I will read those ballots. Vote  for Dalton Glascock. Vote for   Dalton Glascock. Vote for Dalton  Glascock. Vote for Dalton Glascock.   Vote for Dalton Glascock. Vote for Dalton  Glascock. and vote for Dalton Glascock. The new vice mayor will be Vice Mayor Dalton  Glascock. [Applause] With that a motion um and the   ballots have been read, we will now like to thank  council member vice mayor for 2025 JB Johnston.   Thank you for your service as the vice mayor  this past year. I've really enjoyed uh having the   opportunity to work with you in the capacity of  vice mayor uh and look forward to now just joining   us as a council member and I really appreciate  your service to our community. Thank you. Um I'   I've enjoyed it. Uh didn't know if I would or not  and I cannot tell you how disappointed people are   when I take the mayor's place at a function. So,  but it's okay. They get over it quickly, I think.   So, but I've enjoyed it and uh it's a pleasure  and honor to represent the city. Thank you,   Council Member Tuttle. Thank you. I just want  to say congratulations to Vice Mayor Glascock.   I'm the first one who's called you that. Um  congratulations. We know you'll do great.   Thank you for representing your district and  thank you for representing the city. And I want   to give a special thank you to now council  member um um my mind just went completely JB Johnston. I'm so sorry. It's been a long day.  Um, but thank you for serving as vice mayor. I   really appreciate it and I know you went into it a  little apprehensively, but you did it so well and   you represented us so well and and you've just  been a joy to work with and to learn from. So,   thank you for all you've done and thank you what  you'll continue to do while you serve. Council   member Hoheisel. Thank you, Mayor. Congratulations  to now newly elected Vice Mayor Glascock. Again,   I'm sure you will do well in the role. Um,  it is a trip. It is a a fun year that you   have ahead of you. Um, I'm sure you'll serve  with dignity and uh now I guess you're just   one of the normies like us. Um, you got the  old parking spot next to everybody else. So,   um, but you you have done a good job over  the past year, Council Member Johnston. So,   um, you have served well and honorably.  So, I appreciate that and thank you, sir.   With that, Vice Mayor JB Johnston for  2025, will you join me at the podium? As a token of our appreciation for your service  as vice mayor for the city of Witchaw in 2025,   we present to you a keeper of the Plains  as a remembrance of your year of service as   vice mayor for the city. Thank you again to  Vice Mayor JB Johnston for 2025. [Applause] With that, I would like to now call Vice Mayor  for 2020 26 Dalton Glascock to the podium and   asked Chief Administrative Judge Jones to provide  us the administration for the oath of office. I solemnly swearly swear that I will uphold the  Constitution of the United States I will uphold   the Constitution of the United States and the  Constitution of the State of Kansas and the   Constitution of the State of Kansas and faithfully  discharge the duties and faithfully discharge the   duties of the vice mayor of the vice mayor for  the city Witchah, Kansas. City of Witchah, Kansas. [Applause] Hello everyone. Good morning.  First off, I would like to thank my family,   my partner for being here as well as friends and  those watching online as well. Thank you to the   mayor and thank you to my colleagues for the trust  that they've placed in me and I'm deeply honored   to serve as vice mayor of Witchah. I'm a nerd. I  said that last week when I was at this bench when   I talked about some of the books I was reading.  And so as I thought about what to say today and   not to repeat anything and also keep it short, I  decided to lean into our history and I looked to I   went looking to be reminded of what came before  us and what this bench ultimately represents.   So this past weekend I went to the Cedric County  Historical Museum and Eric, the museum's director,   found me as I was walking through the exhibits  and walked me through our history. One line from   J.R. me, the man who chose the name Witchita in  particular, stood out to me. Cities are not the   result of chance, nor do they make themselves.  Their prosperity and greatness are in large   measure due the sagacity and enterprise of their  founders. Witchaw didn't appear fully formed. It   existed because people made intentional choices  to build, to invest, and to believe in this place.   Witchdaw was not built by those who said no. It  was built by those who said yes. Yes to settlement   on the open prairie. Yes to trade and commerce  along the Chisom Trail. Yes to agriculture,   industry, aviation, arts. Yes to the hard work  of becoming what early leaders proudly called the   magic city of the plains, the peerless princess  in Kansas's crown and glory. That history also   reminds us of something else. Progress has  never meant ignoring what needs fixing. It   means seeing challenges clearly, refusing to  be paralyzed by them, and choosing reform over   retreat. It means doing the hard work of making  things better and still believing the city is   worth investing in. I do believe that the city  is still worth investing in. Thank you to the   residents of Witchaw for the privilege of serving  you. I'm proud of where this city has been,   but I'm more excited of where it's going.  Let's get to work. Thank you all. [Applause] With that, Vice Mayor Glascock, uh, welcome  to the council in your new role. Madame Clerk,   can you please call the next item? And thank you,  Judge Jones, for administering the oath of office. Awards and proclamations, human  trafficking awareness month. May   please ask the representatives of ICTSOS and  its supporters to come forward at this time. The proclamation reads, "The city of Witchah,  Kansas, founded in 1870, whereas Kansas   statute 215426 defines human trafficking as the  intentional recruitment, harboring, transportation   provision, or obtaining of a person for labor  or services through the use of force, fraud,   or or coercion for the purpose of subjecting the  person to involuntary servitude or forced labor.   Whereas the city of Witchah upholds a strong  multidisciplinary response to human trafficking,   integrating prevention, intervention,  and restoration through the dedicated   partnership of nonprofit organizations,  medical professionals, law enforcement,   and social service agencies. Whereas ICTSOS  celebrates 15 years of playing an essential role   in this community by providing comprehensive  education, advocacy, and public awareness   initiatives designed to empower residents, equip  professionals, and protect vulnerable individuals.   Whereas the city of Witchah recognizes  the critical importance of combating human   trafficking in all of its forms, honors survivors  who bravely seek freedom and restoration,   and affirms its continued commitment to supporting  collaborative efforts that foster safety, justice,   and hope for all members of the community.  Now therefore, be it resolved that the Witchah   City Council does hereby proclaim January  2026 as Human Trafficking Awareness Month. [Applause] Thank you so much, Mayor Woo. Um, first of all,  congratulations on your first council meeting,   Council Member Shepard, and congratulations  to our new vice mayor. Um, we look forward to   partnering together and continuing to see our city  grow and improve. My name is Jennifer White. I'm   the executive director of ICTSOS, an antihuman  trafficking nonprofit proudly serving the city   of Witchaw since 2011. As you're aware, January is  human trafficking prevention and awareness month.   And with me today are members of our community  who work tirelessly to create a safer Witchah   for all who live here. In their various roles,  they also serve the complex needs of survivors.   Witchah is fortunate to have a multid-disciplinary  team of organizations dedicated to the prevention,   intervention, and restoration of survivors  of trafficking, abuse, and exploitation.   This team consists of local, state, and federal  law enforcement agencies, medical partners from   clinics and hospitals, social workers, therapists,  advocates from child and adult serving agencies,   board members, volunteers, and survivors. ICTSOS  is excited to celebrate our 15th anniversary in   2026, a milestone that would not be possible  without the people standing behind me and whose   broad shoulders carry the load with us. I was  going to ask them to stand and be recognized,   but they're already standing. So, please recognize  these amazing people that do this work with us. [Applause] I can't look at you guys. Thank you for  the work you're doing. The late night call outs,   the hours on the phone trying to fill the  gaps, the tears that no one sees when you   close your office door, and the heart to throw  yourself back into the arena again tomorrow.   I speak on behalf of the group to extend our  gratitude to the mayor and city council for   recognizing human trafficking prevention and  awareness month. I implore you as community   to connect with these organizations, learn  how they are serving, where the gaps are,   and how we can come together as a city to see  an end to the exploitation of our neighbors.   And as always, I'd always I'd like to expend  extend a special thank you to city staffer   Norma Ramos for handling the administrative duties  um to get the proclamation on today's agenda. As   we know, the real heroes are often behind the  scenes. So, thank you very much. [Applause] Madame clerk, please call the next item. Public agenda. We now come to public  agenda. The public agenda allows for   up to five speakers to have five minutes  each to address the council. Please bear   in mind that this is not a period of dialogue  with council or a question and answer period.   This is your opportunity to address the city  council with your concerns. I ask that you   address your remarks to the city council as a  body and not to any individual council member.   No action will be taken relative to items on the  public agenda other than referral to the city   manager for information as necessary. Speakers  will please speak into the microphone. Please   state their name and address for the record. A  time clock will display the speaker's remaining   time to speak. Order and rules of decorum will  be observed. The sper first speaker is Ben Lee. Gangs, guns, and violence. Mr. Lee, I don't see him in the audience.  Can you please call the next individual? Matthew Butwin. Open house for the  2025 air installations compatible   use zones. AICUZ study for  McConnell Air Force Base. Thank you. Uh good morning everyone. I'd like to  thank the city council for giving us time on their   agenda to speak and I'll make this brief. Uh my  name is Matt Butwin. I'm a contractor with the   Air Force. And we are here today with uh Kennedy  Dunn from McConnell Air Force Base as well as   Patty Lee from the AFC Akus program in San Antonio  as well as other members of our team. Essentially   um we want to take this opportunity to extend an  invitation to a public uh meeting and open house   that we're holding this afternoon for the release  of the McConnell Air Force Base updated AUS study.   Akus uh is an acronym that stands for air  installations compatible use zones and is   a long-standing program within the air force  and the DoD. The goal of the Akus program is   to protect the health, safety, and welfare  of those living and working around the air   installation while sustaining the military's  operational mission. To accomplish this,   the Air Force produces these AU studies  that can be used as a tool to analyze   where the military's ACU's footprint  extends off installation property.   and what land uses in may be in the community  in those areas using that information. Land use   compatibility recommen recommendations can be  made. Generally speaking, noise sensitive uses   should not be in noise zones and people intensive  uses should not be in accident potential zones. At   the end of the day, this study is a public  document that makes recommendations and in   cooperation with local municipalities. Uh the  goal would be to integrate this information   into your planning documents, procedures, zoning  for eventual implementation as the cities and   county sees fit. There will be considerably  more information available this afternoon   and we would greatly appreciate your support.  Everyone's invited, not just the council. This   is a public meeting. Everyone in the room viewing  online, friends, neighbors, uh anyone can attend.   Um the meeting is today 4 to 6 pm at the advanced  learning library located at 711 West 2nd Street   North Witchaw just across the river about a mile  away. Um there this is an openhouse style meeting   so you don't have to be there for the whole two  hours. There will be a short presentation towards   the beginning. Uh the colonel will be there to  have some opening remarks. Um, you can come to the   event anywhere in that two-hour window to speak  with the Air Force representatives um and and view   the information at your leisure. That's all. Thank  you for your time. Appreciate. Hope you see see   you later this afternoon. Thank you. Thank you,  Matthew. We have space for four individuals who   would like to address their council during public  agenda. Please state your name and your address. Good morning. My name's uh Andrew  Crane and I'm with Guiding Pause   uh ICT. Um and uh I have a little small issue um  regarding the transit app and also bus passes.   A lot of people have been having issues with  the the bus passes and the technology that   uh is really a big problem. And I am hoping  that the the the bond uh thing that you guys   are going to be passing passes because it's  going to help out the Witchah transit and other   uh other things in the city of Witchah and  helping out the blind and disability community.   Now, my my problem is uh with the the the the  app is you you purchase your bus pass and it's   not working on the bus. Somebody needs to get  with the IT department and fix that real quick   because there's been lots of big time issues with  that. um and and and that so this needs to be   addressed ASAP and it needs to be fixed now. And  uh my other uh thing that I was going to say is   uh the I'm I'm a member of the National Federation  of the Blind um folks that are going to be going   to Washington DC and we have several bills that  we are trying to get passed through Congress and   uh hopefully we can have your guys' support  in standing with the the blind and disability   community and uh getting some work done. So,  thank you very very much and I would hear some   comments on how we can get the the transit app  and the technology working efficiently for folks and that in including the uh the new city manager. Come on, guys. It's It's time to go to work. Are you finished with your five  minutes? Yes. Can you please have   a seat and then the council will  speak? Thank you. Thank you very   much. Council member Hohisel. Thank  you, Mayor. Just real quick, Andrew,   is this the same issue you had talked about in  December? This this is a brand new issue and bus the uh I I was told today that uh I  couldn't get a a new bus pass and I paid   $55 for a bus pass and the the on the on the  app and the the the bus pass is not working   on either buses and I got told down at the transit  center that they couldn't do anything for me. Now,   the the technology needs to be working  efficiently and it needs to be able to to   uh work and be able to uh work on every single  buses. Okay, we'll look into it. Thank you, Council Member Ballard. Thank you, Mayor, City  Manager. I just that you can visit with Penny   and see what the issues are. We'll be glad to.  Thank you, Council Member Shepard. Thank you,   Mayor Andrew. Thank you so much for coming and  making sure that you're advocating for the blind   and visually impaired. I know that there's  a lot of accessibility work to be done. Um,   but I did have an opportunity to meet with Penny,  the director of transit, who is working on some   incredible opportunities to continue to expand  that. And similar to council member Ballard,   um, city manager, I do ask that you get with her  to ensure that we can meet the needs of Andrew. We have room for three more individuals. Good morning, Mayor Woo, Vice Mayor Glass Clock,  and congratulations to my friend and first   district, uh, Council Member Joseph Shepard,  as well as our new city administrator or city   manager. Sorry. I come from Park City originally.  We have administrator there. But glad to have you   here. I want to My name is Ben Saleta. Sorry,  Kansas Aviation Museum. Also, Witchaw Resident   64. That's good. I want to come to you guys here  this morning and just give you a little bit of   update on what's been happening this last year at  the Kansas Aviation Museum as well as some of the   things that are coming up in 2026. Uh I do want  to first start off by saying thank you to uh Steve   Lewis with uh the city. he's done a phenomenal job  of helping us ensure that some of the issues that   we've had with deferred maintenance on a building  has been addressed um and has been extremely   helpful within that. So, thank you to him and uh  Gary Jansen and all those that fall underneath   that that have been a huge support. I also want to  say thank you to Dante and Troy for their support   and work with the museum over this past year  and helping getting some uh important pieces   done and accomplished uh as we work through some  of the plans for the the upcoming year in 2025.   is no surprise that it was a year of uncertainty  for a lot of individuals, a lot of companies,   a lot of businesses and nonprofits alike. Uh  but thanks to the support of our community,   we saw a great great end of the year uh that  really helped again promote the activis the   active work of steam education. In 2025, the  museum was able to partner with some of our   uh foundations and we were able to offer over 50  grants to 50 grants and scholarships to kids from   underserved and up under reppresented communities  to allow them to come to our summer steam camps   for free while also being able to provide them  with food during that time as well. Uh some   of the times when we talk about accessibility  and and what that looks like for individuals,   uh some of the basic things that we think of  such as transportation or just even cost of   just attending are great. But there are other  issues that go a little deeper such as food   and such as some of those pieces. So the support  that we were able to offer thanks to our friends   uh in our community that help support that.  Again, over 50 kids were able to participate   in free summer camps this year. So we're grateful  for that. Uh, additionally, as we look into 2026,   we continue we plan to continue that work of  investment uh within our community, partnering   with organizations such as Urban League, Big  Brothers Big Sisters, uh, Empower League 42   like we have in previous years to ensure that we  reach those uh, communities. Again, uh, one of the   most powerful tools to helping people up and out  of the situation they are is education and then   partnership. the more that people can connect with  others in their community, the more that they feel   that they can have accessibility to some of those  uh opportunities that exist. And so we continue   to do that. Couple things though to look forward  to in 2026 and that we'll be talking with Norma   uh about as well is in April uh the AIAA will be  welcoming back uh which will be welcoming back the   AIAA design build fly competition which welcomes  uh college students from across the world to come   and compete their textron aviation uh with their  um I'm not a real deep aviation person but their   uh which is weird but with their um their drones  basically that they have come there. There will   be over a thousand students that will come from  across the world here in April and we're excited   to welcome them there. They'll be at the Kansas  Aviation Museum for their social uh but we'll   also be wanting to see about welcoming them with  the res uh proclamation come April. And then as   mentioned earlier, the work that McConnell Air  Force Base does here is such an important piece.   And in October, we'll be welcoming back the  Frontiers and Flight Air Show. and the museum   will be having a part in that as well as we  as we do that operate that outreach and again   we'll be hosting our steam camp. So it's been a  great year in 2025. We look forward to 2026 and   again thank you council for your support. Again,  also just re just putting it out there that as we   look into this coming year, we will be offering  scholarships again for students that come from   underserved and underrepresented uh communities  as well as focusing on those that are high steam   u achievers because again we want to do our part  to make sure that we are supporting the community.   Uh and so things like our city sales tax are going  to be uh important things to ensuring that we can   make the investments in our community necessary to  help lift those uh that might come from situations   other than what most of us find ourselves in.  So thank you for your time. Vote yes March 3rd. Thank you Ben. We'll continue with public comment. Thank you mayor. Good morning to mayor and  city council. Congratulations on going into   2026. Sounds a little bit strange coming from  a council member from a while back. My name is   Lavant Williams and I am a former council member  for district 1. I did want to congratulate some   of you that are on the bench. Um council member  Hisel and Ballard, thank you for coming back.   um ready to put in four more years of hard work.  We appreciate all that you have done and all that   you will be doing. Uh congratulations uh council  member now Johnston on your year 2025 and thank   you for what you did as well and looking forward  to what's going on. Uh Mayor and uh Becky Tuttle,   just thank you for always being there and always  being out uh in the community. Uh congratulations   to Dalton Glasstop. Uh and now Mayor Glass,  I mean Vice Mayor Glass. Um it is kind of   u re it's very rewarding to watch you take that  position. Um I stumble because I think of Mayor   Carl Brewer and uh how we started the mayor's  youth council during Dalton's time in high school.   So, I've watched this young man come up through  the ranks and uh it just uh it just makes me very   proud uh to see you take that position um after  uh we started the mayor's youth council noticing   that we didn't have that in the city of Witchah  and coming back and saying let's start that. So,   congratulations to you. I know that he would be  very very proud to see you in that position. Also,   congratulations to council member uh Joseph  Shepard in saying and taking that position.   As a council member for district 1, I  apologize for not being there last night,   but I did have a prior commitment, but please know  that you were on my mind and Miss Sandra Rankin's   mind as we looked through some of the Facebook  articles and and saw you taking your oath and   uh going on to do the things that you need  to do. Uh, one of the things that I was also   thinking about was there are not that many former  city council members for district 1 or those that   can make it out into the public and to the  community. So, that made me feel just as bad   um because uh as former council members, we  definitely want to support support the city   council and the person that represents district  one. Council member Sheepard, please know that you   have people that are standing beside you. There  are many people that say people are standing   behind them, but we stand beside you, ready to  help out in any capacity that you need us to do,   as well as any of you as mayor and city council.  There are those out there that are willing to   listen and that are willing to step forward  as much as we can. Uh, Council Member Tuttle,   you know that as we sit on boards and have sat on  so many boards together. Um, and so my my wish is   that we have a good 2026 and that we move our  city forward. Uh, that we look at the sales tax   increase conversation and that we make sure that  everyone is included. So, I thank you for the   opportunity to speak and again, uh, Council Member  Sheepard, we appreciate you and congratulations. Thank you, former I look forward to meeting with.  Thank you, former Council Member Williams. Council   Member Sheepard. Thank you, Mayor Elder Williams.  I just want to say thank you for being here and   uh I stand on the shoulders of giants such as  yourself and many elders in the community and so I   appreciate you being here but know that my door is  always open and that I know that I did not make it   here on my own nor do I represent my own interest.  I represent the interest of the people of District   1. And so I look forward to working with you and  the elders in our community who have fought hard   and kicked open doors so that I could walk through  them. So thank you for being here this morning. We'll continue with public agenda. Good morning, council. Uh, my first comments  will go to Councilman O'Heler. Sir, I understand   today is your birthday. Happy birthday, sir.  Okay. [Applause] Now, I'm here today to speak   about the problematic sales tax that is on the  ballot for March 3rd. On December 16th, 2025,   seven duly elected council members voted to place  this special election on the ballot for March 3rd.   Now, I could be wrong, but I believe that  not a single one of the seven people that   voted for that clearly understood  what the proposal truly represented. And I'll give you a little example. The Witchaw  Forward people at their second supposedly I   guess they called it town hall meeting or  whatever made a claim that they had done   a poll. And when asked by two of the current  council members to release the poll results,   they refused. Said that that poll was taken  for their consideration and not for the public.   Now, not everybody thinks like I do, but I  think that if I were presenting a proposal to   the council and I had done a poll and the poll  showed a favorability of the majority of the   respondents to represent and favor my position,  I would be more than happy to share that with any   and anybody that asked. And when you refuse to do  that, it damages your credibility in my opinion.   And when you damage your credibility on one issue,  your d your credibility is damaged on the entire   proposal as far as I'm concerned. But I think if  I asked today, if there was any one of you that   are on this podium, I'm sorry, that on the bench,  if you could give any constituent of yours a good uh benefit to them by voting yes, I don't think  any one of you could do it because I don't think   either one of you fully know what that proposal  entails. but you voted to put it on the ballot.   Now, this proposal has this city divided like I've  never seen it before on an issue. And furthermore,   I think that there's a lot more questions than  there are answers on this proposal as it stands   today. And as we've seen in the last week, the  issue has gotten even more problematic in two   ways. Number one, the cost has gone up $20,000.  Number two, 26,000 people will not be able to   vote at their normal polling place. Now, this  to me is tanamont to voter disenfranchisement.   Whether that was intentional or accidental, it  makes no difference. The results are the same.   And one of the things that baffles me is that on  the 16th before you guys made the vote, you had a   member of the election commission's office right  here. Yet, not one of you thought to ask of her.   What were the prospects for putting this special  election on March the 3 without any without any   further problems and that's less than a month we  had two problems and in my gut I feel that before   this election there will be other problems. Now,  what I'm going to propose to you today is this. First of all, I want to say one thing here,  mayor, I'm looking here at your brochure,   the original the first one that you that  I received in the mail. And at the top,   it says restoring trust in city hall. If  we cannot, and I'm saying we the citizens,   the taxpayers of which if we cannot  trust you and the other council members   to be protectors of our hard-earned tax  dollars, what other trust is there? So,   what I would suggest to you all is to admit you  made a mistake on December the 16th and reverse   that decision. Because one of the things I've  learned in my life is that when somebody comes   to you with a proposal and says this is a good  deal and it's a good deal today but it won't be   good tomorrow. I run like hell. Okay. So people,  you've made a mistake and I think the public is   trying to tell you that you made a mistake and so  admit that you made a mistake. We're all human.   We all made mistakes. Reverse that decision that  you made on December the 16th. Thank you. Thank   you very much. Can you please state your name and  address for the record? Jamesfield, District 1. Thank you to our five speakers during  public agenda. As mentioned earlier,   we um are going to have uh conversations  amongst the council during council agenda.   Uh but public agenda is to receive  and file information. Um, so again,   we appreciate the five individuals who  brought up topics that may be discussed   during the council member agenda portion of the  meeting. Madame Clerk, please call the next item. Consent agenda items 1 through 8. Council members,   are there any items in the consent agenda  that would that you would like to pull?   I see none. I will move to approve the  consent agenda items 1 through eight. Second. I'm going to have to get  used to that motion and a second.   Any further discussion? I see none.  Madam clerk, please open the role. Motion passes 70. Madame clerk,  please call the next item. Board of bids and contracts dated January 12th,  2026. Morning, Mayor, City Council. Josh Lber,   Department of Finance. Board of bids and  contracts convened yesterday, January 12th,   2026 for the following items. For engineering,  we have the 2026 sidewalk maintenance program   for PPJ Construction Incorporated for a  bid of se $749,700 originally submitted.   Our engineers office requesting to be awarded  within the engineers's estimate of 1,6,700 for purchasing. We have sedans, SUVs, cargo vans,  and pickup trucks for the vendors listed at their   groups listed to establish contract pricing  for our operating departments. We have welding   gases contract change order for Lampton Welding  Supply Company Incorporated for an amended amount   of $46,170 estimated per year. We have the legal  services for workers compensation claims contract   change order for Kirby Vernon doing business  as Kirby Elver Vernon LLC attorney at law for   the amended rates of $95 and $185 hourly. This  is how to become a vendor with the city. This   is our purchasing calendar of small resource  business partners, the events that the city's   hosting or participating in. And these are open  public opportunities out on the street today.   I'd be happy to try to answer your questions  and recommend your approval. Thank you,   Josh. Questions for staff, beginning with Council  Member John Stunn. Thank you, Mayor. Uh Josh,   can you go to back slide number six, please?  Sure. Um on there is THA Ford, obviously THA,   Vance County Ford, Vance Chevrolet, U  Masters Champion, John Vance Motors.   where how far out do we go to get bids?  I mean, can we not keep them local? So,   so I want to be I want to clarify the city does  not have a local preference policy. Um, the city   utilizes our our procurement software system that  allows any and all vendors who meet specifications   solicited to respond. Um, we have vendors  nationally. Uh, you'll see that more with virtual   work and consulting services. That really comes  into play. uh specifically vehicle bids. Um we   within this uh group in Miami I do my buyer wanted  to clarify or tell me that's not Miami, Florida,   that's Miami, Oklahoma. Um but we have uh vehicle  bids being submitted from the region. Um and   from the city's perspective, it's the low price  meeting specifications and it's freight on board   um delivered on our dock. We do not have objection  to it. Okay. And if they need service or warranty   work, do they go back to Miami to do that or tha?  I can't speak to the warranty work. I what I can   speak to is what I commonly see is I will see  that a dealer purchase occurs with the dealer   franchise and then warranty work may occur in a  local region just by association of the Witchaw,   Kansas metro area. Okay. Okay. I'd rather keep  them local but okay. I don't want to open up   that can of worms. Yeah. Okay. Sorry. Thank you.  Any further questions? I see none. Thank you,   Josh. I move to approve the board of bids and  contracts dated January 12th, 2026. Second.   Motion and a second. Any further discussion?  I see none. Madam clerk, please open the role. Motion passes 70. Madame clerk,  please call the next item. Petitions for public improvements. Good  morning, mayor, city council members. Paul Gman,   public works and utilities. For the record, I have  one location for your consideration this morning.   The signature on the petition represents 100% of  the improvement district and the petition is valid   per Kansas statute. The ranch third edition  located in district two. The project will   provide water, storm water, and sanitary sewer  improvements for a new residential development. It   is recommended that city council approve the new  petitions and budgets, adopt the new resolutions,   and authorize the necessary signatures.  And I will stand for questions. Thank you,   Paul. Questions for staff? I see none. I move  to approve the petition for public improvements.   Motion and a second. Any further discussion? I  see none. Madame clerk, please open the role. Motion passes. 70. Madame clerk,  please call the next item. Funding for 2025 and 2026 capital improvement  program park and recreation projects. Morning mayors and council Tim Kell works  a engineering division. Uh very excited to   present this one to you. Um, as you'll see  once we get into it, this is really kind of   the bread and butter of the uh, CIP for park and  recreation project. So, uh, again, this is really   kind of where we we make a lot of difference uh,  in the community and and in the park system. So,   background uh, the adopted 2026 2035 CIP contains  multiple projects. Again, this is mostly to   address needs uh, general repairs, renovation,  replacement of park amenities, infrastructure,   um, the list kind of goes on and on. There there's  a lot of different things that we utilize the CIP   to manage as you will see. Um the main thing to  get out of this is that this is to help us sustain   uh quality conditions, extend useful life,  uh do uh align with maintenance resources   um and try to make sure that we're meeting the  needs of the community as well. So the city of   Witchaw maintains over 200 athletic fields, over  uh 130 athletic courts, and over 88 playgrounds.   Um along with that there's many other amenities  uh and assets. Just to hit on a few walking paths,   retaining wall site furnishings. Every bench  that you see those are things that we have to   maintain and we use uh CIP money for at times to  help replace especially in large batches. Uh one   of the things to note here is that we do have  irrigation systems on here. I will note that we   have miles of irrigation systems within our park  system there. I'm not sure exactly how much, but I   know we have more than miles of of irrigation  systems uh throughout the park system. So,   those take uh resources and time to make sure that  we keep those uh usable and efficient as well. So,   we'll start to get into the analysis. Uh so,  there's a number of projects uh in the CIP and   we'll be hitting on those individually here. Uh  and this one is for 2025 irrigation systems. This   is to make improvements throughout the park system  for different irrigation systems. As I mentioned   earlier, we have tons and tons of irrigation  systems to maintain. The CIP here will help   us maintain those, make sure that they're up to  uh up to code, make sure that we're utilizing um   our uh we have a preferred uh irrigation control  system, allows us to better manage the water, make   sure that it's going in the right places, etc. Uh  next, we have 2026 at Lake Field Renovation. Um,   we utilized funds from 2025 to uh uh look at and  repair bleaches across the the park system. Um,   I'll note this one here at Barry Sanders football  field. This is before we made any renovations. So,   uh, if you drive by McAdams, um, you'll see  that there is still work being done out there   to replace those um those bleachers. The biggest  thing to note about the bleachers is to make sure   that they are meeting. There's different um,  standards that we want to meet. One of the main   things is prevent kids from climbing. You can see  here in this photo, there are horizontal rails in   this one. So, you want to have vertical rails so  kids aren't climbing on them and things like that.   So, main thing was to try to make sure it's more  one more usable and also safe for the community to   use and and getting up to date with uh standards  that we have for individual products such as   bleachers. If we do have uh or I guess one of the  things too is that we're looking at the amenities   as well as the actual playing field conditions.  We have CIP money in the past to repair fields   uh plane conditions. So exact at Barry Sander  Fields for example, we did have issues with uh   the turf there. So want to make sure that we have  the system correct, make sure we get seed down,   make sure that we have a usable system because no  one wants to play in mud. Uh one example too is   uh we used uh replaced lights over at Robert  Thurfield, also at McAdams. Uh we utilize a grant   for that one. But this component here is really  important for us to help make sure that they're   playable and make sure that they're safe for  users. Next, we have uh athletic courts. Here's a   photo um taken from the other day. This is over at  Buffalo Park. Uh you can see here the old asphalt   uh courts that we have. They they just don't hold  up over time. You'll start to see that they have   cracks in them. Once you start getting cracks in  them, the playability goes down. And obviously if   you have giant cracks running through uh your  courts that can lead to tripping hazards and   sprained ankles and things like that. So uh for  2026 our plan is to renovate basketball courts   at Manissa Park and Buffalo Park. Um and other  improvements will be made as funding allows that   could be um repairing basketball goals, things  along those lines. Uh with athletic courts,   for athletic courts, we consider those essentially  basketball courts, tennis courts, football courts,   those types of things, usually played on on  concrete or asphalt versus those fields like   football fields, baseball fields, etc. For  2026 park facility enhancements, uh this is   for improvements along the uh uh Little Ark River.  You can see here, this is kind of right near that,   as most people can call it, the um the Keeper  parking lot. We experiencing some erosion there.   That's one of our heavy and most used uh sites in  the park system. Knowing that we have people from   all over the country coming to this site. Um we  are using some funding from 2025 to help work on   this to help make this project happen. So our plan  is to get this rolling as soon as we as soon as   uh funding is available to get that out to public  before we start seeing a lot of the tourism come   in, especially over the summer. Uh if we are able  to get some good bids and we have funds remaining,   we'll be addressing retaining walls uh  throughout the the various parks. Again,   try to make sure that they're they're usable. Make  sure we aren't getting sediment and walking paths   or in uh playgrounds. For 2026 park signage,  you'll see example here off to the right.   New signage example. This is over at the tennis  center. Uh now that we have branding standards,   as you start to get those populated throughout  the um throughout the facilities and the parks,   uh we think that this is a great way to help with  our branding, help make sure that people uh have   a positive view of the city of Witchaw and views  of of the different parks that we have and make   sure we're tying together our branding standards.  Um you'll see we do have a large number of wood   signs that are out throughout the park system. So  we'll be slowly going through and and replacing   those. So, we're trying to hit kind of the heavy  uh programmable spaces first and then eventually   our plans to get to all of the signs for 2026  playground rehab and development. This is uh one   where we are pairing two years of funding together  to help uh renovate a a project. This one is for   the playground over at Central Riverside Park. You  can see here um it's sand and it's really old. So,   if you've been to Clap Park, hopefully many of  you have and seen kind of the great things that   are over there at that park, you can kind of see  the stark difference between this one that we have   in the park system and that playground. Uh, our  goal here at Central Riverside is to make that a   destination uh playground and and an inclusive  playground, one that the the community can be   happy about and one that we can start to see  people coming in from from all around uh hopefully   the region to come to that playground. Next, we  have 2026 trail path sidewalk repairs. Um, this   is a photo along the Lil River. Um, we do have  tons and tons of different trails around the park   system. Many of them are asphalt and many of them  uh do have sediment on them where they do start to   crack. So, those things do take time. They do take  uh a little bit more than repair. Um, you can't   in many cases it's not exactly just going out and  filling a pothole. Some of them uh end up getting   longer or larger. So that's kind of where the  CIP comes in where it becomes more of a capital   improvement rather than just a simple maintenance  to go fill a pothole or a small section. Uh so   2026 will be used to uh renovate and improve the  different paths across the park system and in   the city throughout. Um so want to make sure that  that we are doing um trails all across the city.   Uh this one is 2026 walking paths. This one's a  little different. This is primarily focused on on   trails and paths within the park system here. This  was after the um the heavy rain in June. You can   see here that we're experiencing a lot of erosion.  That's here at Swanson Park. This part of the   pathway is closed off from the public and we'll  be utilizing CIP money to make repair to divert   this around um this eroded area. So, we'll get  this moved off further into uh further into the   park and away from from this uh dangerous area.  So, uh that's one of the things that we're we're   definitely looking forward to uh to getting  done and and making these improvements. So,   for financial considerations, 2026 2035 CIP  includes um about $1.8 million in geo bonded   projects. I will note that the irrigation system  from 2025 that is uh located ongoing project   section over here on the right. That's the list  of all of them. Um I think the biggest one to   kind of hit on there is that playground rehab and  development. That's the biggest fund that we have   here and and those funds will will go a long ways  with repairing or making improvements to Central   Riverside. Um as I mentioned earlier, these are  all geo bonded or geo bonds. Uh staff recommends   initiating all the funding at this time and  recommend that city council approve the approve   the initiation of the projects adopt the bonding  resolution and authorize necessary signatures and   more than happy to stand for any questions.  Thank you Tim. Questions for staff beginning   with council member Ho Heisel. Thank you mayor. Um  just a couple quick questions. Thank you for your   work on this all of parks. Um signs. We hear that  there are certain areas of town who want to keep   the wooden signs. Um so what's the process if they  do want to keep the wooden signs as opposed to the   newer signs? Is that taken into consideration?  Uh that is taken into consideration. We have   um we have avoided the areas where they have asked  for those wood signs. I don't think we have we   have a a long list. I think we have over well I  know we have over 120 parks and and guessing that   some have one or two. We are nearing 150 plus  signs. So, I think I don't think we have a plan   just yet to how to address those. I think we need  to do more community engagement. I think we're a   little ways out from getting to those signs.  So, I think we're kind of letting those kind   of sit for a while and hopefully getting these  new ones out and hopefully people are actually   like these actually look really nice. But, we do  need to have that that conversation. But we are   planning on addressing those signs in those areas  where we've heard concerns or desires to keep the   wood ones. Okay. Appreciate that. Is there a  decision support tool that we use to identify   um which of these projects such as we see the the  wash from the floods last year? Um is there a tool   that we utilize for that or is it more a staff  recommendation? Uh it's a little bit of a mixture   for that. We are also looking into other programs  to help us manage that a little bit better,   help track work orders. We do have some of that,  but I think we're exploring ways to use a decision   support tool for some of the items that we um we  don't look at regularly on a regular basis. So,   for example, at playgrounds, we do have um I think  it was over 200 we just had parkour the other day.   I think they had it there's like 260 playground  inspections over 260 playground inspections done   just in December. Um, so there's they do a lot of  work and there's a lot of data that we have for   playgrounds, athletic courts, uh, like fields and  things along those lines. I think when we start   to get to walking paths and trails, that's where  the decision support tool or or having one would   be helpful to have or or more robust one. But in  terms of kind of those uh really identifiable ones   such as courts and fields and things like that,  we do have a decision support tool and utilize   um, inspections to help prioritize. Okay.  Um, last question. Um, lighting and parks,   does that come out of this fund or is that more  public works that we work with on that one? We ha,   yes, we we work with public works quite a bit on  that one. Um, but we I believe we did have a CIP   item that was park security and lighting. That  was not an annual fund. That was not an annual   item in the CIP. So that one kind of came and and  went, but we do not have an annual CIP item for   specifically for lighting and park security. Okay.  Thank you, Council Member Johnston. Thank you,   Mayor Tim. Thank you very much for your  presentation. Appreciate all the work that you do   and that director Reggie Davidson does for parks.  A community is often judged by its parks. So,   thank you. Uh, quick question. Do you have a timet  on Swanson Park? I do get a lot of complaints   about Swanson Park. Is there a timetable that  it'd be completed by? I think once we get funds   initiated, we'll be able to get rolling on that  one. I don't imagine that that one that we'll need   um an on call or engineer to do that. I think  we have well good staff in uh in the system   that we can easily identify to route that  one around. So, I think um I imagine we'll   probably be able to get something done probably  in the in the spring or early summer. Okay. I   appreciate it very much. Thank you. Tim, can you  go back to the slide regarding athletic courts? Yes. I was asked specifically um because that line  item is $225,000 for two courts in particular that   were highlighted. Minnesota and Park uh Buffalo  Park. Is it gonna cost 225,000 just for two   courts? Um so we did we were able to do three  excuse me we were able last year we put out bid   for three basketball courts. That one came in over  our uh engineers estimate which was right around   that 225. we do have account for um staff time  and um engineering services for this. So, it's   to pay the contractor. It's also to help manage uh  internal staff costs towards the project. Um so,   we uh were able to work with the um the contractor  to get that down to able to do three courts last   year. Knowing that that was last year, many of  the bids that we did have for the courts were   well above the 225. So I for us I think we're we  know that we can get two done and that's kind of   where other improvements may be made as funding  allows. So I think our goal right now is to make   sure we get those two done and if we get great  bids we can try to get another one done but we may   try to go look at uh replacing basketball goals  or things like that. Um just knowing we won't   have enough for three. I will have a follow-up  question to that. Um obviously it seems like a lot   uh 225 for two courts. However, as you just  mentioned, last year 225 covered possibly   three courts. Um, has that been standard how  much these courts cost? Uh, no. We've seen,   uh, costs for athletic courts go up quite a  bit. Um, we, um, for basketball courts, um,   one of the main issues or one of the things we've,  with 10th courts, we use a different system. We   use post tension courts, which really cost quite  a bit because you have steel cables that run the   the courts. Uh with basketball courts, we don't  utilize those uh post tension systems, which is   great because we can try to get more done. Um I  say that just to kind of provide that we're trying   to use kind of the simple basics concrete  that we can for these athletic courts. So,   we're not trying to go above and beyond with  these basketball court systems. Um but this   is really through the bids kind of what it's  cost now. I think before maybe a few years ago,   we were able to get um maybe 50 to $75,000 for  a basketball court, but obviously that that's   grown since then. Um, so yeah, they I think one  of the challenges and one of the things that   we're working on or trying to manage is there  are specific court builders and what we've been   trying to do is reach out to just concrete um  contractors that know how to just pour a giant   slab of concrete. So, in the past, it's kind of  been limited to or not limited intentionally, but   it's kind of been on the radar for court builders  to just try to come out there and do court. So,   we've been actively trying to reach out to folks  that we know are capable enough to doing um larger   slabs of concrete to hopefully provide and have  a more competitive bid uh for this project. So,   luckily, we've been making friends and you know,  working with vendors and things like that that we   know are capable and encouraging them to apply  for this. I think a lot of times a lot of them   are busy and sometimes those bigger firms doing  two courts is just not really that not really   worth their time. So they'll maybe throw in a high  bid to make it worth their worth their time. So   that's kind of where we're trying to go with one  of those maybe smaller uh uh companies encourage   them to apply knowing that it it is pretty  simple and it is within the wheelhouse even   if maybe they haven't done that many courts.  This is something that we think that they're   Sorry, I'm asking a lot of questions because as  you just mentioned several years ago and I don't   know the exact several years that you're speaking  of, but it was 50,000 and now we're talking about   double that 100,000 plus. And so community does  want us to explain why that increase. So last year   you mentioned uh three courts for 225. Were the  they a local vendor that just did concrete or was   it a playground specific? um contractor. Yeah. So,  this one that we had last year, they did a great   job. They're a local company and they're kind of  a new uh uh I think they they broke off from a   different company and kind of started their own.  Uh so, it it was great. They're they're great to   work with. Um, so I think before that we've um,  again some many of those court billers this is   on their radar for them to try to look at but I  think many times those um concrete companies they   aren't thinking well I can do a basketball court.  They just think well I'm going to do driveways,   sidewalks, things along those lines. Thank  you Tim. I again would encourage looking at   um how to reduce cost on making these um athletic  courts. Um and so I would encourage that a little   bit more. Um couple more questions. How does  this coincide with the park master plan? So,   right now the city is still undergoing a park  master plan and uh can you remind the community   about a survey that's currently out uh for anyone  in the community to fill out? How does this uh   the CIP4206 coincide with the master plan? Great  question. So, we do have I appreciate that. We do   have a park survey out and I encourage everyone  to to take that survey. And I do believe we have   a I believe it's on the 21st in the evening. I  believe it's 4 to 6, maybe 4 to 7 at uh Boston   uh rec center. Uh they'll be having a an open  house to meet with uh the firm that's doing the   park master plan. Uh specific to the CIP items,  we specifically targeted ones that we knew were   uh deferred maintenance. So for with these items  we targeted, these are things that we we know are   issues that we know that would come up in the in  the CIP and working with them, you know, such as   this example here, having cracks within basketball  courts. Those are things that are we need to   address their safety issue. Um so with many of  these things, they are addressing maintenance,   deferred maintenance or things like that, such as  the bleachers and things along those lines. Um,   I will say that we are uh kind of in the swing  of the park master plan. So, again, I encourage   everyone to to make those comments and make them  known. They do help us um prioritize and and make   sure that we are having the right amenities  if we need more amenities or less amenities,   but uh we do know that that basketball courts  get used a lot, athletic fields and things   along those lines. Um, so hopefully that answers  your question. Thank you. It does. Thank you,   Tim. And last question is um I've seen several  of our older worn out damaged signs that have   had graffiti and we've had to paint over them.  Um since we are transitioning to these new signs,   can I encourage I guess staff to start removing  some of um these signs? One in particular that   is an eyes sore is on Douglas Street right next to  the new A Price Woodard Park. Beautiful sign. And   next door to it is this River Center sign that  had graffiti on it. It's been covered up and   it still remains. And it just looks out of place.  Um, and I don't think um, we should have that uh,   now that we have a beautiful new sign literally  next door to it. Um, so I would encourage um,   maybe looking at some of the ones, especially in  our city center where there are new signs, try   to remove the old ones, the ones. Yes. Thank you.  Agreed. Uh, with that, I see no further questions   from the bench. Thank you very much, Tim. Thank  you. We will now open it up for public comment. George Theo Harris 2115 South Chiakqua  mayor outgoing vice mayor incoming vice   mayor news council member council  city legal and city manager I want   to welcome you from Grand View Metal Arc and  me neighborhood and Mike's in Metallark and   um I hope you stay uh micro with  us down in the neighborhoods. So, I I had to try and wrap this into parks.  So, I've got it. So, I have voices in my head   all the time and I never know which voice is  going to come out. Well, I landed on one. So,   the gentleman before me or earlier uh well,  uh happy birthday to you and of course,   happy birthday. Mike is the only uh city council  to my recollection that stayed on a board,   our city our neighborhood board for the whole  four years and I I think we look forward to him   for another four years. I had a balloon when I was  coming in here that Kansas win. It's it's probably   in Oklahoma. So I I apologize for that. But I  I want the since we're talking about the parks   and stuff, I'd love for one of the parks uh maybe  either Reggie or uh the gentleman that just spoke   to come and talk because uh Clap Park and I want  to know how it's going, the damages and stuff cuz   quite honestly that's Mike's babysitter. He takes  his son over there and he wears him out so he can   come home and go to bed. So, um I hope that uh  one of you guys can come and talk about Clap Park   because you didn't mention it in particular.  You're talking about all but tell us how it's   going there. So, thank you. Thank you, George.  We'll continue with public comment. I see none.   I'll bring it back. Oh, sorry. Council member  Hohisel. Thank you, Mayor. Uh just real quick,   and we can bring somebody in and talk to the  neighborhood when it the season comes up again.   Um we still have money in the the Clap Park  fund. Um that'll be going to do some parking lot   um overhaul next to um the playground there. Also  repairing the the northernmost bridge that got   taken out and the flood and we will see uh what  the fund looks like after that for some additional   um amenities. Also, I know that as a neighborhood,  we're looking at maybe a memorial bench or so,   one or two that could go through the neighborhood  or the uh the park as well for some of the people   that we've lost. So, um we're still doing  work on it and so we'll have a better idea   when the neighborhood season comes up  and come out and uh chat with everybody. We'll continue with public comment. I see none.  I'll bring it back to the bench. I want to just   say thank you to the parks department uh under  the leadership of Reggie and also thank you to   Tim for that presentation. Um I do believe that  it's important to maintain what we have and   um improve the ones that we currently um have  as amenities for the citizens of Witchah. And   so with that, I will go ahead and move that the  council approve the initiation of the projects,   adopt the bonding resolutions, and authorize  necessary signatures. Second motion and   a second. Any further discussion? I see  none. Madame clerk, please open the role. Motion passes. 70. Madame clerk,  please call the next item. Amendment to joint resolution and ordinance  pertaining to the Witchah Sedwick County Emergency   Communications Advisory Board. Good morning, Mayor  Woo, members of the Witchaw City Council. Welcome,   Council Member Shepard. Uh, congratulations.  Um, since 1977, the city and county have jointly   operated a consolidated emergency communication  system model. Um, the shared model supports 911   services across Cedric County. The Witchaw Cedric  County Emergency Communications Advisory Board   reviews and approves emergency communications  department policies affecting countywide emergency   communications. Um, the advisory board structure  has not been comprehensively updated since 2012. The amended joint resolution that you have  before you in the ordinance has helped maintain   an effective regional coordination of emergency  communications. Uh the updates align the advisory   board's composition and responsibilities  with current practices and also align city   and county ordinances. Uh the goal is to have  continued effective regional coordination. The board provides policy level direction and  re and a regional perspective and it focuses   on issues that affect agencies dispatched  by 911 across the county. The board does   not manage daily operations or staffing.  Operational decisions remain with the   emergency communications director who is here  with us today as well as county leadership. Um this slide shows the board compos composition  in terms of permanent members. And what you see   here are representatives of cities of the first  class uh within Sedu County um who are involved   in either emergency operations or andor first  responders. Um I will note that the city of Derby   uh was named a city of the first class in 2020.  Prior to uh this ordinance that I'm presenting   before you today, it was one of our suburban  partners and had a seat at the table. Uh so   once again, the ordinances and joint resolution  confirms permanent city and county public safety   leadership representation which include Witchaw,  Sed County, and Derby police and fire lead   uh fire leadership. It also ensures that key  system users are consistently represented. In addition to the uh public safety uh permanent  representatives on the board, uh the ordinances   and joint resolution uh formalizes representation  for suburban law enforcement and fire agencies. I   mentioned that previously Derby served in  a suburban law enforcement capacity. Now,   as a first class city, it has per permanent  representation. Um, with an interest in   maintaining regional representation, the permanent  body will have the opportunity to name two agency   heads from the region, namely a police chief and a  fire chief from one of our partner uh communities   in central county. Um, in addition to that, both  the city and county manager have the opportunity   to appoint a designate to the board. I've served  in that capacity since December of 2024. Um legal considerations. Um city  attorney's office work closely   with the county counselor as well as  the county manager's office to draft the   um joint resolution and the ordinances that are  before you. They are authorized under Kansas   center local cooperation statutes. Um they've  been approved as formed by our law department. There is no fiscal impact associated with the  action. Once again, operations is managed by   the county, the emergency uh communications  director and county management. This is an   advisory board that provides feedback and  direction to that body. With that being said,   the recommended action is to adopt the joint  resolution, an ordinance, a regular ordinance   authorize necessary signatures and place on  first reading. Emergency communications director   Laura Forsy is here with us if you have any  questions for me. Laura, we stand for questions.   Thank you, Dante, and thank you, Allora.  Questions for staff. I see none. Thank you   very much. We will now open it up for public  comment. I see no one from the community. Um,   we'll bring it back to the bench. Um, I just  want to start by saying thank you to Cedric   County Emergency Management and 911 for all that  you do to make sure that first responders are able   to get to those calls. So, you are the first  in line. So, thank you for your service to our   community both in Witchah and Cedric County. And  thank you for coming over here to city hall. Um,   I am very grateful that there's a partnership  between Witchaw and Cedric County when it comes   to emergency communication and um, I know that you  guys have all collaborated and there's leadership   from both the city side, the county side and  uh, some of our surrounding communities um,   in addition to the leadership uh, with Witaw  police and fire. So, uh, with that, I will   move to approve that the council adopt the joint  resolution and ordinance and regular ordinance   amending the membership and responsibilities  of the Witchah Central County Emergency   Communications Advisory Board and authorize  the mayor to execute those documents. Second.   Motion and a second. Any further discussion? I  see none. Madame clerk, please open the role. Motion passes 70. Thank you very much.  Madame clerk, please call the next item. Approve that pursuant to section 2.04.090, 090  Council Member Sheepard's travel expenses as   estimated on the travel authorization and expense  form to attend local government day in Topeka,   Kansas, January 28th through the 29th, 2026 for  the purpose of meeting with state legislators   regarding community issues consistent  with AR3.1. Upon return from travel,   actual expenses shall be reported to the  controllers's office. I move to approve that   travel. And we'll just add one quick comment.  I want to say thank you to Vice Mayor Glascock   who will be attending the League of Kansas  Municipalities board meeting on my behalf   um on the 29th so that Council Member  Shepard can return to Witchah to attend   the communitywide prayer uh in memory of those  who uh lost their lives in the American Airlines   crash January 29th of 2025. With that, I  move to approve that travel. Second motion   and a second. Any further discussion? I see  none. Madame clerk, please open the role. Motion passes 70. Madame clerk, please call  the next item. Approve that pursuant to section   2.04.090, 090 Council Member Johnston's travel  to attend local government day in Topeka, Kansas,   January 28th, 2026 for the purpose of meeting  with state legislators regarding community issues   consistent with AR3.1. There will be no expense  to the city. I move to approve that travel. Second   motion and a second. Any further discussion? I  see none. Madame clerk, please open the role. Motion passes 70. Madame clerk, please call  the next item. Approve that pursuant to   section 2.04.090, 090. Council member  Johnston, Council Member Glascock,   and Council Member Hohheisel's travel  expenses as estimated on the travel   authorization and expense form to attend NLC's  Congressional City Conference in Washington DC.   March 13 through the 18th, 2026 for the purpose  of representing the city of Witchah by meeting   with federal officials consistent with AR3.1  be approved. Upon return from travel, actual   expenses shall be reported to the controllers's  office. I move to approve that travel. Second.   Motion and a second. Any further discussion?  I see none. Madam clerk, please open the role. Motion passes 70. Madame clerk,  please call the next item. Approve that pursuant to section 2.04.090, 090  Council Member Tuttles travel to attend the   Kansas Firefighter Association meeting in Salina,  Kansas, January 17th, 2026 for the purpose of   presenting to board members a presentation about  firefighter cancer screening alongside Chief   Tammy Snow and Senator Owen consistent with  AR3.1. There will be no expense to the city.   I move to approve that travel  second motion and a second.   Any further discussion? I see none.  Madame clerk, please open the role. Motion passes. 70. I have one additional uh  travel. There will be no expense to the city.   I will be attending the state of the  state address this evening in Topeka   as Governor Kelly provides her uh address  this in Topeka. Um I move to approve that   the mayor will be attending with no  expenses to the city. Second motion   and a second. Any further discussion? I see  no none. Madame clerk, please open the role. motion passes 70. There were multiple travel um  that were approved by the council today and I just   want to remind the community that it is available  um and open uh for anyone to see the 2025 and 2026   mayor and council travel. Uh that is located  at witchah.gov city councsil and on the left   hand side or um at the bottom you can see mayor  and city council travel for full transparency.   With that, I also have um a couple  of things. Uh I would like staff   to add the key to the city votes um into our  transparency portal as well so people can see   um the keys to the city that the council has  voted on and whom has voted for those keys.   I would recommend that that happens  for 2025 and 20 2025 and 2026. And I believe that we've never done that  before. So if there's also record for 2024,   I would suggest just having one uh full  um consent agenda item that shows all   those so that we can move forward with  more transparency on keys to the city.   And with that, uh, we're still in council agenda  and I do want to bring, uh, an item up. Um, as you   can see, we had public agenda and people can sign  up to speak during public agenda or if there's   space available, people can come and address  the council. And um during the agenda review   on Friday, we discussed how uh if council wanted  to bring up any topics, uh maybe it's better to   place it in the uh council member agenda portion  of the meeting so we can have that discussion. Um   so with that, I actually do want to bring up the  sales tax. Um and first I have a couple questions   uh for staff regarding the sales tax. Um I don't  know whom can address this but we have had several   questions regarding um the repeal or delay of this  sales tax vote. Can legal address what uh that   protocol is? Is there any opportunity to repeal  or delay this vote? Um, Mayor Jennifer McGang,   city attorney. The election can only be held March  3rd or August in the August primary in 2026. Um,   you have an ordinance that was adopted  setting it for March 3rd. Um, there is,   um, within council authority the ability to  repeal that ordinance. Um, I think timing may be   um, an issue we want to consider. I don't know  when the notices of the election uh the mail   ballots go out um from the county, but they're  they're probably getting close to that date. Um   that's a consideration, I guess. Um but that it  would be a vote to repeal if the council wishes   to change the date from March 3rd to another  date. And can you address how many votes are   needed in order to repeal an ordinance?  This ordinance would require four votes. Not five. Five. Again, we've heard a lot of  feedback after Friday's news that it will   cost more and that there will be some changes to  polling locations for the special election. So,   I wanted to get the information in front of  everyone regarding the possibility to stop,   delay, or repeal. And so, I have I've been really  uh conflicted with comments from community. Um and   again on in December when this council voted  what we voted on was not for or against the   sales tax. It was to allow the community to make  that final decision. That's what that vote was   back in December. So again, I voted along with  the council previous to council member Shepard.   We voted to allow it to move forward because in  my opinion, I really wanted to have the community   have the say on big projects and big investments  and we needed to get the buyin from the community   and if the community wanted us to move forward  after that special election, then we would be   moving forward. Uh but my vote was not about my  individual opinion for or against the sales tax,   but again rather to let the community vote in  an election. However, over the last few weeks,   I've also heard various responses on the sales tax  proposal. And on Friday, we learned of additional   costs and changes in polling locations. And so  I believe we need to pause with a new council.   There are now new members who are part of this  group and I wanted to see if anyone would join   me in favor of delaying this vote. Council member  Shepard. Thank you, Mayor, and I appreciate your   concern and and for acknowledging that this  was a decision that was made prior to my time   on council. I do want to share that as we learned  about the information of polling locations being   impacted that Friday morning, um members of of  the communications team did their due diligence   to make sure that the public was informed.  I also worked in the background as I know   that these polling locations that are changing  disproportionately impact residents of district   1. And so members of our community are actively  working on a plan to provide transportation for   those disproportionately impacted at no cost  to the city to ensure that those whose polling   locations were changed are able to get to the  polls. So, I wanted to provide that information   and I wanted to make sure that my colleagues  had that information as well and that a more   thorough plan regarding that transportation  um that we are going to be providing with the   help of community members will be available  at the workshop scheduled in January 27th. I will add one uh additional note. I did ask  communications regarding uh transit being free   on days of election. That has been tradition  for the city of Witchah to provide free bus   um free bus rides on days of election which  include the primary and the November general   election and I asked if this special election  would also be the same and the answer was yes.   Council member Hohheisel. Thank you, Mayor.  Um, I think anybody that's paid attention   to this bench over the past couple of months  kind of know where where I lie in this. Um,   there's not really any good suggestion here. If we  do delay it till August, um, independence will not   be at the polls as well. Um, but again, it's  something that I hear the community and their   concern that this is too rushed and giving us time  to um, actually debate and kind of come up with   the issue. it is is like building an airplane as  we're flying it trying to get to March 3rd. Um I   do think the workshop later this month will offer  clarification but again I have been in support of   um delaying this from the start. So Council  Member John Stunn. Thank you Mayor. Um, I did   have heartburn originally over $150,000 spent. A  little more heartburn now. That's $170,000. Um,   I I kind of wonder why the the county doesn't just  pay that. They have certain responsibilities. I I   realize this is a special election, but it is  their job to hold elections. And I obviously   I don't know all the details there. Um, what  I am concerned about is if we do delay this,   the funding for Second Light will not be there.  Um, it's no secret that's why I ran for city   council was for the homeless situation. Um,  and now housing because that's the bottleneck   uh for getting people uh out of homelessness. The  housing is so working on that a lot now. and and   this would provide fund for housing and in in  our workshop we will discuss how much should go   to housing. So and I think that'll be a a very  robust and lively discussion for that. Um a lot   of community members are interested in that also.  Um and and the money for first responders I think   is very very important. Um they deserve it. um  been in three or four firehouses that I would not   want to live in myself and I think it's important  to to get them the um the equipment and the the   places to to sleep or to live that are that are  decent. Um also the the people we didn't bring   this a group brought this to us. Um a lot has been  made about them. um unjustifiably I think in a lot   of cases. Um but they took a chance on on putting  this out there and and uh putting themselves out   there and and raising money to to promote this and  they have already spent a lot of money. So I am   also cognizant of that fact too. So that would be  essentially flushed down the toilet if we did if   we did delay it. So that also concerns me. So,  it's a tough decision. Council member Ballard.   Thank you, Mayor. So, what exactly are you asking  or are you asking to propose this today? Are you   asking for us to vote on this today? Is that so?  I asked legal what would what would be required to   delay this or repeal this? And I would assume the  next steps if that was um something that this body   would be interested in would require a special  meeting. Is that accurate law? Mayor, that is   accurate because we'll need some steps to clarify  with the county where we are on a timeline and to   draft the appropriate document for an agenda.  So I think if if because time is of an issue,   I think we'll need a special meeting um to be on  the safe side. I don't know when that would be,   but that's what I would suggest if this is the  will of the council. But are you asking for us   to make a decision today right now on if we or  I'm asking if anyone would like to join me in   delaying this vote, but that vote would be right  now. Yes. I think I'm frustrated that this wasn't   like that we didn't talk about this a little bit  before because it's a huge significant decision to   make on the fly. And so I don't really appreciate  that. I appreciate that it's important to you,   but I don't like the surprises. This is uh we  did all vote unanimously to put it on the ballot,   but this kind of moves the goalpost. And um I just  wanted to make the comment that maybe if you could   give us a heads up in the future for you know a a  big vote uh kind of on the fly and it's it's too   important for us to um give it any more black eyes  unfortunately and so um yeah I just wanted to make   sure that I understand what you're asking mayor  if I if I may. I think today you're not deciding   whether to repeal it or not. You're asking  whether council would entertain a motion for   an executive session or I'm sorry for a special  meeting. I don't mean to put words to your mouth,   but is that what you're you're asking? That would  be accurate because I know that it would require   a formal vote which then when you have formal  votes from the council, it has to come from a   official agenda and this agenda was released  um on Thursday evening. Uh Friday morning we   have our agenda review. So nothing can be put on  the on today's agenda. um but rather if we did a   special agenda then proper notice would be given.  So again this is not to delay the vote today as   a vote but rather to have a special meeting to  discuss the delay of the vote. And so that's what   I'm asking if anyone wanted to join me in doing  that. Council member Joseph. Thank you Mayor. And   a couple of questions. Um, I guess it's for legal.  How quickly could that special meeting take place?   Excuse me. We under the ordinance, you can set a  special meeting with reasonable notice. I mean,   it could be theoretically tomorrow. Um, but we  would just need a little bit of time to prepare   the document to dot our eyes, cross our tees, and  check with the election commissioner's office on a   timeline and where we need to be on this. Thanks.  So, I mean, it could happen in a day or two,   could happen this week. Thank you. Um, a follow-up  question to that for legal. Um, during that   special meeting, will there will be an opportunity  to entertain public comment? Absolutely, council   member. Yes. Uh, final followup. Thank you. Um, is  there an opportunity to have individuals such as   the election commissioner present at that special  meeting to educate the public on how we arrived at   the at this position of the polling locations? Um  because I think the public deserves to understand   the process and how that occurred. The council,  if it's the council's will, can invite any any   officials to speak if if they wish to. Thank you.  Um um just a couple of comments that I would like   to make on this and and I again I want to thank  the mayor for bringing this conversation up. I   um agree with many of the sentiments particularly  um council member Johnston who uh shared a lot of   things about the stress and the strain that  our city departments are under. Um I think   one of the ways in which we have failed and can  do better. I think it's a learning moment is by   exposing the public to the the important needs of  our city departments. I've had the luxury and the   privilege to recently go through orientation and  I'm amazed by what our departments, our staff, the   backbone of this government um is doing um with  very limited capacity with very limited resources   and the reality is we are at a crossroads here and  I am really grateful for the people that work hard   every single day from the people like Norma down  in the city office all the way to the individuals   who are in the city manager's office. But I  believe that given the information that I've been   exposed to, the way that we've been operating is  just simply not sustainable. But I believe we have   not done our due diligence to educate the general  public on what that looks like and mobilizing that   opinion. So I think it's fair for many members of  our community to be concerned about this process   um and why it needs to happen at the rate that  it's happening because we've not opened the doors   uh so to speak so that they can be exposed to  those realities. When people say this process   is rushed, I believe that one interpretation is  that they want time to understand what's really   being decided. And I believe that that is fair.  Everyone deserves clear information before they   vote. I want to say that again. Everyone deserves  clear information before they vote. But I also   believe that we owe it to the general public  to be honest about how most people actually   will engage with democracy. The reality is that  most folks do not have time to track government   proposals for months at a time. They tune in  when something is real, when it's on the ballot,   when mailers arrive. We saw that talked about  in public forum today. When the news covers it,   when neighbors start talking about it, that's not  apathy. That is real life. Many of us are living   it every day. The needs did not appear overnight.  force sales tax feels like it did, but the needs,   the cost estimates, the rising costs. We heard  today as we talk about the CIP, the mayor   brought up a good point of how costs continue to  double. The reality is that inflation is real,   deferred maintenance is real, and the fact that  expenses continue to grow and revenues do not are   also a reality. and the plans behind it were built  throughout years of conversation in this study   in this in this conversation in the city and the  budgeting process. What's happening now feels rush   to many people, but the problems have occurred  for various years. It's moving from analysts to   now a public decision. At the same time, I want  to acknowledge a real risk. Putting a sales tax   on an August ballot alongside a gubanatorial  race and judicial elections creates one of the   most crowded and complicated ballots that voters  will ever see and face. That kind of overload,   I believe, can actually make it harder for the  everyday workingclass families to give each issue   serious consideration and the attention that it  deserves. When voters are being asked to evaluate   who they want as their next governor, when they're  being asked to evaluate multiple judges and the   decision-making power that they will have, on  top of a major tax decision decision all at once,   something gets lost. And usually it's the nuance  and usually it's the details. Longer timelines,   I believe, do not automatically  create better understanding. In fact,   waiting often just pushes bigger decisions into  low voter turnout where fewer voices are heard.   If we truly believe in public engagement, then  we should put important questions in front of   the largest and most diverse group of voters. But  we should also make sure the process is designed   so that people aren't overwhelmed when they get  here. I am asking the council and the mayor to   let's consider what we have control over. I  think we need guard rails in place. I think   we need to have a serious conversation about what  we plan to do with the CIP money, the $197 that we   will save if the sales tax pass. And I think the  public should be brought in on that conversation   so that they can have a say in where those  dollars go and how it impacts their community.   I think we need to shift this conversation about  when this vote takes place and how do we open the   doors of city hall to begin to include the public  in the conversation over what we have control   over. Thank you, Council Member Tuttle. Thank  you. Um I just wanted to provide some context   to a question that was asked of staff. Um since  I've been here, we've had one special meeting.   It was July of 2020 during COVID and we did have  physicians present. So, it is um possible as um   legal has advised that if we wanted to have um  folks come such as the election commissioner,   we could um to say I'm frustrated and baffled  is like the understatement I think of of the   century. Um it was brought up that we were going  to vote today and now it's we're not going to vote   today. We're going to have a special meeting.  That's not transparent. That's not consistent.   It's not giving anyone in the community any trust  in us when we can't even decide, oh, I'm going to   bring it up today and we're going to vote on it.  Nope, now we're going to have a special meeting.   It doesn't allow, you know, the community to  know we meet Tuesdays at 9:00. They know to tune   in. They know to come to the meeting. Now, we may  have a special meeting tomorrow. People can't just   take off work to come and show up. So, I'm just  incredibly frustrated with how this is happening.   Um, it's not transparent and it's not consistent  and that's incredibly unfortunate for Witchah. Vice Mayor Glass. Thank you. I e echo every  single word said by Council Member Tuttle,   Councilman Sheepard, and  uh, Council Member Ballard. I'm going to add a couple of words before Council  Member Shepard who added his name on the board.   The delay, the surprise, and the frustration  actually happened on Friday morning when we   received an email letting us know that it  was going to cost more and that many voters   would not be at their polling location. With  new information, it does changes things. It   changes things because it was something we did  not know in December. So that is why I'm asking   for this discussion because when you're given new  information and we've been told that the mail-in   ballots have not yet been sent, there's still  a small window of conversation that can still   there's an opportunity to be had. Therefore, I'm  just asking again, would any council member be   interested in having a special meeting? And that  special meeting would be an actual vote whether   or not to delay that sales tax vote. Again, as I  was clear from the beginning, this council without   council member Shepard voted to put it on a ballot  in a special election in March. That was the vote.   The vote was not in favor or in opposition of that  proposal because again as a council we cannot be   for or against as official members of this body.  We can however educate and again once we were   surprised with new information on Friday morning  the immediate reaction is to let the community   know and I'm very grateful because this body was  in agreement that that information needed to be   put out to the public. And as you recall, part  of transparency and full clear communication,   the communications department of the city of  Witchah sent out the news release with that   new information. So again, this council is trying  its best to be transparent, to be communicative,   and to be clear. And so when new information is  given, I do believe that there is an opportunity   for us to have a discussion about this. and this  is the appropriate portion of the meeting to have   that discussion. Council member Sheepard,  Mayor Woo, thank you. I would be interested   in supporting you in making sure that the public  has an opportunity to comment. I mentioned that   we need to open the doors of city hall. And um  I'm not going to pretend that many people have   not reached out already um to say that they are  concerned about the process. And I believe that we   owe it to the public to hear their concerns in  a formal setting. Um, I mentioned that I would   not be supportive of delaying, but I would be  supportive of calling a special meeting to ensure   that the public has an opportunity to comment. But  I would also make sure that during that special   meeting that we ask the public to come with what  they would like to see from the savings of the   potential $197 million that it will come from  the CIP. I think it's important that we focus on   the things that are within our control and that we  also have a contingency plan in place. And I would   like to ask the city manager to also ensure that  staff share with the public what what happens if   this sales tax fails because we're talking about  if it passes but the real reality is it may fail   and there are consequences on the other side of  that and the public deserves to know what that   consequence is as well. So again mayor I would  support you in that um as long as the public has   an opportunity to share their concerns but also  their aspirations. Council member Tuttle. Thank   you. I have so many questions it's impossible to  know where to start, but I'm going to start with   legal and with city manager if that's okay. Um,  if we do call a special meeting, and I guess this   question is ultimately for the mayor. If we have  a special meeting, is the agenda item, you know,   is it to delay the election until August? Because  if we're just going to have a meeting to discuss   it, we have a workshop on January 27th and we  could make a vote that we allow public comment on   January 27th and not have a special meeting. So I  think the mayor needs to say that if we're having   a special meeting, her intention is to have an  agenda item to delay this. If otherwise having a   special meeting just to discuss it with no agenda  is futile. And like I said, we could just have the   conversation during the January 27th meeting.  So, um I I know that's more editorializing than   a question, but mayor, is the purpose of  a special meeting to that you your intent   is to make a motion to delay this until August.  That is accurate. Okay. So, the special meeting   would be to delay the vote to the August primary  where again, this is not a vote right now because   You cannot, and I know it's a bit confusing for  folks who are tuning in right now, but we cannot   legally make a binding vote on something that is  not on an agenda. Therefore, we have to have a   special meeting with an agenda with the intention  of again delaying this vote until August. Council   member Johnston. Thank you, Mayor. Uh, I agree  with Council Member Tuttle. I think it's very   confusing. Uh we did not bring this proposal  forward. A separate group brought this proposal   forward. Uh we passed it. Um they raised money  to to advertise to to to pass it uh for the yes   vote. Um there's a no vote committee come going  too. Um they've already spent a lot of money.   So I think if we if we do rescend the vote then  we they lose tr people lose trust of government   we're wishy-washy yes one no another one go back  and forth back and forth so I think trusting   government is a factor here and I think it's  trusting government that we don't do what we say   we're going to do and they are invested money uh  in this vote and uh if we delay it that money is   is wasted. So I think there is an issue of trusted  government but it's a different perspective than   maybe maybe what the mayor sees. So um I think we  can have a discussion like Councilman Shepard said   uh a good time to do that I agree with Councilman  Tuttle would be at our workshop and allow public   comment. Uh we've already had hours of public  comment on this. Um so we could have more comment   and I think that would be the appropriate time to  do it is during during the workshop. So and people   can plan for that. It's it's they can just plan  for it and they can plan to be here and they can   plan their comments instead of being rushed in a  day or two. This is a question maybe for legal. So   workshop meetings happen the fourth Tuesday of the  month and they typically do not receive any public   comment. If we would like public comment during  the workshop, what would be the procedure? Mayor,   I believe that this um January 27th meeting has  already been converted to a regular meeting. So   there is there is public comment in a  regular meeting or could be a consent. It will now be I believe you voted on on that  to make it a regular meeting on January 26th.   So there will be public comment because again  it is now a regular meeting. So this topic of   sales tax will still have public comment at the  January 27th meeting in the meeting portion.   Now work workshops do not you know they're  they're separate than the the business meeting.   Um I don't know how the how the orders is planned  for that day but I know we changed it to a regular   meeting to have a further discussion. So  is there also a workshop portion? Sorry,   we we can we can structure the agenda as to what's  a workshop and what's the business portion of   that? But as stated, yes, it was converted to  a regular meeting. So there will be and we'll   structure it so it'll be public comment on the  business agenda item and we can just go ahead   and change the workshop uh structure to have the  sales tax as part of the uh business structure. Can I also have a question? Maybe someone can  call the election office but what is the actual   deadline of sending those mail-in ballots?  Because once those mailin ballots are sent,   they cannot the election then has to move  forward. What is that date? We'll we'll reach   out to the election office. Council member  Tuttle, I think when we called on Friday,   they said that and and please correct me if I'm  wrong. There were we talked to Jennifer. I know   Council Member Hole Heisel was there. um that  we have to inform them by close of business   this Thursday or otherwise the election moves  forward as can you confirm that council member   Alisa that's my understanding the ballots  go out Friday okay so I would be curious too   um even if if we just if there were the votes to  delay this until August we're still going to have   charges I'm sure from the county from the election  office because they've been doing work already.   So that would be something to, you know, also  consider. How much are we already going to spend? Vice Mayor Glass. Thank you. Seeing there  is no one on the board and there is not a   motion pending, I motion that we adjourn  this meeting. Second. Excuse me. We have   a we have an executive session item  today. Um so we can't adjourn until   we we've gone into an executive session.  If it's the will of the council to have   an executive session today, we have  to hold that in within the meeting. I amend my motion that we move to executive  session as presented in the blue sheet uh that the   mayor has. Second. If I may, if that's the will,  then we'll need to read it. Actually, we have a   motion and a second currently on the board, which  that allows for any council member to have public   Um, I want to say that I would like to have a  substitute motion to that motion. Currently,   um, I substit My substitute motion is  to have another vote regarding a special   election prior to this executive  session. Mayor, if I could correct,   I think for clarification, what you're asking  is for a special meeting. A special meeting,   rather. Council member Hohisel. Thank you, Mayor.  Um, I can second that, but I I am curious. Um,   is that something I believe the mayor can do  that unilaterally? Yeah. Mayor, council member,   under section 2.04.210 of the city code, special  meetings provides that the mayor or any four   council members shall have the power to call  special meetings of council. Yes, the mayor or   four council members can call a special meeting.  Thank you. And do we have a date yet? Confirmation   that it is close of business on Thursday, which  means you can only have a special meeting either   tomorrow or Thursday. We're working to track  that down. So, we've got some calls in fast.   I have received information mail ballots go out  on Friday. Um, so I move that this council host   a special meeting on Thursday at noon. Thursday  at noon or tomorrow. I will I will take friendly   amendments to the motion. Let me say the motion  first. I move that the council provide a special   meeting on Thursday at a uh hour to be announced  uh to vote on delaying the sales tax vote. Second motion and a second. Discussion. Council  member Shepard. Thank you, Mayor Woo. I just   have a question for my colleague, Council Member  Hohisel. I want to make sure I'm understanding   that ballots go out on Friday. Yes, sir. So,  overseas overseas mail ballots. Okay. So,   we we would have if we want to delay, we  would have to do it by to council member   Tuttles's recollection end of business day  Thursday. Are we sure that that would prevent   the county from mailing out those ballots? Uh  that was according to the election commissioner   I believe. So we we we'll again confirm and I  have also received information that the election   commissioner is not available for a meeting  tomorrow afternoon. Okay. So if if you want   that person at a meeting if you vote to have a  meeting she's not available tomorrow. Thank you. Thursday afternoon. I'm sorry.  Thursday afternoon. She's not   available Thursday. I have information  that's coming quickly. I'm sorry. So,   Wednesday. So, I will take a Do you want  the friendly amendment to it to Wednesday? I move that we have a special meeting tomorrow,   Wednesday, to discuss to vote on  a delay of the sales tax vote. Second motion and a second. Any discussion? I  see none. Madame clerk, please open the role. Motion does not carry four to three. We  will we're now back to another motion   that was presented which is going to our special  meeting or sorry executive session. With that,   I will move I will move that the city  council recess into executive session   for 10 minutes to receive information on  a street project pursuant to KSA75-4319B2 for the preliminary discussions of  the acquisition of real property.   This executive session is required to protect  the city's right to the confidentiality of its   negotiating position and the public interest.  The executive session will begin at 11:10 a.m.   and conclude at 11:20 and the meeting will  resume here in the council chambers. Second   motion and a second. Any further discussion? I  see none. Madame clerk, please open the role. Motion passes. 70.