[00:00:01] Hey, let's talk Gillette.
[00:00:08] What's happening in Gillette next week on November 17th is a Gillette City Council meeting. Before we get to the agenda, let's take a look at some other City of Gillette happenings in the next week or two.
[00:00:19] City offices will be closed on Tuesday, November 26 and Friday, November 27 for Thanksgiving and Black Friday.
[00:00:28] Well, the closure is on Black Friday, but that isn't why city offices are closed. The City Council chooses to give us the day after Thanksgiving off every year as Employee Appreciation Day in recognition of our safety record for the year.
[00:00:43] Also, solid waste employees don't actually get Employee Appreciation Day off, not because they were unsafe or they aren't appreciated, but because it kind of causes problems to postpone trash pickup for too long.
[00:00:56] So if your regular trash day is Thursday, it'll be picked up on Friday alongside Friday's regular trash.
[00:01:02] On November 19th there will be a special PD Recognition Night starting at 5:30pm in the city Council chambers. The purpose of the recognition night is to square new police officers in, recognize the achievements of officers and hand out life saving awards to officers who have saved lives.
[00:01:21] Just a reminder that the yard waste program ends for the season at the end of November, so you've still got a week or two of pickup left to get rid of your yard waste. The program will start back up again in April.
[00:01:32] The Unified Development Code process is still underway to combine and organize the city's development codes and zoning codes.
[00:01:40] If you want more information, check out the link to the project website I put in the description since they can almost certainly explain it better than I can. While you're there, why not fill out the survey and make your voice heard in relation to the new Unified Development Code?
[00:01:55] Here's what's on the November 17th city council agenda. There's one special event permit to close the 3rd Street Plaza from 5:30pm on December 4th to 7:30pm on Dec 5th. This is to go along with the Gillette Avenue closure for the Parade of Lights.
[00:02:11] There's a few optional 1% sales tax supported projects. This time Council will consider acceptance for the public improvements from the 2026 chip seal project and the Hidden Valley Sanitary Sewer Improvements projects and will consider a bid award for the East 6 Street Sanitary Sewer and Water Main Improvements Project. The 6th Street Sanitary Sewer and Water Main is definitely in need of improvements since there have been numerous sewer backups and water main breaks in the area in the last five years.
[00:02:40] There are several bid awards or purchase agreements for vehicles. Council will consider the purchase of a used 2023 DT65H on a Freightliner M2 106 chassis, which is a sort of digger vehicle used by the Electrical Services Division. Then there's bid awards for a new 100 horsepower utility tractor with cab for streets, a new four wheel drive four door midsize SUV for engineering and two new pickups for the water division.
[00:03:11] Council gets one item from the City Planning Commission this time when they consider a resolution approving and authorizing the final plat of Lots 1 through 6 and Tract A of Chara Hills Estates. Phase 3 Council will consider authorizing the submission of an application to the Land and Water Conservation Fund grant program for the Gillette Sutherland Park One project.
[00:03:33] That's a brief look at the November 17th meeting. You can find the agenda on the city website gillettewy.gov and click on any item in the agenda to get a deeper explanation of the topic and see any supporting documentation. Sign up to receive meeting notices by clicking on the Email Updates link in the description of this episode. City Council meetings are broadcast live on GPA TV cable channel 192, as well as streaming
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