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Monday, noon - Hospital Board of Trustees Meeting; 6pm - Planning & Zoning Commission

Tuesday, 4pm - Municipal Court; 6pm - Parks & Recreation Board Meeting

Wednesday, 4pm - Farmer's Market

Thursday, 10am - Housing Authority

Friday, 7:30am - City Council work session; 6pm - Lyrics on the Lawn

Labor Day Weekend

Celebrating work anniversaries for the week - Debra Einerson, Building Monitor - 6 years; Sydney Shepard, Child Watch - 5 years; Lydiah Anthony, Child Watch - 3 years; Jaren Gilson, CC Custodian - 2 years.

Work on the waterline relocation in the Dry Fork Greenway project is underway, as soon as the Kennedy portion of the project is complete, the work on the greenway can resume. The railroad has completed the track settling on Italian Way, the city is completing the asphalt insert around the tracks & the paving contractor has been working to complete resurfacing of Itailian Way.

Hospital Board will hear reports from CEO, CNO, CFO, discuss Hospital Quality & PI Quarterly Report, Policies for Review, Foundation BOD nomination & election, Board of Trustees Strategic Planning

Planning & Zoning will consider a text amendments regarding home-based businesses in compliance with state statutes. The proposed amendment makes a distinction between “no-impact” & other home-based businesses & defines how the City may regulate each of these. No-impact home-based businesses would be permitted by right, while other types of home-based businesses will be required to obtain a Special Use Permit to operate a business at their home. The proposed amendment includes standards that ensure that neighbors’ rights are respected & the residential character of a neighborhood is preserved. Further, the proposed amendment adds a new subsection concerning farm stands. The amendment would permit farm stands by right as an accessory use in appropriate zoning districts. Further, it establishes standards to which all farm stands must adhere, in order to preserve the residential character of neighborhoods.

• The second text amendment proposed establishes a clear reapplication process for zoning & land use requests following a denial. It distinguishes between legislative approvals, such as rezonings, & quasi-judicial approvals like special use permits. For legislative applications, a six-month waiting period is imposed before a denied request can be resubmitted, though an exception may be granted for a material change in circumstances. The amendment also reinforces that new quasi-judicial applications must be based on a material change in facts.
• Preliminary & Final Plat presented by ES Healthcare Foundation, to divide Lot 4 of the Springs Plaza subdivision into two new lots in order to facilitate the sale of each existing building separately.

Parks & Recreation will review monthly financials, hear staff reports, consider purchase of gator & discuss budget for FY 26.

Farmer's Market @ VFW parking lot, Wednesday, 4-7pm.

City Council agenda items under development include revised policies pertaining to application of sunshine law & sale of surplus property, award of bids for modernization of elevator at Hall of Waters & acceptance of funding from EIERA for the abatement of hazardous materials at old Wyman School, presentation of FY 2022 Audit, & amendment to the trash customer rate effective October 1st.

You will love Elkhorn!! It's a small little country school that has fabulous teachers & admin! Honestly Elkhorn has been the best experience for me & my kids. Not only does Elkhorn go above & beyond for their students, but they are great parental supporters too! I cannot say enough how wonderful they are! Our little rural elementary has ony gotten more amazing over the years. Great school community & amazing teachers. // We were out of town at a national speech tournament. Just received the trophy from Blue Star. Outstanding Technical Crew: Set Crew for Momma Mia! We are blessed at ES with talented & dedicated students. Read it on FB.