Prescott Valley Council Approves Routine Business Amid Historic Governance Crisis: Mayor's Bar Altercation, Harassment Allegations, and FLOCK Surveillance Controversy Consume Majority of Public Comment

Heat. Heat. Heat up here. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. N. again. I'm sorry. Just just you already have ma'am present. We have a quorum. Thank you, ma'am. Next up, I'd like to invite down Pastor Lloyd Murphy from the firm foundation to lead us in the invocation and pledge of allegiance. Please stand if you can. Let's pray. Our father in heaven, how we thank you for this wonderful community that we live in. We thank you for the many blessings we enjoy.

We thank you for the peace and prosperity that we have. We thank you for these servants before us. We pray that you would bless them and their families. And we thank you for their sacrifice and their effort that they pour into this town. We want to pause and thank you for our first responders here and our military around the world. We pray for their safety and their families.

And we pray for the meeting tonight, Father, that you would give a sense of uh justice and a sense of wisdom for all that's before us and that everything that is done would be done with dignity. And we pray it in Jesus great name. Amen. Amen. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you, sir. Next up, can I get a motion to approve the agenda as presented? So move.

I'll second. Cler, please call the vote. Mayor, that passes. Thank you, ma'am. Next up, proclamation. First one will be Patriot Week. Patriot Week, September 11th through 18th 2026. Whereas from the tragedy of September 11th, 2001, a new spirit has arisen, a stronger sense of family, community, brotherhood, and patriotism. And we have come together as Americans.

And where whereas America is fully committed to ensuring our freedoms remain unfettered and sovereign for all generations now and forever. And whereas we wish to honor and remember all those who lost their lives and who have demonstrated the ultimate sacrifice for their country. And whereas we wish to honor and pay tribute to the men, women, and families who were affected in our town, as well as those who work so diligently to help our people recover.

And whereas commencing September 10th, 2026 with the placement of the flags of the Prescuit Valley Healing Fields of Northern Arizona now marking its 15th year of solemn remembrance and community reflection. And with the commemoration of the tragic events of September 11th, 2001 on the 25th anniversary of that day, we join the entire nation in the recognition of Patriot Day, September 11th, 2026, to remember and honor the invincible spirit of America and its heroes.

Whereas this commemoration should be conducted each September 11th throughout the land to include the promotion of goodwill, global peace and goodwill, the advancement of patriotism and love of country and the remembrance of those innocent victims who died September 11th as heroes one and all. Now therefore, I kguda, mayor of the town of Prescuit Valley, do hereby proclaim September 11th through 18th as Patriot Week. And we do not have anyone present to accept this proclamation.

Next up is National Preparedness Month. National Preparedness Month, September 2026. Whereas National Preparedness Month held each September serves as a reminder that all residents should take steps to prepare for natural disasters, emergencies, and other unexpected events. And whereas emergencies can occur at any time, often without warning, and may result from natural disasters such as wildfires, floods, and severe storms, as well as from human cause incidents and health related emergencies.

And whereas the town of Prescat Valley, which is committed to supporting emergency management efforts, recognizes that preparing for emergencies is vital to the safety and resilience of our community. And whereas by taking steps to develop emergency plans, assemble disaster supply kits, and staying informed about potential hazards that may impact the community, we strengthen the resilience of our society and create a safer, more prepared community for ourselves and future generations.

Now therefore, I, Kelp Palgura, mayor of the town of Prescuit Valley, do hereby proclaim September 2026 as National Preparedness Month, and that all residents, businesses, and organizations should take action by making emergency plans, building twoe emergency kits, and staying informed. Furthermore, citizens are encouraged to sign up for RAVE alerts at pvalerts.gov, gov. Download the Smart 911 Notifications app and download the Genese Protect app to reinforce their situational awareness.

Thank you, Mayor, Vice Mayor, Town Council. Thank you very much for acknowledging this national initiative. National Preparedness Month is full of initiatives to help prepare the public. We are only as strong as the public and their initial preparedness that they can do for emergencies and disasters. Thank you. Next up is library card signup month. Library card signup month, September 2026.

Whereas libraries are foundational to education, imagination, and opportunity, offering everything from early literacy programs to digital tools that support lifelong learning and personal growth. And whereas libraries welcome all people, serving as an inclusive and accessible community hubs that connect individuals across cultures, generations, and experiences.

And whereas libraries curate collections and design programs that reflect the diversity of the populations they serve, ensuring equitable access to information, technology, and culture for all. And whereas libraries help individuals navigate life's challenges by providing trusted information, digital access, job search, support, and connections to essential services.

And whereas libraries contribute to thriving local economies by equipping job seekers entrepreneurs students and creators with tools and training to succeed. And whereas in times of both crisis and calm, libraries and their staff remain steadfast in supporting and strengthening their communities. And whereas library resources help households save money, reduce waste, and make sustainable choices, all through the simple power of a shared public good.

And whereas a library card offers a front row seat to everything the library offers from books and technology to lifelong learning and imagination. And whereas libraries, librarians, and library workers across the country are joining together to celebrate library card signup month under the theme a library card hits all the right notes.

Now therefore, be it resolved that I, Kelp Pala, mayor of the town of Prescuit Valley, Arizona, do hereby proclaim September 2026 as library card signup month in Prescat Valley, and encourage all residents to be sharp and sign up for a library card. Thank you, Mayor, Vice Mayor, and Council. As always, I am the hugest uh uh advocate for our libraries and everything that we do in our community.

And I have to say without a doubt we probably have one of the best libraries in Yavapai County if not in the whole state. Uh the materials, the programs and services that we offer here at our community are all free. And by getting a library card, you have access to all of that information. And it's just not books. We also have steam STEM kits. We have memory kits for families and caregivers, people who are, you know, struggling with Alzheimer's and dementia. These kits help these people.

Um we have GoPros, sewing machines, hiking equipment. Do we get bad men equipment? Pickle ball. Did we get pickle ball? We have pickle ball that you can check out. I love pickle ball, by the way. Um, so, and this again, it wouldn't be possible without our staff. So, I challenge everyone in our community to come and get their library card here. I want to see a card in everybody's hands. Um, we we are phenomenal here and we uh would love to have our community have cards. Thank you.

One more time for the library. Next up, it's a service award for library board of trustees recognition of servant of Megan Essie. Say, Megan, get up here. Get up here, girl. Come on. Thank you. Thank you. Uh this is Megan say she was a wonderful uh proud member of our library board of trustees. Uh she served the library board with dedication, integrity, and tremendous leadership throughout her it was three years service or four. Six. No way. Oh my gosh. It seemed forever. I'm so sorry.

six years of service, including her time as vice president. During a particularly challenging period when the library faced public criticism and attacks regarding materials in its collection, Megan stood firmly in support of intellectual freedom and the importance of maintaining a collection that reflects and serves everyone in our community.

We are deeply grateful for her courage, thoughtfulness, leadership, and steadfast commitment to ensuring our library remains a welcoming place where people can see themselves, explore ideas, and have the freedom to read. Thank you, M. Thank you. You want to say anything? Thanks, Casey. Um, I just wanted to say thank you for this opportunity.

I really learned a lot while I was on the board and anything that has to do with the library I love being a part of and I really enjoyed my time my six years on the boards. Thank you very much. Great job. Next up, call the public. At this time, members of the public may comment on matters listed on the agenda or solely on matters within the jurisdiction of the town. Any persons wishing to address the council must register their name with the town clerk prior to the commencement of the meeting.

At the conclusion of call to the public, council may respond to criticism, ask staff to review a matter commented upon or ask that a matter be put on a future agenda. Such remarks shall be limited to three minutes unless additional time is granted by the mayor. Clerk will read four names and if your name is called, if you can just try to work your way down to the front. Clerk. So, we have Bruce Evans, Thomas Funk, Chuck Gorman, and James Ary. Welcome, sir. Thank you.

Uh, mayor, vice mayor, town council, Bruce Evans, Quillwood Meadows. Uh, when I contemplated making some remarks tonight, um, I was going to go the old course of kind of slings and arrows, but I changed my mind. Rather than engage in dueling accusations, we should take a more civil attack. Unlike many of the anti-PV organizations and individuals, I won't be engaging in any theatrics of high duden won't be clutching my pearls. Won't be rhetorically rending my garments.

I'm that kind of behavior, however, puts me in mind of a passage from Mc Beth. And with apologies to the bard for a small edit to get rid of a word some might see as a projorative. He says, "A poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more. It is a tale full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." I prefer to concentrate with the mayor on his eight years of stellar performance.

He's been in the news the last couple of weeks and in those eight years he's provided tremendous leadership. The RAD day fund going from one and a half to over $50 million. Uh water management initiatives both legislative and technical, more rigorous resoning and development protocols, the establishment or at least the study of a wildlife corridor, and most especially his leadership in hiring the people who hire the people that make this town so great.

I've never seen a more professional, creative, and productive group of folks. I I stack them up against any jurisdiction in in the state of Arizona. Talking about the incident that's been in the press, I have a little scales of justice analogy. Imagine, if you will, a gold bar that weighs 27.4 pounds. That's the mayor's track record. Imagine a feather that weighs a gram. Lock the scale. Put the feather on what the feather is the event obviously.

Put the feather on one side, the gold bar on the other. Unlock the scale. That thing goes bang. The feather goes into the ether and disappears. And by the way, one gold bar equals 12,440 feathers. I did the math. Anyway, my message is this.

Let's leave the third grade recess sandbox where I've been guilty myself for slinging a little sand here and there and strive for an Oxford Union model of intellect intelligent factbased debate with civility, sometimes satirical, even rhetorically cutting, but ultimately a civil foundation for intelligent discourse. And finally, I think I I have a sense of the how the majority of uh citizens feel about what's been going on lately and about Mayor Kell's track record.

You probably don't need this right now. I think you're very strong, but just one thing. Mayor, we've got your six. Thank you, sir. Next, Thomas Funk. Thomas. Is there a Thomas here? Chuck Gorman. James Ary. Welcome, sir. Those chairs are almost like sitting on the floor. Recently, there's been a lot of online discussion regarding the clock system. Many have expressed various concerns regarding privacy and misuse information. I share some of these concerns.

However, for me, flock is just another tool for the police to use in the deterring and solving of crime. Just another tool for keeping Prescott Valley a place where I want to live. However, there should be some safeguards to ensure that the data recorded by flock is used in a proper manner. In today's environment, safety instructions come with almost everything. Even a hammer, a simple tool, a hammer has safety instructions used to follow.

block needs some strong safety instructions and guidelines to ensure it is properly used that the citizens rights to privacy while little we have left is maintained. Just consider what your cell phone can be used to track wherever you go. Many cars have black boxes which check track your speed, direction, braking and so forth. You use a credit card, debit card, the banks know exactly where you are.

I return something to Costco, they scan the card, and they know exactly where I purchased it, when I purchased it, and how much I paid for it. Privacy just does not exist much anymore in our world. Unless you pay cash, do not have a cell phone, or use an older car, your privacy is a thing of the past. We need to safeguard what little privacy we have left and to ensure the information captured by flock is not used to reduce our privacy. How can that be done?

Some of the policies would be to limit access to the data to a very small number of police staff. Not every patrol car would need access. Maybe none of them would. We would require individuals who access block to have individual loon credentials that their log on time, date, the license that they were searching for, and possibly a case number would be recorded so we could track who was doing what on the system. For individuals who misuse the system, the punishment should be severe.

It should be jail time. No probation. should be a stiff stiff fine. When I worked in a medical center several years ago before I retired, we had people who would access patients information, people who were minor celebrities in the area. They were fired immediately when they misused their access to the system. We need to have the same policy.

Possibly we need a citizens committee made up of prosecutors, defense attorneys, police, civilians to help develop policies and guidelines to ensure the proper use of the Fox system. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Clerk, next four names. Next four names, Joe Colossimo, Dave Lner, Chris Russo, Sharon Freed. Welcome, sir. Joe Colossimo, resident of Prescat Valley. Uh, Mr. Mayor, I saw the video of your altercation at the bird cage. This wasn't exactly Rocky versus Drago.

It was more like Tom versus Jerry. Um, if it wasn't that our mayor was involved in this altercation, no one would be talking about it because it was a big nothing. We still live in a country where you are presumed innocent until proven guilty. But the Prescuit Valley bullies are out in full force on social media over this. Bullies seem to be growing in Prescat Valley. They come in all shapes and sizes, and it's time that they got stood up to.

Take Kelly Gerard, who used Next Door to publicly bully Kimberly Lopez, our beloved former council woman, through social media by saying that Mrs. Lopez used the murder of her husband to try to get reelected. That is as lowife as it gets. Then there's the Citizens for Sensible Development, Prescuit Valley Election 2026, and the Prescat Valley Citizens Alliance using referendums anytime the town council votes against their political agenda.

Keep in mind, these referendums are costing the citizens of Prescuit Valley tens and into the hundreds of thousands of dollars every time these cryb babies don't get their way. But they don't care about the residents of Prescat Valley. They want what they want and they will say and do whatever it takes to get what they want no matter how how much it costs the rest of the town. One of their favorite lines is the people need to have a voice.

The people do have a voice and it is it is the people they elect to represent them. That's called representative republic. Please refer back to schoolhouse rock. Thankfully, Mr. Mayor, you got reelected. Your opponent actually advocated for referendums, but I understand he only came here from California two years ago, so it's likely that he forgot what a representative republic looks like.

Bullies are also known to be to file false police reports against people or accuse people trying to serve the town as being political activists. Some even refer to themselves as journalists. And so, Mr. Mayor and Council, that's why bullies need to be defeated. This is a good town. We don't need these bullies. Thank you. Thank you, Phil. Next up, Dave Lner. That's a no. Chris Russo. Mr. Russo. Good afternoon, mayor, vice mayor, and council and staff. My name is Chris Russo.

proud resident of Granville and I'm going to take the opposite um side of James on the uh on the mass surveillance. I'm not going to use flock because there are and let me just say this. I'm not willing to give one more of my right up because all the other places that my rights are gone are gone. I'm not going to do that. I'm not going to say um that uh you know my cell phone can uh track me anywhere I want so I might as well give into mass surveillance of cameras. I'm I'm not doing that.

So uh I'm really surprised that constitutional conservatives are all in on mass surveillance. Ben Franklin said those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little safety deserve neither. The lie they always tell us that if he catches one criminal it's all worth it. If I have to give up my fourth and 14th amendment rights to someone feel is safe, I say get a gun and learn how to use it. Uh they are responsible for their own safety. I'm not giving up my rights to someone feels safe.

A federal justic judge in Nevada just uh ruled and the department of justice is against this. Of course, they he ruled that a um uh tower dump warrants are unconstitutional. That's where they can find anybody that goes past a uh a cell tower. Uh if they look for a criminal, they will look at everybody that goes past that cell tower and they will investigate them and see see if they were the ones that did had the crime. I don't want to live in that country that does that.

I hear all kinds of excuses uh for these cameras. Uh your information is already out there. I've already said this, but I've got to write them down, so I'm going to say it again. Anyone can get to you through your phone. You can be located anywhere by technology. They know exactly where you are. There is no such thing as privacy anymore. All these statements are made to make you feel that all your rights have gone anyway. So don't worry about being constantly surveiled.

Nearly every day I hear of and see stories of police misusing these cameras. It it's all over the internet. You can find it if you want to. Can you imagine the tyranny our government could have released on us, unleashed on us on top of what they've already done if they had this kind of flock technology during COVID? It's bad enough with geot tracking on the phones, but having cameras that can see 360 degrees constantly monitoring our every move, that should scare the crap out of everyone.

So, when someone tries to use emotional charge fear tactics like saying, "What if your wife was kidnapped and there are no cameras around?" Well, that just happened. Not kidnapping, but a a major crime was the happened in um in Prescuit. Um and I heard this from Mary Mallerie, so I know it's true. And the cameras are all over. We have 100 cameras in this in the city. I didn't vote for those. I I don't I don't want that.

I I don't want those things looking at me all the time watching my every move. So, when someone um Okay. Um Okay. Yeah. Can you imagine the tyranny when they had all these cameras on us? If we wouldn't have had to have to count on on on somebody telling on us, they would have had no being surveiled. So, I got more of it. We'll catch you next time, Mr. Russo. Thank you. Sharon Breed, can we have a four more names so we can prep? Michelle Sullivan, Lorie Moore, Laura Kovll.

Some of our so-called elected officials love to tell us to maintain the quorum and civility on social media and during council meetings. Yet, these very same so-called elected officials and appointees display the most lack of the quorum and civility I have ever seen. This has been happening for a few years now and has evolved into a very ugly environment of baseless, irresponsible, malicious remarks that attacks that include intimidation tactics and subtle and not so subtle threat posturing.

Things that I thought were solely reserved for the mafia. It increased in intensity during referendum petition signings, was ramped up before the so-called elections, and literally exploded the morning after the last council meeting on August 18th with a statement of lies, slander, and character assassination posted on the official mayor Facebook page that was so extreme that it incited hundreds of vile, hateful comments against the honorable Ken Floyd.

I found it difficult to believe that so many people are capable of such vicious attacks against someone most of them probably don't even know. It's so easy to hate. And thus, the intended incitement of the post was a success because facts don't matter to them. And obviously, not one of them chose to check. Shame on the poster and the commenters.

For the record, Ken Fine did not and never has threatened the author of this post or his family or anyone else who might choose to make the same fictitious claim. Ken Fo has not chosen to quit all council assignments. Ken Fo does not live 8 to 10 weeks in Florida. Ken Finne did not use a plethora of profanities toward members of PNZ. Ken was pulled over for speeding, which is not an egregious infraction, and he apologized publicly from the dis.

No person or property was harmed unlike a very recent act of aggression at the Bird Cage Bar as reported by ABC 1215, the Courier and E Prescuit News. I absolutely agree with one statement in the post. The residents of PB deserve better from those entrusted with public service and I refer to the aforementioned so-called elected officials and commission appointees who have been abusing public trust without shame. And then came the Eden Sears PO podcast hosting Elijah Snyder and Joe Colassimo.

Both PB commissioners shamelessly smearing Ken Finne and also Lawrence Nigel. I hereby demand a written and verbal public apology by those so-called elected officials and commission appointees to the honorable Ken Floyd for accusing him of what they themselves are the actual perpetrators. ABC 12, ABC 15. The Courier and E Prescat News have reported the facts from the Prescat Police report regarding the acts of aggression at the Bird Cage Bar, bringing shame and disgrace to our community.

Enough is enough. Miss Sullivan, Michelle Sullivan, Lorie Moore, Laura Kovll, Bill Williams. Welcome ma'am. Hi. Uh, thank you for hearing me tonight. My name is Michelle Sullivan and I live in Prescott Valley and I wanted to speak to the surveillance, the community surveillance block cameras that are going up all over town. Uh, and I'm going to read something that Senator Chris McDaniel wrote because he's much more eloquent than I could be about this issue.

Americans once understood instinctively that a free man ought to be able to travel the public roads without the government quietly keeping a ledger of his movements. He did not need permission to go somewhere. He did not have to explain why he went there. The government watched suspects because it had a reason to suspect them. He did not watch everybody in the hope that someday the information might become useful. That distinction matters.

Our constitution was written by men who distrusted concentrated power because they understood human nature. They did not assume that every sheriff, prosecutor governor president bureaucrat, or intelligence officer would always be wise and virtuous. They built restraints because someday one of them would not be. We should apply the same wisdom to modern technology. The issue is not whether surveillance cameras can help solve crimes. Of course, they can.

The issue is whether we are willing to construct a system capable of tracking the movements of millions of innocent Americans merely because that system might occasionally make law enforcement more convenient. Sorry. Convenience is a poor bargain for liberty. We have heard this argument before. Give up a little freedom and we'll make you safer. Surrender a little privacy and we'll protect you. Trust us, we will only use this power against the bad people.

Maybe today they will, but laws and institutions should be built for the government we fear, not merely the government we trust. A republic requires more than a elections. It requires a certain stubbornness in its people, a willingness to say that there are some powers government should not possess simply because possessing them would be useful. I want the police to catch criminals.

I also want my grandchildren to inher inherit a country where an innocent citizen can drive down a highway without leaving behind a digital trail for the government to examine months or years later. We do not have to choose between law enforcement and liberty. We can demand warrants, strict retention limits, narrow access, meaningful oversight, and real consequences for abuse. But we should never become comfortable with being watched.

Free people should always be a little suspicious of the camera pointed in their direction, not because they have something to hide, but because they still have something to protect. Thank you. Thank you, ma'am. Lori Moore. Welcome, ma'am. Good evening. As a teenager in the 70s, one of the required books we were assigned to read in high school was the novel 1984.

Once I finished the book, I thought, "This George Orwell dude has one crazy imagination." Fast forward to 2026 and we're racing toward a world where innocent private citizens are surveiled and tracked thanks to, among other systems, the seriously hated ALPR, the automated license plate reader. The system allows daily routines of private citizens to be tracked and mapped where they shop, where they worship, which doctors they visit, and who they associate with without a warrant.

Fortunately, a growing number of cities including Los Angeles and in Arizona, Tempee, Chandler, Sierra Vista, South Tucson, Sedona, and Flagstaff have chosen to cancel or outright reject these contracts. These decisions are being made because the privacy, legal, and operational risks are not worth the promised benefits. One of the dangers in these ALPR systems is it makes it easy to abuse and can be weaponized for personal use.

So far across the country, dozens of law enforcement officers have been accused of using the system to stalk romantic partners or expouses. Technical errors have also been reported. Plates are misidentified because cameras are confusing numbers and letters. And these errors have led to aggressive, high-risk police stops, including innocent citizens being held at gunpoint.

Imagine how the community feels when they know their vehicle movements are being logged by a network that shares data with third-party agencies and potential federal agencies. How can we exercise our First Amendment rights if we have to worry about showing up at a protest or a political gathering or a sensitive clinic? This is not how a free and open society operates.

Besides the moral and social considerations, the legal aspect of the use of ALPRs is causing a lot of lawsuits due to Fourth Amendment violations and other privacy issues. Does Prescat Valley want to be saddled with these kind of legal issues? This is not just about privacy. It's also about accountability. We loudly and clearly reject the mantra of George Orwell's novel 1984, big brother is watching you. Thank you. Thank you. Laura, welcome ma'am. Hi. Do I have this in the right spot this time?

All right. Mayor and council, my name is Laura Cabell. I own a small business here in Prescat Valley. I saw the mayor's post today asking whether there is middle ground on the license plate readers. The post raises concerns about privacy, retention, access sharing oversight and transparency. I shared those concerns, but I want to be clear where I stand. I do not support the surveillance system. I do not think adding safeguards fixes the underlining problem.

Before the town talks about compromise, continues using the system, expands it, or spends more money on it, it needs to answer something more basic. Was the system lawfully authorized in the first place? And is it lawful to keep using it now? It submitted written open meeting law notice in July. More than 30 days have passed. There's been no statutory ratification. There are also serious transparency problems.

I still have outstanding public records requests for contracts, camera locations, purchasing records, data sharing information, agenda development records, and records showing how the system actually's been used. My July notice specifically requested the full audit, search, access, query, and export records, including users, case numbers, query reasons, timestamps, outside agency access, and any denied or flag searches. Those records still have not been produced.

I have documented substantial evidence that the system was implemented and expanded without clear public authorization trail, although with serious issues involving funding, agenda notice, open meeting law compliance, and transparency. This is bigger than license plate readers. It's about whether the town should be tracking, searching, combining, and sharing information about where ordinary people go.

And nothing I'm saying tonight waves, narrows, withdrawals, or replaces anything in my prior written notice, public records requests, omelet complaint, and supplements, or any rights or remedies available to me. Thank you. Thank you, ma'am. Bill William, Lawrence Nigel, Ron Anderson, Carolyn Zern. Welcome, sir. Good evening. Bill Williams 18 years now as a homeowner in town. It's a beautiful town. Two speakers missed the point entirely. Mayor, you have disgraced the town.

You have put a black mark on this town. Are you going to get a slap on the wrist? Of course, that's all you're going to get. But I've been in the media for decades. When you are on the 6:00 news on the on two different television stations in the largest media market in the state for a brawl in a bar where you called a man's wife an ugly cword. You create the black mark on this town based on what you did. The Urban Dictionary describes you as a type of prowler of women.

Because of how high the ratings are in some of these Phoenix news shows, 10 or 20 or 30,000 people could see your story and the news will then put those recordings on their websites forever and viewers will think, well, there's another reason to not visit Prescat Valley. You know, the best part of this town is the people. But you keep associating yourself with questionable characters.

And what you have done is put together an oddball team who do anything you tell them to do and they create bad websites and they talk down to really nice people. Ladies and gentlemen in this town get talked down to like you did on KYCA radio. Only it's their version. these new trolls version of a bad website or a poorly produced podcast. I'll be on a great podcast based out of Prescat soon and they have hundreds of listeners who want to know all about you.

You know, these trolls seem uneducated and unemployable, but they're appointed appointed to boards and commissions. They are violating at least the code of conduct, but leadership doesn't care. So, you have no worry. There may be a reckoning soon. I understand the FBI office in Phoenix is interested in you. Yeah, go ahead and laugh. They asked me for documentation on you and I will be sending them a second trunch of documents tomorrow by mail.

So, you know, you can get away with it some of the time, but you can't get away with it all of the time. And, uh, by the way, a conviction of disorderly conduct can lose you your liquor license. Thanks for the time. Thank you, sir. Welcome sir. Good evening, members of the council, persons attending this meeting. My name is Lawrence Nigel, public enemy number one simply because I ran for public office. I said it last meeting and I'll say it again. The election is over.

Apparently, some people didn't hear it, so I want to make it loud and clear. M. Greer, the social media followers do not need to read your lies about my supporting emotional search uh social learning scam. It never happened. It was a popular left-wing issue 10 years after I left the board of education. So, you lied. Mr. Elijah Snider and Eden Sears, your podcast is so worthless, you need to make up issues that did not happen.

So, in your last podcast, you lied to the people of Prescuit Valley when you made the statement at 1 hour 47 second mark that quote, "Larry Nigel at the recent town council meeting claimed Michelle Burchil rigged the election and there was no and there was corruption in the election." At the council meeting of August 13, 2026, my statements at the 19.47 mark, you can see it on the video and through to the 22.40 mark. Never mention Michelle Burchil and never mention the rigging of an election.

So you lied and you are a commissioner in the town of Prescuit Valley. So you lied. And Mr. Sears, you started mentioning about representative government as if the people have no right to redress government. Well, you didn't read the Constitution or the Bill of Rights because it says we have a right to re uh address redress government. You know, redress government with proper and legitimate referendums. Your comments indicate your ignorance of the Democratic Republic processes.

The people of Prescat Valley beware of the negative influence of the podcast like swing state a leftist democrat socialist supporter. These are not allegations that I'm making. These are statements backed up by facts. Go online and review it. And I repeat to the sleepers in this community, the election is over. Thank you, Mr. Anderson. Welcome, sir. Ron Emerson. Yes, sir. You're good. Uh, I'm not going to go into I mean, you did something stupid. Okay, fine.

Um, now I'm more about the uh the um the the flock cameras. Now, um last week last time I was uh a little bit ambushed. I actually had one of them uh lane splitters come by and break my mirror. That was the rant about the vehicles, but uh I got my ducks in a row this time. The uh the data centers um let's see something that needs to be cleared up. Flock isn't the only one that's doing it.

Axon, Flock, Gentech, Lonardo, uh, Motorola Solutions, Neology, and one that I can't even pronounce, uh, are all set. We'll watch, listen to everybody, and automatically ticket who those who speed, don't wear seat belts, do illegal things, or whatever the government says is bad. They are placed to look over parks playgrounds uh bathrooms splash pads, roads, and various things of interest to them. Some of these cameras have Wi-Fi, Bluetooth tracking to identify phones, headphones, stereos, etc.

with the capability to emit. Um, I will ask the council go ahead and re label them as instead of being cameras, they need to be surveillance devices or something more appropriate to what they are. Um, stalking is illegal in all 50 states. across multiple states, meaning this is a felony. If anyone uses them, uses their system. Police now are now hiding that they are using the cameras to stalk people and stating in reports they used county resources. Um flocks.

Okay, anybody with a pen, uh, go ahead look up maps.dflock.org. They have all the cameras in there. You'll be surprised at where some of them are. Your kids would Yeah. Um, review the data on you because they do actually have uh people who can hack the website. Uh, it's have ibenflocked.com. So, it's public record where you've been. Um, and they can look you up by license plate. uh uh the uh iPhones and everything else. Um they can go ahead and um uh listen in on your iPhones, everything else.

So yeah, you're not safe anymore with this stuff. Uh I wish I had more time. I would go into the rest of this. Um uh Okay. By the way, I did want to mention who's a Star Wars fan looking at that. Yeah. Okay. Uh, so, um, Mayor, I saw what you did on the video. I'm not a bully, just a person. And yeah, you did something real stupid. Miss Zern, Carolyn Zern, Marco Tovar, Kim Lopez, James Turner. Welcome, ma'am. Mayor, Vice Mayor, and Council. My name is Carolyn Zern.

I live in the villages at Lynx Creek. I came here today because I want to specifically express my appreciation and support for council persons Janelle Keel and Kenne. I also want to express my opposition to any and all LPR or surveillance type cameras. I believe the abuses and errors of these systems outweigh any benefits. I have so many responses to Joe Colosi Colossimill, but I will settle for correcting the lie that Lawrence Nigel just moved here from California two years ago.

It's true that he has lived in his current home in Prescat Valley for less than three years, but he lived in and served comm the community of Prescuit for about eight years prior to that. And lastly, but most importantly, I hereby demand that you, the council members, remove Kale Paluda from the position of mayor of Prescat Valley immediately.

He has proven himself unworthy time and again and has recently lost any sense of responsibility and respectability bringing disgrace to the residents of this town. Mr. Stovar, welcome. Um, oh, do I Oh, it started already. Good evening, everyone. I'm here today to voice my objection to the flot cameras and all the camera systems with um cap similar capabilities that have been placed around our city. And I'll explain what it will lead to.

Human history and everyday life move in a constant repetitive cycle as stated in Ecclesiastes 1:9. People in other nations have experienced what happens when there is mass surveillance and that data is eventually not potentially used against its citizens. That is the path at which we are at the crossroads. In recent history, you don't have to dig too deep to find many examples of corporations and governments abusing power while gathering information on innocent civilians.

These few examples are within the last century. China, Russia, South Africa, Chile, Argentina, France, Romania, and Iran. They each gathered and created files on citizens movements, personal and political information, meetings attended, places of worship, and social networks. These unintended consequences of this surveillance helps certain political parties ban public speaking, ban religious practice, imprisonment, retaliation for protesting, forced labors, and even executions.

It was the laws and administrative systems that used the data to create an enforceable rules allowing the people in power to make their oppression logistically easier. The data obtained and kept on file was usable for targeted action. They were able to keep their oppressive laws by creating false states of emergencies, stating national security concerns that are directly in conflict with our constitution, passing enabling laws, and applying administrative restrictions.

Flock Safety and all other companies that surveil innocent civilians by creating and adding to a database will lead to the future generations of innocent people being oppressed. There is a chance even the people alive today will live to experience what the history books warned us about. Just because Flock and similar companies partner with law enforcement agencies does not give them a pass to surveil without a warrant.

Private companies have a history of making false pretenses to people who use their products and rarely face the legal ramifications of knowingly causing harm to the public. People perhaps in this very room have been affected by these examples or may who have family who did. The tobacco industry lying about smoking and being addictive and causing lung cancer. Opioid manufacturers like Purdue Pharma marketing their drugs as low addiction risk.

The asbestous industry suppressing studies about asbestous causing methyloma. Fatal and permanent lung diseases. Promising that our data with flock or similar companies is secure and will not be abused as a farce. The values of different generations change. Police chiefs, sheriffs retire, city councils get turned over. Elections cause laws to change. The definition of crime changes based on the different interpretation of the law. With that, the promises made. Walk out the door.

We just said the pledge of pledge of allegiance. If we keep on this path, we will lose liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Kim Lopez. Welcome, ma'am. Uh, good evening, mayor, vice mayor, council, staff, and neighbors. My name is Kimberly Lopez. As a former council, council member, I know the weight that the seats carry that you sit in. I know the immense effort it takes to serve Prescuit Valley, and I'm here tonight because I love this community deeply. But my heart is heavy.

We live in a beautiful place on We live in a beautiful place built on the backs of good, hard-working individuals. Yet we are watching a culture of division tear the actual fabric of our town. Neighbors are being pitted against neighbors. It needs to stop. We are so much better than this. Prescuit Valley was built on kindness, respect, and unity. We cannot let political committees u online echo chambers host hostile agendas dictate how we treat each other in real life.

I want to challenge not only the council but also the community members. Do better, be better. We must learn to get along. We must learn to work together again. This public in public service and in life, nobody gets everything that they want. That is how a thriving town works. We must find a happy middle ground. We need to lead with compassion, listen with empathy, and disagree without being disagreeable.

To our hardworking staff, mayor, vice mayor, and council, you do an incredible, selfless job. It is hard. It is thankless. And I thank you for your dedication to our home. Let's bring civility back to Prescuit Valley. Let's stop dividing. Start listening and remember who we are. Neighbors who care about one another. Thank you. James Turner, Ken Fin, Carrie McCann, Thomas Funk. Thank you, Mr. Mayor, Vice Mayor, rest of the council, staff. Thank you for allowing me to speak up here tonight.

You got to have thick skin. I can't believe it. Um, what hasn't been said about flock cameras already? This is going to cut my speech really short or my talk, I should say. Flock safety cameras. What a great name, right? Safety camera. Record the license plate location and the time of every vehicle that passes whether or not the vehicle has any connection to a crime.

The data is collected and stored without warrant, without individualized suspicion, without meaningful consent from the people being tracked. The system logs the movements of residents, visitors, and families who have committed no crime. I understand that in Prescat Valley, PBPD's system is configured to share this data with other law enforcement agencies outside the town through Flock National Lookup Network.

Y'all are going into a meeting about block in the next month to understand more about it. I hope y'all are listening to all of the citizens here that say we don't want it. It's uh I believe that privacy is a right and it's not a privilege that you lose because you decide to drive down a public road. You can opt out of tracking on your cell phone. You can opt out of tracking on your car. You can't opt out of flock.

The Supreme Court, Carpenter versus US, which is a cell phone tracking uh case should be applied to Flock. It's the same thing. Flock has made over $500 million in recurring revenue in the early part of 2006 or 2026, I'm sorry. It's a 8.3 to 8.4 billion company. So, do they want to send out propaganda, I'm sorry, training films to the local police department to support their product? Of course they do. I would too if I had a company that big.

So in closing, I wonder if a lay person can talk during the study session and present some information about the Bill of Rights and the Constitution. Hey, George. Is 1984 here yet? Thank you. Thanks, Sarah. Ken Fin, Carrie McCann, Thomas Funk, Chuck Gorman, mayor and council and town people. My name is Kenneth Finn and I reside in Prescott Valley. I am speaking at a as a private citizens be citizen because my first amendment rights on the dis have been repeatedly blocked.

Since his campaign is over, the mayor has returned to his true character, mudslinging, barroom carousing, and frequent attacks on the council woman Keel and myself because we advocate for the town's people, not his campaign contributors. On June 4th, after the council meeting, I asked Mr. Paluda to explain the lies he posted on Facebook about me and Councilwoman Keel. He stopped in the parking lot out of earshot and said to me, "You are a complete idiot. You don't know anything about anything.

The reason you hate me is because you are old and ugly, and I am young and handsome. You will be dead in 5 years and I can't wait. I will be living my best life with all my money. I reported this to the town manager on June 11th. The mayor shouted over me and said, "What Councilman Freud is about to say never happened. Five weeks later, he concocted a story that I threatened him and his family at that time. I will take a polygraph test, will you?" Just before the brawl at the bird cage, Mr.

Paluda once again posted many lies and dinced information on his possibly illegally operated Facebook page, Supreme Court Linky versus Freed about me and Councilman Keilwoman Ke. These personal attacks by the mayor and his recent commissioner appointees, the lies and threats only strengthen my resolve to expose the many conflicts of interest and root out the deep-seated corruption in this town.

No matter what they do, I will not bow down and vote the way they demand against my conscience and the welfare of the town's people. It's patently obvious that the hidden agenda of this concerted effort to unseat Councilwoman Keiel and myself is to allow them to bypass the electoral process and appoint unelectable puppets. I was maliciously attacked for visiting family over Christmas and they lied about how long I was there. One commissioner claiming I was there for three months.

During the holiday, I drafted design concepts for a house of the future that uses little water or grid power and produced a concept for a pioneer heritage village which would be near the Barllo Mastic House and Fitz Morris ruins to create an educational and tourism themed venue and subsequently gifted these works to the town. I was in in compliance with all relevant towns. Thank you, sir. Terry McCann. Welcome members. Hello.

Good evening, Mayor Council and um my name is Carrie McCann and I live in Prescuit Valley. Mr. Mayor, I am not here tonight to redo the Ride Act. Okay, you're getting enough of that. I'm here to help you get to know your committed council member Frank. Others who don't know him and either tell or believe the lies told about him might also want to listen up. for the uh for the record just to continue something he mentioned. Uh Ken also um met electronically and was in phone contact all the time.

The few weeks, four weeks we were gone in Florida. He did all his duties. Anyway, uh, for the record, Ken and I, Ken, neither Ken nor I are or have been a member of any pack. Ken doesn't do the bidding of any pack. He ran for office to help make Prescat Valley a better place to live. He researches issues extensively. He votes based upon what he believes in logical and morally right for the folks of this community. He devotes a lot of time to keeping up on water issues.

through seaweed membership, state and country county seminars, conversations with members of the scientific community. I have firsthand knowledge of Ken's contributions to our community, some of what some of which he addressed in his um speech just now. He has investigated numerous and varied resident complaints and he personally met with these folks. With the help of our town manager, Gilbert Stevenson and town staff, he's been able to resolve most of their town issues.

Ken also has assisted a number of residents in needs. There are hardworking, honest folks in our town who fallen on hard times due to illness or other difficult circumstances. They don't want a handout. They just need a little boost and to know someone cares. Together, sometimes with the help of friends or again with the aid of Mr. Davidson and a couple of times council women Keel and Lopez, we provided them with assistance. Uh um last Christmas, the whole family got involved.

We were helping out a temporarily broke disabled man mom. Even our then 8-year-old grandson joined in by offering his outgrown clothes to her son. That little kid just loved the Spider-Man shirts. These are just a few examples of the goodness of my man who has been under attack by certain council members and appointed commissioners for the last year or so, almost on a daily basis. The only exercise some people get is jumping to conclusions.

In the end, they will find truth in the saying you can't keep a good man down. And if I may echo Council Lopez for a moment, I have two or three sentences. Go ahead. No. Thank you. Um, our elected and appointed officials need to work together and rise above this type of behavior and set an example for others. They need to vote in a code of ethics that has teeth and then enforce it.

The people of Prescat deserve council members and appointees who devote themselves to construct constructive interaction. Thank you, Mr. last call for Thomas Funk, Chuck Gorman, and Dave Lner. All right, moving on. Council Communications, I'll start with you, Councilwoman. I just want to say I missed you at the last meeting.

I like to be here in person, but I had to call in um because I was at the uh ASU summer policy retreat on housing and water policy and um it was it was a great opportunity to learn about housing options. I also last week at the League of Cities and Towns there was a lot of opportunity to um learn about affordable housing and partner with some other cities to try to bring in some affordable housing.

So, um it was a great conference and the opening kicked off with dignity uh in communications that it was awesome and um it ended with countering contention, extremism and tribalism and elevating trust. So, it was a very powerful week. Thank you. Thank you, ma'am. Councilman, Vice Mayor, moving on. Consent agenda. All matters listed under consent agenda are considered routine by the town council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items.

If discussion is desired, that item will be removed from the consent agenda and will be considered separately. Council, can I motion to approve? Mayor, I'll make a motion to approve the consent agenda by electronic vote. We have a motion and a second. Clerk, please call the vote. Mayor, that passes. Thank you, ma'am. Moving on.

Old B old business ordinance number 2026-980 ICC and related code update town code chapter 7 amendments council is there anyone from staff or do we have questions for staff council ordinance number 2026-980 an ordinance of the mayor and common council of the town of Prescuit Valley a municipal corporation of Arizona amending article 7-01, the town of Prescuit Valley Administrative Code, repealing articles 7-2 7-3 7-4 7-05 7-06 7-07 7-08 and 7-09, and chapter 7 building, which articles adopted and amended in the 2018 International Building and Technical Codes and the 2011 National Electrical Code.

Enacting new articles 7-02, 7-3, 7-04 7-05 7-06 7-07,7 7-8, 7-9, and 7-09A, and chapter 7 Building of the Town Code to adopt and amend the 2024 International Building Code, IBC, 2024 International Residential Code for one and two family dwellings, IRC, 2024 International Mechanical Code, IMC, 202 2024 International Plumbing Code, IPC, 2024 International Property Maintenance Code, IPMC, 2024 International Fuel Gas Code, IFGC, 2012 International Energy Conservation Code IECC 2024 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code ISPSC and the 2023 National Electrical Code, NEC, and setting forth in full the various penalty clauses adopted by reference for ARS S9-83 providing a savings clause providing that all other articles, sections, and subsections in chapter 7 not here and repealed or amended shall remain in full force in effect providing that if any provision in this ordinance is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provision shall not be affected but shall continue in full force in effect and providing that this ordinance shall be effective 30 days after its passage and approval according to law.

Thank you, ma'am. Shall this ordinance pass? We'll go ahead and do a roll call vote. Council member Keel, yes. Council member FY. Council member Schumacher, yes. Council member Greer, yes. Vice Mayor Zer, yes. Mayor Paluda, yes. That passes unanimously. Thank you, ma'am. Next up, item 10B, the second reading of ordinance number 2026-982 adopting ZMC 26-001 windmill farms site. Any questions or comments for staff? Seeing none, hearing none. Go ahead, sir.

At the last meeting, I voted against this and I'm against it because the town's people at the meeting that they had about this business uh plan uh were opposed, seriously opposed to having this high density uh project put next to their homes, which they had not been aware of that they you know, when you buy a house, you don't expect this and so I'm I'm voting against it on behalf of the town's people. Clerk.

Ordinance number 2026982, an ordinance of the mayor and common council of the town of Presca Valley, a municipal corporation of Arizona, amending the town zoning map by changing the zoning district classification of approximately 2.42 42 acres APN 402-2-048E lying in section 3 township 13 North Range 1 East Gila and Salt River Basin Meridian Windmills Farm site from RL70 residential single family limited to G CGPD commercial general sales and services planned area development zoning for purposes of commercial uses and providing that this ordinance shall be effective 30 days after its passage and approval according into law.

Clerk shall this ordinance pass. Mayor, that passes 5 to one. Thank you, ma'am. Next up, new business, which H with HUSD for an SRO position. Chief, are you not the chief's not presenting? Where is it? You, sir. Thank you. Welcome, Sergeant Lawrence. Thank you, Mayor, Vice Mayor, Council, Mr. Davidson. truly thank you for this time. Um this first item is an update to our current um intergovernmental agreement. Can you hear me now?

Intergovernmental agreement um IGA with Humbult Unified School District HUSD. Over the years, the town of Presca Valley has had an ongoing IGA with HUSD which provided school resource officers to be able to put into our local schools which is outlined in the IG. What we are asking the town council's consideration is to add a retired school resource officer, which throughout these next few items we'll refer to as like RSRO or retired SRO.

Um, this update will allow the police department to feasibly put more officers in more schools, which is going to create a safer learning environment for the staff and students. Thank you, sir. Is that are is that the presentation for 11 A, 11 B, and 11 C? No, they're all separate. They're all separate. If you just want to present everything and definitely we'll give you questions after. Yes, sir. Um HUSD has funding for two additional school resource officers. Um in May 2025, um ARS 15-155.

Um they kind of changed the definition for school resource officer um truly because they weren't able to find very many. So, at this point, uh, the governor signed in and we are now allowed to hire retired officers that are peace officers within the state that left in good standing. We're able to hire them back to our police department and we're able to assign them to a school as a school resource officer.

Um, the petition of the I'm sorry, the position of the school resource officer is fully funded by Humble Unified School District. The position is a temporary position. So, these are one-year contracts that these officers would be signing for that one school year. Um, this position is would not and is not a permanent officer position. Um, the retired SRO would report to the SRO sergeant, coordinate daily with their respective schools.

Um, as of now, the schools that they'd be placed at is our elementary schools. These are our youngest kids out there. So, Granville Elementary, Coyote Springs Elementary, Lake Valley Elementary, Mountain View Elementary. Um, we're not the first to implement something like this or try to. Phoenix PD has been doing this for a couple years now and has has great success doing this. Um, the retired SRO's on campus will help provide greater safety for our students and staff.

And the last one is a agreement is a revision to the agreement for funding for the school resource officer sergeant. In June 20126, council reviewed an agreement where there was three charter schools that agreed to pay 5% toward the SRO sergeant funding, salary, and benefits. Um when that time came, one of them um had to back out. they weren't issued the they weren't granted the grant to be able to put SSOs in their school.

That being said, now we have two charter schools that still want to move forward. So, they're combined is they're going to be a 10% at that point. The other uh 10% would come out of the police budget. The purpose of this agreement is for the same, for the school resource officer to oversee all the school safety officers, the school um resource officers, and potentially the retired school resource officers if adopted.

Um adopting of this revision agreement continues the relationship um with the charter schools through June 30th of 2030. Thank you. Thank you, sir. We have any questions for the sergeant? We do have the superintendent present. Sir, was there anything to add? Are you just going to give a thumbs up from back there? What do you think? Thumbs up from the superintendent. So, yes, the superintendent did show up tonight to give his support. Thank you, Mr. Doll. Appreciate you. See no questions.

Hear no questions. Let's work on a motion for item 11 A, please. Do I have a motion for item 11 A? I'm making a motion. Uh, it was up and now it's gone. So yeah, I'm making a motion to uh the intergovernment agreement with Humbult Unified School District, HUSD, for the school resource offer officer positions by electronic vote. Second, council member that passes. Thank you, ma'am. Moving on, item 11B. Can I have a motion? Mr.

Mayor, I'll make a motion to approve establishment of two temporary grant funed Prescaling Police Department retired school resource officer positions by electronic vote. I'll second. Cler, please call the vote. Mayor, that passes. Thank you, ma'am. And finally, can I get a motion for item 11 C, please? Mayor, I'll make a motion to approve revised agreement with remaining charter schools, Peace Academy, and Acorn Monastery to partially fund SRO sergeant position by electronic vote. I'll second.

Cler, please call the vote. Mayor, that passes. Thank you, ma'am. Next up, item 11D, updates to Pres Valley Tax Code in coordination with League of Arizona Cities and Towns. I believe Mr. Legler, you are going to brief us on this. Mr. Mayor and Council in the 1980s when the town was first incorporated, most of the work done to adopt uh local tax codes was coordinated with the League of Cities and Towns.

And so they worked with uh cities and towns to develop their tax codes and then to adopt them on a regular basis. Over the years that has changed. The state has taken more uh control over the application of our transaction privilege tax and the administration of that tax. Uh and the department of revenue has uh become more active in that process.

And so there's a website now that everyone can go to to see exactly which codes have been adopted, which options have been adopted by each municipality in the state. However, we still have the need to adopt our own paper version of our tax code. And in the past, again, the league would help us do that. It was very complicated process. Back in 2015, we went through a lot of work to update our code up to where it needed to be in 2015.

Unfortunately, over a period of the last 11 years, we've once again kind of fallen behind in terms of keeping up with the tax code as it has as it has been changed by the state with the help of the uh model tax code commission. And so we've been working with the League of Cities and Towns to do a catchup again so that we can bring our code up to up to date.

And so we're proposing to do that first reading tonight, second reading next council meeting to adopt uh to amend our code to bring it up to date. Council, any questions for staff? And this is an unusual item. We It's not a public hearing, but if anyone wishes to comment on this, you're more than welcome to come down to the podium and give your two cents worth seeing none. Hearing none. Oh, go ahead. And it's on this item. And can I ask a question about TPT? About what ma'am? About the tax. Yes.

How is that going to affect uh sales for since you already have a tax on food here and then also like retail sales? All right. for the TPT tax code. I didn't get a chance to look over it. So, is that going to change make up for people? Mr. Mayor, council, if I could explain it doesn't change anything substant. Okay. So, it's already all right. It's staying with what we do today. Good. Anyone else? All right. Seeing none, hearing none, I'll entertain a motion.

I'll make a motion to read ordinance number 2026-983 adopting the 20 2015 to 2025 model tax code amendments by title only on two separate occasions then place this same on final passage by electronic vote. I'll second please call the vote. Mayor that passes. Thank you ma'am. Next up I'm sorry. Go ahead clerk.

Ordinance number 2026983, an ordinance of the mayor and common council of the town of Presca Valley, a municipal corporation of Arizona, updating the town's transaction privilege tax code, adopting by reference the 2015 through 2025 amendments to the tax code of the town of Presca Valley, establishing effective fees, providing for severalability, and providing penalties for violations, and providing that this ordinance shall be effective 30 days after its passage and approval according to law.

Thank you. Thank you, ma'am. Now up 11 Abdo Financial Solutions Agreement for Professional Accounting Support Services. Ma'am, mayor, Vice Mayor, Council, Shauna Dant with Human Resources. I'm just here in case there are questions on this agreement that we have in front of you today for APO Financial Services. Any questions or comments for staff? There is no presentation. Yes. Go ahead, sir. My understanding after talking with Mr.

Davidson about it was it was this is kind of a something to help get us through this time where we have a a a shortage of staff with Selena and others and uh so this is just a temporary thing I understand. Is that correct? Yes, that's correct. The three primary functions of this agreement are to assist us through audit and daily cash management as well as the transition as we continue to hire staff. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. Can I have a motion, please?

Mayor, I'll make a motion to approve ABDO Financial Solutions Agreement for Professional Accounting Support Services, including a onetime cost of $80,170 and an ongoing monthly cost of $31,410 for accounting services by electronic vote. I second. Cler, please call vote. Mayor, that passes. Thank you, ma'am. Uh, anything else for the good of the order? Seeing none, hearing none, folks. Thanks for coming out. Have a good night.