[0:00] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

[0:02] United States of America and to the

[0:05] republic for which it stands, one nation

[0:07] under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[0:10] justice for all.

[0:14] » I'm going to call the order of the Jobs

[0:15] Development Authority agenda

[0:18] and approval of the minutes of May 4th,

[0:20] 2026.

[0:22] >> Make a motion to approve the minutes.

[0:24] >> Mr. Cernoschi.

[0:25] >> I second.

[0:26] >> Mr. Nash.

[0:28] Any further discussion?

[0:30] >> [cough]

[0:31] >> All in favor, say aye.

[0:32] >> Aye.

[0:33] >> Opposed, same sign.

[0:35] Motion carried.

[0:38] Approval of the minutes, May 6th, 2026.

[0:41] >> Make a motion to approve those.

[0:43] >> Mr. Cernoschi.

[0:45] >> I'll second.

[0:47] >> Mr. Nash.

[0:50] All in favor Are any further discussion?

[0:53] All in favor, say aye.

[0:55] >> Aye.

[0:56] >> Opposed, same sign.

[0:57] Carried.

[0:59] Approval of the minutes, May 13th, 2026.

[1:03] >> Make a motion to approve.

[1:04] >> Mr. Euen Camp.

[1:06] >> I'll second.

[1:07] >> Mr. Pierce.

[1:09] Any further discussion?

[1:13] No further discussion, all in favor, say

[1:14] aye.

[1:15] >> Aye.

[1:15] >> Opposed, same sign.

[1:17] Motion carried.

[1:19] Item five, small business revolving loan.

[1:23] >> Learning Pod.

[1:25] >> Brady.

[1:25] >> Yeah.

[1:26] So, uh, in your packet you'll see the

[1:28] memo for this

[1:29] >> [clears throat]

[1:29] >> meeting. You'll also see the memo from,

[1:31] uh, Learning Pod's initial request from

[1:33] January.

[1:35] Uh, the JDA previously approved, uh, the

[1:37] $10,000 money request, uh, out of

[1:40] $18,000,

[1:41] uh, with that additional $8,000 to be

[1:43] released upon a 6-month operating

[1:46] period.

[1:47] Um, so I did invite Katie from Learning

[1:50] Pod to come and give a brief update for

[1:52] you guys

[1:54] with the initial release of the

[1:56] $8,000.

[1:59] » [clears throat]

[2:02] » Would you state your name for the

[2:03] record, please?

[2:04] >> Katie Fowler, I'm the owner director of

[2:06] The Learning Pond.

[2:10] All right. So, um I'm requesting the

[2:12] funds for

[2:14] um The Learning Pond.

[2:16] Uh the money will be used to address a

[2:18] short-term cash flow

[2:20] timing gap. So,

[2:23] through this process I've actually

[2:24] learned a lot about this business. Um

[2:26] everything has been under I own a

[2:28] daycare in Minot and then this one. So,

[2:30] everything has been under the same EIN

[2:33] number. So, we've been just kind of

[2:35] pushing things back and forth. And so,

[2:38] as of July 1st, we are totally

[2:40] separating the two. They will have their

[2:42] separate EIN numbers. They'll be totally

[2:45] two separate entities. Um

[2:48] this funding is kind of my way of

[2:52] um

[2:52] making sure that we're not borrowing

[2:54] from this entity to pay this or vice

[2:57] versa. This is going to help with um

[3:00] right now we're struggling to make

[3:02] payroll because of the fact that we're

[3:04] borrowing from both

[3:06] uh both

[3:07] the expenses of those two entities.

[3:11] Um

[3:12] >> [clears throat]

[3:13] >> as of Ju- June 1st, we are fully

[3:16] um full with enrollment and then we have

[3:19] eight staff. So, that's 30 kids to eight

[3:23] We would like to see a couple more staff

[3:26] until we get this kind of under control

[3:28] and funding and everything

[3:30] um coming in

[3:31] consistently. Right now, like with

[3:33] childcare, um some of the families are

[3:38] on waitlists and the state has no idea

[3:40] how long that will be. We can't really

[3:43] seem to get a clear answer as far as

[3:45] when

[3:46] um

[3:46] >> [cough]

[3:47] >> or even why that that There are some

[3:50] families that have been on the waitlist

[3:51] since December and they don't know when

[3:53] they will come off. So, that's what kind

[3:55] of trouble we're in there. We have put

[3:57] in a place where

[4:00] if they are on the wait list, it is

[4:02] known ahead of time before they come

[4:04] into the facility that they are expected

[4:07] to cover those costs until they come off of that wait list

[4:13] because our budget

[4:15] expects that funding. You know, that's

[4:17] kind of how we make our budget is off of

[4:20] our enrollments.

[4:22] This money, like I said, will help us

[4:25] as of July or yeah, July 1st to

[4:29] separate the two.

[4:33] And we are working on

[4:36] our center license, so that will bump

[4:37] our enrollment up just a few spots.

[4:40] So, we are a little ahead of schedule as

[4:42] of the last meeting when I was here, um

[4:45] we thought meeting July 1st which we see

[4:47] that full enrollment right there on the

[4:49] calendar.

[4:50] >> Is it scheduled with that?

[4:57] » [clears throat and laughter]

[4:58] >> So, um

[5:00] Mayor and

[5:01] Rob was there too this morning after you

[5:02] left the session for region three.

[5:05] Uh somebody had mentioned that there's

[5:06] around 850 families on this child care

[5:09] assistance program wait list,

[5:11] and it just continues to grow.

[5:13] And as far as why

[5:16] that fewer families on the wait list

[5:19] isn't decreasing, it's not really known.

[5:22] There's There's really no answer to be

[5:23] given.

[5:25] So, payments are being delayed. Families

[5:28] continue to have to try and cover day

[5:30] care costs themselves with this wait

[5:32] list issue.

[5:33] >> And they should go to a full hold on the

[5:35] money for the planning.

[5:36] >> As of right now, yes.

[5:37] >> Yes, but

[5:39] there's still families that need to be

[5:41] And granted, there are some that are

[5:43] still

[5:44] getting pushed off that wait list and

[5:45] being accepted. Uh it's just taking way

[5:48] longer.

[5:49] >> [clears throat]

[5:53] » Any questions at all for

[5:57] >> So that whole the 10,000 from the last

[5:59] approval that all went to

[6:01] >> All that first 10,000 all went to this

[6:04] facility.

[6:05] >> Yes. Yep. That helped supply um

[6:09] shelving, toys, things like that.

[6:14] » Um what are your plans for uh for

[6:16] signage outside so people know?

[6:19] >> Um I looked into the sign um that's out

[6:23] front. Actually, I think I might put a

[6:25] sign on the building, not out by the

[6:28] road.

[6:31] Just let me know what your different

[6:32] options are.

[6:35] » Do you ever have a tiny uh

[6:38] tiny

[6:38] >> [laughter]

[6:40] >> Some days, but not all.

[6:43] Like last night it was spaghetti.

[6:45] >> [laughter]

[6:46] >> Your license uh you said you're still

[6:47] waiting to get it

[6:49] licensed to 65. How long will that take?

[6:51] >> Um once everything is done, like we just

[6:53] got the uh

[6:55] license for the food and health

[6:59] Um

[7:01] so now that just needs to be uploaded

[7:02] into the portal and then needs to go

[7:04] through um

[7:07] licensing and then come out and inspect

[7:09] and

[7:10] So once everything is loaded, I would

[7:12] say a couple weeks.

[7:13] >> Who loads that into the portal?

[7:15] >> That?

[7:15] >> Who loads that information into the

[7:17] >> I do.

[7:23] » Any other questions?

[7:25] >> We will.

[7:27] >> As you say, we were at the meeting.

[7:29] >> Yeah.

[7:30] >> I'll make a motion to approve the 10,000

[7:32] uh the extra

[7:33] >> By 8,000. 8,000.

[7:34] >> Yeah.

[7:35] >> 8,000 more.

[7:36] >> I'll take the motion.

[7:38] >> I'll second.

[7:39] >> It's in order. Commissioner Adams.

[7:41] second.

[7:43] Any further discussion?

[7:47] Roll call.

[7:50] Commissioner Adams.

[7:50] >> Aye.

[7:51] >> Commissioner Yoder Cat.

[7:52] >> Aye.

[7:53] >> Commissioner Pierce.

[7:53] >> Aye.

[7:54] >> Commissioner Malkowski.

[7:54] >> Aye.

[7:56] >> Vote here.

[7:56] >> Thank you.

[7:57] for coming in and giving us an

[7:58] update.

[7:59] >> Yes, you're welcome.

[8:01] >> Okay, item six, pay application number

[8:03] eight for Gleason Construction on their

[8:05] single single-family housing planning

[8:07] projects.

[8:08] >> Answer.

[8:09] >> Yeah, they're going

[8:10] >> Members of the authority, this is the

[8:11] last and final payment to Gleason

[8:13] Construction for those homes.

[8:15] And

[8:17] inspections department just issued

[8:18] certificate of occupancy for all four

[8:20] homes this morning.

[8:22] And then the law

[8:23] So, we would request your approval of

[8:26] pay application number eight contingent

[8:27] upon grass seeding there this week. Just

[8:29] wanted to have you guys approve it so

[8:31] that we can get the check signed and off

[8:33] to

[8:34] Gleason Construction here by the end of

[8:35] this

[8:37] I would just request you can make that

[8:39] motion contingent

[8:40] grass seeding.

[8:44] It's a really good project.

[8:46] The two homes

[8:48] are

[8:49] expected to

[8:51] officially

[8:52] have their transaction completed in the

[8:54] middle of July. I'd say it's around the

[8:55] 15th of July, the 17th.

[8:58] And then the other two are there and I

[8:59] will make a concerted effort to touch

[9:01] base with the

[9:03] two real estate companies that have

[9:05] purchased two homes.

[9:06] Listings.

[9:09] Make a really good push.

[9:12] I'm saying so.

[9:17] Make a motion to make payment contingent

[9:19] upon the grass seeding.

[9:21] Commissioner Pierce.

[9:22] >> Second.

[9:22] >> Commissioner Yoder Cat.

[9:24] >> [clears throat and cough]

[9:26] >> Any further discussion?

[9:29] » [laughter]

[9:30] >> Roll call.

[9:31] Commissioner Adams.

[9:32] >> Aye.

[9:32] >> Commissioner Yoder Cat.

[9:33] >> Aye.

[9:33] >> Commissioner Pierce.

[9:34] >> Aye.

[9:34] >> Commissioner Malkowski.

[9:35] >> Aye.

[9:36] >> Present vote.

[9:36] >> Aye.

[9:37] >> Vote here.

[9:39] That's the end of the

[9:40] >> for the Jobs Development Authority. I

[9:42] will now close that meeting and open up

[9:44] the City Commission agenda.

[9:46] And approval of the minutes of June 1st,

[9:49] 2026.

[9:51] Commissioner Pierce.

[9:55] » I'll second it. Motion carried.

[9:59] » Any further discussion?

[10:02] No further discussion, all in favor say

[10:04] "Aye".

[10:04] >> Aye.

[10:04] >> Those same sign.

[10:06] Motion carried.

[10:08] Nothing under awards proclamation. No

[10:10] nothing under public hearing.

[10:12] Nothing under bids, opening names, no

[10:15] visitors or delegations.

[10:17] >> [laughter]

[10:17] >> Commissioner portfolio, we'll go with

[10:19] Commissioner Pierce.

[10:21] >> Chief Miller, what do you have?

[10:22] >> Uh we'll be submitting our AFT grant

[10:24] later this week. [clears throat] We have

[10:26] six different departments involved in

[10:27] that, so I just got to do a little more

[10:29] data collection for them and then we

[10:31] should be able to get it sent off.

[10:32] Monday's the deadline for that.

[10:34] Uh

[10:36] we're getting everything ready for the

[10:37] parade on the 4th. We'll have the parade

[10:39] staging and route posted on our Facebook

[10:42] page hopefully this week.

[10:45] And then uh we're just working through

[10:46] our annual budget and then 204 is back

[10:49] in service.

[10:53] » Um for shade tree,

[10:55] um

[10:56] >> [clears throat]

[10:57] >> Mike's Mike was out working with with 20

[10:59] trees. Did

[11:00] you get all 20 done?

[11:02] >> Yeah, the street the public works

[11:03] department was helping us.

[11:04] >> We got the 20 trees planted north of

[11:07] 10th Street along the bike path there

[11:08] between 8th Avenue and 10th Avenue.

[11:11] And then they're just they started this

[11:12] morning uh

[11:14] planting on 5th Avenue.

[11:16] Going north of the city offices and then

[11:18] plan on 29 trees on this one.

[11:20] >> Yeah, it's about 25 trees in that area

[11:23] from city office going north to 10th

[11:24] Street. We'll start some

[11:26] uh boulevard there. They were marked

[11:28] today. Hopefully get those planted in

[11:30] the morning.

[11:31] And then we'll continue at 6th Avenue.

[11:34] Basically, there's an area that's been

[11:35] identified through the Street Tree

[11:37] Committee

[11:38] going north of 7th Street and between

[11:42] 5th Avenue and 8th Avenue in that

[11:44] vicinity. That's kind of zone one for us

[11:47] for planting

[11:48] because we're responsible for a 3-year

[11:50] maintenance period. I'll make sure that

[11:52] the trees that we're putting in the

[11:53] ground are successful. So, we're going

[11:56] by location and then

[11:59] um other locations and such so that when

[12:01] we're watering, we can't water three

[12:03] trees here and four trees over there and

[12:05] six trees there. We have to be in a

[12:06] central location. Get those established,

[12:09] those trees established with watering,

[12:11] and then we'll move on to the next zone.

[12:13] And in the subsequent years, the

[12:15] watering of those first-year trees are

[12:17] going to be a little bit less. First

[12:18] year, you have to put a little more

[12:19] effort in.

[12:21] So, that's the process that we're

[12:22] working through through the Street Tree

[12:23] Committee.

[12:24] >> The uh the first 20 were quaking aspens.

[12:28] The next section here, um there's

[12:31] a variety of different ones

[12:33] and [clears throat]

[12:35] some lindens, sugar maples,

[12:38] elm, prairie expedition elms.

[12:43] So, there's there's a there's different

[12:45] trees going in different locations so

[12:48] wider canopy.

[12:52] So, we have that. Anything else you'd

[12:55] like to

[12:55] >> In total, phase one will have 100 trees

[12:58] planted. And we're waiting on a

[13:00] grant.

[13:01] Should hear sometime

[13:03] middle [clears throat] of this month or

[13:04] at least this month for the cash for

[13:06] another 100 trees.

[13:08] See what takes us.

[13:11] Trees have been identified for suitable

[13:13] planting locations. So, there's many, trees where we have areas within

[13:17] the boulevard where a tree can go.

[13:19] It's just a process of working through.

[13:21] >> And those elms are um

[13:24] resistant to the Dutch elm

[13:27] So, folks know if they see Elm Street

[13:29] going in there

[13:32] Uh

[13:33] coming up Wednesday, we have the LEC

[13:35] meeting.

[13:36] Um

[13:41] I believe that was the only other item

[13:42] there.

[13:43] Any questions for me?

[13:45] >> No. Commissioner Whitley?

[13:48] >> Thanks. Great.

[13:50] >> Uh a couple things with streets. Uh

[13:52] spraying of mosquitoes.

[13:55] >> Last year, the commission voted to not

[13:57] aerial spray over the 4th of July.

[14:00] And ground spray increased ground spray

[14:02] efforts instead if counts warrant that

[14:05] if our mosquito counts are up.

[14:07] It costs about $9,000 to aerial spray.

[14:11] There's some question about the

[14:12] effectiveness of aerial spray. I mean,

[14:14] everybody has an opinion. If you don't

[14:16] spray, there's too many mosquitoes. If

[14:18] you spray, you're wasting your money.

[14:20] Last uh year, the commission voted

[14:23] to not aerial spray. So, I bring that

[14:25] forward to the commission because this

[14:27] will be our last meeting prior to the

[14:28] 4th of July. 4th of July is on a

[14:31] Saturday this year. If we were going to

[14:33] aerial spray, we would be spraying

[14:36] midweek that week with with the

[14:38] alternate day of

[14:40] you know, that's very safe something

[14:41] like that.

[14:42] Open that up for discussion for the

[14:44] commission.

[14:47] Uh they want the public works director

[14:49] and the commissioner holding up the

[14:50] order to make a decision

[14:52] based on counts and what's available at

[14:55] that time. We can do that for the

[14:56] commission. What do you say?

[14:57] >> Do we have any counts yet?

[14:59] >> We do. We have four

[15:01] um electronic traps set up.

[15:04] And

[15:06] they fluctuated, but for the most part,

[15:07] I think they're pretty low.

[15:09] We did spray a week ago last Friday cuz

[15:12] the counts were up a little bit on that.

[15:15] We'll be putting up four manual [snorts]

[15:17] traps in the near future. They're

[15:18] available. Four electronic traps set

[15:24] So, the overall

[15:25] >> and just

[15:25] >> Yeah, I mean I guess

[15:26] >> Personally I don't see the movement

[15:28] >> by the uh

[15:31] >> commissioner or portfolio

[15:32] >> Yeah.

[15:33] >> holder and

[15:34] >> And then

[15:34] >> I don't care who's given the okay to

[15:36] that portfolio holder and to like to

[15:38] like that decision based on accounts.

[15:40] >> Um

[15:41] >> Just because I personally I

[15:43] >> [snorts]

[15:44] >> I haven't seen a lot

[15:45] >> No, I haven't either.

[15:47] >> You never know if they'll change.

[15:48] >> Yeah, exactly.

[15:49] >> It happened in a week.

[15:50] >> Give me an idea in anything. So I think

[15:52] at that time depending on how long it

[15:54] actually takes.

[15:54] >> You want to help me build it or do you

[15:56] want to just

[15:56] >> Right.

[15:58] Yeah, we need to go out and do

[16:00] >> Yeah, we need to

[16:01] approve it.

[16:02] >> I'll make a motion to uh give the

[16:04] portfolio holder and and uh

[16:06] Mike Glasgow the uh the okay to approve

[16:10] spraying based on

[16:12] uh

[16:13] trap counts.

[16:13] >> Okay.

[16:14] Do we have a motion?

[16:16] >> I'll second. Mike Ryan Adams.

[16:19] » Any further discussion?

[16:23] If not, all in favor say I.

[16:25] >> I. [clears throat]

[16:26] >> Opposed, same sign.

[16:27] >> Motion carries.

[16:30] >> Our street [clears throat] department

[16:31] crew has become uh part of the shade

[16:34] tree crew as well. So as you see trees

[16:36] getting planted, that's uh part of the

[16:38] public ways and street department. But

[16:40] they're still out there some striping

[16:41] that has uh

[16:43] being completed yet. They're still uh we're patching and trying to finish

[16:47] that up.

[16:48] And uh striping work

[16:50] >> And

[16:51] >> on the drive depending on the weather

[16:53] should be completed by this week.

[16:55] That's why after streets and striping

[16:57] there we're patching.

[17:07] » Sanitary wise, anything

[17:09] we need to know?

[17:12] » Uh nothing with the sanitary.

[17:17] » We talked about the mosquitoes, so

[17:19] I'm good.

[17:21] >> [laughter]

[17:22] >> Those darn mosquitoes, you know?

[17:24] >> I know.

[17:25] >> You know what you know.

[17:27] >> I know.

[17:28] Jeez.

[17:29] >> That decision will have to be made this

[17:32] week prior to you know you can't call

[17:34] and say I want you to get tonight.

[17:36] So we'll have to have a conversation see

[17:38] what trends are doing now.

[17:40] >> They dry. Yes.

[17:45] » Like at what point at what point like

[17:48] for mosquito count do you suggest

[17:51] an aerial spray?

[17:54] » There's one in my garage.

[17:56] >> [laughter]

[17:59] » You're going to have to get the bugs out

[18:00] of there.

[18:01] >> What I've seen based on what we

[18:04] how we've improved our ground spray, I

[18:07] think ground spraying is more effective

[18:09] than aerial spraying.

[18:11] Uh we can get three to four ground

[18:13] sprays completed for the price of one

[18:15] aerial spray.

[18:17] >> Do we have two units ground spraying

[18:19] right now or just the one?

[18:20] >> I'm sorry.

[18:21] >> Two units ground spraying or one?

[18:23] >> Three main three.

[18:24] >> Oh, wow.

[18:25] >> Yeah, good.

[18:26] >> So the idea is we're trying to put all

[18:28] our science to it. Right? It used to be

[18:30] you just you went out, you started with

[18:32] one unit, you started at dusk 9:00 and

[18:35] then you weren't finished until 3:00.

[18:37] There aren't a lot of mosquitoes flying

[18:39] around uh at 2:00 in the morning.

[18:41] >> 3:00 in the morning.

[18:42] >> And so based on the electronic traps,

[18:44] you're trying to spray cuz it's contact

[18:46] spray when the mosquitoes are active.

[18:49] when they're

[18:50] getting caught in the trap.

[18:51] And so we're trying to use that as gauge

[18:54] for when we're out with our units and

[18:56] then we're trying to put on the full

[18:57] board press when the activity is

[19:00] happening. Right? So we sent three units

[19:02] out and we're doing

[19:04] >> Kim

[19:05] I just had a question why we don't do

[19:07] the alleys.

[19:08] Don't Most people are sitting in their

[19:10] backyards.

[19:11] You know, and that's where, you know,

[19:13] the the bushes and stuff are more in the

[19:15] back than on the streets. And the

[19:17] streets got this I know it's supposed to

[19:19] drift and kind of take in that, but

[19:21] wouldn't you think it'd be more,

[19:23] especially the ones that have alleys,

[19:25] more effective?

[19:25] >> I have a question. Or is this for you?

[19:27] >> No, I mean,

[19:28] >> [laughter]

[19:28] >> I've had that asked of me why they they

[19:30] used to do alleys.

[19:32] >> So, we fluctuate between the you know,

[19:35] we play the wind a little bit, right?

[19:36] Yes, it is. It has to be less than 10

[19:38] mph, man. And

[19:40] sometimes we're driving on the avenue,

[19:41] sometimes we're driving on the street.

[19:43] There are cases where you can go in an

[19:45] alley, but uh not sure if the alley has

[19:48] a a very tight tree canopy. It's gotten

[19:50] a lot better now cuz we with crew shade

[19:52] tree we we did a lot of trimming in the

[19:54] alleys. But when there's a canopy,

[19:56] there's a structure, there's something

[19:57] there,

[19:58] that contact spray hits that and it

[20:01] doesn't drift.

[20:02] So, you're looking at that mist that

[20:05] gets airborne. And you know, when you

[20:08] look, the particle size you're trying to

[20:10] get that bubble to float, that mist, and

[20:13] then it covers a very large area. But

[20:15] when you're going down an alley and it

[20:16] happens to hit a structure or a leaf, a

[20:19] tree, it doesn't get that same effect.

[20:21] Not saying that we can't go down some

[20:23] alleys. There are some alleys that they

[20:25] would be effective.

[20:27] >> Okay.

[20:27] >> And you're trying to put out so much uh

[20:29] so many pounds of chemical per acre.

[20:31] That's the whole goal of that.

[20:37] » Good.

[20:43] » Bush spray update.

[20:44] >> Dominic.

[20:47] >> Um boardings are up. We did 1,102

[20:52] uh passengers for the month of May,

[20:55] um which is a record, which was

[20:57] I believe it was 29.9%

[21:00] increase from last year.

[21:02] Um

[21:03] we just finally got awarded our FAA

[21:06] grant for our runway improvement

[21:08] project. So, we'll be moving forward

[21:10] with that in the spring or sorry, fall

[21:12] of 2020.

[21:13] Other than that, we've got our land

[21:15] inside.

[21:16] >> Can you elaborate?

[21:17] >> Yeah, I think what you contributed to

[21:18] the contributing factor is why we keep

[21:21] great numbers.

[21:23] >> Um I think with the new terminal, that's

[21:26] a that's a big thing. Word of mouth of

[21:29] the new terminal coming around is now

[21:30] great space.

[21:32] >> [snorts]

[21:32] >> Um digital advertising, there is a

[21:34] little bit to show that when we started

[21:36] our digital advertising in the Grand

[21:39] Forks and Minot area, our numbers all of

[21:41] a sudden started picking up. Uh another

[21:45] um it's just convenience uh

[21:47] with uh

[21:49] with everything going on and then the

[21:50] Jamestown Lake after the removal of the

[21:53] Jamestown Lake, we've seen a huge spike

[21:55] of numbers as well.

[21:57] >> Three parking.

[22:00] >> Have they ever considered a Minneapolis

[22:01] flight?

[22:03] >> Um

[22:06] I believe they there's been talks about

[22:09] it, but I

[22:11] from what I know of the with our

[22:13] contract, we currently just have Denver.

[22:15] >> Right.

[22:15] >> Um

[22:17] and that's probably what it's looking

[22:18] like with what SkyWest is going to offer

[22:20] as a Denver flight.

[22:27] » There's been talks in the past about it.

[22:34] » It's up to the airport.

[22:38] » Anything else?

[22:39] >> That's it unless we have any more

[22:40] questions for me.

[22:43] » Mike.

[22:44] >> Sanitation.

[22:45] >> Last week was structural pickup.

[22:48] Uh this week

[22:49] um

[22:51] and

[22:52] working on a request for proposals for

[22:55] the automated truck garbage cans or

[22:57] totes.

[22:59] Uh

[23:00] if you look next door, we had made a

[23:02] request it's it's really four major coke

[23:05] manufacturers for the cities in North

[23:07] Dakota. You go to most cities, it's

[23:09] either this manufacturer or that one.

[23:10] It's four.

[23:11] And we made a request to have sample

[23:13] carts delivered from those four

[23:15] manufacturers. So, you can

[23:18] feel the can, flip the lid, kick the

[23:20] tires, that sort of thing, as well as

[23:22] look at the specifications through the

[23:24] RFP.

[23:25] We will be working through that process.

[23:27] So, I would hope that I would uh

[23:30] bring something forward uh

[23:32] for the request for proposals

[23:35] in July. And then we'll start that

[23:37] process. Right now, we're looking at the

[23:39] receiving the automated truck in that

[23:41] October-November timeframe.

[23:43] And we're hoping to pick possession of

[23:45] the cans in October or July of that.

[23:48] So, that means you have that in place.

[23:50] Use the rear load trucks with tippers

[23:52] to pick that up. So, it'd be a sort of

[23:55] an orientation for city residents.

[23:57] Here's where the can needs to go. So,

[24:00] our crews would come to the can, and the

[24:02] can goes back where it needs to go.

[24:03] Those in the wrong location, we'll put

[24:04] it where it needs to go. So, it'd be

[24:06] kind of an education tool for us uh for

[24:09] the public.

[24:10] Um so, we're working on that with uh

[24:13] sanitation. We'll have that all wrapped

[24:15] up in the very near future.

[24:19] » How do those How do those cans get get

[24:20] to residents? Or is this the city

[24:22] dropping Is sanitation dropping them

[24:23] off?

[24:24] Or are residents picking them up?

[24:26] >> Um

[24:28] it would be part of the the request for

[24:30] proposals, where we would have the

[24:32] vendor, whoever we're buying it from,

[24:35] we would uh work with them to have a

[24:36] database set up.

[24:38] And [cough] they would place

[24:39] [clears throat] the can, that can, with

[24:40] this uh number. We're looking at doing

[24:43] some RFID technology, where there's some

[24:46] radio technology, where that the

[24:48] automated truck can actually communicate

[24:50] with the can. Tell you when it's going

[24:52] to be when it was dumped.

[24:54] You can get as high-tech as you want um

[24:56] with that. But, then

[24:58] uh with the number and with the RF ID

[25:00] technology you'll be able to track where

[25:01] the cans are placed and addresses.

[25:04] Go a lot easier if the vendor did that.

[25:06] So, they come off the semi

[25:08] right in here

[25:09] that's [clears throat] kind of thing.

[25:10] That's what we're looking at.

[25:13] » Go down the alley. You got my garbage

[25:15] can.

[25:18] We can track it.

[25:21] Have you decided what size we're going

[25:23] with?

[25:24] >> Well, that'll be part of the

[25:26] conversation. Realistically, there's two

[25:28] different sizes that we'd be looking at.

[25:30] There's multiple sizes, but two sizes

[25:32] that we'd be looking at.

[25:33] Um like a 65 gallon can and a 95 gallon

[25:37] can.

[25:38] Most communities

[25:40] some started out offering three

[25:41] different sizes.

[25:43] If you talk to public works directors,

[25:45] they'll all say

[25:46] their recommendation would go would be

[25:48] go with one size can.

[25:50] It makes it very easy and the larger

[25:51] cans are more stable.

[25:54] But, we're as far as the sample price we

[25:56] requested a 65 and 95. We'll go through

[25:59] a process [laughter]

[26:01] when we're doing the budget analysis and

[26:03] rates and fees.

[26:05] The purchase price of the can

[26:08] really

[26:09] there isn't much price difference in

[26:11] buying the can and purchasing the can

[26:13] between a 95 and a 65.

[26:15] So, then we have to look at what would

[26:17] be the monthly cost difference to a

[26:20] uh homeowner

[26:21] with 65 gallon can and a 95 gallon can.

[26:24] And what what is that difference? So,

[26:26] we're going to go through that process

[26:29] and then ultimately make a decision on

[26:33] You have to be part of the RFP.

[26:35] Whether we're ordering roughly 2,000

[26:37] cans

[26:39] uh all 95 or if it's going to be 1,000

[26:41] 95 gallon cans and 1,000 65 gallon cans

[26:44] or different amounts.

[26:47] It's kind of a one 165 gallon can is not

[26:51] the equivalent of two 32-gallon cans.

[26:54] You can't get the same You can't just

[26:56] They don't stack in there perfect. It's

[26:57] not the equivalent of the weight of the

[26:58] weight.

[26:59] So,

[27:01] the cans are smaller than you think when

[27:03] you order them.

[27:05] >> What about the blue bags? Are we going

[27:07] to still have that option or

[27:09] What about overflow when somebody has a

[27:12] special event at their place and they

[27:14] have more garbage than a 95 or a 96?

[27:19] >> I'm sorry to interrupt you, but this

[27:20] topic up.

[27:21] >> Well, [laughter]

[27:22] that's a question that's been asked,

[27:23] I mean I

[27:24] >> There's a lot of things that have to be

[27:25] worked through as we go along. I mean

[27:28] There There's a lot of blue bags that

[27:29] will be remaining. No doubt we'll have

[27:31] to have room for special pickups. We'll

[27:33] have to have room for those that have

[27:35] currently have blue bags

[27:37] use those blue bags because they

[27:38] purchased those blue bags. So, that's

[27:40] part of the conversation that

[27:42] Corey and I have been having and

[27:45] probably part of that as well. So, we'll

[27:48] work through all of those details and

[27:49] have them laid out as we go through this

[27:51] process.

[27:52] >> Like Christmas time, special occasions,

[27:54] you know, a lot of times you

[27:56] blue bags are available to

[27:58] for the extras.

[28:00] >> And this is not something that hasn't

[28:02] been done before. Many communities in

[28:04] the state have done it.

[28:10] » [clears throat]

[28:11] >> All your ideas have been part of the

[28:13] conversation

[28:16] » But that's Those are questions I think

[28:18] you need to

[28:20] >> So, you're thinking cans for residents

[28:21] are going to be around that

[28:23] September-ish,

[28:25] October-ish?

[28:26] >> That would be a September, August,

[28:28] September time frame.

[28:29] >> Okay.

[28:30] >> [snorts]

[28:31] >> If we uh

[28:32] issue the request for proposals, we'd

[28:35] have a committee that would review the

[28:36] proposals received.

[28:38] Uh cost is only one factor when we do

[28:40] the request for proposals. It's quality,

[28:42] it's warranty, it's service after the

[28:44] sale, all these other things that we

[28:46] listen in the

[28:47] R and P.

[28:48] And so possession I would expect to be

[28:51] in that same number.

[28:56] » Okay, that's all I have for

[28:57] presentation.

[28:58] >> What about engineering?

[29:00] >> Uh

[29:00] engineering I had one item.

[29:03] Um

[29:05] So the the city allows hunting on city

[29:08] owned property.

[29:10] Um

[29:11] and we do that through a permit process.

[29:13] So we have to come into the city to get

[29:14] a permit.

[29:16] In order to improve that a little bit,

[29:18] uh would ask that commission to grant

[29:20] authority to the city engineer to

[29:23] um

[29:24] publicly post the city land on

[29:27] the Game and Fish Department's website.

[29:29] Some if it's not posted, people don't

[29:31] know that they need a permit.

[29:33] And last year we had encountered a

[29:35] couple of problems where there were

[29:36] different people in that one area.

[29:38] Uh

[29:40] to me it's if it's publicly owned land,

[29:42] it should be open for public hunting so

[29:44] long as they have a permit, are adhering

[29:45] to the rules, regulations, requirements

[29:46] that we have, and everything is safe.

[29:49] So the Game and Fish Department has we

[29:51] can go on the website and we can

[29:53] electronically post [snorts]

[29:54] the land.

[29:56] And then as part of that electronic

[29:57] post, it'll list that you need a permit.

[29:59] Um get a permit.

[30:02] That's what we were dealing with. We had

[30:03] a case down at our well field that we

[30:05] had somebody somebody was hunting on our

[30:07] property. We didn't know who it was.

[30:08] They were seeing through our fence and

[30:09] doing some things that

[30:11] might be going on.

[30:14] We won't electronically post the on the

[30:17] cooling site the city commission to

[30:19] grant the authority to the

[30:20] um to use as a private program.

[30:24] And we

[30:25] tried to work through Game and Fish and

[30:27] how we could electronically post it that

[30:28] it's only open to youth hunting.

[30:31] But that's when it would be signed

[30:32] separately. And the

[30:35] Game and Fish and Sportsman's

[30:36] would have to sign for that post. So I

[30:38] think that's it.

[30:41] So with that authority on this one line,

[30:43] it says

[30:44] our property in-house won't change.

[30:47] I don't think

[30:48] people understand that it's supposed to.

[30:54] I'll make a motion to to allow Mike to

[30:56] close [snorts] that game officially, I

[30:58] guess.

[30:58] >> Yeah, Commissioner Johnson.

[31:00] >> Second.

[31:01] >> Commissioner [laughter] you have it.

[31:02] >> [clears throat]

[31:04] » Any further discussion?

[31:08] All in favor say I.

[31:09] >> I.

[31:09] >> Those same sign.

[31:12] Motion carried.

[31:13] >> The other engineering projects based on

[31:15] conversations with the contractor won't

[31:17] start until the August.

[31:20] Rest of our storm water projects.

[31:23] That can change, but that's the latest

[31:25] word that I have from the contractors.

[31:27] That's why I put that on the agenda. Any

[31:28] questions?

[31:30] >> No.

[31:31] >> But, as you know, Commissioner, I

[31:33] started my home inspections for my

[31:36] assessments on the west side of town

[31:37] this year. Uh so, individuals are

[31:40] looking

[31:41] to allow me to come in to take a look at

[31:42] their home so that I can make sure that

[31:43] they've got proper values assessed for

[31:45] them. They can contact us or a lot of

[31:47] those were already scheduled.

[31:48] Um

[31:50] but other than that, it's just raggedy

[31:52] wood and

[31:53] I'm sure you have any questions for me.

[31:55] >> I think

[31:57] Mr. Johnson.

[31:59] >> Mike Gillis.

[32:01] I [clears throat]

[32:02] continue with the uh

[32:04] fire hydrants exercising and flushing

[32:06] fire hydrants. Our work continues uh

[32:09] with spring work on our embankment to

[32:12] increase it significantly. We have grass

[32:14] to mow, you have weeds to spray, you

[32:15] have storm water additions from other

[32:17] stations and that.

[32:19] Uh work that has a significant regional

[32:21] impact.

[32:21] A lot of things and activities going on

[32:23] in the department.

[32:24] Nothing specific.

[32:26] Any questions?

[32:28] >> No, I just want to say you guys did a

[32:29] great job with that blade appreciation

[32:31] that you guys put out there at the uh

[32:33] site there. At your port. Yes, sir.

[32:35] Great job. That was a lot of fun.

[32:37] How did it go?

[32:40] I have nothing else.

[32:41] >> Okay, thank you.

[32:43] >> Chief

[32:44] Our mayor our resource officers just

[32:47] returned last week from Deadwood South

[32:49] Dakota. They had a good time and they

[32:51] were relaxed.

[32:52] This is our both last road Alice and

[32:54] Chief.

[32:56] We're working through our preliminary

[32:57] budget for the new fiscal year. We'll be

[32:59] doing the budget sheets.

[33:00] >> Sure.

[33:02] >> Well,

[33:03] on July 1st through August 9th, we had

[33:05] speed and DUI overtime.

[33:11] Watch your speeds again.

[33:13] >> Okay.

[33:14] Pay attention.

[33:15] >> And that's about all I have unless you

[33:17] have any questions.

[33:17] >> Any questions for the Chief?

[33:21] » Spencer

[33:24] Well

[33:24] >> This is a special meeting, right?

[33:26] >> Yeah.

[33:27] >> Well, I've got a few things to tell you

[33:28] all. Definitely better speed. [laughter]

[33:31] Nothing really beyond what we have on

[33:33] the agenda, but trying to work through

[33:34] all uh Mr. Johnson over here on board as

[33:37] best we can. Do have some budget

[33:39] meetings later this week with fire,

[33:40] police,

[33:42] sanitation, water, and sewers because

[33:44] they're some of the bigger funds. This

[33:45] is start with high level.

[33:47] >> [cough]

[33:48] >> Just on some high level directional

[33:50] things and maybe answer any specific

[33:52] questions where

[33:53] it's being reviewed via value

[33:55] I will move on from there. So, um

[33:57] welcome any questions and otherwise

[34:00] got the agenda items down and rest of

[34:01] the staff.

[34:04] » Jason

[34:06] Currently working on a set of ordinances

[34:09] just for tobacco compliance.

[34:11] The aim is to ensure that any retail

[34:14] that sells tobacco is not selling to

[34:16] minors. Um

[34:19] I think this is somewhat comparable to

[34:22] alcohol violations where the establishment is held liable for any

[34:27] violations.

[34:28] Um

[34:29] that set of ordinances will We'll by the

[34:30] next city commission meeting.

[34:33] That's all I have unless there's

[34:36] Any questions?

[34:37] >> I have one more thing I forgot to add.

[34:39] Uh

[34:40] at the next uh city commission meeting

[34:42] July 6th will be the organizational

[34:43] meeting for the new city commission. It

[34:45] is all the same uh same people as of

[34:47] now.

[34:48] Uh they're all the same people.

[34:50] And so you'll gavel in as the old

[34:53] commission, you'll gavel out, then gavel

[34:56] out and you'll gavel in as the new city

[34:58] commission where you guys will assign

[34:59] portfolios,

[35:00] elect a vice president of the

[35:01] commission, and then um

[35:04] appoint the appointed officers,

[35:06] um

[35:07] which are most people sitting over there

[35:09] in my position.

[35:11] Mr. Sailor here as the city attorney. Um

[35:14] >> [snorts]

[35:14] >> I did send an email to you mayor and

[35:16] commissioner Nash about the city

[35:17] attorney contract. We'll have you guys

[35:19] judge with forth a new contract.

[35:21] Um we'll talk about Mr. Sailor on just

[35:23] kind of what his terms are. I'll give

[35:24] you guys an update on how that's

[35:25] proceeded.

[35:26] Uh

[35:26] for your July 6th meeting you'll be able

[35:28] to review the contract and then

[35:29] go over the other duties.

[35:32] Um just trying to make sure

[35:34] >> Sure.

[35:35] >> And I'll bite my tongue.

[35:37] >> Uh to address the

[35:40] lawn care

[35:41] um

[35:43] issue of uh lawns not being mowed in

[35:45] town,

[35:46] uh just so you're aware,

[35:48] the contractor that does our lawns has not been

[35:54] very

[35:55] active as to getting to them in a in a

[35:57] swift fast manner.

[35:58] >> Right.

[35:59] >> So just so you're aware

[36:02] that they are being addressed by

[36:04] uh

[36:05] Chief Bennett. Uh so

[36:08] it's going to be going eventually

[36:11] uh some different changes coming to

[36:12] that. We'll let you know

[36:14] um when that happens, but as of now, if

[36:17] you have a city if you live in the city

[36:19] and you have property,

[36:21] please mow your lawns.

[36:23] Um don't let them get overgrown. Don't

[36:24] let them

[36:26] get to the point where have to fine you by somebody [snorts] coming

[36:30] and mowing it and assessing it to your

[36:32] property.

[36:33] Uh it helps everybody involved if you

[36:35] just go out and please mow your lawns.

[36:38] So, um

[36:39] there was an issue with with Sam. It has

[36:41] been taken care of.

[36:43] Um

[36:44] if you have any questions, just let me

[36:47] and then I can get with

[36:50] Chief Bender

[36:51] try and get those into justice as best

[36:53] as possible.

[36:56] » Okay.

[36:57] Appreciate [clears throat] that.

[36:58] >> And then I just thought to for these

[37:00] shade tree these trees had had the

[37:02] letters gone out to so they're aware

[37:05] that you're going to come in around

[37:06] planting trees in the property. Did you

[37:07] have anybody who stopped

[37:09] this last go around and say, "Hey, what are you doing?"

[37:12] >> Uh we did receive one letter

[37:15] somebody did not want a tree in their

[37:16] boulevard.

[37:18] Now, is there a house that may slip

[37:20] through the cracks that did not receive

[37:21] a letter and then you have a renter, but

[37:24] yes, we sent

[37:26] making it 60-some letters in the area.

[37:29] >> I was just wondering if any if you

[37:30] really had any

[37:32] Irate people ask you,

[37:34] "What are you doing here and what is

[37:35] this you're doing?"

[37:36] >> It was purely

[37:37] >> quiet.

[37:37] >> Good.

[37:38] >> We'll find out tomorrow morning.

[37:39] >> Yes.

[37:40] >> [laughter]

[37:41] >> When you're out there spinning and trees

[37:42] are going in your McDonald's and

[37:44] >> Yeah. [clears throat] Yeah. But the

[37:45] first go around [snorts]

[37:47] Thank you. That's all I had on this

[37:48] project.

[37:49] >> I just wanted to report that I attended

[37:51] the event uh

[37:53] on uh

[37:54] Friday for the L2 uh

[37:57] it's ribbon cutting. That was a great great attendance for that and uh

[38:02] it was

[38:03] uh Senator Holmberg was here and said a

[38:05] few words of

[38:07] you know, support and so

[38:09] we are on our way with a wonderful

[38:11] health care facility

[38:13] joint uh built or medical campus. So,

[38:16] I'm pretty excited. I think it's going

[38:18] to be great for the the community. So, I

[38:21] uh

[38:22] that was a wonderful event to be part

[38:23] of.

[38:24] A long 4-year process to get that

[38:26] accomplished, but

[38:28] good things come when you stay dedicated

[38:30] to it.

[38:32] And uh with that, uh anything else under

[38:34] portfolios? If not,

[38:36] we'll move on.

[38:39] Old business, we have nothing.

[38:46] Like you said, the second agenda,

[38:47] nothing.

[38:49] New business, okay. Appointment of

[38:51] Robert Johnson as interim city

[38:53] auditor/assessor

[38:55] effective June 22nd, 2026.

[38:59] Okay.

[39:00] Spencer has

[39:01] >> Mayor and members of the commission,

[39:02] this is uh before us now for your

[39:04] consideration that

[39:06] I don't know why what you [snorts] guys

[39:08] had communicated your intent

[39:10] uh to appoint Rob as the interim

[39:13] uh

[39:14] auditor/assessor.

[39:16] So, uh

[39:18] as part of this we had uh agreed step

[39:20] adjustments. So, currently he's at a a

[39:22] 15I, and then come July 1st he'll be at

[39:25] a 15J. Uh did you have a follow-up with

[39:27] the possible performance review?

[39:29] Um so, basically with the thought of

[39:31] just pretending that he's at a 15J right

[39:33] now, and just you know, let's say he was

[39:35] at a 15J,

[39:36] 18J usually uh when you

[39:40] either on an interim role or on a

[39:42] full-time role, if you're an existing

[39:44] employee, you usually go up a grade and

[39:46] back a step for each uh level of

[39:48] succession. So, the auditor is grade 18,

[39:52] and say assessor is grade 15. And so, if

[39:54] you just go with that K and step on the

[39:55] back, on the back, on the back, uh they

[39:57] would

[39:58] recommend an 18G

[40:00] uh

[40:01] effective uh June 22nd.

[40:04] And then this would count as a step

[40:06] increase for the year, and you'd be

[40:08] ineligible for step the rest of the

[40:09] year. If at the end of the interim

[40:11] employment you guys decided that uh

[40:14] you would like to remain with just the

[40:15] city assessor, and Rob you continue to

[40:17] do that, then you would go back to a 15

[40:19] chain.

[40:21] And then

[40:23] I just got to put language in there that

[40:24] it's your intent that to have a similar

[40:26] appointment through the life cycle,

[40:27] which is in mid-October. Obviously, you

[40:29] guys reserve

[40:30] the right to address the appointment of

[40:32] any at any point, but then you would

[40:35] make an intentional

[40:36] decision to revisit the matter uh second

[40:39] meeting in October.

[40:41] And then the last one was as there's in

[40:44] the city policy manual, there's a few

[40:45] instances where like specifically refers

[40:47] to the city administrator shall you

[40:49] know, since you don't really have one,

[40:50] and so then the recommendation would be

[40:52] just to

[40:53] bestow

[40:55] the interim city auditor/assessor that

[40:57] authority

[40:58] where it says like the city

[40:59] administrator shall, which is like

[41:01] placing employees on administrative

[41:02] leave. Uh um

[41:04] What's the other one? Uh

[41:06] sick leave, approving sick leave

[41:07] donations. And I think with the full

[41:10] mutual understanding that if one of

[41:11] those instances came up then

[41:13] Rob would talk to the mayor. Talk to you

[41:15] know, the commission portfolio. He

[41:16] wouldn't make a decision like that in

[41:18] the dark without consulting

[41:20] uh the mayor portfolio holder.

[41:22] Um but instead of

[41:24] rewriting the policy manual and possibly

[41:26] putting it all back, then just bestowing

[41:28] the authority for the time being

[41:30] um with the expectation that you'd be a

[41:31] good communicator on those matters.

[41:36] But that is the recommendation before

[41:37] you, and uh

[41:39] I can tell you just working with Rob

[41:41] here every day, I know I have absolute

[41:44] full confidence that he'll do a good job

[41:46] for you guys.

[41:50] » [clears throat]

[41:51] >> Questions?

[41:54] » He was at the airport authority board

[41:56] meeting today, and he did a good job

[41:57] there.

[42:00] >> So, did we talk ever talk to Tanya

[42:02] before?

[42:02] >> Yes, she she yeah, we talked about it.

[42:05] >> Is there any requirement for us to send

[42:08] out as a

[42:10] Let's say we wanted to do a full-time

[42:12] position, right? We're hiring

[42:14] to make a full-time.

[42:15] full time and if you know what I mean,

[42:17] you have to put that out to the public.

[42:19] >> So, number one on an interim basis, she

[42:21] thinks that this is a good

[42:23] um

[42:24] purpose for an interim having this

[42:25] budget cycle so you're having four

[42:27] months to work that you can

[42:29] as far as succession in this position.

[42:31] So, the interim basis is a good time

[42:33] period for the purpose. She did say it

[42:35] would be back best practice

[42:37] um to advertise a minimum for two weeks.

[42:40] Let's just say all of a sudden, you

[42:42] know, Rob is the city auditor and he

[42:43] says, "You say we want to make this a

[42:45] full time thing."

[42:46] Um then you should advertise it for two

[42:48] weeks.

[42:50] But she uh she's going to be here

[42:52] throughout the budget process. You can

[42:53] ask these questions directly. But just

[42:54] in in our conversations you know, in the

[42:57] office, she said she would recommend

[42:59] doing.

[43:00] Um and especially if you want

[43:07] And so, and if you you know, end up

[43:09] wanting to go back to the city manager

[43:11] role um you would definitely advertise

[43:14] that role.

[43:15] >> Talked about that too. Those are things

[43:17] that we're doing.

[43:19] But I think for the time being for this

[43:21] interim

[43:24] » [clears throat]

[43:26] >> My question is the salary.

[43:29] >> Yeah.

[43:30] >> It's a pretty big

[43:34] difference between the two.

[43:36] >> Yeah. Um

[43:37] but again, it's the up and back up and back again.

[43:41] And I did ask Tony about that. She said

[43:43] the standard protocol. And I would also

[43:45] think about this way. So, there's about

[43:46] a $12,000

[43:48] difference between the career step that

[43:50] he's at currently and the career step

[43:52] he's at now.

[43:53] It's going to be for a four-month

[43:54] period, right? So, 12 / 12, so that's

[43:58] like the extra $1,000

[44:00] So, don't So, for all the work you'll be

[44:02] doing, you'll get an extra $4,000.

[44:05] Okay.

[44:07] Plus oh, plus um

[44:09] plus the city auditor position receives um

[44:14] added to the salary.

[44:18] » Yeah, specifically that he's actually

[44:19] going to be doing both jobs at the same

[44:21] time.

[44:22] It should be

[44:23] financially less important to the

[44:26] >> I have no problem with the uh with doing

[44:28] that. So, I would make the

[44:29] recommendation to uh approve Rob uh to

[44:34] that

[44:35] the the city engineer position pay uh as

[44:39] mayor.

[44:39] >> Okay. So, I have a motion from Mr.

[44:41] Kenowski.

[44:45] Mr. Hatlestad a second.

[44:48] Okay. Any further discussion?

[44:53] Roll call.

[44:54] >> Mr. Hatlestad.

[44:55] >> Aye.

[44:55] >> Mr. Yunker. Mr. Pierce.

[44:57] >> Aye.

[44:58] >> Mr. Kenowski.

[44:58] >> Aye.

[44:59] >> President Olson.

[44:59] >> Aye.

[45:00] >> Great. Congratulations, Rob.

[45:04] Item two, a resolution designating

[45:07] authorized agents for the city of Devils

[45:09] Lake effective June 22nd to June 26th.

[45:12] >> Trying to be proactive so that your

[45:14] interim monitor can sign checks and

[45:16] legal documents on behalf of the city to

[45:18] include uh the mayor. Would that be all

[45:20] right?

[45:23] » Motion to approve the resolution.

[45:25] >> Mr. Pierce.

[45:26] >> Second.

[45:27] >> Mr. Yunker.

[45:31] Any further discussion?

[45:34] Roll call.

[45:35] >> Mr. Hatlestad.

[45:37] >> Aye.

[45:37] >> Mr. Yunker.

[45:39] Mr. Pierce.

[45:39] >> Aye.

[45:40] >> Mr. Kenowski.

[45:40] >> Aye.

[45:41] >> President Olson.

[45:41] >> Aye. Motion carried.

[45:43] >> Item three, renewal of liquor and taxi

[45:45] cab licenses. [clears throat]

[45:47] >> Um confirmed with the accounts payable

[45:50] clerk this morning. Everybody has

[45:53] renewed

[45:54] and there are no delinquent taxes on

[45:56] anybody's

[45:59] >> Do we have a

[46:00] tax or tax cab?

[46:02] >> Yeah.

[46:03] >> Oh, yeah.

[46:03] >> I think that'd be easier to

[46:07] You do or it is a part of

[46:10] >> Here in Revere.

[46:11] >> Yeah.

[46:11] >> There's There's only seniors.

[46:14] >> Do you still do a taxi again?

[46:16] >> I think so.

[46:17] >> So something is not right.

[46:18] >> I missed an application that we'll

[46:20] follow up on.

[46:21] >> I think he's got a taxi deal on top of

[46:23] his van.

[46:26] >> I've received a letter from

[46:27] >> Well, so

[46:28] >> We will we'll follow up

[46:31] >> If something needs to get

[46:34] >> to operate with a license.

[46:36] >> That's not good.

[46:37] >> That

[46:38] pawn broker license, that's not what uh

[46:42] placed out here.

[46:43] >> No, she doesn't do that anymore.

[46:44] >> She doesn't do that anymore.

[46:48] » But yeah, that vehicle's out.

[46:54] The list provided is those are those

[46:56] that uh

[46:59] » are properly permitted. Continue to find

[47:01] out approval on if they aren't and if

[47:03] they are not properly

[47:04] >> Yeah, we'll we'll research what's going

[47:07] on.

[47:07] >> Thank you.

[47:08] >> Okay.

[47:10] Is there a

[47:15] Yeah.

[47:19] Starting

[47:21] >> I'll make a motion to approve the list

[47:23] as submitted.

[47:25] >> Mr. Pierce.

[47:26] >> I ask that we look into the matter I

[47:28] just discussed.

[47:30] >> Is there a second?

[47:32] >> Second.

[47:33] >> Mr. Graham.

[47:37] Any further discussion?

[47:39] All in favor say I.

[47:40] >> I.

[47:41] >> Opposed, same sign.

[47:43] Motion carried.

[47:45] Item four, appointment of Police

[47:46] Department Headquarters Architect

[47:48] Selection Committee.

[47:50] >> Memo number of the mission June 5th was

[47:52] the deadline to submit the RFQ that

[47:55] submit that submit a proposal for the

[47:58] RFQ.

[47:59] That

[48:00] we advertised, we received over 10

[48:05] proposals, which is a very which is a

[48:06] lot.

[48:07] And we need to

[48:09] appoint a committee to select

[48:12] finalists and a and a final architect

[48:15] for the commission's approval

[48:18] and recommendation.

[48:20] And from a staff perspective,

[48:23] we

[48:24] just internally would love to have, you

[48:26] know, city's a certified engineer, so

[48:28] Mike Brosseau and then the chief of

[48:30] police and Jason Toso

[48:32] uh

[48:33] be on that committee. And Mayor, you are

[48:35] the current police commissioner and the

[48:38] mayor, so I can think it'd be fitting

[48:39] for you. But at least from a staff

[48:41] perspective, our request would be that

[48:42] we could get the chief of police and

[48:44] city engineer on that. And then whatever

[48:46] you guys would like to see as a

[48:47] commission, certainly fine.

[48:50] >> I did talk to Spencer and I thought that

[48:52] O'Side

[48:53] bright citizen or would be good on

[48:56] there. And I talked to Ned

[48:58] >> [cough]

[48:59] >> since he's just went through some of

[49:01] that same process with the schools, I

[49:03] think he'd be a good addition to the

[49:05] selection committee. Basically, what

[49:06] they're doing is just going to review

[49:08] all those plans and reduce it to three

[49:12] >> Or is that three then?

[49:13] >> Or the one that is single.

[49:14] >> Uh no, it would be who we're going to

[49:16] interview. There's no hard number for

[49:19] that. I think it would be a good number,

[49:21] but based on the review of the

[49:22] proposals, it could be four.

[49:25] Um in an ideal world,

[49:27] uh as far as the selection committee,

[49:30] five would be a good number as far as

[49:31] I'm concerned, so that you know, you

[49:33] don't really want high rankers just

[49:35] sitting there.

[49:36] There'll be eight.

[49:37] Um there'll be a lot to read if you're

[49:40] reading through their proposals. And

[49:42] they can't have

[49:43] uh

[49:44] What we're trying to do is identify the

[49:46] architect that has the qualifications

[49:48] as well as

[49:50] who is going to be the best fit for the

[49:52] project that we're looking at.

[49:54] You know, I think we can look through

[49:56] those 10 or 11 proposals, and I don't

[49:58] believe that there will be one architect

[50:00] in there that will be qualified.

[50:02] But, some firms that are very good at

[50:05] doing $60 million projects, they're good

[50:07] at doing $60 million projects. Doesn't

[50:10] mean that they're necessarily good at

[50:11] doing $5 million projects.

[50:13] And what we're looking at doing as far

[50:16] as our police department,

[50:17] so you're trying to sort through that.

[50:19] Really, you're trying to

[50:21] hire in the architect that is going to

[50:24] be a partner with you to develop a

[50:26] project, a set of plans and

[50:28] specifications, and project that's going

[50:30] to suit our needs.

[50:31] And that's the part of that process.

[50:36] » I'll make a motion.

[50:37] >> So, again, staff request would be that

[50:40] the chief of police and the city

[50:41] engineer be on that committee.

[50:43] Um

[50:44] Mayor, do you want to be invited?

[50:46] >> The mayor wants to be involved so that

[50:47] we can be there.

[50:55] » Um as I said, just if you're looking for

[50:57] other staff members, the good candidates

[50:59] would be the the police captain or the

[51:02] city interim city assessor auditor would

[51:04] be

[51:05] probably good considerations if you're

[51:07] looking for other staff members.

[51:09] >> And that's all with outside persons on

[51:11] the screening team.

[51:13] >> And this process is just selecting the

[51:15] architectural firm. It is not the design

[51:17] committee.

[51:18] >> Right.

[51:18] >> I'm just saying.

[51:19] >> Yeah.

[51:20] >> That's correct.

[51:22] >> Did he say

[51:23] >> Yeah, he did agree that he would do it.

[51:24] >> Who was that again?

[51:26] >> Yeah, that's the school superintendent.

[51:28] >> Okay.

[51:30] » Would that be good for us?

[51:34] » I'll make a motion to

[51:37] allow Mayor Fluton,

[51:39] police chief,

[51:41] uh

[51:42] interim

[51:44] auditor

[51:46] Johnson,

[51:47] and Manickam

[51:52] » It was my motion.

[51:53] >> I'll second.

[51:54] >> Mr. Nash.

[51:57] » Any further discussion?

[52:00] All in favor say aye.

[52:02] >> Aye.

[52:02] >> Opposed same sign.

[52:04] Motion carries.

[52:06] Item five, reappointments to the

[52:08] Renaissance Renaissance Zone Authority.

[52:11] We have three members.

[52:13] >> So, we have three members of whom the

[52:15] terms are expiring. Uh one of them has

[52:18] chosen not to renew their terms, so we

[52:20] have a vacancy.

[52:22] Uh

[52:22] but we did have the other two who were

[52:24] willing to serve. Uh we have Sherry

[52:27] Olson and Sam Schley. Uh to

[52:31] re- renew their four-year terms. Um we

[52:34] have been recruiting uh to try and fill

[52:37] that third vacant term. Uh ideally,

[52:39] we're looking for someone in the

[52:40] downtown business district. Uh because

[52:42] that's in the heart of our Renaissance

[52:43] Zone, so we'd really like to get a

[52:45] representative from that area.

[52:46] We reached out to a couple [snorts]

[52:47] people, but we're waiting to hear back.

[52:49] Uh or if there's anyone else that's

[52:51] interested out there in serving on the

[52:52] term, please reach out to me but

[52:54] we're happy to fill that that third

[52:56] vacancy.

[52:57] >> Did you say we're going to advertise for

[52:59] some of those positions or something

[53:00] like that?

[53:00] >> We we we we did an advertisement leading

[53:03] up into the terms ending just to try and

[53:05] generate a list. Uh because we wanted to

[53:07] be able to have a list to choose from.

[53:09] That'd be ideal. We can't just say, "Oh,

[53:10] we have a spot open."

[53:12] and have five people to call, but uh

[53:14] there's no current name on that list, so

[53:16] we we are looking to fill that spot.

[53:20] » Okay. We have a motion to approve the

[53:22] two.

[53:23] >> I make a motion to approve the two that

[53:25] were recommended.

[53:28] » Second.

[53:29] >> Mr. Gnowsky seconded by Commissioner

[53:31] Ewing. Thank you.

[53:34] Any further discussion?

[53:37] No further discussion. All in favor say

[53:38] aye.

[53:39] >> Aye.

[53:40] >> Opposed same sign.

[53:41] Motion carries.

[53:44] Item six.

[53:45] >> pay estimate number one, 2026 curb,

[53:47] gutter, and sidewalk.

[53:49] >> Yes, that's the work that was completed

[53:51] by our concrete contractor, Lakeview

[53:54] Construction.

[53:56] Uh come to the assessment of $16,757.65.

[53:59] [laughter]

[54:02] » I make a motion to approve this.

[54:07] I make a motion to approve the

[54:08] $16,757.65.

[54:12] » Mr. Kanouski.

[54:15] » I second.

[54:16] >> Mr. Adams.

[54:19] Any further discussion?

[54:21] >> Remind me again where this work was done

[54:22] at.

[54:25] » Uh

[54:26] it was in various areas throughout town.

[54:29] Uh much of it was configured over on 9th

[54:31] Avenue, uh near 9th Street.

[54:34] >> Okay.

[54:39] Thank you.

[54:40] >> Any further discussion?

[54:44] Roll call.

[54:45] Mr. Adams.

[54:46] >> Aye. Mr. Sheely Littlejohn.

[54:47] >> Aye.

[54:47] >> Mr. Pierce.

[54:48] >> Aye.

[54:48] >> Mr. Kanouski.

[54:49] >> Aye.

[54:49] >> President Mall.

[54:50] >> Aye.

[54:50] >> Motion carried.

[54:52] Okay, we do have one person wishing to

[54:55] speak under citizen comment.

[54:57] Lisa, if you would please come forward

[54:59] and identify yourself for the record.

[55:03] » Hi, Lisa Pagano. Um

[55:06] back again since it's budget time trying

[55:08] to get at the beginning this year in

[55:10] case anybody will

[55:12] maybe take it into consideration.

[55:15] Um asking again this year if we can

[55:17] please, you know,

[55:19] try to instead of just going with let's

[55:23] increase our budget by the allowed 3%

[55:25] plus growth.

[55:28] Try to hold something flat. I know there

[55:30] are um things you can't control. There

[55:33] are insurance premiums, there are

[55:34] pensions, etc.

[55:36] But on a lot of could be considered

[55:39] making some tough choices, cutting back,

[55:41] not increasing everything.

[55:44] And especially, you know, people come in

[55:45] that we give money to. I don't know who

[55:48] they all are. The only one I know

[55:49] there's more than Heritage Center type

[55:51] things, but instead of letting them come

[55:52] in and say, "I did the exact same thing

[55:54] as last year, but I increased it 3%."

[55:57] Can we push back a little bit? For Rob's

[55:59] presentation on the board of

[56:00] equalization, we are the highest

[56:02] effective tax rate of the 12 largest

[56:05] municipalities

[56:08] cities. That's ridiculous.

[56:10] Let's, you know,

[56:11] consider

[56:14] cutting back a little bit, not just

[56:15] bumping everything up, making tough

[56:17] choices, and eliminating some things, or

[56:19] hold steady on some things, and

[56:22] >> One of the things that we are talking

[56:24] about in what I have brought to

[56:25] discussion is to possibly do an audit of

[56:28] our efficient efficiency audit.

[56:31] See, also, one of the things that I

[56:33] promoted when I was running for mayor,

[56:36] and I do think that the baby is

[56:37] something we need to look at,

[56:40] and I have somebody come in,

[56:41] third-party, review how we're doing

[56:43] things, get recommendations maybe what

[56:46] we could do better and more efficient.

[56:48] So, that that'll be something that we

[56:50] are going to look at.

[56:52] >> Thank you.

[56:53] for that.

[56:58] Okay.

[57:00] Uh

[57:01] let's see.

[57:03] Spencer, thank you for all you've done

[57:05] for the city commission for the past 4

[57:07] and 1/2 years, I believe, or 5 years.

[57:09] Close. Close to 5. Yeah, a little over

[57:11] 4. Thank you, and I wish you nothing but

[57:14] the best in your future endeavors.

[57:16] >> Thank you, Don.

[57:17] Back your up.

[57:19] >> [laughter]

[57:22] » Sorry, Don.

[57:23] Want to make sure I got that in, and

[57:26] before you take off, I also but it's

[57:28] been great working with you, and I

[57:29] appreciate what you've done.

[57:31] You were a good right-hand

[57:32] >> It It's uh warms my heart that you're

[57:35] supportive with everything and

[57:37] >> [snorts]

[57:37] >> and everything.

[57:38] All the kind words and all that stuff.

[57:42] » Okay, informational items. We have the

[57:44] May 2026 financial report.

[57:47] And now I'm looking for a motion to

[57:50] approve the payment of listed bills as

[57:52] submitted.

[57:54] Mr. Pierce.

[57:57] Mr. Yellum can.

[58:00] >> [snorts]

[58:00] >> Any further discussion?

[58:03] Roll call.

[58:04] >> Mr. Abbott.

[58:05] >> Aye.

[58:05] >> Mr. Yellum can.

[58:06] >> Mr. Pierce.

[58:07] >> Aye.

[58:07] >> Mr. Nowski.

[58:08] >> Aye.

[58:08] >> President Ball.

[58:09] >> Aye.

[58:09] >> Motion carried.

[58:10] There's no other business to come before

[58:12] the commission. Meeting's adjourned.

[58:16] » Oh.

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