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We'll call this Mountaineer City Council
meeting to order for Tuesday, September

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8th,
2026.

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» Roll call vote, please.
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» here.
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» Here. Anderson
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Please stand for the pledge.
[clears throat]

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Pledge to the flag of the United States
of America and to the republic for which

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it stands. One nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice

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for all.

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Thank you.
We'll go on to cons consent agenda

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for the minutes of the August 17, 2026
regular meeting, receipts, bills and

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payroll and communications.
I so move we approve the consent agenda

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for the minutes of the August 17th, 2026
regular meeting, pages 1 through six,

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including receipts, bills, payroll, and
communications.

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» Support.
>> Thank you. Any other discussion?

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» Yes. I so move to amend the motion to
remove the bill from O'Reilly Auto Parts

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of Virginia in amount of $424
from the consent agenda for separate

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consideration, please.

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» We have a motion with no support.
We'll go on to the original motion. Roll

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call vote.
>> Prescow.

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» No.
>> Hi.

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» Yes.
>> Maria,

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» yes.
>> Anderson,

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» yes.

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Public forum.

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» That was a perfect timing.
>> Yes. [laughter]

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I said, "Where did she go?"
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[laughter]
no idea what time it is.

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It's 6:30. Is it? Thank you. [laughter]

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» [snorts]
>> I called her and um I if I may, Madam

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Mayor, I do have a few things to hand
out if it's okay to approach.

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» Yes.

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» I think I have an exper
you might have to share.

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» So, but I can begin if you don't mind.
Um I am Anmarie Lubovich.

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» Thank you. Um, I am a member of the
Monard Bule School Board, but I am not

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here tonight on that capacity or in that
capacity. And I'm not here representing

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any political party. I am here to talk
to you about something you're going to

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see on your November ballot regarding
something called the permanent school

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fund.
So, little bit of Minnesota history.

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When we became a state in 1858,
a provision in the constitution set

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aside two parcels of land in every
township for the benefit of public

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schools.
And the revenue from that land, whether

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it was mining proceeds, timber sales,
land leases, was deposited into

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something called the permanent school
lands trust. Over time, some of the

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portions of land in the southern part of
the state were exchanged and sold for

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other purposes. So, right now, 92% of
the land that is a part of this trust is

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here in northern Minnesota. And in fact,
US Steel Mint is one of the biggest

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contributors to this fund. The land
itself is managed by the Department of

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Natural Resources. The state board of
investment takes that money and invests

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it and collects interest and dividends
and then that money is distributed by

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the Minnesota Department of Education to
every public charter and tribal school

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in the state of Minnesota. And it's
distributed on a per pupil basis. So

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every kid gets the same amount of money.
And in 2025 that was about $68 a

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student. Obviously, since it's based on
enrollment, bigger schools are going to

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get more money, but the per pupil amount
is the same across the state of

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Minnesota.
The fund has grown exponentially because

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of some excellent decisions by the state
board of investment and it's currently

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estimated that this fund has 2.3
billion with a B dollars in it. So, a

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couple of years ago, there was a task
force that was started that said, is

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there a way that schools can get a
little bit more of this money without

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depleting the fund? Because the fund has
to stay. It is a permanent fund. We

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can't just zero it out and divide it
among everybody. So, some technical

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accounting language, and I'm a musician.
I count to four. So, um, but the task

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force recommended that 4.5% of the
annual distribution of a three-year

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rolling average market value could be
distributed to schools without depleting

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the fund, without keeping it in
perpetuity for future generations. What

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does that amount to? Well, approximately
that amount per pupil could go from 68

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to $100
across the state of Minnesota.

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[clears throat]
that per that rolling average is

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considered a best accounting practice
and other trust funds that are similar

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to this trust um use that accounting
method. So why the constitutional

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amendment? Why doesn't the legislature
just say let's give this money to the

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schools? Well, cuz they can't. Okay, in
our in our state um the the fund is the

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method is distribute the distribution
method is in the constitution and in

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Minnesota it's the voters that change
the constitution. The legislature cannot

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do that. What the legislature can do is
say, "We think this question should be

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on the ballot so the people of Minnesota
have a right to decide it." So that's

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what they did. The legislature in this
last session by a unanimous vote in the

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House of Representatives. It was a 43 to
24 vote in the Senate. So there were

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some senators who didn't um support
putting this on the ballot, but it

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passed with bipartisan support. It might
be one of the few things that came out

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of this last legislative session that
had my partisan support.

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So, what are you going to see on your
ballot come November? So, if you look at

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what I handed out to you, and I heard
this morning, you know, where is this

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going to be? Because a lot of times
these things are on the backside after

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all the people that we don't know we're
voting for.

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» Um, but I did hear this morning that
this question will be towards the middle

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of the ballot. So after your federal and
state officers that we vote for this

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question [clears throat] will be come up
and then you'll see your local races for

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city council and school board and some
and county commissioner. Okay. So what

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is the question? Shall the Minnesota
Constitution be amended to increase the

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funding going to all school districts
from the permanent school fund, which is

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a fund that supports school districts
without raising individual income or

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property taxes effective July 1st, 2027.
And if you look beyond the dotted green

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line, you can see what each vote means.
A yes vote means that come July 1st of

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2027,
the fund will be changed or the fund

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won't be changed, the distribution
method will be changed to for this

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increased amount. Schools get this twice
a year in March and in September we get

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two payments. Okay, a no doesn't mean
the money is going away. It doesn't mean

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that schools aren't going to get this
money anymore. It just means that the

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funding mechanism is going to stay the
same that it has for oh the last 165

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years. Okay. But the important
information I think is in the green box

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because lots of times when we don't know
what we're voting for we leave blank.

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Okay. If you leave this blank, if you
don't color in either a red oval or a or

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a a yes oval or a no oval, that counts
as a no vote.

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» [clears throat]
>> So, if it's left blank, it's the same as

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a no vote. So, I'm just here tonight.
I'm not trying to tell you how to vote,

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okay? The civics teacher in me is just
trying to give you some information to

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let you know and to let the public know
that this is on the ballot. Please look

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for it and please answer it one way or
the other. So, I think I got that under

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five minutes and those of you that know
me know that's amazing. Um, [snorts] and

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I would be happy to answer any questions
from either the board or if I could even

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from the public.
>> Thank you for coming. Thank you.

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» Thank you for explaining that.
>> Very nice.

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» There's a lot of misinformation and
non-information about this. There's lots

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of things floating on social media. Um,
and so, um, I I still I'm old enough

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that I like persontoperson stuff. So, I
thank you, Madame Mayor, for giving me

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and the council for giving me an
opportunity and and uh thank you.

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» Thank you, L.
>> Thank you.

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» Thank you.

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» We'll go on to the city auditor.

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» Thank you, mayor.

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like this. [clears throat]
Okay. Thank you, Mayor Councel. Um my

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name is Tom Kelly. Mostly familiar faces
if not all I think out there. Um so

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we're going to go over the 2025 audit.
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for the for the city um you know how I
like to go about this. If you have any

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questions, comments as we go, please hop
in, ask. If you want to save them for

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the end, that's fine, too. Um, I'm going
to hit on what I think are important

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parts. Um, but that doesn't mean we
can't chat about other uh items uh in

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the audit too. So, without further um we
will get started. Uh we're going to

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start on pages 2 through 5.
This is where we give our opinion on

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your financial statements. Um, which is
the whole purpose of having an audit.

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And
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» uh these three four pages can be summed
up nicely with the second paragraph on

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page two where we say that in our
opinion based on our audit and the

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report of other auditors for the H. The
accompanying financial statements

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referred to above present fairly in all
material respects to respect the

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financial position of the city of Rome
as of December 31st, 2025. Um so this is

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what we call clean opinion in the audit
world. this is the opinion you're

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looking for. The books are fairly
stated, the audit report is useful to

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the reader, uh so on. So that's the same
opinion that we've given for years and

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years. Um and that's what you're looking
for there.

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So the next section,
which we're not going to stop at, but

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I'll explain what it is. Pages 6 through
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That's sort of a narrative uh that walks
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uh with more verbiage than us
accountants like to use typically uh

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what happened through the year in a
financial uh aspect or respect. Okay.

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Page six. Page six. What's that number
mean? Page six.

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» Uh which which number on page six?
>> The big number.

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» There's a few of them on there

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» where it says fund balance decrease.
>> Oh, okay.

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[clears throat] um
governmental fund balances decreased 1

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million and change. Is that what you're
looking at?

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» Okay.
>> Um so we'll get to that when we get into

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the financials.
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» Um but but yes, that there was a notable
decrease in fund balance and cash for

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the year. Yep.
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and talk about in that section. What
what numbers did you say? 6 through uh

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pages 6 through 14. Okay. What about uh
our enterprise funds? When are you going

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to take and cover that?
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that'll come after the uh governmental
fun. Okay. Thank you. Yes.

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» Any questions or comments on
management's discussion and analysis?

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Okay. Then we go to the actual financial
statements which start on page 15. pages

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15 through 17. These are the
governmentwide financial statements.

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They're not how the city keeps its books
in the in the civic systems as a man

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knows very well. Um, so I don't usually
stop and talk about this too much, but

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go ahead. Yeah.
>> Okay. Could you just for everybody here

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explain what I call the black ink in our
enterprise funds and the red ink in our

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enterprise funds? Could you
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» I think what you're referring to the
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» Yes. the terminology of if you're in the
black you had a profitable year or

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positive balances if you had are in the
red you had a

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» so could you just say what they are
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» uh we'll get to that
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um
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» yeah shortly here
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» yes of course so governmentwide you have
items um such as fixed assets and

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long-term debt recorded here and that's
where that's presented that is not

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presented in your governmental funds Um
that's why we have this governmentwide

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to kind of uh it's a full acrruel
version of the financial statements but

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again it's not how the books are kept
for governmental funds on and when you

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get your monthly reports it's not uh how
it's how it's viewed when they're ran.

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So we're going to go to page 18
which is the start of the governmental

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funds the balance sheet. Um this is
where your general fund, debt service

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fund, capital projects fund, and your um
charitable gambling special revenue fund

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are are um presented. Um [snorts]
again, I'll just hit the highlights for

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financials here for what I think they
are. Um cash and cash equivalents and

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investments at the very top. Uh those
saw a 22% decrease from the end of 24 to

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25. um about 756,000.
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to go along with that, um we'll get to
the spending and how we got there in a

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couple pages, but um that was a
significant decrease. Primarily, there

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were significant capital projects that
were spent on both in 24 and 25. Um but

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that's that's the main driver for that
decrease in cash in 2025.

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Um, I also like to call to your
attention on under the general fund

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column the due from other funds. Um, 2.4
million. So that's the fifth number down

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under assets on the general fund. So
that represents cash that

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the general fund has borrowed just for
just for 1231 for financial statement

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presentation purposes to funds with
negative cash because you can't present

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negative cash in the audit report. Um so
really the general funds cash balance is

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that much higher than what you're seeing
at the top of the page. Does that make

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sense or enough sense? Okay. [laughter]
Um that is an increase that due from

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other funds is an increase uh from the
prior year of about 200,000.

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Um
so liabilities uh not much to talk about

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there besides the city projects capital
projects fund. I'd like to point out the

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due to other funds line item there. That
is a fund with negative cash in the

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amount of the 621,000.
Um, and instead of showing negative

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cash, you show zero cash at the very top
because you can't show negative cash.

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You show liability uh instead. And
again, that is just for paper purposes.

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Just on December 31st, if Amanda was to
run a report as of January 2nd, we'll

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say, uh, you would see the cash uh
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million due from other funds and the
cash decrease from the 0 to the -621 in

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the capital projects fund purely for
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purposes
but still feel like I should mention

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um any questions on the balance sheet
okay we'll flip to [clears throat] page

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20
the statement of revenues expenditures

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and changes in fund balances still with
uh governmental funds. Um

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[clears throat] so we'll go over
revenues and expenditures primarily um

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[music] with some other information as
well here. Um so your heavy hitters for

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revenues, intergovernmental funds the
same as they typically are. Property

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taxes and intergovernmental revenues,
property taxes were virtually unchanged

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from the prior year. Um both right at
about 1.5 million exactly. Um the

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intergovernmental revenues those would
be your LGA your tax aids uh any

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governmental grants that are coming
through um those were also very similar

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prior year uh
general fund went down a little bit from

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2.6 million to 2.57
uh but overall in governmental funds you

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showed 2.86 million in intergovernmental
revenues that's versus 2.8 8 rounded

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from the year before. So very steady
here. Um overall revenues in the general

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fund were 4.5 million in 2024 versus 4.4
million in 2025.

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And overall in the governmental funds
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2024. That's versus 4.77 [clears throat]
4.78 in 2025. So again, virtually uh

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unchanged.
Um expenditures I mentioned capital

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projects have been really busy the last
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if you look under the cap city projects,
capital projects one smack in the middle

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of these columns. If you go to the very
bottom of expenditures, that middle

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section, you'll see capital outlay on
the far left, streets and culture and

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wreck. Following that, um you'll see 1.2
2 million a capital outlay for streets.

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That's not just for streets, but public
works in general. So, some of your

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bigger items there were improvements for
the new school building right over here.

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Um, other streets and alley improvements
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Tim and Al, do I have that stuff right?
Okay. Um, so that was an increase. There

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was about 880 grand in total capital
outlay in that fund prior year. That did

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increase obviously um to north of 1.2
million in 25 [clears throat]

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um
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increased as well from 3.97 million to
4.3 million rounded again.

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Um [clears throat]
as a result of of those

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as well as transfers the annual transfer
from general fund to capital projects

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fund to help fund some of those
projects. Um the result was a decrease

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in general fund fund balance of 476,000
and a decrease in the capital projects

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fund of 573,000.
Now those decreases correlate with that

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change in cash that I mentioned on the
prior page. Um where we're talking fund

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balance but that kind of goes hand in
hand with cash very very often. Um again

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the the busyiness with the capital
projects is the main driver in the

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decrease in the fund balance in cash
there.

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So um any questions on governmental
funds.

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Okay. Um we'll skip to page 22 then.
Skip the page now is where we're at. The

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uh proprietary funds, enterprise funds,
business type funds. They go by all

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three names. Um, these should be
self-sufficient, run like a business.

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Um, you want to see a a profit or break
even with them. Um, we also saw we also

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saw cash decrease here in the enterprise
funds. Um, about 48% cash decrease

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475,000 from 2024 to 2025. Um, capital
asset additions here also attributed to

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that. um as well as operating losses.
So, there was utility improvements at

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the new school building as well um and
other utility upgrades. Do I have that

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right too, guys? Um during 2025, that
attributes to that cash decrease there.

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So, um
continuing on down the page, it's really

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small type here, [clears throat]
current liabilities

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due to other funds. I mentioned that
with the governmental funds that there

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was the due front where the general fund
is giving its cash for one evening to

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funds with negative cash. Um electric
and water have had negative cash for

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some years now and they are are two that
borrow some of that money on New Year's

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Eve from the general fund um for
financial statement presentation

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purposes. um electric that was in the to
the tune of 942,000

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and water to the tune of just south of
uh 1.3 million. Um those are relatively

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similar to prior year in 2024 electric
that number was 1 million and water was

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1.22 million. So overall pretty close to
the same amount. Um

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non-current liabilities oped
that is that is a large liability that's

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on your financial statements um has been
for many years now um since the gaze 75

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came out with I don't remember how many
years ago that was quite a while ago now

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um but that was 4.55 million at the end
of 25 versus 4.7 million it improved

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somewhat uh at the end of 24 and again
that is uh uh that is an estimate of

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what you are to pay retiree health
insurance wise

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until um there is no longer a liability
or retirees to pay for that health

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insurance who are eligible for that. Um
that [clears throat] obviously puts a

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dent in your financial health and your
enterprise funds here. Um to the very

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bottom total net position um
overall unrestricted is this is for all

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of your enterprise funds 5.3 million
negative um very similar prior year it

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was 5.33 million negative. So if you
look at that oped liability

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or 4.55 million not to try to get too
nerdy with the numbers here but that

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that is 86% of your negative net
position. So again, that is on your

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balance sheet a huge driver of of the
negative

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um equity.

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And that's about as deep as I'm going to
get into that. So does anybody have any

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questions or comments?
>> You're going to go to page 23?

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» Yep. Yep. We'll go there.
>> So page 23, um sticking with the

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enterprise funds, this is the uh
revenues, the income statement, if you

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will, in the corporate world. uh your
revenues and expenses. Um revenues were

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relatively
flat compared to prior year across the

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board. Electric did see an increase from
3.31 million to just about 3.4 million.

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Um water was within a,000 bucks of the
prior year for revenue. Wastewater also

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within a,000 bucks. And and when we're
talking 350 360,

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500,000, that's pretty much spot on the
same amount of revenue. Um, and refues

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did increase about 9 grand from 600 to
69,000.

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Um, overall revenues went up from just
north of 5 million to 5.18 million in

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that press funds. Um operating expenses
as goes typically with uh volume in in

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uh in electric utility enterprise fund.
Operating expenses went up as well as to

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go with the revenue. They they went up a
little bit more though. Um 3 million at

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the end of 2024 versus 3.3 in 2025. Um,
and then there were slight decrease or

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slight increases, excuse me, across the
board for water, wastewater, and refues.

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As far as expenses go, uh, in total
enterprise funds expenses, operating

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expenses, excuse me, in 24 were 4.99
million. That's versus 5.44 in 2025.

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Um, electric utility fund had operating
income of 81,000.

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Uh water treatment fund had a loss of
142,000. Wastewater had a loss of 28,000

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and refugees had a profit of 5700. Um
overall

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» and Mountain Manor
>> Mountain Manor had a small profit of

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5,000 as well. Yep. Um
overall totals uh last year due to a

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large uh operating income in electric
fund uh you saw $69,000 in total

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operating income for all across the
funds whereas this year you have

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$258,000
loss across the funds in total. Um

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okay
uh continuing on down at the bottom

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change in that position. I shouldn't say
down at the bottom, but five numbers up.

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Uh, this includes
um nonoperating items as well. Up top,

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we were just talking about operating uh
electric

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uh to use the black and red uh verbiage
came out uh positive in the black

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122,000. Water fund uh came out uh
positive 238,000.

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Wastewater was negative 28,000. refugees
positive 12,000 and Mount Manor was

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positive 85,000.
So that was the end result of of all

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activity in enterprise funds during the
year.

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Um again those losses did contribute to
um the the cash decrease as well as the

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capital project spending.

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Any questions, comments otherwise?
Okay, we'll keep going. Mayor,

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[clears throat]
>> yes.

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» I have a question, Tom. Um, so the
numbers on this page are different than

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the numbers reflected on page 16. I was
just wondering, you know, they're

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slightly off. Is there a reason to for
that?

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» See, 16 is the governmentwide.
So 16

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is a little more summarized
um as far as

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enterprise funds go. So you have all
expenses

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um in
in that in in that expense column on the

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far left of page 16. Is that what you're
looking at in particular? Um even the

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charges for service for the business
type activities

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» are off as well.
>> Sure. So that probably has to do with

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that miscellaneous income
which are just small dollars. Um

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» okay
in the middle of page 23.

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Um I'd have to
look into that to get real specific for

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you. But I'm looking at like the water
fund. And on page 23, we got 356 243

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117 bucks in miscellaneous income. And
that would bring us to the 356 360.

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So, so that's with the less detail.
You're more apt to have those items that

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don't have a home on page 16 where they
do have a home in the more detailed

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section um to cause some of those
numbers to be off by smaller amounts.

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» Okay. Thank you.
>> Yes, of course.

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» Okay. Any other questions on enterprise
funds?

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Okay. the largest section of the audit,
which I don't have any plans to stop it

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in unless there's questions. Notes of
the financials, pages 26 through 52. Um,

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this goes into some of your accounting
policies, talked about OPED, like I

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mentioned, net pension liability, what
makes up uh cash and cash equivalents,

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um, fixed assets, capital assets, all
sorts of good fun detail in there, um,

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that I will skip over in case there's
any questions. We'll go to page 63.

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Um, this is the general fund budget to
actual. I like to stop here and just uh

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take a take a minute at this area. Um
total revenues for the general fund. Um

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almost spot on to what was budgeted. Uh
the first two columns on the left are

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budget original versus final. If there
was an amendment you for the budget, you

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see that here. Those numbers would be
different. Um

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actual you brought in 14 grand less than
what was budgeted. Well, you're talking

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4.4 million. That's a pretty small
variance from an audit perspective. So,

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pretty much spot on with the revenues.
Um, expenditures

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did you did spend over budget in 2025 on
expenditures and those were primarily in

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the public safety streets and culture
and recck area. In fact, in uh general

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government, you had a positive variance
there. So, total expenditures um

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overspent compared to budget by about
449,000.

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those variances come out to be a
$463,000

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negative variance for the year. Um, so
just something to keep in mind, you

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know, it's budget season for your local
government's favorite time of year. Um,

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any questions on the budget term?
>> Okay. On the very bottom of page 63,

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that fund balance of December 31st,
what does that mean generally? So

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generally speaking,
um fund balance is essentially assets

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minus liabilities. So
>> it's what we have left over after the

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whole year went by.
>> Yeah.

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» Simplistically way to look at it. Yep.
>> Okay. That's left over, not docu. It's

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not put towards something else. It's
just there,

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» right? It's all of your assets. So your
cash, receivables,

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» okay,
>> inventory if you had,

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» it's all positive
>> less. Correct.

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» But it's not dedicated to anything.
>> Not necessarily.

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» Not there yet. Okay. Thank you.
>> Yep. Yep. Of course.

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» Okay. We'll go on to page 90 then
um where we have schedule, findings, and

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responses.
And this is where you're going to 90.

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» Yep.
Uh we don't have to all go there but on

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page 70 uh
9 and 80 this is for parks and wreck our

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west two campground lost in 2025 over
41,000.

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So for parks and wreck something to
think about.

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West two campground lost 41,000 plus
dollars for 2025.

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Thank you. Okay.
Okay. um to page 90. Then

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this is where we have the audit
findings.

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There were [clears throat] excuse me
three findings this year. There were

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four last year. Um the bank wreck
finding got cleaned up which was great.

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Great job by the office on that. Um that
was really nice to see. Um so we have

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the two standard segregation of duties
and financial reporting process and then

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we have the third one's a repeat as well
on claim property which I imagine will

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get will get better. It was a task to
get the bank wreck cleaned up. Um so

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some of these older items is why
property. I'll get into that in a minute

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here. Getting ahead of myself. Um okay
so the first finding segregation of

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duties that um again very standard for
local governments you have a small

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office it's not saying that you're not
doing a good job with the staffing that

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you have it's just from an audit
perspective we'd of course like to see

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duties be segregated more well you're
limited when you have um a small office

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it's not saying you're not doing a good
job what you have again um but we're

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just doing our due diligence to
communicate that with management and

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governance by having that in our audit.
Um, similarly with lack of control over

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financial reporting process,
part of what we do is put the audit

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report together for you. Right? These
are your financials, your notes of the

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financial statements. Um, but because we
do this on a regular basis, it makes

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sense for us to to put this together and
stay up on the gases and all that stuff.

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Um, rather than doing it in house.
Again, very standard for local

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governments to do it this way, but we
still have to communicate that there's a

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finding as such. Again, just doing our
due diligence and uh explaining that to

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you. Um the third [clears throat]
finding young claim property um state

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statutes dictate how long outstanding
checks or dispersements um can be I

417
00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:06,560
guess for lack of a better term hanging
out there. Um payroll is one year and

418
00:35:03,839 --> 00:35:10,720
accounts payable checks are 3 years. Um
there were some items that were older

419
00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:17,680
than that for accounts payable. Uh I
believe it was um yes more than 3 years

420
00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:21,839
old. We recommend uh you send those to
unplanned property at the state. Then um

421
00:35:20,079 --> 00:35:26,720
that's that's the process they typically
take when someone a vendor doesn't cash

422
00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:30,960
their check um and you get to that
period of time. So

423
00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:34,960
» why is that a thing that we're supposed
to do? Do we get a refund from the state

424
00:35:33,119 --> 00:35:38,640
somehow or it's just something that we
have to do to do?

425
00:35:36,240 --> 00:35:42,960
» No, you just it's just a statutory
regulation and we have to do it

426
00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:48,400
essentially if the check got lost or is
missing. It's it's the pay ease

427
00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:52,160
responsibility then to go on unclaimed
property see oh does does uh

428
00:35:51,599 --> 00:35:56,880
» okay
>> do do they have any items out there that

429
00:35:54,560 --> 00:36:01,680
they have not cashed or claimed that
that's how they can procure

430
00:35:58,079 --> 00:36:04,800
» okay it's for other people down the line
>> thank you

431
00:36:02,320 --> 00:36:11,920
» yeah
so um any questions on the findings

432
00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:18,160
before we get to the management letter
if um management

433
00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:22,480
two management points. These are not so
not true findings, but we still feel

434
00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:29,359
like it's noteworthy to put any
communicate to uh governance and

435
00:36:25,839 --> 00:36:35,200
management these items. Um first one we
kind of talked about already enterprise

436
00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:40,000
fund health um water and wastewater fund
had operating losses. There's also the

437
00:36:37,359 --> 00:36:46,640
negative cash and do two other funds in
electric and water. Um,

438
00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:49,200
you don't want those to grow, right? You
don't want to have operating losses

439
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:54,160
consistently. So, it's just something
that we're recommending. Keep an eye on

440
00:36:50,720 --> 00:36:58,800
it. Uh, you know, put something together
if you can to to try to negate those

441
00:36:56,079 --> 00:37:05,839
losses and turn the health of those
funds around. Um and the second one um

442
00:37:02,720 --> 00:37:10,560
when we were doing analytical review of
um I believe this was a water water

443
00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:14,240
consumption calculation had a formula
error um which makes it difficult

444
00:37:12,240 --> 00:37:21,200
obviously to do analytical review when
we uh have a have a skewed uh skewed

445
00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:25,440
data to to go by. You know obviously
consumption goes up we expect revenue to

446
00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:31,760
go up right um that was hard to do with
with the data that was given to us. So

447
00:37:29,359 --> 00:37:37,119
um those are the only few management
points. Um those are you know much fewer

448
00:37:35,359 --> 00:37:41,839
than what they have been in prior years.
So I would say that especially getting

449
00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:46,480
that bank crash finding cleaned up. Um
that was that was a huge step um in in

450
00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:51,520
in
you know cleaning things up as far as

451
00:37:48,079 --> 00:37:58,240
like audit items that could be per se.
So noteworthy.

452
00:37:55,119 --> 00:38:03,119
That's what I have. further questions or
comments, sir.

453
00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:07,440
» Okay. I'm going to so move, unless
somebody has questions, I'm going to so

454
00:38:04,720 --> 00:38:13,280
move to accept the 2022 Mount Iron City
audit as presented and staff will

455
00:38:10,560 --> 00:38:18,160
implement all recommended changes. Now,
I know that's under new business C, but

456
00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:23,880
long as he's here, he can hear how we
say, then he can go home and rest.

457
00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:32,800
So, I made a motion to accept our 2025
audit and staff will implement the

458
00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:36,040
recommended changes.
All support.

459
00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:40,200
» Any other discussion?

460
00:38:41,760 --> 00:38:46,160
» Roll call vote.
>> Yes.

461
00:38:45,119 --> 00:38:48,079
» Hi.
>> Yes.

462
00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:53,280
» Anderson.
>> Yes.

463
00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:56,359
» Okay. Thanks everybody.
>> Thank you.

464
00:39:03,520 --> 00:39:10,960
» Committee and staff reports.
I have nothing formal. I've just been

465
00:39:09,359 --> 00:39:16,240
watching
all the action going on by the workers

466
00:39:13,839 --> 00:39:24,520
trying to get ahead of things for the
seasons to come.

467
00:39:20,079 --> 00:39:24,520
city administrator report.

468
00:39:25,040 --> 00:39:33,200
» Uh yeah, madame mayor. Um as you can see
in the report, the uh main server for

469
00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:38,240
the city is coming to end of life and uh
they've quoted out a new main server uh

470
00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:47,000
to be installed and we're recommending
uh to go with BC3, our IT consultant to

471
00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:47,000
uh install this server.

472
00:39:47,119 --> 00:39:50,839
Do I have a motion

473
00:39:52,079 --> 00:40:00,960
for the server replacement quote? I'll
move we approve the VC3's

474
00:39:58,240 --> 00:40:05,520
um quote for
my three- ring punches right on that

475
00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:08,520
number. 28,000
>> 741.

476
00:40:08,720 --> 00:40:13,880
» Is that right? Okay.
>> All support.

477
00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:20,599
Any other discussion?

478
00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:26,240
» Roll call vote, please.
>> Yes.

479
00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:28,079
» Hi.
>> Yes.

480
00:40:27,040 --> 00:40:32,960
» Yes.
>> Yes. [clears throat]

481
00:40:30,720 --> 00:40:37,920
That passes. Director of public works
report, please.

482
00:40:36,079 --> 00:40:43,839
» Good evening, Madame Mayor, counselors.
Um, I had one item, uh, we would act on.

483
00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:48,720
Um
um part of when we do these electrical

484
00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:55,760
projects, we've learned through uh CO
and and the supply chain stuff that we

485
00:40:52,320 --> 00:41:00,960
try to gather up all the hardware and
and items that we need to do a project.

486
00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:06,400
So right now we currently um have
applied for a permit to directionally

487
00:41:03,359 --> 00:41:11,680
drill underneath Highway 169. We did try
to do that last year. um we keep you

488
00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:17,280
know a certain amount of inventory of um
conductor uh wire on hand. It's you know

489
00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:21,680
expensive and it all depends on when
it's you know how what what thing what

490
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:29,440
things are going on out there and how
available it is. Um right now we went

491
00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:34,160
from CO to u to um um
what are we what are they doing in data

492
00:41:31,839 --> 00:41:39,280
centers? Yeah, data centers have created
a shortage of a lot of electrical

493
00:41:36,319 --> 00:41:43,280
distribution systems. So, um in order to
do this crossing, this is a crossing

494
00:41:41,440 --> 00:41:48,720
that we weren't able to do because of
the rocks. We're looking at proposing um

495
00:41:46,079 --> 00:41:54,160
that was just between the um the Comfort
in Hotel and and uh just slightly to the

496
00:41:51,440 --> 00:41:57,849
east of the city hall. Uh we ran into
Rock Ridge's reason why we call it Rock

497
00:41:56,240 --> 00:42:00,000
Ridge and couldn't get through.
[clears throat]

498
00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:06,000
So, we're going to directionally drill
across from somewhere by Fair View

499
00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:11,280
Clinic to L&M. And this will allow us to
eliminate the overhead crossings along

500
00:42:09,119 --> 00:42:16,240
um what would be the Mud Lake Road area
and the one over here just slightly east

501
00:42:13,520 --> 00:42:21,760
of this of the city hall. Those are at
the end of life. Um they're also kind of

502
00:42:19,760 --> 00:42:26,319
risky because there's a median there's a
pole right in the median of the highway.

503
00:42:23,520 --> 00:42:31,440
One of them has been hit in the past. um
that just kind of shows a vulnerability

504
00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:35,599
to our system. So, I'd uh ask for um and
I since have gotten another quote on

505
00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:42,319
some availability and it was in the
$37,000 range, but I'd ask for your

506
00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:46,760
approval to purchase from Irvy um this
three rolls of wire for $35,94.

507
00:42:47,920 --> 00:42:55,920
I so move we approve purchasing the
Okconite wire for the electrical

508
00:42:53,119 --> 00:43:00,280
department's highway 169 modernization
project in the amount of $35,94.

509
00:43:00,400 --> 00:43:04,560
» Thank you. Do I have
>> support?

510
00:43:02,079 --> 00:43:09,200
» Thank you.
Any other discussion?

511
00:43:07,200 --> 00:43:12,720
Seeing no other discussion, roll call
vote, please.

512
00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:14,560
» Yes. Hi.
>> Yes.

513
00:43:13,599 --> 00:43:18,720
» Yes.
>> Yes.

514
00:43:16,800 --> 00:43:22,800
» Madame Mayor, if I may just add a few
things. Um I I think we started saying

515
00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:27,200
it last time. There'll be crews are
going to be really busy until snow

516
00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:33,520
falls. Um today we hauled road salt sand
for for our streets. Um we'll be hauling

517
00:43:30,319 --> 00:43:39,440
that for the next couple days. Um we are
going to be do you'll see our crews out

518
00:43:35,760 --> 00:43:44,480
flushing sewers. We do this annually. um
will be out um excuse me, flushing

519
00:43:41,760 --> 00:43:50,240
hydrants and flushing sewer uh jetting
sewers. Um um we are having some some

520
00:43:48,319 --> 00:43:54,800
issues with one of our wells. So, we're
doing some work up at one of the older

521
00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:59,920
wells. Um there'll be some stuff that to
talk about in the future with those. Um

522
00:43:57,359 --> 00:44:03,839
the engineering, we'll be talking about
a little bit later at the wastewater

523
00:44:01,359 --> 00:44:09,520
treatment plant that's ongoing. Um, we
have some slip lining that's happening,

524
00:44:05,760 --> 00:44:14,000
some um um these electrical projects. We
have four electrical projects that I'm

525
00:44:11,599 --> 00:44:18,000
hoping to finish up before winter. So,
we'll be busy.

526
00:44:17,119 --> 00:44:23,760
» Thank you.
>> Okay, I got a thing here. I'm going to

527
00:44:19,920 --> 00:44:29,359
try to do something. Um, comment first.
The three most accidentrone The three

528
00:44:26,640 --> 00:44:36,079
most accidentrone intersections in Mount
Iron are the following. one US 169 and

529
00:44:33,520 --> 00:44:42,480
Emerald Avenue and Rockidge Drive. The
second one, US 169 and Enterprise Drive

530
00:44:39,520 --> 00:44:48,160
North and County number 7. And the third
one is County number seven and Unity

531
00:44:45,200 --> 00:44:54,160
Drive. So, I know that you're not going
to like to hear this, but I so move that

532
00:44:51,200 --> 00:45:01,280
the following straight ahead traffic
arrow be painted by September 18, 2026.

533
00:44:59,286 --> 00:45:07,280
[snorts] Unity Drive eastbound from
County number seven, which is a lane on

534
00:45:03,760 --> 00:45:12,560
the south side of Unity Drive. And the
second straight ahead arrow, Unity Drive

535
00:45:09,839 --> 00:45:17,040
westbound from county number seven,
which is the lane on the north side of

536
00:45:14,560 --> 00:45:23,280
Unity Drive. But right now, that gas
company has that corner all tore up. So

537
00:45:20,400 --> 00:45:27,440
the westbound arrow might take a little
longer. You'll have to go down there.

538
00:45:25,200 --> 00:45:32,160
What the blank are they doing? They tore
up by sidewalk. punch a little bit up

539
00:45:29,359 --> 00:45:37,680
the street to do some gas line work
there. So, I still made the motion. So,

540
00:45:35,119 --> 00:45:43,079
I'll try to do it by September 18th if
possible.

541
00:45:39,520 --> 00:45:43,079
» We have a motion.

542
00:45:43,520 --> 00:45:48,880
» Not seeing any support.
>> Okay,

543
00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:52,960
» we'll go on to the
library director special events

544
00:45:50,720 --> 00:45:57,359
coordinator report, please.
>> Good evening, Mayor Anderson Council.

545
00:45:54,880 --> 00:46:01,839
Um, yes, it was a very busy summer um,
here at Southare Public Library, but

546
00:45:59,200 --> 00:46:08,560
we're moving into the fall and it's not
slowing down. Um,

547
00:46:04,640 --> 00:46:13,920
we secured a grant this past um, winter
for the Mary C. Murphy Library

548
00:46:10,640 --> 00:46:19,280
Construction Grant to replace and um,
update the steps at the front of of the

549
00:46:16,400 --> 00:46:24,079
library. Um, I was informed this past
week that the Virginia Area Community

550
00:46:21,280 --> 00:46:29,680
Foundation has donated $5,000 to that um
to that fund as well. And just with a

551
00:46:26,880 --> 00:46:34,720
little bit of um [snorts] work just
resubmitted some portions of the grant

552
00:46:32,160 --> 00:46:40,800
to the ILR for the remainder through the
culture and tourism um fund. So, we hope

553
00:46:37,760 --> 00:46:46,400
to have all the dollars for that project
moving forward. I'll just wait and cross

554
00:46:42,640 --> 00:46:49,839
my fingers on the triple R. But, uh, I
am very happy that that project is

555
00:46:48,240 --> 00:46:54,240
coming forward. And if you take a swing
by the library, uh, the steps are

556
00:46:51,680 --> 00:46:58,000
needing a little needing some work.
>> And it's an iconic landmark in downtown

557
00:46:56,319 --> 00:47:01,760
Mountain Iron. There isn't a ton of
things happening in downtown, and we

558
00:46:59,599 --> 00:47:07,440
like to remain a a destination for
people. We just had some folks stop in

559
00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:12,480
off the Msabi trail tonight seeking out
not only the um uh Carnegie libraries in

560
00:47:10,640 --> 00:47:17,680
the area but also to use our restrooms
and water. So we are the best space that

561
00:47:14,880 --> 00:47:22,560
people stop and visit. So it was nice to
hear th those words back and um yeah

562
00:47:20,400 --> 00:47:26,720
programming is picking will pick right
back up for the fall for our fall

563
00:47:24,160 --> 00:47:30,000
programming. So, um, if anyone has any
questions, um, that's

564
00:47:28,000 --> 00:47:32,400
» Oh, when is did they ever decide when
the meritage committee is going to meet

565
00:47:31,680 --> 00:47:36,680
again?
>> They will be meeting October.

566
00:47:36,880 --> 00:47:41,359
» October.
>> Yeah. Let me just find out. Let me

567
00:47:39,839 --> 00:47:46,960
double check so I don't say the wrong
date. October 7th at 5:00. And that will

568
00:47:44,560 --> 00:47:50,560
be at the Mount Iron Senior Center.
>> Okay. 5:00 senior center. Thank you.

569
00:47:49,280 --> 00:47:52,880
» Say October 7th.
>> Okay. Thank you.

570
00:47:51,440 --> 00:47:55,200
» Yep.
>> Thank you.

571
00:47:54,000 --> 00:48:00,280
You're welcome.
>> You will go on to our [laughter]

572
00:47:57,040 --> 00:48:00,280
» That's a

573
00:48:00,720 --> 00:48:06,018
report
to say. [laughter]

574
00:48:07,928 --> 00:48:09,948
[clears throat]

575
00:48:10,319 --> 00:48:16,640
» So, a quick update. Uh the Mount Iron
Alley project, we did a walkthrough with

576
00:48:14,319 --> 00:48:21,040
Msabi Batuminous last week to create a
punch list. It's nearly complete. and

577
00:48:18,800 --> 00:48:26,160
they kind of indicated that the items
remaining, which was turf establishment

578
00:48:23,200 --> 00:48:30,319
and uh a repair, we're going to be taken
care of this fall. So, we should see

579
00:48:27,760 --> 00:48:33,680
that closed out here in the next month.
And then we're currently working to

580
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:39,760
schedule a pre-construction meeting with
the slip lining company um init

581
00:48:37,520 --> 00:48:45,520
uh probably occur before the next
council meeting if that dates uh work

582
00:48:43,040 --> 00:48:47,760
with everyone involved in that. That's
all I have.

583
00:48:47,200 --> 00:48:53,119
» Thank you.
>> Okay. I have a a couple of things here

584
00:48:50,160 --> 00:48:59,280
for for you engineer. Besides all the
other problems we have with the mineral

585
00:48:55,359 --> 00:49:05,440
avenue alley project, we have this mud
lom maybe grass around the alley cache

586
00:49:02,240 --> 00:49:10,319
basins. Waterbased erosion will probably
plug up the storm sewer piping. So, the

587
00:49:08,319 --> 00:49:16,240
opinion of not only me but some other
people, there should be asphalt around

588
00:49:12,640 --> 00:49:21,760
all the alley catch basins so you don't
have all that junk going in there. So,

589
00:49:19,440 --> 00:49:28,319
put that on your list of maybe what else
to do. Second, I so move for the public

590
00:49:25,599 --> 00:49:33,040
record. It has been visually observed
not only by me but other people that

591
00:49:30,880 --> 00:49:38,079
many of the residential properties on
the east side of Mineral Avenue on the

592
00:49:35,760 --> 00:49:42,880
west side of the new paved alley have
backyards that are below the level of

593
00:49:40,319 --> 00:49:48,800
the alley which may hinder the flow of
heavy rain and snow melt water to the

594
00:49:45,680 --> 00:49:52,960
east out of those residential backyards.
You can really if you go look you can

595
00:49:51,119 --> 00:49:56,599
see. So, I want that as the public
record, please.

596
00:49:57,040 --> 00:50:07,440
» We have a motion.
Any support?

597
00:50:03,040 --> 00:50:11,359
Hearing no support, we'll go on.
Thank you.

598
00:50:09,520 --> 00:50:14,640
We'll go to the sheriff's department
report, please.

599
00:50:12,640 --> 00:50:20,280
» Madame Mayor, counselors, nothing for
me.

600
00:50:17,040 --> 00:50:20,280
» Thank you.

601
00:50:20,559 --> 00:50:31,160
We'll go on to economic development
authority. We have a

602
00:50:26,720 --> 00:50:31,160
comprehensive plan update.

603
00:50:33,339 --> 00:50:35,359
[clears throat]

604
00:50:37,520 --> 00:50:41,160
» We need a motion.

605
00:50:41,920 --> 00:50:50,000
» Yeah, I can speak to this, Madame Mayor.
Um, so our last comprehensive plan was

606
00:50:46,720 --> 00:50:57,040
is over 10 years old. So the EDA
requested RFPs for updated comprehensive

607
00:50:53,760 --> 00:51:04,520
plan. Five were received um reviewed by
the EDA and it was recommended that we

608
00:50:59,680 --> 00:51:04,520
um move forward uh with MSA.

609
00:51:07,440 --> 00:51:11,040
» So we have
>> I'll make a motion to

610
00:51:10,559 --> 00:51:16,880
» yes
>> approve

611
00:51:12,400 --> 00:51:20,480
» the comprehensive plan update with MSA.
Do we have support?

612
00:51:18,240 --> 00:51:25,040
» I support that.
>> Oh, just to let people know, the cost of

613
00:51:22,640 --> 00:51:30,960
that potentially
is uh $65,500.

614
00:51:28,559 --> 00:51:37,200
Put this back on. I support it, but so
people know, uh the cost is not to

615
00:51:33,599 --> 00:51:43,359
exceed $65,500
for the comprehensive plan. Any

616
00:51:41,520 --> 00:51:49,200
other discussion
>> with the other plans that were uh

617
00:51:45,680 --> 00:51:55,960
submitted? How did the their uh
estimates compared to what MSA's

618
00:51:52,559 --> 00:51:55,960
cost is?

619
00:52:00,480 --> 00:52:11,280
Um so theirs was 655.
Um future IQ was 100,000.

620
00:52:08,640 --> 00:52:19,119
Um, [clears throat] IMEG was about
90,000.

621
00:52:13,520 --> 00:52:25,280
S AE HR was 765 and Bolton and Mink was
24659.

622
00:52:21,359 --> 00:52:31,640
Uh, we had lots of discussion at the EDA
and it was voted 4:1 to move forward

623
00:52:28,079 --> 00:52:31,640
with MSA.

624
00:52:32,800 --> 00:52:42,960
had such a difference in uh estimate.
Was there a discrepancy in what they

625
00:52:40,160 --> 00:52:49,520
were uh estimating? Uh we just thought
that you know having an a firm like MSA,

626
00:52:47,119 --> 00:52:53,520
you know, not
not unknown to Mountain Iron since

627
00:52:51,920 --> 00:52:58,960
they're working with the wastewater
treatment plant. um and their proposal

628
00:52:56,720 --> 00:53:05,839
um had a little bit more community
outreach and and uh like public forums

629
00:53:02,800 --> 00:53:10,640
than what Bolton and Mink had in their
um quote.

630
00:53:07,920 --> 00:53:14,960
So that's why it was recommended to move
forward.

631
00:53:13,359 --> 00:53:22,319
» Any other discussion?
>> Maybe a question for uh our city

632
00:53:17,040 --> 00:53:27,440
engineer. Would uh Bolton and Mink have
uh charged extra for public outreach on

633
00:53:25,920 --> 00:53:30,720
any of [snorts] that stuff within their
estimate?

634
00:53:29,680 --> 00:53:33,520
» Mayor, if I may.
>> Yes, please.

635
00:53:31,599 --> 00:53:38,559
» Yeah, there would be additional cost
that it be on the proposal um to do it

636
00:53:36,960 --> 00:53:42,480
some additional outreach in that
proposal. Um, I think as kind of

637
00:53:40,880 --> 00:53:51,720
indicated there, there could be some
add-on services if or expanded scope and

638
00:53:46,480 --> 00:53:51,720
service if if needed or requested.

639
00:53:54,640 --> 00:54:01,440
» Any other discussion?
Roll call vote.

640
00:54:00,240 --> 00:54:03,920
» Yes.
>> Hi.

641
00:54:02,800 --> 00:54:09,400
» No.
>> No.

642
00:54:06,400 --> 00:54:09,400
» No.

643
00:54:11,280 --> 00:54:18,920
Well, then who is going to do our
comprehensive plan? Does that go back to

644
00:54:15,119 --> 00:54:18,920
the EDA again?

645
00:54:23,520 --> 00:54:31,280
» I would so move that we go with uh the
Bolton Mink firm to do that

646
00:54:28,640 --> 00:54:35,119
comprehensive plan
>> and I would support that. and any

647
00:54:32,960 --> 00:54:40,040
allocart that we would even need to add
on. I can't imagine it would come up to

648
00:54:37,040 --> 00:54:40,040
$65,000.

649
00:54:40,277 --> 00:54:42,297
[clears throat]

650
00:54:45,920 --> 00:54:52,723
» So, do you want to make a motion?
>> I just

651
00:54:51,359 --> 00:54:54,743
she supported. [clears throat]
[snorts]

652
00:54:59,119 --> 00:55:02,680
» Any other discussion?

653
00:55:04,160 --> 00:55:06,480
All in favor?
>> I

654
00:55:06,160 --> 00:55:09,839
» I
>> I.

655
00:55:08,800 --> 00:55:13,599
» Any opposed?
>> No.

656
00:55:11,440 --> 00:55:20,760
» We should No, we should go along with
the initial recommendation of our

657
00:55:16,240 --> 00:55:20,760
economic development authority.

658
00:55:22,079 --> 00:55:30,200
The last motion passes to go with Bolton
and Mink.

659
00:55:30,480 --> 00:55:37,800
And we'll go on to
parks and wreck board.

660
00:55:39,599 --> 00:55:48,319
I can take that one too, Madame Mayor.
Um, so we for this is for the South W

661
00:55:45,040 --> 00:55:53,119
complex bids. Um, Bolton and Mink had
worked with the the lowest bid uh, which

662
00:55:51,359 --> 00:55:59,200
was about a half a million over our
budget. They did some value engineering.

663
00:55:55,520 --> 00:56:03,839
Um, however, it totally changed the the
scope of what the initial plan was for

664
00:56:01,760 --> 00:56:10,880
the building. So, it was recommended to
reject all bids and rebid it um, with

665
00:56:07,839 --> 00:56:13,880
the batuminous separate and the building
separate.

666
00:56:13,920 --> 00:56:25,559
Al. So, I'll make that motion to reject
all South Grove rec complex bids.

667
00:56:21,920 --> 00:56:25,559
» I'll support it.

668
00:56:29,440 --> 00:56:35,280
» Any other discussion?
>> Yes. Another comment that I've made in

669
00:56:33,359 --> 00:56:39,839
the past.
Uh

670
00:56:37,359 --> 00:56:44,160
I have stated this several times. Do not
do what was planned. tearing down the

671
00:56:42,319 --> 00:56:50,160
present two buildings for the cost of
$30,000. Constructing a brand new

672
00:56:46,799 --> 00:56:54,799
building for over $850,000.
A simple thing would be to take the

673
00:56:52,480 --> 00:56:58,880
present two buildings and move them to
the south to make the area for the

674
00:56:56,640 --> 00:57:04,400
parking lot bigger. Then you could
remodel those two buildings for way less

675
00:57:01,680 --> 00:57:09,839
than $850,000.
And in the meantime, you can save multi-

676
00:57:07,200 --> 00:57:18,240
thousands and thousands of dollars of
public money. So, I'm going to vote to

677
00:57:16,079 --> 00:57:22,079
reject what was done so far.
>> Motion.

678
00:57:19,599 --> 00:57:26,480
» Can you repeat the motion, please?
>> You just say that it was to reject all

679
00:57:23,680 --> 00:57:29,720
Southgrow Recreation Complex bids.
>> Thank you.

680
00:57:30,559 --> 00:57:41,079
We have a motion. Do we have support for
>> I think I support.

681
00:57:38,079 --> 00:57:41,079
» Yeah.

682
00:57:41,119 --> 00:57:46,799
» And we'll have
a roll call vote, please.

683
00:57:45,920 --> 00:57:48,960
» Missy,
>> yes.

684
00:57:47,839 --> 00:57:51,040
» Hi.
>> Yes.

685
00:57:50,079 --> 00:57:54,040
» Peterson.
>> Yes.

686
00:57:56,319 --> 00:58:00,520
» Any leison on reports?

687
00:58:05,119 --> 00:58:09,920
We'll go on to new business.
[cough]

688
00:58:09,225 --> 00:58:13,200
[clears throat]
Seeing we don't have any unfinished

689
00:58:11,599 --> 00:58:19,920
listed.
Um,

690
00:58:16,000 --> 00:58:26,839
we have an interim financing for
wastewater treatment plant upgrades

691
00:58:22,160 --> 00:58:26,839
pages 15 through 18

692
00:58:30,079 --> 00:58:35,720
with a resolution
number

693
00:58:41,599 --> 00:58:51,880
pages 15 through
Isn't this resolution the one that goes

694
00:58:46,079 --> 00:58:51,880
with it? 20 resolution numbers 23-26

695
00:58:55,440 --> 00:59:06,559
which is an authorization for the
issuance sale and delivery of a 31

696
00:59:03,680 --> 00:59:11,440
of a 1,612,000
temporary general obligation sewer

697
00:59:08,720 --> 00:59:16,799
revenue bond series.
Do we have a motion?

698
00:59:14,720 --> 00:59:20,620
» Also move we adopt resolution number
2326.

699
00:59:18,400 --> 00:59:25,960
That's authorizing the issuance,
[clears throat] sale, and delivery of

700
00:59:22,960 --> 00:59:25,960
1.6212

701
00:59:26,000 --> 00:59:36,079
million temporary general obligation
sewer revenue bonds series 2026A.

702
00:59:33,359 --> 00:59:40,960
» All support.
>> Any other discussion?

703
00:59:37,760 --> 00:59:45,119
» Yes. Uh, so we and the public who's
watching knows how is all this bonding

704
00:59:43,119 --> 00:59:50,520
money in hopefully going to be paid
back. Somebody has to pay it somehow.

705
00:59:52,079 --> 00:59:55,240
» Thank you.

706
00:59:57,520 --> 01:00:02,480
» Madame Mayor, members of the council,
I'm Shannon Sweeney with David

707
01:00:00,720 --> 01:00:06,480
Associates here on behalf of Minnesota
Row Waters Funding Program. Uh the

708
01:00:04,720 --> 01:00:10,799
city's made application for temporary
financing for wastewater treatment

709
01:00:08,240 --> 01:00:14,480
project to fund engineering costs to get
through the bidding process. The state

710
01:00:13,119 --> 01:00:19,119
of Minnesota through its public
facilities authority will ultimately

711
01:00:16,319 --> 01:00:23,760
fund the project most likely on
wastewater treatment will be a

712
01:00:20,480 --> 01:00:28,640
combination of grants and loans. Uh they
do not advance or award those grants and

713
01:00:26,640 --> 01:00:34,000
loans until the project is essentially
designed and certified. And so we have

714
01:00:31,599 --> 01:00:38,799
you have to incur significant costs in
order to get through that process in

715
01:00:35,839 --> 01:00:43,200
order to essentially obtain and close on
the state funding. That is the mechanism

716
01:00:41,200 --> 01:00:48,400
that would be provided in the long-term
financing for the project. Now the state

717
01:00:46,079 --> 01:00:52,559
will say that they're
not have [clears throat] made no

718
01:00:50,319 --> 01:00:56,720
guarantee regarding the availability or
timing of their funding, but we have a

719
01:00:54,880 --> 01:01:00,400
project that's on their list. It's
scored well enough that it should be in

720
01:00:58,400 --> 01:01:02,960
a fundable range. And at [snorts] the
end of the day, we had to ask their

721
01:01:01,680 --> 01:01:07,839
permission to proceed with this
temporary financing, which they gave us

722
01:01:04,799 --> 01:01:12,400
this permission to do. And so, uh, we
have to rely on their process in this

723
01:01:09,760 --> 01:01:15,760
instance in order to, uh, work our way
through that until we get the funding

724
01:01:14,160 --> 01:01:21,760
commitment necessary to pay for the
project. So, this is temporary financing

725
01:01:19,040 --> 01:01:25,119
over a three-year term. Uh, it's our
expectation that your long-term

726
01:01:23,280 --> 01:01:29,520
financing will be in place and the
lender's expectation. If something goes

727
01:01:27,440 --> 01:01:33,839
wrong, [snorts] you can renew that for
an additional three-year term if you

728
01:01:31,119 --> 01:01:39,359
needed to. The interest cost associated
with this is eligible for program

729
01:01:35,599 --> 01:01:42,720
funding. So, uh, we borrow the interim
interest payments as part of this

730
01:01:40,799 --> 01:01:48,079
funding package to cover those interest
payments. So, we're not coming out of

731
01:01:44,240 --> 01:01:52,960
pocket uh during this design term, and
ultimately our hope is to have this paid

732
01:01:50,240 --> 01:01:57,520
off within that three-year period. We're
happy to answer any more questions.

733
01:01:55,119 --> 01:01:57,520
» Thank you.

734
01:02:07,040 --> 01:02:14,440
So we have a motion with support that
any other discussion.

735
01:02:15,040 --> 01:02:19,280
Roll call vote.
>> Yes. Hi,

736
01:02:18,720 --> 01:02:21,200
» Dan.
>> Yes.

737
01:02:20,079 --> 01:02:24,200
» Yes.
>> Yes.

738
01:02:24,400 --> 01:02:30,680
» That passes.
And we have a

739
01:02:32,000 --> 01:02:42,599
an engineering agreement with MSA
wastewater treatment plant upgrades,

740
01:02:38,079 --> 01:02:42,599
pages 19 through 25.

741
01:02:45,920 --> 01:02:49,640
Do we have a motion?

742
01:02:50,160 --> 01:02:58,559
Please tell me
to do if you want to go for mayor. Yes,

743
01:02:55,680 --> 01:03:03,359
please say this is basically the
agreement to continue the design

744
01:03:00,559 --> 01:03:09,680
services. We've completed preliminary
design and now starting at final design

745
01:03:06,559 --> 01:03:13,839
and as Mr. Sween you mentioned is to get
to that point where the project is

746
01:03:11,119 --> 01:03:19,920
certified so we can get on the piece of
funding list and uh move continue to

747
01:03:16,720 --> 01:03:23,160
move forward with the project.
>> Thank you.

748
01:03:23,440 --> 01:03:33,520
» So do we have a motion
for this engineering agreement?

749
01:03:30,960 --> 01:03:38,319
This will move we approve the
engineering agreement with MSA for the

750
01:03:35,920 --> 01:03:42,119
wastewater treatment plant upgrade
>> in the amount of

751
01:03:43,440 --> 01:03:46,440
» $1,383,100.

752
01:03:47,119 --> 01:03:52,000
Did I get that correct, Tom?
>> Yep.

753
01:03:50,484 --> 01:03:58,559
[snorts]
>> Support for discussion.

754
01:03:54,960 --> 01:04:04,000
» Support by Brad for discussion.
Discussion. Yeah, Tom, I just was

755
01:04:01,440 --> 01:04:09,599
curious. So, you're the contract amount
is the 13831,

756
01:04:06,079 --> 01:04:14,319
but on the go uh bond that we just
approved, it shows engineering and

757
01:04:11,039 --> 01:04:17,520
design is 1.439. I was just wondering
why there were there was it's off a

758
01:04:16,559 --> 01:04:23,400
little bit there.
>> Yeah, I think that that probably

759
01:04:18,960 --> 01:04:23,400
includes the facility plan cost

760
01:04:23,520 --> 01:04:29,839
on onto the total.
>> Oh, on to the geo total.

761
01:04:28,480 --> 01:04:32,839
» Yep.
Okay.

762
01:04:34,369 --> 01:04:38,960
[clears throat]
>> I believe that's that's probably where

763
01:04:36,880 --> 01:04:44,880
it's at. I haven't crunched the numbers
exactly, but um so part of it is is it's

764
01:04:41,839 --> 01:04:49,280
already the was it 167 for the
pre-engineering

765
01:04:46,480 --> 01:04:54,400
as for preliminary engineering is done.
The additional work is proposed at

766
01:04:51,359 --> 01:04:58,720
1.216, but this is a funding package for
the whole mechanism of everything that

767
01:04:57,119 --> 01:05:04,880
we've gone through. There's been steps
here that we've we've um we've already

768
01:05:02,799 --> 01:05:07,680
uh paid for and everything that this
bonding will take care of.

769
01:05:06,640 --> 01:05:11,440
» Okay. Thank you.
>> For example, the um boring and different

770
01:05:10,720 --> 01:05:14,640
there's been [clears throat] different
items that we've already approved. So,

771
01:05:13,680 --> 01:05:20,079
» okay. Thanks.
>> Okay. This another standard question.

772
01:05:17,039 --> 01:05:23,520
How is this big amount of money
1,383,000

773
01:05:21,839 --> 01:05:28,000
plus dollars going to be paid for?
Hopefully,

774
01:05:25,359 --> 01:05:33,359
» uh as Mr. Sweeney explained is once we
get to the point where we finalized the

775
01:05:30,799 --> 01:05:36,480
state funding, um part of that will be
grant money, part of it will be a loan.

776
01:05:35,520 --> 01:05:39,520
So,
>> it'll all be rolled into that state

777
01:05:38,799 --> 01:05:45,760
funding.
>> Okay. Thank you.

778
01:05:42,880 --> 01:05:48,760
» We have a
motion

779
01:05:49,200 --> 01:05:56,960
and support. Any other discussion?
Roll call vote, please. discuss.

780
01:05:55,520 --> 01:06:02,640
» Oh yeah. Oh,
>> do you have some discussion?

781
01:05:58,640 --> 01:06:04,480
» Oh, okay. I'm sorry.
>> I

782
01:06:03,680 --> 01:06:06,079
» Yes.
>> Yes.

783
01:06:05,599 --> 01:06:11,640
» Yes.
>> Oh, I voted yes, too, just in case it

784
01:06:08,480 --> 01:06:11,640
was missed.

785
01:06:12,720 --> 01:06:15,720
» Okay.

786
01:06:17,200 --> 01:06:26,880
» The audit acceptance
properly.

787
01:06:21,680 --> 01:06:31,119
» I know, but it's on here. Yeah, twice.
>> They want it twice. [laughter]

788
01:06:29,599 --> 01:06:36,160
Um,
our next is removal of board commission

789
01:06:34,079 --> 01:06:39,640
member
page 26.

790
01:06:42,480 --> 01:06:48,400
» I would [clears throat] so move that we
uh remove Mr. Steve Georgie from the

791
01:06:46,400 --> 01:06:52,799
planning and zoning commission and the
econ economic development authority

792
01:06:50,480 --> 01:06:56,640
board.
I will support that.

793
01:06:55,520 --> 01:06:59,440
» Thank you. [clears throat] Any other
discussion?

794
01:06:57,280 --> 01:07:00,480
» Okay. First, oh, you had your light on
first.

795
01:06:59,760 --> 01:07:04,880
» No, you did. Go.
>> Oh, I did. First of all, who put this

796
01:07:03,039 --> 01:07:11,520
item on tonight's city council meeting
agenda? It's there, but it doesn't say

797
01:07:08,319 --> 01:07:15,559
who put it on. Does anybody want to say
who put it on tonight's agenda?

798
01:07:15,760 --> 01:07:22,319
Nobody. Okay.
>> So, I'm going to put

799
01:07:20,319 --> 01:07:28,079
no one. No one put it on, but it's
there. Okay.

800
01:07:24,880 --> 01:07:32,559
Second, Steve Georgie has an excellent
public service background. He was part

801
01:07:30,559 --> 01:07:38,079
of RAMPS for how long? And he has
connections throughout our count down in

802
01:07:36,559 --> 01:07:44,079
the state [clears throat] legislature.
He's got it. He's got it. And so, in my

803
01:07:42,079 --> 01:07:48,880
opinion, he should with all that
background he has that he can use to

804
01:07:46,160 --> 01:07:55,039
help our community. He should be
involved with Mount Nir city government

805
01:07:51,280 --> 01:07:59,359
as long as he wants to, [snorts] as long
as he wants to. In my opinion, he should

806
01:07:57,119 --> 01:08:04,880
be part of whatever board and commission
he wants to be.

807
01:08:01,520 --> 01:08:09,079
We need his what's in his head
and what's in his heart, too.

808
01:08:09,280 --> 01:08:17,279
» And Madam Mayor, yeah, I had the same
question. I emailed Mr. Weno on Friday

809
01:08:13,599 --> 01:08:20,880
asking who had put this on the agenda.
Um, and I hadn't gotten a response.

810
01:08:19,199 --> 01:08:23,759
» So, no one put it on the agenda, but
it's there.

811
01:08:22,000 --> 01:08:27,279
» And then, you know, more background and
reasoning why, you know, we want to

812
01:08:25,679 --> 01:08:32,080
remove the chair of the planning and
zoning and the chair of the EDA.

813
01:08:30,159 --> 01:08:38,159
» I can just go with a few of the things
of the um really the slanderous remarks

814
01:08:35,120 --> 01:08:43,040
and stuff that Steve has made wanting to
in front of people in our meetings and

815
01:08:40,719 --> 01:08:48,719
stuff that I want to fire this um city
administrator. He's not doing his job.

816
01:08:45,199 --> 01:08:53,600
He has gone after after the staff, the
workers

817
01:08:50,239 --> 01:08:58,719
and everyone here. It's just terrible
behavior screaming at people and not I

818
01:08:56,719 --> 01:09:03,839
don't think it's behavior conducive of
something we want in unity in on our

819
01:09:01,600 --> 01:09:08,400
boards.
>> Um so I can speak to the EDA side being

820
01:09:06,239 --> 01:09:13,839
on the the EDA. I I don't know if
there's any reasoning from planning and

821
01:09:10,400 --> 01:09:17,679
zoning moving this forward, but um Steve
had never said, you know, fire Craig.

822
01:09:16,799 --> 01:09:22,080
» He did too.
>> He what he said and this was during a

823
01:09:19,600 --> 01:09:28,480
discussion in regards to a motion that
the EDA made last August in South Forest

824
01:09:25,759 --> 01:09:35,759
Grove, you know, where somebody reached
out wanting to purchase lot 8 and half

825
01:09:32,719 --> 01:09:42,400
of nine. Uh we directed Craig to reach
out to lot 10 to see if they would be

826
01:09:37,920 --> 01:09:47,120
interested in half of nine and you know
it turns out that that didn't happen. So

827
01:09:45,498 --> 01:09:52,480
[clears throat] it's it was more Steve
holding Craig accountable asking him for

828
01:09:49,600 --> 01:09:57,840
questions. Well, why did we sell lot
nine and half of eight opposed to 8 and

829
01:09:55,920 --> 01:10:03,199
half of nine, you know, and then
reaching out to the adjacent property

830
01:09:59,600 --> 01:10:09,120
owners um to purchase that other sliver
other half. And when asked about that,

831
01:10:06,320 --> 01:10:14,000
you know, why did why did we sell this
instead of that? It was I don't know.

832
01:10:11,840 --> 01:10:20,159
And then the next meeting it was, oh,
the attorney transposed the numbers. And

833
01:10:17,360 --> 01:10:24,880
so, um, you know, during that those
discussions between Steve and Craig, um,

834
01:10:23,120 --> 01:10:30,560
you know, Steve did say, "Well, maybe we
need a new EDA director." And Craig

835
01:10:27,280 --> 01:10:36,159
said, "Maybe maybe you do." Um, so
that's the EDA side of things. Steve has

836
01:10:34,080 --> 01:10:39,360
not raised his voice or anything like
that. Um,

837
01:10:37,360 --> 01:10:43,760
» were you at these meetings and he's
screaming about Brian Lindsay, the worst

838
01:10:41,679 --> 01:10:46,320
city attorney ever. Were you here when
this was going on?

839
01:10:44,719 --> 01:10:48,560
» I was there, too. And I have to agree
what he's saying.

840
01:10:48,159 --> 01:10:50,960
» Yeah.
>> Cuz you're the other one yelling about

841
01:10:50,159 --> 01:10:56,239
it.
>> And we've got the EDA members here as

842
01:10:52,800 --> 01:10:58,719
well as Steve if we if they have any
discussion during open discussion as

843
01:10:58,000 --> 01:11:02,400
well.
>> Well, that's fine. I understand. You're

844
01:11:00,640 --> 01:11:07,600
very talented in what you do, but the
way you go after people is unacceptable.

845
01:11:05,520 --> 01:11:13,360
Unacceptable.
>> Oh, and I've never been gone after

846
01:11:09,339 --> 01:11:17,679
[clears throat] here. Uh-huh. Uh-huh.
Well, I serve on both planning and

847
01:11:15,120 --> 01:11:25,840
zoning and I have to say Steve has done
a wonderful job on both committees and

848
01:11:21,440 --> 01:11:31,920
um maybe maybe not uh accepted by some,
but I think I think the way he handles

849
01:11:28,640 --> 01:11:35,679
things and his knowledge is more than
what our city needs.

850
01:11:33,920 --> 01:11:41,600
» So, we're going to ignore the conduct of
what goes on here.

851
01:11:38,640 --> 01:11:46,520
There's more to there's more to a a
committee chair than conduct.

852
01:11:46,719 --> 01:11:53,040
I think it should be like a whole
package deal that you can conduct

853
01:11:50,080 --> 01:11:57,840
yourself in a acceptable manner because
we're all adults instead of screaming at

854
01:11:55,040 --> 01:12:00,640
people. And I've seen it. I've seen what
you've done. I've been sitting here

855
01:11:59,040 --> 01:12:04,560
during the meetings.
>> And if it's if it's just intimidation

856
01:12:03,199 --> 01:12:11,360
that you're trying to go after, I don't
know. But I'm I don't want to be

857
01:12:07,120 --> 01:12:16,080
pressured to make any kind of decision.
So I I don't I guess I just do not agree

858
01:12:13,760 --> 01:12:21,600
with how you do business.
>> Has a conversation ever [clears throat]

859
01:12:17,600 --> 01:12:24,880
had happened outside of this with Steve?
>> Pardon me.

860
01:12:22,400 --> 01:12:29,905
» Has a conversation ever taken place
about the quorum that we're talking

861
01:12:26,640 --> 01:12:32,920
about with Steve outside of right now?
[clears throat]

862
01:12:29,920 --> 01:12:32,920
» Yes.

863
01:12:33,199 --> 01:12:39,600
It has not been addressed in the EDA.
[clears throat]

864
01:12:36,480 --> 01:12:46,239
It didn't come up. No one spoke that as
a reservation when we elect them chair.

865
01:12:44,320 --> 01:12:50,080
That was the time and place to do it.
And we as EA members are saying we're

866
01:12:48,719 --> 01:12:55,440
not seeing that.
>> Okay. The last meeting

867
01:12:51,600 --> 01:13:00,840
» individual saying I'm seeing this, but
the rest of the council members are not

868
01:12:57,440 --> 01:13:00,840
of that committee.

869
01:13:00,880 --> 01:13:06,640
It might be a personal issue, not a
chairman issue.

870
01:13:05,040 --> 01:13:10,640
» The last meeting, I can [clears throat]
tell you I should have opened my mouth

871
01:13:08,560 --> 01:13:15,920
with the way things were going. And I
emailed Craig and told him, "I apologize

872
01:13:13,120 --> 01:13:19,120
for not standing up." When everyone, I
think, just sat here with their mouth

873
01:13:17,199 --> 01:13:24,480
open like, "Wow, I can't believe you're
talking like that." I was embarrassed.

874
01:13:22,800 --> 01:13:28,880
That should never have happened.
regardless whether I go outside and talk

875
01:13:26,480 --> 01:13:33,280
to somebody and now I'm outside talking
to two other people and now we got a

876
01:13:30,400 --> 01:13:36,716
quorum and you're in trouble.
I will say from my perspective in the

877
01:13:34,960 --> 01:13:40,000
meeting I was [cough]
[clears throat] glad the way Steve was

878
01:13:38,239 --> 01:13:43,840
talking about his response to it because
I felt the opposite. I felt Craig was

879
01:13:41,679 --> 01:13:48,400
not giving any sort of response holding
up to his duty on the board in his role

880
01:13:46,400 --> 01:13:52,880
getting paid from the city. I didn't
feel like he was even involved in the

881
01:13:50,080 --> 01:13:58,080
conversation and it escalated to them
having a conversation about is Craig

882
01:13:55,760 --> 01:14:03,440
suited to do his job there. So, I felt
like it was appropriate based off of my

883
01:14:00,000 --> 01:14:08,880
interpretation of Craig's nonresponse
and wasn't him Steve attacking him with

884
01:14:07,120 --> 01:14:14,080
the original comments that it was. It
was the nonresponse of we just need a

885
01:14:11,440 --> 01:14:19,040
response. And what if in during this
whole discussion that there was some

886
01:14:16,159 --> 01:14:23,040
kind of mixup and we do not know how it
happened. So we're still going to attack

887
01:14:21,520 --> 01:14:26,719
the city administrator.
>> Sorry, I thought that was the question

888
01:14:24,960 --> 01:14:30,880
that we were asking during the meeting
was Craig, do you have a response? Do

889
01:14:28,560 --> 01:14:35,040
you know how this happened? Should it be
approved by us?

890
01:14:32,960 --> 01:14:40,560
And I heard multiple times, I don't
know. Not sure. Didn't really seem too

891
01:14:38,480 --> 01:14:45,199
involved in the conversation. and then
eventually said we as the board approved

892
01:14:42,640 --> 01:14:48,000
it when we didn't
>> we we did approve to split that piece of

893
01:14:47,520 --> 01:14:51,760
property
>> not the one that got

894
01:14:48,960 --> 01:14:57,199
» the one so that's where the discrepancy
is there was a some kind of mixup and do

895
01:14:54,480 --> 01:15:00,800
we know I don't know
>> the point

896
01:14:59,199 --> 01:15:03,840
that was the point of the conversation
that was

897
01:15:01,760 --> 01:15:09,040
» and if he doesn't know he doesn't know I
don't know if you're going to try to

898
01:15:05,360 --> 01:15:12,800
have him make something up I don't know
>> he was given the he was given the

899
01:15:11,120 --> 01:15:17,679
responsibility
to contact the people and talk to them

900
01:15:15,360 --> 01:15:23,199
and came back and told us that the
people next door would buy the property

901
01:15:20,320 --> 01:15:30,560
and the and the property got switched.
Instead of it being 18, all of 18 and

902
01:15:26,960 --> 01:15:36,320
half of 19, it got switched to
all of 19 and half of 18. So the people

903
01:15:34,239 --> 01:15:40,159
that were in the house next door that
wanted to buy that other half, they were

904
01:15:39,280 --> 01:15:44,480
pushed out.
>> I'm aware. And the problem is we don't

905
01:15:43,040 --> 01:15:47,679
understand how it happened.
>> Talk to us.

906
01:15:45,760 --> 01:15:51,440
» I understand. I was here for all those
meetings. But if we don't know how it

907
01:15:49,840 --> 01:15:54,239
happened, it's still attacking somebody
like that isn't going to get you

908
01:15:52,880 --> 01:15:58,880
anywhere.
>> No, I don't. And and as far as um

909
01:15:57,542 --> 01:16:04,320
[clears throat] planning and zoning,
I'll speak for them. believe not had any

910
01:16:01,120 --> 01:16:10,960
problem at all at planning and zoning
with how the uh meetings are run or how

911
01:16:08,320 --> 01:16:14,520
Steve does. He does a wonderful job as
far as I'm concerned.

912
01:16:15,360 --> 01:16:24,400
The issue I have with a planning and
zoning is we can sit through a half a

913
01:16:20,000 --> 01:16:31,040
meeting and Mr. Georgie does nothing but
complain about Brian Lindsay, the lack

914
01:16:26,880 --> 01:16:38,560
of followup, the lack of whatever he's
expecting of them, plus the lack of

915
01:16:35,280 --> 01:16:43,120
participation by the city administrator
and you know that they spend half the

916
01:16:41,520 --> 01:16:46,080
meeting and there is nothing but
complaints.

917
01:16:44,239 --> 01:16:52,080
» But don't you think those complaints are
warranted after 2 years of waiting for a

918
01:16:48,960 --> 01:16:58,458
response? I think so.
if they're warranted, but it's the

919
01:16:54,080 --> 01:17:04,440
reaction that you're getting to
[clears throat] get to those that's a

920
01:17:00,719 --> 01:17:04,440
little bit uncalled for.

921
01:17:06,320 --> 01:17:12,960
» Just so you know, I've had two personal
meetings along with Brad with Mr.

922
01:17:11,280 --> 01:17:18,239
Lindsay
and I think he understands the

923
01:17:14,640 --> 01:17:25,968
frustration of this committee that is
trying to enforce your city building

924
01:17:22,480 --> 01:17:31,199
codes and it's been 3 years
[clears throat] for a perpetual violator

925
01:17:28,320 --> 01:17:36,880
out in the Wolf area
and the city council has not supported

926
01:17:34,480 --> 01:17:41,920
the planning and zoning. When I got on
the planning and zoning, I expressed to

927
01:17:39,360 --> 01:17:46,320
them, I'm not going to come here and
just waste time,

928
01:17:44,308 --> 01:17:49,840
[cough] if there are issues that need to
be addressed, we bring [clears throat]

929
01:17:47,760 --> 01:17:55,679
them back to the city council because
our liaison obviously doesn't want to.

930
01:17:53,760 --> 01:18:01,920
And there's nothing wrong with holding
you as elected officials accountable.

931
01:17:59,920 --> 01:18:08,239
That's what we're going to do. And the
committee agrees. They're very, very

932
01:18:04,719 --> 01:18:13,840
tired of the lack of enforcement.
I came to the planning and zoning. You

933
01:18:10,800 --> 01:18:18,480
didn't have a short-term rental policy.
You have one now. Guess who put it

934
01:18:16,719 --> 01:18:23,520
together?
Me and the committee because we knew we

935
01:18:21,520 --> 01:18:28,719
could get it done in a timely manner.
And you've got an illegal operation

936
01:18:25,760 --> 01:18:34,400
going on in downtown Montre. How many
years? 3 years. What's the city doing

937
01:18:31,840 --> 01:18:39,440
about it? nothing.
I came to the city council with Mr.

938
01:18:36,800 --> 01:18:44,880
Lindseay present. I said, "If you send
communications to the violators, I'd

939
01:18:42,080 --> 01:18:51,760
appreciate a copy." Absolutely. He
agreed. Did I get him? No. When we met

940
01:18:49,199 --> 01:18:55,280
with him in his office with Brad, Brad
said, "What would you like to see

941
01:18:53,040 --> 01:19:00,719
accomplished?" I'd like to see him walk
in here with a folder that says City of

942
01:18:58,159 --> 01:19:04,880
Mount Iron and give me copies of the
correspondence he's alleged to have

943
01:19:02,640 --> 01:19:11,120
sent.
Blank tablet he came in with. When he

944
01:19:09,040 --> 01:19:15,360
stated he had sent correspondence, I
said, "Well, I've seen nothing." You

945
01:19:13,520 --> 01:19:19,960
think he would tell his secretary to go
get the file? Hasn't happened.

946
01:19:20,000 --> 01:19:26,640
We're paying for these services. What
services is my question.

947
01:19:24,800 --> 01:19:29,520
So now we brought him back to the
planning and zoning and had a

948
01:19:27,920 --> 01:19:35,360
conversation about increasing the
enforcement stepping up the fines

949
01:19:32,080 --> 01:19:41,840
because they are perpetual violations
and you know now we've worked up again

950
01:19:39,760 --> 01:19:45,840
committee asked me to do something so I
presented and on the 14th we'll

951
01:19:44,175 --> 01:19:52,640
[clears throat] be discussing a new
accelerated enforcement schedule and fe

952
01:19:50,480 --> 01:19:58,239
that's what we should be doing if there
is no enforcement if there is no follow

953
01:19:55,040 --> 01:20:03,199
through by the city council.
Then you don't need a committee.

954
01:20:01,040 --> 01:20:08,480
There's just anarchy out there. Build
what you want. Put up what you want. Do

955
01:20:05,120 --> 01:20:12,400
what you want. Have at it.
I don't think that's the right way to

956
01:20:10,159 --> 01:20:18,719
run the city.
I was on planning and zoning for over 10

957
01:20:14,719 --> 01:20:24,159
years under a previous administration.
I got appointed by the mayor two years

958
01:20:21,440 --> 01:20:28,960
ago. I think we've been doing pretty
good job of trying to pick up the pieces

959
01:20:27,360 --> 01:20:33,920
and get things moving in the right
direction.

960
01:20:31,600 --> 01:20:40,560
When I ask the city administrator, the
director of the EDA a direct question

961
01:20:36,159 --> 01:20:45,760
about a sale and I get an I don't know.
Not acceptable.

962
01:20:43,280 --> 01:20:51,600
Not acceptable.
Shouldn't be acceptable for anybody

963
01:20:47,520 --> 01:20:57,560
here. That's the individual hired by the
city of Mount Iron to handle those

964
01:20:54,560 --> 01:20:57,560
transactions.

965
01:20:57,679 --> 01:21:05,760
He's got to know what's going on. If he
doesn't, who does?

966
01:21:03,040 --> 01:21:12,320
Nobody else is responsible.
I've never yelled at anybody. I've never

967
01:21:08,800 --> 01:21:16,960
screamed. I've never slandered.
I'll tell Mr. Lindsay. He knows that I'm

968
01:21:15,280 --> 01:21:26,960
very
upset because of his lack of action.

969
01:21:22,800 --> 01:21:31,239
But [clears throat] no, you hire.
You don't want me that

970
01:21:31,600 --> 01:21:38,560
Steve George. Some of the stuff you said
about our attorney, I've had issues.

971
01:21:36,640 --> 01:21:43,760
Other people have issues. What he tells
us how to assess people, what to do,

972
01:21:41,360 --> 01:21:49,120
what not to do. And there's roughly five
steps. He tells us to do one and five.

973
01:21:46,239 --> 01:21:55,600
You don't have to do 2 three and four.
There's state statutes out there that

974
01:21:50,880 --> 01:22:00,800
tell him us how to assess 1 2 3 4 5. He
don't care. So some of us some of us sit

975
01:21:58,639 --> 01:22:04,800
here and go along with him. The last
time we had to appoint him, I voted no.

976
01:22:03,199 --> 01:22:09,679
When it's time to do it again, I'll
still be here. I voted no. We don't get

977
01:22:07,120 --> 01:22:13,920
the correct stuff. We had an attorney
quite a few years ago by the name of

978
01:22:11,120 --> 01:22:17,840
Paul. He just said it the way it was
supposed to be, but he worked

979
01:22:16,136 --> 01:22:22,080
[clears throat] for the Trenty firm and
the Trenty firm didn't like how he did

980
01:22:19,840 --> 01:22:26,480
that. I'm not going to mention the last
name. I think you know who I'm talking

981
01:22:23,600 --> 01:22:34,880
about. Paul said, "I can't work for a
big firm like this." He left. So,

982
01:22:30,547 --> 01:22:42,239
[clears throat] so you're right.
>> It is not right to be disrespectful.

983
01:22:39,360 --> 01:22:47,600
We are running a city, not just the
council, but everybody that's on every

984
01:22:44,800 --> 01:22:50,960
one of the com commissioner commissions
and

985
01:22:49,360 --> 01:22:56,560
committees
that are put together.

986
01:22:53,840 --> 01:23:02,080
We want Mount Naern to survive and
thrive.

987
01:22:58,159 --> 01:23:09,360
We don't want people to feel rejected
and told that our city isn't holding

988
01:23:05,840 --> 01:23:12,360
together because you're attacking an
attorney.

989
01:23:12,719 --> 01:23:23,840
Same as m Mr. Roscosski attacking an
attorney. Attacking our staff

990
01:23:20,320 --> 01:23:29,800
when you don't even have a full story or
facts. And that's what has transpired.

991
01:23:30,320 --> 01:23:35,080
There's no need to demean anybody,

992
01:23:35,360 --> 01:23:39,400
especially in public,

993
01:23:41,040 --> 01:23:45,880
and there's a route about doing things.

994
01:23:47,440 --> 01:23:54,239
» Thank you.
As far as our present attorney, that

995
01:23:51,920 --> 01:24:01,520
attorney is the attorney for the city of
Virginia. Why do they have big ads out

996
01:23:57,120 --> 01:24:06,120
there looking for potentially another
firm, another attorney?

997
01:24:08,960 --> 01:24:15,280
» You can't speak for another city.
>> They're in what's happening.

998
01:24:13,199 --> 01:24:23,920
» They're advertising. Why? They can
advertise whenever they want.

999
01:24:20,159 --> 01:24:30,159
That doesn't mean you have obligation to
be speaking to somebody that way.

1000
01:24:26,800 --> 01:24:36,480
» I I do have to say one thing. Steve and
I, we worked together for a long time.

1001
01:24:33,440 --> 01:24:41,199
We've known each other for a long time.
The last few

1002
01:24:39,199 --> 01:24:45,520
year or so,
you you've just surprised me. You've

1003
01:24:43,440 --> 01:24:48,840
you've changed.
You've gotten

1004
01:24:49,600 --> 01:24:54,120
I don't know what you want to call it.
Uh

1005
01:24:57,600 --> 01:25:07,440
uh defensive.
And I I just can't see that in somebody

1006
01:25:04,400 --> 01:25:12,800
working for the city and being defensive
like that. And it's I I hate to even

1007
01:25:10,880 --> 01:25:16,679
have to say that after having worked
with you for so long.

1008
01:25:25,199 --> 01:25:34,679
We have a motion with support. We've had
discussion. Any other discussion?

1009
01:25:34,800 --> 01:25:42,159
Roll call vote.
N O no

1010
01:25:40,560 --> 01:25:44,880
» no
>> yes

1011
01:25:43,440 --> 01:25:47,880
» yes
>> yes

1012
01:25:53,520 --> 01:25:56,520
» sorry

1013
01:25:56,719 --> 01:25:59,960
good luck

1014
01:26:02,880 --> 01:26:08,400
» we have communications on pages 27
Seven.

1015
01:26:07,120 --> 01:26:13,440
» Was somebody going to read them off?
Otherwise, I'll read them off. The

1016
01:26:10,719 --> 01:26:18,400
communications just so people know what
is what.

1017
01:26:15,199 --> 01:26:23,360
» 20 pages 27 to 34.
>> Yep. Okay.

1018
01:26:20,880 --> 01:26:31,040
Page 27. A thank you from Essentia
Health. Pages 28 29. A big thank you

1019
01:26:27,440 --> 01:26:39,040
from the MIB class of 2026.
Pages 3031. Tri City Bioolids 2027

1020
01:26:35,920 --> 01:26:51,480
budget page 3233.
Bioolids garbage 2027 budget page 34. R

1021
01:26:45,679 --> 01:26:51,480
R O CC 2027 budget.

1022
01:27:02,080 --> 01:27:07,615
Do
>> you have a motion to

1023
01:27:04,880 --> 01:27:12,040
» motion to adjurnn?
[clears throat]

1024
01:27:09,040 --> 01:27:12,040
» Support.

1025
01:27:14,880 --> 01:27:20,440
All in favor? I I
>> Any opposed?

1026
01:27:21,760 --> 01:27:25,080
5 Z.

1027
01:27:25,440 --> 01:27:30,159
» This Mount Mayor City Council meeting is
adjourned.