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Scobey City Council

August 13th, 2024 Meeting

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00:00Agenda for today's meeting, I'd going to entertain a motion to adopt.

00:04I'll move. Second.

00:08Okay, motion made and seconded.

00:12Seeing the usual suspects here.

00:16No need to jockey anything around.

00:20Any corrections, changes, additions from the council?

00:24Hearing none, all those in favor? Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye.

00:28Okay, next is the agenda from...

00:32excuse me, the minutes from the July 23rd meeting.

00:36I did entertain a motion to approve.

00:38I'll move that. Second.

00:40Okay, motion made and seconded.

00:44Any additions, deletions,

00:48Corrections?

00:52Okay, hearing none, all those in favor?

00:55Aye. Aye. Aye. Okay.

01:00Public comment.

01:04We had some written correspondence.

01:08Probably going to not take any action on it.

01:12I think we've all seen

01:16this individual scooting around town on his little motorized buggy

01:20and a valid concern I don't think removing gravel

01:24off the streets.

01:28Moving all the rocks on the gravel streets would be the best course of action.

01:32Might spur a sidewalk

01:36in the future conversation for streets that

01:40are only gravel with no sidewalk or anything.

01:44Public works, do you have an opinion on this?

01:48Should we or should we not remove the gravel from the gravel streets?

01:52If you want mud streets or gravel streets, I guess.

01:56You need to have the gravel on there or you're not going to have a street.

02:00Okay, well, no action need to be taken.

02:04There's just public comment, it's not an agenda item.

02:08But like I said, maybe it'll help spur some

02:12thought for some future growth, repairs, upgrades.

02:16And who knows, maybe there's some money

02:20out there for making some of these

02:24non-handicap accessible streets more handicap accessible.

02:28There's money out there for a lot of things.

02:32Usually there's A.D.A money for a lot of things.

02:36That won't be the worst thing in the world to maybe

02:40investigate a little bit.

02:44Moving on,

02:48Tammy, any comments. I got plenty but I'll keep them to myself.

02:52Appreciate that.

02:56Pool manager reports, Steve, quick update on

03:00status of the pool. As far as I'm aware, they're open until the 25th.

03:04And I believe it's regular hours up until the 18th.

03:08And then it's going to be night swim only.

03:12Okay.

03:16I think it was a fairly

03:20un-eventful year for the pool.

03:24Didn't have any major breakdowns or issues.

03:28All the mechanical stuff seemed to run as it should.

03:32When the power went out, some things didn't get

03:36reset when they should have, which affected chlorine levels

03:40and what not. But would that happen two or three times

03:44that I was aware of? At least twice.

03:48Of course it's on a weekend when

03:52everybody's gone and you don't realize there's

03:56an issue until Monday morning at lap swim.

04:00The water looks green.

04:04How come I don't hear anything?

04:08The 100 decibel

04:12wurring of the pump that constantly runs.

04:16Okay, public works.

04:20So, a couple things.

04:24I'm sure we can talk about another one

04:28later, but we need to look at purchasing

04:32our easement to our pivot.

04:36Because I don't feel like we should have to give

04:4024-hour notice for us to access our land

04:44through the easement.

04:48Isn't that what an easement is?

04:52We don't have to have permission to use an easement.

04:56The terms of the easement that were negotiated

05:00said 24 hours notice, which we can talk about that, Steve, but I think

05:04you've already done what you need to do

05:08for quite a while. Yeah, we're good till the end of the season at least.

05:12It's something that we should investigate

05:16in doing further down the road or something.

05:20Another thing, I was approached by an individual

05:24that lives on the outskirts of town, wondering if

05:28the city would possibly do garbage pickup for him.

05:32It's within a mile

05:36of town. They don't have any other city services, but

05:40they would like our pickup rather than the county pickup.

05:44What direction is the town?

05:48East. East of the football field.

05:52It's actually south of the football field, or north of the football field.

05:56I believe

06:00it's because they got their bills from the county yesterday for garbage pickup.

06:04So we already

06:08got the wolf trower and wolf. But they're on city water.

06:12That's the thing. We don't provide any other services

06:16to them, but they were interested in

06:20paying for our garbage service.

06:24But it cannot there. We pick them once a week.

06:28Which I discussed

06:32with a commissioner at the time, and I said,

06:36the best way to do this is, they got that big dumpster up there.

06:40They buy three more big dumpsters and put it in Flaxville.

06:44Four mutes. And just not even haul garbage with that little truck.

06:48And then come to the city and be like, hey, we're not hauling

06:52the little cans anymore. Can you guys provide service to these people

06:56in the outskirts of town?

07:00And then the county would save money because they wouldn't be picking them little cans anymore.

07:04So you mean they would just get the big

07:08big ones? They would roll the big roll up ones? Yep, the big roll up ones.

07:12So they'd pull into four mutes and load up the one all day and bring it back.

07:16Because if they go over there with their little truck, pick the garbage, take it

07:20to their dump station, dump it, push it in the can, and then load it up.

07:24So they can haul it twice or much. Because every time you touch garbage, it's expensive.

07:28So they could possibly eliminate a truck that they may not

07:32need? Eliminate a truck and all those cans. I'm sure they could sell them cans to another

07:36place that uses them. And then, you know, we could haul

07:40these people that are just within a mile of town or whatever.

07:44You know, the vet clinic, the airport, little subdivision out there.

07:48I mean, but it would take some work from the county.

07:52But on top of that,

07:56this person is wondering if we could do it now.

08:00So would it burden

08:04you in any way? No. We'd do it to add to our route.

08:08So it'd be a once a week pickup? That's what he's, once a week would be

08:12fine with him, he said. So he'd have his own block dump?

08:16Yep, his own 300 would go pick it.

08:20Are our charges

08:24that much different from the county? We charge

08:28what, around 30 bucks a week?

08:32For a weekly pickup, it's 30 bucks a month. The bills came out for the county

08:36if you want your garbage picked. Once a week, it's $100

08:40a month. Twice a week is $50

08:44a month. Or twice a month is $50 a month.

08:54So north of Theven's

08:58Auto Body? No, it's Steven's Auto Body.

09:02Oh, so it's a commercial account?

09:06Yeah. I was thinking Neil Holm, I guess.

09:10No, that's what I actually do.

09:14So the commissioner doesn't like the way it accounts.

09:18That's when I have

09:22the conversation with the commissioner about

09:26the way the dumpsters work, the way that they're doing that landfill

09:30deal. I mean,

09:34he's smart for asking, it only makes sense.

09:38And that's when, like I said, when I got into

09:42the conversation with him about getting roll offs in those other three locations,

09:46I mean... Did the county just change their garbage groups?

09:50I knew they were going up some

09:54because they were trying to finance this

09:58situation they got going.

10:02And he says sometimes they don't get picked, sometimes they get picked.

10:06Yeah.

10:14Okay, personally I just got this in the mail yesterday.

10:18Okay.

10:34And I don't know if the landfill

10:36board has ever discussed not picking those little cans,

10:40and just get the big dumpsters for the different locations, but...

10:44That's how Glasgow works. There's, you know, Valley County.

10:48They have TNR Truckee coming to pick roll offs up in O'Pime and Richland.

10:52Well, I have a square one, but it's a little one.

10:56Well, I talked to Mike Lund about this, and

11:00I don't know if he quite understood what I was saying, but basically,

11:04because we've talked about this before, and said, why don't you guys buy more

11:08of those big cans and seven forbutes, Blacksville,

11:12or else they have them set, and get rid of that truck. And he didn't

11:16seem to think it was, you know, a

11:20good idea, but again, I'm not sure if we were on the same

11:24page, different, same...

11:28So just on a personal interest, of course, could you explain to me the difference between the cans that are

11:32there already and what you're proposing? Are they the same thing? You just want more of them,

11:36or are they bigger? Do you mean like in other locations? Like in

11:40more, you said something like more in Blacksville?

11:44So what it is, is what they're going to do is they're building that dock up there,

11:48and there's a big roll-off can that goes in there. It's bigger than what I said.

11:52It's bigger that's there, and you pick it with a truck and it rolls up on the back of a truck,

11:56and it becomes a truck body. So instead of having those little cans

12:00in Blacksville, you build more can holders like you

12:04got at the transfer station, and more of those big roll-off cans,

12:08and you just put it in there, and people just come and throw it in the big can,

12:12and then you come with your truck, pick the big can, and go right to Plentywood with it.

12:16Do you need the transfer station setup?

12:20I know the other ones have just big hills, big mounds of dirt

12:24there that you just drive up and throw in there. Yeah, because I think those

12:28transfer stations, I think they're $350,000 or something

12:32like that to build, so that's probably why.

12:36You wouldn't need a transfer station with a big can. Not a big transfer station.

12:40You can buy just those retaining blocks and set them up and fill them up with dirt.

12:44What about all these restrictions

12:48on garbage, and I think the theory

12:52with the transfer station is that they'll have to control

12:56other garbage that isn't supposed to be in there.

13:00I think that's maybe... I don't think

13:04they'll dump their can and then sort through it and push it in the dumpsters.

13:08I don't see that happening. Well, I think that's the theory behind it. I agree that

13:12it probably won't happen, but I think that that's...

13:16I think the risk is they're going to see a chemical jug that just happened to float its way up on top,

13:20and then they're going to turn it around and shut us down from all garbage.

13:24That is what would happen.

13:28I think we need to look into that one option.

13:32I don't know.

13:36That's how mostly smaller communities do their...

13:40Big Sandy does it. Valley County does all their...

13:44Tri-County landfill does all theirs that way.

13:48In my mind, it's not that much different than having the dumpster

13:52exchanging it for a roll-off dumpster rather than a dumpster dumpster.

13:56They're about the same height, so if you're throwing garbage in them, it's not that much higher to throw garbage in them.

14:00It's not like you have to have a ramp to get above the dumpster.

14:04Because there's no ramp in Flaxville.

14:08Why couldn't you just throw your garbage over the edge of the dumpster?

14:12They used to have ramps all the way up to theirs, and then

14:16a guy was dumpster diving and fell in and sued the county.

14:20They just put it up, so it's only four feet up, so the dumpster sits right here

14:24instead of right at ground level.

14:28We had a few stations in Gallican County, and she backed her car up to it

14:32and drove all the way into the dumpster. It didn't stop in time.

14:36But there's a lot of...

14:40Yeah, you don't have to build a massive one like we got out here.

14:44I think this is the last meeting, but what I remember from the previous meeting

14:48is there were discussions to possibly

14:52go that way in the future and get those roll-offs

14:56for Butte's peerless Flaxville area.

15:00And the discussion was just that. That's what Glasgow does and other

15:04neighboring.

15:08You're eliminating one truck and all those cans. I mean, maintenance

15:12on garbage trucks isn't cheap. And you can pick it once life.

15:16Yeah, you're cutting out the middle part of dumping it

15:20here and then pushing it in another can. Yeah, because they could just haul it

15:24at that point, right? Just pick it and haul it.

15:28Okay, cool. Thanks. I appreciate that.

15:32Yeah, I'm not opposed to adding

15:36Steven Autobody to our route. If it does not affect

15:40our current, you know, if it doesn't add any extra stress

15:44to our... We drive by there anyways, you know. Basically

15:48we drive by the football field to get Matt

15:52and Chris right there. Jim?

15:56Mark, yeah. Mark, yeah.

16:00Sure. When we only pick her once a week, so we just, before you pick her, you just go to

16:04Stevens and come back. And then, I mean, we could put the option out there

16:08for those other people that are there. Maybe they want it.

16:12So it'd be a commercial account, would he get two cans, a cardboard and more?

16:16He only wants one. Okay. It's for household.

16:20It's for cardboard is what he's looking for. Okay.

16:24It'd be about the same as we picked from Bernie's

16:28Autobody. Okay. It'd be the same type of garbage that Bernie Autobody has.

16:32So do we need to make some kind of a decision on

16:36the distance around the city limits that we'll pick?

16:40Well, that's one thing I wonder. We should come up with some sort of like, you know,

16:44no more than a mile or no more than whatever, you know. Yeah.

16:48We'll drive up to Willys probably. I mean, that's three miles out. Yeah, I'm just thinking

16:52because if somebody else sees it, they're like, well, can you have a deal for me?

16:56Well, that's why I brought it. It's not on the agenda, so we can't make a decision on it.

17:00Yeah. But, you know. Well, because in that, maybe we had Neil

17:04Holm, Sonia, you know, go the other direction,

17:08you know, I don't know. Yeah. Go to the there or whatever, you know.

17:12Yeah. The border patrol enabled us. I mean, it's...

17:16Like you say, it's not that much. I mean, I wouldn't

17:20consider it any more wear and tear on the truck. No, you know.

17:24It's right on the edge of town. I just think maybe we need to make

17:28some sort of a resolution stating how far out of the city limits

17:32would go. So that everybody on the edge of town has the same

17:36option. And it's best to do that before you include

17:40one person. Yeah. That's right. I don't want that argument.

17:44Well, that's why you're doing this for him and you want to bring it up for us.

17:48Ben, do you have an opinion on this? No. You don't need me here anymore.

17:52Because that was going to be my... Just have the policy. Everybody

17:56the same. Broken record over here. Like, if you're not...

18:00You want a one mile radius crate. You want a half mile radius crate. Whatever

18:04it is, but draw the line and stick to it.

18:08Well, Sonia, how far is your house from the

18:12edge of town? She's within a mile.

18:16What's your address, Sonia? I don't know. 69.

18:20She's 0.69 miles away from the post office.

18:24So I would say just a mile from

18:28the post office. You could just use that. Nelson's property

18:32is exactly one mile out of town. Yeah, because then you got

18:38Nelson. I would do a mile from City Limits.

18:42You just set a limit somewhere. Yeah, a mile from the edge of the city.

18:46Yeah, a mile from City Limits.

18:50How far is Neiman from

18:54the post office? Oh, but Neiman's in City Limits.

18:58They're not a mile. They're not in City Limits yet.

19:02Yeah, I think a mile.

19:06So upcoming agenda item.

19:10We don't have to put a carrying on that. We can just do a resolution, right?

19:14We'll do it.

19:18I don't know if we should talk to the county.

19:22It might be easier to watch a little bit.

19:26Maybe me and Steve can meet with Mike Thieve and get his

19:30report. He wants to do, I mean that's kind of two birds with one stone there.

19:34He wants the service and he's a commissioner. He should hopefully be able to give us

19:38the climate of the commission.

19:42But at least then he can bring it back to them.

19:46So maybe that's where we start. Yeah, my thought on the rates is as long as you're not in,

19:50if we increase the rates or set a special rate for those out of town accounts

19:54then we probably would have to jump through the same hoops that we do

19:58charges. But if we're just expanding the territory in which

20:02we're offering the same rates that we've already set then we probably

20:06don't have to go through hearing. But I can double check on that.

20:10So does county pick Hansells and

20:14Rouse and Fisher? No.

20:18Rouse just takes this to his business and Hansells just takes theirs to carriers.

20:22It's always says water and sewer or it says garbage.

20:26I wasn't even sure if I should

20:30include those tax liens. Yeah, I

20:34know for a fact other towns do that.

20:38And not just looking elsewhere.

20:42It would be all end all but at least we're not the only ones.

20:46You never want to be the only one.

20:50Somebody's going to sue you.

20:54It's always nice to have friends. They did it first and they've been

20:58doing it and it's been okay. Well some of us all did it.

21:02Some indication of the third.

21:06You can probably get away with it.

21:10Okay, we'll definitely look into that.

21:14I think Michael will be here tomorrow. We can talk to him tomorrow.

21:18If that works for me.

21:22Any other public works?

21:26Anyone have any questions for the public works

21:30supervisor?

21:34Alright, let's move on to zoning.

21:38Big public hearing tomorrow.

21:42See if people want to put RD parts in residential.

21:46I've been hearing senses so far that I haven't heard

21:50I've asked a few people, they're against it.

21:54Have you guys been hearing any?

21:58That's difficult because nobody says anything unless they're against it.

22:02I don't have any sense of where the proposed site is.

22:06You know where the other RV park is right over there?

22:10It's on the south edge of town.

22:14The southeast corner.

22:18So here's the thing, it's not just to put an RV park there.

22:22It's to add additional use in the whole residential district.

22:26Which is most of town.

22:30And we're back to the dollar store talk.

22:34They didn't want it in the entire town

22:38but they wanted us to change the description of an entire area.

22:42Rather than just allow a single person to do a certain

22:46thing with a particular lot. Usually when I explain the conditional use part of it

22:50then people back down a little bit.

22:54We can set rules we don't want an RV park on a single lot.

22:58So and you can

23:02revolt conditional use right?

23:06I believe so right man?

23:10Yeah but it is problematic because

23:14what are the conditions put on the one?

23:18You can't again draw things willy nilly.

23:22If it was allowed on A, B and C conditions here

23:26then it probably would have to be. If I was advising them

23:30then you got to let them do it here too.

23:34And so it's not strictly location.

23:38The location really comes into it as long as they've got enough space.

23:42Even in a situation like Paul Reaver it's a lot right on Main Street

23:46that he doesn't take care of. That's what I was thinking.

23:50Something like that where he's not standing up to his end of the bargain.

23:54On that situation there.

23:58I don't know if you have a good question.

24:02Say if you're a condition like one down here you could RV park on the corner

24:06of your first park. Do you want an RV park there?

24:10No.

24:14He's got officials walk there and then Kitty Corner or Librarians tour down

24:18Ames House.

24:22Start stacking them in there like Cordwood.

24:26So that's the road.

24:30And that's my view of it. Like you said Steve you could have it anywhere.

24:34I mean yeah you can put conditions on it.

24:38If you have a single lot you can only have two.

24:42But you still want that right there.

24:46Is this a work around

24:50for the limited seasonal rental

24:54business that we put limits on?

24:58I think they're just looking for a use for their empty lot.

25:02You can park right across the street from their empty lot.

25:06That's what I think it is. And you can't just change the zoning

25:10of that one lot because that's spot zoning and you can't do that.

25:14And actually we have RV park

25:18in our definitions but it's not included in any zone whatsoever.

25:22And that may have been by design.

25:26I'm sure it was.

25:30We had a lot of room to begin with.

25:34Throw in a whole area.

25:38We were doing that zoning. We were worried about the oil field.

25:42Taking RV parks out of the areas.

25:46We'll hear the arguments.

25:50That particular spot.

25:54If you had to stick it somewhere that wouldn't be the worst place.

25:58That's what I'd say too.

26:02But there was a house on there before.

26:06It's not like it's always been a vacant lot.

26:10And it's not going to improve our tax base.

26:14It's not going to improve our tax base versus what residential is intended.

26:18Putting houses in and we get better tax base out of that.

26:22Then you're going to get on the RV lot.

26:26Well, we'll see what happens tomorrow.

26:30Anything else for zoning?

26:34We don't have any.

26:38Just on the radar that we're going to be replacing a member.

26:42Because he officially sold this house no longer.

26:46Owns a residence.

26:50Okay.

26:54Who bought it?

26:58They're from out of town. She is a grant writer.

27:02Oh, so not your best friends?

27:06I don't know if Tammy beat me to her yet.

27:10But no, she has her own business.

27:14She does it. She charges on the back end.

27:18She'll take a commission after the grant's been awarded.

27:22You can charge more.

27:26But then the person coming to you for your service,

27:30they don't lose anything if you don't get the grant.

27:34And you're out your time.

27:38And I would pay more for the guarantee all day long.

27:42Then your interests are aligned.

27:46So I visited with her a couple of times already.

27:50Anyway, I'll keep an eye on the rest of that.

27:54Because I want to keep visiting with her.

27:58She has some ideas.

28:02Moving on though. Fire chief report.

28:06Why it shot me a text at 844.

28:10And it said it could make it. The only thing I have is our SCBA tanks.

28:14And cascade systems being serviced on the 28th.

28:18So I don't know what the cost is for that.

28:22Is that an annual thing?

28:26Yeah, it has to be me expecting each time.

28:30Okay.

28:34And now it's working. Let's keep it working.

28:38Yeah, forever it didn't work.

28:42So that's all from the fire chief.

28:46And the sheriff's report.

28:50Oh, last month there was, I think there was like

28:54173 incidents. This last month that included

28:58anywhere from fires to missing people.

29:02DUIs.

29:06As far as the office is concerned,

29:10Rex will be leaving for Academy Day.

29:14He'll be gone for three months.

29:18End of the month, we'll travel to Helena

29:22for the kind of senior operator on our top laser.

29:26So that we can keep it up to date.

29:30Instead of having different counties come in and push

29:34two buttons to scan a card.

29:38And then as far as

29:42our radio's go, Motorola LVA

29:46here the 29th.

29:5028th or 29th this month to do a walkthrough

29:54and sit down and

29:58discuss basically the new consoles that are going to get put in.

30:02I think they're coming in November.

30:06I don't want to censure off the check on the time frame that they're coming in, but

30:10they just want to see Motorola wants to see the setup

30:14that we have so they can put the equipment in properly.

30:18And then there's our glorious accident

30:22I had over the last week.

30:26The vehicle is up there, the even auto body.

30:30The status on that one, I'm not 100% sure on

30:34when the repairs will start or if the vehicle is even going to go through it.

30:38I think they're still waiting on insurance companies.

30:42But not the anatomy.

30:46It's got a vehicle and $1,500 is breaking down and so is the crown bit.

30:50Hopefully

30:54we can get another vehicle.

30:58Right now we only have the crown bit to transport people.

31:02Unless I want to transport with two officers

31:06on a criminal.

31:10It takes us all out at one time.

31:18Alright, with that one.

31:22What do you know from feelings?

31:26He's supposed to be talking to Christie yesterday to find out.

31:30Once I got turned into it without my hands

31:34How long is it to get another replacement for them?

31:38For the vehicle?

31:42I'll probably be a year and a half.

31:46It took a year to get that one.

31:50So

31:54I even talked to Stoneman and they're like we have no clue of what we need to do.

31:58No one's ever been in accident with the Stoneman vehicle.

32:02It was purchased with Stoneman.

32:06But it's insured through Daniels County.

32:10It's just like the $1,500.

32:14They got total on Main Street twice.

32:18I have no clue how that even happened.

32:22They got repaired.

32:26They started repairing that next week.

32:30Stoneman hasn't even heard anything about what the status is

32:34for insurance from either party. But he didn't tell me that all the parts

32:38are available in Colorado.

32:42It doesn't matter if you're getting to go ahead and ship them here.

32:46That's it, the A pillar, the B pillar, and the frame isn't bent.

32:50Or the A pillar and the C pillar.

32:54If those got bent, then it's totaled.

32:58If we consider total. But right now, that's like

33:02just push the glass and rip the door off and

33:06destroy the fender.

33:10That and then I,

33:14I need to sit down with you at some point in time. Burrell's asking for a press

33:18release on it. Okay. Lucky me, I've never

33:22ever had to write anything like that.

33:26Give me a report and we'll whittle it down from there.

33:30Sounds good. I know that

33:34there's basically, there's two different

33:38agencies and there's the Sheriff's Office reports

33:42and two different reports, two different high patrol.

33:46I don't know what their report even looks like.

33:50Well, we can whittle it down from yours. There is a bunch

33:54of that information, public records. So, you know, you can get

33:58what the initial call was, you know, a few other things

34:02like that. And then as far as the details, we

34:06get into how much of that we want to release. Okay.

34:10Have you had that discussion?

34:14Okay.

34:18Any other questions, comments for

34:22Clint?

34:26Thank you, sir.

34:30Glad we survived the majority of the summer in the fair.

34:34The incident.

34:38All right. Council, comments.

34:42Let's hear how good we've been doing from the public.

34:52I haven't had any lately.

34:56Questions, but sure.

35:00Clarifications.

35:04You know, anything I could clarify why we're doing this or

35:08why we're doing that?

35:12I walked by on that Sunday

35:16when they were tearing down the Cozy Cafe

35:20and an individual who was

35:24helping to tear down the Cozy Cafe, saw it was me

35:28and yelled from across the lot. Is this what you wanted?

35:32Another bowl in the middle of town. Good job.

35:36So, yeah,

35:40we didn't even send that guy a letter. Jesper's been wanting to tear that thing down

35:44for three years, but Arc's been begging him not to.

35:48So, anyway,

35:52I've got two conversations with that individual.

36:04Okay. Here are no other council comments.

36:08We will go on. So, next item is

36:12in your packet from Interstate Engineering

36:16John Bach. It looks like he's

36:20got basically

36:24the engineer's info on

36:28this is pretty much 3rd Avenue.

36:36I'm not going to read the whole thing to you, but

36:40they have a plan on what they would need to do there.

36:44I did reach out to John and say, you know, hey, our priority right now

36:48is Hospital Street. When will we

36:52when will we be ready to go?

36:56So, we can put it out.

37:04So, I sent him

37:08a message on last Thursday and he said

37:12they should be able to get set for bid by the end

37:16of next week, which would be this week. So, hoping we get

37:20more info from them because, you know, we're already too

37:24late to try to get that street fixed for this coming, you know, season.

37:28So, it's going to be even and whole

37:32and again, like I did the last few years, I'm afraid.

37:36But, we're moving

37:40in the right direction, at least they can't say we're not doing anything here.

37:44We're trying to fix it the right way one last time.

37:48Just one time.

37:52But, yeah, anyway

37:56we're moving forward with, you know, getting Hospital Street fixed

38:00and then the 3rd Avenue fixed, which I think will help

38:04the majority of the drainage issues on 2nd Avenue West.

38:08So, we'll just keep plugging away.

38:12Burl, you see where Burl ran an article

38:16on the paper on that.

38:20So, I think he must have been, I got the impression

38:24he must have been catching some plaque on that, so he wanted to run a story

38:28and I think people were hearing and seeing there was only work being done

38:32on Council and Mayor Street.

38:36So, I said

38:40make sure that your article states that the hospital

38:44Street is our number one priority for streets to be repaired,

38:48but we're trying to fix several different drainage issues.

38:52So, and yeah, it would involve paving a street

38:56where Council members,

39:00former and current, have lived.

39:04So, yeah, and it's a busy street

39:08as the people who live on the gravel side of it

39:12know.

39:16We need to move that 15 mile an hour side of the 3rd Avenue West rather than

39:20C Street. We need to put about 4 or 15 mile an hour

39:24on there. I did read reading through John's

39:28synopsis, I guess, of how they're going to engineer it and how everything laid out

39:32when he gave us the three options

39:36for driveways, I guess,

39:40on the south side of the street over there. I personally

39:44I believe that the city should foot the bill for fixing the driveway. I mean, we're the ones

39:48doing, you know, yeah, I don't think we can just tear it up

39:52and say, well, cheers to fix now, I mean. Yeah, same

39:56with that sidewalk. Yeah, that's part of the project.

40:00It shouldn't be just tour up

40:04and say, now make your driveway work. Yeah, it could make it work.

40:08Because did we decide the driveways on the north side, like

40:12yours, Neoprandals, you know, Anderberg going down the line,

40:16they can work around

40:20I think that's what it is, elevations, it's because it states in the first paragraph

40:24that good news, the driveways are higher than the curdle lines.

40:28In my mind, that means that their elevation is good on the north side of the street.

40:32Yeah, there's a little bit they got to do over there, but

40:36like, you know, like Crandall's there, it's gravel up to their driveway, so they can just

40:40slope that back. And I think yours was pretty close to great anyways.

40:44Yeah. The biggest two are the Handrens and

40:48Scots. Yeah. Those are the biggest two, like Handrens.

40:52Because there's a lot of fill involved on there. Yeah, they're built up a lot. Yeah.

40:56They got to come down. So those are the two biggest ones. And like

41:00Flattiger's, you know, he doesn't have concrete all the way out either.

41:04So his would be gravel fill. And there was going to be a big

41:08at where that fire hydrant is by the church

41:12there. That's right in middle where the curb would go around.

41:16So instead of doing curb returns, we would do a valley gutter

41:20that comes straight. So then you don't have to do, because you'd be into Eric's

41:24off-guard and right through that hydrant with curb returns. So you'd just valley gutter

41:28across the street. Probably just be a valley gutter from Eric's all the way

41:32down in front of the church, too. Right to El Ravladiker's.

41:36And then, you know, there's all driveway

41:40or gravel driveway, so it can all be worked into Mida.

41:44That's the kind of way I looked at it when you

41:48are, you know, the way he's describing it. When I went and looked at the cut fill stakes, that's what it looked like to me.

41:52Yeah, and the stakes are still there. You can see the line on where

41:56the grid is actually at. And there's some parts of that

42:00sidewalk they could leave, but the contractor

42:04would more than likely rather just start fresh than cut.

42:08Yeah, they're not going to work on that when they're doing curb work. It's easier just to tear it up

42:12and do it. And I don't know that they could. I mean,

42:16when you're forming up curbs, you can't really have a sidewalk in the way.

42:20Yeah.

42:24Okay, so,

42:28we're moving forward on that. We'll figure out how to pay for it when the time comes.

42:36Okay, pivot fence

42:40and ground. So Steve, do you want to

42:44Well, DEQ requires us to have our pivot fence

42:48stop. So we just need a,

42:52Revert said it would probably be around 20,000 to do it.

42:56So we just need approval to do it.

43:00And did he give us a formal

43:04bid? That's just off the cob.

43:08Yeah. Okay, so I guess we really don't

43:12want to make him to look at, but do we just, so we can approve that we move forward

43:16with hiring Reverts to do the fence?

43:20So we can, because he's waiting for us, right? Yeah, he said

43:24he's got a crew in my glass or something. So once they get started, they'd have it done

43:28within a week. And I think we need to move

43:32sooner than later with the way this whole situation's going.

43:36It has not smoothed out since

43:40we've become owners. I mean, not that we were expecting

43:44and not that I was expecting it to

43:48smooth out entirely, but

43:52okay, so at this point, I guess I would entertain a motion that we

43:56hire Reverts fencing to build the fence around

44:00the 80 acres for

44:04our wastewater pivot lab.

44:08I make a resolution as per

44:12DEQ requirement to fence the pivot.

44:16Okay, our motion made. I'll second.

44:20Okay, motion made seconded. Any discussion?

44:24Ben, can you comment? Any?

44:28It kind of goes without saying, but I'll put it on the record anyway. Please make sure they fence on

44:32our property. Not ours.

44:36We don't need that problem. Yeah, I'm the survey stake is still there as of

44:40last week, so hopefully it's... hopefully he doesn't

44:44mow it over with his combine. Yeah, alright, that's good, but yep.

44:48Okay, you have obvious common sense, but yeah, it doesn't hurt to be said.

44:52Yeah. Okay, any other

44:56comments? So, is this something new

45:00that he's trying to enforce now with the easement? Did he call you?

45:04So, I had a discussion. I don't know, I'm sure

45:08I have as well, but I had a discussion with his attorney on

45:12Friday, I think.

45:16We did get things squared away, but just so everybody's

45:20clear, part of the negotiation was

45:24putting in a notice requirement when we're going to be out there.

45:28Basically, you know, Jonathan wanted to know if we're moving equipment on

45:32or off or whatever. That can be.

45:36This is as simple as sending him a text message, which Steve and I had a conversation

45:40and Steve did. We're going to be out there Monday, Wednesdays, and Fridays

45:44through the end of irrigation season, turning this pivot on and off.

45:48Talk to his attorney, that's sufficient, like we don't have to let

45:52him know every single time, because it seems silly to text him on Monday,

45:56we're going to be there Tuesday, and text him on Wednesday, we're going to be there Thursday. So, we kind of just

46:00did a blanket thing. Over communication

46:04will go a long way. I think we're going to be...

46:08I don't disagree with you, Steve, that, you know, in a perfect world

46:12we would have bought that, where that easement goes or something.

46:16But, quite honestly, the deal that we did was the deal

46:20we could get done. There wasn't really much, you know,

46:24fight in it. Text messages pretty minor

46:28annoyance for now having ownership of that land.

46:32And, I doubt, I mean, there's like

46:36a 1% chance that Jonathan would sell that to us at this point.

46:40And the reason I'm looking, if we end up leasing that, you know, and then we have to let

46:44that, the person that has our lease, you know, then they got to deal

46:48with it too. So, yeah. Well, and there might be kicking and screaming.

46:52The reality of it is, unless there's damages that occur,

46:56there's really no cause of action

47:00there. You know, he could sue the city for violating the notice requirement, but

47:04unless he's got some damages to point to, it's not going to go anywhere.

47:08That being said, you know, how much headache do

47:12you want? I mean, I ended up, his attorney and I

47:16spent however much time talking it over, and I don't want to have to do that once a

47:20week too, because it's going to get expensive for everybody. We're not going to really accomplish

47:24anything. So, I think at least for the next,

47:28well, I mean, we should always comply, but especially for the next

47:32few months, until we can kind of get through the end of that. If there's any question

47:36about whether we should be letting them know or not, just err on the side of

47:40texting him, and then we've done what we need to do. That's, that's my official

47:44city attorney advice.

47:48It is annoying. That's just the way it's going to go for a little while.

47:52Okay.

47:56So send the text messages. He wasn't going to like it if a

48:00blanket one wasn't going to cover it, because I was going to have Collins are going

48:04out at one in the morning and doing that.

48:08Well, like I said, I think for, we're going to be

48:12neighbors for a long, long time. So, I think whatever

48:16we can do to make things go smoothly, that would be a really helpful

48:20long term.

48:24So, I believe we still have the motion made and seconded to hire

48:28Reburts. Any further discussion?

48:32Okay. Hearing none, all those in favor?

48:36Okay. I just let Bo know. Steve, if you would please.

48:40Insanya, just print

48:44$20,000 with your printer in the back room.

48:48We'll figure it out as we go. I guess

48:52which kind of leads us up to Resolution 1106.

48:56Trying to fund this

49:00project.

49:04With raising

49:08I guess not water and sewer, but sewer rates.

49:12So, Resolution 1106,

49:16Resolution and intention to change and increase certain rates, fees, and charges

49:20for the water utility service and hold

49:24required public hearings in regards to the same.

49:28So, not going to read the whole thing. But if you

49:32go to the next page, you'll see

49:36I guess with the, while I go to

49:40the third page, you'll see the current rate and the proposed rate. That's kind of the one

49:44that I wanted to bring your attention to.

49:48So, not earth shattering numbers

49:52you know, 28, 14

49:56to 29, 55, you know, $1.40

50:00cents, call it. So,

50:04for the majority of the

50:08taxpayers.

50:12So, this public hearing

50:16will be one of the ones on the 27th, right?

50:20So, and this is a 5% increase.

50:24Yep, this is the third year of the 5% increase. I also kind of agree to

50:28three years ago. Instead of doing one large increase

50:32we decided to do

50:36three years of the 5% from what I remember.

50:40So, hopefully

50:44we can not have to keep raising rates.

50:48Hopefully this way. And we paid off the loan

50:52so we no longer have to comply with that.

50:56The RD, the requirements

51:00non-requirements. So, that helps a little bit.

51:04So, I have the question for the smart people

51:08in the room here. When can we put this out

51:12for bid for some, you know, a neighbor

51:16to hay it?

51:20Could we need to at least get that ball rolling?

51:24Can't do anything this season now except maybe prepare the land.

51:28You know, it needs to be sprayed and or tilled,

51:32fist, burned. I mean we can do all of that

51:36as far as putting the bids

51:40out for, I guess, Sheridan County

51:44does that on a few of their properties. And I can't remember if it's in the fall

51:48or early in the spring when they do that.

51:52You would think you'd want to do it in the fall so they can prep for spring.

51:56Because they're going to have to seed it to grass, right? Or are we going to pay for that?

52:00Well, that's, I don't know

52:04whether you do it the first couple of years because right now it's weeds that are

52:08three to four feet tall. And there's nothing there.

52:12We don't want to go down and have Gringo or Spray it at least until

52:16he's cut his wheat around it. Because that would be a

52:20blame.

52:24I mean, it needs so much

52:28work, like for the first three years

52:32it would almost have to be like a free lease

52:36because of the cost and effort that's going to have to go into

52:40spraying, disking, seeding, babysitting

52:44just so it can cut a crop by hopefully the second year.

52:48Well, that's what I'm wondering if we don't have to foot that bill

52:52to put it into production, you know what I mean?

52:56And then pay somebody to pay it to that point.

53:00Well, I don't think that's

53:04I think the farmer will, or the rancher, whatever will choose

53:08what crop they want. But they can only.

53:12But still, yeah.

53:16Yeah. So I mean, there's so many

53:20regulations on what it has to be. I don't know if anybody's going to want to put

53:24that in. Well, I guess what you could do is

53:28just put it out and forbid and see if somebody

53:32just see if there's a taker. Can't you put out for like requests for

53:36proposals or something and then see what they propose? And maybe the city wants to

53:40do a three year sort of thing, like we'll lease it to you for three

53:44years. Yeah, I would think a long term lease would be. Yeah, that's what I'm wondering.

53:48You can get it back in the fighting shed basically. You'd almost need it

53:52for multiple years just due to the fact you're going to invest money in it

53:56for the first couple. But you'll want to make sure

54:00that, I mean, that there's a way to

54:04say that if you're not doing this, then you lose that long term option

54:08because that could be the case as well.

54:12So yeah, maybe that is what we do. We do that now.

54:16Do a request for proposal. We have 80 acres available

54:20of irrigated hay ground.

54:24With requirements fighting.

54:2880 acres of irrigated fat.

54:32The other 20 is none.

54:36And could they operate the

54:40irrigation partially? I mean that would be...

54:44Ideally they would. This year is the first time that we've ever

54:48turned the pivot on and off. It used to be always turned on by the landowner.

54:52I don't think

54:56you'd get some proposal.

55:00I think there's a couple neighbors that are showing some interest.

55:04I mean irrigated hay.

55:08You could stand to get probably three cuttings off that field

55:12pretty easy if you did it right.

55:16The one I talked to, he's just getting a second cutting off of his.

55:20That would be

55:24determined how soon we could turn it on to...

55:28Yeah, I mean we used to get three every year.

55:32We didn't cut the last one low.

55:36I mean obviously you don't kill it.

55:44Yeah, let's do that.

55:48If we can get that RFP

55:52so we can approve it at the next meeting to put it out.

56:00Yeah.

56:04Give Curtis Flattig or something to that guy. Oh I don't think so.

56:08Scooter. There's plenty of people around here.

56:12I already sent the text message, don't worry.

56:16We don't have any equipment for

56:2060 acres.

56:28Resolution 1106 will be on the

56:32agenda for next meeting.

56:36Is everyone going to be here next meeting? No.

56:40I'm not going to be here actually. Really?

56:44I'm just going to work.

56:48So, what about...

56:52I've already submitted everything to the paper to advertise for two weeks

56:56before these public hearings.

57:00When will you be back? Thursday? Wednesday?

57:04When is the... I've gone that whole week.

57:08Could we still hold the hearing even if there's a quorum?

57:12Well, I guess that's your question for me.

57:16There's no action taken at the hearing.

57:20Well, normally we hold the public hearings then later on then they pass the

57:24resolutions for our budgets. And the only reason why I moved it to August 27th

57:28is the Department of Revenue was all over me because I was going to do it September 10th.

57:32No, no, I'm going to be here the next one. I'm sorry. I won't be here September 9th.

57:36Okay.

57:40You just took five years off the Sunday.

57:44I was confused on which meeting we were at, right?

57:48Normally I always hold the public hearing at the beginning of September, but like I said, they were...

57:52No, I'll be here the 27th. I won't be here September 9th.

57:56Worst case scenario, I think we could have held the hearing

58:00and then just have a special meeting a day or two later

58:04and approve. Yeah, I guess we could have did that.

58:08Okay, so Brian, you're still gone?

58:12I'm here.

58:16Are there any family emergencies for many of us?

58:20Yeah. Sorry. I was thinking September already.

58:24I don't know where the summer went.

58:28We need a resolution to...

58:32Did we do a motion to pass this resolution in 1106?

58:36No. Okay, let's go back.

58:40I forgot. Okay, so I'll entertain a motion that we

58:44approve resolution 1106 for the

58:48increase of the sewer rates.

58:56I'll make a motion. Okay.

59:00Okay, motion made second. Any discussion other than what

59:04we've already discussed?

59:08Hearing none.

59:12All those in favor? All right. Okay. Yeah, I wasn't sure if this was just

59:16an FYI or if we needed to... No, this is the intention. We're letting public know

59:20of our intentions. Okay.

59:24Okay. Well, that box is checked.

59:28Steve, give us this...

59:32Those notes on the pace.

59:36Oh, yeah. They were here including the sewers.

59:40We had them camera spot

59:44in what is that? Robinson? Robinson. Robinson where people,

59:48homeowners, have been having trouble with the sewer, so we made sure we cameraed it.

59:52And the line looked really good. They said it looks great shape.

59:56There is one hole in it, like 200 feet down.

60:00And they said they could do a point repair on it so they don't have to

60:04dig it up or anything. And that's not bad enough. It has to be done now. We can do it

60:08next year when they're here doing their cleaning.

60:12And it'd be about $5,500. And they just push a piece up there

60:16and a boxy it to the sides. Yeah. So...

60:20It's got to be dry for that to all be gone, right? No.

60:24They do it with this in the water. On use. Yeah, they blow in a piece.

60:28They don't even have to pump it up. It's all pre-pumped on the outside.

60:32You blow it in, you expand it. Well, they would probably stand above it back in it anyway

60:36so there wasn't any flow out, I imagine. Oh, I'm sure.

60:40They'd be at the top side with the vacuum. So there won't be any effect on

60:44the big 690 minutes he says when they're done.

60:48So basically when they come they've got to bring another trailer, another man,

60:52and that's about $5,500 covers and repair.

60:56So they said we can just add it on it next year's cleaning

61:00and they can do it then, okay? But that's the only

61:04trouble we had with... So the folks that were having trouble with Steve,

61:08those are lines from their house to the main. Must be the lines from their house to the main, yeah.

61:12And one of them asked me if Pace could camera theirs, but

61:16that's a 4-inch and Pace can only go down to 6, so

61:20they couldn't camera that line. And he said he would be willing to pay for it if they could.

61:24So... What part of oil was this, Steve?

61:28Robinson. Like Mike Ferris, Finn and Paul

61:32Ronnie Plot. That block right there.

61:36Yeah, it doesn't look very well though.

61:40Yeah, him and Gordy has one, I think. Trevor had a Mack

61:44has one too. Gordy has one, I know. Terry Farver's got one.

61:48Last time JR's

61:52wasn't working when we tried to have him do the pools.

61:56Okay, but

62:00everything else was good. They did definitely the issues. They did definitely a third of

62:04town. They did 10,700 feet or something like

62:08that is what they did. So about a third. We'll do another third next year

62:12and another third of the year after that. Continuing the rotation.

62:16And I should have said it earlier, but DEQ

62:20last year, last week, they did a sewer system inspection

62:24sanitary survey time deal and they asked to make sure we had that

62:28maintenance on them.

62:32Past the client colors? Yeah. Well, there's some trees

62:36at the lagoon we got to tear out. Not to mow, but that's about all.

62:40They'll send a full report for it.

62:44Okay.

62:48That's pace. Okay.

62:52Moving on here. I met with

62:56what's the name? A.J. Smith. I think it was his name. He's kind of

63:00our A.J. Allen. Excuse me. He's our

63:04local tobacco guy. I think he's at Wolf Point, but he does

63:08Phillips County, Daniels County, Roosevelt County, Sheridan County.

63:12Basically not trying to

63:16force us to do anything, but giving us

63:20if we wanted to do certain things.

63:24He's a resource if we needed help

63:28making, like ensuring the park was smoke free,

63:32designating smoking areas, like signage, he can help with that kind

63:36of stuff. Other than that,

63:40I think he was just kind of going through his motions, justifying

63:44his position. Because he's got

63:48his own government car and whatnot. So I had a good meeting

63:52with him. We met right here for about an hour.

63:56So yeah.

64:00I guess that our park is already smoke free, I believe.

64:04100 feet from the pool. It's supposed to be smoke free.

64:08Because he said we were the only pool that actually had signs up, but that

64:12wasn't because we didn't want smoking near kids. It was because of the chemicals.

64:16No. It's all? No. We did it because

64:20the parents or grandparents were standing on the deck smoking during swim lessons.

64:24Oh really? Yeah.

64:28That's not to do with chemicals. Really? Yeah.

64:32When was that? It was right after that pool with Bill Mackie was here

64:36when we did it. I thought they would have to do it with chemicals.

64:40No. They would sit right next to the fence and you could see the smoke just go into the

64:44pool when the kids were out. That's when we did it.

64:52Yeah. And I'm not a tobacco user, but the conservative

64:56in me says if the people who choose to

65:00use tobacco, whether it be Copenhagen

65:04or cigarettes or cigars or whatever, if we did

65:08it as a smoking area in the park, you know, I would

65:12hear the arguments for it, you know, before

65:16I vetoed it down.

65:20But anyway, eventually they'll all be smoke free.

65:24I mean, they did it with the bars and the college campuses and the hospitals.

65:28And he's doing all public areas.

65:32I don't think we need to make that.

65:36We have enough to do with it.

65:40No. We're going to find

65:44reasons to get people mad at us.

65:48Okay. So anyway, that's all that is just an FYI for the council

65:52that he was here.

65:56Yeah. So, moving on.

66:00Preliminary budget.

66:04That hearing. So, we got

66:08starting on page 19 here, notice of budget hearing.

66:12Okay. So we're going to approve this and you can get it to the leader and they're going to run it.

66:16Well, they'll, yeah, they can run it.

66:20They can get it in for the paper to come out tomorrow.

66:24Okay. Okay. So,

66:28well, there's about four pages here.

66:32Notice of budget hearing.

66:36Publish it on the 14th and 28th.

66:40Notice of public hearing for

66:44I can't read that. Oh, the light district.

66:48SID 18, SID 19,

66:52from Mr. Medical Levy, the sewer rate increased and then the budget.

66:56Go back to your first one, Sonia. Notice of budget hearing should be published August 14th

67:00and 21st.

67:04What number that is, August 15th and 22nd

67:08or whatever for the 27th meeting. Okay. Two weeks before

67:12I got it. Okay. Well, let's make sure we'll double check those dates because then the next one says

67:1614th and 21st. The first one says 14th and 28th.

67:20Pearl. Yeah, I'll double check with Pearl.

67:24Because I had to go back and redo everything once I had

67:28couldn't do it on September 10th. Sure.

67:32Okay. And then public hearing for street

67:36maintenance.

67:40And then the medical

67:44the medical levy.

67:48Okay. I had to entertain a motion that we approve

67:52these four, notice of public hearings to be set

67:56to be able to run in the next two

68:00editions of the Dennis County leader and then to be action

68:04taken on on the 27th.

68:08On the

68:12second. Motion seconded. Any

68:16discussion?

68:20Okay. Hearing none, all those in favor?

68:24Okay.

68:28All right. So moving on, we have the

68:32based on the mill

68:36information there. Now this is

68:40do we vote to approve this? This is what we're being told, right?

68:44Well, this is what we're being told, yeah. How many mills we can levy

68:48and what are mills worth?

68:52And we generally levy the max

68:56mills. We have some, yeah.

69:00You don't levy them, you'll lose them. You used to be able to carry them over, but

69:04it worked out very well.

69:08Okay. So do we need to vote to approve this?

69:12I don't know if we've done that in the past, but I mean just make sure council

69:16knows that this is how we came up with our current year

69:20calculated mill levy and what a mill is worth.

69:24So we can levy 266 mills and each

69:28mill is worth $1,160.

69:32For a total of 310,000,

69:36$974 in taxes that everybody paid.

69:40And the next is the

69:44certified taxable value information that they received from their partner revenue.

69:48Those are the numbers we took to get

69:52to fill in on this form to know what our mill levy

69:56is worth and how many we could levy.

70:04We also have the determination of proposed property tax increases.

70:08They came out with this a few years ago. We need to let the public know

70:12how much their taxes are going to increase

70:16for the price of their homes or the value of their homes.

70:20This is a little higher than I thought it was last year. It was like $9, $12

70:24and $15. Now it's $15, $45 and $90.

70:28So there's more increases there.

70:32Those numbers will be included on our budget resolution.

70:36It's about the same numbers as it was last year.

70:40I mean as far I think it was a 305,000 or something.

70:44It stays about the same.

70:48But in our budget we included just about pretty much everybody's

70:52wish list I believe.

70:56We've got the same number.

71:00We've got the same number.

71:04We've got the splash pad in there. We've got the fire hall

71:08growth. We've got the new building updates. We've got the P-E-R's

71:12and the P-A-R's. We've got the share contract. We've got part

71:16equipment. Hospital grant for 25,000.

71:20Purchase of the land because that was in this budget.

71:24This one. A little money for a garbage truck.

71:28Included the study commission.

71:32That's $10,000.

71:36We also did a slight increase on SID-19 which

71:40is our street maintenance. What was my understanding we wanted

71:44to slowly increase that also for all the street projects that are coming up.

71:48So we went from collecting about $165,000 to

71:52approximately $175,000 if we vote to make this

71:56a recent SID-19.

72:08I have my own paper-paper-drock one done

72:12and while you look at it it's impossible to

72:16make it. I'm entering into the

72:20Black Mountain today, yesterday and today.

72:24I have a Black Mountain report printed out for next time.

72:28Does that catch inconsistencies or anything like that?

72:32Well I match it up to my paper copy.

72:36It's easier for me to do it on paper first and then enter

72:40into the computer and then it all has to balance in the end.

72:44It doesn't balance and sums off.

72:48Okay, so does anyone have any

72:52questions? I know this is kind of the

72:56heaviest of heavy hitters that we have.

73:00Insanya does 99.76%

73:04of the work for us.

73:08And she will continue to while she's here.

73:12Yeah, if anybody ever wants to go through it with me they should.

73:16Send people a complaint down to you and you can explain it to them.

73:20That's the biggest thing we're going to get asked is why.

73:24Other than a couple projects trying to finish

73:28there's really no big changes.

73:32And a lot of these

73:36projects are being funded by SLOCA funds, CBBG

73:40grants.

73:44The study commission has a whole separate tax on its own.

73:48How the party voted on that.

73:52Yeah, I've been told that was a huge waste of

73:56tax dollars. How it passed to us beyond them.

74:00This was from a different person than the usual suspects.

74:04Yeah, this one caught me out of the left field.

74:08So speaking of the study commission

74:12did we decide we can appoint or we can't

74:16appoint? I believe we can.

74:20Because if we can't appoint then it's not going to happen.

74:24It's a

74:28Dan Clark question at this point now.

74:32That was my understanding.

74:36If no one files then the body appoints

74:40it.

74:44You're all in total.

74:48Worst case scenario, nobody does it and the money sits there.

74:52That money just rolls into a general fund.

74:56Yesterday.

75:00Is it just one?

75:04Yeah, sorry I jumped it.

75:08Yeah.

75:12Jason Nasty.

75:20Yep.

75:24Okay, well.

75:28That helps pay for our health insurance.

75:32And that's its own separate deal.

75:36And there's a formula that we do

75:40every year to determine how much we can levy for that also.

75:44And I have to make sure that I get department revenue or department

75:48bad men to review these when I'm done with them to make sure that I didn't

75:52correctly.

75:56Okay.

76:00Thank you for all that time.

76:04So moving on another question.

76:08Before you sign this next notice of tax

76:12liens, you've already turned them in.

76:16Okay.

76:20Okay, so at this time I would entertain a motion

76:24that we approve turning in the tax

76:28liens on the three

76:32listed on the exhibit eight

76:36city court treasurer report there

76:40to the county to be assessed on

76:44their, I guess, county taxes.

76:48I'll move.

76:52One second. Okay, so a motion made seconded.

76:56Is there

77:00any questions, comments,

77:04concerns?

77:08Okay, hearing none, all those in favor?

77:12I am. Okay, sounds good.

77:16Go ahead and sign that. Sonya, is there anything that I need to sign with that as well

77:20or just you? Yes, it's just me.

77:24You wield a mighty power behind you there.

77:28Yeah, so I had to get approved.

77:32I just copied what's out of the county to the city

77:36last for this. Sure.

77:40Okay, moving on, our

77:44computers are five years old.

77:48I replaced my

77:52work computer every two years. The tower, not so much

77:56board monitor, mount all that stuff with the tower. I replaced every two years

78:00because all the

78:04necessary changes, I guess, with

78:08this digital world, but we do ours every five

78:12years, so you'll see a quote in there.

78:16Let's see where

78:20there it is. Okay, so

78:24for $7,663

78:28that's three new computers and they come up and

78:32get all of the necessary software, hardware

78:36programs on there and ensure they're working

78:40and then once everything's set up, they

78:44leave us to go on and fight their daily

78:48fights. Am I close with that, Sonya? More similarly,

78:52if Steve can fix it.

78:56They also do all our backups.

79:00They monitor our computers and make sure that

79:04I get a monthly report to make sure that they're working correctly.

79:08So the systems technology, are they

79:12part of Marisa morally? Yeah.

79:16Yep.

79:20Okay, so I would entertain a motion that we accept the quote for

79:24$7,663 to upgrade and

79:28get new computers programmed and up to date and ready to go.

79:32Is there keyboard and stuff in there? Because I don't know if we need that.

79:36Well, yeah. There's a keyboard and mouse here

79:40for Janet's computer, but you probably could use the ones you're getting.

79:44Yeah, if we all ask for it.

79:48I guess we'll include up to $7,663, but if there's stuff

79:52that we can take off...

79:56I don't either.

80:00It probably wouldn't hurt to update it and then move that one and put on

80:04Janet's computer. For your backup? Yeah.

80:08They're only good for about, I would say, three to five years.

80:12The batteries just go bad enough. You can replace the battery

80:16in it, but you might as well just buy a new one.

80:20The battery is above the cost of the whole new one.

80:24Yeah.

80:28Yeah, so...

80:32Let's get our other wishlist things done before we get a backup.

80:36He's always slipping since then.

80:40Four years ago

80:44he didn't have a skidster or a side by side and look at him now.

80:48In a whole new building.

80:52So, I do have a question. That Dell

80:56Thunderbolt dock, you have primarily a laptop computer

81:00and that's the dock, so you have your monitors

81:04and keyboard and stuff attached to it. Yep.

81:08And are you the only one who uses the laptop, the other ones are desktops?

81:12Mine's a laptop. Here's his laptop too.

81:20But you just have the laptop. Mine's just a basic laptop.

81:24It's nothing. Sure. Nancy, you're a new thing.

81:28You just need it for emails and Word documents. Yeah, and then we'll have this new

81:32cloud-based GIS that I'll be able to edit with it.

81:36Yeah, that'll be on his computer. He doesn't have any of the black mountains.

81:40He doesn't have any of the hardware stuff on him.

81:44None of the billing stuff, because I don't want that anyways.

81:48It's costly for each computer. Sure.

81:52Yeah, you gotta pay a license probably for each computer.

81:56We don't even like hook mine up to the monitoring backup

82:00and anything. Mine is just all separate. Stand-alone.

82:04Well, the cost of the computer has gone down because

82:08it's cloud-based. That's

82:12how we pretty much operate too.

82:16Okay, do we have a motion made in seconded?

82:20Not yet. I'll entertain a motion to approve the

82:24up to 7663.

82:28For just new computers.

82:32Seconded. Okay, motion made in seconded.

82:36There's some stuff on there that's not needed, I guess.

82:40You guys can take it off to hopefully make it cheaper.

82:44Again, you know...

82:48For a while, we were on the same rotation as Plentywood, so they would come up and do Plentywood and us.

82:52And then we'd share the cost.

82:56Somehow we got off schedules.

83:00When Kelly was there, we'd do it at the same time.

83:04Is five years too long, do you think?

83:08I know what it's like

83:12when your stuff goes down and you can't work.

83:16I'm lost about...

83:20You really haven't had any trouble with the only thing

83:24like Sonya's keyboard, but working on it. But that was it.

83:28And I would think these ones got a five-year warranty, it says right. You would think it would cover.

83:32I think we

83:36changed ours how to work every five years.

83:40I think in our CFP it says five to seven years.

83:44I don't know.

83:48I have a laptop now, but it's to the point now where

83:52it's got the old windows on it that's going to end support.

83:56So that's why I need one. Otherwise I could just go tell the end

84:00support really.

84:04I think I'd be a little more concerned if we didn't have all the IT

84:08help and all the backups and all that stuff.

84:12I've been always assured that if we lost all our computers

84:16they could get us one the next day.

84:24Any other questions?

84:28Okay, hearing none, all those in favor?

84:32All right.

84:36So the next item is study commission. I know we kind of

84:40flirted with that a couple times throughout the meeting here, but

84:44for some reason I was thinking there was two, but maybe I was

84:48there is just the one. So I know there was a couple

84:52people who had mentioned they were considering it.

84:56You said no one else filed, so you only have Jason now.

85:00Okay. Well, then if we use Niki's

85:04school of thought, we'll have two people mad at us if we had two point

85:08two. Or maybe

85:12they'll be happy and Jason will be mad because he had to actually file.

85:16But there was no cost for it and it was free.

85:20So I guess

85:24the whole council, if you guys

85:30want to go recruiting,

85:34if it comes up in conversation, we have two openings

85:38and

85:42we'll

85:46see what happens. So it'd be nice to get three

85:50and then I believe there's a member from the council

85:54or the mayor sits on there as a fourth.

85:58And Burl is the one telling me that and I have not gone to

86:02research that, but that's how he read something.

86:06I think it was ex-official.

86:10That's the way I read it. Like they couldn't

86:14currently be elected position.

86:18But I could be wrong as well.

86:22Yeah, I don't remember seeing anything.

86:26I know.

86:30But again, as we get closer

86:34hopefully there's more and more info coming out.

86:38Like I said, I don't know. Daph Clark's just an email or a phone call away.

86:42Me personally

86:46I had planned on going to all the meetings

86:50assuming we get the full staff of them.

86:54But try to remain fairly quiet

86:58and let them do their thing, not try to steer them in any direction.

87:02But that was just my

87:06take on it. Because the meetings are open to the public

87:10once they do start meeting. And I'm hoping the City Escobar

87:14Study Commission and the County Study Commission run their meetings

87:18at the same time. Because I really think that could be beneficial

87:22bouncing ideas off of each other. I didn't see where they

87:26couldn't do that. And maybe they'll choose not to.

87:30But we'll just kind of see what they decided to do.

87:34But I think that's a good idea.

87:38Okay, moving on

87:42to Mayor Leave of State Request.

87:46He'd hide. Damn it. That was easy.

87:50Okay, Airport Projects Grinnell.

87:54I am going to

87:58Rome and Minot, North Dakota. Then we're flying out to

88:02go to Nashville just missionally tonight. I have an insurance meeting there.

88:06She's taking along. So for an additional fee

88:10you're able to bring a guest.

88:14I chose her.

88:18A couple other people towards the top. But they said no.

88:22So we're going to Nashville. We leave.

88:26We fly out Sunday. And we're back to Scobey Thursday. So Sunday the 18th

88:30back to Scobey Thursday the 22nd.

88:34So we'll miss the first day of school there. And then that first kind of

88:38partial week or whatever.

88:42So I guess there's no meeting scheduled or anything.

88:46So we're good there.

88:50In my absence, the council president would have to come

88:54put out any fires. There shouldn't be any.

88:58Well, that's why I did that.

89:02Yeah, that's fine. I'll be around.

89:06Did everybody sign? Did you go to the credit union to sign?

89:10I don't think I have.

89:14I was going to shoot you a text.

89:18I was at the credit union and then I got absolutely sidetracked and forgot to.

89:22So yeah, if you could get that end today or this week if you're able to.

89:26Just the credit union or the credit union?

89:30I think it's just the credit union. Because I haven't even done anything at the bank.

89:34I know the credit union. You haven't?

89:38Well, no, maybe I did. Maybe Shandy caught me.

89:42But I know the credit union does.

89:46Yeah, I completely forgot about that.

89:50Yep, so we'll handle that out.

89:54Okay, moving on, airport grant request letter.

89:58Dorothy Holm basically just comes and has a sign

90:02for the airport.

90:06I don't even remember

90:10what they were asking for. A little bit more money to get

90:14grant money to offset the

90:18Yeah, they were doing some crack ceiling and I don't know if they had some

90:22bigger things there. I know it was interstate engineering

90:26that like re-ass faulted it or whatever they did here a few years back.

90:30I know John Bach was

90:34the or one of the engineers on that.

90:38But I would entertain a motion that we approve

90:42this airport grant award request

90:46letter for the mayor to sign so that we can get this

90:50grant funding to go towards the City County

90:54airport.

90:58Okay.

91:10I'll make a motion to approve funding

91:14for the Scobey airport.

91:18Okay.

91:22Any discussion, questions?

91:26Thanks, Clint.

91:30Okay, hearing none, all those in favor?

91:34Okay. Motion carries.

91:38This time, is there any public comments?

91:42Anything on or off the agenda?

91:46This is public.

91:50Again, she's keeping them to herself.

91:54It's rare.

91:58She's angry writing all this.

92:02Okay, so I'll come to agenda items.

92:06Obviously, heavier reading.

92:10This next meeting, the 27th, then Brian, you will for sure be gone.

92:14As far as I know, yes. Changes, I'll let you know.

92:18Okay. Well, it is what it is, but as long as we have a quorum

92:22I don't suspect there to be much public

92:26here. There hasn't historically been.

92:30So, but we'll go through the motions

92:34and go through each one and we'll see

92:38what happens.

92:42Okay, last

92:46agenda item would be to approve the consent items.

92:50There are several pages of your packet, so at this time I would entertain a motion

92:54that the council approves the consent items.

92:58I'll move.

93:02Okay. Motion made seconded to approve

93:06the consent items. Is there any

93:10questions, comments, concerns?

93:14Hearing none,

93:18all those in favor? All right.

93:22Motion.