[0:06] Ice to the flag of the United States of
[0:10] America and to the republic for which it
[0:13] stands. One nation under God,
[0:16] indivisible, with liberty and justice
[0:19] for all.
[0:21] >> Thank you.
[0:23] So follow this evening to order.
[0:26] First we have the consent agenda. Anyone
[0:30] have any comments on the consent agenda?
[0:34] If not, is there a motion?
[0:36] >> I move to approve the consent agenda as
[0:38] presented and authorize the mayor to
[0:40] sign.
[0:42] >> Second, go ahead. I'll second that
[0:44] motion.
[0:46] >> McMahon.
[0:46] >> Hi.
[0:47] >> Hugo.
[0:47] >> Hi.
[0:48] >> Brown.
[0:48] >> Hi.
[0:48] >> Shields.
[0:49] >> Hi. You. All right. Comments from the
[0:53] panel. Is there anyone here that would
[0:54] like to address the council on anything
[0:56] not on the agenda?
[1:00] kind of feel stupid.
[1:01] >> No, you're fine.
[1:07] » My name's Daniel Cornelius and uh I'm
[1:11] not sure about the if this the tax raise
[1:14] increase is on jer.
[1:16] >> There's a budget hearing a little bit
[1:17] later if you want to speak then.
[1:19] >> Oh, okay. In like two minutes, we'll
[1:22] open it and I'll
[1:24] Yeah, you're good. You're good. Any
[1:29] other comments for the public?
[1:35] » All right.
[1:37] Next, we have the public hearing for the
[1:41] uh exceeding the revenue neutral rate. I
[1:44] get a motion to open the public hearing.
[1:46] >> I'll make a motion to open the public
[1:48] hearing regarding the revenue neutral
[1:50] rate. Miss Mayor,
[1:51] >> I'll second that motion.
[1:54] >> Big man.
[1:54] >> Hi.
[1:55] >> Hugle.
[1:55] >> Hi.
[1:55] >> Brown.
[1:56] >> Hi. Shields.
[1:57] >> I
[1:59] >> All right.
[2:00] Now, this is about the revenue neutral
[2:02] rate and the next one's about the actual
[2:04] budget. So, either one's a public
[2:06] hearing. You could speak.
[2:08] >> Oh,
[2:08] >> now if you would like. I should have
[2:10] just told you to hang out for a minute.
[2:14] >> I I just I appreciate you all's service
[2:17] and what you do for us and everything.
[2:19] >> And your name was
[2:20] >> Daniel Cornelius.
[2:21] >> And can you give us your address for a
[2:22] minute?
[2:23] >> 406 East WA.
[2:24] >> Okay. Thank you. And I guess my concerns
[2:27] is is the tax increase on a house. I
[2:31] mean, we all work hard for a lot of
[2:34] things we get and
[2:37] I understand we tax a lot of things and
[2:40] I it's just part of life, but I think we
[2:42] should just be careful when it comes to
[2:45] taxing or increasing stuff a house that
[2:50] we live in. and it starts out $60
[2:53] increase and then 10 years from now and
[2:55] the next thing you know somebody's
[2:57] renting a house from the city of Piola
[2:58] when they own it. So I just think that
[3:02] maybe we should be careful about
[3:06] increasing our property taxes on stuff
[3:09] like where we live and where we dwell.
[3:12] And thank you all again for letting me
[3:14] talk because that was my
[3:16] >> Okay. Thank you.
[3:17] >> Thank you very much. Anyone else want to
[3:20] speak during this hearing?
[3:24] Can I get a motion to close the public
[3:25] hearing? Oh.
[3:27] >> Oh, no. Sorry, sorry, sorry. Just
[3:28] kidding. We have to talk about it first.
[3:32] Don't put the gun.
[3:33] >> Yeah. So, um Okay. So, the Senate Bill
[3:35] 13 was passed to um bring a way to make
[3:38] the budget process transparent. I do
[3:40] believe it made it just a little more
[3:42] confusing because it took the dollar
[3:43] amount out and now it's just numbers. Um
[3:45] so the city of PA did receive a revenue
[3:47] neutral rate of 42.77 mills and staff
[3:51] did prepare a budget and the expected
[3:54] expenditures did come out to be 44.443
[3:58] mills which does exceed the rate by 1.67
[4:01] mills and that comes to a dollar amount
[4:03] of about $150,000
[4:06] um for the overall budget. Um
[4:08] considering prices don't go down and
[4:10] salaries go up that was a pretty minimal
[4:13] increase. Um I believe for this budget
[4:18] >> we also need to consider the um
[4:20] resolution
[4:21] >> resolution during the public hearing.
[4:22] >> Okay.
[4:24] >> I should just stand on my paper. Okay.
[4:27] So um does anyone have any questions or
[4:29] comments on the um resolution to exceed
[4:32] the revenue rate?
[4:35] >> I just had a few comments. Hey Daniel,
[4:37] thank you for coming in today. Very very
[4:39] much appreciated and I understand where
[4:41] you're coming from when it's all said
[4:43] and done. Oh, one thing that I did
[4:46] notice on this budget that when we went
[4:48] in,
[4:50] if I can see any more, uh, we originally
[4:53] were looking at a
[4:55] 45.146
[4:57] mill levy.
[4:59] Uh, staff brought it back to council and
[5:02] we shaved off not a tremendous amount,
[5:05] but we were able to get it down to
[5:08] 44.44.
[5:11] And uh I always bring mine in
[5:15] uh to see where where I end up at. A lot
[5:18] of people look at the bottom line and stuff like that. My pilot increase
[5:23] was originally and to be transparent, my
[5:26] house is the county likes my house, so
[5:29] take that one. $377,200
[5:32] is what they got me appraised at. And
[5:34] this and this is all public knowledge.
[5:36] So like I've given state secrets away.
[5:39] uh started on 19 1,95834
[5:43] and then uh we were able to get it down
[5:46] to 1927. $3045. Not much, but it does
[5:50] add up. Then my entire bill went up
[5:53] 7907.
[5:55] One thing I did also notice on this,
[5:57] which a lot of people don't realize, is
[5:58] that the library's hospice, even though
[6:01] they they operate independently,
[6:04] they can't have their own budget
[6:05] hearing. They have to go through us. and
[6:07] uh they do a good job over there, but uh
[6:10] about five of our mills, what we're
[6:12] looking at is uh in the library. Uh I
[6:16] thought staff did a good job of bringing
[6:18] down the employee benefits and I believe
[6:21] our bond and interest and I will say one
[6:24] thing is this council and staff is is
[6:27] very very stingy when it comes to
[6:28] borrowing money uh for that. One thing
[6:31] that we did put in and business council
[6:34] uh started this about a year ago. We're
[6:36] really really interested doing our
[6:38] downtown area. So we put uh $75,000
[6:42] into the downtown CIP
[6:45] and uh we got a good people working over
[6:47] at the community center now and in the
[6:49] community center. Uh we're trying to
[6:52] enlarge a parking lot and do some other
[6:55] stuff over there. Uh we were blessed
[6:57] with the we all mission fence over there
[6:59] and it's uh we got contracts over there
[7:02] with an agreement with those people for
[7:04] that over there next to the hospital
[7:05] with that. Uh I will say one thing I was
[7:09] able to talk to our police department
[7:11] here lately. We did expand our budget to
[7:14] get them better stuff and uh I was
[7:18] asking them uh how's it looking? What are you doing? And uh they came
[7:23] back and said
[7:26] that the one thing that they noticed
[7:28] that the media was uh is their trait
[7:31] tasers and the taser so much better than
[7:33] they than they were before. And they
[7:37] told me about they had some incidences
[7:39] with some dogs and stuff like that they
[7:41] were able to resolve very very quickly
[7:43] with the new tasers. It couldn't it
[7:46] might not have turned out so well with
[7:47] the other one. Uh, another thing is what
[7:49] the people do in town is, uh, we have a
[7:52] sales tax and I was able to see that
[7:55] Chief Hardy was able to get his new
[7:57] engine. I I I seen it running the other
[7:59] day, so it was out moving. So, other
[8:02] than that, I I know it's difficult and
[8:04] nobody likes paying taxes, me included.
[8:07] But staff did a good job and some of the
[8:11] stuff that you see is that we're trying
[8:12] to invest into our future. So, with
[8:15] that, I I am done.
[8:18] I will say um I'm thankful for our
[8:21] multiple revenue streams. Um a lot of
[8:24] cities don't have the blessing that we
[8:27] have with sales tax and different
[8:28] revenue stream. So actually less than
[8:31] 25% of our budget is from property
[8:34] taxes, which is nice. Um it's it's heavy
[8:38] but not not near as bad as it could be.
[8:40] So I'm grateful for that.
[8:42] Anybody else have anything?
[8:46] That's all I Okay. Um, if there's
[8:49] nothing else, is there a motion to
[8:50] approve the resolution?
[8:55] » I move to approve resolution number
[8:57] 2026-010
[8:59] to levy property tax rate exceeding the
[9:01] revenue neutral rate for the city of
[9:03] payroll.
[9:04] >> I'll second that motion.
[9:07] >> McMahon.
[9:08] >> Hi.
[9:08] >> Hu.
[9:09] >> Hi.
[9:09] >> Brown.
[9:09] >> Hi.
[9:10] >> Shields.
[9:10] >> I.
[9:12] >> All right. Now, can I get a motion to
[9:14] close the public hearing? I move to
[9:16] close the public hearing.
[9:20] » I'll second that motion.
[9:23] >> McMahon.
[9:24] >> I.
[9:28] » All right. Thank you.
[9:30] Now we have the public hearing for the
[9:33] proposed 2027 PAL city budget. Is there
[9:36] a motion to open the public hearing?
[9:39] >> I'll make a motion to open the public
[9:40] hearing.
[9:42] No second
[9:44] man.
[9:44] >> Hi.
[9:46] >> Brown. Hi. Shields.
[9:47] >> Hi.
[9:48] >> All right. Is there anyone that wants to
[9:50] address the council on the actual
[9:52] budget?
[9:54] No one.
[10:00] » Can I get a motion to close the public
[10:02] hearing?
[10:03] >> I'll make a motion to close public
[10:04] hearing. I'll second that.
[10:08] >> McMahon.
[10:08] >> Hi.
[10:09] >> Hugo.
[10:09] >> Hi.
[10:09] >> Brown.
[10:10] >> Hi.
[10:10] >> Shield. I
[10:12] >> thank you. All right. Consider adoption
[10:14] of the 2027 GA city budget. So she was
[10:18] definitely on his emails.
[10:19] >> So I'll just briefly let you know that
[10:22] um the proposed 2027 budget um authority
[10:25] for expenditures is 18,561203
[10:28] with the mill levy um of 44.443.
[10:32] Um so as we talked about all the budgets
[10:35] um expenditures do not rely solely on
[10:37] the property tax. Uh the proposed mill
[10:39] levy will provide provide 3,984750
[10:43] of the revenue and the remaining will
[10:45] come from uh sources such as sales tax
[10:48] and um the enterprise fund revenues. Um
[10:51] and we have additionally we've drawn
[10:53] down our reserves to limit the increase
[10:56] on property taxes over the years.
[11:02] Anybody have anything on this you want
[11:04] to say or ask?
[11:07] I guess I'll just piggy back some on
[11:09] what was said before that um we've all
[11:13] been in these conversations, but just
[11:15] for those of you who haven't, we we
[11:16] never take these increases lightly. It's
[11:20] always our goal to have the city be
[11:22] running as sufficiently as possible and
[11:24] staff works really hard to to make sure
[11:27] that we're doing that. And u with
[11:31] everything as expensive as it is, it's
[11:32] just
[11:35] the a necessity to the poor children.
[11:40] Anybody else?
[11:43] Thank you staff and department heads for
[11:45] all your work on everything. I know
[11:47] everybody has to cut their wish list
[11:48] every year a little bit. Um so we
[11:51] appreciate all our work. If there aren't
[11:54] any other questions or comments, can I
[11:55] get a motion?
[12:03] I I move to adopt the 2027 payable city
[12:05] budget in the amount of $18,561,23
[12:09] and authorize the necessary signatures.
[12:11] >> I'll second that.
[12:14] >> McMahon.
[12:14] >> Hi,
[12:15] >> Hugo.
[12:15] >> Hi,
[12:16] >> Brown.
[12:16] >> I
[12:18] motion pass.
[12:20] All right. Next we have um a public
[12:23] hearing on a dangerous structure at 9
[12:26] East Chipa.
[12:28] Can I get a motion to open the public
[12:30] hearing on this?
[12:32] >> I move to open the public hearing
[12:33] regarding the dangerous structure at 9
[12:35] East Chipa.
[12:37] >> I'll second that motion.
[12:40] >> I
[12:46] » All right. Is there anyone that wants to
[12:48] speak on the dangerous structure on
[12:50] nipple?
[12:53] Miss seeing no one. Okay. Mitch, is this
[12:56] you?
[12:56] >> Yes.
[12:57] >> So, we've been through this a few times.
[12:59] Uh
[13:01] in July, if you guys remember, you set
[13:02] the public hearing uh to determine if
[13:07] the structure at 9 Street is to be
[13:11] deemed dangerous in order to repaired or
[13:14] demolished. Uh the city clerks has sent
[13:16] out all the notifications. I remember u
[13:21] believe it's one of them might have got
[13:23] missed the first time if we're redoing
[13:25] this to make sure we're following all
[13:26] the steps. Um building inspector
[13:30] conducted the preliminary investigation
[13:32] on this and prepared a formal report.
[13:36] Uh, I visited the property since the
[13:38] public hearing was set and actually I
[13:41] went back to it just before the meeting
[13:42] today and there hasn't been any changes
[13:44] to the property. Um, no improvements
[13:46] have been made and the property owner
[13:48] hasn't gotten a hold of me. I haven't
[13:50] had any communication with them. Um,
[13:52] I've had a little bit of communication
[13:54] with the
[13:56] lean holder for sale on the property
[13:58] lender. Um, and at this point he does
[14:03] not have any plans on taking over the
[14:04] property and fixing it.
[14:08] So,
[14:10] city council may pass a resolution
[14:12] ordering the structure to be repaired or
[14:15] resolution to order the structure to be
[14:18] deemed demolished. Um, if council
[14:21] decides to order it to be repaired,
[14:24] staff recommends allowing 6 months for
[14:26] the repairs to take place as that is the
[14:29] amount of time a a building permit has
[14:32] until it's invalid to get a first
[14:35] inspection.
[14:36] Council decides to
[14:40] order it to be demolished. Staff's
[14:41] recommending
[14:43] allowing 60 days for demol demolition to
[14:46] take place as that is the time period
[14:48] that a demolition permit is valid.
[14:52] Staff's recommendation on this is to
[14:55] pass the resolution deeming it dangerous
[14:58] and uh ordering it to be demolished.
[15:02] Uh just to go over a couple notes on
[15:04] Inspector Buckles
[15:07] inspection of it. Uh the roof covering
[15:10] is completely deteriorated and appears
[15:13] to be unable to stop the intrusion of
[15:15] water from getting into the framing
[15:17] below.
[15:19] Uh roof framing is rotten which can
[15:23] compromise the structural integrity of
[15:25] the roof as a hole. Uh the fasia and
[15:28] sopets have been completely rotted away.
[15:31] They're non-existent at this point. So
[15:34] it's allowing weather to enter
[15:35] underneath the roof.
[15:37] Um the biggest thing the foundation is failing. There's large sections of
[15:43] the rock foundation that are bowing out
[15:45] enough to pull the siding off the house
[15:47] and break the siding multiple spots. Um
[15:51] as well as it's it's a crawl space, so
[15:55] there's there's nothing uh preventing
[15:58] animals or anything like that from
[16:02] getting in there. Uh the house has been
[16:04] vacant for multiple years with no
[16:06] utilities connected, including a way to
[16:08] heat and cool the interior of the house,
[16:11] which also leads to deterioration.
[16:14] And it's also missing gutters, which is
[16:16] allowing water to collect around the
[16:17] foundation, leading to further damage.
[16:28] » I have a question. So you said something
[16:31] about six months.
[16:34] When when will this happen?
[16:37] >> So if you guys decide to pass a
[16:41] resolution ordering it to be repaired.
[16:43] So you have to
[16:45] >> pass for repairing or demolishing.
[16:48] >> Demolishing.
[16:48] >> If you guys chose to have it repaired,
[16:52] >> um we would have to give them six
[16:53] months.
[16:54] >> Okay. as that's how long a building
[16:56] permit would get for. They would be
[16:58] required also to get that permit within
[17:01] 30 days. If you guys decided
[17:04] >> otherwise
[17:05] >> if if you guys decide to pass the
[17:07] resolution to order it to be demolished,
[17:10] >> then they would have 60 days to demolish
[17:12] it
[17:14] >> and the city will hire somebody to
[17:17] demolish it.
[17:18] >> Yes. So after that 60 days, we'll come
[17:20] back here and we'll decide on the
[17:22] contractor if they haven't that far.
[17:27] » Hopefully they do. That's what we
[17:29] decide. It's
[17:30] >> always the goal.
[17:31] >> Yeah.
[17:33] Any else question for Mitch? We we do
[17:36] give up multiple opportunities and I
[17:38] think we've been talking about this for
[17:40] a year year and a half now.
[17:41] >> Yeah. And I' I've talked to Yeah. I I
[17:44] I've talked to the owner before he
[17:47] stopped responding to me
[17:50] for probably three years now. Uh
[17:53] and originally he had said he planned on
[17:55] fixing it up.
[17:58] Those plans stopped, but
[18:00] I have had communication directly with
[18:02] him on this.
[18:05] Just been several years.
[18:07] >> I know you've been at it for a long
[18:09] time.
[18:09] >> Yeah.
[18:10] >> Uh we had one demolished
[18:13] or we were going to have it and then I
[18:15] believe the insurance proceeds. But on
[18:17] something like this right here, how do
[18:19] we do we rec do we recoup our money
[18:23] whenever it goes on a tax sale or
[18:25] something like that?
[18:28] >> So yeah, if once it's demolished, the
[18:31] city has it demolished, um we'll pay the
[18:33] bill for the contractor and then we'll
[18:35] invoice the property owner. Um if they
[18:38] don't pay that then it gets assessed as
[18:41] a special assessment on a on a property
[18:43] >> and we try to what 30,000 a year would
[18:47] normally to demolish structures or do we
[18:50] know
[18:50] >> uh 30,000 is is the total contractual.
[18:54] So that's for building claim review
[18:57] nuisance mowing all of that. So it
[19:00] really leaves 15,000 maybe.
[19:02] >> Okay. uh plus or minus some, you know,
[19:05] depending on how much building reviews
[19:07] are.
[19:09] >> So, yeah, but we have enough in the
[19:11] budget this at this point, too.
[19:14] >> Okay. All right. Thank you.
[19:15] >> So, we don't know if this man has
[19:18] insurance on that house.
[19:20] >> No, that's something I don't don't know.
[19:26] » All right. Anybody else? If not, is
[19:29] there a motion
[19:31] to close the building? I'm sorry. You
[19:33] guys hear
[19:36] >> a lot of public hearings. I move to
[19:38] close the public hearing.
[19:40] >> I'll second that.
[19:42] >> McMahon.
[19:43] >> Hi.
[19:43] >> Hugo.
[19:44] >> Hi.
[19:44] >> Brown.
[19:44] >> Hi.
[19:45] >> Shields.
[19:46] >> I.
[19:47] >> All right.
[19:50] Now, is there a motion to consider
[19:53] resolution?
[19:55] I move to approve resolution number
[19:57] 2026-011
[19:59] finding that the structure located at
[20:01] 90's Chipoa is unsafe or dangerous and
[20:03] directing the structure to be removed
[20:05] and the premises remain safe and secure.
[20:08] >> I'll second that happily.
[20:11] >> McMahon I
[20:12] >> Hugo
[20:12] >> I
[20:12] >> Brown
[20:13] >> Shields
[20:14] >> I All right, motion pass.
[20:18] Okay, you all are welcome to stay the
[20:20] rest if you want. If you like don't feel
[20:23] like you have to stay because you're
[20:24] already here, but you're more than
[20:25] welcome to stay and observe. We're not
[20:27] kicking you out, but I'm just telling
[20:29] you there's sometimes people have they
[20:32] feel like they have to stay, but they
[20:33] don't.
[20:33] >> I'll be
[20:34] >> You might as well.
[20:36] >> Find an interest.
[20:37] >> I Okay, good.
[20:38] >> So, I need I just want to give you a
[20:40] pass if you had other things to do.
[20:42] >> You're welcome.
[20:44] >> All right. New business
[20:48] emergency response plan annual review.
[20:50] And this is a relative resolution.
[20:52] >> Yeah, we have the um emergency response
[20:54] plan and the emergency water supply plan
[20:57] that we review every year. Um usually
[20:59] there's no changes. This year it was
[21:02] just some contact updates. That was it.
[21:08] >> And this is this may be a silly
[21:09] question. This is something that like
[21:11] you guys actually like look through.
[21:13] Does this still make sense kind of every
[21:15] year? Correct. Okay. It's not just like
[21:18] on the shelf and nobody really looks at
[21:20] what it is anymore,
[21:20] >> right? Good.
[21:21] >> We use it more than we want to.
[21:23] >> Okay. Okay.
[21:27] » Well, it must have been a good plan
[21:29] because it worked out well. So, I was
[21:31] just curious. I figured that would be
[21:33] the answer I got. Thought I would ask.
[21:35] Anybody else have any questions on this
[21:37] one?
[21:38] If not, is there a motion? Move to
[21:41] approve resolution number 2026-012
[21:45] city of pale emergency response plan and
[21:47] water system emergency response plan.
[21:54] » I used to work on these I will second
[21:57] that
[22:00] McMahon.
[22:00] >> Hi.
[22:01] Brown.
[22:02] >> Hi Shields.
[22:02] >> Hi.
[22:04] >> All right.
[22:06] Next, the renewal of the housing
[22:08] incentive program, and this is an
[22:09] ordinance.
[22:12] >> So, we've had this program for several
[22:14] years now. It's been a good program in
[22:17] New Zealand. Um, so every year we take
[22:20] it yearly to analyze it, make sure it's
[22:23] still being used and
[22:25] still valid.
[22:27] I reviewed it and didn't see anything
[22:30] that needed changed for building trends.
[22:33] on um what a lot of the builders are
[22:36] doing right now as far as uh the future
[22:39] we may want to eventually start looking
[22:41] at the construction values um because
[22:45] they're sectioned off you know 100 to
[22:48] 210,000
[22:51] um they receive a 65% we may want to
[22:54] look at bumping that up a little bit
[22:56] just because housing prices in general
[22:58] are going up it's it's pretty tough to
[23:00] build uh something other than a small
[23:04] like you know one or two bedroom house
[23:06] uh for that kind of money now but I
[23:08] think for the next year we're still good
[23:09] with these numbers u
[23:13] just kind of as an overview um also
[23:16] 210,000
[23:17] to 299,000 receives a 55% reduction in
[23:21] permit and planer view fees and then
[23:25] construction values over 300,000 receive
[23:28] 45%
[23:30] and uh on building building permit and
[23:33] planer view. Um, and then where I think
[23:36] it really comes in handy, um, is people
[23:39] that buy the infill lots, they get 65%
[23:42] reduction on both fees as well as a 45%
[23:45] reduction on sewer connection fee, water
[23:48] connection fees.
[23:51] So, you guys should have in your packet
[23:55] a chart of going over the permits. I
[23:58] believe it was used
[24:00] to build nine new houses in the last
[24:03] year, September to September,
[24:06] um for a total savings on
[24:09] permittes of $16,54.
[24:15] So, it's not a ton, but it's something
[24:17] that we can do to help incentivize
[24:19] people building town,
[24:22] especially in the NFL areas.
[24:26] Well, it's just like you said, we may
[24:28] want to look at the home values,
[24:29] construction values down the road
[24:30] because there's two under 300, barely
[24:33] under 300.
[24:34] >> So, and I would still also be in favor
[24:38] of
[24:40] visiting or discussing the kind of the
[24:43] double dipping that we talked about had
[24:45] our work study with if we ever do
[24:47] incentives of any type. I don't know how
[24:50] you guys all feel and I know we can talk
[24:51] about it later because this is a what
[24:53] we're dealing with right now, but um it
[24:55] just might be something that we want to
[24:56] talk about before it's an issue down the
[24:58] road.
[24:59] >> I hope is an issue down the road.
[25:03] Um because we went home still for sure.
[25:08] Anybody have any questions for Mitch on
[25:10] this? It's worthwhile for us. I don't
[25:12] remember when we put it in place. 2016.
[25:15] Yeah.
[25:16] No,
[25:18] >> it's been a long time ago.
[25:20] >> Uh,
[25:22] >> I think I did the original one in like
[25:26] 2014
[25:28] is when I started.
[25:28] >> It's been a long time. Yeah.
[25:30] >> Yeah. It's been a longgo. It's been
[25:32] modified. Yeah.
[25:33] >> But the main idea started
[25:35] >> Yeah.
[25:35] >> over a decade ago.
[25:36] >> Yes.
[25:37] >> And it's worked well for us.
[25:38] >> Oh, God. Yeah. So, actually,
[25:45] » right. Anybody else have a question?
[25:47] >> I just I got just a quick comment. Maybe it's it's because we lost a couple
[25:52] houses there within a couple years of
[25:54] each other. You know, you go to the
[25:55] Presbyterian church and then that house
[25:58] that got burnt, we said, you know, it
[25:59] was tore down and then we go a little
[26:01] bit further and then I believe there's a
[26:03] they had a house fire there and they
[26:05] tore that down that same area. Then I
[26:07] seen that the church sold that it's over
[26:09] there. So quite quite a little bit of
[26:10] change in in in the neighborhood right
[26:12] there. I don't know. And again, that
[26:14] this just comments at me. Uh it'd be
[26:17] nice to get more action in on those
[26:19] infield lots. I I don't I don't know
[26:21] what the city can do really other than
[26:22] do a program like this and to bring one
[26:25] in. But I know those infill lots, you
[26:27] know, today's houses are a little bigger
[26:29] than the other houses. Like Mitch was
[26:31] saying, you know, most people are
[26:32] looking for a three-bedroom house, but
[26:34] to build on an info lot's difficult, and
[26:37] I do understand that. I wish there was
[26:38] something else we can do. Maybe keep
[26:40] that in your hip pocket if something
[26:42] comes up. It's all I ask. Yeah, I do
[26:44] like how they are addressed separately
[26:45] in this program.
[26:46] >> Yeah, like I said, it's it when you when
[26:48] you drive through that alert, it's kind
[26:50] of stark. Looks right at you there, you
[26:52] know, because one of our main arterials
[26:54] is got some empty spots on it. But
[26:57] unfortunately, housing stock gets old.
[27:01] >> And in those situations where a house
[27:04] either burns down or
[27:06] you know, somebody moves out and it's
[27:08] not great shape, somebody buys it, wants
[27:10] to demolish it and build a new one. as
[27:12] long as their uh water and sewer meter
[27:14] or water meter and sewer tap are still
[27:18] in place in good condition because when
[27:20] they tear a house down, they leave the
[27:22] tap in place and just cap it. As long as
[27:24] those are in place, we typically wave
[27:26] those fees completely.
[27:27] >> Uh they typically just have to pay for
[27:29] like parts if we have to update a meter
[27:31] or something like that. So
[27:34] that part of it helps out a ton because
[27:38] sewer connections $3,750 and the water
[27:42] meter is $3,000. So those take up a big
[27:44] part of the permit fees. U this kind of
[27:48] kicks in when the properties have been
[27:50] sitting vacant for 10, 15, 20 years u or
[27:54] just have never been been built on. U so
[27:58] that helps fill those ones in. That's
[28:00] good information and it really staff.
[28:03] >> Thanks, Mitch.
[28:05] >> Anybody else?
[28:07] If not, is there a motion? I move to
[28:10] adopt ordinance number 3254 renewing the
[28:13] new housing construction incentive
[28:16] program.
[28:18] >> I'll second that motion.
[28:20] >> McMahon.
[28:21] >> I
[28:25] motion. Uh next we have the trash rate
[28:28] adjustment ordinance number 3255.
[28:33] >> Okay. So our trash fund is an enterprise
[28:35] fund that is basically supported by
[28:37] itself. So no no sales tax or property
[28:40] tax or anything goes into it. Um in 2023
[28:43] we set the uh trash rate at $20.50 per
[28:47] month for residents. And at that time
[28:49] our um contract was an increase of 2%
[28:53] every year. So with our new contract,
[28:55] they've increased that to 5% increase
[28:57] every year. So it basically caught up to
[28:59] itself. The new rate that we are charged
[29:02] from waste management is now 21.28. So
[29:05] we are in a deficit of 78 cents per
[29:07] customer. Um this also includes the
[29:10] spring cleanup fee of $17,000 plus um
[29:13] around $3,000 for insurance every year.
[29:16] So, as we discussed at the work setting,
[29:18] um there's a draft ordinance that shows
[29:21] um the increase of trash to $24
[29:25] beginning with the September 30th bill.
[29:27] And then in 2028,
[29:30] uh begin increasing that 5% every year
[29:32] until the end of the waste management
[29:33] contract in 2030. So, that should keep
[29:36] us ahead on our um our rates without
[29:39] just jumping it to the the full amount
[29:42] at the end. So increase in this
[29:44] September, no increase in 27.
[29:46] >> In 27, correct?
[29:48] >> And then 5% every year after that until
[29:50] the end of the contract, correct?
[29:52] >> Because that's what they're charging us.
[29:54] >> Yeah.
[29:54] >> Yes.
[29:58] » Thanks for all your different scenarios
[30:00] on this. I know that was probably a lot
[30:01] of work.
[30:05] » Anybody have any questions on this? We
[30:06] talked about this one for quite a while,
[30:08] >> right? You know, this is probably at
[30:11] least on my end of it, it did
[30:13] frustrating and not not knock not not
[30:16] what you did, but you know, when I
[30:18] started this career in the public works
[30:20] side of it, I had three different trash
[30:23] companies that I could deal with. And I
[30:25] had two and now I got one.
[30:29] >> And uh I found out real quick when you
[30:31] got one, you you you have one. And uh
[30:36] but u it's got to stand on its own. We just can't support it. Councils has
[30:42] uh directed staff staff's done a great
[30:44] job of making sure that that stands on
[30:46] its own here.
[30:48] So that's all I had. Mayor, anybody
[30:51] else?
[30:53] If not, is there a motion on this? Uh,
[30:56] I'll go ahead and u adopt ordinance 23,
[31:01] no, excuse me, 3255 to increase
[31:04] residential trash collection fee to 24
[31:06] per month beginning with September 30,
[31:08] 2026
[31:10] and providing 5% annually uh until 2030
[31:15] with the annual being I believe was it
[31:17] 28
[31:18] >> 28. So this stays for
[31:20] 16 months or something like that.
[31:22] >> Thank you. I second that motion for
[31:27] >> big hands. I
[31:32] » motion pass.
[31:35] >> Next you have the confirmation of the
[31:36] notice of it filing which is something
[31:39] we do annually and for yes the
[31:41] electronic municipal market access. This
[31:43] is our um
[31:47] audit. They put it out there on the bond
[31:48] market basically just to be transparent.
[31:51] So obviously we're not trying to hide
[31:53] anything. Um we the city of Ba does it,
[31:55] the city of Leisburg does it and then we
[31:57] do it jointly for the PUA. Okay. So
[32:00] yeah, that has been done and it just
[32:01] needs to be acknowledged.
[32:04] >> We have a motion on this one.
[32:10] I move to acknowledge that in compliance
[32:13] with the continuing disclosure policy
[32:15] for the city of Piola and the city clerk
[32:18] did provide to the governing body
[32:20] written confirmation that the 2025 audit
[32:22] report and the 2025 operating data for
[32:25] the city of Pol were were electronically
[32:30] filed on the electric municipal market
[32:33] access
[32:34] system on September 4th, 2026.
[32:38] >> I'll second that.
[32:41] McMahon,
[32:42] >> a quick question. This is like uh really
[32:44] uh our bond owners, our bond people look
[32:47] at this, right? I mean, this is the
[32:49] cornerstone of our bond.
[32:50] >> Yeah.
[32:51] >> Some
[32:54] brown.
[32:54] >> Hi.
[32:56] >> All right.
[32:58] Next, we have staff reports. Chief, you
[33:01] have anything?
[33:03] Um, so you all saw that arrived.
[33:07] We're got about getting radios installed
[33:10] in it. It should be okay at come back
[33:14] today. So, um, engine 3, they're going
[33:17] to pick it up tomorrow. Public works
[33:21] and we've we received the check.
[33:24] >> Got the check and the title's on its way
[33:25] back to them. So,
[33:27] >> and did another firehouse taken or use
[33:31] it old engine?
[33:33] >> Uh, my uh
[33:36] resale company purch
[33:39] >> and then uh one of our firefighters is
[33:42] going off next week to get his
[33:44] certification training. So, Mitch will
[33:47] be gone for a couple weeks.
[33:50] >> Certification engineer firefighter fire
[33:54] one and two. Congratulations.
[33:58] Well, two weeks.
[34:00] >> Is that an introduction? Yeah. Also, is
[34:02] that where the police academy is too?
[34:04] That's what I thought.
[34:05] >> Very cool.
[34:07] >> That's all I have. Thank you.
[34:08] >> Okay. Chief Corbin.
[34:10] >> Uh, we've been very busy with all this
[34:12] heat and everything. We've had four
[34:14] disturbances just this afternoon, today.
[34:16] So, we are getting
[34:18] >> Yeah. So,
[34:21] he can break anytime.
[34:23] >> Yeah. about tomorrow
[34:24] >> if it's really hot or really cold.
[34:26] Right. You see issues either way.
[34:28] >> Yeah.
[34:29] >> Well, thanks for all you guys are doing.
[34:32] >> All right, Mitch.
[34:34] >> Uh we are up to,430
[34:37] permits,
[34:40] they're still flooding in, but I'm sure
[34:43] they will even more so as it cools down,
[34:47] slowed down a little bit as as it's
[34:49] gotten hotter. But, uh,
[34:52] we're we're getting to where we should
[34:54] be
[34:57] pretty well through all the houses in
[34:58] town for roofs. Um, we have planning
[35:02] commission next week. We have a public
[35:04] hearing for 404 South Silver
[35:08] um for a conditional use permit and a
[35:11] public hearing for 812 South Silver for
[35:14] a conditional use permit.
[35:18] I got and I'll be out for the next
[35:19] couple weeks after next week.
[35:22] >> Okay,
[35:23] Brandy. Um, I know I've been spamming
[35:26] your inbox reminders these last couple
[35:28] weeks. I apologize for that. But just
[35:29] one more reminder at Astra on Friday
[35:31] from 11 to 1. They're they've been
[35:34] spamming my inbox, too. So, I'm sharing
[35:37] a lot. So, they're excited.
[35:41] » Nothing. Okay. Jar, do you have
[35:44] anything? Um,
[35:47] fellow council members and mayor, you
[35:49] will be receiving an email from me in
[35:51] the next day or so and the email will be
[35:53] uh the performance evaluation for our
[35:56] city manager. Uh my expectation is is
[35:59] that you guys have that build out and
[36:02] that just return it at our next work
[36:04] session and have that over to me and
[36:08] then uh as Shannon I will probably look
[36:10] for a executive session in the following
[36:14] one that we had over there and uh are in
[36:18] Michigan I want the Presbyterian church
[36:20] are they supposed to bid that out? Uh I
[36:23] believe there's something going on where
[36:24] they're supposed to bid it out with a
[36:25] grant this month. Is that for one tennis
[36:28] boria
[36:30] church?
[36:30] >> Um, yes. I think it's by the end of the
[36:32] year that they have a bid out.
[36:34] >> The bids are due. I think I put in the
[36:36] Friday update September 16.
[36:40] Yeah. There you go. It's all I had. Mor
[36:45] nothing. Josh,
[36:47] >> just wanted to thank you for everything
[36:50] you did on Sunday night
[36:53] >> and the response. I'm just uh so glad
[36:57] that you guys do all this training and
[36:59] that it's good training and that uh
[37:01] you're able to resolve situations like
[37:03] that peacefully and keep people safe.
[37:06] So, thank you for that.
[37:11] » Uh nothing nothing. All right. I don't
[37:15] have anything tonight either other than
[37:16] thank you again for all the hard work
[37:17] with our biggest biggest thing of year.
[37:21] So, thank you for that.
[37:23] Okay. Is there a motion to adjourn?
[37:26] >> Make a motion to adjourn. I'll second
[37:28] that.
[37:30] >> I
[37:37] M