Board of Aldermen - Regular Meeting

Well, tonight's meeting to order, if you would stand and join with me in 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. Pam, do a roll call, please.

Mayor Kime.

Here.

Alderwoman Duff. Yes, here. Alderman Fahey. Alderman Donovan. Here. Alderman Huey. Here. Alderman Eidman. Here. Alderman Steiger. Here. Alderman Prince.

Here.

Alderman Ross.

Here.

Mayor, we have a quorum.

Thank you very much. At this time, I will look for approval of tonight's agenda. Motion to approve. Second. Okay, I have a motion and a second. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Okay, thank you very much. To kick off our meeting tonight, we are going to present A mayoral merit award to Mr. Vern Bowman. Vern's got a laundry list of things here to go through. Whereas Vern Bowman has devoted more than five decades to serving the citizens and community of St. Genevieve through civic leadership, business development, historic preservation, and steadfast commitment to protecting the city from flooding. And whereas following the flood of 1973, Vern became a charter member and the first chairman of the St. Genevieve Levee District 3 Board of Supervisors, a leadership position he held for more than 50 years. He has also served on the Joint Levee Commission since 1995, and where Asburn played a vital role in protecting St. Genevieve during the historic floods of 1993 and 1995, organized training on the operation and maintenance of the city's levee system, and consistently provided his knowledge, equipment, leadership, and personal commitment whenever rising waters threatened the community. And whereas Vern was an early and determined advocate for the St. Genevieve Urban Design Levy, helping advance a project that continues to protect the city's residents, businesses, historic structures, and irreplaceable cultural heritage. And whereas through Vern Bowman Contracting Company and other business ventures, Vern has created employment opportunities, supported regional economic growth, and generously provided equipment and assistance for numerous community projects. And whereas Vern has further served the community through his involvement with the St. Genevieve Museum Learning Center, the Missouri Dinosaur Project, the St. Genevieve Levee Refuge Project, MRV Banks, the Chamber of Commerce, and numerous civic, charitable, religious, and service organizations. And whereas Vern's exceptional contributions have been recognized throughout many honors, including the St. Genevieve J.C.'s Butch Strawn Memorial Award, the Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Achievement Award, the Foundation for Restoration of St. Genevieve Historic Preservation Award, and a selection as La Chevalier de St. Genevieve, And whereas Verne Bowman's enduring record of service reflects a deep love for St. Genevieve and serves as an inspiring example of citizenship, leadership, generosity, and dedication to the common good. And whereas through Verne's tireless care, foresight, and determination in defending St. Genevieve from the persistent threat of flooding, he helped ensure that this historic community endured and that the city of St. Genevieve continues to stand and thrive today. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of St. Genevieve, Missouri, does hereby confer upon Vern Bowman the Mayoral Merit Award in recognition of his outstanding service, dedication, and contributions to our community. And be it further resolved that this proclamation become official record of the City of St. Genevieve and that a copy be presented to Vern Bowman as a symbol of the City's sincere appreciation and gratitude on this 27th day of August, 2026.

Come on up. Gentlemen, look this way real fast. We're going to get a picture of you guys. Maybe just kind of shaking hands. There you go. Mayor, maybe shake hands with us. Perfect. There you go. Can we do one more with the other half? Can we do one more with the other half? Yeah. You better bring her up here. Mayor, would you entertain us for a minute? Yeah, absolutely. We'll put the rose between the thorns. We'll put her in the middle. There we go.

I'll hold it.

Yeah, perfect. Just like that, Jess. Three, two, one.

I'll say it, I'll say it again.

I love starting out a meeting like that. Thank you to Bernie for everything. Thank you. All right, that will take us to tonight's city administrator's report.

Good evening, everyone. You have an updated report sitting at your seat. I'm going to go through most of these tonight. Joker Sink will wrap up the water service line connections on Lehey this week. They will be moving over to Oakwood next week or the week after. Bowman's plans to begin paving Lehey. Unfortunately, the report says next week. That's next month at the end of September, beginning of October, right in that time frame. At Your Seat is an updated budget overview worksheet. So the sheet sitting at your seat reflects the changes that we made or agreed to make last week. I mentioned a few minor changes including a month's worth of utilities at the Welcome Center, an additional grant that we secured. That's all in there. And then we raised the $50,000 recommended for the splash pad to $100,000. If you remember, we were going to do 25,000 out of parks, 25 out of general revenue. We raised both those to 50, and that's 100,000. The first reading of the budget will be September 10th, so next meeting, second reading will be September 24th. You also have the updated capital projects list at your desk with the third column added in. Those are the approved items for the budget. McBride held their contractor meeting yesterday from 2 to 6 at the Progress Sports Complex. Myself and Robert Sullivan attended. There were approximately 15 to 20 contractors represented there. It was a good meeting. They'll have another meeting on September 3rd, so next week where they'll have individual meetings with any of those contractors who signed up and would like to work with McBride. They also invited more contractors. Just because you didn't make the meeting doesn't mean you can't work with them. They're still looking for multiple trades. And that flyer is still posted outside here. It's still on our website. So the contact for McBride is on that flyer or call me. I will give you the contact. City Hall will be closed Monday, September 7th for Labor Day. And then down at the bottom there, you'll each receive a quarterly security awareness training email on or around September 1st next week. If you can complete that within 30 days, we'd greatly appreciate it. Robert and Corey continue to work on the final progress point plat with Sterling and McBride. I want to bring up a question tonight. One of the questions that they're helping resolve is about the trail and the playground and whether we would like those to belong to the HOA or to the city. We originally had a conversation about this but it was probably a year ago where it was going to be the HOAs. The development agreement gives it to the city. And I'm fine with that, but that also means we have to maintain it. So we'll maintain the trail. I think it's a six foot trail, not sidewalk, we're talking a trail. And then the playground, it's a smaller playground at the entrance of Progress Parkway. So I just want to get your feedback on that.

Of course, the cost of maintenance, but are there any other pros or cons that you have been able to research on this or any other bullets that might be important to consider? I'm just trying to... Sure.

It'll be an additional item that either the city or Alliance will have to mow and take care of, like you've said, maintenance. If it's HOA, technically it would be for only those folks who live in Progress Point subdivisions. versus if it's city maintained, it will be for everyone to use. So that's a pro in some instances and maybe a con in other ballparks, but I'm really fine either way. Originally we talked about it being an HOA facility. I don't know if you remember that. Their lawyer, Ms. Perutka, was here that night and we talked about it, but... It is included in the development agreement as something that gets handed over to the city. And I'm fine with that. I just want to run it by you because I remember the conversation different. So this just includes that one area of the common ground? I'm just talking about the playground and the trail. Not the common ground. HOA would still be responsible for the common ground. I mean, how big of an area? The playground? Yes. Maybe half acre? If that. If that.

And I assume there's equipment. There will be, yeah.

Right. All right. Just leave it?

Will we mow along the trail?

Most likely.

So we're already going to have to mow the trail. I was just thinking, the HOA is going to have to pay somebody to mow their common ground. So I'm just trying to get where somebody would get deferred at least the mowing cost and time.

I mean, we mow along Progress Point. I'm sorry, Progress Parkway already. We cuff mow along there.

An HOA can restrict use of that trail system?

I mean, they can put signs up that says HOA members only. I don't know.

How far can they enforce that?

It would be very difficult to enforce, especially without the cooperation of the city. They call the police and be like, okay. They're trespassing. So in theory, they could file a civil suit to get an injunction to keep somebody from walking. But it's really open to the public. It's not going to have gates on it. So it's essentially kind of dedicated to the public as well. So as far as the trail, you know, the playgrounds, you know, you consider either way, as you said. You have a certain amount of control over the public park. and so be another park of the city, but in that neighborhood, a smaller one. But then eventually, that equipment's going to have to be replaced. That's not inexpensive. potential civil liability on the trail and in the playground if it's not properly maintained, you know, so you could end up with civil claims, especially as the years go on, if you don't maintain it, there's a hidden defect in the side, you know, the trail or something, and somebody falls in, we get that every once in a while, like at the park, at any of the parks in any of the cities I represent. So, but it's, you know, it really is a public

use type facility so you can do it either way it's just a policy decision for you automatically you know we're always looking for ways to keep our citizens you know something to do and so I think it's a small price to pay for at what point does it say in that

agreement that it becomes ours? Is it after 70% are completed, 80% are completed and sold? Is it once the whole project is done? Because most of your developments don't get turned over to an HOA until a certain percentage are done. Yeah, it would be once it's complete.

Once the trail and the plate route are complete. I would have to look back through the agreement, but certainly that infrastructure would have to be completed before the city would have it returned to us.

Well, I mean, for the trail and playground to be completed or the whole development?

Well, I mean, I would expect that the trail and playground would be like one of the last things they do, right? Because you're going to be moving dirt around and all that. So I'm expecting this is going to be the last piece of the puzzle of the development.

I mean, I don't have a problem with it because of the increased revenues and the properties. I mean, it's an added expense, but Okay.

My question is that each homeowner has to join HOA when they buy a house in there? Is that correct?

Yes.

Okay. How much is that going to be on the homeowner?

I don't know, and I don't know that that's what we're here to discuss tonight. I'm just asking about the playground and the trail. I'm sorry, Teddy.

That's all right.

Well, I mean, that's what McBride says that. We don't have anything to do with that. So it sounds like there's pretty much agreement that we'll just take the playground and the trail. Okay. Thank you for that. And then number eight... The Missouri Public Works Utility Alliance is holding a conference. It has some good information on water plants. It's already scheduled. But the conference is October 7th and 8th, so that's a meeting night. I don't mind not going to this conference, but I would like to go to it. But if that's the case, we need to move the October meetings from the second and fourth Thursdays to the third and fifth Thursday. That's a five-week month. If that's okay with you, if not, that's okay too. But if it is okay with you, I'll bring that as a resolution next month. Is Alliance going to be attending that? I don't. Will you? Yeah.

I think the thing that we have coming up, I think it's a good idea. I do too. Totally fine?

Okay. Okay, so next month there'll be a resolution to move the October meetings from the second and fourth Thursdays to the third and fifth Thursdays. And if you remember, that works out for November also, because we have one meeting in November, so it'll put that meeting closer to the November meeting. Okay, that's all I have.

Thank you. Any other questions, comments on David's report?

Okay, thank you very much.

Moving along to other staff reports tonight. First up, I think we have Lieutenant Pollack. I'm going to fill in for Chief Hallack.

Good evening, everybody. You guys have a copy of our monthly report. Do you have any questions?

When you, your first item on here, when you call 534 calls for service, I mean, is that when dispatch receives a call from somebody, or does that include traffic stops or everything?

It can include all of them. It's all radio traffic through the dispatch center, which all our guys make those calls, you know, traffic included, and whatever's into the call center too.

Any questions? Okay, thank you. Next up tonight, we have Corey Litteris from Alliance Water.

Good evening. town. Got a call from the bus service. So we've been doing some of that. The school's starting. We had some signage that the police department asked about parking stuff. So put some up near school on 7th and an additional one on 6th Street. Fire hydrant up there made. We're going to have to look into that a little more. Have some students park in front of it. And then we'll be doing concrete out at a Valley Springs next week, some tearouts, so I don't know. I guess I have any other questions about the report?

I just want to point out, if you look at the numbers that Corey provides you, 76 hours of mowing, I think everyone's probably aware of this, but last year, this meeting, that was 40 hours. So it's almost doubled this year.

A lot more rain.

Come on. Yeah, the grass does not stop growing. We're going to do tying at 8th and Jefferson next Saturday. So we don't have to deal with school traffic. So we've got to tie two PBC lines in and get rid of an old transit line, which our ultimate goal is to get rid of all of them.

Ray, someone asked me this week, they noticed up on the Ridgeway area of Virginia, some of those side streets, an increase in water pressure.

That's with everything getting tied in as we're doing up there with the work.

So that was down by the school?

Yes.

That made a difference. Yeah.

And I get the same thing north side of town, like Lahaye and everything, with all the new water mains going in. It's making a huge difference, though.

But that was that one line that had never been tied in there and stuff that you found? Yep. Second thing was your first item, potholes repaired. Any plan there? Potholes?

Yeah. You guys need to call me. Like I said, we're out all the time. We film as we can, but if you guys have any, let me know. I'll make a list and we'll get on as soon as we can. But like I said, I've We don't get around every street every day.

Corey, I've got a compliment on the grates on Washington Street. Those are nice. Thank you.

We've got one more to do down there at the corner of Washington and 4th.

They look like they belong there. Good job. Thank you.

Corey, are you going to put on Chadwell Lane? Yes. Exactly...

What kind of a gutter is that? It'll just be like a concrete swell because that water right now runs down the crosses and push that rock. So we're going to dig it down and then we'll be able to filter it down and it'll fall. It'll be natural, but it'll stay in the grass to eliminate all that debris going across the street. Once that's poured, then we'll come back with a hot mix and tie it back in where the road's been crumbling there.

Any other questions for Corey?

How's your fish doing up there at the park? Seems like it's making a difference. Next spring, we'll tell for sure. It does seem like the malls are going down.

Those jumping fish.

On the schedule of streets, where are the moments moving to after the next part?

Well, when they come back, I'm going to ask Chris and Dean to try and knock out the rest of them. So that's Leahy, St. Mary, over in your neighborhood, Spruce, and Sycamore.

So they'll kind of begin.

They have until November 15th to finish.

I'm just kind of curious where they're going next after. Okay.

Any other questions for Corey or Lyons? All right. Thank you, Corey. At this time, we will open up the floor to public comment. Just a reminder to please identify yourself for the record and please try to keep your comments to five minutes or less.

It's dead. All right. This issue about the trash hauling, I was kind of taken aback by the survey, the recent one, because when I read it, I thought, this don't sound right. And as I got to looking at it, I discovered, based upon some other research I did, that it was a leading question to garner a positive response, which it did. It basically went from a no years ago which, by the way, was contradictory in nature because the 50 respondents asked, 41, I think, said, yes, they'd like to have some haulage, but they didn't want the city to dictate who would do their hauling. So you couldn't have it both ways. And I'd like to suggest you go back to that meeting. It was in August 1923. where Happy, previous administrator, had some comments to make about it. And I thought his comments were appropriate because he had a lot of experience. It didn't associate with three cities at the time, but none of which he was administrators to. They had already went out and got a single hauler. issues that he had with it were defined i won't go over that because you can look at it i think they're still pertinent today the leading question did respond to a 77 percent approval and statistically that whole survey is bogus when you get right down to it i did research on that and i got two papers here one that points out how it was not neutral in nature because of its bias there are elements of that bias i'll just point them out sampling bias self-selection bias coverage bias non-response bias invalid margin of error and extrapolation failure and committee bias and it elaborates on all those this is a 26-page statistical critique of the city trash hauler survey and if you guys want to look at it i'll give it to you and you can peruse it at your leisure the other paper i got has to do a residential solid race survey formal challenge and neutral survey proposal it goes through each item of that question and explain why it's biased and furthermore it gives you examples of how to change that survey so that it's neutral and not biased and it conforms to An approval weighting or a confidence percentage of 95%, and a margin of error of plus or minus 5%, and ideally plus or minus 3%. And I think as the board goes forward, I know the PFP is ongoing, and that's fine. But I would suggest you redo the survey and get an independent firm to do it for you so you get it done in the right way. And furthermore, those that are on the committee, if they are for the single trash hauling, they recuse themselves from the committee. That would be true if they were all negative towards it. And therefore, another suggestion would be that an outside firm do the proposal and get all the bias out of it going forward. I know that's your preference or not, but to really do this thing accurately, I think you ought to look into that. And I think that's all I've got to say about it. The competition aspect is obvious that you're eliminating. And going forward in the future, I know we're going to get more electric cars on the road. There's already concerns because their weight is about 700 to 1,000 pounds more than a gas vehicle. So parking garages are concerned about that. If they all had electric vehicles in their parking garages, it stressed properly when it was stressed for gas. The road system is also looking at that because of the number of electric cars on the roads, and that will increase. I'm sure of that as time goes on. It may be a factor in the future, maybe not. But I know your concerns now are with the hauling trucks and their weight. And I think in the future, you're just going to have to replace roads no matter what, trucks or not. So going forward, I wish you all the best.

You made an acronym. PFP used an acronym.

The proposal for RFP. I got that wrong. I correct myself on that. RFP going forward. That's a big challenge. I think you recognize that. In a period of two years, are you going to be here? Or is somebody else going to be here that will have to finally vote on this thing? I mean, there's a lot of ifs about this whole process. It's quite a challenge. I don't think I'd want to be in your shoes right now going down that road. But here we are. So with that, I leave you with what you have to do before you. Thank you.

My name is Wayne Grusling. I live at 690 Washington Street right on the corner of 7th and Washington. And I was rather surprised yesterday morning when somebody was working outside my door pounding a sign post into the street outside my back door. and it turns out it was the city a new ordinance was passed giving a 30-foot no parking area from the corner i was surprised about that and really upset we have a sidewalk in the house that runs along seventh street from a driveway it runs about 65 feet from a driveway to a drainage port the drainage port is about 10 feet from what would be The intersection had the corners been squared, but there's a radius on the corner. They measured from where the sidewalk ended 30 feet down. Now, I'm 80 years old. Most of our friends are at least over 50, if not older. It's difficult sometimes for them to walk around in areas that aren't paved. So if I have a friend over and we have two vehicles, there's hardly a legal place for them to park. And if I have more than one friend over, there is no legal place for them to park on my side of the street. Across the street, there's no curb, no sidewalk, nothing. Just the yard. I think it's ridiculous to have a 30-foot space. It's insane. I've lived in major cities most of my life, and 10 to 15 feet back from a corner is about as far as they go. 30 feet is ridiculous. Half of my parking is gone. And I'm really upset about it. And apparently whoever was supervising these two guys wasn't there. I didn't see a supervisor. Didn't show them where the corner would be from the radius of the curb that comes down Washington and curves around onto 7th where there's two storm drains. I'm miffed. I think it's a stupid idea to make it that far. I can appreciate 10, 15 feet. But 30 feet? Why? Makes no sense. That's all I have to say.

Any other public comment at this time? If not, we will close public comment and we will look for approval of tonight's consent agenda. Motion to approve. Second. Okay, I have a motion and a second. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Okay, thank you very much. At this time, a public hearing will be held at St. Genevieve City Hall on Thursday, August 27th. At this hearing, citizens may comment on the property tax rates proposed to be set by the City of St. Genevieve, a political subdivision. The tax rates shall be set to produce revenues which the budget for the fiscal year 2027 shows to be required from the property tax. Public hearing will be held. Oh, sorry, that's a different one. Sorry, my apologies. So this time, to look at the assessed valuation in the 2025 tax year, the total assessed valuation of real estate was $70,619,114. And the current tax year, 2026, that number is $71,370,664. In 2025, personal property assessed valuation was $16,298,038. And in the year 2026, that number is now $17,088,048. The total on those two in 2025 total assessed valuation was $86,917,152. And in the year 2026, $88,458,712. The proposed tax rates for 2025 to 2026. There are no changes across the taxing entities and the total tax rate per $100 of assessed valuation is the same $1.06 and 22 extras there. That is the information. Anybody would like to comment, they're welcome to address the board. If there is no comment, then we will close out this public hearing. 635. 635. And next up tonight, we have a public hearing at St. Genevieve City Hall on Thursday, August 27, 2026 to consider a petition for annexation from Deborah K. Downey and James Rhett Hendrickson for the property identified as 8754 Bovary Drive. We will open that public hearing at 6.35 p.m.

Good evening, Mayor, Alderwoman, and Aldermen. As the Mayor said there before you tonight is a petition for annexation at 8754 Bovary Drive. As part of the annexation process, we have to receive a verified petition for annexation. We have received that. Included with that was submitted the copy of the general warranty deed proving ownership of the property. um from the county and those that made the petition do in fact own the property with the request for public hearing we have been required to post that in a general circulation paper that was put in circulation in the paper in august 5th and august 19th we have an affidavit from the paper showing that legal notice was posted Also, as part of this process, myself and Corey through Alliance as part of public works, the police chief and the fire chief also review this for any potential issues that might arise out of annexation of a piece of property, whether it be through general services that the city would provide when they do annex. And there are no public infrastructure going to this property. There's no planned public infrastructure right now to go to this property whatsoever. So that request for annexation is coming in clean of that. So with that, I entertain any questions for me and the owner, one of the owners. Rhett is here if you have any questions for him.

Robert, I had just one. I noticed the The document lists two different people. I realize their connection, but when the petitioner signed, only one petitioner signed.

Yeah, he signed, and he can sign on behalf of both as there's common ownership there. Okay. If anyone has a qualmer issue with that, I'm sure there's no issue with having her sign that when...

We can have her sign. She's in a meeting right now with the Foundation for Restoration. She's chairing this year's history conference. I didn't take her name when we married, so...

I just didn't want a legal snafu somewhere down the line. I appreciate that.

Any questions from the board at this time? Comment from the public?

Okay.

Thank you.

Okay, if there's no other comment or discussion, we will close that public hearing at 638. Thank you very much. Move along to some old business tonight. We just have one item. This is a second reading of bill number 4734. This is an ordinance authorizing the city of St. Genevieve to purchase real property for future water plant development. Motion to approve. Okay, I have a motion and a second. Pam, would you do a roll call, please?

Alderman Huey?

Yes.

Alderman Donovan?

Yes.

Alderman Fahey? Yes. Alderwoman Dobbs? Yes. Alderman Steiger? Yes. Alderman Prince? Yes. Alderman Ross? Yes. Alderman Nyman? Yes. Eight yes, zero no's. Bill number 4734 now becomes ordinance 4655.

Thank you very much. Take us to some new business tonight. First up, we have Resolution 2026-50. This is a resolution reappointing Mark Buckeye, John Carroll, and Samir Zugabe to the St. Genevieve Park Board.

Motion to approve.

Second. Okay, we have a motion and a second. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Okay, thank you very much. Next up is Resolution 2026-51. This is a resolution appointing Sharon Grass to the St. Genevieve Parks and Recreation Board. Motion to approve.

Second.

Okay, I have a motion and a second. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Okay, thank you very much. And then next up is resolution 2026-52. This is a resolution appointing Tom Kime to the St. Genevieve Tourism Tax Commission.

Move to approve.

Second. Okay, I have a motion and a second. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Okay, thank you very much. We have on the agenda for two readings tonight of Resolution Bill number 4735, if you so choose. This is a first reading. This is an ordinance of the City of St. Genevieve levying a tax on the residents of the city for the year 2026. Motion to approve. Okay, I have a motion and a second. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed?

Is it due to time that we need the second reading? Okay, I make a motion for a second reading of bill number 4735. Second.

Okay, I have a motion and a second for a second reading of bill number 4735. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Okay, this will be a second reading of bill number 4735. This is an ordinance of the city of St. Genevieve levying a tax on the residents of the city for the year 2026. Motion to approve. Second. Okay, I have a motion and a second. Pam, would you do a roll call, please?

Alderman Steiger? Yes. Alderman Ross? Yes. Alderman Prince? Yes. Alderman Eidman? Yes. Alderman Donovan?

Yes.

Alderman Fahey?

Yes.

Alderman Huey?

Yes.

Alderwoman Dobbs? Yes. Eight yes, zero no's. Bill number 4735 now becomes ordinance 4656.

Thank you very much. Next up is a first reading of bill number 4736. This is an ordinance providing for the annexation of certain real estate owned by Deborah K. Downey and James Rhett Hendrickson into the city of St. Genevieve existing corporate limits. I'll keep track. Okay. Okay, I have a motion and a second. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Okay, thank you very much. This will be a first reading of bill number 4737. Welcome. First reading of bill number 4737. This is an ordinance approving a budget amendment to the City of St. Genevieve for the fiscal year 2026 budget relating to the various revenue and expenditure increases. Second. Okay, I have a motion and a second. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? And we do have one more scheduled item tonight, but in talking with David, it doesn't sound like we got the contract yet, so we may push that off.

This is that emergency contract for the on-site water tank, and I've worked with McGuire to change some of the contract stipulations, but it is still not where it needs to be. I apologize that I got the agenda amended last night to get it to you but there's still quite a bit in here that needs to be corrected and they could not get that back to me in time for this meeting so we will put that on the next agenda but they are aware and they are extending this offer to that meeting. Have anything to do with the disinfection? No, it had to do with some of the terms listed on this agreement.

It had to do with my review of it. And I wanted, I think, a dozen changes. Yeah.

So do we need to table it?

We need to table it to the next meeting, I guess.

We can vote for that.

Yeah, I'd like a motion. Okay.

A motion to table bill number 47. Okay. So I have a motion on the floor. Second. Okay. I have a motion and a second to table these first and second reading of bill number 4738. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Okay. Thank you all very much. Thank you. Any other business to discuss at this time? No, I will let you know that I will not be at the first meeting in September, so Alderman Steiger, you're going to run the show.

Be so kind. I apologize for not being at the last meeting. You guys added the additional $50,000 towards the splash pad. I'm on the fence about that, just want to let everybody know. I understand it's a good project, but I also try to be good stewards of the city money, too. It's just budgeted, so it's not like we're spending it. So I totally understand that's nothing. I think you guys did the right thing. So this moves it forward, and we can have more discussion about it and see how it works.

Can I add to this comment? I did have somebody tell me recently that was in favor of this project and stuff because there's some special needs people that don't like to go to crowds and this might provide an alternative for them. And it kind of opened up a whole thing for me and stuff. On the fence about it and stuff, I don't want to not do it right because if we don't do it right, it's limited use. You know, I think Dave, you talked about a pipe shooting water out. It's got to be more than that. You know, but I think the special needs thing is definitely something that would help me decide.

Yes, this would be entirely ADA accessible.

That's all I got, man. Okay.

I do have one thing.

We're going to discuss it more later.

I did want to inform the board, though I think you're aware, we did not pass any new ordinance changing the parking restrictions around stop signs or intersections. There were some near accidents at that intersection earlier this week. Chief asks if streets would go ahead and put a sign there that says no parking on this distance. That's an existing ordinance. So we did install those signs. But I will reach out to Mr. Grusling and see if we went too far.

Thank you for that. Anything else to discuss?

Okay.

If not, then we will adjourn.

Thank you all very much.