[0:56]

[1:32] Just.

[2:01] Ruth Pierce.

[2:01] Yes.

[2:02] Chris Read Yes.

[2:03] Greg Hawkins.

[2:04] Yes.

[2:05] Jason brown.

[2:05] Yes.

[2:06] Nathan Murray.

[2:07] Yes Grayson Stone.

[2:08] Yes.

[2:09] Cherry bomber.

[2:10] Yes.

[2:10] OK.

[2:11] Motion carries 7 to 0.

[2:13] It takes us to our items of consideration.

[2:15] In our first item of consider is a request to authorize a city

[2:20] engineer to approve a Southwell number five,

[2:22] change order for Pheasant PRV in the amount of $847,410.

[2:30] Includes some contingency for a total request of $900,000.

[2:35] There we go.

[2:37] John Here we go.

[2:38] Yes.

[2:38] My name is John keefer, staff engineer, working for the city,

[2:41] specifically the request is to authorize

[2:44] the city engineer to approve a Southwell

[2:46] Number five, change order.

[2:48] The change order is merging the pheasant PRV with the Southwell

[2:53] number five project.

[2:54] The pheasant provides an existing project It is.

[3:01] The city is creating a new pressure zone along the Pheasant

[3:04] Road and a new pressure release valve going in at Pheasant Road

[3:09] and kenyon Road as well as there are multiple water valves that

[3:12] are being shut off, setting up a pressure

[3:16] zone on that pheasant Road and we have a water

[3:20] pipe specifically that we're connecting to sides

[3:24] on either side of the coulee as well This

[3:29] is all right next to the Southwell, number five.

[3:32] And so it is more efficient cost wise

[3:36] as well as schedule wise to put these two together.

[3:39] They're both water system improvement

[3:41] projects The Pheasant PRV has its

[3:46] own $850,000 budget already OK.

[3:52] Any questions for John ?

[3:58] Kay, What are council's wishes?

[4:00] Ruth Pierce Yes, I move we authorize the city engineer

[4:04] to approve a Southwell.

[4:06] Number five.

[4:06] Change order for Pheasant PRV in the amount of $847,410

[4:13] and include some contention c for a total

[4:16] requests of $900,000.

[4:18] Sherry vomer.

[4:20] I'll second have a motion and a second to approve to authorize

[4:25] the city engineer to approve a Southwell Number five,

[4:28] change order for pheasant for the pheasant PRV in the amount

[4:32] of 847,410 and include some contingency for a total

[4:38] request of $900,000.

[4:40] Any further discussion?

[4:41] OK.

[4:42] Amy, roll call.

[4:43] Vote, please proceed.

[4:47] Yes Frank Hawkins.

[4:49] Yes.

[4:49] Jason brown.

[4:50] Yes.

[4:50] Nathan Murray.

[4:51] Yes.

[4:52] Grayson Stone.

[4:53] Yes Harry Bulmer.

[4:54] Yes.

[4:54] Andrew pearce.

[4:55] Yes.

[4:56] Okay.

[4:56] Motion carries Seven zero.

[4:58] Thank you.

[4:59] Appreciate it.

[5:04] Kate that brings us to our next item of consider a request

[5:08] to use the saving from Harmon Park Court Light

[5:11] project to finish the landscape and purchase some benches.

[5:15] And we have Wendy Davis Good evening.

[5:18] Marin Council.

[5:19] It's kind of nice to be here saying

[5:21] we got something almost done.

[5:23] And we saved some money So if you'll recall in February

[5:30] the proceeds of the sale for the fire station were allocated

[5:35] to Baxter's Park with 130,000 reserved to do the lighting

[5:39] at the Harmon Court.

[5:40] And as Harmon Park Tennis Court project So as we're nearing

[5:46] completion of that, we're anticipating about $29,000

[5:49] in savings Out of that 130.

[5:53] And the landscaping part which is where the park hits

[5:59] the sidewalk, there's a significant difference

[6:04] in elevation between the existing grass We need

[6:07] to redo the sprinkler system and do all

[6:09] those things that I think originally parks

[6:11] had planned to try to do that.

[6:13] The amount of work that's going to require They

[6:16] don't have the bandwidth to get to it right now.

[6:19] And so i went and got an estimate

[6:21] to see what it would take to bring a contractor in

[6:24] to finish the project.

[6:25] I'm the savings would certainly cover that.

[6:29] And then any additional savings.

[6:31] We have from that, we would allocate

[6:34] to the little bit of savings.

[6:35] We have off of the court project to buy the benches to put around

[6:39] the tennis courts and pickleball courts

[6:41] So that's what the request is Do you have any questions ?

[6:46] Sherry vomer i don't have any questions,

[6:51] I'm ready to make a motion, but I'm

[6:52] really happy to see that Harmon Park

[6:54] is getting the new things done.

[6:58] I went by and saw a lot of that work that's being done

[7:00] and it's great.

[7:01] It must have lights Park So the lights are almost done.

[7:05] I noticed on Friday they were up.

[7:07] And so there i think they're about done too.

[7:09] So it's it's good, I think.

[7:12] Go ahead, Sherry So I will move to use the savings from harmon

[7:17] Park Court lighting project to finish the landscaping

[7:19] and purchase benches.

[7:21] Chris Reid i'll second have a motion and a Second to approve

[7:26] the request to use the savings from Harmon Park Court

[7:29] lighting project to finish the landscape and purchase benches.

[7:32] Any further discussion ?

[7:35] Amy Roll call.

[7:35] Vote please.

[7:37] Craig Hawkins yes.

[7:38] Jason Brown Yes Nathan Murray Yes.

[7:42] Grayson Stone Yes Barry Volmer Yes Bruce

[7:46] Pierce Yes Chris Reid Yes.

[7:48] Kate Motion carries 720.

[7:51] Wendy looks like you've got the next one as well.

[7:54] I do.

[7:54] I'm parked here for a minute but this one

[7:56] is a item of consideration to consider a request

[8:00] to approve the amendment to the memorandum of understanding

[8:03] between the Idaho State Department of Agriculture year

[8:06] and the City of Twin Falls, and authorize the mayor to sign it.

[8:09] Thank you so in April of 2025, we entered it.

[8:15] We had a memorandum of understanding

[8:18] for the use of that space to do the hot wash stations.

[8:22] It also outlined the reimbursable bowl project piece

[8:26] and the state's commitment to reimbursing the city

[8:31] for any improvements that we make down there

[8:34] as part of their wash station.

[8:36] And then the future use of the space

[8:39] and when we allocated the fire funds in five uary,

[8:46] I still didn't have an updated mOU.

[8:49] So this amendment has taken a little while to get,

[8:55] but we're finally, there and it just really extends

[8:58] it through the end of the year.

[8:59] So if i'm lucky, we'll be able to get this work done

[9:03] and get it taken care of.

[9:05] But I don't see them going anywhere for a while.

[9:07] So I think we'll see this MOU coming again.

[9:09] But hopefully we can have the wording in it in such a way that

[9:14] makes everybody happy So the next time it'll be super easy

[9:17] But tonight it's simply just the approval of the MOU

[9:21] and knowing that the funds we allocated

[9:24] in February if I don't get that under contract I'll

[9:27] be back in October.

[9:29] So to reallocate some of those funds

[9:32] to do the rest of that work down there at the boat launch.

[9:35] So know the questions for Wendy Bruce Pierce i'm

[9:42] happy to make a motion and go ahead, move We approve

[9:46] the amendment to the memorandum of understanding

[9:50] between the I'll state department of Agriculture

[9:52] and the city of Twin Falls, and authorize the mayor to sign it.

[9:56] Craig Hawkins second, you have a motion

[9:59] and a second to approve the request

[10:00] or to approve the amendment to the memorandum of understanding

[10:03] between the idaho State Department of Agriculture

[10:06] and the City of Twin Falls, and authorize the mayor to sign

[10:09] it any further discussion?

[10:11] Amy Roll call.

[10:12] Vote, please.

[10:13] Jason Brown.

[10:14] Yes.

[10:15] Nathan Murray Yes.

[10:16] Jason Stone.

[10:17] Yes Vollmer Yes.

[10:19] Pierce Yes.

[10:21] Yes.

[10:21] Craig hopkins Yes.

[10:22] OK.

[10:23] Motion carries.

[10:24] 720.

[10:24] Thank you Thank you Okay.

[10:29] That brings us to our last item of consideration tonight

[10:32] and that is a request to award a contract tonight for every

[10:35] corporation in the amount of 1,360,700 and $787 and authorize

[10:43] the mayor to sign it sign the f f ACA about screwed up again.

[10:48] FAA Grant Applicant nation and con contract for Terminal

[10:53] Access improvements Thank you.

[10:58] Yeah, I even wore a different color jacket today

[11:00] to try to help with that confusion

[11:03] and help me figure out Right.

[11:05] Yeah.

[11:07] Good evening Mayor and council Tonight I'm here for, to ask you

[11:11] to consider the request or word knife River Corporation

[11:15] in the amount to it in into a contract for the amount

[11:19] of $1,306,787 for the terminal access Improvement Project

[11:27] Hopefully you see now on your screens the graphic that helps

[11:31] show the scope of this work.

[11:34] This work is going to repave the airport loop.

[11:39] Thank you.

[11:39] Sorry i so the you can see that we're

[11:43] going to repave airport loop, which is the main access

[11:46] into the terminal.

[11:48] We're also going to address the sidewalks that

[11:52] are in mostly short term in order

[11:55] to fix some ADA compliance issues that we have.

[11:59] And it will also address some of the aDA ramp access

[12:03] onto sidewalks out into long term.

[12:07] The whole idea here is to make it easier for our customers

[12:11] to access the terminal building and make it

[12:13] a safer, more reliable experience for them coming in.

[12:18] In addition, we're going to replace the sewer

[12:21] line and the water line that comes

[12:23] into the terminal on the west side of the terminal building.

[12:28] So will improved that while we have the pavement torn up

[12:31] and working in that area in front of the terminal

[12:37] So this process, did go through a public bid process at bid

[12:42] opening, we had five different bids

[12:45] and p C was initially we identified

[12:48] as the apparent low bid.

[12:51] Once we went through, the FAA mandated process

[12:54] to vet those bids and make sure that all of the rules

[12:58] were followed we discovered that there were some errors

[13:02] and omissions that made the pBC bid non responsive In addition,

[13:08] it's important to note that we found out that the bid schedule

[13:12] number two, which was an additive alternate that would

[13:15] have allowed us to put heated sidewalks in the terminal

[13:18] front just to help with customer safety during the wintertime

[13:23] was not eligible for the FAA grant money

[13:26] that we were seeking at this time.

[13:28] So staff chose to remove that.

[13:32] And it was no longer in incineration.

[13:35] But all the bids that were responsive

[13:38] were being judged based on bid schedule number one After we

[13:45] go through that process.

[13:46] It was then apparent that knife river was the apparent low bid

[13:50] or the actual low bid when only considering schedule adoption

[13:56] number one So moving forward it's

[14:05] also important to note that this entire process used FAA

[14:09] regulations to make sure that we followed all the open bid laws

[14:14] and public bidding laws and the city attorney's office

[14:19] concurred with staff's recommendation and to award bid

[14:24] to knife river as the low bid The contract will be reviewed

[14:29] by the city attorney's office before it's given

[14:31] to the mayor for signature And this process or this project

[14:35] won't proceed unless fAA grant funding is

[14:38] secured So in conclusion,

[14:45] staff recommends that staff recommends awarding the contract

[14:53] to knife River Corporation in the amount

[14:55] of $1,306,000 and $781,306,787.

[15:04] And authorize the mayor to sign the contract

[15:06] and grant application And I'll stand for any questions.

[15:09] Chris Yeah, a couple quick questions.

[15:12] First, do we know what time frame.

[15:15] I know that this is we still have some things to take

[15:20] care of, but when are we looking at having

[15:21] this construction done?

[15:23] We're hoping to begin construction and complete it

[15:26] next year, Next fiscal year, most likely in the spring,

[15:29] early summer OK.

[15:30] Here is what we're targeting Obviously,

[15:32] we got to get through a few other processes

[15:35] and make sure timing works for stakeholders in the terminal

[15:39] and for the contractor.

[15:41] Right.

[15:41] And as far as the contract and making sure

[15:44] the airport will always be accessible during construction.

[15:48] Great question that is part of the bid schedule.

[15:54] We will make sure that we continue to operate.

[15:57] There will be some slight inconvenience

[15:59] just because we'll reroute passengers that are coming

[16:01] in and leaving the terminal.

[16:03] But we aren't anticipating closing Perfect.

[16:06] Thank you, Jason.

[16:08] So thank you, Mr. Mayor.

[16:11] Councilman Reid answered our asked all my questions

[16:13] I'm prepared to make a motion.

[16:14] If there's no further discussion questions.

[16:16] OK Go ahead, Jason.

[16:18] Mr. Mayor, I make a motion that we award a contract at knife

[16:21] river Corporation in the amount of $1,306,770 and authorize

[16:27] the mayor to sign FAA grant application

[16:30] and contract for Terminal Access improvement

[16:33] for Three oh second cash.

[16:36] A have to have a motion to award a contract to knife river

[16:42] corporation in the amount of $1,306,787,

[16:49] and authorize the mayor to sign the FAA grant application

[16:53] and contract for terminal access improvements

[16:57] any further discussion on Amy Roll Call Vote, please.

[17:03] Nathan Murray yes.

[17:06] Grayson Stone Yes.

[17:07] Jerry vomer.

[17:08] Yes Pearce.

[17:09] Yes.

[17:10] Yes.

[17:11] Greg Hopkins Yes.

[17:12] And jason Brown.

[17:13] Yes.

[17:14] Motion carries 720 Okay.

[17:18] That brings us to our item on the agenda for

[17:24] public, general public input.

[17:26] As we have the last couple of little while,

[17:30] please make sure you sign in.

[17:31] We'll use that same sign in sheet for our public hearings

[17:34] here later in the meeting.

[17:36] So this general public input will be regarding

[17:40] any general city business So if you're here to talk about budget

[17:45] we will have our public hearing later in this evening

[17:48] But this would just be general public input at this time

[17:58] And again, it'll be the same for both.

[18:00] So I can outline a little bit, but I'll go over that as well.

[18:04] So make sure you fill out this sign up sheet when You come

[18:07] to address the council, please make sure you state your name

[18:10] and you'll have two minutes to address the council

[18:13] on those items that you like to discuss Amy,

[18:22] is there anyone for I know you're you just got it.

[18:25] So you Yes, I have a couple on here Okay.

[18:30] First one is Maria Hernandez My name is

[19:18] Maria Hernandez I was born and raised

[19:20] here in Twin falls, Idaho.

[19:22] Proud champion, follower of chief Standing Bear,

[19:24] the Park Indian tribe, Multiple proud champion,

[19:27] follower of Culver's culver's restaurant on Pole Line Road.

[19:32] Twin Falls, Idaho.

[19:34] The reason why I'm a proud champion follower of Culver's

[19:36] restaurant is because they are taking in 100% of their proceeds

[19:40] today that their restaurant makes to the ten

[19:43] victims of in and out for the unforeseen tragedies that

[19:47] occurred on August 1 in our beautiful community

[19:50] When I heard what Culver's did, I

[19:52] immediately did everything I could to print

[19:54] flyers to hand out downtown.

[19:56] This past Saturday, I asked Pastor Lynn Schaller of Amazing

[20:00] Grace Fellowship can you announce

[20:02] this message to everyone at the City Park at the Gathering

[20:06] this Friday.

[20:07] So the community can band together

[20:09] to help You see, I believe in unity Unity makes a difference.

[20:14] Unity brings people together.

[20:16] Unity makes a dream.

[20:18] Work.

[20:19] I think you're good.

[20:21] What if this were to happen to me in this tragedy

[20:25] that I did not ask for?

[20:27] I would want help I would welcome help Ashley Garibay born

[20:35] November 6th, 2000, to contrast August 1, 20 26,

[20:43] when May you rest in peace I would like to challenge every

[20:46] church, every restaurant, every business in Twin Falls,

[20:49] Idaho, to unify together and do what covers restaurant.

[20:53] Did unity makes a difference Sometimes tears our prayers Mine

[21:02] are today about 30s Maria Thank you

[21:11] Sorry to interrupt you, but I was

[21:13] watching it just so you didn't.

[21:15] You knew what was going on I wasn't Not sure why

[21:20] that's not showing up on there.

[21:22] But we're going to try it again.

[21:24] Our next one is Sandy King Thank you

[21:47] And I appreciate your taking testimony I'm here to talk

[21:51] about the flock cameras.

[21:55] I have several family members that are in law enforcement

[21:58] and usually the first instinct is to say,

[22:02] hey, that's great because you can identify,

[22:04] just like with the in and out incident everyone

[22:10] was able to see what went on and how tragic

[22:13] it was, but also who it was.

[22:15] Um, however are we give up our personal freedoms every day

[22:21] in this country always for good intentions

[22:24] or appearing to be good intentions.

[22:26] I do not believe the flock cameras are good intention.

[22:31] One of the family members that is in law enforcement

[22:34] or was in law enforcement.

[22:35] I did quite a bit of research on the internet and, you know,

[22:40] some things on the Internet.

[22:42] I right in some orange But this seemed

[22:46] to be pretty well documented.

[22:48] It was by news reporters who were testing and contacting

[22:53] different locations You have two handouts that I

[22:57] provided and there is some pretty shocking information

[23:03] and evidence that these cameras are not with you're supposed

[23:06] to be a lot of the information that is being gathered is more

[23:11] than just the name of a plate and the name of the owner

[23:14] It's your Social Security number.

[23:16] It's family.

[23:17] It's if your car is traveling in the same area every day

[23:22] and you are near another car within a time frame,

[23:28] you can easily be targeted it through these flock cameras

[23:32] because it's all a lie.

[23:33] And they'll say, well, you were here with this person

[23:35] and this person committed a crime,

[23:37] or they believe they committed a crime

[23:38] and you get sucked into that.

[23:41] So and it gets worse.

[23:43] So i would please ask you to read through these decipher

[23:48] how you choose to just appreciate it.

[23:50] And can I say one last thing?

[23:52] No, you're 2 minutes is up.

[23:54] Thank you very much Appreciate it.

[23:55] But we did receive we did receive your handout.

[23:58] Thank you.

[23:58] You.

[24:02] Is there any other general public input A couple more.

[24:05] Jeff Nelson Only a few talking points.

[24:18] My name is Jeffrey, Nelson First,

[24:20] my condolences to the people in and out who passed away.

[24:25] But why wasn't like there to save us?

[24:29] It's flock safety right Why?

[24:33] Because it's flock surveillance The chief talked

[24:40] about in a previous meeting about getting a drone

[24:44] You can be there in 45 seconds.

[24:47] While we do that mean to pretty soon we're

[24:48] going to put a taser on the drone to stop the crime

[24:52] or get on the drone to stop the crime

[24:59] We've created the false God with they.

[25:02] I I don't know how many Christians, we have up here

[25:10] Revelations tells us how it ends,

[25:13] but we don't have to perpetuate it There's nothing

[25:18] we can do to stop evil Don't be a supporter The greatest

[25:30] responsibility is to stop something like this so you don't

[25:34] have to go home to your family and kiss

[25:36] your grandchildren or your children and say,

[25:41] I helped with this son or granddaughter.

[25:44] This is part of my legacy.

[25:47] I helped with the flood cameras Now they're being used

[25:51] and I pretty soon we know who knows where it's going

[25:55] We all know where it's going.

[25:57] It says so directly Revelations.

[26:00] If you've read it what my experience

[26:03] most people have never read our book from the beginning

[26:07] to the end.

[26:09] I have so anyway, so let's just use our full FAQ.

[26:16] You know, I think it's a travesty Thank you very much.

[26:20] Thank you.

[26:20] Thank you And our last one is Noah Heck

[26:39] Good evening Mayor and council.

[26:40] My name is Noah.

[26:41] Head cameras with Twin Falls I'm going to give you something

[26:46] different to chew on today.

[26:48] I wanted to say thank you for investing in the escape Ark

[26:51] at Harmon Park.

[26:53] And One of the things that I do, I work from home and I go for

[26:57] walks throughout the day.

[26:58] And I. I frequently walk by that skate park

[27:02] And it brings a lot of joy to me to see the youth of our city

[27:07] having a resource like that available to them,

[27:11] that they treat respectfully, that they

[27:14] treat their fellow participants respectfully no matter the age.

[27:18] You've got teenagers who will be playing with kids who are not

[27:23] old enough to go to school yet And the reason that I wanted

[27:26] to bring this up today is on my walk today,

[27:29] I saw that they were finally putting in the lighting posts

[27:33] that I know were approved previously.

[27:36] I mean, keeping an eye on that.

[27:37] The Post report today, they were raising the lamp post.

[27:41] And I was very excited to see that.

[27:42] And I wanted to say thank you all

[27:43] for continuing to invest in recreation

[27:46] opportunities for the people.

[27:48] It's windfalls.

[27:48] Thank you know because that in and if you didn't, we asked you

[28:07] to fill out your name appropriately Is your name John

[28:10] Hancock So we've been laying out this procedure

[28:16] for the last couple of opportunities.

[28:19] I won't have no intention of denying your First

[28:21] Amendment rights, but if you.

[28:23] We've asked you to fill out and we have every obligation

[28:27] to ask you for your legal name and to have you identify

[28:30] yourself okay, That's fine.

[28:37] But I don't have to allow you to speak

[28:40] if you're unwilling to not follow the procedures

[28:43] that we have in place.

[28:45] So you can make that you can make that decision You

[28:52] can provide the information that we've asked you to provide for.

[28:54] And we've had conversation with our legal counsel to make sure

[28:57] that that we are on legal ground to do so.

[29:01] So you get to make the choice whether you want to provide

[29:04] your legal name and you have your two minutes,

[29:06] just like everybody else Yup So is that it, Amy, for that one.

[29:16] OK, we'll move into advisory board reports

[29:20] The advisory board reports at this time OK.

[29:24] So city council or city manager's office.

[29:27] And at this time, you'll hear a lot from me

[29:29] in a minute OK That'll take us to our public hearing

[29:35] portions of the meeting tonight And our First one will be

[29:41] a public hearing for the planned unit development

[29:44] amendment for River hawk Plaza PD

[29:48] to allow health fitness facility minor on property located

[29:52] at 1341 Parkview Drive and care of Gerald Martins and I better

[29:58] start.

[29:58] I better read the paper before we get.

[30:00] We get going.

[30:02] Thank you So these will be the steps

[30:03] that will follow for the three public hearings

[30:06] that we have tonight.

[30:09] The first one will be the one that I just spoke on,

[30:12] and it'll be the council will follow the Nine

[30:14] steps outlined listed under the public hearing

[30:17] portion of the agenda.

[30:19] City staff will present the request and policies

[30:23] the applicant will then present their request

[30:25] The Council will then ask questions

[30:28] or the applicant or staff.

[30:31] Sorry of the applicant or staff After questions have been asked,

[30:36] the public hearing will then be open during the eight time

[30:40] anyone in attendance is given the opportunity

[30:42] to comment or ask questions about the request being

[30:46] considered when giving testimony,

[30:48] please step up to the podium State your name

[30:51] and address and present your comments or concerns.

[30:53] After giving testimony, please sign the public sign in sheet

[30:57] located was in the lobby.

[30:59] It's now down here with Amy with your name and address.

[31:02] For the record after public comment conclude our concluded

[31:07] the applicant will be invited to answer any questions

[31:10] and make a closing statement Staff will then

[31:12] answer or clarify any comments as needed After the closing

[31:16] statement, the public hearing will be closed

[31:18] no further testimony or comments will be

[31:21] from the applicant or audience.

[31:22] Will be allowed.

[31:23] The council will then have an open discussion and take action.

[31:27] That will be the procedure for for the at the three

[31:32] public hearings that we have tonight,

[31:34] we'll start out with the land use one.

[31:35] OK Thank you, Mayor.

[31:37] Council members.

[31:38] So tonight.

[31:39] This is a request to amend the allowed uses in the River Plaza

[31:43] There are two proposed sorry, and it is in the r Two zone,

[31:50] which now is called town neighborhood one

[31:53] and an r two zone is intended for single family and duplex,

[31:57] but they've also added the professional office

[31:59] overlay to the area to give more business options to this area.

[32:05] So the p D also has a list of outright permitted uses

[32:09] ranging from medical offices to commercial daycare

[32:12] to beauty salons uses in the pro overlay are also allowed

[32:16] with the special use permit.

[32:18] Health fitness facility is not on the current list of outright

[32:23] permitted uses in the PD or as a special use

[32:27] permit in the professional office overlay.

[32:29] So that's why we're here tonight This block is located

[32:35] between North college Road and Cheney Drive

[32:38] and it gives a transition from residential to commercial uses.

[32:41] It's right here.

[32:43] Sorry, Right here And you can see it

[32:46] is surrounded by residential.

[32:48] But we've got Canyon Ridge High School here

[32:50] on to the east You go up to.

[33:11] The uses allowed in the PUD are intended to serve

[33:14] the surrounding communities.

[33:17] Staff believes that a health fitness facility minor would

[33:20] be a good fitness fit in this area

[33:22] as it's designed to be smaller and sized

[33:24] to serve the surrounding community A health fitness

[33:28] facility minor has an occupant load of 49 people or less

[33:33] And so traffic in to and from the facility

[33:35] will not overload the current roadways.

[33:37] Appreciate it.

[33:38] Should say that in 2015, a Crossway

[33:41] Fitness was approved in this period as a special use permit.

[33:45] But it was it was approved as part of a religious facility.

[33:49] It's so the church was approved with the sup with the fitness

[33:54] center as part of their ministry So the 2016 composite sense

[34:00] of plan designee meets is this town neighborhood

[34:03] which is intended to support primarily

[34:05] residential development.

[34:07] While also accommodating civic institutional and neighborhood

[34:10] serving uses to meet the daily needs

[34:12] of the surrounding residents.

[34:14] So all although the underlying designee portion is residential,

[34:18] the river hawk Plaza was intentionally developed

[34:21] as a professional office park serving adjacent neighborhoods

[34:24] through with the professional office overlay

[34:28] So the only thing what we're here for tonight

[34:33] is this is the amendment.

[34:37] And what they want to do is simply to add health fitness

[34:42] facility minor under the services section

[34:46] of the permitted uses in the D a staff is finds that this

[34:54] proposed amendment satisfies the approval for a plan unit

[34:57] development amendment because the proposed use will not be

[35:01] detrimental to the health safety,

[35:03] and welfare of the public The existing streets

[35:06] and infrastructure can serve the use its it's compatible with

[35:11] surrounding land uses and the use provides for an additional

[35:15] neighborhood serving service consistent with the transition

[35:17] between residential and the commercial development On July

[35:21] 28th, the planning and Zoning Commission

[35:24] approved recommending this request to City

[35:27] Council by a vote of 4 to 0.

[35:30] And so tonight staff recommends that City Council approves

[35:33] the proposed PUD amendment to allow the Health fitness

[35:37] facility as an outright permitted

[35:40] use within the river hoc plaza.

[35:42] The applicant is here to get their presentation

[35:45] and I'm here to stand for questions.

[35:48] Any questions for Kelly at this moment?

[35:50] Kelly, just when you describe the difference between a minor

[35:54] and a major Yes.

[35:55] Health facility, please.

[35:56] Yeah, absolutely It's basically occupancy

[36:00] So the minor is anywhere from 0 to 49 occupants at one time.

[36:06] And anything over and above that turns it

[36:08] into a major health fitness facility

[36:11] And that's more like your gyms.

[36:13] You know your large gyms like Planet Fitness and all that.

[36:16] This would just be a little neighborhood fitness facility

[36:20] and could not have more than 49 occupants at a time.

[36:23] Thank you Chris.

[36:27] Trying to remember 2015, I believe.

[36:29] Did we do extended hours of operation with that one

[36:32] as well And did we?

[36:35] And are we requesting that as well here?

[36:38] We're not requesting that here.

[36:40] OK.

[36:40] And I don't have the 2015 ACP in front of me.

[36:44] I don't remember seeing that.

[36:46] But hang on a second.

[36:47] It's okay.

[36:48] I just remember, folks were there.

[36:50] I wasn't here then.

[36:51] I and honestly I don't remember seeing

[36:53] that as part of the specialty.

[36:54] OK.

[36:54] I meant that was approved You still got it?

[36:58] Vaguely.

[36:59] Remember a decade ago?

[37:01] Yeah.

[37:02] Think disappointing did you?

[37:03] Man, you're young.

[37:05] What they did was they had a a controlled locking system where

[37:08] members of that church had a key just like most churches do,

[37:11] to get into the building They could

[37:13] use all of the facilities of the church

[37:17] OK Any other questions for the applicant

[37:22] comes up Okay Thank you.

[37:31] You.

[37:31] My name is Gerald Waters.

[37:32] I've heard this evening representing this project,

[37:36] this is the last occupant that will complete this project.

[37:41] Some seven buildings, some 12 or 14 various tenants

[37:45] out there They're all mostly medical related or physical

[37:50] therapy related And I had I known what health fitness minor

[37:57] was Five years ago, would have been on the list,

[38:01] but I didn't know if it even existed

[38:02] Did I fall under the category of medical services

[38:07] We have read staff report We concur with staff report

[38:10] and we request approval of this allowed use.

[38:13] Thank you.

[38:14] Thank Cheryl Any questions for Gerald ?

[38:19] OK we'll open up.

[38:22] We'll open up the public comment period

[38:25] for this specific application at this time Anybody

[38:31] in the general public audience that would like to address

[38:33] the Council on this be you.

[38:36] So I don't think, Amy, we had anybody sign up for that one.

[38:40] OK.

[38:40] We'll go ahead and close that that public hearing

[38:44] for the PUD portion.

[38:47] Any further comments from the applicant?

[38:50] Okay Any clarify any questions for staff Okay.

[38:57] What are council's wishes Grace and Stone?

[39:02] Oh, Mr. Mayor, I'm prepared to make a motion.

[39:04] OK, go ahead Mr. Mayor.

[39:06] I make a motion that we approve the plan Unit Development

[39:09] amendment for River Hawk plaza PD to allow health fitness

[39:14] facility DoorDash minor on property located

[39:16] at 1341 Parkview Drive Care of Gerald Martin's peace 20 6-2077.

[39:24] Kay ruth Pierce.

[39:25] I'll second that Kevin motion in a second to approve the planned

[39:29] unit development amendment for River Hawk plaza pod to allow

[39:34] health fitness facility minor on property

[39:37] located at 1341 Parkview Drive in care of Gerald Martin's.

[39:41] Any further discussion by the Council Okay Amy roll call vote

[39:44] please Grayson Stone Yes.

[39:48] Sherry Bulmer.

[39:49] Yes.

[39:50] Yes Reed.

[39:51] Yes.

[39:51] Craig Hopkins Yes.

[39:52] Jason Brown Yes.

[39:54] And Zlatan Murray Yes.

[39:55] Okay.

[39:56] Motion carries 720 Okay.

[40:06] That brings us to our next public hearing which is a public

[40:12] hearing on the Yeah, the use of on the public

[40:18] hearing on the use of your home to read

[40:20] the correct number 342,868.

[40:24] A foregone revenue in the 2026 2027 fiscal year to cover

[40:30] ongoing operations and maintenance costs

[40:33] beginning October First, 2026, and ending September 30th, 2027.

[40:40] Mr. Mayor and members of the Council after the public

[40:43] hearing staff will ask for you to approve resolution to 026-05.

[40:49] That's included in your packet Ultimately,

[40:53] for your consideration in 2016, the Idaho Legislature

[40:59] adopted House Bill or seven 4, and at that place

[41:04] it began the process of defining conditions

[41:08] in which cities can use or incorporate portions

[41:12] of its foregone balance into its budget In the past,

[41:18] cities had the ability to collect what would be referred

[41:23] to as a foregone balance or an amount that was not necessarily

[41:29] associate with the 3%.

[41:31] The new construction annexation or any allowances

[41:35] that are provided in Idaho Code to allow the ability

[41:39] for the city to collect that tax And any amount that a city

[41:43] council or at that point in time elect

[41:46] it to forgo it was put in this fictitious bank account,

[41:50] if you will in which the city could draw down.

[41:54] Add a point in time In 2006, we saw several cities

[41:59] begin a drawdown process.

[42:01] And then in 2021, as a part of House bill 389,

[42:07] there were additional sideboards that

[42:09] were placed upon the use of foregone balance

[42:11] and the amounts that could be collected

[42:13] in any One fiscal year.

[42:16] Those sideboards included a 1% or 3%.

[42:20] Rule.

[42:21] 1% could be incorporated into the city's budget

[42:25] to offset the increased cost associated

[42:27] with Operation and maintenance Or the city

[42:30] could collect up to 3%.

[42:32] And that 3% would be have to be dedicated

[42:34] to one time capital projects.

[42:37] And once those capital projects were completed that money,

[42:41] then would be removed from the taxation authority of a local

[42:45] government in compliance with Idaho Code 63 802 We are

[42:51] following the process that was mapped out as a part of House

[42:55] Bill 389, and in that process this evening,

[42:59] it is to ask the City Council to host a public hearing

[43:02] for the inclusion of that foregone balance and then

[43:05] to adopt a resolution if you believe that is

[43:08] in the city's best interest as part of the case that we've been

[43:12] making over the course of the last 12 meetings,

[43:15] the operational costs for the city of Twin Falls,

[43:17] this year exceed $509,900,

[43:24] which is equal to about 2.1% as all share.

[43:27] And I've shared with you in our overall operation

[43:30] and maintenance budget.

[43:31] And you you can see where this 342,008 68 would help offset

[43:39] those increases that we are experiencing The resolution

[43:44] outlays that we will use this to cover

[43:47] increase to operational costs.

[43:48] And as we have demonstrated that since covid,

[43:52] the operational costs have continued to grow.

[43:55] Admittedly at a much slower rate,

[43:57] but recover since those larger increases

[44:00] where we were seeing 11 and 12% increases

[44:03] according to the MZI we have been solely chipping away

[44:10] at that operational deficit With that,

[44:15] I'm happy to stand for any questions.

[44:16] And then, Mr. Mayor, it is required

[44:18] to have a public hearing as required by Idaho code.

[44:22] Any questions for Travis at this point Travis We'll go ahead

[44:29] and open the public hearing on the use of foregone revenues

[44:34] in the 2026 2027 fiscal year budget to cover ongoing

[44:41] operation and maintenance costs beginning October one, 20 26,

[44:45] and ending September 30th 2027.

[44:48] There are anybody that would like

[44:50] to address the Council on the four use

[44:52] of foregone monies Casey No.

[44:59] One coming up at this point, we'll close the public hearing

[45:03] session on the use of foregone revenues in this

[45:07] upcoming fiscal year 27 budget.

[45:11] Any other input there, Travis Just two quick things.

[45:14] Number one, when you adopted the preliminary budget on August

[45:18] 3rd, as we shared, it did include that amount to balance

[45:24] Should you elect to change from the preliminary budget we

[45:27] will have to remove $342,868 out of the general government fund.

[45:35] The next step in authorizing would be approval

[45:37] of Resolution 2020 6-005.

[45:42] Okay What are Council's wishes So I'm ready to make.

[45:51] Okay, Travis, we can go ahead and move to approve

[45:54] resolution 2020 6-005.

[45:58] That correct?

[45:59] Yes.

[46:00] Okay.

[46:00] I make that motion.

[46:01] Kevin.

[46:02] Motion to approve resolution number number 2026.

[46:07] Dash 005 as printed in the agenda tonight,

[46:11] Craig Hawkins i'll second have a motion and a second to approve

[46:15] resolution number 2020 6-005.

[46:18] Any further discussion by the Council I

[46:22] just want to clarify even though the heading says 342 816 it's

[46:26] 342 868 incorrect in the resolution

[46:31] in the attachments it is correct.

[46:34] Any further discussion, Amy A roll call vote,

[46:38] please Harry Bulmer Yes.

[46:42] Yes.

[46:42] Read yes.

[46:43] Craig Hawkins Yes Jason Brown Yes.

[46:46] And Murray Yes.

[46:47] Grayson Stone Yes.

[46:49] Okay.

[46:49] Motion carries 720.

[46:52] That brings us to our last public hearing for the evening

[46:56] and that is the final discussion and public hearing on our budget

[47:02] discussions that have been transpired

[47:04] over the last several weeks.

[47:06] And we have Travis Rothwell again

[47:10] Well, Mr. Mayor and members of the Council,

[47:12] I know that this is the time that you've been waiting for

[47:16] and watch me then go back, sit over there

[47:18] and not have to present 13 weeks in a row,

[47:21] but really I think the budget, as you've been able to witness

[47:26] and go through this process is a tremendous undertaking

[47:30] by the members of the team As we shared

[47:34] throughout this entire process.

[47:36] Our budgeting is something that is not done quickly.

[47:41] In fact, in order to be transparent

[47:45] and to share how resource assets are intended to be expended

[47:49] in the budget many members of the team

[47:53] came forward with a particular level of expertise

[47:57] to share their thoughts to share their wishes for funding

[48:04] through the capital.

[48:05] The Council capital allocations and then

[48:09] also to make sure that they were available to answer

[48:13] your questions for any other projects that came up tonight.

[48:17] Is the culmination of the last 12 weeks of conversation

[48:23] And so my intent is to go through to the budget in

[48:28] a high in a high level detail.

[48:32] But the level of thoroughness so that the general community has

[48:35] an understanding of how we are proposing to spend resources

[48:39] in the upcoming fiscal year, which begins on October 1st

[48:46] Admittedly, I will not be covering all items

[48:51] for individuals who are interested in learning more

[48:54] about what is included in the budget That budget has been

[48:58] online since the 7th of July.

[49:02] And it will remain on our website

[49:07] into perpetuity In addition to that,

[49:09] I'm happy to share that as you have been receptive to comments

[49:15] and questions even after the budget passes,

[49:18] because we begin the formation of the fiscal year 28 budget

[49:24] in just a few weeks So with that, Mr. Mayor,

[49:35] members of the Council part of the requirement

[49:37] is to share that the budget that is before you

[49:41] and ultimately, the ordinance that we will ask you to consider

[49:45] complies with all elements of the state code

[49:48] as it relates to municipal finances We've spent time moving

[49:56] through those requirements and I think One of the things

[50:03] that you just accomplished was in 63 802,

[50:07] the public hearing for the inclusion

[50:10] of the foregone balance into this budget.

[50:14] In addition to that part of the job description of a city

[50:17] manager outlines that the city manager shall keep the Council

[50:21] fully informed of the city's financial conditions

[50:24] and describe its future needs Our budget

[50:27] process accomplished just that.

[50:29] But in addition to that, our quarterly finance reports that

[50:33] are provided to the Council by our Chief Financial Officer,

[50:38] Brian Howard helps serve that need

[50:42] as well So part of that process and we are about to roll that

[50:47] out again later in the fall is our citizen survey It is

[50:53] our first review in a sense It's our report card to see how

[50:58] is the city of Twin Falls performing

[51:00] in the eyes of its citizens.

[51:03] We have two different surveys as part of that process.

[51:06] The first process is a scientist based survey

[51:10] where individual calls will receive an invitation often

[51:13] through a postcard in which they can expect a paper survey

[51:19] or they are given a special code that they can go online

[51:22] and completed electronically.

[51:24] Once we complete that portion of the survey

[51:29] we open it up for anyone who would

[51:31] like to share their thoughts.

[51:33] So we have a scientific survey We have a survey that is often

[51:38] responded to by interested persons,

[51:40] and we find that the results are very, very consistent

[51:44] and similar.

[51:46] These are just a few snapshots of the entirety of the Citizen

[51:51] survey it goes through.

[51:53] And in analysis and ask questions

[51:55] about the entire service line that

[51:58] is offered by the city of Twin Falls

[52:03] I'm sure at this point in time each one of you

[52:06] could probably share in detail on employment rates, housing

[52:11] concerns But really we do that to share that we take

[52:14] a sincere and honest look at all of the economic indicators that

[52:21] are in affecting families who reside inside

[52:24] of the city of Twin Falls.

[52:25] We want to make sure that we are aware of how this budget is

[52:29] going to impact individual households We also want to know

[52:33] how those trends are going to impact the city of Twin Falls

[52:36] As an organization as we continue to look to deliver

[52:39] services we engage our employees Yes,

[52:46] it is the city manager's responsibility to craft

[52:49] and create a budget But like all people we have blind spots

[52:55] and my blind spots have a level of expertise

[52:59] that doesn't necessarily lend to me to understand the full scope

[53:03] and duties of every single employee

[53:05] that we have inside of the city.

[53:07] And so we invite them to the table.

[53:09] We invite them to help us construct this budget.

[53:12] And throughout that entire process

[53:14] that we started on July 7, you saw the members of the city's

[53:18] long term planning team make presentations to you,

[53:22] share their expertise and share why they believe

[53:26] certain expenditures are critical in the completion

[53:29] of our mission and fulfillment of the city's strategic plan

[53:35] And then we reach consensus We have

[53:37] what's called a core leadership team in which we

[53:40] ask all of the members of that.

[53:42] It's about 60 members in our organization And to gather

[53:46] and collectively, we balance the budget

[53:49] So yes, it is the city manager's responsibility to stand here

[53:53] and presented, but I do not do it alone.

[53:56] There are many hands that help in this process

[53:59] and they deserve a lot of credit for the document that

[54:06] is before you We use organizational values

[54:12] as our approaches to make sure that we are building

[54:16] a consistent budget that follows a one city approach

[54:22] And what does that mean?

[54:24] A one city approach is really simple in saying that we do not

[54:28] operate in silos We do not operate

[54:32] as independent department We work collectively

[54:35] and collaboratively, and there are sacrifices made willingly

[54:41] by some departments in the interests of other departments

[54:44] for certain projects And I believe

[54:47] it is how all government should operate

[54:52] and according to experts, we're pretty good at what

[54:55] we do The City of Twin Falls has received the FOIA

[55:01] award and the certificate of Achievement

[55:03] for Excellence in Financial reporting

[55:06] for 14 consecutive years, which is among the highest

[55:10] of any city in the state.

[55:14] But we don't do it for the awards In fact, when you look

[55:17] around, you don't see any of those awards

[55:19] hanging out in our building.

[55:21] We do it because it is a model best practice or a model?

[55:25] Best practice that doesn't ask our citizens

[55:27] to understand a budget.

[55:29] Merely through a whole bunch of line items

[55:33] understanding and a chart of accounts is not transparency.

[55:37] What we do is we want to make sure that the budget document

[55:41] that we have is understood by all individuals

[55:47] So what is the city of Twin Falls?

[55:50] The first place that we need to do is absolutely level set

[55:53] to make sure that we're all looking at the city of Twin

[55:55] Falls through the exact same lenses What is

[55:59] the population population right now is estimated

[56:02] to be 57,077 individuals.

[56:08] That's about a 10.17% growth rate since our census

[56:13] and is we continue to follow those trends.

[56:17] We could have a population of nearly 65,000

[56:20] persons who reside inside of the city

[56:22] of Twin Falls by the year 2030.

[56:27] But I think that we also know that twin falls in serving

[56:32] as the economic hubs population expands

[56:35] well beyond 65,000 persons.

[56:39] In fact, with 40,000 vehicles that the brain bridge every

[56:43] single day We know that our population can approach about

[56:48] 112,000 plus individuals on any given monday,

[56:53] and that excludes those weekends where we are hosting regional

[56:57] events We take a look at retail sales per capita and we are able

[57:05] to demonstrate that the economic power of the city of Twin Falls

[57:09] in terms of retail capital exceeds $2.1 billion,

[57:14] in which that equals growth $38,320 per person based upon

[57:21] 2022 statistics, which is the most up to date information that

[57:26] we can point to However, we also know that the per capita

[57:30] income in 2024 was $32,338.

[57:35] There's a bit of a disparity there

[57:38] where your per capita to retail sales

[57:41] exceeds your per capita income.

[57:45] And after an investigation, if you were to cut the per

[57:51] capita retail sales in half, it would be slightly over $19,000.

[57:58] And at $19,000 it begins to fall much more in line with the major

[58:04] urban cities that are inside of the state of Idaho It's just one

[58:09] of the other indicators other than crossing things

[58:13] that we examine to determine how big is the city of Twin Falls.

[58:18] And every person who comes to the city of Twin Falls

[58:22] has and should have an expectation of service

[58:25] delivered, should they need it.

[58:28] Housing is something that we talk about

[58:31] not only in our organization.

[58:33] But across the entirety of the state.

[58:38] May of 26, the estimated median house in side of the city

[58:45] of Twin Falls was 373,000. $332 which

[58:49] is a 60% increase since 2020.

[58:53] And it is down from what we saw in June of 22 highs.

[58:59] However that growth trend, that trajectory of housing

[59:02] still makes us one of the more difficult places in the country

[59:07] or to obtain homeownership and then our interest rate

[59:12] or excuse me, our unemployment rate we're at 3.6%, 3.6%

[59:19] is what most economists would describe

[59:22] beyond fully employed Most economists would

[59:25] describe that at four and 5%.

[59:27] And with that information and we know that the labor

[59:31] market remains tight.

[59:33] And so these are just some of those factors

[59:35] that we take into account when we're building our budget.

[59:40] And we want to make sure that we're checking off the eight

[59:44] excuse me, the six overarching strategies that we have,

[59:48] we want to make sure it's stable,

[59:50] sustainable bold, and nimble.

[59:53] And I can confirm to you that as we go through this process

[59:56] and part of the long term planning process

[59:59] it's not designed to budget in the single year,

[1:00:02] but it's really designed to forecast our costs Five

[1:00:05] years from now, we want to make sure that any new higher

[1:00:09] any program or service change has the ability

[1:00:12] to be funded long term This is not a one year

[1:00:18] and done process for us I shared that we want to build

[1:00:22] a budget that is sensitive to our operating

[1:00:24] environment We tie everything to our current 2030 strategic plan.

[1:00:30] But as we've shared with you on numerous occasions.

[1:00:32] And as you are aware, we're in the final, final stages

[1:00:36] of creating the 2040 City Strategic Plan We're expanding

[1:00:40] that goal post ten years because when we started in 2012 18

[1:00:46] years seemed like a good time.

[1:00:49] And now it's 2026, about to enter 2027 and three years was

[1:00:55] not a long enough runway to continue to help and create

[1:01:00] and realize the community that our citizens who have engaged

[1:01:04] in that process want us to become We strive to be

[1:01:09] the employer of choice We have said on many occasions

[1:01:14] that the services that we deliver are through quality.

[1:01:19] I talented individuals.

[1:01:21] And it is those individuals that really help create the service

[1:01:27] levels for our community It is this budget includes

[1:01:32] the statutory allowed 3% increase the 90%

[1:01:36] of the new construction value and 1% of the city's

[1:01:39] foregone balance And we minimized

[1:01:42] all utility rate increases to make sure that we complied

[1:01:47] with bond covenants but also had the ability to create revenue

[1:01:52] streams that didn't create shock increases in the future

[1:02:00] this is the slide where a lot of people want to know

[1:02:03] and that is what is going to cost me in Twin Falls this year

[1:02:08] or next year in comparison to this year under this budget

[1:02:12] and as I've shared with you,

[1:02:13] this slide is wrong One of the reasons

[1:02:16] or could be wrong one of the reasons

[1:02:19] that this could be wrong is because in My 26 years of doing

[1:02:23] this, I have yet to find that median person, the person who

[1:02:27] lives in the median home, who consumes the median amount

[1:02:30] of water and sewer We use this as an illustration

[1:02:37] and it hopes to have a good understanding of what

[1:02:41] the totality of the budget has on the whole, the second is,

[1:02:47] as we shared with you.

[1:02:48] And as you are aware, we are finalizing our negotiations

[1:02:53] with PSA as we move forward.

[1:02:56] And we can confirm that the most expensive option

[1:03:00] on the table based upon the renewal of that agreement

[1:03:03] is $12.32.

[1:03:06] And the council will have future decisions to make to determine

[1:03:11] whether or not that 1232 remains intact

[1:03:14] or if that amount is lowered But that is a conversation

[1:03:18] for a future day Again, here are some of the economic indicators

[1:03:25] that we spend time looking at Municipal cost Index

[1:03:29] The fact that we continue to have a slight labor

[1:03:33] shortage in the state of Idaho, where for every 100 jobs

[1:03:37] there are 97 qualified laborers where our housing market, which

[1:03:45] is the three colored wavy line graph,

[1:03:49] represents the Treasure Valley the state of Idaho,

[1:03:53] and twin Falls.

[1:03:55] Is that in that golden rod color and the bottom

[1:03:59] is comparison of the median income and the need of

[1:04:05] and the amount that is needed for a median income

[1:04:08] to achieve a median home in Twin Falls.

[1:04:11] And as we have shared we ranked Fourth out of 1898 counties

[1:04:19] surveyed in this case Fourth isn't good So diving

[1:04:28] into the budget the total taxable value of the city

[1:04:33] of Twin Falls, you can see, has increased from 6.4 billion

[1:04:38] to 6.7.

[1:04:40] Nearly $6.8 billion.

[1:04:43] Our total expenses in this budget are up slightly

[1:04:47] and collectively, you can see that the net expense

[1:04:51] losses are what we focus on.

[1:04:53] The variance between the total expenses and the net expenses

[1:04:58] as we've shared, has to do with the transfers

[1:05:01] from the enterprise fund to the tax supported funds

[1:05:04] or essentially the rents that they pay for the human talent

[1:05:09] services that are not functioning

[1:05:11] within those individual departments under idaho Code,

[1:05:14] we are required to keep all fee based part of our budget

[1:05:20] separated and divided.

[1:05:22] And essentially, they rent attorney's services as they rent

[1:05:25] Human Resource Services is from the general government services

[1:05:32] in this budget, we're looking at a 5% increase for water a 5%

[1:05:37] increase for sewer We held a public

[1:05:40] hearing on august 3 in which those rates were discussed.

[1:05:46] We did not have to hold a public hearing on the sanitation rates

[1:05:51] because on that worst example, you

[1:05:53] can see that they're going to decrease by 38.7% As I shared

[1:06:01] in the last chart, the city of Twin Falls

[1:06:02] is nearly $6.8 billion in total value,

[1:06:06] but that excludes 770 nearly $780 billion

[1:06:11] of urban renewal value in combined

[1:06:16] all the value of the properties inside of the city's

[1:06:19] geographic boundary exceeds $7.5 billion that signify

[1:06:24] and because in 2021, the city's value was 3.4 billion

[1:06:32] This is a reflection of our tax rates and fiscal year 21.

[1:06:37] And you can see that it is downward trending and it has

[1:06:40] been flat over the course of the last five fiscal years If you

[1:06:46] were to extend this chart out beyond 21,

[1:06:49] you would see that it is significantly more downward

[1:06:53] trending We project the tax rate for this year will be $5.03 per

[1:07:01] $1,000 of taxable value as opposed to $5.06 that was

[1:07:06] offered last year or for the current year So after wanting

[1:07:12] to know how much it's going to cost inside of the city of Twin

[1:07:15] Falls, we're often asked, how do we compare

[1:07:18] to other urban entities ?

[1:07:21] This chart is designed to reflect

[1:07:23] that we receive information from outside sources.

[1:07:26] We use the associated Taxpayers of Idaho Levy Book

[1:07:30] and we use Zillow for our market pricing.

[1:07:33] And this is we're looking every city

[1:07:36] and county in the state of Idaho is in the final stages

[1:07:39] of their budget.

[1:07:40] They're all having or will have their public hearings

[1:07:44] on the budget.

[1:07:45] And so this is the impact of the current budget on our residents.

[1:07:50] By comparison and to major cities in idaho.

[1:07:54] And you can see with the exception of a quarter lane,

[1:07:58] we fare better than the rest You'll also notice that Boise,

[1:08:05] Meridian and Nampa are excluded and

[1:08:08] they're intentionally excluded.

[1:08:10] The first reason is because roads and operation

[1:08:14] and maintenance for transportation systems

[1:08:17] is a significant portion of our budget

[1:08:21] and that service is performed by the ADA county Highway District

[1:08:24] for all of the cities that are located within the county Simply

[1:08:30] they don't do roads And it is something that is absorbed

[1:08:34] into our budget Nampa is excluded because it had made

[1:08:38] the decision to to enter into a fire district

[1:08:44] So the city of Napa no longer offers fire services as a part

[1:08:48] of the full services that they offer

[1:08:52] And so that is the reason why those three

[1:08:55] cities are intentionally excluded So when

[1:09:03] we look at the city's budget,

[1:09:05] it's broken into really two large component to one

[1:09:10] are the government funds and the government funds are

[1:09:15] the general fund, the street fund the airport fund one

[1:09:20] of our funds that receive some portion of its funding

[1:09:24] through property tax calculations

[1:09:28] The second piece of that is the enterprise funds

[1:09:30] or those that receive a fee in exchange for a service provider

[1:09:36] fund, sewer fund, Santa fund.

[1:09:39] And then the other non major tax supported

[1:09:41] funds are going to be non tech support funds are going to be

[1:09:45] things like Turkeys, Lake It makes sense that if we're

[1:09:52] service organization, the single largest expense that we're

[1:09:56] going to have is our people.

[1:09:57] And when you look at the entirety of the budget,

[1:09:59] 44.5% is dedicated to personnel, which covers the costs

[1:10:05] of salaries and benefits for the 355

[1:10:09] soon to be 357 employees with the approval of this budget

[1:10:15] operation and maintenance and capital are the same at 23.3%,

[1:10:20] debt service is at 3.2%.

[1:10:23] The only debt that the city of Twin Falls has

[1:10:25] is associated with a revenue bond that was approved

[1:10:30] by the voters in 2014 for improvements

[1:10:34] associated with the wastewater treatment facility.

[1:10:37] And then those transfers that I talked about,

[1:10:39] the rent for professional services that

[1:10:41] is paid by the enterprise funds back to the government fund

[1:10:50] in the tax supported fund, you can

[1:10:52] see that 63% of the total budget is spent in general Fund Street

[1:10:59] Capital Airport and the other non major tax

[1:11:03] supported funds are of the government funds 55% of it

[1:11:09] is funded with property taxes That doesn't mean

[1:11:13] that 55% of the budgets, property taxes, it

[1:11:15] means that 55% of the 61.87% is funded through property taxes

[1:11:24] And when you look at it, it's a slightly more than a third.

[1:11:28] And focusing on property taxes just for a second, if you add

[1:11:32] the cost of police fire prosecutorial services

[1:11:38] and street funding those Four entities

[1:11:41] cost more to the city of Twin Falls

[1:11:44] than the total amount of property taxes that we bring in.

[1:11:48] We receive other revenues that are illustrated there to really

[1:11:53] help round out the revenue sources for the $61.87 million

[1:12:01] New construction is a big piece of that.

[1:12:03] And you can see that the new construction

[1:12:05] tends to ebb and flow.

[1:12:07] And it's a direct result of building activity

[1:12:09] that occurred in the prior years.

[1:12:11] And so when we collect a building permit,

[1:12:14] there is a first capture of resources to assist builders

[1:12:19] and developers through that building permit process This is

[1:12:23] the piece that falls onto the tax rolls and you can see that

[1:12:28] this year that that new construction

[1:12:31] value is about $473,000 of new money this year.

[1:12:38] And that is with the reduction of the and percent as required

[1:12:43] by house Bill 389 building permit revenue You can see

[1:12:49] the ebbs and flows and it is very much tied

[1:12:53] to the local economy in this year's budget,

[1:12:56] we're estimating that will collect

[1:12:57] a million dollars in total building permit revenues.

[1:13:01] That excludes McCann nickel, Electrical and Plumbing

[1:13:05] This is just the structure piece of it.

[1:13:07] We use this as hopefully an indicator to determine value

[1:13:11] as we try to provide our pride, try to project what

[1:13:16] the new construction role will be

[1:13:19] and request liens on the overview,

[1:13:23] on the government funds knowing that you could

[1:13:28] probably give this any questions for Travis

[1:13:35] Mike Travis All right.

[1:13:36] So the next piece we dive into, the next largest

[1:13:39] action on that first pie chart is the are the enterprise funds.

[1:13:44] And when you take a look at the totality of the enterprise funds

[1:13:47] or again, those funds that are funded with fees for service

[1:13:52] 46.6% is in the water fund, 37.4%

[1:13:59] is in the wastewater fund and 13.8% is in the city fund

[1:14:06] and off to the right, you can see

[1:14:08] the increases or the decreases associated

[1:14:12] with each one of those funds.

[1:14:16] For this upcoming fiscal year Striving

[1:14:22] to be an employer of choice.

[1:14:24] We want to make sure that our compensation and benefits

[1:14:27] are at and near market.

[1:14:32] And so this budget calls for a 3% performance

[1:14:35] adjustment for our employees.

[1:14:37] A 3% table move for our employees.

[1:14:42] And it's important to recognize and this

[1:14:44] is going to sound a little bit like government

[1:14:46] math for a minute 3.6 doesn't equal

[1:14:49] 3 plus three doesn't equal six.

[1:14:53] That front end of the table in the back end of the table.

[1:14:56] Slide 3%.

[1:14:58] And it depends upon where individuals live

[1:15:01] within those bands to determine if they get any portion

[1:15:05] of that second 3% table move.

[1:15:09] We find that very few of our employees

[1:15:12] will receive that over the course of a fiscal year.

[1:15:14] But it's really a reflection on where we start compensation

[1:15:19] and what is the cap of that compensation.

[1:15:22] We provide $900 into a Veba retired joint account that

[1:15:26] our employees can use for post retirement medical expenses

[1:15:33] as part of our overall health insurance plan When we

[1:15:36] transition to a high deductible plan, we offered essentially

[1:15:41] a buy down of $1,000.

[1:15:42] And we contribute that into each employee's HSA account

[1:15:48] I am happy as I shared that gretchen Scott and other members

[1:15:53] of our team really paid near to us

[1:15:56] in moving forward to becoming self-insured as a health

[1:16:00] insurance model Just the two years that we have been there

[1:16:05] have saved us more than a market average

[1:16:08] If we would have received the market average of health

[1:16:11] insurance increases $1.1 million of benefit expenditure

[1:16:18] and for the second year in a row health

[1:16:22] insurance rates for the city of Twin Falls

[1:16:25] will remain exactly the same.

[1:16:26] There's a 0% increase associated with that

[1:16:30] or the city of Twin Falls, and our employees

[1:16:34] And we continue to build up the health trust corpus to ensure

[1:16:39] that it is well funded in the future event

[1:16:44] that we have some of those shock claims.

[1:16:47] And we continue with our retention

[1:16:49] pay agreement in moving forward As I shared with you,

[1:16:55] we're looking at adding essentially what amounts to two

[1:16:59] new positions And honestly had these two positions not come

[1:17:05] before the city council and having conversations

[1:17:08] with the exact leadership team who really vet positions,

[1:17:11] the need for position and that future viability

[1:17:16] we may have been hesitant to add either one.

[1:17:20] We do see the need for the school resource officer

[1:17:24] and the fact that that is 90% reimbursed by the new charter

[1:17:29] school helps defray that cost.

[1:17:32] That 90% reimbursement is directly reflective of the 10%

[1:17:36] amount of time that we will be able to have this individual

[1:17:39] serving as a police officer inside of our community

[1:17:42] outside of the schools and then the project manager,

[1:17:45] as it was shared last year.

[1:17:47] And because of the significant capital

[1:17:49] projects that we have not only in parks.

[1:17:52] This year and next year, but the larger projects

[1:17:55] that we have with water and wastewater services,

[1:18:00] we came around to saying it's a good idea and so

[1:18:04] kind of question.

[1:18:04] Travis Yeah.

[1:18:05] Chris Reed If you could just remind everybody here.

[1:18:08] Why we had that large jump from 24 to 25.

[1:18:13] Great question in 24 to 25, we incorporated the library

[1:18:22] into our organizational structure

[1:18:26] prior to fiscal year 25 library employees

[1:18:30] were following their own employee handbook.

[1:18:34] They were following their own employee processes

[1:18:37] And so we while they were funded by the city, we did.

[1:18:43] Now include them in our overall employee count

[1:18:46] And so that is why that jump occurred.

[1:18:50] Thank you.

[1:18:50] I just wanted everybody to see it

[1:18:51] because that looks like we got a little crazy

[1:18:54] and started hiring folks.

[1:18:55] But they were already part of the family They were.

[1:18:58] We just classified them as a different employee

[1:19:02] that that chart, if we reflected library employees,

[1:19:06] we'd see very very small incremental growth

[1:19:09] in new employees.

[1:19:11] It's really based upon those numbers that are at the bottom.

[1:19:16] One of the things when we were looking at the total number

[1:19:18] of new employees is i would be remiss

[1:19:23] if I didn't share that there were many requests that came

[1:19:28] in that were not funded and we did not want to add employees

[1:19:37] into this budget that we couldn't guarantee that we would

[1:19:43] have the revenue sources moving forward for at least a period

[1:19:47] of Five years as they're moving through our payroll

[1:19:52] And the last thing that we want to do

[1:19:55] is have this begin to look more like a unstable roller

[1:19:59] coaster, because we get very dependent upon staffing

[1:20:04] in the delivery of services And when we have to pull back,

[1:20:09] that causes a disruption in our ability

[1:20:12] to perform operation and maintenance continues to grow.

[1:20:19] And you can see that the municipal cost

[1:20:22] index this year is project iNG a is about a 2%, 2.19% increase.

[1:20:30] I and it's very similar to what our budget came in at this year

[1:20:36] Total operation maintenance across all funds

[1:20:38] is $23.8 million, as illustrated on the previous slide

[1:20:45] And then this is the one that looks more like the roller

[1:20:47] coaster This is when we have infusions of money when we are

[1:20:52] recipients of grants, when we have sl, f, r, f funds that come

[1:20:57] into our community Really, this reflects all of the dollars

[1:21:03] from all of the funds that are coming into the system

[1:21:06] And as Matt Barnes was up here just a moment ago,

[1:21:11] $1.3 million additional expenditure

[1:21:14] are associated with a grant is part of this budget

[1:21:20] and as we projected forward and as Matt shared during his part

[1:21:26] of the budget presentation, we have some very large capital

[1:21:30] projects specifically around runway research

[1:21:36] saying that we are going to continue to see spikes in that

[1:21:41] moving forward consistently across our organization

[1:21:44] and we spend somewhere between 2.4 and $2.8 million

[1:21:51] of property tax dollars in the general fund associated

[1:21:55] with capital operation and maintenance

[1:22:00] as part of the project.

[1:22:01] We shared, there are 700 excuse me $820,000 this year.

[1:22:06] Historically with $770,000 of funding that is reserved for one

[1:22:13] time capital projects at the Council's discretion from

[1:22:18] the 7th of July through the entirety of the process So these

[1:22:23] are the list of projects that the Council approved

[1:22:26] and the to be determined indicate step four work that

[1:22:30] needs to move forward So in total

[1:22:34] there are $721,000 with the project

[1:22:37] acts that have been identified.

[1:22:39] There is an additional $99,000 that has yet to be allocated,

[1:22:44] but it is in the expense column and staff will come back

[1:22:48] on those different projects as we do our work to share what

[1:22:52] the cost of the umbrella shade at City Park and Downtown

[1:22:57] Commons would be as well as the seed money for the arts

[1:23:02] Commission I said that everything is tied

[1:23:10] to the city strategic plan.

[1:23:12] These are the eight primary focus areas

[1:23:15] I'm going to go into each one of these focus areas

[1:23:18] as a matter of quick recap but focus area one

[1:23:21] is a healthy community and as we shared in each of these,

[1:23:25] I'm not going to read all of these line items,

[1:23:28] but as we go through, we talked about some

[1:23:30] of the different things that we felt were meritorious of funding

[1:23:34] that were outside of staffing outside of operational costs

[1:23:38] more one time projects to move forward.

[1:23:41] And you could see additional signage, installation Urban

[1:23:44] Outfitters, these lakes are shown

[1:23:46] falls and automated ticket booth as a direct result

[1:23:50] of labor challenges.

[1:23:53] The entirety of the park is funded through the road

[1:23:59] admittance fee of $5 without the ability

[1:24:03] to man the gate Not only is it a lost revenue

[1:24:07] but it's also a lost access and so we wanted to make sure

[1:24:09] that there is an opportunity to meet the needs of our citizens

[1:24:14] as well as meet the needs of the cost to maintain that world

[1:24:20] class facility Erica with the library

[1:24:30] came and she shared the phase three carpet remodel.

[1:24:35] This is a project that has been going on for a last couple

[1:24:39] of years and they shared with you that the First time they

[1:24:42] tried to do it all in a single year,

[1:24:45] they recognized that that was not the best approach.

[1:24:48] And so they broke this into a multiple year project

[1:24:55] inside of the original budget.

[1:24:57] You will see all of these items One of the changes

[1:25:01] that was made was the real time Information Center of $88,400.

[1:25:08] That item was removed from considering funding the rest

[1:25:13] and the balance of this program is remained in tact It it

[1:25:21] includes mobile radio radios a lease payment on a fire

[1:25:25] apparatus canine vehicles, an additional police cruisers

[1:25:34] the accessible community really talks about not only roadways,

[1:25:38] but multi modal areas of transportation

[1:25:41] as well as the airport.

[1:25:44] You can see the airport projects at $1.4 million an hour

[1:25:51] Favorite chip seal project at a tune of 2.1 million.

[1:25:57] And credit to the team.

[1:25:59] They have spent a lot of time analyzing the best approach.

[1:26:03] And it's not a liked approach.

[1:26:05] And it's not something that last year

[1:26:08] when we did my neighborhood, I liked either

[1:26:11] But really it is the only type of system that or program

[1:26:18] that we have that really maintains the road

[1:26:20] infrastructure and prevents significant potholes

[1:26:24] from occurring I can remember early in my tenure

[1:26:29] as city manager when Eastland drive

[1:26:32] started to be lost as a result of the significant moisture

[1:26:37] events.

[1:26:37] There were potholes the size that of small automobiles

[1:26:43] and we were barricading the roadways

[1:26:47] and yes road construction is an inconvenience

[1:26:51] and we like to say in Idaho, we really only have two seasons.

[1:26:56] Hopefully a really good winter And then construction

[1:27:01] But this really kind of talks about that

[1:27:04] plan to maintain an accessible community

[1:27:10] The environmental community really

[1:27:13] speaks to our water and our wastewater system

[1:27:15] as it talks about mainline replacement

[1:27:18] and how members of the water team

[1:27:20] have shared that it is important to continue to upgrade

[1:27:24] and replace water line systems.

[1:27:26] We have water lines in our community

[1:27:28] that are significantly undersized

[1:27:31] and so going in and replace them with a modern spec

[1:27:35] to allow for greater not only water flow and delivery.

[1:27:39] But also fire flow should an unfortunate

[1:27:42] circumstance present itself.

[1:27:45] This goes through the entirety of those lists

[1:27:49] and not only replacing water lines, but also nearly $1

[1:27:53] million for the sewer lines and the dewatering system

[1:27:57] There's improvement at the city's wastewater treatment

[1:28:00] facility a prosperous community is really connected

[1:28:06] to our partners ship with the Urban Renewal

[1:28:08] Agency and the airport and finding ways

[1:28:12] for our economic development team

[1:28:14] to continue to market Twin Falls,

[1:28:16] to continue to attract companies for growth and opportunity

[1:28:20] and really to allow us to grow that economy

[1:28:23] when we grow our economy,

[1:28:25] we grow the size of the pie that we have and then we're

[1:28:28] able to spread those costs across greater users which

[1:28:32] is the best way for us to lower individual tax

[1:28:37] burdens The council capital piece of that

[1:28:42] is that responsible community And then this is the employee

[1:28:49] section that I talked about In addition to that is making sure

[1:28:54] that folks have the right technology, such as computers,

[1:28:59] that our radio systems can still continue to communicate

[1:29:03] with themselves and fiber loop systems

[1:29:06] to make sure that we have greater control of signalisation

[1:29:10] of traffic signals and to make sure that the different

[1:29:15] satellite offices that we have the ability to communicate

[1:29:19] through or reliable system So you're here,

[1:29:28] you worked your way all the way through this calendar.

[1:29:32] And tonight is the public hearing.

[1:29:36] Mr. Mayor.

[1:29:37] It is appropriate and under idaho code to open up the next

[1:29:40] phase to the general citizen input as it relates directly

[1:29:46] to the expended chairs that are included in the preliminary

[1:29:50] budget for fiscal year 27 Any questions for Travis before

[1:29:56] we open up the public comment ?

[1:30:01] OK.

[1:30:02] OK.

[1:30:02] Looks like we're at that particular moment in time.

[1:30:04] Travis will go ahead and open up the general the public hearing

[1:30:12] on the fiscal year 2026 2027 budget

[1:30:18] for the city of Twin Falls.

[1:30:20] And again as we recounted the nine steps, 4,

[1:30:23] we're about halfway through those steps.

[1:30:26] So if you have testimony, please state

[1:30:28] stand or come to the podium state your name

[1:30:32] and address the council.

[1:30:34] You'll have two minutes.

[1:30:35] And then I also need to make sure that everybody

[1:30:38] has signed up in on that.

[1:30:40] So we'll go ahead and open up the public comment period

[1:30:45] for the budget for fiscal year 27 for the city of Twin Falls

[1:31:28] If you don't mind, if you would state your name for us.

[1:31:30] So we thank you.

[1:31:31] My name is Oubre Nelson C Mayor and council members

[1:31:36] I couldn't quite understand if what happened

[1:31:38] to the flock camera budget.

[1:31:40] I was here on August 4th, so I'd like some clarification on where

[1:31:44] that is in the presentation today Mr. Mayor,

[1:31:48] I can answer that There are two components to the flock camera

[1:31:53] system that are in the budget The first was the piece that was

[1:31:59] removed and that was for $88,000 that has been

[1:32:03] removed from consideration and is no longer

[1:32:06] in fiscal year 27 budget.

[1:32:09] The operating and maintenance for the existing 40 cameras

[1:32:12] remains in the budget.

[1:32:14] All right.

[1:32:14] Thank you for that clarification.

[1:32:16] Good.

[1:32:16] Step in the right direction.

[1:32:17] I still would like to see all the cameras gone.

[1:32:20] I think that was pretty clear from the last meeting I want

[1:32:23] to show you or read to you some of the headlines that are

[1:32:25] happening across the country about flock cameras

[1:32:29] There's one called Flock could enable

[1:32:30] nationwide wide surveillance.

[1:32:33] Texas constable warns we shouldn't wait.

[1:32:36] The concern here is issue issue of one camera taking

[1:32:39] a picture on a license plate.

[1:32:41] The issue is what happens when a large network of cameras

[1:32:44] collect information about vehicles that are seen,

[1:32:47] information searchable and non searchable.

[1:32:51] Here's another one.

[1:32:51] More than 160 flock surveillance cameras have been vandalized

[1:32:55] or destroyed I hate to see something

[1:32:57] like that happen in our where people are

[1:32:59] so incensed that that happens.

[1:33:01] This is from Flock stats incidents.

[1:33:04] Marcus significant escalation of public opposition.

[1:33:08] Here's one flock is losing dozens of contracts

[1:33:11] as controversy grows at least 54 cities across the US

[1:33:17] have voted to cancel non renew or recheck flocks.

[1:33:21] Automatic system.

[1:33:23] And finally, Washington post article 50 police officers

[1:33:27] and various departments use flock cameras

[1:33:29] to stalk women, including ex wives and romantic partners

[1:33:32] without their consent for your thank.

[1:33:35] Thank you. you for your thank you counsel.

[1:33:37] Thank you.

[1:33:37] You Anyone else that would like to address the No,

[1:33:50] I we got your ears initially It's on the record.

[1:33:53] Thank you You appreciate it So, again One more.

[1:34:05] One more call for input on the fiscal year 27 video.

[1:34:12] Twin Falls Budget being nobody to run up to.

[1:34:18] Amy's side of the desk.

[1:34:21] We'll go ahead and close that budget hearing at this point.

[1:34:24] And open it up for discussion.

[1:34:27] Travis's final comment and discussion

[1:34:30] by the council Mr. Mayor and members of the council,

[1:34:41] I have nothing further to add associated

[1:34:43] with the public hearing I am happy to answer any questions

[1:34:48] that you have related to the budget

[1:34:52] Any questions for Travis related to the budget

[1:34:54] at this point You know, go ahead and open

[1:34:58] it up for council discussion.

[1:35:00] Chris Read i would like to make a adjustment or a motion

[1:35:05] for the council to vote on a line item, if that's all right.

[1:35:08] Mayor yes I move that the city suspends

[1:35:13] the use and financial obligation of automatic license

[1:35:18] plate readers.

[1:35:18] A LPR cameras until the Idaho legislation legisla nature

[1:35:22] adopts comprehensive rules regulations and accountability

[1:35:26] measures governing the use of LPR technology,

[1:35:30] including consequences for misuse

[1:35:32] We have a motion to have a second.

[1:35:35] Mr. Mayor Illustration.

[1:35:36] OK.

[1:35:36] I have a motion in a second.

[1:35:38] A motion by Chris Read in a second by Grayson Stone

[1:35:41] and correct me, Chris, if I didn't get all of that,

[1:35:43] I can read it again.

[1:35:44] If you'd like, if you don't mind.

[1:35:47] I move that the city suspend the use and financial obligations

[1:35:51] of the automated automated license plate reader lPR cameras

[1:35:55] until the Idaho legislature adopts comprehend of rules,

[1:35:58] regulations and accountability measures

[1:36:01] governing the use of LPR technology

[1:36:04] including consequences for misuse.

[1:36:06] I have a motion and a second on the item

[1:36:10] that Councilman Reed had just read.

[1:36:13] Any discussion by the City Council on that item

[1:36:16] On that motion, I should say Hey Amy, roll call, vote please.

[1:36:24] Chris Read yes.

[1:36:26] Greg hawkins No Jason Brown No.

[1:36:30] Nathan Murray.

[1:36:30] No.

[1:36:31] Grayson Stone Yes Gary vomer No.

[1:36:35] And Bruce Pearce Motion motion fails 5 to 2 or 2 to 5.

[1:36:42] Sorry I misstated that.

[1:36:43] The motion failed.

[1:36:44] 225.

[1:36:47] Any further discussion on that?

[1:36:49] But on the budget itself as a whole, Grayson stone

[1:36:54] or Grayson, you still on or do that Oh, no,

[1:36:56] thank you, Mr. Mayor.

[1:36:57] I'd like to make another substitute motion I move

[1:37:01] that the City of Twin Falls implement any and all laws

[1:37:04] associated with license plate reading technology within seven

[1:37:07] days of being signed into law by the governor with fiscal

[1:37:09] responsibility, the city to enforce.

[1:37:13] I'll second.

[1:37:14] Hey I have a motion in Grayson.

[1:37:17] I'll have you if you don't mind reading that again,

[1:37:20] just so I don't have to necessarily restate it

[1:37:22] similar to Councilman reed's, I move that the city of Twin Falls

[1:37:26] implement any and all laws.

[1:37:27] Associate with license plate reading technology.

[1:37:30] With seven days of being signed into law by the governor

[1:37:33] with fiscal responsible cities regarding

[1:37:35] the city of Twin Falls.

[1:37:36] So I have a motion by Councilman stone in a second

[1:37:39] by Councilman Reed on that motion Any further discussion?

[1:37:43] I just want to be clear.

[1:37:44] So you're saying should the legislature adopt rules.

[1:37:49] This coming session starting January?

[1:37:52] Governor signs into law within seven days?

[1:37:54] We as a city implement those.

[1:37:55] That's correct Is that I like that idea Is is that is that

[1:38:04] possible I mean so if what happens is the 7 days,

[1:38:09] I mean, sounds reasonable, but I don't know if that's something

[1:38:13] that can be done So I just when we put it time frame on it

[1:38:20] like that, I just want to make sure that it's

[1:38:22] reasonable Yeah, absolutely.

[1:38:24] I believe First and foremost, that this is a topic that

[1:38:31] will be for the Idaho legislature

[1:38:33] and the Idaho legislature has the ability

[1:38:37] under certain circumstances to declare that emergency exists

[1:38:43] So the legislature has typically to effective date one

[1:38:47] is the beginning of their fiscal year on July 1,

[1:38:50] when emergency may exist.

[1:38:52] They have the ability to have that go back as

[1:38:55] far as January one, which would cause

[1:38:58] the city to go into compliance.

[1:39:01] And so the city would move forward within a seven day

[1:39:04] period to comply with that law If the Idaho legislature were

[1:39:10] to make the decision to to comply the ban is

[1:39:16] no longer allow a prize of any name

[1:39:20] variety inside of the state.

[1:39:23] The first thing that we would do is toggle the switch

[1:39:25] and turn them off and then we would

[1:39:27] have to work through a process to have them physically removed

[1:39:32] from their locations That might take longer than 7 days,

[1:39:38] but the compliance would be the collection piece of it.

[1:39:42] What is important to recognize is it at this point in time,

[1:39:49] I can't share what those rules and regulations would be.

[1:39:53] But I believe that we would in our best effort,

[1:40:00] work to comply with all of the rules and regulations

[1:40:04] as we all took an oath to do so.

[1:40:07] And if we could not do so within a seven day period of time,

[1:40:11] I would come back and report to the City Council

[1:40:14] on what that timeframe would be for us to be able to achieve

[1:40:17] that objective but know that if they were banned outright,

[1:40:24] we would simply turn them off Ruth Pierce.

[1:40:29] Yes.

[1:40:29] So I just want to clarify this motion

[1:40:31] and that you mean keep the existing contract

[1:40:36] as is with the caveat, if the governor

[1:40:40] has it within Seven days of the governor signing the law.

[1:40:44] So your motion is saying, leave it

[1:40:47] as is with the potential of this law change.

[1:40:54] Correct But Grayson, I think, Mr. Mayor.

[1:40:58] Yeah, the previous motion failed.

[1:40:59] So we got to just do something.

[1:41:01] I think this kind of settles what we're

[1:41:04] hearing from the general public is that we'll keep it as is now.

[1:41:07] And then when the legislate convenes and what,

[1:41:09] January 11th, I'm pretty sure it will be a hot item.

[1:41:12] And then once legislative or legislature,

[1:41:16] it's signed into law, that we're in compliance

[1:41:18] with the seven days.

[1:41:19] OK.

[1:41:20] That being said, I'm going to vote no on this.

[1:41:23] A motion.

[1:41:24] And the reason being is we've had

[1:41:26] a couple recommendations by Chief Hicks on some revisions.

[1:41:31] He would like to see with the contract.

[1:41:33] And I would like to propose after we vote on this motion,

[1:41:38] propose accepting adopting those revisions as amendments

[1:41:44] to the contract Travis.

[1:41:47] Mr..

[1:41:48] Baer Yep not to play parliamentarian

[1:41:52] but if I were in your place and you are voting

[1:41:57] it may be important to understand

[1:41:59] what some of those amendments would be I'm happy to.

[1:42:04] Go ahead.

[1:42:04] Yes So two things that Chief Hicks recommended is one,

[1:42:11] we turn off the air Nick machine learning component

[1:42:16] of the contract and to do currently

[1:42:20] the Nationals search function is off.

[1:42:24] I want to make sure that remains off

[1:42:27] and it's only toggled on if we have a local crime

[1:42:32] that requires it Okay.

[1:42:35] And the third is, I'm not sure anywhere

[1:42:37] in here we said that we authorized chief Hicks to sign

[1:42:41] that a contract as amended.

[1:42:43] So that's what I would propose if this motion doesn't pass.

[1:42:47] OK Can I ask a question?

[1:42:49] Let me go to Grayson real quick, and then I'll come to you.

[1:42:52] Chris Go ahead.

[1:42:52] Grayson Oh, thank you, Mr. Mayor.

[1:42:54] Can we go through that first motion.

[1:42:56] First and then go to Councilwoman Pearce's motion ?

[1:43:00] Yeah, we're still yeah, we're still in.

[1:43:02] I'm not making a motion and just saying

[1:43:04] I'm voting no because I want to see revisions We're still taking

[1:43:07] comment on your motion, Chris.

[1:43:09] Read I like both of them.

[1:43:13] I can comfortably say yes to both

[1:43:16] So yes, do as soon as the legislature deems

[1:43:20] whatever they deem, let's move forward

[1:43:22] with it within seven days.

[1:43:24] So again if it's a dismissal of it,

[1:43:26] if it is a harsher penalty for misuse of it,

[1:43:30] we move forward with that.

[1:43:31] And I'm completely comfortable.

[1:43:34] I'm comfortable with both.

[1:43:35] I don't really Sorry.

[1:43:37] Go ahead, Grayson.

[1:43:38] I think, Mr. Mayor, I don't think

[1:43:39] either one of those motions will conflict with one another.

[1:43:41] I think that's exactly what we're wanting to accomplish.

[1:43:43] So I'll be voting yes for mine.

[1:43:45] And then probably vote yes for councilman Pearce's rule.

[1:43:51] Where are we comfortable that we're handling it properly?

[1:43:56] From a parliamentary standpoint So

[1:44:00] I don't have bruises on the line of.

[1:44:02] Yeah, so currently, we only have we

[1:44:05] only have a motion to accept the seven

[1:44:07] day adherence to state law.

[1:44:11] My understanding and correct me is

[1:44:15] that we would need to amend either the current motion to add

[1:44:19] what you wanted to do or we would have

[1:44:21] to vote on the current motion and then

[1:44:23] rerun a motion including the comments that you've made.

[1:44:27] Both would be appropriate because I have a third.

[1:44:33] So that's all right.

[1:44:35] I guess I'm again confused because this motion

[1:44:39] that you guys just made assumes we keep the contract as is.

[1:44:45] And that's correct.

[1:44:46] She said So I just want to make sure.

[1:44:48] But it could be amended.

[1:44:49] I mean, it's just whatever the state comes in I apologize.

[1:44:53] So we have Bruce.

[1:44:54] OK We have Bruce Bruce's online Bruce, are you there

[1:45:05] Echo is negative and the he's on a fax machine, so I'm sure are.

[1:45:15] Are all the mikes off Okay, Bruce let's

[1:45:21] try that one more time Hello?

[1:45:28] Can you hear me?

[1:45:29] We can hear you now.

[1:45:31] Yes.

[1:45:32] I think it would be important to specify by that Grayson's

[1:45:35] motion is not a motion to accept the contract as it was proposed.

[1:45:41] But you could still approve the rest of that motion Which

[1:45:44] is as far as what the city does upon legislative action

[1:45:47] That way, the two motions would not be contradictory but if you

[1:45:51] were to approve Grayson's motion as accepting the contract

[1:45:55] as is, then that could preclude a further action to put

[1:45:59] in any amendments to it Go ahead Hey, Grayson Stone,

[1:46:07] If we make if we approve my motion

[1:46:09] and then ruth passes her motion, wouldn't

[1:46:12] that essentially accomplish the exact same thing at one meeting?

[1:46:16] I would recommend is Grayson with your motion

[1:46:21] to state that you are open to amendments to the contract

[1:46:26] as it currently sits?

[1:46:28] Right.

[1:46:29] OK.

[1:46:30] Okay Thank you, Bruce.

[1:46:34] So Grayson, I'll let you address Bruce's comments there and then

[1:46:41] so, uh, Mr. Mayor, thank you I would amend my previous motion

[1:46:47] to move that the city to in Falls implement any and all laws

[1:46:50] associated with license plate reading technology within seven

[1:46:54] days of being signed into law by the governor

[1:46:58] And our current contract shall be open to amendments

[1:47:01] per chief's recommendations and approved by Council

[1:47:06] and approved by Council Chris, you were this.

[1:47:08] Absolutely.

[1:47:08] Okay So we have a motion and a second on the table.

[1:47:13] Any further discussion Okay.

[1:47:17] Amy, roll call.

[1:47:18] Vote, please Grayson Stone Yes Nathan Murray Yes.

[1:47:23] Jason Brown Yes.

[1:47:25] Greg Hawkins yes.

[1:47:26] Chris Reed Yes.

[1:47:28] Bruce Pierce.

[1:47:29] Yes Sherri vomer.

[1:47:30] Yes.

[1:47:31] Okay.

[1:47:31] Motion carries 720.

[1:47:34] Any further discussion?

[1:47:36] Ruth Pierce Okay, I'm going to attempt my motion.

[1:47:40] Should be short.

[1:47:42] I move.

[1:47:42] We accept the current flock contract

[1:47:44] with the following revisions One Turn off the eye

[1:47:49] machine learning component of the contract

[1:47:52] to the National search function remains off unless twin falls.

[1:47:57] Please PD needs access for a local crime

[1:48:01] and three authorized chief to sign the contract Okay.

[1:48:06] I have a motion on the table.

[1:48:07] Do I have a second?

[1:48:08] Nathan Murray Yeah, I'm.

[1:48:10] I'm willing to segment.

[1:48:11] I would ask.

[1:48:12] I know we talked about at one point

[1:48:14] a regular reporting mechanism from police to this council,

[1:48:18] perhaps on a quarterly basis outlining just

[1:48:21] some of the use they've seen Is that would

[1:48:23] you be amenable to adding that to your motion?

[1:48:25] I'm not going to include that in my motion

[1:48:27] because I think we have to kind of set parameters

[1:48:30] and maybe we do.

[1:48:31] I had not in our staff to we can come back with a recommendation.

[1:48:37] We can agree to do periodic reporting if that's of interest

[1:48:42] to the council I would ask you to consider the motion

[1:48:46] and then I'll go.

[1:48:47] So, Nathan, are you accepting?

[1:48:50] Okay, so we have a motion and a second.

[1:48:53] Any discussion on that motion from the council Okay Amy,

[1:48:58] roll call.

[1:48:58] Vote, please Raise.

[1:49:00] Pearce Yes or read.

[1:49:01] Yes.

[1:49:02] Greg Hawkins.

[1:49:03] Yes Jason Brown.

[1:49:04] Yes.

[1:49:05] Yes.

[1:49:06] Grayson Stone.

[1:49:06] No And Nathan Murray?

[1:49:08] Yes Motion carries.

[1:49:10] Six two one Okay, so as we move continue to move forward,

[1:49:20] I think Travis, you heard that there

[1:49:21] is an interest from the council at least

[1:49:24] to provide some level of we will do

[1:49:26] that as we as we move forward.

[1:49:28] We will do that and we'll do that at open council meetings

[1:49:31] Okay, Chris, read, I'd like to discuss the budget.

[1:49:35] If that's the right move forward Go ahead.

[1:49:38] First, I want to say thank you to everybody

[1:49:40] You said it's a group effort.

[1:49:41] There is 60 some individuals that helped

[1:49:44] put this together for I don't know how many people presented.

[1:49:48] They're not all here.

[1:49:48] But thank them, please.

[1:49:50] They spent a Monday evening with us.

[1:49:52] And we do appreciate that.

[1:49:53] So, Ruth, I don't know if you i just want to add that I talked

[1:49:58] to a lot of other organizations and no one that I'm aware

[1:50:03] goes to the extent of talking about the budget

[1:50:06] as much as we do And we joke about it being 13 weeks,

[1:50:10] but it's very very informative for not only council,

[1:50:14] but the entire community.

[1:50:16] And I appreciate it I'm ready to make a motion.

[1:50:20] Mayor all right.

[1:50:22] Anybody else want to add in the comments?

[1:50:24] Go ahead, Chris I move that we adopt ordinance 008 dash 2026

[1:50:30] of the city of Twin Falls adopting the 2026,

[1:50:34] 2027 fiscal year budget for the city of Twin Falls in the amount

[1:50:38] of $96,547,281, beginning on October 1, 2026, and ending

[1:50:47] on September 30, 2027.

[1:50:50] I'll second that.

[1:50:51] I have a motion and a second to approve ordinance number 2020

[1:50:55] 6-008 as written and presented in the meeting tonight Mr.

[1:51:01] Mayor.

[1:51:02] Yes, Travis if you would like for this to be approved.

[1:51:05] This evening, you need to suspend the rules

[1:51:09] or we can have you do that.

[1:51:11] Chris, Do you want to do that?

[1:51:12] First I move that we dispense with the reading rules and put

[1:51:16] ordinance 008 dash 2026.

[1:51:22] Sorry, my eyesight that I apologize on third and final

[1:51:25] reading by title only Second that you have a motion

[1:51:29] to the dispense with the reading of the rules and put

[1:51:34] ordinance number 2020 6-008 on third and final

[1:51:39] reading by Title only.

[1:51:41] Any further discussion I need to read

[1:51:45] that correct, Travis Just to make sure I do it properly or do

[1:51:49] or you're good.

[1:51:50] I'm good.

[1:51:50] Okay.

[1:51:51] Amy Roll call.

[1:51:52] Vote.

[1:51:52] Just wanted to make sure Chris read.

[1:51:56] Yes.

[1:51:56] Mike Hawkins.

[1:51:57] Yes.

[1:51:58] And Brown.

[1:51:58] Yes very.

[1:51:59] Bulmer Yes.

[1:52:00] Nathan Murray yes.

[1:52:01] Grayson Stone Yes.

[1:52:02] And Bruce Pearce, Yes A motion carries 720.

[1:52:07] Chris I'm going to call on you again I move that we

[1:52:10] adopt ordinance 008 dash 2026.

[1:52:14] I'll second have a motion to approve ordinance number

[1:52:18] 2020 6-008 any further discussion

[1:52:22] on the budget and that motion?

[1:52:25] I amy roll call.

[1:52:26] Vote, please Grayson Stone Yes.

[1:52:31] Nathan Murray Yes Gary Bulmer Yes.

[1:52:34] Jason Brown yes.

[1:52:35] Craig Hopkins Yes.

[1:52:37] Chris Reed yes.

[1:52:39] Chris Reeve.

[1:52:41] Oh ha Yes.

[1:52:42] Okay.

[1:52:43] Motion carries 7 to 0.

[1:52:46] Brings us to the conclusion of our public hearings tonight.

[1:52:50] We do have an executive session a request to adjourn

[1:52:53] into executive session 47 dash to 061B to consider

[1:52:58] the evaluation dismissal or discipline

[1:53:01] of or to hear complaints or charges brought

[1:53:04] against a public officer.

[1:53:05] Employees staff member or individual agent

[1:53:07] or public school student What are Council's wishes to moved?

[1:53:12] Second, I have a motion in a second to adjourn

[1:53:14] into executive session.

[1:53:16] According to Idaho code 70 4-02061.

[1:53:22] Be any further discussion on Amy Roll

[1:53:25] call vote Craig Hawkins Yes.

[1:53:27] Jason Brown.

[1:53:28] Yes.

[1:53:29] Gary Barber Yes.

[1:53:30] Nathan Murray.

[1:53:31] Yes Grayson Stone.

[1:53:32] Yes.

[1:53:33] Bruce Pearce Yes.

[1:53:35] Chris Reed Yes.

[1:53:36] A motion carries 70 zero.

[1:53:38] That concludes our meeting tonight.

[1:53:39] We will not be returning to city council chambers

[1:53:42] Thank you It's do me a favor Would

[1:53:54] you like Where are we meeting?

[1:53:58] Are we all the way?

[1:54:00] You mind ?

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