##VIDEO ID:BeZdxeK8_xk## e e e e e e e good 5:30 I will call the regular council meeting of December 9th 2024 to order roll call please J here Scott here barard here crer here flag United States of America to the Reps na indivisible [Music] agenda isent agenda is there a motion to approve that support motion and a support all those in favor n oppos motion Carri that brings us to number seven guest and citizens forum is there anyone who like to stand up and say anything tonight see i' just like to know if you guys have looked any more into to help pay for the arena and for the painting of rather than just expecting the citizens to pay for it yeah especially since most of US citizens don't use one um I know we we always talk about different ways to try to get Revenue I mean has Becky looked into any anything that we can do as a city for the arena project yeah we're always looking at different things we can do to make more money there to get funding to help that I mean have we looked at not donations but sponsorships have we looked into naming the building after somebody yeah we've had that discussion and we have to there's certain rules we have to make sure we follow but that is certainly one of the things we've been discussing and move forward and with the paint are are we planning on paying the 30,000 to paint them or is somebody else going to raise the funds for that for painting painting pickle sorry I read sorry um the chamber gave a donation I know they paid portion of I believe it was and are the pick ball players going to try and do some I have not had any response from them I sent one email and that's I'll follow up on that we'll ongoing conversation but yeah def as Citizens we can't continue to pay for all this stuff that we got well if we didn't have it in our community we wouldn't have people visiting and playing so I mean we do have to keep well really really trly how many people come here to play Pick never done but I've seen on Facebook to Virginia how many people I mean the arena is used rarely other than for little kids hockey so I mean I'm just and I'm I'm not against it I had the arena the whole time I was growing up and I love the arena I'm just saying that we can't sit back and be complient and expect the people of this town to continue to pay for things that we're not using I don't mind helping paid for it because they helped pay for it when I was a kid but I don't think you can you know back then they had somebody that was marketing it to people all the time and they were ping in money and they were selling concessions and they were I mean they were finding ways to pay for it other than that that's all say we have had previous discussions with marketing the arena we didn't feel it was a position to as of the recent years with all the issues with the ice plant but with that being repaired um it will definitely be brought up again also I know you have a marketing firm what do they do uh we only ask for proposal for have a marketing firm we ask well how much are we paying in a year then for that we don't have the marketing well I know that East The Joint board has one I don't know because anytime you go to the strange joint boards it'll throw you on to this corporate site of another site strange joint poers board uhhuh yeah um we consult with noran they're our Economic Development coordinator but they don't mark it and they don't what do we pay [Music] them 3750 a quarter would the city the F City contributes $155,000 towards the Easter St po bo it's not a marketing board though it's the economic devel what what is your return that's all I'm saying is what's your return what kind of return are we getting on that if they're not bringing people to town or they're not what is the return are we spending $15,000 and getting nothing that's all I just would like to know what kind of return we're getting on some of the stuff when the companies are looking to build or expand or anything like that they go through companies like noran and they Tour all the different people here touring we've had people here touring through the north span yes how many in the past two years three I three in two years but if $30,000 so that was $110,000 a tour I'm just saying there's some things that we need to look at when because our taxes are getting out of control and about ra yeah thank you is there anyone else like to say anything before we move on all right reports from staff City administrator L I have received an update from St Louis County uh the iar is releasing um the Monies to them without the bond issuance and the county will still be reimbursed they're currently working uh through the investigation process after they receive the results they'll be able to put out a request for bids for remediation and demol demolition next year the mpca is also mobilizing to remove an underground tank uh in the area and just a reminder that is St Louis County property not city of all right next we have Public Works director s singer uh not much for me we've obviously hit winter I just want to remind people about calendar parking rules also if you have a hydrant in your yard and you have le to keep it clear um we alone with fire department do appreciate that um and I'd like to thank the Rangers club for the assistance they came out last week the week before and help us uh make their brush mower do the edges of all seven miles of our bike B and really help today um you always have little branches with wety snow but things were much better to than all right City Attorney Joel you have anything for us tonight I don't thank you all right reports from elected officials coner B nothing Scot nothing Dar nothing and I have nothing to report tonight either so 11.1 approv Plumbing estimate for repair of water heaters at the L dness Cent uh you received an email from me it was an emergency repair done at the white Lakes Wellness Center um we are required to have hot water at the facility and so our options were replace it with a three tankless units or replace it with the same tank unit that failed after 5 years and so we did opt uh to go with a cheaper option which is the three tankless units as you can see we have approved the poll I'm just looking for formal approval from you today as it is outside of the pl amounts but it was an emergency repair that needed to get all right I know we all had an email about that last week have there any other questions about it would you got know the cost of the the like when we put in five years ago yeah I do not have that information but it was significantly cheaper this option is cheaper or the the one we put in several years ago um if we were to replace it with the same unit it was going to be about 30,000 is there any sort of estimate or guarantee to how long this will last us or if you can get any company to try that would be enough um they they try the best they can the uh they usually have a year or two more on them but not much that other questions is there a motions to U get that waterer is there second finish I'll second a motion second favor hi sorry none of those motion carried um it is in the packet it's uh $26,000 11.2 pay request from Max grade construction and the amount of 139 388 for the um Wellness Center upgrades I do have a on there to request that the engineer provide a percentage complete uh from here on out and so I will ask them to submit that along with theirs third pay request for the contracted is there a motion to pay that b a motion is there a second no second second all those in favor any oppos car 11.3 resolution 20243 adopting the final 2025 the city council had budget meetings this summer you approved your preliminary Levy you held your truth and Taxation meeting on the 25th of November and so this is to approve that final Levy um this resolution is the final Levy the next resolution is the final budget we talked about L and budget at all those all right is there a motion to approve the 2025 tax levy that motion I'll second that we have many meetings discussing it so I don't know that there's any other questions there's a motion a second all those in favor oppos motion Carri and then resolution for the 2025 budget again like you said we covered it at all our our meetings if there's any other questions I'll need a motion there any motion to accept the 2025 budget is there a second I will make that motion got a motion in a second all those in favor [Music] iOS motion Carri 11.5 2025 tobacco licenses there's three of them uh jway is the Haven bar grill ever oil is Lucky Seven and and then the Family Dollar and it is pending all documents submitted and background checks clear those did we have more than that um in 2024 yes you also had uh butter start we do a variance to uh tobacco is allowed THC is not so this is just the tobacco license yes yeah they they did not is there a motion to approve those liquor licenses tobacco sorry on Tobacco licenses is there a motion motion is there a second I'll support motion and support all those in favor I opposed motion carried 11.6 would be the canid license again subject to all documents um being turned in and background checks cleared those are for the Haven Bar and Grill and lucky s which again our current there's not a new application current ones for the can is there a motion to approve those license applications support all those in favor I oos motion carried s meeting is there anything else I've got a couple of questions whatever happened in a little cabin used to sit down in front of the Sho that was own by the chamber and they disposed of it as Mothers Market was paying property taxes on it and they no longer wanted to do that so the city was not involved no the city did not okay and then kind of a dumb one but on the new basketball court there's been five basketballs still left on the court I almost picked them up one day to return to the arena that well what if they are owned by kids in town are they belonging to the arena or are they just something kids they're justs okay I I wasn't going to pick them up without find out def oh yeah basketball exactly right else before we [Music] ads all right take a motion to adourn a motion is there a second motion and support all those in favor all motion per our next meeting is the 23rd and I will start the public forum