[0:02] All right, ladies and gentlemen, it's 6.30. I'm going to call this meeting to order. First item on the agenda is deployed to leaders, but tonight by councilmember Leland.

[0:10] So, I believe it's either by the United States of America.

[0:17] It's either relevant to what we're saying.

[0:19] It's a nation under the invisible, the liberty of justice for all of them.

[0:25] All right, thanks everybody for coming out.

[0:29] Next up, we have Ethan Superfund update, AP&EQ members.

[0:35] And Anne and her friends.

[0:37] We really got it all day, huh?

[0:38] Thank you very much.

[0:41] Hello,

[0:42] um,

[0:43] New York City Council members.

[0:45] Um, so our update today is we're still waiting on our contractor for yard remuneration.

[0:50] Uh, so the, uh, Army Corps has told us the middle of March now.

[0:54] I hope it happens before.

[0:56] Same time today so we can celebrate and we have a contractor on board.

[1:00] So we're looking middle of March now, which would roughly put us at actually.

[1:06] shovels in the ground in June at the earliest at the site. So Jess and the

[1:14] Kenzie and I will be starting to communicate more aggressively or proactively

[1:19] with residents who are on deck to have their yards remediated and just clean

[1:26] folks know the timeline but if you hear anyone's like what's the last set of our

[1:30] way. We're getting a lot of inquiry right now. Let's see. Last week I had a good conversation

[1:38] with Kevin and RPA about the sewer system that maybe you're going to have that in your update,

[1:46] but I think we're starting to figure out maybe where arsenic could be coming from in the wastewater.

[1:53] water. So that's wonderful. Let's see. On today, I brought some friends, our contractors

[2:02] on our remedial investigation, and do you want to produce yourselves so they know who

[2:09] you are? Yeah. You know, she and Green, I'm a project manager for Hydrogeologic here to

[2:16] And I'm Tim Decker, a field team leader by our other geologic.

[2:23] So these two, the problem you'll start to see them were here at City Involve,

[2:28] potentially, especially as we do some investigation to the old sarco data.

[2:36] But also we have some maths here with our what we're going to start to do to look

[2:43] at the extent of concerning showers, yarn, e.g. for a three-per-ton, you can write down.

[2:51] And this is this is truth, FYI. So we're looking right now at a study area, it's the black

[2:59] and white, Ashmer. So it's a little bit further than the current boundaries. We've run that

[3:08] that that was very based on wind patterns primarily and where we think

[3:14] emissions from this ultimately have gone. The red stars on that map are where we

[3:20] will be collecting samples in April. We're working with the county,

[3:25] Lewis and Clark County, Jefferson County, letting you all know, if don't think we're

[3:29] going to be sampling in East Helena proper. We've got a pretty good handle on the

[3:34] the data is then planted, the Savito and Ruiz,

[3:37] but this is really for your awareness

[3:40] that you know what we're up to.

[3:41] The same thing will happen in April.

[3:46] And anything else?

[3:49] That's it.

[3:49] I do have a question.

[3:51] The list of residents who have either read questions

[3:55] or you determine clearly those mediation

[3:58] has that been given to the city?

[3:59] Will February or evening have that?

[4:00] I would have not given that to say.

[4:02] Yeah.

[4:02] I think we could hear that.

[4:05] I don't know what you're with me today.

[4:06] I just feel like both questions are wanted to know.

[4:09] Absolutely.

[4:09] For them to know if they're going out.

[4:13] In addition to have, once we have a contractor on board,

[4:16] we will be planning phases.

[4:18] So it is possible that the contractor will want to work

[4:22] in a particular neighborhood and finish that neighborhood

[4:25] and then move on to another area.

[4:27] So once we have that prioritization mapped out,

[4:32] and we will definitely even tune out to Kevin, so we know that we're going to be working in

[4:37] that area for extended time, so city services go to any other impacts. We'll try to minimize that as much.

[4:52] Next up is public comments. No, this time is set aside for all public comment on non-agent items.

[4:57] I would draw to your attention that all council members have received written public comment from Mr. Jensen and they have read so

[5:05] So if there any public comments on non-agent items

[5:10] Dave Jensen 401 by scale

[5:14] They stated my previous January 6th 26th public comments for changing to move those on summer 6th place for our base to bond resolution

[5:22] The estimated aggregate principal amount of 21 million

[5:26] and 600 pounds. We've been in the rest of the ocean,

[5:28] and we've also reflect the estimated costs

[5:30] of long-term interest payments.

[5:32] As an excessive amount of debt

[5:34] for the city of East Carolina residents

[5:35] to commute to at this point in time,

[5:37] due to its current residential,

[5:38] especially non-residential level,

[5:40] and it also is projected in use.

[5:43] Also based on the statements made

[5:44] that in January of 6th,

[5:46] 2020, 6th Council meeting pertaining to the Rose Hills,

[5:48] SID bond and the majority

[5:50] of the residential dwellings located there

[5:52] would now be market-based

[5:54] low income affordable sweat equity base, as low as 30% or less with a maximum of maybe

[6:00] 40%. In addition, the Rose Hill SID bond included a list of proposed infrastructure

[6:04] improvements that would be funded, but as I stated in the meeting, the listed non-included

[6:08] bill yields developed and shared the proposed wastewater phase two infrastructure improvements

[6:13] along with not including their share of the phase one infrastructure improvements and their

[6:18] share of the current metals plant infrastructure cost debt service, which based on the limited

[6:23] that information provided to the public would be at least a minimum of $8 million.

[6:28] Simply, Rose Hills Development Shares should not be funded by the proposed excessive 105%

[6:34] increase in residential wastewater rates over the next two years.

[6:38] When the Rose Hills SID bond is now a viable funding source for their share of the current,

[6:43] and proposed East Illinois wastewater facility, that's what significantly reduced the proposed

[6:47] residential wastewater rate increases to the average East Illinois resident now and for

[6:51] for the next 20 to 30 years.

[6:53] And if for any reason, the road deals development

[6:55] does not build out in the timing manner,

[6:57] or if not at all, like the Highland Meadows

[6:59] and Red Fox Meadows subdivisions,

[7:01] the average East-Tel in the resident

[7:03] does not have to advance slash pay

[7:05] for the road sales development share,

[7:07] the expanded waste water facility.

[7:09] Since the road's heels bond is secured guaranteed

[7:12] by non-East-Tel in the funding sources regarding,

[7:15] regardless of the level of build-out, which is important.

[7:18] In closing, regardless of what the people in this room

[7:20] I don't think tonight the city of East London is really still only a reasonably small home

[7:24] orders association that has been incorporated since the population level is still not enough

[7:29] to warrant a higher urban, urbanized population.

[7:33] The wastewater treatment facility issues need to be addressed utilizing cost-effective solutions

[7:38] based on the current size of this community and not solutions at any cost, but if you

[7:41] warranted consulting as recommended and currently benefits from the excessively high levels

[7:47] those are consulting fees that would also continue well into the future.

[7:50] In court bringing the Rose Hills development share of the

[7:52] proposed and third and wastewater facility into their bond is the most

[7:56] cost effective reasonable aquable logic, the solution that will affect the average

[8:00] east tunnel resident from unnecessary costly water rate and

[8:04] water rate increases now and in the future along with reducing the level of long-term debt

[8:09] that the city of east tunnel residents will have to be responsible.

[8:13] Just critical. Thank you.

[8:15] There you're public comment. Is there any other public comment on non-agenda items?

[8:21] Seeing none

[8:22] What are the approval of minutes?

[8:24] We have in front of you both February 3rd and February 17th minutes. Is there any public comment on those minutes?

[8:32] Stu, none council

[8:37] Well, I'll say again. I have a motion to approve both minutes and a second. I wasn't here for the 3rd. So we do separate this each other

[8:44] I must have proved the third in a second.

[8:48] All of the favour?

[8:49] Aye.

[8:51] With abstainings.

[8:53] I have a motion to approve the 17th minutes.

[8:55] To approve those.

[8:57] They didn't have a motion.

[8:58] I said that.

[8:59] I just assumed there was a motion.

[9:01] One motion.

[9:02] I'll make a motion.

[9:03] I have a motion now.

[9:04] Second.

[9:05] Second.

[9:05] All of the favour?

[9:06] Aye.

[9:07] I'll excuse it.

[9:08] That would be interesting.

[9:09] The one doesn't apply to two.

[9:12] Yes, there we go.

[9:13] All right.

[9:13] That brings us to the department reports.

[9:14] If Amy is, there were two of us leave well extensions.

[9:18] So you need to vote?

[9:21] Two of extensions?

[9:22] No.

[9:23] There was one of these though.

[9:24] They were on different ones.

[9:25] They were one of these.

[9:26] They're separated.

[9:27] No.

[9:27] On the set of the 17th, they were both

[9:29] the same thing.

[9:30] Oh.

[9:30] I vote to vote.

[9:31] Aye.

[9:33] Except.

[9:34] Yeah.

[9:36] That's it.

[9:39] Yeah.

[9:39] I guess I'll leave it for you.

[9:40] Court report.

[9:41] In your Saturday, you have the court report from the Dutch for keep basic,

[9:46] regarding the payments and such.

[9:50] Nothing new should report there, really.

[9:52] As far as the Department of Reports go, Amy has been out with a family matter,

[9:58] and so she excused tonight.

[10:01] So that brings us to police department and then Jeep Royce.

[10:06] If you can invite apologize for my voice, it's a little cold.

[10:14] And having been here for a while, and unfortunately I have a lot to tell you, so you don't know.

[10:20] So, in February, we were involved in a 416 callous for service issues.

[10:27] I wonder how those were traffic related.

[10:29] We also completed 30 case reports, which is 10 more reports than we were at last.

[10:36] year at this same time. So reports are starting to increase. Our calls continue to have increased,

[10:44] but the calls, the reports that we're getting are time consuming reports as well. So for example,

[10:54] Chris and I sat on a crash on a highway 12 yesterday for about four and a half hours,

[10:59] with locking by way 518, semi drove across the tracks

[11:04] and hooked one of the rails and ripped everything up.

[11:09] So that was time consuming.

[11:12] You've had a domestic last week

[11:14] that took about eight and a half hours

[11:15] and two officers to investigate.

[11:18] So there's a lot of time involved

[11:19] in some of these cases as well.

[11:22] There was a big assault that Wednesday night.

[11:26] Wednesday night there was an assault by JFK Park. Nine different people were

[11:32] kind of involved, juveniles, and adults, and we unfortunately didn't have anybody

[11:39] on, so I would pitch, or no, Joe, Helen and PD and counting that to respond to that.

[11:46] So there's a lot of theft going on in East Helena right now. There's a lot of

[11:53] There's a lot of car crashes, just thank you and thank you.

[12:00] Last month I attended the meeting with the crisis response team.

[12:03] They have really some changes in their organization.

[12:07] These changes should assist law enforcement and time management and not force us to remain on scene or the hospital as long.

[12:16] So when we put somebody to protect a custody,

[12:18] you're at the hospital until you are released by there you are. Sometimes that's an hour,

[12:26] sometimes that's four hours, five hours, we've all been there for more than now. So they're

[12:32] changing their way of doing business so that they can get us back on the streets quicker. So that's

[12:37] a good thing. They also ask me to be representative for their coalition, which I'd like to accept.

[12:43] of the Health Department issued us with a new batch of Narcan, as ours was

[12:50] outdated. They also brought many hard-sided gun cases to the department to

[12:57] give away. So if anybody needs one or knows them, anybody that needs one or wants

[13:02] one, there's single cases, single rifle cases, double rifle cases.

[13:12] We're getting

[13:13] So we've been handing them out as best we can.

[13:17] It's their push to prevent accidental shooting and worst size.

[13:25] So it comes with gun locks and just a great, great program.

[13:30] So if you know anybody, send them our way.

[13:32] We can look them up with this.

[13:36] See you guys part.

[13:37] I also participated again.

[13:39] that might be C-J-C meeting,

[13:41] for chamber meeting, high risk,

[13:43] tender meeting, IT session,

[13:46] and attend the TOA Association breakfast.

[13:49] And I also have a Timmie audit

[13:51] from the Montana Post Council

[13:53] to get a better understanding of how they can assist us.

[13:57] I had lunch with how we patrol on the 25th.

[13:59] We discussed how we can assist each other better

[14:02] and more efficiently.

[14:03] MHP is extremely busy with crashes

[14:05] and he gets spread in very often.

[14:10] Therefor, since we already respond to highway crashes

[14:15] to assist troopers, we are now going to investigate

[14:19] all crashes they have been following.

[14:21] Highway 12, 518 and 282 have been our jurisdiction.

[14:25] So they're having a harder time not every day,

[14:28] but responding out here quickly.

[14:32] So because we investigate our own crashes, they aren't going to be interested in doing that and we accept that.

[14:40] They're also asking that if there's a nearby crash within a few miles of East Helena, if we would respond to that and get things started until they can get there.

[14:52] So they're kind of strapped, so we're going to try to end the hand with them.

[14:57] So, what does that mean for us? It's coming to be...

[15:00] More crashes, more cases, more call items. So we have somebody on call. When highway patrol is off duty at night, which can vary from midnight to three. So depending on who's on for them, our on call coverage starts when they're gone because county doesn't investigate crashes. So the crash goes to highway patrol. So there off, we will be responding to that.

[15:31] Let's see what else,

[15:36] additionally with highway patrol, because we are going to help them,

[15:40] they are going to allow our officers to attend their crash school for free.

[15:46] So they offer crash schools three times a year in Boulder, so when these tiles are already

[15:52] attended that, so we'll be sending everybody else to one of those schools to get caught

[15:59] up a little bit more on some of the bigger traffic crashes, highway patrols that they will

[16:04] assist on any crash that we would like them to and they'll handle all the major crashes

[16:09] and deaths if they need to. They're going to send one of their troopers up here in the

[16:15] next couple of weeks to give us some additional training so we'll see what that goes.

[16:24] Officer Kyle Butler attended the DUI Task Force meeting last month.

[16:30] He's our representative moving forward, so he'll do that each month on Valentine's Day.

[16:36] Officer Butler participated in the annual Passion Blunge, also known as the Polar Blunge.

[16:46] He also worked with East Hell on the kindergarteners on 2.27

[16:53] last week and handed out pencils and stickers and hung out with the kids for a little bit.

[16:59] And next week he's going to a local daycare to be a story to the kids.

[17:04] So trying to get me out there a little bit and helping kids.

[17:08] Office of Critical Guards attended the Montana Narcotics Officer Association

[17:12] Conference in Duke. He participated in the roundtable discussions and lectures

[17:17] Monday through Thursday and had brought back valuable information on how

[17:21] to better find drugs during our investigations. My aim has been brought forth as a

[17:28] potential board member for the Montana Security threat group. STG, this group

[17:33] focuses on gang-related crimes, as well as organized from the groups.

[17:37] the values that I need to experience more game related activity, especially students, and

[17:43] we have had a couple of those juvenile game kinds of things recently as well, GFA Park

[17:50] is a hot spot for now lately. So they'll vote on moving my name forward tomorrow. Tomorrow

[18:01] I will also attend the Rocky Mountain Emergency Services meeting and next week I'll be

[18:05] He's held on a planning committee meeting with West and then assisting Helen PD with their interviews for assistant chief of the questions.

[18:19] I have a couple of.

[18:20] Sure.

[18:21] The first one is the city of Helena police are they investigating crashes that happen there with a high control.

[18:28] So they use their own crashes.

[18:30] Also, yes, so if there's a highway patrol incident there on the day also with contact city

[18:36] home.

[18:37] So, so Helena, regardless of that happens, they investigate their, if it was a authority,

[18:44] I believe I don't fill in the penalty because those to highway roll other than that, they,

[18:50] they take their crashes.

[18:51] It didn't used to be that way, but they do now, okay, so they have their own crash investigate

[18:56] to include the interest.

[18:58] And that, yeah, now that does include views.

[19:00] Oh, wow.

[19:01] Okay.

[19:01] So they, they're busy.

[19:03] And they, they've said to them, they may help us out.

[19:05] We needed that.

[19:07] Actually, okay.

[19:09] Um, second question.

[19:10] When will the position be posted for the place upstairs?

[19:13] I don't know that.

[19:15] Yes.

[19:16] We have a deputy chief position open.

[19:18] It is open.

[19:19] We know it is the position we have.

[19:22] Yeah.

[19:22] We talked about it today.

[19:22] We don't, we're maybe thinking of restructuring it possible.

[19:25] We don't know.

[19:25] Okay. We're not sure I want to go about it. I would like to hire a fifth officer and not

[19:34] have a deputy chief right away and then give it some time and then you're seeing the

[19:42] deputy chief. There's heavy life plan on my goal for structure. Keep the deputy chief but not

[19:49] announced it or not promoted, I hear it, whatever you want to call that, for a little while.

[19:56] Maybe a year. We'll get things going and then try to prove some of you that will.

[20:03] I was knowing how fast you are anyway. I find that to be pressing the sheet to the position

[20:09] higher. Yes, it would benefit us if we can. When we're at trainings or sick or vacation,

[20:21] we can't cover the shifts that we need to cover. So that would be it. Thank you.

[20:27] Thank you. Thank you. So pulling double duty tonight, we're going to go to the bullpen here.

[20:37] Kevin do his actual job, the Amy's, my old me back here.

[20:40] So I don't have a lot, we'll put it here as I might report.

[20:44] Has to remind her, a couple of things for next Monday and Tuesday, again, March 9th,

[20:49] 10th, 11th, and 10th, 7th, and 9th in the gym.

[20:54] So that's not a long day because I think it's as it is.

[20:58] This is just something funny that was in my black pork, but since we canceled it, you know,

[21:03] I meet with the guys every morning out of the wastewater plant.

[21:05] and Scotty made the comment about how it's getting complaints about the infrex being to buy it.

[21:09] And at first I didn't pay in mind, I said, what do you mean by that?

[21:11] He said, well, I actually had a residence that used to listen for the garbage truck coming down the street

[21:16] and that's when they would go put out their can.

[21:18] Well, I thought that the truck's so quiet.

[21:20] He's going around the block a couple of times.

[21:21] There's people where she's in death and I've heard it coming.

[21:24] So, baby, he's a whore.

[21:27] Yeah, I know him.

[21:29] I've got to make his wave blower or something.

[21:31] They made me laugh.

[21:32] We said it. I didn't get confirmation from it in the IA that the tree damage of in Street Park is covered under our insurance and they all cover replacement copies of the reason stuff and the sprinkler repair so that's great there.

[21:45] And then I just wanted to I think this was in the last report to but I don't remember but an update on where we're at with the raised grant or bill grant suggests or Valley Drive.

[21:57] two weeks to six months is the timeframe that we have now that they're hoping we

[22:02] have an assigned agreement for. Currently we're in the acquisition to grant

[22:06] review then it goes to the federal legal review and then lastly their security

[22:11] review and they all respond with their phone so that's where we're at. People are

[22:18] fingers crossed it sooner than later but when we press them on the timeframe that

[22:22] that was their response.

[22:23] Tell them the weeks to six months.

[22:24] Tell them the reason they're getting a kick back

[22:26] on the last one.

[22:27] The last thing was, is they change the template again,

[22:30] because of the loans that you can use in surveying.

[22:32] There's only certain brands,

[22:34] they have to be the friends that are built within the US.

[22:37] You can't have any.

[22:37] But the company does own the correct type of loan

[22:39] that we use, so we didn't have to go back

[22:41] and re-survey anything.

[22:44] Some of the template changes seem a little bit silly,

[22:46] but we're working through it.

[22:48] So questions?

[22:50] Okay, we'll see you guys later.

[22:52] Okay, bye.

[22:52] Thanks, Kevin.

[22:53] Yep.

[22:53] Next up is a ball-and-fire apartment cheap candle.

[22:59] We'll be going around a lot tonight.

[23:03] Last month was a pretty,

[23:04] I want to say slow from up for us,

[23:06] but it was,

[23:07] um, you've been full.

[23:08] We only had 14 calls,

[23:10] 10 medical.

[23:11] We have a lot of accidents like 3.4%.

[23:14] We don't necessarily go all the way.

[23:16] That's the one that you've been doing.

[23:18] I've been kind of significant, mostly on the highway.

[23:22] We did have one structure for our chimney fire

[23:25] in two classes.

[23:28] And then the last thing is our ISO inspection

[23:31] is finally going to schedule.

[23:32] We're on the calendar for March 20th.

[23:36] We should be pretty well through that.

[23:38] I have almost everything I need to already

[23:40] sent off to them for free survey.

[23:42] I'm waiting for a couple of things that Kevin and I

[23:45] talked about today.

[23:47] I think we're ready to go.

[23:48] I did do pretty well.

[23:50] And I have a question to you.

[23:52] What is time issues?

[23:54] Insurance services or anything.

[23:55] So it kind of affects your insurance rates.

[23:58] But we will stop in the way.

[24:00] Well, we will currently have five.

[24:02] And that's as high as we can go without a name.

[24:05] So if we go to a six,

[24:07] if they affect your insurance rates.

[24:08] Right now, the fight is with the subdivision work that the school.

[24:14] all the insurance companies are still telling them they're a nine because the

[24:18] worst rating you can get, and it could be hundreds of dollars for your

[24:22] insurance. Is there any seven for you? No, no, there's another one. I don't think so.

[24:31] South of the, South by the way,

[24:36] so they're telling them that they're all nine, and we're fighting

[24:40] I'm out to fill in extra paperwork for all these insurance places, talking about how much water we can bring in and how much water we flow on the hygrids that we have, and hopefully this inspection will be all back there.

[24:53] I said in the insurance paper, the paperwork from our last inspection, and fortunately they only do a physical every five years and the insurance company would accept that.

[25:01] Like well, that's all there is. I got Amanda from the PSO involved and she's working on it so we'll get this inspection out of the way.

[25:06] Thanks for doing that. We should do more to make that known that we're trying to help

[25:12] those residents. Everybody that called me, they know, and I've called their insurance

[25:16] companies directly. They're sending me the forms. I have a set of forms now that I just

[25:21] keep printed out, so that when they call me, I can just email it off to them and get it done.

[25:27] But the big thing is, because it's a new subdivision, a lot of the fire hydrants have been plotted

[25:33] I think it was in the GIS, and it's about one of the things we're working to correct

[25:37] right now.

[25:38] So that will happen as far as you can tell.

[25:40] So that is, yeah.

[25:41] But they were individually.

[25:42] And what?

[25:44] That's a good show.

[25:45] And he's the master of the baseball.

[25:47] And Sarah, yeah, I haven't gotten the impulse of an image.

[25:52] A lot of her own, Sterling loop or, there's another one I know that I get a lot of calls

[25:57] from.

[25:58] Sterling loop is the biggest one that I've been getting calls from.

[26:00] And it's really, you know, it's obscene because they call me,

[26:03] they're like, well, there you don't have any virus service.

[26:05] And I'm like, well, they do.

[26:07] There's fast, and then they're within 200 feet

[26:11] of a firehead, and no matter which way they walk out

[26:13] of their house.

[26:15] Yeah, I mean, so we have capabilities there.

[26:18] So we did make a couple of little changes

[26:20] to what we're doing as far as run cards with a map.

[26:25] And that's insignificant to this.

[26:27] So, I'm going to ask you a question.

[26:32] Thanks, Chief.

[26:32] Thanks, everybody.

[26:35] All right.

[26:35] Separate just to unfinished business.

[26:37] The only item is the thing we didn't get knocked out last week,

[26:40] because we didn't really have enough people.

[26:42] And the request for the fee waiver of the City Council room

[26:46] on the March 9th and 10th of the in-back hometown or home team

[26:49] is we're going to gather information for the community review.

[26:53] I'll turn this over to Wes.

[26:54] like you want to have a fool? Yeah, I brought it up. So we as many of you know and should have

[27:01] hopefully been sent out to you. Was that sent out to you about the community review times?

[27:06] I don't send it out to all of you as we don't, but I did send that to make sure that I know

[27:13] what the Amy's absence to make sure about you. But the home team for the Montana Economic Development

[27:18] Association and then done through the Montana Business Assistance Connection, this community review

[27:23] that's being done they just want to use the council chambers for either their own when they meet or for

[27:30] some of our meetings one of them being for the county and the city that will be meeting

[27:35] in here on the Tuesday and then for them to have an additional room so the space has been booked

[27:41] there wasn't anything else booked during the times that they would be here but I'm just asking

[27:45] there to be a or that and for the waiver or the organization to conduct these listening

[27:54] sessions in this room. Is there any public council or public comment on the request?

[28:01] Council.

[28:05] I'd make a motion to approve. Motion to approve. All those in favor?

[28:12] I think you're probably okay on the, on the, on the, on the, on the, you think, yeah, I think trust your judgment.

[28:21] You have three votes anyway, so you're going to be good here.

[28:24] Yeah.

[28:26] Yeah.

[28:27] All right.

[28:28] I bring this to you business.

[28:29] This is the fun, the good stuff here.

[28:32] Life saving award.

[28:34] The competition goes on between the butlers.

[28:36] Probably.

[28:37] Again, I think we're moving to the top of the fourth inning now.

[28:43] So again, Kyle Butler, I'll let him turn over to another awesome thing.

[28:50] Okay, this is right, a bunch of stuff.

[28:52] So today we recognize officer Kyle Butler for his extraordinary actions and unwavering from

[28:59] him into protecting and serving our beauty.

[29:01] While I'm doing on January 16th, Officer Butler responded swiftly and decisively to a light-threatening emergency on the 3,600 block of East Main Street, demonstrating exceptional courage, professionalism, and compassion.

[29:16] Officer Butler arrived on scene when found a female victim lying on the ground near her vehicle and was not breathing.

[29:23] Without hesitation, Officer Butler began CPR on an individual as she was in critical

[29:30] condition, using his training and presence of mind to provide immediate life-saving.

[29:36] A short time later, a nearby citizen took over CPR while Kyle retrieved his AED, East

[29:43] Hell on the Byer arrived and applied the AED to the patient while CPR continued.

[29:48] While the AED was analyzing the heart rhythm, the female appeared to start breathing and

[29:52] in a post list attack.

[29:54] In those crucial moments, his quick thinking

[29:56] and call of demeanor made all the difference

[29:58] because of his efforts.

[30:00] A life was preserved, and a family was given more precious time with their loved home. Officer

[30:05] Butler's actions reflect the very best of law enforcement. Dedication, bravery, and a deep

[30:11] sense of responsibility to others. This commitment to serving the community extends far beyond

[30:16] the call of duty, embodying the highest standard of society. Using great pride and gratitude

[30:23] that we acknowledge Officer Powell Butler believes the little life-saving efforts, and for

[30:28] We're setting an outstanding example for a civil officer

[30:30] and a community he's so faithfully served.

[30:34] He was a professor about their second life

[30:36] saving and the work in the past nine months,

[30:39] typically, and so, and so,

[30:41] congratulations to the officer about it.

[30:45] Well,

[30:49] Kyle already received the pin on his chest

[30:53] from the first one, so he gets certificate for the second.

[30:57] So both of them are having two live-saving awards.

[31:02] So two to one to five,

[31:07] and then you can use them.

[31:15] Alright.

[31:17] Again, that's the good stuff.

[31:18] We appreciate you Kyle.

[31:20] Thank you very much.

[31:23] Okay, next up is the page.

[31:26] RPA Task Order 32 of a pressure-bone water tank at the pump station.

[31:31] This one's got me on it.

[31:33] This is basically a task order allowing us to allow a rubber pension to build, basically

[31:39] Jacob.

[31:40] You'll notice it here.

[31:41] Jacob has a green paper or any of the things.

[31:44] You tend to go through the city as for that agreement we're looking at.

[31:48] So that funding system running.

[31:49] So kind of that.

[31:50] That's about it.

[31:50] That's the base of it.

[31:52] but no output of the city, but it just allows them

[31:55] proper pension to bill for this stuff.

[31:58] That is the, it's just of that.

[32:00] Is there any public comment on it?

[32:03] Being then counsels.

[32:06] I'll move to approve task for the 52.

[32:09] I have a motion to approve.

[32:10] I'll click in there.

[32:11] In a second, I'll move in favor.

[32:13] Hi.

[32:14] Do you have any questions?

[32:16] I'll do the one.

[32:17] Okay.

[32:17] I'll do the one.

[32:19] That makes no more sense.

[32:21] All right.

[32:22] Mayor's report.

[32:23] Oh, now we're gonna be boarding.

[32:26] All right, so it's been a while since actually it's last time we didn't really have reports.

[32:30] So sometimes we're going to do fun things and use them here, I don't see him.

[32:34] I got to go right along with Chris, it was fun, I took T-pop on his off from the right

[32:39] off, went around for like three, four hours, five minutes into it, he's chasing kids in

[32:43] the park, and I'm like, did not bring popcorn, Chris, I was just going to sit there any popcorn,

[32:49] but yeah, after that, we got to see, no, no, I don't think there's, I don't think there's

[32:55] coming once we get out of the chase. I was also like, yeah, also the chasing days of me are they

[33:00] don't chase me anymore and I don't run anymore. So yeah, but yeah, it was really cool to see kind of

[33:09] just what they do have just a little bit of understanding not a whole lot of what they see in the day-to-day

[33:14] you know their jobs. I encourage you all to take them up on their offer. I think it's about

[33:19] their value and it just to understand what they do. Again, you know, you don't have to work a whole

[33:23] ship with them or anything. They're very flexible. Christmas is great. I appreciate you taking

[33:26] me on showing me. I had a great time. I mean, I ran out of things to talk about because yeah,

[33:32] yeah, I don't want your job. Let's start there, but I do appreciate you doing it. So I'm, it was

[33:38] worthwhile. I think there's value in you guys if you guys want to take them up on as well. So that's

[33:42] there. Uh, we've had to both the wastewater meetings. Most of you were at least one, um, some

[33:50] right to a lot of fun there. A lot of good times. Nothing quite as fun as how

[33:55] people, your plants struggling, a lot of good times. And also went and wrote a

[34:01] bus around with West's friends, the leadership Helena. Kind of an interesting

[34:06] group. They go like once a month and they have a different kind of a old day plan

[34:12] where they learn things and they were 12 month program for them to go through that

[34:16] to graduate leadership Helena. It's a 12 month program. It's a one-year program

[34:20] I mean, so they one every month they have a different like thing and some really they want to listen to me talk, which makes no sense, but

[34:28] West had it all arranged was really good. It was cool to see people show an interest in East Helena again, but that was pretty much the basics of what I've done. Nothing too exciting.

[34:37] Any questions? Nothing at all.

[34:40] All right. We want to council member reports. Council member Dalton.

[34:44] I attended the water quality district meeting and the two wastewater meetings.

[34:51] That's really good. I did the waste water meetings as well and that's it. Yeah, I was advised.

[34:58] The leadership element was good. It's the civics and government data that they can be stolen. Typically they will do that.

[35:05] They learned more about east on an hour government. And I can tell you that they thoroughly enjoyed our day.

[35:12] We won't compete too much, but I think that they enjoyed our portion more than

[35:16] helmetless.

[35:16] So always good to see here that I'm giving.

[35:19] Yeah, we're definitely more casual for them, but we also, the tour was good that we

[35:24] appreciated Kevin took us to the wastewater treatment plants and so it was good for them

[35:28] to see it and see what's going on in our construction with that plant that means it to just all

[35:34] the growth development within our area.

[35:35] So it was good.

[35:36] It caught me with the chamber otherwise.

[35:41] Did just the food truck festival it'll be coming back.

[35:44] They are actually coordinating with nonprofits

[35:46] and going to sponsor one.

[35:48] So the chamber did take up the coming up fiscal sponsor

[35:52] for the food truck festival this summer.

[35:54] So they'll be able to give money to nonprofits

[35:55] and coordinate through that so they can raise money

[35:58] and apply it for some different things.

[36:00] So that's a good opportunity and excited for that.

[36:03] Just as a reminder, for city account of staff and elected folks, is that the city county municipal planning for this community review is on Tuesday at one here in this room should be about an hour, our 15 minutes and just want to hear from us about what's going on public welcome to any of these meetings and hope that you attend.

[36:27] But this one is specific to elected officials and city council staff.

[36:32] So encourage you to come to that.

[36:36] Otherwise, since we did not have a meeting, there was one more thing that is numbering up.

[36:42] Intelli, I don't know if you want to talk about it more, but visiting with representative downing.

[36:47] They came and visited with us and.

[36:49] I think we talked about table of slate. I know we did.

[36:52] What's that?

[36:53] We talked about taking them on the slate.

[36:59] I'm looking forward to visiting with them again about different grant opportunities.

[37:03] So that's what I got.

[37:05] Thank you.

[37:06] Councilor Ferguson.

[37:08] Thank you.

[37:09] One of the way for our treatment plant needs.

[37:12] All right.

[37:13] Thank you.

[37:14] That brings us to legal report.

[37:18] Peter.

[37:18] Board has been going well, the police department continues to be pretty active and makes

[37:24] progress in pretty well through the court system. I did have them include in your packet

[37:28] today a letter we got on behalf of the East Clark Street water sewer district or sewer

[37:32] district. I just want to make sure you all for a prize as timely as possible and I get these

[37:37] things. Last time I spoke to this individual was back in May as he referenced. He had sent

[37:43] a letter like this in April of last year, so nearly an entire year ago before I heard

[37:47] back from him. Again, just trying to keep you all appraised of what's occurring. I sent

[37:52] him a reply email to this letter that we received this on the 18th. That's when it was

[37:58] mailed. I replied on the 23rd. I told him I did not believe that. And I believe the letter

[38:05] you provided accurately captures our conversation from last year that he's telling the City Council

[38:09] pass through in state and agreement after consulting with the East Clerk Street District. And at

[38:14] at this point, I believe it is appropriate for you to address the council directly with

[38:17] a written alternative proposal. So if you read this, he's demanding or asking or telling

[38:21] me to rewrite something that you've already passed. I told him on the phone last year,

[38:26] trying to pass the council. We've been working with East Clark Street. This is an attorney

[38:29] that got both late. So I just replied, one, your letter's not accurate. And two, just come

[38:35] to the city council and do a little bit of the work on your own. He addresses the fact

[38:39] that he didn't try to talk to the attorney that was helping them prior made no effort.

[38:44] I reached him in the first phone call that I made the Bob Merto. He answered, I talked to him.

[38:50] I said this guy ever talked to you. Has he put any effort into this? He's not. So, again,

[38:56] as openly as possible, I received this letter nearly a year after receiving the first one.

[39:01] I replied, come to the city council. Do a little bit at home.

[39:07] But I've not heard back.

[39:09] So that's that. It's frustrated. I'm frustrated. But anyway, no, it has not.

[39:14] Even here, you'll probably get a letter. But again, I'm sorry. I came up with a question about it.

[39:20] The way it stated that the board has the sole authority to reallocate those 107 connections.

[39:30] Right. There's some discussion. Again, I disagree with much of what's contained in this letter.

[39:35] So that's not your legal opinion that they have full discretion to reallocate those hundred.

[39:39] They don't have any like as they wish.

[39:42] So I'll plug it today and plug it in to someone else's tomorrow.

[39:44] I'll plug it back in.

[39:45] So if you recall, part of the issue we had and he was here in the room was that there, when

[39:50] they put this in, there are 107 connections in the ground, meaning they have service lines

[39:55] tapped out underneath trailers over there.

[39:58] And the people have been under those trailers, hooking up and not telling us, which is why

[40:03] we put in there, it's a gallon. We charge them by gallon, not by connection, but there

[40:07] are physically in the ground a hundred and seven connections. So when they say they're

[40:11] reallocating, are you telling me you're going to go in and dig up and cap off the lines

[40:18] you've already picked, they're not. You don't, again, this guy's put no effort to understand

[40:22] anything that actually occurred in this agreement when it was arranged. So for the other fact

[40:28] is that they don't have an agreement currently because they thought paying their bills for

[40:32] while, and he refused to show up to public meetings because he thought the county was just

[40:36] going to take it over. So the agreement that he's referencing is no longer in effect, one,

[40:42] which we're trying to reinstate, and two, there's physical lines in the ground that he,

[40:47] which is why I told him your letter is not accurate. That's what I told you that can't

[40:51] reallocate something that you've already tapped out and that we know your client is underneath

[40:55] trailers hooking them in and not telling anyone, and also out there digging simultaneously.

[41:00] So there's a lot in this letter that's just not correct. It's an accurate. I don't know how much of it's just to a misunderstanding or him just writing a letter on behalf of someone that walked into his office.

[41:11] At the conclusion of last year's conversation on May 5th that he referenced here, I told him you need to call the attorney that was here before you.

[41:18] And in the last paragraph here, he says he never did.

[41:21] So and when is their official so if we cancel date bringing up what date was that so that goes to their credit they have been paying their monthly bill they do have a two year period so and in the

[41:37] mayor like we've been discussing like do we what are two year date I don't have it I don't have about the top I have west but I mean we've got to become a close issue becomes what is our actual recourse.

[41:49] Right now they can't connect anymore. They have a stop work order from the county health department like they can't do anything

[41:56] because they don't have an active agreement with us. He refuses to sign this one.

[42:03] And they're paying their bills to us for the gallonage that goes through that lift station.

[42:09] So since I mean we could attempt to send them a letter telling you we're going to turn off your ability to float to the city.

[42:15] I just don't know that that's in anyone's best interest, but that's kind of where we're at.

[42:20] Like, I don't even know how to take this demand letter.

[42:22] I tried calling.

[42:24] When I sent my reply email, I got an auto response from this attorney's email address,

[42:29] so I...

[42:30] It was out of stock.

[42:31] It was out of stock.

[42:31] It seemed to be stock.

[42:33] It was out of stock.

[42:34] It was out of stock.

[42:35] It was out of stock.

[42:36] It was out of stock.

[42:37] The issue is how much time and effort we've put into this thing, and it just continually

[42:43] feels like they are not great partners. But again, we have any questions. Continue to ask. It's

[42:51] ongoing. Hold them to come straight to you. Like I, it's already passed the council. If you don't

[42:57] feel like you're getting honest answers from me, there's a mic. Come put it on the record. We're all

[43:02] here for it. They just have it. They have no agreement. You get the proper agreement. They didn't

[43:07] to decide if there's a process that's not also the problem.

[43:13] Turned out in there.

[43:14] Thanks.

[43:15] Great.

[43:16] Those are examples of municipalities that have done something about it after the two-year

[43:21] period.

[43:23] Again, it goes to our recourse.

[43:24] I mean, they are paying their bills.

[43:26] They are paying for their impact.

[43:28] And I don't want the impact of their actual residents.

[43:30] That's the other issues.

[43:31] I shouldn't think it's that one person is controlling this awful situation.

[43:36] there is no negative impact on the city currently. They're paying their bill. We've only allocated

[43:41] 107 connections, which is part of the re- and statement agreement. We're not trying to

[43:45] take anything away from the fact that you've bonded a project. We've allocated you

[43:49] gallonage for those 107 connections, meaning you paid for the lines. We're going to

[43:56] a lot continue to allow you to keep using them, but you can't have any more. I think that's

[44:01] Biggest hang up because he wants to develop another parcel within that parcel

[44:05] But he has to come back to you and ask for permission and show you the plan and

[44:10] You know, it was only a year or so ago or however long it's been

[44:13] Where he was not paying his bill for months on end and it got over $20,000 just behind schedule

[44:19] so I think that's the hang up

[44:22] And that's why he's referencing

[44:24] Reallocating some of those unused connections, but they're not unused. They're in the ground

[44:28] and we know you're nefariously underneath their houses not telling anyone who can these things up,

[44:32] we know you're doing that, which is why it doesn't want to cut short hair in person.

[44:35] I assume, because again, he's not here and he didn't call me back or email me back.

[44:40] But again, that there is no negative to the city in the fact that they continue to pay their bills,

[44:48] that we're not trying to negative stop you from connecting those 107 lines that you've paid

[44:54] to put it in the ground, we're not taking back any of that gallonage or that.

[45:00] That connection, that ability to connect, we're whole, their whole, it's just you want to continue to develop. You just doesn't want to have to come back to you and ask. That's it.

[45:13] That's it. Right. All right.

[45:34] All right.

[45:35] But that being said, I'm going to hear in this meeting at 17-15.

[45:37] They've come now, guys.

[45:44] This is how we hold them.

[45:45] You know what I mean?

[45:46] All right.

[45:47] Yes, please.

[45:47] So you're right.

[45:48] It's high.

[45:49] I wouldn't say.

[45:50] I would say kindergarten.

[45:51] It's a genius.

[45:52] Otherwise, something will be.

[45:53] You're right.

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