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He's a good guy.
>> [clears throat]
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» Okay, I'm calling this meeting of the
Town Council for the Town of Micanopy to
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order. It is 7:00 p.m.
on August the 10th.
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And we will do the Pledge of Allegiance.
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» I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America
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and to the republic for which it stands,
one nation under God, indivisible, with
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liberty and justice for all.
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» Okay.
Roll call. Absent is Scott Davis.
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Present is Jim Monroe, Victoria Hayes,
and Michael O'Neal, and myself,
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Sonya Richardson, and Teresa
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Next item on the agenda is public
comment on agenda items.
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Anybody in the room have public comment
on agenda items?
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Okay. Moving on. Minutes of previous
council meeting.
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Decision. So, we need to vote.
>> I'll make a motion to accept them as
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written.
>> Good for you.
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» I'll second.
>> That's [clears throat] Michael O'Neal
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seconding.
And your vote, Jim?
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» Yeah, yes.
>> Agreed. I.
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» Okay, next moving on. Pay
[clears throat] monthly bills. Decision
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and we need a vote.
>> I'll make a motion to pay the bills.
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» Michael O'Neal.
>> I'll second.
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» Jim Monroe seconds. And your vote, Vic?
>> I vote I. Agreed.
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» Agreed.
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» Okay. With regard to reports, time
cards, with the transfer finance
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committee, any questions on the report?
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No?
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Yeah.
Moving on to old business.
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Sewer connection for the US Forest
Service update.
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» Me?
>> Yes.
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» Does it say HDR?
>> It doesn't.
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» Um I've reached out to Mark Foster a
couple times on this and I haven't heard
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back from him. Um
we actually have a meeting at a separate
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meeting in Rexford tomorrow that he's
supposed to attend. So, I'll try to
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corner him there and get some answers.
>> I do know [clears throat] he's got it in
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the in the budget.
Each city was putting it in. This was I
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was talking to him last year.
>> Okay.
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» And they were putting in their budget
together at the time, so they were
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looking to connect.
Hopefully if they get, you know,
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approved
then they'll go ahead.
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» I second
that.
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All right. You need a second minute to
not second.
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» Yeah, but they didn't ask.
>> the next item is the sewer Well, we have
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we have to do it in stages otherwise the
recent update.
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» I should have kept up with the meeting
right now.
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Um
>> Okay, sewer mains the HDR update for the
[3:22]
sewer main.
>> Yeah. So, uh this is our big project for
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the town right now. Um
we just got our geotech and survey
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completed last week.
Um so, those results um will take a
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couple weeks to come in.
Um and then we will get those to our
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design team and we will start uh
designing our replacement force main.
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Um
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I was out there with them when they were
doing the core drilling. I don't think
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there's anything
too terribly unknown that we didn't
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foresee with it. Um there are some spots
where they barely had enough cover on it
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to begin with cuz they're they put it
into rock um pretty much the entire way.
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They either had to blast or rip it open,
so um there'll be a couple sections
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that'll be
a little tough
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um to get down or that we just have to
excavate a little bit more, but nothing
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too serious as of right now. Um
the crossing at the north end of the
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trunk um
thankfully we're not in bedrock, which
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is great. Um we didn't even hit rock
corn down deeper than they did in the
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ones in the railroad right-of-way, so
that's all positive. And then um we're
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working with Kevin and his crew to do
our last little bit of inspection, uh
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which is going to be right uh here
crossing the tobacco from the lift
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station, so we're going to TV
that section of pipe. Um
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our hope is that the integrity of that
pipe is still really good, so we don't
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have to do a new crossing there.
>> Mhm.
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» Um and that we would just basically
reline that section of pipe um
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and uh with a CIPP.
And then we would replace everything
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from after that, so um we'll be working
out there the next week or two um to get
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that inspected, and then uh we'll have
hopefully all of our information uh for
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existing conditions, and then we'll be
off to races on on design.
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» Thank you.
>> You bet.
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» Okay.
Moving on,
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uh Zach as well for the sewer aeration
pond, the HDR update for that.
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» Yep, so um kudos to public works staff.
Um we got the aeration pond back up and
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working. Uh the pumps have been
serviced. There's new valves up there.
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Um there's a new intake screen um for
the actual transfer pumps that push from
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the aeration pond up to the higher ponds
for further the
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Um we got a good This whole process was
a good learning curve, I think, for for
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everybody here in the town.
Um, we found that, you know, existing
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as-built drawings were inaccurate. There
was different infrastructure in that
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pond than we thought there was.
Um, so even though this wasn't an ideal
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situation, um,
for the town, it allowed us to to find
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out a bunch of new things about our
treatment plant up there, um, which I
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think is positive. So, we take it as a
learning experience. We've upgraded some
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things up there, and we should be good
for
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I'm hoping the next couple years until
we can actually get to
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removing all the solid down in that pond
and redo some
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some intricacies of how it works up
there as well for for better treatment
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for the future, so.
>> Okay.
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» Thanks, Zach.
Um, the next one, also Zach, is the
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water PER, the preliminary engineering
report for grants.
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» Yep. So, we plan on, um, starting on the
water PER in January. Um, so we have
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that scope and fee drafted and
everything. We're just waiting to
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execute that.
Um, we have our second grant that we're
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going after for the funding of this PER.
Um, it's going to be one that you guys
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have gotten in the past for the
wastewater one.
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Uh, this is through DNR C. It's a
renewable resources, uh, planning grant.
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So, this one's for $40,000.
Um, we previously submitted a CDBG for
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50. Um, so we will be,
um,
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hopefully turning in that application
tomorrow.
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» Excellent. Thank you.
Um, moving on, the Government Review
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Study Commission update. We have no
update. And I think we're coming up to
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the deadline soon.
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Moving on to new business.
Transportation Road Assessment Report,
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Zach.
This is a good one.
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» [laughter]
>> Yeah, so a couple weeks ago
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HDR, the town,
Mr. Durham with the county,
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and public works staff, we all sat down
and um
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did a quick inventory
of some of the [clears throat] worst
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roads within the town,
and specifically focused in on the TIFF
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district.
Um as we have some funds that need to be
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expended or at least allocated by the
end of this year for projects. So our
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goal was to inventory town with a focus
on the TIFF district. Um but we did
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expand that.
Um I came back up earlier last week and
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kind of expanded just doing a whole
town-wide assessment of all the roads.
[8:30]
And so we're writing that up right now.
Um plan is to put together a
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comprehensive document that can help
guide the town in the future as far as
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priorities for future larger
reconstructions, and will help us aid in
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getting more grant money.
So we'll be finalizing that, and then
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that will also help us put together a
bid package
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for the next
month to 6 weeks is kind of when we're
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targeting to where we can pick off
we're hoping probably around four
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different projects around town that will
will hopefully get done this fall.
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» That's exciting to me.
Mary.
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» And then
we've allocated or we've identified two
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major projects
that came from our survey list that we
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will go after for a larger, it's called
a build grant.
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Um
it used to be called raise, it used to
[9:25]
be called something else. Like they just
keep renaming it, but effectively it's
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one of the largest transportation grants
that you can get in the state.
[9:34]
I think I'll have to double check, but I
think the town we qualified for to
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dollars for that one. So,
it's a good chunk of money.
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Um and I think most likely we would go
after Central
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for that one to start.
That's kind of our thought there. That
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will ultimately be up to the
>> Thank you, Emmy.
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» Yes.
>> Excellent. Thank you for that.
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» [snorts]
>> Moving on to the next item on the agenda
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is resolution number 2026-823,
which is for the annual tax levy, and we
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actually won't be doing that on this
evening only because there's been a
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change in formula on the mill levy
determination schedule. So, we don't
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have enough numbers right now in our
budget to be able to do that and they
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changed the algorithm and Teresa will be
getting training on it tomorrow.
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So,
we will do we will cover that resolution
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in the special meeting on the 24th.
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Moving on to resolution number 2026-824,
which is the intent to increase water
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rates.
And we need to vote on that.
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» I have a comment on that.
>> Sure.
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» Um it was my understanding that when we
were going over these things, we were
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raising the water rates
um to what we needed.
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Okay.
And then it looks like in the resolution
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we're also going to implement some
commercial rates and so forth and so
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forth. Is that Is that the way that it
reads?
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» Um let's see what
let's see uh uh uh
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» Yes, that is how it reads currently.
>> That's what we're planning.
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Well, we're We're planning on
discussing. I'd say, you know, these are
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resolutions of intent
so that they can give people an idea of
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what will be going on under the
discussion in the public meetings.
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Um and also a better idea of what we've
been discussing in the work sessions
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here.
I want to hear about that and come in.
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So, whether or not you pick up
um
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any of this these changes,
this is just
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the intent document that gets published
in the paper and says, "This is what
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we're thinking about doing with the
rates." So, you got to come to the
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public meetings and
and talk with us and see what's going
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on. So, if there's something in there
that you don't want, then you just don't
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adopt it in the
in the ordinance. Okay.
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» And that was my biggest concern. It
looks to me like we're going to be
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raising the rates.
And then also, on top of that,
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raising the rates for all the commercial
folks, and we haven't even really talked
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too much about that.
And so,
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that's kind of where I was kind of
confused on that.
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» Yeah.
No, no, but that's why it's in there.
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It's so that's get discussed.
Um Eureka has not had a commercial rate
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um
in in
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you know, we had talked about some of
the breakdowns and things that had been
[12:38]
suggested, but
>> [snorts]
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» you know, that was why we just dropped
back to the
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to the the number
to the four categories again.
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» I just wanted to be clear cuz I think
there'll be some questions, you know, if
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we're raising the rates to where they
need to be,
[12:54]
but then it's going to be more for these
other groups of people, you know, I
[12:58]
think that's kind of I was going wanting
to avoid that, you know.
[13:01]
Um because
well, if we're already getting what we
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need,
what are we getting more for?
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» So, I think
>> Well, and that is the question and you
[13:10]
know, that's part of the question, too.
Are we
[13:13]
getting the rates where they where they
need to be?
[13:16]
Um the base rates that I gave you in the
work sessions, that was strictly based
[13:22]
on the cost of living increase index
from the federal indexes.
[13:28]
So, we still need to take our own in
in our bonds
[13:33]
and those and and run them through the
rate calculator
[13:37]
on there and make sure, you know, we do
or that the that that's where you want
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to go with them.
On there, if you do want to want to
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separate
um
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and and have a separate set of rates,
some some towns do, some towns don't.
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Almost all of the major areas do
on there. They're mainly um
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it's for like, you know, really what
you're looking to pick up is the car
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washes, the heavy water consumers, um
stuff like that.
[14:10]
» And then also just
um at the work session you'd said $120,
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remember? When we had worked with with
the numbers and you you voted, not
[14:19]
voted, but you had recommended we go for
that. I think if you look at this, it's
[14:23]
not even at that amount. What has been
>> Right. And that's what I
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» Yeah. Not to start with.
>> The the 120 was a reference that the
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state was giving us.
And if they would have said 115, I would
[14:33]
have said 115. I didn't want I don't
choose 120. I was just referencing what
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they had said we needed.
>> Suggestion, yeah. And but it has been
[14:40]
reduced even from that. So, I think it's
at 107 possibly.
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» And that's what they what they put in
the numbers and they they spits out what
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we need, right?
That's that's great. I'm all for that.
[14:51]
I'm not necessarily for
all the
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all the extras
right at this moment with the with the
[14:59]
rate increase and then the next 3 years
a rate increase.
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But on top of that, we're already we're
just going to go ahead and ding all
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these other people, too.
>> Well, I just wanted to quickly if yeah,
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it's it's not really dinging them
because it's
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» you get what you need
>> Yeah, but you're getting what you need
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from the single family homeowner and
>> From all the people that are getting
[15:17]
water, you're getting what you need.
That's where Where do come from.
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» Correct. However,
if you are if you raise your rates and
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you are only you're raising your rates
and you have to because of our DEQ
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concentrically and there's a whole lot
of all this other stuff that goes into
[15:33]
play. If you take that into
consideration and you raise the rates,
[15:38]
people that currently have apartment
buildings, car washes,
[15:44]
they are still using one water and sewer
line. That's not fair.
[15:49]
Where the single family homeowner is
going to have to carry the burden
[15:51]
whereas both people are getting a break
and that's not that's why
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for me the commercial rate increase was
important just because it would simplify
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what the actual usage is
in terms of size and I think that's what
[16:05]
we discussed
at the
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» Yeah.
So, I think I think maybe a another way
[16:10]
to look at the commercial rates is to
look at it similar to like how we
[16:15]
implement the the EDU multiplier. So,
based on your meter size, you have
[16:22]
a bigger impact on the overall system.
It's the very similar with a business.
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» Yeah, that's right. Yeah, if you have a
1-in it's going to be
[16:30]
7.29. [clears throat]
Yeah, I get that. It's all right here.
[16:34]
» Right. So, yeah. So, I guess like the
last thing that we like at the work
[16:38]
session we didn't have included was just
the definition
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of what that would apply to which we've
included in here as well.
[16:45]
Um so, yeah. Obviously, it's all
you guys in in your discretion, but you
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know, if if the point is to
make sure that every resident of the
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town is equally contributing
on a rate basis
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to maintaining the infrastructure in the
town,
[17:04]
eventually you will need to get to some
commercial rate.
[17:07]
Because the businesses are having a a
good
[17:10]
» So, back to my point is, you know, we're
all you know, I think we're implementing
[17:13]
two different things here all at once
and we haven't really had any
[17:16]
discussion about it.
>> But if I if I'm understanding correctly,
[17:19]
we're not committing to this. All we're
saying is we're we're going to increase
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the rates.
This is about where we're going to be
[17:26]
and in our future work sessions, which
we can make public, then we can talk
[17:30]
about it.
>> Right.
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» [clears throat]
>> We were here we've you know, obviously
[17:34]
Cliff and I have been part of all the
work sessions and the meetings with you
[17:37]
guys.
We basically just taking everything that
[17:40]
we've discussed, that's been on the
table, put it in this intent so that it
[17:44]
can be an open forum for discussion and
for for the final determination in 6
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weeks.
[17:53]
» Well, I disagree. And I think we talked
about commercial rates quite a bit in
[17:57]
our work session.
>> Well, we did. Yeah, we did talk about
[18:00]
how we want you know, we want them, we
need them, things about nature. But
[18:03]
there really isn't we don't know what is
commercial, for example. Speaking of
[18:07]
those Airbnbs, just for example, we
haven't
[18:13]
determined whether or not they are, you
know.
[18:15]
» Mhm.
>> Um
[18:17]
No, and that's on an actually on my list
to provide you
[18:20]
during these sessions is some of the
definitions that I see.
[18:24]
But I mean
>> [clears throat]
[18:25]
» most of the time the definitions are
in his guidebooks.
[18:30]
On there, just for lack of a better way
of putting it.
[18:33]
» Mhm.
>> We we use the engineers as the resource
[18:37]
on that so we can figure out you know,
what is that differential in in use.
[18:43]
» Right.
>> Not just in gallons, but in the impacts
[18:47]
on the system. And that would be where I
would look to find if you were going to
[18:52]
engage a different a different rate. And
it may be that Eureka's still at that
[18:58]
point that it doesn't need
the separate separate rates.
[19:05]
» So, I think just to clarify, it's not
we're not voting on doing that. It's
[19:09]
just an going to to do that. Because
they'll do the final vote I think in 6
[19:13]
weeks.
>> Yep. The The main point of this is to
[19:17]
give the public notice that we're going
to be on water rates to make some
[19:21]
improvements to the system and here's
our ideas for now.
[19:28]
» And bearing in mind the ideas are all
based on
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the fact that they haven't been raised
in 87 and 8 years
[19:35]
and that we haven't kept up for the last
almost decade.
[19:39]
» Yep.
>> And so now we're in a position where we
[19:40]
don't have a choice because now we have
to rehabilitate our water and these are
[19:45]
sewer systems for instance.
And in order to qualify because we under
[19:49]
a DQ consent decree, we don't meet the
standard for federal funding for the
[19:54]
grants.
So we don't have a choice. If we want to
[19:56]
it's going to cost us millions to do
this.
[20:00]
And so we have to get the money from
somewhere and in order to do that we
[20:03]
have to meet that criteria.
>> Right. Yep. Your eligibility is based
[20:07]
off of your rates. How much funding
you'll be eligible for. So if your rates
[20:11]
are not in an acceptable position, you
will qualify for less
[20:15]
grant money.
>> So that's part of the other information.
[20:19]
» what That's That's how we came up with
these base rates for all the things that
[20:23]
are right now. The The water and sewer,
that's how we came up with those rates.
[20:27]
» Yes.
>> Charging that amount of money we
[20:29]
qualify.
>> Yes, because so yeah, with the target
[20:33]
rate what I was just outlining with the
Horseman project in particular,
[20:37]
those grants you guys have to be at a
certain target rate percentage by the
[20:42]
end of construction. So that's what like
how we've outlined it on here is that
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you would hit that target rate by the
end of
[20:50]
construction.
[20:56]
» Any other questions?
>> No, but I move that we
[21:01]
the council consider resolution
2026-824
[21:08]
for the potential increase in water
rates.
[21:11]
» Okay.
>> I'll second.
[21:14]
» Jim second and Victoria and Jim second.
>> I agree.
[21:20]
» And Michael agrees.
[21:25]
And then moving on to the next item on
the agenda, which is resolution number
[21:28]
2026-825,
[21:32]
which would be the intent to increase
sewer rates. And we need a vote for
[21:36]
that.
>> I'll make
[21:37]
I'll make a motion
to accept the resolution.
[21:41]
» I'll second.
>> And you agree?
[21:44]
» Jim agrees.
[21:48]
» Okay.
Moving on to the next item, which is
[21:53]
council and mayor comments. Anyone from
the council have comments?
[22:00]
No.
No comments? Okay.
[22:03]
Then I'll move on to the mayor comments.
I have a couple of um items that I
[22:07]
wanted to mention.
Um
[22:11]
the first thing
>> [clears throat]
[22:12]
» residents should know is that I'm
requesting that residents
[22:16]
take care of their properties. They need
to start getting rid of trash on their
[22:20]
properties, cut their grass, just take
care of their little patch in our town,
[22:26]
so that our town looks well cared for
and does not look neglected. So, the
[22:32]
town what town hall has been receiving
complaints about various properties
[22:35]
around the town and we try to address
them as that we become aware of them.
[22:40]
Um but I just wanted to make special
note that people are responsible for
[22:43]
taking care of their properties, taking
out their trash, and cleaning it up.
[22:48]
So, for me that's pretty important. I
think it's um
[22:53]
it's a good point. It's a good It's good
for people to take care of their little
[22:57]
patch of America, the way I see it.
Second thing that I want people to know
[23:02]
is that next week, starting next week
Monday,
[23:05]
our DPW, Department of Public Works,
will be flushing our fire hydrants.
[23:10]
So, every single fire hydrant in the
town will be flushed. I think there's
[23:13]
about 42 of them, but I stand to
correction, Kevin.
[23:17]
Um I did put it out on my Facebook page.
I did put it out on our website, and I
[23:21]
did put it out and we did give it to the
newspaper.
[23:25]
Um So, when you flush it, and Kevin,
correct me that it's going to be There's
[23:30]
a possibility of it being a little
tinged, right? Yeah. With brown?
[23:33]
» Yeah.
>> Um so, if you just run it until it's
[23:36]
clear,
>> Yep.
[23:37]
» it should be fine.
Do you have anything else you want to
[23:41]
add to that?
>> No, that's basically it.
[23:43]
» Okay.
>> About how many gallons does a
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flushing
>> [clears throat]
[23:47]
» require?
Per per gallon?
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» It just depends.
[23:54]
» Okay.
And then, the third thing I wanted to
[23:56]
mention, and then for the town council
members,
[23:59]
we have here a special meeting on August
24th at 3:00 p.m. So, there'll be a
[24:04]
public hearing, and then straight after
that, I think 5 minutes right after the
[24:07]
public hearing, to reset, plus minus,
and then we'll move into um it's for the
[24:11]
budget.
So,
[24:15]
that will be on August 24th at 3:00 p.m.
It'll be um
[24:21]
comments Oh, that's right. Comments on
the final budget, and then also the mill
[24:24]
levies will be
cuz that's what their resolution was
[24:27]
that you didn't get to, the mill levies.
[24:31]
» [clears throat]
[24:35]
» Okay.
Do you have something, Neil?
[24:39]
» Thank you, Mayor.
Uh Friday I dealt with an individual
[24:43]
that was starting a fire, and
uh we don't have any restrictions on
[24:47]
that, given that it's a recreational
fire, except that he was burning a
[24:51]
television.
And so, we do have a law, and he was
[24:54]
cited for that, but it it kind of
brought up a discussion, and you and I
[24:58]
spoke on Friday. I was hoping to have
opportunity for the council to just
[25:01]
address [clears throat] if we are moving
into fire season elevated risk. You
[25:04]
mentioned the the rubbish
in the yard and that puts each residence
[25:09]
at greater risk. I've invited our fire
chief here today
[25:12]
as well and it's in reference to our
city code section 78.
[25:20]
And
[25:22]
I'll just if you don't mind, I'll just
read the the short phrase. Um
[25:30]
See.
[25:36]
Waste paper similar readily combustibles
non-explosive material may be disposed
[25:40]
of by burning in incinerators of a type
and condition approved by the fire chief
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except during such hours or periods as
the fire chief may determine such
[25:50]
burning would constitute a fire hazard.
And so
[25:53]
we are moving into that season.
[clears throat]
[25:56]
I think it would be appropriate, but
it's not my call, for the town to adopt
[26:00]
the county standards when they go to
level whatever with their fire
[26:05]
situation.
Uh fire chief, do you have something for
[26:08]
us, Ron?
>> Um
[26:11]
the county
state of Montana and the the federal
[26:15]
government this time of year they meet
on Tuesday mornings
[26:19]
and that's where they all sit down and
talk about
[26:22]
what the fire danger is.
Have there been human caused fires?
[26:26]
There's a number of factors they talk
about. That's an extremely factor for
[26:29]
going to
restrictions or taking restrictions off.
[26:33]
My comment on that is
I think it's appropriate for the town to
[26:39]
move to restrictions,
but I think it's appropriate for the
[26:42]
town to move at the same time. Move in
unison.
[26:46]
A number of years ago and it's been a
couple of decades
[26:50]
they did not all the entities did not
move in unison, the tribes and the state
[26:54]
and whatever else. And so you have
a mishmash of different restrictions in
[26:59]
different places and for people
living
[27:04]
in the city limits,
they could, for example, they might be
[27:08]
under restrictions that nobody else was
and vice versa. And I just don't think
[27:12]
that's good business. It is confusing to
people and I think
[27:15]
if you choose to do that, I I would
strongly encourage you to
[27:19]
do it in unison at the same time. You
would move with them.
[27:23]
» And when you say within you mean the
state [clears throat] or do you mean
[27:25]
Lincoln County?
>> Get the county's involved as well.
[27:29]
» So, to me
>> we the last
[27:32]
fire season we did, we actually made it
so that we do go with what the county
[27:36]
every time. So, we
>> you've got a new regulation
[27:40]
» Yes, we do. So, we do
>> So, it does move in a
[27:42]
» Yep, I didn't know
>> We already do, yep.
[27:44]
» So, we we follow what Lincoln County
what they say, we follow.
[27:48]
» Yep. Or it's actually you can go
stricter.
[27:51]
» Mhm.
>> That's the way we set it up, but you at
[27:53]
the minimum you want to be set the same
place as the fire service in your county
[27:58]
are.
>> Okay. So, does that does that answer
[28:01]
your question?
>> I believe so. I guess maybe we can get
[28:05]
that regulation posted. Perhaps the
newspaper can get the idea of making
[28:09]
people aware of it. Maybe
>> And I'll put it on the website, too.
[28:13]
» Thank you.
>> Thank you for bringing this to our
[28:15]
attention.
[28:18]
Thanks, Chief Comey. Appreciate your
time. I'd like to give us some
[28:21]
information.
Uh we have public comments on our agenda
[28:25]
items. If anybody has anything they'd
like to say.
[28:30]
All right. Moving on to adjournment.
Thank you for everyone for coming
[28:35]
um to our town council meeting. We love
seeing people here. Thank you for that.
[28:40]
» [clears throat]
>> Rock oriented.
[28:46]
I'm going to have to get out of here
since it's our last since it's our last
[28:49]
day.
>> I don't know. It's 41 minutes.
[28:53]
» Yeah.
[28:56]
» Catherine asked me how long and I said
I've been here for like 20 minutes.
[28:59]
» Yeah, 48 minutes.
>> [laughter]
[29:08]
» You know what are you doing?
I was
[29:11]
just going to say hi.
>> Yeah, I got to go.