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2026-11-02 - City Council Work Session

Summary

Built from the agenda, packet and the posted work-session summary; formal minutes and the video have not been reviewed. The meeting adjourned at 7:45 PM. All votes below were unanimous voice votes.

  • Nurse-Family Partnership Funding: the state health department ends Nurse-Family Partnership funding on January 1, 2027, about 40% of RiverStone Health's program budget. The City gives about $200,000 a year. Councilmembers Neese and Kennedy moved to direct staff to issue a request for information on evidence-based prevention programs that could use or replace the City's $200,000 (the Family Justice Center is included).
  • Capital Improvement Plan FY28-FY32: about $491 million in total, roughly $81 million in FY28 and about $15.7 million for safe routes to school; the South TIF covers Fire Station 2 replacement, gravel street paving and about $750,000 a year in other incentives. Discussion only. Budget and Finance Committee reviews it November 18; adoption is targeted for November 23 but could slip to December.
  • Animal Sheltering Services: Boyett and Pitman moved to limit City-funded services to dogs at large, dangerous dogs, injured dogs, court-ordered holds, and lost or abandoned dogs. Neese and Pitman moved to continue the RFP committee process, with the contract returning to Council. Boyett and Neese moved to consider contractor use of a City facility. Lindley and Nicholson moved to put a proposed month-to-month Yellowstone Valley Animal Shelter agreement on the November 23 consent agenda (this does not approve it).
  • Neese and Nicholson moved to refer Airport Authority appointments (about 15 applicants) to the Council Operations Committee.
  • Council discussion and non-agenda public comment.

Agenda

  1. RiverStone Health - Nurse Family Partnership
  2. FY28-FY32 Capital Improvement Plan
  3. Animal Sheltering Services - Committee Recommendations
  4. Council discussion; non-agenda public comment

Video

Community 7 TV video on demand: https://cloud.castus.tv/vod/comm7tv/video/6ae94cc9f46c0e00024ba8ca?page=HOME

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