[0:29] On call September 10th, 2026

[0:32] O'Fallon City Council workshop

[0:33] to order roll call Katie. Mayor

[0:35] Hennessy, present.

[0:36] Council member. Wexler present.

[0:38] Council member Wilcox, present.

[0:40] Council member. Boyer present.

[0:42] Council member. Yates.

[0:43] Present.

[0:45] Council Member Koskela present.

[0:46] Council Member Link present.

[0:48] Council member. Taylor.

[0:49] Present. Council member.

[0:50] Spencer. Present. Council

[0:52] Member Cook present. Council

[0:54] member.

[0:54] Palmer.

[0:55] Present. I have folks you have

[0:57] agenda in front of you. What's

[0:58] the pleasure?

[1:00] So move. Wexler. Koskela.

[1:04] Motion by Councilman Wexler.

[1:05] Stand by. Koskela. Questions or

[1:08] comments? All in favor? Aye.

[1:11] Opposed? Motion passes.

[1:13] Anything on the council agenda?

[1:15] You folks want to talk about?

[1:17] I have a question.

[1:19] Yes, ma'am.

[1:19] On resolution 910, 2026, a,

[1:23] what's the purpose of that? Why

[1:25] do we need that? I think we're.

[1:28] Is that what it is? Yeah. We're adding this, and we're

[1:31] sharing the cost for what I

[1:33] understand is a slightly angled

[1:36] picture from the sky.

[1:38] Go ahead. Michael. I think

[1:41] Mister Woods would probably.

[1:42] Be best able to answer that. My

[1:45] commentary information is

[1:47] probably a little dated. That's

[1:49] one part of it. It's actually

[1:50] aerial photography that we use

[1:52] on all our maps. So it's a new

[1:54] flyover every year, and we

[1:56] share that cost with all the

[1:57] Saint Charles County

[1:58] communities. Uh, it's a

[2:00] consortium that we all kind of

[2:02] chip in on that. And it's with

[2:04] the pictorial triangle in

[2:07] particular that was originally.

[2:10] It's not really more for

[2:11] planning and zoning stuff, but

[2:12] I know that was part more for,

[2:14] uh, the, the assessor's county

[2:16] office and also for police to

[2:18] recognize where doors and, and

[2:20] different access points are on

[2:22] buildings. That's why it was done.

[2:26] Oh, okay.

[2:28] Mr. Palmer?

[2:29] Yeah. On, uh, 20, 26 f um, I

[2:34] noticed that there was two

[2:36] every every bidder put in two

[2:38] bids, and I got to pull it up

[2:40] because I'm blind. Sorry. Hold

[3:02] on. I'm coming slow today.

[3:13] Nope. It wasn't that one. There

[3:15] was one of these that had two.

[3:18] There were two options. One

[3:19] were the where the city took

[3:20] control of the equipment was a

[3:22] meter on a sewer. Um, there was

[3:25] a difference in the equipment

[3:27] pricing between the two options

[3:28] by the same supplier. And I

[3:29] wasn't sure. That doesn't make

[3:30] sense to me.

[3:33] Mr. Bender? Yeah. So one option

[3:36] was where they owned the

[3:38] equipment, and the other option

[3:40] was where the city owns the

[3:41] equipment.

[3:42] So on the equipment cost, why

[3:44] would there be any cost if they

[3:45] owned it?

[3:47] On say they say that again.

[3:49] Please let me pull it up real

[3:51] quick.

[3:56] Resolution d.

[3:57] Yes, d. On the bid recap, uh,

[4:22] the last two items on there,

[4:24] both by track. Alternative one

[4:25] were the city ownership

[4:27] transition and the other one,

[4:28] it's metering as a service.

[4:30] There's equipment cost ones

[4:32] 34,000. The other is almost 11.

[4:35] Why is there any equipment cost

[4:37] if it's as a service?

[4:40] Well, I think they're still

[4:41] recouping their costs for their

[4:43] investment on the equipment.

[4:46] And that's just how they bid

[4:48] it. They decided to show how it

[4:50] was bid.

[4:54] I guess I would have expected a

[4:57] higher recurring cost in a no

[5:01] equipment cost, because in the

[5:02] how didn't that how as a

[5:04] service that works, we don't

[5:05] pay for the equipment, pay for

[5:06] the service. They amortize the

[5:08] cost of the equipment into the

[5:09] annual fees that we pay.

[5:12] Yeah. I think it's just strange

[5:13] how they broke it down that

[5:15] way. But that's how they bid it

[5:17] and that's what we have to to

[5:19] make a decision from.

[5:21] Okay. And then on the total

[5:22] cost, uh, does that include our

[5:24] cost of maintenance, etc. on

[5:26] the when we own it, like when

[5:27] we see the total cost after

[5:28] five years, does that take into

[5:30] account the cost that we take

[5:31] on? I'm asking for the

[5:35] comparison purposes. I don't

[5:37] know if this is just the check

[5:38] we write to the to the supplier

[5:39] or vendor. Either the 162 or

[5:42] the 183, or if in there we

[5:45] threw in our additional cost by

[5:47] us taking it on as equipment,

[5:50] that they transition it to us.

[5:51] Because there would be. My

[5:52] point is there would be some,

[5:53] I'm assuming, some level of

[5:54] maintenance and whatnot that we

[5:56] would now start to incur that

[5:57] we didn't incur before, and it

[5:59] feels like that should be

[6:00] included in there. When we're

[6:01] comparing service versus

[6:03] ownership.

[6:06] Uh, so if I understand you

[6:08] correctly, you're saying that

[6:09] if in the scenario where we buy

[6:12] the equipment ourselves. Yeah,

[6:15] we're taking on some risk that

[6:17] there's some maintenance to

[6:18] that. Is that.

[6:20] Yeah, I guess let me, let me

[6:21] try and restart from the

[6:22] beginning. The two options are

[6:24] one where they transition the

[6:26] ownership to the city, and the

[6:28] other one is where they retain

[6:29] the equipment and they operate

[6:31] it, and we just pay them for

[6:32] the service. In the scenario in

[6:35] which we transition the

[6:36] ownership to us, there would be

[6:38] some costs that the city now

[6:40] incurs that we would not incur

[6:42] if they did it fully as a

[6:43] service. Right.

[6:46] And are you saying that's the

[6:47] maintenance of maintenance

[6:48] cost?

[6:48] It might be maintenance. I

[6:50] don't know what all it would

[6:51] be, but at least maintenance,

[6:52] right. Um, or whatever else

[6:54] someone does on a week by week,

[6:55] month by month basis on it. I

[6:57] don't know what they actually

[6:57] do, but the question is, is did

[6:59] that additional cost by us

[7:00] taking the ownership of it get

[7:02] rolled in so that we have a

[7:04] total cost comparison between

[7:06] the two scenarios?

[7:07] Mr. Palmer, um, I want to jump

[7:10] in. That does not come into

[7:12] this scenario here where this

[7:13] is based purely on the cost of

[7:15] the materials and the

[7:16] installation and the contract.

[7:19] However, in looking at it from

[7:21] a city standpoint, you would

[7:23] compare there. Yes, there's a

[7:24] cost for us to take it on. If

[7:26] we were to take it on, if we

[7:28] weren't, we would also have to

[7:30] go out to bid in five years and

[7:31] redo this contract again. And

[7:33] there would be another cost

[7:34] associated with it. So, you

[7:35] know, that's that's part of the

[7:37] mindset there. It's do we know

[7:39] exactly what it's going to

[7:40] cost. No. At this point. But we

[7:42] would compare that to the fact

[7:43] that we would have to rebid

[7:44] because it would be gone in

[7:46] five years.

[7:47] Mr.. Snowden, I think we have

[7:51] a. good line on the question.

[7:53] If you don't mind, can we take

[7:55] between now and the regular

[7:56] meeting to research this and

[7:57] get you your best answer?

[7:59] Yes.

[8:00] Thank you, Mr. Link.

[8:03] Thank you. Mayor. I want to

[8:04] circle back to 2026, a

[8:07] resolution regarding the, um,

[8:10] aerial spectrometry. So, uh,

[8:13] you know, there's Google,

[8:14] there's Apple, there's a lot of

[8:16] mapping services out there that

[8:17] offer the orthographic views

[8:20] for free. Uh, what I wanted to

[8:22] understand is, what are we

[8:23] using? The oblique angles for

[8:25] again? And to what extent are

[8:27] we getting $13,856.50 of value

[8:37] out of it every year?

[8:38] Are we, um, I mean, I know I

[8:41] use it a couple times a week.

[8:43] Me personally, um, I know my

[8:45] staff use it, uses it because

[8:46] we can actually zoom in closer

[8:48] on property and see a lot more.

[8:49] It's got better, uh, angles and

[8:53] it's got, uh, better clarity,

[8:55] you know, um, as far as if it's

[8:59] worth it, I guess, I guess I

[9:01] cannot say for certain. I know

[9:04] that's the going price. Uh,

[9:06] we're we're doing our share.

[9:07] You know, our the 13,000 is

[9:09] based upon our population, you

[9:11] know, so the county has this

[9:13] contract with the company, and

[9:15] it's this prorated over the

[9:17] entire county. Um.

[9:20] They've also used it on all the

[9:22] building the owes to.

[9:24] Yeah, it's a layer. We use it

[9:26] on, you know, our zoning map.

[9:27] It's a layer in there. We don't

[9:29] use the pick part of that in

[9:31] there. It's more just a

[9:32] straight down photo. Aerial

[9:34] photos. Um. Is that.

[9:39] Just for what it's worth,

[9:41] engineering uses it to we, you

[9:42] know, somebody calls up and

[9:43] says, I used to have a no

[9:44] parking sign. I got knocked

[9:45] down. Where's it at? And

[9:47] sometimes we can't get that

[9:48] from Google. And with this we

[9:50] can go down to the different

[9:51] years. I know Google has the

[9:52] history as well, but it

[9:54] provides us with another tool.

[9:55] Sometimes when Google imagery

[9:57] isn't good for that year it was

[9:59] cloudy or whatever allows us to

[10:00] go in and check different

[10:01] things. Traffic related, sign

[10:03] related, things like that as

[10:04] well.

[10:04] Got it. And I guess kind of

[10:06] just doing rough math. If, uh,

[10:08] annual visit was like a 138

[10:12] bucks in, let's say, uh, time

[10:14] and effort to go out to a site,

[10:15] would you use that more than

[10:17] maybe 100 times a year?

[10:22] Yeah, I'm sure my staff uses it

[10:23] numerous times every week as

[10:25] well. So, yeah, we'll get a

[10:27] call from a resident and we'll

[10:28] be able to say, hold on one

[10:29] second. Let us pull up this

[10:30] imagery. And lots of times we

[10:31] can talk to them about

[10:32] backyards or things like that.

[10:34] So okay, I appreciate it. Thank

[10:36] you. I know it's a small number

[10:37] compared to the other one, but.

[10:38] I guess another thought is, you

[10:39] know, with Google, I use that

[10:41] too. But we wouldn't be able to

[10:43] lay that into our other our

[10:44] zoning maps. It's a layer that

[10:46] we can put into our own, like

[10:48] our utility maps, uh, where we

[10:50] wouldn't have that ability. We

[10:51] would just use Google, you know

[10:53] what I mean?

[10:54] Got it. All right. Thank you

[10:55] for the clarification. I

[10:56] appreciate it.

[10:57] Corey.

[10:59] So I also circling back now to

[11:03] 2026, a mr. woods had mentioned

[11:06] also law enforcement can use

[11:08] this. I would like to maybe

[11:10] hear a little bit more of how

[11:11] that would be helpful. Do you

[11:13] see that being something that

[11:14] you would utilize on a regular

[11:16] basis? Because I got to be

[11:17] honest, my purse strings are

[11:18] real loose when it comes to our

[11:19] law enforcement. The safety of

[11:20] our officers. So.

[11:22] we use it on a couple of

[11:23] different things. Obviously,

[11:24] the neighborhood complaints,

[11:26] uh, on the more minor level, on

[11:28] the larger level, the Swat

[11:29] teams are tactical. Teams can

[11:30] use them for lines of approach,

[11:33] uh, surrounding areas if

[11:34] there's a search warrant, if

[11:35] they have to evacuate nearby

[11:36] areas, things of that nature.

[11:38] Good enough for me. Thank you.

[11:41] Okay. Anybody else? Amanda.

[11:44] I just had a question. Um,

[11:47] Bill, 7890. The, uh, the sports

[11:52] complex. We're doing the first,

[11:54] second and final passage

[11:55] tonight. And I just wondered

[11:56] the reasons that there were and

[11:59] all that tonight.

[12:03] That's a record. So it's read

[12:06] through the final passage.

[12:07] It's just the record plat

[12:08] that's read through final

[12:09] passage. So that's an ordinance

[12:13] on record plats. It's just read

[12:16] through final passage. There's

[12:17] no emergency, but we do it on

[12:20] all record plats. We do two

[12:21] readings. Okay. Anybody else?

[12:29] All right. Seeing none. I do

[12:34] have a motion to approve the

[12:36] council workshop meeting

[12:37] minutes of August 27th, 2026.

[12:41] Motion link.

[12:43] Yates motion Councilman Link

[12:46] second by Councilman Yates.

[12:48] Questions or comments? All in

[12:49] favor? Aye. Any opposed? Motion

[12:52] passes. First thing on. Uh,

[12:55] next one is the introduction

[12:56] and demonstration of the new

[12:58] volunteer services platform.

[13:00] Let's get connected.

[13:06] Good evening. Mayor. Members of

[13:08] city council. Thank you for

[13:09] having us tonight. So I have

[13:11] the easy job tonight, and that

[13:13] I am just going to turn it over

[13:14] to Hunter Davis. He's been our

[13:16] volunteer services manager

[13:18] since April. I don't remember

[13:20] the exact date we just talked

[13:21] about it 2026. And he is here

[13:25] to introduce you to the

[13:27] platform. So I'll turn it over

[13:28] to Hunter.

[13:28] Yeah.

[13:29] All right. Hello, everybody.

[13:30] Thank you very much for

[13:31] allowing me to have a few

[13:32] moments to speak to you all

[13:33] tonight. Uh, like Tanya said,

[13:34] I'm pretty new here at the

[13:35] city. I've been here for about

[13:36] five months, and I've really

[13:37] enjoyed it so far. I really I

[13:39] know you guys get to make a lot

[13:40] of the the hard decisions and

[13:42] have some tough discussions,

[13:43] but we're gonna take a few

[13:44] moments and talk about some fun

[13:45] stuff. So, um, I'm going to go

[13:47] into our next slide here.

[13:48] Actually, I'll wait for the

[13:49] PowerPoint to kick on. All

[13:50] right. So we're going to talk

[13:51] about some of the opportunities

[13:52] to get involved for your

[13:53] residents. So if you ever have

[13:55] residents coming up to you and

[13:56] asking for ways that they can

[13:57] get involved, they say that

[13:58] they appreciate and enjoy what

[13:59] you all do and what to do

[14:00] something themselves. This is

[14:02] going to be a presentation on

[14:03] how to do that. So many of you

[14:06] probably know, or at least

[14:08] recognize the face of Bill

[14:09] Gardner here. He's one of our

[14:10] lead volunteers, and he has

[14:11] served in every single one of

[14:13] these capacities, and many more

[14:14] than I could possibly imagine

[14:16] over the years that he has been

[14:17] here in O'Fallon. But these are

[14:18] three of the big picture

[14:19] buckets for ways that residents

[14:21] can currently get involved with

[14:22] the city. Um, these three

[14:24] buckets are served. The city,

[14:25] serve the community and shape

[14:27] the future. There's a lot more

[14:28] information on each of those

[14:29] little buckets, but there's

[14:30] also a dedicated slide for each

[14:31] of them as well. So I'm going

[14:32] to shift right into Serve the

[14:35] city. Um, so serving the city

[14:37] is going to be opportunities

[14:38] for our residents to get

[14:39] involved with things that are

[14:40] happening here at City Hall, at

[14:42] the Reynolds Center, happening

[14:43] at the Justice Center. Any of

[14:44] the spaces that the city owns.

[14:46] Um, so working side by side

[14:47] with our department staff, uh,

[14:49] that are, you know, on the

[14:50] field doing things for the

[14:52] city, serving in some capacity

[14:53] already. Um, these are most of

[14:55] these are going to be ongoing

[14:56] roles for residents who have

[14:57] the availability in their

[14:58] schedule for ongoing service.

[15:00] So some of them are coming in

[15:01] weekly. Some of them are coming

[15:03] every other week. It might be

[15:04] monthly, but some amount of

[15:05] consistent, uh, servitude is an

[15:07] opportunity for them. An

[15:08] example of that that I put on

[15:09] here being the Veteran Services

[15:11] office. And so if any of you

[15:12] are familiar with the Veteran

[15:13] Services office, it's here in

[15:14] City Hall. Uh, it's down on the

[15:16] other side, not on the rotunda

[15:17] side, but it got moved over to

[15:19] the other end there. Um, but

[15:20] they are here weekly, every

[15:22] single day of the week, and

[15:23] they are serving the residents

[15:24] that are needing services in

[15:25] that area. Um, other

[15:27] opportunities in this area,

[15:28] though, are the on call and

[15:29] special project opportunities.

[15:31] So these would be things like

[15:32] what's pictured here. So this

[15:32] is Peggy Feeney. She is a

[15:34] member of the Speedy Bunch.

[15:35] This picture is from a Speedy

[15:37] Bunch project where the, uh,

[15:38] that group of individuals came

[15:40] in and was stuffing envelopes

[15:42] for either an event that was

[15:43] coming up or packets that

[15:44] needed to be sent out to the

[15:45] residents of O'Fallon. These

[15:47] are things that we obviously

[15:48] could do as staff within City

[15:49] Hall, but that would limit our

[15:50] capacity quite a bit. If we are

[15:52] consistently just stuffing

[15:53] envelopes over and over or

[15:54] doing other event needs, that

[15:56] we can have people that come in

[15:57] and actually have a, you know,

[15:59] they're coming in because they

[16:00] want to be able to give back in

[16:01] some way, and they want to

[16:02] serve their fellow citizens in

[16:04] here in O'Fallon. So this is an

[16:05] opportunity for them to do so.

[16:07] Uh, the example I put on there

[16:08] are HR, HR team is moving to a

[16:11] new system here soon. So we

[16:12] have some IT tech help that we

[16:14] have another volunteer coming

[16:15] up to serve as well. Shifting

[16:20] into serving the community. So

[16:21] these are going to be a little

[16:21] bit more of the forward facing

[16:22] kind of spotlight events that

[16:24] you've seen already. Um, so the

[16:25] community events would be

[16:26] things like random acts of

[16:27] kindness in February, Heritage

[16:29] and Freedom Festival. We just

[16:31] had that one. So you're all

[16:31] familiar with that, that event

[16:33] and many of the other ones that

[16:34] we offer throughout the city,

[16:35] we being the city as a whole,

[16:36] not just volunteer services

[16:37] team, these events could not

[16:39] happen. They could not function

[16:40] without volunteers. And so our

[16:42] office is helping connect those

[16:43] volunteers with the

[16:44] opportunities to serve and give

[16:45] back in some capacity to help

[16:47] with some of these community

[16:48] events. Service projects is

[16:49] another way that citizens can

[16:52] give back. This is through

[16:53] things like Earth Day that runs

[16:55] in April as well, and that

[16:56] one's going to be an

[16:57] opportunity for residents to

[16:58] come in, you know, in large

[17:00] groups, plant flowers at the

[17:01] different sites that the city

[17:02] owns. So if you have

[17:04] appreciated in any way what the

[17:05] landscaping looks like here at

[17:06] City Hall, first thank the

[17:08] landscaping crew, but then also

[17:09] thank the volunteers that were

[17:10] helped up here on Earth Day for

[17:11] that one. We also have the park

[17:12] cleanups, the creek cleanups,

[17:13] and other events like that.

[17:15] Those are opportunities for

[17:16] individual residents to come up

[17:18] or businesses. They frequently

[17:19] reach out to us saying that

[17:20] they want to coordinate a creek

[17:22] cleanup with us, and then our

[17:23] team will help coordinate what

[17:25] day they can do that. They'll

[17:26] work with the staff to make

[17:27] sure that they've got all the

[17:28] safety equipment and things

[17:29] that they need to do that

[17:30] effectively and safely as well.

[17:32] And then the ongoing events and

[17:34] opportunities would be things

[17:34] like our docents program. So

[17:36] any of you, if you're familiar

[17:37] with the Heald home and the

[17:38] tours that we offer of that

[17:39] space there, or the service

[17:40] learning opportunities that we

[17:41] offer through the city to these

[17:42] are all things ways for the

[17:44] residents to serve the

[17:45] community. And then helping

[17:49] shape the future. This one is

[17:50] probably the one you all are

[17:51] most familiar with, because

[17:52] these are things like the

[17:53] boards and commissions. These

[17:54] will be opportunities that I

[17:55] know all of you have some

[17:56] connection with already through

[17:57] the different, um, commissions

[17:59] and boards that you are

[18:00] liaisons for. Um, but our

[18:02] office kind of, I guess co does

[18:04] that with the mayor's office

[18:05] and the administration by

[18:07] tracking all the hours and the

[18:09] logging, all of that on the

[18:10] back end, so that we have all

[18:11] that recorded for them to be

[18:13] acknowledged on an annual basis

[18:14] for their service to the city.

[18:18] And then this slide here is

[18:19] really kind of looking at what

[18:21] we're what I picture our office

[18:23] doing moving forward. So we're

[18:24] really starting to hear a lot

[18:25] more consistent feedback on

[18:27] opportunities for youth and

[18:28] young adults. Or as I put at

[18:30] the top there, the next

[18:31] generation of engaged citizens.

[18:33] These two quotes were things

[18:34] that I heard recently that were

[18:35] really interesting and

[18:37] inspiring for me. But the first

[18:39] one on the left side there, how

[18:40] can youth make their voices

[18:41] heard? This is brought up here

[18:42] in this space just a couple of

[18:43] weeks ago by a young man that

[18:45] came by, I believe he was a Boy

[18:46] Scout, if I remember correctly,

[18:47] but he was looking for a way to

[18:49] have his voice heard and wanted

[18:50] to be a part of things that are

[18:51] happening in his city here. Um,

[18:53] on the right side. How can

[18:54] young adults or I think she

[18:55] actually said high schoolers. I

[18:56] couldn't quite remember, uh,

[18:57] get involved in give back to

[18:59] their communities. This was

[19:00] raised, uh, a question that was

[19:01] raised at the mIAC meeting just

[19:02] a couple weeks ago as well. Uh,

[19:04] I recently started serving with

[19:05] cannon on that one to get a

[19:07] little bit more involvement

[19:08] with the youth and young

[19:09] adults, to see the ways that we

[19:10] can potentially expand our

[19:12] opportunities. And before I

[19:13] could even mention that that

[19:14] was something I was interested

[19:15] in. This question was raised in

[19:16] that space. So I was like, I

[19:17] guess I'm in the right area.

[19:18] Um, but this is so all that to

[19:20] say, I don't think these were

[19:21] two isolated incidents. I don't

[19:22] think these were the only two

[19:24] youth and young adults in this

[19:25] city that are looking for ways

[19:26] to be a part of something

[19:27] bigger than themselves. Um, I

[19:29] think this is just a these are

[19:30] the two vocal ones that I heard

[19:31] more recently that are examples

[19:33] of a growing movement in that

[19:34] direction, too. So moving

[19:36] forward, this is just kind of

[19:36] some seeds that we're planting

[19:37] for the future. But this is

[19:38] something that you're going to

[19:39] see a lot more from the

[19:40] volunteer services office going

[19:42] into the next year, and things

[19:43] that we'll talk about once we

[19:44] get to budget discussions to.

[19:48] So all of that leading to the

[19:49] point of why I'm here today is

[19:51] get connected. Um, have any of

[19:52] you already heard of the Get

[19:53] Connected platform? And it's

[19:55] okay if you have not. All

[19:57] right. So Get Connected is the

[19:59] name of the platform that we

[20:01] recently have implemented. It's

[20:03] been in the the integration

[20:04] stage in the building stage for

[20:05] a couple of months here. And it

[20:06] started before I, before I got

[20:08] here in April. But this is

[20:09] intended to be a one stop shop

[20:11] for all of those engagement

[20:12] opportunities that we just

[20:13] talked about on the different

[20:14] slides there. But this is

[20:16] supposed to be a space where

[20:17] residents from anywhere they've

[20:19] been connected with us in the

[20:20] past or if they have, are

[20:21] wanting to seek us out for the

[20:22] first time. If they were

[20:23] wanting to find an opportunity

[20:24] to get involved, they can go to

[20:26] the site, they can look at all

[20:27] the details as far as like when

[20:28] what's the commitment level

[20:29] look like? What do I need to

[20:31] have? What qualifications? When

[20:33] do they meet? Where do they

[20:34] meet all those kinds of pieces?

[20:35] There? They can then request to

[20:37] be a part of that opportunity

[20:38] by creating an account. It's

[20:40] just an email is really all it

[20:41] needs. And then that will allow

[20:43] them to be on our radar so that

[20:44] we can follow up with them for

[20:45] future opportunities to serve

[20:46] as well. Um, the bonus I put

[20:48] down there is having their

[20:49] lifetime hours logged. Like I

[20:50] said, Bill is in our system and

[20:51] he has far and far and away

[20:54] many more than the second

[20:55] closest volunteer. So we have

[20:57] lifetime hours logged from even

[20:59] before we were in Get Connected

[21:00] because we did have another

[21:01] database before this one as

[21:02] well. And then that little

[21:03] piece at the bottom right

[21:04] corner just says that the

[21:05] council accounts are ready. If

[21:06] you haven't already received

[21:07] anything to your council email

[21:09] address, you should have, but

[21:11] there is an account that was

[21:12] created for you that is that will that will be

[21:15] connected to that city account

[21:16] so that you have the

[21:17] opportunity to log in and check

[21:18] out some of these opportunities

[21:19] to if you haven't, just get in

[21:21] touch with me and I will find a

[21:23] way to get you.

[21:23] Connected with you. I haven't, you haven't, I have

[21:26] not received an email on it.

[21:27] Okay. You know, it might not

[21:28] actually create the account

[21:30] then it just puts it into the

[21:31] system so that when you log in,

[21:32] it recognizes that. Um, because

[21:34] I know that Katie just uploaded

[21:36] that for the new council

[21:37] members that weren't here last

[21:38] year, but all of you that were

[21:40] here last year as well were

[21:41] already in ballistics. And all

[21:42] of that data was transferred

[21:43] over to this system here. So

[21:45] I'll look into that a little

[21:46] bit more with the team, and

[21:47] we'll follow up on that. So

[21:51] this is a quick screenshot of

[21:52] what that site looks like. Um,

[21:53] but this is I didn't want to

[21:55] take you through the whole site

[21:56] demo right now. It'd be a

[21:57] little bit too much to go into

[21:58] tonight. And I hear this

[21:59] electron does not have

[22:00] internet. So, um, this is just

[22:02] a screenshot of that main page.

[22:03] The programs is the first thing

[22:04] that you see. Each of those

[22:05] boxes, they're the first three

[22:06] that are listed are adopter

[22:08] programs, boards, commissions

[22:09] and committees. And then

[22:10] community outreach. Um, there

[22:12] are 12 of those programs total

[22:13] right now that are on that

[22:14] site, but we are still in that

[22:15] building out stage. So you're

[22:17] probably going to see a few

[22:18] changes to this site as we go

[22:20] forward. Um, one of those is

[22:22] already the youth and Youth and

[22:23] young adults programs, or youth

[22:25] service opportunities,

[22:26] something in that realm. Um,

[22:27] but that's the piece that we

[22:28] are building out right now. So

[22:29] that that student that asks for

[22:31] mine and the the student that

[22:32] asked, I'm here at the council

[22:33] meeting a few weeks ago, have

[22:34] those opportunities readily

[22:35] available for them to see what

[22:37] they can be a part of. The

[22:38] other piece that's pretty

[22:39] customizable is that left hand

[22:40] side? Um, it says, um, put my

[22:43] oh, I guess it's right in front

[22:44] of me. Oh, you got remembering

[22:45] nine 11, the volunteer

[22:46] newsletter, Senior resources,

[22:48] veteran resources, community

[22:50] resources. These are all pieces

[22:51] that we can customize and that

[22:53] we have selected to have right

[22:54] there on the front display

[22:55] page. For instance, the

[22:56] remembering nine over 11.

[22:57] That's not there year round.

[22:59] That's something that we put up

[22:59] because obviously the event is

[23:01] coming up and we have a couple

[23:02] different events commemorating

[23:04] that date coming up tomorrow

[23:05] and on Saturday. So after this

[23:07] weekend, we're going to swap

[23:08] that out for the next set of

[23:09] events that's coming up. So

[23:10] that is something that we will

[23:12] use to make sure that this is

[23:13] always up to date. And the most

[23:15] relevant for the citizens on

[23:16] this page.

[23:19] Honor on the boards and

[23:21] commissions. Does that get back

[23:24] to Katie?

[23:25] It does. Yeah. So when they

[23:26] click on that one, that one in

[23:27] particular takes them to a page

[23:29] that tells them what the

[23:29] different boards and

[23:30] commissions are and how to

[23:32] apply for those.

[23:33] And that'll link that. And then

[23:34] that goes to Katie, right?

[23:36] Yes. Yeah. It leaks them to

[23:37] that general application that

[23:38] tells them how to go through

[23:39] Katie and the rest of your team

[23:40] for that.

[23:41] Thank you.

[23:44] So if you hear any of these, phrases or

[23:47] anything else that's in this

[23:48] realm, how can I give back? How

[23:50] can I get involved? I want to

[23:51] make a difference in my

[23:52] community. Anything like this.

[23:54] should hopefully trigger

[23:55] this conversation today or

[23:57] trigger memory for this

[23:57] conversation today, where the

[23:59] guy that spoke a little too

[24:00] quickly and rambled at times

[24:01] came and told you about a

[24:02] system that connects them with

[24:04] those opportunities called Get

[24:06] Connected. Um, so this right

[24:07] here, this obviously you don't

[24:09] have to scan this right now.

[24:10] It's all on the TV here for

[24:11] O'Fallon TV. But, um, this is

[24:13] an opportunity to go to the

[24:15] site here. All of your

[24:16] residents can go to this site

[24:17] and look for those ways to get

[24:19] involved. If any of them have

[24:20] questions beyond what we offer

[24:22] there, or if they're looking

[24:23] for something that we don't

[24:24] offer that's not currently

[24:25] listed on that site, that does

[24:27] not mean that it can't exist.

[24:28] Just connect them with our

[24:29] office, connect them with me

[24:30] directly, and I'd be happy to

[24:31] start talking to talking about

[24:32] opportunities for growing the program moving

[24:35] forward. With that, I believe.

[24:39] Yes, I will open that up to any

[24:40] questions that you guys have.

[24:41] Questions for. Hunter, Mr.

[24:43] Wexler?

[24:44] Thank you. Not really a

[24:45] question. I just tried to log

[24:46] in there, and when you put your

[24:47] city city email in, it

[24:49] automatically sends you a

[24:50] password reset to your city

[24:52] email. Super easy. Okay. You

[24:55] just reset your password and

[24:58] quickly log in. So super easy.

[25:00] That's great to know. I

[25:00] appreciate.

[25:01] What happens when your code

[25:02] doesn't work.

[25:04] Then you let me know and I'll

[25:06] follow up with you on that.

[25:07] Yeah.

[25:08] My code doesn't work.

[25:10] Okay, I'll follow up with you.

[25:12] Mr. Palmer.

[25:14] Uh, welcome to the city. I

[25:15] think you got about as much

[25:16] time as half of us up here.

[25:18] Sure. Clearly doing much better

[25:19] than we are. So, uh, especially

[25:21] on the rambling part. I speak

[25:23] for myself on that one. I did

[25:24] have a couple questions,

[25:25] though. Um, have you? Well,

[25:28] three questions. One is, can

[25:29] they also get there through the

[25:30] city website? So if they go to

[25:31] the city website, they'll say,

[25:32] okay, good. Yes. And then have

[25:34] you thought about I don't know

[25:35] if we can do this or if there's

[25:36] an ability, but I think about

[25:38] churches and they have youth

[25:39] groups and they have the same

[25:40] thing where a lot of these

[25:41] questions get asked, how can I

[25:42] go do that? I don't know if

[25:43] there's a way to outreach

[25:44] specifically to ecclesiastical

[25:45] leaders in the community, but

[25:47] that might be an opportunity.

[25:48] And then the other thought I

[25:49] had was, do you present to like

[25:51] the senior advisory Committee?

[25:52] Because it feels like I mean,

[25:54] there might be a lot of

[25:55] opportunities there that are on

[25:56] there unaware of. So just some

[25:57] thoughts.

[25:58] Yes, absolutely. Uh, and to

[26:00] I'll see if I can remember all

[26:01] three of those in order for the

[26:02] first one. Yes. If you go to

[26:03] the city's website and then you

[26:05] visit the volunteer services

[26:06] page, or if you just I've

[26:07] tested this a few times. If you

[26:08] just Google volunteer O'Fallon,

[26:10] um, then this is the first site

[26:11] that pops up and it'll take you

[26:13] to a I think it'll take you to

[26:14] the city's web page first,

[26:15] which has a direct link to this

[26:17] portal. And then for the second

[26:19] question, as far as getting in

[26:20] touch with the local churches

[26:21] and congregations in the area.

[26:23] Yes, that is an opportunity.

[26:25] It's listed on the website on

[26:26] that main page for O'Fallon of

[26:28] like if you are a group looking

[26:29] to provide service to the city

[26:31] in some way, then you can get

[26:32] in touch with us and we can set

[26:33] that up. So a lot of times we

[26:35] see that through the, uh, serve

[26:37] days that I was talking about

[26:38] on.

[26:40] Um.

[26:42] This page here. Um, so a lot of

[26:43] times we'll either be contacted

[26:45] by local businesses or churches

[26:46] or any other group of people in

[26:48] this area that want to clean up

[26:50] a park that's near their

[26:51] location or near their church

[26:52] building. Then they can reach

[26:53] out to us and set that up.

[26:55] Something that I am looking

[26:56] personally to doing is kind of

[26:58] in this realm is reaching out

[26:59] to specifically youth groups in

[27:00] the area as well, looking for

[27:02] ways that those groups can get

[27:03] involved. And if they haven't

[27:04] thought about service in some

[27:05] capacity in, you know already,

[27:07] if they haven't been talking

[27:08] about that, that's something

[27:09] that I am personally planning

[27:10] on connecting with them and

[27:12] seeing if they're aware of. And

[27:14] then the I did forget the third

[27:16] question. What was that third

[27:17] one?

[27:18] Seniors.

[27:18] Yes. Um, so the

[27:20] seniors, I actually right when

[27:21] I started, I was invited to

[27:22] come and speak at the Senior

[27:23] Resident Advisory Committee. So

[27:26] I've made a connection there

[27:26] with, uh, the chairman of their

[27:28] board. And then I also have

[27:29] that connection, I believe,

[27:31] with his wife in our office as

[27:32] well. So, um, they're very

[27:34] aware of the things that we're

[27:35] offering as far as the

[27:36] introduction of Get Connected

[27:37] goes. But it's also a it's a

[27:39] pathway that we've opened up by

[27:40] me attending that meeting.

[27:43] Amanda, hi.

[27:45] Nice to meet you. Uh, I had a

[27:49] question about specifically the

[27:52] commissions when on that one,

[27:54] the commissions and boards. You

[27:56] go to that page and you said

[27:58] there's a way to apply. I was

[28:00] wondering if there's anything

[28:02] that connects people to the

[28:05] members of that board. I'm

[28:06] thinking of, like cultural

[28:08] arts. I was on there if if

[28:10] someone, one of our residents

[28:11] had a question directly for

[28:13] cultural arts, there's no way

[28:15] for them to actually get in

[28:16] touch with the people on that

[28:18] board right now. Yeah. And I

[28:19] just wondered if that was

[28:21] something that you could even

[28:22] add or do on there.

[28:25] That is a great question that I

[28:26] may have to defer, because I

[28:27] don't know if I oversee the the

[28:28] functioning of those boards to

[28:30] that extent. Would that be.

[28:32] My my suggestion would be if

[28:34] it's possible for them to

[28:36] contact the liaison for that

[28:38] Border Commission, because we

[28:40] have each one of.

[28:41] You on there.

[28:42] Each one of you is that would

[28:44] be a Mister Michalka question.

[28:47] But he's not over there. So but

[28:49] my my thing is I would each one

[28:53] of you is on a border, uh,

[28:55] liaison to one of the boards

[28:56] and commissions. So if one of

[28:58] those residents had a question

[29:00] to me that would go to I don't want to send it to the

[29:04] chairman of that. I really

[29:06] don't to me, it should go to

[29:08] the liaison.

[29:09] So maybe even to put the

[29:11] liaison contact on those

[29:13] commissions. They know who the

[29:14] liaison is or something like

[29:16] that. It's just that I know a

[29:17] lot of people have how do I get

[29:19] in contact with planning and

[29:21] zoning or something like that, they have no way to get in

[29:24] contact with them. So, and they

[29:26] don't know who to go to.

[29:27] I agree, I agree with what

[29:29] Mayor Hennessy said, and we

[29:31] have talked about this in the

[29:32] past, and I can't remember if

[29:33] it was with Tony or with Tom,

[29:35] but there was hesitation to put

[29:37] those the the residents that

[29:39] serve on the Commission, their

[29:41] information on the website. So

[29:43] we have refrained from doing

[29:44] that for that reason. But we

[29:46] could certainly find a way,

[29:47] whether it's on volunteer

[29:49] services or within the city's

[29:51] website, to list the liaison.

[29:54] Anybody else? Debbie.

[29:58] Thank you. Mayor. Welcome,

[29:59] Hunter. It's nice.

[29:59] To see you. Thank you. Um.

[30:01] There's a lot of high schoolers

[30:02] that need, uh, service hours.

[30:04] Yes. So do you have a spot

[30:06] where they can maybe reach out

[30:08] to the city for things like

[30:09] that?

[30:09] Yeah. So that is a, uh, a

[30:11] network that I'm building out

[30:12] currently. So I've started

[30:13] reaching out to some of the

[30:14] local high schools here to

[30:15] establish the either the A+

[30:16] contact for their school or the

[30:18] NHS sponsor for their program

[30:20] as well. And that is I'm going

[30:22] to start building out a

[30:22] consistent, uh, communication

[30:24] thread with them to whenever we

[30:25] have something like an HF

[30:26] coming up, I can send out the

[30:28] information to all of those

[30:29] contacts at the same time and

[30:30] say, we have these

[30:31] opportunities, because this

[30:32] year we fortunately, we didn't

[30:34] have any gaps that were unable

[30:35] to be covered in some other

[30:37] capacity, but we did have some

[30:38] gaps going into HF that we

[30:40] could have had some more hands

[30:41] on for. And so, I mean, before

[30:43] here, I'm coming from a, a role

[30:45] at a university. So I'm, I know

[30:47] a lot of fraternities and

[30:48] sororities need service hours.

[30:49] A lot of other clubs on need

[30:51] the same thing too. So planning

[30:52] on getting in touch, kind of

[30:53] broadening a little bit outside

[30:54] of O'Fallon and going over to

[30:55] like Saint Charles Community

[30:56] College or even Lindenwood to

[30:58] establish some of those

[30:59] connections to to see if we can

[31:00] get a little bit more

[31:01] engagement from that

[31:02] population.

[31:03] That's great, because I know

[31:04] when my kids were older, when

[31:06] they were in high school and

[31:07] stuff, they were always looking

[31:08] for service hours. So that's a

[31:09] great revenue avenue to go to.

[31:12] So thank you.

[31:12] Sure. Yeah.

[31:13] The service hours

[31:14] component. And then also the

[31:15] uh, just the resume building

[31:16] from that age.

[31:17] Okay. Anybody else?

[31:19] Amanda., I'm following up on my

[31:22] one and stuck on it. Is there

[31:24] even maybe a way that the

[31:26] board, like the president of

[31:28] the board, could have an

[31:29] offline email address that they

[31:31] can contact?

[31:32] Mayor.

[31:33] The, uh, liaison for all of the

[31:35] boards and commissions is on

[31:36] the board and commission

[31:37] webpage, as well as the

[31:39] recording secretary with their

[31:40] email address so they can reach

[31:42] out to the city through that.

[31:43] It's on every page for those

[31:45] commissions.

[31:46] Okay. I thought somebody up

[31:48] there was speaking to me when I

[31:50] was this way.

[31:50] So it.

[31:51] Was. Okay. Anybody else?

[31:58] Thanks. Hunter Thomas.

[31:59] Thanks.

[31:59] Thank you all for your.

[32:00] Time.

[32:03] Next is amending. Amending

[32:06] section one 10.200 Manor of

[32:09] Judson City Council. Miss

[32:11] Spencer, this is yours.

[32:13] I. What do you want me to talk

[32:16] about?

[32:17] This is what you requested.

[32:19] I think this is a wonderful

[32:20] idea. I think it gives our

[32:22] residents an opportunity to

[32:24] come in here and speak on, you

[32:25] know, whatever they want to

[32:27] speak on, in matters pertaining

[32:30] to the city of O'Fallon. They

[32:32] can't just come in here and

[32:33] talk about anything and

[32:34] everything. Um, and I think

[32:37] that it used to be this way.

[32:39] Right. Um, and then we put the

[32:41] limits on it, which I think was

[32:44] probably warranted at the time.

[32:45] And I think we can maybe kind

[32:47] of loosen that up a little bit,

[32:49] allow the first ten people with

[32:52] a comment card to speak on

[32:53] whatever they want to speak on.

[32:54] And I think that the residents

[32:56] deserve that right.

[32:58] There's a couple things, you

[33:00] know, are you going to allow

[33:02] them to beat up on city staff?

[33:07] No, I don't think it would be

[33:08] kind of what it is. Now.

[33:09] Hold on, hold on. Because what

[33:12] you're going to get, okay,

[33:14] you're going to have people

[33:15] come out and say, hey, this is

[33:16] city business. I'm going to

[33:17] beat up on planning and zoning.

[33:20] I'm going to beat up on the

[33:21] police department. I'm going to

[33:22] beat up on finance. I'm going

[33:23] to beat up on engineering, I'm

[33:25] going to beat up on it. And

[33:26] they will call them people out

[33:29] because it has happened before.

[33:32] So you're drawing a very fine

[33:35] line if you're going to allow

[33:36] somebody to speak. You know,

[33:40] okay. What happens when

[33:42] somebody comes and says, what

[33:44] are you going to do about the

[33:45] vaccine vaccinations going on

[33:47] in the city of O'Fallon?

[33:50] Granted, we don't have anything

[33:51] to do with the vaccine because

[33:52] that's the health department.

[33:53] But, you know, there's a whole

[33:56] lot of things that you're

[33:59] saying on city business. To me,

[34:03] that is it's a wide range. So I

[34:09] mean, this we're running the

[34:12] meetings are a city business.

[34:15] And to me, they have other ways

[34:17] to contact staff. They have

[34:21] contact the elected officials.

[34:24] You know, anybody else? Mr.

[34:29] Wilcox?

[34:30] So it was open agenda at one

[34:33] point years ago. Is that

[34:34] correct?

[34:35] Uh, 6 or 7 years ago, somewhere

[34:38] around there.

[34:38] So what was it? Did something

[34:40] happen to warrant the change?

[34:42] All those things.

[34:43] All things that I just

[34:44] mentioned. We had people coming

[34:46] up just. Putting our staff down,

[34:53] saying that they were part of a

[34:55] what was it, a country club,

[35:00] people? I mean, to me, that's

[35:02] not what they're here for.

[35:04] They're not here to get reamed

[35:07] and everything else from. The

[35:13] residents to me, if they have a

[35:15] problem, they get Ahold of Mr.

[35:17] Snowden or one of the elected

[35:19] officials and say, I have a

[35:21] problem with this department

[35:24] head. Mr. Snowden, can you look

[35:26] into this? He will look into it.

[35:30] So, Mr. Lake.

[35:33] Mayor, on that, you know, um,

[35:35] is there not an implied level

[35:37] of decorum that needs to be

[35:39] maintained where, you know, if

[35:41] there starts to be a personal

[35:42] attack rather than an attack on

[35:44] an issue or a department that

[35:46] the presiding officer can, you

[35:48] know, either allow them to make

[35:50] them forfeit their time or mute

[35:52] the mic.

[35:53] Yes, and I've done that before.

[35:55] But they keep they keep going.

[35:57] I mean, I do not want to put

[36:00] staff in that in that

[36:04] predicament, I really don't.

[36:06] They're here to answer our

[36:09] questions. They're not here to

[36:11] get beaten up by the residents.

[36:14] Miss Taylor.

[36:16] I mean, I was going to mention

[36:18] that we have it specifically in

[36:20] the ordinance to, uh, respect,

[36:23] you know, keep decorum. And,

[36:26] uh, I think that should handle

[36:28] it. I mean, if we can't control

[36:31] them after that, I mean, don't

[36:32] we have security here that can

[36:33] bring them out or something

[36:34] like that? But it's in here

[36:37] that they have to follow

[36:38] decorum, and it's written in

[36:40] that ordinance. So, uh, I think

[36:42] that shouldn't be a problem. I

[36:45] know that people, even council

[36:47] members that were on this

[36:49] council before, no longer here

[36:51] and voted, uh, for this change.

[36:54] I've heard we, Corey and I both

[36:57] have heard from several that

[36:59] are glad we brought this back

[37:00] up, because it does silence.

[37:02] You know, it it might be. I

[37:04] think we all can probably look

[37:05] around and and look at our

[37:07] meetings and know why this was

[37:09] implemented or who this was

[37:10] implemented for. Um, a certain

[37:13] person that comes here and

[37:15] speaks and, and attempt, I

[37:18] think, to silence one person.

[37:20] We have silenced the entire,

[37:21] you know, city, all its

[37:24] residents in the city. And

[37:26] that's wrong. And it certainly

[37:27] hasn't even silenced that one

[37:29] person, you know, and and they

[37:32] still come in here sometimes

[37:33] and may attack. But that's when

[37:35] we step in and we say that's

[37:37] not appropriate. But I mean,

[37:40] this is this is this isn't like

[37:43] we're up here. I'm going to

[37:45] talk about, of course, my ward

[37:46] report. But this isn't like

[37:47] we're up here on some throne,

[37:49] and and the people have to

[37:50] listen to us. I mean, the

[37:53] people are our bosses, you

[37:55] know, they should come in here

[37:56] and tell us the problems that

[37:57] they're having, and. And you're

[38:00] going to tell your boss, oh,

[38:01] you can't come, and you can

[38:02] only speak on this like we've

[38:04] kept it, that we speak on

[38:05] topics that are pertaining to a

[38:08] city business, that they can't

[38:10] just come in here and start

[38:11] attacking our families or

[38:12] anything like that. So and it's

[38:17] kind of funny, I haven't even

[38:18] seen a city around that does

[38:19] anything like this. I've asked

[38:21] there's no other city that does

[38:22] anything like this. We're the

[38:25] only ones, so it's crazy.

[38:34] Mr. Palmer.

[38:36] Uh, yeah, I got a series of

[38:37] questions. Um, kind of already

[38:39] answered. What's? Well, I mean,

[38:41] what what is driving the change

[38:44] now? Um, and is our current

[38:47] process for citizens to get

[38:48] their voices heard? I'm asking

[38:50] because up until two weeks ago,

[38:52] I had not had anybody raised

[38:54] the issue to me. Um, until two

[38:57] weeks ago when somebody figured

[38:58] out that they couldn't speak on

[38:59] agenda item. So are you I mean,

[39:02] what is driving the change or

[39:04] the proposed change?

[39:07] Corey. It's yours.

[39:09] Because we feel that people

[39:11] have a right to come in here

[39:12] and say what they want to say,

[39:13] whether it's on an agenda item

[39:14] or not. And again, this was the

[39:16] way before. And Amanda's right.

[39:18] We there were changes made for

[39:20] very obvious reasons. And you

[39:24] know, you still have a few

[39:27] individuals. I don't want a

[39:28] single one person out, um, that

[39:31] come in here and, and talk and talk. And I've heard

[39:34] mayor say time and time again,

[39:35] your time is up. You can't say

[39:36] that. You can't talk about

[39:37] that. And that's fine, because

[39:38] that's how it's currently

[39:39] written. But I think if they're

[39:41] if you're going to maintain a

[39:43] level of respect and a level of

[39:44] decorum, and if you if you

[39:46] deviate from that, then it gets

[39:48] shut down. And if they want to

[39:49] keep hooting and hollering and

[39:50] screaming and yelling or, or

[39:51] act a certain way, then that's

[39:52] precisely why we have security

[39:56] here. And they can leave and

[39:58] then they don't get to come

[39:59] back and speak. If you can't be

[40:02] respectful and not attack staff

[40:04] and not attack certain council

[40:06] members, it's meant to address

[40:07] council as a whole, not to come

[40:09] in here and say, Mr. Palmer, I

[40:11] have a problem with you, Mr.

[40:12] Woods. I have a problem with

[40:13] you, Miss Spencer. I have a

[40:14] problem with you. That's not

[40:15] what it is meant for. It is

[40:16] meant for people to come and

[40:18] voice their concerns on things

[40:19] that they feel are important to

[40:22] them. And I think silencing

[40:23] them is it's not an okay to

[40:25] silence the people that put us

[40:26] in these seats, and I'll die on

[40:28] that hill.

[40:30] Yeah.

[40:31] Go ahead, Mr. Palmer. You still

[40:32] have.

[40:33] The floor. Yeah. Sorry. I got,

[40:34] like, five questions. Um, so.

[40:37] I guess, uh, was it all

[40:39] because of the one individual,

[40:40] or was it more than that? I

[40:41] mean, that wasn't here. The the

[40:44] reason for the original change

[40:47] because I can't, I, I mean, I

[40:48] don't it would be if I may.

[40:50] Yeah. Those who have speculated

[40:55] as.

[40:55] To the reason.

[40:56] Why in 2020, this ordinance was

[40:58] adopted were not members of the

[41:00] council at the time, were not

[41:02] parties to the debate or

[41:04] discussion that took place, or

[41:05] any other briefing that the

[41:07] Council received at the time.

[41:09] And I think it would be

[41:12] unfortunate if the public came

[41:14] to believe that this

[41:18] legislation was adopted with

[41:20] respect to silence. One person

[41:22] that was not the case is not

[41:26] the case now, and was not the

[41:29] case then. Okay. I mean, that

[41:32] was okay. I'm sorry. I assume

[41:34] you're going to respond to

[41:35] that.

[41:35] Thank you. Yes. Thank you. So

[41:38] what if you can come in here

[41:39] and speak on an agenda item?

[41:41] What is stopping that person

[41:43] from quote unquote, attacking

[41:45] any of the staff on that agenda

[41:46] item? What would you do in that

[41:47] case? You would shut it down.

[41:49] They would they would be

[41:50] escorted out if necessary or

[41:52] told to sit down. And your time

[41:54] is up. Why is it different if

[41:56] they can speak on any agenda

[41:57] item, it would be the same

[41:59] outcome. So they can come in

[42:01] here. And as long as the item

[42:02] is on the agenda, they can

[42:04] attack staff all they want just

[42:05] because it's not on the agenda.

[42:08] I'm not I'm not understanding

[42:10] the logic there because we

[42:11] allow people to speak on agenda

[42:13] items. So if your argument is

[42:15] that they're going to come in

[42:16] here and attack staff, they can

[42:17] already do that and you're

[42:18] going to shut them down

[42:19] anyways. So what is the what is

[42:22] the issue with opening it up

[42:23] and having the same course of

[42:27] action? If they come in here

[42:28] and are not respectful?

[42:34] Next question.

[42:37] Um, the next question kind of

[42:40] tied to what was already

[42:41] mentioned when I read the

[42:43] ordinance, the preexisting

[42:44] ordinance that says all remarks

[42:46] shall be addressed to city

[42:47] council as a body and not to

[42:48] the individual member thereof.

[42:50] Um, if we proceed with this,

[42:51] I'd like to have some strength

[42:52] and language in there to

[42:54] specifically state that to

[42:56] include the staff exclusion so

[42:57] they are not to address staff

[42:58] period. And, uh, if anyone

[43:01] violates decorum or attacks any

[43:04] individual, then they by

[43:07] default lost their time. I

[43:08] think the current one says that

[43:09] if they, uh, deviate from the

[43:11] agenda item, they lose their

[43:12] time. And so I think I think a

[43:14] mitigation would be to include

[43:15] that in there as well. I also

[43:17] had a question around, um, when

[43:20] it said, and I'm, I'm not a

[43:21] lawyer. Uh, but when it says by

[43:23] majority vote of the members

[43:25] then present, does that mean if

[43:26] there are five council members

[43:27] there, then you only need three

[43:29] votes? And this is in reference

[43:30] to cutting off all of in any

[43:32] one meeting. I think you can

[43:34] cut off. It allows like a cut

[43:36] off or a stop to the comments.

[43:37] Is that what that verbiage

[43:39] means, or does that mean you

[43:40] need six even if you only have

[43:41] seven? And in session.

[43:43] Well.

[43:44] You can't run a meeting with

[43:45] five councilmen.

[43:46] Okay. So then six if you have

[43:48] six, uh, do you only need 4 or

[43:51] 3? Three tie in. The mayor

[43:52] breaks. I'm trying to

[43:53] understand. Is it like the

[43:54] other items that you always

[43:56] need? Six or in this case is a

[43:58] verb. The verbiage allow

[44:00] something less than six.

[44:01] Just one thing that the only

[44:02] thing that you need six votes

[44:03] for is on an ordinance.

[44:05] Everything else is a simple

[44:06] majority.

[44:07] Of those present.

[44:08] Of those legislation.

[44:10] I mean, on

[44:12] resolutions, it's it's a simple

[44:14] majority. So if there's six

[44:16] councilmen here, a four two

[44:18] vote or a three three vote, I

[44:20] break the tie.

[44:21] That makes sense. And then, um.

[44:27] What was the other question

[44:28] going to be? I got two more,

[44:29] uh, the limitation on the you

[44:32] already talked about some of

[44:33] the reasons I'm getting, the

[44:35] sense that those that were

[44:36] around at that time does not

[44:38] feel like what's currently

[44:39] written would still mitigate

[44:42] some of that risk, while giving

[44:43] the perception of a more open

[44:45] meeting. Is that and if not,

[44:48] then can we? What can we do to

[44:50] draft in there to help mitigate

[44:51] those? I'm I'm. This is going

[44:53] to sound really bad. I'm a

[44:54] little torn on it. Um, I think

[44:57] people should have the chance

[44:59] to address, um, I also think

[45:02] there's kind of already an

[45:03] opportunity for them to address

[45:04] any of us, because I get talks

[45:06] all the time and emails and

[45:07] contacts. What I would hate to

[45:10] see also happen is that a line

[45:12] of a thousand people all take

[45:13] three minutes just to blow our

[45:15] time and be difficult. Um, I

[45:17] know that's an extreme, but I

[45:19] just I think there's a happy

[45:21] medium in here somewhere, but

[45:23] we're really going to rely on

[45:24] those who are around to help us

[45:27] draft in there what we can do

[45:29] to mitigate that risk, to

[45:30] ensure we don't repeat back

[45:31] into what drove it the first

[45:33] time around, while still again,

[45:34] given the perception of being

[45:36] more open.

[45:36] I can tell you there's out of the 11 elected officials

[45:40] sitting up here at the time,

[45:42] there's only two sitting

[45:43] remaining. So just to answer

[45:48] your question.

[45:49] So then there I posed the

[45:50] question. The two of you are

[45:52] out of the risks that you see.

[45:55] What could we put in there that

[45:56] would help mitigate it? And

[45:57] then we would remind everybody

[45:58] up front, hey, don't break

[46:01] these rules or you're gone.

[46:02] Like, we're doing this for a

[46:04] reason, but not to be abused.

[46:05] So.

[46:07] Okay. Mister Wilcox.

[46:12] , so I like your idea. Like

[46:14] before the public comment

[46:16] section would start. I mean,

[46:17] maybe we there's a disclaimer

[46:19] where we say this. You can

[46:21] address your agenda item.

[46:22] There's no personal attacks,

[46:23] you know, just a short little

[46:25] thing.

[46:26] It's on everybody.

[46:26] It's on the back of the card.

[46:28] Okay. And then lemon limiting

[46:30] you know, there can only be a

[46:32] limit of 10 or 20 per meeting.

[46:35] You can't have 100, obviously.

[46:36] So is that in there like I

[46:37] didn't I don't think I saw it

[46:38] in there is is putting a

[46:40] number. Um, so I guess that's

[46:42] part of my point is if there

[46:43] was a concern that people were

[46:45] lining up out the door just to

[46:46] complain, then we say, hey,

[46:48] first whatever number, I don't

[46:49] know.

[46:51] I'm I would be totally against

[46:54] that. You're going to put ten

[46:56] people first. Ten people come

[46:58] in and want to speak on

[46:59] whatever they want to talk

[47:00] about. Number 11 walks in and

[47:05] wants to speak. I'll guarantee

[47:07] you right now, eight out of ten

[47:09] of you will say, let the 11

[47:12] person speak.

[47:14] Or I would say on the next, or

[47:16] be faster to.

[47:16] The next number on it.

[47:18] You cannot put a number.

[47:20] On it.

[47:21] Because if if what you guys are

[47:23] saying, you're going to allow

[47:26] 60 people to walk in here and

[47:28] talk about whatever they want

[47:29] to talk about for three

[47:32] minutes, and no, you cannot

[47:33] say, you know, we've already

[47:35] heard this, we've already heard

[47:37] this move on. If you're going

[47:41] to do this, you're going to

[47:42] open up wide open for however

[47:46] many people want to talk. And

[47:48] to miss Spencer's point, you

[47:51] can't kick them out. I mean,

[47:52] yeah, you can make them leave

[47:54] that meeting, but they can come

[47:56] back the next meeting.

[47:57] And. then keep coming. Their

[47:58] attitude, because it is.

[47:59] It's their First Amendment

[48:01] right to come to these meetings.

[48:07] Miss Taylor.

[48:10] Um, first, I mean, let's be

[48:13] honest, we maybe have 1 or 2

[48:17] people in the that come to

[48:18] these meetings. I'm not worried

[48:20] that thousand I mean, even

[48:23] worried that ten people are

[48:24] going to come and sign a

[48:26] comment card unless there's a

[48:27] problem and that's usually on

[48:29] the agenda item. I mean, that's

[48:30] a moot point for me. And I did

[48:33] want to comment because you

[48:34] asked Corey about, um, why now?

[48:37] And the timing. And I did bring

[48:39] this up last year with our

[48:41] strategic plan, wanting to do

[48:42] this. Um, but we do constantly

[48:46] get asked, uh, to people to

[48:48] come and speak on something. I

[48:50] mean, I know me and Corey have

[48:52] multiple times had to tell

[48:54] people, no, they can't come and

[48:56] speak on that because it's not

[48:57] on the agenda item. So, I mean,

[49:00] having to tell people that

[49:01] right there, I'm embarrassed to

[49:03] like, yeah, our council is

[49:06] telling you you can't come and

[49:07] speak on something in the city

[49:09] that you want to speak on. You

[49:11] know, I know last week I think

[49:13] Council Member Wilcox had

[49:14] someone here that wanted to

[49:16] speak, and it was just

[49:17] something about the storm

[49:17] damage, you know? And, I mean,

[49:20] they couldn't come and speak.

[49:21] So I think this is an ongoing

[49:23] issue that I've seen over the

[49:25] last year that people have a

[49:27] problem with not being able to

[49:29] come up and talk to us.

[49:31] Go ahead, Mr. Palmer.

[49:32] So, I mean, I want to ask, is

[49:34] that is that a true statement

[49:35] that there is no way for them

[49:36] to come and I and I when I, asked that question, I'm

[49:39] not limited to council meeting

[49:41] itself. Like if somebody has an

[49:43] issue on a topic, can't they be

[49:44] invited to come and speak on it

[49:46] as an agenda item on the

[49:48] workshop?

[49:50] We normally do not have

[49:53] residents speak at the workshop.

[49:55] Very, very rarely do we have a

[49:58] resident speak at the workshop.

[50:00] But speak is in like a ad hoc

[50:04] impromptu coming and speaking.

[50:06] Could we not invite them to

[50:08] come and share their views on a

[50:10] certain topic? I'm just asking.

[50:12] I'm trying to understand like

[50:13] what really is a limitation and

[50:15] what is really not a limitation.

[50:18] I can I'm I'm just as new. Half

[50:21] of us, I'm learning.

[50:22] Go ahead. Amanda.

[50:24] Um, there was only one time

[50:26] that I've given up my ward

[50:28] report just to let someone

[50:30] speak, and I gave it up there,

[50:33] because I did. I didn't think

[50:34] they should deserve to come

[50:35] here and speak, and we weren't

[50:37] listening. So I gave my ward

[50:38] report. That's been the only

[50:39] time I've actually seen someone

[50:42] able to speak outside of the

[50:44] agenda items. So.

[50:46] Mr. Lincoln.

[50:47] Thank you. Mayor. Uh, the one

[50:49] remark I want to make falls

[50:50] back on some experience on

[50:52] planning and zoning. So

[50:54] occasionally, you know, the

[50:55] contentious topic comes up. Um,

[50:58] a couple of times that's

[50:59] happened. Generally, the

[51:01] speakers have respected the

[51:03] direction of the presiding

[51:04] officer, in which, you know,

[51:06] there should be an effort made

[51:08] not to repeat the same

[51:10] information or arguments over

[51:11] and over. So, you know, I think

[51:13] on some we've had 6 or 7

[51:14] speakers and maybe 2 or 3,

[51:17] we'll use the full three

[51:18] minutes, but others may just

[51:20] get up there and say, uh, you

[51:21] know, I'm just here to support

[51:23] this view. My points have

[51:24] already been argued and they

[51:25] respect the time.

[51:27] So sorry, Corey, I just want to

[51:29] I know your hands been up a

[51:30] while, but I just want to hit

[51:31] this one. Um, so I mean, that's

[51:32] an example to me of that would

[51:35] be a mitigation we could put in

[51:36] place. Right. That says, hey,

[51:37] if you're going to repeat what

[51:38] somebody else is, has said,

[51:40] like raise your hand or

[51:41] something to indicate your

[51:42] support of what they're saying

[51:43] so we don't have to hear it 13

[51:45] times over. But we still get a

[51:46] point of, are we here? We can

[51:49] see the quantity of folks that

[51:50] support or agree with what's

[51:51] being stated. I mean, that's I

[51:53] guess, an example of what I'm

[51:54] asking about.

[51:56] Absolutely. And I don't know if

[51:57] that needs to be explicitly

[51:59] written out in the bill

[52:00] language. I think that can

[52:00] probably fall within the the

[52:02] quorum and the guidance of the

[52:04] presiding officer.

[52:08] I'm not trying to rewrite

[52:09] history here, people. I'm

[52:11] trying to change one small

[52:13] thing. Nothing changes outside

[52:16] of the fact that you can

[52:18] discuss items that are not on

[52:20] that meeting's agenda. That's

[52:22] it. All other rules stay. It's

[52:25] the same thing. If I was

[52:27] sitting down there and I had a

[52:28] problem with something, and I

[52:30] use my three minutes and I

[52:32] scream and I yell and I attack,

[52:34] and I name caller and I cuss,

[52:36] that is not acceptable

[52:37] behavior. No one's trying to

[52:39] change that. I'm just saying

[52:40] name one time in the five

[52:42] months that I've six months,

[52:43] five months that I've been up

[52:44] here and the many months prior

[52:46] to that, that I watched council

[52:47] meetings, you know, how many

[52:48] people total I saw use there?

[52:51] Three minutes to speak on a

[52:52] regular basis, one outside of a

[52:54] regular basis, maybe five. This

[52:57] is not opening up the door for

[52:59] a hundred people to line up and

[53:01] come in here and be like, I

[53:02] want my three minutes to

[53:04] complain about something.

[53:06] That's not how I feel about our

[53:07] residents. That's not how any

[53:08] of you should feel about our

[53:09] residents. This is simply meant

[53:12] to say, like the poor woman at

[53:14] the last meeting who had to

[53:15] just write a letter because she

[53:17] was told she cannot come speak,

[53:19] or the gentleman who lives on

[53:21] Brian Road, who has things he

[53:24] wants to say and addresses

[53:25] those with Amanda and I

[53:27] regularly, and he wants to be

[53:29] heard by the council as a

[53:30] whole. And if that makes him

[53:31] feel better to come in here and

[53:33] for three minutes say what he

[53:34] doesn't agree with, or our

[53:36] request to change, or just get

[53:38] it off his chest, why can he

[53:40] not do that? It is literally no

[53:42] different than speaking on an

[53:43] agenda item, except for it's

[53:45] not an agenda item.

[53:47] It's just.

[53:51] Brian.

[53:52] So, Debbie, you've been here.

[53:54] You sat through this quietly.

[53:57] Yeah. Um, you had the

[53:59] experience. You were part of

[54:00] the crew that put this in

[54:02] place. So what are your

[54:03] concerns and thoughts on this?

[54:06] So I was one of three people

[54:09] that voted against it. I did

[54:11] not want the I did not want the

[54:13] ordinance to change hindsight.

[54:17] I can remember one person

[54:19] coming in to speak on a non

[54:21] agenda item about a stop sign

[54:23] in Ward three. As a whole, we

[54:25] didn't have too much. We really

[54:27] didn't have people coming in to

[54:29] speak. So I don't know if it's

[54:31] really affected that many

[54:33] people that we have closed it.

[54:34] But I was one that said, no, I

[54:36] don't want to close it. Um, you

[54:39] know, we have so many avenues

[54:41] now to reach out to us. We have

[54:42] a lot of social media. We have

[54:44] emails, we have phone calls. We

[54:45] have all kinds of ways. So, you

[54:48] know, there are a lot of ways

[54:49] for people to get Ahold of us

[54:50] now. So I I'm on the fence. I

[54:53] mean, I would love to open it

[54:54] back up to I've missed the days

[54:56] where people could come up. I

[54:57] don't think it gets abused, but

[55:00] at the same time, I see how

[55:01] smoothly our meetings do go.

[55:03] And I know people have other

[55:05] avenues of reaching out to us,

[55:06] so I'm hearing both sides of

[55:09] everybody's arguments. I'm

[55:10] sitting here listening to all

[55:11] of it.

[55:12] And sometimes people just want

[55:14] to feel heard. And that for a

[55:17] lot of people, means standing

[55:19] up here in front of all of us,

[55:22] being seen and feeling heard.

[55:24] Social media, emails, text

[55:26] messages, phone calls, all of

[55:27] that is fine and great, and

[55:28] that is utilized very regularly

[55:29] for all of us. Sometimes they

[55:32] just want to feel like they are

[55:35] being heard, and that means

[55:36] standing here, speaking their

[55:38] piece and sitting down.

[55:40] And really, isn't that our job,

[55:43] right? I mean, isn't that what

[55:44] we're here for? To be here for

[55:45] the residents and to hear them.

[55:49] Mr. Palmer?

[55:50] Yeah. I mean, no, no

[55:52] disagreement. Um, I, I mean, I

[55:54] would question if someone has

[55:55] an issue in your ward

[55:57] specifically. Do they need to

[55:59] reach out to me? No, but I

[56:02] guess as a way of reaching some

[56:03] type of compromise and

[56:05] potentially moving forward, I

[56:07] guess what I would ask is,

[56:09] could we just take some inputs

[56:11] on ways to enhance? We talked

[56:12] about a lot of them, but ways

[56:13] of enhancing it. And then if it

[56:15] gets approved, do a a review in

[56:20] six months or something to see.

[56:22] Like did the fears we had on it

[56:24] come to pass and how would we

[56:25] adjust further? I mean, I

[56:26] think, if nothing else, a trial

[56:27] period to see, because you're

[56:29] right, none of us work well,

[56:31] none. Most of us weren't here.

[56:34] And so, I mean, if it does get

[56:37] approved with additional

[56:39] changes, can we at least try

[56:41] it? But throw in there that

[56:42] we'll revisit it in 3 or 6

[56:44] months and then we'll be able

[56:45] to adjust again. I don't know.

[56:46] I guess that's all.

[56:52] Again, this is on for first

[56:54] reading. So you know, I would

[56:57] suggest you all get get

[56:59] together and come up. You know,

[57:00] we have to make an amendment.

[57:04] In two weeks to do it. It's up

[57:08] to you guys. Okay. Mr. link,

[57:15] next one's yours, brother.

[57:17] All right. Thank you, mayor.

[57:18] All right, so the multifamily

[57:20] housing study, a little bit of

[57:22] an update on that. I know we,

[57:23] uh, there's been some travel

[57:25] with other council members

[57:26] myself. Um, last meeting, uh,

[57:29] but wanted to revisit it.

[57:30] Despite the moratorium bill not

[57:32] passing, as I think the studies

[57:34] were still a central element of

[57:35] it in the way that they can

[57:37] either better inform us or help

[57:39] us with making legislative

[57:42] changes to our code. Um, so a

[57:44] quick update on that. Like I

[57:45] said, we met with staff last

[57:46] week. Uh, they provided us some

[57:48] input and also assembled, uh,

[57:51] granite was very first rough

[57:53] cut of the scope of effort. If

[57:55] we were to literally do every

[57:57] single study in the 22 page

[57:59] document that I know you've all

[58:01] diligently read over the last

[58:03] month, wonderful reading

[58:05] material. Yeah. So in either

[58:07] case, once again, it was a very

[58:09] rough cut. Uh, nonetheless, we

[58:11] reviewed that for about an

[58:13] hour. And I think what we

[58:15] determined out of that was the

[58:16] best course of action forward

[58:19] was to create a working group.

[58:21] And what council member Boyer

[58:24] and myself had proposed was to

[58:27] create a working group of five

[58:29] members, one from each ward.

[58:31] And the role of this working

[58:33] group would basically be to

[58:35] look at the 22 pages of

[58:37] studies, prioritize which ones

[58:40] we think are going to, you

[58:41] know, be the most impactful for

[58:43] either information we need or

[58:45] missing. Also, balancing that

[58:47] with cost. And then also

[58:49] prioritizing time wise. You

[58:52] know, what we don't want to do

[58:53] is wait, you know, 12 to 18

[58:55] months and then have this

[58:57] massive chunk of information

[58:59] come out at the end. We thought

[59:00] it would be better to kind of

[59:02] release the information and

[59:04] studies as we go. And once

[59:06] again prioritize those based on

[59:08] interest. Um, kind of. Before I

[59:11] get to the summary here, I'm

[59:12] going to, uh, Councilman Boyer,

[59:15] I don't know if there's

[59:15] anything you wanted to add to

[59:16] that that I missed, but, um, I

[59:18] will have one thing to go back

[59:19] to when you're done.

[59:20] I know you've you've done a

[59:21] fabulous job of covering what

[59:22] we did. Um, it was a big price

[59:25] tag that we saw. There's a lot

[59:27] of data that we wanted, and,

[59:29] um. Yeah, I think collectively,

[59:31] we can then figure out what makes sense for us and

[59:33] what what do we need? The

[59:35] city's got a lot of

[59:35] information, but there's also

[59:37] stuff that we have to purchase

[59:38] and get out there. So we need

[59:40] to make sure we make the right

[59:41] smart decisions. So thank you.

[59:44] And so I guess to

[59:47] mechanize that and we can

[59:48] certainly talk about this with

[59:50] the time, but what I like to do

[59:52] either after we talk or have

[59:53] some back and forth, is to

[59:55] conduct a roll call vote, in

[59:57] which either we would approve,

[1:00:01] uh, us to create this working

[1:00:03] group because we basically need

[1:00:06] the council's consensus as we'd

[1:00:07] be directing

[1:00:08] Staff to these studies. We

[1:00:09] cannot do that individually, so

[1:00:11] it needs the consensus of the

[1:00:13] council to do that. Um, and so

[1:00:16] I'd like to open up for

[1:00:17] discussion before we conduct

[1:00:18] that vote.

[1:00:18] And just as a reminder, if this

[1:00:21] does pass for the five, you

[1:00:23] know, passes, the council, the

[1:00:26] five working group, if you're

[1:00:28] not on that working group, you

[1:00:30] cannot show up. All right. So,

[1:00:33] Mr. Koskela of Mr. Link's on

[1:00:35] it. You cannot show up at that

[1:00:37] meeting because that would make

[1:00:38] a quorum. So just let everybody

[1:00:42] know.

[1:00:44] If if I may complicate life a

[1:00:47] little further. because that's

[1:00:49] what I do. If you establish.

[1:00:53] A working group, whatever you

[1:00:55] want to call it, that body is

[1:00:56] subject to the sunshine line.

[1:00:58] It is a public, governmental

[1:00:59] body within the meaning of the

[1:01:01] Sunshine Law. That means those

[1:01:02] meetings must be posted open to

[1:01:05] the public, and follow all the

[1:01:07] sunshine Law requirements for

[1:01:09] notice. Tentative agenda and

[1:01:12] access to to the meetings. If

[1:01:15] then members of the Council

[1:01:18] show up and magnify that body

[1:01:23] into a quorum of the Council,

[1:01:25] there is a risk that you will

[1:01:27] violate the Sunshine Law, as

[1:01:28] the mayor said, because you

[1:01:30] will create a meeting of the

[1:01:31] council. If there is a quorum

[1:01:33] of the Council president

[1:01:34] discussing council business.

[1:01:36] So, first of all, creating this

[1:01:38] as a subgroup does not exempt

[1:01:41] it from the Sunshine Law. The

[1:01:42] Sunshine Law still applies. So

[1:01:45] all of the requirements for

[1:01:46] notice and access and agendas

[1:01:48] will still be applicable.

[1:01:51] But.

[1:01:53] When.

[1:01:55] Did we come up with a cost to

[1:01:57] the city of what the study is

[1:01:58] going to cost?

[1:01:59] So if you did every single one,

[1:02:01] the very rough cut was $1

[1:02:03] million. The vast majority of

[1:02:05] those being traffic studies.

[1:02:07] There were ones as low as a

[1:02:09] thousand, but once again they

[1:02:10] were very rough cut numbers and

[1:02:13] it was a line item list of, I'm

[1:02:15] going to say over 100 items. So.

[1:02:19] what's our cost anticipated

[1:02:21] to be with it being scaled

[1:02:22] down?

[1:02:23] Well, that's for the working

[1:02:24] group to decide in terms of

[1:02:25] what studies we want to pursue.

[1:02:27] But once we start the the bill

[1:02:29] starts accruing, right.

[1:02:31] Well, whatever data we need it

[1:02:33] would do that. If there's a

[1:02:35] certain study that we want

[1:02:37] done. Right. So some studies we

[1:02:39] actually have the data for,

[1:02:40] it's probably very minimal.

[1:02:41] It's just staff time to pull

[1:02:43] it. Others you know, we either

[1:02:45] need to reach out to other

[1:02:47] organizations, which could just

[1:02:49] be a fire department. Right.

[1:02:51] Others we might need a higher

[1:02:52] professional help for, um, they

[1:02:54] staff did a really nice job of

[1:02:55] breaking it down into like four

[1:02:57] categories of we've got it,

[1:02:59] partner organization

[1:03:01] professionals or what the heck

[1:03:03] are you asking for, Doug? We

[1:03:04] can't get that information.

[1:03:08] And the reason I bring it up,

[1:03:09] I'm not opposed to doing the

[1:03:10] study, but I don't think the

[1:03:11] city should incur $1 million

[1:03:13] cost on this study either.

[1:03:14] Well, right. And let me

[1:03:15] completely rewind the million

[1:03:17] dollar number. I do not intend

[1:03:18] on us going down and spending

[1:03:21] $1 million. That is just it. As

[1:03:24] if you're going to do every

[1:03:25] single one as listed on there.

[1:03:29] Yeah, that's the once we saw

[1:03:31] the price tag, we're like, all

[1:03:32] right, we need to rethink and

[1:03:33] retool how we're going to

[1:03:34] attack this. So that's where

[1:03:36] the working group came in. So

[1:03:38] we can then direct what makes

[1:03:39] sense and what's what's pie in

[1:03:42] the sky and not needed.

[1:03:46] Mr. Snowden thank you, mayor. I

[1:03:48] think it's important to note

[1:03:49] that any funds expended would

[1:03:53] not be budgeted. And so it

[1:03:55] would have to come back to the

[1:03:56] council for approval to

[1:03:58] actually expend the funds.

[1:03:59] So I if I can put words in your

[1:04:01] mouth, Mr. Link, the working

[1:04:02] group would be deciding which

[1:04:05] studies need to be done. We

[1:04:07] would then compile how much we

[1:04:09] think that might cost, whether

[1:04:11] there needs to be an RFP

[1:04:12] process that would then come

[1:04:13] back to the council because the

[1:04:14] funds are budgeted.

[1:04:16] Thank you, Mr. Snow. And that

[1:04:17] would come back as a just a

[1:04:18] line item resolution to

[1:04:20] authorize that spending. If

[1:04:23] it's not in the budget,

[1:04:24] correct. If the budget next

[1:04:26] year accounted for some of

[1:04:28] these studies, we would not

[1:04:29] need to do that.

[1:04:31] If the funds are budgeted, we

[1:04:33] would not need to come back to

[1:04:34] the council to spend the funds.

[1:04:35] It's unadjusted. We would.

[1:04:37] All right. Thank you.

[1:04:39] Mr. Palmer.

[1:04:41] Um, as I mentioned in my nine

[1:04:44] page, thank you for reading

[1:04:46] letter, Mr. Mayor. Uh, I guess

[1:04:48] one of the things I want to

[1:04:49] make sure whether or not I'm on

[1:04:50] the group or not, one of the

[1:04:52] things I want to make sure is

[1:04:53] that before we commence any

[1:04:55] studies, we talk through the

[1:04:56] potential outcomes of those

[1:04:57] studies and what actions we

[1:04:59] would take, because I would

[1:05:00] hate to get to an outcome that

[1:05:01] we can't do anything about. And

[1:05:03] then the other one is, I sure

[1:05:05] hope that if we approve these

[1:05:07] studies, that those actions we

[1:05:09] take, we say would be

[1:05:10] appropriate, that we actually

[1:05:11] do them. And I'm going to throw

[1:05:12] an extreme hypothetical. If a

[1:05:14] study says we have insufficient

[1:05:16] housing, and the answer is to

[1:05:18] go build more apartments then

[1:05:20] and I'm throwing that out

[1:05:21] intentionally, right. Not to be

[1:05:23] provocative, but the point is, I feel like if we if we take

[1:05:27] these on, we should be somewhat

[1:05:29] committed to the outcomes and

[1:05:31] the actions that we take that

[1:05:32] were commensurate with those

[1:05:33] studies. If we have a

[1:05:34] predetermined answer that there

[1:05:36] are some things we are not

[1:05:36] going to do, then we should not

[1:05:38] start the studies because we if

[1:05:40] we're not going to live with

[1:05:41] the answers, then we shouldn't

[1:05:43] ask the questions, if that

[1:05:44] makes sense.

[1:05:45] Yeah. Absolutely. Understood.

[1:05:46] And you know, the one thing

[1:05:47] though I will say to that is if

[1:05:49] we just do a housing supply

[1:05:51] study, it's probably not the

[1:05:52] whole picture. It's one piece

[1:05:53] of it, right. There may be a,

[1:05:55] you know, demand for housing.

[1:05:57] The question is, can

[1:05:58] infrastructure, roads and

[1:06:00] things support that? And if

[1:06:01] not, what are the projects we

[1:06:03] can do to put those in place

[1:06:04] before we would start those

[1:06:05] developments? So, um, you know,

[1:06:07] just because we have one

[1:06:08] answer, we may not have an

[1:06:10] entire, let's say, because we

[1:06:12] have some information that

[1:06:14] answers one question. It's not

[1:06:15] enough to inform an action.

[1:06:17] And that and that's part of why

[1:06:18] that's part of my why I'm

[1:06:20] requesting it is in that same

[1:06:21] case, if you have like this

[1:06:22] network of studies that they

[1:06:25] are codependent upon each other

[1:06:26] and any individual that you

[1:06:27] know doesn't wouldn't drive

[1:06:29] action, then we want to make

[1:06:30] sure that any that are

[1:06:31] codependent would occur,

[1:06:32] because if there are three that

[1:06:33] are codependent, we only do

[1:06:34] two. Then we did nothing in the

[1:06:36] end. So that would be something

[1:06:37] else we would want to watch

[1:06:38] for. I think it's a good point.

[1:06:39] Yep. Completely agree.

[1:06:42] Anybody else?

[1:06:45] All right.

[1:06:46] Go ahead. I was just going to

[1:06:47] say I read through it three

[1:06:48] times, mostly because I fell

[1:06:49] asleep the first two times. Um,

[1:06:52] but like I have significant

[1:06:54] questions on the ability to get

[1:06:55] the data and to answer some of

[1:06:56] the questions and even the

[1:06:58] modeling. I just like the

[1:07:00] engineer side of me, kicked in

[1:07:01] and just tilted real fast. Um,

[1:07:05] so I just, I would whether or

[1:07:07] not I'm on that special group,

[1:07:08] I would really love to be able

[1:07:10] to know, uh, kind of the plan

[1:07:13] on each of the studies, we

[1:07:14] agree to go forward with, to

[1:07:16] just make sure that they're

[1:07:16] possible, et.

[1:07:18] Absolutely. And I'll let you

[1:07:20] and Councilwoman Cook rock

[1:07:21] scissors paper over that

[1:07:23] however you'd like to decide

[1:07:24] it. Um, but nonetheless, I

[1:07:26] think you'd be great on it.

[1:07:29] Okay. Anybody else? So, Mr.

[1:07:33] Link, you are wanting a roll

[1:07:36] call for forming the elected

[1:07:42] officials? Direct. Have a

[1:07:50] working group to work with

[1:07:53] staff on the study..

[1:07:56] At a high level, yes.

[1:08:01] Mr. Palmer.

[1:08:03] Relative to what? My lawyer

[1:08:04] friend to my left mentioned,

[1:08:06] I'm not sure I understand

[1:08:07] everything that that means.

[1:08:08] Does that mean we have to have,

[1:08:09] like, a a clerk or something

[1:08:11] would have to be available? It

[1:08:12] would have to be televised,

[1:08:14] have to be recorded. But

[1:08:15] whatever those are, I just want

[1:08:16] to make sure that I guess I'm

[1:08:18] asking Mike that staff can

[1:08:20] support if this ends up

[1:08:22] happening, because it is

[1:08:23] something different. An

[1:08:24] additional for for staff to be

[1:08:26] doing, even in the event of the the smaller group..

[1:08:30] In a word, yes, staff can

[1:08:33] support this.

[1:08:35] If that answer. Mike.

[1:08:36] Amanda., I guess that's the

[1:08:38] kind of follow up. Um, if this

[1:08:41] is sunshine and we have to do

[1:08:42] that already, then does it have

[1:08:44] to be limited to that one per

[1:08:46] ward? I mean, that was kind of

[1:08:48] why you were doing that, right?

[1:08:51] So originally w n.

[1:08:54] O'Keefe.

[1:08:55] They both wanted to be on it.

[1:08:58] Yes.

[1:08:58] Sir. She's asking. Go ahead and

[1:09:02] ask you a question again.

[1:09:03] Amanda., in this new revelation

[1:09:06] that, uh, this is subject to

[1:09:09] sunshine and we have to follow

[1:09:11] those same rules. Does that

[1:09:13] mean now we can extend the

[1:09:15] working group outside of five

[1:09:17] members, since that seem to be

[1:09:20] the reason for doing so to

[1:09:23] begin with?

[1:09:25] If it doesn't matter, okay.

[1:09:29] It doesn't matter what?

[1:09:33] Um.

[1:09:35] Whether it's a committee, a

[1:09:37] working group, whatever you

[1:09:39] want to call it, if it's a

[1:09:40] subunit of the city council

[1:09:42] created for a given purpose,

[1:09:44] it's a body in and of itself,

[1:09:46] subject to the Sunshine Law. If

[1:09:48] you want to make it ten people,

[1:09:49] you want to make it seven

[1:09:50] people you want to make two

[1:09:52] people. It's a body subject to

[1:09:54] the sunshine line I so it

[1:09:55] doesn't matter how many are put

[1:09:57] on it.

[1:09:57] I think I'm going to rephrase

[1:09:59] what Councilwoman Taylor is

[1:10:00] asking, or at least the

[1:10:01] question that got prompted to

[1:10:02] me. If there's seven, if we

[1:10:05] decide, hey, go to seven, does

[1:10:06] that change anything that this

[1:10:08] group would do, whether it's 5

[1:10:12] or 7?

[1:10:14] Or.

[1:10:14] Four.

[1:10:15] Change anything legally? Is

[1:10:17] that your question to me?

[1:10:19] Does it does it matter? Like

[1:10:22] there for some reason, five was

[1:10:23] picked because you kind of, um,

[1:10:27] you lessen a quorum and if all

[1:10:29] the same rules apply, etc. and

[1:10:31] I'm, I don't want him to

[1:10:33] believe we're trying to skirt

[1:10:34] or hide anything, right? Like

[1:10:35] nobody's afraid of sunshine

[1:10:36] laws. But but if it goes to

[1:10:38] like 7 or 8 that want to

[1:10:40] participate, like, would it, function differently

[1:10:44] if there were 5 or 8? That's

[1:10:45] what I, I don't I don't know

[1:10:46] and I don't understand. Or are

[1:10:51] you saying above five is the

[1:10:52] same as the whole and the whole

[1:10:56] council? And it would need to

[1:10:57] be this forum anyways.

[1:11:05] Well, and and to me, I really

[1:11:09] don't want ten people on this

[1:11:11] committee. I don't want seven.

[1:11:12] To me I think one person per

[1:11:15] ward, because you're going to

[1:11:18] get you get eight people on

[1:11:21] this, this working group. And

[1:11:23] what you're going to get is

[1:11:26] nothing done. I that's just my

[1:11:28] feeling. I don't think you will

[1:11:30] get anything done, but you have

[1:11:34] eight people on there. To me

[1:11:36] you have one person per ward

[1:11:38] that's representing that ward.

[1:11:41] So if it's Miss Cook on it, she

[1:11:43] can relay it to Mr. Palmer.

[1:11:46] Same way with wards one, two,

[1:11:48] three and four and five. I

[1:11:52] that's my my thought. And what

[1:11:55] Mr. O'Keefe said is I'm the one

[1:11:57] who's going to have to appoint

[1:11:59] because it's in our charter

[1:12:01] that I appoint to boards and

[1:12:02] commissions and committees, and all that stuff.

[1:12:07] So. So go ahead.

[1:12:11] So I agree with you. I, I like

[1:12:14] more of the agility you get

[1:12:15] with five. The accountability

[1:12:18] is more concentrated. Uh, you

[1:12:20] know, I've tried to go to

[1:12:22] dinner with eight people. It's

[1:12:23] impossible to get everybody to

[1:12:24] come together. So I completely

[1:12:26] agree. And, you know, if we're

[1:12:28] in that five range, the one per

[1:12:29] ward, I think is the cleanest

[1:12:31] way. So I think, uh, Councilman

[1:12:33] Boyer, I know you're within

[1:12:35] those discussions. Um, as long

[1:12:37] as you have a consensus on

[1:12:39] five, I would like to suggest

[1:12:41] keeping it there.

[1:12:42] That's. I felt the same. And

[1:12:44] more people in the less we're

[1:12:45] going to get done.

[1:12:48] Okay. Mr. Wilcox.

[1:12:50] So this is related. I sent an

[1:12:52] email, um, last week, earlier

[1:12:54] this week about planning and

[1:12:55] zoning, and especially for the

[1:12:56] new council members, how we

[1:12:58] would like to learn a little

[1:12:59] more about that. I've talked to

[1:13:00] a few of you guys, and this

[1:13:02] ties into the apartment thing

[1:13:03] in my the kind of where it

[1:13:05] started. I want to know, like

[1:13:07] how properties are zoned

[1:13:09] originally and then how they

[1:13:11] potentially can be changed to a

[1:13:13] different zoning code. I think

[1:13:15] this is a good workshop item.

[1:13:16] Maybe prior to this. Mr. Link,

[1:13:19] if you don't mind, because I

[1:13:20] think it ties in very closely

[1:13:22] to what you're trying to

[1:13:23] accomplish.

[1:13:25] Sir. I mean, I don't mind if we

[1:13:27] throw it on the workshop, but I

[1:13:29] still think we'll move to get

[1:13:32] this committee organized. I

[1:13:33] imagine it'll take a couple of

[1:13:34] weeks, but.

[1:13:37] , Amanda.

[1:13:38] I was just going to say

[1:13:40] something just hit me for his

[1:13:41] plan and zoning question. Isn't

[1:13:43] there a workshop or a class

[1:13:47] that you send? I don't know,

[1:13:49] Mr. Woods. Uh, David, for

[1:13:51] planning and zoning. There's

[1:13:52] even a class that people that

[1:13:54] are new on the planning and

[1:13:56] zoning can take that possibly.

[1:13:58] I mean, I would be interested

[1:13:59] in doing it, too, you know.

[1:14:01] Yeah, that just got noted that,

[1:14:03] um, sole has a has a

[1:14:04] certificate program for that. I

[1:14:06] did send that out to the

[1:14:07] commission. Uh, maybe just

[1:14:09] Tracy did last week or so. I

[1:14:11] think we had some, some

[1:14:12] interest. And I know, uh, Mr.

[1:14:16] Wexler, did you go a couple

[1:14:17] years ago?

[1:14:18] I did, yeah, yeah, my first

[1:14:19] year on or second year on

[1:14:21] planning and zoning, I went,

[1:14:22] yeah, it's super helpful if if

[1:14:25] council is able to go or some

[1:14:27] council members are able to go.

[1:14:28] Yeah. I've highly suggested

[1:14:29] it's it's very good. Yeah I.

[1:14:35] All right. Let's get get back

[1:14:36] on top before we get into other

[1:14:39] things. So let's get the first

[1:14:42] portion out of this. Done. So I

[1:14:45] have a motion by Mr. Link to

[1:14:50] correct me if I'm wrong here to

[1:14:53] get a working group to work

[1:14:55] with staff on the apartment

[1:15:00] study that Mr. Link provided.

[1:15:02] Is that good enough? You got

[1:15:07] that, Katie. Okay. Do I have a

[1:15:10] second?

[1:15:11] second.

[1:15:12] Mr. Bowyer questions? Mr.

[1:15:19] Koskela.

[1:15:20] Thank you. Mayor. Uh, I just

[1:15:22] want to be clear and reiterate, reiterate that

[1:15:26] before any funds are spent,

[1:15:30] labor time included, it has to

[1:15:33] come back to council for full

[1:15:36] approval. Approval in the

[1:15:37] normal.

[1:15:38] Yeah. That that working group

[1:15:40] cannot say we're going to spend

[1:15:42] X amount of dollars. It's got

[1:15:44] to be approved by the whole

[1:15:45] council.

[1:15:45] Understood. Thank you.

[1:15:48] Michael.

[1:15:49] To be clear, Mr. Costello,

[1:15:51] you're not referring to staff

[1:15:52] time as being part of the

[1:15:54] committee. And assisting.

[1:15:57] You're referring to any

[1:15:59] expenditure of funds beyond

[1:16:01] that.

[1:16:07] Um. How much of its staff time

[1:16:12] are we expecting for setting up

[1:16:13] this committee and starting

[1:16:15] this before any real work is

[1:16:18] started? Uh, before we would

[1:16:20] get to a a vote to approve a

[1:16:23] budget.

[1:16:24] I don't to me, I don't think

[1:16:26] you can answer that question

[1:16:27] until that working group gets

[1:16:30] in and goes over that. What

[1:16:32] staff is already provided and

[1:16:36] go over all that. So to me, you

[1:16:41] know, whenever they start this

[1:16:43] working group, you know, they

[1:16:45] can come back during the

[1:16:46] workshop or one of their ward

[1:16:48] report and say, hey, this is

[1:16:49] what we've found and keep the

[1:16:53] rest of the council updated.

[1:16:57] Okay?

[1:16:57] Corey.

[1:16:59] So when we when we went over

[1:17:03] this moratorium and it did not

[1:17:06] pass by half the council, that

[1:17:10] half of the council that did

[1:17:12] not pass this moratorium made

[1:17:13] it very clear that we can do

[1:17:15] these studies without the

[1:17:17] moratorium. So now we're trying

[1:17:20] to do the studies, and I just

[1:17:22] want to make sure that we yes,

[1:17:25] any expenditures need to come

[1:17:26] to the council for approval.

[1:17:28] But I don't think that that

[1:17:29] needs to include a small amount

[1:17:32] of staff time, because that is

[1:17:34] what was asked of us when this

[1:17:36] moratorium failed was we do the

[1:17:38] study without it. We're trying

[1:17:39] to let's not put more

[1:17:41] limitations on it. This is a

[1:17:42] little bit of a compromise

[1:17:43] here. Okay.

[1:17:44] Anybody else? Roll call.

[1:17:49] Councilmember Palmer.

[1:17:51] Yes.

[1:17:53] Councilmember Taylor.

[1:17:54] Yes.

[1:17:55] Council member. Cook.

[1:17:57] Yes.

[1:17:58] Council member. Yates.

[1:18:00] Yes.

[1:18:00] Council member. Spencer. Yes.

[1:18:03] Council member. Koskela.

[1:18:06] Yes.

[1:18:07] Council member. Link.

[1:18:08] Yes.

[1:18:09] Council member. Wilcox.

[1:18:10] Yes.

[1:18:11] Council member. Boyer.

[1:18:13] Yes.

[1:18:14] Council member. Wexler.

[1:18:15] Yes.

[1:18:16] All right. There's ten. So what

[1:18:22] I need from Mr. Link and Mr.

[1:18:25] Boyer by next. On the agenda.

[1:18:31] Come out for the next meeting..

[1:18:34] A week from.

[1:18:35] One day a week from Monday. I

[1:18:38] would like to have it probably

[1:18:40] by next week. Of what, five?

[1:18:46] Councilman is going to sit on

[1:18:47] this working group. So we put

[1:18:49] on the agenda to appoint the

[1:18:56] five whatever five it is to

[1:18:58] this working group.

[1:19:00] You got it.

[1:19:02] For your All's approval. Okay.

[1:19:08] Anything else? Any other items?

[1:19:20] Seeing none, I got a motion to

[1:19:23] go to closed session 610 0211.

[1:19:26] Legal action. Cause of action

[1:19:27] litigation, but involving

[1:19:29] public, governmental body and

[1:19:31] any confidential, privileged

[1:19:32] communication between the

[1:19:33] public, governmental body or

[1:19:35] its representative, its

[1:19:36] attorneys. 610 0212 lease,

[1:19:39] purchasing or sale of real

[1:19:41] estate and. 610 02112 sealed

[1:19:45] bids. Related documents. Until

[1:19:47] the bids are open and sealed,

[1:19:48] proposals and related documents

[1:19:49] or any documents related to the

[1:19:51] negotiated contract until the

[1:19:53] contract is executed or all

[1:19:55] proposals are rejected.

[1:19:58] So move to.

[1:20:00] Costco.

[1:20:02] Councilman Wexler, seconded by

[1:20:04] Councilman Koskela roll call.

[1:20:06] Katie.

[1:20:06] Council member Spencer.

[1:20:08] Yes.

[1:20:09] Council member. Wilcox.

[1:20:11] Yes.

[1:20:12] Council member. Cook.

[1:20:13] Yes.

[1:20:14] Council member. Koskela.

[1:20:15] Yes.

[1:20:16] Council member. Taylor. Yes.

[1:20:18] Council member. Boyer.

[1:20:20] Yes.

[1:20:21] Council member. Palmer.

[1:20:22] Yes.

[1:20:23] Council member. Wexler.

[1:20:24] Yes.

[1:20:26] Council Member Link.

[1:20:27] Yes.

[1:20:27] Council member. Yates.

[1:20:29] Yes. All right. We'll be in the

[1:20:30] community room at 655.

[1:21:25] Call to order the September

[1:21:27] 10th, 2026 O'Fallon City

[1:21:29] Council meeting to order roll

[1:21:31] call. Bess. Mayor. Hennessey

[1:21:32] present.

[1:21:33] Council member. Wexler present.

[1:21:34] Council member. Wilcox.

[1:21:36] Present. Council member. Boyer.

[1:21:37] Present.

[1:21:38] Council member. Yates.

[1:21:39] Present.

[1:21:40] Council member. Casella.

[1:21:41] Present. Council member. Lynch.

[1:21:43] Present. Council member.

[1:21:44] Spencer present. Council

[1:21:45] member. Taylor. Present.

[1:21:47] Council member. Cooke. Present.

[1:21:48] Council member.

[1:21:49] Palmer present. Please stand if

[1:21:53] able. Invitation by police

[1:21:55] chaplain Brandon Easterling,

[1:21:57] followed by Pledge of

[1:21:58] Allegiance led by Council

[1:21:59] member Spencer.

[1:22:01] Would you pray with me? Our

[1:22:03] Heavenly Father, we thank you

[1:22:04] for this night. We thank you

[1:22:05] for the chance to gather and do

[1:22:07] various matters related to our

[1:22:09] city, and just thankful for the

[1:22:10] leadership we have represented

[1:22:12] in this room. We just ask that

[1:22:13] you bless them, keep them, and

[1:22:15] give us wisdom and discernment

[1:22:16] tonight as we make decisions.

[1:22:18] In Jesus name we pray. Amen.

[1:22:24] Pledge allegiance to the flag

[1:22:26] of the United States of America

[1:22:28] and to the Republic for which

[1:22:30] it stands. One nation under

[1:22:32] God, indivisible, with liberty

[1:22:35] and justice for all. All right,

[1:22:44] folks, you have an agenda in

[1:22:45] front of what's a pleasure?

[1:22:47] Motion to approve. Costello

[1:22:49] second, Wexler.

[1:22:50] Moves by Councilman Costello.

[1:22:51] Second by Councilman Wexler.

[1:22:53] Questions or comments? All in

[1:22:55] favor? All right. Any opposed?

[1:22:57] Motion passes. Uh, just a

[1:22:59] couple things on the presiding

[1:23:01] officers report. Uh, folks, I

[1:23:03] believe we have a video back

[1:23:05] there. So if you want to go

[1:23:06] ahead and play it.

[1:23:26] For my generation, those of us

[1:23:28] in high school and college, we

[1:23:30] don't know. A world before nine

[1:23:31] over 11, but we can definitely

[1:23:33] understand the impact it has

[1:23:34] had on our nation.

[1:23:35] Can't overlook that. The men

[1:23:37] and women who ran towards that

[1:23:39] danger, and we know someday we

[1:23:40] might be put in that position

[1:23:41] where we have to do it, and to

[1:23:43] actually watch them on live TV.

[1:23:44] Doing it just it gives you a

[1:23:46] sense of, you know, brotherhood

[1:23:48] and sisterhood and you want to

[1:23:50] be there with them, but you

[1:23:51] can't. It's important that we.

[1:23:53] Do what, what O'Fallon does.

[1:23:55] And that is on those days we

[1:23:58] have ceremonies. We invite

[1:23:59] people to come together and

[1:24:02] fellowship to to remember and

[1:24:04] to hopefully never forget.

[1:24:06] Put us, you know, hand in hand

[1:24:07] with our neighbor, you know, arm around shoulders

[1:24:11] and, um, so from that

[1:24:14] perspective, it's just hugely

[1:24:15] important, especially at this

[1:24:17] time.

[1:24:17] It's great that they can still

[1:24:19] come together and remember

[1:24:23] those sacrifices. Um, both from

[1:24:26] that first responder

[1:24:27] standpoint, but also the

[1:24:30] military.

[1:24:30] It puts a tangibility to the

[1:24:33] event that you can't get off of

[1:24:36] the page of a textbook.

[1:24:37] You can't get it in a textbook.

[1:24:38] To me, I.

[1:24:39] What moves me the most about

[1:24:41] the nine over 11 ceremony is

[1:24:43] listening to those, the Chiefs

[1:24:45] and everybody else. Recap of

[1:24:47] what happened locally and

[1:24:49] everything else.

[1:24:50] And that's really what hits

[1:24:52] home for people.

[1:24:53] Come out to the Justice Center

[1:24:55] on nine over 11. You'll get to

[1:24:56] hear all the great stories.

[1:24:59] You know, I think the young

[1:25:01] people that come here are moved

[1:25:03] by it, and hopefully they learn

[1:25:05] something from it. Anytime that

[1:25:07] you can make it, make a

[1:25:09] connection with a kid, that's

[1:25:11] when they learned. And so we're always in the business of

[1:25:15] education, trying to help kids

[1:25:17] find connections to what we're

[1:25:19] trying to teach them. And when

[1:25:21] we when kids come out to a

[1:25:23] remembrance ceremony, that's

[1:25:25] when they make the connection.

[1:25:26] Listen to what somebody is

[1:25:29] telling you about what they

[1:25:31] felt and what they experienced.

[1:25:33] And then for a minute, put

[1:25:35] yourself in their shoes and you

[1:25:38] will understand why we need to

[1:25:43] protect this country.

[1:25:45] We can't heal, but we can't

[1:25:48] ever forget. I think it's so

[1:25:51] important we keep saying that.

[1:25:53] Over and over.

[1:25:55] Join us for Oberlin's annual

[1:25:57] Patriot Day ceremony and 9/11

[1:25:59] Remembrance Walk on Friday,

[1:26:02] September 11th at the O'Fallon

[1:26:03] Justice Center. The Patriot Day

[1:26:05] ceremony will take place from

[1:26:08] 830 to 9 a.m., honoring the

[1:26:10] lives lost and the heroes who

[1:26:12] responded with courage.

[1:26:13] Immediately following the

[1:26:14] ceremony, a remembrance Walk

[1:26:16] will begin at 9 a.m., offering

[1:26:18] a reflective journey that pays

[1:26:19] tribute to the sacrifices made,

[1:26:21] honors those who continue to

[1:26:23] inspire us, and ends in a

[1:26:25] moving display of patriotism.

[1:26:37] Great jobs by our

[1:26:38] communications department. And

[1:26:40] just as a reminder, didn't

[1:26:42] catch it. Uh, the nine over 11

[1:26:45] ceremony will be tomorrow

[1:26:46] morning at 830 at the Justice

[1:26:49] Center. Uh, followed by the one

[1:26:51] mile walk. And we will hear

[1:26:54] from a police officer. We'll

[1:26:57] hear from a retired fire chief,

[1:27:00] and we will hear from, uh, a a

[1:27:04] senior in high school. How it

[1:27:08] affects their generation. So,

[1:27:12] uh, there's a few other things

[1:27:14] that be there. So if you can

[1:27:17] make it to the Justice Center

[1:27:19] tomorrow morning at 830, uh,

[1:27:21] we'd love to have you out there.

[1:27:24] So that brings us to citizens

[1:27:26] comments, Mr. Danoff.

[1:27:39] Thank you very much. Members of

[1:27:41] council, first of all, is a

[1:27:43] reconsideration of Bill 7879.

[1:27:46] Elected officials need to have

[1:27:48] a backbone. A backbone is

[1:27:50] needed when you're elected to

[1:27:51] public office. Was this

[1:27:53] reconsideration forced or

[1:27:55] mandated by Mayor Hennessy for

[1:27:57] his developer buddy? There need

[1:27:59] to be protections and

[1:28:00] guarantees for all senior

[1:28:02] citizens. Assurances to the

[1:28:04] community about maintenance,

[1:28:06] elevators, air conditioning,

[1:28:08] barriers not sold for

[1:28:10] apartments or HUD. Section

[1:28:11] eight. In 15 years, when we

[1:28:13] don't need senior housing

[1:28:14] because of the population

[1:28:16] decrease, we need to get this

[1:28:18] project right for the

[1:28:19] neighborhood. I ask that you

[1:28:21] send this bill back to the

[1:28:22] Planning and Zoning Commission.

[1:28:24] I will be opposing all

[1:28:25] applications for any state tax

[1:28:26] credits, any funding from the

[1:28:28] state, or reduce interest

[1:28:30] rates. Bill 7989 resident

[1:28:33] testimony on Public Citizen

[1:28:35] comments. Let's get her done

[1:28:37] and fully restored. Speaking on

[1:28:38] any issue or topic and a five

[1:28:40] minute time limit. If not,

[1:28:42] there will be a city initiative.

[1:28:44] Petition the place a question

[1:28:46] and rules under the city

[1:28:47] election ballot. Let's be

[1:28:49] honest and truthful to the

[1:28:50] public and tell the public why

[1:28:52] you change public comments. The

[1:28:55] former council did an attempt

[1:28:57] in a spiteful, mean and hateful

[1:28:59] attempt to silence and shut me

[1:29:01] up personally. It was over a

[1:29:03] terrible police chief that I

[1:29:05] sent packing back to Texas. It

[1:29:07] has not worked and will never

[1:29:09] work. The city council can

[1:29:11] never act like a private

[1:29:12] country club folk. And that's

[1:29:14] the exact comment. Mr.

[1:29:15] Hennessey, I speak the truth

[1:29:17] with real facts and

[1:29:18] information. Your current rules

[1:29:20] and city ordinance is

[1:29:22] unconstitutional and invalid. I

[1:29:24] just been too lazy to take it

[1:29:25] to a circuit court judge and

[1:29:27] get it invalidated. Bill 7890

[1:29:30] reading through two readings is

[1:29:32] in direct violation of our home

[1:29:33] rule City charter. By mandating

[1:29:35] time for citizens response,

[1:29:37] comment and testimony. This is

[1:29:39] for a developer from Cape

[1:29:40] Girardeau who is worth over

[1:29:43] $150 million in assets, and at

[1:29:47] stake is over $100 million in

[1:29:48] tax credits and corporate

[1:29:50] welfare giveaways. Resolution A

[1:29:52] is $13,900 times four for

[1:29:56] $55,000. Is it an invasion of

[1:29:59] citizen privacy? Return on

[1:30:00] investment, or really getting

[1:30:02] our use out of this software?

[1:30:04] Resolution B Daines Park

[1:30:06] Playground Equipment

[1:30:07] Replacement $200,000 I thought

[1:30:10] we just recently replaced this

[1:30:12] equipment. Resolution C at

[1:30:14] Green Drive. Reconstruction and

[1:30:15] sidewalks. What are total waste

[1:30:17] of $1.5 million? Federal,

[1:30:21] county, city. And it's a pork

[1:30:24] barrel project. In my opinion.

[1:30:25] Resolution D you.

[1:30:27] Have 50s.

[1:30:28] Sanitary district problems with

[1:30:29] the bid and contract resolution

[1:30:31] E honor guard uniform

[1:30:32] replacement 25,000. How could

[1:30:34] they be worn out in eight

[1:30:36] years? Resolution F $23,000 in

[1:30:39] chiller repairs on a five year

[1:30:41] old $30 million.

[1:30:42] Police building off.

[1:30:43] We need off contractors.

[1:30:44] Counting off. Your time is up,

[1:30:46] sir.

[1:30:46] Thank you.

[1:30:49] Our next speaker is Patty

[1:30:53] Riney. I hope I said that

[1:30:56] correct.

[1:31:02] Good evening. Thank you. My

[1:31:05] name is Patty Riney and I am a

[1:31:08] regional manager for Pioneer

[1:31:10] Property Management, Inc. I've

[1:31:12] been working with Phoenix Real

[1:31:13] Estate for the past 15 years,

[1:31:16] managing the daily operations

[1:31:19] of the tech properties that

[1:31:20] they've developed. I have a

[1:31:22] firsthand experience with the

[1:31:25] benefits of these large tech

[1:31:27] properties, and I am here to

[1:31:30] advocate for the village at

[1:31:32] Hillman Farm and ask you to

[1:31:35] reconsider your decision on

[1:31:37] this property. Um, I, in my

[1:31:41] daily work, I see firsthand the

[1:31:44] strong need for affordable

[1:31:46] housing and, better options for

[1:31:50] seniors. And in my line of

[1:31:52] work, I. I see and hear from

[1:31:56] our clients on a daily basis on

[1:32:00] what their struggles are, and

[1:32:02] affordable housing is at the

[1:32:04] top of their list. Um, I

[1:32:05] appreciate the time that you

[1:32:07] gave me, and I hope that you

[1:32:09] reconsider.

[1:32:10] Thank you ma'am. Our next

[1:32:13] speaker is Dan Bernard Barnard.

[1:32:29] Thank you. I'm Dan Barnard with

[1:32:31] Phoenix Real Estate Services.

[1:32:33] Do I need to get my address,

[1:32:34] please? Uh, 2800 West Clay

[1:32:37] Valley Drive, Saint Charles,

[1:32:38] Missouri, 63301. Okay. Thank

[1:32:42] you very much for the

[1:32:43] reconsideration. It's really

[1:32:45] important. Uh, I want you to

[1:32:47] know that Phoenix Real Estate

[1:32:49] Services, as a developer for

[1:32:50] tax credit properties, has been

[1:32:52] in business for over 15 years.

[1:32:54] We've been developing these

[1:32:56] kind of apartments for low

[1:32:58] income seniors for that time.

[1:33:01] Uh, if this is approved,

[1:33:03] village at Hillman Farms would

[1:33:06] be our 10th development

[1:33:08] altogether. And it would be,

[1:33:11] uh, somewhere in the

[1:33:12] neighborhood of 600 apartment

[1:33:14] units, almost all of them for

[1:33:16] low income seniors. Um, the

[1:33:20] social media comments that have

[1:33:22] come from the denial a couple

[1:33:24] of weeks ago have been, uh,

[1:33:26] appears to me tremendously in

[1:33:28] favor of the affordable

[1:33:30] housing. The few 10 to 15%

[1:33:35] negative comments, uh, seem to

[1:33:36] come from folks that don't know

[1:33:38] very much about the program and

[1:33:41] the obligations of the

[1:33:43] developer. Um, and, uh, there's

[1:33:48] just a lot of interest in this,

[1:33:49] and there's a tremendous need,

[1:33:52] um, for this kind of

[1:33:54] development. Our waiting list

[1:33:57] at Queen's Brook and Saint

[1:33:58] Peter's, we have over 200

[1:34:01] people on our waiting list. And

[1:34:03] the market study that was done

[1:34:05] for, uh, village at Hillman

[1:34:07] Farms shows that all of the

[1:34:10] O'Fallon, um, developments that

[1:34:12] have previously been put

[1:34:14] together, uh, have waiting

[1:34:16] lists of 2 to 3 years to get

[1:34:19] into those, those kind of

[1:34:22] apartments. We looked

[1:34:27] throughout say we like to build

[1:34:29] in Saint Charles County. It's a

[1:34:31] great place, good location.

[1:34:33] We've got three developments in

[1:34:35] Saint Charles. We have two in

[1:34:37] Wentzville. We have two in

[1:34:39] Saint Peter's. This would be

[1:34:41] our first in O'Fallon, but

[1:34:42] Saint Charles County altogether

[1:34:44] and the municipalities in it

[1:34:46] are where we'd like to be. Uh,

[1:34:48] it's a low crime rate. Uh, we

[1:34:50] work with solid core of

[1:34:53] subcontractors and suppliers,

[1:34:55] many of whom are. Most of them

[1:34:57] are in Saint Charles County.

[1:34:58] Some are in O'Fallon. We we

[1:35:01] looked all over the place. This

[1:35:03] was our best site that we could

[1:35:04] find. Uh, there are a couple of

[1:35:07] our three properties in

[1:35:09] O'Fallon. We looked at those.

[1:35:11] They're not on the market. They

[1:35:13] don't meet the needs of our

[1:35:14] people, our residents and so

[1:35:16] forth. And, um, that's why we

[1:35:19] wound up, uh, going to the

[1:35:22] Mexico Road location.

[1:35:23] You have 15 seconds.

[1:35:25] Thank you. The site's been

[1:35:26] vacant for 20 years. Not likely

[1:35:29] to be used for any sort of

[1:35:31] retail. And the traffic impact

[1:35:34] is for our projects is really

[1:35:37] low.

[1:35:38] Okay.

[1:35:38] Thank you for your time.

[1:35:40] Sir.

[1:35:41] All right. Brings this to World

[1:35:43] Reports, Ward one.

[1:35:47] I just.

[1:35:48] Wanted to remind everybody

[1:35:49] again about the nine over 11

[1:35:50] ceremony and the walk tomorrow.

[1:35:52] And then our Rail district

[1:35:53] festival is this Saturday. So

[1:35:55] lots of stuff going on in

[1:35:56] O'Fallon.

[1:35:57] Thank you.

[1:35:57] Real district from 12 to 6 at

[1:36:00] Civic Park. Mr. Wechsler.

[1:36:03] Thank you. Mayor Scott. You

[1:36:05] stole what I was going to talk

[1:36:06] about. So I will talk about the

[1:36:08] other, uh, big thing happening

[1:36:11] in Ward one this weekend, which

[1:36:12] is tacos and tequila on

[1:36:14] Saturday. Um, it's probably

[1:36:16] going to be loud. We're

[1:36:18] probably gonna hear about it

[1:36:19] if, uh, if you have questions,

[1:36:21] call Scott or call the police

[1:36:23] department. There you go.

[1:36:25] That's what I got.

[1:36:26] Okay, we're two.

[1:36:30] Thank you. Mayor. Um, there's

[1:36:33] also a blood drive coming up

[1:36:35] this week at the Justice

[1:36:36] Center, which is, um, later

[1:36:39] this week. And then Saturday is

[1:36:41] the. And Debbie, I'm going to

[1:36:42] beat you to it. The pool.

[1:36:44] Pause. Dog swim at Civic Park.

[1:36:48] Uh, and then most importantly,

[1:36:50] it was my anniversary this

[1:36:51] week, so I have to give props

[1:36:55] to my wife on that.

[1:36:58] Brian.

[1:36:59] Awesome. Uh, usually we're up

[1:37:01] here talking about how bad the

[1:37:02] roads are. This time I get to

[1:37:03] say how good they are. Uh, Ward

[1:37:05] two, we got a lot of our slab replacements, and I've

[1:37:09] received a lot of kudos off of

[1:37:11] that, so. Yay! This is when the

[1:37:14] roads get repaired. People are

[1:37:16] happy, so that's great. Thank

[1:37:17] you.

[1:37:19] Ward three.

[1:37:21] Thank you. Mayor. Well,

[1:37:23] Councilman Boyer, that's great

[1:37:24] news because that means our

[1:37:25] slabs are next year. And so

[1:37:27] looking forward to that.

[1:37:28] Praise. Um, I want to share a

[1:37:29] couple things. So for those of

[1:37:30] you that don't know, I'm the

[1:37:31] council liaison to the Historic

[1:37:33] Preservation Commission. Uh, it

[1:37:35] feels like it's certainly been

[1:37:36] history since we last met. Uh,

[1:37:38] it's typically the first

[1:37:39] Tuesday of the month. So with

[1:37:41] the fourth, uh, and the

[1:37:42] election, it's been a couple of

[1:37:43] months, so we've had to meet,

[1:37:45] uh, so in either case, I wanted

[1:37:46] to share some updates from

[1:37:48] them. So they'll be at the Rail

[1:37:49] District Festival. Uh, that was

[1:37:51] mentioned earlier. They're

[1:37:52] going to have a table set up

[1:37:54] with some of the sturdier

[1:37:55] artifacts from the log cabin

[1:37:57] there. Um, they're also, uh,

[1:37:59] they've done a ton of work.

[1:38:00] They're almost completed with a

[1:38:03] new brochure that they're going

[1:38:04] to put out to a lot of the

[1:38:05] local businesses. I think

[1:38:07] they're looking to make 18,000

[1:38:09] copies of it. Uh, so quite a

[1:38:10] few, uh, but, you know, that'll

[1:38:12] share with some of our

[1:38:13] visitors, uh, O'Fallon history

[1:38:15] and hopefully draw them out to

[1:38:17] some more of our historical

[1:38:18] sites. Um, also, we're working

[1:38:20] on a project that kind of

[1:38:21] brings some history and

[1:38:22] technology together. Uh, I

[1:38:24] guess they have a series of

[1:38:26] interviews, uh, from residents

[1:38:27] back at the turn of the, the

[1:38:29] 19th century, uh, that are

[1:38:31] actually on tape. So we're

[1:38:32] going to be looking to convert

[1:38:34] those into digital recordings,

[1:38:36] uh, and share those on the

[1:38:37] website. Uh, and then the last

[1:38:39] thing just from earlier this

[1:38:40] evening that I'm happy to

[1:38:42] announce is that, uh, with the

[1:38:43] work of, uh, Councilman Boyer

[1:38:44] and myself, uh, we had

[1:38:46] unanimous council approval to

[1:38:48] proceed with the creation of a

[1:38:50] working group that will study

[1:38:51] the impacts of multifamily

[1:38:53] housing in the city. So it'll

[1:38:55] be a five member group, one

[1:38:56] from each ward, and will work

[1:38:58] to conduct those studies over

[1:39:00] the next several months and

[1:39:01] turn those into actionable

[1:39:02] outcomes. Thank you. Mayor.

[1:39:04] Mister Casella.

[1:39:05] Thank you. Mayor. I have

[1:39:06] nothing to report. Just to

[1:39:08] never forget. Thanks.

[1:39:09] Ward, for..

[1:39:12] Thank you. Um, so I wanted to

[1:39:14] talk about because tonight I'm

[1:39:17] proud to co-sponsor legislation

[1:39:20] with my ward partner, uh,

[1:39:21] council member Spencer,

[1:39:23] expanding citizens comments at

[1:39:26] our city council meetings,

[1:39:27] given residents the opportunity

[1:39:29] to speak about issues beyond

[1:39:31] what happens to be listed on

[1:39:33] that night's agenda. And why

[1:39:35] does this matter to me so much?

[1:39:37] Well, because we work for you.

[1:39:39] know, the residents of

[1:39:41] O'Fallon, you're not a guest at

[1:39:43] City Hall. You're not an

[1:39:45] inconvenience. You're our

[1:39:47] bosses. Your tax dollars fund,

[1:39:49] this city and those of us

[1:39:51] sitting behind this dais were

[1:39:53] elected to represent you. This

[1:39:55] dais is not a throne in which

[1:39:57] we rule on. It's a seat of

[1:39:59] public service. And we should

[1:40:00] never forget who put us here.

[1:40:02] So if you have concerns about

[1:40:04] your neighborhood, roads,

[1:40:06] public safety, development

[1:40:08] spending, or the direction of

[1:40:10] our city, you should have the

[1:40:11] opportunity to come before your

[1:40:13] elected representatives and be

[1:40:15] heard, even when what you have

[1:40:18] to say may be uncomfortable or

[1:40:20] something we may not that we

[1:40:22] may disagree with. You know,

[1:40:24] both of my grandfathers served

[1:40:26] for this country and fought to

[1:40:27] protect the freedoms that we

[1:40:29] enjoy and our fundamental right

[1:40:30] for the First Amendment rights.

[1:40:32] And I take those freedoms

[1:40:34] seriously. Government should

[1:40:36] not unnecessarily restrict the

[1:40:38] voices of our residents inside

[1:40:40] the city hall that belongs to

[1:40:42] them. Of course, meetings need

[1:40:44] reasonable rules and maintain

[1:40:46] order and ensure everyone has

[1:40:48] the opportunity to speak, but

[1:40:50] those rules should facilitate

[1:40:52] public participation, not

[1:40:54] become barriers to it. You

[1:40:56] know, like I said, we work for

[1:40:57] you, we answer to you, and we

[1:40:59] should listen to you. And

[1:41:01] public office is not about

[1:41:03] power over the people. It's

[1:41:05] about service to the people.

[1:41:07] And I'll continue working

[1:41:09] towards a city hall that

[1:41:10] remembers that distinction.

[1:41:12] Thank you.

[1:41:13] Miss Taylor. I'm

[1:41:15] sorry, Miss Benson.

[1:41:16] Again, if you want.

[1:41:18] I mean, she can go again if you

[1:41:19] really want her to, uh. I am

[1:41:22] also proud to be sponsoring a

[1:41:24] bill that would give citizens

[1:41:26] the opportunity to comment on

[1:41:27] city related topics that are

[1:41:29] not specifically listed on the

[1:41:31] council agenda. Um, and I

[1:41:33] believe residents should have a

[1:41:34] voice in the city that they

[1:41:36] choose to live in and a chance

[1:41:37] to bring forward questions,

[1:41:38] concerns and ideas and not be

[1:41:40] limited to emails, text

[1:41:41] messages and phone calls to do

[1:41:42] so. Um, it's about increasing

[1:41:45] communication, increasing

[1:41:46] transparency, and making sure

[1:41:48] that our residents feel heard.

[1:41:50] And I look forward to working

[1:41:52] with my fellow council members

[1:41:53] to figure out a way to move

[1:41:55] forward on this, where everyone

[1:41:56] can be happy. Um, I think the

[1:41:58] residents are expecting us to

[1:42:00] do better, and I think it's

[1:42:01] time we start to do better.

[1:42:03] Thank you.

[1:42:04] We're five.

[1:42:07] Well, everything's been spoken

[1:42:08] on. But since, um, I was

[1:42:11] reminded about anniversaries

[1:42:12] and since my husband just

[1:42:13] walked in the room. My. Our

[1:42:16] anniversary is next Saturday,

[1:42:17] so happy anniversary, dear.

[1:42:19] Oh, boy.

[1:42:23] That's what it was.

[1:42:26] Top that John. Mr. Palmer.

[1:42:29] Uh, I don't know if we should

[1:42:30] comment on the her husband's

[1:42:33] arm injury or not, but anyways,

[1:42:36] um, again tomorrow, a big day.

[1:42:39] Uh, I do want to start by

[1:42:41] expressing sympathy to a family

[1:42:42] friend of mine, uh, Patty Pike,

[1:42:44] who recently lost her long

[1:42:46] fight with cancer. Very

[1:42:47] humbling reminder of our

[1:42:49] mortality. And that bad things

[1:42:50] can happen even to the best of

[1:42:51] people. And a reminder that

[1:42:53] there are some things important

[1:42:54] that are very important in some

[1:42:55] that are not. So my thoughts

[1:42:57] and prayers are with her and

[1:42:58] her family. Also received a

[1:42:59] very nice email from a resident

[1:43:01] and on Saint Gemma Drive,

[1:43:02] complimented the city employees

[1:43:03] for the work that they were

[1:43:05] doing. Uh resident expressed

[1:43:06] gratitude for previous

[1:43:07] interactions with the city as

[1:43:08] well. Positive feedback like

[1:43:10] that's always appreciated. So I

[1:43:12] want to say thank you to the

[1:43:13] resident for taking the time to

[1:43:14] share, and especially thank you

[1:43:15] to Jay Farragut, Richard

[1:43:16] Boselli and their teams for

[1:43:17] being helpful and doing a good

[1:43:18] job. We don't usually get

[1:43:20] emails like that. Um, on

[1:43:22] tonight's agenda, I did request

[1:43:24] reconsideration of Bill 7879,

[1:43:28] which failed at our last

[1:43:29] council meeting. I want to be

[1:43:30] very clear about why I did

[1:43:33] that. No one pushed me to do

[1:43:35] this. No one convinced me,

[1:43:37] bullied me, or got to me. The

[1:43:39] mayor does not have magical

[1:43:40] powers over me. This is 100% me

[1:43:43] and I took it to some folks to

[1:43:46] try and get advice on

[1:43:47] procedurally how to do this and

[1:43:50] how to get it back. The matter

[1:43:52] back before the council. Anyone

[1:43:53] who knows me knows that the

[1:43:54] pressure and intimidation is

[1:43:56] really not a good way or an

[1:43:57] effective way to change my

[1:43:59] mind. I struggled with my vote

[1:44:01] on this proposal. As I said in

[1:44:03] the last meeting, I believe

[1:44:04] there are legitimate concerns

[1:44:06] that deserve to be addressed. I

[1:44:08] believe that we should explore

[1:44:09] whether additional requirements

[1:44:10] can be put in place to mitigate

[1:44:11] some of the problems we

[1:44:12] experienced in similar

[1:44:13] facilities elsewhere. At the

[1:44:15] same time, there's clearly a

[1:44:16] need, as we heard in the public

[1:44:17] comments for this facility. For

[1:44:18] facility like this, they are

[1:44:21] full. They have very long

[1:44:22] waiting lists, and I think we

[1:44:24] have an opportunity to provide

[1:44:25] to help meet the needs of this

[1:44:27] demographic and increase the

[1:44:28] available supply while

[1:44:29] strengthening protections for

[1:44:31] the residents who will live

[1:44:32] there. If the motion to

[1:44:33] reconsider successful, my

[1:44:35] intention is to move the table.

[1:44:36] Bill 7879 and ask city staff to

[1:44:39] evaluate potential enhancements

[1:44:40] to our conditional use permit

[1:44:42] requirements, city code

[1:44:43] enforcement provisions and

[1:44:44] penalty options. The goal will

[1:44:46] be determined whether we can

[1:44:47] better mitigate these types of

[1:44:49] issues that have occurred in

[1:44:49] similar facilities in the area,

[1:44:51] and potentially set aside any

[1:44:54] additional traffic concerns.

[1:44:56] Since last meeting, I received

[1:44:57] feedback indicating that some

[1:44:58] of the concerns I raised were

[1:44:59] shared by others. I'm hopeful

[1:45:01] that we can work together, find

[1:45:03] a responsible path forward, and

[1:45:04] that serves our senior, our

[1:45:05] senior community while

[1:45:07] addressing those concerns, I

[1:45:09] also believe it's important to

[1:45:10] recognize that the applicant

[1:45:11] had very little opportunity to

[1:45:12] respond to the concerns and

[1:45:14] requests raised at the last

[1:45:15] meeting, and I and I believe

[1:45:16] the outcome was a bit of a

[1:45:17] surprise. After doing original

[1:45:19] a little bit of research, I

[1:45:20] discovered why the same

[1:45:23] property and the substantially

[1:45:24] the same proposal, except for

[1:45:26] that the previous proposal was 33% larger with 56

[1:45:31] units instead of the current 42

[1:45:32] came before the council less

[1:45:33] than a year ago, as bills

[1:45:34] number 7797 on December 18th,

[1:45:38] 2025, Bill 7797 was approved by

[1:45:41] a vote of 8 to 0. At the time,

[1:45:43] one council position was vacant

[1:45:45] and my predecessor was absent

[1:45:47] because she was ill. Given that

[1:45:48] history, the applicant

[1:45:49] reasonably could have expected

[1:45:50] a similar proposal, now reduced

[1:45:52] from 56 to 42, would receive

[1:45:54] serious consideration and

[1:45:55] approval. They had no reason to

[1:45:56] believe otherwise. My purpose

[1:45:58] in asking for reconsideration

[1:45:59] is not to disregard concerns

[1:46:00] that were raised. It's the

[1:46:01] opposite. I want to give us an

[1:46:03] opportunity to address those

[1:46:04] concerns thoughtfully, and

[1:46:05] determine whether safeguards

[1:46:06] can be added, and then make the

[1:46:07] decision based on the best

[1:46:08] possible information. I believe

[1:46:10] that this is a responsible

[1:46:11] thing for us to do for the

[1:46:12] neighborhood, the city, and

[1:46:14] particularly for seniors who

[1:46:16] may ultimately depend on

[1:46:17] facilities like this. So I hope

[1:46:18] that I can receive your

[1:46:19] support. Thank you mayor.

[1:46:20] Thank you, Mr. Link.

[1:46:24] I'd like to thank Councilwoman

[1:46:28] Cook for reminding me that I

[1:46:29] also have an anniversary coming

[1:46:31] up, and I would probably be

[1:46:33] toast if I didn't say it. So,

[1:46:34] uh, happy birthday or. I'm

[1:46:36] sorry. Happy anniversary to my

[1:46:39] wife, Abby. Our anniversary is

[1:46:40] coming up on the 14th.

[1:46:41] Thank you. There you go. Nice

[1:46:43] job there, bud. Mr. Snowden, I

[1:46:47] don't know how to follow that.

[1:46:49] Perhaps I should apologize.

[1:46:50] To my wife for anything I may

[1:46:52] be about to do.

[1:46:53] I don't know.

[1:46:54] All right. Thank you. Mayor, I.

[1:46:56] I'd like to take a moment to

[1:46:58] acknowledge the contributions

[1:46:59] of staff members who are

[1:47:00] reaching milestone

[1:47:01] anniversaries this month.

[1:47:02] Police officers Adam, Ashley,

[1:47:04] Cody Fisher and Brandon

[1:47:05] Kubrick, along with building

[1:47:07] Inspector Nicholas Funk,

[1:47:09] maintenance worker Kyle DeWalt

[1:47:10] and parks construction worker

[1:47:12] Andrew Eiler have all been with

[1:47:13] us for five years. Utility

[1:47:15] worker two Bill Howard has been

[1:47:17] a part of team O'Fallon for ten

[1:47:19] years. And last but certainly

[1:47:21] not least, park's maintenance

[1:47:22] supervisor, Brian Kraft has

[1:47:24] served our city for 15 years,

[1:47:26] so I'd like to thank all eight

[1:47:27] of those individuals for being

[1:47:28] such an integral part of team

[1:47:29] O'Fallon for all these years.

[1:47:31] And that's all I have tonight,

[1:47:32] sir. All right. Brings dull

[1:47:34] business bring. They'll have a

[1:47:37] motion to for reconsideration

[1:47:39] of Bill 7879. Palmer lost by

[1:47:45] Councilman Palmer. Do I have a

[1:47:46] second?

[1:47:49] Wilcox.

[1:47:50] Councilman Wilcox. All in

[1:47:54] favor?

[1:47:54] All right.

[1:47:55] Any opposed?

[1:47:56] I.

[1:47:58] just heard the one.

[1:47:59] No more. No roll call.

[1:48:04] Beth.

[1:48:07] Councilmember link.

[1:48:09] Yes.

[1:48:09] Council member. Boyer.

[1:48:11] Yes.

[1:48:12] Council member. Cooke.

[1:48:13] No.

[1:48:14] Council member. Spencer.

[1:48:16] No.

[1:48:16] Council member. Wilcox.

[1:48:18] Yes.

[1:48:18] Council member. Yates.

[1:48:20] No.

[1:48:21] Councilmember. Koskela.

[1:48:23] Yes.

[1:48:23] Councilmember. Palmer.

[1:48:25] Yes.

[1:48:26] Councilmember. Taylor.

[1:48:27] No.

[1:48:28] Councilmember. Wexler.

[1:48:30] Yes.

[1:48:31] Six four.

[1:48:33] Yes.

[1:48:34] All right. Mr.. Palmer.

[1:48:38] So I would like to turn around,

[1:48:40] as I've mentioned in my open in

[1:48:41] my ward report, I'd like to

[1:48:43] table Bill 7879 and request a

[1:48:45] staff evaluate and propose

[1:48:47] potential enhancements to the

[1:48:48] conditional use permit

[1:48:49] requirements, applicable city

[1:48:50] provisions and enforcement and

[1:48:51] penalty options that could help

[1:48:53] us mitigate issues that we

[1:48:54] experience in similar

[1:48:55] facilities in the area.

[1:48:56] All right. So we have a motion

[1:48:57] to table 7879 by Councilman

[1:49:00] Palmer. Do I have a second?

[1:49:01] by Councilman Wilcox.

[1:49:05] Questions? All in favor?

[1:49:07] Aye.

[1:49:07] Any opposed?

[1:49:10] Do you want us to move forward?

[1:49:13] Nine one. Motion passes the

[1:49:17] table. Brings us to commit. Go

[1:49:25] ahead. Sir.

[1:49:26] So, does anything else need to

[1:49:27] happen for staff to commence on

[1:49:29] that? I'm new to this.

[1:49:33] No, sir.

[1:49:34] Thank you.

[1:49:37] All right. Brings us to

[1:49:52] committee and commission

[1:49:53] reports. Questions stand as

[1:49:58] read. Questions and comments on

[1:50:01] the consent calendar.

[1:50:04] Motion to approve.

[1:50:05] Second, Wexler.

[1:50:08] Councilman Koskela, seconded by

[1:50:10] Councilman Wexler. Councilman,

[1:50:12] cast your vote.

[1:50:18] The voting is closed.

[1:50:20] Ten. Yes. Zero. No. The consent

[1:50:22] calendar has been approved.

[1:50:24] Next is a public hearing to

[1:50:27] consider amending certain

[1:50:29] provisions of title for land

[1:50:30] use. Chapter 400 related

[1:50:32] regulations pertaining to

[1:50:34] development activities within

[1:50:35] the great city of O'Fallon,

[1:50:36] Missouri. Mr. woods.

[1:50:44] Thank you, Mayor and Council.

[1:50:46] This is really just kind of

[1:50:48] following up to the ordinance

[1:50:49] that was approved by, actually

[1:50:50] P and Z in the council just

[1:50:52] last month where we were want

[1:50:54] to limit commercial recreation.

[1:50:57] We we changed the code last month for industrial to

[1:51:00] limit that in industrial

[1:51:01] districts. This has taken it a

[1:51:02] little further, but taken out

[1:51:04] the commercial recreation in

[1:51:06] our high tech zoning. So that's

[1:51:08] the only, only thing that's

[1:51:09] being changed is changing that

[1:51:12] land use from being allowed in

[1:51:14] high tech, a recreational

[1:51:16] facility and that's what we've

[1:51:21] just done for industrial. Yes,

[1:51:22] sir.

[1:51:22] Okay. Questions for David.

[1:51:25] Yeah. Can you can you give me

[1:51:27] examples of these types of

[1:51:30] facilities that we would no

[1:51:31] longer allow in tech?

[1:51:32] Yeah, there's there's one I

[1:51:33] know of for sure. There was

[1:51:34] like a batting cage, batting

[1:51:36] cages, indoor batting cages was

[1:51:37] one, um, uh, like training,

[1:51:40] soccer training facilities. I

[1:51:42] know of a few of those around.

[1:51:44] Cheerleading, uh, would be

[1:51:46] something commercial

[1:51:47] recreation, uh, kind of fits a

[1:51:49] lot of those categories. Or

[1:51:52] uses.

[1:51:52] And then like that. Uh, reduces

[1:51:56] the flexibility on the use of

[1:51:57] that land. Is there like, what?

[1:52:00] I don't I'm not quite sure why

[1:52:01] it's a big deal.

[1:52:03] Well, I think, you know, rather

[1:52:05] than having those type of uses

[1:52:06] in, we're going to have more

[1:52:08] businesses that have, uh, you

[1:52:11] know, more the high tech, uh,

[1:52:14] offices, you know, research and

[1:52:17] development, rather than just

[1:52:18] having, you know, big

[1:52:20] warehouses not being used to.

[1:52:21] They're fulfilled, uh, proposed

[1:52:24] use.

[1:52:27] Mr. Lincoln.

[1:52:28] Uh, so, Mr. Woods, then, I

[1:52:31] guess those types of businesses

[1:52:33] would be more appropriate in,

[1:52:34] like C1, C2, as opposed to high

[1:52:38] tech corridor.

[1:52:39] Yeah, they would. They're still

[1:52:40] allowed in commercial.

[1:52:42] And those aren't changing at

[1:52:43] all. It's only the TCD that's

[1:52:46] impacted okay. Thank you.

[1:52:48] Anybody else David if you would

[1:52:51] step aside, Mr. Dean of.

[1:53:04] Thank you. Members of city

[1:53:06] Council. Um, as the last bill I

[1:53:10] oppose because I think that

[1:53:12] private property owner rights

[1:53:14] have the right to establish

[1:53:16] recreational needs in vacant

[1:53:18] buildings that we have

[1:53:20] throughout the city. Um, I

[1:53:21] think that that's an individual

[1:53:22] property right now when it

[1:53:24] comes to the high tech corridor

[1:53:26] we have decimated, we have

[1:53:28] destroyed this district. In my

[1:53:31] opposition over the last decade

[1:53:33] or two decades, almost, um,

[1:53:35] previous city councils have

[1:53:38] absolutely eroded the high

[1:53:41] technology corridor and zoning

[1:53:43] district. We have given in to

[1:53:45] special interest developers. We

[1:53:47] have given in to special money,

[1:53:49] we have given in to, um,

[1:53:54] destroying what the technology

[1:53:57] is, the future of our nation. I

[1:54:00] am in support of this change of

[1:54:02] article seven, uh, chapter 400,

[1:54:04] title four. By not allowing

[1:54:06] recreational facilities or

[1:54:08] indoor sales or service or

[1:54:10] commercial recreational

[1:54:12] opportunities in our high tech

[1:54:14] corridor, or that zoning

[1:54:16] district. Let's make a hard

[1:54:20] stand. City Council by stop

[1:54:22] giving game by stop giving in

[1:54:25] and giving away the zoning of

[1:54:27] our high technology district.

[1:54:29] We have given in to storage

[1:54:31] buildings. We have given in to

[1:54:33] banks. We have given in to car

[1:54:36] washes, and we have mostly

[1:54:38] given in to huge apartment

[1:54:40] complexes and our technology

[1:54:42] high, uh, um, our technology

[1:54:45] corridor. And I have opposed

[1:54:48] those issues. I oppose those

[1:54:49] zoning measures. We continue to

[1:54:51] give away and erode that

[1:54:54] district. We don't even have a

[1:54:55] district, almost. It's almost

[1:54:58] non-existent on the south side

[1:55:00] where we have Technology

[1:55:02] Boulevard. It's called

[1:55:03] Technology Boulevard for a

[1:55:04] reason, but it never came to

[1:55:06] fruition. We never took the

[1:55:09] breadcrumbs and never made some

[1:55:11] economic establishments and

[1:55:13] tried to gain national interest

[1:55:16] in attracting high tech

[1:55:18] industries to O'Fallon. And

[1:55:20] it's it's shameful because we

[1:55:22] have Mastercard, we have

[1:55:24] companies down there that are

[1:55:25] huge and that would just go

[1:55:27] hand in hand with each other.

[1:55:28] And then a high tech corridor

[1:55:30] district. So I'm in support of

[1:55:33] Bill number 78, 84. Um, and

[1:55:36] let's stop eroding what we have

[1:55:38] left. Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

[1:55:40] Thank you. No speakers will go

[1:55:43] ahead and close the public

[1:55:44] hearing. And brings us to Bill.

[1:55:45] Any questions for David?

[1:55:49] Thanks, David. Bill 7884. Most

[1:55:53] first reading. Lawyer was

[1:55:58] Councilmember Boyer, second.

[1:56:00] Palmer second by Councilman

[1:56:01] Palmer, Councilman Boyer,

[1:56:03] please present the bill.

[1:56:04] number 7884, an ordinance

[1:56:08] amending certain provisions of

[1:56:09] the title for land use. Chapter

[1:56:11] 400 related to regulations

[1:56:13] pertaining to development

[1:56:15] activities within the city of

[1:56:16] O'Fallon, Missouri.

[1:56:17] Thank you. Next is public

[1:56:18] hearing to consider leaving the

[1:56:20] property tax for the great city

[1:56:21] of O'Fallon, Missouri for the

[1:56:23] year 2026 for the purpose of

[1:56:25] general revenue and debt

[1:56:26] service. Miss Buescher.

[1:56:32] Good evening. On the agenda

[1:56:36] tonight is the first reading of

[1:56:38] the property tax ordinance.

[1:56:40] There are two rates that are

[1:56:42] being set. The first is our

[1:56:44] general levy. The general levy

[1:56:49] for last year was 0.2815. I am

[1:56:53] recommending that it stayed the

[1:56:55] same. Um, that rate is set

[1:56:57] using the Hancock amendment,

[1:56:59] and that is also certified

[1:57:01] through the Missouri State

[1:57:02] Auditor's office. So I am

[1:57:04] recommending that we levy that

[1:57:06] at the ceiling of which we're

[1:57:08] allowed to the second rate we

[1:57:10] levy is a debt service rate.

[1:57:12] This is the monies that we use

[1:57:14] to pay off the Geo bonds that

[1:57:16] were approved by our voters.

[1:57:18] There is a calculation that's

[1:57:21] used in order to set this levy.

[1:57:23] It's based on the amount of

[1:57:24] bonds that we issue in 2027,

[1:57:28] and the amount of bonds that

[1:57:30] are issued in 2028. The monies

[1:57:34] that we collect for our

[1:57:36] property taxes, a majority of

[1:57:38] those are collected in

[1:57:39] December, and up to 60 days

[1:57:41] after the end of the year. So a

[1:57:44] lot of the property taxes that

[1:57:46] we collect aren't collected

[1:57:47] until after the end of the

[1:57:48] year, which is why we're

[1:57:50] allowed to use two years worth

[1:57:51] of reserve. Um, that rate in

[1:57:56] 2025 was 0.1401. The ceiling

[1:58:02] for the debt service levy is at

[1:58:04] 0.1221. I am recommending

[1:58:08] dropping that to 0.1100. I

[1:58:12] believe we have sufficient

[1:58:13] reserves that will help drop

[1:58:15] the reserves just a little bit,

[1:58:16] to make sure that we're not

[1:58:17] holding on to too many of

[1:58:19] those. And if you have any

[1:58:21] questions for me, I am happy to

[1:58:22] answer them.

[1:58:23] Questions for Vicky. Mr.

[1:58:25] Lincoln.

[1:58:25] Thank you. Mayor, did you just

[1:58:27] say you're going to drop tax

[1:58:28] payer tax rates by 20% in one

[1:58:31] category?

[1:58:33] I did..

[1:58:34] Great news. Yep. Fully

[1:58:36] supported.

[1:58:37] Thank you.

[1:58:38] Anybody else? Thank you for

[1:58:41] your step aside. This public

[1:58:43] hearing, Mr. Danoff.

[1:58:55] Thank you very much. Members of

[1:58:56] council, this is on the

[1:58:59] proposed 2026 personal real

[1:59:02] estate Tax Levies Bill 7885.

[1:59:06] Um, the proposed general and

[1:59:08] debt service funds are a

[1:59:11] combination of 0.3915 on every

[1:59:14] $100. The valuation and how you

[1:59:18] do that is it's 18% for

[1:59:19] residential, 32% for commercial

[1:59:22] and 11% for agricultural. The

[1:59:24] state statute and state auditor

[1:59:26] require the pro forma, um, 8 to

[1:59:30] 12 pages must be reviewed,

[1:59:32] proofed and approved by the

[1:59:33] state auditor and their legal

[1:59:35] staff is legal, compliant and

[1:59:37] not to exceed voter approved

[1:59:39] tax ceilings. I asked the

[1:59:41] Director of Finance and the

[1:59:42] City Council to be transparent

[1:59:44] in the next go around with 2027

[1:59:47] and make sure that that's those

[1:59:49] proforma forms are published in

[1:59:51] the City Council packet to be

[1:59:53] transparent to all taxpayers.

[1:59:55] Um, where the new construction

[1:59:57] figures. I didn't see that in

[1:59:59] the memo by the Director of

[2:00:00] finance. I think that those are

[2:00:02] a tax increase to our city, and

[2:00:05] those go into immediate

[2:00:06] occupation. After 30 days of

[2:00:08] occupying, whether it's

[2:00:09] residential or commercial, we

[2:00:12] live off of sales taxes. That's

[2:00:15] predominantly the most that

[2:00:16] comes into our conferences

[2:00:17] sales taxes. And we need to

[2:00:19] back off and annually work

[2:00:21] towards lowering our tax levy

[2:00:24] responsibility on the backs of

[2:00:26] taxpayers. For those reasons, I

[2:00:29] am asking the City Council that

[2:00:31] you look at phasing out the

[2:00:33] personal property tax in its

[2:00:34] entirety, just as Saint Charles

[2:00:36] County did for this year. Um,

[2:00:39] no one in Saint Charles County

[2:00:40] for the General fund or the

[2:00:42] Alarm and dispatch Fund, or the

[2:00:44] road fund will be paying

[2:00:45] personal property tax at the

[2:00:47] county level. And I ask that we

[2:00:48] look at doing the same in

[2:00:50] workshop sessions. I propose

[2:00:53] that the two tax levies be set

[2:00:54] as following the general fund

[2:00:57] to be set at 0.2800, and the

[2:01:03] debt service fund at 0.1100,

[2:01:07] for a combined rate of 0.3900

[2:01:11] on 100 valuation. You know,

[2:01:13] we're all taxpayers. No one

[2:01:15] wants to pay taxes. But I

[2:01:16] believe the taxpayers deserve a

[2:01:18] break. I think we need to.

[2:01:20] We've set we've set record

[2:01:22] setting sales tax income for

[2:01:25] last 16 years. Um, year after

[2:01:27] year, historic income to our

[2:01:29] city. And we need to start

[2:01:31] backing off of our personal

[2:01:32] property and our real estate

[2:01:34] taxes. And so I hope that you

[2:01:36] adopt my recommendation over

[2:01:37] the recommendation of the

[2:01:38] finance director. I believe

[2:01:40] taxpayers deserve to have that

[2:01:41] slight, small break. Thank you,

[2:01:43] Mr. Mayor.

[2:01:44] Thank you. We have no other

[2:01:47] speakers, so we'll go ahead and

[2:01:49] close the public hearing. Any

[2:01:50] other questions for Vicki?

[2:01:53] Seeing none brings to Bill 7885

[2:01:56] motion for first reading.

[2:01:58] Kelly.

[2:01:59] Who was that link and. Motion

[2:02:04] by Councilman Lake, second by

[2:02:06] Councilmember Lake. Please

[2:02:08] present the bill.

[2:02:09] 7885, an ordinance

[2:02:13] providing for the levying of a

[2:02:14] property tax for the city of

[2:02:16] O'Fallon, Missouri for the year

[2:02:18] 2026. For the purposes of

[2:02:20] general revenue and debt

[2:02:22] service.

[2:02:22] Thank you. Brings Bill 7886

[2:02:25] motion first reading.

[2:02:26] Osceola.

[2:02:27] Mr. Costello, second link

[2:02:29] second by Councilman Lane.

[2:02:30] Councilman Costello, please

[2:02:31] present the bill.

[2:02:32] Thank you. Mayor Bill, number

[2:02:33] 7886. An ordinance providing

[2:02:36] for the approval and acceptance

[2:02:37] of the dedication of streets in

[2:02:39] certain storm sewers for

[2:02:40] maintenance by the City of

[2:02:41] Fallon, for the villages of

[2:02:42] post farms. Plat three.

[2:02:44] Thank you. Brings Bill 7887.

[2:02:47] Motion first reading.

[2:02:48] Wilcox.

[2:02:49] Councilman Wilcox, second.

[2:02:50] Wexler.

[2:02:51] Second Councilman Wexler.

[2:02:52] Councilman Wilcox, please

[2:02:53] present the bill.

[2:02:55] number 7887. An ordinance

[2:02:59] approving a cooperation

[2:03:00] reimbursement agreement between

[2:03:01] Green Rivers Greenway and the

[2:03:03] city of O'Fallon for the city

[2:03:04] to be reimbursed. A portion of

[2:03:06] the construction costs for the

[2:03:08] Great Rivers Greenway. Twin

[2:03:09] Island Trailhead project, and

[2:03:11] an amount not to exceed

[2:03:13] $275,000.

[2:03:16] Thank you. Brings Bill 7888

[2:03:18] motion first reading.

[2:03:21] Wexler.

[2:03:22] Councilman Wexler, second.

[2:03:24] Boyer.

[2:03:25] Thinking by Councilman Yates.

[2:03:26] Councilman Wexler, present the

[2:03:27] bill.

[2:03:28] number 7888. An ordinance

[2:03:31] authorizing the city of

[2:03:32] O'Fallon to enter into a

[2:03:33] building and code enforcement

[2:03:35] services mutual aid agreement

[2:03:37] for emergency and disaster

[2:03:38] response with Saint Charles

[2:03:39] County and area participating

[2:03:42] municipalities.

[2:03:42] Thank you. Brings Bill 7889.

[2:03:45] Most First Reading.

[2:03:46] Spencer.

[2:03:47] That's why Councilwoman Spencer

[2:03:48] second.

[2:03:49] Taylor.

[2:03:49] Councilman Taylor, Councilwoman

[2:03:51] Spencer, please present the

[2:03:52] bill.

[2:03:53] number 7889, an ordinance

[2:03:56] amending section 110.200 of the

[2:04:01] O'Fallon City Code relating to

[2:04:03] City Council meetings.

[2:04:04] Thank you. Brings Bill 7890

[2:04:07] first reading. Cook. Mr.

[2:04:08] Councilwoman Cook, second.

[2:04:09] Wexler.

[2:04:10] Thank Councilman Wexler.

[2:04:11] Councilwoman cook, please

[2:04:12] present the bill.

[2:04:14] Thank you. Mayor Bill, number

[2:04:16] 7890. An ordinance approving

[2:04:17] the record plant of O'Fallon

[2:04:19] Sports Center and authorizing

[2:04:20] the city clerk to attest and

[2:04:21] certify approval of said plat.

[2:04:23] Thank you. Motion for second

[2:04:24] reading by title only. Cook.

[2:04:26] Councilwoman cook, second.

[2:04:27] Wexler.

[2:04:29] Councilman Wexler. All in

[2:04:31] favor? Aye. Any opposed? Mr.

[2:04:33] O'Keefe?

[2:04:34] Bill. Number 7890. Second

[2:04:36] reading and consideration for

[2:04:37] adoption. An ordinance

[2:04:39] approving the record plat of

[2:04:40] O'Fallon Sports Center and

[2:04:41] authorizing the City clerk to

[2:04:43] attest and certify certify

[2:04:45] approval of said plat.

[2:04:46] Most final passage. Cook.

[2:04:48] Motion for Councilman Cook,

[2:04:49] second. We'll give it to Mr.

[2:04:51] Palmer this time. Questions or

[2:04:55] comments? Cast your vote.

[2:05:02] The voting is closed.

[2:05:04] Dan. Yes, 0078 90 passed

[2:05:09] becomes ordinance number.

[2:05:12] 73397339. Thank you. Bess.

[2:05:15] Questions or comments on

[2:05:17] resolution 910 2026 D is in

[2:05:20] David. Seeing none do a motion

[2:05:24] to introduce.

[2:05:27] Cook.

[2:05:28] Mr.. Councilman Cook, second.

[2:05:30] Boyer.

[2:05:31] Thank you, Councilmember Boyer.

[2:05:32] All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Mr.

[2:05:35] O'Keefe.

[2:05:37] Resolution nine 1020 2026 D as

[2:05:42] in. A resolution authorizing a

[2:05:46] multi-year agreement with Trek

[2:05:48] Design Group, LLC providing for

[2:05:50] sanitary sewer flow metering

[2:05:53] services.

[2:05:54] Motion for approval. Cook.

[2:05:55] Councilman. Cook. Second Boyer.

[2:05:57] Councilman. Boyer. Council

[2:05:58] members cast your vote.

[2:06:02] The voting is closed ten.

[2:06:05] Yes. Zero. No resolution has

[2:06:07] been approved. Questions or

[2:06:10] comments on resolution E.

[2:06:15] Seeing none. Most second to

[2:06:16] introduce Kelly McCaskill a

[2:06:19] second Wexler. Councilman

[2:06:20] Wexler. All in favor? Aye. Any

[2:06:22] opposed? Mr. O'Keefe?

[2:06:23] Resolution 910 2026EA

[2:06:26] resolution authorizing the

[2:06:28] purchase of a new honor of new

[2:06:30] honor guard uniforms and

[2:06:31] accessories in an amount not to

[2:06:33] exceed $25,000.

[2:06:35] Thank you most for approval.

[2:06:37] Cost Kelly..

[2:06:38] Mr. Koskela, second. Second by

[2:06:39] Councilman Wexler. Cast your

[2:06:41] vote.

[2:06:44] The voting is closed.

[2:06:47] Ten. Yes, zero. No. Resolution

[2:06:49] has been approved. Questions or

[2:06:52] comments on resolution F.

[2:06:57] Seeing. None. Motion to

[2:07:00] introduce cost. Kelly. Was

[2:07:01] McCaskill a second? Palmer by

[2:07:03] Councilman Palmer. All in favor?

[2:07:05] Any opposed?

[2:07:07] Mr. O'Keefe. Resolution 910

[2:07:10] 2026FA resolution authorizing

[2:07:13] an agreement with Charles E

[2:07:14] General Contracting, providing

[2:07:16] for chiller repairs the Justice

[2:07:18] Center in an amount not to

[2:07:19] exceed $23,168.

[2:07:24] Motion for approval.

[2:07:25] Costs.

[2:07:25] Kelly has a second.

[2:07:26] Yates.

[2:07:28] Seconded by Councilman Yates,

[2:07:30] cast your vote.

[2:07:34] Voting is closed.

[2:07:36] Ten. Yes. Zero. No. Resolution

[2:07:38] F has been approved. No further.

[2:07:41] Business meeting adjourned at

[2:07:43] 903.

O'Fallon City Council Workshop & Meeting 09-10-26 | O'Fallon, Missouri

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