[0:01] Okay, we're going to go ahead and start our regular meeting with a roll call. We

[0:04] know Commissioner Patton's going to be just a couple minutes late, so but we'll

[0:07] go ahead and start. >> Okay. Um, Commissioner Patton will be

[0:11] coming soon. Commissioner Barwick >> here.

[0:13] » Commissioner Webb >> here.

[0:14] » Commissioner Stefan >> here.

[0:16] » Mayor Abshire >> here. Would you all stand and join me in

[0:19] the pledge of allegiance?

[0:23] I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the

[0:29] republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[0:36] justice for all.

[0:46] » All right, we have a couple of special presentations this evening. One is to

[0:50] recognize a longtime employee who retired in December and we've had a hard

[0:56] time getting our gift in and getting him here all at the same time. So, uh I'll

[1:03] leave this to Commissioner Stellan to make this presentation.

[1:06] » Thank you, Mayor. We're just we're very happy that uh our former public works

[1:11] superintendent join us this evening with lovely wife. Thank you. So, um we'll

[1:15] just go with this. So over the last 35 years, Mr. Brent Kaine has worked his

[1:20] way up through the ranks, originally beginning his career as a laborer at the

[1:23] wastewater plant. In recent years, this council chose to create a new position

[1:27] and appoint Brent as the city's director of public works. Knowing Brent and how

[1:32] he thinks and plans, we wanted to put him in a position to help our water and

[1:36] wastewater departments plan for the future. Through Brent's career, the city

[1:40] has seen major upgrades to its sewer infrastructure, including a major

[1:43] wastewater treatment plant upgrade in 2000. Under Brent's leadership, the city

[1:48] has focused on maintaining older sewer lines by relining them with a sleeve

[1:51] that will add another 50 years of life to those lines.

[1:55] In recent years, Brent has led projects of a new water tower being built on the

[2:00] city's east side. He has also led a total infrastructure replacement project

[2:04] throughout the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge, benefiting the refuge

[2:08] and its tenants. Those upgrades will soon be a part of the city's system,

[2:12] making the refuge and their tenants customers of the city for the future.

[2:17] The thing I've appreciated about Brent the most is his commitment to the

[2:20] long-term health of the city's underground infrastructure. He not only

[2:23] understands the maintenance and repair needs of today, but has intentionally

[2:26] budgeted for major upgrades over the next decade plus. His methodical

[2:31] approach to planning allows our residents to enjoy some of the lowest

[2:33] water and sewer rates in the region. While we hate to lose him, he has set

[2:37] the city up for future success, and we're very grateful for his leadership.

[2:41] Brent, on behalf of a grateful city, we congratulate you on your retirement and

[2:46] wish you nothing but happiness in your next chapter. While a lot of your work

[2:50] cannot be seen, our community is in much better shape because of your commitment

[2:54] over the last 35 years in making upgrades and setting us up for future

[2:57] success. Thank you from a very good city.

[3:02] » Come on up here.

[3:12] In grateful recognition of your 35 years of service, presented to Brent Kane.

[3:15] Wish you the best in retirement. I don't know how he's retiring. He's like way

[3:19] younger than me. >> Started in junior high.

[3:22] » Congratulations.

[3:28] Good deal. You >> like to say something, B? Yeah, Brent.

[3:30] Come on. >> Speech.

[3:33] » Well, I didn't plan a speech. I'm better at speaking about public works project

[3:38] than anything, but I I guess I really need to say thank you to the city of

[3:42] Marian for giving me the opportunity, giving me a job where I can support and

[3:46] raise a family. Um, the current administration really set things for the

[3:50] future in place by helping me do what I do. Um, and I appreciate all that. I

[3:56] appreciate all the people that I've worked with, worked for, all the

[3:59] different council people that have been influential on me. This council has been

[4:04] very influ influential on me and what I could do for the city. Um, can't leave

[4:09] out anybody that helped me through this process, all the people that worked with

[4:13] me, for me. Um, thank you to all those people. Thank you, the city of May. And

[4:18] I look forward to hopefully continue on in some way, shape, or form to to make

[4:22] Marian great again.

[4:37] Okay, we've got another special presentation and with McKinley and Alex

[4:41] join me up here, please.

[4:46] I'm just standing there real quick. This past Valentine's Day, McKinley

[4:52] Miller and Alex Henry arrived at her home on the 300 block of South Market

[4:56] Street. And when they got home, they heard a disturbance next door and went

[5:01] to investigate it. They were unable to contact their neighbor due to a height

[5:07] of a fence, but they could hear someone in distress. So after calling 911,

[5:11] Marian Police Department responded, was able to get over the fence where they

[5:15] found that neighbor had been out there for several hours after a fall. Without

[5:20] McKinley and Alex's help, the neighbor uh certainly would have suffered more

[5:24] and may not have survived. Because these two amazing young people did not ignore

[5:28] what they heard and made an effort to help, they likely saved someone's life.

[5:34] So, for your actions that evening, I'd like to present you both with this

[5:38] challenge coin. These are the modern incarnation of the key to the city, if

[5:44] you will, and they're given to extraordinary people by me who have done

[5:49] extraordinary things. So, you guys did good. Thank you so much.

[6:09] Okay. Um,

[6:14] item number three on the agenda is our public comments audience to visitors.

[6:18] This is the opportunity for anybody like to address the council with city

[6:21] business to do so by stepping up to the podium.

[6:26] » Yes, I'm going to the mayor. Chief,

[6:33] » I've been embarrassed before. >> Yes, I'm going embarrassing. I would

[6:36] like to tell you we are quick to criticize the PD

[6:43] police department. But today, I'm just going to tell you there was there's a

[6:48] scam going on and with the SSA, they're trying to use

[6:53] social security plus US Marshalss. I was fit to be tied this morning, but you

[6:59] know, I do my due diligence. By the time I got home, I didn't had everybody

[7:02] pissed off at me on the phone because, you know, I have that propensity to do

[7:07] that. But he took He's laughing. He took his time out and called the numbers. We

[7:13] later found out it was to u >> Well, it ended up being to a Starbucks.

[7:19] » To a Starbucks. Yeah. >> But they

[7:22] » What did you order? >> I didn't order anything. It started off

[7:27] with them giving me a email or text saying that I ordered a a iPhone 16 for

[7:35] a,000 something. I mean 17. I got a 16. I don't need the 17 first of all. And

[7:40] then they went on to make it official, give me a claim number, ID number, and

[7:45] then transfer him to US Marshall. and he was, you know, I'm one of those

[7:51] people who take a lot of notes and numbers and I just noticed they all

[7:57] had accents and ask a simple question. Why does everybody got accent? And then

[8:01] they started off with I'm turning into tr

[8:05] etc. And so when I got to ask the questions, I I actually kind of

[8:09] irritated them because they were screaming at me by the end of the phone

[8:13] call. So he told me he's going to have me arrested and I told him I could do

[8:16] one better. I'm gonna take myself to the police department and put my hands out

[8:20] to have Chief Fitz arrest me because just tell me where which one's gonna

[8:24] arrest me. Well, you don't know who you who you

[8:28] dealing with. I said, "Well, I know the mayor and I know the sheriff and I know

[8:31] a few people and I wear a few hats, but you picked the wrong one today, but

[8:36] I want to be arrested cuz you done told me you're going to call Trump and he's

[8:40] going to come down here and have me arrested."

[8:43] So, by the time I got there, when I got in, I I was mad, too. But I didn't show

[8:48] the guy that Chief Fitz came on out for me

[8:53] and uh I gave him the numbers and he cross check. We knew it was a scam, but

[8:59] I was really, you know, I have that that personality

[9:04] that gets lovely when I get mad. So, but he did calm me down and he called the

[9:10] numbers and of course the guy hung up because he was no longer because I told

[9:14] him I can go to FBI office. I know all these officers I can I can go to them

[9:18] but you said Mary department. So, Chief Fence is my hero today.

[9:29] I just want to give a hand for when people actually

[9:32] » How long did he keep the cuffs on you though?

[9:36] I think all we got was a hug.

[9:42] That smile. >> Okay.

[9:45] » Thank you. >> Anyone else like to address the council?

[9:50] » All right. We'll move on to item number four, which is our consent agenda this

[9:54] evening. It consists of three items, A, B, and C. Would anybody on the council

[9:59] like any of the three items voted upon separately? Anybody from our audience

[10:05] like any item from the consent agenda voted upon with a separate vote?

[10:11] Okay. Hearing no objection, I would entertain a motion to pass the consent

[10:14] agenda as presented. >> I make a motion we uh accept the consent

[10:20] agenda A, B, and C as presented. >> I'll second that.

[10:25] Just want to make a note because of the subsequent presentation after this vote

[10:29] that item C is approving the recommendation of the Boon Street

[10:33] Community Center board to approve appointments of Katherine Dawson and

[10:37] Colin Hawthorne to the board which fills two open vacancies. And we'll hear from

[10:42] uh Mr. Wimberly here in a moment. Roll call, please.

[10:46] » Commissioner Patton, >> yay.

[10:47] » Commissioner Barwick, >> yay.

[10:49] » Commissioner Webb, yay. >> Commissioner Steel, yay.

[10:52] » Mayor Abshire, >> yay. Mr. Wimberly.

[11:04] All right. Thank you, mayor, and thank you all city council for voting our two

[11:08] new board members in. Uh I want to introduce you to Miss Kathy Dawson and

[11:14] also Mr. Colin Hawthorne. And I'm gonna have them come up and speak on their own

[11:19] behalf uh because I'm very excited to have them. But before I do that, I also

[11:23] want to thank Tony Mo and also David Stoppler uh for the boys and street

[11:29] edition. They were very instrumental in pushing things forward, helping a whole

[11:33] lot. So I just want to say as the chairperson of the board, I want to just

[11:37] thank you guys for your help and your support. So want to publicly acknowledge

[11:41] that. All right. So Kathy, if you want to come up first.

[11:57] Mayor and um council members, thank you for approving me. Um the Buon Center uh

[12:05] I think has been a wonderful addition to the city and I am very excited about the

[12:11] addition to the to the building. I can see so many uses for it. I volunteer

[12:17] there. I like children. I uh my retirement career, if you would, was a

[12:24] substitute teacher with preK and uh the lower grades. I just like to be around

[12:30] kids. They you never know what those four-year-olds are going to say.

[12:35] And um so and I think every child deserves the best. would be every child

[12:41] deserves every chance that that child can have to create a good life for

[12:48] himself or herself and I like to be a part of that. I can't volunteer as much

[12:54] as I want to. You can tell I'm kind of crippled up and old. Um but uh um I do I

[13:01] do look forward to working with the board of the uh center and coming up

[13:08] with new ideas for ways to serve the entire community and the children

[13:13] especially. >> Thank you.

[13:15] » Do you have any questions of me?

[13:22] All right.

[13:27] Come up, please.

[13:35] » Hello. Uh, thank you, mayor. Thank you, council members, um, for this

[13:39] opportunity to join this this Boon Center board. Um this is a great

[13:43] opportunity to be a part of the forward thinkers and innovators of this

[13:48] community. Uh I have a strong passion for serving my community and um that is

[13:53] going to be one of the the reasons that uh Mariam stays the place people want to

[13:58] live. Um I'm here with my family with my kids and uh it's very important to me

[14:03] that they they I I show them that we serve and and that this is a great place

[14:08] to live and that and to be proud of where we are. So, thanks so much for the

[14:12] opportunity. >> Any activities coming up?

[14:15] » We have >> That was good.

[14:18] » Good. >> Good. Terrence,

[14:20] » I do want to mention we have a Black History Month uh business expo coming up

[14:25] on uh the 20th of this month. So, you all be sure to come out and support and

[14:30] uh be a part of that. Um and we also have a chili cookoff coming up next

[14:34] month. And um they're great events. They will be great. And uh again, it's a

[14:38] great resource, a great a great place to be, and uh let's be the reason that that

[14:42] it is it stays that way. Thanks so much. >> Thank you both for volunteering and for

[14:46] your help.

[14:50] » Thank you very much. >> Thank you.

[14:52] » Thanks, Darl.

[14:56] » Okay. Under new business, under item five under the pavilion, uh this item

[15:02] relates to uh getting an amplifier for sale service. Anybody that's been to the

[15:07] pavilion might know it's sort of in a uh uh dead spot so to speak. Very very poor

[15:14] if any cell service inside that building for several years. We've been um trying

[15:20] to plan and set aside which this year we did and budgeted for this which is the

[15:25] uh my motion to approve the purchase of

[15:30] Well, you know what? This is your department. I'll let you do that

[15:33] commissioner. >> Okay. I would make a motion to approve

[15:36] the purchase of a self service amplifier from Nova Communications, which is a

[15:40] budgeted item. >> I'll second that.

[15:43] » Okay. Any questions on this? >> Roll call, please.

[15:47] » Commissioner Patton, >> yay.

[15:48] » Commissioner Bwick, >> yay.

[15:49] » Commissioner Webb, >> yay.

[15:51] » Commissioner Steckelan, >> yay.

[15:52] » Mayor Abshire, >> yay. Item six

[15:58] A is what this item relates to. This ordinance is vacating property in the

[16:03] Shannon Heights subdivision. This is in the area of uh bordered by Hendrickson,

[16:09] Midway, Vixsburg, Concord, and a few surrounding lots on the south side of

[16:16] Concord. And this relates to the um 41 new

[16:23] 27 new houses and some duplexes. They're going to be built hopefully starting

[16:27] this summer with Budslick Development that's going to be building those. So

[16:31] there's 36 parcels of land. If you guys have ever looked at the map carefully,

[16:35] you know that there are crazy shaped lots in there. And so they're hoping to

[16:42] make this sim uh simpler and I think divide their property up just into five

[16:47] parcels where they'll build these properties instead of trying to manage

[16:50] 36 property identification numbers. So, uh, the assessor's office suggested that

[16:56] we do this, and that's this step is to vacate these lots in this ordinance from

[17:03] that subdivision so that they can be basically combined.

[17:08] Um, I'll just go ahead and make that motion to approve ordinance 4095,

[17:13] vacating property in the Shannon Heights subdivision.

[17:18] I'd second that. >> Okay. Discussion on this item?

[17:24] Are all these lots vacant? They aren't, are they?

[17:27] » They are. >> They are vacant.

[17:29] » Yes. >> Okay.

[17:31] » And if you mean by vacant, they have nothing. No structures on them. Is that

[17:35] what you mean? >> Yeah. I see a couple of houses on here.

[17:39] » That's maybe an old picture. >> Old picture.

[17:41] » Yeah. >> Okay.

[17:42] » Old GIS. >> Old GIS.

[17:47] » Any other questions?

[17:51] Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Patton,

[17:53] » yay. >> Commissioner Barwick,

[17:54] » yay. >> Commissioner Webb,

[17:56] » yay. >> Commissioner Steckelan,

[17:57] » yay. >> Mayor Abshire,

[17:59] » yay. Item 6B, seeing your packet, the list of TIFF grant applications

[18:05] received. There's only one, I think, on this list.

[18:10] Um, somebody mind make that motion?

[18:15] I'd make a motion we accept the uh approve the fiscal year 26 tiff grant

[18:19] applications received through February 20th 2026.

[18:22] » Second that. >> Okay. Roll call, please.

[18:27] » Commissioner Patton. >> Yay.

[18:28] » Commissioner Bwick. >> Yay.

[18:29] » Commissioner Webb. >> Yay.

[18:31] » Commissioner Steckelan. >> Yay.

[18:32] » Mayor Ab. Do we know what they're doing on this?

[18:36] » I'm just curious. >> It's a storefront replacement.

[18:39] » New windows and door. >> Oh, okay.

[18:43] » They've already done the awning. Okay,

[18:49] » we all vote. >> Did we get through the roll call? Okay.

[18:52] » Yeah. Sorry. >> All right. Item 6 C.

[18:56] Um, you see a pretty detailed note in here

[19:00] from Cody. So, really for a couple of years, Cody and I have had this sort of

[19:06] working in the background. uh one of the the

[19:11] omissions I guess or blanks so to speak in our code is any

[19:17] kind of requirement for commercial development to include landscaping

[19:21] requirements as to their development. So, uh, when we benchmarked

[19:27] some other towns, that was sort of a glaring omission in our code. And the

[19:32] idea here is is that especially as we're having all this commercial development

[19:38] um, we really want the property owners to keep the landscaping in mind and not

[19:44] however overburden them. So, we with regulations and so forth. So, we really

[19:50] kind of iterated on this several times. Um Cody benchmarked Matun's ordinance

[19:58] just simply because they're a similar size town than we are. They've also got

[20:01] a very similar growth pattern that we do. Um

[20:08] so that was the trick is to try to create something that

[20:12] when architects and builders are reading our code they can understand it clearly

[20:17] and that it's easy for our codes office to

[20:23] uh adjudicate regulate all that stuff. So u I'm not asking you to vote on this

[20:29] this evening. I just want to introduce this concept. You'll notice that this

[20:34] ordinance is um it's double spaced and it's still only

[20:40] five or six pages. There's not a great deal of over

[20:47] burdensome regulation, but the idea here is is that

[20:53] you're benchmarking frontage

[20:57] or total square footage of a development and pretty much trying to create some

[21:04] metric where they have to do a certain percentage of that as landscaping.

[21:09] What's interesting about this is is almost all the chains and things that

[21:14] come in, if you'll notice, Olive Garden did a really good job. Chick-fil-A did a

[21:18] really good job. They didn't even ask us about this. That's just what they do

[21:22] because they're so used to it in other towns because everybody else has this

[21:25] and we pretty much just didn't speak to it. So, uh, most of the developers are

[21:32] going to do it anyway and probably over our requirement here, but I just wanted

[21:38] you guys to read through this draft of this, ask us questions between now and

[21:42] the next meeting. If you see something that you'd like included or you see

[21:46] something more importantly that you don't understand, that means that

[21:49] somebody else reading it for the first time won't understand it. So, our goal

[21:52] here is not to to block development, certainly not to add lots of costs, but

[21:58] we really would like to see some green space, some trees, and some uh nice

[22:03] landscaping and not just a a parking lot everywhere. So, that's what this item

[22:08] is. >> Mr.

[22:11] » Yes. >> Does this ordinance deal with sight

[22:13] lines like for traffic and everything also with all those things? I've noticed

[22:19] not only landscaping, but signs up too. You wind up pulling up and it looks fine

[22:25] one way, but you turn the other way and everything's blocked. So, with all that

[22:29] developing going on about there, >> yeah, that's a good point. That can be a

[22:33] little tricky. Uh this ordinance pretty much gives the codes director quite a

[22:37] bit of discretion so that he can look at somebody's site plan or more maybe more

[22:42] importantly um discuss it with them before they even have a site plan so

[22:46] that they can go out to the place together. And that is something that

[22:51] sometimes you don't see until you're on site driving by and going, "Okay, you

[22:55] can't put a sign here because of this." And uh so that's a good point.

[23:01] » And I think that will probably come out in the site plan or it should come out

[23:05] in the site plan as far as that site distance that you're talking about. And

[23:10] I agree with you. There's there's a couple of areas that I can think of

[23:14] where you headed up to the edge of the street and

[23:18] you look and you think I can't see anything.

[23:21] » Um >> and and also sometimes when signs were

[23:25] put up, you go and you widen the street just Yeah. For convenience and those

[23:30] signs don't move and then >> Right. Right. One of the questions I had

[23:35] mayor and this may be a little bit premature the under minimum landscaping

[23:39] requirement number two parking area standard 10% of the total patron parking

[23:46] area what are we what are we looking for there so it's either it's whichever one

[23:53] of these two metrics is greater so

[23:57] if I'm trying to think of a good example

[24:01] can we just use Olive Garden maybe as as an example because that's the one we

[24:04] looked at. So what you would do the the first metric

[24:09] is street frontage standard. So we're asking for two square feet of

[24:12] landscaping per linear foot of addressed street frontage. So what that means

[24:19] addressed street frontage they address Joseph canning Canon way not is that

[24:25] Sinclair that >> right? So in other words their address

[24:30] is Joseph Cannon way. So we would be measuring the distance on that site

[24:35] line, >> right?

[24:36] » So I don't remember, we looked at it, but

[24:39] » I don't know, >> right? So let's say it was 150 ft. Um,

[24:43] so we'd be requiring under that metric 300 square feet of landscaping or and

[24:50] that's actually a really good example, that would not be enough for that site

[24:54] » because that's a pretty short >> distance whereas they've got a pretty

[24:58] big lot. So, the other one is you just simply take all of their parking area

[25:04] square footage and 10% of that. >> I gotcha. That makes sense. Um, I would

[25:10] encourage the word or uh in between there.

[25:14] » Um, >> it is

[25:16] » at the end of one. >> Oh, okay.

[25:24] » But that's good. I'm glad you brought it up because that's exactly what we're

[25:27] » Yeah. needing is that anything that's the only concern I have with this is

[25:33] that developers look at it online. We never get to even talk to them and so if

[25:39] it causes any confusion or whatever, we want to uh

[25:44] correct that before we ever put it out there. So, and again, this is not

[25:48] retroactive or causing anybody that's already built or anything to to place a

[25:54] burden on their business. We're just trying to um

[25:58] incorporate these landscaping elements on new development moving

[26:03] forward. So a qualification for that if their blueprints have been approved by

[26:09] uh zoning >> then they would be exempt from this.

[26:13] Correct. I mean even if they haven't started building yet but

[26:16] » I would think so. I mean you got to have a

[26:17] » we already issued a permit. We can't go back and a permit. Yeah.

[26:26] » Okay. So, read over that more carefully, please. And um more importantly, any

[26:31] changes or questions you have between now and the next meeting.

[26:36] Um get with me or Cody so that we can address those and improve any of the

[26:40] language that needs to be improved. All right, we'll move on to item 7A. Um have

[26:47] a mo I will make a motion to approve a collective bargain agreement between the

[26:54] city and the labor's local 773 public works employees uh retroactive back to

[26:59] May 1st 2025. >> I would second that.

[27:02] » Any discussion on this item?

[27:07] » Okay. Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Patton.

[27:10] » Yay. >> Commissioner Barwick.

[27:11] » Yay. >> Commissioner Webb.

[27:13] » Yay. >> Commissioner Steel.

[27:14] » Yay. Mayor Asher. >> Yay. All right. Item eight, commissioner

[27:19] reports. Uh Jim, we'll start with you tonight.

[27:21] » Yeah. Street department. Uh been working on sidewalk walks in Midway Court. Uh

[27:26] culde-sac repair on the Danielle Court. Uh doing some street sweeping. Uh took

[27:32] down the skating rink. Uh uh been doing some power washing around the square

[27:36] area. Uh been patching roads from winter storm Fern that created a lot of damage.

[27:41] So, um, but everything's looking good on the streets. A cemetery, we had three

[27:46] burials in the month of January. U, but I was talking to JD today and we we had

[27:51] three in the first week of February. So, but yeah, January was an unusually uh

[27:56] slow month for barrels, but we had three. It's all I have. Thank you.

[27:59] » Okay, Doug, you have a report tonight? >> No, I don't.

[28:02] » Commissioner Stuck. >> All right. Since the last report, the

[28:05] water department reports five meter pits were repaired or replaced, five water

[28:10] leaks repaired, three services were updated. Three fire hydrants were

[28:14] repaired and three brand new water taps were done. Uh it is second

[28:19] meeting. So we do have some trivia tonight. So get ready. These are pretty

[28:24] easy. Uh first one is just a simple true or false question. True or false? Water

[28:29] is the only substance on earth that can exist in three states of matter.

[28:39] » It is true that exists in solid as ice, liquid, and

[28:44] gas as vapor. So there you go again. >> All right. Second question. What

[28:52] historic structure in Rose Hill Cemetery built in 1918 and listed on the National

[28:57] Register of Historic Places? >> We I have to finish the question.

[29:05] » Hold on. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places was a gift to the

[29:10] city from the founder of Williamson County's first bank.

[29:14] And what material is the roof made out of? I added that. That's not That's not

[29:19] part of the No. Yeah, the answer is Goddard Chapel.

[29:24] Yes. Donated by Leroy Goddard or related to the Goddard family legacy in the

[29:27] area. So, >> and what position did Mr. Goddard hold

[29:30] before he was a banker? >> Mayor.

[29:34] » I think he was mayor. >> He was mayor of Marion in the 1800s

[29:38] » as his gift to the city. >> If you haven't seen the inside of that

[29:41] building, by all means go see it. >> It's a really special.

[29:44] » It's really nice >> gift.

[29:46] » Yep. And I do want to point out um it's been a very busy few days at the Civic

[29:52] Center. Uh if you happen to be there, I think it was Saturday night, you got to

[29:56] hear,00 screaming 9-year-old girls for the Taylor Swift uh

[30:03] concert. And last night you got to see 900 screaming nine and 10 year old boys

[30:09] and girls screaming at the Michael Jackson concert. So this the place has

[30:14] been rocking the last few days. So, and a lot of shows coming up. Be sure you

[30:17] get out there and support it. So, >> so that's why everybody had hats and

[30:21] sunglasses on. >> There were more There were more gloves

[30:25] last night. It was It was pretty pretty amazing.

[30:29] Yeah. I won't say whether I had one on or not.

[30:33] » Commissioner Barick. >> Well, I've got a trivia question if I

[30:37] can permission to ask it. >> No.

[30:39] » Yeah. No. >> Okay. A few weeks back, I'd reported

[30:43] that the new lights were up around the new roundabout on 37 and Wildcat.

[30:50] They haven't been turned on yet, but that's coming pretty soon. But the

[30:55] trivia question is, how many of the light poles have we had to replace from

[30:59] drivers hitting them since they were up? Is it zero, one, two, or three?

[31:07] » Three. >> I was told too. I didn't know about the

[31:11] third one. >> That's That's why I was late, John.

[31:17] » So, it is three. >> No,

[31:19] » I don't know, too. >> Oh, yeah.

[31:21] » So, the answer is two. >> Two.

[31:23] » But they haven't even >> That's always next week.

[31:27] » Maybe if they were turned on, they wouldn't hit them.

[31:30] » So, drivers, please slow down in the roundabouts.

[31:35] We'll talk about

[31:39] » Okay. Under miscellaneous, is there anything else from the council or from

[31:44] our guests for the good of the city to come before the council?

[31:48] » Cody Chief.

[31:51] » No, sir. Wendy over there. Wendy, >> anyone else?

[31:57] Anyone have a need for a closed or executive session this evening?

[32:02] » Chief, you have something? >> Sure.

[32:04] » This is for it to go out. Um, we are testing for the Marian Police Department

[32:09] Saturday, March 21st at 8:00 a.m. Applications can be picked up at the

[32:14] police department. Please come and get them if you want to do this job and

[32:19] serve this community and this public. Come join us. We need you. Thank you.

[32:28] » Okay, hearing nothing else to come before the

[32:32] council, I would entertain a motion to adjurnn. I'll make a motion we adjourn.

[32:37] » Second that. >> Roll call, please.

[32:39] » Commissioner Patton, >> yay.

[32:40] » Commissioner Barwick, >> yay.

[32:41] » Commissioner Webb, >> yay.

[32:43] » Commissioner Steckelan, >> yay.

[32:44] » Mayor Asher, >> yay. Thank you all. Have a good evening.

[32:52] Yeah, I I text

City of Marion Council Meeting February 23rd 2026

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