regular council meeting for Tuesday, March 24th. >> Councilors Grahams >> here. >> Charla >> here. >> Ecman >> here. >> Mayor Scott >> here. 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. >> All right, moving on to the consent agenda. Has everybody had a chance to read through that? Any comments or
questions for anything in there? Um, hearing nothing, I'll ask for a motion to approve the consent agenda as presented. >> Motion by councelor Jarala. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Second from councelor Matson. All those in favor?
>> Any opposed? Hearing none. Motion carried. Moving on to the guest and citizens forum. Is there anybody that wishes to say anything? I do have a question. >> Can I ask question? >> Sure.
We go to page 24. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. I talked to I talked to Dean about it this morning. >> It's it's the way that we're handling grant money for the joint water project with Jacob here. So it looks kind of wonky right now, but it but there is
grant monies for that project right now. So >> well actually our understanding >> right >> further it Mhm. Yeah. >> Right. Right.
>> I agree with you. The It's a little bit different than the sewer project. I wasn't here for the sewer project, but I'm still working with Tom Kelly, our accountant or auditors to really true that up so it does reflect correctly
because they have some questions on it too as well. >> Um, no. Yeah. Thank you, Dan, cuz yeah, it looks pretty concerning when you do look at it and we're we're in what, March, and it's already at Yeah. So, >> yeah, >> but no, thank you for asking.
>> Right. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. No, good question. Thank you. Um, anybody else? Nothing. We'll move on to reports from city staff. Uh, city administrator Wyward, >> I have nothing to report to you.
>> Sounds good. Moving on to city attorney Liki. anything from you tonight? >> Uh, I feel like I should fill in something here, but no, I don't have anything there. >> Oh, jeez. Uh, thank you. Um, so moving on to reports from elected officials.
Councelor Grahams. >> Um, I was just going to mention to the public that our the Twilight Chamber Easter parade um will be on April 4th, Saturday, April 4th. We did get confirmation from the EMS. We sent a letter to the all the EMS fire
departments and to the administrator and mayor about you having the fire trucks and ambulance and police uh cars lead the way again and carry the Easter Bunny and his friends in the parade. Um I got confirmation back from Mel that the ambulance is available. I'll just have
to check in with Chief Clovestead and Fire Chief House and make sure they're on board to help out for that. And that's all I have for tonight. >> Sounds good. Thank you, councelor Darla. >> Um, the only thing I've got concerns the articles paper regarding the chicken
issue in town, >> which the board had already settled. I kind of stewed, like I told Dean, I stewed my own juices for about a week before I went over to the paper to find out why they were trying to fire up everybody about chickens.
There was a lady behind the counter there that I had never met in my 30 some years of living in town. I didn't know who she was. She led me to believe she was this Mia Pepper who wrote the first article said she was trying to remain
anonymous and I fell in love afterwards that it was the owner of the East Range Times, the owner publisher and let me walk out of the business thinking was me a pepper. I Googled it when I got home and found out there was no such person.
Disgusted here at city hall, but others found out it was the owner. I don't know if anybody else has gotten in comments. I've had nobody say anything like one person asked me why. I thought you guys settled that already, which we did. We had several meetings. We discussed
chickens in town and the council voted against it. And then she then put a second article in there because she wants to have chickens. She said it could be solved with just a permit and everything else. And I told her that the council resolved it, decided not to
allow chickens in town. So I've got a feeling I don't we're going to face it again, but I got a feeling we may be saying more of her articles about it. But I actually I think that she owes her
readers and her customers an apology because she put an article in the paper as an individual living in the city using a phony name pending without actually listing it as an
editor's opinion in the paper to make it seem as if it was just an anonymous resident >> that's all I had >> um if you should turn your mic on and then say that all again, please. >> Disgusting.
No, just just give me a crap. Um, thank you. Anything else for you? >> No, sounds good. Thank you. >> Disappointed, >> right? Thank you. Um, councelor Eggman. >> Um, they are hiring a new library clerk at the
library. So, Michelle said applications are at the library, the clerk's office, and on the library website. They're due April 2nd at 400 p.m. Um, uh, tomorrow they have a jigsaw puzzle competition. I think it's full, but you can go watch. I
guess it's kind of the new craze. Um, >> I took second place last time, so I'm going for first this time. >> You're doing it. Go ahead and come watch me do a puzzle. >> I might have to come watch. Um, and then on Friday they have Echoes Beyond the
Pit at the library and they're going to do a discussion on the longear drill site. I think it was at 1 p.m. And they said the last one that they had there was like 30ome people that were there and it was a really good thing. Uh, also I've heard a lot of compliments on being
able to actually hear our meetings now. So people are very excited they can hear us except for Dave. >> But that's it. >> All right. Thank you. Uh, councelor Matson, anything from you tonight? Uh, >> I guess I'll just say that I attended
Sergeant Seabird's funeral um the other day over in Aurora and that it was very nicely done. There was a very large output of people from the area which was very nice. Um, it was unfortunately a really sad day, but it was a very nice
memorial for him. So, other than that, I don't have anything today. >> Sounds good. Thank you. Um yeah, ditto owe to what councelor Mat said, it was I mean a sad day, but it was a very nice service. Um outside of that, I don't
have anything new um worth sharing. So we will move right along to old business um hiring policy. So, like we talked about last meeting, I believe, um just with um me being able to be in the um
the hiring committee or the personnel committee for a year, I just wanted to see how we did things and then um see if that's kind of how um policy if policy aligned with our current practices. So, I went through it and just kind of um made some updates to
um current kind of practice and how we do things. Um so the only issue last time was just regarding the that application section. Um so Joel um our legal expert was able to read through that um and provide his um
recommendation for how that was worded. So that was changed. Um so that's how this current um policy is written up um per his recommendation. Um and then last meeting too or after last meeting um councelor Grahams had mentioned um changes that it's not the strange
shopper anymore. it's the East Range Times. Um so we would update that to to reflect um the current name for that. So those would be the only changes um from the last um policy that was brought in
front of the council. I ask a question. >> Yeah. So with with all the other departments falling under that hiring policy, how why is the library separated and you know you can't
fire the library and they're going to make that choice, >> right? >> Isn't the city holding up for the lawsuit? Um, no. It's been done this way ever since I've started on the council. Um, and from my understanding, that's
just how cities are set up, how they function. From my understanding, Joel with library boards. I know they're different cuz I had questions when I first started, too, that they're just kind of able to kind of unilaterally just make certain decisions that we don't really have a
say over. >> They're they're governed under a different statute. Uh I can do more more research into it specifically if you'd like, but that is my understanding as well. Uh the statute as it as it pertains to the library uh allows for that differently than the other
departments of the city. >> So I mean yeah, even though it falls under the umbrella of the city, it's almost like a separate entity is how I learned when I first started that they kind of make certain decisions. We have certain say over like the budget and those sorts of things, >> but in regards to hiring and those
different types of things, we have less of a say different. Also, >> you approved the position that you had ago during the budget process. >> That that page, is that what that is? >> Student page, whatever. >> So, yeah, things like that. Um,
no, good question. Thank you, Dan. Um, any other comments or questions regarding the updated hiring policy? Uh hearing none. Um I'll ask for a motion to uh approve um the updated hiring policy.
>> I'll make a motion. >> Motion from councelor Ecman. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Second from councelor Jarva. All those in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Hearing none. Motion carried. Um, moving on to new business 11.1.
Um, Sergeant Cody Sbert proclamation. Um, so Chief Clo um, Chief Clostead had reached out um, regarding um, coming up with a proclamation just kind of honoring honoring um, Sergeant Sebert
and I thought that um, had been a good idea. So I think he had made that request to the city of Quakes and then the city of Aurora. I don't know where the city of Aurora is on that um project. >> They already approved theirs, I believe. Yeah, Mayor Greger mentioned that last um at the last meeting, I think he said
they >> Okay. >> approved that. >> Um so, yeah, both cities um were going to do that and have it on um March 21st, which was the day um of his funeral. Um so, I had spent time writing up a proclamation just kind of based or
outlined kind of how we've done previous ones. So that's kind of what's in front of us now. Um so we would be um or I would be proclaiming that March 21st would be Sergeant Cody Sebert Remembrance Day um in White Lakes and then encouraging residents to reflect um
and honor his life and service to the community. Um and then a further part of that proclamation is that all flags at city uh White Lakes facilities um be encouraged to be flown half staffed um just as a mark of respect um in
remembrance of him and his legacy. So that's what this proclamation does. Um anything else to add to that? >> No, it was very well worded. Um, so since Yes. So this is how they've
been written um by past mayors and past folks that have um passed away and um they had proclamations and and things like that. Um so um I'll make the motion to um approve the proclamation. Is there a second? >> I will.
>> Second from councelor Jarva. All those in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? >> Hearing none. Motion carried. Moving on to 11.2 two application to conduct excluded bingo. Um so it looks like the
fire department will be doing bingo. Um that's on April 11th, right Jill? >> Yes. >> Okay. Um so they'll be doing bingo. Um do you want to speak more to that about like burger frying? >> Sure.
So the the fire department had a bingo that we planned just to raise funds for our LEAP association. Anyways, um and then after the death of Cody Sbert, we decided it was kind of a bad feeling to collect
funds for ourselves knowing that somebody could use funds. So we decided to kind of change it and anything that we make at it will go towards Cody's family. Um, so we're doing a burger fry and a raffle,
a bingo down at the BFW from I think we might be extending our hours, but >> it's just kind of a good fundraiser for him. >> Burger >> uh at the BFW. >> Yep. >> So yeah, burger fry and bingo and the um
>> $10 burgers bingo. Lots of really cool raffles. A lot of people in the community have donated some good stuff, so come on out. >> Um, thank you for that info. Um, so yeah, April 11th, um, High Lakes, uh,
Fire Department Relief Association is putting on bingo and Burger Fry. Um, and then with the application, it kind of looks similar to the ones we've, um, received before for other bingo and, um, things like that. So um, anything else to add to that, Dean? >> Nothing.
>> Okay. Um, any other comments or questions regarding this? Uh, hearing none, I'll ask for a motion to approve the application to conduct excluded bingo. So motion from councelor Jarala. Is there a second? >> I'll second.
>> Second from councelor Mat. Uh, all those in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Hearing none. Motion carried. Um, moving on to 11.3. Uh we have an EMT um resignation from
the EMS department. Um Brier Bodic um yeah is just resigning from her position on the EMS department and she provided us with her um resignation letter. Um so these are pretty standard for when folks are um just leaving their positions um
due to having other finding other positions or whatever the reason. Um so they provide us with a um resignation letter and then we um generally just approve those. Um any other comments or questions regarding this?
Uh hearing none. I'll ask for a motion to approve her uh resignation. I'll make that motion. Motion from councelor Grahams. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Second from councelor Ecman. All those in favor? >> I. Any opposed? Hearing none. Motion carried. And that is it for old and new
business. So we will move along to adjournment. Is there a motion for that? So move >> motion from councelor Jarala. Is there a second? >> Second. Second from councelor Grahams. All those in favor? >> I. Any opposed? Hearing none. Motion carried. All right. Thank you.