[0:04] We're live.
[0:11] Are we good?
[0:44] Okay, good evening. I'd like to welcome
[0:47] everybody to the July 14th, 2026
[0:53] City of Detroit City Council
[0:57] race session
[0:59] as 6:31
[1:02] p.m.
[1:03] Um
[1:06] Can I call?
[1:08] >> Councilor Tezdahl
[1:09] >> Here.
[1:10] >> Councilor Smith
[1:11] >> Present.
[1:12] >> Councilor Neilson
[1:13] >> Present.
[1:14] >> Councilor O'Donnell
[1:16] >> Present.
[1:17] >> Councilor McCall
[1:18] >> Present.
[1:20] >> Mayor Page
[1:21] >> Present.
[1:23] >> Pledge of Allegiance.
[1:29] » I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
[1:31] United States of America and to the
[1:34] republic for which it stands, one nation
[1:37] under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[1:41] justice for all.
[1:45] » Thank you. Uh
[1:47] Approval of the agenda. Do I have a
[1:49] motion?
[1:50] >> So moved.
[1:51] >> Second.
[1:53] >> Do you want to
[1:53] >> All those in favor?
[1:54] >> I.
[1:56] >> Did Did you want to add this?
[2:01] That you just brought the copy in?
[2:03] >> Yeah.
[2:03] >> I'm going to slide that in in um
[2:07] I think my mayor's report probably.
[2:11] >> Okay.
[2:11] >> Thank you.
[2:14] Uh
[2:15] special orders business. We have two
[2:18] people tonight. First up is Santiam
[2:21] Service Integration presentation, Kim
[2:23] Dwyer.
[2:27] » You have to turn that thing on.
[2:32] » Yeah, I think
[2:36] Um well, we should be able to get it up
[2:37] on the screen.
[2:39] There we go.
[2:46] Well, don't talk.
[2:48] >> Yeah.
[2:49] >> No.
[2:50] Don't jinx us.
[2:55] Okay.
[2:56] >> have to move it forward. That's another
[2:57] story.
[2:59] >> Ready? Okay. All right, thank you for
[3:01] having me tonight. Again, my name is Kim
[3:03] Dwyer. I am the Santiam Service
[3:05] Integration Coordinator, which is a
[3:06] program of Santiam Hospital and Clinics.
[3:09] Um
[3:10] this spring I was deciding, you know, it
[3:12] would be a good thing to do a little
[3:14] city council road trip. And so you're my
[3:16] second stop on this road trip. I just
[3:18] want to make sure our councilors know
[3:20] what's happening in our program and
[3:21] what's happening in the community. Um
[3:24] and that what we're seeing from our
[3:25] lens. So we can go forward.
[3:29] All right, so what is service
[3:30] integration? So how many of you have
[3:32] heard of service integration?
[3:34] One, two.
[3:36] Okay, great. Uh service integration is a
[3:38] program that is approaching its 30th
[3:41] year. Um it actually started in Polk
[3:43] County in 1997.
[3:45] In 2017, Santiam Hospital decided to
[3:47] bring the this program over to our East
[3:50] Marion County uh communities to help uh
[3:53] provide that local support. So, service
[3:56] integration is a collaboration in the
[3:58] Santiam area with five school districts,
[4:00] over 200 partnering agencies. It focuses
[4:03] on integration, collaboration, and most
[4:06] important to me is building
[4:07] relationships to those folks around the
[4:09] table. Um it's easier when folks know
[4:13] who's around the table, who's at each
[4:15] agency they can call Mayor Paige. They
[4:19] know him.
[4:20] I can text Mayor Paige now and be like,
[4:22] "Hey, what's going on with this?" You
[4:23] know.
[4:24] And so those are the relationships that
[4:26] we want to foster with those partners
[4:28] around the table. I will talk about
[4:29] who's around the table here in a little
[4:31] bit, but it just makes working with
[4:33] households in the community with
[4:35] different barriers and needs easier to
[4:37] do.
[4:39] Uh forward.
[4:40] And so who makes up the service
[4:41] integration team? So, we've got the
[4:43] backbone agency, which in our situation
[4:45] is going to be Santiam Hospital and
[4:47] Clinics. In Polk County, as I mentioned,
[4:49] they started the program, Polk County is
[4:51] their backbone agency. So, that backbone
[4:54] agency employs that full-time service
[4:57] integration coordinator, which is
[4:58] myself.
[4:59] They hold the office space, they pay for
[5:02] all the office supplies, and they they
[5:03] make sure the program is is up and
[5:05] running. The other members of the team
[5:08] include government agencies, the school
[5:10] districts, uh faith community,
[5:12] nonprofits, just about anybody that
[5:15] wants to be around the table to safety
[5:17] net a community, their community can be
[5:20] there.
[5:20] Um I tend to have coffee with a lot of
[5:22] my partners, just making sure that they
[5:24] understand the program, is everything
[5:27] going okay for them, do they have any
[5:28] questions, um and again, building those
[5:32] relationships. And next.
[5:35] So, where are our teams? Again, we have
[5:37] the five teams. Um my tagline is we
[5:39] serve Turner to Idanha, Sublimity to
[5:41] Scio, and Jefferson.
[5:43] Uh so, we've got uh the North Santiam
[5:46] team, which serves that North Santiam
[5:48] school district area, so Stayton
[5:49] Sublimity Lions, Mehama. We have a Scio
[5:52] team, which encompasses again that
[5:54] school district of Scio.
[5:56] Uh, Jefferson started last September, so
[5:58] that's a newer team for us. We've got
[6:00] the Cascade team, which serves Turner,
[6:03] uh, Marion and Aumsville, and then
[6:05] finally we have our Santiam Canyon team,
[6:07] which serves Mill City to Idanha. And
[6:09] although I I talk about a school
[6:11] district catchment area, it's just a
[6:13] geographical boundary to, um, say all of
[6:17] the households in that area. So it's
[6:19] cradle to grave, anyone in that
[6:21] geographic location.
[6:23] Any questions so far?
[6:25] Okay.
[6:26] All right, how do the teams operate?
[6:28] Well, with the five teams, each team
[6:29] operates independently.
[6:31] So we really want, um, that local
[6:35] flare, that local flavor. We want
[6:37] members of the local community attending
[6:39] these meetings. We do have a lot of
[6:41] Salem employees of the state, of the
[6:43] county that attend uh, one or multiple
[6:45] meetings, but we want that local
[6:48] representation because you guys are the
[6:50] are in the know. You know what's
[6:51] happening in the community. Um,
[6:55] we have a lot of communities that
[6:56] attend, and a lot often they are the
[6:58] boots on the ground. They They are the
[6:59] ones that are that hear from their
[7:01] neighbors what those community needs
[7:02] are.
[7:03] Um, they're responding to the local
[7:05] needs. Each team has a pot of funds, um,
[7:08] so that team is allocating funds to
[7:11] those local needs. And then again, the
[7:13] local, uh, resources, talking about food
[7:16] pantries, talking about what's going on
[7:18] in the faith community, with the church
[7:20] activities. It's all localized. So, um,
[7:23] we do have situations where all five
[7:25] teams or, uh, two or three of the teams
[7:28] will work together. I don't know if you
[7:30] guys remember when we had, um, the
[7:32] formula crisis a couple years ago, where
[7:34] it was really difficult uh, to make
[7:37] formula or find formula. So, uh, Uh, the
[7:40] four teams at the time contributed funds
[7:42] together to purchase grocery cards and
[7:44] gas cards so that households that were
[7:46] having to drive to multiple locations
[7:49] uh, could do that and they could find
[7:50] formula. We help distribute formula to
[7:53] various communities as well so it was
[7:54] easier to get to.
[7:56] Next.
[7:57] Uh, what types of needs do we support?
[8:00] urgent needs which are going
[8:02] to be like your um, eviction notices,
[8:04] your power shut offs, um, things that
[8:07] are really urgent in nature that we need
[8:09] to get taken care of. We support basic
[8:11] needs like food, clothing, hygiene,
[8:13] durable medical equipment,
[8:15] prescriptions,
[8:17] um,
[8:18] just about anything uh, that you can
[8:20] think of. Transportation needs. So,
[8:22] we're one of the only resources around
[8:24] that will help with auto repairs. Um, a
[8:27] lot of uh, different nonprofits and
[8:29] organizations, community action, uh,
[8:32] Salvation Army, they just don't cover
[8:34] transportation costs and we're able to
[8:36] do that with our flexible funding. Uh,
[8:39] community development. So, we'll help
[8:41] different partners with outreach
[8:42] programs. We have a uh, back to school
[8:46] uh, help and resource for happening for
[8:48] Santiam Canyon on August 12th. There's
[8:50] my plug. Um,
[8:52] and we're helping fund that with uh,
[8:54] back to school backpacks and school
[8:56] supplies for kiddos in this district.
[8:59] Uh, and then education. So, if there are
[9:00] classes, tuition, extracurricular
[9:03] activities, um, music lessons, anything
[9:05] again, it can be for kids, it can be for
[9:07] seniors, it can be for anybody.
[9:10] Um, those are the kind of the things
[9:12] that we fund. What we don't fund would
[9:14] be like anything related to court costs.
[9:17] So, um, fines, fees, any uh, custody,
[9:21] divorce types of situations, we don't
[9:23] cover that.
[9:25] So, what is the service integration
[9:27] model? In order to be called service
[9:29] integration,
[9:30] um, both Polk County and Santiam agree
[9:33] that we're going to follow this model.
[9:35] And so,
[9:36] um, a lot of people think you're just
[9:37] going to call Kim Dwyer and she's going
[9:39] to fix your problem. Well, not
[9:41] necessarily. I can help, but really
[9:44] those folks around the table are going
[9:46] to be the ones working with those
[9:48] households in need. So again,
[9:50] from zero to however old, they are going
[9:53] to be the ones working with that
[9:54] household. So
[9:56] I'm going to use for example family
[9:58] building blocks. They're working with a
[10:00] household living in Edina.
[10:02] They've identified a need
[10:05] that maybe there's something wrong with
[10:07] the the water in the home. Like that the
[10:10] pipes need repair or they need an
[10:11] inspection of some kind. That family
[10:14] building block home visitor is going to
[10:17] ask additional questions not just about
[10:19] the water, but what other resources are
[10:21] you connected to? That that home visitor
[10:25] is then going to work with the partners
[10:26] around the table to see, "Hey, what
[10:28] other needs can we help? You know, what
[10:30] can we connect that household to
[10:33] that they have identified?"
[10:35] A lot of times there's no one else to
[10:36] help with the water situation like that.
[10:38] So that home visitor might call me and
[10:41] say, "Hey, what do you think about
[10:42] this?" And I'll I'll go through my
[10:44] Rolodex and see what I can come up with.
[10:47] And if there is a need, maybe it's a
[10:49] $500 inspection cost that we need to
[10:52] figure out what's going on first.
[10:54] We can look at a service integration
[10:56] funding request as long as all the other
[10:58] resources have been exhausted.
[11:00] And that would entail that partner again
[11:04] staffing that situation at a team
[11:05] meeting. The team gets to ask questions
[11:08] and brainstorm different solutions. Once
[11:11] the team is comfortable that this is a
[11:13] good request, I'm going to go ahead and
[11:15] type it up, send it out, and the team
[11:16] votes. So I don't I don't decide where
[11:18] the money goes. The team that local team
[11:20] decides if that money is being spent on
[11:23] that household or not.
[11:25] And that's again part of the vetting. I
[11:28] A lot of my job is vetting those
[11:29] requests that come in. I need to make
[11:31] sure that those folks that are donating
[11:33] money to our program, um that trust me
[11:36] with their dollars, that I'm doing a
[11:38] good job and I'm asking all the hard
[11:39] questions. Again, the shared
[11:41] decision-making with a team vote, and
[11:43] then um sustainability is a huge piece
[11:46] of that funding also. We want to make
[11:48] sure
[11:49] um
[11:50] again, one-time expenses are a little
[11:52] easier to explain sustainability, right?
[11:54] It's just a one-time expense, but if
[11:56] it's rent, utilities, we want to make
[11:58] sure that that household um has
[12:01] something lined up that they are going
[12:03] to be able to make that payment the
[12:04] following month.
[12:06] Next.
[12:08] So, how is this program funded? Uh the
[12:11] backbone agency uh covers the
[12:13] coordinator's salary, so um that's that
[12:16] piece of it. The backbone agency, so the
[12:18] hospital and the school district also
[12:20] cover what we call the team funds. So,
[12:23] each of the five teams has a pot of
[12:25] funds
[12:26] uh that that team um is able to spend
[12:28] and approve. Uh for
[12:32] three of the teams, they have $8,000
[12:34] that they start with each fiscal year.
[12:36] Uh one of the teams has 5,000, one has
[12:38] 10,000. And those are kind of all
[12:40] determined by the team and the school
[12:42] district, like how much they're wanting
[12:44] to contribute,
[12:45] and that have been established um
[12:47] annually since then. Those funds don't
[12:49] expire, they just roll over into the
[12:51] next year. I don't ask um the partners
[12:54] for funds each year. It's however much
[12:57] it takes us to get back to that $8,000
[12:59] mark.
[13:00] Um we have neighbor-to-neighbor funds,
[13:02] and each team has a a pot of
[13:04] neighbor-to-neighbor funds, and those
[13:05] are just community donations that come
[13:07] in. We also um are awarded different
[13:10] grants. Detroit Lake Foundation awarded
[13:12] us a grant that we've been able to
[13:14] utilize uh with the San Ysidro Canyon
[13:16] team. And then uh leveraged funds. So,
[13:19] again, neighbor-to-neighbor, the grants
[13:20] are all leveraged funds, but again, our
[13:22] partners, so Salvation Army, St. Vincent
[13:24] de Paul, Family Promise, list goes on.
[13:27] Uh those are all what we consider
[13:29] leveraged funds.
[13:31] Next.
[13:33] So,
[13:34] this last fiscal year, I'm working on
[13:36] the reports for that, and so our impact
[13:39] statement is that we were able to serve
[13:41] over 2,400 individuals this last year.
[13:44] That is in addition to any kind of
[13:46] funding request that includes the
[13:48] warming center that we run in the
[13:50] winter. That includes
[13:53] Sit Mobile when it was reactivated in
[13:55] the fall when SNAP benefits were cut.
[13:57] So, we had 530 individuals come through
[14:01] our doors seeking grocery and food
[14:02] assistance during that time.
[14:05] We spent over $16,000
[14:07] over between the five teams and
[14:09] leveraged about $143,000.
[14:13] So, my my assistant says it's 1 to 10
[14:16] times as far as leveraging goes. So,
[14:18] every one service integration dollar,
[14:20] it's about 10 leveraged dollars.
[14:23] Next.
[14:31] Baby.
[14:34] There you go.
[14:35] You can go to the next one. So, I wanted
[14:37] to focus a little bit
[14:39] in-depth on the Santiam Canyon community
[14:41] team.
[14:42] Our fiscal team support for that team
[14:45] comes from again the Santiam Canyon
[14:47] School District. So, they're helping
[14:48] with that that team fund. We also get
[14:51] donations from the Mill City Lions Club,
[14:53] Mill City Presbyterian, Detroit Lake
[14:55] Foundation, and various private
[14:57] community members that donate to us. We
[14:59] are a nonprofit and we do issue tax
[15:01] receipts if if that you know, is a need
[15:06] for them.
[15:07] Our meetings are the fourth Tuesday of
[15:09] the month at 10:30 at the Gates Fire
[15:11] Hall.
[15:12] We run September through June. So, right
[15:14] now we're on a a break from the
[15:16] meetings. Anisa Bosch, who's the program
[15:19] assistant, and I do work year-round. So,
[15:21] we're still there working with our
[15:23] partners.
[15:24] Again, this team does start with $8,000
[15:26] and the funds do not expire.
[15:29] And then we focus on those local
[15:31] supports, trainings, and resources. So,
[15:34] um I'm just trying to think, you know,
[15:36] when we have public safety power
[15:37] shut-offs, when we have different water
[15:39] issues with Detroit, when we have
[15:41] different things come up, um I tend to
[15:44] stick my nose in there and try to see
[15:45] what we can do to help, whether people
[15:47] want it or not. So,
[15:49] um right now, you know, we're working
[15:51] with um
[15:52] uh some stakeholders on the Detroit
[15:54] drawdown. I know that's a big thing
[15:56] that's happening, and so um just trying
[15:58] to see what we can do, whether it's just
[16:00] providing education to the community
[16:02] with a one-pager, like, "What does this
[16:04] mean for you?" It's a It can be for all
[16:06] of us um
[16:08] that sit around meetings, a lot of
[16:09] documents, a lot lot of stuff to go
[16:11] through, but a one-pager would be nice
[16:13] just to share, and so we're trying to
[16:15] make that happen.
[16:17] Next.
[16:20] Uh again, our focus with CSD is housing
[16:22] stability. We want to support during uh
[16:25] medical crises, so maybe someone broke
[16:27] their arm, not they're not able to go to
[16:29] work for a certain period of time, paid
[16:31] leave Oregon is exhausted, and they just
[16:33] need help with a month of rent, um and
[16:35] that is something we're able to do.
[16:38] Uh we pride ourselves on bridging gaps
[16:39] that come up for households. And again,
[16:42] we're here to support all households.
[16:44] It's not based on income, it's not based
[16:46] on family dynamics, it's not based on
[16:49] housing status. It could be any of us at
[16:51] any time that needs assistance, and
[16:53] that's what we're here for.
[16:55] Next.
[16:58] And so then for the CSD Canyon, uh this
[17:00] team spent $3,250
[17:03] this last year. We leveraged over
[17:05] $20,000.
[17:06] We had 16 funding requests come in that
[17:09] served 128 individuals.
[17:12] Uh and that is broken down. I think I
[17:13] have the next slide, uh 11 urgent
[17:17] requests, three basic requests, and two
[17:19] transportations. You can go to the next
[17:21] one.
[17:22] And that just shows most of the needs
[17:25] are going to be urgent. They're those
[17:26] rent utilities shut offs that are
[17:29] happening.
[17:30] And then I have uh yep, next slide.
[17:33] Uh the real example I provided to uh
[17:36] council tonight is just we had a widower
[17:38] that um spouse had passed. Uh she
[17:41] happened to be
[17:42] uh a collector of a lot of things, and
[17:45] so his health was not great. Uh he
[17:48] needed a dumpster, was living on a fixed
[17:50] income, not able to afford the dumpster.
[17:53] He had a community health healthcare
[17:56] worker from the hospital assigned to
[17:58] him, and she was helping kind of triage
[18:00] like what what do we need to do? And so
[18:03] that service integration team was able
[18:05] to approve getting him a dumpster. His
[18:07] family was there to support with, you
[18:09] know, taking things out. Think we even
[18:11] had some community members show up and
[18:13] help with that unloading of the home,
[18:15] and then he transitioned into a smaller
[18:17] space that was able to kind of morph
[18:20] with his lifestyle at that point.
[18:23] And then next. How to get involved, you
[18:26] might ask. So you can join the email
[18:28] list. All you have to do is email me,
[18:30] and I'll put you on there. We've got two
[18:31] email lists. We've got a master list,
[18:33] which is usually one email a month, and
[18:35] then we have uh the team email. With the
[18:38] team email, you're going to see all
[18:39] those funding requests that come
[18:41] through. So you get to read about those
[18:42] local needs that are happening. You can
[18:44] always attend a team meeting. Again,
[18:46] those start in September. And then you know, the last one is supporting the
[18:51] work. So participation,
[18:53] uh financial donations, or volunteering
[18:55] as things come up.
[18:57] And then again, we're just a tiny little
[19:01] uh cog in the whole system, but I like
[19:03] to think that we make a big impact on
[19:05] our communities that need us, and and
[19:07] that we're there when they do need us.
[19:09] So, that's That's I have.
[19:12] >> Yes.
[19:13] >> Are those meetings on Zoom like they
[19:16] used to be?
[19:16] >> They're not. Uh they were during COVID
[19:19] and they're not because we focus on that
[19:21] building relationships around the table,
[19:23] which I know prevents barriers with, you
[19:26] know, not everybody's able to get there,
[19:28] but it
[19:29] um there's so much magic that happens
[19:30] before and after the meeting with folks
[19:32] just connecting. So.
[19:35] >> I used to randomly sit in on those um
[19:37] after the fire and it was fun to see all
[19:40] the people come in with what they had to
[19:43] offer the community from, you know,
[19:46] um fire protection
[19:48] funds and
[19:50] just glasses, you know, if your glasses
[19:52] burned up in the fire, like it was
[19:54] >> Yeah.
[19:55] >> It was good because it wasn't
[19:57] governmental, so it was more it was
[19:59] swift and you guys did a good job. It
[20:02] was fun to sit in on those meetings.
[20:04] >> It's still fun. You should come back.
[20:10] » Does your Does your model do any kind of
[20:12] fundraising or
[20:15] any
[20:17] type
[20:18] events like that?
[20:19] >> You know, we've had a couple bingo
[20:21] nights at Snow Peak in Stayton, uh but
[20:24] other than that, we haven't done it in a
[20:26] couple of years. Uh
[20:28] we really don't want to compete with
[20:30] other, you know, nonprofits or
[20:32] organizations that are fundraising and
[20:35] so we we just haven't.
[20:37] >> Okay.
[20:37] >> Do you have If you have ideas, I'm happy
[20:39] to
[20:39] >> I always got ideas.
[20:40] >> Okay, great. Let's Let's talk.
[20:47] Anything else?
[20:50] » Kim, thank you.
[20:51] >> You're welcome.
[20:52] >> your organization is great. I'm not sure
[20:55] where the Santiam Canyon would be
[20:58] without what you guys do.
[20:59] >> Thank you.
[21:00] >> It's
[21:01] wonderful work.
[21:02] So, thank you and we appreciate you
[21:04] being part of our area and what you're
[21:06] doing.
[21:07] >> Yeah, thank you for having us.
[21:08] >> Anytime.
[21:09] >> Thank you for reminding us you're here.
[21:11] >> Yeah.
[21:11] >> And still working.
[21:13] >> here. Yeah. We're going on year 10, so
[21:15] we'll see what we've got for you next
[21:17] year.
[21:18] Thank you.
[21:19] Yeah.
[21:21] >> Danny Neilson, um
[21:23] what would your expectation be for the
[21:25] city council?
[21:26] >> Mhm.
[21:28] Ooh, that's that's a tough question. So,
[21:30] I I mean and I'll just put this out
[21:32] here. I do have city councilors that
[21:35] come to the team meetings.
[21:37] Um I do have mayors that come, but also
[21:40] I think it looks different in each
[21:43] community, right? It's It's going to be
[21:44] different. This This community is a lot
[21:46] more spread out than the other
[21:48] communities that we have. Um I think at
[21:51] least uh
[21:52] maybe being on the email list and if you
[21:54] see something, then there's some input
[21:56] you or if you have cuz I don't know
[21:58] everything. And so if there's something
[22:00] that you can think of that that isn't in
[22:02] a funding request, it's always good
[22:04] feedback for me or if you have
[22:08] things I haven't thought of. I think it
[22:09] the more people we have eyes looking on
[22:11] this stuff. I try to do a really good
[22:12] job vetting, but um I can always use,
[22:16] you know, more feedback. So, I think
[22:18] that's one. Um if you guys need me or
[22:21] need service integration, let us know.
[22:24] Um you know, we try to I try to get up
[22:26] here personally. Uh my in-laws have a
[22:28] lot up in Myer, so I have some personal
[22:30] interest in the community. I try to be
[22:32] here for the Detroit fishing derby and
[22:34] the 4th of July and different events
[22:37] that I can get into to volunteer, but um
[22:39] if there's other things that you can
[22:40] think of um I know when uh Mayor Tratt
[22:44] was here, we had some ideas that maybe
[22:47] it'd be nice to get a physician
[22:49] assistant up here to do some, you know,
[22:51] just basic um
[22:53] you know, blood pressure checks and that
[22:55] kind of stuff. But if there other things
[22:57] that you guys can think of that we can
[22:59] do, please let me know. But I think at
[23:02] the minimum email list would be great,
[23:04] Danny.
[23:05] >> I have a lot of questions.
[23:07] Maybe not
[23:09] belong here, but I can't help.
[23:11] How's the merger going?
[23:14] >> That That's a good question.
[23:17] So,
[23:18] um there is an email address that you
[23:21] can email. It's news@santiamhospital.org
[23:24] for for detailed questions or questions
[23:26] that you might have about that. I did
[23:28] write down they're doing a Your Voice
[23:30] Matters right now. So, um if you have
[23:33] feedback to give to the Oregon Health
[23:35] Authority,
[23:37] uh the email address for your opinion is
[23:40] hcmaryo.info@oha.oregon.gov.
[23:49] And that is my comment on that.
[23:53] >> Clearly Clearly you've been well
[23:54] rehearsed in that question and your
[23:56] answer.
[23:57] Um
[23:58] were you guys a pretty good driving
[24:00] force with the pharmacy coming to Mill
[24:02] City?
[24:03] >> I'd like to think that there was some
[24:04] good feedback. I think the partnerships
[24:06] we've had, uh you know, we have a clinic
[24:09] in Mill City and I think they've heard
[24:11] quite a bit about, you know, patients
[24:13] needing to be able to pick up. But,
[24:15] um
[24:16] having to give folks patients gas cards
[24:19] to get to Stayton, I think that's been
[24:21] data that we've shown and just hearing
[24:23] from patients not being able to get
[24:24] their medication. So, we're really
[24:26] excited for the pharmacy looking at
[24:28] opening in September, I believe.
[24:30] >> No, I think it's great.
[24:31] >> And there's ATM still there.
[24:36] » I might mention there's been uh a
[24:39] Saturday market going on uh in Detroit
[24:42] at different times and I know it's, you
[24:45] know, all of your team is a lot of
[24:48] volunteer people and uh it's so hard to
[24:53] get them in so many different places.
[24:55] But, if they got an opportunity to throw
[24:58] a pop-up tent up, come up on one of
[25:00] those Saturday events, there's a lot of
[25:02] people coming through there. It would It could be potentially I mean, maybe
[25:09] more so than like one of the concert
[25:11] events, something Saturday mornings when
[25:13] people are look walking around looking
[25:15] at stuff, buying fresh produce.
[25:16] >> Yeah.
[25:17] >> Uh
[25:18] I think there's one coming up during the
[25:19] Scotty Alexander concert. Is there
[25:24] There's Yeah, the the the next two
[25:26] Saturdays. Love to have your integra-
[25:28] what some of your integration team, some
[25:30] intel here, um pushing it out to the
[25:33] community.
[25:34] >> Who's the best person to
[25:36] >> She's sitting in the back row back
[25:38] there.
[25:38] >> Sounds good.
[25:41] I will grab her contact information. I
[25:42] know that um our team will be at the
[25:45] Idanha Mountain Festival this this
[25:47] weekend. Yep.
[25:48] >> So, uh maybe that following weekend we
[25:51] can look at something. Yeah.
[25:52] >> Great.
[25:52] >> Awesome.
[25:53] >> Yeah. Love to see you guys. You do a
[25:54] great job. Thank you so much.
[25:56] >> I appreciate it. You have my email, so
[25:58] let me know if there's questions.
[26:00] >> Oh, we'll fire some stuff off.
[26:10] Okay, next up, Jen Courtney Place.
[26:14] Try and get you guys out of here before
[26:16] you have to listen to the boring stuff.
[26:18] >> Big thanks.
[26:23] Good evening. I'm Jen Benevidas. I'm
[26:25] actually not anything to do with
[26:27] Courtney Place besides I needed a crew
[26:29] to go fishing with one year.
[26:32] So,
[26:33] um I'm a Salem native and grew up
[26:36] Should I be closer to this?
[26:38] Grew up coming up to Detroit with my
[26:39] grandfather who is a veteran.
[26:42] Uh my other grandfather uh
[26:44] passed away. He was the first B-52
[26:47] engine jet mechanic in Germany
[26:50] and uh was overseas with my grandmother
[26:53] who was pregnant with my father at the
[26:55] time.
[26:56] And they cut his lines because he was
[26:57] smart. So, she came home pregnant with
[27:00] toddlers and her husband in a casket.
[27:02] >> Mhm.
[27:03] >> So, veterans hold a very special spot in
[27:05] my heart, especially watching my
[27:06] grandmother and my family grow up um
[27:09] missing him, one.
[27:11] Uh later on, fast forward, I fell in
[27:13] love with my high school sweetheart who
[27:15] um was on the walk up to Baghdad. And um
[27:20] is severely mentally, physically damaged
[27:24] from his time. Um and so, just giving
[27:28] back to the community is huge in in
[27:31] numerous ways that I do, but this is my
[27:32] favorite one of all
[27:34] uh because getting out on the water and
[27:36] a fishing trip is just there's nothing
[27:38] else about it besides
[27:41] tying lines and catching fish and
[27:42] sweating and drinking some beer and some
[27:44] soda and shooting the Did I say
[27:47] that in here? I'm
[27:49] And pizza.
[27:50] So, the first year when I put it
[27:52] together, I I didn't even think about
[27:54] sponsorships. I didn't think about
[27:56] anything like that. I I funded it
[27:58] myself. I had a few friends that were
[27:59] like, "Hey, let me help." And so, we met
[28:01] up at um Sportsman's Warehouse and got
[28:04] some gear and we all came up and went
[28:06] and fishing and got one pontoon boat.
[28:08] And this last year, Andrew uh made an
[28:11] ask to somebody and before I know it, a
[28:14] really sweet lady by the name of Candy,
[28:15] I believe it's your wife,
[28:18] started blowing me up left and right.
[28:20] She's amazing. Between her and um
[28:23] Elizabeth Smith,
[28:25] I um my heart was just overcome with
[28:29] emotion and so much that I could cry
[28:32] right now because it was just something
[28:34] that I wanted to do with a bunch of
[28:36] guys. Um so, from the bottom of my
[28:39] heart, I'm here today to thank you for
[28:41] supporting
[28:43] uh Courtney's Place second annual
[28:45] fishing trip on June 26th. Um we look to
[28:49] continue doing it the Friday before the
[28:50] 4th of July going forward. Thank you
[28:52] Captain 1 2 I don't even know your guys'
[28:55] names you just showed up and started
[28:56] driving boats. So, thank you for that
[28:58] and thank you for your service.
[29:00] Um
[29:01] like I said,
[29:03] what this has meant to these veterans I
[29:05] can report back that even though DJ who
[29:09] is my high school sweetheart wasn't is
[29:11] not part of Courtney's Place. I've
[29:12] offered this up to other folks. DJ came
[29:15] out last year. He was lost didn't know
[29:17] what to do. He sat with me and he was
[29:19] like, "What what can I be doing?" I
[29:20] said, "Just get involved. Get involved
[29:22] in your community whether it's a board,
[29:24] it's a committee, it's giving back. It's
[29:25] going to start to fill your cup." DJ now
[29:28] is the head of the VHW in Salem.
[29:31] His life is completely turned around and
[29:33] sitting on the boat this this second
[29:35] term he was just digging into veterans
[29:37] trying to pull them out of their shells.
[29:39] Um Kaiser we did the golden gold star. I
[29:42] don't know if you guys are aware of the
[29:44] gold star memorial that we put up in
[29:45] Kaiser this year. Um he was there, you
[29:48] know, fully decked out with all his
[29:50] people and so it's just amazing to see.
[29:51] That's one of four out of 12 originals
[29:54] that went on to do other things and I
[29:56] like to share a couple about those other
[29:58] the other three. I don't know how much
[29:59] time I have but um
[30:01] >> You've got the floor.
[30:02] >> Okay. So, uh another one I love to share
[30:04] about is is Gil. I think he uh Jerrell.
[30:08] I think he was on your boat. Jerrell is
[30:10] a hoot. I um was able to do
[30:14] from the fishing I started taking the
[30:15] boys to other things in town because
[30:17] they just needed to do things, right?
[30:18] So, we got in contact with the Salem
[30:20] Capitals and hosted a veterans night um
[30:23] where we brought the veterans out they
[30:25] got to be down on the floor watch
[30:27] basketball and just everything
[30:28] basketball. And from that uh Jerrell
[30:31] connected with Jason Conrad and became a
[30:33] volunteer and is literally the parking
[30:35] lot attendant taking the $5 parking
[30:38] every game and is there probably one of
[30:41] the last people every night after every
[30:43] game cleaning up after everyone that
[30:46] comes to the games. And Jerrell is
[30:48] so fulfilled with that. He has won um so
[30:51] much so that I got to give him a
[30:53] basketball this year as volunteer of the year for the Capitals. So, that was
[30:57] huge. Uh another one is
[31:01] Oh, Mr. Stevens. He has a dog and he's
[31:03] slightly intoxicated probably 90% of the
[31:06] time. Yeah.
[31:09] he
[31:10] Um he got uh integrated with a
[31:13] foundation um a horse foundation that is
[31:16] out of
[31:17] uh Rick Real. It's um Acres of Hope. I
[31:21] don't know if you guys have ever done
[31:22] anything with them before, but they uh
[31:24] raise funds and have uh horses for
[31:26] children that are going through issues
[31:28] with social anxiety, mental illness. Um
[31:31] they do great fund raisers every year
[31:33] and Steve's out there scooping poop
[31:35] probably three to five times a week just
[31:37] to help with horses. And the final one
[31:40] happened this last weekend at um we have
[31:44] uh
[31:45] a guy that loves baseball. So, we took
[31:47] the boys to
[31:48] uh the Berries. Is it It's a new game.
[31:51] Who's the new team? Is it Marion
[31:53] Berries? Excuse me, yes, Marion Berries.
[31:55] Uh we took them to the game this
[31:58] I think weekend or two ago and um
[32:00] Vincent got to throw a ball. He Vincent
[32:03] didn't come fishing. He wasn't a fishing
[32:05] guy. However, I would like to report I
[32:07] did have a guy in my boat that last year
[32:09] stayed on the shore and this year he
[32:11] actually came out on the boat and he had
[32:13] so much fun and he caught so many fish.
[32:16] So, finishing with Vincent, he is now
[32:18] volunteering for Marion Berries. So, the
[32:21] comradery that comes from one fishing
[32:23] trip, just believing in one exercise or
[32:27] doing something or even just stepping
[32:28] out of your comfort zone can help so
[32:30] many others. So,
[32:32] I'm here just to personally thank you
[32:34] for
[32:35] reaching out and supporting our trip and
[32:37] I know that um
[32:39] the Detroit Lake Foundation is asked to
[32:42] do this continuously and grow it bigger,
[32:43] and I know I will probably be out of the
[32:45] scene eventually, and maybe just be one
[32:47] of the people on the boat, but take it,
[32:50] run with it, do it. These people need
[32:52] it, so
[32:53] on behalf of Courtney's Place,
[32:56] we wanted to bring you a card signed by
[32:57] the vets and a couple pictures from our
[32:59] event. And thank you.
[33:02] >> I bet you won't be out of it.
[33:04] >> Oh.
[33:05] No. No, no, no, no. I mean, I don't know
[33:07] how many lines I had to tie, but I I If
[33:10] I just show up and tie lines, that's
[33:11] what I want to be doing.
[33:12] >> Sure.
[33:13] >> So, I don't know who I give these to.
[33:21] » We never got to meet.
[33:23] Oh, my word.
[33:27] You're welcome. When I heard you were
[33:29] here, I had to come over and say hi.
[33:31] Yes. I'm so happy. It was a wonderful.
[33:35] But, let's go put them in front. Come
[33:37] on.
[33:38] Let's go put them up.
[33:39] >> Come on.
[33:39] >> You uh We are lucky that you were not
[33:42] scared off by her and Elizabeth, because
[33:44] let me tell you something.
[33:46] Uh
[33:47] they they can be a little scary.
[33:54] » Bring your passes right here on City
[33:56] Council.
[33:58] There was so much going on that I only
[34:00] remember the two, and I apologize.
[34:02] >> Bill.
[34:03] >> No, it was not.
[34:05] >> Yes, it was me and
[34:05] >> Bill was not the one
[34:08] >> Oh, okay.
[34:09] >> Oh.
[34:09] >> You too.
[34:10] >> Yes, everyone who sponsored. Thank you
[34:13] for the treats. They were delicious. I
[34:15] think we were all too excited to even
[34:16] realize how much was in those That most
[34:19] But, they took it all home.
[34:20] >> Yeah.
[34:20] >> So, thank you for that.
[34:23] >> Thanks a lot.
[34:27] » Okay.
[34:30] » Moving along, committee reports. This
[34:33] time is set aside for committees
[34:34] established by law, ordinance, or other
[34:37] authority to report to the city council
[34:39] on committee's ongoing work.
[34:42] I don't think we've got any committee
[34:44] reports right now.
[34:47] Well, we probably don't have any
[34:48] committees right now. Okay.
[34:53] Resolutions, orders, and administrative
[34:56] action. Authorize
[34:59] of intent to award distribution system
[35:02] improvements and mayor to sign contract
[35:05] Mesa excavation and construction
[35:08] Michelle Connor.
[35:10] >> Yeah, so this is
[35:13] um
[35:13] we put out to bid um to do some
[35:18] work on our distribution system.
[35:21] Originally, we were going to try to do
[35:23] Cluster and Humbug. Um and so
[35:28] after looking at our what funds we had
[35:31] left, uh we had to
[35:34] uh
[35:34] not do Humbug. We're just going to do
[35:36] Cluster. So, um
[35:39] I you guys should have got the bid at
[35:41] the comparison.
[35:43] Uh Matt just got that to me this
[35:44] afternoon. But, um so we're just doing
[35:47] in the middle of the page under Mesa
[35:50] Excavation, uh they were the lowest
[35:52] bidder um at Sorry, 231
[35:57] 994. Um so, uh we would like
[36:01] authorization to award them
[36:04] the contract.
[36:06] >> Do I have a motion?
[36:08] >> So moved.
[36:09] >> Second.
[36:12] » Uh
[36:12] Recorder, call the vote.
[36:16] » Councilor Teasdale?
[36:17] >> I.
[36:18] >> Councilor Smith?
[36:19] >> I.
[36:20] >> Councilor Nielsen?
[36:21] >> I.
[36:22] >> Councilor O'Donnell?
[36:23] >> I.
[36:23] >> Councilor McCall?
[36:25] >> I.
[36:26] >> And uh Mayor Page.
[36:28] >> I.
[36:29] Motion passes.
[36:30] >> Yeah.
[36:31] >> Um
[36:34] authorization for DLF to close Patent
[36:37] Street for Santiam Music Festival.
[36:41] Michelle Connor.
[36:43] >> Um yeah, so Detroit Lake Foundation has
[36:46] requested again to close Patent like we
[36:49] did for 4th of July. Um I think that
[36:52] is a good idea.
[36:54] >> Do we have a motion?
[36:56] >> So moved.
[36:57] >> Second.
[36:59] >> Recorder, call the vote.
[37:01] >> Councilor Teuscher, I. Councilor Smith,
[37:04] >> I.
[37:04] >> Councilor Neilson,
[37:05] >> I.
[37:05] >> Councilor O'Donnell,
[37:07] >> I.
[37:07] >> Councilor McCall,
[37:08] >> I.
[37:09] >> Mayor Page,
[37:10] >> I. I apologize on the last two of those
[37:13] I didn't call for discussion. So, if
[37:15] anybody's got discussion,
[37:18] but it didn't seem like we did. Do you
[37:20] have discussion?
[37:21] >> No, but I just have a comment that it
[37:22] worked out really good. I was glad that
[37:24] it happened that the road got closed off
[37:27] on 4th of July.
[37:28] >> So, I apologize for not following the
[37:30] proper rules of order and asking for
[37:32] discussion.
[37:34] Um
[37:37] ordinance 278
[37:39] ATV, golf carts, et cetera.
[37:44] Discussion.
[37:45] Councilor Smith.
[37:47] >> Thank you, Mayor.
[37:48] Um
[37:52] so going through our ordinance officers'
[37:56] notes the last
[37:58] I'll say 2 months,
[38:00] um
[38:02] by far
[38:04] the our biggest problem that we're
[38:06] facing right now are e-scooters and
[38:09] e-bikes.
[38:11] And it's not just a
[38:14] hazard as kids falling off them. We're
[38:17] talking
[38:19] people almost getting ran over by them.
[38:22] Um I guess these things, and I'm just
[38:24] learning this a little bit myself, you
[38:26] can have these things chipped and or
[38:29] programmed to do 40 miles an hour.
[38:32] Um I'm not asking for anything right
[38:34] now, but what I'm asking for is as the
[38:36] season is dwindling down quicker than we
[38:39] thought
[38:40] and hoped. Um
[38:42] we are going to have to have this
[38:43] discussion, and it's going to be a hard
[38:45] discussion uh even with Marion County
[38:47] Sheriffs. Um
[38:50] nobody's quite sure how this falls into
[38:52] things.
[38:54] And in order for our ordinance officer
[38:56] to be able to
[38:58] help enforce it, it's going to have to
[39:00] be it's going to have to be some kind of
[39:01] ordinance. As
[39:03] I'd love to say I never thought this
[39:05] would happen.
[39:06] Well, I really didn't, but
[39:09] here we are. I mean, I I can tell you
[39:11] during the parade
[39:13] I almost got hit by a guy in the parade
[39:15] trying to pass
[39:16] the parade car in front of him.
[39:18] So, it is a a
[39:21] situation that we're going to have to
[39:23] deal with by next
[39:25] spring.
[39:26] So.
[39:27] Yes, I am concluded. Mr. Nelson.
[39:31] >> Thank you, Counselor Smith. I'm just
[39:34] curious, have other cities had to
[39:37] address this, and if they have, perhaps
[39:39] we could
[39:41] uh as an intervener
[39:43] grab the information that they have
[39:46] relative to an ordinance that has
[39:48] worked.
[39:49] >> That's an interesting question. I will
[39:51] tell you that the state law just lowered
[39:54] the driving age of those to 14, and that
[39:56] just happened.
[39:58] Uh they can't enforce it yet, but they
[40:00] can start enforcing it, I want to say
[40:02] the 1st of the year.
[40:04] So, it's not enforceable now, but it's
[40:06] going to be.
[40:07] But it went from 16 to 14, so in a lot
[40:10] of ways, in my opinion, it may have just
[40:12] got worse.
[40:14] So.
[40:15] >> Well, it's a real issue. Um my wife and
[40:18] I stayed in a new motel over the fourth
[40:20] weekend and we had some interaction with
[40:24] a group of teens
[40:26] on those
[40:27] wheelies
[40:29] and it wasn't it wasn't great.
[40:32] >> I've like I said after talking to her in
[40:35] this office here, that was by far
[40:38] the biggest complaints from people
[40:40] walking
[40:41] and
[40:45] people just bystanders. It's not you
[40:49] know,
[40:50] I don't know how else I'll else to put
[40:52] it other than it is going to have to be
[40:54] looked at and addressed.
[40:55] >> I think we I think we should research
[40:58] some smaller towns that have to deal
[41:00] like in the bigger towns, they're not
[41:02] saturated in one area. So I think we
[41:04] should research some smaller towns and
[41:06] see what kind of rules or stuff they
[41:09] have put together to see if we can
[41:14] just calm calm the whole thing
[41:15] >> And like I said, this is
[41:18] kind of become a new thing to where even
[41:21] where the state law is dropping the age
[41:23] limit from 16 to 14 at least from what I
[41:26] saw. Um
[41:29] they might be in the process of doing
[41:30] things as well. That's why I'm putting
[41:32] this on the forefront so we can stay in
[41:35] front of it and maybe put it on the
[41:38] business the unfinished business if we
[41:40] could put it on on that maybe so we keep
[41:42] it in front of us. If we could do that,
[41:44] please. That'd be great.
[41:46] >> I have a question.
[41:48] What's the yellow highlight?
[41:52] >> On what?
[41:52] >> On our documents. Is that
[41:55] where we could add?
[41:58] There's yellow highlights throughout.
[42:03] » Um well, the slow moving Okay, so the
[42:05] slow moving moving triangles we don't
[42:08] enforce that.
[42:09] Um
[42:10] >> It's just for us to take note basically.
[42:12] >> I I think those are things that Garrett
[42:14] added.
[42:15] >> Yeah.
[42:15] >> Oh, okay.
[42:16] >> That was a Yeah, that was a Yes. Um This
[42:19] motorized not equipped with headlights
[42:21] and taillights
[42:23] it was
[42:24] this year it was deemed as
[42:29] do we really want to be enforcing it
[42:31] because nobody really knew the outcome
[42:33] of this.
[42:34] Well, now we know the outcome a lot
[42:35] sooner than we thought. So, it's going
[42:37] to have to be dealt with, like I said,
[42:39] going forward.
[42:41] Not much we can do about it come August
[42:44] with the
[42:45] boats coming out and I you know, I'm
[42:47] sure people will be here, of course, but
[42:51] I don't really know what the answers are
[42:53] on that. I know um last time I talked to
[42:55] Marion County Sheriffs,
[42:57] they
[42:59] weren't too thrilled
[43:01] to enforce it, either. So, it's going to
[43:03] have to be getting them on board, as
[43:04] well. So, it's going to take some work.
[43:06] So.
[43:08] >> And kind of on that same topic, um I had
[43:12] a property owner call about
[43:15] uh
[43:17] asking or suggesting that we also
[43:20] require liability insurance on golf
[43:23] carts
[43:24] and ATVs.
[43:29] » After what I've heard, some things that
[43:30] have happened, I think it'd be a great
[43:32] idea.
[43:34] >> And this person actually returned their uh
[43:38] permits and said, "I'm not driving my
[43:39] golf cart anymore to
[43:41] with these kids on the scooters and
[43:43] whatnot."
[43:44] So.
[43:47] » We might want to start We might want to
[43:49] spend a little time and look into
[43:52] some California beach communities or
[43:54] Florida beach communities, probably
[43:56] where all this is really um
[43:59] going on in greater numbers
[44:02] and see if we can't get some intel as to
[44:05] how they're herding their cats because
[44:08] this whole issue is simply hurting cats.
[44:12] >> Well, and I will I will also add that we
[44:14] did add on
[44:18] Boulder and
[44:20] >> Kenny.
[44:20] We did add a stop sign there cuz
[44:23] we had no stop signs coming up or down
[44:25] the hill.
[44:26] And there were multiple scooters. I
[44:29] mean, flying.
[44:31] I've seen several almost get hit by
[44:33] cars.
[44:35] The scooters almost taking out people
[44:38] walking. It's just once again, it's just
[44:41] it's too bad, but
[44:44] I know nobody wants to hear more
[44:45] enforcement, but for the safety of our
[44:48] residents, I think it's going to come to a head where we're
[44:52] going to have to. So
[44:54] >> came in the other day to pay and he said
[44:57] that he was watering his lawn and he was
[44:58] on the edge of his property and kid went
[45:01] by on one of those and it jerked the
[45:03] hose right out of his hand.
[45:05] He'd have been back just a little more,
[45:06] it would have been him that he ran into.
[45:08] >> Yeah.
[45:10] It's it's a it's a tough one, but I mean
[45:13] and as we already have an ordinance in
[45:15] place, we're just going to have to add
[45:16] to it and be a little bit more creative.
[45:18] >> And they don't care either. They I I
[45:20] confronted probably about a 8-year-old
[45:22] on Sunday.
[45:24] He stopped his bike and he yelled back
[45:25] at me. He goes, "I can go as fast as I
[45:27] want."
[45:33] » That's all I have, Mayor.
[45:38] » Well, I don't have an answer for what we
[45:41] do with when we have a playground for 5
[45:44] months out of the year other than put
[45:46] deeper sand in it. I'm not sure.
[45:48] We're going to have to work on that one.
[45:52] Okay, moving along. Consent calendar.
[45:54] Approval of the budget hearing minutes,
[45:57] June 4, 2026. Do I have a motion?
[46:00] >> Thank you.
[46:01] >> Second.
[46:03] >> Approval of city council minutes June
[46:05] 14th, 2026.
[46:08] Do I have a motion?
[46:09] >> So moved.
[46:11] >> Second.
[46:12] >> Approval to pay the bills.
[46:15] >> I have a couple questions on that.
[46:16] >> All right. So,
[46:19] uh
[46:20] recorder, would you call the roll on
[46:21] consent calendar A and B and we will
[46:25] address the uh
[46:28] vote on that.
[46:29] >> Yeah.
[46:30] Councilor Teasdale.
[46:31] >> Aye.
[46:32] >> Councilor Smith.
[46:33] >> Aye.
[46:34] >> Councilor Nielsen.
[46:35] >> Aye.
[46:36] >> Councilor O'Donnell.
[46:37] >> Aye.
[46:37] >> Councilor McCall.
[46:39] >> Aye.
[46:40] >> Mayor Page.
[46:41] >> Aye.
[46:42] Uh consent calendar C, approval to pay
[46:46] the bills.
[46:48] >> Okay, I had a couple questions. Um the How did we I know we should be
[46:56] doing this in a business meeting because
[46:58] the before a council meeting, but since
[47:00] we don't have them, I have to do it
[47:01] here. But, um how did we do on the
[47:05] dumpsters um that we had out front, the
[47:07] extra ones where we did the citywide
[47:10] um cleanup for Idana, Detroit? Did we um
[47:13] I saw the expense in here and I was
[47:15] wondering if the people that used it,
[47:17] did it help cover
[47:18] >> We made $70.
[47:20] >> Wow. Okay.
[47:21] >> Uh wait, no, we made more than that.
[47:23] >> That was just on the cash and checks. I
[47:25] don't know what the credit card was, I
[47:27] didn't know.
[47:28] >> Yeah, cuz I had I had a few credit
[47:30] cards. We probably made a couple hundred
[47:32] dollars.
[47:33] >> Nice. Nice, cuz I saw how expensive they
[47:35] were, but I mean, it was it's super
[47:37] handy for people that can't drive their
[47:39] awkward shaped things to the dump.
[47:41] >> Yeah.
[47:41] >> Um and then
[47:43] um
[47:44] I see that we have a background We have
[47:47] two background checks. I recognize the
[47:50] one for our code enforcement, but
[47:52] there's another one in here and I wanted
[47:54] to ask about that. It was for
[47:56] I don't know. Um
[47:58] >> It just happened on the sixth
[47:59] >> for Rachel.
[48:00] >> Yeah. And I didn't know um what that was
[48:03] for.
[48:04] >> So, um
[48:05] we had talked about prior to the 4th of
[48:08] July um
[48:10] having a person
[48:12] that was available to fill in if for
[48:14] whatever we needed if one of us was on
[48:17] vacation, maybe someone to answer the
[48:18] phone, if they needed extra help in the
[48:20] park. And so, uh we had a person that
[48:23] was originally interested in the city
[48:25] clerk position
[48:27] um but didn't end up applying, but um
[48:31] we went ahead and just did a background
[48:32] check on her so that it we have it
[48:36] should we it'd just be quicker if we
[48:38] ever did need somebody to call in and
[48:41] say, "Hey, can you just fill in real
[48:42] quick?"
[48:44] >> Okay, thank you. And then one more um
[48:47] regarding I
[48:50] you and I have spoken about um how we
[48:52] need to work on um
[48:56] the
[48:57] what are the what do we call it? It's
[48:59] not a personnel policy, maybe it is for
[49:00] the city that
[49:02] it was in draft form last time I looked,
[49:05] but um
[49:06] if we can move on that because I need to
[49:08] find out what our policy is on overtime
[49:12] because I see that we there's one person
[49:14] that's consistently getting overtime and
[49:16] I think with all our employees that we
[49:19] if we could spread around the work that
[49:20] maybe the overtime could
[49:23] be more limited to storms and broken
[49:26] pipes instead of a standard, you know,
[49:29] every month we have 5 hours overtime cuz
[49:32] it's
[49:33] it
[49:34] just to be efficient with city
[49:35] operations. Um
[49:37] Maybe cross training
[49:39] our current employees to where we can
[49:43] alleviate that as best as we can.
[49:47] >> Okay, so are you talking about the
[49:48] >> So, so one of the employees that
[49:49] consistently gets about 5 hours a month,
[49:52] I think.
[49:53] And um at time and a half,
[49:56] you know, if we could just have our
[49:57] other employees because we've got
[50:00] uh not the office admin, but we got two
[50:03] full-timers now and then one part-timer.
[50:06] It seems like we could
[50:08] spread the work out to where those
[50:09] people could do the overtime or
[50:11] whatever's causing the overtime.
[50:14] Um
[50:19] just trying to be efficient with, you
[50:21] know,
[50:22] how we're paying all our employees.
[50:25] >> Sure.
[50:26] >> Well, I think that's reasonable.
[50:28] Um
[50:31] we obviously want to strive to run as
[50:33] efficiently as we possibly can. So,
[50:37] I think that's a reasonable look at how
[50:41] we
[50:42] balance that out possibly.
[50:45] Councilor Neilson?
[50:46] >> Thanks, Mayor Page. Two questions. One,
[50:49] we did a background check so we could
[50:51] have someone fill in. Don't we already
[50:53] have a part-time person that could
[50:56] increase their hours? Lisa, I think is
[50:59] her name.
[51:01] >> Yes. Yeah.
[51:03] >> Oh, I'm just curious if we already have
[51:06] a part-time person that could provide
[51:08] that.
[51:10] Um
[51:12] >> Well, I was just I was asked several
[51:14] times about this person um prior to the
[51:17] 4th of July
[51:19] and uh they volunteered like, "Hey, if
[51:21] you guys ever need any extra help." And
[51:23] so,
[51:24] um
[51:26] at this point, all we've done is a
[51:27] background check.
[51:28] >> Okay.
[51:29] >> Cool.
[51:30] >> So.
[51:32] » It One more question. Does it come
[51:34] before council
[51:36] if we hire another person or does that
[51:38] Can that happen without council
[51:39] approval?
[51:41] What's the process on that?
[51:43] I don't
[51:45] >> We've hired um
[51:47] employees without council approval at
[51:49] the mainly and we base it off the budget
[51:53] and what she's budgeted for.
[51:55] Um,
[51:57] I mean, we're
[51:58] the the person, I guess,
[52:01] with the the the background check that's
[52:03] in question,
[52:04] um, that was a backfill position. She
[52:07] hasn't had any hourly
[52:09] that I'm aware of yet. Um, but that's
[52:12] for if uh,
[52:14] sometimes
[52:15] our staff takes vacation and instead of
[52:19] somebody being here by themselves and
[52:20] going to lunch and nobody here, it's
[52:22] just a a fill-in type position. Um, but
[52:26] she's kind of an at-will
[52:29] work position, so to speak, to where if
[52:31] something's needed and Michelle,
[52:34] um,
[52:36] feels it's
[52:37] justified, then she kind of has the
[52:39] authority to do that as the city
[52:41] manager. So.
[52:45] Does that answer,
[52:47] I guess, the the question or whoever's
[52:49] question?
[52:50] >> Well,
[52:51] just to follow up on that, my second
[52:53] question was, and and this is just a
[52:56] curiosity cuz we haven't had this
[52:58] discussion before, but are there some
[53:00] parameters that are used to uh, approve
[53:04] overtime? I mean, do they have to come
[53:06] to you,
[53:07] uh, in order to have their overtime
[53:10] approved?
[53:12] >> Yeah.
[53:13] >> Okay. So, you're in the know when this
[53:15] happens.
[53:16] >> Yep.
[53:16] >> Okay, perfect.
[53:18] >> And if I may also just add, we've also,
[53:23] um,
[53:23] hired a company that does all payroll.
[53:26] So, I know we're working out some kinks
[53:28] with that as well and I don't know with,
[53:31] um,
[53:32] Michelle, how I mean, I know it's going
[53:34] better now, but we had a couple hiccups,
[53:37] um, but as far as the overtime goes, I'm
[53:39] not sure. I can't speak to that on
[53:41] behalf of
[53:42] >> It's
[53:43] >> with this new system, I guess is what
[53:44] I'm getting at.
[53:47] >> Yeah, well, and that the new payroll
[53:49] system doesn't have anything to do with
[53:50] that.
[53:55] » All right.
[53:56] Consent calendar, approval to pay the
[53:58] bills. Do I have a motion?
[54:00] >> So moved. Second.
[54:02] >> Discussion?
[54:06] All in favor?
[54:07] >> Aye.
[54:09] >> Motion passes. I finally got discussion
[54:12] in there, even though we had discussion.
[54:17] I'll get there. I'll learn I'll learn.
[54:19] I should have a guide here. It would
[54:21] help.
[54:22] Unfinished business,
[54:24] CIS.
[54:26] You want to take that one, Michelle?
[54:28] >> Sure. Um so, I
[54:32] had a conversation with CIS regarding
[54:36] our um
[54:37] depreciation,
[54:39] and they are they will not pay our
[54:42] depreciation until our entire claim is
[54:46] complete.
[54:48] So, we have to wait until our water
[54:51] treatment plant is installed, and our
[54:53] reservoir is completed, and our
[54:57] entire wildfire claim is done.
[55:03] » That's
[55:04] Excuse me, but I got your email, and I I
[55:07] saw that this was a sort of a new
[55:10] mandate from them with the people who do
[55:13] their reinsurance, correct?
[55:15] >> Yeah, mhm.
[55:16] >> Okay.
[55:17] >> Cuz they've actually closed our our
[55:20] claim. That we're going to have to
[55:22] reopen it.
[55:24] >> Yeah,
[55:26] because the last time
[55:28] we had a conversation about this,
[55:31] all we had to do was furnish the
[55:33] material, which I know you and Matt
[55:36] spent hours on and we completed that
[55:40] process and then all of a sudden the
[55:43] rules have changed.
[55:44] >> Well, we've completed it for all the
[55:46] projects that are complete.
[55:49] >> Yes.
[55:49] >> But they're saying no, we they won't
[55:51] even though those are complete they
[55:54] won't do anything until the entire claim
[55:56] is
[55:57] >> Okay, I won't I won't further the
[55:58] discussion other than to say if this
[56:00] goes on too much longer, I think we need
[56:02] to engage Mr. Reynolds again for Sawhill
[56:05] Griggs.
[56:06] I think this this has gotten to the
[56:08] point of you know, the old saying that
[56:11] insurance companies can't make any money
[56:13] if they pay claims and that's precisely
[56:15] what's happening at Detroit.
[56:17] And and and the accumulated depreciation
[56:21] that we have is substantial and then
[56:23] some.
[56:30] » All I can say is well
[56:33] and car dealers and lawyers get a bad
[56:36] rap.
[56:37] So that's the word on that story.
[56:41] Uh city hall roof damage.
[56:45] >> And kind of along that same line with
[56:48] CIS, they're going to require well, they
[56:51] said if our standard procurement process
[56:55] we need to follow our regular procure
[56:57] procurement process which we would be to
[56:59] get three bids on the roof also.
[57:02] >> All right.
[57:04] >> So if anybody knows a roofer.
[57:07] >> I got well, I got one ready set.
[57:10] Uh
[57:11] you want to
[57:12] see what you can
[57:13] Yeah, gin up on two more.
[57:15] >> Yep, you got it.
[57:16] >> Thank you, counselor McCall.
[57:19] Moving along.
[57:22] Uh Bill McCall, property division.
[57:29] » Uh yeah, so I marked out my property and
[57:32] everything.
[57:33] Um I'm not sure if the surveyor has come
[57:36] out and looked at it or anything. I
[57:38] staked it and everything, but uh I know
[57:40] some other things have been going on, so
[57:44] um I will let you take it, Danny.
[57:48] >> Thank you.
[57:51] So, our attorney opined on this project
[57:54] a while back and said that because
[57:57] uh this
[57:59] process of
[58:01] either doing a lot line adjustment or an
[58:04] easement on Mr. McCall's property so
[58:06] that we could have 10 ft on the
[58:09] west edge of his property in order to
[58:11] tie this property together with the park
[58:15] and the old bus shed.
[58:18] Um and since it wasn't part of the
[58:20] master plan
[58:22] uh that we couldn't do what we wanted to
[58:24] do in terms of some SBC cost swapping
[58:28] for the privilege of having this
[58:31] property line adjustment completed.
[58:34] So,
[58:36] Michelle and I each sought our own
[58:39] solution to this. She through Google, me
[58:42] through chat GPT, and we came up pretty
[58:45] similarly in terms of a process that we
[58:48] could use to make an amendment to our
[58:50] park plan, which would have to then be
[58:53] approved by the council.
[58:55] And uh it it sounds to me from a
[58:57] discussion I had earlier that we might
[59:00] simply be able to do it differently by
[59:04] um purchasing the property from Mr.
[59:06] McCall
[59:08] uh and
[59:10] um
[59:12] not go through any sort of a plan
[59:13] process. We would just purchase it,
[59:16] therefore own it, we're now connected
[59:19] once the survey is completed, and uh and
[59:22] we could
[59:23] stymie this lengthy process of amending
[59:28] uh our park plan.
[59:29] >> So, thank you, counselor.
[59:30] >> So, I would I would move, if it's
[59:33] appropriate, that we move forward on
[59:35] that premise to purchase the property
[59:39] from Mr. McCall and uh
[59:43] have have the surveyor
[59:46] contacted, and I think that's Boatright
[59:48] Engineering with
[59:50] um
[59:51] Corby Minnick or whatever his last name
[59:54] is, so that he could uh provide the
[59:57] meets and bounds to get this this done
[1:00:00] and recorded properly.
[1:00:04] » Well, I'll formalize this. I'm going to
[1:00:06] make a motion that the city enter into a
[1:00:09] negotiation process with Mr. McCall on
[1:00:13] the piece of property that we're
[1:00:15] speaking of, uh get some survey done on
[1:00:18] it, and uh come up with a negotiated
[1:00:22] number on this,
[1:00:23] um as an outright purchase, um
[1:00:26] and get this thing wrapped up before uh
[1:00:29] year end. I mean, we're on the verge of
[1:00:31] a uh you know, a new park remodel. I
[1:00:34] think this is a
[1:00:35] very key piece for uh the integration of
[1:00:41] this piece of property with the park.
[1:00:45] And um
[1:00:46] I see no reason for the city to not uh
[1:00:51] enter into what would be considered a
[1:00:53] reasonable negotiation
[1:00:55] uh for that section of property. So, uh
[1:00:57] I mean, we'll we'll be more than happy
[1:00:59] to publicly disclose uh what those
[1:01:02] numbers are uh as that thing shakes out.
[1:01:05] We're going to have to have survey and
[1:01:06] what have you, but um I don't think it's
[1:01:08] going to be anything that's going to be
[1:01:10] alarming to anybody. So, if if you guys
[1:01:13] agree that's the motion I got on the
[1:01:14] table.
[1:01:15] >> I'm not going to vote for that, but I'll
[1:01:17] second it.
[1:01:21] » All those in favor?
[1:01:22] >> Uh hold on, discussion.
[1:01:26] We've got a second on the table. Is
[1:01:27] there a discussion?
[1:01:31] » Who would you Who would you like to
[1:01:32] proceed with the negotiation?
[1:01:39] I'm happy to do it since
[1:01:41] >> Councillor.
[1:01:42] >> Okay.
[1:01:43] >> And
[1:01:44] administrative staff can sort through
[1:01:46] the
[1:01:47] I think the two of you can
[1:01:50] And
[1:01:50] >> Well, between the three of us
[1:01:53] we can work with the surveyor as well as
[1:01:57] the numbers and come back to council
[1:02:00] next month
[1:02:02] >> With a package.
[1:02:03] >> And yeah, and and try to clean this one
[1:02:06] up and get it off our plate.
[1:02:09] >> So, that being said, we have a second.
[1:02:12] Do we have further discussion?
[1:02:15] And do we know what we're doing? Do we
[1:02:19] have that motion down?
[1:02:21] >> Yep.
[1:02:22] >> Recorder, call the roll.
[1:02:26] » I get windy.
[1:02:29] » Oh, is he done?
[1:02:31] >> I'm done.
[1:02:34] » Councillor Tedstone.
[1:02:34] >> Aye.
[1:02:35] >> Councillor Smith.
[1:02:36] >> Aye.
[1:02:37] >> Councillor Neilson.
[1:02:38] >> Aye.
[1:02:39] >> Councillor O'Donnell.
[1:02:40] >> Aye.
[1:02:40] >> Councillor McCall.
[1:02:41] >> Aye.
[1:02:42] >> Mayor Page.
[1:02:43] >> Aye. Motion passes.
[1:02:49] Fee
[1:02:52] Well, I don't think we need to go any
[1:02:53] further there.
[1:02:55] Uh camping on city right-of-way. Have we
[1:02:59] moved any
[1:03:00] kind of
[1:03:02] >> Well, I called
[1:03:04] um
[1:03:05] So, Garrett told me to call the city of
[1:03:07] Sublimity, which I did.
[1:03:09] They I I said I was told that you guys
[1:03:12] had an incident with this camping and
[1:03:14] you
[1:03:15] blah blah blah, there were some legal
[1:03:17] stuff.
[1:03:18] They had no idea what I was talking
[1:03:20] about.
[1:03:21] So, I don't know.
[1:03:23] what Garrett was talking
[1:03:25] about. Um
[1:03:27] So, but we did uh Heather
[1:03:30] printed off some signs um
[1:03:33] cuz we do not have any signs around town
[1:03:35] that say no camping.
[1:03:37] >> Yeah.
[1:03:38] No overnight
[1:03:39] I just picked the cheapest ones. They're
[1:03:41] all kind of from the same company.
[1:03:43] They're good for 7 years. It's a rust
[1:03:46] proof aluminum.
[1:03:47] Uh um
[1:03:49] They're relatively inexpensive. There
[1:03:51] are ones that are more expensive that I
[1:03:53] suspect would last longer, but just to
[1:03:56] give an idea well take a minute and just
[1:03:58] order one and see.
[1:03:59] >> Well, we we usually get them through
[1:04:02] American Barricade.
[1:04:04] So
[1:04:05] I I but if you there's a design that you
[1:04:07] like your specific spot
[1:04:10] >> Order them all.
[1:04:11] Order them
[1:04:12] all.
[1:04:14] >> Um
[1:04:16] Just tell us what you would like.
[1:04:22] » I personally don't have a preference.
[1:04:24] It's all about the wording. So,
[1:04:26] um
[1:04:28] I know this is something we're
[1:04:29] >> Where would you like these at?
[1:04:31] >> We'll deal with that when you get the
[1:04:32] signs here.
[1:04:33] >> How many signs?
[1:04:35] >> Ooh.
[1:04:38] Can I shorten this up? May I direct
[1:04:40] counsel to review what the sign package
[1:04:43] is and text in your vote to
[1:04:48] Michelle Connor. And yes, I think we
[1:04:51] should get some of those signs. They're
[1:04:53] in most
[1:04:55] uh recreation based cities.
[1:04:57] I I I don't care where you go. You go
[1:04:59] Oregon Coast, you go to Sisters.
[1:05:02] You know, you you
[1:05:04] They're there. So, it's reasonable for
[1:05:06] us to spend a little bit of money on
[1:05:08] this. Um I think TOT money potentially
[1:05:12] that may qualify.
[1:05:15] Um so, anyway.
[1:05:18] I don't even think this requires a
[1:05:19] motion.
[1:05:20] >> Yeah.
[1:05:22] » Wonderful.
[1:05:25] Marina excavation, Charles Berry.
[1:05:30] » Hm, can we ask Can I ask?
[1:05:34] I remember that son of a gun sat right
[1:05:36] there and told me he's going to be at
[1:05:38] every one of these.
[1:05:40] I ain't seen him since.
[1:05:42] Is this guy still around?
[1:05:46] » Yes, counselor. He is.
[1:05:50] » And he uh
[1:05:52] I mean, I get his updates through the
[1:05:53] newspaper, so.
[1:05:57] Nothing?
[1:05:58] >> I
[1:05:59] >> Okay.
[1:06:04] » I I I mean, I can't I I have I spoke
[1:06:07] with him uh
[1:06:09] probably 3 weeks ago or thereabouts, and
[1:06:13] the update was uh we we have had no
[1:06:16] movement um related to the Corps of
[1:06:19] Engineers and their archaeological
[1:06:22] survey. So.
[1:06:24] That's all I have to report on that. I
[1:06:26] have not gotten an an update with Mr.
[1:06:29] Berry
[1:06:30] for
[1:06:32] over 2 weeks.
[1:06:35] >> So, he doesn't know?
[1:06:37] >> Ordinance and Community Engagement
[1:06:39] Officer Joe Davidson. This is a busy
[1:06:41] guy. We're going to have to buy tires
[1:06:43] for that side-by-side.
[1:06:45] >> Yep.
[1:06:46] Uh
[1:06:46] ordinance officer's obviously not here.
[1:06:49] Um I pretty much summed up it
[1:06:52] his biggest uh complaints over the last
[1:06:55] uh I'll say 4th of July weekend and on.
[1:06:58] And lastly, uh Michelle Connor has
[1:07:00] something she'd like to add that he's
[1:07:02] said to her.
[1:07:03] >> No, it was his biggest thing. It's like
[1:07:06] three pages of e-bikes and e-scooters.
[1:07:09] >> Is that everything?
[1:07:11] >> Yeah.
[1:07:12] >> I have a I have a question about that.
[1:07:14] Does he write every incident or does he
[1:07:16] sum it up? And are those available for
[1:07:19] us to look at?
[1:07:20] >> He he does write them down. He sums it
[1:07:22] up and sends uh Michelle Connor uh his
[1:07:25] report um every week.
[1:07:28] Um
[1:07:29] I've asked I get them. Um if you all
[1:07:32] would like them, I'm sure Michelle could
[1:07:33] add you to the distribution list on that
[1:07:35] and it's not a problem.
[1:07:44] Um
[1:07:52] Matt,
[1:07:53] you're up.
[1:07:55] All right. If you got something, throw
[1:07:57] at us.
[1:07:58] >> Uh I've got a few things. I'll I'll
[1:08:00] leave the park to Michelle. So, that is
[1:08:03] I'll just say that's that's underway. I
[1:08:05] won't steal her thunder there.
[1:08:07] Um up at the treatment plant, we have
[1:08:10] the sand filters have been uncovered and
[1:08:15] uh we are doing some preliminary
[1:08:16] inspection of the underdrains.
[1:08:19] Everything looks pretty good actually at
[1:08:21] this point. Um but we're going to do
[1:08:23] some more testing of them on Thursday
[1:08:25] when we're in town.
[1:08:27] Um we also have the permanent membrane
[1:08:29] treatment plant is out to bid right now.
[1:08:31] And so, we are uh that bids will be due
[1:08:35] for that on July 29th. So, we'll have a
[1:08:38] good idea of what contractors submit
[1:08:41] bids and what the price will be for that
[1:08:42] work. But hopefully, we'll have that
[1:08:44] project underway and the new full
[1:08:47] capacity water treatment plant in place
[1:08:50] before we get too far along into the
[1:08:52] fall. Um I know it will for sure be in
[1:08:55] before the wintertime. Um but we're trying to keep that one moving
[1:08:59] along. And uh the reservoir is getting
[1:09:01] really close to going out to bid. Um
[1:09:04] just waiting for some final reports and
[1:09:06] that will be off and moving.
[1:09:09] For the water treatment plant, we have
[1:09:12] not quite finalized the permit with DEQ,
[1:09:15] but I was emailing back and forth with
[1:09:17] them today and that is just about
[1:09:19] wrapped up. So,
[1:09:21] uh things are moving along on that and
[1:09:22] we'll be back to treated uh full
[1:09:26] capacity in the treatment plant before
[1:09:27] too long.
[1:09:31] So, that's all I've got.
[1:09:33] >> Oh, come on. I signed a whole bunch of
[1:09:34] contracts.
[1:09:35] >> Oh, well, that's true. We've also got I
[1:09:37] forgot about that. We've got the cluster
[1:09:39] uh water main improvement which will be
[1:09:41] going out.
[1:09:42] Um
[1:09:43] And then there's a couple smaller
[1:09:45] projects. A new pavilion, hopefully we
[1:09:48] can get permits kicked out from Marion
[1:09:50] County on a new uh constructing the snow
[1:09:54] shelter uh in downtown uh next to the
[1:09:58] post office. So, we'll get a pavilion up
[1:10:00] there.
[1:10:01] And
[1:10:03] uh things are moving along with the
[1:10:04] generator work up on uh Silver Bullet so
[1:10:07] we can hopefully build resiliency in the
[1:10:09] water supply system there as well.
[1:10:14] » Thanks for taking some of my thunder.
[1:10:16] >> Yeah, sorry about that. I left it for
[1:10:18] Michelle.
[1:10:22] » Great.
[1:10:24] Um
[1:10:26] Well,
[1:10:28] uh
[1:10:29] city recorder?
[1:10:31] >> Um all I really have um
[1:10:34] yeah, like uh Matt was saying, you guys
[1:10:36] can talk about all of your individual
[1:10:38] projects, but we have like 10 projects
[1:10:41] that are finally all of them have either
[1:10:44] been awarded or they're in the process
[1:10:46] or
[1:10:47] we've we've
[1:10:48] gotten past the initial phases and
[1:10:50] they're in the they're in the works.
[1:10:52] Um just a reminder um for anybody that
[1:10:56] is going to turn in an election packet.
[1:10:59] If you're an incumbent,
[1:11:01] uh the packets
[1:11:03] I mean including I mean your signatures
[1:11:06] have to be verified and everything by
[1:11:08] August 18th.
[1:11:11] Um and for anybody else that's not an
[1:11:14] incumbent, uh they're due the 25th.
[1:11:17] But keeping in mind
[1:11:19] that means the the signatures have to be
[1:11:21] verified by then. So,
[1:11:24] um
[1:11:25] And once we
[1:11:28] formally accept
[1:11:31] a resignation,
[1:11:33] there will we have three openings on the
[1:11:35] planning commission.
[1:11:37] So, if anybody
[1:11:39] Does anybody
[1:11:42] » Who left?
[1:11:44] >> Uh Kevin Cameron resigned for cuz he's
[1:11:48] got to do his thing.
[1:11:52] Yes, Counselor
[1:11:53] >> So, when you say verify the signatures,
[1:11:55] is that you doing that or is that the
[1:11:57] Marion County
[1:11:58] >> The elections office, yeah.
[1:12:00] >> Okay.
[1:12:03] So, they have to be verified by August
[1:12:04] 18th.
[1:12:06] Is that So, they need to be in well
[1:12:08] before that, I'm assuming is what you're
[1:12:10] getting at?
[1:12:10] >> Yeah, in case you have to get any
[1:12:12] additional ones.
[1:12:15] >> Perfect, thank you.
[1:12:17] >> Danny or Counselor Nielsen.
[1:12:20] >> How many packets have been picked up?
[1:12:25] » Five.
[1:12:27] Six. Six.
[1:12:29] >> Six.
[1:12:30] May we know the names?
[1:12:32] I mean besides
[1:12:34] Dean and Todd and myself,
[1:12:36] Michelle and Bill.
[1:12:38] Pardon me?
[1:12:40] >> Well, I have Bill,
[1:12:43] Danny, Michelle, Dean,
[1:12:46] Teresa Mauermann,
[1:12:48] and Carl Haynes picked up a packet, uh
[1:12:52] but he has not returned
[1:12:54] the the initial form. He hasn't been
[1:12:56] issued the signature pages yet.
[1:12:59] So.
[1:13:01] I've got five.
[1:13:02] >> Thank you.
[1:13:05] Anything further?
[1:13:07] >> Uh
[1:13:08] No, I think I'm good.
[1:13:10] >> Thank you.
[1:13:13] Planning, Liam Bean.
[1:13:15] I don't think he's on tonight. One thing
[1:13:18] I would ask is we had a
[1:13:21] um
[1:13:22] we were getting a report monthly for our
[1:13:27] uh for council as to what had been
[1:13:29] reviewed by Liam uh on projects in town
[1:13:34] and I think that's an extremely
[1:13:35] important
[1:13:37] uh rotating roster that we should uh
[1:13:40] have. I don't know if we received it or
[1:13:43] if we just
[1:13:44] he hasn't sent it or
[1:13:45] >> No, this month got kind of messed up
[1:13:48] because of the 4th of July week.
[1:13:49] >> Right. Well, everybody's been AWOL.
[1:13:54] So, uh when you get that, uh could you
[1:13:57] update uh council with it and then make
[1:13:59] sure it's in the August both both months
[1:14:03] are will for our August meeting.
[1:14:06] >> Yeah.
[1:14:06] >> I like to have that available for
[1:14:09] >> Okay.
[1:14:10] >> council and the public.
[1:14:12] >> All right. Yeah, he I know Liam is out.
[1:14:14] He's going to be out most of the month
[1:14:17] of August. Um
[1:14:19] like 3 weeks, he's getting married. So,
[1:14:22] um
[1:14:22] >> Well, he's probably he and Charles are
[1:14:25] probably
[1:14:27] having a
[1:14:28] >> Yeah.
[1:14:30] >> Fine.
[1:14:30] >> So, I'll see if he can get me something
[1:14:32] before he leaves.
[1:14:35] » I don't know. I mean
[1:14:38] I do I don't know.
[1:14:43] Uh
[1:14:44] anyway, okay, great. Thank you.
[1:14:47] Marion County Sheriff, I do not see
[1:14:49] Garrett.
[1:14:50] >> If
[1:14:51] He is Garrett is clearly not here, but I
[1:14:53] would
[1:14:54] >> He's probably sleeping.
[1:14:55] >> Yeah, I would just like to say how great
[1:14:58] of a job they did finding that
[1:15:01] retired doctor that was lost for 3 days
[1:15:03] in the wilderness and props to the 5
[1:15:06] days.
[1:15:07] Props to them and identifier and they used the new fire station as
[1:15:12] their command post. They had helicopters
[1:15:16] rolling for this fellow and they found
[1:15:19] him and
[1:15:21] just amazing job by by them and and all
[1:15:25] the people that were involved. So, huge
[1:15:27] kudos and thank you to them. So.
[1:15:29] >> No doubt.
[1:15:32] Um
[1:15:34] as well as I I would like to personally
[1:15:36] thank Marion County Sheriff's for um the
[1:15:38] July 4th um coverage that they provided
[1:15:42] for us. Um
[1:15:43] they pulled some long hours after
[1:15:45] pulling shifts in St. Paul and
[1:15:48] um some other areas.
[1:15:50] Uh they get spread really thin, but but
[1:15:52] we had good coverage up here over the
[1:15:55] 4th and um I was I was very thankful to
[1:15:58] see their presence. Um
[1:16:01] they they did a great job helping out to
[1:16:03] keep things uh on a very packed house
[1:16:07] under control.
[1:16:10] Michelle King is not here. Does the
[1:16:13] Forest Service have uh
[1:16:15] Aw.
[1:16:17] >> Be sure.
[1:16:22] » Going once.
[1:16:25] Okay.
[1:16:27] >> Mic still on.
[1:16:29] >> Idana Detroit Rural Fire Protection
[1:16:32] District, Fred Patterson or anybody from
[1:16:35] the four uh fire department. No.
[1:16:39] City Clerk, Heather, you're up.
[1:16:43] » Just a note on the fire department. Um
[1:16:46] they were here today.
[1:16:48] Um they just have a couple file
[1:16:50] cabinets. They need a forklift to get
[1:16:53] them out of here. So, they're working on
[1:16:54] that.
[1:16:55] Um everything that's stacked on the
[1:16:58] shelf out there is all our
[1:17:01] stuff.
[1:17:02] The shelf is theirs, but they don't need
[1:17:04] it. We could probably use it. So, um
[1:17:09] other than that, they're they're out of
[1:17:10] there. So.
[1:17:13] >> And at this particular point, um
[1:17:18] I believe that um
[1:17:20] the city has
[1:17:22] looked pretty hard at this and I think
[1:17:24] what we will be doing is is beginning to
[1:17:27] transition public works out of the
[1:17:29] building in the park down here,
[1:17:32] uh consolidate some of our operations
[1:17:35] into one building, and um potentially
[1:17:38] work on some uh cooperative agreements
[1:17:42] with Marion County and uh DLF on use of
[1:17:46] that building and potentially another
[1:17:49] spot in this building.
[1:17:51] Um we're going to continue to support
[1:17:53] Marion County Sheriffs
[1:17:55] um
[1:17:56] with any of the emergency equipment they
[1:17:58] want to have uh here. So, we will work
[1:18:01] with them on that, but um I think it's a
[1:18:04] it'll be a a positive for the city to
[1:18:07] um get consolidated public works into
[1:18:10] this building and will use those bays.
[1:18:14] They'll be available for
[1:18:16] uh search and rescue and emergency
[1:18:18] operations at any time, but uh I think
[1:18:22] public works will operate better out of
[1:18:24] this building.
[1:18:27] Councilors' reports.
[1:18:29] Um
[1:18:32] » I just I just want to follow up on your
[1:18:35] comments. I I think uh
[1:18:37] the council needs to have a work session
[1:18:39] sometime after September
[1:18:41] uh regarding the transition for public
[1:18:44] works up above down here. There's a
[1:18:47] number of other issues that I think we
[1:18:50] could benefit from having a face-to-face
[1:18:53] discussion here and have it remotely
[1:18:55] broadcast so that others can see what
[1:18:57] we're chatting about. So, just think
[1:19:00] about that, but Michelle, and uh maybe
[1:19:03] we can put something together prior to a
[1:19:05] council meeting
[1:19:07] uh so that we don't have end up having
[1:19:09] to have two meetings.
[1:19:10] >> Great idea. Thank you, counselor.
[1:19:14] Great.
[1:19:14] That'll be That'll be good.
[1:19:18] Okay, counselors' reports.
[1:19:20] Um
[1:19:22] I'm going to let you go first.
[1:19:24] >> Okay, parks.
[1:19:25] >> Parks, what's happening there?
[1:19:26] >> Well, the staff, first of all, DLF and
[1:19:28] their volunteers rocked it this on the
[1:19:31] 4th. I got some good video of the
[1:19:34] fireworks. I actually stayed at the
[1:19:35] park. I normally flee,
[1:19:37] but we were volunteering and the warning
[1:19:40] shot shot up and so we're like, we're
[1:19:42] not leaving. Let's just camp out. And it
[1:19:44] was so good.
[1:19:45] Um
[1:19:47] uh I wasn't outside of the park, so last
[1:19:49] year I was outside of the park and the
[1:19:51] chaos freaked me out. So, I can I know
[1:19:54] both sides of this.
[1:19:55] Um
[1:19:56] so when we hear complaints about the
[1:19:58] chaos and the scooters, I get it.
[1:20:01] Um
[1:20:02] but this time I was within the park and
[1:20:04] it was it was really fun. Um I agree
[1:20:08] with Danny with the work sessions
[1:20:09] because I have some questions regarding
[1:20:12] um how we'll cover the costs with DLF
[1:20:16] and what it cost the city and how we're
[1:20:18] going to ask for reimbursement and cuz I
[1:20:20] think that was a plan instead of
[1:20:21] guessing how much it would cost to use
[1:20:23] the park per event. We are going to just
[1:20:26] find out what it cost us and then send
[1:20:27] them the bills. Okay, I just wanted to
[1:20:29] make sure that we're going to do that
[1:20:31] this year and and keep it straight. Um
[1:20:36] the um
[1:20:37] So, for the the park project the
[1:20:41] playground has been demoed. It was
[1:20:43] non-conforming and so I did offer it to
[1:20:46] Idana. They said no, thank you.
[1:20:49] And so a part of it the slide went
[1:20:51] somewhere someone who used it as a boy
[1:20:54] and got to gets to have it now because
[1:20:57] um we cannot have it at our park. And uh
[1:21:01] we the playground has been ordered. It's
[1:21:04] got it's we are used late colors. It's
[1:21:06] not that garish red and blue. It's going
[1:21:09] to be a some greens and some blues. It's
[1:21:11] really cool. I ordered uh there's a lot
[1:21:14] of research done on this and the one I
[1:21:16] chose was
[1:21:17] dangerous and safe. So, we wanted uh
[1:21:20] kids to play like the 70s and 80s again,
[1:21:23] you know,
[1:21:24] figure out their balance and and uh hear
[1:21:26] screaming kids and watch them fall and
[1:21:28] get up and dust themselves off and teach
[1:21:30] the millennials to not go running after
[1:21:33] them
[1:21:34] when they fall, but um it's a we special
[1:21:37] ordered a four-bay swing set with
[1:21:39] various um
[1:21:41] sizes of kids that can use it. And then
[1:21:43] we have enclosed slides so it doesn't
[1:21:46] burn their skin and we've got a climbing
[1:21:48] pyramid.
[1:21:49] Um
[1:21:50] Everything's due to uh show up within
[1:21:52] about 6 to 8 weeks. We do have to wait
[1:21:55] for one more concert, but um we talked
[1:21:58] to Sigmunds who won the contract and
[1:22:01] they they're big sponsors so they know
[1:22:03] what's going on and and will work uh
[1:22:05] with us to stay to stay out of the way
[1:22:08] for the concert. Um we get ADA walkways
[1:22:12] and pathways. So, uh that was required
[1:22:14] with the grant. It is included in the
[1:22:16] grant and so those um that concrete will
[1:22:18] go in. It might go in between now and
[1:22:21] then. It might go in right after. But,
[1:22:22] um we're we also got some good news just
[1:22:25] this morning that Ferris is willing to
[1:22:28] donate wood for our pavilion.
[1:22:31] So, uh Tyler said he would Tyler Ferris
[1:22:34] said he'd bring it to his board. He got
[1:22:35] back to me and said, "It's a go." So,
[1:22:39] now we have to convince who we use to
[1:22:43] take in this wood and find the um
[1:22:47] the We found the structure that we
[1:22:49] really want and that will suit the park
[1:22:51] beautifully. And but the look of it will
[1:22:53] be similar to the wood out front.
[1:22:57] So, that was fantastic news. I just love
[1:23:00] how they support their community and you
[1:23:02] know, without any discussion, they're
[1:23:04] like, "Yep, let's try it." So, um
[1:23:07] that will help us stay in our uh range
[1:23:10] of money because the grant was a little
[1:23:12] bit less than we expected. And um so,
[1:23:15] we're honing in to keep it within
[1:23:17] budget.
[1:23:18] Um after we get the two structures in,
[1:23:21] we're going to be looking at the rest of
[1:23:24] the things and then going for maybe
[1:23:26] donations for the plants and the maybe
[1:23:29] the boulders um that we'll be using and
[1:23:32] whatnot. Well, all the extras, we're
[1:23:33] going to see what we can do.
[1:23:35] Um
[1:23:37] Okay, so that was the good news about
[1:23:38] the park. And then, um
[1:23:40] I know we have a work list for that park
[1:23:42] that we haven't We cannot seem to get
[1:23:45] fixed. And I think with the drinking
[1:23:47] fountain, I think we just got to go for
[1:23:50] uh a a different plumber.
[1:23:52] Um
[1:23:54] >> Well, I talked to
[1:23:55] >> Oh, you probably talked to Reagan, too.
[1:24:00] » So, I've been talking to Reagan for
[1:24:03] the last couple weeks.
[1:24:04] >> Okay.
[1:24:04] >> And uh the last piece of the puzzle is
[1:24:07] being fabricated. And he said today that
[1:24:11] it'll be completed Friday or Monday
[1:24:15] next week.
[1:24:16] >> Okay.
[1:24:16] >> It didn't fit in the same space,
[1:24:19] apparently.
[1:24:20] >> Okay. And um during the 4th of July, we
[1:24:23] found that the heater was going off when
[1:24:25] it was a very hot night in the women's
[1:24:27] restroom, and that's been going on for a
[1:24:29] while. So, if we could Who's our
[1:24:31] building guy?
[1:24:35] We I think we need to get a hold of an
[1:24:37] electrician and find out what's going on
[1:24:39] with that cuz they it was dialed all the
[1:24:40] way down, and it has been checked it,
[1:24:41] and it still wouldn't turn off.
[1:24:43] It just ran and ran. So, it was really
[1:24:45] hot that night. So,
[1:24:47] um
[1:24:48] Thank you.
[1:24:49] Let's see here. Uh Sandy Amphitheater
[1:24:51] Music Fest is coming up this Friday or
[1:24:53] in two Fridays, July 25th and 26th.
[1:24:57] That'd be one Friday.
[1:24:58] And so, um hopefully the lake levels
[1:25:01] don't deter people from showing up and
[1:25:03] they get to come and have a good time.
[1:25:05] Uh let's see. Oh, um I noticed when I
[1:25:08] was volunteering that the bathrooms the
[1:25:10] long There were long lines for the
[1:25:11] bathrooms. So, that tells me that we
[1:25:14] didn't have enough porta-potties.
[1:25:17] Um cuz they were like seven people deep
[1:25:19] on both sides, men's and women's.
[1:25:21] >> Both of the
[1:25:22] >> I saw that.
[1:25:23] >> Are we talking 4th of July?
[1:25:24] >> Yeah, 4th of July.
[1:25:25] >> So, I believe we have increased the
[1:25:27] number of toilets for the concert, but
[1:25:30] I'll certainly note that and
[1:25:32] >> Okay.
[1:25:33] And but but that also tells me that our
[1:25:36] septic system probably needs to be
[1:25:38] pumped
[1:25:39] in the park if it didn't happen
[1:25:41] beforehand.
[1:25:43] >> I don't know. I mean, it's supposed to
[1:25:48] >> I think we were going to look into a
[1:25:49] different company.
[1:25:50] >> So, I I talked to Ace because that's who
[1:25:53] we represent or who we rent
[1:25:55] porta-potties through, and I asked them
[1:25:58] or told them that we were going to
[1:25:59] request a pump of the toilets. I just
[1:26:03] didn't know of the of the septic system.
[1:26:05] I just didn't know if it was before the
[1:26:08] concert or after the fact.
[1:26:09] >> Right. Right. Yes.
[1:26:10] >> So, if you could clarify that, I'll
[1:26:11] gladly get it scheduled.
[1:26:13] >> Well, well,
[1:26:15] just to interject here, we have a
[1:26:18] contract
[1:26:19] on servicing that and I don't know what
[1:26:23] the intervals are, but we need to look
[1:26:25] at that so we're not crisscrossing.
[1:26:28] >> Yeah, we're with an Albany for
[1:26:30] >> Correct.
[1:26:31] >> Yeah, it's the same company.
[1:26:34] >> So as long as we, you know,
[1:26:36] those systems are
[1:26:39] we just want to make sure we're
[1:26:41] >> Well, and the reason I said I don't know
[1:26:44] because what in the past what we were
[1:26:46] told was
[1:26:48] it it shouldn't have to be pumped,
[1:26:51] but it just in these events, there's
[1:26:53] just too too many people.
[1:26:55] But can it recover? I don't know about
[1:26:58] septic.
[1:27:00] It should It sounds like it should be
[1:27:02] able to recover once the
[1:27:04] party's over.
[1:27:06] >> I would think that when that bathroom
[1:27:09] was planned, it was never planned for
[1:27:11] 4,000 people in 3 days.
[1:27:14] >> No. No.
[1:27:14] >> Plus, so I don't think recovery, I think
[1:27:17] it'd be a more of a danger of filter
[1:27:18] getting plugged and it bubbling up in
[1:27:20] our park. So if it hasn't been done,
[1:27:24] we might need to use the company we
[1:27:26] already have a contract with.
[1:27:27] >> But if you
[1:27:28] >> It probably would be a really good idea
[1:27:30] to have it looked at.
[1:27:31] >> before the next event.
[1:27:33] >> Yep.
[1:27:33] >> Yes.
[1:27:34] >> Cuz that's why we have that sawdust out
[1:27:36] there. It's happened to us before.
[1:27:38] >> Right.
[1:27:40] >> And I think uh
[1:27:44] that's it. Just I'm trying to figure out
[1:27:46] that heater.
[1:27:48] And hopefully we get our water out to
[1:27:51] our park
[1:27:52] to drink.
[1:27:54] >> Perfect.
[1:27:54] >> Thank you.
[1:27:57] >> I'll just move around here a little bit.
[1:27:59] Counselor O'Donnell.
[1:28:02] >> So I really don't have a report, but I
[1:28:03] would like to request the residents that
[1:28:05] are here tonight to stick around for 5
[1:28:07] minutes and sign these signatures we
[1:28:09] need
[1:28:11] for the for the election pages. Outside
[1:28:13] of the building?
[1:28:16] >> You got to go to the front porch for
[1:28:17] that.
[1:28:20] Councilor Smith.
[1:28:22] » Thank you, Mayor.
[1:28:24] So, a lot of my stuff I've kind of
[1:28:26] already covered. Um
[1:28:29] one thing that I would like to have put
[1:28:31] on the unfinished business is I think
[1:28:36] this year or coming next year, we are
[1:28:38] going to really have to tackle illegal
[1:28:40] fireworks a little in a different way.
[1:28:42] And I'm not just on the unfinished
[1:28:45] business about how we could do that.
[1:28:47] I've seen some other cities have a zero
[1:28:49] tolerance.
[1:28:50] These are ideas, not suggestions.
[1:28:53] Um but I think collaboratively we can
[1:28:56] all come up with an idea to um help
[1:28:58] alleviate that. Granted, we had a wet
[1:29:01] year, a wet weekend prior to 4th of
[1:29:04] July, which I think really helped.
[1:29:07] But that's not going to be that way
[1:29:08] every year. And there's a lot of
[1:29:11] um
[1:29:11] nervousness around illegal fireworks,
[1:29:13] and rightfully so.
[1:29:15] Um
[1:29:17] on another note,
[1:29:18] I would like council's um
[1:29:21] support on one thing,
[1:29:23] and it has to do with Conex boxes.
[1:29:26] Um we have set out sent out a letter
[1:29:29] that July 25th, they they need to be
[1:29:32] removed.
[1:29:33] I do
[1:29:35] believe that we did that prior to
[1:29:37] knowing when the boats have to be out.
[1:29:40] And they're budding up to each other.
[1:29:41] Therefore, what I am what I'd like to
[1:29:44] propose
[1:29:46] is extending that date to 9/8, after
[1:29:49] Labor Day, the Tuesday after Labor Day
[1:29:50] weekend, to give them ample time to
[1:29:53] enjoy their boating season and still
[1:29:56] deal with said Conex boxes. That's what
[1:30:00] I might ask of the city council is.
[1:30:03] that a motion? If I need one, then
[1:30:05] yes. Well, please
[1:30:07] >> Then yes, my motion is to extend the
[1:30:10] connex box
[1:30:12] uh date from 7:25 to 9:08 of this year
[1:30:15] of 26 uh
[1:30:18] to allow uh more time to remove
[1:30:22] these things. I think
[1:30:24] Well, that's my motion.
[1:30:26] >> Second.
[1:30:27] >> Discussion.
[1:30:30] Recorder, call the roll.
[1:30:33] » Councilor Teasdale.
[1:30:34] >> Did I chop you off on this discussion?
[1:30:36] >> asked who seconded it at that point in
[1:30:37] time.
[1:30:40] Did you say my name?
[1:30:41] >> Yeah, Councilor Teasdale.
[1:30:41] >> I.
[1:30:43] >> Councilor Smith.
[1:30:43] >> I.
[1:30:44] >> Councilor Neilson.
[1:30:45] >> I.
[1:30:46] >> Councilor O'Donnell.
[1:30:47] >> I.
[1:30:48] >> Councilor McCall.
[1:30:49] >> I.
[1:30:50] >> Mayor Page.
[1:30:51] >> I.
[1:30:52] Motion passes.
[1:30:53] >> And just so I should just add this, uh
[1:30:55] Greg Shepherd is absent with notice.
[1:30:59] Since the beginning.
[1:31:00] >> He is.
[1:31:04] » And that is all I have, Mayor.
[1:31:06] >> Thank you.
[1:31:08] Councilor McCall.
[1:31:11] >> Uh I have been uh working on stuff on
[1:31:14] Detroit Road, getting some businesses
[1:31:16] going uh down there. So, things are in
[1:31:19] the works. So, uh
[1:31:21] we'll hopefully uh we're working with
[1:31:23] Marion County and DEQ to get some uh
[1:31:26] businesses uh set up down there and get
[1:31:28] them going. So,
[1:31:30] we're we're on it.
[1:31:31] >> Thanks for your efforts.
[1:31:32] >> Yep.
[1:31:33] >> Councilor Neilson.
[1:31:35] >> Thanks, Mayor. Uh
[1:31:37] First of all, Michelle,
[1:31:39] another item for our work session would
[1:31:41] be to have a discussion about who's
[1:31:45] going to support cleaning and organizing
[1:31:48] and oversight for the gymnasium, which
[1:31:52] is leased from the city to DLF. DLF has
[1:31:56] promised us in the past that they would
[1:31:58] provide financial support
[1:32:01] to help with us, and I just thought
[1:32:03] since we have a part-time employee who's
[1:32:06] looking for hours, uh why not use that
[1:32:09] person if she's industrious and
[1:32:12] interested and and has some promotional
[1:32:15] skills in terms of trying to get people
[1:32:17] in here to use the facility, uh
[1:32:20] we could put that into our our work
[1:32:22] session and discuss it further.
[1:32:25] >> Yeah, and she does check the bathrooms
[1:32:27] here in the gym.
[1:32:28] >> Okay.
[1:32:30] Well, but we're paying for that.
[1:32:32] >> Well, yeah, you're
[1:32:33] >> Yeah, and and and as I said, DLF has
[1:32:36] said that they would provide financial
[1:32:38] support. So, I do I think we ought to
[1:32:41] take a look at expanding the role number
[1:32:43] one and number two, then work
[1:32:45] with DLF to be compensated for those
[1:32:49] costs.
[1:32:50] Okay, beyond that, um
[1:32:53] the community center septic expansion,
[1:32:56] uh which is uh
[1:32:59] under the direction of Jessie Rodriguez
[1:33:01] Construction experienced some delays
[1:33:04] once again
[1:33:05] from Marion County because all of a
[1:33:07] sudden they decided they needed a
[1:33:09] structural permit
[1:33:12] to do uh a septic system, which made
[1:33:15] absolutely no sense. I I was able to get
[1:33:17] in touch with Chris Tressel, who's a
[1:33:19] permit administrator. We had a very long
[1:33:22] conversation and I have a couple of
[1:33:24] emails, which I'm keeping on file, and
[1:33:26] he has guaranteed us that there will be
[1:33:29] no more hitches. They made some mistakes
[1:33:31] in terms of what they thought was going
[1:33:33] to happen. Obviously, nobody in the
[1:33:35] permit department looked at the plan.
[1:33:38] Um so, anyway, we're moving forward, and
[1:33:40] as you can see out there, things are and and we're going to have our own Ace
[1:33:46] Porta Potty here because we're going to
[1:33:48] be without restrooms for potentially a
[1:33:51] week uh when they have to do some
[1:33:55] uh
[1:33:55] testing of the original septic tank for
[1:33:58] leaks. Uh, K&E, uh,
[1:34:01] in construction, who's, uh, been awarded the project to develop
[1:34:06] the pavilion, asphalt, uh,
[1:34:09] sidewalks, curbs, and so on in the old
[1:34:12] city hall property has finally gotten
[1:34:14] their permit after 2 and 1/2 months from
[1:34:17] Marion County, and they'll be moving
[1:34:19] forward, uh, very soon with, uh,
[1:34:23] rebuilding the pavilion that came from
[1:34:25] the water plant, and then doing all the
[1:34:28] other site preparation and and, uh,
[1:34:30] hopefully finish it, uh, by the end of
[1:34:33] September.
[1:34:35] The, uh, community center event kitchen,
[1:34:39] uh, which you all know was bid
[1:34:41] originally, but to a very limited
[1:34:44] audience, uh, uh, apparently through,
[1:34:47] uh, Buy Oregon, we only received one
[1:34:50] qualified bid, and it had to do, uh,
[1:34:54] and their number was was nearly twice as
[1:34:57] much as we have funds for, and it was
[1:35:01] related to the fact that we didn't have
[1:35:03] enough specific information in that bid
[1:35:06] for them to feel comfortable bidding it
[1:35:08] the way they normally would, so they
[1:35:10] covered themselves. We now have, uh,
[1:35:14] with Matt's help, uh, and Matt, if
[1:35:16] you're still on and want to, uh, uh,
[1:35:19] make a comment about this, feel free,
[1:35:21] but we have tightened up the specs, made
[1:35:24] them broader. We're looking to, uh,
[1:35:26] um,
[1:35:28] expand the,
[1:35:30] uh, group of contractors, including
[1:35:33] smaller contractors, which would maybe
[1:35:35] have, uh, lesser overhead costs, uh, to
[1:35:39] see if we can get this thing moving.
[1:35:41] USDA,
[1:35:43] uh, provided information yesterday to me
[1:35:46] that they have approved the RFP, and
[1:35:48] that we can go forward with a process.
[1:35:50] There is one additional form that needs
[1:35:53] to be added. uh, Um Matt, I think you
[1:35:56] received a copy of that. The
[1:35:58] acceptance, and I'll I'll lean on you to
[1:36:01] make sure that form gets included when
[1:36:04] we get the the bids out. Uh we're now
[1:36:06] left with DLF needing to approve that uh
[1:36:11] process, and so far uh I've been able to
[1:36:16] I've not been able to facilitate that
[1:36:18] discussion. Um Keith Owen, who's the president
[1:36:23] of DLF, would like to have some
[1:36:26] clarifications from uh
[1:36:28] USDA in terms of who
[1:36:31] or should DLF have some administration
[1:36:34] authority over the project, or should it
[1:36:37] be led by the city, but with their
[1:36:40] involvement. Uh I have left messages for
[1:36:43] Holly
[1:36:44] Halligan, and I assume she'll be getting
[1:36:46] a hold of me this week and providing
[1:36:48] that guidance for Keith so that we can
[1:36:50] get their approval.
[1:36:51] Lake lab level activities um
[1:36:56] haven't changed a whole lot, except that
[1:36:58] we did get a
[1:36:59] an email from Tracy Evenson today saying
[1:37:02] that all four of the house and and
[1:37:06] Senate leaders for the state of Oregon
[1:37:08] have signed on to a letter uh
[1:37:10] encouraging the core to
[1:37:13] uh stop their plans for an extreme
[1:37:15] drawdown this year, along with some
[1:37:17] other issues related archeologic um
[1:37:21] archaeological survey products that they the core uh have insisted that we
[1:37:27] do again
[1:37:29] uh 2 years after they were completed by
[1:37:32] another archaeologist, I believe,
[1:37:36] um
[1:37:37] who was a an employee of the core at
[1:37:39] that time.
[1:37:41] Um
[1:37:45] We'll just have to look and see happens
[1:37:47] or or monitor what happens with the
[1:37:50] county and city
[1:37:51] uh lawsuits uh against
[1:37:54] the the core to see if that's going to
[1:37:57] have any consequences.
[1:37:59] And that concludes my report.
[1:38:02] >> Thank you, Counselor Nelson.
[1:38:09] You have a question?
[1:38:14] Oh, question.
[1:38:17] » We need We need We need to approve.
[1:38:19] >> Yeah.
[1:38:21] Um
[1:38:23] Now, mayor's report.
[1:38:26] Um
[1:38:27] last Saturday, no, excuse me, last
[1:38:30] Sunday, uh
[1:38:34] I attended the opening uh Counselor
[1:38:37] Nelson was up there also of the new fire
[1:38:39] hall. Uh what a nice facility. Uh I'm
[1:38:43] glad to see that um happening for both
[1:38:49] of the communities up here. Um that's a good thing. Um we've needed
[1:38:55] something like that for a long time. Uh
[1:38:58] on top of it, and I knew nothing about
[1:39:00] it, there's a helipad up there. So, that
[1:39:03] will serve uh not only um
[1:39:07] you know, these communities that are
[1:39:09] nearby, but um that should open up some
[1:39:14] potential life-saving abilities uh for
[1:39:17] travel over the Santiam Pass, and I
[1:39:20] think that's great.
[1:39:22] It that should draw some talented people
[1:39:26] up here for training and
[1:39:29] give a bolster to our communities. So,
[1:39:31] that's a that's a great thing.
[1:39:34] Uh go up and tour it when you get a
[1:39:36] chance. I don't know how often the doors
[1:39:38] are open, but it's quite a facility.
[1:39:41] Uh
[1:39:43] on the event calendar
[1:39:45] Saturday is the Idanha Festival. So, if
[1:39:49] you get a chance to go up there and
[1:39:51] check out what's going on in Idanha, I
[1:39:54] think that's a good thing for
[1:39:57] uh
[1:39:57] you know, it's a we're we're
[1:39:59] co-communities here. So, uh sounds like
[1:40:01] they've got a lot of great events
[1:40:03] planned up there. So, uh stop in and and
[1:40:06] enjoy that.
[1:40:08] Uh
[1:40:09] 4th of July celebration in the park was
[1:40:12] literally a blowout. The fireworks were
[1:40:14] fantastic. Thanks for the support from
[1:40:17] forestry
[1:40:18] uh in making sure that that event
[1:40:22] was able to happen and for future events
[1:40:25] to occur.
[1:40:27] Um
[1:40:28] we did have a few small spot fires, but
[1:40:30] they were able to be extinguished and we
[1:40:34] finished the 4th of July off in a safe
[1:40:37] manner. So, that was great. Yeah, we
[1:40:39] need to address some fireworks issues,
[1:40:42] but that probably will be um
[1:40:45] an ongoing wheel.
[1:40:47] So.
[1:40:49] Um
[1:40:52] the lake level thing is a difficult
[1:40:55] position for all of these communities in
[1:40:59] the Santiam Canyon. It's especially
[1:41:02] tough on Detroit. Um every business
[1:41:04] suffers up here with this lake level.
[1:41:07] We've been
[1:41:09] playing the fighting game on this for so
[1:41:11] long, I can't hardly even remember, but
[1:41:15] I know I've been in it uh since the
[1:41:18] '90s.
[1:41:19] Um I'm almost 100 now, so you know.
[1:41:25] But anyway, um
[1:41:26] I think we're I I think
[1:41:30] from everything that I follow very
[1:41:33] closely, I attend a lot of these
[1:41:34] meetings.
[1:41:36] Um I think
[1:41:37] right now
[1:41:39] we are the closest that this community
[1:41:42] will ever be to having traction to get
[1:41:48] at least
[1:41:49] to where
[1:41:51] we're at a midpoint instead of being run
[1:41:55] over the top by
[1:41:57] unproven environmental
[1:42:00] buyoffs that need to be revisited and
[1:42:04] maybe the message about how important
[1:42:08] this
[1:42:09] body of water is to the economic
[1:42:13] survivability of this area
[1:42:16] is and not only that, it's
[1:42:20] something that makes all
[1:42:24] most important sense
[1:42:26] that the downstream water that runs out
[1:42:29] of this lake provides critical drinking
[1:42:33] water for communities downstream. And we
[1:42:37] do not want to see something stirred up
[1:42:41] by a flushout of what's left in that
[1:42:44] reservoir from
[1:42:45] 75 or 80 or 100 years ago be pushed
[1:42:49] downstream and I think that's one of the
[1:42:51] issues that, you know, there's a lot of
[1:42:53] it that's buried in sediment and has not
[1:42:55] been addressed by the core of engineers.
[1:42:58] They've refused to address it and
[1:43:00] there's a lot of things I think that the
[1:43:01] core has refused to address that we
[1:43:03] might be finally getting close to being
[1:43:06] able to
[1:43:08] have a different look at and that may
[1:43:12] change what our future trajectory is. I don't know how long it's going to take
[1:43:17] before we get the digout done, but that
[1:43:19] that's a key factor and so is the 5-ft
[1:43:22] rule that that's been taken away in
[1:43:24] terms of this lake getting completely
[1:43:26] full. So, those are a couple other
[1:43:27] things
[1:43:28] that I think would
[1:43:31] support economic viability for our area
[1:43:34] and we have to stay
[1:43:36] very vigilant on this project,
[1:43:37] especially right now. We've got the wind
[1:43:40] behind us by Marion County.
[1:43:43] The state of Oregon is weak at best, but
[1:43:46] we do have our senators and congress
[1:43:48] people on it now.
[1:43:50] Um our governor, I haven't heard one
[1:43:52] word out of her about it and I doubt we
[1:43:54] will.
[1:43:56] Uh that being said, for the closing part
[1:43:58] of my uh mayor's report
[1:44:00] uh I have been sent
[1:44:03] uh for me to sign uh
[1:44:07] Steve L Elzinga
[1:44:10] Michelle Teed
[1:44:11] our legal uh senior legal uh counsel
[1:44:15] with Marion County.
[1:44:17] And it is I've been requested to uh sign
[1:44:20] on
[1:44:22] uh a document a declaration
[1:44:25] uh
[1:44:26] sending off to the Army Corps of
[1:44:28] Engineers. This is a federal declaration
[1:44:32] uh
[1:44:33] in full support of uh
[1:44:37] what Marion County is moving forward
[1:44:39] with the injunction and putting a stop
[1:44:42] to what uh the Corps of Engineers is
[1:44:44] recklessly moving forward with and I
[1:44:48] told these attorneys uh this is a what
[1:44:51] my fellow councilors have a copy of
[1:44:54] this. There might be some slight
[1:44:56] modifications to some of the wording,
[1:44:58] but I told them the only way I would
[1:45:01] sign off on this is if I had full
[1:45:03] support of my council and if I don't, um
[1:45:07] then I will not sign off, but uh if if I
[1:45:11] uh can ask for a vote of support for us
[1:45:14] moving forward on that, I will sign it
[1:45:17] off and hand this off tomorrow to Marion
[1:45:20] County to move forward and if uh you
[1:45:22] guys feel that is not uh proper, then I
[1:45:25] will stand down on that.
[1:45:28] >> So what if we
[1:45:30] word the declaration
[1:45:32] like Eric Bade in support of Marion
[1:45:34] County motion for preliminary
[1:45:36] injunction?
[1:45:37] >> Second.
[1:45:40] >> I also filled out on a declaration
[1:45:42] myself.
[1:45:46] Discussion?
[1:45:49] Send it.
[1:45:54] Recorder, call the the roll.
[1:45:58] >> I have a question so are
[1:46:00] this is you individually and it's him
[1:46:02] individually?
[1:46:03] >> This is me as mayor of Detroit
[1:46:06] with full council representation
[1:46:12] signing this as the mayor of Detroit.
[1:46:14] >> Okay.
[1:46:14] >> The not this is has nothing to do with
[1:46:16] me personally.
[1:46:19] But although I
[1:46:21] will will do a person
[1:46:22] >> didn't know if we needed to change the
[1:46:23] motion to include him.
[1:46:26] >> Did you What How did you sign yours,
[1:46:28] Dean?
[1:46:31] Did you have one?
[1:46:32] >> Yes.
[1:46:35] » But you personally, not as a council
[1:46:38] >> or
[1:46:40] >> Excuse me. I I signed it as a long-term
[1:46:42] resident and business owner of Detroit.
[1:46:45] >> Right. Okay, just wanted to make sure.
[1:46:47] >> My My motion was to
[1:46:50] as it states here, support the
[1:46:52] declaration of Eric Bate in support of
[1:46:55] Marion County motion for preliminary
[1:46:57] injunction.
[1:46:58] >> Okay, perfect.
[1:46:59] >> As mayor.
[1:47:01] >> Well, it doesn't say as mayor here.
[1:47:03] >> Well, it In the In the wording it does.
[1:47:06] >> It It It does deeper into the wording
[1:47:08] with me as mayor. And so clarity, I I
[1:47:12] wanted to make sure we had clarity.
[1:47:15] >> Roll call.
[1:47:17] >> Councilor Teasdall.
[1:47:19] >> I.
[1:47:19] >> Councilor Smith.
[1:47:21] >> Absolutely, I.
[1:47:23] >> Councilor Nielsen?
[1:47:24] >> I.
[1:47:25] >> Councilor O'Donnell?
[1:47:26] >> I.
[1:47:27] >> Councilor McCall?
[1:47:28] >> I.
[1:47:30] >> Mayor Page?
[1:47:31] >> I.
[1:47:33] >> Thank you.
[1:47:34] I think it's important.
[1:47:36] Uh at this time set aside for comments
[1:47:40] from the public on matters not on the
[1:47:41] agenda. Commentators are limited to 3
[1:47:44] minutes. Time may not be yielded.
[1:47:46] Questions from the council or staff to
[1:47:49] commentors shall not be uh counted
[1:47:51] against the allotted
[1:47:53] 3 minutes.
[1:47:55] Do I have any public comments?
[1:48:02] Hearing none.
[1:48:04] Other business at this time?
[1:48:07] >> I just have a comment.
[1:48:08] Um
[1:48:10] for the past um I don't know, a month
[1:48:13] we've been
[1:48:14] I and us a group of volunteers have been
[1:48:15] working on the memorial up here by the
[1:48:18] church.
[1:48:19] Uh we did get the new water meter
[1:48:20] installed up there.
[1:48:22] That I would like to get whatever costs
[1:48:24] it were incurred to the city if you just
[1:48:26] let me know how much that was.
[1:48:28] >> Okay.
[1:48:29] >> I'll gladly present that to DLF for
[1:48:31] reimbursement.
[1:48:33] And I hope to have the water uh drip
[1:48:36] system working in there
[1:48:38] in the next couple weeks, so.
[1:48:41] It's coming right along.
[1:48:42] >> Okay.
[1:48:45] » water meter
[1:48:48] » All right, upcoming meetings regular
[1:48:49] session August 11, 2026 Detroit City
[1:48:53] Hall at 6:30 p.m. Do I have a motion to
[1:48:56] adjourn?
[1:48:57] >> So moved.
[1:48:59] » Second.
[1:49:00] >> All in favor?
[1:49:01] >> I.
[1:49:04] We are adjourned at 8:20.
[1:49:06] >> One quick point for everyone. I just
[1:49:08] noticed the other day that the donor
[1:49:11] wall has been mounted in the foyer.
[1:49:14] And it looks terrific.
[1:49:16] >> Yeah.
[1:49:16] >> That's what I was going to say.
[1:49:18] >> Yeah, now we need to get the
[1:49:19] >> big heating and the thing
[1:49:22] up on this opposite wall
[1:49:25] instead of sitting on the floor like
[1:49:26] it's supposed to.
[1:49:28] You use this.
[1:49:29] >> in the closet.
[1:49:30] >> Oh, it was in the closet.
[1:49:31] >> Okay.