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