[6:30] Yeah.
[6:41] I have a chance.
[7:01] » Yes.
[7:25] The problem is they have a lot of
questions.
[7:29] » Yeah, mice is okay.
[7:38] I know too much space.
[8:03] I hope so.
[8:26] Yeah.
[8:47] Dodgers.
[9:03] I just assume one of those teams.
[9:18] » Yeah.
[9:34] There you go. Yeah. Yeah.
[10:06] Oh boy. I don't know if you want me
[10:18] home versus
Are we still recording?
[10:43] » I consider
[10:48] Fergus.
[10:56] Yeah,
>> I just
[11:14] think
I think just
[11:42] I think
>> well here.
[11:56] Oh, yeah.
[12:11] » I don't think
[12:14] I just
[12:18] either way
[12:34] I think
[12:52] Oh yeah.
[13:08] » Yeah.
[13:17] So entire secondary
[13:34] screen.
[13:54] That's
[14:12] So you didn't
[14:25] Noise.
[14:28] All right.
[14:46] Yeah, he's very
[15:31] Yeah, depends their office.
[15:45] their problem. They're just not right
now.
[16:29] Yeah.
[16:51] Okay, everybody. Thank you for your
patience. Um, I'll reiterate this once
[16:53] we get started. We had a few technical
difficulties. Uh, we're going to get
[16:57] started. We, um, yeah, we'll start the
meeting here.
[17:01] Start with the pledge of allegiance.
[17:05] » I pledge algiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
[17:10] republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[17:16] justice for all.
[17:23] » Okay, everybody, welcome to the meeting
for tonight, Tuesday, October 14th,
[17:27] 2025. Uh as I said we had a few
technical difficulties. We are not
[17:33] streaming on YouTube right now but we
are recording the meeting. As soon as
[17:37] this is the the uh meeting is done
tonight. We will extract the recording
[17:41] and then post it to YouTube. So again
welcome and thanks for being here. Uh
[17:46] we'll go ahead and start with roll call.
>> Benson
[17:49] » here.
>> Burch. Brunick
[17:52] » here.
>> Sarda
[17:53] » here.
>> Conkling.
[17:55] Hanoff
>> here.
[17:56] » Moer
>> here. Spencer
[17:58] » here.
>> Mayor Villan Noea
[18:00] » here.
>> City Manager Leon
[18:02] » here.
>> City attorney Denhurder
[18:04] » here.
[18:07] » Okay. Thank you. Right now um before you
guys, you have the uh minutes of the
[18:12] regular meeting of September 22nd, 2025.
Commission, what is your pleasure?
[18:20] » So moved.
>> Second. Okay. Okay. So, I have a motion
[18:24] and second to approve the minutes of the
regular meeting of September 22nd, 2025.
[18:29] Any commission discussion?
No. From the public? All in favor say I.
[18:34] » All oppose? Nay. Okay. M minutes are
approved. Number three under routine
[18:39] business. The schedule of bills is
before you commission. What is your
[18:43] pleasure?
>> Move to pay the bills.
[18:46] » Second. Okay. Have a motion and a second
to pay the bills. Commission discussion.
[18:53] Anyone from the public? Roll call.
>> Spencer.
[18:58] » I.
>> Benson.
[18:59] » I.
>> Brunick.
[19:00] » Hi.
>> Sarda.
[19:02] » Hi.
>> Hoff.
[19:03] » Hi.
>> Moer.
[19:04] » Hi.
>> Mayor Villanova.
[19:05] » I. Bills will be paid. And now we go to
the city manager report.
[19:10] » Thank you, honorable mayor, members of
the commission, and uh everyone in the
[19:15] public. Couple things that I want to uh
bring forward to you. Yesterday, uh, we
[19:21] celebrated Native American Day. Just
wanted to mention, uh, to the public and
[19:27] thank the library, we had a nice
program, uh, at the library, uh,
[19:33] yesterday evening,
a longtime friend of our library, Mr.
[19:38] Kills Small, uh, came and put on a
program, uh, including some storytelling
[19:43] and, uh, some drumming. uh he is a as I
said a friend of our library and so he
[19:50] was there doing some of those things and
um has come to our library before so we
[19:56] appreciated and celebrated with him um
did not have our meeting obviously
[20:01] because of the holiday but um did have
an opportunity for folks to come to the
[20:05] library for free um and celebrate that
day uh with us and so we thank the
[20:10] community library for having an
opportunity there um to celebrate Native
[20:15] American today. Also, um it's been a
while since we've met, but if you've
[20:19] been keeping up with the newspaper, our
very own Commissioner Spencer was
[20:24] recognized uh because he received the
Pam Ketering Spirit of Volunteerism
[20:29] Award from United Way. So, that's pretty
cool.
[20:36] I didn't realize all the many things
that he's doing. And then also to be on
[20:40] the city commission. So, that's pretty
awesome to have him there. So,
[20:45] congratulations to Commissioner Spencer.
Um, the commission received an email
[20:51] from uh me, but I wanted to just make
sure that the public was aware.
[20:57] Uh, about once a year we make a mistake.
Not very often, but about once a year.
[21:03] Just kidding. There was an error. Um, I
think it was at our last meeting when we
[21:08] um presented our vision plan and our
health insurance plan to you. So, I just
[21:15] wanted to um make sure everyone
understands in just in the spirit of
[21:19] being as transparent as we can. Um so,
this was not an error on the part of our
[21:25] um staff. Rather, it was an error on the
part of uh the individual who provided
[21:29] us with the numbers. It doesn't change
anything in uh what the commission acted
[21:34] on or um in our budget, but it is
different than what was put in the memo.
[21:39] So, I just want to briefly talk about
it. So at the September 22nd meeting,
[21:45] the commission approved a recommendation
to considered with to continue with a
[21:49] company called the standard as the
carrier for vision insurance with an
[21:54] increase from this year's rate. There
was an error in that memo relating to
[21:58] the cost of that vision premium for
2026.
[22:03] A number had been transposed. The number
that was given to us and was provided to
[22:08] you was $348
[22:13] uh for the monthly premium for single
core plan vision insurance. That's the
[22:18] name of the plan. The correct amount
coverage is 384. So you can easily see
[22:24] how that can be transposed from 348 to
384. All the other amounts for vision um
[22:31] buy it plans were provided correctly and
the other amounts were uh provided
[22:35] correctly. The transposition doesn't
change the recommendation because the
[22:40] recommendation read as I sent to you in
the memo
[22:43] um that it would be um that we continue
with the the standard vision rate at the
[22:50] at the increased cost. So it doesn't
change that um and it was not an error
[22:55] on the part of staff. So, I'm not
recommending that we do anything
[22:58] different. Um, but I feel like if the
small errors don't get mentioned and we
[23:02] don't talk about them, um, then then,
you know, it's easy to say, well, what
[23:06] size of error does does rise to the
level of needing to talk about them. So,
[23:10] it's, you know, not a lot of money, but
important, I think, in just for
[23:15] transparency. So, if anybody wants to
look at the details of that, we have
[23:19] that at city hall. Still falls within
our budget. Happy to answer questions.
[23:23] Um and the the folks that gave us those
numbers uh apologized and as soon as
[23:28] they realized that uh they let us know
that. So that's why that came to you. Uh
[23:33] want to make the public aware that uh we
have a lot of PSAs out right now. Um and
[23:40] people should take a look. There is a uh
PSA out right now regarding uh the Marn
[23:47] Creek sewer crossing that is going to
impact uh the trails and the area of
[23:53] Paddlehe Point. So, people should be
aware of that. Um if they use Paddlehe
[23:58] Point and the trail, I know a lot of
people um let their dogs run there and
[24:03] and utilize that. Um there will be some
construction there and um there will be
[24:09] some construction equipment there. I
believe we're trying to keep a portion
[24:12] of the um of the driveway open and so we
just want to make sure people are aware
[24:19] of of where they can be and where they
can walk. So take a look at that map. Uh
[24:23] Kristen helped us out creating a map.
And also, um, the Huther Family
[24:29] Aquatics, uh, parking lot, uh, Huther
Family Aquatic Center parking lot is
[24:34] being closed now. We're at the point of
that project where we're needing to
[24:38] close that parking lot. And so, um, that
won't be a longtime closure, but we're
[24:42] getting close to paving there. So,
people need to be aware of that. Um,
[24:46] particularly those neighbors that have
been using that, uh, parking lot. Um,
[24:50] also I am aware that there might be a
request uh, mayor to move an agenda item
[24:56] or remove an agenda item. So that may be
coming forward to you. If that happens,
[25:01] there will need to be a motion and a
second and then uh, that can be
[25:05] deliberated and that may require that
will require action to be removed. So
[25:10] just bringing that forward. um in your
consent calendar. Um if you just take
[25:16] your eyes down the consent calendar, the
last meeting of um the year, if you can
[25:21] believe we're talking about that
already,
[25:24] um we just talked about a sta as staff
thinking about Thursday, December 18th,
[25:31] um at noon. Typically, we have some
business to do, but not a lot of
[25:35] business. We thought since the holiday
kind of falls towards a weekend that the
[25:41] weekend before might be a long holiday
for some people. So, we said Thursday
[25:46] the 18th at noon here in this room.
We're not married to that day. But if we
[25:52] we need five of you. If that works for
five of you, we thought we'd stick with
[25:56] that day.
Okay.
[25:59] » All right. So, that's on your consent
calendar. Possible quorum events. Um
[26:05] this is a date. You'll get some
information from HR later. Friday,
[26:09] December 5th at the brewery is the
annual um Christmas party. So there may
[26:14] be five commissioners um at that uh for
the press to be aware. No business, just
[26:21] monkey business where we have fun,
celebrate the year. There's an employee
[26:25] of the year and a good meal and a lot of
laughs and so um looking forward to
[26:31] that. and commissioners, you'll get an
invitation and um Lisa will be having
[26:36] the roast beef.
She replied all and we'll never let her
[26:41] forget that
ever.
[26:43] » Good good choice.
>> Ever. It It was It was It was really
[26:46] good. I'm happy to stand for questions,
mayor, if if anyone has them.
[26:52] » Commissioner, any questions for the city
manager?
[26:57] Okay, seeing no mics come on. Uh next
will be uh number five under the routine
[27:02] business will be public appearances.
Again, as a reminder, this is a time for
[27:06] the public to come up and address the
city commission on items not listed on
[27:10] this agenda. Again, no action will be
taken uh under matters raised under this
[27:14] item. And again, we will not act upon
anything. Uh you have about three
[27:19] minutes to speak and if anyone out there
would like to come up to the podium, it
[27:23] is yours.
Okay, seeing no movement. Next, we'll go
[27:28] ahead and move to consent items. So
again, uh we have two items under
[27:33] consent items. We have reschedule a
meeting date established Thursday,
[27:36] December 18th, 2025 at noon as a date
for the time of the second city
[27:40] commission meeting in December. As Amy
talked about, we have a possible quorum
[27:44] event. The city of Aton Christmas party
will be held in December December 5th,
[27:47] 2025 at the brewery. Again, no action
will be taken. Commission, do I have a a
[27:52] motion on the consent items?
>> So moved.
[27:56] Second.
>> Okay. I have a motion to second to move
[27:59] the consent items. All in favor say I.
>> Any opposed? Nay. Anyone abstaining?
[28:06] Okay. Consent items are approved. Next.
Number three, old business.
[28:11] Number one under old business public
hearing and second reading for the
[28:14] proposed amendments to the city of
Yankton tree ordinance number 1101.
[28:19] Consideration of memorandum number
25-183
[28:22] recommending the city commission adopt
the amended tree ordinance number 1101
[28:27] in chapter 24 vegetation commission.
What's your pleasure?
[28:37] » So moved.
>> Second.
[28:39] » Okay, we have a motion and a second. Any
discussion?
[28:45] Can we get a explanation of what the
differences are?
[28:48] » Absolutely. You bet.
>> Thanks.
[28:53] » Thank you, Todd.
[29:02] So, the ordinance that we had in place
didn't deal with the Emerald Dashboard
[29:08] at all. And then at the time it's
recommended us to add some language
[29:13] about the emerald ashbor. It was an easy
way for us to go through and just clean
[29:17] some stuff up. There were some distances
from
[29:22] um intersections that didn't match up.
So we've cleaned that up so all of the
[29:28] items have the same distance from
intersections in it. We've added a
[29:35] definition for hazardous trees. So
before we used to talk a lot in the
[29:40] ordinance about dead, disease and
hazardous trees and so uh just so
[29:45] there's again when we get the phone
calls from the general public we can go
[29:49] back to this and give specific examples
right out of the ordinance. So we've
[29:55] added that definition
when it comes to street trees. Uh again,
[30:01] just cleaned up some language, but
really talked about uh how we have the
[30:06] lists for trees that can be planted.
Things can be found on our website. But
[30:11] then more specifically, as you get
towards the end, it talks about uh we no
[30:15] longer allow planting of ash trees. And
then eventually it will have some
[30:20] language in there about when it's time
to cut down ash trees. Once the emerald
[30:24] ashbor is here, the emerald ashbor is
not in Yankton. We set out traps. the
[30:28] county sets out traps. There will be an
announcement from the uh state
[30:33] government when emerald ashbor is found
here. So now, right now, there is not.
[30:40] Once it is here, then you start to have
quarantine areas and you cannot you can
[30:45] no longer haul ashwood from Labor Day to
or sorry, Memorial Day to Labor Day
[30:52] because that's when the adult beetles
are active and obviously they don't want
[30:58] the beetles flying out of the cut trees.
So, you can cut and take down trees any
[31:03] time of the year other than they don't
want you hauling uh ash trees from
[31:09] again Memorial Day to Labor Day. Uh we
cleaned up a little bit with spacing of
[31:14] trees, how we define the small trees,
distance, the medium trees and large
[31:18] trees. Cleaned that up a little bit. Uh
distance from curb and sidewalks, we
[31:23] didn't really mess with distance from
higher fire hydrants. We didn't change a
[31:27] whole lot. talked a lot about utilities
and what that might mean for trees uh
[31:32] and tried to simplify that into as easy
a sentence as possible.
[31:37] Again, as you get into tree care,
again, in the time that I've been to
[31:41] town and there are other departments
that take these phone calls, too, we've
[31:46] tried to define and make sure that
people understand uh trees in the right
[31:51] of way aren't necessarily planted by the
city of Yankton. So, you can get a tree
[31:56] permit. Tree permit, you would specify
in that document what location you're
[32:03] looking at, what type of tree you're
going to plant. Our urban forester looks
[32:07] at it. There are a lot of trees in town
that were planted in rightways long
[32:11] before any of us were involved. But when
it comes to tree care, trees that are in
[32:16] rightways
are not maintained by the city of
[32:20] Yankton. We don't trim trees. And where
we put language in here is we don't take
[32:26] care of hanging branches in trees. So
there's a lot of things when it comes to
[32:31] tree care that we get phone calls and
the expectation is, oh, there's a huge
[32:36] branch hanging over a roadway. The city
of Yankton needs to take care of that in
[32:40] a rightaway tree. And that is not the
case. We're not in charge of tree care
[32:45] until
we have a dead disease or if they want
[32:50] to make an argument and ask us if it's a
hazardous tree, then we would come out,
[32:54] evaluate. Uh, and again, we did not
change that in here. When it becomes
[32:59] time and it is decided that a tree is
dead, diseased or hazardous, then the
[33:04] city of Yankton will take the tree down
or we'll hire a contractor to take it
[33:09] down. And we also removed the stumps out
of the rightway. None of that tree tree
[33:13] language changed in here.
Again, there was two different areas for
[33:20] tree clearance above sidewalks and
roadways, and we've got those to match
[33:25] up that there's a 10 ft and a 12t. It
was either 15 or 16 that was talked
[33:30] about before on on major thoroughares.
Anyway, that language has been cleaned
[33:34] up. So now you only find the two
distances. Uh when it comes to tree
[33:38] topping, tree topping was never allowed
on right-of-way trees. Uh and that
[33:43] didn't change.
Tree removal and intentional damage
[33:48] again talks about once a tree is dead,
has diseases or insects in it, then city
[33:54] of Yankton will take care of those
rightway trees. Um removal of stumps.
[33:59] Once that tree is removed, the city will
or a contractor will remove the stump
[34:04] from the rightway. Uh, and then we also
cleaned up some language and and if you
[34:09] have more questions, Ross can can help
with this, but talked about abatement
[34:14] and that it can be a nuisance and those
type of things. So, if something happens
[34:20] where something should be done and it's
not being done, the city has the ability
[34:25] to hire a contractor and then bill back
through the abatement process or those
[34:30] type of things. Um,
also specifically defined a little bit
[34:37] better that the park advisory board is
the city's tree board. And again, part
[34:42] of that is we need that for uh, city uh,
>> city
[34:46] » tree city USA. And so we specifically
spell out and can show them that we have
[34:51] a tree board. The park advisory board
serves as that. Again, people can come
[34:57] in, talk about a situation that they're
dealing with either themselves or
[35:02] they've already brought the city in and
may not like uh something the city has
[35:07] said or decided and the tree board can
hear that, give a recommendation.
[35:12] And again, just like anything else, it
then could always come to the city
[35:16] commission after the tree board has
heard about it and made their
[35:20] recommendation.
Uh and then we again like I said we talk
[35:24] about that review by city commission
[35:28] and then towards the end we specifically
get into emerald ashbor language and
[35:33] kind of what our response has been
and that we also have a emerald ashbor
[35:40] mitigation plan which was adopted in
2018. That's the original.
[35:47] We again have gone back in knowing what
we know now, updated some numbers of
[35:52] trees we've taken down and those type of
things and we're going to later on in
[35:56] new business update the emerald ashbor
mitigation plan. So it's updated to 2025
[36:04] and again this refers that there is
information and things that the public
[36:08] needs to know that are dealt with in
that plan and again that is found on the
[36:12] city's website under the urban forestry.
So, those are some of the uh tweaks and
[36:18] changes that we made as we work through
it.
[36:23] » Did you have something, Ross?
>> Just want to add normally when we do um
[36:27] ordinance updates, we provide a
redlinined copy and a clean copy.
[36:33] Unfortunately, this one was so heavily
edited that would have been useless for
[36:40] you. Um but, uh the description is
accurate so far. If you if you have any
[36:45] questions though, I'm
>> and we do have the red line available.
[36:48] So if somebody would want to see the
redline version, it is available.
[36:52] » It's kind of hard to read.
>> Fair enough. Thank you, Todd, for the
[36:56] explanation. Um commissioners, do you
have anything else you want to chat
[36:59] about here?
>> No. Okay. Anyone from the public have
[37:04] any questions?
[37:08] » Okay. Roll call.
>> Benson.
[37:12] » I. Brunick.
>> Hi. Sarda
[37:14] » I
>> Hunanoff
[37:15] » I
>> Moer
[37:16] » I
>> Spencer
[37:18] » I
>> mayor of Villan Nova
[37:19] » I motion passes okay now we're under new
business number one AFSCME collective
[37:26] bargaining agreement consideration of
memorandum number 25-152
[37:31] recommending the city commission approve
and authorize the city manager to sign
[37:34] the revised agreement between the city
of Yankton and the American Federation
[37:38] of state county and municipal employees
AFL-CO Local 3968 Effective January 1st,
[37:44] 2026 through December 31st, 2028. It is
recommended the city commission approve
[37:50] resolution number 25-31
and authorize the city manager to impate
[37:55] implement a base adjustment of 2% and a
one-step increase on the pay plan if
[38:00] eligible effective January 1st of 2026.
Commission, what's your pleasure?
[38:07] » Move to approve.
>> Second.
[38:10] » Okay, I have a motion and a second on
the floor. Commission discussion.
[38:16] Okay. See no mics come on. Anyone from
the public?
[38:20] Seeing no movement. Roll call.
>> Brunick.
[38:23] » I.
>> Sarda.
[38:25] » Hi.
>> Hoff.
[38:27] » I.
>> Moer.
[38:28] » I will abstain. My husband's a city
employee.
[38:32] » Spencer.
>> I.
[38:33] » Benson.
>> I.
[38:35] » Mayor Villan Noea.
>> I. Motion passes. Okay. Number two.
[38:38] Under new business. base salary
adjustment and step plan for
[38:41] non-represented non-certified law
enforcement members. Consideration of
[38:45] memorandum number 25-153
recommending that the city commission
[38:50] approve resolution number 25-32
authorizing the city manager to
[38:54] implement a base adjustment of 2% and a
one-step increase on the pay plan if
[38:59] eligible effective January 1st, 2026 for
all regular full-time nonrepresented
[39:06] non-certified law enforcement employees
that are below the maximum of their
[39:11] respective pay range. Commission, what's
your pleasure?
[39:15] So moved.
>> Second.
[39:18] » Okay. I have a motion and a second on
the floor. Any commission discussion?
[39:24] » Okay. Seeing no mics come on. Anyone
from the public?
[39:28] Seeing no movement. Roll call.
>> Sarda.
[39:32] » Hi.
>> Hoff.
[39:34] » I.
>> Moer. Abstain for the same previous
[39:37] reason.
>> Spencer.
[39:38] » I.
>> Benson.
[39:40] » I.
>> Brunick.
[39:41] » Hi.
>> Mayor of Villanoa.
[39:42] » Hi. Motion passes. Number three under
new business, the mayor's appointment of
[39:46] citizen to Yankton Housing and
Redevelopment Commission. Consideration
[39:50] of me memorandum number 25-185
recommending approval of the mayor's
[39:55] appointment of Nick Severson to the
Yankton Housing and Redevelopment
[39:58] Commission. The vacant position on this
board is due to the resignation of
[40:03] Ashley Dimmer. Mr. Severson's
appointment will expire in 2029.
[40:07] Commission, what's your pleasure?
>> Move to approve the appointment.
[40:11] » Second.
>> Okay. Okay, I have a motion, a second on
[40:13] the floor. Any commission discussion?
Seeing no mics. Anyone from the public?
[40:20] There's no movement. Roll call.
>> Hunoff.
[40:22] » Hi.
>> Moer.
[40:23] » Hi.
>> Spencer.
[40:24] » Hi.
>> Benson.
[40:25] » Hi.
>> Brunick.
[40:26] » Hi.
>> Sarda.
[40:27] » Hi.
>> Mayor Villanova.
[40:29] » I. Motion passes. Number four. Emerald
ashbor mitigation plan. consideration of
[40:35] memorandum number 25-184 recommending
that the city commission adopt the
[40:39] updated 2025 emerald ash boore
mitigation plan. And before I entertain
[40:45] a motion, Todd, is there any any major
highlights we should probably hit before
[40:49] we move on?
[40:56] Again, this is pretty straightforward.
Uh again, we already have a mitigation
[41:01] plan in place. This is just updating
some numbers and even in the memo it
[41:05] starts to tell you that at one time we
had 850 ash trees. There's still about
[41:10] 270 ash trees present in rightways along
the old brokeout trail in the city
[41:15] cemetery or in some park areas. Uh other
things to know, we are planning on
[41:23] saving a few ash trees. And by saving,
so again, make sure the general public
[41:28] knows until the state declares the
emerald ashbor in the city of Yankton,
[41:34] you do not need to treat your trees for
emerald ashbor. So if you're paying to
[41:38] put chemical in your trees right now,
you do not need to be doing that. Uh
[41:42] once the ashbor is here, you have two
years to figure out if you want to treat
[41:46] your trees or not. Even if the ashbor is
in your trees, you have two years.
[41:52] But things to know, uh this gives some
uh data that you again can find on our
[41:59] city website.
We have links that'll take you to the
[42:02] state and the department of a and uh
environmental. They'll have
[42:09] recommendations and more information you
can read. But again, there are a few
[42:14] trees out in the city that we're going
to try to save that are either in
[42:17] rightaways along the trail, in the
arboritum, up by the high school, things
[42:20] like that. Uh, if people want to save
trees in the rightway, we will allow
[42:25] them to do that also. But really, you're
looking at a tree needs to be a really
[42:30] desirable tree that it's growing very
well. It's looks healthy. There's not a
[42:35] ton of broken branches and trunks up
top. It has good form. Those type of
[42:40] things if it's desirable. Again, we'll
have a process where they'll turn in
[42:45] some paperwork to us to prove that they
are having the tree treated. We can put
[42:49] a marker on the tree. And again, it's a
process.
[42:53] One thing that has changed, again, as
people learn about this, uh originally
[42:58] they always talked about treating an
asht tree every two years for the life
[43:02] of the tree. And now that recommendation
is starting to look like you would treat
[43:07] the tree every two years for maybe 10
years
[43:12] because after that
all of the ash trees are going to be
[43:16] gone other than the ones that are saved.
The emerald ashbor isn't going to be
[43:21] here and the likelihood that that beetle
is going to be back
[43:26] is very slim. So they are starting to
change their recommendations that way.
[43:29] But again, you can find links in there
to take you to all kinds of different uh
[43:34] either with the state or other
uh universities to find more about the
[43:39] about the emerald ashbor. But uh it's
just a matter of letting the public
[43:43] know. We've looked at it. We've thought
about it. We're working with it. We're
[43:46] trying to take down trees. And there are
some things as private property owners
[43:50] that they're going to have to do once it
gets here. They're just not going to be
[43:53] able to let the tree stand uh because it
gets very dangerous once it the beetle
[43:58] is in there. it starts to kill the tree.
It really dries out and then you can
[44:02] have the tree almost start to shatter uh
large parts of the tree shatter and fall
[44:07] down and cause damage to people on
property. So, uh yeah, it's on our our
[44:12] website.
>> Okay. Thank you. Thanks for that
[44:14] explanation. Commissioner, do you have a
question?
[44:16] » Just wanted to ask real quick, what's
the closest community to Yankton that
[44:19] has had the uh ashbor? Uh it so it
started uh was up around the north side
[44:25] of Sou Falls and then it has actually it
jumped north and then it jumped south.
[44:30] So I believe Elk Point or Jefferson
would be the two closest. It is not in
[44:38] Vermillion yet. So, it hasn't started
making its way west, but along the
[44:43] border uh it's pretty thick from uh
North Sous City all the way up to Dell
[44:49] Rapids and places north of Sou Falls.
So,
[44:56] » okay. Yes.
>> Um just out of curiosity, Todd, you
[45:00] mentioned it of the removal of trees.
Um, are we still actively removing trees
[45:06] or have we slowed down and and kind of
where are we at in that process of tree
[45:11] removal? I mean, there's stats here. I'm
just curious how that's going and and
[45:15] how many more do you think we still have
to take down and and what does that look
[45:18] like? So, originally in 2018, if you
looked at rightways, trails, cemetery,
[45:24] parks, uh, Foxrun Golf Course, there
were 850 ash trees that needed to be
[45:30] removed if you were going to remove all
of them. Uh, there's still about 275
[45:34] trees that are present in Rideaways,
trail, cemetery, and parks. So, the goal
[45:40] was to go about a 100 ash trees a year,
and we would have been done in about
[45:45] seven, eight years. We were not that
aggressive. Uh, so we still have, like I
[45:50] said, the 275. There's 38 ash trees on
Fox Run Golf Course yet. And there are
[45:57] 45 trees in right of ways that are
undecided. Either property owners have
[46:04] talked to us about them or we've decided
they're in a good location, good-looking
[46:09] tree. So, we have about 45 trees that
are undecided. 22 of those would be
[46:14] property owners that uh I think we have
about 22 property owners that have
[46:19] decided yes, we are going to try to save
them. So, and then we have eight ash
[46:24] trees out in the park uh in the
arboritum around uh the summit activity
[46:29] center that we're thinking about the
city is thinking about treating also to
[46:34] keep them in our arboritum so people
again can see different tree species uh
[46:39] and the varieties of a tree. So again,
we were hoping to get a 100 trees a year
[46:44] down, ash trees. We have other trees
that have to come down other than ash
[46:48] trees. So we haven't been quite as
aggressive, but we're still hoping. Uh
[46:52] and again,
275 trees. We within three or four
[46:57] years, we're hoping to have the majority
of the ones that we're not saving down.
[47:02] That way, if the ammerald ashboard gets
here, we're not up against a wall where
[47:06] we have 400 trees to take down in a in a
winter. So,
[47:11] » okay, good question. Anybody else?
Okay. Thank you, Todd. All right. With
[47:17] that, I will entertain a motion.
[47:23] » So, moved.
>> Okay. So, I have a motion and a second,
[47:26] it sounds like. Okay. So, again, any
more commission discussion on this?
[47:31] Okay. See no mics come on. Anyone from
the public? Seeing no movement. Roll
[47:36] call.
>> Moer.
[47:38] » I.
>> Spencer.
[47:39] » I. Benson I
>> Brunick I
[47:41] » Sarda
>> I
[47:42] » Hanoff
>> hi
[47:43] » Mayor Villan Noeva
>> I motion passes okay number five under
[47:46] new business garden Estates development
project phase 1 acceptance consideration
[47:51] of memorandum number 25-187
recommending that the city commission
[47:55] accept the sewer storm and street
improvements for phase one of the garden
[47:59] estates development commission what's
your pleasure
[48:03] move
>> to approve second okay have a motion and
[48:06] a second on the floor any commission
discussion
[48:10] Seeing no mics come on. Anyone from the
public? No movement. Roll call.
[48:15] » Spencer.
>> I.
[48:16] » Benson.
>> I.
[48:17] » Brunick.
>> Hi.
[48:18] » Sarda.
>> I.
[48:19] » Hanoff.
>> Hi.
[48:20] » Moer.
>> I.
[48:21] » Mayor Villan Noea.
>> I. Motion passes. Okay. Number six.
[48:25] Cedar Street second to fifth street
reconstruction acceptance project
[48:29] closeout. Consideration of memorandum
number 25-188
[48:33] recommending that the city commission
accept the completed Cedar Street
[48:36] reconstruction project as well as the
alley and parking lot reconstruction and
[48:40] authorize the finance officer to issue a
manual check to Holstein Excavating Inc.
[48:45] in the amount of $32,113.
[48:50] Commissioner, what's your pleasure?
[48:54] » Move to approve. Second. Okay. I have a
motion and a second on the floor. Any
[48:59] commission discussion?
Seeing no lights come on, anyone from
[49:03] the public? Seeing no movement, roll
call.
[49:06] » Benson,
>> I
[49:07] » Brunick.
>> Hi.
[49:08] » Sarda.
>> Hi.
[49:09] » Hoff.
>> Hi.
[49:10] » Moer.
>> Hi.
[49:11] » Spencer.
>> Hi.
[49:12] » Mayor Villan Noea.
>> I motion passes. Number seven, Karen
[49:16] Drive and Bradley Street Valley Road
Water main project acceptance closeout.
[49:21] Consideration of memorandum number
25-189
[49:24] recommending that the city commission
approve change order number one. accept
[49:28] the completed construction project along
Karen Drive, Bradley Street, and Valley
[49:32] Road and authorize a finance officer to
issue a manual check to Fymer
[49:37] Construction, Inc. in the amount of
175,35230.
[49:42] Do I have a motion? So moved.
>> Second.
[49:48] » Okay, I have a motion and a second on
the floor. Any commission discussion?
[49:53] See no mics come on. Anyone from the
public?
[49:56] See no movement. Roll call.
>> Brunick.
[50:00] » I.
>> Sarda.
[50:01] » Hoff.
>> Moer.
[50:03] » I.
>> Spencer.
[50:04] » I.
>> Benson.
[50:05] » I.
>> Mayor of Villanova.
[50:07] » I. Motion passes. Number nine. SD dot
agreement. Chain Gurnie Airport
[50:12] Maintenance and Financial Agreement.
Consideration of memorandum number
[50:18] eight.
>> Oh, I'm sorry. Thank you. My apologies
[50:21] everybody. Getting ahead of myself.
Number eight. Waterline easement
[50:25] relocation in tract B of Steven Larson
Edition consideration of memorandum
[50:29] number 25-190
recommending the city commission approve
[50:33] resolution number 25-47
a vacation of the current waterline
[50:37] easement and creation of a new easement
and tract B of Steven Larson edition
[50:42] city of Yankton Yankton County South
Dakota as shown in the the associated
[50:46] attachments. Do I have a motion?
>> Move to approve the resolution. Second.
[50:54] » Okay, I have a motion and a second. Any
commission discussion?
[50:59] » See no lights. Come on. Anyone from the
public?
[51:02] » Roll call.
>> Sarda.
[51:04] » I.
>> Hunoff.
[51:05] » I.
>> Moer.
[51:06] » I.
>> Spencer.
[51:07] » Hi.
>> Benson.
[51:08] » Hi.
>> Brunick.
[51:09] » Hi.
>> Mayor Vanova.
[51:10] » I. Motion passes. Thank you,
commissioners. Appreciate that. Keep me
[51:14] in check. Number nine. SD dot agreement.
Chain Gurnie Airport Maintenance and
[51:19] Financial Agreement. Consideration of
memorandum number 25-191
[51:23] recommending that the city commission
approve the maintenance and financial
[51:26] agreement for the chain Gurnie airport
project number 3-46-4600-312025
[51:33] and authorize the city manager to sign
the referenced SD dot agreement
[51:38] commission. What's your pleasure?
>> So moved. Second.
[51:43] » Okay. I have a motion and a second on
the floor. Any commission discussion?
[51:50] Seeing no mics come on. Anyone from the
public?
[51:55] » Sure.
Can we get some explanation on that,
[51:58] please?
[52:02] » Yeah.
>> Uh, sure. Just quick explanation on
[52:06] that. Sho is was doing a project that
just required a relocation of a water
[52:11] line.
>> We're on number nine, which is the SDG
[52:15] chain.
>> Oh, never mind. I will let
[52:19] It's airport.
>> Sorry.
[52:25] » This was a maintenance project that the
DOT contracted out for the asphalt
[52:30] runway at the airport. It's like kind of
like a glorified chip seal on that that
[52:36] runway. Like I said, the DOT contracted
that all out and this was for our share
[52:42] of the project. So,
>> okay. Thank you, Adam.
[52:49] Okay. Again, will any any commission
discussion?
[52:52] Anyone from the public?
>> Okay. Roll call.
[52:56] » Hanoff.
>> I.
[52:57] » Moer.
>> I.
[52:58] » Spencer.
>> Hi.
[52:59] » Benson.
>> Hi.
[53:00] » Brunick.
>> I.
[53:01] » Sarda.
>> I.
[53:02] » Mayor of Illinois.
>> I. Motion passes. Okay. Number 10.
[53:06] Yankton Transfer Station Tipping Fees
Adjustment. Consideration of memorandum
[53:10] number 25-192.
recommend the city commission adopt
[53:14] resolution number 25-48 enacting the new
rates effective January 1st 2026 January
[53:21] 1st 2027 and January 1st 2028 commission
what's your pleasure
[53:28] » so approve
>> second
[53:30] » okay I have a motion and a second any
commission discussion
[53:35] » see no mics come on anyone from the
public
[53:39] seeing no movement roll call
>> moer
[53:42] » I Spencer Hi,
>> Benson.
[53:43] » Hi,
>> Brunick.
[53:44] » Hi,
>> Sarda.
[53:45] » Hi,
>> Hanoff.
[53:46] » Hi,
>> Mayor Villanova.
[53:48] » I motion passes. Number 11, airport
fees, consideration of memorandum number
[53:53] 25-193,
recommending the city commission adopt
[53:56] resolution number 25-49,
enacting the new airport rates effective
[54:01] January 1st, 2026. Commission, what's
your pleasure?
[54:05] » So moved.
>> Second.
[54:07] » I have a motion and a second on the
floor. Any commission discussion?
[54:12] See no lights. Come on. Anyone from the
public?
[54:16] See no movement. Roll call.
>> Spencer.
[54:19] » I.
>> Benson.
[54:21] » I.
>> Brunick.
[54:22] » Hi.
>> Sarda.
[54:23] » I.
>> Hanoff.
[54:24] » I.
>> Moer.
[54:25] » I.
>> Mayor Villanova.
[54:26] » I. Motion passes. And lastly, number 20
or excuse me, number 12, section line
[54:31] right-of-way vacation. Consideration of
memorandum number 25-186 regarding the
[54:36] planning commission's recommendation
that the city commission issue a
[54:39] position statement to the county that
stipulates that the city will be
[54:43] satisfied with the county decision to
vacate the described north south section
[54:48] line highway beginning at the north
boundary of the widing drive rightway to
[54:53] the north boundaries of sections 8 and 9
T93 north R55 west of the of the fifth
[54:59] pm all in Yankton County, South Dakota.
a centerline distance of approximately
[55:04] 1,50 ft. And before I accept a uh
motion, should we have some explanation
[55:10] of that?
Thank you.
[55:24] » All right, Mayor Villanova, members of
the commission, thanks. Uh
[55:28] so basically the uh the county has asked
the the city commission to provide a
[55:35] position statement on a uh request for a
vacated rightaway. Um and it is in the
[55:41] county area. And the reason they're
asking the city for an opinion is uh
[55:46] this is located within the three mile um
platting jurisdiction of the city. even
[55:51] though the the act of a rightaway
vacation is is a county action. Um but
[55:58] uh the uh this issue was presented to
the planning commission here earlier
[56:02] this month and they uh recommended that
uh the city you know provide a position
[56:07] statement that would be uh favorable to
the to the county. Um it's it's sort of
[56:11] a non-issue you might say. um the uh the
petitioners that uh were asking for the
[56:18] rightway vacation. Basically, the
reasoning was the the uh uh the section
[56:24] line right away um is is unnecessary
because of the fact that the um um if
[56:32] you if you can picture u southwest Jim
River Road and Whiting Drive, um
[56:37] Southwest Jim River Road is basically
runs parallel to this section line and
[56:41] it's very close to this uh section line
in question. And um so if if we were to
[56:48] um look at a plat or a subdivision uh in
the future um we would be looking to
[56:52] that uh that Jim River Road as as the
section line of of record for right away
[56:59] consideration.
>> Okay. Thanks for that explanation. I
[57:03] appreciate that. Okay. With that
explanation, commissioners, uh do I have
[57:06] a motion?
Move
[57:09] » to approve.
>> Second. Okay. Have a motion and a
[57:12] second. Any commission discussion?
Anyone from the public? Roll call.
[57:17] » Benson, I
>> Brunick. Hi.
[57:19] » Sarda.
>> Hi.
[57:20] » Hoff. Hi.
>> Moer. Hi.
[57:22] » Spencer. Hi.
>> Mayor Villainova.
[57:24] » I. Motion passes. Okay. Next. Future
business. So, this is the time that the
[57:28] city commissioners to address the
commission regarding matters not on this
[57:31] agenda. These items will not be
deliberated by the governing body and
[57:34] will not be acted upon at this time.
Items mentioned may be added to a future
[57:38] city commission meeting or work session
for deliberation or action.
[57:42] Commissioners, do we have any future
action, future business?
[57:47] Okay, seeing no mics, come on. We'll
move next to uh I'll entertain a motion
[57:52] to to move into uh executive session to
discuss contractual and litigation
[57:56] matters under SDCL 125-2.
>> So moved.
[58:01] » Okay, I have a motion
>> second
[58:03] » and a second. Uh all in favor say I. I.
>> All opposed, nay. Okay, we'll move into
[58:09] executive session.
[Applause]
[58:15] Oh, any action?
>> No action after.
[58:18] » Thank you.
>> This conference is no longer being
[58:22] recorded.
[58:35] Yeah.
[58:43] [Music]
[58:47] » Grab you before I head out.
[58:55] » We got to make the story.
>> Yeah.
[58:58] » Talk about that.
>> That's what we do. That's what we do.
[59:03] Well, well, you're finally