Uh we now have before us the final version of ordinance 253, which grants a cable franchise to Comcast. As we recall, we've gone through our uh solicitation process, receiving applications. We had our public hearing. Uh we introduced the ordinance at the last meeting. It has been posted on our website for the required 10 days for legal uh publication uh for public consumption. And then here we are tonight for the final adoption.

No. I'm very glad to I just want to thank [clears throat] all of you. We're looking forward to building in the city.

It'll start in the uh Hidden Creek and uh Shimcore area. From there, we're looking at going to Coldwater Crossing, Sunset Meadows after that, and then the remainder of the community after that. The goal is to have done this year by the time snow flies or by the time they can't quite get in the ground anymore.

We got two quotes back, one from AME Electric in Mayer and one from Extreme Electrical Service of Norwood Young America. Specked out the same project although there was a very large price difference. Reviewed this prior to the Park Board meeting and either AME was just really generous or Extreme threw a higher ball on it because it was apples to apples.

In the AME Electric quote, there was an addition of $4200 for directional boring rather than open trenching. This would allow them to go underneath the ground to directional bore rather than having to open up dirt then we have restoration work afterwards. The Park Board did discuss that and it was their recommendation one to go with AME Electric of Mayer for the project but also to add in the directional boring to save on the open trench work and then the restoration work waiting for grass to grow things like that.

I mean or walk home from some of the establishments if they needed to um And now it's twofold with safety.

And how state law works is that once you set your levy, you can decrease it, but you cannot raise it. So, that's why the heavy focus on our general fund. We want to get that figured out.

Um three op- three of the obvious options right off the bat, but obvi- any of you can think of are uh welcome. You can keep rates the same. Money can still flow into those funds, continue to be built up. That's okay for the sewer fund cuz the more money that gets built up is the less that you have to issue debt for when the project actually takes place.

Um people get the uh utility rates as they need them where they are today, but memories are short when it comes to city finances in public. That's just the way it works. So, you are praised for doing well here if you were to move things down, but 3 4 years from now when you have to jack them up, everybody gets angry when you do that.

If you had the debt service added in on the sewer end, you would need to raise rates by approximately 21%. Percents are great, but what does that really mean for someone's utility bill? Like when they look at that, what does this really mean? So, we get down to Yep. So, down here I have a utility bill estimator. Uh so, depending on what your usage is, average is probably 5 grand. So, if you're looking at that in 2026, your utility bill is around $114. With those changes, it'll go to 122.20 and that's per month.