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All right, follow this meeting to order.
Today we have a special call meeting of

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city council followed by uh uh several
committee meetings.

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So, we're going to start out with this.
Before I I start, I want to recognize

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two new two new members of our leader
team uh who have come on board today. Uh

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city administrator David Pollson.
>> Thank you, M. finance director Britney

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Martin.
>> And yesterday was their first day and we

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just look forward to working with both
of you. Thank you.

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» Thank you.
>> All right, start with a moment of

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silence.

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All right.

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To the flag of the United States of
America and to the stands one nation

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under God, indivisible with liberty and
justice for all

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» has been able to

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now.
>> Good.

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Good. And I also want to start that uh
Mr. also will be leaving at 6:00. He is

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going to be recognized for his service
with the city of Pamilton. Yes, sir.

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» And sir, thank you.
>> Great honor that they're giving you. We

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speak to all of you.
>> Thank you very much. I appreciate you

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letting me do that.
>> Uh we have next the approval of the

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agenda. Uh is there a motion that we
approve the agenda

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» for disposal or everyone?
>> This is just for the special meeting and

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I need Well, I'm going to make an
amendment that

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Let me make the amend. I'm making motion
we amend this agenda and add select old

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JRSA
uh representative.

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» I make a recommendation to amend also
>> on this agenda.

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» Okay. Whichever one
that's a motion. Is there a second

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motion and a second?
>> Is there any discussion on the

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amendment?
All those in favor signify by saying I.

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» No hand raising. Okay. I
>> All those in favor of Lendez.

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All those in favor of approving the
agenda as amended signify by saying I.

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» I.
>> All right.

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» So that will be the uh the first thing
we're going to go into is last year

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council
recognized city of Wajala employees

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[snorts]
uh throughout the month of September.

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We've dedicated this to uh a commitment
to continue each year recognizing the

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hard work of our city employees uh every
September because without our city

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employees we would not succeed their
dedication their teamwork and I can site

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100 examples of it over the past year uh
our streets and our water crews who

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[snorts] looked at a lot lately to our
public safety officials to throw out all

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of it. We we just owe you a debt of
appreciation. And I'm going to read a

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quick uh resit ourselves to having
September and it's employee appreciation

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month. Uh in August of 2025, the city of
Wallala passed resolution 2025-05

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to recognize the month of September as
Wallala City employee appreciation

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month. Again this year, we as city
council recognize and honor your hard

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work and dedication to making our city
the very best it can be. We know you

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take pride in your work and we want to
extend thanks to each of you for your

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loyalty. During September, our local
businesses and your council will offer

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small gestures of appreciation. We want
you to know that your efforts do not go

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unnoticed.
Your service is the cornerstone of

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making Walla a great place for families,
business visitors, and the community at

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large. And on behalf of all council, I
thank you.

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Uh, we all need to sign this. So, we
need a motion that we accept this as a

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resolution.
>> Motion second. All those in favor

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signify. I
>> I'm not even asking for.

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[applause]
>> Next issue is uh the approval of a bid

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for the CARET restoration project. Will
you take us through that? Uh, Mr. F. I'd

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be glad to do that. I actually have Mr.
Rich here. He can give you some maybe

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just a uh a background of where we're at
and where we're moving forward on that

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if you'd like to hear from him.
>> Absolutely. Absolutely.

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» Stand forward, please.
>> Okay.

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» You're welcome to use this if you want.
>> Very good.

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» Appreciate being here, Mr. Mayor.
Council, thank you. Um to give you some

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background on this project, uh the city
applied for a grant to the NRCS

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um after Helen to go in and clean up
Cane Creek and to restore some of the

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stream bank issues. And so we worked
through plans permitting. Um and then we

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took bids on the 20th. We received four
bids. We have the project broke up three

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divisions. Uh the three divisions are as
follows. Division one uh was cleaning

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approximately a two-mile portion of the
creek, basically snagging the the fallen

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trees and debris, cleaning the creek out
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mulching that that debris. Uh division
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same same issue just a different two
miles of the stream and division three

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was going in and basically restoring the
stream bank in problem areas. So we we

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found approximately 25 problem areas
that the stream needed to be um

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refurbished. So uh we took bids on the
20th. We received four bids for each of

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each division. Contractor by the name of
JL Construction Construction

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um
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» LJ I'm sorry LJ Construction

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LJ Contracting apologize. Uh they were
the low bid on division one and division

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2. So you should have received letters
of recommendation for awarding the bid

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to LJ Contracting Incorporated. We have
not worked with LJ in the past. So we

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requested them to provide contractor
qualifications for our specifications.

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Uh they provided that along with um uh
references that we could call and and

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check and we did. We talked to their
reference and of course they're going to

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give good references but the references
that we talked to were dependable for um

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LJ contracting.
So we feel that they can give you a a

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good um product
good project for cleaning out

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approximately miles of the creek if you
award division one and two to them. the

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low bid for um division three uh
contractor

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that I understand
does for the town for the city. Um this

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would be Jatar Incorporated. Um division
three is going in and repairing the

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stream banks and um
I don't see any reason that they would

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not give you a good project as well. Um
so alto together these projects are just

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over
the three divisions are just a million

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dollars. Um the grant is for
approximately $3 million. So we're

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actually under budget um on the grant.
Um the caveat to it is that we've got a

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short time frame on it. Everything is
supposed to be finished by um November.

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We are requesting additional time. Um
the state engineer and project manager

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on this project have given us indication
that we may be able to get extra time.

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They just have not been able to award
extra time yet. So that'll be the topic

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of discussion as we move forward the
November 1 time frame. Um but with that

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um it's my recommendation that that
council um accept these low bids and

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contingent on
NRCS

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that we have bid for division one to LJ
contracting division 2 to LJ contracting

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division three to
>> okay thank Couple questions. Um,

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when you say November 1, does that mean
for project completion?

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» Yes, sir.
>> And any of our contractors indicate they

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would be able to meet specific timelines
that would enable us to

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» they did not. They they feel that time
is of the essence. If they can get

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started, they can they can complete.
>> Okay. And then the next question I have

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is okay. Can you believe that they can
be extended? That seems like a very

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short I'm optimistic.
>> Next question I have is that's way under

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bed. Is it possible to continue ask for
uh more time

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as well in order to project?
>> That'll be question number two, sir. We

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will um we will definitely try to expand
the project and there's already been

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other ideas come up that we could
improve parts of this this project. So

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So yes, that will that will be in the in
the

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right now.
>> Yes, sir.

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» Is there any other questions? Does
anyone have any

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motion to acceptation that award phase
one and two LJ contracting phase three

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to Jor?

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Any more discussion?
>> All in favor signify by raising your we

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» I [laughter]
And we I can see you raise your hand.

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Any all oppose?
>> That's unanimous. All right. Thank you

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very much.
>> Thank you.

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» Uh the third item is the amendment. Uh
we currently have as a representative on

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the regional sewer authority. Uh our
former administrator

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Myers was gracious enough to really
remain on as a representative. She has a

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lot of background on this, a lot of
knowledge of what's been going on and uh

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she remain through the end of uh of
August and we are now there. So uh we

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need another appointee to represent the
city and uh I would I would uh

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traditionally has been city
administrator. So uh I would put forward

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uh our new city administrator Davidson.

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[cough]
>> Any discussion?

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So this will involve replacing Mers with
Mr.

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All in favor, please signify by saying

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» Mr. Paul, will you please not
change

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» and see?

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All right,
that took us exactly 14 minutes.

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» Motion
second.

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» Motion and a second. All those in favor
say I.

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» There you go.
Meeting a journ. We're going to go into

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council meetings. Um, first one's going
to be public the public utilities

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committee. David Underwood is the
Sorry.

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» Okay. Jesse, hold on. Jesse Bunning is
on that committee and I will remind

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everyone those of us who are on exit,
those who are on committee, please

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request permission of the chair to
comment.

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I'll make motion that we move the agenda
to

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we're going to talk about the report of
the Wala water advisory ad hoc committee

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water utility reorganization
soon.

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All right.

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Um, could you hold up?

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This is a this is a screenshot of a um u
of a test that was u taken from a home

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in our water system.
I have a picture of a filter.

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These are it. It was uh installed on
5426.

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I personally was contacted by these two
families. The one that took the uh the

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sample and the one for the filter. Um
this is what we hear here. Bad water or

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the filters are extremely dirty and
cloth. These two issues are what I hear

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and a lot of
These families reached these families

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reached out to me personally both
worried about the health effects of

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their family. I would like to give the
administrator both families

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uh contact numbers

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and so he can contact them directly and
facilitate a sample to be taken any any

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and all resources so the f using any and
all resources so that the families in

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the city have answers so that we can
work together and get this corrected and

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maybe it might answer a lot of questions
that are on the mind of others within

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the Mahala water district. I do not I do
or we as council know what is causing

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this, but we're here to ask questions
and try to get answers so we we can all

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be informed and make corrections whether
it's on the city or it's on the

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individual customer and see if we can
work to get this resolved. I've uh

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invited Mr. Tommy Krooks here today.
He's the chief operator for the uh for

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the water plant.
>> Mr. Mr. Chair, can I ask a question?

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That water test that you brought
forward, was that a test by the city or

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was
>> No, sir. That was a test taken by an

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individual. So that's the reason why I'm
going.

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» So he purchased that test commercially.
The individual he or she

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» Yes.
>> purchased that test commercially and

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took it on his own.
>> Yes.

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» And posted the result or sent you the
results. I'm not sure.

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» He sent.
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» And the same with those filters.
>> Yes. But they reached out to me

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personally. They're concerned about the
their issues with their health. So, we

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I'm not just going to put that to the
side. We need to get not blaming

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anybody. We need to find out what's
causing this. So, or even if there is,

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you know, calling the subject, the
expert on it, which is Tommy. So, I'm

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going to let uh talk about it. Tom, if
you would come up here, please.

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» Yeah. He's just going to I'd like for
him to explain the process of the

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testing and you know whatever else. If
anything come anybody got a question

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please ask

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this is what our bad sample looks like.
I made this stuck my finger in it so it

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turned immediately you know to 24 hours
and it turned bad. If it had a collide,

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it would flues.

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This is a sample that's got sodium
sulfate in it.

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» What does that do, Tom?
>> It kills the instantly. So that if we

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have any bacteria in the water, it will
grow.

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This is our finished water. That's the
water that's coming out of the plant.

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And
>> last, this is last night sample. It's

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been incubated 24 hours. And you can see
it's not

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» What does it mean to be incubated? So I
just kind of explain that a little bit.

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» We put it in an incubator that's the
same temperature as the human body. And

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so if something can grow, it'll grow. We

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We add a packet of color to it which is
growth media that allows any germs in

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there to grow.
>> So you do that on this this you samples

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you would add that one sample.
>> Yes. 100 mil samples. We do it all the

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samples. How many samples do you take a
day on

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just that or everything?
>> Sampling process.

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» What's your sampling? How many times a
day do you do it? How many times a month

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do you do? Where do you do it?
>> All right. We calibrate lab equipment

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twice daily.
>> What does that mean?

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» That's just to check our machines to
make their right before we run a sample

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on.
We take our total organic compounds on

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finish. We check for trihalomemethanes
on the finish and halosinic acid on the

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finish. Uh THMs are caused when
um particles in the water sit in high

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chlorine for a long time. That's
carcenic and unconscious.

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Uh could you explain that just we go
back to some of you some of the acron I

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didn't know this you test them so what
what would that be test for kind of

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explain that a little bit
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» what you just talked about
>> yes what is that

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phalamethan
>> okay what's that do I don't

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» they're carcenic if you've ever looked
at your water and you seen those little

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look like hair maybe floating there
little particles.

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» Well, if those particles sit in high
chlorinated water for an extended period

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of time, they become thor.

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So, we're good on that. And halic acid,
it's also a carcinogenic. It could cause

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cancer. It's u
when oak leaves and and stuff like that

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rot in the water. Yes. And
we get the

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whatever they give off comes into the
plant. And it

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» So you take that?
>> Yes. No. No. We check those two once you

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once we we check them randomly for like
one time and then we're good for two or

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three years.
>> Okay.

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We check the chlorine at least times
daily and it's also online on the

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computer and we're pretty much watching
it at all times so we don't you know run

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out. We check the finished water
turidity

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which is in this

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that's when I left just just way put
this in the little machine and it would

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read it and tell us this is about a
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so
>> turbidity is that correct

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» sir
>> turbidity is cloudiness particulate

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» [clears throat]

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» All right. We check our coine 12 times
daily. It's on the benchtop online.

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We finish our check our finished
turbidity

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um about 12 times daily.
We check the phosphate in the water one

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time. Iron one time. Alkalinity we check
daily. Hardness we check daily. Hardness

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is like if you were at the beat and you
had your soap and it don't lather up, it

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don't foam up. Well, it doesn't have
any. It's too hard. So, we don't have a

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problem. We check the maganese daily.
The um conical daily. This is the

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cornicle.
This is the water out of the lake as it

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comes into the plant. check check it to
get a basis of what bacteria is in it.

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Uh this is today's we had 138 colonies
of feal civor in one of these.

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We had two of ecoli in one of these.
That's pretty clean water.

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» That's when it comes in. You can clean
that.

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» That's the regular lake water right
there.

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» Right. Okay. That's in the water before
you clean Then we'll turn around at the

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same time and we'll test the water going
out of the plant to make sure all that

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is. And
they call it log. We have to have a

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99.99
kill rate. So if we don't do that, we

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» and all this is logged every day.
>> Y'all log this every day. Okay.

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We check manganesees daily,
the clinical daily, the presence of

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absent bacteria is what this is called.
We check it daily.

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Um
the raw turbidity which is the turbidity

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the basically the dirt in our lake
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Speaking of that, what you know you see
under the picture people in their houses

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got you know you see stuff coming out
looks like dirty water. Uh what could

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cause that?
>> You mean

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dingy water or whatever.
>> Yes. It looks like blood sometimes. So

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» that probably more likely be from the
construction.

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And u
>> what can they do? They need to contact

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the city to get that. There's a way to
clean that out.

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» Zane, we pull their meter and let them
flush it.

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» We would they call us, we we come up
there, pull their meter out where it

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don't cost them money and let run till
it clears up.

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» That's about the only thing you can do.
U

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lead copper. I think we check the pH on
the raw and the finish constantly.

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We check for sodium every 3 years. We
check gross alpha every 3 years. That's

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radiation. We check for radiation in the
water is from uranium and radium. And

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they're naturally in the ground and
they'll bleed off into the water. Um

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we check for Garia and cryptosperidium.
Garia is a cyst that can grow in the

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water. Most of it is always filtered
through a filter and gi that gets in. We

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check for cryptosperidium. It's a
parasite.

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» Our filters mostly take it out.
>> So we filter for that.

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» Sir,
>> they filter that out at the water.

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» Yes sir. It's bigger than five microns.
We can take anything out that's bigger

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than that. And so that that gets through
um the distribution

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we've got 40 samples
sample size and we do 20 a month.

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» So distribution now y'all go around to
the system this fall.

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» Yes sir. Yes sir. And we do five a week
and they're always in a section and then

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the next month we switch over to a whole
new list and

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back and forth back and forth. How far
out do you go to test those during those

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20 tests a month? Do you go to the end
of the line or halfway or

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» they're broken up? Uh we try to go
around the perimeter of our system

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because that's where we going to have
the biggest change to the lowest floor

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where we would but we also check it up
town like parties or the library and

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different places up town.

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If we do pull a bad sample, we test
upstream from the like if your house is

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here, we'll test the house below you and
the house above you and we'll test you

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to see see if it's in the section.

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» [snorts]
>> We have very few of those and

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most of the time we have one somebody
accidentally got their finger on the

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bowl or something like that and or
set the lid down upside down and

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something fell in it but just any little
speck it'll cause it'll cause to have a

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bad sign.
>> So it's not necessarily more

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contamination from your fingers, from
the faucet, whatever. Right.

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» Yes.

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Usually we try to take alcohol and
alcohol the stick where we draw in the

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sample to make sure that it's we don't
get it from the outside of the spor

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everything I can assure you is coming
out of that water That is a good part.

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We That's my reputation actually. And
I'm not going to

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» Well, EPA says it is. EPA testing says
it is too. So,

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» yes. And JK and everything's logged and
recorded, they can come and look at it

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at any time. And
um

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if they catch you falsifying or
something like down to the jail, that's

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[laughter]
>> and you lose your operator's license.

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And it took about four years to get your
operator's license. Plus, you have to

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apprentice for four years. So, you don't
want to lose that.

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It's a pretty good job. And so,
any questions? Anybody

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on council got a question?
>> They'd like to I feel like the the brown

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water or whatever is
all summer long we've been tearing out

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pipes and putting in pipes and and then
we had some breaks. Well, that

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sediment's always in your line. So, when
we have a break and it goes to running

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down that pipe, well, it stirs it every
bit up.

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» Well, that's talking about
when the tanks so we we we had the line

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break out at the hospital and the tanks
went down. So the board advisories

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could you explain that a little bit
more?

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Well, we we feel like that when we have
a break until we can take these samples

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and make sure that everything's okay, we
have people boil their water to make

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sure that they're not getting, you know,
bacteria or germs or whatever. U

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and then as soon as we get a good
sample, we take the B bowl advisory

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over. So [snorts]
>> we we had it explained to us earlier as

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precautionary.
>> We had it explained to us earlier as

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precautionary. That doesn't mean the
water's contaminated.

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» It's just precautionary because the
pressure went

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» Yes, sir. Yes, sir. When we lose
pressure on a line, say there's a mud

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hole here beside our line and a little
bitty small hole in it we don't know

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about. When we lose that pressure, that
mud hole is going to go into our pipe.

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So, we just do this to make sure nothing
like that's happened. And then once we

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get the chlorine back,
nothing's living in there. So we use a

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free chlorine which when the clean the
water say

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this will turn red.
That red is an indicator that everything

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in here has been sterilized and that's
the leftover chlorine. That's the

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amazing thing about So we're we're
riding this down the pipe with leftover

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chlorine. So if something did happen, we
still got extra chlorine in here to take

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care of it.
>> You hear a lot of times people say,

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"Well, I smell pouring in my house." Is
there way is or I smell it in the water?

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So what what causes that? And uh
>> evaporation

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most of the time when you smell
chlorine, it's slow.

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» That's I don't know why. That's what
that taught us. Can I say [snorts]

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something?
>> I agree with Tommy on that because when

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I walk up to the swimming pool when I'm
doing the chemicals on it, if you smell

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chlorine, you go check it. It's low.
Okay.

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» Is it going to hurt you though? I mean,
>> if you have low chlorine,

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» I mean,
>> well, it could if like if you had no

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chlorine, you could get bacteria. That's
what makes me think about these filters.

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If we're filtering out chlorine at your
house, then the water in your house can

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technically have bacteria in it because
there's no chlorine. You took it out. It

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should be clean coming in. But if you
worked on your plumbing or something

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like that,
a main thing is a hose pipe. Your hose

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pipes laid out sunk. So, if you've left
the tap on the spigot, the hose pipe,

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well, you've always had the tap off and
you see your hose pipe and it's got

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pressure.
>> Well, that's because the heat [snorts]

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expanded the swelled up in your hose
pipe. Well, the minute you turn your

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faucet on in the house, goes right in
your house. That could be contamination

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from your hose pipe.

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So, I'm
not really sure about the filters.

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» I don't think we could check a house. We
check it, but if you're taking the

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chlorine out that we're putting in,
I don't know how how that would stack

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up.
>> I just think we need to maybe go a

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little bit further and maybe ask, you
know, maybe, you know, you know, we need

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to if there's an answer out there, we
need to find a defense. So,

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main thing is them touching base with us
and letting us know and we can take care

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of it.
>> But and these bottles, not that green

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bottle

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that right there, you got bad sump.
Bad sump.

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Something floating around falls in here.
Bad sump. And you can have a bad sump in

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many ways. So

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if we get a bad sample, we go back and
we test your faucet. We test your house

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and we test the 11 and above to make
double sure that it's not in our water.

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» Could Could we ask
Mr. Chairman?

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» Yes, sir.
>> Could we ask our You've got two

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individuals who reached out to you. I'm
going to let the administrator

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facilitate that test. He's going to talk
to them. He's got their I'm going to

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give them their contact numbers. He can
contact them and set that up.

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» Well, we'll be able to report back the
results of that.

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» That's I want it on record. That way,
whatever we learners, we can share that

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with the public, we learn something,
too. And we're all working together. So,

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» okay. I'll put up the agenda for the
15th council meeting and have that

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reported

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something bottles. That's all they got.
One time use bottle.

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» Yeah, we spend uh
between the bottles, that little packet

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there, we spend about $3500,

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at least $3,500 over three months just
for the bottles and the little packet.

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And when the bottles come in, we check
the lot number to make sure that all the

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bottles are it's a good lot. We check we
check the growth media, make sure that

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it's doing this stuff. We we double
check, triple check, and

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I mean
we don't want bad water running out of

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our water plant. We kind of stand on
that.

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» Who's responsible for the fling program?
kind of I'm doing that sometimes.

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» Is that
>> Yes.

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» We flush we flush when we have like line
breaks samples. I

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ate through Tommy bottle. I pulled
probably over 30 samples.

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Do we have a flushing program? Like if
there's a like a

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like a trouble area cuz I know I've got
a blow off on our cold site we had for

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10 years now.
>> I'd like to locate some of the problem

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areas and look at that and maybe uh put
some uh automatic flushing systems on

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there to alleviate that. So [snorts] all
right if I could have actually 15.

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Anybody
got any?

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» Thank you, Mr.
>> Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

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» Thank you so much.
>> Thank you.

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» That could be part of your committee
report.

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» Any action that we took to remediate a
problem if they find

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I've got I want to introduce everybody
to Miss Kathy West. She's a code

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enforcement for the city.
She's a willing super and uh Tommy

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Crooks has just left and Zane Thompson.
So what I would like to talk about is a

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report
from the uh from the ad hoc committee.

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So at the end of 2025 was done by the
wala advisory ad hoc committee. This was

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a very important and neat study that was
done by the members of our community and

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employees is not that does not need to
be taken lightly and with the incoming

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of a new city city administrator take a
hard look at this report and implement

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the things they have recommended if
possible or not we need to explain. So

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let's get started during this. If y'all
if we say anything, you want to add

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anything, please do so. So, but I'm
going to go to court uh and and and talk

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about it. So, um interesting. The wilder
water advisory ad hoc committee

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conducted a detailed study of
communication practices within the city

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of Walla's water department. This
interviews with a with a water director,

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discussing with city administrative
staff and water department employees,

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conversations with customers inside and
outside the city, review of public

425
00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:50,960
concerns, communications and service
related challenges. The purpose of this

426
00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:57,200
report is to provide recommendations
that improve communication, reduce

427
00:37:53,280 --> 00:38:02,000
confusion, and support the wala
support water department staff and

428
00:37:59,920 --> 00:38:06,400
customer service across the entire
system.

429
00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:12,960
So recommendation first one improve
phone contact options and enhance

430
00:38:09,200 --> 00:38:18,160
customer access of the water department.
The most consistent raised during

431
00:38:15,680 --> 00:38:22,480
interviews and discussions was a was the
difficulty

432
00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:27,599
customers experienced when trying to
reach the water department by phone.

433
00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:32,079
Many reported long hold time voicemail
only options are difficulty reaching a

434
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:36,800
live representative. It must be
emphasized that the two boys currently

435
00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:40,400
tasked with answering the phones are
doing an excellent job. They are

436
00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:45,040
knowledgeable, courteous, and committed
to helping others. However, the call

437
00:38:42,560 --> 00:38:52,160
volume with constant walk-in traffic has
overwhelmed their capacity resulting in

438
00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:56,880
unavoidable delays and stress.
So, I think we've done a changes to our

439
00:38:54,880 --> 00:39:03,119
phone system.
>> So, we addition of the online form. I

440
00:39:00,640 --> 00:39:07,040
don't answer the phone up there tell you
what the call volume is like.

441
00:39:05,359 --> 00:39:12,240
» Um, but
>> is it

442
00:39:07,520 --> 00:39:17,280
» we added the the online form
the phone systems because the system

443
00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:22,320
will not allow them to pick up out of a
queue. it will just put the call in onto

444
00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:25,920
their phone which if they have someone
at the counter you're going to upset the

445
00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:29,680
person who's standing there because
they've got a call on them or the person

446
00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:34,079
on the phone is going to be pulled
dumped out of a queue just to be put on

447
00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:38,000
hold while they wait on the person. So
there are interviews in process of

448
00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:42,160
looking for a system that will alleviate
that so that they could put it in a

449
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:46,160
queue and then pull out of the queue.
>> Okay.

450
00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:51,079
» And correct me if I'm wrong but this
says we have two And we now have

451
00:39:54,800 --> 00:40:00,960
» committee believes winning a
professional call service would provide

452
00:39:58,720 --> 00:40:07,839
substantial relief to these employees
and improve customer experience. A call

453
00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:14,160
service would provide 247 coverage.
Never require vacation sit time pits.

454
00:40:10,880 --> 00:40:19,520
Sort calls efficiently so customers
reach direct options. Allow routine

455
00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:25,599
information to be handled automatically
and reduce the number of repeated calls

456
00:40:22,640 --> 00:40:31,920
related to outages and limes. Email
outage of emergency notifications

457
00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:36,960
to all necessary staff.
Free the water department employees to

458
00:40:34,160 --> 00:40:43,359
focus on building walk-ins and field
coordination rather than acting as

459
00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:48,320
intermediaries between customers and
repair crews. because of the inability

460
00:40:46,240 --> 00:40:52,320
to reach the water department was the
number one complaint heard during the

461
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:57,440
committee study. The creation is a
better way to contact me as a top

462
00:40:54,800 --> 00:41:03,440
recommendation of this report. I want to
go back to that just a minute. So there

463
00:41:00,319 --> 00:41:06,640
again, we got people on the phone that
are talking. The girls could be talking

464
00:41:05,040 --> 00:41:12,160
to them or the ladies could be talking
to them and you got people up there.

465
00:41:09,119 --> 00:41:19,760
It's hard to answer. It's hard to answer
the phone. So we council need to uh to

466
00:41:17,040 --> 00:41:26,720
look at that and uh look at this new
phone system and and make it easier for

467
00:41:22,319 --> 00:41:32,400
them and the uh and the citizens.
Uh two, create and distribute a how-to

468
00:41:30,240 --> 00:41:37,119
guide for phone prompts and reporting
issues. Uh to support improvements to

469
00:41:35,839 --> 00:41:41,839
the phone system, the committee
recommends that the city prepare a

470
00:41:39,040 --> 00:41:47,280
simple, clearly written explaining to
navigate the phone prompts, how to

471
00:41:44,160 --> 00:41:52,800
report outages and leaks, how to reach
billing services and departments. So,

472
00:41:50,319 --> 00:41:57,200
have we worked on anything for that so
that y'all know of? So, please [snorts]

473
00:41:55,359 --> 00:42:02,480
explain a little bit. So,
>> so I did get um access to be able to

474
00:42:00,319 --> 00:42:06,319
build the phone trees.
What's a phone tree?

475
00:42:03,839 --> 00:42:11,119
» So when you call in somewhere, the tree
is press one, press two, press three. So

476
00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:16,000
that takes you to the different levels.
Um, so with Mr. Pollson coming in, that

477
00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:20,560
is a top priority to determine how our
phone tree needs to have the act to

478
00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:27,359
react as well [snorts] as the number of
layers put in there.

479
00:42:22,240 --> 00:42:30,359
» Does that help any up front or you Okay.
um

480
00:42:31,599 --> 00:42:39,839
how to report outages and leaks. So I
seen our website and there was we had

481
00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:42,960
something uh there was something added
to make it real easy right there at the

482
00:42:41,440 --> 00:42:48,160
front. So for right now
>> there is a popup box on every page of

483
00:42:45,599 --> 00:42:53,920
the city of Laala's website so you
cannot miss how board an issue.

484
00:42:51,680 --> 00:42:59,200
» The only way that we can fix something
is if it's been reported. Um, a lot of

485
00:42:57,040 --> 00:43:03,040
times you see or hear stuff out there,
there's no way to fix it because we

486
00:43:00,720 --> 00:43:07,599
don't know who it is or don't know where
it's at. So they put anus or something

487
00:43:05,359 --> 00:43:10,160
on there, you can't fix it. So
>> Mr. Chair, can I ask?

488
00:43:09,280 --> 00:43:16,880
» Yes, sir.
>> Um, when someone reports an outage or a

489
00:43:13,920 --> 00:43:21,359
problem using the the city link, what
happens to it from there? What's the

490
00:43:18,640 --> 00:43:25,200
process? So it goes to a spreadsheet. If
it's a leak that's not a like so

491
00:43:23,839 --> 00:43:29,599
somebody calling in because there's a
leak on Main Street, then that's going

492
00:43:27,280 --> 00:43:34,720
to go out to a leak crew to go look at
it. If it's a problem with somebody's

493
00:43:31,920 --> 00:43:41,359
water being dirty, then issuing a work
order in the billing office and then

494
00:43:38,240 --> 00:43:45,119
it's going out to the crews. Then it's
needs to be reported back what the

495
00:43:43,040 --> 00:43:49,119
problem was found and then that's logged
on a work order.

496
00:43:47,200 --> 00:43:54,160
» How does that get to Who's who's the
traffic cop on that?

497
00:43:50,480 --> 00:43:57,839
» Um, so Christina, um, Coral and Lindsay
all can have all have access and are

498
00:43:56,400 --> 00:44:01,599
monitoring that daily.
>> Can you explain the process of that,

499
00:43:59,520 --> 00:44:05,520
Christina? How y'all do that and what
you do?

500
00:44:02,960 --> 00:44:10,800
» So, just like what Kathy had explained,
a customer puts in a an issue that they

501
00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:16,960
are having, it comes up on our
spreadsheet detailed with the customer's

502
00:44:13,200 --> 00:44:21,200
name, their address, giving us as many
details they can what they are

503
00:44:18,720 --> 00:44:26,000
experiencing so that we can get someone
out there to exactly what is going on

504
00:44:24,640 --> 00:44:29,440
quickly.
>> What's the turn around time on the

505
00:44:28,240 --> 00:44:35,440
response?
>> Um it it just depends on what their

506
00:44:31,440 --> 00:44:39,520
issue is but I mean within a few hours
if that

507
00:44:37,280 --> 00:44:43,680
» Christina started a log sheet up there
too so explain that a little bit more to

508
00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:47,680
about
brown water and stuff like that.

509
00:44:45,520 --> 00:44:52,880
» Correct. So we have a separate log of
like brown water. That way we can relay

510
00:44:50,240 --> 00:44:57,440
that onto the water and they are aware
of different areas within our system

511
00:44:55,599 --> 00:45:01,200
that we are having issues.
>> How many of those you had? Do you see

512
00:44:59,920 --> 00:45:08,280
that?
>> Not not very many.

513
00:45:02,720 --> 00:45:08,280
» Okay. Okay. All right. We'll move on.

514
00:45:08,480 --> 00:45:18,240
How to reach Billing and customer ser?
What information customers should have

515
00:45:15,280 --> 00:45:23,280
on how to call the should be posted on
the city's website, sent through the

516
00:45:20,560 --> 00:45:28,720
city's text alert system, printed and
handed out to customers paying bills in

517
00:45:25,680 --> 00:45:32,800
person, and kept at the water uh
department service counter. Clear,

518
00:45:30,560 --> 00:45:39,280
accessible instructions will help reduce
confusion and improve communication

519
00:45:37,040 --> 00:45:42,560
consistently. Anybody got any questions
or anything to add on that?

520
00:45:41,839 --> 00:45:47,680
May
>> So, we put together the mayor's request

521
00:45:44,800 --> 00:45:52,880
PDF. You guys should seen it on um
Facebook that sends you it's [snorts] an

522
00:45:50,160 --> 00:45:55,839
interactive PDF that you can click and
dial the phone. It'll dial the phone

523
00:45:54,560 --> 00:46:01,440
number for you if you're having a
problem. It takes you to the water kit

524
00:45:59,280 --> 00:46:08,160
takes you to pretty much every page that
has information that you could ask about

525
00:46:05,200 --> 00:46:13,440
how to report the problem, how to look
up what type of issues we've had, boil

526
00:46:11,040 --> 00:46:20,160
water advisories. It takes you to the
water. Um, so there is an interactive

527
00:46:16,480 --> 00:46:22,560
PDF. Um, I could email it to anybody
that would like to see it. I believe I

528
00:46:21,520 --> 00:46:27,839
sent it to y'all.
>> It has a list of all the boil water

529
00:46:25,839 --> 00:46:32,160
outages, the reasons for that.
>> Correct.

530
00:46:28,960 --> 00:46:37,599
» It is on the city of Wallala.com
water and sewer. 3/4 of the way down the

531
00:46:35,119 --> 00:46:44,000
page, every wellwater advisory that has
been issued in 2026 is listed. and also

532
00:46:42,079 --> 00:46:48,000
all the we've done [clears throat] all
the work we've been doing which lists

533
00:46:45,839 --> 00:46:52,160
where the work's being done how much the
grants were for just goes into detail of

534
00:46:49,920 --> 00:46:56,960
all the work that we've done based on
those grants back 2024 we put out a lot

535
00:46:54,800 --> 00:47:00,880
of information on it frequently asked
questions on the water plant frequently

536
00:46:58,720 --> 00:47:04,400
asked questions on the water system and
a link to the strategy our water system

537
00:47:03,200 --> 00:47:07,400
that we put out correct
>> correct

538
00:47:08,560 --> 00:47:15,440
increase communication through social
media in the city of life. The committee

539
00:47:12,800 --> 00:47:20,400
recommends improving the frequency and
context of a communication through

540
00:47:17,200 --> 00:47:25,440
social media and the city's website.
Monthly or bimonthly

541
00:47:22,800 --> 00:47:31,839
update should include information such
as water line projects, pump station

542
00:47:28,400 --> 00:47:37,760
upgrades, status and use of grants,
year-to- date expenses and remaining

543
00:47:34,560 --> 00:47:41,680
balances of grant related projects, plan
improvement or construction that may

544
00:47:39,763 --> 00:47:46,079
[snorts] affect service and general
updates of the water department

545
00:47:43,599 --> 00:47:52,560
operations. When citizens understand
what is happening, trust increases and

546
00:47:48,560 --> 00:47:59,880
misinformation decreases.
The only Go ahead.

547
00:47:55,440 --> 00:47:59,880
» Is Is there going to be a

548
00:48:00,319 --> 00:48:08,800
like a piece put into the water bill
that says all of this or is there I mean

549
00:48:06,319 --> 00:48:14,240
I had suggested that a long time ago
that we just put you know down the

550
00:48:11,119 --> 00:48:19,520
bottom of the water bill you can put
there's probably about space about like

551
00:48:16,000 --> 00:48:23,359
this that you could put this kind of So
that everybody gets a water bill.

552
00:48:21,280 --> 00:48:28,480
Everybody sees it.
>> Could you put that in a note? We need to

553
00:48:25,200 --> 00:48:33,680
recommend that.
>> I mean, it could be just

554
00:48:30,640 --> 00:48:40,079
» as far as increased uh social media. I
think one person needs to be involved in

555
00:48:36,240 --> 00:48:46,559
that. And if we need to if we need to if
we need to discuss that, then we uh we

556
00:48:43,920 --> 00:48:53,200
give that person a time to add that. So
as far as the city's uh We have city

557
00:48:49,440 --> 00:48:56,800
social media right now. Don't you Kathy
>> right now?

558
00:48:54,480 --> 00:49:00,160
» And that that dashboard that we put is
that accessible through the city

559
00:48:58,160 --> 00:49:04,079
website.
>> So not yet. It's it does need to be on

560
00:49:01,920 --> 00:49:08,188
there, but I wanted to verify a couple
things on it to make sure

561
00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:11,200
» people to find stuff as possible.
[snorts]

562
00:49:09,119 --> 00:49:15,760
» All the information is on the website.
The interactive PDF is not on yet. It is

563
00:49:14,000 --> 00:49:20,000
on social. You can access it
>> link it in the water. someone there,

564
00:49:18,640 --> 00:49:25,359
they can just give them the address
where they can go get it.

565
00:49:23,440 --> 00:49:30,000
» All right. Number four, expand
information signage in city offices and

566
00:49:27,920 --> 00:49:35,200
along local streets. The committee
recommends expanding physical signage

567
00:49:33,119 --> 00:49:40,240
both indoors and outdoors to better
distribute important information to

568
00:49:37,680 --> 00:49:45,119
customers who may not use a digital
platforms. This may include bulletin

569
00:49:42,880 --> 00:49:50,640
boards of city hall and water department
offices, printed notices in hight

570
00:49:47,760 --> 00:49:57,200
traffic areas, reader boards or message
signs where permitted, digital displays

571
00:49:54,720 --> 00:50:03,040
inside of buildings. These tools provide
simple effective ways to publish

572
00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:08,839
outage alerts, updates, announcements,
and change in policies. So any questions

573
00:50:05,599 --> 00:50:08,839
or comments?

574
00:50:09,359 --> 00:50:18,640
We'll move on to number five. Improve
public trans public transparency on

575
00:50:15,920 --> 00:50:24,480
grant funding and require matching
dollars. Residents frequently express

576
00:50:21,760 --> 00:50:29,040
confusion about how grants work. The
committee recommends that the city

577
00:50:26,400 --> 00:50:34,480
clearly explain the total number total
amount of each grant, the required max

578
00:50:31,920 --> 00:50:39,280
from the city, what portion is fully
funded and funds are being spent.

579
00:50:37,440 --> 00:50:44,000
project timelines remaining grant
balances transparent financial

580
00:50:41,520 --> 00:50:48,559
communication promote promotes
confidence and reduces speculation or

581
00:50:47,040 --> 00:50:53,280
misunderstanding.
We have any questions or com number six

582
00:50:50,960 --> 00:50:58,960
or number five.
Okay.

583
00:50:55,040 --> 00:51:05,280
Number six provide limited access to GIS
water system map. A simplified GIS

584
00:51:02,480 --> 00:51:09,599
viewer showing only nonsensitive water
routes would provide customers with a

585
00:51:08,000 --> 00:51:14,160
better understanding of the source
connections. Sensitive or detailed

586
00:51:12,000 --> 00:51:19,839
operational information can remain
internal. Providing even limited access

587
00:51:17,280 --> 00:51:25,440
promotes transparency and reduces area
confusion among residents, developers

588
00:51:22,640 --> 00:51:29,960
and real estate. Any comments or
questions on number six?

589
00:51:31,359 --> 00:51:40,160
I was just saying our GIS map now is not
particularly accurate. I'm thinking we

590
00:51:38,000 --> 00:51:46,400
need to I know we're seeking out funding
to update our GIS and

591
00:51:43,680 --> 00:51:52,720
plan. So I think we wait till after that
then see how that

592
00:51:48,960 --> 00:51:56,960
» I have problem with that is not don't
want to be public information because it

593
00:51:54,559 --> 00:52:00,400
can be hacked and they can't come and
somebody can mess with our water lines

594
00:51:58,559 --> 00:52:05,280
and stuff that's just my personal
opinion on letting that out a homeland

595
00:52:02,960 --> 00:52:10,079
directive also about
>> yeah they're on me I have to constantly

596
00:52:08,000 --> 00:52:13,079
have to update
getting

597
00:52:13,280 --> 00:52:24,119
the routers and stuff updated on all our
stuff for home and everybody.

598
00:52:19,839 --> 00:52:24,119
» Weren't there some attacks also

599
00:52:25,280 --> 00:52:33,200
on water systems specifically?
>> They can hack in

600
00:52:30,160 --> 00:52:38,720
they can hack into they can pump off
drain. They can do whatever.

601
00:52:37,359 --> 00:52:43,200
basically at the end of this report. I
want to go over all this. I'd like for

602
00:52:41,359 --> 00:52:49,359
you know the staff to get back and look
at all this again and come up with what

603
00:52:45,920 --> 00:52:54,640
we've done and uh to fix it or what we
need to fix it or if it's going to work

604
00:52:51,440 --> 00:53:00,880
or if it's not going to work. So uh
seven uh improving public understanding

605
00:52:58,000 --> 00:53:05,520
of why city policy fees are implemented.
Many recommends the city proactively

606
00:53:03,599 --> 00:53:10,000
explain the reason behind important
decision fee structures and policy

607
00:53:07,520 --> 00:53:15,359
changes. There are currently significant
public confusion about the cost such as

608
00:53:12,240 --> 00:53:20,720
water tap fees and credit card process
fees. Customers are often unaware that

609
00:53:18,400 --> 00:53:26,079
that some of these fees such a credit
such as credit card search charges were

610
00:53:23,680 --> 00:53:30,800
previously suspended during the co area
emergency measure and have been

611
00:53:28,480 --> 00:53:37,040
reinstated following federal and banking
guidelines. Communicating why these

612
00:53:33,520 --> 00:53:41,760
costs exist and eliminating speculation
and misunderstanding while showing

613
00:53:38,960 --> 00:53:46,079
residents the decisions are based on
regulations, cost recovery, and

614
00:53:44,000 --> 00:53:52,319
financial responsibility. The type of
explanation should be included. Official

615
00:53:49,200 --> 00:53:57,520
announcements, city website updates,
social media posts, signage, signage and

616
00:53:55,359 --> 00:54:01,520
office and press release with new
policies are implemented. Clear

617
00:53:59,839 --> 00:54:06,720
proactive communication will
significantly reduce negative feedback

618
00:54:04,000 --> 00:54:09,720
and confusion to the comm
community.

619
00:54:10,640 --> 00:54:17,119
Any question? How's it going?
People come in when they their bills and

620
00:54:15,599 --> 00:54:21,280
stuff. Are they asking questions about
that?

621
00:54:18,480 --> 00:54:27,760
» Not as much as now, I think. Um, you
know, we just did a software conversion

622
00:54:23,359 --> 00:54:31,920
a little over a year ago, new system,
different ways. There was a lot of

623
00:54:29,119 --> 00:54:36,400
confusion then, not so much anymore.
>> Okay.

624
00:54:33,839 --> 00:54:38,720
So, if I could Yes, sir.
>> Your water tap fees.

625
00:54:38,160 --> 00:54:43,040
» Yes, sir.
>> I know everything has went up

626
00:54:40,880 --> 00:54:47,440
tremendously.
>> Something we need to look has

627
00:54:45,119 --> 00:54:51,119
increasing. What is it costing you for
us to go out a new bill here in town?

628
00:54:50,079 --> 00:54:55,040
Put a water tap
>> in the city

629
00:54:52,960 --> 00:55:01,920
$4,000
20 $4,500 outside the city's $2,500 or

630
00:54:59,520 --> 00:55:07,040
one in $3,000.
>> You I mean you just barely get involved

631
00:55:05,200 --> 00:55:11,040
that that amount of money. I think
>> I had figured it in a while, but it cost

632
00:55:09,280 --> 00:55:15,280
me more money in the city to do a water
tap than it does outside. That's why the

633
00:55:12,880 --> 00:55:19,920
city is higher. Why is that?
>> Because you've got asphalt, you've got

634
00:55:18,000 --> 00:55:25,160
concrete, you've got all that has to be
put back in when we do taps inside city.

635
00:55:27,119 --> 00:55:31,920
You need to go.
>> It wouldn't hurt.

636
00:55:31,368 --> 00:55:36,800
[laughter]
>> I didn't It was bucking. I didn't know

637
00:55:34,160 --> 00:55:38,960
you still back. Thank you for coming in,
Tom.

638
00:55:37,119 --> 00:55:42,800
» Thank y'all.
Learned a lot.

639
00:55:39,839 --> 00:55:48,160
» Thank you so much. Thank you. Bye. All
right. Conclusion. The Wala Water

640
00:55:45,119 --> 00:55:53,280
Advisory Adoc Committee respectfully
submits this report to improve

641
00:55:50,880 --> 00:55:57,680
communications, reduce confusion, and
support both staff and water customers.

642
00:55:55,839 --> 00:56:02,400
The committee strongly emphasizes that
the water department employees are

643
00:55:59,599 --> 00:56:06,240
dedicated and doing excellent work under
challenging conditions. The

644
00:56:04,319 --> 00:56:11,440
recommendations outlined here,
especially improved phone contact

645
00:56:08,640 --> 00:56:15,920
options and clear publications, will
directly support them and improve

646
00:56:13,680 --> 00:56:21,200
overall customer experience. We
appreciate the opportunity to serve and

647
00:56:18,640 --> 00:56:26,960
stand ready to assist the city in
implementing these recommendations. So,

648
00:56:24,079 --> 00:56:31,920
um this was
uh these were members of our community

649
00:56:30,079 --> 00:56:38,160
that that took this and took a lot of
time to do it and uh we appreciate what

650
00:56:34,720 --> 00:56:43,599
they what the time that they uh put into
this. So, I'll make a recommendation

651
00:56:40,400 --> 00:56:48,400
like I said for staff to look at this uh
go through one answer the question

652
00:56:46,480 --> 00:56:52,799
whether we've already doing it or what
we need to do to fix that. So, and if

653
00:56:50,720 --> 00:56:59,760
any of if any of the council members if
y'all got anything on so along with this

654
00:56:57,280 --> 00:57:06,000
» I don't I just you know this report came
to us nine months ago and it does look

655
00:57:02,720 --> 00:57:11,359
like some of we've made some
improvements since then. turnover going

656
00:57:09,040 --> 00:57:16,000
on inside the city at the time and it
was virtually impossible to get this

657
00:57:14,079 --> 00:57:19,839
done because I didn't want this or
nobody wanted this to fall by the

658
00:57:17,839 --> 00:57:23,680
wayside. So,
>> I was just going to say so I appreciate

659
00:57:21,280 --> 00:57:26,880
the time to come back and revisit I just
wanted to make clear that this is not a

660
00:57:25,520 --> 00:57:30,559
report that was just brought to us
recently. This is a report brought to us

661
00:57:28,400 --> 00:57:33,760
several months ago and that improvements
have, you know, some improvements have

662
00:57:32,319 --> 00:57:37,880
been made in some of these areas.
>> Some of them have actually been

663
00:57:34,880 --> 00:57:37,880
implemented.

664
00:57:40,720 --> 00:57:45,240
That's all we got on that. So

665
00:57:49,760 --> 00:57:58,520
right now I want to look at this wall
reorgation utilities reorganization.

666
00:57:54,960 --> 00:57:58,520
So this was

667
00:57:58,880 --> 00:58:06,000
this is the background. The Wala
utilities department department serves

668
00:58:03,760 --> 00:58:09,440
over 7,000 customers. I think it's a
little bit

669
00:58:06,880 --> 00:58:14,640
by now are providing water treatment,
water distribution and sewer collection.

670
00:58:11,839 --> 00:58:21,200
Approximately 75% of these customers
reside outside the city limits of Wala.

671
00:58:17,520 --> 00:58:27,200
Wala owns and operates its own water
facility which has commenced operations

672
00:58:24,319 --> 00:58:33,040
in the fall of 2020. The facility was
funded by 20 million dollar revenue bond

673
00:58:30,720 --> 00:58:39,280
issued in 2018.
The utility staff manages all as of the

674
00:58:35,920 --> 00:58:43,520
system uh including treatment,
maintenance like trucking, rightway

675
00:58:41,320 --> 00:58:49,440
[snorts] maintenance, meter reading,
billing, collection and waste off water.

676
00:58:46,480 --> 00:58:53,760
Uh the department is currently led by a
director who reports to the city

677
00:58:51,119 --> 00:58:56,799
administrator. Is that still correct?
>> Yes.

678
00:58:54,319 --> 00:59:02,319
» Okay. Proposal [clears throat]
uh administration hand is proposed that

679
00:58:59,040 --> 00:59:06,960
the utility director be reassigned to to
report directly to the city council.

680
00:59:04,720 --> 00:59:12,079
Council would then be responsible for
providing direction, hiring, firing, and

681
00:59:09,839 --> 00:59:17,520
receiving reports from the director.
This change would likely necess necessit

682
00:59:15,920 --> 00:59:20,799
nec necessitate
>> necessitate.

683
00:59:19,680 --> 00:59:25,040
» That's a hard one.
>> It is minor ordinance amendments. The

684
00:59:23,040 --> 00:59:29,359
primary objective of this modification
is not to diminish the role of the city

685
00:59:27,119 --> 00:59:34,079
administrator, but rather alleviate
their workload. [snorts] Given the

686
00:59:31,280 --> 00:59:39,920
substantial size of the utility system
and added complex financial management

687
00:59:36,720 --> 00:59:46,400
related to the 2018 revenue bond, it is
proposed to offer the utilities director

688
00:59:44,079 --> 00:59:51,520
an employment contract. The measure will
provide security for the director offer

689
00:59:48,880 --> 00:59:56,960
incentives and aid in recruiting and
retaining high quality measures. So I'm

690
00:59:54,319 --> 01:00:02,960
just what I'm saying this is just these
are just ideas and we can talk about it.

691
00:59:59,520 --> 01:00:09,119
» I have one comment. I think that um
doing that

692
01:00:06,160 --> 01:00:13,680
having us responsible as though we were
managers of the water system instead of

693
01:00:11,040 --> 01:00:18,079
a professional city manager is a recipe
for disaster. I think we already have

694
01:00:16,000 --> 01:00:21,680
the hiring and firing authority, but
>> I agree with you on that. I just want to

695
01:00:19,920 --> 01:00:26,079
do that and then let them run the day
that I operate. So I don't do that. But

696
01:00:24,079 --> 01:00:31,920
» we have hiring and firing authority now
department heads and I think we let the

697
01:00:29,119 --> 01:00:36,839
administrator take care administrator
though.

698
01:00:32,720 --> 01:00:36,839
» I'm still I still

699
01:00:38,567 --> 01:00:41,680
[snorts]
>> we do they still report the

700
01:00:40,000 --> 01:00:44,640
administrator on dayto-day operations.
Otherwise, we'd have to rotate days with

701
01:00:44,240 --> 01:00:53,040
each one.
>> But the hiring needs hiring and refining

702
01:00:48,880 --> 01:00:55,359
doesn't need to go a department head
>> that changed July 1st.

703
01:00:54,319 --> 01:01:02,119
» Yes. Okay.
>> Yeah. So that that's

704
01:00:58,559 --> 01:01:02,119
out there. Um

705
01:01:02,960 --> 01:01:09,920
» currently the utility budget is
consolidated with the city's overall

706
01:01:07,359 --> 01:01:16,000
budget. Given that the utility budget
operates as an enterprise fund, it is

707
01:01:12,640 --> 01:01:20,079
proposed that it be separated into its
own distinct budget and managed

708
01:01:18,160 --> 01:01:26,000
independently from the city's overall
budget. Fund accounts would no longer be

709
01:01:23,119 --> 01:01:31,280
co-mingled, which will enhance financial
transparency and allow the independent

710
01:01:28,319 --> 01:01:35,680
accounting of funds. This change would
not prohibit movement of funds between

711
01:01:33,920 --> 01:01:40,799
different accounts. Furthermore,
separation is expected to provide

712
01:01:37,920 --> 01:01:45,040
comfort to the bond rating agencies and
bond holders. So,

713
01:01:43,359 --> 01:01:48,960
» already separated. [snorts]
>> I'm just in there. I just want people's

714
01:01:47,200 --> 01:01:52,200
got questions and stuff, so we can
answer this.

715
01:01:53,892 --> 01:01:56,240
[clears throat]
>> You're reporting on reading what we

716
01:01:55,599 --> 01:01:59,760
already
>> know, but everybody's still got

717
01:01:57,920 --> 01:02:03,520
questions and stuff. Nobody's, you know,
putting it out there. That way when we

718
01:02:01,119 --> 01:02:07,839
take it to council then we can we can
say what we've already done. These are

719
01:02:05,119 --> 01:02:12,000
stuff I hear already now about the you
know about the water fund and stuff like

720
01:02:10,480 --> 01:02:15,680
» I guess I mean you just described the
structure.

721
01:02:14,319 --> 01:02:19,280
» Appreciate you bringing it up.
>> I do appreciate you bringing it up.

722
01:02:17,440 --> 01:02:22,880
Absolutely. That gives us a chance to
actually explain that

723
01:02:21,119 --> 01:02:28,240
» yeah that's just a lot of questions out
there right now and um we we may have

724
01:02:26,720 --> 01:02:32,799
already done this but I just wanted to
bring it up again. We take it to council

725
01:02:31,280 --> 01:02:37,520
this fight to counc make a
recommendation take this vote then then

726
01:02:35,280 --> 01:02:43,960
we can go through it again and put out
there what we've already done and and

727
01:02:40,160 --> 01:02:43,960
looking at it right there

728
01:02:45,119 --> 01:02:53,119
in conjunction with the aforementioned
changes it is recommended to establish a

729
01:02:49,359 --> 01:02:58,240
wala utilities advisory board this board
will be tasked advising the utility

730
01:02:55,440 --> 01:03:02,880
directors the city council with revenue
customers in the respective

731
01:03:00,559 --> 01:03:07,280
The board would comp comprise a utility
committee chair and a representative

732
01:03:05,119 --> 01:03:12,640
from each of the following areas inside
the city limits of Coney County Council

733
01:03:10,000 --> 01:03:19,680
District 1, Okone County County District
Two and Oak County Council District 5.

734
01:03:17,200 --> 01:03:24,559
Specific prospective representatives
will be required to apply for the seat

735
01:03:22,480 --> 01:03:29,280
similar to the process for the planning
commission and board of zoning appeal.

736
01:03:27,680 --> 01:03:34,480
Additionally, representative must be a
WA utilities customer and reside within

737
01:03:32,079 --> 01:03:39,920
district they represent. The advisory
board would operate within a leg without

738
01:03:37,039 --> 01:03:44,640
legislative or executive powers. This
initiative aims to provide for customers

739
01:03:42,559 --> 01:03:51,599
residing outside the city limits to
voice their concerns and have direct

740
01:03:47,359 --> 01:03:57,839
representation of the city.
So the recogn reorganization of the

741
01:03:54,559 --> 01:04:02,720
proposal for wildlife to improve
administrative efficiency, financial

742
01:04:00,000 --> 01:04:10,000
transparency, and public engagement. Key
recommendations include the utility u

743
01:04:07,680 --> 01:04:14,720
uh they've already changed all that
report directly to the uh city council.

744
01:04:12,960 --> 01:04:18,559
I don't agree with that anymore. They
need they need that's something I want I

745
01:04:17,119 --> 01:04:22,079
don't want to hide nothing here. I want
to put it out here so everybody knows

746
01:04:20,079 --> 01:04:27,520
it. Then we can discuss it at the
council meeting if this if we vote to

747
01:04:24,559 --> 01:04:30,640
move this on um directly to the city
council and reduce the city

748
01:04:28,880 --> 01:04:36,799
administrator's workload and enhance
oversight separating the utility budget

749
01:04:33,039 --> 01:04:42,400
into independent uh enterprise fund and
better financially clarity and bond

750
01:04:39,920 --> 01:04:47,039
assurance and establishing a wall
utilities board to provide direct

751
01:04:44,319 --> 01:04:55,039
customer representation especially those
outside the city limits without any

752
01:04:49,440 --> 01:04:58,839
legislative organized power. So there's
nobody bringing in

753
01:05:00,400 --> 01:05:06,400
a very good idea.
>> You got one from each council

754
01:05:04,480 --> 01:05:11,039
represented outside. I think it's a very
good idea that I do think is a good

755
01:05:08,319 --> 01:05:17,599
idea. The other
>> one already

756
01:05:13,520 --> 01:05:17,599
» I put that out there to bring it more.

757
01:05:18,480 --> 01:05:25,520
I don't know if a lot of people
understand that right now or know that

758
01:05:21,839 --> 01:05:31,200
we've done that. So, can I'm going to
ask that we move this to a full council

759
01:05:27,920 --> 01:05:36,640
meeting and uh I make a motion and then
at that time then we can discuss this uh

760
01:05:35,039 --> 01:05:40,400
we can [clears throat] discuss what we
you know we've already made these or we

761
01:05:38,559 --> 01:05:45,359
don't want this or we don't want or we
want that and then move on.

762
01:05:42,880 --> 01:05:50,400
» So, I think we are discussing that now.
And so I believe with the administration

763
01:05:47,839 --> 01:05:53,520
change proposal here, there is no change
to be proposed. We're already doing it

764
01:05:52,559 --> 01:05:57,760
the same. Okay.
>> And with the budget, there is no change

765
01:05:55,920 --> 01:06:02,960
to be proposed. We're already doing it
this way. So I mean, I think that

766
01:06:00,559 --> 01:06:07,920
everybody on council has a copy of this
and we've now discussed it publicly. But

767
01:06:05,599 --> 01:06:12,559
what I would
but what I would love to move to full

768
01:06:10,240 --> 01:06:21,319
counsel and definitely support is public
engagement piece of this. um which is

769
01:06:15,520 --> 01:06:21,319
the utilities advisory board. So um

770
01:06:21,680 --> 01:06:26,920
I would I would love to support moving
that to full council.

771
01:06:27,520 --> 01:06:31,839
» Okay.
>> So I'll make a motion to propose the

772
01:06:30,480 --> 01:06:35,440
public engagement piece of this
reorganization to full counsel.

773
01:06:36,960 --> 01:06:40,119
I'll say

774
01:06:45,039 --> 01:06:48,039
that

775
01:06:54,480 --> 01:07:01,520
to talk about work orders
and how we how we're doing that right

776
01:06:58,799 --> 01:07:07,119
now. Uh work orders. I would like for a
work order to be to the council every

777
01:07:04,319 --> 01:07:11,440
month. It us it will help us as council
to see what the problems were during the

778
01:07:09,119 --> 01:07:16,079
month doing this. Keep us in the know
and if we need to take any actions as

779
01:07:13,440 --> 01:07:20,480
far as council we can do that. Is that a
possibility of doing that or do you see

780
01:07:18,000 --> 01:07:25,520
a problem with that or
>> there's to my knowledge a work order is

781
01:07:22,880 --> 01:07:28,160
being issued on every complaint. So
>> okay

782
01:07:25,920 --> 01:07:33,720
» that'll be easy to pull and print.
>> Okay, sounds good. Um see

783
01:07:33,920 --> 01:07:41,920
I would also flushing I'd like to see a
report of of our problem areas uh areas

784
01:07:39,839 --> 01:07:47,200
where flushing is constantly needed so
that we can uh look at the system that

785
01:07:45,039 --> 01:07:52,000
and keep it flush. We may be able to
look at automatic systems.

786
01:07:49,839 --> 01:07:57,440
Do we have somebody that's dedicated to
this

787
01:07:53,119 --> 01:08:04,839
» water does that? Okay. Um
let's see. documentation or record of a

788
01:08:01,200 --> 01:08:04,839
line or hyd.

789
01:08:24,159 --> 01:08:31,120
I'm saying like if somebody's got a
problem with say their water's dirty or

790
01:08:28,319 --> 01:08:35,679
they called in I'd like to see where
that's documented that way we can back

791
01:08:33,120 --> 01:08:41,960
and say hey we did this at this time on
this day.

792
01:08:37,759 --> 01:08:41,960
would be included in the work order

793
01:08:42,960 --> 01:08:48,719
and it is included.
We go out. We have a lot of bus. We have

794
01:08:47,440 --> 01:08:50,880
to places,
>> okay,

795
01:08:49,279 --> 01:08:56,239
» and pull samples. That's part of the
boil water. When I water come back on, I

796
01:08:53,839 --> 01:09:00,960
have to flush the water and we have to
pull samples. We have to check on site,

797
01:08:58,719 --> 01:09:05,640
make sure we got it. We pull samples. We
take them out, do the test.

798
01:09:07,920 --> 01:09:16,640
» And so, if I understand it right, the
the logging or the keeping track of that

799
01:09:14,480 --> 01:09:21,400
Turn in the sample it's attached to it.
It knows

800
01:09:17,520 --> 01:09:21,400
» we have to put where we

801
01:09:21,759 --> 01:09:28,719
» in a log book.
>> But if somebody just called in and it's

802
01:09:25,679 --> 01:09:33,640
like why you just going around doing
stuff on that too,

803
01:09:33,839 --> 01:09:41,440
not additional log. Correct. It be
harder to pull monthly report.

804
01:09:38,960 --> 01:09:44,880
» I was just going to add that it's great
to have this information so we can

805
01:09:43,199 --> 01:09:48,000
identify
So when we get we know what areas need

806
01:09:46,640 --> 01:09:49,920
to work first
>> and having this information together

807
01:09:49,600 --> 01:09:53,560
helps
>> I can get that information.

808
01:10:08,423 --> 01:10:14,880
[clears throat] And the last thing I've
got is a flag pole right here city hall.

809
01:10:12,480 --> 01:10:19,600
So, we need
>> I know that this has also been you got

810
01:10:17,360 --> 01:10:23,199
to have a ladder to get up there. I
wonder if we can fit that where it's

811
01:10:21,280 --> 01:10:30,679
easier for somebody to go out there and
and to make it easier to do that. So, if

812
01:10:27,199 --> 01:10:30,679
we can get that

813
01:10:33,120 --> 01:10:36,120
second.

814
01:10:36,159 --> 01:10:43,040
» All right.
Next up, parks, recreation, and tourism

815
01:10:39,920 --> 01:10:47,280
committee. Miss Bunning, chair, Miss
Melind, Sarah E, are you still with us?

816
01:10:44,960 --> 01:10:50,679
» I don't
Sarah E.

817
01:10:51,120 --> 01:10:57,199
» We may have lost her. I got I got Siri
on here instead.

818
01:10:56,239 --> 01:11:01,280
[laughter]
>> Oh, no.

819
01:10:59,120 --> 01:11:03,520
» And Mr. Grant. So, Miss Money, take it
away.

820
01:11:01,520 --> 01:11:10,000
» All right. I like to call this meeting
to order and welcome. Um, I'll go ahead

821
01:11:06,640 --> 01:11:14,320
and call Mr. forward um for a piece of
this. Um but first on the action

822
01:11:12,400 --> 01:11:19,840
discussion items is our park tours and
events director search. Just a reminder

823
01:11:16,400 --> 01:11:28,239
that that posting is live. It closes um
September 11th. Um we do have some um

824
01:11:23,840 --> 01:11:32,800
applicants um sitting there. Um so I
would like to request that our next

825
01:11:29,920 --> 01:11:39,920
school council that um have that on the
agenda to go through those applicants.

826
01:11:36,480 --> 01:11:44,320
parks tourism parks tourism and events
director

827
01:11:42,159 --> 01:11:51,920
» and it is posted on the website and as
well as the municipal associating Mr.

828
01:11:48,560 --> 01:11:57,040
Is that the MC website? [snorts]
>> Um,

829
01:11:53,840 --> 01:12:03,199
that's it for that. Fallation
has

830
01:11:58,239 --> 01:12:09,440
» Yes, I printed out uh each schedule.
This is all my games that are being

831
01:12:05,440 --> 01:12:11,679
played on the second page.
>> And you went live in the new center last

832
01:12:11,280 --> 01:12:13,520
night.
>> Oh, yeah.

833
01:12:12,320 --> 01:12:16,480
» Yeah, we're going to talk about that,
too.

834
01:12:14,239 --> 01:12:21,120
» Cool.
>> So, this is kind of master schedule,

835
01:12:18,080 --> 01:12:29,280
right? Everything. I love this.
>> So, you'll see that uh it's colorcoded.

836
01:12:24,320 --> 01:12:36,640
That's from soccer to 15 soccer to all
baseball and softball for this year.

837
01:12:32,480 --> 01:12:40,760
It might change, but that's what I have
going on right now.

838
01:12:42,239 --> 01:12:48,159
» Thursday.
>> Any questions on the schedule? The first

839
01:12:46,880 --> 01:12:53,120
time that we've been given a master
schedule. So, this is this is Yeah, this

840
01:12:50,960 --> 01:12:56,400
is awesome. So, now when you don't have
anything to do, you know where you can

841
01:12:54,239 --> 01:12:59,360
go and and and support our young
athletes.

842
01:12:57,520 --> 01:13:06,400
» Um and then tournaments. Can you fill us
in on the tournament schedule?

843
01:13:01,600 --> 01:13:15,600
» Uh yes. Uh so, right now they're are
trying to do a Oak County Tur volleyball

844
01:13:10,560 --> 01:13:21,320
and softball. No, sorry. Uh,
volleyball and soccer. That will be

845
01:13:26,480 --> 01:13:35,360
they're trying to do it the week of um
October 12th through the 16th. Um,

846
01:13:33,199 --> 01:13:39,520
obviously I've notified each department
that obviously we will have October

847
01:13:37,440 --> 01:13:44,239
Fest. I did tell them that I could host
eight and 10 soccer because that is at

848
01:13:41,520 --> 01:13:49,920
Memorial Field. and also volleyball. So,
I'm trying to push that so I Waller can

849
01:13:46,719 --> 01:13:55,760
actually host something uh with that.
And then the next

850
01:13:53,440 --> 01:14:01,360
after that, that's when baseball and
softball will be played. That's just

851
01:13:57,840 --> 01:14:03,920
county tournament. So,
>> and then are we going to host a Super

852
01:14:03,120 --> 01:14:12,080
Saturday?
>> Uh yes. So, right now, uh my plan is a

853
01:14:08,480 --> 01:14:16,640
Super Saturday. Uh obviously changed it.
Um

854
01:14:13,280 --> 01:14:21,679
I'm trying to shoot for September 26th.
Um, the reason I did that Saturday,

855
01:14:20,000 --> 01:14:26,640
uh, just because a lot of people know
that goes to football games that Friday

856
01:14:24,400 --> 01:14:31,600
night they're playing or it's either
Thursday or Friday. So that frees up a

857
01:14:28,480 --> 01:14:37,120
Saturday. Um,
so that's that's where I'm looking at.

858
01:14:33,520 --> 01:14:42,640
I'm going to try to do basically all the
sports that are going on. Obviously,

859
01:14:38,640 --> 01:14:46,080
it's not fair to, you know, leave one
out. We'll try to do it across the

860
01:14:44,159 --> 01:14:51,199
board, which I've kind of did a rough
draft. Um, I think I can do it all in

861
01:14:49,679 --> 01:14:55,199
one day.
>> And we're going to pull in the BRT

862
01:14:52,880 --> 01:14:58,760
Foundation to help us with gate.
>> Yes. Yes.

863
01:15:08,880 --> 01:15:15,760
» Um, okay. So, we'll move on to the
community center. um modification and

864
01:15:13,920 --> 01:15:20,560
and grand opening. So, we'll start with
the modification piece. So, kind of two

865
01:15:17,920 --> 01:15:26,080
things that we want to discuss tonight.
We had a first volleyball game there

866
01:15:24,080 --> 01:15:30,960
last night. There was excitement in the
air. I know that mayor went I know Mr.

867
01:15:28,480 --> 01:15:35,520
Pson was [clears throat] also there. Um
and we noticed right off the bat that

868
01:15:33,440 --> 01:15:39,920
parking is at a pre down there. We did
have some folks not have a parking

869
01:15:37,120 --> 01:15:46,239
space. Um and so we need to start
looking at what we can parking overflow.

870
01:15:42,880 --> 01:15:52,560
U Mr. and I did talk today about some of
the the the bank like the bank parking

871
01:15:48,800 --> 01:15:56,239
there when they're um not open. There is
some parking available there with the

872
01:15:54,000 --> 01:16:01,239
sidewalk that goes to the front. Um but
we may need to look at doing some type

873
01:15:58,239 --> 01:16:01,239
of

874
01:16:01,679 --> 01:16:10,800
» parking area overflow parking.
>> One one thing too is I was looking at

875
01:16:06,159 --> 01:16:15,520
today um which I've
about too is uh there's a sidewalk that

876
01:16:13,920 --> 01:16:19,040
goes
supposed to go all the way to Open Door.

877
01:16:17,360 --> 01:16:25,199
I guess that's behind there,
>> but it does not. It stops apparently.

878
01:16:22,560 --> 01:16:30,880
» I guess I know I think John is here, but
apparently we we don't own that land

879
01:16:28,000 --> 01:16:37,120
that's to open doors. So, they stop.
There's a sidewalk that's just

880
01:16:33,760 --> 01:16:44,800
um I know last night when I came there
was people parked everywhere. Um and

881
01:16:41,600 --> 01:16:49,920
even on the side and you and Mr. Mayor,
we talked that night too. But my biggest

882
01:16:47,280 --> 01:16:54,640
concern is if I have an emergency, how's
fire? How's EMS? How are they going to

883
01:16:52,159 --> 01:17:00,480
get um
>> and obviously a volleyball night is not

884
01:16:56,640 --> 01:17:06,320
as busy as a basketball game per se. So,
we need to jump on this. So,

885
01:17:03,520 --> 01:17:10,400
» especially too like last night when
y'all saw that's just one game when

886
01:17:08,800 --> 01:17:14,080
basketball's going on. I mean, I'll have
six games a night there. So, that's

887
01:17:13,600 --> 01:17:19,040
going to be
>> obviously not all at the same time.

888
01:17:16,960 --> 01:17:24,960
» Um, so I think at this point we're just
going to ask staff to kind of come up

889
01:17:20,400 --> 01:17:31,600
with some ideas for a solution on this.
>> Make you aware. The other modification

890
01:17:27,840 --> 01:17:38,400
that we wanted to discuss was um and
I'll just let you

891
01:17:32,880 --> 01:17:43,920
» So my idea was um I proposed to tent the
windows there obviously to make it

892
01:17:40,560 --> 01:17:50,960
cooler. Um also
in our office area I have my office

893
01:17:47,520 --> 01:17:58,640
which is just one door but
I have contacted three companies. I've

894
01:17:53,600 --> 01:18:03,520
got quotes for that. Um, but you can see
out, but you can't see in. But reason I

895
01:18:01,360 --> 01:18:07,520
would like for it to be tinted is I'm
going to have documents in there, birth

896
01:18:05,440 --> 01:18:10,560
certificates,
meetings, you know, all this kind of

897
01:18:10,000 --> 01:18:15,520
stuff.
>> May I ask what are the quotes?

898
01:18:12,719 --> 01:18:20,320
» Uh, the quotes, um, there's three
quotes.

899
01:18:17,040 --> 01:18:28,320
Uh, the smallest one was $4,500.
Uh that was um the police officer, Mr.

900
01:18:24,880 --> 01:18:33,199
Mario. Um and then the other ones were
48 and $100.

901
01:18:31,040 --> 01:18:37,440
» I think this would be something, Madam
Chair, if I make that could be brought

902
01:18:34,719 --> 01:18:41,920
up with the administrator. Um it's under
$10,000. He can find money.

903
01:18:40,239 --> 01:18:50,080
» Well, I believe there's still money
sitting in the construction account.

904
01:18:46,800 --> 01:18:54,560
» Yeah. And that's what I was gonna
The only thing with Mr. Mario, uh,

905
01:18:52,320 --> 01:19:00,320
obviously he's the smallest bid, but the
only thing he asked is if we do go with

906
01:18:57,199 --> 01:19:05,280
him. He did ask if check 500 that pays
for the tent and everything for stuff to

907
01:19:02,880 --> 01:19:10,400
get going. And then he said that he
would do it on a Saturday or Sunday, did

908
01:19:07,040 --> 01:19:15,679
knock it out. Other ones, uh, they're
probably,

909
01:19:12,000 --> 01:19:19,760
um, about two months. And like me, Miss
Jesse's talked about, I'd love to get

910
01:19:17,199 --> 01:19:25,440
that done. So whenever we do a grand
opening and everything like that. So he

911
01:19:23,120 --> 01:19:31,760
is the smallest amount and he's the
fastest is what he's told me. So

912
01:19:29,679 --> 01:19:38,935
» we will leave that up to you and you can
work with Mr. P to get that done.

913
01:19:35,679 --> 01:19:44,719
» Um any other questions [cough]
[clears throat] grand opening?

914
01:19:40,960 --> 01:19:50,880
» What I have down is um September 18th,
that's on a Friday night. um 6 to 8

915
01:19:48,159 --> 01:19:56,560
maybe. Uh I did check with Wala High
School. Uh they are at Liberty that

916
01:19:54,080 --> 01:20:00,480
night. So there is not a home game in
that day.

917
01:19:57,280 --> 01:20:05,840
» September 18th is on a Friday.
>> We scoured the calendar.

918
01:20:02,800 --> 01:20:09,840
» September is tough and busy.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Please make sure that

919
01:20:07,760 --> 01:20:15,360
Senator Alexander represent
>> Yeah. I've been in contact with Hogan,

920
01:20:11,679 --> 01:20:20,080
got in contact with him. Um, and I kind
of gave them two dates or whatever. I

921
01:20:18,400 --> 01:20:24,960
was either leaning on the 18th or the
19th, but I know we have a big event,

922
01:20:22,239 --> 01:20:28,880
uh, the 19th. Uh, so the 18th I kind of
base it off of, you know, I know a lot

923
01:20:27,120 --> 01:20:32,080
of people, you know, hometown here, they
want to go to Friday night football

924
01:20:30,400 --> 01:20:37,840
games.
U with that um I kind of wrote some

925
01:20:35,360 --> 01:20:42,719
ideas uh kind of do like hot dogs and
hamburgers, shaved ice, cold peanuts,

926
01:20:40,000 --> 01:20:49,120
have water and then I've reached out to
a company well going to about blowups

927
01:20:46,480 --> 01:20:56,159
and just you know having stuff out there
and you know just give to the community

928
01:20:52,480 --> 01:21:01,760
everything would be free. Um also I've
talked going to talk with the foundation

929
01:20:59,360 --> 01:21:04,159
see if they can help with all that kind
of stuff.

930
01:21:02,239 --> 01:21:10,000
» And this will be an open house type.
>> Yes. So people can walk through, see

931
01:21:06,480 --> 01:21:16,640
what it's all about. Um,
you know, just have a good two hours. I

932
01:21:12,560 --> 01:21:20,560
mean, I just put 16 and I could be
longer, but I mean, I think two hours is

933
01:21:18,960 --> 01:21:24,080
good just to have kids around.
>> That's plenty

934
01:21:21,280 --> 01:21:29,031
» just to count just to just to see how
things

935
01:21:25,920 --> 01:21:29,031
» sounds good. [snorts]

936
01:21:30,080 --> 01:21:34,520
Oh, yep. We're back. Yes. M

937
01:21:34,719 --> 01:21:44,080
» ran out, so I had to pull in another
correctly. It was going to be on the

938
01:21:41,679 --> 01:21:49,679
19th, I mean 18. So, it's going to be
back to back events when it comes to

939
01:21:46,960 --> 01:21:51,840
Super Saturday on a Saturday. And then
Friday, [snorts] we're going to have the

940
01:21:50,640 --> 01:21:55,199
grand opening.
>> No.

941
01:21:52,719 --> 01:22:02,639
» Uh the grand opening I'm looking at is
September 18th. That's a Friday. Um, and

942
01:21:58,800 --> 01:22:07,760
then the super Saturday is September 26,
which is on Saturday.

943
01:22:05,360 --> 01:22:12,800
» Okay. So, Super Saturday got changed.
>> Yes, ma'am. I think you missed that when

944
01:22:09,360 --> 01:22:17,040
you were on the off the line, offline.
>> Okay. Okay, that's good to know. I

945
01:22:15,360 --> 01:22:22,239
didn't realize it got changed. I think
it was September 19 was the the last

946
01:22:20,800 --> 01:22:26,560
time I
>> Yeah, that's what we're going to push

947
01:22:23,440 --> 01:22:33,400
for, but obviously some things change
and I've been told that Saturday's plan.

948
01:22:41,280 --> 01:22:46,960
» Oh, yeah. Yeah.
>> Yeah. That's

949
01:22:46,080 --> 01:22:50,480
That's why
>> do we have a budget for the community

950
01:22:49,040 --> 01:22:54,880
events? Is that what we're going to
discuss as well, Jesse? But the opening

951
01:22:53,040 --> 01:23:00,400
» for the grand opening.
>> Um, right now we're working with sponsor

952
01:22:57,520 --> 01:23:04,679
» working with sponsorships and uh he's
going to reach out to the PRT

953
01:23:01,679 --> 01:23:04,679
Foundation.

954
01:23:05,040 --> 01:23:12,560
» Okay. As far as sponsorships, have them
already like in tears or is that just

955
01:23:10,080 --> 01:23:16,239
talking individually? Every company gets
how much? I don't know that it's going

956
01:23:14,639 --> 01:23:20,000
to be monetary sponsorships. I think
he's looking at donation type

957
01:23:17,679 --> 01:23:24,639
sponsorships.
>> Yeah, I've uh I've reached out to uh

958
01:23:22,560 --> 01:23:29,520
I've actually talked about the shaved
ice

959
01:23:26,880 --> 01:23:33,600
couple months ago. Um but I think it's
Tikis or something like that. And uh

960
01:23:32,080 --> 01:23:37,760
I've already I've already talked to a
guy for Bold Peanuts. When I went to

961
01:23:35,280 --> 01:23:41,199
watch all the teams played at Synica's
opening day, he told me that date would

962
01:23:39,360 --> 01:23:45,280
be good. obviously have to have space
with him, but hamburgers and hot dogs. I

963
01:23:43,679 --> 01:23:49,120
mean, maybe you can ask the foundation
or

964
01:23:46,880 --> 01:23:52,840
even pay out of my pocket just just for,
you know, just to get back.

965
01:23:52,880 --> 01:23:56,199
» Anything else?

966
01:23:58,639 --> 01:24:05,280
» Okay. Upcoming events. Um, just wanted
to touch base with uh Hispanic Heritage

967
01:24:03,199 --> 01:24:11,600
Festival. I know that the cultural has
been hard at work. Um, Miss Kathy is

968
01:24:08,000 --> 01:24:15,199
here too as the um, staff liaison. Um,
and I know that there's a meeting set up

969
01:24:13,920 --> 01:24:18,320
with department heads to make sure
everything's in place. Miss Melendez, I

970
01:24:17,440 --> 01:24:22,800
didn't know if you wanted to add
anything um, as far as that festival

971
01:24:20,880 --> 01:24:27,000
goes.
Will be happening on September 19th.

972
01:24:27,120 --> 01:24:34,480
» Um, no, just the fact that I don't know
if the numbers are all in yet, but I

973
01:24:31,360 --> 01:24:40,719
know Kathy has been doing a great job in
her role. So, I think we're up to 4,000

974
01:24:37,520 --> 01:24:45,280
or maybe 5,000 that were fundraised. Um,
so we'll have clear numbers.

975
01:24:43,199 --> 01:24:50,239
» 4,08.
>> How much?

976
01:24:45,920 --> 01:24:56,560
» 4,080 and sponsorships, 8,000 for the
funded from the city. Um, so good job.

977
01:24:54,320 --> 01:25:03,600
Yes. And they are way under budget right
now. Good to hear. Good job.

978
01:25:01,040 --> 01:25:10,639
Anything else on that?
>> I only have John for our meeting this

979
01:25:08,080 --> 01:25:14,239
Sunday. I don't know if you had any
quick update

980
01:25:12,400 --> 01:25:20,800
who else going to be in attendance.
>> Um I have received a a accepted from all

981
01:25:18,400 --> 01:25:26,239
department heads from all departments
just to go over to make sure that we are

982
01:25:22,639 --> 01:25:30,400
all on the same page. Yes, ma'am.
>> And this is organizational meeting for

983
01:25:28,719 --> 01:25:34,960
Hispanic Heritage.
>> That's correct.

984
01:25:31,760 --> 01:25:40,639
» Yes. It's a typical special type meeting
that is that that

985
01:25:37,600 --> 01:25:44,800
typically has for all events.
>> Yes.

986
01:25:42,239 --> 01:25:49,760
» All right. Moving on to um signage at
Sertoma. So, this is kind of two

987
01:25:47,199 --> 01:25:54,000
conversation. There's um some signs have
been here for all of our parks, but

988
01:25:51,520 --> 01:25:58,880
specifically Tacoma um that will be
going up soon. Um some of them are just

989
01:25:56,320 --> 01:26:04,239
like the field numbers so that folks
that haven't been to Saroma um for the

990
01:26:01,840 --> 01:26:11,280
first time will know where to find uh
their age group playing um and those are

991
01:26:07,840 --> 01:26:14,320
in the works of being um put up.
Correct.

992
01:26:12,320 --> 01:26:21,440
» I think so. You have you have the signs,
don't you? The signs

993
01:26:18,960 --> 01:26:26,880
may be messed up. I believe I had
>> I'll check.

994
01:26:22,400 --> 01:26:31,600
» Okay. Um, and the other piece is the
sign that's at the road at Soma, if

995
01:26:29,120 --> 01:26:38,400
you've driven by it lately, has kind of
it's seen its better days. Um, the

996
01:26:34,560 --> 01:26:43,679
Wallala October Fest committee has um
offered to replace that sign at no

997
01:26:40,760 --> 01:26:48,000
[snorts] cost to the city. Um, and has
actually already gotten materials

998
01:26:44,960 --> 01:26:54,800
donated. We um allow them to do that.
Um, it would go back with being the same

999
01:26:50,239 --> 01:27:02,320
size 4T by 8 foot. wooden frame. Um, I
did a rough draft. This is just a rough

1000
01:26:56,880 --> 01:27:08,320
draft. So, I I welcome feedback. Um, but
looking at something like this. Um, and

1001
01:27:05,600 --> 01:27:15,199
so, of course, this will have to go make
sure that it fits our signed ordinance.

1002
01:27:11,600 --> 01:27:21,120
Um, but just wanted to bring that.
Um I don't know that that necessarily

1003
01:27:18,000 --> 01:27:26,400
requires any action other than you know
that um I can take back the October Fest

1004
01:27:24,239 --> 01:27:29,960
committee that that we're good with
placing that sign

1005
01:27:31,920 --> 01:27:39,920
» in for committee members but has my
blessing

1006
01:27:36,400 --> 01:27:42,920
» I think it looks wonderful
>> appar

1007
01:27:43,760 --> 01:27:48,760
the business that has offered to donate
materials.

1008
01:27:50,560 --> 01:27:54,520
» All I have recalled

1009
01:27:59,600 --> 01:28:07,760
on there that are anxious to start
building

1010
01:28:04,159 --> 01:28:13,199
» one. Can I ask one bonus question? Uh
the RFQ for the new we've got money now

1011
01:28:09,840 --> 01:28:17,840
for the new bridge. We know when
>> I do not know the answer to that.

1012
01:28:16,320 --> 01:28:22,800
» We have a motion.
>> Yes.

1013
01:28:18,880 --> 01:28:27,719
» Oh, favor. Motion carries.
>> Anyone want to take a break?

1014
01:28:24,719 --> 01:28:27,719
» Absolutely.

1015
01:28:28,800 --> 01:28:36,679
» Okay.
>> All right.

1016
01:28:31,120 --> 01:28:36,679
All those safety committee meet

1017
01:28:37,679 --> 01:28:47,520
» and Mr.
So, first on the agenda,

1018
01:28:43,679 --> 01:28:50,520
careless driving ordinance,
judge,

1019
01:28:50,800 --> 01:28:55,400
bring that out.
>> I'm sorry.

1020
01:28:59,760 --> 01:29:09,520
» I'm fine right here. Honestly, um I
wanted to uh bring this up to council

1021
01:29:06,080 --> 01:29:18,400
for a good while. Um You may or may not
know this, but a Wal Municipal Court is

1022
01:29:13,280 --> 01:29:23,679
a summary level court where uh the
police officers are actually the

1023
01:29:20,880 --> 01:29:28,239
prosecuting officers.
And so they have the discretion, you

1024
01:29:25,600 --> 01:29:33,520
know, there's not an assigned solicitor.
It's their discretion in how they act or

1025
01:29:31,520 --> 01:29:40,400
proceed in a plea agreement or anything
else. and um they do engage in the

1026
01:29:37,679 --> 01:29:44,239
agreements. Um I do want to there are
some things that I may not be able to

1027
01:29:42,000 --> 01:29:49,840
speak about as a judge and I just hope
y'all just give me some grace on that.

1028
01:29:46,880 --> 01:29:56,800
Uh but I'm going to speak on what I can
or I believe I'm able to. But I'm asking

1029
01:29:52,880 --> 01:30:03,920
for the driving ordinance to be amended
to match what uh statutoily allowed for

1030
01:30:00,719 --> 01:30:09,199
my court. Um and the basis of that is
that there's been uh different times

1031
01:30:06,560 --> 01:30:16,080
where the officers have made proposals
and um they would want to use that

1032
01:30:13,440 --> 01:30:22,880
ordinance and I would have I I've had to
deny and it's just for several reasons

1033
01:30:20,560 --> 01:30:32,080
and I'm not going into exact reasons or
anything major but I do know that

1034
01:30:27,920 --> 01:30:38,080
um that is one of the officers preferred
go to But I also try to make sure

1035
01:30:35,199 --> 01:30:44,080
however I make my decision it follows
the sense of justice and that's probably

1036
01:30:40,560 --> 01:30:51,920
about as far as I can say on that. Um
currently it is allowed for $50 to $100

1037
01:30:48,159 --> 01:30:58,800
and when you you know u fine
for when you add fees and assessments

1038
01:30:55,040 --> 01:31:03,920
that is between $1586
to 25750.

1039
01:31:01,120 --> 01:31:11,199
So if you match it to the actual uh
statuto allowance, then if someone for

1040
01:31:07,760 --> 01:31:15,440
whatever reason has a let's say a
stating less than 10 miles over and

1041
01:31:13,679 --> 01:31:20,400
they're asking for some sort of
alternative, the officer is agreement,

1042
01:31:18,239 --> 01:31:25,360
they bring it to me, you know, I have to
go, well, I hear what you're saying, but

1043
01:31:22,719 --> 01:31:30,400
we're going to have to double it, double
the fine just so that they can address

1044
01:31:27,840 --> 01:31:35,920
that or have that possibility. So I'm
asking for just some grace to uh give

1045
01:31:34,080 --> 01:31:42,000
the court some discretion and allow the
office to have a wild wider discretion

1046
01:31:39,199 --> 01:31:48,400
in making proposals. I'm also asking
that the statement where

1047
01:31:46,000 --> 01:31:53,199
um it is for first time offenders is
removed.

1048
01:31:50,320 --> 01:31:58,320
Uh these officers know the citizens of
Wala and even just those that travel

1049
01:31:55,360 --> 01:32:03,679
through other bases, you know. Um I
remember one of the officers had asked

1050
01:32:01,040 --> 01:32:08,080
for um
had asked or was doing up on one issue

1051
01:32:06,400 --> 01:32:12,000
and you know the officer said on the
record and that's you know why I'm

1052
01:32:09,679 --> 01:32:16,639
saying that was on the record but um he
said hey this this gentleman you know

1053
01:32:14,320 --> 01:32:20,800
has had some problems in the past he
he's not a first time offender he's had

1054
01:32:18,960 --> 01:32:25,440
some problems in the last couple years
he's been really good about trying to

1055
01:32:23,040 --> 01:32:30,400
stick to the law do what he has to do he
doesn't want to get caught up in a

1056
01:32:26,800 --> 01:32:34,639
snowball event with you know, certain
things like if you get too many points,

1057
01:32:32,080 --> 01:32:40,639
you get your uh license suspended. Also
get an additional $100 fine at the DMV

1058
01:32:38,560 --> 01:32:44,960
and then if you have another charge and
it just kind of snowballs if you are,

1059
01:32:42,639 --> 01:32:51,440
you know, living hand
on this event, you know, or monthly. It

1060
01:32:49,199 --> 01:32:58,760
just allows people and the officers have
additional options. So, I don't know if

1061
01:32:54,320 --> 01:32:58,760
y'all have any other questions for me.

1062
01:33:07,040 --> 01:33:10,520
No, I don't.

1063
01:33:11,120 --> 01:33:17,800
» Well, if y'all don't mind, I'm actually
a bond.

1064
01:33:20,159 --> 01:33:29,760
» There is one I think.
>> Yes, that I had just suggested. It's

1065
01:33:24,960 --> 01:33:35,760
just like match What's in section one-1
for the city ordinances penalties

1066
01:33:33,199 --> 01:33:40,480
ordinance
>> appear

1067
01:33:37,600 --> 01:33:47,920
in 1998?
>> Yes. So

1068
01:33:43,360 --> 01:33:54,480
I have personally written this citation.
It was not on first time offenders

1069
01:33:50,800 --> 01:33:59,120
as a police officer. I had no idea that
that was in here. So I think she has

1070
01:33:56,800 --> 01:34:02,679
brought something to our attention that
needs to be addressed.

1071
01:34:04,400 --> 01:34:12,320
Most of the time
my experience David yours too

1072
01:34:10,400 --> 01:34:17,440
help me here.
If this was written most of the time it

1073
01:34:15,120 --> 01:34:24,280
was written to
help the person out so to speak because

1074
01:34:19,360 --> 01:34:24,280
there's no point with violation.

1075
01:34:24,400 --> 01:34:28,760
I guess
is just

1076
01:34:29,520 --> 01:34:33,400
something that we can approve.

1077
01:34:33,440 --> 01:34:40,880
» Yeah. So, let's uh
move

1078
01:34:38,080 --> 01:34:47,000
that motion.
All in favor of accept this motion.

1079
01:34:52,560 --> 01:35:01,840
» Along the chief
come on and give us a update on the

1080
01:34:59,760 --> 01:35:03,860
police department.
[clears throat]

1081
01:35:04,480 --> 01:35:09,320
We got
you guys

1082
01:35:17,920 --> 01:35:27,600
not extravagant, but it's kind of a
quick update on it. I won't keep you

1083
01:35:23,679 --> 01:35:32,719
guys too long on that portion.
U [clears throat] look look through it.

1084
01:35:30,159 --> 01:35:37,679
Uh some of you have visited the building
recently and it looks completely

1085
01:35:34,639 --> 01:35:42,480
different than it did not too long ago.
So things are moving pretty pretty

1086
01:35:39,600 --> 01:35:47,760
rapidly there. Uh I've been in contact
with M. He's our superintendent on site.

1087
01:35:45,199 --> 01:35:51,920
He's been uh wonderful and gracious,
very helpful with that stuff.

1088
01:35:49,840 --> 01:35:55,920
always excited to to walk us through
what's going on next. So, if any of you

1089
01:35:53,679 --> 01:35:59,920
guys want to take a tour, there's hard
hats and vest in there. You want them to

1090
01:35:58,400 --> 01:36:06,080
come at any time. They're they're very
accommodating with that. Uh right now on

1091
01:36:02,800 --> 01:36:09,600
site, [clears throat] there's there's a
lot of people moving. Uh when you go in

1092
01:36:08,000 --> 01:36:13,040
there, you you'll understand the hard
hat and the vest because there's just

1093
01:36:11,199 --> 01:36:17,040
people everywhere and teams working on
this and another team working on that.

1094
01:36:14,960 --> 01:36:22,320
So, the electrical is going up. You go
in, you'll notice the the metal stud

1095
01:36:19,120 --> 01:36:26,960
walls are all up. The majority of the
drywall, I think it's at 100% completion

1096
01:36:24,880 --> 01:36:30,320
on the the upper portions of that we
above the ceiling. Next, they're going

1097
01:36:28,880 --> 01:36:36,719
to come in and start doing the
insulation and drywall on the lower

1098
01:36:33,280 --> 01:36:40,080
portion. So, it's it's moving rapidly.
Um

1099
01:36:38,560 --> 01:36:44,320
there is some things we're looking at
with changes and stuff as they come,

1100
01:36:41,760 --> 01:36:47,840
whether it be uh the water tanks, water
heaters, and things, things like that

1101
01:36:46,400 --> 01:36:52,080
discussion. We have another meeting
tomorrow morning. I got to bring Mr.

1102
01:36:50,400 --> 01:36:56,639
Pollson up to speed on where we're at
with that stuff.

1103
01:36:54,639 --> 01:37:01,600
We're just kind of taking it go. It's
little things that come up. Concrete.

1104
01:36:59,679 --> 01:37:07,840
Supposed to start the curb in here soon
for the front of it. The uh the windows

1105
01:37:03,920 --> 01:37:13,840
are in. I think they're at 95%.
I think they're at 95% completion on

1106
01:37:10,480 --> 01:37:19,679
those. I think that last the the bay
window toward the the side of the back

1107
01:37:15,760 --> 01:37:23,679
is the I think we on that. So, it's
starting to you can kind of see the

1108
01:37:22,000 --> 01:37:30,239
vision now if you start walking through
it. It's coming together. We're hoping

1109
01:37:27,520 --> 01:37:35,040
Christmas in there. That's no guarantee,
but we are hoping that

1110
01:37:32,719 --> 01:37:40,400
spend Christmas in there. So, it's
moving along moving along quickly.

1111
01:37:38,159 --> 01:37:46,400
» Mr. Chair, I will add to that. I went
into the structure yesterday with uh our

1112
01:37:43,840 --> 01:37:50,639
new city administrator and we took a
look at it and that place is a lot

1113
01:37:48,719 --> 01:37:54,320
bigger on the out on the inside than it
is on the outside. There's a visual play

1114
01:37:52,480 --> 01:37:57,040
there. You look at the outside, it
doesn't look as big as it does when you

1115
01:37:55,840 --> 01:38:01,119
go inside.
>> It it does. It's a world difference when

1116
01:37:59,679 --> 01:38:05,280
you get in there. And I imagine when you
came and visited us yesterday that it

1117
01:38:03,679 --> 01:38:09,760
really looked big after coming to where
we're at now. Uh yeah,

1118
01:38:07,840 --> 01:38:13,040
» it's there's a lot there's a lot going
on there and you're trying to to get

1119
01:38:11,440 --> 01:38:16,880
every nut and bolt and everything
aligned and you're trying to look months

1120
01:38:15,199 --> 01:38:21,440
down the road to make sure you're you're
choosing everything wisely in the setup

1121
01:38:19,119 --> 01:38:26,400
with that stuff. But then you you slow
down and take a moment and captain I

1122
01:38:23,520 --> 01:38:31,560
actually did that looked around
with us yesterday. Was that your

1123
01:38:27,840 --> 01:38:31,560
impression as well?

1124
01:38:32,960 --> 01:38:40,159
» Yeah, we're uh we're excited about it.
There's There's a lot in the works with

1125
01:38:37,199 --> 01:38:45,360
that. So, we're still leaving anything
to think of. We

1126
01:38:42,880 --> 01:38:50,239
» It's moving along and uh it's looking
good. We're excited.

1127
01:38:48,560 --> 01:38:55,040
» I don't think I've worn a hard hat as
much in my life as I have [laughter]

1128
01:38:52,080 --> 01:39:00,480
over the past few days.
>> And while I may look like I know what

1129
01:38:56,880 --> 01:39:02,639
I'm doing out there, don't.
>> I got a quick quick question.

1130
01:39:02,080 --> 01:39:06,719
» Yes, sir.
>> I had a a citizen call the other day.

1131
01:39:05,040 --> 01:39:14,719
used to back in the day when I was in
the city with the the uh

1132
01:39:10,880 --> 01:39:18,480
street lights. Is there maybe one I used
to I it was hard for me to look at them

1133
01:39:16,800 --> 01:39:22,639
every night cuz I was looking for other
stuff. But is there one that is there a

1134
01:39:20,880 --> 01:39:27,360
way that y'all can pick out maybe one
night through the month or so we can

1135
01:39:24,560 --> 01:39:30,239
identify street lights that are out?
>> Yeah, absolutely.

1136
01:39:28,560 --> 01:39:34,960
» Okay. Yeah, we put that down.
>> Write the number down and so

1137
01:39:33,280 --> 01:39:38,159
I didn't It's kind of hard to do that
every night. You're looking for

1138
01:39:36,080 --> 01:39:41,679
something and but it's maybe on a Sunday
night and whatever night y'all want to

1139
01:39:39,920 --> 01:39:43,840
pick or that's up to y'all. But
>> yeah, I'll get one of the night chef

1140
01:39:42,960 --> 01:39:49,679
crew.
>> We used to take a like a yellow caution

1141
01:39:47,280 --> 01:39:54,239
tape and put it around the telephone
pole and get the number off and that way

1142
01:39:51,760 --> 01:40:00,159
they
does that or the street lights. Who does

1143
01:39:56,880 --> 01:40:03,520
the street lights? Could you could you
is that a good way to do that or

1144
01:40:01,840 --> 01:40:08,960
» Yeah, I mean either bring it to me or
let me know about it or they can actual

1145
01:40:06,400 --> 01:40:13,199
citiz can go on the website Duke Power
website and it has a place on there you

1146
01:40:12,719 --> 01:40:19,040
can
>> Okay, I want I will I'll let the

1147
01:40:17,040 --> 01:40:22,920
gentleman that call me know that also.
So, thank you.

1148
01:40:24,320 --> 01:40:29,760
» All right. Y'all have any questions on
the building?

1149
01:40:28,400 --> 01:40:32,760
I guess next thing we're going to show
you.

1150
01:40:33,520 --> 01:40:40,479
Uh, next thing we got is our Axon bodywn
cameras. And these are our body cams

1151
01:40:38,639 --> 01:40:42,499
that everybody's familiar with.
[laughter]

1152
01:40:43,280 --> 01:40:50,920
» So,
man, you got a [laughter]

1153
01:40:47,920 --> 01:40:50,920
tas

1154
01:40:51,679 --> 01:40:56,239
stop.
[laughter]

1155
01:40:54,560 --> 01:41:00,320
I do want to point out if anybody heard
a loud roboting voice in the lobby a

1156
01:40:58,400 --> 01:41:02,400
little bit ago, I apologize. This was a
lot louder than I thought it was.

1157
01:41:01,439 --> 01:41:06,480
[laughter]
>> So, uh, again, that's our body cameras.

1158
01:41:04,400 --> 01:41:11,840
I've worn them for years when all that
kind of changed years ago. What we found

1159
01:41:10,000 --> 01:41:14,400
in meeting with Axon trying to work
through some things with them.

1160
01:41:13,230 --> 01:41:19,280
[clears throat] Uh, they offer a
translator app which has proven we were

1161
01:41:17,760 --> 01:41:23,440
able to move shift some things around
that we weren't utilizing as much as I

1162
01:41:21,440 --> 01:41:27,679
guess previously that we thought we
would. and we're able to uh talk them

1163
01:41:25,920 --> 01:41:32,320
into giving us this translator app for
no more additional money or anything

1164
01:41:29,199 --> 01:41:36,639
like that. And it has proven to be very
beneficial to our our team. We were

1165
01:41:34,880 --> 01:41:40,960
going to demonstrate that with you guys
real quick. So that's all right.

1166
01:41:39,520 --> 01:41:46,719
» Real quick, I got to ask does anybody
speak any other languages?

1167
01:41:43,440 --> 01:41:49,679
That's fine. I'm going to use
>> a few.

1168
01:41:47,760 --> 01:41:51,760
» We got We got Miss Melendez if she wants
to try it also. But do you have it

1169
01:41:51,040 --> 01:41:55,920
turned on now?
>> Not right now. We can try it on there

1170
01:41:53,280 --> 01:42:02,199
and see if it recognizes that list. All
right, that list,

1171
01:41:58,880 --> 01:42:02,199
can you hear me?

1172
01:42:19,600 --> 01:42:26,719
Um, so real quick,
so the nifty thing about this is we can

1173
01:42:24,719 --> 01:42:29,920
if I walk up and I'm speak and I know
what they're speaking. I just I don't

1174
01:42:28,239 --> 01:42:34,320
speak that language. I can tell the
axon, hey, this is the language I'm

1175
01:42:32,239 --> 01:42:38,000
trying to speak with. If someone starts
talking to me and I have no idea what

1176
01:42:36,239 --> 01:42:41,679
language they're speaking, I say auto
detect. and the camera will hear them

1177
01:42:40,159 --> 01:42:46,239
talking. You figure out, okay, they're
speaking this. I will automatically

1178
01:42:43,600 --> 01:42:51,360
switch this and it'll start translating.
So, I'm gonna try it with you.

1179
01:42:49,440 --> 01:42:53,360
Give it a shot.
>> Yes, sir.

1180
01:42:51,920 --> 01:42:57,199
» Dealing with people on calls and things
like that.

1181
01:42:55,199 --> 01:43:00,800
» So, we hit the side button and connects
to the assistant. Once it's fully

1182
01:42:59,280 --> 01:43:09,920
connected, it'll tell you
>> translation. Hold button, say translate

1183
01:43:04,159 --> 01:43:09,920
to X or detect, then release button.

1184
01:43:10,320 --> 01:43:18,840
translate to Spanish.
>> Language set to Spanish.

1185
01:43:15,119 --> 01:43:18,840
» So, give me one second.

1186
01:43:19,520 --> 01:43:24,800
» Hello, I'm Captain Car with the Waldo
Police Department. I'm going to be using

1187
01:43:22,639 --> 01:43:28,159
my Axon body camera to translate this.
Once it is done speaking, I will press

1188
01:43:26,560 --> 01:43:33,159
the button again. I will have you speak
into the camera that I can understand

1189
01:43:29,760 --> 01:43:33,159
what you're saying.

1190
01:43:51,760 --> 01:43:54,920
Go ahead.

1191
01:44:02,320 --> 01:44:09,440
» Very well. Thank you, police. I need
help. I'm lost.

1192
01:44:08,000 --> 01:44:13,280
» You need to spice that up a little bit.
Sarah [laughter]

1193
01:44:11,920 --> 01:44:17,440
» translation.
>> Button.

1194
01:44:14,080 --> 01:44:20,480
» Say translate to X or auto detect
>> then release button.

1195
01:44:18,960 --> 01:44:23,280
» You want
>> So for us,

1196
01:44:22,320 --> 01:44:29,360
» that's you.
>> I we when I was there, we had I called

1197
01:44:26,320 --> 01:44:35,199
it was our Spanish book. It was a little
book and we'd have to stand there and I

1198
01:44:32,400 --> 01:44:40,800
would you'd have to read you'd have to
show them and they have to read or we'd

1199
01:44:38,000 --> 01:44:46,400
have to have an interpreter and a lot of
law enforcement Spanish things it's more

1200
01:44:43,600 --> 01:44:50,560
enforcement or you know this or that
where if we have a victim of a crime

1201
01:44:49,440 --> 01:44:53,760
this thing's going to help us
tremendously help them feel more

1202
01:44:52,080 --> 01:44:58,400
comfortable and able to you know to
understand what's going on. It's already

1203
01:44:55,600 --> 01:45:02,560
proven to be very useful for us and our
team. So, we're we're excited about it.

1204
01:45:00,239 --> 01:45:06,080
We want to get that out there to the
citizens so they know we do have those

1205
01:45:04,400 --> 01:45:10,719
capabilities and every officer in the
body cam has that capability. Now,

1206
01:45:08,800 --> 01:45:13,760
» you use an investigation also. So,
you're in an investigation. We used to

1207
01:45:12,320 --> 01:45:17,520
have an interpreter. So,
>> yes. And all that's recorded. So, no

1208
01:45:15,840 --> 01:45:21,199
matter what they say, everything's
recorded. So once yeah once the you

1209
01:45:20,000 --> 01:45:24,480
start that's late and you start
discussing with someone the axon

1210
01:45:22,960 --> 01:45:27,760
automatically starts recording that that
way it's not something you forget and

1211
01:45:26,239 --> 01:45:34,080
it's not just Spanish there's a
multitude of language it's Russian

1212
01:45:30,080 --> 01:45:38,480
German Mandarin it's multiple so
a lot of people interact with that could

1213
01:45:36,639 --> 01:45:42,800
possibly speak another language we can
understand now and it's much quicker

1214
01:45:40,960 --> 01:45:48,480
than having someone respond or trying to
call a translator or do something online

1215
01:45:45,360 --> 01:45:48,480
» and all the officers carried

1216
01:45:50,000 --> 01:45:53,628
I really [snorts]

1217
01:45:54,400 --> 01:45:59,440
» I was going to say what I really
appreciated was the prompt that it did

1218
01:45:57,840 --> 01:46:03,679
quickly whenever you were speaking an
English language

1219
01:46:01,679 --> 01:46:08,000
and it was
it was explaining to me in Spanish and

1220
01:46:05,920 --> 01:46:11,760
just listening to it it sounded very
accurate like I understood everything

1221
01:46:09,679 --> 01:46:16,480
that it was saying
because on the tech side over here it

1222
01:46:13,679 --> 01:46:21,920
didn't work as effectively but Yeah,
once I'm in town in person, I would love

1223
01:46:18,480 --> 01:46:25,360
to get with uh you guys to look at it.
>> Yeah, anytime.

1224
01:46:24,800 --> 01:46:28,080
» Well, thank you.
>> Any questions?

1225
01:46:26,880 --> 01:46:31,119
» Awesome.
>> That is really cool.

1226
01:46:28,800 --> 01:46:34,800
» Appreciate you utilizing what you
already have to make it more efficient

1227
01:46:33,040 --> 01:46:39,119
what what y'all are faced with every
day. There's no additional cost to the

1228
01:46:36,400 --> 01:46:42,560
city of juggling the program,
>> moving some things around that we felt

1229
01:46:40,960 --> 01:46:48,560
like this would be more beneficial to
our officers and our citizens than

1230
01:46:44,560 --> 01:46:54,400
another contract we had. So
>> the new ones we

1231
01:46:51,920 --> 01:46:59,119
we know that they're not quite as as
good as they used to be, but but they're

1232
01:46:56,400 --> 01:46:59,119
they hold up.

1233
01:47:00,000 --> 01:47:05,760
So there are charges that you can plug
in, but unless you were recording

1234
01:47:04,080 --> 01:47:08,639
constantly, these will last you the
shift. Um, it's just obviously there's a

1235
01:47:08,000 --> 01:47:14,920
lot more going.
>> Yeah. If you're on a pretty serious call

1236
01:47:11,040 --> 01:47:14,920
where you're out there for hours,

1237
01:47:17,280 --> 01:47:24,480
they're mandated to have that on.
>> Yeah. our they deal with with a member

1238
01:47:22,800 --> 01:47:28,400
of the public in a law enforcement
capacity then they're required to have

1239
01:47:26,639 --> 01:47:30,719
it on.
>> So if you all want to just say hi to

1240
01:47:29,920 --> 01:47:36,480
them doesn't mean they're going to
record you.

1241
01:47:31,520 --> 01:47:41,480
» Yeah. It's a law enforcement capacity.
>> Thank you.

1242
01:47:38,400 --> 01:47:41,480
» All right.

1243
01:47:48,239 --> 01:47:52,199
» And I believe we're all

1244
01:47:53,679 --> 01:48:01,239
S you in favor of the motion to adjurnn?
>> Yes.

1245
01:47:58,000 --> 01:48:01,239
» Yes, sir.