[0:00] All
right, I am going to call the meeting to
[0:02] order at 6:01 p.m. Please stand for the
pledge of allegiance.
[0:09] » I pledge algiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
[0:14] republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[0:20] justice for all.
[0:26] Can I get a motion to approve the
agenda, please?
[0:30] » Move to approve the agenda.
>> Second.
[0:34] » All in favor?
>> I
[0:37] » opposed. Motion carried.
[0:42] Don't have any aldermen people here. Um
uh need a motion to approve meeting
[0:48] minutes of Monday, July 13, 2026. Please
>> move to approve meeting minutes of
[0:54] Tuesday, August 11th, 2026.
>> Second.
[1:00] Uh, any further discussion? All in
favor?
[1:04] » Opposed? Motion carried.
Um, I don't see any public input here
[1:11] and we don't have any updates from Sam
or Sheriff. Okay, rolling right through
[1:18] things. already half done.
>> All right. Uh, next up is Beverly
[1:29] » and thank you for your service.
>> Oh, you're welcome. Um, maybe at any
[1:34] particular place where
>> wherever you would like to
[1:38] » make you feel important.
[1:44] » Okay. I brought with me a painting.
Um, Ray Swanson was born in Alcestor,
[1:52] South Dakota, October 1937.
He died December 17th, 2004, and his
[2:00] funeral was held in Phoenix, Arizona.
Swanson graduated from Northwork
[2:06] Aeronautical Institute in 1960
and he began his career as an engineer
[2:13] in California moving away from South
Dakota like so many others. In 1973 he
[2:19] left California to establish the
Christian Academy of Prescott, Arizona
[2:24] in Prescott, Arizona. He later moved to
Carfield, Arizona where he opened his
[2:30] first studio or one of his first
studios. He became a professional
[2:34] painter of the American West, especially
of the Native Americans. His paintings
[2:39] depicted the lives of the Hopi, Zouri,
and Navajo tribes and were so realistic
[2:45] that they were wellreceived by these
tribes. And he was also welcomed on the
[2:50] Navajo reservation to paint.
He was a member of the Cowboy Artists of
[2:56] America from 1986 until his death in
2004. He won a gold medal from the
[3:03] National Academy of Western Arts in
1975.
[3:07] A lot of his works can be found in
dedicated collections such as the one
[3:11] found in the Pippen Museum in Prescott,
Arizona.
[3:15] His paintings depicted the daily lives
of Native Americans and have sold for
[3:19] upwards of $87,000 on East Coast
auctions and in Western art galleries.
[3:26] The painting when I researched it is an
original signed oil on artist board Ray
[3:32] Swanson. It is part of his beginnings
into the western arts and AI values it
[3:38] at between 8,000 and 12,500 in pristine
condition.
[3:44] This one isn't pristine.
It has been well-loved and displayed for
[3:50] years.
I didn't know its value or providence
[3:54] until very recently. To me, in my
family, it was just a part of home.
[3:59] I'm a veteran, a Navy vet. I left home
at 17 like so many in South Dakota.
[4:06] And I was stationed on the East Coast
where things were so very different from
[4:11] a young South Dakota girl.
The base where I was stationed, they
[4:16] didn't have a stables, but I was a horse
nut. I found a place by where I could
[4:20] lease a couple of horses for myself and
my family. Uh but that meant that I
[4:26] needed gear. I needed tack.
Being a military family, we purchased
[4:32] used. We were looking.
And that's where I found an estate sale.
[4:40] And that's where I found this painting.
[4:44] Little town in Virginia. I wish I could
remember the name and I wish I could
[4:47] remember the lady's name.
Alls I remember is a woman was from
[4:52] Beersford, South Dakota.
This was home.
[4:59] We purchased the tack. I don't remember
all the tack we purchased, but I
[5:02] remember the painting. It was home. It
was Beersford, South Dakota.
[5:09] The lady had it framed
the plaque. She had it named.
[5:16] She must have loved it as much as my
family came to love it.
[5:21] My children were both born in Portsouth
Naval Hospital.
[5:26] But they call 605 home.
All the stories,
[5:31] all the things I told them about home.
When we finally came home, 605 became
[5:36] their home.
[5:40] This was the biggest piece of South
Dakota that was in our home the whole
[5:44] time we were in the service.
Now, imagine my surprise when I went to
[5:52] do some renovations on my old farmhouse
and I decided to research the artist
[5:58] because I could not remember the woman's
name. All I had to go by was the
[6:04] signature in the corner, Ray Swanson.
and I found he too was from South
[6:10] Dakota.
His beautiful works have been in
[6:14] galleries on the east coast and there is
that collection in Arizona.
[6:20] I couldn't find anything in South Dakota
that displays some of his works.
[6:26] That's why I'm asking the city of
ancestor to purchase this painting
[6:30] for 5,000 to bring him home so more
South Dotans can see this work.
[6:38] It's not one of his more famous works,
but it's a part of bringing him home.
[6:47] » Thank you.
>> Thank you.
[6:55] » What is the name of the painting?
>> Excuse me.
[6:58] » Do you have no Do you know what the name
of it is? I didn't.
[7:01] » Chorus Glenn.
>> Chorus Glenn. Yeah.
[7:22] You can tell from your story how even
though the world is so big through
[7:26] everything, it's actually really small
and it brings it all back together. So,
[7:30] thank you for sharing your story and
your family's story with us as well.
[7:35] » Well, you're welcome. I I used to work
helicopters. I'm deaf as a post.
[7:42] » Part of my last tour.
>> That's okay.
[7:47] » And like I said, I wish I could remember
the lady's name. I really do. Um,
[7:53] » was was the lady from Beersford
originally? Then
[7:55] » she was from Beersford, South Dakota.
That's
[7:58] » I just wanted to make sure I was adding
these up correctly here.
[8:00] » Yep. And you can tell it is
I displayed it my home not knowing
[8:11] anything about the artist. It is just
oil on artist board.
[8:20] now whether she was a friend of the
family being from Beersford or what
[8:26] um
[8:30] but it was always
[8:35] part of home.
It was always one of those things that I
[8:39] can say this is from where I'm from.
[8:46] Um, it had to have been in the early 80s
[8:54] when I purchased it.
I was in the service from
[8:59] 1979 to 1991.
[9:04] So, that kind of gives you a rough time
frame.
[9:12] One of my service injuries was a
traumatic brain injury when I got blown
[9:16] off of the top of a helicopter.
Fell over 30 feet.
[9:20] » Yikes.
My memory can be a little sketchy.
[9:26] » My memory is sketchy without that. So,
[9:30] » same.
[9:34] » Um, does anybody else have any
questions?
[9:38] that I can try to answer or
I would just like to see it from
[9:50] um
[9:55] I think
so I don't know if you saw our agenda at
[10:01] all or have heard any of our big
projects that we have going on. Um,
[10:06] while I would love to keep it here and
display it for everyone, like you said,
[10:12] bring it home. Um, I think that
unfortunately 5,000 is out of our price
[10:18] range.
>> Does it I mean,
[10:20] » I would agree. We I mean, we make our
budgets a year in advance
[10:25] » and we normally don't set funds for this
type of stuff aside since we focus on
[10:30] mostly city improvements.
I just don't think right now we have the
[10:36] funds to put forth towards that. And I I
don't know. I mean, I do want to do
[10:41] right by the artists and like you said,
bring them home. I just don't know if
[10:44] this is the right place to truly display
it. Um, and really have that. I mean, I
[10:50] would say maybe like the library or I'm
trying to think of somewhere that
[10:54] actually has like a collection of work
that would
[10:57] » Yeah. And we don't have
>> it would fit in with
[11:00] » Unfortunately, we don't have a museum.
>> Yeah.
[11:02] » You know, like that would be a perfect
place for
[11:05] » something like that.
>> Yeah.
[11:07] » Um
I just I I feel like the story behind it
[11:12] and how it means more to you
[11:18] has more meaning than what it's going to
give to our community and what we have
[11:23] available.
I feel like
[11:27] Reva like the paper
>> if you reach out to the paper and list
[11:31] it and I think Reva I think this would
be a great because I do know there are
[11:35] people in our community
>> who would really
[11:37] » who would really they do there are
people that can do that with their own
[11:43] » with their own funds. But I always look
at it and as you're a veteran, you
[11:47] understand when we're holding on to
people's money.
[11:51] » We're holding on, we are, you know,
dealt with the task of appropriating
[11:57] funds for the people who even if they're
veterans, they're living paycheck to
[12:01] paycheck or or substance, you know, or,
you know, check to check. And so we have
[12:06] to be fiscally responsible. And I feel
it would be a disservice to the people
[12:12] of our community if we I even though I
would buy it because I because I know
[12:18] what we I know we could just be like
nope we're not doing this we're not
[12:21] doing this we are buying pretty things
and we are making our town beautiful.
[12:25] » I am not that's why we that's why it's a
council cuz
[12:29] » Kirstston's not responsibly but I I
would love to
[12:34] » Yeah. And I I would even love to write
something about how important it is.
[12:39] Like I would love to input on that cuz
it is a beautiful piece of art,
[12:43] » but like we said, we have
>> too many
[12:45] » we have too many things on our plate.
But we have and I don't know
[12:50] » I just don't think we can do it service
that it deserves and the story that it
[12:53] deserves.
>> And even if the city could help me reach
[12:56] out.
>> Yeah. And Yeah. And I would love to I'll
[12:59] I could reach out I can reach out to
Reva. I got here I I'm writing down
[13:02] Reva's email address for you
>> and that would be great because I've
[13:06] been
>> I don't I haven't really found a way
[13:11] other than
>> reaching out this way to say how can I
[13:16] reach out? How can I find a way to bring
him home?
[13:20] » And this would be even great for people
in the city itself to find a way to
[13:25] bring him home. I think Revo would write
a great story.
[13:30] » She loves and she even if she loves
special interests and our paper reaches
[13:34] people who live who are from ancestor
who don't get who don't live here
[13:38] anymore.
>> There are subscribers all over the
[13:40] place. You never even
>> and that's I always say if you never ask
[13:44] and the answer is always no. But you
have to like and somebody's going to
[13:48] know somebody who knows somebody and
maybe even maybe even their family's
[13:53] watching
>> and they're be like I know Ray Ray
[13:56] Swanson with my uncles, brothers,
cousins.
[14:00] » This was my initial way to find a way to
reach out because
[14:04] » I understand city government.
>> Yeah.
[14:06] » And you and you also understand small
town. You also understand small town
[14:10] South Dakota. This is you talk to the
people who know the people.
[14:13] » Yeah. And I live in Camasota myself.
Camod is a small town. But this is a way
[14:18] to reach out and to let city
>> members and city people Hey, by the way,
[14:24] » would you would you mind if we have a
picture of you with it and then I can
[14:29] send it to Reva.
>> Oh, no, that's fine.
[14:31] » And that way kind of give her a little
bit of a background behind it, too.
[14:36] » And we've got
>> your email address. So, I can share that
[14:40] with her, too.
>> What was that? I can share your email
[14:43] address with her. Okay. Yeah, perfect.
>> How long was this the high school?
[14:48] » This section was the high school here um
from the early 90s.
[14:53] » When?
>> Early 90s. Was this
[14:55] » a family that grew up here? That's what
I was wondering. They probably went here
[14:58] then.
>> And then the other.
[15:02] » Sure.
>> And I can give you my email address.
[15:05] » I've got that from what you said, Dave.
Yep. So, we're good there. So, I will
[15:09] get that over to Reva and get that
going. Yeah, because
[15:12] » you know the other thing the first way
to reach out this is somebody's pen.
[15:15] » It's the city. You can have it.
>> I'm everywhere. We have a speckled
[15:21] » um No, and I think that's a great idea.
Uh Kirsten, thanks for coming like
[15:26] bringing that up. Yeah. Um, and just to
kind of go off that, I think, you know,
[15:32] if it's not somebody that wants it here
in town, like you said, there could be
[15:37] somebody somewhere
>> that is interested in that history. Even
[15:42] I mean, I don't I don't know the art
background of South Dakota well enough
[15:45] to know like if there's like a
South Dakota art society kind of
[15:51] situation, but um, somebody could have
>> several galleries. Yeah.
[15:55] » Yeah. Somebody could have some kind of
insight to that, too.
[15:58] » Washington Pavilion has been really good
about not getting back to me, but
[16:01] telling me they would love me to donate
it.
[16:04] » Oh, yes.
>> Yeah, that's what I'll say, too. Like, I
[16:06] would love if you have to if you have to
store it somewhere. We could hang it at
[16:11] the golf course for you and we could
hang it at the golf course with a with a
[16:15] with a bracket below it that says this
is how much this is. And so, um, a local
[16:20] artist used to um sell paintings that
she had displayed there. And so I mean
[16:26] » that Reva would be a great
>> Reva would Yeah, Reva. Yep. And I will
[16:29] send this to her. I'll CC you on the
email so that you are right involved in
[16:34] it. So
>> yeah, she'll get back to you.
[16:37] » Yeah, she's very good about She loves
great stories for the paper, too. She
[16:40] just loves things that actually, you
know, that you don't Yeah. It's It's a
[16:44] natural story. You don't have to dig it
up. You don't have to scrge for it. Yep.
[16:47] » The story will tell itself.
>> And that's and that's something that's
[16:51] not Journalism is never easy. So it's,
you know, having something where
[16:56] somebody wants to tell a story is is
huge.
[16:59] » Yeah.
>> So I like that. I I do I I I would love
[17:03] it if somebody would buy it for Alcester
and you could display it. That would be
[17:07] even cooler
>> and we could try to make that happen.
[17:11] » We could try to do that. So if somebody
wants to
[17:13] » The possibilities are endless. But there
is a possibility there, you know. There
[17:17] is a possibility there.
>> Yes.
[17:19] » Thank you. Thank you so much for coming.
Well, thank you for having me.
[17:23] » And if you want to stay for our
engineers meeting, he talks really fast.
[17:32] » Engineers meeting at home working on
helicopters.
[17:36] » Oh, no. This is so much different stuff.
This is sewer and pipes and all sorts of
[17:40] fun road stuff.
>> Everybody wants to talk about
[17:42] » Yeah, we It's great. Sewers. You want to
know what happens to sewer water? Yeah,
[17:47] it's great. It's fun.
>> They have to be patient.
[17:51] All right, Paul, you're up.
>> All righty. Well, with that intro,
[17:57] uh, go through the engineering report
uh, with everybody. Um, I also, you can
[18:00] probably see that we got the the TV over
here. Um, I have a little presentation,
[18:04] a little update of kind of the
conceptual, uh, preliminary design for
[18:08] the DOT tap grant. That's sidewalk going
from here out to the school. Just kind
[18:12] of want to show you visually what we're
planning on doing. Uh, basically do um,
[18:16] a little coordination with you guys,
kind of know what's all going on. and
[18:19] then um I get with you guys and Dave to
kind of coordinate with a couple
[18:22] property owners that uh we have you've
got already talked to but just here's
[18:26] more the definitive answer when we're
thinking happening for all that but with
[18:29] all that being said first I'll kind of
go through the engineering report as
[18:32] mentioned uh general engineering uh
nothing to report on that one uh looking
[18:37] at the uh sewer lining project it looks
like that is actually finishing up here
[18:41] I believe uh Tanny and them are um
looking at the final review of the
[18:46] videos and all that stuff that are
planning on actually being done
[18:48] substantially completely completed here
um by mid of this month here. So about a
[18:52] month earlier than they were planning on
doing. So uh good news there. Uh there
[18:56] were probably a couple hiccups that you
heard about there. I think there's three
[18:58] lateral services um that uh ended up
having issues. One was is from a
[19:04] property owner that was having
construction. Some of that construction
[19:06] stuff went into the sewer uh service,
locked it up. So you know that was
[19:10] technically on the the property owner.
And then two of the other ones were
[19:12] actually on the lining service. U one of
those property owners ended up having to
[19:16] uh get a hotel for a couple days. Is
that right? they end up staying with
[19:18] family,
>> staying with family. Uh they are keeping
[19:20] track some of the charges and basically
that's going to go through the
[19:22] contractor through their insurance for
for damages, all that stuff on there.
[19:25] But uh those uh two services have been
repaired that I know of. Um looking kind
[19:31] of forward on the budget, it looks like
the uh drinking water or sorry the uh
[19:35] clean water budget is for this project
is going to be under by about 14 grand
[19:39] is it what it looks like on that one. So
always be good to be under budget then
[19:43] overbudget for all that.
Uh moving right along to the water tower
[19:48] project. They are finally here as you
probably saw. Um so they are currently
[19:52] working on that. Um the plan is um still
here. Have they given you guys an
[19:58] updated um schedule for that? Okay. Uh
from like the last one, I believe their
[20:02] updated schedule is what beginning of
October to have everything done?
[20:05] » I think the last schedule that they sent
out uh they were planning on completion
[20:09] October 2nd or 3rd. Uh just going to
give you guys the information. I believe
[20:14] it was the end of was it this week or
next week was uh um the substantial
[20:18] completion date
>> 15th.
[20:19] » 15th. So yeah, next week was the
substantial completion date um for that.
[20:22] So just know that once after the 15th,
we'll be basically counting every um day
[20:26] for liquidated damages. So if you guys
do want to assess that to the contractor
[20:30] for, you know, them taking over what
they were contractually obligated to,
[20:33] you guys have the right to. But just
wanted to let you guys know uh be aware
[20:36] basically that they will probably likely
be in liquidated damages uh for all
[20:40] that. Um,
moving along on that one. Uh, there is a
[20:44] invoices. Oh, sorry. Excuse me. Backing
up back to CIP stuff. Uh, there is a uh
[20:50] pay request uh for the contractor as
well as an engineering invoice uh for
[20:53] us. And then for the water tower, uh
looking at an invoice from us um so far.
[20:59] Moving along to everybody's favorite
project, the fourth street water main
[21:02] project. Um that is coming along here.
Um looks like all the utilities have uh
[21:06] been installed. So, all the new
connections to the water tower and
[21:09] everything now, now that the thing's
emptied, we've been um those connections
[21:13] have been made. Talking with uh Lonnie,
even when this was temporarily put in,
[21:17] he's reporting better flows, better
pressures throughout town. So, it is
[21:20] doing what it's supposed to be doing
here. So, it's good to have that nice
[21:22] big artery going through the center of
town here uh for everything. And the big
[21:25] one, too, is having the extra valves
now. So, if something does happen like
[21:28] we had before, you have better ways to
isolate what's going on. And hopefully
[21:31] maybe only a quarter to a few blocks of
the town need to be turned off, not cold
[21:35] town uh for everything. So, it's good
start for you guys on there. Um, as for
[21:41] considerations on that one, we're
looking at uh engineering invoice for us
[21:46] as well as pay request number three from
the contractor. Um, and then there's
[21:50] also a change order number three on that
just to kind of go over to simplify what
[21:56] we're talking about on that one. There
is basically a few fittings uh that we
[21:59] need to switch over um on that guy. So
instead of finding some um uh 4in lines,
[22:05] we end up finding some 8 in lines and
vice versa. They just have to flip out
[22:08] some fittings and stuff like that. So
we're just flip-flopping on some of
[22:10] that. And also as well there's a water
service for the apartments over on uh
[22:14] park that we thought were 1 in actually
one and a half inch too. So that'd be
[22:17] compensation get that extra line and all
the the fittings and all that stuff for
[22:21] it. So nothing crazy on that one too. Um
this uh this one change order also uh
[22:26] corrects an error. We were off two cents
on our contract amount and Danner wanted
[22:31] it corrected. So that's what you see in
red there at the top is correcting that
[22:36] uh two cents error that goes back a
couple of change orders, but that makes
[22:39] all the math math for everybody. So
hopefully make make everything easier on
[22:43] that one. Uh to give you kind of an
update too, I did uh look at the
[22:46] projections for the project. It looks
like we should be decently under our
[22:52] budget. ballpark wise, we will probably
be about $100,000 under our budget for
[22:56] everything on it. So, um so yeah, we uh
that the nice part about that is
[23:01] depending what we kind of end up doing
for our asphalt because we know some
[23:04] parts are going to start breaking up a
little bit as we're doing stuff, we can
[23:06] expand that and we can be pretty
confident that we're not going to be
[23:08] over budget for some things there. So,
we got a little wiggle room on that. So,
[23:11] should be all good on that end.
[23:18] And then let's see,
moving along to uh the drainage study
[23:24] too. Um I did actually reach out to the
state uh to Jim Poppin with emergency
[23:28] management uh for that drainage study
for the town. Uh just give you guys a
[23:31] recap, we applied for a hazard
mitigation grant um with the state plus
[23:35] FEMA would ultimately give you the
money. FEMA is still taking their time
[23:38] looking at everything that they told us
originally July, but with everything
[23:42] going on in Washington, I assume that
just keeps getting punted along. Uh no
[23:45] update as of today. Um the state hasn't
gotten an update either um in recent
[23:49] times. So we're just at the mercy of
when we ever get the funding for for
[23:52] everything to want it. And then last but
not least, we're looking at that DOT uh
[23:58] tap grant um that we're doing from along
Sixth Street here. And let's see here.
[24:04] I'll go grab my stuff. I don't know if
you guys wanted to go through the
[24:08] approvals and all that stuff while I
grab this stuff. That works for you.
[24:10] » We can do that.
[24:15] All right.
>> I'll make the motion to approve pay
[24:18] application number two to Mson Brothers
Incorporated in the amount of
[24:23] $622,792.35
[24:27] for work completed on the sanitary
project through August 20th of 2026.
[24:33] » Second.
>> Any further discussion? All in favor?
[24:38] » Opposed? Motion carried.
Make a motion to approve paying banner
[24:44] invoice 49130
in the amount of $19,5214
[24:49] for work completed on the sanitary sewer
improvements project through August
[24:53] 22nd, 2026.
>> Second.
[24:57] » Thank you. Any further discussion? All
in favor?
[25:02] » Motion carries. I'll make a motion to
approve paying banner invoice number
[25:06] 49139
in the amount of $4,912.83
[25:12] for work completed on the water tower
recoil project through August 22nd,
[25:15] 2026.
>> Second
[25:20] vote. Any further discussion? All in
favor?
[25:24] » Opposed? Motion carried.
Make a motion to approve paying banner
[25:28] invoice 49092 in the amount of $28,57151
for work completed on the fourth street
[25:35] water main project through August 22nd,
2026.
[25:38] » Second.
Thank you both. Any further discussion?
[25:43] All in favor?
>> I opposed. Motion carried.
[25:48] I'll make a motion to approve paying pay
application number three to site works
[25:53] in the amount of 623,54064
[25:59] work completed on the fourth street
water main project through August 28th,
[26:02] 2026.
>> Second.
[26:06] Thank you both. Any further discussion?
All in favor?
[26:10] » I opposed. Motion carried.
Make a motion to approve change order
[26:15] number three for fourth street water
main project.
[26:19] Second
>> third and fourth.
[26:23] » We'll take Marvy on that one. Dave,
further discussion. All in favor?
[26:29] » Opposed? Motion carried.
Let them all
[26:37] » Okay,
I'm just waiting
[26:42] in there.
All right. Can everybody you see this?
[26:46] All right.
>> Y
[26:47] » All right.
>> I was just going to do a little recap of
[26:49] what we are planning on doing and then
we get in more of the logistics of
[26:52] everything. Uh what you see on the
screen is basically the general thing we
[26:55] apply for is basically taking an 8 foot
wide sidewalk from here from city hall,
[26:59] take it over to Sixth Street and take
that thing all the way down to school
[27:03] and potentially the football field. Um
once we applied for all this, got
[27:08] everything together. Um the way the
budget kind of worked out, it looks like
[27:12] we have to split this project into two
projects. We're looking at construction
[27:14] in 2027
and 2028 is what we're um planning on
[27:19] doing for this one here. So, I'm going
to be basically splitting this thing up,
[27:23] kind of seeing where the money's hit for
everything and then we'll just figure
[27:25] out which intersection we want to stop
at for all that. Um likely what we're
[27:31] probably going to do is Can you guys see
my mouse? Okay. uh is likely what we'll
[27:34] do is we'll basically make this
connection to the school and not do this
[27:38] connection over into the football field
knowing that at some point this
[27:41] connection potentially up into that
residential development might go up here
[27:44] or back over here. I don't want to get
you guys into a situation where we have
[27:48] to basically rip a bunch of stuff up. So
if we stop right here, the school gets
[27:51] what they need. We'll do a little bit of
grading so that way future sidewalk can
[27:54] go in here and then whenever we get a
definitive of where this um intersection
[27:58] needs to go, then you can extend the
sidewalk um over to that area here. So,
[28:02] um, should hopefully save a few bucks
and also makes it so that way you guys
[28:05] don't have to rip stuff off that you
already installed and paid money for.
[28:08] Um,
let's see. Kind of the cross-section
[28:12] view of what it's going to look like.
And so, when we're actually along Sixth
[28:15] Street, it's all asphalt um to the
shoulder. We're basically going to plan
[28:18] on doing is basically go over a few
inches on the asphalt, cut a nice um
[28:21] straight line on it, and then after that
do 8 foot of uh 6-in concrete on the
[28:26] side. So, that way too that is the same
as like a driveway uh approach. So that
[28:30] way you guys can take equipment and all
that stuff on it. Uh two to basically
[28:32] get all the uh the snow and everything
off of it. So you have 8 foot wide
[28:36] concrete sidewalk. They'd be about a
little bit 1ft buffer of grass so that
[28:39] way this thing doesn't slough off right
away when drainage and everything's
[28:42] going across it. And then basically try
to do some type of um existing swale
[28:47] like they have right now. And the one
thing to keep in mind, we'll get a
[28:50] little bit further um into this is how
that's going to look and play out on
[28:54] some of the properties and everything.
Just want to make you guys aware of
[28:56] what's kind of going to go on. Some of
the maintenance issues you might
[28:59] currently have and what you'll continue
to have after this. Um, it's kind of the
[29:03] if you choose one thing, it'll work. You
might have some maintenance issues, but
[29:06] if you want to do the other thing
that'll have less maintenance issues,
[29:08] you got to pay more money upfront on it.
So, just want to see what your guys'
[29:12] thoughts are on it. So, now you guys get
to see this fancy thing that I put
[29:18] together. So, we're if you're trying to
uh see where we're at, this is going to
[29:22] be city hall here. So, here's the
parking lot out front. building that
[29:25] too.
>> Our city hall looks fancy.
[29:29] » Do you guys want me to like make it
taller too? I can
[29:32] » Yes. Center city hall
skyscrap
[29:38] is that?
>> Yeah. As long as it has elevators. You
[29:40] can make it tall as you want.
>> Yeah.
[29:42] » I've never thought about making this an
entire like, you know, convention center
[29:46] complex. Wow.
>> Sorry.
[29:48] » We can continue.
>> So, put this in the newsletter. we
[29:55] » so what you're seeing right here is
existing conditions on this and what
[29:58] you're seeing in the yellow um that is
your approximate property lines right
[30:02] now um so I kind of want to show you how
close things are how things are skewed
[30:07] and just kind of know relatively if
we're going on some other people's
[30:10] property things like that um so kind of
looking at the existing conditions if we
[30:13] go along
the road here you can see that we got a
[30:18] ditch section along the south I even put
in the power poles and all that along
[30:22] here but relative Relatively, we have a
pretty wide open area. Uh the biggest
[30:26] one, as we'll get to in a little bit,
will be this property owner here on this
[30:29] uh on the corner of the highway and
Sixth Street. Uh there's a bunch of
[30:32] bushes, everything that's going to be in
the way. Um the other kind of point to
[30:36] look then is when we get into the park,
uh what I kind of have highlighted in
[30:39] this area is your existing um hedge.
>> So keep in mind is we're going to take
[30:44] this sidewalk, extend it out 8 ft. That
means that ditch slope is going to go
[30:48] also go out 8 ft. uh when when I bring
up the new uh version of it, basically
[30:53] the side slope here is going to butt up
right against the uh um against the
[30:57] gravel section on here. So, at some
point when you guys do do some um new
[31:01] renovations through here, likely you're
going to have to be raising some things
[31:04] up um and all that for whatever you know
goes on in the park and all that. But,
[31:08] uh the other big one is how steep things
are kind of going to be on there. So,
[31:11] I'll kind of point that out. And then as
we keep going along, go across Park
[31:15] Avenue, get over to the school. Um the
things that the big things we got to
[31:18] contend with is obviously the approaches
um through here. There's a few culverts
[31:21] that we have to deal with and then when
we finally the big one is you know
[31:25] trying to how do we get a connection
down to the school down over into here
[31:28] and the biggest thing is I have to make
everything ADA compliant which means
[31:32] these steep slopes that you have uh
right now in the ditch sections I can't
[31:36] just put a sidewalk obviously straight
down the thing. So basically what we end
[31:39] up getting is a sidewalk that starts
kind of over in this area, makes its way
[31:42] all the way to this corner and goes
over. Um we'll end up having to have
[31:45] railing on both sides and all that. And
there'll be some areas where you're
[31:48] basically coming down, landing, going
down, landing on it. But thankfully we
[31:52] don't have to serpentine it. Those ones,
those are the worst ones I end up having
[31:55] to design on it. So thankfully it worked
out that way. Um myself, Dave, and Eric
[31:59] the superintendent did have a meeting
here last week to kind of go over this
[32:02] preliminary design for everything. um
had a couple things that he wanted to
[32:06] adjust on it, but overall didn't have
any issues with the the actual concept.
[32:09] So, what I'll do here is actually turn
on the conceptual design.
[32:13] » Question for you.
>> Yeah.
[32:14] » Instead of going down the hill by the
school,
[32:18] » why not use the access
>> where the driveway is?
[32:22] » Uh like this one right here.
>> Yeah.
[32:25] » So, this is also decently steep. And the
other part, too, is I need to provide
[32:29] some type of pedestrian aisle somewhere.
So, we're having to add a sidewalk here,
[32:35] which is a direct steepness issue right
here kind of going through here. And
[32:38] then I have to then put in sidewalk
here. And there's drainage that goes
[32:41] across this area here. So, you're going
to have water constantly running across.
[32:45] Probably having some icing issues on it.
So, um we kind of felt the easiest way
[32:49] that we'll do this thing across here. We
can maintain some slopes and basically
[32:53] have the least amount of issues on it uh
with just um you know, with icing and
[32:57] dealing with drainage, all that stuff on
here. So, let me turn on the
[33:02] » while he's pulling that up. I did speak
to
[33:06] um the owner of the storage units. Um
they they have no issues. Their only
[33:14] question was they wanted to know, you
know, where they could move the snow. Um
[33:18] and we've answered that question for him
already. Um and then I did see uh Mr.
[33:23] Zifel that lives on the corner of the
highway and I talked to him again on
[33:27] Friday. Um, and his response to me and
Lisa was, "I don't care what you do." He
[33:33] goes, "It's all over there." He goes,
"Do what you got to do."
[33:37] » Well, he asked he asked how much it was
going to cost him.
[33:40] » Yeah, that was his only question. And
so,
[33:42] » he's like, "Absolutely." He goes, "You
guys make it look nice, do it great."
[33:47] So, I have no problems with it at all.
So,
[33:50] » no, good deal. Everybody's on board. Um,
so looking at the conceptual design. So
[33:55] again, what I did is basically just
slapped on what the preliminary grading
[33:59] um is, plus the new surfacing and
everything. So you guys kind of have an
[34:01] idea of what's going on. So how the
connection to city hall is going to work
[34:05] is it'll be basically a sidewalk up
against the property line. It's going to
[34:08] uh tie into the concrete right here at
the uh the edge of the uh the driveway.
[34:13] And then we'll have basically an 8ft
wide sidewalk, come partially up into
[34:17] this ADA parking stall, and I will have
to redo part of the sidewalk over here
[34:20] to get all the ADA stuff and everything
updated and reworked. Um, but that's
[34:23] basically the plan to basically redo a
part of your sidewalk here in front by
[34:26] the um little library box over here and
then new sidewalk all the way down to
[34:30] the road. Oops. Oops. Wrong buttons.
Bring this uh guy up to sixth street be
[34:37] redoing the intersection as well to make
all that ADA compliant. So, that's one
[34:40] thing to keep in mind too is when you do
sidewalk, the road also has to be ADA
[34:44] compliant for things too. So, I'm
actually reworking some of the roads and
[34:47] all that stuff to make sure that those
are um going to work as well. Um,
[34:50] concrete out there. We'll redo that back
as concrete.
[34:54] And right now, I'm not planning on
putting any cutouts or anything for any
[34:57] sidewalk anywhere else. You guys good
with that? I mean, at the end of the
[35:00] day, if you guys have to redo a fillet
or something, I mean, compared to the
[35:03] total cost of everything, it's going to
be minimal for that. And who knows when
[35:06] ever you're going to do a sidewalk on
the other side sometime in the future.
[35:10] Um, so yeah, basically sidewalk then
coming along here. Then it it uh will be
[35:15] going to a curbside. So, that's where
we're actually going to go right up
[35:18] against the uh the current asphalt on
here. So, the new drainage ditch is
[35:23] basically going to be if you're walking
eastbound is going to be on your the
[35:26] right side. There'll still be a ditch on
there. It's going to be a little
[35:29] shallower um than what you have have
before, but the intent is still to take
[35:33] water um all the way down to I believe
there's a culvert that's sitting kind of
[35:36] down in a low spot that will take it
further to the west. Uh but the nice
[35:40] part is as you can kind of see if this
is a property line, we're not coming
[35:42] near the property line. So, um, that way
we're not great on private property. So,
[35:46] then kind of moving along here, pretty
much the same thing. Um, here's where
[35:50] all those trees and brushes are. Uh, for
sure we'll probably have to take a bunch
[35:54] of bushes, all that stuff out. Um, if
you actually go out there now, I had my
[35:57] land surveyor uh go out there and
actually put the approximate property
[36:00] line on there so you can actually line
up and kind of see how far the actual
[36:03] property line is over. So, we'll need to
clear cut a lot of that stuff out. Um
[36:07] there might be some of the bigger trees
we might have to remove potentially in
[36:10] there just depending on how much those
root systems end up getting into um kind
[36:14] of our um sidewalk on there. But seems
like that property owner is pretty
[36:17] receptive to everything on there.
>> Y
[36:22] » as we get up to the highway itself, uh
pretty straightforward. Uh the one big
[36:26] change I'll do is I'm going to change
the radiuses of um these intersections.
[36:30] So that this basically that kind of
concrete they see that does the radius
[36:34] around here, that's called a fillet. I'm
gonna increase the radius of that um to
[36:37] 25 feet. So that should make it easier
for larger vehicles and all that stuff
[36:41] like semis for instance to make the
corners and all that. And the other part
[36:44] too is right now if you go out there the
fillets don't line up. One is
[36:47] kittywampas compared to the other one.
Now both of them will line up straight
[36:50] for everything on it. So we'll redo
that. We'll tie in directly to um the
[36:54] highway. We're not planning to do
anything in the um in the road section
[36:57] itself other than just tying in our
concrete and everything like that. And
[37:00] then once we get over into the park,
that's where you kind of see the biggest
[37:03] difference. And you kind of see see you
can kind of like here like I said we're
[37:07] bringing the sidewalk over 8 feet and
then having to come down uh with the
[37:10] slope and here I can switch back between
what was there before
[37:15] as it chugs along. So you can see that
beforehand we're you know sitting way
[37:20] back you know over here basically by the
property line where that ditch is. But
[37:24] then once you add the sidewalk
[37:28] now that graving is actually going past
the property line with everything. Uh,
[37:31] what I'm planning on doing this is kind
of making it as steep as reasonable.
[37:35] What you have there is about a 3:1
slope. That means for every foot you go
[37:39] down, we're going out 3 ft horizontally.
It does make it difficult to maintain.
[37:44] You have between a 3:1 and a 4:1 right
now. So, you can kind of do basic
[37:48] maintenance on it. But, u talking with
um Dave here, Lonnie, I think you have
[37:52] what goes directly straight up and down
that to mow it. So, if he kind of uses
[37:55] that same fashion, it should be okay.
But, there's not going to be take the
[37:59] mower and then go east and west on that.
that's not going to work. You're going
[38:01] to be too tipped over to to make any of
that work. So, um um don't get me wrong,
[38:06] in the future, if you guys do want to
fill more in whenever, you know, the
[38:09] park improvements go, by all means, do
that. Um but for this project, just bas
[38:13] basically limit how much we're going to
get into, especially redoing the gravel
[38:16] and all this stuff. Um that 3:1 is
basically what I can make work the best
[38:19] for everybody. Uh we will end up having
to go there is a culvert that's sitting
[38:24] right back over here. We'll have to
extend that out obviously where there's
[38:26] that concrete. We'll extend that out
that extra 15 ft or something like that.
[38:29] Um, do you guys have any issues still
using the CMP, the um, uh, the
[38:33] corrugated metal pipe on there, or would
you rather, what I could do is keep
[38:38] what's in the rightway as corrugated
metal and do the rest as a plastic pipe.
[38:42] That last longer, so that way you don't
have the rusting problem, but you're
[38:45] still going to have the rest of the
issue going the other way. It It doesn't
[38:48] really matter to me.
[38:53] » Just slap something on there and we can
we'll make it work. Okay.
[38:56] » Just as long as the water can flow
through it.
[38:57] » Yeah. Yes. And doesn't go into people's
driveways
[39:00] » or if Lonnie has a preference one way or
the other. I'll talk about I was just
[39:03] going to say circle circle back with
Lonnie on that.
[39:06] » Y question. How does it impact what the
plans are for the park?
[39:11] » So right now for all
>> the tentative plans for the park is once
[39:17] we would get to that portion that road
would end up getting brought up and
[39:21] leveled off a little bit. Um and then at
that point it would be
[39:26] » Yeah. Yeah. that gravel access and then
it would get widened just a little bit
[39:29] for parking. And that's kind of just a
preliminary on the master plan. That may
[39:35] end up changing somewhat at some point.
>> I was just curious for like pool parking
[39:39] because everybody parks into that grass
right now.
[39:42] » Yeah. Once that happens, they won't be
able to pull into that grass. They'll
[39:45] have to park facing east west,
>> which they I mean they'll have to park a
[39:52] little bit further down than what they
do right now, but
[39:56] » Okay.
>> Um, one thing we kind of kept in mind,
[39:59] too, is, you know, the approach the
entrance right now, uh, right off of the
[40:03] highway is pretty close to the highway
intersection. I did bump it a little bit
[40:07] just to be further away uh, from the
intersection. Uh, but because this is
[40:11] six-inch concrete, my thoughts are, you
know, people are, you can run over this
[40:16] if you want, but if whenever you get a
final design of, you know, what you're
[40:19] going to do in the part, you can rip out
that 20 30 foot wide section and redo it
[40:23] with a reinforced concrete on it. And
that way you have a definitive here.
[40:26] This is where we know we're going to put
the entrance on it. But temporarily, we
[40:29] can kind of put back close to what you
have on it. And then you can redo
[40:33] something, you know, later down the
road. Um, and that way too, yeah, you're
[40:36] not you're not tying yourself to a
certain design now for the park. You can
[40:41] make the park work however you need it
to at the end of the day. But there will
[40:44] be a little bit of, you know,
reconstruct that'll end up happening,
[40:46] but it's minimal. It's just, you know,
whatever the width of the approach is
[40:49] for that you want to put in.
[40:53] And Park Avenue, same deal through
there. Um, and then this is where we
[40:58] kind of get into the and this is not a
great
[41:01] » the vertical that you're seeing right
here is not correct on it, but basically
[41:04] we are um
>> looks amazing.
[41:06] » We're going to be tying right in at the
property line on it. Um, I guess yeah,
[41:10] Dave from you know talking to this
property, do you think there's any
[41:13] issues getting easement or anything from
do some minimal grading like 5 10 ft
[41:16] newer property?
>> I have not she's the one that I have not
[41:19] spoken with yet. Um, I'd spoken with Dan
before he passed and he was all on board
[41:25] with it, but I have not spoken I have
not had the chance to speak with
[41:28] Rebecca. I wanted to have this
>> um so I could show her more detailed of
[41:33] what
>> Okay. Yeah, I'll get an exhibit together
[41:35] so that way you know from property line
how far you go out. Um, if you kind of
[41:39] know when you're going to talk to her, I
can have my surveyor stop out and mark
[41:42] out where the property line is.
>> Hoping to do it this week.
[41:45] » Okay. I'll see if they're stopping by. I
could just mark out a couple of property
[41:48] lines for you so that way you know, hey,
I need to go 10 ft from this l over
[41:52] here. Do you have any issues with that?
And that way too, we can take a look if
[41:54] we got some trees in the way or any
bushes or stuff like that that we need
[41:57] to
>> Shouldn't be anything on that north
[41:59] side.
>> Okay.
[42:00] » Um in that space.
>> Okay. And then once we get over into the
[42:04] school, it's basically the same thing.
We're going be redoing all the culverts
[42:07] and all that. Um again, talking to
superintendent uh with the school, the
[42:11] new ditch section is actually the bottom
of the ditch is going to be right at the
[42:14] property line. So that's where all this
water from the culverts from the road
[42:17] all that is going to be now going on the
property line will be the low spot. So
[42:21] this will drain to here this will drain
to here. Talking to the school they are
[42:25] fine uh with that happening. There'll
probably be some internal conversations
[42:28] with Dave too if they want to go for
full easements or some type of um
[42:32] arrangement of you know who's
maintaining what and all that. Just
[42:35] knowing that hey this water was in the
rightway now it's getting pushed
[42:38] partially onto the property. There might
be some agreement or handshake deal that
[42:41] needs to happen on there. I'm going to
go to the schoolboard meeting with this
[42:46] next week and present it to the school
board, come back with any questions that
[42:52] they may have, concerns, and then I'll
get those back with Paul so we can
[42:56] fine-tune any things that they prefer.
Um and then once we would have an
[43:04] agreement that both parties agree on,
we'll get something formally done up and
[43:08] we're heading
and then kind of going the connection to
[43:12] the school. Um as I kind of mentioned
before, there's that 8ft wide sidewalk
[43:15] and eventually is going to connect into
the the football field and all that. Uh
[43:18] what I'll plan on doing on this project
is we'll stop it once we get to this
[43:22] connection to the school, but still
grade out to basically the end of the
[43:26] school here where the building is. grade
this thing out. So that way in the
[43:29] future whenever this thing needs to get
extended, the grades, all the grass is
[43:33] already there. You basically just rip
off the top soil, put your concrete and
[43:36] your base course down and there you go.
So that way you don't have to do a bunch
[43:40] of screwing around too. That's going to
affect the uh right around the school
[43:42] area and everything. So get that done uh
right away. And so what you see here
[43:47] » I have a question.
>> Yeah.
[43:48] » So at the very very end where it
connects to the school
[43:51] » Yes.
>> you'll have to make that ADA compliant.
[43:53] There's like a grate there right now
that I'm assuming is where it's going to
[43:57] like a gate at the end.
>> We'll get to that just here in a second.
[44:00] » Sorry.
>> Sound good. So, um, so again, because of
[44:05] the steepness of this, um, back slope on
here, we have to go off this weird
[44:09] little skew here. So, because of how
steep everything is and current ADA
[44:13] regulations, for every thing's 2 and 1/2
ft drop, I need to put a landing spot
[44:17] and then 2 and 1/2 ft landing spot. So,
you'll actually see this thing come down
[44:20] flat, come down flat um, on it. and
we'll end up having to put railings on
[44:24] this too. And that at the end of the day
too, that's just going to help whoever
[44:26] is going down there, especially if they
have mobility issues or anything like
[44:29] that. So, you see some railing going
along the sides and basically the tie-in
[44:33] point we're looking at. Actually, let me
just pull up
[44:39] our own Google Earth Street view for you
guys.
[45:01] back there.
There we go. So, this side lock is going
[45:06] to come along where my cursor is at a
diagonal. And then once we tie in over
[45:09] here where this curb and gutter is, I'll
be redoing basically the curb and gutter
[45:13] from this section to this light pole
just to get ADA and all that stuff to
[45:16] work out. but minimal amount of curb
gutter that we'll end up redoing. And
[45:20] then eventually this thing, the
sidewalk's going to sit behind these
[45:23] power poles, these light poles over
here. Talking with the superintendent,
[45:26] we'll probably end up putting some type
of like decorative rock or something
[45:28] like out here just cuz it's going to be
a little island of grass that's never
[45:31] going to get maintained. Um,
additionally too, for um, kind of the
[45:34] steepness that we have um, through here,
I'm going to be reaching out to Milborne
[45:38] seeds and looking at potentially um,
getting low maintenance kind of native
[45:42] grasses planted in there instead of turf
grasses um, just because of the kind of
[45:46] the steepness on there trying to
basically give them an ability where
[45:49] they don't necessarily have to mow it
all the time for it. And the nice part
[45:52] is it's also a potential learning uh,
opportunity too for the students and all
[45:55] that. So we put a little plaque and I
know Milbourne would probably be on
[45:58] board with you know writing something up
and putting on there too. Here's some of
[46:00] the native grasses and all that. So,
>> so the way the sidewalk goes, you know,
[46:05] down the hill and stuff,
>> there'll be drainage underneath the
[46:08] sidewalk mean since there's a culvert
right there.
[46:11] » Yep. So, right. Yeah. Right now,
>> go back to the other side.
[46:14] » This water right now goes over here,
goes overland, and then eventually makes
[46:19] it over to
this guy right here
[46:24] is what this ends up making to there's a
curb cut here. This water comes across
[46:27] here and eventually gets into the storm
service system here. This sidewalk's
[46:31] going to kind of come out and go this
area over here. There is what's called a
[46:34] sidewalk bridge. And
[46:39] see if I can get a decent angle on of
course Bing. Nobody uses Bing.
[46:52] Uh basically what we're going to do is
build the sidewalk up and it'll be uh an
[46:56] opening down below for a section that
water can go underneath of everything.
[47:00] So what it'll look like because
otherwise the alternative is you dip the
[47:04] sidewalk low and then you're constantly
having water go across. You're going to
[47:06] have dirt, you're going to have icing
issues, things like that. Um but if we
[47:10] go sidewalk bridge, yes, it's a little
bit more expensive, but it's going to be
[47:14] more usable for everybody at the end of
the day.
[47:16] » And kids love bridges.
My bridge is that tall.
[47:20] » They don't care. They don't care either.
They love if it's a if it's anything
[47:25] unique. They're like, I want to go over
the bridge.
[47:28] » My kids will always choose the bridge.
>> Let's see here if I can see decent image
[47:34] of one I did in the past. You can kind
of see it right here. So, imagine the
[47:38] sidewalk up here. This channel wouldn't
be here because it would be right at the
[47:41] the curb and gutter. Uh but yeah, you're
lifted up a few inches so that way water
[47:44] can go underneath. But if you do have a
big rainstorm and water does get too
[47:47] high, then it'll just dump over the
sidewalk obviously and go across. But
[47:50] they do make um things that we can put
in place here to um basically make it
[47:54] easier for everybody to to get across
and not worry too much about the the
[47:58] drainage going through that area. Um and
we'll likely probably have to do
[48:03] something similar to this area here. Um
it looks like this water that kind of
[48:06] hits this corner goes through where this
curve opening was. Let's see. Do I have
[48:16] Looks like some water cuts across here
and then comes back around um this way.
[48:20] So, I'll probably have another sidewalk
bridge that probably are sitting over
[48:23] there again just to take some of that
water um keep it let it go underneath
[48:26] and not have an icing issue for somebody
that's walking in it during the winter
[48:29] time.
So, that in itself is pretty much what
[48:33] we're planning on doing. Um I know does
anybody have any big thoughts on, you
[48:38] know, if we should extend the sidewalk
anymore? Are you guys kind of good with
[48:41] just kind of stopping it here? I'll do,
like I said, I'll get the grading and
[48:44] all that stuff taken care of. Um, or any
other major issues or things we should
[48:49] think we should coordinate.
>> You should just make it all bridges.
[48:54] » Uh, no. But Dave, the only thing that
I'm thinking because Paige brought it up
[48:57] at the library board meeting is the
community really wants ADA accessible on
[49:03] that side because there is no ADA
accessible to access the library. and
[49:07] the school has been very hesitant to
change anything, but maybe this would be
[49:10] their opportunity since we are bringing
it all the way down to that front
[49:14] entrance
>> that there could be an ADA
[49:18] » like right at the school entrance
>> like at the library entrance.
[49:21] » Yes, because that isn't one they have to
go down to like the
[49:25] » events activities the activities one
>> and so there's a step
[49:29] » at this door here.
>> Yeah.
[49:30] » Yeah. So I don't know what that could
look like at the library
[49:33] » cuz they have drains on both sides of
that door Paul. Yeah.
[49:36] » So that drain that's over there to the
left is there's another one on the
[49:40] right.
>> Not that it has to be our
[49:41] responsibility. I just know that Paige
has brought it up and the community
[49:44] members like they asked like we did that
survey not that long ago and they said
[49:47] one thing they'd like is an EV
accessible.
[49:50] » Um but it's not technically our property
because it's a school property and
[49:54] they've been very hesitant to add it. So
I don't know if there is or if there
[49:58] will be like a spot that they can get up
at that point or
[50:02] » so once yeah somebody comes up here is
there any other ramps or anything going
[50:06] into the building?
>> Not until you go farther to the the east
[50:11] » the activity entrance the activity.
>> So are these doors um accessible at all?
[50:15] Are there access?
>> They are accessible doors but the actual
[50:19] there's the only place that there's that
step up is at the middle entrance.
[50:23] » Okay. where you see that
>> that one and then there's one in front
[50:26] of the elementary too.
>> Okay.
[50:28] » Yeah. This I mean this is a good start
for like hey I mean at the end of the
[50:31] day redoing a little bit of concrete and
everything it's doable for them. It's
[50:34] just obviously it cost money for it but
I mean this will get you 95% of the way
[50:38] there and
>> just something to bring up if you're
[50:41] going to be talking to them. Yeah, I can
I can bring it up and you know we could
[50:44] do it as a cutout while they're doing
that work if they wanted the same
[50:49] » because Kendra if you put right there
like in that corner right where that
[50:53] little blue line goes
>> if you put that and then made those the
[50:56] handicap spots.
>> I mean that's all up to the school. I'm
[50:59] just saying but would that be wants that
>> would be that would be awesome though,
[51:03] right?
>> It might be a little bit clo I don't
[51:05] know if how much closer.
>> Is there not handicap spots at all?
[51:08] » No.
>> No. Well, the only handicap spots are up
[51:12] on the bewest edge of the parking.
>> Yeah,
[51:16] » it's going to be an offline
conversation, but I have some questions.
[51:21] » But you want to go to schoolboard, too?
>> I mean, you could just do this entire
[51:26] presentation.
>> I just think if there would be something
[51:29] like feasible that you could do right
there at that connection, then those
[51:33] spots potentially could be that. But
again, I'm not trying to push for that.
[51:37] I just think it would be a good
opportunity while we're doing this work
[51:40] to potentially add it and
>> it'd be good for very and then the
[51:45] elderly community members that access
the library as well.
[51:49] » And if we're going to get any big rain,
I will try to video all what happens
[51:52] when it rains in this parking lot
because that's another huge issue.
[51:55] » There's a whole bunch of water build up
here and also like almost get into the
[51:58] building.
>> Um every you can't even get into the
[52:00] building cuz it just is a pool.
>> Yep. So yeah, if and that's just
[52:04] something like if we're going to if
we're working together on this anyway,
[52:08] maybe we solve all the problems.
>> Yeah. And that'll be something that will
[52:13] » that'll be something that comes up when
we finally get that drainage um study
[52:17] done too is we can look at how much
water is actually coming down there and
[52:20] then ultimately like here this is how
big of a pipe you guys need because
[52:23] you're putting it in a big hole. You
need a big enough pipe to take that out.
[52:26] » Well, here's what it should be upsized
to. And then if there's some creative
[52:30] ways to try to get it out, I mean that's
the the biggest problem.
[52:32] » I just think it sits on a dip and
there's
[52:36] » Yeah. But um but yeah, they'd be the
next step.
[52:39] » They didn't ask you first. That's what
it was.
[52:41] » I sold all their issues.
>> What the heck?
[52:46] » Just include that in your question. I
think they
[52:49] » What time is it school board meeting?
>> It is at 7 o'clock.
[52:56] » Okay. cuz I'm going to be in Parker for
their council meeting. So, um
[53:00] » if I can get out of there soon, I could
maybe teams in or they have on um public
[53:06] input right away.
>> Okay.
[53:08] » So, um
>> I'll take it.
[53:11] » Yeah, I'll try to tune in as soon as I
can. But yeah, that is kind of
[53:14] » that's from my library board
perspective.
[53:17] » So, that is the general plan for
everything that we have right now. I'm
[53:20] working on basically getting the plans
and getting a initial submittal over the
[53:24] DOT here in the next couple weeks and
then uh working with Logan on schedule
[53:28] for them to review, get back to us,
finalize everything out and then get
[53:32] that first phase um bid out here so we
can construct uh this next year and then
[53:37] also get with Dave 2 for budgetary uh to
see kind of where we need to cut the
[53:41] line for everything on it, go from
there.
[53:45] Any questions or
>> No, but thank you for the PowerPoint
[53:48] instead of just the
>> pictures.
[53:52] » That was fun.
>> School would be nicer being wire, too,
[53:54] cuz that's a paint right now.
>> It's sharp and everybody always cuts it.
[54:02] » Make all the improvements,
>> right? For sure.
[54:04] » Hi, we have issues.
>> Hey, road safety is important.
[54:09] » It is.
>> I have so many ideas for that parking
[54:13] lot. I like it. It looks It looks really
awesome.
[54:16] » Um do note too um talking with the DOT,
it looks like uh just because you know
[54:21] you did do this CAP grant, by all means
once you're done with this one, don't
[54:24] think you have to do their you know 5
years down the road do another TAP
[54:27] grant. Um like that's when you can do a
CAP grant. You can apply for next one
[54:30] next year if you really wanted to.
Um
[54:35] but yeah, the DOT does have some you
know funding on it. So, if there are
[54:38] some sidewalk projects or things like
that, but that's
[54:41] » I think Dave's like, I'd rather do a tap
dance grant.
[54:44] » Um, the one that might be easier to use,
especially on Dave's end, would be
[54:48] community access um on it. That is a
much easier deal to work with. You don't
[54:53] have to do DOT plans and everything.
Basically, any engineer can use their
[54:57] standard set of plans and it's basically
just a uh they actually upfront you. I
[55:02] think it's like 60% of the money uh when
you're ready to bid for everything like
[55:05] that. So, it makes things pretty easy on
that. Um, but yeah, the DOT does have,
[55:09] you know, some options for you guys
here. But, um, yeah, other than that,
[55:14] that's all I got.
>> Thanks. Thanks, Paul. Appreciate it.
[55:21] » All right. Um, item number 10, reviewing
our
[55:27] proposal for non-alcoholic beverage
contracts.
[55:31] So, I did put out um to both um drink
beverage providers from Pepsi and Coke
[55:38] um to be here in case you guys have
questions over what they have submitted.
[55:42] Um
and looks like neither one of them are
[55:46] here. I did also send both of these to
Sam. Um he did send back some revisions
[55:55] for the one through Coke. Um
[56:02] couple things really that um for you
guys to take note is
[56:10] um
[56:13] the
Pepsi 5year would be we're the one that
[56:19] we're finishing up with Coke is a 2000
case
[56:24] minimum. Um, and that's what theirs is
at. COPE did actually change theirs for
[56:30] the coming uh for their proposal down
from 2000 to 1,955.
[56:36] Um, and then on this page of
the Pepsi one and then on the
[56:46] third or fourth
[56:50] um
[56:53] Yeah. at the bottom of
the where there's
[57:05] uh under number six on the coke one
under consideration
[57:09] um that'll walk through the um
I guess the the sponsorship fees
[57:17] Um,
[57:27] for the two of them,
[57:37] I did speak with Carrie. Um, she did not
have a preference one way or the other.
[57:44] um
she doesn't have any issues with Coke,
[57:47] but
kind of left it in your hands for your
[57:51] decision.
>> What do the sponsorship fees cover?
[57:55] » Uh that is put towards the the general
budget of the clubhouse. Um there
[58:03] so the like the Pepsi they have it'll be
a certain dollar amount of sponsorship
[58:09] fee that they just give us toward that.
it's, you know, it's just kind of
[58:13] included in that general whatever um in
that budget. Um
[58:21] and then that, you know, there's so much
included as like branded merchandise
[58:25] that we could give out during, you know,
events, whether it be a golf tournament
[58:28] or or some sort of event in the event
center. Um and then the, you know, the
[58:35] rebate off of our purchases as well.
Um but the actual like for
[58:43] Coke for the the 2500 um and then the
with Pepsi the 600 the annual
[58:49] sponsorship it doesn't it's to be used
you know kind of however within our
[58:55] budget. So both of them what it is is
it'd be you know the contract would
[58:59] start October one of this year we would
get you know partial for the end of this
[59:05] year at the beginning of 27 and then it
would be the full amount at the end of
[59:12] 27 or the beginning of 28 for the year
prior with all the rebates for
[59:27] to move into executive session to
discuss this further.
[59:32] I'll make a motion to enter into
executive session pursuant to SDCL1-25-2
[59:39] one and 4.
>> Second. Any
[59:45] further discussion? All in favor?
>> Opposed? Motion carried. We are in
[59:51] executive session at 7:00 p.m.
All right, we are out of executive
[59:56] session at 7:34 p.m. Can I have a motion
on item A, please?
[1:00:03] » No.
>> No. But on BM2,
[1:00:07] I will for contractual negotiations, I
will approve
[1:00:12] uh the Chester
company contract with terms subject to
[1:00:19] the agreement being in a final form and
manner approved by the city attorney.
[1:00:25] » Second.
>> Thank you both. Any uh further
[1:00:28] discussion?
All in favor?
[1:00:32] » I opposed. Motion carried.
And you'll reach out to them also.
[1:00:39] » I will reach out to them and I will
reach out to Sam NC and CC Sam on it. Um
[1:00:44] and then once he is happy with the
wording of the contract, I will get with
[1:00:48] get it to you for signature.
>> As a courtesy, I would also email the
[1:00:51] Pepsi rep and just say we decided to go.
Yeah.
[1:00:54] » Yeah. Like thank you for your all your
all your documentations.
[1:00:59] » Um
>> all right. Item C. Make a motion to
[1:01:02] approve adding event administrative
assistant position to the clubhouse
[1:01:06] grill.
>> Second.
[1:01:10] » Thank you both. Any further discussion?
All in favor?
[1:01:14] » I opposed. Motion carry.
Um item B. Make a motion to approve
[1:01:21] hiring Wenda Halverson part-time as
event administrative assistant at 1550
[1:01:26] per hour effective immediately.
>> Second.
[1:01:30] Thank you both. Any further discussion?
All in favor? I
[1:01:35] » I
>> opposed. Motion carried. Item E.
[1:01:40] » Make a motion.
>> Make no motion on number E.
[1:01:47] » All right. Um, can I get a second on
that?
[1:01:51] » Second.
>> Okay. All in favor?
[1:01:53] » I
>> opposed. Motion carried.
[1:01:57] So, no motion is carried. All right,
Dave,
[1:02:03] it's your turn.
>> Okay. Um,
[1:02:07] did you guys all have a chance to look
through
[1:02:10] the proposed 2027
budget?
[1:02:14] » Yes. I will start off by asking if there
are any questions on what was sent to
[1:02:21] you after um met with all the department
heads, sat down with budget committee um
[1:02:35] a lot of numbers.
>> Um yes. Um I guess I would start any
[1:02:40] questions on the revenue side. Um the
one thing I will point out is for uh
[1:02:47] property taxes um the
CPI of 2.5% from the that we got from
[1:02:53] the county and then the uh growth fac uh
is 0.6.
[1:02:58] So property tax uh revenue will be
relatively flat. There's very little
[1:03:03] change from year-over-year.
[1:03:08] Any other questions on the revenue side?
Oh, no. The only question um question,
[1:03:15] can you send me the schedule fee or the
wages?
[1:03:21] » Wages and the
um fee.
[1:03:27] I can't think
>> the schedule of fees.
[1:03:29] » Yeah, schedule fees.
>> Sorry, my brain's not
[1:03:34] » But it doesn't have to with this.
I asked you a question already.
[1:03:47] All right.
>> Anybody else have any questions about
[1:03:49] the rabbit code?
[1:03:55] » All right. Then looking at expenses
[1:04:02] » questions on um
it's broken out by department for you
[1:04:06] line items. Um,
>> have money in her
[1:04:11] equipment fund. You really want to push
it forward.
[1:04:14] » Questions at all on
any of those.
[1:04:18] » Oh, I was again not super pertinent to
this. When are you moving the library to
[1:04:23] the general fund under that?
>> After the first of the year. So, um,
[1:04:28] yeah. So, if you look at, um, it'd be
page
[1:04:34] six. Is that going to then when our
auditor goes through fix the issue that
[1:04:38] she has when you have when we input
things to take it out?
[1:04:42] » So has that differential amount?
>> Yeah, there we'll have to address that
[1:04:45] once I get the final audit report and
all that stuff um with their
[1:04:49] recommendations. So, one of the
recommendations from this year's audit
[1:04:53] um that came out is because the library
is funded by the general fund, but up
[1:04:59] until
up until now, it's always been listed
[1:05:02] separately as 98 fund, um they wanted to
see that moved actually officially into
[1:05:10] the general fund. It's not going to
change any way any of that stuff has
[1:05:14] been paid. It's just going to be
included for budgetary purposes. um
[1:05:20] under the general fund with uh revenues
and expenses. It was always categorized
[1:05:26] in
its own fund, but it's actually in
[1:05:32] reality it's funded by the general
funds.
[1:05:35] Um so they wanted to see that changed.
That's the big change on the ex on the
[1:05:41] revenue and expense side.
[1:05:48] The other thing I'll point out on
expenses is under water and sewer, the
[1:05:55] um loans for this year's projects
because the substantial completion and
[1:06:01] the project will be completed this year.
They will both go into
[1:06:05] um repayment.
Um so the new water loan will go into
[1:06:10] repayment starting next year. Um if you
look under water the
[1:06:17] page six
um I reached out to the state and to the
[1:06:24] um the loan folks and they were able to
give me the high estimate of the total
[1:06:31] amount that we will end up paying for
the loan in 2027 of 50,800 but they
[1:06:36] could not break out exactly what the
principal and what the interest would be
[1:06:40] but that would be the maximum amount.
It'll just fluctuate a little bit based
[1:06:44] on our final draw downs of the loan, but
that would be the absolute highest that
[1:06:50] our total payments for 2027 would be on
that loan.
[1:07:02] » Then in the sewer, the SRF,
>> do we have a fee schedule for that? I
[1:07:09] have not heard back for
the uh so the loan three yet.
[1:07:15] » I have I've reached out I just have not
gotten the figures back from them. Um
[1:07:21] but I'm still anticipating those at some
point.
[1:07:25] » So then do because this is only for one
and two.
[1:07:29] » Yep. And so three would have to be added
in once I would get those and that was
[1:07:35] it was a different department. I heard
back from the the drinking water folks,
[1:07:39] but I have not heard back from the clean
water.
[1:07:41] » I just didn't know how much it was going
to take
[1:07:46] » from that budget.
>> Yeah, that I don't know. Um
[1:07:49] » probably 25 to 30, I would say.
>> And I Yeah, it's total guess. It's It's
[1:07:56] not It depends on what the final draw
down with the sewer is going to be. And
[1:07:59] that one's going to be a little bit
closer than the drinking water or the,
[1:08:03] you know, for the water projects. Yeah.
>> Um so
[1:08:20] I still have my opinions about the
equipment purchases for the sewer, but
[1:08:26] if nobody else has an issue with it,
I'll keep them. And depending on that
[1:08:32] other sewer loan those that's you know
that's where those
[1:08:36] » would have to to come from would be from
there
[1:08:42] » I mean I think one is well aware of how
his budget works.
[1:08:45] » Yeah.
>> Right.
[1:08:46] » Yeah.
[1:08:49] I will give him credit for credit.
[1:08:54] » I have no other questions.
>> And then um
[1:09:05] » so we were working with Carrie. We were
able to get some capital equipment
[1:09:09] purchases budgeted for the clubhouse
next year. Um, initially we had we had
[1:09:15] included
there was the possibility we were going
[1:09:18] to have to replace both friers. Now it
sounds like we might not need to. Um,
[1:09:23] sounds like those are working much
better at this point right now. Um, but
[1:09:28] we've left that in just in case. And
then there's also some itemized in the
[1:09:33] second penny for the clubhouse as well
for some equipment that's, you know,
[1:09:37] it's five plus years old, close to six,
starting to wear out. whatever happened
[1:09:41] with the uh grease filter machine
>> that's in there.
[1:09:46] » That's included for next year. Um
because they it had like a 90day limited
[1:09:50] return warranty.
>> The extended warranty also is only like
[1:09:55] » a year up to up to a year. Um
>> it was like a really short time. So,
[1:09:58] when I was getting numbers on that for
carry, it was basically looking at
[1:10:03] similar products price-wise to what we
have out there
[1:10:07] » with the max warranty
>> just because it gets used and stuff so
[1:10:13] much.
>> So, um
[1:10:19] questions.
The one thing revenue-wise that will
[1:10:24] change is going to be the revolving loan
fund. Um the food pantry building down
[1:10:30] on this corner of First and Dakota that
did get sold and that they closed on
[1:10:35] that this past Saturday. So that loan
will be getting paid off here in the
[1:10:40] near future from um the Elsister Health
Services Foundation.
[1:10:46] Um so that will change the projected
revenue for that fund, but it only
[1:10:51] affects that fund. So
[1:10:57] It will relocate. I'm just not sure
where.
[1:11:00] » I have not been told where yet.
>> As far as I know, we'll relocate. I'll
[1:11:06] put it that way.
>> No.
[1:11:09] » Right.
[1:11:13] » All right.
>> Questions on the line items at all
[1:11:18] from anybody. Okay.
>> Do you understand this? cuz then you can
[1:11:23] » Hey, I know what numbers are and that is
an achievement in and of itself to ask
[1:11:28] my high school math teacher.
[1:11:34] » So then the last thing will be um
questions on the appropriation
[1:11:39] ordinance.
[1:11:43] As it stands there, it's it's balanced.
It's actually a projected revenue a
[1:11:49] little bit higher than projected
expenses.
[1:11:52] So
>> that's usually the goal.
[1:11:54] » That's good.
>> Fingers crossed.
[1:11:56] » And that's general fund and all funds.
So
[1:12:00] » fiscally responsible like it.
>> I'll make a motion to approve the first
[1:12:05] reading of the 2027 appropriations
ordinance.
[1:12:10] » Oh, I'm going to take Nick.
>> Nick gets it. Big boy.
[1:12:14] » Any further discussion? That's
>> awkward. Sorry.
[1:12:17] » All in favor?
>> I
[1:12:19] » opposed. Motion carried.
>> August warrants.
[1:12:24] » I make a motion to approve August
warrants.
[1:12:29] » Second half.
>> Second.
[1:12:34] » Any further discussion on those? We
haven't had anybody any questions or
[1:12:38] anything like that for Dave.
>> Yeah. Dave, will you explain these all
[1:12:42] in detail, please, real quick? Sure
can if you really want me to.
[1:12:49] » Story time.
>> All right. All in favor?
[1:12:54] » Opposed? Motion carried.
[1:13:02] » Any
>> I have no questions on the financial
[1:13:05] report.
>> I do want to point a couple of things
[1:13:06] out on there.
>> Oh, yay. So
[1:13:10] there has been some delay with our
reimbursement for um
[1:13:14] » Christiey's not here still is she?
>> No. Um for for the for the w so for the
[1:13:21] July August um reimbursements for
invoices, pay applications. Um there
[1:13:27] were some delays because of some
paperwork that got messed up on the
[1:13:31] SECOG side. So, we have not gotten
reimbursement
[1:13:36] up until since June. So, that's why it's
looking so far in the negative because
[1:13:43] we've got
up until what not including what you
[1:13:47] approved tonight
like around $200,000 from both funds
[1:13:53] that has not that has been paid but has
not been approved or has not been
[1:13:56] reimbursed. I did reach out to the
state. We did get one reimbursement that
[1:13:59] was not included on this um that came in
late Friday um that's in the bank now um
[1:14:06] for the water side. Um the sewer one is
still um I heard back from Bailey at the
[1:14:13] state and that one is still pending.
They're still processing that. Um but
[1:14:18] that's
>> has to both.
[1:14:21] » So
[1:14:25] » um otherwise community center it's you
know we're still showing a loss but it's
[1:14:29] actually stayed relatively steady. Um
and it did show a positive balance or a
[1:14:34] positive for the month of August which
um so that was good news.
[1:14:39] » So
wasn't much but it was it was
[1:14:43] » it was in the it was in the positive for
the month of August. So Whatever we did
[1:14:47] in August, we'll just do that for the
next 12 months by
[1:14:51] » football games like all year round.
>> So, any questions on that at all? And
[1:14:59] then behind that is line items uh
revenue summary and then um expenditures
[1:15:07] um just kind of a highlight of the
departments and then behind that um by
[1:15:12] line item.
So,
[1:15:17] No questions.
>> Got nothing.
[1:15:22] » All right. Um item D. Make a motion to
approve the proposed records destruction
[1:15:27] list.
>> Second.
[1:15:31] » Thank you both. Any further discussion?
All in favor?
[1:15:34] » I opposed. Motion carried.
>> All right. Item E. I'm not going to go
[1:15:41] too in depth on this yet just because
it's still relatively new and I'm still
[1:15:47] learning on it. But in the 2026
uh session out in Pier um they passed a
[1:15:58] new law uh instituting or allowing
municipalities to institute what's
[1:16:04] called a capital improvement board.
um in your uh packets is a summary of
[1:16:13] what the imple implementation process of
that board would look like and some just
[1:16:18] kind of a general guide. So if council
would so choose in the future to
[1:16:24] establish a capital improvement board,
it would consist of five members only
[1:16:29] one being from the municipality
uh appointed by the mayor and approved
[1:16:33] by the the council or the governing
body. Um, and then four residents of the
[1:16:39] municipality and they would each serve a
term of 3 years starting January 1 or
[1:16:45] July 1, whichever occurs first. Um,
basically what this would be is if the
[1:16:52] community as a whole would see, let's
just take the park for example, because
[1:16:56] we're already working on the
revitalization of the park. So the
[1:16:59] capital improvement board would have the
opportunity to say you know we believe
[1:17:03] that this project is something that we
should focus on and it allows them to
[1:17:10] institute a
temporary
[1:17:14] um basic it's basically a third penny
tax is basically what it amounts to. Um
[1:17:20] and then that entire plan would be then
presented to the public for vote public
[1:17:28] vote. Um if it is passed by the public
for that vote that tax would then be
[1:17:33] implemented up to the point of where
that so it would have a dollar cut off.
[1:17:38] you would say, you know, it's we're
going to raise up to $2 million. Once
[1:17:43] that is done or the project is
completed, that third penny tax, for
[1:17:48] lack of a better term, would sunset. It
would go away. So once that project is
[1:17:54] completed and that fir and that project
is done and that tax is retired, you
[1:17:59] cannot institute a new one for a period
of 24 months. Um you have to give it
[1:18:06] that kind of cooling off planning
period. So
[1:18:09] » you can't just start it up over
>> correct. Yep. Um
[1:18:15] if a project would go to the public and
it would have to pass with a 60%
[1:18:19] majority of voters. Um and funds would
have their own capital outlay fund. Um
[1:18:26] yep 24 months. So, um, I did have a
resident that had heard about this and
[1:18:32] they'd had some conversations in the
community. Um, and he had brought this
[1:18:38] up to me about 6, seven weeks ago. There
was still a lot of unknowns with it. I'm
[1:18:43] still not intimately familiar with it. I
have not yet heard of a community that
[1:18:48] has been the first one to jump on the
bandwagon for this. There might be some
[1:18:52] that are working on it. Um, I think at
the very least I think it would be a
[1:18:57] good idea for the council to consider at
least forming a capital improvement
[1:19:03] board to then look at is there something
that we think that the community as a
[1:19:08] whole or 60% or more of the community as
a whole would support this tax. Um, and
[1:19:17] then that board could then dive deeper
into this and learn more about exactly
[1:19:22] what their needs would be. Um, and you
know, kind of take it from there. Um, so
[1:19:28] something for you guys to think on and
consider. If you come up with any
[1:19:32] specific questions regarding this, Sam,
um, would be a great resource. you can,
[1:19:38] you know, shoot me an email of list of
questions and I can pass those on to Sam
[1:19:42] and and maybe at a future meeting here
in the next few months before he goes
[1:19:46] back to session in January, we could ask
him to to kind of give us a more
[1:19:51] detailed review of what that exactly
would look like.
[1:19:54] » Can you email me the CAPS guide
just that way I don't have to pull it
[1:20:00] out of the Thank you.
>> Yes, I can. So, is there any questions
[1:20:05] on the capital improvement board?
>> I like it.
[1:20:08] » Um, I think it's a great opportunity for
us to get the community involved in what
[1:20:13] that would look like. Um, and there's a
list of and the the list on that first
[1:20:18] page is not all inclusive. It's just
kind of a here are some of the ideas of
[1:20:23] what this, you know, would, you know,
projects that this could be used for.
[1:20:30] » Perfect. Thank you. the the 60% that's
of all the voters in the city
[1:20:37] » or is it the vote the voters voting it
says so the people that show up to vote
[1:20:42] » yes
>> 60% of those
[1:20:44] » so yeah that so it's not 60% of
registered voters
[1:20:49] » 60% of
>> which is like a school bond I think
[1:20:51] requires a 60% of registered voters this
is 60% of the votes for that measure
[1:20:59] » so if 100 people show up 60
>> correct Yes.
[1:21:02] » Correct. So,
>> thank you.
[1:21:08] » All right. Number 12. Make a motion to
approve hiring Nick Broen as full-time
[1:21:12] assistant superintendent of public works
at $28 per hour effective September
[1:21:16] 14th, 2026.
>> Second.
[1:21:20] » Thank you both. Any further discussion?
All in favor?
[1:21:24] » I opposed. Motion carried. Welcome to
the team, Nick.
[1:21:29] » He apologizes for not being here. He is
finishing up uh work with his current
[1:21:36] job as he's finishing out and they have
him working out of state out of state.
[1:21:41] So
>> I think it'll be a good addition to our
[1:21:45] streets or public works department
streets whatever. All right. Number 13,
[1:21:51] September property maintenance and
inspection report. Uh there's a couple
[1:21:55] in green on page one and page two um to
note. Um both those files have been sent
[1:22:02] to the city attorney. The one on page
two specifically um was requested to
[1:22:08] have both property maintenance inspector
and the um code enforcement officer
[1:22:13] inspect. They have red tagged that
building
[1:22:16] um as unsafe for occupation
>> for which
[1:22:21] » the one on page two.
angry in the middle. Um, so, uh, the
[1:22:27] city attorney is aware and he's working
on the next steps process for that.
[1:22:33] » I did not cross reference these with the
driving around town, but I do feel like
[1:22:37] a lot of the community members have
really stepped up and done a lot to
[1:22:40] their properties, and you can really
like tell the difference. There are a
[1:22:44] lot of improvements made. Um, I do
encourage people if because I'm not able
[1:22:49] to get out and drive the community. Um,
the one thing the property maintenance
[1:22:54] inspector does not do is the yard and
weed maintenance. Um, so if there is
[1:23:00] somebody, I'm not telling you to telling
your neighbors, but if your neighbor or
[1:23:05] somebody in the neighborhood or if
there's a property that's getting
[1:23:07] overgrown, please call the office, email
me, stop in the office, let me know, and
[1:23:13] I will, you know, hang a tag on their
door making sure that they are aware
[1:23:16] that they need to take care of that or
we will
[1:23:18] » or reach out to your alderman or myself.
>> Alderman numbers are on the website. Um,
[1:23:23] » so
>> do we have anything about how long
[1:23:27] » 8 in
>> tree cleanup is reasonably to take?
[1:23:31] » Uh, not necessarily. No.
>> Okay.
[1:23:34] » Not in the ordinance. Um, I know. I
know.
[1:23:36] » It has been a struggle this week. Um, we
left we left the rebel site open over
[1:23:40] the weekend. Um, Mitch had closed it
this morning um just for for safety, but
[1:23:47] we ended up having to send it back out
there to close to reopen it today um
[1:23:51] just because We only have two keys here
in the office and if they're signed out,
[1:23:55] they're signed out. Um, we have one
gentleman that signed one out last week
[1:23:58] and hasn't brought it back yet. Um,
Christy has been on them about that. Um,
[1:24:04] and I've reminded people that cleanup is
coming. Um, I had a lot of questions
[1:24:08] asked, is the city going to be coming to
pick this up? Um, unfortunately, no. Um,
[1:24:14] last year was a kind of a the reason we
were able to have somebody pick up the
[1:24:18] branches at the street was because the
county volunteered their staff. Um, so
[1:24:22] it is the responsibility of the
homeowner to get those out um to the
[1:24:26] rebel site.
>> Bigger storm.
[1:24:28] » So,
>> um, but for the most part, it's it's
[1:24:32] getting done slowly, but because of you
only have a couple keys and rain this
[1:24:36] weekend and stuff. So,
>> how is the rubble site? It's really
[1:24:40] still pretty muddy. Uh, it actually I
was informed it wasn't as bad as they
[1:24:44] expected this morning.
>> Okay.
[1:24:46] » So,
[1:24:49] » yeah, I agree. If there's any problems
that you see while you're out and about,
[1:24:54] let any of us know.
>> I try and catch them as I can, but
[1:24:58] » it's not it's not killing on someone.
It's just making our city look better.
[1:25:02] » It's keeping the pest out, too. Pest
control.
[1:25:06] » All right. Uh, speaking of all of those
things, we have some reminders. Uh, fall
[1:25:12] cleanup days are going to be held on
Friday, September 11th through Sunday,
[1:25:17] September 20th at the Rebel site. Um,
>> hours for that is posted on the city
[1:25:23] website.
>> Yep. It's on the city website. It'll be
[1:25:25] on the Facebook page if it's not
already. I can't remember.
[1:25:28] » And it's on the bullet board outside the
city office as well.
[1:25:31] » Yeah, it's posted numerous places. Um
public hearing regarding the transfer of
[1:25:37] malt beverage and South Dakota farm wine
license to new owners of Alcester
[1:25:42] Quickstop will be held on Monday,
September 21st at 6:00 p.m.
[1:25:48] The next regular council meeting will be
on Monday, October 5th at 6 p.m. and our
[1:25:54] looking forward our annual open forum
will be held on January 6th 6 um 2027 at
[1:26:03] 6:30 p.m. at the Morningside Event
Center.
[1:26:08] Do we need to go into executive session
for anything?
[1:26:10] » No. No.
>> Okay. Just need a motion to adjurnn.
[1:26:13] Please
>> make a motion to adjurnn.
[1:26:16] » Second.
>> Thank you both. All in favor?
[1:26:21] » Opposed? Motion carry being adjourned at
8:00 on the dots