CITY OF LENOX

A regular meeting of the Lenox City Council was called to order by Mayor Douglas on April 8, 2024 at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall with the following council members answering roll call: Tull, Hodges and Cruz; Peterson and Nelson were absent. Staff present was City Clerk, Dawne Bowman and City Administrator, Allison Kitzman. Colleen Larimer was a visitor.

Tull made a motion to approve the agenda, seconded by Hodges, all ayes, motion carried. Hodges made a motion to approve 3/25/24 meeting minutes, seconded by Tull, all ayes, motion carried. Cruz made a motion to approve payment of the bills, seconded by Tull, all ayes, motion carried. Hodges made a motion to approve March 2024 Clerk Treasurer Report, seconded by Tull, all ayes, motion carried.

Hodges made a motion to approve re- appointment of Drew Thompson to Board of Adjustments for term of 5 years, expiring April 2029, seconded by Tull, all ayes, motion carried.

Kitzman discussed EMC Insurance Renewal with a few different options. Our current plan with no changes would increase our premium 14%, increasing our property deductible from $2,500 to $5,000 would increase our premium 12% and increasing our property deductible to $10,000 would increase our premium 8.73%. Kitzman discussed a new provision through EMC that adds a 1% wind/hail deductible to all buildings that are valued more than 1% of the AOP deductible. If the 1% deductible applies to a building, it will have its own deductible. If the City would leave the deductible at $2,500, nine (9) of our buildings would be affected by the 1% wind/hail deductible. If we increase our property deductible to $5,000 it decreases the amount of buildings to five (5). Hodges made a motion to increase our property deductible to $5,000, leaving all other deductibles the same, seconded by Cruz, all ayes, motion carried.

Tull made a motion to approve Resolution 24- 15 Setting Time and Date of 4/22/24 at 5:30 PM for Public Hearing on Budget Adoption for FY25, seconded by Hodges, all ayes, motion carried.

Hodges made a motion to approve CDBG Draw Request #13 for LMU Water Project in the amount of $16,481, seconded by Cruz, all ayes, motion carried.

Tull motioned to adjourn the meeting, Hodges seconded, all ayes, motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 5:48 PM.