just like they did a month ago start sending us okay the radio did say it didn't start till 7 so we might not have anybody yeah that must be why my mom sent me a message okay okay uh good evening I'd like to call the regular city council
meeting to order for March 24th 2025 uh please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge alance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which One
Nation indivisible withy and justice for all uh first I'd just like to read the the council protocol the city council members are here to serve the city of peers we expect respectful conduct at all times slander or inappropriate language will not be tolerated please
speak only one address one person at a time each speaker has a five five minute time limit uh and thank you for your cooperation uh first item I'd like to do is uh get approval for the minutes for the city council meeting of March 10th
2025 make that motion Gary makes a motion I'll second it Lyn seconds a motion all in favor say I I opposed a motion carried uh next item would be the city council workshop for March 17 2025 if I could get a motion to approve that
I'll make that motion Donnie makes the motion second Gary seconds the motion all in favor say I I opposed uh that motion is also carried um then next we have um additions or removals of the
agenda um I do not have anything I don't know if anybody else has Gary do not okay you're good Len I'd just like to move Parker up to first so we can get him out of here tonight see where where's he at on this thing is 12 y number 12 under the clubhouse
okay put that so I BR up there okay uh I have nothing Sarah yeah I'm good okay if I could get a motion to approve the agenda and we'll just move Parker up to number I'll make that motion D makes a motion I'll second it I
L second a motion all in favor say I I I opposed a motion carried um so approval agenda so first off we have planning and zonning nope we have Parker oh we're gonna move him way up okay oh that's right sorry about that okay
Parker you're up sorry about that all good all right so I just want to come before you uh and request my hirings for this round of interviews uh requesting to bring back two workers from last year Maddie hoisel at 1650 an hour she's
maxed out um and Lindsay Strow at 1350 an hour um and then then we had some additional interviews this week I'd like to hire Kylie pman at $14 an hour uh kin shery at $16 an hour and move her to
1650 at June 1st and then uh ID Andy lighten Frost at 17 an hour is our lead okay um I and you guys have any questions for Parker at all is good okay
if I could get a motion to approve uh the the hiring of those people I'll make that motion Lynn makes a motion I'll second it here second a motion all in favor say I I opposed a motion carried Parker so that's awesome looks like you
got a really good good crew yeah I'm I'm excited I think we got a really good staff and decided to get the doors open right absolutely thank you so much thank you careful okay now we have Planning and Zoning so with Planning and Zoning we
have one um one that we looked at it's Holy Trinity Schools they're adding on uh to the school to the north and to the East and um everybody was in favor of the so was motion was made and carried to do the um Holy Trinity
School are they moving where adding on to where that little playground is back behind it kind of is that you know that there's a playground right to the it be the northeast corner before the yeah graveyard and they'll be putting on um a cafeteria an elevator remodeling the gym
wow uh they're doing several things that are that are all involved so okay um let's see what else you got we just need the motion motion to approve the planning and zoning permit for Holy Trinity Catholic School okay let makes the motion I'll second it
Donnie second the motion all in favor say I I opposed motion carried um I just saw in parentheses is that something back a on that larger 11 by 17 copy for right here okay we don't
need to do anything on that we okay so the next uh item we have is the peers fire department uh City contribution um approval and this was discussed at our our Workshop I think we have everybody on board uh we have uh we have $144,300
in our budget which we budgeted for 2025 uh that would cover 26 firefighters at $550 of a person and that's basically what they're asking for so if I could get a a motion to uh make a motion to approve that make a motion Gary makes a
motion to approve I'll second Sarah second's a motion all in favor say I I I opposed uh motion carried for 26 firefighters at $550 for total of $144,300
um next item is the 2025 annual designations and appointments so this was also was discussed at our at our uh Workshop a little bit uh Council meetings I we're looking at moving them back to 7 o'clock we've been having them
at 6 o'clock but we have we're having a big conflict with the permitting a Planning and Zoning group uh they don't have time to get together because they meet before our meetings and uh they just don't have time to go over all the stuff it it isn't working out and we don't expect them to take off early from
work to uh to help us help the city and help the citizens so that would be uh we'd move the meetings to 6:15 uh starting April 14th the planning zoning meetings then we would go back as a council back to 7 o' and then the other
thing we added uh um we'd like to add the Public Works committee like to add a member of Dale browen to the public works committee he's got a really good background in equipment and heavy equipment and all that stuff I think he'd be a good addition for that and
then the last item is uh the uh paying the committee members uh paying $10 an hour just for the people that uh um that weren't at our meeting they currently get uh 15 bucks and so whether they're at a meeting for one hour or three hours
to get 15 bucks um and us as committee uh as council members we get $10 uh an hour over if we go to special meetings so we thought we'd like to make it consistent and then that helps them out if they have to stick any amount of time into something it helps them out and uh
still even at $10 an hour they're really doing our our community a great service on being on our on our boards and committees so that was that was another item and then the last item oh that's a resolution so um how would they uh so do I get
approval of all that stuff first or just the resolution will cover it all right resolution covers okay so what I'd like to do is get approval for resolution 2025 d03 24-3 and that's the council that's a council time change and the rest of the
items I'll make the Motion dny makes a motion I'll second it Lynn second motion all in favor say I I I opposed a motion carried for resolution 2025 d0 3 24-3 uh so then the next item uh is our
policy resolution and ordinance fee schedule approval so the one one item on there um is our emergency fund so uh we talked about it at our Workshop that we are going to start an emergency fund it's
going to be in a separate uh separate account um we have to it has to be approved by all five of the council members so it isn't just a standard vote um it's something that uh is uh will handle any emergencies like tornadoes or
what have you um or maybe maybe major hail or things of that nature we're going to start open it at $100,000 our goal is to add $100 every year to it until we get to like 500,000 or something only 100 100,000 100,000 I'm sorry I suppose I was going to say 100K
but I screwed up ,000 sorry about thanks thanks for the correction $100,000 a year um until we get it built up to like five or $600,000 and then we have an ordinance um uh oh actually could I get a motion for that first
please make a motion okay so Gary makes a motion L second seconds a motion all in favor say I I I opposed a motion carried for resolution 20 25-3 24-1
uh then the next item uh need is a resolution 20 25-3 24-2 that's the pedler solic solicitor Transit Merchants so that is on page uh
39 just if you guys want to look at it really quick so it sets up a a schedule fee for uh people that would like to come in um whether it's for a Day weekend month year um it sets up a a schedule of uh of payments for for per
for permitting we're doing it so then we have a little better grasp on who's coming into town going out of town um and having stuff so um it is uh it's ordinance chapter uh six of part uh
s um so what we need to do is edit the 2025 of fee schedule so let's do that ordinance first okay so it' be if I can get approved for that ordinance or motion to approve I'll make the motion okay Donnie makes a motion to
approve I it Gary seconds the motion all in favor say I I I opposed a motion carried for 2025 d324 D2 the pedler solicitors Transit Merchants um ordinance we get to the
last one we need to approve the emergency fund policy we approve the trans moving the money from the general but we have to approve the policy okay so could I get a motion to approve the emergency fund policy I'll make that motion okay Lyn makes a motion second it
I G seconds a motion all in favor say I I post uh motion carried for the emergency fund policy thanks Lyn uh then if I get approval of the 2025 uh fee schedule I'll make the motion Donnie
makes the motion I'll second is there a second motion all in favor say I I I um motion uh opposed uh motion carried for the 2025 uh fee schedule so then uh we just got a little review on our uh on
our Workshop review um we uh there wasn't much interest in the chicken ordinance uh the road project funds um they'll they'll go to them uh for planning um for that uh time card Sal employers our salaried employees are
going to be required to uh track their time Freedom Fest tickets where a giveaway will be planned to do a drawing in May and actually I saw that already uh something came out on Facebook or something that said that that there's going to be D it's really well done did you do that Laura that's great yeah
really nice so uh everybody in peers is going to be put into a drawing um for uh tickets for Freedom Fess tickets that we get for uh donating to the to the freedom Fest money um so the first then
next one was a first response Insurance reviewing uh we're reviewing it further um I think that we kind of um Sue our lawyer is basically saying that uh they have to remain independent but if we can find insurance for them the city can pay
it for the First Responders is that right Lynn kind of for the most part that would be the cleanest way to do it yep so that's so we're Lynn's still looking into it but I think that might be the route that we will be going and then uh a school agreement is being brought to the school board D the city
council and those are fees uh for the golf team for the high school and also for the for the cross country team for the for the use of uh using uh the golf course for for those team sports um then we have uh oh then we
have your update Laura yes my update is one of them is that last week the city did receive the 48,6 $15.39 for local government Aid um and
then I have an update that the employee advisory committee met today and we're just working on some employee handbook updates with it so those changes will come and I'll bring it to the council Freedom Fest tickets which you did
already state but Kay and I did figure it out today how we were going to do it we were able to run a a way to put every name in and the system will randomly pick four winners from our data so we will have that all ready for the May
12th council meeting the last piece I have I'm looking for an adjustment at our previous meeting we approved reimbursing Chief Henkin however after reviewing the details with him I would like to retract the approval from our last meeting and instead request that
the city reimburse only the employer portion which would be 46 $677 versus the $779 that was approved so what do I'll make that motion okay Lyn makes a motion I'll
second Sarah second the motion all in favor say I I opposed uh motion carried for 46775 um I got a question for you that 40 what was that $48,000 you talked about from the state the full amount was
48,6 5.39 and that isn't the lmnc L the local government Aid okay do you remember we got last year on it this is the first half of it yeah do you know what we got last year not right off hand no could you let me know I'm just kind of I want to kind of follow on how everything is
working with the with the state and and how they're dealing with local governments at this with everything going on and that was all my updates okay uh so do we now it's up it's us so I don't K you got any updates Gary do not I have
nothing I have nothing Sarah you're still living the dream y looks like looks like it okay I don't have anything either I'll make the motion to adjourn then thought Mak the motion to adjourn second it very second of motion all in favor say I I I oppose
motion carried meeting sure I say I have a meme for just that situation and I can't remember God I'm going to pay I'm going to pay for that