Jun 04, 2026 City Council Meeting

[1. Call to Order & Roll Call]

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WAITING FOR THAT SOUND TO COME ON. IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. WE WANT TO WELCOME YOU TO THE IDAHO FALLS CITY COUNCIL MEETING. IT IS THURSDAY, JUNE 4TH, AND WE WOULD LIKE THE CLERK TO PLEASE GIVE US A ROLL CALL AND ESTABLISH OUR QUORUM. OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

ROLL CALL. COUNCIL PRESIDENT FRANCIS HERE. COUNCILOR RADFORD, PRESENT. COUNCILOR DINGMAN HERE.

COUNCILOR FREEMAN HERE. COUNCILOR LARSON HERE. COUNCILOR LEE. THANK YOU. MAYOR, YOU HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. WE WILL BEGIN TONIGHT BY STARTING WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. AND WE WILL ASK IF MR. ALLEN CUNNINGHAM FROM IDAHO FALLS POWER, WHO IS HERE SUBSTITUTING FOR DIRECTOR FREDERICKSON, WOULD PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE TONIGHT. 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, THE NEXT

[3. Public Comment]

THEY HAVE DONE 53 NOW 52 REACTORS, AND TONIGHT 53 WAS BORN. SO. SO THE 53RD REACTOR AT INL FIRST 1 IN 48. THAT'S BIG FOR THE CITY OF IDAHO. IT WAS AN TERI'S. YES. AND TERI'S.

OKAY. OKAY. SO WE WILL BEGIN THIS PORTION OF PUBLIC TESTIMONY TONIGHT. AND I'M JUST PULLING UP SOME OF MY NOTES HERE. WHAT WHAT THIS SECTION IS, IF YOU ARE HERE FOR A HEARING THAT IS LATER IN IN OUR AGENDA, THIS WOULD NOT BE THE TIME FOR YOU TO GIVE PUBLIC TESTIMONY.

BUT YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME TO THE PODIUM. WE LIMIT COMMENTS TO ROUGHLY THREE MINUTES. AND IF YOU START TO HEAR COMMENTS THAT ARE BEING REPEATED OVER AND OVER AGAIN, TRY TO GIVE OTHER PEOPLE A CHANCE TO GET TO THE MIC JUST SO THAT AS COUNCIL IS LISTENING, TO MAKE A DECISION THAT THEY CAN HEAR LOTS OF DIFFERING OPINIONS AND IDEAS, WE WE DON'T HAVE A REAL LIMIT, BUT WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY DOES GET THREE MINUTES. SO. WHAT ELSE DO I HAVE? I THINK THAT WAS, OH, I KNOW WHAT IT WAS. THE OTHER THING IS, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND JUST COMING FORWARD AND THEN SAYING WHETHER SAY YOUR NAME AND THEN SAY WHETHER YOU'RE A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS, SO THAT THAT WILL BEGIN. AND, AND WE WOULD WELCOME SOMEONE TO COME TO THE PODIUM. SISTER, THE SONG. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR KASPER. I MEAN, SORRY, MAYOR BURTON SHAW AND CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS AARON BINGHAM AND I LIVE IN BONNEVILLE COUNTY. AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TESTIFY IN FAVOR AND SUPPORT OF THE BAN ON KRATOM IN THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS. THIS IS NOT THEORETICAL FOR OUR CITY. IN BONNEVILLE COUNTY, WE'VE HAD SIX CONFIRMED DEATHS FROM KRATOM OVERDOSE. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'VE HAD TWO ADDITIONAL DEATHS THAT ARE BEING THAT ARE BEING LOOKED AT RIGHT NOW. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT KRATOM, SOME OF MY CONCERNS, AS I BROUGHT THIS UP AT THE STATE LEVEL WAS THE THE KICKBACK THAT I SAW FROM THE CREATIVE INDUSTRY WHERE THEY TRIED TO DISCREDIT AUTOPSY REPORTS, DISCREDIT THE CORONERS, MEDICAL EXAMINERS AND THE AUTOPSY FINDINGS. I THINK WE NEED TO TRUST THE WORK OF OUR LOCAL PROFESSIONALS AND THE FINDINGS THAT THEY HAVE WHEN IT COMES TO TALKING ABOUT KRATOM, I FEEL THAT THAT SOMETIMES THEY WANT THE CREATIVE INDUSTRY WANTS TO SAY, JUST REGULATE IT. UTAH TRIED THIS IN 2019. THEY PASSED THE KRATOM PROTECTION ACT AND,

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AND I'VE BEEN IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE STATE OF UTAH AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF THAT. AND THEY FELT LIKE IT ACTUALLY MADE IT WORSE. JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, THE KRATOM PROTECTION ACT WAS WRITTEN BY THE KRATOM INDUSTRY TO PROTECT THE CREATIVE INDUSTRY. FULL STOP. THE OTHER MISNOMER THAT I FEEL THAT IS OFTEN PURPORTED IS THAT IT'S ONLY THE SYNTHETIC 700 THAT IS DANGEROUS. HOWEVER, 700 H IS FOUND IN NATURAL LEAF KRATOM. IT IS OFTEN EXTRACTED.

IT IS CONCENTRATED, PUT IN PILL GUMMIES, ENERGY DRINKS, SHOTS AND OTHER THINGS. NOW, 700 H CAN ALSO BE CREATED SYNTHETICALLY, WHICH IS ALSO CONCENTRATED AND PUT IN THESE FORMS. SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND THIS IS THE INCREASE THAT WE'VE SEEN IN OUR COMMUNITY AS THE SALE OF THESE THESE ADULTERATED FORMS, NOT THE NATURAL LEAF KRATOM, NOT IN THE LEAF FORM, BUT WHERE 700 H IS, IS EXTRACTED, CONCENTRATED AND PUT IN IN THESE FORMS THAT ARE HIGHLY POTENT. AND WE DO NOT HAVE LABELING THAT IS CONSISTENT. WE DON'T HAVE POTENCY REQUIREMENTS. SO WHEN YOU'RE TAKING THESE PRODUCTS, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU'RE TAKING. THEY'RE HIGHLY ADDICTIVE. AS I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE ADDICTION INDUSTRY, THEY SAID THAT THEY ARE GETTING OVERWHELMED WITH NEW, NEW PATIENTS WHO ARE COMING IN DUE TO BEING ADDICTED TO KRATOM. AND IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WITH THE WITHDRAWAL FROM KRATOM ARE WORSE THAN HEROIN IS WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD. SO I THINK THAT WE NEED TO NOT CONFUSE OR BE TOLD THAT THAT SYNTHETIC IS WORSE THAN NATURAL LEAF KRATOM, BECAUSE 700 H IS EXTRACTED FROM NATURAL LEAF KRATOM AND IS CONCENTRATED. SOMETIMES I'VE SEEN PILLS THAT HAVE THE EQUIVALENT OF 40 OR 22 POUNDS OF KRATOM, THE EQUIVALENT OF 22 POUNDS OF CREDIT IN ONE PILL. SO I SUPPORT YOUR BAN. I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS OF THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE DANGEROUSNESS. KRATOM IS ADDICTIVE, IT IS HARMFUL, AND IT CAN BE DEADLY. NOW, I DO NOT DISCOUNT THAT IT HAS HELPED INDIVIDUALS, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MISS BINGHAM. YES. HI. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS STACY. I AM MERIDIAN, IDAHO.

RESIDENTS. THANK YOU. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. LIKE I SAID, MY NAME IS TIARA CC. I'M HERE TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF A BAN ON KRATOM IN IDAHO FALLS. MY DAUGHTER KYLIE DIED MARCH 1ST, 2025 HERE IN BOULDER COUNTY. SHE WAS ONLY 23 YEARS OLD, 23 YEARS OLD. SHE WAS THAT AGE WHERE PARENTS SHOULDN'T BE PLANNING A FUNERAL, THAT I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PICK OUT A CASKET OR OUR LIFE SHOULD BE OVER. BECAUSE KYLIE WAS SO YOUNG. THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION, AUTOPSY, TOXICOLOGY REPORT. THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS DETERMINED TO BE MITRAGYNINE OVERDOSE, THE PRIMARY ACTIVE COMPOUND IN KRATOM. KRATOM KILLED MY DAUGHTER. NOT AN ILLEGAL STREET DRUG. NOT SOME UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE. IT WAS KRATOM PRODUCT THAT IS OPENLY SOLD AT GAS STATIONS AND SMOKE SHOPS, AND MARKETED AS NATURAL AND SAFE. KYLIE DID NOT USE EXTRACTS. SHE DID NOT USE ENHANCED PRODUCE PRODUCTS OR 700 H. SHE USED POWDER, KRATOM, LEAF, JUST THE LEAF ITSELF, AND IT STILL TOOK HER LIFE. SHE TRUSTED THE WORD NATURAL. SHE BELIEVED IT WAS SAFE TO USE FOR PAIN BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THE INDUSTRY PRESENTS IT. ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS MYTHS SURROUNDING KRATOM IS THAT NATURAL. IT'S SAFE. THAT'S NOT TRUE. MY DAUGHTER WOULD BE HERE TODAY. MITRAGYNINE 7OH BINDS TO THE SAME OPIOID RECEPTORS AS MORPHINE. I DID THAT ONLY EXTRACTS ARE DANGEROUS WHILE THE LEAF IS HARMLESS, DOES NOT SUPPORT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN REAL FAMILIES. BOTH ARE DANGEROUS AND TAKING LIVES. KYLIE IS NOT ALONE. BONNEVILLE COUNTY HAS RECORDED SIX DEATHS WITHIN AN 18 MONTH PERIOD, AND ANOTHER ASSUMED ON MONDAY. FOR MY DRY GIN ALONE, ONE OF THOSE WAS MY DAUGHTER. THESE ARE NOT STATISTICS. THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE SONS OR DAUGHTERS OR BROTHERS OR PARENTS OF HER FRIENDS. THE REALITY IS THAT PARENTS OFTEN DO NOT KNOW WHAT KRATOM IS. YOUNG PEOPLE SEE IT ON STORE SHELVES AND ASSUME IT MUST BE SAFE. THE REALITY DOES NOT MATCH THE MARKETING. I KNOW BANDS ARE NOT AN EASY DECISION, BUT I KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO SEND MY DAUGHTERS EMPTY BEDROOM. I WONDER HOW SOMETHING SOLD AS NATURAL TOOK HER LIFE.

I WOULD GIVE ANYTHING TO GO BACK AND WONDER, BUT I CAN'T SO I CAN WARN YOU GUYS. PLEASE DO NOT WAIT UNTIL ANOTHER IDAHO FALLS FAMILY RECEIVES THE PHONE CALL. THAT CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER. THERE'S ONE THING YOU WILL REMEMBER TONIGHT IS EVERY STATISTIC HAS A NAME. MY

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AND THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WE SERVE IN THE ONLINE WORLD, NOT PART OF THE SMOKE SHOP WORLD.

THESE ARE THE PEOPLE TEXTING ME BECAUSE THEY KNOW I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK TO YOU ALL.

AND THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT YOU ALL GOT EMAILS FROM. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE FIGHTING FOR KRATOM BECAUSE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE TRULY DEPENDS ON IT. SO IN CLOSING, I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK THE COUNCIL TO EXAMINE THIS ISSUE A BIT FURTHER, ALLOW SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS TO TESTIFY. THERE WAS A PROFESSOR FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, CONNECTICUT, AND THE FORMER FDA DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS WILLING TO PRESENT IDAHO FALLS LAST MONDAY. I FULLY AGREE WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND MAJORITY OF YOU GUYS UP THERE THAT WE NEED TO GET THE DANGEROUS STUFF OUT OF THE COMMUNITIES, BUT IT'S JUST NOT THE SAME. AND I THINK THAT IS MY MESSAGE. SO MANY OF US USE AND RELY ON THE NATURAL LEAF TO LIVE OUR LIVES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. IDAHO FALLS IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. WOULD YOU MIND JUST SAYING YOUR NAME? I DIDN'T CATCH IT. CHRISTOPHER. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FROM YOU GUYS? I KNOW I'M BUSY NOW. IT WAS JUST PUBLIC TESTIMONY, BUT I DIDN'T QUITE CATCH IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. SO I WAS JUST TOLD ABOUT, OH, I WAS BORN HERE IN IDAHO COUNTY. I WOULD JUST, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT THIS. AND I FIGURED I'D COME. THE PERSON THAT DIED MONDAY WAS. WAS MY SON'S GRANDMA, ALLISON. SO, YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD GOOD THINGS ABOUT KRATOM. I'VE HEARD BAD THINGS. I'VE TRIED IT MYSELF. IT JUST WASN'T FOR ME. AND WHAT THE GENTLEMAN JUST SPEAKING RIGHT NOW, I DO UNDERSTAND THERE MIGHT BE SOME GOOD TRADING OUT THERE. AND RIGHT NOWO I'M KIND OF WARY OF WHAT SIDE TO TAKE ON THE TRADE. I JUST KNOW THAT IT NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED MORE AS IT IS TAKING PEOPLE'S LIVES. TWO WEEKS AGO, SHE WENT TO TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THESE DOG WITH HER FRIEND AND HER FRIEND WENT IN. SHE CAME OUT AND SHE WAS JUST SLUMPED OVER THE WHEELCHAIR. I MEAN, WHEELCHAIR SORRY, HER STEERING WHEEL. AND THEY TRIED TO REVIVE HER, TO SHAKE HER AROUND. THEY CAME OVER. SHE'S BEEN DEAD FOR TEN MINUTES, JUST SLUMPED OVER. AND SO THEY TRIED TO, YOU KNOW, BRING HER BACK TO LIFE. SO SHE HADN'T BEEN IN A COMA. SO SHE'S LIKE THAT FOR A WHILE. THEY ENDED UP DOING MRIS AND OTHER STUFF ON HER AND DECLARED SHE

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GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. MY NAME IS TIM GUERIN. I'M A RESIDENT AND I WANT TO GIVE COMMENT ON THE FLOCK CAMERA SYSTEM DEPLOYED THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER BRADFORD FRANCIS AND LARSON FOR TAKING THEIR TIME TO MEET WITH ME. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK MAYOR BURTENSHAW FOR OPENING A CHANNEL FOR ME TO TALK WITH CHIEF JOHNSON, WHO I ALSO WANT TO THANK FOR HAVING A GOOD FAITH CONVERSATION WITH ME. I STILL BELIEVE THAT FLOCK IS A TERRIBLE COMPANY FOR US TO BE DOING BUSINESS WITH, AND THEIR BEHAVIOR REFLECTS POORLY ON OUR CITY. ACCORDING TO FLOCK CEO GARRETT LANGLEY, I AND ANYONE WHO OPPOSES THESE CAMERAS, IS A TERRORIST WHO WANTS TO DEFUND THE POLICE, WEAKEN PUBLIC SAFETY, AND NORMALIZE LAWLESSNESS. LANGLEY ALSO SENT AN EMAIL TO POLICE STATING THAT THEY ARE UNDER COORDINATED ATTACK FROM CITIZENS WHO ARE TURNING INTO A WEAPON AGAINST THEM. I'VE NEVER BEEN ARRESTED OR EVEN PULLED OVER, YET I AM CAPTURED AND ENTERED INTO A DATABASE THREE TIMES WHENEVER I WANT TO GO TO CHURCH, WORK OR VISIT MY PARENTS. AT SHELLEY.

THIS DATABASE IS SEARCHABLE NATIONWIDE BY OVER 5000 ORGANIZATIONS, AND ACCORDING TO A FOIA REQUEST I SENT, IDAHO FALLS HOLDS NO DATA SHARING AGREEMENTS WITH A SINGLE ONE.

WHILE LEGISLATION IN IDAHO IS INTENDED TO PREVENT ABUSE OF THESE ALPR SYSTEMS, FLOCK DOES VERY LITTLE TO PREVENT THIS ABUSE, WHICH RESULTED IN A DEPUTY IN JEROME COUNTY USING FLOCK TO STALK HIS WIFE UNDER THE GUISE OF A SYSTEM TEST, ALONG WITH COUNTLESS OTHER SIMILAR INCIDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. ACCORDING TO PUBLIC SEARCH AUDITS COMPILED BY HAVE I BEEN FLOCK.COM, SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS I'VE SHARED DATA WITH HAVE PERFORMED ABOUT 61 IMMIGRATION SEARCHES ON BEHALF OF BIAS BETWEEN SEPTEMBER, WHEN THE CAMERAS WERE INSTALLED, AND JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, THAT NUMBER HAS INCREASED EXPONENTIALLY TO THE POINT I CANNOT TAKE THE TIME TO MANUALLY COUNT WHAT CLAIMS TO BE SIEGES COMPLIANT IF CONFIRMED TO CONGRESS IN OCTOBER AND TO ME IN JANUARY, THAT THEY DO NOT REQUIRE TWO FACTOR AUTHENTICATION, AND AGENCIES CAN OPT OUT OF USING IT. IN FACT, ACCORDING TO FLOCK, 3% OF THE 5000 AGENCIES DO NOT USE IT, WHICH CORRELATES WITH REPORTS I'VE SEEN OF POLICE CREDENTIALS NATIONWIDE BEING STOLEN AND SOLD ON RUSSIAN HACKING FORUMS. FLOCK CLAIMS OVER AND OVER THAT THEY'VE NEVER BEEN HACKED, BUT THEY LEAVE INCREDIBLY EASY TO CATCH VULNERABILITIES ON. THESE CAMERAS, WHICH ARE REPORTED TO FLOCK, WERE VERIFIED AND SUBSEQUENTLY REPORTED TO MITER IN THIS. IN ADDITION, THESE CAMERAS RUN ANDROID EIGHT, A VERSION THAT HASN'T RECEIVED A SECURITY UPDATE SINCE 2021. FLOCK HAS ALSO MISCONFIGURED CAMERAS TO POINT VIDEO FEEDS AND ADMINISTRATION PANELS DIRECTLY TO THE INTERNET WITHOUT REQUIRING A PASSWORD. ANY VENDOR THAT CAPTURES SWATHS OF INFORMATION LIKE THIS SHOULD HAVE CAUGHT THESE ISSUES IN REGULAR PENETRATION TESTING, SOMETHING FLOCK HAS NOT DONE UNTIL THESE ISSUES WERE CAUGHT BY INDEPENDENT RESEARCHERS. FLOCK THEN PROMISED TO RELEASE THE RESULTS OF PENETRATION TESTING THIS YEAR AND HAS NOT YET DONE SO. I DON'T WANT MY EMOTIONS TRACKED AND ADDED TO A DATABASE BY A VENDOR THAT DOES NOT CARE TO PERFORM THE BARE MINIMUM TO SECURE THEIR SYSTEMS. I NEVER HAD A CHOICE VOTE, NOR WAS I ASKED IF I WANTED THIS INSTALLED IN OUR CITY. YOU CANNOT TRUST A COMPANY WHOSE CEO BEHAVES LIKE THIS. THEY DON'T WORK FOR US. THEY DON'T HAVE CIVIC RESPONSIBILITIES. THEY ARE NOT MEMBERS OF OUR CITY. THEY ARE A FOR PROFIT COMPANY AND THEIR JOB IS TO MAKE MONEY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MR. GRAHAM. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS DAN GUERIN. I'M NOT A RESIDENT, BUT I LIVE PRETTY CLOSE. I'M UP HERE ALL THE TIME VISITING FAMILY, SHOPPING IN YOUR STORES, EATING IN YOUR RESTAURANTS. IT'S A NICE TOWN. I KNOW THERE'S NOT AN AGENDA ITEM ON TONIGHT, WHICH IS THE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM CURRENTLY DEPLOYED THROUGH THE CITY. BUT I WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE AND GIVE YOU MY THOUGHTS ON ON THE PROGRAM. AS YOU HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT FLOCK IN RECENT MONTHS, FLOCK BEING THE BRAND OF AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS USED HERE IN TOWN. I WAS UNAWARE OF WHAT FLOCK WAS UNTIL A FEW MONTHS AGO WHEN MY SON TOLD ME ABOUT THEM. I STARTED DOING SOME RESEARCH ON MY OWN, TRYING TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT. I SUSPECT MOST OF YOUR RESIDENTS HAVE NO IDEA WHAT FLOCK IS, OR EVEN THAT IT'S DEPLOYED IN THE TOWN. I'VE GOT TWO MAIN ISSUES WITH FLOCK. FIRST, THERE'S MANY DOCUMENTED CONCERNS RAISED BY SECURITY RESEARCHERS AND PRIVACY ADVOCATES REGARDING DATA SECURITY, UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, AND THE POTENTIAL MISUSE OF INFORMATION COLLECTED BY THESE SYSTEMS, WHICH PUTS DATA COLLECTED BY FLOCK AT RISK. THE SECOND ISSUE I'VE GOT IS

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AND THAT I BELIEVE IN REGULATION OF PROHIBITION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY, AND I ASK THAT YOU OPPOSE THIS BAN. MISS LONG, WILL YOU STATE WHETHER YOU'RE A RESIDENT? OH.

MERIDIAN, IDAHO. OKAY, OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS DANNY JONES AND I'M A RESIDENT OF POCATELLO. MY NIECE DIED IN IDAHO FALLS FROM KRATOM. SHE. SORRY. WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT KRATOM, THEY OFTEN TALK ABOUT STUDIES AND REGULATIONS AND POLICY. AND I UNDERSTAND THOSE DISCUSSIONS MATTER. BUT FOR MY FAMILY, IT'S NOT JUST A POLICY DEBATE. THIS IS ABOUT A MISSING PERSON AT EVERY HOLIDAY TABLE. IT'S A DAUGHTER WHO NEVER CAME HOME. AND I THINK ABOUT ALL THE THINGS SHE'LL NEVER GET TO EXPERIENCE, THE MEMORIES OUR FAMILY WILL NEVER GET TO MEET WITH HER. AND I THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS PRODUCT THAT TOOK HER LIFE IS SITTING IN THE STORES, ON THE SHELVES IN OUR COMMUNITY, A PRODUCT MARKETED AS NATURAL, A PRODUCT MANY PEOPLE ASSUME A SAFE BECAUSE IT'S SOLD OPENLY, INCLUDING STORES NEAR OUR SCHOOLS. I HAVE SPENT TIME TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS ISSUE AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR OUR FAMILIES HERE. WHAT CONCERNS ME MOST IS THE BONNEVILLE COUNTY HAS RECORDED MULTIPLE KRATOM RELATED DEATHS, AND THE PANHANDLE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN NORTHERN IDAHO HAS ISSUED WARNINGS ABOUT KRATOM DUE TO CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY AND ADDICTION. I KNOW MANY PEOPLE THAT HELP. I KNOW MANY PEOPLE SAY THAT KRATOM HELPS THEM AND MAYBE IT DOES, BUT WHERE IS THE ACTUAL PROOF? THERE ARE NO STUDIES OR FACTS PROOFING PROVING THAT IT'S ACTUALLY SAFE, AND WHERE THE DOCTOR SAYING THAT IT SAVED THEIR PATIENTS. I DON'T SEE THAT. HOW MANY FAMILIES HAVE TO CONTINUE EXPERIENCING THIS KIND OF LOSS BEFORE WE CAN ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS A SERIOUS PUBLIC SAFETY PROBLEM.

EVERY DAY THESE PRODUCTS REMAIN ON SHELVES IS ANOTHER DAY SOMEONE SEES THEM, ASSUMES THEY ARE SAFE, AND TAKES A RISK THAT THEY MAY NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND, ESPECIALLY YOUNGER PEOPLE. WE SHOULD NOT BE EXPECTING GAS STATION AND VAPE STORE CLERKS TO ACT AS PHARMACIES. THEY ARE BEING ASKED TO SELL A SUBSTANCE THAT CUSTOMERS ASSUME IS SAFE, SIMPLY BECAUSE IT'S SOLD OVER THE COUNTER AND ANSWER QUESTIONS THEY DON'T KNOW THE ANSWERS TO. AT THE SAME TIME, BUSINESSES ARE LEFT DEALING WITH THE INCREASED RISKS TIED TO THEFTS AND ADDICTION DRIVEN BEHAVIORS. THAT IS NOT A RESPONSIBILITY THAT CLERKS SHOULD HAVE ON THEM. TODAY, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PREVENT ANOTHER FAMILY FROM RECEIVING A PHONE CALL THAT CHANGED THEIR

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INSTEAD, I ENCOURAGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER RESPONSIBLE REGULATION AND CONSUMER PROTECTIONS. I ALSO RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU DELAY A VOTE UNTIL ALL VIEWPOINTS HAVE BEEN FULLY HEARD AND CONSIDERED. I HEARD UTAH BROUGHT UP EARLIER JUST AS A NOTE. IT'S VERY CONFUSING WHEN THAT COMES UP. UTAH SENATOR MITCHELL, WHO IS THE MAJORITY WHIP, TRIED TO PUSH FOR A FULL BAN AND WAS REJECTED BY HIS OWN PARTY. UTAH DID NOT BAN CRADLE.

TO BE CLEAR, THEY CHANGED WHERE YOU CAN PURCHASE IT, AND THEY REMOVED THE EXTRACT PRODUCTS FROM THE MARKET. BUT NATURAL LEAF KRATOM IS STILL ACCESSIBLE, LEGAL AND ABLE TO BE SOLD IN UTAH TODAY. AND NOTHING CHANGED ABOUT THAT THIS YEAR. THEN MINE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS CONSIDERATION ON THIS MATTER. THANK YOU, MR. SAWYER.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO JUST WITH THE JEFFERSON PROJECT, WILL YOU STATE. JEREMY WALKER THANK YOU, THANK YOU, YES I DO. YES, YES. WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE JEFFERSON PROJECT. AND LIKE THE WASTEFULNESS I'VE SEEN WITH THE GUYS THAT ARE OUT THERE WORKING FOR THE WATER DEPARTMENT, POURING CONCRETE, LIKE AS MUCH AS THEY'VE RIPPED UP AND HAD TO REDO. LIKE, I THINK WE NEED A MORE CONSCIOUS COMPANY IN THERE NOT TO BE WASTING MONEY AND JUST POURING CONCRETE YARDS THAT HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. ONE GENTLEMAN HAD FOUR FOOT INTO HIS YARD, 22FT WIDE AND TWO FEET DEEP, RIPPED OUT OF HIS YARD FOR ABSOLUTELY NO REASON. SO DAMAGES AND THINGS THAT AREN'T BEING TAKEN CARE OF IN A PROPER SENSE. I KNOW OTHER STREETS THAT I'M INVOLVED WITH, OTHER PEOPLE, THAT STREETS ARE GOING TO GET CLOSED AND HAVE THEM TORN UP AND REDONE THAT.

WHY ARE THEY NOT HAVING TO PAY FOR SIDEWALKS? BUT WE ARE. THAT'S KIND OF CONCERNING THAT THEY DIDN'T GET A LETTER. THEY DIDN'T GET NOTHING. THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR ANYTHING. IT'S JUST. BUT WE'RE STUCK HAVING TO PAY FOR OUR SIDEWALKS. SO I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT'S NOT FAIR TO US THAT WE'RE GETTING, YOU KNOW, STUCK HAVING TO PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULDN'T.

THE SPEEDING ON OUR ROAD OVER ON JEFFERSON IS BEEN RIDICULOUS. LIKE, I'VE HAD A CAMARO THAT GOES UP AND DOWN OUR STREET UPWARDS OF 80 MILES AN HOUR. I'VE CALLED AND ASKED IF WE CAN GET SIGNS OUT, DO SOMETHING. BUT I FEEL LIKE WE'RE GOING TO GET NO PROGRESS ON THAT, EVEN IF THERE'S EXTRA STOP SIGNS PUT IN THE STREET TO SLOW PEOPLE DOWN. AND I JUST GET TOLD, WE CAN'T DO THAT, BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING DONE BEFORE A KID GETS HIT BECAUSE THEY'RE COMING BY AGE FOR SCHOOL, RIPPING AROUND THAT CORNER, COMING RIGHT DOWN JEFFERSON LIKE SPEEDWAY. SO EVEN WITH ALL THE CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE HAD CARS KNOCKED WINDOWS OUT OF THEIR CARS GOING SPEEDING DOWN THE ROAD WITH ROCKS. THESE ARE CONCERNS THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING HAPPEN WITH, AND WONDERING IF THERE IS ANY RELIEF TO US PAYING FOR SIDEWALKS AND STUFF THAT WE'RE GETTING STUFF TO DO. THANK YOU. I KNOW THAT YOU AND I HAVE SPOKEN AND AND REMIND ME YOUR NAME AGAIN, JEREMY, JEREMY AND DIRECTOR CANFIELD IS HERE TO TO

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I HAVE FAMILY AND I HOPE FALLS, AND I GREW UP IN IDAHO FALLS. SO I'M QUITE ATTACHED TO THIS CITY AND THE COMMUNITY. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE FLOCK CAMERAS I AND FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, I DON'T THINK I CAN PROVIDE YOU MORE INFORMATION THAT YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD TONIGHT, LIKE THE SPECIFICS OF THE CAMERAS. AND I BELIEVE THE ISSUES WITH THEM. I'LL JUST SAY FOR ME, IN A SIMPLE MINDED WAY, THEY JUST AMOUNT TO SPYWARE. AND I THINK I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL AND MAYOR TO PROVIDE A TRANSPARENT PROCESS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT THESE ARE, WHERE THEY ARE, WHY YOU'VE AGREED TO INSTALL THEM AND PAY FOR THEM, AND THEN ALLOW THEM TO WEIGH IN WITH AN EDUCATED VOICE. LET THEM TELL YOU IF THEY AGREE TO THIS. I GUESS IMAGE MINING, THE VIDEOS, THE STORAGE, AND WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THIS INFORMATION ON THE BACK END, WHICH I THINK IN MANY WAYS NOBODY REALLY KNOWS. SO I'LL END IT WITH THAT ONE MORE TIME. JUST A TRANSPARENT PROCESS FOR THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS MIYAZAKI. HEY, EVERYONE. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.

MY NAME IS BRIAN MCKELLAR. I'M A LIFELONG IDAHO FALLS RESIDENT. I LIVE IN BONNEVILLE COUNTY.

I'M SOMEONE WHO RECENTLY RAN FOR IDAHO HOUSE DISTRICT 32 B. I'M NOT HERE AS A CANDIDATE OR A POLITICIAN. THE ELECTION IS BEHIND US, BUT I'M HERE AS A NEIGHBOR WHO BELIEVES WE SHOULD LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO OFTEN FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE. DURING THE CAMPAIGN, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY REACHED OUT TO ME.

THEY SUPPORTED MY CAMPAIGN FINANCIALLY, BUT WHAT THEY REALLY ASKED FOR WAS A STRAIGHTFORWARD, FAIR HEARING. THEY EXPLAINED THAT THEY WERE ACTIVELY TRYING TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS, THE SYNTHETIC, HIGHLY CONCENTRATED VERSIONS OF KRATOM THAT ARE CAUSING REAL HARM WHILE SUPPORTING COMMON SENSE RULES LIKE AGE 21, UP QUALITY STANDARDS AND PROPER LABELING.

AND I WAS HONEST WITH THEM AT THE TIME, I WASN'T VERY FAMILIAR WITH KRATOM, BUT I LISTENED, AND AFTER TALKING WITH THEM AND WITH LOCAL RESIDENTS WHO RELY ON IT, I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I BELIEVE THEIR VOICES DESERVE TO BE HEARD. MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY REPORT THAT TRADITIONAL KRATOM HELPS THEM IN MEANINGFUL WAYS. SOME USE IT TO MANAGE CHRONIC PAIN THAT MAKES DAILY WORK OR FAMILY LIFE DIFFICULT. OTHERS FIND IT EASES ANXIETY OR DEPRESSION. THESE AREN'T ABSTRACT STORIES FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE. THEIR NEIGHBORS HERE IN BONNEVILLE COUNTY, REGULAR PEOPLE WHO SAY THE SUPPLEMENT HELPS THEM FUNCTION AND MANAGE THEIR LIVES BETTER. IMPORTANTLY, THE RESPONSIBLE VOICES IN THIS SPACE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A FREE FOR ALL. THEY WANT TO WORK WITH POLICYMAKERS TO BAN OR STRICTLY REGULATE THE DANGEROUS SYNTHETIC COMPOUNDS AND HIGH POTENCY EXTRACTS. THEY'RE OFFERING TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION, NOT THE PROBLEM. YET MANY OF THE LOCAL RESIDENTS WHO USE TRADITIONAL, RESPONSIBLY SOURCED KRATOM ARE AFRAID TO STAND UP AND SPEAK HERE TODAY. THEY WORRY ABOUT JUDGMENT OR BEING LABELED. THEY'RE NOT LOBBYISTS. THEY'RE NOT PROFESSIONAL ADVOCATES.

THEY'RE QUIET FOLKS WHO JUST WANT TO KEEP DOING WHAT HELPS THEM. SO I'M HERE AS ONE VOICE STANDING IN FOR THEM, THE LITTLE GUY WHO DOESN'T USUALLY GET HEARD IN ROOMS LIKE THIS. I URGE YOU NOT TO FALL INTO ALL OR NOTHING THINKING. A COMPLETE BAN ON EVERY FORM OF KRATOM MIGHT FEEL LIKE THE SIMPLEST PATH, BUT IT RISKS PUNISHING RESPONSIBLE ADULTS USE. ALONG WITH THE DANGEROUS PRODUCTS, IT COULD PUSH TOWARD UNREGULATED SOURCES OR LEAVE THEM WITHOUT AN OPTION. THAT, FOR THEM, HAS BEEN GENUINELY HELPFUL. WE CAN DRAW A CLEAR LINE, TARGET THE SYNTHETICS AND BAD ACTORS WHILE ALLOWING PROPERLY REGULATED TRADITIONAL LEAF PRODUCTS FOR ADULTS. THAT'S EXACTLY THE APPROACH. THE GOOD FAITH. GOOD FAITH PLAYERS ARE WILLING TO PART AROUND. I DO WANT TO SAY PUBLICLY THAT I AM IMPRESSED BY THIS COUNCIL'S DECISION TO

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[4. Consent Agenda]

[5.A.1) Confirm the selection of Chris Canfield as Public Works Director]

AND I AM EXCITED. COUNCIL TO RECOMMEND HIM TO YOU FOR APPOINTMENT TONIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MAYOR BURTENSHAW, I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT ONE OF THE JUST SOME OF THE REASONS WHY I THINK THAT CHRIS CANFIELD IS THE RIGHT CHOICE IS, YOU KNOW, I'VE WORKED WITH HIM NOW FOR THIS IS MY 11TH YEAR. AND HE BRINGS A TRULY DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR OPERATIONS, OUR LONG TERM NEEDS. HE DEMONSTRATES VERY STRONG LEADERSHIP, A LOT OF TECHNICAL EXPERTISE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAYOR BURTENSHAW HIGHLIGHTED THAT I WOULD JUST REALLY STRONGLY AGREE WITH IS KNOWING HOW TO STRETCH A DOLLAR, KNOWING HOW TO UTILIZE OUR STAFF IN A WAY THAT BENEFITS TAXPAYERS. AND IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT SOMEONE IN CHARGE OF SUCH ESSENTIAL SERVICES LIKE

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ONE MORE QUICK THING, COUNCILMAN, BEFORE YOU TAKE A VOTE IS USUALLY THE YOU DON'T CHANGE THE JOB DESCRIPTION FOR THE PERSON, BUT FOR THE NEXT PERSON WHO HIRES THE NEXT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. WE DID CHANGE OUR CURRENT. WE DID CHANGE THE DESCRIPTION BECAUSE MR. CANFIELD HAS SUCH EXPERTISE IN HELPING US DO THOSE PUBLIC PROJECTS IN. LIKE THE FIRE STATION AND THE FRONTIER. I MEAN, YES, THE POLICE STATION, THE POLICE COMPLEX, THE FRONTIER CENTER, LOTS OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN TAKING VERTICAL TYPICALLY WOULD NOT FALL UNDER SOMEONE WITHIN THE CITY. BUT AS A PROJECT MANAGER, HE HAS DONE SUCH A GREAT JOB THAT I IT IS ACTUALLY IN THE JOB DESCRIPTION NOW FOR MR. CANFIELD. SO KEEP THAT IN MIND THAT THAT IS SOMETHING NEW TO THE DESCRIPTION BECAUSE OF HIS EXPERTISE. AND NOW I WOULD TURN IT TO YOU TO TAKE THAT VOTE. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO MOVE TO CONFIRM THE SELECTION OF CHRIS CANFIELD AS THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS. SECOND. FRANCIS, WITH THE UTMOST SUPPORT, I VOTE I. FREEMAN. YES. ZIL. DINGMAN. YES. LARSON. ABSOLUTELY.

RADFORD. HI. THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT ITEM TONIGHT IS COMING TO US

[5.B.1)Resolution giving Fire Chief Johan Olson authority to negotiate and execute a contract with Bonneville County Fire Protection District No. 1]

THE FIRE DISTRICT, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THE REASONING FOR THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE TIME RESTRAINTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEGOTIATION DEADLINES, THE LIKELIHOOD OF BEING ABLE TO CONCLUDE THIS IN ALLOWING COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AND APPROVE IT DOESN'T ALIGN WITH THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL. SO THE CONDITIONS WITH WHICH I WOULD BE APPROVED TO NEGOTIATE ARE IDENTIFIED THROUGH SECTIONS A, THROUGH F, UNDER SECTION ONE. IF YOU HAVE ANY YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE ITEMS? COUNCILOR BRODERICK I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ITEMS. I JUST FIND THIS NEW IN MY 11 YEARS. CAN YOU I MEAN, TO ME, WHY DON'T WE JUST PUT IN A CLAUSE THAT YOU NEGOTIATED BASED. AND THEN WE WOULD ENDORSE THAT SO THAT THE CITY.

IS THERE A REASON THAT THAT'S NOT THE APPROACH WHERE WE WE WOULD SAY, HEY, THIS YOU CAN NEGOTIATE, YOU CAN EXECUTE BASED ON THE COUNCIL ACTUALLY OKAYING IT AFTER YOU CAN GO THROUGH THAT. DIDN'T. SORRY, I'M NOT QUITE UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION. I'M SORRY. SO WE HAVE NEVER GIVEN A DIRECTOR AUTHORITY TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A CONTRACT THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED IN MY TIME IN THE CITY. SO THAT'S VERY CONCERNING TO ME. AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A WAY TO HAVE IT COME TO US AT SOME POINT. I MEAN, I TRUST YOU, AND I THINK THAT YOU WANT THE BEST THINGS FOR EVERYONE. SO I JUST THINK WE SHOULD RATIFY OR DO SOMETHING. OKAY, OKAY. THE YOU'RE RIGHT. THIS IS VERY UNUSUAL. IT IS ABSOLUTELY A PRODUCT OF THE STRANGE TIME FRAMES ASSOCIATED WITH WITH THE BUDGET EFFORTS, ALONG WITH THE DESIRES TO GET THE CONTRACT AND TAKE CARE OF. I THINK I'M EVEN OKAY. AS LONG AS YOU ARE OKAY WITH THE TRANSPARENCY OF BRINGING IT TO US WHEN YOU'RE DONE. OH YES. ABSOLUTELY.

COUNCIL WILL HAVE ALL OF THAT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THIS TO BE THE END AND THEN WE NEVER SEE IT AGAIN. OKAY. SO AS LONG AS THERE'S ANOTHER STEP, THEN I THINK I'LL BE ABSOLUTELY. YEAH.

THE INTENTION IS, IS FIRST AND FOREMOST, THIS WOULD NOT BE A NORMAL APPROACH OR A CONTINUATION APPROACH. BUT ALSO THERE IS LIMITATIONS TO THE SUBJECT MATTER AS BASICALLY IDENTIFIED IN THESE LETTER SECTIONS, WHICH ARE THE THE ADDITIONS TO THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT. IT'S FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, IT'S THE EXACT SAME CONTRACT AS BEFORE WITH A AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE MONETARY AMOUNT AND A FEW OTHER INTENTS TO LANGUAGE. YES, PLEASE. I

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IT WAS NOT A RED LINE COPY. AND SO I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS JUST A HIGHLIGHTED COPY. SO THAT WHAT COUNCIL RECEIVED IN THEIR PACKET WAS HIGHLIGHTED ABOUT THERE'S NO DIFFERENT WORDS THAT WAS ADDED. IT WAS JUST THIS NEW TERM WITH NEGOTIATING REGARDING THE FEASIBILITY STUDY, THE EVALUATION OR THE PROFESSIONAL CONSULTATION. SO THAT IS. AND WE AND COUNCIL, WE DID TRY TO PUT THOSE SIDEBOARDS ON IT. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE COUNTY. SORRY. I KNOW WE CALL THEM THE THE FIRE DISTRICT. NOT REALLY COUNTY, BUT IT IS FIRE DISTRICT. WE HAVE BEEN BACK AND FORTH IN NEGOTIATIONS AND WE'VE ALREADY PUSHED IT OFF ONCE, AND THEY'RE GETTING CLOSER TO THEIR BUDGET. WE DID SECURE FROM THEIR SIDE THAT THEY WOULD BE PRESENTING THE 3%. SO THOSE ARE KIND OF THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO PRESENT AS WELL. SO IF WE'VE GOT ALL OF OUR NEGOTIATION SIDEBOARDS IN, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO PRESENT THEIR SIDEBOARDS AND THEN AND THEN CONTINUE THE NEGOTIATIONS. COUNCILOR RADFORD, IT WILL ABSOLUTELY COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL. I JUST HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. ISN'T TOTALLY OUT OF LINE IN MY MIND, BECAUSE NORMALLY YOU WOULD BE NEGOTIATING THE THE NEW AGREEMENT, WHICH WE HAD ONE THAT ENDED THIS COMING OCTOBER 12TH, SEPTEMBER 30TH. AND SO WE NEED A NEW AGREEMENT ANYWAY WITH THEM. SO THAT WOULD BE NORMAL. AND THEN YOU WOULD BRING THAT TO US. YEAH. SO THIS IS KIND OF AN EXTENSION OF WHAT IT NORMALLY. YES. IN FACT, I MEAN THAT WAS INDEED WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING. BUT AS WE'RE COMING UP AGAINST A DEADLINE, IT IT BECAME AWARE TO US THAT THE DEADLINE DIDN'T MATCH UP WITH YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON IT. AND SO, AND THAT WAS AN OVERSIGHT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO RATIFY WITH THIS SO THAT WE CAN MEET THOSE DEADLINES. AND ALSO, I MIGHT ADD, IN SOME WAYS ACTS AS AN UPDATE TO COUNCIL FOR WHERE THE NEGOTIATIONS ARE HEADED THAT WE'VE WE'VE KIND OF AGREED UPON THIS MONETARY AGREEMENT, THAT WE'VE AGREED TO SOME COMMON LANGUAGE AS FAR AS MOVING FORWARD. I THINK I WOULD JUST LOOK TO THE COUNCIL TO AGREE THAT WE DON'T WANT THIS TO BE THE NORM. WE DON'T WANT DIRECTORS TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE, WHICH IS REALLY OUR ROLE. IS THE EXTENSION OKAY? COUNCIL MEMBER? YES, WE'RE READY FOR MOTION. OKAY. ARE WE DONE WITH DISCUSSION? I WOULD MOVE THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE FIRE CHIEF, JOHAN OLSEN, TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A FIRE PROTECTION JOINT SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH BONNEVILLE COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NUMBER ONE SECOND. FREEMAN. YES.

RADFORD. I. DINGMAN. YES. FRANCIS I. LARSON. YES. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM

[5.C.1)Sale of Used Law Enforcement Vehicle to Boundary County Probation]

HE CAME IN ON THE BUDGET. HE WAS SO GREAT TO WORK WITH. AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY. SO YES, DIRECTOR ALEXANDER IS NOT HERE TODAY. SHE WAS UNAVAILABLE. SHE ASKED ME TO TO BRING US FORWARD WAS DONE JOINTLY WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. BUT WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS SELL A 2025 FORD EXPLORER K9 VEHICLE, WHICH IS ABOUT 12 YEARS OLD. TO BOUNDARY COUNTY PROBATION FOR $3,500. THAT IS THE VALUE OF THE VEHICLE. THAT'S WHAT IT WAS LISTED FOR, FOR SURPLUS. WHEN WE PUT OUT THERE IN EVERY COUNTY WISH TO PURCHASE IT, AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES ENSURED THAT IT FOLLOWS ALL THE RULES OF SURPLUS PROPERTY. OKAY, COUNCIL.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CHIEF? ANY COMMENTS? OKAY. WE'RE READY FOR A MOTION THEN.

I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE SALE OF THE USED POLICE K9 VEHICLE TO BOUNDARY COUNTY PROBATION LOCATED IN BONNERS FERRY, IDAHO, FOR A TOTAL OF $3,500, AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. SECOND. MORRISON. YES, FRANCIS I.

DINGMAN. YES. FREEMAN. YES. RADFORD. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. OUR NEXT ITEM IS COMING

[5.D.1)State Local Design/Construction Agreement and Resolution with the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) for the Tautphaus Park East Loop Path project]

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ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSELOR? RADFORD. SO THIS LOOKS LIKE AN AMAZING PROJECT. TELL ME WHEN IT WILL ACTUALLY BE CONSTRUCTED. SO THE IT'S THE CONSTRUCTION FUNDS ARE SCHEDULED FOR 2028.

WE'RE IN DESIGN RIGHT NOW. THERE IS THE TOUGHEST PART IS HISTORIC. SO THERE'S A LOT OF HOOPS THAT WE GET TO GO THROUGH, GO THROUGH TO KIND OF CLEAR THE THE BOXES FOR THE FEDERAL SUPPORT, BUT WITH THAT ARE ANTICIPATED CONSTRUCTION THIS FISCAL YEAR 2028. SO OUR GOAL IS TO BE READY FOR CONSTRUCTION WITH THE DESIGN NEXT YEAR SO THAT FUNDS SHOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. WE CAN TRY TO DO THAT OR TRY TO GET A BENEFIT FROM AN EARLY FALL OR WINTER BID. SO, AND IT LOOKS LIKE FROM THE DESIGN THAT WE HAD IN THE PACKET, THAT YOU DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF TRYING TO MEASURE ANY TREE PATHS AND REALLY FOUND A NICE WAY TO KIND OF MEANDER THROUGH THE PARK AND KEEP TREES, BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE TREES ARE 80, 100, 120 YEARS OLD. SO YEAH, NO, WE DIDN'T. AND WE ACTUALLY SHIFTED THE PATH ON THE STRETCH ALONG BOULEVARD. FOR THAT REASON. WE MET WITH PJ AND HIS STAFF, AND THEY'RE VERY HELPFUL IN HELPING US TRY TO FIT IT WHERE IT CAN BEST SERVE EVERYBODY, HOPEFULLY. AND IT DOES LOOK LIKE IT'S BEEN DESIGNED SO THAT IT WILL CONNECT WITH ANOTHER PROJECT FOR THE WEST SIDE. YEAH. AND SO THAT'S ALL GOING TO HAPPEN EVENTUALLY AS WELL, DEPENDING ON TAP GRANT MONEY. IS THAT HOW THAT THE TAP GRANT FUNDS? SO WE WERE SUCCESSFUL WITH THE GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE NEXT ROUND ON THE WEST PATH. THE THERE IS A STRUCTURE CROSSING OVER THE CANAL TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION.

THAT'LL BE INTERESTING. SO THERE'S A BRIDGE THAT WILL GO OVER. THAT'S INTERESTING. YEAH.

AND THEN DOWN THAT HILL, OVER BY THE TALKS. SO THERE'LL BE A PASSAGE, A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE ALONGSIDE THE. AND WILL IT EXPAND WITH CAR BRIDGE OR. NO, JUST IT'LL JUST BE A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE. YEAH. NO COVERAGE EXPANSION WITH THESE FUNDS. SO INTERESTING. YEAH. IT'S A GOOD PROGRAM. IT SERVED THE CITY VERY WELL. SO YEAH, IT'S PROVIDED MOST OF OUR PATHWAYS HASN'T IT, THROUGH THIS CANAL TRAILS AND THIS. SO YEAH, IT'S AMAZING THAT THESE DOLLARS ARE AVAILABLE. AND I THINK TAXPAYERS NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WAS $40,000 OF CITY FUNDS TO PAY FOR $550,000 OF CONSTRUCTION WORK. AND SO WHEN I HEAR TALKED ABOUT SOMEONE SAVING US MONEY, THAT'S ALWAYS GRATEFUL THAT WE'RE ACTIVE IN THESE GRANTS. AND, AND THE CITY IS KIND OF SEEN AS A GREAT PARTNER FOR THOSE GRANTS FROM THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS. COUNCILOR FRANCIS, AND JUST FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD, COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO THE PUBLIC WHAT A TAP GRANT IS AND WHY IT'S UNDER THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, WHICH WE THINK OF AS FIXING OUR HIGHWAYS, AND THEY'RE DOING A PATHWAY IN THE PARK. HOW THAT ALL CONNECTS BRIEFLY WITH THE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE. SO TAP THE TAP PROGRAM IS TAP IT'S TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM. SO THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT'S CHARGES TO MOVE TRAFFIC AND GOODS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. WITH THAT, WE WORK WITH THEM ON LOCAL PROJECTS TO

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IT'S JUST TO LIVE IN THIS CLIMATE, TO HAVE THE SNOW AS LONG AS WE DO ALL THIS LAST YEAR WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. I REALLY AM THANKFUL FOR DIRECTOR CANFIELD FOR THE TIME AND EFFORT HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO PUT INTO PUTTING THESE CONNECTIONS TOGETHER FOR US IN SOLID SURFACES. SO. COUNCILMAN, I'M FASCINATED BY THE CROSS-COUNTRY COMMUNITY, AND THIS SEEMS TO BE THE PATH AND MAYBE PJ CAN SPEAK TO THIS, BUT IF YOU CAN, THAT'S FINE. BUT IS THIS GOING TO IMPACT THAT COMMUNITY, THE CROSS-COUNTRY COMMUNITY THAT USES THIS SAME SIMILAR KIND OF PATH? OR ARE WE JUST GOING TO GROOM NEXT TO IT? YOU KNOW, HOW DOES THAT I BELIEVE WE'LL WORK WITH PJ, BUT THAT'S PJ ANSWER. YEAH. SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO UTILIZE THE PARK FOR CROSS-COUNTRY THROUGHOUT THE WINTER. WHAT WE'LL DO IS MOST LIKELY HAVE A WHEEL PLOW THAT ASPHALT PATH AND THEN PUT OUR TRAILS RIGHT NEXT TO IT SO THEY'LL RUN PARALLEL. YEAH.

OKAY. READY FOR A MOTION ON THIS? ALL RIGHT. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE STATE AGREEMENT AND RESOLUTION FOR ITP FOR THE OFFICE PARK EAST LOOP PROJECT, AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO SIGN THE DOCUMENTS. SECOND. DINGMAN. YES. RADFORD I. LARSON. YES. FRANCIS

[5.D.2)City of Idaho Falls Lighting Upgrade Bid Rejection]

THE SECOND WE CALLED CONTRACTORS AND SAID, HEY, WE TALKED TO HIM BEFORE AS WELL, BUT THEY THOUGHT THE BID WINDOW WAS TOO SHORT AND SO WE MADE ADJUSTMENTS. WE REBID IT AGAIN, AND THEN WE RECEIVED BIDS, BUT THEY WERE NON-RESPONSIVE. THERE WERE ONE WAS LATE AND THE OTHER TWO WERE. THEY DIDN'T LIST THE APPROPRIATE INFORMATION REQUIRED BY STATE CODE FOR ELECTRICAL WORK TO BE INCORPORATED INTO. AND SO WHAT WE EVALUATED, WE MET WITH LEGAL.

WE CHATTED FOR A BIT AND SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, STATE CODE ALLOWS US TO REJECT THE BIDS AND GO ON THE OPEN MARKET AND THE CIRCUMSTANCE. AND SO WHAT MY GOAL IS, IS TO REACH OUT TO THE, THE, THE BIDDERS AS SUBMITTED, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER ENTITY THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THE WORK AND DO IT FOR CODE AND STUFF LIKE THAT, AND SEE WHAT WE CAN COME UP WITH INSTEAD OF HAVING THESE BIDS THAT FALL UNDER A TECHNICALITY FOR BEING NON-RESPONSIVE. SO WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS. THANK. YES. QUESTION. COUNCIL. JUST A COMMENT I PUBLIC WORKS HASN'T HAD MANY OF THESE, BUT WE'VE BEEN SEEING A LOT FROM THESE BID REJECTIONS AND IT JUST CONCERNS ME. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT STATEMENT. I THINK IN THIS CASE IT MAKES COMPLETE SENSE. BUT I WORRY WHEN WE DO THE BID REJECTIONS AND WE GO TO OPEN NEGOTIATIONS AND WE'RE JUST BYPASSING THIS WHOLE FEDERAL OMB STANDARDS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE BEST TAXPAYERS. THIS ONE IS ACTUALLY ON THE STATE ROUTE, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH IT ON THIS ONE. I DID PRESENT OUR PLAN AND WHERE WE WERE AT, AND WE DID GET SUPPORT FROM THEM IN THIS PROJECT AS WELL. BUT YEAH, IF YOU'RE IF IT IS GOOD TO, AND I THINK MAYBE SOME OF THE DIFFERENCE HERE AND DIRECTOR, PLEASE CORRECT ME, BUT I THINK SOME OF THE DIFFERENCE HERE IS THAT WHEN WE WENT BACK OUT TO BID, THEY WERE NON-RESPONSIVE BIDS. SO WE COULDN'T ACCEPT ANY OF THEM. IT WASN'T JUST THAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS TOO MUCH. IT WAS THAT THEY,

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RIGHT. I GUESS WE'LL TRY TO COMMUNICATE CLEARLY AS BEST AS WE CAN. SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

I'M READY TO GO AHEAD AND REJECT TO MOVE TO REJECT ALL THE BIDS FOR THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS LIGHTING UPGRADE PROJECT ON THE BASIS THAT ALL BIDS WERE NON-RESPONSIVE. FINDING DECLARED BY RESOLUTION. THE PROJECT CAN BE PERFORMED MORE ECONOMICALLY BY PURCHASING GOODS AND SERVICES ON THE OPEN MARKET, AND AUTHORIZE PUBLIC WORKS TO ACQUIRE THE WORK FROM A QUALIFIED PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTOR ON THE OPEN MARKET, AS PERMITTED. PERMITTED BY IDAHO CODE 67-2805 OR. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. SECOND. DINGMAN. YES. FREEMAN.

YES. FRANCIS I RADFORD. I. LARSON. YES. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR. OUR NEXT

[5.E.1)Ordinance Adding Title 5, Chapter 4, Section 13, to the City Code, Sale of Kratom Prohibited Within City Limits.]

SHOULD COUNCIL DECIDE TO MAKE TO ADOPT THIS BILL? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU.

YOU YOU MIGHT WE WILL HAVE DISCUSSION. AND SO IF WE HAVE TO INVITE YOU BACK, WE WILL.

COUNCIL. THERE'S TIME NOW FOR FOR DELIBERATION ON THIS ISSUE AND THEN FOR A VOTE. I'LL GO AHEAD. AND I HAVE ONE THING FOR SURE. THE CITY ATTORNEY IS THERE. YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST ABOUT REVISITING ISSUES, ORDINANCES SO THAT WE COULD SEE IF THE WORK THAT WE DO ACTUALLY HAS AN OUTCOME THAT WE WANT. IS THERE A WAY TO INCLUDE THAT TONIGHT IN THIS ORDINANCE SO THAT WE'RE REQUIRED SOMEHOW TO COME BACK AND LOOK AT THIS WITH SOME SORT OF DATA ABOUT OUR OUTCOMES? IN THE ORDINANCE, I MEAN, HOWEVER YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE. I MEAN, IF YOU WANTED TO FORCE A FUTURE COUNCIL TO REVISIT IT, YOU COULD PUT A CLAUSE IN THAT. THIS IS ONLY EFFECTIVE FROM THESE DATES TO THESE DATES, WHICH WOULD FORCE COUNCIL TO MEET AGAIN BEFORE BEFORE, IF COUNCIL WANTED TO CONTINUE THE BAN, SHOULD IT BE PLACED IN EFFECT? THAT WOULD BE ONE VERY EFFECTIVE WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT COUNCIL REVISITED IT. YOU COULD PUT A PRECATORY REQUEST TO A FUTURE COUNCIL SAYING COUNCIL SHALL REVISIT THIS IN SO MANY YEARS, HOWEVER, THAT WE. AND BY WE, I MEAN IT'S NOT BINDING LIKE WHAT'S VISA. THERE'S NO TEETH TO IT. THEN. IT'S JUST MERELY KIND OF SAYING, I HOPE YOU DO THIS FUTURE COUNCIL. RIGHT. SO ISN'T NECESSARY. IT'S JUST GOING TO BE MERELY PREDATORY. AND RATHER THAN. I MEAN, I SUPPOSE YOU COULD PUT THAT IN THE ORDINANCE, BUT IT MIGHT JUST BE BETTER TO INSTRUCT STAFF TO COME BACK AND SORT OF. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO HAVE THAT, AS I THINK THROUGH THE DELIBERATIONS AND OPTIONS. I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER RADFORD, IN PART BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE TRIED TO PUT IT

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AND SO SO IF HE LEAVES, WELL, IF UNLESS WE ACTUALLY SUNSET IT. YEAH. IF HE ACTUALLY SUNSET IT.

YEAH. IF WE SUNSET IT, THEN THE ORDINANCE GOES AWAY IN A YEAR. CORRECT. YEAH. SO YEAH, IT WOULD THOSE ARE THE CHOICES. MY HEARING IS SAYING THIS ISN'T ABOUT KRATOM FOR ME. THIS IS ABOUT BEING EFFECTIVE AND A B TESTING AND SOFTWARE IN OTHER PLACES. LIKE WHAT? WE NEED TO FIND WAYS TO GET FEEDBACK WHEN WE PASS ORDINANCES TO FIND OUT IF WE'RE GETTING DONE WHAT WE WANT TO GET DONE. I THINK YOU'VE BEEN VERY CONSISTENT AND I APPRECIATE THAT, COUNCILMAN.

YOU'VE BEEN VERY CONSISTENT IN ASKING THAT QUESTION. SO I KNOW IT'S NOT NECESSARILY JUST ABOUT THIS ORDINANCE. OKAY, I HAVE A COMMENT FIRST, AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK TO THIS ISSUE. SO, COUNCILOR RADFORD, IF YOU DECIDE TO MAKE THAT MOTION, WOULD YOU MAKE IT A SEPARATE MOTION AND NOT LINK IT TO THIS? OKAY. SO WE CAN VOTE ON IT SEPARATELY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO START OUT HERE IF THAT'S OKAY WITH MY REASONING FOR HOW PROBABLY VOTE, BUT I'M I'M STILL LISTENING TO THE REST OF YOU RIGHT NOW. CURRENTLY IN THIS CITY, WE HAVE AN UNREGULATED, UNRESTRICTED SALE OF A PRODUCT THAT WE ACTUALLY, BASED ON OUR TALK WITH THE CHIEF, HAVE NO FEASIBLE WAY TO DETERMINE WHAT IS ACTUALLY IN THE PRODUCT. SO TO ME, I CAN'T ACCEPT THAT WE SHOULD GO FORWARD WITH NO RESTRICTION WHATSOEVER. AT THE SAME TIME, I'VE SEEN ENOUGH OF EMAILS AND READ ENOUGH EMAILS TO KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE SEEM TO BENEFIT FROM IT. SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE THE STEP OF BANNING POSSESSION. THAT'S PROBABLY OUT OF OUR PURVIEW ANYWAY, BUT THE FACT THAT IT'S OPEN TO ANYONE WHO WALKS INTO A RETAIL STORE.

THAT I FIND. PROBABLY NOT ACCEPTABLE IN IDAHO FALLS. AND THE SECOND THING IS THIS HAS COME TO US FROM ORIGINALLY, BASICALLY, IT WAS THE HEALTH STATEMENT BY THE CORONER, WHICH IS THIS IS LIKE THE PERSON WHO'S DEALING WITH IT DIRECTLY. AND IN OUR PACKETS WE READ ABOUT THE AUTOPSIES, WE'VE READ ABOUT THAT, AND WE HAVE ALL READ MANY, MANY EMAILS, INCLUDING ALL THAT WERE IN THE PACKET TODAY REGARDING THE MULTI VIEWS OF IT. BUT MANY I THINK IT'S INTERESTING THAT MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO PROTECT THE RIGHT OF PEOPLE TO POSSESS IT AND USE IT, WE'RE STILL SAYING DON'T LEAVE IT COMPLETELY UNREGULATED. 700 H IS REALLY A DANGEROUS FORM, AND IT CAN BE PACKED IN A WAY THAT'S VERY DANGEROUS TO PEOPLE.

WHICH I TALKING TO SOME MEDICAL PEOPLE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT WHAT IT DOES TO THE BRAIN OR HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DO TO THE BRAIN. ONE OF THE PEOPLE I'M QUOTING FROM. WAS WILLING TO ADMIT WE SHOULD REGULATE IT, BUT WE AS A CITY COUNCIL, DON'T HAVE A REAL ABILITY TO DO THAT.

THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO COME FROM FEDERAL MEDICAL AND HEALTH AGENCIES AND FROM STATE TO STATE LEVEL HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE LEGISLATURE, PROBABLY. BUT WE CAN SAY THE FACT THAT THIS IS SOLD IN STORES, AND IT WAS BROUGHT UP TODAY WHERE CLERKS HAVE NO ABILITY AND NO RESPONSIBILITY, AND WE CAN'T ASK THEM TO DO IT, TO SAY WHO CAN AND WHO CAN'T, OR WHO SHOULD HAVE THIS PRODUCT OR THAT PRODUCT. SO I'M IN FAVOR OF OUR SAYING THIS SHOULD BE BANNED FROM THE STORES IN IDAHO FALLS. THAT'S THE LIMIT OF OUR ABILITY TO DEAL WITH THIS RIGHT NOW. AND I GUESS IN A WAY, SINCE IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO US, WE CAN'T JUST WASH OUR HANDS AND SAY, WELL, IT'S NOT OUR BUSINESS AND LEAVE IT UP TO THE STATE, BECAUSE NOW IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO US AND WE KNOW WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US. AND IF WE LEAVE IT UNREGULATED, WE'VE ACTUALLY TAKEN A STANCE ON IT. SO. I'M SUPPORTING WHAT I DON'T CALL A BAN, BUT I DO CALL REGULATION OF THE SALE OF KRATOM PRODUCTS. I'D LIKE TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT. AS FAR AS AT THE STATE LEVEL, AND I BROUGHT THIS UP MONDAY, BUT I'LL BRING IT UP AGAIN TONIGHT. WHEN WE HAD WE HAD A DISTRACTED DRIVING ORDINANCE IN THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS THAT WE PASSED THAT KIND

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IF I THOUGHT THAT WE HAD THE DOLLARS AND A SYSTEM WHERE WE COULD HAVE A 500,000 OR $1 MILLION PROGRAM WHERE WE COULD GO IN AND REGULATE KRATOM AND GO TEST PACKAGES IN STORES OVER AND OVER AND OVER, JUST LIKE WE HAVE TO DO WITH ALCOHOL OR OTHER THINGS WE REGULATE. THEN I MIGHT BE SWAYED TO THIS ARGUMENT BECAUSE BUT WITH OUR RESOURCES, WE DON'T HAVE THAT OPTION. AND SO IT COMES DOWN TO BELIEVING OUR CORONER AND THE TOXICOLOGY REPORTS. AND I THINK WE HAVE TO DO THIS TONIGHT, BUT I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO WATCH AND DO WHAT COUNCILOR FREEMAN SAID. AND AS THE STATE STARTS TO GET THIS NUANCE RIGHT, COME BACK AND REVISIT THIS, BECAUSE THERE WILL BE A TIME WHERE THERE'LL BE TESTS THAT ARE OPENLY AVAILABLE. WE HAVE WAYS TO REGULATE. SO THAT WHOLE LEAF KRATOM COULD BE USED FOR PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY HAVE IT. I I'M MARRIED TO SOMEONE WHO HAS SEVERE PAIN ISSUES. SO I MEAN, THIS IS VERY LIKE DEEP IN MY WORLD, I KNOW THAT PEOPLE HAVE AMAZING DIFFICULTY WITH PAIN AND FOR LONG, LONG PERIODS. BUT WHAT I'VE LEARNED FROM THAT IS DOING PARTNERING WITH MEDICAL OFFICIALS INSTEAD OF TAKING THESE ROUTES IS PROBABLY THE BETTER ROUTE FOR FOR MOST. I'M SURE SOME PEOPLE WILL LEAVE KRATOM AS THE ONLY ROUTE. BUT ANYWAY, THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS TONIGHT. SO I BROUGHT THIS ISSUE FORWARD AFTER THE CORONER DID ALERT US ABOUT THE ALARMING NUMBER OF DEATHS AND INJURIES ASSOCIATED WITH BOTH NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC KRATOM PRODUCTS. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALSO SEEING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IF YOU LOOK AT THE RATE OF POISON CONTROL CALLS JUST RELATED TO KRATOM, IT'S A FASCINATING STATISTIC. YET THERE ARE VERY FEW SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE TO PROTECT CONSUMERS, INCLUDING THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE. AND SO, AS HAS BEEN STATED, THERE'S NO STATEWIDE FRAMEWORK GOVERNING THE SALE OF KRATOM IN IDAHO, INCLUDING THINGS LIKE AGE RESTRICTIONS, PRODUCT STANDARDS, LABELING REQUIREMENTS, OR ANY OVERSIGHT OF WHERE THESE PRODUCTS CAN BE SOLD. AND AS A RESULT, PRODUCTS THAT WE KNOW CAN BE FATAL ARE BEING SOLD IN CONVENIENCE STORES, INCLUDING LOCATIONS VERY NEAR OUR SCHOOLS. WHILE SOME HAVE SUGGESTED REGULATING KRATOM RATHER THAN PROHIBITING IT, THE REALITY IS THAT THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS IS REALLY NOT THE IDEAL VEHICLE FOR EFFECTIVELY OVERSEEING PRODUCT INGREDIENTS AND POTENCY AND CONTAMINATION RISKS. PACKAGING STANDARDS, LABELING, ACCURACIES, RETAILER COMPLIANCE, ALL THE THINGS TO ENSURE THAT PRODUCTS ARE SAFE AND THAT SALES CLERKS

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AND IF THEY'RE PROUD TO SELL KRATOM PRODUCTS AND BELIEVE THEY'RE SAFE, WHERE ARE THEY? OR DID THEY NOT WANT TO BE CONFRONTED BY THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THOSE THAT WE'VE LOST DUE TO KRATOM? OR PERHAPS THE TESTIMONY FROM THE CORONER? WHERE ARE THEY? I RECOGNIZE THAT KRATOM WILL CONTINUE TO BE SOLD ONLINE IN OTHER CITIES AND COUNTIES, BUT THIS ORDINANCE MAKES IT CLEAR WHERE OUR COMMUNITY STANDS ON THIS DRUG. AND IF OUR ORDINANCE SAVES ONE LIFE IS COUNCIL MEMBER, FREEMAN SAID, OR SERVES AS A TOOL AND A CHANGE AGENT FOR EDUCATING OUR COMMUNITY. I BELIEVE THIS ORDINANCE IS THEREFORE APPROPRIATE. SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO MOVE TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE, ADDING A NEW SECTION 13 TO TITLE FIVE, CHAPTER FOUR OF THE CITY CODE TO BAN THE SALE OF KRATOM WITHIN CITY LIMITS, UNDER SUSPENSION OF THE RULES REQUIRING THREE COMPLETE AND SEPARATE READINGS. ESTABLISH AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF JULY 1ST, 2026 AND REQUEST IT BE READ BY TITLE AND PUBLISHED BY SUMMARY. SECOND. DINGMAN.

YES. FRANCIS I. FREEMAN. YES. LARSON. YES. RADFORD. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. I'LL READ THE. THANK YOU. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, AMENDING TITLE FIVE, CHAPTER FOUR TO ADD A NEW SECTION PROHIBITING THE SALE OF KRATOM WITHIN THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS AND PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS. CODIFICATION PUBLICATION BY SUMMARY AND ESTABLISHING EFFECTIVE DATE.

JUST SO IT'S CRYSTAL CLEAR, THE EFFECTIVE DATE IS JULY 1ST, 2026. OKAY. IS THERE ANY COUNCIL? I CAN'T REMEMBER WHETHER YOU HAD READ THAT EITHER. THAT WAS JUST AS PART OF IT, BUT I, I, I THINK I MIGHT HAVE SLURRED MY NUMBERS, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS CRYSTAL CLEAR. THANK YOU. OKAY. I DO THINK I COULD COUNT THE VOTES. I KNEW I WASN'T TIEBREAKER, BUT I ALSO AM AWARE THAT NOW IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, WE WILL MAKE THIS AWARE. THIS IS A PART OF THIS THAT IS AWARENESS CAMPAIGN. ONCE THE CITY MAKES THAT ACTION, THEN WE,

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[5.F.1)Final Plat and Reasoned Statement of Relevant Criteria and Standards, Anderson Townhomes Division No. 2.]

AND THEN IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BUEHLER. I DO HAVE A QUESTION. I DO HAVE A QUESTION. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS. SO HE KNOWS HE'S ASKING. SO TWO THINGS ARE RELATED TO. AT FIRST I HAD A HARD TIME. SO YOU SHOWED ME WHERE THE SECOND ACCESS WAS OFF SCIENCE CENTER DRIVE. NOW I'M GOOD WITH IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE IS. AND THE SECOND IS IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING MINUTES. THERE'S A REFERENCE TO SOME MODIFICATION OF SCIENCE CENTER DRIVE THAT YOU TOLD ME EARLIER. THERE IS NO MODIFICATION, CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. AGAIN, I'LL TRY TO EXPLAIN THOSE TWO THINGS. AND MAYBE WE'LL START HERE WITH THE AERIAL OF THE PROPERTY. SO WE'RE OVER HERE. WELL THIS IS ANDERSON DIVISION TWO. SO THIS IS THE SECOND DIVISION OF ANDERSON TOWNHOMES. THE FIRST DIVISION IS HERE TO THE SOUTH AND ALONG SCIENCE CENTER DRIVE JUST TO THE WEST OF NORTH BOULEVARD. THERE WAS SOME QUESTION DURING THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING ABOUT WOULD THERE BE THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS, THIS DRIVE ROAD OR THE DRIVE AISLE IS AN EXTENSION TO DEVELOPMENT. I WAS THINKING WE HAVE THE PICTURE OF THE SITE PLAN, BUT WE DON'T. I CAN SHOW IT HERE ON THE ON THE PLAT. YOU CAN SEE SOME DASHED LINES HERE AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE PROPERTY. THOSE DASHED LINES ACTUALLY REPRESENT A EMERGENCY ACCESS EASEMENT FOR FIRE AND ALSO JUST CROSS ACCESS, CROSS ACCESS THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT SO THAT THE INITIAL, THE ACCESS FOR SCIENCE CENTER WILL BE ON THAT FAR NORTH WEST END. AND THEN THERE IS A DRIVE AISLE THAT PROCEEDS THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT AND THEN CONNECTS TO DIVISION ONE AND THEN SOUTH THERE TO TO ANDERSON. YOU SEE THE INDIVIDUAL LOTS THERE, TOWNHOME LOTS, BUT DESIGN, THEY COME BACK HERE. YOU CAN SEE JUST UNDER DIVISION ONE REALLY AS A PARKING LOT WITH A DRIVE AISLE THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT. AND SO THAT ACCESS POINT WILL BE UP HERE AGAIN ON THE NORTH END OF PLANNING COMMISSION. HAD CONCERNS. WOULD THIS BECOME SORT OF A CUT THROUGH FOR TRAFFIC THROUGH THIS DEVELOPMENT, IN ORDER TO TRY TO GET TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD? SO THAT WAS THE CONVERSATION RELATED TO BARRIER OR OR THE ACCESS POINTS. IT'S VERY UNLIKELY THAT YOU WOULD SEE CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC HERE. THE INTERSECTION AT NORTH BOULEVARD OPERATES VERY WELL. YOU'RE GOING TO BE MUCH SLOWER TO HAVE TO TRY TO SLOW DOWN AND MAKE THE TURNS AND NAVIGATE THROUGH A PARKING LOT AND A DRIVE AISLE. THEN YOU EVER WOULD TO CONTINUE ON AND MAKE YOUR RIGHT AT AT NORTH BOULEVARD. THE OTHER THING WITH RELATED TO BARRIERS SPECIFIC TO SCIENCE CENTER DRIVE, AS WE MOVE WEST ON SCIENCE CENTER DRIVE, THAT CENTER TURN LANE THAT YOU SEE THERE ACTUALLY NARROWS. AND SO BY THE TIME WE GET TO WHERE THE ACCESS POINT WILL BE AT THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE PROPERTY, THERE IS A TURN LANE LEFT THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE LEFT TURNS OR TO USE THAT. AND SO THE NEED FOR A BARRIER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS UNNECESSARY. AS WELL AS THIS, BECAUSE OF THE LOW NUMBER OF UNITS HERE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE A TRIP GENERATION THAT WOULD WOULD NECESSITATE THE BARRIER SYSTEM THERE, AT LEAST INITIALLY. OKAY. I'M READY. YES, PLEASE. OKAY, GREAT. YEAH. AND ALL THE PROPER STAFF AND DEPARTMENTS HAVE REVIEWED THE FINAL PLAT AND IT'S GOOD TO GO.

SO I MOVE COUNCIL APPROVE THE FINAL CLASS FOR ADDISON TOWNHOMES, DIVISION NUMBER TWO, AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR, CITY ENGINEER AND CITY CLERK TO SIGN THE SAID FINAL PLAT. SECOND. FREEMAN. YES. RADFORD. A. LARSON. YES. DINGMAN. YES. PRINCESS. A THANK

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FRANCIS A. FREEMAN. YES. LARSON. YES. RADFORD. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. OUR NEXT ITEM IS

[5.F.2)Resolution -Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) PY 2025 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER)]

GOOD EVENING. THIS IS OUR RESOLUTION THAT WE DO FOR THE CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT, KNOWN AS THE CAPER FOR PROGRAM YEAR 2025. SO WE HAD OUR PUBLIC HEARING ON MAY 7TH, AND WE HAD A 15 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. THERE WERE NO COMMENTS RECEIVED DURING THAT TIME FRAME. SO TONIGHT WE'RE ASKING FOR THE RESOLUTION TO GO WITH THE PLAN THAT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO HUD SO THEY CAN APPROVE IT FOR US. OKAY. I'M MOVE COUNCIL APPROVED THE RESOLUTION FOR THE 2025 CAPER CAPER SECOND. RADFORD A YES. FRANCIS A FREEMAN. YES.

LARSON. YES. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. AND OUR NEXT ITEM IS A LEGISLATIVE PUBLIC HEARING

[5.F.3)Legislative Public Hearing for the Annexation and Initial Zoning of I&M, Industrial and Manufacturing - Annexation and Initial Zoning Ordinances and Reasoned Statements of Relevant Criteria and Standards for approximately 10.7 acres in the NE ¼ of Section 8, Township 2 North, Range 38 East. ]

TRAVIS PAYNE 29,000 ON HIGHWAY SIX. SO. I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT MAINLY BECAUSE THE APPLICANT ACTUALLY WANTS TO TABLE THIS HEARING UNTIL THE JUNE 24TH MEETING, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE. HE WANTED TO BE HERE IN PERSON AND HE WASN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THIS MEETING. HE TRIED TO CALL THE AND REACH OUT TO THE, THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, AND HE WASN'T SURE IF THE MESSAGE GOT THROUGH BEFORE THE MEETING TODAY. SO IF YOU WANT ME TO GO ON FURTHER AND EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT OR THE ANNEXATION, I CAN.

OTHERWISE, THAT'S WHAT THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY WOULD BE REQUESTING. WE ARE. WE ARE ALLOWED TO TABLE IT TO A DATE CERTAIN. IT HAS COME BEFORE US. ONE TIME PRIOR TO TO TABLE. SO I'M JUST WONDERING. AND SO HE JUST ISN'T HE HE WANTS TO BE HERE TO EXPLAIN WHY HE'S ANNEXING, WHY HE DOESN'T WANT TO ANNEX. IS IT COMING FORWARD AS AN ANNEXATION? I'M JUST WONDERING ABOUT THE WHETHER WE NEED TO TO TABLE IT TO A DATE. CERTAIN IF HE'S UNSURE ABOUT ANNEXATION, WOULD WE JUST WANT TO. HE DIDN'T EXPLAIN THOROUGHLY WHY HE WANTS TO TABLE IT. I THINK THAT IT PROBABLY HAS TO DO WITH. WITH. SOMETHING THAT HE WANTS TO EXPLAIN TO COUNCIL, I SUPPOSE SO. YEAH. SORRY, I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS FOR YOU. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. YES. THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT. YES. SO I'M ASSUMING THAT THE DEVELOPER OR THE ADVOCATE PERSON HAS THE FULL RIGHT TO WITHDRAW THEIR REQUEST. RIGHT. THEY'RE NOT LIKE WE SAY, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO FORCE THIS THROUGH, RIGHT? YEAH. I REALLY THINK THE WITHDRAW THE REQUEST. SO IT'S REALLY IN THEIR HANDS TO SAY, BUT WOULD IT BE FAIR TO SAY THAT COUNCIL COULD REMOVE THIS AGENDA ITEM AS A RESULT? BUT DUE TO THE I MEAN, ONE POTENTIAL OPTION IS THAT DUE TO IT BEING TWO REQUESTS NOW, BOTH OF WHICH HAVE NOT COME IN TIME FOR THE AGENDA PUBLISHING TO BE MODIFIED, THAT WE DO NOT HAVE TO PROVIDE A DATE CERTAIN. IS THAT CORRECT? AND THEN THEY CAN REAPPLY IF THEY WOULD LIKE. IF WE DON'T PROVIDE A DATE, CERTAIN WE'LL NEED TO REPUBLISH IT. RIGHT. BUT THEY CAN. BUT I MEAN, YEAH, YOU COULD, YOU COULD YOU COULD THE APPLICANTS NOT HERE. RIGHT. WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE. WE DON'T HAVE.

I MEAN, I THE THE FIRST TIME THAT IT DID COME, WE HAD KNOWN THAT THEY WERE TABLING IT AND

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YEAH. SO IT WASN'T THAT THEY MISSED THE DEADLINE. IT WAS THAT THEY STILL HAD SOME QUESTIONS. AND SO IT WAS LIKE, OKAY, YEAH, WE WILL TABLE IT AND WORK THROUGH THOSE QUESTIONS. THIS DOES COME AS A SURPRISE TONIGHT. YEAH. AND I'M JUST WONDERING, SO YOU COULD MOVE TO TABLE INDEFINITELY I SUPPOSE. I MEAN, WHY GUARANTEE A DATE CERTAIN WHEN WE ALREADY DID THAT ONCE. RIGHT. AND YOU DON'T KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE THE AND WE DON'T HAVE THE APPLICANT IN FRONT OF US. RIGHT, RIGHT. SO YES, YOU COULD JUST TABLE INDEFINITELY THAT WOULD ALLOW THE APPLICANT AND CARRIE, CORRECT ME IF I'M SAYING ANYTHING INCORRECT, BUT THAT WOULD ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO, TO MEET AGAIN OR, YOU KNOW, TO TALK WITH STAFF AND THEN SAY, OKAY, I COULD HERE'S A CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT I CAN MAKE IT AT AND LET'S GO FORWARD ON THAT DATE. AND THEN WE PUBLISH NOTICE AGAIN WHAT WOULD BE MR. BUEHLER? CAN YOU LEAD US? YOU CAN STAY THERE. OKAY. WHAT WOULD BE THE TIME, THE TIMING THEN TO GO BACK AND ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AGAIN. AND I HATE TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE IT'S MEANINGLESS BECAUSE IT DOES TAKE SOME WORK TO AND SOME EFFORT AND SOME TIME AND SOME MONEY TO GO BACK THROUGH THE PROCESS TO NOTIFY AGAIN. REALLY, IF WE DID HAVE TO RE NOTIFY, WE COULD NOT MAKE JUNE 25TH. THAT DATE WOULD BE OUT FOR CITY COUNCIL, BUT WE COULD DO EITHER CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN JULY OR THEREAFTER. AND THE APPLICANT DOES NOT PAY FOR THAT NOTICING. CORRECT. SO IF WE PAY FOR ADDITIONAL NOTICE, WHICH IS A COST TO THE CITY. YEAH. AND WE DON'T HAVE A GUARANTEE THAT THE APPLICANT COULD ATTEND EITHER JULY DATE IN WRITING. CORRECT. I DON'T HAVE IT IN WRITING RIGHT NOW. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT BECAUSE I, I MEAN, I HESITATE TO WANT TO ANNEX SOMEONE WHO MAY NOT WANT TO BE ANNEXED.

ABSOLUTELY. I'M WITH YOU ON THAT. IF THAT'S THE CONCERN, BE HONEST WITH US ABOUT THAT. AND THEN WE'LL JUST TABLE THIS. BUT IF THERE'S JUST SOMETHING HE WANTS TO EXPLAIN AND YOU DON'T THINK HE'S GOING TO CHANGE THE THE INITIAL ZONING, I DON'T THINK THERE'S AS MUCH DANGER UNLESS HE JUST THINKS WE'RE GOING TO NOT CONFIRM THAT. I MEAN. RIGHT. SO HE'S HE NEEDS TO ANNEX BECAUSE HE'S ALREADY. CONSTRUCTED SOME BUILDINGS AND HE NEEDS CITY WATER IN ORDER TO SERVICE THOSE BUILDINGS. HE GOT SOME SHELL PERMITS FROM THE COUNTY BEFORE BEING ANNEXED.

AND SO HE REALLY HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO ANNEX. AND SO THAT'S NOT REALLY THE QUESTION. THAT'S NOT HERE BECAUSE IT WOULD BE HERE REPAIRABLE. RIGHT? YEAH. YES. YOU'RE ASKING A GREAT QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER RADFORD, BECAUSE IF THERE WAS A IF THERE WAS A YEAH, IF THERE'S AN IDEA. BUT IF COUNCIL HAD A DESIRE TO ACCEPT THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST AND MOVE FORWARD AS WRITTEN, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE REASON FOR A DELAY. THE THE REASON FOR THE DELAY. LIKE I EXPLAINED EARLIER, THE ONLY THING THAT I CAN SAY IS THAT THE. THE OWNER WANTED TO BE HERE AND HE WANTS TO EXPRESS SOME OPINION TO THE COUNCIL, TO THE COUNCIL, OR TO DISCUSS SOMETHING IN IN THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO DOES THE APPLICANT UNDERSTAND THAT IT COSTS THE CITY SOMETHING TO CHANGE THE HEARING? I DON'T THINK HE DOES. OKAY. AND DOES HE UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT? HE COULD COME EXPRESS HIMSELF WITH THE PUBLIC COMMENT. I MEAN, IF IT'S JUST AN EXPRESSION AS OPPOSED TO A ZONE DESIGNATION CHANGE BECAUSE. SO COUNCIL, I DO KNOW THAT THAT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT IDAHO FALLS HAS BEEN WORKING WITH BONNEVILLE COUNTY, AND BECAUSE THE APPLICANT WAS READY TO BUILD, IT WAS KIND OF LIKE, OKAY, WE'LL WE WILL LET THEM PERMIT IN THE COUNTY FOR THE SHELLS OF THIS BUILDING, KNOWING THAT THE ANNEXATION WAS COMING BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BUILD A FIRE. WELL, AND I JUST I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T. SO NOW TO HAVE HIM COME AND TRY AND, AND, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WHAT THOSE COMMENTS WOULD BE. YOU KNOW, I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO FORCIBLY ANNEX SOMEBODY EITHER. I MEAN, WE, I FEEL A LITTLE STUCK ON THIS AS WELL BECAUSE IT WAS, I THINK, LONG AGREED UPON A LONG TIME AGO WHEN BONNEVILLE COUNTY AND IDAHO FALLS PUT THIS TOGETHER TO SAY, OH, WELL, YOU KNOW, HERE'S HERE'S HOW THE WATER AND THE SEWER WORKS ON THIS, ON THIS ROAD. SO, I MEAN, I WANT TO GIVE THE APPLICANT THE RIGHT TO COME AND SPEAK, BUT HE CAN THIS IS NOT A SURPRISE THAT IT WAS COMING TONIGHT TO COUNCIL. YEAH FOR SURE. DID HE. HE DIDN'T INDICATE THAT HE'D BE AVAILABLE ON JUNE 25TH. WE CAN'T DO JUNE 25TH. WHAT MR. BUEHLER SAID WE CANNOT DO JUNE

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AND WOULD WE HAVE TO RE NOTICE? NO. OKAY. GOTCHA. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THERE WE GO. IF WE TABLE IT THEN IT'S STILL OPEN. THE ORIGINAL NOTICE I BELIEVE. RIGHT. BECAUSE THE PUBLIC IS ALL THOSE WHO WANTED TO ATTEND OR CAN REVIEW REMOTELY, THEY WE HAD PROPER NOTICE AND THEY'RE AWARE OF THIS. THEY CAN ATTEND. AND ALL THOSE WHO ARE ATTENDING, THEY CAN WATCH AND SEE. WE'RE TABLING TO A DATE CERTAIN. SO THAT'S WHAT WE CAN KIND OF PIGGYBACK OFF OF THAT NOTICE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. YEAH. SO AND BASED ON THAT, I SUGGEST WE AT LEAST DO A MOTION TO TABLE IT TO THE 25TH OF JUNE. IF THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, WE'LL RETHINK THIS. BUT THAT WAY, I GUESS IN MY OWN HEAD, EVEN THOUGH WE WON'T PUT IT INTO MOTION, PROBABLY IF IT DOESN'T HAPPEN, THEN THEN WE READ, READ, NOTICE IT AND START OVER, BUT THAT IT WILL BE ON AN AGENDA ON JUNE 25TH REGARDLESS. AND THAT GIVES YOU IT SAVES THE CITY SOME MONEY THAT WAY. I BELIEVE IT WOULD. IF WE DON'T REALLY NOTICE IT, RIGHT. IF WE DON'T REALLY NOTICE. AND THAT DOES SAVE SOME MONEY. MAYOR, TO YOUR POINT, IF THE APPLICANT DECIDED, LET'S SAY TOMORROW, THEY DECIDED WE JUST DON'T WANT TO BE IN THE CITY. THAT'S SOMETHING WE THEY COULD NOTIFY OUR OFFICE AND WITHDRAW THEIR APPLICATION, AND WE WOULD NOT PUT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE 25TH. THERE WOULDN'T JUST BECAUSE YOU TABLED IT, IF THE APPLICANT HAD WITHDREW THE APPLICATION, THEY WOULD PULL IT OFF THE AGENDA. OTHERWISE, WE WOULD LEAVE IT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE 20. OKAY, OKAY. A MOTION. I MOVE COUNCIL TABLES TO THE DATE CERTAIN OF JULY 25TH, 2026. THE DO YOU MEAN JUNE 25TH? YOU SAID JULY. OH I'M SORRY. JUNE. THANK YOU.

JUNE 25TH. THAT IS TABLING THE ACTION ON THE ORDINANCE, ANNEXING ONLY 10.7 ACRES. AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION EIGHT, TOWNSHIP TWO, NORTH, RANGE 38 EAST. IS THAT ENOUGH OF A MOTION? YES. SECOND, I'M SORRY, I WAS DISTRACTED. I WAS TALKING TO MR. MUELLER. OKAY, ABOUT THE LEGAL ISSUE, SO I TRIED TO IDENTIFY THE PROPERTY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. I TRIED TO IDENTIFY ITS ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE AND THAT WE WILL TABLE TO THE DATE OF JUNE 25TH. DEMON. YES. FREEMAN. YES. FRANCIS I. LARSON. YES. RADFORD.

I MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. I, I'M INTERESTED IN THIS ONE PARTICULARLY BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THE COUNTY AND THE CITY HAVE WORKED FOR A VERY LONG TIME TO, TO WORK TOGETHER TO TRY AND BRING SOME ACCOMMODATION TO THIS PROPERTY. AND SO IT'S A, IT'S A LITTLE, IT'S A SITUATION WHERE WHEN THE COUNTY AND THE CITY ARE WORKING TOGETHER. I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE PARTIES EFFORTS THAT THEY PUT INTO IT, WHICH I KNOW IS EXTENSIVE. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER

[6)Announcements]

ANYWAY, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. THERE IS A JOB ANNOUNCEMENT. WE CAN MAKE IT. COUNCILOR RADFORD. JUST I'M HAVING A COMMUNITY WALK SATURDAY MORNING, SO IF ANYONE WANTS TO JOIN ME AT THE REC CENTER TO JUST GET TOGETHER AND MOVE, WE'RE DOING THAT. AND THEN I'LL LET YOU TALK ABOUT THIS AND MAYBE JUST A PLUG SAY HOW PLEASANT ALIVE AFTER FIVE HAS BEEN, AND THAT WE MIGHT HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST THAT COMES OUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. I PLEASE COME TO A LIVE AFTER FIVE NEXT WEDNESDAY IF YOU'RE INTERESTED AND SUPPORTING SOME LIVE MUSIC AND AND LOCAL FOOD AND A GREAT ORGANIZATION WITH SYMPTOMS, GREAT LOCAL TALENT.

AND THERE ARE TWO EVENTS COMING UP. ONE OF THEM IS THE MUSIC AND HERITAGE FESTIVAL. WE ARE HONORED BECAUSE MICHELLE DINGMAN IS SINGING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM ON JUNE 13TH. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THAT RENDITION OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, YOU NEED TO COME. AND THAT'S MULTI-GENRE

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OKAY. I DO HAVE SOMETHING. ALSO, THIS WEEK MARKS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FAILURE OF THE TETON DAM. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WRITE AN ARTICLE FOR THE POST REGISTER TODAY, AND I ACTUALLY PUT IT TOGETHER THAT THIS NEXT TUESDAY ON JUNE 9TH, FROM 6 TO 8, THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO GATHER DOWN AT RIDER PARK FOR THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT. IT'S A GESTURE PROJECT. FOUR ACRES OF SOD IS GOING TO BE LAID DOWN AT RIDER PARK. IT TOOK US SEVERAL HOURS WHEN WE LAID THREE AND A HALF ACRES AT HERITAGE PARK, SO FOUR ACRES AT RIDER PARK. IT'S A LOT OF SOD, BUT I MENTIONED IN THE ARTICLE, I'M GLAD THAT THE CITY IS COMING TOGETHER NOT TO SAVE OUR CITY, BUT TO EXPAND THE GREENBELT AND THE RIVERWALK. IT IS A MUCH BETTER THING, 50 YEARS LATER, TO HAVE OUR HYDRO PLANT STILL ON OUR RIVER AND BE ABLE TO BE EXPANDING OUR GREENBELT BEYOND SUNNYSIDE ROAD. SO THAT WOULD BE FOR ALL OF THE PUBLIC ON JUNE 9TH, FROM 6 TO 8, YOU CAN SAY YOU'VE BUILT A PARK, YOU CAN SAY YOU'VE BUILT A PARK. AND

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