Jordan Hammer Boone Ward 1 City Council Member

10/12/2026

10/06/2026

Summary from last nights meetings.

I Attended the Economic Development Committee meeting to listen in on Boone Flexs Recreation Proposal. All members of Council attended this one. The decision was to Temporarly table this and get more of direct understanding of what the City is looking for as well as potential bidding from other Buisnesses in town. Kyle spoke and I agree with him on this. I also agree with Council Member Henson on his no vote. I am sure this will come back up again down the Road. I do not sit on this Committee so it will not be up to me weather this hits Council or not. I will say that with the new property tax Legislation and no way to know the effect of it, I do not feel entering into any sort of long term agreement is a good idea. With the rec director now gone its roughly 130k in salary and benefits saved. I do not see the need or the urgency to spend that Money. This is my opinion and Agree with Henson on this matter. I want them to succeed just like I do with the Strength Shop and all of our local buisness owners. I do not support subsidizing a private buisness. I would feel the same if it was any other recreation or workout facility. As a father of 3 it is my job to provide my children recreation activities on my dollar not the taxpayer. This is just my opinon .

From the council meeting
Ordinance 2332- Regulation for E bikes and E scooters on the citys roadways.

Ordinance 2333 - Changing school zones in the Code of Ordinances

3615 – Resolution Instituting Proceedings to Take Additional Action for the
Authorization of a Loan and Disbursement Agreement and the Issuance of
Not to Exceed $4,307,000 Sewer Revenue Capital Loan Notes.

3616 – Resolution Adopting Plans, Specifications, Form of Contract and
Estimate of Cost on the Generator Replacement – High Service Pump
Improvements

Lastly we had quite a room full . More people came and spoke in favor of the Data center. Also was people that spoke opposed to it. Aside from a tiny group of people it went very well .

I have said from the get go I am not at all a fan of how this was rolled out at all . I Believe we can do a much better job with relaying information to the public and amongst ourself.You all will know what I know and at this time I can only relay what I know

LightEdge is slated to be presented to Planning and Zoning on the 12th of this month . If it passes Planning and Zoning it will come to full Council on the 19th of October. Where then Council will make the decision on weather to approve it or not. This is all the information I have at this time.

Summary is mine and mine alone. City notes will be uploaded to the City Website.

10/02/2026

Potential pilot with the Boone Flex. I know alot were opposed to the rec center . I am curious how people feel/think of something like this?

09/22/2026

Breif summary of last nights meeting.

Express Shipping requested to use the electronic sign for letters for santa .Generally we limit this for non profits only. Was agreed to allow it with the address to be displayed without the buisness name.

Sleep in Heavenly Peace gave a presentation . They were not asking for anything jist simply to inform us of what they do . They make beds for kids that dont have one. I thought this was cool and an amazing resource for those who may be in need.

3609 Resolution awarding the bid for the Industrial Water tower. This bid came in under budget. Which is always a great thing to hear.

3603 Resolution . Change order for ground storage Reservoir.

There was 3 resolutions that I voted no to .

3605- This was to pay 39,000 dollars to hire a company to find a finance officer. I was a no and will explain why . We had a committee formed to select applicants. One was chosen whom had a background doing similiar work for a smaller city. This applicant is working on finishing their masters in finance. However it was decided to not even interview this person. Basically did not even bother. With those credentials it warranted an interview. This is 40,000 dollars of taxpayer money to not bother with in interview didnt make since. Especially given paying the 40,000 we would still be waiting 3 months or more .I was alone in saying no.

3613- This was to pay another company to reconcile out statements to prepare for an audit. It was mentioned by our city admin that she could prepare the reports . Words were I believe I do not have the time to do it .Amount for this would be 30,000 dollars. I was alone in saying no.

3614- This was a discounted rate to use Cloud Hosting services for the same place. Total amount was 6,000 dollars. I was alone in saying no.

All 3 resolutions total 75,000 dollars. I dont regret my vote . I dont see the reason of I dont have the time as a valid reason to pay someone to do Reconcilation Services. I believe a canidate with the education,experience and credentials warrants a bare minimum of an interview before spending 40,000 dollars of tax payer money.

We had some people show up who spoke in favor of the Lightedge Data Center and some opposed. It was very respectful on both sides. Was very happy to see people communicate in a postive manner.

Lastly I just want to say . I am human guys. I have a family.I do have kids who have activities and need time and attention . If you reach out please be patient. I may not get back right away but I will ASAP. I work graveyard 12 hour shifts while juggling 3 children. I am elected to serve and will always get back with you at some point . Just be patient.

Thank you ! I hope everyone has a great week.

This summary is mine and mine alone. All city notes will be on the city website.

09/14/2026

Alot floating around. So let me be clear.

Nothing has been to or in an open session with council in regards to a data center. Nothing has been voted on . No open discussion has occured at all . The idea being floated that we had a vote or a secret vote is 100 percent false. No vote what so ever has occured. I am new to this. I am not sure when it will come but, I would imagine it would have to come before full council for discussion and a vote. Just making this very clear there has not been a vote or discussion of this in a open meeting .

09/10/2026

The Executive Board of Directors of Boone County Economic Growth Corporation has signed a Letter of Intent with Lightedge Solutions LLC to purchase 10 acres of land in the Boone Business Park for a colocation facility. As part of its review, the BCEGC Executive Board has taken several steps to better understand potential impacts and benefits of the project, including topics related to water usage, electrical infrastructure, facilities operations, and noise. Learn more online.
https://amesalliance.com/media-releases/boone-county-economic-growth-corporation-executive-board-enters-preliminary-agreement-for-colocation-facility/

08/20/2026

Im doing my best to try to provide updates so here is a breif summary and highlights of Mondays meeting.

1- Bids for the force main for Daisy as well as the lift station came in massively over the estimated cost. In the ball park of 2 million plus dollars. This is in my opinion, insane to be this far off on estimates. Especially with us riding deadlines for Daisy. Options were presented to add to bond amount or use cash to pay for the 2 million to avoid increasing water rates. We all opted to use the cash.. To make this abundantly clear I will NEVER support a rate increase. Now we hired this firm, their has been several change orders on this stuff and now estimates this far off. In my opinion in the future we need to use alternative firms that can meet deadlines and be close on estimates.For what we pay the citizens deserve better.

2- Humane society

Unfortunatly the humane society was awarded the 8 percent increase. This is insane to me to pay them more for less service. Their board would not meet with us. We bent over backwards with fair proposals . Example- give them 8 percent as long as they enter into a contract of only a 2 percent increase for the rest of the contract. This was declined as well as every other proposal we made. I believe we need to find an alternative. I get many complaints all the time and I am less then pleased with the service we get. I was a no vote to approving this.

3- Child Care Junction

Was mentioned they did not qualify for the grant to expand and upgrade the facilty. We discussed the 325,000 to do this. This was tabled as Brenda wanted time to see if they could chat with some people and buisnesses to raise some of the money. I have a hard time throwing that kind of money at a place with no return. I am not a fan of the idea. It was tabled and nothing is proceeding at this time.

4-City wide clean up

Flyers will be sent out. Please read and make sure you follow all the terms.

5- Nitrate removal

Finally have clarity. There is nothing in the CIP for nitrate removals. During utlity meeting. Nitrate level was hovering around 5 .

6-Greenspace

Work has started and should be rolling here soon . Very excited to see the finished product.

This is just my breif summary notes are on city website.

07/13/2026

Quickshare, anyone experiencing any water issues, please reach out to the utlity department so they can look into it and potentially advise you on what to do .

Just want to add a few shots. Folks when I did this a big reason why I did so was to advocate and bring attention to things. I am including some shots showing I am indeed doing so . From last meeting and meetings prior I will continue to advocate for people on problem issues. Now a reminder all things at any level of goverment move at a snails pace.. things never move as fast as we would want them to . If I could wave a magic wand I would but its not how things work. However I will always grind and pursue an anwser and advocate for people, and always aim to find a solution. I am not perfect and I never will be, but I will always do my best for the people of the town weather you are in my ward or not. These are 2 tidbits of notes . I am very new to this, but I take what I do down here serious . I am very much the new kid on the block, but something fresh can always be the start of something great !It truly is an honor to serve you! I appreciate all the support for me while I am here . It is appreciated. Have a great day everyone!

Jordan

07/10/2026

Just a breif Summary of somethings from Mondays meeting.

1-Little bit of a stand still on with BAHS. They want a 8% increase in the amount while reducing and limiting what they take for Emergency calls. The vote was 3-3 I was a no vote as a 8% Increase and, reducing the amount of calls taken does not make sense to me . Also I have had to many complaints from people on calls not being handled . Up in the air and will return to council again to see if we can come up with an agreement. I think we can get this figured out.

2-US Water came and explained some of the issues from the ground resevoir projects. All testing came back with everything In EPA guidlines range and good. I however made it very known, I did not like the lack of commumication with the public on this. We need to develop a notifaction process for the public on these things. A timeline, what to expect and for how long ect .In my opinion it is not acceptable what so ever to just wing it and do these things that affect the water to our homes and post later. I am hoping we can come up with a better way of informing PRIOR to these projects. I hope to work with utlity commitee to make sure this happens.

3-We had a citizen speak on concern of Nitrates and the nitrate level once Daisy comes online . She was curious if we have a plan to treat nitrates IF they were to spike once daisy is online. From what I gathered options have been discussed but no action or funding has taken place. I myself have alot of questions on this that I do plan to bring up at the utlility commitee meeting. I believe being Pro -Active beats Reactive everytime. It needs to be discussed and we need to be prepared and be thinking of it as to avoid having a problem pop up and then not be prepared. This of course is my opinion and there are alot of variables to consider,but the conversation needs to happen.

4-Was a change order on the Road, for topsoil issue. More needed excavation then expected. Good news is the grant is going to cover almost all of this.

5- The chicken debate has come up again . From what I understand the Mayor has not added it to the agenda, so currently there no action on it. I do feel the vote will go the same as last time but, its coming up. Again this is NOT on the agenda.

6- Under Council comments, they report of a citizen being turned in for having chickens came up. Said person did not even have them. All I am going to say on this is it just looks bad and I am not a fan of how it was conducted at all . We can do better and be better.

7- I asked where we are at with City wide clean up . Flyer will be presented at the next meeting so stay tuned.

This is just my breif summary, and mine alone. Direct notes can be found on the City page

Jordan