[0:00] Rick was seated.

[0:01] >> Do you want out of here is what I'm

[0:03] asking,

[0:04] >> Councilman?

[0:04] >> Mhm.

[0:05] >> All right. It is 6.

[0:06] >> This is scintillating information to

[0:08] have be had right here.

[0:10] >> All right. 6:00 we'll call our meeting

[0:12] over the pledge of allegiance.

[0:16] » I alian to the flag of the United States

[0:19] of America and to the republic for which

[0:22] it stands. One nation under God,

[0:25] indivisible, with liberty and justice

[0:27] for all.

[0:29] >> [clears throat]

[0:31] » Right. Reports. I don't have any

[0:33] committee meetings. I have some other

[0:35] comments, but I'll save them and I'll

[0:37] turn it over to Paul.

[0:38] >> I went to the uh budget meeting at the

[0:41] fire hall last Tuesday and the backdrop

[0:45] batch. And that's all I have.

[0:46] >> All right, Megan.

[0:48] >> I was at the fire meeting as well. It

[0:50] was a good meeting, I thought. That's

[0:51] all I have.

[0:53] >> Right, Neil? I was also at the fireman's

[0:56] meeting

[0:58] and uh that was a good meeting quite

[1:02] well represented from most of the

[1:04] townships.

[1:06] And Wednesday I had the green roof

[1:08] meeting and nothing real new there. uh

[1:13] just looking at the

[1:16] they had the board election and new some

[1:19] new members and

[1:22] pretty much carrying on there. And then

[1:26] the only other thing uh just uh Saturday

[1:30] night I went to the movie in Cold Spring

[1:34] uh the Jacob Weatherling story Echoes in

[1:37] the Night and I recommend it for anybody

[1:40] that's

[1:42] wants to see that. It's very good

[1:45] documentary.

[1:48] » Jared Shyro was there and answered

[1:50] questions and Joy Baker. It was really

[1:53] good.

[1:55] to hear. Donna,

[1:56] >> nothing to report.

[1:58] All right. I will

[2:00] just say a couple of weeks ago, I got

[2:02] some weird stick up my bum and I started

[2:04] watching old episodes of Cheers with my

[2:06] son because I felt like that was the

[2:08] appropriate thing to do as a parent. And

[2:11] while I was teaching him the theme song

[2:14] or shortly thereafter is when I learned

[2:16] of Wall-Ally's passing. And I think this

[2:19] community is a much sadder place without

[2:22] Wall-E among us. And uh in an era where

[2:26] hardly anybody knows our names, Wally

[2:29] knew everyone's and he cared and he

[2:31] cared truly and deeply. Um so I just

[2:34] think that as a community I know

[2:37] [clears throat] his funeral is going to

[2:38] be held at Panes Lutheran which has

[2:40] seating for a few hundred. I don't think

[2:42] that's going to be enough. They may want

[2:44] to live stream that at all of the area

[2:46] churches for the amount of people that I

[2:48] think may attend. Um, but I just I want

[2:51] to say I'm grateful for all that

[2:52] Wall-Ally did for our community and in

[2:54] an area or in a time where we don't know

[2:56] each other's names, let's be more like

[2:58] Wall-E. Be kind.

[3:01] The other thing I have to say is Tar

[3:03] emailed on Friday. We he has been

[3:07] working with a citizen for a number of

[3:09] months now on resolving some complaints

[3:12] and some issues. And that culminated on

[3:14] Friday with the citizen coming into his

[3:17] office and screaming and hollering to

[3:20] the point where I got an email from one

[3:22] of the staff documenting what had

[3:24] happened. Um, I read an email from this

[3:27] person where he accused Tark of having a

[3:29] language barrier in speaking to him and

[3:33] I found that to be highly inappropriate.

[3:36] I let that individual know just exactly

[3:39] how I felt. So they have received a

[3:42] response from the city. That individual

[3:44] has been told that as far as the mayor

[3:47] is concerned, the issue that they were

[3:49] complaining about is done.

[3:51] And I'm not going to engage in any

[3:53] further discussions. They were provided

[3:55] with information on how to come to the

[3:58] council if they want to raise their

[4:00] concerns to all of us formally.

[4:02] Um [clears throat] I did let Jennifer

[4:04] know that if he makes that request that

[4:06] she should put him on the agenda, so

[4:08] he'll she'll do that. Um, but otherwise

[4:11] I think it's done. I've made it very

[4:15] clear that I thought the comment about

[4:16] the language barrier was nothing more

[4:18] than some covert racism directed towards

[4:21] TA. Um, I was not going to tolerate it.

[4:24] I needed to call it for what it was. Um,

[4:28] I would encourage the council to follow

[4:30] suit and not engage any further as well.

[4:33] I also want all of our city employees to

[4:36] know that I have your back in situations

[4:39] like that. And I think I speak on behalf

[4:41] of the entire council in that as well.

[4:43] No one should have to put up with people

[4:45] coming in here to city hall and

[4:46] screaming and hollering at you like

[4:47] that. Um with the PD, part of it is

[4:50] expected with the job. Sorry, Paul, but

[4:53] that is the nature of what happens in

[4:54] your line of work. But um Tar, you

[4:57] should not have to tolerate people

[4:58] screaming at you in your office

[5:00] >> or city hall staff. and city hall staff

[5:02] the same exactly. So, um if it happens,

[5:05] I hope you'll share it with those who

[5:07] can do something about it. Tar or Tar

[5:09] share with the council um because we are

[5:11] here to support all of our employees.

[5:13] So, um thank you for letting us know.

[5:16] Hopefully, it's not an issue anymore. If

[5:18] it is, we can deal with it further.

[5:20] Okay. Um, I did also talk to our city

[5:23] attorney and got some information um on

[5:26] what we might have to do if we want to

[5:28] look at trespassing that person from

[5:30] city hall. Um, we both agreed we're not

[5:33] at that point yet, but it's something to

[5:35] think about if things continue in the

[5:37] future. So, that's where we are. That's

[5:40] all I've got for a report. Thanks for

[5:42] indulging me. So, I will turn it over

[5:44] then to Dan. We can't get Bill tonight.

[5:46] he gets to be on jury duty.

[5:49] >> On a lighter point, uh David Wardish,

[5:52] our new employee, got a week under his

[5:54] belt. He's doing well, so that's a good

[5:57] thing. Some of our lucky citizens will

[6:00] be part of our lead and copper sampling.

[6:02] We have 10 bottles we got to put out and

[6:06] get done this week so we can get our

[6:08] lead and copper in.

[6:10] Crack sealing and pothole repair begins

[6:14] tomorrow.

[6:15] Uh Brad has been out all day today

[6:18] sweeping sweeping streets ahead of that.

[6:20] So we got a clean spot for them to start

[6:23] and uh we'll get a bunch of that done

[6:25] this week.

[6:28] >> All right. Any questions for Dan?

[6:31] >> Okay, T.

[6:33] >> All right. Well, the first thing I want

[6:34] to address is our phone issues. We've

[6:37] been having telephone issues at city

[6:39] hall for at least a week now, but

[6:41] they've been

[6:42] >> I almost didn't sign the track.

[6:44] [laughter]

[6:44] Um,

[6:46] however, there was I mean, obviously the company's working on it. Uh, they're

[6:50] going to be here tomorrow. Uh, there was

[6:53] an I think it's related is we had a

[6:56] server upgrade that was done last week

[6:59] that may have contributed to some of the

[7:01] issues. So, we will know more about

[7:03] that. But, I just want to say that we

[7:05] are working on it. Hopefully, we'll get

[7:07] it resolved sooner than later. Um, yeah.

[7:10] And as for meetings, um, as Neil

[7:13] mentioned, uh, and I think you guys as

[7:15] well, we went to the fireh hall meeting

[7:16] on the budget. It went very well. Uh,

[7:19] there was a modest increase in the

[7:21] budget this year, uh, since there were

[7:23] no more large purchases that we have,

[7:25] uh, so far. [clears throat] So, I think,

[7:27] uh, overall, as you guys said, it went

[7:29] well. Uh, all the entities were agree in

[7:32] agreement. The budget was approved. Uh

[7:34] we also had a policies and procedures

[7:36] meeting uh talking about uh some job

[7:39] descriptions uh which are on the agenda

[7:42] this

[7:42] >> I was there. [laughter]

[7:43] >> Yeah.

[7:44] >> I wasn't

[7:46] >> we have Yeah, we did it without you.

[7:48] >> I know

[7:49] >> we had the ad hoc downtown meeting. Uh

[7:51] the downtown committee wants to see the

[7:54] momentum continue and they they have

[7:56] some ideas of how they can keep this

[7:58] moving so we can try to entice and

[8:00] attract a developer to come into

[8:03] downtown and want to see some type of

[8:05] redevelopment.

[8:06] Uh we also had a meeting and I think

[8:09] Chuck were supposed to have another

[8:10] meeting soon on the apartment

[8:11] development. Uh they gave us their

[8:14] preliminary layout. They did a survey.

[8:16] Um um obviously the files I couldn't

[8:18] read on my computer, but Chuck has them

[8:20] and we're going to go through them and

[8:22] come up with a um you know a call to

[8:25] have with them so we can make sure we're

[8:27] all on the same page. And of course

[8:28] Jennifer was in that and you know the

[8:30] three of us will be participating in the

[8:32] future to try to make sure that we do

[8:34] want to see this uh development take

[8:36] place and we want to make sure that you

[8:38] know um everybody is you know there's

[8:40] transparency as to who's paying for

[8:42] what. So I think that'll be the next

[8:44] step in that one and that's all I have.

[8:46] >> Any questions for TA?

[8:49] Right. Anybody here for our open forum?

[8:52] Okay. Moving on to the consent agenda.

[8:55] The minutes on page one, vouchers on

[8:57] page two totaling $770,290.37.

[9:03] And then the IRS mileage bump on page

[9:05] three. Is there a motion to approve the

[9:07] consent agenda or does anybody want

[9:09] something pulled?

[9:11] I move to approve.

[9:13] >> Motion by Herszburg. Is there a second?

[9:15] >> Second.

[9:16] by Ally. Heard it there first.

[9:17] Paul.

[9:18] >> Yep.

[9:18] >> Any um All those in favor to get by

[9:20] saying I

[9:22] >> opposed. None. Motion carries. All

[9:25] right. We have Laura Naok is here. New

[9:27] business. A. I told Laura we'd take her

[9:29] first so she can get on and about her

[9:30] life. Page 45 of our agenda.

[9:36] Tara, do you want to tell us a little

[9:38] bit about this? Then we can ask

[9:39] questions of Laura if we need to.

[9:40] >> Uh yes. Uh Devin Savage and Laura have

[9:44] been working on putting together a

[9:45] whiffle ball tournament at community

[9:47] park and we think it'll be a great

[9:49] event. Uh Devon told me that they have

[9:51] seven teams already put together. Uh

[9:54] Devin and Laura approached me about

[9:56] being able to have Corona Brewing uh

[9:59] cater the event. You know, serve uh of

[10:01] course alcohol as well as some food. and

[10:04] they outlined the plan to me and to uh

[10:07] police chief as well. Uh we're okay with

[10:10] her plan. We we think it's going to be a

[10:12] great event and I guess any more

[10:14] details. I hope you ask Laura other

[10:16] questions.

[10:24] » Any questions that the council has? Any

[10:26] concerns like that?

[10:29] >> I have a question. Please, as long as

[10:32] you're not.

[10:34] >> I just want to make sure we're not using

[10:35] the playground as a restroom.

[10:39] >> We won't

[10:40] >> cuz it's marked as the playground's

[10:42] marked as the restroom. So, I didn't

[10:44] know if you guys were

[10:46] >> I didn't know if you guys were bringing

[10:47] in portaotties or if that was just a

[10:51] mismark and it was supposed to be the

[10:52] building.

[10:54] >> Yeah, it should be around the building.

[10:59] I just wanted to make sure.

[11:09] » Okay.

[11:12] » Oh, yeah.

[11:15] >> Okay. It's all good.

[11:18] All right. If there's no further

[11:20] discussion, I'd entertain a motion on

[11:21] this. I agree with T. It seems like a

[11:23] great idea. What a great way for the

[11:25] community to gather and do some things

[11:27] here.

[11:29] >> And this is pretty self-explanatory.

[11:32] >> So, I make a motion to approve the

[11:35] whiffle ball tournament on Sunday,

[11:36] August 30th, 2026 from 1 to 5:30 p.m. at

[11:40] community park. Authorize an exception

[11:42] to the city ordinance to allow Coronus

[11:44] Brewing to serve, sell, and food per

[11:47] their catering license. Allow alcohol

[11:49] consumption at community park within the

[11:50] designated areas.

[11:52] Motion by Theelan as stated on the

[11:54] action sheet. Is there a second?

[11:56] >> I'll second.

[11:57] >> Seconded by Brick. Any further

[11:59] discussion?

[12:00] Hearing none. All in favor indicate by

[12:02] saying I. I.

[12:03] >> Opposed? None. Motion carries. Okay.

[12:06] Thanks, Laura.

[12:09] All right. Turning back to page four

[12:11] under old business. Bill at the liquor

[12:14] store's got a number of seasonal

[12:15] employees that he wants to keep on to

[12:17] fill in as necessary so we don't have to

[12:19] retrain. Seems to make sense to me. We

[12:21] don't know why we wouldn't do it.

[12:25] » I I think it's a no-brainer. I'll make

[12:27] the motion to retain the two summer

[12:30] part-time employees, Coultzer and

[12:33] Mingle, after the Labor Day deadline.

[12:35] Allow them to fill in during staffing

[12:38] shortages.

[12:39] >> Motion by Hersburg. Is there a second?

[12:42] >> Second.

[12:42] by Ally. Any further discussion?

[12:45] >> It doesn't mess with anything within the

[12:46] city because they're part-time

[12:47] regardless. Correct.

[12:49] >> Okay. All

[12:51] right. All those in favor indicate by

[12:52] saying I. I.

[12:54] >> Opposed? None. Motion carries. All

[12:57] right. We have an update to the street

[12:59] improvement project. Dan or Chuck, one

[13:01] of you guys want to talk us through walk

[13:02] us through this.

[13:04] I can do that. Um, in your packet is a

[13:07] copy of the uh feasibility report that

[13:09] was prepared for the 2027 improvement

[13:11] project. I just put together a short

[13:13] presentation tonight that we'll just

[13:14] walk through uh and and talk a little

[13:17] bit about what the improvements consist

[13:19] of. Uh this this as the council's aware,

[13:22] this project was more driven by some of

[13:23] the utility related uh issues with the

[13:26] age and condition of the utilities, you

[13:28] know, versus, you know, the street side.

[13:31] Um you can see on the map here the

[13:33] streets that are proposed to be included

[13:34] in the project includes Maple Street

[13:37] from Belmont Drive up to Mil Street,

[13:39] Sterns Avenue from First Street to the

[13:41] south to to 55 to the dead end there.

[13:44] And then Washurn Avenue and Washurn

[13:46] Drive from First Street to Coronis

[13:48] Avenue and then business 23 from Pomeoy.

[13:51] Uh some utility improvements along

[13:53] business 23 from Pomeroy over to Ampy

[13:56] Drive. Just digging a little bit deeper.

[13:58] If you want to switch tar to the next

[14:00] slide.

[14:01] >> Yep.

[14:02] >> Um this shows the proposed sanitary

[14:04] sewer improvements associated with the

[14:06] project. Uh just about in all these

[14:08] locations, the existing sewer is clay

[14:10] tile mains that are old. Um and so we'll

[14:14] be replacing those old clay tile mains

[14:16] with new PVC or plastic mains, new

[14:18] concrete manholes, and then all the

[14:20] service lines that are connected to

[14:21] these mains would get redone from the

[14:23] main out to the property line or the

[14:25] rightway line. So everything within the

[14:27] city right away would be would be all

[14:29] new with the sewer. You can see along

[14:32] Maple Street, the sewer only extends

[14:34] from uh Minnesota down to Main Street.

[14:37] Uh on the right side of the screen

[14:39] there, you can see along business 23

[14:41] where the sewer lo is located along the

[14:43] south side of business 23 out in the out

[14:45] in the boulevard area. Uh the next page

[14:49] shows the sewer improvements along

[14:51] Sterns Avenue on the left and along

[14:55] parts of Washurn Avenue and Washburn

[14:58] Drive on the right side there. Uh if you

[15:01] go to the next screen, this is a little

[15:03] bit of a blowup view of the Cronis Court

[15:05] area. as we had additional discussions

[15:08] about the sewer improvements. Um these lines in the Cronis court area are

[15:13] actually in the backyard areas and in

[15:15] 2008 those mains all those mains were

[15:18] lined with a new basically a new pipe

[15:20] was a new it creates a new pipe inside

[15:22] the old pipe. Um however none of the

[15:25] services were touched at that point in

[15:27] time and uh Dan and his staff have

[15:30] started experience some issues with some

[15:31] of the sewer services in that area. So,

[15:34] we talked about adding um this to the

[15:37] project if the council wishes and

[15:39] basically what we would do is line those

[15:41] services that are within those easement

[15:44] areas. Those easements for the sanitary

[15:46] sewers in the backyards are about 20 ft

[15:48] wide. So, we would actually go in and

[15:50] line those services from the main out to

[15:52] the what we would call the easement line

[15:55] or the rightway line for that main. So

[15:57] there's technology now in place that

[15:59] allows us to do that without excavating.

[16:02] Um which the lining of those services

[16:05] that technology didn't exist in 2008

[16:08] when we we actually did the main line.

[16:10] So

[16:10] >> I just got a call from a resident the

[16:12] end of last week that needs to replace

[16:15] their service line in that area because

[16:17] it's failing.

[16:19] >> Sure. So, they're all going to be going.

[16:23] >> And the hope would be, you know, they

[16:25] some of these mains sit fairly close to

[16:27] houses. The hope would be is that this

[16:28] would maybe give the homeowners

[16:30] opportunities to actually get their

[16:31] mains their services lined all the way

[16:33] to the house. But that obviously the

[16:36] additional footage from from uh where

[16:38] the easement line is to the house would

[16:40] be the property owner's responsibility.

[16:42] So, but with that we can, you know, that

[16:45] that's going to add about 96,000 just

[16:47] over $96,000 to the cost of the project

[16:50] if if that's decided to be added, but

[16:52] that's addressed further on another

[16:54] slide. So,

[16:55] >> I have a question for you, Chuck.

[16:56] >> Sure. What's the lifespan of the

[16:58] linings?

[17:00] >> The liners basically like a new PVC

[17:02] pipe.

[17:03] >> Okay.

[17:03] >> So, they're 50 plus year.

[17:05] >> Okay. Gotcha.

[17:06] >> Y. So, so if we move on to the next

[17:09] slide, this gets into the water main

[17:11] improvements. Uh basically we're

[17:12] replacing the old cast iron water manes

[17:14] with new PVC mains. Um in addition

[17:17] there'd be new valves and hydrants. And

[17:20] once again with the service lines we' be

[17:22] replacing the old service lines within

[17:24] the rightway from the main out to the

[17:25] rightway line with with new it's

[17:28] actually a plastic or poly type water

[17:30] service pipe. And at the at the rightway

[17:33] we'd be putting a new curb stop. So, and

[17:35] once again, the the the water man along

[17:37] Maple runs from Belmont up to Minnesota

[17:42] along the south side of the highway on

[17:44] the right side there from Pomeroy over

[17:46] to Ampy Drive. And the next page would

[17:49] show the uh Sterns Avenue and um Washurn

[17:54] Avenue and Washurn Drive. The water man

[17:56] down in that Washurn Drive areas is

[17:59] actually runs in those front yard areas

[18:01] of those residents. But we actually will

[18:03] be relocating that out to the street

[18:05] because we can do that and just we end

[18:07] up extending the service lines a little

[18:08] further to connect to them, but at least

[18:10] the mains get out in the street where

[18:11] they belong.

[18:15] Next page shows the proposed storm sewer

[18:17] improvements. Uh really we'll just be

[18:19] replacing some of the old storm sewer

[18:21] mains with new uh concrete uh pipe with

[18:24] new pre-cast concrete structures.

[18:27] Put uh putting the catch basins back in the strategic locations to make

[18:32] sure we're we're catching all the water.

[18:34] So this just shows the storm sewer along

[18:36] Ma Maple. Uh business 23 doesn't have

[18:38] any storm sewer in the vicinity of where

[18:40] we're doing our utility work. So

[18:41] there'll be none in place there. Uh the

[18:44] next page shows the storm sewer along uh

[18:47] Sterns as well as uh Washurn Avenue and

[18:50] Washurn Drive. So

[18:52] uh the next sheet just shows the street

[18:54] rec

[18:56] street improvement areas. Uh the red

[18:58] portion of Maple Street is there's

[19:00] really no utilities. There's no sewer

[19:01] and water utilities in that block. So we

[19:03] will not be reconstructing that. That

[19:05] will just be more of a you grind up the

[19:07] existing pavement and repave it. You

[19:09] know the street everything's still in

[19:10] good enough condition. The other areas

[19:12] like the green area and maple will be

[19:14] totally reconstructed because the

[19:16] utility improvements of new curbon

[19:17] gutter on each side. Any driveway or

[19:19] turf areas uh damaged will be uh

[19:23] replaced. And the sidewalk will also

[19:25] plan to be replaced. There are some

[19:27] sections of sidewalk that seem that

[19:30] they're in pretty decent shape yet. And

[19:31] if we can if we are able to save some of

[19:33] it, we will. We just want to make sure

[19:35] that it meets ADA requirements before we

[19:38] decide to save it. Uh on the right side

[19:40] just shows business 23. We'd be patching

[19:42] the shoulder. Any any of the shoulder we

[19:44] disturb putting those utility work in.

[19:47] The next slide shows the street work

[19:49] along Sterns as well as uh Washurn

[19:51] Avenue and and Washurn Drive. And those

[19:53] are reconstruction areas as well due to

[19:55] the utility work. So

[19:59] uh the next is a cost summary. Uh the original uh report was was for the

[20:05] top four. Maple Street, Business, 23

[20:07] Sterns Avenue, Washurn Avenue is is just

[20:10] under 4.1 million. As I mentioned, if we

[20:13] want to add those sewer services in the

[20:15] Cronis Court area, it adds about another

[20:17] 96,200

[20:19] uh for about a $4.185 million overall

[20:22] project. The project would be proposed

[20:24] to be assessed based on the city's

[20:26] assessment policy as shown on the next

[20:28] slide. uh 50% of the street improvements

[20:31] are assessed uh to the adjacent property

[20:33] owners as well as the sewer service and

[20:35] the water service. So you can see the assessments would be just under

[20:40] $700,000 for the base project. If the

[20:42] additional services are added, it brings

[20:44] that up to about 730,538

[20:48] as a preliminary assessment.

[20:51] So the biggest difference in assessments

[20:54] I compared the assessments from 2019 to

[20:57] uh actually up to the 20 this project

[21:01] the street assessments went up at a

[21:03] about an inflationary rate of just over

[21:05] 2%. So within reason where we see that

[21:08] where we saw the biggest jump in

[21:09] assessment prices was in the sewer

[21:11] service and water service. The some of

[21:13] the pipe prices have really changed

[21:15] dramatically since 2019. So,

[21:19] [clears throat]

[21:20] uh, the next page shows the proposed

[21:22] schedule. The council decides to move

[21:24] forward tonight. We would, uh, there's a

[21:26] resolution calling for the hearing. That

[21:28] hearing would be conducted on October

[21:30] 12th. And, uh, we would plan to have an

[21:33] open house the week prior on October

[21:37] 7th, I believe. Right, Jennifer? Is the

[21:38] day we we believe we decided on. So, and

[21:43] then with moving forward, we plan to

[21:45] open bids, you know, early in 27,

[21:48] have the assessment hearing uh in the in

[21:51] the April time frame with construction

[21:53] happening next summer.

[21:58] With that, I'

[22:02] if there's any questions

[22:12] with the lining of the pipes, and I'm

[22:15] just asking

[22:18] to help me visualize it. Um,

[22:22] I know mine in the backyard cracked and

[22:24] it was off by a couple of inches, so

[22:25] stuff couldn't get through. Would is the

[22:27] lining able to correct for that or is

[22:31] that still going to be a choke point

[22:32] once it's lined? I'm just wondering

[22:34] should we just dig it up and do it

[22:35] right?

[22:37] The lining, you know, most of the time

[22:39] lining will work. Now, if a pipe is

[22:41] collapsed where it's literally down to

[22:43] in like an egg shape or something, then

[22:46] lining wouldn't be an option.

[22:48] >> Or if the offset's too much.

[22:49] >> Yeah.

[22:50] >> But that's something I imagine you'd

[22:51] scope out before.

[22:53] >> Yeah. I believe you just had some

[22:55] televising done, didn't you, Dan?

[22:57] >> We did through a lot of the area.

[22:59] >> Yeah. So, we'd want to get it. We'd want

[23:01] to take a look at it. What they actually

[23:02] do is they'll vac down right at the

[23:04] rightway line or the easement line and

[23:06] put a clean out on. They're able to do

[23:08] that pretty much with just a low vac and

[23:10] then they line between that clean out

[23:12] and the main. They're able to go into

[23:14] the main. So,

[23:16] okay.

[23:18] Any questions for Dan or Chuck?

[23:22] Okay. He said open house projected

[23:25] October 5ish. October 7ish 7.

[23:28] >> Yep. And then the formal public hearing

[23:30] would be the following week on the 12th.

[23:37] » Do we have an anticipated breakdown yet

[23:39] of where all the funding is coming from for this?

[23:43] >> No, not yet.

[23:44] >> Okay.

[23:49] » Well, I imagine we'll have to bond,

[23:51] won't we?

[23:52] >> Yeah. Right.

[23:56] I mean, we've done projects uh for the

[23:59] last 30 years keeping

[24:03] the town in good shape. I don't think we

[24:05] want to stop. I know nobody wants the

[24:08] assessments, but

[24:11] when your sewers backing up, you don't

[24:13] have a lot of choice,

[24:14] >> right?

[24:17] >> Yeah. Yeah, the city's really done a

[24:18] wonderful job taking care of their

[24:19] infrastructure and staying

[24:20] >> and compared to a lot other towns, we're

[24:22] in pretty good shape.

[24:24] I'll make the motion to add the senator

[24:28] SR services in Kronis Court area the

[24:32] 2027 street improvement project and

[24:35] approve resolution 2026-23

[24:40] receiving feasibility report and calling

[24:42] for public hearing

[24:45] on October 12th, 2026 at 6:15 p.m. It's

[24:50] a motion by Hersburg as stated on the

[24:51] action sheet. Is there a second?

[24:54] I'll second.

[24:55] >> Second by brick. Any further discussion?

[24:58] But just note I agree that it makes

[25:00] sense to do that extra project and just

[25:02] get it done. It's not going to get

[25:04] cheaper. So,

[25:06] right. Anything [clears throat] else?

[25:08] Calling the question. All in favor

[25:09] indicate by saying I.

[25:10] >> I. Any opposed? None. Motion carries.

[25:15] Right.

[25:19] We have the airport FBO hanger payment

[25:21] estimate check on this one.

[25:24] >> Yep. In their packet is a copy of pay

[25:26] estimate three for the FBO hanger

[25:29] project. Uh that project has been

[25:30] progressing quite well. They're doing

[25:32] some of the electrical work inside the

[25:33] building right now. So I'm hoping that

[25:36] one within the next month or so is is is

[25:38] pretty close to being wrapped up. Um, in

[25:41] your packet, as mentioned, is a copy of

[25:42] pay request for work completed in July

[25:45] in the amount of $251,94.7.

[25:53] » How are we coming along on finding a

[25:55] tenant for that? Have there been ongoing

[25:57] discussions with the people who were

[25:59] interested?

[26:00] >> We think we're very close. Okay.

[26:04] >> Right. If there's no further questions,

[26:06] I'd entertain a motion.

[26:10] I'll move to approve payment estimate

[26:12] number three in the amount of $251,94.7

[26:16] payable to Everrong Construction Inc.

[26:18] >> Motion by Brick is stated on the action

[26:20] sheet. Is there a second?

[26:22] >> Second.

[26:22] by Ally. Any further discussion?

[26:26] All in favor indicate by saying I. I.

[26:28] >> Opposed? None. Motion carries.

[26:33] All right. With every ordinance that we

[26:34] approve, we have to publish notice of

[26:36] it. Um, it would cost us an arm and a

[26:38] leg to publish the entire nuisance

[26:40] ordinance. So, Jennifer and staff have

[26:42] put together a summary of it in our

[26:44] packet here. Council did approve the

[26:47] ordinance, but this is what we would

[26:48] publish in the newspaper. So, the

[26:50] summary is put together to get the

[26:52] information out there, but also being

[26:54] wise stewards of the tax dollars here.

[26:59] With that, if there's

[27:01] no questions on the summary, I'd

[27:03] entertain a motion to approve the

[27:04] resolution and publication of it.

[27:10] Then I'll make a motion to approve

[27:12] resolution 2026-9

[27:15] authorizing summary publication for

[27:16] ordinance number 63, third series,

[27:19] repealing and replacing chapter 18

[27:21] titled nuisances.

[27:23] >> Got a motion by the stated on the action

[27:25] sheet. Is there a second?

[27:28] >> I'll second.

[27:28] >> Seconded by Brick. Any further

[27:30] discussion? All in favor indicate by

[27:32] saying I. I.

[27:34] >> I.

[27:34] >> Opposed. None. Motion carries. All

[27:37] right. Making payment on the safe routes

[27:39] to school. That work's been coming along

[27:41] nicely.

[27:44] » Yeah. Excuse me. [clears throat] The

[27:46] majority of the safe routes to school

[27:47] project is completed. All the concrete

[27:50] work has is has been removed and

[27:52] replaced. Uh the major items left are

[27:54] the uh flashing rep rectangular rapid

[27:58] flashing beacons that are going to put

[27:59] be on the uh highway 55 crossing at Bur

[28:03] Street and the business 23 crossing on

[28:05] by Veterans Drive as well as the school

[28:08] speed zone signs and we're waiting on a

[28:10] um a firm delivery date on those that

[28:13] equipment. So once I will pass it along

[28:15] once we have a firm delivery date. So,

[28:18] in your packet is a copy of pay request

[28:20] number one for work completed uh prior

[28:23] to August 12th in the amount of

[28:24] $235,532.13.

[28:30] » Chuck, do you anticipate it's going to

[28:32] be done by start of school?

[28:34] >> I'm not so sure the signs are going to

[28:36] be. That's that's the only the only

[28:37] portion of it that I'm concerned about

[28:39] having getting done before school.

[28:41] >> That's just

[28:44] couple weeks out.

[28:45] >> Yeah.

[28:47] I'll make the motion to approve payment

[28:49] estimate number one payable to Coochie

[28:53] Underground Incorporated in the amount

[28:56] of $235,532.13.

[29:02] » Motion by Hzburg as stated on the action

[29:04] sheet. Is there a second?

[29:07] >> Second.

[29:08] by the Any further discussion?

[29:11] Hearing none. All in favor indicate by

[29:12] saying I. I.

[29:14] >> I.

[29:14] >> Opposed? None. She carries.

[29:18] All right, Dan. On the spray patching,

[29:21] on picking up on our conversation of how

[29:24] we've done a good job maintaining our

[29:25] streets,

[29:26] >> let's keep doing it.

[29:28] >> You missed the DNR thing.

[29:29] >> Did I?

[29:30] >> Yeah. New business. We

[29:33] >> No, We're still on old business.

[29:35] >> Patrick. Jeez.

[29:37] >> Oh, yeah. Yeah. I got the Sorry.

[29:40] >> Yeah,

[29:41] >> you're right.

[29:43] I will say I was curious as to what all

[29:46] the white marks were on the streets

[29:47] until we had our spray patch approval at

[29:49] the first meeting and now I'm seeing all

[29:51] those spots everywhere. So I'm glad,

[29:53] Dan, that we're doing more of them. I

[29:55] didn't realize just how many spots there

[29:57] were that needed it done. So,

[29:59] >> well, and that's part of why you're

[30:00] seeing this in your packet now. We

[30:02] weren't sure until we went out and

[30:04] started marking everything and it looked

[30:07] like it was going to be more. So, I got

[30:08] a hold of Bertram who won the award for

[30:12] our spray spray patching. He was

[30:14] considerably lower than the other bid.

[30:17] Uh, invited him to come out and take a

[30:19] look to see how much it was going to

[30:21] take. Unfortunately, he can't split

[30:23] loads. So, it one load is $5,500.

[30:28] It's going to take two loads to get

[30:30] through all of the patching.

[30:33] So rather than just continue, I'm asking

[30:36] that the council approve another load

[30:38] for $5,500,

[30:40] which would still fit the original bid

[30:42] of being lower than the competition,

[30:46] but this would help us complete

[30:50] hopefully all the pothole repair in

[30:52] town.

[30:56] » I don't think we want to quit partway

[30:58] through. I think we want to get them all

[31:00] if we can.

[31:01] >> Mhm.

[31:02] >> Yep. Here

[31:09] I'll make the motion to approve

[31:12] another quote from Bertram Asphalt in

[31:15] the amount of 5,500

[31:18] for spray patching. Motion by Hersburg

[31:21] is stated on the action sheet. Is there

[31:22] a second?

[31:24] >> I'll second.

[31:24] >> Seconded by Brick. Any further

[31:26] discussion? Hearing none. All in favor

[31:28] in paper saying I. I.

[31:30] >> Opposed? None. Carries. All right.

[31:34] Danner truck on the airport grant that

[31:36] we have in here.

[31:38] Yeah. This is this is one of the grants.

[31:40] There's uh for the snow removal

[31:43] equipment. Um this would be one of the two grants that this the city

[31:48] will receive. Um I think this one's for

[31:51] $137,000.

[31:54] So, we'll This is like I said, one of

[31:56] the two will want to wait till we get

[31:58] the next one before we actually order

[31:59] the order the equipment. So,

[32:06] » I would think the other one one should be coming any day if they sent

[32:09] you the first one.

[32:10] >> I haven't heard anything or seen

[32:12] anything on that one.

[32:12] >> Okay. A lot smaller than that.

[32:17] >> All right. So, we'd be looking at a

[32:19] motion to approve the grant agreement

[32:20] and authorized signing of that.

[32:25] I'll move to approve the grant agreement

[32:27] between the city of Payneesville and FAA

[32:29] for the airport infrastructure grant

[32:31] airport snow removal equipment. A

[32:33] >> motion by brick. Is there a second?

[32:36] >> Second by hersburg. Any further

[32:39] discussion? Hearing none. All in favor

[32:41] indicate by saying I. I.

[32:43] >> Opposed? None. Motion carries. Now T, we

[32:47] can talk about the T grant. [laughter]

[32:50] Dan Chuck with Terry Grant here.

[32:54] >> Uh I received a notice that there was

[32:57] tree grants available. Park board has

[32:59] been talking about the emerald ashbor

[33:02] and its impact on the city and the area.

[33:06] Um we also talked about having a tree

[33:08] inventory so we could track that.

[33:11] Luckily this come up it has the

[33:15] opportunity to give us a grant to take

[33:17] care of both of those issues. Um, I sent

[33:20] it to Chuck. Chuck's got history of the

[33:22] past. Go ahead, Chuck.

[33:24] >> Yeah, this is, as the council may

[33:25] recall, I think in 2023 we actually

[33:28] applied for it was a different it was a

[33:29] relief grant it was called at the time.

[33:32] Um, but this is another grant we could

[33:34] pursue. It's basically there's no match

[33:37] required. So, we would submit a grant

[33:39] application to do the inventory as well

[33:41] as an emerald ashboard management plan.

[33:47] be a little bit more urgency now that

[33:48] the border is in the area.

[33:52] I say let's do it.

[33:58] Is there a motion on this?

[34:00] >> Yeah, I make a motion to support

[34:01] submission to the Minnesota DNR tree

[34:04] grant application.

[34:06] >> Motion by the to approve uh submission

[34:08] of the grant applications. Is there a

[34:10] second?

[34:11] >> Second.

[34:11] >> Seconded by Ally. Any further

[34:12] discussion? Hearing none. All in favor

[34:15] indicate by saying I. I

[34:17] >> opposed. None. Motion carries. All

[34:21] right, Dan. Well repairs.

[34:24] Uh we had an inspection a little while

[34:26] ago from Tying Well on our wells, which

[34:30] we do routinely. Uh they recommended

[34:33] rehab to wells 5, seven, and 8. Uh I

[34:37] brought that to the public works board.

[34:40] Uh we reviewed it. It seemed like those

[34:42] wells were needing rehab more frequently

[34:45] than we'd hoped. Uh so suggested I check

[34:49] with some other well drillers. I was

[34:51] already getting quotes from other well

[34:53] drillers, but bring them in and see what

[34:54] their opinion was on the inspection.

[34:57] Uh I had Jennings Well and Trout Well

[35:00] come in. They both said it's just the

[35:02] condition of the water we have in our

[35:04] aquifer

[35:05] [clears throat]

[35:06] and for our area that wear and tear on

[35:09] our wells. So, I asked them both, excuse

[35:13] [clears throat] me, to give me a quote

[35:16] on rehab repair for the wells. I

[35:19] received one from Trout that's included

[35:22] in your packet. I was prepared to bring

[35:25] those two quotes to you guys for

[35:28] approval tonight, but in the meantime,

[35:30] before a council meeting, we had the

[35:34] pump go down on well number five.

[35:37] We weren't able to wait

[35:39] um because of the dry conditions and uh

[35:42] trying to water the soccer field, trying

[35:45] to keep up with the needs in our system.

[35:48] We didn't feel safe being a well down

[35:52] because if another well went down, we

[35:54] would have been in serious trouble.

[35:56] >> So, we had Tine Well come in and do the

[35:59] repair work on well five. So that one is

[36:03] completed,

[36:04] but we would appreciate to be able to

[36:07] continue with well seven and eight so we

[36:10] don't have an issue in the near future.

[36:13] Does that affect Well, no, cuz they

[36:15] didn't

[36:17] know. What would that affect the price

[36:20] or won't it because it was already

[36:22] included in there?

[36:24] you know, I didn't have that formal

[36:26] discussion with them, but there is going

[36:28] to be a price difference because it was

[36:31] going to be a well rehab. Now, our our

[36:34] pump motor

[36:36] actually went down. So, that wouldn't

[36:38] have been a part of the rehab because it

[36:40] would have been just to pull that rehab

[36:42] the well, put it back in. So, that part

[36:46] will be the same, but the cost of the

[36:49] pump motor will be an addition.

[36:53] Okay.

[36:56] Well, it makes sense to me to go forward

[36:57] with this and I certainly understand why

[36:59] you had to move forward on five.

[37:02] It was an emergency situation.

[37:09] There a motion by the council here. I'll

[37:11] make the motion to approve the quote

[37:13] from seen well in the amount of 41,675

[37:19] for the rehab of the wells plus the

[37:22] additional cost needed

[37:24] for repairs to wells 5 7 and 8.

[37:30] Motion by Hsburg is stated on the action

[37:32] sheet. Is there a second?

[37:35] » A second.

[37:36] >> Second by brick. Any further discussion?

[37:41] Um, Dan, not related to the well, but I

[37:43] saw Lee outside on I think it was Friday

[37:46] night or Saturday fixing the pump over

[37:48] there by business 23 and 55. Do you know

[37:52] if we were able to get those going again

[37:54] or

[37:56] >> the lift station?

[37:58] >> Yeah,

[37:58] >> we were transferring power.

[38:01] >> Okay.

[38:02] So, that's all taken care of and ready

[38:04] to Good. Yeah. I know. He was worried.

[38:06] Maybe it was Thursday night cuz he was

[38:08] worried about having to call the guy all

[38:09] the guys before morning came. It must

[38:12] have been Thursday

[38:15] when I was heading back from Atwater. I

[38:16] saw him.

[38:18] >> No, we didn't end up with any

[38:19] difficulties.

[38:20] >> Okay, good deal. All right. All those in

[38:23] favor of approving the quote indicate by

[38:24] saying I. I

[38:26] >> opposed. None. Motion carries.

[38:29] >> All right. We have some airport lease

[38:31] agreements here.

[38:35] Uh the airport ground lease for Craig

[38:38] and Bring and Litzau

[38:40] is to build a new

[38:42] private hanger at our airport. The first

[38:45] one since all the private hangers were

[38:47] moved in many years ago. Um there was a

[38:51] push that they wanted to get that going.

[38:53] So we kind of got things put together. I

[38:58] did the ground lease. Brad is still

[38:59] working with them on uh the building

[39:01] code side of it. so we can get that

[39:04] going. Um

[39:06] hopefully we'll have more to follow.

[39:08] There's other interest right behind this

[39:10] one.

[39:12] >> All right.

[39:14] Be exciting to see some new hangers

[39:16] going out there.

[39:17] >> Is there a motion to approve the lease

[39:19] agreement?

[39:21] >> I'll move to approve the airport ground

[39:23] lease between the city of Payneesville

[39:24] and Brandon Craig and Bring and Melissa

[39:26] Litto.

[39:27] >> Motion by Brick is stated on the action

[39:29] sheet. Is there a second?

[39:32] >> second by Hersburg. Any further

[39:34] discussion? Hearing none. All in favor

[39:36] indicate by saying I. I.

[39:38] >> I.

[39:39] >> Opposed? None. Motion carried.

[39:42] >> Oh, you found someone. We did. Finally.

[39:47] >> Okay.

[39:48] >> Um,

[39:49] so as all of you know, we have uh been

[39:52] attempting to hire uh back our fifth

[39:54] officer since Officer Davis left for the

[39:57] sheriff's office. Um, we believe we

[40:00] found a good candidate in Mr. Whitman.

[40:02] Uh he has completed the background

[40:04] psychological physical post test and all

[40:07] of the requirements necessary for

[40:08] employment. Um and we would ask that uh

[40:12] the council approve his hiring at uh

[40:14] step one, excuse me. Yeah, grade nine

[40:17] step one on the scale.

[40:22] » Oh, I wanted to add something here as

[40:23] well. Um last council meeting when we

[40:25] discussed hiring of the new public works

[40:27] director there was some

[40:28] >> employee

[40:31] [laughter]

[40:32] director's right there. Yeah.

[40:33] >> Sounds like news to me.

[40:34] >> The public works employee um and there

[40:37] are questions regarding trying to match

[40:40] the grade and step of of the other

[40:42] employee that was hired earlier. Uh we

[40:44] did look into it and the other employee

[40:46] already is at the higher step. So

[40:48] they're at the same level right now. Um,

[40:51] based on that, I don't see there's

[40:52] anything further we should do here since

[40:54] they are at the same level.

[40:56] >> Okay. Thank you for that update. We have

[40:59] a recommendation then to hire.

[41:03] >> All right. Close my page.

[41:05] >> Nolan Whitman. [clears throat]

[41:06] Um, is there a motion to that effect?

[41:08] >> Uh, more. I have a question for the

[41:10] chief.

[41:11] >> Okay.

[41:12] >> Is this his first job out of school or

[41:14] has he

[41:15] >> Okay. So, he's

[41:16] >> he's a baby. He he just finished school

[41:19] in July.

[41:21] >> So

[41:23] >> could be a second career.

[41:25] >> Yeah. No, he's what, 23?

[41:28] >> He's he's a younger gentleman. Um

[41:31] >> he played uh two years of junior hockey

[41:33] before going to law enforcement school.

[41:36] >> He's from the area and is looking to

[41:39] um kind of stay in the area. So

[41:43] >> So what you're saying is he knows how to

[41:44] handle a physical altercation.

[41:48] based on his background. Yes, [laughter]

[41:51] >> we've had younger ones anyway.

[41:52] >> I was talking the hockey experience.

[41:54] >> No, I know. I was just going back to

[41:56] that.

[41:56] >> Okay,

[41:57] >> that's good. All right.

[41:58] >> Couple missing teeth.

[42:00] >> Well, I'd entertain a motion for the

[42:01] hiring of the officer.

[42:05] » I move to hire Nolan Woodman as a

[42:07] full-time police officer at PD grade 9

[42:11] step one $336

[42:14] per hour. Motion by brick state on the

[42:16] action sheet. Is there a second?

[42:19] >> Second.

[42:20] by Ed Alli. Any further

[42:21] discussion? Hear none. All those in

[42:24] favor indicate by saying I. I.

[42:26] >> Opposed? None. Motion carries.

[42:29] >> All right. Revised admin assistant.

[42:33] You want to walk us through what's

[42:34] changed here?

[42:35] >> Yeah, we had uh um after the resignation

[42:37] of the part-time assistant we had, we

[42:40] went in and reviewed the job

[42:41] description.

[42:43] uh we I would say more than anything we

[42:46] kind of uh generalize some of the task

[42:49] and duties and not made it specific to a

[42:52] particular department. We just want to

[42:53] be broad and focus and hopefully

[42:56] » [laughter]

[42:56] >> uh we'll have a good pool of candidates

[42:58] to to choose from and hopefully the

[43:00] person that we bring on board is um you

[43:04] know has some u tech skills that maybe

[43:06] that can be very useful for this

[43:08] position.

[43:12] I have one problem in taking out the

[43:14] clerical support to public works

[43:16] director in that the reason why we

[43:19] created this position was to support

[43:20] Ron. He had asked for the help. So,

[43:24] >> and I still see that person supporting

[43:26] the public works director.

[43:28] My concern though is that by not in

[43:31] explicitly putting that in there that

[43:34] then that person is going to get pulled

[43:35] in 17,000 different directions and not

[43:38] have the time available to do the job

[43:41] that this position was created to do.

[43:42] >> Oh, that's a good point.

[43:44] >> Um,

[43:46] so I that's I don't want to take that

[43:49] out of there. That was explicitly why we

[43:52] created this position was to do that and

[43:54] provide some support to that department.

[43:57] Um, I'm fine with the other changes that

[43:59] were made here, but I think we should

[44:01] keep in the lines about providing

[44:04] clerical support to public works

[44:05] director.

[44:06] >> Okay.

[44:07] >> Was that taken out because it somewhat

[44:09] overlaps with the next bullet point

[44:12] there about the filing and updating the

[44:14] reports within the public works

[44:16] department or I don't remember.

[44:20] >> No.

[44:22] But I I do see on the

[44:27] page 86 and 87

[44:31] uh the some new duties relating to

[44:34] public works but not on the uh extent

[44:39] that it was before.

[44:42] >> Well, that is under a different

[44:44] position,

[44:45] >> right? But those are new

[44:46] responsibilities

[44:47] towards the public works.

[44:49] >> Mhm. We can keep that one in there if it

[44:53] keeps in line with the way you guys

[44:56] envision the position to be.

[44:58] >> Well, I do agree between the two

[45:01] uh help with the

[45:04] clerical public works would be probably

[45:06] in order.

[45:08] >> Jen, you were going to say something.

[45:10] >> I just think on bullet point, what's the

[45:12] first black bullet point on page 83? We

[45:15] just put provide clical support and took

[45:17] out we made it broader so they could

[45:19] provide clical support to admin or and

[45:23] public works. So we took out the lines

[45:26] that were dependent on admin and public

[45:28] works. We just made it.

[45:31] >> Okay.

[45:34] » I I still worry though. I know the last

[45:36] person who was in this role, I don't

[45:39] know how much help they did with public

[45:41] works. And I don't know if that was

[45:42] because of that's just how it shook out

[45:45] with the new role or what it was, but it

[45:47] seemed to me like there was a lot of

[45:49] time spent scanning and doing other

[45:51] things

[45:52] um and not just observing or not helping

[45:55] out with public works as intended. And

[45:57] maybe that's that was working fine. I

[45:59] don't know. I'm not saying that it was

[46:01] or wasn't. I don't know. Um,

[46:05] >> but that was why it was there was

[46:08] specifically to help out the public

[46:10] works director and I think that would

[46:11] help with coordinating phone calls,

[46:14] things like that. Um, reviewing just

[46:17] some regular emails, whatever we could

[46:19] do. Um,

[46:23] I mean, we we did specifically envision

[46:25] hiring that person to support the public

[46:27] works department, and I don't want them

[46:29] getting torn in a hundred different

[46:32] ways.

[46:35] Okay. U there's my sense. I'll I'd

[46:39] entertain whatever motion anybody wants

[46:40] to make, but my recommendation would be

[46:42] restoring those two lines on the job

[46:45] description.

[46:48] >> If we restore that those two lines, I'd

[46:50] like to restore the admin department on

[46:52] that first black then too.

[47:02] How many hour position is this?

[47:04] >> 32.

[47:10] » Five, six, five days.

[47:12] >> Four days.

[47:13] >> or five short days? Yeah.

[47:16] >> This same discussion could be repeated

[47:18] on the next job description, too,

[47:20] because it's got the same cross out.

[47:22] Mhm.

[47:34] Well, and that's why I mean looking

[47:36] ahead at the next one,

[47:40] this is a job description that I feel we

[47:42] revisit about every 6 months, jumping

[47:44] ahead to the next one. Um, because that

[47:47] person graciously takes on more and more

[47:49] tasks that are thrown at them. Um, but

[47:52] that means that some things like

[47:54] providing clerical support to public

[47:55] works director get left behind. And when

[47:58] that got left behind, we had to create a

[48:00] new position. And now we're looking at

[48:02] taking that out of the position that was

[48:04] created because the person who was

[48:06] tasked with doing it got pulled in too

[48:08] many different directions to do that.

[48:12] >> I think that position now is better

[48:13] suited in the physical place that that

[48:16] person is sitting in city hall. um

[48:19] purely just numbers in the DMV have have

[48:22] dropped from 30 to 40% down to two and

[48:26] 3% yeah of transactions.

[48:28] >> So I think those duties are more

[48:32] eligible I think now just in this pure

[48:35] location of where that person is

[48:36] sitting. As the public works director, I

[48:39] had this discussion with the city

[48:41] manager with the same opinions that the

[48:44] mayor has.

[48:50] » I'm fine with keeping the public works

[48:52] director in there.

[48:56] » Yeah.

[48:59] Well, at the end of the day,

[49:01] you can have all kinds of job

[49:04] descriptions and duties, but there's

[49:07] only so many hours in the day. And if

[49:09] you're gonna spread a person so thin,

[49:14] how much of the,

[49:16] you know,

[49:18] I mean, it's great to have a person

[49:21] available to help, but if they're spread

[49:25] too thin with a 100 duties, how many are

[49:28] going to get done in 32 hours?

[49:38] Well, what's the alternative? We hire

[49:39] somebody else, too.

[49:44] » I mean, I guess we could start with this

[49:46] and maybe this I'll have to turn into a

[49:48] full-time position.

[49:50] >> I could,

[49:51] >> you know, that's the if we aren't

[49:54] getting if Dan isn't getting the help he

[49:56] needs and

[49:58] or another part-time or whatever we need

[50:00] to do. But just putting it on paper

[50:03] doesn't mean it's going to get done.

[50:04] >> Yeah, that's a good point.

[50:07] >> Well, I'm going to make a motion to

[50:10] approve the revised part-time

[50:11] administrative job description with the

[50:13] exception of eliminating the

[50:15] strikethroughs and restoring those and

[50:18] starting the hiring process.

[50:21] >> I'll second.

[50:23] >> Motion by Rankie, seconded by Brick.

[50:25] Motion is to adopt as presented with the

[50:28] additions but to remove the

[50:30] strikethroughs and restore that

[50:32] language.

[50:35] Any further discussion?

[50:38] Hearing none. All in favor indicate by

[50:39] saying I.

[50:40] >> I opposed. None. Motion carries.

[50:45] All right.

[50:47] Then

[50:49] on to the next one. The one where we

[50:51] said this person has started as a

[50:53] clerical assistant then went to a social

[50:54] media specialist then became a social

[50:56] media specialist/clerical assistant. We

[50:59] are [clears throat] proposing now

[51:00] administrative services specialist.

[51:03] >> Yep. I think it's a better fitting than

[51:05] having multiple titles.

[51:07] >> Agreed.

[51:11] I think with the changes that we talked

[51:13] about in the last one, I am now good

[51:15] with this description and I would be

[51:18] fine with that. on page 88, who's going

[51:21] to be doing the reservations and

[51:24] arrangements?

[51:25] >> Uh, we have assigned that to somebody

[51:27] else in the DMV.

[51:29] >> So, that'll need to be added to their

[51:31] job description.

[51:33] >> Um, I don't I mean, it's not such a big

[51:34] item that

[51:36] needs to be added

[51:37] >> as long as it gets done cuz it's

[51:39] important if we're going someplace that

[51:42] >> the reservations are there.

[51:45] >> You get to the hotel and who are you?

[51:47] [laughter]

[51:48] >> Don't worry about it, Neil. You'll be

[51:49] fine.

[51:50] >> Yeah, I don't sleep at night the way it

[51:52] is.

[51:54] >> Okay, I can live with that. Now,

[51:58] this includes some uh a step.

[52:01] >> Uh yeah, uh I am recommending that this

[52:04] person receive a step increase because

[52:07] they are taking on some additional

[52:08] duties. uh even though hopefully the the

[52:12] person that we hire for the part-time

[52:14] when they get up and running some of

[52:16] these duties like the scanning and stuff

[52:18] can be passed on to them and then they

[52:19] just uh supervise or manage that person

[52:23] and how and their scanning from that

[52:25] point on. So but in the interim I feel

[52:27] it's fitting that um we offer them a

[52:30] step

[52:31] >> and when January comes this would turn

[52:34] into a grade three step seven.

[52:37] >> It would go up a step. Yeah.

[52:39] which is kind of like what we had with

[52:41] the public works that we talked about.

[52:43] >> Just the same. Yeah.

[52:46] >> Well, I'm okay with that. I'll make the

[52:48] motion. If there's no other discussion,

[52:51] go ahead. Motion to approve revise job

[52:54] description and step increase for the

[52:57] administrative services specialist

[53:00] effective August 17th, 2026.

[53:05] I'll second

[53:06] >> motion by Hsburg as state on the action

[53:08] sheet. Seconded by brick. All in favor

[53:10] indicate by saying I. I.

[53:13] >> I.

[53:16] Suppose I should have asked did anybody

[53:17] have any additional comments on that?

[53:20] >> Okay.

[53:21] >> Well, we could have gone back. Okay.

[53:23] [snorts]

[53:24] Somebody's vacating the hanger.

[53:25] Somebody's moving in. Yes, Dan.

[53:27] >> Correct.

[53:28] >> Okay. Anyone want to make a motion to

[53:29] accept?

[53:32] >> Uh, so moved. Motion by bricks. Is there

[53:34] a second?

[53:35] >> Second.

[53:36] >> Seconded by Theelen. Any further

[53:38] discussion?

[53:40] Hearing none. All in favor indicate by

[53:42] saying I.

[53:43] >> I.

[53:43] >> Opposed? None. Motion carries.

[53:47] >> Got a number of reports at the end. Um

[53:50] before people get scared off by the

[53:52] deficiencies notice on the water report.

[53:54] It's because an electrical conduit was

[53:56] cracked and apparently that's the end of

[53:58] the world. I it didn't seem to make a

[54:00] whole lot of sense to me why that was

[54:01] noted as a serious deficiency, but I'm

[54:04] see glad to see we got it fixed.

[54:06] >> It's done. Yep.

[54:08] >> So, um we got the liquor store reports,

[54:11] garbage rates, everything is on the

[54:13] city's website, including meeting

[54:15] schedules. That everyone, we are

[54:17] journed. Thank you.

City Council 8-24-26

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