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My assistant was like, "I've never
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case she didn't know somebody or didn't
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assistant was like, "I had no idea that
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And I
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How's that pool?
>> The Garden City City Commission meeting

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is called to order. Today is Tuesday,
June 16th. The time is 1:00 p.m. Madam

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Clerk, do we have a quorum?
>> Yes, Mayor.

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» Please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance
and invocation.

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» I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the

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republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all.
>> Father, Son, Holy Spirit, amen.

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Thank you, heavenly Father, for your
love. Come, Holy Spirit, move our hearts

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with strength, wisdom, courage to love
one another, and to recognize the

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dignity in one another. We ask this
through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

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» Amen.

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» Item four on our agenda is the approval
of the minutes of the last regular

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meeting, which if no corrections are
offered shall stand approved. Are there

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any corrections?

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Seeing no corrections, they stand
approved. Item five is public comment.

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This is an opportunity for the public to
share their thoughts to the city

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commission for items not on the agenda.
Are there anyone here for that?

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» Hello, everyone.
>> Hello.

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» Hello.
>> I'm Debbie Reynolds.

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Uh my regular job, I'm the executive
director of CASA,

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but I'm also the president of the Humane
Society board.

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And uh when we visited with Mayor Ybarra
last year about our request, we talked

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about doing a presentation for the the
commissioners a little bit more about us

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because when you look at the numbers
it's why I handed out the annual report

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it's astounding. We think those numbers
are not as robust as they could have

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been.
We had new software we think we'll have

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better numbers for 2026.
But a couple things I wanted to share

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with you folks is that even with
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doing so much better at the Humane
Society managing expenses we hired a vet

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who's lowered our vet cost.
Our line item for our vets was like

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$300,000 last year. We're we're now
looking at about $13,000 gain about

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every 3 months. We we know we will not
have

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a realization of a whole year till we
get to a year. But we know our animals

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are so much well taken care of. We have
a lot less sickness and we're able to

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spay and neuter
so many more animals than we were before

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cuz we were at the mercy of the other
vets that we could be getting animals in

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to actually get that done. Our vet is
she's doing about 150 to 188 surgeries a

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month.
>> Oh wow.

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» And and of course we're getting our
medications at cost now because she has

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a license to buy them. So we're really
excited to bring her on board. That's

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really a positive for us this year.
Another positive for I make my request

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is
we've had our second new signature vet

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last year which was Dueling for Dogs and
we brought in $60,000

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at that event which was awesome. And our
second annual is coming up here soon and

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we've already got a lot more
sponsorships than we had last year.

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And so we're hoping to make that event
an annual event you know and plus also

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make more money to help our bottom line.
The truth of the matter is if we didn't

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have so many wonderful donors and people
who think of us as

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in their wills we wouldn't be able to do
what we do today. You think about just

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like the transport, we transport that
many animals out, but think of all the

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miles, and those are miles that are not
reimbursed by anyone other than through

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the Humane Society.
>> Another positive we started this year,

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well actually 2025, was Kibbles for
Companions. We noticed that so many

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people were coming into the the shelter
looking for food. We We know food

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insecurity is a big issue in our
community. And so we did the Meals on

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Wheels, we said, "Well, if elderly
person needs a meal, probably their

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companion animal needs a meal, you
know." So we developed the Kibbles for

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Companions, so now you can get a meal
for yourself, and you can get cat food

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or dog food for your animal through the
companion program. We just wrote a grant

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that hopefully will be
granted that will allow us to actually

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do health care for all those animals for
seniors

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for free. So they'll be able to get a
dental check, immunizations. Cuz you

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know, when you're alone at 65 or 66, so
I guess like myself in there, but if

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you're alone and and that's the only
person you see, you're only

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life thing in your life, how important
they are to you. So we're we're hoping

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to take that to a higher level.
Um you know, some of the things that

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we're concerned about is the rising cost
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insurance. Insurance is killing us at
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Humane Societies, it's probably kill
it's killing all of us.

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But we thought, you know, one of our
proposal is would we be able to look at

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becoming part of the city's plan. We
would pay We would pay for our part,

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it'd be almost cost neutral for the city
other than adding our employees onto

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your plan, but you guys have the buying
power that we do not.

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Uh last year we had almost a 9%
increase. We know that most likely when

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we get our numbers early 2027, we're
going to see another 9% increase.

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Another possible solution as far as
helping us uh

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um
better our budget is we know we have

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utility costs going up. Yeah, we're
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And we thought, well, maybe that'd be
something the city would look into

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helping us offset that, a stipend as far
as to actually create that you you own

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the building. Be nice if you would help
us with that increase.

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State regulations, I'm proud to say that
you know, we've had our issues over the

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years. I've been on the board for a
number of years and we've had our issues

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at the shelter, but I'm proud to say
that we've had really some good surveys

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from the state. We get a lot of people
in our community just love to call on

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us. Keeps us on our toes. And we can we
have not we passed every inspection

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since 2024, which is really awesome.
Um but like staying uh current with

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state regulations and keeping everything
current um

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and up to code is costly.
Animals are very hard on things. Like we

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have to replace all the little things
outside their kennels or even if they

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chew on a bowl like that won't pass
code. So, we have a lot of

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costs involved in those keeping those
supplies.

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Um Jeff Clark is our treasurer. He's
going to talk a little bit more about

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the finances.
>> I kind of

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strong-armed him to do that.
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» Yeah.
Would you like to talk a little more?

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» Sure.
>> I mean, Jeff is uh a past CPA.

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He's looked at the numbers. We're so
blessed to have him on our board. Before

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Jeff came on board, we did not have a
real budget. It was really kind of

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it was a budget, but it really wasn't a
budget. So, we have really come a long

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way in having a budget we can look at um
every month. We also have scheduled an

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audit for next year. We're really
excited about that. We've never had an

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actual audit and
Jeff Pinkney and company out of Hayes is

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going to be doing it for our nonprofit.
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» Okay. As she said, I'm Jeff Clark and
you know, this is all new to me. So,

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» [laughter]
>> I wasn't sure where this meeting was

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held. So,

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Yes, I've been here 44 years. You know,
it's my community just as it's yours.

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I've been on the board about a year and
a half, just over I think.

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I've been I was a volunteer dog walker.
So, until Mary convinced me to be on the

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board. So,
I think she has said most of things that

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I wanted to say is,
you know, we are not anywhere near

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budget neutral. We can't be. The
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that the city and county
provides is a is a great start, but if

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like she said, if we didn't have some
huge benefactors give us money, we

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couldn't be doing what we're doing.
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we would love to be closer to budget
neutral. I realize money is tight as for

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everyone.
Uh I just want you to know that I think

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we're a large part of the community and
the society. I think overall does a

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pretty good job of doing that as
stewards of your money. Uh

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and we want to continue to do that.
Uh we just [clears throat]

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need some ways to
come out and get closer to budget

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neutral.
So, thank you.

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» Thank you.
>> Thank you.

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» I think so.

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» I know that you're up for a lot of cuts
in this year's budget,

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but uh think of
all the cats and and dogs and chickens

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and guinea pigs and ferrets [laughter]
snakes that we have down there.

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Uh we really are a big part of our
community and uh

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if you could squeeze in a little extra
for us, we sure would appreciate it.

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Thank you so much.
>> Thank you.

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» Thank you.

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» Are there any others for public comment?

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Seeing none, we'll move to item six.
Item 6A, the governing body is asked to

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consider and approve a request from
Downtown Vision to allow under code

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section 6.1 possession, consumption, and
sale of cereal malt beverages or

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alcoholic liquor at Food Truck Friday to
be held at Stephen's Park on the

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following dates: July 10th
from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., July 24th

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from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.,
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p.m.

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» If there are no questions, are you
presenting [snorts] on this?

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» [clears throat]

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» Uh as Matt um stated, the
Downtown Vision has asked them to allow

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for a vendor to have alcoholic beverages
served

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at the Food Truck Friday. And um so,
per the City of North City Code of

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Ordinance section 6-1, unlawful
consumption and consumption or

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possession of alcohol in public,
specifically in any public park, um

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Downtown Vision has requested a waiver
from code section 6-1 for the Food Truck

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Fridays on July 10th, 24th, and August
21st. Um the governing body has approved

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a similar request like this in the past.
So, your all your alternatives are that

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you may approve the request as
presented, or you may not approve the

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request as presented. There is no fiscal
note and staff has no recommendations.

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Do you have any questions?

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» So, will there be a specific area that
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cut out or set aside for?
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permitted in a park, they do have to by
state ABC laws, they do have to have a

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It's called a 3D barrier around it. So,
anything that can be

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designed to be a barrier to enclose that
area.

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» Any other questions for staff?
>> Just checking. We've never had any

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complaints or anything like this in the
past when we've approved it. As far as

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we know.
>> I don't believe so, no.

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» Does
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» Sorry, I'm daydreaming.
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I don't have any concerns. We've had
other events where we've done this. It's

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just the time is different. This is
from truck Friday in the middle of the

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day, but it's not really any different
that

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that I have any concerns about.
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» We'll have extra patrol like we normally
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» Thanks, Chief.
>> Thank you.

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» Uh my name is Bjorn with Garden City
Downtown Vision. I'm the assistant

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director there. Um I just wanted to kind
of talk about

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um Steve Jessie. He's done it in the
past for us. Given those issues, we have

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never given us any issues. Always
followed all the regulations and rules

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that he needed to. So, um we feel very
confident to have it on that particular

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Friday. He's a great guy to work with.

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» Any further questions?
I'll entertain a motion for this item.

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» I move to approve the request as
presented.

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» There's been a motion, is there a
second?

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» I second.
>> There's been a motion and a second. Any

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further discussion?
Seeing none, all those in favor say

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"Aye". Opposed, "Nay".
Motion passes.

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» Thank you.
>> Item 7A, Chief Cruitt will provide an

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update to the governing body on the
city's new mobile command unit. Chief?

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» Good afternoon, Mr. Mayor and
Commissioners.

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I'm here to provide an update on our
mobile command unit.

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Uh little background. Uh the mobile
command unit was approved to provide the

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city with a modern, deployable incident
command platform capable of supporting

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large-scale incidents, planned events,
critical incidents, emergency

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operations,
and most importantly, backup 911 and

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communication needs.
The unit is currently in the final

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buildout
and inspection phase. And this update is

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intended to brief the commission on the
current project status, upcoming

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inspection and training events, and
update you guys on the deployment

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location and operational readiness.
This unit will enhance the city's

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ability to manage events that require
coordinated field command presence,

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including backup 911 communication and
coordination support,

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major public safety incidents, severe
weather and disaster response, large

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public events, school and public
facilities threats, extended law

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enforcement or fire operations, and
multi-agency response.

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Before the city takes possession, staff
participated in three different

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inspection and training events to ensure
the vehicle, communication systems, and

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operational components are functioning
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Those include uh inspection in Florida
at Frontline's facility,

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uh 13th to 15th July,
and we're going to send four

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participants to that, to be fully paid
for by Frontline

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and Pierce to make sure that we're
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And we also verify build specifications,
receive operational training, and

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identify any correct final corrections
before delivery continues.

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Next is an inspection in Kansas City at
Conrad Fire.

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And the date's to be determined as are
the participants of this inspection will

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provide an additional review point after
the unit reaches regional or vendor

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local vendor support.
It will allow staff to evaluate any

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remaining vehicle equipment or
deployment concerns before it transfers

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to mobile radio at Great Bend. Again,
this one is

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yet to be determined based on the other
inspections and training.

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This will be more focused on the radio
communication systems.

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And it's probably the most critical step
to ensure that it's turnkey ready when

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it shows up to Garden City.
It will also make sure that the unit is

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compatible with our local and regional
public safety communication systems and

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computer systems as well.
The current plan is to house the mobile

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command unit at station three.
And this location provides practical

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deployment point. And it also allows
Garden City Fire Department to assist

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with the routine vehicle readiness and
inspections that they do on a weekly

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basis, weekly and monthly basis.
Those inspections and checks help ensure

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that the vehicle remains operationally
ready and any maintenance or equipment

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concerns can be identified early and
then taken care of.

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No alternatives as this is informational
only. No recommendation and no fiscal

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note attached to this. I'm happy to
answer any questions.

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And the attachments is the
most recent update from

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um
Frontline and Conrad on the buildout.

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» So, when do you expect to have it in the
community then? I mean, you talked about

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[clears throat] all all these
inspections and everything, but kind of

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an estimated timeline of actually when
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» Yes, sir.
>> in our possession.

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» I think July-August timeframe is kind of
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» Okay.
>> And we're kind of

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at the at the mercy of those inspections
and if anything

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is identified at those inspections that
has to be corrected and so that's what

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most of the time we're
>> Okay.

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Any further questions or comments?
Thank you, Chief. Thank you.

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» Items 7B through 7G are monthly
[clears throat] staff reports. Any

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questions on those?

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Hearing none, item eight, meetings of
note. Any of those requiring RSVPs,

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please do that through the city clerk's
office.

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Item nine is the consideration of the
appropriation ordinance.

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If approved, it would be ordinance
number

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2613-2026A.

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» I move to approve appropriation
ordinance number 2613-2026A.

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» Second.
>> It's been a motion and a second. Any

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further discussion?
Seeing none, all those in favor say aye.

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» Aye.
>> Opposed, nay.

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Motion passes.

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» Item 12A, the governing body is asked to
consider and approve three appointments

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to the Zoo Advisory Board. Christie.

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» Good afternoon, Mayor and Commissioners.
The Zoo Advisory Board is a seven-member

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board. It has two members that will be
expiring their term at the end of this

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month.
One of them, James McGallon, has

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completed a full term, while the other,
Randy Baker, has completed only a

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partial term. Both are eligible for
another term and has have expressed the

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desire to serve.
Another member, Ruth Ann Tone, has

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put in her resignation due to other time
commitments. She has a year left on her

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term.
We reviewed three applications that came

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in for that position.
After consideration, the board

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recommended that Randy and James both be
appointed to another term and that

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Sorry, Addison Burstrom be appointed to
fulfill to fill the uh

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expired term.
So, I'll turn it Other members of the

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board are listed for your information.
Alternatives are the board

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The body The governing body may appoint
Randy and James to another 3-year term

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and appoint Addison Burstrom to fill the
unexpired term.

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Or the other alternative is pick any of
the three and assign them.

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Um
The Zoo Advisory Board recommends the

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governing body appoint Randy Baker and
James McGowan each to 3-year terms and

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appoint Addison Burstrom to fill the
unexpired term. There is no fiscal

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impact of this action.

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» Any questions?

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I will entertain a motion for this item.
>> I make a motion we appoint

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Randy Baker and James McGowan to
3-year terms and appoint Addison

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Burstrom to fulfill the unexpired term
on the board as presented.

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» There's been a motion and is there a
second?

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» Second.
>> There's been a motion and a second. Any

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further discussion?
Seeing none, all those in favor say

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"Aye."
>> Aye.

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» Opposed, "Nay."
Motion passes.

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» Item
Item 12B, the governing body is asked to

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consider and approve a recommendation
from the Traffic Advisory Committee to

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remove two parking spots along the 200
block of Pine Street.

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» Good afternoon, commissioners.
So, yeah, our Traffic Advisory Committee

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meets the first Thursday of the the
month 5:30 p.m.

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Uh, this last meeting we had several
items on there and that's what's before

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you today.
Uh, Uh,

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first item on here, John Hahn, owner
owner of King Glass Incorporated,

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located at 415 North 8th Street,
submitted a formal email request stating

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that freight trucks accessing King Glass
Incorporated through the alley are

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frequently unable to complete the turn
when exiting onto Pine Street due to

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vehicles parked in the adjacent parking
spots.

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His request is to remove one or two
parking spots to provide sufficient

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turning radius for trucks to safely exit
the alley.

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And according to the request, truck
drivers sometimes must wait while the

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vehicle owners are located and asked to
move, resulting in delays up to 1 hour.

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Mr. Hahn indicated that the only other
option would be to block off a portion

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of the 8th Street for an hour every
Monday and Thursday to unload.

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On June 5th, 2026, this request was
presented to the Traffic Advisory

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Committee, TAC. The TAC recommended
removing one parking spot on the south

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side of Pine Street and one parking spot
on the north side of Pine Street.

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The committee noted that one parking
spot on the south I'm sorry, one parking

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spot on the north side appeared to be
too close to the entrance of the Finney

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County Courthouse's entrance.
And that there is plenty of room of

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public parking in the lot across the
street from the courthouse.

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Uh, as you can see there in the map
attached.

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It was also discussed that others, such
as the Finney County Jail, receive

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freight and those drivers often deal
with the same issues pulling out that

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alleyway.
If approved, staff would remove the

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parking stripes and paint the curb
yellow in the affected area.

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The alternatives before you, one, the
governing body may approve the

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recommendation of the Traffic Advisory
Committee and direct staff to remove the

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two parking spots along the 200 block of
Pine Street. Two, the governing body may

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recommend an alternative option
to the to the recommendation being

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proposed. And three, the governing body
may not approve the request and redirect

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the staff.
Recommendation is the traffic advisory

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committee is to remove the two parking
spots identified on the attached map.

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And there is no fiscal impact on this
item.

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With that, I'm happy to answer any
questions you might have on this.

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» Tyler, from the memo, um just some
clarification. Is the owner looking for

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one or two on both sides, or just one or
two in total?

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» In total.
>> Okay.

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» And that would alleviate or help with
the truck situation if there's just the

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one on each side.
>> Correct.

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» Okay.
>> Okay.

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» Any further questions?

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» I move to approve the recommendation of
the traffic advisory committee and

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direct staff to remove the two parking
spots along the 200 block of Pine Street

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as presented.
>> Second.

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» It's been a motion and second. Any
further discussion?

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Seeing none, all those in favor, say
"Aye."

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Any opposed, "Nay." Motion passes.
>> Item 12C, the governing body is asked to

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consider and approve the traffic
advisory committee recommendation to

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deny the request to reduce the speed
limit from 40 mph to 30 mph along Mary

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Street from Fleming Street to 8th
Street.

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» All right. So, here we have
Lisa Harrison, a local resident, has

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formally requested the speed limit on
Mary Street to be reduced from 40 mph to

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30 mph from Fleming Street
to 8th Street. This request is based on

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concerns regarding vehicle speeding in
the area, particularly during the school

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year.
On June 5th, 2026, the Traffic Advisory

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Committee was presented the request for
consideration and open discussion with

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Lisa Harris being present.
After this After further discussion of

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the issue and review of the available
information, TAC recommended that the

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speed limit remain remain unchanged.
Staff concurred with the TAC

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recommendation to leave the speed limit
as currently posted at 40 mph.

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Uh three alternatives before you today
The governing body may approve the

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recommendation of the TAC to deny the
request to reduce the speed limit from

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40 mph to 30 mph along Mary Street from
Fleming Street to 8th Street. Two, the

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governing body may request the staff to
further research to the matter of the

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requested speed reduction along Mary
Street. Three, the governing body may

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approve the request to reduce the speed
limit along Mary Street from 40 mph to

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30 mph from
from Fleming Street to 8th Street.

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The recommendation of the Traffic
Advisory Committee recommends denying

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the request to reduce the speed limit
along Mary Street from 40 mph to 30 mph

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between Fleming Street and 8th Street.
And there is no fiscal impact on this

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item.
And again, a map is attached there

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showing the affected area.

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» I think a couple questions here for me.
So, first is

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for Lisa's request, what is her
justification beyond um vehicle

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speeding? Is she seeing an increase in
accidents or is that some data that we

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can say? Is Is it more than just people
are speeding?

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» Yeah, her her main reason was vehicle
speeding. Um

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she did discuss a little bit about um
you know, difficulties pulling out of

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her driveway in and out at times, uh
particularly during the school uh being

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in session, but other than that, it was
mainly just speeding vehicles.

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» And then what justification did the
staff see to leave the speed limit and

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TAC's recommendation to leave the speed
limit as is? Just status quo or

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» Um you know, so that's that map there
that section, you know, that I mean if

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we did drop it to 30,
you know, there

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then it would you know, there's two
sections one on each side that would be

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40.
And so I mean

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we didn't see that you know, really
be any of fixing this area.

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Um
we have made some changes. This has come

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before the
traffic advisory committee before

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[clears throat] and uh talking with
Marius Alcazar our traffic foreman, we

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did make some changes to the traffic
light on 3rd and Mary and also on

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Fleming and uh Mary Street there to to
change that timing that light so that

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you can't just get a green and blow
through Mary Street. Um so that has

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helped. We've we've seen um
but

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yeah,
you know, that's kind of that that was

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our discussion at our at our meeting
that evening.

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» Any further questions?
>> Is there any data that shows

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a number of
accidents or traffic violations, people

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going
more than 40?

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» As far as traffic
violations and accidents, no, we we did

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not look into that. Um
However, we could if you if that's what

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you would like us to do. Um
but [clears throat] we did not

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» I know that I know that there has been
additional patrol down right there by

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the church. Um but yeah, she
hit on that.

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» We'd be happy to try to pull some stats.
>> Just to to know, I know I'm trying to

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think right now there is a piece that is
school zone.

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And that is 20 miles an hour, right, on
Mary Street. Isn't there? About Yeah,

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Main Street.
>> past third.

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» Yeah, so.
>> It's before It's East of Mary.

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» it's East of Yeah, right. Okay, so part
of Mary is already 20. Do we have people

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going above 20 during when it's posted?
I mean, and I know that

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I'm just trying to
Okay.

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» Mhm.
>> Um Well, Mary Yeah, let me Oh, wait.

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Eighth Street. Eighth from Main to
Eighth.

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» It's a little piece.
>> But it's small. Yeah.

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» So, we'll pull up some more some data.
One thing I will say is that when

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school's in session, Mary Street is is
very hard to do traffic enforcement on

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because it would back up.
>> Mhm.

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» Yeah.
pull somebody over, so we have to kind

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of
anticipate our stops and make sure that

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we're pulling them off of Mary Street so
we can not

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cause for
traffic jams, traffic accidents, that

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type of thing.
>> Okay.

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» We'll pull that up. We'll get it to
Tyler. He'll have it ready for you for

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you guys.
>> I mean, the the deeper rooted issue I

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feel like is if her issue is that it's
backing So, if she has a hard time

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backing out of her property, I also
don't necessarily know if reducing speed

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limit fixes that, but
>> Um

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I'm just I can't brainstorm any other
problems or solutions that would be

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helpful.
Like, is there anything else that would

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might be helpful? Like, I can't think of
any on the top of my head of for her.

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» I think the lights have made a
difference. I live right there.

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» Yeah.
>> And um and so and and I travel up and

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down that street many, many times a day.
And and I will say that and I couldn't

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figure out why it was a little bit
different, but now it makes sense if

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you've
cuz like some I was like, "Hey, how come

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I'm turning left when everyone So, it it
did make a difference, but I I know what

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you mean
with traffic backing up. I think that's

432
00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:50,280
just a natural occurrence. I mean it
backs up on Third Street and I mean any

433
00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:55,000
school zone, but it's very, very It's
for a very short time. It's twice a day,

434
00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:55,000
so.

435
00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:05,200
» Mayor, I make a motion that we approve
the recommendation of the traffic

436
00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:08,480
advisory committee to deny the request
to reduce the speed limit to 40 miles an

437
00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:13,000
hour
from 40 to 30 along Mary Street from

438
00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:16,600
Fleming to Eighth.
To deny. So, alternative one.

439
00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:18,920
There's been a motion. Is there a
second?

440
00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:23,280
» Second.
>> There's been a motion and a second. Any

441
00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:25,600
further discussion?
Seeing none, all those in favor say

442
00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:29,041
"Aye."
Opposed, "Nay."

443
00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:31,061
Motion passes.
>> [snorts]

444
00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:34,680
» Item 12
>> sure that we get that data to you.

445
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:38,600
» Yep. Thank you, Chief.
>> Thank you. Thank you.

446
00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:43,320
» Item 12D, the governing body is asked to
consider and approve the recommendation

447
00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:48,280
from the traffic advisory committee to
deny the change of the alleyway behind

448
00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:51,840
the Emmaus House, 802 North Fifth
Street, to one-way only.

449
00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:59,680
» Yes, so Donnie Lenzmeier representing
the Emmaus House located at 802 North

450
00:31:57,440 --> 00:32:05,440
Fifth Street has formally requested that
the alley adjacent to the facility be

451
00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:10,720
designated as one-way only traffic from
north to south. This requested is

452
00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:14,360
intended to improve traffic flow and
reduce congestion associated with the

453
00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:18,160
freight truck deliveries to the
facility.

454
00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:22,560
On June 5th, 2026,
the request was presented to the traffic

455
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:27,160
advisory committee for discussion.
During the review, city staff identified

456
00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:31,480
concerns regarding the impact on the
current solid waste operations.

457
00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:36,400
The existing collection route travels
south to north through the alley with

458
00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:41,360
dumpsters located along the west side.
There are insufficient space to on the

459
00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:46,200
east side of the alley to relocate the
dumpsters and implementing the requested

460
00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:50,880
traffic change would require relocating
all the dumpsters between Walnut Street

461
00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:55,080
and Kansas Avenue.
The TAC also discussed the possibility

462
00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:59,520
of designating the alley as one way from
south to north. However, concerns were

463
00:32:57,720 --> 00:33:05,360
raised regarding potential traffic
queuing on Walnut Street, impacts to

464
00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:09,160
hospital access, and congestion near the
traffic signal at Fourth Street.

465
00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:12,760
Following the discussion, it was
recommended that no changes to be made

466
00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:17,200
to the current alley traffic flow at
this time, and the TAC discussed the

467
00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:22,280
possibilities of educating the Mayes
House staff to help situation and

468
00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:26,760
exploring the use of temporary signage
for traffic management measures during

469
00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:31,840
the peak operating hours and freight
deliveries to mitigate congestion.

470
00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:35,560
The alternatives before you, one, the
governing body may approve the

471
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:39,600
recommendation of the TAC to deny the
request of the changing

472
00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:44,560
of the alleyway of the Mayes House
located at 802 North Fifth Street to a

473
00:33:42,040 --> 00:33:48,440
one-way only north to south.
Two, the governing body may request the

474
00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:52,720
staff to further research the matter and
return with other possible options.

475
00:33:51,040 --> 00:33:57,320
Or three, the governing body may accept
the request to change the alleyway to

476
00:33:54,440 --> 00:34:02,960
one-way only from north to south at the
Mayes House, 802 North Fifth Street.

477
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:06,520
The recommendation is that the TAC
recommends denying the request to the

478
00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:10,879
change of the alleyway behind the Mayes
House, the Mayes House at 802 North

479
00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:15,639
Fifth Street to one-way only. And there
is no fiscal impact on this item.

480
00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:18,600
With that, I'm happy to answer any
questions on that.

481
00:34:17,159 --> 00:34:21,480
» Any questions for staff?
>> What would the I just

482
00:34:20,200 --> 00:34:26,159
I'm just not clear. What would the
temporary signage look like for the

483
00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:31,120
traffic management measures? It would it
be just to be like during specific hours

484
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:33,200
or how would that What would that look
like?

485
00:34:31,399 --> 00:34:37,760
» Yeah, good question. So, it'd be real
similar to some of the what the school

486
00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:41,560
does whenever they have the
free meal pick up I believe that comes

487
00:34:39,399 --> 00:34:47,080
around I think over by the Buffalo Jim
school. They put out the little like

488
00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:51,440
tripod stands with directing traffic. It
was that that was was discussed

489
00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:54,240
when Donna was there and she agreed that
might help with employees and educating

490
00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:56,159
some of the staff.
>> Okay.

491
00:34:54,679 --> 00:34:56,879
» But it would be up to them to pay for
that

492
00:34:56,679 --> 00:35:00,680
» [laughter]
>> and put those out and pick them up.

493
00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:00,680
» Okay.

494
00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:11,720
I approve the recommendation of the TAC
to deny the request of changing the

495
00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:15,840
alleyway of the MAHS house 802 North 5th
Street to a one-way only north to south.

496
00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:18,160
» There's been a motion for alternative
one, is there a second?

497
00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:21,240
» I second.
>> There's been a motion and a second, any

498
00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:23,800
further discussion?
Seeing none, all those in favor say aye.

499
00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:27,000
» Aye.
>> Opposed nay.

500
00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:30,800
Motion passes.
>> I'm stepping down for this next item.

501
00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:34,520
» Please note that Commissioner Cessna is
stepping down for item 12E.

502
00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:51,680
» Item 12E, the governing body is asked to
consider and approve a recommendation

503
00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:56,040
from the traffic advisory committee to
install a new

504
00:35:53,400 --> 00:36:00,160
flashing crosswalk light and equipment
at the intersection of 3rd Street and

505
00:35:57,960 --> 00:36:04,480
Harding contingent upon financial
participation from USD 457.

506
00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:10,400
» Yes, so
Victor Garay, a local resident, has

507
00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:15,240
requested installation of a flashing
pedestrian crosswalk at intersection of

508
00:36:12,720 --> 00:36:19,640
3rd Street and Harding Avenue.
The request is based on high volume of

509
00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:23,040
pedestrian traffic in the area and
student traffic attending Horace Mann

510
00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:27,520
Middle School.
According to the request, motorists

511
00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:31,160
frequently fail to stop for pedestrians
even after they have entered the

512
00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:35,000
crosswalk, creating a significant safety
concern.

513
00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:39,680
On June 5th, 2026, the Traffic Advisory
Committee reviewed the request.

514
00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:43,520
Following discussion, both the TAC and
staff agreed that the flashing

515
00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:47,600
pedestrian crosswalk would improve
safety at this location and is warranted

516
00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:51,680
based on the pedestrian activity and
school-related traffic.

517
00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:56,440
The cost of the
flashing crosswalk equipment is $10,626.

518
00:36:56,880 --> 00:37:04,640
The TAC recommended that city staff
contact the USD 457 to determine whether

519
00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:09,720
the school district would be
would be willing to contribute 50% of

520
00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:15,880
the equipment cost.
If the USD 457 457 agrees to

521
00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:18,880
participate, the city's share would be
$5,313.

522
00:37:19,200 --> 00:37:25,720
If the USD 457 declines to contribute
toward the project, the TAC's

523
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:31,760
recommendation is that the flash
flashing crosswalk does not be installed

524
00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:34,720
at this time.
Three alternatives before you is one,

525
00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:39,440
the governing body may approve the
recommendation of the TAC of

526
00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:44,960
installation of new flashing crosswalk
contingent upon the USD 457 agreeing to

527
00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:47,200
pay 50% of the cost. Two, the governing
body

528
00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:50,400
the governing body may not approve the
request.

529
00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:55,040
And three, the governing body may decide
to move forward with the cost even if

530
00:37:52,040 --> 00:38:00,680
the USD 457 does not agree to pay the
cost, leaving the city with a total

531
00:37:57,120 --> 00:38:00,680
expense of $10,626.

532
00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:07,320
Recommendation, the Traffic Advisory
Committee recommends installing a new

533
00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:12,680
traffic flashing crosswalk at 3rd Street
and Harding Avenue contingent upon the

534
00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:17,960
USD 457 agreeing to pay half the cost.
Fiscal note, uh new crosswalk uh would

535
00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:25,200
be charged to the street traffic signal
account, uh which is lined up there,

536
00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:25,200
which has a current balance of $77,363

537
00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:30,800
and 12 cents.
I'd be happy to answer any questions on

538
00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:33,720
that.
>> Any questions for Tyler?

539
00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:43,520
» No, I don't have any questions, but I I
have seen vehicles not stop more than

540
00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:47,240
one time, and so I I'm glad to see that
this came before the traffic advisory

541
00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:51,400
committee.
>> Tyler, you know that

542
00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:54,440
USD 457's budget is over with the
oversight of the school board, but have

543
00:38:52,720 --> 00:38:56,560
you chatted with USD 457 if they've had
a pallet

544
00:38:55,920 --> 00:39:01,960
uh
to want to cover half? Have they kind of

545
00:39:00,560 --> 00:39:06,520
What have these conversations been like?
>> Yes, Mayor. I have. So, I hate to try to

546
00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:09,200
I hate to kind of jump ahead of the
game. We we actually we actually have

547
00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:12,880
another item that's going to be going in
front of the

548
00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:17,280
traffic advisory committee next month
that'll be ultimately coming before you.

549
00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:24,040
Um it's for another crosswalk um at
Buffalo Jones school. Um so, I did reach

550
00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:28,120
out to the USD 457 staff. Um they did
agree in an email to pay half the cost

551
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:33,280
for this one. So, we do have another one
that's going to be coming before you. Um

552
00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:36,200
and so, in that email does indicate that
they are willing to pay for half the

553
00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:38,640
cost to that one as well.
>> Got you. Okay.

554
00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:46,240
Any further questions?
Seeing none, I'll entertain a motion for

555
00:39:44,920 --> 00:39:50,160
this item.
>> I move to approve the recommendation of

556
00:39:48,160 --> 00:39:56,240
the TAC of the installation of the new
flashing crosswalk contingent upon the

557
00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:58,720
USD 457 agreeing to pay 50% of the cost.
>> It's been motioned. Is there a second?

558
00:39:57,600 --> 00:40:01,760
» I second.
>> It's been motioned and seconded. Any

559
00:39:59,920 --> 00:40:05,480
further discussion?
Seeing none, all those in favor say aye.

560
00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:07,320
Aye. Opposed, nay.
Motion passes.

561
00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:09,880
» Thank you.
>> Thank you, Tyler.

562
00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:20,280
Please note that Commissioner Cessna is
returning back to the bench.

563
00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:31,920
» Item 12F, the governing body is asked to
consider and approve a recommendation by

564
00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:36,560
the Public Utilities Advisory Board
regarding the logo design for the

565
00:40:33,440 --> 00:40:41,160
Jameson water tower.
>> Good afternoon, Mayor and Commissioners.

566
00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:45,120
Uh city staff received a logo submittal
for the Jameson water tower. That's the

567
00:40:42,880 --> 00:40:48,480
new water tower being constructed by
Jameson Interurban Center and the waste

568
00:40:46,720 --> 00:40:51,880
water treatment facility.
After reviewing this submittal, staff

569
00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:59,760
raised concerns regarding the logo's
visibility from US 50. It is 1,600 ft to

570
00:40:55,600 --> 00:41:04,960
the tower and from US 83 it is 2,700 ft
to the tower. The submittal indicates

571
00:41:02,040 --> 00:41:10,240
that the words "World Growth Here" logo
tagline will be less than 2 ft tall,

572
00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:15,560
making it unreadable. Uh including the
tagline also makes the city name too

573
00:41:12,720 --> 00:41:20,680
small. So, ideally the text should be 5
ft or 6 ft tall to maximize the the

574
00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:24,640
legibility of the city's name.
Staff requested a second submittal with

575
00:41:22,560 --> 00:41:28,160
the tagline removed.
Three options were presented to the

576
00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:32,640
Public Utilities Advisory Board. The
Advisory Board recommends option three.

577
00:41:30,680 --> 00:41:36,160
Uh city logo with the tagline and the
word "Kansas" removed for maximum

578
00:41:34,720 --> 00:41:39,960
visibility.
The Jameson water tower's tank is now

579
00:41:38,120 --> 00:41:44,320
being painted upon final approval from
the City Commission. The contractor will

580
00:41:42,200 --> 00:41:47,040
supply the They will apply the selected
city logo.

581
00:41:45,760 --> 00:41:51,240
The memo presented to the Public
Utilities Advisory Board and both

582
00:41:49,240 --> 00:41:55,400
submittals are attached to this memo
that was in your packet. Alternatives,

583
00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:59,680
uh one, the governing body may approve
the recommendation of the Public

584
00:41:56,760 --> 00:42:03,960
Utilities Advisory Board to use design
outlined as option three.

585
00:42:01,960 --> 00:42:08,480
Or the governing may governing body may
not approve the recommendation of the

586
00:42:05,520 --> 00:42:13,320
PUAB and use the design of either option
one or two. Or or governing body may not

587
00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:17,280
approve the recommendation of the public
utilities advisory board and provide

588
00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:20,774
some other alternative
or something else being up there.

589
00:42:19,200 --> 00:42:23,200
Choose from Bronco.
>> [laughter]

590
00:42:22,080 --> 00:42:25,920
» I suggest that the
governing body approve the

591
00:42:24,240 --> 00:42:30,160
recommendation of the public utilities
advisory board and use the design

592
00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:33,160
outlined in option three.
And

593
00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:38,840
there's no fiscal impact on part of the
project on the long run. I'm happy to

594
00:42:35,320 --> 00:42:38,840
try to answer any questions on that.

595
00:42:39,160 --> 00:42:41,840
» Any questions?

596
00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:49,880
How's the nomination for this item?
>> I make a motion that we approve the

597
00:42:47,200 --> 00:42:55,680
recommendation of the public utilities
advisory board and use the design

598
00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:58,480
outlined in option three as presented.
>> This motion is there a second?

599
00:42:57,320 --> 00:43:01,320
» I second.
>> There's been a motion and a second. Any

600
00:42:59,680 --> 00:43:05,600
further discussion?
Seeing none, all those in favor say I.

601
00:43:03,440 --> 00:43:08,080
All opposed, nay. Motion passes. Thank
you, Mike.

602
00:43:09,040 --> 00:43:17,080
» Item 12G, Finance Director Coleman will
review potential adjustments to the

603
00:43:13,880 --> 00:43:19,280
budgets as [snorts] presented. I'll give
up.

604
00:43:18,320 --> 00:43:21,035
» I used to sit there.
>> Is that where you want me?

605
00:43:20,240 --> 00:43:23,800
» All right.
>> [laughter]

606
00:43:22,240 --> 00:43:26,930
» We're all We're all relieved that he
didn't sit down.

607
00:43:25,640 --> 00:43:29,040
» He wouldn't offer if he didn't believe
[laughter] it.

608
00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:35,640
» All right. At the June 2nd, 2026 City
Commission meeting, staff completed the

609
00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:39,000
presentation of the 2027 City Manager's
proposed budget. From this point, the

610
00:43:37,480 --> 00:43:42,040
City Commission begins deliberation of
the budget. In past years, discussions

611
00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:45,680
were held during the first and second
meetings in July to determine the target

612
00:43:44,280 --> 00:43:48,920
mill levy rate desired by the City
Commission and the appropriate

613
00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:51,960
adjustments to achieve it. If the City
Commission decides to exceed the revenue

614
00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:55,800
neutral rate, the city is required to
provide a notice of intent to exceed the

615
00:43:53,840 --> 00:44:00,840
revenue neutral rate to the county by
July 20th. With the third Tuesday of

616
00:43:57,880 --> 00:44:03,160
July falling on the 21st of 2026, the
City Commission will be able to

617
00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:06,320
determine whether to exceed the revenue
neutral rate and approve the appropriate

618
00:44:04,640 --> 00:44:08,680
notice to the county at their first July
meeting.

619
00:44:07,320 --> 00:44:12,640
To that end, the staff has prepared a
breakdown of the preliminary adjustments

620
00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:15,320
recommended to begin moving forward what
they anticipate to be the city

621
00:44:13,920 --> 00:44:19,240
commission's desired mill levy for the
2027 budget. As the budget currently

622
00:44:17,560 --> 00:44:24,040
stands, the city would need to increase
revenues or decrease expenses by

623
00:44:21,480 --> 00:44:28,120
approximately $3,695,000
to achieve a level mill levy rate

624
00:44:25,720 --> 00:44:31,640
assuming 3% valuation increase. The
county will provide a preliminary

625
00:44:29,760 --> 00:44:35,480
valuation estimate on or before June
15th, 2026, and that figure will be

626
00:44:33,920 --> 00:44:38,360
incorporated in the budget discussion
for the presentation as following

627
00:44:36,720 --> 00:44:44,040
today's meetings. I did get an email
yesterday with that number and it the a

628
00:44:41,120 --> 00:44:47,120
estimated valuation was 2.62% up, so
less than the 3% assumption that we

629
00:44:46,040 --> 00:44:51,400
utilized, which is the first time in a
few years that it's been lower than that

630
00:44:48,360 --> 00:44:54,320
3% assumption. Um so, that will
represent an increase in what we need to

631
00:44:52,880 --> 00:44:58,080
figure out rather than a
kind of absolution of pain.

632
00:44:56,880 --> 00:45:01,160
Uh the recommended adjustments to the
budget considered by staff include the

633
00:44:59,640 --> 00:45:05,480
following this time.
Number one, staff has reviewed vacancies

634
00:45:03,000 --> 00:45:09,760
in positions from January 2026 through
April 30th, 2026. Based on the positions

635
00:45:07,800 --> 00:45:12,560
vacant during that time, salaries and
benefits can be adjusted to capture some

636
00:45:11,400 --> 00:45:18,480
of the vacancy savings. These
adjustments amount to $323,500

637
00:45:15,560 --> 00:45:23,080
in general fund, $29,600 in airport
fund, $83,750

638
00:45:20,600 --> 00:45:26,240
in electric fund, and $15,300 in the
solid waste fund.

639
00:45:24,440 --> 00:45:32,400
Number two, city sales tax collections
in 2026 are up 3.5% over 2025 on pace

640
00:45:30,120 --> 00:45:35,680
for $8,870,300
for 2026.

641
00:45:33,840 --> 00:45:39,720
The current 2026 budget figure is
$8,600,000.

642
00:45:37,400 --> 00:45:46,640
This can be increased by $100,000.
County sales tax collections in 2026 are

643
00:45:41,600 --> 00:45:49,800
up 3.4% over 2025 on pace for $5,425,500
for 2026.

644
00:45:48,200 --> 00:45:53,520
The current 2026 budget figure is
$5,200,000. This can be increased by

645
00:45:52,160 --> 00:45:59,560
$100,000.
Use tax collections in 2026 are up 7.7%

646
00:45:56,600 --> 00:46:05,000
over 2025 on pace for $2,300,000 for
2026. The current 2026 budget figure is

647
00:46:02,680 --> 00:46:08,400
2.1 million. This can be increased by
100,000.

648
00:46:06,600 --> 00:46:13,720
Revenues from fines for municipal court
are on pace for approximately 915,000

649
00:46:10,640 --> 00:46:18,000
for 2026. The current 2026 budget figure
is 775,000.

650
00:46:15,520 --> 00:46:20,840
This can be increased by 75,000.
The rental agreement line in recreation

651
00:46:19,440 --> 00:46:26,480
and athletics was originally budgeted at
31,000 for 2026 and 31,500 for 2027.

652
00:46:24,680 --> 00:46:29,720
This can be reduced to 11,000 each year
as this cost is for one contractual

653
00:46:27,960 --> 00:46:34,640
obligation with an annual cost of
approximately 11,000.

654
00:46:31,600 --> 00:46:37,560
In the 2027 budget, there is $50,000 for
a transfer from the general fund to

655
00:46:35,960 --> 00:46:42,160
recreation reserve to continue building
that fund. The recreation reserve

656
00:46:39,320 --> 00:46:46,280
currently has a balance of $460,094,
which represents 14% of annual operating

657
00:46:44,120 --> 00:46:50,120
costs for the entire recreation budget.
This $50,000 transfer can be eliminated

658
00:46:48,120 --> 00:46:53,560
from the 2027 budget as staff do not
currently see a need to increase the

659
00:46:51,320 --> 00:46:55,960
balance of the recreation reserve fund.
The city has an agreement with Finney

660
00:46:54,600 --> 00:46:59,000
County for the operational costs of the
temporary law enforcement facility to

661
00:46:57,720 --> 00:47:02,880
encompass the lease obligation,
utilities, and other operational costs.

662
00:47:01,080 --> 00:47:06,240
Since July 2025, the city has been
paying these costs and Finney County has

663
00:47:04,280 --> 00:47:08,240
not yet been invoiced as the discussions
regarding the payment of the

664
00:47:07,040 --> 00:47:11,720
construction improvements have been
ongoing. With reimbursements for the

665
00:47:10,080 --> 00:47:15,760
costs incurred in 2025 and costs
throughout 2026 and 2027, the city can

666
00:47:13,640 --> 00:47:19,480
anticipate at least 324,000 in
reimbursements from the county during

667
00:47:17,120 --> 00:47:24,480
2026 and 2027.
These adjustments total $1,142,100.

668
00:47:23,080 --> 00:47:27,440
This leaves a balance of approximately
2,553,000

669
00:47:26,200 --> 00:47:31,480
in additional adjustments needed to
achieve a balanced levy.

670
00:47:29,240 --> 00:47:34,880
With the additional increase from the
2.62% valuation, there's an additional

671
00:47:33,480 --> 00:47:38,160
82,000
83,000 approximately added to that

672
00:47:37,120 --> 00:47:40,760
number.
Due to the compressed timeline to

673
00:47:39,280 --> 00:47:44,280
consider budget adjustments before
indicating an intent on revenue neutral

674
00:47:42,960 --> 00:47:47,720
the city commission could consider
utilizing a portion of the town hall

675
00:47:45,760 --> 00:47:51,200
meeting scheduled for June 30th for a
budget discussion. Staff could prepare a

676
00:47:49,800 --> 00:47:53,920
list of items for consideration for
addition or removal from the budget.

677
00:47:52,800 --> 00:47:57,200
This would allow the governing body to
conduct this discussion outside of

678
00:47:55,520 --> 00:48:00,360
business hours, which may provide an
opportunity for some citizens to provide

679
00:47:58,960 --> 00:48:04,760
input where otherwise they may not be
able to attend a city commission meeting

680
00:48:02,520 --> 00:48:07,160
when the budget is considered. Staff can
take the input received from the

681
00:48:05,920 --> 00:48:10,800
governing body at that meeting to
prepare discussion and consideration of

682
00:48:08,720 --> 00:48:13,800
an indication on a recommended tax rate,
as well as a target mill levy during the

683
00:48:12,120 --> 00:48:16,720
first meeting in July.
If the governing body's goal is to

684
00:48:14,840 --> 00:48:19,960
maintain a flat mill levy rate, it is
unlikely that one-time budget cuts, such

685
00:48:18,480 --> 00:48:23,640
as repairs, capital improvements, or
equipment, or vacant positions will

686
00:48:21,640 --> 00:48:27,000
fully cover the cost
or the remaining budget gap. These types

687
00:48:25,240 --> 00:48:30,280
of reductions also tend to appear in
future budgets as increased costs as

688
00:48:28,800 --> 00:48:33,160
acquisitions can sometimes be delayed
but will eventually be realized. A

689
00:48:31,840 --> 00:48:36,320
reduction in the city's programs or
services creates a recurring budget

690
00:48:35,120 --> 00:48:39,800
reduction is more likely to be the
solution needed to achieve a flat mill

691
00:48:37,880 --> 00:48:43,400
levy. Staff welcomes any input from the
City Commission regarding programs or

692
00:48:41,520 --> 00:48:45,920
services they would like information on
as they consider these items for

693
00:48:44,520 --> 00:48:49,440
achieving their target budget at the
following following meetings.

694
00:48:48,440 --> 00:48:53,360
An alternative for you today is that
staff will make the listed adjustments

695
00:48:51,320 --> 00:48:56,640
to the '26 revised and '27 original
budget figures barring any input from

696
00:48:54,920 --> 00:48:59,720
the City Commission to do anything apart
from listed items.

697
00:48:58,440 --> 00:49:03,080
So, unless there's something you want me
to not change based on what I presented,

698
00:49:01,880 --> 00:49:05,960
I'll make those modifications in
preparation for the next meeting. So,

699
00:49:04,800 --> 00:49:08,600
the clear questions before you are, do
you want to use the June 30th meeting as

700
00:49:07,440 --> 00:49:12,920
that budget discussion, kind of the
first stab at the budget discussion, and

701
00:49:11,280 --> 00:49:16,440
then are there any specific elements or
items you want me to present? In the

702
00:49:14,280 --> 00:49:19,320
past, I've very much presented on,
here's the cost for this equipment,

703
00:49:17,680 --> 00:49:22,960
here's the cost for this program, here's
what we paid downtown development, you

704
00:49:20,880 --> 00:49:25,920
know, X, Y, and Z. Um, but more
programmatically functionally, is there

705
00:49:24,800 --> 00:49:28,760
something I would look at as far as,
here's the cost for running court,

706
00:49:27,320 --> 00:49:32,800
here's the cost for running the pool,
here's the cost for doing any other

707
00:49:30,680 --> 00:49:37,080
programs or services or kind of
identified fields the city could covers.

708
00:49:34,960 --> 00:49:40,800
So, that as you analyze kind of the the
levers to pull, you can have a

709
00:49:38,480 --> 00:49:43,400
programmatic approach to it as well. Um,
so any feedback you have, anything that

710
00:49:42,040 --> 00:49:45,680
would help me to know what to go prepare
for you.

711
00:49:44,520 --> 00:49:48,080
Um, and then do we want to use June
30th?

712
00:49:49,320 --> 00:49:54,480
» I feel like the the second question
there is, if we want to use June 30th,

713
00:49:52,680 --> 00:49:58,760
it might be a little bit easier. Um is
this something the governing body would

714
00:49:56,480 --> 00:50:03,440
prefer?
>> Sure. Yeah, I think that would be a good

715
00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:07,720
time. And I do like the aspect of having
having it be in the evening so that

716
00:50:04,880 --> 00:50:09,840
people can come in if they so choose.
>> Me too.

717
00:50:08,880 --> 00:50:11,280
Mhm.
I agree.

718
00:50:10,560 --> 00:50:15,040
» Okay.
>> Okay. I'll prepare for that.

719
00:50:13,560 --> 00:50:19,760
» As for the first question, any
considerations from the governing body

720
00:50:17,360 --> 00:50:22,800
for Jared?
>> Not so much cuts. Like something we're

721
00:50:21,600 --> 00:50:27,080
saying now you want to cut, but
something you want me to bring you data

722
00:50:24,240 --> 00:50:27,080
or information on.

723
00:50:28,880 --> 00:50:34,560
» I think for myself, the big thing is
like if there is a reduction in city

724
00:50:32,760 --> 00:50:38,000
programs,
what would that structure look like?

725
00:50:35,760 --> 00:50:41,320
What is the cost savings in that? Or
what are the cons that we might have in

726
00:50:40,480 --> 00:50:45,760
a
introduction of a certain program or

727
00:50:43,200 --> 00:50:48,800
service. I can't really think of one
that would be impactful

728
00:50:47,840 --> 00:50:53,520
to present on cuz I think they're all
impactful.

729
00:50:50,000 --> 00:50:53,520
So, those are some of my thoughts.

730
00:50:53,800 --> 00:50:59,840
» And also maybe just some scenarios of
what it could look like, flat, up,

731
00:50:58,440 --> 00:51:04,760
you know,
down. Just, you know, what that could

732
00:51:02,000 --> 00:51:07,680
look like with the bottom line
to kind of give us an idea of of what

733
00:51:06,600 --> 00:51:10,160
that
what that bottom number is.

734
00:51:09,400 --> 00:51:12,240
» Okay.
Yep.

735
00:51:12,400 --> 00:51:14,600
Anyone else?

736
00:51:16,880 --> 00:51:20,120
» So,
so

737
00:51:19,845 --> 00:51:24,640
» [clears throat]
>> our final what we're trying to get to,

738
00:51:23,240 --> 00:51:29,120
I mean, after all those adjustments that
you told us, what we're we're trying to

739
00:51:26,560 --> 00:51:31,280
get to is 2.5 or well, actually now
about 2.7 million

740
00:51:30,720 --> 00:51:35,200
» Mhm.
>> is what what we're looking at.

741
00:51:33,080 --> 00:51:35,200
» Yeah.

742
00:51:35,480 --> 00:51:38,800
And that is
the largest it's been in the last few

743
00:51:37,760 --> 00:51:42,880
years. We've had
>> Well, I know last year

744
00:51:40,600 --> 00:51:45,640
» Um but for to kind of get to the final
levers of the budget, it's been less

745
00:51:44,040 --> 00:51:49,040
than that for the kind of the final
levers to pull. So, this that's why I

746
00:51:47,680 --> 00:51:51,840
expressed that I think this is going to
be a more significant conversation for

747
00:51:50,640 --> 00:51:55,320
the city commission to consider
programmatically, rather than just kind

748
00:51:53,680 --> 00:51:57,120
of a one-time line in the budget to
reduce down.

749
00:51:56,120 --> 00:52:03,000
» Mhm.
>> Well, I know last year it was like 263

750
00:51:59,960 --> 00:52:08,480
or 200 863,000
that we had to try to whittle out. So,

751
00:52:05,360 --> 00:52:13,480
when I When I looked at this, it was
I don't know if it's I don't know if

752
00:52:11,000 --> 00:52:16,320
Well, you kind of mentioned it in the
in the memo that, you know, there's

753
00:52:14,920 --> 00:52:20,120
items that we've kind of just kept
pushing down and it It just kind of

754
00:52:18,280 --> 00:52:25,800
keeps building.
So, we either need to

755
00:52:23,400 --> 00:52:28,480
Yeah. We have to do something cuz it
just keeps getting bigger Yeah. Every

756
00:52:27,920 --> 00:52:33,520
year.
>> have

757
00:52:31,160 --> 00:52:36,400
been delaying inevitable pain. And so,
that's where I think programmatically

758
00:52:34,760 --> 00:52:39,360
it's it's a looking at the scope of what
we do. Where your expenses have been

759
00:52:37,920 --> 00:52:42,440
accelerating at a greater pace than your
revenues, you've got to bring the

760
00:52:40,760 --> 00:52:45,000
expenses down or increase the revenues.
They both have to be the same

761
00:52:43,800 --> 00:52:48,680
trajectory.
>> Um and so, I also have been preparing a

762
00:52:46,640 --> 00:52:52,760
look back of kind of the past 10 years
during the presentations that the

763
00:52:51,480 --> 00:52:56,920
um the auditors provided, where you can
see kind of the last 10 years of budget.

764
00:52:54,840 --> 00:53:00,320
You notice that 5 years ago that the
trajectory went up quite a bit. And so,

765
00:52:59,080 --> 00:53:03,120
I wanted to kind of paint that picture
for you. So, I'll prepare In preparation

766
00:53:01,960 --> 00:53:06,800
for the next meeting, I'll have a little
bit of a history for you to kind of show

767
00:53:05,000 --> 00:53:09,320
the 10-year period over the
administration departments and the

768
00:53:08,160 --> 00:53:13,320
different budgets within the general
fund. Um and really looking at the story

769
00:53:11,480 --> 00:53:16,680
to that. You know, we point often to the
fire department increase in the staff of

770
00:53:15,360 --> 00:53:19,960
the fire station, the airport increase
in the staff for their operational

771
00:53:18,040 --> 00:53:23,160
increase, um and then the acquisition of
the recreation commission combined with

772
00:53:21,280 --> 00:53:27,520
the city. But, the story will tell you
those are big big parts of the story as

773
00:53:25,840 --> 00:53:30,280
we look at that 10-year look back. But,
I wanted to be able to quantify that to

774
00:53:28,960 --> 00:53:34,480
you and show you kind of staffing
numbers along the way, as well as just

775
00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:38,000
financial impact. Um there's also some
consideration that the pre-meeting for

776
00:53:36,240 --> 00:53:41,680
the first meeting in July, we have been
working with Enterprise Fleet Management

777
00:53:39,480 --> 00:53:44,720
as far as the vehicle acquisition and
rotation plan. So, we'll present more

778
00:53:43,400 --> 00:53:48,000
information to anybody on that, but
trying to get a more strategized

779
00:53:46,560 --> 00:53:51,600
approach to our vehicles cuz that's been
one of the the cuts that's been made

780
00:53:50,240 --> 00:53:54,920
over the last few years. We keep pushing
out vehicles. Um that is a pain that's

781
00:53:53,480 --> 00:53:57,840
going to continue to increase and or
will have operationally

782
00:53:56,800 --> 00:54:01,440
uh issues with our vehicles if they're
not running and not going to be a

783
00:53:59,280 --> 00:54:04,560
functional service. And so, um kind of
choosing I really comes out of as a

784
00:54:03,440 --> 00:54:07,400
little bit aggressive staff. You you
pick your poison. You know, you you

785
00:54:05,960 --> 00:54:10,640
might take care of vehicles through that
plan, but then something else has to

786
00:54:08,880 --> 00:54:13,720
give to to make up the cost for that.
So,

787
00:54:11,640 --> 00:54:16,440
um I'll come back with the kind of
here's what an increase would look like

788
00:54:15,320 --> 00:54:19,280
for a bill or two. Here's what a
decrease would look like. Here's the

789
00:54:17,680 --> 00:54:21,760
revenue neutral target, how much you
would have to have to reduce tickets for

790
00:54:20,720 --> 00:54:25,000
that.
Um just like we've done the past years.

791
00:54:23,640 --> 00:54:28,960
But as far as kind of the red, green,
and yellow levers to pull, there's not a

792
00:54:26,640 --> 00:54:31,840
lot of green. Today is kind of the green
levers. These are the ones that are

793
00:54:30,000 --> 00:54:35,320
saying, "Hey, low-hanging fruit, the
things you can do that we've done in

794
00:54:33,280 --> 00:54:38,760
traditionally." Looking at sales tax
revenues through today with a better

795
00:54:36,680 --> 00:54:42,080
scope than we had in January, we think
there's a little ebb and flow there. Um

796
00:54:40,840 --> 00:54:44,960
but just prepare that the items are all
going to be kind of yellow and red items

797
00:54:43,840 --> 00:54:47,360
and maybe a little bit of green.
>> Sure.

798
00:54:45,400 --> 00:54:51,200
» There is uh one point I'll remind you of
is that um there is a million dollars as

799
00:54:49,480 --> 00:54:55,280
a holding spot for the implementation of
the Pace on Go.

800
00:54:52,840 --> 00:54:58,880
And so, what would have been 1.5 million
last year is 2.5 million this year

801
00:54:57,080 --> 00:55:02,560
because of that million. So, there is a
a very quantifiable

802
00:55:00,680 --> 00:55:05,480
identifier to that piece of this, which
brings you closer to what kind of the

803
00:55:04,400 --> 00:55:09,160
experience would have been last year's
budget of finalizing a number. Um but we

804
00:55:07,680 --> 00:55:13,320
do believe that's a fairly accurate
number for what we'd need or or close to

805
00:55:11,480 --> 00:55:16,960
what we would need to implement
um or give you the option to implement

806
00:55:14,880 --> 00:55:19,680
sooner rather than later if so chosen by
the governing body.

807
00:55:18,200 --> 00:55:22,600
» Okay.
>> If you do think of anything else between

808
00:55:21,080 --> 00:55:25,560
now and June 3rd, if if you want to
email and shoot me, "Hey, can you make

809
00:55:24,080 --> 00:55:29,640
sure you bring up, you know, what would
the cost be to do this?" Um

810
00:55:28,120 --> 00:55:33,040
I to to avoid having to start with my
math and saying, "Hey, guess what? Every

811
00:55:31,160 --> 00:55:36,320
other department, I'm going to go put
your department at last and say what it

812
00:55:34,480 --> 00:55:39,360
costs to run it." I'll try to be pretty
wide scope and bring you quite a bit of

813
00:55:38,480 --> 00:55:42,960
information in the session. It'll be
kind of a work session at that June 3rd

814
00:55:41,000 --> 00:55:46,120
meeting and try to quantify different
elements of kind of programs and things

815
00:55:44,480 --> 00:55:49,240
from the different divisions.
Um not to identify that that's a

816
00:55:47,560 --> 00:55:53,240
recommendation from the finance director
to say manager saying yes, reduce this,

817
00:55:50,920 --> 00:55:57,240
cut this program, let's take this out,
but just giving some quantifiable data

818
00:55:55,440 --> 00:56:01,240
behind the numbers attributed to those
programs. So that as you make decisions,

819
00:55:59,320 --> 00:56:04,600
you kind of have know where the the high
and low limits are for what those

820
00:56:02,600 --> 00:56:07,520
impacts would be.
No easy answers, but that's fine.

821
00:56:06,960 --> 00:56:11,720
» Well, but
>> Anything I can do to help you have data

822
00:56:09,880 --> 00:56:14,960
and information, I want to make sure I
provide you.

823
00:56:12,560 --> 00:56:19,040
» Yeah. This is I mean
This is almost I mean this number is

824
00:56:17,240 --> 00:56:22,600
like getting rid of literally a
department in our

825
00:56:20,680 --> 00:56:24,560
in our city. So
>> It's

826
00:56:23,040 --> 00:56:29,280
» This one's going to be
Yeah, when I when I read that and I kept

827
00:56:26,600 --> 00:56:30,360
looking at that number and I'm like
And

828
00:56:30,318 --> 00:56:33,280
» [clears throat]
>> you know, the more I thought about it,

829
00:56:31,520 --> 00:56:37,720
it's like yeah, we've kind of just been
kind of pushing this down the road and

830
00:56:35,160 --> 00:56:40,680
the numbers just kept getting bigger and
it got really big really fast this year.

831
00:56:40,120 --> 00:56:43,080
So
>> Yeah.

832
00:56:41,000 --> 00:56:45,840
» I think the story for you is
>> But we've been

833
00:56:45,120 --> 00:56:48,000
» Right.
>> Right.

834
00:56:49,440 --> 00:56:54,800
It's accumulation.
>> Well, but we've we've also grown the

835
00:56:52,640 --> 00:56:59,120
community has also grown like he said.
We've added staff to the airport because

836
00:56:57,240 --> 00:57:05,720
we've increased the size of the airport
as well as fire station three. So I mean

837
00:57:01,920 --> 00:57:09,200
it's it's been intentional too by
not only this commission, but other

838
00:57:07,000 --> 00:57:11,640
commissions because the community has
grown.

839
00:57:10,560 --> 00:57:13,400
» Absolutely.
>> Yeah. So

840
00:57:12,440 --> 00:57:16,680
» I plan to bring you a lot of
information, a lot of data, so just kind

841
00:57:15,280 --> 00:57:19,280
of buckle up and be ready, but I feel
like more is better than less that way

842
00:57:17,960 --> 00:57:22,040
you have the tools needed to make that
decision and then we'll plan on June

843
00:57:20,480 --> 00:57:26,320
30th having that be somewhat of a work
session to to give staff an indication

844
00:57:24,280 --> 00:57:28,800
and then your first meeting in July is
where we need to finalize it and you

845
00:57:27,560 --> 00:57:32,480
don't have to have a final budget at
point, but what you do want to finalize

846
00:57:30,480 --> 00:57:35,520
is if you're going to exceed the revenue
neutral rate, we need to indicate that

847
00:57:33,800 --> 00:57:39,120
to the county, and then they publish
that notification to citizens and

848
00:57:36,880 --> 00:57:43,080
identify a target mill levy rate. You
can change from that, but our practice

849
00:57:40,920 --> 00:57:46,160
has been to try to put that number,
especially to not exceed that number.

850
00:57:44,640 --> 00:57:49,640
That would be that or lower. So, if you
want to follow the same practice, you

851
00:57:47,240 --> 00:57:53,760
would indicate kind of your anticipated
high watermark for what your mill levy

852
00:57:52,200 --> 00:57:57,160
allotment would be, and then we would
broadcast and publish that. You can

853
00:57:55,200 --> 00:58:00,080
always then come back from that in your
final proposed budget. You have that

854
00:57:58,520 --> 00:58:03,760
meeting in a couple of weeks to finalize
to then kind of tweak in

855
00:58:02,080 --> 00:58:07,160
our our final presentation will be in
August

856
00:58:05,000 --> 00:58:11,280
for kind of the levers adjusting, and we
publish our notification for our

857
00:58:09,520 --> 00:58:14,040
hearings at that point with the hearing
happening in the first week of

858
00:58:12,240 --> 00:58:18,680
September. So, you still have time to
make the tweaks, but the the indication

859
00:58:16,840 --> 00:58:22,160
of what your target would need to be
consolidated in time by the July first

860
00:58:20,720 --> 00:58:23,200
meeting in July.
>> Great.

861
00:58:22,640 --> 00:58:24,280
» Thank you.
>> Thank you, Jared.

862
00:58:23,760 --> 00:58:26,840
» Thank you.
>> Thank you.

863
00:58:29,920 --> 00:58:37,720
» Item 12H is an executive session, and we
don't anticipate any action needed

864
00:58:34,840 --> 00:58:43,000
coming out of that executive session.
So, if you want to take up the consent

865
00:58:40,000 --> 00:58:47,960
agenda item next, the appropriate motion
would be

866
00:58:44,640 --> 00:58:52,720
to approve items 13A through 13E unless
someone's here to talk on one of the

867
00:58:49,960 --> 00:58:57,320
environmental code issues.
>> Is there anyone present for the

868
00:58:53,880 --> 00:58:57,320
environmental code nuisances?

869
00:58:58,760 --> 00:59:05,200
Seeing none, I move
>> Move to approve consent agenda items 13A

870
00:59:02,080 --> 00:59:09,480
through 13E.
>> Second. There's been a motion and a

871
00:59:06,920 --> 00:59:11,680
second. Any further discussion?
Seeing none, all those in favor say I.

872
00:59:11,200 --> 00:59:14,960
» I.
>> Opposed, nay.

873
00:59:13,240 --> 00:59:18,600
Motion passes.
And then before executive session, we

874
00:59:16,400 --> 00:59:23,360
will also do our commissioner reports.
Vice Mayor Ordler.

875
00:59:21,160 --> 00:59:27,680
» Um I enjoyed the pre-meeting. Um I think
it's always

876
00:59:25,320 --> 00:59:31,520
I always appreciate um
when when

877
00:59:29,120 --> 00:59:36,560
department heads are when the discussion
comes around of always improving the

878
00:59:33,960 --> 00:59:39,880
work situation or the working hours for
our employees because I think you know

879
00:59:38,560 --> 00:59:43,560
it's easy to get complacent and it's
easy to just continue to do things the

880
00:59:41,520 --> 00:59:47,440
way they are, you know, but to try and
help with that work-life balance. I

881
00:59:45,040 --> 00:59:51,800
think that was certainly something that
I took away from that meeting which is,

882
00:59:49,680 --> 00:59:56,640
you know, as we work really hard to be
the employer of choice. Sometimes you

883
00:59:54,600 --> 01:00:01,760
have to make those changes and so thanks
for for presenting that and and for all

884
00:59:59,040 --> 01:00:09,091
the thought and research that went into
it and so I think that was great.

885
01:00:04,600 --> 01:00:11,360
So my competitive eating is done.
>> [laughter]

886
01:00:09,280 --> 01:00:11,360
» Um

887
01:00:12,080 --> 01:00:20,560
June 5th is part of National Donut Day
for the Salvation Army.

888
01:00:17,360 --> 01:00:24,280
I was able to eat 21 out of 25 donut
holes

889
01:00:22,000 --> 01:00:27,640
in 5 minutes. Don't ask, it wasn't
pretty. But and unfortunately there is

890
01:00:26,480 --> 01:00:31,240
video.
But congratulations to I think it was

891
01:00:29,440 --> 01:00:35,560
Officer Hall who
beat me.

892
01:00:32,560 --> 01:00:39,360
He beat all of us and it was fun to be
able to be there with the fire

893
01:00:36,800 --> 01:00:44,400
department, the police department and
some of the employees from from the you

894
01:00:41,520 --> 01:00:48,160
know Randy's Donuts and and then also a
little girl who was there who almost

895
01:00:46,080 --> 01:00:52,560
beat all of us. She's probably 8 years
old and she had a strategy. So anyway,

896
01:00:51,080 --> 01:00:56,200
but then you know, to counteract all
that sugar

897
01:00:53,960 --> 01:01:02,480
being able to help with the brisket
judging on Sunday was also something

898
01:00:58,400 --> 01:01:06,000
that was fun to do and I enjoy Beef
Empire Days. I was out of town for a lot

899
01:01:04,360 --> 01:01:10,200
of it this year but I was glad to at
least be able to participate in some of

900
01:01:07,560 --> 01:01:14,840
the activities that we had this year.
I also enjoyed the opportunity to visit

901
01:01:12,800 --> 01:01:19,920
with the Kansas College of Osteopathic
Medicine students.

902
01:01:16,480 --> 01:01:22,480
I love the fact that that some of them
are even

903
01:01:21,120 --> 01:01:26,520
you know, choosing to come back to
Garden City, you know, after the

904
01:01:23,880 --> 01:01:30,360
presentations and and coming here and
doing their clinicals and and doing some

905
01:01:28,400 --> 01:01:34,880
of the rotations, you know, the fact
that they're at least considering

906
01:01:32,360 --> 01:01:37,000
Southwest Kansas is a benefit to all of
us and, you know, especially

907
01:01:36,862 --> 01:01:41,280
» [snorts]
>> when they may not not have even ever

908
01:01:39,280 --> 01:01:44,880
heard of Garden City before, but to come
here and to experience it and to

909
01:01:43,080 --> 01:01:49,880
actually know that
there's a need for them that they

910
01:01:46,360 --> 01:01:53,560
wouldn't just come here and and not be
busy, you know, they there is a definite

911
01:01:51,880 --> 01:01:58,600
need in our community to be able to
provide that that healthcare.

912
01:01:56,520 --> 01:02:03,840
And then congratulations to Fred Jones,
who, you know, is the new public works

913
01:02:01,480 --> 01:02:08,920
director. It was a great opportunity to
be able to be on the stakeholder panel

914
01:02:06,160 --> 01:02:13,320
and to interview the the
applicants and so

915
01:02:11,120 --> 01:02:17,880
Fred, that was a great choice and I know
that, you know, be easier for Mike as he

916
01:02:15,680 --> 01:02:21,600
retires knowing that his replacement is
there. Although nobody will ever replace

917
01:02:19,920 --> 01:02:26,160
Mike.
It'll just be someone to, you know, move

918
01:02:23,560 --> 01:02:31,280
that department where it needs to go for
the next iteration of public works.

919
01:02:28,680 --> 01:02:37,440
That's all I have.
>> Thank you. Commissioner says I'm out.

920
01:02:34,040 --> 01:02:43,400
» Yes, so I can attest to
Miss Deb at her donut eating abilities.

921
01:02:40,960 --> 01:02:49,680
I we were there and she did a great job.
Thank you. And also it was a pleasure to

922
01:02:46,520 --> 01:02:53,440
be part of the brisket judging panel.
Um

923
01:02:50,920 --> 01:02:58,800
and also want to recognize or
congratulate Fred Jones for his new

924
01:02:55,600 --> 01:03:02,840
position. And then also the work being
done at the Jameson water tower. That is

925
01:03:01,160 --> 01:03:06,840
exciting.
And I would just want to thank all of

926
01:03:04,200 --> 01:03:11,800
our first responders and thank you for
keeping Garden City safe. Thank you.

927
01:03:09,840 --> 01:03:16,640
» Thank you. Commissioner says I'm out.
Just kind of echoing what the other

928
01:03:13,680 --> 01:03:21,640
commissioners have already uh stated.
Just wanted to mention that uh Buffalo

929
01:03:18,880 --> 01:03:26,360
Jo- Buffalo Jo- Buffalo Dunes Golf
Course is having uh their 50th

930
01:03:23,960 --> 01:03:31,320
anniversary celebration on July 2nd.
That's at 5:00. Um, just want to invite

931
01:03:29,040 --> 01:03:35,720
everybody out to celebrate that and
check out the golf course. Um,

932
01:03:33,720 --> 01:03:40,160
great things going on
not only at the golf course but around

933
01:03:37,720 --> 01:03:45,520
our community. Also had the opportunity
to uh visit with the Kansas College of

934
01:03:42,600 --> 01:03:52,240
Osteopathic uh students. Um, a lot of
them from uh large cities, um,

935
01:03:49,240 --> 01:03:56,080
Houston, Dallas, Los Angeles,
uh but [music] coming to Garden City

936
01:03:53,720 --> 01:03:59,760
they really thought uh Garden City was
uh really um

937
01:03:58,520 --> 01:04:05,760
some of them thought it was a unique
town um because um a lot of them were

938
01:04:02,760 --> 01:04:10,000
looking at rural and being in rural but
they they thought it was uh you know, we

939
01:04:08,040 --> 01:04:14,000
had a lot of the urban
uh setting and uh

940
01:04:12,440 --> 01:04:17,520
I said, "Well, if you want to drive 5
minutes out of town, you're going to be

941
01:04:15,400 --> 01:04:21,000
definitely in rural a rural community. I
mean, you're out out in the middle of

942
01:04:19,920 --> 01:04:24,200
nowhere which is in the middle of
somewhere which is in the middle of

943
01:04:22,000 --> 01:04:28,480
everywhere, so." But uh always it's
always nice to visit with those

944
01:04:25,760 --> 01:04:34,840
students. A lot of them like uh
Vice Mayor uh Euler noted that they're

945
01:04:31,680 --> 01:04:37,760
looking at coming to Western Kansas
uh in some capacity, so

946
01:04:37,160 --> 01:04:43,040
um
so it's always good to hear that uh they

947
01:04:40,640 --> 01:04:46,960
they're really taking an opportunity to
uh check us out and we always put our

948
01:04:44,920 --> 01:04:52,400
best foot forward in everything.
Uh and congratulations to uh Fred Jones

949
01:04:50,040 --> 01:04:54,680
on being named the uh Director of Public
Works and Utilities.

950
01:04:54,040 --> 01:04:59,080
Uh
I think he'll do a great job for that

951
01:04:57,240 --> 01:05:03,920
department and continue moving it
forward in a positive direction.

952
01:05:01,120 --> 01:05:08,960
Um, I'm going to be uh attending the
League of Kansas Municipalities Regional

953
01:05:05,800 --> 01:05:15,760
Forum in Dodge City tomorrow evening and
that'll start at 5:00, but um part of

954
01:05:12,240 --> 01:05:20,440
their regional uh uh tour around Kansas,
they go to different communities. So, uh

955
01:05:17,800 --> 01:05:25,120
being on the board, I thought probably
be important that I be at that that

956
01:05:22,920 --> 01:05:27,240
forum. So, that's all I've got. Thank
you.

957
01:05:25,680 --> 01:05:29,960
» Thank you, Commissioner Langraf.
>> Also just echoing what the other

958
01:05:28,400 --> 01:05:33,720
commissioner said as well. Was able to
attend the luncheon with 11 students

959
01:05:32,000 --> 01:05:37,240
from all across the United States. Being
able to see Being able to tell them kind

960
01:05:35,600 --> 01:05:40,440
of what Garden City has to offer, and
also being able to kind of pick their

961
01:05:38,880 --> 01:05:43,560
brain and see what all that is that
they're looking for in the community

962
01:05:41,760 --> 01:05:45,840
once they get their career started. You
know, my

963
01:05:44,600 --> 01:05:48,480
kind of what I thought was like the most
interesting part was a lot of these

964
01:05:46,880 --> 01:05:53,080
people had the misconception that Garden
City's a tiny town with a very tiny

965
01:05:51,120 --> 01:05:55,680
hospital. And so, one of my favorite
quotes one of the students said to me

966
01:05:54,360 --> 01:05:59,160
was, "You know,
start looking around Garden City, saw

967
01:05:57,360 --> 01:06:01,485
you guys have a Target, saw you guys
have a Starbucks. I think I could live

968
01:06:00,960 --> 01:06:03,600
here."
>> [laughter]

969
01:06:02,200 --> 01:06:07,240
» And so, it's just kind of nice being
able to hear that sort of stuff from the

970
01:06:05,600 --> 01:06:10,520
students. Also just want to say
congratulations to Fred Jones on his

971
01:06:08,920 --> 01:06:13,960
promotion to public works and utilities
director. I just want to also say that

972
01:06:12,400 --> 01:06:17,480
you've done an amazing job as a water
resource manager, and I know you'll

973
01:06:15,440 --> 01:06:21,320
continue to do great work as the public
works and utility director. I know you

974
01:06:19,320 --> 01:06:25,080
have big shoes to fill with Mike, maybe
not literal big shoes, but metaphorical

975
01:06:23,240 --> 01:06:28,680
big shoes.
But, I know you can [laughter] do it

976
01:06:26,240 --> 01:06:28,680
well.

977
01:06:29,600 --> 01:06:32,160
» Oh, no.

978
01:06:34,320 --> 01:06:38,166
» Great.
I don't know, maybe they might be the

979
01:06:36,640 --> 01:06:40,800
same size shoes.
>> [laughter]

980
01:06:39,000 --> 01:06:44,200
» But yeah, congratulations to Mr. Fred
Jones. Um,

981
01:06:42,040 --> 01:06:47,960
it's very exciting for us as we see this
new shift in leadership, and I think

982
01:06:45,880 --> 01:06:52,760
it'll be very You will do an impactful
job for our community. But also, Mr.

983
01:06:50,560 --> 01:06:57,120
Mike Muirhead, if retirement gets boring
for you, I think you'll be okay as a pro

984
01:06:54,280 --> 01:07:00,920
pitcher uh for the Pecos League. So,
yeah, I also got to attend the lunch

985
01:06:59,240 --> 01:07:05,360
with Kansas College College of
Osteopathic Medicine. Um, something that

986
01:07:03,520 --> 01:07:09,400
I really thoroughly enjoyed was hearing
what they desired to build their careers

987
01:07:07,720 --> 01:07:13,880
and like what
what aspect of community and it

988
01:07:10,640 --> 01:07:17,320
literally is having a community facing
place to live in and for them I think

989
01:07:15,520 --> 01:07:21,680
that is so important and so inspiring
for me because if that is what these

990
01:07:19,160 --> 01:07:25,360
people are looking for then I am sure
and proud to say that Garden City is a

991
01:07:23,080 --> 01:07:29,960
place that offers that too.
Somebody that was I was very upset not

992
01:07:28,240 --> 01:07:33,520
to be at the donut eating contest and
the brisket judging but I think one

993
01:07:31,760 --> 01:07:38,440
person that I got failed to be mentioned
there was actually officer Wilson who

994
01:07:35,120 --> 01:07:41,520
came pretty close I hear. So he and I
joked about maybe we need to have our

995
01:07:39,720 --> 01:07:45,080
own
donut eating contest and have to be

996
01:07:43,560 --> 01:07:50,440
crowned the champion for the whole city
as opposed to just the Salvation Army.

997
01:07:47,520 --> 01:07:54,320
What a joy and also prayer in action and
organization that I love is in town the

998
01:07:52,360 --> 01:07:59,040
last two weeks this week also and
they've garnered about 80 young adults

999
01:07:56,920 --> 01:08:03,280
youth from Southwest Kansas so it's been
a joy if you guys see them out pulling

1000
01:08:00,800 --> 01:08:07,360
weeds or myself getting a little dirty
please say hi. It It is an incredible

1001
01:08:05,720 --> 01:08:11,200
joy to serve your community and I hope
that inspires everybody to find a

1002
01:08:09,000 --> 01:08:15,520
neighbor to help find somebody around
their backyard to love and to serve.

1003
01:08:13,640 --> 01:08:20,279
But on that that's all I have so let's
jump back to item at 12H.

1004
01:08:24,080 --> 01:08:36,000
» Thank you Mayor Commissioner I think
this executive session which is

1005
01:08:29,839 --> 01:08:39,600
a request to go under the statute 754396
pertaining to preliminary discussions

1006
01:08:37,520 --> 01:08:44,480
relating to the acquisition
of real property.

1007
01:08:41,400 --> 01:08:48,040
I think we estimate 15 minutes
and

1008
01:08:45,880 --> 01:08:53,400
ask that
city attorney

1009
01:08:50,120 --> 01:08:58,480
city manager deputy city manager Burke
public works and utilities director

1010
01:08:54,839 --> 01:09:04,520
Muirhead and director of electric
operations Chan be

1011
01:09:01,520 --> 01:09:07,720
included in that executive session.
>> I want to make a motion for this item.

1012
01:09:10,279 --> 01:09:18,640
» I move to go into executive session
pursuant to KSA 75-4319

1013
01:09:15,520 --> 01:09:24,359
B6 pertaining to preliminary discussions
relating to the acquisition of real

1014
01:09:20,880 --> 01:09:26,200
property for 15 minutes starting at 2
15.

1015
01:09:25,847 --> 01:09:31,560
» [snorts]
>> Um including um Jennifer Cunningham,

1016
01:09:28,920 --> 01:09:34,319
Matt Allen, Daniel Burke, Mike Muirhead,
and Jose Chan.

1017
01:09:33,799 --> 01:09:37,120
» Second.
>> There's been a motion and a second. Any

1018
01:09:35,640 --> 01:09:38,880
further discussion?
I'm seeing none. All those in favor say

1019
01:09:38,400 --> 01:09:43,160
"Aye."
>> Aye.

1020
01:09:39,400 --> 01:09:45,759
» Opposed, nay. Motion passes.
Yeah.

1021
01:09:43,600 --> 01:09:45,759
» Yes.

1022
01:18:39,760 --> 01:18:41,920
» Mhm.

1023
01:24:24,760 --> 01:24:26,920
» Mhm.

1024
01:26:19,760 --> 01:26:21,920
» Mhm.

1025
01:31:39,600 --> 01:31:45,040
» Yeah.
>> Whatever you guys think.

1026
01:31:42,520 --> 01:31:47,920
» Yeah, that'll work.
No, I just extend

1027
01:31:46,440 --> 01:31:51,680
» We have left executive session and no
binding action was taken. I'll entertain

1028
01:31:49,400 --> 01:31:54,760
a motion to return to executive session.
>> I move to return to executive session

1029
01:31:53,560 --> 01:31:56,720
for 15 minutes.
>> I'll second.

1030
01:31:55,720 --> 01:32:00,200
» There's been a motion and a second. Any
further discussion?

1031
01:31:58,480 --> 01:32:04,640
Seeing none, all those in favor say I.
I. Opposed nay.

1032
01:32:01,800 --> 01:32:04,640
Motion passes.

1033
01:35:54,760 --> 01:35:56,920
» Mhm.

1034
01:39:44,760 --> 01:39:46,920
» Mhm.

1035
01:43:34,760 --> 01:43:36,920
» Mhm.

1036
01:45:29,760 --> 01:45:31,920
» Mhm.

1037
01:46:40,720 --> 01:46:46,520
» Our executive session has expired with
no items left on the agenda. This

1038
01:46:43,640 --> 01:46:46,520
meeting is adjourned.