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The Twin Falls City Council held its regular meeting on June 8, 2026, at 5:00 PM. Mayor Jason Brown presided. The council approved a $25,000 funding allocation for the Center for Community Health (CCH), authorized a $140,000 agreement for a new citywide Emergency Operations Plan (EOP), and removed the Special Event Permit for the In-N-Out Burger Opening from the consent calendar.
Okay, I'll go ahead and call the city council meeting for June 8th, 2026 to order. I will note that we have uh six council members in chamber and councilwoman Vollmer is excused. Oh, she's on she's online. Okay, she's she's on the phone. Uh we'll move we'll move into our next item is the Pledge of Allegiance, and all those that would like to join, please arise. And to the Republic for which it stands. Thank you. So we have a proclamation uh tonight, and I'll go ahead and read that. Sean is he's sitting right there. Okay, City of Twin Falls proclamation, support local gem day, June 12th, 2026. Whereas small businesses are the backbone of Idaho's economy, employing two-thirds of Idaho's workers, and whereas Idaho consistently ranks among the top ten states for starting a business and is home to over 200,000 small businesses. And whereas, in partnership with the Idaho Department of Commerce, Senator Rich launched the support local gems initiative in the spring of 2020 to encourage Idahoans to support small businesses during the early days of the pandemic. And whereas now in its seventh year, the support local gems initiative continues to engage with Idaho's business community and honor the entrepreneur and establishments that make Idaho special, and whereas Idaho's small businesses have done an exceptional job overcoming challenges and consistently providing their customers with high quality service. And whereas our hardworking Idaho businesses, entrepreneurs, and workers have earned our support and deserve to be celebrated during the local support local gems initiative. Therefore, I, Jason Brown, mayor of the city of Twin Falls, do hereby proclaim the day of Friday, June 12th, 2026 to be support local gems day. In the city of Twin Falls, Idaho, and I encourage all residents to recognize this special observance by supporting the local small businesses in our community. And I think we have Sean Berger. And we really do encourage people on Friday and every day, but Friday especially to take the initiative to help support our local businesses, and it really can be uh simple. Uh you can uh go to local businesses and do some shopping. Uh you can go to a local restaurant and try out the food. You can buy a gift card. You could leave a positive review on social media or just tell your friends and neighbors about the great places that you do business in Twin Falls. So again, we encourage everyone to do that on Friday and uh help to support our local economy. Thanks, Sean. Appreciate it. Okay, we'll move on to our next item of business, and that is the consent calendar. I'm gonna ask uh that we remove consent calendar item calendar B and not vote on that item tonight. So the the request will be for A, C, and D tonight. I'll make a motion that we approve the consent calendar with the exception of item B. Okay, I have a motion and a second to uh approve the consent calendar with the exception of item B for tonight. Any other discussion? Okay. Rachel roll call vote. Ruth Pierce? Yes, Chris Reed. Yes, Craig Hawkins. Yes, Jason Brown, yes, Nathan Murray. Yes, and Sherry Volmer. And Sherry Vulmer.