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City Manager reports storm damage, street work, library movies and scheduled ambulance build; Fire/EMS to study rate increase
Summary
City Manager Nick Payne updated the council on storm damage and utility repairs, downtown street stripping, library 'Movie Days,' a scheduled ambulance build (09/30/2025–12/16/2025) and said Fire/EMS will research raising ambulance rates; ordinance changes will be needed for any rate increase.
City Manager Nick Payne told the council that crews are continuing repairs after recent storms, securing electric lines and removing trees and limbs that threaten infrastructure. He said downtown striping (parking spaces on W. Grand Ave. and the 200 block of E. Grand) began but rain delayed further work, and that the city has narrowed utility‑billing clerk applicants to three candidates with offers expected soon.
Payne reported the new Fire Department ambulance is scheduled to begin being built on 09/30/2025 and be completed on 12/16/2025; he added the Fire/EMS Department will research raising ambulance rates to align with neighboring jurisdictions and that any rate increase will require an ordinance change and a resolution in a future meeting. Payne also announced library 'MOVIE DAYS' every Thursday at 1 p.m. until school resumes and described plans for Fourth of July festivities.
