[1:44] Are you able to hear us?
[1:49] » Yep.
>> Okay. Very good. Okay.
[1:52] » Yep. Can you hear me?
>> Yes, we can. Okay. Welcome to the
[1:56] finance committee of for Monday, March
2nd, 2026. Can I get a roll call,
[2:02] please?
>> Mr. Schmidt,
[2:04] » here.
>> Mr. Salamanca,
[2:08] » here. and Mr. Simon
>> here.
[2:11] » Okay. Um,
>> Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a motion
[2:15] to approve the agendas proposed and also
the minutes of the February 16th, 2026
[2:20] meeting as proposed.
>> Okay. Can I get a second, please?
[2:27] » I second.
>> Okay. Uh, we have a motion to second.
[2:31] All in favor say I.
>> I.
[2:32] » I.
>> Opposed?
[2:35] » I.
>> Uh, motion carries. Uh travel requests,
[2:39] please.
>> You want me to take those?
[2:42] » Yes, please.
>> Okay.
[2:43] » Uh Mr. Chairman, we have a request from
or for Jeff Miller, golf maintenance 2
[2:50] to go to the advanced real class meeting
in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, March
[2:55] 9th, 10th of 2026 at amount not to
exceed $325.
[3:00] We have a request for officers A. Eers,
Lions, Kramer, and Costaella
[3:08] to attend the command presence leading
without rank training in Walke, Iowa,
[3:13] April 22nd,
uh, 2026 at an amount not to exceed $94.
[3:21] And then finally, we have a request for
Logan Cinnamon, city forester, and Jacob
[3:26] Geller, natural resource technician, uh,
to attend this, uh, shade tree course,
[3:32] short course 2026, and as February 18th,
19th, 2026, amount not to exceed $680.
[3:40] And that item was originally approved
for $580. So that is an amended
[3:46] proposal. Motion to approve those three.
[3:51] Okay. Can I get a second, please?
>> I second.
[3:54] » Okay. We have a motion and a second. Any
discussion on these items, the travel
[3:58] requests?
[4:01] » Okay. Hearing none. Um, those in favor
say I.
[4:06] » I.
>> I.
[4:09] » I.
>> Okay. And opposed.
[4:13] Okay. Hearing none. Motion passes. Um,
I'll just take the rest then.
[4:17] » Okay. Okay. Uh, I'd like to make a
motion to approve the following
[4:22] authorizations.
Uh, first off, we have Leisure Services
[4:26] portable handicap restrooms in the
amount of $116.99
[4:31] per unit. An expenditure for portable
handicap restrooms to be placed in
[4:35] various parks.
We have the airport sprinkler heads in
[4:41] the amount of $3,725.
uh an expenditure to move two sprinkler
[4:46] heads from the wet system to the
antireeze system. Uh leisure services
[4:50] request for golf course advertising in
the amount not to exceed $6,300.
[4:56] The expenditure marketing of the Gates
Park Warren and South Hills golf course
[5:01] to increase pay and revenue at each
facility. Uh the police for the AED
[5:07] battery replacement in the amount of
$4,800. The expenditure is replacement
[5:12] of 32 AED 4-year batteries for
life-saving measures on patrol. Also, we
[5:19] have the police for evidence lockers in
the amount of $19,554
[5:25] plus $1,449
shipping and handling. And this
[5:29] expenditures for six Sentinel evidence
lockers, 36x 24x79 non-pass through with
[5:36] key drop locks to replace the current
30-year evidence lockers. Uh we have the
[5:42] fire request for ventilator mounts. The
amount is $10,175.
[5:47] The expenditures for custom mounting
equipment for transport transport
[5:52] ventilators.
Finance is requesting uh the convention
[5:56] center concession concessions doughnut
machine for the amount of $7,41525
[6:03] and $340.80
shipping and handling. This is for the
[6:07] Little Orbits automatic doughnut machine
with a hopper for concessions at the
[6:12] Wateroo Convention Center. Number 11 is
a community development demolition in
[6:17] the amount of $9,177.
The expenditures for the demolition of
[6:21] 233 Gable Street to clear the site for a
new construction project. 12 is traffic
[6:28] operations department signal parts. The
amount is $19,862.20
[6:34] and $500 shipping and handling
expenditures for signal parts for
[6:38] engineering project for the
reconstruction of Broadway. And lastly,
[6:42] we have leisure services park benches in
the amount of $5,813.
[6:46] the expenditures for 12 six-foot park
benches to replace benches used out of
[6:52] our inventory for the memorial and
dedication benches in our park system
[6:55] and golf courses. We'll second those
motions.
[6:59] » Okay, we have a motion and a second. Do
we have any discussion on these items?
[7:03] » Mr. Chairman, couple things. Number one,
uh on item number four, I think we
[7:07] probably ought to put in there for the
record that there are a total of 12
[7:11] units. So, it' be 12 times the $116.99.
And then I was wondering if we could
[7:18] have I'm just curious because I have
heard this question before on item 13
[7:22] for those park benches. Todd, how how
does the person go about if they wanted
[7:27] to commemorate a loved one or something?
Do they just call your office or how
[7:32] does that work?
>> Todd Deerfield, Leisure Services
[7:35] Director. Yes. Um, just call Leisure
Services 291-4370
[7:40] and we can get them set up. We also have
it on our we have a a good little write
[7:45] up on the website at um Waterlue
Leisurervices.org
[7:52] and it it walks a person right through
how to do the uh memorial benches, a
[7:58] memorial tree purchase, whatever type of
memorial they'd like to do. And does it
[8:02] show the locations as far as where the
>> We work with them on a location.
[8:06] » Gotcha. Thank you.
>> And as a golfer, I I do like to would
[8:11] like to commend you for doing that. I
know a lot of people that I've golfed
[8:14] with over the years, and every single
time we go golfing, we it it is a nice
[8:19] memorial for anybody thinking about it
that's they have a a loved one that's a
[8:23] golfer. It's pretty neat. Everybody sees
it. So, I thank you for it.
[8:29] » Any other discussion? I mean,
>> Mr. Chair.
[8:33] » Yes, sir.
>> Uh, for number eight, these evidence
[8:35] lockers, are they going to be able to be
moved into the new city hall or are they
[8:42] stationary?
>> Yeah, Rob Duncan, police chief. Yes,
[8:44] they these are set up to move a special
spot for them already picked out. That's
[8:48] a new place.
>> Awesome. Thank you. Good question. Any
[8:52] other discussion? Okay, hearing none.
Those in favor say I.
[8:56] » I.
>> I.
[8:57] » Those opposed? I. Those opposed? Hey,
any ns? Okay, very good. Motion carries.
[9:03] Uh, budget line items to be amended.
>> Just a quick note.
[9:06] » Yes, sir. Um,
>> yes, ma'am.
[9:07] » That's okay. Uh, number was it 15? Um,
number 15 uh is actually a duplicate of
[9:14] 14. So, if we could skip approval of
that one.
[9:18] » Okay.
>> And I'll make a note in the minutes that
[9:21] they're duplicated. So, we only need to
appro um read 14 and
[9:26] 16 and 17.
>> Okay. Very good.
[9:30] All right. All right. I'd like to make a
motion to approve the budget amendment
[9:35] to increase shared program state line in
the amount of $53,123
[9:40] to budget funds received by the Waterlue
Housing Trust Fund for the Emergency
[9:45] Repair Program as submitted by Community
Development as well as approve the
[9:49] budget amendment to increase restricted
donations and cash on hand
[9:54] revenues uh lines and increase BU
building and maintenance line in the
[10:00] amount of $11,000. 375
to budget funds for memorial dedication
[10:05] benches as submitted by leisure
services. Number 17 is to approve the
[10:09] budget amendment to increase sale of
equipment and state fuel refund revenue
[10:13] lines and increase various expense lines
in the amount of $29,49
[10:19] to cover equipment and repairs as
submitted by central garage. Second.
[10:24] » Okay, we have a first a motion and a
second. Any discussion on these items?
[10:32] Okay. Hearing none. Those in favor say
I.
[10:35] » I. Opposed. Okay. Hearing none. Motion
carries. Um I'd like to um make a motion
[10:42] to add the following bill payments
from February 23rd in the amount of
[10:49] 1,642,418.88
[10:52] 88 as well as the Monday March 2nd 2026
in the amount of $2,137,42149
[11:03] and file and forward to the full council
for approval.
[11:08] » Can I get a second, please?
>> Okay. All in favor say I.
[11:12] » I.
>> I. Um opposed.
[11:16] Hearing none. Okay. Motion carries.
>> Motion to adjurnn.
[11:20] » Second.
>> Okay. Okay, we have a motion and a
[11:22] second. We are adjourned.
>> Vote on that.
[11:25] » Oh, let's vote on that. Those in favor
of adjournment,
[11:29] » I
>> I opposed. Very good. We are now
[11:32] adjourned. Thank you.