I will call to order the city council meeting for October 14th, 2025, and we will begin 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 with Liberty and Justice Brought.

Clerk back, can we do a roll call, please?

Mayor Monguette.

Here.

Mayor Pro Tem Wong.

Here.

Councilor Barnes.

Good evening.

Councilor Friedland.

Here.

Counselor Gallegos.

Good evening.

Councilor Sampson.

Here.

Councilor Tapia Vega.

Here.

Mayor, we have a quorum.

Thank you.

Apologize for the late start tonight.

Just wanted to share with the community that unfortunately because unfortunately the city faced the passing of one of our city staff members.

And so due to that, we will be adjusting our schedule for tonight and postponing certain items.

And we will pick up some of these items at a later meeting that council will vote on and decide tonight when to move forward.

So just wanted to give you all that background.

So I'm gonna look to our city attorney here.

Some of the items that we do still need to discuss tonight.

Proclamation for Indigenous People's Day will be discussed tonight, item which is item I and the executive session item Q will occur tonight as well.

All other items, um, and we'll do we'll we'll do the consent agenda as well.

Um so items um J, K, L, and N.

Uh we are seeking to postpone them to um a later date.

Okay, mayor, in order to postpone those items, uh, I would recommend that the council uh make a motion to postpone the items and list them by the letter on the agenda and that you postpone those items to a regular meeting before the end of the year, subject to notice on an upcoming agenda.

So what that will do is allow council to postpone those items uh to a it's not quite a date certain, but for sure before the end of the year, um, so that the public can know if they'd like to be here for one of those uh items on a future meeting agenda that they just need to check the meeting agenda um to see when those items are rescheduled.

Uh but that would give our uh city manager and council the flexibility to uh set those agendas as there is room to accommodate those items.

So to be clear, uh mayor, in summary, I do recommend that uh council make a motion to postpone these specific items you will list to a regular meeting before the end of the year, subject to uh notice on those upcoming meeting agendas.

Uh go ahead.

Um ready for a motion.

Yep.

I move to postpone items JK L to a future meeting um that will occur prior to the end of 2025.

Second.

All right, motion and second for the discussion.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed, none opposed, that passed unanimously.

Okay, um, so we do have public input tonight still.

Um, however, if you'd like to save your comments for a late in meeting, or um, please feel free to call council or email us.

Um we'll do our best to respond to you.

However, you're still of course more than welcome to speak tonight if you'd like.

Um, so we will begin with uh Sharon Stetz.

Good evening.

My name is Sharon Stetson.

My husband Wayne Stetson and I reside at 626 Glenwood Drive here in Offia.

I am a lifelong resident, and in the 1980s, I served two terms on the city council.

I'm uh here tonight to discuss another problem that we have.

We are one of six residents that on Glenwood Drive and Sandler Drive who have experienced sewer backup in our homes on March 8th of this year.

At the time of the so-called incident, we found what we thought was groundwater in our furnace room and bathroom.

We determined that our sump pump was dry, and that was not where the water entered our home.

Like responsible homeowners, we proceeded to clean.

On March 12th, four days later, my husband was taken by ambulance to Boulder Community Hospital.

His diagnosis was pneumonia.

The cause of the pneumonia was never determined, even though there was extensive testing.

The next day I discovered that the water in our basement was not groundwater, but sewer water.

Until March 8th of this year, we have never experienced any sewer backups in our home.

We are of six residents that experience backups on the same exact day, March 8th.

The city of Lafayette denies any responsibility for the thousands of dollars of damage by Ross sewage to these six homes, or for the suffering and pain caused by this devastating experience.

We are asking the council to mitigate this problem, to accept responsibility for the actions of its employees, and to reimburse the families for the damage incurred.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next we have Ron Knox.

Mayor and Council members, my name is Ron Knox.

I live at 634 Glenwood Drive.

I have lived in Lafayette for more than 25 years and plan to retire here.

On March 8th, 2025, a category three raw sewage flood backed up into our home and floated our finished floated a finished basement.

When the crews arrived at our home, they told us earlier that morning they had responded to another call of sewage entering a nearby home.

At that location, they discovered Manhole 429 completely obstructed by tree roots and accumulated debris, preventing sewage from flowing through the line.

That obstruction caused sewage backup into our home and indicates a breakdown in regular maintenance.

Since then, we have requested from the city maintenance policies, cleaning schedules, root control programs, and inspection logs through public records, core requests.

We're informed that no responsive records exist.

The absence of these records makes it clear that this section of sewer system that serves our property has not been maintained for years.

Colorado law is clear when a city fails to properly operate or maintain its sewer systems, and that negligence causes damage, the normal protections of governmental immunity no longer apply.

In other words, when negligence leads to harm, the city is responsible for making it right.

The impacts on our family are ongoing.

Much of our home remains torn out and unusable.

We've been living with exposed walls, concrete floors, and a constant reminder of how much we have lost from this.

No homeowner should have to face.

Tonight I'm respecting respectfully asking the council to take action.

One, place this issue on the next regular agenda as a specific item for discussion and direction.

Two, direct staff to provide a written explanation for absence of inspections, cleaning and maintenance records for our neighbors' sewer lines, and clarify how this lack of documentation occurred.

Three work with affected homeowners towards a fair and timely resolution of these losses.

And to develop and publish a proactive wastewater management plan that establishes regular inspection and cleaning schedules, route control measures, and clear accountability to ensure this never happens again.

What happened to us could happen to anyone in Lafayette.

Any one of you guys.

And the city denies liability, saying it's not their fault.

I don't know how you can deny liability in something like this.

And the city says it's not their fault.

I don't understand.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Next we have Shelley Knox.

I'm Karen Raven.

May I go next?

Um Karen Ken Rabin, yeah, Conala.

All right.

Uh good evening, Council members.

Um, I'm Karen Rabin.

My husband Dan in the back, and I own 202 Sandler Drive, which we run out.

On March 8, 2025, which you've heard, the sewage from the city system backed up into our property.

The impact has been very disruptive, stressful, and financially significant, both for our tenants and for us.

Our homeowners' policy provided no coverage for a backup that originated in the public system.

So we have shouldered substantial costs while trying to understand what went wrong and how to prevent this from happening to others.

The city informed us that a root mass and debris had obstructed flow in the manhole in front of our property, sending sewage into our home and five others and into the street.

After the city disputed responsibility and its insurance provider, SURSA denied our claim.

We submitted CORORA requests and met with staff on May 29th to understand the maintenance history for our segment and to understand the factors that contributed to the event.

The city has not provided any documented evidence of cleaning or inspection in the last eight years for our neighborhoods line.

No dates, no work orders, no findings, just no records.

Meanwhile, CERSAT has asserted that the line was cleaned within three years.

Those positions appear inconsistent.

We understand the city has referenced record gaps.

However, the absence of historic records means there is no auditable trail of maintenance, inspection, cleaning, or findings.

This makes us it impossible to confirm what was done, when it was done, or what was found.

This is about systems policies and documentation.

We were told the city does not have a written sewer operations maintenance, operations and maintenance program.

Without a plan and reliable record keeping, critical segments can be missed, and dangerous conditions such as root blockage can develop undetected.

Adequate programs, documentation, and follow-through are intended to identify and address blockages before failures occur.

The lack of records for our segment left no way to verify prioritization or service history.

This is in sharp contrast to peer front range utilities that I contacted.

They have written plans.

They schedule cleaning by zones on two or three-year cycles, with more frequent service at problem spots.

They maintain cleaning inspection records, cleaning and inspection records, and they report annually on the miles they have cleaned.

That turns maintenance into a checklist rather than a memory test.

City records produced to us via CORA together with staff statements indicate operational constraints that may have contributed to this event, specifically prolonged staffing vacancies and a period when one of the city's two vacuum jet trucks was described as partially disabled, which the city has admitted slowed routine cleaning.

In 2024, our line was scheduled to be cleaned along with the rest of the subdivision.

Staff said that our street at the Southern Edge was missed due to cold weather.

Yet records show that between that work stoppage and the March 8th event, inspections continued elsewhere in the city.

With adequate staffing equipment and follow-through and reliable records that flag prior skips, the root blockage could have been identified and removed earlier.

And with adequate record records, the urgency to prioritize the cleaning or inspection of our line would have been clear.

My two requests tonight are simple and constructive.

So for council, please direct staff to work with SERSA on coverage and relief for the impacted families.

A timely fair resolution would help everyone recover and avoid costly litigation.

To protect other residents, commission an independent audit of collection system maintenance and records and adopt a written operations and maintenance plan that includes citywide cleaning schedules, work order tracking, annual public reporting of miles cleaned, and contingency capacity.

That's equipment staffing or on call contractors so that weather staffing or equipment issues don't derail the schedule.

We chose Lafayette because we have family here and we love this community.

Please take action so that residents can trust that the system serving their homes is properly maintained, and that when something goes wrong, there's a clear path to a just resolution.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right, next.

Now we have Shelley Knox.

Good evening, Council.

My name is Shelley Knox and I live at 634 Glenwood Drive in Lafayette.

On March 8th, 25, a category three sewage flood struck our home after a city-owned manhole became blocked with tree roots and debris, forcing raw sewage into our finished basement.

The damage to our property and contents was extensive, life disrupting and costly.

It has also caused a major financial and personal hardship for my family.

We've made every effort to resolve this issue appropriately and respectfully, yet the city has denied responsibility and refused to provide compensation.

In their communication, the city and SERSA have asserted governmental immunity under the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act or CGIA.

However, as outlined in our formal notice of claim submitted on August 28th, addressed to the city to SERSA and to all you members of the City Council.

CGIA does not offer absolute protection.

Immunity is waived when under the law when injuries arise from a city's negligent operation or maintenance of a sanitation system.

This is not merely a policy or a budget issue, it is a legal obligation.

The CGIA does not protect or the CGA.

The CGIA does protect cities from certain lawsuits.

However, that protection is expressly removed when cities fail to reasonably operate and maintain critical sanitation infrastructure, such as sewer lines or manholes.

Colorado courts have repeatedly affirmed that when sewer systems fail due to lack of maintenance, including failure to keep lines clear of tree roots and debris.

Immunity does not apply.

Immunity is not a shield for negligence.

If the city continues to deny this claim, we will have no choice but to but but to pursue legal remedies.

This path would this path would divert taxpayer dollars away from solutions and into litigation.

In truth, continued denial of this claim will likely cost the city and its residents more in legal fees, core costs, and potential judgments than addressing this matter proactively and responsibly now.

Our attorney has already provided the city with the full legal basis and documentation supporting our right to compensation.

At this point, we are not seeking conflict.

We are seeking resolution.

Prompt resolution of this claim would allow the city to avoid unnecessary expense and prolonged legal proceedings, all of which ultimately will come from taxpayer funds.

Taking appropriate action and resolving this matter in good faith to avoid further escalation.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Thank you.

Next is Thomas Glenn.

Good evening, everyone, and thank you for your time.

I'm here again.

I was here at the last city council meeting.

And essentially, it's addressing the aircraft noise flying out of Rocky Mountain Airport with the flight training schools.

There's five flight training schools out of Rocky Mountain.

This has been one of the top issues of the city, I think that needs to be addressed because it's a global issue.

It's not my house, it's the whole city effectively.

So what I'm asking for is a call to action of sorts for the city to essentially come up with plans as far as trying to mitigate the issue.

This is a picture of a bald eagle sitting on a power pole at the corner of Spaulding and South Bermont Avenue.

That same morning or early afternoon, I witnessed three bald eagles soaring over kind of the heart of the city here.

So we got an issue here, both impacts to people and impacts to wildlife.

And we need to be responsible about trying to protect our resources from the natural side as well as the persons in the city.

This was a memo which came out on June 10th of this year.

Basically, the uh FAA rerouted traffic so that it flies out of the Rocky Mountain Airport over Superior in Lewisville, and all the return traffic comes right down to 87 and right through Lafayette essentially.

So everything going through.

Now there's from 2024, there was about 300,000 tick-off and landings that went through the Rocky Mountain Airport.

And all of that traffic is heading north through Boulder County.

So how many airplanes per day?

I I'm it's very easy.

A thousand feet or less in some cases above the city, and we're suffering all the noise pollution in addition to uh the leaded uh fuel that these aircraft, these piston aircraft are using.

So it's creating significant harm to the city, the residents, and impacting the quality of life in this city.

I'm going crazy.

I'm getting aircraft.

I can't sit in my backyard because I'm getting them coming over one every few minutes at times.

Um there's some flight tracking or uh flight tracking software that's out there.

You can look.

Um the lines are going, you know, right over the city effectively.

Rocky Mountain Airport is the biggest violator, but those are craft out of Longmont as well as Erie.

They circle around and then they go right through because they're going from one flight school to the other, they go around, and this is also an impact to our open space.

Our open space land in Boulder County basically was paid for with taxpayer dollars.

And the purpose was basically to have a place to have some peace, enjoy nature, enjoy an outing.

This is having a huge impact on our open space.

So we need to have something formulated.

And I know there's been a few discussions between the different local towns, uh, superior, Louisville, Lafayette, Broomfield, et cetera, to come up with a plan, but we need some concrete plans going forward to be able to tackle the issue because basically our our quality of life is taking a huge hit.

And is that something that we're gonna live with forever?

Because the longer that we let this aircraft fly through zone occur, the harder it is to get it changed in the future.

So we need to start formulating the plans now.

I know there's an election, there's gonna be a new council turnover, there's gonna be uploading whoever's new on the council into the issue, but we need basically everybody to come together and come up with what do we what are we gonna do here?

We can't just sit on it because it is seriously hurting our children, our children in our school, uh disruptions in their day of the uh the school day, as well as uh uh sleep issues and other things that are affecting people in the city.

Thank you, Mr.

I don't mean to cut you off, but you are at your time.

Thank you.

Okay, appreciate your input.

Thank you again, and I'll go ahead and I'll pass this photo on.

Okay.

Thank you.

I'm actually a Miranda fan.

Thank you.

Mayor, council members.

Sorry about the circumstances of this meeting.

My name is Miranda Fan, and I'm a current I'm the current vice chair of the sustainability and resilience board.

But I'm speaking today as a Lafayette resident.

I'll be direct.

The 2026 budget doesn't adequately fund the climate actions we committed to when we adapted the climate action plan last year.

Extreme weather isn't a future problem anymore.

It's happening now, and this council has the opportunity to shape the 2026 budget to reflect that urgency by prioritizing community resilience.

Here's the data.

Colorado has already warmed about 2.3 degrees Fahrenheit since 1980.

Heat waves are expected to increase up to tenfold, while cold waves become less frequent.

High fire risk days have gone from 16 to 116 per year.

By 2030, we'll see twice as many drought days and extreme storms.

Of course, we know this to be true.

The Marshall fire was three years ago, and insurance premiums are up nearly 60% since 2018.

We're seeing water stress on municipal supplies, and people are showing up to hospitals with heat-related illnesses.

This is the reality we're managing right now.

So, what needs funding?

The climate action plan identifies three community resilience actions, all rated as high impact.

First, CR 3.3, enhanced emergency preparedness, improving evacuation routes, communications and coordination.

That's critical infrastructure with a return on investment through used emergency response costs.

Second, CR 3.4, older county vulnerability assessment implementation, which is the ongoing work with floodplain management, hazard mitigation, and coordinated warning systems with police, fire, and county emergency management.

And third, and this is related to next month's ballot measure, is CR 3.2 resilience hub development.

We have a toolkit from the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions specifically designed for the North Front Front Range.

If the full recreation center renovation doesn't pass, we need at least a modest investment in making that facility serve as an emergency shelter with backup power, water redundancy, and communications.

Why is this smart economics?

One in four businesses that close because of a disaster, never reopen.

And if you believe the U.S.

Chamber of Commerce and all state, for every dollar not invested in wildfire preparedness, communities lose $22 in future economic activity.

These aren't discretionary expenses, they're economic protection.

I know the budget is tight.

Council made a principled decision that reflects the values of any community members to push back on state growth mandates.

But that choice came with a cost.

We lost access to state grant funding that would have offset exactly these kinds of investments.

Grants like Charge Ahead Colorado aren't available to us anymore.

We're on our own.

So here's my ask.

Make CR 3.2, CR 3.3, and CR 3.4, top-tier 2026 budget priorities.

Put them in the capital plan and the operational budget as essential infrastructure.

If budgeting for these specific CAP actions isn't feasible due to resources, timing, or other barriers, consider offering property tax rebates to homeowners for installing fireproofing measures.

While this may not seem equitable, think of it as being similar to herd immunity.

Where neighbors can benefit from measures taken by others nearby.

We must change the way we think about climate adaptation from an expense into an investment in community stability.

Thank you for your service.

Thank you.

All right.

I am not seeing any more slips for public comment.

I am also not seeing any callers online.

So with that, we will close public input.

And move forward with the consent agenda.

This includes item A, September 16, 2025, City Council meeting minutes.

Item B, September 30th, 2025, City Council Workshop Summary.

Item C, second reading of ordinance number 18, Series 2025, repealing section 65-84 of the chapter 65 of the Code of Ordinances for Lafayette regarding court costs for failing to comply with motor vehicle insurance requirements for cases resulting in the dismissal or pillow of a charge.

Item D, second reading of ordinance number 19, series 2025, granting utility easements to the public service company for Colorado for utility lines and related facilities to serve electric vehicles, charging stations on certain city-owned properties.

Item E, second reading of ordinance of December 20, Series 225, establishing term limits and term lanes and repealing sections of the code of ordinances of Lafayette relating to boards, commissions, and enacting Article 3.

Consolidating provisions regarding boards and the commissions as amended first reading.

Item F, Series Resolution number 2025-58, approving the disposal sale or donation of surplus equipment.

Item G, resolution number 2025-59, approving the acceptance and accepting a public access easement and agreement and tenant uh consent for lot one block two, Cole Creek Tech Center, filing number one, and item H resolution number 2025-60, approving the industrial city edition for number two, replat B, and accepting the dedication of public access easement thereon.

Are there any items that council would like to pull?

Okay.

Hearing none, uh, we'll we'll take a motion, please.

I move to approve the consent agenda.

Second.

Motion and second.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed, none opposed, that passes unanimously.

Uh we do have one proclamation tonight.

I'll just go ahead and read that in if this is okay with that.

Uh, the proclamation tonight is in regards to Indigenous People's Day for October 13, 2025.

Whereas Indigenous Peoples Day was first proposed in 1977 by a delegation of Native Nations to the United Nations International Conference on Discrimination Against Indigenous Populations in America.

And whereas a Lafayette City Council recognizes that the indigenous peoples have lived and flourished in the Americas since time immemorial.

And whereas Colorado encompasses the ancestral homelands of 48 tribes in the Denver metropolitan area is home to descendants of approximately 100 tribal nations, and whereas the City of Lafayette Council recognizes and values the vast contributions made to our community through indigenous peoples, knowledge, science, philosophy, arts, and culture.

And whereas indigenous peoples in our community, as in all parts of America, has endured centuries of cruelty, exploitation, and genocide.

And whereas the city of Lafayette fosters inclusivity, racial equity, and justice for all people and opposes systemic practices that perpetuate the oppression of indigenous peoples.

And whereas the city of Lafayette recognizes its shared responsibility to honor our nation's indigenous history, traditions, and cultural contributions.

Now, therefore, it may be resolved that the mayor and city council of the city of Lafayette formally recognize the interconnectedness of humanity and foundational and cultural contributions of Indigenous people to the history of our community and do care by proclaim October 13, 2025, as Indigenous People's Day, the City of Lafayette will support events that celebrate and honor Indigenous peoples, their traditions, culture, and our share of history.

As Indigenous People's Day, the City of Lafayette will support events that celebrate and honor Indigenous peoples, their traditions, culture, and our share of history.

So motion and a second.

All those in favor say aye.

Any opposed, none opposed, that proclamation passes unanimously.

Okay.

We do have one item under regular business for tonight.

This is item M.

Items pertaining to the City of Lafayette 2026 budget.

This does include a public hearing for resolution 2025-62.

As well as ordinance series 2025 ordinance number 21.

We have our city manager here and our CFO here as well to get us started.

Good evening, Mayor and City Council.

I'll be excuse me, presenting on the 2026 recommended budget this evening with Katie Doling, our city manager.

I wanted to thank Morgan Walton, the deputy finance director, Sarah Pulse, the Human Resources Director, and Lori Haresta, the senior budget analyst for all their hard work on this budget, as well as the city manager, the deputy city manager, the assistant to the city manager, and all the department heads.

The city held a workshop at the end of August on the 2026 budget and provided the 2026 budget book with significant detail to city council and the public in September.

This presentation is a high-level overview of that budget book and a public hearing for adopting the 2026 budget and establishing the mill levy in addition to first reading to appropriate funds for the operation of the city for fiscal year 2026.

So we've got our agenda here, uh budget process and philosophy 2026 recommended budget highlights.

Next steps, public hearing and motion language is also attached.

Budget process overview.

So here's our calendar.

We're in October.

Again, uh we had a workshop in August where we presented the proposed budget or the workshop to start that conversation.

Then in September, we published the budget book, and we are now at the public hearings on the budget and your opportunity to adopt the budget no later than the last Thursday in October.

Budget responsibilities, municipal charter.

The city manager with assistance of department heads prepares and submits a balanced annual budget and proposed rates and fees to city council for approval.

City Council adopts the budget, budget adjustments and mill levy to the budget.

This is includes special special districts as well.

And then city council adopts certain fees.

Budget philosophy, a municipal budget reflects council strategic outcomes, community values, services that benefit residents, ensures legal compliance, which includes balanced budget balancing revenues and expenditures, maintains adequate reserves, and is the appropriate use of reserves for one-time expenditures.

So we're flexible and forward thinking under our budget philosophy as well.

2026 budget management priorities.

We're looking to optimize existing resources through innovative based budget utilization and identification of new revenue streams or cost efficiencies.

Looking to maintain a cost neutral budget framework that prioritizes core and essential services.

We prioritize capital investments aligned with strategic objectives and long-term outcomes.

We continue strategic plan implementation and competitive compensation practices within sustainable fiscal limits.

And we enhance fiscal resilience through proactive contingency planning and risk management.

Thank you, and good evening, council.

So our 2026 recommended budget is outlined in your budget book totals 145 million dollars.

Um a portion of that goes to the general fund, which is our largest singular fund that funds the majority of your city operations, and then the remaining almost 92 million is being budgeted in your dedicated funds, and these are largely your utility enterprise funds.

So when you look at that budget, it is supported by about 117 million in revenue.

And if you look to the left, this is sorted by funds.

So coincidentally, the majority of the budget revenue also supports the budget expenditures.

The budget by type, you can see on the right-hand side, and a good majority, especially when you strip out the utility funds is supported by taxes, both sales tax and property tax.

And then those utility fees are solely supported for the utility funds.

They can't be used for any other operational purpose.

Um diving a little bit deeper into sales and use tax.

Um, so the 2026 budget is 30.4 million dollars.

This does not only support our general fund, but also our dedicated sales tax funds that are our open space funds, our mental health and human services, and our public safety funds.

As we've been talking since probably June, and maybe even before that, we have seen a softening in our retail sales as we've kind of come out of the spike of the COVID pandemic where we saw large increases.

So we are budgeting a modest 2% above our 2025 revised projections.

That's for retail sales.

There are other components of sales and use tax that include construction use and motor vehicle, and those fluctuate, but we are seeing kind of an increase of 3% over 2025 revised projections.

Property tax is estimated to be about 14.3 million dollars, and this is largely in your general fund, but it does support your debt service fund that is funding the Great Outdoors Water Park GOP bond issue from 2016.

So as we again have been mentioning for a while, we saw some really strong growth in property tax over the last several years, where as you know, we have assessment or reassessments every two years, and we saw that increase by almost 28% this last time.

And we're only projecting about a 4% increase for next year.

So definitely a softening in the market as well as a leveling out of the home values that we've seen.

So we also discussed fee updates.

So we have been working really diligently to update and make clear kind of our fee policy that'll be brought to you at a later date.

So we're gonna go kind of status quo for this budget.

But we do have revenues that we have a known kind of fee change coming forward on October 28th.

So these are largely your enterprise funds.

And then as we were gonna note tonight, but we will give you an update at a later day.

We are continuing the work with our recreation parks and golf fee study, and a placeholder has been included into that budget.

And then similarly, after this budget's adopted, we're gonna look to clean up the code just to really provide clarity around how certain fees are adopted, how they're updated, and where they're located in the code, they are located all over the place.

And so, similar to what we did with boards and commissions, we're gonna kind of take them out of the individual pieces and put them into one section so everyone can kind of see that transparently.

Utility rates and fees.

So, as a reminder, we have three enterprises, utility enterprises, water, water reclamation, and stormwater utilities.

They are separate from the general fund, and the rates do need to go to support the expenses of that fund.

And as we presented in August, we had Ref TELUS financial consultants complete that you uh complete utility rate study, and as part of it, it developed updated financial plans, projected expenses, including operating capital and debt.

We've discussed that you know, costs for these capital projects has increased exponentially even since the last time that we've done these studies due to the length and time that they're taking and litigation that's occurring in a lot of these projects.

And so they presented their findings to council, and um, you know, what's uh a little bit challenging with these pieces is that it really, you know, the impact that it has is really gonna be customer specific based upon your usage.

And so your outdoor and um essential outdoor use, which is those lower tier rates, will have lower monthly increases, and then obviously, if you're a consumer that has large outdoor irrigation or spends a lot of water outside, those are at your higher tiers and do cost more money.

Um, shifting over to the expenditures overview.

So by fund, uh you can see the general fund is uh the largest fund, but those utility funds that are in the kind of the lime green and off to the left water reclamation do support a large portion of the budget, and that's mainly because of the large capital costs that are within each fund.

Our budget by type, you know, kind of the personnel and operating that day-to-day kind of keep the lights on, keep the people in their seats is the large portion of it, and we're gonna walk through the final part of this presentation, kind of highlighting certain areas in the personnel budget that are changing, highlight some operating requests, and then end on capital improvement requests before we turn it over to questions and a public hearing.

So 2026, um we have been working over the past several years to develop our first ever kind of compensation plan of philosophy, which was adopted last year, and so we're really committed to continually align and evaluate with our peer communities where we want to be in the market, and so we're projecting an average of three percent increase for city employees based upon a merit system ranking.

Um, and then we do have two collective bargaining groups that we've um talked in the past that we are close to finalization with, and so those employees are represented by that agreement and dictated by that agreement.

Um, health care, as I'm sure you all see in your day-to-day lives, is continuing to be a challenge as far as our cost escalations that we see.

So, as a reminder, the city pays 100% uh paid health dental envisioned for all employees all types.

It's pretty unique, but it's something that's of great value to our employees.

But we have seen our health care insurance increase almost 10% this year, and it was almost double digits again last year.

And dental insurance increased over 15%.

So we really are continue to be committed in the 100% for 2026.

But as we see rising health care increases, we definitely want to have a frank conversation with our employees about what that looks like in the future.

But for next year, it is status quo.

So looking at positions, they are very limited.

The first one is would be funded through a Dr.

Cog sustainability grant for building energy code compliance.

So why it has the name sustainability in it, it's really focusing on climate pollution emissions through policy changes.

So this position would be supported in the planning and building department.

And we have applied for it and we have reason no reason to believe that we won't get this.

This is not part of the state funding grants that are up in air for us at this point in time, it is through Dr.

Cog.

Should we not receive this grant for any reason, we would not move forward with this position.

We also are recommending a part-time court clerk position to move to full-time.

Currently, we have two and a half FTE, but we have seen a significant increase in the number of just citations and court cases, almost a 50% increase from 2024.

And they're just more complex.

And so we really want to not only address the current cases but become more proactive in responding to kind of the customer experience and case management philosophy.

So this increases the court staff to three full-time staff.

And then also looking through the dedicated fund to add a part-time open space programming and outreach position.

So, as you know, last year we began exploring how to diversify our offerings in open space programming and shifting from kind of that single contractor to a variety of contracts and increasing volunteerism.

And so we've had nearly 40 new open space volunteers.

And so this part-time education position would really help support and coordinate the new kind of nature of our education programs within the open space.

So I think I mentioned in August, we've done a lot of work over the past several years at focusing on revenues, finding new ways to enhance our revenues, and so this is the first step that we're really shifting to look at our operating expenditures.

So we took kind of a high level, more work will be done, but high level review to determine if our budgeted funds were necessary.

So we looked at kind of budget to actual, looking through trends as we've shifted different ways that we've done business, and we did try to repurpose existing funding to reduce the net budget increase.

So, for example, our humane society contract has increased significantly.

You don't see that before you because we were able to ads it in here, but what you do see is dispatch because that was above and beyond what we could absorb.

So we really have tried to between the rising health care costs and some of our contract slide, you know, increase those where we can and then ask for additional funding where we felt like we just didn't have that capacity.

So the first one that we wanted to highlight again within the court system is a court case management system.

So many of you are familiar that we have been incrementally updating our technology to best practices.

We recently implemented HRIS program.

We will be looking in the future for a financial system, but right now we feel like the court case management system is the area that we need to focus focus more to really transition to a paperless processing system.

Not unlike our other systems that we have updated, it is outdated and doesn't allow for any document management or paperless case processing.

And so it can lead to process errors or difficult tracking.

And so with a modernized process, we'll be able to meet kind of the evolving needs of our community members, and it's really a critical component for the court's plans for advancements.

The next thing that we are looking to add is library RFID tags.

So these are circulating materials.

It really helps support modernization of the library.

So these are the ability to track where the book is, so it allows for easier check-in and check-out.

You can streamline the materials, but I think more importantly, we've talked a little bit about you know making sure that we're still planning for the future.

This really allows us to start to explore other product offerings like vending machine devices or mobile libraries, so that you know we don't necessarily need another full on library, but really getting out into the community, and that would be the first step to being allowed, allowing us to explore that.

Um as best practice, we are also recommending continued network and computer replacements.

Uh, we are looking next year to probably explore something that we did similar to the fleet fund, where this becomes an internal service and departments just contribute to it every year.

But for now, this largely comes out of the general fund.

And then, like I mentioned, just a lot of different contract increases.

We've seen, you know, our EMS, our dispatch I just mentioned, um, different appointed, you know, security or court councils.

Um we also do um similar to what the community experiences have to pay for any increases in water.

So whether that be at the golf course or our parks, you know, we do pay for those types of increases as we're also passing them along.

So, and then just those general inflationary kind of pressures.

Uh, within your dedicated funds, um, again, that the big big thing here is really the inflation.

So, parks, open space, and trails.

We see a lot in the equipment, the you know, oil and gas, the water there, the legacy water fund.

We've talked um a few times about how the Thomas Farm water subsidy as we put the full burden of the water cost on that operations, it is not sustainable from a small business, and so we have been making a conscious choice to subsidize it as we look towards a longer term strategy for that.

And then the conservation trust fund is money funded from lottery proceeds, and typically we spend this on capital, and you'll see a large slide with capital, but we can also spend it on operations, and so we have also moved some funding for watering our system to the conservation trust fund specifically for our parks, which is in alignment with their rules and regulations.

So, shifting to capital again, it remains a high priority.

We've been trying to actively plan in the past several years for more capital repair and replacements, um, and so we have kind of several items for you to consider in this year's budget that stem from a lot of our plans.

So the first one starts from our multimodal transportation implementation plan.

So in recent years, we've really been focusing on your large capital improvement projects related to multimodal.

This includes public road, which uh was finished right before I got here, South Boulder Road and 120th, and uh Colorado Highway 7 and 119th.

And so, as we've had money shifted to large projects, we have fallen behind on some of our just annual programs.

And so this is the first year where we're able to really take that money that we've spent on larger projects and reinvest it in just our general rehabilitation.

So we're proposing almost six million dollars for kind of that whole multimodal suite.

This includes an additional 2.6 on top of the already 2.6 program for street rehabilitation.

Um, also really focusing on transportation safety improvements that stemmed out of our vision zero plan and multimodal transportation plan, traffic signal repairs, which I'll hit on in a minute, and some sidewalk replacement funds.

Um, so I think what's really important to note is that one, we're while we're focusing on kind of the top priorities identified in the MMTP.

When we go and try to replace something, we don't do it like for like, we're really trying to integrate those safety improvements.

And so I shared on Friday this is an area at um Minotaur and South Boulder Road that we just did, but an example of what we will be doing in the future as well, where when we replace this pole, which uh hopefully you can see the front is the not great one and the back is the new one.

Um we'll be taking down that front one here shortly.

But we didn't just replace a light pole, we added detection of bicycles waiting at the signal because this is right around a lot of the schools, and so that will help them better stand there.

Um flashing yellow arrows instead of just a green arrow, and you hope to turn when no one's coming.

So this is uh very much a safety improvement.

We'll be adding uh retroflective backpay plates on the new signal and then replacing the sidewalk ramps to meet current federal ADA standard.

So when we talk about like a project, it's much more than just that kind of isolated thing.

We're really trying to, because it's much more cost effective to do it at that time, um, do it when we're in there.

Um, the other example that we've been hearing about and was kind of highlighted in the MMTP and our vision zero action plan is this roundabout at Casper Drive in Saratoga.

So this is another example of a priority project that we are hoping to address in the near future, but really what we were gonna do is it doesn't necessarily rise the roundabout to kind of that high-level replacement, but the pavement does.

And so when we go in there and kind of do the pavement, we can for a much more cost effective thing do address this roundabout that as you I'm sure I've heard through our community because if you remember going on the tour, the the ones near um Willoughby Corner were much more tighter and allowed for those costings.

This one's a very large one, and so it doesn't really people think roundabouts will stop the speed.

And so there's a lot of misconceptions about the safety of it as far as just not being intended to reduce speed.

So when we go to do the pavement, we will look towards doing the kind of ADA compliance where you put the middle barriers on each of those spokes and then widen the actual kind of surface to make the roads narrow so people actually do slow down.

So again, just another example of where some of this funding would be included and how we would address kind of broader issues, even though we initially went in there for the pavement.

Shifting to the utilities capital and the water fund, um, we've talked about some major capital projects and some of the highlights that occur in the 2026 budget include replacement to equipment at the existing baseline water treatment plant.

Um we have had several conversations about just the need to start to plan for a new water treatment plant.

So looking towards the property and acquisition and design of this water treatment plant for kind of current but also future needs.

Um a utility planning study to kind of update our long-term infrastructure needs and then money to begin a multi-year project to improve drainage issues along um Emma Street and the stormwater system.

In the public safety fund, um, within Fireview on the tour, we were able to kind of get to see some of the opportunities and constraints of our current fire station one.

And so we are looking to at least begin design and planning for it so that we could better understand what a total cost could be in the future.

Um the nice thing about this opportunity is that based upon how the fire station is laid out in different vacant areas.

This can be a completely phaseable project once we have a more of a plan to address some of the spacing needs.

Again, this was built when we had a volunteer fire department, and now that we have a 24-7 professional, um, it just doesn't meet the current needs of our operations.

But we will be learning more through the exploration of the design.

And then looking to replace um rifles that were actually manufactured in 1967 that we received from the US government, but um we got them in 2015, so they are um sort of beyond their useful uh lifespan, but the technology is also dramatically improved since 1967, as you can imagine.

So rifles these days can be much more fitted to our varying uh and diverse kind of size and demeanor of our current police force, and this would be funded out of the public safety fund.

In conservation trust, so again, those lottery dollar monies looking to um continue our playground replacement program.

Um our paddle boats at the uh Wanaka Lake paddle boat have been frequently out of service, so looking to incrementally, I believe next year replace two of those.

Our festival plaza shade sales are the original, and so if you drive by there, we have a built beautiful new Starkey building and some pretty faded out shade structures, and then do several water park improvements to the original Lamont Does pool that was not included in the 2016 bond.

For golf, um, we need to start to plan for kind of our raw water line.

Um, they've experienced several leaks and breaks, and it's again the original irrigation system.

So looking to plan for replacement of that, and then just some you know, several large equipment replacements that are at the end of its useful lake.

And then citywide, um, we if you can see on the the right-hand side, we own and maintain a lot of buildings, and so we're looking for boiler replacements at the library and police, uh citywide kind of door controls, fire alarm monitoring.

Um, in the last several years, we've really come up with a um rotating parking lot repairs so they don't get to the point where um they're completely deteriorated.

Uh, a few years ago, we also started um a generator replacement or even addition to certain facilities that didn't have generators, as we've seen kind of our power outages become more sporadic and at longer lengths of term.

And then LED conversion uh light conversions in various facilities.

So just kind of to summarize and then I'll open up.

I know I've been talking for a while.

Um, we have seen a lot of rising costs.

Um we've really tried to hone in on some of our budgeted expenditures and with our new CFO on board, anticipate doing a much more robust dive into next year, and then really trying to maintain that uh progress along our various plans and capital needs.

So, with that, you will have your second opportunity and adoption consideration on the budget on October 28th.

This will also be where you adopt your fees, your pay plans, and then bear with us do your motions for your general improvement, all four general improvement districts that are including public hearings with those.

So with that, I'm happy to answer questions, and then we can open it up for a public hearing.

And I I mean everyone behind me.

Thank you to staff, um, everyone for putting that presentation together.

I know budget's one of the the largest things we handle as a city.

So thank you for your time and energy on that.

Um, I personally do have a couple questions, but I will email those to you and get you those planning uh ahead of time before our second reading.

Um, but does anyone else on council have any questions about what's been discussed so far?

Counselor Samson.

These are about water funds, um, water reclamation funds.

I noticed that in the information we're getting, we've got actuals from 2023, we got a revised, I think, budget from 2024, and then we have a budget from 2025.

It looks like 2026 budget is based on 2025 budget.

Do we have any mid-year actuals on the water fund or the water replication?

Just gonna say, yeah, for us, it's page 57 and 59.

You're saying water like reclamation looks the same.

Water fund and water reclamation fund.

I'm looking at it, and it looks like so.

We the table shows, like I said, uh 2023 actuals, 2024 revised, then we have a budget for 2025, and then 2026 is sort of this forecast.

I'm thinking that's what we're looking at for our budget, right?

Um, and so I was trying to figure out if there was any actuals, uh, even a mid-year or something that are later than 2023.

Yeah, so I'm wondering if you don't have a book.

That sounds like a 2025 budget book where we would show 23.

Okay.

Could be this is what I printed off of the internet for the website.

Let me confirm as soon as you're fine piece.

But yes, that's fine.

Okay.

Um, other questions?

Council Freeland.

Um I always appreciate how um conservative you are in working on this, right?

Planning for uh not the worst probably, but like planning for you know how realistically things might go to the lower bound, and then you know, hoping for right.

Um two percent increase in sales tax, three percent increase in use tax, four percent increase in property tax.

I'm not an economist, but I don't know.

It feels it feels not it feels aggressive, not aggressive, but it feels I'm not sure what to feel about is what I'm saying to you.

I don't know.

Um so I will say the the property taxes based upon the assessors, and we do have preliminary information.

So they they are the economists in that sense, and so I'm gonna trust they have been pretty spot on.

A lot of it depends on between this time and you know, when we would get the final, is those that um what's the right word?

The protest, you know, kind of theirs and whether that'll where all that'll land.

So I'm confident with that.

Okay.

Um, you know, the state when we were going into this, because we also watch the state OMBs, the Office of Management and Budget.

We also watched the state legislature, you know, at the time when we're developing this was actually like one and a half to 1.75 for sales tax, and we have outpaced their growth when we've done it, so we increased it, you know, a little bit above that.

But it yeah, right now it is very challenging.

Um, and I think that's like when uh CFO Balzer was trying to you know emphasize it's flexible is like should we start to see next year we see an increase, like we can always come back to council and talk about other priorities that maybe aren't included in this, but we want to include, or similarly, do we need to pull back on programs or projects because it's actually gotten worse?

And so yeah.

How much how much like space, I guess, do we have for in that going down?

I guess in another way to say my question, if we were not at 2% and 3%, but instead at 0% and 1%, we wouldn't have to change things, or would we?

We would want to have, I would want to have uh your everyone's agreement on council conversation about what um how comfortable we are at using our fund balance, right?

Because that doesn't replenish at the same rate that it would.

So once it once it's at a certain point, right?

You have to have pretty substantial growth to build that back up.

And so it would be about the trade-offs conversation.

Yeah, okay.

Um I have a few other like detailed questions that I'll probably send after this.

Um I do want to uh bring up the resiliency elements that were brought up earlier today, and I'm sure we'll be brought up again during public hearing.

Um I think you know, I saw a couple of things in there around at least efficiency, right?

The boilers, I'm curious, right?

Are we pursuing the highest level of efficiency we can there?

Generators as well, what's our thinking there?

But that's more sustainability focused things, and I think um, you know, and maybe it's a longer conversation in a future conversation around what does resiliency look like and how does it fit into the budget?

Um, but I'm curious if you have any thoughts around are there resiliency elements already baked into our budget?

And you know, or are there elements that are a fair point that we should consider um figuring out how to get them in?

Yeah, I think um it's probably a little bit of both.

Um, you know, when you speak towards the things that are in there as well, I think a lot of it has to do with the current capacity of the buildings and what you can and cannot do based upon what's you know the most efficient or not.

So we always evaluate that.

I think that there's a fair point to be said about the um recreation center and TBD, because we you know there's a lot of opportunities one way or the other of reprioritizing existing dollars if we do want to pursue it if the bond doesn't pass.

If it does, you know, looking to how do we integrate in that piece of it as well.

Um, you know, I certainly can provide more information if I am recalling the um the other two priority areas, I believe was around um it seemed to be a little bit more around fire protection.

I apologize, I don't have it in front of you, but I can I can speak a little bit more towards what our uh sustainability and fire department are doing in those areas to respond to those two pieces.

So while it may not be hard dollars as far as equipment pieces, it's only a staff and exploration time and coordination with the county as well.

A lot of that has to do with county office of disaster management too.

Yeah, yeah.

I mean, I think the big one here is resilience hubs, right?

Um, in terms of a capital dollar in the budget dollars.

Um, and it it definitely you know a lot hinges on as we're redesigning the rec center.

If we do, you know, how do we keep that in in mind?

Which I know we we were already thinking about those things, sustainability certainly, but do we function that as a resilience hub or not?

Um and do we design it as such um once we know what we're doing?

So yeah, and I believe that the sustainability resilience advisory board is gonna be having an update on the exploration and resilience hubs at the um November meeting as well.

So whatever kind of stems out from there.

Great.

Thank you.

Um just clarity questions just to make sure I'm understanding too.

So like the golf work, that all comes out of the golf fund, right?

It's all internalized.

Yep, so no general fund dollars will be spent, it's all through um user fees and those patrons that visit the golf course.

Is it the same for the water park for the water park is a general fund asset actually, and so it is being prioritized, and that's why you'll see a lot of those conservation trust lottery funding helping support that.

Thank you so much.

All my questions, Mayor.

Thank you.

Um other questions from council?

Council Barnes?

Thank you, Mayor.

Uh just a question with there's one more system we need in place, and I think you said that was the finance system once we get the our financial um software system is significantly out of date, and so that would be a large undertaking.

Um so yes, that would probably.

I mean, there's there's a lot of systems that we need to incrementally, but as far as a cost-wise, that would be the probably next significant one.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Just one question I want to get some clarity on right now because I know topic of many municipal governments right now is all about budgets, and those services that we are purchasing from other municipal governments, i.e.

county dispatch, um emergency services, those types of fees and and services, and how much of an increase are we seeing from other government entities that are passing those costs down the line?

Well, I put you on the spot, but I will kind of cover with a few extra words.

Um, or if someone else has it, um appreciate that piece of it.

But I know we have had several conversations with different agencies about them, their desire to pass on costs in the future, and we've kind of told them look our budget was already set, and this would have been good to start conversations sooner than that.

So I do anticipate in the coming years we're gonna see more come through office of um disaster management through dispatch through the sheriff's office, and I think it's gonna need to be kind of a county-wide conversation we have about level of support and you know what taxpayers are paying for or not currently versus what they need to be increasing towards.

But does anyone have dispatch?

If not, it can be answered at a later.

We will answer it on the 28th.

Great, thank you.

Thank you.

That's all near appreciate.

Okay.

Um doesn't seem like I'm seeing any more questions from council.

And I I will say I do very much appreciate you guys um holding some, but if there are any that subs would substantially change the appropriation, I would like to answer them tonight so that we don't need to make adjustments and go to second reading at it on the 28th to meet our legal compliance.

So we're here for it.

Um but if by and large the numbers are right and you just need clarity, then I'm happy to answer them via email or at the 28th.

I mean, I my only question is the is the revenue numbers and making sure we feel really, really good about those because I know we could we can adjust for sure, but I just feel like in times of uncertainty, making sure you have baked in room for wiggle without causing disruption to programs, disruption to staffing, god forbid.

Um it's just you know, I mean, we look at what's happening around us and other jurisdictions, and it is not fun whatsoever.

And so I just want to make sure we're being right now overly conservative, which I believe we already are, right?

Just making sure.

So that's the only, and I I trust your I thank you for the answer.

It was a great answer.

Um, that's the only big piece for me.

I feel like we're being appropriately conservative.

Um, you know, the other agencies that we talk to, you know, several of them relied on federal grants, for example, and so we're just in different situations.

A lot of them were heavily tourists, that you know, or not even tourists, but heavily as people left the office and aren't coming in as much.

Their restaurants are declining, so it is a little bit different.

It is certainly like we keep in close communication.

You know, I started my career during 2008, 2009 downturn and then we had COVID, and then we've had the flood, so like we're used to pivoting a lot, um, but it is hard to predict in a very uncertain time.

But I do believe that you know staff, and I will give credit to Sarah Calsa who did a lion's work of kind of revenue projections um based upon prior work of CFOs.

So thank you.

Okay.

All right, um, so this is a public hearing.

Um, so um, if members of the public would like to speak regarding this item, um uh this would be the appropriate time.

You'll have five minutes to speak.

You may come to the podium when I call your name.

Uh, first we have Miranda Fan.

Hello again, Mayor, Council members.

My name is Miranda Fan, and I'll make this brief.

As I spoke earlier, the 2026 budget doesn't adequately fund the climate actions we committed to when we adopted the climate action plan last year.

Extreme weather isn't a future problem anymore, it's happening now.

And this council has the opportunity to shape the 2026 budget to reflect that urgency by prioritizing community resilience.

The climate action plan identifies three community resilience actions, all rated as high impact.

First, CR 3.3, enhanced emergency preparedness.

So improving evacuation routes, communications, and coordination.

That's critical infrastructure with a return on investment through reduced emergency response costs.

Second, CR 3.4.

Boulder County Vulnerability Assessment Implementation, which is the ongoing work with floodplain management, hazard mitigation, and coordinated warning systems with police, fire, and county emergency management.

And third is CR 3.2 resilience hub development.

If the full recreation center and renovation doesn't pass, we need at least a modest investment in making that facility serve as an emergency shelter with backup power, water redundancy, and communications.

As a reminder, one in four businesses that close because of a disaster never reopen.

And for every dollar not invested in wildfire preparedness, communities lose $22 in future economic activity.

These aren't discretionary expenses, they're economic protection.

In summary, make CR 3.2, CR 3.3, and CR 3.4 top tier 2026 budget priorities.

Put them in the capital plan and the operational budget as essential infrastructure.

If budgeting for these specific cap actions isn't feasible due to resources, timing, and other barriers, consider offering property tax rebates to homeowners for installing fireproofing measures.

We must change the way we think about climate adaptation from an expense into an investment in community stability.

Once again, thank you for your service.

Thank you.

All right, I'm not seeing any more speaker forms regarding this topic.

Are there any of the members of the public that wish to speak?

Come on up.

Thank you.

Next up, we have Adam Gianola.

Hi, Adam.

Adam Gnola 311 North Cherrywood Drive.

Um, thank you, Councilor Friedland, for raising the issue of the boilers.

Um, you know, I know we're looking at uh not a like for like replacement on the um the traffic systems, and I hope that we're also not looking at a like for like replacement on the boilers.

public that would just speak one up you next up we have Adam Gianola hi Adam G and all at 311 North Cherrywood Drive um thank you counselor Friedland for raising the issue of the boilers um you know I know we are looking at uh not a like for like replacement on the um the traffic systems and I hope that we're also not looking at a like for like replacement on the boilers um these are big energy consumers we have an opportunity to make significant uh action uh by kind of doing a more efficient unit um at the very least I think we should undergo a lifecycle cost assessment for these units to evaluate if there are alternatives that over the long term can save money and reduce emissions thanks thank you all right um any other speakers all right I'm also not seeing any callers online so with that we will close public uh input for this hearing and move forward with uh discussion um possibly a motion from council so motion language I'm happy to answer anything else any final questions or items to discuss or comments to make on this item if not we'll take a motion if someone who is ready I move to approve resolution number 2025 dash 62 adopting the 2026 budget and establishing the mill levy second motion and a second comments all those in favor please say aye aye are there any opposed none opposed that passes unanimously thank you all right um we have uh we'll conclude tonight with uh we have one more motion oh I apologize yeah for the ordinance as well um can we have a motion on the ordinance please I move to approve on first reading ordinance number 21 series 2025 appropriating funds for the operation of the city for the fiscal year of 2026 second motion second any discussion all those in favor say aye aye any opposed none opposed that passes unanimously thank you thank you all right um so we'll conclude tonight with um that reports um and then council does have an executive session uh beginning with the city attorney's report thank you mayor i do not have anything to report this evening thank you city managers report thank you mayor i do have something but it is in your packet and you feel free to ask me any questions um after you thank you so much um uh as far as council reports go I think we'll do things a little bit differently tonight um if is there um I'll just ask if anyone on council has any uh comments that they would like to bring up during this time um counselor barnes thank you mayor it's fun to mention the downtown development authorities meeting on Thursday and we'll be looking at uh mission we have a draft of a uh grant program for local businesses and uh culture and community um activities that's coming up on Thursday thank you um any other items that members of council would like to bring up during this time okay um not hearing any um so i will actually make a motion uh to move to adjourn to executive session for student to call our revised statutes section 24-6424 f1 to discuss personnel matters pertaining to the city manager's performance evaluation do I have a second second a motion second all those in favor say aye aye thank you any opposed none opposed that passes unanimously the city council will adjourn to executive session will not return to an open meeting the time is now 652 p.m thank you