[1. Call to Order & Roll Call]
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          TO IDAHO FALLS CITY COUNCIL MEETING. IT IS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2026, AND WE WOULD ASK OUR CITY CLERK TO GIVE A ROLL CALL AND ESTABLISH A QUORUM. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT FRANCIS HERE. COUNCILOR RADFORD PRESENT. COUNCILOR DINGMAN HERE. 
          COUNCILOR FREEMAN HERE, COUNCILOR LARSON HERE, AND COUNCILOR LEE. HERE. MAYOR, DO YOU HAVE A QUORUM? GREAT. THANK YOU. MR. HATTON, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TONIGHT? YES, MA'AM. 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. I HAVE NOT CONFIRMED FROM ANY DIRECTORS. 
          [3. Staff responses to prior public comment and other updates]
BUT DO WE HAVE ANY STAFF RESPONSES TO PRIOR? I RECOGNIZE THE ENTIRE AUDIENCE. TONIGHT IS IS OUR. IT'S OUR DIRECTORS. WE DO HAVE MR. MOSS AND MR. HATTON HERE, SO WELCOME. WITH WITH NO STAFF RESPONSES. THEN WE WOULD MOVE TO OUR NEXT SECTION, WHICH IS PUBLIC COMMENT. AND WE DO HAVE MORE VISITORS. SO WELCOME. MR. HATTON. ALL RIGHT. I CAME IN TODAY. AND. A COUPLE OF THE FIRST. LET'S SEE. IT'S RED. IS IT ON. YES. PERFECT. OKAY, WELL I CAN'T YEAH. I THINK YOU HAVE TO HAVE GREEN ON YOURS. NO. OKAY. THERE'S A BUTTON. OKAY. BUTTONS ARE DIFFICULT AS AMERICAN ENGINEERING. THAT'S RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS COLBY HATTON. I AM A RESIDENT OF IDAHO FALLS, AND I AM HERE AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF IDAHO FALLS. OVER THE COURSE OF THE SUMMER, I'VE BEEN WATCHING CREWS REBUILD THE STREETS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THE STREETS. 
          WHILE I APPRECIATE THE NEW SMOOTH ASPHALT AND IMPROVED WATER LINES SEPARATING SEWER AND STORM WATER, I CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL LIKE WE'RE MISSING OUT ON AN OPPORTUNITY TO EASILY IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF OUR STREETS AT A HUGELY DISCOUNTED PRICE, SINCE WE'RE ALREADY REBUILDING FROM THE GROUND UP. I AM REFERRING TO A CONCEPT KNOWN AS BULB OUTS AND DAYLIGHTING. BULB OUTS ARE AN ENGINEERING CONCEPT WHERE THE CORNERS OF AN INTERSECTION ARE INCREASED IN SIZE, USUALLY TO WIDTH OF STREET PARKING. HER IDAHO FALLS CITY CODE 941 F. 
          IT'S ALREADY ILLEGAL TO PARK WITHIN 20FT OF A CROSSWALK BY EXPANDING, EXPANDING CURB AND SIDEWALK TO OCCUPY THE 20FT, WE PREVENT DRIVERS FROM ACCIDENTALLY PARKING WHERE THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO, WHILE ALSO MAKING THE SIDEWALK MUCH LARGER AND MORE COMFORTABLE FOR PEDESTRIANS. IN ADDITION, SINCE THE CROSSINGS ARE PHYSICALLY SMALLER, CROSSING TIMES ARE MUCH SHORTER AND THE CROSSING IS MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE FOR PEDESTRIANS, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN AND ELDERLY, WITH TIGHTER, NARROWER INTERSECTIONS, DRIVERS NATURALLY SLOW DOWN AT CROSSWALKS AND PAY MORE ATTENTION. ADDITIONALLY, WITH THE 20FT AROUND THE INTERSECTION FREE OF PARKED CARS BLOCKING W, PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS ARE MUCH MORE VISIBLE. THIS CONCEPT IS KNOWN AS DAYLIGHTING. DAYLIGHTING WOULD HAVE BEEN, PERSONALLY FOR ME, EXTREMELY HELPFUL ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, WHEN, WHILE CYCLING TO WORK, A DRIVER TOOK A TURN TOO QUICKLY AROUND A CORNER AND DIDN'T SEE ME WITH THE PARKED CARS ON THE WAY AND HAD A NEAR MISS. WE HERE AT IDAHO FALLS ARE HUGE ADVOCATES OF THOUGHTFUL AND INTENTIONAL STREET DESIGN. EVERY STREET AND ROADWAY PROJECT SHOULD CAREFULLY CONSIDER ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION AND ACTIVELY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO MAKE A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL USERS. 
          THIS WILL TAKE MORE EFFORT THAN SIMPLY REPLACING WHAT WAS ALREADY THERE, OR FOLLOWING ON A REPEATED DESIGNS FROM THE PAST FIVE DECADES OF CAR CENTRIC DEVELOPMENT. BUT DESPITE THAT ADDITIONAL EFFORT, WE KNOW THAT THE RESULTS WILL PAY DIVIDENDS FOR DECADES TO COME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HUTTON. WE ARE IN OUR PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF OUR MEETING NOW. SO IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME AND GIVE ANY KIND OF PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU WOULD HAVE THREE MINUTES TO COME AND ADDRESS COUNCIL IF YOU'D LIKE. ANYTHING. OKAY. IT'S IT'S A TOTALLY SAFE PLACE TO SAY WHATEVER YOU WANTED TO SAY, BUT YOU ARE CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO BE COERCED. THAT WILL END THEN OUR PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION, AND WE WOULD MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT 
          [5. Consent Agenda]
AGENDA. AND IF THE CITY CLERK WILL PLEASE READ THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. WE HAVE FOUR ITEMS TONIGHT FOR CONSENT. THE FIRST ONE IS FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THE BONNEVILLE 
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COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT ONE SERVICE AGREEMENT. WE HAVE TWO FROM PUBLIC WORKS. THEY'RE BOTH BID AWARDS, ONE FOR OFFICE PARK SERVICE WATER CONVERSION TO B SQUARED LEGACY GC, LLC FOR $692,600. AND THE SECOND BID AWARD IS FOR YELLOWSTONE AVENUE SIDEWALK, FEDERAL AID 24 705, AND THAT IS TO GLACIERS CONCRETE LLC FOR 322,570.8 CENTS. AND THE LAST ITEM IS FROM OFFICE OF CITY CLERK FOR CITY COUNCIL AND UTILITY BOARD MEETING MINUTES FROM JULY 30TH, AUGUST 6TH, 10TH, 12TH AND 13TH. MAYOR. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE, ACCEPT OR RECEIVE ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ACCORDING TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS PRESENTED. SECOND, RADFORD. LARSON. YES. 
          FREEMAN. YES. FRANCIS I. DINGMAN. YES. AND LEE. YES. THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES. AS 
          [6.A.1) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Section 5307 Small Urban Funding Agreement ]
WE MOVE ON. EXCUSE ME. AS WE MOVE ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA, THE FIRST ITEM COMING TO US TONIGHT IS FROM PUBLIC WORKS, AND WE WOULD WELCOME DIRECTOR CANTWELL TO THE PODIUM. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO THE ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS THE SECTION 5307 SMALL URBAN FUNDING AGREEMENT. THIS WE DID ANOTHER ONE RECENTLY. LAST MONTH. THAT ONE WAS SPECIALIZED FOR ADA AND DISABLED FOLKS ACCOMMODATIONS. THIS ONE IS FOR OPERATIONS FOR. IT'S AN ANNUAL AGREEMENT THAT WE DO. IT'S UP TO 35%. THERE'S A PORTION OF IT THAT'S 20% MATCH AND A PORTION OF IT THAT'S 50% MATCH. BUT OVERALL, THAT AVERAGES OUT TO 35% MATCH. IT'S $1.7 MILLION. 
          AND WITH THAT, I'LL ASK IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. IS THIS IS THIS THE LAST YEAR OF THE MATCH? NO, THERE'S THERE'S NOT. OKAY. OKAY. WE'RE READY. WE'RE READY. ALL RIGHT. I MOVE THE COUNCIL. APPROVE THE FTA 5310. SMALL URBAN FUNDING AGREEMENT. AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE NECESSARY DOCUMENT. WELL, SECOND, FRANCIS A FREEMAN. YES. DINGMAN. YES. LARSON. YES. 
          RADFORD. HI, LEE. YES. THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OUR NEXT ITEM IS 
          [6.B.1) Approve the Write-off of Unpaid Ambulance Service Accounts ]
COMING TONIGHT FROM MUNICIPAL SERVICES. DIRECTOR ALEXANDER IS COMING TO THE PODIUM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE OUR EMS, CHIEF MILLS HERE WITH US FOR ANY QUESTIONS SPECIFIC TO AMBULANCE. IF ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE EXTRA QUESTIONS BEYOND WHAT MUNICIPAL SERVICES IS GOING TO PRESENT TONIGHT. YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS OF OUR YEAR END CLOSEOUT. AND ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE FOR YOU IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AMBULANCE RUNOFF. SO AS YOU SEE IN YOUR COUNCIL MEMO, WE DO HAVE THE CURRENT POLICY THAT ALLOWS FOR WRITE OFFS FOR OUR MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNTS, AS WELL AS OUR ACCOUNTS THAT HAVE BEEN DEEMED UNCOLLECTABLE FOR 5 TO 6 YEAR PERIOD. THERE'S ALSO THE ALLOW ABILITY TO WRITE OFF BASED ON STATE STATUTE. THERE'S A THERE'S A RULE ON THAT AS WELL. BUT THIS ONE THIS EVENING IS FOR OUR AMBULANCE ACCOUNTS. AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO BILL OUR PUBLISHED RATES WHEN WE PROVIDE THE SERVICE, AND THEN FOR OUR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID PATIENTS, THOSE ARE DISCOUNTED DOWN TO WHAT MEDICAID AND MEDICARE ARE, ARE CONSIDERED AS ALLOWABLE. AND BEFORE I FORGET, WE DO HAVE A COMMITTEE. WE HAVE THE SAME COMMITTEE MEMBERS WE'VE HAD FOR A FEW YEARS NOW. AND ONE OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS ACTUALLY CAME THIS EVENING ALONG WITH DC MILLS, AND THAT'S MARIA ESCOBAR. SHE'S BEEN AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY OF OUR COMMITTEE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING TO READ OFF THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS. SO THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RATES FOR MEDICAID AND MEDICARE FOR THE CALENDAR SERVICE YEAR OF JULY 1ST OF 2025 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST OF 2025 IS $2,957,488.32, OR 87% OF THE TOTAL WRITE OFF COST OF 3.4 MILLION THAT YOU'LL SEE IN YOUR PACKET. MEDICARE IS ESTIMATED AT 59% AND MEDICAID IS AT 29%, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER. THAT IS TO DISCOUNT IT DOWN TO THE ALLOWABLE RATE OF WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO CHARGE FOR OUR 
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MEDICAID AND MEDICARE PATIENTS. THE REMAINING 13%, OR $437,542.93, INCLUDES CALENDAR YEAR DATES OF SERVICE FOR 2020 AND 2021 FOR CONTRACTUAL COLLECTION AGENCY DECEASED WITH NO KNOWN ESTATE APPROVED BANKRUPTCY AND APPROVED HARDSHIPS ACCOUNT. AGAIN, THAT IS PER THE POLICY THAT WE ISSUED BACK IN 2016, I BELIEVE, AND THEN THESE HAVE BEEN DEEMED BY OUR COLLECTION AGENCY IS EITHER PASSED STATUTE OR UNCOLLECTIBLE AS DETERMINED BY THE COLLECTION AGENCY ITSELF. THE APPROVAL OF THIS WRITE OFF REQUEST WILL PROVIDE ACCURATE REPORTING OF THE CITY'S AMBULANCE ACCOUNT RECEIVABLES RECORDS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026, AND WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN THAT ANNUAL AUDIT AROUND THE FIRST OF THE YEAR. SO THAT'S WHY I MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS IS ONE OF MANY OF THE STEPS THAT WE HAVE TO START CLOSING OUT OUR FISCAL YEAR OF 2026, AND I WOULD STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. 
          YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HELP ME WITH MY UNDERSTANDING. BUT IS SOME OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HOW MUCH IT REALLY COSTS TO DO AN AMBULANCE FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID, MADE UP BY THAT GROUND TRANSPORTATION FUND THAT THE CITY BENEFITS FROM? IS THAT PART OF THAT? THE EMT IS MAINLY FOR MEDICAID, SO IT MAKES UP FOR PART OF THIS, BUT IT DOES MAKE UP FOR PART OF IT. YEAH, THAT IS CORRECT. AND THAT WASN'T INSTITUTED UNTIL I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST YEAR. I THINK IT WAS OUR FIRST PARTIAL YEAR. AND THEN THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR FULL YEAR. AND IF I'M NOT CORRECT, I'M GOING TO HAVE THE EMS DIVISION CHIEF COME UP. IF I'M NOT CORRECT, AM I CORRECT? YOU'RE CORRECT. OH, AWESOME. I HAVE A GOOD MEMORY THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. THEN MY UNDERSTANDING IS ALSO CORRECT. GOOD. OKAY. I JUST LIKE TO MAKE COMMENT ABOUT THIS. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF A LOT OF COLLECTION THAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES. I GUESS WE DIDN'T USED TO HIRE SOMEBODY OUTSIDE TO DO COLLECTIONS FOR US. WE JUST DID IT ON OUR OWN, AND WE HIRED AN OUTSIDE FIRM. THAT'S WHY YOU SEE STUFF THAT'S GOING BACK FIVE AND SIX YEARS, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE GIVE IT A REALLY GOOD TRY TO GET STUFF COLLECTED. AND SOMETIMES YOU JUST CAN'T SOMETIMES IN LIKE, LIKE YOU SEE PEOPLE HERE, THESE ARE DECEASED. THEY HAVE NO MONEY. BESIDES THE FACT THAT WE WRITE UP ALL THE MEDICARE AND MEDICAID STUFF. BUT THERE ARE THERE IS IT'S A HARD BUSINESS TO BE IN. AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE WITH THE CITY OF FALLS AS FAR AS US RUNNING THE AMBULANCE SERVICE IS WE'RE NOT A PRIVATE SERVICE, WE'RE NOT IN IT TO MAKE MONEY. AND SO IT'S, IT'S, I GUESS IT'S A LITTLE EASIER FOR US TO HAVE OUR KEEP OUR COSTS UNDER CONTROL FOR THE PATIENTS. SO THANKS. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR FREEMAN. AND IF I COULD JUST ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE AN AGENCY THAT WE WORK WITH ON A COLLECTION AGENCY, AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO COLLECT IN ALL OF OUR STATES IN THIS COUNTRY. SO IF WE DO HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE VISITING AND THAT ARE FROM OUT OF STATE, OUR LIMITATION THAT WE HAD A FEW YEARS AGO WAS OUR COLLECTION AGENCIES COULD NOT COLLECT IF IT WAS AN OUT-OF-STATE RESIDENT. THIS AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CREDIT, WHICH WE'VE HAD FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW, THEY'RE ALLOWED TO COLLECT, THEY'RE AUTHORIZED AND LICENSED TO COLLECT IN EVERY SINGLE STATE. AND SO THAT REALLY HAS LEVERAGED OUR OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE MORE COLLECTIONS AND THEN TO SPEAK TO THE DECEASED WITH NO KNOWN ESTATE. SOMETIMES THAT TAKES A YEAR OR TWO WITH PROBATE TO FOR US TO ACTUALLY GET THAT NOTIFICATION THAT THERE ARE NO FUNDS REMAINING FROM THAT PARTICULAR ESTATE. AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE SOME OF THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, BACK IN 2020, WE REALLY DO TRY TO WORK AS A COMMITTEE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE DONE, YOU KNOW, AN EXHAUSTIVE PROCESS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THE DUE DILIGENCE BEFORE WE COME FORWARD TO YOU WITH A WRITE OFF REQUEST. RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND I'D LIKE TO THANK MARIA PUBLICLY, TOO. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE WORK ON THIS. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO APPROVE THE WRITE OFF OF UNPAID AMBULANCE SERVICE ACCOUNTS FOR THE CALENDAR, DATES OF SERVICE 2020, 2021 AND 2025 DETERMINED AS PASSED STATUTE OR UNCOLLECTABLE, FOR A TOTAL OF $3,395,031.25. SECOND. FREEMAN. YES. RADFORD. HI, LEE. WELCOME BACK. DINGMAN. YES. FRANCIS I. 
          LARSON. YES. LEE. YES. THANK YOU. MAYOR, YOU HAVE A MOTION. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU, THANK 
          [6.C.1) Ordinance amending Title 1, Chapters 7, 9 and 13, Creation of a City Finance Department ]
YOU. OUR NEXT ITEMS ARE ACTUALLY COMING TONIGHT FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR. OUR FIRST ONE IS, IS THE ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE ONE, CHAPTER SEVEN, NINE AND 13, WHICH IS THE CREATION OF THE CITY FINANCE DEPARTMENT. YOU'LL NOTICE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE 
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DAIS. THERE IS AN UPDATED ORDINANCE. I HIGHLIGHTED THE CHANGE. IT'S GOING TO BE ON PAGE FIVE. NO, EXCUSE ME, PAGE FOUR. IT'S THIS ITEM G. IT IS. IT'S ABOUT IT'S SURROUNDING GRANTS. AND IT PROVIDES CENTRALIZED FISCAL OVERSIGHT, COMPLIANCE MONITORING AND FISCAL REPORTING FOR ALL CITY GRANTS, WHICH IS STILL PART OF FINANCE, BUT THEN MAKING SURE THAT THE OPERATING DEPARTMENTS ARE STILL THE ONES WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GRANT. 
          ULTIMATELY, LIKE WITH AIRPORT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SINGLE AUDIT BECAUSE WE'RE SPENDING MORE THAN $1 MILLION OF FAA FUNDS, AND FINANCE WILL BE DOING THAT AUDIT. BUT DIRECTOR TURNER WOULD BE THE ONE TO SUPPLY, YOU KNOW, START WITH MEETING ALL OF THE PRE GRANT MEETINGS. WE DON'T EXPECT FINANCE TO BE AT EVERY GRANT MEETING FOR EVERY DEPARTMENT. 
          SO WE JUST WANTED TO ADD SOME CLARITY AROUND THE OPERATIONAL ASPECT OF THAT. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT IS EXACTLY AS WAS PRESENTED AT OUR WORK SESSION ON THURSDAY. AND IF YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THE CREATION OF OUR DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. I THINK THE THE ONE POINT THEN THAT I WILL MAKE IS THAT THE ORDINANCE WAS PRETTY EASY TO DO BECAUSE IT WAS WHAT THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT DIVISION, EXCUSE ME, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT DIVISION WAS MOSTLY COMPLETELY DOING. AND SO WE JUST WERE ABLE TO MOVE THEM FROM A DIVISION INTO FINANCE. SO WITH THAT, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE READY FOR A MOTION. I'LL MOVE TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE ONE, CHAPTER SEVEN, NINE AND 13 AND OTHER UPDATED TITLES, CHAPTERS AND SECTIONS OF CITY ORDINANCE TO CREATE A FINANCE DEPARTMENT. MOVE THE FINANCIAL DUTIES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF MUNICIPAL SERVICES TO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND DESIGNATE THE CITY TREASURER AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. UNDER A SUSPENSION OF THE RULES REQUIRING THREE READINGS AND REQUESTS TO BE READ BY TITLE AND PUBLISHED BY SUMMARY. 
          SECOND. LARSON. YES. FRANCIS I. DINGMAN. YES. FREEMAN. YES. RADFORD. I LI. YES. MOTION CARRIES. I'LL READ THAT. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, AMENDING TITLE ONE, CHAPTERS SEVEN, NINE AND 13, TITLE TWO, CHAPTER ONE, SECTION 12. TITLE THREE. CHAPTER THREE. SECTION THREE. TITLE FOUR. 
          CHAPTER ONE. SECTION TWO. TITLE SEVEN. CHAPTERS NINE AND TEN. TITLE EIGHT. CHAPTERS FIVE, 12 AND 13. TITLE NINE. CHAPTER FOUR. SECTION 25 ENTITLED TEN. CHAPTER ONE. SECTION 12. AND ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 11 TO THE TITLE THREE. TO CREATE A NEW FINANCE DEPARTMENT, DELINEATE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. DESIGNATE THE CITY FINANCE DIRECTOR. 
          SLASH TREASURER AS A DIRECTOR OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. CREATE CONSISTENT TERMINOLOGY FOR THE FINANCE DIRECTOR, TREASURER AND FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND REMOVE RESPONSIBILITIES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF MUNICIPAL SERVICES. CODIFICATION PUBLICATION BY SUMMARY AND ESTABLISHING EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT ITEM IS TO 
          [6.C.2) Appointment of Finance Director/Treasurer ]
NOW APPOINT THE FINANCE DIRECTOR SLASH TREASURER. I WISH I KNEW BACK IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH. I MEAN, WE'RE JUST BARELY RIGHT, MAYOR. JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL. 
          BY THE TIME I HIT APRIL AND I THINK WE HAD. DIRECTOR FREDERICKSON WAS NAMED AS THE GENERAL MANAGER OF POWER, AND THEN DIRECTOR CANFIELD WAS NAMED AS PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. 
          AND THEN LINDA LUNDQUIST WAS NAMED AS OUR CITY CLERK. AND I DID ALL THREE OF THEM DIFFERENTLY. AND AND NOW I'M TRYING TO CREATE A CONSISTENCY BECAUSE I, I FEEL LIKE ALTHOUGH THIS IS THE WORK OF THE DAY, THIS IS ALSO A VERY BIG DEAL. AND I THINK THAT EACH ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO I'VE ALSO NAMED OFF IT WAS A VERY BIG DEAL. AND THE WORKLOAD THAT THEY TAKE UPON THEM AS BEING PART OF A CITY LEADERSHIP TEAM, NOT JUST THEIR DIVISIONS, BUT OR THEIR DEPARTMENTS, BUT BEING PART OF A LEADERSHIP TEAM WAS NOT QUITE AS ACKNOWLEDGED IN THOSE MEETINGS. SO I APPRECIATE ALL OF THOSE DIRECTORS WHO JUST IN THIS SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, I 
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OVERLOOKED TO GIVE THEM A MOMENT, BUT I AM EXCITED AND WOULD HOPE THAT COUNCIL WOULD CONFIRM THE APPOINTMENT OF MARK HAGEDORN AS THE NEW CITY FINANCE DIRECTOR TREASURER. HE HAS BEEN SERVING AS THE TREASURER AND AS THE DIVISION HEAD OF FINANCE FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW, AND I HAVE A LOT OF FAITH IN HIS KNOWLEDGE AND. AND I THINK THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING A SEPARATE DEPARTMENT AND REALLY HELPING INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CUSTOMER SERVICE. AND SO IF IF COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS, MR. HAGEDORN IS HERE, I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS. HE CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS. AND THEN I'VE ASKED HIM MAYBE TO GIVE TO JUST BRIEFLY ADDRESS COUNCIL AND AND INTRODUCE HIS FAMILY. OKAY. I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. I JUST IT'S NOT ALWAYS WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO CAN EXPLAIN FINANCE TO SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T UNDERSTAND IT SUPER WELL, BUT MR. HAGEDORN AND HIS STAFF HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT FOR ME. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S A SKILL. IT'S A SKILL. ARE YOU READY TO MAKE A MOTION? I WILL MAKE A MOTION. 
          OR MAYBE COUNCIL MEMBER. FREEMAN. I WAS JUST GOING TO COMMENT. WE WERE JOKING THE OTHER DAY ABOUT HOW OFTEN WE SAY, LET'S CALL MARK WITH A QUESTION ABOUT THE BUDGET OR FINANCE OR, OR A PARTICULAR FUND. SO YEAH, HE'S VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE. MAKING COMMENTS. 
          I'D LIKE TO JUST TELL HIM THANK YOU FOR THE WORK HE DID ON THE SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION ON WORKDAY AND ALL OF THAT. THAT WAS A HUGE, I'M SURE I DON'T EVEN BEGIN TO HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE SCOPE OF THAT PROJECT, BUT HE DID IT IN RECORD TIME AND DID A GREAT JOB. 
          SO THANK YOU. AND I'LL JUST ADD BEFORE I, I AM HAPPY TO MAKE THIS MOTION THAT I WORKED WITH MARK FOR 11 YEARS. WHERE ARE YOU AND HAVE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED MY TIME AND I JUST, I, EVERYONE SAID EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING, WHICH IS THAT YOU ARE SO KNOWLEDGEABLE, MARK, AND ARE SUCH AN ASSET TO OUR CITY, AND I'M VERY EXCITED FOR YOU AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD THIS NEW DIVISION. SO WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE TO CONFIRM THE APPOINTMENT OF MARK HAGEDORN AS THE CITY'S NEW FINANCE DIRECTOR AND TREASURER. SECOND. DINGMAN. YES, RADFORD I. LARSON. YES. 
          FRANCIS I. FRIEDMAN. YES. LEE. YES. THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES. MARK, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND COMING TO THE PODIUM AND BE SURE TO INTRODUCE YOUR FAMILY, I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY BEEN SPENDING SO MANY HOURS HERE FOR THE CITY WITH THE ERP PROJECT, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO INTRODUCE THEM AS WELL. SURE. I CAME WITH MY WIFE HALEY, AND MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER, CHLOE. SHE'S THE CABOOSE. I HAVE SIX KIDS. SHE'S THE LAST. FOR SURE. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. I LOVE THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS AND I LOVE WORKING HERE. IT'S SO MUCH FUN TO COME HERE EVERY DAY. I AM GRATEFUL FOR DIRECTOR ALEXANDER AND HER TUTELAGE THAT I'VE BEEN WITH FOR THE LAST 11 YEARS, AND SHE'S BEEN GREAT TO HELP ME BECOME A BETTER COMMUNICATOR, A BETTER PERSON, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR HER AND ALL THAT SHE DOES FOR THE CITY AND THAT SHE DID FOR ME. AND SHE STARTED OFF WHEN SHE STARTED, LIKE, MY JOB IS TO GET YOU HERE. AND SO I AM GRATEFUL FOR HER AND. SHE'S DONE FOR ME AND IN THE CITY AND. SORRY, I FEEL SICK UNDER THE WEATHER CENTER, BUT I'M GRATEFUL. I LOVE THE CITY AND IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE. AND I WORK WITH THESE PEOPLE FOR A LONG TIME, AND THE DIRECTORS ARE AMAZING. I HAVE REALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALL OF THEM. AND THE THE REASON WHY THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS IS SO GREAT IS BECAUSE THE EMPLOYEES ARE GREAT, THE DIRECTORS ARE GREAT, THE COUNCIL IS GREAT, AND THE CITIZENS ARE AMAZING. AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO DO SO MANY THINGS. WE'VE GROWN SO FAR. SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. IT'S AMAZING TO BE A PART OF THAT CHANGE AND TO BE HERE AND TO HELP THE PUBLIC AND SERVE THEM. IT'S JUST SO AMAZING TO BE A PUBLIC SERVANT AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR VOTES OF CONFIDENCE, AND I HOPE THAT I 
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CAN CONTINUE ON PROVIDING GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE TO THE INTERNAL DEPARTMENTS AND TO THE PUBLIC, AND HELP THEM HAVE SUCCESS IN WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY, COUNCIL. NEXT WE HAVE OUR ORDINANCE REPEALING TITLE TWO, CHAPTER 
          [6.C.3) Ordinance Repealing Title 2, Chapter 8, Dissolving the Sister Cities Advisory Committee and Releasing its Members]
EIGHT FROM SISTER CITIES. AND I'VE ASKED COUNCIL MEMBER FRANCIS TO PLEASE INTRODUCE THIS ONE AND TAKE IT THROUGH FOR US FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. I'D LIKE TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, BECAUSE OUR RECITALS DISAPPEAR WHEN IT BECOMES A LAW. SO THIS COMMITTEE, THIS SISTER CITIES ADULT AND YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS ORGANIZED IN 2021. 
          AND HONESTLY, AT THE TIME, THERE WERE SOME SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND THE CITY'S ROLE IN IT AND INCLUDING FINANCE. AND WHAT WE DID IS WROTE THIS ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH THIS COMMITTEE, AND THEN WE PUT TOGETHER THE A TEAM, THE ABSOLUTE A TEAM IN THIS CITY TO DO THAT. AND THEY DID EXACTLY WHAT WE ASKED THEM TO DO. THEY FORMALIZED THE FINANCES. THEY HAVE LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR FUTURE ECONOMIC RELATIONS WITH TOKAIMURA, OUR SISTER CITY, AND THEY WORK DILIGENTLY TO EXPAND THE PRESIDENT PRESENCE OF THE PROGRAM IN THE CITY. SO I WANT TO READ TWO OF THE RECITALS. SO THEY'RE IN THE RECORD AND WE HAVE. WHEREAS THE SISTER CITIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS TASKED WITH FORMALIZING THE FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE SISTER CITIES, ADULT AND YOUTH PROGRAMS, PROMOTING AND EXPANDING THE SISTER CITIES PRESENCE AND PROGRAMS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND PURSUING ECONOMIC RELATIONS WITH TOKAIMURA. AND WHEREAS SISTER CITIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS BEEN HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL IN ACHIEVING THE FIRST TWO GOALS, THAT IS FORMALIZING THE FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIPS AND PROMOTING THE PROGRAM AND ITS PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND IN ADDITION, IN LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR ESTABLISHING ECONOMIC RELATIONS, WHICH I WAS JUST AT A MEETING TODAY AND HEARD ABOUT THE THE EXCHANGE WHERE A DELEGATION FROM IDAHO FALLS IS GOING TO TOKAIMURA. AND THEY'RE DOING 2 OR 3 THINGS THAT ARE NEW THAT HAVE NOT BEEN DONE ON, ON EXCHANGES BEFORE THAT INVOLVE DEPARTMENTAL KIND OF RELATIONSHIPS AND, AND ALSO SOME EDUCATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN THERE BEFORE. SO IT'S, IT'S, IT HAS ACTUALLY SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED AND STRENGTHENED THE PROGRAM, WHAT THIS COMMITTEE ACCOMPLISHED. SO I THANK THEM SO MUCH FOR ALL THEY DID DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. AND WITH THAT, I'M READY TO READ THE MOTION. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER FRANCIS. I MOVE COUNCIL ADOPT THE ORDINANCE REPEALING TITLE TWO, CHAPTER EIGHT OF THE IDAHO FALLS CITY CODE. UNDER A SUSPENSION OF THE RULES REQUIRING THREE COMPLETE READINGS AND REQUESTS TO BE READ BY TITLE AND PUBLISHED BY SUMMARY. SECOND. DINGMAN. YES. FREEMAN. YES. FRANCIS I. 
          BRADFORD. LARSON. YES. LEIGH. YES. MOTION CARRIES. I'LL READ THAT INTO THE RECORD. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, REPEALING TITLE TWO, CHAPTER EIGHT SISTER CITIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND RELEASING SISTER CITIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND PROVIDING PROVIDING SEVERABILITY CODIFICATION PUBLICATION BY SUMMARY AND ESTABLISHING EFFECTIVE DATE. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY. OUR NEXT ITEM IS COMING TONIGHT FROM AIRPORT AND DIRECTOR TURNER. WELCOME TO 
          [6.D.1) Approve Additional Services Request with T.O. Engineers (Ardurra) for Terminal Renovation and Expansion Phase 3 (Priority 1A-Phase 1)]
THE PODIUM. THANK YOU, MARY MAYOR. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. THIS ITEM IS AN AMENDMENT TO OUR CONTRACT FOR DESIGN OF THE TERMINAL EXPANSION. THIS IS A SECOND AMENDMENT, THE FIRST AMENDMENT ADDRESSING THE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY UTILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE. 
          THIS AMENDMENT WILL CARRY US THROUGH DESIGN FOR PHASE ONE. THE TOTAL COST OF THIS AMENDMENT IS $1,630,000, BUT IT IS AN INCREASE OF $1,242,000. BECAUSE THERE REMAINS $388,000 OF UNUSED CONTRACT EXPENSE. NOT SURE WHAT TO CALL THAT, BUT SO. SO THE TOTAL INCREASE TO THEIR 
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SCOPE OF WORK IS $1,242,969.28. THANK YOU. AND WE DID DISCUSS THIS AT THE AT THE WORK SESSION. 
          SO IF COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS, JUST REMIND US OF HOW LONG THIS CONTRACT RUNS UNTIL IT'S FINISHED. OR DOES IT HAVE A YEAR DATE? THIS THIS PIECE OF WORK WILL COVER THE DESIGN WORK WHICH SHOULD BE WRAPPED UP, YOU KNOW, AT THE LATEST EARLY NEXT YEAR. OKAY. THERE WILL BE THEN A CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION CONTRACT FOR THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION WILL GO FROM THAT 24 TO 30 MONTH TIME FRAME. OKAY. READY? WE ARE READY. I MOVE THE COUNCIL APPROVE ADDITIONAL SERVICES. REQUEST TWO TO THE WORK ORDER 24-01 WITH TOW ENGINEERS. NOW. CARDURA RELATED TO THE TERMINAL RENOVATION AND EXPANSION. PHASE THREE, PRIORITY ONE A DASH PHASE ONE SECOND. DINGMAN. YES. FRANCIS A. FREEMAN. YES. LARSON. YES. RADFORD. HI, LEE. YES. THANK 
          [6.D.2) Approve the Other Transaction Agreement for the Law Enforcement Officer Reimbursement Program with the Transportation Security Administration ]
YOU. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. COUNCIL. NOW WE HAVE THIS NEXT ONE, AND I HAD TO READ THROUGH IT A FEW TIMES BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE WHAT APPROVED THE OTHER TRANSACTION AGREEMENT, BUT I THINK I GOT THERE. BUT DIRECTOR, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND TAKING US THROUGH WHAT IT MEANS TO SIGN THE APPROVE THE OTHER TRANSACTION AGREEMENT, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. I WILL TRY, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY CALL IT THIS EITHER. IN FISCAL YEAR 26, THE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR GAVE TSA FUNDS TO REINSTATE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. WE IMBURSEMENT PROGRAM. 
          WE SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION IN JULY AT THE END OF LAST MONTH, WERE AWARDED UP TO $146,000 IN FUNDING TO REIMBURSE US FOR HAVING A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. SECURITY CHECKPOINT AT THE AIRPORT. AND THE NAME IS THE OTHER TRANSACTION, THE OTHER TRANSACTION AGREEMENT. 
          THAT IS THE NAME, OTHER TRANSACTION AGREEMENT FOR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM. SO SO THIS IS A TYPO. THAT REALLY IS THE NAME OF THE. THIS OFFICER IS ONE OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS THAT STATIONED AT THE AT THE AIRPORT. AND THEY'RE GOING TO PAY PART OF HIS WAGE MAXIMUM OF $25 AN HOUR. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR TURNER? OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER LARSON, I MOVE THAT COUNCIL APPROVE THE OTHER TRANSACTION AGREEMENT FOR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM. SECOND, FREEMAN. YES. RADFORD A. LARSON. YES. DINGMANN. YES. FRANCIS I. LEE. YES. THANK YOU. MOTION 
          [6.E.1) Kleinschmidt Continuing Relicensing Professional Service Contract - FY2027 ]
CARRIES. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR TURNER. OUR NEXT ITEMS ARE COMING TONIGHT FROM IDAHO FALLS POWER, AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH GENERAL MANAGER. FREDERICKSON. TO BEGIN WITH, THE KLEINSCHMIDT CONTINUING RELICENSING PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT. WELL, MAYOR COUNCIL, AS ALWAYS, THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY HERE. BEFORE I START VOTING, I DO WANT TO JUST MENTION, SINCE MY TIME HERE WITH THE CITY, WHICH HAS BEEN A LITTLE WHILE, IF I HAD A QUARTER FOR EVERY TIME, I THINK GROUPS HAVE GOT TOGETHER AND FINANCIAL ISSUES AND SAID, YOU KNOW, LET'S CALL MARK. I MEAN, IT IS AMAZING HOW MANY TIMES THAT'S TRANSPIRED OVER THE YEARS. AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A GREAT RESOURCE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AND, AND REALLY MAKE THAT SO THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND KIND OF THE CONCEPT OR WHATEVER WE ARE THAT'S MISSING. SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT, THAT RELATIONSHIP OVER THE YEARS. BUT TO THE ITEMS FROM PUBLIC WORKS, THE FIRST ITEM THAT WE HAVE IS THE KLEINSCHMIDT CONTINUING RELICENSING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027. WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY YESTERDAY TO TALK ABOUT THIS IN OUR BOARD MEETING. THIS IS REALLY JUST A CONTINUATION TO HELP WITH THAT RELICENSING PROCESS. IT IS FOR A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $579,100. I THINK WE HAD KIND OF WENT THROUGH THIS YESTERDAY AND MAYBE HAVE HAD THE MAJORITY OF THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, I DO KNOW THERE WAS A AN ISSUE THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS IN REVIEW AND THAT WE ARE MISSING A NONDISCRIMINATION CLAUSE. BUT I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE KIND OF A PROPOSED MECHANISM TO BE ABLE TO CONSIDER THAT THIS EVENING. BUT WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THERE MAY BE WITH THIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELL, IT SHOULD EXPLAIN WHY I'M GOING TO WORD IT DIFFERENTLY. AND THAT IS SINCE THE NONDISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE ELEMENT IS NOT IN THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT, I'M 
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GOING TO WORD IT. SO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL KNOWS IT WILL SAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO AUTHORIZE THIS CONTRACT, BUT THE MAYOR WON'T SIGN IT UNTIL THAT IS ADDED TO THE CONTRACT. 
          SO THAT'S SIMPLER THAN TABLING IT OR ANYTHING ELSE, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU, JUST PUT THAT CONDITION ON THAT CONDITION ON THIS CONTRACT. I'LL READ YOUR MOTION WITH THAT ADDED TO IT. 
          SO I MOVE COUNCIL APPROVE THE CONTRACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027. RELICENSING SERVICES FOR THE GEM STATE AND IDAHO FALLS PROJECTS THROUGH THE POST FINAL LICENSE APPLICATION. FLA FILING PROCESS FOR A TOTAL OF $579,100, AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. ONCE THE CITY'S NONDISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE CONTRACT CLAUSE, NOT ORDINANCE CLAUSE. OKAY, I'LL SECOND THAT. DINGMANN. YES, FRANCIS I. 
          FREEMAN. YES. LARSON. YES. RADFORD. I LI. YES. THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY, NOW TO 
          [6.E.2) Construction Agreement for South Tourist Park Path Lighting Project ]
THE CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT FOR SOUTH TOURIST PARK. YEAH. THIS ITEM THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY WE COULD GO BACK IN TIME A LITTLE BIT, JUST THIS WAS A PROJECT THAT HAD BEEN BID EARLIER IN JUNE AS A STAFF REVIEWED THOSE PARTICULAR BIDS. THAT CAME IN FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS. WE CAME BACK TO COUNCIL, I BELIEVE, AT THE JUNE 25TH MEETING AND ASKED TO REJECT ALL BIDS AND AND GAIN THE OPPORTUNITY, REALLY TO SOLICIT THOSE BIDS ON THE OPEN MARKET. STAFF HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO FORWARD AND DO THAT. AND SO THIS PARTICULAR CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT, AND I BELIEVE THERE'S A VICINITY MAP SHOWING KIND OF THE LIMITS OF THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION WITHIN YOUR COUNCIL PACKET. BUT THIS WAS SOMETHING NEGOTIATED BY IDAHO FALLS POWER STAFF WITH ARMSTRONG ELECTRIC INCORPORATED TO COMPLETE THE WORK OF BOTH FOR A DOLLAR FIGURE OF $145,680.06. SO WE'RE KIND OF EXCITED. WHILE WE HAD A BID REJECTION, WE DO HAVE A VALID CONTRACT TO BRING FORWARD FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THERE MIGHT BE. I JUST DID I READ IT RIGHT? IT'S GOING TO BE DONE BY THE END OF OCTOBER. THIS IS ONE THAT THE PROPOSAL IS, I BELIEVE, TO BEGIN IN THE FALL. BUT. BUT WE'LL HAVE TO SEE. EXACTLY. OKAY. OKAY. THAT WAS AMAZING. WHEN I LOOK AT THE MAP, YES, HOPEFULLY PUSH PRETTY HARD. ONE OF THE KEY PROVISIONS THAT WE HAD THAT GOT ADDED TO THE CONTRACT IS THE PROPOSAL IN CASE WE RUN INTO ROCK. THAT ALWAYS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO ADD TO THE DURATION OF OUR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. SO WE DO HAVE THAT CONTINGENCY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CONSTRUCTION AWARD. JUST FOR THE SAKE OF THE PUBLIC. CAN YOU KIND OF DESCRIBE WHERE THIS IS HAPPENING? YEAH. SO THIS THIS IS REALLY TO PROVIDE LIGHTING THROUGH SOUTH TERRACE PARK, RIGHT ALONG THE RIVER ON THE PATHWAY TO BETTER ILLUMINATE THAT. AND IN THE NIGHTTIME, OBVIOUSLY WITH THAT LIGHTING CONSIDERATION. SO THIS IS AN IMPROVEMENT TO OUR RIVERWALK, IF YOU WILL, BECAUSE OF THE CONTINUED EMPHASIS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS BETTER FOR OUR COMMUNITY. IT IS ALWAYS KIND OF NICE TO HAVE THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS AND BRING UP. IF YOU MEET PEOPLE FROM THE OUTSIDE, I THINK THERE'S ALWAYS A A NOT REALLY SURE WHERE IDAHO FALLS IS. AND THEN THEY REMEMBER AND THE FIRST THING THAT THEY BRING UP IS GENERALLY OUR RIVERWALK. SO THESE ARE THE AMENITIES THAT ARE REALLY NICE TO BE ABLE TO BRING FORWARD FOR THE PUBLIC FOR CONSIDERATION. I DO THINK THAT THIS IS ONE THING THAT AS WE CONSIDER OUR RIVER MASTER PLAN, SAFETY AND PLANNING, LIKE YOU'RE IN A SAFE SPACE AND IN LIGHT, AND BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A SPACE FOR THE WINTER, SO MUCH OF THE YEAR IS IN DARKNESS. EVEN, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GETTING UP EARLY TO EXERCISE. BUT WHEN WE CONTINUE TO LIGHT OUR CITY PATHWAYS, IT'LL MAKE OUR GYM EVEN MORE USABLE TO MORE PEOPLE AND FEEL MORE SAFE. SO I'M EXCITED THAT THIS IS ONE SECTION OF THAT, AND WE HAVE MUCH MORE TO DO. WE GOT A PANIC ALARM HERE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S OKAY. YOU WANT TO HIT YOUR ALARMS WITH YOUR KNEE. THERE'S A BUTTON UNDERNEATH YOUR NEST. OKAY. OH, PERFECT. YOU'RE HERE. OKAY. I HAVE A PANIC ALARM THAT I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT. OH, CHAIRS HAVE A BUTTON. THE CHAIR HAS SLID UP AGAIN. OH, WELL, NOT MY CHAIR. MAYBE THAT. YEAH, THAT CHAIR HAS HIT. CHAIR PUSHED IN AND HIT THE BUTTON. OKAY, I KNOW I'M PRETTY INTIMIDATING WITH. 
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WELL, I'M READY WITH THE MOTION NOW. YEAH. FIRST OF ALL, I'M GOING TO SAY CHIEF. THANK YOU. 
          IMPRESSIVE. THEY THERE WAS A RESPONSE AND WOW, GO IDAHO FALLS POLICE DEPARTMENT. OKAY. 
          YES, WE ARE READY FOR A MOTION. OKAY. I WOULD MOVE THE COUNCIL APPROVE THE CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT WITH ARMSTRONG ELECTRIC, INCORPORATED IN THE AMOUNT OF $145,680.06 AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. SECOND. 
          BRADFORD. ALL. DINGMAN. YES. FRANCIS I. FREEMAN. YES. LARSON. YES. LEIGH. YES. MOTION CARRIES. 
          OKAY. THIS IS EXCITING BOTH FOR THE PARKS AND REC AND THE PUBLIC. THIS IS A THIS IS GREAT. 
          [Item 6.E.3 & 6.E.4]
THANK YOU. DIRECTOR FREDERICKSON. DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO PUT THE FIBER DROP CABLE INSTALLATION AND THE MICRO DUCT DROP? THEY JUST TWO VERY SEPARATE THINGS. OR SHOULD WE? I THINK WE CAN COVER THOSE. LET'S COVER BOTH OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME. GREAT. AGAIN, I'M KIND OF EXCITED. WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF REJECTIONS BROUGHT FORWARD IN THE PAST. SO IT'S NICE TO BE HERE WITH YOU TO TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IN THAT POSITIVE LIGHT. 
          AND ACTUALLY, THE NEED FOR THESE, I THINK, IS TO POINT OUT THE FACT THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO DO THESE IF OUR FIBER NETWORK WASN'T GROWING. RIGHT. SO THIS IS A GOOD SIGN IN THAT WE'RE CONTINUING. PEOPLE ARE RECOGNIZING THAT BENEFIT THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO THE COMMUNITY BASED ON GOOD DECISIONS, I BELIEVE, FROM THIS BODY. BUT BUT IN THAT THESE TWO PARTICULAR BIDS ARE CONTRACTS THAT WE BID TO CONDUCT THIS WORK. WHEN SOMEONE SIGNS UP FOR THE FIBER PROGRAM, AND WE DO THAT IN THREE YEAR CYCLES, THAT LAST THREE YEAR CYCLE IS COMING TO AN END. AND SO FOR THE FIRST BID, WE ACTUALLY HAD RECEIVED THREE BIDS, OF WHICH EACH ONE WAS THE LOW BIDDER, FOR A TOTAL OF $531,463. AND THEN FOR THE SECOND BID, B JACKSON WAS ALSO THE LOW BIDDER, AND I BELIEVE THEIR LOW BID WAS $208,845.30. AND SO, SO AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS KIND OF A POSITIVE THING IS THAT UTILITY CONTINUES TO GROW. AND OUR RESIDENTS RECOGNIZE THE BENEFIT THAT FIBER BRINGS TO THE WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN THAT IS SO CONNECTED. SO I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY IT JUST SHOWS A QUALITY PRODUCT AT A COMPETITIVE PRICE. PEOPLE ARE GLAD TO SIGN ON. YEAH I AGREE, I ALSO COMMENT ON B JACKSON. 
          WE'VE BEEN REALLY PLEASED WITH THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE FOR US IN THE LAST 4 OR 5 YEARS. 
          THEY'VE BEEN REALLY GREAT TO WORK WITH AND THEY'RE OUTSTANDING WITH THE PUBLIC. 
          THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY TAKE THE TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE DOING BECAUSE THEY'RE RUNNING STUFF, YOU KNOW, INTO YOUR HOUSE AND BEHIND YOUR HOUSE AND UNDER YOUR HOUSE. AND, YOU KNOW, I HAD THREE SIDES OF MY PROPERTY. DRILLED THROUGH FOR, FOR CONDUIT FOR THIS PROJECT. AND, AND SO I WORKED WITH THEM PRETTY CLOSELY ON A LOT OF STUFF. AND THEY WERE VERY, VERY GOOD TO WORK WITH. SO I'M HAPPY TO MAKE THAT MOTION. THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE FOR APPROVE THE BID FOR I, I WOULD MOVE THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVE THE BID FOR THE FIBER DROP CABLE INSTALLATION PROJECT AWARD AWARDED TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE, RESPONSIVE BIDDER, B JACKSON CONSTRUCTION FOR $531,463. SECOND. DINGMAN. YES. 
          FREEMAN. YES. FRANCIS II. LARSON. YES. RADFORD. ALL RIGHT. LEE. YES. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. AND I WOULD NEXT MOVE THAT COUNCIL APPROVE THE BID FOR THE MICRO DUCT DROP INSTALLATION PROJECTS AND AWARD TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE, RESPONSIBLE BIDDER, B JACKSON CONSTRUCTION FOR A PRICE OF 208,008 $4,845.30. SECOND DEMON. YES. FREEMAN. YES. FRANCIS I. LARSON. 
          YES. RADFORD A LEE. YES. THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. THAT DOES BRING US TO THE END OF OUR 
          [7. Announcements]
REGULAR AGENDA. WE HAVE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS. I KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER FREEMAN. WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE THE THE LAST BIT OF TIME TO HIM FOR SOME PERSONAL PRIVILEGE COMMENTS THAT HE IS GOING TO MAKE. SO I WILL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER RADFORD AND JUST WORK OUR WAY DOWN THE LINE. AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER FREEMAN IS GOING TO ADDRESS THE PUBLIC AND US ABOUT NINE OVER 11. TOMORROW IS THE AMERICA 250 AT THE FORUM AT THE BONNEVILLE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS. 
          THEY'RE DOING. I'VE BEEN BEEN INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN A TRIVIA CONTEST. SO THERE'S SOME SORT OF PRESENTATION AND TRIVIA. AND SO THAT SHOULD BE A. AND THE LIBERTY BELL THAT'S TRAVELING AROUND WILL BE THERE. SO LIBERTY BELL TODAY, I JUST SAW THE LIBERTY BELL ON MY WAY 
          [00:45:02]
DOWN HERE TONIGHT. YEAH. IT WAS AT THE MUSEUM OF IDAHO. NOTHING. THANKS. NOTHING FOR ME. OKAY. I, I DO HAVE ONE LITTLE THING. TODAY. I DID GO TO DO THE STAIRS, THE NINE OVER 11 MEMORIAL STAIRS. IT WAS 110 FLIGHTS. WAS THIS I CALLED WORLD TRADE CENTER 110. AND AS I STARTED UP THE STAIRS, THE I GOT TO LEVEL NINE. AND I AM NOT SCARED OF STAIRS, BUT I AM SCARED OF HEIGHTS AND. AND I TURNED AROUND AND I WENT BACK DOWN. I THOUGHT, WELL, I'LL JUST DO THIS A HUNDRED TIMES, WHATEVER YOU KNOW, IT WAS GOING TO TAKE. AND AS THE, AS WE PROGRESSED, I DID START OUT WITH CHIEF JOHNSON AND CHIEF OLSON AND, AND THEN SO I'M UP AND DOWN, YOU KNOW, AND THEN I MADE IT TO TEN. AND THEN PRETTY SOON IT WAS LIKE 11. BUT I AM STILL SCARED OF HEIGHTS. I DIDN'T LOSE MY MY SCARINESS THERE. AND THERE WAS A COUPLE OF OFFICERS THAT WERE THERE. AND I JUST FELT VERY COMFORTABLE ASKING THEM, WILL ONE OF YOU WALK IN FRONT OF ME AND THE OTHER WALK BEHIND ME AND AND HELP ME GET UP THE REST OF THAT WAY? AND THEY DID THAT. AND SO THAT WAS AN ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT I, I JUST FELT VERY SAFE WITH THE IDAHO FALLS POLICE JUST TO ASK FOR SOMETHING SO MINOR, BUT SO WILLING. SO THAT WAS AT THE END OF THE, THE TIME CHIEF JOHNSON RAN DOWN AND RAN BACK UP AND MET CHIEF OLSON AND I. AND WE GOT A PICTURE AT THE TOP OF THE. 110TH FLOOR. SO I DO WANT TO THANK IDAHO FALLS POLICE FOR THE EFFORT THAT THEY PUT INTO ORGANIZING THAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY FIRST RESPONDERS, AND JUST FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO STEP UP, EVEN FOR THE SMALL TASKS. SO THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER FRANCIS. YEAH. THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF WHAT WE ALL CALL 911 KIND OF OVERWHELMS, BUT THERE'S ANOTHER MAJOR EVENT COMING UP NEXT WEEK. SEPTEMBER 17TH IS CONSTITUTION DAY. AND THAT DAY, THE BELL AT THE MUSEUM OF IDAHO IS WRONG AT 2:00 TO RECOGNIZE THE DAY ON WHICH THE US CONSTITUTION WAS SIGNED BY THE PEOPLE WHO WROTE IT, AND THEN IT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE STATES FOR RATIFICATION AFTER THAT, NOT RATIFIED UNTIL 1788. BUT THAT WAS SEPTEMBER 17TH, 1787. AND THERE WILL BE A CEREMONY THERE AT 2:00 IN THE AFTERNOON OF THE 17TH AT THE MUSEUM OF IDAHO. AND THE MAYOR, YOU HAVE A PROCLAMATION TO BE READ THAT DAY. OKAY. I GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT LAST YEAR AND RING THE BELL. YOU GET TO RING THE BELL ONCE FOR EACH OF THE 13 ORIGINAL COLONIES. AND YEAH, IT'S PRETTY COOL. I'M GOING TO TAKE A PERSONAL MOMENT BECAUSE OF MY MY CONNECTION TO NINE OVER 11 AS A FIREFIGHTER, AS A RETIRED FIREFIGHTER. AND TODAY, ON THE EVE OF NINE OVER 11, I IMAGINE ALL OF US WHO ARE OVER THE AGE OF 35 OR 40 YEARS OLD REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE DOING TOMORROW, 25 YEARS AGO, BUT WE PROBABLY DON'T REMEMBER WHAT WE WERE DOING TONIGHT, THE NIGHT, THE NIGHT BEFORE. AND I'M. I KEEP THINKING ABOUT THE FIREFIGHTERS AND THE AND THE PEOPLE WHO WENT TO WORK THAT DAY. THEY HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS COMING. SO THE WORLD CHANGED THAT DAY. AND WE'RE STILL FEELING THE EFFECTS OF THAT DAY TO THIS DAY. AND I'LL NEVER FORGET. AND I JUST WANTED TO HONOR THE 343 FIREFIGHTERS, MY BROTHERS IN ARMS, WHO PERISHED IN THE WORLD TRADE CENTER, AND REMEMBER THOSE FALLEN BROTHERS. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER FREEMAN, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS ON IDAHO FALLS FIRE DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR MEETING TONIGHT. AND. THAT CONCLUDES OUR
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