[0:00] All right. It is 6:00. Let's go ahead
[0:01] and open the meeting to order. Roll
[0:03] call, please.
[0:04] >> Casco?
[0:04] >> Here.
[0:05] >> Krueger-Engelhardt?
[0:06] >> Here.
[0:06] >> Jespersen?
[0:07] >> Here.
[0:07] >> Delaware?
[0:08] >> Here.
[0:09] >> Nelson is absent.
[0:13] » I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
[0:16] United States of America and to the
[0:18] republic for which it stands, one nation
[0:21] under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[0:24] justice for all.
[0:28] » [laughter]
[0:28] >> I'd like to acknowledge the open
[0:29] meetings act which is hanging by
[0:31] ourselves and friends. Adoption of
[0:34] agenda. [clears throat]
[0:35] >> I move to adopt the agenda.
[0:37] >> Second.
[0:39] >> Any discussion?
[0:41] Call for a vote, please.
[0:44] Motion carried 3 to 0. Approval of
[0:46] consent agenda items.
[0:48] >> I move to approve the consent agenda.
[0:50] >> Second.
[0:51] >> Any discussion?
[0:52] Call for a vote.
[0:54] >> [clears throat]
[0:55] >> Motion carried 3 to 0. All right, let's
[0:58] turn to item 26 and 27, water and sewer
[1:00] rates. We will open the public hearing
[1:01] at 6:01 p.m.
[1:10] Casey, will you say something?
[1:11] >> Yeah, I'm just [laughter] here to
[1:12] present.
[1:16] » All right, so seeing as there is no one
[1:18] in attendance, we'll go ahead and close
[1:20] the public hearing at 6:02.
[1:24] Uh consideration of first reading
[1:27] ordinance 2603.
[1:29] >> I move to approve
[1:30] >> to uh first reading of ordinance 2603.
[1:34] >> Second.
[1:37] » Ordinance 2603, an ordinance of the city
[1:40] of Waverly, Nebraska, amending title 5,
[1:42] chapter 51,
[1:44] section 5109 of the Waverly Municipal
[1:46] Code, water rates.
[1:49] >> All right.
[1:50] >> So [snorts] this the water rates show a
[1:53] proposed uh 7% increase.
[1:56] Um and this does follow the um
[2:00] JEO um utility rate study that we had
[2:03] done in 2024. And so, we would be
[2:07] um on this column here for 2027.
[2:10] And um
[2:12] it would the base charge most of our
[2:15] users, residential users, are 1-in um
[2:18] service meter. So, that would go from
[2:20] 2046 to 2189.
[2:22] And then um
[2:24] >> [clears throat]
[2:24] >> the
[2:25] um
[2:26] per gallon rate um
[2:28] would go up as well.
[2:30] Um, I did do with the proposed um 7%
[2:34] increase, I did do a
[2:36] an estimation. I took a a residential
[2:38] water bill that for the month of July um
[2:42] where they had used um 12,000 gallons of
[2:44] water.
[2:46] Um
[2:46] previously, their water bill um
[2:50] was
[2:52] uh
[2:53] $48.12,
[2:54] and that would go up to $51.45.
[2:56] [clears throat]
[2:57] So, an increase of $3.33.
[3:00] Um, in a month uh when um water
[3:03] consumption isn't being used for um
[3:06] irrigation, their bill was $31.29, and
[3:09] then went up $2.03.
[3:12] Or I'm sorry, it was $29.26, and it went
[3:14] to $31.29. So, an increase of $2.03
[3:17] with the 7% increase.
[3:20] >> And 7% is what we did the last year as
[3:22] well, correct? Right? All right.
[3:25] >> [clears throat and cough]
[3:26] >> I think most Sorry. When we when we
[3:28] looked at
[3:30] a couple of years ago when we were
[3:31] really monitoring
[3:34] the situation of water quantity, I
[3:37] believe most residents were under like
[3:41] 15,000 gallons. Is that accurate?
[3:44] >> Yeah, correct. And I
[3:45] feel that
[3:46] you know, even in the summer time
[3:49] >> [clears throat]
[3:49] >> definitely under 20,000 gallons is going
[3:51] to is definitely going to be what most
[3:53] people are paying.
[3:55] Okay.
[3:57] What questions do you guys have?
[3:59] Or comments?
[4:00] >> Did JEO studies show that we were
[4:03] the high lowest price, right?
[4:06] >> Mhm.
[4:06] >> For water of our surrounding communities
[4:09] to compare to.
[4:10] >> Yeah, exactly.
[4:12] Lincoln Public
[4:14] Works,
[4:16] I believe, has it on their
[4:20] website
[4:22] um
[4:23] a pamphlet or a
[4:24] trifold that shows the surrounding
[4:28] um communities. So, and
[4:31] anybody can get on and look what that is
[4:33] and whatever. Um I think it's about a
[4:35] year behind.
[4:37] It takes a little bit for that to get
[4:38] updated. But But that Yeah, that
[4:39] information is available to anyone.
[4:46] Anything else?
[4:48] All right. Let's go ahead and call for a
[4:50] vote, please.
[4:54] » Motion carried, three to zero.
[4:57] All right, to seek consideration of the
[4:58] first reading of ordinance 2604.
[5:00] >> I move to approve first reading of
[5:02] ordinance 2604.
[5:04] >> Second.
[5:05] >> Ordinance 2604, an ordinance of the city
[5:07] of Waverly, Nebraska, amending title 5,
[5:09] chapter 52, section 52.39
[5:12] of the Waverly Municipal Code, sewer
[5:14] base rates, and section 52.40,
[5:17] sewers and surcharge rates.
[5:21] >> Um
[5:22] same same story here, only this shows a
[5:25] 2% increase um for um sewer rates.
[5:30] Um
[5:31] and on the water user or the utility
[5:36] user that I um averaged out, um their
[5:39] previous bill was $50.05
[5:42] in July, and this goes up to $51.05, so
[5:45] an increase of $1 a month.
[5:48] Um during the month of April,
[5:51] um
[5:52] same thing cuz sewer usage is an
[5:54] average, so it will goes up a dollar
[5:57] per sewer usage.
[6:00] » Once again, this was in the study.
[6:03] >> And this was in the Yes, and this was in
[6:04] the study as well.
[6:06] Um 2% um
[6:08] and that helps us just make sure that we
[6:10] can pay cash for as much um
[6:13] definitely for all the maintenance
[6:14] projects that we do and even some
[6:16] capital improvement projects we may be
[6:18] able to pay cash for. Um with the water
[6:22] fund, um we are a little bit tighter on
[6:24] cash um reserves for the water fund, so
[6:29] that um rate study does
[6:32] make it able for us to always pay cash
[6:34] for maintenance projects that we would
[6:36] have to borrow money for most all
[6:38] capital improvement projects.
[6:42] All right.
[6:43] >> And we held steady the rates for the
[6:45] last
[6:46] 2 years.
[6:48] >> This would be the third year in a row
[6:49] we've been or two I'm sorry, two
[6:52] >> 3 years that we haven't done any
[6:54] increase.
[6:54] >> Well, the last two I don't believe we
[6:56] increased sewer.
[6:58] So, last year we did increase the sewer,
[7:01] but the pre-prior years to that we did
[7:03] not increase sewer.
[7:04] Okay.
[7:08] Anything else?
[7:11] All right, let's go ahead and call for a
[7:12] vote please.
[7:15] Motion carried 3 to 0. Number three,
[7:18] sheriff's report, Ron Ellis.
[7:20] >> Good evening.
[7:22] >> I'll send it to you. Have a smores
[7:23] cookie, thank you, Mayor.
[7:25] >> [laughter]
[7:25] >> Um I I don't have a lot, but I'm going
[7:28] to unpack what we've been working on. I
[7:29] think it's no surprise. Um this the
[7:32] e-bikes that we've been talking about,
[7:33] the e-scooters. This is a I don't even
[7:36] say it's a problem, it's just going to
[7:37] be a challenge for us. That's not going
[7:39] to go away, it's only exacerbating
[7:40] itself, and that's where we're at right
[7:42] now. So, instead of fighting water, we
[7:44] work with water, and this is what we
[7:46] have, and I think Mark sent us over a
[7:48] really nice drought starter. And what
[7:52] was nice about that is all the
[7:53] communities are on the same page as in
[7:55] hey, let's come to the table, let's
[7:56] address it. Kelsey and I are PIO, they
[7:59] and then our city officials, our
[8:01] administrators with each city and
[8:03] villages outside of Waverly,
[8:05] we all have momentum to address this.
[8:07] Embrace them, but let's make them safe.
[8:09] Let's talk about public safety. We've
[8:11] went through this ordinance, and we were
[8:14] able to make some uh we we were able to
[8:16] come up with some ideas to help it suit
[8:19] our communities to work in concert with
[8:22] each other. Now, our MOU with each
[8:24] village and each city is that the
[8:25] sheriff's office can't enforce city
[8:27] codes.
[8:28] But and if we're going to do so, how
[8:29] about we come up with something that's
[8:31] consistent across the board that we can
[8:34] all agree upon that's going to be great
[8:36] for each community that that mirrors
[8:38] each other
[8:39] to streamline my efforts. Well, as as
[8:42] important as it was for us to get
[8:44] together and have this discussion and
[8:47] send out a revised edition with some red
[8:49] lines and that we all agreed upon, it
[8:51] didn't necessarily sit well with a
[8:54] couple aspects with maybe another
[8:55] council. So, they had an idea in there
[8:58] that well, why do we need this? We don't
[8:59] need that. Then as doing this for 26
[9:03] years and
[9:04] 30 years we count my military, I've
[9:06] never been a politician, but I'm
[9:07] realizing now
[9:08] >> [laughter]
[9:09] >> what politics are about. You come to the
[9:11] table, we got a really good idea, and
[9:12] then now we have concerns. But I
[9:15] processing through this myself, I think
[9:17] that's a good idea. They're doing
[9:19] exactly what we're doing. Let's ask
[9:20] questions, let's discuss as we did as a
[9:22] group to come up with the best version
[9:25] that we can. And I think it's just going
[9:26] to take um you know, me maybe working
[9:30] with with Mark, he's kind of a spearhead
[9:32] with a lot of communities with these
[9:33] ordinances.
[9:34] >> calling me.
[9:35] >> [laughter]
[9:35] >> Good. There you go. All right, I'm done.
[9:38] Call Mark.
[9:39] So, just one of one of the instances was
[9:42] and these are simple challenges that I
[9:43] don't think we can't overcome
[9:45] is that one I think a city council
[9:47] member was concerned about requirements
[9:49] of headlights. How can we make them have
[9:50] a headlight on and and a tail light and this is just an educational piece
[9:56] for the city council to say, "Hey,
[9:57] Nebraska state statute requires
[10:00] Yeah. Bicycle headlight. This is nothing
[10:02] new. We already have this in state
[10:03] statute. You just didn't know about it.
[10:06] And I think it's just time for us to be
[10:07] able to come to the table, talk about
[10:09] it, talk about why and then not
[10:11] necessarily we're putting big old of
[10:13] lights on these things. And just what
[10:15] the lighting requirements are. It's and
[10:17] it's not tough.
[10:19] So, with that said, it put me into
[10:22] another light where I've been invited
[10:24] with Captain Vic to meet with Senator
[10:26] Holzkamm.
[10:28] Here in the early part of September
[10:30] because it wasn't too long a year ago
[10:32] when I met with the city in Lincoln and
[10:34] city attorney is like, "Yeah, this
[10:35] really isn't a problem." Well, fast
[10:37] forward to now, it's a problem.
[10:39] State Senate's recognizing this and now
[10:42] and I'm not familiar with Senator
[10:43] Holzkamm.
[10:44] I'm excited this Senator is bringing
[10:47] people to the table. Let's talk about it
[10:48] and let's see what we need to do. So, I
[10:50] want to work with Mark. I want to take a
[10:52] next step into determining if this is
[10:55] something like in my mind
[10:58] I don't know the legalities behind I've
[11:00] learned a lot sitting through here, but
[11:02] if we come up with a city ordinance, can
[11:03] we come up with a a village city
[11:05] ordinances for us to adopt and through
[11:08] the long trials of state legislature
[11:10] which can be a long extended period of
[11:12] time, once maybe state statute, we can
[11:15] maybe amend, repeal, do what we need to
[11:17] do, but get something on paper sooner
[11:20] than later. And I'm not talking waving
[11:22] three reading rules, but let's educate,
[11:24] let's get something on paper and then we
[11:26] can move forward from there and maybe
[11:28] make one state statute comes through or
[11:30] are we putting the cart before the
[11:32] horse? Do we let state legislature do
[11:34] their thing, come up with some laws?
[11:36] >> So, now we're going to
[11:37] >> That's what That's what [laughter] I'm
[11:39] kind of leaning towards is my research.
[11:40] So, I think if we can have that
[11:42] discussion of we've already got a great
[11:44] we're there. I mean, with Mark's draft
[11:46] we are there. I think it's just an
[11:47] education piece with the council to get
[11:49] a majority to say, "Hey, this is what we
[11:51] want to do." So, my most important thing
[11:53] is one, public safety. Let's get some
[11:55] out there not to necessarily enforce but
[11:57] educate to then gain that enforcement
[11:59] through the education piece. And then if
[12:00] we have to, we've got something in the
[12:02] tool box
[12:03] um if we need to buy it we we can buy
[12:05] it, but that's that's our last resort.
[12:08] Hold the children but also hold parents
[12:09] accountable. Come December 25th this is going to be a new
[12:14] story come next March. December 25th
[12:16] aren't going to be about banana seats
[12:18] and ding-dings. It's going to be about
[12:19] electric scooters, electric bikes,
[12:21] motorbikes.
[12:23] Um these these I've done a lot of
[12:25] research. These pieces of equipment,
[12:27] these tools, they're less expensive than
[12:30] a really nice pedal bike to be honest
[12:32] with you. So, I think this is something
[12:34] that we need to in my opinion and as
[12:36] Mark seems like he's
[12:38] supporting that we get something on
[12:40] paper sooner than later that we can
[12:42] agree upon. And we can move forward that
[12:43] doesn't mean we have to
[12:45] um readdress it as we we could routinely
[12:47] do with any other ordinances as time
[12:49] goes on.
[12:50] That's the work I've been doing. Um what
[12:52] we're addressing, I'd like to come back
[12:54] to the table, discuss the changes that
[12:57] we've been made, and then see do we just
[12:58] need to educate or address concerns. Do
[13:00] we have to do that formally within
[13:01] council meetings or can we just meet
[13:02] individual council members that have
[13:04] these questions or concerns so we can
[13:06] move forward with the process.
[13:09] >> Thank you.
[13:10] >> Mr. Mayor.
[13:11] >> Any questions on this? It's
[13:13] >> Speaks well of you for taking the lead
[13:14] on it.
[13:16] >> Appreciate it. So, I'll keep you
[13:18] informed. I think it's important and I
[13:19] like to do it there with Stephanie and the mayor here so we can kind of
[13:24] juggle things so you're getting the best
[13:25] information, organized information, and
[13:27] accurate information from me for you to
[13:29] process through.
[13:30] >> Cool.
[13:31] >> There was a
[13:32] >> [clears throat]
[13:32] >> really good article in the Flatwater
[13:33] Free Press just a week or a week or so
[13:36] ago.
[13:36] >> Yeah.
[13:37] >> Um it's all about this issue.
[13:39] Um one of the things they mentioned, and
[13:40] I wasn't really aware of it, something
[13:42] [cough and clears throat] they just it's
[13:43] one paragraph is all, something called
[13:45] Bike Walk Nebraska.
[13:47] It's an organization, and they have
[13:48] funding from the Metropolitan Area
[13:50] Planning Agency to develop state and
[13:53] local policy recommendations.
[13:55] So they actually have some funding
[13:56] behind it, too. So I don't know anything
[13:58] about Bike Walk Nebraska, but as you're
[14:00] looking at
[14:01] policy and stuff, this might be someone
[14:03] else that you can
[14:04] tag along with, or at least communicate
[14:06] with to see about reinventing the wheel
[14:08] kind of a thing, see what how far they
[14:10] are.
[14:10] >> Yeah, something to read, research, and
[14:11] see what that's all about.
[14:12] >> Yeah, that'd be great, but I just want
[14:13] to appreciate you know, Mark's uh
[14:16] willingness and motivation to actually
[14:17] come up with this. It's not easy, it
[14:19] takes time, and for us to have this
[14:21] draft in front of us with just a little
[14:23] bit of here and a little bit of there to
[14:25] save us uh I don't know, I just a lot of
[14:27] time. So thanks, Mark, for that, and I
[14:29] think we're close and we're there.
[14:32] >> Um
[14:33] thank you for that. A couple of things
[14:34] I'd like to add is that I think it's
[14:35] very important that we're proactive and
[14:37] not reactive. There's a lot to be said
[14:39] for too many cooks in the kitchen, and
[14:41] if we just sit back on our heels and
[14:42] wait for
[14:44] the state legislature or whoever else to
[14:46] bring [clears throat] something to us,
[14:48] something bad's going to happen before
[14:50] that, and we've been sitting here not
[14:51] doing anything.
[14:52] Um another thing is I had a um
[14:57] in situ outreach reach out to me because
[14:59] she watched our council meeting a couple
[15:00] weeks ago, which made me very happy. Uh
[15:03] but um and she does public health
[15:07] and about public health education for
[15:09] Lincoln Lancaster County. And so she
[15:11] also provided some comments, Stephanie
[15:13] allowed me to read that initial draft,
[15:15] and she provided some comments from the
[15:16] public health aspect of it. So um we're
[15:20] getting community involvement, too,
[15:21] which I think is always wonderful.
[15:23] >> Okay.
[15:23] >> So, we're good.
[15:24] >> Thank you very much.
[15:25] >> Thank you.
[15:25] >> The other interesting thing that's in
[15:27] that article, I thought was really
[15:29] interesting, is they have a graph of
[15:30] injuries from Nebraska Medicine, and
[15:32] it's just from Nebraska Medicine. But,
[15:34] it's one in 2021.
[15:37] 2024 was 34, and so far this year
[15:40] they're at 22.
[15:42] And so, and that's halfway through the
[15:44] year. This
[15:45] So, these are what's reported.
[15:47] >> And that's just
[15:48] Those are just as
[15:50] >> That's trash.
[15:51] >> And those are what's reported. Lincoln
[15:52] had a pretty serious one yester- two
[15:54] days ago, actually. Someone was filling
[15:56] me in on it. I'm like, "Wow, that kid's
[15:57] lucky to be alive." So, we you know,
[16:00] we're going to be proactive, not
[16:01] reactive to this, and that's what we
[16:03] public safety is all about, is
[16:05] recognizing and then
[16:07] making some steps to providing that.
[16:09] >> I'm sure the death rate has also
[16:11] increased since 2021 since it started.
[16:13] >> And showing it just the
[16:14] >> To me, it's amazing this number is the
[16:16] fact that it went from
[16:17] one just 5 years ago to
[16:20] >> Yeah.
[16:22] I agree.
[16:24] Okie dokie. Let's go to public comments.
[16:26] Is there anyone here from the public who
[16:27] would like to make comment on a
[16:28] non-agenda item?
[16:31] All right. Let's go ahead and move on to
[16:33] claims for payment.
[16:36] >> I move to approve claims for payment in
[16:38] the amount of $460,237.54.
[16:43] » Second.
[16:44] >> Any discussion?
[16:46] Call for vote, please.
[16:48] Motion carried, 3 to 0.
[16:50] Treasurer's report and budget and
[16:52] expense report.
[16:53] >> Move to approve the Treasurer's report
[16:55] and budget and expense report.
[16:57] >> Second.
[16:59] >> Any discussion?
[17:00] Call for vote, please.
[17:03] Motion carried, 3 to 0.
[17:06] All right, let's go to consideration of
[17:07] resolution 2617.
[17:09] >> I move to approve resolution 2617
[17:12] approving the alarm renewal resolution.
[17:14] >> And then you need
[17:16] >> Okay.
[17:17] >> Make your resolution
[17:19] >> Yeah. 3 years.
[17:20] >> Yes.
[17:21] I move to approve the consideration of
[17:23] resolution 2617 approving the alarm
[17:25] renewal resolution for three
[17:27] [clears throat] years.
[17:28] >> Second.
[17:31] » Uh
[17:32] discussion?
[17:34] Three years is usually what we do, isn't
[17:36] it?
[17:37] >> Correct. And um they did not raise any
[17:40] um they had zero rate adjustment for
[17:42] property and for liability coverages. Um
[17:46] workers compensation did go up
[17:48] 5%.
[17:50] Um they have
[17:52] gone through um we we sit down with them
[17:54] every year and have a thorough review of
[17:56] all of our property and equipment and
[17:58] everything.
[17:59] Um and so we did not see any increase on
[18:02] property
[18:03] um
[18:04] at all because we didn't have any
[18:06] changes in property um that they needed
[18:09] to make any
[18:10] rate increases on or on value increases,
[18:13] I should say. Um our workers
[18:15] compensation did go up significantly and
[18:18] we are working with them just to make
[18:20] sure that it's accurate, but otherwise
[18:22] that's the only increase that we saw was
[18:23] in workers compensation. So.
[18:26] >> Okay. Any discussion? Any further
[18:28] discussion?
[18:29] >> [clears throat]
[18:30] >> All in favor, please
[18:34] Motion carried three to zero.
[18:36] All right, let's jump down to 9A
[18:38] consideration and approval of the
[18:39] Applied Connected Technologies for
[18:40] managed IT services and server upgrades.
[18:44] >> I move to approve uh the agreement with
[18:46] Applied Connected Technologies for
[18:48] managed IT services and server upgrades.
[18:51] >> Second.
[18:53] >> All right, we have Casey Beitler here.
[18:55] >> I don't know where you want me to
[18:56] >> Yeah, yeah, that's fine.
[18:57] >> That works. Okay.
[18:59] Uh so my name is Casey Beitler. Um I've
[19:01] been with Applied Connected here for
[19:04] just about six months, but in the space
[19:06] we're over 11 years. So,
[19:08] um not new to the space by any means. Um
[19:10] we were approached by you all to put
[19:12] together a proposal for services on the
[19:15] IT front. Um,
[19:16] sounds like there was some frustration
[19:18] with the current current provider, but
[19:20] what ultimately what we were looking to
[19:22] accomplish was to be more proactive and
[19:25] make sure that we were aligning really
[19:27] well with the organization and where you
[19:28] guys are headed over the next 3 to 5
[19:30] years. So, that's what we put together
[19:32] today. Um, we've been in business for a
[19:34] little over 22 years at this point. Um,
[19:37] and uh six locations across the state of
[19:40] Nebraska and uh yeah, a lot of a lot of
[19:44] different um
[19:45] organizations that we work with from the
[19:47] city and um
[19:49] county level. So,
[19:51] probably talk about that a little bit,
[19:52] but over 110 county and
[19:56] adjacent is what I would call it
[19:58] different clients and then over 25
[20:00] cities that we provide IT for today.
[20:03] So.
[20:04] >> Talking talking to uh Casey as we've
[20:07] been going through this, um
[20:10] one of the biggest things for us was
[20:12] being again, I guess that's a theme for
[20:14] today is being proactive versus
[20:16] reactive. Um,
[20:18] and you know,
[20:20] government is targeted very hard
[20:22] all the time with ransomware and cyber
[20:24] attacks.
[20:25] Um, and we need to be prepared and we
[20:27] need someone No one in this office is an
[20:29] IT person. Um,
[20:31] so we need an IT group that is actively
[20:34] looking at these threats, assessing
[20:36] them, and reaching out to us saying
[20:39] there's this vulnerability and all these
[20:41] kinds of things. And I think that's what
[20:42] Applied Connective will do. Um,
[20:45] so.
[20:48] » I don't think I have anything
[20:51] >> [laughter]
[20:53] » Is there anything you would like me to
[20:54] go into further detail?
[20:56] >> Well, let's ask let's ask these let's
[20:57] ask these guys. They've they've looked
[20:59] at this stuff. Is there anything you
[21:01] would like more information on while
[21:02] he's here to kind of chat with you
[21:05] about why we're doing something, what
[21:07] we're doing.
[21:10] >> And I that explanation of we found the
[21:13] last glitch that came in and had to
[21:16] contact our previous companies kind of
[21:19] says everything. Right.
[21:21] You know, having somebody that's
[21:22] actually going to look out for us and
[21:25] check it before we find it, I think is
[21:28] pretty big. So. Yeah. And I think you
[21:30] said that probably the biggest thing
[21:32] that's really advantageous is that
[21:33] they'll manage um
[21:35] the lifespan of all of our equipment. Um
[21:37] and I think that that's um super helpful
[21:40] for for me, too. Um
[21:42] and making sure that we're getting
[21:45] our our stuff rotated around like we
[21:47] should. So.
[21:48] >> And not all at once. So, that was
[21:50] another thing that um
[21:52] you know, there was a $30,000 server
[21:54] that just came out of nowhere that we
[21:55] had to replace. So, we've got a budget
[21:57] and that was
[21:58] >> And that wasn't in it.
[21:59] >> That wasn't in it.
[22:00] So, no one had said anything about it.
[22:02] So, making sure that they're being
[22:04] proactive on our behalf.
[22:06] Um and making sure we're budgeting these
[22:08] kinds of expensive
[22:09] uh or expenses. Um
[22:11] another thing we talked about was moving
[22:13] our physical server that's on premises
[22:16] on purpose
[22:17] to a cloud server to be able to manage everything that we instead of
[22:22] actually buying that physical hardware.
[22:23] So, that's something we'll be working
[22:25] with them in the future to do.
[22:27] Um but we don't have to do it yet
[22:29] because Casey's kind of helped us figure
[22:31] some stuff out.
[22:32] >> Yeah.
[22:35] » How does this integrate into the new
[22:37] fire station and that part of it?
[22:40] >> Great question.
[22:41] >> Yeah. Uh one of the things I can talk
[22:42] through there is we're a managed service
[22:44] provider. Um one of the things that
[22:46] makes us unique is we don't just manage
[22:49] IT. So, we also have a division that
[22:51] does phones, so enterprise phone
[22:52] systems. We also have a division that
[22:54] does what we call and what we consider
[22:56] AVS. That AVS side is what we call
[23:00] anything audio video services. So,
[23:02] that's cabling, that's cameras, that's
[23:04] access control, overhead paging,
[23:07] uh yeah, anything that kind of falls
[23:09] under that that category. So, one of the
[23:11] things that we align extremely well on that front is being able to provide
[23:15] some of those additional services rather
[23:18] than having to kind of piece together
[23:20] five different vendors for it all. Um we
[23:22] can we can kind of step in and and put
[23:24] some proposals together and and have
[23:26] some plans there for that future future
[23:28] state.
[23:29] >> Thank you for saying that cuz that was
[23:30] another thing is that we have several
[23:31] different vendors for different things
[23:34] that we're doing around the city, and we
[23:36] are going to be able to consolidate all
[23:38] of that and and let them manage all that
[23:41] from cameras to the security with the
[23:44] new buildings that we're we're working
[23:46] on and all that kind of stuff.
[23:47] So, piecemealing everything together.
[23:51] >> Yeah.
[23:52] >> That's very awesome.
[23:53] Anything else?
[23:54] >> Sounds good.
[23:55] >> All right, let's go ahead and approve this.
[23:59] Motion carried, three to zero vote.
[24:02] Thank you, Casey.
[24:03] >> Thank you. I appreciate it.
[24:04] >> Stephanie, we'll be in touch.
[24:06] >> [laughter]
[24:06] >> Thanks for being here.
[24:08] >> [clears throat]
[24:09] >> All right, let's go ahead 9B
[24:11] consideration of scope change number two
[24:12] from JEO Consulting Group for new well
[24:14] siting project.
[24:16] >> I move to approve a scope change number
[24:18] two from JEO Consulting Group for the
[24:21] new well siting project.
[24:22] >> Second.
[24:24] >> Okay, so this is a change in
[24:27] scope of what JEO will be doing on um
[24:32] our test well
[24:34] project that we've been um
[24:36] undertaking.
[24:37] Um what this does is it changes um a
[24:39] little bit more project management, a
[24:41] thousand dollars, um the test well
[24:44] program
[24:46] for ten thousand dollars. This is JEO's
[24:48] review of all of the data that comes in
[24:50] from all of the test wells.
[24:52] Um
[24:54] and then the hydro the test hole and
[24:58] test well drilling support. So, there's
[25:00] more engineering work that goes along
[25:02] with the test wells.
[25:04] Hydrogeologic report. So, um
[25:08] in order for us to add
[25:11] a well or two wells or zero wells to our
[25:15] existing well field south of town,
[25:18] um the NRD has
[25:21] mandated that we do a hydrogeologic
[25:24] report to determine whether there a new
[25:28] well will impact the drawdown on any of
[25:30] the other wells, the existing wells that
[25:32] are there.
[25:33] Um
[25:35] so,
[25:37] this could tell us that we could have
[25:39] zero additional wells. It could tell us
[25:41] that we could have one additional well.
[25:42] It could tell us that we could have two
[25:44] additional wells on that site. But, this
[25:46] will be a very thorough study of the
[25:49] water supply in the area and how it's
[25:51] impacted by drilling additional an
[25:54] additional well. Um they will run these
[25:56] wells for 24 hours um and see what the
[25:59] drawdown how it impacts other wells
[26:01] adjacent to it.
[26:03] Um so,
[26:04] that's the $10,230.
[26:08] And then, the water treatment evaluation
[26:11] is a high-level study of what it would
[26:15] cost for us to build a water treatment
[26:17] facility if we were to utilize some of
[26:21] what [clears throat]
[26:22] utilize the area near the city that's in
[26:25] the alluvial aquifer
[26:27] where we have high iron and manganese.
[26:30] And in order to use that water, we would
[26:32] have to have a water treatment facility.
[26:35] And so, this is what
[26:36] a high-level evaluation
[26:39] tells what a water treatment facility
[26:41] would cost and what it would take to do
[26:42] that. So,
[26:44] all of that's going to be $29,730
[26:48] in addition to what we were already
[26:50] paying JEO. [clears throat]
[26:54] We do have Lancaster County ARPA funds
[26:57] that we were um
[26:59] given
[27:01] to use for um
[27:02] well sighting project.
[27:04] Um
[27:06] We were awarded 478,516
[27:10] thousand dollars from Lancaster County's
[27:12] ARPA.
[27:14] To date, we have spent 206,665
[27:18] dollars.
[27:20] With the change order this change order
[27:22] and the following agenda item change
[27:24] order, that will come to 487,000
[27:28] or 847 dollars.
[27:31] That means we will have exceeded the
[27:33] ARPA funds by 9,330 dollars. We would
[27:36] have to use 9,330 dollars cash to to do
[27:40] all of this work. So.
[27:44] Um
[27:45] so anyway, that's
[27:46] this is the JEO agreement to do the
[27:49] additional [clears throat] engineering
[27:50] side of the work. The next agenda item
[27:52] is the actual test wells
[27:55] um
[27:56] being dug by Sargent.
[27:58] So.
[28:01] » Well, I think the I mean, the 10,230,
[28:03] there's nothing we can do about that.
[28:05] The NRD is making us do that.
[28:07] I think the water treatment evaluation
[28:09] is something that goes right along with
[28:11] this to see
[28:13] instead of taking building a well 10
[28:16] miles outside of town and just drop one
[28:18] right up here
[28:19] and treat that water.
[28:22] I just have a hard time believing that doesn't outweigh the cost of
[28:26] taking water all the way down to
[28:28] somewhere else.
[28:29] >> Yeah.
[28:31] But and that's what we'll find out.
[28:32] >> Right. And that's being
[28:34] >> And maybe
[28:35] we're wrong.
[28:36] >> [laughter]
[28:37] >> They'll tell us. Yeah, we don't know.
[28:39] >> Yeah, I think it's well worth the money
[28:40] even if it's eliminating possibilities.
[28:42] So even if we don't find that
[28:44] a source, it's eliminating spots. I
[28:47] think that that's well worth money. And
[28:48] I think it's a perfect use of what our
[28:50] water funds are
[28:51] >> used for, too.
[28:52] >> Yeah, at one time.
[28:53] >> Yeah.
[28:53] >> solutions. And this is obviously one of
[28:56] the biggest
[28:57] issues that we have here in Wylie. So,
[28:59] and it's a good use of funds.
[29:03] » With the the projects and the
[29:04] engineering and everything that we have
[29:06] out right now,
[29:09] where are we kind of at if this doesn't
[29:11] play out and and
[29:13] anything comes of it, are we kind of
[29:14] back to searching for new locations? Is
[29:17] that where we're at or
[29:19] >> So, the the next agenda item is doing
[29:23] Excuse [clears throat] me, additional
[29:24] test wells. Um and those are along 162nd
[29:27] Street south of town. The other one is
[29:30] going to be north of town at 141st
[29:34] and Branch Oak area.
[29:37] And so,
[29:38] >> So, we're getting out there quite a
[29:39] >> So, we are getting out, you know, just
[29:41] trying to almost a process of
[29:44] elimination.
[29:46] You know, to say that we we have
[29:49] done we have looked, you know, and these
[29:51] are the this is what we have. These are
[29:53] our opportunities that we
[29:56] have.
[29:57] Um
[29:58] And again, this is for long-term
[30:02] um you know, preservation of of water
[30:05] sources for our city. So, um we're able
[30:08] to meet demand every day, all day, every
[30:10] day.
[30:11] Um
[30:12] you know, currently
[30:14] we we are not experiencing any issues.
[30:17] This is a long-term solution for the
[30:19] preservation of our community.
[30:23] » Hopefully we can get to the point where
[30:24] we have the information where we can
[30:26] make a decision whether to
[30:29] do a new well or pivot to a
[30:31] water treatment plant.
[30:32] >> Yeah.
[30:34] Hopefully after this.
[30:35] >> I think at the next
[30:38] the set of test wells on that next
[30:40] agenda item, That's where it's
[30:44] that area that it's been reasonable, you
[30:46] know. I mean, beyond those areas, we're
[30:49] getting to where it's been lift, you
[30:52] know.
[30:52] And and definitely, I think treatment
[30:55] would be a smart option at that point.
[31:01] » Anything else, Kelly?
[31:03] All right, go ahead and call for a vote,
[31:04] please.
[31:07] Motion carried 3 to 0. All right,
[31:09] consideration of change order number two
[31:11] from Sargeant Drilling.
[31:15] » I move to approve uh the change order
[31:17] number two from Sargeant Drilling for
[31:19] test well setting project.
[31:21] >> Second.
[31:23] >> Okay, so some of these are the test
[31:25] wells that will be drilled down on 162nd
[31:28] Street between more or less between Albo
[31:32] and Fletcher, and then the one test well
[31:35] that's up north, and then the other
[31:38] wells that are going to be um drilled
[31:40] are on the existing well field. Um and
[31:43] that's to
[31:45] for that study, that hydrogeologic study
[31:47] that has to be done.
[31:51] So.
[31:54] And there's where it talks about that
[31:55] it's they're done on four hour step
[31:58] rates, um and then they also do a
[32:00] 24-hour constant rate
[32:02] on those test pumps
[32:04] in the existing well field.
[32:09] » Any discussion?
[32:11] >> So, what is the net
[32:13] change?
[32:14] >> So, this is the 251,452.
[32:33] » Okay.
[32:35] All right, go ahead and call for a vote,
[32:36] please.
[32:39] » Motion carried, 3 to 0.
[32:41] >> [laughter]
[32:46] » Um all right, let's go to committee
[32:47] reports.
[32:48] Does anybody have anything for Dave,
[32:50] parks director? Do you have something?
[32:57] » [laughter]
[33:10] » Um so uh the tennis courts were painted
[33:14] um and um
[33:16] we I don't know already.
[33:17] >> What? They were already tennis courts.
[33:19] >> The tennis courts.
[33:20] >> Just tennis.
[33:21] >> Not pickleball.
[33:22] >> Not with pickleball.
[33:23] >> Oh, okay. I was like, "Wow, that was
[33:25] fast."
[33:26] Okay. Tennis courts and
[33:27] >> Yeah, tennis courts have been painted.
[33:29] We have a an estimate for to add
[33:33] pickleball lines to the tennis courts.
[33:36] Um that's roughly $400 a court.
[33:40] Um
[33:41] so if we
[33:43] want to do that, um I'm happy to
[33:47] move forward with that. Um Clayton has
[33:50] checked with the
[33:51] school and the athletic director has
[33:55] said that he does not see a problem with
[33:57] adding those lines to the courts.
[33:59] Um he said that there are many other
[34:01] courts that they play on that have
[34:02] pickleball lines on them already.
[34:04] >> I reached out to the
[34:06] head tennis coach to both boys and girls
[34:08] team and he works also at Woods.
[34:11] >> Oh, yeah.
[34:11] >> And even Woods has extra lines, so he
[34:13] did not He was First off, he was
[34:15] extraordinarily appreciative of the work
[34:17] that we did on those courts.
[34:18] >> Okay.
[34:19] >> He said that
[34:20] we cannot measure what that would mean
[34:23] to the JV squads. They're playing on
[34:25] courts that that far away.
[34:27] Um so he was super super happy about
[34:29] that. And so he would Yeah, and then he
[34:31] went on to say that there's actually
[34:32] there's he thought it'd be fine to have
[34:34] extra lines on that.
[34:36] >> Well, if we have any
[34:39] room in the parks budget yet before this
[34:42] end of the fiscal year, I'll probably
[34:43] just go ahead and have them move forward
[34:45] on that then. So, yeah.
[34:48] Um
[34:49] >> they're going to have four courts from
[34:50] what I understand.
[34:51] >> That was the way I understood it, yes.
[34:53] Yeah.
[34:54] Um legion baseball tournaments have have
[34:56] finished out for the season. Um Sharp
[34:59] Park, we had a tree fall down and they
[35:02] repaired the fence um from that.
[35:05] Um
[35:06] flag football registration finished with
[35:09] 204 participants. They're going to have
[35:11] three fields this year. That's the
[35:13] highest number of participants they've
[35:14] had since they started flag football.
[35:17] Um this last Saturday they had um the
[35:20] officials clinic and they had um
[35:23] I think their kickoff event, yeah, their
[35:25] kickoff event down at Baxter Turf.
[35:28] Um
[35:29] the fall volleyball registration's going
[35:32] to begin. Um pool swimming lessons
[35:34] finished this last week.
[35:36] And um we have a couple more weekends
[35:40] with the pool open and then that will on
[35:42] the 23rd, I believe it is, is the doggie
[35:44] dip day at the dog park.
[35:46] >> 25th of August.
[35:47] >> Okay. Doggie dip. So.
[35:51] That is
[35:52] what we have for now.
[35:54] I will note that if the our first
[35:56] inaugural season of pickleball
[35:59] uh is ending or ended,
[36:02] and I won't speak about my team.
[36:04] >> [laughter]
[36:06] >> But what I will say is that somebody
[36:08] else on this council won it.
[36:13] We're in the championship game.
[36:15] >> Jake's team.
[36:15] >> There's three more games that have to be
[36:17] played to get to us and then the loser's
[36:19] bracket will have to beat us twice.
[36:21] >> Yeah.
[36:23] so.
[36:25] >> I'm just saying.
[36:26] >> But we have a winner.
[36:26] >> We have We have the top seed and we have
[36:29] the bottom.
[36:30] >> [laughter]
[36:32] » So I'm going to say
[36:34] we didn't get to play you. You might
[36:36] have beat us. Yeah, you might have. You
[36:38] might have.
[36:41] It's going to [laughter] be shorter that
[36:42] way.
[36:43] When we get those other four courts, you
[36:45] better believe Everybody's gotten so
[36:47] much better. It's like
[36:49] Clayton's doing a nice job and that flex
[36:51] scheduling's been great and it's it's
[36:53] gone really well. The four court courts
[36:55] will be great cuz I bet we'll have
[36:57] 24 teams instead of 12 next summer.
[37:00] Yeah, it's great. It's good to hear.
[37:02] Yeah. All right, next up.
[37:04] Can we go and move to public works?
[37:06] David?
[37:09] The team cleaned out trees removed silt
[37:11] from the one north 154th and Highway 6
[37:14] drainage area. They also cleaned up the
[37:16] Mansfield ditch flow liner, burned tree
[37:19] debris at the landfill site,
[37:21] sorted through multiple ash piles at the
[37:23] landfill for four days. Did locates for
[37:27] Sprint fiber in Evendale.
[37:30] They're keeping up on the mowing and
[37:31] trimming.
[37:34] Replaced two of the four wasting valves
[37:37] at the wastewater plant and the transfer
[37:38] switch. The new well number nine has
[37:40] arrived with the generator expected to
[37:43] arrive later this month. We'll get that
[37:45] back online soon.
[37:47] Wonderful, thank you.
[37:49] Public health, Erin.
[37:51] >> [clears throat]
[37:51] >> In the past two weeks there's been two
[37:53] grass fires, two car fires.
[37:56] Still the bulk of it is 12
[37:59] medical calls.
[38:01] Two were at law enforcement's request.
[38:03] There was one alarm
[38:05] and one special duty which was the
[38:08] funeral procession. So
[38:13] there was
[38:16] a request to line a road portion of the
[38:18] route for the Creek police chief Gary
[38:21] Yancey's funeral procession. So that was
[38:24] the special duty was only took out 61.
[38:30] >> [clears throat]
[38:32] » Nice that you're able to participate in
[38:34] that.
[38:35] Uh
[38:36] over the last couple of months, there's
[38:38] been seven new members join. There's
[38:40] another new member that's interested.
[38:43] So, what that has put pressure on is
[38:46] gear equipment.
[38:48] So, we're looking at inventory, there's
[38:50] not really much left. So, we're looking
[38:52] at outfitting the new um
[38:55] the new members
[38:57] for their equipment so that
[38:59] is a good problem to have, but yet
[39:02] challenge also.
[39:04] And we're also exploring potential
[39:05] hosting an AMT class for the new members
[39:08] especially since we have so many that
[39:09] have come in recently.
[39:12] Um
[39:13] Waverly 30 was repaired and back in
[39:14] service. Uh
[39:16] it also got back its TNT spreaders that
[39:19] were repaired and put back into uh that
[39:22] rig.
[39:24] Waverly 21 was repaired and back in
[39:26] service. Uh may need some additional
[39:28] service over the winter when grass fire
[39:30] season is over.
[39:32] Um fire station planning and
[39:34] preparations continue ongoing with the
[39:36] hope that uh they will go out to bid in
[39:39] early September.
[39:41] And then the radio committee um
[39:44] has met again and we are looking at
[39:46] purchasing two new handheld portable
[39:48] radios. So, some
[39:50] portion of some money from the
[39:52] department money.
[39:52] >> Our from money from the county.
[39:54] >> We'll have a little bit of our own money
[39:55] too.
[39:59] » [clears throat]
[39:59] >> I do want to thank you and your
[40:00] administration for doing such a great
[40:02] job
[40:03] um on recruiting. Like the amount of new
[40:06] recruits you're bringing in is
[40:08] incredible. And so, thank you guys so
[40:10] much for that progress.
[40:11] >> I don't really know what we're doing
[40:13] different or just what's changed, but we
[40:14] actually had two more members show up
[40:16] last night that are interested, which is
[40:18] great.
[40:19] Uh one lives in town here and the other
[40:21] one lives just outside the fire
[40:23] district, so we'll see how that pans
[40:25] out.
[40:26] And then uh
[40:28] Yeah, it's a great problem to have.
[40:30] It's
[40:31] you know, amazing when you have a very
[40:33] serious call and like Saturday night we
[40:35] had a pretty uh
[40:39] stressful call and we had 11 members go
[40:42] on the call. So, it's lots of fun. Yeah,
[40:44] actually had to run both squads.
[40:47] >> [laughter]
[40:47] >> See, we got that on our own this time.
[40:50] >> It's working out.
[40:51] >> All right, so thank you.
[40:52] >> You're welcome.
[40:54] >> Um Brooke.
[40:56] >> Yeah, it's called economic development.
[40:57] Uh we really economic development corp
[41:00] met yesterday.
[41:02] Um they are in the process of finalizing
[41:05] interviews and getting that figured out
[41:07] for the director um cuz right now again
[41:09] we have an interim. Um so, Amanda's
[41:11] finalizing that.
[41:13] Um
[41:14] hope to have that in
[41:16] place by the last week of August if
[41:18] figured out those interviews and that
[41:20] sort of stuff. Uh next meeting for
[41:23] uh we have is September 9th.
[41:26] Um
[41:28] let's see. CRA, their next meeting's
[41:30] August 17th at 5:00 and the planning
[41:33] commission meets on the 24th
[41:37] at 5:30.
[41:38] >> Awesome. Thank you.
[41:39] >> Lots of good things going on.
[41:41] >> I was just going to say lots of stuff
[41:42] going on and happening.
[41:43] >> All right. And then stuff.
[41:46] Um
[41:46] so, uh one thing to add on the fire
[41:49] department, um we got our new contract
[41:52] rate for LFR um and so, um last year
[41:56] when we approved the LFR contract it
[41:58] automatically renews every year.
[42:00] And so, we just have to pay a 5% rate
[42:02] increase. Um
[42:04] so, we had six calls in the time period
[42:07] that they'll be billing us for.
[42:09] Um and with that 5% rate increase it's
[42:11] going to come to the $4,240.
[42:14] So,
[42:15] um
[42:16] we're very grateful that our LFR
[42:19] expenses are that because it's only
[42:22] because Southeast is such a great
[42:23] partner to us. So, Southeast Fire and
[42:26] Rescue um really helps us out in a lot
[42:28] of situations and provides that ALS
[42:30] service to us.
[42:31] >> [clears throat]
[42:31] >> So.
[42:33] If it weren't for Southeast, we would
[42:35] be paying significantly more.
[42:36] >> Mhm.
[42:37] >> So.
[42:38] Um and the other thing that I wanted to
[42:40] add, um the farm ground that the city
[42:42] owns, um will be going um we will be
[42:46] >> [clears throat]
[42:47] >> releasing that for bid. Um that will be
[42:49] sealed bids. Um we'll have a bid opening
[42:52] on September 4th with council approval
[42:55] on um September 8th.
[42:57] Packets are going to be available next
[42:59] week here in the office with that
[43:01] information and information also be
[43:03] found on the website. So.
[43:05] Great. Great.
[43:06] That's what I have.
[43:07] >> And that is zoned right now
[43:09] agricultural.
[43:10] >> How currently is that?
[43:11] >> It's all zoned ag.
[43:15] Yes. So, there's the
[43:17] there's land up on the north side of
[43:18] town up
[43:20] Waverly Road and 148th in that general
[43:23] vicinity. And then the other um piece of
[43:26] land is um where our well field is. And
[43:28] where the well field is has to be in
[43:31] alfalfa only. So, um the stuff on the
[43:34] north side of town can be row crops.
[43:39] » All right. Uh and then the last thing I
[43:41] will say is just a reminder to everyone
[43:43] that school is starting this week and so
[43:45] there will be lots of littles
[43:47] walking, biking, scooting,
[43:50] >> [laughter]
[43:52] >> doing whatever. So, please, please, pay attention. Talk to your
[43:56] teenage drivers about paying attention
[43:57] and then you yourself pay attention so
[44:00] we don't have any issues this week or
[44:03] >> And now that the lights are going to be
[44:04] blinking on Amberly and 148th.
[44:07] >> Yes.
[44:09] And also
[44:10] >> have.
[44:11] Adjourn meeting.
[44:12] >> I move to adjourn.
[44:13] >> Second.
[44:14] Open for vote, please.
[44:16] Motion carried 3-0. We adjourned at
[44:19] 6:44.