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Tenants is a part of, the public record this evening. Oh, you have the link. Isn't that working? I don't know. Did you do the things? Did you do the things? Okay. Do you wanna come take a look? Do we have the audio? Yeah. Perfect. Are we ready? Alright. With it being 06:00, we'll call our meeting to order and start with the pledge of allegiance. 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. Alright. Good evening, everyone.

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With that, moving on, roll call around the horn, please. Peterson. Borra. Steichen. Nash. With that, we have our agenda. I didn't see any additions or subtractions, so I think we're good with our agenda. Motion to approve the agenda. I have a motion by Nash. Second. Second by Borra. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. We have our consent agenda this evening. Any questions or comments regarding the consent agenda? Hearing no questions or comments, I will entertain a motion for our consent agenda. Motion to approve. Motion by Nash. Steichen second. Second by Steichen.

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All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. With that, it does move us to number five. Jessica, has there been any request to speak before council this evening? None received. Once again, please encourage the public to participate. Helps us make some progress. With that, let's move to number six. Tonight, regarding our community center, we have six alpha, resolution twenty six thirty one, the 11,375,000 general obligation sales tax and abatement bonds, series twenty twenty six alpha for the Dilworth Community Center project.

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We're fortunate tonight. We have Nick, with us from Eller's, and he's gonna give us some good news. Right, Nick? Nothing but good news tonight? Otherwise, for that, we're happy. And for that, we're happy. So, good evening. Thanks for coming. Yeah. Thank you, mayor, council members, Nick and Hut. I'll let Perry kinda introduce the the topic and head right in. So the, you know, Nick has really guided us along here with this process, and the sale occurred today, actually, this morning. And I'm I'm just introducing Nick again because he's got all the details to it.

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But there's some good news on the results, I think. And, yeah, let's just go through the numbers. Thank you. So we do have some slides. Just a recap for the public. $11,500,000 construction, for the community center. And this we're we're bonding to be able to fund that amount. There was a a slight reduction in the bonds versus the total construction because there is some cash that is available. Some the the city has been collecting sales tax revenue now for almost a year. And so we're gonna put that cash into part of the cost and and then

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borrow the rest. The bonds themselves were supposed to be 11,375,000. That was the amount that was authorized by the council after approval, of course, by the public through the referendum and holding a public hearing last month. Just over 5,000,000 of that would be repaid from the sales tax collections, that would be ongoing over a sixteen year term. And then just north of 6,000,000 to be funded from levy sources and the adopted tax abatement for this project. Our estimates, conservative estimates,

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I will say, but, they were at 4.2% interest cost based on what we were seeing throughout the spring in the in the markets. So in the time since that authorization, Perry and myself, we've had a discussion with Standard and Poor's. That's a credit rating agency. They evaluate the city and provide the market kind of an indication of the credit worthiness of the city. And I'm happy to say that they affirmed the double a rating that the city was recently, as two years ago, upgraded to. This is a a strong kinda median rating for local governments across the entire country.

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And their that discussion kinda yielded that they feel that the city is on the right trajectory. They did note, the continued growth that is occurring locally here in the tax base, new, new homes, new businesses, new construction. They also saw fit to say that they felt that the city had, good financial policies and practices. So your budgetary practices, the policies the council's adopted, some of the forecasting that the your finance officer does on your behalf. All of those put together, merited, that indication. And then they also I I would wanna note for you all is is they

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do give the city extra credit, for having a very strong reserve levels and maintaining those reserve levels. They see that as a strong source of flexibility in the future to be able to overcome kind of the unplanned events that that we really can't predict. And because you do have those and would be able to rely on them if there were something to happen, that would mean that you are less likely to default on your debt obligations and less likely to, run into any budgetary kind of crisis situation.

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So it's a sign of financial strength and they they merit that. Offsetting or maybe preventing from a higher rating, they said was elevated debt levels, which we already kinda knew about, as well as pension you know, long term liabilities associated with pensions and other and other things. So nothing new on that front, but, just just of note. We also prepared some offering documents. We went through a process to kinda review and check those and circulated them out to the market and opened bids this morning at 10:30.

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We got four bids on the next slide from a variety of different, broker dealer firms across the country. The winning bid came from Baird. They're actually, they were originally based out of Wisconsin. This desk that works on this is actually out of New Jersey, but it's a Wisconsin firm. They came in with the lowest bid at, 3.76% interest cost. The other bidders, TD is a is a major player. Huntington Bank, you know, and this is their securities arm. They also came in with a bid. Spread of just under point one two percentage points between the low and the high

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bid, that's actually a pretty pretty tight spread for a twenty year financing. And we're certainly pleased with the low from Baird. Again, our our presale kinda conservative estimates we were planning off of in all your discussions for the last year was about 4.2%. So this is, you know, almost half a percent lower than that indication. So very good results. Next slide. And with that said, we're able to actually take the bid from Baird. We evaluated it and plugged it into the bonds repayment structure,

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you know, the sixteen years from the sales tax, the twenty year levy, and are able to actually reduce the principal amount pretty substantially down to $10,700,000 that's still gonna deliver everything that's necessary to fund the construction contract that you've entered into. So it's not short changing you on any of that funding. It's just as a result of lower financing costs, lower interest rates. We're able to just right size that principal amount to only what's necessary to fund the project. The final true interest cost calculation, once we did that resizing,

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is, 3.7765%. Again, we were forecasting 4.2. This is lower than that and that means that your annual debt costs are gonna be lower. So in terms of the sales tax portion, you know, we had thought there would be a need for about 450,000. Now the actual debt service payments on an annual basis will be 431,000. Compared to what we're forecasting the revenue at, you've got about a 115% annual coverage above what's necessary to pay back this debt. So you'll be able to accumulate some funds and then pay down that balance a

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little bit faster over the full length of the bonds. As far as the levy is concerned, you would have our presale estimates call for a levy once stabilized at $512,000 With these results, you're going to be able to reduce that by about $30,000 to $482,000 per year on average. So that as well is a very good result. It means that you're gonna be able to reduce taxes associated with this community center by about $30,000

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per year. All that said, there was a bond resolution that was included in your packets. It had a lot of blanks in it. Those blanks were because we didn't collect the bids yet. The bids we do receive are only good for twenty four hours, so that's why we opened them up this morning. But your bond attorneys have been able to populate that resolution in this revised form, and, that is on hand, in a revised amount of $10,700,000 principal for this bond issue. So that would reflect the low bid that was received from Baird,

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and the council's consideration of that resolution would put us on track for closing on these bonds July 16. And then you would receive the proceeds on that date to continue to fund the construction contracts and the payments to everyone involved in that project. So certainly I myself am pleased with these results. I know Perry is as well and we would recommend that you consider this adoption of the resolution and awarding the sale of the bonds to Baird on the basis they're low bid. Thank you very much, Nick.

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Any questions for Nick? The time is here. Yeah. Mister Steichen. I got a question. Thank you for your work. First off, how long the sales tax is good for a cent amount? Was that $5,000,000 roughly, the sales $500,000 sales tax? You're it's able to provide 5,400,000 When do you think that will be reached? We're, actually, the average, is close to 500 we've almost got twelve months now. And we're at we're at about a $500,000, you know, 12 data points average.

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So that's about 7 68,000 ahead of in front of this number. So I didn't do the math of it. It's, you know, I'm going to guess it's nine years, eight years, you know, something like that. If that trend continues. That pace. Yeah. So the with that coming in faster than very conservative initially that we planned for, but that would pay down the principal then. Is that correct? So when you're gonna the excess. You're gonna have a fixed cost on your debt service every year. And so you'll be able to kinda accumulate extra revenue,

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and then you'll be able to put that into potentially prepaying your, principal over time. And so, you know, we would we would expect, you know, you're locked in right now to pay it off in sixteen years, but you have the option potentially to pay it off earlier. It might happen in eleven to twelve years. I mean, I'm just gonna throw this question out. You know, don't laugh at me. But, let's say, in nine years, you reach the sales tax maximum amount. Does that create any issues for coming up with the fixed payments after from the to ninth to the sixteenth

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year? No. You're you're actually not allowed to spend it on anything else. And so, it'll it'll stay in a in a fund here on the city books, and it will only go towards retiring this debt and paying it off early. So that's pretty good advantage that, the cost is lower that went down to, 10.7 versus 11. So a bigger share is gonna be coming from the sales tax and then we percentage wise than we first thought. Correct? The sales tax will, well, it'll it'll it'll cover its its share of the debt. It's it doesn't bleed over into the other side.

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You're only able to spend it on what was authorized. So it'll it'll go towards paying off its share of the principal balance. It'll just happen faster. The bottom line is the if it's the levy or whatever tools they use, it's it's gonna be reduced because of the favorable bond. Right. Thank you. Interest rate. Kevin? Just wanted to say thanks to you and your team. As usual, you guys tend to knock it out of the park for us, so I really appreciate that. Did did you have any inkling that it would be,

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like, a half a point from the projection? I I think that was our our hope. But we've been in discussion with with Perry and and Peyton for a long time now in putting these forecasts together. So, you know, things things change. They go up. They go down. That's outside of our control. Yeah. So we wanna be conservative when we put things in front of you because we don't want the opposite to occur Right. And there to be a a negative surprise. Well, I'm I'm thrilled that with with that interest rate. That's fantastic. So, thank you. Any other questions for Nick?

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I wanna say two thank thank you, Nick. Thank you, Ehlers, for for all efforts here. Like, this is it. I mean, here we are. So now we'll be able to fund the the people doing all the work, which is a good thing, I'm guessing. Right. Well, they already started. And and my my question then again, thank thank you, Nick. But then, Perry, do you need anything else from us moving forward? Are you set? No. We've got some signatures to do, Nick. We'll navigate us through those things. And I just I this last thing would add, how important that clean audit. You know? I take the audit really seriously.

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But have time to to have it clean and to have it done in time is is really, you know, should be expected of counsel. Alright. If there are no further questions, I will entertain a motion for resolution twenty six thirty one. So moved. Motion by Borra. Second. And second by Nash. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Once again, thank you very much. Thank you all. Appreciate all of the effort and coming out tonight. Perfect. So with that, we do move to six bravo. We have the, to approve the permanent easement for the community center access drive.

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Don, good evening. Good evening, mayor and council. So the driveway was being constructed, and we got a phone call from on-site. And somebody was out there shooting some lines, and they discovered that, we were into the next property by well, actually, about seven feet or so. Evidently, what happened is the project plans were were drawn with a lot width of 370 feet. However, the lot itself was only 360. Hence, we were trying to search for options, either trying to make move the move the road or whether some other,

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things, there was a high fire hydrant involved with that and there was some lighting and things like that. So we reached out to East Eastview Land Development, the owners, and asked them if they possibly could give us a permanent easement for the road and, other ancillary type facilities that we have to develop as a part of that, and they were willing to do that. So I'm in front of you tonight. City attorney has drawn up the easement. Easement is attached to your packet for your review, resolution also to accepting the easement,

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and, you should be good to go. We'll have three feet to spare. Just enough to run the mower down. Any questions for Don? Kevin? Just out of my own morbid curiosity, was was it 10 feet off because there was supposed to be a 10 foot easement on the west side of the project originally? Or No. Hard to say? No. I I don't know. Somewhere from the architect site plan or whatever, they're anticipating a 370 foot site. But when the property is actually sized, the deeds were all signed, it ended up being three sixty in a in a width.

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I have no explanation beyond that. Okay. We were anticipating, though, that, you know, if there is another facility, another recreational facility developed to the east of there, they probably would also be using that roadway. It's a 22 foot road. So, you know, they're kind enough to give us the easement. I I think it's probably reciprocal at some point when there's a development there that they'd be able to utilize that roadway. Makes sense. Thank you, Don. Any questions for Don? Thanks for paving the way on the road issue. Okay. Yes. Okay. So I I do appreciate it, Don. Thanks for taking the lead on on that.

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And then, you know, obviously, thanks to EastView for, you know, granting, the easement and working in a cooperative nature to get those things done. So that does it does allow for mutually beneficial solutions. So if we don't have any other questions, I will entertain a motion to approve the permanent easement. Motion to approve. A motion by Nash. Steichen second. And a second by Steichen. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. With that, we go to finance. Perry, again, we have, the update and the report on the 2,027 MAT bus operations.

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Perry, you and I I believe that you're taking this one. Thank you. I, I brought this to the divisional council for this meeting. Cole from Map Bus was going to he was going he's got a presentation. Couldn't be here this week. He's on vacation. And so I've gone to a couple of the Matt Bus meetings with, you know, in lieu of Peyton. Again, I'm a little bit tooled up, on getting caught up to speed there. The question before council is, Moorhead, City of Moorhead is submitting for a grant, June 30 deadline. They need to know where Dilworth stands on the central question is going from hourly

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service to half hourly service. And there's a cost. So if thanks, Jessica. Looking at and again, I don't I've got Cole's presentation. I may still have him back in the future to do that. But as you can see, the bottom line where we're at here is, we have a if we leave everything status quo, the service that we currently receive, it's the $37,914 which is very which is a little bit a little increase from prior years and if we go to the half hourly it's that $90,000

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number. So it's a $52,817 question for counsel. Peyton had asked me to point out the last seven years we've been for the for the transit. We have been funding, I think generously reserving for it or budgeting for it and the fund balance has been increasing. And the big thing that didn't happen is that, Walmart Center or whatever that I think that was last year that it that plans

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changed on that. So that said, the fund balance in the transit account it's at about $189,000 as of today. And by the end of the year, so I'll I make a journal entry right at the end of the year to put another $25,000 from the general fund, which is in the budget. So it'll be at about $2.22 15, we'll say, at December 31 of this year. So that's the cash sitting in that transit account. And so I wanted you to be aware, you know, it is it is a very positive balance sitting there.

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You we need to give Morehead an answer. And this would come out in the budget process anyway. We're just doing it a little sooner as to whether we want to proceed or keep status quo or go or or work with, getting a half hour service. So, you know, around the half hour. And that's the question in front of you. I do have some data on passenger counts and stuff I when I read through their, their numbers. And so the paratransit, if you are thinking about that's already included. Again, it's it's all the same in both questions.

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So if we stay with the current, it's the same cost. If we go to the half hour, it's the same cost there. Thank you, Perry. Any questions for Perry? Julie? I have a couple. So first of all, did MAPPA say anything? Have they done any, like, demand analysis on what it might look like half an hour versus an hour? I I didn't see anything projected ridership to change. The total ridership I saw they showed for 2025 was 11,800, roughly. I did the math.

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That's, like, 32 a day. But I didn't see what change that would be to go to. Right? And I thought about that over the weekend. I know. Because my concern is, like, well, if it's gonna be, let's say, 32 well, whatever. It was 50 people, and they're gonna ride at 37 versus it's gonna be the same 50 people, and it's gonna cost us 90, but now we're going every half an hour. Yep. That would be my concern there. Cole might have had that answer. I'd off the top of his head, I didn't know enough to at to ask that one after the meetings. Alright. Can I ask my other question?

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Sure. Okay. So, also, I know Walmart pulled out on the transit hub or station, whatever. What's the likelihood of another location that might be a possibility, though? I mean, that's another MapQuest question. But, I mean, do we wanna, like, put that cash into a a route when they may come back again and want to find another location for that? Yeah. And I don't know that answer. I know at the last meeting, the big item was talking about that whole GTC downtown, that whole center Okay.

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Is the structure is failing. Yeah. And so that was the thing about the conversation is going right into, do they put satellites out? Mhmm. You know, instead of having one big, do they have several out? But that doesn't answer your specific question. I don't It kinda does. You know, like, there is potential Yeah. For quota. Alright. Thank you, Julie. Kevin? Julie touched on one of the questions or you kinda answered it too, Perry. The the ridership was 11,800 for the year of '25. 2025. And, you know,

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obviously, divide that by three sixty five, that comes to 32 people a day. Right? And then, hypothetically, if you're taking a ride out, you're getting a ride back. So it's more like 16. Right? Yeah. I they said eleven eleven seven. I'm guessing that was one ways to your point. Probably, I would agree. Right. Yeah. So for 16 people a day, if we don't increase it, we're already spending, you know, 1% of the overall levy just to have the service. Seems like a pretty good deal for those 16 people. And are we not currently funded through COVID dollars with Map Bus right now?

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Right. No. That's why the fund is going so well? That's why the break it's the CARES funding and the the, ARPA Yeah. COVID money. Correct? Okay. Apparently, that yeah. I don't I don't have much appetite to go to half hour service. Just do we know when those additional funds are gonna be running out? I think it's this year. Is that That's my understanding is it's this year, but I did and I don't wanna speak on behalf of Jennica. She's over at Moray. She's I thought I saw something about let us know, and then they'll see if they've got any more.

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But I don't have that's for that. But, again, I was just looking at revenue streams for funding. So Yep. Julie, do you have another question? I'm sorry. Well, no. I mean, I was just basically, that is what I was asking about about the analysis. Because if there were something to show that people aren't taking it because it only comes once an hour, it would make sense to, like, oh, yeah. We could increase ridership, you know, threefold or fourfold if we went every half an hour, but without some kind of, you know, insight into what that might look at, it's hard to take a big bite,

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you know, to have an appetite to Right. To go that way and then take it back again. Let's say, you know, on a year I don't know. Then you take it away. It has to be a pretty big boost to move the needle for me. Yeah. So, I mean, is this for a year? Or, like, let's say we do it whatever. Let's just hypothetically, we do it, and then we realize this is not for us. Next year, do we change it back to an hour? Good question. I I'm assuming Yeah. But We review it then. Mhmm. I mean, they do their budget once a year too. So Yeah. Yep.

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Mister Steichen. Perry, you might maybe you know this. What's the impetus for this change? Is this something that they've been hearing from riders that they that Morehead is pushing for this? And, also, could we stay at an hour and Moorhead go to a half hour? You're stumping finance guy. I have my opinions, but You know, it's gonna be a quiz. Yeah. Well, I don't expect I mean And I feel bad that this is such a such a kind of a rushed question for you guys. It just seems like if the ridership doesn't change much,

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with a half hour, it's it seems hard to justify, the big increase, but, maybe they got data to support it. I don't I don't know where that where that's coming from, I guess. So Yeah. And then far as the, at MetroCog, the, money that was set aside for that Walmart, that's been already been turned back to Morehead. Right. Well, we paid, we did pay 15. I don't know. That's I remember a $13,000 check went out. Yeah. That's all been taken that's all been distributed back into the system. Yes. So we're sitting there again. We'll be sitting there about 02:15,

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215,000 in that in that by year end. Are there are there any other questions? I feel, like, bad of with my question sitting here because I don't really expect you to know the answers to that. Right. I don't know. I mean, they're they're good. Like, my questions really go and did we talk to Moorhead? Did Moorhead reach out to us with regard to the grant? If we say no to this, does that negatively impact Moorhead's I mean, and and sorry. It's kinda if they need to know tomorrow, it's I know. It's late in it's late in the game. But, you know, we because, obviously,

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partnerships with Morehead, you know, and if it has an impact on them being able to get the grant is one thing. And then, of course, if they get the grant, does that fund the $90,000 that we're gonna see or the additional I mean spend 53,000 of our dollars. Yeah. Right. Why are we gonna spend 53 to help them get the grant unless it would cover more of the the overall cost? That would be that's my only train of thought with with that one. Because other than that, I I I too of of the mindset to look at $50,000

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to double the frequency and no guarantee that that's gonna increase the the ridership to move the needle. I think, it's a hard ask. It's a hard ask right now for the rest of of the city. That's again, those are my questions Right. Along with what the council's already said. So, Perry, I do wanna say thank you for for bringing this up and and leading this, and and taking, our questions. And, again, I just they just dropped this on me last week, literally, and they need an answer. It's like so I stand right in between councils. I can go back,

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and I'll be I'll ask them I'll still be following them up. However I mean, I'm not really asking for a full vote, just kind of an informal. We're not well, I'm giving them an indication tomorrow. Well, I think as as we look at this issue before us, the opportunity before us, and then how this impacts budgets for 2027, moving it forward, I mean, it's for me, it's an indicator, how I vote now, how I'm gonna vote in three months. I I only think that's the right decision for us. But I I think when we look at this update, I I I am gonna call for a vote,

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or we'll go through the motion, and and we'll see if there's any appetite for resolution to support the increase, going to half an hour. And if not, that k. That'll that'll, that'll I mean, that kinda sets the sends the message, sets the tone, lets everybody know where we're at in terms of the city. Julie, thoughts? No. I'm I mean, I think there's a consensus that without more information, it's Right. There's not an appetite for support. Is an issue. Yeah. The the cost is an issue. Right? And the the impacts are an issue.

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So Again, with if you'd when we look at this, I mean, they're asking if if we're willing to do this. Right? And I'll just start and I'll just say, I am not willing to do this. And I don't know if council just wants to follow suit and give their answer. Do we wanna do a full on? Again, it's an update. We don't need we don't need a formal vote, but I will tell you that I I am not interested in pursuing this right now. Same. I would say with the limited information, not on not no fault of yours, but, it's kinda hard to jump into this decision with what we know and what we've discussed so far.

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So I'd be a no. Without more information, I'm a no. Same. I haven't had anybody come and tell me that they are upset with the routes we have or the service we have, hourly. So I mean, with all more information, I'm gonna have to agree with everybody else. Yeah. So does that does that provide enough? That gives me I'll still I'm gonna follow-up with some of these good questions too, because I'm interested. And as it goes forward, too, Perry, if you have any questions or whatever, make sure, like, leave me in if you need to. Will do. Alright. Alright. Again, council, thank you for a great conversation. We do have a a short agenda tonight,

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so it does bring us to number eight council members' concerns and committee updates. We're on the horn. I'm good. I just wanna thank Nick and Perry again for all that budgeting and community center stuff. You guys good job. Southside Social was a hit. All you in the back row there, thank you very much for everything you guys did that you know, it ended kind of abruptly there with the hailstorm, but thank you guys so much. We can't do that stuff without you. So and and thanks to the park board, they put on another good event, and there's some people out there that had a lot lots of fun.

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And hopefully, all those prizes got drawn and dropped off or whatever. And just I wanna say big thanks to everybody. We can't do those things without you guys in the back there. That's it. Mister Steichen. Yeah. I echo what, Amber just said on the social. It's it's fun. Whenever I've been back and talked to Perry on numbers, he does such a great job of explaining it to me in terms that I can understand, and he'll show me. So I do appreciate the work that both of you have done. And just, you know, numbers is your thing. You know, you guys do a great job,

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working at that. So I thank you for that. I was invited to a ribbon cutting at Mattson Field. DGF plays there quite a bit. So for those that haven't been there, they've done an amazing you know, it's not a cheap project, but they've done an amazing job, and they still got phase two they're trying to work on. But, it was a it was a funny event that night, at Madsen Fields. So, it's a be a great place to play in the future. I attended a Juneteenth celebration, so I wanna shout out to everybody in the community that that,

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was able to celebrate and recognize the importance of Juneteenth, in the country. And, I guess, not everybody probably had a chance to be off that day, but I I did. So it it was it was easy for me to attend. So, Metricog, we did talk about the, the the, Walmart thing. So that's that just came up the other day. So I didn't understand the bus shelter thing. I knew it wasn't happening, but the money is being used somewhere. So I guess that's a good thing, and, obviously, Perry would know know that better than I would.

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So, that's where I'm gonna leave it at. Thank you, mister Steichen. Julie? Updates for me. We did do interview for our open position at the PDN are moving through that process of trying to get someone hired, so good news. And then I have LMC this week coming up. Awesome. Anything else? Good. Thank you. I got to attend, like, the community center staff meeting. That was that that was a next level new experience for me. The the detail and, the big takeaway is the the light post that we have to change order to.

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We'll be able to plug Christmas decorations and stuff into them because I'll have an outlet in them. I thought that was kinda cool. And then the other part is, like, it's gonna be going vertical real soon, this week or next. So when we talk about, hey, we just provided the funding, like, we just secured the funding, thank you again, Nick. And also, thanks to the voters that really supported the local tax local sales tax option, I mean, that's significant in terms of 50% of the project, cost. So again, just being involved with all the intricate details and everything like that,

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it was pretty great to sit down for an hour and listen to Dan and talk to Dan and discuss. And there'll be there'll be some things, coming up too in terms of finalizing, like, landscaping op options and all that other stuff. But the the attention to detail that that comes out is is simply remarkable. Our the other meeting I I was able to attend dealing dealing with our, industrial park, making progress on infrastructure up there. Good positive turn of events. We're getting the easement sign, the engineers lined up. And, again, it's as an elected official,

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it's completely a completely different perspective, but really drives home the importance of our full time staff. You know, with Andrew and and Katie helping organize those things that their expertise is essential. But it it only works when we marry it up with our full time staff, with with Perry and with and with Don and and making sure that we're all talking together, working, together to achieve the goal. And, again, as I sat and and looked at this and watched this and and was still kind of an outside part to it all, it it does give me great confidence that as as we go through things and

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sometimes sometimes water issues get dammed up or whatever. But we just work to make things flow, and, it was it was pretty good. And I'm running out of puns, but I I figured I'd give it a shot. But, again, most of the time, like, these are these are meetings that are taken by full time staff, our management and and the people that do the day to day operations. In the last week, sitting in these two things these two meetings, especially, we we don't function without everybody. So it was actually, really exhilarating, and inspiring to be a part of, and and to get the insight from from everybody was was was really great.

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So with that, I don't know if I have any other updates or community stuff. So, in record time, maybe, we will jump to paying of the bills number nine. Are there any questions or comments regarding the bills? I have a quick question here, and I think it might just be a typo. But thumbing through, it looks like we just had all of the fire extinguishers for all of the city entities redone or, recharged or inspected anyway. And for everyone but the maintenance department, it looks like Northland Fire came in and did it.

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But then for the maintenance department, they've got Northern Fire. Oh, it should be Northland. It's just a typo? Okay. I I know that they're two actual companies, so I was just like, might get a better deal if we package them all together. So I'm glad it's just a typo. That's all I got. Alright. Any other questions on the bill? Alright. Hearing no further questions, I will entertain a mo a motion to pay the bills. Second. I have a motion by Peterson. Steichen second. And a second by Steichen. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. And with there being no further business tonight,

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we'll call this meeting adjourn.