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This conference will now be recorded.

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» for which it stands, one nation under
God, indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all.

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» I believe we have no amendments, so I
just need the adoption of the agenda.

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» Okay.
>> Any further discussions? All in favor?

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» Aye.
>> Opposed? Passes 4-0-0. I will open

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public comment portion. Individuals may
address the City Council about any items

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of concern. Speakers must state their
name and limit their remarks to 3

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minutes.
Sarah.

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» Hi, my name is Sarah Burtsinger. It's
nice to see everyone here and uh thank

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you for letting me come. I live just
outside of Pine Island and I'm running

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for House District 20B.
And I just wanted to come say hi and and

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basically listen and partake and learn
about local government. And so I have my

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contact info if you have any questions
or want to get ahold of me.

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» Perfect.
>> Thanks, Sarah. Any questions for Sarah?

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I think everybody's met Sarah here, so
perfect. Thanks for stopping.

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» Thanks for having me.
>> Uh any more public comments?

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Tony?
>> No.

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» I will close the public comment portion
and we'll do consent agenda. All items

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listed on the consent agenda are
considered routine by Council and will

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be approved by one motion. There will be
one separate no separate discussion on

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these items unless a council member
requests, in which case the item will be

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removed because from the consent agenda
to be considered in its normal sequence

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on agenda.
>> I need to make one comment on the

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minutes. There was a typo um
for the amount of for the bid from

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Schumachers. It was not $5.5 million, it
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So I'll just make that note um
and then there's just a couple

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misspellings so we get that all cleaned
up it'll be in the approved minutes so

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just proceed as normal and we get it all
drafted away for you.

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» You have a motion to approve?
>> I make a motion to approve the consent

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agenda.
>> Thank you.

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Any further discussions? All in favor?
I. Opposed? Passes 4-0-0.

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Accounts payable, Kevin.
>> There's two things to draw your

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attention to on this one. We've got
number 82647,

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the new lawnmower there for $17,800
coming out of the capital equipment.

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And then at the very bottom, 82667,
the new 2026 Equinox for $31,337.25.

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So, otherwise everything else is very
routine and ordinary.

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I'll make a motion to approve the
accounts payable in the total of

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$94,926.14.

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» I have two comments, both for Jeff.
One that the lawnmower's, that zero turn

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that we talked about a couple months
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» This Yeah, this is the 72-in actually.
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Okay. Oh, yeah Oh, yeah, with the 72.
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it's weird seeing you drive that Equinox
around town in that thing.

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I'm like, I think that was Oh, it is.

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Well, that's what we like to hear.

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We got a second on accounts payable?
>> I'll second.

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» Any further discussions? All in favor?
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» Opposed? Passes 4-0-0. Thanks, Kevin.
New business, posting the police chief

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position.
Um I know it's been discussed amongst

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the personnel committee,
Bob, I, and Brian.

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We know the police chief is retiring in
October August

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of 2034.

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So I know it's so what I know there's
been discussions

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kind of know um
uh just kind of started off but in my

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opinion
I do know that we do have a good

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candidate or two internal.
Externally I I mean I have some

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questions. What could we get?
What could it do it to our department if

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we went external?
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So like kind of with that said you kind
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my feelings on that. I would like keep
it internal. It would be a one-week

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posting uh versus a two-week posting.
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Council have any other opinions ideas
motions?

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» So like tonight we can make a motion
to keep it internal or

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» That's kind of yeah that's kind of what
we're asking for just to kind of

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I mean chief has got what was it five
eight three months?

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» A little over three.
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years so
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So yeah so it's just kind of one of
those things if we keep it internal

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I think it's going to be an easier
transition

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versus external and interviewing and
background checks.

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And I think there would be a lot more
work for the chief if we went external

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versus internally. So there's some pros
and cons of that budget-wise

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training-wise
stress-wise for the chief of the going

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external.
Possibly so.

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» I think the pros of going internally far
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anything else and that would be my
preferred direction is to see a internal

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position posting first as the primary
hope.

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» And and I and I agree and and there's a
lot of pros, there's some cons. There

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are
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» of pros um
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seems like the trend is as if you have
the capable staff um to do that

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internally, we're seeing a lot more
internal promotions to the position of

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chief than we are seeing external.
Usually um what we're seeing with the

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external unless it's a significant size
city, you know, your your major

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metropolitan um they often will do
external. Um

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but they also, you know, would have it
open to internal if they have those

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candidates, but we're seeing a lot of
trends where that's being handled in

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inside which it used to wasn't that way
in the past. Um but uh

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there's certainly, you know, you you
have an investment within your

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community. If you've made that
investment, you continue to contribute

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to that investment. You want to kind of
get your investment out of it.

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» Bill B,
any more input?

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I like the idea of going internal.
I also don't want to

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There's always a chance that we may miss
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whether we would or not, I don't know.
I don't like eliminating that

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possibility though.
That's my take.

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» I would make a motion that we
do an internal posting for the chief

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position.

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I'll second that.
>> Any further discussions?

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» This is not a roll call, correct?
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All in favor?
>> I.

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» Opposed?
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» Passes 3-1.
So, I think

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Chief and or Brian will get that out
tomorrow, I think, when I talked to

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Brian or soon.
>> I think I think Brian had something

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arranged with either way, whichever we
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» I talked to Brian today, so.
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out tomorrow, probably.
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the possibility.
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was either way he was going to do it
either way

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to get it out there and get moving.
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amount of time it would have been posted
for, so.

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Yep.
>> Perfect. We'll jump to 6B, resolution

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2026 Pleasant Avenue, unbudgeted
transfers.

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Kim, you do or No, I'm Miles, you doing
Kim's job today.

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» Tonight I am. Um
So, this is just a normal transfer we're

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kind of doing now. You've kind of seen
it the last few council meetings since

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we've hired Abdo as our new auditors.
Um this is just kind of how they

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request, so they have some sort of paper
trail they can kind of go back to

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transfers on. So, this will just be for
the Pleasant Avenue Loop project um this

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year. Um as you can see,
um and you know, I don't have much more

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information other than that. She didn't
give me too much, so.

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I will also mention we did have our
audit this week as well, so I'll talk

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about that more in the updates as well,
so.

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» Yeah, I mean, and I think Kim has done
that with these transfers are going to

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be a little bit more often, which we
didn't with our old uh auditor. So, it's

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just something they require or want or
recommend, so that's why you'll see some

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of those.

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» So, I make a motion to approve

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» 2026-16

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» I'll second that.
>> Any further discussion?

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Bob?
>> Aye.

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» Joan?
>> Aye.

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» Kevin?
>> Aye.

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» And I I pass this 4-0-0. Thanks, Miles.
Uh 6C chain link fence repair, Jeff.

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» Yeah, we
we don't got some quotes just to fix uh

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20 ft of
chain link along the city shop there

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where trees have fallen
over the past few years. And then to put

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a gate back on that we had
I'm going to say that was probably gone

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it's been gone 6 maybe 7 years now.
Just to provide security for that back

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area again on the south side of the
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» What was that price again?
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is the low low bid.
>> 66,000?

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» It's 6,619.

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» Got to get the chain link bid.
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original product other than the fact
we're going to cantilever roller gate

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instead of a and uh we had used to have
a swing gate on a wheel.

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» Yep.
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general fund in the building maintenance
fund, so a normal expense as well.

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» I'll make a motion to approve the repair
of the gates to be

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6,619.
>> Second.

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» Any further discussions?
All in favor?

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» Aye.
>> Opposed? Passes 4-0-0. Jeff, one more

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question I just thought of it. How are
we doing on that water filling station

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credit cards?
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done. Uh the manifold's built. It uh
the box is mounted. It is

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um
close. We're just waiting we're uh

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trying to get like uh Ryan Mechanical to
come. It's a stainless pipe that we need

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threaded for a few of the pieces to get
out to have our upper and lower fills.

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So, we're basically to that point and
then calibration. Um we're waiting on

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calibration because we're also
working on switching everything over to

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the looping project we did, which would
put everybody on high pressure. So, that

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would change our calibrations. If we
started now, we're on the water tower,

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we'd be at 55 psi. We're going to go to
82 psi. So, we want to do one

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calibration and done.
>> But, we're very close with that, too,

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where we're we're actually looking at uh
decommissioning the water tower.

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» As well. As well.
>> I just know we're getting close to

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construction season, so I would just
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Yeah, we did uh
uh get a new water meter for the wooden

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backflow preventer. They're actually
using it at the uh new apartment

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building right now.
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» And that will actually go to um out on
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and gravel will be using that for a part
of the summer.

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» Perfect.
>> So, everything is being metered.

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» Perfect.
Sorry about that. I got sidetracked. Uh

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6D Highlands Development Agreement,
Miles.

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» Uh yes. So, we the previous two council
meetings, or maybe last month or so,

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we've done our preliminary plat and
final plat for the Highlands

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development, which is coming in uh this
summer. So, this is will be the seventh

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phase. So, 28 single-family lots will be
going up as part of the Highlands

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development. Uh and we've been working
on a development agreement for the last

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four or five months now.
Um and they've just been in negotiations

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uh the last two weeks with Bigelow Homes
on getting that completed. Um so, we're

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bringing that draft for you tonight. Um
Council member Kevin Amundson thankfully

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pointed out a couple errors, so we had
some typos. And I am embarrassed to say

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there was two mistakes with the numbers,
which I will address in a second here.

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Um couple uh big items of note for you
as part of this agreement. Um there are

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there's no park that park dedication
fees for this one.

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That is because
on the very first agreement that or one

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of the first agreements, they had
dedicated land in that agreement, so

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that was for the entire phases a whole
multi-phases,

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which is
odd, but in this case a little bit

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different since there's a golf course
there, too. So, again, can't speak on

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how it was done 20 years ago, but that's
where we are. Um another note was that

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they had in the sixth phase a sewer
extension,

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um which was for about $68,000,
um and that was supposed to be on a

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10-year term, so they're in year five or
six of that. So, they are required to

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pay off the remaining balance, which is
$434,315.

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Um they will be posting a financial
security on this project of 125%, which

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is required by our ordinance.
Um that will be in the amount of

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$1,391,250.

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Um the regular cash requirements are
$118,315.

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315 dollars. As you know, in your
agreement, those numbers are incorrect,

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and that was where I messed up. I
miscalculated. The we originally did

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120% for a financial security as part of
our normal draft that we have, but our

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ordinance requires 125%. Thankfully,
Kevin pointed out to me, so I got that

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addressed. Um and then I just
miscalculated on the cash requirements.

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It's actually 118,000.
In the agreement, we have $104,000, so

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just keep that in mind that it'll be
more than what's there. I miscalculated

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it for
whatever reason. So, that's my fault

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completely.
Um those fees in particular are for

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engineering administration,
legal expenses, which is 0.5%, and then

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for the sewer extension as well. So, not
a ton of fees, but on our previous

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agreements, there were no fees at all.
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good slam dunk for the city on that one.
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site maintenance during construction
because we have a couple comments during

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our public hearings from the from the
general public in the area about how on

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previous phases some of the site
maintenance was poor

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and a lot of debris or trash blew into
other people's properties. So, we added

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a stronger provision in there that gives
us a little bit more room to say, "No,

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this is our contractual agreement that
needs to be clean and it can't affect

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the neighboring properties as well." Um
so, those are kind of the big notes I

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have, but I'll open that up to any
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» Last time we
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things that the engineer talked about
and that they were in the process of

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going through.
>> Yes.

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» Those things get addressed?
>> Yes, those are all addressed and legally

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they have to be addressed before
anything's recorded anyways. So, the

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final plat has yet to be recorded and
that's because it's contingent upon us

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approving and the signatures and
recording of this development agreement,

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too. So, all these things will be
addressed and I Bill is not here

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tonight, but
but Bill has has been They actually

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forwarded us construction plans and
everything. From my perspective it's

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been addressed, but I don't know if he
has anything he still needs to work out,

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but we've obviously have never had a
problem with Bigelow or working with

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their engineers on addressing those
concerns. So, I think we're we're okay

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where we are now and again all this
stuff will be ironed out for sure by the

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time everything's recorded with the
county.

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» Any more questions on the
>> You said the park part

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» So, anyway, so are you saying like I
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there and and so they're we're just
saying they don't have to put an

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additional park?
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would have been noted in the preliminary
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This is kind of like an odd phase or
really wasn't space for anything. Um I

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don't know why that had occurred cuz it
really wasn't in any agreements. I think

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they kind of just put it in one of their
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probably an odd lot, and they were like,
"We'll just put something there

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um for the general public." But, their
original notes about Parkland dedication

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was that the golf course, cuz it was
originally a nine-hole golf course, they

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added nine holes, and that was meant to
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Little bit weird, I think, but
um that's the way it was done when it

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was first signed in 2003.
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other interesting note, too, is that
they wanted to pay their sewer and water

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availability charges up front in the
first agreement. So, they paid us a sum

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of almost $300,000 in two in 2003 um for
those for that So, that's for the entire

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90 acres of future development, which,
as our attorney Mike Flaherty noted, is

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really weird, um and he didn't really
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so, that's why you don't see that as a
fee in here, too, like you saw with uh

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the Keller Barton building
um and all the projects we have, just

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cuz they decided to pay it up front, and
that's the reason you don't see it in

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the previous agreements, either, is cuz
they already paid it, I guess. And we

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Kim and I had to go back and dig back in
2003 to make sure that was actually

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paid. So,
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» They probably came out really good on
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» Well, that's that's why they paid it up
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» Right.
>> 25 years later, it's probably gone up a

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little bit.
>> And our fees have gone up for it, too.

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So, they saved uh an ample sum of money,
I'd say, but yeah.

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» I'll make a motion to approve as amended
the Highlands development agreement.

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» I'll second that.
>> Any further discussions? All in favor?

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» I.
>> Opposed? Passes 4-0-0. Thanks, Mile, for

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all that work on that.
Uh 60 set a work session.

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Um
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want to talk about during work session
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And then also the health insurance
something about

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when our renewals are, they want to
change the renewal but won't affect our

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budget.
>> Yes, so we had Kim, I and Brian had a

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meeting with um our

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I think he's our consultant on our
health insurance services or he he's

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part of our health insurance and we were
looking for a way where we could know

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about our rates for next year earlier in
the year so that we can budget for it

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because as you know, we get our rates in
October and that's a problem because we

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set a preliminary budget in September
and we can't go any higher than that. So

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if the rates come in at 20% increase,
then we are out of luck almost and we

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have to really maneuver. We had to do it
last year, too.

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» that's what we had to do last year.
>> And so one thing that he proposed is

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that we can change the structure of our
year and move it a month earlier. So

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basically the benefit year would start
in December and go until um

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the next year. Um so it like we're
moving things up a month and that will

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get us our rates in July. So we'll see
what the increase is in July. That way

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we can budget for it. Now this is a
little bit confusing and so Kim and

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Brian will probably bring some
explanations and some charts for you to

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kind of paint a graph picture of it um
at the work session but that's just kind

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of the idea we're floating because it's
kind of a hassle on us um to budget for

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it and it can even be a problem in union
negotiations as well when that comes up

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because well we don't have the rates
until

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um
October and that screws things up

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because I mean we started negotiating in
August and September. Um so that can be

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a problem. So that's just kind of what
we're proposing. We're going to let you

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all talk about it at the work session
and then we'll bring some more

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information for you then.
>> So the dates that Brian and I talked

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about one out of the three dates worked
for me the best would be the 19th.

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which is Tuesday.
>> June?

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» For that May.
>> May, sorry.

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» No, yeah.
Uh otherwise, the 11th would work for

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me, but the 20th would not. This is kind
of what Brian and I talked about.

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So, let's start with the 19th. I think
it only should take about an hour.

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» What time on the 19th?
>> 5:30? I mean, I'm open. I'm just doing

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5:30 for
>> From the 19th?

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» That's That would be the 19th as well.
>> Yes.

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» Is that or that's code?
>> Mhm.

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» Would that that 5:30?
>> We'll also be discussing some

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preliminary budget ideas as well for
this work session. Nothing in-depth, but

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this is just the time of year when we
start kicking things around. So, um just

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heads-up on that. Um as that will
probably That will be part of the

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discussion, too.
>> What what is your

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Could we cancel them? Code? I mean, I
don't know what your topics are on that.

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» I would prefer not to cancel this code,
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» We missed the last one. Well, I guess we
just

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We're working on stuff, so
>> Yep, and I have stuff, so

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» So, how does the 11th look? Monday the
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Monday.
Bobby?

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» Uh we do it at 5:30.
And it's only takes an hour. I have

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prior training.
>> What time does that start?

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» 6:30.
>> So, if we got an hour

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» I can
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everybody else, I mean, you you have 45,
50 minutes.

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» I can make it work.
>> Don't So, let's do

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uh Monday the 11th at 5:30, and we'll
just try to keep it an hour. And if Bob

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has to leave, if they go longer, he'll
leave. At least we'll get the topic, so

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We'll set the work I just need a motion
to set the work session on Monday the

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11th from 5:30 to 6:30.
>> I will make that motion.

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» I'll second.
>> Any further discussions? All in favor?

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» I.
>> Opposed?

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Passes 4-0-0. Thanks, Miles. Uh reports,
Miles.

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» Uh so, I'll have a couple updates cuz
I'm covering a few people tonight. So,

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number one was out for Kim. We had our
budget or sorry, our audit this week.

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So, Abdo came in. They did field work
only on Tuesday and Wednesday,

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which is different than what we're used
to because our previous auditor were

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here all week, sometimes even into the
next week as well. So, they did their

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field work this week. They were here and
they got to see our processes and they

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got to handle everything and they
completed everything and it ran very

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smoothly and
we had no really big hiccups, which is

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really nice.
I think Kim thought this process was

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a lot less stressful than previous
years.

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So, yeah, we'll get more information
when we get those audits back, but

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things went really well.
Couple notes from our community

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development director,
Kurt Meister,

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the Zumbrota Economic Development
Authority voted to continue advertising

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the city by purchasing some Google
Performance Max ads.

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EDA used Facebook ads last year, but
felt the advertisements weren't reaching

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as many people as possible. So,
the Google Ads campaign will work with

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users' online algorithms and allowing
advertisements promoting Zumbrota to

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appear more frequently to targeted
audiences. Um,

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ads will highlight a lot of the
community attractions we have and

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amenities, including the covered bridge,
the new community pool, campground, and

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our
walking and biking trails, strong school

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system, and our new housing
opportunities and local festivals as

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well. Um, and they
approved the purchase of a 3-month

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advertising campaign for $3,100
through Tulip Tree Studios of

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Stewartville.
That all came from the promotional

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budget of the EDA.
And the second item is that the EDA is

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exploring some ways to better utilize
our historical plaque that we have at

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the roundabout near Quick Trip. As you
may know, it's kind of in a weird spot

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and it's really rarely seen by the
public and may benefit from being

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relocated near the existing monuments by
the covered bridge. So, Kurt has been

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working with Jeff
to kind of identify a solution for

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relocating the display. Due to the size
and structure of the monument, it can't

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be removed in its entirety.
Instead, the plaque will need to be

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removed from the existing monument and
mounted on a new stone base.

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In addition, a map of the historic
Dubuque trail would be added to enhance

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the educational and historical value of
the display. Anyone interested in seeing

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the wording display is currently
displayed on the plaque is encouraged to

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contact Kurt Meissner by email. So,
those are the updates from EDA. And then

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just for me and for Brian both, Brian
and I attended the Minnesota City

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Managers Association conference last
week from Wednesday Wednesday to Friday

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morning basically.
So, we got to hear a lot of great

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speakers there and got a lot of
networking opportunities with other

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cities. So, we got to flow a lot of
different ideas around, talk about

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different topics.
So, that was really great.

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We also had our groundbreaking ceremony
last week for the Kilbourne Bridge

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Apartment building. Which went really
well. We had a pretty good turnout, a

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lot of different members of the
community. And then finally, Miranda and

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I this week attended our first election
training.

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So, getting ready for the primary and
general election this year. So.

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That's it.
>> Thanks Brian. I mean Rob.

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My old
I Chief.

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» Um number one

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» Actually
Gary Schroeder Senior stopped in today

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and
had some good news in regards to the

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memorial highway that's being renamed
and was able to show me the sign that

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they're going to be placing
and it'll be up It looks like to me in

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some prominent sections of the uh,
north and south end of the city, so it

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will be quite visible.
And so, we're excited to see

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um, that uh, Memorial Highway being
renamed. Um, we uh,

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our newest employee is on track uh,
field training wise.

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Um, so we're we're hoping maybe by the
end of the month um,

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Misty will be ready to roll on her own.
Other than that, I got nothing.

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» We going to do a uh, ribbon cutting or
ceremony for the new signs for

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the highway?
>> I'm not quite sure what what's planned,

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but I I would think that would be pretty
appropriate to do that. Um, I know

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they're looking to do some fundraising
um, because that is at um, those type of

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things aren't at public's expense. So,
um, they're looking at doing a little

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fundraising and so forth with that. So,
we're kind of looking at ideas.

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» Perfect.
>> Thanks, Chief.

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» Mr. Miner?
>> Nothing tonight.

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» I just want to piggyback on the
groundbreaking for Bridgeview.

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Um, Joan and Kevin there, I think we had
a great turnout. I I mean, they're

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moving right along. I mean, I almost got
to drive by it daily just to check up on

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it. So, uh,
I think it would be a nice addition. Has

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it been okay with public works? I mean,
anything they've needed or done or

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» Uh, yeah, we removed a couple light
poles that were on that street and other

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than that, it's been pretty smooth. So.
>> Perfect.

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» Yeah, perfect.
>> That's all I got.

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» Bob?
>> Nothing tonight.

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» Joan?
>> Nothing tonight.

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» Kevin?
>> Nothing tonight.

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» Meeting adjourned.

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» Hey, do you want to help wait for mom?
>> Malls?

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» Yeah, this week.

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» A 19