[0:05] Call this meeting to order city council

[0:08] Tuesday September 8th 2026.

[0:12] May I have a roll call, please?

[0:14] » Councelor King

[0:15] » Here.

[0:16] » Councelor Piper

[0:18] » Here.

[0:18] » Councelor Price

[0:19] » Here.

[0:21] Councelor SC here. Councelor Bloomberg

[0:24] » Here. Mayor Barnhard

[0:26] » Here.

[0:28] Nebraska

[0:38] and to the republic for it stands one

[0:41] nation under God indivisible with

[0:44] liberty and justice for all.

[0:47] » Thank you.

[0:52] » All right. Uh, next item of business is

[0:56] approval of the agendas and I go to the

[0:58] manager first. We have a couple of later

[1:01] additions to the agenda.

[1:03] Madison.

[1:04] » Yes, mayor and council. We added two

[1:06] items today on

[1:10] to the consent agenda. One is for an

[1:12] engineering contract for the sidewalks.

[1:14] This is kind of one of the last

[1:16] sidewalks I think will be replaced in

[1:18] the downtown sidewalk uh program. And

[1:21] that's uh on six uh six street west in

[1:24] front of city hall on both sides of the

[1:26] road and then uh um wrapping around city

[1:30] hall and going towards the parking lot

[1:33] and then um on sixth street west on the

[1:36] north end going up first avenue west for

[1:38] one block. Um we have some sidewalks

[1:41] that are in poor condition. the ones

[1:42] that's front of city hall specifically

[1:44] are not ADA accessible and have some

[1:47] significant trip hazards and other so um

[1:50] we're looking for an engineering

[1:51] contract to so that's in the consent

[1:54] agenda and the other is a u we were able

[1:57] to find a pool liner

[2:00] uh contractor to install this fall and

[2:04] so they will be starting installation

[2:07] uh if approved uh

[2:11] the week of the next council meeting.

[2:12] So, we won't have time to sign the

[2:14] contract. So, we put that in the consent

[2:15] agenda. We don't have the form for

[2:17] formal contract yet, but uh it's in uh

[2:22] sum of

[2:24] $25,000

[2:26] combined with the $130,000

[2:28] pool liner would put us at $235,000

[2:33] or I'm sorry, $335,000

[2:36] uh for the whole pool liner installment.

[2:38] that I'll get done uh next two to three

[2:41] weeks.

[2:42] » Was that uh included in our budget that

[2:44] less in the budget amount?

[2:46] » Right. That was part of the capital

[2:47] improvement plan that you had approved

[2:48] previously. We had asked for permission

[2:50] to move forward that line item uh

[2:53] earlier in the budget cycle. It was

[2:55] originally budgeted for five. So this is

[2:57] quite a bit less than what we had

[2:59] budgeted for.

[3:00] » Anybody have any specific questions that

[3:02] we didn't have an opportunity?

[3:05] Okay. Um, what I would say before we

[3:07] move forward with consu moving the

[3:09] consent agenda, I wondered if we might

[3:12] pull out number five and just get a

[3:14] short uh discussion about that. Uh, let

[3:18] people know what what we're doing with

[3:20] that. I think it's important for public

[3:21] safety and the public to know what we

[3:23] are doing with the generators.

[3:25] » Absolutely. So, I'd like to pull that

[3:27] out because we could put that

[3:30] um

[3:32] under

[3:36] Mayor I was going to talk about it in

[3:37] the budget

[3:38] that's an in addition to the capital

[3:40] improvement plan.

[3:41] » Then we then I I'll strike that we just

[3:44] asked to approve the uh consent agenda

[3:47] and as presented. Um

[3:50] » I make a motion to approve the consent

[3:52] agenda with the explanation um from the

[3:55] city manager of number five.

[4:00] » I'll second

[4:01] and second to approve the consent agenda

[4:04] as modified and explained by men. Um, at

[4:08] this time I'd kind of like a roll call,

[4:10] please.

[4:19] » Councelor Kat.

[4:20] » Hi,

[4:23] » Councelor Piper.

[4:24] » Hi,

[4:26] » Councelor Trace.

[4:27] » Hi,

[4:28] Councelor St. I. Councelor Bloomberg,

[4:31] » I mayor Barber,

[4:33] » I consent agenda is approved. Uh, next

[4:38] is visitors public comments. For any

[4:39] items that are not on the evenings

[4:41] agenda, please come forward and uh and

[4:44] make case or visit with the council a

[4:46] little bit.

[4:55] Um, my name's Mike Burr. I'm at 560

[4:59] Pallet Road. Um,

[5:02] anyways, I hope every one of you have

[5:04] had a chance to enjoy this wonderful

[5:06] summer we've had. Hasn't it been

[5:08] special? I mean, it's really been a a

[5:10] great summer. Lots of uh good weather.

[5:13] Um, you know, we're so fortunate that we

[5:16] have the Flathead River running right

[5:18] through our town. And uh the number of

[5:21] people recreating on it every day is

[5:23] just amazing. and I'd look down by the

[5:25] river and I'd see so many people going

[5:27] by having a good time enjoying the

[5:29] river. Um there's public access to it.

[5:33] Um Montana's um uh constitution has

[5:39] protections in it so people can can pull

[5:41] over on the river and enjoy it. So we've

[5:43] really got an asset there and it's just

[5:46] amazing. Um, in addition, you know, a

[5:48] lot of people that are going through our

[5:50] town to uh go up river and recreate

[5:53] there, they stop here. They spend some

[5:55] money.

[5:57] So, it's really helping our local

[5:58] businesses and and uh our our local

[6:01] residents, they get off work and they

[6:03] can go float and they can float on

[6:04] weekends. So, it's really something. Um,

[6:07] I just hope the city budget uh can

[6:10] dedicate some dollars to maintenance and

[6:12] improvements of our of our river access.

[6:14] There's signs, there's places in in the

[6:17] community to access it. And I think it's

[6:19] a shame if we don't way sign it, if we

[6:22] don't somehow um get the word out

[6:24] because uh a lot of people even live

[6:26] here don't know that we've got nice

[6:28] public access um at various places um

[6:31] along the river. Um so I hope that

[6:35] somewhere in the park and rags budget or

[6:37] something there's there's some some

[6:39] dollars that can that can uh uh denote

[6:42] that. Um, any community would love to

[6:45] have what we have right at our doorstep.

[6:47] So, I just hope we can remember to

[6:49] appreciate it and use it and protect it

[6:51] as well. Um, the river corridor is also

[6:55] important to wildlife that use it year

[6:56] round for water, food, and protection.

[6:59] Um, when our new land use plan was

[7:02] adopted a while back, um, it was agreed

[7:05] that more planning was needed to to be

[7:08] devoted to protecting that river

[7:10] corridor. So, I hope the council won't

[7:13] lose sight of that as uh over the next

[7:16] few months the planning board is going

[7:17] to meet, talk about some stuff, some

[7:19] changes to the plan. And I hope you'll

[7:22] uh you'll keep in mind expanding river

[7:26] corridor protections so that the asset

[7:29] that we have stays um as good as it is.

[7:33] Um, another thing, I'll try and make

[7:36] this fast. the the T kettle height

[7:38] subdivision was approved back in May and

[7:42] uh to develop 435 housing units of three

[7:45] phases and our city committed some

[7:49] significant capacity sewer capacity to

[7:51] that project. Um the developer is I went

[7:55] to most of these hearings was anxious to

[7:57] get going. So we got to get this thing

[8:00] approved so we can get working uh on the

[8:03] dirt utilities this year. Well, I've

[8:05] been up there. there's not a bit of work

[8:08] done. So, um anyhow, I'm sure you guys

[8:12] know that you probably driven up there.

[8:14] Um it's midepptember.

[8:17] There was also in April some rental

[8:19] units across from the green box site

[8:21] approved. Uh going to help out the

[8:24] housing market, the rental market.

[8:27] Nothing's been done there. The water's

[8:29] made it up to where that project is

[8:31] because the other development has and

[8:33] that's what they were waiting on. So, I

[8:35] know you guys don't control the

[8:36] developers. I know that. But just keep

[8:39] in mind when these developers come and

[8:40] tell us how excited they are and they

[8:42] want our approvals, um hopefully they'll

[8:46] be as dedicated to getting some of this

[8:47] stuff done because the housing study you

[8:50] guys commissioned said we don't have

[8:52] enough housing and we're not going to

[8:55] get it if we don't have something in the

[8:58] in the M. And uh um the Habitat for the

[9:04] Humanity homes are moving along which is

[9:06] great. And I see the little project

[9:08] behind the credit union is got some

[9:10] footings put in. So again I think

[9:13] developers always eagle eager to get the

[9:15] approval then they've got a little more

[9:17] of an asset that they can either hold on

[9:19] to or sell but it doesn't necessarily

[9:22] tick them off to get going. So, um, I'm

[9:25] just throwing that out to you and again,

[9:28] hope you had a wonderful summer as we

[9:30] all did here. Thanks. Thank you.

[9:35] » Anyone further to address the concept?

[9:46] » Well, first, it's not raining. That's

[9:47] the one good news story.

[9:50] I want to address the council and just

[9:51] uh make a few brief comments. Uh, we

[9:54] lost kind of a legend in my eyes, Steve

[9:56] Marusson, who's owned the NL for 47

[10:00] years. I think it's the longest business

[10:02] owner in Columbia Ball's history that

[10:04] I'm aware of. And I just like to bring

[10:07] it to the council's uh attention to see

[10:09] if any thought about doing something for

[10:11] him because of what he did for the

[10:14] community. So, the Don Anderson Memorial

[10:18] Fire Station is was my uncle. So, um, I

[10:22] just encourage the council to think

[10:24] about doing something for Steve

[10:27] generationally. He's done a lot for this

[10:29] community. I think he sat on the rural

[10:32] fire department for

[10:34] Mary, you're going to have to tell me,

[10:35] but I think it's been a long time. I

[10:37] think how many

[10:38] » I believe it's 20 years.

[10:39] » Yeah, at least 20 years. So, and you

[10:42] know, his celebration of life is the

[10:43] 14th. Uh, I do know they're shutting out

[10:45] the NL and the back room to celebrate

[10:49] him and I expect that to be well

[10:50] attended. But I would just encourage the

[10:53] council and the mayor, don't miss this

[10:55] opportunity. Uh, there's not many people

[10:58] that I know of and I was born and raised

[11:00] here that has a business for 47 years.

[11:03] So, thank you and let's hope the rain

[11:06] doesn't go back.

[11:09] Anyone further?

[11:13] See? None. Thank you. We move on.

[11:20] Next is uh our public public hearing or

[11:24] final adoption of the budget. So we will

[11:28] uh we have been continuing this since

[11:30] July as it was developed and presented.

[11:33] So at this time we'll go to the manager

[11:36] and we'll get a look at our final budget

[11:39] presented and uh we're going to office.

[11:43] Yeah, mayor council. Uh no no

[11:46] significant changes uh in the budget

[11:48] from what's been presented over the last

[11:50] several months. Um we'll highlight a few

[11:53] additions and changes from what we

[11:55] previously briefed to you and we had to

[11:57] adjust. Um but do want to highlight a

[12:01] couple items. the fiscal year 27 budget

[12:04] um totals 27 26,442,653.

[12:09] Were you going to present that?

[12:11] » Um I I don't I can

[12:14] the budget message. I didn't have a lot

[12:16] to present. Um but

[12:36] ancient

[12:38] sense.

[13:02] So the adopted budget is 26,442,653.

[13:08] It's about a 12.5% increase from the

[13:10] fiscal year 26 adopted budget. Um some

[13:14] of the changes for federal grants and

[13:17] money going to the raise project as well

[13:19] as projected uh grants from um the uh

[13:26] community project funding uh through the

[13:28] US Congress that we're still on tap for

[13:31] right now waiting Senate approval that

[13:34] $2.35 million. So some of that growth

[13:37] was through grant funding. Um, but we're

[13:40] also seeing, as I briefed the last

[13:41] council meeting, a significant growth in

[13:44] our market value and marginal growth in

[13:46] our tax revenue

[13:49] growth with that.

[13:51] Um, to be clear, you know, Flathead

[13:54] Valley has grown very quickly uh over

[13:56] the last decade. Uh, Plumbing Falls

[13:59] hasn't realized that growth uh up until

[14:02] now, but over the next two to five

[14:04] years, there will be significant

[14:05] development. Uh we're seeing some of

[14:07] that happening on Meadow Lake. Uh the

[14:10] developers that have applied for uh you

[14:13] know preliminary plat

[14:16] are very active in getting those moving

[14:19] um and uh or in good communication with

[14:22] the city uh throughout as they work

[14:25] through those engineering plans. We're

[14:28] seeing growth not only in housing but

[14:29] also manufacturing facility um and then

[14:33] quite a bit commercially specifically

[14:35] met in Baltimore area.

[14:38] Um there continues to be strong

[14:40] developer interests um that um looking

[14:45] for opportunities uh and where uh

[14:47] economic growth uh job growth increasing

[14:50] housing inventory and improving public

[14:52] amenities um city has is in a good

[14:55] position. um as a finalist for a LITC

[15:00] housing grant um for 55 and elder

[15:05] development of 29 units. The mayor and I

[15:07] will sit on the Montana housing board

[15:11] discussion and present

[15:13] our position in October. Hopefully we

[15:15] good news uh following that immediately.

[15:21] Uh at the same time, the growth places

[15:23] greater demands on our public safety,

[15:25] our transportation systems, utilities,

[15:28] parks, uh municipal services. Uh we're

[15:31] seeing significant improvement over the

[15:33] last year with our sidewalks uh in the

[15:36] downtown phases, finishing that project

[15:38] or nearly finishing that project. And

[15:41] then uh significant development along

[15:43] the 4th Avenue and 7th Street improving

[15:46] our water rains our water uh storm water

[15:49] drainage as well as our road and

[15:52] sidewalk infrastructure that I'll

[15:54] highlight later in today's uh

[15:56] discussion.

[16:00] I will I will note that the the city

[16:03] staff is uh very keen on the council's

[16:07] priorities of u

[16:10] you know focusing the city but also

[16:12] making sure that we maintain

[16:14] conservative uh financial practices,

[16:17] healthy reserves and sustainable

[16:19] long-term budgeting. Uh this year we

[16:21] proposed a

[16:24] significant amount of projects over the

[16:26] next three to five years. Um, and some

[16:30] of that's aligned with the urban renewal

[16:31] district tax increment financing

[16:34] district. Um, which we're looking at 10

[16:36] to 11 million dollars of projects over

[16:38] the next five years. Um and so uh there

[16:41] needs to be a focused effort to execute

[16:43] those projects um every single year uh

[16:48] addressing those um and then we'll see

[16:51] significant improvements u in those

[16:53] project areas to also attract more

[16:56] business but also better amenities for

[16:58] our citizens in the in the city

[17:02] and visitors alike.

[17:06] uh the resort tax and u continues to

[17:09] provide significant property tax relief.

[17:12] Uh this year's first time we caught up

[17:15] to where city's property tax collections

[17:19] were in fiscal year 21. Um so the last

[17:23] five years uh the city was collecting

[17:25] less taxes each year because of the

[17:27] reporting tax. And so we finally caught

[17:29] up to fiscal year 21 data collection

[17:32] numbers um for a total savings of $2.2

[17:35] $2 million over the last five years in

[17:39] property tax relief for our citizens.

[17:42] But we also now have we fund four police

[17:45] officers, two and a half firefighters, a

[17:48] police vehicle, a debt payment on our

[17:50] fire engine, as well as some other park

[17:52] and other infrastructure money. Um, and

[17:55] then this year we reserved over $400,000

[17:58] into the resort tax uh uh savings or the

[18:02] reserve funds for future investment uh

[18:05] be it in public safety or in other

[18:07] infrastructure.

[18:14] Um with that uh there are several

[18:20] was intending to go through each of the

[18:23] uh the charts directly but um I'm sorry

[18:27] I didn't realize I didn't show those

[18:28] screen

[18:31] um

[18:34] in in the budget brief there's several

[18:35] charts that explain uh how those uh

[18:41] how those revenues and expenditures are

[18:43] proportioned across different

[18:45] departments or different funds or

[18:46] functions. Uh they're pretty

[18:48] self-explanatory.

[18:50] U but there I would note there's no

[18:52] significant change over the last several

[18:54] years of how that money is being

[18:55] allocated. U you know other than we're

[18:58] seeing some uh significant

[19:01] intergovernmental grant increase but

[19:04] everything else is about the same

[19:07] for revenue and uh and expenditures.

[19:10] Personnel services, for example,

[19:13] routinely stays around the 20 to 25%

[19:17] um of our total appropriations as an

[19:21] example.

[19:27] and then law enforcement and fire uh

[19:31] or

[19:33] again appropriated over half of our

[19:35] general fund is from those two public

[19:37] safety functions which is so consistent

[19:40] with other cities and municipalities.

[19:42] It's a good it's a good position to be

[19:44] in

[19:50] the the changes to the budget. Um there

[19:53] are no major changes in the uh in the

[19:56] primary funds. The only uh significant

[19:59] changes we're in the capital improvement

[20:02] uh plan. Um

[20:06] as we discussed earlier, city recently

[20:09] received approval from a fiscal year 25

[20:12] application to get funding for two

[20:15] generators, one for city hall and one

[20:17] for the fire uh fire department. Uh we

[20:20] just received notification of that

[20:22] award. We've added that into our capital

[20:24] improvement plan uh which includes the

[20:27] expenditure as well as the revenue

[20:28] generated of $108,000.

[20:31] Any money um any costs beyond $108,000

[20:36] because of um inflation or other um

[20:42] you know growth in charges or something

[20:44] like that. We would have to cover that

[20:45] difference. We'll come back to the

[20:47] council for that. Uh right now we're

[20:49] trying to execute those two generators

[20:51] within the $18,000 grant budget. Um

[20:57] those generators will support emergency

[20:59] operations uh during power outages in

[21:02] the fire hall as well as city hall. And

[21:05] then um it aligns well with another

[21:08] grant that we're applying for at Plan

[21:10] Electric for emergency communications uh

[21:13] suite uh that we could uh deploy pretty

[21:16] quickly like the Starlink terminal as

[21:18] well as moving batteries. Uh not only

[21:21] support city staff support to the

[21:23] community but um also uh creating a

[21:27] community uh information center where

[21:29] people can come connect to Wi-Fi and

[21:31] notify family or loved ones. one of the

[21:34] best practices that you know we've seen

[21:36] in other

[21:40] natural disaster North Carolina and some

[21:43] of the hurricane or flood areas that had

[21:47] significant impact a lack of

[21:48] communications for the community. Um so

[21:53] those things align well. So we added

[21:54] those two generators uh for that

[21:56] project. The other project that we moved

[21:59] from fiscal year 28 uh recommended move

[22:03] moving the park pavilion at Pinewood

[22:05] Park. Uh we're currently working with

[22:08] engineers to scope that project and uh

[22:10] we felt it was uh be beneficial to have

[22:14] that pavilion installed this year

[22:16] instead of um next year. We're going to

[22:18] delay that in the bathroom to a future

[22:20] year, but uh due to engineering

[22:24] considerations and some possible

[22:25] opportunities for additional funding uh

[22:28] from partner organizations, uh we

[22:30] decided to move it this year and see if

[22:32] we can get it installed this fiscal

[22:34] year.

[22:38] Other than that, there were no major um

[22:41] changes in the previous plans that were

[22:44] presented. Um, I will highlight a

[22:47] significant amount of work done by the

[22:50] finance director

[22:52] and support for the staff. If I can find

[22:55] it

[22:57] page,

[23:06] get to it.

[23:12] you'll see uh project pages for every

[23:15] single capital improvement plan uh

[23:17] project. Um this packet of capital

[23:20] improvement projects uh sheets will be

[23:22] on the website under our construction

[23:24] projects and then we'll update the

[23:26] description as we get more information.

[23:29] Um this will be the new standard as we

[23:32] move forward as we talk about what each

[23:34] of these projects includes and where the

[23:36] funding's coming for for each one of

[23:38] these projects.

[23:40] So, uh that'll be on the website under

[23:43] the construction projects as well as uh

[23:46] under the finance department page. So,

[23:48] that's another change that you you

[23:50] haven't been you haven't been presented

[23:51] yet.

[23:53] With that, I'll uh turn over to the

[23:56] finance director for anything else to

[23:58] add.

[24:01] So um with that we the city staff

[24:04] request

[24:06] approval of the uh area 27 budget.

[24:12] Do you have any question from group

[24:14] finance?

[24:16] » I have a question.

[24:18] Um on the uh property taxes, um will the

[24:23] city residents see the refund amount

[24:27] from the resort tax on their actual

[24:29] property tax that comes out from the

[24:31] county?

[24:32] » They will see a negative number in their

[24:35] um resort tax

[24:37] » And it'll say the resort tax on

[24:39] » I think that's the language. I'm trying

[24:40] to recall.

[24:42] » Okay.

[24:44] But there's a negative number that says

[24:46] resort tax relief. There's hard time

[24:49] adjustment or something like that.

[24:50] » Okay, great. That's my question.

[24:54] » Uh any further questions?

[25:00] » Seeing none, at this time then we will

[25:02] open up our our public hearing for the

[25:04] last time concerning adoption of the

[25:07] 2627

[25:08] budget. Public hearing is now open.

[25:21] See none7

[25:28] budget.

[25:30] Um so moving on

[25:34] uh we need the next item is adoption the

[25:38] uh fiscal year 27 final budget. So I'll

[25:43] ask for a a motion to adopt the budget.

[25:52] I'll

[25:53] adopt

[25:56] the fiscal year 27 final budget.

[26:02] » I'll second that motion. Motion has been

[26:04] made and seconded to adopt this 27.

[26:14] » Councelor St.

[26:15] » Hi,

[26:17] » Councelor Bloomberg.

[26:18] » I

[26:20] councelor King

[26:21] » I.

[26:23] » Councelor Piper.

[26:24] » Hi.

[26:25] » Councelor Price.

[26:26] » Hi,

[26:28] » Mayor Bartlett. I

[26:33] the motion is approved to adopt the

[26:34] fiscal final budget. Uh next we move on

[26:38] to ordinance and resolutions. This is

[26:39] caring for what we just voted on. It be

[26:42] a resolution number 1976

[26:45] of the city bud for fiscal year 27. Uh

[26:49] if anybody is everybody

[26:54] to do this

[26:56] » I don't think so. Um,

[26:59] you adopted

[27:02] already adopted it.

[27:07] » I don't

[27:10] » That's

[27:13] why

[27:14] » Yeah. Okay.

[27:15] » Okay. Now, where was I? Resolution 1976.

[27:19] The resolution to adopt this budget. I

[27:22] have a motion.

[27:25] Make a motion that we approve resolution

[27:26] number 1976 adopting city budget for

[27:29] fiscal year 2027.

[27:32] I'll

[27:32] » Second.

[27:33] » Motion's been made and seconded.

[27:35] Resolution number 1976 adoption of the

[27:38] city budget for fiscal year 27. May I

[27:40] have a roll call, please?

[27:42] » Councelor Price I. Councelor St. I.

[27:46] Councelor Bloomberg.

[27:47] » I.

[27:49] Councelor King. I councelor

[27:53] » Hi. Mayor Barard.

[27:55] » I resolution number 1976 is adopted.

[27:59] City budget 27 and I would make that

[28:02] thank for all their hard work and uh

[28:06] it's been a transitional year and I

[28:09] think you've done a fabulous job

[28:10] bringing that forward. So thank you Eric

[28:12] and and and thank everyone else

[28:14] especially our finance director Amy and

[28:18] all. So thank you again. We've got a

[28:21] good budget. Good solid budget. Um, all

[28:25] right. Moving on. Reports business for

[28:28] mayor and council. I'll stay down here

[28:31] right there.

[28:32] » Man,

[28:35] okay.

[28:37] Um, so I was biking the other day and

[28:40] since I can't go down 4th Avenue, I went

[28:42] down 6th Avenue and I live on this the

[28:45] north side of Highway 2 and on the south

[28:48] side there's the two-way bike lane. On

[28:52] the

[28:54] right hand side of the road and then it

[28:56] just stops on Highway 2 and doesn't keep

[28:59] going. And it feels really weird

[29:04] to be going northbound and then going

[29:07] into traffic and not I don't know. Um

[29:12] is there a reason why it's like that?

[29:16] » I think it's odd as well.

[29:18] » The painting of that bike.

[29:22] » Yeah.

[29:25] it just it could continue

[29:28] and then it wouldn't feel weird or there

[29:31] was one on each side but we don't have

[29:33] to worry about it now just maybe for the

[29:36] future. Um then let's see um is there a

[29:41] timeline to developers applications for

[29:44] them to like get the ball rolling or

[29:49] » I mean their primary pl's you know good

[29:52] for two years and um but I mean there's

[29:56] a once the preliminary plaque gets

[29:58] designed or approved

[30:00] » Then they start all the engineering and

[30:03] everything else. I there's a significant

[30:06] amount of cool

[30:07] » And there will be people in the

[30:08] community that will comply either way.

[30:11] You know, there are people that are that

[30:13] developer specifically did all the work

[30:15] prior to plat

[30:18] clearing and everything else. So, it

[30:21] people are going to complain no matter

[30:22] what. Um but the developers um we have

[30:26] been actively talking with their

[30:27] engineering to figure out the the sewer

[30:30] infrastructure and all the connections.

[30:32] And so that's been a very active

[30:34] process.

[30:35] » Great. Um,

[30:39] what was my next one?

[30:42] Oh my goodness.

[30:44] I don't know if you guys noticed, but

[30:46] there's new businesses on the north end

[30:47] of Nucleus. So, it's gotten a lot busier

[30:50] over there, which is really, really

[30:51] awesome that we're extending um

[30:53] commercial opportunities down there. Um,

[30:56] and then I also noticed that there's no

[30:58] like miles per hour signal

[31:02] on nucleus down there. And so I cross

[31:05] nucleus a lot because I walk my dog over

[31:08] there and it's getting harder and harder

[31:10] to cross the street because I don't know

[31:12] how fast people are going. Um, some

[31:15] people go like 40 it feels like and some

[31:18] people go 15. That's kind of how I drive

[31:21] just because there's so many things

[31:23] going on. But that's just me. Um and

[31:26] then um on September 21st, so before the

[31:31] next city council meeting, I am going to

[31:33] host a community walk in partnership

[31:36] with Forward Montana, which is like a a

[31:39] youthled civic organization

[31:42] um just to walk down Nucleus. We're

[31:45] going to start on the north end and walk

[31:47] south to talk about um mobility and um

[31:53] throughout the Flathead County and

[31:54] throughout our town. So, please join me

[31:57] because it's not just for young people.

[31:59] Um and we can talk about what making

[32:02] what would um improve bike ability,

[32:05] walkability, services for people who

[32:08] can't drive and stuff like that. So,

[32:11] that'll be pretty cool. It's going to

[32:13] start at 6. Um, and hopefully I'll see

[32:16] you there. And you can check my

[32:18] Instagram because I might update it if

[32:21] you guys are on that. Um,

[32:24] and then I thought I had another

[32:26] question,

[32:28] but

[32:33] I didn't write it down. So, I'll ask you

[32:36] when I remember. My brain's going. Thank

[32:38] you,

[32:40] » Debbie.

[32:43] Um, I uh definitely just want to start

[32:46] off thanking you all for the hard work

[32:48] on the budget. I know that took a lot of

[32:50] time and detail oriented, so really

[32:53] appreciate that. So, thank you Amy and

[32:55] Eric. Um, how did your meeting go with

[32:59] Burlington Nord?

[33:02] » Um, specifically on that 12th. Um,

[33:08] » So yeah, they they're they have added

[33:11] some infrastructure into there and then

[33:13] we're going to be working with them, you

[33:15] know, to finish the concrete panels and

[33:17] the and then now that they're um

[33:21] their station has been moved that allows

[33:24] room for the sidewalk to continue and so

[33:26] we'll contract that out. I would expect

[33:28] that to be done in the spring time

[33:29] frame. Um,

[33:31] » Okay. I did see some equipment there

[33:33] digging and moving on their arms their

[33:36] um safety. Um so I was hoping that that

[33:40] was moving that project forward. So

[33:42] that's great. Um the fire hydrant on

[33:46] 12th on the north side of US2, what's

[33:49] that all about? It's about 3 feet off

[33:52] the ground or 2 feet off the ground. I

[33:54] mean I guess how high am I?

[33:57] the documentation of the depth of the

[34:00] water man was off. And so when they they

[34:03] had the fire man or the fire hydrant,

[34:06] there's a uh there's an extension that

[34:09] goes underneath the fire hydrant that

[34:10] you don't see. That's part of the fire

[34:11] hydrant. And so the one we had was too

[34:14] big. So they they're redoing it tomorrow

[34:17] and putting a right size fire hydrant.

[34:19] » Okay. So it'll be down uh

[34:21] » It'll be normal.

[34:23] » Okay. Well, because the the road does

[34:25] slope there and so I thought, is that

[34:27] where the normal road is supposed to be

[34:30] or

[34:31] » No, it was a there's a fire hydrant that

[34:34] we had that was too high somewhere else

[34:36] and we removed it from there, put the

[34:37] right size fire hydrant. We thought this

[34:39] was the fire hydrant to fit the depth of

[34:41] the water man. So once they opened it

[34:43] up, closed it and dug in, they realized

[34:45] it. But at that point, they don't have

[34:47] an extra fire hydrant sitting there with

[34:49] a shorter. So, we will be closing 12

[34:52] again.

[34:53] » Okay.

[34:54] » To replace it once again.

[34:56] » Okay.

[34:57] » But thank you.

[34:59] » Thank you for pointing that out.

[35:01] » Well, I drive by it a lot.

[35:03] » Oh, yeah. Okay. Um, and I know in

[35:06] previous uh in the spring we talked

[35:08] about when we were working on Malupa, we

[35:10] had a lot of things to put on the

[35:12] checklist for fall.

[35:14] And one of those um and thanks for

[35:17] bringing that up uh Mr.

[35:19] uh was the setbacks that we were going

[35:22] to set for the river. Um I want to make

[35:26] sure that doesn't get um forgotten that

[35:29] you know uh I believe Eric Mi he said

[35:33] that you know in the fall we could

[35:34] address what we wanted for those

[35:36] setbacks and um work on that. So,

[35:41] I'd like to see that

[35:43] um at some point in the fall

[35:47] » That we can address that.

[35:49] » So, Thursday, a couple two tonights the

[35:51] planning commission meets and this is to

[35:53] start that discussion. So, it's on the

[35:55] agenda to talk about repairing setbacks

[35:58] and the river setbacks.

[36:00] um you other zoning and subdivision

[36:02] issues, uh affordable housing type

[36:05] programs,

[36:07] things like that that we paused. So,

[36:10] we're going to ask the planning

[36:11] commission on Thursday to kind of have

[36:13] an initial conversation. They'll come

[36:14] back in October and uh provide

[36:17] recommendations to the council and then

[36:19] the council will review it in late

[36:21] October, November time frame for any

[36:23] zoning for subdivision or city code

[36:26] changes.

[36:27] » Okay, great.

[36:28] That's scheduled to start tomorrow or

[36:30] Thursday.

[36:32] » Okay. And the affordable housing you had

[36:34] mentioned. So is that something they'll

[36:37] be working with the White Fish Housing

[36:38] Authority on or

[36:42] uh the planning commission will not be

[36:44] working with Whitefish Housing

[36:45] Authority. Um, you know, we'll um we

[36:49] will explore

[36:52] some of the best practices of how cities

[36:54] have worked with affordable housing

[36:56] opportunities and then figure out the

[36:59] best, you know, ways to maybe

[37:02] incentivize developers to be of using

[37:05] affordable housing to get concessions or

[37:09] variances or something like that. We'll

[37:11] talk through some of that but not the

[37:12] formal program of you know is it the

[37:14] Whitefish Housing Authority which is a

[37:16] governmental organization we or

[37:18] bureaucracy or is it you know work with

[37:22] the nonprofits or the other housing

[37:24] foundations like habitat it probably a

[37:27] bit less of that discussion but more of

[37:29] how we incentivize developers and from a

[37:32] planning or require developers to have

[37:34] » So us to kind of do that same type of

[37:36] thing ourselves within our own planning

[37:40] without involving another agency.

[37:42] » I mean other agencies were being support

[37:44] counselor u um and then I think we need

[37:49] as uh the whiteish whitefish housing

[37:51] authority had request they come talk to

[37:53] council. I think we can schedule that

[37:55] see what they propose. U but for the

[37:59] council to understand the white fish

[38:00] housing authority is um appointed by the

[38:04] whitefish mayor. Um, and so, you know,

[38:07] do you want another governmental

[38:08] organization appointed by some other

[38:10] government

[38:12] managing affordable housing?

[38:15] And then those housing authorities are

[38:17] normally

[38:19] more aligned with federal programs like

[38:21] section 8 housing or HUD type other

[38:24] other HUD programs.

[38:27] And over the last decade, as we've

[38:29] studied this a little bit, um those

[38:32] federal programs have become more and

[38:34] more accessible to municipalities as

[38:37] well as nonprofits. So, you don't

[38:39] necessarily need a governmental

[38:41] organization like a housing authority to

[38:44] do that.

[38:45] » Okay? doesn't mean they they wouldn't be

[38:47] helpful,

[38:48] » But how that gets aligned with the city,

[38:50] I think we all need to be a little bit

[38:52] more educated on and see what um the

[38:54] White Fish housing authorities

[38:57] recommending to come into the city of

[39:00] Columbia Falls, but it is a governmental

[39:02] organization appointed by the mayor of

[39:04] White Fish.

[39:05] » Yeah. And I definitely don't want that.

[39:08] But I think if if we have somebody

[39:10] internally that can be applying for

[39:12] those same federal grants, that's good

[39:14] to know, too, that you know, we've got

[39:16] somebody that's actively looking for

[39:19] that for our uh citizens within the

[39:21] community. So, um Okay. And then I just

[39:25] had another a question for the chief.

[39:29] Um, did you did we come up with an idea

[39:32] or a plan for the skate park or are we

[39:34] still working on that now that we've got

[39:36] council on board or

[39:38] » Yeah, we've got a uh proposed or a uh

[39:45] ordinance that we're going to propose to

[39:48] the council. I'm not sure when uh city

[39:52] managers city and I work through that,

[39:56] but we do have sorry we do have a plan

[40:00] for that.

[40:02] » Okay. All right. I'm glad that we're

[40:04] moving forward with it. So, okay. Thank

[40:06] you. That's all I got there.

[40:10] » Do we want to discuss something to do

[40:12] for Mr. Marcus? Is that something we

[40:15] would do now?

[40:16] » Um you know, I was going to bring it up.

[40:17] So certainly yeah we can have a

[40:19] discussion. So go ahead.

[40:21] » I'm just curious what sort of ideas we

[40:23] can come up with. I mean yeah 47 years

[40:25] that's most of our lives in this town.

[40:29] Most of us have

[40:31] five or six family members that worked

[40:33] for him

[40:35] on the other day. I remember when

[40:37] Margaret Brandish married him, we all

[40:39] thought her name being Margaret Marcus

[40:40] and it was so cool cuz we were in the

[40:42] eighth grade, but just something um it's

[40:45] up for ideas that somehow memorialized

[40:47] and you know longest business owners

[40:50] that just could think of them is not

[40:54] around anymore.

[40:57] » But thoughts, ideas,

[40:58] » My personal thought is is is give us

[41:00] some time.

[41:01] » Yeah,

[41:02] » A project may come up. I don't know what

[41:05] it would be, but I think I think you're

[41:06] right. I think he deserves recognition.

[41:09] » I just don't know what the appropriate

[41:11] recognition would be.

[41:14] » Just kind of sit back and take a look at

[41:16] what projects come up and what we might

[41:17] see.

[41:18] » But I agree.

[41:20] » Um the only thing I would add to that is

[41:23] uh

[41:23] » You know he was on the the real fire

[41:26] board for 20 years and he contributed a

[41:29] lot to that. It was a real steaging

[41:32] force through all that. and look what

[41:34] what our rural fire district has turned

[41:36] into.

[41:37] » It's an amazing amazing thing and he was

[41:39] part of that and he was always a smiling

[41:42] man and was always and they weren't

[41:43] happy to to help you. I I I can he

[41:47] wasn't really a close friend but we were

[41:49] certainly acquaintances and he was

[41:50] always had a smile and a he was picking

[41:53] dishes and cleaning plate us. So he is

[41:57] definitely going to be missed and uh

[41:59] we're best for uh for Jay and wife and

[42:03] Jana to keep that thing going here. That

[42:06] is huge for our

[42:09] I mean where else do so many people go

[42:12] there is just incredible.

[42:16] So I think I think just recognizing his

[42:20] passing and his accomplishments in this

[42:22] time would certainly be adequate. I I

[42:26] would definitely decision.

[42:28] » Anybody else have anything they like to

[42:30] contribute to that part of the

[42:31] discussion?

[42:32] » Um I he funded so many youth sports,

[42:36] contributed baseball, softball, um

[42:39] soccer. He was always a yes. And so

[42:43] there's not just kids in this community

[42:45] that actually grew up like some of us

[42:47] who did have him supporting those

[42:50] organizations and those organizations

[42:52] wouldn't be what they are without him.

[42:55] So you know something maybe even along

[42:59] those lines. I believe he was a lion you

[43:01] know member of the coin lion. So there's

[43:05] so many angles to him that how do we

[43:09] actually encompass that to honor him in

[43:12] a way and I think speaking with his wife

[43:14] and his son would be a good place to

[43:16] start because

[43:18] » They might be able to direct that um

[43:22] with something. Um but that's just my

[43:25] thought uh agree with everyone.

[43:28] » Any further comments concerning fasting

[43:31] speed?

[43:32] Okay, Kelly. Yeah. What else?

[43:34] » That was what I had.

[43:35] » That was it.

[43:36] » Nothing to make.

[43:37] » Come on.

[43:40] » If you'd like me to add, I will. So,

[43:43] » We don't ask for the cemetery.

[43:45] » No, exactly. So, I will make a comment

[43:48] similar um to previous comments about

[43:50] things that we see around town. I have

[43:53] noticed and just for awareness um out on

[43:56] my bike running and otherwise um a

[43:59] number of fire hydrants that are blocked

[44:04] and blocked in a number of different

[44:05] ways and I don't want to call out

[44:07] anything specific but just for awareness

[44:10] I want to say that out loud. I think

[44:11] that for our safety and our community

[44:13] knowing that that's such a factor to

[44:15] mention that um is important.

[44:20] » Imagine that coming from you. Imagine

[44:21] that's coming from me.

[44:23] » You know somebody in the fire

[44:24] department?

[44:25] » I might too.

[44:27] » That used to that used to be my right

[44:29] about all time. I like him for fire.

[44:34] » So, thank you for that statement.

[44:36] » You're welcome.

[44:36] » And again, welcome. Done. Um I had the

[44:40] opportunity to pick up my two grandson

[44:42] from Glacier Gateway today and I was

[44:45] just curious how they felt about losing

[44:47] some parking out front and they told me

[44:49] it's not an issue. I was surprised,

[44:51] which I I thought great because they've

[44:53] got lots of parking in the back. They

[44:55] said that they could open stuff up if

[44:57] they needed to and because I thought

[44:59] parking was a little limited there. But

[45:01] um I I'm always happy to see gravel

[45:05] versus grass just so anytime I see a

[45:08] rock, I'm happy.

[45:10] » Uh because it's less maintenance. Um I

[45:15] think it looks fine. Uh yeah, we got to

[45:17] probably keep weeds down in it, but uh

[45:19] anytime we get away from uh meridians

[45:23] and whatever you want to call and and

[45:26] grass, I think we're doing the right

[45:28] thing. Um,

[45:31] I have

[45:34] uh I agree with Mike on the the the tea

[45:38] kettle subs and and and the quantite.

[45:42] It's it is disappointing not to see it

[45:43] moving, but I understand, you know, I'm

[45:46] not a contractor, but I understand

[45:48] there's a lot of things going on. Um,

[45:51] on another

[45:53] on on the on the budget, great work. I I

[45:57] was very impressed. 26 minutes. I never

[46:02] » Yeah.

[46:03] » But but I understand and it's uh great

[46:06] work. I

[46:11] Yeah. Um the other thing Steve Marks uh

[46:14] I can't say enough about him. We've

[46:16] already talked about it. I agree

[46:18] something needs to be done. Um

[46:22] I I I think take a wait and see attitude

[46:25] what what comes up uh on the real board.

[46:28] He was unparalleled in in my opinion. Um

[46:33] and I think not not that we we need to

[46:36] mention a lot of folks passing because

[46:38] we're going to miss somebody. But I want

[46:39] to mention Clarence Taber.

[46:41] » Yes.

[46:41] » Uh Clarence passed away too and and he's

[46:45] had some businesses and stuff. You know,

[46:47] I probably disagreed with Clarence more

[46:49] than ever agreed, but but uh he was he

[46:53] was a force in this town and and he'll

[46:56] be missed. So, I think we ought to

[46:57] remember Clarence today, too. Thanks.

[46:59] It's all

[47:01] » Right. That was the first thing.

[47:04] Clarence was Clarence. You know,

[47:06] Clarence came to a lot of all they had

[47:09] the shoe shop on on Main Street. uh he

[47:12] and his wife and uh he he always had an

[47:16] opinion and uh he wasn't afraid to come

[47:19] before this council and express him or

[47:21] catch me somewhere else and Denmire a

[47:24] little bit he had a really long career

[47:27] in divorce for himself he had a good

[47:31] although he was what quite the collector

[47:33] of junk

[47:33] » Yes he was yes he was

[47:35] » And when he moved from from coming off a

[47:39] pound and he got up to or out the

[47:42] Columbia Heights and he could spread out

[47:45] seemed to grow.

[47:47] I didn't know he had so much stuff but

[47:48] he had quite a collection over on the

[47:52] front of so uh Clarence will be missed

[47:55] and obviously Steve will be miss um

[47:58] great great people. Um the other thing

[48:02] all the were out on uh Meadow Lake in

[48:05] the uh area where they're doing the

[48:08] motel and the liquor store

[48:11] manufacturing. Is that in the tiff

[48:13] district?

[48:17] » It is not in the tip district. is short

[48:20] of um I think the senior resident home

[48:25] is in the tiff district but it stops

[48:28] there and doesn't cross over metal.

[48:35] » Is there can once a district is created

[48:38] it can't be expanded?

[48:39] » No, it can definitely be expanded. The

[48:41] council did expand this urban renewal

[48:44] district to include the Cedar Palace

[48:46] Medical Center area back in 2019.

[48:50] » Could we look at that?

[48:52] » Is there something specific like utility

[48:54] infrastructure or others? Well, or

[48:57] » It's just that when I looked at what we

[48:59] have done with our gift district as it's

[49:01] as you know Susan when Susan said that

[49:03] I'll do that was her baby essentially.

[49:06] you get a lot can get done and uh now

[49:09] you look at what it's done for our

[49:10] ability to budget things for the city

[49:13] and to upgrade sidewalks and everything

[49:15] else have the ability to do that stuff

[49:17] which there were years when we didn't

[49:19] have any money I got to tell you not to

[49:21] be able to see this stuff come to

[49:23] fruition I just wonder when we have an

[49:25] opportunity to expand that district and

[49:28] and get some more uh out and we are

[49:31] going to do probably upgrades as as pass

[49:34] there out along on a highway. I think

[49:37] that we're going to go uh probably all

[49:40] the way out the hilltop. I'm not sure of

[49:41] our utility system. Yeah. I'm just

[49:44] curious if it would make sense if we got

[49:45] those folks involved in a district. The

[49:48] the challenge would be urban district

[49:51] expires 202 December 15, 2029. And so

[49:55] that district expires and it' be

[49:57] unlikely for it to get it um extended

[50:00] beyond that.

[50:01] » Yeah. Sure.

[50:01] » So that that district expires just in a

[50:04] couple years. So it wouldn't um you know

[50:08] to do a project with the current funds

[50:11] along Medal Boulevard

[50:14] uh if it's a viable

[50:17] reason to for the district then you can

[50:21] do that. So, for example, we had a lift

[50:23] station that's outside of the district

[50:25] but serves that district and we could

[50:29] upgrade that lift station because it

[50:31] directly serves the properties within

[50:35] that district,

[50:36] » You know, or if we want to create a road

[50:38] or water or sewer infrastructure. Now,

[50:41] one of the things we're looking at is um

[50:45] there's only one water man that comes

[50:47] across Highway 2 to Ace Hardware and it

[50:50] stops there and doesn't come across

[50:51] Hansen's and the pawn shop to the truck

[50:54] route. So, there's no water along that

[50:56] area. Um we we've explored, you know,

[50:59] moving water to that side with the bill

[51:02] district money. Um, but it's for

[51:06] expanded footprint. We're probably the

[51:08] last couple years of the district, it

[51:10] may not make sense to do that. Are we

[51:13] going to have an opportunity to uh uh

[51:16] make that district continue

[51:19] after its expiration? I know you have to

[51:21] let it expire. They're they're set on

[51:23] timelines. Um, so do we have an

[51:27] opportunity to uh to continue with K

[51:31] district that you're aware? I would have

[51:34] to do some more research uh on that to

[51:38] see this

[51:41] specifics. There are ways to extend to

[51:44] districts uh the timeline and get an

[51:46] extension of that because I mean a lot

[51:49] of our a lot of great things we're doing

[51:51] in this budget come with tiffs. I mean,

[51:54] when I first looked at what we were

[51:56] doing in our budget on one home that we

[51:58] couldn't afford that you really can't I

[51:59] mean there there's so many things in

[52:01] there that all the years I've been in

[52:03] neighbor take care and do so many things

[52:07] and and that allows us between that and

[52:09] our resil tax allows us to do that. So I

[52:12] just I just don't want to stick with

[52:14] » You there's just a lot of sensitivities

[52:16] you know with the tiff district they're

[52:18] normally 15 years and I would say this

[52:21] one looking back at the history has been

[52:23] highly successful and it got to its goal

[52:25] of rebuilding the downtown

[52:28] infrastructure and uh the highway too

[52:31] but this tip district is quite large

[52:35] percentage wise of the rest of our city

[52:37] and so remember the incremental value so

[52:40] our incremental value at our brief

[52:42] previously in 2019 was only about

[52:44] $600,000 in growth from 2014 time frame

[52:49] and it's been another $3 million over

[52:51] the last you know five or six years.

[52:54] That $3 million though comes from

[52:58] um

[53:01] 36 $3.6 million of incremental growth

[53:04] from the 2014 base value comes from the

[53:07] school district uh growth. It comes from

[53:10] the city's primary property tax growth.

[53:13] So when the tip district expires, you'll

[53:14] see our property tax revenue increase

[53:18] because of all that incremental growth

[53:20] within that district. Then gets

[53:22] realigned back to the taxing

[53:24] authorities,

[53:26] you know. So, um, you know, and so there

[53:29] there's a lot of challenges among

[53:31] counties and school districts across

[53:34] Montana, across the nation to be quite

[53:36] frank, uh, of how t districts are used

[53:39] and, uh, the impacts it has on say

[53:41] school district. So, school district,

[53:43] you know, we could do the math, but you

[53:45] know, I'll throw out it's about a

[53:48] million dollars of revenue that would

[53:51] normally go to school district that's in

[53:54] this T district. So, but what happens is

[53:57] we reinvest in this urban renewal

[53:59] district or this tent district. We make

[54:01] it better and then everybody wins on the

[54:04] back end of it because there's more

[54:05] growth and more economic viability for

[54:08] the community. And so this tsue did

[54:11] exactly what it was supposed to do

[54:13] and uh and I think it's probably a good

[54:17] closing to it. I would say the

[54:19] industrial port north of the railroad

[54:21] that targeted economic development

[54:23] district which is also a tiff district

[54:25] hasn't seen any growth or development to

[54:28] reinvest in that. So that's would be a

[54:31] reason to maybe extend that one as we

[54:33] look at future opportunities to to

[54:36] reinvest within that one district. But

[54:40] um

[54:42] so I would probably not recommend us

[54:45] exploring

[54:47] expansion

[54:48] » But it will impact us.

[54:50] » Thank you for the explanation

[54:52] of things and I mean once that expires

[54:55] we're going to see more tax coming in

[54:58] » In our general fund and then we can

[55:00] allocate. So, you know, you know, so

[55:03] with a normal tax bill, what I briefed

[55:07] previously was like 60% uh this is

[55:11] school district or something and uh

[55:16] I'll pull that up real quick. Just go on

[55:18] your stuff. I'll bring it up when I come

[55:20] to city manager comments and I'll show

[55:22] you on the screen and then we can kind

[55:23] of talk through that about how much more

[55:25] the county, the cemetery district, the

[55:28] you know the the schools would possibly

[55:31] see.

[55:33] Uh let's see very um

[55:37] River's Edge is seeing a whole lot of

[55:39] use. Um I'm down there a lot and uh the

[55:43] kids just love the fact that they can

[55:44] get down there next to the river. Now we

[55:47] have nice access for them, but obviously

[55:49] with the river it's level it is now with

[55:51] white the kids and I a lot of older

[55:53] folks are are going down there too and

[55:55] enjoying that they can get down to the

[55:57] river. U Mike said the access uh to to

[56:01] the river makes this very special place

[56:04] and we can we can offer that to people.

[56:06] So um I think that's Oh, have we had any

[56:11] more bear activity on we do a report? I

[56:16] I'll bring it up. Okay. Then that then

[56:17] I'm done. Thank you. Anything for

[56:22] » Um I went down to River's Edge and my

[56:25] husband plays Frisbee golf and he the

[56:27] all the grass got cut down I think per

[56:30] the recommendation from FWP at River's

[56:33] Edge. He just said it made the Frisbee

[56:36] golf course so much better. So

[56:38] » Yeah.

[56:39] » So I'll I'll talk about that as well.

[56:41] Thank you for acknowledging.

[56:43] » Okay. So we'll be gone. We'll have uh

[56:46] city man to report please.

[56:47] » So mayor council this is the uh chart I

[56:50] was talking about um that is 40% school

[56:53] district. Yeah apologies.

[56:56] » Um and so for a sample $600,000 home um

[57:03] you know school district gets about 40%

[57:07] city gets about 25% the county and the

[57:09] state about 15 to 16% each. So our tiff

[57:13] revenue

[57:15] for all our tiff district all three of

[57:17] them uh is about 1.8 million. So if you

[57:22] took 40% of $1.8 million that would be

[57:25] you know what the school will see in

[57:29] future revenue. You take 25% of $1.8

[57:32] million. We'll see that on top of our u

[57:35] property tax revenue generated. And you

[57:38] know, reminder to everybody, the urban

[57:40] renewal district tiff is not a new tax.

[57:42] This the residents and everybody in

[57:44] businesses all pay the exact same tax.

[57:46] It just gets allocated differently. And

[57:48] because our urban renewal district is so

[57:51] large and it encompasses so much of our

[57:54] commercial sector that end up paying a

[57:55] little bit more taxes. That's why we're

[57:58] seeing so much growth

[58:00] as the state has moved all the taxes and

[58:04] and allocation.

[58:07] The majority of people are seeing

[58:08] massive reit, you know, or reduction in

[58:11] property taxes, but somebody's paying

[58:14] more and it's generally the people that

[58:16] are aligned to under the commercial

[58:18] sectors that are seeing assessed values

[58:20] higher,

[58:22] you know, in their property and then

[58:24] they're paying a higher percentage based

[58:26] on the new tax code from the state. And

[58:29] it just so happens that light urban mill

[58:31] district. So, we're seeing more of the

[58:33] tax revenue generated within the urban.

[58:37] So, we need to make sure we're good

[58:38] stewards of that money

[58:41] uh investing in pure infrastructure

[58:43] because this is a onetime chance for us.

[58:45] The way I look at it to improve our

[58:47] water and sewer infrastructure, you

[58:49] know, but maybe we improving the lift

[58:51] station and make an economic opportunity

[58:55] for like the Cedar Palace Medical Center

[58:58] that big area and that's one of the

[59:00] largest undeveloped

[59:03] opportunity areas uh in in for infill

[59:06] development. And if we can use that

[59:09] money for an affordable housing or some

[59:11] other solution that can bring more

[59:14] benefit to the community, that would be

[59:16] a great place to invest some of that

[59:18] money to lower the developers cost which

[59:20] would then lower the housing costs, you

[59:22] know, for whatever housing unit or

[59:24] something like that. So that's that's

[59:25] how the tiff would be used and same

[59:27] thing as we build new water

[59:29] infrastructure or sewer infrastructure

[59:32] uh you know um that will make things

[59:36] more viable for the future. So that's

[59:38] kind of the tip explanation if there's

[59:41] any questions on that.

[59:46] Okay. Um

[59:48] going to city manager report. Um,

[59:52] schedule-wise, Thursday is the planning

[59:54] commission. We haven't met in several

[59:55] months. Um, I will also note that the

[59:59] planning commission, um,

[1:00:02] the council needs to reappoint the

[1:00:04] planning commission members. Um, the way

[1:00:06] that Malupa worked, we extended all the

[1:00:09] planning commission members to the end

[1:00:11] of Malupa and then we're going to

[1:00:13] reappoint going forward. to um the staff

[1:00:18] and the planning commission will come

[1:00:19] with recommendations and nominations.

[1:00:21] We've only had one candidate um

[1:00:25] submitted for the plan commission

[1:00:26] vacancy.

[1:00:28] uh the staff will present that to the

[1:00:30] council probably in October uh for that

[1:00:34] and see and then we'll reconfirm the

[1:00:36] other four members that have decided to

[1:00:38] stay on if you want them to stay on or

[1:00:40] if you'd like to reopen applications to

[1:00:43] the private board position.

[1:00:46] Um but the plan the current planning

[1:00:48] commission um will be talking about

[1:00:50] zoning subdivision uh regulations

[1:00:53] including those things that we kind of

[1:00:55] tabled including road repair and

[1:00:57] setbacks uh bearer zones. So we're going

[1:00:59] to talk quite a bit about bear zones and

[1:01:02] uh some ideas that working with FWP and

[1:01:05] city staff um of how we can maybe start

[1:01:10] tackling that a little bit

[1:01:13] more. the past we were limited on what

[1:01:15] we can kind of do because it was very

[1:01:17] hard to do enforcement but the police

[1:01:19] department and then with the new code

[1:01:21] compliance coordinator position legal

[1:01:24] assistant uh and

[1:01:27] and more engagement we may be able to

[1:01:29] maybe have more enforcement in certain

[1:01:31] portions of the city that have higher

[1:01:33] chances for ver activity. So basically

[1:01:35] think first avenue west through Nuclas

[1:01:39] to the river um north of Highway 2 would

[1:01:42] be like a zone one more restrictive type

[1:01:45] that's where we're seeing all the bear

[1:01:46] activity and then zone two would be

[1:01:49] south of highway 2th

[1:01:52] Avenue west going east and then down the

[1:01:55] top of Talib that area longer river zone

[1:01:58] two would have less restrictions and

[1:02:00] then zone three would be everything else

[1:02:02] in the city. Um

[1:02:06] but the bear activity that the mayor

[1:02:08] brought up um you know

[1:02:13] at the Cedar Black Trail system

[1:02:15] obviously that was a significant attack

[1:02:18] for our community. Um we've had a very

[1:02:21] large grizzly come through rivers edge

[1:02:23] park and knock down those trash cans

[1:02:26] that WP is pretty confident on the bear

[1:02:28] that did that. Um there have been

[1:02:31] definitely black bears through city over

[1:02:34] the last couple weeks. Um and then uh

[1:02:37] and specifically over rivers ed quite a

[1:02:39] bit of scat and berries and other u

[1:02:43] so the the black bears that are in

[1:02:46] river's edge frequently haven't been a

[1:02:49] problem. Um and they're doing bar normal

[1:02:52] bear things and not attacking garbage

[1:02:54] cans and things like that.

[1:02:56] Um the city will be putting out uh 10 or

[1:03:01] 11 bare proof trash cans this week or

[1:03:04] next week. Um most I think a six long

[1:03:07] nucleus and replacing all our normally

[1:03:09] trash cans and then we'll come to the

[1:03:12] council in the near future with a

[1:03:14] proposal of maybe have a dedicated plan

[1:03:18] to pursue a very smart community

[1:03:20] designation. Um there's some things that

[1:03:22] have to happen but working with

[1:03:28] the inter agency grizzly bear committee

[1:03:30] kind of have some standards set for be

[1:03:32] very smart communities and you know

[1:03:34] maybe it's some good goals for us to

[1:03:36] shoot for it because of the bear

[1:03:39] activity um that we have in plumbing

[1:03:41] falls and especially this year it'll be

[1:03:43] the um we will also

[1:03:46] at the next council meeting u we would

[1:03:49] like to propose a um a bear ordinance

[1:03:53] for this year be an emergency ordinance.

[1:03:55] Um if we continue to see the bear

[1:03:58] activity in the city that we're seeing

[1:04:00] um but we expect late September and

[1:04:02] October, early November to be a lot more

[1:04:05] significant this year than it has been

[1:04:07] in recent recent years due to the amount

[1:04:11] of the lack of public areas and just the

[1:04:14] bare activity that we're seeing in the

[1:04:17] vicinity.

[1:04:18] Um, we do have good relationships with

[1:04:20] FWP. Um, the chief and I are were

[1:04:25] available and routine and coordinated

[1:04:26] with FWP spare specialists um for

[1:04:30] activity in the area.

[1:04:33] Um,

[1:04:35] vandalism continues in our hearts. Um,

[1:04:39] Bar Park a couple weeks ago um had a

[1:04:43] pint of motor oil poured poured down the

[1:04:47] slide. Uh, and and then it got into the

[1:04:50] grass and to the ground. Um, and then

[1:04:52] they also broke there's some large red

[1:04:56] like leaf looking structures at the top

[1:04:58] of the playground. They broke that and

[1:05:00] then pour motor oil in that. Um,

[1:05:05] and then the same day or the day after,

[1:05:08] we had just repainted all the dugouts at

[1:05:11] Finhole. Um, because there was some

[1:05:13] graffiti in there in the past and we

[1:05:15] ended up just patching it where graffiti

[1:05:17] was. So, we ended up repainting the

[1:05:18] whole thing and then uh there was about

[1:05:20] six things of graffiti um that were

[1:05:24] added just days later. Um, and then they

[1:05:27] continue to um

[1:05:31] put toilet paper and paper towels stuff

[1:05:34] into the toilet uh to the point where

[1:05:36] the paper towels were overflowing the

[1:05:38] toilet. Uh, so we're considering closing

[1:05:41] the ventil restroom due to some of the

[1:05:43] problems we're having. Um, that it's

[1:05:47] probably an order of 8 to 10 times at

[1:05:50] least. Uh, the parks crew right there is

[1:05:53] more than that. um with that we've had

[1:05:55] vandalism in that bathroom.

[1:05:57] » Do we have we had those similar problems

[1:05:59] there Columbus

[1:06:01] in that?

[1:06:02] » Not that I'm familiar with

[1:06:04] different neighborhood.

[1:06:06] » If if we do close those restrooms, will

[1:06:09] we just put up a sign due to vandalism?

[1:06:12] Restrooms are closed so the city

[1:06:13] residents understand why the bathroom is

[1:06:15] not open.

[1:06:16] » The latest sign we had, we had one made

[1:06:18] that said closed due to vandalism. So we

[1:06:20] would continue to use that one.

[1:06:22] » Okay. Thank you.

[1:06:25] Um, so we continue to work through that.

[1:06:27] Um, and then as the chief had talked

[1:06:29] about, we're working on on an artist to

[1:06:32] give us a little bit more power when we

[1:06:34] do catch these

[1:06:36] very small group of people. We think we

[1:06:39] don't think it's a large group. It's the

[1:06:41] same saying likely.

[1:06:44] Um, on the HR front, we'll be doing

[1:06:47] interviews this week for the legal

[1:06:50] assistant and code coordinator. We had

[1:06:53] uh seven or eight applications when I

[1:06:56] interviewed four people and very pleased

[1:06:58] with the talent that was interested in

[1:07:00] working. So very optimistic about that.

[1:07:04] Uh construction projects uh for the RA

[1:07:07] race project I think safety mobility

[1:07:10] project um fourth fourth street near me

[1:07:14] lake ele or the glacier elementary um

[1:07:19] is open. I think it's working well. the

[1:07:22] large gravel area eventually will be

[1:07:25] four trees added to that area as well

[1:07:28] and then we'll do some minor movement of

[1:07:30] some of the rocks to make it look that

[1:07:33] um you know but I we agree with you on

[1:07:37] the rocks council Biper and uh have done

[1:07:39] that on the south portion as well uh and

[1:07:42] the boulevards and we're just looking at

[1:07:43] a couple options um

[1:07:48] to kind of maybe break up the rocks with

[1:07:50] being ground cover type stuff, low

[1:07:52] maintenance ground cover or trees uh to

[1:07:55] kind of just break it up just a little

[1:07:57] bit. But it

[1:08:00] and then the fourth south the paving's

[1:08:02] done and most concrete works done. There

[1:08:04] are some um driveway tieins on the south

[1:08:09] portion of that that need to be complete

[1:08:11] and then uh once fourth street um

[1:08:15] between 9inth and fifth gets paved. That

[1:08:18] painting was supposed to be done today,

[1:08:20] but with the rain and everything, uh

[1:08:22] hopefully later this week they can get

[1:08:24] the final braiding back to where they

[1:08:26] need it. And then uh the final paving on

[1:08:29] fourth will be complete and then they'll

[1:08:32] go striking immediately after that once

[1:08:34] they get all the um and then forth that

[1:08:37] will be done hopefully middle of next

[1:08:39] week to the end of next week. And then

[1:08:42] uh they today they finished the final

[1:08:46] structures on seventh street. Uh so

[1:08:48] everything else is above ground now and

[1:08:50] final grading uh to get to seventh

[1:08:52] street. I ask the council's patience and

[1:08:56] uh and thank you for that as well as the

[1:08:58] communities. Um they're about a month

[1:09:01] ahead of schedule right now uh for what

[1:09:03] this is. But you know, part of what

[1:09:06] appears to be delays is it's a group of

[1:09:09] 20 people for that know construction

[1:09:11] that are working this. It's the same

[1:09:13] guys doing the dirt work, doing the

[1:09:14] water work, doing the asphalt. And so as

[1:09:18] they have certain fact, you know,

[1:09:19] portion of the project, they stop one

[1:09:21] portion to get everybody doing asphalt.

[1:09:24] You know, we would hire a bigger company

[1:09:26] um to do this. It may have been all done

[1:09:28] this year and it may have been faster,

[1:09:31] but it all spend two to three billion

[1:09:32] dollars more. Uh, so some of the bids we

[1:09:35] had from other companies quite a bit

[1:09:37] more. The Neil, our construction team

[1:09:40] and the engineering companies that

[1:09:41] working with uh have had a good plan and

[1:09:44] they're working ahead of schedule. Uh,

[1:09:46] but it's a small group of 20 people and

[1:09:48] they're local that have done a fantastic

[1:09:51] job on this project. So, I appreciate

[1:09:54] everybody's patience and we're almost

[1:09:56] done for this year.

[1:09:59] Um,

[1:10:01] the pond and river's edge, you have to

[1:10:03] uh the pond. Um, there's some new steps

[1:10:06] that actually came out really good. Um,

[1:10:09] and then we finally got the pylons in

[1:10:11] and the pier. So, hopefully that gets

[1:10:13] finished here shortly. Uh, but once

[1:10:16] again, another small local contractor

[1:10:18] doing the best work they can to get it

[1:10:20] working and it's going to be a good

[1:10:21] amenity. As the mayor and I talked, we

[1:10:23] see quite a few people fishing in the p

[1:10:25] the pond and they're using the new

[1:10:27] steps, those rocks at the bottom of the

[1:10:29] pond that people can stand on that have

[1:10:31] a nice level footing and um it's working

[1:10:33] on pretty and then our two or three

[1:10:36] parks employees have done significant

[1:10:39] work around the disc golf area there.

[1:10:42] That's for various reasons. Uh, one,

[1:10:44] we're trying to get some of the invasive

[1:10:46] vines off the trees to help save some of

[1:10:48] those trees as well as open up the disc

[1:10:50] golf, make it more penguin friendly. Um,

[1:10:54] and then as Mariah, CO mentioned, we did

[1:10:58] talk with FWP the waist high grass

[1:11:02] was a danger in this kind of bear season

[1:11:04] where a kid throws a Frisbee into the

[1:11:07] higher grass. It could be a lay down

[1:11:09] area for a bear or something like that.

[1:11:12] you just don't have good visibility of

[1:11:13] that. The bear doesn't have the

[1:11:15] visibility of the people or the people

[1:11:16] have good visibility.

[1:11:18] And so, but we cleared quite a bit of

[1:11:21] that out and then we're bringing in some

[1:11:23] construction equipment to level that

[1:11:25] ground so we can maintain it better next

[1:11:28] year and then also give a lot more sight

[1:11:32] lines and places to recreate near the

[1:11:35] river that you have better views that.

[1:11:38] So,

[1:11:39] but we're very cautious

[1:11:42] and taking in account that try to keep

[1:11:44] as much natural as we can, but also

[1:11:47] trying to get some of the invasive

[1:11:48] blinds and dead trees out of there. And

[1:11:51] so, the the three parks employees have

[1:11:53] done a lot of work with that. And then

[1:11:57] next council meeting, I'll talk more

[1:11:58] about the Pinewood Park. I've mentioned

[1:12:00] that a few times. Uh we'll have a

[1:12:01] contract with the engineer uh for you to

[1:12:04] approve. Um this u this is something

[1:12:08] that's kind of expanded a little bit. Um

[1:12:11] and I think it the initial plans are

[1:12:13] looking pretty good. So it's additional

[1:12:15] 40 plus spots at Pinewood Park. Um it's

[1:12:19] going to be the new sidewalks, new

[1:12:20] parking lot, better drainage. Um and

[1:12:24] then it also um will lead into like that

[1:12:27] fitness court. By the way, the sport

[1:12:29] stuff that's all right that'll be

[1:12:31] installed in spring though because of

[1:12:33] the weather. Um they have a special

[1:12:35] adhesive that won't they rather wait

[1:12:38] till springtime and then u the new

[1:12:41] basketball court uh over there. So a lot

[1:12:44] of really good stuff at Pinewood Park uh

[1:12:47] from a back plan perspective and I think

[1:12:49] it'll be a good tie in to the current

[1:12:51] project on T 4th Avenue. Um,

[1:12:58] » And I think that's it. Sorry, I was

[1:12:59] waiting too long, but uh, any questions?

[1:13:07] » Yeah, I have a question. Um, so when

[1:13:10] there is a bear sighting and someone

[1:13:11] from the community calls in, are are we

[1:13:16] leaving that up to the Forest Service or

[1:13:19] we just a watch and see? because we're

[1:13:21] allowing the bears to have their natural

[1:13:24] but not pose a risk to the community

[1:13:26] members. Is that

[1:13:27] » No, that's that's completely accurate.

[1:13:29] Right. So, if there's a public safety

[1:13:30] risk, our police officers are trained

[1:13:32] and there's protocols with us and

[1:13:34] Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks of

[1:13:36] what we need to do to either harass the

[1:13:39] bear to a point where it's not a public

[1:13:41] safety risk. But if it's doing natural

[1:13:43] bear activity, we're not going to go

[1:13:45] around shooting bears

[1:13:46] » To harass them.

[1:13:48] » That's great. But the neighbors are

[1:13:51] being notified that there's bear up here

[1:13:53] or only if it moves in into a direction

[1:13:56] or housing.

[1:13:58] » Um I mean I don't think there's

[1:14:00] necessarily notification. I just think

[1:14:02] you know people that live here to know

[1:14:04] they live in bear country

[1:14:06] » And if the bears are doing natural stuff

[1:14:08] of moving around at night but you know a

[1:14:11] bear coming to your front porch

[1:14:12] hopefully those people are calling FWP

[1:14:14] notifying and if they're breaking into

[1:14:17] anything that's an absolute notification

[1:14:19] to FW

[1:14:21] relocated back further in the wilderness

[1:14:25] » Um because that's an unnatural bear

[1:14:27] activity.

[1:14:28] » Okay. But um but police conformant and

[1:14:32] FWP and Gamewords we've all chatted and

[1:14:35] you know

[1:14:37] » Okay. Thank you.

[1:14:39] » If I could just I find it ironic that

[1:14:42] when there's a bear in the area, we all

[1:14:45] know

[1:14:46] » Social media

[1:14:48] down at Fendable all this is happening

[1:14:50] and there's houses that just stared at

[1:14:53] and it just surprises me they don't have

[1:14:54] a camera. I'm sure Chief, you probably

[1:14:56] have some answers to that, but but no

[1:14:59] neighborhood watch, nobody looking

[1:15:00] across. If if that was happening in my

[1:15:02] city and I lived across from that, you

[1:15:04] wouldn't see me sleeping. And I really

[1:15:07] implore the people that live there.

[1:15:10] Look, it's your neighborhood. You know,

[1:15:13] pretty soon it's going to be your house.

[1:15:15] » That's I just I just find it

[1:15:17] unfathomable. It just nobody sees

[1:15:20] anything or has pictures of it. And I do

[1:15:24] want to note that a couple of businesses

[1:15:26] up town that have overflow of garbage, I

[1:15:29] see they've stepped up their schedules

[1:15:31] to to to pick up, which I encourage

[1:15:34] other businesses that that have the same

[1:15:36] issue to do the same.

[1:15:39] » I had I had something as far as with the

[1:15:41] our design of Pineman Park. I kind of

[1:15:44] had a forward peak going and uh one

[1:15:47] thing I would say we we're burning is uh

[1:15:50] sleeping in restaurants and we're not

[1:15:53] going to have that problem. I don't know

[1:15:55] how we're going to fix it,

[1:15:58] but not going to have that problem down

[1:16:00] there. I mean, there has to be a point

[1:16:02] we have to figure out either you just

[1:16:04] put in horrible toilets because we can't

[1:16:07] do it or you provide something nice for

[1:16:10] the public. So, I'm sure as we design

[1:16:12] this, we look at this, we're going to

[1:16:14] come up with a with a good answer to the

[1:16:17] dealer.

[1:16:23] We can put a bear

[1:16:26] if everybody sells a bear.

[1:16:28] » Well, there is a business right across

[1:16:30] from Highwood Park that possibly has

[1:16:33] cameras too that um might make it

[1:16:37] accessible to the city or the police in

[1:16:39] the event of something across from

[1:16:41] Pinewood. It'd be nice to know if there

[1:16:43] was neighbors at across from Fenhold

[1:16:46] that had cameras that were willing to

[1:16:49] share with law enforcement. That

[1:16:50] » I'm sure the chief has probably explored

[1:16:53] that.

[1:16:53] » Yes.

[1:16:54] » You know, I I have to say something

[1:16:56] about that. I had a a couple young

[1:16:59] gentlemen coming up and knocked my door

[1:17:00] last week and uh they were selling a

[1:17:04] security systems over there

[1:17:06] » On that side of town. And one of the

[1:17:08] things that they have, you know,

[1:17:09] doorbell cameras and exterior cameras

[1:17:12] and stuff. And I'm going whenever you

[1:17:14] look at or read about

[1:17:17] law breakers or whatever, that the

[1:17:19] police are all you can go around looking

[1:17:22] and finding things on doorbell cameras

[1:17:24] and such. not particular for their piece

[1:17:27] of neighborhood or their piece probably

[1:17:28] but it is showing you know something

[1:17:31] happen across the street with their

[1:17:33] maybe those folks investment when

[1:17:36] they're on that that company is maybe

[1:17:38] they'll go down there they get they hit

[1:17:41] our east side neighborhood

[1:17:42] » This this is one of those dilemmas that

[1:17:44] a lot of communities across the country

[1:17:46] are going through is just the level of

[1:17:47] surveillance right so do you really

[1:17:49] expect your residents to provide

[1:17:51] surveillance to the city public space or

[1:17:55] are you willing to have surveillance in

[1:17:57] your public places

[1:17:59] and what level of surveillance are you

[1:18:00] willing to have but to expect the

[1:18:03] residents to provide surveillance of

[1:18:05] public places is probably you know if

[1:18:08] it's incidental then I think it makes

[1:18:10] sense but if we vote surveillance we

[1:18:14] need to have that conversation and the

[1:18:16] problem is most security systems now um

[1:18:20] have some kind of AI level whatever

[1:18:23] there's a Montana a code that prevents

[1:18:25] us from using AI surveillance systems to

[1:18:29] a certain degree. So, it's a very

[1:18:31] difficult situation that every community

[1:18:33] is having. It seems easy. Chief and I

[1:18:35] have looked at a lot of stuff and it's

[1:18:37] like what's the right balance of this?

[1:18:40] I'm not sure.

[1:18:41] » You know, is the surveillance right on

[1:18:42] the restroom, but how many people want

[1:18:44] surveillance on a restroom?

[1:18:46] » You know, it's it's tough. Well, like

[1:18:49] counselor Piper said, it's just starting

[1:18:52] at the park, but what's to stop them to

[1:18:55] going across the street and and hitting

[1:18:57] those neighbors in those neighborhoods,

[1:19:00] » You know? But you're right. I don't I

[1:19:02] don't think uh public surveillance is

[1:19:05] the answer for, you know, the citizens

[1:19:08] of this community. I don't think they

[1:19:10] would appreciate that.

[1:19:12] » Right.

[1:19:12] » So,

[1:19:14] » Any further comments?

[1:19:16] » No.

[1:19:18] February.

[1:19:19] » Um, hello Ronda City attorney report.

[1:19:22] Again, I'd like to welcome our our first

[1:19:26] full-time city attorney. And uh, Dean,

[1:19:30] do you have anything for us this

[1:19:32] evening?

[1:19:32] » Thank you so much. I do want to thank

[1:19:34] everybody for being so welcoming and so

[1:19:37] friendly and uh, reading us with open

[1:19:40] arms. We really do appreciate it. Um, I

[1:19:43] am the one person that you'd want to

[1:19:44] hear has no report

[1:19:47] » And so I'm happy to report that I have

[1:19:48] no report.

[1:19:53] » Thank you. Um, Keith, did you have

[1:19:55] anything for us on the end?

[1:19:57] » Um, not a lot to add. I think the city

[1:20:00] manager we have looked at some options

[1:20:02] for trying to detect who is uh

[1:20:07] perpetrating the vandalism that we have

[1:20:10] seen a lot of there in the park

[1:20:12] recently. And again, we're trying to

[1:20:15] strike that balance between, you know,

[1:20:17] what do we want to do to detect it and

[1:20:20] be reported versus, you know, the right

[1:20:24] people to not be surveiled in both

[1:20:26] spaces. So, uh we're looking some

[1:20:29] options. Um maybe something that we can

[1:20:32] put up for a short period of time and

[1:20:35] then remove it later. Uh so it isn't

[1:20:37] constantly there uh once we maybe uh

[1:20:40] curtail the problem. So but we are we

[1:20:44] are aware it well aware of it and it it

[1:20:47] is frustrating.

[1:20:49] » Concerning police activities I I'm

[1:20:52] really happy with what you guys have

[1:20:54] going on. I I see you're assisting

[1:20:57] multiple uh agencies a lot now that we

[1:21:00] have uh folks available. I'm also very

[1:21:02] impressed with the amount of training

[1:21:03] that we're we're getting our our

[1:21:05] officers and I I looked at our claims

[1:21:07] and I see where the these folks uh our

[1:21:09] new officers and our seasoned officers

[1:21:11] are constantly getting trained. I really

[1:21:13] appreciate that. I think I think your

[1:21:15] department needs some kudos for what

[1:21:18] you've been up to and you you thank you

[1:21:20] chief.

[1:21:22] » The officers are doing a great job.

[1:21:25] Okay.

[1:21:26] Oh, next

[1:21:28] said miscellaneous fire department.

[1:21:31] Remember to make sure that all your fire

[1:21:32] hydrants are not covered up.

[1:21:36] » Thank you. Of course.

[1:21:37] » Yeah. If there's no further business be

[1:21:40] brought before the the council and uh no

[1:21:43] further remarks from council member. I

[1:21:45] would entertain a motion.

[1:21:48] » I make a motion we adjourn. Second

[1:21:50] » Motion to make second to the journ. All

[1:21:52] in favor?

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