[0:22] meeting to order. Do you have an
indication this evening?
[0:27] If not, we will move on to pledge of
allegiance. I pledge algiance to the
[0:33] flag of the United States of America and
to the republic for it stands one nation
[0:39] under God indivisible with liberty and
justice for all.
[0:48] » Do we have any changes to the agenda? M
[0:54] » make a motion to approve the agenda.
>> There's been a motion a second to
[0:57] approve the agenda. Is there any further
discussion? Seeing none. All those in
[1:01] favor say I. I.
>> All those opposed, same sign. Motion
[1:05] passes. We're now going to move into
public comments. This is a time where
[1:09] citizens are encouraged to speak
publicly. We request that you come to
[1:13] the podium and state your name and
address, speak respectfully, and limit
[1:16] your comments to three minutes. I'll
also add in here for public comments.
[1:19] There will be public hearings on two
items tonight. So, you're welcome to
[1:22] speak at that point in time as well. But
are there any public comments?
[1:30] Seeing none, we will move on to the
public hearing. The public hearing is
[1:35] now open for the 2027 budget and
exceeding revenue neutral rate. We'll
[1:41] open that up for explanation and then we
will we'll allow for comments.
[1:48] So
do the explanation. Um
[1:53] as presented we uh budgeted to maintain
our current mill which is at 48.780.
[2:00] That is an increase of the revenue
neutral rate but it is not an increase
[2:03] to the overall mill. Um one mill is
approximately $41,31
[2:18] questions on that. Okay. The public
hearing is open for
[2:24] um the 2027 budget and exceeding revenue
neutral rate. Are there any public
[2:29] comments?
[2:33] Just please come to the podium and state
your name and address.
[2:39] My name is Joe Striker and I live at
1312 Country Drive.
[2:44] U
I think I understand this. uh
[2:52] tax increase from the county that we
got.
[2:56] But from what I understand, it looks
here like the city is going up change
[3:01] with evaluation and mill levy of 9.36%.
Is that right?
[3:07] » The mill levy is not changing. Your
assessed value increased. Um and that
[3:12] and so the the the value of the mill
levy increased and so while we're not
[3:16] changing the mill levy, the amount is
different. I understand. But it's still
[3:19] the 9
>> 9.36%.
[3:23] Man, that's small.
>> But, uh, what the county done, they're
[3:27] they're staying even. They decreased
their mill levy up. I mean, there's
[3:32] there's 3%.
And the city is 9.36.
[3:38] Um,
and just I mean last year my taxes on my
[3:44] house.
I've lived there 30 years. Uh January
[3:49] 1st, January 7th, be 30 years. And I
went to the courthouse and got a stack
[3:56] of all my the last 20 years of of tax
records.
[4:03] And the last 20 years was $82,681.
[4:09] And the other 10 years is down in the
basement in the files somewhere. And
[4:14] what I done, I took an average
and come up with
[4:21] another 26,664.
[4:26] That lets me pay him 109,000
last year just in property tax since
[4:33] I've lived there and only paid 117 for
the house.
[4:38] So this next year I'm going to be paying
just almost as much for the houses
[4:45] or as much in tax pay for the house.
U
[4:51] back to the
6.9%
[4:57] 9.36%.
Uh
[5:02] inflation rate is 3.4 for 2026.
[5:07] U
Federal Reserve target for inflation is
[5:11] 2.0.
Social security went up three 3%.
[5:18] You got 30 seconds.
Uh
[5:26] what are we going to do when 23.3%
of third county population is on is over
[5:32] 65 and draw on social security and can't
make their house payments, can't make
[5:37] their can't pay their taxes. Where are
we going to put them? I know there's
[5:42] solutions for problems. There are no
solutions for complaints. I said that 30
[5:46] years ago when I was on the mission. I
still believe that. But I think there's
[5:50] there's always room for fluff and room
to cut. So anyway, I appreciate the job
[5:57] you've done.
We'll continue to do
[6:06] » there. Any further comments on the 2027
budget and exceeding revenue neutral
[6:10] rate?
[6:15] Are there any further comments?
Seeing none, this public hearing is
[6:21] closed. We'll move on to the public
hearing for 234 and 236 West 6th Street.
[6:27] Uh we'll start with an explanation. We
have Tim here. Okay. Well, it's the the
[6:34] Yeah. For the 234 and 236. Are there any
public comments?
[6:42] » Okay.
>> Three minutes. I'll tell you what it's
[6:46] important.
>> You get three minutes to begin with.
[6:49] Okay.
>> My name is Brian Straight. I'm the
[6:52] property owner of the building downtown.
Um wanted to give you a little bit of
[6:57] history on how we got to this point
here. Um on May 17th, I believe I got a
[7:03] call from him Jess and he uh was telling
me that he said I was in Salina and he
[7:11] says, "Brian, can you come down to your
building?" I said, 'Not right now.' I
[7:15] said, 'I got a pretty full day right
now.' I said, 'I'm in Salina and uh but
[7:19] I can reach you tomorrow. Why? What's
going on? He says, 'Well, he says, 'I
[7:23] got some big concerns about your
building. I said, oh. I said, what's
[7:27] your concern? He says, well, I think we
might have to uh shut it down. And I
[7:32] said, Tim, I don't think this is a
conversation you and I need to have. I
[7:37] think this is a conversation you need to
have the city attorney call me and I'll
[7:41] forward you on to it. a uh attorney of
my choice. He says, "Well," he says,
[7:47] "I'm I'm authorized on that." And I
said, "Man, you've been on this job for
[7:53] three and a half months. Are you
qualified to shut a building down and
[7:57] displace six people in a business?"
"Well, I I think so. I just got some
[8:02] good concerns." And I said, "I think
what we need to do is get an engineer on
[8:07] this and then determine what we need to
what we need to do from there.
[8:13] And I said, "Why don't you have the city
attorney give me a call and we'll go
[8:18] from there?"
You know, uh, we do need a engineer. And
[8:23] he kind of himhod back and forth. And
then finally he said,
[8:27] "Yeah, that's I I'll forward your your
concerns on to the attorney there, our
[8:33] city attorney." And said, "Okay." So
about 15 minutes pass and I head to uh I
[8:39] head to the hospital where my sister was
on life support and I get a phone call
[8:46] from one of my renters and they said,
"Brian, I got 24 hours to get out of my
[8:50] building or out of the this apartment."
And I said, "You're kidding me." And he
[8:55] says, "No." He says, "Guy came by,
knocked on the door, and gave us 24
[8:59] hours." And I said, "How in the world
are you supposed to do that in 24
[9:03] hours?" and he says,"I I I don't know."
So I tried calling Pin back and he
[9:08] didn't answer. I tried calling Amy Wang
and she was conveniently gone as well.
[9:14] So then I'm scrambling and the next day,
the next morning, I call 8:00 in the
[9:18] morning, I call for Tim, leave a
voicemail. Another one
[9:22] » I call uh Amy Lang and leave a
voicemail. And finally Tim calls me up
[9:28] and uh well I called him a couple times
about 11:00 Tim [clears throat] calls me
[9:32] up and I said hey can we meet now and he
says yeah we can let's meet down in the
[9:38] building. I said, "Okay,
>> you got 10 seconds for anyway." He uh so
[9:45] we talked and and he said, "Yeah, we do
need to get an engineer." Um
[9:50] » now your time is up.
[9:54] » Can we allow another three?
>> It's probably going to be on three, but
[9:58] » Okay. Anyway, so I meet up with him and
I I tell him I say, "Tim, run me
[10:04] actually before we met on the phone, I
said,"Tim, run me through how you come
[10:09] about shutting this building down. Take
me through the process." And he says,
[10:15] "Well, I walked down the alley and I
looked up. I seen the condition of the
[10:19] building and that's when I made that
decision." And I said, "So, let me I
[10:23] don't want to sound redundant, but let's
reiterate. You walked down there. You
[10:28] didn't physically inspect it. You looked
at it from the ground, looked up at it,
[10:32] and said, "Oh my, I'm going to do this."
I said, "We didn't get it. We didn't get
[10:37] an engineer. You didn't physically
inspect it, but off of your three and a
[10:42] half months on the job, you feel
qualified enough to displace six people
[10:46] in a business."
Uh,
[10:52] after a long pause. Yeah. And I said,
"Cause because this is going to come
[10:55] back up."
So I said, "We need to I I guess I need
[11:00] to get a engineer."
And uh he says, "I got an idea on that."
[11:06] He says, "Meet me down here." So I met
him down there and he told me about
[11:09] Scott Gails who is a former Concordia
resident and he was someone that
[11:15] architect one that that they were going
to get and and he was going to come look
[11:21] at it. And Tim told me he would be there
in a week or so to look at it. I said,
[11:26] "Okay." So, I sent Scott a message and
said, "Hey, I'm the owner of this
[11:30] property. Let me know what the deal is
on this here." Week goes by, two weeks
[11:35] go by, I don't hear anything. I send
Scott a message and he says, "Yeah, I've
[11:39] already been there. I've already talked
about that with the city." And I said,
[11:43] "Don't you think I would have been privy
to that? I mean, I am the property
[11:48] owner." So, I call up Amy Lang and leave
her several messages. Finally, I have
[11:55] enough of message leaving. So, I come
back down and I told Amy, I said, or she
[12:00] asked me, "Have you heard from anybody?"
I said, "No, I haven't." And well,
[12:05] neither are we. Neither are we. And I
said, "Amy, if we're going to get a
[12:09] resolution on this, we got to do two
things. We got to we got to communicate,
[12:14] you know, enough of this lying to me
that you haven't heard when you have
[12:19] heard. And when I call, I expect a
return phone call.
[12:24] » [clears throat]
>> Yeah, you're right. She says Tim uh Tim
[12:27] hasn't he's kind of dropped the ball on
that. I said, "Yeah, this is what I get
[12:31] back to of him not being, you know,
qualified to make this decision." So
[12:38] anyway, we uh so I end up meeting with
uh getting a copy of Scott's report and
[12:44] then he came into town and we discussed
that. We discussed his report and what
[12:48] he felt um needed done and then he gave
me a sales pitch on on redoing the
[12:54] building. Um I told Amy what Scott had
said. He had some concerns that the
[13:00] building the back of the building had
taken on some water at some time and
[13:04] that's what may have caused part of that
problem that there. Can I have another
[13:08] three minutes?
I
[13:13] I understand that there's a lot of
information that you're trying to convey
[13:16] and I appreciate uh what what you're
trying to convey. I think if we're going
[13:21] to continue to extend it, we really need
to get to the meat of the conversation
[13:24] which is building considered to be
>> un occup like that's why the concern was
[13:32] voiced that it's not safe for occupancy.
Right? So that's the the hearing. is
[13:38] that document according to the
engineer's report.
[13:41] » Did you hire that?
>> I did.
[13:43] » Okay. I haven't seen that report. And
also, I'm just going to ask you now
[13:46] since we're six minutes into this. Stop
insulting people. We usually stop.
[13:49] » I don't know if I can say. You insulted
Tim. So, I'm going to ask you to stop.
[13:53] Okay. Okay. Thanks.
>> Can I continue and discuss the report?
[13:59] » Please do.
>> Yeah. We'll have three more minutes,
[14:00] Brian, and then we'll
>> So, so anyway, I I contacted Call Valley
[14:05] Engineers. So I when I thought that the
architect 1's
[14:12] report was sufficient because Tim had
indicated that there uh that we could
[14:17] use them and then when I discussed that
with Amy and told her he has some
[14:23] concerns about the issue of the alley
that um the issue in the alley then it
[14:29] was well we need a structural engineer.
So then I hired Call Valley Engineering
[14:33] out of uh Junction City. They were hired
on July 30th and uh I tried getting a
[14:40] report. Uh finally about 5:00 yesterday,
I did receive a copy of that report. Um
[14:48] that report does state that
[14:57] the report says call valley engineers
opinion is that the structure is in
[15:01] condition where repair is a viable
solution especially considering the
[15:06] overall good condition of the observed
portions which represents the balance of
[15:10] the building. The condition of the walls
on the south end of the building
[15:13] required timely remediation to prevent
further deterioration and damage to the
[15:18] structure itself as well as surrounding
entities. So their engineers report does
[15:23] indicate that um that a repair is a
viable solution.
[15:29] » Okay.
>> Um
[15:33] I'd be happy to give you a copy of this
report here if uh need be. Brian, has
[15:38] that report been sent to our to Tim?
>> No, I just like I said, I got this last
[15:43] night.
>> Okay.
[15:44] » And uh
was not in in uh he's at a conference or
[15:51] something more important.
>> Thank you for your comments.
[15:55] » Okay. Did you want a copy of that?
>> Uh we will the city will require will
[15:59] need a copy of that. Um and it was you.
>> Okay.
[16:03] » Thank you.
Are there any further public comments on
[16:07] this hearing?
>> I just want to clarify something that
[16:11] Mr. Strait has repeatedly said that
people weren't returning phone calls.
[16:15] Mr. Strait had an attorney called uh
when an attorney calls and rep says that
[16:20] they're representing someone. They
cannot no one can communicate with Mr.
[16:24] Strait. We have to communicate with that
attorney. Mr. Strait continued to call.
[16:28] Um I don't know if his attorney did not
tell him that. when I attempted to call
[16:32] your attorney on numerous occasions, he
would not return my calls. Later then I
[16:35] found out that in fact maybe he wasn't
representing me. You had just called
[16:38] him. So that's why people weren't
returning your calls. You had an
[16:41] attorney contact us and we just can't do
that. And that's what I instructed.
[16:45] » The attorney would not contacted
until after the repeated uh non-turn.
[16:52] » Fair enough to to the point of the
public comments. Um
[16:56] » I just
>> I appreciate that
[16:58] » with what's being said, we need to
clarify some things. Appreciate that.
[17:02] » Okay. Are there any further public
comments on this hearing?
[17:07] » If not, we will close the public hearing
and move on to our action agenda, the
[17:11] minutes of the August 19th, 2026
meeting.
[17:16] » I move to approve the minutes of August
19th, 2026.
[17:22] » Second. There's been a motion, a second.
Is there any further discussion? I have
[17:26] um one thing for clarification. I I
spoke with at Charity Brown and it has
[17:32] her listed as a being reappointed and I
think that was how it was presented.
[17:36] She's never previously served on the
library board. Um so I just want to I
[17:40] guess clarify that as well.
>> Okay. [clears throat]
[17:48] There any further discussion?
>> See none. All those in favor say I.
[17:54] » All those opposed say sign. Motion
passes. Appropriation Ordinance number
[17:58] 16.
[18:02] » I move to approve appropriation
ordinance number 16. Second.
[18:06] » There's been a motion in a second. Is
there any further discussion?
[18:10] Seeing none, we'll move into a roll call
vote for appropriation ordinance number
[18:14] 16. We'll start with Commissioner
Jackson.
[18:25] for resolution
>> for the appropriation ordinance. Is that
[18:30] correct? That we do a roll call vote the
resolution for the resolution 2026.
[18:38] » We're appropriations.
>> Oh, okay. So, it's for the levy.
[18:44] » No. Right. So we're
so yeah it's been suggested recommended
[18:52] our inter city manager that with
ordinances moving forward that we make a
[18:56] roll call vote.
So we'll start with our roll call vote
[19:00] with uh Commissioner Jackson.
Your name
[19:05] » for resolution 2026
note for the appropriation
[19:09] » appropriation or okay sorry
[19:15] » I
and I'm an I.
[19:19] » Motion passes. Uh resolution 2026 2239
levy property tax rate for exceeding
[19:25] RNR.
We've had our explanation of this. Is
[19:29] there any further questions or
clarifications?
[19:33] » The only the only point of clarification
that I would offer uh was to the the
[19:37] gentleman who who spoke in public
comments. U I I do recognize that other
[19:42] baudies manage their u their budget in
their own uh conversations. I I I
[19:51] think that our city staff really have
worked pretty diligently to try to find
[19:55] and identify as much fluff as possible.
As a whole, while we have maintain our
[20:01] mil levy mo rate over the last several
years, I think we were one of the few
[20:06] governing bodies to have done so um and
and do appreciate the staff's work to do
[20:10] that. We're always looking to find
greater efficiencies. I don't think any
[20:14] of us enjoy paying more taxes than
anyone else. we all are property owners
[20:18] as well. But I do want to commend the
staff for doing whatever they can to try
[20:23] to limit to whatever degree possible uh
any increase in the taxation.
[20:36] And also as the amount for like um
example would be the the equipment
[20:42] reserve um is less going into this year
as well as the amount for
[20:51] the the sentiment that I generally had
is that uh at some point an organization
[20:55] can only become so lean before it starts
becoming weak. Uh and I I worry uh with
[21:01] certainly that that this everyone's
expenses have increased the cities have
[21:05] as well. We are already receiving a lot
of concerns about our difficulty in
[21:09] being able to maintain aspects and
infrastructure of our community and and
[21:14] so it's we're getting to a point where I
don't know how much more lean we can be
[21:18] before we really start experiencing some
fairly significant compromises to our
[21:22] overall
[21:29] » and further comments looking for a
motion. I would make a motion to approve
[21:35] uh resolution 2026 2239.
>> Second.
[21:40] » There's been a motion and a second. Is
there any further discussion?
[21:44] Seeing none, all those in favor say I.
>> All those opposed, same sign. Motion
[21:49] passes. 2027 budget.
[21:54] » I move to approve the 2027 budget.
>> Second.
[21:57] » There's been a motion, a second to
approve the 2027 budget. Is there any
[22:01] further discussion?
Seeing none, all those in favor say I.
[22:05] » I.
>> Those opposed, same sign. Motion passes.
[22:09] Moving on to resolution 2026 2240, the
condemnation of 234 and 236 West 6th
[22:15] Street.
>> One of those needed to be a roll call
[22:17] vote.
>> Uh, which one needed to be a roll call
[22:19] vote?
>> The resolution.
[22:21] » Okay. So, we're going to back up and go
back to the resolution 2026 2239. We had
[22:26] a motion in a second. We need to go move
forward with a roll call vote. We'll
[22:30] start with Commissioner Jackson.
>> Hi,
[22:32] » Commissioner Wberts.
>> Hi,
[22:34] » Commissioner Hash.
>> Hi,
[22:35] » Commissioner W.
>> Commissioner Hash. Yes.
[22:38] » I
motion passes.
[22:42] Uh, back to resolution 2026 2240, the
condemnation of 234 and 236 West 6. And
[22:49] for clarification, will this need a roll
call vote?
[22:54] » Got it.
[23:00] Is there any further clarification from
staff on the condemnation project?
[23:05] » Yeah, I'm not the code enforcement uh
guy, Tim. Uh but he did leave me the
[23:10] file, a number of pictures, and he did
leave me um
[23:15] information that was provided by the um
engineering firm architect one on that.
[23:21] And from what um he's recommending here
be given the um what you see from the
[23:27] outside um is that there are a couple of
concern major concerns. One is there are
[23:32] bricks and parts of building that are
literally falling off and that I think
[23:36] that's what got his attention originally
and there are some structural issues
[23:40] there. Again, I can't speak as an
engineer, but uh the concern there is
[23:45] that the building could uh collapse or
whatever parts of it. Again, I don't
[23:50] know if we're in danger of that
tomorrow. So, by passing this
[23:54] resolution, what what you're not doing
is condemning the building so it's
[23:58] knocked down in a week or something.
That's not what you're doing. So what it
[24:01] does is start a process uh the building
owner would be notified that has the
[24:07] option to either um remedy the situation
for repair in 30 days or uh knock down
[24:15] the building. So those are the two
things. So it start it really starts the
[24:19] clock ticking at that point. So there's
a 30-day window there. My understanding
[24:24] is this the building owner came back and
wanted to ask more time saying I've got
[24:28] a plan. I've got an engine. I've got,
you know, whatever it is, he come in and
[24:32] and ask for an extension or whatever
there. I don't think there's a hard and
[24:36] fast, you know, 30 days. It all has to
come at that point. So, you do have some
[24:41] flexibility in here and that's the
discretion of the governing body to do
[24:44] that. But I think what uh the code
enforcement office is doing is saying
[24:48] that um the situation is critical enough
where there needs to have this
[24:53] resolution, the process needs to start
moving forward. That's the conversation
[24:57] I've had with him. And I haven't seen an
a different engineering report yet to to
[25:02] counter that or whatever. So, there is a
possibility, I guess, that the building
[25:05] could be repaired. Um, and that's that'd
be great if it was, but if it isn't, it
[25:11] gives the governing body the um
discretion then to move forward with
[25:15] what they want to have done with the
building. And
[25:18] » so, for clarification, there has to be a
building permit submitted in the next 30
[25:22] days or proof that they're moving
forward. Okay.
[25:24] » Correct. And then uh if there's an
extension needed, an extension can be
[25:28] requested.
>> That's correct.
[25:30] » Okay.
>> So, this would be the beginning of a
[25:34] process. I mean, I know I know there's
been a lot of steps that uh you've heard
[25:38] about already to get to this point. So,
we're kind of I'm coming in the middle
[25:42] of the movie here, so to speak, but
we're we're not at the end of a process
[25:45] either. So, we want you to keep that in
mind. But, this forces the next step to
[25:50] happen. So yes, you'd have to apply for
a building permit and move forward when
[25:55] whatever plan uh would be developed for
this building.
[26:00] So that's where you're at right now.
[26:10] Other discussion commissioners on this
>> just simplifying that a building permit
[26:15] has to be uh obtained within 30 days,
>> correct? for repair or demolition.
[26:21] » Either one.
>> Either one. And then as long as forward
[26:24] progress is being made on the building,
then then the process continue.
[26:28] » That's correct. Yeah. So if if we're
demolition, it it would actually be a
[26:31] demolition permit. So you would repair a
building permit or a demolition permit.
[26:36] that and that's up to the property
[clears throat] to
[26:47] so I [clears throat]
[26:50] given that the engineers report was just
submitted to the property owner last
[26:55] evening
understanding that it'll probably take
[26:58] some time to be able to secure a
contractor that's able to do the
[27:02] necessary work uh to make the building
full or or safe.
[27:11] I would recommend extending period of
time for 60 days to submit a building or
[27:16] demolition permit.
>> So from 30 to 60 days.
[27:18] » Yes.
>> Okay.
[27:20] Is that a motion?
>> I would move to approve resolution 2026
[27:24] 224 allowing 60 days to commence repair
or removal.
[27:29] » Right.
>> Uh clarification 2240. Resolution 2240.
[27:35] » Yes. I'm not sure. It's a 2240.
>> Okay. There's a motion in a second to
[27:39] approve resolution 2026 2240 with the
amended time from 30 to 60 days. Is
[27:45] there any further discussion?
Seeing none, all those in favor say I.
[27:52] » All those opposed, same sign. Motion
passes.
[27:56] Next we have Lean Construction LC bid
and contract approval.
[28:02] He's
[28:12] watching the screen.
Uh both commissioners staff's requesting
[28:17] approval to move forward with two
concrete improvements. A valley gutter
[28:20] across 19th Street and the replacement
of the sidewalk on the north side of
[28:23] city hall. The valley gutter is needed
to provide proper drainage outlet
[28:28] [clears throat] for water that currently
collects along with south gutter line
[28:32] 19th street. The improvement will
establish a defined drainage path and
[28:37] help reduce standing water in that area.
The city hall sidewalk will be removed
[28:44] and replaced as part of the same
project. After receiving authorization
[28:48] from the commission to negotiate
directly with qualified contractor or
[28:52] the qual qualified contractor that
contacted three concrete contractors
[28:57] lame construction LLC submitted the only
proposal received totaling $41,30
[29:03] proposal included
21,500 for the 19th Street Valley gutter
[29:09] and $19,530
for the city city hall sidewalk
[29:14] construction is currently working as the
concrete subcontractors on the seventh
[29:18] street and Doster Street project and has
demonstrated the experience and ability
[29:22] to perform municipal concrete work.
Staff has also been satisfied with the
[29:27] contract performance on that project.
Funding is available through the city's
[29:32] capital improvement fund CIP including
funds previously designated for the city
[29:38] hall sidewalk project and available
funds for the Concordia Middle School
[29:42] sidewalk project.
Staff recommends approval of layman
[29:46] construction LLC proposal for $41,30 and
authorization of the city manager to
[29:52] execute the necessarily necessary
contract documents.
[30:03] Unfortunate that we didn't get any bids
and had to solicit bids, but um
[30:07] fortunate that we're able to see the
work that they're already doing here in
[30:11] town to to see the quality of the work
that they have. And it appears um that
[30:18] the prices are in line with the square
footage and linear footage of curb
[30:22] concrete works.
I would then have a move to approve the
[30:27] bid for Clayand Construction LLC in the
amount of $41,30 authorized for the city
[30:33] manager to execute the contract and any
necessary documents for the 19th Street
[30:37] Valley gutter and North City Hall
sidewalk improvements with payments to
[30:40] be made from available CIP funds.
>> Second motion, a second. Is there any
[30:47] further discussion?
>> Seeing none, all those in favor say I.
[30:52] All those opposed to sign motion passes.
Now move into reports. We have a manager
[30:58] report.
>> Don't have anything further to report.
[31:03] So
>> we'll move on to staff reports.
[31:14] » Excited to announce that uh 24 trees
were planted downtown. Um they were
[31:19] installed Monday and Tuesday of this
week.
[31:22] Um that leaves us with two remaining
trees left to plant of our 48 trees in
[31:27] the grant. Um the last two remaining
trees will reside at the new house
[31:32] subdivision once outside construction is
completed or further along. Um the
[31:37] street department has a day designated
during the week to water all three that
[31:42] we have on our radar.
Seventh Street and Doster curve is
[31:48] poured all the way to Cloud Street.
Tomorrow the intersection of Cloud
[31:51] Street and Seventh Street will be closed
and remain closed till next week as
[31:55] concrete crews work to frame it and pour
the valley gutters. Doer Street between
[32:00] seventh and 8th is in the process of
getting graded out, compacted to install
[32:05] fabric and face rock. So everything's
moving very fast.
[32:09] » Where are the apartments? Where where do
they have parking? They're parking on
[32:13] the side street of um 7th and on 8th.
>> Okay.
[32:17] » Um so we uh they're walking back and
forth to the construction zone, but um
[32:24] everybody's aware that that's their
solution for parking. So it's all
[32:29] working out. Um
yeah.
[32:34] » And while you're up there, are the trees
we plant are you planning the ones you
[32:40] were going to plant? Because somebody
told me, one of the guys plant them said
[32:46] they were cherry trees
>> where
[32:50] » I don't know.
>> Downtown. Yeah,
[32:52] » we didn't plant any cherry trees
downtown.
[32:54] » We It was the idea to to plant maybe
some Canada red cherry trees downtown,
[33:00] but um they get too big and even though
they're a beautiful tree, they just
[33:06] » Yeah,
>> it wouldn't work out down there. Not in
[33:08] that particular situation, but Well,
they were concerned about that.
[33:14] » So, as long as they aren't there,
>> no, there's no there's no canon red
[33:18] cherry trees down there. They're smaller
varieties, the tighter. So, yep. Any
[33:24] other questions about anything?
[33:34] » Uh, just to update you a little bit on
things going on at the fire station. Um
[33:38] so over the last two months we've been
doing an online course. The last two
[33:42] days we had a two-day full day of uh
inspector class. Um
[33:49] put it's putting a lot on the guys but
um I thought it was very important that
[33:54] hopefully going forward we won't have
situations with Michigan
[33:59] things will get caught much earlier when
we do our annual inspections. So
[34:05] important to push through that class. Um
even though the last two months have
[34:08] been our busiest two months um we've
ever had u felt it very important to
[34:14] kind of push the guys through. U we also
had a Farm Bureau safety day that we
[34:20] helped to um put on or not put on but uh
teach some classes at and I was glad to
[34:26] see that we were able to hand out all of
the I think we had 20 of our stop of
[34:30] week kits left from a grant they had
received a couple years ago. So we were
[34:35] able to give all those out. Um also, uh
University of Kansas Fire and Rescue
[34:41] Institute started a new program. It's
called Pathways. And this uh program is
[34:47] a an online uh fire one course with
regional hands-on sites that they do
[34:55] quarterly around the state. Um I am
pushing hard to try and be one of their
[35:00] regional hands-on sites. Um, by doing
this, uh, we're able to, uh, give that
[35:08] initial fire one course for all of our
people online, uh, without having to
[35:12] have any of our manpower to teach the
course. uh lessening some of the load on
[35:18] my guys for instructing
uh putting it on KU uh with a excellent
[35:24] platform that they use online and then
also those people coming around to teach
[35:28] the hands-on courses that uh my guys
would be able to partake in not just the
[35:33] ones in the class but everybody uh to
get our training hours. Um no facilities
[35:39] needed. All we have to do is provide a
bumper truck and a lot or parking lot
[35:45] for them to set up on. So pushing hard
for that. Hopefully we can become a
[35:50] regional site for that.
All I got.
[35:59] » Sorry, I'm chief. So you guys get me
tonight.
[36:03] » Um he's working at the family farm
tonight. So I'm going to fill in for
[36:06] him. Uh kind of mirrored off what the
fire chief says. We pulled some total
[36:10] calls off from our 911 center last
month. Um for August, the 911 center
[36:15] received 2,199 calls for service. That's
emergency and non-emergency.
[36:21] Um that's up 347 calls from last last
year. Uh and the police department, our
[36:28] patrol officer responded to 698 calls
for service, which is almost 50 more uh
[36:34] than it was last year. So, just kind of
what John said, a growing trend on our
[36:38] calls for service is definitely
increasing. Um, and a touch base at the
[36:42] end of September, Sergeant Robinson's
going to be uh going to a pretty
[36:46] intensive firearms training to become a
range master. So, the police department
[36:51] will then have their own instructor at
the firearms training center.
[36:55] » So, there um could you talk about what
the you know what the general calls are
[37:02] about? I mean, is there a a theme or
recurring a couple themes?
[37:06] » A lot of our calls right now are more
when you say informational people like
[37:10] I'm going on vacation. Can you It's not
a lot of it's not emergency. Um I think
[37:16] uh our dispatcher says 30% of our 911
calls right now are 91 hang-ups. Um of
[37:23] pocket dials that they have to they're
required to call back and if no one
[37:26] answers, we required us or the sheriff's
department have to respond to make sure
[37:30] everything's okay. Uh and the other
thing we're seeing a significant
[37:34] increase on people calling in welfare
checks on people here in the community
[37:38] that we are required by law to respond
to.
[37:42] » Thank you.
[37:46] Any other staff reports?
[37:51] » We'll move into mayor commissioner
reports. We'll start. Oh gosh.
[37:59] » I did go out and uh took a look at the
uh construction on
[38:05] uh east seventh street. Looks lovely.
I'm really impressed. I was I'm very
[38:11] happy with the way that's looking around
our school.
[38:15] » Worth the wait, I guess.
[38:21] uh just appreciate everyone's patience
as we um I think honestly I feel very
[38:26] proud I think that the city usually has
one of the most wellorganized and
[38:30] well-run meetings so it's always neat
opportunity to continue to refine that
[38:34] process so I appreciate people
[38:44] okay I don't have any comments as well
so at This time we'll move into
[38:48] executive session for non-elected
personnel.
[38:52] » Yeah. I move the city commission recess
into executive session to discuss
[38:56] employment personnel issues for the
non-elected personnel matter exception
[38:59] KSA 7543191.
Then our city manager and leaps
[39:04] representative John Deorf in attendance
and reconvene in the city commission
[39:08] chamber at 6:30 p.m.
>> A motion a second to go into executive
[39:15] session. All those in favor say I. I all
those opposed same sign motion That's
[39:33] perfect.
[39:45] Ready?
[39:53] You ready to come out of retirement?
>> Sure.
[39:56] » All right.
>> You have to pay pretty good. I can pay
[40:00] for you.
>> What everybody keeps telling these guys.
[40:04] They just don't listen.
[40:23] No action is taken. I would entertain a
motion to adjurnn.
[40:28] » Second.
>> There's a motion and second to adjurnn.
[40:30] Is there any further discussion? See
none. All those in favor say I. I. All
[40:34] those opposed signs. We are adjourned.
Run
[40:44] away. I need your