1 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:02,000 I know. 2 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:08,000 Well we can always reiterate what he has said if you have a problem hearing anything. 3 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,000 I know. 4 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,000 I know. 5 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:14,000 I know. 6 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:16,000 I know. 7 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:22,000 Well we can always reiterate what he has said if you have a problem hearing anything. 8 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,000 I know. 9 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:26,000 I know. 10 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:30,000 But we can always reiterate what he has said if you have a problem hearing it. 11 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,000 So we'd be more than happy to do that. 12 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,000 Okay. 13 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,000 We can hear all of you. 14 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:38,000 That's a speaker on the side of the move. 15 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:42,000 Is the speaker on the bottom side or is it on the back other side? 16 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:44,000 One and messy. 17 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:52,000 The speaker on these, is that on this side? 18 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,000 Well because he built structures. 19 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:56,000 Okay. 20 00:01:56,000 --> 00:02:06,000 We're going to call this special session together this Tuesday, January 21st at 6.31pm. 21 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,000 Please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance. 22 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:22,000 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. 23 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:23,000 Thank you. 24 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,000 Renee, will you take roll call please? 25 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:27,000 Absolutely present this evening. 26 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:31,000 Live and in chambers we have Mayor Swenson, councilmembers Nader McPherson and Bloomquist. 27 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:40,000 Councilmember Voss is attending our special council meeting today, Tuesday, January 21 at 6.30pm via phone and iPad connectivity. 28 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:44,000 Personal to Minnesota Statute 13D.021. 29 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:51,000 Councilmember Voss will be either seen and heard at the meeting via electronic, phone or iPad means and will participate from Panera Bread, 30 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:59,000 761 Coastal Boulevard, Brooksville, Florida, a location that is open and accessible to the public. 31 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,000 Thank you. 32 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:05,000 Renee, would you take up the resolution that we need to talk about? 33 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:17,000 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. 34 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:28,000 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. 35 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:39,000 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, 36 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:46,000 which means we're holding up a land sale until we can get this reapportionment, hence the reason for this special meeting this evening. 37 00:03:46,000 --> 00:04:08,000 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. 38 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:21,000 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. 39 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:28,000 I'll make a motion too for resolution 005-20-CC. 40 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,000 Thank you, Council Member Blomquist. 41 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:31,000 I'll second it. 42 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:35,000 Thank you, Council Member McPherson. Any more discussion? 43 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:38,000 All those in favour signify by saying aye? 44 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:39,000 Aye. 45 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:42,000 Opposed? Thank you very much. 46 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,000 Kathy, you're up next. 47 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:52,000 Anyway, my memo speaks for itself, unless people have questions. 48 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:59,000 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. 49 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:05,000 Brian, did you hear that? 50 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:08,000 Yes, I did. 51 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,000 Any discussion from anybody? 52 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:24,000 In regards to taking this up and as far as making the agenda for the meeting and making the meeting. 53 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:32,000 The only direction from the council is do you want to see this on an agenda for official action? 54 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:48,000 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. 55 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,000 That's what was in there. 56 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:58,000 There was two people that were supposed to set the meeting up from last week. I didn't pull it up tonight. 57 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:00,000 I have always set up the meeting. 58 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:06,000 There was two people's names that were on it and I'm sorry I didn't bring it up tonight. 59 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:12,000 But anyway, how much staff time is this going to take up? 60 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:14,000 You've got the information. 61 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:16,000 What are you thinking? 62 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,000 I don't know. 63 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:27,000 You have to get it updated before you can send a notice out because people change. 64 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:31,000 And we've had four city administrators change in the last four years. 65 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:35,000 Pine City, Bram, Princeton, and North Branch. 66 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,000 So it always changed. 67 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:43,000 Council Member, bone coast, how many cities are on? 68 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:45,000 There's a total of eight of us. 69 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:48,000 I think there's six cities and two townships. 70 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:53,000 Okay, my feeling is I think we can probably handle this. 71 00:06:53,000 --> 00:07:01,000 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. 72 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:04,000 I don't have any issues if any of the council members have. 73 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:12,000 If it wants to get, what's your feeling on this, Brian? 74 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:18,000 My feeling is let's bring it up at the next council meeting and talk it up. 75 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:25,000 All right, that's what we're hearing from the council if you want it brought up at our next meeting then for discussion. 76 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:28,000 Then it will be on your agenda for the 28th. 77 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:41,000 If there's nothing else, did you have anything more for anything else, Kathy? Was that it? 78 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:43,000 No, no. 79 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:46,000 Unless another council member wants to take this on. 80 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:52,000 I've been perpetual secretary for Amber, and I'm kind of the white person in every way. 81 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:54,000 I have a question with my phone. 82 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:57,000 Now this might be a little bit more... 83 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:02,000 I don't know how I was going to deal with Sally Hoyt being retired. 84 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,000 Your microphone on? 85 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:10,000 Without Sally Hoyt being retired, they have been perpetual's treasure. 86 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,000 They were willing to take that on. 87 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:16,000 We changed that in the JPA because before we were rotating it. 88 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:21,000 Every time there was a change, there was a new bank, there were new checks, there was a new bank. 89 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,000 That didn't make any sense. 90 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:28,000 Bram is the perpetual treasure on the perpetual secretary. 91 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:36,000 I think Brian Shalene from Pine City is the vice president and Patrick Schifferdecker is the chair. 92 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:42,000 The questions you're asking for us next week is one, does anybody want to take it on? 93 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:47,000 You still have to do what's in the memo. 94 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:49,000 What's in the memo? 95 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:53,000 You have to update the spreadsheet. 96 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:59,000 Part of why I'm looking at this is because I kept all the records. 97 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,000 I kept city records in my house. 98 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,000 You said you shouldn't be doing that. 99 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:08,000 I had records that went back to the original franchise agreement. 100 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:15,000 Since it's not me that's the secretary in essence, it's the city of North Branch. 101 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:18,000 That's why I felt it should be a city function. 102 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:24,000 I don't think any council members should have city records in their house and be responsible for that. 103 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:27,000 I agree. 100%. 104 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:30,000 If there's nothing else, then we ask for an adjournment. 105 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:32,000 I'll make that motion. 106 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:35,000 Thank you, council member Bursing, have a second. 107 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:37,000 Motion. I'll second that. 108 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:39,000 Thank you, council member Voss. 109 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:41,000 All those in favor, signify by saying aye. 110 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:43,000 Aye. Aye. Aye. 111 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:45,000 Thank you. We're adjourned.