[1:48] [clears throat]
[1:54] I'm going to call the fully city council
meeting of August 4th to order. Let's
[1:59] please rise for the pledge of
allegiance. [clears throat]
[2:02] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
[2:07] republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[2:13] justice for all.
[2:18] » All right. I'd be looking for a motion
to approve the agenda.
[2:23] » Second.
[2:26] » Um motion is made and seconded. Further
discussion in favor? I I post same sign.
[2:32] Motion carries. Next, we be looking to
uh for a motion to approve the consent
[2:38] agenda.
>> I'll make a motion to approve the
[2:40] consent agenda.
>> I will second that motion. Motion is
[2:45] made and seconded. Any further
discussion?
[2:47] » In favor, I I oppose. Same sign.
>> Motion carries. Moving on to item number
[2:52] five, mayor's comments and open forum.
Zero. I do believe Deb wanted to take a
[2:57] minute. I just think as long as we have
at least one of our candidates here, it
[3:02] might be nice to just give our names,
you can make teenytiny ex explanation or
[3:10] however you feel. It's better way to
start that they at least know who is
[3:15] who.
>> Great. You want to start?
[3:19] » Yep. I'm Deb Mitz and I will be pending
at the end of the year
[3:24] » after a four-year term.
>> After four year term. Uh, Mayor Brandon
[3:28] Voit, uh, coming up on the end of my
two-year term. Served on two years of
[3:32] council, uh, prior to that.
>> I'm Gary Swanson. My term is up. I am
[3:38] rer runninging for the position of
county council in this.
[3:42] » How long have you been running or been
on council?
[3:46] How long have you been on council?
>> Total?
[3:51] » Probably 8, 10, 12 years I've served.
Yes.
[3:55] » Great. Stephanie Lloyd, city council
member for two years now, halfway
[4:00] through.
>> Jeff Gond, I've been on here 10 years.
[4:06] » Excellent. Thank you for that, Deb. Uh,
with nothing else, we'll move on to item
[4:10] number six. We have a guest here, Darren
Lee from the Coalition of Greater
[4:13] Minnesota Cities to share uh some things
from legislation and beyond.
[4:20] » Thank you very much for having me. Uh
Darren Lee with Flarity and Hood. We
[4:25] represent the Coalition of Greater
Minnesota Cities down at the state
[4:28] capital. And so we like to stop by to
all of our member cities. Well, maybe
[4:34] not all most, as many as we can make it
to uh during the interim between
[4:38] legislative sessions and give you an
update on what we've been doing down at
[4:42] the capital on your behalf. Um sort of a
recap and a little preview of what we've
[4:47] got going on. uh what we see coming up
with election and then uh next year. So,
[4:54] starting with kind of a reminder of who
we are, we represent 100 cities across
[5:00] the state. Uh there's our updated map
with all of our members on there and
[5:05] we're outside the metropolitan area,
seven county area. And so that
[5:10] distinguishes us from say the League of
Minnesota Cities who represents
[5:15] metropolitan area and greater Minnesota.
So it allows us to focus on some of the
[5:20] issues uh give more attention directly
on issues that affect cities outside the
[5:26] metro. Those are some of the issues that
we work on. We added a couple uh the
[5:31] last couple of years because we've been
spending a lot of time on them uh
[5:35] housing and EMS services u because we've
spending a lot of time on those and I'll
[5:41] talk a little bit about housing as we uh
get a little further on here. we can go
[5:47] to the next slide.
Um, so starting with a recap,
[5:53] uh, a pause here because I've got some
handouts,
[5:57] some more information I want to pass out
folks.
[6:02] Thank you.
[6:10] » So, got some info in your folder here.
Uh you'll have our session recap, our
[6:17] session report, um which will go into a
little more detail than I can get into
[6:22] today. uh frequently asked questions,
kind of who we are, um what we do, our
[6:30] staff contacts,
I work on transportation,
[6:34] uh and then we have all of our other
staff that's available to you for any
[6:39] questions you have uh related to those
issues uh or any concerns. And then we
[6:46] have our environmental program uh sheet
talking about uh water wastewater
[6:53] quality. I was talking to Sarah uh who I
know is not here tonight, but um she was
[6:58] telling me that you're dealing with some
water quality issues. Um we're going to
[7:02] require some new water treatment. So, um
they'll that'll be, you know, relevant
[7:08] to the bonding bill, but this is also a
good one to look at um on those sort of
[7:14] issues. And then, uh our labor and
employment program, our housing report,
[7:20] it's a pretty lengthy report. So, on
this sheet here, you've got on one side
[7:24] a link that you can go to read our
housing report. And then this just
[7:28] recently came out, our candidate packet
for candidates that are running for the
[7:34] legislature and that has quite a bit of
information on all the things that we
[7:39] work on at the capital. And so, uh,
that's also included. And then I think
[7:45] the last one, we got a lot of stuff in
here. Uh, our upcoming events. So, we
[7:50] just recently had our summer conference,
which was, uh, really a good one. One,
[7:54] one of the best, I think the best
conference that I've been at. we've
[7:57] done. Uh, and Sarah often comes to our
stuff. Um, but if you didn't make it to
[8:03] our summer conference, we got our fall
conference coming up in November. Then
[8:06] we have our legislative action day. So,
you can come down and lobby with us at
[8:10] the capitol. And then, uh, we've already
got our summer conference on here. I
[8:15] think we don't have a date set for that,
but that's going to be in Owatana next
[8:20] summer. So, getting to the recap, we can
go to the next slide here.
[8:27] um divided government brings low
expectations. So uh here
[8:33] um we had same as last year we had 6767
in the house, one seat majority for the
[8:41] Democrats in the Senate. Uh I would say
they exceeded my expectations actually
[8:45] because they did pass quite a bit of
legislation the final weekend of the
[8:51] session.
>> Uh those are were some of the major
[8:54] issues. It's an election year. So, you
know, uh with the shooting that happened
[9:01] at enunciation and then assassinations,
gun was a uh gun was a big issue and
[9:07] school safety. Fraud of course is
something that's been in the news for
[9:11] quite a while now. Uh that was discussed
a lot. They did pass some things, some
[9:16] anti-fraud measures. Um HCMC,
uh that hospital's had financial
[9:22] problems for a while. They did pass a
rescue package for uh that and then a
[9:28] bonding bill. They did end up passing a
bonding bill. Um it wasn't a budget
[9:32] year, so typically they do budget year,
bonding year, although it hasn't
[9:37] necessarily always gone that way the
last decade or so. So we can go to the
[9:42] next one. Uh tasks for the session. So
this was kind of our our priorities.
[9:49] protect LGA, local government aid, which
uh our members depend on, and to pass a
[9:55] bonding bill, which includes all those
local projects, including water and
[9:59] wastewater projects uh that I understand
you're probably going to be requesting
[10:04] bonding money uh in the future for that.
And then lead line funding, so lead uh
[10:09] water service lines that go from the
water the main up to the house. So those
[10:15] are that's the that area. So, um, you
know, that's been tricky, uh, to
[10:21] replace. The EPA has said we've got to
replace all those. Um, so that's one
[10:26] thing that we're working on. And then
resist zoning and, uh, uh, redemption
[10:32] authority. Uh, sort of, um, there's
always there's this effort to preempt
[10:39] uh, local authority on zoning and land
use. And so that was another thing that
[10:42] we had to resist against. What were our
tasks? The last one you uh forecast. So
[10:50] you might remember last year February of
2025 there was a $6 billion deficit and
[10:58] now in that second bianium that fiscal
year 2829 and that's been reduced quite
[11:04] a bit. We still have that imbalance. Um
but the situation has improved
[11:10] uh somewhat.
Uh however, you know, if that structural
[11:15] imbalance, which sometimes people say,
what's the difference between that and a
[11:19] deficit? Well, the the imbalance is
just, you know, the difference between
[11:23] the revenues coming in and the money
going out. So, expenses going out. So,
[11:29] you would have a deficit if that
continues. And so, that was the budget
[11:33] situation. We go to the next slide. Uh
so, because because of that, you know,
[11:38] there's still a challenge there. There
wasn't a lot of talk of new spending
[11:43] programs. Um, luckily there in 2025
there was a proposal to cut local
[11:50] government aid. In 2026 we didn't see
that. Um, so that was helpful. Um, and
[11:56] then there was, you know, focus on
bonding and policy kind of uh were the
[12:02] were sort of the priorities.
Go to the next one. So, bonding. Um, I
[12:08] want to talk a little bit about some
background on this. So, they did have a
[12:14] bill in 2025 and we were worried for a
while, you know, they there may not be
[12:19] as much appetit appetite to do one again
in 2026 since they did one in 2025. But,
[12:24] um, luckily we did end up getting one
done. Uh, there's what the governor had
[12:30] proposed. So heavy on stateowned assets
like uh state parks, the Minsk system,
[12:36] the U of M system,
uh state buildings, uh some some money
[12:43] in there for capital security. Uh again
with the uh assassination and
[12:49] assassination attempts that took place.
Uh there was they now have uh metal
[12:56] detectors in the capital
screen uh which is this the first time
[13:02] they've ever had that and there's some
funding in there for those sort of
[13:06] things and then kind of help security
and then public facilities authority. So
[13:10] public facilities authority is of course
the agency that funds all those water
[13:16] and wastewater projects and the governor
was proposing 99 million de
[13:21] two and a half million for business
development, public infrastructure. And
[13:25] since I work in transportation, this was
disappointing to me. I think this is the
[13:30] second year in a row now that the
governor's proposed nothing for local
[13:33] roads and bridges and very little set
aside for local projects. Last year they
[13:39] did no local projects, local requests in
the bonding bill. This year there were
[13:45] quite a few. We go to the next slide.
Here's some of our uh testimony in front
[13:53] of committees on uh different bonding
bills. Um we can go to the next one
[14:00] there. Uh and so we did end up getting a
pretty substantial bonding bill. Public
[14:07] facilities authority ended up getting
over 400 million. So four times more
[14:12] than what the governor had proposed.
That's good news because that takes, you
[14:16] know, they'll be able to get that money
out the door and reduce that backlog of
[14:21] uh cities that are on that list for
funding. Um so that's positive. And then
[14:28] uh we ended up getting some money for
local roads and local bridges, 25
[14:34] million and then 47 million for local
roads, 25 million for so uh pretty big
[14:40] bonding bill. 1.24 24 billion. That was
about as high as they could go and stay
[14:44] within the borrowing guidelines. And I
think I hit my next one here. Uh yes. So
[14:51] lead lines.
I wanted to talk about this separately
[14:55] just a little bit because we spent a lot
of time on this and we're going to have
[14:59] to spend more time on it. Um like I
said, the Environmental Protection
[15:04] Agency is mandating that everything
needs to be removed by 2037.
[15:09] Uh 240 million is what we originally got
in 2023. Um but it's going to cost a a
[15:16] lot more to identify and remove all
those lines in the state. So I think 1.5
[15:22] billion approximately. So you can do the
math over the next 10 years or so. You
[15:25] know, we're going to need quite a bit.
Um so we were asking for 250 million
[15:31] this year. Um there's a link on there to
an inventory map you can go on. Um
[15:38] says U ofM, but it's like I think it's
maybe a partnership with the U of M and
[15:42] then the Minnesota Pollution Control
Agency or um
[15:49] the Department of Health, but you can
look on there and you can see kind of
[15:53] everything that they've inventoried
around the state and what is left to be
[15:57] inventoried.
Um
[16:01] so we ended up um with we don't get an
an infusion of more money than like the
[16:07] 2027 construction season is going to be
threatened uh because there won't be
[16:13] enough um funding to have a full you
know fill up those work working months
[16:20] in the summer when we can do that work.
So we ended up with just 15 million this
[16:26] year. Scroll down to the next one there.
Thank you.
[16:31] Uh so we've decided that rather than
just ask for money in the bonding bill,
[16:37] um we need to come up with an ongoing
source of funding for this rather than
[16:41] just rely on what the legislature
chooses to revive and whether or not a
[16:45] bonding bill passes. Um
so that's something we're going to be
[16:50] coming back again and working on again
next year.
[16:54] So, housing and zoning. Uh, this is one
that just keeps coming back. Uh, they
[17:01] keep sort of repackaging the proposal
and giving it a new name. Uh, first it
[17:07] was the missing middle then yes homes,
now it's starter home act. Um, and so
[17:14] this year I think they tried to provide
a little bit more flexibility to local
[17:19] governments to make it a little bit more
palatable to us, but it's still way too
[17:26] prescriptive and still uh is taking away
too much of your ability to have
[17:32] autonomy over kind of how you want to
develop in your city. So that first
[17:37] bullet there where it says preeemption
of aesthetic and material standards, HOA
[17:41] preeemption, uh, and require AV news or
alternative dwelling units, that would
[17:47] have applied to all cities um, even
under 5,000.
[17:54] That next set of bullets there would be
cities over 5,000. You'd have to do you
[18:00] could choose a third of an area that's
zoned as single family and then you'd
[18:06] have to allow up to four units, but
you'd still have to upzone single
[18:10] family, a third of what's currently
single family up to four units. And then
[18:16] minimum lot sizes no greater than an
eighth. Uh and then multifamily
[18:22] also in a third of area that's currently
zoned as commercial. So you'd have to
[18:28] allow that. use there. And then on the
next slide, cities over 10,000 would
[18:33] have to do even more. So what's included
in that? Everything that's included on
[18:38] that first slide, plus some additional
items like parking minimums, additional
[18:44] upzoning, a single family, you could
choose a couple, you know, two or three
[18:48] of those uh options.
So still even more requirements there.
[18:54] 20
that um and then We can scroll down to
[18:59] the next one. Uh, so the League of
Minnesota Cities, you know, they would
[19:06] I'd say they they stopped lobbying
against it actively, but they would say
[19:10] they still opposed it. Uh, however, we
continued to oppose it along with metro
[19:15] cities and the municipal legislative
commission, which I think is like 20 a
[19:20] coalition of 20 cities, uh, suburban
cities in the metro area. So luckily uh
[19:27] it was defeated in a House committee
vote. No hearing in the Senate. Uh
[19:32] that's our executive director Bradley
Peterson testifying against against the
[19:38] uh legislation. And once again, we'll
expect that this will come up again uh
[19:44] because you'll have advocates uh
proposing it. But we know that, you
[19:48] know, zoning
preeemption and the state coming in
[19:52] telling you how to use land is not the,
you know, silver bullet to fix housing
[19:59] problems or economic problems. So, so
there's a lot of other factors and so
[20:04] that's not not the right solution. So,
we'll be back again next year fighting
[20:09] against it. So, looking ahead,
uh, of course, election year, we got
[20:16] primary coming up a week from today. Uh,
all legislative seats on the ballot,
[20:22] open governor's race. Uh, Amy
Clolobashar, of course, is running on
[20:26] the, uh, Democrat side. There's still
there's a few Republicans running, so
[20:31] we'll see who ends up getting nominated
on the Republican side. All of Congress
[20:36] is up. Um, there's a Senate seat up
that's competitive primary on the
[20:42] Democrat side. So, we'll see who gets
the nomination there. Uh our candidate
[20:48] packet, which I uh referred to earlier,
is going to be available to all
[20:52] candidates that are running for the
legislature. We're going to be getting
[20:55] that out to everybody.
And then uh we're going to engage with
[20:59] all those candidates, talk about our
issues, and uh the session starts
[21:04] January 14th next year. And so then I
think I just have
[21:11] Okay, I need to update that one. Yeah.
So, that's that next one. Just a final
[21:14] plug for our events. We can go to the
last one and then uh of course that last
[21:20] one we just missed, but we'll have our
summer conference again next year so you
[21:24] can make it next year. Thanks again for
having me. Appreciate it. Um happy to
[21:30] answer questions that you have.
When are we going to start seeing a
[21:35] little more force in I see a lot of
comments about housing
[21:41] » and that's a great thing but I don't see
it in small towns enough. I don't see it
[21:47] for senior living and I don't see it for
low incomes enough.
[21:53] our town here, we have seniors that have
no place to go
[22:00] » and this is becoming critical. This is
not normal. This is we have people that
[22:07] are lucky to have family to move in
with.
[22:12] » Yeah, it it's a it's a challenge.
>> I mean, what can we do then? What can we
[22:16] do?
So, I mean, I think there's so there's
[22:20] some there's housing infrastructure
bonds that are available. Um, I think
[22:24] some cities have have like uh housing
redevelopment authorities that they that
[22:30] they work with uh that are part of uh
you know work with the city and then uh
[22:37] also I think it's a you know it's a
workforce issue too because you know
[22:42] there isn't workforce uh there isn't
jobs there isn't housing, you know, it's
[22:48] tough to get developers to come in and
build. And so, uh, it is a challenge.
[22:54] Um, we've got some success stories. Uh,
there's, uh, I know down in, uh, Canon
[23:01] Falls, they've got a, they came and
testified last year. Uh, they, uh, were
[23:06] working, they're working with a
developer and, uh, doing a development
[23:10] right now. and I can get you in touch
with uh one of my colleagues who works
[23:16] on housing specifically and she's worked
with the city of Canon Falls and she can
[23:21] point you to some resources to work on
uh trying to solve some of those
[23:26] challenges. So happy to follow up with
you on that too.
[23:30] » Well, I'll be off console at the end of
this year and I want to know who to push
[23:34] buttons with when I'm gone.
>> Okay.
[23:38] » Because I have more power inside this
council.
[23:44] » Okay?
>> Because I have people
[23:48] when you look at seniors,
I can tell you there's a lot of them
[23:54] sitting around having coffee with me.
And I you don't realize it till you
[23:59] listen to them. We have people living on
$7,000 a year.
[24:06] I don't know a person in this room that
can live on that.
[24:14] That simple.
And I don't hear anybody screaming about
[24:18] it.
I'm going to give you my card and um I
[24:23] will follow up with you if you have
email and I'll point I'm going to point
[24:26] you to some some folks that you can talk
to further and so then when you're off
[24:30] the council you'll be able to you can
come back and uh do some work from
[24:35] outside of here too but definitely
before the end of the year too of
[24:39] course.
>> Okay, thank you for the answer.
[24:44] » Any other questions for me?
Hearing
[24:49] none.
>> Great. Thank you, Darren.
[24:50] » Thank you. Have a good meeting.
>> Good presentation
[24:54] for quickie.
[25:01] » All right, moving into item number
seven, department reports. We'll start
[25:04] with uh Chief Katie McMillan of the
police department.
[25:07] » Um Mr. Mayor, members of the council, um
not much tonight, just a stat report for
[25:12] the month of July. We had 443 calls for
service. Um, traffic enforcement was up.
[25:20] A lot more increased traffic, people
heading north with that. More traffic,
[25:24] more accidents. So, you can see
accidents are up. Um, the disturbing of
[25:28] the piece was your fireworks
calls and then assisting agency. The
[25:33] county has been very busy and they have
requested us on several occasions to
[25:38] come out of the city to help them on
their serious calls which they help they
[25:43] come and cover help us on ours. So we
pat their back, they pat ours. So um not
[25:48] concerned with anything there. Um but
that is all I have. Back to school is
[25:56] uh September 8th, so we'll be busy at
school. Other than that, that is all I
[26:02] have. Unless you have something for me.
>> Your traffic stops at a lot of speed.
[26:08] » Yep. It's a mixture. Speed, um, stop
signs. We've been a lot of stop signs
[26:12] lately. So,
>> see, it's up quite a bit, which is good.
[26:16] You're doing job.
I do have some a question about there's
[26:22] a difference between an ebike electric
bike speedwise
[26:27] driving where you drive, how fast you
drive, wear a helmet. We have some young
[26:34] people
[26:38] really moving.
>> Yep. Oh, ebike and electric bike are the
[26:41] same thing. Um so with that they cannot
be on electric bike if it they have to
[26:47] be or a scooter I believe it's 15 and
under they cannot um there was a thing
[26:53] on our Facebook post that I posted a few
months ago um that divides it out very
[26:58] easily and there is a speed limit on it.
We have stops several of them for going
[27:03] through the stop signs because they have
to abide by the traffic laws just like
[27:07] you do on a bicycle. stop at stop signs
and stay on the right side of the road.
[27:12] They have to do all that. Um, so we have
been stopping people for that, too. So,
[27:17] » thank you.
>> Yep.
[27:22] » Anything else?
>> Great. Moving on to city engineer Jared
[27:27] Griffith.
>> Good evening, Mr. Mayor, members of
[27:29] council. Um, tonight I have two action
items for your consideration. Um, and
[27:34] then an update on routes and
construction projects. So I'll start
[27:37] with the action items. Uh first being
pay application number 11 for the 2025
[27:42] uh north side improvements project. Uh
essentially this pay app uh represents
[27:47] 101.67%
of the of the project work certified to
[27:52] date is 5,114,27586.
[27:58] Um payout request is $211,8483.
[28:05] This is basically
um all all of all of $7,000 of it is is
[28:12] just reducing the retainage on the north
side project from five down to 1%.
[28:17] Still holding a $51,000
on the north side. So any questions on
[28:24] the north side in particular or they
haven't
[28:29] » punch list items have been taken care
of.
[28:31] » Uh the reason why we're holding some u
retain because items aren't taken
[28:37] issues and then um some other minor I
don't say minor but other items that are
[28:42] smaller
>> and those will be
[28:48] » um there's some pavers that uh that need
to be installed on Third Avenue. Um
[28:56] I believe
there are bunch more
[29:07] projection on when it'll be all done
>> when the when the punches will be done
[29:11] or when we'll be closing the project
out.
[29:13] » Closing the project and the punch list.
>> Punch list should be I would that would
[29:18] be in the next couple months here as far
as punch
[29:21] conservative I would think. Um but then
close out we'll probably bring the final
[29:25] pay
in
[29:29] October, November. It takes takes a
while. That's all just behind the scenes
[29:33] paperwork that works.
[29:48] Okay. Looking for
motion on pay number 11 for the 2025
[29:56] North
to approve pay number 11.
[30:05] Second.
>> All right. Motion made and seconded. Any
[30:10] further discussion? In favor? I. I.
Oppose. Same sign. Motion carries.
[30:17] » Thank you. Uh the second action item is
is a pay number six for the 1.5 lead
[30:21] service project. Um the payout that was
submitted to the packet last week. We
[30:26] had a reision that was that came in
today. essentially this is no change in
[30:31] the construction work itself but just
updating um the 1% retage up to a 5% um
[30:37] based up the main purchase items that
came to light here in last. So um we
[30:43] work for P number six. Uh this
represents roughly 77.19%
[30:51] of the project. Um
certified to date is $278,886.
[31:01] Your pay request amount for this number
6 is 23,399.
[31:10] As I mentioned before,
there's a 5% on this which represents
[31:16] $13,944.
[31:20] » Yeah. Thank you. I I appreciate the uh
retainage uh revision uh making sure
[31:27] that we're holding them accountable to
the project as as uh needed to be
[31:32] completed. Um that being said, I will um
make a motion to approve pay application
[31:39] number six, 2025 lead service as the
revised amount with 5% retainage.
[31:46] » I'll second.
>> Motion made and seconded. Any further
[31:50] discussion? Uh, one thing, Jared, um,
line of communication with the people
[31:54] doing it is, uh, awesome. I've had
communication with the people there, and
[31:59] they get back to you in a timely manner
on the lead line services.
[32:04] » The 2026 project, correct? The one that
your property's on, I assume.
[32:09] » Uh, other people's, too.
>> Oh, okay.
[32:12] » That we're doing. Yeah. Um, good line of
communication. I like it.
[32:16] » We'll pass that on to them.
It's always good to hear working with
[32:20] these services, you know, 100% on pretty
close 100% on private property. So, it's
[32:26] always nice if the residents that are
being involved in this.
[32:32] » Good. Any other discussion?
In favor, I
[32:37] » post same sign. Motion carries.
>> Uh, and then just quick update on where
[32:42] we're at with the active construction
projects. We kind of touched a little
[32:44] bit on 1.5 projects. Um so if there's
any there's any more question 26 uh 226
[32:50] lead service project started this week.
Um they are starting a little slower
[32:55] than anticipated. Um they're working out
their kinks as far as their system but
[32:59] they're going to rear up here shortly.
Um they've done two in the last they
[33:04] started Monday. They did one on Monday,
one on yesterday. Um but things
[33:10] they're all pointing the right direction
things looked out and moving forward. I
[33:16] anticipate those I don't know if we will
be
[33:22] I don't know if we will be complet
substantially completed by our special
[33:26] completion date but I will be final
completed by our completion as far as
[33:31] the services which is I think
substantial is September 4th and then
[33:37] final is October
first week whatever that Friday
[33:43] um
They are they are in town starting this
[33:47] week and they're going to be moving
[33:51] direction.
Um any questions on the 2026 west?
[34:00] Uh 126 South Estates project. Uh that
one started last week as far as open
[34:06] cutting that they started a trunk
sanitary sewer. um soils were a little
[34:12] more challenging than anticipated as far
as the stability of those soils. Uh so
[34:17] they kind of halted what they were doing
last week, did a revision on what they
[34:21] were planning to do for the shoring
system that's in place. We're trying to
[34:23] affect that force wind um that we're
kind of running parallel with for the
[34:28] most part for that deep 32 inch or sorry
32 foot deep sanitary sewer. Um so they
[34:34] rented a different shoring system
essentially. Um they have they brought
[34:37] that on site today. I believe they
started installing that today. So
[34:41] hopefully as we progress through the
week they'll get going again on on that
[34:44] that deeper sanitary screw gravity. Um
and so we haven't there's not much to
[34:49] report from a progress standpoint but
they are on site working through that.
[34:54] So any questions on the south side.
>> So what's the completion look like for
[35:01] the end of the year? That should all be
installed.
[35:04] » Correct. Yeah. Right now there isn't
have any any issues that will lead to us
[35:09] adjusting our this year completion. Yeah
this year I think
[35:19] » great thank you. [clears throat]
>> Thank you
[35:21] » and uh appreciate your support at the
Fol Area Chamber uh golf outing. Uh we
[35:27] raised a ton of money. So thank you.
[35:34] Public works and fire
director Mark Pus.
[35:40] Good evening. Uh we had brought up last
month the Fifth Avenue possible overlay
[35:45] down by the county. We met again last
Wednesday. I think we're getting numbers
[35:50] together to get part of the pricing. So
really we don't have a lot to tell you.
[35:56] till we get final numbers. We still plan
on doing it this year, but we want final
[36:00] numbers to commit to commit. Make sure
it's going to come in with what we
[36:05] expect. So, I think you turn them in
today.
[36:09] » Are you going to or tomorrow?
>> Yep.
[36:10] » Yeah. So, we'll get to the county.
They'll get them back. Plan is this year
[36:15] school and county are having discussions
about the parking lot to the west of the
[36:19] building. That's where this all kind of
originated. They want to put park in
[36:21] there to the south. Um
in Maine. They still plan on doing some
[36:27] parking as whether they can come to an
agreement with the school. I don't know
[36:31] what happened last night. So, we'll have
more maybe in two weeks, maybe in four
[36:36] weeks.
>> Okay.
[36:39] » The hope is to do it this year yet.
Obviously, we know they want to have the
[36:42] building done by right after the first
year with the early next year occupancy.
[36:49] » So, that on that. Another thing that
came out of that last couple meetings is
[36:54] asking about a deduct meter for
sprinklers on public buildings.
[37:00] Um,
[37:04] we'll have to have a discussion on it. I
don't know if we want to start. We
[37:07] haven't had much in-house discussion.
[37:12] What do we, you know, look at for public
and buildings or we have it on the
[37:18] summer months on the
residential
[37:23] um public? It's going to come up. I
don't obviously we're not going to make
[37:27] a decision tonight, but just want to let
you know they've been asking the
[37:30] question about doing that. So, did you
take anything else out of it
[37:34] » other than that? Not really. Right.
>> Um, not really. Is everyone aware of me?
[37:41] » You don't pay
what we're doing right now.
[37:44] » So, similar to our water
[37:48] primarily to sprinkling,
>> it would only be for yard sprinkling.
[37:53] Yeah.
>> Or, you know, or non sewer stuff.
[37:57] » And it' be if we do it, it's going to be
100% their cost, neither included.
[38:03] So, more we're going to react to.
Okay.
[38:14] » Okay. Any questions for
public works or fire?
[38:21] Great. Thanks, Mark.
Moving on to old business.
[38:28] Hearing none. New business.
[38:33] Hearing none.
Entertain a motion to adjurnn.
[38:37] » I'll make a motion to adjurnn. Second.
>> Motion is made and seconded. Any further
[38:41] discussion? In favor? I. I. Post. Same
sign. Motion carries. Meeting adjourned.
[38:46] Thank you.
[38:53] » Don't like that idea.