[0:00] Welcome to the Tuesday, September 1st,
regular city council meeting. Calling
[0:06] this meeting to order. Would you please
join me for pledge of allegiance?
[0:14] » I pledge algiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
[0:19] republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[0:26] justice for all.
[0:33] Roll call, please. Misty
>> Clemens
[0:35] » here.
>> Morris
[0:36] » here.
>> O'Brien
[0:37] » here.
>> Weird
[0:38] » here.
>> Here.
[0:41] » Okay. Item four is approval of the
September 1st, 2026 agenda. Take a
[0:46] motion to approve, please.
>> So move.
[0:49] » Second.
>> All in favor?
[0:51] » I
>> opposed.
[0:54] Next item is public comment. Anyone from
the public
[1:00] in our chambers tonight that'd like to
come and speak to the council myself?
[1:04] Come up to the podium.
[1:09] » And there is a threeminute limit on
that.
[1:14] » Hi, my name is Nick Horseman. I own uh
3759
[1:18] uh Lafayette Road, the storage facility
down there. Um, [clears throat] I
[1:22] understand that uh at one point it was a
C2 zoning. It got reszoned to a C3. Um,
[1:30] I'm not asking for um self storage to be
allowed to be built in this area. I know
[1:38] that that's probably not anything
anybody wants. But what I am kind of
[1:44] [clears throat] asking for is if we
could consider um a narrow
[1:50] um let me see how I had it worded here.
Um a narrow amendment to C3 concerning
[1:58] existing legal businesses that have been
become uh non-conforming because of a
[2:03] change in zoning.
Um, right now I have some vacant land on
[2:10] that property.
Um, and it's kind of given like a
[2:15] junkyard look, which none of us want
because it's like outdoor parking. Um,
[2:21] and I'm trying to bring climate
controlled storage to Evansdale. I have
[2:25] a lot of people and businesses that are
asking for that so they can like store
[2:30] their inventory and record retention
stuff like that. So that's what I was
[2:35] gonna ask for.
[2:41] » Is this the right venue?
[clears throat]
[2:44] » Um we had been talking to Mr. Horseman
um regarding it actually went to
[2:49] planning and zoning um the end of March.
Um if they would if that was the first
[2:56] step and then it did actually come to
council as well.
[2:58] » [snorts]
>> um if they'd be willing to allow for
[3:02] additional build. And this wasn't for
you.
[3:05] » This was for someone else looking at the
property.
[3:07] » Wasn't that for the semi-trailers that
they wanted to put in there or
[3:10] something?
>> It wasn't semi-trailers. No, they just
[3:13] No, they just wanted to know if they
could there's, you know, a piece of land
[3:18] to the side and back of that property.
and um planning and zoning uh recommend
[3:26] to council that we didn't allow
additional storage facilities and then
[3:32] council
um actually approved the same
[3:36] » that we weren't going to allow
additional storage facilities in C3.
[3:43] » I know my three minutes is almost up.
Can I just say that in the notes it said
[3:47] that uh they didn't have a whole bunch
of information on that and their
[3:50] concerns were that it was going to be an
eyesore to the community and it would uh
[3:56] bring a lot of traffic to the area. With
my gate controller, I have um
[4:01] [clears throat] access to see who's
going in and out. It's about five and a
[4:04] half cars a day and where I would be
building is not visible at any part of
[4:10] the street. So, for what it's worth, I
just thought I'd add that, too. So,
[4:14] I'm just asking basically to consider
whether we could make an amendment so
[4:19] that people who have it can you know
make improvements or expansions on their
[4:25] land. Thank you.
>> Thank you.
[4:27] » Thanks.
>> Thank you Mr. Horseman.
[4:40] » Hello. Good evening, council. Keith
Kaspari, district representative for the
[4:43] office of uh Waterlue, office of
Congresswoman Ashley Henson and uh uh
[4:51] back after two weeks and uh you know,
from what I see here in the maps and and
[4:57] the development going on, you've got a
very fine city here and to compliment
[5:03] you all on that. And I will share with
you all the one common denominator that
[5:08] I hear for the cities I visit and the
nine counties of our larger 22count
[5:13] district that I visit
is they're all saying that there's a
[5:20] significant shortage of affordable
housing. So, if you have any affordable
[5:25] or I'll say housing developments in your
community, keep it rolling because the
[5:31] people would probably nothing more than
to like coming to Evansdale to live in
[5:36] this community and others um to find
that affordable house that they can't
[5:42] find elsewhere. So, well done on what
you're doing and I'd say just keep it
[5:46] going. So, have a good evening.
>> Thank you, Keith.
[5:52] Anyone
[6:00] else would like to address the council
and myself?
[6:07] Okay, we'll be moving on to item six,
approval of the consent agenda. Take a
[6:12] motion to approve, please.
>> Motion to approve.
[6:15] » Second. [snorts]
>> All in favor?
[6:18] » I
>> opposed.
[6:21] Uh number seven, approval of the
resolution calendar, please.
[6:26] » Motion to approve. Second.
>> There'll be a roll call. Miss Dean
[6:31] » Clemens,
>> yes.
[6:33] » Morris,
>> yes.
[6:34] » O'Brien,
>> yes.
[6:35] » We smoke,
>> yes.
[6:39] » Okay. All resolutions are approved.
Number eight, public hearing, budget
[6:44] amendment. Um I do want to just
reiterate
[6:49] um the items that were on our um expense
and revenue sheet and what it could be
[6:57] confusing because like what part of that
the budget amendment is very simple and
[7:03] it just goes it glumps it into one
general you know category. So, um,
[7:11] 85,000 was our tiff economic
development, our low to moderate income
[7:16] program. Um, we didn't have everything
ready to go and and weren't sure that it
[7:23] was even going to move forward. Um, but
then it did. Um, and that is under
[7:29] 85,000 or community economic development
on the expense side. 75,000 is for
[7:36] engineering for the HVAC system CRC. Um
that went under general government. Um
[7:43] we have found out since then it is going
to be less. It can be less. You don't
[7:48] have to use these funds. Um this is just
a projection just like a budget is. Uh
[7:54] 2329 other capital outlay for the wheel
loader under general government. 102,000
[8:02] other capital outlay um under the skids
for the skid stair under general
[8:07] government. Um 230 was under sewer
capital outlay. There's something we're
[8:13] considering. Again, we haven't made any
decisions on that. Um but we'd have to
[8:18] budget for it if we were. Um that's
business type enterprise uh funds. 8,500
[8:26] for a bike sign that was under general
government. Um, that is something that's
[8:31] been in consideration. Again, we don't
have to spend the funds. It is a budget.
[8:37] 300,000 for the Angel's Park project.
Um, and that's offset by the grant you
[8:42] can see below in the revenue of 150,000.
Um, that was culture and wreck expense.
[8:48] Um, it was in last year's budget and it
the project didn't start until late
[8:53] June, early July. So, we're transferred
into this year. Uh there's transferred
[8:59] out street for $66,60.
Um that's under transfer out under
[9:05] expense. Um our resolution read the
first payment from uh street against the
[9:11] equipment was going to be $66,60.
[9:16] Um and that we had to account for that
before we can spend it. Uh capital
[9:21] projects Lafayette Lafayette road
retainage. Um and that's under capital
[9:25] projects 35,000
10,000 um what we have left in
[9:31] engineering
and then on the revenue side transfer in
[9:36] uh would be the streets department for
the equipment and that was under
[9:42] transfer in under the revenue side and
then the 85,350
[9:48] is going to be um DOT what they need to
reimburse us yet um the DOT Um it is
[9:54] still in closing believe it or not we're
getting closer um for Lafayette Road
[10:00] reconstruction project and that was
under intergovernmental
[10:05] under revenue.
So it is 610 opening the public hearing
[10:14] » and may just for the record publication
is on file and no comments have been
[10:18] received.
>> Thank you.
[10:22] » Go ahead.
Thanks for let me find out a few things.
[10:27] Um,
>> yep.
[10:28] » Is the 230,000 on line 25? Is that for
the televising trailer?
[10:34] » Um, it is.
>> Okay.
[10:36] » That is correct.
>> All right. So, you're just putting that
[10:38] in the budget just in case.
>> That is correct.
[10:41] » And then what happens to that money if
you don't wind up using it?
[10:44] » It stays there
>> for what?
[10:47] » Just in reserves.
>> Okay. Don't we have enough reserves
[10:50] already? Are we making high on that.
>> If you don't spend it, it just doesn't
[10:56] count as as expense. It's not going to
make our reserves go up. You know that,
[11:00] right?
>> I do, but what are the other reserves?
[11:03] Why would you budget for something just
to have it in reserves? So, I'm a little
[11:06] opposed to that obviously, but
>> it's not budgeted to be in reserves
[11:10] anyway. Carry on.
>> Well, the other amendments seem
[11:12] justified. However, I did see some
discrepancies that seemed like they
[11:16] jumped out to me when I was looking
through the budgets. So, I was trying to
[11:19] get a handle on different details about
the budget.
[11:22] So, I pulled up the budget from April on
resolution 7046 and I thought maybe I
[11:28] could find some answers there and I
thought I'd go to the Department of
[11:32] Management website and pull up the
budget there hoping to find some more
[11:35] details. Well, I noticed the bottom line
didn't match by $600,000.
[11:43] » The $600,000 would be
um for capital outlay. It really wasn't.
[11:50] It was used from the capital projects
fund. Um we had made an agreement with
[11:55] Evansdale Waterworks for for some
repairs they had to make.
[11:59] » Okay. But what they adopted was a
different bottom line. So if you look up
[12:04] resolution 7046, we adopted an ending
fund balance of 6,41600.
[12:11] But if you go to what was submitted on
June 10th, that ending balance is
[12:15] 5,8191.
So, I'm not sure why the
[12:19] » Oh, June 10th would have been a item.
Not sure about June 10th.
[12:24] » Well, that's the date on the DOM website
that shows it was last updated. The
[12:27] budget was last updated June 10th. Okay.
>> But all of a sudden, there's $600,000 on
[12:32] line 25, which is TIFF Capital Projects.
>> Okay.
[12:36] » So, I'm sure it may be something to do
with your waterworks loan, but
[12:40] » I don't know how did that get slid in
after it was adopted. you know, how did
[12:45] that line 25 magically get $600,000 in
it? So, I guess that's my concern is
[12:50] that's already built into this amended
budget that you're reviewing. So,
[12:54] tonight I feel like you're not only
reviewing the amendments, but you have
[12:57] this false budget that is different in
two different systems. So, I guess I'm
[13:01] not sure what you're really voting on.
>> I'll have to have some time to look that
[13:05] up. I can definitely give you a call.
>> Don't know if anybody looked into that
[13:08] or not, but yeah, there's a difference
of 600,000. So,
[13:13] » okay. It wasn't in it wasn't what was
voted on in the resolution.
[13:17] » So, I don't know how was there a public
hearing to change it
[13:21] or something. I could not find anything
to the sort, but that was just my
[13:25] concern was you're kind of voting on a
false number.
[13:29] » Well, thank you.
[13:40] » Anyone else?
Council,
[13:50] any questions
>> other than I did with you too? Just this
[13:55] second or third set of eyes on it, find
it
[13:57] » because I I know the 600,000 you're
talking about. Yeah, we had to go
[14:00] through it because I questioned it when
we went what we were doing for the
[14:03] waterworks. But
>> Yep.
[14:04] » But yeah, it's worth in just to make
sure we're transparent. We know where it
[14:07] went, what it was.
>> Absolutely. So, does that mean we have
[14:09] to wait to approve
the budget or
[14:12] » I mean that's not included in the in
this budget amendment.
[14:17] » So,
to answer your question, Jeff, it's up
[14:22] to us. If we pass it, we pass it. If we
don't, we don't.
[14:31] Imagine
[14:39] if there
can
[14:45] » but what she was saying it wasn't it
it's not with this it's not in here in
[14:50] this budget amendment
>> between what we voted on and what was
[14:53] filed
>> it's not in this budget amendment
[14:55] » that's what you're saying
>> it's not in the amendment line but it's
[14:58] in the original your original budget was
off by $600
[15:01] Okay.
>> Compared to what you have in the
[15:05] resolution.
>> Okay.
[15:10] » What we sign is what goes actually to
the state. So
[15:17] » come
[15:23] » there's discrepancies like that
[15:30] » and that's where I I think we're more
than happy to look into it. It ain't 20
[15:34] bucks for sure.
But um what I can say is any of the ones
[15:39] that have gone through the budget, the
state has to obviously accept it as
[15:43] well. So there is a little bit there and
then the city while not required still
[15:47] does annual audits. So it is double
checked every single year by third party
[15:52] » and we are required.
>> It is required.
[15:54] » Absolutely.
>> Okay. I know we hadn't and then it was
[15:56] we were doing the full thing regardless.
>> Yeah. No, if if you're over 250 in
[16:00] population, you have to have a
>> good but either way I'd still vote for
[16:03] it. So
>> you're adopting this budget if you're
[16:06] adopting those errors also.
>> This is just a budget amendment. The
[16:10] other budget has already been adopted.
>> This would just be to the dollar items
[16:14] spoken.
>> Yep.
[16:17] » This is something that I catch up.
>> A good catch.
[16:22] » Yeah.
[16:36] Motion to approve resolution 70.
>> We're not there yet. [laughter] We're
[16:40] still in the public hearing anyone
else for during the public hearing.
[16:46] Um closing the public hearing at 6:16.
Next item. Daddy.
[16:52] » Uh resolution 7088 approving budget
amendment. Motion to approve resolution
[16:57] 7088
approving budget amendment.
[17:02] » I'll second it.
>> And there'll be a roll call. Misty
[17:06] » Clemens.
>> Yes. Morris,
[17:08] » yes.
>> O'Brien,
[17:09] » yes.
>> Weer,
[17:10] » yes. SMA,
>> yes.
[17:13] » Excellent. So approved. Number 10.
Request from public works director to
[17:18] replace engine for Hustler Hustler
zeroturn without door and more in the
[17:23] amount of 345193.
Chris is here if you have any questions
[17:29] for him.
>> What happened to the motor?
[17:33] Just
>> how many hours were on it?
[17:37] [clears throat]
>> It's 2009.
[17:39] » Oh, okay.
>> And this is this was last year, right?
[17:43] » Two years ago.
>> Two years ago. We just
[17:46] didn't do anything with it. But
[17:53] » yeah,
>> he just wants to have a backup mower. So
[17:57] he he retained the the zero turn so he
could have a backup mower in the future.
[18:07] » And that's all it needs is a motor to
get going. [clears throat]
[18:11] » That's all it needs is a motor.
>> Absolutely.
[18:22] I move the approval of the request in
the amount of 3,45193.
[18:27] » I'll second.
>> All in favor?
[18:30] » I
>> opposed.
[18:33] So moved. Number 11, request to display
Evansdale day sponsor on digital sign
[18:39] two weeks prior to event. Um, and just
in case anybody has been following um,
[18:46] our Evansdale Community Days page, it's
been there for several years. I would
[18:51] say probably 10. Um, it recently got
closed down, shut down by AI.
[18:59] Um,
for um, honoring our sponsors.
[19:05] So, um, we are on a new page just called
Evansdale.
[19:10] Um, and we still will put the sponsors
on there. We just don't know if our
[19:15] sponsors are going to get the real
estate that they were anticipating, you
[19:20] know, as far as acknowledging what
they've done um for our community,
[19:25] allowing us to have this event.
[19:32] » I move approval of the request to
display the Evansdale day sponsors on
[19:36] our digital sign.
>> Second.
[19:40] And all in favor
>> I
[19:42] » opposed.
Number 12 is request to sell Dur patch
[19:47] machine. And this is a conversation. Um
if you'd like Chris to talk about just
[19:54] some of the things that um
we didn't know about the machine when we
[20:00] purchased it. Um, he's available due to
salt.
[20:05] » I guess the question I has is I went
back to the meeting where you requested
[20:11] the machine and laid it out and then we
haven't used it.
[20:16] » Yeah.
>> Just kind of curious why we haven't even
[20:19] used it.
>> If anybody is familiar with the chip
[20:23] ceiling that we did in the Heights, that
was an absolute nightmare.
[20:28] » And that was a fiveyear
you know, repair without doing a a mill
[20:36] and overlay
to try to save us money. We did a a chip
[20:41] seal up there. And if you'd have been
the three girls that were in the office,
[20:46] it was an absolute nightmare. Probably
50 calls a day on the complaints of the
[20:51] chip rock. Okay. So yeah, I did support
this, but after I got down and looked
[20:59] into the nuts and bolts of it, we are
like a fraction of Cedar Falls and for
[21:04] the amount of money that it's going to
cost us and for us to go up there and
[21:09] get uh a thousand gallons of of this
slurry, we have to use it all in that
[21:16] one day. So potential overtime. You say,
I gota go to Toledo and get it.
[21:20] » Yeah. And then uh there's three guys
right there. Plus uh after 24 hours I
[21:26] got to go sweep it up. There's there's
two guys right there. So basically in
[21:31] that 10% we got to do our entire town.
So I got to have a place to go with all
[21:35] of that.
>> But this couldn't have been a surprise.
[21:38] » That was a surprise to me.
>> So you didn't res before we bought it.
[21:43] » Hundreds and hundreds of thousands of
dollars I've saved this city.
[21:46] » Yep. I made a mistake. But I mean,
>> did I call Toledo and ask them if Yeah.
[21:52] if I need to use this 100,000 gallons in
this day? No, I didn't do that.
[21:57] » Well, when they asked about cleaning it,
they told you that at the end of the
[22:01] season, you bring it up there and they
run the cleaner and all that through it,
[22:06] » right?
>> So, I mean, I would assume that you
[22:07] talked to them and
>> No, that's
[22:11] Cedar Falls told me I had to winterize
it at the end of the season.
[22:15] » Yeah. And a lot of the information we
were given by the Cedar Falls, we
[22:19] actually went to the city of Cedar Falls
and discussed it with them and you know
[22:26] went through different things with it.
This was just something that we learned
[22:29] afterwards because that guy said it.
>> So then why
[22:34] » the owner [snorts] of where the
>> So why are we sitting on it for this
[22:38] long before we decide to sell it? I mean
>> now you're I had to fit my truck. Okay,
[22:45] that took some time. Yeah, I didn't have
my my truck fit before we bought it
[22:49] because why would I do that obviously?
>> So, once we fit it,
[22:52] » well, then uh the tailgate got wrecked.
So, then I had to have that fixed. So,
[22:57] then once we were set up to do it, uh I
got a ton of backlash that we're not
[23:02] going to do it.
>> Well, like up in the Heights, they never
[23:05] came and cleaned up. They put the chip
seal down and then they never came and
[23:10] swept it up after it sat for so long and
then the rain and then it just poured
[23:13] into people's yards and it was on their
end that
[23:19] the reason it went so bad,
>> right?
[23:21] » And I mean it's nothing to do with you
guys.
[23:23] » But who's calling them? Nobody was
calling them. Who was who's calling the
[23:26] city?
>> You always call the person that's
[23:29] » city. Yeah,
>> it rolls downhill. And I hate to say it,
[23:33] but you guys are at the bottom for right
>> for everything. But it's just like this
[23:37] machine, you know, we sat on it this
long. How much is it worth now versus
[23:42] because there was, in your words, there
was two other cities fighting for this
[23:47] machine and we had to act fast.
>> And you know, we got it and we made the
[23:52] plate, fixed the tailgate, all that
stuff. And have we even used it?
[23:56] » No, we haven't.
>> And what are we spending on cold patch?
[23:59] Because it's
I mean, they're they're doing a good job
[24:04] cold patching. It's just
>> this is supposed to last two years
[24:07] versus,
>> you know, the cold patches sometimes
[24:11] don't even last a couple weeks,
>> but I have to use a thousand gallons.
[24:15] So, I have to have this whole town be in
shemls.
[24:19] » But they can't break it into totes.
>> No, it's thousand gallons. That's what
[24:24] they fill me up with. And I have to I
have to utilize all of that in one day.
[24:31] So Waterloo and Cedar Falls use a
thousand gallons of it a day when they
[24:34] use their machines.
>> Absolutely.
[24:38] » We're we're a fraction of what they are.
>> Oh yeah.
[24:41] » A lot more room.
>> But wouldn't Cedar Falls have told us
[24:44] prior?
>> They didn't tell us
[24:47] » that it wasn't brought up.
>> No. [snorts]
[24:50] » Well, I mean, you would think that would
be something that would be, well, if
[24:53] you're not going to use it for X amount,
then it's a waste.
[24:56] » Is Is there still a market for the
machine? Yeah.
[24:59] » Can we get out of it what we got in it?
>> I don't know that.
[25:03] » Okay.
>> We're going to advertise it on a Well,
[25:05] if you guys agree to it, we're going to
advertise it on a few sites and see what
[25:10] we can get.
>> I mean, there's no point in keeping it
[25:12] if we're not going to use it.
>> I mean, that's just collecting dust. And
[25:18] the longer you sit, and I don't know
what the resale value of equipment like
[25:23] that is, but I'm assuming it depreciates
as it goes.
[25:29] But I was just curious why we haven't
used it since we got it because I went
[25:32] through and like I said, I watched the
presentation on YouTube
[25:36] of you explaining why we needed it and
how much it was going to save the city,
[25:42] » right?
>> And then we don't use it,
[25:44] » right?
[25:48] » I think I mean I step in here too, Jeff.
I mean I'll take it. I I was on council.
[25:53] I listened to it. I voted for it. So
I'll I'll take my licks on this as well.
[25:57] Um, I think overall in in talking with
the mayor recently after it had been
[26:00] brought up again after the camera
trailer kind of came up and the similar
[26:04] things of what is urgent and what is
not. Um, just to be completely honest in
[26:10] what it was, it was something that we
thought I thought was a good deal. It
[26:16] was something that we could utilize. I
know myself I had no anticipation for
[26:20] the mess it was up on Sixth Street. And
I 100% I'm like,
[26:24] » "What is that? And why is it there?" and
don't do that again. So, I'm glad,
[26:28] » you know, but we didn't go after the
company that
[26:31] » did the job, which
>> we should have because they were
[26:33] supposed to come back out after because
I even brought it up to you that the
[26:37] [clears throat] people were calling me
saying, you know, it's going in our
[26:40] grass and our yards and all this. Well,
they're supposed to go up there and re
[26:44] sweep after 3 days after it gets
>> I know, but they know.
[26:49] » Yep.
>> You know, and like I said, I I
[26:52] understand. I just I heard the spiel to
buy it.
[26:55] » Mhm.
>> And that's why I don't understand why we
[26:58] need the best of the best if we're not
going to utilize it.
[27:02] » I mean, you had to know this before two
years.
[27:07] » I mean, it's not like yesterday you
walked out there and said, "Oh, let's
[27:10] use a Dura Patch." I mean, after we got
it, shortly thereafter, after you got
[27:14] everything set up, we have to know
that it was going to be beyond what we
[27:19] need. They told me that I had to use
that that thousand gallons in one day.
[27:24] » Yeah, but I mean when I called them
>> You didn't just find that out, did you?
[27:27] » I just found that out when I called them
up to go get
[27:30] » that was this year. Last year they were
busy with different projects throughout
[27:33] the city. They didn't have the
capability to do it last year because,
[27:37] you know, they have to pull off staff
for that amount of time to do it.
[27:42] » Well, yeah. That's so
>> I mean that not taking nothing against
[27:46] the street department, but I mean that's
their their job. No, it is their job.
[27:50] But they had a lot going on last night.
>> I mean, you schedule your week, day,
[27:54] month. I'm sure,
>> you know, I know like right now I I know
[27:59] kind of who does what so far, but I'm
not saying maybe we're underst staffed.
[28:06] I mean, because cold patching's good. It
does the job, but the first time they
[28:10] run the plows through there, the cold
patches are gone and the potholes are
[28:13] back. This was supposed to be more of an
epoxy type setup that it could last up
[28:20] to two years. I mean, plowing's hard on
the roads as it is.
[28:25] » Yeah.
>> And it's hard on them guys sitting in
[28:27] the trucks. I mean, anytime a road
lifts, I mean, they're hitting that
[28:31] stuff. I mean, this it sounded like it
was a far better machine. Do they make a
[28:36] smaller version or something that's more
capable of what our guys can do?
[28:42] that I don't know.
>> I mean, because I know Waterloo, I see
[28:45] him out there with just the two guys.
One guy in the truck, one guy on the
[28:48] Dura Patch. I mean,
>> that's what we would do. Then we'd have
[28:52] two guys to clean it and or sweep it and
then one in the dump truck.
[28:57] » Yeah. I mean, like I said, I
I would think you put the cart before
[29:02] the horses by buying the equipment
by not getting all the details. I mean,
[29:10] and like I said, maybe I'm just
rambling, but you would think you would
[29:13] know what you're jumping into before you
>> I didn't
[29:16] » buy the equipment.
>> If I remember correctly, um, Cedar Falls
[29:21] approached us about that.
>> They were getting a new piece of
[29:25] equipment. They were going to sell. In
fact, one of the homeowners in in my
[29:29] board mentioned it to me at the time
even.
[29:32] » So, it was it's not like we went out
looking for this. No, no.
[29:37] City is jumping at it. So, we had to act
quick.
[29:41] » Nice bright shiny object and it seems
like a good idea.
[29:45] We got buyer remorse and we may be able
to collect our money back.
[29:50] » And I think that's what's fair, Jeff, is
is exactly it is
[29:53] » why you know we had it. We used it the
once
[29:56] » we never used it.
>> So, no, the one up on was that not our
[29:59] machine on six?
>> No, it was chip sealed.
[30:02] » Just theirs. Okay.
>> Got it. Okay. Just the same
[30:05] » the point he was making, you know,
>> it would do the same.
[30:07] » It caused a lot of upheaval.
>> Yeah. Anytime you see it out on the
[30:11] highways, you see, you know,
motorcyclists and everybody cussing on
[30:15] Facebook and
>> Oh, yeah.
[30:16] » It's It's
>> But it's a longer lasting fix than
[30:20] trying to fix the actual road.
>> I mean I mean I'm all for selling it. If
[30:26] we're not going to use it, there's no
sense in it taking up shop space.
[30:30] » And I think that's what it came back to,
Jeff, was just I don't think the
[30:33] interest was there to use it. I don't
think it was necessarily the piece of
[30:37] equipment that we had. And then yeah, I
I to be 100% fair, it was something that
[30:43] we moved quick on. We thought it was
something that we could use and
[30:49] » Well, and this instance, we were wrong.
>> And no offense, the council don't know.
[30:53] » I mean,
>> but it's on us, too. Yeah. I'm going to
[30:56] take my my
>> But I mean,
[30:59] » maybe we research stuff before we jump
in and buy stuff.
[31:02] » Yep. because it isn't our money, it's
>> everyone's money.
[31:07] » And just to prove to that point a little
bit, not to get too far off topic, I
[31:11] think that's exactly what happened what
we did two weeks ago with that camera
[31:15] trailer sitting out there.
>> Hey, this is great. This is that. Wait,
[31:17] it's $250,000. Hang on, time out.
>> And it's still good to look at, but I
[31:22] think we slowed the process down.
>> And this one just it was
[31:27] » hot sale. You know, everything must go.
It ends by the end of the day. we need
[31:31] an answer now. And I think we all kind
of, at least I did, played into and we
[31:35] thought it was something and this time
it burned us. Just I mean to be 100%
[31:40] honest. It was just something we thought
we could use and it didn't. And and
[31:43] that's I don't want Chris I don't want
to put anybody I had my share in it as
[31:48] well. And same questions, you know,
talking with the mayor and Chris over
[31:52] it. I I was one up on Sixth Street when
I came through. My my folks live up that
[31:58] direction and it was terrible. I'm like,
"This sucks. Whatever this stuff is,
[32:02] don't."
>> And I think we need to go after vendors,
[32:05] not
>> But you know how the phone calls work.
[32:08] You never get a phone call because
people are happy. Your phone only rings
[32:12] because they're not happy about
something.
[32:14] » That's correct.
>> Now, on the vendors, I will say I have
[32:18] tried everything I can even with legal.
It obviously doesn't happen in this
[32:21] premise, but I will say I have
absolutely had those calls to do
[32:25] whatever we could as far as we I'm with
you on that. So,
[32:29] » I I I have tried. We have tried.
>> But no, I move forward to request and
[32:35] say we sell it.
>> I'll second.
[32:39] » All in favor?
>> I opposed.
[32:45] » Thanks, Chris.
>> Thanks, Chris.
[32:49] » 13. Uh, mayor council reports. Um, just
to reiterate, uh, Evansdale days is
[32:54] coming up. It'll be here before you know
it. Um, September 19th. doing a lot of
[32:59] things for the kids. Um we're having a
marketplace this year. We're gonna have
[33:03] over 40 vendors there. Um that's going
to be set on set up on West Gilbert. Um
[33:08] that should be a great turnout. Really
excited about that. A lot of things for
[33:13] the children, a lot of things for the
adults. Um neighbors rocking the block
[33:18] and we're going to have a great band
called Stack House. They're coming out
[33:22] to uh visit us. They were um actually
inducted.
[33:27] I think that's the word.
>> Inducted.
[33:29] » Inducted
>> into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. So
[33:33] really, really looking forward to that
council.
[33:41] » Okay. Take a motion for adjournment.
>> Motion to adjurnn.
[33:44] » Second.
>> All in favor?
[33:46] » I opposed.
>> Second. Third.
[33:48] » Got four.
>> Missed it by three minutes.
[33:52] » Missed what?
>> 6:30.
[33:54] » Oh,
>> I had it down. Wife always asked, "How
[33:55] long you think they're going to be?"
like catch.