City Council - Regular Meeting

Good evening. Welcome to the September 14th, 2026 meeting of the Sodor City Council. This time I'll call the meeting to order and ask that you all stand and join us in the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United All right, councillors, item three is the consent docket. Questions, comments, or action on the consent docket?

Motion to approve the consent docket.

Second. We have a motion and a second to approve consent. Please vote. Consent docket is approved with a vote of four to zero. That takes us down to item six, general orders, discussion, consideration, possible action to approve an agreement with the YMCA to provide financial support for the operations of the new YMCA facility. Mr. Moore.

Yes, thank you, Mayor. I just want to give a quick overview of the agreement that is on the agenda for your consideration this evening. The YMCA, as we know, is a leading nonprofit in our community. For almost 65 years, they've been located on Duck Street near campus, a cornerstone of the community, offering amenities such as an aquatic center, fitness center, group fitness classes, child care, and just an overall commitment to improving lives in our community through programs. that nurture youth, encourage healthy living, and foster social responsibility. The new YMCA $33 million facility that we can all see being built on 12th Avenue next to Washington School is a 56,000 square foot facility that features a state-of-the-art aquatic center that I know we're really excited and the school district's excited to have here in our community. The city recognizes the need for continued operation of the YMCA to provide programs and opportunities for the community, for connection and for wellness of our residents here in Stillwater and the surrounding areas, and to operate and maintain its programs and services which benefit the public good of the city and the members of the community. The agreement highlights that the city will pay the YMCA a sum of $50,000 each year for a 20-year term of the agreement. The YMCA, in return, shall provide programs that focus on youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility in the city of Stillwater. The YMCA shall establish free and reduced access to its facilities to Stillwater residents. And the YMCA shall offer the following to the city of Stillwater. Establish dates and times for reduced fee public swim at the indoor aquatics center. No membership required. Children's programming and activities and financial assistance for memberships and programs ensure that no person is denied access to membership or programs due to the inability to pay. So there's a lot here for the benefit of our citizens. It's a great opportunity for the city of Stillwater to partner with such an important nonprofit organization in our community. I can now invite the executive director of

Shane Harland of the Stillwater YMCA to just give us a quick update of the new construction and just Talk about it with why mayor good to see you again counselors Things are going well out on 12th Street as you see if you drive by We put up the highest piece of steel week or so ago and topped it off. And so that was exciting and Roofs going over the pool. I saw workers a while ago coming back from the Stillwater Medical Center golf tournament, and they were standing up there. So basically about, I think, all the roof is on, and they'll be digging the pool out, I believe, this week. And we'll be seeing some pavement in the back parking lot next week. It's on schedule and on budget. We still have money to raise for the project to try to close the gap so we don't have as much debt service to pay off. But the project is going well. And we just want to thank Brady and his team, David We bug him a lot. And he's been great to work with, and Brady, and everybody from your guys' side. And we couldn't do it without partnerships. Wouldn't be standing here without you guys and a few other stakeholders in town. So we want to thank you very much. And looking forward to continuing the relationship. And things are good.

Thank you, Kelly. You want to say anything? Thank you, Shane.

That'll save you guys some time. Thank you all. Appreciate it, Shane.

Any questions?

Counselors, any questions? I'll just note that we've had a relationship with the Y the last couple years since we haven't had our public pool open, that they've been providing low-cost, free access to the pool at the Y so that our citizens can have access to a swimming facility, and we've appreciated that. We still don't have an operational pool here in the city of Stillwater, so we certainly appreciate the fact that we've got that option to continue to work with the Y. and continue to provide services that are mutually beneficial to the city, to the YMCA, and to all of our residents here in Stillwater. So a great relationship, and I look forward to seeing that facility. Do you have a recommendation for us, Mr. Moore? Recommendation to approve the agreement.

Just need a motion to approve the YMCA agreement.

There we go. Councilors? We approve the YMCA agreement.

Second.

We have a motion and a second to approve. Please vote. The vote is 5-0. That agreement is approved. And we look forward to a continued relationship with the Y. Item 7, resolutions. Resolution number CC-2026-28, a resolution of necessity. A resolution declaring the necessity for acquiring certain real property, more particularly here and after described, all within Payne County, state of Oklahoma, for the purpose of establishing, constructing, maintaining, and operating the airport water line.

So this resolution just seeks approval of the resolution on advice of outside counsel, the exhibits A1, A2, A3, A4, B1, B2, and B3, the real property that's described by the exhibits attached to the resolution. At this time, we continue to make diligent efforts to acquire the property from the owners through good faith negotiations and have been unable to reach a mutually agreeable settlement and therefore recommend approval of the resolution.

Counselor's questions. Or action on the resolution?

Motion to adopt resolution number CC-2026-28. Second.

We have a motion and a second to adopt the resolution. Please vote. With a vote of 5-0, that resolution is adopted. Any reports from the officers? Well, no, we do have reports from the officers on the board. Ms. Carley, do you have anything to report? Mr. Moore?

Yes. On Saturday, October 17th, can't believe we're having announcements about October, but on October 17th, the city's Watershed Quality Department will have its biannual household hazardous waste collection event. That's a tongue twister. The event will be from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Convenience Collection Center located at 807 South Perkins Road. During this event, residents are encouraged to drop off any household pollutants for free. Accepted items include oil-based paints, pesticides, herbicides, household cleaning products, pool chemicals, unused pharmaceuticals and more. The convenience collection center will still accept regular trash and recycling that day. Trailers and commercial waste are not allowed. As a reminder, for more information, you can go to stillwaterok.gov forward slash HHW. And I will just say it's a great event. I love that we offer this twice a year. So those things piling up in your garage that we do not encourage putting in your normal trash pickup. It's a great opportunity to bring it to The Convenience Collection Center, Matt and his team do an incredible job. They're always friendly, ready to greet you and help unload the things. And so it's a great event.

Excellent. Thanks so much. Vice Mayor.

Yes, with more than 20 community parks, sports fields, and recreation areas, Stillwater offers countless ways to get outside and connected. We're excited to introduce PlayStillwater.com, a new website built around a simple idea, start with the activity. Want to play basketball, walk a trail, visit a playground, toss some disc golf, catch a concert, or find a new hobby? PlayStillwater.com brings those opportunities together in one place. Check out the website and explore options to play Stillwater. I actually spent some time on this website. I actually was at high school the other day talking to a leadership class about our parks and open space here. I shared after I left with the teacher that the kids could check out this opportunity. A lot of the things that they were talking about are places that they could connect as the youth in our community. They're looking for a sunset spot, so if we could start working on that. We missed it at our fire station, so... But a great way to just understand not, we don't always know what parks have what amenities. So if you're just looking for the activity, you can find it this way.

That's great. It is a great site and appreciate all the work that staff has done to put it together for sure. Councilor Hawkins.

Save the date and get ready for Lexicon 2026 on Saturday, October 17th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Join us at the Stillwater Public Library, Prairie Arts Center, and Stillwater Community Center for a fun-filled day celebrating comics, gaming, fandom, and all things pop culture. Admission is free, so bring your friends and family and come be part of the excitement. Go to visitstillwater.org forward slash lexicon for more.

That was always a great event. Looking forward to that. Councilor Clark.

Block 34 is the go-to spot for community fun, from concerts and yoga in the park to local markets and movie nights. There's always something happening. Don't miss Market 34, your Saturday destination for local vendors, handmade goods, food trucks, and live music, all in one vibrant community space. Mark your calendar for Cinema 34 on October 9 for 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., which will feature Hocus Pocus. Gather your friends and family for a fun night under the stars ahead of the Halloween season. And then stay connected with the latest event details by following Block 34 on Facebook.

Was out there Friday night for a little bit at the Red Nerds Roost Festival, and certainly looking forward to the cooler fall events out there. Although it's been, after the sun goes down, it's pretty nice out there. It'll be great. Councilor Hardin.

The Stillwater Public Library friends will host their fall used book sale beginning Thursday, September 17th with a members preview at 5 p.m. The sale then opens to the public Friday, September 18th from noon to eight and continues Saturday, September 19th from 10 to five. And everyone loves the $1 bag sale, which takes place Sunday, September 20th from 1.30 to 4 p.m. It's a great opportunity to find affordable books while supporting your public library. For more information, go to stillwaterok.gov forward slash library book sales or follow Stillwater Public Library on Facebook and Instagram.

Thank you, sir. If you weren't paying attention this weekend, you may not know, but cowboy football is back. for real, like actually not just playing games, but winning them, which is fantastic. If you're heading to an OSU home game this year, you can make game day easier with the free park and ride shuttle service offered through a partnership with Oklahoma State University Athletics, the City of Stillwater, and Visit Stillwater. Shuttle service begins three hours before kickoff and runs every 30 minutes. The pickup and drop-off location is the same at 7th Avenue and Lewis Street, so you can park in downtown, grab some food or drinks, and enjoy a convenient ride to the game. For a game day guide, parking information, and more, go to visitstowater.org.

Go Pokes!

Nothing further on the agenda. Counselors, is there a motion to adjourn?

So moved.

Second. We have a motion and a second to adjourn.

City Council, please vote.

With a vote of five to zero, the Story City Council is now adjourned. This time I'll call to order the Story Utilities Authority meeting for September 14th, 2026. Trustees, questions, comments, or action on the consent docket?

Motion to approve the consent docket. Second.

We have a motion and a second to approve consent. Please vote. With a vote of five to zero, the SUA consent docket is approved. Takes us down to general orders. We have an action to approve following purchases to support the conversion to front-end load collection. And Matt Faulkner is going to come tell us more about it.

Good evening, Mayor and Trustees. Matt Faulkner, Waste Management Department. Tonight we're going to talk a little bit about front load collection. Here we go. So for a little background, our current commercial system is a rear load manual collection. It utilizes a minimum of at least two employees. If you've ever seen them running around town, it's usually two people on the back of the truck. We have a pretty limited amount of dumpster options, just a two and four cubic yard dumpster options. However, with that being said, we have multiple frequency options. So we have anything from one small two yard once a week, which is our minimum service, all the way up to a customer that has 32 four yards that we do five days a week. So we have a wide gamut of frequency options. Front load collection system. So what is the differences here? So front load collection is an automated system. It's similar to our residential automated except for we pick up from the front instead of the side. Only one employee is needed per route. Container sizes range lot more than we do with our current system so we still would have the two and four yard options but now we have a six and eight yard ironically enough it's kind of interesting the footprint for our rear load four yard is slightly larger than a footprint for an eight yard front load so that's pretty important as we go through this presentation frequency options remain the same we should could still do six day a week pickup you just have higher volumes which is nice for some people Some of the benefits, it's significantly faster service times. So right now for us to service the four yard dumpster, it takes approximately two to three minutes if everything's great. Front load is 35 to 45 seconds for an eight yard container. So it's significantly faster. Obviously it handles a larger volume of waste so you can have fewer pickups. Reduces total labor time with that faster speed and one less employee. then this less spillage and overfilled railroad dumpsters that so that's a real big one with more volume we have less trash piling up it's also a cleaner dumping process our process now can kind of allow for messes to fall on the ground as we dump this is a lot cleaner and then lastly a lower risk to injuries because we're not having to move these dumpsters around And ultimately, it aligns with some of our goals in waste management. Just like our automated residential collection, implementation of front load collection aligns with our goals for safer and efficient waste collection. So what we're looking at here is kind of our implementation plan. Phase one, which consists of all commercial and multifamily residential dumpsters from McElroy to the north, would start June 1st, 2027. That would include what we're here for tonight, 330 dumpsters and purchase of a truck that could be for that implementation. Phase two would happen October 1st, 2028. And phase three would be December 5th, 2028. And that would kind of align with some of our truck purchasing cycles. So that way we wouldn't have to overextend. I'm open to any question. There's a lot there.

So how do we dispose of all the rear load dumpsters that are all over town?

That's a great question. So we will have a few customers that will remain rear load service. You'll remember a while back we did the downtown implementation. They'll stay that way. So we'll surplus some of those dumpsters for our use. We'll be able to keep them and won't have to buy some of those for a long while. And then ultimately after we collect most of them, we'll do a surplus process and try to recover some of that through our surplus process.

That implementation schedule was started next summer, but then it's more than a year before phase two starts. And that's because the purchasing and having to buy more dumpsters and more trucks.

That's correct. With our buyback cycle with our trucks, we're trying to align it with that. We're also looking at phase one. We know that we feel good we can execute it, but we may try to extend it a little bit depending. We would bring that information, if we do, a little bit to the south. But we feel good about it right now. We just want to make sure and then see if we can extend it a little bit.

Prestige, anything further?

Yeah, I'll add kind of a little nugget. The one thing that, you know, as we build these relationships with commercial partners in town and like with the hub, I'll specifically mention, you know, they were looking for they wanted to use our service, but they needed front load only just the way that it's designed. We see that at Chick-fil-A and other places. They have areas that have to use front load service. It is a new opportunity. So beyond becoming more efficient as a utility, it is also going to give us new additional opportunities to gain new customers. Makes us more competitive. Yes.

It kind of goes back to that footprint area we talked about. A lot of commercial businesses don't want to take up 20 square feet for four yard dumpsters when you can just have a smaller footprint for one eight yard.

Good.

What's your recommendation for us?

So I have two. We're going to approve the following purchases to support conversion of front load collection. First recommendation would be purchase of a new front load dumpsters from Rolloffs USA in the amount of $336,980, including approval of the associated budget amendment and authorize the general manager to sign the related document. Would you like me to read the second?

Please.

OK. Purchase of a used front load truck from River City Hydraulics in the amount of $340,000, including approval of the associated budget amendment, and authorize the general manager to sign related documents.

Trustees, questions, comments, or action on the recommendation? I move approval of the staff recommendations.

Second.

We have a motion and a second on both staff recommendations. Please vote. So approved with a vote of 5-0. Looking forward to seeing the upgraded trucks in action. Thank you. Thank you, Matt. If there's nothing further on this agenda, trustees, unless there's any reports, is there a motion to adjourn?

Motion to adjourn. Second.

We have a motion and a second to adjourn. SUA, please vote. With a vote of 5-0, the Storage Utilities Authority is now adjourned. At this time, I will call to order the Storage Economic Development Authority meeting for September 14, 2026. Trustees, questions, comments, or action on the consent docket?

Motion to approve consent docket. Second.

We have a motion and a second to approve consent. Please vote. With a vote of 5 to 0, the consent docket is approved. Item 5, under general orders, is the Chamber of Commerce semiannual report from Ms. Carrie Moore.

I'm going to lower this because I'm not quite as tall as our other friends. OK. Can everybody see that?

Yep.

Good to see you guys. It feels like it's been a long time now that we've gone from quarterly to just twice a year. So I know historically I have started off trying to keep these a little more condensed, but there's a lot to share and I have to admit a mistake before I move forward. I left something out that was really important that we worked on with city staff, which was reapplying for our enterprise zones here in Stillwater. And so That I completely spaced in putting in the report But it is really important to the community and I want to make sure that I think Rachel and staff for all of their work in Helping us advocate. We've heard twice now from Department of Commerce that we're moving forward in that process We applied for five different zones. It looks like we're for sure gonna get one We're hoping for two, but it really is in the governor's hands now. So I I wanted to make sure that I touched on that and addressed it. So with that, we'll move forward. Quick reminder, and I just want to make sure that we're tying this into the themes of the update for those watching online or watching later, anything that creates, retains, or reinvests wealth is economic development. And I hope you all see that as we move forward with the presentation. So as always, we start with our mission statement and all of our values here on that first slide. But now we're gonna talk about workforce development. So this has been, workforce support has been the number one requested support from every, whether it's a large business or a small business. It is not just here in Stillwater, it's regionally and nationally. What can we do to better create talent pipelines and keep your talent local? kicked off with our first ever district-wide fifth grade career exploration program where we had over 400 fifth grade students come through and visit with over 50 businesses. They got to build everything from solar fans to Hammering nails to working with electric electricians to tying on fire gear to performing CPR. So It was a phenomenal day and we were excited to see the long-term impact of letting these kids know that they have So many opportunities for a bright and excellent future right here in our community so we're thankful for the partners with still partnership with Stillwater Public Schools Meridian CareerTech the hub and That made that happen. And then, of course, we actually only had 49 businesses that registered for the event. But we had 53 show up, which is really exciting because it shows the the energy and the excitement and the drive from our business community on how how much value they put into a program like that. Next, we have formed the Workforce Task Force in partnership with higher OSU, Stillwater Public Schools, Meridian, Stillwater Medical, and then as of today, RPX has joined our team on that. And so we are working on building experiential learning opportunities. This is something that goes through the ICAP system that the state requires. And so we're working with the high school specifically on how do we do a better job of giving kids hands-on experience early so they can decide what is the next right thing for them. Do they go to trade school? Do they go to higher education? Do they get certifications? What makes sense for their interests? So I'm sure some of you relate. We all probably thought we wanted to be something like maybe an attorney when we were little, and then we realized, I don't want to argue personally, so it wasn't for me. Or you wanted to be a dentist, and then you realize that's also not for you. But before you put in all the money and time, helping identify that early. So questions, comments, concerns?

That's really cool.

Okay, so we all heard that National Standard has announced that they are closing and we are really grateful for the 50 years that they have been in Stillwater. And while we're looking forward to the opportunity to recruit new industry to North Perkins Road, in the meantime, we have a responsibility to make sure that all 93 of those employees find their next adventure. Some of them have not even applied for a job or interviewed for a job for 20 years. And so we hopped on a call with the Department of Commerce, the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission's Meridian, and said, hey, what can we do, National Standard? How can we partner with you guys? And so we have held... resume building workshops and interview practices and then we will actually have a job fair this Thursday from 2 to 6 and it's open to the public so it's open to people who maybe weren't working at National Standard but are also looking for their next adventure we have over 20 businesses that have reached out and said hey can we come which is awesome and we're looking forward to helping transition that workforce so Okay, this has been the fun stuff. We have had so many tours, from familiarization tours to site visits, which we will get into next. We've been working hand-in-hand with Meridian Technology Center and hosting the Oklahoma Department of Commerce, as well as the Google and Great Plains Joint Venture teams, their community engagement teams. The purpose and importance of that is the Department of Commerce has department heads that are recruiting industry to our state on a regular basis. They can't advocate for Stillwater if they don't understand and they don't know Stillwater. And so hosting their teams in multiple groups and giving them the opportunity to meet with existing industry and find out what it's like to do business here, seeing what our partnerships are and all of our assets has been huge. And we're seeing the return on investment of those tours. And then making sure that we're engaging with our corporate leadership with the Google project and the Great Plains Joint Venture team has been Awesome. They have already been so intentional about engaging with our nonprofits. How do they get volunteers? Where do their dollars go? And it was really great because our nonprofits showed up for a really valuable luncheon where we had all of them in a round table. And the Google team got to get a better understanding of when Great Plains Joint Venture says, hey, we want to support this mission. There's not a duplication of resources and a lot of communities where they're asked to donate money or labor It's it's like didn't we just do that for something else? And so our nonprofits have the opportunity to share their story and say hey We all work together and we're very intentional about making sure that there's not a duplication of resources So when you make an investment, you're really making a difference and it was very exciting It was very insightful and they have it's been really really impactful questions on those so far. I And then we've had site visits. So we got to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce opened up a foreign investment group in Taiwan and it's a regional trade office and so their job is to look at existing Oklahoma businesses that are either wanting to do business in Taiwan and bring those dollars back to the U.S. or companies that are wanting to relocate from Taiwan or Japan into the US. So they kind of work both sides of that. We had them here. They got to meet with a lot of our local industry that's looking to either do foreign direct investment or capitalize on that market share. And we're so fortunate to have groups like Kicker and USA Rare Earth and RPX that when you make the call, they say, yes, we would love to partner with you and show up. So we were able to do tours of USA Rare Earth and of Kicker. And so they really got a taste of the business culture here. But then on the picture on the right, you'll just see kind of a conference room space. Obviously, that's a project that has a little bit more, isn't ready to introduce themselves yet. But we had two different companies from Taiwan that came to visit. They weren't originally looking at Stillwater. We didn't have a site that matched their requirements until about a week before they came, and then National Standard announced their closure. We made a call to Commerce, and Commerce called us back and said, hey, they're going to be coming right down I-35. We're going to see if we can pull them in. We got that information on Friday, and by Wednesday, we were able to set up a really great meeting between existing industry and these two different Taiwanese companies. I think that speaks to the existing interaction and partnership and trust between our industries and what we're doing to help grow the community. So we're super grateful. And again, for all of our partners, I called Christy at visit and I'm like, hey, we need welcome gifts. And so she immediately dropped them off. And being able to pull those things together so quickly is, the companies were grateful because they didn't expect it. They thought they were just meeting with industry and they're like, we get like a whole welcome package and it helps make them stand out. And they already let us know that when they're back in October, they expect to come tour the site. So we're hopeful. We started and completed our small business university since we saw you last. We had 19 businesses apply, 17 that participated, and 16 that graduated. We have three grant winners. So first place was Lucky T. Boba House. Then we had Motion Media, and then Flexit Designs. One of my favorite things about this program is the ongoing networking that's continuing. And so when we had our graduation, we invited the alumni from the program. And it has been amazing to see the long-term impact. So the first year that we started Dunkin' Catering, which I'm sure many of you are familiar with, they were our winners that year. And seeing where they were when they went through the program to where they are today. And then Sarah Brown was still Wonder. She was one of our early participants and now we're seeing that they're working to raise their campaign money to be on Main Street downtown. When that happens, because I'm going to say when, not if, when that happens, that'll be the fourth business that has opened on Main Street as they've graduated from our program. We've seen Chuck Publix House, they came through the program when they were wandering brew, their first business venture, and now they've expanded into a second investment in our community. So we look at the long-term impact of that program and it has been phenomenal for our small business community and we're grateful for the small business owners that trust us to be a part of their journey. Okay, update. Thanks for coming on our site visit and our tour for the data center project. We had the opportunity to bring our taxing jurisdictions, some of our elected officials, and city staff to see the site visit, and I think it surpassed all of our expectations in a lot of ways and is a little hard to comprehend the growth out there. But since we were here last in March we have seen over five million dollars of investment in our community just from March to August of 2026 then total spend from 2024 to 26 is over 14 million dollars here locally in our community and While we toured this site, many of us saw some of our local businesses and trades out there. So we're just grateful for the opportunity to stay connected and work with them on how do we do a better job of bridging between the project and the site and our community. So questions, comments, concerns?

I know you and I talked about getting I'm on I was able to go on that side is it want to make sure that the rest of the council gets a chance to go Out there and visit.

Yeah, we're so we kind of have tried to do it in phases with all of the growth It's a little hard to coordinate sometimes but next we would like to do council and also do the rest of County We haven't had the county assessor out there. We haven't had any of our other County elected officials in it It's got County impact.

We need to get them out there to set your school board people out there, too. Yes.

Yes I'll get with the team.

Thank you.

You're welcome. I Okay, we had the Oklahoma Innovation and Expansion Program. This is something we've talked about over the last few years. We didn't have as many people apply this year as we did last year. And at first, I was panicked. I'm like, what are we doing wrong? What's happening? And then I remembered that capital expenditure projects for a small business, they don't happen every year. So we had a really great year with 17 businesses last year. We had 10 this year, which is still great, still trending up from years previous. But we look forward to next year having quite a few. We had 12 that applied, 10 received them. Two didn't meet the payroll requirements from the state. But we still saw a massive impact. So total project cost is over $1 million, 41 jobs created. new wages over two million dollars almost two and a half so we are grateful that the state of Oklahoma continues to invest in these small businesses and for Meridian and especially Pat Crane because I've been having him teach me before he retires how he goes through and partners with them on writing these proposals because he's got it down to an art so we're grateful for the the small businesses that continue to grow and innovate locally

Do we know who those businesses are?

We do. And they are all listed online. And off the top of my head, I'd be missing a bunch of them if I said it. But yes, they are all listed online. Okay, so what's next? At our last economic development committee, I got to give a little preview of our new economic development website where we saw the cost of doing business calculator. We've been slowly but surely developing. One doesn't exist, so we're trying to make something that we can't find anywhere else, which has been a challenge but has been also worth it. And we are also working on, we know how important retail is to the city of Stillwater and our partnership. And so how do we do a better job of recruiting if we don't have the resources to help tell the story? So making that part of the upgrades to our website. The map on the right hand side will actually be interactive. So each of those will drop down and you'll be able to see all of the, whether it's dollars or statistics or population, it will all go through and then it actually moves and shows you the routes, which is kind of fun too. We're excited for that to roll out. And then we have partnered with Visit and the City and Film in Oklahoma to make film in Stillwater solidified and continue to recruit film. So many of you know that last year we filmed the 13 folds here in Stillwater, which had a pretty large economic impact for a 10-day project. It actually will be coming out soon, and I expect in the next month we will hear of a premiere that we'll all be invited to. So we're really excited. That was filmed in the old field house and has a lot of our local kids in it, and it's going to be a great project. So that's what I got.

Excellent. Thank you, Carrie. Trustees, questions, comments before we let you go?

Yeah.

Unless you don't want to take questions.

I would love to take questions. Throw me the hard ones. I would just say thank you for all your work. It's really, I guess maybe since we're not talking to you as often, it is quite an impressive amount of work. I'm really grateful for the stuff that you're doing with our local from a workforce perspective. I do think that that's incredibly important as we Kind of grow and in big ways and small ways that workforce piece is so important You've got some really cool programs in there with youth being involved and everything else So thank you for being creative and innovative with that kids to know they have bright futures right here.

I don't have to go anywhere in lots of different areas that maybe they don't know about right I think there's a lot of I have conversations with students at OSU who don't know that, you know, the businesses that are here that make parts for the space program and that sort of thing. And they're like, oh, really? You can do that in Stillwater? So, yeah, that awareness and training is really, really important.

We're excited.

Well, I talked on Friday at State of the City about a lot of the growth and expansion, especially the industrial stuff we're seeing. And that a lot of has had direct result of our work with the chamber and the partnership and the work that you guys have been doing. Certainly, you know, with national standard and that turnover, you know, we will continue anticipate and appreciate the work that you guys are doing and will be doing to help make sure that gets back into useful life here in Stillwater. So it's been a good partnership and it's been, we've seen a lot of fruit from it over the last year or two and appreciate the work that you're doing.

Thank you. Thank you. Appreciate the trust.

All right. Thank you.

Thank you. Have a good night.

Trustees, I don't think there's anything further on this agenda. Is there a motion to adjourn?

Motion to adjourn. Second.

We have a motion and a second to adjourn. Sita, please vote. With a vote of 5-0, Sita is now adjourned. And that concludes our meetings for the evening.