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Call this meeting to order. All rise for
the pledge of allegiance.

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» I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the

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republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all.

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All right. Um, can I get a motion to
approve the agenda?

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» There is one change, Mr. Mayor. Uh, 7G
needs to be eliminated, please.

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» 7G is eliminated.
>> So, motion.

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» Second.
>> All in favor say I. I.

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» Opposed. Motion carried. Open forum. Uh
if anybody would like to speak, they can

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stand on up and come over here and
speak.

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I do have one thing. Um
I got a uh a letter from the city of

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Holding for that they would like me to
read and it reads to our neighboring

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fire departments. On behalf of the city
of Holding for, our residents, and our

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entire community, we extend our deepest
gratitude for your extraordinary service

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during the fire at the Holding for Mill
on Sunday night. What unfolded was a

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devastating and emotional moment for the
Bergs and for our town. Yet, in the face

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of loss, we witnessed something
powerful. The unwavering dedication of

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the fire departments and private parties
who responded without hesitation. 10

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departments came together, bringing
tankers, equipment, and skilled

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firefighters to battle an intense and
challenging blaze. Your teamwork,

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professionalism, and determination
protected nearby homes and businesses

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pred uh preventing further destruction
and brought comfort to our community

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watching a historic landmark burn.
We know the long hours, the cold air,

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and the physical and emotional demand
that came with the response of this

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scale. Your willingness to step in,
support one another, to serve our city

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exemplifies the very best in what it
means to be part of a shared community.

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Please accept our heartfelt thanks for
your courage, your commitment, and your

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partnership. Holding for is stronger
because of neighbors like you. With

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sincere appreciation, the city of
Holding Fort.

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Um, otherwise if there's no one that
would like to talk and I would just like

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to thank our fire department for all
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appreciate it. Thank you guys.
>> Thank you.

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» All right, we have a consent agenda.
Approve of the mills and purchase

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orders. Um, there's investments. There
was a donation of $5,000 to the Mars

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Fire Department from Arbig, a 25 years
service for Chief Mouse, a step increase

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for an employee. Can I get a motion to
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» So move.
>> Second. All

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» in favor say I.
>> I.

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» Oppos. Motion carried. Uh, police
department report. By the way, thank you

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for 25 years of serving our community,
Chief. Appreciate everything you have

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done between police reserves, police
chief, fire department, and everything

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else that you've done for us. We
appreciate you.

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» Right on.
>> All right. January 2026 in our traffic

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area, we had 15 citation, 81 uh verbal
warnings, eight written warnings. Uh we

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ended on uh 272 calls or requests for
service. Last year was 293. So a 21 call

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drop. Um a good amount of that is our
rental inspections. We had fewer in

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January, but a bunch in February. So
we'll see that number come back up. Um

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we also had u our first month being
short staffed and then it was cold for a

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good snap in there as well as good and
warm for a good snap in there, too. But

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the cold definitely slowed everybody
down and everything down. Um you'll see

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the act the numbers will be more
accurate now that we're a year into our

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new um software system and everything
will bounce out. So last couple months I

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haven't been able to give you good
numbers on what actually was happening

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because of that. Um seven agency
assists. Those are lower than normal

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which is good to see. Uh you should see
the new Durango on the road. That one's

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got the lighter color rims on instead of
the dark colored rims, the one that I've

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been driving. So that one's out and
about. Good to see that out on the road.

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And then the other one is up at
Equipment right now. It'll come down for

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graphics. And I would say by middle of
March, that one should be out and about,

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too. And then we'll be bidding another
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um we received or um received a grant
for an AED. There's a program through

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the U of M that um really focused on
private donations to get AEDs in every

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squad car in the state. Uh we've got
five of those that came from this

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program and now we got one more from the
additional squad. So, it's good to see.

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Well, probably catching that in the next
couple weeks here. So, some extra money

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doesn't have to come out of our budget
or anybody else's pockets. So, it's good

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to have and they definitely do their
duties. So, um I think that's the gist

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of it unless there's any questions.
>> Thank you.

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» Thank you, Chiefs.
>> Community development director's report.

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» So, we have several agenda items tonight
as we move forward to spring. It's

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always fun to talk about things like
playgrounds and sports courts. So

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looking forward to that. Work continues
on grant applications. I submitted an AP

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grant to help with the walking path in
the Railroad West Park. And I'm

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currently working with a local business
on a uh deed Minnesota Department of

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Employment and Economic Development
grant for child care and for a child

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care center here in Melrose.
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notified that we advanced in the next
round of the small cities grant and

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invited to complete a full application.
And I met with the small cities program

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people and they had a couple of
suggestions for the full application,

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but they were impressed by the narrative
and the case that was built for the

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needs of our community.
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redevelopment, including we keep doing
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agreements are being bounced back and
forth between the legal teams and some

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proposals on the parking lot. So, I
think this is now a week old. Last week,

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Tuesday, we were notified by Geno
corporate executives of the sale of the

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new plant on the east side. We had a
good discussion with them and look

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forward to meeting with the life science
innovations team. Feedback from several

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local people who know and are familiar
with LSI say this acquisition will be a

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positive thing for Melrose.
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March meeting, I need at least two
public hearings. One is for the small

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city's application. We need a we need to
show proof that we had a public hearing

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and I received a request for a drainage
and utility easement vacation in

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Highlands to allow someone to build a
new house across some property lines. So

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to give you a heads up, those are
coming.

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» Thank you.
>> City engineer report.

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» All right. Good evening. As usual, a
quick one for you. Uh so borings on the

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2026 project should be happening either
tomorrow or early next week. Uh once we

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get those in place and make sure there's
no black dirt out there, we'll get those

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plans uh ready for council approval at
the March meeting for getting that on

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the street. So um otherwise, everything
else for me is a new business and I'll

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be back up in five minutes.
>> Okay. Thanks.

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» All right, city administrator report.
So, I'm going to roll from my city

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administrator report under new business,
which is the city administrator um

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bridge plan discussion. So, this past
week, I submitted my resignation as the

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city administrator effective as of April
3rd.

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The council and the
um PUC met.

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There was a joint meeting that was held
on February 24th where a discussion took

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place regarding what the next steps are
for the city administrator position. The

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council and the PUZ were presented with
three separate um executive search

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consultants
proposals and the discussion was that

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they would like to interview David Drown
and Associates. So, a joint meeting has

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been set up between the council and the
PUC on March 9th at 5:30 p.m. where they

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will be talking to Pat Melvin with David
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In the interim, the discussion was also
held about transition and at this uh the

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council and the PUC determined that the
transition would include Chief Craig

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Mouse being the point of contact until
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was hired.
the uh mayor Joe Fininken and PUC

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commission member Eric Sanger met with
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visited with them about the transition
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that is where we are to date with that.
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I will save kind of my other stuff for
when you guys have your formal meeting

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in March and we can kind of talk about,
you know, where where you where the

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plans the plan is. So, that's kind of
what I have for now. So,

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» perfect. All right. And then we're on
the police department for uh short

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staffing.
>> This is um something that has come

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before you before. So in this case, um,
Chief Mous is going to be serving in a

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capacity to fill in for patrol work when
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sorry, I should have this in front of

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me. My apologies. Um,
if it's a period of 45 consecutive

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calendar days for staffing levels of the
police department fall below the

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requisite staffing amount. Thank you,
Connor.

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Do you want this?
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at the actual, but that's fine.
>> So, anyway, so um you guys have entered

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into for short staffing before with the
police department is put, uh Chief Craig

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Mouse. So if they go into a period of
over 45 consecutive calendar days,

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um the staffing levels of the police
department fall below the requisite

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staffing amount, then the arrangement
described in this notice which you have

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will apply but not before that 45day
period.

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So this is limited exceptions as far as
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the chief is obviously going to um
receive additional compensation

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and again um
it's really at the soldier discretion of

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the city as far as how they want to do
this. This is again the second one that

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they have put in place. And so when the
chief has to serve in

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any capac other capacity within the
police department, he will be

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compensated per thisou.
So that's what we have.

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» All right. Can I get a motion to
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» So move.
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» in favor say I.
>> I.

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» Oppos. Motion is carried.
>> Similarly, you have before you um Mr.

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our street park supervisor Andrew has
been acting because we have been short

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staffed on the public work site as well.
Um and so Andrew has

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been acting he has actually moved um he
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and the way our policy works is that if
you're working outside your class or

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your job description then you are
adequately should get compensated for

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some of that. So for Andrew, um the
recommendation really is to move him to

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step four at this time and not wait
until he would normally be at step four,

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which would be in July. So I would say
the council to provide consideration

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approving a step increase for Andrew at
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» And I just like to say thank you,
Andrew, for stepping up and helping out

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down there with with the other
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Appreciate all that you've been doing.
Can I get a motion to approve? So move.

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» Second. All in favor say I. I
>> opposed. Motion is carried.

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» Um, city of Mau's quarterly financial
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You can run the slides for me.
Thank you.

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» Good evening, mayor and council members.
Tonight, I'll be presenting the quarter

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4 financial summary, highlighting
general fund performance, key trends

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across other funds, and take a brief
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Overall, the city remains in a stable
financial position. Revenues performed

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well. Expenditures were managed
carefully, and we continue to maintain

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strong fund balances. I'll walk through
the major highlights, explain a few

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year-over-year changes, and then change
close with what we're focusing on as we

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move into the next budget cycle.

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Um, general fund revenues exceeded
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major categories meeting or surpassing
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Individual expense expense categories
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expenses remain below the overall budget
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below the prior year primarily due to
lower building permit revenues and

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non-reoccurring grant revenues received
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revenues reflect receipt of the second
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second half LGA distribution.
Overall general fund revenues performed

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well and exceeded our budget
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categories met or outperformed
expectations. The only category that

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came in below budget was charges for
services. Strong performance in interest

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income, intergovernmental revenue, and
miscellaneous revenue helped offset that

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shortfall. Overall revenues finished the
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While we saw some categories come in
higher and others lower than budget,

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overall spending remained under the
total budget amount. Departments managed

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expenditures carefully throughout the
year. This reflects continued cost

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awareness and monitoring across
operations. Overall department

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expenditures were generally well
controlled in 2025. administration and

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finance, public safety, public works,
and planning and development all

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finished under budget.

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Um, year end net position is slightly
below the prior year. This is primarily

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due to lower building permit activity
compared to last year. In addition,

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certain grant revenues received in the
prior year were one-time in nature and

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did not repeat this year. This
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last year's elevated revenues, not a
structural imbalance.

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The MATA fund remained stable, supported
by the plan transfer from the general

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fund as well as solid investment
earnings in capital projects. Net income

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was positively impacted by county
reimbursement related to the street

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project, which which strengthened the
fund position at year end. Fire

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department revenues performed well in
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coming in at 124% of budget for quarter
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with run volumes higher than budget and
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Overall, these funds continue to
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positive financial trends heading into
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As we look ahead to 2026, our focus
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financial management. We will continue
aligning departmental spending with

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council's 26 priorities, ensuring
resources are directed toward core

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services and community needs. On the
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optimize returns while maintaining
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operations and upcoming capital
projects. We are also planning

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proactively for future fire and police
capital replacement needs, ensuring

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long-term readiness for public safety,
infrastructure, and equipment. Finally,

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long-term financial sustainability
remains a key priority, maintaining

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strong reserves, monitoring revenue
trends, and positioning the city for a

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stable operations in future budget
cycles. Overall, our approach for 26 is

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proactive, balance, and focused on
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Do you have any questions?
>> Thank you, Jackie.

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All right, we're on the action items.
So, what we all have here is liquor

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license renewal applications. Uh, so
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liquor on sale, off sale, Sunday on sale
renewals. Then there's a club and Sunday

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on sale renewals, 32 malt liquor off
sale, wine license renewals.

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Uh, everybody has been background
checked and everything, so everything's

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good to go, right?
>> Mhm.

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» All right. Can I get a motion to
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» So move.
>> Second.

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» All in favor say I.
>> I. opposed. Motion is carried. Uh world

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seal project 2026. Is that going to be?
>> Yep.

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» Pretty straightforward.

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» Yeah. So, uh if you saw it in the back,
it was really ahead of time the map.

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Otherwise, it's just the annual Silco
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and we just need ad or a motion to
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» all right. Did they have any concerns or
anything? All right. Can I get a motion

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to approve?
>> Second. All

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» in favor say I.
>> I.

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» Motion carried
uh Main Street sidewalk project.

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» All right, I'll cover this one. So,
myself, Sheila, and Andrew, I I walked

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the Main Street sidewalk last week right
before it snowed again. Uh, so good

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timing on that. We can see everything
that was out there. It's not getting

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better. As anybody's probably noticed
out there, the settlements are getting

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worse at at the buildings and behind the
curb. and we all know the tripping

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hazard that that is. Unfortunately, the
number that they gave us last fall to do

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it isn't going to cut it anymore and
it's going to get us above the bidding

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threshold. Um, so I think we're going to
have to probably take that that project

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away from just being a quote and
actually bid it out.

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And what I my main concern is that we
actually probably survey it, make sure

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that we're meeting ADA grades. I'm
afraid that to put it back in, we

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wouldn't do those. We'll be tearing it
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So, I'd like to actually get some survey
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put in correctly, and then bid it. So, I
don't have a contract or anything with

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you guys tonight. Just looking for input
from the council. Is that the direction

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you want to go, or do you want to have
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They do it. What they've done worked,
but it certainly doesn't look as nice as

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we'd like to see on our main street.
>> What's driving the cost? Is it labor

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material? Both?
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» Yes.
>> Um, couple that with uh they did a

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really bare bones job. Uh they're going
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We need to connect the curb to that
sidewalk so we don't see that settlement

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again. They didn't have doll bars in
there. We're going to put them in. Uh

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they didn't have chunks of curb
replacement that need to happen. Those

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got to happen. There's two ped ramps
that got to get switched out. Most of

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them unfortunately are good yet, but two
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» So we want to just hold off on it or
move forward without getting the

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council's input on it. So I guess this
isn't so much an action item as a

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direction to staff item. If you did it
in two years, would it have to go out to

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bids? So, if you did two different
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» That's an option.
>> Spaced it out. Maybe

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» that could do it. Yes, that would that
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time or whatever that that approach
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Keep quotes from public contractors.
And the real question is, do we want to

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bid it with our 2026 retreat project or
a side or separate from it? They're kind

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of different type projects. One's a
concrete project, one's an asphalt

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project. So, I I don't know that we
gained a heck of a lot of bidding them

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together, but again, just looking for
input from the council.

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» Okay, Julian.
>> Uh, well, I trust you guys making that

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right decision for us.

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» And you just put straight up concrete.
You wouldn't put the exposed aggregate

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or you wouldn't stamp it. It would just
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» nothing decorative. We'd go lesson
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I think it'd be a big savings to just do
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pieces though.
>> There's a savings that'll be had for

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that for sure. You know, you always are
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that you'll avoid if you do that, but
you would be able to just quote it out

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if you broke it broke it in half. So, I
mean, there are there's a benefit to be

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to both.
>> I would say just do it all at once.

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It'll go up another 10 15% in 2027. So,
>> concrete prices have not been anything

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close to stable. that 10 15% is
absolutely an accurate statement. So

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» if that's the case then at the next
meeting I'll get something together for

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you guys to formally approve and what it
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» Have to do that.
>> Sounds good.

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» And there is um undesated fund reserves
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» Okay.
>> We are running a deficit in that

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>> then yeah let's at least uh go ahead and

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get a quote on it. Yeah for sure.
>> Well no we'd have to do formal

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» business.

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Okay.
All right. We are on to do we have to

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make a motion to do that or that's just
consensus to come back to it. Right.

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» Yeah. The motion will be made at uh in
March, Dave. Um and he'll bring back his

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engineering contract and his design
contract, right? Or would you bring back

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the whole package?
>> We'll bring back everything with it uh

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to get the survey for the survey stuff
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» Perfect.
So it's not as a consensus. All right.

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Then we are on to the PP01-2026-201

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preliminary central career.
>> Yes. We have two items coming over to

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you tonight from the Meadows Planning
and Zoning Commission. So the first

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item, the Planning and Zoning Commission
had a public hearing on Monday, January

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26 for the purpose of considering a
preliminary platform to Centricare.

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We've discussed this before. Um when
Kira bought the assisted living in the

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nursing home, um those buildings are
very tied together. You all know what

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Pine Villa looks like. We're trying to
figure out what's centric care and

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what's and so they've presented a
preliminary plat with some shared common

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laws. Uh planning and zoning commission
looked at it. They approved the

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preliminary plat subject to a bunch of
things that need to be done before the

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final plat is brought forward. So I had
the planning report as approved by the

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planning and zoning commission in your
packets. So tonight we're asking for

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consideration
um to consider the recommendation of the

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planning and zoning commission and
determine whether to approve or deny the

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preliminary plan.
>> Okay. Again motion to approve.

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» So move second.
>> All in favor say I.

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» I oppose. Motion carried. We have CUP1
uh 01-2026-401

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uh entering use
permit. Melrose Area Arts Council

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Campbell Enterprise Northwest Inc.
Yes. And tonight we have members of the

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arts council and the artist of the mural
here present with us. Um we do have a

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sketch. Uh the planning and zoning
commission held a public hearing on

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January 26 to consider the interim use
permit application from the Mrose Area

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Arts Council and Campbell Enterprises.
This would be a mural on the east facing

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side of the Midwest Automatic Building.
Um in your packet was the panel

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discussion. So, a couple conditions.
This is written up as an interim use

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permit as opposed to a conditional use
permit. Conditional use permits run with

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the land just as long as it's there.
Interim use allows them to put a set

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time limit on it. And it in the
recommendation of the planning and

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zoning commission was seven years
subject to maintenance at all times. If

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they decide to go with another sketch
three years from now, they have to come

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back because it's this is the sketch
that's approved. So any change of the

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sketch would have to be run through
another interim use permit. And our

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process is very clear that the owner of
the mural is the building, not um the

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artist or the arts council. So for
example, if this building were to sell,

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the owner of the building would have
every right to take it down. I think the

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arts council is well aware of that. And
the maintenance is up to the owner of

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the property.
So if you have any questions for the

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arts council or Justine who is the
artist, she is here tonight.

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» Sheila, thank you. Um and um I guess a
question, there have been updates to the

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sketch itself. If I may present that um
here it's a much more detailed version

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of what you see before you. Um, I'm
sorry that I did not include it in the

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agenda, but as you can see, it is Main
Street, the craft plan, um, the old

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church and farms in background.

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» Any questions or suggestions?
>> Very nice.

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» That looks great.
>> Thank you.

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» Thank you very much. No problem.
>> Yeah. So the action item is to consider

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the recommendation of planning and
zoning and to approve or deny the

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interim use permit for the arts council
and camel enterprises.

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» U quick question uh when is start date
and how long do you think it'll take

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you?
>> It should take about four months. Uh the

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process has already begun of sketching.
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what will be done is a scaled down
version of the painting about a third of

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the size. So the total size that will
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So the one/3 size is 10 by 3T which will
be done by June 1st. Correct.

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» Yes.
>> That's the supply. Yes.

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» All right. Looking forward to seeing.
That would be fantastic.

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» Thank you.
>> Can I get a motion to approve, please?

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» Second.
>> All in favor say I.

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» I.
>> Oppos. Motion is carried.

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» Pickle ball court park. So Andrew and I
are looking at each other to figure out

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who wants to present on this one. Um the
council to provide consideration on a

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second pickle ball court. So the park
board met on February 4th and they have

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received two quotes for a second pickle
ball court. This will be located

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directly west of the existing court.
We're hearing from pickle ball players

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that it's fun to play in groups and they
want two courts. So um requested action

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tonight is to consider the construction
of a second court and award the project

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to boing masonry the lower bidder
>> and funds are there.

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» Yep. Yes.
>> I've heard the same thing from the

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public that they would like to see more.
>> Um it's good thing I see there people

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there a lot. So
>> that's like the in thing nowadays.

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» Yeah. And it's something that looks like
it's going to stick around. So that's

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Can I get a motion to approve, please?
>> Second.

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» All in favor say I.
>> I oppos. Motion carries.

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» All right. G was cancelled and then we
on the playground equipment for um

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Railroad West Park.
>> Yes. G will we be bringing back for your

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March meeting. We just need to get a
little clarification on the bids that we

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have. Um so H is the playground
equipment. um that we are building a new

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park on in Railroad West which will be
located between the apartment building

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and the Roach townhouse project. Uh the
park board reviewed estimates at its

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February 4th meeting and is recommending
the flagship landscape structures. I

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think there might be a sketch.
>> That's the one they chose. They like the

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rock wall and there's a little zipline,
little mini zip line over there and it

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is targeted for five to 12 year olds. Um
Andrew is here to answer questions and

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Mark who is the chair of the park board
can answer any questions.

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» Any questions?

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» Can I get a motion to approve? So move
>> second. All in favor say I. I.

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» All right. Motion is approved.
um fireh hall workout room renovation.

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» So as part of the ongoing um
wellness that we are required to have

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for our public or I'm sorry our
emergency medical services and just

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overall wellness. A budget was set aside
and approved for 26 for a new workout

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room in the fire hall. So, Fire Chief
Buddy has received two quotes for new

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exercise equipment. The first is from
REP, which includes a trainer machine,

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dumbbell set, weightlifting rack, weight
bench, squat bar, racks, and various

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other equipment. That quote was
$13,3.31.

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The second quote is from Titan Fitness
which includes a trainer machine,

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weightlifting rack, weight bench,
dumbbell weight sets, racks, and

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additional equipment for 11,9328.
A quote was also received for new

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flooring in the wait room from Hennan
floor covering.

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Council to provide consideration to
approving quotes for the fireh hall

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workout room renovation project. I'm
going to put

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» Craig on the spot or Joe, whoever wants
to speak to this if they have additional

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information.
>> Uh I know the original equipment was

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donated from was it Anytime Fitness,
Joe?

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» Lifetime Fitness.
>> Lifetime Fitness. And that was a former

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um firefighters family.
>> Yes.

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» That uh donated that. And it was used
from commercial grade stuff, but it's

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definitely done its time and
>> um some it's not safe to use anymore.

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So, I think it's good that we're
replacing the equipment. I think that

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this will be a much used upgrade between
all three emergency departments and I

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believe it's open to city staff as well
because it's city building. So

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» yeah. Do you know the difference between
the two courts?

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» Uh it looked as though almost everything
is very similar. They might have um had

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one piece of equipment that wasn't
completely a match as far as the exact,

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00:30:21,919 --> 00:30:30,000
you know, usage or whatever you want to
call it. So, I would say either one's

419
00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:34,159
going to be adequate as far as whichever
choice would be made unless uh fire

420
00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:37,520
chief Bod had one that was a better
recommendation.

421
00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:41,039
» He just gave both quotes. It looks like
>> if I could speak for a second, I did

422
00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:44,720
talk a little bit about it. He did did
have recommendations on the he thought

423
00:30:43,279 --> 00:30:50,480
that equipment was just a little bit
heavier maybe. So, he did recommend that

424
00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:54,559
one. If anything, his recommendation
would be that one. Based off the

425
00:30:52,080 --> 00:30:59,200
durability potential and based off of
talking to the individuals he's been

426
00:30:56,799 --> 00:31:02,080
discussing with for the equipment, they
felt that that one might be a little

427
00:31:00,559 --> 00:31:06,640
better option for our setup.
>> Do we have to approve the specific one?

428
00:31:04,799 --> 00:31:10,240
» Yes, you can approve. If you want to
approve the specific one, that would be

429
00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:17,120
great. So then they can get it ordered.
Um, just so you're aware, this came in

430
00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:22,480
far under bid for what we had allocated
in the budget for this project.

431
00:31:18,799 --> 00:31:26,159
» Yeah. So, it' probably be 7 I1 and 7 I3
would probably be the ones.

432
00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:28,399
» Yep. 7 I1 and 7 I3. I would say you
should make

433
00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:31,600
» a motion.
>> Are you going to maintain the stuff at

434
00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:34,559
the city administration building as well
or is that stuff going to go away?

435
00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:37,600
» That'll all stay there.
>> That all stay there, but we're not

436
00:31:36,159 --> 00:31:42,480
looking for funds at some point to
update that either. What we've done in

437
00:31:40,159 --> 00:31:44,880
the past is any excess or surplus in the
police department budget, we've made

438
00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:47,840
purchases.
>> Um,

439
00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:50,720
» primarily that's who is using it. Um,
city staff is always welcome to use it

440
00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:53,919
as well, but primarily that's who's
using it. So, we'll just use excess

441
00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:57,519
funds at times if anything needs to be
upgraded or changed.

442
00:31:55,279 --> 00:32:00,720
» And we just actually that was repainted
and there were new mats put in there

443
00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:04,360
what, four years ago?
>> About that.

444
00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:04,360
» Yeah.

445
00:32:05,279 --> 00:32:09,120
» Can I get a motion to approve it that
way? So

446
00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:11,279
» second.
>> All in favor say I.

447
00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:17,159
» I.
>> Motion carried.

448
00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:17,159
» Uh fee schedule amendment.

449
00:32:19,919 --> 00:32:25,840
» Um after further review of the fee
schedule that was approved for 2026,

450
00:32:23,679 --> 00:32:32,480
there is just a couple amendments that
um we're asking to make. So rows 175

451
00:32:29,279 --> 00:32:39,440
through 177 under the park um shelter
rental there were the forprofit not for

452
00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:45,279
profit and um groups over 300 on there
and we never really use those lines. So

453
00:32:41,679 --> 00:32:51,200
just to keep it even or easy for rental
we'd like to just take that down to one

454
00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:54,640
line. And then um per Chief Moody he
would like to add per truck under the

455
00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:58,760
fire department
um rate as well.

456
00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:04,559
All right. Can I get a motion for that
fee amendment?

457
00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:06,480
» Second. All in
>> favor say I.

458
00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:11,360
» I.
>> Motion carried. And then the other part

459
00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:16,960
is the 2026 2027
uh League of Minnesota's IT worker comp

460
00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:22,640
compensation insurance quote.
>> Okay. We received a quote back for the

461
00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:25,919
2627 workers compensation. The council
to give consideration approved in the

462
00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:29,440
quote received from League of Minnesota
City's insurance trust for workers

463
00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:34,799
compensation insurance for period of
March 7th 26 through March 7th 27. The

464
00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:42,240
net premium costs for the upcoming
period are $72,439.

465
00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:46,799
The quote in 25 was $55,962
which is an increase of 29%. Due to

466
00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:54,000
claims history, the experience
modification changed to a 1.03 03 debit

467
00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:59,519
for the 2627 coverage period up from a
73 credit for the 2526 coverage period.

468
00:33:57,440 --> 00:34:03,440
Overall workers compensation rates for
26 have decreased for the third year in

469
00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:08,000
a row. It is recommended that the
council again approve the reg regular

470
00:34:05,679 --> 00:34:14,480
premium option. The general fund share
of the premium is $60,022

471
00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:20,240
and the utility share is $12,417
compared to 42,531

472
00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:24,240
and for 13,431
respectively for the past year. The

473
00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:29,679
council to give consideration approving
the League of Minnesota's workers comp

474
00:34:26,399 --> 00:34:32,960
insurance at the regular premium option.
>> Any questions?

475
00:34:31,520 --> 00:34:36,240
» Can I get a motion to approve?
>> So move.

476
00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:41,599
» Second. All in favor say I. opposed.
Motion is carried.

477
00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:44,879
» All right. Hiring police officer.
>> Yes, we received three applications for

478
00:34:43,119 --> 00:34:48,800
the open officer position. We
interviewed two. One person did withdraw

479
00:34:46,720 --> 00:34:52,079
prior to interview time as they had
received a position somewhere else

480
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:58,480
already. Uh we extended a conditional
offer to uh Miss Kylie Forsir. Um the

481
00:34:56,399 --> 00:35:01,920
offer is contingent upon her passing a
successful background check,

482
00:35:00,240 --> 00:35:06,160
psychological and pre-employment drug
and physical exam. Um, we're

483
00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:10,480
recommending that uh, Miss Forsier be
hired at step one in the wage scale and

484
00:35:08,240 --> 00:35:14,000
after six months of uh, full-time
employment and a favorable full

485
00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:19,200
evaluation, we would make the
recommendation to move her to step two.

486
00:35:16,240 --> 00:35:20,880
» All right. Motion to approve. So move.
>> Second. All

487
00:35:19,839 --> 00:35:24,960
» in favor say I.
>> I motion carried. And hiring a police

488
00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:28,640
reserve officer.
>> Yes. We also got an application from uh

489
00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:32,160
Kaden Swanson for a police reserve
position which has been either

490
00:35:30,240 --> 00:35:37,839
non-existent or very limited as far as
that um program being um used in the

491
00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:40,880
last several years. Um this has also
continued upon a successful background

492
00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:45,760
check, pre-employment physical and drug
test. Um Kaden Swanson is actually the

493
00:35:43,119 --> 00:35:49,200
son of Chris Swanson who worked here. He
left in 2012 give or take to go to

494
00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:54,400
Alexandria Police Department. So um
Kaden will be going to AL in the fall to

495
00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:59,280
be a police officer as well.
Sounds great.

496
00:35:55,760 --> 00:36:01,119
» Okay, get a motion to approve.
>> Second.

497
00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:06,320
» All in favor say I. I
>> opposed. Motion carried.

498
00:36:03,119 --> 00:36:12,520
» Uh hiring of a seasonal street arts
worker go through every year, right?

499
00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:12,520
» Yep.

500
00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:19,920
» Historically, city has hired a seasonal
part-time worker to assist with summer

501
00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:23,440
workload. Uh I'm here to request an
approval to hire temporary summer

502
00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:28,400
seasonal worker on the need on a needed
basis uh to assist with lawn and park

503
00:36:25,599 --> 00:36:32,480
maintenance, cleaning, etc. Therefore,
I'm requesting the council to approve

504
00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:36,240
the hire of seasonal parttime workers.
>> Can I get a motion to approve?

505
00:36:33,839 --> 00:36:43,520
» Some move. Favor say I.
>> I motion is carried. Old business for

506
00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:49,760
Minnesota paid family leave.
>> So u your memo as written is not

507
00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:54,720
correct. So what we found out is we had
approved this for 26, 27, and 28. We

508
00:36:53,040 --> 00:37:00,320
should not approve it for 28 because
we're tying it back to the contracts,

509
00:36:57,440 --> 00:37:08,480
your union contracts. So we are simply
asking for the language to be amended in

510
00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:16,640
theou to only reflect January 1st, 2026
through December 31st, 2027.

511
00:37:13,520 --> 00:37:20,000
» Any questions or concerns? Can I a
motion to approve, please? So move.

512
00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:23,839
» Second.
>> All in favor say I.

513
00:37:21,599 --> 00:37:28,160
» Oppos. Motion carried.
>> We're on the information items, schools

514
00:37:25,839 --> 00:37:32,960
and training. Uh a few people from the
fire department going to different

515
00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:37,839
schools. Uh there's going to be a Sterns
County Commissioners Board meeting. Uh

516
00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:41,680
April 7th, 2026 at 6 p.m. in Mau, which
should be pretty uh interesting. Uh I

517
00:37:40,079 --> 00:37:45,200
think people should show up for that. It
doesn't happen but once a year that the

518
00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:51,359
county will do their county meetings
outside of St. Cloud and they will be

519
00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:57,920
having a a large discussion about the
DNR with people here hunting with either

520
00:37:54,240 --> 00:38:02,400
shotguns or uh rifles in this area. So
should be a pretty interesting meeting.

521
00:37:59,920 --> 00:38:06,800
So might be a good thing for people to
attend. And then there's the next city

522
00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:11,680
council meeting which is Thursday, March
19th at 6 pm.

523
00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:16,960
» If I may, Mr. Mr. Mayor, a couple things
and this just happened today. So, um on

524
00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:21,040
March 9th, there's a joint meeting
between the public utilities commission

525
00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:26,079
and the city council. That meeting is
designed at 5:30 and that is

526
00:38:23,119 --> 00:38:33,040
specifically to work um to talk to David
Associates. And then on March 12th at 7

527
00:38:29,359 --> 00:38:36,640
a.m. there will be a closed meeting for
union negotiations.

528
00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:39,040
» Okay.
Good.

529
00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:41,920
All right. All right. Unless there's
anything else, can I get a motion to

530
00:38:40,240 --> 00:38:44,079
adjurnn?
>> Second.

531
00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:48,280
» All in favor say I.
>> Oppos. Meeting adjourned.