[0:00] John
>> Here.
[0:01] » Here.
[0:04] » I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America,
[0:08] and to the republic for which it stands,
one nation under God, indivisible, with
[0:14] liberty and justice for all.
[0:20] » And you have a motion for the consent
agenda.
[0:23] » So moved.
>> Do I hear a motion or a second?
[0:25] » Second.
>> All in favor?
[0:27] » Aye.
>> Opposed?
[0:29] Motion carried.
>> We'll put this to the time 20 minutes.
[0:31] Discussion items are already on the
agenda. I will limit it to 3 minutes
[0:34] each.
[0:39] Mike Bergman here to discuss House
District number 83.
[0:46] » Thank you, folks, for having me in here
tonight. Uh
[0:51] some of you may know me
uh from a previous life here. Uh we did
[0:56] live here in Lisbon. It's kind of that
blue area on your
[1:01] land use map there that surrounds the uh
interchange out there. We bought that
[1:07] farm in 1993
and moved out there.
[1:11] And uh we were there until 1995
1999
[1:16] when uh the Air Force
offered me an opportunity to go back on
[1:22] active duty. And uh
we discussed it and decided to
[1:27] kind of do the Beverly Hillbillies thing
and went from the Lisbon farm to
[1:31] Washington D.C. So
So, that turned out well. I ended up
[1:36] staying on active duty again till 2006.
>> We thank you for your service tonight.
[1:41] » Oh, thank you, folks. Uh you guys do a
real service here on the local level
[1:46] there. Uh you have to face your
constituents at Casey's and Fairway and
[1:51] everything every day. And I'm sure it
may not always be a real pleasant an but
[1:56] what you guys do is a real service to
our
[2:00] society. So, thank you.
And I've got to tell you, this is
[2:05] something I never
thought that I would find myself doing
[2:10] here at this point.
But,
[2:14] there were just some crazy things coming
out of Des Moines the last few years.
[2:19] And I took a closer look to see just
what my representative
[2:24] what role she might be playing in all
this craziness, and uh
[2:29] I saw her fingerprints all over it.
And then when it looked like she may be
[2:34] unopposed,
I sat there and thought, man oh man, I
[2:38] can't just sit here
and let that happen. So,
[2:44] that point I decided to do my civic duty
and
[2:47] not just sit there and cuss at the TV
all night and
[2:51] throw my hat in the ring, and here I am.
So, uh
[2:55] the one issue in particular that
triggered me into running was this
[2:59] private school voucher program
that's literally sending hundreds of
[3:04] millions of dollars with
virtually no strings attached to private
[3:10] schools.
And even though that comes out of Iowa's
[3:14] general fund, it's still there's no way
that doesn't cut to the bottom line of
[3:19] our public school budgets.
I'm just a strong believer that public
[3:24] schools are the backbone of this
country.
[3:27] And to
let them be underfunded
[3:31] while hundreds of millions are being
shoveled to private schools,
[3:36] uh I just I couldn't couldn't tolerate
that. I had to step in and try to do
[3:43] something about that.
I mean, I grew up in Cedar Rapids, and
[3:46] we had very successful Catholic private
schools at the the
[3:50] and
they didn't they didn't need any help.
[3:54] They do just fine without all these
taxpayer dollars going to them. And it
[3:59] certainly cuts to the the heart of these
public school systems, particularly in
[4:06] small rural towns like in District 83.
I'm sure you're aware District 83 is
[4:12] kind of a unique situation in that we
got six small towns that have their own
[4:18] school districts.
And they don't have access to any
[4:22] private schools, so despite the fact
that they've got all their lot of tax
[4:27] money going to private schools, even if
the family wanted to go to a private
[4:32] school, send their kids to a private
school, they still got to figure out a
[4:36] way now transporting them to Cedar
Rapids or Marion.
[4:41] And uh
So, that is probably my number one
[4:47] issue. Now, I've got some other issues,
too. I've been trying to figure out this
[4:52] property tax reduction bill that just
passed, and it makes my hair hurt trying
[4:57] to figure it out.
And uh but I do know that there's a
[5:01] state edict now that uh caps town
budgets at a 2% increase each year.
[5:09] And uh I'm very much
uh a fan of local control, and I don't
[5:15] think the state's got any business
reaching into municipalities and telling
[5:20] them what their budget ought to be.
So, that would be if I were to get
[5:24] elected, that would be something that
would have to be undone, also.
[5:30] Uh
you know, nobody's got a better sense of
[5:34] what their budgetary needs are than
folks like you.
[5:38] And the state's got no business sticking
their nose into that.
[5:43] You know, that whole property tax
reduction thing just looks kind of like
[5:46] a shell game to me.
You move all the parts around at the end
[5:50] of the day somebody's paying more for
the benefits that some people are
[5:55] getting. So.
But anyway, that and there's also there
[6:00] was a hit to the schools also in that
property tax reduction bill.
[6:05] Which took what I believe it was
some of that local option sales tax that
[6:12] was supposed to go to the public schools
infrastructure fund. And I've heard of
[6:18] public schools literally having to
cancel construction projects midstream
[6:24] now just figure out how they're going to
refinance it.
[6:28] So, again, that's
that's one of those stupid things I saw
[6:33] coming out of Des Moines that I would
virtually work my butt off to try to
[6:39] undo if I were to be elected.
So,
[6:44] that's kind of my why I'm doing this and
uh
[6:49] it uh
truly is I have a real concern about the
[6:54] small towns that happen to make up this
district 83, which is kind of a unique
[7:00] district like I said. It's a rather
large geographic area.
[7:05] But uh
it makes up what
[7:10] rural America, the heart of rural
America. And these small towns as you
[7:14] guys know here in Lisbon,
uh
[7:17] the public schools are the heartbeat of
the towns.
[7:20] And we got to take care of those.
>> And I agree 100% Mike. I mean, as far as
[7:28] mine, I I think your your points are are
great that that you brought up. And the
[7:33] big one is is open enrollment, cuz we we
open enroll, you know, and they get paid
[7:38] for the private schooling, which
prior to, the parents had to pay for
[7:44] that if they wanted the private
schooling. Right. And that's the way it
[7:46] should be.
>> Yeah.
[7:48] » We
We shouldn't They shouldn't get $10,000.
[7:51] I think it it It used to be 10,000. It
might be 11 or 12, I don't think.
[7:56] » I think the the voucher itself now is
about $8,100.
[8:00] » So, it went down.
>> So, now it's never it's kind of gone up.
[8:04] The thing that's changed now, this is
year three of the voucher program. And
[8:10] in year three, it was the 25 26 school
year, there was no means test whatsoever
[8:18] for the recipients of that. I mean, you
can have families that make a million
[8:21] dollars a year collecting $8,000 per kid
to send their kids to a private school.
[8:30] And
that's just not right. You hear the
[8:34] advocates for the for the vouchers going
to private schools talk about, "Well,
[8:39] freedom of choice." Well, you've always
had choice. I mean, if you wanted to
[8:44] write a check, you could send your kids
to a private school if you so desired.
[8:49] But it's not a level playing field at
all. The private schools get to skim
[8:56] the best kids.
They don't have to take any special
[9:00] needs kids. They can take the best
athletes. I mean, just look at the Just
[9:05] look at the rankings throughout Iowa.
>> Look at Gilbert. Look at Dowling
[9:09] Catholic.
>> Yes. I mean, look at Regina. I mean,
[9:12] they win an inordinate amount of
win They just win
[9:17] the Duke Slater. They win an inordinate
amount of
[9:21] varsity sports events cuz they can they
can cherry-pick the best athletes to
[9:26] boot.
>> Yeah.
[9:27] » And uh
Okay, maybe there are some advantages to
[9:30] going to a private school, but
the families ought to be willing to
[9:34] write that check themselves, and we
shouldn't be short-changing
[9:39] public schools
to finance
[9:43] the wealthy assignments for sending
their kids to private schools.
[9:50] » I know I know Brandon has talked to us
about the state going to be cutting our
[9:54] budgets for
state What What is it?
[9:59] Come.
What's the state cutting out for us?
[10:02] » Well, that's the cap that we're putting
on there, what you
[10:06] about 2%
You can only go up 2%.
[10:10] » And you know, like I
Like I told Cindy on that,
[10:15] Cedar Rapids can afford that. Marion can
afford that. Hiawatha can afford that.
[10:18] We can't afford that. I remember we we
have to pay the same amount for a road
[10:22] as they do.
>> Yeah.
[10:24] » But it seems like whenever
we try to do a project or something, it
[10:30] always try to get some help from the
state, it seems to go to the bigger
[10:34] cities. Every time. You know, we I mean,
that's
[10:37] » Yeah.
>> And then, you know, then I just read
[10:40] Christina's article in the paper or in
the magazine.
[10:44] The heart of Iowa is the small
communities, and we're we're getting
[10:48] screwed over by the big communities.
>> Exactly.
[10:49] » Every one of them. I mean, I'm not just
saying Lisbon, but all of us.
[10:52] » Yeah.
I agree.
[10:56] » Something I may have omitted that could
have been obvious, but Cindy Golding
[11:00] voted for this school voucher program.
And how anyone claiming to represent
[11:07] this particular district of 83 could
vote in favor of that bill, that should
[11:12] be a career-ending vote right there.
There were actually 13
[11:19] uh other Republicans in the legislature
that voted against it, including our
[11:24] Senator Charlie McClintock.
He knew that that was a toxic bill for
[11:30] the small towns that he represents and
despite the threats from Kim Reynolds,
[11:36] she threatened a primary any Republican
that didn't vote for the voucher
[11:42] program.
Charlie had the courage to stand up and
[11:46] he did get primary but survived by the
skin of his teeth.
[11:51] But uh
>> And I don't know if
[11:55] you run as a Democrat and run as a
Democrat. He's He's that's one of his
[11:59] big
>> the agriculture.
[12:01] » Right.
>> Another big thing that he has is
[12:05] legalizing marijuana in Iowa. What's
your What's your position on that?
[12:08] » Uh
Hey.
[12:10] I would
guess that Iowa should probably take an
[12:15] intermediate step and maybe legalize
medical marijuana before we jump full
[12:21] bore into it, but when you look at our
surrounding states, uh Illinois and who
[12:27] else? Missouri's legalized it.
>> Minnesota Wisconsin
[12:30] » Wisconsin and so I mean there's a lot of
dollars going across the border there. I
[12:35] mean it's something I'd take a careful I
haven't looked at that issue closely for
[12:41] a while, but I don't know. I I kind of
think that uh it probably should be
[12:46] decriminalized at least.
But that's that's one I'd look at and
[12:52] weigh all the pros and cons before I
arrive at a firm decision.
[12:59] » Well, Mike, I I like your power points
that you
[13:02] that you presented and I hope you're
able to get it out
[13:06] to other people other than us because I
think a lot of people are thinking the
[13:11] same way you are.
>> Yeah.
[13:12] » The school thing the school thing is the
big thing.
[13:15] » That's exactly right. I've talked with
several very experienced
[13:20] political people and they they think
that I just need to make this election a
[13:26] referendum on that school issue, on the
school voucher. And that's where I'm
[13:30] spending most of my energy beating
beating that issue right there.
[13:36] » Nothing to
>> That's the one that drove me through
[13:38] this. And I'm If I were to get elected,
that would be my very first priority
[13:43] when I get there. I would work my butt
off.
[13:46] And while it obviously this would
require Rob Sand being in the governor's
[13:50] office.
Cuz Wayne, he owns his own private
[13:54] school there and it was funded by the
Koch brothers down there in Kansas.
[13:59] So, he can't be trusted.
And he made a comment there in his
[14:04] Republican primary that he was accusing
public schools of indoctrinating their
[14:10] students with Marxist ideology.
And when these guys make comments like
[14:16] that, you better have some names and
specific information. You can't just
[14:20] make a across-the-board comment like
that without backing it up with some
[14:25] facts. But that's just the typical scare
tactics that are getting thrown out
[14:29] there nowadays and it really ticks me
off.
[14:33] I've got a
letter to the editor coming out in the
[14:37] Sun. I don't know if it'll make it this
week, but it will be for sure next week
[14:43] that it's in response to Cindy Golding's
uh
[14:46] column there this last Thursday. I don't
know if you guys read those, but uh
[14:52] it's I mean, she she is a she's big on
self-promotion.
[14:57] But then you look at her voting record
and
[15:01] there's just no way you can justify that
voting record with claiming she's for
[15:06] rural and small towns.
She's got her own agenda and it's not
[15:12] what she claims it to be.
>> Hey Mike, one thing and and I'm just
[15:16] asking you personally, you know, you're
seeing a lot of people's records, you
[15:20] know, they only 58%, 56% of the votes.
>> Right.
[15:26] » How many would you be at? You know,
present to vote.
[15:31] Because that's astonishing when you when
you read on
[15:35] » I mean, voter turnout-wise?
>> No, no, when you're voting turnout in
[15:40] the session.
>> If you're elected, how what do you think
[15:42] that you your percentage would be
for
[15:45] being at the poll to make a casting
vote?
[15:48] » You're saying many of the
representatives don't show up to vote.
[15:50] » Oh, exactly. You know, you know, you you
you're only hearing 56, 58 and you're
[15:54] going and and I'm shocked when you're
hearing it.
[15:57] » Right. Well, a lot of these people that
have the low voting percentages, they're
[16:02] running for higher office and they're
out campaigning instead of doing their
[16:07] elected job that they're in right now. I
have I can assure you I have no higher
[16:12] aspirations and I won't be running for
any other position. So,
[16:17] and part of the thing that keeps me
pumped up for doing this job is the
[16:22] people that I run into that are just
grateful that I'm doing it.
[16:27] And I feel a real obligation now to all
these people that have told me they're
[16:32] how thankful they are that I'm doing
this. And they man, I
[16:36] if I do get elected, I
I got to represent these people.
[16:40] » And that's that's what I'm saying.
Getting getting your name out there
[16:43] more.
>> Right. Yeah. Well, that's this guy is
[16:48] you're rather new to the party.
>> What's that? You're rather new to the
[16:51] party.
>> Yes, I am new to the party, but uh
[16:55] I understand here. This is a bipartisan
this school voucher thing is a
[16:59] bipartisan issue and that's another
reason I took it on. I don't want to be
[17:04] I hate the party labels.
And uh but this one I mean, there's
[17:09] plenty of Republicans that
want their public schools to be fully
[17:13] funded. And
I think I can I just can't believe that
[17:17] the majority of the voters in District
83 would possibly support that voucher
[17:23] program.
And
[17:25] that's that's what I'm counting on.
[17:30] » How many times have you been in District
and how many do you plan to keep on to?
[17:34] » What's that now?
>> How many times have you visited in
[17:36] District 83 so far?
>> Oh, let's see. I've done parades in
[17:41] Springville, Alburnett, and Lisbon. And
it's just knocked my socks off the
[17:47] reception that I've gotten here with
this issue. I get I end up 30 minutes
[17:54] behind the parade just cuz I'm
talking, meeting, and talking with the
[17:59] people sitting in their yards.
And
[18:02] I've had I had one person tell me, I
love the voucher program. I go, okay,
[18:07] fair enough. What what do you like about
it?
[18:10] And she just goes, well, I'm a home
schooler.
[18:14] And I go, well, you're not getting any
voucher money anyway right now. And she
[18:18] just said, well, I just firmly believe
that the money ought to follow the kids
[18:23] wherever they go.
And I just I'm not going to argue with
[18:26] her, but I just said, well, you know, if
they go from public school to public
[18:30] school, the money does follow them
wherever they go. But that's a whole
[18:34] different kettle of fish than when
you're talking about jumping into a
[18:38] private school.
So, but the
[18:42] response has been overwhelming here.
Every one of the people that I've talked
[18:47] to in these small towns,
they love their public school,
[18:51] and they want it fully funded.
[18:55] » I think you're right. It's just a matter
of getting the word out. You know, yeah.
[18:59] » Got to get the word out to educate, you
know, cuz cuz the first thing I ask them
[19:03] then is have you heard of this private
school voucher program? And it's
[19:07] probably about close to 50/50. 50%
haven't even heard of it.
[19:14] So,
education is is my mission here for the
[19:19] next 2 months.
[19:22] » I wish you the best of luck, too. And
get out there and get that word out.
[19:25] » Well, thanks, Raleigh. I appreciate
that.
[19:28] » Does anyone have any questions for Rick?
>> You are going to be on the ballot in
[19:32] line item, or are we talking writing?
>> No, I'm on the ballot.
[19:35] » You're on the ballot. Wonderful.
[19:40] » If you're buying what I'm selling here,
get all your friends and neighbors out
[19:45] to on Turnout is going to be everything
here in this thing. And uh
[19:50] I think Cindy won by 3,000 votes or so
last time. And uh
[19:56] there were close to that many in Mount
Vernon and Lisbon that didn't vote. So,
[20:01] » We can only hope we're going to see a
big turnout this time.
[20:04] » Yeah.
>> I like what you're running on.
[20:07] » All right. Well, I appreciate that,
Raleigh.
[20:10] » And I just I We just need you to
to
[20:13] to get out to
all the all the district areas.
[20:17] » I promise you I'm going to work hard
covering all the nooks and crannies of
[20:21] this crazy-shaped district.
>> That's That's another thing I said to
[20:25] Cindy. I said, "The only time we ever
see you
[20:28] is when you're running for election."
>> Mhm.
[20:29] » That's the only time we ever see her,
you know.
[20:33] She's like, "Well, I'm busy in
the morning or whatever."
[20:36] » Yeah.
Well,
[20:39] you know, I've I've looked into her a
lot, both her voting record and her
[20:43] written words. And she's a hell of a
self-promoter.
[20:47] But when you look at the votes she's
cast, uh she's a
[20:51] third-rate representative of the
constituents of this district. And I'm
[20:55] going to beat her over the head. I'm
running a fairly aggressive campaign
[20:59] with her. And
see if we can flush her out and make her
[21:02] defend some of the votes she's taken.
[21:07] » Does anyone else have any
>> Good luck.
[21:09] » Good luck. Thank you.
>> Yeah, yeah, but nothing just educate
[21:12] people. That's what you have to do.
>> Yeah, yeah. I think once people are
[21:15] educated, they say, "Well, yeah, that's
a no-brainer."
[21:18] Getting the word out is
you know, at this level, you don't get
[21:23] to run TV ads and all that nonsense, but
uh
[21:27] you know, we're going to spend a lot of
time walking the streets in these small
[21:30] towns and knocking on doors and uh
I don't know if it is appropriate, Doug,
[21:35] for me to hand out these cards.
I've got these cards made up for each
[21:42] individual town to kind of personalize
it.
[21:46] And uh we're trying to flood flood the
zone with these things.
[21:55] And you know, if somebody might think
these things are a little unconventional
[22:01] or maybe a little crude.
>> Well, that gets me right there. 340
[22:05] million taxpayer funds went to private
schools.
[22:08] » Right. That was just like this year. I
mean, you total up the 3 years, it's
[22:12] over 600 million. That's, you know, and
the state is running a 1.4 billion
[22:18] dollar budget deficit. They're covering
that up right now with the rainy day
[22:23] fund, which is COVID money, but just
think of all the other things you could
[22:27] do with the billions of dollars in that
rainy day fund that
[22:31] to really
really help a lot of these small town
[22:35] issues.
So,
[22:38] » Again, thank you for running.
>> Yeah, okay. I appreciate that. Thanks.
[22:41] Thanks for having me.
>> Thank you.
[22:45] Discussion of possible actions in
reference to payment to Prairie Shores
[22:48] Corporation in the amount of $50,000 per
tip developers
[22:53] agreement.
>> So, this is a reference to the
[22:56] memorandum of understanding that we
approved January 13th, 2025.
[23:02] Um
This is taking a lot one where they're
[23:05] due to receive the first payment by
October 1st.
[23:12] And we're going to be grandfathered out.
How many more?
[23:14] » 50,000 through 2041.
[23:22] 15 15 years.
[23:27] » Do I hear a motion for payment?
>> So moved. The motion for payment do I
[23:31] hear a second?
>> Second.
[23:32] » All in favor?
>> Aye.
[23:35] » Opposed?
And I'll tell you what, it's
[23:37] been an
honor to have those guys back or have
[23:41] those guys in town.
>> I am.
[23:43] » Had them work for me down at South
County Asian.
[23:47] They said that
their store first for the first 3 years
[23:51] of opening a new store they don't expect
to turn a profit. This one did.
[23:57] It was.
It was like 100 102 overall sales.
[24:02] And this and for the whole fairway their
liquor sales
[24:07] were 36
and their beer sales were like 32.
[24:12] » How are they acting around town with
their organization? So.
[24:16] » And they you know, yeah, they
they try to get out I mean not just the
[24:20] Lisbon community but Mapleton and
Sheldon and I mean they're they're out
[24:23] everywhere.
I'm glad I'm glad they're in town. I
[24:26] really am.
>> Well, well, that's it was a great
[24:29] addition
>> to this town.
[24:32] » Discussion and possible action in
reference to downtown reinvestment
[24:35] funds.
>> All right, so this is the packet you
[24:37] have in front of you here, the thick one
there.
[24:40] Um this is for the 125
East Main Street
[24:46] Waskonow's property. This is filled out
by the property owner. This is for the
[24:51] broken sewer main.
Um so you can see all the bills there
[24:55] that we've
received for this, a total of
[24:58] $16,063.64.
[25:02] Per the grant information, which I've
attached,
[25:05] to be page three,
any exterior work is total project must
[25:10] be 10,000 or 16%, whichever is less. So,
in this case, it's the less.
[25:16] And it's 9,600
$9,638.18
[25:22] would be their
grant requested amount.
[25:27] » And then who covers the rest? The
homeowner?
[25:29] » The homeowner does.
>> And he's aware of that?
[25:32] » Yep.
>> Yep.
[25:33] » And I'll forward.
>> Yep.
[25:37] » Need a motion.
>> Motion.
[25:39] » I second.
>> Motion second for the 9,000
[25:44] 9,638.18.
[25:49] » Motion second, all in favor?
>> I.
[25:52] » I.
>> Opposed?
[25:54] Discussion closed.
>> Lot action in reference to 2080 with
[25:57] Lisbon School District.
>> All right.
[26:02] As I stated in my notes there,
this started out with Autumn and I on a
[26:06] two-page document, and by the time that
it went to the attorneys, it ended up
[26:11] with what you see.
So, uh
[26:15] This
a lot of this came from our city
[26:17] attorney, and um
a lot of this is just the required
[26:21] language that
he would like to see added. And then
[26:25] what is required to be added. Um
I did meet with Autumn last week on
[26:31] this.
Um
[26:33] and they're they're good with it once we
approve it. The millings have been
[26:37] placed over there. We're going to allow
the buses to drive on it for a little
[26:40] while, cuz this is quite a quite a thick
area of millings we put down, so to make
[26:44] sure we get it all packed down before we
spray it.
[26:47] Um
any of the work that's done there,
[26:50] including the electrical work,
If for whatever reason um this gives us
[26:56] an
an out gives them an out at the both
[27:00] Now they can terminate without cause
prior to May 1 each year.
[27:05] Um
and go into effect August 15th each year
[27:09] unless the parties agree in writing to
to different termination date. So, it's
[27:14] pretty open-ended both both ways and
whatever happens at that property be
[27:19] left as it is.
So, whatever outlets and electrical work
[27:23] they add
it's going to be separate metered um
[27:27] by Alliant. They they worked on that
already. Um
[27:32] They worked on getting that going. So,
the only thing that's left there is
[27:36] there's two power
two poles that are owned by Kinetic.
[27:41] That's Windstream.
Um
[27:45] Long story short, they're back-to-back
and what it did is it serviced um
[27:49] everybody off that alley each of the
houses, but there's no there's no
[27:53] services coming off there currently. So,
we've asked them to cut the poles and
[27:57] move them um to then go back up to the
third pole to the west um which is where
[28:03] the services start to come off of. So,
they have that currently in their
[28:07] construction project to get that taken
care of. So, I did a follow-up last week
[28:13] and they're supposed to get back to me
this week on the
[28:15] actual timeline when they're going to be
here to do it.
[28:18] So, I don't know if you have any other
questions, but
[28:22] a lot of this is just legal and what's
required for the city.
[28:26] » Okay, Brandon, I have one question for
you.
[28:29] Um
we have the $3,080.
[28:33] It's for the asphalt patch. You know,
coming again.
[28:36] » That's That's That's downtown.
>> That was downtown.
[28:39] Yeah, the downtown thing. That went into
9th Avenue.
[28:42] » Yeah, yeah, it went into the one on this
actually.
[28:44] » No, but what I'm asking you
that wasn't done by us, the city?
[28:49] » Is asphalt?
>> Asphalt?
[28:51] » No.
>> You're talking about the dump?
[28:52] » Yeah.
>> No, we don't we can't like
[28:55] » We don't do any of that.
>> No, we don't.
[28:56] » Okay, that's what I was asking.
>> And we're on a different thing now.
[28:59] » Yeah.
[29:02] » Do we have any other questions about
2080 agreement?
[29:08] Any motion for
approval of the new design?
[29:11] » So moved.
>> Second.
[29:13] » The motion is second. All in favor?
>> Aye.
[29:16] » Opposed?
Public hearings?
[29:19] Nothing. Correspondence? Nothing.
Reports? City engineer?
[29:25] » Yes, water department continues to work
on the well five chemical feed building.
[29:29] They had the exterior siding up last
weekend. Uh they're working on the
[29:32] interior siding.
Trying to get that finished off and then
[29:35] they'll get to work on piping in there.
Uh the other item I have is the fiber
[29:40] insulation around town. Uh Travis,
hopefully they were responsive to your
[29:43] request. I mean talked with them about
trying to get to a much smaller locate
[29:48] area as called in
and not have the whole area that they
[29:51] want to work cross town at once. They
just are not so good on that.
[29:55] Uh
we did have some communication on that.
[29:58] They indicated we're going to try to do
that.
[30:00] » Yeah, no, they they were great. We had a
we had a joint meet city hall with them
[30:05] and in between Brandon, myself,
and your conversation with them, we got
[30:11] them
got them going in the right direction
[30:13] now.
>> Okay, thank you. That's all I have.
[30:16] » Did we get that one well
capped or sealed or whatever or not?
[30:22] » I'm going to put that on Dave's
schedule. Uh we have to do that before
[30:25] the final testing and then we also want
to
[30:28] work at getting water there at the same
time. So, we're going to Travis, Dave,
[30:32] and I are going to get to get that
scheduled.
[30:34] » Anything further today?
Public works?
[30:39] » Okay.
Um
[30:41] first, I don't know if anybody's noticed
the 550's been at the diesel shop for a
[30:46] few weeks now.
Um,
[30:49] the DEF system failed on it and with new
rules that came in in July, we were
[30:54] trying to figure out if
we could delete that legally with new
[30:59] rules or not. We finally got a
clarification, we got to put it back to
[31:03] specs
for manufacturers, so the parts have
[31:06] been ordered. So, hopefully in the next
week or two we can get that back.
[31:11] Um,
we got
[31:14] a big chunk of South Washington poured
back
[31:17] down where that new home is going. It's
panels that needed replaced anyways. We
[31:21] got those poured. We still have one more
chunk of curb
[31:25] where a long time ago they had that cut
out and we're not going to use that, so
[31:32] we're going to go ahead and replace
that.
[31:36] Um,
just wanted to give you guys a heads up.
[31:39] Splash pad will be closing.
Um, the 31st is the last day for the
[31:44] splash pad.
Uh, that's what we've done in the past.
[31:47] That gives us time to
do the needed maintenance on it like
[31:51] caulking the decking and stuff. We can
get that done before the weather turns
[31:56] and then we're not trying to fight it in
spring time when the weather's generally
[31:59] not as good as it is now.
[32:03] Um,
we had work done at the sports complex.
[32:08] We've got the pad for the transformer
poured
[32:11] so the electrician can keep moving on
that.
[32:15] The backstop between the dugouts that we
poured last fall and early spring, we
[32:21] have to pour to hold the line in
from the field and so we're working on
[32:27] that out there.
[32:30] Um,
[32:33] let's see. And then last I got is our
summer help's done. I'd like to give a a
[32:38] big thank you to Gavin Holt and Evan
Coleman. Those two were fantastic.
[32:43] Um they were really big help. Elvin
Elvin Elvin was mainly with Drayton, but
[32:49] when we needed him to help, he was
always willing to jump in with us, so
[32:54] those two helped out tremendously.
>> When you When you close the pool, do you
[32:59] pull all the fixtures?
>> Yeah. All but Well, yes and no. And some
[33:03] of them we try to get
over to Rainbow see if we can powder
[33:07] coat them. So, we're going to try a
couple of those that are flaking off
[33:10] real bad to see if they can do what they
said. They want to see them after
[33:13] season, so.
>> Um
[33:17] Do we cover that at all in the winter?
Can we cover it at all?
[33:21] » No, it doesn't make a difference now.
>> Well, we probably run some kind of
[33:23] antifreeze through the system, don't we,
through the winter?
[33:27] » We winterize it.
>> Yeah.
[33:28] » Yeah, here's
>> So, we will we will we don't have to
[33:30] cover.
I mean, it might save on the paint, I
[33:33] mean, granted, but
the cost of covering, I don't know.
[33:38] Winds come up.
[33:43] » What else can we discuss?
>> Yeah.
[33:44] » What else can we discuss?
>> Partner.
[33:50] » Almost sauerkraut day but we all we had
our back to school night last week. We
[33:54] went through between 400 and 450 walking
tacos, so that was good.
[34:01] Start soccer tomorrow.
Start flag football next week. A lot of
[34:06] mowing, weeding, trying to keep up on
that. Rain finally stopped here, so that
[34:10] gives us a little bit of a break, but um
one other thing really is Evan and Gavin
[34:16] were done on Friday.
Um Evan was my summer help kid, and he
[34:21] did a phenomenal job.
[34:25] I was used to kind of doing all that
stuff myself there for a while, and
[34:28] Evan's been here now for two or three
years, four years, maybe three years.
[34:33] But, uh he's a huge help, and I just
appreciate him a lot. And hopefully he
[34:37] comes back next year. And then Brian's
more of a summer help guy, too, but uh
[34:42] he stays around all year if I need
stuff. But, I'm thankful for him and
[34:46] everything he does, too. So.
And Gavin, as well.
[34:52] » Anything for grading?
[34:55] » Library.
>> I don't have anything for grading.
[34:59] » Public Works.
[35:02] » Had no issues at Sauerkraut Days.
>> No.
[35:06] » I had
two uh
[35:09] two of the new officers, David Frankford
and Morgan Kelly,
[35:12] who graduated from ILEA on Friday.
>> So, congratulations to them.
[35:19] » Anything for Jason?
>> No, just welcome aboard.
[35:25] » Any motions?
>> Just to vote on September 1st for the
[35:29] districts.
>> Surgery.
[35:32] » Um very busy during Sauerkraut Days um
with all the festivities there. Uh
[35:39] made approximately $1,350 off the
bathtub races. That was always a hit. Uh
[35:44] weather turned out perfect for that
after some morning rain.
[35:47] Um
now our focus is on to the pancake
[35:50] breakfast, which is Labor Day.
Um as some of you may have seen, if not,
[35:55] they're on the window, there's a t-shirt
fundraiser.
[35:58] Um this year's event we're going towards
uh
[36:01] buying another air pack, trying to get
to 12, as well as some thermal energy
[36:06] cameras. Um
There's some handheld ones that can go
[36:10] on the actual packs themselves, and then
uh the actual original one. So.
[36:16] Fundraising this time for that.
Um
[36:20] we washed the streets all the way down
from the
[36:24] uh for the
Sauerkraut Days, starting with uh
[36:29] car show was all the way down
uh through downtown and then came back
[36:33] on Sunday and did the cleanup and
thanks to everybody that helped with
[36:36] that.
That's all I have.
[36:39] » Anything further Chief?
>> So you know sir
[36:43] Now it's kind of a long list so bear
with me here.
[36:47] Some of the stuff I'll touch on that
we've kind of already talked about but
[36:51] uh we had the meeting with the new fiber
boring company that's in town. Um as as
[36:56] discussed they should they shrunk that
area down that they're going to be um
[36:59] wanting marked should eliminate a lot of
flags and markings that people want to
[37:03] clear up in their yard so
um should narrow that down. We did have
[37:07] a conversation too the last company um
had a hydraulic leak on one of the
[37:11] machines and I advised them if that
happens again to please stop and fix the
[37:15] leak before continuing down the road and
into people's yards so um they're aware
[37:20] of what's what happened and uh they said
they'd be addressing any issues with
[37:24] with grass dying and what have you.
Uh sports complex um
[37:31] John's electric's out there they're
going to hopefully get um a line out
[37:35] there this week or next week uh to bore
um
[37:39] the electricity out to the to the middle
area to the new transformer. Um he's
[37:44] going to get power up there it'll
probably be temporary power this week so
[37:48] that they can do their seeding and
fertilizing and start running the
[37:51] sprinklers on the diamonds.
Um
[37:54] but they're going to be working to get
that in there and then uh the CAD files
[37:59] are going to be uploaded so that uh they
can come out um either this week or next
[38:03] week and stake for where the uh bases go
for the lights um so those can be bored
[38:08] in
um on the exterior of the diamonds so
[38:11] that way when they're done with that
before the seeding window closes we get
[38:14] the rest of that area
um
[38:18] seeded down as well.
Um
[38:25] I'm meeting tomorrow and had a couple
last week in reference to September 8th
[38:30] court for the municipal infraction
reference to the nuisance on North
[38:33] Jackson Street. Uh right now we're set
to go on September 8th with Linn County
[38:38] building and our old city attorney uh
for when they started this.
[38:43] So, we'll be attending that on the 8th.
Um if you haven't seen, they got the
[38:48] sign put up on History Center West wall.
Looks very nice. Um
[38:53] so, thank you to all of you who were
part of that.
[38:57] Um along with the seating window
opening, we're going to be hitting the
[39:00] areas. Um they're already starting uh
like backfilling the curb there on
[39:04] Gillette Lane.
Um there'll be some
[39:06] uh stump grinding where we we took some
stumps out and trees down. We'll be
[39:10] addressing those areas as well.
Uh
[39:14] we're working with um Iowa Municipal
Workers is
[39:17] a comp reference to our work comp audit.
Um it's an annual thing, so I got to get
[39:22] a bunch of documents together for that
and then I think we meet next month on
[39:25] that.
Um
[39:28] I attended Friday the ILEA graduation
ceremony. Um congrats to the two new
[39:33] officers that uh graduated from there.
Um met with the 400 block of West Main
[39:40] where they put the two houses on the
vacant lot from the house that was torn
[39:43] down. So, have those plans in place.
Working with the county to make sure
[39:47] everything's good to go there along with
the water sewer permits.
[39:52] Um hopefully get that approved by the
end of the week.
[39:55] Uh Travis mentioned Gillette Lane South
Washington patchwork project. I am going
[39:59] to run um
calculations. I'm waiting for the for
[40:03] the bid um recent bid tabs to come so
that way I can give you back report of
[40:08] the cost savings of the work that was
done in house for those two things.
[40:12] Um 2080 with the school as we be
tonight. Um also I've worked with them
[40:18] to help their fire alarm system that was
been malfunctioning for
[40:22] um most of the summer, and we finally
got that straightened out, so
[40:27] um
great time for school, so that was good
[40:30] to have that done.
Um
[40:34] I have a couple more downtown
reinvestments that came in, so that'll
[40:37] go before historic preservation on the
first Thursday of the month, and then
[40:41] hopefully one of the two meetings in
September I'll have them before you uh
[40:45] for a couple of those.
Um
[40:50] and then uh
we're going to have to uh
[40:55] create some documents or rules in
pertains to uh pavilion rentals.
[41:00] Uh a couple weeks ago, we had a pavilion
rental, and uh someone brought their own
[41:04] tool to turn the water on in the
pavilion and had a slip and slide on all
[41:07] day, so
uh we'll have to get some locks or
[41:09] something put on the
pavilion to
[41:12] » Is that just a regular four four-key
>> Exactly.
[41:16] » Yeah.
>> So, we'll have to
[41:17] » I mean, they make a buyout.
>> Right. It's not or fire certain fire
[41:22] So, but anyway,
uh we just need to uh
[41:26] apparently explain that no slip and
slide or any water use other than
[41:30] what the sinks are, so
uh look like they were over there with
[41:33] water balloons, too. I don't think they
used the sink for that, so
[41:36] just some
learning curve stuff that we'll have to
[41:39] figure out with that, but uh I know it's
been very busy over there, and uh we get
[41:43] a significant amount of people from out
of town that that rent that, so
[41:47] uh they're going to good use.
>> Do you have a meter on that
[41:52] water use in that specifics?
>> That we don't at all.
[41:56] » Do we need to
institute one for the new
[42:00] » We need to get a meter in there. Um it's
going to be substantial plumbing work,
[42:05] so that's why
we haven't.
[42:08] » Well, what's our price that we rent the
pavilion out for? Or do we rent half and
[42:12] half or because we can split?
>> can
[42:16] Or or all?
[42:19] » I think it's for residents it's 40 for
one side, 70 for both.
[42:24] And for non-residents it's 50 for one
side and 100 for both.
[42:30] » So where do they turn this water get
this water from?
[42:32] » We have outside spigots but it's got the
the tamper proof.
[42:36] Which is just that four key.
>> So
[42:39] can you just put like
a box over like like you put over your
[42:43] thermostat?
>> Yeah, we can get we can get a lock on
[42:45] it. This is the first time since I've
been here that somebody's actually done
[42:49] that. So
it's never been an issue but like
[42:52] everything nothing's an issue until it's
an issue. So we'll get a
[42:56] » Would would would we ever entertain the
idea that they can
[42:59] use water from that spigot but it's
metered and they pay for it?
[43:05] » I would be concerned about a a money
mess
[43:10] doing that. I mean so if you got
somebody running this
[43:13] on Saturday
>> They made one the other day.
[43:16] » It wasn't bad. I don't think there was
any damage.
[43:18] » It was more of a
a lot of water balloons everywhere but
[43:22] » I yeah I I know it was about the water
balloons.
[43:25] all over the place.
Saturday night activities.
[43:29] » Um
and then I also want to thank the summer
[43:32] help um
they were probably the best group we had
[43:36] thus far.
And last but not least uh
[43:40] I know Jerry wanted me to pass on to you
guys that he thanks the city crew for
[43:44] all the work that they did um downtown
uh resources that helped them set up for
[43:50] that.
Um I personally also want to thank the
[43:53] guys and then also thank the
Saturday night activities committee. Um
[43:57] I know they put in a lot of hours and
time into that and it's uh
[44:01] you know as time goes on here you're
pulled in several different directions
[44:04] and
uh to see the amount of people that
[44:07] showed up, especially on Saturday night
down here, um pretty pretty cool to see
[44:11] and that's everybody coming to town to
to, you know, support that. So,
[44:17] thanks to everybody involved with that.
So, have a good night.
[44:22] » Well, I also um
with the amusement that comes, if
[44:27] anybody didn't know,
uh eventually when their rides get old,
[44:32] the the old ride that was at the park or
the east end, that came from the
[44:37] Venturing.
And that looked like it was a the yeah,
[44:41] it did and it there was a sign there in
front telling me they bought it from the
[44:44] Venturing. And that was a big hit for a
ride and I thought
[44:48] it's getting better and better.
But the change subject one more time to
[44:53] the two houses. I went there and I seen
they're all fenced off and that, but
[44:56] there was an alley there. So, what are
we doing with the alley that used to be
[45:01] between the two places? Are we splitting
that between
[45:04] » vacant.
You're talking
[45:07] What? The one that runs north and south?
>> Yes.
[45:10] » That's already vacant.
So,
[45:12] » So, is it is it is it split between the
two properties is what I'm asking.
[45:16] » Yep.
Okay.
[45:17] » Yep. So, they can make their now their 7
ft include that portion.
[45:21] » Yeah, cuz if you look at it, you you you
guys have legs or what not for the alley
[45:27] and then and so I didn't know
if you guys were going to divide that.
[45:31] » That's the survey. So, they surveyed
that to mark out where the property
[45:34] lines are.
>> Okay.
[45:35] » Yep. That was my only
[45:39] » So, I signed a check tonight for sports
complex utilities.
[45:46] What's that total dollar?
>> It wouldn't have just been for
[45:49] » That was electric
>> I'd say if it was a lion then that's
[45:51] like any lion bills that we've gotten.
>> So, if you have Well, that's the total
[45:55] bill. That's just going to have one of
my eyes kill us. That's the total lion
[45:58] bill.
[46:01] » Who was it went to the branding?
[46:05] Got Christina.
>> I only have one annual report left to
[46:10] do, which I was just waiting on the time
frame for it.
[46:14] And then if thanks for reading my
article, Doug.
[46:17] Um I'll say anybody who read it, I am
almost done with my presidency for the
[46:21] league and uh conference is next month
if any of you guys want to attend.
[46:26] We can get you guys signed up. There is
a nice reception on that Thursday
[46:29] evening for me. So,
not to toot my own horn, but I'm done
[46:33] anyway.
>> And I thank you for bringing down you
[46:36] guys' small fleet of vehicles.
>> Oh, we did. We brought four vehicles
[46:39] down to the park and ride.
>> Nice.
[46:42] Yeah.
I I appreciate that.
[46:47] » What are you getting for Christmas?
>> Me.
[46:51] » Uh I just want to reiterate the thanks
and appreciation to the Sauerkraut Days
[46:56] Committee, um the volunteers
uh that helped with that. Um great job
[47:01] to the Park and Rec team. Their work on
getting the Sauerkraut Days run as best
[47:05] as it can despite all the rain and such.
Uh the city employees, thank you and uh
[47:10] uh thanks to the Summer Festival
immensely.
[47:14] Of course the police, um
thank you for your involvement and uh
[47:17] congratulations to the new graduates.
And finally if I if I left anybody out,
[47:21] I apologize. That's it.
>> Ron.
[47:24] » Nope. I have nothing.
>> Eric. Nothing.
[47:27] » Don.
>> Uh
[47:29] the director of the library is going to
have her cooking class again at
[47:33] Southeast Linn on starting on Tuesday,
the 1st of September. It'll be every
[47:39] Tuesday at 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Um thanks to all our seasonal help and
[47:46] the Sauerkraut Committee.
And uh remember to vote on the 1st of
[47:51] September. That's all I have.
>> Kevin.
[47:54] » Nothing.
>> No, I got it. I just want to thank
[47:58] everybody that helped us on our
campaign. Thank you, Jerry. Cannot say
[48:02] enough about your senior employees. I
appreciate that. Thank you very much.
[48:07] » Mr. Journey.
>> And Johnny, you did a good job in the
[48:11] quarter back.
[48:17] » You had that great