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It is 7:00. I'll call the meeting to order.

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Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.

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I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the

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Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all.

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Additions, deletions, and modifications to the agenda, we've got two.

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In modify 5A, the verified claims, the old amount of

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$126,993.88.

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The new amount is $288,158.72.

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And in

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5C, consider application submitted by Trinity Lutheran Church for exemption of

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lawful gambling license required to allow raffle activities at

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220 South 13th Street on May 16th of 2027.

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I'll make the motion.

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A motion by Steve.

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I'll second that.

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And a second by Bev. All in favor?

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Aye.

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Motion carries.

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Approval of the minutes of the regular meeting of September 8th of 2026.

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I will make a motion to approve.

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Motion by Bev.

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I'll second.

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Second by Gwen. All in favor?

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Motion carries. We'll go on to four,

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notice communication, announcements, and appearance of any interested citizens that

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are not on the agenda.

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I'm seeing none, except for one there, and she is on our agenda.

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And that's 4A, appearance by Taylor Donahue-Erickson, FLOCK cameras in Montevideo.

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If you'd like to please-- Oh, Marv?

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I want to speak too.

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I thought the chief would be speaking first, and then I'd defend him.

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How do we want to do this? Ms. Donahue, would you be willing

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to go first? Okay.

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Do I come up here?

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Yes. Please come up here and state your name and address for the record.

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Hello. My name is Taylor Donahue-Erickson.

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You said address?

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Yes.

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4767 330th Avenue, Montevideo.

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Thank you guys for allowing me the time to speak tonight, and thank you, Ken, for

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taking the time to be here.

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Yeah, here we go.

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My name is Taylor Erickson, and I was born and raised here in Montevideo, and moved

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back here a few years ago to raise our three children with my husband, Jacob.

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Montevideo is home to me, and I care about the wellbeing of my city.

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So I'm here to bring to you an issue that's important to me and many others, and

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that is the recent implementation of FLOCK cameras in our community.

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I'm not a public speaker by any means, and I'm better at writing, so I've written

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my thoughts on paper for the city council to consider.

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You guys have maybe seen my petition that I created on Facebook, but I included

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that as well in writing. It includes 560 local signatures, and it grows every day.

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I'm asking that the city council take the time to genuinely consider the items I've

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presented and to return with me with a resolution at some point.

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And I've also asked Ken to be here tonight to answer a few questions regarding the

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FLOCK cameras so the public could consider his perspectives as well.

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Is it okay if I hand you guys my writing?

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Sure.

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Yeah, please.

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I only have one of these, so I'm going to give it to you, Dan.

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Okay.

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These are all the signatures I've collected so far.

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Okay. And I'll just give it to you for us up here too.

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Thanks.

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Thank you.

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Is it okay if I just go ahead and ask you my questions or-

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Yeah, if you'd like. You could just ask us the questions and then

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if Ken wants to answer them right after you get done. Is that all right, Ken?

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That way?

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That'd be easier.

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Okay. Widespread concerns are being raised throughout Montevideo about the

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potential risks associated with having FLOCK cameras installed in our community.

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My goal is to respectfully inform you of these concerns and come to a resolution

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that satisfies the public concerns.

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A few questions that are on the minds of many people that you may have the

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knowledge to answer, Ken. First of all, what issues or concerns in our city

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initially prompted you to ask the city council for approval of these cameras back

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in 2025?

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Sorry. Can you not hear me?

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I think I got it. I was-

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... caught off guard as you asked me a question, but-

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I can email it to you

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... is that reference to the question number one?

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let's see. City council for approval of FLOCK cameras back in '25.

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And I know a couple newer council members here, but I know that you are

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both familiar with some of the crimes that we had going on later '24

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and 2025 with all the drive-by shootings.

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and some were not verified because we didn't have

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victims that came forward. We couldn't find bullet holes in buildings or

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wherever these locations were. But

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we had numerous confirmed drive-by shootings that hit residents'

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vehicles, houses, garages.

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It was pretty chaotic for a longer period of time.

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I fielded several phone calls from concerned citizens that were

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concerned with these instances that were happening in Montevideo and were

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expressing that they were feeling unsafe, especially in certain parts of our

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community.

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had conversations with council at the time, and fielded some questions from council

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of what we were doing to try and keep the community safe.

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I did some research. FLOCK cameras had been around for a little while,

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did some research on the cameras, and I thought that might be something that would

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be good for our community.

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Again, did some research on it, brought it to council as an idea that, "Hey, this

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is something that we've been looking at.

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I think this could help us out with a lot of our investigations that we have going

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on, and certainly around some of the drive-by shootings that we

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had taking place."

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Ultimately, I brought a proposal to council back on October

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4th of 2025 regarding FLOCK cameras and looking at

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purchasing two cameras, two different locations in town, which are kind of like the

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thorough ways into our communities.

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Did a lot of research on it, trying to figure out the best areas that could help us

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I had conversations with the city manager, and with city finance trying to figure

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out the best way to

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cover expenses for these cameras.

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There was state aid funding that we had available,

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and that's ultimately what we used.

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The money did not come from taxpayers in the city of Montevideo.

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The state aid funding that we get through the state, and you have so much time to

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We thought that this would fit in that area

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with the state funding that we had.

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So it brought up the proposal as far as with the cameras.

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Now, that was listed when that was accepted for the purchase of the two

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cameras. It was under contract for three years through Flock.

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And the reason for the three years is I felt three years would give us enough time

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to see if these cameras benefit our community.

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I didn't want to sign a longer contract, seven years, 10-year contract with it.

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I felt three years was adequate

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for our community at that time.

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I did add, because after the approval for the

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cameras, I found out that one location didn't have a live view camera on

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Flock. So I added that camera, which that's where it jumped

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from the 18,000 to the 19,500. The money that was used for that was from our

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forfeiture funds. So again, that didn't come from, per se, taxpayer dollars.

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Forfeiture fund, how that works is, I'll give you an example.

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around town, and we go through the proper notices, and we end up towing them off,

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and nobody claims them, we sell them on auction.

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Those proceeds go into the forfeiture fund.

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So that's the money that was used to cover that extra camera that was put up.

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And the camera that was put up is just a live view camera on that.

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That was additional to the LPR, the license plate reader.

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I'm sorry, may I piggyback off of that?

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What is the difference? What information does that give you versus the

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LPR?

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The live view will capture video. So the license plate

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reader will capture images-

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... of vehicles and log in, and specifically, those camera's lenses zoom in if

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they're looking for license plates, so they can identify vehicles-

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... as it's going by. The live view is basically just a security camera-

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... that is capturing the traffic flow covering those intersections and the areas

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where those cameras are mounted.

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after the three years is up, you've already paid for the initial cameras?

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Will the long-term expense fall on taxpayers?

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So there's a couple different options, and that's something we look at

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when it gets closer to the three-year mark is

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weigh the benefits of it. Is it worth having these cameras?

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Are we getting the value? Are we getting the security and the benefits that we're

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hoping that we're going to get from it?

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then at that time, we get the option of pulling those cameras.

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If it is a benefit, then what I would certainly look at is grant writing.

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There are some different options out there,

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ultimately, that's something that we'd have to figure out.

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My next question is, are you aware of the misuse and abuse cases surrounding these

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cameras across the nation and our state?

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And how is your department handling these issues in a way that keeps our community

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safe from instances of abuse?

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Yes, absolutely. I am aware of different cases that have happened throughout the

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Some of the different safeguards that we put into place are, one,

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drafting department policy on the operations of the cameras.

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And some of the safeguards with that is

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each staff member that has access to the Flock camera system has a login.

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So if they're going to search for something, basically use that platform, they have

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to sign in. Everything is logged.

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So it would show me. If I signed in, if I was going to be looking for something, I

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would sign in. It's logged that I signed in.

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Everything I do within that platform is logged.

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If I search for a specific vehicle at a specific time, everything is logged.

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you would potentially, if you want to, you could get a full report on that.

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Also, our policy is drafted. There's been changes,

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anticipating there's going to be future changes with...

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Flock is a brand.

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Mm-hmm.

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The LPRs, there's different brands out there.

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So the license plate readers, the state

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is looking at this. There's going to be new case law on it.

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I've been trying to stay up to date with everything that's going on with that, and

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we get updates from the state on potential changes as far as

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the statutes under that. So with our policy, our policy reflects back to

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Minnesota Statute 13.824, Subdivision 5, Paragraph 6,

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which covers basically the do's and don'ts of license plate readers.

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What you can do, what you can search, when you can search, when you need a search

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warrant in order to search for specific things.

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If we're looking for a vehicle and it's under a criminal investigation, we have to

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have a search warrant in order to search for

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that vehicle and information on that vehicle.

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Minnesota statute. And then also, the 13.824 also covers under the

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biannual audit. So

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we're subject to being audited

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by the state and have to be able to produce a record showing everything that we've

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... within that system.

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How many and what types of crimes have these specific cameras helped you solve over

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the past year? I'm interested in knowing specific cases, if you're able to provide

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any.

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So specific cases, I can give you some specifics.

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Not necessarily names.

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That'd have to be covered under data requests.

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Understood. Mm-hmm.

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But certainly, what the camera's been able to, they've helped us with our

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investigation on some of these driveway shootings.

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Can't even get into some of the specifics because they're still pending cases.

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Okay.

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But

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the cameras have provided us with critical information that has been used in those

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investigations. It's also helped surrounding agencies on some

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serious level cases that they've worked on

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where individuals have been traveling between our community and their community.

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We've used it for,

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there was an incident where it was some suspicious activity, some items that were

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found in our community that an officer found that led into a welfare

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check searching for a suicidal individual.

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Those cameras played in because we found a vehicle off of the cameras, ended up

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helping another agency and a family get this person the help that they

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needed at the time.

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Can I ask a question about that?

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Sure.

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Does that make-

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Yeah.

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So how many, like you talk about

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crossing over and helping each other out, so how many different agency

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organizations have access to our Flock cameras?

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Sure.

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And how does that work?

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Yep, and that's actually on, I think, one of the questions.

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Oh, it is? Yeah. Sorry.

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Yep.

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That was on here.

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There's two agencies right now that have access, and that'd be Bloomer and Kaneohe

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by county. But like I've explained in different council meetings updates

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with the Flock system,

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how that works is they can't just go in and search for anything.

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So they log in, and they have permissions to be able to, on our system, they have

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to log in with a case number,

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and it'll show us what they pulled up.

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Okay. So that's just organized-

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Everything's recorded on the system.

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Yep.

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This is kind of redundant, but do you feel they have significantly helped the

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Montevideo Police Department do their job over the past years compared to previous

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years where we did not have them?

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We should run on the same one here.

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I'm on number four.

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Oh, yeah.

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Beating cases. Yes. Now,

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how often the system is used, not on a regular basis.

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The cameras are used when we got specific reasons

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to be searching for different things.

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Under certain criminal investigations that we've been working, yes.

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Long-term, we're a year into it. I think we're approaching a year

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mark with it. I would say yes, as far as worth.

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Now at three years, that's something we're going to have to evaluate.

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I'm not going to say that the

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cameras stopped certain illegal activity, but

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through the course of the different investigations with the drive-by shootings,

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we haven't had anything in over a year.

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Mm-hmm.

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Now,

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that didn't stop just because of the flock cameras.

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Yeah.

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But the flock cameras helped us in those investigations.

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That makes sense.

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And we've got individuals that have been sentenced and are most likely going to be

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sentenced to prison.

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Mm-hmm. So some of those cases have been solved since then?

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Yes.

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Okay. I don't really know if... My number five was what's

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the long-term goal of this contract and what's the expected long-term expense?

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We've kind of covered that. We don't actually know the answer yet.

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In a rural city with an extremely low crime rate per capita, do you have any

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specific data showing that flock cameras create statistically lower crime rates?

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There's been some different studies that have been put out there, but nothing's

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been

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really cited on that. As far as for us, I can give some examples of

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how the cameras have helped us in certain investigations that were, I'm not going

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to say the cases wouldn't have been solved, but

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by having the access to those cameras put us in the right direction,

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and definitely sped up those investigations.

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There could've been something down the road that a witness would come forward or

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something like that.

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But otherwise, that was the lead that got us in the right direction.

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Okay.

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One of these flock cameras near the intersection by Cuppa Joe appears to be an

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addition to four cameras on top of the stoplight that points in all directions.

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Would you feel justified having an additional surveillance in that area that

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already has it?

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Sure. I'm not sure. Did I email you

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on that?

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Uh-uh. I don't know.

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I thought I did.

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Anyways.

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Maybe I did, because I wanted to just have a discussion here.

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Those are not cameras. Those are EVP detectors,

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which is for emergency response vehicles, ambulances,

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fire trucks, police. What those do is they pick up-- It's a flashing

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light emitter on emergency vehicles.

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They flash at a certain rate, and they'll trip the sensors on the lights, so

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they change.

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Thank you.

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The traffic lights to green to allow emergency vehicles to go through.

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There's no cameras on those lights.

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Thank you.

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Yep.

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What resolutions do you foresee could satisfy the widespread public concerns at

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hand?

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As far as concern, I mean, just a part of it, is having discussions on this.

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And we've had numerous different discussions with the city council, prior to

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purchasing, giving updates on January 5th and

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August 17th of this year, updates on the flock cameras, and

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to try and be transparent with the city council on some of the concerns that were

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coming up with flock cameras.

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And we've had different discussions throughout the way.

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When we

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essentially signed the contract with flock cameras, got the cameras up literally

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within a month is when things started going up with flock.

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Mm-hmm.

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Once we had them installed, that's when we started having different discussions on

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this.

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And I've been doing my best as far as monitoring to see where things are going with

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it and to make sure that we are doing the right things, we're handling the data

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appropriately, and we've got safeguards for our agency as far as with

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the department policies on it. We're following the state statute on it.

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And I think I kind of touched on that.

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That's going to be evolving because there's different

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case laws that are going to

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potentially change some of that, and operations, and how we can utilize

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that technology.

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Sure.

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That's really all I had.

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I guess, to be honest,

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it's hard to explain all of my concerns

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here with my limited public speaking skills.

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Do you mind if I also give you one of these?

387
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Yeah, absolutely.

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These are just my honest thoughts.

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Yep.

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My honest concerns, and thank you for answering all these questions.

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I do feel like this was productive and helpful.

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I guess I'm honestly just concerned that while technology advances, who

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has access to these, and what are they capable of?

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We start with one harmless thing,

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and 50 years down the road, what does it become?

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And that's really what I've written about in

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the paperwork that I've handed you guys.

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And obviously, Ken has answered these questions well.

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I think his answers are comforting.

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But like I said, as technology continues to advance, will those answers stay the

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same?

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That's my main worry.

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And I think everybody here probably has concerns themselves, and it's

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something that we as a council, and Ken as the chief, being able

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to provide us and

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give us the proper information on how everything is being used and making sure that

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our department... I'm not going to speak for other departments because obviously

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you've seen in the news, and everybody's seen in the news that people are misusing

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them. But as far as our department goes and the policies we have set,

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I think everybody that sits here can say

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we trust our police department.

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And it's a touchy subject. Flock cameras are all over the

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news, and you hear about it every single day.

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But

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I trust that man right there in our department on making sure we're doing the right

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thing, and they've got the stuff in line.

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And I think the five of us that are sitting here, the elected officials that are

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sitting here, if something was to go wrong and the flock cameras need to go down,

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I can guarantee you probably got the votes to take them down.

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But right now, we feel because Ken has given us updates, he's given us regular

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updates, and he's very good at doing that,

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and who knows what's going to happen in three years when the contract is up?

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Ken may come and say, "You know what?

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They're not helping us much anymore."

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We don't know that until the time comes.

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And

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you're right, things are going to change. Other things are going to come around.

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There's going to be a lot of different things that are going to come through the

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security systems on everything. And I just think that as long as

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we're being informed, we're informing the public.

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You can go back, like Ken said, he's been here three times or two times now, and

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fill us in and helped us out because we've all had questions, too.

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Becky, can-- Yes.

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Oh, sorry.

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No

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Our police department to use our flock cameras, and if they did, would we be

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allowed to?

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I've had a discussion with

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the ICE agents that were working in our community, that were working in this area,

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and they never had access to our cameras.

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ICE and Department of Homeland Security have their own stuff.

442
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I think they asked for it.

443
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Yeah.

444
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All the agents that have worked in our community never asked to have access.

445
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Yep.

446
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Yes, Mark.

447
00:28:07,438 --> 00:28:11,457
Well, I apologize. I haven't got the best hearing, and I'm not hearing you people

448
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very well.

449
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Mark Garvey, 303 North Third Street. I'm an individual.

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It's another tool in our toolbox.

451
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I don't think you people think about it.

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When I worked part-time as a jailer dispatcher,

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nights when I was dispatching, I got the CD system up there, and every one of you

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that are here, I could look you up anytime I wanted to.

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But I can't. It's against the law. The only time I can enter anything in there and

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look up something is when a police officer or a sheriff's deputy or the courts ask

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me to look up information for them.

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It's the honesty of the people that are running the system.

459
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Exactly.

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We got fraud in this state. Does that bother anybody?

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It's honesty,

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and if you can't trust your police chief, then you better get a new police chief.

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Do you worry about when you're driving through Walmart parking lots?

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Who's monitoring there? What are those people that are sitting up there in the

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upper office doing with that recordings they're doing?

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Every Ring camera every house has got, what are they doing with that information?

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We've got to give our law enforcement as much help as we can because

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crime isn't getting any less. I can remember in the sheriff's department with the

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sheriff and a deputy sheriff, and when they were both busy, they gave the keys to

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an inmate to answer the phone.

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And that's a fact. He was a trustee.

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When he had the jail key, he could let the rest of the inmates out.

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But you got to give them every tool they can in their toolbox to combat crime

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because it isn't getting any less in this community.

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And then if you've got a couple officers on leave, you're shorthanded.

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Look at Minneapolis. It's getting to be a criminal city.

477
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And as long as a consent agenda,

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I wish you'd all drive in my alley behind me.

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That is a garbage pit.

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We got to clean up property in this community, and the way to do it, in the spring

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of the year, tour the community, make a list of who they are, and start sending

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letters.

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Don't take them on individual complaints, and it isn't a law enforcement job to do

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it.

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It's right here at city administration where it stops.

486
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But take a look. I took and killed all the weeds back there, but now you can see

487
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all the garbage. Please drive through there and look at the crap that's there.

488
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Yep.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

491
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Mark,

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I'll drive by your house tomorrow, but at our last council meeting, we did address

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and approve that we're going to start fining folks for having-

494
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Yep

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00:31:07,977 --> 00:31:11,158
... blighted properties because a letter just isn't working.

496
00:31:11,217 --> 00:31:12,027
Yeah. Appreciate that.

497
00:31:12,027 --> 00:31:15,297
So we're going to start getting financial fines for that.

498
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Appreciate that. Thank you.

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Changed everything last week or two weeks ago.

500
00:31:19,257 --> 00:31:19,287
Two weeks ago.

501
00:31:19,317 --> 00:31:20,908
Two weeks ago. Yeah. Thanks, Mark.

502
00:31:22,287 --> 00:31:26,757
I just have one more thing, and then I'll let you guys get to the rest of your

503
00:31:26,757 --> 00:31:27,117
agenda.

504
00:31:28,438 --> 00:31:32,757
I hear Mark, and I hear the rest of you say, "We trust Ken.

505
00:31:32,847 --> 00:31:37,227
We trust our police department." But I've never met Ken before, and neither has

506
00:31:37,257 --> 00:31:41,547
most of Monona video. So I can't just say I trust that what Ken's doing.

507
00:31:41,967 --> 00:31:43,167
I need you to just understand.

508
00:31:44,397 --> 00:31:46,977
It's not that easy for those of us who don't work with him.

509
00:31:49,047 --> 00:31:54,357
So what can we do to foster relationships amongst our community that we could trust

510
00:31:54,388 --> 00:31:56,277
our police department as a whole?

511
00:31:57,987 --> 00:32:02,037
I don't need an answer right now, but maybe that's part of our resolution

512
00:32:03,268 --> 00:32:04,857
is just fostering more of a-

513
00:32:06,658 --> 00:32:08,247
That's why we have the National Night Out.

514
00:32:09,837 --> 00:32:12,867
We have the National Night Out, and that's what it's there for.

515
00:32:13,377 --> 00:32:14,188
It's there to

516
00:32:15,627 --> 00:32:20,817
let our community interact with our police department and the emergency services we

517
00:32:20,877 --> 00:32:21,177
have.

518
00:32:27,237 --> 00:32:31,287
Could we do it more instead of just doing it that one night a week, that one night

519
00:32:31,317 --> 00:32:34,197
a year, instead of having just the National Night Out and do something?

520
00:32:35,007 --> 00:32:38,877
Obviously, we could probably do something like that, but that's why the National

521
00:32:38,938 --> 00:32:40,257
Night Out is there, is to

522
00:32:41,967 --> 00:32:47,188
interact with the police department and actually realize that that man in the blue

523
00:32:47,247 --> 00:32:48,268
that carries a gun

524
00:32:49,647 --> 00:32:51,717
is a human being. And

525
00:32:54,147 --> 00:32:58,317
that's one thing that we can say is-- And you're right. You don't know him.

526
00:32:59,247 --> 00:33:05,127
We've known him. I've known him since before he was even chief. And it's a trust.

527
00:33:05,847 --> 00:33:06,087
And

528
00:33:07,828 --> 00:33:08,997
as elected officials,

529
00:33:10,377 --> 00:33:16,107
we've got to also let the community know that you

530
00:33:16,167 --> 00:33:19,018
guys, everybody needs to trust our police department.

531
00:33:19,947 --> 00:33:22,797
It may not be the proper in what people think

532
00:33:24,477 --> 00:33:28,797
that they can't trust a policeman, but you can trust a police officer.

533
00:33:30,147 --> 00:33:34,167
If we could, then there wouldn't be these cases of misuse and abuse of flock

534
00:33:34,197 --> 00:33:35,757
cameras. We can't just say-

535
00:33:35,967 --> 00:33:37,557
I'm not talking for the rest. I'm not-

536
00:33:38,007 --> 00:33:40,227
What's the percentage of that if there's cops in America?

537
00:33:40,317 --> 00:33:42,777
What's the percentage of people that have been abusing it?

538
00:33:43,438 --> 00:33:44,638
I don't actually know the answer to that.

539
00:33:44,727 --> 00:33:44,908
I mean-

540
00:33:45,477 --> 00:33:46,737
But it still raises concerns.

541
00:33:46,797 --> 00:33:47,067
It does.

542
00:33:47,127 --> 00:33:48,927
You can't just say, "I trust him because-"

543
00:33:49,078 --> 00:33:52,107
Well, sure you can, but I mean, there's been probably 100 of them in the whole

544
00:33:52,167 --> 00:33:55,557
United States, and there's 300 million people. That's a pretty low percentage.

545
00:33:56,188 --> 00:33:56,696
I understand.

546
00:33:57,266 --> 00:33:57,477
You know?

547
00:33:58,737 --> 00:33:58,977
Does it-

548
00:33:59,427 --> 00:34:03,268
I think a great part of her concern, how you get the information out.

549
00:34:03,927 --> 00:34:06,597
Here in the next couple weeks, we're going to have a new newspaper in town.

550
00:34:06,987 --> 00:34:08,158
Very much so. Yes.

551
00:34:08,638 --> 00:34:11,607
And they are determined to get information out.

552
00:34:13,977 --> 00:34:19,138
And that, what's lacking a little bit a lot here, newspaper, and I'll add the radio

553
00:34:19,227 --> 00:34:19,917
station to it.

554
00:34:20,337 --> 00:34:20,487
Mm-hmm.

555
00:34:20,667 --> 00:34:24,207
We are not getting information out. I'm a subscriber.

556
00:34:25,018 --> 00:34:27,597
I guess I've just done it because I've done it for 900 years.

557
00:34:29,578 --> 00:34:33,597
But there's nothing in it, and that's what these investors are doing, and they're

558
00:34:34,347 --> 00:34:37,768
doing a new newspaper. The mayor is aware of it because he sits on the EDA with me,

559
00:34:37,797 --> 00:34:40,917
and so does Steve, and Gwen.

560
00:34:42,507 --> 00:34:46,797
And then when they get the newspaper, we got to support it and subscribe to it.

561
00:34:46,857 --> 00:34:46,947
Yeah.

562
00:34:49,167 --> 00:34:50,697
Because newspaper isn't cheap.

563
00:34:51,687 --> 00:34:56,127
And the past meetings are on our website

564
00:34:57,507 --> 00:35:00,387
for when Ken has approached us and given us updates.

565
00:35:01,047 --> 00:35:01,257
And

566
00:35:03,927 --> 00:35:09,567
Marv is completely right. We haven't had that ability of a

567
00:35:09,627 --> 00:35:10,527
newspaper to

568
00:35:12,327 --> 00:35:14,547
help us get the information out.

569
00:35:16,047 --> 00:35:18,777
Yeah, you can rely on social media and all this stuff, but

570
00:35:18,837 --> 00:35:24,717
I'd much rather sit and

571
00:35:24,777 --> 00:35:30,657
hold it than search it. That's me. I'm a technology

572
00:35:30,837 --> 00:35:31,227
idiot.

573
00:35:31,827 --> 00:35:35,937
Well, the reality is all the technology we have, we all have these sitting in front

574
00:35:35,967 --> 00:35:36,268
of us-

575
00:35:36,417 --> 00:35:36,507
Mm-hmm

576
00:35:36,507 --> 00:35:40,797
... that listen to us all day long. Most of our homes-- I live in the neighborhood

577
00:35:40,827 --> 00:35:44,277
that had the shootings. I don't know if I necessarily thought it was going to be

578
00:35:44,337 --> 00:35:48,387
flock cameras, but our neighborhood was terrified for a long time.

579
00:35:48,687 --> 00:35:51,087
We wouldn't play in our yards. We didn't want to sit on our deck.

580
00:35:51,627 --> 00:35:56,097
The drive-by shootings were two doors down from me, and it was terrifying to live

581
00:35:56,427 --> 00:36:01,887
in that. I think that at least knowing that our cops were doing something, which

582
00:36:01,917 --> 00:36:06,807
gave us a little bit of that peace of mind, even though there's still activity or

583
00:36:06,867 --> 00:36:09,927
those things, there was something that gave that peace of mind.

584
00:36:10,047 --> 00:36:12,087
But we all have cameras in our neighborhoods.

585
00:36:12,147 --> 00:36:16,047
You go to any street in town, you're probably being recorded.

586
00:36:16,587 --> 00:36:20,397
The thing is, is we're not all sitting and looking at the recordings all the time.

587
00:36:21,507 --> 00:36:25,587
I've had policemen show up to my house and say, "Do you have a recording on this

588
00:36:25,647 --> 00:36:30,387
day from this time?" Yeah, I do. But I don't just sit and look at my surveillance,

589
00:36:30,597 --> 00:36:33,597
same as the way the cops aren't doing that for the flock.

590
00:36:34,317 --> 00:36:35,757
And I think we just have to remember that.

591
00:36:35,787 --> 00:36:39,837
I mean, every store we go to, every street we walk down, everything, unfortunately,

592
00:36:39,957 --> 00:36:42,207
we are probably being watched in different ways.

593
00:36:42,387 --> 00:36:45,507
If we own a cell phone, we're being listened to. They can be hacked.

594
00:36:46,077 --> 00:36:48,867
Our Facebook accounts can all have those things, too.

595
00:36:49,947 --> 00:36:53,847
But I think it's just really trying to do your own due diligence on

596
00:36:56,415 --> 00:37:00,346
... what you're putting out there and how we're using those devices, and just

597
00:37:00,375 --> 00:37:05,745
trying to have a little bit of that trust and faith in some of those systems that

598
00:37:05,775 --> 00:37:11,116
we have. So I don't know where I stand on FLOC, but I know like I said, it does

599
00:37:11,175 --> 00:37:14,325
give me a little peace of mind being in that neighborhood that had the drive-by

600
00:37:14,385 --> 00:37:14,805
shootings.

601
00:37:18,195 --> 00:37:18,915
The only comment I have,

602
00:37:20,596 --> 00:37:23,985
Taylor, I've been doing this for two years, and I commend your courage because

603
00:37:24,015 --> 00:37:28,125
you're the first person in two years to come here, probably way outside of your

604
00:37:28,185 --> 00:37:28,875
comfort zone.

605
00:37:30,135 --> 00:37:34,726
So although we don't necessarily agree, but I appreciate you coming and voicing

606
00:37:34,785 --> 00:37:39,976
your concerns because just for everybody who's watching, keeping your concerns to

607
00:37:40,005 --> 00:37:41,385
yourself and not sharing them,

608
00:37:42,616 --> 00:37:47,055
how is anything going to change? So where will we be in three years or two years

609
00:37:47,145 --> 00:37:52,695
now? I don't know. Can't look that far forward, but I do appreciate you coming and

610
00:37:52,726 --> 00:37:57,375
planting the seed for all of us to think about 18 months from now when it's time to

611
00:37:58,275 --> 00:38:01,425
get rid of, change to a different one, or keep it.

612
00:38:01,995 --> 00:38:05,535
It should be determined, but I do appreciate you coming.

613
00:38:05,925 --> 00:38:09,346
I wish more folks would step up like you and come to council when they have a

614
00:38:09,405 --> 00:38:09,945
concern.

615
00:38:10,245 --> 00:38:10,455
Mm-hmm.

616
00:38:10,995 --> 00:38:13,875
So at least we're aware of it, and more just mad about it.

617
00:38:14,116 --> 00:38:16,665
Well, they didn't ask a question like you did, and you can ask him.

618
00:38:17,055 --> 00:38:19,515
They're like, "What's the deal?" Well, come and ask him.

619
00:38:20,325 --> 00:38:24,135
I'm sure you learned something today, whether it was good, bad, or otherwise-

620
00:38:24,135 --> 00:38:24,165
Yeah

621
00:38:24,165 --> 00:38:25,726
... what you wanted to hear or not wanted to hear.

622
00:38:26,505 --> 00:38:28,215
No, I think this was truly productive.

623
00:38:28,305 --> 00:38:28,815
Exactly.

624
00:38:28,965 --> 00:38:29,505
Yep, it was.

625
00:38:30,226 --> 00:38:30,855
On both sides.

626
00:38:31,185 --> 00:38:33,795
Yeah. I would still appreciate it if you would read my thoughts and take them into

627
00:38:33,885 --> 00:38:34,875
account.

628
00:38:34,935 --> 00:38:36,045
Most certainly will. I mean-

629
00:38:36,075 --> 00:38:39,195
I didn't expect you to agree with me. I just wanted to be heard.

630
00:38:39,495 --> 00:38:39,555
Yeah.

631
00:38:39,555 --> 00:38:41,205
To be clear, we can all agree or disagree.

632
00:38:41,625 --> 00:38:42,616
Like I said, I'm glad you came.

633
00:38:42,675 --> 00:38:42,765
Yeah.

634
00:38:42,885 --> 00:38:43,965
Yeah, and we appre-

635
00:38:44,205 --> 00:38:44,476
And I think we can do that

636
00:38:44,685 --> 00:38:49,245
... yeah, we appreciate it. And we've got the list here of the people that have

637
00:38:49,275 --> 00:38:55,125
signed the petition and stuff, which we'll go through, and your concerns

638
00:38:55,155 --> 00:38:56,025
that you've brought up,

639
00:38:57,255 --> 00:38:58,125
I'm glad you did it.

640
00:39:01,155 --> 00:39:06,226
If more people, instead of just sitting back and complaining on their couch, would

641
00:39:06,285 --> 00:39:09,735
come down here and talk to us, I think it would clear up a lot of different things

642
00:39:09,795 --> 00:39:13,096
in the community and in society itself.

643
00:39:13,726 --> 00:39:15,825
You did a very good job, and I'm proud of you.

644
00:39:16,125 --> 00:39:20,835
Very nice. And I think as the discussion's going on and I'm listening to everybody,

645
00:39:21,795 --> 00:39:27,525
I think everybody in this room has the same goal is the safety of our families, of

646
00:39:27,705 --> 00:39:30,315
our loved ones and friends, everybody.

647
00:39:31,245 --> 00:39:32,565
And I think that is the main goal

648
00:39:49,605 --> 00:39:49,605
of

649
00:39:49,605 --> 00:39:50,925
That's all you have?

650
00:39:51,285 --> 00:39:51,616
Thank you.

651
00:39:51,885 --> 00:39:54,735
Thank you very much. I'm going to go put my kids to bed.

652
00:39:55,905 --> 00:39:57,495
They're probably waiting for mom.

653
00:39:57,735 --> 00:39:57,945
Okay.

654
00:40:02,085 --> 00:40:03,885
Thanks, Marv, for speaking too.

655
00:40:04,905 --> 00:40:06,375
Yeah, and I missed "Wheel of Fortune."

656
00:40:06,585 --> 00:40:08,055
Oh, nuts.

657
00:40:09,825 --> 00:40:11,385
There's a rerun tonight anyway, Marv.

658
00:40:13,305 --> 00:40:14,835
With my memory, I wouldn't know that.

659
00:40:17,835 --> 00:40:19,995
Okay, let's move on to the consent agenda.

660
00:40:21,735 --> 00:40:27,105
5A, consider approval of verified claims, period ending September

661
00:40:27,195 --> 00:40:30,945
17th of 2026, with the new amount of

662
00:40:30,976 --> 00:40:35,385
$288,158.72.

663
00:40:37,785 --> 00:40:42,705
5B, consider application from Two Rivers Chapter Minnesota Deer Hunters Association

664
00:40:42,795 --> 00:40:46,395
for exemption from lawful gambling license requirement.

665
00:40:47,445 --> 00:40:53,235
And 5C, consider application for Trinity Lutheran

666
00:40:53,385 --> 00:40:59,205
Church of Montevideo for exemption from lawful gambling license

667
00:40:59,265 --> 00:41:00,255
requirement.

668
00:41:03,885 --> 00:41:05,116
I will make a motion to approve.

669
00:41:05,535 --> 00:41:06,645
A motion by Steve.

670
00:41:07,185 --> 00:41:07,726
I'll second.

671
00:41:08,445 --> 00:41:10,545
Second by Jared. All in favor?

672
00:41:11,175 --> 00:41:11,325
Aye.

673
00:41:11,385 --> 00:41:11,565
Aye.

674
00:41:12,255 --> 00:41:13,995
Approved. Motion approves.

675
00:41:15,675 --> 00:41:17,055
We'll go on to general business.

676
00:41:18,585 --> 00:41:23,685
Consider application submitted by Becky Daley of Java River Coffee Shop for the use

677
00:41:23,745 --> 00:41:29,265
of City Street for the Montevideo Meetup on Friday, October 2nd,

678
00:41:30,525 --> 00:41:33,495
2026 from 5:00 to 10:00 PM.

679
00:41:34,815 --> 00:41:38,205
If you guys would like, I can read through the descriptions and stuff like that,

680
00:41:38,295 --> 00:41:43,395
but I think that this is something that Becky has done the past few years, and

681
00:41:44,235 --> 00:41:46,425
Becky is here to address us if need be.

682
00:41:47,295 --> 00:41:48,616
Yeah, if you have any questions about that.

683
00:41:48,675 --> 00:41:54,165
We're adding something to the meetup this year that does require city approval, per

684
00:41:55,545 --> 00:41:55,846
Robert

685
00:41:58,635 --> 00:42:01,905
I guess. So first of all, do you guys have any questions about what the Money

686
00:42:01,935 --> 00:42:02,655
Meetup is?

687
00:42:02,805 --> 00:42:04,485
Just state your name and everything for the cameras.

688
00:42:04,575 --> 00:42:05,445
Oh, sorry.

689
00:42:06,045 --> 00:42:07,545
Because that's what they tell us to do every time.

690
00:42:07,935 --> 00:42:08,715
They're always such a pain in the a*s.

691
00:42:08,715 --> 00:42:09,405
Follow the rules.

692
00:42:09,525 --> 00:42:14,655
Yeah. My name is Rebecca Daley. I live at 900 William Avenue in Montevideo.

693
00:42:17,235 --> 00:42:21,555
So the Creatives, if you guys are aware of them, they are this organization in

694
00:42:21,585 --> 00:42:24,195
town. They're about two years old at this point.

695
00:42:26,325 --> 00:42:28,846
I am part of that. They just did the mural downtown.

696
00:42:29,835 --> 00:42:31,455
They were a big driving force behind that.

697
00:42:31,545 --> 00:42:36,255
So they've always obviously had a really active role in Money Meetups before by

698
00:42:36,285 --> 00:42:38,116
doing some kind of interactive art.

699
00:42:39,435 --> 00:42:39,976
This year,

700
00:42:41,925 --> 00:42:45,045
what we need permission for is we'd like to, and I don't know if you guys have ever

701
00:42:45,075 --> 00:42:49,846
seen... I had to look for it myself. There's been a lot of street painting.

702
00:42:50,505 --> 00:42:54,255
Granite does it a lot. Theirs is a little bit more permanent than what we're

703
00:42:54,315 --> 00:42:54,976
looking to do.

704
00:42:56,265 --> 00:43:02,235
So we're looking to just be able to in parking spaces, not all over the road, so

705
00:43:02,265 --> 00:43:03,735
it's crazy, but on Main Street-

706
00:43:03,765 --> 00:43:05,235
Like school does in their parking spots?

707
00:43:05,835 --> 00:43:09,585
Yes. Kind of. Yes. They're a little more long-term. Exactly.

708
00:43:09,705 --> 00:43:10,815
So- Yeah, kind of like that.

709
00:43:10,875 --> 00:43:12,555
If somebody wants to go have a look, they get the idea.

710
00:43:12,645 --> 00:43:17,655
Yeah. And this is the logo for the Montevideo Creatives.

711
00:43:18,765 --> 00:43:21,915
And so it'd be something very similar, like the circle, but not quite as

712
00:43:21,945 --> 00:43:26,505
embellished because that would be a huge waste of time to do all of that.

713
00:43:27,884 --> 00:43:31,275
Because we can freehand, or some people can freehand that.

714
00:43:31,335 --> 00:43:32,355
So it will still look good.

715
00:43:34,366 --> 00:43:39,735
The thoughts right now are tempera paints for the outline, and then people would

716
00:43:39,795 --> 00:43:44,895
just fill it in with chalk. So it wouldn't be a whole lot of paint on the street.

717
00:43:45,015 --> 00:43:47,505
And with tempera paint, it's still water-based.

718
00:43:47,625 --> 00:43:52,335
It will last depending on weather, anywhere from a week to two months, honestly.

719
00:43:52,455 --> 00:43:53,596
It's just really a-

720
00:43:53,596 --> 00:43:54,945
How many are you thinking to do at once?

721
00:43:56,265 --> 00:43:58,665
Six total, maybe, because we're going to basically have like-

722
00:43:58,695 --> 00:43:58,815
In street?

723
00:43:59,385 --> 00:43:59,535
Yeah.

724
00:43:59,925 --> 00:44:03,015
Are you looking on the street or in the parking stalls?

725
00:44:03,135 --> 00:44:06,525
Well, I'm thinking it more like in the parking, so it's not going, like I said, not

726
00:44:06,555 --> 00:44:09,165
going to interfere with anybody being confused-

727
00:44:09,735 --> 00:44:11,205
C-7 is not for a reason

728
00:44:11,205 --> 00:44:14,476
... on that center line. I don't know if you spend any time on Main Street, maybe

729
00:44:14,505 --> 00:44:18,135
it will help. I don't know. It's crazy down there.

730
00:44:18,375 --> 00:44:22,846
But yeah, so out of the way, not in the middle of the street, and we can just kind

731
00:44:22,875 --> 00:44:25,096
of cone them off the week before, so we can get the

732
00:44:26,445 --> 00:44:30,315
outline done. There's always an excess of them on the sidewalk chalk at the Money

733
00:44:30,375 --> 00:44:33,645
Meetup, so this is a great way to direct that.

734
00:44:35,295 --> 00:44:36,855
This is part of the meander, right?

735
00:44:37,395 --> 00:44:37,545
Mm-hmm.

736
00:44:37,605 --> 00:44:40,035
Do you need barricades to make sure nobody gets run over?

737
00:44:40,395 --> 00:44:42,765
Yes. I was going to ask you guys about that as well.

738
00:44:43,096 --> 00:44:48,135
Because Tess has always been more hands-on in this one in the past, so she's always

739
00:44:48,255 --> 00:44:50,745
shown up with barricades, and I just don't know where she gets them.

740
00:44:50,895 --> 00:44:55,185
I don't know if- I just got them for an event over there where I work, and I think

741
00:44:55,215 --> 00:44:58,575
they're like $5 a barricade, and you just have to contact...

742
00:45:00,435 --> 00:45:00,675
Ryan?

743
00:45:00,825 --> 00:45:02,355
Yep. Thank you. In Lake City.

744
00:45:02,415 --> 00:45:03,075
Oh, that works.

745
00:45:03,135 --> 00:45:06,255
Yep. Okay. Oh, okay, perfect. And they, did you just pick them up?

746
00:45:06,435 --> 00:45:08,445
Did you pick them up? He dropped them off. Dropped them off. Okay.

747
00:45:08,596 --> 00:45:09,855
Or somebody dropped them off.

748
00:45:09,885 --> 00:45:10,185
Easy for you.

749
00:45:10,245 --> 00:45:12,945
They appeared. Well, that's usually the thing.

750
00:45:13,005 --> 00:45:15,885
Like I don't even see them come and go. They just appear and disappear.

751
00:45:16,035 --> 00:45:18,616
So I can- And they usually come pick them up, too. Yeah.

752
00:45:18,765 --> 00:45:20,116
It is on your-

753
00:45:20,116 --> 00:45:20,205
That's great

754
00:45:20,265 --> 00:45:24,976
... on the application here, the staff comments that the area proposed to be used

755
00:45:25,005 --> 00:45:27,945
is the streets and sidewalks between Canyon and Nichols.

756
00:45:28,425 --> 00:45:29,955
The area will be barricaded.

757
00:45:30,255 --> 00:45:30,915
Mm-hmm. Yep.

758
00:45:31,515 --> 00:45:35,835
We will be providing barricades. The street barricades like we do for fiesta days

759
00:45:35,866 --> 00:45:35,925
and-

760
00:45:35,985 --> 00:45:40,065
Yep. Oh, cool. Yep. That'd be perfect, and like I said, it's not even that big.

761
00:45:40,335 --> 00:45:40,425
Yeah.

762
00:45:40,815 --> 00:45:42,525
I would just say coordinate with Ryan, though.

763
00:45:43,065 --> 00:45:43,275
Yeah.

764
00:45:43,995 --> 00:45:44,985
Or city staff. Just-

765
00:45:45,045 --> 00:45:45,616
Yeah, someone

766
00:45:45,616 --> 00:45:47,325
... coordinate with Robert when it comes closer.

767
00:45:47,385 --> 00:45:48,885
Yep. We'll make sure that we get them.

768
00:45:49,335 --> 00:45:52,875
It's temporary paint back in meander. I don't see an issue.

769
00:45:52,995 --> 00:45:56,955
I don't know what everybody else says, but like I said, it's tempera paint and

770
00:45:56,985 --> 00:45:57,495
chalk.

771
00:45:57,585 --> 00:45:58,515
Yeah. It's not-

772
00:45:58,545 --> 00:46:00,075
It's a good idea. Are you involved?

773
00:46:00,285 --> 00:46:02,895
No, as maybe it's going to turn into the Sahara here, and it's going to be like

774
00:46:03,075 --> 00:46:07,065
permanently imprinted or something crazy becauseWe've lacked some training, but

775
00:46:07,125 --> 00:46:09,075
yeah, I think it'd be cool.

776
00:46:09,495 --> 00:46:14,985
I know years ago they were talking about doing chalk art during the meander on the

777
00:46:15,045 --> 00:46:15,675
sidewalks.

778
00:46:15,885 --> 00:46:16,065
Mm.

779
00:46:16,366 --> 00:46:16,755
Before.

780
00:46:17,895 --> 00:46:18,074
Yeah.

781
00:46:18,165 --> 00:46:19,245
Everybody gets a square.

782
00:46:19,815 --> 00:46:20,175
Mm-hmm. Yep.

783
00:46:20,505 --> 00:46:21,976
Do your own little chalk thing.

784
00:46:22,035 --> 00:46:22,665
Oh, for sure.

785
00:46:24,015 --> 00:46:26,685
But yeah, I have no problem with it. I don't know.

786
00:46:27,645 --> 00:46:30,045
I think it's fine. Okay, cool.

787
00:46:30,616 --> 00:46:34,455
So circle your parking lots. Go ahead.

788
00:46:34,965 --> 00:46:39,525
Thank you. With great pleasure, I will circle them. Thank you.

789
00:46:40,155 --> 00:46:41,025
All right. Do we have a-

790
00:46:41,325 --> 00:46:42,346
I'll make a motion to approve.

791
00:46:42,495 --> 00:46:43,125
I'll second it.

792
00:46:43,395 --> 00:46:46,875
Got a motion by Jared and second by Gwen. All in favor?

793
00:46:47,355 --> 00:46:47,505
Aye.

794
00:46:47,565 --> 00:46:47,775
Aye. Aye.

795
00:46:48,405 --> 00:46:50,325
Opposed? Thanks, Becky.

796
00:46:50,866 --> 00:46:51,135
Thank you.

797
00:46:55,545 --> 00:47:01,065
7B, consider resolution establishing the preliminary 2027 tax

798
00:47:01,185 --> 00:47:01,575
levy.

799
00:47:03,285 --> 00:47:06,616
Minnesota State statute requires the city to adopt a preliminary

800
00:47:06,976 --> 00:47:12,465
2027 tax levy and certify the levy to the county

801
00:47:12,585 --> 00:47:15,675
auditor by September 30th of 2026.

802
00:47:16,605 --> 00:47:22,455
The preliminary 2027 levy is not necessarily the

803
00:47:22,515 --> 00:47:25,846
levy which will be proposed as a final levy in December.

804
00:47:26,325 --> 00:47:29,955
Under certain circumstances, the levy may be increased.

805
00:47:31,096 --> 00:47:36,735
Comment by staff, preliminary levy has been incorporated into the preliminary

806
00:47:36,765 --> 00:47:41,235
budget. Overall levy increase is 9.48%.

807
00:47:42,105 --> 00:47:47,925
Recommended approval. Other options is to increase or lower the levy and

808
00:47:47,955 --> 00:47:52,035
direct staff as to corresponding budget changes.

809
00:47:54,255 --> 00:47:59,775
Legal issue, preliminary levy must be certified to the county by

810
00:48:00,405 --> 00:48:03,765
September 30th of 2026.

811
00:48:05,866 --> 00:48:06,765
And if you guys remember,

812
00:48:08,175 --> 00:48:12,165
during our budget discussions, we set kind of a limit-

813
00:48:12,465 --> 00:48:12,645
Yep

814
00:48:12,645 --> 00:48:18,495
... on what we, as far as the height, as far as the budget or levy could

815
00:48:18,585 --> 00:48:19,065
go, and

816
00:48:20,355 --> 00:48:26,235
I think Jill did a job. They did a job by even going lower than

817
00:48:26,265 --> 00:48:28,425
what we had hoped.

818
00:48:30,405 --> 00:48:32,775
Well, the general fund levy is at 15%.

819
00:48:33,255 --> 00:48:35,985
You guys said 15, but you might get around 13.

820
00:48:36,315 --> 00:48:36,465
Mm-hmm.

821
00:48:36,795 --> 00:48:38,385
So yeah, we can go forward.

822
00:48:39,135 --> 00:48:39,346
Okay.

823
00:48:39,915 --> 00:48:42,616
And then not getting in negotiation for insurance.

824
00:48:42,705 --> 00:48:43,245
Insurance.

825
00:48:43,515 --> 00:48:43,815
Yes.

826
00:48:44,325 --> 00:48:44,655
Mm-hmm.

827
00:48:51,945 --> 00:48:53,055
I will offer the resolution.

828
00:48:54,105 --> 00:48:55,545
Resolution offered by Steve.

829
00:48:56,355 --> 00:48:56,625
I'll second.

830
00:48:56,625 --> 00:49:00,795
Second by Bev. It is a resolution requiring four votes. Gwen?

831
00:49:00,945 --> 00:49:01,096
Aye.

832
00:49:03,945 --> 00:49:04,305
Jared?

833
00:49:04,605 --> 00:49:04,785
Aye.

834
00:49:06,375 --> 00:49:06,705
Bev?

835
00:49:06,915 --> 00:49:07,215
Aye.

836
00:49:07,335 --> 00:49:07,726
Steve?

837
00:49:07,875 --> 00:49:08,235
Aye.

838
00:49:08,265 --> 00:49:11,715
And I. Resolution is carries.

839
00:49:12,285 --> 00:49:12,915
It's still me.

840
00:49:14,295 --> 00:49:19,215
You think so? Consider resolution approving preliminary

841
00:49:19,395 --> 00:49:25,275
2027 budget. The charter for the City of Montevideo requires

842
00:49:25,366 --> 00:49:29,596
that the budget shall be the principal item of business at the first regular

843
00:49:29,655 --> 00:49:32,775
monthly meeting of council in September.

844
00:49:33,045 --> 00:49:38,955
The council shall hold adjourned meetings from time to time until all estimates

845
00:49:39,015 --> 00:49:43,485
have been considered, chapter 7.06.

846
00:49:43,695 --> 00:49:48,945
In addition, the state legislation requires the adoption of a preliminary levy and

847
00:49:49,005 --> 00:49:51,226
preliminary budget by September 30th.

848
00:49:53,565 --> 00:49:59,085
Comments by staff, recommendations from the work sessions of August 3rd and August

849
00:49:59,175 --> 00:50:01,695
10th have been incorporated into the preliminary budget.

850
00:50:02,175 --> 00:50:06,885
A discussion of the preliminary budget has been held on September 8th at the city

851
00:50:06,945 --> 00:50:10,785
council meeting, as the resolution requires four votes.

852
00:50:29,085 --> 00:50:30,525
I'll make a motion to approve the budget.

853
00:50:32,055 --> 00:50:33,555
To offer the resolution?

854
00:50:33,616 --> 00:50:33,765
Yep.

855
00:50:33,976 --> 00:50:36,825
Okay. We got a motion by Jared.

856
00:50:36,825 --> 00:50:36,825
I'll second.

857
00:50:37,846 --> 00:50:41,325
Second by Bev. This is a resolution requiring four votes. Bev?

858
00:50:41,835 --> 00:50:41,985
Aye.

859
00:50:42,346 --> 00:50:42,675
Steve?

860
00:50:42,855 --> 00:50:43,065
Aye.

861
00:50:44,235 --> 00:50:44,596
Jared?

862
00:50:44,835 --> 00:50:45,015
Aye.

863
00:50:45,645 --> 00:50:45,885
Gwen?

864
00:50:46,275 --> 00:50:46,515
Aye.

865
00:50:46,905 --> 00:50:48,795
And I. Resolution carries.

866
00:50:50,685 --> 00:50:56,535
Consider resolution approving the EDA tax levy for 2027.

867
00:50:57,585 --> 00:51:02,055
The city has the authority to levy a tax for the use by the EDA.

868
00:51:02,955 --> 00:51:08,685
This was approved by the city in 2026, and the EDA is requesting it again for

869
00:51:08,835 --> 00:51:14,476
2027. The tax is based on the maximum of

870
00:51:14,925 --> 00:51:20,476
0.01813 of the market value of the city,

871
00:51:21,135 --> 00:51:26,266
which was $68,800 for the taxes

872
00:51:26,925 --> 00:51:28,875
payable in 2026.

873
00:51:31,155 --> 00:51:37,125
Staff comment, the City of Montevideo final market value for tax payable in 2027

874
00:51:37,155 --> 00:51:39,226
has not been calculated at this time.

875
00:51:39,615 --> 00:51:43,665
The resolution states the percentage which will be used.

876
00:51:44,025 --> 00:51:49,395
The levy for 2027 is estimated at this time and will be

877
00:51:49,485 --> 00:51:53,655
adjusted to the actual when the final market value is calculated,

878
00:51:56,625 --> 00:51:58,815
and attaches the approved resolution.

879
00:52:03,045 --> 00:52:04,635
And this tax is

880
00:52:06,165 --> 00:52:10,485
essential for the EDA to do their business. Operate.

881
00:52:12,826 --> 00:52:14,266
I'll offer the resolution.

882
00:52:15,135 --> 00:52:17,085
So we've got resolution offered by Steve.

883
00:52:17,356 --> 00:52:17,895
I'll second.

884
00:52:18,226 --> 00:52:22,305
Second by Gwen, and this is a resolution requiring four votes. Bev?

885
00:52:22,665 --> 00:52:22,785
Aye.

886
00:52:23,295 --> 00:52:23,655
Steve?

887
00:52:23,865 --> 00:52:24,106
Aye.

888
00:52:24,465 --> 00:52:24,856
Jared?

889
00:52:25,125 --> 00:52:25,305
Aye.

890
00:52:25,726 --> 00:52:26,055
Gwen?

891
00:52:26,385 --> 00:52:26,535
Aye.

892
00:52:26,715 --> 00:52:28,485
And I. Resolution carries.

893
00:52:31,334 --> 00:52:36,915
7E, consider selection of date for the city

894
00:52:37,064 --> 00:52:42,465
public comment meeting to discuss the 2027 budget and levy.

895
00:52:43,335 --> 00:52:48,915
The city must announce information about public comment meeting at which the

896
00:52:48,976 --> 00:52:53,295
council will be discussing the 2027 budget and levy.

897
00:52:54,285 --> 00:52:59,745
This is a meeting information must also be given to the Chippewa County,

898
00:53:01,245 --> 00:53:04,545
so it can include the parcel-specific notices.

899
00:53:05,356 --> 00:53:11,295
The meeting must be held between November 25th and December 28th, 2026, and it must

900
00:53:11,326 --> 00:53:17,295
be held at 6:00 PM or later. Recommendation by staff,

901
00:53:17,356 --> 00:53:19,815
staff recommends that the public comment

902
00:53:21,585 --> 00:53:27,165
meeting be held on December 6th or December 7th, 2026 at

903
00:53:27,585 --> 00:53:27,615
7:00.

904
00:53:29,115 --> 00:53:34,215
We could choose another date between November 25th and December 28th, but that's

905
00:53:34,245 --> 00:53:35,205
the one that they have

906
00:53:36,766 --> 00:53:37,455
picked for us.

907
00:53:38,715 --> 00:53:39,465
And I believe-

908
00:53:39,766 --> 00:53:40,576
That's a city council meeting, right?

909
00:53:40,635 --> 00:53:44,985
That's a city council meeting at 7:00. So we'd be here at 6:00.

910
00:53:45,135 --> 00:53:45,435
We're here later.

911
00:53:45,525 --> 00:53:45,675
Yeah.

912
00:53:49,065 --> 00:53:52,035
It'll be at 7:00, so it's the same as the council meeting.

913
00:53:52,125 --> 00:53:53,565
Mm-hmm. Yeah. That works.

914
00:53:54,795 --> 00:53:55,245
Sounds good.

915
00:53:55,455 --> 00:53:56,145
We're already going to be here.

916
00:53:56,715 --> 00:53:56,895
Yeah.

917
00:53:57,405 --> 00:53:57,705
So are you?

918
00:53:58,155 --> 00:53:59,145
Yep. I had a good feeling.

919
00:54:01,125 --> 00:54:02,025
You need this as a motion?

920
00:54:02,145 --> 00:54:02,235
Mm-hmm.

921
00:54:02,685 --> 00:54:04,365
Okay. You want to make that motion?

922
00:54:05,085 --> 00:54:05,775
I'll make the motion.

923
00:54:06,705 --> 00:54:07,785
We have a motion by Jared.

924
00:54:09,076 --> 00:54:09,135
I'll second.

925
00:54:09,135 --> 00:54:10,065
Second by Bev.

926
00:54:11,565 --> 00:54:12,195
All in favor?

927
00:54:12,705 --> 00:54:12,705
Aye.

928
00:54:12,766 --> 00:54:13,155
Aye. Aye.

929
00:54:14,356 --> 00:54:15,195
Motion carries.

930
00:54:17,266 --> 00:54:22,875
Consider resolution designating election judges for the 2026 general election.

931
00:54:24,195 --> 00:54:28,726
Election judges need to be appointed for the general election on November 3rd,

932
00:54:28,995 --> 00:54:34,905
2026. The resolution has been prepared which names election judges and

933
00:54:34,995 --> 00:54:36,045
alternate judges.

934
00:54:37,395 --> 00:54:43,335
By previous resolution, the council approved the tack as the polling site for the

935
00:54:43,485 --> 00:54:47,596
2026 for both Montevideo precincts.

936
00:54:49,455 --> 00:54:53,505
Designate, and it's got your list of all the different judges and stuff like that.

937
00:55:02,476 --> 00:55:03,495
I can enter the vote.

938
00:55:04,846 --> 00:55:05,205
For the resolution.

939
00:55:05,235 --> 00:55:06,285
We got a resolution-

940
00:55:06,346 --> 00:55:07,035
Resolution

941
00:55:07,065 --> 00:55:08,715
... yeah, motioned by Bev.

942
00:55:08,895 --> 00:55:09,405
I'll second.

943
00:55:09,766 --> 00:55:13,846
Second by Gwen. This is a resolution requiring four votes. Gwen?

944
00:55:14,055 --> 00:55:14,205
Aye.

945
00:55:14,505 --> 00:55:14,865
Jared?

946
00:55:15,106 --> 00:55:15,255
Aye.

947
00:55:15,645 --> 00:55:16,035
Steve?

948
00:55:16,245 --> 00:55:16,665
Aye.

949
00:55:16,695 --> 00:55:17,055
Bev?

950
00:55:17,235 --> 00:55:17,535
Aye.

951
00:55:17,565 --> 00:55:19,485
And I. Resolution carries.

952
00:55:21,180 --> 00:55:26,340
Consider a resolution accepting gifts and grants from various organizations and

953
00:55:26,400 --> 00:55:32,310
individuals. Donations and/or grants have been received from various

954
00:55:32,370 --> 00:55:35,910
organizations and individual, which may be formally accepted by the city.

955
00:55:36,601 --> 00:55:41,851
According to Minnesota State Statute 465.03,

956
00:55:42,420 --> 00:55:47,400
gifts from municipalities, the city must accept all donations, grants by

957
00:55:47,460 --> 00:55:51,090
resolution, adopting by two-thirds majority vote by the members.

958
00:55:51,180 --> 00:55:57,060
Resolution is attached on the donations, and it's Montevideo Family Dentistry

959
00:55:57,120 --> 00:55:59,070
for the splash pad of $200.

960
00:56:01,830 --> 00:56:02,760
I'll offer resolution.

961
00:56:03,630 --> 00:56:08,940
Offered by Steve. Second by Bev. This is a resolution requiring four votes.

962
00:56:11,851 --> 00:56:12,180
Gwen.

963
00:56:12,540 --> 00:56:12,721
Aye.

964
00:56:13,050 --> 00:56:13,380
Jared.

965
00:56:13,620 --> 00:56:13,770
Aye.

966
00:56:14,490 --> 00:56:14,790
Bev.

967
00:56:15,030 --> 00:56:15,210
Aye.

968
00:56:15,391 --> 00:56:15,780
Steve.

969
00:56:15,930 --> 00:56:16,020
Aye.

970
00:56:16,231 --> 00:56:18,060
And aye, resolution carries.

971
00:56:19,620 --> 00:56:20,910
And

972
00:56:22,891 --> 00:56:26,400
we have no ordinances. That is the end of our general business.

973
00:56:26,460 --> 00:56:27,510
We have no ordinances.

974
00:56:30,090 --> 00:56:33,120
Boards and commission updates. Anybody?

975
00:56:33,270 --> 00:56:34,891
I'll talk about the EDA little bit.

976
00:56:35,430 --> 00:56:40,440
Marv kind of talked to us about the newspaper that is coming up.

977
00:56:41,310 --> 00:56:43,050
We discussed that at the EDA meeting.

978
00:56:43,110 --> 00:56:46,260
They're hoping to be up and running, what did he say, October 1st?

979
00:56:47,250 --> 00:56:47,340
Yeah.

980
00:56:47,910 --> 00:56:52,170
It's kind of the initial plan. And so like Marv said, try to support our local

981
00:56:52,231 --> 00:56:56,731
paper as they get that up and running. Seven different investors coming together.

982
00:56:57,149 --> 00:56:58,380
Are they going to print it in Montevideo?

983
00:56:58,560 --> 00:57:00,391
I don't know if it'll be printed in Montevideo.

984
00:57:00,630 --> 00:57:02,221
It's in Minnesota, but it's not in Montevideo.

985
00:57:02,280 --> 00:57:07,710
Yeah. But it sounds like they're really trying hard to have reporters going to

986
00:57:07,770 --> 00:57:11,520
events, things like city council meetings, bringing it back to local, sports, those

987
00:57:11,550 --> 00:57:16,860
things. And it'll be a regular paper, not like a brochure-type

988
00:57:18,060 --> 00:57:23,430
booklet like how it has been. But watch for that information and help support local

989
00:57:23,460 --> 00:57:25,050
when you can.

990
00:57:27,000 --> 00:57:28,380
Mm-hmm. Yeah, it's really exciting.

991
00:57:28,680 --> 00:57:28,830
And

992
00:57:31,320 --> 00:57:33,090
to Beast, Kyle.

993
00:57:33,750 --> 00:57:33,930
Oh.

994
00:57:34,201 --> 00:57:36,420
Thank you. I kept wanting to say Kevin, and I know it wasn't right.

995
00:57:36,780 --> 00:57:41,221
He is just jazzed up and ready to go, and it was just so fun to see his enthusiasm

996
00:57:41,430 --> 00:57:41,760
and

997
00:57:43,141 --> 00:57:46,050
just to get this up and running and to get these things in.

998
00:57:46,590 --> 00:57:50,490
He seems very driven, along with the other group of people, so it'll be exciting to

999
00:57:50,550 --> 00:57:50,670
see.

1000
00:57:51,420 --> 00:57:53,701
That's excellent news for the city.

1001
00:57:54,420 --> 00:57:55,170
Yeah, it really is.

1002
00:57:55,201 --> 00:57:56,731
I think everybody's looking forward to it.

1003
00:57:58,080 --> 00:57:59,010
Anybody else?

1004
00:58:00,000 --> 00:58:01,351
I don't have anything right now.

1005
00:58:01,710 --> 00:58:02,310
Airport

1006
00:58:03,780 --> 00:58:09,391
is the 20-something, I can't remember, but sometime in September here

1007
00:58:09,870 --> 00:58:10,290
at the end.

1008
00:58:11,851 --> 00:58:17,160
For those that said on the CCM Health, they do have a couple announcements.

1009
00:58:17,221 --> 00:58:20,490
Are we able to say these? Are they public yet?

1010
00:58:22,590 --> 00:58:22,710
Wait.

1011
00:58:22,770 --> 00:58:23,340
I think they are.

1012
00:58:23,430 --> 00:58:24,780
I think they are. They said on Facebook.

1013
00:58:24,840 --> 00:58:25,680
Yeah, I think they're public.

1014
00:58:25,770 --> 00:58:28,320
Go ahead and say it. We already said it. Not saying it's something beyond.

1015
00:58:28,620 --> 00:58:34,500
Yeah. But CCM Health was officially named number eight best place to work

1016
00:58:34,590 --> 00:58:39,270
in healthcare in the nation by the Modern Healthcare.

1017
00:58:39,900 --> 00:58:42,150
That's the highest rating we've gotten yet.

1018
00:58:42,481 --> 00:58:43,440
We were ninth last year.

1019
00:58:43,650 --> 00:58:44,731
Yeah, we were ninth last year.

1020
00:58:46,080 --> 00:58:51,090
Also, we were number one in the healthiest place to work in healthcare

1021
00:58:51,960 --> 00:58:57,690
among providers and insurers, and we were number two best place to

1022
00:58:57,750 --> 00:59:02,460
work in the nation in the medium-sized employees category.

1023
00:59:02,580 --> 00:59:05,370
So that kind of sums up on

1024
00:59:06,750 --> 00:59:10,141
the hospital board meeting. We didn't have this

1025
00:59:11,610 --> 00:59:12,750
month because they were at

1026
00:59:14,010 --> 00:59:19,680
this awards ceremony, which I think speaks very highly for our hospital and

1027
00:59:19,770 --> 00:59:21,090
clinic that we have here in town.

1028
00:59:24,540 --> 00:59:26,040
Anything else? Nothing from anybody?

1029
00:59:26,280 --> 00:59:27,090
All right, we'll go around the-

1030
00:59:27,810 --> 00:59:31,351
I was just going to say, the last two Saturdays I joined the Chippewa County

1031
00:59:31,410 --> 00:59:36,601
Historical Board. And so I mentioned that they were having a horse draw, which

1032
00:59:36,630 --> 00:59:40,050
turned out really, really well. It was a beautiful day. A lot of people came out.

1033
00:59:40,141 --> 00:59:40,320
Good.

1034
00:59:40,380 --> 00:59:44,820
It was a little lower than the year before, but it was just my first week into it.

1035
00:59:45,930 --> 00:59:49,951
Last Saturday, they had the barn dance, the first year that they tried the barn

1036
00:59:50,010 --> 00:59:53,880
dance. Weather did not cooperate, you guys, on Friday. They said Saturday.

1037
00:59:53,880 --> 00:59:56,641
It was Friday night, and it was that rainy, yucky night.

1038
00:59:56,971 --> 00:59:58,500
More like a Halloween scary night.

1039
00:59:58,530 --> 00:59:58,740
Mm-hmm.

1040
00:59:59,610 --> 01:00:05,101
But they had a pretty low crowd that came. However, it didn't scare us out.

1041
01:00:05,340 --> 01:00:06,750
We're going to try again next year.

1042
01:00:07,710 --> 01:00:10,650
Good. And we'll go around the table.

1043
01:00:11,280 --> 01:00:13,830
Mike, are you done playing Tic-Tac-Toe or whatever you're doing over there?

1044
01:00:14,070 --> 01:00:14,851
Yeah, pretty much.

1045
01:00:15,060 --> 01:00:16,560
All right. You got anything for us?

1046
01:00:16,920 --> 01:00:19,170
Probably not much of an update for you guys.

1047
01:00:19,201 --> 01:00:21,900
I'm sure you've been around or have seen most of the improvements

1048
01:00:22,710 --> 01:00:25,560
construction-wise. Paving has been done up on William Avenue.

1049
01:00:26,370 --> 01:00:30,660
There is still a little bit of concrete work to finish up on the corners, and that

1050
01:00:30,690 --> 01:00:35,160
is planned to be done when they come to finish once 13th is at that point.

1051
01:00:36,330 --> 01:00:42,210
On 13th Street, they did wrap up the main utilities, I believe

1052
01:00:42,240 --> 01:00:46,710
this morning, with water main, and so the next phase would be to reconnect all the

1053
01:00:46,740 --> 01:00:48,420
services. And so that'll take up

1054
01:00:50,010 --> 01:00:53,010
probably better part of this week, especially if the weather continues to kind of

1055
01:00:53,040 --> 01:00:54,481
play a factor. So

1056
01:00:55,891 --> 01:00:58,351
not complicated work, just kind of tedious, takes some time.

1057
01:00:59,190 --> 01:01:02,550
So I'd say over the next couple of weeks, we'll be finishing the services and then

1058
01:01:02,731 --> 01:01:07,050
the street sub cut and hauling new gravel, hopefully sometime next week.

1059
01:01:07,141 --> 01:01:12,300
So moving along, I would anticipate concrete hopefully the beginning part of

1060
01:01:12,360 --> 01:01:15,780
October for 13th and the finish on up on William.

1061
01:01:15,870 --> 01:01:21,690
So trudging ahead there. Ashmore Trail, that

1062
01:01:21,810 --> 01:01:24,721
project is also kind of getting close to the end.

1063
01:01:25,290 --> 01:01:29,550
I would say the bulk of it is complete. All the paving has been done.

1064
01:01:30,030 --> 01:01:33,150
The concrete pedestrian ramps were completed as well last week.

1065
01:01:33,660 --> 01:01:37,830
So now there's just at the pedestrian ramps on a few of them, there's a little

1066
01:01:38,670 --> 01:01:41,580
hole, if you will, right before that in the street section that needs to be patched

1067
01:01:41,641 --> 01:01:46,141
with bituminous. So outside of that, if you're able to get on the trail, I would

1068
01:01:46,170 --> 01:01:49,471
say it's certainly open for use. If you're able and want to navigate it, go ahead

1069
01:01:49,500 --> 01:01:49,859
and use it.

1070
01:01:51,150 --> 01:01:53,731
You'll notice if at some point what's left is to bring

1071
01:01:55,141 --> 01:01:58,351
a shouldering back up, if you will, of the dirt and get all that cleaned up.

1072
01:01:58,410 --> 01:02:02,610
So I don't have a specific date on that yet, but if you see people working around

1073
01:02:02,641 --> 01:02:06,330
it, give them some room. But if there's nobody out there, feel free to walk on it

1074
01:02:06,391 --> 01:02:08,971
or ride a bike if you're able to and interested.

1075
01:02:11,310 --> 01:02:13,141
Kind of same true as the ped crossing.

1076
01:02:13,231 --> 01:02:18,510
So our Ashmore Trail kind of bleeds into that or transitions to the ped crossing.

1077
01:02:19,141 --> 01:02:22,141
That project as well has kind of gotten to a point of a standstill.

1078
01:02:22,471 --> 01:02:26,610
Most of the work is done, but what's missing is the important part, the crossing

1079
01:02:26,641 --> 01:02:31,380
lights, if you will. And unfortunately, they're having some logistical issues with

1080
01:02:31,530 --> 01:02:36,360
the material. The steel isn't slated to be delivered till the beginning of November

1081
01:02:36,900 --> 01:02:38,130
first week is what we're being told.

1082
01:02:38,340 --> 01:02:38,520
So

1083
01:02:39,930 --> 01:02:41,940
that installation process goes pretty quickly.

1084
01:02:41,971 --> 01:02:45,510
It's a matter of them hanging them up there and hooking up the electrical.

1085
01:02:45,601 --> 01:02:48,451
So I think that once it does come, it should go up fairly quickly.

1086
01:02:49,500 --> 01:02:51,270
The crosswalk striping has been painted.

1087
01:02:52,201 --> 01:02:57,210
So if you are out there, please utilize it as you would've normally.

1088
01:02:57,660 --> 01:02:59,070
Use caution, pay attention.

1089
01:03:00,570 --> 01:03:03,840
I was talking with Jeremy, the county engineer, and we do plan to try to publish

1090
01:03:03,870 --> 01:03:08,190
some sort of information of kind of how to and how we use those things.

1091
01:03:08,701 --> 01:03:11,250
We just want to make people to know just because there's a light there, just like

1092
01:03:11,280 --> 01:03:14,221
crossing anywhere else, doesn't mean that people are automatically going to stop.

1093
01:03:14,460 --> 01:03:18,391
So like now, if it looks open, go ahead and use it.

1094
01:03:18,451 --> 01:03:21,990
The concrete's in the bituminous, or you're able to be on there.

1095
01:03:22,110 --> 01:03:24,780
Just like always, be attentive to the traffic.

1096
01:03:25,170 --> 01:03:28,260
But by all means, get out there while the weather's still decent for this fall.

1097
01:03:28,380 --> 01:03:28,530
So

1098
01:03:29,910 --> 01:03:31,320
that's pretty much it for right now.

1099
01:03:31,680 --> 01:03:35,101
When do they plan on doing the bituminous around the entrances?

1100
01:03:35,790 --> 01:03:39,000
Is that something that we're going to wait until they do 13th Street or?

1101
01:03:39,481 --> 01:03:44,130
They're not connected so much. Dunnic is the prime contractor on the Ashmore Trail.

1102
01:03:45,210 --> 01:03:45,330
And

1103
01:03:47,190 --> 01:03:49,530
if I could predict their schedule, I wouldn't be sitting here.

1104
01:03:49,620 --> 01:03:50,910
I'd be doing something else because I'd...

1105
01:03:51,451 --> 01:03:52,141
Yeah, good point.

1106
01:03:52,951 --> 01:03:56,520
So I'm not 100% sure. I don't know that we would have to wait till that's done

1107
01:03:56,580 --> 01:04:00,780
because that paving on 13th won't happen till, I would say, the middle towards the

1108
01:04:00,810 --> 01:04:05,310
end of October. I'm hoping they're able to get up here and there's a possibility it

1109
01:04:05,340 --> 01:04:09,601
does take a little bit, but I'm hoping they're here sooner than later to fill

1110
01:04:09,630 --> 01:04:09,690
those-

1111
01:04:09,750 --> 01:04:09,960
All right

1112
01:04:10,020 --> 01:04:10,500
... patches.

1113
01:04:12,150 --> 01:04:12,900
Elizabeth.

1114
01:04:15,060 --> 01:04:15,150
Nothing.

1115
01:04:15,150 --> 01:04:16,380
We'll go around the table.

1116
01:04:17,610 --> 01:04:17,910
Bev?

1117
01:04:19,110 --> 01:04:19,110
Nothing.

1118
01:04:19,141 --> 01:04:19,530
Steve?

1119
01:04:19,891 --> 01:04:20,190
Nothing.

1120
01:04:21,420 --> 01:04:21,690
Gwen?

1121
01:04:21,960 --> 01:04:22,050
No.

1122
01:04:23,130 --> 01:04:23,430
Jared?

1123
01:04:23,580 --> 01:04:23,880
I'm good.

1124
01:04:24,690 --> 01:04:24,900
Mayor?

1125
01:04:26,070 --> 01:04:29,940
Real quick, the letter that you all signed on with me two weeks ago, requesting the

1126
01:04:30,000 --> 01:04:34,410
league to support us in lobbying the state to pay some taxes for their property.

1127
01:04:36,481 --> 01:04:41,040
They wrapped up their legislative lobbying priorities literally at the end of last

1128
01:04:41,101 --> 01:04:41,400
month.

1129
01:04:42,870 --> 01:04:47,520
But they did ask me to join their legislative committee to go to some meetings next

1130
01:04:47,580 --> 01:04:50,760
year, and I said I would do it to put this on the agenda.

1131
01:04:51,690 --> 01:04:56,670
And since then, I've had a couple dozen mayors reach out thanking all of us for

1132
01:04:57,000 --> 01:05:01,080
doing this, and I already have a couple of meetings on the books with some house

1133
01:05:01,141 --> 01:05:02,460
reps and senators who

1134
01:05:03,780 --> 01:05:07,530
would like to talk. So stay tuned. That's all I got.

1135
01:05:08,460 --> 01:05:11,400
Good. It opens some eyes.

1136
01:05:11,610 --> 01:05:11,790
Yep.

1137
01:05:12,180 --> 01:05:14,400
That's good. I'm glad we could help out and

1138
01:05:15,690 --> 01:05:16,830
happy to put our names to it.

1139
01:05:18,420 --> 01:05:19,500
Young lady, do you have anything?

1140
01:05:20,731 --> 01:05:20,760
No.

1141
01:05:20,851 --> 01:05:22,860
I have nothing. We are adjourned.