>> I'd like to call the meeting to order. Of the
olathe to order for tuesday, november 4, 2025.
>> the first item on the agenda is: is the executive
session. Do I hear a motion.
>> mr. Mayor, I move we recess into a executive
session for the:
>> 2(a) executive session: recess into an executive
session for personnel matters of non-elected personnel
regarding the city manager position pursuant to the
exception provided in k.s.a.75-4319(b)(1).
>> for 60 minutes.
>> we have a motion and a second. Would the city
clerk call the roll.
>> mayor bacon, yes.
>> councilmember vogt, yes.
>> motion passes.
>> 7 zero.
>> (in executive session.)
>> we are reconvening from closed session.
>> a motion will be in order.
>> mr. Mayor, I move we approve the item authorize
staff for the strategy as this directed by the governing
body.
>> we have a motion and a second. Would the city
clerk call the roll. And councilmember vogt impresses,
yes.
>> councilmember schoonover, yes.
>> councilmember vakas, yes.
>> councilmember gilmore, yes.
>> councilmember schoonover motion passes. 7 zero.
>> a motion will be in order. Item b I move we recess
into closed session to discuss:
>> 2(b) recess into an executive session to discuss
matters involving multiple city employees pursuant to the
non-elected personnel exception provided in k.s.a.
75-4319(b)(1). For 15 minutes.
>> second.
>> we have a motion and a second. Would the city
clerk call the roll.
>> councilmember felter, yes.
>> councilmember vakas, yes.
>> councilmember essex, yes.
>> councilmember schoonover, yes.
>> councilmember gilmore, yes.
>> councilmember vogt, yes.
>> mayor bacon, yes.
>> motion passes. 7 zero.
>> (in executive session.)
>> we are reconvening from the closed session. Do I
hear a motion?
>> on item b authorize staff to proceed.
>> second.
>> we have a motion and a second. Would the city
clerk call the roll.
>> councilmember gilmore, yes.
>> councilmember schoonover, yes.
>> councilmember felter, yes.
>> councilmember vakas, yes.
>> councilmember essex, yes.
>> mayor bacon, yes.
>> councilmember vogt, yes.
>> motion passes. 7 zero.
>> yeah.
>> we're going to start in 5 minutes - 5 or
6 minutes.
>> I don't have a timer or anything -
(gavel).
>> good evening and welcome to the city of olathe
city council regular meeting this evening at 5:30pm.,
tuesday, november 4, 2025.
>> the first item on the agenda is: is the
presentation of colors.
>> 4. Presentation of colors: american legion color
guard. Is with us to present the colors and lead us in the
pledge of allegiance. Would everyone please stand. Right
face, post colors.
>> and salute.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of
america and to the republic for which it stands, one
nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice
for all.
>> face both right.
>> let's thank the american american legion color
guard for being with us tonight
(clapping.)
we'll move to special business next week we'll join the
community across america in opportunity to let the
veterans know how much they mean ma especially to say and
you are country and accepting this is a war veteran terry
to introduce him founder of fish and services of heros so,
please come forward.
>> present. Halt.
>> thank you.
>> my name is paul and -
[off mic.]
>> I'm the founder of fish friends and service we're
a nonprofit in olathe provides food and services dogs and
medical equipment and christmas parties to honor a lot of
military kids with $44,000 for double am at the and
veterans but today, we're doing this for my friend terry
and terry served in vietnam he served is from 1967 to 72 a
special sworn in the infantry and completed the training
advanced training and after a brief 20-day terry deployed
and served with the fit battalion and operating throughout
the central islands the service took him though areas with
the antelope valley and sun valley and july and.
>> (calling names.)
>> after vietnam terry served as fort hood before
running to cancel after the service terry returned back to
the olathe, kansas lived in the area and now he's
witnessed a lot of changes here in the hometown in this
community and tera proud supporter of fish and terry I'm
glad the city wants to honor you.
>> I'll read the proclamation. So the proclamation
reads whereas, each year on november 11th we pause to
remember those who served in the americans armed services
and more than one hundred and fifty thousand veterans call
kansas home and continuing to better our communities with
the service and patriotism. And whereas, on veteran day
we commemorate the sacrifices of your veterans most lost
and those who are still with us. And whereas, the city of
olathe will be closed november 11th for the opportunity to
express gratitude to our veterans for the freedom and
democracy for the corner of our great nation.
>> now therefore, I, mayor john bacon for the city of
olathe do hereby proclaim november 11, 2025, as veterans
day and encouraging all citizens to pause and pay honor to
those who make the world a better and safer place.
>> (clapping)
I'm much on speeches I'd like to thank everyone for this
award and I appreciate everything you do and those in the
service good work. Thank you.
(clapping.)
present, halt.
>> order, halt.
>> thanks again to terry for thudding for the
services and all the veterans and honor you this month.
>> we'll move to item b.
>> 6(b) recognition of olathe police for kleap
accreditation.
>> tonight the city of olathe police department is
the first in the state to be accredited by the kleap and
here to present the award have vice and director of the
local training for the state of kansas and the director
for the kleap and captain void will accept this award and
will you all please come forward.
>> you're welcome.
>> thank you.
>> thank you, thank you very much my honor to be
here my own daren the director to have the state of kansas
and another at this time my staff makes fun of me, too.
they make fun of me all the time. As a matter of fact,
they tell me I need more than one business card I'm here
and oversee a program called the kansas law enforcement
accreditation program, alfred coffee & glossier a state
accreditation program it is designed to honor and
recognize the top agencies in the state and we recognize
that by having created a council and council is made up of
6 people that chiefs and 3 sheriff's and chair and they
decide where the standards are in the agencies will be
judged by from tell requirement for law enforcement
agencies to best practices for the law enforcement and
those are the standards those law enforcement officials
say need to be present for every agree that will be an
accredited agency for the state of kansas and one hundred
and 67 of those standards. For accreditation we have the
kleap accreditation and the the other thing is that is
really that is tough is okay. We have the standard how do
we know those standards are met? Number 1 through policy
but how do know those policies are being followed. This is
where the tires meet the road and every agree has to prove
they're people are following the policies. That are have
been established. This is a voluntary program not a
required program we call that regulation. Not a
regulation. It is not a regulated environment because the
chief decided the chief want to step up and say come in
and valve any agency and they starred on the progress
along with a lot of another agencies in the state happened
to finish first in the first ever state accreditation for
an agency not nationally accredited but first ever
accreditation being award backseat by the kleap council
and informed they were able to proof though their
satisfaction they meet the standard and award in 10/13,
2025 and present to the police department showing you are
an accredited agency with the kleap council.
>> (clapping)
thank you to terry and courtney and to our.
>> paul for being here and the chief for stepping up
and making olathe first for the state again awesome we're
proud of the police officers. We'll move to the consent
agenda.
>> 7. Consent agenda: the items listed below are
considered to be routine by the city council and may be
approved in one motion. These may include items that have
been reviewed by the city council in a prior planning
session. There will be no separate discussion unless
council member requests that an item be removed from the
consent agenda and considered separately. Councilmember
gilmore.
>> item f please.
any others?
>> a motion to approve exception of item f.
>> mr. Mayor, I move we approve item as presented
with the exception of item f.
>> second.
>> we have a motion and a second. Would the city
clerk call the roll.
>> councilmember essex, yes.
>> councilmember felter, yes.
>> councilmember vakas, yes.
>> councilmember vogt, yes.
>> mayor bacon.
>> a motion passes. 7 zero and item f consideration
of the agreement with the project for the design and
fabrication of a sculpture for the 119th street and
roundabout councilmember gilmore.
>> thank you, mayor. I ask to be be considered
separately and impressed my concerns I'll not repeat that
but that's my hope.
>> any other questions or comments? The picture look
awesome and looking forward to this - a motion will be in
order.
>> a motion will be in order.
>> mr. Mayor, I move we approve item item f.
>> we have a motion and a second. Would the city
clerk call the roll.
>> councilmember felter, yes.
>> councilmember vakas, yes.
>> councilmember essex, yes.
>> mayor bacon, yes.
>> councilmember vogt, yes.
>> councilmember gilmore, no.
>> you councilmember schoonover, yes.
>> motion passes. 6, one.
>> move to new business.
>> 8(a) new business: consideration of ordinance no.
25-45 authorizing issuance of the city's taxable
industrial revenue bonds in an amount not to exceed
$257,000,000 for red kingfisher, llc (walmart) for the
construction of a 320,000 square foot beef processing and
packaging production facility on approximately 60 acres of
a 138-acre site located near the northwest corner of 167th
street & 169 highways. The city has an intent to issue the
bonds in march of 2023, the building is complete.
>> I've toured that several times and it is amazing
29 the final step any other questions or comments or a
presentation need own this seeing none.
>> a motion will be in order.
>> mr. Mayor, I move we approve ordinance no. 25-45.
>> second.
>> we have a motion and a second. Would the city
clerk call the roll.
>> councilmember vakas, yes.
>> councilmember felter, yes.
>> mayor bacon, yes.
>> councilmember vogt, yes.
>> councilmember gilmore, yes.
>> councilmember schoonover, yes.
>> councilmember felter and motion passes. 7 zero
and.
>> 8(b) consideration of ordinance no. 25-46
approving an engineer?s survey and authorizing the
acquisition of land for the I-35 & santa fe interchange
reconstruction/santa fe corridor (ridgeview to
mur-len)improvement project [city project no. 3-c-025-18].
this item are all partial tracks of land for permanent
right-of-way and temporary for the easements for
reconstruction.
>> I had one quick question I don't know everyone has
a question but rile quick. The parcel on mur-len and sante
fe.
>> right there on the on the northwest in front of the
mcdonald's and I draw this day one of the buses stopped
and it backed up traffic into the intersection will there
be enough room for a bus?
>> I mean partially a popular place to get on a
because of a mcdonald's can be helpful if you have a bus
stop.
>> a city engineer with all the improvements I'll
taking a look at and we don't want it to two close to the
intersection and .
>> that's my own comments.
>>
>> a motion will be in order.
>> mr. Mayor, I move we approve ordinance no. 25-46.
>> second.
>> we have a motion and a second. Would the city
clerk call the roll.
>> councilmember essex, yes.
>> mayor bacon, yes.
>> councilmember vogt, yes.
>> councilmember gilmore, yes.
>> councilmember schoonover, yes.
>> councilmember felter, yes.
>> councilmember vakas, yes.
>> motion passes. 7 zero.
>> move to item 9.
>> 9. General issues and concerns of citizens. We
have several people will have signed up to as we speak
tonight we have the or 10?
>> so at this time ask the city clerk to introduce
our speakers for us.
>> the council has spent this would work in olathe
to address the city council and only address the city
council please treat others with kindness and went and the
council has allocated up to 3 minutes per spectator and up
to 30 minutes since we have 10 minutes 4 minutes each and
the first speaker is a kari.
>> and if you're a speaker, you can come over here
might speed things up a little bit. Welcome, ma'am.
>> hi, I'm carrie. I'm before to present of the
order police and currently a - an olathe resident. The f o
p has come before you in the prior and felt listened to,
supported by the council, we appreciate that. I know in
the past few years brand new station and some really good
measure k unfortunately, I'm here to say - and many of the
people effected but this plan were retired before they
with the got the benefit from the station. I know all of
you are - regarding this and I believe that is what all
the speakers are plan to speak about give you a little bit
of background in 1989, the city decided that employees
will pay individual or family rates for the healthcare
after retirement. This included arriving including
retireed employees to assist as we move into a time when a
- in 2005, that switched at the 3 tiers we're discussing
5 and retired before 09. But 4 years to retire or expected
a pay difference increase of only getting individual
retired rate not family having additional - in that
announcement, it specifically said they'll make every
effort to protect the vulnerable for the healthcare
program and the city managers offers will work with the
retirees task force and the employee benefits and the
human services department to investigate that helps to
plan and provide for healthcare costs. For over 20 years
what was in 2005 that includes through the 2008 financial
crisis all the way through the furloughs. In mention of
possible changes let alone this drastic of a change. In
preparation for retirement employees meet with the
benefits program manager. Including employees required a
couple of months ago were told in the meetings will
continue to pay rate. (bell ringing) definitely ran out of
time. Thank you.
>> our next speaker a damon bell.
>> you have only 9 speakers. So - you can come on up
here and hello and good evening. I'm speaking regarding
the city of olathe retirement 2026 health insurance and
the hike in the premise and the hardships we are
encouraging paying $82 a month and each and in january of
2026 the monthly amount will go up to $494 each $412 more
a month for each of us. The monthly amount of $494 and
others is very stressful. We received this information
about the 2026, cost increase we're trying to figure out
how we can afford it. With retirement you all set incomes
and our money does not go up and some have additional jobs
and seen such a hike in the health insurance premise we or
worried this hit and my wife and I retire from the olathe
police department and da have lived in the city over
21 years our daughter graduated and our grandchildren the
bells are invested. We love our community and have to pay
off over $1,000 a month to be honest this is scary. And
we're asking for help to make the premium respectfully
damon.
>> (clapping)
our next speaker a gary.
>> good evening, counsel and members here. My name
is gary I started with olathe fire department in 1982 with
two stations. We figured out fires and saved the hospital
and lots of fires. This a job I don't want a 63-year-old
man like myself riding on a fire truck any member of the
fire department we had bad knees and shoulders that is a
tough job I was part of 205 got completely changed because
- my whole retirement plan changed with little notice.
every financial seminar we tenant we got to plan 10 years
in advance or 5 years in advance I had to completely
change. Now this is happening good morning you're up
ending my retirement I may have to look for a full-time
job as you can see under k p and f the first year was the
best year it gets worse and in the and need goals to keep
on pcia things act. Okay. K p and f didn't give my
insurance whereby raised $800 a month that the city is
paying zero for me. Not a thing paying other members in
different plans I'm in the ppo they're paying zero and
other member can be in a long-term two late for me.
>> I can't do that. And to make matters worse people
in washington, d.c. Have everything screwed up I can't
provide - nobody knows so I'm held hostage I don't know
what I'm going to do and something that didn't sneak up on
nobody healthcare is rising should be a long-term plan to
deal with that and now need our reactions what we're going
to do this year. Needs to be planned. Healthcare will
continue to rise and needs to be a long-term plan like any
other financial issues
(bell ringing)
. Thank you.
(clapping.)
the next speaker is tyler.
>> sorry this is a short meeting.
>> tyler west one hundred and 58 place I want to say
good evening, city council thank you for letting me speak
I'm with the firefighters I rise in support of
firefighters who healthcare cost has drastically increased
firefighters work 24 hours and have ready to run in and
help. The oath we take on the first day our police
officers feel the same way with a 36 years with the city
we're told to retire and retires at the age of 58 we have
to find help for medicaid making this designation for the
future employees to work and doesn't come down to pay but
how we're treated after that wards those retirees didn't
have the opportunity for the planning the healthcare costs
and once retired they're on a fixed income we have a have
members can't adjust they're recent changes and have
members not retiring because of those changes and they're
eligible have served the city and we're ready to retire
but - we understand this is not isolated to olathe but
others cities we ask that you remember the years of
service those members provided to our citizens. And to
doing everything we can to support them in retirement..
thank you.
(clapping).
>> and next speaker is steve.
>> good evening mr. Mayor and councilmembers good to
see you.
>> retire police chief and started with the olathe
police department in 1988. And after 31 years of service,
I retired in april of 2013, and seen this complicated
issue providing healthcare to current employees and to
those who retire from the city services. The retirement
healthcare offered by the city of olathe in 1988 were
impressive and they have employees to remain on the city's
healthcare plan at same rates as current employees that
retire at 65 and at that time the incentives to stay with
the city and into retirement.
>> that was important for public safety were able to
reach the retirement angle in the 60s and other actuaries
of retirement benefits based on the hiring dates and with
each change reducing tells us the year costs creeped up
and with the current employees for healthcare has spiked.
that brings us to the cost of healthcare insurance for
retirees is increasing significantly and
disproportionately in 2026.
>> from current employees to retired employees so
current employees their ability to retire next year will
not happen because of this the constitutional costs in
healthcare insurance offered to retirees. The restored
employees under one plan or tier are now face to face
impacts that are greater. Personally if I stay will go up
up to $31,000 at $39 in 2026 in one year will there by 9
thousand plus for families coverage which is what I have.
that is a .32 percent increase and other retirees are
upwards of hundreds of increases based on the individual
conform and to allow thirty me to wrap up city of olathe
past, present, and future employees are most important
asset to the city and all contributor to the success and
recognize of the city services to our citizens and
businesses. We are setting the standard for excellence for
public services. The budget process for the 2026 retiree
healthcare plans and cost sharing misses the mark. I ask
you look at it and take care of people who served our
city. Thank you.
(clapping).
>> next speaker is bryan.
>> good evening council I'm bryan. I started my
career with the don't recall police department 32 years
you and served in my capacities what brings us here the
employees 2026 plan - that goes against human decency all
the retirees we expected an increase we were told that
last year 50 or 100 percent and 500800 percent in one
year?
>> based on katie - have a reasonable price that is
a sacrifice for the retirees what is the objective?
>> the city has known about the costs going up for
years. And it couldn't increase our rates. I take into
account they reserves for 2026 and the city is proposing
an 8.5 percent increase in the reserves for 2026. That
taking it up to 46 thousand plus. That's an increase over
$4 million from 2025.
>> keeping our promise and doing the right thing
would allow the city three hundred 5 out of reserves.
>> let's talk about the federal government was
already mentioned once.
>> our federal government is shut down on one month
baseline is affordable c.a.r.e. Act the subsidies are not
passed we'll see an increase of 75 up to one hundred and
14 percent. But not 5 hundred and or 800 percent we're
shutting down the country shouldn't be a hard decision to
do the right thing and rethink the massive increases and
the royal out we've received all we want to be treated
right and with human decency and want to thank the ones
that responded back from an e-mail owe sent this means a
lot and olathe has set the standard of conference and all
we're doing is asking you to continue that. Thank you for
your time.
>> (clapping)
next speaker is dawn.
>> I'm dawn and my husband. And for some retirees
they district attorney have a luxury of being healthy
enough for employment. Eventually you run out of things
sacrifice and have a total final collapse it increases the
healthcare costs and last but not least causes hardship
and financial ruin for people that sacrificed and in part
due to a promise that is now being broken. It is hard to
phenomena people that sacrificed can be dismissed and take
advantage of.
>> and though important to know I share the
sentiment in the statement I read the words are where
provided by a retiree that is too ill to be here tonight.
so, thank you.
(clapping.)
the next speaker is todd hart.
>> mr. Mayor I'm todd harriet I started the the fire
department in 1986 and retired in 19 - the e-mails that
people are referencing the attachment I was on the task
force at the time. So the things I want to leave but
tonight is I'm going to make this horticulture but I was
on the task force I took the lead for this personally I
would love to tell you about the ideas we had all the
ideas were presented and could have solved this issue so
we didn't have to be here we had staggering scales and
percentages the employees put towards. And I see some of
the people are retired in this with me well as well and to
get this is personal we gave one hundred and 10 percentage
with the city manager told us no and caused a rifle. I was
the first ever reciprocate of the integrity award I have
to be honest please call me if you have any questions.
thank you.
>> (clapping.)
>> the last speaker a -
>> good evening mr. Mayor and I'm eric I'm the
police officer with the city of olathe and spent the last
35 years of my life and spent time in the military and the
last with the 25 years with the city of olathe I have
awards and with the chiefs association and wards from
individuals and awards and bring those up not to brag
about myself will you every retiree in the room as a
police officer and employee industry stories and employees
like us that help city of olathe into was it guess today.
>> what brought me the director from the last 80s we
want our employees to know we continue to be concerned
about the welfare and happiness and as an employee and the
retirees will pay the same amount as current employees I -
I will going from 10 thousand and now 74 thousand just for
me alone those changes are not consistent what I building
the city of olathe stood for this is a financial and
hardship on every employee that is retired or about to
retire. I've submitted any paperwork and any salary is set
any - I leave - survivor benefits and didn't reduce I
can't change that to be irreversible had I known the city
would have increased my premiums you would have - but
because we had no time to plan I was not able to do this
in the u.s. The police officer I want to spend the time
left with my family not working longer than than expected
to afford medical coverage I have asked the city to honor
they're - by continuing to offer medical benefits we
depend on. Thank you for listening
(clapping.)
thank you to the speakers we hear you and take that under
advisement and any convene a planning session we have 4
reports in our planning session and any councilmember want
to pull any for presentations or from staff at that point?
>> no?
>>
>> 10(a)(1) convene for planning session. Reports:
report regarding proposed amendments to title 12 of the
olathe municipal code pertaining to public utilities.
councilmember gilmore.
>> I ask we have a short presentation to summarize
what we're doing here.
>> what we're doing here.
>> good evening mr. Mayor and city council I'm the
city attorney before this ordinance is intended to address
a couple of issues I've been working through and related
to the public utilities the city manager and as well as
request the rest of engineering the first two section
protect codifying the practice related to utility
easements and codify the right-of-way for easements for
the per city code we have the right-of-way ordinance in
the section but some overwhelms some public utilities
easements and utility easements dedicated to the city not
with the right-of-way we want to codify our approach so
this is clear with for the right-of-way and the post
action to address ongoing issues related to the city
ordinance and now let aab expand on o but essentially we
think to have issues with the utilities trying to look at
their utilities that can result in delays from the start
project and is increase costs to the city. And we have to
do a redesign other complications. So we think that adding
this to the code will again help to establish clear
expectations you may be aware the state law that is really
only intended to address locates in the shovel ready so
contact them involved and calls in 811 and come out and
market but, you know, if you're shovel ready and all of a
sudden figure out there is a bunch of conflicts we have to
contract so mobilize and maybe paying when you can't work.
so we talked about that corporation the oversight and the
staff did tell us addressed this gap in terms of location
of planning purposes and the ordinance we're trying to do
that and the expects have similar to others cities and the
park has about location for planning purposes and is the
responsibility to provide locates so this will fill 3 gap
we have and there is also a provision we had a utility
initially indicate that there is are facilities
unlocateable and turns out what they meant they have to do
more expensive locating them and which they didn't want to
do. But that raised our - what if we have a situation
there is a facility that the utilities can't locate this
could present a risk to the public safety that allows the
city to address the risks. So bob.
>> some languages about penalties explain was that
looks like I'm curious about the process.
>> sure.
>> so it refers to the existing penalties for the
right-of-way I don't have those in front of me but and
then there is also some effective provisions in there.
really intended to address the damages that the city could
incur for the delays. So the cost to make the project
design change.
>> (multiple voices).
>> if someone didn't respond kind and some type of a
penalties are we build it and the city has to pay that.
what's that?
>> we have franchisee agreements with some of the
utilities. The video service providers operate from or
under a - we have some to insure that takes some of the
enforcement.
>> I want to emphasize those are the things we should
protect but we'll have not actually encountered.
>> yes.
>> councilmember vogt.
>> I - so was this part of the problem?
>> I'm thinking back that is the project took
forever and it was related to the utilities and easements
speak to that.
>> thank you city engineer we find with others first
of all, thank bob for working with my staff this is has
been a big issue about 10-year ago we developed a position
just to manage the utilities on our projects because it
was such an issue. But on average we have 25 percent of
utilities respond to 3 request to locate for the planning
purpose.
>> we we need to do is partnership between us and
them we're not facing that looking at change orders to
help us to move along. Right now us begging and trying to
puncture delays design for example, right now have a
project on harold street within resistance road and 6
facilities 23 you're getting 25 percent you know urging to
run both construction issues and that helps us to talking
about with the utilities and encourage them to better
participate.
>> I was confused I'm going I don't want to sign
this. You know. I don't want to provide the utility kind
of.
>> (multiple voices.)
>> and we hope it never gets to that just a
deterrent.
>> and there are state laws and statutes this helps
to enforce that-
>> (multiple voices).
>> bob indicated the state board encourages local
community to adopt this type of policy and I hope we never
get to that; right?
>> yes.
>> councilmember gilmore.
>> with the circulation with the state franchisee do
we participate in revenue off the state?
>> yes.
>> the video service provider the cable franchisees
state franchisees we get 5 percent franchisee fee yeah.
>> we have the ability to if we run into the issues
-
>> the penalties are are referenced in for the
right-of-way management section those are the current
penalties and violation and public offense with the fine
of not less than - so there is a scenario where continue
to pass that 30 days subject to two hundred to $500
penalty we hope didn't come to that.
>> any other questions on that?
>> thank you.
>> thank you. Any other reports?
>> seeing none, we're down to additional items
starting on my right.
>> a councilmember vakas.
>> thank you mr. Mayor I want to bring up scooters we
received information from the navy office we have that in
place and ongoing conversations about what are the right
standards in terms of ordinance and safety and listening
an electronic scooters I ask we follow-up on this perhaps
so we can come together and make decisions and then
whatever the decisions we do make like so have a
conversation how we advertise this is to the public to
make sure they said the expectations for the sake of
safety for all our people and patrolling the I did not
know adults and kids thank you mr. Mayor and a consensus
about some of the people that piped up and where are we at
on this right now maybe sample ordinances from others.
>> assistant city attorney. I appreciate our
comments and questions on this topic. We within our
ordinances are in a good place we want to revisit and make
sure it is in the best possible place I'll be meeting with
the police department and some other cities stakeholders
so see what changes we might make if we determine are
changes sob proposed and bring those back to you to be
considered. And then we do continue to welcome any
questions or comments that you have so we can make sure
that we're adrc them as soon as possible as we see there
are revisions and once we get it set we'll have that - we
thought instead of the education before we are sure what
we want the ordinance to be we want to marry we have that
in place fir.
>> thank you mr. Mayor and bob.
>> we ask we moved with the exponential that also,
we take a look at to our adjacent cities that are making
changes right now and thanks I look forward to hearing
more.
>> thank you, mr. Mayor.
>> skip to this side and then councilmember
schoonover. Go ahead and have your turn right now.
>> I had a follow-up question.
>> go ahead.
>> (multiple voices).
>> we'll do popcorn today.
>> to bob to follow up on how we take a look at I
know overland park and other jurisdictions have amended
they're owners we had a compare and craft where we are now
versus some of the updated ordinances from the sister
jurisdiction.
>> councilmember question a couple of year ago we
got on this issues and with some changes they passed. And
we have continued to monitor with at cities are doing
things you did a couple of years ago so this is the good
news but make sure there is ideas that other cities have
implemented to be incorporated as well so yes, we continue
to monitor and have tdc the most recent cities have
adopted or considered some of those to summarize these.
>> sorry bob.
>> any others?
>> happen election day and yeah. Democracy.
>> councilmember felter.
>> mr. Mayor same thing and thank you for going the
extra mile I heard the election commissioner sherman man
was ousted directing traffic in johnson county the arts
museum. That say can you call wearing many hats to thank
you for him and the team. Thank you.
>> councilmember essex.
>> yes. We're doing this
(laughter).
>> nothing further.
>> okay.
>> councilmember vogt will we address scooters I
hope we address - I think I know that we have an ordinance
in place I know that is super ceded everyone to be a big
part of enforcement that is difficult. So I'll be looking
forward to hearing more about that and some regulating how
fast an, etc. Bike can go where and looking forward to
hearing about education and in person opinion we'll take
to the people instead of them going to a hoa to sign up
and have 10 people were willing to do and I hope we can
look at and and see what we're able to do and the
education part will be the biggest part of it to enforce
when they're going down the street. I look forward to the
final of that and wanted to take a moment to congratulate
the olathe police department for the first law enforcement
agency to earn the accreditation, accreditation is very
important. I have to do with what I do for a living. That
provides reinsurance to our community. Regarding
excellence and accountability an excellent service thank
you, chief and setting the standard for excellence and
veterans we have had one sitting here. Those of us have
family members want to recognize them and all those sworn
and those who wear the uniform today thank you for your
this this is inspiring and councilmember gilmore.
>> mr. Mayor chief I want to express my
congratulations I remember you stood in the podium and
think about all guess things own our played it is not a
one time but congratulations and a lot of work on the part
of you and your team and look forward to great results in
the future. Thank you.
>> thankfully.
>> assistant city attorney sherman.
>> I have a couple of things really quick. One
tomorrow is volunteer reception. So, please join us we'll
have a great time and eat and prayer breakfast on friday
and want to go and talk about councilmember vogt we're off
on veterans day and bring together our veterans to have a
celebration breakfast for them only wednesday morning.
>> where is that at as robison's training.
>> I have one item thank you for those who joined us
for the state of the city on friday at lunch we celebrated
many things happening so thank you, especially to the
(clapping)
for hosting this event and this year did an awesome job
and happen election voting day. I told a story last time
about a great nephew thought his dad tell him going to
vote. He thought they were going boating he was crying.
>> voting is not for everybody especially, if you're
only 3 but no way it's it is what it is for tonight thank
you for joining we we're adjourned.
[meeting adjourned]