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[1. Call to Order.]
TINY TAP NOISE TO COME ON.AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT TAKES LONGER OR LONGER EVERY MEETING.
UM, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE IDAHO FALLS CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON THIS NIGHT IN NOVEMBER.
UM, WE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
UH, WHATEVER THE REASON WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, THE, UM, WE HAVE, UM, A FULL COUNSEL HERE, BUT IT'S OUR CUSTOM TO ASK THE CITY CLERK TO CALL THE ROLE.
AND SO, WE'LL, WE'LL INVITE HER TO DO THAT.
UM, WE HAVE, UM, THE PRIVILEGE OF, UH, OUR HAVING OUR PLEDGE OF BELIEVE EVENTS TONIGHT, WHICH IS ANOTHER WAY THAT WE CUSTOMARILY START OUR MEETINGS.
IT'S GONNA BE LED BY A SCOUT FROM, UH, TROOP THREE 10, ELIJAH GARCIA, WHO IS A STUDENT AT SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL.
AND, UH, IF YOU ARE INCLINED TO JOIN IN, PLEASE STAND.
WHY IS UP HERE FOR MY RIGHT? PLEASE FOLLOW ME.
IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TWO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD AND INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY.
YOU WERE CLEAR
UH, THE VERY NEXT, UH, PART OF OUR AGENDA I SHOULD POINT OUT TO EVERYONE.
UM, WELL, WE'RE GONNA DO A COUPLE THINGS.
WE'RE GONNA, FIRST, I'M GONNA ENTERTAIN A FEW MOTIONS ABOUT THE AGENDA, BUT, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WANTING TO FOLLOW ALONG, UH, THERE'S A COPY OF THE AGENDA AND A BASKET OUTSIDE THE DOOR AND WHEN THOSE RUN OUT, OR IF YOU ARE SOMEONE WHO PREFERS TO USE THIS, UM, THE QR CODE BY THE DOOR, YOU SCREENSHOT IT AND YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO EVERY BIT OF THE AGENDA.
SO WHAT IS POSTED OUTSIDE THE DOOR IS A, UM, IS JUST THE ORDER OF BUSINESS.
BUT IF YOU WANT ALL THE ATTACHMENTS, THE MEMOS, THE, THE BILLS, AND, AND YOU KNOW, THE THINGS, UM, STUDIES AND REPORTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH EACH AGENDA ITEM, YOU WOULD WANT TO USE THE QR CODE.
IT'LL TAKE YOU TO THE PLACE ON THE WEBSITE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PAGES THE PACKET IS THIS SIGNED? HUNDRED 50 92 9 2 1 1 9 2, WHENEVER YOU GO.
UM, SO, UH, WITH THAT, UH, I BELIEVE,
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UH, BOTH COUNCILOR FRANCIS AND COUNCILOR, BOTH COUNCILOR PRESIDENT TO HAVE MOTIONS.COUNCILLOR FRANCIS, YOURS IS A LITTLE MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD.
SO I'M, I'M JUST WANT TO REMOVE FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND PUT ON A REGULAR AGENDA, EXCUSE ME.
PUT ON A REGULAR AGENDA, CONSENT AGENDA, ITEM B, FIRE DEPARTMENT TWO, APPROVAL OF THE STRYKER PROGRAM MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT, AND PUT IT ON THE REGULAR AGENDA.
UM, I'M GONNA SUGGEST THAT WE PUT IT, UM, AS THE VERY FIRST ITEM ON THE REGULAR AGENDA.
IS THAT ALL? EVERYBODY THAT MAKES SENSE.
UM, AND SO, UH, WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE THAT AS YOUR MOTION.
UM, I SECOND WE HAVE A SECOND COUNCIL, I'LL SECOND THAT AGREEMENT.
UH, WITH THAT, UH, CITY CLERK, WILL YOU CALL THE ROLE ON THE MOTION TO REMOVE SOMETHING FROM THE AGENDA? LARSON? YES.
COUNCILOR FRANCIS, YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T NEED GOOD MORNING.
UH, IT'S USUALLY JUST A REQUEST, UH, AND IT, IT GOES AS A REQUEST TO REMOVE IT.
SO I APOLOGIZE FOR TREATING IT LIKE A MOTION, BUT WE'RE NOT TOTALLY OUT OF ORDER.
NO ONE'S GONNA COME AND THERE'S NO POLICE FOR, FOR THIS ONE.
UM, YEAH, WE HAVE POLICE IN THE ROOM, BUT THEY'RE NOT GONNA GIVE ON IT.
UM, THE NEXT ONE REALLY IS A MOTION REAL AMENDMENT.
UM, I WOULD ASK MAYOR THAT WE ADD AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO THE END OF OUR MEETING.
UM, AND THE GOOD FAITH REASON THAT IT WAS NOT PUT ON THE AGENDA IS BECAUSE SOME, JUST SOME INFORMATION THAT, UM, HAS COME TO LIGHT TODAY, UM, THAT I THINK COUNSEL SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF, UM, TO COMMUNICATE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE PUBLIC AGENCY TO DISCUSS THE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS OF LEGAL OPTIONS FOR PENDING LITIGATION OR CONTROVERSIES NOT YET BEING LITIGATED, BUT IMMINENTLY LIKELY TO BE LITIGATED.
ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE, UM, TWO SECONDS.
UH, CAPTAIN JOHN REPER WAS FIRST, BUT, UH, JIM FRANCIS WAS LOUDER, SO, MM-HMM.
UM, AND THEN, AND I WOULD SAY THAT AT THE END OF THAT, COUNCIL WOULD NOT RECONVENE AFTER.
WE SHOULD ADD THAT TO THE MOTION.
ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? OKAY.
SO I'LL JUST BRIEFLY EXPLAIN BEFORE WE TAKE THE VOTE THAT AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ENTITLES THE COUNCIL TO MEET WITHOUT THE PUBLIC PRESENT.
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WORK, UH, TAKES PLACE IN PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT WHERE WE PUT GIVE NOTICE OUT AND WE HAVE A PUBLISHED AGENDA AND ALL OF THAT.BUT THERE ARE SOME MATTERS THAT CAN BE SENSITIVE, UM, THAT THE CITY, THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAS, UH, RECOGNIZED AS BEING, UM, MATTERS THAT A, AN ELECTED BODY IS ALLOWED TO DISCUSS ON BEHALF OF THE ENTITY IN A CLOSED DOOR SETTING, BECAUSE THAT INFORMATION COULD, NEEDS TO BE REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL OR, UM, JUST IT'S BETTER HANDLED QUIETLY AT FIRST.
HOWEVER, WE NEVER TAKE VOTES IN EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
WE NEVER, UM, UM, WE DON'T TAKE THAT TAKE MINUTES.
WE DON'T TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN THERE OUTSIDE OF THERE.
IT'S, IT'S ALL MEANT TO BE, IF IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE CONFIDENTIAL, WE ARE ALL GOING TO KEEP IT CONFIDENTIAL.
SO, UM, ANYTHING THAT ARISES OUT OF THAT CONVERSATION THAT NEEDS ACTION WILL TAKE PLACE IN A PUBLIC MEETING WITH AN AGENDA THAT'S NOTICED TO THE PUBLIC.
SO IT'S JUST A PLACE TO CONFER IF WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO TALK ABOUT MEETS WITH THE, WHAT THE LEGISLATURE HAS SAID QUALIFIES.
AND AS SHE SAID, LITIGATION OR PENDING LITIGATION IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE IT, UH, S SO, UM, AT LEAST I BELIEVE IT DOES.
UM, SO WITH THAT, UM, I WILL ASK IF THERE ARE ANY COUNCIL QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE TO A VOTE.
SO YOU CLERK CONDUCT A VOTE ON THAT.
THIS ITEM WILL BE NUMBER SEVEN ON THE AGENDA NOW.
UM, AND SO WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON THEN TO, UM, THE, UM, CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH NOW HAS ONE LESS, NO, WHAT AM I MISSING? PUBLIC COMMENT.
[3. Public Comment.]
YES, SORRY.UM, PUBLIC COMMENT IS NEXT ON THE AGENDA, AND I BELIEVE WE DO HAVE, UH, SOME INTEREST IN, IN MAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT.
AND SO WE WILL INVITE, UM, THE PUBLIC TO COME FORWARD.
YOU'LL NOTE THAT ON THE BACK OF THE COVER SHEET FOR THE AGENDA ARE SOME GUIDELINES, UH, FOR, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE ASK EVERYBODY TO ABIDE BY.
UM, IT'S, UH, I THINK, IMPORTANT TO LET US KNOW IF YOU'RE, UH, WHERE YOU LIVE.
UM, AND SO IF YOU COULD AT LEAST LET US KNOW IF YOU'RE, IF YOU LIVE IN THE CITY, THEN YOU ARE A CONSTITUENT.
IF YOU LIVE OUTSIDE THE CITY, YOU'RE ENTITLED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS FREE PODIUM.
BUT, UH, YOU'RE NOT A VOTER, THEREFORE, OR RESIDENT.
SO YOU MIGHT, UH, IT MIGHT MATTER TO THE COUNCIL IN TERMS OF HOW THEY TAKE YOUR, YOUR INPUT.
SO WE ASK THAT YOU TELL US WHERE YOU LIVE, AND THEN, UM, WE DO, UH, ASK YOU TO FOLLOW SOME OF THOSE OTHER BULLET POINT GUIDELINES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE OVER HERE.
MAKE SURE YOUR COMMENTS ARE RELEVANT.
AND WE'D ALSO LIKE TO MAINTAIN DE FORM AND DIG AND DIGNITY.
IT'S POSSIBLE TO HAVE YOUR FREE SPEECH AND STILL, IF YOU CAN USE THE RIGHT WORDS, BE ABLE TO CONVEY WHAT YOU NEED TO CONVEY WITHOUT, UH, BEING VULGAR OR INSULTING ANYONE.
WE HAVE A GREAT MANY STUDENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO PAY ATTENTION TO THESE MEETINGS FOR SCHOOL OR FOR SCOUTS AND, UH, WE WANT THEM TO HAVE A GOOD EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY ENCOUNTER OUR WORDS AND OUR ACTION MEETING.
SO LET'S ALL TRY AND BE DIGNIFIED.
AND WITH THAT PEP TALK, UH, HOPE I DIDN'T INSULT ANYONE.
I'M JUST WANTING TO KEEP IT ALL HAPPY, OR AT LEAST NOT NEGATIVE.
UM, AND WITH THAT, I WOULD INVITE PEOPLE TO COME FORWARD AND, AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.
HOPE YOU FIRST ONE TO THE PODIUM
UM, SO MY NAME'S DANIELLE STIMSON.
UM, AND I'M KIND OF HERE, UM, REPRESENTING TWO GROUPS.
UM, THE FIRST IS MY FAMILY AND MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER, UM, IN MAY OF 2023, WE HAD THE HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE FLOODING AND, AND THE, UM, SEWER SYSTEM AND RAINING INTAKE WAS NOT FUNCTIONING.
UM, AND SO WE, WE HAD COME TOGETHER AND SPOKE AT CITY COUNCIL AND, UM, AND VERY, VERY QUICKLY, UM, WE WERE CONTACTED, UM, AND PEOPLE CAME OUT TO, TO SURVEY EVERYTHING.
AND AT FIRST THEY SAID, WELL, WE'RE GONNA NEED TO, IT MIGHT TAKE OVER A YEAR 'CAUSE WE NEED TO GET, UM, THE BUDGET AND EVERYTHING, BUT INSTEAD IT GOT EXPEDITED AND IT WAS DONE BEFORE THANKSGIVING.
WE HAVEN'T, YOU KNOW, THE KIDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD DON'T SWIM OR KAYAK IN THE ROADS ANYMORE,
UM, ANOTHER THING IS I WANNA REPRESENT, UM, THE ICE FAMILIES, UM, IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, MY DAUGHTER HAS BEEN SKATING.
SHE DOESN'T WANT TO DO
AND, UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU
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FOR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, UM, BOTH CITY COUNCIL AND PARKS AND REC HAS HAVE DONE, UM, THESE PAST FEW YEARS.UM, WE, SO IDAHO FALLS' FIGURE SKATING CLUB, UM, WE HAVE BROUGHT IN, UM, GOLD MEDALISTS, UM, TO OUR TOWN MULTIPLE TIMES, YOU KNOW, WORLD CHAMPIONS, NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, UM, TO GIVE SKATERS IN THE COMMUNITIES OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN, UM, AND THEN OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO SKATE WITH THEM.
UM, AND WHEN, UM, GRACIE GOLD WAS HERE, SHE ACTUALLY SAID THAT WE HAD THE COLDEST ICE RINK THAT SHE HAS EVER BEEN TO, AND LEGALLY SHE COULD HAVE LEFT AND NOT HAD TO PAY US ANYTHING BACK BECAUSE OF HOW COLD IT IS.
SO AFTERWARDS, UM, THE, THE INSTALLATION THAT YOU INSTALLED, THANK YOU.
UM, AND ALSO, UM, UH, PARKS AND RICK, UM, WORKED WITH THE CLUB AND GAVE US PERMISSION TO, ALLOWED US TO HAVE A SAFETY HARNESS INSTALLED.
AND I'M SURE BEFORE IT JUST SEEMED LIKE WE WERE GONNA HAVE, YOU KNOW, KIDS OUT THERE DOING CHUE STUFF, BUT INSTEAD IT ALLOWED KIDS, UM, TO HAVE CONFIDENCE, TO FEEL SAFE WITH THEIR COACH AND CONFIDENCE TO JUMP AS HIGH AS THEY CAN.
AND THERE ARE SO MANY MORE SKATERS THAT ARE LANDING THEIR AXLES AND ALL SORTS OF MORE DIFFICULT THINGS.
UM, AND WE ALSO APPRECIATE, UM, THE ADDITIONAL ICE TIME, UM, THAT HAS BEEN OFFERED TO US, UM, TO, TO PURCHASE SO THAT WE COULD PROVIDE MORE FOR OUR SKATERS.
DOES SHE, UM, IS IT STIMSON WITH AN, UM, M OR A P OR WITH AN N, UM, WITH THE M STUDENT.
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THANK YOU, UH, FOR, FOR LETTING ME BE HERE.
I, I WAS RAISED HERE IN IDAHO FALLS.
UH, MY WIFE AND I AND OUR THREE DAUGHTERS JUST MOVED TO REXBURG AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
UM, BUT I, I STILL, I STILL WORK HERE IN IDAHO FALLS BY THE AIRPORT.
UM, 18 YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A, A GENTLEMAN WHO, UM, ON, ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN, UH, BY NEW SWEDEN AND WEST SIDE, UH, STARTED A CHRISTMAS LIGHT SHOW AT HIS HOME.
AND, UH, DUE TO TO HEALTH AND AGE, UM, HE'S NO LONGER ABLE TO, UM, PUT THE SHOW ON.
AND, AND SO, UH, MY, MY DAD OWNS A BUSINESS AND I, I WORK FOR HIM IN, IN THAT BUSINESS.
AND, UM, WE, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO ACQUIRE THIS LIGHT SHOW FROM HIM, UM, THIS YEAR.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, UH, TO GET IT SET UP.
UM, WE ARE LOCATED AT 1585 NORTH SKYLINE DRIVE, THAT'S, UH, ON THE CORNER OF, UM, UH, SKYLINE DRIVE.
SKYLINE DRIVE, AND INTERNATIONAL WAY.
UM, AND, UH, SO INITIALLY WE THOUGHT WE WOULD, UM, PUT THE SHOW AT THE FRONT OF OUR BUILDING, BUT THAT WOULD PUT MOST OF THE TRAFFIC TO COME AND WATCH THE SHOW ON SKYLINE DRIVE.
AND SO AS WE CONSIDERED THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THAT AND, AND THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE COMING TO WATCH, AS WELL AS PEOPLE TRAVELING ON THE STREET, UM, WE, WE DECIDED IT WOULD BE BEST TO, TO FACE THE SHOW ON, UM, INTERNATIONAL WAY.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE'VE PUT THE SHOW.
UM, WE, WE BOUGHT A NEW, UH, LIGHT POLE OR A NEW FLAG POLE THAT COULD GO UP ON THAT SIDE OF OUR PROPERTY, UM, FOR THE, THE BIG MEGA TREE.
AND, UM, LONG STORY SHORT THAT WE, WE RECENTLY, UM, TALKED WITH THE, UH, HEAD OF SECURITY AT, AT THE AIRPORT AS WELL AS, UH, UM, ONE, ONE OF OUR, UH, ONE, ONE OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS.
UM, AND, AND THEY, UH, HAD, HAD SOME CONCERNS AS WELL.
AND SO WE, WE TRIED TO ADDRESS THOSE, UM, SINCE THEN.
THEY, THEY HAVE LET US KNOW THAT IT, IT IS CURRENTLY LISTED AS ILLEGAL PARKING ON, UH, INTERNATIONAL WAY.
AND SO, UM, PEOPLE, PEOPLE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO COME AND WATCH THE SHOW FROM THAT, FROM THAT ANGLE.
SO THEY TOLD US WE COULD SHUT THE SHOW DOWN, UM, OR WE COULD, WE COULD FACE IT TOWARDS SKYLINE DRIVE, UM, WHERE, WHERE THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF PARKING, UM, ON THAT MAIN STREET.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING, UM, IS, IS FOR CONSIDERATION TO, UM, MODIFY OR REMOVE THAT LAW FOR PARKING TO BE, UM, ILLEGAL ON INTERNATIONAL WAY
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AS, UH, THERE'S, THAT THAT LAW WAS PUT INTO PLACE, UH, FOLLOWING NINE 11.AND, UH, THERE, THERE HAS NOT SINCE BEEN ANY, ANY REASON OR NEED TO, UH, CONTINUE THE LEGISLATION THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO PARKING THERE.
UM, WE, WE WANT TO OFFER THIS AS A FREE EVENT TO THE PUBLIC.
IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT GROWING UP, UM, IT DIDN'T FEEL LIKE CHRISTMAS WAS COMPLETE UNTIL OUR FAMILY WAS ABLE TO GO AND WATCH THIS SHOW.
AND SO, UH, WHEN, WHEN WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO DECIDE THAT, THAT WE COULD OFFER THIS TO THE PUBLIC, WE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS A GREAT WIN, UM, AND, AND SOMETHING FOR FREE THAT, THAT PEOPLE COULD COME AND ENJOY AS FAMILIES.
AND WE THOUGHT THAT THE LOCATION NEAR THE AIRPORT AS PEOPLE ARE COMING AND GOING, UH, WAS ACTUALLY PERFECT AND, AND JUST REALLY HELPED SET THE TONE FOR ANY, ANYONE LEAVING FOR THE HOLIDAYS OR, OR COMING INTO TOWN AND VISITING.
UM, AND AS, AS THEY'RE WELCOME AND GREETED AT, UH, IN, INTO OUR, OUR GREAT CITY.
SO, UM, I WOULD ASK FOR THOSE CONSIDERATIONS.
UM, AND I, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU LETTING ME COME AND, AND SHARE THOSE, THOSE THOUGHTS WITH YOU TONIGHT.
THANK YOU MR. RICKS, APPRECIATE THAT.
AND, UM, UH, THIS IS USUALLY A TIME FOR THE COUNCIL TO HEAR, BUT IN THIS CASE I'LL JUST, UH, INFORM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO, UH, BY WAY OF PRIVILEGE OF HAVING A MICROPHONE HERE THAT, UM, UH, A VERSION OF THIS IN, UH, SOME OF THIS INFORMATION COME FORWARD.
AND I ALREADY HAVE, UH, PUT OUT SOME INQUIRIES WITH, UH, DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS AND WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR BACK AND, UH, THERE WILL BE AN ANSWER AND I THINK, UH, HE HAS A LITTLE BUR SHOT, HAS YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION.
SO, UM, CAN'T GIVE AN ANSWER TONIGHT BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW ALL OF THE DETAILS THAT WE WOULD WANT TO KNOW BEFORE MAKING ANY KIND OF A DECISION.
BUT, UM, HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET SOME KIND OF A RESOLUTION.
UM, ANY OTHERS WHO WISH TO COMMENT? VERY GOOD, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THOSE OF YOU WHO DID TAKE TIME TO COMMENT, UM, YOU SUGARCOATED YOUR COMMENTS, IT WAS A PLEASURE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, UH, WE'LL MOVE
[4. Consent Agenda.]
THEN TO, UH, THE PART FOUR OF OUR AGENDA, THE CONSENT AGENDA.THESE ARE ITEMS THAT WE TAKE CARE OF, UM, WITH ONE MOTION TO APPROVE 'EM ALL BECAUSE, UM, THEY ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE OR FAIRLY, UM, NON-CONTROVERSIAL.
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE A GOOD SENSE OF WHAT THEY ARE AND IT'S JUST BUSINESS, QUICK, EASY BUSINESS KIND OF STUFF.
UM, AND SO WITH THAT, UM, WE WILL ASK OUR CITY CLERK TO READ THESE ITEMS INTO THE AGENDA.
AND THEN OUR CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT, WHO LIAISES WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS WILL NOT WITH MUNICIPAL SERVICES WILL MAKE THAT MOTION.
ALRIGHT, THERE ARE NINE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR HAS ONE ITEM, APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENT CITY BOARD AND COMMISSIONS.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT NOW HAS ONE ITEM PURCHASE OF 2 20 24 NORTH STAR, 1 53 DASH ONE AMBULANCES.
PUBLIC WORKS HAS ONE ITEM, BID, AWARD AND CARRY TRAIL.
PHASE TWO MUNICIPAL SERVICES HAS FOUR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
PURCHASE REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT FOR PARKS AND REC, THE IF 25 0 3 PURCHASE, ROSE SALT FOR PUBLIC WORKS, PURCHASE REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT FOR PUBLIC WORKS STREET DIVISION, PURCHASE OF IN CAR MOTOR RADIOS FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK HAS TWO ITEMS, MEETING MINUTES AND THE ON THE AGENDA AND LICENSE APPLICATIONS.
PI WOULD MOVE THAT COUNSEL, APPROVE, ACCEPT, OR RECEIVE ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ACCORDING TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS PRESENTED.
ALRIGHT, CITY CLERK, WE HAVE A FIRST AND WE HAVE A SECOND ON THIS MOTION.
CAN YOU CONDUCT A VOTE PLEASE? DINGMAN? YES.
ALRIGHT, THAT TAKES US THEN TO PART FIVE OF THE AGENDA, WHICH WE CALL OUR REGULAR
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AGENDA.AND THIS IS WHERE EACH BUSINESS ITEM IS, UH, MANAGED AND HANDLED SEPARATELY.
UH, FIRST DEPARTMENT WITH, UH, BUSINESS BEFORE US THEN WOULD BE, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH THIS, UH, ITEM THAT WE HAD FORMERLY REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UM, PRETTY SIMPLE, STRAIGHTFORWARD EXPLANATION AS TO WHY YOU NEEDED TO REMOVE IT.
UM, APOLOGIES FOR THE LATE REMOVAL OF THAT.
UH, COUNSEL FRANCIS, WHAT THIS HAS TO DO WITH IS THE STRYKER, UH, PROCARE MAINTENANCE CONTRACT THAT WAS DISCUSSED ON TUESDAY, UH, LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
AS WE REVIEWED THAT CONTRACT, WE IDENTIFIED THAT NOT ALL THE DEVICES WERE ACTUALLY LISTED IN THE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT.
AND SO LATE THIS AFTERNOON, WE HAD TO ASK THE, UM, CONTRACTOR TO REDO THE CONTRACT.
AND WHAT THAT DID WAS ADJUST THE AMOUNT THAT WOULD BE ANNUALLY CHARGED.
UM, IT ADJUSTED THE CONTRACT, UM, TO 106,612 AND 20 CENTS OVER THE COURSE OF THREE YEARS WITH AN ADJUSTED UP OF $4,833 FOR THOSE THREE YEARS,
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OR 11,611 ANNUALLY.UM, EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE CONTRACT WOULD STAY THE SAME.
WE JUST ADDED DEVICES THAT THEY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING.
OKAY, SO, UM, COUNSEL, IT WAS ONLY ON THE HOOK FOR AN ADDITIONAL $1,611 HERE.
THIS CONTRACT IS REVIEWED YEAR TO YEAR.
SO, UM, WITH THAT EXPLANATION, ARE THERE ANY COUNSEL QUESTIONS FOR THE CHIEF? I HAVE QUICK COMMENT.
FRANCIS, THANK YOU FOR THE DUE DILIGENCE TO DOUBLE CHECK THE THAT WAS TOO QUICK OF A COMMENT.
UM, GO AHEAD AND, UH, MAKE YOUR MOTION AND, UH, COUNCILPERSON, WILL I COUGH? WE VOTE.
COUNCIL APPROVED THE THREE YEARS FROM PROCARE PROCARE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT AS AMENDMENT AMENDED ADDING $4,833 OVER THREE YEARS.
THE AGREEMENT IS BETWEEN THE CITY AND STRYKER SALES LLC AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR OF CITY TO DECIDE NECESSARY NOT SECOND CLERK.
WILL YOU ROLL CALL PLEASE? ALL
MOTION HEARING? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I THINK, UH, WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON.
[5.A.1) Additional Spending Authority for Professional Audit Services]
ON THEN TO, UH, THE FIRST, UH, DEPARTMENT, THE NEXT DEPARTMENT I SHOULD SAY, UH, TO HAVE BUSINESS AND THAT WILL BE MUNICIPAL SERVICES.AND WE HAVE, UM, DIRECTOR PAM AND ALEXANDER HERE.
AND AS MENTIONED, UH, COUNCIL
AND SO ONE OF THEM, EVENTUALLY WE'LL MAKE A MOTION, BUT FOR NOW WE'LL WE'LL LISTEN TO YOUR, YOUR, UH, REPORT.
THANK YOU MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR HAVING IS THIS EVENING.
SO, UM, WHAT THIS, UH, REQUEST IS, IS A REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL SPENDING ON OUR EXTERNAL AUDIT CONTRACT THAT WE AWARDED, UH, BACK IN AUGUST WITH MOSS ADAMS. SO IF YOU RECALL BACK IN EARLY AUGUST, I BROUGHT FORWARD A NEW CONTRACT FOR EXTERNAL, UH, EXTERNAL AUDIT WITH, UH, THE ONE BID THAT WE RECEIVED, UH, THROUGH RFP FROM MOSS ADAMS TO CONDUCT OUR ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL AUDIT.
AND AT THE TIME WE HAD A PROPOSAL WITH AN ESTIMATE OF $155,000.
INCLUDED IN THAT $155,000 CONTRACT, THERE WAS INCLUDED ONE SINGLE AUDIT.
AND IN THE PAST WE HAVE ALWAYS ISSUED THAT ONE SINGLE AUDIT FOR OUR AIRPORT.
AND THE REASON THAT WE NEED SINGLE AUDITS, PEOPLE SAY, WHAT ARE SINGLE AUDITS? WELL, WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU NEED A SINGLE AUDIT ANYTIME YOU SPEND FEDERAL FUNDS OVER $750,000.
SO SOME YEARS WHEN WE HAVE SOME OF OUR NEWER CONTRACTS, WE DON'T SPEND $750,000 WHERE IN THE PAST WITH THE AIRPORT, WE'VE PRETTY MUCH SPENT THAT WITH A LOT OF THE EXPANSION AND THE WORK THAT'S GONE ON AT THE AIRPORT.
AND SO WE'VE ALWAYS RESERVED THAT SINGLE AUDIT, SINGLE AUDIT THAT'S INCLUDED.
THAT ONE SINGLE AUDIT THAT'S INCLUDED.
WE RESERVED THAT FOR THE AIRPORT AT THE TIME I BROUGHT THIS BACK FORWARD, UM, IN AUGUST WE WERE ANTICIPATING $155,000.
AND WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS WE WANTED TO HAVE THE MOSS ADAMS UNDER CONTRACT SO WE COULD ESTABLISH OUR FIELD ON SITE DATES.
UM, 'CAUSE THEY'RE USUALLY AROUND THE HOLIDAYS AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY GONNA BE HERE THE FIRST PART OF JANUARY FOR US.
UM, AND WE DECIDED AS A FINANCE TEAM THAT WE WOULD GO BACK AND WE WOULD LOOK TO SEE HOW MANY PROGRAM AUDITS WE WERE GONNA NEED.
SO EACH PROGRAM REQUIRES A SINGLE AUDIT.
SO AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'VE DONE ONE WITH THE AIRPORT EVERY YEAR.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE SAFER GRANT THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO A SINGLE AUDIT FOR THIS YEAR AS WELL AS THE GIFT PROGRAM BECAUSE WE HAVE SPENT OVER $750,000 OF FTA FUNDS.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE THIS YEAR, UM, IS ARPA.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN SPENDING DOWN THOSE DOLLARS THAT WERE AWARDED TO THE CITY BACK IN 2021, I BELIEVE IT IS.
AND SO THIS EVENING WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION TO SPEND UP TO $36,000 AND THAT INCLUDES THREE EXTERNAL AUDITS AT $12,000 EACH WITH MOSS ADAMS, WHICH WOULD BRING THE CONTRACT UP TO $191,000 FOR JUST THIS FISCAL YEAR.
AND IT'S ALSO JUST FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024.
SO THAT'S THE EXPLANATION, UM, FOR WHY THIS IS BEING REQUESTED.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNSEL HAS? SO I GUESS I WOULD ASK SINCE SAFER GIFT AND ARPA WERE ALL, UH, PROJECTS THAT WE WERE INVOLVED IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, IS IT JUST THAT, UH, IT WAS AN OVERSIGHT THAT WE DIDN'T GO, OH YEAH, WE NEED SEPARATE ONES AND, AND NOW AND THEN WE REALIZED IT AND THAT WE'RE ADDING THEM? OR DID SOMETHING CHANGE IN THE FEDERAL RULES? OR WHAT CHANGED TO MAKE IT SO THAT WE NEEDED TO ADD THEM RATHER THAN JUST INCLUDING THEM WITHIN THE ORIGINAL? WELL, WHAT WE HAD TO DO IS IT THE,
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THE IT TRIGGERS WHEN YOU SPEND EXPENDITURES OF $750,000.SO AT THE TIME, OKAY, WE HAD NOT CLOSED OUR FISCAL YEAR.
AND AT THE TIME, FULL DISCLOSURE, I WANTED TO GET MOSS ADAMS UNDER CONTRACT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO WE COULD SET THOSE DATES FOR THEIR ONSITE FIELD, UM, REVIEW OF OUR, UM, YEAR END CLOSE EXERCISE, WHICH IS SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2024.
SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT HAPPENED.
WHAT WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO DO IS CLOSE OUT OUR BOOKS, LOOK AT IT, HOW MUCH MONEY WE SPENT, CONSULT WITH OUR NEW AUDITORS AND SAY, OKAY, THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE BELIEVE WE NEED TO DO A SINGLE AUDIT ON.
THESE ARE THE PROGRAMS THAT WE BELIEVE WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO A SINGLE AUDIT ON.
THEY TOOK A LOOK AT THAT AND THEY CONCURRED WITH THAT AS WELL.
SO IT'S JUST ABOUT PROCESS, NOT, NOT SOMEBODY GOING, OH, I FORGOT.
UM, THANK YOU FOR, UH, MAKING THAT VERY CLEAR.
UH, COUNCIL FREEMAN, I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT, HAVE YOU IDENTIFIED THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THE $36,000? YES, ACTUALLY WE HAVE.
SO THE FUNDING SOURCE GOES BACK TO THE SINGLE AUDIT.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE AIRPORT, THE AIRPORT GETS CHARGED FOR THEIR SINGLE AUDIT AND THEN EACH OF THE GRANT PROGRAMS GET CHARGED AS WELL FOR THEIR, UM, AUDIT, UM, WORK.
AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, IT'S $12,000.
SO MOST OF THE TIME WE HAVE MONEY AVAILABLE SET ASIDE FOR THAT PARTICULAR ACTIVITY BECAUSE IT IS AN ANNUAL ROUTINE ACTIVITY EVERY YEAR.
UM, COUNCILOR CHAR, ARE YOU GONNA CARRY THE MOTION? I MOVE COUNSEL, APPROVE ADDITIONAL SPENDING AUTHORITY PROFESSIONAL AUDIT SERVICES CONTRACT WITH MO ADAM, THE 36,000, AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO ASSIGN THE NECESSARY DOCUMENT.
ALRIGHT, CITY CLERK, WE'RE READY FOR A VOTE.
WOULD YOU CONDUCT THAT FOR US FREE? YES.
[5.B.1) State Local Agreement and Resolution with the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) for the Anderson Street Railroad Crossing]
THAT WE'LL CALL, UH, DIRECTOR CHRIS FREDRICKSON TO THE STAND.WE HAVE THE PODIUM, WE HAVE, UH, A SINGLE ITEM FROM PUBLIC WORKS, SO THIS HAS TO DO WITH, UH, A RAILROAD CROSSING.
WELL THANK YOU MAYOR COUNSEL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.
UM, AS MENTIONED, THIS IS A STATE LOCAL AGREEMENT RESOLUTION WITH THE IDAHO TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT TO DEAL WITH THE ANDERSON STREET RAILROAD CROSSING.
ITDS ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH UNION PACIFIC TO UPGRADE, UM, THE WARNING SIGNALS AND ACTUALLY GATES TO CLOSE AT THAT PARTICULAR INTERSECTION.
IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THAT, THERE IS SOME, UH, CONCRETE MEDIANS THAT NEED TO BE INSTALLED IN SOME ADDITIONAL PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES ON THE SIDEWALKS.
UM, SO THIS AGREEMENT ACTUALLY ESTABLISHES $300,000 TO COMPLETE THAT WORK.
THAT'S WORK THAT THE, THAT THE CITY INTENDS TO COMPLETE THAT WILL BE REIMBURSED FOR.
AND THERE'S ACTUALLY NO, UH, MATCH REQUIRED.
SO ALL THE MONEY THAT WE EXPAND ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE OF THINGS WILL BE REIMBURSED AT A HUNDRED PERCENT.
SO I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
COUNCIL, ROBERT, I'M JUST NOT, THERE'S TWO PLACES THE RAILROAD SEEMS TO GO ACROSS ANDERSON, WHICH, WHERE'S THIS? THIS IS THE CROSSING THAT'S ON THE WEST SIDE OF HOLMES AS WE HEAD OVER TO NORTH BOULEVARD.
YEAH, THEY'RE ACTUALLY BOTH WEST OF HOLMES.
IS THIS THE ONE NEARER TO HOLMES? SO THIS IS, THIS IS WEST OF HOLMES AND EAST OF, OF, OF NORTH BOULEVARD.
SO I THINK I WAS, I'M NOT REMEMBERING EXACTLY WHERE IT IS THERE BY THAT INTERSECTION, BUT I KNOW WHERE THE OTHER ONE IS.
BUT THIS IS KIND OF BY CULTURE TO BUSH ELEMENTARY.
WE ALL HAVE OUR LITTLE WAYS OF REMEMBERING THINGS ON THAT ROAD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCIL MEMBERS? NO.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS, UH, A DIRECTOR WILL UH, BE RELEASED FROM THE PODIUM THERE, BUT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, THEN WE'RE READY FOR A MOTION ON FURTHER YOUR COUNCIL OF FRANCIS SERVE COUNCILOR LARSON.
I MOVE COUNSEL, APPROVE THE STATE, MAKE SURE I'M AWARE.
THE STATE LOCAL AGREEMENT RESOLUTION WITH THE IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, ITE FOR THE ANDERSON STREET RAILROAD CROSSING AND AUTHORIZING MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO SIGN THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.
CAN YOU CONDUCT A VOTE FOR US? FRANCIS? AYE.
I'LL JUST SAY THAT WHEN THE CROSS BUTTONS ARE PRESENT, YOU HAVE A LOT MORE SAFETY, SO IT'S A GOOD THING, EVEN THOUGH IT MEANS THAT SOMEBODY'S NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DASH ACROSS.
BUT THE ELECTRIC LOGIC, SO SORRY ABOUT THAT.
[5.C.1) Revisions to the Police Personnel Manual ]
MOVE ON TO THE LAST, UM, ITEM THAT'S FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE PRESENT FOR, WHICH IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS AN ITEM.AND, UH, CHIEF JOHNSON, I SEE THAT, UH, UH, DEPUTY CHIEF ALBRIDGE IS HERE.
IS HE ALSO GONNA SPEAK WITH YOU OR ARE YOU JUST HERE FOR CUT? IT'S SO MUCH FUN.
AND THEN WE'LL HAPPENS AFTER THIS
SO, UH, BACK IN EARLY OCTOBER WE WENT TO A COUNCIL WORK SESSION AND TALKED ABOUT THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE POLICE PERSONNEL MANUAL.
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THERE WERE A COUPLE RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO WHAT WE PROPOSED FROM COUNCIL.SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER FRANCIS HAD WANTED A PARAGRAPH ADDED BACK IN, UH, ABOUT IT BEING DIFFERENT FROM THE, UM, GRIEVANCE PROCESS.
THE CHANGE PROCESS IS DIFFERENT FROM THE GRIEVANCE PROCESS, AND THEN COUNT PRESIDENT SHAW HAD, WOULD HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT US HIRING AN EMPLOYEE, HAVING THEM, UH, SEPARATE A FEW WEEKS LATER, AND US BEING ON THE HOOK TO PAY THEM WHOLE LOT OF HOLIDAY TIME.
SO DIRECTOR JONES MADE THOSE TWO, UH, CHANGES.
UM, UH, IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY COUNSEL IN THAT MEETING.
UH, AND THEN, UH, THAT DOCUMENT WAS SENT OUT TO ALL IFPD EMPLOYEES.
UH, AND SO THEY'VE HAD IT FOR OVER THAT 30 DAY, UH, PERIOD IN WHICH THEY HAD TO MAKE COMMENTS ON IT.
I DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY FORMAL COMMENTS FROM ANY EMPLOYEE REGARDING THE MANUAL.
I DID MEET WITH, UH, MANY, UH, EMPLOYEE GROUPS AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS, DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM, AND I INCLUDED MY BEST INTERPRETATION OF THEIR OPINIONS IN THAT MEMO.
UM, UH, MY RECOMMENDATION IS, IS TO APPROVE THE CHANGES AS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN AS YOU HAVE THEM BEFORE YOU, INCLUDING THE CHANGE RECOMMENDED BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER FRANCIS AND KEN, PRESIDENT
ALRIGHT, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, BACKGROUND AND INFORMATION COUNCIL MEMBERS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CHIEF? ALRIGHT.
AND, UH, ARE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? WELL THEN WE'LL GO TO, UH, COUNCILOR FREEMAN, WHO APPEARS TO BE READY TO MAKE THE MOTION.
UH, I WOULD MOVE THAT COUNCIL, APPROVE THE REVISIONS TO THE POLICE PERSONNEL MANUAL AS PRESENTED.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION, WE HAVE A SECOND.
AND WITH THAT, WE INVITE THE CITY CLERK TO CONDUCT THE ROLL CALL.
UM, SO WE'VE REACHED THE END OF THE BUSINESS, UH, PORTION OF
[6. Announcements]
OR ACT, THIS IS TAX PORTION OF THE AGENDA.UM, WE ARE NOW GOING TO ANNOUNCEMENTS AND I WILL, UH, INVITE ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WANNA MAKE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS, UM, THAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, UH, NOW A GOOD TIME TO DO IT, BRING FORWARD.
I DO HAVE A FREE, THE POLICE HAVE JUST INSTALLED THEIR DRUG DROPBOX, SECURE DROPBOX, AND IT'S SO EASILY ACCESSIBLE BECAUSE PREVIOUSLY YOU HAD TO GO THROUGH THE LED METAL DETECTORS AND THROUGH THE SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES TO DROP OFF EXPIRING PRESCRIPTIONS, ET CETERA.
YOU JUST WALK IN THE FIRST DOOR.
IT'S SO CLEARLY MARKED AND IT JUST MAKES IT EASIER FOR WHOLE COMMUNITY TO GET RID OF MEDICINES THAT THEY'RE NOT USING AND ALWAYS THAT DANGER OF CHILDREN GETTING MEDICINE.
AND SO IS THAT AVAILABLE? 24 7 FIRST DOOR, UH, IN THE FOYER AREA BETWEEN THE, THE DOORS.
UM, UM, DEPUTY CHIEF
UM, THAT IS, UH, THAT'S A BIG DEAL ACTUALLY WHEN YOU WANT, BECAUSE IF YOU FLUSH THINGS DOWN THE TOILET, YOU RUN THE RISK OF SHARING THOSE, UH, CHEMICALS WITH EVERYBODY DOWNSTREAM.
AND, AND SO WE DON'T WANT THAT TO BE THE WAY THAT WE GET RID OF DRUGS.
THE BEST WAY TO GET RID OF THEM, TO KEEP THEM OUT OF THE HANDS OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD NOT DO WELL WITH THEM IS TO TURN 'EM IN AND THEN THEY'RE, THEY'RE PROFESSIONALLY DESTROYED, WHATEVER THAT MEANS, UM, HOWEVER THEY DO IT.
BUT, UM, NOW YOU JUST GO TO OUR NEW POLICE BUILDING, WHICH IS ON, UM, I CAN'T, I THINK OF THE NAME OF IT.
NORTH GATE, NORTH YELLOWSTONE? YES.
NORTHGATE MILE OR YELLOWSTONE.
IF YOU, IF YOU EVER TO OLD TIME, MARK NORTHGATE MILE MEANS SOMETHING TO YOU.
IF YOU ARE NEW TO THE AREA, IT'S YELLOWSTONE.
UH, BETWEEN, BETWEEN DOWNTOWN AND FRED MEYER, IT'S ON THE LEFT.
IT'S THE PRETTIEST BUILDING ON THE STREET.
UM, SO YOU COULD DROP YOUR UNUSE STROKES THERE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT ANNOUNCEMENT.
ANY OTHERS? SORRY, JUST TO MENTION THE FENTANYL TOWN HALL.
I, I ASSUME YOU WERE, YOU WERE GONNA DO THAT.
I'M HAPPY TO DO IT, BUT I'M ALSO HAPPY.
WELL, THEN I'LL, UH, MENTION, UH, A COUPLE THINGS.
UM, FIRST THING IS FENTANYL, FENTANYL TOWN HALL.
UM, THE, WHAT THIS IS, IS THAT WE'RE BEING BLESSED WITH THE PRESENCE OF, UH, THIS, UM, US ATTORNEY WHO IS, UH, COMING, UH, TO BE WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DO A LOT OF TRAINING IN THE COMING WEEK.
UH, BUT AS HE'S BEEN GOING AND HE AND HIS STAFF HAVE BEEN TRAVELING AROUND THE STATE, THEY HAVE ALSO OFFERED, UH, TO, UH, PUT ON OR SHARE SOME INFORMATION WITH THE PUBLIC.
AND SO, UM, OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE THIS AND, UH, WE THOUGHT IT WAS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS WELL TO HOLD A PUBLIC MEETING.
UM, AND OUR STAFF HAS PUT TOGETHER AN INCREDIBLE, UH, COLLECTION OF EXPERTS WHO WILL HELP US, UM, NOT JUST, WE WON'T JUST HEAR FROM THE US ATTORNEY ABOUT PROSECUTIONS AND THE LAW AND THE CRISIS ITSELF, BUT WE'LL ALSO HEAR ABOUT HOW THIS CITY IS RESPONDING TO IT FROM MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES.
FROM THE SOCIAL WORK PERSPECTIVE, FROM THE LEGAL PERSPECTIVE, FROM THE HEALTHCARE AND EMERGENCY CARE PERSPECTIVE.
UM, THIS IS, UH, AN ISSUE THAT IS AFFECTING, AS HOPEFULLY MANY OF YOU ALREADY KNOW, UM,
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IT AFFECTS PEOPLE FROM EVERY SOCIAL CLASS, EVERY EDUCATION LEVEL, EVERY UH, INCOME LEVEL.UH, PEOPLE ARE AFFECTED BY THIS CRISIS.
AND SO THE MORE WE KNOW, THE MORE WE CAN DO THEIR PART TO, UM, TO PREVENT IT OR PERHAPS TO SAVE SOMEBODY'S LIFE.
AND SO WE WOULD ENCOURAGE, UH, EVERYBODY WHO HEARS ABOUT IT, WHO CAN MAKE IT NEXT.
ON TUESDAY, WE'LL BE AT TAYLOR VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL, SIX, UH, 6:30 PM IT'LL GO ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF.
IT'LL BE WORTHWHILE IF YOU ARE THE KIND OF PERSON WHO LIKES INFORMATION AND WHO WANTS TO HELP OUT.
SO YES, COUNCILOR LARSON, JUST AN OBSERVATION.
THE LAST, I DON'T KNOW, 30 TO 60 DAYS, WE'VE HAD A SESSION OF THE NINTH CIRCUIT COURT HERE.
WE'VE HAD THE, UH, IDAHO SUPREME COURT, INCLUDING CHIEF JUDGE, UH, BEVINS AND RICKS, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, THAT, UH, BYU IDAHO.
AND NOW WE'VE GOT THE US ATTORNEY.
LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO SEE HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS, TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT WE MAYBE DON'T SEE FIRSTHAND VERY OFTEN.
SO THAT'S KIND OF A, KIND OF AN NEAT DEAL.
AND I'LL TELL YOU THAT, UH, ALSO ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF LIVING IN A SMALL POPULATION, LOW POPULATION STATE, UH, WE'RE BIG TOO, AND WE GET SOME OF THE ACTION HERE, WHEREAS IF OUR, OUR CITY WERE PLOPPED INTO A STATE THAT HAD HUGE CITIES, WE WOULDN'T GET THIS KIND OF ATTENTION PROBABLY.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY FORTUNATE IN THAT SENSE.
THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
UM, ANOTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION WAS THAT ON THE 23RD, UM, UH, THIS SATURDAY, BUT THE NEXT SATURDAY, WE'LL, WE WILL BE THE DOWNTOWN, UH, HOLIDAY TREE LIGHTING.
UM, AND THEY'RE ALSO INTRODUCING A HOLIDAY MARKET.
UM, AND SO THAT'S A NEW THING.
UH, SO IF YOU LIKE THE FARMER'S MARKET AND YOU DON'T MIND BEING COLD, GO TO COME THAT NIGHT AND YOU'LL SEE A BEAUTIFUL TREE BEING LIT.
I THINK THE MARKET STARTS AT FOUR.
BUT THIS IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN THE CITY'S PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT THAT PROVIDES A LOT OF THE BEAUTIFUL LIGHTS AND, AND UH, STUFF.
AND THEN, UH, THE, UH, IDAHO FALLS DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
SO, UM, THAT'S ALWAYS FUN, EVEN WHEN IT'S REALLY COLD AND SLEETING OUTSIDE, IT'S STILL FUN.
SO, UM, COME IF YOU, IF BY YOU'RE WANTING TO GET INTO THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT EARLY.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING IS THAT, UH, TWO WEEKS FROM, UH, I'M SORRY, TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY IS THANKSGIVING.
WE WILL NOT BE HERE FOR A COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, WHAT WE DO THAT WEEK IS THAT WE BUMP THE COUNCIL THE THURSDAY NIGHT COUNCIL MEETING TO TUESDAY.
SO THE COUNCIL WILL MEET IN WORK SESSION ON MONDAY AND COUNCIL MEETING ON TUESDAY NIGHT.
BUT, UH, WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT SCHEDULE AND THAT ACCOMMODATION FOR THE HOLIDAY.
UM, AND SO WITH THAT, I THINK WE ARE READY TO GO TO THE NEXT, UM, ITEM, WHICH SINCE WE ADDED IT, HAVE WE ALREADY APPROVED IT AND WE DON'T NEED TO MAKE THE MOTION OR WE DO NEED TO MAKE THE MOTION.
YOU STILL NEED TO MAKE THE MOTION.
THE STATE CODE REQUIRES THAT TWO THIRDS OF THE COUNCIL APPROVE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION BY VOTE.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.
YEAH, AND I WOULD, AND I WILL READ THE CODE AS WELL.
SO, UM, I MOVE THE COUNCIL MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THE EXECUTIVE SESSION IS BEING CALLED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF IDAHO CODE SECTION 74 DASH 2 0 6 1 F, TO COMMUNICATE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE PUBLIC AGENCY TO DISCUSS THE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS OF AND LEGAL OPTIONS FOR PENDING LITIGATION OR CONTROVERSIES NOT YET BEING LITIGATED, BUT IMMINENTLY LIKELY TO BE LITIGATED.
THE COUNSEL WILL NOT RECONVENE AFTER THESE THINGS.
AND THEN WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILOR UH, FRANCIS.
UM, SO WITH THAT, UM, BEFORE WE TAKE THE VOTE, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE TAKING NOTES, UH, AND YOU WANT TO KNOW THAT YOU CAN MAYBE COME AND TAKE A PICTURE OF THE PAGE THAT SHE JUST READ, AND THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT CODE NUMBERS IF YOU WANTED TO LOOK UP, LOOK THIS UP IN THE CODE.
UM, AND WITH THAT, UH, CITY CLERK, YOU CONDUCT THE VOTE.
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UH, WE'LL WE CONVENE IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM DOWN THE HALL, UH, AT EIGHT 15 AND EVERYBODY ELSE VISIT AND LINGER ONE, WE ADJOURN.NO, WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT ADJOURNING, WE'RE ADURING FROM THERE.