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Okay, good evening. I'd like to welcome
everybody to the July 14th, 2026
City of Detroit City Council
race session
as 6:31
p.m.
Um
Can I call?
>> Councilor Tezdahl
>> Here.
>> Councilor Smith
>> Present.
>> Councilor Neilson
>> Present.
>> Councilor O'Donnell
>> Present.
>> Councilor McCall
>> Present.
>> Mayor Page
>> Present.
>> Pledge of Allegiance.
» I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.
» Thank you. Uh
Approval of the agenda. Do I have a
motion?
>> So moved.
>> Second.
>> Do you want to
>> All those in favor?
>> I.
>> Did Did you want to add this?
That you just brought the copy in?
>> Yeah.
>> I'm going to slide that in in um
I think my mayor's report probably.
>> Okay.
>> Thank you.
Uh
special orders business. We have two
people tonight. First up is Santiam
Service Integration presentation, Kim
Dwyer.
» You have to turn that thing on.
» Yeah, I think
Um well, we should be able to get it up
on the screen.
There we go.
Well, don't talk.
>> Yeah.
>> No.
Don't jinx us.
Okay.
>> have to move it forward. That's another
story.
>> Ready? Okay. All right, thank you for
having me tonight. Again, my name is Kim
Dwyer. I am the Santiam Service
Integration Coordinator, which is a
program of Santiam Hospital and Clinics.
Um
this spring I was deciding, you know, it
would be a good thing to do a little
city council road trip. And so you're my
second stop on this road trip. I just
want to make sure our councilors know
what's happening in our program and
what's happening in the community. Um
and that what we're seeing from our
lens. So we can go forward.
All right, so what is service
integration? So how many of you have
heard of service integration?
One, two.
Okay, great. Uh service integration is a
program that is approaching its 30th
year. Um it actually started in Polk
County in 1997.
In 2017, Santiam Hospital decided to
bring the this program over to our East
Marion County uh communities to help uh
provide that local support. So, service
integration is a collaboration in the
Santiam area with five school districts,
over 200 partnering agencies. It focuses
on integration, collaboration, and most
important to me is building
relationships to those folks around the
table. Um it's easier when folks know
who's around the table, who's at each
agency they can call Mayor Paige. They
know him.
I can text Mayor Paige now and be like,
"Hey, what's going on with this?" You
know.
And so those are the relationships that
we want to foster with those partners
around the table. I will talk about
who's around the table here in a little
bit, but it just makes working with
households in the community with
different barriers and needs easier to
do.
Uh forward.
And so who makes up the service
integration team? So, we've got the
backbone agency, which in our situation
is going to be Santiam Hospital and
Clinics. In Polk County, as I mentioned,
they started the program, Polk County is
their backbone agency. So, that backbone
agency employs that full-time service
integration coordinator, which is
myself.
They hold the office space, they pay for
all the office supplies, and they they
make sure the program is is up and
running. The other members of the team
include government agencies, the school
districts, uh faith community,
nonprofits, just about anybody that
wants to be around the table to safety
net a community, their community can be
there.
Um I tend to have coffee with a lot of
my partners, just making sure that they
understand the program, is everything
going okay for them, do they have any
questions, um and again, building those
relationships. And next.
So, where are our teams? Again, we have
the five teams. Um my tagline is we
serve Turner to Idanha, Sublimity to
Scio, and Jefferson.
Uh so, we've got uh the North Santiam
team, which serves that North Santiam
school district area, so Stayton
Sublimity Lions, Mehama. We have a Scio
team, which encompasses again that
school district of Scio.
Uh, Jefferson started last September, so
that's a newer team for us. We've got
the Cascade team, which serves Turner,
uh, Marion and Aumsville, and then
finally we have our Santiam Canyon team,
which serves Mill City to Idanha. And
although I I talk about a school
district catchment area, it's just a
geographical boundary to, um, say all of
the households in that area. So it's
cradle to grave, anyone in that
geographic location.
Any questions so far?
Okay.
All right, how do the teams operate?
Well, with the five teams, each team
operates independently.
So we really want, um, that local
flare, that local flavor. We want
members of the local community attending
these meetings. We do have a lot of
Salem employees of the state, of the
county that attend uh, one or multiple
meetings, but we want that local
representation because you guys are the
are in the know. You know what's
happening in the community. Um,
we have a lot of communities that
attend, and a lot often they are the
boots on the ground. They They are the
ones that are that hear from their
neighbors what those community needs
are.
Um, they're responding to the local
needs. Each team has a pot of funds, um,
so that team is allocating funds to
those local needs. And then again, the
local, uh, resources, talking about food
pantries, talking about what's going on
in the faith community, with the church
activities. It's all localized. So, um,
we do have situations where all five
teams or, uh, two or three of the teams
will work together. I don't know if you
guys remember when we had, um, the
formula crisis a couple years ago, where
it was really difficult uh, to make
formula or find formula. So, uh, Uh, the
four teams at the time contributed funds
together to purchase grocery cards and
gas cards so that households that were
having to drive to multiple locations
uh, could do that and they could find
formula. We help distribute formula to
various communities as well so it was
easier to get to.
Next.
Uh, what types of needs do we support?
urgent needs which are going
to be like your um, eviction notices,
your power shut offs, um, things that
are really urgent in nature that we need
to get taken care of. We support basic
needs like food, clothing, hygiene,
durable medical equipment,
prescriptions,
um,
just about anything uh, that you can
think of. Transportation needs. So,
we're one of the only resources around
that will help with auto repairs. Um, a
lot of uh, different nonprofits and
organizations, community action, uh,
Salvation Army, they just don't cover
transportation costs and we're able to
do that with our flexible funding. Uh,
community development. So, we'll help
different partners with outreach
programs. We have a uh, back to school
uh, help and resource for happening for
Santiam Canyon on August 12th. There's
my plug. Um,
and we're helping fund that with uh,
back to school backpacks and school
supplies for kiddos in this district.
Uh, and then education. So, if there are
classes, tuition, extracurricular
activities, um, music lessons, anything
again, it can be for kids, it can be for
seniors, it can be for anybody.
Um, those are the kind of the things
that we fund. What we don't fund would
be like anything related to court costs.
So, um, fines, fees, any uh, custody,
divorce types of situations, we don't
cover that.
So, what is the service integration
model? In order to be called service
integration,
um, both Polk County and Santiam agree
that we're going to follow this model.
And so,
um, a lot of people think you're just
going to call Kim Dwyer and she's going
to fix your problem. Well, not
necessarily. I can help, but really
those folks around the table are going
to be the ones working with those
households in need. So again,
from zero to however old, they are going
to be the ones working with that
household. So
I'm going to use for example family
building blocks. They're working with a
household living in Edina.
They've identified a need
that maybe there's something wrong with
the the water in the home. Like that the
pipes need repair or they need an
inspection of some kind. That family
building block home visitor is going to
ask additional questions not just about
the water, but what other resources are
you connected to? That that home visitor
is then going to work with the partners
around the table to see, "Hey, what
other needs can we help? You know, what
can we connect that household to
that they have identified?"
A lot of times there's no one else to
help with the water situation like that.
So that home visitor might call me and
say, "Hey, what do you think about
this?" And I'll I'll go through my
Rolodex and see what I can come up with.
And if there is a need, maybe it's a
$500 inspection cost that we need to
figure out what's going on first.
We can look at a service integration
funding request as long as all the other
resources have been exhausted.
And that would entail that partner again
staffing that situation at a team
meeting. The team gets to ask questions
and brainstorm different solutions. Once
the team is comfortable that this is a
good request, I'm going to go ahead and
type it up, send it out, and the team
votes. So I don't I don't decide where
the money goes. The team that local team
decides if that money is being spent on
that household or not.
And that's again part of the vetting. I
A lot of my job is vetting those
requests that come in. I need to make
sure that those folks that are donating
money to our program, um that trust me
with their dollars, that I'm doing a
good job and I'm asking all the hard
questions. Again, the shared
decision-making with a team vote, and
then um sustainability is a huge piece
of that funding also. We want to make
sure
um
again, one-time expenses are a little
easier to explain sustainability, right?
It's just a one-time expense, but if
it's rent, utilities, we want to make
sure that that household um has
something lined up that they are going
to be able to make that payment the
following month.
Next.
So, how is this program funded? Uh the
backbone agency uh covers the
coordinator's salary, so um that's that
piece of it. The backbone agency, so the
hospital and the school district also
cover what we call the team funds. So,
each of the five teams has a pot of
funds
uh that that team um is able to spend
and approve. Uh for
three of the teams, they have $8,000
that they start with each fiscal year.
Uh one of the teams has 5,000, one has
10,000. And those are kind of all
determined by the team and the school
district, like how much they're wanting
to contribute,
and that have been established um
annually since then. Those funds don't
expire, they just roll over into the
next year. I don't ask um the partners
for funds each year. It's however much
it takes us to get back to that $8,000
mark.
Um we have neighbor-to-neighbor funds,
and each team has a a pot of
neighbor-to-neighbor funds, and those
are just community donations that come
in. We also um are awarded different
grants. Detroit Lake Foundation awarded
us a grant that we've been able to
utilize uh with the San Ysidro Canyon
team. And then uh leveraged funds. So,
again, neighbor-to-neighbor, the grants
are all leveraged funds, but again, our
partners, so Salvation Army, St. Vincent
de Paul, Family Promise, list goes on.
Uh those are all what we consider
leveraged funds.
Next.
So,
this last fiscal year, I'm working on
the reports for that, and so our impact
statement is that we were able to serve
over 2,400 individuals this last year.
That is in addition to any kind of
funding request that includes the
warming center that we run in the
winter. That includes
Sit Mobile when it was reactivated in
the fall when SNAP benefits were cut.
So, we had 530 individuals come through
our doors seeking grocery and food
assistance during that time.
We spent over $16,000
over between the five teams and
leveraged about $143,000.
So, my my assistant says it's 1 to 10
times as far as leveraging goes. So,
every one service integration dollar,
it's about 10 leveraged dollars.
Next.
Baby.
There you go.
You can go to the next one. So, I wanted
to focus a little bit
in-depth on the Santiam Canyon community
team.
Our fiscal team support for that team
comes from again the Santiam Canyon
School District. So, they're helping
with that that team fund. We also get
donations from the Mill City Lions Club,
Mill City Presbyterian, Detroit Lake
Foundation, and various private
community members that donate to us. We
are a nonprofit and we do issue tax
receipts if if that you know, is a need
for them.
Our meetings are the fourth Tuesday of
the month at 10:30 at the Gates Fire
Hall.
We run September through June. So, right
now we're on a a break from the
meetings. Anisa Bosch, who's the program
assistant, and I do work year-round. So,
we're still there working with our
partners.
Again, this team does start with $8,000
and the funds do not expire.
And then we focus on those local
supports, trainings, and resources. So,
um I'm just trying to think, you know,
when we have public safety power
shut-offs, when we have different water
issues with Detroit, when we have
different things come up, um I tend to
stick my nose in there and try to see
what we can do to help, whether people
want it or not. So,
um right now, you know, we're working
with um
uh some stakeholders on the Detroit
drawdown. I know that's a big thing
that's happening, and so um just trying
to see what we can do, whether it's just
providing education to the community
with a one-pager, like, "What does this
mean for you?" It's a It can be for all
of us um
that sit around meetings, a lot of
documents, a lot lot of stuff to go
through, but a one-pager would be nice
just to share, and so we're trying to
make that happen.
Next.
Uh again, our focus with CSD is housing
stability. We want to support during uh
medical crises, so maybe someone broke
their arm, not they're not able to go to
work for a certain period of time, paid
leave Oregon is exhausted, and they just
need help with a month of rent, um and
that is something we're able to do.
Uh we pride ourselves on bridging gaps
that come up for households. And again,
we're here to support all households.
It's not based on income, it's not based
on family dynamics, it's not based on
housing status. It could be any of us at
any time that needs assistance, and
that's what we're here for.
Next.
And so then for the CSD Canyon, uh this
team spent $3,250
this last year. We leveraged over
$20,000.
We had 16 funding requests come in that
served 128 individuals.
Uh and that is broken down. I think I
have the next slide, uh 11 urgent
requests, three basic requests, and two
transportations. You can go to the next
one.
And that just shows most of the needs
are going to be urgent. They're those
rent utilities shut offs that are
happening.
And then I have uh yep, next slide.
Uh the real example I provided to uh
council tonight is just we had a widower
that um spouse had passed. Uh she
happened to be
uh a collector of a lot of things, and
so his health was not great. Uh he
needed a dumpster, was living on a fixed
income, not able to afford the dumpster.
He had a community health healthcare
worker from the hospital assigned to
him, and she was helping kind of triage
like what what do we need to do? And so
that service integration team was able
to approve getting him a dumpster. His
family was there to support with, you
know, taking things out. Think we even
had some community members show up and
help with that unloading of the home,
and then he transitioned into a smaller
space that was able to kind of morph
with his lifestyle at that point.
And then next. How to get involved, you
might ask. So you can join the email
list. All you have to do is email me,
and I'll put you on there. We've got two
email lists. We've got a master list,
which is usually one email a month, and
then we have uh the team email. With the
team email, you're going to see all
those funding requests that come
through. So you get to read about those
local needs that are happening. You can
always attend a team meeting. Again,
those start in September. And then you know, the last one is supporting the
work. So participation,
uh financial donations, or volunteering
as things come up.
And then again, we're just a tiny little
uh cog in the whole system, but I like
to think that we make a big impact on
our communities that need us, and and
that we're there when they do need us.
So, that's That's I have.
>> Yes.
>> Are those meetings on Zoom like they
used to be?
>> They're not. Uh they were during COVID
and they're not because we focus on that
building relationships around the table,
which I know prevents barriers with, you
know, not everybody's able to get there,
but it
um there's so much magic that happens
before and after the meeting with folks
just connecting. So.
>> I used to randomly sit in on those um
after the fire and it was fun to see all
the people come in with what they had to
offer the community from, you know,
um fire protection
funds and
just glasses, you know, if your glasses
burned up in the fire, like it was
>> Yeah.
>> It was good because it wasn't
governmental, so it was more it was
swift and you guys did a good job. It
was fun to sit in on those meetings.
>> It's still fun. You should come back.
» Does your Does your model do any kind of
fundraising or
any
type
events like that?
>> You know, we've had a couple bingo
nights at Snow Peak in Stayton, uh but
other than that, we haven't done it in a
couple of years. Uh
we really don't want to compete with
other, you know, nonprofits or
organizations that are fundraising and
so we we just haven't.
>> Okay.
>> Do you have If you have ideas, I'm happy
to
>> I always got ideas.
>> Okay, great. Let's Let's talk.
Anything else?
» Kim, thank you.
>> You're welcome.
>> your organization is great. I'm not sure
where the Santiam Canyon would be
without what you guys do.
>> Thank you.
>> It's
wonderful work.
So, thank you and we appreciate you
being part of our area and what you're
doing.
>> Yeah, thank you for having us.
>> Anytime.
>> Thank you for reminding us you're here.
>> Yeah.
>> And still working.
>> here. Yeah. We're going on year 10, so
we'll see what we've got for you next
year.
Thank you.
Yeah.
>> Danny Neilson, um
what would your expectation be for the
city council?
>> Mhm.
Ooh, that's that's a tough question. So,
I I mean and I'll just put this out
here. I do have city councilors that
come to the team meetings.
Um I do have mayors that come, but also
I think it looks different in each
community, right? It's It's going to be
different. This This community is a lot
more spread out than the other
communities that we have. Um I think at
least uh
maybe being on the email list and if you
see something, then there's some input
you or if you have cuz I don't know
everything. And so if there's something
that you can think of that that isn't in
a funding request, it's always good
feedback for me or if you have
things I haven't thought of. I think it
the more people we have eyes looking on
this stuff. I try to do a really good
job vetting, but um I can always use,
you know, more feedback. So, I think
that's one. Um if you guys need me or
need service integration, let us know.
Um you know, we try to I try to get up
here personally. Uh my in-laws have a
lot up in Myer, so I have some personal
interest in the community. I try to be
here for the Detroit fishing derby and
the 4th of July and different events
that I can get into to volunteer, but um
if there's other things that you can
think of um I know when uh Mayor Tratt
was here, we had some ideas that maybe
it'd be nice to get a physician
assistant up here to do some, you know,
just basic um
you know, blood pressure checks and that
kind of stuff. But if there other things
that you guys can think of that we can
do, please let me know. But I think at
the minimum email list would be great,
Danny.
>> I have a lot of questions.
Maybe not
belong here, but I can't help.
How's the merger going?
>> That That's a good question.
So,
um there is an email address that you
can email. It's news@santiamhospital.org
for for detailed questions or questions
that you might have about that. I did
write down they're doing a Your Voice
Matters right now. So, um if you have
feedback to give to the Oregon Health
Authority,
uh the email address for your opinion is
hcmaryo.info@oha.oregon.gov.
And that is my comment on that.
>> Clearly Clearly you've been well
rehearsed in that question and your
answer.
Um
were you guys a pretty good driving
force with the pharmacy coming to Mill
City?
>> I'd like to think that there was some
good feedback. I think the partnerships
we've had, uh you know, we have a clinic
in Mill City and I think they've heard
quite a bit about, you know, patients
needing to be able to pick up. But,
um
having to give folks patients gas cards
to get to Stayton, I think that's been
data that we've shown and just hearing
from patients not being able to get
their medication. So, we're really
excited for the pharmacy looking at
opening in September, I believe.
>> No, I think it's great.
>> And there's ATM still there.
» I might mention there's been uh a
Saturday market going on uh in Detroit
at different times and I know it's, you
know, all of your team is a lot of
volunteer people and uh it's so hard to
get them in so many different places.
But, if they got an opportunity to throw
a pop-up tent up, come up on one of
those Saturday events, there's a lot of
people coming through there. It would It could be potentially I mean, maybe
more so than like one of the concert
events, something Saturday mornings when
people are look walking around looking
at stuff, buying fresh produce.
>> Yeah.
>> Uh
I think there's one coming up during the
Scotty Alexander concert. Is there
There's Yeah, the the the next two
Saturdays. Love to have your integra-
what some of your integration team, some
intel here, um pushing it out to the
community.
>> Who's the best person to
>> She's sitting in the back row back
there.
>> Sounds good.
I will grab her contact information. I
know that um our team will be at the
Idanha Mountain Festival this this
weekend. Yep.
>> So, uh maybe that following weekend we
can look at something. Yeah.
>> Great.
>> Awesome.
>> Yeah. Love to see you guys. You do a
great job. Thank you so much.
>> I appreciate it. You have my email, so
let me know if there's questions.
>> Oh, we'll fire some stuff off.
Okay, next up, Jen Courtney Place.
Try and get you guys out of here before
you have to listen to the boring stuff.
>> Big thanks.
Good evening. I'm Jen Benevidas. I'm
actually not anything to do with
Courtney Place besides I needed a crew
to go fishing with one year.
So,
um I'm a Salem native and grew up
Should I be closer to this?
Grew up coming up to Detroit with my
grandfather who is a veteran.
Uh my other grandfather uh
passed away. He was the first B-52
engine jet mechanic in Germany
and uh was overseas with my grandmother
who was pregnant with my father at the
time.
And they cut his lines because he was
smart. So, she came home pregnant with
toddlers and her husband in a casket.
>> Mhm.
>> So, veterans hold a very special spot in
my heart, especially watching my
grandmother and my family grow up um
missing him, one.
Uh later on, fast forward, I fell in
love with my high school sweetheart who
um was on the walk up to Baghdad. And um
is severely mentally, physically damaged
from his time. Um and so, just giving
back to the community is huge in in
numerous ways that I do, but this is my
favorite one of all
uh because getting out on the water and
a fishing trip is just there's nothing
else about it besides
tying lines and catching fish and
sweating and drinking some beer and some
soda and shooting the Did I say
that in here? I'm
And pizza.
So, the first year when I put it
together, I I didn't even think about
sponsorships. I didn't think about
anything like that. I I funded it
myself. I had a few friends that were
like, "Hey, let me help." And so, we met
up at um Sportsman's Warehouse and got
some gear and we all came up and went
and fishing and got one pontoon boat.
And this last year, Andrew uh made an
ask to somebody and before I know it, a
really sweet lady by the name of Candy,
I believe it's your wife,
started blowing me up left and right.
She's amazing. Between her and um
Elizabeth Smith,
I um my heart was just overcome with
emotion and so much that I could cry
right now because it was just something
that I wanted to do with a bunch of
guys. Um so, from the bottom of my
heart, I'm here today to thank you for
supporting
uh Courtney's Place second annual
fishing trip on June 26th. Um we look to
continue doing it the Friday before the
4th of July going forward. Thank you
Captain 1 2 I don't even know your guys'
names you just showed up and started
driving boats. So, thank you for that
and thank you for your service.
Um
like I said,
what this has meant to these veterans I
can report back that even though DJ who
is my high school sweetheart wasn't is
not part of Courtney's Place. I've
offered this up to other folks. DJ came
out last year. He was lost didn't know
what to do. He sat with me and he was
like, "What what can I be doing?" I
said, "Just get involved. Get involved
in your community whether it's a board,
it's a committee, it's giving back. It's
going to start to fill your cup." DJ now
is the head of the VHW in Salem.
His life is completely turned around and
sitting on the boat this this second
term he was just digging into veterans
trying to pull them out of their shells.
Um Kaiser we did the golden gold star. I
don't know if you guys are aware of the
gold star memorial that we put up in
Kaiser this year. Um he was there, you
know, fully decked out with all his
people and so it's just amazing to see.
That's one of four out of 12 originals
that went on to do other things and I
like to share a couple about those other
the other three. I don't know how much
time I have but um
>> You've got the floor.
>> Okay. So, uh another one I love to share
about is is Gil. I think he uh Jerrell.
I think he was on your boat. Jerrell is
a hoot. I um was able to do
from the fishing I started taking the
boys to other things in town because
they just needed to do things, right?
So, we got in contact with the Salem
Capitals and hosted a veterans night um
where we brought the veterans out they
got to be down on the floor watch
basketball and just everything
basketball. And from that uh Jerrell
connected with Jason Conrad and became a
volunteer and is literally the parking
lot attendant taking the $5 parking
every game and is there probably one of
the last people every night after every
game cleaning up after everyone that
comes to the games. And Jerrell is
so fulfilled with that. He has won um so
much so that I got to give him a
basketball this year as volunteer of the year for the Capitals. So, that was
huge. Uh another one is
Oh, Mr. Stevens. He has a dog and he's
slightly intoxicated probably 90% of the
time. Yeah.
he
Um he got uh integrated with a
foundation um a horse foundation that is
out of
uh Rick Real. It's um Acres of Hope. I
don't know if you guys have ever done
anything with them before, but they uh
raise funds and have uh horses for
children that are going through issues
with social anxiety, mental illness. Um
they do great fund raisers every year
and Steve's out there scooping poop
probably three to five times a week just
to help with horses. And the final one
happened this last weekend at um we have
uh
a guy that loves baseball. So, we took
the boys to
uh the Berries. Is it It's a new game.
Who's the new team? Is it Marion
Berries? Excuse me, yes, Marion Berries.
Uh we took them to the game this
I think weekend or two ago and um
Vincent got to throw a ball. He Vincent
didn't come fishing. He wasn't a fishing
guy. However, I would like to report I
did have a guy in my boat that last year
stayed on the shore and this year he
actually came out on the boat and he had
so much fun and he caught so many fish.
So, finishing with Vincent, he is now
volunteering for Marion Berries. So, the
comradery that comes from one fishing
trip, just believing in one exercise or
doing something or even just stepping
out of your comfort zone can help so
many others. So,
I'm here just to personally thank you
for
reaching out and supporting our trip and
I know that um
the Detroit Lake Foundation is asked to
do this continuously and grow it bigger,
and I know I will probably be out of the
scene eventually, and maybe just be one
of the people on the boat, but take it,
run with it, do it. These people need
it, so
on behalf of Courtney's Place,
we wanted to bring you a card signed by
the vets and a couple pictures from our
event. And thank you.
>> I bet you won't be out of it.
>> Oh.
No. No, no, no, no. I mean, I don't know
how many lines I had to tie, but I I If
I just show up and tie lines, that's
what I want to be doing.
>> Sure.
>> So, I don't know who I give these to.
» We never got to meet.
Oh, my word.
You're welcome. When I heard you were
here, I had to come over and say hi.
Yes. I'm so happy. It was a wonderful.
But, let's go put them in front. Come
on.
Let's go put them up.
>> Come on.
>> You uh We are lucky that you were not
scared off by her and Elizabeth, because
let me tell you something.
Uh
they they can be a little scary.
» Bring your passes right here on City
Council.
There was so much going on that I only
remember the two, and I apologize.
>> Bill.
>> No, it was not.
>> Yes, it was me and
>> Bill was not the one
>> Oh, okay.
>> Oh.
>> You too.
>> Yes, everyone who sponsored. Thank you
for the treats. They were delicious. I
think we were all too excited to even
realize how much was in those That most
But, they took it all home.
>> Yeah.
>> So, thank you for that.
>> Thanks a lot.
» Okay.
» Moving along, committee reports. This
time is set aside for committees
established by law, ordinance, or other
authority to report to the city council
on committee's ongoing work.
I don't think we've got any committee
reports right now.
Well, we probably don't have any
committees right now. Okay.
Resolutions, orders, and administrative
action. Authorize
of intent to award distribution system
improvements and mayor to sign contract
Mesa excavation and construction
Michelle Connor.
>> Yeah, so this is
um
we put out to bid um to do some
work on our distribution system.
Originally, we were going to try to do
Cluster and Humbug. Um and so
after looking at our what funds we had
left, uh we had to
uh
not do Humbug. We're just going to do
Cluster. So, um
I you guys should have got the bid at
the comparison.
Uh Matt just got that to me this
afternoon. But, um so we're just doing
in the middle of the page under Mesa
Excavation, uh they were the lowest
bidder um at Sorry, 231
994. Um so, uh we would like
authorization to award them
the contract.
>> Do I have a motion?
>> So moved.
>> Second.
» Uh
Recorder, call the vote.
» Councilor Teasdale?
>> I.
>> Councilor Smith?
>> I.
>> Councilor Nielsen?
>> I.
>> Councilor O'Donnell?
>> I.
>> Councilor McCall?
>> I.
>> And uh Mayor Page.
>> I.
Motion passes.
>> Yeah.
>> Um
authorization for DLF to close Patent
Street for Santiam Music Festival.
Michelle Connor.
>> Um yeah, so Detroit Lake Foundation has
requested again to close Patent like we
did for 4th of July. Um I think that
is a good idea.
>> Do we have a motion?
>> So moved.
>> Second.
>> Recorder, call the vote.
>> Councilor Teuscher, I. Councilor Smith,
>> I.
>> Councilor Neilson,
>> I.
>> Councilor O'Donnell,
>> I.
>> Councilor McCall,
>> I.
>> Mayor Page,
>> I. I apologize on the last two of those
I didn't call for discussion. So, if
anybody's got discussion,
but it didn't seem like we did. Do you
have discussion?
>> No, but I just have a comment that it
worked out really good. I was glad that
it happened that the road got closed off
on 4th of July.
>> So, I apologize for not following the
proper rules of order and asking for
discussion.
Um
ordinance 278
ATV, golf carts, et cetera.
Discussion.
Councilor Smith.
>> Thank you, Mayor.
Um
so going through our ordinance officers'
notes the last
I'll say 2 months,
um
by far
the our biggest problem that we're
facing right now are e-scooters and
e-bikes.
And it's not just a
hazard as kids falling off them. We're
talking
people almost getting ran over by them.
Um I guess these things, and I'm just
learning this a little bit myself, you
can have these things chipped and or
programmed to do 40 miles an hour.
Um I'm not asking for anything right
now, but what I'm asking for is as the
season is dwindling down quicker than we
thought
and hoped. Um
we are going to have to have this
discussion, and it's going to be a hard
discussion uh even with Marion County
Sheriffs. Um
nobody's quite sure how this falls into
things.
And in order for our ordinance officer
to be able to
help enforce it, it's going to have to
be it's going to have to be some kind of
ordinance. As
I'd love to say I never thought this
would happen.
Well, I really didn't, but
here we are. I mean, I I can tell you
during the parade
I almost got hit by a guy in the parade
trying to pass
the parade car in front of him.
So, it is a a
situation that we're going to have to
deal with by next
spring.
So.
Yes, I am concluded. Mr. Nelson.
>> Thank you, Counselor Smith. I'm just
curious, have other cities had to
address this, and if they have, perhaps
we could
uh as an intervener
grab the information that they have
relative to an ordinance that has
worked.
>> That's an interesting question. I will
tell you that the state law just lowered
the driving age of those to 14, and that
just happened.
Uh they can't enforce it yet, but they
can start enforcing it, I want to say
the 1st of the year.
So, it's not enforceable now, but it's
going to be.
But it went from 16 to 14, so in a lot
of ways, in my opinion, it may have just
got worse.
So.
>> Well, it's a real issue. Um my wife and
I stayed in a new motel over the fourth
weekend and we had some interaction with
a group of teens
on those
wheelies
and it wasn't it wasn't great.
>> I've like I said after talking to her in
this office here, that was by far
the biggest complaints from people
walking
and
people just bystanders. It's not you
know,
I don't know how else I'll else to put
it other than it is going to have to be
looked at and addressed.
>> I think we I think we should research
some smaller towns that have to deal
like in the bigger towns, they're not
saturated in one area. So I think we
should research some smaller towns and
see what kind of rules or stuff they
have put together to see if we can
just calm calm the whole thing
>> And like I said, this is
kind of become a new thing to where even
where the state law is dropping the age
limit from 16 to 14 at least from what I
saw. Um
they might be in the process of doing
things as well. That's why I'm putting
this on the forefront so we can stay in
front of it and maybe put it on the
business the unfinished business if we
could put it on on that maybe so we keep
it in front of us. If we could do that,
please. That'd be great.
>> I have a question.
What's the yellow highlight?
>> On what?
>> On our documents. Is that
where we could add?
There's yellow highlights throughout.
» Um well, the slow moving Okay, so the
slow moving moving triangles we don't
enforce that.
Um
>> It's just for us to take note basically.
>> I I think those are things that Garrett
added.
>> Yeah.
>> Oh, okay.
>> That was a Yeah, that was a Yes. Um This
motorized not equipped with headlights
and taillights
it was
this year it was deemed as
do we really want to be enforcing it
because nobody really knew the outcome
of this.
Well, now we know the outcome a lot
sooner than we thought. So, it's going
to have to be dealt with, like I said,
going forward.
Not much we can do about it come August
with the
boats coming out and I you know, I'm
sure people will be here, of course, but
I don't really know what the answers are
on that. I know um last time I talked to
Marion County Sheriffs,
they
weren't too thrilled
to enforce it, either. So, it's going to
have to be getting them on board, as
well. So, it's going to take some work.
So.
>> And kind of on that same topic, um I had
a property owner call about
uh
asking or suggesting that we also
require liability insurance on golf
carts
and ATVs.
» After what I've heard, some things that
have happened, I think it'd be a great
idea.
>> And this person actually returned their uh
permits and said, "I'm not driving my
golf cart anymore to
with these kids on the scooters and
whatnot."
So.
» We might want to start We might want to
spend a little time and look into
some California beach communities or
Florida beach communities, probably
where all this is really um
going on in greater numbers
and see if we can't get some intel as to
how they're herding their cats because
this whole issue is simply hurting cats.
>> Well, and I will I will also add that we
did add on
Boulder and
>> Kenny.
We did add a stop sign there cuz
we had no stop signs coming up or down
the hill.
And there were multiple scooters. I
mean, flying.
I've seen several almost get hit by
cars.
The scooters almost taking out people
walking. It's just once again, it's just
it's too bad, but
I know nobody wants to hear more
enforcement, but for the safety of our
residents, I think it's going to come to a head where we're
going to have to. So
>> came in the other day to pay and he said
that he was watering his lawn and he was
on the edge of his property and kid went
by on one of those and it jerked the
hose right out of his hand.
He'd have been back just a little more,
it would have been him that he ran into.
>> Yeah.
It's it's a it's a tough one, but I mean
and as we already have an ordinance in
place, we're just going to have to add
to it and be a little bit more creative.
>> And they don't care either. They I I
confronted probably about a 8-year-old
on Sunday.
He stopped his bike and he yelled back
at me. He goes, "I can go as fast as I
want."
» That's all I have, Mayor.
» Well, I don't have an answer for what we
do with when we have a playground for 5
months out of the year other than put
deeper sand in it. I'm not sure.
We're going to have to work on that one.
Okay, moving along. Consent calendar.
Approval of the budget hearing minutes,
June 4, 2026. Do I have a motion?
>> Thank you.
>> Second.
>> Approval of city council minutes June
14th, 2026.
Do I have a motion?
>> So moved.
>> Second.
>> Approval to pay the bills.
>> I have a couple questions on that.
>> All right. So,
uh
recorder, would you call the roll on
consent calendar A and B and we will
address the uh
vote on that.
>> Yeah.
Councilor Teasdale.
>> Aye.
>> Councilor Smith.
>> Aye.
>> Councilor Nielsen.
>> Aye.
>> Councilor O'Donnell.
>> Aye.
>> Councilor McCall.
>> Aye.
>> Mayor Page.
>> Aye.
Uh consent calendar C, approval to pay
the bills.
>> Okay, I had a couple questions. Um the How did we I know we should be
doing this in a business meeting because
the before a council meeting, but since
we don't have them, I have to do it
here. But, um how did we do on the
dumpsters um that we had out front, the
extra ones where we did the citywide
um cleanup for Idana, Detroit? Did we um
I saw the expense in here and I was
wondering if the people that used it,
did it help cover
>> We made $70.
>> Wow. Okay.
>> Uh wait, no, we made more than that.
>> That was just on the cash and checks. I
don't know what the credit card was, I
didn't know.
>> Yeah, cuz I had I had a few credit
cards. We probably made a couple hundred
dollars.
>> Nice. Nice, cuz I saw how expensive they
were, but I mean, it was it's super
handy for people that can't drive their
awkward shaped things to the dump.
>> Yeah.
>> Um and then
um
I see that we have a background We have
two background checks. I recognize the
one for our code enforcement, but
there's another one in here and I wanted
to ask about that. It was for
I don't know. Um
>> It just happened on the sixth
>> for Rachel.
>> Yeah. And I didn't know um what that was
for.
>> So, um
we had talked about prior to the 4th of
July um
having a person
that was available to fill in if for
whatever we needed if one of us was on
vacation, maybe someone to answer the
phone, if they needed extra help in the
park. And so, uh we had a person that
was originally interested in the city
clerk position
um but didn't end up applying, but um
we went ahead and just did a background
check on her so that it we have it
should we it'd just be quicker if we
ever did need somebody to call in and
say, "Hey, can you just fill in real
quick?"
>> Okay, thank you. And then one more um
regarding I
you and I have spoken about um how we
need to work on um
the
what are the what do we call it? It's
not a personnel policy, maybe it is for
the city that
it was in draft form last time I looked,
but um
if we can move on that because I need to
find out what our policy is on overtime
because I see that we there's one person
that's consistently getting overtime and
I think with all our employees that we
if we could spread around the work that
maybe the overtime could
be more limited to storms and broken
pipes instead of a standard, you know,
every month we have 5 hours overtime cuz
it's
it
just to be efficient with city
operations. Um
Maybe cross training
our current employees to where we can
alleviate that as best as we can.
>> Okay, so are you talking about the
>> So, so one of the employees that
consistently gets about 5 hours a month,
I think.
And um at time and a half,
you know, if we could just have our
other employees because we've got
uh not the office admin, but we got two
full-timers now and then one part-timer.
It seems like we could
spread the work out to where those
people could do the overtime or
whatever's causing the overtime.
Um
just trying to be efficient with, you
know,
how we're paying all our employees.
>> Sure.
>> Well, I think that's reasonable.
Um
we obviously want to strive to run as
efficiently as we possibly can. So,
I think that's a reasonable look at how
we
balance that out possibly.
Councilor Neilson?
>> Thanks, Mayor Page. Two questions. One,
we did a background check so we could
have someone fill in. Don't we already
have a part-time person that could
increase their hours? Lisa, I think is
her name.
>> Yes. Yeah.
>> Oh, I'm just curious if we already have
a part-time person that could provide
that.
Um
>> Well, I was just I was asked several
times about this person um prior to the
4th of July
and uh they volunteered like, "Hey, if
you guys ever need any extra help." And
so,
um
at this point, all we've done is a
background check.
>> Okay.
>> Cool.
>> So.
» It One more question. Does it come
before council
if we hire another person or does that
Can that happen without council
approval?
What's the process on that?
I don't
>> We've hired um
employees without council approval at
the mainly and we base it off the budget
and what she's budgeted for.
Um,
I mean, we're
the the person, I guess,
with the the the background check that's
in question,
um, that was a backfill position. She
hasn't had any hourly
that I'm aware of yet. Um, but that's
for if uh,
sometimes
our staff takes vacation and instead of
somebody being here by themselves and
going to lunch and nobody here, it's
just a a fill-in type position. Um, but
she's kind of an at-will
work position, so to speak, to where if
something's needed and Michelle,
um,
feels it's
justified, then she kind of has the
authority to do that as the city
manager. So.
Does that answer,
I guess, the the question or whoever's
question?
>> Well,
just to follow up on that, my second
question was, and and this is just a
curiosity cuz we haven't had this
discussion before, but are there some
parameters that are used to uh, approve
overtime? I mean, do they have to come
to you,
uh, in order to have their overtime
approved?
>> Yeah.
>> Okay. So, you're in the know when this
happens.
>> Yep.
>> Okay, perfect.
>> And if I may also just add, we've also,
um,
hired a company that does all payroll.
So, I know we're working out some kinks
with that as well and I don't know with,
um,
Michelle, how I mean, I know it's going
better now, but we had a couple hiccups,
um, but as far as the overtime goes, I'm
not sure. I can't speak to that on
behalf of
>> It's
>> with this new system, I guess is what
I'm getting at.
>> Yeah, well, and that the new payroll
system doesn't have anything to do with
that.
» All right.
Consent calendar, approval to pay the
bills. Do I have a motion?
>> So moved. Second.
>> Discussion?
All in favor?
>> Aye.
>> Motion passes. I finally got discussion
in there, even though we had discussion.
I'll get there. I'll learn I'll learn.
I should have a guide here. It would
help.
Unfinished business,
CIS.
You want to take that one, Michelle?
>> Sure. Um so, I
had a conversation with CIS regarding
our um
depreciation,
and they are they will not pay our
depreciation until our entire claim is
complete.
So, we have to wait until our water
treatment plant is installed, and our
reservoir is completed, and our
entire wildfire claim is done.
» That's
Excuse me, but I got your email, and I I
saw that this was a sort of a new
mandate from them with the people who do
their reinsurance, correct?
>> Yeah, mhm.
>> Okay.
>> Cuz they've actually closed our our
claim. That we're going to have to
reopen it.
>> Yeah,
because the last time
we had a conversation about this,
all we had to do was furnish the
material, which I know you and Matt
spent hours on and we completed that
process and then all of a sudden the
rules have changed.
>> Well, we've completed it for all the
projects that are complete.
>> Yes.
>> But they're saying no, we they won't
even though those are complete they
won't do anything until the entire claim
is
>> Okay, I won't I won't further the
discussion other than to say if this
goes on too much longer, I think we need
to engage Mr. Reynolds again for Sawhill
Griggs.
I think this this has gotten to the
point of you know, the old saying that
insurance companies can't make any money
if they pay claims and that's precisely
what's happening at Detroit.
And and and the accumulated depreciation
that we have is substantial and then
some.
» All I can say is well
and car dealers and lawyers get a bad
rap.
So that's the word on that story.
Uh city hall roof damage.
>> And kind of along that same line with
CIS, they're going to require well, they
said if our standard procurement process
we need to follow our regular procure
procurement process which we would be to
get three bids on the roof also.
>> All right.
>> So if anybody knows a roofer.
>> I got well, I got one ready set.
Uh
you want to
see what you can
Yeah, gin up on two more.
>> Yep, you got it.
>> Thank you, counselor McCall.
Moving along.
Uh Bill McCall, property division.
» Uh yeah, so I marked out my property and
everything.
Um I'm not sure if the surveyor has come
out and looked at it or anything. I
staked it and everything, but uh I know
some other things have been going on, so
um I will let you take it, Danny.
>> Thank you.
So, our attorney opined on this project
a while back and said that because
uh this
process of
either doing a lot line adjustment or an
easement on Mr. McCall's property so
that we could have 10 ft on the
west edge of his property in order to
tie this property together with the park
and the old bus shed.
Um and since it wasn't part of the
master plan
uh that we couldn't do what we wanted to
do in terms of some SBC cost swapping
for the privilege of having this
property line adjustment completed.
So,
Michelle and I each sought our own
solution to this. She through Google, me
through chat GPT, and we came up pretty
similarly in terms of a process that we
could use to make an amendment to our
park plan, which would have to then be
approved by the council.
And uh it it sounds to me from a
discussion I had earlier that we might
simply be able to do it differently by
um purchasing the property from Mr.
McCall
uh and
um
not go through any sort of a plan
process. We would just purchase it,
therefore own it, we're now connected
once the survey is completed, and uh and
we could
stymie this lengthy process of amending
uh our park plan.
>> So, thank you, counselor.
>> So, I would I would move, if it's
appropriate, that we move forward on
that premise to purchase the property
from Mr. McCall and uh
have have the surveyor
contacted, and I think that's Boatright
Engineering with
um
Corby Minnick or whatever his last name
is, so that he could uh provide the
meets and bounds to get this this done
and recorded properly.
» Well, I'll formalize this. I'm going to
make a motion that the city enter into a
negotiation process with Mr. McCall on
the piece of property that we're
speaking of, uh get some survey done on
it, and uh come up with a negotiated
number on this,
um as an outright purchase, um
and get this thing wrapped up before uh
year end. I mean, we're on the verge of
a uh you know, a new park remodel. I
think this is a
very key piece for uh the integration of
this piece of property with the park.
And um
I see no reason for the city to not uh
enter into what would be considered a
reasonable negotiation
uh for that section of property. So, uh
I mean, we'll we'll be more than happy
to publicly disclose uh what those
numbers are uh as that thing shakes out.
We're going to have to have survey and
what have you, but um I don't think it's
going to be anything that's going to be
alarming to anybody. So, if if you guys
agree that's the motion I got on the
table.
>> I'm not going to vote for that, but I'll
second it.
» All those in favor?
>> Uh hold on, discussion.
We've got a second on the table. Is
there a discussion?
» Who would you Who would you like to
proceed with the negotiation?
I'm happy to do it since
>> Councillor.
>> Okay.
>> And
administrative staff can sort through
the
I think the two of you can
And
>> Well, between the three of us
we can work with the surveyor as well as
the numbers and come back to council
next month
>> With a package.
>> And yeah, and and try to clean this one
up and get it off our plate.
>> So, that being said, we have a second.
Do we have further discussion?
And do we know what we're doing? Do we
have that motion down?
>> Yep.
>> Recorder, call the roll.
» I get windy.
» Oh, is he done?
>> I'm done.
» Councillor Tedstone.
>> Aye.
>> Councillor Smith.
>> Aye.
>> Councillor Neilson.
>> Aye.
>> Councillor O'Donnell.
>> Aye.
>> Councillor McCall.
>> Aye.
>> Mayor Page.
>> Aye. Motion passes.
Fee
Well, I don't think we need to go any
further there.
Uh camping on city right-of-way. Have we
moved any
kind of
>> Well, I called
um
So, Garrett told me to call the city of
Sublimity, which I did.
They I I said I was told that you guys
had an incident with this camping and
you
blah blah blah, there were some legal
stuff.
They had no idea what I was talking
about.
So, I don't know.
what Garrett was talking
about. Um
So, but we did uh Heather
printed off some signs um
cuz we do not have any signs around town
that say no camping.
>> Yeah.
No overnight
I just picked the cheapest ones. They're
all kind of from the same company.
They're good for 7 years. It's a rust
proof aluminum.
Uh um
They're relatively inexpensive. There
are ones that are more expensive that I
suspect would last longer, but just to
give an idea well take a minute and just
order one and see.
>> Well, we we usually get them through
American Barricade.
So
I I but if you there's a design that you
like your specific spot
>> Order them all.
Order them
all.
>> Um
Just tell us what you would like.
» I personally don't have a preference.
It's all about the wording. So,
um
I know this is something we're
>> Where would you like these at?
>> We'll deal with that when you get the
signs here.
>> How many signs?
>> Ooh.
Can I shorten this up? May I direct
counsel to review what the sign package
is and text in your vote to
Michelle Connor. And yes, I think we
should get some of those signs. They're
in most
uh recreation based cities.
I I I don't care where you go. You go
Oregon Coast, you go to Sisters.
You know, you you
They're there. So, it's reasonable for
us to spend a little bit of money on
this. Um I think TOT money potentially
that may qualify.
Um so, anyway.
I don't even think this requires a
motion.
>> Yeah.
» Wonderful.
Marina excavation, Charles Berry.
» Hm, can we ask Can I ask?
I remember that son of a gun sat right
there and told me he's going to be at
every one of these.
I ain't seen him since.
Is this guy still around?
» Yes, counselor. He is.
» And he uh
I mean, I get his updates through the
newspaper, so.
Nothing?
>> I
>> Okay.
» I I I mean, I can't I I have I spoke
with him uh
probably 3 weeks ago or thereabouts, and
the update was uh we we have had no
movement um related to the Corps of
Engineers and their archaeological
survey. So.
That's all I have to report on that. I
have not gotten an an update with Mr.
Berry
for
over 2 weeks.
>> So, he doesn't know?
>> Ordinance and Community Engagement
Officer Joe Davidson. This is a busy
guy. We're going to have to buy tires
for that side-by-side.
>> Yep.
Uh
ordinance officer's obviously not here.
Um I pretty much summed up it
his biggest uh complaints over the last
uh I'll say 4th of July weekend and on.
And lastly, uh Michelle Connor has
something she'd like to add that he's
said to her.
>> No, it was his biggest thing. It's like
three pages of e-bikes and e-scooters.
>> Is that everything?
>> Yeah.
>> I have a I have a question about that.
Does he write every incident or does he
sum it up? And are those available for
us to look at?
>> He he does write them down. He sums it
up and sends uh Michelle Connor uh his
report um every week.
Um
I've asked I get them. Um if you all
would like them, I'm sure Michelle could
add you to the distribution list on that
and it's not a problem.
Um
Matt,
you're up.
All right. If you got something, throw
at us.
>> Uh I've got a few things. I'll I'll
leave the park to Michelle. So, that is
I'll just say that's that's underway. I
won't steal her thunder there.
Um up at the treatment plant, we have
the sand filters have been uncovered and
uh we are doing some preliminary
inspection of the underdrains.
Everything looks pretty good actually at
this point. Um but we're going to do
some more testing of them on Thursday
when we're in town.
Um we also have the permanent membrane
treatment plant is out to bid right now.
And so, we are uh that bids will be due
for that on July 29th. So, we'll have a
good idea of what contractors submit
bids and what the price will be for that
work. But hopefully, we'll have that
project underway and the new full
capacity water treatment plant in place
before we get too far along into the
fall. Um I know it will for sure be in
before the wintertime. Um but we're trying to keep that one moving
along. And uh the reservoir is getting
really close to going out to bid. Um
just waiting for some final reports and
that will be off and moving.
For the water treatment plant, we have
not quite finalized the permit with DEQ,
but I was emailing back and forth with
them today and that is just about
wrapped up. So,
uh things are moving along on that and
we'll be back to treated uh full
capacity in the treatment plant before
too long.
So, that's all I've got.
>> Oh, come on. I signed a whole bunch of
contracts.
>> Oh, well, that's true. We've also got I
forgot about that. We've got the cluster
uh water main improvement which will be
going out.
Um
And then there's a couple smaller
projects. A new pavilion, hopefully we
can get permits kicked out from Marion
County on a new uh constructing the snow
shelter uh in downtown uh next to the
post office. So, we'll get a pavilion up
there.
And
uh things are moving along with the
generator work up on uh Silver Bullet so
we can hopefully build resiliency in the
water supply system there as well.
» Thanks for taking some of my thunder.
>> Yeah, sorry about that. I left it for
Michelle.
» Great.
Um
Well,
uh
city recorder?
>> Um all I really have um
yeah, like uh Matt was saying, you guys
can talk about all of your individual
projects, but we have like 10 projects
that are finally all of them have either
been awarded or they're in the process
or
we've we've
gotten past the initial phases and
they're in the they're in the works.
Um just a reminder um for anybody that
is going to turn in an election packet.
If you're an incumbent,
uh the packets
I mean including I mean your signatures
have to be verified and everything by
August 18th.
Um and for anybody else that's not an
incumbent, uh they're due the 25th.
But keeping in mind
that means the the signatures have to be
verified by then. So,
um
And once we
formally accept
a resignation,
there will we have three openings on the
planning commission.
So, if anybody
Does anybody
» Who left?
>> Uh Kevin Cameron resigned for cuz he's
got to do his thing.
Yes, Counselor
>> So, when you say verify the signatures,
is that you doing that or is that the
Marion County
>> The elections office, yeah.
>> Okay.
So, they have to be verified by August
18th.
Is that So, they need to be in well
before that, I'm assuming is what you're
getting at?
>> Yeah, in case you have to get any
additional ones.
>> Perfect, thank you.
>> Danny or Counselor Nielsen.
>> How many packets have been picked up?
» Five.
Six. Six.
>> Six.
May we know the names?
I mean besides
Dean and Todd and myself,
Michelle and Bill.
Pardon me?
>> Well, I have Bill,
Danny, Michelle, Dean,
Teresa Mauermann,
and Carl Haynes picked up a packet, uh
but he has not returned
the the initial form. He hasn't been
issued the signature pages yet.
So.
I've got five.
>> Thank you.
Anything further?
>> Uh
No, I think I'm good.
>> Thank you.
Planning, Liam Bean.
I don't think he's on tonight. One thing
I would ask is we had a
um
we were getting a report monthly for our
uh for council as to what had been
reviewed by Liam uh on projects in town
and I think that's an extremely
important
uh rotating roster that we should uh
have. I don't know if we received it or
if we just
he hasn't sent it or
>> No, this month got kind of messed up
because of the 4th of July week.
>> Right. Well, everybody's been AWOL.
So, uh when you get that, uh could you
update uh council with it and then make
sure it's in the August both both months
are will for our August meeting.
>> Yeah.
>> I like to have that available for
>> Okay.
>> council and the public.
>> All right. Yeah, he I know Liam is out.
He's going to be out most of the month
of August. Um
like 3 weeks, he's getting married. So,
um
>> Well, he's probably he and Charles are
probably
having a
>> Yeah.
>> Fine.
>> So, I'll see if he can get me something
before he leaves.
» I don't know. I mean
I do I don't know.
Uh
anyway, okay, great. Thank you.
Marion County Sheriff, I do not see
Garrett.
>> If
He is Garrett is clearly not here, but I
would
>> He's probably sleeping.
>> Yeah, I would just like to say how great
of a job they did finding that
retired doctor that was lost for 3 days
in the wilderness and props to the 5
days.
Props to them and identifier and they used the new fire station as
their command post. They had helicopters
rolling for this fellow and they found
him and
just amazing job by by them and and all
the people that were involved. So, huge
kudos and thank you to them. So.
>> No doubt.
Um
as well as I I would like to personally
thank Marion County Sheriff's for um the
July 4th um coverage that they provided
for us. Um
they pulled some long hours after
pulling shifts in St. Paul and
um some other areas.
Uh they get spread really thin, but but
we had good coverage up here over the
4th and um I was I was very thankful to
see their presence. Um
they they did a great job helping out to
keep things uh on a very packed house
under control.
Michelle King is not here. Does the
Forest Service have uh
Aw.
>> Be sure.
» Going once.
Okay.
>> Mic still on.
>> Idana Detroit Rural Fire Protection
District, Fred Patterson or anybody from
the four uh fire department. No.
City Clerk, Heather, you're up.
» Just a note on the fire department. Um
they were here today.
Um they just have a couple file
cabinets. They need a forklift to get
them out of here. So, they're working on
that.
Um everything that's stacked on the
shelf out there is all our
stuff.
The shelf is theirs, but they don't need
it. We could probably use it. So, um
other than that, they're they're out of
there. So.
>> And at this particular point, um
I believe that um
the city has
looked pretty hard at this and I think
what we will be doing is is beginning to
transition public works out of the
building in the park down here,
uh consolidate some of our operations
into one building, and um potentially
work on some uh cooperative agreements
with Marion County and uh DLF on use of
that building and potentially another
spot in this building.
Um we're going to continue to support
Marion County Sheriffs
um
with any of the emergency equipment they
want to have uh here. So, we will work
with them on that, but um I think it's a
it'll be a a positive for the city to
um get consolidated public works into
this building and will use those bays.
They'll be available for
uh search and rescue and emergency
operations at any time, but uh I think
public works will operate better out of
this building.
Councilors' reports.
Um
» I just I just want to follow up on your
comments. I I think uh
the council needs to have a work session
sometime after September
uh regarding the transition for public
works up above down here. There's a
number of other issues that I think we
could benefit from having a face-to-face
discussion here and have it remotely
broadcast so that others can see what
we're chatting about. So, just think
about that, but Michelle, and uh maybe
we can put something together prior to a
council meeting
uh so that we don't have end up having
to have two meetings.
>> Great idea. Thank you, counselor.
Great.
That'll be That'll be good.
Okay, counselors' reports.
Um
I'm going to let you go first.
>> Okay, parks.
>> Parks, what's happening there?
>> Well, the staff, first of all, DLF and
their volunteers rocked it this on the
4th. I got some good video of the
fireworks. I actually stayed at the
park. I normally flee,
but we were volunteering and the warning
shot shot up and so we're like, we're
not leaving. Let's just camp out. And it
was so good.
Um
uh I wasn't outside of the park, so last
year I was outside of the park and the
chaos freaked me out. So, I can I know
both sides of this.
Um
so when we hear complaints about the
chaos and the scooters, I get it.
Um
but this time I was within the park and
it was it was really fun. Um I agree
with Danny with the work sessions
because I have some questions regarding
um how we'll cover the costs with DLF
and what it cost the city and how we're
going to ask for reimbursement and cuz I
think that was a plan instead of
guessing how much it would cost to use
the park per event. We are going to just
find out what it cost us and then send
them the bills. Okay, I just wanted to
make sure that we're going to do that
this year and and keep it straight. Um
the um
So, for the the park project the
playground has been demoed. It was
non-conforming and so I did offer it to
Idana. They said no, thank you.
And so a part of it the slide went
somewhere someone who used it as a boy
and got to gets to have it now because
um we cannot have it at our park. And uh
we the playground has been ordered. It's
got it's we are used late colors. It's
not that garish red and blue. It's going
to be a some greens and some blues. It's
really cool. I ordered uh there's a lot
of research done on this and the one I
chose was
dangerous and safe. So, we wanted uh
kids to play like the 70s and 80s again,
you know,
figure out their balance and and uh hear
screaming kids and watch them fall and
get up and dust themselves off and teach
the millennials to not go running after
them
when they fall, but um it's a we special
ordered a four-bay swing set with
various um
sizes of kids that can use it. And then
we have enclosed slides so it doesn't
burn their skin and we've got a climbing
pyramid.
Um
Everything's due to uh show up within
about 6 to 8 weeks. We do have to wait
for one more concert, but um we talked
to Sigmunds who won the contract and
they they're big sponsors so they know
what's going on and and will work uh
with us to stay to stay out of the way
for the concert. Um we get ADA walkways
and pathways. So, uh that was required
with the grant. It is included in the
grant and so those um that concrete will
go in. It might go in between now and
then. It might go in right after. But,
um we're we also got some good news just
this morning that Ferris is willing to
donate wood for our pavilion.
So, uh Tyler said he would Tyler Ferris
said he'd bring it to his board. He got
back to me and said, "It's a go." So,
now we have to convince who we use to
take in this wood and find the um
the We found the structure that we
really want and that will suit the park
beautifully. And but the look of it will
be similar to the wood out front.
So, that was fantastic news. I just love
how they support their community and you
know, without any discussion, they're
like, "Yep, let's try it." So, um
that will help us stay in our uh range
of money because the grant was a little
bit less than we expected. And um so,
we're honing in to keep it within
budget.
Um after we get the two structures in,
we're going to be looking at the rest of
the things and then going for maybe
donations for the plants and the maybe
the boulders um that we'll be using and
whatnot. Well, all the extras, we're
going to see what we can do.
Um
Okay, so that was the good news about
the park. And then, um
I know we have a work list for that park
that we haven't We cannot seem to get
fixed. And I think with the drinking
fountain, I think we just got to go for
uh a a different plumber.
Um
>> Well, I talked to
>> Oh, you probably talked to Reagan, too.
» So, I've been talking to Reagan for
the last couple weeks.
>> Okay.
>> And uh the last piece of the puzzle is
being fabricated. And he said today that
it'll be completed Friday or Monday
next week.
>> Okay.
>> It didn't fit in the same space,
apparently.
>> Okay. And um during the 4th of July, we
found that the heater was going off when
it was a very hot night in the women's
restroom, and that's been going on for a
while. So, if we could Who's our
building guy?
We I think we need to get a hold of an
electrician and find out what's going on
with that cuz they it was dialed all the
way down, and it has been checked it,
and it still wouldn't turn off.
It just ran and ran. So, it was really
hot that night. So,
um
Thank you.
Let's see here. Uh Sandy Amphitheater
Music Fest is coming up this Friday or
in two Fridays, July 25th and 26th.
That'd be one Friday.
And so, um hopefully the lake levels
don't deter people from showing up and
they get to come and have a good time.
Uh let's see. Oh, um I noticed when I
was volunteering that the bathrooms the
long There were long lines for the
bathrooms. So, that tells me that we
didn't have enough porta-potties.
Um cuz they were like seven people deep
on both sides, men's and women's.
>> Both of the
>> I saw that.
>> Are we talking 4th of July?
>> Yeah, 4th of July.
>> So, I believe we have increased the
number of toilets for the concert, but
I'll certainly note that and
>> Okay.
And but but that also tells me that our
septic system probably needs to be
pumped
in the park if it didn't happen
beforehand.
>> I don't know. I mean, it's supposed to
>> I think we were going to look into a
different company.
>> So, I I talked to Ace because that's who
we represent or who we rent
porta-potties through, and I asked them
or told them that we were going to
request a pump of the toilets. I just
didn't know of the of the septic system.
I just didn't know if it was before the
concert or after the fact.
>> Right. Right. Yes.
>> So, if you could clarify that, I'll
gladly get it scheduled.
>> Well, well,
just to interject here, we have a
contract
on servicing that and I don't know what
the intervals are, but we need to look
at that so we're not crisscrossing.
>> Yeah, we're with an Albany for
>> Correct.
>> Yeah, it's the same company.
>> So as long as we, you know,
those systems are
we just want to make sure we're
>> Well, and the reason I said I don't know
because what in the past what we were
told was
it it shouldn't have to be pumped,
but it just in these events, there's
just too too many people.
But can it recover? I don't know about
septic.
It should It sounds like it should be
able to recover once the
party's over.
>> I would think that when that bathroom
was planned, it was never planned for
4,000 people in 3 days.
>> No. No.
>> Plus, so I don't think recovery, I think
it'd be a more of a danger of filter
getting plugged and it bubbling up in
our park. So if it hasn't been done,
we might need to use the company we
already have a contract with.
>> But if you
>> It probably would be a really good idea
to have it looked at.
>> before the next event.
>> Yep.
>> Yes.
>> Cuz that's why we have that sawdust out
there. It's happened to us before.
>> Right.
>> And I think uh
that's it. Just I'm trying to figure out
that heater.
And hopefully we get our water out to
our park
to drink.
>> Perfect.
>> Thank you.
>> I'll just move around here a little bit.
Counselor O'Donnell.
>> So I really don't have a report, but I
would like to request the residents that
are here tonight to stick around for 5
minutes and sign these signatures we
need
for the for the election pages. Outside
of the building?
>> You got to go to the front porch for
that.
Councilor Smith.
» Thank you, Mayor.
So, a lot of my stuff I've kind of
already covered. Um
one thing that I would like to have put
on the unfinished business is I think
this year or coming next year, we are
going to really have to tackle illegal
fireworks a little in a different way.
And I'm not just on the unfinished
business about how we could do that.
I've seen some other cities have a zero
tolerance.
These are ideas, not suggestions.
Um but I think collaboratively we can
all come up with an idea to um help
alleviate that. Granted, we had a wet
year, a wet weekend prior to 4th of
July, which I think really helped.
But that's not going to be that way
every year. And there's a lot of
um
nervousness around illegal fireworks,
and rightfully so.
Um
on another note,
I would like council's um
support on one thing,
and it has to do with Conex boxes.
Um we have set out sent out a letter
that July 25th, they they need to be
removed.
I do
believe that we did that prior to
knowing when the boats have to be out.
And they're budding up to each other.
Therefore, what I am what I'd like to
propose
is extending that date to 9/8, after
Labor Day, the Tuesday after Labor Day
weekend, to give them ample time to
enjoy their boating season and still
deal with said Conex boxes. That's what
I might ask of the city council is.
that a motion? If I need one, then
yes. Well, please
>> Then yes, my motion is to extend the
connex box
uh date from 7:25 to 9:08 of this year
of 26 uh
to allow uh more time to remove
these things. I think
Well, that's my motion.
>> Second.
>> Discussion.
Recorder, call the roll.
» Councilor Teasdale.
>> Did I chop you off on this discussion?
>> asked who seconded it at that point in
time.
Did you say my name?
>> Yeah, Councilor Teasdale.
>> I.
>> Councilor Smith.
>> I.
>> Councilor Neilson.
>> I.
>> Councilor O'Donnell.
>> I.
>> Councilor McCall.
>> I.
>> Mayor Page.
>> I.
Motion passes.
>> And just so I should just add this, uh
Greg Shepherd is absent with notice.
Since the beginning.
>> He is.
» And that is all I have, Mayor.
>> Thank you.
Councilor McCall.
>> Uh I have been uh working on stuff on
Detroit Road, getting some businesses
going uh down there. So, things are in
the works. So, uh
we'll hopefully uh we're working with
Marion County and DEQ to get some uh
businesses uh set up down there and get
them going. So,
we're we're on it.
>> Thanks for your efforts.
>> Yep.
>> Councilor Neilson.
>> Thanks, Mayor. Uh
First of all, Michelle,
another item for our work session would
be to have a discussion about who's
going to support cleaning and organizing
and oversight for the gymnasium, which
is leased from the city to DLF. DLF has
promised us in the past that they would
provide financial support
to help with us, and I just thought
since we have a part-time employee who's
looking for hours, uh why not use that
person if she's industrious and
interested and and has some promotional
skills in terms of trying to get people
in here to use the facility, uh
we could put that into our our work
session and discuss it further.
>> Yeah, and she does check the bathrooms
here in the gym.
>> Okay.
Well, but we're paying for that.
>> Well, yeah, you're
>> Yeah, and and and as I said, DLF has
said that they would provide financial
support. So, I do I think we ought to
take a look at expanding the role number
one and number two, then work
with DLF to be compensated for those
costs.
Okay, beyond that, um
the community center septic expansion,
uh which is uh
under the direction of Jessie Rodriguez
Construction experienced some delays
once again
from Marion County because all of a
sudden they decided they needed a
structural permit
to do uh a septic system, which made
absolutely no sense. I I was able to get
in touch with Chris Tressel, who's a
permit administrator. We had a very long
conversation and I have a couple of
emails, which I'm keeping on file, and
he has guaranteed us that there will be
no more hitches. They made some mistakes
in terms of what they thought was going
to happen. Obviously, nobody in the
permit department looked at the plan.
Um so, anyway, we're moving forward, and
as you can see out there, things are and and we're going to have our own Ace
Porta Potty here because we're going to
be without restrooms for potentially a
week uh when they have to do some
uh
testing of the original septic tank for
leaks. Uh, K&E, uh,
in construction, who's, uh, been awarded the project to develop
the pavilion, asphalt, uh,
sidewalks, curbs, and so on in the old
city hall property has finally gotten
their permit after 2 and 1/2 months from
Marion County, and they'll be moving
forward, uh, very soon with, uh,
rebuilding the pavilion that came from
the water plant, and then doing all the
other site preparation and and, uh,
hopefully finish it, uh, by the end of
September.
The, uh, community center event kitchen,
uh, which you all know was bid
originally, but to a very limited
audience, uh, uh, apparently through,
uh, Buy Oregon, we only received one
qualified bid, and it had to do, uh,
and their number was was nearly twice as
much as we have funds for, and it was
related to the fact that we didn't have
enough specific information in that bid
for them to feel comfortable bidding it
the way they normally would, so they
covered themselves. We now have, uh,
with Matt's help, uh, and Matt, if
you're still on and want to, uh, uh,
make a comment about this, feel free,
but we have tightened up the specs, made
them broader. We're looking to, uh,
um,
expand the,
uh, group of contractors, including
smaller contractors, which would maybe
have, uh, lesser overhead costs, uh, to
see if we can get this thing moving.
USDA,
uh, provided information yesterday to me
that they have approved the RFP, and
that we can go forward with a process.
There is one additional form that needs
to be added. uh, Um Matt, I think you
received a copy of that. The
acceptance, and I'll I'll lean on you to
make sure that form gets included when
we get the the bids out. Uh we're now
left with DLF needing to approve that uh
process, and so far uh I've been able to
I've not been able to facilitate that
discussion. Um Keith Owen, who's the president
of DLF, would like to have some
clarifications from uh
USDA in terms of who
or should DLF have some administration
authority over the project, or should it
be led by the city, but with their
involvement. Uh I have left messages for
Holly
Halligan, and I assume she'll be getting
a hold of me this week and providing
that guidance for Keith so that we can
get their approval.
Lake lab level activities um
haven't changed a whole lot, except that
we did get a
an email from Tracy Evenson today saying
that all four of the house and and
Senate leaders for the state of Oregon
have signed on to a letter uh
encouraging the core to
uh stop their plans for an extreme
drawdown this year, along with some
other issues related archeologic um
archaeological survey products that they the core uh have insisted that we
do again
uh 2 years after they were completed by
another archaeologist, I believe,
um
who was a an employee of the core at
that time.
Um
We'll just have to look and see happens
or or monitor what happens with the
county and city
uh lawsuits uh against
the the core to see if that's going to
have any consequences.
And that concludes my report.
>> Thank you, Counselor Nelson.
You have a question?
Oh, question.
» We need We need We need to approve.
>> Yeah.
Um
Now, mayor's report.
Um
last Saturday, no, excuse me, last
Sunday, uh
I attended the opening uh Counselor
Nelson was up there also of the new fire
hall. Uh what a nice facility. Uh I'm
glad to see that um happening for both
of the communities up here. Um that's a good thing. Um we've needed
something like that for a long time. Uh
on top of it, and I knew nothing about
it, there's a helipad up there. So, that
will serve uh not only um
you know, these communities that are
nearby, but um that should open up some
potential life-saving abilities uh for
travel over the Santiam Pass, and I
think that's great.
It that should draw some talented people
up here for training and
give a bolster to our communities. So,
that's a that's a great thing.
Uh go up and tour it when you get a
chance. I don't know how often the doors
are open, but it's quite a facility.
Uh
on the event calendar
Saturday is the Idanha Festival. So, if
you get a chance to go up there and
check out what's going on in Idanha, I
think that's a good thing for
uh
you know, it's a we're we're
co-communities here. So, uh sounds like
they've got a lot of great events
planned up there. So, uh stop in and and
enjoy that.
Uh
4th of July celebration in the park was
literally a blowout. The fireworks were
fantastic. Thanks for the support from
forestry
uh in making sure that that event
was able to happen and for future events
to occur.
Um
we did have a few small spot fires, but
they were able to be extinguished and we
finished the 4th of July off in a safe
manner. So, that was great. Yeah, we
need to address some fireworks issues,
but that probably will be um
an ongoing wheel.
So.
Um
the lake level thing is a difficult
position for all of these communities in
the Santiam Canyon. It's especially
tough on Detroit. Um every business
suffers up here with this lake level.
We've been
playing the fighting game on this for so
long, I can't hardly even remember, but
I know I've been in it uh since the
'90s.
Um I'm almost 100 now, so you know.
But anyway, um
I think we're I I think
from everything that I follow very
closely, I attend a lot of these
meetings.
Um I think
right now
we are the closest that this community
will ever be to having traction to get
at least
to where
we're at a midpoint instead of being run
over the top by
unproven environmental
buyoffs that need to be revisited and
maybe the message about how important
this
body of water is to the economic
survivability of this area
is and not only that, it's
something that makes all
most important sense
that the downstream water that runs out
of this lake provides critical drinking
water for communities downstream. And we
do not want to see something stirred up
by a flushout of what's left in that
reservoir from
75 or 80 or 100 years ago be pushed
downstream and I think that's one of the
issues that, you know, there's a lot of
it that's buried in sediment and has not
been addressed by the core of engineers.
They've refused to address it and
there's a lot of things I think that the
core has refused to address that we
might be finally getting close to being
able to
have a different look at and that may
change what our future trajectory is. I don't know how long it's going to take
before we get the digout done, but that
that's a key factor and so is the 5-ft
rule that that's been taken away in
terms of this lake getting completely
full. So, those are a couple other
things
that I think would
support economic viability for our area
and we have to stay
very vigilant on this project,
especially right now. We've got the wind
behind us by Marion County.
The state of Oregon is weak at best, but
we do have our senators and congress
people on it now.
Um our governor, I haven't heard one
word out of her about it and I doubt we
will.
Uh that being said, for the closing part
of my uh mayor's report
uh I have been sent
uh for me to sign uh
Steve L Elzinga
Michelle Teed
our legal uh senior legal uh counsel
with Marion County.
And it is I've been requested to uh sign
on
uh a document a declaration
uh
sending off to the Army Corps of
Engineers. This is a federal declaration
uh
in full support of uh
what Marion County is moving forward
with the injunction and putting a stop
to what uh the Corps of Engineers is
recklessly moving forward with and I
told these attorneys uh this is a what
my fellow councilors have a copy of
this. There might be some slight
modifications to some of the wording,
but I told them the only way I would
sign off on this is if I had full
support of my council and if I don't, um
then I will not sign off, but uh if if I
uh can ask for a vote of support for us
moving forward on that, I will sign it
off and hand this off tomorrow to Marion
County to move forward and if uh you
guys feel that is not uh proper, then I
will stand down on that.
>> So what if we
word the declaration
like Eric Bade in support of Marion
County motion for preliminary
injunction?
>> Second.
>> I also filled out on a declaration
myself.
Discussion?
Send it.
Recorder, call the the roll.
>> I have a question so are
this is you individually and it's him
individually?
>> This is me as mayor of Detroit
with full council representation
signing this as the mayor of Detroit.
>> Okay.
>> The not this is has nothing to do with
me personally.
But although I
will will do a person
>> didn't know if we needed to change the
motion to include him.
>> Did you What How did you sign yours,
Dean?
Did you have one?
>> Yes.
» But you personally, not as a council
>> or
>> Excuse me. I I signed it as a long-term
resident and business owner of Detroit.
>> Right. Okay, just wanted to make sure.
>> My My motion was to
as it states here, support the
declaration of Eric Bate in support of
Marion County motion for preliminary
injunction.
>> Okay, perfect.
>> As mayor.
>> Well, it doesn't say as mayor here.
>> Well, it In the In the wording it does.
>> It It It does deeper into the wording
with me as mayor. And so clarity, I I
wanted to make sure we had clarity.
>> Roll call.
>> Councilor Teasdall.
>> I.
>> Councilor Smith.
>> Absolutely, I.
>> Councilor Nielsen?
>> I.
>> Councilor O'Donnell?
>> I.
>> Councilor McCall?
>> I.
>> Mayor Page?
>> I.
>> Thank you.
I think it's important.
Uh at this time set aside for comments
from the public on matters not on the
agenda. Commentators are limited to 3
minutes. Time may not be yielded.
Questions from the council or staff to
commentors shall not be uh counted
against the allotted
3 minutes.
Do I have any public comments?
Hearing none.
Other business at this time?
>> I just have a comment.
Um
for the past um I don't know, a month
we've been
I and us a group of volunteers have been
working on the memorial up here by the
church.
Uh we did get the new water meter
installed up there.
That I would like to get whatever costs
it were incurred to the city if you just
let me know how much that was.
>> Okay.
>> I'll gladly present that to DLF for
reimbursement.
And I hope to have the water uh drip
system working in there
in the next couple weeks, so.
It's coming right along.
>> Okay.
» water meter
» All right, upcoming meetings regular
session August 11, 2026 Detroit City
Hall at 6:30 p.m. Do I have a motion to
adjourn?
>> So moved.
» Second.
>> All in favor?
>> I.
We are adjourned at 8:20.
>> One quick point for everyone. I just
noticed the other day that the donor
wall has been mounted in the foyer.
And it looks terrific.
>> Yeah.
>> That's what I was going to say.
>> Yeah, now we need to get the
>> big heating and the thing
up on this opposite wall
instead of sitting on the floor like
it's supposed to.
You use this.
>> in the closet.
>> Oh, it was in the closet.
>> Okay.