MINNEOLA CITY COUNCIL MEETS                                                August 24, 2026

The Minneola City Council met in regular session on August 24, 2026, in the Civic Connection. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m., with the following Council members present: Marvin Jensen, Dustin Laudick, Debbie Buckley, and Galen Rankin. Mayor Sibley presided. Also present was Tyler Knox, City Manager.

The Revenue Neutral Rate (RNR) Hearing was called to order 7:00 pm. There were no questions or objections. Marvin made a motion to pass Resolution 2026-R07 to levy a property tax rate exceeding the RNR, Galen seconded, a roll call vote was taken, motion passed 4/0. The Council members signed the resolution. The RNR Hearing was closed at 7:05 pm.

The Budget Hearing 2027 was opened for discussion. There were no questions or objections. The Budget Hearing was closed. Dustin made a motion to approve the 2027 Budget as published, Debbie seconded, motion passed 4/0. The Councilmembers signed the 2027 budget.

Pat Freiss, Kennedy McKee, discussed the 2027 budget and audit for 2025. The RNR rate stayed at 52 mills. There are nice balances in reserves. He will file the audit report with the state.

Luis Miramontes asked to be on the agenda to discuss the Boy Scout Park but was not present.

Matt Shelor had questions about the RHID and locations. He stated that had the RHID been the whole City, it would have been beneficial

Howard Wideman talked about the Southwest Community Foundation and thought we should submit for a grant for the Veteran’s Park. Tyler will get Toby Scott to give us a quote for additional electrical. Howard said he spoke with Deb Bruner and the Healthcare Foundation may be able to donate also.

Greg Bradford would like to be on the September agenda to discuss disc golf.

Marvin made a motion to approve the minutes from July 20 and July 24, 2026, Galen seconded, motion passed 4/0.

Financial Reports for July 2026 were reviewed. We are keeping an eye on the Employee Benefits cash balance and remaining budget. There were no questions.

Manager Update:

• We are 90% done with chip sealing. There is some money left in the budget, so we are planning on doing the south end of Cottonwood Street.
• The street sweeper was delivered, and the majority of streets have been swept.
• Kasey Copeland has agreed to be the pool manager for 2027.
• We are having some issues with the water valves on Magnolia Street. EBH and the City will need to resolve this issue.
• The County was awarded a million dollar grant to pave the road to EGE. The City portion from Hwy 54 to the City limits, Clark County cut out of the project.
• Do we want to apply for the KDOT grant again for South Poplar Street. The Council agreed we should try again.
• A letter was read from an anonymous taxpayer about being irritated with the chip sealing process. Chat is the only affordable process and even then, we can only do about ¼ of the streets every year.

Ordinance 2026-06, concerning grass/weed clippings deliberately being blown into the streets was reviewed. Marvin made a motion to pass Ordinance 2026-06, Galen seconded, motion passed 4/0.

Delta Dental rates went up slightly for all 4 employees.

The youth group that meets at the Den on Wednesday nights asked if the City would provide the meal when there was a fifth Wednesday in the month. The Council agreed to help with the meals. The dates would be September 30, 2026, and March 31, 2027, at 6:30 pm.

Galen received a quote from Foster Refrigeration for the heating for the Civic Connection hall and air conditioner for the kitchen for $36,000. We need to see if there are any grants available. The handicap touch pads are also not working. Tyler will check the batteries.

The ditch by Wyatt Williams is holding water.

The Council asked about the highway intersection survey. A summary and statistical information will be provided at next month’s meeting.

The bills were reviewed. Marvin made a motion to approve the bills as presented except for EBH, Dustin seconded, motion passed 4/0.

Dustin made a motion to adjourn the meeting, Marvin seconded, motion passed 4/0. The meeting adjourned at 9:15 pm.

City Clerk