Board of Aldermen - Regular Meeting

tonight's meeting to order. Would you please stand and join me in the pledge? I pledge 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. Ma'am, would you do a roll call, please? Mayor Kim here. Alderwoman Do here. Alderman Fahhey here. Alderman Donovan here. Alderman Huy here. Alderman here. Alderman Stiger here. Alderman Prince here. Alderman Ross here. Mayor, we have a quorum.

Thank you very much. Uh we do not have any presentations or personal appearances tonight. So, oh, sorry. We will uh look for approval of tonight's agenda. I skipped over that. My apologies. Second. Okay. I have a motion and a second for approval of tonight's agenda. All in favor?

I. Any opposed? Okay. Now, we will talk about personal appearances and presentations, which we do not have any. So, we will move along to tonight's city administrator report. Uh you have the report in your packet. I didn't make any amendments. Just want to touch on a few of those. Uh on number one, uh crack sealant began over in the base area today as did the removal of Scott Street. Um so while one project is uh uh in its final stages, one begins. But uh little things that we had to get done. Uh number two, uh we've put that on the agenda tonight for approval of low bid and the contract because the contractor uh would like to start November. That'll ultimately be up to MDOT, but I want to let you know that is on the agenda and it is on the agenda for two readings. Uh, number four, wanted to let you know, uh, I included in the public works email that I sent out Monday that the, uh, street sweeper broke down. Uh, we are still waiting one more part. So, as soon as we get the pony motor in the street sweeper running, we'll be out there sweeping the streets. Um, I will be taking uh, vacation day tomorrow. October is a fiveweek month, so we won't be meeting for another three weeks. And just FYI, uh, city hall will be closed Tuesday, November 11th, uh, to commemorate Veterans Day. That's all I have. You have any questions? Yes.

Uh, number two, this uh, contractor and stuff. What, uh, experience do we have or what recommendation? a very good uh recommendation uh and I've heard from some other municipalities a very good contractor has done a lot of jobs in this area from the Hillsboro area. Um all arrows point to a very good contractor. So is this project will Cochran be involved in any of the inspections or testing or

Yes. So this is a TAP project. So Cochran's been involved and will continue to be involved. You skipped over number five, but I think the importance of that can't be missed that thanks to this administration in this year's budget that for the first time in multiple years, we are going to have an active reforestation program. So, we'll be planting two trees on Market, three on Merchant, two on Maine, and seven on Third Street. Um, probably next Monday or Tuesday. one is that a different species than we've had there before or

they'll be a combination of columner hornbeam and eastern red bud. Uh we've heard from two uh arborists that these are good trees. The roots grow down, the branches grow up, and they don't drop anything on the sidewalk. If familiar with the red bud stuff like that, but not the horn beam and the Yeah. What size trees are these going to be? Well, these will be 15 gallon trees. probably 6 to 8 foot tall in the beginning. Yeah. Very good. Oh, really?

Any other questions, comments for David? Okay. Thank you very much. Moving along to other staff reports tonight. First up, we have report uh from the police department. I think Lieutenant Pollock's here to give that. Good evening everybody. You guys have a copy of our report for month's activities. You have any questions for me? Like Aussie was busy. Yeah. Yeah, that's good. Yeah, that's good. So, the county doesn't have their own K9, correct? No, they do.

They do have one.

Yes. You know, this is always an impressive amount of statistical and all information. What is your overall summary of what the last month's activities of the police? Are we average? We're having increases in anything. You're concerned about one area or not. Are we making progress in some concerns? No. We're always trying to be proactive. Um, so our guys are always out putting their best foot forward and, you know, trying to keep on top of things. uh they're doing traffic and whatnot and preventing patrols as usual. Um our call volume seems to be on track for what where it normally is. Um things a few things have changed over the past six or eight months and so um our numbers might be a little bit higher, but we're just taking more information and putting more to paper to to keep to keep records better. So

you got some new equipment. You're doing a new breathalyzer for uh traffic stops. Yes. Is this a new or an updated one or is this like a swab? It is. This is a This is a new a new system that we have acquired. Um it's more for the detection of uh elicit drugs, narcotics type things. Um we still carry the PBTs for the alcohol. It's kind of like the uh the drug version of that. Have we used it yet? Not sure if uh anybody's actually used it. We've only had for a couple weeks. Okay. There were some uh certifications or some training that they needed to take to get up. How many units did you get? Just one at this moment.

How do you how do you get that out to the patrol? Well, you know, we have we have the shift, you know, every shift that the guys sign it out, sign it out and take it with them and just have it, you know, ready whenever. You have a right to refuse to take.

Yes. So do we have guidelines in place like we do for alcohol? I mean a level of inxication like we do with alcohol. I mean is there quant quant uh as a number? No. There there's not a number that they they have recognized yet as far as the narcotic side for the drug intoxication like they have dialed in for the EAC for the alcohol side. But um you know I'm sure that's what will come in the in the future.

The view said you can refuse this. If you refuse it is the same same rules as blast refusing a breathalyzer like the PBT. The PBT is not not anything official that we go with. It's just a tool that we use to help make our case. Um what we do after that from that point forward is what really takes takes it into like the court the court settings. Um, so anybody has the right to refuse that on road, you know, roadside. So then you'll drag him into hospital and test them. If if that's the way the case goes, you know, it merits that. Yes, that's a possibility.

Okay. Any other questions for P? Yes. Oh, I assume that you have one. Yeah, we do. We have we've had one for a few months. Okay. And you got an instructor in Yes. training the other trophy. Yes. Yeah. So, everybody will be trained and using this. Yes. Before they are actively deployed and assigned to each officer, they'll go through the certification process and be be instructed how to use it and just like they would anything else that we use. So, good. I think this is be something.

Yeah. Looks to be a good tool. Yes. Yes, we got Thanks, Ryan. Thank you. Thank you. And next up tonight, we've got Cory Letters from Alliance.

Good evening. Um, yeah, topic my report. Um, Dave touched on the sweeper. Um, pony motor is running. So, we're just waiting on a uh actuator for the throttle for crack ceilings around town's been uh taking place. uh trying to hit all the streets that have been uh paving the last five years and then um any other streets that can uh be saved. Uh Cochran has set up a meeting next week with Dave, myself and Joker Inc. Um and that we will discuss the four street sewer issue. I've reached out several times with no no luck getting called back. So, uh, cop said that. Um, and then over the weekend we had a rain event. We called some guys out Saturday and Sunday, uh, barricades, um, storm drains, then wash street down next to the, uh, dog park that was, uh, flooded. And then the point base two weeks or sorry, 3 weeks next meeting, we have some NASCO trained uh, people and alliance that are overlooking the footage. going to put it together report and then we'll have a engineers standpoint on a recommendation for what we need to be done out there. Any questions? Um, with the amount of streets that we've overlaid and rebuilt and uh the changes we've made and stuff. Uh, do you anticipating that freeing up some of your people's time for other things?

Yeah, I mean it will. Crack ceiling being one of them. Yes, I we had a crack seal machine out two or three two or three days next last week, one day this week and then continue next week as well. So, it'll be hopefully 3 days next week if the weather allows. So, I guess you're still working on your report then for the crawler camera and stuff of what's Yep. being done and an analysis of that. Yes. Yeah, we got said NASCO trained people that it's a sewer certification that some people in the lines have gone through. So, I guess they're they can see what is So, since your boss is here, is it time to ask her to buy that camera or

I got a question? Yes, sir. We're in Bounty Springs. You know, we had that one tree come down with the stock and and the people got out there came up. But I don't know you've been by that. You know, we're these leaning trees. The remaining more when we're afraid that we start getting rain now, there's a good chance they're going to be falling down. I was out there today taking a look at it. Mr. Stiger. Um not not a different a different yeah but actually addressed the address me or talked me at all during the day and but they're like we go back and get all trimmed up.

Okay. I was trying to figure out who who's a responsibility. Yeah. No as the lights. Yeah. But I wasn't sure how that affected Yeah. They were they were concerned with people walk but they don't have a light can't see with the them trees and everything. to the first one calling on somebody or whatever. Hey, I thank you very much. No problem. Appreciate. Yes, sir. And I'm missing your report for um Parkwood area over there. Are you getting close to getting that finished? Y have a engineer recommendation as well. Jim,

the cover pipe on St. Mary's Road. Which one was that that was replaced? Um, there was one I don't know the end. Right. Next door to the butcher shop. Yeah. Oh, the house next door. Not the one we had replaced few years ago. Right. Any other questions, comments for Corey? Oh, uh, the problem over there in Point Blu. Yep. I haven't heard too much about it since you guys are reviewing the the video of what it did. Are you still reviewing or

Yes, we had a review. We we had a crawler camera come in camera about 1400 foot. It was a pan and sale was able to look around and had footage sent off to some people that actually are trained in the sewer the lateral business in Maine inside the lines. So, yes, that's the one I just asked him about Tedd. He's going to get that report to us at the next meeting cuz it's Pardon me. That's the one I just asked him about and he's going to get that report to us at the at the next meeting. Oh, okay. Yeah. Thank you. Yep. All right. Thank you, Cory. Thank you.

I had a question. I Sorry, I apologize. Uh I was going to ask Dave when he was here. when we do these street closure requests and stuff, is there a liability on the city's part um you know for any activities that happen in the street then or is the organization have to uh ensure that is any event that would happen in the street whether it be a parade or festival we would ask for insurance from the city to be named an additional insurer on that policy. Right.

I'm actually going to bring I'm try to pull that out of the consent agenda because I got a question about that. Okay.

This time we will open up the floor for public comment. Anybody like comment? Okay. If not, um, Alderman Stiger, you want to make Got a question about the treasur's report and I've got a question about, uh, the street closure requests. Okay. Are you So, would you like to pull those two? Probably easiest to approve the consent agenda with with excluding those two items and then you can discuss those two items. Motion to approve consent agenda with a modification of pulling out the treasury report and the street closure request. Second.

Okay, I have a motion and a second. All in favor? Any opposed? Okay, let's talk about the treasurer report. Uh the numbers look really good. If you compare year-over-year from September 24 to September 25, um there's one uh the police. No, that wasn't the one. Uh under park funds there's a transfer in of the 37,000 I think. Is that for potentially for the uh uh splash pad? It's a typical transfer each year.

Okay. at the beginning of the year happened in September this year and then one question for I have a question also since we're on this on this miscellaneous receipts. Last year there was $14,000. This year there's $23. Why is there such a large difference there? I would have to ask Sue that. Obviously, it's miscellaneous. I don't know the details there, but I can get back to you. That's a lot of miscellaneous.

Yeah, there are things that happen like special tax bills get paid. There's not a line for that, so it gets counted as miscellaneous. So, this month, last year, something big came in and Okay, that's fine. I'm just curious cuz that's a big difference there. Absolutely. Uh my other question was on the rural fire fund. Um it's showing the balance at the end of September for 167,000. I assume that's going to get transferred out on as got transferred out for October 1st. Correct. So it'll show in this next It won't show zero. Yeah, there's we I think we gave them 146,000. We kept some back for remaining bills. Yeah. Yep. Yep. Okay. Move to approve.

Okay. I have a motion to approve the treasur. I have a motion and a second to approve the treasury report as presented. All in favor? I. Any opposed? Okay. Uh and then uh next up, you aler you wanted to discuss the street closure request.

Yeah. I had someone ask me and I'm going to vote yes for the street closure, but I I did have somebody that was very concerned about um shutting down it was a merchant that shutting down the streets uh for 2 days um along um Merchant Street for this. So again, I'm going to vote yes for the street closure, but I just didn't know if we had a guideline, I guess, or a policy to uh look to. I think this is something a lot of times we just put in the consent agenda and we move on. If somebody wants to have a an event, we normally have been excited for them, but I had a merchant kind of really question it. So,

we do not have a guideline. Had a question about their wording on here and stuff. You know, the time of closure 6:00 a.m. Saturday to 4:00 p.m. and then Sundays off the side. So, that's meant for both days 6:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. Yes. Were you here to Could you possibly answer? Yeah. Can we pull Can we pull you up here real quick? Sorry. That way they can hear at home. I'm not supposed to be in here. I get it.

No. Um, it's like 6:00 a.m. or they're going to start coming in at 7:00. So, whatever time you want to figure it till and that the festival will last till 6:00 in the evening and then it'll be the next morning till 4:00 in the in the evening. So, I don't know if you want to these are vendors that are going to be the vendors. Yeah. Okay. Would you would you mind giving us a little overview of the festival just so maybe Yeah. Uh you want a a flyer to pass around or you want to look at one? I dropped one.

I know one of the other questions I had was if the post office I know the postal goes out on every day I think including Saturday. Yeah. So post truck is going to be able to still get out on

Yeah. It'll be on that just that one one side there. Now is and I know we were going to do the second or that second second street there just to put like the food you know any kind of um there's like um kettle corn stuff like that that would have generators that shouldn't be on the main street. That's why we figured go put them on there. But uh there should I mean our other festival they went through okay the way we had it. I'm not sure they went straight all the way up or if they went through. Do you know their their route? I think they leave the post office and go just up to market up to fourth street. They'll just go straight. Okay. I think go up Market Street to

They wouldn't go third uh second there at all. I think they go up to up to the church and make a left. And so I think they just

So that would work because that's the way it was when we had the one in June. It's going to be the same type of thing, you know, type on the one side of the street. But on the festival, it's like it's it's a Robin Hood type festival where he he's he's got a lot of people from St. Louis and Illinois that dress up like Vikings and Robin Hood and all that stuff. And they're going to come and they're going to do de he's got one guy that's going to make flutes. He's not selling them, but he's he makes flutes and plays them. And then we're going to have a like a foraging guy. He's going to do demonstrations for that. He's he's got a lot of people that are going to do demonstrations. Just just kind of a fun festival, just something different you don't see. He wants something that you don't see every day that would bring people. And I know the ones from St. He went up to Mexico, Missouri few weeks ago. They asked him up and he passed out flyers and business cards and stuff. And uh it's a bunch of them that were coming down. He said he's got lots of pe they're bringing a lot of their people that they know down. And we've had a lot of good good vibes. Everybody in towns, they were like, "Oh my god, let's do it. Let's do it." But, you know, we've got um and we're we're not doing any like what the restaurants we're trying to stay away from having anything that the restaurant's in a truck. So, it's mostly kettle corn, funnel cakes. Uh there's there's a taco truck, which I didn't think that would would interfere with the merchants, stuff like that. And uh we're uh his idea he's talking to school. Um he wants like some of the A+ kids that are in theater to dress up and kind of walk through town dressed up like people in that era. Just just kind of make it a fun day. Pat, first thing I'd like to commend you for and your son taking over this

project. Uh it's a new project and what you're talking about is you're bringing in tourists. You're starting something new. You hope to build on it to make it bigger, attract more tourists, more people to town, and you're bringing them in for the businesses in town. Yeah. Not bringing in other people and vendors to take most of the money and go someplace. So you restrict. Well, that's our idea. We don't I mean

it's a good idea. I mean, we've had a whole lot different ones in June anyway that wanted, you know, like just all the different kinds of foods. And not that it's exact same thing as the restaurants, but we're pushing them go local restaurants. Here's this little bit of stuff. And we were going to put them on Second Street there. Here's a little bit, you know, little like snack foods, you know, different kinds of, you know, funnel cakes, fried Oreos, um, kettle corn, pork rind, stuff like that that they can eat while they're looking around, but we're trying to push them to go into the restaurants. Good. And we're trying to get them

in the stores. We're trying to get them in the stores where, you know, we're trying to put we're going to put up signs, you know, like going down Main Street, more shops, more, you know, each way. So, they go into all the all the shops cuz we're trying to cuz that's one thing. I mean, I'm a shop owner. Well, actually, shop and a half, I guess you want to call it, with Kenny's. But every day people come in my shop and you know they say what is there to do every place you know so many places are closed and there's been you know it's like over and over and over how do you answer the people when they come in they go I came down for for a one-day trip I I drove 3 hours and this was on a Sunday and they go I drove 3 hours and I'm done in 1 hour and and then I drive 3 hours back. So, I mean, we're just trying to make it so people keep coming back. I I've been posting and I know it sounds stupid, I guess, but I've got like 40 groups on Facebook between uh Cape and St. Louis, then I go the lead belt to I think I'm not sure which is the furthest over. It's either uh Kurthersville or um Carlinville, Pinkneyville. I got all those. I'm not sure which one's the furthest east, but I post in that every couple of days all the events we have. And I I get comments on my notifications that they like it. They come and we've got a lot of people when he's got his brunches. There's he said one day half the people came from Illinois and they're getting to be regulars. They keep coming. So I do my best to try to get people to come in and then whenever they come in I say did you go to they come in what should we do? I said do you want to go to antique mall? You know I kind of know a lot of them that are open. I go antique malls

open almost every day this here and that you know I give them ideas of where to go. So I try. Well thank you very much Pat. We Yeah, that thank you very much for kind of giving some background. Appreciate it. I know it's something new. Yeah. And that's why he said that down in Texas, he always went to them, but they were more elaborate. Sure. But he said he just wanted to kind of get something and there was ladies when we first started talking about it 6 months ago. There was some of the older ladies in town and they asked, "What's that that flyer?" I'm like, "Okay." You know, I'm I'm getting ready for him to give a negative comment and they're like, Please do it. I'm like, really?

Well, very cool. Well, thank you very much. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Alderman Stiger, that that help. Yeah. Thank you. Okay. Motion to approve. Okay. Second. Okay. I have a motion and a second to approve approve the street closure request as presented. All in favor?

Any opposed? Okay. Thank you all very much. Move along to some old business this evening. First up tonight, we have a second reading of bill number 4692. This is an ordinance calling for the general election of officers of the city of St. Genevie, Missouri to be held April 7th, 2026 and providing notice to the general public. Motion to approve. Second. Okay. I have a motion and a second. Pam, would you do a roll call, please? Alderman Stiger, yes. Alderman Prince, yes. Alderman Ross, yes. Alderman Einman, yes. Alderman Huey, yes. Alderman Donovan, yes. Alderman Fehey, yes.

Alderwoman Doss, yes. Eight yes, zero nos. Bill number 4692 now becomes ordinance 4613. Thank you. And next up tonight in old business, we have a second reading of bill number 4693. This is an ordinance authorizing the mayor to sign a one-year amendment to the original order form with Placer Labs, Inc. for visitor analytic data. Second. Okay, I have a motion and a second. Pam, would you do a roll call, please? Alderman, yes. Alderman Huy, yes. Alderman Donovan, yes. Alderman Fe, yes. Alderwoman Dobs, yes. Alderman Ross, yes. Alderman Prince, yes. Alderman Stiger, yes.

Eight, yes. Zero. Bill number 4693 now becomes ordinance 4614. Thank you very much. Moving along to some new business this evening. Uh first up we have acceptance of the low bid from Kim's Contracting in the amount of 118,386.50 for the St. Mary's Road sidewalk project uh tap 9900 096. Motion to approve. Second. Okay. A motion and a second. All in favor? I.

Any opposed? Okay. Next up tonight, we have a first reading of bill number 4694. This is an ordinance authorizing the mayor to execute a proposal for professional services with Cochran Engineering for a citywide paving program. A bit of a discussion there. Um, I know our paving program uh this past year pretty much went without a hitch. Uh, the other projects maybe not so much. Um, do we feel we have enough um in this agreement and stuff to basically protect the city from the previous problems? And you know, and I've been kind of a critic of them. That whole uh entrance to Point Base out there was just a bad deal. And I'm not interested in getting in to anything like that again. Uh and what was really disheartening about that was whenever that job started, there was no pre meeting about that of where they were going to work, how they were going to proceed. Um, you know, they were there just for testing. Uh,

Cochran, yes, they're certainly there to make sure that the materials that go into the concrete and the steel are what they promise to put in and that it is performed correctly, but you're correct. They do not dictate to the contractor what order they do their work in. Right. And I don't think the word dictating is the right one and stuff, but I mean just to sit down and have a uh like we did on Ninth Street, you know, with the contractor, we sit down and we knew when they were going to mobilize. We did a pre-construction meeting with SIC, with Jokers, and with Bowman. I know you were present for one of those. Yeah.

But yes, I I mean I have full faith in Cochran. Are there hiccups? Certainly. But um I also believe the reason that project at the beginning had to be done three times is because they held SIC accountable. Um it did take a very long time to get done though. As far as the legal issue of course the city hasn't had any contractual issues with Cochran that I'm aware of.

No. uh they performed um you know uh diligently like you said that they they got a contractor to repave several sections of road uh a couple times. So that's that's what you want mentioning company. So the the contract protects the city as far as I'm concerned. I don't have any issues with the city of Bringing.

I just uh I don't know. I guess I expected more participation by them um you know to make this project a lot smoother and stuff and it just uh just a thorn in my side and I think it was a thorn in a lot of people's side and stuff but I just anything we can do to protect oursel in the future u I hope we can and stuff. Maybe more discussion with the whole entire board when we start. I don't know what it is, but something done differently. So, the map that was at your uh seat uh is basically what we discussed two weeks ago, but there's also um we'll also bid um additionally the streets. Uh I think Alderman Styer talked about Lacroy, Deont, Glenda. Um those are included in the 2.6 that you may see in the contract. Um but they'll be bid separately and if we can afford to do them, we will. Um the this the current uh proposal that we're um voting on tonight, this is separate from their master um agreement that we have for them um as the the city engineer.

Correct. This is for design and bidding and construction services for this project.

Move to approve. Second. Okay. I have a motion and a second. All in favor? I. Any opposed? Okay. Thank you. Uh, next up tonight, we'll have a first reading of bill number 4695. This is an ordinance approving a budget amendment to the city of St. Genevie for the fiscal year 2025 budget relating to the reclassification of bonds. Motion to approve. Second. A motion and a second. All in favor? I. Any opposed? Motion for a second reading on that. Second. Okay. I have a motion and a second for a second reading of bill number 4695. All in favor?

I. Any opposed? I. This will be a second reading of bill number 4695. This is an ordinance approving a budget amendment to the city of St. Genevie for the fiscal year 2025 budget relating to the reclassification of bonds. Motion to approve. Second. We have a motion and a second. Fam, would you do a roll call, please? Alderman Stiger, yes. Alderman Prince, yes. Alderman Ross, yes. Alderman, yes. Alderman Huey, yes. Alderman Donovan, yes. Alderwoman Dobs, yes. Alderman Fee, yes. AS zero nos. Bill number 4695 now becomes ordinance 4615.

Thank you very much. Next up tonight, we'll have a first reading of bill number 4696. This is an ordinance approving a budget amendment to the city of St. Genevie for the fiscal year 2026 budget relating to the various revenue and expenditure increases. Move to approve. Second. Okay, have a motion and a second. All in favor? I.

Any opposed? Thank you very much. Uh, next up tonight, we have a first reading of bill number 4697. This is an ordinance of the city of St. Genevie, Missouri, authorizing the interim city administrator to execute a one-year contract for auditing services with BY Horror and Stroer LLC certified public accountants. Motion to approve. Second. We have a motion and a second. All in favor? I.

Any opposed? And then on this one here, it's asking for a second reading. What was the urgency on this? I know what it was on the last one, but so last meeting, if you remember, I reported our auditor would be scheduled to come in the first week of November. Um, and we discovered we are in the fourth year of a three-year contract. Uh, so we are uh going to extend that one year. Uh, did they honor the price? That's a three-year contract.

They called us with a price and a contract. We said, "Yes, that sounds good." uh then determined that we are outside of the three-year contract. I reached out to Mr. Bishop. Uh he approved that and if we can get this done, they'll still come and do our audit and then we will go out to rebid uh next year. So Paul, we we rebid this three years ago. I don't know if everybody was on the board then, but uh had competitive bidding for it and um because our last auditor cancelled or termin early terminated the the contract and and so this was the successful bidder at that time. So we still have have them selected as the uh as the auditor of choice but the contract has expired. So we just have to extend it essentially a year u for one more year uh of auditing services. But I did advise that we go out to bid for next years and maybe get a three-year contract in place.

So did they honor that 24,000? Is that the same price that they gave us at the original? That's an increase. It is an increase. Yeah. But that is what they quoted us for this year. So it is an increase over the past three years. Yes. Yes. Not much. 4,000. I think each year it went up or I think each year of the last contract it went up 4,000 a year. if I'm not mistaken. 20%. All right. The cost of money. Good money. I guess if you can get it, guess we're given 20% increase a year. Well, over the This year is all I'm talking about. Yeah.

Yeah. Depends on how you would phrase that. I mean, it was a three-year contract, so they gave it to us in 22 for 20,000. Um, so yeah. I mean, we hold Alliance's feet to the fire at 2 and a half%. And they're coming to us at 20%. Yeah. I don't think I'm not inclined to to vote a second reading on this. Uh I don't think it was I think it was the $20,000 a year for 3 years. Okay. So, and then when they called per year,000 per year, no increase for 22, 23, 24, and now this year asking for a $4,000 increase. Correct.

It's a lot. Yeah, I agree. We We complain about Citizens Electric raising rates three, four, 5%. Alliance comes to us at 2 and 12% and we we we squawk. They were more than that. I thought they were tuning that but I So the audit's going to start next month, right? And so so um so you need an auditor to do the audit for this. Isn't this a depressing thing that needs to be done then? Yeah. I mean I mean and next year you said that we're going to be talking with them as far as what their rates are going to be and negotiating. We'll go out to bid. So it's going to go out to bid. Okay. Oh yeah, absolutely.

So we need this now. The obligations start in November, not December. Well, you can, but your bidding process is going to take you some time. We can do a double reading in November. We have a month to do. We have our first meeting in November. The we find somebody. The audit's due by the end of the year, I believe. That is correct. Yeah. Kind of short notice. If you don't, if you don't have your audit done by the end of the year, is potentially. Sure. But how long does it say a couple weeks? How much? Well, by the time they process it, it usually comes in January or February to give the final report. So, and we only have two meetings left for the rest of this year. That's correct. November. I make a motion for a second reading. Was we on the first one?

We did. Okay. Sorry. Thanks. We just tracked. Yeah. I have a second. Okay. Mr. Ross, you Okay. So I have a motion and a second for a second reading of bill number 4697. All in favor? I. Any oppose? Opposed? Opposed. Well, this will be a second reading of bill number 4697. This is an ordinance of the city of St. Genevie, Missouri, authorizing the interim city administrator to execute a one-year contract for auditing services with BYC HRO and Stroer LLC certified public accountants. should approve. Second.

Okay. I have a motion and a second. And would you do a roll call, please? Alderwoman Davs, can you come back to me, please? Alderman Stiger, no. Alderman Prince, yes. Alderman Ross, yes. Alderman, yes. Alderman Huey, yes. Alderman Donovan, no. Alderman Fee, yes. Alderwoman Dabs, no. Three, no. Five, yes. Bill number 4697 now becomes ordinance 4616.

Thank you. Uh, and then last up tonight in old business, we have a first reading of bill number 4698. This is an ordinance of the city of St. Genevieve authorizing the mayor to enter into an agreement with Kim's Contracting LLC for the St. Mary's Road sidewalk project tap 9900 096 in an amount of $118,386.50

that is this kind contracting used them before and we have not used them before but I have stellar recommendations from other missings. They out of Hillsboro and blind blind bid or was it how many people bid on that? Seven biders. Seven bids. And were they the actual lowest or they recognized for quality? Yes, they were the lowest and most responsible bidder. We didn't uh you didn't do a chart as far as I did not. I don't know if you read I saw that Mo didn't want us to do something. Correct. Correct. But now we're both I mean when when we were ready I can certainly show you the bids but we cannot share them publicly. Really? Why is that?

Because this is a tap project. So it has to be approved by MODOT. But this contractor is ready to go. So if we can get this approved once it gets to MDOT they'll want to put this sidewalk in this year. What was the original projected amount? Over $180,000. So this is significantly lower. And what is the match on that? I think this is 8020. 8020. Yeah, that's what I recall.

Make a motion. Motion to approve on four sidewalks. Well, I'll set it. Okay, I have a motion and a second. All in favor? Any opposed? Motion for second. Okay, I have a motion and a second for a second reading of bill number 4698. All in favor? I. Any opposed?

Okay. This will be a second reading of bill number 4698. This is an ordinance of the city of St. Genevie authorizing the mayor to enter into an agreement with Kim's Contracting LLC for the St. Mary's Road sidewalk project tap 9900 096 in an amount of $118,386.50. Motion to approve. Second. Motion and a second. Pam, would you do a roll call, please? Donovan. Alderman Donovan. Yes. Alderman Huy. Yes. Alderman Fe. Yes. Alderwoman Dobs, yes. Alderman, yes. Alderman Ross, yes. Alderman Prince, yes. Alderman Stiger, yes.

Eight, yes. Darl, no. Bill number 4698 now becomes ordinance 4617. Thank you very much. That will conclude our schedule of business. Any other topics to discuss tonight in front of the board? Yes, I do. I know we had a busy night tonight doing things and I don't want to sit here and discuss something for a while, but I got two things I would like to know about. Is there any time we're going to get a report on the subdivision and what's going on with this? We haven't seen anything folk. So, I don't know if you can get something together for the next meeting or

you know and I appreciate that get out today. People are asking question. They don't I don't know what's going on. I mean, there hasn't been much movement over the past few months. That's why I no report. Okay. Then somebody needs to tell us that, hey, there's there would be nothing going on. No, I don't know what's going on. Okay.

So, and the other thing is, and this is going to cause some issues. Uh, I want to know what the latest is on the Christmas festival parade. What is going on with that? I hear all kinds of stories out there that this happened, that happened, they're doing this and doing that. We're five weeks away from having this parade. And as far as I know, it's not going to happen. I don't know what's going on. Uh I know you've been involved in the day and so what what's the latest status? Are you just going to close it down and not have it?

Absolutely not. We are not closing down the Christmas parade nor the festival as it's not a city festival. Uh I believe um the operators of the festival thought it was a chamber event and thought they were insured. It is not a chamber event. So I have tried to help them find a partner to get their insurance. Um they have not been able to find a partner. So what I am doing is working for us to partner with them to make sure this event happens this year. However, in the future, I believe they need to find a partner.

I don't see how that's going to happen. What from one thing is you're five weeks away. This year is different. We can Yeah, it's not going to happen. I don't see it happening. It I've talked with the Rols today. It will happen. Okay. Uh that's a positive news. So we're appreciative of that. Um Dave, so good for the city and make us happy. So

yeah, we talk about, you know, Pat gets up there and talks about doing this festival. She's doing it for the people. It's the same thing this thing does. It brings in people to the business in town. You don't see all these things sitting out there selling food and everything. No, it's a music. It brings a lot of people to this town and businesses like it. It's good revenue. Give them a boost. And now I don't know what they say but all the things that we were involved in is not being done to promote this. And my question is the timeline. Why would you wait so late? What happened to the insurance? And uh far as I know the chamber refused to do anything with them.

I cannot speak for the chamber. However, Miss Rolf came to get a parade permit and when she did, she didn't have the insurance. That that timeline is representative of her coming to get the permit, not the city. Okay. So, you check every festival when everybody does something down there. parades that have the parades that have happened this year have all been insured as their I hear somebody school district valley schools fair board oh so they sponsored the different whoever sponsors the parade provides the insurance yes sir

who 19 years she's been doing this and never came up before we have new insurance this year you're correct and when did that this year. When? This year. Okay, I'm sorry. I'm going to have to interrupt. This is not on the agenda where we're under. We're under other comments. We can have this discussion underepth discussion about a topic that's not on the agenda. At some point, I have to interrupt as well. I'm in here. The public has a right to know in advance of the topics of discussion. This is not on your agenda. I'm not trying to shut down a debate, but you know, at some point it has to be an agenda item. Teddy, you can also come speak.

It is an agenda item, Mr. Bishop. I mean, it's mayor and board of alderman communication. So, that's what that's not to have extensive discussions about everything that you want to talk about that's not on the agenda. The public is entitled to a notice of topics that you're going to discuss and they're not on notice as topics be discussed. I I did not interject with the initial discussions, but at some point you have to recognize that if you're going to have an in-depth discussion about a topic, it should be on the agenda and with public public notice in advance. So basically, this is where we bring up items that would be included on our next agenda.

Either that or you're or you're announcing, hey, there's going to be an event this weekend or you're having a a brief comment or discussion. is it's not going to be an in-depth um you need to reword this what you say on here communication between the mayor and us. Mhm. Not that you just bring up topics. That's what it'll be at the next meeting. I didn't say that. No, don't mention that. We're not going to discuss subdivision. Let's get that together. This is going to happen in five weeks. It ain't nothing you can do before the next meeting.

Well, there there is nothing for the city to do on this topic. I mean that David's told you he's been in discussions that there's nothing for the city to do on this. The city doesn't put on festivals. Now, we do help oversee them and help manage them. We help them with street closure requests and things of that nature, but there is nothing for the city to do at that time that we're not already doing. I got one more question and I'm done. No discussion. Okay. I've asked him when was this decided about the insurance? I do not know when we signed our insurance. I'm sorry. June. It was when we signed the contract with Merma. So, June 1st. July 1st.

June or July 1st. So, what happened from July to now? What? Nobody knew we didn't have insurance for gun. Everyone who's applied for a parade to this point got the same paperwork and supplied insurance. There hasn't been any issue till this point. Okay, I'm done. Okay, we will go ahead and

I've got one more. Um Aaron Smith and I attended the uh uh MDOT uh the port authority meeting yesterday um where they made the announcement that of course uh MDOT had had given their uh matching funds for their 5311 grant um and also it was announced that Illinois DOT um has um pledged their 88 additional 88,000 from from Illinois funds. Um there's some stipulations on how that's going to go. the ferry is going to have to the way it's read is that the fair is back to 7 days a week. It doesn't give a timeline, but so it's very positive that Illinois for the first time in maybe decades or ever um is submitting funds to help the ferry operate. So, um, Aaron was also, uh, he's been very proactive with the ferry to, uh, get them as almost like a resource or a something that we can use for, um, tourism and economic development here in the city. And so, he took them a marketing plan uh, to advertise the ferry to get more ridership, to get more people to come. Um, and included a point of sale terminal. Right now, they only accept cash. Aaron has been doing a lot of work with the ferry and trying to help him uh make it more sustainable after we gave that $9,000 a few months ago. So, I was encouraged um to see that they didn't vote on the marketing plan and they don't meet again until December, but uh hopefully they they take it under consideration and move forward with that. So, um that money that we did spend uh was matched now because of that the donation that we made to the ferry. MODOT gave that 88,000 and now Illinois has also given 88,000 um towards the ferry. So uh

9,000 was well spent probably I I feel it was so good. That's great news. Thank you for that update. Alderman Stiger. Any other topics to discuss? Okay, we will go ahead and adjourn tonight. Thank you very much.