[0:00] Welcome everyone to tonight's council.

[0:02] Will you please stand for the pledge of

[0:03] allegiance?

[0:07] » I pledge algiance to the flag of the

[0:10] United States of America and to the

[0:13] republic for which it stands, one nation

[0:16] under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[0:19] justice for all.

[0:27] Like everyone made it tonight. Welcome.

[0:30] Review and approval of agenda. Um just a

[0:33] note real quick, everything is in your

[0:35] packet, but in mine,

[0:38] um the pickle ball was after number 8B,

[0:44] new business. So if you haven't looked

[0:46] at your packet, good. You may have to

[0:48] skip ahead when we get to that part.

[0:50] It's further in the packet, but it is

[0:52] there.

[0:54] >> I must have run copies and had it later

[0:55] in the Okay. Motion to approve the

[0:57] agenda.

[0:58] >> Second.

[0:59] >> Motion made and seconded to approve

[1:01] agenda. All in favor? I.

[1:02] >> I.

[1:03] >> Opposed. Motion carries.

[1:05] >> Public comments. Anybody here wish to

[1:07] make any comments on any topic not on

[1:09] the agenda tonight?

[1:13] >> Three minutes.

[1:14] >> All right. Be quick then.

[1:17] >> Okay. Hello city council members. I'm

[1:20] here today on behalf of Thrive Ellen

[1:22] County, which has partnered with

[1:23] economic development and Iowa industries

[1:25] through a grant to highlight some

[1:26] exciting additions we're bringing to the

[1:28] Iowa's farmers market. The farmers

[1:30] market is already a wonderful community

[1:32] event with fantastic vendors, locally

[1:34] grown produce, and a loyal community

[1:36] support base. These new activities are

[1:38] intended to build on that strong

[1:39] foundation, attract even more visitors,

[1:41] and create additional opportunities for

[1:43] our vendors and local businesses. As you

[1:45] may have seen last Thursday, inflatables

[1:48] filled the lawn of on the west side of

[1:49] the square along with two delicious food

[1:51] trucks. This week, Los Titos, a Mexican

[1:54] food truck, and 323, a baked goods

[1:57] truck, will be joining us. The grant

[1:59] will cover up to $10 towards an order

[2:01] for each of the first 25 customers who

[2:03] attend both food trucks. We also

[2:06] partnered with a new business, Mabel

[2:07] Creative, to provide free arts and

[2:09] crafts at each farmers market throughout

[2:11] August. This week only, we'll also have

[2:13] a free watermelon feed featuring locally grown watermelons. In coming

[2:18] weeks, visitors can look forward to more

[2:20] food trucks, a balloon artist, an

[2:21] entertainer, a car show, and a pie

[2:23] eating contest with a grand prize of

[2:25] $500 in chamber bucks. Last week's

[2:28] turnout was amazing thanks to these

[2:30] efforts and the Iola Public Library

[2:31] summer reading wrap-up event, which was

[2:33] held next to the farmers market. We hope

[2:35] to build on the momentum and continue

[2:37] increasing attendance throughout the

[2:38] rest of the season. Please stop by and

[2:40] join us. uh for the remaining farmers

[2:42] markets and thank you for continuing to

[2:44] invest in economic development, our

[2:46] local businesses in the Iowa farmers

[2:48] market. Is there any comments or

[2:49] questions?

[2:51] >> Nope. It was a good turnout it looked

[2:52] like this past weekend. So,

[2:54] >> really exciting last week.

[2:55] >> So, yeah, looking forward to this next

[2:57] week. Thank you. Appreciate the update.

[3:00] Thank you.

[3:02] >> All right, moving on. Consent agenda.

[3:04] Any questions, comments, concerns?

[3:08] Motion to approve the consent agenda.

[3:11] >> I'll second motion to approve consent

[3:14] agenda and seconded. All in favor? I.

[3:17] >> I opposed. Motion carries.

[3:22] All right. Pickle ball court.

[3:31] Um

[3:33] I guess is anybody got any certain

[3:35] questions? I know we I went and got an

[3:37] uh updated formal quote from one of the

[3:42] contractors that was in question

[3:45] um Field Ops Company of Kansas.

[3:50] Um I did notice here that he has the

[3:52] incorrect date on it, but I assure you I

[3:54] received this the other day. This is the

[3:55] updated formal quote from Mr. Vaner.

[4:01] Well, instead of 22 cheaper, he's now

[4:04] >> Yeah, his he had told me when I called

[4:07] him and told him uh what I needed um and

[4:09] just talked to him a little bit that uh

[4:12] material had went up of course in price

[4:14] and um I mean he may have also upped his

[4:19] uh labor cost as well. Um I'm sure you

[4:22] know if he's a small business owner from

[4:24] one year the next if he's providing

[4:25] benefits to somebody his cost went up in

[4:27] some sort sort of way. Um, but this is

[4:30] his updated price. Um, and then of

[4:34] course I have the other two former

[4:35] quotes from the other two companies.

[4:38] Um, I would like to add,

[4:41] um, when I did speak with, uh, Troy

[4:44] Vaner, the owner of Field Ops Company,

[4:47] he did tell me cuz I just wanted to

[4:49] know, you know, so I could be utmost

[4:51] with you all that, uh, him being able to

[4:54] get to this job this year is in question

[4:56] because of how busy he is currently. Um

[4:59] he said honestly it's up in the air

[5:02] because a lot of his work still to this

[5:04] is all obviously weather based so if it

[5:07] gets cold enough outside he can't do the

[5:09] job the the material won't adhere to the

[5:11] concrete properly. Um so he said with

[5:14] his current ongoing jobs that if

[5:16] everything still goes as scheduled with

[5:18] what he already has scheduled for other

[5:20] jobs it would be in question if he could

[5:22] get to us this year. Um, I did speak

[5:26] with the other one I know that was the

[5:27] clo next closest bid that uh had some

[5:30] interest, McConnell Associates, and they

[5:33] said he had told me that he could get us

[5:35] on the books this year. Um, it would be

[5:38] possibly later September roughly right

[5:41] now andor into early October. And he did

[5:44] say if at all something had happened

[5:47] with their schedule and the weather did

[5:50] turn for a snap, he would not even try

[5:52] to administer their product uh with

[5:54] anything with concern of curing and he

[5:57] would honor this price into next year

[6:00] and they would have to, you know, move

[6:01] the job into next year.

[6:03] >> Is dangerous?

[6:06] >> I wouldn't consider it dangerous than it

[6:08] is right now.

[6:08] >> Facts or I mean is it bad? I I haven't

[6:11] looked that way.

[6:12] >> It needs to be addressed. It's not

[6:14] >> It

[6:16] >> It's routine maintenance, honestly, is

[6:18] what it needs right now.

[6:20] >> If would be um they sounds to me like

[6:25] they're not.

[6:30] So,

[6:35] » um he did not clarify that.

[6:38] I would have

[6:39] >> he McConnell did say they would honor it

[6:42] into 27, but Troy did not uh clarify if

[6:45] he would honor it into 27 or not.

[6:49] >> Estimate the last couple months.

[6:57] » Anybody else have any other further

[6:59] questions regarding these?

[7:03] I know there was some hesitation with

[7:04] field ops because it was indicated they

[7:07] were newer business. Um,

[7:10] you know, that's the dangerous thing

[7:11] with an aged

[7:14] uh estimate is the price did go up for

[7:17] him. You're closer now with McConnell's

[7:21] cost. So, council

[7:24] >> and remind me has McConnell and

[7:25] Associates done for the city?

[7:28] >> Not to my knowledge. They did minutes

[7:30] years ago. Joel.

[7:32] >> Okay.

[7:32] They've done some

[7:33] >> before me college.

[7:34] >> Yeah. They've done some work at the

[7:35] college in the parking lot and stuff

[7:37] >> because I know that that's what you

[7:39] you're referring and so there's got to

[7:41] be reason for

[7:42] >> longer company history. The couple

[7:45] people that I've have spoke with said

[7:47] that they never heard of anything bad as

[7:49] far as their work related to them. I

[7:50] know they did the job at Shen High

[7:52] School um for their tennis courts. I

[7:55] guess I'm sure they use them for tennis,

[7:56] not pickle ball. Um that's just why I

[7:59] was leaning in that direction.

[8:09] like

[8:11] Mac was going to do more square foot

[8:13] square yardage or

[8:15] >> it it should not have been. I gave every

[8:17] one of them the exact dimensions and um

[8:22] two of the companies did meet on site.

[8:24] The only one that did not meet on site

[8:26] was field ops, but I gave him oh dozen

[8:29] photos, uh, video, exact square footage

[8:32] up close of the cracks. I mean, I I

[8:34] talked to him on the phone several

[8:35] occasions. Um, he's got an aerial Google

[8:38] Earth view. Um, he said he'd done a

[8:41] couple of other jobs, uh, maybe four or

[8:43] five similar to like our job aspect. Um,

[8:47] but yeah, they should all their their

[8:50] quotes should be prepared by the exact

[8:51] square footage for the same job.

[9:13] It's hard for me to disagree with Robbie

[9:15] on his recommendation just because of

[9:18] the extensive proposal that Matt

[9:21] McConnell and Associates has done that

[9:23] even in consideration. Fields is a

[9:26] smaller company and they're trying to

[9:28] build brand new

[9:31] >> got to start somewhere. I mean, I feel

[9:33] like But

[9:34] >> do we want them to start with us?

[9:37] >> I'm okay with it.

[9:40] >> Well, it looked like when I reviewed it

[9:41] last year that it's a franchise company

[9:45] that they've got 95 sites all over the

[9:47] US. So, part of the question was, you

[9:50] know, what kind of reference do they

[9:51] have? And is is their product the same?

[9:53] We don't know that though, do we?

[9:56] >> You know, refresh my memory. I'm sorry.

[10:01] What kind of guarantee warranty

[10:08] cannot

[10:09] >> none of them none of them guaranteed

[10:11] anything about the the cracks will

[10:13] reappear at some point they said that

[10:15] this that's nature that's construction

[10:17] >> about the coating or the paint or

[10:18] whatever how

[10:20] >> adhesion

[10:22] >> how long would it last

[10:24] >> I believe McConnell in here I think he

[10:27] had put in here that he was going to

[10:28] give it a one year. Um,

[10:31] >> typically it's usually you get a year

[10:34] >> one full calendar year to see get

[10:36] through all the seasons.

[10:38] >> And and that's I'm sure whenever I spoke

[10:41] with Preston McConnell that he's just,

[10:44] you know, as many times they've done

[10:45] jobs like this, hundreds and hundreds of

[10:47] jobs. He doesn't foresee the the product

[10:50] completely just failing. And he did say

[10:53] that I mean besides his one-year

[10:55] warranty um you know if such a thing was

[10:58] to happen he would come and make it

[11:00] right.

[11:01] >> And what did

[11:04] >> he I think he was about the same. I

[11:06] don't know if he has it in writing there

[11:08] for the warranty but he did not describe

[11:10] any type of 10-year warranty or anything

[11:12] like that.

[11:16] » Think anybody's going to give you 10

[11:17] years? Well, no, I don't expect that at

[11:19] all. And I don't expect or you know,

[11:26] » are you still on the surface that long

[11:28] curve put down?

[11:29] >> Yeah. What's left of it on the west

[11:32] half? A lot of it has been completely

[11:34] worn off and or the winds blown it off

[11:37] after it was loosened or the rain had

[11:38] taken it off. The west half is used more

[11:40] from the tree shade trees in the evening

[11:42] when people are out there playing. So,

[11:45] we're just about down to bare concrete

[11:47] in in a good portion of it.

[11:49] >> Was that about eight years ago? Nine

[11:50] years ago,

[11:51] >> probably you think

[11:52] >> probably 10 or better.

[11:54] >> Okay.

[11:59] » I don't remember.

[12:00] >> 2015.

[12:01] >> 15.

[12:02] >> Doug, do you remember?

[12:04] >> Didn't the high school Didn't the school

[12:06] district just resurface their tennis

[12:08] courts here not long ago?

[12:10] >> I'm trying to think of who did that.

[12:11] >> That was Yates Center.

[12:12] >> Oh, okay. Yeah. the much higher quote.

[12:16] >> I couldn't remember. I thought they had

[12:17] them resurfaced. I couldn't remember who

[12:19] did it.

[12:29] » I'll make a motion

[12:34] $46,700.

[12:38] » Motion builds. Do we have a second?

[12:41] >> Second.

[12:42] >> We have a second. All in favor I

[12:46] opposed

[12:48] to although yes.

[12:53] >> So what do we have?

[12:55] >> Let me see. Let me see the yeses.

[13:00] Five yeses. And Mark, Joel, and

[13:06] Jeremiah, you're no.

[13:08] >> Okay.

[13:11] Motion carries.

[13:13] filled up. Thank you guys.

[13:15] >> Thank you, Robbie. Appreciate your time.

[13:17] Thanks for bringing it back.

[13:21] » All right. Special use permit 220 South

[13:24] Kentucky.

[13:26] >> Angela, are you going to or Greg, you

[13:29] going to talk first?

[13:30] >> Uh, I think so. Good evening.

[13:34] The planning commission met uh held a

[13:36] hearing on July 21st to review an

[13:39] application from Angela Johnson and the

[13:42] Shepherd's Post. They're requesting a

[13:44] special use permit for 220 South

[13:47] Kentucky. The organization is uh wants

[13:51] to use the location as a faith-based

[13:53] home to support help and support men.

[13:56] The address is in the R2 zone which is

[14:01] two family residential according to our

[14:05] um use table. Uh group residential is

[14:08] allowed but they have to have a special

[14:12] use permit for that. Uh group

[14:14] residential

[14:16] uh in a nutshell be like a sorority.

[14:18] Anytime you have more than five

[14:20] unrelated people living in the same

[14:23] address, it's it's considered group

[14:25] residential. Um uh planning commission

[14:30] had a hearing

[14:32] and uh letters were sent out to

[14:34] everybody within 200 ft of the property.

[14:37] There were no calls to my office

[14:41] concerning this. There was nobody that

[14:43] showed up to the hearing at the planning

[14:45] commission in objection to it. Everybody

[14:49] that attended the planning commission

[14:51] hearing was in favor of it. Angela is

[14:53] here tonight with some of those

[14:56] supporters here. So if the council has

[14:58] any questions for Angela or any of them

[15:01] about it, she's here to answer any of

[15:03] those questions.

[15:04] >> I have a question first for Greg.

[15:05] >> Yes.

[15:06] >> And so that's the old church. That is

[15:09] the church. They're planning on taking

[15:12] the newer addition to the north of it.

[15:15] They're taking three of the bedrooms.

[15:17] They have very large,

[15:20] I'll call them bedrooms. They used to be

[15:22] Sunday uh school classes. Uh they're

[15:26] going to put dividers in them so that

[15:29] three men can stay in each bedroom. And

[15:31] they're going to have a separate smaller

[15:32] bedroom for a manager to stay in there.

[15:35] So, it'll be nine men and then a manager

[15:38] that lives there full-time.

[15:39] >> So, with renovations, the site would be

[15:42] appropriate for housing that many

[15:44] people.

[15:44] >> Yes.

[15:45] >> Okay. That was my question.

[15:48] >> Yes.

[15:54] >> I will also add in with this uh stink

[16:01] >> project. There is a also another project

[16:04] that's been going on for several years

[16:05] to take the the schools and make those

[16:07] into apartments too. So there's it's uh

[16:12] going to be an increase in uh apartment

[16:15] living in that area also. So

[16:18] >> thanks Greg.

[16:20] >> Um Angela you want to

[16:23] >> come up say anything?

[16:27] I'm Angela Johnson, director of the

[16:30] is just another ministry that we have

[16:33] with the pregnancy and family center. We

[16:35] do the jail ministry for our females and

[16:38] then we have our men who do the jail

[16:40] ministry for the men and that's just

[16:41] part of our jail ministry that we're

[16:43] adding on to. Um the building was

[16:46] donated to the center.

[16:48] >> Any questions?

[16:49] >> Well, I thank you all for taking on the

[16:51] project. Um it is sadly needed. I mean,

[16:53] it's needed in our community. It's sad,

[16:55] but but these are great projects and and

[16:58] I'm glad that a a community group is

[17:00] taking this on and and addressing a need

[17:01] that we clearly have in town. Um

[17:05] council, do you have any other questions

[17:06] before I make a motion?

[17:08] >> I have a few.

[17:09] >> Okay.

[17:09] >> Um how many residents are expected to be

[17:12] here consider capacity?

[17:15] >> There would be nine men

[17:17] >> and there would be a manager. Um and

[17:19] we've already got the walls up. There's

[17:21] been walls placed. Plenty of room for

[17:23] three men in each. It's a big I wish I knew the size of the words to

[17:28] live there.

[17:28] >> Oh yeah, definitely.

[17:30] >> And what are the qualifications for the

[17:32] men?

[17:33] >> We're working on all the policies and

[17:35] procedures currently. We have don't have

[17:36] them all in place. It's going to be men

[17:39] from um well

[17:42] oh

[17:46] well just here's what I'm going to say.

[17:48] It's going to be sorry about that. is

[17:49] going to be men that um off the streets

[17:51] from jails, drug court, Oxford housing,

[17:54] um anybody that's that would be seeking

[17:57] uh faith-based housing because it will

[17:59] be faith-based 100%. We have six um

[18:03] pastors who will be pastoring and part

[18:05] of that um that we meet. We've already

[18:08] got our committee set up and so we've

[18:10] been meeting and talking about how will

[18:12] this work for our community. Right now,

[18:14] it's just policies and procedures we're

[18:16] working on. Um, I can tell you

[18:18] background checks will be performed and

[18:19] we'll check with our local registry. We

[18:21] have uh our one of our sheriffs um who

[18:25] is part of on this committee that's

[18:27] going to help us with the policies and

[18:29] procedures, help us to better understand

[18:31] what is safe and not safe. He feels and

[18:34] some other people who are um qualified

[18:37] to help make those decisions.

[18:40] >> How do you financially support this?

[18:42] >> Those men will work. None of them will

[18:44] live there if they don't work. they have

[18:46] to work or you can't be there.

[18:48] >> Therefore, they have to pay.

[18:49] >> Yes.

[18:51] >> Yeah. At this time, we're thinking about

[18:54] 125 a week and about $150 for there to

[18:58] be a deposit to move in. Um we actually

[19:02] have taken our time and gone to other

[19:05] three different facilities that are

[19:07] faith-based. You want to talk about

[19:08] that, Teresa?

[19:09] >> Yes. We went to one a few weeks ago and

[19:13] there was a young man from this

[19:14] community that probably at the age of 15

[19:18] was just in and out of jail, drugs,

[19:21] violence, just he had a hard life. He

[19:24] went to prison twice and he's been at

[19:27] this house for two years. And just going

[19:30] in and talking with him, it the

[19:33] transformation was just it was wonderful

[19:36] to see because now he's got a life

[19:39] chance. Had he not joined this program,

[19:42] he would probably get be ready to go do

[19:45] number third, you know, his third time

[19:46] in prison, but this program helped him.

[19:49] And just talking to him and he said it's

[19:51] unity of the house. It is uh godly men

[19:55] that he can talk to. And now he's he's

[19:58] got he said I'm working on my character

[20:00] of Jesus and he's big with community

[20:03] service. he works and it's just an

[20:05] awesome awesome transformation you know

[20:08] and we see we see people in this

[20:10] community right now and uh some of them

[20:13] are like what do I do you know I mean

[20:15] it's easy for us to say you know get a

[20:18] job go get a job but you know coming to

[20:21] this house they're not only going to you

[20:23] know get a job they're going to go to

[20:26] church they're going to uh have pastors

[20:30] and people there godly men to help them

[20:34] >> and how long can they stay? As long as

[20:36] they need to. But let's say we've got a

[20:38] family man who's who wants to come get

[20:41] his feet on the ground so he can be a

[20:43] leader in his household and you know and

[20:46] if he does it in 6 months that's great.

[20:48] Uh we're just we're excited to see the

[20:51] change that could that can happen. I

[20:55] know that you're still working on your

[20:56] policies.

[20:57] So, some of these questions you may not

[21:00] have answers for, but like

[21:02] >> are you going to be conducting like

[21:04] Celebrate Recovery or AA? I know

[21:06] Celebrate Recovery is a faith-based

[21:09] um program. So, there will be a program

[21:12] like that on site for these men to

[21:15] participate. Um what type of um

[21:22] is there a curfew? is there.

[21:24] >> There will be. Yes, definitely curfew.

[21:26] >> Yes,

[21:27] >> we were talking about the curfew. A

[21:29] male. We get the male's perspective.

[21:32] We're just there to get things going.

[21:33] Then we have our male's perspective on

[21:35] how things should be ran and what and we

[21:38] talked about that there should be a

[21:39] curfew for sure. Um,

[21:42] >> and this is just men only, no families.

[21:44] >> No, no families are allowed to live

[21:45] there. Saturday gettogethers for

[21:47] families like from 8:00 to 5:00, that

[21:50] sort of thing. But no woman is allowed

[21:52] to spend the night in the home. There's

[21:53] a lot We've got a lot of that started

[21:56] but not completed.

[21:57] >> Sure.

[21:58] >> So, yeah. Um, one thing I do want to say

[22:00] that you were asking, well, there'll be

[22:01] different programs. There'll be

[22:03] mentoring other mentoring other men to

[22:04] make disciples. Mental health is really

[22:06] excited. They want to be a part of it.

[22:08] Crisis management will be a part of it.

[22:10] Um, we will have other men who have

[22:12] volunteered to take these men to jobs

[22:14] and that sort of thing to get them

[22:16] started.

[22:18] >> Right.

[22:20] Um so um and some will ride bicycles,

[22:24] some will walk. It depends.

[22:26] >> Angela, will this be an extension of the

[22:28] pregnancy resource or it's not going to

[22:31] be a separate 501? And

[22:33] >> um on that note, I'll just say um

[22:37] been around what 20 plus years,

[22:39] pregnancy resource, and a lot of success

[22:42] stories. A lot a lot a lot of success

[22:45] stories. And if you're not aware of

[22:47] everything they do for the community and

[22:50] not just our community, Southeast

[22:52] Kansas, um they've saved a lot of

[22:55] families, brought a lot of families

[22:57] together, mentored mothers and fathers

[23:00] to be involved with children, uh used to

[23:03] teach classes for court order uh

[23:06] parenting classes. Um, so if if this new

[23:10] endeavor is uh a smidge as successful as

[23:15] Pregnancy Resource has been, it it will

[23:18] certainly help the other entities such

[23:21] as Southeast Kansas Mental Health that's

[23:23] got a job to do with clients in town.

[23:25] They can all benefit and help each

[23:27] other. And I just I just feel it'll be a

[23:29] great asset for the community.

[23:31] >> I'll also throw out um Allen Regional

[23:34] Transportation may be able to help too

[23:35] with some of the transportation needs.

[23:37] Um we're we're running pretty pretty

[23:39] great great right now. So nice. Um and

[23:42] there's abilities to buy well in advance

[23:44] and schedule things. So so get in touch

[23:46] with them as well.

[23:47] >> Definitely. Thank you. We will. Thank

[23:48] you. Right in our mission.

[23:50] >> You have more questions?

[23:52] >> No, I you know I think I'm good at

[23:55] >> Okay. Anybody else any questions?

[23:57] >> What's the target date for you guys to

[23:58] get started?

[23:59] >> We are so hoping at the very end of

[24:00] October for the first week in November.

[24:04] >> No promises. We got construction going

[24:06] on. Things are going on now. Just we've

[24:09] got a engineer coming in because we want

[24:11] the church to be a part of it also. So

[24:13] we have to wait for the engineer to come

[24:14] in to go through everything and check

[24:16] things out to see if we can keep the

[24:17] church because we'd like to have church

[24:19] for the anybody on that side of town or

[24:21] anywhere but a church that in use on

[24:24] that side of town. So we have a lot

[24:26] going on right now. You have a long list

[24:29] of people that want to use it.

[24:36] We actually have a committee, but we

[24:38] will actually have an application that

[24:39] you'll have to follow through. If you

[24:41] follow through with that application, um

[24:44] most likely you will get in.

[24:47] And there could be a waiting list in all

[24:49] the different we've gone to three

[24:50] different ones. Two, we're going to the

[24:52] third one. Sorry about that. Um their

[24:55] waiting list is extreme for the men. So

[24:59] >> something I became aware of uh through

[25:01] working with the jail industry is the

[25:05] guys that are getting out of jail often.

[25:10] Sorry,

[25:11] >> the guys coming out of jail often don't

[25:13] have a safe place to go to. So they will

[25:17] be among the clientele uh potentially.

[25:22] And uh we're saying that it's not a

[25:23] sober house, it's not a homeless

[25:25] shelter, but both of those may be

[25:27] included if if that's what the needs

[25:30] are. So

[25:31] >> um

[25:32] >> I'll make a motion to approve the

[25:34] special use permit for the property at

[25:36] 22 2020 or 220 South Kentucky to allow

[25:41] group residential living.

[25:43] >> Second. Have a motion and a second. All

[25:45] in favor? I

[25:47] >> opposed. Motion to approve the special

[25:50] permit at 220 South Kentucky is passed.

[25:53] >> Very much.

[25:55] >> Thank you all for what you're doing.

[25:58] >> Thank you very much.

[25:58] >> You bet.

[26:02] » Thank you for everything.

[26:10] » Win our whole crowd.

[26:15] » All right. Moving on. setting 2027

[26:18] budget public hearing.

[26:21] >> This is just the procedure to set the

[26:24] hearing. I assume I know it was in my

[26:27] mailbox today are my RNR and got mine

[26:30] from the

[26:35] will be published in the paper as is.

[26:37] Once it's published, we cannot increase

[26:40] the taxes. We can only lower them unless

[26:42] we republish and reprint the budget. So,

[26:46] any questions?

[26:48] >> I will make a motion to set a public

[26:50] hearing for the revenue neutral rate for

[26:53] 2027 budget at the next city council

[26:55] meeting on August 24th, 2026 at 6 p.m.

[26:57] at the Riverside Community Park

[26:59] building.

[27:01] >> Have a motion and second to set the

[27:02] hearing for the RNR. All in favor? I

[27:05] >> opposed. Motion carries. Um, I will make

[27:08] a motion to set a public hearing

[27:10] proposed for the 2027 budget at the

[27:11] regular city council meeting on Monday,

[27:13] August 24th at 6 p.m. following the

[27:15] hearing for the revenue neutral rate at

[27:17] the Riverside Community Park building.

[27:20] >> Motion made and seconded to uh have the

[27:23] hearing for the proposed 2027 budget.

[27:26] All in favor? I

[27:28] >> opposed. Motion carries. I might just

[27:31] add also once we have the public hearing

[27:35] the council is expected to approve the

[27:38] budget at that meeting. So just be

[27:40] prepared for that if you have any

[27:42] questions

[27:44] about things in the mail.

[27:49] » Yeah.

[27:52] » Brett's not here is he'll

[27:54] >> see him.

[28:02] I guess

[28:03] >> you saw you saw his request.

[28:05] >> It was his request.

[28:06] >> I will make a motion to table this

[28:08] indefinitely.

[28:13] » Do we need to table it or do we just

[28:14] take no action here?

[28:16] >> It's not an action item anyhow.

[28:17] >> Okay. Withdrawn.

[28:20] >> Um,

[28:24] you say 20.

[28:25] >> I move the city council recessive

[28:28] session for 20 minutes. to KSA75-436

[28:34] property for the purpose of the

[28:35] executive session is to discuss purchase

[28:38] of private property and shorter city

[28:44] attorney regular meeting shall be

[28:46] convene

[28:56] session all in favor I

[28:58] >> opposed motion carries.

[29:01] >> Yeah.

[29:02] >> All right. We're officially back in

[29:03] session. No action will be taken

[29:05] following the executive session. So,

[29:08] we'll move on to council and

[29:11] administrative reports. Jeremiah, start

[29:14] with you.

[29:14] >> Only thing I got, can we get an update

[29:15] on the data center status?

[29:19] What's going on out there? I know they

[29:21] were supposed to be drawn from us by

[29:22] now, right?

[29:23] >> Yes. And it doesn't look like anything's

[29:26] changed in the past four months.

[29:29] >> No, they've uh they paid the remaining

[29:33] balance due

[29:35] and for the utility

[29:39] and that's as much as we know.

[29:41] >> Yeah. Uh came in last last week, paid

[29:45] the balance.

[29:47] uh

[29:48] he told me he thought he'd see some

[29:50] activity out there as far as finishing

[29:52] the building up in the next week or so.

[29:53] Now,

[29:54] >> we've we've also heard that before. So,

[29:56] >> yeah. So, who knows? But, uh

[29:59] >> yeah, they aren't there. No, no, no,

[30:01] nothing's going on there. No utility

[30:03] consumption.

[30:05] >> Our side of the utilities are there and

[30:07] in place. As soon as he wants to draw,

[30:09] we're ready to to sell. So, it just

[30:11] >> all right there.

[30:12] >> It's there and ready to go.

[30:14] >> Okay. Anything else? Nope. I have

[30:18] nothing.

[30:19] >> Cool.

[30:20] >> Um I don't even know how to run these

[30:22] new mics. Still on talk.

[30:25] >> All right. Uh last uh Thursday the the

[30:30] library and the firefighters and EMS and

[30:33] everybody was out at the square. And I

[30:36] just want to shout out to all those

[30:38] folks, especially the firefighters

[30:40] because the kids really loved it and it

[30:42] was a lot of fun.

[30:44] That's all I got.

[30:48] >> Uh, college kids are back. Uh, remember

[30:50] some of the internationals looked the

[30:52] wrong way or might be walking on the

[30:53] wrong side of the street or biking on

[30:54] the wrong side of the street. Um, keep

[30:56] an eye out for them there in town. Um,

[30:59] want to thank everyone from the city

[31:00] that showed up to the night out. Uh, get

[31:02] got to meet some of the college kids. I

[31:04] think we had some we had some fire EMS

[31:06] there. We had some PD there. Um, just a

[31:09] good community activity. And thank you

[31:10] all for showing up. Uh, again, keep your

[31:12] eyes out for college kids on bikes.

[31:16] >> Is that it?

[31:16] >> Yep.

[31:17] >> Thank you.

[31:19] >> Uh, congrats to Jason Franklin on 21

[31:21] years. And I kind of want to know what's

[31:23] going on with the Rick building

[31:26] and the couch out front and his potted

[31:28] plants.

[31:30] >> Case is open.

[31:34] >> Letter has been sent. He's good. 10 days

[31:37] and just like any other incident

[31:40] >> asking me and I I'm like

[31:42] >> we we we can't show up and just yank it.

[31:44] >> Yeah.

[31:45] >> The the case is open and

[31:47] >> and Marlin is fully aware of of what he

[31:49] needs to do.

[31:50] >> 10 days from receipt of the letter or

[31:52] something like that.

[31:53] >> We're treating him just like we do

[31:55] anyone else. He gets 10 days on the

[31:56] first letter, 10 days on the second

[31:58] letter, and after that then it's a

[32:00] citation. for 20 days.

[32:03] >> Basically, it's 20 days and then it's a

[32:05] citation and then

[32:06] >> and the MMO with with with him is is he's

[32:13] going to use all 20 and he's going to go

[32:15] to court and he's going to complain. So,

[32:16] it can't show up there and just yank the

[32:19] stuff off. That's that's illegal.

[32:21] >> Those plans don't make it more

[32:22] aesthetically beautiful.

[32:24] >> There's nothing in that building that's

[32:25] aesthetically beautiful. Uh yeah, the

[32:28] case was open. We're we are following by

[32:30] the book. Okay, thank you.

[32:33] >> Anything else?

[32:34] >> Nope. Doug,

[32:36] >> um kind of piggyback off of of John, the

[32:39] high school starts Wednesday. Um

[32:43] Thursday, all students will be there

[32:44] ready to go. And uh excited about

[32:47] another year at the high school, so the

[32:49] park will be filling back up for

[32:51] practices after school and cross country

[32:53] will be running all over town like they

[32:55] usually do. And uh also excited about

[32:59] the park opening on uh Wednesday. Um

[33:04] really hoping that the people of Iola

[33:07] appreciate it and the hard work that

[33:09] they've done out there and that we can

[33:12] do our best to keep it nice and take

[33:15] care of it. Uh we've been out several

[33:18] times and done some

[33:21] trash cleanup just around the area. I'm

[33:23] hoping really hoping cuz it's it's

[33:25] beautiful when it'll be all said and

[33:27] done. So that'll be Wednesday.

[33:51] other than that.

[33:53] I guess they're waiting on our

[33:55] >> Yeah, it hadn't been delivered yet. So,

[33:58] >> I haven't seen it up yet.

[33:59] >> No,

[34:00] >> Dana was going to check on that last

[34:02] week. be on the second and third

[34:04] Saturday.

[34:08] This is in the two papers and

[34:16] I think summer's here.

[34:20] >> Check on your pets and your single

[34:22] living your single friends or family

[34:24] members, elderly. Um and

[34:28] kids are starting school, so they're

[34:30] going to be roaming again.

[34:33] across Madison and that. And I'm excited

[34:36] for Friday night lights. I think it'll

[34:38] be beautiful out there.

[34:41] >> And that's all I have.

[34:42] >> Agree. And on the Lehi State Park,

[34:45] you're all council invited to the open

[34:48] house, which is at 1 to 2 on Wednesday.

[34:51] The general public, it'll open 2 to 3.

[34:55] So one to two council, if you want.

[34:57] inside.

[35:00] » That's a critical question.

[35:01] >> The park is inside.

[35:03] >> No, I need that.

[35:07] » Go on the water and bring your seat.

[35:09] >> I'll bring it.

[35:12] >> Do we Do we know when citywide cleanup's

[35:15] going to be yet?

[35:18] >> We can ask tomorrow, Stephen, and get it

[35:19] set. Usually, it's that what second week

[35:21] in October.

[35:22] >> It's on my list to talk about tomorrow.

[35:23] Yeah,

[35:24] >> last year we had it the last week of

[35:25] September and two years ago uh we had it

[35:29] the second week of October. So

[35:32] >> we leave it up I leave it up to Jason.

[35:33] It's his department does all the work.

[35:35] So

[35:35] >> just want to make sure everyone has

[35:37] enough notice to start getting stuff

[35:39] together. Um, don't know if you've all

[35:42] heard or not, but uh, Camille has

[35:46] purchased some radio spot ads um,

[35:50] through the Eco DVO program for downtown

[35:54] businesses. I actually heard some of the

[35:56] spot ads and it's pretty positive and

[36:00] hopefully it's uh, helping to make a

[36:02] difference. Um, want to shout out to

[36:05] Salina and the loss they suffered with a

[36:10] mowing accident that flipped upside down

[36:12] in the river. Um, the operator succumbed

[36:17] to his injuries. And I think it's a good

[36:20] reminder on um John, you probably

[36:22] remember when the city first talked

[36:25] about the uh mowers that could go on the

[36:28] inclines down here and the whole idea of

[36:30] spending the extra money on that type of

[36:32] mower was for safety. So keep in mind

[36:36] that when we look at budgets and what we

[36:39] spend if they bring up safety issues,

[36:42] uh look at what happened in Salina and

[36:44] it's unfortunate. So prayers and

[36:47] condolences to uh all in Salina. Uh the

[36:51] only other thing I have is um

[36:56] council has asked uh

[37:00] information from past uh meetings that

[37:03] gets tabled or put on the back burner.

[37:06] And if you take one and hand it around,

[37:09] some things have kind of fallen to the

[37:11] wayside. So, if we can keep an ongoing

[37:16] revolving

[37:18] um pending future agenda items on the um

[37:23] agenda.

[37:25] That's uh some of the information that

[37:27] was brought to my attention. Some of its

[37:30] old business to bring back. Um some of

[37:33] it possibly new information. Um council

[37:37] looked that over real quick. if there's

[37:39] anything that anyone missed that we've

[37:42] talked about and it didn't come back.

[37:45] Um, it's a way to kind of keep track of

[37:49] everything that we've brought up in the

[37:51] past and haven't dealt with completely.

[37:56] » I feel like we deal

[38:00] » there's been a request to bring it back.

[38:03] >> Um, great.

[38:04] >> I'll move on with anything for us,

[38:06] Chase. No, not tonight.

[38:08] >> Not tonight. Cory,

[38:11] >> uh, chip seal is getting closer to being

[38:13] done. I think Jason's got about three or

[38:14] four days left. We had some issues with

[38:16] street sweeper, so they kind of backed

[38:18] off on doing any more sealing until we

[38:21] got it up. They're catching up this next

[38:23] couple days and then they'll get back

[38:25] on. Hopefully by the end of the week,

[38:26] we'll be done with chip seal, at least

[38:28] with the seal part. Uh, highway projects

[38:31] moving along pretty well as you guys can

[38:33] see. Um, I mean, we're still probably

[38:35] I'm guessing with the rain, we we're

[38:37] probably a couple weeks behind where we

[38:39] our target date. Um, contractor still

[38:42] seems comfortable that we'll be done

[38:44] with that first phase in October.

[38:47] I'm holding out. Uh, we'll see. I think

[38:50] we'll be substantially I don't know that

[38:51] it'll be completely completely that

[38:53] phase done, but we'll we'll be

[38:54] substantially complete.

[38:56] >> Have a plan B for Have we started to get

[38:58] a plan B for

[38:59] >> uh I've actually I had a phone call

[39:02] today with them. Uh they've got some things in the works. Uh I I really

[39:07] don't think the parade will be affected

[39:08] at all. We'll have the main line unless

[39:10] something drastically drastically

[39:12] happens with rain. We'll have the main

[39:14] line done. Maybe some sidewalks, some

[39:16] handicap ramps on the south side of the

[39:18] road might not be done, but I don't

[39:20] think that will hamper farm city days at

[39:22] all as far as the parade and the that

[39:26] goes. So, um yeah. and the contractor

[39:30] every meeting I have every week. Hey, I still think we're going to be there.

[39:33] So, we'll see

[39:35] how that plays out. But, um they're

[39:37] making some headway now. It It's hard to

[39:39] see progress until you really see that

[39:41] thing coming together. Uh to this week,

[39:44] they're pouring uh a lot of the

[39:47] finishing the radius or the curb or not

[39:49] the curbs, the uh approaches on the side

[39:51] streets. Uh tomorrow I think they're

[39:54] going to pour the off streetet or the

[39:56] parallel parking like by Audacious and

[39:59] Community National down by Bob's office.

[40:01] They'll be pouring those pieces. Uh and

[40:04] I think by the end of the week, if

[40:05] they're not doing it, then first of next

[40:08] week, there'll be you'll see some cu

[40:10] curb being formed up ready to be poured.

[40:13] Uh middle of the week, we should see uh

[40:16] grading back in here for sidewalks. So

[40:19] things are coming around. Uh

[40:20] >> people have asked me why they don't work

[40:22] seven days a week. What

[40:24] >> they don't have to

[40:26] >> they it's a calendar completion project.

[40:28] Uh and until they get down to the end,

[40:32] they won't. I can tell you that. Uh and a lot of times when you see them not

[40:36] there on Fridays, they've worked

[40:38] themselves into that corner. I guess

[40:40] they poured up as much as they can. They

[40:42] can't pull the forms. They got cure

[40:43] time. Um, so a lot of that's just how

[40:47] they've worked them worked in three days

[40:49] and they've got to back off for a day or

[40:51] two before they can pour another

[40:52] section. Uh, but yeah, I don't and Kat's kind of unique in the

[40:58] fact that they've got to request to work

[41:00] weekends or holidays. So, uh, Monday

[41:03] through Friday is normal. You know, a

[41:06] Saturday here or there. I could see

[41:09] >> Well, if you want another answer, it's

[41:10] money. Yeah,

[41:12] >> if they want to do something like that,

[41:13] then we would have to fork over a whole

[41:15] lot more than we already.

[41:16] >> Yeah, I think by by like midday Friday

[41:19] to on Saturdays is usually overtime. So,

[41:21] you're getting the people paying a lot

[41:23] more for their overtime. They

[41:24] >> I mean, for example, the concrete crews

[41:26] are in here uh I'd say around 6:00 to

[41:29] 6:30 every morning. When they're here

[41:31] pouring and and forming, they're here

[41:33] around 6:00 to 6:30 and they don't leave

[41:35] until about 4:30 in the afternoon. So

[41:38] they're they're getting it they're

[41:39] getting that 10-hour day in.

[41:40] >> And it appears that they're using the

[41:42] weekends for the engineer and surveyors.

[41:45] And it looks like there there's been

[41:47] guys down there on the weekend.

[41:49] >> A lot of

[41:50] >> pinninging and flagging and

[41:51] >> a lot of that is borderline guys down on

[41:53] the other end. I know they got Kentucky

[41:55] Street intersection.

[41:56] >> I'm talking about on the concrete

[41:57] downtown. If you drive through during

[41:58] the weekend,

[42:00] >> they're they're parked on the concrete

[42:01] and they're marking and they're

[42:03] surveying. I've seen them with their

[42:05] transom out there.

[42:07] >> It's great.

[42:07] >> So, they are doing some things on the

[42:09] weekend.

[42:10] >> Yeah, they're I I think they're moving

[42:11] along. Uh I think it's still we're

[42:14] probably a couple weeks from switching.

[42:16] If weather goes well over the next two

[42:18] weeks, I think we'll be switching to the

[42:19] other side. Some of the lighting may not

[42:21] be done on the north side. That can be

[42:23] done. I think they'll pour the bases.

[42:24] They just probably won't set poles u and

[42:27] flip over to the other side. So,

[42:38] Motion to adjurnn. Second to adjurnn in

[42:41] a second. All in favor? I. Opposed.

[42:45] Motion carries.

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