[0:00] the public hearing for the adoption of final budget fiscal year 2627.

[0:08] Any discussion on that?

[0:17] » Certainly discussed it quite a bit.

[0:28] Any public comment on the year's budget? Fiscal year's

[0:34] budget.

[0:37] Doing everything right.

[0:41] Look at it.

[0:45] [snorts]

[0:54] Nothing's been changed.

[0:58] Um there's been some minor changes. Um not very much though. Like for

[1:03] example in uh my department in the general fund.

[1:08] Uh I reduced office supplies by 1,500 and then reallocated that to other

[1:13] areas. Uh so like for example legal I had the wrong amount or the annual

[1:18] amount um for attorney fees. So I updated that to the correct one. And

[1:24] then like facilities, they decreased that by $1,000 as well uh for

[1:29] professional services to make up for that. And just a few other line items.

[1:34] Most of the changes that were made were um to update for property taxes. So

[1:39] whatever we had decided during those budget meetings that the property tax

[1:42] number needed to be, it was updating to that to that number. So like general

[1:46] fund uh the final budgeted property taxes for

[1:51] that fund was uh uh $393,182.

[1:59] [clears throat] And then I did increase a few of the other personal property

[2:02] taxes, marijuana, etc. Um [clears throat] just more closely align

[2:07] with like marijuana, for example, we got almost a little over 21,000 this year.

[2:12] So I updated that number. And then uh principle and interest on the liquid

[2:16] taxes. Uh we've had quite a bit more than the 6,500 that I budgeted for the

[2:22] last few years. So I just bumped up that number as well.

[2:27] Um and then another one for example in

[2:31] public safety we had talked about more training services for the officers. Uh

[2:36] so that number was increased to 6,000. um

[2:44] office operating supply, excuse me, was decreased and then professional services

[2:49] was increased uh $5,000.

[2:54] [clears throat] Uh just some minor changes here and there and those were

[2:57] mostly the two that got adjusted. Uh, I guess the one last thing is I did in the

[3:03] general fund on page 20, well it says 27 to 131

[3:12] um the transfers out. So [clears throat] to make the public safety fund balance

[3:18] for the year as far as budgeted numbers go, I did have to increase that transfer

[3:23] to public safety by $100,000. Um

[3:29] that doesn't mean we have to transfer that amount during the year. It just

[3:32] authorizes us to transfer up to 250,000. Um but to make that budget work, I had

[3:37] to put that budget for that transfer so that our cash reserves didn't show as

[3:43] negative in the public safety fund. Okay. So that was probably the biggest

[3:49] change made from our last uh meeting until

[3:57] And then as far as mill levies go, [clears throat]

[4:01] um

[4:04] the permissive medical is what we had discussed previously

[4:09] at uh 41.5 mills um which generates about

[4:15] 145,000 in revenue for the year. Uh general fund

[4:21] general fund is 110.68 68 mill comprehensive insurance is 10.45

[4:27] uh public safety is 51.45 Ps is 13.6 and group health was also

[4:34] 13.6 a total of 241.28

[4:38] 28 mills for fiscal year 2627.

[4:49] [clears throat] And then landfill fees, like we discussed during the budgeting

[4:52] process, since we lost the some of our other revenue sources for the landfill,

[4:56] those fees were increased approximately 5% from last year.

[5:03] [clears throat] >> But we're expecting an overall decrease

[5:05] in income from the landfill this year due to that. just because of the fixed

[5:09] contract that we no longer have, you know,

[5:31] Any

[5:35] [snorts]

[5:47] other questions or comments? >> What's that?

[5:49] » He answered everything that I >> Any other questions?

[5:54] » I'd make a motion to close. >> Yeah. We'll we um go ahead and close the

[6:00] public hearing on that and we'll start up the regular council meeting at 6:30.

[6:06] 6:20.

[6:12] » Okay. We'll call the meeting to order. You can stand for the pledge.

[6:17] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the

[6:22] republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[6:28] justice for all.

[6:33] » Thank you. We're moving to roll call. Mayor's here. Steven Hopes

[6:37] » here. >> George Twin

[6:39] » here. >> Clayton Greer

[6:40] » here. >> Jeremy Krebs

[6:42] » here. Uh Chris Sharp is out tonight. and AJ Espinosa here.

[6:48] All right, we [clears throat] move into the council meeting minutes of uh August

[6:52] 18th, 2026. There's one uh one correction that Angela pointed out on

[6:57] page two of four down the last little line before the last paragraph. I will

[7:04] not be out of town September 1st. It's supposed to be the first meeting in

[7:08] October >> first meeting.

[7:10] » So yeah, that'll they'll make that correct. But so if there's a motion it

[7:14] could be made with that correction. >> Well, that motion not be gone today.

[7:20] » Yeah. >> The motion we accept the minutes with

[7:26] that change in the >> Okay. Any other

[7:30] » second? >> Second. Okay. Moved and seconded. accept

[7:33] the motion with the change just that that mayor will be here uh will be not

[7:39] in attendance on uh in the first meeting of October rather than first meeting in

[7:43] September. Any other discussion on that? >> Okay, those in favor say I.

[7:48] » I. >> Those opposed, same sign. Okay, motion

[7:52] carries. uh finance budget committee meeting also August 18th 26

[8:00] approved >> second it okay it's been a motion and

[8:05] approved or seconded to um to approve the budget finance committee of August

[8:11] 18th 26 any further discussion in favor say I

[8:17] » those opposed motion carries and then landfill

[8:22] committee meeting for August 18th, 26. Any additions or corrections there?

[8:28] » Motion to approve. >> Second.

[8:30] » Okay. It's been moved and seconded to approve the landfill committee meeting

[8:34] minutes August 18th, 26. Any further discussion? Those in favor say I.

[8:39] » I. >> Those opposed? [snorts]

[8:42] » Okay. Motion carries. I'll move into claims.

[8:46] I make [clears throat] an a motion to approve claims 34209

[8:51] to 34278 excluding uh claim 34222

[9:00] at this time uh brought up by Mr. coin and for a

[9:06] dollar total amount of uh do we have to do the

[9:10] » math >> math? Math.

[9:12] » Was it just $150 though? [clears throat] >> 150. Yeah. So $102,19847

[9:20] minus $150. [cough] Sorry.

[9:24] » So it's the Yeah. So it's the it's the $150 portion of that.

[9:28] » Correct. >> Just just the $150 portion of that claim

[9:31] cuz the total claim was more, right? >> 2500. Okay. All right. It's been moved

[9:36] and seconded to approve >> Oh, sorry.

[9:39] » I have another question on claim number 34223

[9:44] from uh Daily Engineering. [clears throat]

[9:47] There was a a letter attached to that. I'd like to read it. Attached is the

[9:54] July invoice for the city of Hardy Harden wastewater treatment plan

[9:58] projects. On of note, Staley has held our current efforts for the uh

[10:02] construction engineering and grant portion of this project.

[10:06] Additional time procuring more funding [snorts] for the project following the

[10:10] bid openings as well as significant amounts of time responding to the RFIs

[10:16] have contributed to budget shortfalls. We anticipate having some additional

[10:21] money left in the inspection phase and we will have a uh conversation with the

[10:26] funding agency to see if some of the contingency funds can be used to cover

[10:30] this overage. Do we have an explanation?

[10:37] » So what what Dax stated um on that letter was original contract was

[10:45] for this much time of us doing answering uh

[10:52] requests for information, doing grants and budgeting. There's been so much

[10:56] additional stuff go into this project because of other things that have

[11:00] happened like um we had to reduce those project costs. We had to put more time

[11:06] into the budget into grants management and things like that that we've

[11:10] exhausted what we originally contracted.

[11:18] So there's money in the project available at some point hopefully and

[11:24] but we don't have any more contract contract money

[11:28] » contract dollars for what for project management available to us in that line

[11:33] item >> and we didn't foresee this when we

[11:38] started the project that I mean we when we started the project we knew we were

[11:43] reducing from the original project to a different

[11:46] » we were already under contract >> for the big project.

[11:51] » Yeah. >> Okay.

[11:52] » A couple years prior to that. >> So, no, there was no way to anticipate

[11:58] that. I mean, that's that's the point is there was no way to anticipate what

[12:02] additional time and effort we were going to have in and and not only that, but

[12:08] answering requests for information from the contractor. Yeah. you know, that's

[12:12] » Is that a deficiency in the um drawings or is that a deficiency in the

[12:17] contractor's experience? >> No, I think it's just a a a consequence

[12:24] of a very complex project. You're you're retrofitting a 50-year-old wastewater

[12:28] treatment plant and you you know, you're exposing things that haven't been

[12:33] exposed for 50 years and you're going to have problems. There's going to be

[12:36] unforeseen things come up. Those require us to answer a question to them like,

[12:40] "Hey, we found a pipe that was, you know, the whole top of it fell out. We

[12:45] there was no way we could know once we dug it up and as part of the project, we

[12:49] had to dig it up and now lo and behold, we got a pipe that's um got to be cool

[12:54] and we got to repair it, you know, to keep the plant running." So those are

[12:58] the kind of things that that requires us time to design time to do something

[13:02] additionally that there was no way to anticipate what what was going to what

[13:07] we were going to find or may give away in a pipe.

[13:12] » Right. [clears throat] Right. And I think that that's what it's

[13:15] come down to. It's it was unforeseen things that there's no way to anticipate

[13:19] you until you dig them up. You don't know what's there.

[13:24] So, what's the difference I guess with this? Um, you know, what's the

[13:27] difference in that price? A few thousand or

[13:32] again, I don't know how to I don't know how to get to the

[13:35] » project isn't over yet either. >> Yeah. I mean, we got another

[13:39] » 9 months, >> 10 or 12 months or 9 months probably of

[13:43] time in the in the deal. What what Dax did state in there is in

[13:49] the inspection budget in the um contingency funds, we're not saying we

[13:55] want to exceed the total budget of the project. We're

[13:59] saying that we've exceeded that line item in the budget.

[14:03] There is probably going to be contingency funds. There is probably

[14:06] going to be some leftover in what I do um that could cover what additional time

[14:11] that Dax puts into it or Robbie puts into it in grants management and project

[14:16] management. So I don't know if that answered your

[14:20] question. >> Well, I came in after I think we'd

[14:25] already signed this contract and the project was underway. So I didn't

[14:28] understand that we were under contract with a a different

[14:32] um method going in before we changed in mid mid contract. So

[14:43] but I agree there are a lot of u requests for information that I've been

[14:47] watching in the meetings and it seems like there's a lot

[14:52] » that's unclear that's needing clarification. So

[14:55] » yeah, and I think a lot of those are due to the fact that,

[14:59] you know, they dig something up and lo and behold, there's some something else

[15:03] wrong. It's outside of what they're supposed to be doing, but they got to

[15:07] fix it. So, >> you know, those kind of those kind of

[15:10] problems. Perfect example is like the last meeting when we talked about the

[15:13] headworks. Uh the the the effluent pipe coming out of the headworks and they

[15:18] exposed it, the whole top of it was rotted off. I mean, that's exactly what

[15:22] I'm talking about. [snorts] And there is no way to anticipate what

[15:25] you're going to find on 50-y old plate. It is what it is. It's

[15:29] » Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's not.

[15:36] Appreciate it. Does that clarify question?

[15:39] » Yes, that answers my questioning. Thank you.

[15:40] » Okay, you bet. Um, so it's been [clears throat] moved and seconded uh to

[15:45] approve claims 34209 to 34278

[15:50] with the removal of $150 portion of claim number 34222.

[15:56] So if you subtract that out, it's the the total claim would be $102,4847

[16:03] um originally 102 102,19847.

[16:08] So been um to remove that $150. Any further discussion? Those in favor

[16:17] say I. >> I.

[16:18] » Those opposed? Same sign? >> Okay.

[16:23] Claims are approved. Um public comment tonight for agenda items.

[16:29] Any public comment tonight?

[16:33] Okay, seeing none, we'll move into mayor's report. So, I talked with our

[16:37] potential chief of police candidate last week and uh he said that they're going

[16:42] to be doing some reviewing um some of the medical stuff that he had mentioned

[16:47] before. Um there's another potential for this. He he had said from when I talked

[16:53] to him 2 to 3 weeks he should know more. So hopefully better news. Um, so we want

[16:59] to give him a little bit of time, but if he's not able to, you know, tell me at

[17:04] that time, let's say two more weeks from now, I'm hoping to hear something. If

[17:09] not, we, you know, we probably have to figure something out. Yeah. Move on.

[17:15] But, um, we're hoping for the best on that. So, unfortunately, it's a little

[17:20] more time, but I think it'd be worth um worth waiting for, uh, if we if that if

[17:25] something will work out for that. So my mic Oh, my mic's not down.

[17:29] » I think they're just getting [clears throat] feedback.

[17:34] » And that's all I have on that for now. Um, moving into the committee report. So

[17:38] the for the city policy manual, again, I just want to remind council especially

[17:43] that if you can look through any of the manual, um, if you have anything you'd

[17:47] like to see changed, maybe put that together in an email, um, just

[17:52] separately and email it to me. Um because we want to now that we've gone

[17:56] through our budget approvals and everything for the fiscal year, kind of

[17:59] want to look at that and see if there's some things we can change and not one or

[18:04] two pages and then have something later. >> Things I want to change.

[18:07] » Okay. Yeah. And we can certainly have a you know a committee meeting or

[18:10] something about it too, but um like to start looking at that a little closer.

[18:15] So all right, we'll move on to city and sewer and water and streets and

[18:19] alleyways. Steve. >> All right. As you know, they're still

[18:24] slaving away down there at the sewer treatment plant

[18:28] [snorts] and

[18:31] there's still surprises going on down there. So, I won't harve too much on

[18:37] that. Water is still doing okay. street parts.

[18:42] They started digging, if you notice, over there by the Wilson [clears throat]

[18:46] building. They pulled the curb on that and they got a contractor in there to

[18:51] put the curb in and then we'll go back in there and do the asphalt from that.

[18:56] They also been trying to get the machine set up for

[19:04] dirt patching. >> Mhm. They ran into quite a few problems

[19:08] with there. I'll let Mike fill you guys in on the

[19:13] process that they're going to perform after they get it all up and running.

[19:19] Alleys. I know Moses went down the alleys the other day looking to see

[19:24] which one needs to be touched up, which ones don't. He said he'd continue on

[19:30] with that besides giving guidance to the other guys [snorts]

[19:35] during the day on the dirt patch. He said it's going to be day or two before

[19:40] he can finish up on that part and he'll figure out what needs to be blade and

[19:44] what don't. And that's all I got. Mike will finish

[19:49] in on the rest. >> Thanks Steve. Uh law enforcement George.

[19:54] Uh, like you had mentioned in your report, we're kind of on hold, waiting

[19:58] for a new chief. Um, we just had an officer go to academy yesterday,

[20:03] » today. >> Today going up today. Y

[20:06] » tomorrow. >> That's kind of exciting and things are

[20:10] going good and it I think I think the guys are going

[20:14] and doing a good job. Um, we've increased our hours on the street. Um,

[20:19] and so that's good for everybody. >> [clears throat]

[20:23] » Mhm. All right. Thanks, George. Parks and Playgrounds, Jeremy.

[20:29] » Um the the cameras that were purchased um before the last meeting uh have been

[20:35] installed by the city crews. So now we have surveillance over there um in that

[20:40] park. Um so hopefully that'll curb some of the stuff that's going on over there.

[20:44] Some of the um vandalism if it does happen. Is there a war is there a

[20:48] warning sign that says you're on camera? >> No, sir.

[20:53] You will need to have that. >> It's on order. I haven't got it yet.

[20:56] » Thank you. >> Is that audio too [clears throat] or

[20:59] just visual? >> I believe it has audio.

[21:03] » I'm sure because the sign would have to indicate.

[21:06] » Yeah, [clears throat] it has indication on it.

[21:08] » Oh, is it surveillance? >> As far as I know, it would be best to

[21:13] have both. >> Just a sign that says you're under

[21:17] surveillance. >> I don't think it's going to be turned on

[21:20] until we get that sign. Okay. I think right now he has a window sticker,

[21:24] right? You have a window sticker that it came with. Maybe you could just put that

[21:28] on a piece of plywood or something and stick that over there for now or

[21:31] something just until your other signs come. I mean, that's all that you need,

[21:34] right? >> It just has to be [clears throat] says

[21:36] that it's under surveillance. >> Well, it needs to be

[21:40] different. >> We'll look into it.

[21:41] » I mean, there's nothing that says you have to have it at, you know, every

[21:45] cardinal direction or anything like that. It just has to be in a conspicuous

[21:48] place somewhere >> so that they can see it.

[21:51] Well, before it's turned on, we'll have signs.

[21:54] » I think we could do a paper sign. >> Yeah. Something.

[21:59] » I can get you a piece of plexiglass if you want that sticker on.

[22:04] » Hey, Mike. >> One for me tomorrow.

[22:07] » Okay. >> Yeah.

[22:09] » That all you have, Jeremy? >> Uh, no. And then the concrete

[22:12] [clears throat] slab over there at the skate park is completed. Um, and also

[22:20] over at Hyatt Park. Um, for some reason the the concrete is heed over there and

[22:26] I've noticed that for for a while. Um, I don't know how it happened but it's

[22:31] bowed up pretty good. Um, so we're having a contractor right now remove

[22:36] that that part that is um heaved and they're going to pour concrete there so

[22:42] it's not a tripping hazard and we don't. That reminds me um I think the sidewalk

[22:47] in front of Shiftton's >> on that state.

[22:50] » It was they were working on that for a while.

[22:52] » Okay. It was all >> that was like a couple months ago or

[22:55] something. >> Okay. So is that

[22:56] » I think they do they fix that completely or do they have to wait for anything?

[22:59] » That happens every so often [clears throat] a chunk just come up and

[23:03] there's few other places where it just eats up.

[23:08] » Yeah. >> Yeah. when you had mentioned that to me

[23:10] one day that about a day later or two days later they were a big crew was out

[23:14] there doing stuff >> not not any of my work but

[23:17] » the part that's u you know around our park is in the process of getting fixed

[23:22] and replaced just so then we don't have that problem with something somebody

[23:24] tripping over it or something >> that's the biggest problem

[23:27] » y so that's all I have >> all right thanks um finance landfill

[23:32] Clayton >> uh finance just the stuff that we've

[23:35] been going over and landfill just reports back the way we've been doing. I

[23:41] think it's the increase coming up, but that's about it.

[23:45] » Anything for impact fee advisory? >> Uh, no.

[23:48] » Okay. Uh, resolutions and ordinances. Chris is out on economic development.

[23:54] » George, uh, Tina will be giving a report later tonight and I'll leave that for

[23:58] her. >> Okay.

[24:00] All right. And then [clears throat] in your packet there's uh for petitions and

[24:04] communications uh pilot community tourism grant program year-end

[24:08] evaluation. That's included in your packet for review.

[24:12] Um and then a letter that I uh wanted to include uh for some communications

[24:20] testing that the the Air Force is doing. Um I put out a message on Facebook, but

[24:26] it wasn't real complete. Um then later I had put this letter on there as well. Um

[24:31] one thing I'll add to that um the the gentleman that visited with me in my

[24:36] office, he had said that the uh Harden got selected mainly because we're within

[24:43] a thousand miles of a town in um in uh Minnesota that was it Minnesota that

[24:51] we're within a thousand miles of this town. And so we got selected as as one

[24:56] of the towns to as kind of a base for for their testing. So supposed to be

[25:01] going through September 10th. Um but they're doing some other things out past

[25:05] Ashland and just a bunch of communications testing. So anyway, that

[25:10] » fly flyovers and such. >> Um I don't know if there's much with

[25:14] airplanes or not. I mean, you'd think so with Air Force, but it's more radio

[25:17] stuff. It's Yeah, a lot of radio stuff. Well, and didn't the communication say

[25:21] they were raising the ceiling instead of lowering it? So, I thought that was odd,

[25:27] but >> yeah, I'm not I'm not sure their full

[25:30] detail, but it's fairly regular training that they do. So,

[25:35] um all right, so that concludes that

[25:38] unfinished business. Um Jordan may have a little information for we're going to

[25:44] kind of go back to unfinished business here for Northern Chiropractic. uh the

[25:48] handicap sign. >> Sure. So, I did some digging on ADA

[25:52] regulations both in the state and federally and I cannot find much for

[25:57] regulations for on street parking. Most everything I found was for that applied

[26:01] to public entities, the city, county, things like that. But also on property

[26:07] parking was the biggest regulation. So, as far as street parking, there's

[26:11] nothing on the street that has to be specific other than there is a ramp

[26:15] there on the corner, I believe. Um, we were just talking about earlier. The

[26:19] other thing I noticed is that there may have to be an area for wheelchairs to

[26:24] turn around or to pass on the sidewalk. So, I don't know what our sidewalk

[26:29] length is exactly or or width, I'm sorry, 48 in is what I'm told. For

[26:35] passing area, it's got to be 60 in, but it's only got to be every 200 ft. So, I

[26:40] don't know if there's a spot on your property, a driveway or part of your

[26:44] sidewalk, um, has a 60-in area that somebody could pull off and get around

[26:50] somebody else or something like that. That was the only thing I could see of

[26:54] note. >> The front of my building is over 60 in,

[27:00] but the side where that parking spot would be wouldn't be.

[27:04] » Okay. >> It'd be a 36, I think, or what's the

[27:07] standard sidewalk? 36 on that side, but where they would have access to the

[27:12] corner ramp, that whole area from there to my front of my office would be. So,

[27:19] if they were coming off the street from that parking area, it would be covered.

[27:22] But if it was on the sidewalk coming out of that vehicle, it wouldn't.

[27:27] » And then the rest of the regulations would be applying to things that would

[27:31] be on your property. So that' be the slope of the ramp, the length of the

[27:37] ramp, width of it, turnaround area, things like that, handrails, whatever it

[27:41] may be. That would all be on private property. So at that point, [snorts] um

[27:45] I can't see much else for requirements from the city for street handicap

[27:51] access. >> So if he wanted the street one, then he

[27:55] could go ahead and do that then. >> Well, I think it would be on us to put

[27:58] it up because it is street property. I think it'd be appropriate for us to hang

[28:02] the sign and paint the curb. We don't want to probably get in the business of

[28:05] just letting people start painting curbs.

[28:09] » I did over here painted it green. >> I know [laughter]

[28:14] it's not the only place either. >> No, I know. [snorts]

[28:17] Give himself some more parking spots. >> So, what do we need to do there? We need

[28:22] to make a motion. I I think at this point I'm comfortable

[28:26] because I can't find any real good regulations governing street handicap

[28:30] parking. I I'm comfortable with the city proceeding with instructing Mike to

[28:36] order a sign and paint curve if that's what council wants to do.

[28:41] » I I feel comfortable if you did that. >> How about you Jeremy?

[28:45] » You good? >> You make it.

[28:49] » Okay. I make a motion that [clears throat and cough] we take care

[28:53] of the handicap sign over at Northern Chiropractic Care.

[28:58] Hang the sign, paint the curb. >> Second.

[29:03] » Okay, it's been moved and seconded to approve the handicap sign for Northern

[29:07] Chiropractic, including uh putting up the sign and painting the curb blue. Um,

[29:12] any other discussion on that? >> Those in favor say I. I.

[29:17] » Those opposed? Same sign. >> Okay, that makes sense.

[29:23] Thanks. >> All right, I'll move into new business.

[29:27] Uh, Northcon payout number 14 for $766,41.97.

[29:37] [clears throat]

[29:41] » There you go. >> Make a motion to approve.

[29:44] » Second it. Okay. >> Moved and seconded to approve Northcon

[29:49] pay application number 14. Any further discussion?

[29:54] » Um Drew, it's your recommendation to pay this payout.

[29:57] » Yeah. [clears throat]

[30:00] » Okay. Those in favor say I.

[30:03] » I. >> Those opposed? Same sign.

[30:06] » Okay. Motion carries. And then the change order, Northcon

[30:10] change order number five for $35,42054.

[30:17] And did you want to speak on that? Sure. Yeah. Come on up, sir.

[30:24] » Hi, I'm Bill Staley. Bill,

[30:27] » I'm actually the inspector here all the time. So, Dax wasn't able to come

[30:30] tonight. He had a another meeting that that interfered with this. So, I get to

[30:34] I get the pleasure of getting to stand in [laughter] front of you guys. Um so

[30:37] that change order uh encompasses um three change proposal requests that we

[30:44] had submitted to the contractor. Uh first [snorts] one being uh CPR number

[30:49] two change proposal request CPR. Um and that was for underlap pipe casements. Um

[30:56] originally the only underlap pipe casement was under the main new

[31:00] clarifier. Um once we got to looking, we should have we we we intended but did

[31:07] not specify in the drawings the unders slap pipe enc casement for um underneath

[31:14] the the there's a big splitter box that that separates where the water goes to

[31:18] which clarifier. It's a very large structure with holds quite a lot of

[31:23] water. So pretty heavy. Um and and got piece of pipe that goes underneath a

[31:27] 14-in piece of of ductal iron pipe underneath it. it needs to be encased

[31:32] because you don't want it to if that if that settles you don't want it to crush

[31:35] that pipe. Um then at the head works uh and then inside the UV admin building.

[31:42] Um so that's what that that portion was for

[31:47] the CPR number four question. >> No.

[31:52] » Okay. >> I do. So they're going to encase the

[31:56] pipe underneath the headworks. >> Yeah. the one that comes the new pipe

[32:00] that's will be [snorts] from the new clarifier um is underneath the floor. Um

[32:06] one of the reasons it wasn't initially uh intended to be encased is because

[32:11] that was actually going to be a uh pan deck for so it' be a pan deck on top

[32:18] of the um old chlorination channels >> and then that would have just laid

[32:24] inside of one of the old coronation channels. Uh we we chose to have that

[32:29] whole thing back filled in underneath in those chlorination channels.

[32:33] » Headworks buildings or the UV building? >> UV building.

[32:35] » UV >> underneath the headworks building is is

[32:40] um there's a pipe that runs basically the length of that building underneath.

[32:44] » The headworks building is already poured. How are we going to encase that

[32:48] pipe now? Are they going to excavate underneath the new head?

[32:51] » It's encased. Yeah, it's all done. All of these are actually done.

[32:56] All three of these are actually done. Just took a while to get everybody to

[33:00] sign everything. >> Okay. Um,

[33:04] the next one would have been uh CPR number four, which is

[33:13] after after figuring out all of the back filling inside of the UV building,

[33:19] doing all that, we had we had to modify the way that the box that the pipes that

[33:26] comes. This is the big 14-in pipe. The UV channel sits like this. The big 14-in

[33:31] pipe comes in here. The old um clarifiers feed into here. We had to

[33:36] modify the way that that box was shaped and it required us to and there wasn't

[33:40] ever included a stop gate to make it to where we can't so the water doesn't go

[33:44] down the old UV channel. >> It only goes down the new one or take it

[33:48] out and it goes down both or make it block it off so that you block off the

[33:52] new UV channel and it only goes down the old channel there. So, there's two stop

[33:57] gates that go there. one that goes blocks off the new channel, one that

[34:01] blocks off the old channel. Um, they just they weren't in the design and now

[34:05] they are. Um, and that's what that's for.

[34:10] Uh, electrical for demo. So, electrical

[34:14] building is is now the new electrical building will be where the old pump

[34:19] house was, the old airator pump for the digress. There was a huge there's a

[34:23] little building in the back corner on the north side of the of the plant. Um

[34:27] that's now the electrical building. Um when Millennium Electric started to put

[34:35] the conduits in the sweeps that they needed, the the conduit sweeps, the big

[34:39] 4-in conduit sweeps are are 6 and 1/2 ft long in order to make a 90° bend.

[34:45] » [clears throat] >> The intent was they would just poke

[34:48] holes through the um through the floor, cut a cut a big enough space out to get

[34:53] it down, hand shovel down, and then go out the footer wall. But in order to do

[34:58] that, they come to find out that they had to cut most of the floor of the of

[35:02] the electrical building out in order to get those sweeps to go down because

[35:05] they're so darn big. >> And I think it was

[35:10] the difference between construction and engineering. You know, sometimes you you

[35:14] come to find out that you you what you think they should be able to do. Well,

[35:18] we didn't really want to compromise the the the integrity of the structure by

[35:23] undermining the footer wall. [clears throat] So, they cut most of the

[35:28] electrical building floor out so that they could get all their sweeps ran, get

[35:32] all the electrical, new electrical conduits put in, had to put a new floor

[35:35] back in. So, those are the three that are on that one.

[35:42] Any questions?

[35:50] » Make a motion to approve. >> Second.

[35:54] » Okay. It's been moved and and uh seconded to approve Northcon change

[35:58] order number five in the amount of 35,425

[36:03] $420.54. Any other discussion?

[36:08] » Those in favor say I. >> I. Those opposed? Same sign. Okay.

[36:13] Motion approved. Um curb and gutter replacement for uh on Fourth Street.

[36:18] There should be able to see in your packet

[36:22] there's uh so part of this is from city or from u

[36:28] I guess from the MCA, right, Michael? But um the council would need to approve

[36:34] the project. Um, the amounts aren't necessarily I

[36:38] mean the amounts would be less for the city, you know, under the 5,000, but you

[36:42] guys would have to approve the project. Um,

[36:48] so you can see the pictures in there. So, so are these two different herds,

[36:54] two two different areas, cuz you have around here 5 to $7,000. So, it looks

[36:58] like there's one estimate of 6,300.

[37:04] Yeah. So there's two separate ones. I tried to number them 001 and 002. Uh the

[37:10] first So we just made up a sheet. Just noticed

[37:15] to city council curb gutter needs to be replaced at 5 South Terry Avenue.

[37:20] Approximately 70 ft of curbon gutter. It is sunk. It's creating a low point for

[37:25] water to cool and deteriorate the road. Estimated cost around $3,000 to $4,000.

[37:31] Uh [clears throat] the property owner does know about this. Um and then we

[37:36] included the uh the bid from Eric Day in there which

[37:41] he bid $3,650 to do that.

[37:48] Um so that would be number one and then I included a picture with it in case

[37:53] there's some visual people. Number two would be 10 Fourth Street West. This is

[37:59] the construction right down here by Center Street. It's approximately 130

[38:03] ft. That's curb and gutter. The existing curb and gutter is in poor

[38:07] condition as has expired. It's just not >> or experience significant cracking,

[38:13] breaking and settling. I estimated around 5 to7,000 for that one. And then

[38:19] I think we got a quote in there for 6,350.

[38:24] » That's pretty good. The 3650 was the quote for the first for

[38:29] [clears throat] for five South Terry and then the other

[38:32] one was you had already had for >> 6350.

[38:36] » The reason why I'm asking is because you just had the curb replacement on here

[38:41] just for the just for right over here, right? But you want them both approved.

[38:46] » Yeah. I apologize. I didn't get them listed out in the cover sheet of the

[38:50] council packet. There's two separate ones in here.

[38:53] » Yeah, I I see that. Yeah, you could talk to Jordan.

[38:57] » I just asked Jordan that because since it wasn't itemized, but it it is in the

[39:02] packet that, you know, and the approval is basically council's approving the

[39:07] project, not necessarily the >> dollar amount.

[39:09] » The dollar amount for the 3 to 4,000 wouldn't be wouldn't necessarily need

[39:13] council, >> but we're paying what a portion of it.

[39:16] » So, they are two completely separate projects. Mhm.

[39:21] » Two unrelated property owners. So, make a motion to approve for both

[39:26] projects. That >> be okay for one motion. I'm both

[39:31] » I'm fine with it. I think the reason and you can correct me if I'm wrong memory

[39:35] probably wipe it all clean from my my head, but I think I suggested both of

[39:39] them be on the agenda just for your guys's knowledge and the public's

[39:43] knowledge of what's going on. So, the one is under the $5,000 limit.

[39:47] » The other [clears throat] one's above the $5,000 limit. he can spend up to the

[39:51] 5,000, but I just suggested let's just put it on there so everybody knows

[39:55] what's going on. So, the one motion for the one above 5,000 is really the only

[39:59] one that's needed. >> Okay.

[40:00] » But with that project, Mike, is the um property owner paying 50% of the bill?

[40:06] » Yeah. So, the city would only be paying 50% of the um the actual quote in there.

[40:13] » So, >> so I think he's still below his

[40:15] » Mhm. >> Yeah.

[40:17] » Yeah. But the original dollar amount is still above this 5,000. So you can't you

[40:22] still have to document it. >> Okay.

[40:24] » Yeah. I don't think that I don't have a problem with either of the or the both

[40:28] of the projects. So I'm going to make a motion.

[40:31] » Well, you already got out on it. >> Oh, you already did.

[40:33] » Clayton did make Yeah. motion for both, right?

[40:36] » Yeah. >> Yeah. Okay.

[40:37] » And I I second both. >> Second. Okay. Okay. So, it's been moved

[40:40] and seconded to approve these [clears throat] uh projects for the five

[40:44] South Terry and then the other one >> sorry the yeah on 10th Street.

[40:51] [clears throat] Any further discussion? Those in favor say I.

[40:55] » I. >> Those opposed same sign

[40:57] » and abstain. >> Okay.

[41:01] All right. Motion carries. And then Big Horn County Hospital inmate bills. Guess

[41:07] this was kind of new business now. We've we've

[41:11] gone over some old stuff, but um

[41:16] we had [clears throat] a meeting with with uh hospital on the phone with their

[41:22] attorney. I don't know if you wanted to address some of that, Jordan. So last

[41:27] week we had a Zoom or Teams call with hospital administration mayor and I and

[41:33] then the attorney representing the hospital and we had told them a couple

[41:39] of months ago that council's decision was not to go any farther because you

[41:44] had more or less said once they struck out that language of no future billing,

[41:47] we weren't really interested. So I'd relayed that message to him. I think it

[41:50] was in July and then the attorney says, "Okay, I'll we'll work on it. I'm going

[41:55] on vacation. and we'll touch base. And so, um, we just met up with them. They

[42:00] want to keep negotiating and they understand now where we're coming from

[42:06] as far as the no future billing. And I walked them through the important code

[42:10] section that applies that exempts us from payment of most if not almost all

[42:15] of these bills. And I think what it was, he didn't like

[42:21] the way I wrote it and he just struck it. And instead of writing it the way he

[42:26] wanted it, he just left it as struck. And so after we talked about a little

[42:30] bit, he agreed that we need to flesh that language out of just instead of it

[42:34] saying no future billing, it would say something of we won't be build for this

[42:37] instance, this instance, this [clears throat] instance, all the

[42:39] exemptions that are in the Montana code, leaving the door open for we would be

[42:46] build for [clears throat] the very small chance that we cause injuries by

[42:51] negligence or misconduct or something like that.

[42:54] » Okay, so that was their big thing. Their hang up on that is they didn't want to

[42:58] just flatly say we're not paying any hospital bill ever ever in the future.

[43:03] They wanted that window and I now that we talked about it. Okay.

[43:07] » The other part of the conversation was so so that was our want. That was our

[43:11] big want is no future billing. Their big want is they want money now. Um

[43:18] currently the outstanding balance is 220,000.

[43:22] Now, I've made very clear to them that one of those bills that just recently

[43:27] came our way should not be paid by us. It was injury sustained during a

[43:31] high-speed chase. That is one of the exemptions that when those injuries

[43:36] happen, we don't pay. Um, we discussed some of the statutes a little bit

[43:41] further and both the attorney for the hospital and I both agree that

[43:47] if the hospital cannot collect from the patient and they cannot collect from

[43:51] their third party either private insurance, Medicaid [clears throat] or

[43:55] Medicare, then the statute directs them to go to

[43:59] the county. Um, I know the county is going to scream when they see that, but

[44:04] that is the way it reads. And so the hospital is still interested in our

[44:11] previous offer which was to pay 25,000 and then four years of 10,000 or or some

[44:16] other offer and they would like to proceed with that to see if in goodwill

[44:21] if that's still there between us to give them something. And so that's where

[44:26] we're at. I told them we had a meeting tonight. I would send it to council and

[44:31] council will give me direction what to do next. I'm still good with that that

[44:35] offer. >> Was that their um so they did I I just

[44:41] wanted to make sure and clarify that that we did end up with

[44:46] the the discussion that that would satisfy

[44:50] the original bill that we're talking about as well if we move forward with

[44:55] those those payments. >> Well, I would make it year to date. I

[45:00] mean if if the balance is now 220 >> Mhm. this is still what you're getting.

[45:04] » And like I say, those especially the last few, they they continually send us

[45:09] bills even though their attorney says, "We'll stop billing. I just got a couple

[45:12] more." >> Um, so left hand doesn't know what right

[45:15] hand's doing all. [laughter] But the way I would phrase it is it's to

[45:21] date. We're not going back to the $80,000 amount or the $120,000 amount.

[45:26] It is whenever we [snorts] decide to do this and execute it, it will be that

[45:30] balance of that day. That's money. >> We're not paying any more on that

[45:34] balance. This is what you're getting. What? However much council decides

[45:37] council can afford, that's what we're paying

[45:39] » as like a settlement in full basic. Not necessarily. Not necessarily.

[45:43] » Yeah. I mean, just that they won't bring any more claims for those.

[45:47] » Mhm. And then >> except for if like he said we caused it

[45:52] and naturally we'll have to end up paying for it.

[45:55] » Yeah. Possibly >> if not excluded from our exclusion.

[45:59] [cough and clears throat] >> Right. But it really would be like

[46:02] officer misconduct. It it's it I read through it too and it's it it very

[46:06] details out that if it's a a resisting arrest situation and somebody gets hurt

[46:12] because they're resisting arrest and officer has to use force, it that's

[46:17] still >> against the No, it's still against the

[46:20] [clears throat] um that that doesn't

[46:22] » that doesn't Yeah. come to us, right? >> Flowers and chocolate.

[46:27] » Yep.

[46:30] So, do we have a motion to offer them 25,000 plus what what what's your

[46:38] motion, Steve? >> Well, well, we didn't motion again.

[46:41] » We didn't motion. >> Okay.

[46:43] » We didn't make a motion. We We just made some agreements talking about it.

[46:47] » I guess I'd like to ask Drew, did we forward that to the next year, Drew?

[46:52] with when we had talked about 20 or 25,000

[46:55] » is that >> I budgeted for 25,000 this year

[46:59] » for just that purpose. >> Just that purpose.

[47:01] » Okay. And then so it' be this year of 25 and the next four years of 10. Is that

[47:09] what we're >> That was what our original

[47:13] was. >> Yeah.

[47:14] » Yeah. I mean that's up to council. >> Yeah. And it would we haven't got

[47:19] [clears throat] >> come back from them though that they

[47:21] would accept that. Correct. >> Basically just asking is the offer still

[47:27] good. Right. >> Right. I mean you you can send them any

[47:30] offer you want. I mean I think they liked the idea of that offer. Basically

[47:34] » if I was reading between the lines is what if they would strike an agreement

[47:38] with us then they're going to the county with that statute and saying okay now

[47:43] you're on the hook for the rest. Here's the law that says you're going to pay.

[47:46] And >> and and like I said, this whole

[47:48] discussion has always been about goodwill. My legal conclusion is most of

[47:52] these we don't have to pay >> almost all of them.

[47:55] » And we're still paying for mainly because we all live in town.

[48:00] » His position was if if us we two parties, the hospital and the city kind

[48:05] of come up to an agreement dollar amount and that they won't bill us except for

[48:10] when it's outside of these exclusions. Then they're going to go to the county

[48:15] and the attorney for the hospital will be arguing on the same side of us of no,

[48:20] you're responsible. >> And why is the county responsible?

[48:23] Because it's their jail. >> Because it's by law,

[48:26] » state code, state code, >> Montana code. It's in there.

[48:29] » Their officers. It's our officers. It's still their responsibility.

[48:32] » Doesn't matter. >> Really?

[48:33] » It's utilizing the county jail. >> Unless

[48:37] they don't give them flowers and candy and

[48:39] » Right. No, it's if we cause something like if we had actual negligent like

[48:45] » a problem. What would you call it? Officer misconduct, whatever that

[48:48] [laughter] it specifies that, but other things

[48:51] resisting arrest and other problems, it doesn't fall in

[48:56] » pre-existing conditions is the biggest one.

[48:59] » Yeah, that's huge. >> But all you're looking for tonight is

[49:02] just [clears throat] >> direction. Do we need a motion though?

[49:06] Yes, >> I think it would be sufficient if you

[49:07] had an a dollar amount or payment plan, whatever. You put that in a motion

[49:12] authorizing me to present that to the hospital.

[49:15] » Drew, [clears throat] so we have it in our budget to pay could pay up to 25,000

[49:19] in this year's budget and then we could write it in as like 10,000 for the next

[49:24] four and it would be absorbable. >> Yeah,

[49:29] » I would like to make that motion. >> I'll second it. You want to clarify just

[49:32] » that we make the $25,000 payment this year and followed by four $10,000

[49:40] payments >> every calendar year 1,000 or one $10,000

[49:45] payment for the next four years. And that would bring us up to full payment

[49:49] for past bills due to the hospital. >> Can you specify fiscal year, not

[49:53] calendar year? >> Yeah, not calendar year, but

[49:56] » fiscal year.

[50:00] » Yeah. Yes, >> next four fiscal year.

[50:03] » So, so that this debt though of 10,000 for the next four years

[50:09] » is not paying back an old bill. >> No,

[50:13] » we're the 25 good. But the 10 is to take care of

[50:18] coming years. >> Correct.

[50:21] » Not a balance of making >> That's kind of a trick. So then in other

[50:24] words, you're saying that we're paying them $65,000

[50:30] » on hundred and some thousand ask bid. We don't want that.

[50:36] » Correct. >> That's up to you. I'll write it however

[50:39] I'll I'll clarify it however you want. >> It's we're [clears throat] giving you

[50:42] $10,000 every year to do what you do for us. Correct.

[50:49] » Well, that's not the way I had intended it. It was to apply to all the back

[50:53] payments because >> if I remember the discussion is the

[50:57] count we I'm sorry the city council did not want to do 10,000 a year forever and

[51:03] ever and ever and ever. It was no we're going to pay at that time the end of

[51:07] fiscal year 2526. We didn't have a whole lot of money but we had was that 25,000

[51:11] and if I remember the discussion it was well we'll make a few more payments for

[51:16] all that. But the language I had drafted in that original proposal was no more

[51:21] bills. >> Right.

[51:22] » Right. >> So it would have been for

[51:23] [clears throat] everything in the past. It's not paying for anything in the

[51:26] future cuz there under this new >> that was my question.

[51:30] » Under if we put this new agreement together with the language

[51:32] [clears throat] of the statute, we really shouldn't have that many bills

[51:36] » coming from the hospital. So >> what was the total of the last was it?

[51:41] » Well, the one you voted on before this was like 89 or something. 92. Yeah,

[51:46] » right in there. Uh I think it was 89 for >> I thought we already made a partial

[51:50] payment of that bill already. >> We haven't because it was never agreed

[51:53] to negotiation. So now to clarify that Clayton, I I think [clears throat] as I

[52:00] understand it, it would be Yeah. [snorts] these payments would all be for

[52:06] settling [clears throat] this whole thing. And now moving forward,

[52:09] » it the the approval of bills should only be for some kind of a you know,

[52:14] misconduct or a problem. We've heard them, you know. [clears throat]

[52:17] » Okay. Yep. >> I have a question for you, Jordan,

[52:20] though. >> If that statute has always been there

[52:23] that the county pays, why is this a bother now? Like, why did this come

[52:26] forward now? Why didn't they go to the county? And do you know any other cities

[52:29] that are in the same problem with us where if the city doesn't pay it, the

[52:33] county comes in and pays it? I don't know any specific cities, but

[52:38] this attorney had explained to me he's dealt with this

[52:41] in many other small towns and and he's very confident this is the way it goes.

[52:48] So, it sounds like we're not the only one that have had this problem. Yeah.

[52:56] » I mean, it's a really good clarification,

[52:58] » but I I asked that question actually when we talked about like why didn't

[53:01] this come up earlier with and yeah, it's [clears throat] um but like Jordan's

[53:07] addressed some of that earlier >> because they didn't have counsel then.

[53:10] They were just under their own. They didn't have that clarification.

[53:14] » They didn't have the attorney on board until very recently.

[53:16] » Okay. So, they didn't have that clarification.

[53:19] That clarifies why they moved to the county.

[53:23] » So there's a motion on the floor. >> Second.

[53:25] » And give me back to the original bill that

[53:30] that original bill that they had sent us was a reduced bill from a higher amount

[53:34] that they had given us, right? That they were quoting us and asking us to pay.

[53:38] » There was a point in there they had made an offer. Please pay this percent. I

[53:43] don't I don't remember the number. >> It was like 54% or something.

[53:46] » Yeah. But >> like it was still fairly a large amount.

[53:50] » The outstanding balance just keeps growing cuz we got we got a $21,000 bill

[53:55] just a week ago and it was from 2025. But they just now get around to billing

[54:01] us improperly cuz we told them to stop. We're negotiating. But [clears throat]

[54:06] they sent us this $21,000 bill. And I made it very clear at this meeting this

[54:11] was uh somebody fleeing and eluding police. That's specifically in the

[54:14] statute. We don't pay when that when somebody gets hurt when you're running

[54:18] away from cops. >> So it's that wouldn't be added to our

[54:21] bill anyway. >> But medical they their billing always 2

[54:25] [clears throat] years later. >> So I [snorts] guess I'm questioning it.

[54:29] What was the Was it 80,000 or was it 200,000?

[54:33] » It keeps growing. >> But I mean it's never stopped

[54:37] » with with everything though too. I'm sure they're attaching one and a half.

[54:40] 80,000 is probably a number from a year, year and a half ago, maybe more.

[54:46] » And they haven't been real consistent on billing. And now a bunch more have come

[54:51] in. And she didn't even know the answer to be to be frank. When the um legal

[54:58] council for the hospital asked uh I can't remember Roxy on the meeting, how

[55:03] much is owed? She actually didn't know. She took a she took a guess. And that's

[55:07] where we're getting that number. She guessed. Okay.

[55:12] » But regardless, like with your motion, we're talking about

[55:15] » that covers the >> Yeah. Then situation in and not knowing

[55:19] what our real bill is as are we paying 50% of that or are we paying 75% of that

[55:24] or >> what are we paying of our total bill?

[55:28] » So, we're we're not paying a percentage of anything. This is just a dollar

[55:30] amount we can afford. >> We're going to make everybody happy

[55:34] » and we're we're offering that in good faith

[55:36] » pretty much. But if we don't have to pay and they just got to go to the county,

[55:40] then why are we offering them anything? >> That's up to council

[55:43] » just to try to amends fees that have been dealt with on the

[55:48] request of the county. >> But there's a statute that says if the

[55:51] county pays for it, why are we offering any?

[55:56] » That was the question that >> that's I mean I don't think we should

[55:58] [clears throat] especially if we're going to go forward and not pay

[56:00] anything. I mean then we're I don't think we should. Here here's here's the

[56:04] legal risk I would see >> somebody going through each individual

[56:07] bill and going from from the county's perspective going no you do need to pay

[56:11] that one because that doesn't >> they're going to do that in the future

[56:15] regardless now I mean the county is going to go through and be like you

[56:18] don't pay this you should pay this you should it's going to come from them now

[56:21] » so I mean we got good body cameras if

[56:26] there's if they're saying you owe this bill cuz this was a problem

[56:29] » I see where AJ's coming from though he's Our

[56:34] council has always said, "This isn't our bill.

[56:36] » Mhm. >> Bill it to the county. Bill to someone

[56:38] else. It's not our fault." And AJ saying, "So why even pay it? Let the

[56:42] county come back pay. This uh hospital's not out anything. They can turn around

[56:46] and bill >> the county for all this past

[56:50] because they statute says they can, right?"

[56:54] » Yep. >> So I don't think we offer any money.

[57:00] So, what the lawyer is saying that if we if we do make this payment or if you we

[57:03] can come to an agreement with them that our [clears throat] 25 and then $10,000

[57:08] for the next four years after this that will take care of all the bills right

[57:12] now and they won't consider those ours and then they will go after the county.

[57:19] » That's the intention. >> That's the intention. We pay this

[57:21] amount. They will go after the county. >> Okay. Well, it sounds like a pretty good

[57:26] insurance program to keep us out of paying more then. But even though we're

[57:30] not paying [snorts]

[57:35] that to find out we owe more. >> Yeah. I mean we have discussed it like

[57:39] AJ's saying we we've discussed that that topic's come up a couple times and

[57:44] the discussion was we wanted to pay something in good faith that you know

[57:48] defer the relationship we have with the with the hospital.

[57:52] » Um both the hospital and the county. And it was the county's request that all of

[57:57] these every time you arrested somebody, you take them there and they, you know,

[58:02] stick a thing under their tongue to see if they what their temperature is,

[58:05] whatever. That's the fee we're paying. So, just to

[58:10] clarify, it's been moved and seconded to uh make a payment in the this fiscal

[58:15] year 25,000 and the next four fiscal years after that of 10,000 each um as

[58:23] basically good faith payments um to settle this

[58:26] » to settle in. >> Mhm. And then they they'd be working

[58:30] with county. >> So, we're we're just directing Jordan to

[58:35] do this. >> Yes. Jordan would

[58:37] » to make that offer. Y >> I won't we won't sign anything. Nothing

[58:40] will be finalized. If there's counter offers, bring it to council.

[58:45] [clears throat] >> Just approving you to do it to make.

[58:48] » Yeah. >> Yeah. You make an offer. It's got to be

[58:52] backed up. So you're approving it for the money if they accept it, you know.

[58:59] Any other discussion? Those in favor say I.

[59:02] » I. >> Those opposed, same sign.

[59:04] » I. >> Okay. Uh motion carries.

[59:09] We move into staff reports. Michael Public [clears throat] Works.

[59:16] Okay. So, the guys have been working hard out there. We are looking at

[59:20] [clears throat] hiring one new street worker starting out tomorrow

[59:26] down here at the Sixth Street lift station. We're scheduled Thursday to

[59:30] have the three-way valve replaced. I was going to ask the mayor if we could

[59:34] declare that as a national holiday. We call it no flush Thursday.

[59:40] » Oh boy. I have to do some research on that. [laughter]

[59:43] » So, but yeah. So, we're gonna bypass the entire lift station on Thursday and uh

[59:48] get that valve replaced and both of the pumps back up and running. The guys are

[59:53] working hard on the Dur Patcher. What we are going to do, our plan of attack for

[59:58] that is we're going to use it. We're going to document everywhere we use that

[1:00:02] and we're going to try it with a couple different types of potholes to see what

[1:00:08] kind of results we could get, what kind of long-term results we get out of that.

[1:00:13] And uh we will also look into the cost of that machine, what it's costing us

[1:00:18] versus cold mix um to compare those results to.

[1:00:22] Um, Bill is here from Staley. So, I thought it would be a great opportunity

[1:00:27] to if you want to ask any questions about the wastewater project. I would

[1:00:32] like to ask him what the timeline is, what they're looking at right now on the

[1:00:38] wastewater project. So, you guys are fine with that. We can have him talk

[1:00:42] about that. >> Yeah, you bet.

[1:00:44] » If you want to most interested in the finish date, what's your finish date?

[1:00:49] [snorts] I think we just added with those change

[1:00:51] orders. I think you would added 36 days to the project and and

[1:00:58] I can pull it up on my phone and give you the date when when they're

[1:01:02] contracted to be completed. Um >> well, are you guys still pretty much on

[1:01:06] schedule? You're not? >> Yeah, we're definitely on schedule. I

[1:01:09] believe um there's been a couple hiccups where um

[1:01:15] we thought it was going to kind of push us out and I don't think it will. I

[1:01:18] think we made up a lot of time this summer. Um,

[1:01:22] » and last winter >> and last winter and the fact that we had

[1:01:25] a fairly open winter and we're able to pour concrete from January till last

[1:01:29] Friday. >> Um,

[1:01:33] concrete structure-wise, uh, sorry, I'm trying to make this thing

[1:01:38] blow up so I can breathe. Um, we pretty much we have a couple of

[1:01:44] uh

[1:01:49] I'm going to I'm going to throw you guys another curveball about change orders.

[1:01:53] Um, here's an example of what you were asking about earlier. When we removed

[1:01:58] the when we excavated for the new clarifier, it ended up exposing the the

[1:02:04] pipes underneath the old clarifiers [snorts and clears throat]

[1:02:07] effes on the side. Those pipes literally fell

[1:02:12] out of the bottom. >> Shut that one down.

[1:02:15] » Yep. Yep. 100%. Well, in order to replace them, you the way that those are

[1:02:21] designed, in order to make them watertight again, you got to literally

[1:02:24] cut the box off and put a new box in. You can't just try to fix the floor. Um,

[1:02:30] it it just won't be watertight. Um, and you really don't want sewage leaking

[1:02:35] out. So, watertight is is crucial. So, to do that, you need to cut the the old

[1:02:40] box off, pour a new box in. Um, that is a change order that is coming

[1:02:46] soon. We're about done with with what we wanted them to, you know, the design we

[1:02:50] wanted them to go with on that. We did change it a little bit to make it to

[1:02:54] where instead of the penetrations for the pipes coming straight into the

[1:02:58] bottom or all gravity weights pulling down on them all the time on the gasket

[1:03:02] that closes off of the concrete between the pipe and the concrete. One of them

[1:03:06] now is going to come in horizontally where that's much less likely to happen.

[1:03:11] Um, just have to make the box a little taller. It's a lot cheaper to put a

[1:03:14] couple extra yards of concrete than have to dig that up and replace a bunch of

[1:03:18] pipe. Um, >> cuz that will happen again.

[1:03:21] » And doing that on both of the old units. >> Yep.

[1:03:24] » Yeah. Well, I mean, we don't know what the other one is yet cuz we haven't

[1:03:28] exposed it, but chances are pretty good. >> Um, by the same contractor.

[1:03:36] » Yeah. And and it's [clears throat] never going to be cheaper for you guys to have

[1:03:38] that done than when you got a contractor sitting on site already doing that.

[1:03:42] Right. So that's that's kind of the the thought we had behind that.

[1:03:45] » But the work's not done yet. >> No, not on that part. No.

[1:03:50] » No, they haven't even seen a design yet. So um

[1:03:53] » but they know it's coming and it >> they know it's coming.

[1:03:56] » Yeah. >> Um they they've actually we've done a

[1:04:00] lot of talking with them to say what's the best option? What do you guys what

[1:04:04] do you guys want to see? how can we build this correctly that's easiest for

[1:04:08] you to construct and have a good product at the end. So that's been a good good

[1:04:12] work with Northcon is has been we have a lot of conversations back and forth of

[1:04:17] you know what what's good what's bad what do you think's best for

[1:04:20] construction there's a lot of of interaction with that and I think that

[1:04:23] helps you get a better product the city gets a better product really hard part

[1:04:28] is once they start tearing into something they find a bad spot they keep

[1:04:33] kind of keep going it would be nice to have all those parts picked up so like

[1:04:37] our line going into the oxidation ditch that

[1:04:41] is in pretty bad shape, but [clears throat] 10 ft away they're

[1:04:44] putting in brand new penetrations, it would make a lot of sense to have that

[1:04:49] also through the brand new penetration. >> Yep.

[1:04:52] » That's also cost money and time. So, and and in the process, you know, anytime we

[1:04:57] have something that stops them because we have a pipe that's rotten, you know,

[1:05:01] that's affecting the schedule of what time frame. That's why you always see on

[1:05:05] a change order, you'll see they'll add days because well, they had to go back

[1:05:08] in and fix something that they didn't intend to have to fix. They needed those

[1:05:11] extra days because the sequence of things that are happening change. They

[1:05:15] had to do stop what they were should have been doing to do something else.

[1:05:19] » Um, so I guess that's a long explanation.

[1:05:22] Yes, I think we're on pretty good track. >> Good. Um, right now today they kind of

[1:05:29] uh they started hydrostatic testing the the big new clarifier which means you're

[1:05:33] just testing make sure it doesn't leak or not. Um, see how that goes. Hopefully

[1:05:37] that's good. Um,

[1:05:42] last big concrete structure was poured last Friday. That was the the return

[1:05:47] activated slug bolt that sits right by the old screw pumps. Um that's where all

[1:05:52] the valving pretty much for all the sludge coming out of the of the plant

[1:05:56] will go through that system. Um

[1:06:01] and then the last thing being those little clarifier boxes. Those are pretty

[1:06:05] easy structures. So I mean those won't be a complicated thing. And then the

[1:06:08] generator pad, you know, put the backup uh power generator emergency generator

[1:06:13] for the plant. Um,

[1:06:20] » is the UV building complete now? >> No.

[1:06:24] » Structure-wise? Is it? >> No. Then we still got half the old roof

[1:06:27] needs to come off, but [clears throat] we had to dump we had to drop all the

[1:06:30] there's all the conduits for the electrical ran through it. So, we had to

[1:06:33] get all that dropped down before we could get the old roof off. And we just

[1:06:37] didn't want to expose it all. We could have cut it all out and just ripped it

[1:06:40] out in pieces. Then we'd have that whole section where all your electrical

[1:06:43] currently is running and the plant still needing to be operated exposed to the

[1:06:47] elements. We didn't want to do that. Okay.

[1:06:49] » So we can just have a day. I mean literally to put the rest of the trusses

[1:06:54] in will take a day. They'll they'll have trusted sheeting in a day uh for the

[1:06:59] remaining part. But the other half of it over the old UV channels. Yeah. That's

[1:07:03] all that's all been trust and sheeting. [clears throat]

[1:07:06] Um, obviously the new headworks have concrete roof, so it's it's closed in.

[1:07:11] Uh, and all all the uh pre-fabricated concrete panels that were now parts of

[1:07:17] the new buildings, uh, they're all up and most of them are uh, culp and ready

[1:07:23] to go. They're just finished up this week on on getting some done.

[1:07:27] » I know on the por they had issues with the new headworks building floor. What

[1:07:32] was ever resolved with that to get that floor repaired?

[1:07:36] » I think we did a lot of work with Croll Concrete and uh their mix design person

[1:07:42] and everybody else. The the contractor, the subcontractor, Woodford Industrial

[1:07:46] Concrete. Um we changed the air and slump ratios a

[1:07:52] little bit. Same concrete. We're able to get a lot better, a lot more workable

[1:07:56] money than and I think we address that situation.

[1:08:00] set floor is a little bit uneven in the headworks and there's uh plans Northcon

[1:08:05] already knows about it and they're working with Woodford to fix it. I mean

[1:08:08] that's on them. That's not on the city that they have in you know if it's too

[1:08:14] crooked >> but it's not done yet. It's still in the

[1:08:16] works to get done. >> Yeah, they they'll probably just epoxy

[1:08:19] coat it. Self-le selfleing epoxy coating which that has to be coated anyhow. This

[1:08:25] will just be a little bit more stuff. But that'll be on our That's on.

[1:08:32] Um,

[1:08:36] do you know when the new clarifier will be on?

[1:08:39] I believe that by the end of the month, I'm hoping to see that new clarifier

[1:08:44] spinning and running. Um, I'm being pretty optimistic. There's a lot of

[1:08:49] stuff still to go in there. We got to pass a hydrostatic test before we start

[1:08:53] putting sewage in. So, I mean, >> if all [laughter] goes well and

[1:08:57] efficiently, [clears throat] I think absolutely we can get that thing running

[1:09:00] in in the time frame. Um, so that's huge because that all the bypassing we're

[1:09:06] doing, we can then start taking that back into the plant, trading that and

[1:09:10] clearing out that bypass. >> Are we taking 100% of our sewage through

[1:09:15] the plant yet? >> Off and on.

[1:09:16] » Off and on. I know some days that they do have to bypass a little bit because

[1:09:21] they just can't keep that that one little clarifier from from stirring up

[1:09:25] to that um and the last thing you want to do is discharge scum into the river,

[1:09:31] » right? Uh Dean and Dean and Stephen work pretty

[1:09:36] hard at trying to keep making sure that you know they're making that water

[1:09:41] clarifier doing work of two and and spend a lot of work for them but they're

[1:09:44] getting I mean inevitably I think um the the by the way

[1:09:50] the old uh lagoon is down a lot the last few weeks having them being able to take

[1:09:57] on full flow it's come down boy I don't know 4T rough 3 ft probably.

[1:10:02] » It's come down a bunch. So, looking a lot better as far as capacity.

[1:10:06] » Didn't hurt to have that. >> Only thing good about the hot days was

[1:10:11] that. Um, but everything else I think is on track. I I think we're in a good

[1:10:15] place and I suspect that by next spring you're going to have a brand new

[1:10:18] wastewater plant.

[1:10:23] » All right. Well, we appreciate you sharing that. Thanks, Michael. Um,

[1:10:28] » thanks for your time, Bill. Yeah, we appreciate it.

[1:10:32] » Drew, do you have anything for finance? [snorts]

[1:10:34] » Uh, a few things. Uh, we received our other post-employment benefit valuation

[1:10:39] for fiscal year 26. This is the fiscal year we have to do the full valuation.

[1:10:44] Um, that actually went down with our new insurance carrier, $80,75. [snorts]

[1:10:49] [clears throat] Uh, so the total liability there is

[1:10:53] $298,58.

[1:10:56] Uh we did receive a letter this week that we did not receive the CDBG

[1:11:01] planning grant that we applied for to help pay for the capital improvement

[1:11:05] plan. Um so we're making other other plans or just moving forward without

[1:11:10] part of that plan that we had originally decided to do the payer part of it. Um

[1:11:16] we got to make a final decision on that and get moving forward. We also don't

[1:11:19] want to lose our MSE funding uh for which we applied and we're already

[1:11:23] awarded money for that project. Um, and then also I didn't get the notice in

[1:11:28] time for this meeting, but we should be getting a tip payment notice in between

[1:11:32] now and the next council meeting. And I'm expecting it to be around $570,000.

[1:11:38] Um, so I'll let you guys know and put it on the agenda for next council meeting.

[1:11:44] That's all I had. [clears throat] >> All right. Thanks, Drew. Um, interim

[1:11:48] chief. >> Um, like Twain said, [clears throat] we

[1:11:51] expanded our patrol hours. Um, so our officers have been pretty busy, staying

[1:11:55] busy with calls for services. Um, from August 18th through the 31st, we've had

[1:12:00] a total of 104 calls for service. Um, agency assists being at four, motor

[1:12:06] vehicle accidents being at five, reckless drivers being at three,

[1:12:10] disturbances being at 30, animal problems being at four, thefts being at

[1:12:14] four, domestic disturbances and assaults being at six, vandalisms being at 8,

[1:12:19] pedestrian checks being at 23, traffic stops being at six, DUI being at two,

[1:12:25] fraud reports being at 9, and a total of 37 case reports created in that time

[1:12:29] zone. Um, like point said, Officer Longstreth went to the academy today, so

[1:12:35] he'll be there for the next 3 months and then come back. Officer [clears throat]

[1:12:39] Sedarz has about a month and a half of his field training left and then he'll

[1:12:42] be on the streets. Um, we got we offered a guy a conditional offer, so I have him

[1:12:48] in backgrounds right now. So, I'm still working on with that. Hopefully, we can

[1:12:51] get him on soon if everything goes good. And yeah, like I said, our officers have

[1:12:56] been really busy doing a good job. So, that's all I got. All right.

[1:13:00] » I have a question for you. >> Thank you. Yeah.

[1:13:02] » Um, so you said how many calls of service we have?

[1:13:04] » 104. >> Um, do you have a few months ago again

[1:13:09] we have I heard I think numbers of over 300 340. Is that not anymore?

[1:13:15] » It it changes. So the officers hasn't been, you know, I tell them to patrol

[1:13:20] around. Uh, what it used to be is they'll go by residence and do a

[1:13:23] security check and call it on the radio to put a call for service in. Um, I

[1:13:27] don't I don't know why. I'm going to [clears throat] have them do it more,

[1:13:28] but they haven't been putting that in and they just been patrolling around.

[1:13:32] Um, so that's probably what makes that [clears throat] go up a little more.

[1:13:34] » Okay. >> Um,

[1:13:36] » also that's a twoe period where George report in a 30-day period.

[1:13:40] » Yeah. >> Oh, okay. Okay.

[1:13:41] » Yeah. This is only the 18th through the 31st. So that's a pretty high call

[1:13:46] volume from 18th through the 31st. >> Okay. I was just curious.

[1:13:49] » Thank you. And what are the hours now? >> Um, I'm not going to give the patrol

[1:13:52] hours out to the public, but I'll let you know after.

[1:13:57] Any other questions? All right. Thank you, Jordan. Anything

[1:14:02] for legal now or >> we'll have a closed session to discuss

[1:14:05] some legal matters. >> Okay. And economic development. Tina.

[1:14:12] » Good evening, council. Since our last meeting, I have continued working with

[1:14:16] our regional, state, and local partners on several ongoing projects. I

[1:14:20] participated in the MEA workshop or excuse me, workforce connect meeting.

[1:14:26] met with Rachel Young, our tour tourism grant specialist,

[1:14:31] participated in the USDA check-in with Casey Watson and Maras Tusky with Fair

[1:14:36] RCND and continued coordination with Montana Main Street and Department of

[1:14:41] Commerce. A significant portion of my time has been focused on moving the

[1:14:46] wayfinding implementation project into the bidding phase. The bids are due

[1:14:52] September 25th. I researched potential companies and responded to companies

[1:14:57] with questions about the project and the bidding process. We are now moving from

[1:15:02] the planning and research stage towards implementation.

[1:15:07] I also continued work on our tourism efforts including zoom particip

[1:15:13] excuse me including participating in a zoom meeting with Alex with destination

[1:15:19] IQ regarding the tourism website. We have also been working with travel

[1:15:25] stories, questions, and information as we continue developing our tourism

[1:15:30] resources. I've also been contacting businesses to update information and

[1:15:35] community listings for the visit southeast Montana website. In addition,

[1:15:41] I had a discussion with the local business owner regarding the possibility

[1:15:46] of a mural on his building as part of our involvement with reimagining Ro. And

[1:15:51] I also continue have continued communication with HRDC

[1:15:57] regarding the local properties and their upcoming board meeting. Overall, the

[1:16:02] focus this month has been on moving current projects forward, particularly

[1:16:07] the wayfinding project, while continuing to develop our tourism resources,

[1:16:13] maintain partnerships, and identifying

[1:16:18] uh opportunities for future economic and community development.

[1:16:24] » All right. Thank you, Tina. All right. We'll move into resolutions and

[1:16:28] ordinances. Starting with resolution number 2449.

[1:16:33] Resolution approve assessments being placed on the real property tax roles as

[1:16:38] a special assessment. [clears throat]

[1:16:43] » Make a motion to approve resolution 2449.

[1:16:47] » Second that motion. >> Okay, it's been motioned and approve and

[1:16:51] seconded to approve resolution number 2449 for the unpaid assessments.

[1:16:57] Any further discussion on that? Those in favor say I. I.

[1:17:01] » Those opposed. Same sign. The motion carries. Uh resolution number 2450

[1:17:07] increasing uh increase rates and charges for the users of the water system that

[1:17:13] we discussed in the public hearing tonight too.

[1:17:19] » Make a motion to approve resolution 2450.

[1:17:25] » Is there a second to that? >> Second.

[1:17:27] » Okay. It's been moved and seconded for resolution number 2450

[1:17:32] for the water rates. Any further discussion? Those in favor say I.

[1:17:37] » I. >> Those opposed.

[1:17:40] Okay. Motion carries. And then resolution number 2451

[1:17:44] for assessing lighting district number one.

[1:17:50] » I'll make a motion for resolution 2451. >> Second.

[1:17:55] » Okay. Okay, it's been moved and seconded for resolution number 2451.

[1:17:59] Any further discussion? Those in favor say I.

[1:18:02] » I. >> Those opposed.

[1:18:05] » Okay, motion carries on that resolution number 2452,

[1:18:09] assessing lighting district number 54. >> Make a motion to approve resolution

[1:18:16] 2452. >> Second.

[1:18:20] » Okay. It's been moved and seconded to approve resolution number 2452,

[1:18:24] lighting district number 54. Any any further discussion? Those in favor say

[1:18:30] I. >> I.

[1:18:31] » Those opposed. Okay. Moving into resolution 2453

[1:18:37] assessing the cost of garbage disposal. >> Make a motion to approve resolution

[1:18:43] number 2453.

[1:18:48] I'll second that motion. >> Okay. It's been moved and seconded for

[1:18:51] resolution number 2453. Any other discussion on that?

[1:18:55] » Yeah, I got a question. Now, this is based on the cans or

[1:19:01] » just a collection? >> Collection.

[1:19:03] » Both per cans. Both >> per can.

[1:19:06] » Both. >> Both.

[1:19:07] » Whether it's large or small. >> What's the hospital at such a low rate?

[1:19:16] » The same as a hospital. [clears throat] Uh, depends on

[1:19:20] » more. >> No, I know.

[1:19:21] » And they're they're being picked up every day.

[1:19:24] » That isn't that can't be hospital. >> This might be a different hospital

[1:19:27] property. >> It's probably the house next to the

[1:19:30] hospital. >> There's different houses that they own.

[1:19:32] » Yeah, cuz they own Raymond's old house, right?

[1:19:39] » Maybe we need to specify. [laughter] >> That's what he property numbers for in

[1:19:44] the lefth hand column. That's associated with the property.

[1:19:46] » Okay. I see it. I don't see which Oh, I see it's hospital.

[1:19:51] » You have to have the tax. >> Yeah, you just have to look at the tax

[1:19:53] number on the on the >> Well, that's what my question was.

[1:19:56] » You called them. >> It threw It threw me off.

[1:19:59] » Yeah, I see your question. Yeah, you just saw the first one on there.

[1:20:02] » All right, I'm good then. >> Okay. Any other discussion? Those in

[1:20:07] favor say I. >> I. [clears throat]

[1:20:09] » Those opposed. Okay. Resolution number 2454

[1:20:14] adopting the final uh budget for the fiscal year 2627

[1:20:19] that [clears throat] we discussed tonight.

[1:20:21] » Make a motion to approve resolution 2454.

[1:20:24] » Second. >> Okay, it's been moved and seconded for

[1:20:26] resolution number 2454. Any other discussion on that? Those in

[1:20:32] favor say I. I. >> Those opposed?

[1:20:36] Okay. Motion carries in the resolution number 2455

[1:20:41] uh for taxes and levies fiscal year 26 and 27.

[1:20:46] Make a motion to move resolution number 2455.

[1:20:51] » Second. >> Okay, it's been moved and seconded for

[1:20:54] resolution number 2455. Any other discussion? [clears throat]

[1:20:59] Those in favor say I. >> I.

[1:21:01] » Those opposed. >> Okay. Okay. And the last one is

[1:21:04] resolution number 2456 amending the landfill schedule.

[1:21:09] » Make a motion to approve resolution number 2456.

[1:21:14] » I'll second it. >> Okay. Moved and seconded to approve

[1:21:18] resolution number 2456 for the landfill schedule.

[1:21:22] Any other discussion on that? I I think I guess I did have a question on that

[1:21:27] where it said a pickup truck 3/4 ton. What would that difference be if it was

[1:21:36] a one ton or a 3/4 ton pickup? >> Box size.

[1:21:40] » Box size perhaps. [snorts]

[1:21:44] » Typically the like one ton truck can haul more than a 3/4 ton truck. So, we

[1:21:50] have a different fee for a half ton truck, a different fee for a 3/4 ton

[1:21:53] truck, and a different fee for a one [clears throat] ton truck. I

[1:21:56] » I just kind of question. I thought that was a pickup would

[1:22:00] » kind of different. >> Which line item are you looking in there

[1:22:04] » or down to? >> I just remember seeing it in here.

[1:22:07] » Right. You

[1:22:16] cars are light trucks up. So, >> oh, sorry. I'm looking at tires. Um,

[1:22:22] » yeah, there was [clears throat] >> because it's based on weight. So, it's

[1:22:26] not you're just they weigh in and out. So, it's

[1:22:30] » on the very bottom. City of Harden residents hauling non-b businessiness

[1:22:32] waste in vehicles no larger than a 3/4 ton pickup or equivalent size trailer

[1:22:38] will not be charged a dump fee. >> Correct. Yeah, that's me or you. That's

[1:22:42] » city resident. So, if I roll in there with my one ton truck and I'm going to

[1:22:47] get charged for dumping my

[1:22:52] » your commercial waste, >> but I'm if I call my residential waste

[1:22:57] up there and but my pickup is a one ton pickup, I'm going to be charged whereas

[1:23:02] it's saying 3/4 ton. >> Well, it's saying no larger than a 3/4

[1:23:07] ton pickup. I think that we can address that, but

[1:23:10] it's probably listed because they don't want you bringing in like a twotonon

[1:23:14] truck. So, >> well, I'm just I just thought that I saw

[1:23:16] it and I >> Well, I see the point.

[1:23:20] » Um, >> what's the difference if I have a one

[1:23:21] ton truck or a 3/4 ton truck if do I make, you know, two trips with a

[1:23:27] » I it just seemed odd. >> You're not talking construction stuff.

[1:23:30] You're just talking like just said just waste. You know, if I'm going to bring

[1:23:34] up waste, does it make a difference what I'm bringing it up in?

[1:23:40] We can we can address it. >> I think what they're looking at is

[1:23:44] mainly you doing commercial, >> but that's separated in in it above

[1:23:50] saying commercial waste has a [clears throat]

[1:23:53] » I don't think that they'd charge you for if you had a one one ton truck bringing

[1:23:57] it up there with a pickup box full of garbage bags or something from your

[1:24:03] house. Um >> leaves. So, should that be struck from

[1:24:06] the >> Jordan? Do you have any [snorts]

[1:24:09] suggestion? Can we >> see that out into a pickup and

[1:24:13] » you can change it? I'm not sure if it's an actual issue.

[1:24:16] » I'm not familiar with anybody ever raising that as a problem that anybody's

[1:24:19] ever been charged >> under that scenario. I mean, you make a

[1:24:22] good point, but I'm just not sure [clears throat]

[1:24:25] » if anybody's ever been charged. If they did, they can come to

[1:24:29] » I think the rate really was reflected and they just probably grabbed the

[1:24:33] number, but they're not looking for two ton trucks coming through, you know,

[1:24:39] manager that's up there would would take that into consideration.

[1:24:44] » Yeah. >> Yeah.

[1:24:45] » I Yeah, I don't check your residence as well.

[1:24:50] » It's a good point, George. But yeah, >> I don't think

[1:24:54] » I think it is kind of a combination between like what Steve said is, you

[1:24:59] know, you bring a F450, F550 full >> loaded down or

[1:25:05] » they're talking their basic lighter duty pickup truck. But okay,

[1:25:11] » then you got to prove that you're up that you for 6 months.

[1:25:18] » Okay, it's been moved and seconded. Um, any other discussion on that?

[1:25:23] Okay. Those in favor say I. >> I.

[1:25:26] » Those opposed. >> I.

[1:25:28] » Okay. [clears throat] Um, public comment. Any public comment

[1:25:34] tonight?

[1:25:40] Okay. Seeing none, move into announcements. Um, city website,

[1:25:44] hardenmonttana.gov. Montana spelled out. And then our email

[1:25:49] addresses will be the same exact prefix uh just will be at mont pardon

[1:25:54] montana.gov instead of hardenm.com the old one. So same prefixes on those email

[1:26:00] addresses. Request for bids and estimates and addendum uh phase one of

[1:26:05] the city's wayfinding implementation project due by 3 p.m. September 25th,

[1:26:11] 2026. uh still openings for the city full-time

[1:26:15] police officer and general labor and part-time general labor landfill and

[1:26:20] then we will have a close session for legal. So [clears throat] make a motion

[1:26:25] to close the existing meeting

[1:26:30] close session

[1:26:36] motion to adjourn the meeting for the regular council meeting. Second that.

[1:26:40] » Okay. [laughter] Moved and second to adjurnn the meeting.

[1:26:42] Any discussion? More discussion. Those in favor say I.

[1:26:46] » I. >> Those opposed. Okay. Meeting is

[1:26:49] adjourned. 7:15.

090126 Public Hearing Final Budget, taxes, levies and Council Meeting

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