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Nowthen City Council meeting, June 18, 2026

City Council

Thursday, June 18, 2026

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Agenda

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What was on the agenda.

Packet

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The supporting materials the board reviewed.

Minutes

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The official record of what happened.

Source missingNo minutes are on file for this meeting.

Agenda items below come from the agenda and packet. The outcomes are not on file.

One-line summary

The agenda scheduled a short City Council meeting focused on discussing options for snow plowing and how to proceed with reliable plowing/hauling equipment, but no minutes or transcript were included in this bundle to confirm actions taken.

What was on the agenda

4 items as recorded in the agenda and packet, each with a short summary of what was at issue.

  1. 1Call to Order

    Pledge of Allegiance; Roll Call; Approve Agenda

    minutes not available in this bundle

    Outcome unrecorded
    p. 1--> June 18, 2026 Meeting Agenda 145.75 KB1. Call to Order · Pledge of Allegiance . Roll Call · Approve Agenda

  2. 2Public Forum

    minutes not available in this bundle

    Outcome unrecorded
    p. 1--> June 18, 2026 Meeting Agenda 145.75 KB2. Public Forum

  3. 3Public Works

    Discuss options for Snow Plowing

    The Council’s Public Works agenda item was set up to discuss snow plowing options and to direct staff on how to move forward with reliable plowing and hauling equipment, including whether to repair the 2000 plow truck to DOT standards, purchase a used truck, use a grader as a backup plow, or order a new 2027 truck before new 2027 emissions laws take effect, and to discuss a CIP schedule for spacing out major equipment purchases; the packet states a motion/second/vote was requested, but no minutes or transcript were included here showing what direction was given.

    minutes not available in this bundle

    • Snow plowing
    • Plow/hauling truck
    Outcome unrecorded
    p. 1--> June 18, 2026 Meeting Agenda 145.75 KB3. Public Works a) Discuss options for Snow PlowingPDF--> June 18, 2026 Packet 217.48 KBTITLE OF ISSUE: Discussion & Directing Staff on how to move forward with a reliable plowing & hauling truck for the city.PDF--> June 18, 2026 Packet 217.48 KBREQUESTED COUNCIL ACTION: Motion, second, and vote to direct staff how to proceed with ensuring the city has reliable plowing & hauling equipment to clear the city streets promptly and efficiently.

  4. 4Adjourn

    minutes not available in this bundle

    Outcome unrecorded
    p. 1--> June 18, 2026 Meeting Agenda 145.75 KB4. Adjourn.

Alternatives considered

Options the council weighed, and what happened to them. The record of the road not taken.

  • Reliable plowing & hauling equipment / snow plowing options

    mentioned only

    Repair to 2000 Plow Truck to DOT standards and repair plowing equipment to the best of ability.

    Raised by staff

  • Reliable plowing & hauling equipment / snow plowing options

    mentioned only

    Purchase a used truck from somewhere; a plow truck or a dump truck with pricing to add a plowing package.

    Raised by CM Glaser

  • Reliable plowing & hauling equipment / snow plowing options

    mentioned only

    Using Grader as back up plow.

    Raised by staff

  • Reliable plowing & hauling equipment / snow plowing options

    mentioned only

    Order a new 2027 with discount before emissions go into effect.

    Raised by staff

  • Capital planning for large equipment purchases (CIP schedule)

    mentioned only

    Talk about a CIP schedule to space out the purchases of the large items.

    Raised by staff

Sources

Documents and recordings archived for this meeting, when available.

Show a sample of the transcript (360 segments, 53:40 total)
  • 0:00 Turn that light on when you're talking. I'll be speaking over here with as many people as I can understand. >> Okay. All right. >> May I have you all come over here for public forum? It's pretty nice outside, I guess.
  • 0:11 >> [laughter] >> Well, you can get all the information on what's going on. We have to clean up tonight before we leave, okay? So, everybody go home and have a great >> Okay. Are we live already? >> We are.
  • 0:20 >> All right. Let's open this up. And the meeting is going to be tonight? >> Yes. >> Good evening. Today is June 18th. And we're going to start off with the
  • 0:29 Pledge >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the
  • 0:39 republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Ms. Johnson, will you do roll call,
  • 0:52 please? >> Mayor Hedden? >> Here. >> Councilmember Bryan? >> Here. >> Councilmember Blazer? >> Here. >> Councilmember Ringel? >> Present. >> Councilmember Twinson? >> Here.
  • 1:01 >> And I will go with Matt and Isaac from the public works, and financial consultant Lori, and myself, Natalie
  • 1:09 Johnson. >> Okay. Roll call is complete. >> Go ahead. Mr. Mayor, I make a motion to approve the agenda as presented. >> Second.
  • 1:19 >> Any discussion? All right. All those in favor, say I. >> I. >> Opposed?
  • 1:28 Motion carries. Agenda is approved. Thank you for making that motion, so quick. This is the most busy agenda that I've ever seen.
  • 1:36 Is there anybody that's signed up for the public forum? I can assume not, but has anybody signed up that's not in here? Okay. Since nobody signed up for the
  • 1:46 public forum, we're going to move past number two, complete. And we are going to talk about number three, public works, discuss the options for snow plowing.
  • Showing first 12 segments. Open the YouTube video for the full transcript.

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