Mayor Dave Bauer announced that 5-year member Jay Gilbert is retiring from the Civil Service Commission. Mayor Bauer presented Gilbert with a certificate to recognize and thank him for his 5 years of service.

City Administrator Tom Ourada informed the Council that this is a multiple property request for beneficial fiber placement. The Public Works Committee met on this and recommended approving the application.

City Administrator Tom Ourada reported that the City is integrating card access to City buildings in phases, and the police station is next. The Public Safety Committee met on this and recommended approving the proposal. 

Police Chief Steve Hensel reported that this tool provides the Department with public information from many different sources and has it in one place. This would be a time and money saver, as it would cut down hours of investigating by having that variety of ready to use information on one platform. The Public Safety Committee met on this and recommended the Police Department to use this tool.

Lieutenant Gary Young informed the Council that Officer Audrey Arbuckle was selected as the K9 Handler. A site visit was made to the facility in Texas, where they spoke with the trainer, observed some of the training, and toured the facility. Going this route will give the department more benefits at a lower cost, surpassing all state-required expectations. The Public Safety met on this and heard from Officer Puckett and Officer Arbuckle on all of the benefits this training center has to offer. The Committee recommended that the Council approve the agreement.

City Administrator Tom Ourada explained that this ordinance separates the design standards for new and established neighborhoods to give developers of new neighborhoods latitude to do things that would violate current code. The Legislative and Economic Development Committee and the Planning Commission met on this and recommended enacting the ordinance. Developer Ron Sack expressed a few of his concerns, to which Mayor Dave Bauer recommended tabling the issue until the next Council meeting. 

The Finance Committee met on this and discussed the service agreement and its benefits. It was their recommendation to approve entering into the agreement with Confluence. 

The Parks and Recreation Committee met on this and recommended approving the completion and last payment of the Wildwood Pool Play Structure. Committee Chair Kyle Frans commented that everything looked great.

The Parks and Recreation Committee met on this and had nothing but positive comments on the direction that the park expansion is going. Their recommendation is to authorize design services for the south drive of the expansion.

City Administrator Tom Ourada looked into this holiday, confirming that most other first class cities have incorporated this new federal holiday as a paid holiday. The Personnel Committee met on this and recommended approving the holiday into our personnel rules and regulations.

Blue River Arts Council's President, Shay Smith, informed the Council that all they need is written proof that they will own the Isis Theater building when the project is done. They need the amended Memorandum of Understanding, simply stating that the BRAC will purchase the building when the project is finished. BRAC will bring back numbers for continuing construction after bid letting in 2-4 weeks. 

City Administrator reported that Phil Carkowski was the low bid for the water filter plant. He also reported that the engineer, Keith Gilmore, was able to get Carkowski to move up the timeline and start work next week, if approved by the Council tonight. The Public Works Committee met on this, and after realizing the last time that this was done was in 2005, recommended approving the bid. 

• Public Works Director Brian Stork reported: 
  • The Street Department started spraying for mosquitos last night
  • The Parks Department was able to do the repairs to the damaged slide at Tuxedo Park and it was reinstalled today
• Library Director Joy Stevenson reported that the Summer Reading Program kickoff last Thursday was a success. Also, there are over 300 kids signed up for the reading challenge, which is much more than previous years. 
• Council Member Jack Oelschlager reported that the Public Safety Committee will meet for the UTV demonstration on Wednesday June 22, 2022 at 4:30pm
• City Administrator Tom Ourada reported:
  • is meeting with police officers, discussing Police Chief Steve Hensel retiring at the end of the year, and what standards should be for the next police chief. When the time comes, both Sergeant Puckett and Officer Jonas will join Ourada and Mayor Bauer in the police chief interviews.
  • met with the Wenz's today regarding the purchase of their property south of town for the proposed sports complex. The route to the new complex would go right through downtown, increasing the amount of traffic passing our Main Street businesses
• Mayor Dave Bauer reported: 
  • a reminder to citizens who put up signs downtown advertising garage sales to go back and take the signs down and remove any tape afterwards
  • another reminder to citizens to not throw their grass in the streets after mowing, it is illegal
  • disappointed with comments on social media that are not well-informed and asked for citizens to call the City, or him personally, to ask questions about City issues before posting uneducated comments online.