Good decisions for our city that we'll be able to have the spirit with us and please bless those families that are going through difficult times within our city and we're so grateful for the great community that we live in and for the hometown feel and please help us that we'll always have the spirit with us.

We say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

Repeat after me.

I pledge allegiance 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.

Thank you both very much.

Okay, let's start with a citizen comment.

There's anyone here that would like to address the chain council.

That would be great.

Just come forward.

Thank you very much.

Since this is my first meeting conducting, that's really nice.

Okay, second of all, let's move on to presentation.

Oh, sorry.

Let's do our council and manager reports.

Um, Councilmember McKay, can we start with you?

Sure.

There we go.

All right, thank you.

I just wanted to give an update that we have started to have our TRCC county meetings, and they did discuss the projects that could that Riverton currently has underway, and I'm excited to learn about some of the different city projects and to see what Riverton is bringing forward as they're trying to design the new park, the 10-acre park just west of South Hills Middle School.

So I will give you an update on that as it comes forward.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Councilmember Peruti.

Yeah.

I so uh since our last council meeting the following day, I we had the Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District uh Board of Trustees meeting where we adopted the final budget for next year.

Um I was the loan no vote on the budget because it included a uh significant well it's significant to me is an 11% property tax increase.

And um I I've said this before in other meetings, I said it several times in the Jordan Valley meetings as well.

I think that there are opportunities to make additional cuts, and before we ask residents to pay more, I feel like we need to tighten belts.

And so um, yeah, that that happened, and so there will be a public hearing on that in August.

Uh encourage those that have opinions on that to speak up at the public hearing for the Jordan Valley Water Conservancy Districts Tax Truth and Taxation Hearing.

And then appreciated the opportunity to talk with people in my district about the budget that we're going to be voting on tonight for Riverton City.

I had a couple of town halls at a park in my my district.

A handful of people showed up, and then I've received actually several emails and phone calls and texts from residents that I wouldn't have gotten if not for the outreach and opportunity to talk.

So appreciated the feedback and engagement.

Um this is the city's budget, not our budget, and so I appreciate any opportunity that we have to talk with the public about the money that we're uh directing for them.

And that's it for me.

Thank you very much.

Councilmember McDougall.

Thank you, Mayor Pro Tem.

Um, just one quick comment.

I I'll reserve my comments on Trans Jordan for a presentation that we'll have later on in the council meeting.

But just wanted to thank uh our chamber.

We had another opening.

We seem to have openings all the time, but had a wonderful time attending the Goddard School opening with other members of the council.

I'm excited to have another business and uh another education provider in our city that can meet those needs.

So I had a wonderful time there and thank again our chamber for the the hard work and hustle that they're doing.

So thank you.

Thank you very much.

Councilmember Heyman.

Give me a minute.

There you go.

Okay, thank you.

Um I just wanted to report back here that uh our project here.

I I'm on the sewer board, and the project that we are doing up 118th South continues to move along very well.

They've got a lot of that paved again, which is uh thanks to our uh street department has done fantastic.

And uh the complaints about the uneven road have slowed way down, so very grateful for that.

And then in the sewer, uh everything continues to flow downhill, and we are all very grateful for that.

And they're starting to block off 134, I think from where from yes, they're blocking off 134 there uh from uh it's about 29th west or so to go, yes.

36 or so, yeah.