[14:41] Oh, hallelujah.

[15:16] Okay, I think we're going to get started

[15:18] here.

[15:21] We'd like to welcome everyone to South

[15:22] Weber City Council at 6 PM on Tuesday,

[15:25] March 24th, 2026.

[15:29] We're going to excuse Councilman Davis

[15:31] this evening. I'll lead us in the pledge

[15:33] of allegiance and then we'll have a

[15:35] prayer by Councilman Dills. If you'll

[15:37] all arise, follow me.

[15:41] Ice

[15:43] to the flag of the United States of

[15:46] America and to the republic for which it

[15:49] stands. One nation under God,

[15:52] indivisible, with liberty and justice

[15:55] for all.

[15:59] Our

[16:04] father in heaven, we are grateful that

[16:05] we could come today as a body of South

[16:09] Weaver citizens and their elected

[16:11] officials as we try to sort out the

[16:14] business of our city. Please bless us

[16:16] that we will be able to have the the

[16:18] blessing of discernment to know what we

[16:20] should do and what will be the best for

[16:22] the people and for the city as we go

[16:24] forward. This we pray humbly in the name

[16:26] of thy son Jesus Christ. Amen.

[16:28] >> Amen.

[16:30] Thank you. We appreciate that. We'll

[16:31] begin with uh public comments.

[16:36] Uh please be respectful with your

[16:37] comments. We'll allow you two m three

[16:40] minutes to speak. Please state your name

[16:42] and the city in which you reside and

[16:46] you're welcome to come up to the

[16:47] microphone and

[16:49] make your comment.

[17:04] Yes.

[17:23] There are several items.

[17:28] I didn't address alliture.

[17:45] basic

[17:53] flooding of either or

[17:57] it's the lubricity effect of the water

[17:59] on US

[18:08] water

[18:09] unstable and fail. Especially

[18:19] failure address.

[18:24] Once again, external issues create

[18:27] emergency

[18:45] leads

[18:47] down south.

[18:51] Additionally, a failure of East Canyon

[18:54] carrying an earthquake would not only

[18:57] wipe out but also down river

[19:02] to a lesser extent would be the failure

[19:08] direction control

[19:22] live

[19:23] and whether or not they can quickly

[19:25] respond to Southendur.

[19:46] And last one has to do with

[20:04] Thank you, Paul.

[20:07] >> Yep.

[20:10] Anyone else have any comments?

[20:14] Okay, we've got a presentation tonight.

[20:17] Uh, Weaver River Pre--D disaster

[20:19] mitigation.

[20:21] study by University of Utah Senior

[20:24] Design and

[20:25] >> Utah.

[20:26] State. What did I say? Utah.

[20:29] >> Well, that's blame Blair for that.

[20:32] >> They're in the wrong color. I tell you

[20:34] that.

[20:35] >> I apologize, man. That's that's that's

[20:38] low.

[20:40] [laughter]

[20:42] » And they're here to help.

[20:45] And Ka, are you going to lead us in this

[20:48] or whoever whoever is going to charge?

[20:51] >> Who's in charge? All of you are going to

[20:53] take a turn. Okay.

[21:01] » Yeah,

[21:03] we can try it. Sometimes it works,

[21:05] sometimes it doesn't.

[21:07] >> Just make a beep sound and we'll

[21:10] >> You just have to hold your mouth.

[21:34] First thank you for the opportunity to

[21:36] do this presentation today.

[21:42] I'm James

[21:45] Davis Johnson

[21:48] from Mitchell. We're senior design team

[21:52] at

[21:53] State University. We also like to

[21:55] acknowledge for bringing this product to

[21:58] us and gate to work on it. Dr. Freddy

[22:02] helped us a lot investigations

[22:05] Dr.

[22:10] Austin.

[22:17] You

[22:18] >> pull the microphone closer to your

[22:19] mouth. We're also on YouTube. So, thank

[22:21] you. Before

[22:39] I get into the background,

[22:41] I want to make sure that we're all

[22:45] study

[22:52] river. All

[23:02] right. So in 201

[23:23] Soon enough

[23:40] here.

[23:44] So this is an image of

[23:49] pretty low

[23:51] pressure.

[23:53] So the ground water

[24:03] is simul

[24:16] As

[24:20] it finds locations

[24:26] with it

[24:28] accelerating process

[24:35] channel.

[24:40] So,

[24:44] as part of our study, we created a

[24:46] model.

[24:52] On the right side, you see fill up 36

[24:56] hours.

[25:03] That's not

[25:14] you. You see that's the

[25:21] final

[25:23] work that could be done. We don't know

[25:25] if worse or better.

[25:32] The time frame on that you're projected

[25:35] >> that is

[25:42] that

[25:47] » Thank you.

[25:48] >> All right. So there's three main risks

[25:50] that are associated with this. First of

[25:52] all,

[26:03] different.

[26:09] Second of all, the water

[26:33] Joe, I'm Ty talking about some

[26:37] alternatives

[26:38] to help solve this

[26:41] or solve the flooding.

[26:46] So, we have four different alternatives

[26:48] we're going to talk about today. I'll

[26:51] And this first one is alternative flow

[26:54] channels. So these flow channels um

[26:57] essentially they water back into the

[27:01] river from somewhere else. So these

[27:04] would prevent flooding of South by

[27:12] the structures

[27:14] outside of the normal rivers.

[27:29] And

[27:31] one The one that we chose for our

[27:34] preferred option for all of the

[27:36] alternatives

[27:39] channels is that green high

[27:44] just north of the river

[27:49] events

[27:51] take the water

[27:53] downream a little bit further some of

[27:56] that

[27:58] pressure.

[28:02] So this is our favorite option

[28:06] that

[28:10] water

[28:12] pressure.

[28:20] So alternative number two separate

[28:22] option is a line.

[28:25] This is essentially creating a

[28:27] waterproof layer between the water and this would prevent the water pushing

[28:34] through at all.

[28:37] However, this has a lot of problems

[28:42] and peritting

[28:45] hard

[28:55] to$2.4 million construction cost.

[29:03] However, it would be good for longterm

[29:06] stability

[29:08] set

[29:11] and this is one of our favorite options,

[29:13] but

[29:17] your product.

[29:20] So, these are just two ways

[29:23] that

[29:30] those are alternatives. Turn it to

[29:39] The next alternative is the diversion

[29:41] channel. This one assumes that there's

[29:44] complete failure of the river

[29:51] solution to this

[29:55] low point that Joe mentioned by the red

[29:58] box. Um this would serve to stop water

[30:02] going

[30:04] river

[30:11] alternative is relatively cheap compared

[30:13] to the other one. However, there's

[30:15] various other effects.

[30:20] Um so the main thing is environmental

[30:22] effects.

[30:31] And

[30:37] then once it does fill up all the

[30:39] minerals and from the ground back river

[30:47] and then also there's fact anymore

[30:51] essentially become a lake. All kinds of

[30:53] maintenance issues that go with that

[30:55] erosion.

[31:06] Um so the next one we consider is cut

[31:09] off wall which is essentially a wall

[31:12] that's underground cuts off the flow of

[31:13] water ground water from the river to the

[31:16] ground. It also serves as

[31:22] very considered

[31:29] and walls go into what those are

[31:35] file wallow.

[31:41] However,

[31:44] biggest disadvantage to all these

[31:45] options is the high cost and the price

[31:49] range that we've given for these

[31:51] estimate

[31:53] construction cost

[31:57] a lot

[32:02] of area.

[32:15] So, um it is important to note though

[32:18] that if it wasn't for the

[32:29] process that we used to evaluate.

[32:42] There are

[32:47] number one

[32:55] as well as

[33:11] All

[33:18] right.

[33:24] So, this channel will go on

[33:29] river and we'll be able to

[33:35] channel

[33:37] for the most part

[33:39] as well.

[33:41] right now. There is

[33:50] channel

[34:02] That

[34:04] basket

[34:29] are simple enough.

[34:35] Some of the concerns that our design is

[34:38] based on our

[34:45] soenefit

[35:12] of our

[35:33] biggest recommendations.

[35:43] That's

[35:45] actually an

[35:57] They are

[36:02] also

[36:05] design.

[36:20] » Thank you very much.

[36:21] >> Thank you. This is fantastic.

[36:22] >> So great. So can I ask a question,

[36:24] mayor? Is that okay?

[36:25] >> Yes.

[36:26] >> Um, how long did this process take you

[36:29] guys as a group together? How long have

[36:32] you been working on this?

[36:33] >> So, like began senior design class begin

[36:40] a few months ago, but we really got into

[36:42] that project for probably

[36:45] we started working with summer. So, it's

[36:47] been about a week.

[36:50] >> Awesome. Thank you. This is great

[36:52] information. I appreciate you guys

[36:53] sharing that with us. Anyone

[36:57] else have a question?

[36:57] >> Yeah, I've got a quick question. At the

[36:59] be at the beginning of this, you

[37:02] discussed how the uh water would

[37:04] actually seep into uh kind of like the

[37:07] springs going into the the pit. um with

[37:10] the amount of force that was going on

[37:13] during that time, wouldn't there be a

[37:16] huge amount of erosion right along that

[37:19] whole wall of the river? So that not

[37:22] just one section of it, but pretty soon

[37:25] uh pretty much the entire south side of

[37:28] the river would be in the bottom of the

[37:30] pit and the pit expanding out.

[37:34] >> Yeah, that that's definitely a

[37:35] possibility. I mean, water likes to find

[37:38] the quickest channel it can't to exit.

[37:40] So, what's most likely is you look at an

[37:42] aerial that uh the gravel pit, the place

[37:45] that it started to exit was actually the

[37:47] thinnest portion.

[37:48] >> So, we imagine what it would do is it

[37:50] would probably just cut channel about

[37:52] the same width as the existing one is,

[37:54] but it would cut it down into the gravel

[37:57] pit. And it's it's hard to know exactly

[37:59] without knowing subsurface where all the

[38:02] soil positions are. It's hard to know

[38:04] exactly how that water would flow, but

[38:07] most likely based off of what we

[38:09] experienced in the past, it would just

[38:11] cut through at that one location.

[38:13] >> I'm just wondering because you have the

[38:14] two uh coverts that will pull water out

[38:18] and I was just wondering would those

[38:20] still be remaining if the river is just

[38:23] eroding all of that or are you expecting

[38:25] that it would just do one steady drop

[38:27] and just go out that way and not not

[38:30] worry about eroding the rest of the

[38:31] river?

[38:32] >> Yeah. So the the goal of those designs

[38:34] was to prevent the erosion work out

[38:37] there and what we wanted was during a

[38:41] normal year even a high runoff year

[38:43] there's no section there. So we figured

[38:46] if we can keep the flow rates in the

[38:48] original channel at the same elevation

[38:50] as they were in the years where it was

[38:52] safe then in the future that will also

[38:55] be safe. So we did that by diverting the

[38:56] river into two separate channels. keep

[38:58] the elevation lower so there's not as

[39:00] much prior pushing outside of us.

[39:02] >> Okay, fantastic. I I'm amazed. Good job

[39:06] all of you.

[39:07] >> Great job. Thank you so much for doing

[39:09] this and coming to the city this

[39:12] tonight. And

[39:14] you're welcome to stay if you'd like,

[39:16] but we'll excuse you if you want to

[39:18] leave.

[39:18] >> Hey, mayor.

[39:19] >> Yes.

[39:20] >> Can I make a motion that we give the

[39:21] these students an Agrade or recommend an

[39:24] A grade? [laughter]

[39:25] I

[39:25] >> think we could do that.

[39:30] I do. I'm just looking for a second down

[39:32] there.

[39:32] >> Second.

[39:32] that.

[39:33] >> Okay. Favor say I.

[39:35] >> I.

[39:36] >> Okay.

[39:37] >> Hey, Dre. Good job.

[39:41] >> Okay, moving along. We'll get into our

[39:43] action items. We need to approve our

[39:45] consent agenda consisting of February

[39:48] 24th minutes. Any corrections or changes

[39:51] to these minutes?

[39:54] Not. We'll look for a motion to approve.

[40:00] » Mayor, I'll make a motion to approve the

[40:01] consent agenda.

[40:03] >> Second.

[40:05] by C.

[40:07] >> In favor, say I.

[40:08] >> I.

[40:10] >> Next item, resolution 26-6,

[40:14] donation policy. Any

[40:19] comments on this new policy that worked

[40:22] on getting

[40:24] put forth? I think Councilman Dales to

[40:26] the a lot of work on this. Did you not?

[40:29] >> Um I I did an initial draft. Um this was

[40:34] then turned over to our uh intern we had

[40:37] Dan. Um and uh quite a bit of it was

[40:40] changed. Um there are some things that I

[40:43] would love to see back into it. Um but

[40:47] um I think the the purpose of it is

[40:49] sound. Um any type of transparency of

[40:52] course that we can give to the public on

[40:53] what happens when somebody comes in and

[40:56] donates money. Um, I think that it's

[40:58] also important that we come up with the

[41:01] scale as a city council that says this

[41:04] is what we want to do. And, you know, so

[41:07] if you're donating, you know, $100,

[41:10] that's a certain level of, you know,

[41:12] we'll put up a banner. We'll put up, you

[41:14] know, some news out on the the

[41:16] electrical sign that we have. or if

[41:18] you're doing $1,000 or if you're a

[41:20] business and you're doing $10,000

[41:22] um you know a business has a lot a lot

[41:25] more expectation when it comes to having

[41:27] their name out there uh once you have uh

[41:30] made a donation. So um you know on that

[41:33] area you're talking about having trails

[41:35] that would be named for them or um you

[41:39] know if they're talking about uh uh

[41:41] different area pavilions in some of the

[41:44] different parks and stuff. So, it just

[41:46] makes it so that when somebody comes to

[41:48] us, we're already ready. We've already

[41:50] made the decisions ahead of time of

[41:52] here's what we want to do. Um the one

[41:55] that I sent in had a much lower um

[41:59] starting cost. Um I think as we saw with

[42:03] the pickle ball courts that we did, um

[42:05] the average donor was not sending in

[42:08] $10,000.

[42:09] uh we got a lot of them that did and you

[42:12] know did a high level but um this puts

[42:17] it down into a range that I think most

[42:18] of the south weieber especially when we

[42:20] get into the uh sports and recreation uh

[42:23] the citizens would be able to be

[42:25] involved in uh if they want to sponsor a

[42:27] team that's handled purely at an

[42:30] administration level instead of having

[42:31] to come up to the mayor or to the city

[42:33] council for approval that's just

[42:35] something that's uh keeps it down low

[42:38] but still gets the process flowing

[42:40] without us being a bottleneck. Um, it

[42:43] does have things also so that and I know

[42:46] it doesn't work perfectly but having

[42:50] some type of visible fund even if it is

[42:52] just a declared line item when we're

[42:54] doing the budget that says this is how

[42:56] much we were given in donations for this

[42:58] year and this is how much is still here

[43:01] or uh is going to be here and moved uh

[43:05] reserved to that next uh year's uh

[43:08] budget. It just makes it so that when we

[43:10] have somebody who comes in who does a

[43:11] big donation, say like we had with the

[43:14] barn that since this goes across

[43:18] multiple years, it keeps track of it and

[43:21] puts it down in there so that uh we

[43:23] don't just lose it or it gets assigned

[43:26] to other funds. Um other than that, I I really think that the the the program

[43:31] itself is great. I think our biggest

[43:33] beneic beneficiaries

[43:35] will be the sports teams. Um, I mean, if I can if if I can donate and be able

[43:42] to um support my grandson's soccer team,

[43:48] T-ball team, wrestling team, all of

[43:50] these different things, I'm going to do

[43:51] it. Um, and I don't really need that big

[43:55] of a, you know, a prize for doing that.

[43:58] That's something I would do anyways. Um,

[44:00] but we have families, um, very large

[44:04] families that all have different

[44:06] foundations and different things that

[44:07] they want to put in. Everything from,

[44:10] uh, trail headers with chairs and shade

[44:12] to pavilions and stuff. So, uh, this

[44:15] just lines it up so that we can do that.

[44:18] Okay.

[44:19] >> Thank you, Joel.

[44:21] >> My my microphone keeps doing that. I'm

[44:23] so sorry. Can you guys hear me? Yeah.

[44:27] >> I'm sorry.

[44:28] >> Try standing it up.

[44:29] Thank you.

[44:33] >> I did.

[44:34] Uh my biggest question on this um how

[44:38] long will these banners stay up? Because

[44:41] I know that right now we have banners in

[44:43] the FAC that have been there for years.

[44:45] So is this a way for us to manage

[44:49] rotation of those and keep current on

[44:52] those ones so someone doesn't do donate

[44:53] once and then they've got it for 10

[44:55] years? And that's one of the reasons why

[44:57] we tried to separate it in the original

[44:58] draft was that if you're sponsoring a

[45:00] team, um you do that for a season. If

[45:03] you want to do it again, it's another

[45:04] season. Um that way you don't just

[45:08] donate once to a team, pay $150 and buy

[45:11] some water bottles and now you've got a,

[45:14] you know, a perfectly good 4x6 banner

[45:16] sitting in the family activity center

[45:18] for the next 10 years. Um I would hope

[45:21] that they would want to do that again

[45:22] next year for that same team. Um, and

[45:26] there's even uh levels of it that can

[45:30] give a larger sign or move a sign, even

[45:32] have something put into the breeze, our magazine um for those that want to

[45:38] continue on every year. Uh the tougher

[45:40] ones though is once you get up into

[45:42] larger ones, um then yeah, it becomes a

[45:45] one-time thing. So like we where we've

[45:47] got the um uh the barn and the the park

[45:51] renamed, I don't see that one changing.

[45:53] I don't think they need to make a

[45:54] donation again every year to to keep

[45:56] that going on it. So that's that was the

[45:59] part that I was getting stuck on and

[46:01] that was part of it that was taken out

[46:03] of this. Um probably because I hadn't

[46:06] finished anything on it and uh this is a

[46:08] much more simplified version. I tend to

[46:11] overdo it. I don't know if you've

[46:12] noticed. Um so

[46:16] >> okay,

[46:19] any other questions?

[46:21] Not we'll look for a motion.

[46:26] Mayor, I move to approve resolution

[46:28] 2606, the donation policy.

[46:32] >> We have a second.

[46:35] >> I second it.

[46:38] >> Start with the roll call votes.

[46:39] Councilman Windsor.

[46:41] >> I

[46:45] carries. Thank you.

[46:47] Next item, uh, resolution

[46:50] 26-07 declaring public works item as

[46:54] surplus.

[46:55] Anyone have any questions on this? We

[46:58] made our move to our new public works

[47:00] facility. We've got some items that we

[47:04] want to discard of, we don't need, don't

[47:06] want, and uh, proper way to do that is

[47:11] to list them as surplus.

[47:13] Any questions?

[47:16] If not, we'll ask for a motion on this

[47:19] one.

[47:25] » Sorry, I don't remember what items are.

[47:28] >> It's on the If you look on the page 16,

[47:34] » it's just some miscellaneous things that

[47:36] are kind of laying around. There's

[47:38] pallet racks, there's shelving, couch,

[47:40] office decks, all the all the stuff

[47:43] that's

[47:43] >> from the old

[47:44] >> should probably go to the a lot of it.

[47:46] just needs to be thrown away. Thank you,

[47:53] » Mayor. I make a motion to approve

[47:54] resolution 26-07

[47:57] declaring public works items as sless.

[47:59] >> Second.

[48:01] >> Motion second by Councilman Howerson.

[48:03] We'll do a roll call vote studying with

[48:04] Councilman Howerson.

[48:05] >> I I

[48:09] carry. Thank you. Resolution 26-08

[48:13] amending emergency operations plan.

[48:17] Any questions on this one?

[48:23] That was a big read. [laughter]

[48:27] Have our fire chief here. Do you have

[48:29] anything on that? Do you want to add?

[48:33] >> Okay. Any questions?

[48:36] >> Got a couple of issues that I found in

[48:38] it. Um, number one, there's a couple

[48:40] different times when we're talking about

[48:42] the chief executive officer as defined

[48:44] by the state and part of the times it

[48:47] lists the mayor as that chief executive

[48:50] officer. Other times it lists you, the

[48:53] city manager as such. Um, I would like

[48:56] to just kind of clear that out so that

[48:58] in an emergency we have the exact the

[49:01] mayor and his or his designate design.

[49:06] Um so that way if if it has something to

[49:08] do it because uh the chief executive

[49:10] officer doesn't change. Um

[49:19] yeah it's got a couple of them on.

[49:24] Oh I've got it on here. I'll show you

[49:26] afterwards um so that you can look on

[49:28] that and make that exact one because it

[49:30] is um

[49:40] It's where it's talking about um the

[49:43] first one is the first executive chief.

[49:46] Um God, I'll just I'll just give you the

[49:49] page number and show it on you. Um or

[49:51] while we're doing this, that one needs

[49:53] to be cleared up also. Um

[49:58] yeah. Um and I do have it written down.

[50:01] Um, second though, and this one was kind

[50:04] of a little more

[50:07] um we have uh Lisa Smith um listed as

[50:12] List Smith. Um I don't think that's her

[50:16] actual name. Um there's a number of uh

[50:20] places where it is misspellings all

[50:22] throughout it.

[50:24] Um, I don't I'm I'm not trying to be

[50:27] picky on it, but my real questions are

[50:29] on this is that was this given a a

[50:32] thorough review before it was sent?

[50:35] Because we've got pages here that are

[50:39] actual templates coming from um Cash

[50:42] Valley

[50:44] um as some of the footers that are in

[50:46] here where it was taken out. Um, we also

[50:49] have uh ones from Leighton and a couple

[50:52] from Salt Lake City. Um, so it looks

[50:56] like obviously somebody was piecing

[50:58] together different things to make this

[51:00] document. Um but when it starts listing

[51:05] um Weber County officials

[51:08] um in their role um that just needs to I

[51:13] just think if this is going to be the

[51:14] official document and we're going to

[51:15] rely on it. We need to go on and give it

[51:17] one more pass to make sure the actual

[51:19] information is correct because like I

[51:21] said there are some that are from uh

[51:23] different cities in here. Um it also

[51:27] repeats or not repeats uh one moment it

[51:30] says that uh we are using the and chief

[51:34] you may know which one we're actually

[51:35] using whether we're using iPod um or if

[51:38] we're using uh code red um for our um

[51:43] incident or our communication with the public. I

[51:47] know we're doing a reverse 911, but it's

[51:49] not showing anywhere that um we're which

[51:53] one we're actually using. And I think

[51:55] that's I think it's only because some of

[51:57] these documents were merged in the

[51:58] creation of it. Um

[52:02] because there's there's very few I think

[52:04] Bountiful is the only one that still

[52:06] uses iPods. Um and they pay for it. So

[52:09] if you downloaded it, it it tells you have to uh be a paying member to be

[52:13] able to get that kind of information.

[52:16] Um,

[52:18] uh, let's see. Executive.

[52:22] >> Yeah, I do.

[52:33] » Yeah.

[52:34] >> And that that's what I was going

[52:37] Yeah, that's what I was going to go

[52:38] through because I've got the list. I

[52:39] wasn't planning to just hand it over to

[52:41] you right now, but And like they're

[52:43] mainly just small ones. Uh they're just

[52:45] little things, but I think that making

[52:46] the information inaccurate um or

[52:49] possibly inaccurate, which in an

[52:52] emergency, we don't want that. Um

[52:54] Syracuse also has a way of giving a

[52:58] public version of it and a non-public

[53:01] version of it. Um and they post the

[53:04] public version out online. Um might be

[53:07] something we want to look at on it. So

[53:09] um

[53:11] yeah, those are those are the ones that I've looked at. Other than that, I

[53:14] think it's, you know, good detailed

[53:17] content throughout all of it. It's just

[53:20] seeing those few things makes me a

[53:22] little bit concerned. So, yeah. Yeah.

[53:26] >> Okay.

[53:27] >> So, I would like

[53:27] >> So, would you like to make a motion on

[53:29] that then?

[53:29] >> Yeah. I would like to make a motion that

[53:32] um I'd like to make a motion that we

[53:34] table it, but I'll get in trouble. Um,

[53:36] I'd like to make a motion that we

[53:38] postpone it um for however long it takes

[53:41] to get a new one finished.

[53:44] >> Continue it.

[53:45] >> Yeah.

[53:46] >> Well, yeah. Can Yes, sure. Continue.

[53:51] >> Second it.

[53:54] >> A motion and we have a second by

[53:56] Councilman

[53:56] >> How

[53:58] Frank that you

[54:01] >> That's why he wants to table it so that

[54:03] we have time to work on it. bring back.

[54:07] >> So you want able to not config.

[54:13] » Yeah.

[54:15] >> You have you did want to

[54:17] >> continue.

[54:19] Okay.

[54:22] Good with that second then.

[54:24] >> Yeah.

[54:25] >> With a roll call vote. I

[54:28] >> I

[54:31] >> Okay,

[54:33] last item.

[54:36] >> Our vacuum trailer purchase. Any

[54:39] discussion on this?

[54:42] So, we did we did discuss this just to

[54:44] give you a little bit of background as a

[54:46] municipal utilities committee. Um, and

[54:50] currently on average it's mid50,000 a

[54:53] year that we're spending for a vacuum

[54:55] truck, but this does not completely

[54:59] replace that. It was replacing between

[55:02] 30 to 40% of that cost a year. We will

[55:05] still need the larger vacuum trucks to

[55:06] do some of the larger manholes and

[55:08] deeper manholes. Um, so our our return

[55:11] on investment basically this would pay

[55:13] for itself in four years. Um, so Jeremy

[55:16] and and I agreed, the mayor, we agreed

[55:19] that was something we should recommend

[55:20] doing with the council. It will be it'll

[55:23] be purchased out of the I don't remember

[55:25] if it said in the background or not, out

[55:26] of the remaining some of the remaining

[55:28] funds for the public works and it does

[55:31] allow us to do that with the public

[55:32] works funds.

[55:34] >> I do have one question with regards to

[55:36] the procurement method. It does say

[55:37] state contract, but [clears throat]

[55:39] excuse me, there are different methods

[55:40] on state contract. Was this the only

[55:42] state contract for vectors or was there

[55:45] several that we had to choose from? And

[55:46] was this the least cost or did was there

[55:48] other criteria used in selecting this

[55:51] make a model?

[55:53] >> This

[55:58] state contract found this one

[56:04] [clears throat]

[56:05] there was not a cheaper price found on

[56:07] state contract. where there are multiple

[56:10] vendors on state contract. I guess my

[56:12] root cause this is the only vendor.

[56:14] >> There was only there was only two that

[56:16] we knew of at all and I don't believe

[56:18] any of them were part of that state

[56:20] contract is the way I understood it.

[56:22] >> There were other vendors that provided

[56:24] back this was the one that was on state

[56:26] contract.

[56:28] >> Okay. Thank you.

[56:31] didn't say that.

[56:35] » My only question is what's the leave the

[56:37] lead time on this once we purchase it?

[56:40] How soon before we take ownership?

[56:43] >> I think right away.

[56:44] >> I I believe it's something that they can

[56:46] deliver with so that we're using it this

[56:48] summer.

[56:48] >> Awesome.

[56:49] >> Thank you.

[56:51] Michelle,

[56:53] >> and this is and this is going to be a

[56:55] capital item that we're going to prepay

[56:57] for or save it up for or

[56:59] >> it's something we're paying for out of

[57:00] the funds from the

[57:02] >> under the bond money. Okay.

[57:03] >> It's left over.

[57:04] >> Okay.

[57:06] >> The idea that we would use this as long

[57:08] as it lasts.

[57:09] >> Yeah. This isn't going to go on a

[57:12] >> a lease rotation or any rotation

[57:15] program. It's just a piece of equipment

[57:16] we're purchasing.

[57:18] >> Good. Thank you.

[57:21] Okay, we'll look for a motion on this.

[57:26] » Mayor, I make the motion to approve the

[57:28] purchase of a vacuum trailer for the

[57:29] public works department for $87,42011.

[57:35] » Second. Is that 11 cents?

[57:38] >> Yep.

[57:38] >> Yes.

[57:40] >> Make sure I get it right.

[57:42] >> Have a second by Councilwoman Petty with

[57:44] the roll call vote starting with

[57:46] Councilman Worer. I

[57:48] >> I

[57:51] >> motion carries. Thank you.

[57:55] That's it for our action items. We'll go

[57:57] into reports. New business. Dave, if you

[57:59] got any new business,

[58:00] >> one thing to bring up, we were able to

[58:04] get some information back from science

[58:07] public finance on the option to approach

[58:11] our current bond holder, US Bank, and

[58:15] they provided an to the admin finance

[58:18] committee to look at so that they can

[58:19] provide a little bit of perspective. It

[58:23] uh since they have provided that even

[58:26] within the last handful of days market

[58:29] has adjusted and changed

[58:33] in Iraq interest rates are

[58:37] target right now. So the savings that we

[58:41] have looked at initially are not the

[58:45] same. The level of savings is not as

[58:47] high as what those were as they

[58:50] increased since then. [clears throat]

[58:53] But what US bank provided uh was around

[58:56] $400,000 of savings.

[58:59] still maintainability on those bonds,

[59:03] but they would basically do a

[59:04] modification on our current bond

[59:07] structure. We would not have to go out

[59:08] to market or things like that, keep the

[59:11] callability, but it would reduce our

[59:13] interest rate some

[59:17] $400,000 number adjusted. So it's

[59:20] probably a little bit. So the question

[59:22] is is that enough to to want to work

[59:26] with US Bank and do that still pursue

[59:30] the option of going out to market.

[59:37] [clears throat]

[59:38] My re my recommendation is is that we

[59:40] pursue going out to market, but we may

[59:42] want to as a admin finance committee, if

[59:44] everybody's okay with that, look at the

[59:46] timing of that to see

[59:48] >> um because it it really we were down to

[59:52] one option plus maybe just seeing if we

[59:54] could renegotiate these, which was an

[59:56] incredible savings, but if those rates

[59:58] are changing, we may want to wait till

[1:00:00] things settle [snorts] down a little

[1:00:01] bit. Y

[1:00:03] >> I would I would probably kick it back to

[1:00:04] the admin finance community.

[1:00:07] if it were. But I'll let you guys decide

[1:00:09] what you want to do.

[1:00:10] >> I think so.

[1:00:12] >> I agree.

[1:00:15] >> Let's bump it over there if we would.

[1:00:17] >> We will take it on.

[1:00:18] >> Okay. [clears throat]

[1:00:22] » Anything else, Dave?

[1:00:24] >> No.

[1:00:25] >> Anyone have uh new business from the

[1:00:28] council?

[1:00:28] >> Um I just had two. Um number one um

[1:00:34] what are we going to do about uh the

[1:00:37] knowledge that we were given today?

[1:00:38] What's our next step? Um and I don't

[1:00:40] know if this would go to one of the

[1:00:42] committees uh to look at it. Um I don't

[1:00:45] know if this is something that since the

[1:00:48] risk um is on you. and pouring into a

[1:00:53] private business if we're even the ones

[1:00:56] that would be responsible for these kind

[1:00:58] of solutions. Um, but I really would

[1:01:01] like to just know what the next step is

[1:01:04] um on this study uh that they've done

[1:01:08] even if it just means we're trying to

[1:01:09] figure out it to another deeper level

[1:01:11] that we have to do something with it.

[1:01:14] Any thoughts?

[1:01:18] » I'll start. Um [clears throat] I think

[1:01:21] that

[1:01:23] we've known of the risk prior to the

[1:01:25] study. The study provides information

[1:01:28] about specific types of

[1:01:37] suggest

[1:01:53] it's also the type of project once we

[1:01:55] identify

[1:01:56] We were to update ouration

[1:01:59] planificating

[1:02:22] and yet like you say it's not ours.

[1:02:25] But our people are affected. So we want

[1:02:27] to keep pushing the conversation.

[1:02:34] » I agree.

[1:02:35] >> What committee would that go to? Safety.

[1:02:37] >> Safety.

[1:02:38] >> Give it to the gravel. Gravel committee.

[1:02:41] >> Wayne wants it.

[1:02:41] >> Oh, we want that one.

[1:02:43] >> Yeah. I was just going to comment

[1:02:44] earlier before you jumped in. I think uh

[1:02:46] you guys did an awesome job um giving

[1:02:48] your background information. U the core

[1:02:51] problem is not the high flows. core

[1:02:53] problem is the gravel pit undermined the

[1:02:55] river creating the situation that we're

[1:02:57] now existing. So I think the gravel pit

[1:02:59] is culpable. I think the gravel pit

[1:03:02] needs to stand up and take ownership of

[1:03:03] the problem they've created. I think we

[1:03:05] need to bring the state in because it's

[1:03:07] affecting Interstate 84 and it's

[1:03:10] affecting US 89 and it's affecting our

[1:03:12] citizens. So we shouldn't have to take

[1:03:14] the bill to fix this problem. And I

[1:03:17] agree typically your recommendations are

[1:03:20] go with the least cost. We want to put

[1:03:22] that wall in. Um you could do other

[1:03:25] issues with the um the drainages going

[1:03:28] around the piping, different types of

[1:03:29] bank intakes. U but they all have their

[1:03:32] inherent problems. We need some sort of

[1:03:34] cut off wall curtain to go in there or

[1:03:36] just fill the pit back up. Um but I

[1:03:38] think it's their problem and we need to

[1:03:40] put their feet to the fire and make them

[1:03:42] fix it.

[1:03:47] » Say we could let it flow.

[1:03:48] >> I think that's great. Yeah,

[1:03:53] » I got my boxes. So, ready to go.

[1:03:55] >> You guys got You guys got Wayne fired

[1:03:57] up. [laughter]

[1:03:59] >> Yeah, I was ready to go, but Joe kind of

[1:04:00] stole my thunder. So, thanks, Joel.

[1:04:03] >> Uh, still just a little bit of thunder,

[1:04:05] but I don't think you want this one. Um,

[1:04:07] I got two major complaints and it's

[1:04:09] something that we'll have to handle in

[1:04:10] the parks committee. Um, I just wanted

[1:04:12] to let them know that we were announcing

[1:04:15] it or talking about it. Um the dog park

[1:04:19] is having a uh poo poo problem

[1:04:23] um in which there are a number of

[1:04:26] individuals that bring in multiple dogs

[1:04:28] and just let them run and then well run

[1:04:31] is probably not the right word. Um then

[1:04:34] get out back into the car and just drive

[1:04:37] away.

[1:04:39] Again, I know we're looking at budget,

[1:04:41] so this is one of those things that we

[1:04:44] would look at if we wanted to do a code

[1:04:46] enforcement type of official um because

[1:04:49] right now um it's just left to people uh

[1:04:53] to to have their own integrity. So, but

[1:04:58] we got two of them.

[1:05:01] >> Okay.

[1:05:03] Anyone have think other new business

[1:05:08] committees reports?

[1:05:10] >> No.

[1:05:11] >> Any bills? Committee?

[1:05:13] >> I do. May I use your microphone?

[1:05:16] >> Okay. I just wanted to put one more plug

[1:05:19] in for our Easter egg hunt. That's

[1:05:21] Saturday, April 4th. So, sirens will

[1:05:24] start at 9:00 a.m. sharp. And hats off

[1:05:27] to Shaye and staff. Do you guys want to

[1:05:30] guess how many Easter eggs they filled

[1:05:31] this year?

[1:05:31] >> Oh.

[1:05:34] I thought we did a lot when we did 5,000

[1:05:37] and then we did 6,500 and she blew us

[1:05:39] out of the water.

[1:05:40] >> Yeah.

[1:05:41] >> 14,000.

[1:05:45] » It's amazing how fast they go.

[1:05:48] >> Um, so they're doing it for ages zero.

[1:05:51] >> Yeah, it is. It's like 35 seconds.

[1:05:53] >> 35 seconds and it's over.

[1:05:54] >> Yeah. So, ages 0 to 12. Um, just want to

[1:05:58] make sure the residents of our community

[1:06:00] are there. If we can come support that's

[1:06:02] great. So

[1:06:04] >> okay.

[1:06:04] >> Thank you.

[1:06:06] >> Blair. Do you have anything?

[1:06:08] >> No.

[1:06:09] >> Thank you.

[1:06:10] >> I have nothing. So with that

[1:06:13] report,

[1:06:16] >> you had your time, Dave. Now it's

[1:06:18] >> go right ahead.

[1:06:19] >> Business. I was waiting for

[1:06:20] >> Okay, I'll give you two minutes.

[1:06:23] >> Second. The well-being survey has one

[1:06:26] more week remaining. We have 220

[1:06:29] responses. Two years ago, we dropped to

[1:06:31] 293. So, we would like to get past 293.

[1:06:35] Shay's going to put some information out

[1:06:37] tomorrow. It's the final push, but it

[1:06:41] ended.

[1:06:47] » Is it on the website?

[1:06:48] >> It is.

[1:06:49] >> Yes.

[1:06:52] » Okay. Thank you, Dave.

[1:06:54] >> Look for a motion to adjurnn.

[1:06:56] >> So moved.

[1:06:57] >> Second.

[1:06:58] >> All in favor say I. Nice.

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