[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
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[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.