[0:06] Call the council meeting to order. If
you could stand and uh join us in the
[0:10] pledge of allegiance.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
[0:15] United States of America and to the
republic,
[0:19] one nation under God, indivisible.
[0:29] Um, we'll start with the consent agenda.
Items listed below are considered
[0:33] routine and non-controversial by the
city. There will be no separate
[0:37] discussion of these items unless
requested by a council member, staff, or
[0:41] citizen. If removed, the item will be
discussed at the end of the regular
[0:46] agenda. Uh, item A, Civil Defense
Sirens, Preventative Maintenance
[0:50] Services, authorizes city administrator
to approve an estimate from Ready Watt
[0:56] Electric for an amount not to exceed
$2,660
[1:00] per year for the years 2027, 2028, 2029,
and 2030 to provide preventative
[1:07] maintenance services for civil defense
sirens in Winstead.
[1:12] Item B, purchase authorization lift
station pump Winston on the lake.
[1:17] Authorize a city administrator to
execute a quote from Quality Flow
[1:21] Systems in the amount of 14,345
for the purchase and installation of a
[1:27] heavyduty submersible pump at the
Winstead on the lake lift station. Item
[1:33] C, liquor licenses. Approve the off
sale, on sale, and Sunday liquor
[1:38] licenses from July 1st, 2026 through
June 30th, 2027 for the following. Alexi
[1:45] Holdings LLC,
uh, The Corner Bar, 111 First Street
[1:50] North. BNBWS
LLC Blueenote Bar and Grill 3203rd
[1:57] Street South The Woods Group Eggs 121
First Street Northong
[2:04] Liquor 1326 Street North off sale only
approve the liquor wine club or 3.2% 2%
[2:12] license from July 1, 2026 through June
30th, 2027 and wave the fee for said
[2:18] license for the Winstead Baseball
Association Incorporated, Winstead
[2:23] Wildcats at Dennis M. Campbell Field.
Approved the 3.2% 2% off sale liquor
[2:30] license from July 1, 2026 through June
30th, 2027 for Casey's General Store
[2:36] number 1673
at 246th Street North. Item D, licenses
[2:43] to sell tobacco products and tobacco
related devices. approved licenses to
[2:48] sell tobacco products and tobacco
related devices from July 1, 2026
[2:53] through June 30th, 2027 for the
following um Casey's General Store
[2:59] number 1673
located at 246th Street North, DG Retail
[3:06] LLC, uh Dollar General, number 1,000
uh number 15,46
[3:14] uh at 206th Street South Usong's Liquor
at 1326th Street North and BMBBWS LLC
[3:24] Blueote Bar and Grill at 3203rd Street
South. Item E, application for exempt
[3:30] permit Winstead Baseball Association,
Inc. Approve an application for exempt
[3:35] permit submitted by the Winstead
Baseball Association Incorporated to
[3:39] conduct a raffle on July 26, 2026 at
Dennis M. Campbell Field, 535 Andy
[3:46] Avenue West, Winstead, Minnesota.
Contingent upon the organization
[3:51] providing all necessary documentation to
the state of Minnesota Gambling Control
[3:55] Board. Item F, application to conduct
excluded bingo, Buffalo Creek BMX
[4:02] Association.
Approve an application to conduct
[4:06] excluded bingo submitted by the Buffalo
Creek BMX Association on October 25th,
[4:11] 2026 at the Blueote Ballroom, 3203rd
Street South, Winstead, Minnesota,
[4:17] contingent upon the Buffalo Creek BMX
Association providing all necessary
[4:22] documentation to the state of Minnesota
Gambling Control Board. Item G, appoint
[4:28] seasonal brush site monitor. Uh, appoint
Mr. Kent Landine to the position of a
[4:34] seasonal part-time brush site monitor
beginning May 9th, 2025 for a period not
[4:39] to exceed 6 months. Item H, approve the
claims list for May 5th, 2026.
[4:47] Uh that is the consent agenda. I would
entertain a motion.
[4:52] » Mr. Mayor, I'll motion to approve the
consent agenda as presented.
[4:56] » We have a motion. Is there a second?
>> We'll second that. Uh, we have a motion
[5:01] and a second. Um, I have one question
regarding the seasonal brush site
[5:06] monitor. That's just for one day a
month. Is that what that is?
[5:11] » Yes.
>> Okay. Um,
[5:13] » they still want
>> um has he been informed that uh he'll be
[5:19] required to uh ask about residency?
>> Andrew says,
[5:23] » "Yeah."
>> Yep. and he understands he'll have to
[5:27] turn people back, turn people away.
I
[5:33] um that's the only question I had.
Anyone else have any other?
[5:39] » All in favor?
>> I
[5:42] » motion carries.
Um
[5:46] no public hearings, no old business, new
business. Item A 2026 street maintenance
[5:52] project pothole repair grading dust
control.
[5:57] Yes. So over last few years I've uh
received quite a few complaints out on
[6:04] uh Grass Lake Road on uh potholes and
that is really the only gravel roads
[6:11] that we have in town. Um potholes, a lot
of washboarding. Um some of the road
[6:17] going away. I guess I can invite Chris
up to talk a little bit about what the
[6:20] the past practices have been, but we
apparently sometime in 2019, we used to
[6:29] um always get a load or few loads of
gravel, fill it in, and then 2019 looks
[6:36] like the last time that we did that. So,
playing a little bit of catchup now, I
[6:41] believe. And I'll let Chris chime in
here on the road.
[6:44] » Yeah. So, I don't know why that practice
stopped. Um, the guys used to do it.
[6:50] They get a couple loads each spring and
put out um on the gravel road that ended
[6:56] at like you said in 2019. Um, now it's
just it needs quite a bit of gravel
[7:04] and we get got bids for it then to have
it hauled in through Winstead Township.
[7:10] » Right. So, in this meantime here, I did
contact the township and try to get a
[7:15] part of their bid so we could get a a
better pricing. Um, what is that?
[7:20] Skyline Aggregate was who they awarded
the bid to. So, um, right now we're
[7:27] looking for the 75 mile portion, we'd be
looking at $7,650
[7:34] for
just the gravel on the road. um probably
[7:39] another 4 or 500 to grade, but I didn't
get that bid in time here for this. But
[7:45] to be a part of the township bid, we had
to do
[7:50] at this time
[7:56] uh
entertain a motion for this.
[8:00] » And after all this is done, they will do
dust control on that road.
[8:06] » We'll have the option to do dust
control.
[8:08] Okay,
>> that'll come up.
[8:11] » Doesn't Windtock do dust control on that
road?
[8:15] » Or am I thinking of a different road?
>> They may on that portion
[8:20] » on that portion on the uh
>> but not on the going
[8:23] » the north
>> going to north.
[8:27] » They'll do the portion going to the west
and south.
[8:30] » Last year they did. I don't they did
not.
[8:33] » Okay.
[8:39] take a motion then we'll have uh
questions if if there are any more. Um
[8:45] I'll make a motion to authorize the city
administrator to approve a quote from
[8:49] Skyline Aggregate for $375 yards of
gravel, $20.30 per hauled yard for an
[8:56] amount not to exceed $7,650
for portions of Grass Lake Road. I have
[9:02] a motion. Is there a second?
A second.
[9:08] » We have a motion and a second. Any
further discussion?
[9:13] All in favor?
>> I.
[9:15] » Motion carries. Um, open forum portion
of the of the uh program. Uh,
[9:24] doesn't look like we have anybody that
wants Oh, uh, we have a citizen who
[9:29] wants to partake in the open forum.
Minister, please. Please, Chief. Mr.
[9:35] Mayor, members of council, uh it's been
a while since I've been president, but
[9:38] we are in the springtime and um we do in
uh enforce the blight ordinances um
[9:43] throughout the year, but uh with the
grass and weeds growing, uh we just ask
[9:48] cooperation from our residents to try to
stay on top of that um because we are
[9:53] actively sending out letters for grass
and weeds and then also um other debris,
[9:59] unlicensed vehicles and yards. We just
ask the city's cooperation or our
[10:03] citizens cooperation so we can uh keep
our community looking well.
[10:08] » Thank you.
>> How how does um I I happen to noticed an
[10:12] unlicensed vehicle on a at a location
where
[10:18] um there's more than just that wrong
with it with that particular property on
[10:23] the north end of town. Do do we tow
those vehicles or
[10:28] » Yep. So great question. and I can
discuss the process a little bit. So we
[10:32] have a blight ordinance. We also have
public nuisance ordinance. So you can
[10:35] see a bunch of violations on let's say
one property. How does that get
[10:39] addressed? Right? So the blight uh for
instance um vehicles if they are expired
[10:45] registration or unlicensed for a period
of 3 months or more then they are a
[10:50] violation of our blight ordinance. So, a
letter is sent um by the city to the
[10:56] owner of the property and they're given
10 days to remedy that issue. If it is
[11:01] not remedied, we can issue a citation
and then give them an an extension of uh
[11:06] time frame to get that license. On
certain properties in town uh where
[11:10] they're habitual, uh we do not give a
citation. We go straight to the court
[11:14] process. So, then we send our report to
uh the city attorney for review of
[11:19] formal complaint charges. they're
formally com charged, they're given a
[11:23] court date. Um, and then once they're
found guilty of that or the situation's
[11:28] been remedied, generally it's not
remedied. So, they got to go through the
[11:31] court process. Once they're found
guilty, uh, if the situation has not
[11:36] been corrected, then I will come to the
city council and ask the city council to
[11:40] proper ordinance to abate that property.
So based on our prosecuting attorney, he
[11:46] is advised to make sure it goes through
the court process first and then the
[11:49] city council can order an abatement.
Then at that point, you can the council
[11:54] can order it to be towed and then the
property owner would be assessed that
[11:59] prop uh the fine. Uh an issue with a
number of properties in town, we don't
[12:04] get to the abatement because some of you
have been on the council for years know
[12:07] that you don't see me coming for an
abatement. The pro the reason is is in
[12:13] that process they get their tabs, they
get their vehicle working. Um they clean
[12:18] up the property to suitable standard to
the courts uh in the court's eyes. So we
[12:22] don't get to that point. So it's sort of
a
[12:27] a lot of encouragement by the city gets
compliance. It's just the habitualness
[12:32] of it becoming an issue the very next
year again is sort of the merrygoround
[12:36] we we are on. But we're bound by
ordinance to get on that ride.
[12:41] » Chief, what happens if you issue the
letter
[12:44] but you can't find the person?
>> We continue the process regardless.
[12:49] » Okay.
>> The process continues because I do get
[12:52] um I get a lot of letters back. We spend
a significant amount of money on
[12:55] certified letters that just get returned
back to us, but we continue the process
[13:00] anyway. The timeline's the timeline.
>> The 10 days start ticking.
[13:03] » Yeah. When we talk about brush, you'll
see on some properties there's brush and
[13:07] trees. That's not that is blight, but I
also include a public nuisance um end of
[13:12] it because it can harbor animals, cause,
you know,
[13:15] » other hazards. So,
it it is a lot of process, but it's
[13:21] worth it uh in the long run. You know,
sometimes it's hard to see a the sunrise
[13:27] on on a lot of this. Uh, and we we know
that because we've been dealing with a
[13:31] lot of these properties for a long time,
but um there is a process. It's
[13:36] frustrating. I get it. I've lived in
this community 20 years.
[13:39] » Mhm.
>> But it it sort of is what it is.
[13:44] » Any other questions?
>> Oh, yeah. Thanks for answering that.
[13:51] » Did Josh want to finish? Uh, you were
going to talk about I thought you were
[13:56] going to talk about it or were you going
to talk about what's coming up on
[13:59] » I can talk about it.
>> Okay. All right. Anybody else for open
[14:03] forum?
>> Oh,
[14:06] all right. Um,
city administrator update.
[14:13] Okay. Uh we have a open house here on
Thursday from 5:00 to 7:00 that's going
[14:18] to have the 2027
infrastructure improvement project.
[14:24] You as a council obviously are invited,
but Josh and his team will take care of
[14:29] most of the heavy lifting and I will be
here as well to answer questions from
[14:33] the public. Um mostly I'm anticipating
most of those questions being about the
[14:40] assessment process.
of which we won't have any answers for
[14:45] them that meeting.
>> We will have some.
[14:48] » We'll have estimates
>> exactly what it's going to cost.
[14:51] » Not exact, but we will have estimates.
>> Raquel, if three of us show up, is that
[14:57] an issue,
>> right? There's a quorum um notice posted
[15:01] already. So, yes.
>> Okay.
[15:04] » We do.
>> I guess Josh does want to talk, so let
[15:08] him he'll come up here.
>> Yeah. So, we'll have the uh preliminary
[15:11] assessment roles there and then we'll
have the timeline for them so they'll
[15:16] know when we're going to, you know,
finally adopt the final assessment role
[15:21] and when those payments will be due when
those questions come in. And a lot of
[15:24] the questions will be just kind of
related to what's going to be what's the
[15:28] impact to my front yard, to my to my
driveway, to my, you know, grass. Do I
[15:33] have a sidewalk that's going to be in or
out? Can I contract with the contractor
[15:38] to to replace the remaining portion of
the driveways or sidewalks or other
[15:42] pieces? So, those are just general
questions that we typically get. Um, and
[15:47] then, you know, obviously schedule.
We'll go over uh the schedule that's
[15:51] currently in place for the project and
then just kind of let them know when the
[15:54] other opportunities are that they can
come in and ask questions and who those
[15:58] people are.
>> And this this year we are or are not
[16:02] doing Zion.
that is not in the 27 project,
[16:07] » but there's repairs going to be done.
>> So, um that is part of what I have here.
[16:14] Our our bids are coming in higher
because of oil prices on our street
[16:19] reconstruction and uh the cost of oil
and different things. But Chris and I
[16:24] did meet with the gentleman from RCM.
RCM did the patching that was out there
[16:30] this year. Um or I'm sorry, last year
they did that patching and that's held
[16:35] up pretty well. Um to patch again we'd
be looking at 22,675
[16:43] on Zion alone.
Um for the rest of town be 40,815
[16:49] and a few spots at the airport for $900
some dollars. So
[16:55] that answer is to be determined but by
by you guys in the end. Um now when we
[17:02] did meet with the gentleman's name is
Frank but when we met with Frank out
[17:07] there he mentioned that there's a lot of
good tar out there. Um, and he believes
[17:14] that the the road would this patching
would definitely go a long ways to
[17:19] keeping the road until the the project
would go on the list.
[17:26] » Okay.
>> I I am under the impression nothing has
[17:32] set quite
um
[17:37] I I don't know. I mentioned this at the
last. It does not sit well with me that
[17:41] we don't give more consideration to
Zion. It's a horrible horrible
[17:46] » bad road in the rock
>> and and um there's a lot of people that
[17:52] live out so
they may very well
[18:00] share some of their
[18:05] » and and we'll have we'll have comment
cards in a box so people can just fill
[18:10] out comment cards and we'll document
whatever we hear from folks at the open
[18:14] house and
>> like driving.
[18:19] » I do it every day.
>> Driving on the back road.
[18:29] So overall our city projects meaning um
the street repairs any crack fill and
[18:38] ceiling
we are likely to be over budget due to
[18:42] the oil costs um meaning that we'll have
to dip into the street CIP which we do
[18:47] have funds there. So did that just
>> week or two ago
[18:54] prices had changed. No
>> I I didn't have pricing at that time so
[19:01] I'm not sure if it was for the whole the
the bigger projects that we're talking
[19:06] about or if it was for
>> the others but yeah. Yeah. And nothing
[19:12] nothing else really has. These are the
the pricing that I've received
[19:18] really. This one I got on Monday and
then the seal coding ones I don't have
[19:22] all the bids yet, but I just know I
guess in anticipation I think they're
[19:27] going to be higher.
[19:31] I did review one of the bills from last
year and they said this is and that was
[19:36] at like $100,000. It wasn't the one that
we awarded, but they did have in theirs
[19:41] if oil hit $125 a barrel, it would go
up, but that wasn't last year's bid. So,
[19:51] we will see.
[19:55] Any other questions for Josh?
[20:00] » You have anything else?
>> No, I'm good.
[20:05] » Do you have anything?
>> No. No, sir. Yeah.
[20:08] » Um, due to a work event, I will not be
able to be here on Thursday. So, just so
[20:12] you're aware of that, your mayor, other
than that, I do not have anything else.
[20:17] » Jessie, you're not
>> I do have a question that a few people
[20:22] have asked me. They said, a few people
have asked me if the city is buying the
[20:28] van that used to be at Monarch or it
used to be at St. Mary's, which is
[20:35] Monarch. No,
>> never heard of it.
[20:39] » Okay, that was my only question.
>> Okay. Um, entertain a motion to adjurnn.
[20:48] A motion. Is there a second?
>> Second.
[20:51] » All in favor? I
>> we're ajourned.