[3:23] I'm ready. Is everything running? >> Is everything running?

[3:28] » Yeah. >> Oh, it just turned.

[3:31] » Yeah, everything's good. All right. Good evening, everyone. Thank you all so

[3:36] much for being here. It is 700 p.m. on Tuesday, January 27th, 2026,

[3:43] and I now call to order the 2075th regular meeting of the city of College

[3:49] Place City Council. Madame Clerk, will you please take roll call?

[3:56] » Yes. Council member Peterson.

[4:01] Council member Sherman,

[4:05] » Council Member Cleveland, >> present.

[4:09] » Council member Williams, >> present.

[4:13] » Council member Bole, >> present.

[4:16] » Council member Sling, >> present.

[4:20] And council member Green, >> present.

[4:24] » We have a quorum. >> All right. Thank you so much. Will you

[4:28] all please join me in the pledge of allegiance?

[4:52] It's now time for public comment. Madam clerk, did anyone submit a written

[4:56] comment in advance or request to speak via telephone or virtually?

[5:02] » There were no comments. >> All right. Thank you. If anyone in

[5:06] person in council chambers would like to speak, please raise your hand.

[5:12] » All right. Seeing none, we're going to move on to our consent agenda. Then the

[5:17] consent agenda consists of the agenda for tonight, January 27th, 2026.

[5:24] Approving the council regular meeting minutes from January 13, 2026.

[5:31] Approving the April 2025 financials, approving the 26-001

[5:38] salary ordinance and employee contract updates.

[5:42] Accept resolution 26-003, David Evans and Associates.

[5:48] Accept resolution 26-004 for the Washington State Department of

[5:52] Health drinking water state revolving fund loan for planning and design.

[5:59] And that's all for consent agenda. Is there any item any member of the council

[6:03] would like to have removed from consent agenda at this time?

[6:07] » I'll make a motion to approve the consent agenda.

[6:09] » We have a motion to approve. We have first and a second to approve the

[6:12] consent agenda as presented. All in favor say I.

[6:16] » I. >> I.

[6:19] » All opposed? Any abstensions.

[6:24] » All right. The eyes have it and the motion is passed.

[6:28] Tonight, Heather Lee, EMS director, will present information about the 2026 EMS

[6:35] uh EMS levy and fire chief David Winter may be joining her.

[6:46] Well, it's only if Miss Lee needs your support, but I somehow I think she's got

[6:50] it on her own. And if you can just press the button on the microphone to There

[6:55] you go. Welcome. >> Thank you. Thank you for giving me a few

[6:59] minutes of your time to talk about the uh EMS levy for Walawala County. Um we

[7:04] have just a brief slideshow for you. Next slide.

[7:09] So the RCW that is listed there establishes the requirements um for the

[7:14] EMS levy both what the funds can be used for and how long a levy can be whether

[7:20] it be a six-year a 10year or a permanent levy. So in 1990 um the EMS levy was

[7:27] established here in Walawala County and every six years we put it back before

[7:31] the voters to see if they would like to continue funding EMS in this manner. So

[7:37] the RCW is very specific about what those funds can be used for can be used

[7:42] for the personnel the equipment any training that they may need. um also can

[7:48] be used for the structures that house the EMS personnel. So, it does a really

[7:54] good job of establishing how those dollars are used. We're going to we're

[7:59] requesting that the voters continue the current EMS levy at the existing rate of

[8:04] 50 cents per,000 of assessed value. And if they approve it, this next levy will

[8:10] run for six years. So, it'll be January 1st, 2027 through December 31st, 2032.

[8:18] Next, please. So, just a little bit of background. EMS

[8:22] was actually started in the valley in 1969 by Walaw Wala Fire Department. Uh,

[8:28] since then, it has grown to include six of our rural fire districts plus the

[8:33] city of College Place. So, those eight agencies cover over 12,000 square miles.

[8:38] They also serve over 60,000 residents and visitors um to the valley. So it's a

[8:46] lot of work done by very few entities um with Walaw Wala Fire Department starting

[8:52] in 1969. They actually started their transport of uh advanced life support

[8:57] system in 1973. That actually makes them the third

[9:02] oldest ALS agency in Washington state. So they've established EMS uh for a long

[9:09] time in this valley. Next slide, please. Some specific facts for College Place.

[9:17] When the levy was originally formed, there were 135 emergency medical calls.

[9:23] Um, in 2025, there were over 1500. So, it just shows the growth that we have

[9:30] every year that this levy has occurred. um for your specific fire department.

[9:37] College Place started their basic life support transport in November of 2018,

[9:43] making them one of only four transporting agencies that we have in

[9:46] this county. So, the majority of our agencies actually do not transport. Um

[9:51] it is just the city of College Place Fire Department, City of Walaw Wala Fire

[9:56] Department, and then fire districts four and five. So if you think about those

[10:02] being the only transport agencies, they cover a very large area.

[10:08] College Place specifically has 37 state certified EMS providers. Um with that

[10:16] they have the majority of those are EMTs. So at our basic level, so they're

[10:22] emergency medical technicians. They can provide the basic life support. Um

[10:27] that's kind of the foundation of EMS. It all starts there with our basic life

[10:32] support providers that are basic life support agencies.

[10:36] In 2025, they received over $500,000 from the EMS levy. I got updated figures

[10:43] today and it was actually $52,690 is what what they received from the 2025

[10:52] levy. So, next slide, please.

[10:58] And really the purpose of this is crossraining our providers. Um this levy

[11:03] enables agencies to crossrain their providers as most of them are fire and

[11:10] EMS. It enables them to train together. Gives them a funding mechanism that can

[11:16] bridge the gaps between what your Medicare, Medicaid, your private

[11:20] insurance does not cover for a transport. uh that fund can help with

[11:26] that. For fire districts specifically, um it really allows them to save their

[11:34] fire dollars for that purpose. Fire districts are a little unique in that

[11:39] they only have two funding sources, whether it be their fire levy that they

[11:45] have or the EMS levy. So they don't have some of the other options uh that cities

[11:50] do as far as supporting those business uh those two different services. So

[11:57] those dollars are vital for them. And all of this enables us to build a

[12:02] prehosp system that allows for a tiered response. And what that means is that

[12:07] when you call 911, the dispatcher is going to take your call. They're going

[12:12] to dispatch the closest uh fire district personnel along with the

[12:19] closest and most appropriate transporting ambulance.

[12:23] So that enables us to use our limited resources very efficiently throughout

[12:27] the county. That is all I have for you. Do you have

[12:33] any questions for me? All right, we going to go through council members for

[12:38] questions, but real quick, u madam cler, can you please verify that our YouTube

[12:42] um live stream is is working? Got some feedback that it's not working. It's not

[12:47] showing.

[12:52] » Potentially not working. We're trying to still see here, but Council Member

[12:56] Green, questions or comments for Miss Lee?

[12:59] » Nothing for me. Council member Cleveland,

[13:02] » no questions, but thank you for coming down and talking to us about it.

[13:07] » Council member Stline, >> I just had one quick question. You had

[13:10] said um >> 12,000 square miles did or and then in

[13:14] the presentation had 1,200. I was trying to figure

[13:16] » I'm sorry, 1200 miles. Not quite that big.

[13:20] » I was trying to do the math and was like, is that wrong? I know

[13:23] » it did get a lot bigger. >> Okay, that so the 1200's correct.

[13:26] » Sorry, it is 1200 square miles. >> Thank you. No other questions?

[13:31] It's not. >> Okay. Thank you. I'll tell them to

[13:36] verify. Council member Peterson. >> No, thank you. Very nice presentation.

[13:40] Appreciate your work on this. >> Council member Williams.

[13:44] » No questions. Thank you for all your hard work.

[13:48] » Council member Sherman, >> no questions. Thank you.

[13:50] » And council member Boy, >> you said that the main purpose of this

[13:53] is for cross trainining and things. So if this does not pass,

[13:59] » giving us some examples of what we're going what we will lose.

[14:05] » So specifically to College Place, um it would be that approximately $500,000

[14:12] uh that they would lose from their EMS budget. Um what that does is the chief

[14:19] would have to to figure out with the council members how to continue funding

[14:24] the service. Um for all of the agencies it would mean the same thing is they

[14:30] would have to look at their existing dollars and figure out if they could or

[14:35] how they would continue to provide the service to their their respective

[14:40] jurisdictions uh with a lack of funding. So overall,

[14:45] the EMS levy brings in about $3.9 million that is distributed to all of

[14:51] the agencies. So if it were not to pass, they would have to look at how do we

[14:57] make up those dollars. >> Thank you.

[15:02] » Thank you so much for that information. You know, 500,000 is a huge hit for a

[15:06] city our size and especially for our, you know, mostly volunteer firefighter

[15:13] program. it's even a more significant hit considering that we keep cost as low

[15:17] as we possibly can with all those volunteers and still would lose that

[15:21] much money and that would be very difficult. So, thank you so much for the

[15:25] efforts you put into this. Thank you for coming and taking the time to um let us

[15:30] um know more about what's going on and the need for the to continue the EMS. We

[15:35] really appreciate your time. >> Absolutely. Thank you.

[15:39] » You have a good evening.

[15:45] I Yeah, David said his job is done.

[15:52] » Good job, David. >> Thank you, everyone. Have a good night.

[15:56] » Thanks for being here, David.

[16:01] » All right, so we have um some action items on our agenda. We have first M.

[16:06] McAndrews with us is going to present on the loan agreement for construction

[16:10] funding of the storm water decant facility.

[16:15] Uh yeah, thank you mayor. Good evening council. Um this is a grant agreement,

[16:21] not a loan. Um I believe I'm second guessing myself

[16:26] now. Um >> did did I say it's a grant, not a loan?

[16:30] » Yes. >> Oh, okay. I'm sorry. Let me correct a

[16:32] grant agreement. >> Thank you. Um regardless you guys, you

[16:37] all may recall we've talked about our decamp facility several times before um

[16:41] JB engineers was hired um a few years ago to start on design. We've completed

[16:49] design uh submitted that back to department of ecology and they have

[16:54] funded us to con for construction of the decant facility. Uh this is a storm

[16:59] water decant facility that allows us to um when we pick up sweep beans and

[17:06] vector up catch basins and things like that allows us to dump that material,

[17:10] let the liquids sort out um and then make their way to the treatment plant

[17:16] and the solids to dry and typically with proper testing those solids can then be

[17:21] used to fill dirt somewhere um and doesn't become a hazardous material. So,

[17:28] um they're popular on the west side in particular and and more and more cities

[17:33] on the east side have them. The city of Walaw wall has one that that's kind of

[17:36] makeshift. Um but this will be pretty state-of-the-art decant facility being

[17:41] built out near the wastewater treatment plant. Um adjacent to there's a site if

[17:48] you want to pull up a site if you don't mind. Um

[17:54] uh well that's kind of just the site layout of it itself and then the larger

[17:59] site plan kind of shows on the map general location of it um as you come in

[18:05] on Owens Road into the wastewater treatment plant. It'll be kind of right

[18:08] there

[18:13] first thing as you enter a property. So there's the big silver barn. It'll be

[18:17] right next to that if you're familiar with that area. So anyway, uh it is 95%

[18:23] grant with 5% local match. So um for the total 2,

[18:30] uh $50,000 of that 1,947,500

[18:36] are grant funds and 102,500 are local match. So it's a pretty good deal for us

[18:41] to build this facility and it's uh it's going to be really useful for us now and

[18:46] into the future. Any questions? All right, I'm going to start with

[18:53] Council Member Green, but I'm going to give Council Member Bole a heads up. The

[18:56] next question is starting on her side. >> Okay,

[18:59] » Council Member Green, questions or comments?

[19:02] » Uh, just curious about the 102,000. I assume that's something built into the

[19:06] existing budget and was anticipated for the year, but obviously not having been

[19:10] here, I still have to ask. >> Yeah. No, absolutely. Good question. Um,

[19:14] it is budgeted. It will come out of our storm water utility funds.

[19:20] » That's all I've got. Thanks, Council Member Cleveland.

[19:24] » No questions, but thank you to all our staff for the hard work in securing

[19:28] these funds that our local residents don't have to fork for fork out for our

[19:33] facilities. So, thank you very much, >> Council Member Cleveland. I'm sorry,

[19:38] Council Member Stline. Uh,

[19:41] » no questions. >> Council member Peterson.

[19:44] » No questions. Thank you. Council member Williams.

[19:48] » No questions. I've been looking forwards to this, so glad it's here.

[19:55] » Council member Sherman. >> Ditto. This is exciting.

[19:59] » And Council Member Bole, >> no questions. Great job. Thanks.

[20:03] » Mr. Mcanders, can you tell us how this um decamp facility differs from what

[20:08] we're already we're currently doing? Yeah. So, currently, um, when we collect

[20:15] leaves and things like that, there's a muddy spot in our yard that they get

[20:20] dumped and liquids sort out. It really is a mess. Um, certain things will get

[20:25] hauled out, you know, in this vicinity out near the gun range and dumped. Um,

[20:30] but we really don't have a facility that can

[20:34] handle this type of waste. And so this will be really nice to have, you know,

[20:39] state-of-the-art facility that's set up to handle this type of material.

[20:44] » Probably makes us better stewards of our land.

[20:47] » Absolutely. >> Yeah. Thank you. I appreciate it.

[20:50] Council member Peterson, >> I guess I do have a question. So ecology

[20:54] got involved with this and so the potential for an adverse impact on the

[20:59] environment that's obviously why they're giving us the funds and that is the

[21:03] containment of the of the fluids more and or just the whole ball of wax.

[21:09] » The the whole ball of wax they as it stands a lot of the liquids get

[21:15] sorted out. If you dump a pile of wet leaves, the liquids eventually sort out

[21:20] and they find their way sometimes across the pavement. They might make their way

[21:23] into a catch basin into the storm system, which isn't good. So, this

[21:26] ensures that that's going to the treatment plant instead of the storm

[21:30] system and the creeks. And then it also um with proper sorting and and and

[21:37] rotating the solids, it allows them to dry so that they can be put back to the

[21:44] earth in a safe manner without contaminants. So

[21:48] » great. Thank you so much. Y >> I'm just going to make a quick comment

[21:51] is I once asked Robert what we do with our leaves because I'm a gardener,

[21:56] right? So, I like to throw leaves into my garden.

[21:58] » And I was answer asked him what we do with her leaves. And his he didn't even

[22:02] answer my question. He just says, "You don't want to put what's in these leaves

[22:05] in your yard or in your garden." So, >> well, and that's true. I mean, the

[22:09] leaves we pick up are coming off of the street, the Department of Ecology would

[22:13] consider them contaminated. um any sweepings or anything like that that

[22:17] comes off the street have road grime and oils and things in them and generally

[22:24] aren't going to be something you would want to put in your garden. So,

[22:27] » sure, >> this process helps change some of that.

[22:30] » And that's great because even though we're dumping them still somewhere off

[22:32] by the gun range, it doesn't matter. It's still going into land that's

[22:35] affected in within college place. So, I think it's um so important that we take

[22:40] this next step. So, thank you for that. All right. If there's no other questions

[22:44] or comments, do we have a motion on resolution number 26-002?

[22:50] » Motion to adopt resolution number 26-002 to authorize public works director or

[22:55] designate to sign agreement with Washington State Department of Ecology

[22:58] accepting $1,947,500 in grant funding with the required local

[23:03] match of $102,500 for the construction of new storm water

[23:07] decant facility. >> All right. Thank you. We have a we have

[23:12] a first. Is there a second? >> I'll second.

[23:16] » Council member Green. Second. Any additional discussion?

[23:22] Hearing none. All in favor say I. >> I.

[23:27] » All opposed. Any abstensions?

[23:32] All right. The eyes have it. And the motion to adopt resolution number 26-002

[23:37] has passed.

[23:40] Next on our agenda, um, sorry, is Mr. McAndrews will present an agreement to

[23:47] accept a grant for the 2025 2027 bianial storm water capacity for council

[23:55] approval. >> Yes, thank you, mayor. Um, again, some

[23:59] of you that've been here for a while may recall this. This comes up about every

[24:02] two years. Department of Ecology offers uh what they call a storm water capacity

[24:07] grant. um which is 100% grant funding to help cities like us um

[24:16] enforce and operate um under the NPDS permit, the National Pollutant Discharge

[24:23] Elimination System permit that we're bound to by Department of Ecology. So it

[24:27] covers things like public education and involvement, elicit discharge detection,

[24:32] activities supporting programs that control runoff from new development,

[24:36] redevelopment, construction sites, pollution prevention, establishing and

[24:41] refining storm water utilities and rate structures, water quality monitoring,

[24:46] source control for existing development and equipment purchases that result

[24:51] directly in improved compliance. So, um the city can put can and does

[24:57] historically put in for reimbursement from ecology for certain activities like

[25:02] that fall in under those parameters essentially. Um again, they're offering

[25:08] us the $120,000 for the next two years. This is essentially retroactive from

[25:16] July 1st of 25 and will uh be in place till March 31st of 2027 should we accept

[25:24] it. Uh I guess I'll open up for questions.

[25:29] » Council member Boy. >> No questions. Thank you.

[25:34] » Council member Sherman. No questions. Council member Williams.

[25:40] » No questions. Thank you. Council member Peterson. No question. Second.

[25:44] » Council member Stline. >> Um, I just wanted to say thank you and I

[25:47] appreciate the part uh about the education piece because I think it's

[25:51] really important to educate people about storm water and what happened. So, I'm

[25:54] excited to hear about that. That's all. >> Council member Cleveland.

[26:00] » No questions. >> And Council Member Green,

[26:03] » no questions. >> All right. So, we have no questions or

[26:08] comments or further comments. Do we have a motion on uh resolution number 26-001?

[26:18] » I'll make a motion to adopt resolution number 26-001

[26:21] to authorize the public works director or designate to sign an agreement

[26:25] accepting $120,000 for the 2025 to 2027 bianial storm water

[26:31] capacity grant. >> Second, Peterson.

[26:34] » Thank you. We have a first and a second. Any additional discussion?

[26:40] hearing none. All in favor say I. >> I.

[26:45] » All opposed. Any abstensions.

[26:50] All right. The eyes have it. And the motion to adopt resolution number 26-001

[26:56] has been approved or passed. Um, next on our agenda, Mr. first is

[27:02] going to present the ordinance um present ordinance 26-002

[27:07] for the transfer of the franchise agreement from Ziply Fiber to BCE

[27:12] Holdings Corporation. >> Great. Thank you, mayor. So, yeah, it's

[27:17] it's kind of tough to follow somebody gives you all this money and now here I

[27:20] come along with nothing. So, um but uh put me at the front of the the line next

[27:25] time. Um anyway, no, just uh long and short of this is a situation that's been

[27:30] going on for quite some time. The coun some of the council may recall uh that

[27:34] we initially started talking about this back in March of 2025 and it was based

[27:38] on a letter from Zipley who is uh who has a current franchise with the city

[27:44] college place uh for wireless services uh that was adopted in 2022. And so this

[27:50] letter basically came along in the end of December of 24 and was asking uh

[27:56] because they were currently in negotiations and had signed a merger

[27:59] agreement. Their parent company uh called Northwest Fiber uh had signed a

[28:06] uh a merger agreement with uh BCE Holding. And I am not going to put us

[28:11] all to sleep with describing the the the food chain of how that works. But

[28:15] essentially what it comes down to is BCE Holding is a uh US uh corporation,

[28:20] United States subsidiary of Bell Canada. Bell Canada then is uh is also uh owned

[28:25] by a publicly traded company out of Canada called BCE Inc. Uh and so uh long

[28:31] and short of it is their parent company, Ziply, who is who has your franchise in

[28:36] the city of College Place and lots of other places around here, uh is uh

[28:40] requesting consent based on the franchise they signed with the city back

[28:44] in 2022 and your ordinance. It refers to your ordinance. It basically says that

[28:49] the city uh the part that's I'll try to get through this real quick just so it's

[28:54] in the record but uh uh it basically says the the assignment or transfer of

[28:58] any business registration franchise or lease subject to this title meaning your

[29:02] title uh 20110 may not directly or indirectly be

[29:07] transferred assigned or disposed of by sale lease merger consolidation or other

[29:12] act of the grantee franchisee or lei by operational law of otherwise without

[29:16] prior written consent of the city which consent shall not be unreasonably

[29:20] withheld or delayed except as as expressed by ordinance and then only on

[29:24] such reasonable conditions as may be prescribed therein. So, a lot of fancy

[29:28] words just to say they need your permission to uh because this is a

[29:33] merger uh they do need uh the city's consent uh because now their ownership

[29:37] has changed and so they have this letter that that's in your packets there that

[29:41] they're asking for uh the mayor to be able to sign. uh the uh the reason for

[29:46] the delay may be saying, you know, why did it take almost over over a year to

[29:49] uh to get this done. Uh and again, uh there was uh some issues, let's say,

[29:54] with the current franchise and some of the subcontracted work that was going on

[29:58] in the city. Uh and one of the things that Mr. McAndrews wanted to make sure

[30:02] of is that uh we didn't consent to this uh with uh the uh current status of some

[30:09] of the outstanding permits. So, it was uh quite the ordeal, but we got there.

[30:13] It only uh it only took a year, but uh it sounds like we're good to go and and

[30:18] everything is in good shape. Uh much better than than when we started. So,

[30:22] it's kind of an opportunity, a fortuitous uh scenario. So, long and

[30:26] short of it is we're here just to get permission uh to uh authorize the mayor

[30:30] to sign uh the letter uh which is ironic because norm well in my world it is

[30:36] because normally you don't pass an ordinance to sign uh a letter. Uh it's

[30:40] like you know kind of sawing a toothpick with a chainsaw. It's a little much, but

[30:44] uh in this particular case uh you have to do it that way or our our opinion is

[30:48] that we should do it this way because uh the original franchise was passed by

[30:53] ordinance and as I'm sure you all are very well aware, you can't amend an

[30:57] ordinance with a resolution. You have to have another ordinance. So, long and

[31:00] short of it is uh it it got kind of stuck in the hard to do box for a little

[31:04] while there. So, anyway, that's what we're here tonight to do is to get this

[31:07] finally off everybody's plate. Uh, and nobody is gonna be more happy uh than

[31:12] Jessica Epley, the vice president with Zipley, who uh is is is now mine and Mr.

[31:18] McAndrew's best friend. So, anyway,

[31:24] » happy to answer any questions. >> Council member Green,

[31:30] » I got nothing. >> Council member Cleveland, Council Member

[31:36] Stline, >> no question. Council member Peterson,

[31:39] you >> know, Ziffy, it's interesting there. Um,

[31:41] the service they offer our city is an alternative to, you know, what else is

[31:45] out there and I I hear, you know, good things and whatnot. Um, it is

[31:50] interesting that there are whole swaths of our city that aren't that simply

[31:54] cannot go through. I think that's underground cable areas. They go off of

[32:01] telephone. In other words, it's it's um it's a service that is could really

[32:06] benefit many of the people of the city of College Place with lower rates

[32:09] compared to some of the other services that are out there, but yet there are

[32:14] large swaths that will never I guess see Ziplo's

[32:19] business. Any thoughts on that, Robert, or

[32:22] um I think that is somewhat by their own choice. I don't believe the city's doing

[32:26] anything to hold them back from that, but they

[32:31] pick and choose where it makes the most sense for them. And I don't think the

[32:35] city has any say in how that goes. Um, the only thing that I can think of from

[32:41] the city standpoint that could potentially hold them back is

[32:45] moratoriums on new overhead lines in the downtown corridor, but they could

[32:50] certainly go underground. Um, >> and I think this is too a case of people

[32:55] getting along and saying, "Can I use your underground?" And the other party

[32:59] can say no. >> Um,

[33:01] » sure. And it does I mean it does become expensive to go underground to put new

[33:06] trenches in and new conduit and things. It's costly and so

[33:10] » um that's unfortunately a challenge anywhere there's already existing

[33:14] development is adding new underground infrastructure.

[33:17] » Yeah. Yeah. Something we'll have to deal with. Yeah. Great. Thanks, Council

[33:23] member Williams, >> no questions. Thank you.

[33:26] » Council Council Member Sherman, >> no question.

[33:28] » And Council Member Boy, >> no questions. Okay.

[33:31] » Um, Mr. Fergus, I I have a quick question. Just this is just a procedural

[33:36] question. Did we make um error is not the right word, but I'm going to use the

[33:41] word error in approving this contract by ordinance in the first place?

[33:46] » No. That's that's a fantastic question because uh that is something that is one

[33:50] of the few uh rare things where uh our our wonderful revised code of Washington

[33:56] uh will oftent times not say anything about how legislative bodies at the

[34:02] local level need to uh uh process process certain things. Franchises

[34:06] ironically are really uh unique in the sense that they are a contract that is

[34:13] also an ordinance. So, your uh ordinance, I got to visual aid here, but

[34:18] ordinance 2022-023 starts out just like a regular ordinance

[34:23] and then literally moves the second page moves into a contract. So, it's one of

[34:28] those rare situations where the statute requires it to be done by ordinance. Uh,

[34:32] and for some odd reason, you can't do it uh within 5 days after it's first been

[34:38] presented to council. You must wait five days. That's got to be something to do

[34:41] with the railroad there because you know how that always you know it's got to be

[34:44] there's there's got to be a story there. >> Yeah. Interesting.

[34:47] » Yeah. So, uh but no, it's it's an odd thing, but no, absolutely. We have to do

[34:51] it by ordinance. So, okay. >> Yeah. Great question.

[34:54] » Listen. All right. Thank you. Any other questions or comments?

[34:59] Um hearing none. Do we have a motion on ordinance number 26-002?

[35:07] I'll make a motion to approve ordinance 26-002

[35:11] authorizing the transfer of franchise agreement from Ziply Fiber to BEC

[35:16] Holding Corporation. >> Thank you. We do have a motion from

[35:19] Council Member Green. Is there a second? >> A second.

[35:22] » Council member Sherman. Second. We have a first and a second. Any additional

[35:26] discussion? Hearing none, let's vote. All in favor

[35:32] say I. I. >> Any opposed? Any

[35:37] abstensions? All right, the eyes have it and the

[35:41] motion is passed for ordinance number 26-002.

[35:47] Oh, wow. We kind of went right through those. Um, so there's twoformational

[35:53] packets in your review. I mean, in your Let me try this again. There's

[35:58] twoformational reports in your packets for to review. If you haven't already

[36:02] done so, please make sure to do that. um and reach out to any um departments

[36:09] if you have any questions on them. Is there any other business for good of the

[36:13] order? We are already down to um closing items.

[36:21] All right, seeing none, do we have a motion to conclude the meeting?

[36:27] » So moved. >> Thank you. That was for council member

[36:29] Bole. We have a motion to conclude the meeting. Is there a second?

[36:32] » Second. Council member Peterson second. If there's no objection, the meeting is

[36:37] concluded at 7:33 p.m. Thank you all very much. Appreciate it.

[36:52] » Okay, we're

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