer is on assignment tonight, Danny, so she has provided her report. I did not see anything to follow up. Do you, by chance?

No, sir, I did not. Okay, thank you.

Okay, let's move to the utility adjustments on pages four and five. While you're looking at that, Danny, I will say Jennifer had a tower maintenance project this past week. And that is our ongoing procedure. We did the west tower. So for your knowledge, it was its turn for a complete washout and visual inspection. And so our contractor, formerly Suez.

Utility Services.

Utility Services comes in and does that. They are the professional services who do that. They have the credentials. So that was done, turned back on, and refilled. So West Tire's good now for, gosh, what is that, five years?

Yes.

Make a motion to accept the utilities adjustments.

Dan makes the motion to approve. I'll second. All in favor say aye.

Aye.

Aye. Same sign. I believe we're good. Unfinished business, I had nothing to report other than what I gave you in the mayor's comments. Sally, do you have anything? Nothing. Bo, anything from your side?

No, sir.

Danny?

No, sir.

Okay. New business is kind of one and the same. I gave some of those in the mayor's remarks. Brandon indicated the punch list is about done, so we're wrapping up the collection part of some of the improvements at the lift station. Jennifer's got some small projects she's working on at the water plant, but nothing of any real size. Sally, did you have anything of new business?

No, nothing.

Bo?

No, sir.

Danny, okay. You guys are easy and agreeable. Please, let's go then to the utility payable vouchers of claims, page 6 through 19.

Make a motion to accept a utility table voucher register of claims.

Dan makes the motion to approve claims as presented. I'll second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed, same sign. Okay, we've got a few miscellaneous. Daniel Main, Cemetery Walk, October 18th and 19th. I suppose we have Mrs. Yes. Please, please, charity, please, come on, come on.

never know who's more free that's okay myself so i apologize glad to have you um uh so a small correction um we missed the august meeting by a couple of days we thought about it too late so that we were hoping to have the walk actually september 19th so it's this saturday and it was going to be both days but we are unavailable on friday to do it so it would just be saturday the 19th from 7 to 11 at Crown Hill Cemetery. We've now done it several, I don't know, 12 years, I think, in a row. So, as always, we try to be very respectful, clean up our trash after we leave, make sure everything's picked up and everything's out of there. We make sure that everybody's out of the cemetery before we start going through there. I think that's about it.

And that is 7P to 11P? Yes, correct. I can sure, okay. Yes. Yes, you have. I couldn't thank you guys enough for being very respectful, very mindful. It is a very sensitive piece of property, and you've done very well with that. And I have no heartburn. Danny, do you have any issue here?

None whatsoever.

Goodness, goodness. Chief? No. Okay. Please. I... You're fine with me. I'll let you. I'll pass the ball.

I will make a motion to permit the cemetery walk to take place September 19th, 2026, 7 to 11.

I'll second that motion. All in favor say aye. Aye. Aye.

All right. Thank you all so much.

Thank you. Okay. Sally, next we have Derek Brough, Salem Bikeney Trunk or treat. Do you have information for us on that?

I do not. He did not give me a date. He just wanted to know what the procedure would be, and I told him he needed to come to the Board of Works meeting to talk about it, ask permission, and have some dates. That's all I know.

I would make an assumption here, Danny, that he will have an October event probably after our October meeting, so if you're good with us putting this back on the agenda,

Guarantee is that okay with it? We've never had an issue with it. So yeah Okay, shall I call him?

That's fine just make your motion if you're good with it and let him as long as it meets City code and we're good with Hours and whatnot if you want to go ahead and prove it Danny ending his date I'll make a motion except

Derek Greff's recommendation, Salem bike night, truck retreat, time and date to be finalized, but I'm fine with that.

Okay, you're okay with that?

Yes.

Please. I'll second that motion. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed, same sign. Okay, we'll let him know. Goodness, that works. Sally has a reminder because of a pending holiday in the month of October that we will be on Tuesday the 13th, not Monday the 12th. So Tuesday the 13th will be our meeting here for that month. Okay. There were no comments by citizens for the Board of Works and Public Safety. So, Bo, have you got anything we've omitted?

No, sir.

Danny?

No.

Sal? No. Okay. You have been studious with your time. It is 5.16 to seek motion to adjourn.

I'll make a motion for adjournment.

Motion made. I'll second. All in favor? Aye. Okay, it is 5.30. We will call the Common Council meeting to order tonight, September 14th, here in the Council Chambers of City Hall. We will start tonight by our invocation, followed by our pledge.

Our gracious Heavenly Father, it is with a need that we come to you today. The need being, Father, that we need guidance and wisdom, understanding, so that we may perform the duties and responsibilities of the offices that we hold to your satisfaction. And if we know we meet your need, if we know that we meet your desires, then we'll meet this community. And I pray, Father, that your blessing will be upon every decision that's made, that we will do so giving you glory and praise always in Christ. Amen.

Thank you, Ricky. Thank you, Danny. Thank you. Okay, please, council, let's start our agenda. First item is roll call.

Dan Lipke, District 1. Dylan Moore, District 2. Bo Zeller, City Attorney.

Justin Green, Mayor.

Sally Haddabow, City Clerk, Treasurer.

Ricky Main, District 3. Randy Lee, District 4.

Roger Pennington, At-Large. OK, we're all here present and accounted for, so we will start now with the advertised public hearing at 534-2027 budget pages one and two annual budget adoption. So this is our first read tonight. Sally has prepared this. We went through our workshops, our department heads and vetting what we need to do from 26. to calendar year 27, mostly unchanged. But Sally, please, what would you like to speak to before we get started?

I'm not sure what you would like for me to say.

All right, well, we'll come back to you. Is there anybody in the audience tonight to speak on behalf of the advertised 2027 budget? Going once, twice, three times? Thank you. Is there anybody in the audience tonight who would like to speak against the advertised 2027 budget? Going once, twice, three times. Okay. Please, counsel would seek motion to close public hearing. I make a motion to close the public hearing. Dillon makes a motion. I'll second. Randy seconds. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed, same sign. Okay, so Sally, yes, I put you on the spot. With what we have before us is the notice to taxpayers. Bo, would you like to then add any comment on what the form states and what we're doing tonight in this activity?

No, nothing additional. It's a notice as prescribed by the Department of Local Government Finance and approved by the State Board of Accounts and has been completed by the city. Correctly.

Okay, it is somewhat, and I don't mean necessarily carbon copy, but it is somewhat reflective of the 26. There is obviously a certain amount of revenue, a certain amount of expense that does not change. Sally did go through very carefully, as we have always had, a worry, a potential increase in insurance line items, and we are cognizant of that. We're also cognizant of fuel, gasoline and diesel, under the current state of pricing. So there's some things that are reflective in some necessary changes. But Sally, what else would you like to add so I don't forget something?

I might talk about salaries.

Please, counsel, as we have vetted this budget, by the way, with our financial advisors, so it is a balanced budget to get us through. There was the recommendation for the percent increase for wages of the Non-elected officials, so our boots on the ground, our actual forces, if you will, there is a 3% raise that is sustainable, built into this, so there are some reflection of that, so that is part-time, full-time, both ends of that does have a 3% built-in employee raise. Again, Reedy Financial has put this together with Sally's blessing. Actually, vice versa. Sally put it together and Reedy Financial blessed it. There is, again, a balance for what our revenue projection is, including our growth quotient for calendar year 27. So there's not a whole lot of change. There's not a whole lot of additions. But please, I don't want to speak or leave anything out.

No, you're fine.

Mo? Nothing further from me.

I'll make a motion to approve the first read of our 2027 budget.

Council, we have a motion on the floor to approve first read tonight in the September meeting of the advertised 2027 budget.

I'll second that motion. Second on the floor.

All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed, same sign. okay thank you first one done all right uh please we will jump uh to the minutes now august 10th on pages three through four make a motion we approve the minutes as presented roger makes a motion i'll second All in favor say aye. Aye. Same sign, thank you. Mayor's comments, I just got a handful. Want to talk about some things that are still pending. Obviously the phase three of the Federal Highway Project is visual in a sense. Copper Ridge is the contractor on site, just like to remind everybody. Copper Ridge has been awarded that job and they're doing a very good way of keeping the lanes straight and the deviations accurate. They hit a little rock in around the Tucker Street intersection, so I'd work around that a little bit, but it is proceeding and going well. The CCMG that I had told you last month that might have been started by now, no worries, no heartburn. It just did get delayed a little bit in getting some things scheduled. It is a shorter CCMG timeline because there is not a huge amount of utility conflict, so that's the benefit of this one. Again, it's the Elm Street plus or minus to 160 on the Jackson Street corridor. And again, that will be mindful of all the businesses and especially EMS, Sheriff's Department. Obviously, the emergency services in that area need quick access, and we're not forgetting that in our plans. A note of interest. And some of our state officials, certainly I deal with a lot of them, see a lot of them, talk to a lot of them, in contact with them. And so I got the privilege to meet our new Secretary of Commerce, Chuck Goodrich, Wednesday evening. So I had a very good conversation with him and knowing what he's thinking and what we're doing in Washington County and the city of Salem. So I look forward to further talks with the gentleman. But again, he is the new Secretary of Commerce. And I've been on the job, oh gosh, about two weeks. And so I think he is a good fit for that position. And I look forward to working with him and helping the city move forward. Some dates to remember. Friday night on the square and Old Settlers Day's weekend is back together, just as a reminder, in one event. October 2nd, 3rd, 4th. So please be mindful of that and bring the kiddos and the family and have a good time. So that is coming up pretty quick. Some dates and some events to keep in mind as well. We have several parades. We've got the Halloween Parade, the Veterans Parade, Christmas Parade, as well as Christmas Magic on December 4th. It will be our fourth annual, by the way. This is the fourth year we've done Christmas Magic. Gosh, we had a huge crowd last year. Danny tried to ride the reindeer. We got him talked out of it though, but it's possible he might this year. Anyways, so a lot of things coming up. Okay. Sally, anything there I omitted? No, you're fine.

Okay. In regards to Phase 3 construction project, have they opened bids up for their road work yet? No. They have not.

NDOT will set that for probably mid-December. Mid-December. Give you a rough timeline. Council, that will probably be award somewhere in February and notice to proceed probably April, spring.

Okay. Yeah.

OK, please, your reports from your departments. Your financial statement is on page 5 through 12. Sally, what would you like to add on that one?

Nothing to add.

Make a motion to approve the financial statement as presented. Dillon makes a motion to approve. Second.

Rocker, second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed, same sign. Your senior center calendar is on 13 and 14. Again, mighty busy. A lot of dancing. Please, we have some unfinished business tonight. Council, unfinished business at White House request for opioid restricted funds on pages 15 through 17. Please, yes, yes, yes, you're up. Council, you see what is attached is the official request And so, please, Sally's got that printed in front of you. Just to verify, the request dollar amount's still the same?

It is.

Okay.

Before we move forward, the name is actually Life House, if you look at the documents. And someone typed, like, I just want to correct that for your minutes. No, don't.

You're right.

Yep.

Now, see? We all read it so quick.

Yep, and it sounds the same.

Well, we mean no disrespect.

No, I, yep.

Is your spell check not working?

It probably auto-corrected on her, honestly.

Council, we had this request last month, and certainly we gave no heartburn. We just needed a formal request. You have it here before you. Sally, it's verified. It's good. Bo, anything you'd like to add to that?

No, sir.

As long as your request hasn't changed. It has not.

OK. We are making a lot of progress. Coolies will be out tomorrow to do some plumbing work and some new lines and things like that. So we're moving forward. We're ready to get these sprinklers installed. And I would like to share with you that we have been working on a grant with the state for about six months. And we were approved for that grant. It's a significant grant. And a lot of that is going to be poured back into Washington County. Four jobs have been created from that grant. companies that do different things in Washington County will be benefiting from that. So I just really wanted to share that with you guys, because this is not a small investment. This is a wonderful, wonderful opportunity for our community. So I'm really, really grateful that you guys have even considered this request.

I'll make a motion to approve their application.

I second. Council, we've got a motion and a second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed, same sign. Okay. Great. Checks aren't cut immediately? Yes. Take a couple days?

That's fine. Can I have a letter of commitment to take to Pekin? Because their offer was contingent on yours. And then I think there's a state grant that we are working on that wants a commitment as well. It's a match grant for the opioid settlement funds. Awesome. Just give me a call or an email, Sally, and I'll come by. Thank you so much, guys.

Thank you.

Council, we've got a series of new business tonight. The first two items are somewhat old, but in new in the action item. We have a first approval of ADA transition plan. Last month we had the draft of these documents provided by our engineering firm, HWC, who has prepared this and keeps us in the cycle every three years. So Sally, our Sally, pardon me, do you know, did HWC provide anything of change, anything tonight that's different?

No change. It's all the same as what you saw last month.

So tell us, as an order of procedure, this is memorializing and adopting the implementation plan for 2027.

Correct.

Okay. Bo, anything you want to add to that?

No. No, sir.

How long is this plan good for, Mayor? Three years. Three years. Every three years.

Yes, we've done a number of these, but it makes us compliant then in the year 27. Again.

The separate motion for both, please. Make a motion. We approve the ADA transition plan.

I'll say it makes the motion deal in seconds. Council on favor say aye. Aye. Same sign. Then, yes, the title six is going into the the federal side of it, making everything compliant with our officer And Sally is the document holder and keeper of those said records. Again, HWC had no changes, so it is the same. So please, council, if that's your pleasure, we need a motion on that.

I'll make that motion.

Roger makes a motion to approve Title VI. Opposed, second. Randy seconds. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed, same sign. Please, if you will. Next is a resolution, Resolution 2026-03, with our partners at the Humane Society. Council, this is another item of housekeeping. We do this on a regular basis and have for a number of years with the city, their organization. That will lead to an interlocal agreement with the three entities, the City of Salem, Washington County, and the Humane Society. So what's before you tonight is the resolution authorizing that commitment again to go forward. I would not see any reason not to. Council, we're all partners in helping the animal control business and what it takes to run that and who understands how to make it work. So there's nothing new here other than the dates. Dates are new. So that common council resolution gives the authority then for us to enter the interlocal agreement.

I'll make a motion to approve Resolution 2026-03. I'll second.

Dan makes the motion. Dillon seconds. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed, same sign. OK. Ordinance 2026-14 is a little bit different. Gentlemen, repeal Ordinance 465 on page 21. I want to turn this both to Sally and Bo, but again, some item of housekeeping because age sometimes changes things. You're looking at something that was drafted in the early 80s, 83 to be exact, and it really doesn't fit some of our necessarily business practices for some gaming receipts on coin-operated amusement devices. Sally ran into this question about six weeks ago and threw some conversation through her office and her staff and how little this is used and the little bit of aggravation that goes with it. Bo and Jake then have decided this might be something to repeal. So Bo, please, I'll let you start.

Yeah, so the ordinance in front of you today is simply repealing an ordinance that established kind of fees and rates for coin-operated amusement devices. I believe the city doesn't collect very much money on it anyways, at least not a material amount, but the mayor is right. It's something that was adopted several years ago, just doesn't generate much revenue, and it's probably hard to keep track of and enforce, especially given the amount that you actually collect.

we we collect probably less than 500 a year so yeah it's not worth the effort and uh dwindling dwindling correct dwindling i'll make a motion to approve ordinance 2026-14.

Council ordinance to repeal 2026-14 motion made by Dillon. Randy seconds on fair say aye. Same sign. OK, ordinance 2026-15 is amend drug policy on page 22. Again, an item of housekeeping where times have changed slightly and we might need to think about something differently here. Sally, I'll let you take that first.

This is a drug policy that we've had for several years and it's one where it's a random drug policy once a quarter. It's presenting problems for us and it's costing us a lot of money. It cost us last year almost $4,000 and that included paying the company to come and collect It includes the cost of my employee taking her time to set this up, to call the employees that have been chosen, to make sure they get out there. It takes her probably a half a day when they come to take care of all of that. And we have found that we do not have anyone that is not passing their test it's not necessary we don't think except for the dot operators so we're requesting this to be repeated to be changed now a couple items sally this this is not a complete elimination no uh we we still have in handbook a new hire right uh we still have as you mentioned the dot required uh annual

And then in the event we had an employee who by chance could be in a motor vehicle accident, that's an automatic trigger. So there are still some provisions, counsel, that does not go away. The other thing, Sally, you might speak to, yes, it is random once a quarter, but the internal lottery seems to pull a lot of third shift employees. Correct. And invariably then they either don't answer because they're asleep or they've already made plans and they've left town, et cetera, et cetera. And then we don't get the staff back in to fill those slots. And so we end up getting charged for a vendor that has absent tests. So it's interesting how many people from the third shift side get pulled to make the day. Bo, please, how else would you like to summarize this?

Uh, I think you both summarized it, um, uh, pretty well. Uh, there's no current contract with this provider. It's just been kind of sort of ongoing.

And it is a little bit of a HIPAA, so we can't get into, you know, past experiences. other than the vanilla way of saying it's been very seldom that we had a issue to handle. So the truth of the matter is it's a little outdated in the procedure and how it goes.

Well, there's no doubt in my mind, too, if any employee came to work under any influence of anything, if they're a supervisor or another employee, It would be addressed because I know the chief of police we have back here is very thorough and does the job the way it's supposed to be done.

So you're right. The suspicion if can still cause a trigger to pull one at any given time. Right.

Based on those factors, if nobody else has any comments, I'm going to make a motion to accept Ordinance 2026 to 15.

I'll second council motion made second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed, same sign. Okay. I've got my glasses. Ordinance 2026-16, the prohibit of political signage on city property on pages 23 and 24. Please, Beau, I believe you worked on that for us. The concept here is nothing new other than changing the actual verbiage and, and making it an ordinance form, uh, secondary, if you will, to home rule policy.

Correct. Uh, Jake Vissing prepared this ordinance, um, uh, along with another associate and did the requisite research on it. And it's just memorializing it and to, uh, city ordinances basically to keep up with, uh, what your historical practice has been over, uh, last numerous years.

Correct. Again, not taking away the right any way, shape, or form. We're just not going to put it on the water tower.

I'll make a motion to approve ordinance 2026-16.

Tillman makes the motion to approve. I'll second. Randy seconds. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed, same sign. Please, ordinance 2026-17. We have a transfer ordinance on page 25 and 26. Sally, what do we have?

Again, this is a housekeeping issue. It's just moving funds from one line item to another within the same fund. It's just no new money. It's just moving it around.

Okay. Transfer ordinance, please, if you will.

I make a motion to accept ordinance 2026-17. Danny makes the motion.

I'll second. Roger seconds. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed, same sign. Thank you. One more item. Interlocal agreement with New Pekin on building inspections. Council, you'll find that on pages 27 through 30. What you see here is a rinse and repeat. We tried this on a trial basis with Pekin. It worked. They call us as needed and it is just that. It's pretty much hit and miss but they would like a little assistance with some of their inspection abilities and we have agreed and it worked before and so they would ask us if we would like to put something back in writing as an interlocal. And so again, Jake and Bo put this together and it does that. It allows us and our team and whoever might need to do inspections on their behalf, we would accompany that new Pekin person and verify and give them the proper guidance. And then this does allow for billing inspections then they would reimburse us for said services. So it works to both benefits. Pardon me, it works both municipal sides, Pekin and Salem both. And, Board, I can tell you it did not cause us grief last time. I don't see this causing us grief again. Bo, please.

One thing to point out, the document in your packet, I think, sally i don't think it has the indemnification section that i added so it might be just the last version but um i'd added an indemnification section basically to indemnify the city for um any claims related to the work that you're providing to to new pecan as well just to further protect the city of salem um so that was like the one small change to it

or is he just... Good point.

No. Inspections of new construction.

So it's not existing construction? Correct. It's not a 200-amp box upgrade?

Well, if that remodel, yes, requires a permit to be approved for a 300-amp, now that in a sense, yes, but not enforcement of PECAN code, no.

Yeah, they'd have to do that.

The one they will be signing does have the indication on it. Perfect. Perfect.

how many inspections did we do in the trial period do we have any numbers at all i think we did five in 30 days oh six months yeah so it's it's not a labor intensive and since they're willing to do the fee we're not necessarily out we're made whole

So they reimbursed us the fee for the permanent basically. If you look at that on the schedule to page 30. Mm hmm.

And also, we do have the termination right 30 days, either party. That's correct. I'll make a motion to continue with the interlocal agreement with New Pekin.

Council, Dan makes the motion to approve. I'll second. Ricky seconds. All in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed, same sign. Aye. Oh, sorry. It's a little too fast. OK. Sally, has that got all of our new business? I believe it did. Okay. General accounts payable voucher would be next. If you will, pages 31 through 61.

I'll make a motion to approve claims as presented.

The gentleman makes the motion to approve. I'll second. Roger seconds. All in favor say aye. Aye. Vote the same sign. Okay. Sally's note, please, gentlemen, look, October is one day later because of the holidays. So if you show up Monday, you're by yourself. So come back Tuesday. She will not be here to let you in. Okay. Comments by citizens. We had one to sign. So please look now.

Yes, Rick Longworth. He's here to speak on the 2027 budget.

So first reading, can I have a number for the budget, sir? Council.

Yeah, the budget estimate on the notice to taxpayers is $10,183,862. How many thousand? $10,183,862. That's what was on the budget notice. And I can deal with that.

All right. Appreciate it very much.

Yeah, that was the only one to sign.

I'll make a motion to adjourn.

Dillon makes the motion. Second. Second. At six flat. Thank you.