[0:00] Please,

[0:02] God, would you please lead us

[0:06] to the flag of the United States of

[0:08] America and to the republic for which

[0:11] stands one nation under God,

[0:13] indivisible, with liberty and justice

[0:16] for all.

[0:19] » Hutcherson, good to see you this

[0:20] evening.

[0:23] >> Good to see you this evening.

[0:27] >> All right. Um, are there, Mr. Forester,

[0:30] are there any additions to the agenda?

[0:33] >> Yes, mayor. We do have one tonight. Uh,

[0:35] we have a discussion on the Spurs

[0:38] display location and we're going to put

[0:40] that on 3B under council business.

[0:44] >> Thank you.

[0:46] All right. The cons the consent agenda,

[0:49] regular meeting brief from August 11th

[0:52] and the annual liquor license renewals

[0:54] has been circulated. Are there any

[0:57] questions or concerns about the consent

[0:59] agenda?

[1:02] » Hearing none. Is there a motion to

[1:04] approve the consent agenda?

[1:05] >> I'll make a motion to approve the

[1:07] consent agenda as circulated.

[1:10] >> Thank you. Second.

[1:11] >> It's been moved and seconded. Again, any

[1:14] questions or

[1:16] hearing? None. All in favor say I. I.

[1:19] >> I. Opposed. Motion carried unanimously.

[1:22] Thank you. At this time, this is the

[1:25] opportunity for visitors, appearances,

[1:27] and requests. Anyone that would like to

[1:30] speak to the council, please come to the

[1:32] podium and identif state your name and

[1:35] address and

[1:37] tell us your wishes.

[1:42] Is there anyone online?

[1:45] Okay, thank you.

[1:48] Well, we will then

[1:51] move on to u there are no council

[1:54] presentations.

[1:55] Under council business, we have purchase

[1:59] parkco utility tamper.

[2:02] >> Good evening.

[2:04] >> Matt Weedle, city of Primeville Railway.

[2:08] So, this is very exciting for us because

[2:10] this kind of officially kicks off our

[2:12] project that we've been working on for

[2:14] two and a half years now. So, um, so

[2:17] tonight the request is to approve the

[2:20] purchase of a Harco utility tamper. So,

[2:22] this is a machine that goes out there

[2:24] for us. Um, we'll pick up the rail,

[2:26] level the rail, um, makes a good solid

[2:29] base for us. Um, one thing to point out

[2:32] on this particular one, it's been

[2:33] upfitted, so we can also straighten the

[2:35] rail. So, it kind of does a little bit

[2:36] of everything for us. Um, there's only

[2:39] one company that makes these, which is

[2:41] Harco, so not surprising. We only had

[2:44] one bed. Um, however, we decided to put

[2:46] that out there in case maybe we'd get a

[2:48] year or two old, maybe lease return or

[2:51] something like that, just kind of

[2:52] testing the waters. And of course, we

[2:54] didn't. Tonight, you'll be approving the

[2:57] purchase through a company called

[2:59] Precision. So, Harso Rail um builds

[3:02] them, builds the parts, but they have

[3:05] Precision

[3:07] um

[3:09] basically put them together or build the

[3:11] smaller ones for them. So, it's a

[3:13] subsidiary of horses. So, we're actually

[3:15] purchasing it from from Precision. Um, a

[3:18] couple things to point out aside from

[3:19] the lining is it does come with two

[3:21] weeks of operator training um and how to

[3:24] maintain it. So, this is a very high

[3:26] maintenance machine. So, we're very

[3:27] excited that they're going to fly

[3:28] someone in from Kansas to um train our

[3:31] crew and train us how to maintain this.

[3:34] Um, and it also comes with a one-year

[3:37] package for all the maintenance wear

[3:39] pieces and things of that nature. Again,

[3:40] these are very high maintenance. Um,

[3:43] this represents a pretty significant

[3:46] chunk of our grant budget of 1.3 million

[3:49] for equipment. So, we did that for on

[3:52] purpose because again, these are a lot

[3:54] of maintenance, a lot of wear and tear.

[3:56] So, we wanted to spend as much money on

[3:58] this piece of equipment as needed so we

[4:00] had something, you know, well into the

[4:03] future. So, um, with that, so we'll ask if there's any questions.

[4:10] Yes.

[4:12] >> So unique that you only get one bidder

[4:15] and there's not very many other people

[4:17] out there that do the same thing or um

[4:20] Yeah.

[4:21] >> Yeah. There's only one company that bids

[4:22] them or builds them

[4:25] right now in the United States. There's

[4:26] only two machines on the lot and we have

[4:28] our name on one of them. Um there's and

[4:31] then this there's a third one in

[4:33] production right now. The third one will

[4:35] be 10% more when it comes out here in a

[4:38] couple months. And in 2007 27 um they'll

[4:42] be 15% more than this particular. So I

[4:46] feel pretty lucky that we actually have

[4:48] our name tentatively on one. Um he

[4:52] informed me yesterday that the UP came

[4:53] in and took the other two that are in

[4:55] one on the lot and in production. So

[4:57] yeah. So the ts are they're very

[4:59] specialized. Again build America. We got

[5:02] to build America by America and there's

[5:04] only one one company that builds them.

[5:07] So,

[5:08] >> good thing you were successful or

[5:10] potentially successful.

[5:12] >> A week later, we would have had to wait

[5:13] a while and we would have been paying

[5:15] more money.

[5:16] >> But as you say, this has been a long

[5:18] time coming because this is something we

[5:20] have wanted to have for years.

[5:22] >> Yeah. I mean, um, typically in a

[5:25] railroad our size, you know, you want to

[5:27] tamp, you know, every 3 years, four

[5:29] years. Um, and then like as a

[5:31] maintenance, you'll hit your like your

[5:33] joints and your curves 18 months or so.

[5:36] um two years and the last time we did it

[5:39] was in 2009. HNS did the our line for

[5:43] us. Um current rate to have it done is

[5:45] about $7,800 a mile. So, you know, 18

[5:48] miles. So, over time it will pay for

[5:51] itself given that we're a 20% match. I

[5:54] mean, it's it's going to look pretty

[5:56] good. So,

[5:59] >> thank you. Are there any other

[6:01] questions?

[6:02] >> No.

[6:03] questions. Maintenance is key and

[6:05] this is a vital part of of that of the

[6:08] infrastructure of the railroad. So I

[6:10] think great great work.

[6:14] >> So is there a motion?

[6:18] I move that the city council approve the

[6:20] purchase of the Harsko utility tamper

[6:22] from Precision Railway Equipment for

[6:25] $694,800

[6:27] delivered utilizing Chrissy grant

[6:30] funding and authorize the general

[6:31] manager to execute the necessary

[6:34] purchase documents and agreements.

[6:37] >> Been moved and seconded. Again, any

[6:40] questions

[6:41] hearing? None. All in favor say I. I

[6:44] >> I post motion carried unanimously. Thank

[6:47] you.

[6:47] >> Thank you.

[6:49] >> Next on our agenda,

[6:51] this is the add-on. Um has to do with

[6:55] the relocation of the Spurs and Bill

[6:58] Burgess who was instrumental in getting

[7:01] all of the renovation done and

[7:02] relocating etc would like to speak to us

[7:05] because they the committee has a

[7:07] recommendation to the council.

[7:16] Welcome. I mean, thank you for for

[7:18] welcoming us.

[7:21] >> Uh, got a little hard copy I'd like to

[7:23] leave everybody that kind of

[7:27] capsulizes the project.

[7:30] Just a couple slides.

[7:34] This has only been going on for 14

[7:36] months.

[7:41] But as you will see there are

[7:45] >> Sure. Thank you.

[7:50] » Thank you sir. Thank you.

[7:58] » So

[8:01] this is where we are as of April. And

[8:04] this slide is really a a comment on how

[8:08] much Rich Evans helped in this whole

[8:10] process. We uh we were uh kind of

[8:14] debating, you know, how heavy Spurs was

[8:16] and he went out and looked at it and I

[8:17] got a call the next day that it's been

[8:19] moved and indeed it was out at Ranchers

[8:22] Memorial and um we thank the Bowman

[8:27] Museum for letting us store it there.

[8:29] Told it' be a couple of months and it's

[8:31] only been four. Um, we did get some

[8:35] folks out to look at it. Rick uh Visera

[8:38] from Ricky Bees and then finally Monty

[8:39] Curts from Marcus Asylum uh came out and

[8:43] um and a plan was developed. So on

[8:46] August 11th, a couple weeks ago, we

[8:48] moved the sculpture to Palute for

[8:51] restoration at his shop Arc Asylum. Uh

[8:54] Kuanas has donated the money for the

[8:56] steel and Monty is a board member with

[8:59] Kowanas and at the board meeting in July

[9:01] when the request for funds was granted

[9:04] he asked to look at the sculpture to

[9:06] assess damages himself and he

[9:09] immediately said he'd like to donate the

[9:11] labor for the restoration. So uh at that

[9:15] point things were really beginning to

[9:16] come together. And so on August 11th

[9:19] there it is. Spurs is heading out to Pal

[9:21] but um one of those beautiful days uh

[9:24] that we've had recently.

[9:27] Uh it arrived at Arc Asylum and Ark

[9:31] Asylum and uh uh was

[9:35] with with Monty ready to go to work. So

[9:38] once uh once he got it in a shop uh we

[9:40] discovered it was a there was a little

[9:42] more work than expected. Uh fair amount

[9:46] of rust. Um, weepholes have been

[9:49] installed at at every low point in the

[9:52] sculpture and uh, all of the delaminated

[9:56] steel is being repaired and I'll show

[9:58] you what I mean. So, uh, Spurs got

[10:01] beheaded and that's the base that uh,

[10:05] that is uh, delaminated and uh,

[10:09] structurally unsound. So that will be

[10:12] completely replaced and um and things

[10:16] will return to normal. Uh but remember

[10:18] we had a plan so she'll be as good a new

[10:21] as good as new in no time. And the next

[10:23] step is our recommendation on on the

[10:26] location the final well actually I'm

[10:29] going to you use the word temporary

[10:30] location. Um the um the the spot is big

[10:36] enough and I think uh I think it'll be

[10:38] great there.

[10:42] Uh little history fellow on the right um

[10:45] has been involved in this. I mean

[10:47] recently he's been in we've been in

[10:49] communication with him Tom Morandi. He's

[10:52] the original sculptor that helped design

[10:53] Spurs in 1982. And then you probably

[10:57] recognize Greg Conven. He got very

[10:59] interested in this and wanted to be kept

[11:02] informed uh just because of his uh his

[11:04] involvement with War Paint and Maverick.

[11:08] And then going back to 1982, I found

[11:10] this in the Spurs yearbook. Uh that was

[11:13] the model that was that was made that

[11:16] the students uh uh used to actually

[11:20] create themselves the final version.

[11:25] And I don't know if you can read this,

[11:27] we won't go through it, but this is the

[11:28] original com uh bronze commemorative

[11:32] plaque. The 12 students are on top and

[11:35] those three columns talks about the

[11:37] chamber and Crook County High Schools,

[11:40] the primary sponsors. And uh it was just a list of of names and companies

[11:47] that many of you recognize either as

[11:50] existing folks and companies or or those

[11:53] from the past. Uh, currently the class

[11:56] of 26 uh is making a uh they've already

[12:00] made a a beautiful frame and a and a

[12:02] pedestal that'll be mounted right next

[12:05] to Spurs uh at its new location. And so

[12:07] we we give thanks to Dan McNary and and

[12:10] his students. That's the end of my

[12:13] presentation. You now know where we're

[12:16] asking for you to recom or to approve

[12:18] that we put it.

[12:21] >> Thank you. Now there is as you are aware

[12:24] there is an issue because that will be

[12:26] technically is on the county side of the

[12:29] lot of the block and they will

[12:32] ultimately be required to give their

[12:36] blessing on the sighting as well.

[12:38] >> Good. But I think that it's up to who we

[12:42] discuss and and if if there are any is

[12:45] there's any opposition or

[12:47] recommendations alternative to the one

[12:49] brought to us by the committee.

[12:52] Well, I think it's a really good

[12:53] location because some of the others had

[12:56] been that have been discussed one of

[12:58] would have required doing some

[13:00] landscaping and some change of plumbing

[13:02] irrigation.

[13:05] Of course, the roundabout on the hill

[13:07] was

[13:08] But uh that

[13:11] wasn't the choice of the committee and

[13:14] uh we did talk to Ellen Water and she

[13:19] wanted downtown by her choice not

[13:22] knowing I mean she didn't realize that

[13:24] she was really going to make a

[13:26] difference so much other than just give

[13:27] her opinion but she wanted it somewhere

[13:30] where people would see it pass by it

[13:32] enjoy it and in asking her what the

[13:36] purpose was originally for the the

[13:39] sculpture was to have something to

[13:41] welcome people

[13:44] and so she thought that this would make

[13:47] a good secondary location.

[13:52] » Other comments

[13:53] >> and yeah and I I agree with Marv. I

[13:55] didn't like the the location up here in

[13:57] the roundabout. I just didn't think that

[13:59] was the right place for it and I didn't

[14:00] think enough people were going to get to

[14:02] see it. So, I think it definitely will

[14:04] get more exposure here probably than it

[14:06] would any place else in town.

[14:08] >> I didn't appreciate the plaque with the

[14:12] names of all of the participants that put the project together, supported

[14:16] the project, etc. And the fact that we

[14:19] can put it out here in front from city

[14:21] hall and present that to the community

[14:25] and those passers by I think is is a

[14:27] great idea and I appreciate the

[14:29] committee's recommending that to the to

[14:31] the council to move that forward.

[14:35] >> I will finally say that uh it it is a

[14:38] unanimous decision by the committee. Um

[14:42] this was as of about four or five days

[14:44] ago. So, I anticipate the county will uh

[14:47] will will approve. But um and I I think

[14:50] I I I was debating whether to talk about

[14:54] this, but I think I will and then I'll

[14:56] get off the stage here. But one of the

[14:57] ideas is that it we we consider this as

[15:00] a temporary location. And in talking to

[15:03] Steve Forester, temporary as in maybe 5

[15:06] to 10 years.

[15:08] and that when and if the new

[15:09] intersection, the new configuration gets

[15:12] developed down at the Y, um that some

[15:16] thought go into a permanent and very

[15:19] visible spot for Spurs and that it be

[15:22] returned there uh like it was originally

[15:24] installed in in ' 82. So that seemed to

[15:27] be I don't know that sort of seemed like

[15:30] a good idea that that a lot of us had.

[15:32] So that'll be up to you you folks. We'll

[15:35] see five or 10 years from now. Anyway,

[15:37] thank you for your time.

[15:38] >> We may find that this is a better

[15:39] location.

[15:40] >> Exactly.

[15:41] >> Yep.

[15:42] >> That's going to be up for discussion

[15:44] down the road, but if there if there is

[15:47] a recommendation from the council, I

[15:49] don't know if we need to take a vote on

[15:50] that.

[15:51] >> I I think so.

[15:53] >> Well, I mean, it is somewhat of a

[15:55] decision, but I mean, the city's

[15:56] required to give mutual consent of any

[15:58] improvement within the plaza. So, the

[16:00] plaza is owned jointly by the city and

[16:03] count county. And so pursuant to 200

[16:06] actually it's 2003 IGA but it was 2012

[16:09] amendment it talks about any

[16:11] construction within the plaza shall be

[16:12] undertaken by mutual consent city and

[16:14] county and so you would have to approve

[16:17] and then also it shall be administered

[16:18] in accordance with designs approved by

[16:20] both so we have I mean we have a general

[16:24] location I guess I just saw a picture

[16:29] >> what was where is the general location

[16:31] >> is it is it the actual location or

[16:33] >> that is the actual location that was

[16:36] that picture. Yeah. See if I can get

[16:39] back to

[16:39] >> standing in front of or by the by war

[16:43] paint. There are two lamp posts and it

[16:46] appears to be in front of the flag

[16:50] >> county building would be on the right on

[16:52] this picture.

[16:53] >> Right. And uh

[16:54] >> so yeah, I think council tonight would

[16:56] approve the um

[16:59] approve the the structure of the spurs

[17:02] being placed within the plaza. Uh

[17:05] subject to county consent and then

[17:08] basically if the county also approves

[17:12] then we would work out that the staffs I

[17:14] think would just work out the details in

[17:15] regards to actually executing and

[17:18] putting it within place. But if the

[17:20] count if the city council tonight

[17:22] approved the structure being placed

[17:24] within the plaza as recommended, then he

[17:26] could go to the county.

[17:28] >> And is that something I would do to go

[17:30] to the county or is that what you're

[17:32] talking about?

[17:32] >> Yeah, you would need to go to the

[17:33] county.

[17:35] >> So at at some point if you approve, I

[17:37] will go to the county and say this is

[17:38] the decision of the city of Primeville.

[17:41] We

[17:42] >> I think they're going to make a vote

[17:43] tonight.

[17:45] >> The county I'm talking about.

[17:46] >> I know. to the city. If the city votes

[17:48] tonight, in order for those spurs to go

[17:50] there, you're going to need to get the

[17:51] consent of the county,

[17:56] which we don't have any control over.

[17:58] >> So, I will be approaching the county for

[18:00] consent.

[18:01] >> Correct.

[18:01] >> Gotcha. That's what I my question was.

[18:05] >> I have to admit I got question. I

[18:08] thought the spurs were intended to be a

[18:10] little bit further over so they'd be

[18:12] almost centered between where war paint

[18:15] is and the building here. So it wouldn't

[18:18] be right there. It'd be spaced a little

[18:21] bit. So it' be almost like equal when

[18:22] you look at them in the street.

[18:26] >> That's a function of my photoshopping.

[18:29] >> So there isn't there isn't a lot of you

[18:33] know it could be moved one foot one way

[18:35] or the other, but yeah, that's

[18:38] So that that was not intentional. That

[18:40] was worn out.

[18:43] >> Yeah, that fair enough. I was a little

[18:45] worried about that cuz I I thought it

[18:47] needed a little bit more coordination

[18:48] and actual

[18:50] >> um imagery to fully have a particular

[18:54] spot. But I mean, in essence, you're

[18:56] still going to have a general

[18:58] recommendation that will go into the

[18:59] plaza. He'll go to the county. If the

[19:01] county is in agreement, the actual

[19:03] specific location will be worked out

[19:05] between city staff and county staff to

[19:07] actually locate it and install it.

[19:10] X marks the spot.

[19:14] >> Something like that.

[19:17] >> So, is there a motion to

[19:20] place the have the spurs placed on the

[19:23] plaza?

[19:25] I'll make a motion to

[19:28] approve the placement

[19:30] of the spurs in the city county.

[19:35] >> Second. Been moved and seconded. And

[19:38] we've discussed the details. Are there

[19:39] any questions yet?

[19:42] >> All in favor say I.

[19:43] >> I.

[19:44] >> Opposed.

[19:46] >> Carries unanimously.

[19:47] >> Great. Thank you.

[19:48] >> Thank you. And I will be glad to go with

[19:50] you to presentation.

[19:51] >> I'll be in touch.

[19:54] Thank you.

[19:57] All right. So,

[20:04] next on the agenda under staff reports

[20:06] and requests, we have a quarterly

[20:09] financial report by Lori Hooper Antrum.

[20:18] » Good evening, Mayor Council.

[20:21] Lori Hooper Antrum, finance director for

[20:23] the record. I'm here to present the

[20:25] fourth quarter financial report for

[20:27] fiscal year ending June 30th of 2026.

[20:31] These figures are preliminary and

[20:33] unawudited.

[20:35] The final results may change slightly as

[20:37] we complete our annual audit with the

[20:39] independent audit work field work coming

[20:41] in the beginning of October.

[20:48] This slide provides a city-wide snapshot

[20:50] of all funds. As of June 30th, total

[20:54] resources were approximately $51 million

[20:57] and expenditures totaled $48.1 million.

[21:00] Overall fund balances increased by

[21:02] approximately $2.9 million and that

[21:05] ended the year at over $31.9 million.

[21:11] This growth was driven prim primarily by

[21:13] strong franchise fees revenues, property

[21:16] tax collection, investment earnings, and

[21:18] prudent expenditure management.

[21:21] Funds with notable increases included

[21:23] the general fund by approximately $3.4

[21:26] million. The transportation also

[21:29] increased by approximately 571,000.

[21:33] The railroad by approximately 6 462,000.

[21:36] Metal lakes by approximately 218. The

[21:40] administrative and financial service

[21:41] increased by $474,000

[21:44] and the buildings facility fund

[21:46] increased by approximately $533,000.

[21:51] Planned decreases occurred in the PERS

[21:53] POB fund, the water SDC, water and

[21:56] wastewater operations, and public works

[21:58] due to debt service payments, capital

[22:00] projects, infrastructure investment, and

[22:03] equipment replacements.

[22:05] Overall, the city's financial position

[22:07] remains strong with healthy reserves

[22:08] entering into FY27.

[22:11] Are there any questions before I move on

[22:13] to the general fund?

[22:17] Okay.

[22:20] General fund revenues reached

[22:22] approximately $16.9 million or 121% of

[22:26] the budget. Franchise fees came in at

[22:29] 125% of budget. Property taxes are at

[22:32] 108%. The ever intergovernmental

[22:35] revenues are at 103% and that's largely

[22:37] due to increased school resource officer

[22:39] funding for their extra um SRO.

[22:44] Expenditures were 58% of the budget,

[22:46] resulting in a fund balance increase of

[22:48] approximately $3.4 million or 32%.

[22:54] This graph illustrates the growth of the

[22:57] general fund reserves with the fund

[22:59] balance starting the new fiscal year at

[23:01] roughly $14 million.

[23:04] These reserves provide stability against

[23:06] economic uncertainty and allow the city

[23:08] to address future infrastructure and

[23:10] strategic priorities.

[23:15] This slide provides an update estimate

[23:17] of the general fund's strategic reserve

[23:20] allocations.

[23:22] These resources provide flexibility to

[23:24] address future council priorities,

[23:26] including infrastructure, community

[23:28] enhancement, and city economic vitality

[23:30] initiatives.

[23:32] Based on year-end performance, we're

[23:34] estimating approximately $3.3 million in

[23:37] additional allocations following the

[23:39] completion of the audit.

[23:41] This slide also summarizes the current

[23:43] bucket balances for FY26 strategic uses

[23:47] which included Chrissy Grant match of

[23:49] 400,000, vacuum truck of 600,000 and the

[23:52] purchase of the Seahell property tax collection totaled

[24:01] approximately $3.2 million, exceeding

[24:04] budget expectations.

[24:06] Delinquent tax collections also remained

[24:08] stable through the down, but though

[24:10] they're down from the prior year.

[24:15] Franchise fee revenues remain one of the

[24:17] city's most significant resource

[24:18] sources.

[24:21] Electrical franchise fees are roughly

[24:23] $10.2 million, up in comparison to the

[24:26] prior year.

[24:28] Natural gas came in at roughly $147,000,

[24:31] which is a decrease of approximately

[24:33] 23,000. Cable TV is down 15,000 and

[24:37] waste disposal is down slightly coming

[24:39] in at $87,000.

[24:43] The overall strength in electrical

[24:45] franchise fees was one of the primary

[24:47] contributors to the increase in the

[24:48] general funds reserve this year.

[24:54] Transit lodging tax came in at roughly

[24:57] $477,000.

[25:00] While slightly below budget, collections

[25:02] remained consistent with recent years

[25:04] and reflect continued visitor activity

[25:06] and launching demand. Are there

[25:08] questions about the general fund?

[25:15] Transportation fund revenues are at 106%

[25:18] of the annual budget or $2.5 million.

[25:22] Intergovernmental revenue is at

[25:24] approximately 1.2 million with annual

[25:26] gas tax collection being up over the

[25:28] prior year.

[25:30] Total expenditures are at roughly 1.9

[25:32] million or 64% of the annual budget and

[25:35] capital improvement projects associated

[25:37] with paving and striping started at the

[25:39] tail end of the fiscal year and into the

[25:41] beginning of FY27.

[25:44] The transportation fund finished the

[25:45] year in a stronger than budgeted

[25:47] position, primarily due to the timing of

[25:49] these planned capital projects not being

[25:51] completed within the fiscal year, which

[25:53] resulted in a positive increase in fund

[25:55] balance of approximately $571,000.

[26:02] As mentioned earlier, state gas tax is

[26:04] up slightly through the fourth quarter

[26:06] with revenues totaling $968,000

[26:09] compared to the prior year at $919,000.

[26:16] This slide shows the transportation fund

[26:18] balance trends over the last 10 years.

[26:20] An audited beginning fund balance for

[26:22] FY27 is $1.3 million.

[26:26] Are there questions about the

[26:28] transportation fund?

[26:33] Okay,

[26:35] moving on to the railroad.

[26:38] fund finished FY26 with an

[26:41] increase in fund balance of

[26:42] approximately $462,000.

[26:45] Operating revenues exceeded budget in

[26:47] several areas, including rail services,

[26:50] freight depot operations, and leases.

[26:53] Total revenue was approximately $1.8

[26:55] million. Budget to actual comparisons

[26:58] are impacted by the timing of Chrissy

[27:00] grant reimbursements, which are expected

[27:01] in FY27.

[27:04] Expenditures totaled approximately 1.3

[27:07] million with several capital projects

[27:08] and equipment purchases purchases

[27:10] deferred into the next fiscal year. One

[27:12] which is was approved tonight.

[27:16] Materials and services expenditures

[27:18] continue to be closely monitored and may

[27:20] require a future budget adjustment to

[27:22] address costs associated with the

[27:24] derailment and fire incident that

[27:25] occurred earlier in fiscal 26.

[27:31] This graph shows the continued growth of

[27:33] the railroad fund reserves. Maintaining

[27:35] adequate reserves supports future

[27:37] capital improvements, deferred

[27:39] maintenance, and revenue fluctuation.

[27:44] Freight volumes increased by 54 cars

[27:47] compared to the prior year driven

[27:49] primarily by introduction of the new

[27:51] barley commodity. This commodity

[27:53] accounted for approximately 32% of total

[27:56] railroad hage through year end.

[27:59] The increased activity also positively

[28:02] affected freight depot revenues for the

[28:04] year.

[28:07] Looking specifically at fourth quarter

[28:09] operations, monthly performance

[28:10] fluctuated, which is typical for

[28:12] railroad operations.

[28:14] The quarter ended with a net loss of

[28:16] approximately $40,000. However, year-to-

[28:18] date operations produced an net

[28:20] operating gain of approximately

[28:22] $117,000.

[28:24] Are there questions about the railroad?

[28:32] The golf course fund had another strong

[28:34] year. Total revenues reached

[28:37] approximately $2.5 million, exceeding

[28:39] budget by more than $384,000.

[28:44] Golf activity continued to outperform

[28:46] expectations, generating approximately

[28:48] $1.9 million in revenue.

[28:52] Expenditures were controlled at

[28:53] approximately 2.1 million, allowing the

[28:55] fund to generate an operating increase

[28:57] of approximately $218,000.

[29:05] This graph highlights significant

[29:06] improvement in fund balance over the

[29:08] recent years.

[29:11] The fund ended the fiscal year with a

[29:13] balance of approximately $1.3 million,

[29:15] its strongest position in many years and

[29:18] maybe ever.

[29:21] This spike in FY21 was the injection of

[29:24] debt dollars that was spent on golf

[29:26] course golf carts in the beginning of

[29:28] FY22. And this blue line here shows

[29:31] where the fund balance would have been

[29:33] without those extra dollars.

[29:38] This slide shows activity across key

[29:40] categories for charges for services,

[29:42] including daily play, cart rentals, pro

[29:45] shop sales, and patron cart activity.

[29:49] All categories have shown favorable

[29:51] growth over the last several years,

[29:53] further reinforcing the golf fund's

[29:55] strong financial performance.

[30:00] Profit and loss statement of operation

[30:02] shows a profit in all three months of

[30:03] the quarter with total fourth quarter

[30:05] profits being $296,000.

[30:08] Are there any questions about the golf

[30:10] course fund?

[30:14] Okay,

[30:16] that was your quarterly report. Are

[30:17] there any questions?

[30:21] Yes.

[30:21] >> Okay.

[30:24] >> Part of

[30:26] your responsibility as I perceive it is

[30:28] to make sure that we are on track with

[30:32] what our goals etc are and and from what

[30:36] I'm hearing from you, yes we are. We're

[30:38] following that quite closely.

[30:41] Is there anything that we ought to do

[30:43] that would be better than what we're

[30:46] currently doing? It's a very loaded

[30:48] question.

[30:52] The only thing that I would say is that

[30:55] I I really think it's important that

[30:57] we're always keeping our critical

[31:00] infrastructure needs in mind and that

[31:03] we're always prioritizing those. That's

[31:07] I don't think that you don't do that. I

[31:09] just want that to always be on the

[31:11] forefront that we're making sure that

[31:13] we're providing the critical services

[31:16] that are required of a city and that

[31:18] we're maintaining our critical

[31:19] infrastructure.

[31:22] >> Thank you.

[31:23] >> Absolutely.

[31:24] Any other questions?

[31:28] » Thank you.

[31:34] » All right. Next is uh city manager

[31:37] report. Mr.

[31:39] Thank you, mayor. On the public safety

[31:41] side, U. Katie Kemper, our 911 director,

[31:44] reported they held call taker interviews

[31:47] and out of that have selected one

[31:49] candidate to move forward in the

[31:51] process. So, that's good news. On the

[31:53] public works side, um, before I go to

[31:56] public works, um, I'd like to

[31:58] congratulate Chief Shane. He actually

[32:00] took a few days off here last week, so

[32:02] we appreciate him getting out of the

[32:04] office and enjoying life a little bit.

[32:06] So, thank you, Shane. And thank you,

[32:08] Tom, for uh standing in for him. Did a

[32:11] great job. Uh moving on to public works.

[32:14] Uh if you've been down North Main, you

[32:16] can see absolutely fantastic uh paving

[32:19] job. Casey and his team and our

[32:21] contracted folks uh at Tri County, I

[32:25] believe, uh did a fabulous job. We're

[32:27] striping right now as uh last couple

[32:29] days getting that all cleaned up. Great

[32:31] job there. Uh seal coating as well.

[32:33] Those projects are wrapping up and the

[32:36] ASR2

[32:38] warehouse is almost completed

[32:41] and we still expect to be operational

[32:43] October.

[32:45] On the railroad side, Matt and Caroline

[32:47] met with the FRA, Federal Railroad

[32:49] Administration. Um the meeting with the

[32:52] FRA representative went very well and

[32:55] we're putting putting a good word for

[32:57] our railroad in the next round of

[32:58] Christy grants. the one some of the

[33:01] funding from the previous one we talked

[33:04] about earlier today uh at this meeting

[33:06] on the purchase that Matt was talking

[33:09] about. So, we're going for another round

[33:10] of that stuff to continue to invest in

[33:13] our railroad um uh as we go forward in

[33:16] time. So, more to come on on this

[33:18] effort, but it looks very positive at

[33:20] this point. Metal Lakes, as Lori

[33:22] reported, um is having a great year and a little bit of concern uh that was

[33:28] shared by Zach with the uh smoke uh

[33:32] issue. Uh slowed play down a little bit,

[33:34] but as soon as that relieved, uh play

[33:37] has bounced back and we're busy as ever.

[33:39] And clubhouse paint also that project

[33:41] went really well and looks great. If you

[33:43] haven't been out there, take a look.

[33:44] Moving on, the airport, Kelly came in

[33:46] and talked to us last week. Uh he's

[33:48] pretty busy up there obviously with the

[33:50] single engine air tankers, the seats as

[33:52] they say and the helicopters that have

[33:54] been assisting in the fighting the

[33:55] wildfires. In planning, Josh reports

[33:58] activity remains steady with residential

[34:00] applications. Moving on to HR. Carrie

[34:03] has rolled out an employee AI policy for

[34:05] its first review. So, we're working on

[34:07] how we're going to manage uh the AI

[34:10] systems that are available to us uh as

[34:12] we move forward in time um and how they

[34:14] will be integrated into our daily work.

[34:17] Um we'll move forward with the meetings

[34:19] to fine-tune the policy in the upcoming

[34:22] months. On the IT side of things, uh

[34:25] they were assisting a lot of uh

[34:28] communication efforts on the fire side

[34:31] as we were in the heat of the battle.

[34:33] Um, so a lot of our IT guys have been uh

[34:36] working that side of the street, so to

[34:38] speak. Uh, and as those fire activities

[34:41] are slowing down, they're going to get

[34:42] back uh focused on some of the regular

[34:44] routine work they need to be doing

[34:46] around the city. But again, I think

[34:48] kudos to our IT staff for keeping the

[34:51] communication systems up and going and

[34:53] being flexible as some of those systems

[34:55] were compromised as as the fires

[34:58] progressed. So that was great that they

[35:00] were able to keep everything up and

[35:02] going. On the finance uh side, uh

[35:05] obviously Lori presented our our

[35:07] quarterly report for the fourth quarter

[35:08] and closing that out um and preparing

[35:10] for the year- end audits as she

[35:12] mentioned in her report. Um and then

[35:15] also uh we have a application

[35:18] uh out for a finance assistant one

[35:20] position and we received 26 strong

[35:24] applicants um interested in that job.

[35:27] So, we'll be going through that process.

[35:30] And then on the PR side, Sean Ray

[35:33] reports that all is good in social

[35:35] media. She'll be working together

[35:38] putting content for our September uh

[35:40] efforts and uh public relations. Um

[35:43] mayor and council, reminder, uh that

[35:46] next council meeting we'll be working on

[35:48] the council vacancy candidates, so be

[35:51] ready for that. And I'm sure Lisa will

[35:53] have some information out in between now

[35:54] and then. Uh moving on to other uh uh

[35:59] Russ uh has been uh graciously

[36:01] participating in our weekly staff

[36:04] reports. We really appreciate Russ from

[36:05] the fire department, I should say. Um

[36:07] and so what he's reporting is that the

[36:09] wildfires are winding down. Um we did

[36:12] have a little blit of a blowup uh last

[36:14] Tuesday that was blamed on Jerry

[36:16] Brummer. Um but uh it sounds as though

[36:19] he was there when it blew up as the only

[36:20] thing. U about 200 acres were

[36:22] compromised. uh crews jumped in and got

[36:25] it uh very aggressively and got that

[36:27] handled in short order. But the the main

[36:29] big news is is you know area fire camps

[36:32] are are demobilizing. Uh you'll see a

[36:34] lot of traffic in town as that continues

[36:36] the next couple weeks and hopefully we

[36:38] won't have any new fires crop up that'll

[36:41] uh cause problems. So hopefully we're at the tail end of a fire season

[36:44] with any luck. So that concludes my

[36:47] report. Other questions?

[36:50] Just to add to that a little bit, I was

[36:52] up there when that fire took off.

[36:53] >> Yeah.

[36:54] >> And we drove up there and it was

[36:56] probably five acres.

[36:57] >> Yeah.

[36:58] >> And they were working on it and just

[36:59] thought it was inside the the black

[37:01] area. We went on up to the to the

[37:04] campground up there and turned around

[37:06] and come back and it was about 50 acres

[37:08] in a half an hour.

[37:09] >> Wow.

[37:10] >> And the humidity was 1%. It was 97

[37:13] degrees outside. And when that takes

[37:16] off, they had five helicopters on it and

[37:18] they had two planes on it dumping

[37:20] retardant and

[37:21] >> and it it still it was 200 acres,

[37:23] >> right? Just unreal how fast that could

[37:27] take off.

[37:29] >> Well, we're glad you're there to

[37:30] supervise.

[37:32] >> I was there a big picture.

[37:34] >> Yeah.

[37:37] >> Thank you, council.

[37:38] >> Thank you.

[37:40] All right.

[37:42] Are there any council reports?

[37:48] All right, we'll move on to ordinances.

[37:52] Jared Reed.

[37:55] Thank you, Mayor Jared Reed, city

[37:57] attorney for the record. Um, Daryl is

[38:00] going to help me out here. Uh, so what

[38:02] you have in front of you is ordinance

[38:04] 1310.

[38:05] This is an ordinance that's amending

[38:07] chapter 92 uh to the primal card uh code

[38:10] regarding nuisance and in particular

[38:12] odor nuisances. And so what you see up

[38:16] there is 93.25 and what is in blue is

[38:20] our current odor nuisance um definition.

[38:23] So

[38:25] odor premises which are in such a

[38:27] condition as to cause an offensive odor

[38:29] which are in an unsanitary condition. So

[38:32] very vague definition in regards to what

[38:34] an odor nuisance is. um in particular uh

[38:38] from my opinion in in its review an

[38:41] uninforcable vague um code. And so this

[38:46] came up in about obviously due to during

[38:50] this year there was some complaints

[38:51] regarding odor within the city and some

[38:54] conditions of those properties not

[38:57] causing nuisances and what that what

[38:59] that would be what would it what would

[39:01] define a nuisance. And so it was

[39:03] suggested that our code was uh needing

[39:06] to be amended and I agreed with that

[39:08] suggestion. Uh in particular

[39:13] um

[39:17] uh what was particularly needed was a um

[39:22] no I don't I I have it. Thank you. is to

[39:26] um

[39:28] is to is to update the particular um

[39:32] ordinance to make it more consistent

[39:34] with Oregon case law. So Oregon case law

[39:37] came out in about the mid210s

[39:40] and talked about what it meant for an

[39:42] odor to be offensive. And in essence for

[39:45] an odor to be offensive they looked

[39:46] towards uh um actual factors or

[39:50] objective factors. And within your

[39:52] ordinance, you'll see that we created a

[39:54] table that was based upon

[39:57] uh DEEQ uh regulations and DEEQ

[40:01] regulations. This was based in report

[40:03] done by the Department of Environmental

[40:05] Control um in response to this

[40:08] particular case which was actually out

[40:10] of all things a criminal case about what

[40:12] was an offensive odor because it

[40:14] involved a disorderly conduct.

[40:16] Regardless, uh they this the court of

[40:18] appeals made this analysis and then that

[40:21] was used uh to to make this particular

[40:24] table which was offensive. And this

[40:26] looks at certain things like frequency,

[40:28] duration, intensity and offensiveness.

[40:31] Those are sort of the four things that

[40:34] the court of appeals said that you

[40:36] should look at. So for instance, odor

[40:38] can be very uh intense but it might not

[40:41] be offensive, right? So like you could

[40:43] have a really intense good smell.

[40:47] And so that's kind of what the court of

[40:48] appeals talked about. And so that's what

[40:51] we did. We tried to mirror that with the

[40:53] department of environmental control to

[40:54] create this table in which if you

[40:57] received if the city received 10

[40:59] completed uh odor intake forms, which

[41:02] would be created after the ordinance was

[41:05] put into place from at least 10

[41:07] different individuals with separate

[41:08] addresses over a 60-day period. And sort

[41:11] of if you did this matrix and it

[41:13] averaged out to a value of 14 or

[41:15] greater, then it could be considered a

[41:17] nuisance. We would still have to do a

[41:19] complaint and go to court and actually

[41:22] prove that particular case. So anybody

[41:24] that's accused of a nuisance does have

[41:26] due process rights. They have the

[41:28] ability to make their case in front of

[41:29] an impartial judge and then we have to

[41:32] prove the case by a prepoundonderance of

[41:34] the evidence. So we developed this

[41:36] ordinance ordinance or ordinance. So in

[41:38] essence 92 uh.25 25 93.25 up there is

[41:42] just going to be replaced with that on

[41:44] the first page with a new paragraph that

[41:46] makes it much more consistent with

[41:48] Oregon law. Then we're going to add 9330

[41:52] which isn't in the code at all now to

[41:55] make this odor ordinance in place. Uh so

[41:59] we have a bunch of definitions that were

[42:01] also borrowed from DEEQ um regulations

[42:06] and um and then created that that table

[42:10] the penalty is the current penalty uh

[42:12] already in place. Uh however it would u

[42:16] it's per occurrence. So it it's up to

[42:19] 500 bucks but it it could last you know

[42:22] for a number of days or weeks. Um so if

[42:25] this the first presentation tonight if

[42:27] it is passed tonight you would have to

[42:29] have a second presentation done on

[42:32] September 8th and if passed then uh it

[42:35] would go into effect 30 days thereafter

[42:38] and I'm open to any questions

[42:41] >> from my perspective. Thank you for the

[42:43] quantification and qualification so that

[42:46] we can actually

[42:48] put uh brackets around and identify

[42:53] specifically what it is and it couldn't

[42:55] can be info.

[42:57] >> Yeah. Having a matrix to go by I think

[43:00] that that really puts some teeth in it

[43:02] where there weren't any teeth in it

[43:03] before.

[43:05] Well, not only Kitty, it definitely has

[43:07] helped define for the city as well as

[43:09] the community, you know, what it what

[43:11] would be considered a nuisance. I mean,

[43:13] as you look at our current one, um, you

[43:16] know, anyone could make

[43:19] >> quite a bit of arguments in regards to

[43:20] that.

[43:21] >> Yeah. And I'll I'll make that argument

[43:23] right now. Isn't this pretty objective?

[43:26] >> The offensiveness

[43:29] >> you know what if people some people

[43:31] don't consider it offensive,

[43:33] >> right? So, I mean, how

[43:36] if you're only getting, you know, the certain, you know, written logged

[43:41] complaints, you know, what about the,

[43:43] you know, the people in close proximity

[43:46] or whatever that, you know, their their

[43:49] voice isn't heard that like they they don't have a a leg to say, well,

[43:54] it's not offensive to me.

[43:57] So, I don't know. I just I feel like

[43:59] this is very objective and it's

[44:07] very regulatory and I get it. I mean,

[44:09] there are complaints. I understand it.

[44:14] I've smelled the odor myself. I'm not

[44:17] offended by it. there's a business

[44:19] trying to operate up there and I want

[44:22] them to have success,

[44:24] but I also don't want people nearby

[44:26] feeling like, you know,

[44:29] they're offended. But what if the the

[44:32] larger majority

[44:36] objectively is less offended?

[44:40] >> I can only go after the definition with

[44:41] the court of appeals has determined what

[44:43] is an offensive smell, right? because

[44:45] this was a problem in and this is why it

[44:48] goes to the why it went to the court of

[44:49] appeals to be determined because prior

[44:51] to that it had never been determined

[44:53] right and so a lot of the the defendants

[44:56] and appellets made that argument or made

[44:58] arguments during that case say hey what

[45:00] is offensive uh in that particular case

[45:03] they actually overturned a warrant

[45:05] because they felt that the client did

[45:09] not actually lay out approp the

[45:11] appropriate uh definition of what was

[45:14] offensive

[45:15] Because in essence, some neighbors were

[45:16] complaining about marijuana smoke and

[45:19] they were they were offended by it.

[45:21] However, the client, which was the

[45:23] police officer, was unable to articulate

[45:26] while why a reasonable person wouldn't

[45:29] be offended by it.

[45:30] >> And the court of appeals said that

[45:32] whether a reasonable person would find a

[45:34] particular odor offensive depends on

[45:36] several factors including the nature of

[45:38] the odor, its intensity, duration, and

[45:40] frequency, and whether it continues uh

[45:43] or intermittent. and the circum what

[45:46] whether it is continuous or intermittent

[45:48] and the circumstance in which it is

[45:49] spelled

[45:50] >> that's how they defined what how you

[45:52] determined or reason what would be an

[45:54] offensive spell

[45:56] >> so that's and then and then DEQ DEQ

[45:59] created this scoring system sort of

[46:02] based on that definition

[46:06] » yeah I I mean I understand that and you

[46:08] know I'll use an example that's a poor

[46:10] example because we don't have any feed

[46:12] lots within the city limits Primeville,

[46:15] but a lot of people would consider that

[46:17] to be an offensive odor.

[46:20] >> Some even an unsanitary condition.

[46:22] >> Exactly.

[46:24] >> You know, so I I I fear that there's

[46:27] there could be farther outreaching

[46:29] implications of of something like this.

[46:32] And I don't I don't know the answer. I

[46:35] don't know the regulatory answer to it.

[46:39] I I'm just I'm I'm afraid that it could

[46:43] branch out, you know, farther than where

[46:46] we're intending right now.

[46:50] » Yeah. With any with any ordinance

[46:52] passed, any law passed, sometimes there

[46:54] are unrecognized consequences thereof.

[46:57] >> Yeah, that's that's what

[46:58] >> and we we try with all of our nuisances

[47:01] uh to, you know, we me and the

[47:04] Primeville Police Department work pretty

[47:05] close. they have a conser community

[47:07] resource officer. A lot of the nuisances

[47:10] are animal related to be frank. Uh but

[47:13] we try to do our best to prosecute those

[47:16] cases on the most objective possible

[47:19] process. Uh our particular community

[47:22] resource officers really work like with

[47:24] nuisances. It's a lot about mitigating

[47:27] them, right?

[47:28] >> And so

[47:30] that's what our police department really

[47:32] works on trying to do is mitigate. But

[47:34] at a certain point it becomes

[47:36] impossible to do it. In this particular

[47:39] case now we actually have real or this

[47:43] what this ordinance does is it actually

[47:45] creates a scoring system in regards to

[47:47] being able to test so that the actual u

[47:51] the person that owns the property would

[47:53] be able to understand how to avoid a

[47:54] nuisance.

[48:00] Shane, I understand and appreciate your

[48:02] concerns. This is something that I think

[48:05] is going to be very r very very very

[48:07] rarely used. It does give us the ability

[48:11] to quantify and qualify and measure

[48:15] some with some objective

[48:19] >> yeah and issue.

[48:20] >> But I could already see where the path

[48:22] this is leading to. There are a certain

[48:25] there's going to be a certain group of

[48:27] people in a certain area that are going

[48:30] to be made well aware of this.

[48:34] I would expect and anticipate it to be

[48:36] used.

[48:39] That could be.

[48:41] So that's that's where I'm getting at.

[48:44] >> But we have to respect the concerns of

[48:46] the community as well as businesses.

[48:51] >> So it's it's a balance. How do you how

[48:53] do you reach that? And this gives us a

[48:56] measuring tool of sorts to move forward.

[49:01] May not be perfect, but it looks

[49:04] >> measured to

[49:06] >> questions.

[49:10] So this is for the first presentation.

[49:13] >> This is for the first presentation. It

[49:14] can be voted on tonight. The council can

[49:16] also recommend if if it it wants further

[49:20] workshops in regards to developing the

[49:22] table, it can do that, you can have

[49:24] public hearings to try to develop the

[49:25] table if you feel that this doesn't

[49:27] appropriately represent what a

[49:29] reasonable person would find offensive.

[49:32] Um, again, I I didn't make these up. I

[49:34] took them off the DEQ report that they

[49:37] issued in 2014. So, that's where those

[49:40] numbers come from. And I think you did

[49:43] just what we asked you to do here a

[49:45] while back. I think having that matrix

[49:47] and stuff that that was our concern and

[49:49] I think it does give us a tool. U if

[49:52] there's no more discussion, I would make

[49:54] a motion to approve ordinance uh 1310,

[49:57] an ordinance amending chapter 93 to the

[49:59] Primeville City Code regarding nuisances

[50:03] >> for its first presentation.

[50:05] >> Pardon me.

[50:06] >> For its first presentation.

[50:07] >> First first reading. Yes.

[50:09] >> I'll second.

[50:10] >> Been moved and seconded again. Any

[50:12] questions or concerns?

[50:14] >> We don't want to consider a public

[50:16] hearing on this at all or

[50:18] it'll be my question to the council.

[50:23] >> No, it will come back to the council a

[50:26] second time,

[50:26] >> right?

[50:27] >> The community will, you know, has the

[50:29] opportunity to hear about it and if they

[50:32] want to show up and by all means we will

[50:36] hear comments at the next meeting.

[50:43] So

[50:45] motion to approve ordinance

[50:48] number 1310 for its first reading. Uh

[50:53] has been moved and seconded. All in

[50:55] favor say I.

[50:57] >> I.

[50:58] >> Opposed.

[50:58] >> Nay.

[51:00] >> Thank you. Motion passes and it will

[51:03] come back on September 8th.

[51:05] >> Come back on September 8th for a second

[51:07] presentation.

[51:12] Right. Thank you.

[51:16] Moving on to resolutions. Resolution

[51:20] number 1647 approving intergovernmental

[51:23] agreement IGA with the Department of

[51:25] Land Conservation and Development

[51:28] Housing Assistance. Josh Smith.

[51:31] >> Evening council for the director Joshua

[51:33] Smith, planning director. This IGA is a

[51:36] little bit of an oversight. It's kind of

[51:38] coming back. Um, if you remember last

[51:41] year, the council supported the

[51:44] application of a grant to do the housing

[51:46] capacity analysis.

[51:48] That grant we received from DLCD.

[51:51] We have DLCD run those grants. They've

[51:54] contacted 3J Consulting. This process is

[51:56] underway. We've already started. Um, I

[51:59] think it was an oversight that they

[52:01] didn't come back and have us do the IG

[52:03] for the grant. That is what this is.

[52:06] basically saying that we're going to

[52:07] follow through with adopting our housing

[52:09] capacity analysis when 3J finishes it

[52:12] and it meets all the state guidelines

[52:13] and such. So that's essentially what

[52:16] this is. The the process is underway.

[52:18] It's it's just closing that loop. Any

[52:21] questions on what you read or or if what

[52:25] you thought it's it's the same basically

[52:27] the same thing we did eight years ago.

[52:29] We do these now eight years every eight

[52:31] years instead of every 20 years. So it's

[52:34] just going to come up more and more.

[52:35] It's essentially like the EOA but for

[52:38] housing.

[52:40] >> Yeah.

[52:41] The nice scope of work.

[52:45] >> The classic IGA from the state of

[52:46] Oregon. We'll give you money. You follow

[52:48] our rules.

[52:49] >> Yep.

[52:53] » It's a better way to put it. There we

[52:55] go.

[52:59] » Are there any questions on the

[53:00] resolution?

[53:09] Very good. Is there a motion to approve

[53:11] resolution number 1647?

[53:15] >> I'll move to approve resolution 1647

[53:18] approving an intergovernment agreement

[53:20] with the Department of Land Conservation

[53:23] and Development for Housing Assistance.

[53:27] >> Been moved and seconded.

[53:29] Any questions or concerns? Hearing

[53:33] none. All in favor say I. I.

[53:36] >> I. Opposed. Motion carried unanimously.

[53:39] Thank you, John.

[53:40] >> Thank you, council.

[53:42] >> All right.

[53:44] Much 1647. Resolution number 1648

[53:49] approving federal subreient grant

[53:52] agreement for rail for the rail crossing

[53:55] safety

[53:57] program. Mr. Weederhold.

[53:59] >> It's a long one. Thank you. Uh for the

[54:01] record, Matt Weerhold City of Primeville

[54:02] Railway. So the request tonight is to uh

[54:06] approve resolution number 1648 to

[54:09] authorize staff to go into an agreement

[54:11] um for this crossing safety program

[54:14] through the Oregon Department of

[54:15] Transportation. Um it actually this came

[54:19] up pretty fast. Uh within about a they gave us one month to put in the

[54:23] application, one month later they

[54:25] approved our application. So and we have

[54:27] one year to expend the money. So, what

[54:29] we're getting for this is um all of our

[54:32] old signals. So, everything inside the

[54:34] case will be five of them um replaced in

[54:37] the 1978, three of them from the early

[54:40] 80s and one from 87. So, we'll go from

[54:43] all the old technology to

[54:45] microprocessors

[54:46] and uh 78 batteries, which is a big deal

[54:50] because they're about $800 a piece. So

[54:53] in total, uh the project's going to be

[54:55] about $281,000

[54:57] of which the state will pay $252,300

[55:01] and some change for that. So pretty good

[55:04] deal for us to get that upgraded. It

[55:05] it's been on our capital plan, but we

[55:08] just it's one of those things where we

[55:10] just been kind of pushing it out, So this is a good

[55:12] opportunity to get that caught up. So

[55:15] tonight we're requesting that you

[55:16] approve uh resolution number 1648 so we

[55:20] can go into agreement.

[55:23] >> Thank you. Are there any questions?

[55:28] None.

[55:30] Hearing no questions or concerns. Is

[55:32] there a motion to approve resolution

[55:34] number 1648?

[55:37] I'll move to approve resolution number

[55:41] 1648 approving federal sub recipient

[55:44] grant agreement for rail crossing safety

[55:47] program.

[55:48] >> Second been moved and seconded. Again

[55:50] questions or concerns

[55:53] hearing none. All in favor say I.

[55:55] >> I opposed.

[55:58] >> Motion carried.

[55:59] >> All right. We appreciate it. Thank you.

[56:03] >> See nothing else on the agenda.

[56:06] So, it is the opportunity for visitors,

[56:08] appearances, and requests. Anyone that

[56:10] would like to speak to the council,

[56:13] please come to the podium and share your

[56:16] concerns.

[56:19] Is there anyone online that would like

[56:21] to speak?

[56:24] I guess we have reached the end. Is

[56:27] there a motion to adjurnn?

[56:29] >> So moved.

[56:30] >> Second.

[56:30] >> All in favor say I.

[56:32] >> I opposed. Motion carried. We are

[56:35] ajourned.

[56:37] >> Thank you.

Council Meeting 8/25/2026

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