[1. Call to Order]
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MEETING FOR NOVEMBER 13TH, 2025. IF WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET A ROLL CALL TO ESTABLISH OUR QUORUM FROM THE CITY CLERK. COUNCIL PRESIDENT BURTENSHAW HERE, COUNCILOR RADFORD, PRESENT. COUNCILOR. DINGMAN HERE. COUNCILOR. FREEMAN HERE. COUNCILOR. FRANCIS HERE.
COUNCILOR. LARSON HERE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT VERNON SHAW, YOU HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. THE MAYOR IS IS GONE TONIGHT ON CITY TRAVEL. SO I WILL BE AS THE. I'M THE ACTING MAYOR. AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL, WE'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY HAVING COUNCIL MEMBER FREEMAN LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PLEASE. JOINING. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. OKAY. NOW IS THE TIME THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WE DON'T HAVE ANY HEARINGS ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT, SO THERE ISN'T ANYTHING THAT WOULD PROHIBIT YOU FROM DISCUSSING WHATEVER ISSUES YOU WANT TO DISCUSS WITH TO THE COUNCIL. WE DON'T RESPOND BACK BECAUSE IT ISN'T ON OUR AGENDA. WE CAN'T HAVE BACK AND FORTH CONVERSATIONS, BUT I'M SURE ANY OF OUR DIRECTORS ARE HERE. THEY COULD ALSO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND GET YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION. SO IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE JUST TO GIVE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT, WE'D INVITE YOU TO COME TO THE PODIUM. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT. IF WE CAN HAVE
[4. CONSENT AGENDA]
THE KIRK, THE CLERK. EXCUSE ME. PLEASE READ THOSE INTO THE RECORD. I GO BY MANY NAMES. ALL RIGHT. WE'VE GOT EIGHT ITEMS ON CONSENT TONIGHT. WE'VE GOT TWO FROM MUNICIPAL SERVICES. THE FIRST ONE IS AN ANNUAL PURCHASE OF CITYWIDE MICROSOFT. MICROSOFT? I CAN'T TALK EITHER, SO WE'RE FINE. CITYWIDE MICROSOFT LICENSES VIA THE STATE CONTRACT WITH INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION FOR $257,029.67. THE SECOND ONE FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES IS A BID AWARD FOR CHEMICAL PURCHASES WITH THATCHER COMPANY, INC. FOR $384,216.30 AND UNIVAR SOLUTIONS USA FOR $163,200 FROM PUBLIC WORKS. WE HAVE A BID AWARD FOR STORM UPGRADES AT 19TH AND LEE AVENUE TO KNIFE RIVER CORPORATION FOR $527,855. IDAHO FALLS POWER HAS TWO ITEMS. ONE IS THE BOARD MEETING MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 10TH AND OCTOBER 8TH, 2025. THE SECOND IS A SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE OF ELECTRIC METERS FROM HONEYWELL CORPORATION FOR $284,864.07 FROM THE AIRPORT. WE HAVE BOARD OF DIRECTOR MEETING MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 2ND, 2025 FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE A SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH SIGHTMD FOR PERSONNEL PHYSICALS IN THE AMOUNT OF $94,004 AND FROM MY OFFICE, THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, WE HAVE A LOT OF MINUTES. WE HAVE CITY COUNCIL MINUTES FROM DECEMBER 16TH OF 2024. YES, 2024 AND JUNE 24TH, AUGUST 14TH, 25TH, 28TH, SEPTEMBER 8TH, 11TH, 22ND AND 25TH, 2025. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? I MOVE THE COUNCIL, APPROVE, ACCEPT OR RECEIVE ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ACCORDING TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS PRESENTED. SECOND. OKAY, A VOTE CALL PLEASE. BURTENSHAW. YES. DINGMAN. YES. FRANCIS I. FREEMAN. YES. LARSEN. YES.[5.A.1) Final Plat, Development Agreement, and Reasoned Statement of Relevant Criteria and Standards, Lincoln Parkway, Division No.2]
RADFORD. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE WILL MOVE RIGHT ALONG INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA. AND OUR FIRST DEPARTMENT TONIGHT IS GOING TO BE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. WE'LL JUST DO IT RIGHT. YEAH YEAH, YEAH. SO THIS IS A FINAL PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND REASON STATEMENT OF RELEVANT CRITERIA AND STANDARDS FOR THE LINCOLN PARKWAY DIVISION. NUMBER TWO. ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING TO OKAY OKAY. THEN I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE FINAL PLAT FOR LINCOLN PARKWAY DIVISION NUMBER TWO, AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO SIGN SAID AGREEMENT. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. FRANCIS I. FREEMAN. YES.DINGMAN. YES. LARSON. YES. RADFORD A BURTENSHAW. YES. MOTION CARRIES. I WOULD MOVE TO ACCEPT OR APPROVE THE FINAL PLAT FOR LINCOLN PARKWAY DIVISION NUMBER TWO, AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR, CITY ENGINEER AND CITY CLERK TO SIGN SAID FINAL PLAT. SECOND.
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YES, PLEASE. FREEMAN. YES. RADFORD A BURTENSHAW. YES. DINGMAN. YES. FRANCIS I. LARSON.YES. MOTION CARRIES. I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE THE REASON. I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE THE REASON. STATEMENT OF RELEVANT CRITERIA AND STANDARDS FOR THE FINAL PLAT FOR LINCOLN PARKWAY, DIVISION NUMBER TWO, AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.
SECOND. OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER FRANCIS, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ON THIS ONE? OH, OKAY. OKAY.
CITY CLERK LARSON. YES, FRANCIS I BURTENSHAW. YES. DINGMAN. YES. FREEMAN. YES. RADFORD. AYE.
MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. SO THE SECOND ITEM THAT WE HAVE IS A FINAL PLAT AND A REASON STATEMENT OF RELEVANT CRITERIA FOR DONNER TOWNHOMES. THIS IS OVER BY WINCO. AND YOU JUST WANT TO. DONNER. OH, YEAH. ONE OF THE REASONS WE HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE EXPLAINING WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH FINAL PLAT, JUST BRIEFLY, WHY WE GO BOOM, BOOM, BOOM ON.
SO WHEN WE HAVE LAND USE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT FINAL PLATS, THIS IT IS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES HAS WORKED ON FOR A LONG TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S BEEN MET AND EVERYTHING'S IN ORDER, AND IN THE STATE OF IDAHO, THE COUNCIL DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF FREEDOM TO SAY YES OR NO TO A FINAL PLAT IF THEY'VE MET THE CRITERIA. AND SO THAT'S WHY THIS IS A QUICK PROCESS. BUT IT'S NOT. THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF MEETINGS. THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF BACK AND FORTH TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S RIGHT. BEFORE WE GET TO HEAR ANYTHING YOU WOULD
[5.A.2) Final Plat and Reasoned Statement of Relevant Criteria and Standards, Donner Townhomes.]
ADD? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS IS FOR THE FINAL PLAT FOR THE DONNER TOWNHOMES. AND IT'S ON EASY STREET. THAT'S MY FAVORITE PART OF THIS. THE THE STREET BY WINCO. IT'S KIND OF FUN. SO ANYWAY. YES. OTHERWISE, ARE YOU READY? OKAY, THEN I WOULD MOVE TO ACCEPT THE FINAL PLAT FOR DONNER TOWNHOMES AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR, CITY ENGINEER, AND CITY CLERK TO SIGN, CITING FINAL PLAT SECOND. CITY CLERK DINGMAN. YES.BRADFORD I AM LARSON. YES. BURTENSHAW. YES. FRANCIS I. FREEMAN. YES. MOTION CARRIES. I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE THE REASON. STATEMENT OF RELEVANT CRITERIA AND STANDARDS FOR THE FINAL PLAT FOR DONNER TOWNHOMES, AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. SECOND CITY CLERK. DINGMAN. YES. FREEMAN. YES. FRANCIS I BRADFORD I BURTENSHAW.
YES. LARSON. YES. MOTION CARRIES. AND OUR FINAL. FINAL. THIRD. OUR THIRD. FINAL PLAT.
[5.A.3) Final Plat and Reasoned Statement of Relevant Criteria and Standards, Idaho Steel Products, Division No.1]
OUR FINAL. FINAL PLAN I THIS IS A FINAL PLAT FOR THE IDAHO STEEL PRODUCTS DIVISION. NUMBER ONE VERY UNIQUE SITUATION, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THAT WORK FOR EVERYONE. SO I WOULD MOVE TO ACCEPT THE FINAL PLAT FOR IDAHO STEEL PRODUCTS DIVISION NUMBER ONE AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR, CITY ENGINEER AND CITY CLERK TO SIGN SAID FINAL PLAT. SECOND BURTENSHAW. YES. DINGMAN. YES. FRANCIS I. FREEMAN. YES. LARSON. YES. BRADFORD. HI. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. THANK YOU. OH, YES. I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE THE REINSTATEMENT OF RELEVANT CRITERIA AND STANDARDS FOR THE FINAL PLAT FOR IDAHO STEEL PRODUCTS DIVISION NUMBER ONE, AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. SECOND, CITY CLERK.FREEMAN. YES. BRADFORD I. LARSON. YES. DINGMAN. YES. BURTENSHAW. YES. FRANCIS. AYE.
MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE WOULD LIKE TO CALL OUR INTERIM DIRECTOR OF IDAHO FALLS.
[5.B.1) Power Sales Agreement – Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) Contract No. 26PS-25043]
POWER TO THE PODIUM. THIS THIS IN AND OF ITSELF. WE HAVE JUST DONE A LOT OF CITY BUSINESS, BUT THE BUSINESS WE ARE ABOUT TO DO NOW IS WE HAVE DISCUSSED AT LENGTH IN MANY POWER BOARD MEETINGS. THIS IS EXCITING FOR THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS. IT'S IT CONTINUES OUR NOT JUST NOT JUST IT'S JUST OUR WORTHY, OUR WORTHY POWER UTILITY THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS.SO NO PRESSURE. BUT GIVE US THE GOOD THE GOOD NEWS. YEAH. SO IT'S NOT VERY OFTEN WE GET TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S THIS BIG AND THIS SPECIAL CITY, IDAHO FALLS HAS BEEN IN A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH BONNEVILLE POWER FOR OVER 60 YEARS. THIS IS THE NEXT 20 YEAR CONTRACT.
IT'S ABOUT PROBABLY NET PRESENT VALUE, ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF $1 BILLION OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS. THIS CONTRACT IS ACTUALLY EFFECTIVE FOR 16, BECAUSE WE'RE UNDER THE EXISTING CONTRACT FOR THE NEXT THREE. AND THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO THIS DEAL. BUT IT'S A GREAT DEAL FOR OUR CUSTOMER. BONNEVILLE HAS BEEN A GREAT BUSINESS PARTNER. THIS IS THE
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OUTPUT OF THE FEDERAL BASED SYSTEM, THOSE DAMS ON THE COLUMBIA THAT YOU COULDN'T BUILD TODAY, AND THE NUCLEAR PLANT AT TRI-CITIES. SO WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY. AND THERE IS THERE'S CHOICES INSIDE HIS CONTRACT WHICH WHICH WAY WE TOOK WE TOOK THE SLICE CONTRACT, WHICH FITS IN WITH OUR EXISTING RESOURCES, OUR GENERATION, OUR PROJECTS THAT ARE TAKING PLAN.SO IT'S A GREAT DEAL. THIS IS SO EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE WE TEND TO NOT NOT TOOT YOUR OWN HORN. WE DO REALLY GOOD THINGS, BUT THIS IS ONE THAT WE WORKED REALLY HARD ON AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF IT. SO I'M SURE WE WILL HAVE SOME COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS AS WELL. YOU TELL US THE HISTORY OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION. THAT'S PRETTY FAST. THAT'S A GOOD THING. SO ORIGINALLY, YOU KNOW, THE CITY STARTED THEIR OWN LITTLE HYDRO PROJECT AND BUILT UP. AND THEN THEY BOUGHT POWER FROM UTAH. YOU TALK LIKE FOR QUITE A WHILE.
AND THEN WHEN BONNEVILLE BUILT THE SYSTEM, ANY CUSTOMER THAT IS ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER SYSTEM OR ANY TRIBUTARY COULD BUY A CAR FROM BONNEVILLE POWER. BUT BONNEVILLE DID NOT HAVE TRANSMISSION IN IDAHO AT THAT POINT IN TIME. SO AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THEY NEGOTIATED WITH UTAH AND IDAHO POWER TO GET TRANSMISSION IN HERE. SO THEY BLOCK TRANSMISSION RIGHTS AND STARTED DELIVERING POWER. SO IT GOES BACK TO US, PLEASE. AND THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT WAS ACTUALLY WITH RECLAMATION. NOT POWER THAT GOT ABSORBED INTO ONE OF THE POWERS. THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY. AROUND WHAT YEAR. WHAT YEAR? IT WAS EARLY 60S. YEAH. AND ALSO, CAN YOU SPEAK TO HOW WE GOT TO THIS DECISION? THERE WAS SOME PRETTY INTERESTING MODELING IN THE COMPUTER AND OUR DATA ANALYSIS OF THIS AND HOW THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US. I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY FANTASTIC. YEAH. SO WE'VE GOT SOME PRETTY GOOD NUMBER CRUNCHERS. AND SO BETWEEN BARRETT AND JASON COLTER, WE GOT A FEW PEOPLE THAT REALLY DOVE INTO LOOKING AT WE COULD EITHER BE AN ALL REQUIREMENTS CUSTOMER AND THEY WOULD JUST PROVIDE OUR POWER, OR WE COULD DO A BLOCK, WHICH IS JUST A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF POWER PER MONTH, OR WE CAN DO SLICE WHERE THEY BASICALLY OPERATE THE RIVER. SO WE GET THE UPSIDE BENEFITS OF BEING ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, LET WATER TO THE RIVER OR THE DOWNSIDE RISK OF IT. SO IF IT'S A LOW WATER YEAR, IT DOESN'T PAY OFF. SO IT'S NOT AN EASY DECISION BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF VARIABLES THAT WE DON'T KNOW. BUT WITH OUR EXISTING RESOURCES AND OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH UAMPS, WE MADE THAT DECISION THAT THAT WAS THE MOST PROFITABLE ONE. AND IT'S A WE ARE ONE OF THE MOST COMPLICATED UTILITIES IN UNDERGROUND SYSTEMS. DID I UNDERSTAND THE POWER BOARD MEETING THAT WE'RE THE LAST BLOCK SLICE CUSTOMER OF A MUNICIPAL OR WHAT? I DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND WHAT HE MEANT WHEN HE SAID THAT. NO. WHAT DID THE MOST COMPLICATED ONE.
THAT'S WHAT HE'S TELLING YOU. BECAUSE PART OF IT IS WE HAVE A TRANSMISSION CONTRACT WITH SO WE CAN GET, YOU KNOW, FROM THE UTAH SIDE, WE CAN GET TRANSMISSION AS WELL AS THROUGH THAT IDAHO POWER ONCE WE HAVE TWO SOURCES FOR TRANSMISSION. SO IT GIVES US SOME OPTIONS.
AND SO INSIDE THOSE BLOCK SLICE CONTRACTS WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO KIND OF PLAY IN TWO MARKETS WHICH IS VERY BENEFICIAL. BUT IT ALSO ADDS COMPLEXITY TO OUR. YEAH. AND IT GIVES US ACCESS TO POWER. THAT'S I MEAN IT'S AMAZINGLY INEXPENSIVE AND IT'S CARBON FREE. MOST OF IT. YEAH.
IS IT STILL TRUE. WE DON'T KNOW WHERE LIKE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE COMES FROM. YEAH. AND THEN THE OTHER THING I'D LOVE TO MENTION HERE IS THAT IN THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS, YOU HAVE THE CHANCE TO SIGN UP FOR CLEAN POWER, AND YOU CAN GUARANTEE THAT YOU'RE HAVING CARBON FREE POWER TO YOUR HOME. A FEW CENTS MORE PER PERSON. SO I THINK THIS ALL LEADS TO THIS CONVERSATION THAT WE INVESTED IN OUR FUTURE WHEN WE WHEN WE DID THIS PUBLIC UTILITY FOR SO MANY YEARS AGO. SO I'M JUST GRATEFUL FOR THE EFFORTS AND, AND THIS BLOCK AND SLICE PRODUCT AND AND THAT WE HAVE UNTIL 2040 FOR THAT PRIVILEGE TO TO BE A PREFERRED CUSTOMER OF THE WITH A VERY AMAZING PRODUCER OF POWER. YEAH. SO EARLY IN MY CAREER HERE WHEN WE SAID THE LAST CONTRACTS AND I SEE THAT ON OUR PICTURE, IT WILL BE LATE IN HIS CAREER WHEN HE WILL BE NEGOTIATING THE NEXT ONE. SO THAT'S AWESOME. SO I'M GOING TO JUST SAY SOMETHING FOR CLARIFICATION. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT VIRTUALLY OPERATING, OUR OPERATORS ARE LITERALLY OPERATING ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER. NOT NOT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE SNAKE THAT'S RUNNING THROUGH IDAHO. IT IS ON THE COLUMBIA. SO WE HAVE OUR HYDRO DAMS. WE HAVE THIS PRODUCT COMING OFF OF THE BONNEVILLE DAMS. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE WE WILL HAVE SOON THE NEW PEAKING PLANT TO BE ABLE TO BALANCE OUT ANY EXTRA PEAKS THAT WE NEED. SO WE ARE GUARANTEEING THAT POWER IN IDAHO FALLS IS RELIABLE AND AFFORDABLE. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS CONTRACT DOES.
IT'S IT'S IT'S SAVINGS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO THE RESIDENTS OF IDAHO FALLS. SO I JUST WANT TO GET THAT OUT THERE. GO AHEAD. COUNCIL MEMBER HAD A QUESTION FOR MR. BOWERMAN. I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN WORKING ON THIS CONTRACT. YEAH. SO THIS THE WORK'S BEEN PRETTY HARD FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. AT SOME POINT IN TIME, YOU ALMOST START WORKING ON THE NEXT ONE AS SOON AS THIS WAS IN PLACE. BUT THE INTENSE NEGOTIATIONS WERE THE LAST THREE YEARS. YEAH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. I'M GOING TO TRY TO READ THIS QUESTION,
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BUT IT'S REALLY MEANT AS A COMPLIMENT. SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. TELL ME IF I'M CORRECT, THAT THE SKILL LEVEL OF OUR STAFF ALLOWS US TO DO THIS SLICE SYSTEM AND THE ULTIMATE RESULT FOR THE CITIZENS OF IDAHO FALLS IS IT HELPS TO KEEP THE RATES LOW, BECAUSE IT'S A VERY SOPHISTICATED WAY TO GET POWER MATCHED EXACTLY TO YOUR HOUR OF THE DAY. IS THAT AM I MORE OR LESS RIGHT? YOU'RE EXACTLY CORRECT. WE DO HAVE VERY SOPHISTICATED, REALLY HONOR AND THANK THE SKILL LEVEL THAT ALLOWS US TO DO THIS, BECAUSE THE WHOLE COMMUNITY WILL BENEFIT FOR 16 YEARS. YEAH. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE LEGACY, THERE'S UTILITIES THAT DON'T HAVE THAT BECAUSE THEY LET THAT GO. WE'VE MAINTAINED GENERATION FOREVER WHEN THOSE WHEN THE TETON DAM FAILED, IF THE CITY AT THAT POINT IN TIME HAD CHOSEN TO BE A BOTTOM UP CUSTOMER, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN CHEAPER DAY ONE, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE SOPHISTICATION AND THE ABILITY TO DO THAT. SO YOU DON'T JUST GO BY THAT SOPHISTICATION AND THAT SKILLS AND THAT EXPERIENCE OVERNIGHT IS BUILT OVER OVER DECADES, WHICH, AGAIN, IS A LONG TERM COUNCIL MEMBER. LARSON. COULD I COULD I JUMP OFF WHAT YOU JUST SAID, JUST FOR A MINUTE AND GO BACK TO THE TETON DAM SLIDE? CAN CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THAT DID TO OUR GENERATING CAPABILITIES WHEN THAT FLOOD HAPPENED? OH, IT WIPED IT OUT.WE SALVAGED THE TWO OLD LOWER THAT EVERYTHING ELSE WAS GONE. OKAY. SO THEY BONDED FOR 48 MILLION, I BELIEVE, AND REBUILT THE THREE BULBS, WHICH AT THAT POINT IN TIME, DAY ONE POWER CAME OUT OF THE WALL WITH A HIGHER PRICE OF POWER. THEY TOOK THAT LONG THAT LONG AGO.
SO THE THE CITY LEADERS AT THAT TIME DECIDED RATHER THAN TO SCRAP PRODUCTION, WE WOULD SEE IF THE VOTERS WOULD SUPPORT A $40 MILLION BOND. THIS WAS THE MID THE LATE 70S. SO 40 MILLION BUCKS WAS A LOT OF MONEY, WHICH THEY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED WITH ANOTHER 148 MILLION FOR JET STADIUM. AND WE'RE STILL BENEFITING FROM THAT, AREN'T WE? WELL, SINCE WE PAID OFF ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO, WE'RE REALLY BENEFITING THIS TIME BECAUSE MY MY POINT IS THE VISION THAT THEY HAVE AND THE VISION THE VOTERS HAVE TO SUPPORT IT. AND IT'S BEEN A BLESSING TO PEOPLE FOR DECADES AND WILL BE FOR DECADES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I HAVE A COMMENT TO MAKE JUST ABOUT, I WANT TO USE A BOXING ANALOGY THAT IDAHO FALLS POWER PUNCHES ABOVE ITS WEIGHT RIGHT OUT OF ITS WEIGHT CLASS. WE ARE VERY HIGHLY REGARDED IN, PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTHWEST, BUT ALSO NATIONWIDE. AND SO KUDOS TO THE STAFF. I KNOW HOW HARD THEY WORKED ON THIS. THIS IS THIS IS A HERCULEAN TASK TO TO HAVE SPENT THREE YEARS DURING THIS. THE DOCUMENT ITSELF IS 280 PAGES. VERY WELL DONE. AND THERE'S A BUNCH OF EXHIBITS BEYOND THAT. SO YEAH.
THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE READY FOR A MOTION THEN ON THIS POWER SALES AGREEMENT WITH THE BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION. OKAY. I'D BE HAPPY TO MAKE THAT. I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE THE POWER SALES AGREEMENT. CONTRACT NUMBER 26, PS DASH 250 FOR THREE WITH THE BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION TO DELIVER THE SLICE BLOCK PRODUCT AND GIVE THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. I'LL SECOND CITY CLERK. BURTENSHAW.
YES. DINGMAN. YES. FRANCIS A. FREEMAN. YES. LARSON. YES. RADFORD. AYE. MOTION CARRIES.
[5.B.2) Authorization to Pre-Order a Bucket Truck from Altec Industries]
NOW, SECOND ON THE LIST, BUT NOT EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT. GIVE US A LITTLE BIT SMALLER ROLE.SO THIS ONE IS FOR A BIKE TRUCK. AND LAST COUNCIL MEETING I WAS HERE FOR APPROVAL FOR A BUCKET TRUCK THAT WE WERE GETTING. THIS IS THE APPROVAL TO ORDER ONE WHICH WE WILL GET IN ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF OR TWO YEARS. SO THAT'S APPROVAL OF AN ORDER THAT TRUCK AND GET OUR POSITION ON THE ASSEMBLY LINE. AND INTERESTINGLY, WE HAVE TWO YEARS FROM NOW WHENEVER THAT COMES UP AT FUTURE COUNCIL DIDN'T WANT TO BUY IT. THEY COULD EXIT THAT DEAL. THIS GETS US A LOT OF THE PRODUCTION LINES. THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE. YES. WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER. IS THIS AN ACTIVE FLEET OR IS THIS A MURF? THIS IS A REPLACEMENT OKAY, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ARE WE READY? READY FOR A MOTION. SURE. OKAY. I WOULD MOVE THAT COUNCIL AUTHORIZE IDAHO FALLS POWER TO ORDER THE BUCKET TRUCK FROM THE SOURCEWELL CONTRACT WITH ALTEC INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED FOR A TOTAL OF $280,296. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. CITY CLERK, PLEASE.
BRADFORD. A DINGMAN. YES. FRANCIS I. FREEMAN. YES. LARSON. YES. BURTENSHAW. YES. MOTION
[5.C.1) Ordinance Amending Title 2, Chapter 6, Section 1, Golf Advisory Board]
CARRIES. OKAY. NEXT ON OUR ITEM IS FROM PARKS AND RECREATION. IT IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE TWO, CHAPTER SIX, SECTION ONE OF THE GOLF ADVISORY BOARD. AND WE HAVE DIRECTOR HOLMES HERE TO EXPLAIN IT TO US. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS HAVING ME HERE. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY NOT THIS IS VERY MINOR COMPARED TO SLICE BLOCK PRODUCT AND NEGOTIATIONS. FOR[00:20:03]
THAT, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS SEEKING APPROVAL FOR ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS TO TITLE TWO, CHAPTER SIX, SECTION ONE OF THE GOLF ADVISORY BOARD ORDINANCE, IN THAT IT IS WORDED THAT THERE WAS 13, 13 MEMBERS IN THAT BOARD. BUT IF YOU LOOK AND COUNT DOWN THE NUMBERS BROKEN DOWN BASED OFF OF CATEGORIES, IT ACTUALLY SHOULD ONLY BE 12. AND SO THE WAY THAT THAT'S BROKEN UP IS IT CALLS OUT FOR 12 ASSOCIATIONS AND LEAGUES TO HAVE A REPRESENTATION ON THAT BOARD, AS WELL AS SIX MEMBERS AT LARGE AND ONE MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL THAT SERVES AS A NON-VOTING, EX OFFICIO MEMBER. AND SO IF WE WERE TO LEAVE THAT AT 13 AND PUT ONE MORE MEMBER AT LARGE ON, THAT WOULD GIVE US AN EVEN NUMBER. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THOSE AS AN ODD SO THAT WE HAVE WHEN WE TAKE VOTES OR WHEN WE DO THINGS THAT WAY, THAT WE DO HAVE AN ODD NUMBER FOR THAT. AND SO AT THIS POINT, WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL FOR THE ORDINANCE CHANGES TO CHANGE, JUST THAT WORDING FROM 13 TO 12. YES. COUNCILMEMBER FRANCIS, I THINK THIS IS A QUESTION FOR YOU, DIRECTOR HOME, BUT ALSO KIND OF FOR THE WHOLE COUNCIL IN THIS SECTION ON ESTABLISHMENT. IT DOESN'T SAY WHO APPOINTS THE MEMBER OF COUNCIL. IS THERE A I'M GOING TO PROPOSE THAT WE AMEND IT TO SAY, A MEMBER OF COUNCIL AS ASSIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL, WILL SERVE EX OFFICIO WITHOUT A VOTE. IS THAT A PROBLEM FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT? THAT IS NOT. ACTUALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE THE PARAGRAPH UNDER ESTABLISHMENT DOES SAY THE MAYOR, WITH THE CONSENT OF COUNCIL, SHALL APPOINT THESE 13 MEMBERS OR THESE 12 MEMBERS NOW. SO BUT DOES THAT COVER IT THEN, THAT THE MAYOR APPOINTS NOT JUST THOSE, BUT ALSO THE COUNCIL MEMBER? YES, THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED IN THAT. BUT I BELIEVE WHEN WE MET THROUGH OUR MEETING, YOU HAD THOUGHT THAT IT MIGHT BE WISE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE COLLABORATION ON THAT PIECE ABOUT THE COUNCIL MEMBER. I JUST I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT FORMAL, HOW THAT PERSON FROM COUNCIL, BECAUSE IT'S NOT IT HASN'T BEEN TYPICALLY THE LIAISON TO PARKS THAT GOES TO GOLF. I WOULD CORRECT COUNCILOR FREEMAN. YOU'RE SORT OF THE EX OFFICIO. YES. CAN I ASK IF YOU WERE ACTUALLY FORMALLY APPOINTED, OR DID YOU DO IT BECAUSE OF YOUR LOVE OF THE GAME? RIGHT. OKAY. IT'S GENERALLY THAT. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO CLARIFY. I THINK THAT'S FINE. OTHER THAN I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY PROCESS FOR COUNCIL, THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. SO I THINK WE SHOULD LEAVE IT AS THE MAYOR AND CLARIFY THAT IT'S THE MAYOR AND BY THE CONSENT OF THE. SO IT WOULD BE A MEMBER OF COUNCIL APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR AND WILL SERVE AS PCOS, AND THAT WOULD BE THE AMENDMENT. ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? YES. YES. ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WELCOME TO GO TO THESE MEETINGS. I KNOW THIS PERSON HAS ACTUALLY A BIT OF A ROLE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE EX OFFICIO YOU SPEAK AT THE MEETING, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE IT DOESN'T. I JUST I'M A FORMALIST. I LIKE IT WRITTEN DOWN. SO WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. I THINK IT'S FINE THE SECOND, BUT YOU SEEM TO HAVE LEFT OUT THE COUNCIL. IT'S APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR AND APPROVED BY COUNCIL. I YEAH, THAT WOULD HAPPEN ANYWAY. IN A MINUTE. I THINK YOU SHOULD JUST LEAVE IT AS APPROVED TO. AS APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR AND APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL. BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD DO WITH. THAT'S THE WAY THE THE VOTING MEMBERS ARE SELECTED. YEAH. SO APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR. APPROVED BY. EX OFFICIO SHOULD BE. THAT'S HOW IT SHOULD HAPPEN. YES. BECAUSE I DON'T DISAGREE THAT IT COULD BE THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT. BUT WE DON'T HAVE A PROCESS. WE DON'T HAVE A PROCESS. AND THEN HOW WOULD WE REMEMBER LIKE, OH, THERE'S THIS ONE BOARD THAT SITS OUT THERE, GOLF ADVISORY BOARD THAT THE PRESIDENT. YEAH. SO I AGREE IT SHOULD STAY WITH THE MAYOR AND APPROVED BY COUNCIL OKAY. BUT IT NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED. I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED THAT IT IS THAT WAY FOR THE EX OFFICIO MEMBER. RIGHT. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? RIGHT. BECAUSE WHAT I'M AFRAID OF IS SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE, IT KIND OF SLIPS OFF EVERYBODY'S RADAR. AND WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER IN THAT MEETING BECAUSE NOBODY'S VOLUNTEERED TO DO IT.YEAH, YEAH, I THINK IT SHOULD BE APPOINTED POSITIONS. SO AS LONG AS YOU'RE IS THAT SIMILAR TO THE TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION? WE HAVE AN APPOINTED PERSON FOR THAT.
WELL, I DON'T THINK WE DO. I THINK THE LIAISON WITH HIM. YEAH. AND THAT THAT'S VERY SIMILAR. AND EVERY AND EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER IS INVITED. YEAH. BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A ROLE ON THE COMMISSION. YEAH. THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE. WELL THE ADVISORY BOARD IS EX OFFICIO TO IT'S IT'S A NON-VOTING POSITION ALSO WITH THE GOLF ADVISORY. OKAY. I THINK I'M FINE THE WAY
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IT IS. I MEAN, THE MAYOR'S DIFFERENT. THE EXHIBITION IS THAT'S YOUR WORRY, RIGHT? I PUT IT UP ON THE BOARD SO IT READS CURRENTLY. I THINK THE WAY IT READS CURRENTLY, IT'S CLEAR THAT THE MAYOR IS THE ONE THAT APPOINTS THE THE COUNCIL MEMBER, THE ENTIRE BOARD, WHICH INCLUDE THE COUNCIL MEMBER. YEAH, YEAH. DO YOU? THE ONLY REASON I RAISE IT, I DON'T THINK THAT'S BEEN PRACTICED RIGHT. IN PRACTICE, WE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT IT HAPPENS, WE IMPLEMENT OUR CODE. THAT'S THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION. I DON'T THINK AMENDING IT WILL HELP THE PRACTICAL ISSUE. OKAY. BUT IF WE BUT BUT CERTAINLY IF, IF WE WANT TO FLAG THAT. YEAH. MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS DONE. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT EVERYONE'S GOING TO BE MORE LUCKY AT GOLF NOW THAT THERE'S NOT 13 PEOPLE. THANK YOU JOHN.THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BRADFORD DO WE DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE LANGUAGE THAT IS CURRENTLY BEFORE US FOR THE ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE TWO. I THINK YOU SHOULD DO IT JUST SO THAT YOU'RE YOU'LL BE THE ONE THAT HAS MORE COMMENTS. PROBABLY. NO, WE'RE I'M WITHDRAWING. OKAY. YOU'RE JUST GONNA WITHDRAW COMPLETELY. OKAY. PERFECT. THEN I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE TWO, CHAPTER SIX, SECTION ONE OF THE CITY CODE TO CLARIFY THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS ON THE GOLF ADVISORY BOARD. UNDER THE SUSPENSION OF THE RULES REQUIRING THREE COMPLETE AND SEPARATE READINGS. REQUEST THAT IT BE READ BY TITLE AND PUBLISHED BY SUMMARY. SECOND CITY CLERK, PLEASE. BURTENSHAW. YES. DINGMAN. YES. FREEMAN. YES.
FRANCIS I. LARSON. YES. BRADFORD. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. AND BECAUSE IT IS AN ORDINANCE, WE NEED TO READ IT BY TITLE. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, AMENDING TITLE TWO, CHAPTER SIX, SECTION ONE OF THE CITY CODE, TO CLARIFY THE NUMBER OF GOLF ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS PROVIDING SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, PUBLICATION BY SUMMARY, AND ESTABLISHING EFFECTIVE DATE.
[5.C.2) Ordinance Amending Title 8, Chapter 11, Cemetery Regulations]
THANK YOU. OKAY, NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR SECOND ORDINANCE AMENDMENT, WHICH IS TITLE EIGHT, CHAPTER 11 ON CEMETERY REGULATIONS. PERFECT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT BURTENSHAW.SO THIS ONE, LIKE THE LAST, HAS SOME CLARIFICATIONS AND SOME BASIC FORMATTING UPDATES THAT NEED TO HAPPEN THROUGH THIS. THERE'S SEVERAL SECTIONS THAT JUST HAVE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN WRITTEN IN A CONSISTENT MANNER WITH A LOT OF OUR OTHER ORDINANCES, THINGS LIKE NON CAPITALIZED DEFINITIONS, TAKING LARGER PARAGRAPHS, BOLTING THOSE OUT TO BE BROKEN OUT INTO SEVERAL SECTIONS THROUGHOUT THEIR SUBSECTIONS. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SMALL ACTUAL DATE CHANGES AND THINGS ON EIGHT, 11, NINE UNDER GRAVE SPACE AND DECORATIONS. WE ARE WE WOULD LIKE TO. WE'RE PROPOSING TO CHANGE THE DATE FROM MARCH 1ST FOR WHEN WINTER DECORATIONS, INCLUDING ARTIFICIAL REEFS AND SPRAYS, SHALL BE REMOVED. WE'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT FROM APRIL 1ST TO MARCH 1ST. THAT GIVES OUR TEAM A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO PREP FOR MEMORIAL DAY AT THE END OR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON, AS WELL AS THE NEXT OR THE NEXT SENTENCE DOWN.
ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS, ORNAMENT, DECORATIONS, AND THE LIKE ARE NOT ALLOWED IN FILLED IN MEMORIAL BETWEEN MARCH 1ST. THAT'S ALSO BUMPED BACK FROM THAT APRIL 15TH DATE TO MARCH 1ST TO OCTOBER 30TH ANNUALLY. AND THAT'S IF, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN IMAGINE BUILDING CEMETERY, THERE ARE NO HEADSTONES. AND SO WE WE MOW THAT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THAN WE DO ROSE HILL. AND SO WE PREFER NOT TO HAVE A LOT OF DECORATIONS AND THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE PICKED UP AND MOVED ON A WEEKLY BASIS, AS WE'RE MAKING THAT, AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE ORDINANCE, THE NEXT SECTION THAT I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT WOULD BE WOULD BE EIGHT, 11, 13 UNDER BURIALS. IT WOULD BE THE ADDITION OF SECTION I WHICH STATES NO BURIALS SHALL BE PERMITTED IN ROSE HILL CEMETERY OR FILLING MEMORIAL CEMETERY FROM THE PERIOD STARTING AT 8 A.M. ON THE FRIDAY BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY AND ENDING AT 12 P.M. ON THE DAY AFTER MEMORIAL DAY. THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS WORKED WITH MY CEMETERY, SEXTON AND PARK STAFF WITH OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT WENT OVER A LOT OF DATES ON KIND OF HOW HOW MUCH TIME THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A RESPECTFUL CEMETERY FOR FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO COME AND VISIT THEIR LOVED ONES OVER THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. AS YOU KNOW, DURING SOME FUNERALS, YOU'LL HAVE LARGE TENTS THAT COVER MORE THAN JUST THAT PLOT SPACE AND SEAT SETUP. AND SO TO TO ASSURE THAT EVERYBODY CAN GET TO THEIR LOVED ONES AND SEE THEIR LOVED ONES DURING MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, WE WOULD LIKE TO RESERVE THAT TIME FROM THE FRIDAY BEFORE TO TUESDAY MORNING AS A NON BURIAL TIME AT CITY CEMETERIES. THE THE VERY LAST PIECE IS THE NEXT 811. IT
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WAS 14 OR EXCUSE ME, IT WAS 15 DISINTERMENTS THAT WAS JUST A MISNUMBERED PIECE AND MISSED A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN WE DID SOME UPDATING. AND SO THAT SHOULD GO FROM EIGHT 1115 TO 8 1114, SOME VERY SMALL FORMATTING ISSUES, A COUPLE OF MINOR CHANGES, AND THAT IS IT.AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS? YES PLEASE. JOHN, CAN WE DO THE MEMORIAL DAY THING BY POLICY? I THINK IT'S LIKE YOU CAN'T BURY ANYONE FROM FRIDAY UNTIL TUESDAY. LIKE IF YOU DIE THE WRONG DAY. AND UNFORTUNATELY, I OWN A PLOT IN RESERVOIR AND I MIGHT NOT, BUT I JUST MEAN IT'S I GET THE RESPECTFUL THING AND THAT WE SHOULD DO IT. THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD DO. AND IF THEY HAVE BUT NOT ALLOWED PROHIBITING IT LIKE SO THAT SEEMS. TELL ME MORE ABOUT WHY YOU THINK THAT. WELL, I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, FOR LOOKING AT IT FROM THE ENTIRE CEMETERY, I GUESS HOLISTICALLY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT NOT ONLY THE FOLKS THAT THAT ARE ARE GOING TO BE BURIED THERE IN THE FUTURE, BUT THE ONES THAT ARE THERE ALREADY ARE RESPECTED AND CARED FOR AND APPRECIATED. BECAUSE I WAS INVOLVED IN THIS MEETING AND DRAFTING THIS, ONE OF THE CONCERNS WAS YOU HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMING TO THE CEMETERIES TO HONOR THE DEAD. YOU ALSO HAVE A LARGE IF YOU HAVE A PERMITTED BURIAL, SUDDENLY WITH SOME OF OUR CEMETERIES, OUR LANES ARE VERY NARROW AND SUDDENLY YOU'VE FILLED UP A WHOLE LANE. AND IT'S HARD FOR, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S AN ELDERLY WOMAN WHO COMES TO HONOR HER, HER DECEASED HUSBAND, IT MEANS THAT THESE ELDERLY PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO WALK A LONG DISTANCE BECAUSE IT'S TAKEN UP BY THE BURIAL.
THEY'RE KIND OF GETTING IN EACH OTHER'S WAY. THE BURIAL PEOPLE ARE, HEY, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE THAT NORMALLY AREN'T. AND THEN THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE TO FOR MEMORIAL DAY ARE GETTING INCONVENIENCED. SO IT'S KIND OF CAUSING A TRAFFIC JAM, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY. I AGREE WITH THE PRACTICE. I THINK IT'S JUST THE PROHIBITION GIVES US NO FLEXIBILITY. LIKE IF THERE'S LIKE SAY, A MAYOR DIED AND MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND WAS THE TIME, YOU KNOW, LIKE IT JUST SEEMS KIND OF VERY PERMANENT AND VERY PROHIBITED. AND BUT HAS ANYONE ELSE DOING THIS IS THIS BEST PRACTICE? THAT'S WHAT I'M WONDERING BECAUSE THAT'S LIKE, THAT'S A LONG TIME FOR NOBODY TO GET THE BODY IN A GROUND. SO I MEAN, I AM GOING TO ASK THAT VERY QUESTION BECAUSE I HAVE THAT QUESTION TOO. HOW COMMON IS THIS? AND I DO AGREE THAT IT IS VERY CONCRETE TO PUT IT IN AN ORDINANCE. IT'S LIKE, NO, WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE, WHEREAS IT JUST FEELS LIKE IF IT'S A IF IT'S A GENERAL POLICY, LIKE HOW OFTEN HOW COMMON IS THIS? I MEAN, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE FIGHT WITH EVERY MEMORIAL DAY, OR IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN ADVISE FAMILIES THAT IT IS MEMORIAL DAY? AND IF YOU CAN PARK HERE OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT IS, IT JUST FEELS LIKE PUTTING IT IN ORDINANCE MAKES IT VERY CONCRETE. AND SO I, I MY THINKING IS ALONG COUNCIL MEMBER RADFORD'S I THINK INDUSTRY WIDE. THIS IS IT IS STANDARD NOT NECESSARILY TO HAVE SOMETHING ORDINANCE BUT TO HAVE REGULATION ON WHEN AND WHERE THINGS THE BURIALS CAN HAPPEN. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT WAS THAT THIS COULD ADD ADDITIONAL COSTS TO FOLKS THAT ARE LOOKING AT A AT A FUNERAL TO HAVE ADDITIONAL DAYS HOLDING AT A, AT A MORTUARY SO THEY WILL THEY CAN HOLD A BODY FOR A LITTLE LONGER, BUT IT IS AT A CHARGE. AND SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT WHEN WE ACTUALLY FIRST LOOKED AT IT AND I ACTUALLY TALKED TO ZACH, I ACTUALLY MY FIRST CONCERN WITH THIS WAS THAT THE TEAM WAS ACTUALLY LOOKING AT DOING A MORATORIUM FROM THE FRIDAY BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY TO THE FRIDAY AFTER MEMORIAL DAY, AND I FELT LIKE THAT WAS A LITTLE TOO LONG. AND SO WE BROUGHT THAT BACK TO AT LEAST GIVE THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOR EVERYONE TO COME AND SPEND THE TIME IN THE CEMETERY BEFORE THAT, BEFORE WE STARTED WITH BURIALS AND FUNERALS, AND I JUST HAPPEN TO THINK THAT IF YOU'RE IN THE IN A GRIEVING PROCESS, AND THIS IS THE TIME WHEN PEOPLE CAN COME AND BE WITH THEIR FAMILY, I JUST WOULD NOT PERSONALLY WANT TO HAVE IT IN A CITY ORDINANCE THAT THIS IS NOT A GOOD TIME FOR BURIAL. SO COUNCIL MEMBER LARSON IS THERE. IS THERE WITHIN THE CITY A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A POLICY AND A REGULATION? DO WE HAVE REGULATIONS IN ADDITION TO POLICIES? WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT IS IF WE DIDN'T CODIFY IT IN A IN A CODE, WHAT LEVEL OF, YOU KNOW, DO WE WANT TO MAKE THIS. YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, ORDINANCE, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE
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CONSIDERING HERE. AND THEN YOU WOULD HAVE LIKE A DEPARTMENT POLICY WOULD BE A POLICY. YEAH.WOULD ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS BE MORE COMFORTABLE IF IT WERE JUST 8 A.M. ON SATURDAY OF THE MEMORIAL DAY AND THEN ENDING ON MEMORIAL DAY AT MIDNIGHT, SO TO SPEAK? SO IT'S JUST SATURDAY, SUNDAY, MONDAY, NOT TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. OUR SUNDAY IS USUALLY EXCLUDED ANYWAY. SHOULD WE SHOULD WE JUST LET YOU GUYS TAKE IT BACK AND LET YOU TALK WITH THE SEXTONS AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT OUR CONCERNS ARE SO THAT THEY DON'T GET SOMETHING FROM US THAT BECAUSE IF THEY CAN SHOW US GREAT DATA, OR THEY CAN SHOW US THAT THIS IS KIND OF THE NORM, OR IF IT'S, THEN I THINK WE WOULD JUST GO WITH WHAT THEY SAID. MAYBE TO YOU. I MEAN, I'M UP TO THERE'S IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THIS WOULD BE A HURRY. THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT A RUSH BY ANY MEANS. WE'VE WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS SINCE JUNE OF THIS YEAR. I'M OKAY WITH THAT. I HAVE NO PROBLEM TAKING IT BACK TO THE SEXTON'S HAVING A LITTLE BIT MORE CONVERSATION ABOUT IT AND SEEING WHAT WHAT ELSE CAN BE BE. JIM, JUST TO COUNCILMAN FRANCIS, TOUCH ON YOUR POINT. IT IS ACTUALLY MIDNIGHT ON THE SECOND. AND SO IT IS IT OR EXCUSE ME ON THE TUESDAY. AND SO IT ACTUALLY IS JUST FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY AND MONDAY. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY.
IT'S JUST START TUESDAY. AND JUST WHEN YOU TAKE IT BACK, IF THEY WANT TO WATCH THIS AND SEE THAT WE WERE WE THOUGHT THE POLICY. WE THOUGHT THE POLICY ITSELF MAKES SOME SENSE. THE REVERENCE FOR IT. LIKE I THINK THEIR INTENT IS GOOD HERE. WE JUST THINK MAYBE NOT PUT IT IN ORDINANCE. SO IT'S LIKE A CURRENT OR, YOU KNOW, LIKE THAT IT'S PROHIBITED. AND THEN THEY CAN SAY, YEAH, YEAH, WHAT. YEAH. WHAT? THEN THEY CAN THEY CAN TELL PEOPLE THIS IS OUR POLICY AND WE DON'T WANT TO DO THIS. AND SO WE DON'T HAVE TO. AND THEN THEN WE CAN HAVE THE RESPECT. AND THEN IF SOMETHING COMES UP WHERE WE NEED TO DO IT OR IF THERE'S REASONS TO DO IT.
AND I DID WANT TO SAY ONE, ONE OTHER REASON, IF MEMORY SERVES FROM THE MEETINGS WE HAD, ONE OTHER PROBLEM WE'RE HEARING IS WHEN THERE'S A BURIAL, THEY HAVE TO GET LIKE EQUIPMENT IN THERE. AND THAT INVOLVES AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE COMING IN PUTTING A NICE MEMORIAL DAY DECORATIONS, AND WE'RE BRINGING IN EQUIPMENT. WE HAVE TO MOVE ALL OF THAT. AND THEN SO PEOPLE GET UPSET BECAUSE, HEY, MY, MY STUFF GOT MOVED AND WE DON'T WE PUT IT BACK THE RIGHT WAY. AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE WITH BURIAL. I THINK ALL OF US ARE PRETTY OPEN TO THEM DOING THIS BY POLICY, BUT JUST NOT PROHIBITING IT. AND I WANT TO CORRECT THAT. I WAS WRONG ON THAT. IT IS NOON ON TUESDAY THAT WE HAVE IT IS THAT I'M JUST I'M JUST CURIOUS. IS THAT SO? IF ONE WAS SCHEDULED, IT WOULD GIVE THE FOLKS TIME TO COME IN AND DIG THE HOLE BEFORE THE ACTUAL EVENT. AFTER LUNCHTIME ON TUESDAY. REALLY WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT IS WE HAD ORIGINALLY HAD NOON ON FRIDAY. WE HAD JUST KIND OF MOVED THAT FORWARD. I, I, WE WERE LOOKING AT MIDNIGHT ON TUESDAY, BUT WE THOUGHT NOT A LOT HAPPENS IN THE, YOU KNOW, IN THE EARLY, EARLY MORNINGS WE PUT IT AT NOON. WE COULD STILL HAVE A2A TUESDAY FUNERAL. YEAH.
YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE'LL GET STARTED WITH THAT TOO. YEAH. YEAH I MEAN I'M GOING TO SAY THIS IF WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE THEM WATCH. THIS IS I JUST FEEL LIKE THE BEREAVEMENT PROCESS IS NOT LINEAR. IT'S NOT LINEAR. THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO SAY IT. IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T MATCH THE CALENDAR. AND SO I JUST THINK THAT PEOPLE IF, UNLESS THIS IS A REAL, REAL PROBLEM, I THINK MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE VISITING A LOVED ONE IN THE CEMETERY UNDERSTAND THE GRIEF THAT SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT BE GOING THROUGH IN THE CEMETERY AT THAT MOMENT. SO THAT'S FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, IS AWFUL, AND I WOULD COMPLETELY AGREE TO THAT, I DO, I WOULD SAY THAT THE REASON WHY IT WAS PUT IN HERE IS BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE OVER THE, OVER THE YEARS. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE THAT ARE HAVING FUNERALS AND HAVING THAT. WE'RE HAVING TO DO BURIALS ON THAT WEEKEND. BUT IT HAPPENS ENOUGH THAT WE'VE WE'VE HEARD FROM ENOUGH PEOPLE THAT HAVE SAID, THIS IS THE ABSOLUTE MOST DISRESPECTFUL THING I'VE EVER SEEN. COULDN'T YOU KNOW, YOU YOU HAVE ONE WEEKEND WHERE YOU ASK EVERYBODY TO COME VISIT THE LOVED ONES, AND IT'S THE YOU CAN'T PUSH THIS BACK FOR A FEW DAYS. AGREED. I WOULD ALSO I'M GOING TO MOVE TO TABLE THIS IN A SECOND. BUT I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT'S KIND OF WEIRD IS LET'S DO LET'S DO LIKE THE VETERANS DO. LIKE THERE'S SOME OTHER TIMES WHERE WE HAVE REALLY SPECIFIC GRIEF PROCESSES THAT WHERE WE WANT SACRED SPACE.
SO MAYBE EVEN VETERANS DAY, LIKE SOME MIGHT MAKE SENSE TO. SO ANYWAY, I'M GOING TO MOVE TO TABLE THIS AND THEN ALLOW THE DIRECTOR TO BRING IT BACK WHEN HE'S READY TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION. I DON'T NEED TO DO A DATE. CERTAIN IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. ARE WE? SO ONE THOUGHT JUST AS I'M GOING THROUGH IT, DO WE WANT TO? DO THE OTHER? DO THE OTHER ISSUES HAVE TO BE DONE IMMEDIATELY? NO. WE CAN WE CAN BRING THE WHOLE THING COULD COME BACK. OKAY.
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REALLY, THE FIRST DATE THAT ACTUALLY IS MENTIONED IN THERE IS MARCH 1ST. SO AS LONG AS WE CAN COME BACK THROUGHOUT THE WINTER MONTHS, WE'RE OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. SO THEN I MAKE THAT MOTION. I'LL SECOND IT. CITY CLERK. DINGMAN. YES. LARSEN. YES. FRANCIS I. FREEMAN.YES. BURTENSHAW. YES. BRADFORD. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. I THOUGHT THAT WAS GOING TO BE
[5.D.1) Donation of Fire Department Surplus Ambulance to Bonneville School District 93]
THE EASY ONE. OKAY. NOW ON TO MUNICIPAL SERVICES. DOES HAVE SOME SURPLUS OF EQUIPMENT.THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COUNCIL. SO FOR THOSE OF THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW, MUNICIPAL SERVICES ACTUALLY HELPS WITH SURPLUS OF CITY ASSETS. EVERYTHING FROM PROPERTY TO EQUIPMENT. AND THERE ARE A COUPLE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING, SPECIFICALLY FROM OUR REQUEST FROM OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. OUR FIRE CHIEF RADFORD IS HERE THIS EVENING. IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE PARTICULAR REQUESTS, THE FIRST ITEM IS ALL THESE ITEMS, BY THE WAY, ARE PART OF RESOLUTION 2015, DASH ZERO ONE. AND THE FIRST ITEM IS A DONATION OF A FIRE DEPARTMENT SURPLUS AMBULANCE TO BONNEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 93. THIS PARTICULAR AMBULANCE UNIT, NUMBER 8000, HAS HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THIS ENGINE. AND IT'S GOING TO BE TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S GOING TO COST MORE FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO BUY IT AND FIX IT UP, THAN IT'S REALLY WORTH, TO BE QUITE HONEST. AND THE DISTRICT SCHOOL DISTRICT 93 ACTUALLY APPROACHED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OUR SURPLUS TEAM AND SAID, HEY, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO DONATE US AN AMBULANCE FOR OUR TECHNICAL PROGRAM? SO CHIEF BRADFORD TALKED WITH OUR. OUR EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE FACILITY SUPERINTENDENT. AND THIS PARTICULAR UNIT IS ACTUALLY PERFECT. IT'S A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO WORK ON IT AND TO LEARN ABOUT HOW TO REPAIR AMBULANCES THROUGH THEIR TECHNICAL CAREERS PROGRAM. SO IT WAS ON SURPLUS, AND IT HASN'T GOTTEN A LOT OF INTEREST BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE ISSUES IT'S BEEN HAVING. AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK COUNCIL FOR AUTHORIZATION TO DONATE THE AMBULANCE TO SCHOOL DISTRICT 93.
THANK YOU, DIRECTOR ALEXANDER. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. IF WE'RE READY FOR A MOTION, THEN FROM COUNCIL MEMBER LARSON, I MOVE THE COUNCIL, APPROVE THE DONATION OF A SURPLUS AMBULANCE TO BONNEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT 93, AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. SECOND. OKAY, WHO WANTS THAT ONE? MICHELLE. THANK YOU. CITY CLERK. BURTENSHAW. YES. DINGMAN. YES. FRANCIS I. BRADFORD. I LARSON.
YES. FREEMAN. YES. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND COUNCIL. THIS
[5.D.2) Donation of Harris Tait 9100 Handheld Radios to Lost River Fire Protection District]
NEXT ITEM IS THE DONATION OF EIGHT HANDHELD RADIOS. NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU RECALL THIS OR NOT, BUT DURING THE CARES FINANCING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAD WITH OUR DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO, ALONG WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UPDATE THEIR RADIOS THROUGH CARES MONEY. AND SO SEVERAL OF OUR HANDHELD RADIOS, THEY'RE CALLED THE TAPE HARRIS TAPE 9100. WE HAVE SEVERAL OF THOSE THAT WE PUT ON ON CAMPUS, AND THEY'RE REALLY NOT WORTH MUCH AT ALL. WE'RE ESTIMATING THEY'RE PROBABLY WORTH ABOUT $50 A RADIO. WE WERE APPROACHED OR THE CITY WAS APPROACHED BY LOST RIVER FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, AND THEY HAD ASKED TO IF WE WOULD BE WILLING TO DONATE EIGHT OF THOSE RADIOS TO THEM FOR THEIR USE. OKAY. I WOULD JUST MAKE ONE COMMENT ABOUT THESE RADIOS ARE JUST GATHERING DUST IN A DRAWER SOMEWHERE IN A BOX. SO, YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM TO SOMEBODY WHO CAN ACTUALLY USE THEM. THANK YOU. OKAY, WE'RE READY FOR A MOTION. YES, I MOVE THAT COUNCIL APPROVE THE DONATION OF EIGHT HARRIS TAIT HANDHELD RADIOS TO THE LOST RIVER FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION IF THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND CITY CLERK. IF YOU'LL MAKE THAT VOTE, CALL BRADFORD A. LARSON. YES. FREEMAN. YES.FRANCIS I. DINGMAN. YES. BURTENSHAW. YES. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. AND SORRY. AND THEN OUR
[5.D.3) Donation of Surplus Narcotic Safes to Central Fire District]
FINAL ITEM, THIS IS A DONATION OF THE SOME NARCOTIC SAFES TO THE CENTRAL FIRE DISTRICT.AGAIN, THIS IS SIMILAR TO SUPPORTING OUR NEIGHBORING AGENCIES. THESE FOUR PARTICULAR NARCOTIC STATES WERE TAKEN OUT OF OUR OLD AMBULANCES. AND THEY HAVE BEEN IN SURPLUS FOR FOR QUITE A WHILE. NOT A LOT OF INTEREST BECAUSE, AGAIN, NARCOTIC SAFES AREN'T REALLY VERY POPULAR FOR PEOPLE TO BUY THEIR ESTIMATED VALUES ABOUT $100 A PIECE. AND THE
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RECOMMENDATION IS TO DONATE THE FOUR NARCOTIC STATES TO THE CENTRAL FIRE DISTRICT. OKAY.THANK YOU. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR ALEXANDER, IF NOT, GO AHEAD.
COUNCIL MEMBER LARSON, I MOVE THAT COUNCIL APPROVE THE DONATION OF FOUR NARCOTIC SAFES TO CENTRAL TO CENTRAL FIRE DISTRICT AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. SECOND. CITY CLERK. CLARKSON. YES. BRADFORD. HI. BURTENSHAW.
YES. DINGMAN. YES. FREEMAN. YES. FRANCIS. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. AND SO THAT WAS OUR FINAL
[5.D.4) Purchase Replacement Sweeper for Public Works ]
SURPLUS. BUT WE DO HAVE ONE MORE ITEM THAT IS STILL A A REPLACEMENT SWEEPER FROM PUBLIC WORKS. AND THE REASON THIS ITEM IS ON THE REGULAR AGENDA IS A REPLACEMENT. IT IS FUNDED THROUGH THE PUBLIC WORKS MUNICIPAL EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT PROGRAM. BECAUSE OF THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS OUT IN TRANSPARENCY HERE. THIS IS ACTUALLY A REPLACEMENT SWEEPER FOR FOR PUBLIC WORKS. IT IS A IT'S REPLACE UNIT NUMBER 1547. IT'S A 2018 PETERBILT 220 674 WHEEL DRIVE SWEEPER. AND THIS PARTICULAR UNIT IS REACHING ITS USEFUL LIFE. AND IT'S GOING TO NEED TO BE REPLACED. WE WERE ABLE TO FIND A SUITABLE REPLACEMENT WITH THE COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT THROUGH SCHWARTZ INDUSTRIES, FOR A TOTAL OF $397,703.60. OKAY, COUNCIL MEMBER FRANCIS, JUST BREAK IT UP. I LOVE THE PICTURES. OKAY. VERY GOOD. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR ALEXANDER OR DIRECTOR FREDERICKSON? WHO IS IN THE ROOM? OKAY, WE'RE READY FOR MOTION IN. I MOVE THE COUNCIL, APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF A REPLACEMENT SWEEPER. ACCESSING THE SOURCEWELL COOPERATIVE PURCHASE AGREEMENT. CONTRACT NUMBER 093021 S-W Z FROM THE SCHWARTZ INDUSTRIES, FOR A TOTAL OF $397,703.60 AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO SIGN THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. SECOND. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER DINGMAN, I'M GIVING THE TIE THIS TIME TO HER.GOT IT. OKAY, WE ARE READY FOR A ROLL CALL. VOTE. CALL. YES. DINGMAN. YES. FRANCIS I.
FREEMAN. YES. LARSEN. YES. RADFORD. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. THAT BRINGS US TO THE END
[6. Announcements]
OF OUR REGULAR AGENDA TONIGHT. WE DO HAVE JUST A FEW MINUTES FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS. I WOULD LEAD OFF BY SAYING, PLEASE COME TO THE TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY ON THE 22ND. WE LIVE IN A REALLY GREAT PLACE, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S ALWAYS WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE IN THE CITY, BUT WE LIVE IN A GREAT CITY AND THE TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY MAKES IT FEEL LIKE, I MEAN, REALLY KIND OF A HALLMARK MOVIE. IT IT REALLY IS A GREAT PLACE. DOWNTOWN IS BEAUTIFUL AND COMMUNITY GETS OUT. SO I WOULD JUST ASK PEOPLE TO COME TO THE TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY. IT'S A REALLY GREAT EVENT AND IT KICKS OFF THE HOLIDAY SEASON. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE AND SANTA WILL BE THERE. YEP. THE MARKET IS IS PART OF THAT. SO YES, GO AHEAD. COUNCIL MEMBER FRANCIS, DID YOU HAVE I WAS GOING TO ASK IF THE FARMER'S MARKET, THE FARMER'S MARKET IS THERE. OKAY OKAY. SO MAYBE WE'LL JUST START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER LARSEN AND WORK OUR WAY DOWN. IF YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS TO MAKE, JUST ONE QUICK ONE KIND OF A BIT OF AN ICON, AT LEAST IN MY FAMILY.AND I DON'T THINK I'M ALONE. WHENEVER THE GRANDKIDS COME HOME, IT'S TO OUR HOUSE. IT'S NOT GRANDMA'S HOUSE UNLESS THEY GO TO REID'S DAIRY FOR ICE CREAM. I DON'T LIVE VERY FAR FROM DAIRY, BUT THEY HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING TOMORROW AT 2 P.M. ALL THE EQUIPMENT IS IN AND THEY ARE MAKING THE SWITCH. GREAT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. FRANCIS, I DON'T HAVE.
LOOKING UP THE EARLY VOTING DATES BECAUSE I KNOW THEY STARTED TODAY, BUT IT IS EARLY VOTING. I THINK THEY DO. THEY END ON THE 26TH. WONDERFUL. SO YES, NOVEMBER 30TH THROUGH NOVEMBER 26TH, 8 TO 5 BONNEVILLE COUNTY ELECTIONS OFFICE ON CAPITOL AVENUE. THAT IS A NEW LOCATION TO PERHAPS TO SOME FOLKS. SO JUST PASS THE ARTS COUNCIL AND IT'S RIGHT THERE ON THE LEFT. SO PRETTY EASY TO GET THERE. NOVEMBER 13TH, THE 26TH. PLEASE GO VOTE.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER BRADFORD, I WOULD JUST MENTION THAT I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TODAY TO BE AT A LUNCHEON THAT ANNOUNCED THE LAUNCH OF LIGHT THE WORLD CAMPAIGN, THE GIVING
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MACHINES FROM THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS. THERE'S, I THINK, 40 OPTIONS TO PAY FOR THINGS LIKE A NEW SOCCER BALL FOR SOMEONE IN AFRICA. BUT THE LOCAL PROFITS, THERE WAS FIVE OF THEM THAT WILL BENEFIT FROM THESE. ONE OF THEM, THE FOOD BASKET.AND AND THERE'S ONLY 200 CITIES THAT GET IT. AND SO WE HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR DECEMBER 15TH.
IT WILL BE IN THE MALL. SO IT'LL BE INSIDE DURING THE COLD MONTHS. AND IN BOISE VALLEY, THEY DID IT LAST YEAR. AND THOSE CHARITIES RAISED OVER $1.6 MILLION FROM THAT ONE VENDING MACHINE. SO LOOK FOR THAT. IT'LL BE IN THE MALL ALL CHRISTMAS SEASON FROM DECEMBER 15TH TO JANUARY 1ST, OPEN EVERY DAY EXCEPT CHRISTMAS. YEAH, OKAY. HE DIDN'T SAY IT IN HIS IN HIS MIC, BUT IT'S OPEN EVERY DAY EXCEPT CHRISTMAS. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER FREEMAN I JUST HAVE ONE THING. THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS FUNDRAISER IS NOVEMBER 20TH, A WEEK FROM TODAY, AND THE POLICE WILL BE THE WAIT STAFF AT TEXAS ROADHOUSE. AND YOU CAN GO IN FROM 5 TO 9 P.M.
AND GET WAITED ON BY THE POLICE OFFICERS AND AND THEN TIP THEM AND THEIR TIPS WILL GO. INSTEAD OF THEM KEEPING THEM, THEY'LL GIVE THEM TO SPECIAL OLYMPICS. WOW. THAT'S AMAZING. THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW THAT. OKAY, THIS IS THE CONCLUSION OF OUR MEETING TONIGHT. SO
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.