[0:00] The Monday, August 31st, city council
meeting. Record of please.
[0:04] » Drake
>> here.
[0:05] » Robinson
>> here.
[0:07] » Teach out
>> here.
[0:08] » Turn
>> here.
[0:09] » And where?
>> Present.
[0:11] » We'll have the opening prayer by Tom
Robinson and uh pledge of allegiance by
[0:17] Matt Drake.
>> Let's pray.
[0:22] Dear Lord, we thank you for your many
blessings. We thank you for the
[0:26] opportunity to care for the world you
have made. We ask that your blessing
[0:30] will rest on this council that you would
give us great vision and enthusiasm for
[0:34] our work.
Please bless the efforts of our hands,
[0:38] the bonds between us and the influences
of our work in this community.
[0:45] Lord, please also bless and watch over
the Sullivan family in this difficult
[0:51] time of sorrow and comfort them in their
time of need. In Jesus name we pray.
[0:56] Amen.
>> Amen. Amen.
[0:58] » I pledge algiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
[1:03] republic for which it stands. One nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[1:10] justice for all.
>> Welcome everybody.
[1:19] » We're going to start off uh with a
public hearing. the chair to accept a
[1:23] motion to uh
journey to a public hearing.
[1:27] » So moved.
>> Second.
[1:29] » Motion made second. All those in favor
signify by saying I.
[1:32] » I.
>> Opposed. We are now in public hearing.
[1:36] And Amanda.
>> Good evening. Um Missouri state statute
[1:41] requires that we hold a public hearing
in order to set our tax levies for our
[1:46] 2026 tax year. Uh tonight's public
hearing satisfies that requirement. I
[1:51] will point out that in the council
letter that was presented to um in the
[1:56] packet there was a small typo. The
correct uh rates for this year's
[2:01] tax rates is 4236 for general revenue
1846 for parks and wreck and 2 for the
[2:10] library for um each 100 assessed
valuation. The public notice has the
[2:16] correct tax amounts on it. It's simply
just a typo on the council letter. Sir,
[2:23] » are there any questions or comments?
[2:28] » Seeing none,
a motion need to be made on that. So,
[2:32] uh, the chair accept a motion to move
out of a public hearing.
[2:35] » So moved.
>> Second.
[2:37] » Motion made in second. All those in
favor signify by saying I.
[2:40] » I.
>> Opposed. We are now in regular council.
[2:44] Uh, the first item up is the first and
second reading in consideration of
[2:48] emergency bill 6410. and establishing no
that's uh the 2026 tax levy. Chair
[2:55] accept a motion for the first reading.
>> So move second.
[2:58] » Motion made second. All those in favor
signify by saying I.
[3:01] » I opposed. First reading. Tabitha
please.
[3:04] » Bill number 6410 an emergency bill which
upon adoption and passage shall become
[3:08] ordinance number 6410 an ordinance
fixing the rate of taxation on all
[3:13] taxable property in the city of Sykes,
Missouri for the fiscal year 2026
[3:17] through 2027. Whereas the city of Saxon
City Council held a public hearing in
[3:21] accordance with section 67.110
RSMO prior to the adoption of the city's
[3:26] 2026 2027 tax rate. Now therefore bid
ordained by the city council of the city
[3:31] of Sykes, Missouri as follows. This bill
includes sections 1 through 8 all of its
[3:35] parts and subparts and it's read this
first time the 31st day of August 2022.
[3:40] » Thank you. Have the floor again.
>> Great. We are going to continue to talk
[3:44] about taxes. So this uh is being
presented as Tabitha mentioned as a
[3:49] public or as an emergency notice or
emergency ordinance. Tax rates are
[3:54] required to be set by September 1st. The
board of equalization does not meet
[3:59] until the end of July which doesn't
allow us enough time to present this as
[4:03] a regular ordinance. So tonight it's
being presented as an emergency
[4:07] ordinance to meet the September 1st
deadline.
[4:10] » Are there any questions or comments?
See none. The chair would accept a
[4:15] motion for the second reading.
>> So moved.
[4:18] » Second.
>> Motion made second. All those in favor
[4:20] signify by saying I.
>> I.
[4:22] » Opposed. Have the second reading,
please.
[4:24] » Bill number 6410, emergency bill, which
upon adoption and passage shall become
[4:28] ordinance.
An ordinance fixing the rate of taxation
[4:32] on all taxable property in the city of
Sykes, Missouri for the fiscal year 2026
[4:36] through 2027. Whereas the city of Sykes
and city council held a public hearing
[4:40] in accordance with 67.110
RSMO prior to the adoption of the city's
[4:46] 2026 2027 tax rate. Now therefore be it
ordained by the city council of the city
[4:51] of Sykes, Missouri as follows. This bill
includes sections 1 through 8 all of its
[4:55] parts and subparts and it's read the
second time and for vote the 31st day of
[4:59] August 2026.
Do
[5:01] » you have anything else to add, Amanda?
>> Nope.
[5:03] » Does anybody have any questions or
comments? The chair accept a motion.
[5:08] I make a motion we approve bill 6410
approval of the two 2026 tax rate.
[5:15] » Second motion made in second. Roll call
vote. Rhonda, please.
[5:18] » Robinson,
>> yes.
[5:19] » Peach out,
>> yes.
[5:20] » Turnbo,
>> yes.
[5:22] » Wear,
>> yes.
[5:23] » Bizzle,
>> yes.
[5:24] » And Drake,
>> yes.
[5:25] » Thank you.
>> Thank you.
[5:27] Next item is the first reading of 60
bill 6411 request to vacate LA between
[5:32] 10 and 614 North Kings Highway and 625
and 655 Park. Uh the chair accept the
[5:38] motion for the first reading.
>> So moved
[5:41] » second motion made second. All those in
favor signify by saying I.
[5:45] » I opposed. First reading tab of the
please.
[5:48] » Bill number 6411. This bill as approved
shall become ordinance number 3411
[5:52] providing for the approval to vacate the
alley between 610 and 614 North Kings
[5:57] Highway and 625 and 655 Park Avenue. Be
ordained by the city council of the city
[6:03] of Sykes, Missouri as follows. This bill
includes sections 1 through six, all of
[6:07] its parts and subparts and it's read
this first time the 31st day of August
[6:11] 2026.
[6:15] » Mr. Cob, you have a floor.
>> All righty. The staff received a request
[6:19] from Lambert Engineering on behalf of
the owner of 610 North Kings Highway to
[6:24] approve to vacate the alley between 610
North Kings Highway and 614 and 625
[6:35] and 655 Park. The alleyway that runs
through there, uh, it's been really
[6:41] utilized as driveways. You know, it's
there's no utilities in it. So there
[6:47] » one way, right? Is it one way?
>> Yeah, it's just a it's a platted alley
[6:52] there that's been used.
>> Okay.
[6:53] » It's never really been used, but an
entrance off of Kings Highway and off a
[6:57] park.
>> So, they're just want to vacate it and
[7:02] » uh uh planning zoning. They met in
August 12th and they passed a favorable
[7:08] u recommendation to approve this.
>> Any questions or comments?
[7:15] Thank you.
>> The next item is
[7:21] the first and second reading and
consideration of emergency bill 6412
[7:25] request to partially vacate water and
sewer easements on 11:05 South Maine.
[7:30] The chair would accept the motion for
the first reading.
[7:33] » So moved.
>> Second. Motion made second. All those in
[7:37] favor signify by saying I.
>> I.
[7:39] » Opposed. First reading. Tabitha, please.
Bill number 6412, an emergency ordinance
[7:44] of which approval shall become ordinance
number 6412 fighting for the approval to
[7:50] vacate a 20 foot wide water and sewer
easement located at 115 South Main
[7:55] ordained by the city council of the city
of Sax, Missouri as follows. This bill
[7:59] includes sections 1 through 7, all of
its parts and subordinates and it's read
[8:03] and introduced this first time.
>> Is that the date? They put the incorrect
[8:08] date.
>> Excuse me. They put the incorrect date
[8:11] today.
>> The first time the 31st day of August
[8:13] 2020.
>> Thank you. Mr. Copin, you still have the
[8:16] floor.
>> Staff received a request from
[8:20] on behalf of the owners under contract
of this property at 11:05
[8:26] uh South Main Street
for a uh 20 foot wide sewer and water
[8:30] easement to be partially vacated.
Uh PNZ met on the 12th and they were in
[8:38] favorable of passing this uh 20 foot
vacation.
[8:44] » Any questions or comments?
>> Why are they wanting to vacate it? I
[8:48] think they're going to utilize it for uh
uh
[8:52] development maybe and uh you know
utilize a little bit of area or maybe
[8:59] you know for some other if they got to
do some utilities or you know like some
[9:03] of their stuff
I can't
[9:07] » Sounds like the building may be
positioned such that that area gets the
[9:11] building set on
>> it's kind of tight.
[9:16] Yeah.
>> Any other questions or comments?
[9:22] Seeing none, the the chair accept a
motion for the second reading of bill
[9:26] 6412.
>> So moved.
[9:29] » Second.
>> Motion made in second. All those in
[9:31] favor signify by saying I.
>> I.
[9:33] » Opposed. Second reading. Tabitha,
please. Bill number 6412, an emergency
[9:38] ordinance of which upon approval shall
become ordinance number 64 providing for
[9:42] the approval to vacate a 20 foot wide
water and sewer easement located 1105
[9:47] South Maine. Build ordained by the city
council of the city of Sykes, Missouri
[9:51] as follows. This bill includes sections
1 through 7, all of its parts and subp
[9:55] parts and it's read and introduced
second time and discussed the 31st day
[9:59] of August 2026.
>> Do you have anything to add?
[10:03] » Uh, no I do not. Any other questions or
comments?
[10:06] » Any questions?
>> I'll answer something if y'all want to
[10:09] [laughter] answer.
[10:13] Seeing none, the chair would accept a
motion.
[10:19] » I move we accept ordinance 6412.
>> Second.
[10:23] » Motion made in second. Roll call vote.
Rhonda, please.
[10:26] » Teach out.
>> Yes.
[10:28] » Turn.
>> Yes.
[10:30] » Wear.
>> Yes.
[10:31] » Bizzle.
>> Yes.
[10:33] » Drake.
>> Yes. and Robinson.
[10:35] » Yes.
>> Thank you, Mr. Copelan.
[10:37] » You're welcome.
>> The next item is
[10:42] boards and commissions appointments.
Rhonda, you have the show.
[10:46] » Yes. Uh we're seeking 26 appointments to
the various boards and city. Earlier
[10:52] this year, a board commission's
nominating committee was created and it
[10:56] consists of the mayor and two council
representatives along with staff and
[11:01] they recommend appointments to the
boards and commissions and but final
[11:06] decisions are made by the entire uh
council. We have the following recommend
[11:11] recommended appointments to the boards
and commissions. First up is the board
[11:15] of adjustments
and the recommendations
[11:19] is Caroline Nace Littleton and Yolanda.
[11:25] » Chair would accept a motion
for a
[11:30] nomination.
>> Excuse me.
[11:32] » Chair would accept nominations.
>> I make a motion we accept the two
[11:36] nominations for the board of
adjustments.
[11:38] » Second.
>> Motion made second. Do you want All
[11:43] those in favor? All those in favor
signify by saying I.
[11:45] » I
>> opposed. Next board.
[11:48] » Okay.
>> Next we have board of appeals and the
[11:51] nominating committee has recommended
Carl Vincent, Scott Eel, and Marty
[11:56] Presley.
>> Any other nominations?
[12:00] » Make a motion.
>> Make a motion accept the
[12:05] nominations.
[12:08] » Second.
>> Coach made second. All those in favor
[12:11] signify by saying I. I
>> opposed.
[12:16] » Next.
>> Next is the BMU board and the
[12:19] recommended individual is Dedra Peters.
[12:24] » Chair accept nomination.
>> I move we accept that recommendation.
[12:27] » Second.
>> Motion made and second. All in favor
[12:30] signify by saying I.
>> I.
[12:32] » Opposed. Thank you.
>> Next is the housing authority and we
[12:37] have Onia Williams and David Terrell.
Chair accept nominations. Make
[12:43] » a motion. We accept the appointment of
David Terrell and Onia Williams to the
[12:47] housing authority board.
>> Motion made second. All those in favor
[12:50] signify by saying I.
>> I.
[12:52] » Opposed.
>> Thank you.
[12:55] » Next is the Industrial Development
Authority and it was recommended Mike
[12:59] Lllant be appointed.
>> Make a motion to accept that
[13:03] recommendation.
>> Second. All those in favor signify by
[13:06] saying I.
>> I.
[13:08] » Opposed.
Next is the LC board and it was
[13:13] recommended Clayton Driscoll be
nominated.
[13:16] » Make a motion to accept Clay Driscoll.
>> Second.
[13:20] » All those in favor?
>> I
[13:22] » opposed.
>> Thank you.
[13:25] » Next we have the park board. And we have
the names of Jason Davis, Mandy Liel,
[13:30] and Bobby Gray.
>> Accept nomination.
[13:34] » Make a motion we accept those three
members to the park parking park board.
[13:38] » Second. Motion made second. All those in
favor signify by saying I.
[13:43] » I.
>> Oppos.
[13:45] » Next is planning and zoning and we have
Larry Hancock and Jim Copelan.
[13:51] » Chair accept nominations.
>> Make a motion to accept the
[13:55] recommendations.
>> Second.
[13:58] » Motion made second. All those in favor
signify by saying I.
[14:01] » I.
>> Opposed. Thank you.
[14:03] » Next is public safety. We have Andy
Kaitton, David Terrell, and Christy. Is
[14:09] it Russell?
>> Russell.
[14:10] » Russell.
>> Chair accept nominations.
[14:14] » I move we accept those recommendations.
>> Second.
[14:18] » Most second. All those in favor signify
by saying I.
[14:20] » I.
>> Opposed.
[14:25] » We got one abstain.
>> One abstain.
[14:27] » Abstain.
[14:34] Next is the Paul's board and we have Dan
Hinton, Andrea Baker, and Kendy
[14:39] Everhard.
>> Chair accept nominations.
[14:43] » I move we accept those recommendations.
>> Second motion remain second. All those
[14:47] in favor signify by saying I.
>> I. I.
[14:50] » Oppos.
>> Next is Tiff and we have Nathan Cox and
[14:55] Joey Hayes.
>> Chair accept nominations. Make a motion
[15:00] we accept Jodie Cox and Hayes.
>> Here's what I found.
[15:05] » He found it. All right.
>> Ah, there you go. For the tempition.
[15:10] » Now, are we straight? You
>> Yeah, we're straight.
[15:13] » All those in favor signify by saying I
>> I oppose.
[15:18] » Next.
>> Next one is the tourism advisory board
[15:20] and we have the name Sheila Bizzle and
Michelle Newton.
[15:26] » Chair accept nominations. Make a motion
to accept the recommendation from the
[15:29] committee.
>> Second.
[15:32] » Man second. All those in favor signify
by saying I.
[15:34] » I.
>> Oppos.
[15:36] » Abstain.
[15:43] And last is the traffic committee. And
we have Ben Ross.
[15:48] » Chair accept nominations.
>> I move we accept the recommendation of
[15:52] Ben Ross.
>> Second.
[15:56] » Second. All those in favor signify by
saying I.
[15:58] » I.
>> I oppose.
[16:02] » Covers it.
>> Thank you.
[16:03] » Thank you. The next item is request
award bid 27-05
[16:08] fiscal year 2 street improvement plan.
And we got Mr. McIll.
[16:16] » Thank you, Mayor. Good evening, council.
Uh, bids for the FY 2027 street
[16:22] improvement plan were open on Tuesday,
August 18th. There was a total of five
[16:27] bids received. Apex Paving Company
submitted the lowest bid with a price of
[16:31] 1,3,181.36.
[16:35] This time we asked the council to award
the base bid and alternate number one
[16:39] bid to Apex Paving Company for
1,3,181.36.
[16:45] This was a budgeted item from back in
well um you guys approved it um back in
[16:52] April and then it was in the budget.
Are there any questions or comments?
[16:58] » Uh question. This this package covers a
lot of streets. Right.
[17:03] » It does.
>> That was listed in the budget.
[17:05] » Correct.
>> Uh
[17:07] » I don't know if the streets were Sorry.
>> Streets aren't listed in the budget, but
[17:10] um we had the council review the uh the
plan earlier this year before we put it
[17:17] out to bid.
>> Okay. I thought I saw actual streets at
[17:20] one time.
>> Yeah, there was a there is a list of
[17:22] streets out there. That's what we're
approving now.
[17:24] » Yes.
>> The bids on it. Yes.
[17:26] » And I've got those if anybody wants that
information what those streets are.
[17:30] » Anybody Anybody have any questions or
need any of that information?
[17:35] » Not the chair. We'd accept a motion.
[17:40] » I move we award bid number 27-05
to Apex Paving Company.
[17:47] » Second.
>> Motion made second. Roll call vote.
[17:50] Rhonda, please.
>> Where? Yes.
[17:53] » Baker, excuse me, Bizzle.
>> Yes.
[17:56] » Drake,
>> yes.
[17:57] » Robinson,
>> yes.
[17:58] » Teach out.
>> Yes.
[17:59] » And turnbo.
>> Yes.
[18:02] » Thank you.
>> Thank you. The next item is Chris Ward
[18:05] bid 27-10 purchase and installation of
new LED sign on at Clinton building. And
[18:14] Jones, you have the floor.
>> Good evening, council.
[18:18] Uh staff was seeking to get approval for
uh to award bid bid 27-10 the purchase
[18:25] and installation of new uh LED sign here
at the Clinton building. Uh the one we
[18:29] got now is more marquee sign order just
to get an update. Uh and staff recommend
[18:36] the council award the bid of 29,800 to
the American Sign Service. This is a
[18:40] budgeted item.
[18:45] » Are there any questions or comments?
[18:50] question on the on that sign. The
marquee sign, you're able to put stuff
[18:54] on that sign. This other one you'll be
able to too.
[18:57] » Yes. Yes, sir.
>> Okay.
[18:58] » This the old no the older one more you
don't do it more manually. This is just
[19:02] more like through a like a through app
or anything or computer things of that
[19:06] sort.
>> Neat. Any questions, comments?
[19:11] Chair accept a motion. Make a motion we
award bid 27-10 purchase and
[19:16] installation LED.
>> Second. Motion made in second. Roll call
[19:22] vote. Rhonda, please.
>> Bizzle,
[19:24] » yes.
>> Drake,
[19:25] » yes.
>> Robinson,
[19:26] » yes.
>> Teach out,
[19:27] » yes.
>> Turn,
[19:28] » yes.
>> And Wear,
[19:29] » yes.
>> Thank you, sir.
[19:31] » Thank you. The next item is to uh
approve renewal of workers compens
[19:37] compensation policy and carry.
Good evening. Um, so the city and the
[19:46] site board of uh municipal utilities are
seeking approval to renew our uh work
[19:51] comp insurance with u me insurance. Um
it has increased significantly this
[19:58] year. Um you'll notice um the drivers of
that is our payrolls have gone up
[20:04] significantly and um we did increase our
policy limits from 500,000 to 1 million.
[20:11] Um we also have an increase to our
experience mod which went from 1.06 to
[20:16] 1.3.
Um and our loss history and severity
[20:21] trends have uh really increased um the
past few years. So, um, that is what is
[20:27] driving our costs up. The city's portion
is going to be approximately 410,
[20:34] uh,159 for this renewal.
>> I know a lot of insurance companies do a
[20:40] lot of things like Mark's
[clears throat] kind of trying to
[20:42] prevent and are they are there any
programs or anything they doing for help
[20:46] with any of that?
>> Yes. So, they um they come in pretty
[20:49] regularly and do um safety trainings
with our supervisors. Uh we look at
[20:55] safety topics um uh with our employees
as well like I'm working with them to
[21:01] maybe do ergonometrics training with our
employees uh to work on proper lifting.
[21:07] Um but they are they are very frequently
looking at our claims and seeing what
[21:13] what steps we can do to maybe prevent
the next one.
[21:18] What was the reason for the policy limit
increase
[21:22] » double?
>> Um, we were looking at it because it the
[21:27] I guess the standard is kind of moving
towards that million dollar limit versus
[21:32] the 500,000. So, we were trying to stay
in line with the the trends there.
[21:39] » Talking talking about trends, what are
you guys seeing? Are you guys being told
[21:43] what are we out of the norm to a city
our size with our mod being where it's
[21:48] at? Are they are they all battling the
same battle or are we doing something
[21:52] wrong?
>> We I don't think we're doing anything
[21:56] wrong. Um part of that is just the
severity of the claims. Um like we we
[22:04] lost an officer this year. Um that's a
pretty significant driver. um other
[22:10] cities are seeing similar trends as
well. Um but is it usually comes back to
[22:17] what the loss is and then what the um
settlements may be and everything.
[22:23] » It'd be nice if we could and I know it's
not going to do anything for this one
[22:27] this year, but to start seeing some
comparisons of some other cities similar
[22:30] to ours to be able to do that and be
able to
[22:33] » say is there a way to do that with their
workman's comp or do they share that? We
[22:37] might be able to look at it as like as a
percentage wise. Um, but every city's
[22:42] payroll is a little bit different and
it's based off a payroll and then what
[22:45] risk codes are associated with the
payroll.
[22:48] » Yeah.
>> Or with individual. So
[22:50] » e mods.
>> Yeah.
[22:52] » Um, we could probably ask that. Um,
yeah, we could definitely look into
[22:59] that.
>> I don't want to be on the bottom of the
[23:01] curve. That's
>> No, no, no. But [laughter] the other
[23:04] thing is is if we can, you know, help
help that,
[23:08] » I I want to know where we at, where
we're at compared. I'd rather be leading
[23:11] instead of following. So,
>> Right. Right.
[23:15] » That's the only reason why I said that.
>> Yeah.
[23:18] » What was the budgeted amount in this
past budget?
[23:21] » Uh, we did increase it significantly.
Um, I believe our budget was right
[23:27] around 600,000. So, we're actually going
to come in a little bit under that, but
[23:33] um
[23:37] » this increase would take place. Uh our
broker is is very proactive with our
[23:42] workers compensation. He has worked with
um for risk codes. there's a a range in
[23:49] which our underwriter can put us at for
the specific risk code and pick and
[23:54] bottom has worked with MIM to get us to
the lower end of that range for our
[23:59] risk. So throughout as you were talking
about the best that we can do we are
[24:03] actively monitoring that our broker is
monitoring that for us and we're having
[24:08] quarterly meetings. We have risk
assessments all of those things.
[24:11] Additionally they waved their um on this
year
[24:18] instead of just once a year us as a
council if we could even on when we do a
[24:24] study session or something like that
just I don't know once or twice a year
[24:28] at least be able to see how we're doing
because if we also want to not only do
[24:33] we want to chastise and say hey
something's going wrong we need to watch
[24:37] out what's going on but we also want to
if we're being successful say hey this
[24:40] is great you know so if we could just
when we do our study sessions sometimes
[24:46] bring that to attention. Just say, "Hey,
we we're better now than we were last
[24:51] quarter." Or something like that would
be nice.
[24:54] Go ahead. Amanda
come out once a year.
[24:58] » Yeah. But we know but you know you know
what it entails. So you know how many
[25:01] work complic cases that we're having. So
if lost time accidents and things like
[25:07] that, everybody tracks that. So we can
see if we're doing better or worse.
[25:11] [clears throat]
>> Yes, sir.
[25:12] » That'd be great. I got a note.
>> Uh, are there any questions or comments?
[25:20] » Chair will accept the motion.
[25:25] » I make a motion to accept the work work
compensation
[25:31] » policy. Motion made second. Roll call
vote. Rhonda, please.
[25:34] » Drake,
>> yes.
[25:36] » Robinson,
>> yes.
[25:37] » Teach out,
>> yes.
[25:38] » Trano,
>> yes.
[25:40] » Wear,
>> yes.
[25:41] » And Bizzle,
>> yes.
[25:44] Thank you. And the next is request
authorization to purchase prisoner
[25:48] transport van for DPS.
And
[25:54] Captain John Broom, you have the floor.
>> Good afternoon. I'm requesting uh that
[26:02] we award a state vendor uh to purchase a
new transport van. This van would uh
[26:08] replace a 2001 model that we have has
well over 250,000 miles. Has some uh
[26:14] mechanical issues, no air conditioning
to the to the rear of it. We can't use
[26:18] it during the warmer months. Um this van
would be a 2027 Ford uh Transit. It the
[26:26] the the price is $81,1725.
[26:31] Um however, that comes with the
emergency equipment in it. comes with
[26:34] the camera system in the back and the
prisoner partitions in the rear of the
[26:39] vehicle. Um the funds used to purchase
this would come from the city drug
[26:43] seizure fund. It wouldn't come from the
the general revenue account and um which
[26:49] those funds specifically can be used for
items like this.
[26:54] » Any questions or comments?
>> I do have one question. Captain U. Does
[27:00] this new one have a way to secure the um
riders?
[27:05] » Um there should be seat belts in there.
Um yes. Yeah, there will be seat belts
[27:10] in the back of it.
[27:13] » Any other questions or comments?
Chair would accept a motion.
[27:20] » Make a motion we purchase the new
prisoner transport van for DPS.
[27:24] » Second.
>> Motion made second. Roll call vote.
[27:26] Rhonda, please.
>> Robinson,
[27:28] » yes. Peach Out.
>> Yes.
[27:31] » Turnbo,
>> yes.
[27:32] » Wear,
>> yes.
[27:34] » Bizzle,
>> yes.
[27:35] » And Drake,
>> yes.
[27:36] » Thank you.
>> The next item is the request authorized
[27:41] purchase of a 2026 Dodge Durango DPS.
And Captain Ryan Smith, you have the
[27:47] floor.
>> Good evening.
[27:49] » Good evening.
>> You're stuck with me for just a little
[27:52] bit. So,
>> Oh, you are on here for a while.
[27:55] » Yeah. Let's get prepared here.
[clears throat]
[27:57] » Okay. DPS is requesting to purchase one
2026 Dodge Durango from Landmark Dodge
[28:01] at the price of 42,136
and use the remaining budgeted dollars
[28:06] to outfit it with necessary equipment.
Uh Landmark is a state approved vendor.
[28:10] A portion 28,98550
of this is being funded by the Blue
[28:15] Shield grant. The funds from the vehicle
and the equipment needed to outfit it
[28:18] were included in the FY27 budget for DPS
pending the award announcement of the
[28:22] Blue Shield program. Uh the remaining
balance which is 16775 for just the
[28:28] purchase of the vehicle is uh being
covered by drug seizure funds from DPS
[28:33] and not part of general revenue. Um the
remaining funds that will be needed for
[28:37] the emergency equipment are going to
come out of that budgeted money and uh
[28:42] there's plenty there to cover that
expense. So we're just seeking approval
[28:45] to proceed with that purchase
[28:50] » there. So the the other funds that it's
going to take it be like like $8,000
[28:55] $9,000. Is that right?
>> Estimated somewhere around 10
[28:59] » 10. Okay.
>> Yeah. It's once you put all the
[29:00] emergency equipment plus installation.
Uh that's for the emergency equipment
[29:05] coming out of the budgeted funds. Right.
The 16775 for the other half of the
[29:10] vehicle itself purchased come out of
drug seizure funds.
[29:14] » Are there any questions or comments?
Chair accept a motion. I'll make a
[29:19] motion we uh authorize the purchase of
2026 Dodge Drain.
[29:24] » Second.
>> Motion made second. Roll call vote.
[29:27] Rhonda, please.
>> Peach out.
[29:29] » Yes.
>> Turn.
[29:30] » Yes.
>> Wear.
[29:32] » Yes.
>> Bizzle.
[29:33] » Yes.
>> Drake.
[29:34] » Yes.
>> And Robinson.
[29:36] » Yes. [snorts]
>> Uh the next item request authorization
[29:40] to purchase a incar camera system for
DPS. And Captain Ryan, you still have
[29:46] the floor.
>> Okay. With this new vehicle comes the
[29:50] need to purchase [clears throat] an
additional in-car camera system. Our
[29:54] current vendor is Motorola for the
majority of our cars. And this to uh
[29:59] purchase another system. We bring it to
council because it is a 5-year contract
[30:02] that exceeds 10,000. Total over 5 years
is 10,6560.
[30:07] It's paid at payments each year of
$21312.
[30:12] And that is included in the FY26
budget. Any
[30:19] questions or comments?
[30:22] Seeing none, the chair would accept a
motion.
[30:25] » Motion to approve the purchase of the
incar camera systems for DPS.
[30:28] » Second.
>> Motion made a second. Roll call vote.
[30:31] Ronda, please.
>> Drake,
[30:34] » yes.
>> Robinson,
[30:35] » yes.
>> Teach out,
[30:36] » yes.
>> Turn,
[30:38] » yes.
>> Wear,
[30:39] » yes.
>> And Bizzle,
[30:40] » yes. Next item, request for
authorization to purchase used vehicles
[30:44] for DPS. And Captain Smith, you're still
up.
[30:47] » Thank you. All right. DPS is requesting
authorization to spend up to 25,000 to
[30:53] purchase one or more used utility
vehicles. The vehicles or the vehicle or
[30:57] vehicles would replace utility vehicles
in the DPS fleet that are no longer in
[31:00] service uh due to disrepair and their
overall condition.
[31:05] Uh
this just goes on. Because used vehicles
[31:11] uh inventory change so quickly, suitable
vehicles may be sold before a specific
[31:15] purchase can be brought back to the city
council for approval. Authorization for
[31:18] an amount up to 25,000 would allow DPS
to locate an appropriate uh appropriate
[31:23] vehicle or vehicles, negotiate with the
seller, and complete the purchase while
[31:27] the vehicle remains available. Any
purchase under this authorization would
[31:30] be funded entirely with drug seizure
money restricted to law enforcement
[31:33] purposes. These funds are separate from
the city's current operating budget.
[31:37] Therefore, the request would have no
financial impact on the city's uh
[31:40] current budget. The purchase procedure
is consistent with the city of Syson's
[31:44] current purchasing policy. Approving
approval will provide DPS the
[31:48] flexibility to replace out of service
utility vehicles in a timely and
[31:51] cost-effective manner. So, we're just
seeking approval to proceed with those
[31:54] purchases.
>> Any questions or comments?
[31:58] » What What do you mean by utility
vehicle? like a
[32:01] » we have use for vehicles at times that
are not black and white patrol vehicles.
[32:05] » I got you.
[32:10] » Any other questions or comments?
Chair accept a motion.
[32:15] » Make a motion we approve the
authorization to purchase uh DPS utility
[32:19] vehicles using drug seizure. [snorts]
>> Second motion made second. Roll call
[32:24] vote. Ronda, please.
>> Robinson,
[32:26] » yes.
>> Peach out.
[32:27] » Yes. [clears throat] Crown vote.
>> Yes. Wear.
[32:30] » Yes.
>> Bizzle.
[32:31] » Yes.
>> And Drake.
[32:32] » Yes.
>> Next item. Authorization to accept 2025
[32:37] law enforcement terrorism prevention
activities grant.
[32:42] And
>> it's a mouthful
[32:44] » again.
>> It's me again. [laughter]
[32:46] The next couple are free money, so
that's always good. Uh, Sykes DPS
[32:50] previously applied for grant funding to
upgrade equipment technology on the
[32:53] department's mobile command truck, which
was placed in service around 2009. Since
[32:57] that time, several components have been
updated, primarily computers and monitor
[33:00] equipment. Through various grant funding
opportunities, DPS personnel consulted
[33:04] with the trucks manufacturer, which was
Frontline to identify operating
[33:08] equipment and determine the up determine
the upgrades necessary to bring the
[33:12] vehicle's technology and operating
system current standards. Frontline
[33:16] provided us two-phase proposal for the
recommended improvements. The first
[33:19] phase uh which you have in front of you
is the KVM upgrade includes several
[33:24] updates to the system that integrates
the various computer programs and
[33:27] operations on board the truck. Uh this
first phase is estimated at 18538740.
[33:34] Uh we applied for funding through the
LEPA grant and was awarded 66,47747
[33:41] during the 2425 grant cycle. In 2025, we
uh had the opportunity to apply for the
[33:48] additional funding. Obviously, the cost
had increased a little bit. Uh so, we
[33:52] applied for 142,52253.
Uh we were notified in 2025 that
[33:58] application was approved for full
funding. Uh we're requesting approval to
[34:03] accept the 142,52253
grant award from the state of Missouri.
[34:10] It's a two-pager.
[34:14] uh once the updated pricing we're
working with frontline and McQueen who
[34:17] will do work. Uh once they get us their
updated cost because it's been almost a
[34:23] year since we've visited this due to uh
government funding. Uh once we have
[34:28] those updated cost and timeline, we'll
bring that back to council for approval
[34:32] to proceed with those the first phase of
upgrades. I'm hoping to have that at the
[34:36] next council meeting.
>> Are there any questions or comments?
[34:42] Chair accept the motion.
>> I move we accept the 2025 LAPA grant
[34:49] award.
>> Second.
[34:51] » Motion made in second. Roll call vote.
Ronda, please.
[34:53] » Peach out.
>> Yes.
[34:55] » Turn.
>> Yes.
[34:56] » Wear.
>> Yes.
[34:57] » Bizzle.
>> Yes. [snorts]
[34:59] » Drake.
>> Yes.
[35:00] » And Robinson.
>> Yes.
[35:03] » Next item. Request authorization to
accept and proceed with the 2025 RHSC
[35:09] grant purchase.
for the last one.
[35:12] » Last one. DPS applied for and received
approval for two grants to the local
[35:17] ARSOC in the amount of 25,342.
One of those is 17212 and one of them
[35:22] was $8,130.
Uh these fund crucial services required
[35:28] for the mobile command truck to
communicate.
[35:30] Uh both grants are from the same funding
source.
[35:35] The proposed purchases are they cover
our uh satellite upgrade
[35:42] uh cellular gateway which is already
existing. It just uh combines it with
[35:45] the satellite that they're upgrading to
and continue service for a year and our
[35:50] instant connect services which integrate
our radios into a computer system for
[35:54] the dispatchers that are working on
board the truck. Uh this covers a year
[35:58] of uh service and upgrades with that
system. All services requested are
[36:03] provided by the current service
providers for the mobile command truck.
[36:05] The grant will cover all the associated
cost ensuring there's no financial
[36:09] burden on the city of Sykes. So approval
to accept that grant award.
[36:15] » Questions or comments?
Chair to accept a motion.
[36:20] » Make a motion that we authorize and
accept uh to proceed with the 2025 RSO
[36:26] grant.
>> Second.
[36:29] Motion
>> made second. Roll call vote. Rhonda,
[36:30] please.
>> Turn.
[36:32] » Yes.
>> Bear,
[36:33] » yes.
>> Bizzle,
[36:34] » yes.
>> Frank,
[36:36] » yes.
>> Robinson,
[36:37] » yes.
>> And teach out.
[36:39] » Thank you.
>> Thank you. Next item, request
[36:42] authorization to purchase furniture for
the new fire station. And Captain Sack,
[36:48] do you have the floor?
>> Hi, how are you tonight? Um, we're here
[36:52] to ask to go ahead with the purchase of
the furniture for the station. Uh this
[36:57] furniture will cover everything from
office furniture, dining furniture,
[37:01] living room furniture, and bunk room
furniture. Um for total of $58,119.12.
[37:11] Uh we went out to
the this is going all to the lowest bid
[37:17] on that. Uh it just wound up being all
in the same company. uh they were able
[37:22] to provide everything that we needed for
those items.
[37:30] » Any questions or comments on the fire
station furniture?
[37:35] » Seeing none, the chair would accept a
motion.
[37:38] » Make a motion for the purchase approval
of fire station number two furniture.
[37:42] » Second made second. Roll call vote.
Rhonda, please.
[37:47] » Where?
>> Yes.
[37:49] » Bizzle.
>> Yes.
[37:50] » Drake. Yes.
>> Robinson.
[37:52] » Yes.
>> Peach out.
[37:53] » Yes.
>> Yes. Thank you.
[38:01] » Okay. There was one item that was walked
on and this is the bid 2708 Greenbird
[38:06] ditch mopping and clean out. And Mr.
Dial, you have the floor. Good evening.
[38:13] The street department had uh budgeted
this year for the mopping cleaning out
[38:17] of the green brier ditch. Bids uh for
the projected were for projected were
[38:24] open uh Wednesday, August the 5th. There
were [clears throat] a total of four
[38:29] bids received. The lowest bid was from
Ryan Escavation.
[38:34] After looking at the project more
closely, the contractor determined that
[38:38] they would not be able to complete the
project.
[38:42] Therefore, the contract uh the next
lowest bid is AC James uh excavating and
[38:49] crane rental in the amount of 63,750.
[38:55] Uh staff recommends that the council
award the bid in the amount of 63,7 $750
[39:02] to ACS Escavating and crane rental. This
is a budgeted item
[39:08] » that will that take care of that whole
ditch behind Green Broward and and what
[39:12] do you think the timeline for?
>> How long will it last before we have to
[39:17] do this again? Do you think?
>> Usually every three years.
[39:20] » Okay.
>> Basically about three years.
[39:24] » Any questions or comments?
>> So I mean we just did this about three
[39:28] years ago. I was thinking it was two but
it was
[39:31] » it might have been two or three years.
>> Did we do the the portion
[39:36] west of the railroad though two or three
years ago
[39:40] » I'd have to look it's it's typically
every two to three years I mean u due to
[39:46] the fact our mowing machine will not
reach the bottom and that's where we
[39:50] getting our complaints from the
residents is the vegetation it ain't so
[39:56] much the ditch being silted in it's all
the vegetation that we cannot reach so
[40:02] you got to have a long reach machine to
get into it That's reason the Ryan
[40:07] excavation he didn't have the long reach
machine. He thought he can reach it but
[40:11] once he got there he couldn't reach it.
So uh we had to go to the next lowest.
[40:20] » Any other
>> I guess what I was just getting at you
[40:23] don't recall what that bid was what what
we paid the last time.
[40:27] » Uh it was I probably about this amount.
I mean, wouldn't don't you
[40:32] » I think the last time we did the portion
west of the railroad tracks uh was eight
[40:39] or 10 years ago. We do east of the from
the highway to the railroad tracks. We
[40:43] do that for sure every two or three
years.
[40:45] » Okay.
>> Um but I think I remember from eight or
[40:49] 10 years ago that it was it was 30
something thousand and that was less
[40:54] than we expected at that.
>> Okay. But I'm not I may be
[40:59] misremembering all that too.
>> I I think we've done it since
[41:02] » Have we done
>> since then? I I'm not. But uh yeah, it
[41:07] it just it's due to vegetation more than
anything.
[41:12] » So whether or not it was or not, it
needs to be done.
[41:15] » Yes, very much.
>> Yeah. Uh we uh Brian took Richard and I
[41:19] out there uh right after Richard take a
look at it. And as you get out to the
[41:24] further to the west, um there's, you
know, it grows up with saplings and and
[41:30] silts in and all kinds of stuff.
>> Any other questions or comments?
[41:36] » Chair accept the motion.
>> I move we award bid 27-08,
[41:41] Greenbryer Ditch Mopping Clean Out to AC
James Escavating.
[41:46] » Second. Motion made second. Roll call
vote Rhonda, please.
[41:49] » Bizzle,
>> yes. Drake,
[41:51] » yes.
>> Robinson,
[41:53] » yes.
>> Teach out,
[41:54] » yes.
>> Turnbo,
[41:55] » yes.
>> And wear,
[41:56] » yes. Thank you. Are there any other
items to be brought before the council
[42:00] tonight?
>> Yes, sir.
[42:03] » Want to find out
they took up a bunch of the post around
[42:06] a parking area at the lake behind
Lowe's. Uh going on there and they're
[42:13] going to replace that. What's the deal?
>> Good calling, Eric. Eric Parks.
[42:23] Yes, sir. So, we did remove all the
posts out at uh Matthews Park. Uh we're
[42:28] not going to replace those with
anything. We are going to come in with
[42:31] some uh barriers at the bottom of the
hill leading into the pond. Uh so, no
[42:37] one could just drive off into the pond,
but we are not going to replace those
[42:40] with anything at this point.
[42:44] Yeah, those I mean we were get they were
those uh post and pillars were
[42:52] getting pretty wore out and they didn't
they didn't and Mr. Crow, they didn't
[42:55] look that great right there either as
far as those post and those
[42:59] » post around the parking lot out there.
>> Yeah. Yes, sir. Yeah, they were they're
[43:02] just kind of an eyesore there right off
the interstate. Um and as far as people
[43:08] driving off the designated roadways,
they were doing that anyways. there's
[43:12] ways to get through. Um, so, uh, you
know, that wasn't stopping them from
[43:17] doing that in the first place. So,
>> I guess I'm not I'm not understanding
[43:21] what
[43:24] » are you talking about going on the
gravel road from that point on? Is that
[43:28] what you're talking about?
>> Yes, sir. So, the the road that leads in
[43:31] is pavement and then you got the gravel
that leads around to the gravel parking
[43:35] lot. people were already getting off
that going off into the grass.
[43:41] » And Mr. Crow, later on we might look at
putting some, you know, there's always
[43:45] an opportunity that we might put some
big rocks or something like that instead
[43:48] of those ugly yellow posts with cables.
Uh, but still if somebody wants out
[43:54] there, it's
we all know they can still make it out
[43:58] there. It just detours the
>> people. Are you still Are you still
[44:01] going to leave the boat ramp there?
>> Yes, sir. Yeah. Yeah, the boat ramp will
[44:05] for sure stay there. Yep.
>> Yes, sir. Thank you.
[44:11] » Are there any other items be brought for
the council tonight?
[44:17] » Go ahead.
[44:22] » Do I need signs?
>> Yes, ma'am. Please.
[44:38] Good evening. I want to address three
connected issues
[44:42] » issues tonight with residents.
What residents are being asked to pay
[44:48] what we are investing in our children
and the level of accountability we
[44:53] should demand when public money and
surveillance technology are involved.
[44:58] First taxes and our children. Tonight's
packet project appro pack packet project
[45:03] projects approximately 2.16 million in
city property tax revenue about 540,000
[45:11] at
about 540,000 of that is especially
[45:16] projected for the park fund. Yet
families continue to see very few
[45:22] meaningful accessible places and
programs for our kids and teenagers
[45:26] mainly.
[45:29] I'm sorry.
Um,
[45:34] to stay busy, build skills, and stay out
of trouble. Tonight, the parks
[45:39] department is also asking for a 29,800
for an LED sign at the Clinton building.
[45:46] I am not saying the sign is not
important or improper. I am saying I am
[45:52] asking what with more than half a
million dollars in projected park park
[45:58] property tax revenue what percentage is
actually being invested in youth
[46:03] programming recreation facilities and
safe places for children. At the same
[46:09] time, this agenda contains substantial
public safety purchases and grants and
[46:13] approximate 81,000
prisoner transport van of 42,136
[46:19] Dodge Durango
authority for up to 25,000 additional
[46:25] use DPS vehicles and major technology
grants. I understand some of these funds
[46:30] are legally restricted and cannot simply
be moved to parks. My question is
[46:35] different. Are we pursuing grants and
outside funding for our children with
[46:41] the same intensity that we pursue
funding our for enforcement and
[46:46] equipment? Second item J is not just a
dash camera purchase. The council
[46:53] summary calls it a live year a five-year
Motorola incar camera system, but
[46:59] Motorola's actual quote expressly
includes an M500 automatic license plate
[47:05] reader or ALPR service together with
cloud video storage. Before approving
[47:12] it, the public deserves to know what
plate and location information will be
[47:17] collected. How long will it be retained?
Who can search it? Will every search be
[47:22] audit audited? Can it be shared with
other local, state, or federal agencies
[47:27] outside of networks? Who owns the data?
And has the city attorney reviewed the
[47:34] complete privacy retention and data
sharing terms? I am asking council not
[47:39] to approve the surveillance cap
capability without first establishing
[47:43] clear public safeguards and I know
you've already passed it.
[47:48] Third residents are already carrying
substantial costs.
[47:53] The proposed com I'm on it's only one
paragraph left.
[47:59] » Go ahead.
>> Thank you. The proposed combined
[48:01] property tax rates raised from
se997
[48:08] to 8.8082
per $100 assessed valuation while
[48:14] residents have also expected experienced
BMU rate increases. I am asking for a
[48:20] dollar for-dollar public accounting of
those BMU increases including whether
[48:24] any current or projected expenses relate
to the PCE contamination wells 8 and or
[48:31] 13 plant 3 monitoring engineering
treatment or replacement infrastructure
[48:38] and exactly how much is being paid by
Vesus airmark rather than tax rateayers.
[48:43] Finally, please clearly clarify two
discrepancies before prov approving the
[48:48] tax levy. The packets public hearing.
Oh, no. I I see where she said that that
[48:53] was a typo. Residents deserve investment
and prevention as well as enforcement,
[48:58] protection of our privacy as well as
public safety and a clear accounting for
[49:03] every additional dollar we are being
asked to pay. Thank you. on the PCE
[49:08] contamination of BMU. I know you told me
last time to go to BMU and and Vestas
[49:15] and
DNR. I have I have been requesting
[49:20] documents from DNR since back in April.
I still the one request that I've made
[49:26] has still not been fully fulfilled. It's
been a delay after delay after delay. I
[49:30] requested information from BMU and BMU
told me that I asked for the accounting
[49:37] of the amount of rate in what amount of
the rate increases was um was obtained
[49:44] for the phase one of the project that
we're now in phase two of and what about
[49:50] what amount of that had been spent and
what it had been been spent on. They
[49:54] told me there was no accounting of that
because there was no money that had been
[49:58] spent. They're not giving me accurate
information. They're they're deflecting
[50:04] me and trying to brush it off. And
at this point, it's it's to y'all y'all
[50:11] the ones that they're a public provided
utility company. You control the board
[50:16] and everything. I mean, I don't know
where it's to go at this point,
[50:21] » but Okay, you went through like 10
different all at one time and a lot of
[50:27] them have already been passed, but the
the the it the items that you were
[50:30] talking about, like you requesting
documentation from DNR and them not
[50:35] giving you documentation, that has
nothing to do.
[50:38] » They're giving it to me slowly. They're
giving it to me, but like piece by
[50:42] piece. They're they're trying to I don't
know why, but they're they're trying to
[50:47] delay or avoid giving it. Like I've been
I'm telling you like I've been ever
[50:50] since the last time I was here talking
about the PC examination, I have been
[50:54] working on this and I still have not got
gotten these documents from three
[50:59] different organizations.
I mean,
[51:03] » well, the the DN I mean, us and the DNR,
they I mean, they're
[51:07] » I know you don't control them, but BMU
who is providing me with false
[51:10] information
>> or if not, then
[51:13] » what false We have Rick Landers here
tonight. What false information have
[51:17] they provided?
>> Well, you're telling me that no money
[51:19] was spent out of the rate increases in
phase one.
[51:24] How's that possible? How are we
completed with phase one? It it shows it
[51:28] in the thing that it costs money, but
there was no money spent.
[51:32] » But But correct me if I'm wrong, Rick.
Well, you you can speak to that if you'd
[51:36] like to.
>> Phase one.
[51:38] » It's what y'all call phase one, y'all.
>> Well, there's two different engineering
[51:42] studies and one of them was older and
what it called phase one at that day and
[51:47] time and what the other one calls.
That's where I'm confused. I can tell
[51:51] you narratively what's going on, but I
if you continue to refer to it as phase
[51:56] one and phase two, that's confusing to
me because I don't know which
[52:00] looking at.
>> It's the documents that y'all gave me
[52:02] that notified it as phase one.
>> In the rate increase that the council
[52:07] passed,
>> the first one,
[52:08] » there was some, this is for water. There
was some monies in plant three to
[52:13] address chemical handling and something
in the controls
[52:19] and it was $50,000.
And then on the Vestus project, Vestus
[52:25] and their insurance agent or insurance
company has reimbursed us for all those
[52:31] charges. They're still reimbursing.
>> So BMU covered the cost and then Vessus
[52:38] and all them reimburse. a
>> uh in the initial phase we did once we
[52:43] started the actual project they
>> so how did y'all cover the cost was it
[52:47] with the rate increases or was it
>> we covered the cost and then
[52:56] » okay
>> sorry
[52:57] » Tiffany this is a conversation that that
I don't I don't mind uh you know like
[53:02] just like with the BMU that it's a
conversation that the data that you're
[53:06] looking for one the DNR data we don't
have anything to do with, but also the
[53:10] data that you need from Rick sounds like
to me that with the BMU, you need to
[53:14] make an appointment with them or attend
one of their meetings and and ask those
[53:18] same questions because as far as I know,
I've attended a lot of their meetings
[53:22] and I've I've never seen you at one of
their meetings.
[53:26] » I' I've been to three or four of their
meetings,
[53:30] » but I' I've I specifically
requested this information from them and
[53:35] they replied back to me that
Well, I mean, when when Rick's telling
[53:40] you that that you keep on you keep on
wanting to say that the price increases
[53:44] are because of the new wells, which
Vessus is paying for from their
[53:48] insurance company, and there's not
there's not there's not any funding for
[53:52] it whenever the insurance company is
paying for the new wells to be be
[53:56] drilled.
>> Well, well, like he just said, no, BMU
[53:59] paid for it. Yeah, they're getting
reimbursed. Well, okay. Does that money
[54:02] go if you paid for it out of the rate
increases then does that money go back?
[54:07] » The rate increases had nothing to do
with the the the new wells that Vessus
[54:13] approved to have have drilled.
>> Correct, Rick.
[54:16] » Correct.
>> So I mean that
[54:20] the rate increases have nothing to do
with those new wells that are
[54:24] replacement well eight and 11 or
something whatever the wheel numbers
[54:27] they were.
>> Uh 81
[54:29] » 8 and 11. So, but Tiffany, I appreciate
your comments and if you if you have
[54:35] issues with DNR, see them. But if you if
you also need more information from
[54:40] please attend one of their meetings and
they should or or or make a a special
[54:44] appointment with BMU and set something
up.
[54:47] » Okay. Okay. And what about the um
the questions about the the tax that's
[54:54] being spent, the amount of money that's
being spent
[54:57] » on the on are you talking about on the
parks and
[54:59] » that can all be easily seen in the
budget. It's got all the
[55:04] » No, I see where it's being spent. I I I
listed where I heard where it was being
[55:07] spent. But what I'm saying is why we're
spending so much on on that stuff. Why
[55:13] are we not spending more on things for
because if I'm not mistaken, there's
[55:18] been a lot of um a lot of issues with
older teenagers and um law enforcement
[55:25] and shootings and everything else. Every
time you turn around, it's something
[55:29] else going on. Well, probably because
there's nothing for them to do here.
[55:34] They have nothing else to do. All they
can do is get in trouble. Why are we not
[55:38] looking into something that provides
them something to do to stay out of
[55:42] trouble? Well,
>> even when we do our um like our fishing
[55:46] derby and stuff, do you know that our 16
year olds and 17 year olds, they don't
[55:51] have a spot to do to to participate in
that? We're not even including them in
[55:56] in our actual city events.
>> Well, there there there's got you've got
[56:01] to stop everything at certain times. And
and it's like, you know, like the youth
[56:05] fishing tournament, you know, 15, 16
year olds don't need help from from from
[56:09] people. They don't need help to help
fish. Most of them don't. You know,
[56:13] things like that when you got younger
kids, they they're just now starting to
[56:16] fish. I understand why they I mean, my
kids went up through the same thing.
[56:21] Everybody's kids do. It's no different
than than little league and baseball and
[56:25] everything else. There's age limits to
everything, Tiffany. And so at certain
[56:29] times you I mean you're going all the
way around the world you know from
[56:34] fishing tournaments to to programs you
we work with everybody we have programs
[56:38] with the parks department whether it's
baseball uh inter murals anything like
[56:43] that basketball anything that we can the
YMCA also is beneficial with that you
[56:47] got church leagues I mean we're we're
trying to do as much as we can with the
[56:51] youth that we have and we and and we're
spending money on the parks we're
[56:55] spending money on the parks equipment
Uh, Tiffany, we're doing right now.
[57:01] We're doing the best we can. And do I
have an answer that is going to satisfy
[57:05] you to be able to say, "Yep, we're going
to start this tomorrow and and every kid
[57:10] from 16 to 18 is going to be taken care
of." I don't, but I do know that they're
[57:15] big concern of ours. And yes, we we work
with all the organizations in town
[57:20] trying to get things accomplished where
they can be a part of the YMCA or the uh
[57:26] what's the community center uh over by
Lincoln Park Community Center?
[57:29] » Grace
>> Grace Community Center, anything like
[57:32] that. But we we are we try our best and
but sometimes they have to also ask for
[57:37] help too. They have to ask what the
programs are and
[57:41] » well what are the programs that are for
for for our older teenagers? What are
[57:46] the programs?
>> The the older programs that we currently
[57:48] have. I mean, there's there's all kinds
of programs with the Y that that you can
[57:51] whether it be basketball. They they do
have some adult program,
[57:54] » but what about the the the kids that
can't really afford that?
[57:59] » It's not cheap.
>> There are scholarship opportunities and
[58:02] YMCA.
>> Yes,
[58:04] » there are people that belong to the YMCA
that pay nothing.
[58:08] » And that's where I would start also.
It's a great it's a great organization.
[58:12] And if you show there and they can't
afford it, just talk to one of their
[58:16] their counselors and they'll be able to
help them out. And and not only that,
[58:20] get involved with churches. There's all
kinds of churches that have church
[58:23] leagues of of different things. Um I
mean, there's things around around town
[58:27] that that you know, Grace Church,
there's programs out there, too. So, um,
[58:33] I don't have all the answers for you
right now, but I'm just saying if you
[58:37] get with, uh, uh, you know, the YMCA and
some other people, we'll be able to try
[58:42] to do the best thing we can. I mean, as
far as getting you,
[58:46] we want our kids to be safe and to have
something to do. We do, but I don't know
[58:52] what what the answer you're looking for
that we have right now. That's
[58:55] » I don't I don't expect you to just
answer it. I just wondering you I mean,
[58:59] what are we doing for them? because it
doesn't seem like there's really
[59:01] anything out there for them, you know? I
mean, honestly, you got um there there's
[59:08] no there's plenty of bars, there's
plenty of
[59:14] I guess there's not really that many
shops anymore, but
[59:16] » I sort of challenge you. Why I mean, as
far as you yourself, if you have an idea
[59:22] of what we could do with the kids stuff,
challenge you also, why don't you try to
[59:27] help get something started?
>> I am working on something. And I'm I'm
[59:30] trying to look into getting us a um a VR
arcade here. But I mean
[59:36] » I mean I mean you're just like us. We're
we're we're all trying to make sure
[59:40] everybody's safe and there are programs.
Can I name them off the top of my head?
[59:44] I've got so many things on my mind right
now. No, I cannot. But uh you know if
[59:50] they get involved with a church, you
know that's free. And then with the
[59:54] churches a lot of times they have
programs for teenagers and they have
[59:57] youth groups and and sessions and and
all that w the uh complex. There's all
[1:00:04] kinds of tournaments out there from
pickle ball to tennis to to a lot of
[1:00:08] things they can they play basketball out
there. There's all kinds of things that
[1:00:11] they can do. But are there specific
programs that I can name off top of my
[1:00:14] head? No, I can't right now.
>> Okay.
[1:00:17] » But I I appreciate your comments. Thank
you. And well, just one the one last
[1:00:20] thing. Was the privacy involving the the
cameras on the new um cars? Has that
[1:00:27] been reviewed and looked into at all by
the council?
[1:00:31] » We we've always used
car cameras on our cars.
[1:00:36] » I'm I'm talking about the the the
>> This is just an additional camera for a
[1:00:41] new car. It's the same same system.
>> Same system we've been using with all
[1:00:44] our cars. So all your cars are equipped
with the um the plate readers.
[1:00:48] » No different than the body cams and
stuff like that. Sometimes the the the
[1:00:51] car cam comes on too. I mean it's
>> so everything's been reviewed and y'all
[1:00:56] know who owns the data and who's has
access to all that and everything?
[1:01:00] » Captain Smith, who owns the data? Us.
>> The customer owns the data and
[1:01:04] postcertified officers.
>> And that's it. How long is it retained
[1:01:09] for?
>> Uh depends on the brand.
[1:01:13] when the brand the motor
>> retains for a year
[1:01:16] » a year. Okay.
>> Thank you.
[1:01:18] » Thank you. There
>> any other items be brought before the
[1:01:21] council.
>> See none the chair would adjourn into
[1:01:25] motion to adjourn to executive session.
>> Second was made second. All those in
[1:01:29] favor signify by saying I.
>> I opposed. We're now an executive.