[0:02] Yep. Just in case.
[0:14] » Yeah.
[0:21] » Okay. It is May 12th at 7 p.m. and we
are calling the council meeting to
[0:28] order. stand
[0:37] to the flag of the United States of
America and to the republic for which it
[0:42] stands. One nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice
[0:48] for all.
[0:54] » Okay. Um and roll call.
Um,
[1:01] » here
[1:06] » Mary Bailey. Oh,
>> here.
[1:10] » Um,
>> Mary Bailey is here. Um, we have Scott
[1:14] and we have our our city administrator,
we have our engineer, and we have a few
[1:20] people in the audience
and our secretary.
[1:26] And
um next we will have to make a motion to
[1:30] adopt the agenda. And do we want to do
the consent agenda in there as well or
[1:34] just
>> separate separate done separate?
[1:36] » Okay. Is there a motion to adopt the
agenda?
[1:38] » I'll make a motion to adopt the agenda.
>> I'll second.
[1:42] » All those in favor?
>> I
[1:45] » Okay. And then
um we have the consent agenda, but it
[1:51] looks like we have to approve a few
things. Can we should we
[1:54] » you can approve the consent agenda on
one motion like you just did which will
[1:58] approve everything
>> which will approve all these things.
[2:00] Okay.
>> Okay. For so a motion to approve the
[2:03] consent agenda for the Memorial Day
parade, the hire of the swimming pool
[2:06] employees, the 5-year electric rate
increase plan, the termination,
[2:13] the resolution 2026 16 termination the
agency agreement of the Midwest
[2:18] Municipal Gas Agency. Approval of the
mobile merchant license Chick-fil-A, a
[2:25] tri-state food truck.
Was there a motion?
[2:29] » I'll make that motion.
>> I'll second it.
[2:33] » All those in favor?
>> I
[2:35] » I
>> Okay.
[2:38] Presentations, public hearings,
recognitions, proclamations. Is there
[2:42] anybody
that would like to say anything?
[2:49] Nope. Okay. And administrator,
Mr. Leonard, would you like to give an
[2:55] update?
>> Sure. So, I just have a a few things
[2:58] that we've been we've been talking
about, uh, that I just thought I'd give
[3:01] you a quick update on. And, uh, I see
Chief's here, too. So, Chief might be
[3:06] able to give you an update on one of
those on there. But, the KMU job update.
[3:10] So, those of you that know that the the
posting went up, we had the job posting
[3:13] up for three weeks. It came down last
Friday for that open KMU position we've
[3:17] been talking about. Uh we've had four
candidates uh that uh have put their
[3:22] application forward. So I'll be meeting
with the KMU group next week uh along
[3:26] with the commissioners of the KMU. Uh
just kind of sharing with them who these
[3:30] individuals are. Uh we're in the process
of figuring out questions for
[3:34] interviews, who we're going to
interview, and then we'll put the
[3:36] interview panel together and we'll uh
and we'll work through uh that KMU
[3:41] position. Um we already are working
through or do you want to speak to it,
[3:45] Chief? You can go ahead about what we're
doing Friday. You want to just take it
[3:48] from there or do you want me to? It's up
to you.
[4:03] people and also got
word from
[4:20] the previous
[4:33] Yeah. Yeah. I got the email from Chief
today. It was exciting. We got the
[4:36] parttime thing. We got the interviews
going. So hopefully we'll have that
[4:38] figured here in out in the near future.
So yeah,
[4:42] things are looking up. A few bodies may
be showing up to give a a little help
[4:45] with the existing folks.
>> Huh.
[4:55] » But she is staying with us part time,
right? you want to go back. Yeah.
[4:59] » Yeah. As needed or whatever.
>> Okay, cool.
[5:02] » The schedule still doesn't show that
though.
[5:04] » Okay. [laughter]
[5:06] » Yeah.
>> Okay.
[5:10] » Um, so yeah, thanks, Chief. I didn't
want to steal your thunder, so instead
[5:14] if you were here, I thought, well, I'll
let you kind of speak to it. So,
[5:18] um, we kind of already, uh, talked a
little bit, just kind of did a little
[5:22] head on the work session for next
Monday. That's basically the the
[5:25] representatives from Rebound will be
here. Um the the the core team that I
[5:29] call it will be here. Um the the core
team is uh Mr. Riggs, it'll be uh uh
[5:35] Tammy from Northland,
Derek to my left, and myself as kind of
[5:39] the core team. And then uh that been
working with some of this stuff. And now
[5:44] it's time to bring it in front of the
council. Let council kind of know what's
[5:46] going on. And ultimately all your votes
are the most important. So, that's why
[5:52] we're pulling you in now that we got
some of the things uh uh ironed out. Uh
[5:56] I expect there to be questions. I expect
there to be
[5:59] some in-depth conversations because
we're we're talking about money and
[6:03] years and potentially doing something
with the sunset home. So, I I uh we did
[6:08] ended up scheduling this work session so
all of you can come in and uh and get
[6:14] the the information, the presentation,
and then I'm sure there's going to be
[6:17] questions that you going to have when we
go through it. So,
[6:20] » yep. So, that's [snorts] all scheduled.
Again, just a friendly reminder, that's
[6:23] a 6 PM start instead of a 7 PM start on
Monday. Uh, and everybody will will be
[6:29] there. Uh, I even got uh Rebound uh
confirmed that he'll be there, too. So,
[6:34] I kind of put it separate because I was
going to give a little bit of an update
[6:36] on TIFF, but really it's kind of one and
the same that we were just talking about
[6:40] there. And uh and you guys will all know
and and we'll be uh all better educated
[6:46] uh come Monday on kind of what's going
on there. So,
[6:49] » okay. I did talk to our mayor and he did
believe that he was going to be able to
[6:53] make that even though he wasn't able to
make it tonight and a couple things this
[6:55] week. He had personal manners to tend to
this week, but he uh so far is planning
[7:00] on being part of the group on Monday. So
So there are
[7:06] » Okay. Do we need a motion to approve
that work session?
[7:11] » Nope. Okay.
>> We don't need a motion to Nope. Nope.
[7:14] Long as you guys are available, then we
can do it that way. Yep. Just scheduling
[7:20] a meeting out there. We will notify Good
question though. We will um notice that
[7:25] meeting just like we do a council
meeting. So, it'll be up three days in
[7:27] advance. It'll be on the board. It'll
just be like a regular council meeting
[7:30] except the difference with a special
meeting is what we put on the agenda are
[7:34] the only topics that we can talk about.
We can't talk about whatever else might
[7:37] come up. It's all going to be about TIFF
and and uh and that and those topics
[7:42] that are related to that. So,
>> but no, I don't need a motion to
[7:46] schedule the meeting.
Okay. So, I don't need a motion or
[7:50] anything. It was all kind of FYI, bring
you all up to speed on my whole
[7:53] administrator update.
>> Okay.
[7:55] » And that concludes my update for
tonight. Thank you.
[7:57] » Thank you, Scott.
>> Engineering.
[8:01] Derek, you need us to pay for stuff?
>> That's about it. [laughter]
[8:06] Um, so, uh, in front of you here is just
a, uh, another pay application for the
[8:14] 2025 street utility project. So, as many
of you know, they've been working within
[8:18] Langford Avenue. Uh started work uh back
up in late April. Uh this pay estimate
[8:24] that's in front of you is for work
through May 1st. It was just the uh some
[8:29] of the removal work that they did, some
top soil work and the early stages of
[8:33] their uh uh water main work that they
had um completed through that date. Um
[8:40] just overall update on project status
and what they're expecting. they're
[8:45] right on track with the uh schedule that
they provided when we started work. So,
[8:49] that's good to see. Um that schedule
shows paving in early June um which
[8:55] should allow them to complete everything
by the end of June. So, I can't speak
[9:00] for what they do between now and then,
but everything uh everything looks to be
[9:06] uh progressing nicely. So, um, decision
tonight is just a a motion approving pay
[9:13] estimate five, unless you have any
questions.
[9:19] » I'll make the motion to approve pay
application number five.
[9:25] » I'll second.
>> All those in favor?
[9:28] » I.
>> Okay. Motion passes.
[9:31] And it doesn't look like we have any
legal tonight.
[9:35] » No, there was no legal.
>> No legal. And we did the financial. Any
[9:40] Doesn't look like we have any old
business.
[9:42] » No old business.
>> And just a little new business with
[9:46] historical preservation training.
>> Correct. Rachel is going to come up to
[9:50] the podium and give you guys the
information on that. She has some
[9:53] interest in this committee and she's
done some work on it. So, I asked her to
[9:56] be here this evening and take credit for
all her work that she's been doing on
[9:59] it. So, with that, go ahead, Rachel.
Huh.
[10:11] um and it's located at the Marriott
downtown.
[10:15] So this conference it replaces a usually
a required training that will take place
[10:20] in September and so it's important for
us to attend this conference so we stay
[10:24] in good stand and then continue to get
funding for the Gunderson home. So the
[10:30] agenda is included in the packet if you
want to look through it. Um but you can
[10:35] see that there will be educational
workshops throughout the conference um
[10:39] networking opportunity and the source of
course there is a CG scholarship
[10:45] application that would allow both SR and
I to attend this conference at a very
[10:50] low cost. So um the scholarship would
cover remaining cost where we are
[10:55] required to do a 30% match but that
match can be um in time spent attending
[11:02] the conference and travel to the
conference. So it doesn't have to be a
[11:06] tax match if approved. And so I have the
um scholarship all filled out. There is
[11:11] a budget that is also included um in the
packet and it is an estimated budget. Um
[11:19] but yeah, that's kind of a brief over
of the conference and um and the
[11:24] scholarship. And so is there anything
else Scott that you would like to add or
[11:28] you would like to cover?
>> It starts when and ends when?
[11:30] » July 22nd through the 26th
>> which is a
[11:34] » Wednesday through Sunday.
>> Yes. So, it's going to be over a weekend
[11:37] also to be able to and and the reason
both of us are looking at Deon is
[11:41] because I've shared with you that this
Michael Coupe from the state of
[11:44] Minnesota has been telling us that we
need to kind of get back into good
[11:47] graces that there when I first got here
I wasn't sure what all was going on with
[11:51] that until I met with this individual.
And as Rachel was saying, that takes the
[11:55] place of the training that's already
required to do. So, if we attend this,
[11:59] we'll be back in good graces. The
training will be covered and and we can
[12:02] do some networking there. Rachel's got
an interest in that and she would like
[12:06] to be able to be part of that committee
and part of that team. So that's why I
[12:09] asked if she would be willing to go
also. And it looks like most of the
[12:13] cost, even though when you look at the
paperwork, there's costs there. Most of
[12:16] the cost according to she's been doing a
lot of work and keeping me updated with
[12:20] the state, most of those costs I do
believe are going to be covered. A large
[12:24] portion of that.
[12:28] » Can I clarify if there was any funding
left? and he said there was
[12:34] that scholarship and so hopefully our
time
[12:42] » and then are they're going to give you
kind of like some just some information
[12:46] and how to help kind of keep our
Gunderson house and keep it up to date
[12:49] and keep it going.
>> For sure. I definitely think there will
[12:52] be um yeah information within the
conference. I mean with the networking
[12:57] opportunities and everything I think you
will have a better understanding of what
[13:01] we should be
>> Yeah. moving forward.
[13:03] » Yeah. Because it's kind of hard to keep
that. I mean Yeah. We've done some stuff
[13:07] there. It's just a lot.
>> Yeah.
[13:09] » It's a lot. Yeah.
>> Good.
[13:11] » And the criteria that needs to be done
and and you can see that we're asking um
[13:15] for hotel overnight instead of driving
back and forth because there are things
[13:18] going on in the evening and there's
always networking opportunities. There's
[13:22] a award ceremony in one of the evenings.
So, um, that we did consider, you know,
[13:28] but to drive back and forth and to miss
some of that stuff, I just thought, you
[13:31] know what, we're going to go and put our
best foot forward. This would be the way
[13:34] to do that and try to get as much
information out of that as we can. And
[13:39] the reason I'm attending along with it
is because I should understand what this
[13:42] is all about and kind of what goes on
and then I can help Rachel and support
[13:45] Rachel as we move forward with this.
>> I guess I'm kind of curious. I don't
[13:50] know. This is the first that I've ever
heard of this. I don't know if has there
[13:53] been somebody from like the historical
society that's gone to this before or is
[13:57] it only for city officials or
>> so what my understanding was when
[14:01] talking with Michael is this what he's
setting up this time this year is a is a
[14:05] new program and it's taking the place of
the old one when we looked at past
[14:09] records when we had that training in
September that Rachel was referring to I
[14:13] guess Mark was attending it
>> oh okay
[14:16] » that that's what the p the last record
show that Mark was attending that uh on
[14:20] the city's behalf Okay,
>> that's all I can tell you with that. But
[14:23] this seems to be a brand new program
that's kind of taking the training and
[14:27] the the the the program that they have
put together and putting it all into
[14:31] one. So, anybody that attends us just
needs to do this one thing. We there
[14:35] won't be another seminar. I won't be
coming back to you in September saying
[14:38] we got another seminar we got to go to.
This is all combined into one. Yeah.
[14:43] » And that does that I mean then do you
does it last for a while or is it just
[14:48] once a year or
>> sounds like it's annual?
[14:50] » Annual.
Yeah,
[14:52] » but I'm guessing next year if we get
everything we need and get back up and
[14:55] running and get the the team going and
getting the minutes. I mean, there's
[14:58] there's criteria that we should have
been doing maybe along the way here.
[15:02] » Sure.
>> Uh we'll get back up and running. Then
[15:04] I'm guessing when we come around to this
again next year,
[15:07] » Rachel could probably attend it on her
own. It certainly doesn't need me to be
[15:10] there or vice vers.
[15:15] everything being new and kind of kicking
it off at and Rachel being new and me
[15:19] never being there before. I just
thought, you know, this might be an
[15:22] opportunity that we want to take
opportunity to kind of be there. So,
[15:27] » yep.
>> I think this is a good good opportunity
[15:30] for us to to dig into it more. So, I
appreciate all the work that you did on
[15:34] the research and that. So, I'll make an
um
[15:40] Oops. I'll make a motion to adopt or
approve the attendance for both of you
[15:46] to the training. Is there a number or
something that we need to
[15:50] » I don't see it on the We called it the
historical preservation training is what
[15:54] we called it and I don't have it open on
here.
[15:58] » Yeah, that's all
>> if you just want to approve the
[16:00] historical preservation training for
both Rachel and Scott. And then there's
[16:03] a number I can get the number added to
it. Okay.
[16:06] » But that'll be the the motion to approve
that.
[16:08] » Okay. I'll make a motion then to approve
the historical preservation training for
[16:11] both Scott and Rachel.
[16:16] I'll second it.
All those in favor?
[16:20] » I
>> I
[16:21] » Okay.
Thank you, Rachel. Very nice job
[16:25] presenting. Very nice. That was perfect.
Yep.
[16:29] » Okay. And into other business.
This is just the fastest meeting ever.
[16:35] Okay. Before you get in on other
business, could I have just one second?
[16:38] » Yeah.
>> One thing I wanted to bring you up to
[16:40] speed is we haven't had a uh a planning
and zoning commission or planning
[16:44] commission meeting in a little while.
>> Okay.
[16:46] » We are planning on having our first one
with the new committee members uh
[16:50] January or excuse me, June 2nd. Um that
we're going to be talking about a couple
[16:54] things that have come up and um and we
also need to do this for the uh adoption
[17:01] of the TIF that we're working on. So, it
goes in front of the planning commission
[17:04] and then it'll come back in front of the
council for final approval on the tiff
[17:08] district in June 9th. So, just a heads
up, it's been a little while and and the
[17:12] planning commission, we're pulling it
together. Holly and I have been working
[17:15] on it already. Got a couple agenda items
for that night. Um, but just wanted to
[17:18] let you know that uh that'll be uh
scheduled for June 2nd. I meant to tell
[17:22] you that in my update. I'm sorry.
>> Okay,
[17:24] » now I'm done.
>> Okay,
[17:25] » thank you.
>> Yes.
[17:28] » Okay, perfect. Okay. Um, other business,
it just looks like we have the schedule
[17:32] of upcoming meetings.
>> KMU meeting, Tuesday, May 19th at 3 p.m.
[17:39] EDA meeting, Tuesday, May 26th at 8:00
a.m. City Council meeting, Tuesday, June
[17:45] 9th at 700 p.m.
Um, okay. Uh, council and staff general
[17:52] comments.
[17:56] Anybody have any comments?
I will just say that the council meeting
[18:01] went very very well and the electronics
were working. So I want to thank Heather
[18:06] for her time that she put in to make
sure that the electronics was working
[18:09] and for Derek supervising the whole
thing with electronics.
[18:12] » It works now that I'm not. [laughter]
[18:17] » So uh but in along those lines I have I
am getting estimates from a couple
[18:22] different companies if we were decided
to upgrade and make things work. Even
[18:26] though Heather and I worked on it today
with on-site, it's it's still it's not
[18:31] it it still has its flaws. Let's just
put it that way, right? We're we're
[18:35] working through it right now. We're
making it work. And Heather did a fine
[18:38] job making it work tonight. Um but I
will be coming forward to you guys with
[18:43] some sort of an idea if we decide we
want to do something with electronics in
[18:47] here at a later date. And we're taking
care of the small conference room, too,
[18:51] that we talked about. So,
>> yeah. Wonderful. Okay, [sighs]
[18:55] » that's great news.
Okay, anything else? I would like to
[18:59] just make um a reminder that the
swimming pool, we're having the
[19:04] fundraiser this Saturday from 2:00 to
5:00. Um it's a Hawaiian luau party.
[19:11] We'll have um food available for free
offering, um yard games, there's silent
[19:17] auction items. So, public, please come
and support our our community pool. Our
[19:28] park and recck meeting is tomorrow
night.
[19:31] » Yes.
>> I guess we didn't get that on here, but
[19:33] yeah.
>> Yeah, that was rescheduled.
[19:37] » Okay, we good. Everybody else? Okay,
then. Um, does anybody want to make a
[19:43] motion to adjurnn?
I'll make a motion to adjurnn.
[19:48] » Second.
>> Okay. All those in favor? I. Okay. We
[19:52] passes to adjourn. Thank you everybody.
>> Yeah, nicely done everyone. 20 minutes.
[19:57] Very nice.