Sep 22, 2025 City Council Work Session

[Call to Order and Roll Call]

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AUDIO IS ON. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER. I WILL NOTE THAT COUNCILOR LARSON, HAVING NOTIFIED ALL OF HIS COLLEAGUES VERY EFFECTIVELY, IS NOT HERE TODAY. HE IS ON A HE'S ON TRAVEL. PERSONAL TRAVEL. CITY COUNCILOR MICHELLE DINGMAN HAS JOINED US VIRTUALLY. AND SHE YOU'LL HEAR HER VOICE WHEN THE ROLL IS CALLED. BUT SHE WON'T BE HERE IN THE ROOM. MICHELLE, YOU KNOW HOW I TEND TO FORGET TO REFER TO THE PERSON ONLINE.

SO JUMP IN WHENEVER YOU NEED TO AND WE WILL CONSIDER IT. WE'LL CONSIDER IT A PRIVILEGE TO BE INTERRUPTED. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A BLANK SHEET OVER HERE FOR COUNCILOR RADFORD. HE HAD SENT A MESSAGE SAYING THAT HE DID HAVE A LAST MINUTE PERSONNEL ISSUE THAT HE HAD TO DEAL WITH, AND THAT HE WOULD JOIN US IN PERSON WHEN THAT WRAPS UP. SO, EMILY, I THAT WAS ON MY PHONE AFTER YOU WALKED AWAY. OKAY. SO WITH THAT, WE'LL INVITE OUR CITY CLERK, EMILY GEISLER, TO CALL THE ROLL. THANK YOU. MAYOR. COUNCIL PRESIDENT BURTENSHAW HERE. I'LL NOTE COUNCILOR RADFORD FOR NOW. COUNCILOR FREEMAN HERE. COUNCILOR FRANCIS HERE.

COUNCILOR DINGMAN HERE. MAYOR, YOU HAVE A QUORUM. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THE QUORUM IS ONE

[Human Resources with City Attorney]

WE WOULD HAVE DRAFTED THAT UP LAST JANUARY, SO WE CORRECTED THAT AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT ONE? I JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT. IT'S ABOUT ALL OF THEM ACTUALLY.

I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING THIS SUMMARY OF CHANGES RIGHT AT THE FIRST OF THE DOCUMENT. REALLY. SO I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE TO GO AND LOOK. SO YEAH. YEAH, THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL. THANK YOU. AND THEN THE ACTUAL POLICIES HAVE THE THE CHANGING CHANGE TRACKING ON IN EITHER BLUE OR RED. THEY SHOW UP THAT WAY. THE NEXT ONE UNDER LEAVE PRACTICES WE UPDATED THE LANGUAGE THERE BECAUSE WE HAD SOME EMPLOYEES THAT WERE GETTING CONFUSED. IF THEY HAD A PERSONAL LEGAL MATTER THAT THEY HAD TO ATTEND TO. AND THE WAY THAT THAT POLICY READ CONFUSED AT LEAST SOME EMPLOYEES ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD GET PAID TIME FOR ATTENDING TO A PERSONAL LEGAL MATTER, WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN THE CASE. SO WE JUST CLARIFIED THAT LANGUAGE TO TRY TO REDUCE ANY CONFUSION THERE. IF IF IT'S WORK RELATED, A POLICE OFFICER THAT NEEDS TO SHOW UP AT COURT AS PART OF, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT THEY DID THAT THAT IS STILL COVERED. THERE'S NO CHANGES TO WHAT OUR PRACTICE HAS BEEN, JUST CLARIFICATION, THE WORDING, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT ONE. THE AND THEN FINALLY THE POLICY 500 SALARY SCHEDULE PAY GRADE POINT FACTORY. WE UPDATED THE EFFECTIVE DATES. WHEN WE PUT THIS OUT IN JANUARY, WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT OUR CURRENT SYSTEM NOW WOULD ALLOW US TO DO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF A CHANGE, LIKE A PROMOTION OR A PAY CHANGE IN THE MIDDLE OF A PAY PERIOD, AND HAVE SINCE LEARNED THAT THE SYSTEM CAN'T HANDLE THAT THE WAY IT'S CURRENTLY CONFIGURED. WORKDAY WILL BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT, SO WE'LL BE BACK WITH THE CHANGE ON THIS ONE ONCE WE'RE LIVE ON WORKDAY TO CHANGE IT BACK. BUT BASICALLY WE'RE JUST CHANGING THE LANGUAGE FROM THE EXACT DAY THAT OF AN EFFECTIVE DATE TO THE CHANGE WILL HAPPEN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT PAY PERIOD. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT ONE? THEN THE

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THIS WOULD BE A CHANGE TO THEIR STATUS IN SOME WAY, TO THEIR PAY RATE OR SOMETHING ELSE THAT THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THAT CHANGE CAN'T HAPPEN UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT PAY PERIOD. OKAY. AND THE PAY PERIOD IS EVERY TWO WEEKS. SO IF WE HIRED A REFEREE, THEY WOULD GENERALLY START AT THE BEGINNING OF A PAY PERIOD. I MARK, CAN WE START THEM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAY PERIOD? I JUST KNOW WE CAN'T CHANGE THEM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAY PERIOD.

THE EXISTING EMPLOYEES CANNOT CHANGE DURING. YEAH, BUT WE CAN START A NEW EMPLOYEE AND IF THERE'S A START DATE OKAY. YEAH. I GUESS THERE WAS SOME CONCERN THAT SOME OF THEM SEEMED LIKE A LONG TIME BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY GOT THEIR CHECK. BUT YEAH. OKAY. AND I RECOGNIZE MARK AND MEGAN ARE BOTH HERE. IF THERE'S ANY IF YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHTS INTO THAT BEYOND WHAT I SHARED, YOU WANT THEM TO SHARE THEIR NEW. THEY CAN START AT ANY TIME. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS? MICHELLE. ANYTHING YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT? NOPE. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. BEFORE YOU LEAVE, I SHOULD ALSO JUST SAY THAT DIRECTOR JONES HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY HELPFUL WITH THE THE WORKING WITH THE STAFF IN THE PUBLIC WORKS. WASTEWATER DIVISION, AND I WANT HIM TO BE PUBLICLY RECOGNIZED FOR THE EXTRA TIME AND CARE AND COMPASSION THAT HE'S BEEN SHARING. SO THANK YOU. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH WE HAVE MUNICIPAL SERVICES TODAY ON DISPLAY. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT MUNICIPAL SERVICES WILL BE PRESENTING A FOCUS REPORT. THEY ENDED UP BEING OKAY. I'M SORRY.

[ERR Executive Committee]

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RIGHT NOW, WE'RE DOING THE CUSTOMER CONFIRMATION SESSIONS. CAN YOU SHARE THE CITY? THAT WASN'T ME. NO, IT REALLY WASN'T. IT CAME FROM UP THERE. OKAY I PROMISE IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT YOUR IT'S NOT YOUR PRESENTATION. CUSTOMER CONFIRMATION SESSIONS JUST MEANS THAT THEY ARE DISPLAYING WHAT THEY PUT INTO THE SYSTEM. AND WE'RE JUST CONFIRMING THAT THE DATA AND THE MAPPING IS IT LOOKS CORRECT. AND THEN WE GET INTO CONFIGURATION UNIT TESTING RIGHT AFTER THAT WAS JUST TESTING THAT THE DATA AND THE BUSINESS PROCESS IS WHAT WE EXPECT AND A SCOPE. FOCUS THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON CERTAIN AREAS. IT'S NOT LIKE AN INDIAN TESTING WHICH WE'LL GET HERE IN A SECOND. IT'S JUST A REALLY HIGH LEVEL TEST OF WHAT THE DATA AND THE BUSINESS PROCESS IS IN THE SYSTEM. SO THAT'S CURRENTLY CAN YOU BACK UP JUST ONE SECOND? I'M NOT FOLLOWING IT. VERY GREAT. OKAY. WHAT IS THE CUSTOMER CONFIRMATION SESSIONS NOW. WHAT IS THE CONFIGURATION UNIT TESTING. WHAT. YEAH. YES. GO AHEAD. JUST BACK UP JUST ONE SECOND. BECAUSE ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S KIND OF GOT BLURRED OKAY. SO. WHEN WE GO DOWN THIS ROAD WE HAVE AN IMPLEMENTATION PARTNER. WE HAVE OUR DATA AND OUR PROCESS AND THEIR DATA AND THEIR PROCESS. AND WE'RE TRYING TO ALIGN THEM TOGETHER. THAT'S THE ALIGNMENT. AND THEN WHEN WE AFTER ALIGNMENT WE GET THE DATA INTO THE SYSTEM. AND THEN THE CONFIGURATION UNIT TESTING IS THE STUFF THAT WE PUT INTO IT IS THERE AND IT LOOKS CORRECTLY, BUT IT'S NOT A END TO END TEST.

IT'S JUST A FOCUS TEST. IT'S IT'S LIKE A PRELIMINARY TESTING BEFORE WE GET INTO FINAL TESTING. THAT'S WHAT CONFIGURATION UNIT TESTING IS. SO IT'S JUST SCHEDULED OUT.

YOU'RE NOT YOU'RE STILL IN TESTING. YEAH. WE'LL GET INTO THE TIMELINE A LITTLE FURTHER BUT THAT'S THE NEXT SCHEDULE OKAY. WHAT WE'VE COMPLETED WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY ON AND WHAT'S NEXT OKAY. OKAY. SO WHAT'S OUR RISKS RIGHT NOW TESTING IS THE BIGGEST RISK BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SYSTEM WORKS TO ITS FULL FUNCTIONALITY. AND IT WORKS FROM BEGINNING TO END.

AND SO IN ORDER TO DO THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, 8 TO 10 WEEKS OF TESTING CYCLES. WHY IT BECOMES A RISK IS ONE, THERE'S A QUESTION OF COMPREHENSION OF COMPREHENSIVENESS, MEANING THAT DID WE GET EVERYTHING AS WELL AS JUST THE STAFF TO GET WHAT IS CURRENTLY EXISTING IN THE SYSTEM. AND BECAUSE OF THE VASTNESS OF THAT UNDERTAKING, IT CREATES A RISK. IT'S INHERENT AND IT'S SYSTEMATIC. AND SO FOR US, THAT MEANS MITIGATING THE RISK. AND THAT MEANS BRINGING IN A PARTNER TO HELP US MITIGATE THAT RISK. SOMEONE THAT'S MORE PROFESSIONAL IN THAT ARENA. AND SO. THAT THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE IS TO TALK ABOUT THAT RISK AND HOW WHITLOCK CAN HELP MITIGATE THAT RISK. SO I'LL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT WHAT THAT MEANS THAT THEY WOULD DO TO HELP MITIGATE THAT RISK. IS THERE ANY QUESTION AS IDENTIFYING WHAT THE RISK IS. OKAY. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS IT'S AN ADDITIONAL RESOURCE THAT THEY COME IN.

THEY LOOK AT THE TESTING SCENARIOS THAT ARE BEING CREATED. THEY COMPARE THAT TO OUR FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENT LIST. AND THEN THEY HELP US, RIGHT, TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO GAPS IN THE TESTING SEQUENCE. SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT THEY'RE DOING ALL THE TESTING WRITING, BUT THEY'RE BACKSTOPPING THE TEAM THAT'S DOING THAT. AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABOUT A TEAM OF ABOUT 50 THAT IS WORKING IN THE TESTING ENVIRONMENT. WHEN YOU TEST, DO

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AND THEN YOU GO THROUGH AND YOU DO THAT FOR EVERY POSSIBLE SCENARIO. YOU THINK, YEP, IT'S OVER RIGHT NOW WE'RE HOVERING AROUND 1500, BUT WE EXPECT WE'LL PROBABLY BE 1500 TESTS.

1500 TESTS. WE'LL BE DOUBLE THAT BY THE POWER OR YOU GO END TO END. OKAY. ALONG WITH THE SCOPING OF IDENTIFYING THE SCENARIOS THAT NEED TO BE CREATED, ALSO HELP US WITH TRACKING OF THE INSTANCES THAT WE DO FIND. AND SO THE TIMELINE FOR THAT SCOPE OF WORK WOULD BE SEPTEMBER 2025 TO FEBRUARY OF 2026, WHEN THE COMPLETION OF TESTING. AND WHITLOCK WOULD ASSIGN A DEDICATED RESOURCE FOR US TO DO THAT. THEY WOULD WORK WITH OUR TEAM AND SCHEDULED MEETINGS, GO THROUGH THE SCENARIOS, TAKE OUR FUNCTIONAL LIST THAT WAS IN THE RFP COMPARED TO ALL THE SCENARIOS. SO I KIND OF ALREADY KIND OF ALLUDED TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'LL DO. THE FIRST PART IS TO LOOK AT THE CITY SPECIFIC TEST SCENARIOS, LOOK AT WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE, AND COMPARE THAT TO WHAT POTENTIALLY WHAT WE COULD NEED, AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT THERE IS NO HOLES OR GAPS. ALSO TO HELP US TO. MAKE SURE THAT THE CORRECTION FOR THE END TO END TESTING HAS BEEN PUT IN PLACE AND READY TO BE RETESTED, AND THEN DO SOME TRACKING. SO WHAT DOES THIS COST? SO THIS THIS COST IS 88,400. IT'S $170 AN HOUR FOR A TOTAL OF 520 HOURS, WITH AN ESTIMATED CONTINGENCY FOR TRAVEL. POTENTIALLY BRINGING THEM ON SITE DURING KEY TESTING PHASES FOR A TOTAL REQUEST OF 98,400. CURRENTLY, WITHIN OUR ERP BUDGET, WE HAD 350,000 SET ASIDE FOR TRAVEL CONTINGENCY. WE'RE JUST REPURPOSING THAT, AND THE REASON WHY WE COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR THIS REQUEST IS BECAUSE IT'S CHANGING THE EXISTING CONTRACT ABOVE THE $75,000 THRESHOLD. OKAY. DID YOU FEEL LIKE THAT 350 WAS FOR CONTINGENCY LIKE THIS, OR WAS IT SOME WHAT WAS THE INTENT OF CONTINGENCY JUST IN CASE OR WHAT? WHAT WERE YOU THINKING IT WAS GOING TO BE FOR? THERE'S TWO TWO ASPECTS THAT WE PLANNED FOR CONTINGENCY. ONE WAS RESOURCING SUPPORT. EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE 50 PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO IT. IT'S A LOT OF WORK AND PEOPLE GET STRESSED OUT AND AND IT'S A FAST TIMELINE. AND SO THIS IS HELPING US TO INSTEAD OF REDEDICATING AND SEGREGATING PERSONNEL IN THE TESTING, WE'RE ABLE TO BRING SUPPORT TO KIND OF RELIEVE THAT STRESS. THE SECOND PART OF THE CONTINGENCY THAT WE PLANNED FOR WAS TRAVEL AND A 10% THRESHOLD FOR ON THE EXISTING WORKDAY CONTRACT.

THAT'S HOW WE GOT TO THAT NUMBER. AND SO WE ANTICIPATED THAT THERE WOULD BE THESE RIGHTS AS A CONTRACT, THAT THIS GOES FORWARD, JUST LIKE YOU WOULD IN ANY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. THERE'S UNANTICIPATED THINGS. THAT'S WHY WE BUILT THAT CONTINGENCY BUDGET. WE'RE JUST SAYING WE'RE INTENDING TO USE IT. WE DO FEEL THAT TESTING IS THE MOST CRITICAL OF ALL THE CONFIGURATION STEPS. IT'S THE IT'S WHERE YOU CATCH ALL YOUR MISTAKES BEFORE IT BECOMES OFFICIALLY OURS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, SO HERE'S WHY. THIS IS THE OVERARCHING REASON WHY WE FEEL FITS IN WITHIN OUR ASPIRATIONS AND OUR GOALS IS THAT IT REDUCES THE RISK OF ERROR AND IT REDUCES THE COST OF HAVING TO DO REWORK AND PROTECTS OUR INVESTMENT AND INSURANCE ACCOUNTABILITY. AND IT MAKES US RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FUNDS WE'RE USING BY MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE TESTING SERVICES FOR THE PROJECT. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PROJECT OR ON WHAT'S BEING REQUESTED FOR THIS

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[Municipal Services]

THANK YOU. MARY. YOU KNOW, IRONICALLY, YOU KNOW, WE PRESENT A LOT DURING THE BUDGET AND DURING COUNCIL MEETINGS. BUT FOR SOME REASON, THIS ONE IS A LITTLE BIT NERVE WRACKING.

AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE IT SHINES THE LIGHT ON OUR TEAM. AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS THAT WE DO A LOT OF STUFF BEHIND THE SCENES. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T SEE US OR HEAR ABOUT US UNLESS THERE'S A PROBLEM. TOILET OVERFLOW OR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING BREAKS OR SOMETHING ALONG THAT LINE. SO IT IS IT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TO BE HERE. I DO HAVE SOME OF THE TEAM MEMBERS HERE, AND I MIGHT HAVE ONE PERSON COMING IN A LITTLE BIT LATE, BUT WITH THAT, OUR INTRODUCTION AND OUR MISSION. SO AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DEDICATED TO PUBLIC SERVICE. WE DO WORK AS A TEAM. WE FOCUS ON BEST PRACTICES IN CUSTOMER SERVICE, TRANSPARENCY OF PUBLIC FINANCES, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND SECURITY, AND MAINTENANCE OF CITY OWNED FACILITIES. AND THEN ALSO AND EQUIPMENT. AND THE OTHER THING THAT WE'VE ADDED IS THAT WE EMBRACE OUR CITY VALUES AND STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT, TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY. SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF PICTURES THERE. WE'VE GOT THE EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE FACILITY. THE MIDDLE WAS A TEAM EFFORT ON OUR CITY HALL ELEVATOR WITH BETWEEN OUR IT STAFF AND OUR BUILDING MAINTENANCE STAFF, IT IS NOT UNCOMMON TO SEE THESE TYPE OF PROJECTS WITH MULTI DIVISION INVOLVEMENT AND THAT TYPE OF THING. AND THEN FINALLY THE LAST PICTURE THERE IS OVER THE 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND WITH THE FRONTIER CENTER. AND SO WITH THAT, OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM AT THE TOP. AND WE'RE ALL KIND OF LIKE I SAID, A TEAM. SO WE'RE IN A LITTLE CIRCLE HERE. WE'VE GOT MARK HAGEDORN AND BROOKS WITH OUR FINANCE DIVISION. YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THEM BECAUSE YOU JUST SPENT A LOT OF QUALITY TIME WITH THEM. WITH THE BUDGET. WE ALSO HAVE OUR TREASURER'S OFFICE AND OUR UTILITY BILLING. AND THAT'S ALSO MARK HAGEDORN OVERSEES THAT DIVISION AS THE CITY'S TREASURER. WE'VE GOT EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE, STAN. YOU'LL GET TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME WITH HIM HERE IN A FEW MINUTES. HE OVERSEES OUR EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE FACILITY, AND THEN WE'VE GOT BUILDING MAINTENANCE. ALAN MUIR, HE IS HERE THIS AFTERNOON FOR YOU AND ED MORGAN.

MIGHT BE COMING IN LATE. HE ACTUALLY HAD A FAMILY MATTER THAT HE NEEDED TO TAKE CARE OF.

SO I'M GOING TO BE PITCHING IN FOR HIM. AND THEN FINALLY WE'VE GOT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, WHICH IS JOSEPH. HE IS HERE THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL. SO JUST TO GO OVER A LITTLE COLORFUL ORGANIZATIONAL CHART THAT WE HAVE HERE. AND THE REASON I PUT IT IN COLOR IN DIFFERENT COLORS IS, IS REALLY TO TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES THAT WE DO HAVE. MUNICIPAL SERVICES IS KIND OF A UNICORN, THAT WE'VE GOT A VARIETY OF THINGS THAT WE DO, A VARIETY OF SUPPORT SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS. SO ON THE GREEN SIDE, YOU'LL SEE OUR FINANCE AREA, EVERYTHING FROM PAYROLL TO OUR UTILITY BILLING, GENERAL ACCOUNTING. THE PURPLE IS ACTUALLY BASED ON THE PRESENTATION YOU JUST HEARD A FEW MINUTES AGO. THAT IS OUR ERP PROJECT. SO THOSE IDENTIFIED TEAM MEMBERS ARE IN PURPLE RIGHT NOW. WE'VE GOT OUR OUR CITY TREASURER, MARK HAGEDORN, WORKING ON THAT PROJECT, AS WELL AS JOSEPH. AND

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THAT IS A CONTINUOUS AND ONGOING PROCESS. WE ALSO DELIVERED IT'S BEEN, WHAT, 2 OR 3 YEARS IN A ROW WITH A DETAILED BUDGET BOOK THAT WAS ACTUALLY A REQUEST FROM THE PUBLIC AND SAYING, CAN YOU GIVE US A DETAILED LINE ITEM BUDGET? AND SO THAT'S BEEN A VERY GREAT TOOL. WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF REALLY GOOD COMMENTS ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT WAS A TEAM PROCESS TO STAND UP. IT TOOK US A WHILE TO GET THAT GOING, BUT WE DID GET IT GOING AND IT'S GOTTEN A LOT OF REALLY GREAT FEEDBACK. WE ALSO ARE WORKING ON THE COST ALLOCATION METHODOLOGY.

THERE'LL BE A PRESENTATION HERE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, DOING MORE OF A DETAILED OVERVIEW OF COST ALLOCATION, NOT ONLY THE METHODOLOGY, BUT THE COST DRIVERS, HOW THE FORMULAS ARE CALCULATED AND THAT TYPE OF THING. SO STAY TUNED FOR THAT. AND THEN FINALLY, AS MARK MENTIONED, THE NEW FINANCIAL SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE FUTURE IN 2026. PROBABLY WHAT SUMMER ISH 2026 I'M LOOKING AT MARK. YES. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL PRIORITY NUMBER TWO FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR WAS DEVELOP A BUILDING STEWARDSHIP PLAN. SO WE CONDUCTED ON SITE AND LONG TERM AGREEMENT BUILDINGS. WE HAVE SEVERAL LONG TERM AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 25 TO 50 YEARS. SO WE INCLUDED THEM IN OUR STOPOVER, IF YOU WILL, TO LOOK AT A PLAN FOR THAT. WE IDENTIFIED OUR BUILDING MAINTENANCE TEAM, IDENTIFIED IMMEDIATE 3 TO 5 YEARS AND 5 TO 10 YEARS. FOR EXAMPLE, THIS BUILDING WAS IDENTIFIED AS IMMEDIATE YEAR WITH THE ROOF. AND SO WE HAD SOME OF THOSE, SOME OF THAT WORK GOING ON WHEN WE HAD OUR OUR WORK SESSIONS AND THAT TYPE OF THING. BUT IT'S ALL QUIET RIGHT NOW. SO I THINK THEY'RE DONE. I'M LOOKING AT ALAN. HE'S NODDING YES. SO YEAH, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE LOOKING AT AS PART OF THIS PRIORITY. AND THE BUILDING STEWARDSHIP PLAN IS TAKE THE FEEDBACK RECEIVED FROM DEPARTMENTS AND COME UP WITH LIKE A LEASE SPACE FORMULARY.

THAT WILL BE LIKE A FUTURE THING. EVERYTHING FROM LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THIS BUILDING. THERE'S MULTI-DEPARTMENTAL DEPARTMENTS IN THIS BUILDING. SO WHO PAYS FOR WHAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS.

AND SO LIKE ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO RECARPET IN THE, IN THE HALLWAY AND THAT TYPE OF THING, THAT TYPE OF THING. SO IF WE CAN COME UP WITH A FORMULA THAT'S FAIR AND EQUITABLE FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS, AND THAT WAY ONE ONE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T GET OVERCHARGED FOR A FOR USE, THAT IS IS BASICALLY COMMUNITY USE. AND THEN FINALLY WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING SOME FACILITY PLANNING. YOU KNOW, WE'RE GROWING WE'RE GROWING CITY. AND WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK AT FUTURE FACILITY PLANNING ON THAT. SO THAT WILL THAT ROUNDS OUT OUR 2425 COUNCIL PRIORITIES. WE ONLY HAD TWO, WHICH WAS REALLY TERRIFIC, BUT WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK TOWARDS THAT. SO OUR BUDGET OVERVIEW BY DIVISION. SO I'M GOING TO BE UPFRONT ABOUT THIS. THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE COST ALLOCATION. OTHER INTER-DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE AS YOU'LL SEE HERE, 21.5 MILLION IS REALLY OUR BUDGET. WHEN YOU LOOK AT EVERYTHING FROM ADMINISTRATION ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FRONTIER CENTER AND THE EXPENDITURES THROUGH JULY, WE WERE ABLE TO GET AND OUR TARGET WOULD BE 83%. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE'RE WITHIN THAT, WITHIN THAT TARGET. AND THAT'S REALLY GREAT BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE LIKE MOST DEPARTMENTS, WE HAVE CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO GET THINGS DONE. SO MY UNDERSTANDING SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, WE HAVE BEEN BELOW BUDGET EVERY YEAR. AND AGAIN, IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE ACTIVITY. IF WE HAVE SOMETHING CATASTROPHIC LIKE WE HAD IN MAY OF 2023 WITH THE FLOOD THAT WE HAD, IT WAS MAY 23RD OF 2023. WE REMEMBER THAT VERY WELL. YOU KNOW, WE HAD AN ADDITIONAL COST ASSOCIATED WITH OUR BUDGET, BUT WE REALLY DO A GREAT JOB AT MANAGING OUR BUDGETS AND OUR COSTS. AND THE COST ALLOCATION IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO IDENTIFY JUST BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT

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SO NO TRANSFERS IN. THIS $6 MILLION IS WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY GENERAL FUND MONEY ALLOCATED TO EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE. EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE, EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE BUDGET.

WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER THAT WHEN WE GET TO THAT SLIDE. BUT IT DOES INCLUDE EVERYTHING FROM WORK ORDERS. WE DO DIRECT CHARGES PER UNIT. WE ALSO OVERSEE THE FUEL FACILITY. SO WE GET REIMBURSED BY BONNEVILLE COUNTY FOR OUR FUEL. SO WHEN THAT SAID TOTAL WITHOUT CROSSED OUT. YES. YES OKAY. YEAH. THERE'S TWO TYPES OF OF ALLOCATIONS. THERE'S COST ALLOCATION WHICH IS A FORMULA WHICH IS BASED ON COST DRIVERS. AND THEN THERE IS INTERFUND TRANSFERS THAT ARE ACTUALLY DIRECT CHARGES. AND WE DO THAT BOTH WITH EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE AND BUILDING MAINTENANCE. OKAY. I'LL WAIT UNTIL I GET TO THAT AND THEN I'LL. ALL RIGHT. SO AS I MENTIONED HERE IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A PIE. IT TALKS ABOUT THE COST ALLOCATION INTERFUND TRANSFERS CITY. SINCE WE PROVIDE CITYWIDE SUPPORT SERVICES, WE DO A COST ALLOCATION FOR THOSE SUPPORT SERVICES. THEY ARE IN LINE WITH THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS, THE GFOA DEFINITION. THERE'S COST DRIVERS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. WE GENERALLY LOOK AT THEM EVERY THREE YEARS. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY DUE TO LOOK AT THEM AGAIN IN 2026. BUT AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PRESENTATION HERE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS WITH MORE DETAIL ON THE PROCESS. AND THEN HERE, IF YOU NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE ON OUR OPERATING SIDE, OUR OPERATING BUDGET IS THE MAJORITY OF OUR BUDGET. AND THAT'S YOUR YOUR ORANGE THERE.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL BUDGET, 57% OF IT IS OPERATING EVERYTHING FROM TOILET PAPER TO THINGS FOR THE EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE FACILITY FILTERS. MAKE UP THE OIL FILTERS. ALL THOSE THINGS ARE INCLUDED IN THAT. WE HAVE A PRETTY LARGE OPERATING BUDGET WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDING MAINTENANCE. WE HAVE A VARIETY OF OF OF SUPPLIES THAT DEPARTMENT SUPPLIES THAT WE USE. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE THE TOTAL BUDGET, 39% OF IT, 39% OF IT IS PERSONNEL. SO AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE, PUTTING IN THE COST ALLOCATION, THAT BRINGS OUR BUDGET DOWN TO ABOUT 8.4 MILLION. SO AS WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE BUDGET TUESDAY, THIS IS JUST A LITTLE GRAPHICAL ESTIMATION OF THE PROPERTY TAX SUPPORTED DEPARTMENT COST FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES. THIS ACTUALLY WAS SHARED AT THE TUESDAY, JULY 8TH BUDGET SESSION. AND WHEN YOU SEE THOSE SPIKES THAT YOU HAVE IN THERE WITH MUNICIPAL SERVICES, A LOT OF THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE LIKE THE FRONTIER CENTER, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CITY HALL ELEVATOR.

AND THEN ALSO RIGHT NEAR IT IS THE ERP. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ACTUALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, WE'RE WE'RE ACTUALLY NOT WE'RE NOT AS LARGE AS SOME OF OUR OTHER GENERAL FUND DEPARTMENTS. AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE COST ALLOCATION AS WELL AS INTERFUND TRANSFERS. SO I'M GOING TO ASK JOSEPH TO COME UP. JOSEPH JOSEPH IS OUR CHIEF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OFFICER.

AND HE'S GOING TO GO OVER THE IT BUDGET SLIDE. SO YEAH OUR OUR BUDGET IS 3.6 MILLION. THAT COVERS ALL OF OUR HARDWARE COSTS FOR NETWORK SERVERS ON PREM SERVERS, FIREWALLS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BIG SOFTWARE THAT SERVES THE ENTIRE CITY, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE LIKE OUR CURRENT ERP SYSTEM, UTILITY BILLING SYSTEMS. MICROSOFT IS A PRETTY BIG COST IN THAT SOFTWARE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. THERE ARE WE HAVE 14 POSITIONS IN IT TODAY. FOUR OF THOSE ARE OUR ANALYSTS, AND THEY'RE DEDICATED PRETTY FULL TIME RIGHT NOW TO THAT ERP PROJECT. AND THEN WE HAVE THE SYSTEM SIDE OF THE HOUSE THAT KEEP THE LIGHTS ON AND HELP EVERYBODY WITH THEIR IT NEEDS AND THINGS AND SECURITY. UPCOMING PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE ERP PROJECT WITH THE THE ELECTION AND A NEW MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WEBSITE REFRESH REDESIGN THAT IT WILL HELP COORDINATE WITH THAT. AND THEN WE ARE LOOKING TO UPDATE THE CITY PHONE SYSTEM THAT IS A LITTLE OVER 20 YEARS OLD, ALTHOUGH WE'VE UPDATED ALONG THE WAY, WE'RE COMING TO THE END OF WHAT THEY'LL SUPPORT ON THE VERSION THAT WE'RE ON. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A REPLACEMENT FOR THAT THIS COMING YEAR. BUT

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SO THERE'S JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WAS GOING TO POINT OUT THAT JOSEPH AND DERRICK WERE ABLE TO DO OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS WORKING WITH THEM, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO SET UP A CONTINUUM OF CAREER PROGRESSION. SO WHEN I FIRST STARTED HERE, WE ONLY HAD ABOUT, WHAT, THREE TECHS, IT TECHS. WE ENDED UP INSTALLING A PROCESS WHERE YOU GET SOMEBODY THAT

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BUT DO YOU HAVE THOUGHTS AROUND THAT? I MEAN, I GUESS WE'RE ALWAYS AS VULNERABLE AS OUR OUR LEAST PREPARED EMPLOYEE. BUT BEYOND THAT, CAN YOU JUST DESCRIBE YOU CAN'T YOU CAN'T TELL THE WHOLE WORLD WHAT OUR SECURITY SYSTEMS ARE. PROTOCOLS ARE. BUT JUST CAN YOU EDUCATE US A LITTLE BIT? WELL, WE WE WE TAKE THE STANCE OF IT'S NOT A MATTER OF IF, IT'S WHEN. SO WE, WE KNOW THAT WE CAN TRY AND PROTECT EVERYTHING. BUT IT'S A IT'S ALMOST A LOSING BATTLE. SO WE, WE TRY TO MAKE, TRY AND MAKE IT DIFFICULT ENOUGH THAT HOPEFULLY THEY MOVE ON AND FIND SOMEBODY ELSE. BUT THAT'S THAT WON'T ALWAYS BE THE CASE. SO YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO RECOVER OR HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU RESPOND WHEN THAT HAPPENS. SO WE CONTINUE TO TO WORK ON THAT WITHIN IT AND VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND HOW THAT WOULD LOOK BOTH WITH LIKE SCATA SYSTEMS THAT THAT DO OUR, OUR POWER AND WATER AND PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEMS FOR FIRE, POLICE, THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT YEAH, IT'S IT'S A CONTINUAL BATTLE. AND WE TRY AND DO OUR BEST TO KEEP KEEP THE CITY OUT OF THE NEWS. HOPEFULLY THAT STAYS THAT WAY. SO WHAT'S THE BIGGEST FAULT ERROR COMMITTED BY EMPLOYEES UNKNOWINGLY THAT MAKES US VULNERABLE? WE'RE PEOPLE. I MEAN THAT'S THAT'S OUR IF WE DIDN'T HAVE USERS, THEN WE WOULDN'T HAVE A JOB.

BUT WE'RE PEOPLE. WE MAKE MISTAKES. SO IT'S JUST PART OF IT. THERE'S NO ONE COMMON MISTAKE THAT YOU WISH EVERYBODY WOULD JUST FINALLY GET IT THROUGH THEIR HEAD. THAT THIS IS NOT A THING TO DO. DON'T OPEN THE LINK. YEAH, EMAILS. EMAIL'S A PRETTY BIG OPENING FOR US. SO THAT'S WHY. THAT'S WHY WE DO THAT TRAINING THERE. TRY AND TRY AND KEEP PEOPLE VIGILANT ABOUT WHAT THEY OPEN AND WHERE THEY WHAT LINKS THEY CLICK ON AND WHO THEY SIGN ON WITH THEIR CREDENTIALS FROM THERE. SO AND WHEN IN DOUBT, YOU KNOW YOU CAN CLICK THE FINISH BUTTON. I THOUGHT I HAD A PHISHING EMAIL A FEW WEEKS AGO AND, AND ONE OF OUR IT TEAM MEMBERS SAID, YOU KNOW, THAT ACTUALLY WAS A LEGITIMATE ONE. BUT YEAH, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE I WASN'T EXPECTING IT. THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, I LOOKED THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT PIECES WITH THE TRAINING AND I WENT AHEAD AND WAS CONSERVATIVE AND WENT AHEAD AND AND REPORTED IT. SO THAT WAS GOOD. SO WHEN IN DOUBT, GO AHEAD AND REPORT IT. IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T DO ANY HARM TO REPORTS. IT DOESN'T AFFECT ME ON A BAD DAY TO. WELL, WHAT ABOUT LOOTING LIKE THE I APPS ON MY CITY? IS THAT ACCEPTABLE THEN? NO RISK? OR IS THAT A RISK TO. THE MAYOR ON THAT? IF

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FREE APP. AND IF YOU HAVE A MEETING, JUST TALK TO YOUR SUPERVISOR OR ANY EMPLOYEE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE OKAY WITH YOU USING THIS SPEND VERSION THAT I JUST DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE. EVERYBODY JUST BUYING IT FOR THE HECK OF IT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU JOSEPH. ALL RIGHT. NEXT NEXT UP IS OUR TREASURER'S OFFICE. SO OUR CITY TREASURER IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT TREASURER'S OFFICE. AND I'M GOING TO LET MARK DO THE TALKING. ALL RIGHT. SO THE CITY FINANCE DEPARTMENT IS IS MADE UP OF SEVERAL SUBSECTIONS. AND THE TREASURER'S OFFICE IS ONE OF THEM. MEGAN IS SITTING OVER HERE IS THE TREASURY OPERATIONS MANAGER. SHE KIND OF HELPS ME OVERSEE THE DAY TO DAY TRACKING OF ALL THE FUNDS. IT'S FUN. I IF YOU CAN IMAGINE, THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF TRANSACTIONS THAT HIT THE BANK ACCOUNT EACH MONTH AND TRYING TO TRACK THEM ALL AND WHERE THEY GO AND WHERE THEY SHOULD BE, AND THAT THINGS AREN'T MISSING. AND THE ONES THAT WE EXPECTED ARE COMING, ARE COMING IN. AND SO IT'S A IT'S A BIG JOB AND. I WANTED BUILT I AND IT'S, IT'S A DAILY TASK. IT TAKES IT TAKES A TEAM TO GO THROUGH THOSE AND MONITOR THOSE EVERY DAY. EVERY DAY WE LOOK AT OUR BANK ACCOUNTS TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NOTHING WRONG, BECAUSE IN THE PAST THERE HAS BEEN AND WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, AN EMPLOYEE MEASURES TO PREVENT FRAUD. SO THAT PART OF THAT IS TO SOMEONE ALWAYS HAS EYES ON IT. SO WITHIN WITHIN THAT IN THAT GROUP, IT'S REALLY THE CASHIER'S OFFICE OF THE CITY.

WE EMPLOY SIX POSITIONS. THEY ALL COME IN AND HANDLE THE CASH IN A IN A PROFESSIONAL AND APPROPRIATE MANNER. I JUST LIKE OTHER WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT UTILITY BILLING. THE PEOPLE THAT COME IN ARE ALWAYS HAPPY THAT THEY'RE HAPPY TO PAY THE BILL. AND SO WE HAVE A VERY GOOD STAFF AT DIFFUSING SITUATIONS AND AND DEALING WITH THAT. ENVIRONMENT WITHIN THE TREASURER'S OFFICE. WE DO HAVE SOME LONG TERM GOALS. WE DO FEEL THAT THE THE SAFETY OF THE AREA IS AN UP TO WHAT SHOULD BE, ESPECIALLY WITH HANDLING OF CASH. AND SO WE DO. WE HAVE BEEN PLANNING TO DO AN UPGRADE, BUT IT'S PART OF THE OVERALL BUILDING STEWARDSHIP PLAN THAT KIND OF WALKS THROUGH THAT, HOW THAT WOULD WORK. AS WELL AS THE ERP PROJECT, THE TREASURER'S OFFICE, WE DID. IF YOU DID KNOW, WE WENT THROUGH A BANKING CHANGE. THE CITY HAS BEEN MAKING WITH BANK OF IDAHO FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, BUT BANK OF IDAHO MOVED TO CITIZENS COMMUNITY BANK, SO WE RECENTLY WENT THROUGH THAT CHANGE, AND IT WAS A LITTLE BIT STRESSFUL.

BUT THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD. FROM WHAT WE ARE, CAN SEE AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED. EVERYTHING IS BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR AND IN THE RIGHT PLACE. NOW, BEFORE I FORGET, I PUT A PICTURE OUT HERE BECAUSE IT IS A VERY FESTIVE AREA AND THE STAFF DOWN THERE ARE SO FRIENDLY THAT WE GET A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT COME IN AND SOMETIMES THAT'S THEIR ONLY ACTION, THEY INTERACTION THEY HAVE WITH A PERSON TO PAY THEIR BILL. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF OUR SENIORS LIKE TO COME IN AND AND VISIT A LITTLE BIT AND THEN PAY THEIR BILL BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO USE THE THE DROP BOX. THEY DON'T WANT TO USE CREDIT CARDS. THEY WANT TO, YOU KNOW, PAY IN PERSON. SO IT'S REALLY A GREAT AREA BECAUSE IT'S UPDATED AND FESTIVE EVERY, EVERY HOLIDAY THAT WE HAVE. AND YOU'LL SEE HERE IT'S A FALL THEME. THEY ALSO DO A VARIETY OF POTLUCKS, WHICH IS KIND OF NICE. SO SOMETIMES WHEN YOU GO IN THERE IT SMELLS REALLY GOOD. LIKE YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S THAT'S ALWAYS NICE. AND THEY DO WORK VERY PROFESSIONAL WORK VERY WELL TOGETHER. AND BACK IN 2016 WE INSTALLED CAMERA. SO THERE IS CAMERAS OUT THERE FOR THE STAFF'S PROTECTION, PARTICULARLY AS MARK MENTIONED, THEY'RE WORKING WITH MONEY AND THAT ALL THAT IS BEING RECORDED, ALL THOSE TRANSACTIONS ARE RECORDED ON CAMERA. SO BUT WE DO NEED TO IMPROVE OUR PUBLIC SPACING. WE'VE GOT JUST A SMALL LITTLE PONY WALL DOOR. WE REALLY NEED TO INCORPORATE SOME

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AND SO I WANT TO JUST IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IT'S LIKE MAYBE IN SOME PLACES, BUT MAYBE NOT IN OTHERS. AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT BECOMING SO REMOVED FROM THE PUBLIC THAT IT STARTS TO FEEL. AND AND I'M NOT I'M NOT SAYING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER ON THIS SITUATION. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT BURYING, BARRICADING OURSELVES FROM THE JOB OF THE DAY. OH YEAH, THE FRONT DOOR IS STILL ADA ACCESSIBILITY. ALL THAT WILL STILL STAY THE SAME. BUT BUT THE RIGHT NOW THERE'S NOT THERE'S AN OPENING THAT WE'D LIKE TO CLOSE OFF JUST A LITTLE BIT TO KEEP THE PUBLIC OUT IN THE LOBBY AREA AND NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO WALK THROUGH ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK, UNLESS THEY ARE MEETING WITH A CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE ONE ON ONE. SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT THAT'S ABOUT. THANK YOU. I DO THINK THAT THERE IS A LITTLE HEIGHTENED TENSION THAT WILL AUTOMATICALLY ENTER INTO THESE TWO. BOTH THE TREASURER'S OFFICE AND THE UTILITY BUILDING AREA, BECAUSE MONEY IS INVOLVED AND AND THE STRESS AND TENSION AND AND FRUSTRATION THAT GO WITH, WITH PAYING BILLS AND OWING MONEY AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, I THINK REALLY EXACERBATE THAT SITUATION MORE THAN, SAY, WHEN MONEY CHANGES HANDS WITH THE CITY. SO I THINK THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF, OF ADDITIONAL, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL FRUSTRATION THAT HAPPENS THERE. THAT IS NOT A REFLECTION ON THE STAFF. IN FACT, NO, IT WOULD BE FAR, FAR WORSE, I THINK, IF IT HAD NOT INTERVENED AND HELPED TO TRAIN HER STAFF AND GIVE THEM ENCOURAGEMENT AND AND HELP THEM TO KNOW THAT THAT HEY, SOME OF THOSE ROUGH CALLS ARE BEING RECORDED. SO IT HAS COME BACK MANY TIMES TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE STAFF WAS BEHAVING APPROPRIATELY. AND IT WAS THE UNFORTUNATELY, THE CUSTOMER THAT WAS BEHAVING INAPPROPRIATELY. AND THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR POINTING THAT OUT. WE HAVE TWO THINGS. WE HAVE CAMERAS, SECURITY CAMERAS, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE PANIC BUTTONS THAT MARK MENTIONED. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE TELEPHONE RECORDING. I FOUND THAT WHEN I FIRST STARTED WORKING HERE, WE WERE GETTING A LOT OF COMPLAINTS TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ABOUT CITY STAFF NOT BEING FRIENDLY AND THAT TYPE OF THING. AND ONCE WE INSTALLED THE RECORDING AND WHEN YOU CALL IN, IT SAYS, THIS CALL MAY BE RECORDED FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE PURPOSES OR QUALITY ASSURANCE. THOSE COMPLAINTS WENT DOWN PRETTY SUBSTANTIALLY, AND I PROBABLY GET MAYBE 1 TO 2 A YEAR. AND THEN I GO BACK AND I LISTEN TO THE RECORDING AND AND WE SEE IT AS A TRAINING OPPORTUNITY AS WELL. THANK YOU.

SO IF WE TRY PROACTIVE THINGS LIKE AREN'T THERE CERTAIN COLORS THAT RELAX PEOPLE OR SCREENS WITH SO CALMING IMAGES THAT THE KEY TO YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO SOLVE 100% OF THE PROBLEM, RIGHT? BUT YOU CAN MITIGATE IT DOWN TO A MANAGEABLE ASPECT. AND. ONE OF THE BIGGEST ONE IS COMMUNICATION. AND SO WE ARE LOOKING AT BEING MORE PROACTIVE IN COMMUNICATION. WE'RE LOOKING AT TEXTING SERVICES, PHONE CALL SERVICES LIKE ROBO CALLING TO LET PEOPLE KNOW BECAUSE THERE'S WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO ANY KIND OF ANGST OR OR UNHAPPINESS, IT'S ALWAYS AROUND DISCONNECTS, RIGHT? I'VE NEVER BEEN THANKED FOR SOMEONE FOR TEARING OFF SOMEONE'S POWER, RIGHT? IT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN THAT WAY. THERE ARE ALWAYS WHY DO YOU DO IT? AND SO IT COMES DOWN TO EDUCATION. WE TEACH THEM, WE WALK THROUGH. THIS IS WHY. THIS IS HOW THIS IS. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO TO WATCH FOR IT. BUT BEING PROACTIVE ON THE COMMUNICATION WHEN SOMEONE'S GETTING CLOSE TO THAT POINT IS GOING TO BE KEY. AND SO WE DID TEAM UP WITH IDAHO POWER TO LOOK AT USING THEIR EXISTING OUTAGE SOFTWARE. AND THAT DIDN'T WORK. AND SO WE DECIDED TO PUT A PAUSE ON THAT UNTIL WE GET THE CIS SYSTEM, BECAUSE IT COULD BE A PART OF THAT SYSTEM INSTEAD OF A FINITE ONE IN THE MEANTIME. AND SO THAT IS ON OUR ON OUR PLAN TO HAVE A MASS COMMUNICATION SERVICE TO GET THE COMMUNICATION OUT SO PEOPLE CAN GET THE INFORMATION SOONER. AND I ALSO OUR KIOSK, OUR 24 SEVEN KIOSK IS LOCATED RIGHT OUTSIDE THOSE DOORS THERE BEHIND THE MIDDLE EMPLOYEE THERE. AND IT IS AVAILABLE 24 SEVEN. YOU CAN COME HERE IF YOU WATCH THE GAME ON SUNDAY AND YOU'RE LIKE, OH MY GOODNESS, I

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WE'LL FINISH UP WITH FINANCE. FINANCE IS THE OVERARCHING ARM OF TREASURY AND UTILITY BILLING.

IT'S WHERE ALL THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF LIVE. IT'S ALL THE ACCOUNTANTS. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE.

WE WITHIN THE FINANCE. WE HAVE A FEW DIVISIONS. THEY'RE NOT. TRANSPARENT LIKE TREASURY UTILITIES BECAUSE THAT'S MORE OF LEGACY. WHEN WE GET INTO WORKDAY, THOSE WILL BE BROKEN OUT. AND YOU HAVE THE PROCUREMENT OFFICE AND THE PAYROLL OFFICE AND ACCOUNTING.

THEY ALSO HAVE YOUR PROPERTY AND ASSETS. SO EACH ONE HAS A UNIQUE FUNCTION THAT THEY ARE TASKED WITH AND TO MAKE THE LIVES OF THE DEPARTMENTS MORE EFFICIENT AND EASIER. RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE OF OUR LEGACY SYSTEM, WE'RE HAMPERED BY A LOT OF MANUAL WORK, MEANING OUTSIDE OF THE ACCOUNTING SYSTEM, WHICH THAT MAY WORK, PROHIBITS DEALING WITH THE REAL PROBLEMS OF OF TRYING TO FORECAST AND TO DEAL WITH ACCOUNTING RELATED ISSUES. AND SO THAT'S ONE THING WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT WITH THE NEW ERP SYSTEM, IS TO KIND OF MOVE ALL THOSE MANUAL ADJUSTMENTS AND ACCOUNTING FUNCTIONS INTO AN AUTOMATED SYSTEM THAT THAT THEN YOU CAN GO IN AND BE MORE PROACTIVE AND DEAL WITH THE REAL ISSUES AT HAND. ALONG WITH THAT IS WE HAVE SOME SOME KEY PROJECTS, AND ONE IS UPDATING THE FISCAL YEAR, CLOSE THE ANNUAL AUDIT.

WITHIN THOSE IS WHAT IS. REHABBING THE FIXED ASSET ENVIRONMENT, DOING A MAJOR OVERHAUL WITH FIXED ASSETS, WITH THE GIS SYSTEM, TO HAVE EVERYTHING WITHIN THE INFRASTRUCTURE ON THE GIS SYSTEM AND GO FROM THERE. AND THEN ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WE'RE DOING WITHIN FINANCE IS DRAFTING ALL THE WRITTEN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. IT'S ONE THING THE CITY LACKS IS A ROBUST FINANCIAL WRITTEN POLICIES. SO SOMETHING WE'RE

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WE'LL HAVE. GRANTS. THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT POLICIES THAT NEED TO BE WRITTEN DOWN. WE ARE MORE CULTURALLY BASED AND NOT POLICY BASED. SO WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE INTO THE RIGHT AREA.

KEEP GOING. YES. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MARK MAY HAVE NOT MENTIONED ALREADY, BUT BROOKS AND MARK HAVE REALLY PUT TOGETHER A VERY ROBUST TRAINING PROGRAM FOR ACCOUNTING PROFESSIONALS. SIMILAR TO IT. WE HAVE ACCOUNTANTS ONE, TWO AND THREE, WITH THE THREE BEING THE LEAD. BUT YOU GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS WHEN YOU MASTER A VARIETY OF ACCOUNTING TASKS THAT REQUIRE NOT ONLY A FOUR YEAR DEGREE IN ACCOUNTING, BUT ALSO ADDITIONAL TRAINING. AND SO WE HAVE A REALLY ROBUST TRAINING PROGRAM THROUGH GFOA. AND THEN WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE THAT'S IN BOISE AG AG. SO SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY HIRE STAFF MEMBERS RIGHT OUT OF COLLEGE WITH A WITH AN ACCOUNTING DEGREE, AND THEN THEY HAVE THE ENVIRONMENT, IF YOU WILL, TO HONE IN ON THEIR SKILLS AND ALSO A ROBUST TRAINING PROGRAM TO KEEP THEM IN THE FIELD OF FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AND ACCOUNTING. SO THAT'S WHAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MARK HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS IS REALLY BUILDING THAT TEAM. SO I'LL JUST SAY, OH, GO AHEAD, COUNCILOR. WELL, I JUST GOT TO TELL YOU HOW IMPRESSED I AM WITH THE BUDGET. LOOK, HONESTLY, JIM AND JIM AND LISA AND I THE OTHER NIGHT WERE WERE BRAGGING ABOUT IT WHEN WE WERE AT AN EVENT. AND, YOU KNOW, FOR SOMEBODY TO HAVE PEOPLE COME TO US AND SAY, I JUST DON'T GET THE BUDGET AND SAY, HERE'S THE BOOK, RIGHT? AND IF YOU GO THROUGH THE BOOK AND FROM START TO FINISH, YOU'RE GOING TO UNDERSTAND THE CITY BUDGET AS WELL AS ANYONE. I MEAN, IT IS IS CRYSTAL CLEAR. AND I GOT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THIS IS JUST IT'S TAKEN ON A LIFE OF ITS OWN AND IT'S REALLY GREAT. AND THE OTHER THING IT DID IS IT INCORPORATED WORKFLOW PROCESS. SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE WERE DOING SPREADSHEETS WITH BUDGETS WHEN MARK AND I FIRST STARTED WORKING TOGETHER. AND THEN SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN. WHAT VERSION WAS SENT TO FINANCE AND NOW IT'S A WORKFLOW PROCESS. SO IT'S IT STARTS WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND THEN THEY MOVE IT TO THE WORKFLOW, THE NEXT WORKFLOW PROCESS, AND THEN IT GOES ALL THE WAY UP. AND THEN IT FEEDS INTO THE SOFTWARE THAT CREATES THE BUDGET BOOK. DO YOU WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT MARK OR DID I DO THAT ALL RIGHT. YOU DID A GOOD JOB. YEAH. WE'RE WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS THE FUTURE. AND I MEAN, IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT WHAT WAS DONE IN THE PAST WASN'T RIGHT. IT'S JUST THAT FUTURE HAS CHANGED SO MUCH. ONE OF MY IT'S NOT A BRAGGING POINT, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS GLAD THAT WE GOT RID OF WAS THE TYPEWRITERS. AND SO THE CITY IS MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. IT JUST TAKES TIME AND IT TAKES PATIENCE, AND IT'S LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY TO BUILD EFFICIENCIES. SO THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO SAY. YEAH. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE NEW FINANCIAL AGE IS TRYING TO MEET EVERYBODY'S NEEDS, RIGHT. TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN BE A SUPPORT AND NOT A HINDRANCE TO ALL THE DEPARTMENTS. RIGHT. THAT'S OUR GOAL, IS TO BE A TEAMMATE. AND UNTIL WE GET TO A NEW FINANCIAL SYSTEM, THAT'S BEEN DIFFICULT. DO YOU SEE AI HELPING YOU WITH EFFICIENCIES AND WITH THE STAFFING AND. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. IT WILL AT SOME POINT WHEN

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BUT THE FUTURE OF THAT IS YOU CAN LOOK AT ANYTHING WITHIN I'VE EVER BEEN ASKED QUESTIONS.

THAT'S THAT WOULD BE THE FUTURE FUTURE PRODUCT, AFTER YOU GET WORKED UP AND GOING, WOULD BE A TRANSPARENCY, OUTWARD FACING PLATFORM. SO BEFORE WE WRAP UP, I JUST WANTED TO THROW SOMETHING OUT. AND THAT IS COUNCILOR FRANCIS. YOUR QUESTION ABOUT POLICY GOT ME THINKING. WE HAVE IN AT THE LEVEL OF DIRECTORS HAVE HAD IN THE PAST THE BENEFIT OF OF SOME EXPERIENCE AND WISDOM THAT CAME FROM OUR FORMER CITY ATTORNEY, RANDY PIKE, WHO WOULD OFTEN DISCOURAGE US FROM IMMEDIATELY GOING TO A POLICY, YOU KNOW, GETTING SOMETHING WENT WRONG OR, OH, THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING. WE'RE GOING TO RIDE IT OUT. WE'RE GOING TO WRITE THIS DOWN THERE. AND I THINK THERE ARE A COUPLE OF REASONS FOR THAT. ONE WAS THAT IF YOU CREATE A POLICY THAT IS RIGID AND DESIGNED TO JUST GET A CERTAIN KIND OF BEHAVIOR AND THAT MAY BE NEEDED AT TIMES, BUT IF YOU DO THAT AND IT'S JUST ONE THING GOES WRONG, YOU END UP WITH A VIOLATION OF THE POLICY, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THOSE CONSEQUENCES. AND, AND THEN PERHAPS EITHER EVOLVE YOUR POLICY OR, OR OR CREATE CONSEQUENCES. AND, AND IT CAN GET TO BE KIND OF DIFFICULT TO MANAGE IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF THOSE. AND ON THE OTHER HAND, I MEAN, AT FIRST WHEN I HEARD HIM KIND OF SAY PUSH BACK, I THOUGHT, WELL, WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO? JUST MAKE EVERYTHING LOOSEY GOOSEY, YOU KNOW? AND I HAD A REACTION TO THAT. AND OVER TIME I KIND OF REALIZED THAT. AND I'M BRINGING IT UP NOW BECAUSE I THINK MARK AND PAM HAVE MAYBE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS, BUT THE IDEA IS TO HAVE POLICIES THAT ALLOW FOR ENOUGH PROFESSIONAL OR HUMAN JUDGMENT IN THEM, WITHOUT WITHOUT STIFLING THAT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME DESIGNED TO CREATE A PROCESS THAT IS, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZABLE OVER, OVER MANY ITERATIONS. AND SO IT'S IT TAKES TIME TO WRITE A POLICY. AND I KNOW, MARK, YOU'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW YOU WANTED TO HAVE SOME POLICIES WRITTEN IN CERTAIN AREAS FOR A WHILE NOW, BUT TO ACTUALLY CREATE THAT IDEAL POLICY, IT CAN FEEL ALMOST OVERWHELMING BECAUSE YOU WANT IT TO BE JUST RIGHT. IN FACT, MAYBE WE NEED TO JUMP IN ONCE IN A WHILE AND LEARN THE HARD WAY AND THROUGH EXPERIENCE. BUT I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY POLICY MAKING IS AN ART, AND NOT JUST A MATTER OF TRACKING PROCESSES. I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW, IT MAY NOT BE A TIME FOR THAT DISCUSSION, BUT I KNOW THAT THAT'S AN ISSUE. SO FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, IT'S WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO FIX PROCESSES. WE COULD TALK ABOUT OUR FAVORITE ONE COST ALLOCATION, BUT WE HAVE NO POLICIES. RIGHT. SO WHAT SHOULD COME FIRST, THE PROCESS OR THE POLICY. AND SO WE'VE ALWAYS FOCUSED ON PROCESS. AND THAT'S KIND OF THE LEGACY OF HOW WE ADOPTED WHEN WE STARTED WORKING HERE. IT'S TIME TO REALLY FOCUS ON POLICY SO THAT WE CAN FIX OUR PROCESSES. BUT THE OTHER THING IS, IS THAT EARLIER WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY, WHICH WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT GETTING AN UPDATED FINANCIAL SYSTEM FOR QUITE A WHILE. AS MARK MENTIONED, I BELIEVE YOU SAID IT WAS 25 YEARS OLD. AND SO WE'RE WE'RE LOSING SOME STEAM ON IT. IT'S NOT A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR US TO WORK WITH.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE POLICY BASED ON WHAT SO-AND-SO DID, RIGHT. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY, LEVERAGE OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM, THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARDS TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP THE EFFICIENCIES RATHER THAN SILO THOSE PROCESSES BASED ON THE PERSON THAT SITS AT THE DESK. I CALL IT STRUCTURED FLEXIBILITY OR ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT, SO THAT THE HUMAN BEING STILL HAS A ROLE. BUT IF THERE'S A POLICY, IT'S EASIER TO PASS IT ON FROM ONE EMPLOYEE TO THE NEXT EMPLOYEE TO THE NEXT EMPLOYEE. BROOKS AND I BOTH HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE. STARTING HERE. WE WALK IN THE DOOR. WHERE'S OUR POLICY? WE DON'T HAVE ANY NO FINANCIAL ONES. WE HAVE PERSONNEL POLICIES. OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE THAT POLICY LOOK LIKE THE PERSONNEL POLICY THAT IT'S INDEXED BY SUBSECTIONS. AND WE DO GET AI TO WRITE IT. YES. RIGHT. JUST KIDDING. BUT THE INVESTMENT POLICY, BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT 25% LIMIT. OR IS THAT FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS INVESTMENT. YES. AND SOMETIMES IT GOES UP JUST BECAUSE OF THE MARKET ETC. AND WE'RE NOT

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YES. SO I AM THE SUPERINTENDENT. I'VE WORKED WITH THE CITY FOR APPROXIMATELY 14 YEARS, BEEN SUPERINTENDENT FOR ABOUT THREE AND A HALF. SO OUR SHOP IS OUT ON HAMNER AVENUE NEXT TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER. IT'S A AN 18 BAY, 20 ZERO ZERO ZERO FOOT SQUARE SHOP. IT'S BUILT IN 2006, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY AT A STAFF OF 15. ACTUALLY, WE'RE AT FULL STAFF, 15 EMPLOYEES. WE HAVE 11 TECHNICIANS, TWO CLERICAL POSITIONS AND TWO SUPERVISORS. SO WE HAVE WE HAVE FOUR MASTER TECHNICIANS. WE HAVE 7 OR 6 JOURNEYMAN TECHNICIANS, AND WE HAVE ONE APPRENTICE. WE HAVE A AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT AND A PARTS INVENTORY COORDINATOR. SUPERINTENDENT AND FOREMAN. AND OUR DUTIES ARE TO KEEP CURRENTLY 863 PIECES OF LARGE EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES IN APPROXIMATELY 350 PIECES OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, REPAIRED, MAINTAINED, FUELED, IN SERVICE, OUT OF SERVICE, ALL OF THOSE WONDERFUL THINGS. SO GENERALLY SPEAKING, LARGE EQUIPMENT, VEHICLES, THOSE ARE PIECES THAT HAVE AN ENGINE AND WHEELS DRIVE THEMSELVES AROUND. SO THAT CAN BE, YOU KNOW, CARS, PICKUPS, SUVS, VANS, TRUCKS, CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT, AMBULANCES, FIRE ALL THE POLICE VEHICLES. IDAHO FALLS POWER THE EQUIPMENT THAT REMOVES THE THE MAINTAINS THE GROUNDS OF THE AIRPORT AND THEN ALL THE EQUIPMENT THAT PARKS AND REC AND THE GOLF COURSES USE TO MAINTAIN THEIR TURF PARKS. THE FLOOR IN THAT BUILDING HEATED.

IT IS. YES. IT'S WONDERFUL. OKAY. A COMPONENT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S EITHER PULLED OR PUSHED BY ONE OF THE VEHICLES. SO GENERALLY SPEAKING, SNOW PLOWS AND TRAILERS. YEAH, HUNDREDS OF THOSE. IN 2009 THE EQUIPMENT TOOK OVER MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S FLEET. THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 50 VEHICLES. CURRENTLY WE HAVE THREE SERVICE VEHICLES THAT WE CAN PERFORM SERVICE CALLS. GENERALLY, THAT'S GOING TO BE FOR BREAKDOWNS. SERVICE AND REPAIRS ON NON ROAD GOING VEHICLES. SO PRIMARILY GOLF COURSES AND PARKS AND REC. WE'LL DO THOSE REPAIRS ON SITE. LET'S SEE. WE DO MAINTAIN A SMALL RENTAL POOL OF VEHICLES THAT CAN BE RENTED OUT TO ANY DEPARTMENT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. THOSE ARE NEEDED. IT'S ALSO THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE FACILITY TO MAINTAIN THE JOINT OWNED FUEL FACILITY FOR THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS IN BONNEVILLE COUNTY.

THAT FACILITY WAS PUT IN IN AUGUST OF 2011. WE'VE DONE SOME UPGRADES ON THAT SINCE THEN.

DISPENSER UPGRADE LAST YEAR, AND THEN WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING TOGETHER A CANOPY UPGRADE FOR THAT TOO, SO WE'LL SEE THAT COMING UP HERE SHORTLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

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CREATE WORK ORDERS, FILL OUT PARTS LABOR, AND MAINTAINS OUR INVENTORY FOR BOTH OUR PARTS AS WELL AS OUR FUEL SYSTEM. THE EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE FACILITY RECEIVES AND CHECKS IN NEW VEHICLES, COORDINATES TRANSFER OF VEHICLES THAT HAVE BEEN REPLACED TO OTHER PLACES IN THE CITY WHERE THEY COULD STILL BE UTILIZED, AND WHEN A VEHICLE COMES TO THE END OF ITS LIFE, IT IS BROUGHT TO THE EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE FACILITY AND SURPLUSED SO SOLD AT AUCTION TYPICALLY AND. WE ARE. WE COORDINATE WITH VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE CITY REGARDING THEIR EQUIPMENT. SO THEIR EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT SCHEDULES LITTLE ADVISE ON VEHICLES THAT PERHAPS NEED TO BE REPLACED OR SOME VEHICLES IN SERVICE FOR A WHILE. AND CURRENTLY WITH OUR TECHNICIANS, WE HAVE A CERTIFICATION PROGRAM. WE HAVE FIVE ASE CERTIFIED TECHNICIANS CURRENTLY, AND WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING THE REST OF THEM CERTIFIED AS WELL. AND WE HAVE A AND I PUT TOGETHER A APPRENTICE PROGRAM. OUR INDUSTRY IS FACING A LABOR SHORTAGE OF TECHNICIANS. WE'RE FINDING THAT. TECHNICIANS ARE NO LONGER. HOW SHOULD I SAY

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IT'S ALWAYS BEEN JOURNEY LEVEL. SO WE HAVE ONE APPRENTICE SO FAR, A RECENT GRADUATE, BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL THESE NEW INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE. HAPPENING. RIGHT. SO YES, YES.

SO WE'RE WE'RE CURRENTLY PUTTING TOGETHER A PLAN TO BRING ON SOME TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES DURING OUR, OUR BUSIER TIMES OF THE YEAR, WHICH WOULD BE DURING THE WINTER, DURING STORM SEASON, AS WELL AS IN THE SUMMER WHEN THE PARKS AND REC AND A LOT OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS BRING ON THEIR TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES TO TAKE ON ADDITIONAL PROJECTS. SO WHEN THAT WHEN THAT PROGRAM GETS GOING, OUR HOPE IS THAT WE CAN BRING SOME PEOPLE FROM CEI, FROM BYU-IDAHO'S PROGRAM, DIESEL PROGRAMS. ISU HAS ONE HOPEFULLY BRING THEM IN DURING THEIR OFF TRACK SEMESTER. THEY CAN WORK TEMPORARILY. THE CITY CALLS IT THE EQUIPMENT SHOP AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GARNER SOME INTEREST IN IN COMING AND WORKING FOR A FLEET. IT'S OFTEN NOT IN THESE STUDENTS MINDS THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S 863 VEHICLES THAT NEED TO BE REPAIRED EVERY YEAR. SO OUR HOPE IS THAT WE CAN GARNER SOME INTEREST FROM FROM STUDENTS, BRING THEM IN TEMPORARILY AFTER THEY'VE COMPLETED THEIR SCHOOL AND BRING THEM IN AS APPRENTICES. THEY CAN ACHIEVE THEIR. LABOR REQUIREMENTS. AT THE CITY. STAN, WE HAVE TO. I'M THINKING OF THE SMASH UP OF TWO DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAPPEN. MAYBE ONE IS THAT IN THE CONSTRUCTION TRADES, THEY OFTEN HAVE SOMETHING THEY CALL A COMBINE, WHERE THEY GET A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THOSE TRADES TOGETHER TO TRY TO GIVE THEM A TASTE OF WHAT, OF WHAT IT'S LIKE TO TO BUILD SOMETHING AND TO APPLY THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF CARPENTRY SKILLS AND DRYWALL AND ALL THAT STUFF THEN. SO THINK OF THAT AND MAYBE HOW WE CAN APPLY THAT TO YOUR FIELD.

AND THEN I'M THINKING OF THE PROGRAM THAT AIC SPONSORS WITH US CALLED READERS BECOMING LEADERS. AND A BIG PART OF THAT IS TO GET SOME OF OUR MORE INTERESTING CITY EQUIPMENT, AND WE ROLL IT OUT TO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND INVITE, I THINK IT'S THE THIRD GRADERS TO COME OUT AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE EQUIPMENT. AND, AND THERE'S USUALLY A PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEE WHO SAYS, YOU KNOW, WE USE THIS STUFF OUT OF THE SEWERS, OR WE USE THIS TO, YOU KNOW, PAINT THE STRIPES OF THE ROAD. AND KIDS ARE FASCINATED BY THAT AND WONDERING IF THERE WOULDN'T BE A WAY TO GET. FACE TIME WITH SOME OF THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS WHO MIGHT BE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, TECHNICIANS AND BRING SOME INTERESTING EQUIPMENT TO A SCHOOL. AND WHETHER YOU DO IT

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AT TIMES IT FEELS LIKE. THERE'S QUITE THE COMPETITION FOR AVAILABLE TECHNICIANS TO COME AND APPLY. YOU KNOW, WE'LL FIND. WAGES IS OFTEN A CONCERN FOR FOR THESE POTENTIAL CANDIDATES.

SO DEFINITELY SEE THAT'S PART OF IT. ONE THING I CAN SAY IS THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS OFFERS A BENEFITS PACKAGE THAT YOU DO NOT SEE ELSEWHERE IN THIS INDUSTRY. SO OFTEN WE CAN WE CAN ENTICE EMPLOYEES TO TO ACCEPT A JOB THAT MAYBE THEY WERE ON THE FENCE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, JUST BASED SOLELY ON, ON WAGES. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT'S THAT'S A CHALLENGE THAT NOT ONLY THE CITY WILL FACE, BUT ANY REPAIR SHOP, ANY SERVICE DEPARTMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND THEN YOU LAYER IN THE ELECTRIC VEHICLES, IT ADDS ANOTHER LEVEL OF COMPLEXITY. IT DOES. YEAH. FOR SURE. OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAN. WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING HERE.

OKAY. THANKS. STAN HAS PERSONALLY HELPED ME A GREAT DEAL. THE CITY VEHICLE THAT I DRIVE. SO OUR NEXT DIVISION IS BUILDING MAINTENANCE. THIS IS ALAN MUIR. HE IS OUR BUILDING MAINTENANCE SUPERINTENDENT, AND HE'S GOING TO GO OVER, YOU KNOW, JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE BUILDING MAINTENANCE DIVISION. OKAY. YOU SEE THE BUDGET NUMBERS THERE? A LOT OF THE A LOT OF THE MONEY THAT MOVES IN OUR DEPARTMENT COMES BACK THROUGH RECORDED TRANSFER BECAUSE WE DO CHARGE A FEW YEARS BACK. MARK TO HELP US, HELPED US IMPLEMENT A SITUATION WHERE WE RECEIVE FUNDS BACK FOR THE TIME SPENT, WHICH HELPS OUR BUDGET OUT AND GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO MORE. WE DO REPAIR MAINTENANCE ON OVER 300 CITY BUILDINGS, AND THAT'S ANYWHERE FROM THE BUILDING YOU'RE SITTING IN DOWN TO THE RESTROOMS AND HOUSES AND YOU NAME. WE RECENTLY FINISHED UP THE CITY HALL PROGRAM FOR THE CITY HALL ELEVATOR. THAT WAS NICE. I HOPE YOU'RE ALL ENJOYING IT. AS FAR AS POSITIONS, WE DO HAVE 13 POSITIONS I HAVE. I HAVE TWO LICENSED, INCLUDING MYSELF, TWO LICENSED ELECTRICIANS. I HAVE TWO LICENSED HVAC REPAIR TECHS. I HAVE ONE LICENSED PLUMBER RIGHT NOW, AND I HAVE A APPRENTICE PLUMBER. HE'S WORKED WITH US FOR SEVERAL YEARS, BUT HE CAME TO US LAST YEAR AND ASKED US IF HE COULD DO AN APPRENTICESHIP. SO WE'RE HELPING HIM SPONSORING HIM IN APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM IN THE PLUMBING INDUSTRY. RIGHT NOW. I HAVE A FOREMAN. JASON HALL IS MY FOREMAN. YOU'LL SEE HIM RUNNING AROUND AND CHECKING ON THE CREW AND KEEPING THE CREW MOVING. WE HAVE OUR TECHNICIANS GO FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER, I HAVE EXPERIENCED, EXPERIENCED PAINTERS. YOU'VE SEEN IN ACTION. YOU KNOW THAT. THAT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE RIGHT THERE. THE REC

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AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ALLEN HAS DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB ON SINCE MOVING INTO OUR SUPERINTENDENT ROLE IS, IS MAKING IT MORE OF A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH WITHIN DEPARTMENTS. NORMALLY IN THE PAST WE NORMALLY WOULDN'T GET A LOT OF INTER-DEPARTMENTAL TYPE OF PROJECTS, BUT SOME OF THE ONES YOU'VE SEEN HAS BEEN THE DEHUMIDIFICATION SYSTEM AT THE AQUATICS CENTER. THAT WAS A MULTI MULTI-DEPARTMENTAL EFFORT THERE. AND AND AS ALLEN'S MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE BOILER, DOING THE PMS ON IS ONE THING, BUT ALSO MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO ACTUALLY MOVE THAT BOILER OUT OF THAT LETTER, THAT'S ACTUALLY A LADDER THAT YOU HAVE TO GO DOWN INTO THAT AREA. AND WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO MOVE IT OUTSIDE. IT'S STILL GOING TO BE COVERED, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE IN A STORAGE AREA THAT'S STILL PART OF THE BUILDING, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT EASIER AND LESS RISKY TO DO THE PMS ON THAT. THAT BOILER, THAT BOILER CONTRACT YOU ACTUALLY APPROVED WITH COUNCIL, I BELIEVE IT WAS SEPTEMBER 11TH.

WE DID A WALK THROUGH LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE. SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON THAT. AND THEN JUST SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IS, YOU KNOW, REROOF THE RECREATION CENTER BEFORE THEY INSTALLED THE THE NEW FLOORING OVER THERE, AND THEN ALSO THE BID THAT CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, ALLEN, I THINK THE BID THAT WE GOT TO PAINT THE REC CENTER WAS GOING TO BE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 10 AND $15,000. AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO SEE WHAT IT WHAT IT WOULD COST US INTERNALLY. AND IF IT'S MORE EFFICIENT AND LESS EXPENSIVE AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO IT, IT SAVES THE DEPARTMENT AND IT SAVES PARKS AND REC QUITE A BIT OF MONEY BY ALLOWING US TO KIND OF DO PHASES OF IT WITH WEATHER AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT IT'S YOU GOT THE SAME OUTCOME, WHICH IT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED AND REPAINTED. I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE THE CUSTODIAL STAFF THAT'S INCLUDED IN ALL THOSE POSITIONS. WE ONLY HAVE ONE CUSTODIAN LEFT WITH US.

SHE'S CLEANS THIS BUILDING. YEAH. AND SHE ACTUALLY HAS SHE'S ASSISTED BY A CONTRACT.

OKAY. SO SHE WORKS FIVE NIGHTS A WEEK, BUT SHE'S SHE'S OUR GO TO IN THIS BUILDING. BUT WE DO HAVE A CONTRACT THAT ASSISTS HER ON SOME OF THE CLEANING. AND BECAUSE WE HAVE 350 BUILDINGS YOU SAY YEAH, THERE'S SOMETHING LIKE THAT SOMEWHERE IN THAT, SOMEWHERE IN THAT 300 RANGE. SO AND SHE, SHE'S REALLY GOOD. THIS IS KIND OF LIKE HER BABY. SHE TAKES REALLY GOOD CARE OF HER A LOT. YEAH. YEAH. AND SO I KNOW YOU PROBABLY NOTICED LAST WEEK THE COMPANY THAT ASSISTS HER WASH DOWN THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING. THEY DID A PRESSURE WASH. YEAH. AND SHE THEY DID A NICE JOB. THEY'RE THEY'RE A GOOD PARTNERSHIP WORKING THERE. AND WE APPRECIATE THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO COME IN AND HELP HER OUT SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE

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I JUST WOULD SAY NOT UNLIKE WHAT STAN'S FACING. I BELIEVE YOU'RE FACING SOME OF THE SAME CONSTRAINTS WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR WORKFORCE. IT'S NOT EASY TO FILL POSITIONS. I THINK YOU'RE WEARING TWO HATS AT THIS TIME. YEAH. AND SO JUST ENLIGHTEN US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THOSE STRUGGLES. WELL, BECAUSE OF THE THE INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF BUILDING THAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR AREA, WE CAN'T FIND LICENSED TECHNICIANS TO BE A TO BE A LICENSED ELECTRICIAN, HVAC TECHNICIAN. IT'S A FOUR YEAR PROGRAM. YOU HAVE TO BE IN COLLEGE TWO NIGHTS A WEEK FOR FOUR YEARS, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE 8000 HOURS OF TRAINING ON THE JOB TRAINING, AND THAT'S AN APPRENTICESHIP. SO IT BOILS DOWN TO 800 HOURS OF OF CLASS TIME, OF WHICH YOU PROBABLY BETTER HAVE ABOUT SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, IT TOOK ANOTHER 800 HOURS OF STUDYING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, AND THEN 8000 HOURS OF ON THE JOB TRAINING. SO ANYTIME YOU HAVE A LICENSED JOURNEYMAN, WHETHER HE'S AN HVAC TECHNICIAN, A PLUMBER OR AN ELECTRICIAN, THAT'S WHAT HE'S DONE. THAT'S WHERE HE'S AT. AND THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH OF THEM OUT THERE. AND OUR AREA IS RECEIVING SO MUCH GROWTH THAT WE'RE NOT COMPETITIVE WITH THEM. WHEN WE WERE DOING OUR BEST. AND LIKE STAN MENTIONED, WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT BENEFIT PACKAGE, AND THAT WAS WHAT BROUGHT ME TO THE CITY. I WASN'T READY TO COME TO THE CITY. I WAS ENJOYING WHERE I WAS, I, I ENJOYED COMMERCIAL ELECTRICAL AND BUT THE BENEFIT PACKAGE SPOKE TO ME AND I WAS RAISING A FAMILY AT THE TIME.

SO OUR BENEFIT PACKAGE HELPS, BUT WE'RE STILL STRUGGLING WITH WITH HAVING CLOSING THAT GAP BETWEEN WHAT PEOPLE NEED AND WHAT WE CAN OFFER. SO THANK YOU. OKAY, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, FRONTIER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS. SO AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, I WAS GOING TO TRY TO GET HERE, BUT HE HAD A FAMILY MATTER HE NEEDED TO TAKE CARE OF. SO THE BUDGET IS $737,000. IS OUR OUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. WE DO HAVE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WHERE WE'RE LEVERAGING IDAHO FALLS ARTS COUNCIL. THEY ALREADY HAVE AN OFFICE. THEY HAVE PHONES. THEY HAVE A COMPUTER THAT CAN DO TICKETING. WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THAT. SO WE'VE BEEN ENJOYING A VERY POSITIVE, COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH IDAHO FALLS ARTS COUNCIL. AND IT'S INCLUDED IN THAT BUDGETED LINE ITEM. IT'S ABOUT $75,000 CONTRACT. WE ALSO WORK WITH IDAHO FALLS ARTS COUNCIL TO DO A BENCHMARKING STUDY. WE GENERALLY DO BENCHMARKING STUDIES EVERY THREE YEARS WITH LIGHT TYPE OF AUDITORIUM RENTAL AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE HERE OVER THE OVER HERE AT THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS. SO WE DO THAT EVERY THREE YEARS.

SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO DO A MARKET STUDY NEXT YEAR AS PART OF OUR BUDGET. A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED ME TO SHARE WITH YOU. AND THAT IS IS HE HE DID WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE COUNCIL AND THE FRONTIER CREDIT UNION AND THE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN MEMBERS FOR SUPPORTING THE INSTALLATION OF THE LOBBY EXPANSION, ADA RESTROOMS. IT'S JUST REALLY GOTTEN A LOT OF ATTENTION AND PEOPLE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. SO HE REALLY WANTED TO THANK YOU PERSONALLY FOR THAT. HE ALSO ADDING THAT WE ARE AVERAGE BOOKING IS ANYWHERE BETWEEN 150 TO 200 DAYS A YEAR, AND SO FAR THIS YEAR WE HAVE HAD 182 BOOKINGS, 55 CONTRACTS AND 1447 CONTRACTED HOURS. THEY'RE MOSTLY WEEKENDS AND EVENINGS AND THEIR PERFORMANCES AND PRACTICES AND AND THINGS LIKE THAT. OUR RENTAL FACILITY REVENUE IS ANYWHERE BETWEEN 140 TO $150,000 ANNUALLY. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE. WE'RE DOING LOWER LEVEL RESTROOM UPGRADES, WHICH WE'VE DONE. WE'RE UPGRADING. WE HAD A WE HAD A SITUATION WITH ONE OF OUR REHEARSAL ROOMS DURING THE MAY 23RD, 2023 FLOOD, SO WE HAD TO MAKE SOME ARRANGEMENTS WITH THAT WITH THE FLOORING UPGRADE. AND THEN WE ALSO DID A COMBINED FLOORING UPGRADE PROJECT WITH THE SCHOOL. OVER THIS PAST SUMMER. SO THERE'S STILL THINGS THAT NEED TO GET TAKEN CARE OF. IT'S AN OLD BUILDING, BUT OUR BONES ARE GOOD, SO PLAN FUTURE PROJECTS.

WE'RE LOOKING AT THE LOBBY EXPANSION, THE ADA RESTROOMS IN ABOUT FEBRUARY OR MARCH OF 2026.

IF YOU'VE DRIVEN BY THERE, THEY'RE MAKING A LOT OF HEADWAY. AND WE WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE CONTRACTOR AND THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING. AND THIS IS ON A LATER SLIDE AS

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AND THEN ALSO, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'RE GOING TO DO A RUN ON RENTAL RATE BENCHMARKING.

STUDY. THIS PICTURE RIGHT HERE IS IS JUST TO GIVE YOU A FEEL. THIS IS ONE OF THE I BELIEVE IT'S A SOUNDS CHOIR COMPLETELY FULL. IT IS A WELL LOVED WELL USED FACILITY. SO CAN I ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? OKAY. YEAH, IT WAS A SHOW JUST RECENTLY AND IT WORKED OUT OKAY.

EVERYBODY WAS ABLE TO GO UP THE RAMP AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE HOPING FOR. AND SO WE'RE HOPING SO YEAH THE FACILITIES STAYING OPEN YEAR ROUND. WE DO HAVE WE ACTUALLY REPURPOSED AN ADA RAMP.

AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME OF OUR LARGER PRODUCTIONS THAT WE HAVE. THEY HAVE ACTUALLY DONE VIDEOS FOR THEIR TICKET HOLDERS OF HOW YOU CAN GET IN. AND AND WE HAVE A PARKING UP FRONT. WE IT'S REALLY BEEN A TEAM EFFORT, NOT ONLY WITH, WITH OUR TEAM AND THE CONSTRUCTION TEAM AND OUR ARCHITECTURAL TEAM, PUBLIC WORKS HAS BEEN TERRIFIC TO WORK WITH. AND SO THEY'VE BEEN REALLY HELPFUL GETTING PEOPLE IN AND OUT AND HELPING US OUT WITH SOME THINGS THAT WE'VE NEEDED ALONG THAT HOLMES JOHN ADAMS CORRIDOR. OKAY, SO I'VE JUST GOT A COUPLE MORE SLIDES LEFT. I KNOW WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE WAITING, SO I'LL TRY TO TALK A LITTLE BIT FAST. SO YEAH, WE DO HAVE A FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT WE FOCUS A LOT ON ALIGNING OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING WITH THE ASPIRATIONS AND THE PRIORITIES OF COUNCIL. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, HERE IS ANOTHER WHEEL HERE. AGAIN, THE RIGHT TECHNOLOGY, SAFE WORKPLACES AND OUR DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPARENCY. SO ALL OF THESE ARE THINGS ON THE OUTSIDE BOXES OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TO SUPPORT THOSE ASPIRATIONS. AND THEN ALSO WE ALSO HAVE THE GOOD GOVERNANCE, FINANCIAL STABILITY AND SOME OF THOSE OTHER ASPIRATIONS AS WELL, THAT WE ARE ALIGNING OUR FIVE YEAR PLANS TO SUPPORT THOSE THOSE PROCESSES. A LOT OF THEM WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE BIG THING THAT I THINK THE BIG THEME OF THE LAST COUPLE YEARS HAS BEEN THE EFFICIENT USE OF OPERATIONAL RESOURCES, STRONG SOLID FOUNDATIONS, SO WE CAN BE TRANSPARENT WITH THE PUBLIC ON CITY FINANCES. AND THEN UPCOMING BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS. SO SOME THINGS YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR MORE ABOUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD IS FINANCE AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME WORKSPACE CONCERNS. WE'RE YOUR TEAM AS MARK MENTIONED WITH THE ERP IS TEMPORARILY LOCATED OVER THE D STREET BUILDING, WHICH IS JUST RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET HERE ON THE CORNER. SO WE'VE GOT PEOPLE OVER THERE, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO COME BACK. AND SO WE'VE GOT TO ADDRESS SOME WORKSPACE CONCERNS. WHAT WE DID AT THE BEGINNING WHEN WE REHIRED SOME OF OUR IT STAFF, IS WE, WHAT I AFFECTIONATELY CALL DOUBLE BUNK THEM SO THEY COULD PULL SYNERGY OFF OF ONE ANOTHER. SO WHEN ONE MOVED ACROSS THE STREET, THERE WAS ONE REMAINING AND THEY COULD WORK TOGETHER AND CREATE THAT TEAM SYNERGY THERE FOR THE FRONTIER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, WITH THE ADDITIONAL EXPANSION AND ADDITIONAL USE OF THE FACILITY, WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT REQUESTING A FUTURE ASSISTANT AUDITORIUM MANAGER AND HAS A VARIETY OF SEASONALS. BUT AGAIN, SEASONALS ONLY WORK PART OF THE YEAR. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THAT AS WELL AS SOME ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE THAT CAN STILL BE A RESOURCES WITH MORE SPACE BECOMES MORE IN A REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE AND CUSTODIAL TYPES OF THINGS. IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR TO STRAP ON A A VACUUM CLEANER ON HIS BACK AND VACUUM. BUT AGAIN, WE DO NEED TO BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO CREATE A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK THAT'S GOING TO BE NEEDED ON THE FLOORS AND VACUUMING AND WIPING THINGS DOWN AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, AS JOSEPH HAD MENTIONED EARLIER ON HIS SLIDE, ADDITIONAL POSITION FOR CONTROLLED ACCESS.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WE HAD ASKED FOR IN THE 2526. BUT IT WAS A FUTURE REQUEST BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE HAD A LOT OF BUDGET CHALLENGES GOING ON. SO WE DID PLACEHOLDER THAT FOR A FUTURE REQUEST. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME FUTURE FACILITY NEEDS. I'M GOING TO LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN DO AS WE GROW AND HAVE MORE EMPLOYEES CITYWIDE. AND IT'LL BE A IT'LL BE A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE SEVERAL, AS I MENTIONED, LONG TERM AGREEMENTS THAT ARE STILL IN PLACE FOR REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE. AND SO WE LOOK AT THOSE AND WE PLAN ACCORDINGLY WITH THOSE SOME UPCOMING PROJECTS. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE LOBBY EXPANSION HOPEFULLY WILL BE DONE EITHER FEBRUARY OR MARCH TIME FRAME. THEN WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON THE PARKING LOT. YOU KNOW, THE PARKING LOT. WE GOT TO WAIT TILL IT GETS A LITTLE WARMER

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SO IT'S COMING ALONG VERY, VERY NICELY. THAT'S A $260,000 BOILER REPLACEMENT PROJECT.

THEN, AS MARK MENTIONED, THE ERP IMPLEMENTATION SUMMER OF 2026 AND THEN THE CITY HALL ANNEX, PARKING LOT AND CONCRETE IMPROVEMENTS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS ON ON OUR STREETS PUBLIC WORKS STREETS GROUP. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE ALSO IN THE SUMMER MONTHS WHEN WE'VE GOT SOME WARM WEATHER. SO THAT SO THAT APPLICATION WILL STICK.

AND THEN WE'VE GOT, AS I MENTIONED, THE THE PUBLIC RESTROOM UPGRADES. YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T IDENTIFY THOSE UPGRADES UNTIL WE KNEW THE FOOTPRINT OF THE ELEVATOR. THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO BE TEARING THINGS DOWN AND PUTTING IT BACK TOGETHER. SO WE DID A WALKTHROUGH WITH AN ARCHITECT LAST WEEK, AND WE'RE GOING TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL TO GET THAT STARTED. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND THEN AS MARK MENTIONED, FINANCIAL POLICY IMPROVEMENTS, THOSE YOU'LL SEE COMING TO YOU. WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH A CONSULTANT ON THOSE. AND WE'RE LEVERAGING THEIR EXPERIENCE THAT THEY HAVE WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES. AND WITH THAT I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. HOPEFULLY IT WAS AS THOROUGH AND HELPFUL AS YOU WERE HOPING. IS THERE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT? OKAY. WELL, IF YOU DO THINK OF THINGS THAT YOU THINK IN THE FUTURE WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES TO COVER, PLEASE LET THEM KNOW. SHE'S THE KIND OF PERSONALITY THAT'S ALWAYS LOOKING TO IMPROVE. I WILL SAY THAT IN PARTICULAR, ONE OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT PAM HAS MADE IS TO HAVE THAT EYE TOWARD HELPING VARIOUS DIVISIONS WITHIN HER DEPARTMENT TO CREATE PROFESSIONAL TRACKS FOR THEIR FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES. AND SO AS YOU HEAR ABOUT ACCOUNTING ONE OR TECHNICIAN ONE, TWO, THREE, WHATEVER, THAT IS A AN INNOVATION THAT SHE HAS OR A PRACTICE THAT SHE HAS BROUGHT TO THE CITY IN TRYING TO HELP BOTH PROFESSIONALIZE AND INCENTIVIZE EMPLOYEES TO ENTER IN, KEEP THEM, YOU KNOW, ON A PATH TO GETTING TO IMPROVE THEMSELVES. AND SO IT'S SOMETHING I DEEPLY APPRECIATED. AND THANK YOU, MARY. WE REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO GET EXCITED ABOUT CONTRIBUTING TO GOVERNMENT WORK. IT IS A IT'S A NOBLE AND IT'S A SERVANT ORIENTED POSITION. BUT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED AND THEY WANT TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE DO. AND AND IT'S BEEN A REAL PLEASURE. WE'VE HAD A PRETTY ROBUST INTERN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IN OUR ACCOUNTING, OUR FINANCE DIVISION, WHICH TURNED INTO POSITIONS WHERE THEY DID THE INTERNSHIP, AND THEN THEY ENDED UP WE ENDED UP HAVING A A POSITION OPEN. MEGAN ACTUALLY WAS ONE OF THEM, AND NOW SHE'S OUR TREASURER OPERATIONS MANAGER MANY YEARS LATER. SO IT DOES WORK. IT DOES WORK. BUT WE WANT PEOPLE TO GET EXCITED. WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE PROVIDE ACCOUNTABLE CUSTOMERS, ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT SERVICE, BUT ALSO EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE EVERY DAY. VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBERS I THINK WE'LL JUST KEEP GOING IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT WITH YOU. BUT I DO HAVE, I GUESS, A PERSONAL REQUEST, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'D LIKE TO LISTEN TO THE NEXT 1 OR 2 PRESENTATIONS ON MY PHONE WHILE I GO AND PREPARE SOME PAPERWORK THAT I NEED TO GET READY, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO BE BOARDING A PLANE RIGHT AFTER THIS MEETING, AND I DON'T WANT TO MISS THE PLANE. AND SO BECAUSE I'M STUCK IN THE OFFICE

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BUT WITH THAT, I'LL PROBABLY JUST TURN IT OVER TO CHRIS TO RUN THROUGH THE SLIDES. AND THEN KIND OF A JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN FOLKWORKS AND CDS AND TRYING TO PUT THIS PLAN INTO THESE PLANNING DOCUMENTS TOGETHER. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN THE TIME OVER. OKAY. GREAT.

THANKS, CHRIS. SO I'VE GOT A SLIDE PRESENTATION. IT'S ABOUT 30 SLIDES APPROXIMATELY. IT KIND OF STARTS WITH A BACKGROUND OF MPO AND WHAT IT ENTAILS, THE STUDY AND HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHAT WE'RE ASKING COUNCIL TO REVIEW AND ADOPT. SO. HANG ON. IS IT NOT LETTING YOU CLICK ON IT. NO. OKAY. GREAT. NOW THANK YOU. SO THE MPO IS MADE UP OF IDAHO FALLS COUNTY AREA HAMMOND, YUKON IONA AND BASICALLY THE URBANIZED PORTIONS OF BONNEVILLE COUNTY. IT'S. SELECTED OR DESIGNATED BY THE GOVERNOR OF IDAHO FOR. AND IT'S BASICALLY TO ADMINISTER FEDERAL FUNDS, THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IN OUR AREA.

WE'RE ONE OF SIX MPOS IN THE STATE. AND AGAIN, HERE'S THE THE LOGOS FOR THE VARIOUS ENTITIES THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH WITH MPO. SO WHAT WE ARE, WE'RE WE'RE COMPRISED OF WHAT WE CALL A TAC TECHNICAL ADVISORY COUNCIL OR COMMITTEE AND THE POLICY, THE POLICY BOARD OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS ON THE MPO BOARD AND TECHNICAL ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETS, USUALLY PRIOR TO THE POLICY BOARD, TO GIVE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICIES AS ENCOUNTERED FOR APPROVAL. SO AGAIN, SOME MORE DETAIL. I'M NOT GOING TO READ THESE VERBATIM, BUT I WOULD WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS THAT I DON'T WANT TO GO TOO FAST. SO YOU DO HAVE THREE MEMBERS OF THE MPO CURRENTLY HERE AND LAST YEAR. SO SO I DON'T THINK YOU CAN NECESSARILY GO TOO FAST. OKAY.

THANK YOU. BUT AGAIN IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE GAPS. SO SO TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE PER THE BYLAWS IS CONSISTS OF DIFFERENT ENTITIES WITHIN THE AGENCIES.

PUBLIC WORKS HAS TWO MEMBERS. PARKS HAS ONE GIFT HAS A MEMBER. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND AND PLANNING. FORGET ME. THANK YOU. AND THEN THE POLICY MEMBERS ARE, AS YOU POINTED OUT, LISA, THERE'S THREE OF US HERE THAT ARE PART OF POLICY BOARD ALONG WITH THE OTHER MEMBER AGENCIES.

SO HERE WE ARE AT THE HIGH CAPACITY ROADWAY STUDY AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN. AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS JUST GIVE A BRIEF HISTORY OF HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE AND KIND OF CHECK IN WHAT I LIKE TO CALL IT A CHECK IN, BECAUSE BMP IS MANTRA IS TO PLAN TRANSPORTATION ACTIVITIES IN THE AREAS. WE DID. THE LAST ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE WAS IN 2012, AND THERE WERE SOME STUDIES DONE IN 2010 PRIOR TO THAT. ORIGINALLY IT WAS STARTED IN 98, BUT SO THE PURPOSE OF THE HIGH CAPACITY ROADWAY STUDY. SO THIS ONE'S KIND OF HARD TO READ, BUT IT'S TO EVALUATE CURRENT TRAFFIC CONDITIONS, IDENTIFY CONGESTION, CHOKE POINTS AND SAFETY CONCERNS, DEVELOP PRACTICAL, DATA DRIVEN SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE FLOW, SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY. GUIDE STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS AND ENSURE TRANSPORTATION NETWORKING MEETS COMMUNITY NEEDS. THE BIGGIE FOR US IS RIGHT OF WAY AND ACCESS PRESERVATION ON ROADS WE NEED IN THE FUTURE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE TRAFFIC EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY THROUGH THE AREA.

THE PURPOSE OF THE ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN IS AGAIN TO IMPROVE SAFETY CONDITIONS, ENHANCE TRAFFIC FLOW AND SURFACE DELAYS, GUIDE THE PLACEMENT AND DESIGN OF ACCESS POINTS FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT. WE REFERENCE NEW AND EXISTING. WE WORK WITH DEVELOPERS ON EXISTING APPROACHES WHERE WE CAN, BUT PRIMARILY FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT IS WHAT GUIDES THE PLAN. BALANCING MOBILITY NEEDS AND LOCAL PRIORITY PROPERTY ACCESS SUPPORT, LONG TERM CORRIDOR EFFICIENCY AND PROTECT THE PUBLIC INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE. WHAT EXCITES ME IS AS WE WORK THROUGH THE MPO, THE COUNTY CITY INTERFACE IS AN INTERESTING DYNAMIC AND HAVING US WORKING TOGETHER ON A COMMON PLAN IS VERY BENEFICIAL FOR OUR COMMON GOALS. SO AGAIN, IN THE

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WHAT IT PROVIDES IS CONSISTENCY AND DECISION MAKING. STRONGER REGIONAL COORDINATION, IMPROVED FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. IF WE HAVE THE RIGHTS OF WAY AND THE ACCESSES AND WE CAN GIVE PROJECTS. BASICALLY SHOVEL READY SOONER, EFFICIENCY AND COST SAVINGS AGAIN DUE TO COORDINATE OUR PLANNING EFFORTS, PUBLIC TRUST AND TRANSPARENCY, FUTURE GROWTH MANAGEMENT AND ENHANCED SAFETY. CAN I ADD TO IMPROVE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES? ONE OF THE THINGS I SEE THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS THAT IF WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER, THEN WE'RE NOT FIGHTING EACH OTHER OVER DOLLARS, RIGHT? WE'RE WE'RE POOLING OUR RESOURCES AND GOING IN ONE DIRECTION RATHER THAN HAVING SEPARATE PROJECTS THAT ARE MIGHT NEITHER ONE OF THEM GET FUNDED? BUT IF WE GET TOGETHER THEN MANY TIMES WE CAN. YEAH. AND THAT HELPS WITH THE COORDINATION EFFORTS BEHIND THE PLAN OF ALL AGENCIES TO PRIORITIZE THE EFFORTS THAT ARE NECESSARY. I'D EVEN SAY THAT JUST FOR THE COUNCIL, THAT HAVING THAT. REGIONAL APPROACH WHEN THERE IS A PROJECT, IT IS MORE LIKELY TO SAY, OH, HERE'S SOME EXTRA MONEY, YOU'VE ALREADY GOT THE RIGHT OF WAY AND YOU'VE ALREADY GOT THE RIGHT OF WAY, AND YOU'RE WORKING ON THIS TOGETHER INSTEAD OF LIKE, OH, WE DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH THESE TWO GROUPS THAT ARE GOING TO FIGHT ABOUT IT. SO I DO THINK THAT THERE'S OTHER AGENCIES THAT SIT BEHIND US. I MEAN, EVEN THOUGH IT SITS ON OUR BOARD, I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE DISCUSSIONS THAT HAPPEN WITHOUT US IN THE ROOM THAT IS BETTER WHEN WE ARE ALIGNED. OVER THE COURSE OF MY CAREER, THE TWO THINGS THAT WILL SLOW DOWN A PROJECT ARE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION. SO IF WE CAN, AND USUALLY GREAT ACQUISITION LEADS TO ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES THAT IT'S A IT'S A BIG DEAL. SO HERE'S A MAP. IT'S HARD TO READ BUT IT'S PART OF THE ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE. AND THAT'S WHAT WE POINT TO TO KIND OF IT'S A IT'S A FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION MAP TO POINT OUT THESE ROADS ARE THESE TYPE OF ROADS THAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR IN THE FUTURE. THEY DEFINE THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT WOULD BE DEDICATED BY THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS UPON DEVELOPMENT, AND IT REFERENCES THESE ROUTES. OR THERE'S ACCESS SPACING REQUIREMENTS THAT'S DICTATED IN THE PLAN ACCORDINGLY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CHANGED ON THIS MAP FROM THE LAST PLAN WAS THE LIMITS EXTENDED A LITTLE FURTHER NORTH. I THINK THE THE AT OUR NORTH BOUNDARY ON THE LAST PLAN WAS AT 1/13 NORTH AND THEN TO THE SOUTH. OUR BOUNDARY WAS JUST SHORT OF 81ST SOUTH KIND OF THING. SO WE'VE EXPANDED NORTH AND SOUTH AS OUR IMPACT AREA HAS GROWN A LITTLE BIT. WHAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED IN THOSE ROUTES, AND THOSE ARE THE PURPLE PART, IS THAT CITY OF LITTLE FALLS OR. YES, OKAY. NO, I'M SORRY, THAT'S THE BOUNDARY OF THE MPO. YEAH OKAY. URBAN AREA OF THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING AREA. OKAY. SO DESIRED OUTCOME AGAIN IS FOR ALL AGENCIES TO ADOPT THE PLAN GOING FORWARD, RECOGNIZE ITS VALUE AND ADMINISTER AND ENFORCE IT. SO NOW THIS IS WHERE I'LL CALL IT OUR TAILORED VERSION OF THE PRESENTATION FOR CITY STAFF. SO ONE OF THE DIFFERENCES IN THE PLAN WAS THE OLD ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN DID WHAT WE CALL A TRAVEL CONTEXT SYSTEM, WHERE WE WE IDENTIFIED BIKE PED PRIORITY ROUTES AND AND TRUCK AUTO PRIORITY ROUTES. AND THAT KIND OF DICTATED THE SECTION THAT WE WOULD BE CONSTRUCTING THE NEW ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN REFERENCES LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO SORT OUT WHERE DO YOU WANT. AND REALLY THE QUESTION IS WHERE DO YOU WANT ON STREET BIKE LANES? IF YOU WANT THE THE COMMITTEE OF THESE PLANS RECOMMENDED THAT WE SAY, HEY, SIDEWALKS ARE, YOU KNOW, FOR BIKE PED ALONG ARTERIAL ROADWAYS. THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO DO SHARED USE PADS WIDER THAN THE EXISTING SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD AND REMOVE ON STREET BIKE LANES BECAUSE IT IS A HIGHER THEY'RE HIGHER SPEED ROADWAYS SET TO MOVE TRAFFIC AND SAFETY IS DISCOURAGED WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE HIGHER SPEED ROADWAYS OR WHEN YOU HAVE ON STREET BIKE LANES. IT ALSO LEADS TO WHAT WE CALL BUFFERED A SEPARATION DISTANCE BETWEEN TRAFFIC AND THE AND THE ON STREET BIKE LANES. SO THERE WAS A REVISED SECTIONS IN THE PLANS.

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BUT WE WOULDN'T UNLESS WE WERE TEARING OUT A WHOLE LANDSCAPE. WE WOULDN'T DO THIS IN ANY OF OUR CURRENT ARTILLERIES, LIKELY BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T OWN NO PROPERTIES. TYPICALLY, IF WE HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY. THE IDEA IS THIS IS OUR TARGET FOR THE FUTURE ROADWAYS AND FUTURE ROUTES. IF AN AREA HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED WITH THE SIDEWALK ADJACENT TO THESE, YOU MIGHT SEE A TRANSITION. IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO UPGRADE IT WITH A PROJECT, WE WOULD EXPLORE IT.

IS THERE ANY CONVERSATION TO GET SOME BARRIERS? THAT WAS ONE THING ON THE ONES THAT EXIST, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW WE DID SOME GREAT WORK ON THE OUR SUNNYSIDE OUT TO THE EXIT. YOU KNOW, WITH THAT INWARD. AND THAT REALLY SOLVED THAT PROBLEM. SO WE SHOULDN'T HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE ON THE SIDEWALK. SO THAT'S SOMETHING I JUST WANT TO MENTION. I DON'T THINK IT'S ANYTHING YOU HAVE TO PUT IN THIS PLAN OR ANYTHING. AND THEN THAT SECTION BETWEEN THE, THE PATHWAY. AND SO THE SECTION OF TREES, HOW WIDE I CAN'T REALLY READ WHY THAT IS. SO THAT BUFFERED SECTION IS APPROXIMATELY ALMOST SIX FEET. IS IT SIX. TOOK SIX. YOU'RE TALKING ON THE TOP SLIDE JOHN. YEAH YEAH THERE'S A SIX FOOT BUFFER ON THE TOP. YEAH. AND AND ON THE BOTTOM IT'S BIGGER OR AT LEAST APPEARS BIGGER. YEAH IT'S A BIGGER SECTION. SO BASICALLY THE DIFFERENCE IS, IS THERE'S AN OPTION ONE AND OPTION 2A5. I'M THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER. SO I LOOKED AT THE AMOUNT OF LANES. BUT IT'S A FIVE LANE ARTERIAL ROADWAY VERSUS A THREE LANE. IF THE WHAT THE ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN SPOKE TO IS ANYTHING THAT WAS PROJECTED TO HAVE A NEED OF GREATER THAN 10,000 VEHICLES A DAY WOULD QUALIFY FOR A FIVE LANE ARTERIAL PLANNING AND ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION IN THE 2050 PROJECTION, WHERE ANYTHING OVER 10,000 10,000 VEHICLES A DAY AND ARE LIKE RIGHT NOW, 17 IS 20, SO IT'S OVER 20,000 ON 17TH STREET. AND THEN LIKE IN FRONT OF MY LINCOLN, THAT'S LIKE, I KNOW, 16 YELLOWSTONE HIGHWAY IS BIG AND 1214 AND THOSE ARE IMAGES. ALL OF THOSE WOULD BE FIVE LANE ARTERIALS.

SO WITH THE CROSS SECTION CHANGES AGAIN, THE OLD ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN REFERENCED AN ON STREET BIKE LANE SECTION. SO THIS WAS OUR TARGET FOR STREETS LIKE 49TH SOUTH, 65TH NORTH AND FIFTH WEST WHERE WE SAID BIKE PED PRIORITY. THEY HAD SEPARATED SIDEWALKS AND ON STREET BIKE LANES. I LIKE THAT IMPROVEMENT. YEAH. SO I JUST BROUGHT IN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE BUILT SOME OF THESE ARTERIAL ROADS WITH CERTAIN WIDTHS, LIKE ON 49 SOUTH AND ON 65TH NORTH. WE'RE ABOUT TO START CONSTRUCTION NEXT MONTH ON A BRIDGE WITH THAT OLD SECTION IN MIND, WITH THE ON STREET BIKE LANES, THE.

SO WE HAD MET INTERNALLY AS STAFF WITH CDS AND US AND PARKS AND SAID, HEY, WHICH ARTERIAL ROADWAYS WOULD WE RECOMMEND HAVING POTENTIAL FOR ON STREET BIKE LANES GIVEN. AND WHAT WE DID WAS WE STUDIED OUR EXISTING IDAHO FALLS BIKE. PED PLAN. THIS THE CONNECTING OUR COMMUNITY PLAN, AND WE TALKED ABOUT HOW FAR ALONG ARE WE ON CONSTRUCTION DOWN THIS ROAD ALREADY. AND SO OUR RECOMMENDATION AND THIS THIS MAP IS REALLY HARD TO SEE. BUT THE HIGHLIGHTED SECTIONS, THERE WERE THREE, THREE ARTERIAL ROADS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED FOR CONSIDERATION FOR ON STREET BIKE LANES. BECAUSE OF THAT SCENARIO WHERE WE'RE DOWN THE PATH OF CONSTRUCTING ALREADY AND THOSE ROUTES INCLUDED 65TH NORTH, FIFTH WEST, AND 49TH SOUTH. SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO CONSIDER ON STREET BIKE LANES FOR THOSE ROUTES, ALL

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OKAY. YEAH, I THINK WE HIGHLIGHTED THEM, BUT NOT VERY WELL. SO SORRY. I THINK IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE I THINK YOU DO. I'VE NOTICED WAY MORE PEOPLE WITH THEIR ELECTRIC BICYCLES NOW, AND SOME OF THEM ARE MORE POWERFUL. GOING 40 MILES AN HOUR FEELS LIKE. BUT THEY THEY ARE COMING FROM LONGER AWAY. SO I DO THINK THAT THIS IS NECESSARY BECAUSE THERE ARE THOSE TRIPS ARE GOING TO BE THERE. AND THE MORE WE CAN ENCOURAGE THAT, THE LESS CARS ON THE STREET. RIGHT? SO I THINK IT'S GREAT. YEAH. SO THIS IS WHERE WE WOULD WELCOME INPUT FROM COUNCIL ON THAT GUIDANCE. IF YOU WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT WE COULD CERTAINLY LOOK INTO IT.

SO THE REASON I LIKE THIS ONE IS BECAUSE ALTHOUGH. SEPARATED LANES EXCUSE ME SEPARATED BIKE TRAILS FROM CARS MAKES TOTAL SENSE WHEN YOU'RE GOING, YOU KNOW, 50 MILES AN HOUR. BUT IT'S PRETTY HARD ON A BIKE TO BE ON LIKE SUNNYSIDE ROAD. I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, SUNNYSIDE PATH.

IT'S NOT REALLY LIKE YOU'RE NOT PART OF THE MOVING TRAFFIC. YOU'RE ALWAYS WATCHING WHAT'S WHAT'S COMING. THE DRIVEWAY, THE DRIVEWAY. IT'S NOT LIKE YOU CAN JUST GET ON YOUR BIKE AND GO. SO I DO LIKE THESE PARTICULAR ROUTES TO HAVE THE DIVISION. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, CLEARLY A BIKE LANE, BUT IT'S A BIKE LANE FOR TRAVEL AS OPPOSED TO A BIKE LANE FOR LEISURE IS HOW I WOULD LOOK AT THAT. THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT USES, TWO DIFFERENT USES. SO ONE THING I'LL POINT OUT IS THE. YEAH, THOSE THREE ROUTES WERE OPTION TWO. SO THEY WERE THE THREE LANE ARTERIAL SECTIONS AS WELL. SO THERE IS ROOM FOR THE BIKE LANES. PART OF THE ROAD ON 49 SOUTH HAS ALREADY BEEN CONSTRUCTED AND WOULD BE TO KEEP THE SPEED LIMIT BELOW. IT WOULDN'T BE BELOW 40 THOUGH, WOULD IT. THE SPEED LIMIT WOULD BE EVALUATED. IT'S IT'S MORE LIKELY THAT THE SPEED LIMIT WOULD BE REDUCED ON THESE ROUTES PER SE, BECAUSE OF THE PRESENCE OF THAT. BUT WE WILL WE EVALUATE THE SPEED LIMITS KIND OF UNDER A DIFFERENT CONTEXT. THE INTENT OF THE ARTERIALS IS TO BE HIGHER SPEEDS THAN OUR COLLECTOR ROADS.

BUT WHAT THE. REFLECTORS, LIKE THE PLASTIC REFLECTORS. RIGHT. IS THAT CONSIDERED? I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THEY SEEM SILLY IN SOME WAYS, BUT IT GIVES A BIT OF A ROAD TO IT, KEEPS PEOPLE GOING A LITTLE SLOWER. AND THEN IT IT DOES. YOU HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION. YEAH. THE REFLECTORS ARE GOOD FOR DELINEATION. THE CHALLENGE IS, IS SNOW REMOVAL IN THE WINTER HERE. YEAH. ARE THERE ONES THAT AREN'T REMOVABLE. IS THERE NOT AN OPTION FOR SNOW. DOES ANYONE NOT FIGURED THAT ENGINEERING OUT TO GET RID OF THEM OR SOMETHING? NO, NOT THAT I SEE.

NO, THERE'S SO MANY CITIES YOU'D THINK, WELL, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THE BIKE LANE THING AND WE GET THE STATE TO HELP US OUT WITH THAT, MAYBE WE COULD PAINT THE BIKE LANES, SINCE IT SEEMS TO BE EXPENSIVE FOR THE CITY TO DO IT BY ITSELF. I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER HEARD THAT. HE SAID. YEAH. WOW. THAT'S A THAT'S A PROBLEM IF I REMEMBER RIGHT. BUT THEY SCRAPE IT OFF. SO THERE'S ALWAYS OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK FOR TOOLS IN THE TOOLBOX, RIGHT? YEAH.

BUT YEAH THAT'S THE SUMMARY OF THE PRESENTATION. WE ARE SCHEDULED TO COME BEFORE COUNCIL THROUGH CVS TO PRESENT THE ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR APPROVAL OR AUTHORIZATION TO IMPLEMENT AND ENDORSE ON THURSDAY. CAN YOU SHOW US WHERE SOME OF THE FIRST ONES WITH THE SEPARATED ONES MIGHT BE NEXT? YEAH. SO THIS DESIGN, WHERE WOULD THOSE BE IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT ON THOSE NEXT THREE, WHERE WOULD BE THE ONES WHERE WE WOULD DO THIS GOING FORWARD? I'M SORRY JOHN. SO I WOULD I WOULD THINK LIKE EAST RIVER ROAD. YEAH. LIKE WHERE'S THE FIRST PLACE YOU'LL DO THIS AS OPPOSED TO THE ON THESE ROUTES WHERE DEVELOPMENT ALLOWS FOR IT LIKE 65 SOUTH. YEAH 65TH SOUTH. IF WE GO BACK TO THAT MAP. SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED STRATEGIC ARTERIALS. 65TH SOUTH WAS A HOT TOPIC. BUT THAT'S WHERE THE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY

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AND WE ALL KNOW THAT IF YOU MAKE A IF YOU IF THERE'S A 40 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT, NOBODY'S GOING 40. YEAH. I FOUND THAT WE CAN REDUCE THE SPEED LIMIT ON THE SIGNS AND THEY STILL DON'T CHANGE. SO. SORRY. YEAH. IT'S IT'S AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT WE CAN TRY TO ADDRESS? OKAY. SO THE PLAN IS TO ADOPT THIS BY RESOLUTION ON THURSDAY. YEAH. THE COUNTY IS REPRESENTED AND THEY'RE KIND OF LEADING THE CHARGE ON THOSE RESOLUTIONS. THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE IT ON THEIR AGENDA TO ADOPT TOMORROW. SO WHAT ABOUT WE DID THE PRESENTATION LAST WEEK AND THEY HAVE IT ON THEIR AGENDA AT THE END OF THE MONTH, I BELIEVE FOR ADOPTION. SO YUKON'S MEETING THIS WEEK ON IT OKAY. SO SO WE'RE APPROVING THEM BOTH THOUGH RIGHT. ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN IN THE HIGH CAPACITY ROADWAY STUDY. YES OKAY. YEAH OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU TO AUSTIN BLACK AS WELL FOR ALL OF THE EFFORT THAT HE HAS PUT INTO THIS, THIS WHOLE PROCESS, BECAUSE I KNOW ONE OF THE VERY FIRST THINGS WHEN AUSTIN CAME UP ON OR I CAME ON, I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE OF US, BUT I WAS LIKE, WHAT ABOUT THIS BROWN PLAN IN WHICH YOU HAD A PICTURE OF, LIKE, I'VE NEVER EVEN SEEN THAT BROWN PLAN. SO THANK YOU FOR HELPING PULL ALL THIS TOGETHER, MAKING THE COORDINATION WORK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I LOOK FORWARD TO MUCH MORE. SO THANK YOU. THANKS A LOT. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU OKAY GREAT PLAN. NOW WE'RE

[City Attorney]

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SO THESE THAT THAT SORT OF ORDINANCE WOULD BE SAYING WOULD BE TARGETING, EXPRESSLY TARGETING EXPRESSIVE SPEECH. SO, SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE FREEDOM WHEN YOU'RE REGULATING CONDUCT AS OPPOSED TO SPEECH. BUT AGAIN, IT HAS TO BE CONTENT NEUTRAL. AND IT CAN'T BE TARGETING SPEECH. SO THE CASE STUDY COMES FROM THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, WHERE SOME PEOPLE, A GROUP OF PEOPLE HEADED BY THIS ONE PERSON, APPLIED FOR A PERMIT TO HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A DEMONSTRATION OR A PROTEST OF A CERTAIN. YOU KNOW, BASED ON CERTAIN POLITICAL VIEWS. AND AS PART OF THAT, THEY ASKED TO BE ABLE TO PUT CHALK, CHALK MESSAGES ON THE ON THE SIDEWALKS OR WHATNOT. THEY GRANTED THE PERMIT, BUT SO THEY SAID, YOU CAN HAVE THE PEOPLE THERE, YOU CAN HAVE THE PROTEST, BUT YOU CANNOT WRITE ON THE SIDEWALKS. THAT WOULD VIOLATE OUR DEFACEMENT STATUTE, WHICH WAS VERY BROAD, AND IT PROHIBITED WRITING UPON PUBLIC STREETS OR PRIVATE, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY WITHOUT THE OWNER'S CONSENT. SO BASICALLY, THEY'RE SAYING WE'RE NOT CONSENTING TO THAT. YOU CAN'T DO THAT. AND IF YOU DID, IT'D BE A VIOLATION. SO THE PERSON WENT AHEAD AND DURING THE PROTEST, WENT AHEAD AND STARTED WRITING CHALK MESSAGES. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAID, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE SHOWED UP,

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YEAH. AND HERE'S HERE'S KIND OF THE BREAKDOWN OF THE RULING. SO YES, THIS WAS A PUBLIC FORUM.

THAT'S ALWAYS THE TRIGGERING PART OF THE ANALYSIS BECAUSE IT'S NOT A PUBLIC FORUM. THEN IT DOESN'T. THESE RULES DON'T APPLY. OTHER RULES MAY. THE DEFACEMENT STATUTE WAS CONTENT NEUTRAL BECAUSE IT HAD TO DO JUST, YOU KNOW, IF YOU IF YOU WROTE SOMETHING ON SOMEBODY'S PROPERTY WITHOUT THE PERMISSION, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IT WAS. IF YOU DO THAT, IT VIOLATES THE DEFACEMENT STATUTE. BUT IT DOESN'T. IT WASN'T CONTENT SENSITIVE. IT DIDN'T DISCRIMINATE BASED ON CONTENT, NO MATTER WHAT THEY WROTE, THEY DID FIND, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL REMEMBER ONE OF THE ONE OF THE TESTS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER BACK. HAS TO BE NARROWLY, NARROWLY TAILORED TO SERVE A SIGNIFICANT GOVERNMENT INTEREST. AND THEY FOUND THAT HERE, THAT HERE D.C.

HAD A SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST IN CONTROLLING THE ESTHETIC APPEARANCE OF THE STREET IN FRONT OF THE WHITE HOUSE. SO THAT IS A IT'S ENOUGH OF A GOVERNMENT INTEREST TO BE ABLE TO SAY, YES, THIS IS OKAY. THAT PASSES THAT PART OF THE TEST. AND AS WELL, THE PERSON HAD ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF EXPRESSING THEIR IDEA, AND NAMELY, THEY WERE ALLOWED TO BE THERE IN PROTEST. RIGHT? THEY COULD GET THEIR MESSAGE ACROSS. THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO DO IT THROUGH CHALK. SO I HAVE ONE QUESTION. I WONDER ABOUT THIS IF, SAY, CUTE LITTLE KIDS WERE DOING IT, DID THEY? ISN'T IT? YOU HAVE TO BE CONTENT NEUTRAL AND YOU HAVE TO ENFORCE IT CONSISTENTLY. YOU MUST HAVE PEEKED AT MY NEXT SLIDE. YES, THERE WAS ANOTHER CASE WHERE A PERSON WROTE A MESSAGE IN FRONT OF A COUNTY BUILDING KNOWING THERE WAS GOING TO BE A MEETING, AND IT WAS A POLITICALLY CHARGED MESSAGE. AND SOME COUNTY OFFICIALS WERE LIKE, OH, WE KNOW THIS PERSON. LET'S LET'S GET RID OF THAT BEFORE OTHER PEOPLE SEE THIS. AND THERE WAS EVIDENCE IN THAT CASE THAT THIS PERSON HAD BEEN SINGLED OUT. AND THE THAT COURT THIS IS A WASHINGTON CASE, WASHINGTON STATE CASE, I SHOULD SAY. SO THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT HAD BEEN SINGLED OUT AND THAT THEY WENT ON TO MENTION THAT VERY THING THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES CHILDREN RIDE ON SIDEWALKS WITHOUT PERMISSION, AND WE DON'T ENFORCE THAT. RIGHT? SO, YES, THE ENFORCEMENT ALSO HAS TO BE NONDISCRIMINATORY. SO IF YOU HAVE A STATUTE WHERE YOU SAY GRAFFITI IS ILLEGAL, WELL, IF A CHILD, YOU KNOW, WRITES ON THE SIDEWALK WITHOUT PERMISSION, WELL, YOU GOTTA PROSECUTE IF THAT'S YOUR CRIMINAL CODE, RIGHT? WHEN IT'S REPORTED, WE CAN'T BE PICKING AND CHOOSING WHICH MESSAGES WE PROSECUTE AND WHICH ONES WE DON'T. EVEN IF IT WAS SOMETHING REALLY NON-OFFENSIVE, LIKE WE LOVE THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS. IF IT'S GRAFFITI, IT'S GRAFFITI, AND WE DON'T CARE ABOUT THE MESSAGE, IT HAS TO BE ENFORCED. AND AGAIN, THAT'S IF YOU CHOOSE TO CRIMINALIZE IT. SO THERE IS. SO NEXT WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO THE CURRENT STATE OF OUR LAW ON GRAFFITI. WE DO HAVE A CITY CODE. NOW THIS CITY CODE IS A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE. IT DOES NOT PENALIZE PEOPLE FOR PUTTING GRAFFITI ON PROPERTY. IT'S BROAD ENOUGH. THAT DEFINITION THERE AS WE HAVE, IS BROAD ENOUGH TO CAPTURE SIDEWALK CHALK, RIGHT? AS IN THE DEFINITION OF GRAFFITI. IF IT'S WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF THE PROPERTY OWNER. WHAT OUR STATUTE DOES, OR WHAT OUR CODE ORDINANCE DOES, IS THAT IF THERE'S GRAFFITI ON PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THE CITY COMES AND GIVES NOTICE SAYING, HEY, YOU'VE GOT TO CLEAN THAT UP, THEY HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME TO GET THAT DONE IN, AND IF THEY DON'T, THEN IT'S AN INFRACTION. SO THIS IS A CLEAN UP STATUTE, RIGHT. SO OUR STATUTE DOES WANT TO BE CLEAR. IT DOES NOT PENALIZE SOMEBODY FOR DOING GRAFFITI, JUST PENALIZES SOMEBODY IF THEY FAIL TO REMOVE IT WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME. NOW THERE IS A STATE CODE FOR VANDALISM. BUT THIS STATE CODE HAS A DIFFERENT DEFINITION OF WHAT A WHAT QUALIFIES FOR THE CRIME. YOU'LL NOTE THAT IT SAYS PURPOSELY OR KNOWINGLY VANDALIZE, DEFACE, OR OTHERWISE DAMAGE. THE WAY I READ THIS STATUTE IS IT REQUIRES DAMAGE TO THE PROPERTY.

IT'S MY OPINION THAT CHALK BECAUSE IT'S IT'S A SIMPLE OPERATION JUST WASHING AWAY. IT DOESN'T CAUSE ANY PERMANENT DAMAGE. CHALK WOULD NOT BE A VIOLATION OF THIS STATUTE. SO IT WOULDN'T BE VANDALISM AND IT WOULDN'T FOLLOW FALL UNDER THIS STATUTE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T

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SO YOUR OPINION ABOUT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CHALK THAT'S DONE BY THE BROADWAY BRIDGE. THE ONE ON THE SIDEWALK NEAR THE BROADWAY BRIDGE. LET'S SEE THE EMAIL. IT DOES HAVE SOME POLITICAL MESSAGES IN IT. YES. SO RIGHT NOW, AS IT STANDS, ANY LIKE PUBLIC STREET, PUBLIC SIDEWALK THAT IS CURRENTLY A PUBLIC FORUM. OKAY. RIGHT, RIGHT. BUT WE HAVE A AND WE HAVE A STATUTE OR WE HAVE A CITY ORDINANCE THAT AUTHORIZES THE REMOVAL. RIGHT. BUT IT HAS TO BE ENFORCED IN A CONTENT NEUTRAL WAY. SO AND OBVIOUSLY THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE TO PROVIDE ITSELF NOTICE, YOU KNOW, WITH WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER, WE HAVE TO PROVIDE A NOTICE.

AND IF THEY DON'T GET IT CLEANED UP, IT'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME. THEN WE CAN CITE THEM FOR INFRACTION THE CITY WE DON'T HAVE TO PROVIDE OURSELVES NOTICE IF WE NOTICE IT THERE, IT'S THERE. WE YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO GO CLEAN IT UP. AND THIS WOULD BE REGARDLESS OF THE NATURE OF THE OF THE GRAFFITI. SO IF IT'S A CHILD OUT THERE. HEY, SORRY, KID. YOU CAN'T, YOU KNOW, UNLESS YOU HAVE THE CITY'S PERMISSION. YOU CAN'T DO THAT. OKAY. SO WE DO GIVE PERMISSION FOR PEOPLE TO USE CHALK ON SIDEWALKS WHEN WE HAVE THE CHALK ART, RIGHT THERE BY BY CAPITAL PARK. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. YEAH. BUT THERE IT'S NOT GRAFFITI BECAUSE WE, THEY WE GAVE THEM PERMISSION BECAUSE THE DEFINITION OF GRAFFITI IS IT HAS TO BE WITHOUT PERMISSION. SO IN THIS CASE, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF EFFORT AND TIME IN SOME OF THIS. SO IF THEY GOT A PERMIT AND THEY CAN DO IT. YEAH. IF THEY CAME AND THEY SAID, HEY, WE WANT TO WRITE MESSAGES ON THE SIDEWALK BECAUSE WE COULDN'T MAKE A WE COULDN'T DETERMINE CONTENT WE WOULD HAVE TO STAY AWAY FROM. YOU WOULD HAVE TO TREAT THEM EXACTLY THE SAME AS YOU DO THE ART GUILD. THE ONE EXCEPTION I COULD SEE IS IN A VOTING COULD DO IT. YOU COULDN'T DO IT ON SIDEWALK WALKING INTO A VOTING BECAUSE OF THE NO CAMPAIGN WITHIN.

RIGHT. AND IF THERE'S SOME OTHER LAW THAT. YEAH, YEAH. SO AS I HEAR YOU SAY THIS, WHEN WE SEE SIDEWALK CHALK, WE WILL CLEAN IT UP BECAUSE WE'RE THE CITY AND WE'RE THE PROPERTY.

IT'S ON, IT'S ON, IT'S ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, ON PUBLIC PROPERTY. AND THAT IT IS NOT IT IS NOT A IT'S NOT AGAINST THE LAW FOR THEM TO BE DOING IT. BUT WE WILL CLEAN IT UP. BUT IF THEY IN THE PROCESS, IF THEY DAMAGE THE PROPERTY, THAT'S WHEN WE WOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. RIGHT? THEN IT COULD FALL UNDER THE STATE STATUTE OF VANDALISM BECAUSE NOW THEY'VE THEY'VE INJURED SOMEBODY'S PROPERTY. AND AGAIN, IT'S CONTENT NEUTRAL. WE DON'T CARE WHAT THEY WROTE ON IT, ON THE ON THE PROPERTY, IF THEY'VE DONE SOMETHING AND WRITTEN A MESSAGE IN A WAY THAT DAMAGED THE PROPERTY, WELL, NOW WE HAVE A PROPERTY DAMAGE ISSUE. AND SO IT'LL BE UP TO THE STREETS DEPARTMENT AND THE PARKS AND REC TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CONSISTENT ON THE CLEANUP. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. YEAH. AND AS LONG AS WE DO IT IN A CONTENT NEUTRAL WAY OF ENFORCING IT, THEN THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE CAN'T BE.

OH, WELL, WE JUST DON'T LIKE THIS MESSAGE. SO LET'S GET RID OF THIS ONE AND IGNORE OTHERS.

SO THIS WILL BE RELATED TO THOSE TWO DEPARTMENTS IN THE OR MAYBE ALREADY HAS BEEN. I HAVEN'T AS OF THIS MOMENT, BUT I'M HAPPY TO DO SO. I ALSO WONDER ABOUT THE FUN RUNS, LIKE WE'LL JUST LEAVE THEM ON LOAN UNTIL THE FUN RUNS. LIKE THEY THEY MARK UP ALL OF OUR SPACES TO SHOW WHERE TO RUN. WHEN YOU'RE DOING A5K OR 10-K OR A MARATHON LIKE SO, THEY MIGHT HAVE A PART OF THEIR APPLICATION. YEAH. AGAIN IT'S LIKE A PERMISSION THEN THAT'S FINE. YEAH. RIGHT. AND IT'S WASHABLE. I DO WONDER THOUGH, ABOUT ENFORCEMENT IN THE SENSE THAT WE DON'T HAVE CAMERAS EVERYWHERE ON EVERY SIDEWALK. AND SO WE MAY FIND THAT IF SOMEONE DECIDES TO USE SPRAY PAINT, WE MAY NOT FIND THEM. AND WE CAN'T BE DISCOURAGED BY THAT IF OUR GOAL IS SOMETHING ELSE. BUT JUST BE AWARE THAT ENFORCEMENT IS GOING TO BE PRETTY TRICKY. AND BUT IF IT'S CHALK, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WOULD HAVE A SERIOUS ENFORCEMENT MATTER BECAUSE IT WOULD JUST WATER WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM. SO. WELL, YEAH, I DON'T YOU'RE RIGHT. THERE'S NO DAMAGE. THERE'S NOT A VANDALISM CRIME. AND OUR CITY CODE DOESN'T PROHIBIT PEOPLE FROM PLACING GRAFFITI, JUST REQUIRES REMOVAL OF IT. AND SO SPRAY PAINT DOES THAT DAMAGE. YES. IN YOUR OPINION. YEAH. AND UNLESS IT'S LIKE WASHABLE SPRAY PAINT, IF YOU KNOW, IF IT'S GOING TO COST THE PERSON MONEY TO TAKE IT OFF, THAT'S DAMAGED. YEAH.

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YEAH, IT'S A BAD LAW. AT SOME POINT IT WILL BE CHALLENGED. YEAH. SO I WANTED YOU GUYS TO HAVE THIS BACKGROUND AS A PREFACE TO WHATEVER YOU MAY WANT TO DO. I PERSONALLY THINK THAT POLITICAL MESSAGES, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE TEMPORARY, SHOULD NOT OFFEND OUR CITIZENS SENSIBILITIES. IT SHOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO HAVE A CONSTRUCTIVE CONVERSATION WITH THEIR CHILDREN OR WHATEVER, HOWEVER VULGAR MESSAGES I THINK ARE PROFANE KINDS OF MESSAGING.

I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE MAY DEFINITELY WANT TO TAKE QUICKER ACTION ON. JUST BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T THAT DOESN'T ELEVATE. WELL, WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T I KNOW WE CAN'T. YEAH WE CAN'T. YEAH.

WE HAVE TO WE CAN'T DIFFERENTIATE. YEAH I WISH WE COULD WRITE SWEAR WORDS ARE NOT GOOD FOR CHILDREN RIGHT. JUST RIGHT MOST OF THE TIME. MOST OF THE TIME CLEANING SOMETHING UP WITHIN 48 HOURS OR WHATEVER IT IS, THEN WE CAN SAY WE DID OUR RIGHT. YEAH, RIGHT. WHATEVER.

JUST FOLLOWING OUR OWN ORDINANCE THAT EVERYBODY HAS TO FOLLOW, RIGHT? SO SOMEONE COULD PUT POLITICAL SPEECH WITH CHALK ON THE PATHWAY, THE RIVERWALK. AND OUR OBLIGATION IS TO CLEAR IT OFF. YEP. AND THAT'S OUR CURRENT STATUTE. THAT'S THE CURRENT STATUTE. WE DON'T OUR ORDINANCE DOESN'T PENALIZE IT. AND THE WAY I READ THE STATE CODE IS IT WOULDN'T CRIMINALIZE CHALK. IT WOULD IT WOULD CRIMINALIZE OTHER THINGS LIKE LIKE SPRAY PAINTING. RIGHT.

BECAUSE THAT DOES DAMAGE THE RIGHT. RIGHT? RIGHT. OKAY, OKAY. SO SO IS IT MY UNDERSTANDING YOU WANT ME TO TELL PARKS AND RECS AND STREETS TO. I THINK THAT WOULD BE IN LIGHT OF THE CONVERSATION. IT WOULD PROBABLY BE A GOOD IDEA TO REITERATE THAT POLICY. AND IF YOU WOULD COPY MY OFFICE, THEN WE CAN USE SOME OF THAT LANGUAGE THAT YOU'RE REITERATING. THE CURRENT POLICY WILL SEND THAT ON TO THE INDIVIDUAL WHO WROTE IN AND HOPEFULLY HELP TO SORT OF PUT THE MATTER TO BED. UNLESS I HEAR THAT THERE'S A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO PERHAPS WANTS TO BRING A DIFFERENT KIND OF. ORDINANCE FORWARD, NO, OTHER THAN I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE WORTHWHILE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS EVERY MORNING, LIKE PARKS AND REC. I THINK A RECORDING OF WHAT YOU JUST DID COULD BE HELPFUL, OR SOME SHORTER VERSIONS IF THEY WANTED TO. I CAN ASK THEM IF THEY WANT A TRAINING OR JUST SAYING THIS.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE YOUR TIME, BUT I JUST THINK IT IS USEFUL FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND SO THAT THEY'RE DOING IT TO EVERYTHING, THAT THEY DON'T COME ACROSS SOMETHING THEY THINK IS, OH, THEY REALLY SPENT TIME WITH THEM, RIGHT? LIKE IF SOMEBODY PUTS LIKE THE MONA LISA ON THERE, SORRY, STILL GOING OFF OF THAT GOOD STUFF DOWN THERE IS REALLY WELL DONE.

YEAH. WELL THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE A CELL PHONE SO THEY CAN TAKE A PICTURE OF IT AND SEND IT OFF FOR THE WORLD TO KNOW WHAT THEY DID, OR THEY CAN GET A PERMIT. YEAH, YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

[Mayor, City Council]

[02:45:01]

OKAY? OKAY. AND THEN THAT NEXT WEEK, I'LL BE HOME WEDNESDAY NIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. BECAUSE I DID NOTICE THAT THE AGENDA CAME OUT FOR THURSDAY, SO I JUST WANTED TO.

YES. YES. OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU. NO, I WILL BE BACK FOR THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY I DID YEAH. SO EMILY IS GOING TO THE ANNUAL TRAINING THAT CLERKS HAVE. AND SO SHE'LL BE LEAVING AS SOON AS THIS MEETING IS OVER. ALSO, I JUMPED RIGHT PAST THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE MINUTES, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. OH, WE WILL DO THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEP. BYE BYE. ALL RIGHT, SO, COUNCIL MEMBER FRANCIS, ARE YOU WILLING? I MOVE? OKAY, MICHELLE. WELL, I THOUGHT YOU SAID. I THOUGHT YOU SAID LIKE, BY, LIKE THE MEETING WAS OVER, AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, LISA'S STILL TALKING. NO, NO, I JUST WALKED OUT. THAT WAS. THAT WAS ME. THAT WAS MAYOR THAT SAID THAT.

MICHELLE. SHE LEFT. YEAH. GOT TO KNOW. THANK YOU. OKAY, I MOVE COUNCIL RECEIVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2020 MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION PURSUANT TO THE LOCAL LAND USE PLANNING ACT. SECOND. OKAY, WHICH ONE OF YOU DID YOU BOTH SECOND, THAT WE DID IN STEREO? OKAY. WHO WANTS IT? JIM FREEMAN DAN WANTS ME TO HAVE IT. ALL RIGHT. FRANCIS. HI, FREEMAN. YES, DINGMANN. YES. RADFORD. AYE. BURTENSHAW. YES.

MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. WE'LL JUST START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER FREEMAN. AND LOOK AROUND THE ROOM. OKAY. I GOT A FEW. OKAY. I WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY OF THE EMOTION BOWL THIS WEEKEND.

ON SATURDAY AT 7 P.M. ALSO OKTOBERFEST THAT SAME DAY FROM 3 TO 7 P.M. SO YOU CAN GO TO THE OKTOBERFEST AND THEN GO TO THE FOOTBALL GAME AFTERWARDS. AND THEN FIRE DEPARTMENTS HAVING THEIR BLOCK PARTY. THE MAYOR TALKED ABOUT THAT EARLIER, MISSED THE DATE, BUT IS IT 29, NOT THE 28TH. THAT BLOCK PARTY IS MONDAY. YEAH. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. YES. AND THEN COFFEE WITH A COP IS COMING UP ON OCTOBER 1ST AT 5 P.M. AT. DIXIE'S DINER. OKAY, ALL I DOT JOHN. SO THE LIBRARY I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO LOOK AT ALL THEIR EVENTS. THERE'S SO MANY FUN ONES. BUT THE ONE THAT I THINK IS SO FUN IS THE AUSTIN BALL. IT'S BEEN EVERY YEAR. IT'S YOU CAN GO PRACTICE ON DANCING LIKE THE AUSTIN ERA DANCES ON THE 23RD AND 30TH OF SEPTEMBER, AND THE BALL IS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7TH AT 630. SO VERY FUN AT THE LIBRARY IN GENERAL. GO, GO

[02:50:05]

I EVEN FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES ALONG 25TH STREET, PEOPLE DRIVE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BIKE LANE.

THEY DON'T KNOW THAT. I JUST DRIVE RIGHT DOWN THE BIKE LANE, AND THEN THEY HAVE ANOTHER WHITE LANE, AND THEN THEY HAVE ANOTHER WHITE LINE. AND SO THEY DON'T KNOW THAT IT IS ACTUALLY A DESIGNATED BIKE LANE. SO I FEEL LIKE EVEN IF ONCE A BLOCK WE HAD ONE OF THOSE JUST A BIKE IN BRIGHT COLORS. YEAH. ANY BRIGHT COLOR EVEN JUST THE BIKE. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST TWO WHITE STRIPES. SO I DON'T CARE. YOU KNOW, I DON'T EVEN CARE IF IT'S GREEN, BUT JUST SOMETHING THAT, WELL, GREEN SEEMS TO BE A PATTERN. IT IS IN THE IN THE US. SO THAT'S MORE, MORE AFFORDABLE.

YEAH. SO AND I THINK IT OUGHT TO BE THE SHOW ROADS LIKE FIFTH AND SIXTH STREET OUGHT TO HAVE THEM BECAUSE PEOPLE SHOULD AT LEAST GO. WHAT IS THAT? SPEAKING OF THAT, I'VE BEEN WALKING IN THE MORNINGS AT THOMAS AND I'M DOWN BY U-PICK, AND IT OCCURRED TO ME BECAUSE THEY WERE OPENING THIS WEEK, YOU KNOW. SO I WALKED BY IT TODAY AND THEY HAVE THOSE RED CONES UP TO PROTECT OUR NEW PATHWAY NEXT TO THE CAMELS. WE HAVE NEW PAVEMENT THERE. I WONDERED IF WE COULD PUT UP THOSE RED THINGS JUST LIKE THEY ARE, PUSH THEM UP AGAINST THE LANES, AND THEN PUT UP A TEMPORARY 25 FOR JUST THIS, THESE SIX WEEKS, FOR JUST THAT SECTION, JUST DURING THOSE NIGHT TIMES OR AFTER SCHOOL OR SOMETHING. JUST A ROAD. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT JUST MIGHT SAVE LIVES, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE JUST GO UP TO 35 RIGHT AT THIS. WELL, NOW WE DON'T CHANGE IT BACK AND FORTH. NO WE DON'T. YEAH. WE USED TO CHANGE THAT ROAD. IT WAS ONE OF THE FEW ROADS IN IDAHO THAT WAS 35, RIGHT. YEAH. SO BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHING MAYBE YOU CAN SUGGEST. IT'S MUCH BETTER THOUGH BECAUSE IT'S BETTER MARKED. YES, IT'S A LOT BETTER. AND I THINK WHAT MY OBSERVATION GOING ON IS MOST DRIVERS DO NOT EVEN TOUCH 35 IN THAT AREA. THE SIGNS ARE OUT THERE. THERE'S TWO CROSSWALKS NOW, BUT IT'S STILL SCARY. SO I GOT ONE RELATED TO THIS. I HAD A CALL FROM SOMEBODY AND YOU OR A LETTER ABOUT SOMEONE COMPLAINING ABOUT HOW FAST THE BICYCLES ARE GOING ON THE GREENBELT AND THE SCOOTERS, AND THEY PASS THEM AND THEY AND AND, YOU KNOW, SOONER OR LATER SOMETHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN. A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, I WAS IN SUN VALLEY. WE WERE RIDING THOSE TRAILS IN SUN VALLEY. AND THEY HAVE SIGNS EVERY QUARTER MILE THAT SAY WHEN PASSING, USE VOICE OR BELL, RIGHT. IT'S SIMPLE. AND SO YOU LET AND I DO THIS PERSONALLY. WHEN I RIDE ON THE GREENBELT I ALWAYS RING MY BELLS. I'M APPROACHING SOMEONE JUST SO, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT IN MY WAY, JUST TO LET THEM KNOW THAT I'M THERE, RIGHT, THAT I'M GOING TO BE COMING AROUND THEM. BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN I'M WALKING SOMETIMES AND SOMEBODY COMES BY ME ON ONE OF THOSE SCOOTERS GOING, REALLY KIND OF STARTLES YOU, RIGHT? YEAH. AND PARKS HAS A PLAN COMING FORWARD TO DO SIGNAGE. OKAY. FOR ETIQUETTE KIND OF SIGN LIKE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT ALSO SOME SPEED LIMITS AND CONGESTED AREA

[02:55:02]

AND AND WE TRAVEL SAFE AND WE WILL

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.