All right.

Good evening, everyone.

I will call this uh Tiger City Council and Local Contract Review Board meeting to order.

City Recorder Crager, would you please conduct a roll call?

Councilor Gerdoucey.

Present.

Youth Councilor Helleck.

Mayor Who?

Here.

Councilor Robbins.

Here.

Councillor Schlack.

Here.

Councillor Shaw.

Here.

Council President Wolf.

Here.

Councillor Anderson.

Here.

Thank you.

Well, everybody please stand and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Underground.

All right, Council and Staff, do you have any non-agenda items?

No.

All right, see?

Seeing none, let's move on to the next uh section, which is uh public comments.

Uh public comment period provides an opportunity for members of the public to address the city council.

While it is not a dialogue, either I or stab or follow up to address the issues brought forward in these commons.

Uh if you want to uh provide testimony for item number nine, which is River Towers 2.0 and annexation.

Um you can wait, please wait until um until then to provide public testimony.

Uh the calling number is 503 966 4101.

And those wishing to comment should call now to get into the queue.

Anyone present wanting to comment should sign up on the public comment forum at the farm of the room.

Uh for written comments, we received 19 written public comments by Monday noon deadline.

The library budget was the most frequent topic, and there were a few related to river TARS 2.0.

Uh for public comments.

Uh when I call your name, please come forward to the microphone.

Uh, and please make sure to turn on the mic.

Uh I think how many do we have seven comments there already?

Okay, I have four here.

Do we have any more?

Okay.

So uh we have 10 minutes for public comments.

So uh if there are more than uh five, uh each one of you will have one minute.

But if not, you have two minutes.

So let's see how many people sign up.

Thank you.

So we have seven people signing up, so each one of you will have one minute when I call your name.

Uh first person I want to come, uh please come forward is Jenny uh Staffall.

Jenny, good evening.

Please turn on your mic.

Thank you.

There, it's not right.

Good evening, City Council members.

I wanted to briefly share some information about library social services and related programs from around North America.

According to the Public Library Association's 2024 National Staffing Survey, social work was among the most requested new positions libraries would create if funding were available, cited by 13.1% of respondents nationally, and 17.6% of city libraries already employ dedicated social work staff.

The Edmonton Public Libraries Community-led and Safe Communities Initiative is one example of why.

Outreach workers engaged over 12,000 individuals and made more than 37,000 referrals to housing, health care, mental health, addiction treatment, income support, identification services, and other resources.

Thank you.

All right, so next uh person I would like to invite up is Gabriel Cruz.

Hi, Gabriel.

Is my mic on?

Yes, it's on now.

So please go ahead.

Hello, my name is Gabe Cruz.

I'm a Tigered resident at Walleton Valley DSA member.

I'm a stay-at-home dad who also works part-time at the night.

And the library is the place where my daughter and I spend the majority of our time when we're not at home.

I appreciate and would like to thank those council members who have advocated on this matter.

I'd also like to thank council for putting forward an amendment to partially restore library funding, but I would also urge you all to go forward and further to fully restore library funding as well as looking at maintaining social services throughout the city.

I had a lot I wanted to say, but as seems appropriate for the way that this is being handled, my time is short, and like the voters of Tiger, my voice is being silenced and shut off very shortly.

There are competing visions for how society deals with those who fall on hard times.

Some, like those behind me, take the point of view that we should offer a helping hand and wait for those who are most vulnerable to not fall into crisis.

Others feel like we should wait for them to fall into crisis and then use the police to be able to mitigate the harms that come from that.

The people of Tiger chose what they thought was important, and you all are undemocratically going against that vision.

Your time's up.

Thank you very much.

All right.

Uh next person I would like to invite up is Larry Jacobs.

Good evening, Larry.

Um saying they were interested in my property, which is joined their subdivision in River Terrace 1.0.

Um in uh in May of 2023, I went under contract with them for sale of my property.

And before I went under contract with them, I checked with city staff to see when the annexation process was going to be completed and when the community plan was going to be completed.

And at that time I was told that they expected the the annexation to happen at the end of 2024, beginning of 2025.

Um, the uh my contract um payment schedule is based on the annexation being completed and the uh and the community plan being completed.

So uh I was you know certainly waiting for for this to happen.

Um nothing happened in 2024 and 2025 until fall of 2025.

I was told that um your time sucks.

Your time's up.

So your time's up.

You're one minute's up, so thank you.

We did receive the comment.

Yeah, and and we did receive your written comments well.

So can I finish or not?

No, you're your one minute's up.

Thank you.

All right, so next person is Piper Ruker.

Hello, Piper.

Hello there.

My name is Piper Rucker, and I live in Central Tiger.

I am transgender, and my pronouns are they them.

I ask that the council amend the proposed budget to restore the library's social services coordinator.

I know the council has heard that a few people are uncomfortable visiting the library because some of our homeless neighbors are present.

Even if eliminating the position would remove homeless people, I ask who is next.

I know firsthand that some people are unhappy that queer people like me are allowed in the library.

I am not homeless, but there is no line between me and someone who is.

There is only a line between us and the people who don't want us here.

I am here to hold that line in solidarity.

When my neighbors can't access social services, some of them die.

If their deaths are accepted because some people are uncomfortable having them present, then this is not a community.

I feel safe and thank you for your time.

Thank you, Piper.

Uh next person I would like to invite up is Katie Sobolak.

Thank you for the pronunciation guide.

Yeah.

Welcome, Hey Katie.

Hello.

My name is Katie Sabelik, and five years ago I was able to accomplish a lifelong dream and buy a home in Tiger.

I work here, I play here, and I vote here.

In fact, I voted for quite a few of you that are up here today.

Recently, I've been standing outside the library with a petition asking for people to keep the Tigerd Library at its current funding.

Over and over again, I've gotten the same response from people, which is I already voted yes on this.

The people of Tiger voted yes to 34345 to maintain library services that as they are.

Your community does not know what is happening, and frankly, when I bring it up, people are angry and confused as to why we are going against their wishes.

As am I.

I implore you to listen to your constituents and what they have asked for.

As of this afternoon, 1,072 people have signed a petition to not cut funding to Tiger Library, and most importantly, not to cut the social service coordinator, which is an essential role for our community and needed now more than ever.

Thank you so much for your time.

Thank you, Katie.

Next person is uh Becca Reyes Guy Singlinger.

Hello.

Hello, everyone.

Hi.

My name is Becca Reyes Geislinger, and I'm the volunteer coordinator at Tiger Public Library.

I'm here to speak for myself, not the library.

I'd like to share a little bit about some of the people I've referred to the social services coordinator.

We have a 76-year-old volunteer whose husband was recently diagnosed with terminal cancer.

When she told me how overwhelmed she felt, I recommended the social services coordinator.

She was so grateful to have somebody who could help her research and navigate the services that she and her husband may now be eligible for.

We had a 21-year-old attend volunteer orientation.

He told the group he'd like to volunteer, quote, to be less lonely.

Afterwards, I reached out to the social services coordinator who agreed to help this young person research options to get more connected to community in Tiger.

A community member recently reached out to both parks and the library about earning court mandated community service hours.

He was kind and diligent, but we don't have capacity.

So I referred him to the Social Services Coordinator, who is willing to meet with him and help him research other options.

The Social Services Coordinator's role is more nuanced and more helpful to a wider array of community members than I think the council understands.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right.

Next person is uh Micah Newsom.

Good evening.

Good evening, Council members.

Over the last month, we've heard a great deal from the city about fiscal responsibility.

They insist this is why we must cut the library the social services coordinator position from the library budget.

But as we as many public comments have pointed out, this type of position actually saves public dollars in the long run.

$600,000 was slated to be spent on the new PWPD facility that was voted down, and those funds can now be redistributed to fund this position while maintaining a surplus.

The city has repeatedly invoked the need to make hard choices.

But this one shouldn't be hard.

The voters have made it clear that supporting the library is their priority.

And if the city isn't pursuing the voters' priorities, then whose priorities are they pursuing?

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right.

Mr.

Van, are there any callers in the queue for phone or video testimony?

We have one person send up for a video testimony.

His name is Jeff Weiss.

All right.

So uh please uh pass Jeff through and good evening, Mr.

Mayor and Council members.

My name is Jeff Weese, the owner of the property at 16245 Southwest Beef Bend Road.

Please let the record show that my testimony tonight is offered strictly without prejudice, fully preserving all legal rights and rep and remedies.

I asked that you direct staff to anchor the center line of the proposed Southwest River Terrace Boulevard exactly to the eastern property line.

Shifting the road causes many reasons to cause my property harm.

The main one being that it imposes an unfair burden under Tiger Section Tiger Development Section Code 1891.050.

Exact exactions must follow a standard half-width dedication rule.

A boundary road ensures a lawful 50-50 split.

Shifting at West forces the entire border on my property alone, violating this code.

Well, I am open to alternatives.

Like joint costs, like a joint county city variant.

Any discussions depend entirely on developer level valuation and full compensation for taken land or servants' damages.

Please direct your staff to watch center.

Jeff, your time's up.

We we also received written comments on you, so thank you for uh phoning in.

All right, so I just like to emphasize that.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right, so let's move on to the next item agenda, which is city manager report.

Acting City Manager Rager will provide a uh brief report.

Good evening.

Good evening, Mayor and Council.

Uh this morning our community came together for the annual raising at the Tiger at City Hall, uh, signaling our continued commitment to a diverse, equitable, and welcoming city for everyone.

Uh my thanks to you, Mayor and members of the council and staff and community members that were able to be there to show their support this morning.

Uh this annual tradition highlights our shared values of inclusivity and ensures that every individual feels seen, valued, and safe in our city.

On the slide, you'll also see that uh coming up this weekend is the annual uh community uh the health and fitness fair.

Uh it's on Saturday, June 6th, and it'll be held at uh Universal Plaza.

It'll run from 3 p.m.

to 5 p.m.

Uh this is a family-friendly event and features free health screenings, fitness demonstrations, and participants can connect with many local uh service providers.

I encourage the council and residents alike to attend and take advantage of these vital community services.

That's the end of my report.

Thank you.

Any questions or comments?

All right, seeing none, let's move on.

Next I will uh we have Tiger High School Envoy Report, and I will invite uh our Tiger High School envoy to the City Council, Becca uh Koswavani to give the report.

Good evening, Becca.

Hello.

There we go.

Perfect.

Is it on?

Hello, Council.

Thank you so much for having me.

Um my report this evening is going to be a little bit shorter than usual, as my last report was fairly not very long ago.

Um I have our incoming ASB president and vice president here tonight to introduce themselves as we year up for graduation, which will take place this Friday the 7th at 7 p.m.

on the football field.

Um, in other terms, our senior class celebrator, a last event for the year la yesterday.

Um we had a senior field day, and we were able to garner a lot of engagement from all the seniors in the school.

Um it was a really nice way to be able to wrap up the end of the year.

Um in other words, our class has been filling out binders to prepare for next year's committee chairs and class presidents.

And so all of this year's leaders have been filling out those binders really diligently, um, full of lots of feedback and advice for next year's class to be able to um take note from.

And I believe that sums it up for the last couple of weeks.

Thank you very much for having me.

Um it's been a privilege to be able to report for you this year.

Um, and I'm very grateful to be able to pass on this role to our incoming president and vice president who will introduce themselves shortly.

Yeah, please come forward.

Hello.

Hello.

Um good evening, council members.

Um, I'm Sydney Jewel, and uh I will be serving as Tiger High School's ASU president for the 2026 and 2027 school year.

Um I'm looking forward to representing the voices of uh Tiger High students and yeah, so thank you.

Yeah, thank you for introducing us.

Welcome.

We look forward to it.

Hello.

Good evening, Council members.

My name is Gabriel Musangu, and I'll be acting as ASP Vice President for Tiger High School for the 2026 to 2027 school year.

Um I'm grateful to have this opportunity to bring these reports and act as a support to Sydney Jewel and a co-president and veteran Tiger High School.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Welcome.

All right.

So our next item we have uh a resolution of appreciation for Becca for her one year of excellent service.

So Becca, would you please come forward?

All right, so I will entertain a motion to approve the resolution.

Mayor, I would move to approve resolution number 2618.

A resolution acknowledging Rebecca Kazravani for her service as high school, Tigered High School, student envoy to the Tiger City Council.

You've done an exceptional job.

Hey, second.

All right, so the motions be moved and second.

Is there any further discussion?

Seeing none, um, I will start with the youth counselor for advisory vote.

Thank you.

Yes.

Thank you.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

All those post say nay.

But the resolution is adopted by unanimous vote of the council.

So would you like to take some pictures with us?

I would love to.

All right.

Congratulations.

All right, congratulations.

Thank you again, Becca.

We wish you the best.

I'm sure you'll do great things.

Keep in touch.

Yeah, keep in touch.

All right, let's move on to next item, which is a consent agenda.

The consent agenda is used for routine items, including mean meeting minutes, contracts or intergovernmental agreements.

Tonight we have one item on the consent agenda: a contract for the Cooper Creek Awful Stabilization Project.

I will entertain a question a motion or a question.

Mayor, I move to approve the consent agenda as presented.

Second the motion.

Thank you.

The motion that they move on second.

Any further discussion.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Opposed, say nay.

The consent agenda is adopted by unanimous vote of the council.

All right.

So next item on our agenda is Clean Water Services, CWS, cost of service study and rates presentation.

And we would like to invite CWS Chief Financial Officer Kathy Leader and Chief Utility Relations Officer Joe Gale call with to give the presentation.

Good evening.

It is on now.

Thank you, Mayor and Council.

For the record, my name is Joe Gall.

I'm the Chief Utility Relations Officer.

You're not going to hear much from me tonight except maybe answering some questions.

Kathy's going to primarily go over our cost of services study and our rates forecasting, and hopefully we'll have a good discussion.

I have two guests in the audience that I want to make sure the council is aware of.

First, Sammy Magania is part of my community engagement team, does a lot of work here in Tiger with Tiger staff and other organizations and wanted to make sure she uh was acknowledged.

Also, our new general manager, Raheem Harjee.

Oh, welcome.

Is on day four.

Okay.

And uh he's here if you have any questions for him as he starts his new chapter and leadership for our organization.

We're very excited.

Um he keeps coming back, so that's good.

So he comes from the City of Hillsborough as their deputy city manager uh most recently.

So we're very excited.

So as I told you a few months ago, we were going to come back and talk about rates.

Um we're going through our budget process just like you are, and this is a important piece to that puzzle.

So with that, I'm gonna have Kathy uh start the presentation.

Thank you, Joe.

So good evening, Mayor and members of council.

Um today I'm gonna talk about uh give an update on Clean Water Services cost of service study and our rate projections.

Just for a point of reference, so Clean Water Services provides regional sanitary sewer and surface water management services for the customers in the city of Tiger.

Um so the we have the regional rates we set.

Tiger bills those rates as part of their billing and remits monthly to the district.

They have Tiger has their own local program for center sewer and stormwater, have their own rate set and and bill for the local program.

Next slide.

So first I'm gonna give a the historical um his uh rate increases that the district has put in place.

I'm gonna give an update on our cost of service study and and our allocation process.

I'm gonna divine those regional and local services because those are key to those the programs and the rates that we're developing, and also then look at the 10-year rate forecast.

Next slide.

So Clean Water Services has a history of modest and predictable rate increases.

Over the last 10 years, we've had an annual average increase of about 3.38% over that period.

What you see over to the right is a graph of our rate increases between 2070 and 2026.

So and in 2026, it's showing you the rate that is our rate clean water services bills to our our customers directly, so it's our regional local rate we bill.

In 2026, that was set at $66.95 for the average residential customer for sanitary sewer and stormwater management.

Those rates were developed based on a study that was done back in 2008.

At that time, there were separate rates set for the different utilities.

Um the center sewer and stormwater and also separate rates for regional and local.

Um over time the the rate increases.

We applied the same percentage rate increase equally across the programs going forward.

Recently, the board adopted a new rate methodology that we put in place, and that methodology once again evaluated a cost of service in the different service areas, the different utilities and regional and local, and we established once again different rates related to those services.

But going forward under this new methodology, the board adopted, we look individually at those rates and would increase them based on the needs of each of the components so that won't be the same percentage across all rates.

At the same time that they adopted them the cost of service methodology, we also updated our reserve policy.

Next slide.

So the cost of service study, as I mentioned, the last first last time we had done a study, it was back in 2008.

And it was the ask of our board and also the member cities that we once again evaluate the and perform another cost of service study because there was a feeling that there was a change in level of service not only between the utilities but also the regional and local programs.

So we initiated that study in 2021, and then in working with Bartel Wells and Associates, we completed an update to that study in February of 2026 with our current programs and capital plan.

The study did reveal that the local rates charged did not fully cover the local program for program for both the center sewer and the surface water management program.

And the study itself is gonna then provide the basis for forecasting a rate development going forward.

Next study.

Next slide.

So there are three main objectives of the study.

The first was to review and update costs, how costs are allocated between the sewer and stormwater programs, and then also the regional and local services.

Next, we were going to prepare a 10-year financial plan that would fund operating maintenance, debt service, and capital needs for the district.

It would correct that local service area funding deficit and then ensure that CWS maintains efficient sufficient reserves to fund future projects.

And finally, it was to update, calculate update rates and evaluate impacts impacts on customer bills.

Next slide.

So this graph here is showing you that so the rates vary across our service areas.

So the map you're looking at here, the black outlined and green area, that's all of Washington County.

And inside of there, we provide services at different levels for the in the blue areas there, those are the cities where we provide regional services only.

So Forest Grove, Cornelius, Hillsborough, Beaverton, Tiger, Twilight, and in Sherwood.

We provide the regional service, and they provide their own local program.

For the areas on the map where it's a brown color, that's the urban unincorporated areas of Washington County and the cities of Gaston, Banks, North Plains, King City, and Durham, and those cities we provide the regional and the local services for them.

Next slide.

So defining those regional services for both the sanitary sewer and stormwater.

Regional services include the construction, operating maintenance, and treatment for the treatment plants, the sewage pump stations, the pressure lines, and conveyance lines over 24 inches in diameter.

It also includes the compliance reporting for the district and the oversight for national pollutant discharge elimination system or in peds permit, including the municipal separate storm sewer system MS4.

It includes maintaining minimum stream flows and the service area restoration enhancing stream corridors.

Next slide.

For local services on the sewer and stormwater program is the design build and maintenance of sewer lines, conveyance lines over 21 inches and smaller.

It includes the design building, maintaining, repairing local stormwater facilities.

It includes our street sweeping program, maintaining water quality facilities, and cleaning catch basions and water quality manholes.

Next slide.

So this slide is showing the projected CWS regional rate for sanitary and stormwater.

And when you when you're looking at the bar graph, so 26 is the current rate that we're charging for regional services to the customers in Tiger, and that's set at you see right above 49.39 cents per month for the average residential customer.

Fiscal 27, the rate we show there at $51.36.

That's $1.97 more per month for a customer on the regional rate.

And that is the rate we built our proposed budget on, and also have then put into our rates and charges that we're going to go to a public hearing June 9th with our board.

The rates for 28 on in this in the slide, these are projected rates.

Each year we'll go in and we'll update our actuals and then project out operating and capital program based on what we're seeing going on and adjust our rates accordingly.

So this is projected as point, and we are currently doing annual rate increases.

And those are 4%, correct?

Yes.

Yes.

Next slide.

So this is showing you that this is sewer only regional.

And so the bar graphs, that's our annual cost, so operating maintenance debt service and capital.

And the dotted line there, that's our the revenue with rate increases across those those years.

So currently in our forecast, we're looking at a 4% rate increase annually.

That's a dollar 86 on the sewer side for a month for an average customer.

And so when you look at the the expenditure versus revenue, um we are projecting to run a slight deficit through fiscal year 30 in operations because the the revenues below expenditure and begin to cover those costs in years beginning in fiscal year 31 in the current projections.

So similarly, this is the surface water management side.

So the once again the bar graphs are expenditures by annually, OM debt service and capital over that time period.

The dotted line is the revenue with rate increases.

Once again, we are projecting out at 4% a year through that those years, and it's 11 cents per month for the average residential customer in 27 on those proposed rates.

So one of the key drivers in our forecast and rate development is our capital program.

So what we're showing you here is for 26, the current year we're in right now, through 27 through 31, our our CIP, our capital improvement plan, our planned capital expenditures over the next the current year and next five years.

So the current year plus the next five years, we anticipate spending over 754 million in capital projects.

So majority of those are in the regional area and 10% local.

Next slide.

So this is similarly for the surface water management capital program.

So at current year at a million and the other years out 2027 through 2031 are in our CIP for the five-year.

We um anticipate spending with the current and five years over 11.7 million in capital spend.

76% of that is regional, and 24% is local.

Okay, next slide.

So this is showing you from our 10-year financial forecast.

This is all of the sanitary sewer and stormwater expenditures for both regional and local.

So it's total costs for the district on the bar graphs.

The dotted line is the rate revenue with rate projected rate increases.

We start out by showing you in 2026.

You see there that expenditures are slightly higher than what we anticipate in revenues.

We actually project expenses to total over 273 million and revenues at approximately 246 million this year.

So we're actually planning to spend about 30 million in reserves in 2026, and that's really related to some large construction projects that are currently in the pike for the district.

You see there from the graph.

Next slide.

So this is showing you our reserve fund trends.

So the blue bar line, that's our ending fund reserves by year.

Um so starting 2026, and the dotted line, that's our minimum target reserves based on our updated um reserve policy.

So when you when you see there in 2026, we anticipate that we are we're currently above reserves, but over the next um five years or so through 2031, we're going to we're going to be using some of those reserves to cover that deficit and then start replenishing in 2030, beginning 2032.

You do see that target reserve line grow over time, and that's really in relation to inflation and costs that increase that reserve requirement.

Next slide.

So next steps for us, June 9th, our board will have a public hearing and they'll adopt a budget and then there are a separate rate hearing to adopt rates.

That would go to the hearing.

If they're approved by and adopted by the board, they become effective July 1st and through June 30th of 2027.

And just for an awareness too, we are currently in doing a utility billing feasibility study.

And as part of that, we are going to be looking at abilities to provide income assistance and emergency assistance for the customers, recognizing the impacts of rate increases to the customer base.

Next slide.

So before we get to questions that the council might have, we want to put a plug not only for council members, some of you have toured our facilities, but also for the public.

So for Tigered residents, the Durham facility is probably the most relevant.

It's right next to Tiger High School, as many of you know, uh that is where uh the wastewater uh from Tiger goes to be treated.

These are uh behind the scenes tours of the facilities.

It's actually very fascinating to learn how we uh treat the water in the levels that we uh take.

And you saw some significant capital costs over the next five years.

A lot of those investments are at our treatment facilities.

So just wanted to make sure folks knew there was an opportunity uh to uh tour some of those facilities over the summer months.

So with that, I think we're to the question and answer part of the presentation.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Uh counselor questions.

Uh so just wanted to be clear, uh tiger rate period will only be affected by the regional rate, not the local rate.

So and when you talk about and I'm I'm as happy to hear you're uh talking about emergency assistance or low-income assistance.

So what do you expect that will impact future rate that other rate pair pay, or is that factoring to it?

Um well, just to give you an idea of the timing too on that.

So the we um we're currently in the study itself, eMA, we've got contacted with them to do the the work with us.

We're gonna be they're gonna be on site um June 6th next week just to start the kickoff of this, and they'll be going around and interviewing stakeholders.

We've identified it, the the different cities and and Tuop Valley Water District that built the bills with us.

So we'll be looking at working with them on what they do provide currently at those levels and how we could implement that across us for the district regionally and with our own billing customers.

Um the plan is to have a report completed by October 31st with recommendations to the board on on how we could proceed with that.

So it would depend, I think, on the on the outcome of the rate itself, you know, depending on emergency assistance and income it could be just administered probably without significant rate increases, but when you look at or adjustments to rates for different customer class, but if you go to an income systems, kind of similar with Wan Valley Water District did, sometimes you do have to look at the rate structure overall to fund that program.

Yeah.

Well anyway, I'm I'm very encouraged to hear that, you know, because a lot of people are facing difficult time economically right now.

So I appreciate you thinking about helping those who may not be able to pay the for race.

So thank you.

Uh council.

Oh, Council Shaw.

Thank you very much.

Very informative.

And you had mentioned that uh for FY26, FY27, it was four percent.

And the goal between 28 and 31, and this may not be your words.

Uh the objective of the goal was to keep it at 4 percent.

So um I know so um 26 is 3 percent.

Our the current year rand is three, yeah.

And it's um 4 percent and the out going out in our current based on our current projections, so that's based on our current operating capital program.

Um but we we will review that every year.

I mean I'd love it if we you know didn't have to adjust the rates at that level.

I mean, but right now, currently based on the capital spend, that's what the rates look like.

Okay.

And if there was an adjustment, we would like it to come down rather than go up.

So thank you.

Council Parson Wolf.

Actually, that's a great tag from Councillor Shaw.

Because that looking at the chart from an expenditure perspective, it seems pretty consistent on its growth.

Is there any risks or concerns of something that may shift expenses unexpectedly that would cause the uh revenue rates to pop?

Yeah, definitely the capital program.

If we had an uptick in development and then we had to initiate some significant um infrastructure at the plant or in conveyance lines early, that right now we try to level it out over time to kind of keep that rate consistent.

But if we had something that came in earlier, it could impact the rates.

So in new developments as added costs are that then is distributed across to all users as opposed to concentrated into the new development.

Okay.

Correct.

All right.

So thank you again.

And I agree, we should people should sign off with the facility tours.

It's fascinating.

So thank you so much for coming to present.

Have a good evening.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mayor and Council.

What's his name?

C called Gina.

Uh uh general manager.

Excuse me.

Do you want to say a few words to introduce yourself?

Sorry.

My fellow counselors uh said, you know, we should invite him to say a few words.

So please turn on the mic.

Yeah.

Looks like it's on.

No, no, no, it's not.

There we go.

Okay.

Uh yeah, hi everybody.

Uh Rahim Harji, the new general manager.

Um I didn't plan on saying much.

Um still getting up to speed at CWS.

Um, but I've worked with your staff before.

Um, so it's just a pleasure to be back in Tiger.

Um I come from a city background, so I'm hoping to bring some of that perspective to CWS.

But um the more I learn about the organization, the the more equipped I am to share more info with you.

So uh I'm sure I'll be back at a future time.

Yeah.

Yeah, it's great.

Thank you for yeah, welcome.

Thank you for dropping by.

I look forward to working with you.

Yeah, same here.

Great evening.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right, so uh let's move on to the next item on the agenda, which is legisl legislative public hearing, River Tars 2.0 annexation.

Uh I will open the public hearing.

Annexation of the subject properties will be considered at a future day, yet to be determined.

The public hearing will be noted notice again to public agencies and others entitled to notice before first public hearing at the planning commission.

So I will close the public hearing.

Um questions for staff.

Nope.

All right, so let's move on to next item on the agenda, which is classification and compensation study information guidance.

And I will uh invite HR Director Gomez to provide the staff report.

Good evening.

Good evening for the record.

My name is Lori Gomez.

I'm the HR director for the City of Tiger.

Thank you for letting me be here this evening.

Joining me is Melena Halverson Mays from MegGrath.

Oh, we can see you.

Welcome, Melina.

Hello, good evening.

Uh we're here this evening because staff uh would like council's direction on providing oversight of the citywide compensation implementation process uh provided to the HR director.

Melena is here to also answer any outstanding questions you may have about the compensation study.

Are there any questions?

Yeah, we have a study session last week about it.

So um so today um staff recommend council direct human resources to provide oversight of the citywide compensation implementation process in alignment with relevant study findings.

Counselor, do you have any questions, comments, issues?

Go ahead, Councillor Schlack.

Thank you, Mayor.

I support directing human resources to provide oversight of the citywide compensation implementation process.

Any anybody disagree or right?

It's pretty simple, straightforward.

So I think I'll take the direction.

Oh, okay, Council Robins.

I just want to recognize that I know this is gonna be a lot of work, and you have a small department, and so I really appreciate you taking on this.

Happy to do so.

All right, so human resources have oversight.

Thank you.

All right, well, thank you.

Thank you for joining us, Melina.

It's good to see you.

You're welcome.

Good evening.

Yeah, good evening to you all.

So all right.

So we don't have non-agenda items, and we have no executive session schedule at this time.

So there being no additional items.

This city council meetings adjourned.

Good night, Tiger.