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All right, it's 7 o'clock.
Turn on the microphone so you all can be

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here.
Uh, it's 7 o'clock. It is uh welcome

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everybody to the Hermiston City Council
and Urban Renewal Agency

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uh Monday, August 24th edition. Um we uh
I'm going to call the meeting to order.

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We have a quorum barely. Um I do we are
expecting one one more member to uh be

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here prior to a whole lot of stuff going
on. Well, um but uh with uh Councelor

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Meyer, uh Hayward and Linton and Baron
uh currently

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uh absent with councelor Baron uh going
to be late. With that, can I get

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everyone to join me with flag?

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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.
Thank you. [sighs]

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Always inspiring to hear people
say that.

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Mr. Smith, do we have any changes to the
agenda?

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Okay,
first up, presentations. Um County Fire

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District number one on measure 30-175.

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Chief Stanton.

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Good evening, Mayor Pimemer, councilors,
and city staff. Thank you for allowing

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us to be here tonight. Give you a little
summary what's gone on this summer and

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what we're looking at for this fall with
me 3175.

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See if I get this right.
A little bit about the summer.

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Obviously, we've been real busy here
locally with several significant fires

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as well as our normal call volume of
medical and rescue calls as well. Uh

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several months approaching that 600 call
a month level, which is quite a bit for

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us, as well as supporting fires within
the county such as the large Hagen

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Paradise Fire Complex up on the
Umatillaa National Forest as well as

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other fires throughout the state. So,
busy busy year so far. Uh, and hopefully

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we're going to get to the end of that.
Usually by after Labor Day, it hopefully

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calms down and we're going to keep our
fingers crossed on that. Uh, talk a

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little about the apprenticeship program.
We're one of six places around the state

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that have apprenticeship firefighters
and that's going great. They finished

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their academy up this summer, started in
April, and that's five young men that

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are in that program. It's a two-year
program, grant funded by the state. So,

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it's a great program to see uh these
young men being able to develop their

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skills through that [snorts] program.
And for us, it's kind of cool because

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it's like a farm club. And if so, if we
have an employee leave, that's how we

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hire right from there. They're a union
member. It's kind of like having that

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apprentice electrician or plumber in a
way. So, very great program. We're

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excited about it. And then, of course,
we have our safer, those 16 funded

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positions through that large safer uh
FEMA grant that we got in 2024.

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And they're doing awesome. and they are
all on the line now. And some of them

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are still doing some training. They go
through a 15-month, I'll call it a

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probation. Starts with a three-month
academy and then a 12-month of

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probation, which is additional learning
classes, schools, testing before they

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get off probation. So, we're excited
about all their uh accomplishments and

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where they're at right now as their
season, their skills, and excited about

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what they do to help us and help our
communities provide that level of

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service.
So last year was pretty big, pretty busy

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year. 16 6,200 calls. Obviously what we
mostly do is medical calls. Over 5,000

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paramedic EMS calls. Uh of those 317
were critical care activations. Uh 239

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motor vehicle accidents. And that is
probably one of the things that

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continues to rise almost every year is a
lot of you know MVAs in our

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jurisdiction. um you know before I maybe
come before this body and talked about

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distracted driving or speeds and stuff
that continues to be the problem a lot

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with those motor vehicle accidents.
Something I want to be proud of and it's

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really for our men and women that do all
the work is we have a 14% cardiac arrest

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survival rate and you may think oh that
sounds horrible and we want it to be

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much higher but the across the nation
the average is 9%. So we are five points

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above the national average and we
continue to strive to make that beyond

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our goal. We'd like to be at 20% or
higher obviously. Uh but those are just

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tough numbers to to beat. So and
obviously last year 270 working fires.

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That's the difference between wildland
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kind of stuff. So

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one of the things that people don't
think understand is our busyiness. Uh

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70% of the time our calls overlap with
another emergency in progress. Obviously

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we've talked about 80% of those calls
are require a paramedic EMS response.

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Now that will vacasillate up and down.
Some years it's been as high as 90% such

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as back I think 2021 high point of of
the pandemic a lot of EMS obviously 90%

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we ran that. So but that's about where
it lays 80 to 85% of our total call

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volume. Uh and the big thing is we
usually rely on our partners three to

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four times a week at least. Um, Echo,
Boardman, Pendleton coming in to help us

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too for some of the call volume. Uh, 56%
increase calls over the last 10 years.

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Some places have seen higher than that,
but that's a steady 5.6 if you average

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it out over 10 years, and we've been
seeing that for quite a bit. Most of my

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career here, Pendleton's always been in
the growth stage, it seems like, for my

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32 years here. So, uh, but still it
keeps adding on and adding on. And the

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big thing I think of it is is you know
if you look at that bottom thing 27

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times last year we got another call
after we were on five right then. So

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that means six calls at a time. We can't
staff six calls. We can't really staff

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five calls. So it happens here. Um, but
that's one of the things great about

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these new 16 positions and being able to
staff that third fire station 247 is

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that reduces that times we have to rely
on our partners and have that where you

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have to wait that 20 to 30 minutes to
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So the safer grant, that's the big deal.
That's kind of what we're here tonight

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to talk about. 16 people we hired
through that uh darn near $7 million

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from a FEMA grant. Uh and that's a
pretty big we were only one of two uh

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departments in Oregon that got that
Woodburn being the other uh that year.

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So it's they don't give out a lot of
those and but it was huge for us to get

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that to jumpst start uh staffing a third
station and getting us to where we have

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enough people to really serve our
communities and we serve the four

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communities with Hermanston being our
biggest obviously 80% of our total calls

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are right here in the city limits of
Hermanston. So you are the center of

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everything we do here. [snorts]
Um so with that with those extra people

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they've helped us to reduce response
times dramatically. The year before we

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had to have 98 times we had to have
board member Pendleton come in here with

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an ambulance. Now that's a 20 to 30
minute delay. If you're having a heart

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attack that's not a place you want to be
waiting for. We have cut that down.

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We've only we're in single digits still
this year and now we're almost done with

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August eight months. So it's making a
difference having these extra bodies.

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Three staff stations. is obviously you
know the one downtown we have one out on

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east side station 22 on Pumpkin Center
and the one we're kind of new the new

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staffing I'll call it the one we're
staffing with these people is on is

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station 23 on Weston Road uh that
funding does expire at the end of 2027

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after a three-year stint of that money
from the feds.

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So obviously there's big funding gaps.
This is probably nothing new that you

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don't already know. I'm sure you face it
as well. You know, our revenues come

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from property tax, which is about 55% of
our revenues. About third of it then

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comes from ambulance billing. The rest
is miscellaneous income or grants. Uh

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the problem is, as you all see, is
rising cost of personnel, wages, benefit

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packages, the equipment that you use,
the materials and services you use, it

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just continues to go up. And that's
where the environment we're and it's

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outpacing what your revenue sources are.
As you can see up there, there's a chart

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from 2015 to 25 of an ambulance.
190,000 was the approximate cost in

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2015. Last year, it's 375.
Uh, Battalion Chief Ed Clark handles

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that for me. He just told me uh last
Friday that the new one now is 410,000

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this year. That that's just crazy
because you that's not sustainable to

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pay stuff for that cost. So, um, and
obviously the bottom line, you know,

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grants are just not sustainable
long-term funding mechanisms.

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So, the reason we're here, uh, the board
of directors, even when I went to them

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about getting this safer grant, I told
them, "Hey, we're going to have to have

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a levy to back this up at some point."
They said, "We understand. Go for the

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grant." When we got awarded the grant,
we had to accept it by their obviously

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they had to go through a vote, accept
it. And I told them again, we're going

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to have to go for a levy to back this
grant up. And they said, "We understand

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that. Let's go keep moving forward." So,
we did or they actually voted. So,

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that's kind of where we stand before
you. Uh so a 5-year local option levy to

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replace that grant funding. This money
is not for any new programs. It's to

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keep us where we are today to sustain
our levels of service where we are

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today. Uh it's set at 89 cents per
thousand of assessed value. Uh we are

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told by the assessor's office on the
median home in Herston that's about 14

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bucks a month for a cup of coffee if you
will or a energy drink a week. So that's

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kind of where it breaks down. Again, it
talks about this is to retain our 16

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firefighter EMTs and paramedics,
maintain our current staffing levels and

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replace that grant funding that's going
to go away.

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If it's not passed, that's problematic
for us. We're going to have to lose

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those positions. That means fewer
respond responders available for all

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those emergencies we're running. And the
call volume isn't going down. And that

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means probably at station 23, we're
gonna have to turn the lights off and

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not have any 247 coverage out anymore.
just don't have enough people then if we

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lose those 16 positions which is what's
really on the chopping block here. So

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again it does not fund any expansion or
new programs. It's just keeping where we

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are today

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and that's really the bulk of what I
want to talk about tonight. Uh to kind

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of tell you where we're at and obviously
with the obviously that you're the main

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city we protect and you're our home too
and we are your fire department. So

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that's why I'm here and if be open to
any questions or comments you might have

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council questions

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councel

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I think you guys have done a beautiful
job at uh making sure that people are

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aware of the measure. I've seen signs
all over town everywhere I turn and it's

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like oh there's a sign. I wanted to know
um what information would you have um in

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Spanish about about this about the
measure? Have you thought about that or

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» Yeah, we have. We're getting ready to
roll out some stuff in uh Spanish to

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make sure everybody understands what
we're doing and it helps to have stuff

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like AI and stuff that to help us to
move through those translations. Yeah.

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» Thank you.
>> Other council questions?

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Okay. Um, so I think it's one of the
things we need to to bring up though is

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is that although you get this you get
this grant,

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what does that do to compression, how
does that affect, you know, what how

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does that affect you? How does that
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You bet. Of course, we we had to work
through that as well. Um, if there's no

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compression at all, if everything was no
caps or nothing, uh, we wouldn't need

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that full 89 cents, you know, that was a
working trying to work with the

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assessor's office and I will tell you,
I'd be happy to send the emails. They

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were very little help with me trying to
find some estimates. So, good chat chat

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GPT and I worked with formulas and the
state laws and stuff and I did come up

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with some estimates um that I hope are
in the ballpark. uh the depart the

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district would lose around best figures
estimates about 700,000 to compression.

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So uh it gives us enough to keep those
16 employees but not a lot of extra

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money. So that's where we're sitting
there. As far as the city's concerned by

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my calculations and estimates, again I
couldn't get hard numbers at all from

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our tax assessor. It looks like it's
going to be around $140,000

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of compression, additional compression
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» Did you concur with that, Mr. Smith?

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» Yeah. And I like I said, I careful. I
did talk to a prior assessor and he

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thought that the should had better
information back as well.

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» you have an estimate for it from the
assessment office.

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» Yeah. I think it's important to to bring
forward though that uh no matter how we

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how this takes place uh the cost to the
taxpayer doesn't change there that the

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maximum amount is that the that the city
can or that the the taxpayer can be

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taxed at the current rate is is where
they're at.

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» Yeah. Obviously
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» one of the things you know obviously
looking at all the tax codes within the

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city it's it's property by property.
It's not a certain area. It's and that's

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what makes it difficult, I think, to
figure that out. But yes, there'll be

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some that they're already in compressed
at $10. Anybody in that spot wouldn't

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pay any more in taxes.
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» Uh just for the record, uh councelor
Baron has joined us on the dis as well.

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Thank you for getting here, sir. Do you
have any questions for Chief Stanton in

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regards to uh measure uh 30-175?
>> Not at this time. Thank you, though.

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» All right. Any other questions,
comments? Councelor Roberts.

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Just a comment. Um none of us like
paying more taxes. Um and I I think

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we've seen levies and even even the tax
increases that we do here get heavy push

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back. Um, I just want to say that there
are some things that just inherently

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cost more money. And um, I know in my
line of work, I also see the the

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expenses outpacing revenues. And that's
just a reality of of inflation. We see

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it in our personal lives at home, in our
pocketbooks. It's no different. Uh, when

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it comes to local government, uh, we
don't have the printing press, so we

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don't get to print extra money. So, we
have to unfortunately find those

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revenues. And uh you know funding public
safety is is critically important. So I

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encourage people to really look at this.
You know think about the importance of

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if you or your loved one were were in
need. Um you want help to be there. Um

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it it's just something that uh sometimes
we have to do and I appreciate you

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bringing this forward. I I I think that
uh you guys do a phenomenal job and uh I

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want to see the the citizens of of
Hermiston and the greater Hermiston area

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continue to get the level of service
that you guys are providing. So, thank

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you.
>> Good. Thank you,

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» Mr. Kelson.
>> Yeah, thank you for presenting tonight,

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Chief. That was a lot of good
information. I had a question, though.

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You said your call volume has grown
about 5% year-over-year for the last

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several years, and I think that pretty
briskly outpaces our population growth.

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How do you account for the discrepancy?

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» Well, we kind of got a jump start
through the pandemic and that one year

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it had a as I recall maybe 8% and then
it's kind of leveled off a little bit.

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Um, obviously everybody had to
experience that. Um, I think one of the

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things and it's kind of a double-edged
sword is the pop we're growing because

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we're in a spot that sees growth.
Whether it's data centers or advancement

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in agriculture, whatever it is, we're
lucky to be in that area here on the

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Columbia basin and in Hermanston and we
see the growth, but with that comes

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those issues like increasing call
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other than that, I don't know how we we
continue to look at cost containment at

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the fire district and continue to plan.
We just did a strategic plan a year ago.

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So we're working off that five-year plan
on how we combat some of that stuff.

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Some of it is using good data analysis
and we do that right now. We contract

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that out to a a firm so we make good
decisions based on hard data, not what

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our gut tells us. So hopefully that is
the the key part is making good

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decisions based on data where the
stations need to be staffed at where we

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put people to the to help the most
people the most of the time. So I think

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that's the best thing we hang our hat on
is using the data to help us make good

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Thank you, Chief. Appreciate it. Um
it's definitely you know the the

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citizens need to take a hard look and
and you know we we understand

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it it it could it could cost some of the
city services because it you know it

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will affect city services as well but at
the same time you know when you call you

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know when your your house is on fire
your loved one is hurt you want somebody

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to be there so yes sir
>> it's important

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» thank you sir

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All right, with that we are up to the
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this is a citizen input on non-aggenda
items. And so anyone wishing to bring

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anything before the council that is not
on the agenda is asked to limit their

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comments not more than five minutes,
state your name and place of residence

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for the record and direct your comments
to me. Do we have anybody wishing to

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speak?

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Welcome.

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My name is Stacy Stanick and my address
is 330 East Carter Drive here in

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Heriston. I'm here tonight to comment on
the indoor aquatic facility that is

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being considered by the council and will
be voted on next month. I'm a swim

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parent. I've had the pleasure of
watching both of my children, who are no

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now college students, participate on the
Hermiston High School swim team for the

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entirety of their high school careers. I
have watched them make friends, learn

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how to become leaders, and discover
their own perseverance and grit. I have

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watched their teammates, some of whom
could not swim on the first day of the

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season, become proficient and race in
the district meet three months later.

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Being on the swim team here requires an
extra level of dedication. Both the

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girls and the boys teams must be bus to
Boardman during the week for their

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practices. In the winter, the boys team
travels to Wanachi, Cheni, and Pullman

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on a weekly basis for meets. They must
log a lot of extra practice time on the

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road without even being in a pool. Last
week, five swimmers from Heriston

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volunteered in Richland for the Icon
Swim program. This program offers an

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opportunity for individuals with
developmental disabilities to learn

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basic water skills and gain independent
aquatic movement with the help of a swim

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buddy. It is the third year that my kids
have helped with the program. The time

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spent is always fulfilling for the
swimmers and the buddies alike. When my

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kids were very young and learning how to
swim, we only had the summer to take

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swim lessons much like it is today. We
always cram them in as it's really

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important to have water safety skills
here in this area. But it would have

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been great to have access to winter swim
lessons, not just in the summer. An

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indoor facility here in town would be
such a blessing to our swim team and our

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community. I believe that surrounding
towns with swim teams like Pendleton,

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who are also being busted Boardman,
would book the time and pay to utilize

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our pool. We could bring swim team swim
meets to our area in the colder months,

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stimulating the local economy. We could
host programs such as I can swim, which

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also bolsters our sense of community. I
appreciate you taking the time to listen

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and thoughtfully consider adding this
benefit to our town.

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» Thank you, ma'am.
others.

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My name is uh David Hansen. I live at
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West Alleuvia Avenue here in Herston.
And I would just like to ask the council

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to take a very hard look at uh voting on
measure 3175.

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As individuals, I would also ask you to
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put out publicly that you support uh
measure 3175.

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I happen to be a member of about a
committee of about 30

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individuals here in Hermiston who have
come together to support the levy to put

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the the manpower and the money behind
making sure this levy passes.

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This is your fire department. This is my
fire department. And as a guy who's got

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gray hair,
I really appreciate the paramedics.

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Um, I can tell you that they came to our
house, uh, actually out to the to the

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farm when my wife got kicked by a horse
and broke her femur. The one thing that

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she said was so amazing about having
been picked up by this fire district is

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how compassionate, how wellrained, how
caring, and how professional they were.

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She won't forget that. In fact, she's
now out campaigning on behalf of 3175 as

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well. So, I would ask the city council
to back up your fire department and uh

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put it in writing that you support it.
Thank you so much.

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» Thank you, sir.

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Others,

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seeing none, moving on to the consent
agenda.

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U do we have any council questions for
the consent agendas? Items A through E.

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Seeing none, public comment.

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Council comments.

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Does the council wish to remove any
items? Council Roberts

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like to remove items C and D.
>> Going to remove council uh consent

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agenda items C and D.
Okay.

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And
any others?

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Seeing none, can I get a motion to
approve items A, B, and E?

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» So moved.
>> Second.

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» Been moved by councelor McCarthy and
seconded by councelor Drone.

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» Roll call.
>> Yes. Yes.

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» Yes.
>> Yes.

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» Yes.
>> Motion passes unanimously.

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Okay, hang on here.

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Okay, Council Roberts, uh, Coun, uh,
consent agenda item C, you wish to

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remove?
>> Yes, Mr. Mayor. Um, I noticed a mistake

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in the minutes, um, in the section where
we, u took the vote to continue the

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meeting on uh, uh, to the August 10th
meeting. Um, it says that it was

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motioned by Mr. McCarthy seconded by
myself and then that councelor Linton

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and I were in opposition. I went back
and and looked at the uh video to

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verify. Um councelor McCarthy made the
motion. Councelor Hayward seconded. Uh

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the vote pass with counselors Kelso and
Baron in opposition. And so I would

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request that we amend the minutes with
those changes.

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Okay.
>> Any council questions or comments on

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that?

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Okay. Can
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» Go ahead.
>> I'm curious if we can without

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independently
now verifying that because I don't

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» It has been It has been verified.
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» Okay. And consent agenda item D.
>> Yes, Mr. Mayor. Um in the uh vote for

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ordinance 2383, it said the councelor
Linton and I were in favor. Um we were

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actually not in favor on that one. So it
looks like maybe a a typo.

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Okay. And again, that has been
independent or has been verified by the

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city recorder.
>> Okay. So, uh can I get a motion to

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accept
uh items C and D as amended?

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» I also have another observation.
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under the council reports,
um I believe that councelor Linton asked

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to resend rece.

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Any others?

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» Okay. So, can I get a motion to accept
uh consent agenda items C and D as

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amended per council?
>> So, moved.

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» Second.
>> Moved by councelor Roberts, seconded by

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councelor McCarthy.
>> Roll call.

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» Yes.
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» Yes.
>> Yes.

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» Yes.
>> Motion passes unanimously. 5-0 or 4.

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5.
I can't count today. All right.

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Uh, no. I Well, those items were removed
and can taken care of. Uh, ordinances.

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Ordinance 2383
creating LI 324.

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Uh, this item was presented during the
public hearing on July 27th and again on

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August 10th. The public hearing was
closed on August or July 27th and as

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such no other evidence or test public
testimony will be taken. City Attorney

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Tubby will now read the ordinance by
title only. Mr. Tubby.

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» Thank you, Mr. Mayor. First reading of
ordinance number 2383, an ordinance

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creating local improvement district
number 324, describing improvement,

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setting boundary, providing for payment
by benefited properties, securing such

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payment by lean against the benefited
properties, and calling for

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construction. Mr. Mayor,
>> do we have any further council questions

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or comments? Councelor uh Bron.
>> Thank you, Mayor. Um my comment is not

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to oppose the creation of the LI nor the
assessment of linear square footage for

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the LI. However, moving forward, I think
that's what this ordinance is is for is

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for creating the LI and the way that we
are assessing the LI. What I propose to

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council uh to consider in the future is
the way that we're doing this right now

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is the whole project is 1.2 million. The
city contributes 305,000

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thereby reducing
it to about 900,000 that is split

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amongst those five properties.
What my train of thought is is right now

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that 305 is being equally distributed
amongst the five properties and then

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they're being assessed by linear square
foot. What I propose in the future is

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instead of equally
spreading it out amongst the five

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properties is to try to do it in an
equitable way to support some of these

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property owners that would have uh an
undue burden. Um, what I'd propose, and

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again, this isn't to amend uh this LI or
anything, but it's for future

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consideration, is if there could be a
base credit of, let's just say the

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council could decide, but just for sake
of so you understand where I'm coming

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from, is if every property got a base
credit of $50,000,

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50,000 times five properties would be
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distribute from what the city has to
distribute the 305. And so I I would say

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that that $55,000 or whatever would be
left over would be equitably distributed

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amongst the five properties. Now,
obviously I I'm not here with a formula

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or anything like that. Uh, I think
that's something that we could consider

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in the future because I know what we're
voting on today is merely the creation

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of the L and how the council is going to
assess um that LI. And so I just wanted

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to merely propose that idea um of how we
how the city could distribute the

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305,000 that it already has planned to
distribute.

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And so those are my comments. Um, again,
the ordinance 2383, I'm in favor of it.

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But in terms of how it's going to be
distributed once we get to that point,

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uh, I'd like to I'd like for us to get a
little bit creative and be it more

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equitable rather than equal for the five
properties.

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» Okay.
>> May I ask a question?

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» Sure, Counc.
Uh, city manager Smith, isn't it like

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whenever there's been a project like the
um ship project where after the LI was

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approved, after the project was
completed and after all the um I guess

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the result of how much the project cost,
didn't it come back to to the council

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for the council's consideration? to see
because um you know some of the some of

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the information that we get are
estimates,

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but it's not until the project is
finalized that you get the true numbers.

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And wasn't that at that point where the
council gets to also look at those

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numbers and make a decision then too?
>> That's correct. The um

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we're working off of estimates.
If this ordinance gets adopted, we move

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forward. Uh we put it out to bid and a
contractor builds the project, then we

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know exactly what it cost. And then we
um would allocate the cost based on the

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the first step would be this ordinance.
And then if the council wanted to make

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any changes, additions, subtractions of
city money or or other ways, then at

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that point they would the the council
would take action to actually allocate

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the cost to the individual pro uh
properties.

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» T Roberts.
>> Yes, thank you. Uh I was also thinking

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the same thing that uh you know we we
have this $35,000

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figure on there and that is also part of
the estimates and if if the project

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comes in much lower which a lot of times
it does because we tend to estimate on

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the high side um the city's contribution
also can end up being lower and and my

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suggestion like councelor Bran mentioned
is um you know we we consider when the

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time comes keeping that $35,000. We've
already allocated that as an estimated

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amount that we're willing to spend and
then we can discuss uh you know, how to

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00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:06,880
allocate that when the time comes. Um
you know, I'm I'm a firm believer in in

413
00:39:05,359 --> 00:39:10,000
that the way we've always done it
doesn't have to be the the way we always

414
00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:13,920
do it. So, we we might have a little bit
of discretion here. I'm also a firm

415
00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:17,520
believer that, you know, laws,
regulations,

416
00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:21,520
um should not be viewed as absolutes.
That sometimes there are exceptions. And

417
00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:26,160
I think this could be considered an
exceptional case. Um that would be for

418
00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:30,880
the council to decide. But you know that
said um you know on August 10th we

419
00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:38,960
decided the linear foot model. I opposed
it but the decision was made. And so um

420
00:39:35,839 --> 00:39:43,760
since the decisions made I'm ready to to
go forward with the LI. Nobody's been

421
00:39:40,720 --> 00:39:49,359
opposed really to the LI. Uh even the
property owners um are for the L. It was

422
00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:52,640
just the allocation model. And so, um,
you know, tonight I'm I'm ready to move

423
00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:56,720
forward with that just with the caveat
that when the time comes to allocate

424
00:39:54,640 --> 00:40:00,359
those costs, we we consider those
mitigation factors.

425
00:40:02,079 --> 00:40:05,320
Any others?

426
00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:16,000
Okay,
with that, uh,

427
00:40:11,839 --> 00:40:21,839
can I get a motion to adopt
ordinance number 2383

428
00:40:19,119 --> 00:40:25,839
and become effective 30 days after
adoption

429
00:40:23,440 --> 00:40:28,480
by the city council?
>> So moved.

430
00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:33,040
» Second.
>> Then moved by councelor Barone, seconded

431
00:40:30,640 --> 00:40:35,760
by councelor McCarthy.
>> Roll call.

432
00:40:33,839 --> 00:40:37,680
» Yes. Yes. Yes.
>> Yes.

433
00:40:36,240 --> 00:40:41,560
» Yes.
>> Motion passes unanimously.

434
00:40:49,920 --> 00:40:59,760
Okay. Moving on to
ordinance number 2384, annexation for

435
00:40:57,520 --> 00:41:03,480
4N2814
BC TL602

436
00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:12,960
Bounds Trust
uh 1225 South First Street. Mr. Tvy will

437
00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:16,359
now read the ordinance by title only.
Mr. Tubby.

438
00:41:19,839 --> 00:41:26,880
» First reading of ordinance number 2384,
an ordinance annexing certain real

439
00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:29,839
property on South First Street,
describing said real property,

440
00:41:28,319 --> 00:41:34,400
withdrawing said real property from
special districts, and designating

441
00:41:31,599 --> 00:41:39,640
zoning. Mr. Mayor,
are there any council questions

442
00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:39,640
regarding ordinance 2384?

443
00:41:40,319 --> 00:41:50,520
Seeing none, any public comment on 2384?
Seeing none, council comments.

444
00:41:50,560 --> 00:41:53,880
Seeing none,

445
00:41:54,000 --> 00:42:02,520
» can I get a roll call or can I get a
motion to approve the finding of facts?

446
00:41:58,480 --> 00:42:02,520
» So moved. Second.

447
00:42:03,839 --> 00:42:06,880
» Roll call.
>> Yes. Yes.

448
00:42:06,240 --> 00:42:11,960
» Yes.
>> Yes.

449
00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:11,960
» Yes. Motion passes unanimously.

450
00:42:12,160 --> 00:42:17,440
Uh, can I get a motion to impose
conditions of approval?

451
00:42:16,640 --> 00:42:21,599
» So moved.
>> Second.

452
00:42:19,760 --> 00:42:25,599
» Been moved by councelor McCarthy, second
by councelor Roberts again.

453
00:42:24,720 --> 00:42:26,720
» Roll call.
>> Yes.

454
00:42:26,079 --> 00:42:28,000
» Yes.
>> Yes.

455
00:42:27,440 --> 00:42:32,560
» Yes.
>> Yes.

456
00:42:30,319 --> 00:42:36,240
Finally, can I get a motion to adopt
ordinance number 2384 at a single

457
00:42:34,640 --> 00:42:39,520
meeting and become effective 30 days
after adoption by the city council?

458
00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:42,319
» So moved.
>> Second.

459
00:42:40,560 --> 00:42:48,839
» Moved by councelor McCarthy. I'm going
to give that one to councelor Kelso

460
00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:48,839
since he speaks so infrequently

461
00:42:49,119 --> 00:42:52,269
on these [sighs]

462
00:42:53,040 --> 00:42:57,280
and he was I heard him first anyway. So
uh roll call.

463
00:42:56,800 --> 00:42:58,560
» Yes.
>> Yes.

464
00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:00,319
» Yes.
>> Yes.

465
00:42:59,040 --> 00:43:04,280
» Yes.
Motion passes unanimously.

466
00:43:05,760 --> 00:43:15,640
Next up, [sighs]
uh let's see.

467
00:43:10,240 --> 00:43:15,640
July 2026 monthly financial report.

468
00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:25,760
Uh Mr. Smith and Mr. Palasios.
>> Thank you. Good evening, Mr. Mayor and

469
00:43:22,640 --> 00:43:31,040
counselors. Tonight I have the uh July
2026 financial reports for you. Um this

470
00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:38,720
is the first month of the new fiscal
year. We are 8.3% of the way through the

471
00:43:34,640 --> 00:43:43,599
the new fiscal year. Um
for Hermanson renewal, the North

472
00:43:41,119 --> 00:43:48,319
Hermiston Urban Renewal Area project,
we're awaiting bidding and anticipate

473
00:43:45,839 --> 00:43:53,680
that to go out to bid next during the
next construction season, next spring,

474
00:43:50,880 --> 00:43:59,680
summer of 2027.
um being the first month again as I as I

475
00:43:57,599 --> 00:44:04,560
shared earlier 8.3% of the way through
the fiscal year monthly revenues because

476
00:44:02,319 --> 00:44:10,400
of the timing of revenues property taxes
and primarily um franchise fees at this

477
00:44:08,160 --> 00:44:13,839
point in time we're about a million
dollars under budget but under

478
00:44:12,319 --> 00:44:19,520
projection
um but currently on track for for

479
00:44:16,560 --> 00:44:23,680
budget. though we're
so those are we're just hanging on till

480
00:44:21,359 --> 00:44:28,560
those property taxes come in in November
and then the quarterly franchise fees

481
00:44:25,599 --> 00:44:32,960
start to come in usually in August this
monthly

482
00:44:31,040 --> 00:44:36,560
expenses were under projection by about
$109,000

483
00:44:34,640 --> 00:44:41,680
several departments were over budget in
comparison to projection and those were

484
00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:48,319
those are flagged for further evaluation
um parks utility they were um those

485
00:44:45,680 --> 00:44:52,480
ended up actually over budget. That's
due to seasonal activity that happens

486
00:44:50,400 --> 00:44:58,400
because of the timing of the year and
when that work is being done. Municipal

487
00:44:55,680 --> 00:45:02,480
pool seasonal activity as well. All the
people are enjoying the pool during the

488
00:44:59,920 --> 00:45:08,880
nice month of during the night month
during the nice months of the year.

489
00:45:04,160 --> 00:45:14,400
Municipal buildings. We had a um
repair to our roof generator. So that

490
00:45:11,599 --> 00:45:20,079
was that took a bit uh that was an
anticipated repair, but we were um so

491
00:45:17,520 --> 00:45:24,240
that that was a large repair that was
not planned for and so that threw the

492
00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:30,480
budget off a little bit. City council is
the annual membership we pay for League

493
00:45:26,160 --> 00:45:35,520
of Oregon cities each year in July. Um I
want to assure you that that one we are

494
00:45:33,760 --> 00:45:40,319
watching that a lot more closely this
year and so that is just that will

495
00:45:38,160 --> 00:45:46,400
flatten out as the other line items are
well under anticipated budget and

496
00:45:42,480 --> 00:45:50,560
budgeted items for that for city council
um fund balance want to take a minute

497
00:45:48,720 --> 00:45:56,160
and share a little bit about this. So
the our our

498
00:45:53,839 --> 00:46:00,160
policy is to require 15% minimum
reserve. We try and plan for that and

499
00:45:58,640 --> 00:46:06,880
then we account for that throughout the
year um and have an estimate um for the

500
00:46:04,319 --> 00:46:12,880
for the for this current fiscal year.
That projection is set at $2.85 $85

501
00:46:08,960 --> 00:46:18,000
million of the prior year um reserve
balance was 2.94 and that dropped a

502
00:46:15,920 --> 00:46:22,720
little bit because we had that transfer
that went out that was an expenditure on

503
00:46:19,920 --> 00:46:27,280
a budget basis from the general fund
over to the building fund which did not

504
00:46:25,200 --> 00:46:33,280
occur this year. So that has been
removed from that calculation.

505
00:46:29,680 --> 00:46:36,880
fund balance so far um I don't want to
jinx myself but fund balance is

506
00:46:35,040 --> 00:46:41,520
estimated to remain above the minimum
reserve for the entire entire fiscal

507
00:46:38,800 --> 00:46:46,480
year but we do monitor that closely and
I will make sure I let you know well in

508
00:46:44,560 --> 00:46:52,800
advance if we we start seeing any issues
with that

509
00:46:48,560 --> 00:46:57,280
um special revenue funds EOTech event
revenues and timing of project project

510
00:46:54,880 --> 00:47:02,640
reimbursements was one of the causes for
them to be under under projection for

511
00:46:59,920 --> 00:47:06,880
the that first one
and the RV project continues. We just

512
00:47:04,880 --> 00:47:13,040
ended the fair and some other activities
out there that um I'm happy to report

513
00:47:09,280 --> 00:47:18,480
that um we did make use of the RV park
so that was good. So that's that's a

514
00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:24,800
good thing and that continues to be a a
project that's near completion.

515
00:47:23,040 --> 00:47:29,119
Um
utility and street funds observations

516
00:47:26,960 --> 00:47:33,119
for this is a street fund. This one as I
share at the beginning of every year and

517
00:47:30,720 --> 00:47:37,760
probably be sharing for the at least
through January. There is a timing of

518
00:47:35,599 --> 00:47:43,200
the federal allocation turnover that we
get that's based on federal gas tax

519
00:47:40,800 --> 00:47:46,720
turnovers that we get. We get a one-time
payment in January. So that's why these

520
00:47:45,200 --> 00:47:52,640
projections are low. All the other
revenues are on trending and on track

521
00:47:48,880 --> 00:47:58,240
and expenses are actually tracking below
um uh budget expenditures. Regional

522
00:47:56,079 --> 00:48:02,319
water fund. Um, I only point this out
because it was it did get flagged. It's

523
00:48:00,079 --> 00:48:07,839
$1,000 under revenue projections for
through the end of July and then but we

524
00:48:04,880 --> 00:48:12,079
are currently $29,000 under projection
for the expense side. So, they're

525
00:48:09,839 --> 00:48:17,359
offsetting each other. So, we're still
that's a positive. Um,

526
00:48:15,440 --> 00:48:20,359
with that, I will turn it over to Mr.
Smith.

527
00:48:21,200 --> 00:48:28,400
Mr. Mayor, members of the council, I
just wanted to let you know Mr. Morgan

528
00:48:24,480 --> 00:48:33,359
is at the uh conference in Ontario along
with councelor Linton and so I'll I

529
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:36,880
don't know all the details of these
projects but I'll hit the highlights of

530
00:48:35,119 --> 00:48:41,839
the of the main ones. So Gear and
Harper's uh going well. Uh they they've

531
00:48:40,480 --> 00:48:47,760
I think completed most of the
underground work out on uh River Road

532
00:48:45,200 --> 00:48:55,280
and they're uh moving forward uh with
the the remainder of that that project.

533
00:48:51,680 --> 00:48:59,520
The 10th Street Bridge is under uh under
design and we're anticipating

534
00:48:57,040 --> 00:49:05,760
construction in the winter which is kind
of off cycle for us but we need to do it

535
00:49:01,760 --> 00:49:10,800
when there's no water in the uh canal.
Uh Dogwood's moving forward. That

536
00:49:07,599 --> 00:49:15,440
project's going well. Um
the backup generators are on order and

537
00:49:13,680 --> 00:49:20,960
they're continuing to prepare the
locations for those both at the uh

538
00:49:19,200 --> 00:49:28,720
regional water system intake pump
station and at the uh at the treatment

539
00:49:24,800 --> 00:49:35,520
plant out at 207 and feed bill.
Uh Orchard, I know that's been a bit of

540
00:49:31,760 --> 00:49:39,119
a pain point for a number of folks. So
uh I was just through there this

541
00:49:37,520 --> 00:49:44,960
evening. It looks like they've completed
the the extra work or the the work that

542
00:49:42,640 --> 00:49:50,160
was impacting the intersection at 207
and Orchard. I think that's uh that

543
00:49:46,800 --> 00:49:55,200
they've got it paved to to flat. Again,
there's no metal plates, so that should

544
00:49:52,079 --> 00:50:03,520
open up that that
uh to little easier traffic going

545
00:49:57,760 --> 00:50:10,480
through there. Um let's see what other
the East Evelyn uh gravity sewer line is

546
00:50:06,640 --> 00:50:15,440
moving forward uh as planned and is on
schedule.

547
00:50:13,040 --> 00:50:21,280
And let's see
uh the the couple that we want to flag

548
00:50:17,920 --> 00:50:25,119
just from a the well number four it had
been out. We' awarded it and it was

549
00:50:23,680 --> 00:50:30,240
supposed to be moving forward. There was
some problems with the contractor

550
00:50:26,880 --> 00:50:34,079
getting all of the parts and there's
been some tremendous delays. We may need

551
00:50:32,480 --> 00:50:41,599
to
um cancel that contract and and move to

552
00:50:38,240 --> 00:50:46,079
uh reschedu it, rebid it. Um we're still
trying to work through all the details

553
00:50:42,880 --> 00:50:51,680
on that, but it's just gotten so so much
delay, we we can't uh keep waiting on

554
00:50:48,640 --> 00:50:55,920
it. Uh lift station number five. We're
starting to design

555
00:50:54,079 --> 00:51:01,079
changes
and then

556
00:50:57,760 --> 00:51:01,079
Mr. Bum.

557
00:51:01,520 --> 00:51:06,880
Thank you, city manager. I just had a
question. I I don't have the timeline in

558
00:51:05,119 --> 00:51:10,720
front of me about Orchard, but when can
people anticipate it opening and be

559
00:51:09,440 --> 00:51:18,480
ready to go more or less?
>> Um I still fall. So I I but I don't have

560
00:51:15,440 --> 00:51:22,559
a better date yet, but it's it move it
has moved very well. Um we're very

561
00:51:20,960 --> 00:51:27,920
pleased with the work the contractor's
done, but just uh it's a long stretch of

562
00:51:25,280 --> 00:51:30,480
pipe that they're working on. So
>> thank you. And if I if I may follow up.

563
00:51:30,160 --> 00:51:37,119
» Sure.
>> Uh you should both allow yourself to be

564
00:51:33,040 --> 00:51:40,640
recognized before speaking or
you're recognized now.

565
00:51:38,800 --> 00:51:47,200
» Thank you.
uh was wondering about the rebid on on

566
00:51:44,079 --> 00:51:52,720
well number four
when bids are are made. I don't think

567
00:51:50,960 --> 00:51:57,119
anyone knows what the bids are until
it's finally

568
00:51:54,800 --> 00:52:00,960
released, right? And so if they rebid on
this,

569
00:51:57,839 --> 00:52:04,480
» well, it's been awarded and you you're
you guys have approved the contract, but

570
00:52:02,800 --> 00:52:08,480
there's been some delays in getting the
equipment

571
00:52:06,000 --> 00:52:12,960
and the and the the parts to do the
work. And so it's to the point where

572
00:52:11,119 --> 00:52:17,920
we're going to have to either do some
redesign or something to to get that

573
00:52:15,920 --> 00:52:22,319
project to move forward.
>> Thank you.

574
00:52:20,559 --> 00:52:25,520
» Was well I I don't remember offh hand.
Was well number four one of the ones

575
00:52:23,760 --> 00:52:29,000
that was going to get decommissioned
because of the PAS.

576
00:52:30,480 --> 00:52:35,440
» I want to say that
>> I believe it is.

577
00:52:32,880 --> 00:52:41,319
» Okay. And that might be part of that
discussion. I I don't know.

578
00:52:37,440 --> 00:52:41,319
» Okay. Thank you.

579
00:52:42,000 --> 00:52:50,400
» Any other questions at the moment before
he continues?

580
00:52:46,400 --> 00:52:57,760
Okay. Okay. Um now Sherman Park uh the
bids have been opened. were uh uh issued

581
00:52:53,520 --> 00:53:01,599
a notice of intent to award and and
um unfortunately they did come in a

582
00:52:59,520 --> 00:53:06,800
little bit high and so we're working
through the process with Anderson Perry

583
00:53:03,280 --> 00:53:11,839
to try to uh bring that down into the
range that we were anticipating with the

584
00:53:09,359 --> 00:53:16,400
grant funding that we had acquired. So,
we're still hopeful to bring that

585
00:53:13,200 --> 00:53:23,319
forward uh next month for uh a contract
award, but we have some work to do in

586
00:53:18,880 --> 00:53:23,319
trying to get it uh within budget.

587
00:53:23,359 --> 00:53:29,839
And with that, I'm happy to answer any
other questions.

588
00:53:28,240 --> 00:53:35,119
» Council McCarthy,
>> uh just I think it's remarkable that we

589
00:53:32,240 --> 00:53:38,762
have bids that are overestimated.
We were just talking about [laughter]

590
00:53:39,680 --> 00:53:42,480
» others

591
00:53:43,599 --> 00:53:50,280
Seeing none. Okay,
moving along.

592
00:53:50,400 --> 00:53:57,640
Any other things you need to bring
forward, sir? Okay. Um,

593
00:53:58,640 --> 00:54:04,920
can I get a motion or do we have any qu
council questions?

594
00:54:05,119 --> 00:54:11,000
Other other council questions? I'm
seeing none. Okay. Public comment.

595
00:54:11,599 --> 00:54:15,960
Did we forget anything?
>> No.

596
00:54:17,440 --> 00:54:23,760
» Oh, no. I haven't got haven't got there
yet. Getting close.

597
00:54:21,440 --> 00:54:28,240
» Council questions. C public comment.
Council comments.

598
00:54:26,400 --> 00:54:32,000
Okay. Can I get a motion to accept the
monthly financial report as presented?

599
00:54:30,480 --> 00:54:36,240
» So moved.
>> Second.

600
00:54:33,200 --> 00:54:40,079
» Been moved by councelor McCarthy.
Second councelor Roberts.

601
00:54:38,800 --> 00:54:41,599
Roll call. Yes.
>> Yes.

602
00:54:40,960 --> 00:54:44,240
» Yes.
>> Yes.

603
00:54:42,400 --> 00:54:47,960
» Yes.
>> Motion passes unanimously.

604
00:54:48,000 --> 00:54:54,880
» Okay. Next up, community survey report.
Mr. Smith.

605
00:54:52,720 --> 00:55:01,839
» Yeah, Mr. Mayor, members of the council.
Um, every

606
00:54:58,160 --> 00:55:07,119
uh six months, uh, Zen City does a a
survey kind of a

607
00:55:05,040 --> 00:55:15,359
kind of a survey that we can track our
services. How are we doing? and how are

608
00:55:08,720 --> 00:55:22,319
people feeling about it? Um, and so, um,
Lily's pulling it up, so just a second.

609
00:55:18,240 --> 00:55:26,240
Um, but that, um,
I think that I'm going to highlight the

610
00:55:24,079 --> 00:55:30,160
the complete report was in your packet.
I'm going to highlight a couple of the

611
00:55:27,760 --> 00:55:37,520
the items that I like to really pay
close attention to and to show that

612
00:55:32,720 --> 00:55:41,520
we're really staying pretty um solid uh
and steady even though this one we went

613
00:55:39,920 --> 00:55:46,800
down a little bit but it if we look at
it over time we're we're really tracking

614
00:55:44,240 --> 00:55:52,400
about in the same range. So, one of the
things it measures is a is a quality of

615
00:55:48,720 --> 00:55:57,200
life um item.
And

616
00:55:54,240 --> 00:56:04,960
is this gonna be good? All right. Okay.
So, this time we had about 412 residents

617
00:56:01,200 --> 00:56:13,040
uh completed the survey and this number
about 41% of them rated the quality of

618
00:56:08,400 --> 00:56:20,240
life uh in in this as positive. Now,
that's down 6% from the last six months.

619
00:56:17,119 --> 00:56:24,720
Um, and you can see the the negative was
up seven. Kind of looked like people

620
00:56:22,960 --> 00:56:30,559
flopped from one end one end of it to
the other. Uh, the the middle the

621
00:56:27,280 --> 00:56:34,960
neutral didn't move much. So, this is
just one that I like to watch. And if we

622
00:56:32,960 --> 00:56:42,240
take a look at this, but you take a look
at this over time, the the far left of

623
00:56:38,160 --> 00:56:47,839
the of the of the graph is 2022 is which
when we started these surveys.

624
00:56:45,119 --> 00:56:52,319
And so we're we're staying in the same
range. It goes up a little bit, comes

625
00:56:49,680 --> 00:56:59,520
down both on the positive, negative, and
in the neutral. So those swings, they

626
00:56:55,200 --> 00:57:03,839
they like this one is is uh noteworthy.
they mark those that are over 5%

627
00:57:01,520 --> 00:57:09,119
movement on positive or negative. So
just just wanted to uh show you that

628
00:57:06,559 --> 00:57:15,280
even though this is this time it moved a
lot, last time it actually moved up

629
00:57:11,520 --> 00:57:19,920
about the same amount. So
uh these are the demographics um related

630
00:57:18,000 --> 00:57:25,920
to that.
The um the others that go into kind of a

631
00:57:24,000 --> 00:57:29,359
quality of life area, how likely are you
to recommend Hermison as a place to

632
00:57:27,440 --> 00:57:36,960
live? 37%
did go down 4% this time. The negative

633
00:57:32,720 --> 00:57:41,920
went up two. So, a little bit less uh
solid on that. But again, if we I've

634
00:57:39,760 --> 00:57:46,640
looked at the the longer term, it's
really staying in that same range over

635
00:57:44,400 --> 00:57:51,599
time. How likely are you to be living in
Hermanson five years from now? 51% this

636
00:57:49,520 --> 00:57:57,240
time. This one came down seven. So, that
one's a big uh kind of a big drop.

637
00:57:58,720 --> 00:58:07,119
Now, some of these are some of the more
specific pieces of our community, things

638
00:58:03,839 --> 00:58:12,480
that people are pleased with oppos you
know, uh, you know, not as pleased with.

639
00:58:10,000 --> 00:58:20,160
Uh, you see there's three, two of them
have the double bars noteworthy

640
00:58:15,280 --> 00:58:24,319
moving the positive move down six and 7%
on uh, quality of parks and wreck

641
00:58:22,400 --> 00:58:29,359
amenities and access to quality
education.

642
00:58:26,160 --> 00:58:36,160
Um, I don't know what you can attribute
to these two. Um, I I don't I haven't

643
00:58:32,720 --> 00:58:39,200
seen it. I haven't observed a a dramatic
drop in the quality of our what what our

644
00:58:37,920 --> 00:58:45,280
parks are looking like, what our
services have looked like. So, it's kind

645
00:58:41,839 --> 00:58:49,839
of tough to see. It's a kind of a I
don't know, maybe it's a different set

646
00:58:47,520 --> 00:58:53,200
of people that answered the survey this
time. Yeah.

647
00:58:51,200 --> 00:58:57,920
» Um,
then we've got the waste and recycling

648
00:58:55,359 --> 00:59:02,160
services. Uh, I think we've had a lot we
had a lot of discussion about that. I I

649
00:59:00,000 --> 00:59:07,119
would imagine the rate change had an
impact on that one, making it stand out

650
00:59:04,799 --> 00:59:12,480
a little bit.
Then overall cleanliness and maintenance

651
00:59:09,119 --> 00:59:17,200
went down on the positive
and then the ease of getting around by

652
00:59:14,720 --> 00:59:22,240
public transportation. And again, I
don't know what changed. We didn't we

653
00:59:19,359 --> 00:59:28,720
didn't reduce the amount of
uh time or the amount of bus service or

654
00:59:25,280 --> 00:59:33,920
anything like that. Had no change in our
taxi rates during this time frame. So,

655
00:59:31,119 --> 00:59:38,319
I'm not sure what would have caused it.
But, you know, we just kind of watch

656
00:59:35,440 --> 00:59:46,119
this and try to see what we can do to to
uh

657
00:59:40,880 --> 00:59:46,119
meet the the interests of the community.

658
00:59:46,240 --> 00:59:52,160
Is there any questions on any of that so
far?

659
00:59:50,720 --> 00:59:55,280
» Questions?
>> Counc Roberts,

660
00:59:54,079 --> 01:00:00,160
» you'd already kind of mentioned the
demographics, but um do you look at the

661
00:59:57,680 --> 01:00:04,160
demographics to see if they're shifting
over time and that would give us an idea

662
01:00:01,760 --> 01:00:09,040
whether or not the same people are are
taking the survey, if we're seeing a

663
01:00:05,520 --> 01:00:12,960
shift in in who's taking the survey?
>> Well, I mean, I have not watched that as

664
01:00:12,000 --> 01:00:19,200
closely.
>> I do know what they do. They do some

665
01:00:15,520 --> 01:00:24,000
statistical work uh once they reach a a
a certain number of respondents. They do

666
01:00:21,280 --> 01:00:28,880
some statistical work to make sure that
we are meeting the demographics of of of

667
01:00:26,559 --> 01:00:33,920
a of the community as it as we find them
in the census and so forth. So I know

668
01:00:31,440 --> 01:00:37,599
they're trying to make it as close to
ours as possible. I'm not a

669
01:00:36,240 --> 01:00:41,920
statistician. And I don't know what that
all means, but I know that they that

670
01:00:40,240 --> 01:00:47,240
that they're trying to make sure that
we're it's a representative picture of

671
01:00:44,000 --> 01:00:47,240
our community.

672
01:00:47,520 --> 01:00:53,200
» Mr. Kel,
>> so are these people voluntarily going to

673
01:00:51,680 --> 01:00:55,760
a website and filling out the survey or
are they contacted by the survey company

674
01:00:54,880 --> 01:00:58,720
for their opinions?
>> These are volunteers.

675
01:00:58,079 --> 01:01:01,839
» Okay.
>> Self- selectors.

676
01:01:00,640 --> 01:01:04,559
» We really don't have any way of knowing
if it's the same group of people or not

677
01:01:03,760 --> 01:01:08,720
doing. Right.
>> Okay. Thank you.

678
01:01:06,880 --> 01:01:14,400
others.
I give everybody else a chance first.

679
01:01:11,119 --> 01:01:18,000
Any others? Hey, Council Roberts.
>> Um, do we even know if they're in the

680
01:01:16,480 --> 01:01:23,119
city? Is this only
>> they are geoence? They we they can um

681
01:01:21,119 --> 01:01:25,839
tell if they are in the if they live in
the city.

682
01:01:23,680 --> 01:01:29,520
» Perfect.
Councy,

683
01:01:27,119 --> 01:01:34,319
» I believe these are pushed out on social
media, for example, to people within the

684
01:01:31,760 --> 01:01:39,200
zip code um at the time that they see
the ad for the survey. Correct.

685
01:01:37,040 --> 01:01:43,760
» I think it's even also the correlated
with where their um where their cell

686
01:01:42,480 --> 01:01:47,079
phone is registered.
>> Right. Okay.

687
01:01:48,319 --> 01:01:55,200
» Others.
Okay.

688
01:01:50,880 --> 01:02:00,640
» Okay. So then each s each time we can do
some questions that we focus on so we

689
01:01:57,680 --> 01:02:04,160
can set up follow-up questions. So, we
were concerned a little bit just trying

690
01:02:02,400 --> 01:02:11,119
to understand what kind of arts and
cultural events people um what they'd

691
01:02:07,839 --> 01:02:15,920
like to see, how they are reacting. So,
this one was went up a little bit from

692
01:02:14,000 --> 01:02:22,079
the last time, but these this follow-up
question is is uh probably the more

693
01:02:18,480 --> 01:02:26,880
interesting part. Uh the number one uh
important thing uh that we could do to

694
01:02:24,720 --> 01:02:30,400
improve the availability of a variety of
art and cultural events is to do a

695
01:02:28,880 --> 01:02:36,480
better job communicating and promoting
the events that are already occurring. I

696
01:02:33,680 --> 01:02:39,839
that's uh something that's good from our
standpoint. Not trying to create new

697
01:02:38,079 --> 01:02:46,640
events, but try to do a better job of
getting the word out. Um and then uh the

698
01:02:44,079 --> 01:02:52,640
next two are programming for adults and
seniors and then children and families.

699
01:02:50,000 --> 01:02:58,640
And then you can see further down there
is support a museum or a cultural center

700
01:02:56,079 --> 01:03:05,200
things like that. So or invest at EOTech
in the community center. So all of those

701
01:03:01,119 --> 01:03:13,920
are um the options that the that that
were chosen by the respondents.

702
01:03:09,040 --> 01:03:19,200
So this one uh we focused on it because
we combined it. It used to be two

703
01:03:15,599 --> 01:03:22,720
separate questions. it was um ease of
getting around by foot, ease in getting

704
01:03:20,640 --> 01:03:27,760
around by bicycle. We've been scoring
very highly in both of those trying to

705
01:03:25,280 --> 01:03:31,039
understand that a little bit. So, we
combined it, but then did a follow-up

706
01:03:29,440 --> 01:03:35,280
question. What's the most important
thing that we could do? Improve the

707
01:03:33,359 --> 01:03:41,760
quality and condition of sidewalks and
paths is the number one. And then uh

708
01:03:38,079 --> 01:03:47,760
after that is just correct uh sidewalk
and and pathways

709
01:03:44,079 --> 01:03:53,680
adding those into the network and then
uh expand walking and and biking

710
01:03:50,559 --> 01:03:57,520
options. So again just information for
us as we look at services we're

711
01:03:55,599 --> 01:04:01,280
providing how we can do a little bit
better to meet the needs of the

712
01:03:58,799 --> 01:04:07,200
community.
This one uh I know uh the chief pays

713
01:04:04,160 --> 01:04:14,000
attention to this one. uh overall sense
of overall safety. Uh we went up about

714
01:04:10,640 --> 01:04:20,160
3% on the positive uh but also went up
3% uh on the negative. So kind of a

715
01:04:17,680 --> 01:04:27,599
mixture.
And then the number one thing was um

716
01:04:24,319 --> 01:04:30,960
address public uh drug use and and
helping homeless individuals find

717
01:04:29,280 --> 01:04:36,559
services. That was the number one by a
long shot. So,

718
01:04:33,200 --> 01:04:40,400
uh, again, something that we work on and
I know the the chief tracks closely how

719
01:04:38,880 --> 01:04:45,280
much time we're spending with, uh,
homeless services

720
01:04:42,400 --> 01:04:51,760
and and I think also um, you know, as
we've I think the path and the stepping

721
01:04:48,559 --> 01:04:56,000
stones program is kind of getting
stronger. It's being it's on its feet

722
01:04:54,000 --> 01:05:01,599
um, moving forward. So hopefully we can
see continue to see maybe some of this

723
01:04:59,200 --> 01:05:04,720
uh improve and and see if there's some
other areas that we can do. Street

724
01:05:03,119 --> 01:05:09,640
lighting would be the number two which
has been on a council goal for a little

725
01:05:06,319 --> 01:05:09,640
while. So

726
01:05:10,000 --> 01:05:15,440
and then the last piece of the survey we
we can do rotate. So we asked a question

727
01:05:14,160 --> 01:05:20,799
related to health and wellness
facilities

728
01:05:17,599 --> 01:05:25,280
and um these aren't repeated over time
so not as much as far as changes but one

729
01:05:23,760 --> 01:05:29,839
of the top ones here is keeping it
affordable to the public and that's

730
01:05:27,680 --> 01:05:37,680
we've done some additional uh work
specifically talking about uh the health

731
01:05:34,160 --> 01:05:42,799
and wellness facility and so getting an
insight into what people uh consider to

732
01:05:40,400 --> 01:05:42,799
be important

733
01:05:43,359 --> 01:05:48,000
And then how do you do you feel
Hermanson's going in the right

734
01:05:45,839 --> 01:05:54,480
direction? This one maybe a little
concerning. Down 8% uh on the positive

735
01:05:51,200 --> 01:06:00,240
side, up 12% on the negative.
So here's some of the follow-up

736
01:05:56,960 --> 01:06:05,200
questions uh or options.
So what what do you like about growth?

737
01:06:02,480 --> 01:06:09,280
Expanded dining, shopping, new job
opportunities.

738
01:06:07,119 --> 01:06:14,480
Top two there.
And then the uh biggest concerns,

739
01:06:12,240 --> 01:06:21,440
traffic congestion, cost of housing and
rent, and then the ri just rising prices

740
01:06:17,920 --> 01:06:27,440
overall. So um a couple of those we we
can try to have a little impact on

741
01:06:23,200 --> 01:06:33,079
those. Um some of them we can't but um
again opportunities to see uh what we

742
01:06:29,920 --> 01:06:33,079
can do.

743
01:06:33,200 --> 01:06:40,079
Okay, that is
all I had. I'd be happy to answer any

744
01:06:37,920 --> 01:06:49,680
other questions.
Okay. Any other council questions on

745
01:06:44,400 --> 01:06:58,559
Mr. uh Smith's community survey report?
Seeing none, have any public comment?

746
01:06:54,559 --> 01:07:03,599
Seeing none, council comments.
Okay. No action is requested on this as

747
01:07:01,200 --> 01:07:10,079
this was presented as information only.
So, we're going to move forward. Next

748
01:07:06,480 --> 01:07:15,640
up, committee reports. It's from city
committees and liaison. Do we have any

749
01:07:12,240 --> 01:07:15,640
committee reports?

750
01:07:16,480 --> 01:07:25,440
Getting away cheap on this one?
Okay. None.

751
01:07:21,760 --> 01:07:31,599
Mayor's report. Well, let's see. We've
had a fair. We've had an rodeo. We've

752
01:07:28,480 --> 01:07:37,760
had Melonfest.
all of which I saw some of uh some parts

753
01:07:35,119 --> 01:07:43,599
of it in one way or another. Uh fair and
rodeo seemed to be a success. Uh from

754
01:07:40,880 --> 01:07:49,200
what I saw, we were uh it was well
attended and it was, you know, well

755
01:07:46,480 --> 01:07:55,119
taken care of. Uh thanks to the chief
for providing uh additional staff for

756
01:07:52,480 --> 01:07:58,720
working up there. that made, you know,
as somebody that was doing that, it made

757
01:07:56,880 --> 01:08:03,599
a big difference having, you know, those
extra bodies up there to take care of

758
01:08:01,200 --> 01:08:09,039
things. And so, uh, your your, uh,
assistance in that was greatly

759
01:08:05,599 --> 01:08:14,960
appreciated. I know by myself and, uh,
other members of other agencies. Um,

760
01:08:12,079 --> 01:08:20,960
again, the rodeo seemed to go well, too.
No real issues over there. So,

761
01:08:18,239 --> 01:08:26,239
Melonfest, uh, I was there for for a
short time. Um I did not participate in

762
01:08:24,080 --> 01:08:32,560
the seed spitting contest as I arrived a
little bit too late for it so to sign

763
01:08:29,040 --> 01:08:38,880
up. Um
maybe next year. Uh but it looked like

764
01:08:36,319 --> 01:08:44,239
it was very well attended uh extended
another block

765
01:08:40,799 --> 01:08:48,640
uh this year. A lot of lot of uh
participants when we arrived there was

766
01:08:46,080 --> 01:08:53,920
it was for all intents and purposes
wallto-wall people. And so it was very

767
01:08:52,400 --> 01:08:57,679
looked like a lot of it was a lot of fun
was had. You know, we got got a few

768
01:08:55,600 --> 01:09:02,799
sprinkles here and there and but the
wind wasn't too bad and the weather was

769
01:09:00,239 --> 01:09:06,960
very amenable.
So whoever took care of getting ordering

770
01:09:05,440 --> 01:09:14,799
the weather in for that, I appreciate
it. Um and then coming up we have a uh a

771
01:09:12,239 --> 01:09:20,400
ribbon cutting from what I understand.
If anybody wants to participate at it,

772
01:09:16,799 --> 01:09:25,040
it is at Hortensia's
on September 3rd at 11:30. I'm not sure

773
01:09:23,679 --> 01:09:29,279
I'm going to be available for that one.
So, if anybody else wants to go to that,

774
01:09:27,759 --> 01:09:33,120
wave our flag for us, that'd be
fantastic.

775
01:09:31,040 --> 01:09:37,199
Uh,
let's see. Thanks to everybody that's

776
01:09:35,839 --> 01:09:41,679
been participating in all of our
committees and such. I I know that this

777
01:09:39,279 --> 01:09:46,799
time of the year, we get really busy, so
some things tend to get pushed back a

778
01:09:44,560 --> 01:09:51,040
little bit. I know we've had a lot of uh
hard discussions over the last couple of

779
01:09:49,120 --> 01:09:56,560
week or a couple of council sessions and
so you know everybody participating and

780
01:09:54,080 --> 01:10:02,320
you know getting getting their two cents
worth and with inflation I guess we go

781
01:09:58,480 --> 01:10:06,239
four and a half cents but uh I can't I
can I cannot thank everybody that's

782
01:10:04,000 --> 01:10:10,800
participated in in all of our processes
as you know this is what we we signed up

783
01:10:08,400 --> 01:10:15,360
for this is what we were elected to do
make some of the hard decisions you know

784
01:10:13,679 --> 01:10:19,040
it isn't always to make. It isn't always
easy to make some of the unpopular

785
01:10:16,800 --> 01:10:22,320
decisions, but you know, we have a we
have a city that we have to take care of

786
01:10:20,480 --> 01:10:26,239
and and do what we think is best. And
and I think each and every one of you

787
01:10:24,560 --> 01:10:30,719
guys up here has taken that
responsibility to heart, and I thank you

788
01:10:28,719 --> 01:10:36,000
so much for all the work that you've
done. So, uh, with that, I will turn

789
01:10:34,159 --> 01:10:38,400
over to the council president.
>> Thank you, Mayor. You mentioned, uh,

790
01:10:37,280 --> 01:10:43,440
most everything that I wanted to
mention. Um uh but I do want to point

791
01:10:41,440 --> 01:10:50,880
out u on top of things organized by the
chamber tomorrow we have the resource

792
01:10:45,199 --> 01:10:54,880
lunch um 11:30 to 11 um and it'll be um
uh all about fraud prevention and

793
01:10:52,719 --> 01:11:00,320
financial wellness with guest speaker
Devin Bailey. So I encourage you all to

794
01:10:58,080 --> 01:11:04,560
take a look at that.
Excellent.

795
01:11:02,239 --> 01:11:09,159
Council reports. Anybody have anything
they want to bring forward? Councelor

796
01:11:06,159 --> 01:11:09,159
Brown,

797
01:11:09,679 --> 01:11:15,120
» I think it was councelor Kelso that
mentioned in the last meeting uh but

798
01:11:13,520 --> 01:11:22,000
about the softball team and how well
that they did. Um and so I just wanted

799
01:11:18,000 --> 01:11:25,840
to uh ask the council to formally invite
the team uh to acknowledge the the good

800
01:11:24,640 --> 01:11:30,320
things that they've done for the
community uh and representing not only

801
01:11:28,080 --> 01:11:35,920
Hermison but the state of Oregon. I've
been in communication with the coach a

802
01:11:32,640 --> 01:11:40,960
little bit and I maybe our city staff
could um work on some dates, but they do

803
01:11:39,280 --> 01:11:45,840
seem interested.
>> We've reached out and they haven't

804
01:11:42,400 --> 01:11:48,640
responded, so encourage them to respond.
>> Sounds good then.

805
01:11:46,719 --> 01:11:54,000
» Thank you.
>> Nice try.

806
01:11:51,120 --> 01:11:58,000
Others,
>> councelor Kelso.

807
01:11:56,560 --> 01:12:01,360
» Yeah, I just wanted to thank everybody
involved with the fair. I was there for

808
01:11:59,520 --> 01:12:05,199
the whole week and uh just had a great
time. It was uh well done again this

809
01:12:03,360 --> 01:12:08,480
year and I think you know if we don't
have the best county fair in the state

810
01:12:06,719 --> 01:12:13,120
I'd be shocked. I think it's just a
great time and it's awesome and u so

811
01:12:11,280 --> 01:12:17,199
thank you everybody involved with that.
Uh I spent Saturday of fair week um

812
01:12:15,440 --> 01:12:23,120
volunteering with the Kuanas uh doing
Rascal Rodeo which is a program for

813
01:12:19,840 --> 01:12:26,719
learning disabled adults and children um
that gives them a chance to ride a horse

814
01:12:24,880 --> 01:12:31,199
which is kind of really neat. There were
about 80 people, maybe a hundred people

815
01:12:28,400 --> 01:12:36,080
who participated all told. And um it was
just a great Saturday of people. I mean,

816
01:12:34,400 --> 01:12:40,640
I had a grin on my face the whole time
just seeing these people get on these uh

817
01:12:38,800 --> 01:12:45,920
horses and ride around, some for the
first time, some scared to death, and uh

818
01:12:42,880 --> 01:12:48,960
but they did it and um it was just an
awesome Saturday. So, I wanted to thank

819
01:12:47,440 --> 01:12:52,480
everybody involved with that, too.
That's all I had.

820
01:12:50,560 --> 01:12:57,560
» All right.
Any others?

821
01:12:54,560 --> 01:12:57,560
Councelor

822
01:12:58,560 --> 01:13:03,280
Roberts,
>> I can jump in on that. It's it feels

823
01:13:01,920 --> 01:13:07,280
kind of self- serving, but it's it's
it's not. Um, you know, obviously my

824
01:13:05,920 --> 01:13:11,760
role at the fair is different than
others and I don't always go as a

825
01:13:09,280 --> 01:13:16,080
spectator. I do get to interact with a
lot of really good people up there and

826
01:13:13,280 --> 01:13:20,800
it is fun, but uh I also want to take
the opportunity to thank uh Chief

827
01:13:18,000 --> 01:13:27,120
Edmonston and his staff. I want to thank
the responders from the other uh

828
01:13:23,679 --> 01:13:30,960
agencies that contributed personnel. Um
one of the big things that I hear from

829
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people is that they feel it's a very
safe event because of the presence of of

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security and and law enforcement up
there. And uh we couldn't have such a

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good fair um in my opinion a safe and
familyfriendly event without those

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people. So just publicly here tonight, I
want to thank all those agencies that

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contributed to make that a safe event.

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» Okay.
Councor Drum,

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» I want to echo what you guys have said
about um the fair and all the

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volunteers. It certainly takes a lot of
people to uh to make it run as smooth as

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it did. um starting from the parking lot
getting finding you know directing you

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to your spot and from there you know all
the civic groups also that gave of their

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time to uh sell burgers or whatever the
case was to be able to um you know help

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community members here. So, I want to
thank everyone, law enforcement,

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everyone, all the volunteers, the
employees that were working extra hours

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to, you know, so that other people could
have fun. Um, I also want to add that

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the city chat is going to be happening
on the se on September 4th at 11:30 at

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the Hermiston Food Pod. And I just want
to encourage people since you're going

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to go out and eat, why not um also uh
you know, partake in the food that is

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sold there. So, uh, we hope that we have
a better turnout. I'm still kind of not

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01:15:01,440 --> 01:15:09,520
sure if I will be participating in that.
Um, but I would like to encourage other

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community members that might tune in or
read the minutes hopefully or actually

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that have read the minutes because this
has been mentioned before um that this

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is happening. So hopefully, you know, we
will have a good turnout and that's it.

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» That's at 11:30, right?
>> 11:30. 11:30 at the food pod across from

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the post office. Correct. High school
one of the high school parking lot

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entrances.
Yeah, that's I think that's I think that

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one will probably be very well attended
just if for no other reason having high

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school kids involved which I would love
to see. So

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01:15:43,679 --> 01:15:51,840
all right, [sighs] last chance for
anybody. We've got everybody, haven't

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01:15:47,760 --> 01:15:56,239
we? Yeah. Okay, Mr. Smith,
>> I have nothing further.

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All right. So with that, we are going to
recess for executive session. The city

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council of the city of Hston will now
meet in executive session in in the

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executive session room for the purpose
of discussing matters pertaining to the

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review and evaluation pursuant to
standards criteria policy directives

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adopted by the governing body. the
employment related performances of the

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chief executive officer of any public
body or a public officer or employee or

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staff member unless the person whose
performance is being reviewed evaluate

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requests
an open hearing.

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The executive session will convene
pursuant to OS 192.660 660 parentheses 2

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parentheses I
[sighs] to discuss matters pertaining to

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the review and evaluation of employment
related performance of city manager

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Byron Smith. Representatives of the news
media and designated staff will be

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allowed to attend the executive session.
All other members of the audience are

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01:16:52,880 --> 01:16:59,440
excluded. Representatives of the news
media are specifically directed not to

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01:16:57,760 --> 01:17:03,840
report on any of the deliberations
during the executive session except to

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state the general subject of the session
as previously announced. No final

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01:17:06,480 --> 01:17:13,040
decisions will be made in executive
session. At the end of the executive

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session, the council will res return to
open session which the audience may

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attend. Executive session will last
approximately 30 minutes. With that we

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are in recess.

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Okay, we're going to reconvene the
regular city council meeting and to

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consider the approval of changes to the
city manager employment contract. Mr.

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Smith.

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02:09:39,599 --> 02:09:47,199
» Yes, Mr. Mayor. Uh, all I would be
requesting this year, um, there's some

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things that I would like to do from a
health and wellness standpoint that

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aren't covered by our insurance that I
would like to ask for a small increase.

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02:09:55,280 --> 02:10:02,560
I know it all will go into the salary B
box or whatever. It doesn't it wouldn't

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get separated out or separately
accounted for, but from my standpoint, I

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want to would like to call that out.
just some things that I would like to be

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doing that aren't covered by insurance

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and I be willing to answer any questions
if you have

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02:10:17,520 --> 02:10:21,000
» council questions

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council
>> yeah I would um just like to ask how you

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arrived at this number of $550 a month
what I know it's all general salary but

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02:10:31,440 --> 02:10:37,440
you have said it will be used for
wellness activities

893
02:10:34,880 --> 02:10:42,239
» uh it's it's bas basically um there's a
couple of wellness subscription type

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02:10:39,840 --> 02:10:46,639
things that I would like to do that that
monitor things at a higher level and

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02:10:44,880 --> 02:10:48,480
that that comes under that amount that
would cover that.

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02:10:47,199 --> 02:10:51,719
» Okay.
>> Thank you.

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» Any others? Cerum.
>> Thank you, Mayor. Uh city manager, you

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said this was an increase, right? So,
what was the previous amount? And of

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course, we know the request is 550. No,
I mean there was there's nothing under

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this banner before. So this would be
that's the whole increase

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to 550.

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» Any others?
Councelor Roberts?

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02:11:21,119 --> 02:11:29,520
» Mine isn't about the amount. It's just a
curiosity. This is amendment 12. Um

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02:11:27,360 --> 02:11:35,040
what's the reason for amendments instead
of just new contracts as they come out?

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02:11:32,880 --> 02:11:39,440
Um, that's just kind of how we started
doing it. Um, I I was just talking to

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02:11:37,760 --> 02:11:44,159
them about it. What I'd like to do is
put it all back into a a contract that

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02:11:42,400 --> 02:11:47,360
we can look at the whole thing and then
kind of start from there again, but I

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02:11:45,840 --> 02:11:51,639
didn't get to that this year like I
wanted to. So,

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02:11:48,079 --> 02:11:51,639
» okay, fair enough.

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Any others?

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» Any public comment? [laughter]
Seeing none.

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02:12:02,960 --> 02:12:07,719
» I can tell.
>> Council comments.

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» Any council comments? Anything at all?
And okay. Uh, can I get a motion? Do I

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have a motion? Any kind of a motion?
>> I move that we adopt the amendments as

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requested by the city manager.
>> Second.

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» Okay. Been moved by councelor Kelso that
we

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accept the
uh amendments as as written and as

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02:12:36,880 --> 02:12:45,880
requested and been seconded by councelor
Veron I believe. Oh, Veron. Okay.

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» Roll call.
>> Yes.

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02:12:47,840 --> 02:12:50,320
» Yes.
>> Yes.

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02:12:49,679 --> 02:12:54,719
» Yes.
>> Yes.

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02:12:51,920 --> 02:13:01,520
» Motion passes unanimously
of those present.

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Okay. Uh, any other items for the order?
>> May I just I I just want to say thank

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you very much. I appreciate another good
year and look forward to more and no

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02:13:09,679 --> 02:13:16,239
» really appreciate the evaluation. I
don't know if anybody's still watching

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online, but you know,
>> wanted to say thank you.

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» All right,
anything else? We are adjourned

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» and we give this back.