[0:00] Will you please stand, please for the Pledge of Allegiance?

[0:04] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the

[0:09] republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[0:16] justice for all.

[0:19] Thank you.

[0:30] I'm sure the audience knows that we do record our meetings now, and they will

[0:35] be on YouTube. So, I just wanted to let you know that. Normally, the people in

[0:40] the audience will not be heard. Um but, just in case, try to keep your side

[0:47] conversations very low because we'll be picking you up if you don't. Uh but, if

[0:52] you are at the podium, it will pick you up, also.

[0:58] So, let's move on to the agenda.

[1:03] We have the agenda before you.

[1:11] We have a motion.

[1:16] Motion to approve the agenda as presented. Support.

[1:20] The motion is supported. All those in favor, say yes. Yes.

[1:24] » Yes. Opposed, no. The motion carries.

[1:28] This time, I ask for public comments on agenda items only. Do we have any public

[1:33] comments? Please raise your hand.

[1:37] Nope. Okay.

[1:42] Seeing none, we will move to communications.

[1:45] The first item under communication, the first um

[1:50] number one is the charter that we always get telling us what's changed on the TV

[1:55] channels.

[2:02] Item number two, the law enforcement memorial

[2:06] service thing that you got is a flyer that uh

[2:10] it's personally inviting you to the greater thumb area fraternal

[2:15] order order of police puts this on. Um it's going to be on June 6th

[2:21] [clears throat] at 6:00 p.m. and the rest of the

[2:24] information is all on the flyer. The packets are on our website, also.

[2:37] Item number three, planning commission meeting

[2:40] minutes. I want to make a correction for you.

[2:44] Okay. Uh you misspelled is is Porzondek.

[2:48] One day, I'll get it right. You are d o n d e k. One I will have that for you.

[2:54] That's also on the annual report. Thank you.

[2:59] You think being with my last name, I'd learn how, but

[3:07] Next item under communication, the planning commission 2025 annual report.

[3:13] That is also in your packet.

[3:23] Did anybody have any questions on that? Council members?

[3:35] Hearing none, we move on to the consent agenda.

[3:39] » [snorts] >> The first item under the consent agenda,

[3:41] number one, regular council meeting minutes of April 6th,

[3:45] 2026.

[3:49] Any changes or corrections on those minutes?

[4:02] Hearing none, under the consent agenda, item number two, invoices.

[4:08] Any questions on the invoices? Please raise your hand.

[4:14] Council Kish. I just have one question, Mr. I just said

[4:20] Um under DTE Energy, have we ever considered doing solar

[4:25] energy lights? As in

[4:28] » Well, you know how the sun comes down and Oh, so individual solar, not pulling

[4:33] solar panels. Okay, I I I just want to clarify what you meant.

[4:36] Um I don't believe we've ever really looked at that. I mean, it's something

[4:39] we could see if it's cost-effective. I know that generally with those, there's

[4:42] a time frame that it would take for it to be cost-effective, so we'd have to be

[4:46] to see if it would be worth it, but it's something we can look into, but I not I

[4:49] don't remember having any conversation about it personally, outside of a vendor

[4:52] trying to sell me one at a conference. So, but it's something we can look at.

[4:57] And my other question was

[5:02] with the water solutions unlimited, it says only supplies. What What is that

[5:08] for?

[5:11] One moment.

[5:18] It's for the 3705. Mhm.

[5:21] That is chlorine for the arsenic plant. So, I I thought we were doing

[5:28] um

[5:30] the other stuff. Well, maybe I'm not thinking about Yes,

[5:34] the UV light. >> is the active one, but we still have to

[5:36] keep the chlorine until it's completely transitioned over. Plus, I do

[5:40] believe we have to keep some of the backup, and I think it also may have use

[5:43] in other parts of the as well, but the UV will be the main

[5:46] source of it, so. >> And when will that actually take effect?

[5:49] I'm not sure when the I'm not sure. I know the UV is the primary right now.

[5:53] We've been running stuff through it. I will have to ask when that will be done

[5:56] with chlorine. So, if you want to ask that question, I don't know.

[5:58] » Isn't the arsenic separate than waste water? Oh, sorry. Oh, sorry, you're

[6:02] right. It's for the arsenic. I'm sorry. I was thinking of

[6:03] » from the waste water. Yeah, that's for the arsenic plant, so that's part of the

[6:06] water supply. So, we will always be buying that for the water supply. You're

[6:08] right. I confused waste water with water. I apologize.

[6:10] Okay. >> Yeah, that's for Yeah, that we will

[6:12] always be purchased. All right, thank you.

[6:14] Any other questions? Yes, Councilman. Um I should probably know this one, but the

[6:19] Great Lakes Bay construction. >> [snorts]

[6:24] » I think that's the bathroom down at the DPW.

[6:26] » It is.

[6:31] It is. Yeah, it is for the bathroom down at the DPW. It's there. The final

[6:35] payment. It's their final payment. Yep. >> Oh, okay. Okay. And then um

[6:40] I had a couple more here. There was uh more motors for a repair.

[6:58] Looks like over here. For the grass truck, there were some

[7:01] repairs done on it.

[7:07] And then um

[7:10] Nucor Steel Nucor Steel.

[7:14] You say anything? Mhm. I'm sorry.

[7:18] That was to repair repair a water line at the car wash on M-51.

[7:23] Oh, okay. And then the problem solved?

[7:26] That was a Problem solved? That Oh, yeah.

[7:33] That's another name. That is a well one generator installation.

[7:40] We approved that a while ago. Okay. Okay, did we Yeah, that was still

[7:43] generator for well one. Yeah. Yeah, that was back in September

[7:48] that you approved that.

[7:52] I think that was all. Thanks. Anyone else?

[7:58] Hearing none, we move on to the leader department reports. The first report is

[8:02] the police report, and that is Chief Brian Newcomb.

[8:06] Any questions on the police report? I I did ask Brian, what What is the acronym

[8:12] TUSH for? What is the system TUSH? What is your

[8:16] U U S H. Thank you. Sorry. Oh, no problem.

[8:20] It is a fun acronym. Any other questions [clears throat] on

[8:24] the police department?

[8:27] Okay.

[8:30] Next one is the fire report, and that's Chief Randall Cap Ross.

[8:35] And he is not here, but we can try to get someone to answer questions. Any

[8:39] questions on the fire report?

[8:51] Hearing none, let's move on to number C, the code enforcement report, the final

[8:56] report, and John will pray. Any questions on that?

[9:07] Yeah, I can just add one thing. Yes, go ahead. Um Lisa, this will be his I think

[9:10] his last report. He does come in to do this. Uh he will be around when we train

[9:14] our new person as the position is open. I do have interviews scheduled this

[9:16] week. But, I'd also like to offer condolences on behalf of Hopefully, he

[9:21] did lose a member of his family this past week. So, he was unable to be in

[9:24] for a day to help us, so I'd like to offer that publicly on behalf of uh

[9:28] uh us to him. Yeah, I believe it was his his mother-in-law.

[9:30] » Mother-in-law. Father-in-law. So. And he's leaving? Yes, he took another

[9:34] position. So.

[9:38] I do have five interviews scheduled, though. So, we will hopefully get

[9:41] someone in place before blight mowing season.

[9:45] I think it's a full-time job, so I can't blame him.

[9:51] I It's all right. Okay. I can't I how you missed it.

[9:56] » Okay, so let's let's move on. Uh I need a motion to approve the consent

[10:02] agenda that's including the invoices. Do I have a motion?

[10:06] Please read your motion.

[10:13] Motion to uh to approve the consent agenda to include

[10:17] the invoices. Support. We have motion and support on

[10:21] the floor. Any discussion on the motion? Hearing none, all those in favor say

[10:26] yes. Yes. Opposed no. The motion carries.

[10:31] » [snorts] >> All right, we will go to the regular

[10:33] agenda. Cultivate creativity uh mural host

[10:38] building application is number one and I am going to turn that over to the city

[10:43] manager. Okay, so um as you can see the parks and rec committee uh is looking to

[10:48] develop a application, excuse me, for the cultivate creativity mural program

[10:53] which you've been seeing around town. Uh this would put a mural on the

[10:58] What do you call that building? The green building where the drinking

[11:00] fountain and the restrooms are or the splash pad? Do we have a name for that

[11:02] building? We just call Rec building. >> The rec building, thank you. I just call

[11:05] it the green building. Um so it would be on that building. We have two options

[11:10] that the committee would like to discuss exploring which either is a large mural

[11:14] or a medium mural. They would involve if you were chosen, we would involve some

[11:18] cost about 10% of the cost not to exceed $750 based on size.

[11:24] Uh obviously we would work with the artist to make sure it is something

[11:26] obviously appropriate and friendly for all of the city. So that would be

[11:30] something which would be Look at me, I'm not artistic, but

[11:33] something that would be appropriate for the parks area, kids playing or

[11:36] something. So they are requesting permission to apply for the program for

[11:40] either a large or medium mural. Option one is for large. Option two is medium

[11:46] or option three is take no action. And uh I will admit I was not at the meeting

[11:49] when this was discussed, so I'm curious if Mark is here. So I think only believe

[11:54] I can answer questions if there are any. I know I basically know what's in the

[11:57] memo and what I've talked to with Gary. Okay. We need to get a motion first.

[12:03] » [clears throat] >> We have at this time I'd like to ask for

[12:05] before discussion any emotion on the floor.

[12:09] Can I ask a question before a motion's made?

[12:12] Uh as to Um [snorts] does the motion have to be

[12:17] size specific? Oh, they do need to know.

[12:22] Um they need to know by this 20th or 25th

[12:27] or sorry, the 20th. That is So can I assume that the building will

[12:31] accommodate a large mural? Because that's an option. Yeah, there's

[12:37] no dimensions here, so Yeah.

[12:39] » Right, if if the building will accommodate a large mural, that's the

[12:43] one I'm going to make the motion for. But if the building can't support a

[12:47] large mural, then I need to make a motion for a medium mural. Right. Well,

[12:52] you could combine that. You could use your your large first and just say, you

[12:56] know, large and if if

[13:00] » [snorts] >> Uh if if it doesn't fit, uh you know, go

[13:02] to your small and that way you can cover both. Okay. If you would like to do

[13:06] that. >> So can I make that motion?

[13:07] » I need a motion. I will make a motion to approve the submission of a host

[13:11] building application for the 2026 cultivate creativity public art project

[13:18] to install a large mural on the green parks and

[13:23] recreation building as long as the building will support that size. If the

[13:29] building will not support a large mural, then my motion is to do a medium size

[13:36] mural. Support.

[13:38] » Um yeah, I did finish the green building and all that.

[13:46] May I suggest an amendment to that? Let's do it.

[13:54] Give it to them. What's your suggestion?

[13:57] My suggestion would be to the change the language to be to install a large mural

[14:00] on the green parks and rec building at Beets Park or medium if not sufficiently

[14:05] if not enough size.

[14:08] That way it's a little bit cleaner than That's just a suggestion.

[14:13] You can put words in my mouth if you want.

[14:15] No, thank you. Then we have a second on that.

[14:19] Seconded. Okay.

[14:23] Can you say that again, please? So option one and then at the end

[14:27] {comma} or medium mural if not enough space if there is not enough space.

[14:47] Okay. I got it.

[14:54] Do you want me to read it for you? You can. Okay. The motion was to motion

[14:59] by Jill seconded by John to approve the submission of a host building

[15:03] application for the 2026 cultivate creativity public art project to install

[15:08] a large mural on the green parks and recreation building at Beets Memorial

[15:13] Park or medium size if there is not enough space.

[15:23] We have a motion and support. Now we will ask for debate. Do we have any

[15:28] debate on this?

[15:32] I I think John needs to be not debated but mentioned.

[15:37] She made the motion, I seconded it. I think you need the word amended in there

[15:41] to show that it was changed after it was motioned and I seconded.

[15:46] That's the only That's all I think is that somewhere in there it needs to be

[15:51] amended.

[15:57] This motion amended to say Yeah. Or as you started out motion made by Jill

[16:04] seconded by John as amended and then go with the flow of your your verbage.

[16:10] Otherwise I don't think we're in in sync with what

[16:14] the correct way is. Mhm.

[16:17] But that's not really the correct way, but we'll go with that one for now.

[16:20] Because that would have been the a uh change to amended to to certain words,

[16:25] so go ahead.

[16:29] You want to leave it as is? Or do you want me to read it as amended?

[16:34] Go ahead. Okay. Motion by Jill seconded by John as amended to approve this

[16:40] as amended to approve the submission of a host building application for the 2026

[16:45] cultivate creativity public art project to install a large mural on the green

[16:51] parks and recreation building at Beets Memorial Park or medium size if

[16:57] there is not enough space. Okay.

[17:01] I had to follow my rules. Any other questions

[17:05] by council? Hearing none, all those in favor say

[17:10] yes. Yes. Opposed no. The motion carries.

[17:16] Next item purchase request and budget line item

[17:20] adjustment elections contracted services uh that would be the clerk.

[17:26] Okay, so you've noticed in my clerk's report that I keep stating the fact that

[17:31] the Mich- Michigan Association of Municipal Clerks has a grant out there

[17:35] for up to $10,000 to help with the ADA compliance of our

[17:40] election day activities. And I have applied for that grant and

[17:45] what I'm asking for is the approval of the expenditure

[17:49] of the $8,537 to security lock services

[17:55] to complete the project on the back door at the fire hall. There is going to be a

[17:58] push button handicap button. And then with that there's going to have to be a

[18:03] budget adjustment in the amount to increase the contract services under my

[18:08] election department general fund account um in the amount of $8,537.

[18:15] So that would increase that total budget line item from $3,000 to $11,537.

[18:20] [clears throat]

[18:22] Um the funds have not been released by the state yet, but I have been approved

[18:26] for the grant. So it'd be a in and out type

[18:29] expenditure. This is a pay up front, right? Mhm.

[18:37] I make a motion to approve the expenditure of $8,537

[18:42] to security lock services and to approve an increase to a budgeted expense line

[18:47] within the elections department general fund 101-262-801-000

[18:55] contracted services in the amount of $8,537

[19:00] increasing the total budget from $3,000 to $11,537

[19:06] to be funded from the general fund. I support.

[19:12] Did you get the support? I did. I picked Heidi on that one.

[19:17] So I heard. We have a motion and support on the floor. Any discussion on that

[19:22] motion?

[19:27] Once again, the motion that you are voting on would be motion to approve the

[19:31] expenditure of $8,537 to security lock service and to approve

[19:36] an increase to a budgeted expense line within the elections elections

[19:41] department general fund 101-262-801-000 contracted services in the amount of

[19:47] $8,537 increasing the total budget from 3,000

[19:51] to 11,537 to be funded from general fund.

[19:57] So, with that said, we will take a vote.

[20:01] All those in favor say yes. Yes. Opposed, no?

[20:06] Motion carries. >> [clears throat]

[20:10] » Okay, we are going to go down to number three.

[20:14] At this time, I would like to make the appointment to

[20:17] planning commission uh me and John Riley. He will be taking

[20:22] uh Greg Hutchinson's place. So, uh Mr. [clears throat] Riley Council Member

[20:27] Riley will also be the liaison and a voting member to planning commission.

[20:33] So, do

[20:37] do I have a motion of support to make that appointment?

[20:40] And you have to state it, so. Motion to appoint John Riley to the

[20:45] planning commission. Okay. Support.

[20:52] We have a motion support on the floor. Do we have any discussion on that

[20:55] motion? Probably won't make any sense to debate

[20:59] it, would it? >> [laughter]

[21:01] » I mean, you can say no, but Well, some things are just not

[21:05] debatable. >> [laughter]

[21:07] » All those in favor say yes, please. Yes. Yes. Opposed, no? Motion carries.

[21:14] Okay. The next item is we we need to

[21:18] reschedule that committee of the whole that we had scheduled so that the fire

[21:22] chief can be here. Um we we can do it at the the end of

[21:29] next week. We can do it anytime next week or we can do it in the May. He said

[21:34] there's no no uh hurry. He just appreciates being here.

[21:38] So, I'm looking at um

[21:44] the 27th or the 30th of April or we can go into

[21:53] like the 7th of May. So,

[21:57] what are what's the desire of the council?

[22:00] Let's start out with the first one, the 27th of April.

[22:05] Raise your hand if you can come. If you can, now? Yes. And do you have a

[22:10] time? Uh probably

[22:13] 5:30 or 6:00 6:00 even, probably. Put your hands up, please.

[22:22] One, two, three, four. One, two. No, three. There's only three of us.

[22:28] Okay, let's try the next one.

[22:34] The 30th of May of April.

[22:38] Put your hands up, please.

[22:42] Okay. We will be meeting at

[22:46] 6:00 on Thursday, the 30th of April.

[22:57] And we know Randy's in town this week. >> Yes.

[23:00] Like I said he was. He he decided to take a nice long one.

[23:06] Okay.

[23:12] The next item

[23:17] being number six, Cars and Crafts road closure request, and I will turn that

[23:21] over to the city manager, and that should also include the sidewalk, which

[23:25] he'll explain. So, uh yes, so Mike the Mike the request

[23:29] every year to close the streets. Um The what number one is East Sherman. I

[23:34] know we're supposed to be doing construction on East Sherman. I'm going

[23:37] to work with the contractors best we can to

[23:40] keep that at least portion cuz it's the first weekend they're

[23:43] supposed to start at the end of May, so Mike has already said we're we're going

[23:47] to have to work with them on that, so we'll do our best with them. I I feel

[23:50] even if we said no, you can't use that, I really wouldn't like the idea of a

[23:52] construction being off with that many people around.

[23:56] So, we're going to work with the contractors best we can on that, but if

[23:58] we do need to make an adjustment, we can make an adjustment. And

[24:02] Um so, they are requesting Sherman Street

[24:06] closed from State to Court on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. The side streets

[24:10] of East and West Lincoln, East and West Burnside from State Street to the alley

[24:14] on Saturday. And then State Street closed on Saturday

[24:18] um from Frank to Grant for the uh car show. And in the request, they also do

[24:22] request use of the sidewalks. I do believe they still leave the federally

[24:25] mandated space open in front of them, but they do put a lot of the vendors on.

[24:29] So, the the request has been that instead of the motion to approve the

[24:33] requested street closures, it would be a request motion to approve the requested

[24:37] street closures and sidewalk use for the 2026 Cars and Crafts event. So, that's

[24:42] the or postpone or take no action.

[24:46] I move to approve the requested street closure and sidewalk use for the 2026

[24:51] Cars and Crafts event. Support. We have a motion support. Now, we have

[24:56] questions. I have a question. Yes. So, if they

[24:59] can't if they can't work with the vendors and stuff on that part of

[25:03] Sherman Street, can they do it a >> [clears throat]

[25:06] » street on the other side of Sherman Street? Again, what they can and can't

[25:10] do, that'll have to be a discussion. I can't say yes or no. We if but if the

[25:13] contractor is hell-bent on having that under construction the first weekend in

[25:17] June, then me and the chamber will have to see about shuffling, and we may have

[25:21] to do another side street, but it'll basically would end up probably being

[25:24] like, you know, last minute like we would if close the a street last minute

[25:28] like if we had a water main break, which we can do things last minute like that,

[25:32] but like I said, I'm Mike expressed a

[25:35] concern. I understand it, but my goal is to try and tell the contractor, "Can you

[25:39] wait till Monday to do this part?" Cuz it's just half of it's a block. And that

[25:43] part is part of the Mike, nod me if I'm wrong. That's the

[25:46] resurfacing part, right? Okay. So, that's the resurfacing, not the

[25:49] reconstruction. The reconstruction's further down. That's where the water

[25:52] main work is going to be, and that's actually the first thing they're going

[25:54] to do because we want to try and keep the lanes open for the bus traffic up

[25:59] until the end of May. So, even if they did start a little earlier than

[26:02] anticipated, they would start on the water, which is on the northern side of

[26:05] the road away from the bus lanes. So, we would try and keep that open

[26:08] traffic. So, again, we're going to do our best. If a last minute decision has

[26:12] to be made to try and shuffle things, we'll have to do our best and work with

[26:15] that if council has no objection to us maybe having to move some things around

[26:19] and maybe close a little further back from an alley if in the last minute we

[26:22] need to make that sort of decision. So. Okay.

[26:26] We've always asked the chamber in the past to please notify the

[26:33] businesses downtown that they're going to be occupying their sidewalks because

[26:38] one time it didn't and it was a real issue, so would you you know, we really

[26:42] need to make sure that they understand that's part of it, too. I'll communicate

[26:46] that to the chamber. Thank you. Okay, we have a motion and second. Do we

[26:49] have any more discussion?

[26:54] Okay. Hearing none, all those in favor say

[26:56] yes. Yes. Opposed, no? Motion carries.

[27:03] Parking lot maintenance bids, and I will turn that over to the city manager. Uh

[27:07] so, as you know, we budgeted apparently more than we need thought we needed for

[27:11] parking lot repair. Uh we identified four parking lots for

[27:14] the first wave of this maintenance, which is a little wall crack sealing,

[27:17] seal coating, and restriping. Uh the four identified were the State

[27:21] Street City Hall parking lot, the parking lot on South Elmer between Joy

[27:24] and North Adams, on Joy Street uh between thrift store and the dentist

[27:28] office, and North Elmer across from American Legion. We did price these out

[27:32] for bids per policy. We did receive three bids. Uh the three bids were from

[27:36] Aztec Alt Asphalt Incorporated of Brown City for 14,500,

[27:41] Hayho Asphalt of Mason, Michigan for $14,666,

[27:46] and Yeager Asphalt of Carlton, Michigan for 9450.

[27:50] It is our recommendation to award the contract to Yeager Asphalt for 9450.

[27:55] Um we may do another small one for under 5,000 that I can approve, but again, we

[27:59] I think we we transcribed a number when we thought it was going to be like three

[28:03] I think that we thought it was going to be $3 per square foot when it was

[28:05] actually like 30 cents per square foot. So, I think we may have transcribed a

[28:08] number in our math when we did that, so we have a lot of money going back into

[28:11] the into that fund that we won't need to spend, so.

[28:14] Um so, that that is the request a motion

[28:16] for Yeager, and if not, you can choose another one. I believe Yeager has done

[28:21] work here before. I believe actually they were the ones who did the actual

[28:24] asphalt work when we repaired the cul-de-sac off of um

[28:29] What's your street, Karen? All right. Metal Drive.

[28:33] So, I believe they did the actual asphalt work. So, they have worked in

[28:36] the city before. >> [clears throat]

[28:39] » Do we have a motion? Motion to award the parking lot

[28:43] maintenance contract to Yeager Asphalt for the bid price of $9,450

[28:49] and authorize the city manager to sign for all necessary documents.

[28:54] Support. We have a motion support. Now, open to

[28:57] discussion.

[29:02] Hearing none, the motion is motion to award the parking lot

[29:06] maintenance contract to Yeager Asphalt for the bid price of $9,450

[29:12] and authorize the city manager to sign all necessary documents.

[29:19] Ready for the vote? All those in favor say yes. Yes. Opposed, no? Motion

[29:24] carries.

[29:30] Your regular agenda, number eight, the 2026 sidewalk construction engineering

[29:35] service. I'm sorry. Skipped. Oh.

[29:39] I did I marked it off and moved down.

[29:43] Okay. Number seven, council action. Sorry about that. 20, 26, sidewalk

[29:48] special assessments postponed from April 6th of 2026.

[29:53] So that would be city manager. Um, we went over this last time. It's final

[29:58] approval of the special assessment as presented. Um, I do would want to add

[30:02] one thing though. Um, the contractor, because of the delay,

[30:07] has started to get in touch antsy cuz they have their schedule. So if this

[30:10] isn't approved tonight, there's a possibility we would lose the contractor

[30:13] and probably lose the job. So I would uh respectfully request a final decision

[30:18] one way or the other tonight on this. So the motion requested is to approve

[30:23] the special assessment as presented. I move to approve the 2026 sidewalk

[30:29] special assessment as presented. Second by Councilwoman

[30:32] We have a motion in support on the floor. Do we have any questions on that?

[30:37] I have a question. >> and Councilwoman Um, so [clears throat]

[30:40] we had some people that addressed concerns. Um, were those concerns taken

[30:45] into consideration? Um, no changes have been made since the

[30:49] last presentation. So as I stated before, for the three people who had

[30:54] reached out to us, um, one had adjustments made.

[30:58] The other two did not. Uh, the one who was here, we went through the reasons

[31:02] why, ADA compliance, the ability the inability to do that particular piece of

[31:06] concrete in the way that for grinding. So that one does remain as presented

[31:10] from last time. Okay. And what about the um

[31:16] the people that have the corner lots? Your your request from last time, if I

[31:22] believe, was to avoid that in the future so we don't have that situation. And

[31:25] when we do sidewalks in the future, that will that will definitely be a

[31:27] consideration for the next round. But that was, I

[31:31] believe, your specific request was in the future to avoid that. Moving

[31:34] forward. Okay. Thank you. Councilwoman And in

[31:38] order for that to be considered, do we need to revisit

[31:42] What >> we do it for the sidewalks? The the

[31:45] corner lots. No, that that would basically be a decision of when me and

[31:48] Mike and Tom get together and say we're going to do these streets, we don't do a

[31:51] street that intersects. That'll just be something we say, "Okay,

[31:54] we're not we're only going to do this street, not this street." And

[31:57] » for future. Yeah, for the future that means that when Tom and I and Mike get

[32:00] together, we just know not to do that.

[32:04] I mean, is that there's no like formal written way of

[32:07] doing it. >> Oh, there's not. Okay. No, we have a

[32:09] policy that states the breakdown in cost if it's done by the city or requested by

[32:13] the resident. >> All right. We don't have to go over

[32:15] that. >> that, you know, that's just basically

[32:18] that's learned from our experience and do better next time. Okay.

[32:22] Makes sense. Any other questions? Hearing none, the motion is to approve

[32:28] motion to approve the 2026 sidewalk special assessment as presented.

[32:34] Ready for the call? All those in favor

[32:36] » Um, we since it's special assessment, do we need a roll call on this? We are No,

[32:40] I'm saying don't we I think don't we are we required to for special assessment?

[32:43] » have a resolution. Oh, okay. I don't know. I thought it was special

[32:47] assessment required. I I apologize. All those in favor say yes. Yes.

[32:52] Opposed, no. The motion carries.

[32:57] Okay. And now we will go to number eight.

[32:59] 2026 sidewalk construction engineering services postponed from April 6th, 2026.

[33:07] Return that over to the city manager. So General has put in their request to

[33:12] be our engineer of this as they've gone for many, many years. I did correct it,

[33:15] it's 9500 so 99. Make sure you read it correctly. So thank you, Rita, for, you

[33:19] know, correcting my typo. Uh, so they would be the engineer to help assist

[33:24] with the contractor who's just again final who's going to be working on this.

[33:27] They would just help supervise and make sure everything's done right. So our

[33:30] request is to name Rowe Professional Services as the engine for construction

[33:34] engineer for the 2026 sidewalk project for the quoted price of $9500 and

[33:38] instruct me to sign all documents to facilitate the engineering work.

[33:42] I'll make that motion to name Rowe Professional Services as the

[33:46] construction engineer of the 2026 sidewalk project for the quoted price of

[33:51] $9500 and instruct the city manager to sign

[33:55] all documents to facilitate engineering work. I'll

[33:59] support. We have a motion in support on the

[34:02] floor. Do we have any discussion on the motion?

[34:08] The motion is to name Rowe Professional Services as the construction engineer

[34:12] for the 2026 sidewalk project for the quoted price of 9500

[34:17] and instruct the city manager to sign all documents to facilitate engineering

[34:22] work. Moved.

[34:25] Ready for the call? All those in favor say yes. Yes.

[34:30] Opposed, no. The motion carries.

[34:34] At this time, we are going to go to number nine, which is is the

[34:39] fiscal year 2026, 2027 budget proposal in capital improvements programs

[34:46] and that will be turned over to the city manager. So in trying to every year do

[34:51] this a little bit better, a little bit more clear, and the last year or two

[34:55] I've done a PowerPoint presentation, which you've all had to sit through, but

[34:58] I'm trying to make the meeting not as long. So uh you did all receive the

[35:02] proposed budget uh for the year. But what I've provided this year instead

[35:06] of me sitting here talking for half an hour is I have presented to you this is

[35:09] a budget message from me. I have typed in basically everything that's a major

[35:13] change or something that's a difference. It's about 15 pages of me explaining the

[35:18] budget changes in detail and uh then there's also at the end some of the

[35:23] specific requests that were from the departments

[35:27] uh with their breakdowns and then some of the specifics of what they're looking

[35:30] for. So in general, I will go over an overview uh just for council's benefit

[35:35] and then again, there's a few pages of homework for all y'all to do and when we

[35:39] have the budget hearings, you can come back and hopefully this will take care

[35:42] of most of the questions that we usually

[35:44] get asked. That's what I was trying to do.

[35:46] And also this I believe the the clerk has a copy of this that will go online

[35:50] so the public can view this as well. Uh generally uh in the general fund, we

[35:54] are anticipating revenues of just over $4.5 million

[35:59] and expenditures of 5.4 million. Uh the

[36:03] net of that is 169 uh down 869 down. Uh that does include uh though uh the if we

[36:11] were to obtain both grants for the two parks and rec projects, that is about

[36:15] half of that cost. And uh there is some uh one-time work

[36:19] that we're looking to do in the general fund including replacing the roof at uh

[36:23] well number one, which in the report there's some pictures that show the

[36:26] state it's in. And uh some other projects. I know that

[36:29] we also have in the police budget the requirement to have budgeted for the

[36:32] radios that we hope we never have to buy, but the state says we have to

[36:35] budget for it. And a number of items like that. So this

[36:40] if we this also again, assuming we spend all expenditures, which we never

[36:44] actually end up doing, but uh that's where it would be if that occurred. This

[36:48] also does include eight 1.5 million in and out for the CDBG grant program.

[36:53] Again, that includes all of it going out. There is some administrative cost

[36:56] that will probably go back to the city. So again, all 1.85 1.5 million will not

[37:00] go out, but we budgeted for it all of our budget just in case it does, but it

[37:02] probably won't. Next up in terms of a general look at

[37:06] the major streets fund, uh that is uh revenue of 707,000,

[37:11] expenditures of 914. Uh the bulk of that is the Sherman

[37:15] Street project that we have approved and uh like I said, the work will be going

[37:18] forward into the next fiscal year. That is the major uh use of the major streets

[37:22] fund as along with our regular maintenance that we do on the roads.

[37:26] Local street fund, uh 573 in, 612 out uh for a loss of I'm sorry, it's cutting

[37:34] it off on my copy. I don't know if it's 38 or 58. I think it's 38. Yeah, 38

[37:39] based on quick math in my head. Uh that is majority uh for the Howard Street

[37:43] project. That is also detailed uh as one of the two multi-fund projects we have.

[37:48] The one I'm proposing is a multi-fund project on Howard Street. Uh Howard

[37:52] Street was identified in the water study as one of the high priority projects for

[37:57] the next five years, one of our top eight uh that would require a 2-in main

[38:01] going to an 8-in main for uh increased uh water usage and to make sure the

[38:05] system flows properly. It also would involve a reconstruction of the road and

[38:09] some sewer line. So it was a multi-fund project split

[38:13] between local streets, water, and uh a little bit from sewer.

[38:17] Municipal streets, 20,000 in, 101 out. There is no sidewalk project. We are,

[38:23] you know, looking at doing an every other year program that is just

[38:26] basically regular maintenance costs uh in the municipal streets fund. There is

[38:30] 5,000 for sidewalks in case we have a one-off, which we every now and then

[38:34] have a one-off. So there is a little bit of money for one-off. Plus there is the

[38:37] $10,000 uh from us to do another round of parking lot repairs and the DDA is

[38:42] actually matching that with another $10,000 to do parking lot repairs in

[38:45] downtown. Uh speaking of the DDA, they look are to

[38:48] have uh 229 in. Uh-oh.

[38:52] I'm losing my screen. Uh 229 in and 172 out. They'd be adding

[38:58] 56,000 to their fund balance. Drug forfeiture,

[39:03] always a $10 in revenue and no expenses. So we just have 10 bucks sitting there.

[39:07] The debt service fund is an in and out for fire truck payments of $101,734.

[39:12] » [snorts] >> The bond fund, that is for our two SRF

[39:16] payments for sewer. This is the year we are anticipating year one of two of

[39:20] double payments uh which was explained to council when

[39:23] we first started this long fund journey that we would have two years of paying

[39:28] two principal payments. This is number one, next year will be number two.

[39:32] However, there's a possibility that could change, which I will discuss when

[39:34] we get to the sewer fund. Uh the water bond fund has nothing. Payback of the

[39:39] drinking water state revolving fund from the 20 years ago has been completed.

[39:43] So, if we ever want to use that fund for um a general bond for water if we or if

[39:47] we were if we ever get SRF, which right now isn't foreseeable in the future

[39:51] because of the point system they have done, which is heavily based towards uh

[39:55] abating lead in Michigan, which obviously we understand why, but we

[39:58] don't have a lead problem, we have an arsenic problem. So, unfortunately,

[40:01] we're not getting points for that. Uh the fire fund, uh they are seek they

[40:06] are looking at 526 in revenue, 551 in expenditures. They would use their fund

[40:12] balance of 24,000, and they would also be receiving a influx from the general

[40:16] fund if they do complete all their expenditures.

[40:21] Now, for the two fund ones, the sewer fund, right now we are looking at 1.6

[40:25] million in revenue in, 2.1 of revenue out for a net loss of 506,000. Again,

[40:32] when we began, we anticipated having 2 years of losses with double payments.

[40:36] However, as I did uh tell council previously, due to a delay in

[40:41] finalization of the project, there is a distinct probability at this point that

[40:47] the project will not be closed by the time we would have to make the first

[40:49] principal payment in October, which would push final payback year, but it

[40:53] would mean we would only have to make one double payment instead of two, which

[40:58] again, that would push the final payback date by a year, but it would put us in a

[41:02] better cash position because then we would actually have a net positive of

[41:05] around 100 or 200,000 in the sewer fund for

[41:08] this year if we don't have to do that. So, and if we do anything SRF comes in

[41:12] and out, so that would just be a delay of payment for a year, which

[41:16] would have some interest implications, but for our immediate cash flow, it

[41:20] would actually be slightly beneficial to us in the short term for that. So, that

[41:23] is something which will be done based on how the project goes because uh final

[41:27] completion I mean, substantial completion is still scheduled for June,

[41:31] but there is the electrical work that uh we have to do at the plant, which due to

[41:36] uh the parts coming in later, may not be done till the fall. So, the project

[41:41] would basically be mostly done in June, they'd clean up everything, and they

[41:44] would go dormant, come back in October, September to do that work, and then we

[41:48] would close it. So, it's not ideal, but it gets us

[41:53] completely done, and as my memo does state, as of the estimate I received

[41:58] from HRC as of last Wednesday when they finalize all this,

[42:02] right now, barring no other changes, we are on pace to finish about $300,000

[42:06] under budget. We were budgeted for 1.4 with a 6%

[42:10] contingency, which would push it past 12. However, their current estimate is

[42:14] we'll finish at a little bit un at 1 at 11.02

[42:19] million dollars. So, we'd be about $300,000 under budget. Unless we find

[42:23] something else that is broken, but we hope not at this late stage.

[42:26] Um so, that is what the sewer fund is looking at. The only expenditure outside

[42:31] of normal expenditures like for the

[42:35] sludge removal is the uh money we'll be using to line the sewer on Howard

[42:39] Street. The water fund is the other one. Uh

[42:43] also, I'm sorry, for for the sewer fund, we are requesting a 4% uh rate increase

[42:48] for inflationary purposes and to keep track with the possible double payments.

[42:53] Water fund, we are asking for a 3% rate increase on that one.

[42:58] This one is mostly the water-related uh parts

[43:01] parts of Sherman Street, which has already been uh approved, Howard Street,

[43:05] the proposed project, and well nine and 10. So, as you all will know, we are we

[43:10] were supposed to start today, but the well 10 site is still too wet from all

[43:13] of our recent rains, so we're going to have to wait till it dries out a bit to

[43:15] start drilling. But once the drilling is completed and

[43:18] they have tested and made sure the wells are actually productive,

[43:22] we will then have to connect those new wells to the well houses into the

[43:26] system. That is another fairly expensive uh

[43:30] operation. The estimate we had, and again, all these numbers that I have in

[43:35] the in the in the report does say this, that these are all based on early

[43:38] estimations. I don't want to use the word guess, but you know, informal.

[43:43] There hasn't been any formal bid process in any of this.

[43:45] Is that for well number nine, which was recently taken out, so it has more

[43:49] equipment there, it would cost approximately $275,000 to connect. And

[43:53] well 10, which was formerly well three, which was taken out of commission much

[43:56] longer ago and has less equipment, would be about $325,000

[44:00] to connect. So, this is

[44:04] you know, they always say you have fund balance for a rainy day. Well, with the

[44:06] water, unfortunately, we know it's been raining quite hard, and so this will

[44:09] take care of getting those two wells in service and

[44:12] finishing these two water-related projects. I will say that we are

[44:17] still in a healthy position even with this uh spending, we would still have

[44:21] well over $2 million in the bank in the water fund.

[44:24] Um but we are kind of reaching the limit of what we can do in cash without that

[44:28] significantly changing. So, I think over the next year, um it would be it would

[44:32] behoove the council to have a discussion of since the CRF uh sorry, the SRF and

[44:38] USDA, who says come to us when you have $20 million of the work,

[44:42] are kind of not viable options about how we should look at if we want to look for

[44:47] financing for some of these bigger projects elsewhere.

[44:50] I will, you know, I've pursued congressional earmarks, but that's a

[44:53] hit-and-miss thing. So, there is, you know, doing our own bonding program.

[44:58] We've looked at bank loans, but the interest is horrible. So, it's something

[45:01] that I think we're going to have to have a very a very serious discussion about

[45:04] over the next year about how we're going to do some of these bigger projects

[45:07] since it doesn't seem these easier avenues of funding will be coming to our

[45:10] way. Next up is sanitation. Um

[45:15] that again, 508 in, 587 out. We will be using their uh some fund balance.

[45:21] We are requesting a 4% increase in the rate for sanitation uh because right

[45:26] now, the the revenue from the residents does not cover the contract.

[45:31] So, right now the contract price is actually holding steady with the new

[45:34] terms we negotiated, so we're asking for this inflationary increase to start to

[45:40] bring it to where the revenues from the residents balance with the expenditures

[45:43] of the contract and some of the administrative costs.

[45:46] The treasurer and I ran some numbers, we think that cuz the contract goes up by

[45:50] 3% a year afterwards. If we do 4% for two or three years, we should be caught

[45:55] up. Depends on, you know, like if the new

[45:58] houses get built, they'll bring in more people, if there are more or less

[46:00] residents, commercial usage. But that way, cuz right now, and you'll see it in

[46:05] the you need look through the detail of it, how much of the beginning revenue

[46:08] doesn't even cover the contract. So, we do need to at least start to bend that

[46:10] curve, and then maybe some of the administrative costs as well. So, we are

[46:14] asking for a 4% increase in the sanitation and the garbage rates.

[46:19] Lastly, the equipment fund, 336 in, 331 out for adding to the fund balance by

[46:25] just shy of $5,000. Uh we do have a few requests for

[46:29] purchases, uh replacement truck for DPW, uh which is which has pictures detailed

[46:35] in the in the uh message, a two new snow pushers, and then a

[46:41] replacement for the cold patch asphalt machine, which from the pictures you can

[46:44] see is kind of in rough shape, and uh it looks like it's about time to replace

[46:48] that. So, we can do those purchases and still be um

[46:52] within the revenues from the year. All told, the budgets uh is for 11.147

[46:59] million, and uh expenses 13.882 million. Oh, one

[47:04] thing I forgot, because of the carryover for the SRF in the sewer fund, it does

[47:09] have money to go in and out for that as well, but that's

[47:13] I don't I don't think this Tammy, correct me if I'm wrong, but I

[47:16] think it was 3 million in 3 million out. I don't think that it is accounted for

[47:18] on the on the main list. I think we need to fix that.

[47:22] Cuz it says one it says 1.6 in, 2.129 out. Shouldn't

[47:26] that be four and five because of the 3 million we added? Because I got

[47:31] on the recap page. Cuz I I got that number literally

[47:35] Wednesday at the 11th hour from HRC, so that was like the last thing we added

[47:39] was that number. So, I think that the recap wasn't updated for that. That cuz

[47:43] I was reading I'm like, man, I have to So, yeah, that's another in and out. So,

[47:48] the the sewer fund, I will correct that. That should say 3,623

[47:52] in, 5,129 out, but that assumes right now, they said it's going to be

[47:57] slightly lower than that, should be about 2.85, but I did round up just in

[48:00] case, and that is assuming we spend everything that's left that

[48:04] they have, that's an estimate from HRC, which again, we're trying to stay under,

[48:08] so but that'll be an in and out, and whatever we spend will be accounted for

[48:11] from SRF reimbursements. So, overall, that is the proposed budget for

[48:17] the 2026-2027 year.

[48:20] Uh before I close, I'd like to thank the

[48:22] hard work of all of our department heads for submitting this, doing the work on

[48:26] this, but especially Tammy, who who cuz I did this myself before she got

[48:30] here that one year, I know she's probably seeing Excel files in her sleep

[48:33] like I was. So, I thank her for all of her hard work

[48:36] in putting the numbers in, doing all the math for the wages and benefits and

[48:39] everything else. So, again, this is a team effort. I know

[48:42] the the charter says the manager shall present a budget, but this is a team

[48:47] effort, and quite frankly, she did more of the hard work than I did. I just

[48:50] I tried to write it out for you guys so you guys could have it all so you don't

[48:53] you don't have to take notes and remember you have it in writing, so I

[48:56] encourage you take it home, read it, highlight it, take notes,

[49:00] » [snorts] >> and then when we come back to the budget

[49:02] hearings, hopefully they'll have answered a lot of the I I tried to base

[49:05] my what I said on the answers that you guys the questions you guys

[49:09] have asked over the years. So, hopefully this will

[49:12] answer some of those questions before we even get to the workshops. And if not,

[49:15] then we stand ready to um answer them when we get there. But that is

[49:20] And also, the capital improvement plan is included in this for your review. Uh

[49:24] that'll again be part of all this, and we're

[49:27] So, that is the proposed budget. Hope everyone uh

[49:32] enjoys their happy reading, and Don't every Don't everyone thank me at

[49:37] once. Thank you. You can stop. Jamie, when you

[49:40] need your L20 20 2049? I haven't got it from um Andrew

[49:46] yet. Okay. We'll have to have it approved by the first of May for the

[49:50] machine. Okay.

[49:53] In this office. They hoped for it to be by the end of May, but

[49:57] you know, [clears throat] we never expect things to get there on purpose.

[50:00] Okay. Thank you.

[50:04] Hey.

[50:07] We will be At the next meeting, we will be setting a workshop for the budget for

[50:13] the the council members and the public.

[50:17] If not the public hearing, we just meet the first workshop.

[50:22] Okay. Next item is item postponed, and we have none.

[50:28] Then we're going to go to committee reports. The first one's the EDC, and

[50:33] that is mine, and we don't meet until next week.

[50:38] Um Chamber of Commerce, that's the city

[50:42] manager. Um basically, the biggest thing is we

[50:45] had the citizen of the year, which is Jerry Bernhardt. I'm stealing this from

[50:49] you, I'm sorry. And Luke Jocelyn's our junior citizen. I believe merit is given

[50:53] to Bobby from Carol Rentel.

[50:57] Business of the year was Meg Nabbitt.

[51:02] Was that the the the bed? That No, wasn't the business the um

[51:09] Moose? >> The Moose, that's right. And then the

[51:11] special tribute was the uh the the I can't remember the name of the group.

[51:15] » Sleep in Heavenly Sleep in Heavenly. I can't I do remember which one's

[51:17] business, which one's special tribute. So, they won that. Um and also, the

[51:21] Chamber's new members began their terms. So, we'll be electing our new officers

[51:25] at our next meeting. So, I'll report to you at our next meeting who if we have

[51:27] any changed officers. Okay.

[51:30] And I will work with them on the request that you made about notifying

[51:32] businesses. Thank you for that. The next item is the Downtown

[51:37] Development Authority, and that would be Councillor Kish.

[51:41] Our meeting was postponed, and it won't be until tomorrow.

[51:45] Thank you. It wasn't It was Wednesday. Yeah, I

[51:48] know, right? >> Next item, Fair Board, and that's

[51:51] Councillor Olde. Um they had a meeting on April 6th, and

[51:58] uh updated on the change in the handicap ramp accessibility ramp accessibility to

[52:03] the grandstands opening would be a ramp and accessible by all. No steps.

[52:10] Um they did talk about the change of the

[52:13] layout on the handicap ramp, and it and the motion was carried.

[52:18] Um sewer water line upgrade grant, they're working on that, and it's due in

[52:25] the middle of June, up to 100,000. Um

[52:30] and anything else? The Garden Club is going to use the community building the

[52:35] 8th, the 11th, and the 12th. Um and I think that's about all unless

[52:41] you got something to add, Mr. Riley. I wasn't there. I was here. Okay.

[52:47] Thank you. Fence looks great. It doesn't, though. The fence looks

[52:51] great. Next item, Park and Recreation, and

[52:56] that's Councillor White. Um our meeting's tomorrow night. The spring

[53:00] cleanup for last Saturday was I don't know if it was canceled, postponed, I'm

[53:05] not sure what the correct term is for it. It didn't happen.

[53:10] I don't know. We have a meeting tomorrow night. Like I say, I don't know if we'll

[53:13] get a a rescheduling of the spring cleanup. Um

[53:19] you know, the leaves that are all over the park will eventually be ground up by

[53:24] the lawnmowers. That's not the big concern. The big concern is up close to

[53:28] the buildings and along the fences and the the areas that I think

[53:35] the the the cleanup really makes it a big difference in what the park looks

[53:40] like. So, hopefully we'll be able to put something together for another spring

[53:45] cleanup. Um the the planting of the tree for Arbor Day that should have happened

[53:51] on Saturday is going to happen on this Friday, I believe at 11:00 instead of

[53:56] last Saturday. So, that that's going to continue because we need to do that as

[54:02] part of our Tree City USA, but um like I say, hopefully we can reschedule the

[54:09] cleanup and and go from there.

[54:12] Okay. Thank you.

[54:17] Pass over the planning. It will no longer be vacant. Just go to

[54:21] County Board of Commissioners. Do you have any report?

[54:24] » No, I have no report. And the Zoning Board of Appeals, there

[54:28] was no reason to meet, so we'll skip over that one.

[54:39] The next item on the agenda is the mayor's report. I have my report in the

[54:44] packet, and it will also be seen on the website.

[54:53] Manager's report. It's also a written report, and that

[54:58] will also be on the website site. But, I would just ask him if he's

[55:01] got something to add. Just to add something that happened on Friday after

[55:04] I wrote the report, the digester cover was

[55:07] lifted and placed in place. So, the 5-year journey to replace that

[55:12] thing is complete. It was placed on Friday. They brought the 500-ton crane

[55:16] and got it done. I believe someone took drone footage, so

[55:20] if I ever get a copy of that, I will show you guys.

[55:22] Did they Did they decide who's going to pay for that extra?

[55:25] » No, they're fighting between them. I've made it clear that that wasn't a city

[55:28] problem, so they're fighting between themselves, and quite frankly, I really

[55:30] don't care cuz it's [laughter] something they can they need to work out.

[55:34] So, it's not anything we built dust. At least, that's the position I've made

[55:37] very clear.

[55:41] And the next item is the clerk's report, and

[55:45] that is also in the packet and in writing.

[55:49] Do you have anything to add? No, I do not.

[55:58] And then we have the treasurer's report. She has provided the

[56:03] a written report, also, and she's also provided the uh

[56:10] quarterly report ending March 31st. So, we still have another full quarter till

[56:16] expenditures to come.

[56:23] So, any questions on her report?

[56:28] Hearing none. So, that was our second quarter.

[56:41] For the audience that's present, we will be going into a closed session, at which

[56:46] time all the public would have to leave. Uh

[56:50] at this time, I would like to change the additional public comment up at the

[56:56] right [clears throat] now. Um

[56:59] any objections to that first before I

[57:03] Yes, sir.

[57:08] My name is Ken Dutton. It's D U N T O N, not a double T.

[57:13] Some of you know me, some don't. Some probably wish they didn't.

[57:18] » [clears throat]

[57:22] » I've done many uh city council county

[57:27] road commission board meetings, which some of you know.

[57:32] I get asked questions, and I ask comments. Uh

[57:39] One of the comments, the city was in had a contractor working in on

[57:44] our private road, Lynch Street, and I

[57:48] was kind of curious what he did because I don't remember that going through the

[57:51] condominium project. I know you have sewer and water there, but and an

[57:55] easement, but I thought you still had to have permission to

[57:59] use that road. And I know we pay for the sewer and water, so it's

[58:06] What What road is he talking about? I don't

[58:09] either. I'm not sure what you're talking about.

[58:12] What's your address? I'm on Oak Ridge Drive.

[58:16] On the Carol Golf Course. On Carol Golf Course. So, the condominiums before the

[58:20] golf course back there. >> I did that project for a client almost

[58:23] 40 years ago. I don't know what I'm doing.

[58:27] I don't know what it is. I mean, I know we do we have a lift station down that

[58:31] area, and I know we check it, but I don't know what any specific project.

[58:33] I'd have to ask sewer or water if they did a specific project.

[58:36] » You have sewer and water there, and there's looks like to me like a lift

[58:39] station. Mike, do you know what it was? No. No.

[58:43] Well, one of your city trucks was there along with the contractor, but the one I

[58:46] stopped and talked to uh was a plumber. He had no clue. SCADA

[58:50] upgrade. Hm? SCADA upgrade. Yeah, the SCADA

[58:54] upgrade.

[58:58] They were doing that work Saturday in front of the Walmart. That I

[59:02] was going to ask what that was. >> from Walmart. Yeah, this is No, but it's

[59:05] the same company, yeah. So, what were they doing? It's It's

[59:09] called SCADA. That's the the wireless communications between

[59:14] the lift stations and Well, they're in there tearing up quite

[59:17] a bit for several days, and nobody's in our condominium association

[59:22] seemed to know what they were doing. We own the right-of-way. It's not public

[59:27] right-of-way, so I guess we were a little curious

[59:30] where they got their permit.

[59:34] And nobody there the company seemed to know either.

[59:39] I had to complain that it wasn't cleaned up too well afterwards and the

[59:43] one gentleman that was there said he would call the city.

[59:47] And it's been cleaned up somewhat but still not very nice rest of the way

[59:52] rest of the way as people that keep our properties.

[59:59] The other thing Can I

[1:00:01] I do have school principal that's two doors from me and the district judge

[1:00:06] lives across the street so don't give us too much trouble I guess.

[1:00:11] » [laughter]

[1:00:14] » My question when you come up 81 do you guys handle take care of M81 through

[1:00:19] town here or you contract with the state highway department?

[1:00:27] Right. If you get a chance I will have you give

[1:00:31] your phone number to the city manager and You have to speak up. I broke both

[1:00:36] my hearing aids this morning and it's a little more difficult for me to hear.

[1:00:40] Before you leave you can give your name and phone number to the city manager and

[1:00:44] I will have him call you back. >> Okay. It won't be until Monday or

[1:00:48] Tuesday they'll make a way okay? So

[1:00:52] thank you. I work for the highway department so if

[1:00:54] it's or the road commission if it's highway department I can

[1:00:58] work on that I think.

[1:01:08] Okay.

[1:01:12] So do we have any other comment public public comments?

[1:01:20] Hearing none I need a motion to go into closed

[1:01:24] session. I make a motion to go into closed

[1:01:28] session. Geralyn To enter

[1:01:33] closed session under MCL 15268

[1:01:38] meet consult with the city's attorney regarding trial or settlement strategies

[1:01:43] in connection with the pending litigation of the city of Caro and the

[1:01:47] LLC versus city of Caro. Support. All right.

[1:01:52] Michigan tax Oops I'm sorry. That's I need to take a breath. That is a long

[1:01:57] breath. Tribunal docket number 24-002195

[1:02:03] and 25-002150

[1:02:07] and the Caro Estates LLC versus city of Caro MTT dockets numbers 24-002190

[1:02:17] and 25-002149

[1:02:21] for the reason that the open meeting would have depth detrimental financial

[1:02:26] effect on the litigation or settlement position of the city.

[1:02:32] Support. We have a motion to support everyone understood the motion right?

[1:02:37] Roll call please. Campbell Yes. Kish Yes. Ody Yes. Parker

[1:02:44] Yes. Riley Yes. >> White Yes. Mayor Schneider Yes.

[1:02:48] We will now go into closed session. We will excuse everyone else.

[1:02:52] Thank you for coming. You

[1:19:23] » Mhm.

[1:29:18] » Mhm.

[1:39:13] » Mhm.

[1:40:16] » Okay, here I go. >> Okay.

[1:40:19] Motion to go to I move to return to open session. And

[1:40:24] at 8:15. Support.

[1:40:28] We have a motion and support to go back into open session at What time

[1:40:33] did you say? 8:15. 8:15. Do we have a second?

[1:40:38] Oh, you had a second. All those in favor say yes. Yes.

[1:40:42] Opposed, no. Motion carries. Do we have a motion for the closed for

[1:40:48] the minutes? Motion to approve the minutes as

[1:40:51] presented. In closed session. >> In closed session. Support.

[1:40:56] All those in favor say yes. Yes. Opposed, no. Motion carries.

[1:41:03] Okay. Do we have

[1:41:06] a motion before us? Motion to proceed with litigation and

[1:41:11] settlement strategy as recommended by the legal counsel.

[1:41:15] Second. We have a motion and second on the

[1:41:19] floor. Any discussion on the motion? Hearing none, let's do a roll call vote,

[1:41:24] please.

[1:41:30] Kish. Yes. Odi. Yes. Parker. Yes. Riley. Yes. White. Yes.

[1:41:37] Antvel. Yes. Mayor Schneider. Yes. Motion carried.

[1:41:42] Thank you. Now, we need a motion to adjourn. Motion to adjourn. Support.

[1:41:48] All those in favor say yes. Yes. Opposed, no.

[1:41:52] There's a lot of Coke Coca-Cola's name passed around after that motion.

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