I know.
Well we can always reiterate what he has said if you have a problem hearing anything.
I know.
Well we can always reiterate what he has said if you have a problem hearing anything.
I know.
But we can always reiterate what he has said if you have a problem hearing it.
So we'd be more than happy to do that.
Okay.
We can hear all of you.
That's a speaker on the side of the move.
Is the speaker on the bottom side or is it on the back other side?
One and messy.
The speaker on these, is that on this side?
Well because he built structures.
Okay.
We're going to call this special session together this Tuesday, January 21st at 6.31pm.
Please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.
Thank you.
Renee, will you take roll call please?
Absolutely present this evening.
Live and in chambers we have Mayor Swenson, councilmembers Nader McPherson and Bloomquist.
Councilmember Voss is attending our special council meeting today, Tuesday, January 21 at 6.30pm via phone and iPad connectivity.
Personal to Minnesota Statute 13D.021.
Councilmember Voss will be either seen and heard at the meeting via electronic, phone or iPad means and will participate from Panera Bread,
761 Coastal Boulevard, Brooksville, Florida, a location that is open and accessible to the public.
Thank you.
Renee, would you take up the resolution that we need to talk about?
Yes, as you recall at your last regular council meeting, I had asked the council to approve a reapportionment of the special assessments affecting the parcel that we platted as SB fourth edition.
I took that plat into the county on Friday and received a phone call from the assistant auditor treasurer who said, oh, by the way, there's two pin numbers for this particular plat.
You only apportion the taxes on one of the pin numbers you need to have a resolution apportioning these special assessments on the other pin and they're holding up our plat,
which means we're holding up a land sale until we can get this reapportionment, hence the reason for this special meeting this evening.
Much like you did last Tuesday, I'm asking that you approve the resolution. In this case, it's resolution 005-20-CC, a resolution that's reapportioning the assessments with regard to a parcel in the interstate business park.
Does anybody have anything that they need to discuss or we want to make a motion right away? We pretty much covered this last week. It was just another assessment that we didn't know about.
I'll make a motion too for resolution 005-20-CC.
Thank you, Council Member Blomquist.
I'll second it.
Thank you, Council Member McPherson. Any more discussion?
All those in favour signify by saying aye?
Aye.
Opposed? Thank you very much.
Kathy, you're up next.
Anyway, my memo speaks for itself, unless people have questions.
So the question before the council is whether you want to take this up at your regular meeting since this is a request to utilize staff time.
Brian, did you hear that?
Yes, I did.
Any discussion from anybody?
In regards to taking this up and as far as making the agenda for the meeting and making the meeting.
The only direction from the council is do you want to see this on an agenda for official action?
I just want to bring up before this gets brought up that last year I went through this, Kathy, last year this was brought up that another city was supposed to be responsible for setting up the meeting this year.
That's what was in there.
There was two people that were supposed to set the meeting up from last week. I didn't pull it up tonight.
I have always set up the meeting.
There was two people's names that were on it and I'm sorry I didn't bring it up tonight.
But anyway, how much staff time is this going to take up?
You've got the information.
What are you thinking?
I don't know.
You have to get it updated before you can send a notice out because people change.
And we've had four city administrators change in the last four years.
Pine City, Bram, Princeton, and North Branch.
So it always changed.
Council Member, bone coast, how many cities are on?
There's a total of eight of us.
I think there's six cities and two townships.
Okay, my feeling is I think we can probably handle this.
If it's just a matter of us contacting through e-mail or phone calls I think we can discuss this at the next meeting.
I don't have any issues if any of the council members have.
If it wants to get, what's your feeling on this, Brian?
My feeling is let's bring it up at the next council meeting and talk it up.
All right, that's what we're hearing from the council if you want it brought up at our next meeting then for discussion.
Then it will be on your agenda for the 28th.
If there's nothing else, did you have anything more for anything else, Kathy? Was that it?
No, no.
Unless another council member wants to take this on.
I've been perpetual secretary for Amber, and I'm kind of the white person in every way.
I have a question with my phone.
Now this might be a little bit more...
I don't know how I was going to deal with Sally Hoyt being retired.
Your microphone on?
Without Sally Hoyt being retired, they have been perpetual's treasure.
They were willing to take that on.
We changed that in the JPA because before we were rotating it.
Every time there was a change, there was a new bank, there were new checks, there was a new bank.
That didn't make any sense.
Bram is the perpetual treasure on the perpetual secretary.
I think Brian Shalene from Pine City is the vice president and Patrick Schifferdecker is the chair.
The questions you're asking for us next week is one, does anybody want to take it on?
You still have to do what's in the memo.
What's in the memo?
You have to update the spreadsheet.
Part of why I'm looking at this is because I kept all the records.
I kept city records in my house.
You said you shouldn't be doing that.
I had records that went back to the original franchise agreement.
Since it's not me that's the secretary in essence, it's the city of North Branch.
That's why I felt it should be a city function.
I don't think any council members should have city records in their house and be responsible for that.
I agree. 100%.
If there's nothing else, then we ask for an adjournment.
I'll make that motion.
Thank you, council member Bursing, have a second.
Motion. I'll second that.
Thank you, council member Voss.
All those in favor, signify by saying aye.
Aye. Aye. Aye.
Thank you. We're adjourned.