[0:11] And we are live. I'll go ahead and call
[0:13] to order the regular meeting of the city
[0:15] council for August 17th, 2026.
[0:19] I see we have a quorum. Uh first order
[0:22] of business is invitation and pledge of
[0:24] allegiance and that will be led by
[0:25] council member Shin.
[0:30] Our father we come to you tonight
[0:33] our city and make decisions
[0:36] to us all. Please give us wisdom
[0:39] that you protect our first responders
[0:42] with us now.
[0:46] » Amen.
[0:50] To the flag of the United States of
[0:52] America and to the republic for which it
[0:55] stands, one nation under God,
[0:59] indivisible, with liberty and justice
[1:01] for all.
[1:05] » Thank you, sir.
[1:08] I don't have any um
[1:12] special guests or announcements tonight.
[1:14] Uh so we'll move on to minutes. Uh, you
[1:17] all received a copy of the August 3rd
[1:19] regular meeting minutes in the packet.
[1:21] Open the floor for discussion.
[1:24] If there is none, I'd entertain a motion
[1:26] to adopt.
[1:27] >> So moved.
[1:28] >> Second.
[1:29] >> I've got a motion and a second to adopt
[1:31] the minutes from the August 3rd council
[1:34] meeting. Any discussion on that motion?
[1:37] Seeing none, all those in favor signify
[1:38] by saying yes.
[1:39] >> Yes.
[1:40] >> All oppose. No.
[1:42] >> Motion carries.
[1:44] We will move on to the financial
[1:47] statement review. Brad, come on down.
[1:51] >> Good evening. We'll be going uh looking
[1:53] at the July report.
[1:56] Uh starting with page one, the general
[1:59] fund uh tax collections and franchise
[2:02] fees year to date are all showing
[2:05] increases compared to to this time last
[2:07] year. Uh the state turnback decrease you
[2:09] see is simply a timing difference. has
[2:12] been the difference has been received as
[2:14] of August. It was it was a uh
[2:18] stabilization trust fund distribution
[2:20] that we received a month earlier last
[2:22] year. So uh the legal and judicial
[2:27] decrease was uh due due to the year-to-
[2:30] date fines being down, planning and
[2:32] permits is is down due to the building
[2:34] permits and licenses being down.
[2:37] Investment income is down due to the
[2:38] cash balances uh being less and the
[2:41] interest rate has decreased from last
[2:44] year. The miscellaneous revenue large
[2:47] increase. We had an operational transfer
[2:49] from the FEMA grant fund of 1.6 million
[2:52] and $184,000
[2:54] of dis dispatching reimbursement from
[2:57] North Little Rock. Most all the other
[3:00] revenues are are comparable to 2025.
[3:05] On the expenditure side, year-to- date,
[3:08] 26 expenditures are generally in line
[3:10] with 25 uh with with many of them
[3:13] showing decreases. Uh I'll just touch on
[3:16] a few. The city attorney decrease uh was
[3:19] dealing with the uh settlement of a land
[3:22] valuation suit done last year. So that number is lower this year. Uh the
[3:28] decrease in courts is due to salaries
[3:31] and related items there. uh increase in
[3:34] police is due to personnel cost
[3:36] increase, vehicle maintenance cost
[3:38] increase and increased fuel costs. There
[3:42] were decreases in dispatching cost,
[3:44] vehicle lease expense, and telephone
[3:46] expense. The large decrease in fires
[3:49] primarily due to the operating transfer
[3:52] in 2025 for the new fire engine that's
[3:54] on order. Uh although their personnel
[3:57] costs are up, but it still shows a large
[3:59] decrease there. Animal control increases
[4:02] primarily due to the building
[4:04] maintenance, water and sewer. They had a
[4:05] big water leak earlier in the year and
[4:07] personnel costs. Planning increase uh is
[4:11] due to increased personnel costs,
[4:13] travel, and uh there were some fees that
[4:17] were budgeting different this year than than in 25 that would cause that to
[4:22] show an increase.
[4:24] Uh going to page two,
[4:27] uh the balance sheet as of July 31, the
[4:31] total fund balance is 5.5 million.
[4:35] Have committed funds for 158,000 in
[4:37] purchase orders, leaving a net fund
[4:39] balance of 5.4 million and cash balances
[4:42] of 5.7 million. The ordinance 438
[4:46] requirement, uh the city has
[4:48] approximately one $1.2 2 million of
[4:52] unassigned funds above that requirement,
[4:54] which puts us at about 26% instead of
[4:56] the 20 that's required.
[5:00] Going to page three,
[5:02] overall in the street fund, overall
[5:04] revenues
[5:06] continue to show slight increases over last year. The year-to- date
[5:10] expenditures in the street fund are up,
[5:13] and it's primarily due to wages,
[5:15] overtime, and related costs. uh vehic
[5:18] vehicle maintenance costs are actually
[5:20] down. The senior services increase in in
[5:23] the street fund is is in salaries and
[5:26] related related items to salaries. The
[5:29] street fund balance sheet as of July
[5:33] 31st, the total fund balance is
[5:35] approximately 3.8 million. The city has
[5:38] designated funds of $356,000
[5:41] for purchase orders, leaving a a net
[5:44] fund balance of three approximately 3.4
[5:46] 4 million. Cash balance is approximately
[5:49] 3.8 million.
[5:52] Going on to page four, the sanitation
[5:54] fund. Year-to- date revenues continue to
[5:57] be slightly ahead of 2025 for the
[5:59] sanitation fund as well. Uh year-to-
[6:02] date 26 expenditures are up primarily
[6:04] due to increase in salaries, overtime,
[6:07] and related items, vehicle maintenance,
[6:09] and and fuel.
[6:12] the sanitation fund balance sheet. As of
[6:15] July 31st, the total fund balance is 1.1
[6:18] million, the same as the net fund
[6:20] balance. Most of the fund balance in
[6:22] this fund uh is invested in fixed
[6:26] assets. The cash balance is $283,000.
[6:31] And if you remember, we had a $275,000
[6:34] loan. We've made two of the payments. We
[6:36] got it down to 225. We've got another
[6:38] one scheduled for this month. So, we're
[6:40] starting to to knock that down.
[6:44] Uh,
[6:47] page five is just for information
[6:49] purposes is police and fire fund.
[6:50] There's no fund balance there. Uh, it's
[6:53] just there for you for your uh for you
[6:56] to have. Uh, that's all I have. If you
[7:00] have any questions, I'll be glad to
[7:04] take them.
[7:05] >> Thank you, sir. Are there any questions
[7:07] or comments for Mr. Ashford.
[7:11] If not, I'd entertain a motion to accept
[7:14] the financial report.
[7:15] >> Motion to approve.
[7:17] >> I've got a motion and second. Is there
[7:19] any discussion on that motion? Seeing
[7:21] none, all those in favor signify by
[7:23] saying yes.
[7:24] >> All oppose, no. Motion carries.
[7:28] That brings us to a procedural motion.
[7:30] At this time, I'd entertain a motion to
[7:31] have all ordinances and resolutions read
[7:33] by title only. So move. Second.
[7:36] >> Got a motion to second. Any discussion?
[7:39] Seeing none, all those in favor signify
[7:41] by saying yes.
[7:42] >> All oppose, no. Motion carries. With no
[7:46] unfinished business, we'll move right on
[7:47] to new business. The first item of new
[7:50] business is the first reading of
[7:52] ordinance 1180. Madame city clerk
[7:55] treasure, if you could please read that
[7:56] by title only. being enacted by the city
[7:59] council of the city of Mamel County of
[8:01] Plasky, state of Arkansas, an ordinance
[8:04] to be entitled ordinance number 1180, an
[8:07] ordinance a submitting chapter 82,
[8:09] article one of the Mamel city code to
[8:12] add a new section entitled parking and
[8:15] designated bicycle lanes prohibited,
[8:18] identifying the streets upon which the
[8:20] prohibit the prohib the prohibition
[8:23] applies, providing a procedure for
[8:25] adding future streets, providing
[8:27] enforcement, removal, impoundment, and
[8:31] penalties, and for other purposes.
[8:33] >> Thank you, ma'am. Uh, this is an
[8:36] ordinance uh that council member
[8:38] Williams uh is sponsoring, so I'll pass
[8:41] it to you.
[8:48] » Yes, ma'am.
[8:49] >> Okay. Uh, this was uh brought about this
[8:52] was brought to my attention by one of
[8:54] our constituents that uh There has been
[8:57] a problem, not a major problem, but
[8:59] could be in the future a major problem
[9:01] with people parking in bike lanes that
[9:05] uh we have um this ordinance covers only
[9:08] two streets. One is the Country Club U
[9:10] Parkway and the other is Arnold Palmer.
[9:13] And um we just I just felt like and uh
[9:17] this particular gentleman that I have
[9:19] had these conversations with made me
[9:21] believe that um in the future with the
[9:24] greenway coming through, this is a
[9:26] proactive way to um bring about a public
[9:29] safety issue to the attention of all of
[9:31] us that could possibly be uh taken care
[9:34] of on the front end before the greenway
[9:36] comes through. And um this ordinance
[9:40] gives us a posh
[9:43] future streets as we grow that become
[9:46] more and more as we become more and more
[9:47] bikable and more and more walkable and
[9:49] we add streets with bike lanes and and
[9:53] um pedestrian lanes u we will at that
[9:57] time probably have to ad uh amend this
[10:01] ordinance at that time but this this one
[10:03] just covers those two thorough affairs.
[10:07] >> Thank you ma'am. I'll go ahead and uh uh
[10:10] open the floor for discussion.
[10:13] Council member Gardner.
[10:15] >> Thank you, Mayor. Um, has do we have any
[10:18] record of uh
[10:21] the police? I guess they couldn't site
[10:23] anyone currently, could they?
[10:25] >> There's no there's no law,
[10:27] >> right? Okay. Has it has it been an
[10:29] issue? Like, had the police gone out or
[10:31] has the city gone out? I'm just curious
[10:32] if they I guess they if there's not an
[10:35] ordinance in place now, I just wonder
[10:36] what we do in that situation. Do we not
[10:38] do anything?
[10:39] >> Correct.
[10:40] >> Okay. I mean, so there there's a couple
[10:42] folks that live on both of those roads
[10:45] that regularly park their car there. Um
[10:48] on Country Club Parkway, especially on
[10:50] the portion nearest um on the boulevard,
[10:54] some of those homes don't they don't
[10:56] take access from the front, they take
[10:59] access from a rear alley. And so uh they
[11:03] routinely park up there.
[11:05] >> So um drove down Arnold Palmer is the
[11:09] other one. Um, and I it seems like most
[11:11] of those houses actually spur off of
[11:14] like a a side street or a culde-sac, but
[11:17] there are some not as many, but some do
[11:20] take access from Arnold Palmer, don't
[11:23] they?
[11:23] >> Their driveways,
[11:24] >> but their driveway. Right. Right. But
[11:26] they don't they wouldn't have street
[11:28] parking at that point. Right. Okay.
[11:30] >> It's not a serious problem. It's just
[11:32] one to kind of keep our eye on in the
[11:34] future with uh with our growth.
[11:36] >> Yeah. at least gives you a tool that we
[11:39] don't have. Okay.
[11:40] >> Thank you.
[11:42] >> All right. Is there any additional
[11:43] discussion?
[11:47] » Seeing none, this will be on second
[11:48] reading at the next council meeting,
[11:51] which brings us to the first reading of
[11:52] ordinance 1182 establishing improvement
[11:55] district. Madam city clerk, if you could
[11:56] please read that title. Be it enacted by
[11:59] the city council of the city of Mamel
[12:00] County of Palaski, state of Arkansas, an
[12:03] ordinance to be entitled ordinance
[12:05] number 1182, an ordinance to establish
[12:08] and lay off the city of Mamel municipal
[12:10] property owners multi-purpose
[12:13] improvement district number 2026-01,
[12:17] the Mamel Gateway project, and for other
[12:20] purposes.
[12:21] >> Thank you, ma'am. All right. Uh, I've
[12:23] asked the city attorney to explain
[12:25] what's going on here. Yes, the city
[12:27] received a petition to create to form a
[12:30] new improvement district. You'll see
[12:32] that the petition is also included in
[12:34] the packet. It's signed by Cypress Bay
[12:37] Development LLC, which they have
[12:39] included a title company search letter
[12:41] saying that they're the sole owner of um
[12:44] the property to to create the
[12:46] improvement district. We received an
[12:48] email asking what an improvement
[12:50] district is. So, I'll just explain
[12:52] briefly. Improvement districts are
[12:54] governmental entities that are created
[12:56] by local government
[12:58] primarily to build improvements which
[13:00] are streets and drainage and it could be
[13:03] parks, could be a variety of things and
[13:05] then to um they'll typically issue bonds
[13:09] that are pledged to special tax
[13:11] assessments to cover the costs of those
[13:13] improvements.
[13:16] That's the that's the big power that
[13:18] they have is to is to
[13:20] special assessments for taxes, but
[13:22] they're localized just to the property
[13:24] owners in the district.
[13:29] » Council member Williams,
[13:32] >> um do we have other multi-purpose
[13:35] improvement districts in the city? I'm
[13:37] assuming uh Country Club of Arkansas
[13:39] maybe maybe one or DVO.
[13:43] >> We do have other um improvement
[13:47] districts. Yes. Like municipal
[13:48] improvement districts.
[13:51] I uh
[13:54] >> I can't think of any off the top of my
[13:55] head.
[13:58] >> The last time they were created was in
[14:00] 2023. I know. I think Cypress Bend was
[14:03] one of them and there was another one
[14:06] created that year.
[14:07] >> That's right. That's right. I remember
[14:08] that now.
[14:12] » And we we we did we that passed, right?
[14:16] >> Oh,
[14:18] sorry.
[14:20] Um
[14:21] the city council's role is to determine
[14:25] whether 100% of the owners have signed
[14:28] the petition.
[14:30] And then it's also to hear if a mortgage
[14:32] ee comes and objects at the public
[14:34] hearing to the creation of the district.
[14:36] That's the city council's only role.
[14:39] It's just determining that 100% of the
[14:41] owners filed the petition.
[14:42] >> I remember that
[14:43] >> and to hear a mortgage e who comes to
[14:45] object.
[14:46] >> Okay. Yeah, we kind of tried to overstep
[14:48] a bit
[14:50] >> a couple of us.
[14:53] >> Thank you, ma'am. Council member
[14:54] Tierney.
[14:55] >> Uh well, I think my question just got
[14:57] answered. 100% of the property owners
[14:59] have all signed the petition and
[15:01] confirmed that they support this.
[15:02] Correct.
[15:03] >> That's correct.
[15:03] >> All right. Thank you.
[15:04] >> It's all by one.
[15:09] » Thank you. Is there any additional
[15:11] discussion on ordinance 1182?
[15:15] Seeing none, this will be on second
[15:16] reading at the next council meeting. The
[15:19] next item is uh uh a resolution
[15:23] approving the Chamber of Commerce
[15:24] contract. I'm asking that we table that.
[15:27] I might have jumped the gun a little bit
[15:29] and and got it on the agenda before
[15:32] making sure everyone was in agreement on
[15:34] all the terms. So, I'd entertain a
[15:35] motion to table this to the next council
[15:37] meeting.
[15:37] >> So, move.
[15:39] >> I've got a motion and second on that.
[15:41] Any discussion?
[15:43] Seeing none, all those in favor signify
[15:45] by saying yes.
[15:46] >> I'll oppose. No. Motion carries. We'll
[15:49] hear that at the next council meeting.
[15:51] And that brings us to resolution
[15:52] 2026-27.
[15:54] Madam city clerk, if you could please
[15:55] read that by title.
[15:57] >> A resolution of the city council of the
[15:58] city of Mamel County of Plasks, state of
[16:01] Arkansas. A resolution to be entitled
[16:03] resolution number 2026-27,
[16:07] a resolution to amend the 2026 general
[16:10] fund budget.
[16:11] >> All right. Uh first of all, kudos to
[16:14] Chief Ivy uh for this one. For uh years,
[16:18] the city of ML has provided at no cost
[16:22] to either academics plus charter school
[16:24] or Palaski County Special School
[16:27] District uh school resource officers
[16:30] that just came from the the rank and
[16:32] file of the police department. Chief Ivy
[16:35] um took the initiative and negotiated
[16:38] with both of those entities, both of
[16:40] whom saw the value and have agreed to
[16:42] pay 75% of um the uh salaries of each of
[16:47] those uh school resource officers. And
[16:51] so I told him that what better way to
[16:53] spend that extra revenue than by adding
[16:57] a a new police officer. Um, and so this
[17:00] is the budget resolution that would
[17:02] allow them to be able to do that. I'll
[17:04] go ahead and open the floor for
[17:06] discussion or questions.
[17:08] Council member Gardner,
[17:09] >> is this going to be an additional police
[17:11] officer just out in the field or at the
[17:14] schools?
[17:15] >> Chief Ivy.
[17:23] » Good evening. Uh, that's up for
[17:25] discussion between me and my command
[17:27] staff right now. We talked about it
[17:29] because I do have officer right now in
[17:30] every school. So, a charter school and
[17:33] all three Pine Forest schools in town.
[17:35] So, there's four. So, we're trying to
[17:37] work and see where they where it best
[17:38] fits in. So,
[17:39] >> Okay. But they could be used anywhere.
[17:41] They don't have to be used in a school.
[17:42] >> Correct. We're going to
[17:43] >> Okay. Okay.
[17:44] >> What makes the most sense and and look
[17:46] at staffing and where someone's needed,
[17:48] but it might be in a school. Okay.
[17:50] >> Thank you.
[17:53] sir. Any additional
[17:54] questions, discussion? If not, I'd
[17:57] entertain a motion to adopt resolution
[17:59] 2026-27.
[18:01] >> Motion to adopt resolution number
[18:03] 2026-27.
[18:05] >> Second.
[18:06] >> I've got a motion and second. Any
[18:08] discussion on that motion?
[18:11] >> Seeing none, all those in favor, please
[18:12] signify by saying yes.
[18:14] >> All oppose? No. Motion carries.
[18:24] The final item of new business is
[18:26] resolution 2026-28
[18:30] amending the general fund budget. Madam
[18:31] city clerk,
[18:32] >> a resolution of the city council of the
[18:34] city of Mamel County of Plasky, state of
[18:37] Arkansas, a resolution to be entitled
[18:39] resolution number 2026-28,
[18:42] a resolution to amend the 2026 general
[18:45] fund budget. Really quickly, while I'm
[18:48] generally describing this, uh if Philip
[18:51] or Gordon wants to come down, uh this uh
[18:55] amount of money in the budget addresses
[18:58] the units that are currently out. We
[19:01] know that there are others that are
[19:02] getting older. Those are still lingering
[19:05] and will be a topic for discussion uh
[19:07] this goound in budget. Um, Phillip,
[19:12] which unit, correct me if I'm wrong,
[19:14] this is the uh lobby unit and the um wait room level. Is that correct,
[19:22] Gordon?
[19:27] » Good evening. We just uh flipped a coin
[19:30] and I lost. Um, [laughter] so the unit
[19:33] that is out right now is in the health
[19:35] club and then we have the upper lobby
[19:38] unit and the lower lobby unit um are
[19:40] also
[19:42] almost totally out. So we got three
[19:43] units that need replacing at this time.
[19:49] » All right. Thank you. Um, Council Member
[19:50] Gordon Gardner
[19:52] >> Gordon, you may want to hang on since
[19:53] you lost. Yeah, I know. So, and this may
[19:56] be a mayor question, too. So, when we
[19:58] looked at that this in the budget
[19:59] process, wasn't it like a million bucks?
[20:02] >> I want to say
[20:03] >> it was over $850,000 to replace all the
[20:06] units at one time.
[20:07] >> Okay. So, that was my question because
[20:09] we were looking at such a big number and
[20:11] we all kind of had sticker shock and
[20:13] then I saw this number for only 126 and
[20:17] I wondered what had changed between, you
[20:20] know, December of last year and now,
[20:22] right? But, so this is only a portion
[20:24] >> of the units. We have uh 15 units on the
[20:27] roof. Six of which are split units. Um
[20:30] seven of which are RTUs, which are the
[20:32] larger units. And then we have two
[20:34] package units. The two package units, if
[20:36] those go out, that'll be the majority of
[20:39] that $850,000.
[20:40] >> Gotcha. Okay. So, these are isolated to
[20:42] specific portions of the community
[20:44] center. Yes, sir. That's why it's so
[20:45] much less. Okay, that makes sense. Very
[20:47] good. Thank you.
[20:50] >> Yeah.
[20:53] Any additional discussion on this
[20:55] resolution? Thank you, sir. If not, I'd
[20:58] entertain a motion to adopt resolution
[21:00] 2026-28.
[21:03] » I've got a motion. Do I hear a second?
[21:05] >> Second.
[21:06] >> Got a motion and a second.
[21:09] Is there any discussion on that motion?
[21:12] Seeing none, all those in favor of
[21:14] adopting resolution 2026-28
[21:16] amending the general fund budget, please
[21:19] signify by saying yes.
[21:21] >> All oppose. No.
[21:23] Motion carries.
[21:26] I know there will be some folks that are
[21:28] happy to hear that.
[21:29] >> Yes, ma'am.
[21:31] >> Sorry.
[21:31] >> One question just came to me. Is there
[21:34] um is there an ETA on how long it would
[21:37] take to fix this?
[21:39] >> Um
[21:45] » okay.
[21:47] >> Just in time for winter.
[21:50] >> [laughter]
[21:51] >> Everyone will have their their
[21:52] jacko'lanterns out by that point in
[21:54] time, I'm sure. Uh because it has been
[21:57] pretty hot outside. Um I know even just
[22:00] getting quotes on these at this time of
[22:02] year with this level of heat has there's
[22:06] the um it is a sellers market in the
[22:10] HVAC industry right now. So getting them
[22:12] out is not easy.
[22:14] >> Um
[22:15] >> Yes, sir.
[22:17] Oh, now that it passed. [laughter]
[22:20] >> Now, just on that, there will be those
[22:24] units are so big. It's going to take a
[22:25] crane and it was either a crane or a
[22:28] helicopter and the cost was kind of
[22:31] close to either one.
[22:33] >> That's just how big some of those
[22:35] package units are. I just wanted
[22:38] >> Thank you, sir.
[22:41] All right, that concludes new business.
[22:43] We'll move on to mayor's comments. For
[22:45] those that don't know, there was a trash
[22:48] can fire at Milwood Station that did a
[22:51] number on the the side of the building.
[22:53] Um primarily the exterior and I know
[22:56] Parks is happy to have an air
[22:58] conditioner and to fix uh Milwood
[23:00] Station. Um it fire started by somebody
[23:04] um putting out a cigarette and they they
[23:07] kind of smothered it and then threw it
[23:09] in the trash can and about 30 minutes
[23:11] later it it was full. Um for uh so just
[23:16] to give you all an update on that and
[23:18] also I just wanted to give this is this
[23:20] is a weird one the the the mayor's blood
[23:22] drive I want to give a shout out to the
[23:23] people most of them are not here who who
[23:26] give blood at these we continually they raise the uh our target goal and
[23:34] then we seem to exceed it all the time
[23:36] uh and so that was brought to my
[23:38] attention today when they sent us these
[23:40] certificates to pass out to uh people uh
[23:44] that are in the top 10 of uh donating. I
[23:47] know Mr. City Attorney, you were in
[23:49] there uh and Deb [clears throat] Deb and
[23:52] was there and and I probably should have
[23:54] asked your permission, but I didn't want
[23:55] to name those people unless I talked to
[23:57] them and most of them are just
[23:59] residents. Um but uh just in the last
[24:02] one we recently had we got a letter back
[24:04] saying that that saved 69 lives. Blood
[24:07] is always in demand and because I'm o O
[24:10] negative, if I am two days past my
[24:13] donation time, they call and harass me.
[24:16] So help me out uh and go donate blood so
[24:19] they don't need as much as mine. I kid.
[24:22] Um so uh um first of all, I kind of
[24:26] wanted to to give a shout out. There
[24:28] were three of the elected positions that
[24:31] went unopposed. Uh and I just wanted to
[24:35] introduce those. I guess first of all to
[24:37] Christine Growald went unopposed. I'm
[24:39] not sure how she's managed that but uh
[24:42] only because I never have even with
[24:45] massive victories every time. But the uh so congratulations on that. Um and
[24:50] then Ward 4 city council member will be
[24:52] Travis Matthews who I guess we can call
[24:54] him uh council member elect Travis
[24:56] Matthews. And then city
[24:59] >> oh Henderson too. Okay my bad. I knew
[25:03] that.
[25:05] How embarrassing. Tra, you didn't know
[25:06] you had another Travis opponent. Pardon
[25:08] me.
[25:09] >> What's his name?
[25:10] >> Travis Henderson.
[25:11] >> Henderson.
[25:12] I said that wrong.
[25:13] >> Okay.
[25:14] >> And now I'm turning red and pink. So,
[25:16] let's move on to one that I'm fairly
[25:20] confident about. Uh, our city attorney
[25:22] uh in January will be Oliver Cushing,
[25:24] who's here as well. If you haven't got a
[25:26] chance to say hi to either of them,
[25:28] please do that. The uh wards two and
[25:31] three are contested positions as are the
[25:33] mayor and city clerk treasurer. So
[25:36] election season is upon us and
[25:40] um
[25:43] good luck to all involved. That
[25:45] concludes mayor's comments. Are there
[25:46] any council member comments?
[25:48] >> Yes,
[25:50] >> council member Shin.
[25:51] >> I wanted to see a update on getting the
[25:53] street lights fixed over in work for
[25:56] we've been doing this for a year now.
[25:57] Which ones?
[25:59] >> Uh part of them around ODM.
[26:00] >> The ODM lights are done inhouse. Uh we
[26:03] got a quote recently
[26:06] um for the issue is some of the wiring.
[26:10] The quote we got was $1.1 million to fix
[26:13] that string because they claim they
[26:15] needed to redo all the wiring. Um, we
[26:19] suspect that that is not actually going
[26:22] to be the cost.
[26:23] >> Didn't want to rewire my wife's
[26:24] ex-wife's house.
[26:25] >> Well, pardon me.
[26:27] [laughter]
[26:29] » My ex-wife contacted an electrician who
[26:31] told her that she had to have a whole
[26:33] new box. It's going to have to be moved
[26:35] over because it was too close to the air
[26:36] conditioning units and all this stuff.
[26:38] And I called zoning and permits and
[26:41] said, "So, what's the deal?" And they
[26:42] said, "When was the house built?" I told
[26:44] them, they said, "That's grandfather.
[26:45] None of that has to be done." took a
[26:47] fuse.
[26:48] >> Yeah, ours was the the wiring. So, the
[26:50] ODM Boulevard lights are city-owned
[26:53] [clears throat] and the the rest uh more
[26:56] or less are Energy owned. The ones that
[26:59] we're doing, we're trying to figure out
[27:01] what that wiring issue more specifically
[27:03] is. Uh everybody loves underground
[27:06] utilities until they go wrong. And you
[27:10] know, if there's a a broken line, you
[27:12] can visually inspect those a lot easier
[27:14] than you can underground. So, we're
[27:17] trying to figure out a a a more
[27:19] realistic avenue to get that replaced.
[27:22] Those that are in the neighborhoods
[27:24] themselves, um we I know we just closed
[27:27] out a bunch of street light tickets. Uh
[27:29] for those if there's particular ones,
[27:31] make sure we know about it and it's on
[27:33] CClick Fix or people can report them
[27:35] directly to Energy. That's all we do is
[27:38] report them to Energy and then just
[27:40] follow up with them on that. Uh, and
[27:43] that is always a joy.
[27:46] >> And one more question. Yes, sir.
[27:48] >> The bridge at Willistine, do we know
[27:49] when it's going to be repaired or
[27:51] replaced?
[27:53] >> Mr. Raburn,
[28:01] » I guess you're talking about the
[28:03] spillway bridge.
[28:04] >> Yes, sir.
[28:04] >> Yeah. That's that all that wood for that
[28:07] bridge is mil. So, it's not like 2x4s, 2
[28:10] by sixes.
[28:14] My what I would like to see happen would
[28:16] be it's about a 60 foot span. The
[28:19] concrete's already there and just put in
[28:22] a metal a metal type uh bridge would be
[28:27] my
[28:28] >> guess. So, you'd rather replace
[28:29] >> I'd rather replace it with metal that's
[28:32] going to last
[28:35] while I'm gone. [laughter]
[28:38] But that's that's where we stand on it.
[28:39] It's just it's hard to mix in straight
[28:42] cut lumber into what's been milled. I
[28:46] understand.
[28:47] >> Okay.
[28:48] >> Thank you, sir.
[28:50] >> Council member Gardner,
[28:51] >> following up on Mr. Shin's question
[28:53] about street lights, where does the LED
[28:55] grant uh the conversion fit into all of
[28:58] that for ODM? Well, that is one of the
[29:00] reasons that we've been delaying that a
[29:02] little bit is because until we can get
[29:05] the electricity to those lines, we
[29:10] don't want them installing new lights
[29:11] there,
[29:12] >> but uh we are proceeding with the um um
[29:18] bid process. The dollar amount is there.
[29:21] So, in fact, I was reviewing the bid
[29:22] today and the specs and gave the
[29:24] go-ahhead to publish that bid. Anyways,
[29:27] I don't know what we're going to do if
[29:30] we're ready for the installation of
[29:33] those, but we don't yet have electricity
[29:35] to that stretch there. We may just have
[29:38] to install them and come back later and verify that that is still good to
[29:42] go.
[29:44] Council
[29:46] member Growald,
[29:48] >> I just wanted to share some positive
[29:50] feedback um from an email that I
[29:53] received from a resident who was glowing
[29:56] about um Venue 10. She apparently lives
[30:01] um she apparently lives right across the
[30:03] street and she's just over the moon
[30:05] about how beautiful it is and and what
[30:08] um a great addition it's it's brought to
[30:10] our community. Um she just loves the the
[30:13] beauty of it. She says, "I look at it
[30:15] every day and I've never had a negative
[30:17] impact." So, just wanted to brag about
[30:19] that.
[30:22] >> Awesome.
[30:23] Thank you very much. Any additional
[30:25] council member comments? City attorney
[30:27] comments.
[30:29] >> City clerk treasurer comments. If
[30:31] there's nothing further, I'd entertain a
[30:33] motion to adjurnn.
[30:34] >> Make a motion to adjurnn, Mr. Mayor.
[30:38] >> Second.
[30:38] >> And a second. I've got a motion second
[30:40] to adjurnn. Is there any discussion? I
[30:42] didn't think so. All those in favor,
[30:43] please signify by saying yes.
[30:45] >> All oppose, no. Motion carries. We are
[30:47] ajourned.