2026-10-19 - City Council

00:00The clerk's of everybody rise,

00:04but we will

00:07>> Heavenly Father,

00:08thank you for bringing us together

00:09tonight for the opportunity to serve our

00:11community. We ask for your wisdom and

00:13guidance as we discuss the matters

00:15before us.

00:16Help us to listen with an open mind,

00:19speak with kindness, and make decisions

00:21with fairness and understanding.

00:23Give us patience when we disagree,

00:25strength when decisions are difficult,

00:28and unity as we work towards a common

00:30goal.

00:31It's in your name we pray. Amen.

00:32>> Amen. Amen.

00:35>> We pledge allegiance to the flag of the

00:37United States of America, and to the

00:39republic for which it stands, one nation

00:42under God, indivisible, with liberty and

00:45justice for all.

00:53All right, welcome. We will go ahead and

00:55call the meeting to order and do a roll

00:57call.

00:58>> Alders?

00:59>> Here.

00:59>> Alderman

01:00>> Here.

01:00>> Dewey?

01:01>> Here.

01:01>> Cole?

01:02>> Here.

01:03>> Hazelton?

01:03>> Right here.

01:04>> Joe?

01:05Campeter?

01:06>> Present.

01:07>> Lester?

01:07>> Here.

01:08>> Liko?

01:09>> Here.

01:09>> Yellow?

01:10>> Present.

01:11>> We have a quorum.

01:14>> All right, item three, adoption of the

01:16agenda.

01:17>> So moved.

01:18>> Second.

01:19I have got a motion and a second. All in

01:22favor?

01:22>> Aye.

01:23>> Any opposed?

01:27Item four is miscellaneous agenda items.

01:30We have none. Item five, opportunity for

01:34public comment. We do not have anybody

01:36signed up.

01:37Was there anybody intending to speak?

01:43All right, that'll take us to item six,

01:45public hearings, none. Item seven,

01:47appointments by the mayor, none.

01:51Item eight, Ms. Kangri, do you have a

01:53financial report for us?

01:55>> I do. Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

01:57So,

01:58in your packet I have the financial

02:00update. So, the first

02:02set of reports I have is from the

02:04October's October sales tax.

02:06The general sales tax we received about

02:091.3, which is about $94,000 more than

02:13[clears throat] projected for October.

02:15So, our January through October overage

02:17is $950,000.

02:22And

02:23the other ones are performing above

02:26budget as well.

02:28And then the next couple pages are just

02:30a breakdown for further.

02:33Be happy to answer any questions.

02:35Otherwise, I will move on.

02:38Okay, the next report is the revenue

02:40model.

02:41We're still looking good on here. So,

02:43projected overage I've got for fiscal

02:46year ending 10/31 is about 2.5 million.

02:51And nothing of too much concern, but I

02:55and I continue to monitor those and

02:59um

02:59tighten those up as the fiscal year

03:02comes to a close.

03:05Be happy to answer any questions.

03:09Okay, the estimated fund balance we're

03:11still doing really well on this. Um if

03:14you will

03:16take note on the possible supplemental

03:18for workers comp insurance that did bump

03:20up some more.

03:21Um however, we are still doing pretty

03:25good on the estimated fund balance

03:27percentage at

03:2922.29%.

03:31Be happy to answer any questions.

03:35Okay, the next report is that workers

03:37comp breakdown that I've got.

03:41Um

03:42again, just taking those outstanding or

03:45the report that I get from our

03:47workers comp company and putting the

03:51outstanding on there.

03:55The next one I've got is the self-funded

03:57health insurance, which we are still

03:59looking very healthy on that as well.

04:02Be happy to answer any questions.

04:05>> So,

04:07how small is that?

04:08>> On the workers comp one, there's two

04:10different columns.

04:13One for

04:15I want to say

04:16the 2026.

04:18Is that

04:23Why is it two columns?

04:24>> One's a budget, one's actual.

04:27>> Okay.

04:30Okay.

04:32Thank you.

04:33>> You're welcome.

04:37>> Can I take you back to the report that

04:39shows

04:41fines and forfeitures down 46,000?

04:45>> Yes.

04:46>> Could you just walk through what's

04:49going on there?

04:51>> So, most of this is with our

04:54court system. The

04:58biggest one I'm going to have to dive

05:00into a little bit more are those

05:03the traffic fines on those. So, I will

05:05take a deeper dive on those and see

05:07what's actually going on with those. Um

05:10but a lot of it has come through with

05:12the parking fines for sure

05:15are no longer handled on our side. It is

05:18the PCI.

05:19Um but I will take a look at the police

05:21fines or yeah, the police fines, the

05:23traffic one.

05:25>> But those would eventually make their

05:27way to us, correct? Even with PCI doing

05:31them.

05:31>> Yeah, but you'd see it in the parking

05:33fund, not the general.

05:36>> Okay.

05:37>> [clears throat]

05:38>> Any other questions?

05:42All right. Thank you.

05:45Item nine, announcements by mayor,

05:47council, and staff.

05:49Councilman Albers, admin committee.

05:52Uh So, thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh we have

05:55a schedule for November 4th at 4:00 p.m.

05:58across the hall.

06:03Councilman Lightfoot, finance.

06:05Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um

06:07tentatively have one scheduled for

06:09November 18th uh 4:00 p.m. across the

06:12hall if needed.

06:15Thank you.

06:19Public safety, Councilwoman Allen.

06:21Thank you, Mr. Mayor. We have it

06:23scheduled for Thursday, October 29th

06:26at 3:30 across the hall.

06:31Finally, public works, Councilman

06:33Campion. Yes, uh November 12th, 7:30

06:36a.m. here in Council Chambers.

06:40Any other announcements?

06:43Councilman Hazelton.

06:45I do question and a clarification.

06:47Public safety is on the fourth Thursday

06:50of the month.

06:51I believe the fourth Thursday of the

06:53month is this week, yes.

06:57>> It's the last Thursday.

06:58>> [clears throat]

06:58>> Last Thursday? Okay. I just thought it

07:00was fourth.

07:02All right.

07:03>> [snorts]

07:04>> Don't try to trick me up, Councilman

07:06Hazelton.

07:08>> Thank you. We're

07:10All right.

07:11>> [clears throat]

07:12>> Item 10, consent agenda. There's one

07:15item on there.

07:18>> I make

07:19>> Second.

07:20>> There's a motion and a second. All in

07:22favor?

07:23>> Aye.

07:24>> Any opposed?

07:28Bills introduced, item 11 is none. Takes

07:32us to item 12, roll call.

07:36These are bills pending, 2026-041,

07:41Mr. Mayor.

07:43>> An ordinance of the city of Jefferson,

07:45Missouri, accepting and approving the

07:47final subdivision plat of Walnut Hills

07:49plat 1, a subdivision of the city of

07:51Jefferson, Missouri, amending section

07:5219-401,

07:56streets [clears throat] and highways

07:57schedule J, parking prohibited

07:59pertaining to on-street parking in

08:01Walnut Hills subdivision.

08:04>> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. As the clerk

08:06stated, before you is the

08:10plat, final subdivision plat of Walnut

08:12Hills. This is the initial plat.

08:16This property is located

08:18on the south side of Covington Gardens

08:20off of Rock Ridge Road.

08:23And the first

08:25phase that they're going to do is 55

08:28lots with 21 acres of open space. It

08:31should be in your packet and then it's

08:32also on the screen up here.

08:34The two streets that will be put in at

08:36this time are Leeds Drive and Goldammer

08:39Court.

08:40The parking portion of the bill before

08:43you is to make it so that the parking on

08:45one side of the street, not both.

08:47This

08:49preliminary PUD plan and plat was

08:51approved in March of 2026 by council and

08:55P&Z passed this preliminary or this

08:58final subdivision plat at their

09:00September 10th meeting as six in favor,

09:03zero against. And there will be future

09:05phases to build out the rest of this,

09:08which would include an additional 85

09:10lots for a total of 140 lots, which

09:13would be what was previously presented

09:15and is on your screen currently.

09:18No new information to add. Be happy to

09:21answer any questions.

09:24>> Councilman Michael.

09:25>> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Did you say just

09:27parking on one side of the street?

09:29>> Correct.

09:31>> Well, why just one side in the

09:33subdivision?

09:34>> Because of the way that the driveways

09:36are laid out. Um they want to be able to

09:39basically it would interfere with the

09:41parking on

09:43They would block driveways. This was at

09:45the request of the actual developer

09:47based off the uh

10:12>> How wide is the street?

10:13>> Yes.

10:15>> [cough]

10:21>> Sorry.

10:27So the street is

10:30um

10:3028-ft wide with a 50-ft wide

10:34right-of-way. Um

10:37they

10:41>> That's 32-ft to be

10:43able to two side parking.

10:45>> Yeah.

10:47>> 22-ft for two side parking.

10:49>> Yeah.

10:52So um as he stated with the width they

10:55would recommend the only on one side but

10:57there was also the way that the platting

10:59is locked out. Um parking would be

11:02permitted only on one side of the

11:04streets opposite of the fire hydrants.

11:06Um so it's really because of the fire

11:08hydrant and the uh driveway the parking

11:11plan will be formalized with council

11:14um

11:15basically by prohibiting parking on

11:17opposite side. So

11:18there wherever there's fire hydrants and

11:21with all the driveways there was

11:22concerns from the developer on blocking

11:25side basically driveways.

11:27>> [clears throat]

11:32>> Personally [clears throat] know many

11:33subdivisions

11:35that that

11:36do that, at least current ones.

11:39Certainly that one doesn't have that now

11:41that restriction now.

11:43Um

11:49>> This was one of the the first ones using

11:52the smaller setbacks and the smaller lot

11:56sizes than what we're used to. So, with

11:58that and the layout of the houses and

12:00with the fire

12:02um you know, code and where the fire

12:03hydrants are going to be

12:05um this is what their design is and and

12:08what they had requested.

12:15>> That's a little concerning for me.

12:17This

12:19that you can only park on one side.

12:23>> Councilman Hazelton.

12:25>> I can actually I I do appreciate

12:28Councilman Hazelton's concern.

12:31I can understand why they have done

12:34this.

12:35>> [clears throat]

12:35>> Uh one of their other subdivisions,

12:37McBride, uh have done in Eureka

12:41has parking on both sides and their lots

12:43are about the same size and it becomes

12:45very congested, very crowded. Um

12:49so the one side parking

12:51is

12:52actually probably going to be more

12:53effective and give more street space and

12:55safety and access for emergency

12:57vehicles. So, I I don't I don't foresee

13:00a problem myself with this.

13:05>> Councilman Hall.

13:08>> With [clears throat] regards to

13:09emergency vehicles and and firefighters

13:11in particular, are I'm assuming all the

13:13fire hydrants are located on the on the

13:15side of the road that pedestrians are

13:16not allowed to park on?

13:22>> Correct. They are on the side of the

13:24road that parking is prohibited.

13:27>> And [clears throat] is there any

13:29with regards to these lots in

13:30particular, is there adequate spacing

13:32for

13:33um

13:34guests to park in those drives on the

13:36opposite side? How many cars per

13:38driveway do we have spacing for?

13:41>> Right. And in all the um different

13:44styles of homes that have been proposed,

13:47again, this is not built out yet as

13:49people purchase them, um do have

13:52driveways as well as garages included

13:55with the packages.

13:57Um so, they do meet the parking

13:59requirement for single-family home for

14:01having, you know, a two-car garage with

14:03a, you know, a two-car driveway, you

14:06know, based off the size of the house.

14:08Um

14:09the concerns with it, um

14:12you know, off-street parking would be

14:13more for people that come to visit, um

14:15not necessarily, but you could get some,

14:19you know, homeowners that maybe have a

14:20lot of kids that, you know, would have

14:22to park on the street, but it does meet

14:24the parking requirement for

14:26the structures that are proposed.

14:30>> [clears throat]

14:34>> Councilman Miller.

14:36Thank you. Um

14:38they they originally built it out for

14:39230 homes somewhere right in there,

14:42correct? And so, did they have to change

14:44anything as far as

14:46the retention ponds and all that down

14:47the end? Did that have Did any of that

14:49have to change or is that all in in the

14:52the the the collection basins or

14:53whatever you I think is what they're

14:55called. Um did any of that have to

14:56change because now we're down to about

14:58140 homes or everything just basically

15:00stayed the same for whatever they

15:02presumed the runoff would be into those

15:04basins?

15:05>> Right. So, the final plat and the PUD

15:08plan that was presented um had it

15:11everything scaled down to maximize for

15:13the 140 units.

15:16Um it also did add a lot more green

15:18space and undeveloped land, so that'll

15:19help with issues as well.

15:22Um but that final plat and um, the

15:25preliminary plat and the final PUD plan

15:27um, didn't take into account the

15:30scaled-down uh, development.

15:32>> Thank you.

15:35>> Councilwoman Dow.

15:37>> I've personally been out there. It's

15:38going to be beautiful with all of the

15:40green space and the rolling hill. You

15:43know, it's going to be really pretty.

15:45And um, speaking about parking

15:48back in the day, I lived in a very

15:51modest It was actually a zero-lot home.

15:54And you know, we uh,

15:57parking

15:58worked on the side on one side. It

16:01worked in the driveway and it worked in

16:03the garages. So,

16:04to me that's not a concern. I'm excited

16:07about the about the subdivision.

16:12>> Councilman Camp Miller.

16:14>> Just one question. Does

16:16do we think with the new regulations or

16:19the new

16:20>> lot sizes being smaller, this could be

16:23something we see more in the future? Or

16:25is this just more for this is how they

16:27design their subdivision?

16:32>> You know what? [laughter]

16:33I think it's it's combination of both.

16:35Um, you know, with the smaller lot size

16:38um, and the conditions that they

16:41encountered here, which is why they had

16:43to scale down from the 240 to the

16:45you know, they had to make it fit into

16:47what the terrain would allow them where

16:49they're you know, basically where the

16:50rock allowed them to do it.

16:52Um,

16:53you know, they could have widened the

16:54roads out and put parking on both sides.

16:57Um, but then you're taking away from the

16:59areas where it is buildable.

17:01Um,

17:02you know, so they could have expanded

17:04the roads, but then you take away front

17:06yards or you take away the backyard.

17:09[snorts]

17:13>> Councilman Lykken.

17:15>> Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

17:16Excuse me.

17:17I'm obviously for the project. I voted

17:20for it

17:21from the beginning. I drop by it every

17:23day.

17:24Um

17:25I also drive through my neighborhood

17:27every day.

17:28And

17:29there's there's a a lot of cars parked

17:32on

17:33the streets.

17:36So,

17:38um

17:39>> [clears throat]

17:39>> I'm not sure where if if if the trend

17:41continued

17:43and then that subdivision

17:45to include this new build

17:48is the same.

17:50>> [clears throat]

17:50>> There's going to be a whole bunch of

17:52parking or parked cars

17:54from one end to the other

17:57because there's multi-family home

17:59multi-families in many of these homes

18:01that have multi-cars, whether they have

18:04multiple garages or not.

18:06So, if you drive through

18:08the Copper Creek Gardens

18:10some of the some the main thoroughfares

18:12are wider streets. I'm not sure if

18:14that's 50 ft or how wide those are in

18:16the main thoroughfare like Muscogee

18:18Road.

18:19Um

18:20I don't know the width, but but the

18:22others are are smaller,

18:25but still both both sides, no matter

18:27what side of

18:28or what width the concrete is for for

18:31for the main thoroughfares or the other

18:33ones.

18:36There's just a lot of cars parked on the

18:38streets today for whatever reason. And

18:41and if you're only going to restrict it

18:43to one side

18:45um I don't want my comments to be

18:46misinterpreted that I'm in any way not

18:48for this project. I am. We need housing.

18:51>> [snorts]

18:53>> But there's there shouldn't be a problem

18:55with the space now if they're doing less

18:57homes, right? They should there should

18:59space shouldn't be necessarily an issue.

19:02So,

19:03so how I I you know, I'm just really

19:05concerned about parking on one side of

19:06the street and why we're getting away

19:08from allowing people to park on both

19:10sides of the street, because what will

19:12happen

19:14>> [clears throat]

19:16>> The

19:16public safety folks can can

19:19chime in on this.

19:21is what's going to happen is they're

19:22still going to park on both sides of the

19:23street, and you've got then it's

19:25constricted for public safety to get

19:27through, because they're not allowed to

19:28park they're not legally allowed to park

19:31on both sides, but they're going to.

19:33Then what problem does that present when

19:35you get in there if you're pulling a

19:36fire truck in there

19:38compared to

19:39um

19:40>> [snorts]

19:41>> what's what's allowed width-wise.

19:45So,

19:47that's my concern. Thank you.

19:54>> All right. Seeing no other questions or

19:57comments, you have

20:002026-041

20:03in front of you for roll call vote.

20:06>> Alders.

20:06>> Aye.

20:07>> Allen.

20:08>> Aye.

20:08>> Dooley.

20:09>> Aye.

20:09>> Eichholz.

20:10>> [clears throat]

20:11>> Aye.

20:12>> Hazelton.

20:14>> Aye.

20:15>> Job.

20:16Kamler.

20:17>> Aye.

20:18>> Lester.

20:18>> Aye.

20:19>> Loethen.

20:20>> No.

20:21>> Young.

20:21>> Aye.

20:22>> Bill passes.

20:26>> All right. 2026-042.

20:30>> An ordinance of the City of Jefferson,

20:32Missouri authorizing the mayor and city

20:33clerk to execute an agreement with the

20:35Federal Aviation Administration to move

20:37FAA equipment between the existing air

20:40traffic control tower and the new air

20:42traffic control tower.

20:45>> Mr. Fitch.

20:46>> [sighs]

20:46>> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. This bill would

20:48authorize the mayor and city clerk to

20:50execute an agreement with the FAA

20:52to relocate equipment from existing air

20:55traffic control tower to the new air

20:57traffic control tower.

20:59This is a job that they require

21:00themselves to do, so we are required to

21:04pay them for that uh

21:06moving of the

21:14Seeing no questions, you have 2026-042

21:19in front of

21:20>> Allen

21:21>> Aye.

21:21>> Dooley

21:22>> Aye.

21:23>> Holt

21:24>> Aye.

21:25>> Hazelton

21:26>> [snorts]

21:26>> Aye.

21:27>> Job

21:28Camp Peter

21:29>> Aye.

21:29>> Lester

21:30>> Aye.

21:30>> Michael

21:31>> Aye.

21:31>> Young

21:32>> Aye.

21:33>> Owens

21:33>> Aye.

21:34>> No passes.

21:38>> All right. 2026-043

21:42>> An ordinance of the city of Jefferson,

21:43Missouri, amending chapter 29, section

21:4595 of the city code related to discharge

21:48of certain effluents as prohibited in

21:50section 101.4 wastewater contribution

21:53permits.

21:56>> Mr. Finch

21:57>> Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

21:58This bill is a alignment of our city

22:02code with uh

22:04the statewide code for industrial

22:08sewer system. It would align our

22:10permitting

22:11Excuse me, our permitting periods with

22:13the state and also uh better align our

22:17wording in our ordinances with theirs,

22:20mainly about color and odor of

22:23discharges. We do not currently adhere

22:25to

22:26uh regulate color and odor is not as

22:30regulated as the state requires it.

22:37>> All right. Seeing no questions, you have

22:392026-043

22:42[snorts] in front of you for roll call

22:43vote.

22:44>> Dooley

22:45>> Aye.

22:46>> Holt

22:47>> Aye.

22:47>> Hazelton

22:48>> Aye.

22:49>> Job

22:50Camp Peter

22:51>> Aye.

22:51>> Lester

22:52>> Aye.

22:52>> Michael

22:53>> Aye.

22:53>> Young

22:54>> Aye.

22:54>> Owens [clears throat]

22:55>> Aye.

22:55>> Allen

22:56>> Aye.

22:57>> No passes.

23:00>> All right. 2026-045

23:03item 12D.

23:05>> An ordinance authorizing and directing

23:07the issuance, sale, and delivery of

23:09special obligation bonds, series 2026 of

23:12the City of Jefferson, Missouri, and

23:13approving certain documents and

23:15authorizing certain other actions in

23:17connection therewith.

23:21>> Mr. Fuchsneder, are you uh

23:25Mr. Spickermann.

23:26>> Mr. Spickermann, welcome.

23:31>> [clears throat]

23:31>> Hey you, can you hear me?

23:33>> Yes.

23:35>> Uh

23:36as you know from first reading, this is

23:38a ordinance that authorizes the issuance

23:40of special obligation bonds to finance

23:43the uh construction of a parking garage.

23:46It is a um

23:49currently, the the we're waiting on some

23:52number construction numbers from the uh

23:54general contractor before

23:57uh the bonds will be marketable.

24:00Uh once we get those, uh Stifel

24:02Nicolaus, who is the bond underwriter,

24:04will

24:05finish up the preliminary official

24:07statement, which is an exhibit to the

24:08ordinance.

24:10Uh [snorts] and then market the bonds

24:11for sale.

24:13Uh that will take uh roughly a week, and

24:16then bond closing would occur a week

24:19after the sale. This ordinance

24:22authorizes the sale based on certain

24:24parameters. So, they would have to have

24:26interest rates and prices come in under

24:29certain thresholds in that ordinance.

24:32And if so, only then could the bonds be

24:34sold.

24:37I'm happy to answer any questions, or

24:38Matt Courtney, your financial advisor

24:40with Piper Piper Jaffray, Piper

24:42Sandler's here as well.

24:47>> Seeing no questions,

24:49you have 2026-045

24:53in front of you for roll call vote.

24:56>> Holt?

24:57>> Aye.

24:58>> Hazelton?

24:59>> Aye.

25:00>> Job.

25:01Campeter.

25:02>> Aye.

25:02>> Lester.

25:03>> Aye.

25:03>> Michael.

25:04>> Aye.

25:04>> Young.

25:05>> Aye.

25:05>> Allers.

25:06>> Aye.

25:07>> Allen.

25:07>> Aye.

25:08>> Dooley.

25:08>> Aye.

25:09>> Vote passes.

25:11>> Thank you, sir.

25:15All right, item 13 in formal calendar,

25:18there's nothing on that. Item 14

25:20resolutions, resolution 14A

25:242026-38.

25:28>> A resolution authorizing the approval of

25:30successor directors to the MSP Community

25:33Improvement District.

25:35>> Councilman Campeter.

25:36>> I'd like to bring resolution RS 2026-38

25:40in front of council for discussion.

25:42>> Second.

25:44>> All right, we've got a motion and a

25:45second. Seeing no comments, all in

25:47favor.

25:48>> Aye.

25:49>> Any opposed?

25:51Mr. Nicklas.

25:53>> Thank you, Mayor.

25:54Um

25:55we've had the [snorts] MSP Community

25:57Improvement District for a while. It

25:59includes both city representatives and

26:01state representatives, and the state

26:03representatives who originally were on

26:05there are no longer with the state. So,

26:07we need two new ones, and so this would

26:09replace those state representatives with

26:11two new state representatives.

26:17>> Any questions?

26:21All right, you have resolution 2026-38

26:24in front of you for roll call, please.

26:26>> Holt.

26:27>> Aye.

26:27>> Job. Campeter.

26:29>> Aye.

26:30>> Lester.

26:31>> Aye.

26:31>> Michael.

26:32>> Aye.

26:32>> Young.

26:33>> Aye.

26:33>> Allers.

26:34>> Aye.

26:34>> Allen.

26:35>> Aye.

26:35>> Dooley.

26:36>> Aye.

26:36>> Holt.

26:37>> Aye.

26:38>> Resolution is adopted.

26:41>> All right, item B resolution 2026-39.

26:46>> A resolution authorizing calendar year

26:482027 premiums [snorts] for group health

26:51and reinsurance.

26:54>> Councilman Hours.

26:55>> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I'd like to bring

26:57Resolution 2026-39

27:01up before the full council for a vote.

27:06>> Second.

27:07>> All right. We've got a motion and a

27:08second on Resolution 2026-39.

27:12All in favor?

27:13>> Aye.

27:14>> Any opposed?

27:16Mr. Buckland.

27:17>> Okay. Um so, yeah. And back again, uh

27:20there's a sheet here with the

27:22resolution. The attachment outlines the

27:24rates. Um the

27:26uh

27:26um columns in green are the current 2026

27:30rates, and columns after that are 2027

27:32rates. So, this reflects a 5 and 1/2%

27:34increase across the board, uh

27:38which is uh based on the projections

27:40from our broker. That was built into the

27:42budget, so the budget that you've

27:43already approved accounts for that

27:45increase. So, these are just the the

27:47the rate structure that will go along

27:49with that for these plans. So, the the

27:52the top rows there are the total um

27:55premium costs for the plans uh with both

27:59the city and the employees' premiums,

28:02and then the uh the the rows uh

28:06below that is the employee rates, and

28:07then then the rates that we pay per

28:09employee per plan for the city. Um so,

28:12what you'll see there, obviously the

28:14city is absorbing the full 5 and 1/2%

28:17cost the increase in this proposal, so

28:19that we would not pass along any of

28:21those rates to our employees. Um and so,

28:25the premium rates for the employees

28:26would stay the same as they were this

28:28current year, which is the same as they

28:30were the previous uh benefit year.

28:32Um

28:33uh that's pretty exciting for us. Um

28:36I know that there was a lot of

28:37challenges with the health care plan

28:40going on a couple years ago. I know a

28:42lot of work that this council that the

28:43city has done,

28:45um

28:46uh uh

28:47you know, the finance department and the

28:49legal department put a lot of things in

28:50place and I'm not taking credit for any

28:52of those things.

28:53But we're in in in in tremendous better

28:55shape than we were.

28:57And I just want to point out that if

28:59this is approved, we'll be going into

29:01another year in which, you know, we're

29:03having a modest but but meaningful cola

29:06for our employees at two and or two and

29:08a half percent.

29:10As well as no increase in the cost of

29:13insurance for employees. That's

29:14>> pretty good spot for us to be in for our

29:16recruitment going forward. So I'm pretty

29:18excited about that.

29:23>> Seeing no questions.

29:26You have resolution 2026

29:29dash 39 in front of you for roll call

29:31vote.

29:32>> Job.

29:33Kempter.

29:34>> Aye.

29:34>> Lester.

29:35>> Aye.

29:35>> Michael.

29:36>> Aye.

29:36>> Young.

29:37>> Aye.

29:37>> Owlers.

29:38>> Aye.

29:38>> Allen.

29:39>> Aye.

29:39>> Dooley.

29:40>> Aye.

29:40>> Holt.

29:41>> Aye.

29:41>> Hazelton.

29:42>> Aye.

29:43>> Resolution is adopted.

29:46>> All right, item 15 new business, none.

29:48Item 16 unfinished business, none. Item

29:5117, we do have

29:56item for closed business. So we need to

29:59go into a recess and then go into

30:02closed.

30:04Back.

30:06>> I should move

30:07we enter closed session.

30:08>> So I move we um

30:10>> Yeah.

30:11>> I move

30:12we recess.

30:12>> The chair will entertain a motion to

30:14recess the public session and pursuant

30:16to section going to closed session to

30:18discuss the following

30:22associated contracts subsection 12.

30:26>> I move we recess and go into closed

30:28session.

30:29>> Second.

30:32All right.

30:33Give me a roll call vote on that.

30:36>> Kempter.

30:36>> Aye.

30:37>> Lester.

30:38>> Aye.

30:38>> Michael.

30:39>> Aye.

30:39>> Young.

30:40>> Aye.

30:40>> Owlers.

30:41>> Aye.

30:42>> Allen.

30:42>> Aye.

30:43>> Dooley.

30:43>> Aye.

30:44>> Holt. Hi.

30:48>> And just a reminder, we will come back

30:51and reconvene once the closed session is

30:54done.

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