[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.

7-14-2026 CC Meeting

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