[0:03] We'll call to order the regular city

[0:05] counc

[0:07] September 9th6.

[0:09] We'll start the pledge of allegiance.

[0:14] » I aliance to the flag of the United

[0:18] States of America and to the republic

[0:21] for which it stands. One nation under

[0:24] God, indivisible, with liberty and

[0:27] justice. Sorry.

[0:36] » Can I get a motion to approve the

[0:38] agenda?

[0:40] >> Is there a second?

[0:43] >> All in favor?

[0:44] >> I

[0:47] consent agenda. We have the minutes from

[0:49] the regular city council meeting August

[0:51] 12th, 2026. Financial reports, city

[0:55] council payable, August 2026. City

[0:58] financial statement August 2026.

[1:01] And the liquor store profit and loss

[1:03] statement August 2026. Any questions on

[1:06] any of those?

[1:11] Can I get a motion to approve?

[1:14] >> Is there a second?

[1:15] >> Second.

[1:17] >> All in favor?

[1:18] I

[1:19] >> opposed. Carried. Public comment.

[1:23] This time is reserved for comment from

[1:25] the public on matters not listed on the

[1:27] agenda. Please keep comments to two

[1:29] minutes.

[1:33] » I don't know.

[1:45] » Say none. Moving on. department reports

[1:47] Carl County Sheriff's Office.

[1:54] » Uh in the packet included was the 2026

[1:58] August um monthly council report for law

[2:01] enforcement activity. Um there is a

[2:03] breakdown within the packet. However, um

[2:05] just a summary and overview, there were

[2:07] 207 total calls for service. This was

[2:10] made up of 44 extra patrol, 58 traffic

[2:14] stops, 11 business checks, one community

[2:17] engagement, five on view public assist,

[2:20] and 24 paper services. Um, calls for

[2:24] response, there was one medical, zero

[2:26] assist to other agencies, and 63 other

[2:28] calls for response for the total of 207.

[2:34] » Any questions that I can try to answer?

[2:39] Yeah. Well, they did they didn't add the

[2:40] arrest and citations which we asked to

[2:42] do and they did it one month. They

[2:44] didn't do it this month.

[2:45] >> I will note that. We also haven't

[2:47] checked from them. They might be coming

[2:48] in a little later, but we'll just see.

[2:50] >> Perfect. Thank you.

[2:53] >> Uh city superintendent Philer who's not

[2:56] here.

[2:59] >> Uh the water department distributed 3.8

[3:02] million gallons in the month of August.

[3:04] The sewer department uh collected 9.5

[3:08] million gallons in the month of August.

[3:10] Phil did uh include a report, a written

[3:14] report uh for the council to see. Um if

[3:18] you have any questions, please let me

[3:19] know. There was one notable that he

[3:21] asked that we review and that is the um

[3:24] extended hours for the recycling center.

[3:26] So, the items in blue listed in the

[3:28] council agenda packet, uh, looking to

[3:31] extend hours on Saturday and Sunday of

[3:34] the weekends of October 4th and 5th,

[3:36] 11th and 12th, and the 18th and 19th,

[3:40] and looking for consensus from council

[3:43] >> questions.

[3:45] My consent consensus

[3:48] consents.

[3:48] >> Excellent. Thank you.

[3:52] >> We'll put that on our web. Thank you.

[3:54] >> Yes.

[3:57] >> This liquor store report.

[4:01] » Thank you.

[4:10] » Good evening. Looks like city

[4:12] councilors, Mayor Michowski,

[4:13] Administrator Owens. Uh first in your

[4:16] packet, you'll see the October Fest

[4:19] flyer. Um the 9th annual. You'll see our

[4:23] logo down there. So, we're really

[4:24] excited for that. Things are coming

[4:26] along. Uh you'll hear some stuff on uh

[4:29] the radio here soon. Um and then I have

[4:32] a follow-up meeting with them tomorrow

[4:34] morning just to go over some more fine

[4:36] tuning with that. We are also doing that

[4:38] 30% off discount in the campground for

[4:41] anyone who's going to October Fest. Just

[4:43] at the time of checkout, just put in

[4:45] October Fest. O K T O B E R F E S T30

[4:52] for the 30% off.

[4:55] >> Any questions about that?

[4:57] >> October 30. Okay.

[5:00] Also, September 12th, we got the meat

[5:02] raffle going on at 5:00, karaoke at 8.

[5:06] On September 13th, Ted Eastman from noon

[5:09] to 3. On the 20th, it's Gypsy Wagon from

[5:13] 3 to 6 and another meat raffle on the

[5:15] 26th of September at 5:00.

[5:20] Then I was going to talk just a little

[5:22] bit about um I know before I discussed

[5:27] what the federal government is doing in

[5:29] regards to hemp and they're reducing

[5:32] that. Uh well, the Congress has moved

[5:35] forward with that. So, there is no real

[5:38] plan as for the state of Minnesota to go

[5:42] against any of that. In fact, last week

[5:46] um there was a vote and it did pass. So,

[5:50] um here in November, there is another

[5:53] election or not election, sorry, scratch

[5:56] that. another vote in regards to this

[5:58] stuff on the 12th, but it got moved to

[6:01] December 11th to get a little more time.

[6:03] Um, but already we have the League of

[6:06] Minnesota Cities is no longer insuring

[6:09] anyone that is selling cannabis stuff.

[6:12] So, um, bottom line is this. Uh, we are

[6:16] not with the League of Minnesota Cities

[6:18] for insurance. I believe our insurance

[6:20] will continue to ensure us. However, any

[6:23] municipality will need to really take a

[6:25] look because all the insurance is going

[6:27] to take a

[6:29] really hike. Um, it's going to go up

[6:31] quite a bit. So, there the NMDA is

[6:35] advising all municipalities to really

[6:37] take a look at that or we're going to

[6:39] have to make some hard decisions in

[6:41] regards to it. So,

[6:43] >> Ryan,

[6:44] >> is this in regards to like the uh THC

[6:48] drinks and things like that?

[6:49] >> Yep. It would be nice to know what kind

[6:51] of, you know, how much we're selling of

[6:53] that, you know, what kind of profit that

[6:55] we're bringing into that to see if that

[6:57] justifies whether or not, you know,

[6:59] spending a whole bunch more money on

[7:01] insurance.

[7:01] >> Yeah. I don't have the exact figures for

[7:03] you, Walt. I I can tell you. I don't

[7:05] know what the insurance is that's going

[7:06] to go up yet. I'm trying to get that

[7:09] information to let me know how much it

[7:11] is, but we do get a a fair shake of

[7:14] revenue from THC drinks right now. So,

[7:17] okay. I can provide that to you next

[7:19] time.

[7:21] >> And just for additional clarity, it is

[7:23] just the drram shop insurance that you

[7:25] do not utilize the legacies for.

[7:27] >> It's the extra insurance

[7:30] uh and extra insurance that you need in

[7:33] order to sell these types of products.

[7:35] >> Excellent.

[7:37] >> But I will keep a a vig vigilant eye on

[7:40] that.

[7:42] Any other There's one other thing with

[7:45] the MUN. I almost forgot.

[7:49] Um in your packet you have some quotes

[7:53] and we have a capital expenditure um for

[7:57] 51,000 for the year and that is for an

[8:00] outdoor patio. So you'll see two quotes,

[8:02] one from Cousins, one for Busack.

[8:06] Um the piece you got to kind of add that

[8:08] up.

[8:12] Two different installments there. So

[8:13] that comes to 34,000.

[8:23] We did go through these at the liquor

[8:25] last liquor committee meeting. Um the

[8:27] only other thing that um these don't

[8:30] have is the door. So we do need a door

[8:34] and we literally just got the quote for

[8:37] it like 5 minutes ago. So I didn't have

[8:39] time to get it in here to you guys. I

[8:41] was already down here. But that comes in

[8:43] at another about $8,000 for the door.

[8:50] » Neither court has the door though.

[8:52] Correct.

[8:52] >> Neither court has the door. So have to I

[8:56] you know I would hope that we could

[8:58] approve the project in its totality. But

[9:00] if you want we can hold off on the door

[9:03] and I can print that and bring it back.

[9:05] But at the very least, I would recommend

[9:08] at least we get the baseline stuff so we

[9:11] can form that slab for the patio.

[9:16] » Did you have a question? No.

[9:21] » Where's that door going to be?

[9:23] >> The door it sounds like is going to be

[9:24] just to the left of the window there.

[9:30] » You see it in the picture there?

[9:35] Are these um the exact same

[9:41] style or cover like the fence on this

[9:43] one was

[9:45] >> Yep. So they came in they they gave a

[9:48] little bit of difference their spin on

[9:49] it. So it's just they're not exactly

[9:52] apples apples. It's it was their

[9:54] recommendation to follow it regularly.

[9:56] >> What like square footage does each one

[9:58] give?

[9:59] >> That should be the same.

[10:00] >> Okay. Just so I

[10:05] » and two sacks was a total of 34. You

[10:07] said

[10:08] >> 34, but with the door you're looking at

[10:10] another eight.

[10:14] There might be some shipping on that. I

[10:16] just just say 89 for each state.

[10:23] It would.

[10:30] » Any other questions?

[10:32] >> Well, yeah.

[10:34] >> Yeah, go for it.

[10:34] >> Just by looking here, does

[10:36] >> I'll answer them the best I can.

[10:38] >> Um,

[10:40] cousins looks like it's made out of

[10:43] decking, composite decking.

[10:45] >> Correct.

[10:45] >> And the other one is a concrete patio.

[10:48] >> It's a slab. Yep. So

[10:51] really not not

[10:54] it's just what what do we want?

[10:56] >> It's your preference.

[10:57] >> Yeah.

[11:00] >> And it's from the sounds of it. I think

[11:02] Mary's talked a lot of the the clientele

[11:04] down there

[11:05] >> and just to get their preference too. It

[11:07] sounds like a slab would be more than good. Yeah.

[11:21] » Yeah. Okay.

[11:24] >> Any other questions?

[11:28] Any motions?

[11:36] I'll make a motion to approve

[11:39] that concrete works for the municipal

[11:44] um patio

[11:48] » and the door or do you want me to wait?

[11:49] Sorry. Sorry.

[11:50] >> Including the door.

[11:51] >> Okay.

[11:52] >> The 34,000.

[11:54] >> I'll get the door. Do you want to see it

[11:56] >> or you're just good?

[11:57] >> Um I trust you.

[11:59] >> Okay.

[12:01] >> Is there a second? I'll second.

[12:02] >> Any further discussion?

[12:08] Hearing none. All in favor?

[12:11] >> Poss.

[12:22] Really one item on here.

[12:25] Um, this has just still been going just

[12:28] kind of in my spare time, but um,

[12:33] we are still looking for a different

[12:36] potentially a different company that can

[12:40] facilitate all that we do here within

[12:41] the city for the IT services. So,

[12:44] coordinated business systems is one of

[12:46] those things that closely match what VC3

[12:50] does. Um, so this is just a quote of all

[12:53] the things. I don't need a a vote for

[12:55] anything today. This is just for your

[12:57] information because I have more work to

[12:58] do and I'm just letting you know this is

[13:01] what they're coming in at and that I'm

[13:03] still in discussions with them. Um, but

[13:06] they do all of the same stuff that BC3

[13:08] does and they come in about 200 bucks a

[13:12] month less. So,

[13:15] I'm going to bring it by the power

[13:16] company as well since they recently

[13:19] switched from VC3 to a different

[13:21] company, but I'm going to let them look

[13:23] at coordinated, too. And if I mean, you

[13:26] always get better buying power if you're

[13:28] working together. So, we'll see what

[13:29] they have to say. Yes.

[13:30] >> Is that Do they use this company?

[13:32] >> No.

[13:33] >> Um because it would be nice to get like

[13:36] a reference or somebody that uses this

[13:38] company to see how

[13:40] >> Yep. I have several references. Yeah.

[13:42] Okay.

[13:42] >> Yeah.

[13:44] >> Any other questions?

[13:49] » Finance department.

[13:56] Let's see. So, every 3 years the city

[13:59] needs to do pay equity reporting. Um the

[14:03] primary purpose of pay equity reporting

[14:05] is for Minnesota city and cities under

[14:08] the local government pay act pay equity

[14:10] act to eliminate sexbased wage

[14:12] disparities in public employment. So um

[14:16] it takes a look at comparable worth

[14:18] systematic evaluation accountability

[14:21] again goes on a three-year cycle. It's

[14:23] all about compliance testing and

[14:25] transparency. So it's a pretty lengthy

[14:27] report. I have till the end of the Janu

[14:30] end of January to get completed. We did

[14:33] it three years ago. So just letting you

[14:35] know it's coming up and then they share

[14:37] the results kind of with everyone who

[14:40] takes part in it. So

[14:43] any questions about it?

[14:45] Any questions?

[14:48] >> Thank you. Y city engineer report.

[14:53] >> Oh yes. So, the city council received

[14:55] the uh monthly meeting minutes within

[14:59] the packet from September 2nd. A few

[15:01] items to highlight. Um the city's

[15:04] negotiation team did meet with uh the uh

[15:08] Moose Lake Windmir Sanitary Sewer

[15:10] District and their legal representation.

[15:12] Uh we did spend a day um going uh

[15:16] through some negotiations and agreement

[15:19] modifications and contract

[15:20] modifications. Where we're at in the

[15:23] process now is the attorneys are meeting

[15:25] this week in order to kind of finalize

[15:28] what was discussed in the negotiations

[15:31] and put everything in writing um for

[15:33] them to be able to bring forward to the

[15:35] council and to the uh district board for

[15:39] review and potential approval. So, a lot

[15:41] of progress made and more to come on

[15:43] that particular item. Um the city had

[15:48] received a grant for a storm sewer

[15:50] inventory and analysis project. That

[15:52] project is wrapping up. They have just

[15:54] issued a hard copy of their results and

[15:57] findings to the city. Uh we will wait

[15:59] for next month when uh city

[16:01] superintendent is available and we will

[16:03] go through that and present that to

[16:04] council. Some really good information to

[16:06] be utilized um for future projects and

[16:09] planning in that.

[16:11] Um the engineers have worked with the

[16:14] city to identify some additional funding

[16:16] opportunities to help with our match for

[16:19] the bonding bill aotment of um the

[16:22] citywide sewer lining project. So if um

[16:25] just as a reminder to council, the the

[16:28] project was estimated at about $3

[16:30] million. The city received 1.5 million

[16:33] from a bonding bill aotment and uh we

[16:37] are looking to come up with our match of

[16:39] 1.5. There is a D grant for up to

[16:42] 600,000. Um that is a potential source.

[16:45] So be working with the engineers in

[16:46] order to apply for that. And then we are

[16:48] also still in talks with the state

[16:50] regarding utilizing our uh NPCA grant

[16:54] funded sewer lining project planned for

[16:57] 2026 yet as an additional part of our

[17:00] match. So working through those

[17:01] logistics and we'll have more

[17:03] information for council on that

[17:04] particular item as well.

[17:07] And um we had some meetings on our

[17:10] wellhead protection plan. We're getting

[17:12] to the point where we're going to be

[17:13] bringing items for it um forward to

[17:15] council with that particular um project.

[17:19] The plan is is mandatory. We are looking

[17:21] at different ways to fund it. Um, we did

[17:23] put some uh money in the water fund in

[17:26] the 2026 budget to to accommodate the uh

[17:30] plan updates and renewal, but we are

[17:33] trying to uh mitigate that expense as

[17:36] well. Um, and I believe that's it from

[17:39] the engineering report. It's about seven

[17:42] pages long. If you have any questions,

[17:44] as always, please feel free to ask. Uh,

[17:46] and I think that's all I have at this

[17:48] time.

[17:49] >> Uh, it's funny that you brought up the

[17:51] seven pages. It's actually eight.

[17:52] >> It's eight now.

[17:53] >> When I first got on here 8 years ago,

[17:56] this report would be two pages long. And

[18:00] now it's eight pages long. And it just

[18:02] shows on how much more the city is

[18:04] doing. And I I think it, you know, the

[18:08] city has a lot more irons in the fire,

[18:10] so to speak, right right now. And uh I

[18:12] think it shows that what good teamwork

[18:15] in office that you guys are doing. You

[18:17] know, this is a lot more uh that you

[18:19] guys have taken on. And I commend you

[18:22] all for that. There there's there's much

[18:23] more going on than what there used to

[18:25] be.

[18:26] >> Thank you.

[18:27] >> Any other questions or comments?

[18:31] >> Thank you.

[18:33] >> Looks like Chamber of Commerce monthly

[18:36] update.

[18:38] >> Good afternoon, city council, Mayor

[18:40] Machowski, and Administrator Owens. I'm

[18:43] Michelle Anderson with Mlike Area

[18:46] Chamber of Commerce. Um, we had our

[18:47] board meeting today and here are just

[18:49] some highlights of what's going on with

[18:51] the chamber. We are looking for more

[18:53] board members, at least four more. We

[18:56] have some their terms are expiring and

[18:58] we do need to replace them.

[19:01] We have our annual raffle ticket sales

[19:03] going on right now. Um, we have we are

[19:07] doing our drawing on Wednesday,

[19:09] September 30th at the Muslim Brewing

[19:11] Company. And prior to that, at 5:00

[19:14] p.m., the chamber is starting Vive at 5

[19:17] again. It's a business and friends event

[19:20] of the chamber. Vive is an acronym for

[19:22] very important business event. So, we're

[19:25] excited to start that again for our

[19:27] members.

[19:28] I have an ambassador committee, a new

[19:31] committee, Melissa Thompson and Aaron

[19:33] Ramalde, and they are visiting local

[19:35] businesses and popping in. We've got

[19:37] little bags that we bring, little gifts

[19:39] that say popping in. anything to do with

[19:41] popcorn related items. As a gift, the

[19:45] chamber is doing hosting a candidate

[19:48] forum on Wednesday, September 23rd from

[19:50] 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. at Moose Lake

[19:53] Community School.

[19:57] We have um other events coming up.

[20:00] Adventure Bingo October 3rd at the

[20:02] Barnum Event Center and our Moose Lake

[20:07] Holiday of Lights will be on Saturday,

[20:09] December 5th here at city hall. The

[20:12] theater will be having a free movie and

[20:14] we are trying to get the tree lighting

[20:16] together. So doing some really fun

[20:18] things for the community.

[20:21] Let's see. We have also have coffee and

[20:24] conversation. It's the first Fridays at

[20:27] the lazy moose for breakfast. And our

[20:30] next speaker on October 2nd is Savannah

[20:33] Anderson with Wild Glow Social and

[20:36] Events. And that's our update. Do we

[20:39] have any questions?

[20:42] >> Done.

[20:43] >> Yes.

[20:43] >> Yeah. Um I would be interested in the

[20:45] candidate forum. Um I know that you have

[20:47] a couple candidates on there and you

[20:49] have candidates here sitting here that

[20:50] people might want to know especially

[20:52] since it says in their here directly

[20:53] about issues affecting Slake. So if if

[20:57] that's an opportunity maybe an invite

[20:59] could be put out to the city councilors

[21:01] that are people are looking for city

[21:02] council.

[21:04] >> Sure. Right now this September 23rd is

[21:06] for district 11 and 11A and we are doing

[21:09] a hard consideration for doing a local

[21:12] for possibly the sheriff's race city

[21:14] councilors.

[21:15] uh move on. So, thank you.

[21:18] >> Thank you.

[21:18] >> Any other questions or comments?

[21:21] >> Thank you.

[21:22] Thank you, Michelle.

[21:26] » Previously discussed business, the

[21:28] Carlton VFW Post 2962.

[21:35] » Thank you for uh offering me this

[21:37] opportunity to explain what it exactly

[21:40] is that we do with the VFW. Um the VFW

[21:43] is located in Carlton. However, I mean,

[21:45] I'm sorry. Yeah, Carlton. We cover the

[21:47] whole um the whole areas all the way up

[21:51] to we don't include Clo. This is us here

[21:53] and then whatever other cities are

[21:55] surrounding us. So, my name is Nancy

[21:57] Haltley. I've been here for 30 years. I

[22:00] became involved with this because my

[22:02] father was, excuse me, in the army and

[22:06] his brother was in the Navy and the

[22:09] sister was a Rosa the Riveter and the

[22:11] other brother was in the Air Force. So

[22:12] everybody was covered for all areas. And

[22:15] my mother was superintendent of the VFW

[22:17] for many, many, many years. So I've also

[22:20] been a member there as well as living

[22:21] here for 30 years. Been a member for 30

[22:23] years. So what we were asking for um we

[22:26] were doing some fundraisers, which we do

[22:28] every year. And my goal this year was to

[22:31] help really help to support the

[22:33] scholarship programs that we offer. And

[22:35] we have offered scholarship programs

[22:37] before. And we always go out and we look

[22:39] for donations from other people. I

[22:41] brought the letter in case anybody wants

[22:43] to look at what our letter looks like um

[22:46] asking for that donation and we always

[22:48] give our our tax ID number in case if

[22:50] businesses want to write it off as a as

[22:53] a business expenditure.

[22:55] So this year um I noticed that most lake

[22:58] hasn't ever had really much to do with

[23:00] the BFW even though it's a big part of

[23:02] it and I know you guys want to know if

[23:05] there's people. So on my where I live

[23:07] the neighbor down the way Mary

[23:09] Sturgilles was a member for many many

[23:11] years and down this way Pam Dangovich's

[23:13] mother who passed away recently also was

[23:14] a member on the ladies auxiliary there's

[23:17] also men that are also veterans from

[23:21] whatever area they're from the army that

[23:23] navy whatever they are but so we

[23:25] encompass everything across the board so

[23:28] this year I came down to when I was here

[23:30] and I went to all the businesses one day

[23:32] and I just said hey can you help support

[23:34] us because we

[23:35] trying to make a goal of a $2,000

[23:38] scholarship fund, which means two

[23:41] children, seniors, would be eligible for

[23:44] $1,000 scholarship. We're at $1,500

[23:47] right now. And thank you very much to

[23:49] Oak Lake who donated an ebike and I sold

[23:52] all the tickets in two nights. And so we made um $1,500 well $1,000 there. And

[23:59] then we also had a we call it sits

[24:01] happen and a cart that was a bunch of

[24:03] donated different um wines and liquors

[24:06] and all that and we made 500 off of

[24:08] that. So I came to the council and

[24:12] asking for $500 so that we can make our

[24:14] $2,000 budget. The reason that it's

[24:17] important right now for me is because I

[24:19] think right now we need to look at some

[24:20] of the trades. We have given out

[24:22] scholarships every single year, but

[24:24] there hasn't been, as far as I know,

[24:28] interest that or we haven't gotten any

[24:29] interest from any other kids that are

[24:31] looking at trade schools, which I think

[24:32] is a good place to look right now. And

[24:35] the reason it came really to a forefront

[24:37] was I was in my house and all of a

[24:39] sudden I heard this clash crang bang and

[24:41] there was a four-wheeler that just some

[24:44] kid was jumping all over and it he tried

[24:46] whatever he did, it blew up. And so I

[24:48] ran out there and I said, "Um, look,

[24:50] push it out of my driveway. I'll give

[24:52] you a ride to school. I'll give you my

[24:53] number and I'll give you a ride back and

[24:56] then we can talk about things." And

[24:58] here, come to find out, he has no

[24:59] interest in going to college, but he

[25:01] really wants to go to a trade school. As

[25:04] well as his best friend, he said, "We

[25:06] also need to speak with the Westerbergs

[25:07] because they're my best friend also

[25:10] wants to go to trade schools." And so I

[25:12] brought that up with us again in the

[25:13] meetings and I said, you know, maybe

[25:15] that's our focus and I'd be happy to

[25:17] present at the school as well. My

[25:19] neighbor is a um now he's moved up, but

[25:23] he was the principal of ESCO. So I'm

[25:24] trying to make a big push at the schools

[25:27] to make a big push for kids trade

[25:29] schools. I mean, we have a lot of, and

[25:33] not to judge people by any means, female

[25:35] girls that are looking at college

[25:37] scholarships, but like I said, we really

[25:39] want to make a push for trade schools.

[25:42] You can decide whether they want to do,

[25:44] but we're trying to make a big push for

[25:46] that as well. So, um, like I said, I

[25:49] visit all kinds of different businesses.

[25:52] We actually had somebody that handm made

[25:54] um some cornhole boards that were United

[25:57] States the 250th and they were eagles on

[26:00] them and it was beautiful. So I went to

[26:02] Dick Sporting Goods and I said, "Hey,

[26:03] look, we got these donated. What can you

[26:05] help me with anything that'll go with it

[26:07] and they gave me stars and stripes bean

[26:09] bags and we sold those boards and made a

[26:11] good I mean it's a it's a good thing for

[26:13] the community. Nothing stays with us. I

[26:16] have a letter here that shows we have

[26:18] many different things that we've

[26:20] participate in. And one of the things

[26:22] that I was going to point out too is we

[26:24] have a big Christmas fund that we do at

[26:26] Christmas. All the regions always

[26:29] participate. Everything is donated. The

[26:31] food is all donated. Um, Judge Dale Wolf

[26:35] donated two bikes and we had a ton of

[26:38] kids that came to that and we had a ton

[26:40] of stuff left over. And always what we

[26:42] do, most always with the exception of

[26:45] this time, is donate it back to the food

[26:47] shelf. And so I tried to find I called

[26:49] everybody I knew, nobody would answer

[26:51] their phone. And so I had a ton of toys

[26:53] in the back of my truck as well as three

[26:55] boxes of food and ended up going to

[26:58] Madawa because that's the only person I

[26:59] could find that answered their phone and

[27:01] they were going to use it for their

[27:02] church function. But we do a lot of

[27:04] fundraising as far as that is concerned,

[27:06] too. So we do support um scholarships.

[27:09] We do the um holiday support, community

[27:13] focused fundraising, um several

[27:15] fundraisers throughout the year. We do

[27:16] poppy sales and all that money goes back

[27:18] to the relief fund, small raffles, and

[27:21] mystery box raffles. And so we support

[27:24] not only um the scholarship fund, but we

[27:27] also have funds that support um

[27:30] families. And this year was especially

[27:32] because of all the stuff that was going

[27:33] on overseas supporting them as well,

[27:36] trying to figure out who needed help

[27:38] paying rent, who needed help, food, who

[27:41] needed help with children. And so all

[27:42] the money goes out. We find the most um

[27:46] valuable places that these places, the

[27:49] people can use it. So that's what we do.

[27:52] And if you have any questions, I'd be

[27:53] happy to answer them.

[27:54] >> Any questions?

[27:56] >> Yes.

[27:57] >> On scholarships, how many how long have

[27:59] you been doing that?

[28:00] >> Oh, since I've joined 30 years ago.

[28:03] >> And how many local ones have been like,

[28:05] you know,

[28:07] >> I don't off the top of my head, I don't

[28:09] know, and I don't have it in my notes,

[28:10] but I'm going to say probably not a lot

[28:12] only because we don't have much of uh

[28:15] awareness down here.

[28:16] >> Sure. And since I live here, I told them

[28:18] I would take this on as my baby because

[28:20] I figure we need to do that. We need to

[28:22] get more and more kids involved. We need

[28:24] to get more We need the kids to know,

[28:26] hey, it's out there and we need the

[28:29] parents to know that there's something

[28:30] available, especially now that they're

[28:32] getting pushed out of trade,

[28:33] >> right? And it's a great cause. I just

[28:35] like to see the money back come back

[28:37] into

[28:38] >> Oh, students.

[28:40] >> Yep. Oh, for sure.

[28:42] >> And that's one of our focuses, too. Any

[28:45] other questions?

[28:47] >> As a reminder to city council, the

[28:49] request came forward as um per the

[28:52] city's gambling fund contributions.

[28:55] Um and so the criter the um the BFW does

[29:00] meet the criteria and the request does

[29:02] meet the criteria to utilize those funds

[29:04] in a uh in a matter to support these

[29:07] efforts. Um, and so thank you for

[29:10] presenting additional information and

[29:12] just a reminder to council of how the

[29:14] city can engage appropriately.

[29:18] >> I'll make a motion that we uh support

[29:21] the DFW $500 donation.

[29:26] >> Is there a second?

[29:27] >> Second.

[29:28] >> Any further comments, questions?

[29:31] >> Thank you.

[29:34] >> All in favor?

[29:35] >> I

[29:36] >> opposed car. Thank you.

[29:38] >> Thank you. We'll be in touch. Okay.

[29:40] Thank you. If anybody wants any of these

[29:42] letters or stuff something that they

[29:43] have for their records, unless anybody

[29:45] wants them, I brought extras just in

[29:47] case.

[29:48] >> Again, thank you for the time.

[29:51] >> Thank you.

[29:53] >> Local sales tax and use tax update.

[30:04] » I'm back.

[30:05] Okay. I got a couple of updates for

[30:08] this. I really don't want it to get

[30:10] confusing. So

[30:12] David will probably go over what we have

[30:14] in the local sales tax fund right now. I

[30:16] don't want those figures to be confused

[30:18] with what I'm going to explain here. So

[30:21] currently the city has received

[30:24] 2,368,35891

[30:28] in local sales tax revenue. Okay. based

[30:32] on that and what we average every month

[30:35] and there's seasonality in there. Some

[30:36] months are higher, some months are

[30:38] lower. At some point in probably late

[30:42] summer, early fall of 2028 is when we're

[30:45] going to hit that $3 million mark. So,

[30:48] that's important because all of this is

[30:50] timing of when we need to get it to the

[30:53] capital and get approval there and then

[30:55] come back. It needs to be held at a

[30:57] general election for the public to vote

[30:59] on it, that kind of stuff.

[31:01] Um, so those are the figures for you now

[31:03] so you have an idea kind of what what

[31:06] timeline we're working with here. Um,

[31:09] furthermore, another key thing that I

[31:12] would point out is that the local sales

[31:16] tax committee uh is going to have quite

[31:19] a bit of turnover here at the next in

[31:22] November. There are the entire GOP panel

[31:25] is retiring and then the head of the

[31:28] local sales tax division is retiring. So

[31:30] there's several key people that are

[31:33] retiring or in tight races. So in

[31:36] November, and why I'm that's I'm

[31:38] bringing that up and why it's important

[31:40] is because there is the potential that

[31:45] street projects may be a thing here come

[31:48] after November's election. So we just

[31:50] don't know. So just providing that

[31:53] information, something for you to think

[31:54] about. Um in the meantime, we have moved

[31:57] forward with SE. They've talked with

[31:59] people. We've had meetings about the

[32:01] campground ex project and the city park

[32:04] project. Um so those are moving forward.

[32:06] They're working with their lobbyists,

[32:08] things like that who are talking to the

[32:10] same people we were talking to the

[32:11] League of Minnesota cities and stuff. Um

[32:14] but the League of Minnesota cities could

[32:16] look drastically different here

[32:18] November. So just throwing out my

[32:21] reporting Chris.

[32:25] » Do you have any questions about what I

[32:28] put forward? or Alyssa, do you have

[32:30] anything further?

[32:32] >> Yeah, I just think it's important to

[32:33] reiterate Brian's done a fantastic job

[32:36] of tracking this and and and providing

[32:38] information as we go. And we're going to

[32:39] have to be able to be flexible with our

[32:41] plan. So, what we've talked about

[32:43] internally and with the engineers is a

[32:45] dual approach. So, making sure that we

[32:48] have um uh project estimates for a

[32:53] lakefront recreational development

[32:55] update, so to speak, with the park at

[32:58] the campground. And that we also are are

[33:00] flexible enough to be able to pivot if

[33:02] streets and infrastructure is something

[33:04] that that um can be authorized again um

[33:09] through local sales tax. So we are going

[33:11] to have to put some extra energy in to

[33:13] make sure that you know come the end of

[33:16] the year and when we're looking at

[33:18] establishing a resolution to bring

[33:20] forward to the legislature that that we

[33:22] have all things considered. So there'll

[33:24] probably be some heavy engagement from

[33:26] council between now and then in order to

[33:28] make sure that we're able to accomplish

[33:30] that. But we're going to continue on

[33:32] both paths currently um so that uh we

[33:36] can be fluent with the situation as

[33:37] changes arise.

[33:39] >> Yeah. One other thing I guess I would

[33:40] note is that why the timing of this,

[33:43] it's great that we're mapping it out, is

[33:46] because if we hit the $3 million mark

[33:48] and let's say we decide to wait to see

[33:51] what all is going to happen, we kind of

[33:54] are going to have to decide because at

[33:56] the end of $3 million, if we don't have

[33:58] something that's passed and passed here,

[34:01] then we have to have a pause for one

[34:04] full year of not taking local sales tax.

[34:08] So it's important that we get something

[34:10] passed so we can have a continuation of

[34:13] receiving those funds. So just making

[34:15] that crystal clear. Yeah.

[34:18] >> Isn't the first thing the resolution?

[34:20] >> Yes. So we should be that first thing

[34:22] 27.

[34:23] >> Yes.

[34:25] >> Thank you.

[34:26] >> Any other questions or comments?

[34:30] >> When did you say we would be hitting the

[34:32] three 3 million mark?

[34:33] >> I'm going to say fall of 2028.

[34:35] >> Fall somewhere in there. Yep.

[34:37] >> Yeah. And that's when they would be

[34:38] voting on that down in St. Paul if they

[34:41] have to change things.

[34:42] >> Nope. We'll get that done well in

[34:45] advance of that that part. Okay.

[34:47] >> So, we could receive legislative

[34:50] approval potentially in 27. Um, but then

[34:53] there is a requirement that it goes out

[34:55] for referendum even even as a

[34:57] reauthorization.

[34:58] >> That would be in 28.

[35:00] >> So, the general election is in 2028.

[35:03] What's happening at the legislature is

[35:05] that there were no sales tax uh projects

[35:10] were approved in 2026. So, there's a lot

[35:12] of unhappy entities right now. Um and

[35:16] there's going to be a push in 27. And

[35:18] because none were approved in 2026, the

[35:21] lobbyists are informing us that there's

[35:22] the potential that we could request a

[35:24] special election in order to get our

[35:27] referendum in front of the community.

[35:29] Um, and you know, there's different

[35:31] procedures and processes in play that

[35:33] could um, potentially narrow that

[35:35] window. Um, it may be that we utilize

[35:38] the general election in 2028 and that

[35:41] you can request an extension in the

[35:43] interimm so we would continue to collect

[35:45] in 28 once we run out and when we go for

[35:48] out for referendum. Um so there's a lot

[35:51] of different mechanisms in place and

[35:53] we're working with all relevant parties

[35:55] to try and um you know step through this

[35:58] as best we can.

[35:59] >> Thank you.

[36:00] >> My goal and recommendation would be

[36:02] because we have a couple of options

[36:05] geared and ready by November's elections

[36:08] so we can get something we have to get

[36:10] it down there before January 31st um in

[36:14] order to get it passed down there. So

[36:16] resolution.

[36:18] So that's the date.

[36:22] >> Any other questions, comments?

[36:24] Thank you.

[36:27] >> I'm up again.

[36:28] >> Yes.

[36:29] >> Old school baseball field discussion.

[36:32] >> All right. So, as you recall,

[36:35] um we talked about drafting uh some

[36:40] lease agreements with the Muslake Buzz.

[36:42] We also looked at the home run club. Uh

[36:44] met with both entities. They've already

[36:46] seen these. Um, they agreed to it. They

[36:48] say they look great. I highlighted just

[36:51] a couple of things on the home run club.

[36:54] Um, so we're just aligning the dates

[36:56] with the buzz. Um, it is okay for us as

[37:00] long as the buzz agreed to prorrate

[37:02] their dates. So, because their their

[37:04] season technically has ended already,

[37:06] but we want to get them on the same

[37:08] schedule as the school district and the

[37:10] home run club, we had to prorate their

[37:12] dates. So, you're going to see that

[37:14] they've already happened. Um, does that

[37:16] make sense to everybody on the buzz

[37:18] agreement? Um, and then on the buzz

[37:23] agreement, three, four, and five are

[37:25] kind of the ones that are new and

[37:27] different from the home run club lease

[37:29] agreement. So, it talks about who gets

[37:32] priority use of the field, if they ever

[37:34] start selling concessions and doing

[37:36] admission charges. Um, those are items

[37:39] that I found in quite a few other lease

[37:42] agreements with semi-pro baseball teams

[37:44] that use city

[37:46] say uh ball fields. So threw those in

[37:50] there just in case that starts to happen

[37:51] down the road with them and they want to

[37:53] start selling stuff.

[37:56] Um other than that in the home run club

[37:59] on number seven, we changed the sub

[38:02] lease so they really won't be able to

[38:06] again like be able to sub lease on field

[38:09] or like a minor league team to come in

[38:12] and start doing stuff. It's just a

[38:14] one-off type event in so we would prefer

[38:17] if entities want to do that they come

[38:19] and talk to us and go under a contractor

[38:22] agreement like this. So if that makes

[38:23] sense to you guys. Any questions about

[38:26] these?

[38:28] >> Yep.

[38:30] >> Um 13 deals with uh the seability of the

[38:34] contract. I don't see where it says if

[38:36] any of the entities cease to exist that

[38:38] the contract's null and void. I already

[38:41] have something in there because then you

[38:43] have a three-year contract there.

[38:44] There's not an NFT there were still

[38:46] bound by the contract

[38:49] unless I'm reading it wrong.

[38:53] » It does state that

[38:55] uh things are invalid, but it doesn't

[38:58] state that the entity is no longer in

[39:00] business.

[39:01] >> Sure.

[39:02] >> Unless I missed it. I would look at that

[39:04] in both contracts.

[39:05] >> There are other termination clauses in

[39:07] here, but we can definitely add that in

[39:09] that. It it's just a coverall that I

[39:12] would look at.

[39:15] >> Any other questions?

[39:20] » Bring it forward next month and a better

[39:23] edition.

[39:24] >> Yeah. I mean, their season's over

[39:25] already. So,

[39:30] » you want to want me to change that and

[39:32] bring it?

[39:33] >> I would just I would just ask if that's

[39:34] applicable. I guess you might want to

[39:36] modify the attorney, but I just don't

[39:38] see where

[39:39] Why would we want to be in a contract if

[39:41] the if the league or whatever doesn't

[39:44] exist anymore and why they want to be in

[39:46] Sure.

[39:47] >> I suppose I mean you might as well add

[39:49] that to the home run club lease.

[39:51] >> Yes, I I would suggest it or any other

[39:54] leases that are out there

[39:58] any anything else.

[40:02] >> So we bring back next month I'll bring

[40:04] it back. Okay. Yep.

[40:08] Ordinance number 104,

[40:11] the zoning ordinance amendment.

[40:21] » Good evening everybody. Uh, we talked

[40:23] about this last month about adding

[40:27] language to our zoning ordinance

[40:30] regarding shipping containers and

[40:31] requiring a conditional use permit for

[40:34] those in uh commercial zones C1 and C2

[40:38] as well as public publicly zoned spaces

[40:42] which would include the city of Miss

[40:44] Lake. The only zone that would have

[40:48] shipping containers be a principal

[40:50] primary use is industrial. So any other

[40:54] properties requesting a shipping

[40:56] container would need to come before the

[40:57] planning commission and fill out the

[41:00] attached application. Um if any edits or

[41:04] other information that you would like to

[41:05] see on this application

[41:08] um

[41:10] that you have, just let me know and I

[41:12] can modify. But I tried to include as

[41:16] much information as I could um just so

[41:20] that planning commission has a good idea

[41:21] of what the request is going to be prior

[41:23] to them being presented

[41:26] with the request at the meeting. Um I

[41:30] think that's it as far as new things

[41:32] from last

[41:34] month just the application

[41:38] and anything else I believe.

[41:41] So, any questions, comments, concerns,

[41:44] suggestions?

[41:53] » We're not planning on passing this,

[41:57] >> correct?

[41:58] >> This is our second reading. Oh,

[42:01] additionally, so if you are looking at

[42:02] the zoning and land use application,

[42:05] there are some prices up on the top

[42:08] where you can choose which application

[42:11] type you are applying for and those will

[42:15] need to be added to the fee schedule as

[42:17] well. I believe the temporary shipping

[42:19] container would be new. Um, the other

[42:23] ones are already on there. So yes, the

[42:26] temporary shipping container residential

[42:28] and commercial would be in addition to

[42:30] the fee schedule that we would need to

[42:31] approve with the ordinance. So

[42:36] >> any questions?

[42:37] >> So we still do not have anything that's

[42:39] been changed for the setbacks. They're

[42:41] still what they were last month.

[42:43] >> The setbacks.

[42:45] >> Yeah. You talked about being on

[42:47] Arrowhead and things like that. They

[42:48] still have to come from the planning

[42:50] commission.

[42:50] >> Yes. Yep. Uh we did not change anything

[42:54] in the ordinance

[42:56] um giving the planning commission the

[42:59] latitude to determine based on what the

[43:02] property is.

[43:05] Then as a reminder to council, all

[43:06] conditional use permits do have to come

[43:08] before council um based on the

[43:10] recommendation of the planning

[43:11] commission. Um so there is an extra step

[43:14] for review from a council perspective as

[43:16] well on each application. Um in addition

[43:20] we will be looking at um next month the

[43:24] approval of the fee schedule and the

[43:26] additional fees the application

[43:28] independent and then the you know

[43:31] ordinance modification and amendment as

[43:33] well. So three separate items um for

[43:36] council review next month. Um also want

[43:39] to get the zoning and land use

[43:42] application to the planning commission

[43:44] via email and get consensus as well. uh

[43:48] we have talked about it and we did um

[43:50] engage as far as establishing a new

[43:53] application and what that looks like. So

[43:55] we'll make sure that they get their eyes

[43:56] on it before next council meeting as

[43:58] well. Um

[44:00] and that's where we're at.

[44:03] >> Any other questions, comments?

[44:05] would we be notifying these people that

[44:08] are in

[44:10] um

[44:12] not in compliance just to give them a

[44:14] heads up that

[44:16] >> we would have to send them a

[44:17] notification letter of of the new

[44:19] ordinance passing and um typically in

[44:22] that case I would include a copy of the

[44:26] ordinance and the application and all of

[44:28] the instructions as to how to go about

[44:31] becoming in compliance. Anything

[44:36] else?

[44:39] >> Thank you.

[44:42] » New business. The city was like 2025

[44:46] audit presentation.

[44:50] >> Oh, sorry.

[44:51] >> I just have a quick question since he

[44:53] just has a quick report.

[44:56] Through that or

[45:00] » Thank you.

[45:03] All right, good evening everyone. My

[45:05] name is David Early. I'm with Westbury.

[45:08] Uh we completed your audit for the

[45:09] financial statements year end 2025.

[45:13] Um and have issued our report on that.

[45:15] Um happy to say we issued a clean

[45:17] opinion on the financial statements. Um

[45:20] and then uh we also issue a second

[45:23] report with the financials that um a

[45:26] report on compliance and internal

[45:28] controls. uh we did not have any issues

[45:31] with any compliance testing we did. So

[45:33] everything was fine there. Um I do have

[45:35] just a summary of uh audit findings that

[45:38] we did issue. Um and there's two two uh

[45:42] levels of um findings we usually issue.

[45:46] One is called a material weakness and

[45:48] one's a significant deficiency. If we

[45:50] issue a material weakness, those are the

[45:52] ones where we say you need to take

[45:53] action to correct it. uh happy to say

[45:56] all the findings that we issued for 2025

[45:58] are just considered deficiencies that uh

[46:01] things that could be improved upon, but

[46:03] overall um think they're not in bad

[46:05] shape. So doing a good job. Um and and

[46:09] pretty much for a city your size, these

[46:11] are pretty standard findings. So really

[46:14] nothing out of the ordinary on that. So,

[46:17] uh, another handout I have for you, a

[46:20] report that we're required to give to

[46:22] council is the one that's called

[46:24] required communication to those charged

[46:26] with governance. Uh, this report is

[46:29] pretty standard. There's really no out

[46:31] of the ordinary things uh, in that

[46:33] report this year. Uh, no new accounting

[46:35] standards are adopted. We didn't have

[46:37] any issues with any uh, staff or so

[46:40] forth. So, everyone was very

[46:41] cooperative. So, nothing out of the

[46:43] ordinary to report in that one either.

[46:45] And obviously, I encourage you to read

[46:47] through it if you'd like.

[46:49] And then, uh, I've got some graphs that

[46:52] just kind of show a snapshot of your

[46:55] major funds, just kind of give you a

[46:57] history of the last four years just to

[47:00] kind of see what's happening with the

[47:01] funds. You know, you kind of want to

[47:02] know, are you going forward or backwards

[47:04] in terms of accumulating resources or

[47:07] spending down. So, just kind of go over

[47:09] those briefly. Uh the first one we're

[47:12] looking at is a general fund. Uh one

[47:14] thing to note there, three out of the

[47:16] last four years the revenue exceeded

[47:18] expenditures. So that's always a

[47:20] positive trend. And as you can see by

[47:22] the green bar, the cash balance has been

[47:24] increasing every year. Uh and mainly you

[47:26] haven't done any significant projects

[47:28] and so you have been accumulating some

[47:30] money in your sales tax fund. Uh and you

[47:33] ended the year at 1.56 million that's

[47:35] set aside in that fund for future

[47:38] projects. So, so if you look at the the

[47:41] overall cash balance of 3.5, so roughly

[47:43] 40% of it's earmarked specific to the

[47:47] sales tax tech projects.

[47:52] On the second graph, looking at the

[47:54] water fund, uh, one positive trend there

[47:56] too, you can see is the cash has been

[47:58] increasing every year. You know, your

[47:59] operating expenses have been pretty

[48:01] steady. Uh, revenue has been going up

[48:04] slightly every year. And so overall, you

[48:06] ended the year at 9 966 or 963,000 in

[48:11] cash compared to 762. So, uh, very

[48:14] positive trend there, too. Uh, and no

[48:17] real issues that I noted on expenditures

[48:19] on the revenue side. So, everything

[48:21] looks good on that one. On the next one,

[48:24] we look at the sewer fund. Uh, sewer

[48:26] fund, as you can see, in 2025, uh,

[48:29] revenue exceeded expenditures for the

[48:31] first time in the last four years. you

[48:33] did implement a new base rate and so

[48:36] your revenue did increase significantly

[48:39] and it really did just go to the bottom

[48:41] line. You know, your your operating

[48:43] expenses are pretty steady in the last

[48:45] few years. So So that fund is on a good

[48:48] projection, too. So no real issues noted

[48:50] on that one.

[48:51] >> Well done. That is so exciting. I wish

[48:53] Bill was here.

[48:56] Uh, and you know, of course there's, you know, that fund has debt,

[48:59] but you know, I think you've got a

[49:01] couple bonds that'll be paid off in the

[49:03] next 5 years. So, I mean, that's a a

[49:05] good thing, too, on that one. So, and

[49:07] then the last one we're looking at is

[49:08] just the uh the liquor store. Uh, again,

[49:11] another positive trend on the liquor

[49:13] store. You you you can see the cash

[49:15] balance has been increasing every year.

[49:17] You know, your sales have been pretty

[49:19] stable and your gross profit has been

[49:21] pretty decent. So you in 2025 gross

[49:24] profit was at 36%.

[49:26] Uh the statewide average for onoff sale

[49:29] liquor stores is 40%. So you're right

[49:31] about where where everyone else is too.

[49:34] So real no real issues on that side of

[49:36] things. So um so overall again good

[49:40] strong cash balance on hand. Um I know

[49:43] there's probably some projects that the

[49:44] liquor store probably needs at some

[49:46] point. Obviously building doesn't seem

[49:48] like there's been any major things done

[49:50] to the building for a while, but that's

[49:52] one thing that always can take up a

[49:54] little bit of cash. So,

[49:57] uh, otherwise, the black booklet is a

[49:58] complete set of financial statements for

[50:00] you. I encourage you to read through

[50:01] those before bedtime if you want. But,

[50:04] lots of good detail in there, uh, and

[50:06] very useful for you as you're looking at

[50:08] your budgets and so forth. So,

[50:11] anyone have any comments or questions

[50:13] for me?

[50:16] Thank you very much.

[50:18] >> All right. Well, thank you so much for

[50:19] your time.

[50:25] » Cannabis retail license discussion

[50:28] holistic wellness.

[50:30] >> Uh yes, this is actually an annual

[50:32] renewal for the cannabis license that

[50:34] was issued to Holistic Wellness. Um

[50:38] we've not had any significant issues or problems over the past year. Uh this

[50:42] renewal process will continue. um on an

[50:45] annual basis and they'll come forward

[50:47] for review to to the city council. So

[50:50] looking for council approval once again

[50:51] for this particular license.

[50:55] >> A motion to accept that.

[50:58] >> Second.

[51:00] >> Any further discussion?

[51:03] All in favor?

[51:05] >> Opposed? Carried.

[51:08] Uh looks like the community and civic

[51:10] center 2026 capital project.

[51:21] Okay. So as a highle overview, we

[51:25] included $60,000 in the 2026 budget to

[51:29] do a few upgrades to city hall. City

[51:31] Hall, I believe, was built in 1996 and

[51:34] there have been very few upgrades since

[51:36] then. We're just kind of looking to get

[51:39] the space back up to par. As I mean, you

[51:43] can see there's, you know, stains and

[51:45] stuff all over. So, um, just looking to

[51:48] have a clean and professional space to

[51:50] conduct meetings. We have completed

[51:54] almost everything in the conference

[51:56] room. Uh, it's looking fantastic. I'm

[51:58] very happy with it. I hope you guys are,

[52:00] too. The last thing that we have to do

[52:02] in there is carpet. Um the CIP came in

[52:06] and did painting was it last week or the

[52:08] week before. They did a phenomenal job.

[52:12] Um and so we actually reached out to

[52:15] them after noting their phenomenal job

[52:17] in the conference room and asked if they

[52:19] would be willing to come back and do the

[52:20] remainder of our projects and they said

[52:23] that they will. So that will save the

[52:25] city a considerable amount of money on

[52:27] labor for painting. we will just be

[52:29] responsible for purchasing the paint.

[52:33] In addition to that, it was called out

[52:37] that we don't have enough professional

[52:41] office chairs in the council chambers to

[52:44] accommodate larger meetings. So, I got

[52:47] quotes for chairs that will match the

[52:49] ones you're sitting in right now, so

[52:50] that when we have larger meetings with

[52:52] other boards or commissions or whatever,

[52:54] um, we're not sticking them in the in

[52:57] the hard chairs in the back. Um, let's

[53:01] see. I lost it. In addition to the

[53:07] office chairs, we looked at replacing

[53:09] the tables in here. These ones are kind

[53:12] of mismatched and a little beat up. They

[53:15] also don't move very well. And the

[53:18] nature of this room, we use it for so

[53:20] many different uses. It would be very

[53:22] convenient and easier on our floor and

[53:25] the tables themselves to have some

[53:26] rolling ones. We changed the layout of

[53:28] this room very frequently. So, we found

[53:31] some rolling tables that fold up and

[53:34] kind of get tucked away if we ever need

[53:36] to have more space. And then we counted

[53:40] how many of these red chairs we have in

[53:42] here. There's about 20 on that side, 20

[53:45] on this side on any given day. So

[53:47] estimated for about 40 um

[53:51] I what would you call those? Event

[53:52] chairs. Not sure. Um so estimated for

[53:56] those as well. Um

[54:00] I think that's it for the council

[54:02] chambers. Carpet, paint, tables, chairs.

[54:06] There's another word. Blinds.

[54:07] >> Oh yes, blinds. Um so I have quotes for

[54:10] blinds as well. looking to go a neutral

[54:13] color. Um, a bunch of these are broken.

[54:17] Um, so came down here and measured what

[54:20] we would need. I think it's two 6ft

[54:22] sections and then two 8ft sections I

[54:26] think is what it is. Um, and then as far

[54:29] as the city offices, just looking for

[54:32] new paint and carpet up there as well.

[54:34] The walls have been beat up over the

[54:37] past there's holes everywhere. So, um,

[54:40] yeah. So, just looking for that up

[54:44] there. So, I think I hit all of the

[54:49] products here.

[54:53] There's This one's this way. This one's

[54:55] this way. Okay. So, shopping cart. I've

[54:58] got shopping cart. Office chairs. I

[55:01] found the identical chairs for in here.

[55:05] They are pretty expensive. They're about

[55:07] 300 bucks a piece. Um, so to get four of

[55:11] them, I think we have six right now. 1 2

[55:13] 3 4 5 six. Yes, we were shooting for 10.

[55:15] Four additional chairs um from digital

[55:18] buyer would be 1,236.

[55:21] Otherwise, from Granger, we're looking

[55:23] at,473.

[55:26] Um, found some they're called stack

[55:29] chairs. Stack chairs from Uline or the

[55:32] Webster store. We're looking at $95 each

[55:36] from Uline, $5049

[55:39] from the Webster store. I have ordered

[55:41] from them previously for products at the

[55:44] mun and have had a good experience. And

[55:47] then um those 6T and 8ft sections from

[55:50] blinds.com and select blinds office

[55:53] depot and Uline for the tables. Um they

[55:56] did not have a comparable color, so

[55:58] maybe keep that in mind when selecting.

[56:00] It looks like the Office Depot option is

[56:03] a darker espresso with a silver metal,

[56:07] whereas the Uline is more of a redwood

[56:09] mahogany. They also have a gray with

[56:12] like a black or bronze metal. Um, in

[56:16] addition to that, for carpet, I got

[56:18] quotes for New Life Construction. They

[56:21] are, I believe they have an office in

[56:23] Barnum potentially. And then also Town

[56:25] and Country Flooring. Town and Country

[56:27] Flooring came in cheaper. Um I've been

[56:30] in contact with Miles and um he has

[56:32] brought me some samples and that would

[56:34] be my recommendation at that lower at

[56:36] that lower price. So um I don't know if

[56:39] we want to go through these one by one

[56:41] and see what council's thinking or

[56:45] so this is part of the capital budget

[56:47] for 2026. Um Taylor has outlined and

[56:51] provided like a project estimate sheet

[56:52] where it's a really good summary. you

[56:54] can take a look. Um, you know, her her

[56:58] recommendation,

[56:59] if I'm understanding correctly, Taylor,

[57:01] would be to go with the lower bids on

[57:04] everything potentially except the

[57:06] tables, or do you have a preference for

[57:09] tables?

[57:10] >> I do not have a preference for tables

[57:12] necessarily. That would be up to you

[57:15] guys what you want to see for color

[57:16] scheme. Um, like a darker brown versus a

[57:19] lighter reddish brown or gray.

[57:24] What type of flooring are we doing?

[57:27] >> We were thinking of going a like a

[57:30] neutral. It's got green. This is two

[57:33] tones. The other the new one would be

[57:35] like a beige and dark gray. I recalling

[57:40] that correctly. Beige and black. Very

[57:43] neutral.

[57:44] >> Yeah. Trying to hide stains as best as

[57:47] possible. I guess I would say stay away

[57:50] from that reddish color.

[57:51] >> Okay.

[57:52] personally.

[57:57] » So once again, uh we had uh $60,000 in

[58:00] the budget with the low bids were coming

[58:03] in at $34,740.

[58:06] So significantly under budget. Taylor's

[58:08] put a ton of time and energy into this.

[58:10] Uh we love the fact that it's under

[58:12] budget and utilizing CIP has enabled us

[58:15] to be able to do that. Um, so trying to

[58:18] do this as effectively as we possibly

[58:20] can and appropriately as we possibly

[58:22] can.

[58:22] >> Another question that I had. Um, I know

[58:26] we like to stay and purchase local as

[58:29] much as possible. However, I did want to

[58:32] present um, accurate figures as to the

[58:35] price discrepancy from going through Ace

[58:38] Hardware for paint versus somewhere like

[58:40] Menard's. Um, it is quite a bit more

[58:43] expensive, but um, I do understand the

[58:45] value of shopping local as well. So, we

[58:47] did go with Ace for the conference room.

[58:49] That was a smaller room. We only went

[58:50] through about a gallon and a half.

[58:52] However, we're going to go through

[58:54] probably a lot more for these bigger

[58:57] spaces in the hallway. So, um, will to

[59:01] go with what your recommendation is for

[59:03] where to purchase paint as well.

[59:06] >> Any other questions?

[59:10] Do we have want to have a are we going

[59:13] to have a working meeting with uh the

[59:15] budget coming up this month and maybe

[59:17] discuss this in more detail so we can

[59:19] see some of the sample not just make a

[59:21] decision

[59:22] >> that's going to impact people for the

[59:23] next 20 years

[59:25] 30 or 40

[59:27] >> it was 90 something

[59:29] >> that would be 30

[59:33] » I've got the carpet sample books up in

[59:36] the office

[59:37] um and then um I can bring and paint

[59:41] samples as well. If you're wanting to

[59:43] look at what options we've got paint, we

[59:47] can do that, too. Whatever you want to

[59:49] do.

[59:50] >> So, where the paintings start at that

[59:52] back door all the way through to the

[59:55] front. And it's going to be everything

[59:57] except the library,

[1:00:00] the

[1:00:02] um television room, the bathrooms, and

[1:00:07] the township office.

[1:00:10] Yes. So all the hallways up to Oh, and

[1:00:12] the DMV was I don't think we budgeted

[1:00:15] for the DMV that was done recently. So

[1:00:17] they would not be included as well.

[1:00:22] » So we have consensus the table till

[1:00:26] a future special meeting.

[1:00:30] >> I think we CIP said that they are

[1:00:32] available the first week of November.

[1:00:35] So, um, we would definitely do painting

[1:00:39] prior to carpet. So, we're looking to do

[1:00:42] carpet kind of around the holidays when

[1:00:43] it would be the least disruptive to the

[1:00:46] office. Um, and then any products,

[1:00:50] chairs, tables, or whatever, um, can

[1:00:53] just be purchased any time before the

[1:00:54] end of the year. So, um, painting is the

[1:00:57] only thing that we're on a time frame

[1:00:58] for, and that would be November 2nd.

[1:01:03] >> Thank you.

[1:01:05] Wait, am I next? I think I am.

[1:01:06] >> Yeah. First National Lake Arena 2026

[1:01:10] capital project.

[1:01:12] >> Yes. So 2026.

[1:01:15] In 2026, we budgeted $20,000 to kind of

[1:01:19] give the outside of the arena a

[1:01:22] facelift. We added the digital sign and

[1:01:25] have now partnered with First National

[1:01:27] Bank. Um, the idea was to upgrade the

[1:01:31] seafoam green trim and doors to the

[1:01:34] First National Bank blue. We got two

[1:01:36] quotes. One was significantly higher

[1:01:38] than the other. Um,

[1:01:41] Steinbacher painting came in at 20,500.

[1:01:45] I also included a communication in there

[1:01:48] um that when I asked him about how long

[1:01:51] it should last, uh, there' be a one-year

[1:01:54] warranty. They paint metal buildings

[1:01:56] often and the paint holds up well.

[1:01:57] Shouldn't have any problems for at least

[1:02:00] 10 years and the only problem would be

[1:02:02] fading on the south and west side due to

[1:02:04] the sun. So, um, looking to see if

[1:02:07] council still has the appetite to do

[1:02:09] that faceelift and I would recommend the

[1:02:13] quote from Stein cracker painting.

[1:02:17] >> Any questions?

[1:02:19] >> How about CIP painting?

[1:02:22] >> What would they charge? They don't spend

[1:02:25] >> I mean I I understand it's a special it

[1:02:27] might be a sprayer and they might not be

[1:02:28] able to do that but if it if it is a

[1:02:30] roll on application we're saving a ton

[1:02:32] of money as well and just throwing it

[1:02:33] out.

[1:02:34] >> The only concern I'd have is the gutters

[1:02:37] that are going to be fairly high

[1:02:40] lift but

[1:02:43] >> yeah I know there was a lot of um prep

[1:02:45] work that is going into it with cleaning

[1:02:48] and priming and that sort of thing. So,

[1:02:50] I'm not sure if that would be within the

[1:02:51] scope of CIP. Um, I do know that Phil

[1:02:54] indicated we are kind of getting on a

[1:02:57] short time frame for seasonality through

[1:03:01] painting. So,

[1:03:02] >> we are, but if we didn't have the

[1:03:03] conversation, at least we had the

[1:03:04] conversation about it. So,

[1:03:06] >> yeah,

[1:03:06] >> sounds good.

[1:03:07] >> Any other questions?

[1:03:09] >> Any motions?

[1:03:15] I'll make a motion we accept the sign of

[1:03:18] her painting for the um

[1:03:23] first National Bank Arena.

[1:03:28] » Is there a second?

[1:03:31] >> Second.

[1:03:32] >> Any further discussion?

[1:03:36] Hearing none. All in favor?

[1:03:39] >> Opposed? Carried.

[1:03:47] uh 2027

[1:03:49] preliminary general fund budget

[1:03:51] presentation.

[1:03:53] >> Oh yes. So we've had a lot of internal

[1:03:55] dialogue and I did send a correspondence

[1:03:57] out to council regarding this uh setting

[1:04:00] the initial levy. So our deadline is

[1:04:02] September 30th.

[1:04:04] um we were able to get information from

[1:04:06] the state needed to um calculate net tax

[1:04:10] capacity and things of that nature with

[1:04:12] the meeting falling so early in the

[1:04:14] month. Um that information came in hot

[1:04:18] this week. Um in addition on Monday we

[1:04:20] did receive uh requested estimates

[1:04:24] regarding engineering related to the

[1:04:26] Elri First Street project. And so uh we

[1:04:29] are now looking at needing to budget for

[1:04:32] the construction oversight and

[1:04:34] management of our of our extensive road

[1:04:37] project here in 2027. So working through

[1:04:40] those details. I did get that

[1:04:41] correspondence late Monday. Um

[1:04:45] the discussion that we've had internally

[1:04:47] is that there there is a need for a

[1:04:50] special meeting in order to just kind of

[1:04:52] lay everything out for council. One

[1:04:54] missing piece is we have a meeting

[1:04:56] scheduled with uh the Carlton County

[1:04:58] Sheriff's Office for September 17th. Um

[1:05:02] that is when we are going to get

[1:05:04] information regarding cost of services

[1:05:06] for our law enforcement services

[1:05:07] agreement. That is out um those expenses

[1:05:11] do come out of the general fund. So

[1:05:12] they're direct directly related to the

[1:05:14] levy as well. So wanting council to have

[1:05:17] all the puzzle pieces prior to engaging

[1:05:20] in that. Um

[1:05:22] when uh the mayor and I discussed we

[1:05:25] talked about potentially having a

[1:05:27] special meeting on Monday, September

[1:05:31] 21st or Tuesday, September 22nd.

[1:05:34] that would give adequate time in order

[1:05:36] for um the city's city staff to meet

[1:05:40] with the sheriff's office and be able to

[1:05:43] present those figures to council as

[1:05:44] well.

[1:05:52] » Time

[1:05:54] what time are we 10:00? Do we want

[1:05:56] morning meeting or

[1:05:59] >> Mondays would be preferable to me since

[1:06:01] I am off those days. Tuesday is better

[1:06:05] for me.

[1:06:06] >> Paper scissors

[1:06:11] » cuz you make it Monday won't

[1:06:14] >> if I'm in town.

[1:06:18] » What time would be better on a Monday

[1:06:20] for you?

[1:06:22] >> Probably earlier early afternoon.

[1:06:27] We want to shoot for Monday the 21st at

[1:06:29] 100 p.m.

[1:06:30] >> Well, if it's a Tuesday, I mean, I could

[1:06:32] do like 8 and 1

[1:06:36] Tuesday.

[1:06:41] » Do you want to know who?

[1:06:42] >> No.

[1:06:43] >> We'll shoot for Monday, February 21st at

[1:06:46] 1 p.m.

[1:06:49] >> Monday the 21st at 100 p.m.

[1:06:52] >> Yes.

[1:06:54] Maybe that's a working meeting for the

[1:06:56] budget.

[1:07:03] Anything else on that?

[1:07:07] » Okay, moving on to reports and

[1:07:08] correspondence. The Carlton County

[1:07:11] Zoning and Environmental Services

[1:07:13] notices of attention

[1:07:16] to study data centers. The Minnesota

[1:07:19] Department of Education 200 or to 2027

[1:07:24] certificate of minimum local support

[1:07:26] requirement. The Liam Doll donation

[1:07:30] request. Any questions? Any of them?

[1:07:39] » All that coming up. So we should

[1:07:42] >> um

[1:07:45] so the request it was requested that we

[1:07:48] bring forward the information to to city

[1:07:51] council. I'm I'm not certain that they

[1:07:53] have a 501c3 or that it meets all the

[1:07:56] criteria for for gambling funds. So I

[1:08:00] wanted council to be aware. Uh we'll um explore that in the background

[1:08:05] and um have additional communication if

[1:08:08] necessary. But as at initial glance, it

[1:08:11] was not meeting the the requirements for

[1:08:13] the the city to be able to provide funds

[1:08:15] for.

[1:08:17] >> That's probably something we could add

[1:08:19] on to the special meeting after that if

[1:08:22] we

[1:08:22] >> perfect if we need to.

[1:08:24] >> Excellent.

[1:08:25] >> Committee board meeting minutes Area

[1:08:28] Fire Protection District July 14th,

[1:08:31] 2026. The park and recreation board

[1:08:34] meeting July 6th, 2026.

[1:08:38] announcement.

[1:08:40] Next regular MLE city council meeting

[1:08:43] October 14th 2026 4 p.m. in the city

[1:08:46] council chambers

[1:08:48] like economic development authority

[1:08:50] Wednesday September 16th 12 p.m. in the

[1:08:53] city conference room like water line

[1:08:56] commission Tuesday September 15th 2026 1

[1:08:59] p.m. in the water and light office

[1:09:02] housing redevelopment authority Monday

[1:09:06] September 14th 10 a.m. side matters.

[1:09:10] M like area fire protection district

[1:09:13] Tuesday, October 13th, 2026 at the

[1:09:16] emergency response center. Moose Lake

[1:09:19] Park and wreck Monday, October 5th,

[1:09:21] 2026, 5:00 p.m. in the city council

[1:09:23] chambers and the special working meeting

[1:09:26] September 21st, 100 p.m. in the city

[1:09:31] chambers.

[1:09:35] Is there a motion to adjurnn? So move.

[1:09:39] >> Is there a second?

[1:09:40] >> Second.

[1:09:40] >> All in favor?

[1:09:42] >> Opposed? We are journed.

Moose Lake City Council Meeting 9/9/26

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