[0:03] The pledge of allegiance rise again.
I pledge algiance to the flag of the
[0:09] United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands. One nation
[0:14] under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.
[0:19] Like to welcome everybody to our
Tuesday, February 17th regular council
[0:23] meeting.
We'll jump right in with the consent
[0:27] agenda, which few items on here,
including our January 20th, 2026 regular
[0:32] city council meeting minutes. J February
4th, 2026 special city council meeting
[0:38] minutes. February 4th, 2026 city council
work session minutes. Request for street
[0:43] closure for from the community education
coordinator. Resolution 26-09, which is
[0:48] accepting February donations. request
from the Pine Fire to re relief
[0:53] association for a temporary liquor
license in June and request to approve
[0:58] emergency management director and deputy
director position. I'll take a motion to
[1:03] approve.
>> I'll move the consent agenda.
[1:05] » I'll second motion a second. Any
questions?
[1:09] Hearing none. Delena.
>> Yes.
[1:12] » Bolton.
>> I. Randy,
[1:14] » hi.
>> And David will be I.
[1:18] » We'll go into our public input
section. We'll give two minutes again.
[1:25] We usually do. Um,
maybe come up and introduce yourself and
[1:30] list your address and we have Suzanna
Blazic as our first speaker.
[1:37] » Good evening.
>> Good evening, council members. I'm
[1:41] Susanna.
Don't leave this off. 1350 Cali Road
[1:46] Southwest.
[1:54] » Hello. Hello. This works. There we go.
Okay.
[1:57] » Can everybody be started, please?
>> Okay. Thank you. Tonight, I want to talk
[2:02] to you about leadership in a community
poll. First, leadership. You have been
[2:06] elected by us. We trust you to make
decisions that represent our collective
[2:11] voice and serve our best interest. Being
a leader means sometimes making tough
[2:15] and unpopular decisions. When those
moments come, it's absolutely essential
[2:18] that you do two things. First, share
your vision clearly and broadly and
[2:22] enable us to understand the why behind
the decisions. And second, guide us
[2:26] through the changes with patience,
empathy, and transparency. Doing this
[2:30] builds trust and unity. Yet, what we've
heard so far about the Project Skyway
[2:34] Pine Island data center is vague and
unsettling. In a personal conversation
[2:37] with a council member, we learned that
the vision for Pine Island is to grow to
[2:41] 10,000 residents. Why? The only real
answer we've received so far is growth.
[2:47] Again, why do the residents want this?
Moreover, rather than engage us
[2:52] patiently, you have told us what is
happening without much room for
[2:56] dialogue. If the elementary school can
email me 13 times per week, you, our
[3:01] most important leaders, should be able
to inform us transparently and
[3:05] respectfully about one of the largest
data centers in the country. As our
[3:08] leaders, you hold a position of great
responsibility, and we hold you to
[3:12] higher standards. It is your duty to be
kind, patient, and empathetic. We don't
[3:16] have all the information, and quite
frankly, neither do you. So why aren't
[3:20] you holding our hands, standing with us,
walking us through this process,
[3:25] building trust instead of suspicion?
Which brings me to my second point, the
[3:29] community poll. We've talked with
friends, neighbors, parents, and
[3:32] residents. Based on those conversations,
we believe about 80% of the residents
[3:36] oppose the data center. However, the
same council member I mentioned before
[3:39] said you think the opposite. That 80%
support and only 20% oppose. This
[3:44] disconnect is troubling.
Decisions this significant cannot rest
[3:48] on belief. They require clarity and
democratic input. I'm asking you to
[3:52] please hold a communitywide poll asking
every resident what they want. I offer
[3:57] my experience. I've spent two decades
working with large-scale representative
[4:00] survey data. We have the need. We have
the tools. And we can and should run a
[4:05] fair and transparent community poll.
Thank you.
[4:18] Welcome, sir.
>> Good evening, everybody. Um,
[4:24] just before the February 4th tax
abatement hearings, Elizabeth Howard
[4:29] accused me of presenting misleading tax
impact numbers. I then listened as she
[4:35] and other city officials spent 40
minutes overwhelming residents with
[4:40] information that obscured the true cost
of abatement requested by Ryan
[4:44] Companies. I call that a snow job. An
abatement never creates property tax
[4:50] revenue. It is money the city chooses
not to collect, shifting the burden onto
[4:57] local taxpayers.
Every dollar the developer does not pay
[5:02] must be paid by residents and local
businesses. Payments were meant to help
[5:07] new or struggling businesses, not to
subsidize corporations with vast
[5:12] resources. A multi- trillion dollar
corporation is not needy.
[5:18] To make this clear, here's a simple math
problem.
[5:22] Ryan owes a city 167 million. Instead,
Ryan pays 131 million, gives 3 million
[5:30] to the community and 23 million to the
schools. How much did Ryan not pay the
[5:35] city?
167US
[5:39] 131 equals 36
million.
[5:44] Poundland just gave away $36 million, a
22% property tax break for the benefit
[5:51] of a trillion dollar corporation.
residents and local businesses will make
[5:56] up that $36 million through higher
property taxes.
[6:01] It is unbelievable to me, but it
happened. After the herring, even Ryan
[6:08] companies acknowledged that the data
center developer likely Google
[6:14] should not have requested this abatement
just as Microsoft has stated is the
[6:19] right thing to reuse local property tax
abatements.
[6:25] Thank you,
[6:30] » Mr. Shuy.
That name for Evan.
[6:34] Welcome, sir.
>> How you doing?
[6:38] » Uh my name is Matt Shuddy 300 Kenny
Court Southwest in Pine Island. Um I'm
[6:43] just here in uh representing the
Independent Order of the Oddfellows. Um
[6:49] a lot of you might not have even heard
that it existed. I didn't either until
[6:53] somebody suckered me into it. Um but
anyway, I've learned a lot um since
[6:58] joining a year ago. Um we currently um
we've increased the membership um to 12
[7:05] members and several have inquired since
then. Um it was kind of an organization
[7:11] that in town was kind of uh just sitting
in limbo and so we're kind of
[7:17] rejuvenating it. um the the Oddfellows
the idea is to give back to the
[7:24] community and we are um kind of uh we're
we're slowly working on ideas working
[7:32] with other organizations like the Lions
Club, like the Legion to um do some
[7:37] different things for the community, do
some fundraising things like that. Um
[7:41] but um with that, we also had a lot of
updates to do. Um we have um we are we
[7:49] own a the Oddfellows owns a building in
town here that needed a lot of updates
[7:54] and so through the help of the state um
Oddfellows organization we've been able
[8:00] to get secure a loan to get some things
done. So we've had there was a lot of
[8:04] water damage. We've got new roofing.
We've got we've done a lot of work to
[8:08] the inside. Um, and so we've done some
repairs to the post office that rents
[8:15] from us. And, uh, so kind of our goal is
to get the front of that building
[8:21] looking like a like a new old building.
And so it's it's getting there. And uh,
[8:29] and so anyway, I just wanted to stop in
and um, let you know that it exists. And
[8:35] if anybody's interested or you know
somebody's interested in giving back to
[8:38] the community, come come reach out to
us. Thank you.
[8:42] » Question.
>> Yeah.
[8:44] » So is that uh is the post office going
to be expanding into that part of the
[8:49] building?
>> Um we're we're looking into the
[8:51] possibility. Yes. So that they would
have more space um yet not taken away
[8:57] taken away from the current space that
that a future business can have. So Yep.
[9:04] Right
council, we're going to jump into
[9:09] administration. I think this is the
shortest administration.
[9:14] » Should we have here? We have s one
application for private by manual.
[9:19] » Say that.
[9:23] » Yes. Thank you.
>> Uh so in your packet, you have an
[9:27] application from Thriving Financial or
Jeff Lommy. Uh what they're looking to
[9:31] do is do some tuck pointing on the front
of their building. There should be a
[9:34] photo in the packet as well showing some
issues of the cracks in the in the brick
[9:38] work on the especially the second story
there. Um they have a quote for $12,500
[9:44] uh to do the tuck pointing and they're
requesting $2,500 for the facade loan
[9:48] program that the EDA runs. The EDA has
voted to approve this and the next step
[9:53] is just to bring it to council to get
your final approval so that we can move
[9:57] forward with this loan and they can get
to work on that brick work.
[10:01] Is this company the same the one that
did the lens?
[10:04] » Do you know?
>> I don't know that.
[10:06] » What's the name?
>> Quality restoration all masonry.
[10:11] » Yes.
>> Okay. That's what I think. That's what I
[10:13] thought. Same company.
>> I remember correctly.
[10:16] » Okay.
[10:19] » Um
>> and this is just like the odd fellows.
[10:23] Right.
>> Yep. Yeah. Exactly like the odd fellows.
[10:25] So they would get the $2,500 then it' be
forgiven over fiveyear period. Yep.
[10:31] » Retain billing.
>> Um I'll move approval for the facade
[10:35] loan application for private.
>> I'll second a motion is second to
[10:39] approve the sad
[10:43] » which had very nice building. So
>> any other questions for
[10:50] » Hearing none. Delena
>> Iton.
[10:53] » Hi.
>> Vernon.
[10:54] » Hi.
>> Brandy.
[10:55] » Hi.
>> I thank you. Thank you.
[10:59] » Let's jump into planning commission
which is resolution 26-10 approving the
[11:03] plan third preliminary flat
taking this one right
[11:13] » I can start out on this one Mr. Mayor.
Um,
[11:15] » thank you.
>> So, we received back on January 5th um
[11:18] an application for preliminary plat um
from Big Low Homes for Pine Prairie
[11:23] third edition. Um this is an extension
on to um Elkrun Drive Southeast um down
[11:29] by the elementary school. It's that
northern road in that development. Um
[11:33] it's the development continuing north.
Um so it will be approximately 13.8
[11:38] acres. I believe roughly 28 lots would
be created. Um it is currently zoned
[11:45] agg. Um we're anticipating a reszone
application being filed um to get that
[11:49] updated to the correct residential
zoning. We did receive that in the mail
[11:53] today. Um so that will be good to go for
the final plat approval um next month.
[11:59] And then
um we did have a public hearing on this
[12:03] um with the planning commission back on
February 10th. um notice was published
[12:09] and mailed to all residents within 350
ft of the proposed plat. Um the planning
[12:15] commission did approve that unanimously
um to move it on to council. Um I can
[12:20] pass it over to Craig. Um there are a
few uh engineering conditions of
[12:26] approval that we have in the uh
resolution here for administrative ones.
[12:30] Um we have like like most plats um we'll
need a updated survey or title work um
[12:37] for the county attorney or the city
attorney to review um and then my other
[12:42] um condition was the submission of that
uh reszone which we did receive. So I'll
[12:47] pass over Craig and he can kind of run
through the engineering requirements
[12:50] still.
>> And this is on the east this would be on
[12:53] the east end correct
>> correct?
[12:56] » Yep. On the north side of the waterway
on the east east side. So, yep. Um,
[13:01] mayor and council, good evening. Um, the
couple of the conditions that I wanted
[13:05] to outline and and Stephen hit on one of
them and that was the reszone. So,
[13:09] again, right now it is currently zoned
agricultural. So, uh there'll be a
[13:13] resone request with a final plat
application and the uh the other one is
[13:18] the u um in the uh report. It's number
one. Currently, there's a 30-foot outlot
[13:25] um on the west side of the uh of the uh
property, and we're asking that to be 40
[13:30] feet wide. And what that would do is
give us a little more room to um have a
[13:35] connection. Um most of the time that
would be used as a pedestrian
[13:39] connection, but we are looking at an
emergency access to from the school um
[13:43] to this uh development here. So um so
that would be a good point of
[13:47] connection. Uh the developer Tony Biglo
is here um with us tonight. So um he is
[13:53] in agreement with that uh condition as
well. Um the other um conditions are
[13:57] just engineering related uh that um to
submit with the final plat the final
[14:02] plans and things of that sort. So um
staff is recommending approval.
[14:07] » Remember that that we're talking about
what would that
[14:12] look like? That was a question.
>> Yeah.
[14:16] » Yep. So it'd be a path. So, um, likely a
12t wide path and then there would be a
[14:22] crossing over the waterway there, too.
So, that would likely be a bridge
[14:26] structure, um, over the waterway.
>> The one right behind the track.
[14:32] » Yep. So, it would go like um Yep. Just
north of the track and then over on the
[14:37] west side of the track, too.
>> And Elizabeth and I did meet with
[14:41] superintendent and and uh principal,
too, to run through this idea and
[14:44] they're um generally in favor of it.
[14:50] Are you anticipating
down the road? We be looking at any kind
[14:54] of road
>> out that way, right? Or
[14:57] » Nope. Wouldn't be wouldn't be a road
connection. No, but it would be um wide
[15:02] enough and be able to uh that crossing
would be able to um handle any sort of
[15:07] um emergency access and vehicles. Yeah.
>> Okay.
[15:11] » Yep. And that's not anything that's
being proposed as part of this
[15:14] development. It's just something that
we're
[15:16] » looking for um for future connection.
>> Okay.
[15:22] Any questions? There questions for
>> Is that ideally going to connect to the
[15:27] out the sidewalk out at the
the road? Um New Haven.
[15:32] » New Haven. Actually, New Haven will have
its own path that'll be constructed um
[15:37] this spring. And so that will connect
down into Douglas Trail and then over um
[15:42] that there's a route over to the school
there.
[15:46] » So the path that comes out from like the
bridge that's going to go potentially
[15:50] over the back of the waterway and from
the school where is that going to lead
[15:52] to?
>> That'll go into the school property. So
[15:55] it'll go from the roadway, the sidewalk
uh within the subdivision on the north
[15:59] side into the school.
>> Yep. Yep. And there would have to
[16:08] Yep. And they have a path there now, but
they're they they're looking at other
[16:12] options as far as a parking lot and so
that might um kind of in that northeast
[16:17] corner there too, just throwing ideas
around.
[16:24] Okay.
>> No. Uh but just Craig um sound like a
[16:29] criticism. I don't mean it that way at
all, but is it am I right? It's just
[16:34] sort of the way the preliminary plat
plays out is a little bit confusing the
[16:37] way it's split
>> as far as the street the sheet set.
[16:41] Yeah. Yeah. The divide line.
>> Yeah. Because when I looked at it before
[16:46] now I'm looking at again going up and
I'm just I take it you would have
[16:49] figured out how
>> y
[16:52] » fair. Yeah. So I mean as long as you're
comfortable obviously that's what
[16:56] matters. It doesn't matter what I just
picture dividing between the two sheets.
[17:01] So but that's
>> Yeah.
[17:02] » So she
[17:08] » right
I'm figing that.
[17:14] this down.
>> He challenged the visual.
[17:19] » Well, this will be an action item.
Council,
[17:22] » we had a discussion during the meeting
too about the plan zoning for sidewalks
[17:26] and all the subdivisions. So, Tony's
aware of it.
[17:30] Y
[17:34] a motion to approve the uh resolution
2610 the Pine Prairie third preliminary
[17:42] » I'll second a motion in a second on the
resolution any other discussion
[17:47] questions
and thank you
[17:53] » all right Elena Iton Ioni I
David will be Okay.
[18:01] Exciting. Keep your own.
>> All right. We got public works and
[18:06] engineers. Going to be a request to
approve quote for the office for the
[18:10] plan
that is
[18:16] needed.
>> Uh good evening, Mr. Mayor and council
[18:21] members. Um, I'm just here to
ask for your blessings on getting this
[18:29] uh
long overdue
[18:34] remodeling job for the out at the
wastewater plant for the office.
[18:41] Um,
I am looking at um taking this out of
[18:47] the 401 building fund
[18:56] » and this would be because they included
I've been in there a few times and it'd
[19:01] be basically that room where your desks
are right now.
[19:04] » Yes. Correct.
>> Correct.
[19:05] » And then getting that revamped and give
you guys some space.
[19:09] » Yes. some space. Uh they're looking at
uh right now three corner desks and then
[19:14] uh uh some cabinetry around the along
the east wall and then some upper
[19:21] cabinets and then a a table out in the
middle section for to maybe for meetings
[19:27] and to eat eat at.
>> Yeah.
[19:30] » So
>> Mr. Gak's the
[19:32] » Yeah. Mr. Gadkkey is the one that's
>> not as feisty as his dad because he
[19:38] works. All right.
>> So, during this remodel, we'll have to
[19:43] work out of the garage.
>> Yes. We'll probably be out of the garage
[19:46] for a little bit. Um I uh had Bev come
out uh today and he looked at what needs
[19:54] to be done with that side of things. So,
they're going to take care of that at
[19:58] that time when he's there and they can
get get to move whatever they need to
[20:04] move.
>> Okay. So,
[20:05] » was there an estimate on how long it
would take the project?
[20:09] » No, he did not. Um, I'm I'm ex I'm I'm
thinking it only maybe about 4 days to a
[20:17] week.
>> So, that's
[20:19] » because he's going to have everything
built prior and then he'll just move it
[20:22] over.
>> Oh, that'll be good because he's he's
[20:25] come in and taken measurements and
pictures and the whole nine yards.
[20:30] » So,
>> and Becom will have all the hookups to
[20:34] » Yep. They'll do that at that time.
>> Power then. Will that be in the right
[20:37] spots for power?
>> Uh, yes. And, uh, it we should be able
[20:43] to get at it a little bit more
conveniently now. So, we're set pretty
[20:49] good with the power outlets and
>> stuff like that.
[20:52] » Just making sure you get what you need.
>> Right. Right. No, it's a good question.
[21:01] » Yep. So, um, typically it's pretty rare
that we don't have more than one quote
[21:06] before you. Um, the threshold for that
is $25,000. So, this is below that.
[21:12] Typically, we get two quotes just
because due to the um nature of this
[21:18] job, just because everything is custom
um for that room, uh we decided just to
[21:24] go with one contractor uh so that they
could come in and and build the plans
[21:29] custom to that facility.
So, and then in the meantime, they will
[21:33] be working out of the garage there.
>> Um, I'll move the approval for the code
[21:40] for the office remodel for the
wastewater treatment plant.
[21:43] » Second motion in a second. Any other
question? What would be the time? Would
[21:48] you or when would you want to start or
get this?
[21:51] » The sooner the better.
Well, with weather coming on and you
[21:56] know, hopefully it starts getting nice
now and you know, it' be nice to get it
[22:00] in between the snow and the rain and
everything else. So, whenever it's
[22:06] convenient for him, actually, so
we'll work around them.
[22:11] » Elena,
>> hi.
[22:14] » Vernon,
>> hi.
[22:16] » Hi.
>> Hi. Thank you.
[22:19] » Thank you.
Right. Council, we got another
[22:22] resolution before resolution 26-1 11
which would approve the street project
[22:27] plans and ordering the bids.
[22:33] » All right, mayor and council. So, this
would uh set the bid letting date of
[22:37] March 26th for the uh u upcoming street
project. That would include uh Willow um
[22:45] circle. Um it would include the um the
water main extensions around that area
[22:50] too. um and the sewer to ex um to serve
the uh development and um also third
[22:56] street first avenue and uh second street
southeast. Um Main Street was included
[23:03] in the original uh feasibility study and
uh uh and the project um and that was
[23:10] mainly because the county was planning
to um construct that roundabout in 26 so
[23:16] this year. Um then that got bumped to
27. Um but we were going to still
[23:22] install the utilities. We've got some
sanitary sewer that's aged. It's um it's
[23:27] not able to be televised. So um there's
um it's in it's in need of replacement.
[23:33] Uh but in talking with the county, they
feel it's better that that gets pushed
[23:36] until next year when the uh roundabout
project goes in and then the
[23:41] reconstruction reconstruction of those
two blocks from uh center street up to
[23:46] second street will be completed next
year as well. So um so in the resolution
[23:50] you'll see that second whereas where it
says we're looking at completing that in
[23:55] 27 instead of this year. So would have
been nice to get it done this year um to
[24:00] put Todd's and many of ours minds at
ease but um we'll we'll hope that it
[24:06] hangs out for another year
>> getting by the county.
[24:13] » Yeah. And there was a a neighborhood
meeting last Thursday night uh and some
[24:19] residents came. Uh there was some
discussion about sidewalks um that staff
[24:24] will meet about and uh uh talk about
right now. Uh sidewalks are in the plans
[24:30] um except for except for in Willow uh
because that's there's not an immediate
[24:35] connection there to any other um
sidewalk or pedestrian facilities. Um so
[24:40] uh but in the the uh third street and
first avenue area we do have them
[24:45] currently designed on both sides of the
street. So same as second.
[24:49] » Have you been able to have any updates
from the county regarding the bridge
[24:53] project out there and what that might do
to for
[24:57] construction and those
>> Yep. Yep. So they are going to they've
[25:01] got a precon actually that's going to be
in a couple weeks here next week or the
[25:06] week after. So, uh, we'll go to that,
but that will be, um, something that's
[25:10] going to be done here this, uh, this
summer. I don't remember the exact dates
[25:13] of the closure, but it's, uh, sometime
in May. So, they want us in there, um,
[25:18] get the they're going to reclaim the the
street and then the utilities would go
[25:22] in and then they'd work on the bridge.
Uh, so that detour will be set up all
[25:27] summer.
>> I believe May 15th was the date of the
[25:30] closure.
>> Yeah. Yeah. May
[25:33] » probably
>> and that bridge I think was going to
[25:36] have a path on the inside
the horse trail.
[25:40] » That's that's my understanding. We'll
find more out at the reconstruction
[25:44] meeting. I believe it's next week
>> with the county
[25:47] » um on what their plans are.
>> Yep.
[25:52] » I don't know if you've talked to Adam
and Danessa from the meeting at all.
[25:55] » I have. Yep.
>> Okay.
[25:56] » Yep. because there were some discussions
about you know like Willow Creek is or
[26:00] Willow Court is not getting the uh
sidewalk around their culde-sac because
[26:05] there's culdeac nowhere to number three
>> and then the discussion about the
[26:11] sidewalk going down on one of the sides
here
[26:15] » there was concern about how close it was
going to get and so Vanessa and Adam and
[26:20] I talked a little bit afterwards that uh
we're we're putting in a sidewalk
[26:25] because there's kids and you know
elderly that have to walk through there.
[26:29] Yeah.
>> You don't know who's going to own the
[26:31] house down the road neither. So,
>> right.
[26:34] » Uh question would be is if they can't
get it if it's too close to his house.
[26:38] He was wondering about moving it to
curbside. But, you know, and if we move
[26:43] it to curbside, let's make sure it's
like a 40 inch or something.
[26:47] » Mhm.
>> Or 48 in so that you can still put in
[26:50] mailboxes at certain spots and they
could still make a path down through it,
[26:54] you know, for sidewalk and stuff and put
enough slope on it, like a half inch or
[26:59] more slope so that water stays off of
it.
[27:02] » Yeah. Yeah. We we did look at that um
early on in design where um especially
[27:07] on that far on on Third Street on the
south end on the far west end. And so by
[27:11] second avenue um that driveway is um
that garage is very close to the right
[27:16] of way. So
>> there was concerns about that. So
[27:19] » yeah,
>> I want to make sure they got heard and
[27:21] expressed your
>> Yeah. So there are some some different
[27:24] options there. But um you know, typical
design is is sidewalk on both sides and
[27:29] then it's really up to the council to
decide if if it fits. And again, we'll
[27:33] we'll talk to staff. We'll talk through
it after getting their input and and
[27:38] then uh determine if that should go in
and bring that back to
[27:41] » the St. Paul Church Lutheran Church here
because they're
[27:45] » talking of you know moving and putting a
parking lot and all that stuff. So
[27:50] » make sure you guys are in the loop on
that.
[27:52] » Yep. Yep. Very good.
Mhm.
[27:57] » Health otherwise it's afternoon.
[28:02] » I'll move for resolution 2611 approving
the street project plans and ordering
[28:08] bids.
>> I'll second motion and second for 2611.
[28:14] Any other questions?
>> Mr. Mayor, if I may, um I just want to
[28:17] note that
um we'll be considering the bids at a
[28:22] special council meeting on April 7th.
Typically, we would have a work session
[28:26] that night and so we would be having a
special council meeting April 7th at 6
[28:31] PM and then our work session would
follow that. But I just wanted to note
[28:34] that
>> Delena
[28:38] » Iton.
>> Hi,
[28:40] » Vernon.
>> Hi,
[28:41] » Randy.
>> Hi,
[28:42] » David will be I.
>> Okay, thank you.
[28:46] » Bob, we're in legal. We are in May. I
want to say things, but I don't really
[28:50] have anything to say other than
I owe Elizabeth a easement on the North
[28:56] Zombro sanitary sewer district that's
going to be reported on tonight. And now
[29:00] I've said it out loud, but I actually So
there we go.
[29:05] Painted myself in the corner. I have to
turn that around.
[29:10] » We go on the claims.
>> I'll move
[29:14] second motion. Second on claims. Delena.
>> Hi.
[29:18] » Hi.
>> Hi.
[29:20] » Randy,
>> hi.
[29:21] » Hi. Which brings us to administration.
Elizabeth, if you want to give any
[29:26] updates.
>> Uh just that, you know, summer projects
[29:29] are ramping up and so uh we're getting
ready for street projects. Uh getting
[29:34] ready for our two park remodels. And so
we we had a meeting today to finalize uh
[29:40] Trail Head Park and we had a meeting
last week to finalize uh Collins Park.
[29:44] So things are are looking good.
>> Did we finally get final paper?
[29:49] » No. So for Trail Head Park, we are
waiting for the final grant agreement.
[29:53] Uh so the state has the grant agreement.
They have to send it to um NPS at the
[29:59] federal level for them to sign off.
It'll come back. We're expecting it um
[30:03] late March. So it'll probably be be
before you um in April sometime. So but
[30:09] that's fine. We we met with our account
manager with um game time who we're
[30:13] ordering the equipment from and that
timeline works for them. So Collins Park
[30:17] will most likely be a late spring um
remodel and then Trail Head Park will
[30:24] probably be a late summer remodel. So
we'll try to have them at different
[30:29] points in time. They were busy over the
weekend just they weren't see
[30:41] » what is going on at the library.
>> The library is all about one town and
[30:44] one title right now. Uh we've got I
think three books here, one book at DMV
[30:49] and I think I've got two at the library
left. So, if anyone still needs to grab
[30:53] a copy of Give a Girl a Knife, which is
our community read, we've got like five
[30:57] or six copies left to give away.
Otherwise, we can definitely uh request
[31:01] them and get them checked out to them
from another library. Um, but
[31:06] programming has been going really well
for that. We've had uh I think 10 people
[31:09] at one event, 13 or 14 at the other one,
and we had 10 people, which is like
[31:14] three or four more than usual at book
club this morning. So, yay. Um,
[31:19] Saturday's program is all about jam
making. We're having a jam making
[31:22] demonstration. If you want to come,
please do. Uh, if you want to come and
[31:26] get a free sample of jam, let me know so
I can get you on the list. Um, that'll
[31:31] be at the United Methodist Church um at
2 2:30 on Saturday.
[31:37] Otherwise, we have a wild rice
presentation. It's basically talking
[31:40] about the importance of the grain uh
from an uh master naturalist on the
[31:45] 26th. and that'll wrap up our one town,
one title programming. So, lots of good
[31:50] feedback that I've received on that.
Otherwise, the book sale we did over
[31:54] Winterfest almost made $400. So, thank
you everyone for supporting the library
[31:59] with both donations and purchases.
And the other thing I just highlighted
[32:04] with my report this month was just a
snapshot of what I've done since the
[32:08] last council meeting in the community.
So, uh, we do a lot of behind the-scenes
[32:12] work and I just wanted to kind of
showcase just a little bit of that. So,
[32:17] that's all I have for you. Do you have
any questions for me?
[32:20] » Were you happy with the uh cement work
and all that that was done?
[32:24] » The cement work?
>> The ting?
[32:29] » Yeah, that was last Yeah, we really
appreciated that
[32:31] » in the same company.
>> Yeah, they I'm glad that they uh they
[32:34] got the seal of approval.
>> Yeah, wanted to make sure.
[32:38] » Yes. So, thanks Thank you so much.
>> Thanks, Rachel.
[32:48] » What's that?
>> Cookies.
[32:50] » What
[32:59] fire department
is January record?
[33:03] » 58.
So, what do we ask? 89 90 91
[33:12] » keeps the trucks in shape.
>> Mr. Mayor, if I could go back to public
[33:16] works, I do just want to say um so I
believe we did we finish burning the
[33:20] brush dump.
>> No.
[33:23] » Okay. So, we're like 75% done, I would
say, burning the brush dump. Um we know
[33:28] it's kind of a pain in the butt.
Sometimes there's smoky smells in town,
[33:31] but it does save the city about $46,000
by earning that rather than having that
[33:36] um chipped. So um we just want to thank
residents for being patient with that.
[33:40] » They won't need that much chips and
grass.
[33:45] » I do notice it, but that's okay.
>> Yeah,
[33:48] » it's nice you got the trees down.
[33:52] » What?
>> Oh,
[33:56] » anything else? Otherwise, we are going
to wrap up here.
[33:59] » Move for German.
>> Second. Second for German. All in favor?
[34:06] I.
>> Thank you everybody.