flages Justice I am looking for a motion to adopt tonight's agenda I'll make that motion I'll second that motion moved by council member Francis second by council member Buck all in favor of adopting the agenda as is please signify by saying I I I post same sign motion carries four to zero first item of business this evening is visitors to be heard is there anyone here to speak for a public comment okay seeing none we will move on to our next item of business which is our consent agenda our consent agenda this evening includes Council Workshop meeting minutes from December 9th Council special meeting the administrative review from December 10th Council Workshop meeting minutes from December 16th Council business meeting minutes from December 16th council swearingin meeting minutes from January 6th Council Workshop minutes from January 7th Council Workshop meeeting meeting minutes from January 13th the 2025 pay Equity study the purchase of a fire Tahoe from the capital budget for $15,000 approval of the fire department lighting project approve the chambers's recording device and gambling permit for pheasants forever looking for a motion to approve the consent agenda I'll make that motion moved by council member Beck second second by council member Francis any further discuss discuss or questions regarding any of the items on the consent agenda hearing none all in favor of approving the consent agenda as submitted items a through L please signify by saying I I oppose same sign motion carries 4 to zero next item of business this evening to come before us is accounts payable and I'm going to turn that over to staff thank you madam mayor members of the council our city bills came to a total of $13,570 ACS were at 101, 27781 for a grand total of 224 282 98 um one question that did get asked uh from a few of you um was the overage um in police Administration under miscellaneous um that covered the public safety Aid that we sent to whips so it has to get coded so we put it under miscellaneous so that's why it shows the overage there and that was a onetime Aid just to clarify so everyone knows that any other questions regarding accounts payable okay hearing none I'm looking for a motion to approve the city checks and the city a I'll make that motion motion by council member ariso I'll second that motion second by council member bck any further discussion or questions regarding any of the accounts payable hearing none all in favor please signify by saying I I I I oppose same sign motion carries four to zero um this evening for our staff reports it is our quarterly update so we are fortunate to have all of our staff present with us um we will begin tonight hearing from our fire chief chief Dennison thank you honorable mayor council memb um glad to be here tonight to see everyone uh you have in your packets included I think a copy of both my uh fourth quarter report uh for the year end December 2024 and then also a complete year end report as well and in the uh fourth quarter reporting it just indicates that uh the last quarter of 2024 we responded to 39 calls for service 33 of those being uh EMS related calls uh a couple of Motor Vehicle crashes and then a couple other again good intent calls that you can see in your report and overall for the year of 2024 we had a total of 370 calls for service which is the highest number of calls that we've had on the fire department uh ever in our uh history um I'm not saying that's a good thing um I'm saying that's a that's a trend that I know that we've all been talking about in some different circles and whatnot but I think it's something to bring out a couple of things that I wanted to just bring out about uh the year end report as well is uh one of the statistics that I looked at that I brought up to our firefighters in our first January business meeting was uh I took all of the call percentages for all the firefighters that responded to calls uh total them up and came up with an average of um 40 and a half percent which is awesome um for having 20 members on the fire department and uh having uh an average call response of 40% it's great again with 20 members on the fire department I also looked at and we average about seven firefighters per call out so when we go to call so that means from those calls that we have in the middle of daytime where there's maybe only three or four of us around to those calls from 9 to 10 o'clock at night which is our highest and we have about 12 people respond again our average turnout is about seven firefighters per call so um I don't I know we have a lot of their staff reports uh I would stand for any questions of either one of my reports if anybody has any any questions for chief Dennison uh thank you to you and your staff and just a reminder to all our viewing audience that all of our firefighters are paid on call and do have other jobs so uh we do appreciate all of you and um your commitments um to answer that page anytime appreciate that thank you very much next um staff report will be from West henden public safety director um director KS thank you honorable mayor and uh council members included in your packet is the uh activity report for December 2024 for West tenup and Public Safety we ended the year with 477 incident complaints and uh throughout through for the month of December 130 of them were in Maple plan and two 225 in Independence for the year since we're in December uh 1324 were in Maple plane and 2784 were in the city of Independence I'll highlight a few cases for you and as always feel free to ask any questions uh you may have about any of the items mentioned uh we had a fire a vehicle fire December 2nd 5400 block of Highway 12 in Maple plane neutr parking lot there uh the vehicle was on fire in the parking lot talked to the owner of the vehicle he noticed his dash lights started blinking so he smelled something burning pulled into the parking lot and the fire department arrived and uh put out the vehicle fire they did a great job on that uh we had a medical on December 7th in the 5,000 block uh Oak Circle in Maple plane dispatched to a fall head injury uh we arrived and found a very heavily intoxicated male uh that had fallen down and hit his head with and had a laceration to his arm he was uh over a 0.25 on a preliminary breath test and uh he was taken to the hospital by North paramedics we had an arrest on December 15 Highway 12 in Baker Park Road in Maple plane it was a vehicle in the ditch call uh we responded to the scene and spoke to the driver who displayed uh several signs of impairment he was very uh uncooperative non-compliant refused all testing and ultimately was transported to hennipin County Jail where he was charged with DWI refusal and then lastly we just had a medical on the December 28th 48 Hunter block at Drake Drive Maple plane just uh uh a resident had fallen down and needed assistance getting up we arrived unseen found the patient uh kind of laying on the bottom of the stairs we were concerned that he' fallen down the stairs but that was not the case um he was uninjured he was lifted to to his feet and uh he was ultimately transported to the hospital I kind of ended on that one as you know we've been having some discussions about how many Falls and lift assists that have been kind of occurring in the past three four months so um it's just kind of a trend that seems to be happening more and more Falls and lift assists so be happy to answer any questions that you have in regards to the report any questions for the chief um well we'd be remiss to not mention that this will be your last staff report as our director of Public Safety since we do those quarterly um we know that you are still with us for the next 3 months and you're going to continue to give 110% um but we just want to thank you for your leadership and dedication and um just being a great partner and a great leader for all of us so thank you Chief thank you next staff report this evening is from our city engineer Balon mink Mr martini thank you your honor members of the council um yeah our staff report is in your packet um actually pretty quiet uh time right now if you compare it to last year at this time where we are really just starting to get into the street reconstruction uh with some uh the public engagement and getting into plans uh this year uh winter is going to be a little quieter a lot of what we have going on is an associ association with your planner with some of the reviews of development type things that are going on around town um there's some uh development review that we've been doing on the south side of Gateway Boulevard um some um improvements uh being considered on Wyman uh the old Gateway or the Haven Homes site that we've been reviewing um still cleaning up some and monitoring punch list items for Baker Trail uh uh Baker Trail Villas um some home construction that we're reviewing uh grading plan for also uh T-mobile some equipment from your water tower that we've been uh tracking and uh making sure everything is going uh according to uh plans there um also some corresponden with your uniform Uniform Park signage that you've been discussing and um and then some other things so again just in coordination with Mark um we had a workshop tonight talk more in detail about the well head protection plan I won't go into details on that but all that uh working towards uh submittal to the Department of Health in May uh so that work is ongoing and then as far as the street goes uh since the public hearing uh just uh some cleanup work uh some questions that have come in related to the assessments that been working with Jacob on addressing those U not so much anymore but while the weather was still a little nicer you know monitoring the condition of the project still punch list items that were coming in from residents and things that we putting together um since things got closed up for the winter and then um ultimately uh this spring uh we'll be looking to complete the final punch list items put the final Li pavement on the whole project and also the mill and overlay portion on the Howard Avenue CAC that time as well happy to answer any questions you have questions for engineer uh well it might not feel as busy there's a lot going on so thank you for paying attention to all those details and keeping us moving all right um next report will be from Public Works um people service Mr havlock good evening honorable mayor and councel uh just for my report I'll do what I have done in the past just going over a few goals from the last quarter and then a few more for the next quarter some of the goals we had this last quarter were to insulate and paint uh the wellhouse number three that was recommended by Department of Health and we've gotten that started and we will have it done by the end of the week we started it last week and then working on replacing more chemical feed parts to reduce the issues at the water treatment plant and that's kind of more of an endless effort but we did get a couple injectors pump head and replaced uh replac for the chemical side and then we do have a few other things that we will get done before summertime here then setting up the sewer jetting and televising for the year which emails are out we've gotten one quote back waiting for a few more and then you'll see them I'm sure and then working with Jacob on setting up a water and sewer budget for next year and we have a meeting on Friday for that and for the next quarter I put down just to complete the annual water use and Water Conservation reports for the DNR Revis the lighten copper site plan for the Department of Health work on tree trimming and grass restoration towards the end of the quarter in the Parks and collect Road patching bids for some of the bad areas and spots where we still need to have patched for main brakes and storm sewer repairs and as previous quarter reports continue valve exercising manhole inspections and setting up more water meter change outs to slowly transition over to the new meters and coming up here soon we will get a backflow preventer failed at the water treatment plant that we've been waiting on back order parts for which will be big because we'll be saving 15,000 gallons a week that fixed and get the rotor Road Spring Road restriction signs up and down and then get the furnace at Rainbow Park replaced that's all I have so that'll answer any questions questions for Mr H right just thank you for all the extra work especially I know the uh furnace at Rainbow Park has been quite challenging So yeah thank you all right um next we'll hear from our city planner Mr colus youon mayor council in last month we had was it on there that push oh now it is oh I didn't see the red that's what I was looking for R your hat got it um the last month or so we've been working on a couple of projects we've got some new development that's um looking to come into town as well as one of the items you're going to hear tonight that was uh reviewed at the Planning Commission uh as it relates to the uh 5839 Highway 12 project we continue to work on downtown Redevelopment we've had um some recent activity on that uh that we're working through trying to bring to the Eda and Council ultimately um either one or multiple proposals for the Redevelopment of that site um to to consider um and hoping that that comes forward here shortly um the other projects that we are working on that will um see in U March most likely at the Planning Commission uh the 1520 Wyman building is back back in uh in application uh state with us and we've been reviewing that application for the ReUse of that building and then we have a Gateway um uh property um that is also looking for new development uh and that we anticipate also coming forward so there's a couple projects that are that are out there as well as some of the old projects at downtown that we're still trying to push forward on and and bring forward so um happy to answer any questions or go over any of the projects I've mentioned in the report or tonight yes yes all right um next we'll hear from administrator colander thank you Madame mayor members of the council um we are Full Speed Ahead with the 2024 audit right now um fieldwork is scheduled with the Auditors for the week of February 10th um we are also in the process uh with plus to create the new website right now they're working on transferring uh data from our old website over to the new one we have a uh tenative Gold Live date uh in March 2025 um and that will be a change from Maple plane.com to Maple plan mn.gov is required by state law for cities to change that over by 2026 so we're just a little ahead of the game uh we are also in the works of bringing all all of our permits and Licensing to an online format um that is hopefully going to go live probably about the same time as our website so we're looking forward to that um and then just one other thing um we had approved scanning America to come in and take all of our um documents uh to scan them in they took 110 boxes two totes four boxes of rolled blueprints and 15 flat drawers of maps so they left with a truck load um so we're very excited to have them get that scanned uh in for us right now the records room is empty and it's looking awesome in the office those metal file cabinets are gone the big drawers it's yes um so then uh as part of the administration Finance report I have um Julie from ABDO to give our fourth quarter um Financial update great thank you mayor and members of the council so I'll present the fourth quarter of 2024 financial report um one thing to keep in mind is this is UN audited information um as was mentioned we are in preparation for the 2024 audit that will occur in a few weeks so um there will still be adjustments to these numbers um but these are preliminary page three of the financial report focuses on cash and Investments the top chart on this page um summarizes the checking and investments in total in total the cash and Investments for the city increased about $1.5 million over December of 2023 the second chart on this page breaks out those investments into the three major categories of Investments that the city holds which are money markets broker CDs and bonds so again same totals just broken out and presented differently page four of the report is a graph showing the cash trends for the general fund this shows um 2024 as compared to 2023 and 2022 uh we like to focus on the trends of cash using this graph um you'll see spikes in June and July and December as a result of the property tax settlements being received by the city overall um you know cash is down a little bit from where it has been the last two years um especially as a result of some of the large projects that have been going on but Trends trend lines are matching page five of this report shows the treasury yields this is just provided for informational purposes so you can look at what those yields have been over the last three years on page six we look at the budget to actual comparison for the general fund here we are comparing um end of year 2024 as presented here to the 202 budget and this would be the full year budget um some of the major items to note here um and looking at the right side of that page um number one is licenses and permits there's a variance here due to the new Revenue source of rental permits and then we have Revenue uh for liquor licenses that will actually as a result of audit entries be mov moved out because that is 2025 Revenue interest earnings um are up from where we expected them to be during the budget preparation for 2024 and that's as a result of um the investment work that Jacob's been doing as well as the market miscellaneous revenues um our over budget for the year and that is due to a large refund um from the fire partnership as a result of reviewing that fire partnership contract looking at the expenditure section the executive line item um is over budget as a result of purchasing smartboards um the council dis um but those were offset by arpa funds so those arpa funds you'll see in Revenue number five is public works this variance is due to increased engineering and mowing costs number six is Highway streets and Roads the variance here is due to um timing of Street Maintenance costs number seven is is Parks the variance here is due to um the scheduled annual maintenance of parks and playgrounds and mulch replacement the transfers out number eight um there was an unbudgeted transfer of $118,500 the council did previously approve a resolution for that transfer and that was for Park donations there's also an un buget bued transfer um for Street overlay expenses looking at page eight of the report this shows the cash and Investments by fund so we review um cash investments in total and then we look at it by fund to see if there are any you know trends that we need to look into further the intergovernmental Revenue fund um this was where we were tracking those arpa funds and um believe it was in December Council approved use of all of the arpa so we have now transferred that money out of that fund um The 2024a Debt Service fund which is number two on this page it was Zero last year um we issued that debt this year so we now have cash sitting in that fund number three the Park Improvement fund um this was due to various donations that the city received um from Oro rotary West Tonka JC's and then some of those transfers we previously discussed the capital Improvement projects fund um this variance is due to interest rates and transfer of the arpa revenue the 2024 Street reconstruction fund um this cash has increased as a result of that bond issue as well we'll discuss the water fund um when we review the revenue and expense variances in that water fund um but the majority of this change was due to multiple water M braks and sealing of well number two we'll also review the sewer fund when we look at the revenues and expenses um but the um majority of the variants here was due to higher sewer sales and um just increased fees or the increased rates for sewer for 2024 the storm water CIP um this fund also had a variance um and that's just due to the timing of the budgeted transfers um between the storm water operating fund and the storm water CIP fund and then the fire fund the majority of this variance in cash was due to Capital purchases of the Ranger and the related accessories on page 10 of the report this is showing the detailed cash and Investments for the city um so if you're interested in the specific Investments the city holds this is where that is summarized and then page 11 um if if you like to see more graphical information um that same cash and investment information is in graphical format here um the bar graph on the upper left shows the Investments by maturity and the pie chart at the bottom shows the distribution of that cashion Investments across the investment types page 12 of this report is the fire fund so this is looking at that fire partnership fund the operating and the capital portions of that fund um variances here to be reviewed include intergovernmental Revenue um there was training reimbursement um awarded to this Fund in the fourth quarter that was not anticipated um there was a redistribution done so we've increased Revenue there in the expenditures operating supplies we have a variance um due to just lower purchases of medical supplies than we had anticipated buer supplies um we did some coding changes this year um to correct and classify things um more appropriately so um we moved radio rentals to this line item number four on this page uniforms the variance here is due to um just less equipment and gear purchases there was a um large purchase last year or 2023 and then equipment again is the purchase of that Ranger and the related equipment for that and then miscellaneous um as I mentioned the um refunds issued to Maple plane and Independence as a result of contract review so that expense has increased page 14 we review the water fund overall charges for services this year um are lower than last year and that's related to um the Baker park connection fees at the end of 2023 in governmental revenue is in increased over 2023 as a result of a Department of Health Grant as well as the arpa funds special assessments um are increased over last year just as a result of timing of those special assessments coming in and then interest is increased as a result of the favorable Market um operating costs in the expenditure section are increased as a result of um met Council payments the graph at the bottom of this page outlines the revenues so you can see those Revenue Trends year-over-year with the water fund looking at the sewer fund on page 16 um the special assessment revenue is the only line item to note here and again that's a result of just timing of receipt of special assessments and the sewer fund Revenue um trend lines look right in line with the last two years page 18 is the storm water fund again special assessment revenues um are increased as a result of timing of those receipts and interest Revenue um as a result of the investment market and then in the expenditures the operating line item um is under budget as a result of timing of payment to uh the Watershed the remainder of this report is the detailed revenues and expenditures for all funds that the city has and I will take any questions that you may have reports tonight I'll make that motion motion by council member Francis I'll second it second by council member AIO any further discussion or questions none all in favor signify by saying I I same sign motion carries score to zero next we'll move on to new business um first item before us tonight is resolution 20251 27-01 the annual designations I'm going to turn that over to administrator colander thank you madam mayor members of the council uh this is a yearly resol resolution that we do at the first business meeting of every year kind of goes through and spells out um our fee schedule our committee assignments our meeting dates um you know who we use as a bank attorney etc etc um some of the things just to point out um for the fee schedule adjustments um we are raising the special assessment search fee from $20 to $35 this is when title companies call and say hey we need information on assessments um that takes time uh staff time to do that so we're going to raise that fee um the THC dispensary registration fee uh we are setting at $500 um this is after an application goes through the office of Canabis management and then they would uh register with the city um at that time of registration is when that $500 fee would be incurred um we are revising the fee structure for the building permit application um in years past it has been set that it's a $100 fee um but that gets um deducted from the total amount um we are changing it so it is a $100 flat fee um and that doesn't go towards the amount of the evaluation that's on top of because it takes a lot of time um to process those applications um and then just uh administrative clarification uh certification for delinquent bills now will explicitly include a 10% interest interest rate applied at the county level I think that's about the gist of it I will stand for any questions any questions regarding the designations hearing none I'm looking for a motion to approve resolution 20251 27-01 the annual designations I'll make that motion motion by beak I'll second second by Ario any further discussion or questions hearing none all in favor signify by saying I I I post same sign motion carries four to zero next item of business before us this evening is resolution 2025 d127 d02 a conditional use form for Chopper Sports and I'm going to turn that over to um our city planner Mr Fus thank you honorable mayor counsel uh this item is coming before you after being considered by by the Planning Commission at their December Planning Commission meeting and it's a request for a conditional use permit to allow automobile sales on the property located at 5839 Highway 12 the applicant Chopper City LLC recently purchased the existing business there and then that property from the previous owner and at that time they had come forward to the city asking the city if we would sign off on the Minnesota Department of Public Safety vehic vehicle dealer license um that is required for them to sell uh recreational vehicles and other other things like trailers and and that um the other things they sell there and we reviewed the um City's file relating to that and noted that the property was zoned i1 industrial it had previously been zoned I2 industrial uh but it was Zon I 2 industrial prior to the time that the business located on that property with that um we noted that automobile sales were a conditional use and just for clarification for the council our ordinance designates automobile or defines automobile sales and then it goes onto a long list of recreational vehicles trailers um etc etc so they fall underneath that and so with that I had um let the new owners know that we wouldn't be able to sign off on their uh Vehicle Dealer license uh application as being a approved use until such time as they would come forward and apply for a conditional use so that's there's a little bit of a um kind of after the fact or retrofi knowing that that property had been used for recreational sales for some time with that said uh they did make application to the city the city reviewed the application brought forward that application to the Planning Commission and held a public hearing uh Planning Commission reviewed the application uh discussed really all aspects of the application but ultimately um made a recommendation to the city council to consider approval of the conditional use permit subject to the conditions that um were provided with within the staff report now provided in your resolution and I'll just touch on a couple of things that the Planning Commission talked about um with the subject site they have uh an exist in showroom building then they have an existing service shop uh located on the property and they have a vehicle display area and then really an outdoor storage area and so with the Planning Commission discussion a couple of the things that we talked about was one uh more clearly delineating the vehicle display areas from the outdoor storage area on the approved plan more for documentation than anything else Planning Commission also discussed that the parking areas that are provided for both customer and employee parking for the showroom should be clearly delineated by uh striping so just striping the pavement uh to show where the parking spaces would be located and then um planning Commissioners had quite a bit of a discussion regarding the site lighting noting that the lighting that currently exists both on the building and then that lights up the outdoor vehicle display area does not comply with current ordinance standards and recommended that a condition be included that would require the applicant to um bring the lighting up to standard on the showroom building and then on the uh parking lot building it was noted that I believe the parking lot lighting can be um adjusted right now it's angled up but they had at some point recently replaced those fixtures and I think if they just were to go to a 90 Dee downcasting position uh they could comply and then the showroom lighting though is a little bit different that lighting currently is not a cut off type fixture and there's a couple of lights on the building that would have to be swapped out to a shoe box type Lighting in order to comply with all those uh with that conversation discussion and then the um recommendation Planning Commission did recommend approval to the city council for the conditional use permit I'm happy to go into as much or as little detail as you would like so I'll stand for questions any questions I think the report is really detailed and planning did a great job as well so all right hearing no questions I am looking for a motion to approve resolution 2025-the I'll second that motion second by Beck any further discussion or questions hearing none all in favor please signify by saying I I I same sign motion carries four to zero next for new business we have ordinance 333 the franchise agreement with midco and I will turn that over to its administrator kander thank you Madame mayor members of the council um we've discussed this uh once or twice now um midco is looking to come in and put uh fiber throughout the city um this ordinance number 333 establishes a 15-year non exclusive franchise agreement between Maple plane and Midcontinent Communications also known as midco uh this is for the construction operation repair and maintenance of the fiber optic cable um this agreement grants midco access to public ways grounds for these activities while prescribing regulations on service standards Public Safety Insurance identification and so forth um it also opposes a franchise fee of 5% of mco's annual gross revenue from cable Services um and that is outlined uh in this document um for confidentiality purposes the rates are not posted um so we are excited about this opportunity for another service provider to come into our city um they are well known for putting money into the community as well um so I look for approval of ordinance 333 um before that we go for that motion I would just like to note um as it's been asked by some of the residents that this is another option this is not the only option so we are not saying you have to go with midco this is just another option for our residents for our neighbors to have choices so I just want to clarify that any other questions or comments okay hearing none I'm looking for a motion to approve ordinance 333 the franchise agreement with midco I'll make that motion move BYO second By Buck any further discussion or questions hearing none all in favor of approving ordinance 333 please signify by saying I I I I post same sign motion carries four to zero next item of business this evening is Council reports and other business um council member Beck do you want to kick us off sure I'll kick us off um started this month out with Fire Commission started out with that um you know there's a few meetings this month kind of a lighter month but one thing I do want to touch based on is on Christmas day I was working with a fire department working a structure fire that whole thing has been no more with everything going on with our society today but one thing it does bring up is the call to serve and working that structure fire on Christmas seeing five other fire departments sacrific their Christmas to help a local business and with the police or the fire chief with 20 uh firefighters on the fire department the call to serve for our community can be done anywhere with fire department up on Council get an involved Planning Commission but serve your community because it truly gives you something back to help your local community that's just where I want to end that one at thank you for that and council member Francis okay so um there was changes in some of the committee assignments so I started rotary beginning of January I've attended two meetings and it's a very ambitious group we look forward to spending more time with them and getting more involved in service projects out in the community uh I attended West hunin Chamber and got to hear all about uh mayor Emeritus Marvin Johnson and how he got started in politics all started with a phone call in the dairy barn so it's an interesting story if you haven't read it yet uh attended workshops and now tonight's business meeting rebranding met earlier today and we're getting to the final stages of our new city logo um so it's started month started off slow but it's finished with a lot of meetings thank you council member Francis and council member of Vio you are very new and welcome and I know it's been a baptism by fire and um I'm not sure you've been to any official meetings yet this month no okay well we just want to thank you for being here and um I know you've all of council has been very involved we had the special meeting with the swearing in we had the LMC training to work on code of conduct and a workshop so we literally have um two workshops have literally thrown you in so um and also just want to give you if you did want to say anything I didn't want to just skip over you no but I'll have a nice report next month okay sounds good well welcome and we're glad you're here um it has been noted it has been a new year we kicked off the new year right away with the highway 12 safety Coalition continuing to working um for safer roads and advocating um out here for permanent fixes and continuing to work together with our neighbors on that um also Northwest henip and Lee and municipalities we started our year in January with all the new mayors coming on doing some onboarding getting to know one another um talked about ways that um we can serve and just wel welcoming um new neighbors and networking and things going on in our communities um in the police department we've been busy the we had a part-time police officer interview um that is moving forward in the process so we're grateful for those part-time officers to help our full-time officers as council member Francis alluded to Rotary is kicked off we are in full swing we are currently planning for Party in the Park which is June 7th looking for volunteers so if you have any interest in that please reach out to myself or council member Francis uh Regional Council and Mayors um we talked about building the next area era of our region and mega Trends so that was very interesting meeting uh chamber was just a great talk um as council member Francis saluted to uh Mayor emirus Johnson just had the floor and just shared um from his heart and just lots of words of wisdom and um just an incredible man and leader so grateful for that opportunity to hear him and for him to share um police commission's been busy we've been doing a lot of succession planning this week we'll be especially busy with um we have another police commission meeting we have have interviews um for director of Public Safety and lots going on fire commission's been busy excited to see that we're going to have a new tahole for the chief and uh working on potential fire merger and just providing Public Safety um for our residents rebranding soon will be coming forward to the community um as council member Francis alluded to and um looking for input and feedback on that so watch for that and then just want to remind everyone um Thursday afternoon evening between 5 and 8 everyone has been invited on behalf of the city of Independence to come and say farewell and thank you um to Mayor Marvin Johnson for his 45 years of service and we would just be remissed in Maple plane to not acknowledge um we would not be where we are today without him and um without his leadership without his collaborative Spirit um truly wanting what is best for the entire area and uh never once solely focused on Independence always on what can be done for everyone and um our Public Safety would not be what it is today um without Mayor Johnson so um just want to publicly acknowledge Him and thank him for that and make sure that if you're available please stop by um the Marvin Johnson community room on Thursday between 5 at8 at the independent city hall to say hello and thank you and enjoy cake and coffee um with that I am looking for a motion to adjourn so moved moved by Francis second second by Beck all in favor I I post same sign motion carries sport to zero the meeting is adjourned at 7:50 p.m.