[0:05] Good evening everyone. I'd like to
welcome you to the ATGO city council
[0:08] meeting. Tonight is Monday, August 24th.
Audrey, can you have the record show
[0:12] that our city attorney, city planner,
city engineer, along with all council
[0:16] members, our assistant city
administrator, and our city
[0:19] administrator are present this evening.
At this time, I'll ask you all to join
[0:22] us in the pledge of allegiance.
[0:28] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
[0:33] republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[0:40] justice for all.
[0:44] » Thank you. Our first item of business
this evening is our open forum. This is
[0:48] the portion of the meeting where you can
come to the podium, state your name and
[0:52] address, and limit comments to five
minutes or less. Would anyone like to
[0:55] speak at this time?
[1:01] » Kathy Kohl's 156139th Street Northeast.
Here's this month's picture.
[1:07] » Dan,
>> mayor, no update. Um, we'll be sending
[1:11] another citation this week.
[1:16] » Thank you. Any other comments?
[1:23] All right, we will close the open forum
and move on to consider our agenda for
[1:26] approval. Does anyone have anything that
they would like to add or delete at this
[1:30] time?
>> Madame Mayor.
[1:32] » Yes, Ryan.
>> I'd like to bring down item 3.3 and
[1:35] 3.11. We can make those items 6.1 and
6.2 respectfully. Respectively.
[1:42] » 6.1 6.
>> And with that, I move to approve the
[1:47] agenda as amended.
>> Is there a second? Second
[1:50] » motion by Ryan, seconded by Michelle. Is
there any discussion?
[1:56] All those in favor signify by saying I.
>> All those opposed, same sign. Motion
[2:01] passes. Moving on to our consent agenda.
A motion would be in order.
[2:06] » Madame Mayor.
>> Yes, Ryan.
[2:07] » I move to approve the consent agenda as
amended.
[2:10] » Second.
>> Motion by Ryan, seconded by Corey. Is
[2:13] there any discussion?
[2:17] All those in favor signify by saying I.
>> I.
[2:20] » All those opposed, same sign. Motion
passes. Moving on to planning. Item 4.1
[2:26] is the MRD crisis rent second edition,
which is the revolutionary or revolution
[2:32] gym. Dan,
>> thank you, mayor. Uh, so revolution gym
[2:37] is proposing uh development of the uh
property at the southwest corner of
[2:42] County Road 39 and trunk highway 101.
It's a 10acre property that's currently
[2:47] partially developed with Christ Church.
Uh the comprehensive plan guides this
[2:50] site for commercial land uses. Um based
on the existing church use of the
[2:54] property, its own institutional
district, but the portion to be acquired
[2:58] and developed for Revolution Gym would
be reszoned to B1 retail business
[3:03] district. Uh this is largely a
commercial area at this interchange
[3:07] reflecting the city's uh desire to have
commercial uh development surrounding
[3:12] the uh high visibility and hight traffic
corridor along 101. So the applications
[3:17] include a zoning map amendment for the
amendment to B1 district, a preliminary
[3:22] and final plat for the subdivision of
the one lot into two conditional use
[3:26] permit related to setback requirements
and site building plans for the 3500
[3:30] foot building. Along with the plat,
we're also vacating the existing
[3:34] easements on the property which will be
replaced with the updated final plat. So
[3:39] the uh subdivision of the property into
the two lots, both lots will comply with
[3:43] the minimum lot area and width
requirements. There is no need for
[3:47] additional rightway to be dedicated. You
have entrance ramp for trunk highway 101
[3:51] on the east, county road 39 on the north
and 88th Street on the south side. All
[3:56] of that right away was dedicated either
when the lot was initially platted or
[4:01] when Highway 101 was improved. Utilities
are available to the property and will
[4:06] be extended in to serve the proposed
Revolution gym building. Uh and with the
[4:10] property already being developed and
having been platted previously, there is
[4:14] no park dedication requirement. Uh the
site plan basically complies with all
[4:19] the u setback requirements of the zoning
ordinance. The one exception is along
[4:24] the north side where the design of
County Road 39 going into that single
[4:28] point interchange with trunk highway
101. Uh that rightway is oversized so it
[4:33] creates a large separation from uh the
lot line to the actual roadway itself of
[4:39] 105 ft. Uh so to make efficient use of
the property and ensure that uh we can
[4:44] maximize the development of the site uh
reducing that to 19 feet from the
[4:49] required 30t is appropriate. off
streetet parking is over and above
[4:54] what's required by the zoning ordinance.
The planning commission did discuss the
[4:57] access and circulation uh within the
property uh because it will be both
[5:02] revolution gym and a second tenant
ensuring that there's enough stacking
[5:06] space for drop offs and pickups uh and
city staff intends to work with the
[5:10] developer on that. There will be
pedestrian access to the trail on 88th
[5:15] Street. They've provided a landscape
plan that meets the requirements of the
[5:18] zoning ordinance. We did recommend some
additional variety along the west side
[5:22] of the building which doesn't have any
windows. So using the landscape to kind
[5:26] of break up the mass of the building and
then the uh requirements for exterior
[5:31] lighting and waste storage will also be
demonstrated to comply with the zoning
[5:34] ordinance. We will have a performance
agreement that goes along with uh the
[5:38] final flat uh development agreement. So
the building itself is 3500 square
[5:43] 35,000 square feet, excuse me. Uh it's
approximately uh 19 to 20 feet high
[5:49] singlestory structure. Obviously when
you're doing gymnastics inside a struct
[5:53] building you need some clearance. Uh so
uh that is provided for but it's still
[5:58] within the allowance of the zoning
ordinance. They're only showing uh wall
[6:02] signs on the building at this time which
are well within the allowance of the
[6:05] zoning ordinance. Again the planning
commission discussed that uh you could
[6:08] put additional signs both on the north
and west and south elevations to
[6:13] increase visibility of the site. There's
also opportunity for two freestanding
[6:17] signs, one on the north side along
County Road 39 and one on the south side
[6:21] along uh 88th Street, which again we can
work with the developer on that.
[6:26] Overall, the planning commission really
liked the appearance of the building. Uh
[6:29] we were going to work with the developer
on just adding some additional details
[6:33] or again trying to mask the the size of
the building and its horizontal lines to
[6:38] be consistent with other structures in
the area. But uh the planning commission
[6:41] really liked what they were seeing. Uh
so uh based on that, city staff was
[6:46] recommending approval based on
consistency with the comprehensive plan
[6:49] compliance with the city's development
regulations. We do support the request
[6:53] for reduction and setback from county
road 39 by conditional use permit.
[6:57] Planning commission held their public
hearing to consider the application
[7:00] August 17th. There were no public
comments. I highlighted the discussion
[7:04] that the planning commission had
regarding the access and circulation
[7:08] which we will continue to work with them
uh on as they move towards building
[7:13] permit process but the planning
commission voted 7 to zero to recommend
[7:16] approval of that subject to 18
conditions. So we have for the council
[7:20] this evening ordinance 2026-13 amending
the zoning map not the administrator uh
[7:26] and 2026-74
adopting findings improving the
[7:31] preliminary plan conditional use permit
and the site building plans.
[7:34] » Thank you. Does the applicant wish to
comment?
[7:42] » Any comments?
>> We'll have you come to the podium and
[7:45] state your name. Have any comments? I'm
Kim Jacobson. I come from Independence,
[7:50] Minnesota. I'm the architect. Um, we've
put together a plan. We put together a
[7:55] site plan. We're working very hard.
We've got a lot of fill. So, one of our
[8:01] goals would be to get the development
agreement put together to start working
[8:05] on the dirt that we have to haul in. Um,
once we get done with that, we would
[8:09] like to keep moving forward. Um, our
goal is to get it in the ground this
[8:14] year. whether we can make it or not will
weather depend everything else happens
[8:19] but that's where we're working Dan's
been very helpful so we've worked with
[8:24] him throughout the process and feel very
confident we can put it all together so
[8:28] I think that's where we're at
>> anybody have any questions for us
[8:33] » turn it over to questions for the
applicant or for staff
[8:37] » I just have one question for the
developer what's kind of your current
[8:42] perspective on the drive plan that
you've designed,
[8:46] » our engineers, everybody else feel that
it's going to be a situation that
[8:50] internally they're going to handle it,
>> okay,
[8:53] » much better than the situation they have
today. And that's being handled on a
[8:58] different site than their other
building. So, the administration, which
[9:02] is the building ownership, feels very
confident that they'll be able to work
[9:06] with their people and not have an issue.
We also feel that there are some
[9:11] opportunities to possibly widen it out,
move it further north. We have an
[9:15] abundance of parking. Um, we might
sacrifice a few parking stalls. The
[9:20] parking is set up so that people can
come either stay with their kids or not.
[9:26] And then they do have events once in a
while to where there would be people
[9:30] from other communities coming in and uh
doing their thing and you know actually
[9:36] competing. So that's why the parking
lot's designed like it is. But the main
[9:41] function of it is to bring in drop off
your student or come and park and go
[9:47] with your student into the building. So
that's why it was done like that. I do
[9:51] think we can make it better than it is
right now going to be honest with you.
[9:54] So we'll try very hard.
>> Okay.
[9:57] » That was going to be my question because
that was talked about um at the planning
[10:01] commission. So, it's good to hear that
you guys are continuing to look at that
[10:04] and as you said, parents of those
students will figure it out and
[10:08] administration is
>> Yep. I I believe we'll we'll we I've
[10:11] already talked to engineers and we've
got some ideas and we just haven't put
[10:14] it on paper yet. We will. So,
>> all right. Any other questions?
[10:19] » I just had a had a comment. I don't know
if it's for you or maybe Dan. Um do we
[10:24] have any background on the Revolution
gymnastics? like how many people that it
[10:31] typically brings in. I think it's really
exciting.
[10:36] » Um, you know, with families and kids.
>> Paul's actually the person who know
[10:42] how's that
trade level construction out of Corkran,
[10:46] Minnesota. Um, they are about 50 kids an
hour. um when they're busy busy
[10:55] » and that's nine to one for kind of the
younger kids and then the later part of
[10:59] the day is like I think between three
and five or three and eight so like five
[11:04] hours at night.
So they run a pretty good quantity of
[11:08] children through day.
>> Well that's great. They're in Rogers
[11:11] right now.
>> Yep.
[11:13] » Yep. And they they're in their second
site in Rogers which you know they keep
[11:16] growing. So
>> very good. The reason I was asking is um
[11:22] you know we're a developing community
and and people always want more
[11:25] restaurants and you got to like families
coming in. We have boss swim school and
[11:29] I you know it's just exciting times for
that. So
[11:35] » any other comments?
Then a motion would be in order.
[11:40] » Madam Mayor,
>> that's right. I will move to adopt
[11:43] ordinance 2026-13 amending the zoning
map and adopting resolution 202674
[11:49] adopting findings of fact approving a
preliminary plan for MRD Christ Lutheran
[11:53] Christ Lutheran second edition and
approving a plan unit development
[11:57] conditional use permit and site and
building plans for lot two block one MRD
[12:02] uh Christ Lutheran second edition
subject conditions as presented second
[12:07] » motion by Ryan seconded by Tina is there
any discussion
[12:13] All those in favor signify by saying I.
>> I.
[12:16] » All those opposed, same sign. Motion
passes.
[12:21] Moving on to item 5.1, our general
obligation water revenue bond series
[12:27] 2026A. I will turn this over to our city
administrator.
[12:32] » Mayor, council. Thank you. Uh number of
items here uh included in this packet
[12:37] tonight, but all related to a bond sale.
Uh the bond sale is for the South
[12:41] Central uh water treatment plant. Uh
council has taken action on that at a
[12:45] few previous meetings. So I'll kind of
walk through the memos section by
[12:49] section. Uh first up is a municipal
advisory service agreement. Uh Northland
[12:53] Securities is the city's municipal
adviser. Uh this is outlining the terms
[12:57] and agreements uh of their work uh
alongside the city in uh pursuing this
[13:02] bond sale. Uh the agreement does outline
fees in the amount of 71,600.
[13:08] uh if the city does decide to issue
bonds uh that will be payable out of
[13:12] those proceeds. If the city determines
not to issue bonds, that fee is not
[13:16] payable uh and would be waved uh as part
of that. So uh that agreement is
[13:22] included in your packet for
consideration.
[13:26] The second piece is the PFA credit
enhancement program. Uh so the state of
[13:31] Minnesota offers the ability to
essentially borrow the credit rating uh
[13:36] of the state of Minnesota. Uh the city
of Atgo carries a double A+ credit
[13:41] rating. Uh the state of Minnesota
carries a AAA. Uh so this is just one
[13:45] degree of difference. Uh the cost to
apply for this program is $500. Uh but
[13:51] as you can see in the memo, there is
potential interest savings ranging from
[13:55] 30,000 to 75,000 which far outweigh that
application fee. So again, Northland is
[14:00] advising the council to consider uh
applying for that. In the packet, there
[14:05] is an agreement for that program and
also the application form that staff
[14:08] would submit pending council action.
[14:14] Uh next up is kind of some details on
the bond. Uh again at the August 10th
[14:20] meeting, the city council awarded this
project uh to Rice Lake Construction and
[14:26] also uh approved engineering agreements
uh for construction uh of that facility.
[14:31] Uh along with the actual water treatment
facility, there are associated wells and
[14:36] water manes um in the general vicinity
of this project but expected to be used
[14:42] for financing um as part of this
package. This is a long duration project
[14:48] uh spanning from 2026 through 2029. Uh
for that we will be issuing two bonds
[14:54] for this project. Uh there are a number
of pieces of this project that are
[14:57] currently based off of budget estimates.
Uh the big portion has already been
[15:02] approved. But by doing it in two issues,
uh you're achieving interest rate
[15:06] savings uh over the time uh that you're
not sitting on those bond proceeds. and
[15:11] also you can better craft that second uh
bond issue to the amount that you need
[15:15] to fully complete the project. Um these
assumptions were used in our most recent
[15:22] water rate study. Um so this is
following that same path. Those have
[15:26] been accounted for uh in the budget both
short-term and long-term uh as well. So,
[15:33] uh, in the packet is a finance plan that
generally outlines kind of a a rough
[15:38] draft of what you might see, uh, with
that.
[15:42] Um, the total bond amount is $26
million. Uh, this would be paid over a
[15:47] 20-year amortization period.
[15:52] Uh, some of the next steps would be on
September 14th, uh, the city staff and
[15:57] Northland would go through a rating call
with S&P Global Ratings. uh we would get
[16:02] that rating back the week of September
25th. Uh currently the date of bond sale
[16:08] is October 6th. Uh this is not a routine
council night. Uh the primary reason for
[16:13] that is that October 12th is a holiday
both at the state and federal level. Uh
[16:19] so there are no banking and bond markets
that day. Uh so we cannot sell bonds.
[16:24] You cannot consider award of those bonds
at that meeting that night. So, uh,
[16:28] given that the project's already been
awarded, construction will be initiating
[16:32] here shortly. Uh, we don't want to delay
the delivery of those proceeds to be
[16:36] able to pay the contractors on that. So,
uh, as of now, we are considering
[16:40] Tuesday, October 6th. Um, some of that's
dependent on when we get the credit
[16:44] rating back and also the credit
enhancement through PFA. So, once staff
[16:49] and Northland fully have that, we would
ask you to schedule a special meeting
[16:53] uh, most likely on that evening.
Otherwise, uh the sale would take place
[16:58] on October 6th. Uh we'd have a meeting
uh that same night. Council would
[17:03] consider award of the bonds and then
that money will show up in the city's
[17:06] bank account on November 5th. So
in the packet there are multiple
[17:13] supporting documents. I can uh field
questions from staff or I'm sorry from
[17:17] council uh on any of those. Otherwise, a
motion is included in your packet for
[17:22] consideration.
Council questions for staff.
[17:28] » Mor I don't really have any questions
but I just kind of want to reiterate
[17:33] some of the points that um make because
it's a it's a big project and there's a
[17:37] lot of money there but um you know with
with a general obligation revenue bond
[17:44] what we're doing is taking the money
from uh the users on the system. So,
[17:50] this isn't a we're in budget season
right now, but this is not a property
[17:54] tax project. So, uh people sometimes get
confused with that. So, I want to make
[17:58] sure we're clear that this is
essentially paid for by users on the
[18:02] system. And we've already done the rate
study as as our um city administrator
[18:06] pointed out that kind of um understands
how much we have to invest in the
[18:12] future. So, um, having, uh, significant
increases in rates in order to pay for
[18:18] this project is pretty unlikely, I would
say, at this point. Um and because of
[18:24] the process that we went through for um
this particular facility, the the Seamar
[18:30] process which was new um that means that
this project essentially can't go over
[18:35] budget which is I mean it is technically
possible to go over budget but um
[18:40] realistically it doesn't really happen
unless there's some scope change that
[18:44] you know the city is the council that we
ask for. So, um, overall I think it's a
[18:50] it's a great project. I think we went
about it the right way. It's going to
[18:55] improve water quality significantly, I
think, because by the time this is done,
[18:59] we'll have uh wellhouse 3 done. Well,
house 4 was just finished up or is kind
[19:05] of still being finished up, but um so
that will um significantly, I think,
[19:11] improve water quality for the entire
city for the majority of the season. Um,
[19:17] so, uh, I'm looking forward to seeing
this happen.
[19:22] » Any other comments?
Do
[19:25] » I have a motion be in order?
>> Madam Mayor,
[19:27] » yes, ma'am.
>> I move to approve municipal advisory
[19:31] service agreement between city of
Northland Securities, Inc., and adopt
[19:35] resolution 2026 J-75 relating to the
issuance of general obligation of water
[19:39] revenue bonds series 2026A
covenanting
[19:43] and obligating the city to be bound by
and to use the provisions of Minnesota
[19:48] state statute section 446A.086 086 to
guarantee the payment of principle in
[19:54] interest on the bonds and adopt
resolution 2026-76
[19:59] authorizing the competitive negotiated
sale of general obligation water revenue
[20:03] bonds series 2026A.
>> Is there a second?
[20:07] » Second.
>> Motion by Ryan, seconded by Michelle. Is
[20:12] there any discussion?
[20:16] » All those in favor signify by saying I.
>> I. All those opposed, same sign. Motion
[20:21] passes.
Moving on to 5.2. There's a approve of
[20:27] the plaintless. I will recuse myself and
turn it over to Corey for this item.
[20:33] » Okay. Um
[20:37] a motion that I make with this
[20:43] » mayor council. Uh the motion would just
be to approve the claims list uh as item
[20:47] 5.2. two.
>> Okay.
[20:51] » Um I'll make a motion to approve the
claims list of 5.2.
[20:56] » Is that
[20:59] um hearing? Uh there second. Uh do we
have any discussion?
[21:04] » Mr. Chair.
>> Yep.
[21:08] Sorry, that's new. Uh I just wanted to
uh commend the mayor on her decision to
[21:12] recuse herself in this agenda item. That
is the correct decision to make. State
[21:16] law and our own city code are
unambiguous. Council members must
[21:19] disclose a potential conflict of
interest and step aside. That is how we
[21:23] protect the public trust and the
integrity of this council. Thank you.
[21:28] » Thank you. Any other discussion?
[21:32] Um guess well all in favor
I
[21:36] » I all opposed.
Motion passes.
[21:42] Right.
Roger, you have that. Thank you. All
[21:47] right, moving on to item 6.1.
Ryan, you pull that up. That's item 3.3.
[21:55] » Yes. Uh, Madame Mayor, I oppose this
action because our city is able to
[21:58] receive excellent service from our
existing contract providers at a price
[22:02] point that is costefficient for the
taxpayer. If approved, this item will
[22:06] increase the total cost for owning our
own fire department to $23,600,25.76
[22:13] cents, which is more than 17 times the
cost of contracted fire service.
[22:20] » Okay. Thank you.
Motion B.
[22:24] » Madame Mayor, I'll make a motion to
approve pay application number 20 in the
[22:27] amount of 224,8
[22:31] $84.79
for the work completed on the fire
[22:34] station project.
>> Second.
[22:37] » Motion by Corey, seconded by Tina. Is
there any discussion?
[22:42] All those in favor signify by saying I.
>> I. I.
[22:45] » All those opposed, same sign.
>> I. Motion passes for
[22:51] item 6.2.
Ryan, that's item 3.11.
[22:56] » Yes, Madam Mayor, for the reasons
previously stated on the record, I will
[22:59] be voting no.
>> Thank you.
[23:02] Is there a motion?
Madame Mayor, yes. I'd like to make a
[23:08] motion to accept the bullet as outlined
above to authorize p uh procurement of
[23:13] firefighter protective equipment in the
amount of $195,800.
[23:18] » Second motion by Michelle, seconded by
Corey. Is there any discussion?
[23:26] All those in favor signify by saying I.
>> I.
[23:30] » All those opposed, same sign.
>> I.
[23:33] » Motion passes 4 to1.
All right, moving on to updates. First
[23:40] is Heritage Preservation. Corey,
>> thank you, Madam Mayor. Um, OPC met last
[23:45] Wednesday, the 19th um and discussed a
couple of the events coming up, one
[23:50] being the Prairie Festival um September
12th, and then um the cemetery tour um
[23:55] on October 29th and uh registrations
available on the park and wreck
[24:00] » great site. So,
>> perfect.
[24:05] Thank you. Next is park and map.
Michelle,
[24:08] » we met last Tuesday. So, um the 22nd,
I think, or whatever the date was last
[24:16] week. Last Tuesday, I'm sorry.
Um and the 18th. Thank you. Um and we
[24:22] toured the um the uh new fire station
and had a brief meeting afterwards and
[24:30] um really everyone's super busy
preparing for parade festival and the
[24:35] typical stuff that's going on as far as
parks maintenance and stuff like that.
[24:39] So
next is planning commission Ryan.
[24:42] » Uh madame mayor the uh commission met to
and recommended approval for air
[24:46] pollution gym which was just approved
tonight. Uh the next meeting is
[24:49] scheduled for Tuesday, September 8th, uh
due to the holiday.
[24:54] » Thank you. Uh next is public safety. I
will take this one. Um we were we got an
[25:01] update from Milan Ferguson. He's with
the Office of Emergency Medical
[25:05] Services. Um he was present that evening
and it was actually a really long
[25:10] meeting. We had three of our ambulance
providers, uh Central Care, Alina, and
[25:15] Oak River were all present.
[25:19] I think he's trying to quiet his phone.
Um, we talked about um, you know, the
[25:26] history of how providers were chosen for
who got their maps and these are back
[25:31] goes back to the 70s and 80s and and
actually it was interesting because
[25:35] Steve from Elk River um, ambulance had
talked about, you know, he was part of
[25:39] those discussions back in the day. Um,
and I quote Dylan's words said that
[25:44] we're the perfect example of an in
between city. We're at the end of
[25:47] everyone's runs. Basically, we talked
about reviewing call volumes, response
[25:52] times, and he did share with us that in
the state statute, there's no standard
[25:57] for response times outlined. So, I think
that was very interesting for all of us
[26:02] to hear. There was a lot of questions um
from the commission members regarding
[26:06] that um just because there's obviously
standards for every other you know fire
[26:12] departments the uh police department but
there's no real time that they're
[26:17] actually required to respond to. So that
that was interesting. Um his office has
[26:23] very little authority he talked about
but he's the keeper of the books. Again
[26:27] these are all quotes from from things
that he had said. um we discussed ways
[26:31] that we can actually look at changing
and uh eliminating or retracting and he
[26:36] said based on statutes it's not really
likely that you can do that. Um in 2025
[26:42] he had shared his data that he's been
given and this again is given by all of
[26:47] the providers that would provide
services for here in Sego. Um he had 7%
[26:53] as red critical, 60% yellow and 30%
green. Um, his office also has zero
[26:59] authority over each of the operational
matric matrixes for each of those
[27:03] departments. And in Minnesota, there's
294 active licenses in the state of
[27:08] Minnesota for inland service. And of the
294, half of them are owned by
[27:13] municipalities. So,
um, it was, you know, this this
[27:19] gentleman was very, very knowledgeable.
He was rambling off statutes. I can
[27:23] agree that me and Ryan were both
scribbling feverishly. um he just knew
[27:27] these statute names. So again, I thought
it was uh I mean he knows his stuff and
[27:32] I appreciated that he took time to come
visit with us and just kind of lay it
[27:37] out. Does it, you know, maybe answer
some questions for us or make us feel
[27:41] better about certain things. I I I would
have to wait till the next meeting to
[27:47] kind of debrief from the group because
by the time Dylan got done talking. Uh
[27:52] they were trying to finish up other
business and we talked about um
[27:56] applications that had come in. Uh Chief
shared with with that um and then they
[28:01] talked about which Jason talked about
ebikes, how many calls he had received
[28:05] for ebikes. So it was a very long night
but very interesting information. And so
[28:10] um Ryan, you were there. Would you Was
there anything that I missed?
[28:15] » Uh, no. I I guess I would just add that
um you know, talking about some of the
[28:19] statistics uh because he had pulled it
together at at um I think the chief and
[28:23] and um interim chief uh Scott's request
>> um and he looked at some of the numbers
[28:29] and he you know just kind of from his
perspective that doesn't have any more
[28:33] or less calls than cities typically our
size when it comes to EMS and the uh
[28:39] sort of the response time that is in
there. He didn't see any deviation from
[28:43] what he would expect of a city of our
size, which is is good. I think that's
[28:48] definitely a concern that the commission
has had for for quite some time.
[28:51] » So to have some numbers behind that, I
think is is really helpful. But I would
[28:55] just echo your statements. Uh it's it's
fun to watch someone who really knows
[29:00] their stuff just talk. So it was a it
was an interesting meeting. It was a lot
[29:05] of fun. And he did share um to piggy
back on some comments that you just said
[29:09] Ryan um he did share that he would
provide the chief with some data points
[29:14] to those cities that were same similar
sizes to us. Um and again he said you
[29:18] know we are he said at Seagull it
Seagull is unusual but not the only one
[29:23] with having multiple providers for a
city. Um I tried to make sure that's
[29:28] exactly what he said so in my notes that
I could write that down. So, I will uh
[29:32] be interested to see when that
information is provided to the chief and
[29:36] to share with the group.
>> Madam Mayor, I concur and uh while I was
[29:40] in there, uh it was amazing with him
just popping out these statutes. Um and
[29:47] correct me if I'm wrong. It wasn't there
mention of uh the state of Minnesota not
[29:52] requiring licenses
about ambulance?
[29:57] » No.
>> Wasn't there something about that? We
[29:59] had to be l uh everyone has to be
licensed in that room. But he talked a
[30:02] lot about um municipalities versus
private if is that what you were
[30:07] referring to?
>> I I think so. I was kind of walking out
[30:09] at that point, but
>> Sure. And he talked about ALS and the
[30:12] BLS and funding for these things and
what it cost and
[30:16] » it was very impressive.
>> It was very impressive. So, thank you
[30:19] for having him come and talk with us and
pull data for us that we we have those
[30:24] checkpoints. to me and that was one of
my questions is so you get this
[30:27] information what do you do with it and
um and he laughed and enjoyed I think
[30:33] our question because I just he just when
he said there's no
[30:38] um authority in certain things that they
do it's just my question was well then
[30:41] what is the office doing but he spends a
lot of time with with legislators in his
[30:46] office and from both sides uh trying to
improve this and it was in um 2025 is
[30:54] when uh this office was changed to. So,
this is a fairly new office
[31:01] based on a lot of um complaints it
sounds like. So,
[31:08] that's my update.
All right, we are still under city
[31:12] council reports and updates. Does anyone
else have anything?
[31:16] All right, we will move on to staff
reports and updates. Sabrina,
[31:20] » thank you, Mayor. Uh just some quick
recruitment updates. So, we have a few
[31:24] open positions right now. So, mechanics,
we're hopefully going to be finishing up
[31:28] and doing interviews in the next couple
weeks. We received 11 applicants for
[31:32] that, which is better than we have in
the past. So, that's really exciting.
[31:36] Um, and then we also have our full-time
firefighter and full-time fire captain
[31:41] positions. So, we're at 87 full-time
firefighter positions or applications,
[31:47] uh, which is pretty amazing. It's going
to be a lot to go through. Uh, and then
[31:50] our fire captain, we're sitting at 11.
And then just as for if anyone's
[31:55] interested in joining the fire
department as part-time, uh we are at 88
[32:00] applicants and we're going to be doing a
review later this year. So um as we have
[32:04] active training going on, we won't be
doing another review of applications. So
[32:09] I get that me and Jake get that question
quite a bit of um why we haven't heard
[32:14] back on their application as we haven't
been doing another review as uh we can't
[32:19] just start people mid-training. So,
>> okay.
[32:22] » Um but yeah, so that's been um exciting.
Other than that, um have some new faces
[32:27] at city hall. Um Terry and utility
billing and yeah,
[32:33] » thank you.
>> Thank you, Adam.
[32:36] » Mayor, council, thank you. Um staff has
been working pretty closely with school
[32:40] district officials as they're preparing
for the referendum. uh they have
[32:43] extended uh the option of them attending
a future council meeting uh either on
[32:48] September 14th or October 12th. Um just
making sure that's okay with the council
[32:53] that you would uh have me uh schedule
them on a future agenda.
[32:57] » Uh likely the October 12th date is kind
of what I'm leaning towards at this
[33:01] point, but wanted to check with you to
make sure you're okay with that
[33:04] » um at a future meeting.
>> I I would have a question on that. I
[33:08] kind of brought this up before, but
since there is a an item that would be
[33:15] on the ballot,
what kind of issues do we run into if we
[33:21] advocate for or against that item that's
on the ballot
[33:25] » as members of the council?
>> Would it just be a listening session?
[33:29] Uh, mayor, council, this would be a
presentation from the school district
[33:33] officials to the city council and the
public in attendance either in person or
[33:38] on Zoom. Uh, isn't necessarily any sort
of advocation for or against it. It's
[33:43] information sharing, okay?
>> Uh, from the school district.
[33:47] » Uh, so they're trying to get out in the
communities uh that the district covers
[33:51] and make sure that people are educated
so that they can make their own decision
[33:55] uh on the referendum coming this fall.
Thank you.
[34:00] » Okay.
>> Uh just a reminder, city offices will be
[34:04] closed on September 7th for Labor Day.
[34:08] » Did you say that?
>> No.
[34:12] » Did you want to call the closed session
or did our
[34:16] » I'm sorry. What? the close session for
the
[34:19] » mayor. We did that during the special
meeting, but uh
[34:21] » at the uh special meeting just before
this, the council did schedule a uh
[34:26] special meeting on September 14th at
5:13.
[34:30] » Audra,
>> uh thank you, mayor and council. Just to
[34:33] remind everybody that the photo contest
ends on September
[34:38] um shoot, September 1st. So get your
photos submitted by 5:00 PM that
[34:42] Tuesday. So you got a week. Perfect.
>> Thank you.
[34:47] Dave,
>> nothing to report. Thanks, Mayor.
[34:49] » All right, Dan.
>> Mayor, nothing to report. Okay,
[34:52] » Ron.
>> Thanks, Mayor. We held the
[34:55] pre-construction meeting for
Microsurface Project um or the 2026
[35:00] street maintenance.
Uh it actually covers 80th Street, CASA
[35:06] 19 West to Cadler, then Cadler from 80th
Street north to 85th and then 85th west
[35:12] to the border with Monasaw Township. and
they will be coming into town uh
[35:17] scheduled September 3rd and September
4th. And there'll be a lot of uh
[35:21] striping that goes along with that.
There we stripe half the city every year
[35:25] and that was part of their um project.
So you'll see stripers around town.
[35:30] » Okay, perfect.
All right. The chief said he has nothing
[35:35] to report. We'll invite
Sergeant
[35:50] I was just in a meeting last week and
one of our captains at the sheriff's
[35:54] office uh looked over and said, "I heard
a rumor that uh you have looking at me,
[35:59] you have your own name plate at the city
of Aud."
[36:01] » You do.
>> And I mentioned I now have more than
[36:04] one. And he rolled his eyes like so.
Anyway, um
[36:12] I think our big thing right now is is
our going to be our back to school
[36:16] stuff. I know I kind of mention it every
year as we do this. We really try to
[36:19] enforce the the school bus arm
violations. We're going to be out there.
[36:22] Uh we'll literally have squad cars
following buses to kind of get the ball
[36:27] rolling on that and get the extra
visibility out there. Um again, I we're
[36:32] really at the point, especially up here,
that every bus has a camera on it, more
[36:35] than one camera. Um, some of the ones in
the SDMA district have like three or
[36:39] four of them on them so that we can make
sure we get license plates and the
[36:42] violations very clear. If anybody had
paid attention during last year and some
[36:47] of the legislative sessions, the special
sessions with the statutes on the the
[36:51] buses specifically, the statute actually
like changed three different times over
[36:55] the course of the last probably I don't
know probably 20 months. um trying to
[37:00] evaluate how we can do it u be really
aggressive with the charges but at the
[37:05] same time it kind of goes back and forth
with uh you know how much distance needs
[37:09] to be there and reaction times and so
all these things kind of got considered
[37:12] so I think we got a pretty good handle
on it uh for what we're going to be
[37:16] charging the county attorney's offices
on board with how we're going to be
[37:19] handling them so um that's going to be
big we're going to spend a lot of time
[37:22] as far as you know watching for
crosswalk violations and uh spending
[37:28] some time at the schools we're going to
be spending some times uh at the main
[37:32] routes for to and from school. So, uh
really trying to get out there and
[37:36] certainly that's usually when I get a
lot of phone calls or emails about how
[37:40] the routes work. Certainly the schools
evaluate and they try to cooperate with
[37:44] the school resource officers on
mainly the drop off times. I know I mean
[37:49] we've had conversations about exgo
elementary and how their drop off
[37:53] process worked and they've tried to
completely revamp that over the last
[37:56] couple years and it is working really
well. There are certainly other schools
[37:59] in the county that we struggle with a
little bit. We have to put a lot of
[38:02] effort into kind of presence and trying
to keep everybody on task. So, I know
[38:06] the schools spend a ton of time trying
to get an efficient process for pickup
[38:09] and drop off time. So, we're trying to
get out there and helping whatever way
[38:12] we can without feeling like an
occupation force at the same time. So,
[38:17] um yeah, that's kind of where we're
sitting, I think, right now. Like I
[38:20] said, just kind of working on the back
to school stuff. our school resource
[38:23] officers just had uh about a week and a
half training down at our training
[38:27] center to kind of get the ball rolling
on everything that they want to focus on
[38:30] this year. So, it's really cool to see
especially we have the largest school
[38:34] resource division in the entire state.
So, it's kind of interesting to see that
[38:37] big of a group all showing up there
where like these are all our just SRO's.
[38:42] So, it's kind of cool to see
>> and that I don't know if I have too much
[38:46] else unless you have questions.
>> Anyone else? Cory's got ebike questions,
[38:52] right?
>> I have no ebike, but I was going to
[38:53] mention you have your own baseball card,
too.
[38:55] » Yeah, I'm hoping I can get those print.
Yeah,
[38:58] » I made him.
>> Oh, okay. Pretty cool.
[39:02] » All right. Well, if no one else has
anything, thank you.
[39:05] » Thank you, sir. Thank you.
>> All right. If we got nothing else and a
[39:09] motion to adjurnn would be in order. So,
moved.
[39:11] » Second.
>> Motion by Tina, seconded by Corey. Is
[39:15] there any discussion? All those in favor
signify by saying I.
[39:19] » I. I.
>> All those opposed, same sign. The
[39:22] meeting is ended. Thank you all for
attending.