The Olathe City Council met on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, at 7:00 PM in the Council Chamber. The meeting included special recognitions, approval of routine consent items with separate discussions on waste management contracts and deer hunting, new business approvals including a major industrial rezoning and a homeless shelter expansion, a planning session on the 2026 budgets and capital improvement plan, and executive sessions for real property acquisition and city manager personnel matters.
Items F, G, and L were pulled for separate discussion; all other consent items were approved 7-0.
Well you just need my trees. What is it? Oh, you do this. Alright, perfect. So if you want to help us change the passwords, that's more fun, so I think that's what we're gonna do. But it was real cool. Good evening. Welcome to the regular meeting of the Olatha City Council for Tuesday, August 19th, 2025. The first item on our agenda is the Pledge of Allegiance. Would you please stand with me for the pledge? Liberty and Justice for all. Most of you are probably aware that my son passed away recently. And I just want to, on the behalf of my family, thank everybody, the whole community for your support. Meals, encouraging words, text messages, phone calls, thoughts and prayers. And it helps us get through this difficult time. So thank you so much. Yes, Mayor, I move to approve resolution number twenty-five dash ten one. Reappointing members to be citizen, uh to be on the Citizens Police Advisory Council. Second. Yes. Motion passes seven zero. With us tonight to introduce our reappointed members is Board Chair Kyle Neal. Um for the opportunity to um to be here tonight and thank you once again for your continued support of CPAC and its mission. With that, the Citizens Police Advisory Council mission statement reads to serve as an advisory board to the City Council, City Manager, and the Chief of Police, and to improve the understanding and communication between the police and Olatha community. on the first Wednesday of every month at the Olatha Police Department. Um while the the council is diverse in their various backgrounds and how they came to be members of the council, we share a common goal to support the collaboration between the city council, the community, and the police department. We have two members being reappointed this evening. Eric Arazo. And Cameron Cadir. One once again, thank you for the opportunity to recognize some of our members' continued service. Thank you. So I want to thank each of you for being here tonight and for your volunteer services. Appreciate that. We'll now move to item B. Item B is presentation of the Cup. Uh each year we present the Mayor's Cup in recognition of the Olatha Company who performed best at the Kansas City Corporate Challenge. For the fourth year in a row, Garmin not only won this trophy, but also their division. So Garmin Associate Peyton is here to accept the trophy, Pete. And I just heard that this is 11 out of 16 years. Fantastic. So if you come next year, it will be five in a row. Um this is a great time uh in the spring to just have our employees who work so hard at uh Garmin to be able to have a little fun and play some sports. Um so we want to thank you, Mayor, and then the City of Olatha for recognizing us. Congratulations. One of our goals in Olatha is to keep our citizens healthy and happy, and you're a great example of that. We appreciate your hard work. It's not easy, I know. We'll now uh move to the consent agenda. The items listed below are considered to be routine by the city council, may be approved in one motion. These may include items that have been reviewed by the city council in a prior planning session.