um so guessing citizen forum um for you Mark we'll get to when we do the opportunity steps All right hearing none for the guest and citizens forum Um we'll move on to reports from staff Um before I um ask for city administrator
uh to speak I'll introduce them Um so I would just like to uh introduce everybody to our new city administrator Dean Wyber Um Dean has been spending the past few weeks getting situated and learning all the ins and outs of his position um he's new to city administration so I ask that everybody kind of be mindful of that moving
forward um here we're incredibly lucky to have Dean join the team has a lot of impressive supervisory experience um as well as a background in finance um for those who know Dean and have gotten the chance to meet with him um over the past
few weeks um you can tell that he's not only knowledgeable uh and hardworking um but also pleasant and personable which I think is very important difference So um thank you Dean for jumping on board Um do you have anything to add I just want to say thanks Thanks for giving me the opportunity I really look forward to
working with each and every one of you And if I haven't got anybody yet I'm sure we will And I look forward to the opportunity So thank you Thank you Thank you De Um moving on to library director Michelle Lamine Another new face Thank
you Thank you Uh we celebrated Nashville Library Week last week and we had something going on each day We had over 100 people visit the library and our most popular event was the jigsaw puzzle competition we had Wednesday evening and
we will be doing that again in the fall Uh everybody had a really fun time and the first puzzle done was under an hour so it's 500 piece puzzle Um tomorrow we have Tuesday creations at 11:00 a.m and
we are going to be making button bouques We are repurposing salt and pepper shakers and buttons April 22nd at 100 p.m the Northwoods Volunteer Connection Group will be in the library discussing basic information about the Superior
National Forest and stewardship activities that people can partake in Um and in your packet I provided the 2024 public library annual report highlighting the library services I was
wondering if anybody had any questions about those [Music] services All right I just wanted to point out Koopla which is a streaming service that we provide The city of White Lakes provides all the funds for
that Um and it is limited to White Lakes patrons It's very popular Last year we had [Music] 1,632 items checked out So it's a really great service Thank you All right Yeah thank you It sounds like you folks have been pretty busy so thanks for all of
that Um public works director Sninger Yeah last week on Thursday we wrapped up main break number five for the year on the third section of leaf So apparently we're not out of the uh winter scene yet but that went about as well as thinking
Uh we dug it in house Uh took the better part of the day but we got it done Uh today we started our street sweeping So you'll notice that'll be going around Uh people please be mindful of parking on the street If you notice the uh street
sweepers coming um you know get your vehicles or trailers etc out of the way We'll get those streets wrapped up here in the next couple weeks Uh streets and parking lots and then we'll get to sweeper back over to the city of Aurora Um and then I'll just touch base since
uh Buckyy's not here tonight Uh construction at the arena is going well Um we have the underfloor heating system put in as of today They wrapped that up They're back filling with sand I would expect by tomorrow they'll be laying the
foam down and starting on the cooling system Um is that in the arena or the ice plane The the floor of the arena Okay So all the concrete has been removed Everything old has been taken out Um they dug down 14 in That's where
they bury the underfloor heating system which like I say was completed today Um they're back filling in sand as we speak Um and then yeah they'll go ahead and put down the 4 in of foam that go in between the two Then they'll start
putting the cooling system down that goes in the new floor surface of the arena In the back the building uh is complete The inside has been painted and they're starting to install some of the mechanicals in that building as well Um
they were tying the tubing in together through the trench that connects the new building to the uh existing building as well Um if you notice there's OSB on the exterior of the building now where the entrance doors are The doors are being
uh put together and should be installed here within the next week or so Um so arena project is on schedule In fact uh a lot of contractors that are doing ours are working on uh Chisum and Bot as well and they said
at this moment we're the only project that's on track So that's a good thing to do Did they sell off the use the slap piece they cut out like they did the last time or were they just all No that that was all all the way The last time
they weren't sold We we removed them the last time in 10x10 squares and we stacked them outside and as soon as everybody started seeing them they wanted them Oh I saw them throughout the whole northern Yeah And as soon as people parked a car with salt on it they deteriorated and started calling us back
saying "Please come here." I don't want no part of that this time Uh they were also removed with smaller equipment So they were cut in five foot squares and they were hauled away uh to a pickup and embarrassed where they'll be corruption We're good
All right Sounds busy Thank you for that Moving on to publicity director Merritt Uh other than the agenda items Candy already touched on the water being break on leaves So the last thing I have is our gallon waste water plant That's our
main treatment chemical phosphorous removal and it helps with settling It's going to see a price increase with the tariff war going on So we're going to get shipment in just before the price increase comes in May first We've done that jacket So avoid that Yeah Any guess
on how much money increase I guess he was thinking about 10 cents a pound and when you're getting 6,000 gallons about 30,000 that adds up like All right Thanks for keeping us updated
Uh assistant chief [Music] eman for 25 so far this year to date 10 fire wildland seasons coming So the lawyer garden
[Music] thank you Um S youth sports predator marker here mostly just talking lifeguard situation We think Carlman is going to he is signed up to take the lifeguard instructor course Um our
former instructors signatures we can't have him do those classes anymore each one of the municipalities that have beaches all agree to pay for um car to go get licensed So that's that's good Um one thing I do have some questions
regarding would be lifeguard paid for the summer Um last year we paid 1550 an hour It's been a few years where we're trying to get them more so that way we can get lifeguards We've been really
short staff the last several years now We used to allow 15 year olds to lifeguard and then someone found a law stipulation somewhere and it stated that you can be 15 and life guard at a pool but not a master body of water Since
that stipulation was found we've only been employing 16 plus year olds for lifeguarding And what we see is the 15year-old kids they go get summer jobs elsewhere And then to get them to leave that job they maybe already feel comfortable It's pretty difficult So
instantly been short staff Each one of the beaches at the municipalities that I represent they all do have a playground Um what I would like to do is I would
like to hire a 15year-old to be certified in CPR and first aid They could be a playground attendant park attendant and they could assist the lifeguard but not go in the water So
that way if there was a water emergency or an emergency of any type they could they can be the ones that are calling 911 They can help line that stuff up while the older person is kind of necessarily handling the emergency more so especially if it's in the water
um that would allow us to get that staff in at a younger age and hopefully retain them to get our numbers back up again So that pretty much one thing that I leave you know the city council or the cities to agree with just so they know
like we're not not a lifeguard We never had these positions in the past I have been by law and I talked to Jeff over there and he is on board to do that That way we can fully staff these beaches
Um with with White Lakes there is traffic down there quite a bit where I'm not as hesitant to only staff one person Like the town of White you know Lakes is so far out there If if we have younger female or even younger males out there
by themselves like I don't like having one person on by themselves And it isn't I don't feel like doing it here either just because you don't know how long it's going to be before someone stops down there if something right Um they're also they're they're teenage kids
They're dealing with adults at times and they're down there by themselves They're easily admitted and they they're less likely to be say something to someone So I would really like to be able to staff those 15 year olds and that's going to
be a matter of whether you guys are in agreeance with that or not They said I can't hire just do it on my own Um and we would pay those 15 year olds less money than we pay The summer help the city I believe
is at like 1651 an hour right now Um you know those kids I understand that they're out in the sun at the moment They're working hard too but they're not licensed for anything You know these kids that do need to do the lifeguard
stuff they have to take a class They're certified in CPR They're certified in first aid They're certified It didn't save people's lives Every time that they do if they do have to go in the water to save someone you're putting their life in the wash I mean if if Brad's down
there swimming and he has a cramp and he's going down that looks like a 16-year-old girl's going to go out and save him Possibly you know she's putting her life at risk by doing that Um I don't think it's fair to tell them that they're only worth 1550 if the kid
running a weed tractor is worth 1651 Um I think we should be paying those lifeguards the same rate as we pay under summer help As far as the playground or park attendants I think it would be fair
to pay them $1450 an hour Um they don't have to go in the water Their bikes are not online and that would put you if I'm staffing one beach that would put you at$,550 for an average wage you know that we're spending down there Um and I
don't know what the budget was set at for like this If it was set similar to years in the past I think that was around 10,000 I don't know if that's changed but we kind of set it there And I wasn't really sure where it was set after that That looks like about 560
hours If we could push that to 60 hours or 600 hours we could staff 5 days a week six hour days we could staff for 10 total weeks which would be four weeks in June four weeks in July two weeks in August She typically runs those kids
into fall or like fall sports and they kind of all peter off anyways Um that's only five days a week We're not staffing Saturdays and Sundays now Or I could try to only staff the weekend days but then you have less kids
that want to do that work So those are a few of the options that I I mean that I have out there It's quick It's fast But the last several years we've done Monday through Friday and that was about the only way I could get those kids to come in and work
because they were finding jobs elsewhere that were Monday through Friday jobs Um I can get you guys updates on right now We have spring soccer running There's 119 kids involved in that Saturdays at school from 9:30 a.m to
3:15 p.m Last Saturday was our first one T-ball coach pitch minors majors babe Ruth 8 10 new 12 and 14 and 18 softball and baseball registration was all open It's all closed
now We will not have enough kids throughout May program this year which been kind of up and down through all the years kids they're fishing they're camping they're doing all this stuff with their families At that age we typically see a drastic drop in
involvement We won't have a legion team again this year Same thing We got a lot of stuff going on We more than likely will not have a 18 or 14 softball program Those programs were non-existent you know three years
ago We brought them back and I've been able to bring that back have a team last year no 14U but all the years prior we did We'll have an AU a 10 KU and a 12U team We'll have possibly three minors
teams one majors team three coach pitch and three T- ball I don't know if that number total adds up to as far as T- ball coach pitch I'm hoping that we can run those two levels
here like on our fields just because when you get to minors and majors those fields are those fields that we have here are so big the chances of those kids ever hitting a home run is just non-existent So when we play on fields that are more of their
age and their size it makes the game a little more exciting The city by Wavik and the township of White have both built They've built in mounds on their fields now Um town of white has fixed fences They got a new scoreboard So
they've been putting money into those fields for strictly youth usage So I would like to continue to push like those majors and minors programs there And for T-ball and coach pitch it doesn't matter if the fences are 300 ft away or if they're 120 And the base
paths work better for T-ball and coach pitch Those distances match up with softball distances and slow pitch softball distances And that's what we also have coming up here So it's a good match Anybody has any questions I do I
apologize to you because it's nothing you were expecting to be asked but a couple weeks ago we discussed here in the council the monies that the city pays out to the school district for the recreation program Yep And as it turned
out just two days before the meeting I was asked by some people in town if there was any way they could get an accounting of the money that they pay for fees when their children join the individual sports of where that is spent
I talked to Mr Russell Superintendent Burgess Purchase I'm sorry I'm sorry Anyway um he sent me a couple of emails Yeah And they were both basically three lines on the emails very vague and
indistinct The folks I talked to would like to see something a little bit more delineated as to what that money is being spent I I understand there's things that the kids are getting that they never got when we were to state but
still it'd be nice to see a line item counting of whether it's jerseys or equipment or this or that for the individual sports that are out there I can tell you I can tell you like right now
um the average cost for a hat is $15 when we order them The average cost in New Jersey is about $35 Last year we spent $3,000 on baseballs and softballs Um
so right a baseball run about $5 right now It's wild and crazy And that's buying in a case of baseballs for like Cal Ripken age or if we were to go to Babe Ruth Bay uses a high school ball A
case meaning 12 They don't come in 24 Toss up 90 bucks for 12 baseballs We We just bought holes for Cammy and I are at the booster high school baseballs this year went up to 125,000 We
buy I bought Wilson and I found whenever I order any equipment what I end up doing is we buy a lot of stuff through BSN which has been a provider to the school for years right So I'll tell this is what I'm looking for They'll send me a quote What I do when I receive that
quote is I go online on Amazon and I go line item by line item and I search for the cheapest possible prices that I can find I screenshot every single one of them I send it back to BSN I say "Look I can get this all at you know Dicks I can
go here I can go here I can go here and I can get them all for this price I defer place one order and have you guys ship it to me Now all these places would ship to the school for me but I'd have to place 12 different orders right They'll always match every single time
they match but I specifically go through and I look for the cheapest prices for everything I appreciate that I I do Um but what I'm what I'm wondering is there any way at all possible that something can be put together for these people so
they can see where the money goes that they pay in for the fees Um there may have been some talk about people in baseball paying fees and having soccer not having enough in the money being excluded and gone to another line item
for some other sport or something And I I'm just wondering like I said I got two threeline emails Yeah And it's not really a complete explanation of what they had asked for and what I passed the message on And I'm just I'm just
wondering if there's some way of finding that information out I mean like I said I can give you a price per jersey per hat I can show you what price is per case of ball And that's where that money is going Now if you if you know when it comes to soccer it's cheaper because we
don't have as much overhead Basketball is not So you don't have a list of the gear that every single one Okay No what I do have is I have an ongoing sheet that shows me
what I've gotten receipts for funds like wreck fees all the way through since I can go back two or three years and it will show well how much money was spent at BSN It was on you know balls it was on
jerseys it was on hats it was on this it was on that Now that that is there Now am I gonna be a 400 line item cheap No Each sport is going to be different Yeah When it comes
down to kids that play big group the jersey is slightly more expensive because adult size last years and referees you know some of that stuff does get grouped together in line items
Um if you bring ins for Bab games it's looking like $75 per game Right That's times two because you got to have two offs in the field Um majors games you're not paying the kids 35 bucks a game to
ref So all that stuff is added in there Baseball is is vastly more expensive than almost everything else because when it comes down to basketball I get some assistance from our high school programs where the kids come rep When we do host
I pay one adult and then I have a kid rep So I save money on that So sometimes they're wondering why baseball cost 75 bucks and basketball was only 55 When we have 12 home games for baseball and it cost 70 bucks for for lumps for those
games for each game you know 70* 12 is almost 900 bucks So that's where it comes down I mean I could give them a slight breakdown but like exactly down to the dollar you know right There's just so many variables in it But that's where it is I
did have a last year someone asked me you know you collected $600 for a T-ball team Where did that money go I said well a hat is $12 The jersey is 35 That's $47 You know I collected 50 bucks per
kid I haven't lot of baseball Yeah Per one of the questions is money from one sport taken uh from fees and paid out for another sport at all It's all goes into a fund
or it all goes into one one account Yes So if if there's extra left over from baseball it is going to help fund um let's say basketball More than likely what ends up happening last year Babe Ruth ran a deficit of almost
$750 because we have 10 kids sign up and half the team but it costs $500 to put them in the tournament at the end of the year as part of the league We actually found um we had a donation to put them in that tournament last year
because fees are vastly lower Right now Lockidge charges 150 bucks for a kid to play minors or majors and you buy your own bat and you buy your own helmet We pay $75 We provide helmets and we provide
bats So in all reality like our our fees are remarkably low and what the kids get from the fees you know is the same as what every other community is getting as far Would you say the right school
Well the school does not it's in my program So I have all that stuff in a storage room Every year we hand out you know here's your bag Here's your bag Here's your bag Your school makes the purchase and we buy new or um for a short amount of time
I had a group of parents that were willing to donate their time and they ran concessions for a little bit They did some fundraisers They purchased bats catchers gear some helmets all that stuff But then those those essentially
six ladies did everything People weren't doing concession stand shifts They weren't helping out So those people were running everything and running concessions at three different sites four days a week They said "We're
done No one wants to help." So they last year bought a significant amount that they actually had left over and they left their 501c3 dispersed dispersed So they're no longer here That was that was raising several thousand dollars a year to help
keep these programs afloat and keep fees as low as $75 So it's a challenge every year just enough money to put these kids through their programs Um luckily we played for the
league that we're in an anti- league Um you know we have one person from each community sits on a board I set on that board and that league we don't pay a fee to play in that league like a lot of other leagues do or you can purchase your own
insurance and bail them So we don't do that We just pay for end of year tournament in that league Babe Ruth is a different story It's more expensive but We're definitely doing as much as we can to keep those fees as low as possible Um I was saying like soccer is
40 40 bucks Soccer helps float some of the other programs essentially because I don't have to pay for reps I don't have to buy new balls every year The t-shirts they get are cheaper So essentially um how some people pay higher taxes in this town than others
that is what ends up happening with you know some of these sports like the extra money that some people are paying in helpful the others but I still try to tie it to what they're receiving for it like in baseball you're getting more stuff and you sign up nice all those
things you're getting more service you know um to we don't have so I don't have to pay for so they're helping keep the rest of the baseball by not having to pay for those
things Their balls last long so we can get used more often than the other But that all kind of makes sense But as far as like a lineup they wanted to know where does my $75 go I'm not I
can't be like $5 to this $10 goes to this Other than that that's pretty obvious you know Otherwise I'll make spreadsheets All right Thank you Anybody else have any other questions or anything like that Moving on to city
attorney report All right Thank you Uh moving on to reports from elected officials Council grants Uh yeah last week I had attended the Brownsfield conference at the trillant center which is just bought property that generally is privately owned in a town or city and
it's whether it's um an abandoned property or just underused There's funds you can get to try to help that owner fix up the property I know a few years back we got one of these grants for the closed school That owner wasn't willing to work with us so we transferred that money over to the shopping center that
owner was not willing to work with those funds either It's always matching funds and they just didn't have enough at the time but we got some good contacts and information if we ever want to get those grants and funding has some information on that And then I've been talking to
Maria Caro at the um tourism bureau She's doing the Hello Range marketing which they host a lot of events at the library here and in other cities range So we're working with her on some marketing things I didn't want to join that committee but it seems that I I've been helping her so
I'm kind of on the Hello Range committee working on that stuff as well That's it Perfect Thank you Um did you hear of like the county was going to do anything with the low school in the Brownsfield funds or I have not heard anything about that They weren't um
there giving a presentation or anything on that but they u were sending it out for bids for demo and that's the last I've heard Okay All right Well thanks for going through that Um councelor German The only thing I got is that Jill and I attended the East Ranch PD public
safety board meeting tonight They are looking for a new police officer right now The new one they had hired did not pass test and didn't make it So they're putting the ads out again to go through the whole process by a new officer Um
Jim as everybody knows is gone retired Retired Yes Not not deceased He's still stuck in there and taking nourishment So which is a good thing for him Um the department is still busy Uh
Tiffany said still making a lot of arrests and a lot of activities And she said Tim's retirement parties both in her very well So it was a good thing Um Luke was also from Aurora and they
talked about uh Jordan moving up in the chief position His paying benefits will need to be negotiated and then brought back to the the board for approval So that's about all Perfect
Thank you Well at the public safety board meeting I asked about Tim's truck because someone said "Why is there no decals on it?" But Jordan I guess is getting it decal so he'll still be using it Um and that's
about it Thank you And then from me we just had our first garden club meeting last Tuesday that went well Um I think it was a pretty good turnout Um but always still looking for for more people and people to help others So if you're at
all interested um there's always next So that's it from Was that Oh jeez Sorry about that That's fine just really quick Uh last week um met with a couple members including some people
here just some information about something in the language of the Tri City ambulance agreement that's going to be getting looked into They're working on it and we can expect to see that at one of the next meetings here to approve some language changing So other than
that I don't have anything else All right Thank you Sorry for skipping over you Great Um moving on to old business Nothing there So we're moving right into new business Um 11.1 Um arts and crafts program Um just
looking on a discussion on when to advertise and sign up Um the deadline for that Um it's not like last year Um there's some concerns um for the advertising and sign up being too close to the start date program in June Um just making it a tight timeline um for
the instructor to find objects purchase supplies things like that Um so advertising for this year for the instructor position opens up the 14th which is today and then closes on the 25th Um so we just have a few different
um questions here looking for some answers so we can um advertise that Um I think we're lucky enough to have the expert on the art program here tonight Um so with the advertising
um when do you think we should be posting that and then posting that I think that's a good time frame Like last year it was like just the week before it started and to try to figure out how many kids I had signed up to buy
supplies was hard So I talked with Tammy last year like we had to get it done like a little bit earlier So that mean I think that's a good time Two weeks So starting May 5th and then we're closing May 16th
Um and then was their class size good last year with you think having more too much less thing I'm always pretty flexible when when um but one of the things that I would
change just for the time So I had the younger kids from 8:30 until 10:00 and then the older kids came from 10:00 to noon But with kids coming going in at 10:00 was hard So I would switch that time that second time from
10:30 in the morning just because then there's like a half hour to prepare Some kids can leave and some kids can come and but that noon worked really nice because a lot of the kids that would come to Arts and Crafts would also go
stop and get the um United Way meals down at the pavilion They would stop down there and eat lunch that was a good time So above 25 um but there's some flexibility there keeping it um 8:30 to
10 and for the four and 8 year old group um and then around 20 give or take for the 10:30 to noon for the 9 or 12 year old group So we'll make a change there So
instead of 10 to noon 10:30 to noon or do you want to push that 10:30 to 12:30 to keep the I think 10:30 to noon is fine An hour and a half is a long time to do our products right Okay I mean the older kids could always do a little more
complex things but an hour and a half is so 10:30 they're sleeping at noon Um and then there were no changes to fees in 2025 So 35 for the first count 25
for 75 for the um any other questions or discussion on that Um any other changes folks have for um the public All right Um hearing none um I'll take a
motion um to approve those changes um to to posting for the arts and crafts program for this summer So have a motion from councelor Jar Is there anybody second to support that
We have a second from councelor Mat All those in favor Any opposed Hearing none motion carried with those changes Um moving on to 11.2 mosquito control contract with D&D
environmental services Um so yeah they had reached out to the city um within the past couple of months Um sent us their contract Doesn't sound like there's any changes regarding pricing with that Um
from my understanding everything a little bit longer than you can Um even with these books for decorative ownership but it's still still the same Yeah Um so we've been working with these folks for a long time
and then there's no changes to the price since last year So any other um discussions or questions regarding um the contract with D&B Environmental Services Um hearing none I will take a
motion um to approve uh the contract um with those folks and then authorize um city administrator to sign that We'll make that motion Uh do we have any motion from councelor Grahams Anybody like a second or support that I'll second Okay Have a second from
council All those in favor I Any opposed Hearing none Motion carried Um moving on to 11.3 improvements Um to move to order number two Um Kenny did you talk with Bucky about this when you touch base
with him Uh well I I have Um I was on vacation in a week that this took place Um when they remove they had already removed the floor from the arena Um but when they pulled up the boards the a section down by the Zamboni room uh
about 3 ft wide by the 40 ft long The concrete was really deteriorated in that spot There's photos of it Um so they need to get that done prior to the work they are doing now Um you know with the heating system and then covering the
floor So it was kind of a emergency change order if you will Um Bucky was here at the time He spoke to Wade um and Wade who was still on authorized change for them to go ahead
um and cut it out form it It's all in rebar ready to board Um so that um right now the engineer didn't provide any costs with this change order from my understanding Um they shot from the hip
on it may cost 10 or 11 grand Now we found out that repair is going to be significantly less than that which is a good thing Um but they don't from my understanding it's one of those things where we might just be paying time and materials to get this fixed and that
number should be significantly less than what they projected at the time of requested for an emergency So they went ahead gave them the green light to do the work that week and now
the work has been done The concrete hasn't been poured I think once they get all those invoices we'll see a detailed amount and move forward Um with any project of any size there's always
contingency monies in rolled into the project for unprecedent And generally it's you know a large sum It's like 5% of the total cost of a project when you're dealing with millions of dollars There's more
than enough to deal with little couple thousand things like this So shouldn't be a problem So wait both those items on that change order Yeah The first one you guys have
discussed earlier Oh so we knew that was happening And then the second part was that section the second part in the dashboard dashboards I get Um this first one was that from when the compressors were speced to a different
size correct So we had to pay for that That was that was something that was my understanding that once they were speced out the engineer put them in there the city paid for an agree to buy that Then he came back after the fact
and said that those compressors No that that this has nothing to do with the compressors This has to do with the transformer in that building and where it is located Okay Um if it needed to be moved so it didn't have to be moved
because of the compressor size being correct the the problem with the compressor size Uh the compressors were actually being built and we found out after the fact that they were built larger than the doorway going into the building I understand they're going to
have to cut that doorway bigger We've been told that we will pay nothing for that That's the way it should be We talked about that Yeah Yeah This is something different This transformer needed to be relocated um to a vestibule area Um it's being
placed overhead and some extra structural steel needs to be added to the walls to reinforce it due to the weight of it They they weren't aware that it was as heavy as it was for the area that is going to be mounted So some
different structural steel bracing is required That's what the first part of this change is Yeah As far as the compressors go we aren't getting any for that mistake That that was sunk in there Yep The city of white should have been No No And I
have Thank you Yes Thank you to speaking on something that's not exactly within your area Um since it was already approved by recreation director we don't have to make any sort of motion
or any final numbers So so potentially if they do provide us with final numbers then we can do something with that But yeah looks like it says here that they're going to provide them for the 428 Okay perfect
All right so that's just a point of discussion Um so we'll move on to 11.4 Um go ask Rob City Lakes website posting Um since Tam is here do you mind speaking a little bit to that Russell I
don't know if anybody remembers mid-Marchch the website went down for the weekend and not that that's a huge deal but it was an annoyance Um so we found out kind of a long way that the person
the company currently hosting our website has over 30,000 other websites we're hosting on it and the gentleman who creates our website which is Rob your west um he is willing to host our site and he doesn't have that many
companies on there he feels that having that many other websites hosted actually opens you up to whether it is hacking or any of that instability I haven't the last couple months that when I try to upload like agendas or any documents takes me three
or four times before it actually happens at first I thought it shirt but I think his page just not as steady anymore So Rob actually charges us
um because this we usually get charged $15 a month with CMS which is the user tools for me So I can go on the website and edit everything Um and then he charges
us $35 an hour if we add extra web pages or the background photos or the um rotating He takes care of all that because that's more in the program than we just so that was his goal $540 for the
year to take care of hosting and continue to give me the rights to edit the website and we got a $5 discount for a $5 discount every month So he's been very easy to work with The
website we've gotten tons of compliments on it It's kind of user friendly It's kind of like our tourism and city website He's a great guy to deal with and I would love to be able to go in for hosting especially when it says is there like price difference from
what paying or whatever No not that I'm aware of The other um when I was history I showed that he posting us like a couple years back but it changed in like 22 or 23 and we
went in front of this other company then So his actual his here is almost the same as it was So he really doesn't charge very much and he's extremely easy to get like if I email him morning I usually have an
answer that afternoon that night So the communication is so he does a good job He's easy to work with Um and then in the hopes that if there is some sort of glitch with the the website if we have him hosting it
it's a more timely response for getting fixed Yeah He said the company we had in between there you know I had to reach out to our IT company who would then reach out to the hosting company and then Rob was trying to help too whereas now if
I he has the relationship already with our IT thanks for speaking to that Um anybody else have any comments or questions regarding um the posting of the website hearing None I'll ask for a
motion to approve um blast rob is our website posting for bitlakes.com and then authorizing the the signing necessary documentation I'll make a motion Motion from councelor Ecman Anybody that would like to support or second that I'll second We have a second from councelor
GR All those in favor I Any opposed Hearing none Motion carried Um moving on to 11.5 paper request number seven from Max Construction in the amount of $94,73312 for the lake from the recreation
center and this correspondence to city staff um explain some new equipment The ice making system is starting to be delivered to the site for installation in the refrigeration building Um that will quickly turn into the primary focus
here now the concrete floor Um also removal for replacement of the concrete floor in the arena has begun this month that was here in April
Um overall project percentage has now increased to 22% Um anything else Basically just another um approving of paying um the work that they've been doing Anybody else have any further
questions or comments regarding this Hearing none I'll ask for a motion to approve the pay request from Max Gray $94,7312 for the Lakes Wellness and Recreation Center I'll make a motion
Motion from councelor Mat Anybody that like a second support that we have second from councelor Charla All those in favor I any opposed Hearing none Motion carried Um
moving on to 11.6 operator vacancy on the public works department Um do you mind speaking to that team Sure Since you guys are aware uh Bucky Peterson uh who was at the public works department for about
four years uh bid on Wayne's vacancy on his retirement So now I am short in a equipment operator at public works Um we plan on replacing that job in its capacity Uh don't plan on making any
changes I feel we're staffed at the right number um down city Um you know we ran on more we ran on less but uh it's generally speaking we having four four guys down there
three operators and one operator/ mechanic allows me to have guys work in pairs generally on most jobs So I recommend replacing that agency
Um then the job description looks good to you Um and so kind of talking So posting this for um seven days internally um just for kind of gardening and things related to that But
then also making the addition to if nobody applies internally um just going or apping tonight that you're just um going external for it just for so you don't have to wait for so as per the union uh contract the
job has to be posted internally for seven working days um I would recommend if nobody within applies for the job um you just go ahead and start advertising for the external posting rather than waiting for the next council meeting to
make the motion to approve external posting just so that we can start the advertising So ideally the way this motion is the way it's on the agenda here if nobody applies internally then we just put the ads in the paper if it's
two weeks or go from there All righty Anybody else have any other sort of questions or comments regarding this Um so I'll ask for a motion to approve the posting internally um for the heavy
equipment operator vacancy in the public works department um per the contract uh union contract negotiating um so making sure we we follow that and then if nobody applies um within that 7-day period um and then posting
it without us having to discuss that So move We have a motion from councelor Jarala Anybody that'd like to second or support that support We have a support from councelor Gr All those in favor
Any opposed None Motion carried Um moving on to legend 7 carnival committee temporary liquor license application Pretty standard to-do list every year for squatter carnival Um
anything to add there Either Sherry or Dan Anybody have any questions or comments regarding that Hearing none I'll ask for a motion to approve water temporary liquor license application Have a motion from counc Anybody would
like to second and support that We have a second from councilman All those in favor I any opposed hearing None Motion carried Um moving on to 11 point carnival review of events on
something like Dan will be Well we do this every year to come down and kind of inform the city council of that we have planned Uh this year is kind of Dan Dar water This is the 70th anniversary of
the water carnival this year And just for your information it's the current committee's 20th So we've been doing it 20 years already our committee Um we've been planning for the 70th for danger almost two years without any
meetings over that period of time In fact I'm probably a little biased but this is probably going to be the biggest and the best water carnival that's ever been here in town Let's back that up a little bit Our our budget is believe it or not over $175,000 just this year We've never
spent money like this before but uh we think we can do it Some of the things that I want to point out that affect the city is uh we'll have a special fireworks and a drone show planned this year and it's going to be incredible Uh the one big change is the fireworks will won't be
shot behind the ball fields anymore It's going to be done at the beach parking lot and uh for many reasons which I'll get into here The parade is being planned Then of course our big obstacle with the city is you know the road construction that's being planned this
summer Uh so if if we're if it's not complete we think it's going to get completed but you know how it goes It's not completed Uh we do have backup plans of uh we'll either use Andover or Suffoke Uh and we've been we've been u
meeting with uh Kenny and Jordan all along And that decision is probably not going to be made Jerry till probably you know 3 weeks before But we'll just have to see because if we don't have Kenny Memorial naturally we're not going to have a parade on Kenny Memorial Plus it
also affects pretty much everything in town So uh we'll just have to keep our fingers crossed that that road construction is going to go off the rather hitch uh that's probably going to impact you know a lot of the town which is parking and u and all that too So I said we're
working on it and uh we meet quite often see where we're going to be uh with the with the major bands we hired that we booked this year We expect to draw a lot of people and by what I mean by a lot of people is we're actually projecting on Saturday to maybe have two to four two
to 5,000 more people than we've ever had before Um which means 1,500 to 2,000 parking spots Well we've worked with Tim Schuler Kenny uh Steve Shring a lot and we've
got a plan for parking Um absolutely We've actually hired Celebrate Aurora who takes care of their Fourth of July parade that committee over there They're going to take care of our parking in town for us
um from across the Catholic church next to the food dollar all around the three ball fields and even the go-kart track and whatever We've been able to identify 1500 to 2,000 parking spots if needed Um and of course there'll there'll be signs people to park in it all that kind of
stuff And that's we're working with Kenny and Jordan on that And we think we've got a pretty good plan Still not all put together yet but it's close The beer garden area this year will be configured a little bit different uh the stage will be at a little bit different angle kind of more
toward kind of more toward the lake and that's to ensure that we have enough uh patron or guests to watch the uh that big show Saturday night which means food vendors that are normally where they've been will probably not probably they'll be in a
different area which electricity problems and all that kind of stuff but we're all on top of that and um um so that's some of the things I think that are different Uh we're proud that uh we're not raising the any rates
for citizens The citizens in town can still purchase a wristband for $10 through Friday So soon as we get them on sale all the way till Friday Anything after Saturday after Friday night will cost $20 The reason we're doing that is to raise money for some of the excess
cost we're doing in all out oftowners coming in for that big concert so it doesn't affect the citizens So we're pretty proud that we're not facing crisis like that Lots of things are planned There's too many to mention here Some new some old Um again what I do is
I come here every year and I ask the council to for inind services Um we've never ever asked for money from the council We've always did it on our own Uh but the inind services such as police safety public works bathrooms ambulance
firetruck services all that kind of stuff all helps us be successful And uh we couldn't do it without the the being in kind services of our city Not sure and that's all I had just like to
have the inind services and uh Kenny and Jordan are are are integral parts here planning with all the construction and all the changes and stuff So uh but they've been on board with us every meeting so they know what's going on You got any questions
Hey sounds like you folks are going to be pretty busy this summer So yeah thank you for taking on all the moving on 11.8 to 11.9 committee special event permit Um again something that's going to
be anybody have any sort of questions or comments regarding that hearing None I'll ask for a motion to approve the uh water animal committee special editor I'll make a motion a motion from
councelor Ecman Um anybody that like to support or second that I move seconds that um all those in favor hearing none motion car moving on to 1110 fire department
for $10,451 from Jefferson fire and safety um budgeted 10,000 for this year and the remainder will be paid for monies left from That's our power train Um anything to add that No we're not
sure So how much 7,200 All right Any other questions or none I will take a motion to approve um that $10,4516 vote We have a motion from councelor Jar
Anybody that like to second or support that support We have a support from councelor Graham All those in favor Any opposed Hearing none motion carry Um moving on to 11.11
um expiring club invoice for annual funding and discussion to increase um we provided with a letter from the garden club Um just regarding the costs from last year
Um further um asking for further donations from the city that they can provide um some like for this year budgeted 2500 um and processing 2000 um from Ko Lakes
Chamber of Commerce Is there anything to add regarding this Not really I noticed that the last this year and last year we had $2,500 budgeted but they only asked for year $300 for
sharp but there is extra fun Okay Um so maybe a discussion with them regarding hey we know there is so in the discussion I had with the president club it sounds like they thought they only get 1500 each year but then it sounds
like it's actually 2,500 It's just a matter of asking for further money That's more so just maybe a communication thing that we talk with them about Um was Doug mentioned kind of
getting 1500 um from the from the city of Great Lakes Um we talked about maybe getting 500 extra dollars Um I kind of told him not to pay that personally So I divided that with him covering 500 extra
dollar for um and then budget wise um if they're providing 2,500 um the chambers providing 2,000 that's 4,500 and looking at their cost from last year it's about 4,000 considering the supplies you know
flowers so 4,000 400 and just adding those two cost So is there any other discussion or questions through the so extra money from the American things that go to them Um I mean that's
another discussion we can have with them So at this point we've already um provided a budget and paid that that 1,500 to them Um so there's no real motion that we need to make unless you want to bump that up Um but it sounds
like they don't know where there's that extra money that they can get So like I say do we even need to make a motion for that extra time Right Yeah Um yeah I can make sure to touch base with Doug just to let them know that
there is 2500 budgeted every year Um it sounds like they don't fully know that that was the case Um so we will make sure to get a hold of them I'll be speaking to Doug as well to let them know about the American grant and
the projects we have going there and there be there may be some monies with that being um that they might be able to utilize in conjunction with what we're doing I I'll I'll be in touch base on that Sounds good Um yeah thank you for doing
that So we'll move on from 11 2011 to 112 um holding links open to open feed for the water wastewater project and funding system Um do you mind speaking to this J Yeah So basically the big help this is going to give us with POS um source
identification is something I'll be able to help me with getting grants and funding for the sampling One sample event is estimated to be upwards of a thousand dollars just to grab one sample bus So on Tuesday next week I'm
looking at getting the influent the affluent and the bioolids tested at the wastewater plant So there goes over three grand right there And they put out a bioolid limit now that's going to take effect in
September That's why we're sampling now so we know where we stand And that could potentially stop us from being able to land the flight Then we have to look at are we going to send it to landfill you have to press it before we send it out there I imagine we'll have to what other
options will we have depending on the levels they detect So and it's going to help me with um we did sampling events last year that the state has paid for They didn't come through and pay for any this year Um but
we detected POS out in the energy park and that's going to help me set up industrial user agreements with the facilities that are out there too It's a little more out of my scope as far as what needs to be done We have one set up with blasting but it only addresses the
lowle mercury It doesn't address the we're going to set up once for I imagine all three of those out there For those of you who don't know Boss can extend from anything to fires maybe
non-stick surfaces your stain resistant carpet the spray on stuff you have on your jackets to make those water resistant that can trickle down into our water system get into our waste water make it through the treatment plant and out through the lake These are
cancer-causing reagents man-made back around the 50s There's a ton of them out there So it just sounds like something that we're required to do Yeah I need more help This is between
maintaining my responsibilities and keeping up because they've done this for other fellowships Um it's going to go a long way It's going to help us with public and commercial education as well Uh think of this as not to exceed
$14,000 We had a few talks about this We don't think it'll cost more than that just based on what we need to get set up and going I imagine this will be much like our mercury minimization engineers have it set up for us Then we took it over renew it
every year and make changes as needed Um any other questions or comments regarding um this project Um hearing none I'll ask for a motion on to agree to this waterless water project
and then the funding assistance piece of it and then just kind of the signing of corresponding documentation for going with that project Sounds like it's something that we need to do So if we need the help finding funding for this I would make a motion
to approve this agreement I'll second All right we have a motion from counc second from councelor Java All those in favor Any opposed Hearing none Motion
carried included our agenda So we move to journ motion for adjournment Make that motion We have a motion from Rams Anybody that like to second that we have a second All those in
favor motion Thank you You know how to start off main coming to our land