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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/17/2024 - Work SessionTHE COURIER AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION Waterloo -Cedar Falls Courier 6915 Chancellor Drive Cedar Falls 50613 (319) 291-1400 State of Pennsylvania, County of Lancaster, ss: Laquansay Nickson Watkins, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: That (s)he is a duly authorized signatory of Column Software, PBC, duly authorized agent of Waterloo -Cedar Falls Courier, a publication that is a "legal newspaper" as that phrase is defined for the city of Cedar Falls, for the County of Black Hawk, in the state of Iowa, that this affidavit is Page 1 of 2 with the full text of the sworn - to notice set forth on the pages that follow, and that the attachment hereto contains the correct copy of what was published in said legal newspaper in consecutive issues on the following dates: PUBLICATION DATES: Jul. 2, 2024 NOTICE ID: UmP132LXY2t9FNGyHOgh PUBLISHER ID: COL-IA-600605 NOTICE NAME: 6.17.2024 Work Session Minutes Publication Fee: $90.69 (Signed) VERIFICATION State of Pennsylvania County of Lancaster Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - Notary Seal Nicole Burkholder, Notary Public Lancaster County My commission expires March 30, 2027 Commission Number 1342120 Subscribed in my presence and sworn to before me on this: 07/05/202 Notary Public Notarized remotely online using communication technology via June 17,2024 COUNCIL WORK SESSION Harold E. Getty Council Chambers 4:00 ,pm. Roll Call. Members present: Mayor Pro Tem Ray Feuss In the Chair. Mr. 6oesen, Mr. Nichols, Ms. Creighton -Smith. Mr. Chiles, Mr. Simon, Ms. Wilder and Mr. Reuss. Agenda, as proposed or amended. Baese1Chiies that the agenda, as proposed. be ap- proved. Voice voteAyes: Slx. Motion carried. Council o1 Minutes Session, of June p, 2024r Council Work Session, as proposed or ended. Bosse NChlles that the minutes of June S, 2024, Council Work Session, an proposed, be approved. Voice vote -Ayes, Six. Motion carried. oiecusslon of an ordinance amending sewer fees. Bridge Wood, Finance Director, ex- plained the purpose of the amendment and discussed the proposed change with council members. Nichols/Chiles to recess at 4:04 p.m. Voice vote -Ayes: Seven. Motion carried, Nichols/Chiles to adjourn fern recess at 4:22 p.e. Voice vole -Ayes: Seven. Mellon car- ued. pdate tom Waterloo Fiber. Andrew Van Fleet, Board Chair for Wa- terloo Fiber, provided a background from coming on board with Waterloo Fiber in July 2019 when he was ap- proached by Randy Pilkington and handed a file of all the historical per- spectives from 2005 onward. The ins contained 'information on the Telecom Board born Its beginning, Including the things they tried to accomplish that didn't go anywhere and ultimately sit- ting dormant for 15 years for various reasons. On the current board are Mike Young, Amy Wlenands, Bitch Kurlen- bach and Ted Ratemon. Rob Nichols as the council Ralson, replac- ing Sharon Mon. He shared that he personally has about 2000 volunteer hours on the project and It Is because he believes in the betterment of Water- loo. The entire board, Randy Pllking- ton, Sharon Juon, etc. have all worked reaowhard to 1 t the utility to where It le The first big step was to putout survey to the citizens of Waterloo to se e if they still wanted this. The result was helmingly yes They then looked to find a consultant and settled on Magellan Advisors, which Is now Entrust. What was impressive about them was their CEO and COO took the call and had done lots of similar proj- ects around the nation, and the board fen most comfortable with mom. They have now been our partners for about five years. Courtney Vlolette is their COO, and he has been Involved vdth the project since day one. He shared that the first thing that came into play was this going to be a public entity by Itself, or should this be a private entity. Ultimately, we decided it would be best to be a public entity with no private partnership. There was Interest from private companies who flew here to talk about partnering, which validated that this Is an Incredible opportunity and helped us make the decision to move forward as a public utility He stated that In those first dlscusstons, Sharon Juon pointed out that aas a public utility, all the petit (surplus) stays In Waterloo and can be used for other initiatives He spoke of the hours and hours of dialogue with Magellan, the legal team and financing, and then Cavil hit. The slowdown turned out to be a blessing since they were able to focus on identifying funding for this Proof. 6.17.2024 Work Session Minutes - Page 1 of 2 $120 million dollar project and were ulti- mately abl a to secure $30 million dollars of grant funding. He commented that this is world -class fiber broadband Internet com- ing to Waterloo which will no doubt attract remote workers and businesses alike and will be an economic development tool. He shared a few conversations he had with various individuals that spoke of the value this was going to bring to Waterloo. Eric Lage, General Manager of Telecom- munications for Waterloo Fiber, provided an overview of the history and accom- plishments. He shared that Waterloo Fiber will be the largest municipal telecommuni- cations utility in the state of Iowa, and re- viewed the funding sources for the project. Council members discussed Waterloo Fi- ber with Eric Lage. ADJOURNMENT Feu ss/Ch Iles that the council adjourn at 4:59 p.m. Voice vote -Ayes: Seven. Motion carried. Kelley Felchle City Clerk COL-IA-600605 6.17.2024 Work Session Minutes - Page 2 of 2