[0:07] - Regular session for Wednesday, April 15th, 2020.

[0:11] So it's happy tax day everybody.

[0:14] Or if you're like, my son-in-law just filed it yesterday.

[0:18] Can we have a roll call please?

[0:21] - Councilor Todd? Present. Councilor Copeland? Here.

[0:26] Councilor Owen. Here. Councillor Deline. Here.

[0:30] Councillor Weber. Here. Mayor Erna

[0:33] - Here.

[0:34] And for the record, Councillor Marker is homesick.

[0:37] I'd rather him be home and than get anybody else sick.

[0:40] If we could stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.

[0:45] - I pledge allegiance to the flag

[0:47] of the United States of America

[0:49] and to the republic for which it stands.

[0:51] One Nation under God, individual

[0:54] with liberty and justice all.

[0:57] - Do we have any citizens wishing

[0:59] to comment on agenda items?

[1:03] - No requests were received.

[1:05] - Okay, let's see.

[1:06] First we have mental health.

[1:10] We, so whereas mental health is everyone's overall health

[1:13] and wellbeing, and addressing the health needs

[1:15] of Fairview children use adult, seniors

[1:18] and families of fundamentally is fundamental

[1:20] to having a healthy community.

[1:22] And whereas all the, all people experience times

[1:25] of difficulty and stress in their lives with the prevalence

[1:27] of mental health conditions in our, in our nation,

[1:30] it's important for all members of the community to know

[1:32] that specific tools exist, which can be used

[1:34] to better handle challenges

[1:35] and protect one's health, be health and wellbeing.

[1:38] And whereas prevention is an effective way

[1:40] to reduce the burden of mental health conditions.

[1:42] And with early

[1:43] and effective treatment, individuals

[1:46] with mental health conditions can manage their mental health

[1:48] and lead full and productive lives.

[1:49] And whereas it is appropriate to recognize the importance

[1:52] of having Im, IM improving the mental health of all

[1:56] of our residents, let it be proclaimed that the city

[1:58] of Fairview recognizes the month of May, 2026

[2:02] as mental awareness health,

[2:04] mental health Awareness Month in the city of Fairview,

[2:06] when we encourage citizens, businesses, organizations,

[2:09] and agencies to work collaboratively to reduce the stigma

[2:12] of mental illness and to increase the

[2:14] mental health of our community.

[2:17] And let's see, we have,

[2:21] and whereas Americans have served every single day

[2:25] by public servants at the federal, state, county,

[2:28] tribal city, and in many other areas of public service,

[2:32] these unsung heroes do extraordinary work

[2:34] that makes our make our lives better

[2:36] and our nation stronger.

[2:38] And whereas public employees take not only jobs,

[2:40] but oaths to make cri crucial

[2:43] contributions in our communities in America,

[2:45] their tireless efforts are critical to the wellbeing of all

[2:49] who are served, sometimes even risking

[2:51] their lives for public service.

[2:53] And whereas day in

[2:54] and day out, public servants provide diverse

[2:57] services demanded by the American people

[2:59] and their government with deficiency and integrity.

[3:02] And whereas without these public servants at,

[3:04] at every level, con continuity would be

[3:07] impossible in democracy.

[3:09] That regularly changes its leaders

[3:11] and effective elected officials.

[3:13] Now therefore, be it proclaimed that the city

[3:15] of Fair recognizes that the week of Sunday, May 3rd

[3:18] through Saturday May 9th is public Service Recognition week.

[3:23] And all citizens are encouraged to

[3:26] recognize the accomplishments

[3:28] and contributions of our public employees at all level.

[3:31] So in regards to public works, I believe this ties in.

[3:35] I want to, I wanna say that outwardly, that is the group

[3:38] that outside of the walls of this building,

[3:42] they're the ones that are out there every week.

[3:43] And I want to appreciate them in storm.

[3:46] They, they, they're the ones

[3:47] that go out in the worst weather when

[3:49] we're hunkered down in our homes.

[3:51] So I I do recognize that, and we have one more here.

[3:56] Whereas in 1872, the Nebraska Board

[3:58] of Agriculture established data to be set aside for planting

[4:01] of trees, which is celebrated all around the nation as AR

[4:05] and, and the world is Arbor Day.

[4:07] And whereas trees can help produce the impacts

[4:09] of climate change by moderating the temperature,

[4:11] lowering heating and cooling costs, cleaning the air,

[4:13] producing oxygen, reducing erosion of topsoil by wind

[4:17] and water, and providing habitat for wildlife.

[4:20] Whereas trees in our city, increased property values

[4:24] enhanced our economic vitality

[4:25] of business areas in Beautif fire community.

[4:28] Whereas Oregon has proclaimed the entire month

[4:30] of April was ARB month.

[4:31] And whereas in 2026, the city of Fairview was designated

[4:35] by the Arbor Day Foundation in the Oregon Department

[4:37] of Forestry as Tree City USA, thank you very much,

[4:41] which recognizes the city's commitment

[4:43] to managing public trees through tree care standards,

[4:45] best practices and investments.

[4:47] Now therefore be proclaimed, the city of Fairview recognizes

[4:50] and honors a April, 2026 Harbor month in the city

[4:54] of Fairbury and en encourages the community to protect care

[4:57] for and plant trees for the benefit in future

[5:01] of future generations.

[5:02] Proclaimed on this to April 15th, 2026. Thank you.

[5:06] Thank you for letting me go through those council business.

[5:10] We're not doing Asian Pacific. Excuse me.

[5:12] - Did I miss, miss? Yep. I believe you have one

[5:14] - More.

[5:15] I did. Okay, let's see. Oh, here it is. I apologize.

[5:18] Thank you very much. Whereas official designation May is

[5:22] Asian American, native Hawaiian

[5:24] and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

[5:26] and was signed into law in 1992

[5:28] and celebrates all Asian Americans, native Hawaiians

[5:30] and Pacific Islanders, known as A-A-N-H-P-I, I have

[5:35] to make sure I say that right.

[5:36] Community whose variety

[5:37] of contributions have built our culture and society.

[5:40] And whereas we celebrate all of those who are in

[5:43] included within the A-A-N-H-P-I community, which is made up

[5:47] of culturally and linguistically diverse peoples,

[5:51] representing populations from many countries and islands.

[5:53] Whereas we recognize the Inable contributions,

[5:56] vibrant cultures and rich heritage

[5:57] of the A-A-N-H-P-I community.

[6:00] And whereas we acknowledge and appreciate

[6:02] and continue to seek the contributions

[6:04] and leadership of the many Asian American Native Hawaiian,

[6:07] and Pacific Islanders who have played significant role in

[6:10] our, in our local history, in the community fabrics

[6:12] and fields of science, education, agriculture,

[6:15] government commerce, and the arts, and many others.

[6:18] Now therefore, be a proclaim that the city

[6:20] of forever recognizes the month of May, 2026

[6:23] as Asian American Native American Native Hawaiian

[6:27] and Pacific Ary Heritage month proclaimed on this

[6:29] to April 15th, 2026.

[6:32] Thank you for bringing that up.

[6:34] The pages start together there.

[6:36] Next is budget committee member appointment process.

[6:41] I don't have a name who, who is leading that.

[6:47] - Did you want to leave it, mayor? Yes, please. I can.

[6:49] Thank you. The budget process, I want

[6:54] to just quick a little update on what occurred

[6:56] and kind of give some,

[6:58] some guidance we got from our legal attorney.

[7:00] So there was a, a member that was appointed back in January

[7:05] and he had written in

[7:07] and indicated that he would resign if the

[7:09] city got more applications.

[7:11] So he, he sent it in twice.

[7:13] So the last what, so what occurred,

[7:16] and correct me if I'm wrong dere on this,

[7:17] but what happened, the last counseling when,

[7:19] when the second gentle was appointed was that the counsel

[7:23] had a proclamation in the proclamation

[7:25] and was awarded that it would be contingent upon

[7:28] the first one re resigning.

[7:31] So our legal looked at it

[7:33] and said that actually the proclamation

[7:35] process was a little off.

[7:37] So I think it's, it is just, it is just more of an update

[7:40] for everyone we, we can strengthen up.

[7:42] But I also wanna let you know, I did send an email to

[7:44] that gentleman, said, you know, the situation

[7:47] as you had resigned, you said you had resigned twice.

[7:49] So I took that to be you

[7:51] resigned, we appointed someone else.

[7:53] So he came back through Councilor Rowan and said, I think,

[7:57] because I don't think I, I don't,

[7:59] I didn't receive any direct emails,

[8:01] but I think it was through Councilor Rowan, they came back

[8:04] 'cause I thank you councilor for bringing it up to me.

[8:05] But he came back, said, now I think there's something wrong.

[8:08] And so I did reveal with our legal,

[8:10] and legal said technically

[8:11] because he had not officially resigned,

[8:13] even though he indicated twice he would, he,

[8:15] he hadn't fully resigned.

[8:17] So I wrote back

[8:18] and said, okay, you're actually on,

[8:19] you are on the committee That's correct.

[8:21] By our legal. So I wanted to make sure, you know,

[8:23] legal we're sound, which we are.

[8:25] So I think the idea of having this on the agenda,

[8:29] and our mayor had asked to have this on the agenda,

[8:30] and the talk about is, is simply, and, and,

[8:33] and by the way, not just, I mean,

[8:34] I think it's a good idea of the agenda too.

[8:36] Don't get me wrong. I wasn't trying to call anybody out.

[8:38] But the idea is that first of all,

[8:41] I wanted to be aware of would've happened.

[8:43] There are options. Counsel could, you know,

[8:46] counsel could choose to thank the person for his service

[8:50] and remove him and then appoint someone else.

[8:51] The other person's appointed

[8:52] counsel can leave it the way it is.

[8:55] And then for the future, we just need to make certain,

[8:57] and we'll make certain internally, that if someone offers

[8:59] to resign such a, it's an unusual situation.

[9:02] I've never had this happen. If someone to offer to resign,

[9:04] then we'll just make that clearer to the council that, hey,

[9:07] if someone's off resign, and at

[9:08] that moment you can make a decision, we're gonna ahead

[9:11] and accept that resignation.

[9:12] Because by a state authority,

[9:14] this board can remove and appoint the members.

[9:16] You don't have to have anybody's resignation.

[9:18] You can remove any time

[9:19] and appoint anybody anytime you want.

[9:21] But we, from the staff side, will make it more clear about

[9:24] what the intent was and what we're recommending.

[9:27] So the council's a little more certain about it.

[9:29] And then as we adopt the resolution, then we'll make certain

[9:32] that the resolution is properly adopted.

[9:34] There was just some confusional language.

[9:36] I think the intent was that, you know,

[9:39] we thought things would just go the way it intended,

[9:41] but we thought it would be intended.

[9:42] It didn't quite go that way.

[9:43] So I think that's the basic update.

[9:46] I hope that covers everything, mayor.

[9:48] - I believe it does. Thank - You.

[9:51] - Is there, so at this point we are,

[9:57] do we need to revisit that last appointment

[10:03] resolution and modify it?

[10:05] Is that what we, we don't de

[10:07] - Go ahead. De Okay.

[10:09] - I I think it depends on, I mean,

[10:11] the way the resolution stands, the one person was appointed

[10:15] to redundant the first position.

[10:20] That second person at this time is not appointed

[10:23] because the resignation piece did not happen.

[10:26] Got it. So if counsel wants to make any changes to that,

[10:29] then they could make a motion.

[10:33] But it's up to you.

[10:34] - Okay. Is there any discussion from council questions

[10:38] on what's happened?

[10:40] - Yeah, I, I mean, I don't have any questions.

[10:43] I did get involved

[10:48] in a conversation with the budget committee member,

[10:52] Ted Toru, and, and, and looked at some emails and dates

[10:58] and reviewed the meeting

[10:59] because I wasn't here at the meeting.

[11:03] And, you know, based on everything that I saw and, and the,

[11:05] and the timing of such

[11:07] and communication from the city recorder back to,

[11:13] to Ted, I mean, it, it, it appeared

[11:16] where we're at today is really where we need

[11:18] to be from a matter of fairness and,

[11:20] and the timing of the way it was.

[11:22] And so I would recommend we just move on.

[11:26] And I know that his term expires at the end

[11:30] of 27, right?

[11:34] The end of 27. And we have a full budget committee now.

[11:40] We do. My recommendation just be, just

[11:43] to leave alone the way it is based on the sequence of events

[11:46] that happened and the,

[11:48] and the emails that transpired. Okay.

[11:53] - Any other comments or questions? Mayor? I'm sorry.

[11:58] I just wanna let, I'm sorry. May I speak?

[12:01] Yes, I hit the wrong button. I

[12:03] - I was looking for the light. It didn't

[12:04] - Pop up.

[12:05] I'm sorry. I hit the wrong light over here. I was gonna say,

[12:06] if the council wants, I'm happy to go through that email

[12:08] and go through the timeline and everything if you

[12:10] want information.

[12:11] So, I mean, it's actually a public record they want to, so

[12:16] - Okay.

[12:18] - If - Anybody requests that they can,

[12:19] they can request that from you. That is correct.

[12:22] - I, I would like to see those emails.

[12:24] - Yeah, happy to. Do you want me to go

[12:26] through it just briefly right now?

[12:27] Or you want me just to forward? No, just,

[12:29] - Just, just to forward them.

[12:31] - We're okay.

[12:35] - So it doesn't,

[12:36] it sounds like we have a full budget committee

[12:38] and we're good to go for right now.

[12:39] Unless anything else?

[12:40] - I, I don't know. I I mean, I don't think it's big secret.

[12:43] What I think, I'm kind of curious

[12:45] because I thought that this board had made its intentions

[12:48] clear that we were ready to move on and now we're not.

[12:55] I I am asking us, asking us.

[12:57] I, I thought that we had said, Hey look, if this,

[13:00] if Ted's gonna resign, then we will put this person in.

[13:03] And Ted said that he was gonna resign apparently

[13:04] twice, but Ted didn't resign.

[13:06] So we're just gonna say, screw it. And Ted can stay

[13:08] - Based on the language that was used that night.

[13:11] In fact, I even think you had a comment

[13:14] to the, to the same effect.

[13:15] It was always based on the resignation, not based on,

[13:20] or based on an accepted resignation because it hadn't been.

[13:24] So that's where we talked to legal, we talked to,

[13:30] we, we, we took a look at the,

[13:31] we took a look at the transcripts and everything else,

[13:34] and that's what it comes down to is there was a,

[13:38] our resolution was based on a

[13:40] resignation that did not happen.

[13:42] - Sorry, our intent was there,

[13:43] but yeah, we mumbled the words.

[13:45] - We, yes. - So is the intent still there

[13:48] or is the intent not there?

[13:50] - That's up to you. That's up to counsel.

[13:53] If you want to address it, we can address it.

[13:56] I believe it. Can you send those

[13:58] - To me too?

[13:59] Nathan? Why

[14:03] don't you just send it to everybody?

[14:05] I'm sorry, mayor, would you like me

[14:07] to run down print copies for everybody?

[14:10] - Do we need to? - No. Okay.

[14:12] - No, I have, I'm done right now.

[14:15] - Just order 'em tomorrow might be helpful. Yeah,

[14:18] - I didn't see the order.

[14:19] I apologize. I'm gonna go with Councilor Todd,

[14:21] - I asked, I, I guess I have a question

[14:25] and then based on that, an answer to councilor down line's

[14:30] question to, to council one.

[14:32] So is the, it's dead. There's a bug.

[14:37] It's the bug that goes with the flowers.

[14:39] Oh, spouse of this one over.

[14:44] So the, so my understanding then is without getting too deep

[14:47] in the weeds, that the, that the resignation that was

[14:51] offered was not a full resignation

[14:54] and it's not sitting out there for us to accept.

[14:57] Is that correct?

[14:58] - Yes. Ma mag bank council or Mayor, I'm sorry. Yes.

[15:02] So there were two emails written to Dere back in January

[15:07] that said if the council gets more applications,

[15:11] the first one said, the council gets more

[15:13] applications, I will resign.

[15:14] The second one said the council gets

[15:16] four or more applications.

[15:17] I resign. The council actually got seven applications.

[15:21] Four people were appointed ultimately.

[15:24] And so a week

[15:25] after that appointment, then we got an email back that said,

[15:30] said, I've decided not to.

[15:32] Okay. And that's where I wrote

[15:33] and said, well, from my understanding, you'd resigned.

[15:36] So legally I was incorrect. So I I accept that correction

[15:40] - From our, okay.

[15:41] So that, so, so

[15:42] what we should have done is when we got seven applications,

[15:46] messaged that person

[15:47] and said, Hey, we got seven, we would like your resignation.

[15:51] Now we didn't do that. That is correct.

[15:53] And so that's where we sit now where there was a statement

[15:57] that of intent to resign but not a resignation.

[16:00] And that's why we sit where we're at now. Am I correct?

[16:03] - That's correct. And once again,

[16:05] you wouldn't have known about the, the staff.

[16:07] We, we could, I could have done a better job explaining the

[16:10] last council meeting and I didn't.

[16:11] Okay. Because it's,

[16:12] it's the most unusual situation I've ever

[16:14] seen in this case. But, okay,

[16:16] - So with that in mind,

[16:20] I mean I still, I still have the feeling I did when we had

[16:25] the discussion before as far

[16:26] as getting new people involved in the budget process

[16:29] and including new people, building our bench,

[16:33] all those kind of things.

[16:39] One of the discussions we had was just going

[16:40] through this budget process

[16:42] and then replacing the person

[16:45] that we're discussing after this.

[16:47] But that was one stream of thought that,

[16:50] that we had in discussion of get through this budget,

[16:53] these budget meetings and then and replace.

[16:58] So I guess that's kind of where I'm at at this point,

[17:01] as rather than having to go through removing someone

[17:04] and replacing at this point.

[17:06] But I still feel like going forward that would be best.

[17:09] But considering what I now know about the

[17:13] not really resignation and it didn't get followed up

[17:16] and formally happened for us to accept, that's,

[17:22] I guess where I'm at is that we're sort of,

[17:25] we're in this bed for one more set of budget meetings.

[17:31] - Council President Nolan.

[17:35] - Yeah, I, you know,

[17:39] I don't think I have anything else

[17:40] to add just based on the discussion, what's happened here.

[17:43] I mean, I, I, you know, what, what started this is,

[17:46] and I know that our, our city manager's gonna send the,

[17:50] the email string out to everybody and it's not fair

[17:53] 'cause you don't have it in front of you to really look at

[17:56] as you, and,

[17:58] and like Nathan said, I mean this started on

[18:02] January 24th, 2026

[18:07] offering up, there are four applications that I would resign

[18:11] to let a do applicant take my place.

[18:13] But, you know, then where things started changing was,

[18:18] say recorder sending a message out on April 2nd, and,

[18:23] and I'm not reading, you don't want me

[18:25] to read the report forward.

[18:29] And it says here just an excerpt of it,

[18:34] the candidate is aware that counsel's approval

[18:37] for their appointment is based on your continuing

[18:40] willingness to resign.

[18:42] You are still the appointed member of the position

[18:44] until you confirm resignation.

[18:47] So I haven't seen anything

[18:49] after that date that, that did any confirmation

[18:56] to the, you know, for, for, for resignation.

[18:59] And then there was a follow up

[19:04] email from the city reporter on April the seventh

[19:09] that this indicated

[19:10] that the last interview round had two applicants.

[19:13] One was appointed to fill the vacancy

[19:15] and the other appointed with the caveat of your resignation.

[19:19] It was made clear to the applicant

[19:20] that the appointment was dependent on whether your existing

[19:23] member you chose to resign.

[19:26] So there's no doubt, I mean there's, you know, if you read

[19:29] through this, I mean, I think at least from my perspective,

[19:33] a city reporter is an employee of the city

[19:38] representing the city and,

[19:39] and trying to do the right thing each and every day.

[19:44] It, it, to me it's just very clear.

[19:46] Now, you know, some may have some, you know, other questions

[19:51] or, or doubts maybe as to what the best path would've been.

[19:55] But I just feel like we as a governing body are

[19:59] really obligated to, to, to live up to what we've said here,

[20:04] either through ourselves

[20:05] or through the folks that we work with and, and hire.

[20:09] We hire Nathan. We don't hire the, the city recorder.

[20:14] But it, it is clear to me the intent is to,

[20:22] it, it it is to have him still be

[20:25] represented on the budget committee.

[20:26] Now, if council just made some decision that, you know what,

[20:30] I just don't like it, I don't wanna do it, I think

[20:34] that's their prerogative to do that.

[20:37] But I just feel like we

[20:40] are just following the steps and the correspondence

[20:44] and the communication that happened.

[20:47] - And to me, it's just the right thing to do.

[20:50] - I have not forgotten real quick Counsel Weber.

[20:54] - Yeah, I don't think I have too much more to add.

[20:57] I will just say response to new counselor that, that night,

[21:03] my intent was based around the fact that

[21:06] this budget committee member had expressed intent to resign,

[21:12] had, had that not been part of the equation,

[21:14] I probably would have, I mean, I definitely would've

[21:18] nominated differently since I was the one

[21:20] that nominated them both.

[21:21] But yeah.

[21:23] And, and I still am in agreement that I am a huge supporter

[21:27] of getting new people

[21:29] and new perspectives into our committees.

[21:33] So I I do support that.

[21:36] But I hear what everyone has said about

[21:43] the intricacies of this situation and,

[21:47] and I understand if, if the course taken is to keep

[21:52] that member on the budget committee

[21:55] for this round,

[21:58] - We do.

[21:59] As it just so happens we do have

[22:00] that particular member here.

[22:02] If you'd like to come up and say something.

[22:04] I know you expressed an interest.

[22:05] I think it's, now's a good, an appropriate time.

[22:08] I have not missed you council, city manager

[22:12] and council. I haven't missed you either.

[22:14] - Thank you, mayor. I think you guys deserve an explanation.

[22:19] - Sure. - In January when I applied

[22:24] and I was interviewed, I was not doing very well.

[22:29] I have a bad disease. PHI I'm not supposed to talk about it.

[22:32] And it's very debilitating.

[22:35] And I didn't know at that time that if I could,

[22:37] that I could serve.

[22:39] And when I looked at a list

[22:40] of applicants, there wasn't enough.

[22:42] And I thought, well, you know, if, if they find somebody,

[22:46] you know now in January I will resign at that time.

[22:51] Well, from January to April working with two other docs,

[22:55] I got a little better and I am doing better.

[22:59] So when there was no advertising that I could see on the,

[23:05] on the website, I thought, well, there's no one else there.

[23:08] And then all of a sudden I find out

[23:10] that they're appointing people from my position

[23:13] when I really, like I say, my health changed

[23:18] and that's what changed my wanting to stay and not resign.

[23:22] It was nothing to do with any other reason.

[23:25] And I'm still suffering with it,

[23:26] but I've had it for two years

[23:28] and it's, it's not a neat thing.

[23:30] Plus it's other stuff I got. But that's immaterial.

[23:33] But that's the reason from January to April

[23:36] that I changed my mind.

[23:38] Okay. And as I said, I love this city.

[23:41] I was a counselor, I was a mayor, you know,

[23:43] and I like to serve the city.

[23:45] - That's what I like. That's what I try to do. Okay.

[23:48] Appreciate that insight. Thank you.

[23:52] I will get Councilor Copeland.

[23:57] Well, I'm not,

[23:58] - I'm not sure my question's relevant anymore.

[24:00] That helped clear things up a little bit for me.

[24:04] I was, I was just gonna ask, so prior,

[24:07] after the email, emails that counselor Owen read,

[24:11] did you say there was an email sent to you saying

[24:15] that he would no longer like to resign?

[24:18] Is that the under, is that my understanding?

[24:22] - I'm happy to, I if I may, mayor. Yes,

[24:24] - Please.

[24:25] - Let, let, yes, let me, I thank you.

[24:28] So let me, let's really quickly.

[24:30] So in January, Ted sent an email saying, I intend

[24:33] to resign if the other applicants,

[24:35] he reiterated again the same thing.

[24:38] And then fast forward along, we got to the point.

[24:41] So our understanding was, I want you,

[24:43] this was not something documented,

[24:44] it's just internal discussion.

[24:45] And internally we talked. Well, he said he resigned.

[24:48] Said he resigned. So when we put together the intent from

[24:52] staff's point of view, at least, was that

[24:54] we have an applicant who said he resign.

[24:56] So that's why we weren't really concerned.

[24:59] We brought to the council,

[25:00] thought everything was good, it was approved.

[25:03] Our city recorder sent an email

[25:05] and said, Hey, just to let you

[25:06] know, are you planning on resigning?

[25:07] 'cause we just adopted this. And then we got an email back

[25:10] that said, no, I'm not resigning.

[25:12] This was a week after, a full week

[25:13] after the, the de the appointments were on the April 1st.

[25:17] We got an email back on April 8th and not resigning.

[25:20] Well, I was faced with a choice

[25:21] because here I am, what do I do?

[25:23] So as city manager, I take full responsibility.

[25:25] I looked through it and thought the intent was to resign.

[25:28] And so I wrote him an email

[25:29] and said, thank you for your service.

[25:31] You know, counsel's appointed someone.

[25:33] And you know, and then of course I had some feedback that,

[25:36] that might not be proper.

[25:37] So I checked with our attorney and my, an attorney

[25:39] and I went over it and she said, legally

[25:43] that's not correct in naturally resign.

[25:44] So I wrote back and said, I apologized for my error.

[25:47] And legally you are still on the count.

[25:50] On the count, I'm sorry, on the budget committee.

[25:52] So I want you to know where I stood

[25:54] and what I did, what I did.

[25:55] And I certainly apologize that I didn't realize

[25:58] that was a legal standing,

[25:59] but I was going with the intent

[26:00] that we understood from staff

[26:01] and what I understood from counsel.

[26:03] - So - Did that answer your question, counselor? Yeah,

[26:07] - Thank you.

[26:08] - You're welcome. Okay.

[26:10] - I I have no problem. Table listen, tabling this

[26:12] until the 1st of January or 1st of June.

[26:14] Sorry. Let's get through budget and we have what we have.

[26:17] Let's work, let's not rock the boat. Yeah. Until after.

[26:21] - We can address it at a later date. Yep, exactly.

[26:23] Is that what I'm hearing? Yes. Okay. Excellent.

[26:27] We have a full budget committee. Let's see.

[26:31] We have city manager reports.

[26:35] MCSO report.

[26:38] - Mayor, if I, yes.

[26:39] If I may, I want to

[26:41] introduce our Public works director first.

[26:42] - You, you're right. I knew that we talked about We are so

[26:46] so It's not polite if it's not on the paper.

[26:49] I ******* well

[26:51] - It all came to, I apologize.

[26:53] No, no, it's fine. Thank you.

[26:54] I want to just introduce Silas Richardson

[26:57] and he was most recently the Public

[26:59] Works director at Gladstone.

[27:00] And he has, I wonder if I'll have him introduce

[27:03] himself more to his report.

[27:04] Yes. Because he'll be up there.

[27:06] But just have, do you wanna go up now? Talk about yourself.

[27:09] Okay. I'll have him just say a few things and why not

[27:12] - Let's, let's shake it up.

[27:13] Do the report. Yeah, bring it, do your report come

[27:15] - In.

[27:16] And then we'll to the sheriff's office that we're,

[27:18] - We're not, - We're really excited to be here.

[27:19] He is already been crazy busy. No, that's

[27:23] - Great.

[27:24] Welcome. Welcome to, welcome to Fairview.

[27:26] - Thank you. I'm happy to be here.

[27:27] It's, it's been, it's an honor and yeah, it's been great.

[27:31] Two weeks drinking from a fire hose as they say,

[27:34] or climbing up the hockey stick.

[27:36] Trying to absorb as much as I can.

[27:38] But a little bit about me, I'm local.

[27:43] Grew up in East County. Let's see, went to Barlow

[27:48] East, orient Mountain Community College, put myself

[27:50] through college and during that time

[27:53] just worked in farms around the area.

[27:55] Berry farms and local construction jobs.

[27:58] Got an excavating in the mid-county sewer kind

[28:00] of boom back in the late eighties, early nineties, working

[28:04] for local excavators

[28:05] and then took a little time off in college.

[28:08] Did AmeriCorps for a year where I was in TR Lake Washington.

[28:12] And I got connected with the city.

[28:14] Aggression, became a seasonal and

[28:17] after graduating from Oregon State,

[28:20] started my career in public works, worked my way up

[28:23] through at the city of Gresham and kind of got to the top

[28:26] and needed to branch out.

[28:28] So Portland Water, Gladstone and here.

[28:33] So I'm happy to be here.

[28:34] I've been in public works pretty close to 27 years.

[28:40] Happily married, stepdaughter daughter

[28:43] that's in New York City, not a student.

[28:47] So just happy to be here, love the industry

[28:50] and I'm eager to just really help out

[28:52] and continue building the team

[28:55] and making good moves for public

[28:57] - Works.

[28:58] So

[28:58] - If you ever wanna know anything else, hobbies?

[29:01] I, I like to ski, but I'm kind of limited now.

[29:04] Got a little bit of arthritis in the bones from

[29:06] all the skiing I did when I was younger.

[29:07] But I do a lot of walking, some hiking and my wife

[29:10] and I like to travel so that's kind of our thing now.

[29:13] So, but yeah, it's really good to be here.

[29:16] I'm sorry if I'm a little nervous

[29:18] and I've only been here two weeks

[29:19] so my report's gonna be a little short,

[29:21] but I'll tell you what I do know.

[29:25] I think my report is, is in good standing

[29:28] when I've seen a public works over the last two weeks.

[29:31] And what I've gotten from the operations manager is we've

[29:33] been doing a lot of routine tasks, mainly in parks,

[29:38] a lot of mowing right now the grass has grown

[29:40] so they've been taking care of the regular mowing as well

[29:43] as RightWay and alleyways.

[29:45] They're doing the regular inspections of parks

[29:48] of all the playground equipment,

[29:50] making sure they're in good working order, the garbage runs.

[29:52] There's a little bit of an uptick

[29:54] now 'cause more people are out.

[29:55] So they're making sure all the garbage is picked up.

[29:58] Special projects and parks.

[29:59] We've been doing some dock work at the docks that we have.

[30:03] I don't know exactly where they're at,

[30:05] but I know there's two of 'em.

[30:07] One of 'em is at Fairview.

[30:08] - I I pass by one of them all the time

[30:10] and my wife elbows me.

[30:11] When is that gonna get fixed?

[30:13] - We've got both of them on slated to get fixed.

[30:16] One of 'em is done I believe, and the next one is up.

[30:19] So they should be fixed by

[30:21] this summertime when we start getting into the summer.

[30:26] Let's see, what else For parks we're,

[30:29] we're working on hiring some seasonals for the season.

[30:32] We're in that process. And then just the general public

[30:36] calls that come in, just asking about maybe a

[30:38] low branch or this or that.

[30:40] Also been working with engineers, engineering

[30:43] or civil tech to identify

[30:47] and put together also the operations manager.

[30:50] Different concrete repairs that are needed.

[30:52] Down pathways within parks

[30:54] and different areas that are city owned.

[30:56] So we've got a couple different projects

[30:58] that we're putting together for that for some repairs.

[31:00] That'll be coming up here as well.

[31:04] One other thing they're doing is a lot

[31:05] of shrub bed maintenance right now

[31:07] and some herbicide application in when, when it's needed.

[31:09] So that's storm water wise we're doing

[31:14] regular inspections of outfalls, especially

[31:17] during rainy times and just making sure

[31:19] that the system is working correctly.

[31:21] Our engineer tech is working on the

[31:23] N-D-P-E-S permit renewal.

[31:25] That's our permit with DEQ. He's always working on that.

[31:28] Yeah, it it's almost like Daniel, it really is.

[31:32] 'cause you're around Waterwise.

[31:36] We did have a little bit of a hiccup at R, well eight, one

[31:40] of the three phases for the VFD blew a fuse.

[31:45] It's just related to age. May have been a surge in power.

[31:48] PGE did come out and look at it

[31:49] and said that the power incoming was good,

[31:52] but we had a service call so we replaced all the fuses

[31:55] and have scheduled some other

[31:57] maintenance here in the next month.

[31:59] Just to kind of clean up the VFD.

[32:00] It's, it's aged, it's about 15 years,

[32:02] which is typical life of A VFD.

[32:05] So we'll be talking about what possible, what's a VFT?

[32:07] A V FD is a very variable frequency drive. That's

[32:10] - How you make a motor change

[32:11] speed without changing voltage.

[32:12] - Correct. Yeah. - How how big is that? 400?

[32:14] - 800? I don't know the actual capacity.

[32:17] It's a four 80 volt. I know that.

[32:19] Yeah, but I don't know the size of the motor so big.

[32:22] But anyways, that happened.

[32:25] We also had a little hiccup with our transducer for one

[32:28] of our reservoir levels.

[32:30] Crews climbed it and did some repairs to it.

[32:33] So it's, it's functioning

[32:34] but I think we're gonna have to probably replace it as well.

[32:36] So that's kind of what's been going on in water.

[32:39] Otherwise it's just routine.

[32:41] They're continuing on with flushing right now.

[32:43] They're almost done with south of Sandy,

[32:45] a couple more streets to take care of.

[32:47] And then they'll be on the north side of Sandy doing the,

[32:50] I guess they call that the lower pressure zone.

[32:53] But flushings going real well.

[32:55] And then routine sampling is going on just for

[33:01] regulatory reasons and then for daily samples

[33:04] that we're doing just for chlorine residuals

[33:06] and other orthophosphate to make sure

[33:10] that levels are in good conditions.

[33:12] So wastewater, we've just been doing a lot

[33:16] of different customer calls related to repairs for,

[33:20] for customers, just giving information that's needed,

[33:23] talking through processes and stuff.

[33:25] So let's see some other stuff that's going on.

[33:31] Well, 10 is progressing well.

[33:35] The driller recently reached what we believe is the,

[33:38] what GSI, the consultant believes is the sand

[33:41] and gravel aquifer.

[33:42] So they're at about, they got to 491 feet,

[33:46] which was the level that they wanted to see.

[33:50] But what's called the confining unit of clay wasn't quite

[33:54] as thick as they were anticipating.

[33:57] So we exploratory, drilled another 50 feet

[34:01] to check and the results were proved out

[34:05] that we were within the, the aquifer that we need to be in.

[34:09] So that's good. The next

[34:13] work has also begun on one of the buildings.

[34:18] So they're starting to do some foundation work,

[34:20] some footings, some forms that'll be happening.

[34:23] And then this next week it's anticipated

[34:27] to start putting in the permanent casing as well

[34:31] as the seal at the base of the well,

[34:33] which seals in the screen where the motor

[34:36] and the pump will actually sit in the bottom of the well

[34:39] and that'll encapsulate the make sure that the water

[34:43] and the aquifer that we're pulling from goes up

[34:45] through the casing basically.

[34:47] And we get that water and nothing else with that.

[34:50] However, there will be 24 hour work.

[34:53] So we just learned that today

[34:55] and we're starting, notifications will be

[34:58] hanging notices on homes.

[35:01] It's, it's a job where once they start they can't stop

[35:04] because for

[35:05] - How long?

[35:06] - For one day. - Oh hell, I can deal with

[35:08] - That one day, one night and

[35:10] - I can set my clock by those guys firing I rig

[35:13] - Up.

[35:14] It won't be as noisy as the regular drilling. Okay.

[35:16] - It's actually, it's so full disclosure,

[35:18] I live one lot away from it

[35:20] and it actually, they have been amazingly unobtrusive.

[35:24] There's a really low rumbling that relative

[35:28] to the planes on the ILS runway, you know,

[35:31] two eight right approach.

[35:32] It's quieter than that.

[35:34] - So. So that's probably what you'll hear at night.

[35:36] So if you like white noise it might actually, yeah,

[35:38] - It might be beneficial.

[35:39] My wife will sleep better or something. I don't know.

[35:41] Yeah, you might get a good night sleep though.

[35:42] - There you go. So that is happening

[35:44] and we will, we will be putting door hangers on the 250

[35:48] - Radius - Thank you. Homes tomorrow.

[35:50] - So, because otherwise calls will happen. Yeah.

[35:52] - And I believe, we'll why are

[35:53] - They working around the clock? Yeah, they kind of,

[35:56] - Yeah.

[35:57] And if we would've known sooner, we would've done it sooner.

[35:59] But I think we're also posting it on the website.

[36:02] Maybe social media too.

[36:03] But that just happened at the end of the day today.

[36:05] So we're working feverishly through that.

[36:08] Let's see, the project manager,

[36:13] Nate Mid Ley, has been working with 12 mile disposal

[36:16] to coordinate bulky item pickup for multi-family residents

[36:20] as part of the May spring cleanup event Outreach.

[36:24] Outreach has been finalized

[36:25] to all multi-family property managers

[36:28] and they're now scheduling pickup dates with the

[36:30] - Collector. So

[36:31] - That's been going on in recycling

[36:36] Type of work that we do.

[36:38] Also, the city recently submitted a metro

[36:43] local share application to access funding

[36:45] for park improvements at s ponds.

[36:48] Metro had set a deadline for jurisdictions

[36:51] to get under contract by the end of June,

[36:53] which is now on track.

[36:55] The city's now on track to meet some of the improvements

[36:58] that we're gonna try to

[37:00] accomplish are improved site parking,

[37:02] including some A-D-A-A-D-A parking space,

[37:06] a covered picnic area, some invasive species removal,

[37:09] some native plannings, new educational signs

[37:14] and additional plat fishing platforms on the east pond.

[37:19] The majority of which were included in the 2017

[37:22] Master parks master plan.

[37:25] I think the project will also include a robust community

[37:27] engagement process, but it's all in kind

[37:30] of application form right now.

[37:32] So that's in the works as well.

[37:38] And lastly, there's some other items. Sorry,

[37:42] - I just got an email.

[37:45] - So - I just wanna point out, he's been here two weeks

[37:48] and he said this was gonna be a quick report. Oh, okay.

[37:51] - Three, three more things and I'm done.

[37:56] Our civil engineer tech,

[37:58] he's also working on A-C-D-B-G design project

[38:00] with all county as well as a CD BG reimbursement processing.

[38:05] He's working on

[38:08] updating city standards and specs.

[38:11] He's compiling PCI and traffic count data

[38:15] and some multimodal inventory for odot.

[38:18] And he's reviewing different right

[38:20] of way private development projects that are coming in.

[38:22] So that's my end of report. Thank you very much. You're

[38:26] - Pretty in depth for two weeks, man.

[38:27] For two weeks. That's pretty good. Okay.

[38:30] I'll get better too. So, and quicker.

[38:33] I, you know what, we're happy you're here. Thank you.

[38:37] You know, not to belabor who, who is left

[38:39] or who wasn't, who isn't here,

[38:41] but I kind of felt like we finally had a management team.

[38:43] We finally had some solid footing and damn John.

[38:46] Okay, we're gonna lose one,

[38:48] but we're very happy you're here.

[38:49] Very happy to, happy.

[38:51] - Thank you. So thank you. Thank you very much.

[38:54] - Is there anything else you wanted to say?

[38:56] I something Oh yes, please.

[38:59] - And I will email you about this

[39:01] 'cause I know that you're, you're new, so a lot

[39:03] of this probably won't make sense to you,

[39:05] but I am having an issue over on Chinook Way.

[39:08] So I live in the town homes on the south side of the street

[39:12] and there's apartments across from us

[39:14] and there's two sections where the, it's kind

[39:17] of set back from the street to allow for angled parking.

[39:21] Yep. So the issues we're having on this street is one,

[39:24] we have a ton of people that park the wrong

[39:26] way all over the place.

[39:28] And then these angled spots, there's room

[39:31] for four cars if properly parked,

[39:34] but it leaves enough room for a small car

[39:37] or a huge giant truck to park there, which

[39:42] they're a third of the way into out of the street.

[39:45] And the rest of them it's walking the street

[39:47] and multiple times I've seen it

[39:49] where there's no way a fire engine could get through there.

[39:51] So wondering if we could possibly look at painting

[39:57] stripes and then the cross out

[40:00] or the section that is the note parking

[40:02] and maybe even like some signs for front end parking only

[40:05] because when people back up, I mean,

[40:08] we'll have people parked this way

[40:09] and then somebody else is this way

[40:10] and then somebody else comes around this way

[40:12] and it, it's just, it's chaotic.

[40:15] - I, I've actually heard this

[40:16] and it's on my to-do list, so Okay.

[40:18] I'm, I'm working on it and coming up with a plan.

[40:20] I'll be working with the operations manager. So there's,

[40:22] - Okay.

[40:23] And, and to piggyback on that, all

[40:24] of the pocket parks in the village, you're, we sandbag you.

[40:28] 'cause there's three of us who live in the village, the all

[40:32] of the pocket parks are not, there's no parking.

[40:34] They're under 20 feet by state code.

[40:37] Tell that to the moron who decides

[40:38] that they've gotta do whatever and park there.

[40:40] And I've gone out and said, Hey,

[40:42] you really can't park here if a

[40:43] firetruck has to get through an ambulance.

[40:46] And those curves hadn't,

[40:47] those curbs haven't been read in over a decade.

[40:51] So it would be really cool if we could paint all

[40:53] of the stuff that's no parking in the village, at least,

[40:56] you know, for the next few years to be able to say,

[40:58] Hey, you can't park there. Yeah.

[40:59] - Also signs in the alley.

[41:01] 'cause that's the other part that we struggle

[41:03] with is there's limited parking.

[41:05] So then people park in the alley

[41:07] and they're, you know, half their cars on the black top.

[41:10] They're just parked in front of the garage, but it's not an

[41:13] - Accident.

[41:14] And then I go down and I yell at them and yeah.

[41:15] And then call it in. And

[41:16] - Same thing like the concern is that a fire engine would,

[41:19] would not be able to get through.

[41:20] - I completely understood. If you could get a list

[41:22] and give it to Nathan and we will discuss it and I'll,

[41:26] - He's jotting things down. I will

[41:28] - By the way, as I can. Perfect.

[41:30] - Email. Nathan. - Thank you.

[41:33] - Thank you. Thank you. And welcome. Welcome. Yeah. Yes.

[41:36] Is there anything else you wanted to say

[41:37] or was that left on from last time?

[41:39] That's all Mayor. Thank you. Okay, thank you very much.

[41:42] Do we wanna start off with MCSO Down?

[41:56] - All - Right, good evening. And with respect

[41:58] to Councilman Todd,

[41:59] I know if it was represent your favorite English premier

[42:02] club outta worn all my Manchester United gear

[42:05] and we can go start with a turf war in here

[42:07] and we'll start throwing beer steins at each other.

[42:13] Chelsea is, they're well below in terms

[42:18] of dislike Liverpool leads Man city. Yeah,

[42:21] - But we've also won every trophy that exists.

[42:23] - It's true. You have, yeah. So we

[42:26] - No you haven't, you don't have a club World cup

[42:28] and you don't have a conference league.

[42:30] Let's move on to your report.

[42:33] - Okay. - Tonight on ESPN,

[42:36] - I have a T-shirt that lists them all with pictures.

[42:39] Is that a mic drop

[42:40] - Moment?

[42:43] - Alright, anyway, do your actual Yeah, what's that? Yeah,

[42:46] - Yeah.

[42:48] - All right. So March was again a relatively quiet month,

[42:53] 581 calls for service 300 and

[42:58] or yeah, 361 of those were self-initiated.

[43:01] 220 were actually dispatched calls for service

[43:05] 191 traffic stops were done in Fairview.

[43:08] And I'm sure some of you might have seen maybe this week,

[43:11] I know they've been hitting it again this week

[43:13] with traffic missions throughout the village

[43:15] and throughout all the different areas.

[43:17] So hopefully for April we'll be able

[43:22] to have even more for cases

[43:26] in the detective unit.

[43:27] There were nine that came in.

[43:28] Nothing really of note that came in.

[43:31] If anyone has any questions specifically at the end,

[43:34] I can kind of answer those.

[43:35] But there were nothing, nothing too egregious that came in.

[43:40] I do wanna mention all the crime categories, person property

[43:44] and society crimes.

[43:46] We talked about it on Monday. Person crimes in Fairview.

[43:50] Slight decline over the course of the last year.

[43:53] Property crimes, more notable decline over the

[43:56] course of the last year.

[43:57] And society crimes, which would be kinda like your drunken

[44:00] disorderly, those kind of problems

[44:02] for some reason they've kind of gone up a little bit,

[44:04] seeing a little bit of a spike.

[44:05] I don't have any analogy as to why.

[44:08] Usually we see those in the summer months.

[44:10] So not St Patrick's Day could have been, that usually in

[44:14] and of itself will cause a big spike,

[44:16] but that's usually more downtown Portland.

[44:18] So one stolen car over

[44:22] the, the last month.

[44:26] And really that is about it.

[44:29] Of note, does anyone have any questions about

[44:32] activity levels?

[44:34] Any questions from our law enforcement community?

[44:38] No, not good. I will mention that there has been

[44:42] a change in, I guess, leadership positions

[44:45] and movement throughout the sheriff's office in the last

[44:48] couple weeks due to a a retirement.

[44:51] So with that, I am now also covering the River Patrol

[44:56] dive team and the civil unit.

[44:59] So it's been a little bit busy the last couple weeks

[45:03] once Captain Hacker's back and I think he's in town now,

[45:06] but starting next week I will be out at River Patrol

[45:09] and Civil for the foreseeable future

[45:11] until we can get some people hired and positions replaced

[45:15] and maybe they'll let me come back.

[45:17] Okay. So for the foreseeable future,

[45:19] you probably won't be seeing me here.

[45:21] So I wish I'd have known, I would've definitely won

[45:23] if I do get asked to come back.

[45:25] It's almost a guarantee at this point, regardless of

[45:27] what the sheriff says, so.

[45:30] Excellent. Well thank you so much. Appreciate it. Thank you.

[45:33] Alright, so we've kind of scrambled everything up.

[45:35] Where do we wanna go from here, Mr. City Manager?

[45:37] Pick between, let's go

[45:38] to our community development directors

[45:40] and our recreation director then you got it.

[45:42] Plants and me Community development. Why not at this point?

[45:47] It's all up in the air next time.

[45:49] Can we do it by color or pick your favorite color is pick.

[45:53] Pick a number. Pick a number. I I, I like.

[45:58] - That's right. All right. Good evening,

[46:00] mayor Cona and counselors.

[46:02] So I'm gonna go through the different areas

[46:05] of community development.

[46:06] Permitting has been sort

[46:09] of on the quieter side this last month,

[46:11] but we've been using that time

[46:13] to do some other improvements, including

[46:16] the e permitting system is now allowing people

[46:19] who need a public works permit, like a right of way permit

[46:23] to do a sidewalk replacement to apply directly

[46:27] for their permits online.

[46:28] Whereas previously it's had to come

[46:31] through our permit technician on A PDF or on paper form

[46:35] and she's had to do all of that work.

[46:37] So we're glad for another streamlining process improvement.

[46:40] I think that will be helpful for the customers

[46:43] and hopefully help to encourage people to

[46:46] schedule their inspections and close out their permits.

[46:51] Let's see, in code compliance,

[46:54] we've been having the typical busy springtime activity

[46:58] letters have gone out.

[47:00] We're trying to make sure that people

[47:02] who own particularly vacant lots are mowing their lots.

[47:07] I know that there are some like nearby

[47:09] where the grass is getting quite long just due

[47:11] to our early spring season here.

[47:13] So we've been working on that.

[47:16] Also, union Pacific Railroad was out today doing

[47:22] some camp clearing

[47:23] and posting along the railroad on the south

[47:27] side of I 84.

[47:30] There were two to three camps in that area

[47:34] and that's been something

[47:35] that we've been working on a lot over

[47:37] the last couple of months.

[47:39] Both coordination with the railroad and ODOT

[47:42] and the Hope team to post

[47:46] and help people move along

[47:47] and then schedule the, the cleanup as needed.

[47:53] We've also been trying

[47:55] to tackle more vehicle storage issues

[47:58] as our code compliance officer John has just been more

[48:01] proactively working.

[48:04] There's just a lot of vehicles being improperly stored,

[48:07] both on the street and on private property.

[48:09] So those are, there are a number of cases for that as well

[48:14] as some related to home occupation businesses.

[48:17] So we are working through those as well.

[48:22] Let's see, in planning, we've been doing some coordination

[48:27] around future applications, which may be development

[48:32] or code amendment applications coming forward.

[48:35] So we're just doing, I think a lot of early coordination

[48:38] with applicants right now.

[48:41] We also are preparing for the May 6th work session

[48:46] to bring forward some proposed tree

[48:48] amendments to the city council.

[48:51] Following up on the Arbor Day proclamation, the

[48:54] Oregon Department of Forestry did a press release announcing

[48:58] the Tree city USA designation for Fairview.

[49:01] So that got picked up by the Outlook

[49:03] and some other news outlets

[49:05] and we're working on getting a spot to hang up the

[49:10] road signs that, say Tree City USA

[49:14] in economic development.

[49:17] There been a few businesses that we've been coordinating

[49:21] with lately who are interested in leasing some

[49:24] of the vacant commercial spaces

[49:25] and interested in the grants.

[49:27] So there are three businesses right now

[49:30] that I think are making good progress, a mix

[49:34] of different commercial businesses.

[49:35] So I'll be eager

[49:38] to share more information once we actually get

[49:41] an application turned in.

[49:43] Yeah. So that's it

[49:45] for community development today. Unless there are any questions,

[49:47] - Does council have any questions? No,

[49:49] - Just congratulations on Tree City.

[49:51] - Oh, thank you. I mean, yeah,

[49:52] - That, that was a long time coming

[49:54] and when I first started on planning

[49:56] and asked about it, it was like,

[49:59] and now that we are, it's like, yay. So yeah. Yeah.

[50:02] - And we're looking forward to some

[50:04] of the capital improvement projects like the community

[50:07] development block grant sidewalk project

[50:09] that will be happening in historic Fairview

[50:11] as an opportunity to implement some

[50:13] of the New Tree standards. Cool.

[50:14] - That's fantastic. I know I shared with you one-on-one

[50:17] that my appreciation for getting that done as well.

[50:20] Real quick, I don't think it's anything,

[50:23] I don't think there's an encampment yet,

[50:25] but I've noticed some increased activity on the heart

[50:28] of Fairview site in Long Halsey.

[50:30] Just East Village Street. There's the,

[50:32] there's the depression where the grade is level

[50:34] with the sidewalk and then just right up on top of the hill,

[50:37] I've noticed an accumulation of stuff.

[50:41] - Okay, we'll go check it out. Okay.

[50:42] There's been, that has is a popular spot.

[50:45] There's been a couple that,

[50:46] - Yeah, yeah.

[50:47] It kind of comes and goes but,

[50:49] but as a city owned property, I thought, yeah, it might be

[50:53] kind of good and and

[50:54] and the funny part is it's not very well hidden.

[50:57] Right. It's, it's pretty obvious. Yeah,

[51:00] - It's very close to the road.

[51:01] - Okay. Excellent. Yeah, - Thank you

[51:02] for letting me know. No

[51:03] - Problem.

[51:06] Recreation.

[51:19] - Good - Evening, mayor Council, I'll start off

[51:21] with Play East.

[51:24] So we have our spring

[51:25] and summer registration is open for folks

[51:29] who look at programs.

[51:31] We have, you should got the guide in the

[51:33] mail earlier this month.

[51:35] We're excited to start offering two new programs

[51:39] with two new providers.

[51:40] One is Webby Dance,

[51:43] but they will be actually doing gymnastics

[51:45] as though this is something that the community

[51:46] has been asking for.

[51:49] We also are going to be partnering up with soccer shots,

[51:52] offering weekend programming as that.

[51:55] Again, something that the community

[51:56] has been looking forward to.

[51:58] So we're excited. Currently we have 276

[52:03] registered participants and we still have many programs

[52:08] to open for registration.

[52:09] And we are projecting to end the spring term

[52:13] with about 300 registered participants.

[52:15] So this is an increase of 12%.

[52:16] So we're kind of seeing that pick back up.

[52:19] I know we had seen some decline earlier this year,

[52:24] last month we also held a fundraising dinner

[52:28] with AG Burrito shops, the Wood Village Shop, Dale Gresham,

[52:32] lake Oswego Burrito Shop.

[52:33] We finally got the amount that we raised from that night,

[52:39] a little more than $1,100.

[52:40] So that goes towards our fundraising efforts

[52:43] and we're excited about that.

[52:46] We're, we also have a grant partnership

[52:50] with the rental school district.

[52:51] So they applied for a grant

[52:53] to help their McKinney bentos program students.

[52:56] So that's a program that we'll be coordinating to offer

[53:01] free programs to those students that are participating in

[53:03] that program from the school district.

[53:07] Also, play East participated at both city events,

[53:11] which went really well.

[53:13] Now for the recreation side.

[53:16] Obviously ties into the Easter event that was held

[53:19] the first Saturday in, in, in April.

[53:23] We estimate anywhere from 1,215 com 1500 community members

[53:27] attended, which was a great success for us to see.

[53:31] We held this first year that we did a mini parade

[53:35] that highlighted Play East participant

[53:38] MCSO, the Easter Bunny.

[53:39] And our mayor also walked during that small parade there.

[53:44] This year was our first year where we also obtained

[53:48] sponsorships that really helped reimagine the event.

[53:52] And so a big shout out

[53:53] and thank you to our platinum sponsor,

[53:55] first Community Credit Union, our gold sponsor,

[53:58] Smith Brothers and our silver sponsors,

[54:00] river City Environmental.

[54:02] With their help, we were able to add new enhancements

[54:06] to the event as a petting zoo balloon animals professional

[54:09] photographer with the Easter Bunny.

[54:12] And then we got some free items to give away to the kids.

[54:16] It also really helped us to

[54:18] enhance our sensory friendly area.

[54:21] That was a big thing

[54:23] that the city had been doing for many years.

[54:25] And so it was just a great opportunity

[54:27] to enhance that section.

[54:29] That was also a great partnership that we collaborated

[54:31] with Fairview Elementary and their STEM Pro step program

[54:35] and the Oregon Autism Society that helped really shape that.

[54:41] A big thank you to all our volunteers

[54:43] and vendors that helped make the event what it was.

[54:46] A big thank you to the Public Works team.

[54:48] Corey, Tyler Christie for helping, and Kevin

[54:52] and Garrett for helping for the event as well.

[54:55] Also the recreation team.

[54:57] And a big shout out to Annie

[54:59] who really coordinated this whole event.

[55:01] So that, that's it. And I'll end your name. Any questions?

[55:07] - I think the only question I have is, remind me,

[55:10] I sincerely apologize,

[55:11] I should have this date ingrained in my brain.

[55:14] When is our fund, when is the place Fundraiser night over

[55:17] at Fairview Food Plaza.

[55:18] - It's Thursday, May 14th.

[55:20] May 14th, starting at 6:00 PM Commu, it's open

[55:23] to all community members to come celebrate with plays.

[55:27] There'll be food raffle tickets for raffle baskets,

[55:30] and then some small performances and some videos

[55:33] and photos of what place has been able to do throughout

[55:37] - The year.

[55:38] So shameless plug to this council,

[55:40] I would love to see us there.

[55:42] It's, it, it's a great event.

[55:45] Just being absolutely shameless on that. Any questions?

[55:51] I, Nope. I think we're good. Awesome. Thank you so much.

[55:53] Thank you. That takes us down

[55:57] to Dr.

[56:00] City Manager or do we wanna start with city recording?

[56:03] City recorder slash HR slash little bit of everything.

[56:08] - So good evening mayor and council.

[56:10] So I'm gonna start off with it.

[56:13] She's been really working hard, learning

[56:16] all things 365.

[56:19] One of the more exciting things

[56:20] that came out is there's a program

[56:22] that she is entering, I shouldn't say entering.

[56:26] Yes, I guess entering is the right word.

[56:28] All of our city devices into this program.

[56:31] And it will allow her to push apps out

[56:34] and also retrieve apps

[56:37] and give, you know, instead of having everybody have

[56:39] to load an app on their phone, she can just blanket do it.

[56:46] She's also rolled out multifactor authentication

[56:49] for all city staff.

[56:51] And I believe counsel, you will be getting emails here soon

[56:54] that you will be do set up on the same thing.

[56:58] And hr, we're working on preparing for the heat

[57:02] and wildfire training for all of our staff to have

[57:06] completed by June.

[57:08] When the those, those things become prevalent,

[57:14] the employee handbook update has gone very well.

[57:18] I day, my HR assistant did a great job

[57:20] and then I just wrapped up a bunch of edits.

[57:24] Our handbook was last updated in 2011.

[57:28] So this handbook is much more robust

[57:32] and it's, it's been sent out to all

[57:36] of our department directors.

[57:38] They may not not know that yet for their review.

[57:41] And so hopefully we'll have a final document here in

[57:44] the next month or so.

[57:47] And we've also been working on getting our elec,

[57:51] our HR records, personnel records,

[57:55] more into our Tyler software

[57:59] and starting to utilize that HR module

[58:01] to track certifications, trainings,

[58:04] reviews, all of those things.

[58:08] So that's all I have tonight, unless you have questions.

[58:13] - I don't believe so. That was very thorough.

[58:15] Thank you very much. Finance.

[58:19] - Good evening mayor.

[58:20] And Council Finance is always busy.

[58:25] Tricia and I got back last Friday from a conference,

[58:29] Tyler conference, and we learned a lot

[58:33] of stuff about how we're not using our, our software.

[58:39] - And here we were thinking we were doing so good.

[58:42] - They, they, they do updates all the time and,

[58:45] and the conferences keep us, you know, updated on,

[58:48] on the improvements and stuff that they've been making.

[58:51] So we, we both came back with some good ideas on

[58:54] how we can continue to streamline things.

[58:58] Part of the software is called Content Manager

[59:02] and we did not know that we could create forms

[59:06] PDF forms and route them.

[59:09] So employees that need to fill out, say an insurance form,

[59:13] we can push that through the software.

[59:15] They can digitally fill it out, sign it,

[59:18] and then it, once they submit it, it gets routed back

[59:20] to the, the appropriate person that needs to deal with it.

[59:23] So we're gonna soon start looking at, at doing that as well.

[59:30] Next week Tyler is going to be working with Leslie, Shelly,

[59:35] and Anna on a utility billing business review to make sure

[59:40] that the methods that we're we're using

[59:44] to process payments and send out bills

[59:47] and stuff are being done the most efficiently

[59:51] that we can through the software.

[59:52] So they'll, they'll review our processes, they will

[59:56] suggest improvements, we can either do 'em or not.

[1:00:00] And then what we end up with

[1:00:02] after the end of this review is a document

[1:00:06] that outlines the processes for utility billing,

[1:00:08] which we don't have yet.

[1:00:11] So that will be a, a big accomplishment for utility billing.

[1:00:16] And I have been working on budget.

[1:00:19] I'm hoping to have a preliminary document done

[1:00:23] by the beginning of next week for review.

[1:00:27] We have our first meeting May 4th.

[1:00:31] So may the fourth be with you and budget and all of that.

[1:00:36] - Really. Star Wars Day.

[1:00:37] - Really? It is Star Wars Day. Yes.

[1:00:40] - On how could you not though?

[1:00:43] I guess, guess it's appropriate.

[1:00:46] - It, it is progressing

[1:00:47] and we should have a, a pretty good document this year.

[1:00:50] Hopefully everything balances.

[1:00:55] And then last audit.

[1:00:58] We, we are on schedule to present

[1:01:01] our 2223 audit

[1:01:05] to you on your council meeting on May 6th.

[1:01:09] - Okay. Sounds like May 6th is getting to be real busy.

[1:01:14] Oh, it's, yes.

[1:01:16] It, it could be so it's actually the next Wednesday too,

[1:01:19] if we need a third budget committee.

[1:01:21] So we could be seeing a lot

[1:01:22] of each other those first couple weeks.

[1:01:23] Yeah. Does anybody have any questions? Okay.

[1:01:27] First off, it's not a question, it's a thank you.

[1:01:34] I I it, it is hard to explain to people Yeah.

[1:01:37] We are five years behind on our audits.

[1:01:38] That that's, that's embarrassing.

[1:01:41] Three audits in a year is impressive. Yeah.

[1:01:45] And, and I myself wanna thank you

[1:01:48] and your team for accomplishing that

[1:01:52] while preparing this year's budget.

[1:01:54] Right.

[1:01:56] - I'm very thankful I have Leslie because talk

[1:01:58] - About spinning plates. Yeah.

[1:02:00] - She can handle a lot of the audit issues while

[1:02:03] I'm working on budgets. Well,

[1:02:04] - I, it, - It takes a little off.

[1:02:06] - Yes. It's appreciated. Well, thank you. Yeah.

[1:02:10] I know that you walked into a buzz saw and you've been

[1:02:15] - By choice. Yeah.

[1:02:17] - It's not like she was less your Yeah, I'm just saying it.

[1:02:21] But no, thank you. I I, I, I believe I speak for all of us.

[1:02:26] Thank you. Yes, he does try.

[1:02:27] Well, this, we're working as hard

[1:02:28] as you are to get us back on track.

[1:02:30] - This last year truly has been,

[1:02:35] I wanna say a joy working with, well, you've an

[1:02:39] - Interesting definition of the word joy,

[1:02:42] - But, but I, it is been a real pleasure having,

[1:02:46] having counsel, having you to work with, you're very easy

[1:02:50] to work with and,

[1:02:51] and I do appreciate that it makes what I have to do,

[1:02:56] especially being

[1:02:57] behind in the audits and stuff, much easier.

[1:02:59] - Well, just, I, I, I just wanna make sure

[1:03:02] that your efforts are not unrecognized.

[1:03:05] So thank you. They are senior manager.

[1:03:10] - Thank you, mayor. I got a few things to go over.

[1:03:12] I'll try, try to be brief. Just a quick update.

[1:03:15] Our comprehensive compensation study was finalized.

[1:03:19] I sent it out to you. If you have questions, come talk

[1:03:21] to me in a really basic overview.

[1:03:24] It was, this was a comparison of cities

[1:03:27] that were roughly no more than 50% below our population.

[1:03:30] No more than 50% above.

[1:03:32] So I think the smallest one was capo,

[1:03:34] and the greatest one I think was probably Troutdale.

[1:03:37] Somewhere along there.

[1:03:38] These were cities specifically chosen

[1:03:40] for their geographic location, chosen for their services.

[1:03:43] They offer comparable ours as possible,

[1:03:46] as closely possible as, as you can get.

[1:03:49] Again, Oregon's only 4 million people don't have a lot

[1:03:51] of cities, and especially not our, specifically our size.

[1:03:55] The came back financially we're a good place

[1:04:00] because Ann had budgeted

[1:04:02] and a little bit more than we thought we would get in the,

[1:04:06] the cost of living increase.

[1:04:07] And she had budgeted for 3%.

[1:04:09] We're actually, it's gonna be two

[1:04:10] and a half percent this year.

[1:04:11] So with that, we really didn't go much over

[1:04:14] with our retro pay and everything.

[1:04:16] So the, the way it works really generally is everyone,

[1:04:19] then all the positions are put into a market

[1:04:22] rate within those cities.

[1:04:23] And something I, I talk to staff about a reminder

[1:04:26] that our market is not comparing with Gresham and Portland.

[1:04:30] You know, our market is with those cities.

[1:04:32] And so that's, that's our market.

[1:04:33] So all the, nobody got, you can't legally drop people below,

[1:04:38] but some, some people, some positions

[1:04:41] were a little bit higher than other positions,

[1:04:42] but everything is now within a range

[1:04:44] where they can have progression

[1:04:46] and they can continue their steps.

[1:04:48] So that's, that's the basic overall.

[1:04:51] And I have the, our union president's gonna meet

[1:04:53] with me later this week to,

[1:04:54] to go over that and she some questions.

[1:04:56] And so looking forward to that.

[1:04:59] We have a good, we have just quickly our,

[1:05:03] our leadership team that worked with the Union Dere and Ann

[1:05:06] and I have really worked hard

[1:05:07] to build a good rapport and it's gone really well.

[1:05:09] So homeless services update.

[1:05:12] Just really quickly, I went

[1:05:13] and spent some time about an hour downtown just today

[1:05:16] with the director of our department of homeless services

[1:05:19] with the county and trying to get a better understanding of

[1:05:22] how it works here and what they, what they provide for us.

[1:05:25] And so she's very receptive conversation.

[1:05:29] You know, I'm, I'm looking for of course money

[1:05:31] and what can we do and so forth.

[1:05:33] And they have a contracted service.

[1:05:35] I don't know if you know much about it,

[1:05:36] but the way it works is that the county provides funding

[1:05:40] or services for all parts of the county.

[1:05:43] We are area three

[1:05:44] or something, which is the three small cities,

[1:05:47] Dalewood Village, Fairview.

[1:05:48] And we receive funding

[1:05:50] and all that funding goes to a third party vendor who works

[1:05:54] with help homeless people experiencing

[1:05:56] homelessness have services.

[1:05:58] So it does not include enforcement, it does not include

[1:06:02] cleaning up of any camps or anything.

[1:06:04] So that's what I was learning more about.

[1:06:06] And you know, I'm always trying to, trying to influence

[1:06:08] and doing things a little bit more that we can.

[1:06:11] So I'll be working with her.

[1:06:12] And so I have a good relationship with her.

[1:06:15] Also wanted to give a quick update on the Village Street,

[1:06:20] not Village Street, but the sidewalks, just to let you know,

[1:06:23] there were a lot of, if you remember, there was a RFP

[1:06:26] that was done here just before Silas came.

[1:06:27] And that was to go out and repair all the little

[1:06:30] areas in our parks.

[1:06:32] They have sidewalks, they have multipass, they have issues

[1:06:35] so that there are some sidewalks in the village,

[1:06:38] those are sidewalks in front of the parks.

[1:06:39] Those weren't, so those were actually our responsibility

[1:06:42] just to, just to clarify.

[1:06:44] And one the county, county

[1:06:49] roads and maintenance.

[1:06:51] And since I came here, since I already first met

[1:06:54] with his body, I have been working on the county roads.

[1:06:58] And so I feel like we're getting closer

[1:07:00] and I wanna thank Councilor O who gives me lots

[1:07:02] of updates on things that need to be taken care of.

[1:07:04] I really appreciate that because

[1:07:06] we actually had a meeting today.

[1:07:07] There's a monthly meeting, which I have joined now

[1:07:10] with our PolyWorks director,

[1:07:11] with our community development director and our operations

[1:07:14] and manager talking about overall strategies, you know,

[1:07:17] things we're working on accounting, but also maintenance.

[1:07:19] And I made sure all those things

[1:07:21] that counselor are only given me

[1:07:22] and many others were on that list of maintenance.

[1:07:23] So been working really hard.

[1:07:25] I think I reported a while ago, I went

[1:07:27] and met with the director of community services

[1:07:30] for the county that oversees all of our roads and systems

[1:07:32] and working with her.

[1:07:33] I've met a couple times with Commissioner Jones Dixon on

[1:07:37] what can we do to really help our, our maintenance of our,

[1:07:40] you know, the different areas of our city that res

[1:07:42] that belong to the county.

[1:07:43] How can we get those moving and getting those things done?

[1:07:47] So we have on the list now everything,

[1:07:48] and we're working really hard

[1:07:49] and I've asked them, I want expectation dates,

[1:07:52] so when these things will be filled,

[1:07:53] so we can take a look at that.

[1:07:54] So we're working hard

[1:07:56] to get like actual deadlines when

[1:07:57] these things will be taken care of.

[1:07:58] And so I just want you to know that I'm very professionally

[1:08:02] and working with them, trying to move these things along.

[1:08:05] Very lastly, I want to give a quick update on the fire

[1:08:08] district discussions.

[1:08:10] Where we're at right now is we're waiting for two more.

[1:08:14] Our representatives are also our mayor and Councillor Weber.

[1:08:17] And they can give you updates as well if you,

[1:08:19] if you so desire.

[1:08:20] But we are working with the committee

[1:08:22] to get more information and proposals.

[1:08:25] Right now we're waiting for proposal from Fire District 10

[1:08:27] and a proposal from Clacks Fire District,

[1:08:30] fire District 10 was supposed

[1:08:31] to have given us a proposal this month.

[1:08:34] Fire District 10 was again, not prepared.

[1:08:36] And I will say again, because they were supposed

[1:08:38] to give us a proposal a year ago when the city managers met

[1:08:41] and they didn't give us a proposal.

[1:08:43] It was just a discussion.

[1:08:45] Ackmans came in with an amazing proposal back at that time.

[1:08:49] The Gresham City of Gresham has given us a proposal.

[1:08:53] We have two more proposals to go.

[1:08:55] Once we have those proposals, we'll be moving forward.

[1:08:57] I'm not sure exactly the direction of the committee,

[1:09:00] but at some point it'll be coming back to the councils.

[1:09:02] There may be a good time for the three councils meeting,

[1:09:05] the three cities to meet again and discuss where they're at.

[1:09:08] I think those, some things have been expressed

[1:09:09] by especially our representatives, councilor Webley Council

[1:09:12] and Mayor Una.

[1:09:14] So that's where we're at. I dunno if anybody has any

[1:09:16] questions on that, but we are working forward a lot

[1:09:20] of discussion about service levels, about design

[1:09:22] of fire stations.

[1:09:23] We're so there, there's a lot to discuss.

[1:09:26] So that is all the updates I have tonight,

[1:09:28] unless I has any questions.

[1:09:30] You already heard a lot about me

[1:09:31] from me in the work session,

[1:09:32] - So any questions?

[1:09:37] Nope. Excellent. Thank you so much. Thank you.

[1:09:39] Well, it is April, so we are gonna start at

[1:09:41] that end with which end?

[1:09:45] This end. Oh, that end. Okay. Even or odd. Even odd even.

[1:09:49] That's how I'm trying to break it down. Okay. Okay.

[1:09:51] So it's an even month, January from our March,

[1:09:53] April we started that end.

[1:09:54] Okay. I may have screwed it up last month.

[1:09:56] And that would be on, I think we should do colors

[1:09:58] and numbers and

[1:10:01] - I don't have anything further

[1:10:02] to report on the fire district

[1:10:05] - Conversation.

[1:10:07] - We started at the odd end. Is

[1:10:08] - That what you We did, we started the audit.

[1:10:10] Oh. Start with, do you want print?

[1:10:13] Oh, that's okay.

[1:10:16] - A simple pointing - Or calling. I thought I did.

[1:10:20] I thought I did. And, and was in the process of it is

[1:10:22] it's on's on me.

[1:10:24] I missed it. It's on me. That's on me.

[1:10:26] - I made it about me and - Councilor Johnson.

[1:10:29] - I don't have anything like cogent or pressing to update.

[1:10:33] The transportation committees are envisioning

[1:10:36] processes at this point.

[1:10:37] And there all the other projects

[1:10:39] that you know about are proceeding.

[1:10:44] - Agreed. Council Copeland,

[1:10:47] any updates? No.

[1:10:51] - PSAC has not met - Since our last council meeting. Okay.

[1:10:54] - We decided to skip this month.

[1:10:57] We are still in the process of discussing

[1:11:00] frequency of meetings.

[1:11:02] - Okay. Excellent. Council president, when is the

[1:11:05] - Shred again?

[1:11:06] Is that scheduled?

[1:11:09] - When is, you know, Ooh, - I don't remember the date. It,

[1:11:12] - It's Saturday, - May, May 9th, 10:00 AM

[1:11:14] to 2:00 PM in front of Fairview

[1:11:16] - City Hall.

[1:11:17] Thank you, Deborah. Thank you.

[1:11:19] - Okay, council president,

[1:11:21] - I'd like to yield my time to Councilor Weber this evening.

[1:11:28] - Living Awesome. I love it.

[1:11:34] Councilman, I'm sorry.

[1:11:36] - Where to start? No, I, I really have nothing.

[1:11:40] Mounted comm cable Regulatory Commission is slowly dying

[1:11:43] and will be dead by the end of June.

[1:11:46] And everybody knows my opinions on everything else.

[1:11:49] So I would actually like to request

[1:11:52] that we put the budget committee membership

[1:11:58] for possible action on the first meeting in

[1:12:01] June, if possible.

[1:12:05] - I'm sorry, what was that? I - Was reading.

[1:12:06] I would like to discuss the kerfuffle

[1:12:10] - Oh yeah.

[1:12:11] - Of what has happened. And I don't play.

[1:12:14] I'm, I'm, I'm a political idiot.

[1:12:16] I just like to get I'm sorry. Stuff done.

[1:12:21] And, and I don't like what happened.

[1:12:24] I don't like that there was an intent,

[1:12:26] but we're gonna tap dance because Yeah, This was the intent.

[1:12:31] And it's no secret my feelings about the gentleman

[1:12:33] who was sitting there while we were sitting here the hour

[1:12:35] before and he was still sitting there.

[1:12:37] We were dealing with the aftermath of his crap.

[1:12:40] And that's why I don't want him on budget.

[1:12:43] I, I, I've said this before, I've said it again.

[1:12:47] That's my feeling. So I didn't like what happened.

[1:12:51] We had an intent. You said you were gonna resign.

[1:12:53] You said you were gonna resign twice

[1:12:55] and then you go, oh, I'm miraculously better.

[1:12:58] I wanna stay. Okay.

[1:13:00] That doesn't excuse you from the lack of SDCs,

[1:13:03] the police department, the fire contracts,

[1:13:06] I forgetting things in there that we're having to deal

[1:13:10] with now fiscally.

[1:13:12] So I don't feel like rewarding people

[1:13:14] for their ill behaviors.

[1:13:15] But I also know that, you know what, I don't wanna sit here

[1:13:18] and discuss it for the rest of the night.

[1:13:19] So I would like to discuss it the 1st of June. I

[1:13:23] - Okay, council, what?

[1:13:26] Nothing more to report.

[1:13:29] - I'm sorry. I should have yielded my time to you. But

[1:13:32] - From my previous report five minutes ago.

[1:13:35] - Okay. As for me,

[1:13:39] these sort event was fantastic.

[1:13:40] The weather could not have been better.

[1:13:44] It was just fan phenomenally warm.

[1:13:46] We, I, I'd, I'd hesitate to put numbers on it,

[1:13:49] but in the world's shortest parade,

[1:13:53] which started barely on the north side of this building,

[1:13:57] went down to the street and went around the corner

[1:14:00] for about a hundred feet.

[1:14:02] So shortest parade known to mankind

[1:14:07] yet kids line up on every side,

[1:14:10] on both sides, just having a ball.

[1:14:13] And, and it, it was really fun to see the faces.

[1:14:16] It's fun to see kids having fun.

[1:14:19] I want to commend our rec department for putting,

[1:14:21] for putting together a fantastic program.

[1:14:24] It, it was a lot of fun in regards to,

[1:14:29] it's funny that you mentioned the county and Rhodes.

[1:14:32] We are coming up on election season

[1:14:34] and there is already a push for the next

[1:14:37] Mullum county chair.

[1:14:38] So I had been reached out by one person, one candidate

[1:14:41] that is, that is running for chair.

[1:14:46] We did have quite the lengthy discussion about needs

[1:14:50] and that actually I brought that up.

[1:14:52] Like, you guys have the money, but not the personnel.

[1:14:55] We can get the personnel. We don't have the money.

[1:14:58] Let's peanut butter and chocolate this thing together.

[1:15:00] Let's make it happen. I think we can help us.

[1:15:03] I think we can help each other out in this, in this case.

[1:15:05] So trying to do that end and,

[1:15:07] and also I think mentioning it,

[1:15:09] every time I see Commissioner Jones Dixon, which is

[1:15:14] every time, Hey can we, can we start taking over?

[1:15:17] Can, if you, if you pay

[1:15:18] for it, we'll take care of the roads.

[1:15:19] We'll take it off your plate. I I'm going to be a pest on

[1:15:23] that one at every, at every moment.

[1:15:26] And again, I'm gonna promote fundraiser. May, May 14th.

[1:15:30] I'll do it again next month. It's a great event.

[1:15:34] And you get dinner. Yeah. From the food trucks. Yeah.

[1:15:38] If you raffle basket, wet raffle baskets are gonna be fun.

[1:15:43] If you've ever been to that

[1:15:44] or a volunteer appreciation event, you don't go home hungry.

[1:15:49] So just putting that out there, it's,

[1:15:53] it's a fantastic deal.

[1:15:54] So that's all I have at this point.

[1:15:56] Unfortunately I was not able to meet go to last Eco fist,

[1:15:59] but I will be at the next one.

[1:16:02] Looking forward to seeing if Ackman Fire District one does

[1:16:06] come with a presentation on what that looks like.

[1:16:08] By that point, hopefully they will have

[1:16:11] a fairly good handle on what's happening

[1:16:14] with their May elections.

[1:16:15] So that's gonna have a heavy impact on what they do with us.

[1:16:19] So we'll see what, we'll see what the may,

[1:16:22] what the May election bring.

[1:16:26] That's all I have.

[1:16:27] Do we have any citizens wishing

[1:16:28] to comment on non agenda items?

[1:16:30] No request. We received no request for received. Okay.

[1:16:34] Well there's only one more there. One more.

[1:16:37] Motion entertain. You guys can arm wrestle.

[1:16:40] - Motion to dismiss - To adjourn.

[1:16:42] - Adjourn. Sorry. - Motion to get outta here. Second.

[1:16:48] I heard council Todd on that one. I'm gonna break the tie.

[1:16:52] All favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? It passes.

[1:16:56] Thanks guys. We are done.

Fairview City Council

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