[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 ?