{"id":6841,"date":"2026-10-22T20:17:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T20:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/?p=6841"},"modified":"2026-10-22T20:22:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T20:22:07","slug":"city-council-meeting-agenda-october-26-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/?p=6841","title":{"rendered":"City Council Meeting Agenda &#8211; October 26, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AGENDA<br \/>\nBENTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON <br \/>\nMONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2026<br \/>\n5:00 P.M. <\/p>\n<p>1. CALL TO ORDER<\/p>\n<p>2. ROLL CALL<\/p>\n<p>3. READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES<\/p>\n<p>4. PUBLIC COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>5. PUBLIC PROPERTY REPORT COMMISSIONER STOREY<br \/>\nA. APPROVAL OF PURCHASE ORDERS<br \/>\nB. DISCUSSION AND\/OR APPROVAL OF PUBLIC USE OF CITY PROPERTY<br \/>\nC. DISCUSSION AND\/OR APPROVAL OF PUBLIC PROPERTY EVENT COORDINATOR POSITION<\/p>\n<p>6. WATER, SEWER, STREETS &amp; IMPROVEMENTS COMMISSIONER COCKRUM<br \/>\nA. APPROVAL OF PURCHASE ORDERS<br \/>\nB. APPROVAL OF POOL\/LEAK ADJUSTMENTS<br \/>\nC. DISCUSSION AND\/OR APPROVAL OF LAKE LOT LEASE TRANSFER(S)<br \/>\nD. DISCUSSION AND\/OR APPROVAL OF HIRING WATER CLERK POSITION<\/p>\n<p>7. PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY REPORT COMMISSIONER GARAVALIA <br \/>\nA. APPROVAL OF PURCHASE ORDERS\/UPDATES\/DEPARTMENT REPORTS <br \/>\nB. DISCUSSION AND\/OR APPROVAL OF EMPLOYMENT OF FULL-TIME PROBATIONARY FIREFIGHTER<\/p>\n<p>8. ACCOUNTS &amp; FINANCE REPORT COMMISSIONER KAYS<br \/>\nA. APPROVAL OF PAYROLL<br \/>\nB. APPROVAL OF PURCHASE ORDERS\/MONTHLY BILLS <br \/>\nC. DISCUSSION AND\/OR APPROVAL OF PAY RESOLUTION<\/p>\n<p>9. CITY ATTORNEY TOM MALKOVICH<br \/>\nA. UPDATES<\/p>\n<p>10. PUBLIC AFFAIRS REPORT MAYOR MESSERSMITH<br \/>\nA. UPDATES <br \/>\nB. APPROVAL OF PURCHASE ORDERS<br \/>\nC. DISCUSSION AND\/OR APPROVAL OF EMPLOYEE HIRING, RESIGNATIONS, COMPENSATION, OR DISCIPLINE <br \/>\nD. DISCUSSION AND\/OR APPROVAL OF DONATION TO DO YOUR PART RECYCLING<br \/>\nE. DISCUSSION AND\/OR APPROVAL OF CREATING A FISCAL YEAR 2026\/2027 RESIDENTIAL EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM<\/p>\n<p>11. MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS<\/p>\n<p>12. OLD BUSINESS<\/p>\n<p>13. NEW BUSINESS<\/p>\n<p>14. EXECUTIVE SESSION<br \/>\nA. DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACQUISITION AND\/OR SALE OF REAL ESTATE <br \/>\nB. DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE AND\/OR PENDING LITIGATIONS<br \/>\nC. DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT, COMPENSATION,<br \/>\nDISCIPLINE, PERFORMANCE, OR DISMISSAL OF SPECIFIC EMPLOYEES OF THE <br \/>\nPUBLIC BODY OR LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE PUBLIC BODY, INCLUDING HEARING <br \/>\nTESTIMONY ON A COMPLAINT LODGED AGAINST AN EMPLOYEE OF THE PUBLIC <br \/>\nBODY OR AGAINST LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE PUBLIC BODY TO DETERMINE <br \/>\nITS VALIDITY.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AGENDA BENTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2026 5:00 P.M. 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL 3. READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES 4. PUBLIC COMMENT 5. PUBLIC PROPERTY REPORT COMMISSIONER STOREY A. APPROVAL OF PURCHASE ORDERS B. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/?p=6841\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]"},"categories":[2,27],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6841"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6841"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6845,"href":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6841\/revisions\/6845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}