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From YouTube: City Council Meeting - 5/17/21
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City of Austin, Minnesota
D
E
A
F
Thanks
so
much
mayor
council,
it's
always
a
pleasure
to
present
to
you
in
person
this
year.
Forget
about
that.
So
I
think
you
have
all
of
the
paperwork
in
front
of
you
with
our
2020
annual
report.
I
will
run
through
that
and
just
do
some
of
the
highlights
over
the
last
year
and
kind
of
give
you
a
sneak
peek
as
to
what
we're
working
for
in
the
future.
F
F
When
you
know
this
closure
of
schools
and
breweries
and
gyms
and
theaters,
and
all
of
that
happened
in
the
middle
of
march
and
then
by
the
end
of
march.
There
was
a
stay-at-home
order
in
place
and
that
got
extended
into
april
and
so
that
just
kind
of
set
the
tone
for
the
rest
of
our
2020
year.
But
we
are
very
optimistic
people
and,
despite
all
of
the
hurdles,
austin
continued
to
prove
that
there's
so
much
support
in
our
community
and
we
continue
to
promote
the
areas
of
awesomeness.
F
That
austin
has
we
had
to
pivot
a
little
bit,
but
some
of
the
examples
of
how
we
did
that
is.
Typically,
we
promote
austin
outside
of
austin
far
and
wide
and
bring
all
those
visitors
into
town.
So
we
had
to
kind
of
change
that
a
little
bit
and
narrow
what
we
considered
our
visitors
and
we
promoted
a
restaurant
bingo.
So
we
put
all
the
restaurants
on
this
bingo
card
and
kind
of
sent
it
out
to
the
local
residents
and
surrounding
areas
and
said
come
visit
all
of
the
local
restaurants.
F
F
We
did
a
be
a
tourist
in
your
own
hometown.
Typically,
we
do
a
bunch
of
different
campaigns
for
that
every
year,
but
this
year
we
did
one
that
just
said,
neighborhood
quest
for
be
a
tourist.
In
your
own
hometown
and
there's
still
many
exciting
things
that
you
can
do
and
explore
an
adventure
here
in
your
own
community,
cobblestone,
hotels
and
suites
was
already
groundbreaking
and
in
the
process
of
building.
So
even
during
a
pandemic
they
opened
up,
and
so
we
are
excited
to
have
them
in
our
inventory.
Right
now.
F
Most
of
you
are
familiar
with
the
historic,
paramount
theater.
It
is
a
wonderful
attraction
and
in
2020
they
actually
added
a
little
mini
museum
in
the
lobby
there.
So
if
you
haven't
seen
that
I
highly
recommend
checking
it
out
and
we
knew
that
during
the
pandemic,
the
essentials
were
still
needed
and
those
supplies
were
coming
on
truck
and
trailer,
and
so
we
wrapped
a
53-foot
semi-trailer
with
all
sorts
of
awesome,
austin
pictures
and
the
nice
thing
with
that
marketing
campaign.
F
They
could
come
with
a
household,
they
could,
you
know,
follow
all
the
covered
rules,
and
so
we
welcome
the
travel,
mom
blog
she's,
a
writer
that
came
to
town,
and
you
can
see
some
of
the
highlights
that
she
had
said.
If
you
have
kids
and
you're
looking
for
things
to
do
in
austin,
the
spam
museum
is
a
must
and
then
we
welcome
sherpa.
Actually,
we
are
continuing
to
welcome
them
because
they
have
seven
different
travel
writers
and
two
of
them
have
been
here.
F
She
saved
she
travels
is
actually
a
nationwide
travel
writer
and
she
highlighted
our
mexican
food
award-winning
barbecue,
sauces
french
onion
soup
and
stuffed
french
toast,
and
so,
if
you've
ever
had
the
french
onion
soup
at
the
old
mill.
You
know
exactly
what
I'm
talking
about
so
another
one
that
we
vetted
was
the
twin
cities:
frugal
mom.
She
actually
brought
her
entire
family
down
to
austin.
They
spent
two
nights
and
three
days
here,
and
I
love
the
summary
that
she
did,
which
said:
okay,
minnesota
families.
F
And
so
you
can
see
all
the
things
that
she
highlighted
there.
I
won't
read
it
because
it's
two
pages,
but
when
you've
got
some
free
time
check
out
page
six
and
seven
there.
She
highlighted
austin
very
well
with
a
nice
summary
on
page
eight
you'll
kind
of
see
some
of
our
statistics
we
print
about
25
000
visitor
guides.
Every
year
we
didn't
quite
go
through
all
of
them
in
2020,
and
so
we
reused
them.
We've
got
this
bright,
yellow
sticker
that
we
put
over
the
calendar
of
events.
F
The
weather
was
beautiful,
they
were
doing
things
outdoors
and
so
our
instagram
actually
increased
by
35
percent
year
over
year
we
usually
have
about
200
touring
travel
buses
that
come
into
town,
as
you
can
imagine.
We
didn't
quite
have
that
many
in
2020,
but
we
did
have
nine
and
those
nine
came
before
march
15th,
and
so
we
had
just
shy
of
350
travelers
and
they
came
from
minnesota,
iowa
and
ohio.
F
F
F
The
leisure
hospitality
gross
sales
were
increased
by
3.5
percent.
Visitation
grew
to
2.6
on
average,
but
then
same
thing
happened
in
2020
that
the
travel
spending
in
minnesota
decreased
by
7.1
billion
dollars,
and
so
austin
wasn't
the
only
one
that
felt
the
effect
of
the
coped,
but
good
news.
Leisure
travel
is
likely
to
lead
the
recovery.
F
However,
the
business
travel
is
forecasted
to
take
twice
as
long
so
those
events
and
those
conferences-
they'll
come
back.
It
just
might
take
them
a
little
bit
longer
and
then
on
page
13
you'll
see
some
familiar
faces
on
there
and
our
city
council
representative
in
2020,
was
mr
steve
king
and
now
he
has
become
the
mayor,
and
so
we
are
excited
to
welcome
mike
postma
on
our
board.
So.
F
And
so
you'll
see
that
kind
of
that
board
of
directors
there
going
into
2021.
We
do
have
some
exciting
plans.
You'll
see
that
we
have
a
hot
off
the
press
bike
map
that
does
include
not
only
the
city
of
austin
trails.
It
also
includes
the
shooting
star
trail
in
maura
county,
and
it
also
includes
the
schindler
way
mountain
bike
trails,
exciting.
F
You
will
also
see
that
big
thick
magazine,
that
is,
the
southern
minnesota
tourism
association
magazine
and
all
those
little
tabs
in
there,
is
all
the
times
that
austin
was
highlighted
in
their
2021
guide,
so
pretty
excited
that
we
got
highlighted
so
much.
That
magazine
does
cover
36
different
counties
in
southern
minnesota.
So
I
think
we
got
our
fair
share
of
coverage
as
far
as
that
goes,
we
do
have
a
couple
events
called
tourism
talks
where
we
invite
the
community
to
come
and
sit
down.
F
Give
us
some
ideas
on
ultimately
what
they
think
we
should
be
promoting
in
to
austin
to
visitors
and
if
they
want
to
partner
with
us
in
any
way,
that's
we've
had
one
and
we'll
have
another
one
here
on
june
17th
and
then
mark
your
calendars
for
next
friday
may
28th
at
8
15
in
the
morning
at
car
new,
we
will
be
revealing
our
2021
marketing
campaign.
So
I'll
leave
you
with
a
little
cliffhanger
there,
and
you
can
see
us
next
friday
to
learn
more
about
that.
So
promise
donuts.
G
F
F
G
A
B
So
this
year,
again,
we've
got
the
process
started,
but
in
order
to
get
into
the
program,
you
need
counsel
to
pass
a
resolution
resolution
authorizing
participation
and
such
and
then
we'll
have
that
uploaded
or
linked
to
our
website.
So
citizens
can
go
on
in
essence
grade
some
of
the
city
operations.
D
A
B
A
A
A
B
In
working
with
the
city
of
elberly,
the
city
has
a
joint
account
that
several
many
many
years
ago
in
2001,
each
of
us
put
five
thousand
dollars
in
for
the
city
to
administer
expenses
related
to
the
blazing
star
trail,
with
the
hopes
that
eventually
bonding
money
would
come
well.
We've
had
this
account
for
20
years
and
trying
to
work
with
wells,
fargo
bank
on
this
and
a
couple
other
accounts
they've
started
to
change
the
processes
a
little
bit
well
right
now
they
want
to
start
charging
us
21
a
a
month.
B
In
essence,
for
that
account,
I've
worked
with
albert
lee
to
say:
hey,
let's
just
eliminate
the
account
give
each
other
each
half
of
the
balance,
the
joint
powers
board
for
blazing
star
will
still
exist.
We
just
don't
want
to
have
any
money
at
this
point
in
time
until
we
get
some
bottom
line.
So
again,
this
is
just
authorization
to
close
the
account
out
and
give
elderly
their
half
we'll
keep
our
half
and
avoid
paying
21
a
month
on
an
account
that
earns
a
dollar
in
interest.
K
A
B
A
B
Council
recently
approved
alternate
number
two
for
the
riverside
arena,
roofing
project,
which
was
going
to
need
an
additional
250
000
originally
in
the
memo
as
to
come
out
of
the
building
fund.
That
was
with
the
intent
that
we
would
transfer
excess
general
fund
dollars
to
the
building
fund.
Well,
we've
come
to
the
conclusion
we
haven't
done
that
yet
so,
let's
just
allocate
that
money
out
of
the
excess
general
fund
fund
balance,
so
they
can
do
the
metal
roofing
on
riverside
arena.
D
G
K
A
L
L
The
next
step
is
applying
for
this
dnr
grant.
The
resolution
attached
authorizes
myself:
the
public
works
director
to
execute
any
necessary
documents,
so
we
would
request
and
and
that
our
local
share
would
our
12
and
a
half
percent
local
share
would
be
covered
by
our
local
option
sales
tax.
So
with
that,
we
would
request
approval
of
the
attached
resolution.
G
A
M
M
M
So
there
are.
There
are
some
adjustments
that
will
be
made
to
the
final
plaque
before
it
is
presented
to
planning.
Commission
and
council,
but
it
should
be
substantially
similar
to
the
the
plan
that
was
submitted
on
a
preliminary
basis.
The
petitioner
does
hope
to
have
the
final
plat
and
development
agreement
done
by
the
june
meeting.
That's
kind
of
a
short
timeline,
but
we'll
see
if
we
can
get
it
done.
Do
you
have
any
questions.
A
K
A
G
A
G
B
A
D
A
G
A
A
I
don't
see
any
numbers
on
the
zoom,
so
we'll
move
on
to
honorary
council,
christopher
moore
was
obviously
unable
to
make
it
today.
I
haven't
heard
from
him,
but
certainly
we'll
check
in
with
him
and
make
sure
everything's
okay
and
remind
him
of
the
next
meeting.
So
we
have
no
council,
member,
honorary
council
member
comments,
reports
and
recommendations.
A
B
Usually
we
have,
after
the
audit
reports
approved
we
take
a
week
or
a
meeting
off,
and
then
we
start
the
budget
discussions
which
I
plan
heavy
hard
and
heavy
that
I
plan
on
for
the
june
meetings.
I
thought
I'd
start
out,
maybe
this
year
with
a
little
different
format
in
that
to
start
our
process
or
to
find
some
some
get
some
estimated
costs
going.
We
thought
maybe
we'd
like
to
hear
from
the
elected
officials
just
brief
overviews
of
what
your
expectations
are
for
2022.
B
You
know
we
have
significant
fund
balance
after
the
cares
act
funds
and
our
audit
was
closed
out.
Last
year
we
have
potentially
significant
increases
because
of
comp
and
class
implementation
for
the
2022
year.
We
have
staff,
we
have
eliminated
what
four
and
a
half
positions
in
the
2021
budget.
We
have
some
vacancies
now
that
have
been
not
been
filled,
so
I
thought
I
maybe
do
is
just
listen
to
council
for
what
some
of
your
expectations
or
thoughts
or
desires
and
goals
for
next
year
were
or
even
beyond.
B
B
it'll
be
here
before
we
know
do
we
want
to
start
setting
dollars
aside,
so
I
thought
I'd
just
see
if
council
has
any
thoughts
and
we've
got
some
new
council
members
here.
First
budget
process
we'll
hit
numbers
percentages
dollars
heavy
in
june,
but
I
just
thought
you
know:
is
there
any
thoughts
from
the
elected
officials
as
what
some
of
their
goals
were?
They
would
want
us
to
see
when
we
start
planning
for
the
2022
budget.
A
B
B
The
cares
act
money
when
they
allowed
us
to
use
that
for
budgeted
police
and
fire
salaries,
even
though
we'd
already
had
tax
levy
lga
paying
for
it.
That
1.9
million
was
immediately
put
basically
to
the
bottom
line.
So
when
we
ended
2020,
the
audit
we've
probably
got
3.2
to
4.2
million
dollars
above
our
normal
fund
balance
levels
of
42
to
48
percent,
one-time
dollars
or
one-time
fund
balance.
B
So
if,
if
the
thought
is
hey,
let's
spend
four
million
and
buy
a
new
fire
station
or
a
portion
of
a
fire
station,
the
money's
gone
so
the
my
goal
has
always
been
with
council
to
have
a
balanced
budget
going
forward.
Some
council,
you
might
say,
hey.
We
got
x
million
dollars.
Let's
use
that
to
buy
the
tax
levy
down
for
a
number
of
years.
B
That's
certainly
an
option
just
want
to
make
sure
council
knows
that
eventually
your,
but
your
use
of
fund
balance
will
go
away
and
then
at
what
point
in
time
does
that
create
a
larger
tax
increase
than
would
normally
be
used
because
you're
using
the
fund
balance,
but
right
now
you're
in
a
phenomenal
position
because
of
dollars
in
the
bank,
if
there's
historically,
if
we've
had
fund
balances
never
to
this
level,
but
larger
fund
balances,
we've
used
it
to
pay
off
debt.
We're
debt
free,
we've
used
it
for
capital
projects.
B
You
know
libraries
arenas
whatever
it
might
be,
have
been
the
used
out
of
those
pro
those
dollars
because
they're
one-time
projects
that
a
lot
of
times
are
not
recurring
costs
going
forward
so
council's
in
a
unique
position
and
that
you
have
dollars
set
aside
now
granted
you've
got
you
know
some
increases
coming
next
year.
I
think
our
projections
for
2022
were
like
1.1
million
dollars
for
salary
and
benefits
for
comp
and
class.
But
again
we
reduced
four
and
a
half
employees
from
that
original
original
projection.
B
Probably
eight
to
nine
hundred
thousand
dollars
is
the
estimate
for
assuming
the
four
and
a
half
employees
we
reduced
in
the
2021
budget.
Don't
come
back
and
again
we
have
some
vacancies
now
in
2022
that
have
not
been
rehired
that
if
the
decision
is
not
to
refill
those
positions
that
drives
that
number
down
even
lower.
B
Right
now,
your
levy
is
7
million
436,
so
10
is
743
000..
Each
levy
percentage
is
of
just
roughly
75
000,
not
included
in
the
20-21
budget,
because
at
the
time
the
budget
was
put
together,
the
state
was
hitting
the
skids.
We
have
an
additional
161
000
of
lga
that
I'm
going
to
assume
will
be
there
in
2022.,
so
that
also
helps
you
know
potentially
buy
down
that
levy.
G
B
Thousand
a
person
yeah,
so
one
percent
tax
levy
or
one
person
you
know
use
of
the
fund
balance.
However,
you
want
to
handle
it
again
once
it's
there,
you
know
that
cost
continues
there
forever
and
ever
so
we
don't
want
to
you
know
unless
you're
gonna
put
the
full
four
million
dollars
aside
in
deficit,
spend
for
the
next
10
years.
You
know
we
don't
recommend
you
keep
doing
that,
because
once
that
10
years
is
up,
then
it's
time
to
pay
the
piper.
I
I
was
thinking
the
same
thing
as
joyce.
You
know
we
eliminated
whatever
three
guys
in
the
tree
crew.
We
got
office,
people
doing
different
jobs
to
fill
gaps.
I'd
kind
of
like
to
see
us
hire
again
to
fill
those
gaps
that
we
had
before
get
our
treat.
You
know
a
tree
crew
hired
again,
whatever
the
departments
that
we
cut
and
didn't
hire,
fill
those
back
up
again
to
a
more
of
a
complete
staff.
G
B
So
now
we're
talking
both
2021
losses
that
were
in
the
budget
that
we
eliminated
those
four
and
a
half
and
also
the
2022
vacancies
that
you
know
like.
I
think
we've
got
a
librarian
that
we
haven't
rehired
right.
Are
we
looking
at
kind
of
both
a
combination
of
those
to
bring
back?
We
want
all
those
people
looking
at,
considering,
I
think
so,
you're
bringing
them
back.
E
Yeah,
I
guess
what
I'd
love
to
see
us
do
is
I
mean
I
still
think
we
got
to
keep
an
eye
on
keeping
that
tax
levy
low,
because
you've
got
businesses
that
are
struggling
to
recover.
You
know
the
whole
idea
of
fixed
income.
Elderly
folks
doesn't
go
away,
but
I
do
think
we
look
back
at
the
plan
that
we
put
on
forward
last
year
and,
let's
figure
out
kind
of
what
worked
and
what
didn't
work
and
if
there's
things
that
didn't
work,
you
know.
E
E
I
mean
we
were
able
to
get
essentially
the
same
job
done
for
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
less,
and
I
get
that
there
was
some
political
heat
that
was
with
that,
but
I
would
love
to
see
us
expand
it
to
you
know.
Do
we
look
at
lawn
mowing?
Do
we
look
at
some
other
things
that
private
industry
can
do
cheaper
than
you
know
what
the
city
can
do
and
then
I
think
you
know
for
the
the
long-term
kind
of
federal
dollars.
E
E
E
G
K
I
believe
being
new
to
this,
I
believe
in
previous
budgets.
There's
also,
I
know
our
biggest
expense
is
always
personnel,
but
I
believe,
there's
also
some
money.
That's
get
aside
for
various
things
like
say
housing
or
what
have
you
and
I
don't
know
if
it
would
make
sense
to
have
some
of
the
extra
money
that
we
have
sort
of
fill
those
buckets.
So
if
we
were
normally
put
say
50
000
into
you
know
economic
development.
If
we
took
some
of
the
federal
money
and
that
way
the
50
000
wouldn't
be
in
the
levy
budget.
B
B
Are
horrible
but
there's
situations
where
we
could
take
dollars
like
that,
you
know,
set
it
aside
that
way,
it's
not
in
the
levy.
It's
just
hey
fund
balance
we're
going
to
set
aside
100
grand
for
business
development,
whatever
it
might
be.
Eventually,
we
need
a
description
of
what
that
is
going
to
be
used
for
right,
but
I
mean
there's
certainly
that
options
that
just
takes
one
time
money
out
reserves
it
for
a
one-time
expense
and
not
built
into
the
levy
every
year.
That's
those
options.
K
Yeah,
the
other
thing
I
would
really
like
to
consider
is:
if
there
are
any
pieces
you
know
when
I
got
a
chance
to
tour
with
all
the
department
heads
in
january.
I
asked
every
single
one
of
them.
You
know
if
I
asked
you
one
thing:
you
know
that
would
make
your
life
easier,
whatever.
What
would
that
be,
and
every
single
department
head
it
was.
It
was
a
position
which
I
get,
which
shows
that
the
city
has
been
running,
pretty
lean
and
pretty
tight.
J
J
J
N
J
Of
the
other
positions
that
we
have
I'd
like
to
see
those
filled
and
then
start
looking
at
the
positions
that
we
eliminated
last
year
and
some
of
the
things
we
did
like
like
jason
mentioned,
are
they
actually
working
or
are
they
not
sure
the
tree
contracting
out
the
tree
trimming?
We
did
get
a
lot
of
our
tree
trimming
done,
but
we're
going
to
be
out
of
money
soon.
If
we
aren't.
M
J
We
didn't
get
any
new
trees
planted
this
year.
There
was
no
money
in
the
budget
for
new
trees,
which
was
part
of
the
old
budget.
There
was
always
money
for
trees
and
we
need
to
be
planting
trees,
especially
I
noticed
recently
there
was
a
outcry
on
social
media
about
the
project
in
the
northwest
on
8th
street,
where
they're
eliminating
just
about
every
tree,
from
8th
avenue
to
10th
avenue
and
there's
a
lot
of
people
disappointed
with
that,
and
so
we
need
to
replace
those
trees,
if
not
in
that
same
area
at
least
somewhere
in
town.
J
I
think,
we've
identified
that
day
care
is
a
definite
need
in
the
community
and
focusing
on
business
development.
I
think
we've
we've
got
some
money
set
aside
for
housing
and
we've
got
an
excellent
resource
in
the
hra
to
pursue
housing
projects.
I
think
our
focus
should
be
on
economic
development,
getting
jobs
in
town
and
working
on
doing
something
with
daycare.
I've
read
recently
that
they
are
looking
at
some
changes
at
the
state
level,
but
it's
definitely
a
big
need.
J
You
know
sure
if
we
build
the
houses
and
they
come
and
live
here,
but
they
can't
work
because
they
don't
have
any
place
to
for
their
kids
to
go
during
the
day
we
kind
of
defeat
the
purpose.
So
I
think
our
focus
should
be
on
economic
development
and
daycare.
Let
mr
medgard
focus
on
housing
projects
and
go
from
there.
N
D
Want
to,
I
agree
with
jeff,
and
I
also
agree
with
paul
some
of
the
positions
we
cut
in
2021
are
pretty
important
positions,
especially
with
like
the
park
and
rex
department,
and
they
kind
of
got
hit
hard
I'd
like
to
see
us
get
back
to
full
staff.
I
know
eighty
thousand
dollars
for
what
the
four
positions
we
cut
going
forward
would
be
a
lot
of
money,
but
I'd
like
to
see
those
go
back.
D
I
mean
I'd
also
like
to
see
a
little
bit
of
the
money
go
towards
the
we've
talked
about
the
fire
truck
for
many
years
now,
and
that,
for
me,
that's
a
huge
expense
that
we're
not
really
planning
for
yet
and,
like
jeff
said,
I
don't
I'd
like
to
see
the
police
officer
hired
with
the
changing
of
times.
That
makes
me
a
little
nervous
with
us
waiting
so
long.
Are
we
going
to
get
quality
candidates?
Are
people
going
to
go
to
school
for
police
officers
in
the
future?
D
N
Yeah,
I
I
agree
with
everyone:
I'm
coming
like
bringing
other
position
back
and
either
filling
the
police
department
and
also
working
on
fire
department
and
or
wreck,
and
regression
that
been
a
big
topic
in
the
last
month.
But
one
thing
that
I
see
is
not
being
talked
about.
A
lot
is
the
daycare
and
we
see
that
and
every
community
I
got
every
word
I
go.
Everyone
talked
about
that
I
feel
like.
If
we
will
think
about
big
thing
about
the
community.
We
have
to
start
thinking
putting
women
aside.
N
If
we
have
the
dollar,
why
don't
we
start
something
from
our
own
instead
of
looking
at
the
state
level,
so
that
we
can
build
a
daycare
that
can
benefit
our
community
and
also
our
those
people
working
very
hard
that
they
find
it
difficult
to
find
a
daycare?
Because
we
have
so
many
employees
coming
to
town
and
the
big
topic?
There's
no
daycare,
you
can
go
to
school
district
that
everything
they
talked
about.
Daycare
my
husband
have
to
stay
home
or
my
wife
have
to
stay
home
because
we
don't
have
a
daycare.
E
And
if
I
can
build
on
one
thing,
I
think
this
is
a
great
conversation
is.
I
think
we
got
to
be
really
intentional
about
moving
forward
and
looking
at.
Where
do
what
do
we
want
to
get
done
and
what
are
the
resources
that
are
necessary
for
that?
I
don't
think
we
can
just
look
back
at
what
did
we
do
in
2019
now?
Did
we
make
all
the
perfect
changes
last
year?
Maybe.
G
E
Taxpayers
is
very
different
than
the
department
complained
about
it,
a
lot
and
the
perception
as
we
used
to
have
somebody.
So
I
think
we've
got
to
still
have
a
bar
before
we
go
back,
because
those
are
real
structural
costs
that
we're
adding
back
in,
and
I
think
the
community
was
pretty
clear
that
the
tax
levy
continuing
to
go
up
double
digits
was
not
on
the
cards
for
them.
Last
year,
I
don't
know,
that's
materially
changed
right.
J
Yeah,
I
guess
one
thing
I
didn't
touch
on
and
just
throw
out
that
I
think
we
could
keep
the
tax
levy
down
at
a
reasonable
amount,
not
as
low
as
we
did
last
year,
but
using
some
of
that
federal
money
to
to
buy
it
down
a
little
bit
but
keep
it
reasonable.
I
think
we
realized
last
year
that
we
probably
could
have
gone
six
percent
and
not
had
as
much
pain.
B
So
mayor,
I
think
my
goal
would
be
then
at
the
june
meeting
june.
7Th
meeting
will
be
a
pretty
good
hefty
discussion,
but
you
know
it's
thanks
for
all
your
comments,
it's
good
to
know,
so
we
can
start
planning
and
maybe
bring
some
projections
to
you
for
the
june
7th
meeting.
Our
goal
would
then
be
to
maybe
hopefully
tie
some
of
these
into
what
broadly,
what
costs
are
et
cetera.
A
Every
every
time
we've
talked
about
the
budget
on
when
I
was
serving
as
council
member
too.
I
keep
the
same
view
right
now.
I
want
a
functioning
city,
you
know
and
that's
our
goal
is
to
be
functional.
You
know
if
that
means,
there's
a
levy
two
or
one
or
three
percent
higher
than
maybe
somebody's
comfortable,
but
we
need
to
function
and
to
that
level
of
function.
A
My
picture
is
far
more
clear
than
it
was
in
january,
just
sitting
in
the
mayor's
seat,
the
amount
of
moving
parts
and
work
being
done
behind
the
scenes
that
we're
not
always
exposed
to,
because
it
takes
time
and
there's
effort,
but
there's
there
is
extreme
amount
of
effort
going
on
from
every
department
head
and
our
administrator,
and
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
because
this
is.
It
was
unprecedented
times
to
dave's
magical
kovid.
19
every
six
minutes,
these
kind
of
yes,
thank.
A
You
know
that
that's
obviously
not
a
responsibility
of
our
chief
police,
but
he
took
it
on
and
and
these
are
these
are,
I
could
say
that
about
every
department
head
and
every
every
employee
they've
done
more
than
has
been
asked
for
so
this
next
budget
yeah.
We
have
some
some
cushion,
I
guess
with
the
federal
dollars
we
have,
but
I
want
to
be
functioning
and
I
certainly
wanted
to
say
thank
you
to
the
employees
that
have
worked
hard
to
keep
us
afloat
at
this
point.
So
thank
you
for
your
work.
Yes,
I.
H
Just
one
work
session
right
right,
correct,
it
does
seem
like
the
state,
did
a
52
billion
dollar
two-year
budget
deal.
Those
specifics
are
still
to
be
worked
out.
No
black
or
white
smoke
on
our
7.45
million
on
the
bonding
technical
corrections.
So
we'll
continue
to
try
to
figure
out
where
that
might
have
landed.
H
A
O
O
So
I
just
wanted
to
let
you
know.
I
know
I've
talked
a
little
bit
every
time
about
the
social
justice
book
club.
We
are
meeting
this
thursday,
where
we're
talking
about
this
chair
rocks
manifesto
against
ageism,
but
I
definitely
wanted
to
highlight
that
next
month,
on
june
17th
we're
going
to
be
talking
about
a
book
called
evicted,
poverty
and
profit
in
the
american
city,
and
I
think
it's
going
to
be
a
really
good
one.
We
have
it
on
audiobook,
so,
even
if
you
aren't
a
reader,
you
can
listen
to
it
in
your
car.
O
O
Like
the
weather
keeps
getting
better
and
better
for
saturday
so
come
on
out
on
saturday,
the
22nd
at
1
o'clock
bring
your
own
chair.
This
is
for
the
riders
workshop
at
10
30,
which
you
do
need
to
sign
up
for,
if
you're
interested
in,
but
the
main
event
will
be
at
one
and
we're
gonna
have
a
big
tent
up,
it's
gonna
be
a
lot
of
fun
and
then
last
but
not
least,
there
was
this
was
slightly
delayed.
If
any
of
you
were
out
at
the
mill
pond
today.
O
O
That's
a
book
walk,
so
you
have
one
page
as
you
go
and
you
walk
around
the
whole
pond
and
hopefully
the
weather's
going
to
hold
out
for
them
and
that'll
be
out
the
17th
to
the
24th
and
then
lastly,
the
library
board
met
this
last
week
and
did
decide
to
open
up
our
hours
for
the
summer.
So
we're
really
excited
we're.
L
A
And
that
that
was
tremendous.
Well,
you
could
work
in
a
sweatshirt
not
get
hot.
We
had
great
representation
with
we
had
the
sts
there
sentence
of
service
people,
we
had
utilities,
city,
county
and
the
citizens
all
volunteered.
So
it's
a
nice
mix
of
folks
coming-
and
I
don't
know
if
chief
mccoy
filed
a
first
report
of
injury
for
a
neck
injury
that
I
might
have
given
him
when
I
lifted
the
tv
and
it
came
apart
in
our
hands.
But
if
there
is
there's
it's
a
valid
injury,
that's
work
related!
G
E
P
So,
with
the
expiration
of
the
executive
orders,
the
resolution
that
we
passed
last
year
stated
that
their
temporary
outdoor
seating
permit
would
expire
once
they
were
permitted
to
go
back
to
100
capacity,
so
that
is
going
to
expire
on
may
27th.
So
the
outdoor
dining,
as
temporarily
permitted,
will
be
over
on
may
27th.
J
Do
we
have
anybody,
that's
taking
advantage
of
it
that
doesn't
have
permanent
facilities
now
in
place?
I
think
everybody
everybody
I
mean
the
old
male
added.
I
mean
that
they're
in
the
city,
but
the
b
and
j
increased
their
patio.
I
don't
think
any
others
really
have
taken
advantage
of
it.
We
need
to
change.
K
P
Unfortunately,
gravity
storm
doesn't
have
any
sort
of
food
license
right
now,
so
they
wouldn't
qualify
for
our
sidewalk
cafe
and
then,
along
with
that,
their
particular
frontage
we've
been
discussing
this
on
a
staff
level,
also,
as
I
don't
their
frontage
kind
of-
includes
a
power
pole
there.
So
they
don't
really
have
a
lot
of
space.
P
You
know
with
with
the
governor's
orders
we
kind
of
threw
out
a
lot
of
our
regulations
just
to
make
people
work
and
have
the
businesses
survive,
but
you
know
all
those
ada
requirements
and
stuff
like
that.
We
need
to
comply
with
that
for
long
term,
but
we
are
looking
at
that
and
we're
meeting
with
councilman
ver
postma
on
friday
about
that
too.
All
right.