This transcript appears to be from a Bayport City Council meeting. Based on the dialogue, the names provided in your context list differ slightly from the participants in this specific session (e.g., the City Administrator is addressed as **Adam**, and the council members present are **John Buckley**, **Connie Carlson**, and **John Doll**). I have applied the speaker names based on the internal context of the dialogue: [12:07] Michele Hanson: Good evening, good evening, good evening even. Hey everybody, can everybody hear me? [12:12] Adam: Yes, your sound is—sorry, I had to get my charger out of my car. I'm using my phone for the audio. I’m back. Okay, we are still missing Councilmember Hansen and otherwise, I believe all are present. Hi Michelle, you're on mute. [12:21] Michele Hanson: Yeah, I've been here though. You said you were missing me. [12:35] Adam: I just said I meant Carlson. [12:44] Connie Carlson: I'm so sorry, okay. [13:04] Michele Hanson: Okay Chris, welcome. See you, hope you had a good trip last week. Back from the mountain. [13:15] Chris Nelson: Exactly, it was very good thank you, very good. [13:33] Adam: Madam Mayor, we don't have Councilmember Carlson. She is possibly using the other Zoom link? The old link. [14:09] Adam: I just got an email from the school district. [16:08] Michele Hanson: Oh, here she is. Great, well with that, I'll call the meeting to order. Adam, would you please call the—even though we're virtual, it's important if everyone would join me in saying the Pledge. [17:06] Michele Hanson: [Pledge of Allegiance] [17:25] Adam: [Roll Call] Councilmember Carlson? [17:30] Connie Carlson: Here. [17:35] Adam: Councilmember Doll? [17:43] Adam: Member Doll, you're muted. [17:48] John Doll: I'm sorry, here. Did you hear me say the Pledge? [17:55] Michele Hanson: Okay great. So that takes us to the approval of tonight's agenda. Does anyone have any questions? If not, would someone like to make a motion to approve tonight's agenda? [18:11] John Doll: I’ll make a motion we approve. [18:24] Michele Hanson: Thank you John. Second? [18:27] John Buckley: I'll second it. [18:42] Michele Hanson: That takes us to our announcements. We are going to talk about items that are not on tonight's agenda. [20:51] Chris Nelson: Well thank you City Administrator, Madam Mayor, and members of Council. It is a pleasure to be here to be appointed Attorney. As I indicated to Mayor and City Council in August, I look forward to a collaborative relationship working with you for a long time to come. Excited to be here. [21:23] Michele Hanson: Are there any other members this evening on our Zoom conference that would like to address us? Please state your name and address for the record. All right, so with Chris on board and our Administrator being on Zoom, we still—sometimes there's a bit of overlapping and delay in comments. I will make sure that I call on members of the Council to ask questions or comments. [23:35] Michele Hanson: Does anyone have any questions, comments, or additions to the Consent Agenda? If not, would someone like to make a motion to approve? [24:00] Connie Carlson: I'll make a motion to approve tonight's Consent Agenda. [24:10] Michele Hanson: Thank you Connie. Is there a second? [24:12] John Doll: Second. [24:21] Adam: Thank you Madam Mayor. Councilmember Carlson? (Aye). Councilmember Doll? (Aye). Councilmember Hansen? (Aye). Councilmember Buckley? (Aye). Mayor Hanson? (Aye). All right, our first item is to look at our update to the COVID CARES Act funding. This has been discussed for the past several months. After the last meeting, the Council asked for specifics on what the city has actually incurred. [28:17] Adam: We received a proposal for some Bayport students to receive tutoring from Huntington Learning Center. Because we don't have an EDA (Economic Development Authority), we're not able to directly fund it, but the school district utilizes Huntington. If the city were to provide funds to the school district, they could utilize them. [45:17] Michele Hanson: Michelle, do you have additional questions? [45:30] Michele Hanson: I do have some. I guess I was a still a little confused by those last non-city funding sections. [46:40] Michele Hanson: I agree, I'm confused by those two items. What do we really have to work with? [46:53] Adam: The total was $293,000. $153,150 has already been spent or earmarked. That leaves approximately $139,770 if no other potential expenses are spent. If we purchase the items staff recommends, that leaves about $87,370. [48:26] Michele Hanson: Because I know we did talk to the school district, and they are in need of Chromebooks for the kids. Did you get a chance to learn if the school district is actually going to give them the Chromebooks they need? [49:12] Adam: I spoke with the interim Finance Director today. He said he had to check on what technological needs are still needed. [53:52] Michele Hanson: One broad question I have is that $640,000 listed as a potential expense for Public Safety wages. Is that above and beyond what we would have paid because of COVID? [54:38] Adam: Initially, the question was only the amount of work that was abnormal, but the latest guidance is saying you can claim all of it because their entire job is different now and every call has potential exposure. [1:01:31] Connie Carlson: I am fine with all of that. [1:01:44] John Buckley: I'm fine with that. [1:01:46] John Doll: Yes, I agree with everybody else. [1:02:40] Chris Nelson: On the point of nonprofits, the $50,000 limit is for organizations dedicated to developing economic or agricultural resources. Not every nonprofit is eligible for a city donation, but food shelves can receive them. [1:05:36] John Buckley: What about families in Bayport that are financially strapped? Is the school district responsible for getting laptops? If it is falling back onto the parents, I think the city should step up and help them out. And a large portion should go to the food shelf. [1:11:46] John Buckley: I would say look at 20% to 30% for the school district if we can earmark it for Bayport residents. [1:12:45] John Doll: The school issue—if there are families that don't have this technology, they are going to be left in the dust. My lowest priority would probably be the city wages because these other things are a bigger need. [1:17:53] Michele Hanson: I’m leaning towards a high percentage going to the schools, maybe 70%. [1:22:30] Connie Carlson: I’m okay with 50% for the schools since we don't have definite answers yet. [1:24:04] Michele Hanson: Let's split the remaining 50% between public safety and nonprofits—25% each. [1:27:10] Connie Carlson: How about 15% to Valley Outreach (food shelf) and 10% to Community Thread? [1:27:55] Michele Hanson: All right, I think we have covered our topic. That takes us to unfinished business regarding the city's waste hauling contract. [1:28:43] Adam: I presented the three options last time. Republic Services, Tennis Sanitation, and Highland. Highland is the only one that cannot do Monday hauling. [1:45:34] Michele Hanson: I like weekly recycling regardless, and I’d like to see it stay on Mondays. [1:47:06] John Doll: I’m in favor of Tennis Sanitation. The Friday pickup [from Highland] is a dealbreaker for me. [1:47:52] Michele Hanson: For me, the dealbreaker is that Tennis won't tell us what their increases are going to be in years two and three. [1:51:44] Connie Carlson: I’m leaning toward Tennis basically because of the day of pickup. [1:56:50] Michele Hanson: Chris, can we put a restriction in the contract that they can't exceed a certain percentage increase? [1:57:38] Chris Nelson: Yes, if they are willing to agree to the language, you can put a cap in there. [2:00:10] John Buckley: I make a motion we accept Tennis with the understanding we look at a cap of 3.5%. [2:01:44] John Doll: I’ll second it. [2:03:53] Adam: Councilmember Buckley? (Aye). Councilmember Doll? (Aye). Councilmember Hansen? (Aye). Councilmember Carlson? (Aye). Mayor Hanson? (Aye). [2:04:40] Michele Hanson: Now moving on to the budget presentation. [2:05:27] Adam: The 2021 budget increase is 2.23% over last year. However, due to property value increases only being 1.1% instead of the projected 5%, the tax levy increase is approximately 7.52%. For a median-valued home in Bayport, this is a $46.74 increase per year. [2:20:54] John Buckley: $46 doesn't sound bad compared to what we're going through with the rest of the country. I think we're in good shape compared to other communities. [2:28:38] Michele Hanson: I strongly believe in saving so we don't end up in a negative cash position. If we added the $10,000 for fire equipment, we can still reduce it later before the final vote in December. [2:40:34] John Buckley: I'll make a motion to establish the 2021 preliminary levy at $1,493,576. [2:41:20] Connie Carlson: Second. [2:42:33] Michele Hanson: Now for staff reports. Chief Eisinger? [2:44:51] Chief Eisinger: August call volume was 63. Nothing further to add. [2:45:37] Chief Eastman: We continue to do extra patrols on Highway 95. We had a vehicle theft today at the Anderson Windows lot—please lock your cars. [2:48:00] Matt Kline: Thanks to Joanne Sandal for help this summer. Highway 95 work should be done by mid-October. [2:49:58] Sara Taylor: Regarding the November meeting, we should move it back to November 2nd. [2:52:36] Adam: City Hall remains appointment only. The website overhaul is in progress. [2:55:44] Michele Hanson: Motion to adjourn? [2:55:50] John Doll: I move to adjourn. [2:55:55] Connie Carlson: Second. [2:56:00] Michele Hanson: Meeting adjourned. Goodnight everyone.