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Council meeting. Please rise for the
pledge of

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» allegiance

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

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stands. One nation under God indivisible
with liberty and justice for all.

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» I'll entertain a motion to approve the
agenda.

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» So moved by
>> Tony, second byraton. All those in favor

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say I. I I
>> signed. Motion carries. Moving on. The

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approval of the consent agenda,
including the following. Approval of

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city council meeting minutes of August
17, 2026. Approval of the bills and

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claims. Approval of tax abatement
applications. Thomas and Elizabeth

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Pilski, 208 Stonebrook Court, and John
and Kim Miller, 203 Glenn Oaks Drive.

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Approval of downtown incubator program
application from Just Danny Boutique and

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Color Studio and street closure request
for the Clear Lake Fire Department 911

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memorial ceremony in the following
licenses and permits. Tree trimmer's

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license, prec precision tree service,
that's new and excavators license,

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Cooper excavating and septic that is a
renewal. Motion please.

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» So moved.
>> Second.

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» Moved by Beth Anne, second by Dab. All
those in favor say I.

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» I post same sign. Motion carries. Um,
now is the time for uh city council for

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citizens opportunity addresses council
in conformance with uh city council

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rules of procedure and Iowa opening
meeting law. No action or discussion can

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occur on items presented during the
citizens forum. Please walk to the

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lecturer and state your name first and
last address and subject your

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discussions to the clerk commander in
the minutes. Speakers are limited to

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five minutes per person.
No one appearing. We'll move on to

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unfinished business, of which we have
none. New business. Surf District Three

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Stars Plaza project review by Matt
Stading, city engineer.

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Thank you, Mr. Mayor, Council. Hope
everybody had a good holiday and good

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start to your week here. So, we'll kick
this off. Surf District's Three Stars

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Plaza project. We had a bid letting here
on September 3rd, 2026 4 pm. We had

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arranged, two bids were received from
three contractors holding plans and

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specs. One bid received was a Lwood
concrete and the other bid was Dean

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Snder Construction. So if you look at
your yellow sheet, the engineer opinion

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of cost was $121,929.

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Larry Lwood Concrete's bid came in at
$119,56.72,

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which was 2% under, and Dean Snider
Constructions came in at $168,540

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or $74.18,
which is around 38% over. So, if you

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look at the bid tab, you can kind of see
kind of the main items here were for the

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6-in pavement and the 12-in pavement,
which is going to largely make up the

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guitar formation that's going to go in
the plaza area. And the 12-in thick

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pavement is going to be for the Ballard
lighting that sits off to the sides of

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the walkways. And then uh the remaining
items are your standard top soil sod um

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protection for storm water. And then we
have a lot of electrical routing that

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we're doing for the project for these
future lighting areas. So one thing to

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note, this project, you know, we were
targeting that $200,000

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um mark and we had to scale back just a
little bit. um we could not get lighting

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fixtures in time for what we need for to
satisfy the grant requirements. So those

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items will be going in the spring and
they're roughly the lighting fixtures

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are going to be roughly around 60,000.
Um and then we also could not find a

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contractor that was comfortable moving
forward with the staining portion of the

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guitar. So that will also be completed
in the spring which is roughly around

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40,000 um for that portion. So, we got
about 100K that's going to come in the

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spring that will be completed at that
time. But, this will be the phase one of

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the project to complete the guitar and
all of the electrical routing and get

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all of the lighting fixtures and
everything set into place. Um, so that

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it's really just a plug-and-play type
thing in the spring. So, it'll the

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overall project for phase one will be
completed this year by the due date. And

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uh as far as the bids coming in, my
recommendation would be to go with Larry

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Elwood concrete in the amount of
$119,56.72.

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If you guys have any questions for me on
this, I would be happy to answer.

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» Any questions, Matt?

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» Thank you, Matt.
I'll entertain a motion to approve quote

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from Larry Elwood Concrete in the amount
of $119,56.72

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for plaza improvements. Motion, please.
>> So moved.

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» Second.
>> Moved by Bennett, second byraton.

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Council, any further discussion.
>> All those in favor say I.

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» I.
>> I. Motion carries.

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Moving on. 7th Avenue North Realignment
Project Reviews. Matt Stading, city

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engineer.
>> Thank you, Mr. Mayor Council.

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So,
first of all, I just kind of want to go

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back to when a when the 7th Avenue
realignment project and the hotel

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project all was moving forward. At that
time, we did do a comprehensive storm

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water management plan for this area. So
what that did was it took all of the

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existing area that used to that was
currently there and even factors that

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used to be there like the old hotel, the
old properties, the granular lot, any

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impervious area down in there. That was
all taken into account and then put

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against all of the proposed features
which is what we're planning with these

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new projects. So through that storm
water analysis, what came up was that we

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were not we were not doing anything to
push the imper push the impervious

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pavement farther forward from what it
was existing. So really what that what

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that means in a roundabout way is that
you're not increasing the storm water

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runoff any more than what it was
previously in that area. So having said

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that, you know, you're not improving the
area down there, but you're not making

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it worse. So there wasn't any liability
to really try to increase or move

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forward to farther capture that runoff.
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when we looked to receive some of this
additional grant money, I started

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looking at some area down here. And
really, from a ethical standpoint, like

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we all know that there's problems down
there. It's built into a hole. Um, it's

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very difficult for storm water to get
out of the area once it's down in there.

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And it does impact a lot of the
surrounding neighbors as well as local

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businesses in that area. So, when cities
design storm sewer systems, they're

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designed to handle the five-year rain
event. That is your very low standard

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rain event. Um, what happens is you
design roadways or roadways are supposed

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to be engineered and designed so that
when the storm system becomes overloaded

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and that fiveyear rain event, if you get
a 10, 25 year rain event, you got high

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and low points. Your intakes are at your
low points. Your high points are where

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the overflows are on the streets. So
those highest point high points are

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theoretically set so that once you get a
higher rain event, the water will then

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go down channel down the streets and go
over the high points and it'll channel

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that water to where it needs to go and
out of the lowoint areas that can't

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handle any more than what they're
designed for. this area with the lake

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being where it is and all the existing
development that's happened around it,

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it just was built around a low point
that could not physically get out of the

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area. And it when it does get out, it
goes to the lake and if it can't get to

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the lake, then it starts to impact local
residents and properties as we're all

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very aware of through some of the larger
rain events that we've had in the past.

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So,
like I said, ethically and just trying

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to be a good steward of the community, I
started to look at what would happen

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since we do have this entire area tore
up and we are putting this plaza area

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in. What would it look like if we added
some underground storm water detention?

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Because that's really all that can
possibly be done to remedy the situation

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that you currently in that area. So, I
created a sheet of

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a hatched area, two hatched areas
really, and one is kind of encompassing

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from the MEC all the way down to the
alley

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all the way through Northshore, north to
south, as well as into our beach drive

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area a little bit. And then it also went
to the north all the way up the existing

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beach drive where it was um to Allen's
Alley area. So, and then and then I also

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grabbed about 5,000 square feet in the
in the back alley there too where

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there's some issues. And there are it
does reach out just a little bit farther

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than this. I mean, but this is kind of
generally where we have a lot of problem

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um year in and year out with these
larger rain events. So with those two

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areas, that's roughly around 27,400

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um square feet of of area. So I was
looking at two different systems, and

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these are Stormtech under underground
detention systems. Prinsko also makes

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one that was getting bid out as well.
It's it's uh approved equal, very much

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similar. So what what we have is a small
system that amounts to about 12,726

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cubic feet and then we had a larger
system that amounts to about 20,745ish

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cubic feet. So if you take this hatched
area that I'm showing on the plans and

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if we just
imagined a large rain event falling

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and for simplicity sake if you took a
snapshot in time this hatched area if we

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took 9 in of depth over this whole area
I realize that the roads are sloped and

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as you increase slope your your inches
they they diminish and go down. So

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you're not carrying a 9 in through
everything, but there's some areas that

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may be a foot, some areas that may be
two, three inches. So 9 in throughout

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this entire area should be able to be
held cubic foot volumewise in this

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larger underground detention area. So
that would do, in my opinion, that would

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be a massive improvement to the area
down there. Is it going to fix the

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problem 100%? No. It's you're you're
it's never going to guarantee to fix

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that problem. Soon as the lake comes up,
if the lake ever did get up to past the

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hundredyear and and started to come over
the road, then you got big problems at

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that point, too, that aren't going to be
solved with this. So, this system

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largely if if it's held underground, you
can imagine that these storm pipes will

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become overwhelmed at some point. And
really this is if if the whole storm

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system becomes overwhelmed and you're
you're always limited to your downstream

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capacity, you get pigeon holed by that.
But if this pipe were to back up, it

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would essentially just fill this entire
area underground. So it's just like

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having a big holding tank underground
essentially that's going to be capable

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of holding this increase in in runoff
from the storm events. So having said

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that, the two systems, if you look at
the small one came in roughly 152,000,

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um there is a 10% since this is going to
be a change order into the 7th Avenue

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contract. It it it would be a 10% for
the for the prime as well. So it comes

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about 167,000.
If you look at the larger um system,

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it's going to be about 273,000
to do that, which I I mean it is a

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substantial sum of money. I don't
discount that at all. I'm I'm just

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looking at what good could be done in
the area. And then I'm also looking at

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the funds that we will be receiving. And
I didn't play this out or or make this

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to look good, but you know, if you look
at the funds, we are receiving around

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632,000
in additional um you take out the 96 for

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the vertical guitar leaves us around
536ish.

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if you put kind of our improvements
together here. So if you did the large

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underground storm detention
at the 273 and then you added the 120

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for the plaza area and then also add the
100,000 in for next spring that we need

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to put in for the staining and the
lighting fixtures, that comes to about

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493,000.
So that leaves us about another 40 grand

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um in in funds to use for landscaping
and beautifying that plaza area. Um not

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trying to be a salesman here by any
means, but just looking at the pure num

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raw numbers and why I think this would
be a very viable option and solution for

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this area. And I think you're going to
make a lot of people and businesses

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happy by by doing so. But
that's that's kind of my spiel here. And

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if you guys have any questions at all, I
would be more than happy to answer or

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help better walk through this.

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» I do, if I may.
>> Um, [snorts] so on page 206 of the ADS

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sheets, Matt, that's the
what you're referring to as the large

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and the small system
and the placement of those. That's a

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couple pages back and that it's not
really a clear drawing, but then that

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shows it in reference to the
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» Yeah.
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» Okay. So, tell tell me how this would
So, this will connect into the storm

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sewer. So, basically storm sew can't
handle that. This will fill up fill up

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fill up fill up until it can't anymore.
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» Yep. And then we'll be back to the same
problem that we got. So essentially all

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that surface water that was up top
before should in theory be underground

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um until the storm sewer. And there's
there's sophisticated parameters that

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are looked at as far as velocity,
volume, time of concentration for that

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water to get out in the pipes. It's all
a bunch of calculations that that a

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person can go through. But at the end of
the day, simplicity would say the

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storage that is above ground that we now
see should be able to be held

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underground.
>> What what if any maintenance is involved

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with this type of scope of project?
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as far as I will say this, one part that
I didn't add that that is driving the

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cost a little bit higher somewhat is
because this area down down in the area

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that we're in, it it was largely swamp
land, which all of you know. So, I did

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look at the soil conditions. So, these
systems require about 32 3,300 psf to to

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support everything. And the geotechnical
on the hotel, you know, was more around

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like 1500 to 2,000. So when you add
base requirements are 9 in of underrain

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stone, storage stone underneath these.
If you go to 12 in and add geog grid

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through it, it ups the PSF to 2,000. So
that's what I included in here so that

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we have adequate PSF capacity to
maintain the system. It's like a

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gigantic leech field. That is the
easiest thing that I can say to compare

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it to. It's it's exactly like a a blown
up version of scale for a leech field.

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And it's very very limited if ever
maintenance involved in it.

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Structure clean out. You know, our
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would be what you'd be looking at. The
the bigger system does have about an

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$18,000 structure that sits on that
30-inch pipe right in the middle. So

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that is a that's a pretty significant
structure, but you have two 24 inch twin

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coming in as well as a 30 going through
it. So it's a it's a gigantic structure.

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» That's the basin you're referring to
then.

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» Yes.

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» Is uh is this are they the they're local
here. Is this the only supplier or you

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said you mentioned another one?
>> Yeah, Princeco out of water a lot of

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them are out of water. So they do a lot
of field tiling. Uh and they get into

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all the um additional type underground
storage products. Lot lot like ads.

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That's another local local company.
>> Did you get pricing from them as well or

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do we have
>> They did. They they price both of them.

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I didn't see the final pricing. I just
saw their final numbers.

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» Okay. Okay.
>> But if you're interested, I I can get

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that final pricing. I don't know if ADS
or Prinsko was was low right now.

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» Okay.

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Matt, thank you very much for the
explanation and just a couple questions

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on this. First of all, it sounds like a
great opportunity for us to improve the

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the area down there. And I don't know if
you can do this, but if you remember the

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last rain event we had down there where
we had some trouble and traffic was

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blocked off. Can you estimate for that
type of an event, would this basically

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solve that or is there any way to kind
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describe I don't want to say that it
would have completely solved that. I

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think you're still going to probably see
some water on the road, but imagine

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where it was, you know, in the deepest
spot, a foot and a half, and we're

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adding more intakes, better intake
capacity volumes on the grates and and

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then take 9 10 inches out of that
throughout the whole area. Um, it very

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well could hold that under. I'm not
going to say that it can't, but I don't

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necessarily want to say that it would
either because I never measured that

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exact ponding.
>> No. And I know and it's hard, but that's

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just the most recent one in my memory.
And I think the key thing for me is, you

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know, why this would be such a good
thing to do now is we're digging it up

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anyway. And if it would significantly
help with that, it just makes a lot of

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sense. It seems to be a cost-effective
approach for us. And as you pointed out,

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if we can pay for this with the extra
grant money that we got from the state

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and we want to thank the IEDA and the
state for their participation, that was

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a terrific deal and everybody that was
involved with that. But it sounds like

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again it's a great opportunity to really
enhance that as far as infrastructure

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goes.
>> Yeah. And there are a lot of different

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things we could use this money towards.
I mean, it's it's a substantial sum of

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money and there's a lot of good things
that we could do with that money, but I

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I really feel looking at this area and
and doing our part to make sure that

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we're doing the best we can for the
community in certain places and with all

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of the given aspects at play, I think
that I I can't think of a a better

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opportunity, I guess, immediately than
what we're faced with there.

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» Exactly. Sounds like a great time to do
it. So, thank you, mayor. Thank you,

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Matt.
>> Mr. Mayor, may I speak? U Matt, again,

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also I'm going to go along with what
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it's a great project, and I thank you
for giving the explanation of it because

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it is complex. Um, but knowing what the
situations are down there and, you know,

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realizing that there have been times
when this the water has backed up enough

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back in the 60s and 70s that it was
coming in the front door of the surf.

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Um, we need to do this for the
neighborhood. The whole area just needs

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that. will be a great and we've got it
all open and I'm excited with what we

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have here. Thank you.
>> Another question. Um we have an

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anticipated lifespan because obviously
this is substantial cost. It says in

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here jetting and vectoring are annually
done. Um do we do we know do we have an

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expected lifespan or what's that look
like? I can get an expected lifespan for

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you and give you that information. From
what I've dealt with quite a few of

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these down in the metro area. Um, and I
will say, you know, there they throw

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numbers 7,500 years out. Um, like it's
not that big of a deal. So, I've

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definitely heard figures of that, but is
it's with anything in in life. I mean,

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some things go before they're supposed
to, others outlive their expectancy.

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Because obviously ripping something up
that we're doing, spending a lot of

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money on would would matter. So if this
was a 20-year deal, I would say

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» but if it's a 75 to 100 year, that makes
sense.

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» Yeah. This is absolutely not. You you'd
be looking at some kind of substantial

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manufacturing defect. If that was the
case, I can guarantee that.

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» Okay. Thanks, [snorts] Matt.
>> Yep.

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» Thanks, Matt.
>> Oh. Oh, sorry. I had some a couple of

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questions too. I think most of them were
already been asked, but yeah, I um

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because you talked about the inspect,
you know, I noticed on a a video that I

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found on YouTube that explained this
system and how to install it and how it

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works. One of the things it mentioned
was that it can be operated in kind of

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the the flow through mode where it's
basically doing detention so that the

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the existing um storm system can take it
when it's ready

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» or flow down infiltration
>> and it sounds like it could be used sort

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of in hybrid mode. Is that kind of the
way that we'd be

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» installing
>> rapid detention because of like when you

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get the infiltration type systems,
you're dealing with large sand pockets

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in the areas that you're setting these
and just the same as you do an

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infiltration basin without an outlet.
It's got to have a sand layer to

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actually infiltrate to with the marshy
area that we're in and and it it's just

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not real practical. it will infiltrate,
but the parts per million is is very

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very high on that type of soil. So,
>> yeah, I kind of look at this as a, you

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know, compare this versus the risk of
doing nothing at this opportunity. It

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seems like already this this season
we've had two

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» storms that cause street flooding and
the frequency of those seems to be

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getting more. So, um, yeah, I agree that
it it seems like the right time to do

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this is the right thing.
>> And you will also to that infiltration

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point like we're at lake level, so
there's not there's not a lot. I mean,

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you're you got water table not not far.
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» is there a formal change order or is
this just kind of an informal thing for

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the time being? I didn't see anything in
the packet. This is this was more meant

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to be an informal um I it's something
that we'll get a formal change order and

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put into the 7th Avenue, but it will not
go into due to cost um and everything.

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This would go into the 7th a realignment
project, not the plaza project.

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» Okay.
>> Okay, makes sense.

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» Yep. And this is this was bidded by the
excavation contractor on the seventh a

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realignment project.
So, and and uh and I guess just to note

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one more thing, like we do have that
shortfall um on our plaza area where it

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was around 200, now it's 120. The all
they they're going to look at this as a

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as a whole. So, they'll add the 7th A
project in with the with the actual

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plaza project. So, this will make up
that shortfall also.

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» Okay. And then so probably just it's
head knots for

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a smaller chamber or larger.
>> Yeah. Really just really just want to

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know um and it's entirely up to up to
the council and what you guys would be

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more comfortable doing. But uh yeah,
just really kind of want to know that

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you're
in favor of going a specific direction,

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large or small, and then we'll get all
the paperwork put together and do a

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formal change order and I'll kind of go
through this again at that time.

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Council, just a head nod. Um, move
forward with the larger chamber.

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» You're recommending?
>> That's the one that I'm recommending.

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» Yes, mayor.
>> Yeah.

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» All right. Thanks, Matt.

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» Still, I'll entertain a motion to
approve

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change order one, the larger.
>> I'll for that.

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» Right.
>> I'll second. Uh motion by Tony, second

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by Beth Anne. Council, anything further?
All those in favor say I.

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» I.
>> I. Motion carries.

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» Purchase of 72inch side discharge
zeroturn mower review. Jeremy Kornberg

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public works. Welcome.
>> Council. Uh so as part of the fiscal

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year 2627 budget, we had a new mower for
our mow crew. Um we were replacing a

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72inch side discharge mower. We reached
out to six vendors um and got received

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six bids back. Um we received a bid from
Mason City Red Power for a a Gravely 72

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inch. Um Floyd Leonard bid a Toro 72
inch side discharge. Van Wall and Casey

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Nielsen both bid on a John Deere.
And then Schwarz Rockck Implement from

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Charles City and uh JNA Outdoor
Equipment from Boat Iowa bid on their

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Xark series 72-inch discharge. They are
all fairly similar machines. They all

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have a 38 horsepower engine, 72 in uh
side discharge. Um

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height or you know the
adjustable suspension seats, all the

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things that we've had in all them. So
they were equivalent bids. Um,

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we're recommending going with the low
bid um for Mason City Red Power, which

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was the Gravely machine. That was
$15,400.

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Um, I can go through the bids on the
other ones. Toro, Floyd L Leonard bid

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the Toro, theirs was $16,51.33.

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Van Wall for the John Deere was $17,999.
Casey Nielson John Deere was $18,500.

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Schwarz rock implement for the X mark
was 16,700

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and uh JNA outdoor equipment was 16,594
for an X mark as well. Um we had

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budgeted 18,000 for this item. Uh so
we're coming in well under budget. Um,

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and the machine that it will be
replacing that 72 inch dis side

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discharge will essentially get moved out
to the ball fields for the summers so

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that the uh uh the crew that works out
there will have a dedicated machine to

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to use on their fields out there. So,
um, we're kind of moving a mower back

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and forth as needed this summer and this
will kind of provide them with one that

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uh they should be able to use fulltime
out there. Um,

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they do have this machine pretty much on
hand, so we'll be able to receive this

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in the next week or so as well.
>> Any questions for me?

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» Council, any questions, Jeremy?
>> Thanks, Jeremy.

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» All right. Thank you.
>> So, entertain a motion to approve

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purchase of 2026 Gravely PT6720
turn mower from Mason City Red Power in

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the amount of $15,400.
Motion, please. So move

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» second.
>> Moved by Tony, second by Deb. All those

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in favor say I.
>> I.

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» Oppos. Same sign. Motion carries.
>> Item D, water department well number two

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generator and variable frequency drive
VFD project review. Adam Ty, water plant

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superintendent. Welcome.
>> Thank you, mayor, council. Um, this was

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uh discussed or our fiscal year 2627. We
budgeted $132,000

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for uh a variable speed drive frequ uh
variable frequency drive uh and a

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supportive generator. Currently, the
generator in place is too small and it

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will run the motor. However, because it
starts so slow, it's going to end up

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doing damage, which we've been told. So,
we've put in for a generator in the

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amount of $94,642.50.

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This is for not only the generator but
to have it installed also. Uh this would

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include the the VFD in the amount of
$26,500

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the installation of that as well. Um the
VFD we are getting from teamwork

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technology and integration TTI and Min
Iowa electric is going to purchase and

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install the colar
>> [clears throat]

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» uh diesel generator. Um the total is
going to be approximately 1 thou

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121,142.50.

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There is a possibility uh depending on
the VFD if it's a little under size we

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may have to come up with another 4,000
which is still under our original

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132,000.
Um, as far as any other quotes, uh,

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we've kind of touched on this. Right
now, TTI runs and or excuse me, takes

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care of our SCADA system, which runs the
entire water plant and uh, all our

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towers, all our wells. And when they do
coding, everything is coded to talk to

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get talk together. Um, sanitary district
ran into this where they had multiple

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people doing the coding and stuff
stopped talking and then they had to

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start over. it cost them lots of lots of
money. So, uh they're very dependable.

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They're they are a town um company and
they're available 247. We've also had um

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other electrical companies and motor
companies come in and do various work in

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the in the water plant and we've had
some issues with that as well. This just

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we've always just kind of because of the
water being very important, we just know

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where we're going with our stuff. The
plant was finished in [clears throat] uh

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1949. It's got a second section was the
addition was done in 1973. And so we

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found issues throughout of stuff
connecting. So it's kind of an ongoing

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thing at the water plant itself. Um this
stuff right here, what it'll do is it

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allows us to control fully the motor and
control the flow of the water coming out

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of that uh specific well. And the soft
start lets that motor just like it says

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to start softly and then we can bring
the volume down at any time. Um,

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as far as that goes, it it'll integrate
into our VFD which or or excuse me, our

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SCADA system which we basically at this
time we only have the ability to watch

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it, start it and stop it. So, this will
actually give us just more control over

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everything, which we're going to end up
doing with uh well number three. Uh

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eventually, well, number one is already
on site and we already have that. So,

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this just goes along with the all the
upgrades that the water plant's done um

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with our ability to run when there's no
power um in storm situations and and

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we've done a lot of things for that and
this [clears throat] is just another one

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of them

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» for me.
>> Council, any questions? Are we looking

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at a similar lifespan going forward or
do they

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» It actually um it'll go along with
uh as far as the the generator we are

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replacing was it's been 30 years. So
that's 30 years old over 7,000 hours. Um

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00:33:00,799 --> 00:33:08,000
I don't know as far as Coler how long
their expens expecties are. I can find

407
00:33:05,519 --> 00:33:11,840
out if again it's a technical I mean
you're talking maintenance on a diesel

408
00:33:09,919 --> 00:33:17,279
motor which as long as you maintain it
usually you can let those things go. Um

409
00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:22,880
they don't run non-stop as far as we'll
it'll uh probably start we'll have it

410
00:33:19,679 --> 00:33:27,200
start soft start and start once a week
for just just to get a general start and

411
00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:30,240
then when we use it um you do your
yearly maintenance and oil change. So as

412
00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:35,919
long as you do that it should last quite
a long time. Um, as far as the motor

413
00:33:33,519 --> 00:33:40,799
goes, this will help the life of the
motor for it soft starting than it just

414
00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:44,159
jerking on all the time. Um, we have
those, our wells are looked at every 5

415
00:33:42,399 --> 00:33:48,320
years. And that's part of the part of
the maintenance is we check our motors

416
00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:52,559
and whatnot. Um, right now we have not
replaced our motors at well two or

417
00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:56,640
three. They've just either been rebuilt
or and that type of thing. We've been

418
00:33:54,480 --> 00:34:02,360
really good with our maintenance our
maintenance program.

419
00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:02,360
Other

420
00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:06,360
questions?

421
00:34:10,399 --> 00:34:17,760
» A motion to approve purchase of
generator from Min Iowa Electric Motors

422
00:34:14,240 --> 00:34:22,720
in the amount of $94,642.50
and VFD from TTI in the amount of

423
00:34:20,879 --> 00:34:26,000
$26,500.
Motion please.

424
00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:29,359
» So moved.
>> Second. Moved

425
00:34:26,720 --> 00:34:33,599
» by Bethanne. Second by Bennett. Council
in either comments. All those in favor

426
00:34:32,639 --> 00:34:36,800
say I.
>> I.

427
00:34:34,159 --> 00:34:40,800
» Oppos. Same sign. Motion carries.
>> Purchase of John Deere Gator and snow

428
00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:43,800
snow equipment review. RodG city
mechanic.

429
00:34:47,839 --> 00:34:56,079
» Good evening, mayor and city council. Uh
I've been working with uh Jim J. What's

430
00:34:53,359 --> 00:35:01,760
your last name? Jim Jackson back there.
uh and uh Jacob Whitman on this project.

431
00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:07,119
We were initially going to buy just a
John Deere gator for the summertime for

432
00:35:03,839 --> 00:35:11,040
using and then run the uh Polaris Ranger
we have out to the Ball Diamonds, which

433
00:35:08,720 --> 00:35:15,680
is still going to happen. But the more
we got our heads together and got around

434
00:35:13,599 --> 00:35:19,200
this, we were going to decide to uh try
to make this gator into a piece of snow

435
00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:24,320
equipment as well, which we're going to
do. Um, when I was dealing with both all

436
00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:28,960
three of the John Deere dealerships,
they all three recommended going with a

437
00:35:26,720 --> 00:35:33,920
uh Boss snow system on it because John
Deere actually no longer makes blades

438
00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:38,320
for those machines at all anymore. So,
that was what we did. We put this

439
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:44,400
together. The low bid would be Van Wall
Equipment in Mesa City at 28,500.

440
00:35:42,079 --> 00:35:47,599
Casey Neielsen was the same exact bid,
but we're going to go with Van Wall

441
00:35:46,240 --> 00:35:54,160
because they would be considered a local
bid over Casey Neielson out of Canawa.

442
00:35:51,839 --> 00:35:58,240
And uh so our recommendation is the cost
of the machine, the lighting we will

443
00:35:56,320 --> 00:36:01,839
install at the public works, we will buy
and rather than have a dealership put

444
00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:06,760
them on, we can do it inhouse cheaper.
The extended warranty on that machine is

445
00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:06,760
$17,855.

446
00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:15,760
That's going to extend that out to I
believe uh in here 60 months or 800

447
00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:19,760
hours. Uh we do not currently have with
the amount electronics on equipment

448
00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:23,280
anymore. We don't have the technology as
far as engine analyzers to be able to

449
00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:28,640
hook into every brand of everything we
buy out there. Uh so the extended

450
00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:33,119
warranties is very very important
anymore just due to the amount of

451
00:36:29,839 --> 00:36:38,160
electronics that's in everything. Uh so
the total cost of the unit is going to

452
00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:41,760
be 30,715
uh with the extended warranty, the

453
00:36:39,839 --> 00:36:45,599
lights and the machine. And our
recommendation like I said is bandw

454
00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:51,680
equipment.
Anybody have any questions on that?

455
00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:59,200
» Questions?
>> And that's 60 months or 800 hours. Just

456
00:36:55,839 --> 00:37:04,079
» 60 months 800 hours was on the tractor.
This was um

457
00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:08,599
yeah 60 months, 800 hours on this one.
The tractor was more more hours.

458
00:37:09,839 --> 00:37:13,520
» I had a bunch of things I was going
through putting these together.

459
00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:18,320
[clears throat]
>> The boss snow equipment itself, I I

460
00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:26,760
accepted two bids because there's only
two real local bids around here. And uh

461
00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:26,760
my papers backwards here.

462
00:37:27,839 --> 00:37:36,400
So, the uh Stellar truck and trailer in
Mason City was $10,331.

463
00:37:33,839 --> 00:37:42,800
Christ steal truck and equipment out of
uh Lake Crystal, Minnesota was $10,363.

464
00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:47,520
I reached out to Larry Elwood and his
plow shop and I never received an email

465
00:37:44,720 --> 00:37:53,839
or any information back from them as far
as a bid. Uh so, our low bid is Stellar

466
00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:58,320
Truck and Equipment at 10,331.
There is no extended warranties on this

467
00:37:56,079 --> 00:38:02,400
stuff. And this again is equipment that
the public works will put on the

468
00:37:59,920 --> 00:38:07,119
machine, put it in place and hook it up.
Uh that Kevin and I are very capable of

469
00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:12,880
taking care of the snow equipment we can
get in about two weeks. The uh gator and

470
00:38:10,720 --> 00:38:18,280
the uh John Deere tractor, both of them
were somewhere around 1 of December

471
00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:18,280
before we see them.

472
00:38:19,599 --> 00:38:29,119
in the John Deere tractor itself that we
had in there. Uh kibble equipment out of

473
00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:33,000
Osage was $45,64.
Van Wall was $45,500.

474
00:38:33,119 --> 00:38:40,320
$46,500.
I better put my glasses on. And Casey

475
00:38:37,839 --> 00:38:44,800
Neielson was 51,250.
They were significantly more. That does

476
00:38:42,560 --> 00:38:49,359
have an extended extended warranty would
be 60 months, 2,000 hours. Our

477
00:38:47,680 --> 00:38:55,680
recommendation is to go with kibble
equipment out of Osage, $45,64.

478
00:38:53,760 --> 00:39:00,480
The reason we stay with all John Deere
equipment is we have approximately 20 to

479
00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:04,800
30 pieces of equipment out in the shop
and they only work on John Deere's

480
00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:09,520
hookups. I went across the street to
Case IH. Their front mounts do not

481
00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:12,720
accept all the John Deere equipment.
It's very important for us to utilize

482
00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:17,200
and be able to hook all this equipment
on whatever tractor we need to run it

483
00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:21,760
on. So, if we got one broke down, we can
always grab it.

484
00:39:19,599 --> 00:39:24,960
Uh, that would be about all I got. Is
there anything else? Any questions you

485
00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:29,280
guys have?
>> Any questions?

486
00:39:28,079 --> 00:39:32,560
» All right. Thanks, Rod.
>> Okay.

487
00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:36,320
All right. So, we'll [clears throat]
need a motion to approve purchase of

488
00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:40,800
John Deere Gator from Van Wall Equipment
with lights and extended warranty in the

489
00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:44,960
amount of $30,715
and Boss snowplow and snow sander from

490
00:39:43,359 --> 00:39:50,720
Stellar Truck and Trailer in the amount
of $10,331.

491
00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:53,680
Motion please.
>> Second move

492
00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:57,760
» byton, second by Deb. All those in favor
say I.

493
00:39:54,480 --> 00:40:03,200
» I. Same sign. Motion carries. Now we'll
move on to purchase of John Deere

494
00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:06,800
compact tractor which Rod touched on.
So I'll entertain a motion to approve

495
00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:10,960
purchase of John Deere compact tractor
tractor with 60-in heavy broom from

496
00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:14,680
kibble equipment with extended warranty
in the amount of $45,64.14.

497
00:40:15,119 --> 00:40:18,800
Motion please.
>> So moved.

498
00:40:18,400 --> 00:40:23,280
» Second.
>> Moved by Kraton. Seconded by Bennett.

499
00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:29,599
» All those in favor say I.
>> I. Oppos. Same sign. Motion carries.

500
00:40:26,079 --> 00:40:34,000
Item G, 2026, street reservicing project
review of pay estimate number one, Matt

501
00:40:31,599 --> 00:40:39,760
Stading, city engineer.
>> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Councel.

502
00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:43,440
So, we'll get started here. Please note
that original contract sum to H

503
00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:46,440
Heartland Asphalt in the amount of
$643,746.80.

504
00:40:48,160 --> 00:40:54,280
The value of completed work and
materials stored to date, $432,76.70

505
00:40:55,280 --> 00:41:03,119
minus our standard 3% retainage amount
of $12,962.30

506
00:41:00,720 --> 00:41:06,760
brings us to that total amount due this
estimate of $419,14.40,

507
00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:17,200
which makes this pay up about 67.1%
completed.

508
00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:21,280
So, this is part of our actual 2025
utility and street resurfacing project.

509
00:41:19,760 --> 00:41:24,800
And just run through a few of these
items here so you know kind of where

510
00:41:23,200 --> 00:41:29,599
this amount's coming from. They did have
the mobe charge, some traffic control,

511
00:41:27,359 --> 00:41:34,640
had a decent amount, 32,000 on the
pavement removals. Um, pavement uh

512
00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:41,040
scarification to get some of those
surfaces prepped was 45,000.

513
00:41:37,680 --> 00:41:45,680
Um, we had a few gate valve adjustments
which didn't amount to much. the

514
00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:51,520
aggregate base course 40 42,000 almost
there. So that that is due to a lot of

515
00:41:48,480 --> 00:41:56,000
our um full depth 10 inch patching
locations on these streets. So they

516
00:41:53,760 --> 00:42:00,319
brought a mill in and we did set the
mill say let's two two and a half inches

517
00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:04,720
deep on the edges and did some profile
milling to get that crown built back

518
00:42:02,079 --> 00:42:09,359
into the road. Um, what happens, you see
a lot of this alligator cracking that

519
00:42:06,960 --> 00:42:12,960
you'll notice on some streets. When they
run that mill through there, sometimes

520
00:42:11,280 --> 00:42:16,960
that alligator cracking is on the
surface and you can get that out. If it

521
00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:19,760
goes through and it's deeper, that's
where I say, "Well, let's go in and

522
00:42:18,079 --> 00:42:23,520
we'll core this section out." And that's
where we get those full depth cores,

523
00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:30,319
which increases to the aggregates as
well as the uh as well as the HMA

524
00:42:27,040 --> 00:42:34,640
patching. So, and then you can see there
uh through the 4 inch thick patching you

525
00:42:32,240 --> 00:42:40,640
had almost 87,000 in those full depth
patches and about 188,000 in the 2-in

526
00:42:37,920 --> 00:42:50,240
surface course. So to date we've got
19th 18th 17th fifth a sixth a um

527
00:42:46,079 --> 00:42:53,440
Highland Drive is completed and we are I
really was wishing we could have got

528
00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:58,880
everything on this one payout but the
rain pushed us back and I did add been

529
00:42:56,480 --> 00:43:03,440
working with the railroad DOT. I added
on 16th Street that goes into Eagle A if

530
00:43:01,760 --> 00:43:07,760
you go north across. So, on the south
side by the tracks, there were some

531
00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:12,160
very, very bad pavement conditions there
that I decided to mill out and uh we're

532
00:43:10,640 --> 00:43:15,680
going to patch those areas too while
we're doing seventh. Um they're going to

533
00:43:13,920 --> 00:43:19,760
come in tomorrow and finish everything.
So, after after tomorrow, it should be

534
00:43:17,760 --> 00:43:24,480
good. And then, uh do a final walk
through and get the final pay and be on

535
00:43:22,480 --> 00:43:28,720
our way. You guys have any questions for
me? Be happy to answer.

536
00:43:26,319 --> 00:43:32,319
» Council, any questions? Great. Thanks,
Matt.

537
00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:36,800
» Thank you. So need a motion to approve
pay estimate number one in the amount of

538
00:43:33,839 --> 00:43:40,480
$419,114.40
to H Heartland Asphalt. Motion please.

539
00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:44,160
» Second.
>> Moved by Deb, second by Tony. All those

540
00:43:42,880 --> 00:43:47,760
in favor say I.
>> I.

541
00:43:44,800 --> 00:43:52,760
» Both same sign. Motion carries. Chief of
police report Lieutenant Hines.

542
00:43:56,000 --> 00:44:01,280
Oh, Captain Hines. Sorry. I don't know.
I've done that twice. Twice I've done

543
00:44:00,160 --> 00:44:05,280
that and I know it.
>> That's all right. I'll answer to

544
00:44:02,400 --> 00:44:10,960
whatever. Mayor, council, good evening.
Um, just a few updates. Uh, we got the

545
00:44:08,960 --> 00:44:17,359
July report. I think it's in front of
each of you from Chief Colby. Um, last

546
00:44:14,960 --> 00:44:24,560
week our Dodge Charger, we were able to
sell that at auction. Uh, it's car 42.

547
00:44:21,200 --> 00:44:29,680
We sold that at auction for $4,800. that
was purchased from Pritchards in 2021

548
00:44:27,440 --> 00:44:34,319
for 29,800.
So, it was nice to get some of that

549
00:44:30,880 --> 00:44:41,040
money back out of that car. Uh, when
sold, it had 133,000 miles on it and

550
00:44:38,160 --> 00:44:48,000
just over 11,000 idle or hours total
hours on it. Um, that equal about

551
00:44:44,079 --> 00:44:52,800
310,000 miles. Um, the replacement car
is currently at Electronic Engineering.

552
00:44:50,400 --> 00:44:59,040
Should be done very, very soon. and then
we'll get the next car in for them to

553
00:44:54,720 --> 00:45:03,200
upfit. Um, we have all new patrol car
routers. Uh, they're [clears throat]

554
00:45:00,640 --> 00:45:07,440
slated to be installed before October
31st. Uh, Chief Colby had previously

555
00:45:05,839 --> 00:45:12,319
spoke on that project at a previous
council meeting. Uh, we're able to get a

556
00:45:09,839 --> 00:45:17,440
rebate of $4,680
for the routers. Uh, bringing the

557
00:45:14,560 --> 00:45:23,359
out-of- pocket cost to under $1,000 for
the taxpayers. So, that was a good good

558
00:45:20,240 --> 00:45:28,720
addition we were able to do. Um, Officer
Grim, he's our going to be our new

559
00:45:26,079 --> 00:45:34,720
juvenile detective. Uh, he is going to
be attending the school resource officer

560
00:45:31,920 --> 00:45:40,560
uh training program next week.
Um, as far as other training, we have

561
00:45:37,440 --> 00:45:45,599
our fall firearms range schedule uh
starting up here in September and then

562
00:45:42,240 --> 00:45:50,880
we'll carry that on into October also.
And then also last week uh our

563
00:45:47,520 --> 00:45:54,800
dispatchers held a fall training day. So
they were able to go sit through some

564
00:45:52,160 --> 00:46:00,240
scenarios and get some training from our
communication supervisor Aaron from

565
00:45:57,599 --> 00:46:06,000
during that time. So
that's all I have.

566
00:46:02,480 --> 00:46:09,040
» All right, council. Any questions?
>> Thank you.

567
00:46:06,800 --> 00:46:13,400
» Thank you.
>> Works chair me

568
00:46:18,640 --> 00:46:28,079
council. Um so yeah, we've had pretty
busy month. Um [clears throat]

569
00:46:24,560 --> 00:46:33,200
uh first off, just an update on the uh
public works foreman position. Uh we had

570
00:46:31,280 --> 00:46:38,720
a pretty good group of applicants. Uh we
conducted our interviews last week and

571
00:46:36,240 --> 00:46:44,400
just to announce that uh after
interviews uh Jason Dunning, a current

572
00:46:42,079 --> 00:46:48,560
city employee with public works was
offered and accepted the position. So

573
00:46:46,800 --> 00:46:52,800
after interviews with Steve, Jacob and
I, uh we we came to the conclusion that

574
00:46:50,480 --> 00:46:56,640
he'd be a great fit to uh take over as
that position. He has a great knowledge.

575
00:46:54,160 --> 00:47:01,520
He's been here I think 12 years already.
So to move him into that position and

576
00:46:59,599 --> 00:47:05,520
and and go forward, it'll work out
pretty well. He'll I think he will take

577
00:47:03,359 --> 00:47:09,440
that position on the 21st, which lines
up to uh we got him signed up to go to

578
00:47:07,599 --> 00:47:12,160
the Iowa Streets and Roads Conference is
with me that week. There's some good

579
00:47:10,720 --> 00:47:16,880
leadership and different things that go
on at that conference. So, uh, I think

580
00:47:14,480 --> 00:47:20,400
it'll be a really good fit, um, and a
good change up there for for that group.

581
00:47:19,040 --> 00:47:24,560
It does leave us with a position we
still got to now look at hiring, uh, and

582
00:47:23,280 --> 00:47:27,520
getting a couple of those positions
still filled out there, or I guess we

583
00:47:26,319 --> 00:47:32,640
have one position to still filled out
there after, uh, we have a transfer from

584
00:47:30,000 --> 00:47:35,920
another department. So, uh, beyond that,
um, a lot of things going on. We've had

585
00:47:34,160 --> 00:47:41,040
some trainings, uh, with our new with
Edith. Uh, we did bucket truck safety

586
00:47:38,400 --> 00:47:47,040
training. So just uh safety around a
bucket truck harnesses, rescues from it,

587
00:47:43,119 --> 00:47:50,000
a bucket truck. Um and then uh we also
did forklift certification out there as

588
00:47:48,720 --> 00:47:55,440
well. We got some other things lined up
here coming up this winter. Um other

589
00:47:52,960 --> 00:47:58,400
things going on. Um our winter
snowblower has been taken up to

590
00:47:56,640 --> 00:48:02,319
Wisconsin to get its new controller
installed. That was a budgeted item. So

591
00:48:00,640 --> 00:48:06,079
that should be back in a couple weeks
hopefully or

592
00:48:03,520 --> 00:48:08,960
» two to three more weeks. So um hopefully
to have that done. [clears throat] As

593
00:48:07,599 --> 00:48:12,319
Matt said, we've been doing work with
the railroad. We we're having doing some

594
00:48:10,720 --> 00:48:16,000
work on getting some secondary tracks
removed here in town. So, we have uh one

595
00:48:14,720 --> 00:48:20,160
that was removed and we'll be getting
that paved back uh this week. Um we're

596
00:48:18,960 --> 00:48:23,280
working on getting the other one still
removed and some repairs with them. So,

597
00:48:22,000 --> 00:48:29,280
they they've been working with us on
that and it's been going pretty well. Um

598
00:48:26,268 --> 00:48:33,520
[clears throat] and then just as a FYI,
we've started doing some tree trimming

599
00:48:31,359 --> 00:48:36,800
through town. We are not removing trees.
We've had a few people come out and ask

600
00:48:34,720 --> 00:48:40,000
us to remove their asht tree or
whatever. Those are projects that we're

601
00:48:38,400 --> 00:48:43,599
doing outside of this. This is just
trimming trees that are encroaching on

602
00:48:41,599 --> 00:48:48,319
the roadway. So, when we're sweeping,
whatever it is, hauling moving snow

603
00:48:46,079 --> 00:48:52,160
branches and stuff that hit our hit our
rearview mirrors and and whatnot and

604
00:48:50,000 --> 00:48:58,400
lights and break things. So, uh we do
that every couple years, trim it up from

605
00:48:54,240 --> 00:49:01,520
back curb up. Um so, we don't go back
onto the properties or to the sidewalks

606
00:49:00,079 --> 00:49:06,240
or anything. It's just pretty much back
curb. We go up like 18 feet and just

607
00:49:03,680 --> 00:49:11,359
kind of trim that canopy to keep excuse
me keep things off of our vehicles,

608
00:49:07,920 --> 00:49:14,400
buses, other things like that. So, um
yeah, other than that, just a lot of

609
00:49:12,640 --> 00:49:18,960
maintenance. Um we did a bunch of
cleaning for the sanitary district uh to

610
00:49:17,520 --> 00:49:23,839
televise some of our systems, get
prepped for some, um future projects in

611
00:49:21,599 --> 00:49:27,200
some areas. So, that was about a week or
a few days just really heavy duty

612
00:49:25,760 --> 00:49:32,079
cleaning to get to get through some of
those tough areas. So, uh to get good

613
00:49:29,440 --> 00:49:35,359
footage on that. So, a lot going on.
Staying busy. Um, any questions for

614
00:49:34,240 --> 00:49:37,599
anything going on out there at public
works

615
00:49:36,559 --> 00:49:40,720
» council? Any questions?
>> I don't have a question. Um, but Jeremy,

616
00:49:39,520 --> 00:49:44,960
I want to thank you on behalf of the
historical society. Got our pad in so

617
00:49:43,520 --> 00:49:48,480
that it's easier for us to get in and
out of the building safely on a street.

618
00:49:46,800 --> 00:49:51,760
Um, and all the grading has been done
and it's it's working beautifully. So,

619
00:49:50,400 --> 00:49:55,440
thank you very much on behalf of the
society.

620
00:49:52,400 --> 00:50:00,640
» Yep. And I think I kind of gave Steve an
update. We should be getting uh the the

621
00:49:58,640 --> 00:50:04,000
electrical thing upgraded here in the
next few weeks hopefully. I know Alliant

622
00:50:02,240 --> 00:50:08,960
came in and got the underground portion
done. So, I just got to get with our

623
00:50:07,280 --> 00:50:12,960
electrical contractor to get the actual
service changed over. Okay. Excellent.

624
00:50:10,559 --> 00:50:14,880
» And that won't impact you guys. That'll
just be a one day during the day thing.

625
00:50:14,559 --> 00:50:19,040
So,
>> yeah. I say I saw them back in the back

626
00:50:16,640 --> 00:50:22,160
there digging and burrowing and Yeah.
So,

627
00:50:19,760 --> 00:50:23,599
» okay, great. Thank you.
>> Anything else,

628
00:50:22,640 --> 00:50:26,640
» Jeremy? Thank you,
>> Jeremy. I quick question. So, we do the

629
00:50:25,200 --> 00:50:29,599
street side trimming. Do we ever do
anything on the back side for the

630
00:50:28,319 --> 00:50:34,640
sidewalk as far as
>> We haven't um I mean, so technically by

631
00:50:32,960 --> 00:50:37,599
ordinance,
tree trimming of the trees in the

632
00:50:36,079 --> 00:50:42,079
rightway is the homeowner's
responsibility to keep it up to like 14

633
00:50:40,079 --> 00:50:45,680
feet on the roadway and 10 feet on the
sidewalk.

634
00:50:43,359 --> 00:50:49,280
um just because of the equipment that we
have and the abilities we have, we've

635
00:50:47,520 --> 00:50:53,599
just always taken care of the roadway
portion as a

636
00:50:51,839 --> 00:50:58,880
doing it rather than having the
homeowner do it. Um every once in a

637
00:50:56,720 --> 00:51:01,520
while we do get some complaints that
something's hanging too low and then

638
00:51:00,079 --> 00:51:06,640
we'll contact the homeowner and have
them do it. But other than that, this is

639
00:51:03,760 --> 00:51:12,800
just something we go out and do as part
of our our general maintenance. So,

640
00:51:09,839 --> 00:51:16,359
» yeah.
fix. Thanks.

641
00:51:17,119 --> 00:51:26,400
» Matt studying anything.
Jacob is not with us tonight. Mayor's

642
00:51:23,680 --> 00:51:32,345
report. Fire department.
Who's coming?

643
00:51:28,720 --> 00:51:32,345
» The lifeaving award. [clears throat]

644
00:51:33,440 --> 00:51:36,640
» Yeah.
>> From you and your

645
00:51:34,559 --> 00:51:39,550
» I come up with something.
>> Oh, that [laughter]

646
00:51:40,240 --> 00:51:46,880
» coming for that. tell you we haven't
figured it out yet. Mayor Council,

647
00:51:44,000 --> 00:51:52,240
thanks. I guess I was told to get up.
You know, it's one of the duties I got,

648
00:51:48,240 --> 00:51:56,319
I guess. Uh, August was busy for us. 144
calls. Uh, training went really well.

649
00:51:54,640 --> 00:52:01,119
Uh,
we had an opportunity to use it, a car

650
00:51:58,240 --> 00:52:05,520
simulator, fire training device from our
service down in De Mo in De Mo, the fire

651
00:52:03,599 --> 00:52:09,920
marshall's office. And uh, we actually
use it for our open house as well. It's

652
00:52:07,760 --> 00:52:12,640
an opportunity to have the guys train in
a car and you're not burning it up all

653
00:52:11,280 --> 00:52:16,000
the time. The same car, you just set it
on fire. This one here is is made for

654
00:52:14,640 --> 00:52:20,559
that. So, they had an opportunity to do
that. Uh we actually had a little some

655
00:52:18,640 --> 00:52:25,920
junior fire training on that on our open
house with some of our uh sons of the

656
00:52:23,520 --> 00:52:29,520
fire department personnel got to do some
firefighting, which was kind of nice to

657
00:52:27,839 --> 00:52:32,000
see that we've got some maybe some guys
coming up through the ranks that when

658
00:52:30,640 --> 00:52:37,520
they get older, they can join the fire
department as well. Um and our community

659
00:52:35,599 --> 00:52:40,480
outreach did go well. Our open house
went pretty well. We got some

660
00:52:38,880 --> 00:52:43,359
possibilities for some guys that might
want to join the fire department. So, we

661
00:52:42,000 --> 00:52:50,000
hope to get some applications out for
that. Uh otherwise, we we did had a good

662
00:52:47,280 --> 00:52:52,960
uh good turnout for that. Uh had I got
rid of a lot of cookies. We had a lot of

663
00:52:51,599 --> 00:52:57,119
cookies, so everybody ate those. I don't
know if that meant anything, but uh we

664
00:52:54,960 --> 00:53:03,040
got rid of a lot of cookies that I'm not
sure who ate them all, but it wasn't me.

665
00:52:59,599 --> 00:53:08,000
Uh it did happen again on the triathlon.
We got to have Bud out in the water. Um,

666
00:53:05,920 --> 00:53:12,640
we didn't do the long one, but at least
Bud was in the water, had an opportunity

667
00:53:10,160 --> 00:53:16,559
if they needed that. Uh, and we did call
in an unexpected boater. Had a problem

668
00:53:14,559 --> 00:53:20,079
with his boat. So, we did pull that in.
So, that might

669
00:53:17,200 --> 00:53:22,880
» I'll address that. Okay.
>> You know, like I said, you might have to

670
00:53:21,520 --> 00:53:29,119
get a bill for that, whatever it's going
to be. Um, again, I think we did, again,

671
00:53:26,240 --> 00:53:33,680
the calls were a lot for 144. Uh, just
up keep you informed obviously what's

672
00:53:31,119 --> 00:53:36,800
coming up Friday. Uh, I hope all you can
attend. If you stay far enough away, you

673
00:53:35,359 --> 00:53:41,599
can't call in a meeting. Okay. So,
everybody can show up. Okay.

674
00:53:39,520 --> 00:53:44,559
Excuse me. But anyway, uh, it's not a
meeting if you all stay far enough away.

675
00:53:43,520 --> 00:53:46,960
Right, Graden?
>> How far?

676
00:53:45,280 --> 00:53:48,720
» Yeah, I don't care. One can stand in
front, one standing back. Just stay away

677
00:53:48,240 --> 00:53:50,640
from each other.
>> Stay right beside each other.

678
00:53:49,599 --> 00:53:53,200
» Just stay away from each other. I don't
care. Discuss.

679
00:53:51,599 --> 00:53:57,839
» But again, we should have That should be
a great day. We have a gentleman coming.

680
00:53:54,880 --> 00:54:01,280
I think he's really excited to be here.
Actually, we're gonna have kind of a get

681
00:53:59,680 --> 00:54:07,760
together with fire department personnel
and him Thursday night. Uh we've had to

682
00:54:04,640 --> 00:54:10,880
uh talk to the to Chelsea Snider at the
surf and they're going to let us use the

683
00:54:09,280 --> 00:54:15,359
the lounge over there so we can bring
him in uh show him parts of Clear Lake

684
00:54:13,440 --> 00:54:19,599
and and the surf and everything. So,
he's we're looking forward to having him

685
00:54:16,960 --> 00:54:23,839
here. Uh we're looking forward to
another thing.

686
00:54:22,160 --> 00:54:27,280
We think it's going to be here and
that's the statue. Uh we're hoping it's

687
00:54:26,240 --> 00:54:30,400
going to be here anyway. We're going to
put that in and we've had some already

688
00:54:28,880 --> 00:54:34,160
some contacts and fire departments bring
our fire trucks so we should have a

689
00:54:32,400 --> 00:54:38,880
pretty good turnout with that too. Uh
but again, we invite you to come over.

690
00:54:36,480 --> 00:54:42,559
Uh anybody wants to help out uh Monday
the 14th we're stuffing letters for the

691
00:54:40,559 --> 00:54:46,880
pancake breakfast as well. That's coming
up real quick. So if you're in the and

692
00:54:45,359 --> 00:54:49,760
wants something to do Monday night,
we'll be stuffing letters at the fire

693
00:54:48,640 --> 00:54:54,800
station. You can come over and help do
that. And we invite you to the pancake

694
00:54:51,760 --> 00:54:58,960
breakfast. And um
anything else, J?

695
00:54:57,119 --> 00:55:02,559
You want me to get out of here? He wants
to be That's why he's here. He put the

696
00:55:00,559 --> 00:55:06,400
time clock on me every time I come. So,
>> when is the pancake breakfast again?

697
00:55:04,319 --> 00:55:09,680
» That's going to be October 4th. And if
you see, you know, as we put up our

698
00:55:07,920 --> 00:55:13,280
signs that traditional signs have gone
up over there at the fire station and

699
00:55:11,119 --> 00:55:16,800
out on the highway, uh we've been using
those signs for a long time and we're

700
00:55:15,280 --> 00:55:21,119
going to keep using till the pl until
they wear out. But it's October 4th. Uh

701
00:55:19,359 --> 00:55:25,200
and they're going to be special pancakes
again. So, we invite you to come over.

702
00:55:23,200 --> 00:55:30,000
Okay. Anything else you got for me,
mayor, before I sit down? [laughter]

703
00:55:27,920 --> 00:55:37,359
» I think we're good.
>> Thank you. I was out on the swim course

704
00:55:34,000 --> 00:55:44,480
for the triathlon on a borrowed jet ski
um as for safety and the battery died

705
00:55:41,040 --> 00:55:50,240
and I was slowly drifting into the uh
the swimmers and

706
00:55:47,760 --> 00:55:53,520
» I was nervous because they don't sit I
mean they they were swimming clo and

707
00:55:51,920 --> 00:55:59,440
anyway I think they were talking about
on the radio but fortunately I was near

708
00:55:56,000 --> 00:56:05,440
uh Jim in Bud and I grabbed a hold and
they told me to Sure. So that I guess

709
00:56:03,280 --> 00:56:11,040
that Yeah, you saved me. That would have
been embarrassing, but

710
00:56:08,319 --> 00:56:15,760
um city administrators report.
>> Yeah. So happy to announce that um the

711
00:56:13,920 --> 00:56:19,599
workforce housing tax credit, we had two
applicants this year. We had the

712
00:56:17,599 --> 00:56:24,079
Lakeside Acres Project and we had the
Panther Builders project. Uh we learned

713
00:56:22,079 --> 00:56:28,079
last week ahead of time that Lakeside
Acres was funded. Learned today that

714
00:56:26,160 --> 00:56:30,960
Panther Builders was also funded. So,
both our applicants

715
00:56:29,520 --> 00:56:34,960
» made use of the thriving community
points that we had to apply for projects

716
00:56:33,040 --> 00:56:39,760
and get those u get those awards. So,
that was great news. Um, other notes on

717
00:56:38,240 --> 00:56:44,240
housing, we've got our boost housing
report is in. We'll be sending that out

718
00:56:42,240 --> 00:56:50,160
shortly to council so you can guys can
start reviewing that, get a feel for

719
00:56:46,319 --> 00:56:53,200
that um result. Um, tonight starts the
housing conference down to mo, which

720
00:56:51,680 --> 00:56:56,880
Matt and I will be catching the red eyee
down to that one tonight. So, that's

721
00:56:54,960 --> 00:57:00,880
tomorrow. starts tomorrow morning, runs
through Thursday, is down in De Moines

722
00:56:58,640 --> 00:57:04,000
and and we'll be speaking more on some
of the housing tax credit stuff that

723
00:57:02,160 --> 00:57:08,720
we've worked on and and all that good
stuff. Um,

724
00:57:06,799 --> 00:57:13,359
also want to let you know that last
Friday the Wnebago the Winnebago River

725
00:57:11,440 --> 00:57:17,440
watershed project that we've been
working on that wershed management plan

726
00:57:15,200 --> 00:57:21,440
was completed and adopted. So, we have
an approved plan here. We've got a

727
00:57:19,280 --> 00:57:26,079
series of tasks that in there for the
region. some of them work um directly

728
00:57:23,839 --> 00:57:29,680
with Clear Lake and and with what we're
doing. And so we're going to be look

729
00:57:27,599 --> 00:57:34,960
looking to utilize that going forward
for applying for projects and and and

730
00:57:32,079 --> 00:57:38,880
and working on partnerships together to
improve all the aspects around the

731
00:57:36,960 --> 00:57:43,839
wershed, whether it be water quality,
water quantity, all those things. And so

732
00:57:41,920 --> 00:57:49,520
I'll have that on the next agenda for
you guys to review and look to approve.

733
00:57:47,200 --> 00:57:53,520
And
um next council meeting we will have a

734
00:57:51,839 --> 00:58:00,000
tower access agreement for this tower
that's out back behind us here. Um Clear

735
00:57:56,400 --> 00:58:03,040
Lake CLT owns op owns an operates it.
They are looking to sell off that

736
00:58:01,359 --> 00:58:07,200
portion of the business. There's not
currently an easement agreement or

737
00:58:04,640 --> 00:58:10,319
access agreement to that tower and
there's a piece of property that cut

738
00:58:08,400 --> 00:58:16,079
cuts out here into the prop property
that is not city property. So we'll have

739
00:58:12,559 --> 00:58:19,119
a access agreement and a ingress egress
agreement that we currently don't have

740
00:58:17,599 --> 00:58:25,119
to go with that and that will be on the
next agenda. So that's it for me.

741
00:58:22,319 --> 00:58:30,960
» All right. Thank you.
So now I will entertain a motion uh to

742
00:58:28,559 --> 00:58:36,720
go into close session pursuant to
section 21.5J of the code of Iowa to

743
00:58:34,480 --> 00:58:38,160
discuss purchase of real estate. Motion
please.

744
00:58:37,440 --> 00:58:40,640
» So moved.
>> Second.

745
00:58:38,960 --> 00:58:43,200
» Motion by Bennett, second by Bethanne.
All those in favor say I.

746
00:58:42,720 --> 00:58:45,920
» I.
>> Post same sign.