If everyone stand and join me in the pledge of allegiance. >> I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Okay. First thing on the agenda is to approve the agenda as presented. Is there any questions or changes or modifications to the agenda? If not, I guess I'll look for a motion to approve the agenda as presented. >> So move. >> Second. >> I got a motion by Rufus, second by Maggie Bass. There's any other comments? If not, all in favor say I. >> I. Any opposition? Okay. Passes 5-0. Next is uh approving the consent agenda. Does anyone have any question what's on the consent agenda or needs anything uh answered uh in in the consent agenda? >> I'll make a motion motion to approve the consent agenda. Please >> second. >> Okay. I got a motion by Maggie Bass, seconded by Rick Syler. If there's no other questions or comments, all in favor say I. I. >> Any opposition? Okay. Passes 5-0. Next on the agenda is uh the public. Was there anyone on the list? Brian. Oh, okay. Are you the only one that you noticed? No. >> Okay. So, this is a public invited to be heard on Matt matters not on the agenda. Just state your name and your address, Brian, please. >> Uh thank you, Mr. Mayor. My name is Brian Pollson, 2064 Street Southwest. Um the only thing I was going to talk tonight about uh some of the EDA stuff. Um, tonight you're passing the EDA bonds for the police station, uh, claiming that there is strong public support, but if so, then I think we should have a public vote. Um, I know it's probably a little too late, but I just want this to be, um, recognized by people that it was said that there's strong public support for it, but yet we're not going through to have the public vote. We're going through with the EDA, which does not require a public hearing, and there's no petition option for residents. Um, filling a lot of residents uh, being shut out of the process. Now, tonight you're also discussing the the EDA um strategic planning uh which is now going to be including or possibly including housing uh which also would be bypassing public hearings just like the tax abatement that we had. We had to have a public hearing. So, this I believe would still do the same thing just like the police station where yes, you would be the ultimate approvers of it, but there is no public hearing and there is no uh petition option when when it gets included like that. Um, and the EDA really can only offer tax abayments or subsidies at the cost of the taxpayers. Now, you may not be directly paying them money, but you could be not collecting money that we otherwise would be getting. You know, um, the apartment complex has already had many police calls to it and they're not paying any taxes. It's costing us money. People say it doesn't cost us money. Now, it's not an extreme cost, but that's why we pay property taxes is to pay for the services that the city incurs for properties. Um, so I just want to, you know, the EDA even recognized that these lots that they can sell are also subsidized a few meetings ago. Um, so I just I have concerns about the EDA especially getting into housing. So, I just want that be uh let known. Thank you. >> All right. Thank you. Anyone else? that was on the >> Mr. Pollson was the only one on the list. >> Okay. Well, I'm going to give anyone last chance uh before we close this item. Is anyone else would like to speak? Ken, there's no one on the >> online. Go. >> Okay. Next, we have public hearings. Uh we have none. Uh the next after that is looks like uh Matt, I don't know if you're taking this with the assessment hearing or if Josh is going to take it or >> Okay, >> Mr. Ken's got it. >> All right. Thank you. >> Uh good evening everybody. >> Uh so with uh completion or near completion of the 2025 streaming utility project, uh we're now at the assessment stage of of uh of the project. Um so uh in your packet today I do have a memorandum kind of covering um the project costs and the amount proposed to be assessed. So uh the construction cost is about 4.268 268 million and a total project cost of about 5,ion55,000 um of that amount I did have a resolution including your packet for um the total assessment amount of uh about $1,53,000 and few more dollars after that some change but uh um what I do ask for you today is to um review that uh resolution um which would be to declare the cost to be assessed and an order preparation of the uh proposed assessment and call for a hearing on the on the project. So, the assessment hearing would be held at the second council meeting in uh in October, October 20th at 6:00 um preceding the normal council meeting. Um so with that, uh I will mention uh the assessment rates we've included in this assessment role are the same rates that we've had for the last few projects. You may recall the street project bid out uh with good pricing and so the assumed 5% increase that we had in our feasibility report prepared last fall um uh wasn't needed because the construction costs held uh compared to the previous year. So without the escalating cost uh it is recommended to maintain the assessment rates that have been used for the last I guess three years of projects. So um with that said I guess I'll see if there's any questions for me. Any questions regarding the assessment uh spreadsheet that was in the packet or on the res resolution? [Music] >> Is there a map in here on the what the proposed streets are? >> There there is not a map. Um I will say the assessment role is um I'm not going to call extensive, but it does include properties that are abuing the property might have a zero dollar assessment on them. Um but uh >> Oh, I see that now. Okay. >> Yeah. So, if you see some project project areas, so uh we we we included everybody in the notification process. Um and we put them on the assessment rolling if they aren't getting an assessment lot a lot of those properties to be like 12th uh 12th Avenue Southeast where we did the sidewalk. Um and then some areas on Second Street as well, Second Street Northeast. >> Okay. Is this a mill and overlay or is it a full reconstruction? >> Uh this is just for the full reconstruction portion of the project. >> This is the project we did this summer. Oh, this one is >> Yes, this is the final on Lincoln Persian and uh Lindale. >> Okay, I see that address. Okay, thank you. >> Yeah, so assessed properties be uh Lincoln Avenue North, Persian Avenue North and First Street um northeast. And then uh there are only exceptions on here might be the the alley improvements that were completed and only commercial properties were assessed for those. Um uh that's the only I guess unique improvement on this one for rates compared to previous years. Hey Bruce, were all the cables and everything underground before this? >> Yeah, we stayed a year ahead of those projects. >> Okay, thank you. >> I'd make a motion to approve a resolution 25-09-15-1 2025 street utility improvement project declaring cost to be assessed ordering preparation of proposed assessment and calling for the hearing on proposed assessment. >> Second. Okay, I have a motion by Bruce Wolf, second by Rick Ser. Anyone have any other questions? Any clarifications needed? >> If not, all in favor say I. I. I. >> Any opposition? Okay. Passes 5. >> Do we have one planned for next year? >> I think we're done. >> No, I just >> uh we've discussed the Milan overlay project and Avenue Southeast as the likely project. >> Yeah. >> No, we've done the we've done the feasibility on that. We need to update it and then carry on into a project. I see. Yeah, Sean, internally, I know because we talked about 10th Avenue here a couple years ago, how it's really just falling apart. Um, the other one we're looking at is the First Street or First Avenue over here, but we're still working through with the county since that's technically a county road at this point if if there's going to be a turn back and at what level of improvements the county would need to bring that to for us to take it. >> Okay. Uh, so with that said, I'll just note so we'll send out the assessment notices to all the affected properties and review the assessment role and get all that out so that everyone gets an invitation to the the assessment meeting or assessment hearing in October. >> Okay. >> Um, my next item on here is project updates. I didn't include anything in your packet this last week. So, uh, let's see if there are any questions on the various projects. Usually, it's 2025 project is nearly complete. So, you're going to see very sparing amount of work out there for the next week, but then it's really going to slow down to very much nothing. >> I noticed they still had like the road close signs up in that. Uh when are those going to be taken down? >> I drove through the project. I think we could take down most of those. There's some road work. There's still road work going on with uh raising irons. They're bringing the castings up to surface for the for the season. Um so, that's the only thing that's going to happen right now that would affect traffic. And then we have seating going on tomorrow morning. >> Yeah. Um but uh yeah, the road closes the alley and some of these other road closed lines could probably come down now. >> Yeah. Before it' be nice before Dojinki. Yes. So there >> the contractor plans to pretty much be done with everything um before by Friday so that they are out of there before the weekend. >> All right. Thank you. >> Okay. Thanks everybody. >> Okay. So that's item seven. Also there was no ordinances for introduction, no ordinance for adoption. So, next is uh Josh, I think you're taking this the resolution. >> Yes. As as you remember, back at the end of July, the city council did vote 4 to1 to authorize the EDA to move forward with the sale of lease revenue bonds. Um, as the EDA is preparing to sell those bonds, the city attorney did send over um the attached resolution for the city council to pass. Um, it is their opinion that this resolution will ensure the intentions of the city council are clear. Um, and there is no issue with where the EDA is at right now with respect to it um for the city council to pass this. So, >> any questions on this resolution? I'll make a motion to pass resolution 2591502 authorizing the issuance of lease revenue bonds city of New Prague Minnesota police facility lease series 2025 C by the new PRA economic development authority in the proposed aggregate principal amount of 10,130,000 and taking other actions upon respect thereto. Okay. Second. >> Okay. I got a motion by Maggie Bass, second by Rick Syler. Any other comments, questions? If not, all in favor say I. >> I. >> I. Any opposition? >> I. >> Okay. Passes four to one. General business. We got SCADA. Is that you, Matt? Or okay. >> Mayor, city council. Uh in front of you today is um at the waste treatment plant. We are uh having SCADA PLC equipment uh failure uh much more rapidly than expected. Uh we've been saving for this project since 2024. Uh we put 1500 sorry 1,000 wow $150,000 away in 2024 and $150,000 away in 2025 to do this project in early 2026. So we almost made it but we are 3 months short and uh the last 3 months we have uh had extreme failures of um PLC and SCADA. Uh last week we had six call-ins um due to a failure of um SCADA or PLC. Uh some of the questions I I even asked because this isn't my expertise and I have to talk to the guys at the waist treatment plant is you know I know what SCADA is. SCADA is the the part of the uh the waste treatment plant that collects all the information and then um SCADA will send out to the PLC which is the PLC is uh every piece of equipment in uh the waste treatment plant uh has a PLC and that's telling that machine hey this is what you need to kick on. You need to turn off whatever that uh um control is. Well, unfortunately we're not collecting information the way it's supposed to or vice versa. Um the PLC is going rogue and kicking in or not kicking in when it's uh not supposed to. Um so with a 300 thou 300 u sorry a $30 million waste treatment plant this is kind of the brains of the operation and that needs to uh operate the way it's supposed to. So with that project uh three months early it is um still very necessary and good thing we have been uh saving money and uh earmarking that in the fund balance. Uh so today I look for approval from the council for a grand total of $177,58 to do a SCADA and a PLC upgrade at the waist streaming plant. >> So with this uh 300,000 you have is this 170 is that what you guys >> we'll use 177 of it of the 300 then the rest of it will just get put back into the reserves of the waist stream plant. >> Okay. And there are, like we've talked about at budget meetings, there are a lot of uh future projects, some multi-million um $ 1.5 million filter project that will be coming up in 2027 2028. So um there are projects that are earmarked in the in that fund balance that I work with Robin >> closely on earmarking those projects. >> Okay. And I always uh thought about SCADA as being a software um package basically that ran it, but it's actually both hardware and software part of it. >> Yeah, I'm not going to act like I'm an expertise when it comes to it, but um yeah, SCADA is the one that's collecting all the information. Um and then kicking out to the PLC on what to do, when to operate, stuff like that. So, we do have a I'm I'm assuming we have a subscription for regular updates of the software then and that's not failing. It's the electronic part of it that's failing. >> Yep. So, I've worked uh and waste treatment plant staff has worked very closely with uh CTS and Egan. They're the ones that do all of our upgrades. CTS is our IT program that does all the um computers and stuff like that, but Egan is the one that does all the SCADA improvements and stuff like that at the waist streaming plant. And I think Bruce uses them at the filter plants too. >> Similar process. Absolutely. >> Right. You split the cost between all the utilities that are use it. And then uh >> we we operate independent. We use the same platform. But um his system is totally independent of the water water system, the freshwater side. But >> but we don't have the same expense on the water side then, do we? Or is it just a portion of this? >> No, we did that last year. Bruce last. >> No, I didn't remember. But but thanks for thinking I did. So, so these failures are software hardware related. Um, are there processes in place to address this technology as it ages? >> As of right now, it's us overriding the programs to kick in when it needs to, if I understand your qu question. >> So, but but the technology is failing. So, therefore, is it being is it outdated and it needs patches and upgrades? And if so, why is that not addressed earlier in the process before the failure? >> Yeah. So, I guess I just want to make sure I understand your question, Major. Um, but CTS, Egan, they all explain that you should get 10 to 12 years out of a lot of these softwares. A lot of them are original from 2009 when that plant went in operation. So, we are exceeding the length of it, but that can vary to how often they are actually being operated and how often are they how much information they're collecting. Um, so if I'm understanding your question, why are they failing so quickly? Is that what you're asking? I'm sorry. >> No, no. It's just that if they know that failures are going to happen, why isn't the technology and the hardware updated sooner to prevent the failure? >> So, so like a a personal computer, you want to update the operating system so that it doesn't fail or slow down. So, is that a similar situation here? >> Yeah, I would say so. I think it's no different than me and Bruce were just talking about our our computers are failing, right? As of right now, we we have issues with our computers. I think that is just a computer that is starting to get obsolete and needs to be upgraded at a certain point. I think that's with any technology. It needs just needs to be up updated. >> So, but why is that not addressed sooner to prevent this failure? >> Yeah. So, the plans were to replace it in 2026. We had really did not I mean we've always had you know you're always going to have some issues with even a brand new I'm just going to say a computer that every once you're going to get some glitches in it and we get glitches all the time when you have that much electronics and uh plant. >> Yep. >> They have just in the last three months four months they have just slowly got more and more and more and now we're getting like I said six callins in one week. My my understanding was when I've talked to Matt was that when we started the year like we we were pretty good like we're like we were gonna make it and then yeah that it's these last few months that >> so there was some scheduled maintenance for replacement but we just >> didn't make it there and we uh I guess I apologize I didn't understand your question even in 2020 we did some minor SCADA improvements at that time. Um so there's constant improvements that we've been making or even minor upgrades. >> Sure. I would consider this a massive >> it's just like your your iPhone, you know, it's like you got an update coming and it's there's patches. >> Yep. >> To Yeah. Okay. All right. No, I wasn't trying to put you on the >> No, I'm not I'm not going to sit up here and say I'm a IT specialist. That's Josh. Um >> I know a little bit enough to get by, but I mean that's why we have people underneath me that are, you know, wastewater superintendent that knows that area much more than I do. >> Okay. No, thank you for that. I appreciate it. It was educational. Okay, >> me too. >> Any other questions? If not, I guess I'll make a motion to approve the uh payment of 177 to upgrade the SCADA. Uh >> I'll second >> PLC upgrades. Okay. And I got a second by Maggie Bass. >> Any other questions? If not, all in favor say I. >> I. Any opposition? Okay. Passes 5-0. Next miscellaneous. I'm going to open the floor to Bruce Rhyrs uh first. He would like to update us on the U West End uh [Laughter] >> Ken's gonna put up a couple pictures for me once once he gets that up. >> Got an echo over there. >> I know. West End Power Generation Plant is what I was going to say, but >> yeah, Westside Power. >> I started hearing my voice. >> Yes. I apologize. >> That's just Ken playing games with us. >> Yeah. Where's Mitch? >> This is when you need Mitch back. >> Yeah. >> Maybe Matt will help. He's kind of a computer genius. Matt, can you help your >> I'll just start I'll just start a little bit and then maybe Ken can get it up up and going. As everybody's familiar, we're going to be building a new power plant over there on the west side of New Prague. Um, today we started actually doing the site excavation work and uh soil corrections for it. Um, we're trying to get ready so that building can start in the spring without having to do all that work. And so we um bid that the commission bid that out this fall and wit construction started work on that today. Um, just kind of the the process of it here. Um, we plan on having site work done this fall. The commission will go out for bids for the actual power plant building itself um in November with bid opening in December. This is just a picture of the site work that started today. Um quite a bit of material has to come out of there. The footings for that building are pretty substantial. So um a lot of excavating for that. So that that's ready. And then um also site work for preparations for um two um 20,000galon fuel tanks that'll be buried about where that backho is is currently on that picture. If you go to the next one, this is what the building itself will look like on that site. Um the small short building that's kind of to the left hand side of that, that's the existing building. We're actually going to build over top of a portion of that. That's where all the control equipment is and that'll extend into the new building. um of the generators will sit uh let me go over this a little bit. The the devices on the top of the roof that's the radiators and then on the right hand side of the roof there that's all of the um silencing equipment for the ventilation. So that they're telling us uh at the property line it'll be about 70 dB which is about the what we talk at. So if in regards to noise mitigation on >> so um really modern facility in regards to that then Ken if you go to the next one it's kind of looking down through the roof on the top of it. So there'll be four gen sets in there. Again those units were ordered uh about a year ago is that when we did that commission >> um it's almost a three-year lead time on on those devices. So it's proposed to be operational the first quarter of 28. So you can kind of see how long this process takes to to get a facility like this going. Um it's it's planned that we'll have the contracts ready for the commission to look at and approve our contract, meaning the contract with our wholesale power supplier, which is 17 communities um that are in a joint action agencies. So that's what'll actually help pay for this this building and facility. Um, so it really the direct burden won't be on the new PREA utility rate payers. Um, I'll be coming back to the commission sometime probably around the first of the year. Um, I'll try to keep you informed ahead of that in regards for approval for the bonding for the facility. U, we're thinking this is going to be a bonding uh between 16 and $18 million. So that's what the we'll we'll bond for. And again, the contract from our power supplier will make those payments over a 20-year period again. So, just biding for the building in se in um later this November and December with uh building construction starting spring of 26. Any other questions? And I I'll make I'll stop by once in a while to just kind of give updates so that and you'll hear from me too because the approval for the bonding needs to come from the city council. Bruce, did you state the size of the building? >> Um, about 70 by 90. So, and and just uh mention just the the wording sometimes, this is a a new new power plant, but it's in addition to our existing power plant. So, it's a a new building. Uh but we still are going to be maintaining the existing power plant, the same generators we're going to be working in. >> Correct. Yeah. Our current power plant's under contract with the same our same entity through Simpa, our wholesale power supplier. It's just barely able to carry the city of New Prague. Now, when we have transmission outages in the area, um so this will give us some redundancy to be able to supply New Prague in times of outages. I mean, New Prague is very fortunate. We're one of very few cities in the state of Minnesota that can actually carry our own load and provide backup generation to our citizens and businesses. So, >> and do we currently have four generators now? >> Uh, currently, currently we have six units over there. >> Six. And so, this would be four additional. >> Four additional. Correct. >> And you use the word help pay. And then, but just to be clear, uh, Sima's, uh, contract with New Prague will substantially pay the the pay >> correct, payments for the revenue bond, and that's, >> yeah, what we talked about when we talked about needing a bond issue earlier this year or last year, whenever we talked about that. >> Yeah, thanks for clarifying that, Bruce. >> And then this generation will go out into the grid to assist. Yeah, I mean I I get that question a lot of where it actually goes and and why we're building a fossil fuel generation plant. So right now state of Minnesota mandates that we have to have 100% renewables by 2040. So in essence that means right now solar and wind. Okay. Well, solar and wind is is great. We buy all of our capac all of our energy from from those resources eventually. But the capacity needs to come from resources that can be 100% reliable. So and it's based on a se seasonal marginal market. So when when I say that for instance solar and wind in the winter time solar gets zero capacity in the market. Wind gets about 20ome%. So utilities have to make up the balance of that with other means. That's why electricity prices are eventually are going to get expensive because we have to in essence buy two or build two power sources. One being solar and wind. The second is something to back that up. Um I don't foresee this unit running very often. Maybe 50 to 60 hours a year, but those are the 50 60 hours a year that you would have probably been in the dark otherwise because we have no abilities to back up solar and wind for a longer duration. So it's there's a huge um uh shortage of capacity in the market right now and that's what we're seeing these prices go crazy. So utilities are all trying to build new capacity um to meet those demands and um between transmission and generation there's going to be a lot of money spent over the next 10 years to keep things reliable. >> Thank you Bruce. Any other questions for Bruce? Thank you, Bruce, for the update. Uh, Rick, do you have anything on the miscellaneous? >> Nope. >> Bruce, >> I do not. >> Maggie, >> no, sir. >> John, >> no. >> I don't have anything either. So, I guess >> Mayor, if you don't mind me jumping in. >> Oh, >> you gave Bruce a shot. >> Well, yeah. >> I think you as close as >> No, I wasn't close. We're at 27. >> Yeah, we're at 27. I wouldn't have gone if Bruce hadn't gone. I told the EDA I'd have it done by 6:30. So, >> Oh, I I'll get us there. Uh I was wondering if you all were available on the 29th, that is a that is the fifth Monday of this month. Um the comp study uh autosolve wants to kind of do a group meeting with the council just kind of update you where they're at um with some of their recommendations and pick your brains. >> What was that date? >> 29th of September. >> September. Is that the same day as the um >> that that's October 29th. >> Thank you. >> So, what time are you looking at? Because we do have a utility commission meeting at 3:30. >> Yep. So, we probably looking we basically schedule it for 4:30 or shortly thereafter whenever the utility commission meeting is done if you guys are available. >> I'm available. >> What day of the week is that? >> It's a Monday. >> That's the fifth Monday of the month. >> I'm good. >> Yep. >> Okay. We we'd probably also do a brief discussion on health insurance just so that we have that discussion um for budget stuff that's too. So >> uh the other one then being uh then uh after either after the uh meeting on the 6th or another meeting we should have our next budget meeting. Um so our next city council meeting is the 6th of October. And so we can either do it shortly right after that or we can have our next meeting after that or if you want we can schedule our first one for there and then we can schedule a special for after that if you would like as well. >> I'm sorry what day >> I said a lot of words right there and I don't know if I understand. >> I was still I was just still typing in the previous one. >> Yep. So our next city council meeting is the 6th of October after tonight. So I had planned to have a short budget discussion after that meeting. Um and then if you all would like we can certainly schedule another special after that similar to what we did last time um to come in. But >> what time you want to do that is right after the meeting. >> That would be right after the meeting unless you guys wanted to. Again, there seem to be mixed views on whether we'd like my after meeting budget meetings. So kind of opening that one more to the group. >> I'm available before or after. I still like an independent budget meeting as opposed to trying to cram it in if it the first meeting goes long. >> So again, I would say of note, we kind of we know what's in front of us on the budget now. And so um I would hope it's not quite as long or if it is long, we've at least got direction so we know what we're talking about going into it. But >> I'm open either way. So, >> I'm available. I don't I don't know if we did it a different day if I obviously be available. >> Okay. I guess we'll preliminarily put one for there and if it looks like it's going to go long, we know we can cut it off their schedule for a different time. That works too. >> Yeah. Just kind of figure out what the agenda is going to be on October 6th and then it looks like it's going to be a long one, then let us know and we can >> Yep. Okay. >> choose a date. The last thing I just wanted to give you guys an update on as we are doing um obviously building the police station over there. Um we've recently coded all the utility buildings. Um city hall is basically the only building we have left that isn't doesn't have updated locks. Um most of our locks are still push the button in uh number to get in. Um and those numbers then we end up updating every time we have turnover. This year was a rough year and we've had to update those numbers quite a bit. that usually falls on our police chief um since he's got the security clearance to do all that. Uh and in fact, we have one door that cannot be updated. That number is just locked in in time. So, if you know how to get into that one, we can't really change the number on that. And so, I had staff kind of searching around and they did find a uh up to $10,000 matching grant to update all of the locks at city hall to use the exact same key cards that utilities and police will will then use. Um, and then yeah, like I said, up to $10,000. I don't even know if we would use all of it. Um, but, uh, I just wanted to let you guys know once we'd get city hall done, then the hope would be that we could, um, look at getting waste water and fire on kind of the same system and then all of our facilities are kind of operating on the same key card. Um, you guys would be like employees. You would you would get your key card that would get you into certain doors. You shake your head, but it' get you into the building and then up to the city council chambers >> um, when needed. and then when you lose it, we can just charge you $20 and shut off your access. >> So, um we have unless unless you guys have real heartache about that, that was a project I was going to um move forward. Like I said, we've had a lot of turnover this year and especially that back door that we can't secure makes us nervous um because we've had a few employees leave that were slightly disgruntled. So, >> and we did have we do have the grant. >> Yes, we Yeah. So, we've been awarded the grant. It's like it's a matching grant and so um if we end up have using all 10 grand of it, we'd put 10 grand of our own money in. Uh we've kind of figured that money would come from that uh city hall repair facility fund that we have sitting there for projects such as this. So, >> okay, good. >> Good to you. You want a motion or >> I don't necessarily need a motion. I just wanted to make sure want to let you guys know that when a code shows up or a little fob shows up that you know what it's for. So, >> okay. >> And it it'll be no different than um I don't know if uh the mayor and Bruce have one to get into the utility building. >> No. >> Oh, no. I don't get >> Well, I'll give you one to get in here. We'll talk to Bruce about getting you in over there. So, >> are all the cards created in one spot like at city hall or somewhere? >> Yeah. So, that would be the idea is that we'd centralize. I think they're all created here currently, aren't they, Bruce? They're done on through our um through our IT provider through so that those codes are entered and addressed to a key file. >> So we don't even create the card. >> Uh the cards are are the physical cards? No. And and they just have a an address addressed to them and then we can take them in and out of the system as we as we need to. So >> right, the the system I'm familiar with, you you have to create the authority in the card somewhere and then give it to the employee. >> Correct. Correct. Are we doing that or is it >> We We do that. >> Okay. >> So, we've also talked about um potentially creating cards that have an ID on them so that people could say, "Oh, yeah, you are a city employee. Here's your ID and that also acts as your card." I know there are some cities moving away from that currently because they're seeing some city employees targeted um and identified by that card. So, we're still working through the logistics of whether we'll actually have ID cards with that or just use a key fob, but um >> yeah. Well, now that you've educated us about that particular door, there's a sense of urgency to get it done quickly. >> Correct. Um, and I know Yeah. our our parts are basically, what' you say, six weeks outish. Um, so we will we'll get on that. >> Are you able to shut that door down? >> We could. We currently use it as the primary access >> for city employees into city hall. So >> stick a chair under. >> Yeah. I mean, and I suppose yes, you do still need to know the code to get in. So it's not like it's just out there flapping in the breeze like storm door. >> Yeah. But that that code is not it doesn't identify the person that's actually entering. >> Correct. So the one thing with that door is that door only gives access to two offices in the building. Um if all the other doors are shut and that would be Ken's and my office. So, we're on the hook. Um, but everybody the rest of city hall is basically locked down. >> Okay. >> Okay. Any other updates? >> I do not have any others. >> Anyone else uh sitting on that? >> Tim, why don't you kind of give us a little update on that uh situation that we had last week? Um I don't I won't share everything that we know obviously because the investigation is still open but um we were dispatched to um a missing person. Um that person was identified as endangered because of some medical things that had been identified and um we immediately began our our our search process with um the fire department, the police department and then um expanded that search from there on out. Uh we did we did start uh the incident command structure the ICS which we've talked about before um which in an incident like that is is is paramount in making sure that things are getting done and people are you know so you don't have one or two people trying to do the entire process. So we we had the help of I called the Scott County Sheriff's Office and they were immediately willing to help us. They sent their entire investigative unit down here for a day and a half to help us. It included a a crime analyst, four detectives, and a sergeant. Um we had the help of we use Shakape fire. They had a boat that we used for some water um some water searches. Um we had Minnesota search and rescue, a K-9 group that came in and helped us. Um and then obviously there were the efforts from the community members that was that was part of that. So um managing all that went really well. Um I'm happy to to report that our incident command structure works as we set it up. Um we couldn't be happier with how that worked out. Um, anytime these things happen, there's there's always the the you can look back and say, well, what if we did this instead of that? Or, you know, you you just don't know. Hindsight is always 2020. But as we sat and looked back on it, there was very very little that we would have done differently. Um it was a collaborative effort and the agencies worked together and maintaining that relationship and that partnership was just a true testament to our working partnerships that we have in this in this area that agencies are just willing to drop what they're doing and come and help us. So that is that was just amazing to see. So, um not the result we wanted obviously, but um there is some closure there and we'll continue to continue to investigate and and finalize those pieces of the puzzle so we can hopefully um have an answer more definitively as to what did happen and how it happened and a better timeline. But I'm happy to take questions. I don't know that I'll be able to answer all of them if you have any, but I will tell you if I can't. >> You mentioned the agencies that uh did assist. >> Mhm. >> Um did you do a formal thank you to all those agency? Okay. >> Yep. >> Thank you. >> Yep. If they haven't received them yet, they will be today or tonight or tomorrow. So, >> okay. Thank you. >> Yep. >> Any other questions? just uh just to just to thank you and thank all the city staff and all the agencies, your department and the community for all the efforts that were put into it. It was a really a great show of support that the community showed. >> Okay. Well, thank you for the update, Tim. >> Yep. >> All right. Anything else? Okay. If not, I'll make a motion to adjurnn. >> Second. Second by Rick Syler. There's no other questions, comments. Favor of adjournment say I. >> I. >> I. Any opposition? Okay, we're ajourned.