to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> I love the little kid voices with that. >> Thanks everybody for being here tonight. Uh number three on the agenda is changes
to the agenda. We do have a revised agenda in front of us. Does anybody else have any revisions or changes? And if not, I would entertain a motion to approve the agenda here as revised.
>> I'll make that motion. >> Second. Okay, we have a motion by Robin, a second by Rick. Any further discussion? Hearing none. All in favor, please state I. >> I. >> Anyone opposed? State no. The agenda is approved.
Guests and open forum. We have an ordinance request. Tammy Leot Johnson. Hi, good evening, council. Uh, my name is Tammy Leget Johnson. I've been self-employed with Becker Massage Now for over two years. I've seen really great success with opening up early at
6:00 a.m. during the week. I'm here today to ask the council to consider extending approved business hours for massage therapy of the city of Becker to 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. 7 days a week. The current business hours for massage therapy are 6:00 a.m. to 9 during the
week and 9:00 in the morning to 9 on weekends. So, by extending the business hours on the weekend, it not only allows more flexibility in the schedules for all licensed massage therapists of Becker, but it also allows our clients the opportunity to enjoy their session
locally before traveling out of town for the weekend plans or to enjoy their day without a later interruption. while we have some warm weather for a couple months. It's a desire that many of my clients have requested. Thank you for listening and for your
consideration and adapting the hours of licensed massage therapists for the city of Becker to practice between the hours of 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. 7 days a week and I can't remember. Can I ask other questions at this time?
>> Okay. >> Yeah, you can ask questions. We might not answer them. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Well, do you have any questions? I can't remember if this is the meeting for that. So, >> no, I don't think so. >> Okay. Thank you for your time. >> All right. Thank you very much for coming.
Is there anybody else here to address council tonight? And we do have a person. >> All right. Um, good evening. My name's Jim Meenick. I'm with the Becker Youth Baseball. Um, as we kind of get geared up for this season, I just wanted to take this
moment to come here and say thank you. Uh, thank you to the city council, um, the parks and rec committee, all for you guys' support, uh, especially on the projects that we're doing at the BAC. Um, also special thanks just again to the Chris, Jesse, and his team, um, Josh
and his team kind of for what making the BAC top tier. Um, so for what if you guys don't know, again, we got uh if you've been to the BAC recently, um, we just got some scoreboards installed. We're going to do some uh, dugouts for the junior ball field. So, you'll see
coming up this summer. Um, we're replacing the junior ball shed. Um, and one thing that I'm kind of proud of, like we kind of worked with the parks committee on as far as um we're highlighting our sponsors that
uh supporting the uh the Becker youth baseball. Um so we'll actually be displaying these um banners at the BAC. Um so just kind of something to kind of look forward to as you go out there. Um but again, just
again, thank you for your guys' support. Really appreciate it. That's all I have. >> Thank you very much. >> All right. Is there anyone else for open forum? >> All right. Then we will move on to committee reports, presentations, and
awards. Police management committee is up first. All right. Police management. We met uh a couple Fridays ago. Seems like a long time ago. Uh first first thing um we uh as you know we put in a order for a squad car uh which we're
hoping was going to be delivered here pretty soon. Uh that was canceled by Ford. So um so we so the uh apparently they make so many in a year and we had put it in what we thought was within time and in you know just like as we're should. We did everything we were
supposed to do and thought we had it in plenty of time and um I think it was even you know it was last year sometime we put the order in and um they announced that they canceled the order. However um the new batch uh for the new model year is going to go in uh starting
in May here and we um are going to be near the near the top of the line for this one. So because kind of as a well we're sorry we you know couldn't give you this one but we'll give you the next one. Um the one thing it with this new ordering process too that they're going to uh roll out here in May is they are
going to allow you to um actually select the delivery kind of the range of of not only you know we would put it in and we might get it in March. You know we had an idea but we now we at least have a um kind of a locked down when it when it should be delivered barring any major
any major issues with it. Um we uh talked about at police committee whether we maybe put in for 2 years cuz now this would have been the one that gets replaced every year. You know we replace roughly one a year based off our usage and um you know this would put uh in the
short term here it would be okay because we would have you know one and then maybe one shortly to follow it. But problem is when you go down say you know four or five years is what they typically last. So when you go to replace them, you now have two that are going to, you know, one that second one
is going to go long. And so um that's kind of the issue it's potentially um potentially going to have. So we we are discussing uh that, but we for sure will get our our one in here um uh and when when it opens up for May here. So, um we
had a demo of the uh scheduling software uh which the new scheduling software which you know scheduling PD sounds um you know if you if you don't know any better you might go oh that that should be easy to schedule it's not um and especially when you're tying it into um you know payroll systems like that. So
we had a we had a demo of the um the new scheduling software I believe uh Big Lake um there's some other agencies that use that as well. So that's where we um uh got the idea of it. uh that should be coming out in the next uh couple months here as far as going production ready.
Um we also uh just had an update on um just kind of the scheduling difficulties that we've had some injuries and um just uh our our part- timerrs uh they they work all of our part- timerrs work uh full-time jobs at other um other locations. So um you know if they were
just part-time sitting around waiting for the phone to ring that'd be great. Unfortunately uh they work full-time at other jobs. So if you work 8 to 5 at a job and you know getting them to cover an overnight shift is not very easy to do. So um so we uh I noticed when our
packets were dropped off uh last week chief dropped them off. Um so you know chief has uh um you know been picking up some of them. Uh just just as a um maybe as a note we uh we are still providing police services. It's not like we're short or anything, but um it just uh
it's a little tough with uh um we have the sergeant position that's open and then we've had a couple of uh people that are out that are out right now. So um little short there, but uh that should be uh that should be coming around. The folks should be coming back and you know we're looking to um you know have the sergeant position
potentially filled uh later this summer. So uh that was about all I got. All right. Any questions for Rick? All right. Golf committee. >> Uh golf committee. In my rush to get
here, I left my minutes at home. >> I got it. >> You got it. >> All right. >> We met on March 24th and basically we um talked about the the pond lining project. Just had an update on that. We looked at some financials.
Um 26 is behind 25, but we did open for play on March 11th of 25. and we have not had that luck this year. So, that'll catch up. That's about all we had to do. >> All right, questions for Robin. All right, joint planning.
>> Joint planning also met on March 24th. Uh, we finished and finalized the zoning ordinance updates. Um, we heard a CUP for curbside waste for a drop site that was approved and an IUP for uh val rrook sewer.
>> That's what we had. All right. Any questions for joint planning? >> Budget and finance. >> Budget and finance. We met on March 26th. Um, one of the items for discussion, there was a uh there was a PAS um Chris Payboard. Uh um class
action settlement um that we were a recipient of uh some funds from that class action settlement. uh um as of the meeting it was 568,000 um that we received as part of that basically um I think it was 3M and some
other companies that were um part of that but um basically because we um operate a wastewater treatment uh plant that has to treat that and so um that we were the recipients of that um we didn't uh allocate that money or anywhere that
money we have received it but that's that's about it for right now so um can talk about that uh at a future date. Um the uh we talked a little bit about the uh deferred uh deferred assessments. So the Luan drive uh the um project or the
potential project that had been presented to us. Um there was some uh deferred assessments on um uh the properties that are over there on the on the PS there. Um so we just had some uh discussion on that and as well as um the
year end uh we talked about uh the year end uh the audit uh just uh recently wrapped up and it's going to be presented to us. I believe it's the first week in May is um it'd be in May for sure. So they'll be uh they'll be here to present that. Um otherwise there
was no abnormalities on the uh numbers. >> All right. Thank you Rick. Any questions? And finally, we have planning commission. >> Planning commission is an easy one. Uh 7B on our agenda tonight. Uh was on the planning commission. We had a public
hearing and uh planning commission uh did choose to uh we did recommend the resoning which is again 7B tonight. We'll save it for that. >> All right. Perfect. Thank you everyone. Moving on. We have board committee and consultant reports. Mr. Listen has the
water wastewater department toolkat replacement. >> Good evening, mayor and council. Uh tonight I have for you an RCA and resolution 2624 for the replacement of the toolkit for the water wastewater uh division of public works. Uh staff are
proposing the purchase of the tool kit to replace the 2013 tool kit that we currently have. Um this piece of equipment is listed in our CIP uh with a replacement life of 12 years. Uh the unit currently has just under 2,300 hours on it, which is an annoying
average of about 176 hours. Um as we've talked before about tool cats, they're a very versatile piece of equipment. Uh we use them for a lot of different things. It's no different in water wastewater as far as versatility. We just don't use it as much as we do in the streets and park side. So um it we've stretched the
lifespan for this one in this area. Um, would you get two uh quotes for the replacement? Those are listed in your packet. Uh, Farmight and Lannel. Uh, tonight staff would be recommending the purchase of the replacement tool cap from Farmight uh because they did offer
more in trade which gave us a better overall final cost for the tool cap. Uh, this was discussed with the public works committee and the committee did agree that should go to council for consideration. We do have money budgeted in our 2026 uh
public uh water wastewater cap uh for this purchase. Uh we had 62,500 budgeted. Uh with that tonight, I'd look for a motion, a second to approve resolution 2624, approving the replacement of the 2013 toolkit for the
quoted price of 47218, which is the cost of the equipment minus the $26,000 in tradein and a price not to exceed $52,000. And with that, I can stand for any questions. >> All right. Anybody have any questions
for Chris on the toolkit? Do all of our existing uh attachments do they bolt? Would they bolt up to this new one then? Is that pretty universal? >> Yep, they will. It's outstanding. They haven't switched it, so it's only every 5 years yet. No, done. Yes, they all work.
>> All right. Any other questions? If not, someone want to make a motion for resolution 2624 to re approve the replacement at a price not to exceed 52,000. >> I'll make that motion. >> I'll second. >> We have a motion by Mike, a second by Becky. Is there any further discussion?
>> Hearing none. All in favor, please state I. >> I. >> Anyone opposed, state no. >> Motion carries. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Uh, next up, Mr. Peterson has some property resoning for us to look at.
That's what Rick just mentioned. >> Thank you. That is correct. Uh that Rick was kind of hinting at that. Uh cuz tonight we do have a reasonzoning request for a block of parcels located near Pleasant Avenue and Field Street Southeast. Um so some background on that is the McDonald's own McDonald
Embroidery and they want to relocate out of their private residence where they're currently operating. And so their property they're looking at is 12264 Pleasant Avenue Southeast. What they're looking to do there is repurpose. There's a currently a a church that
isn't in use there and they're looking to add screen printing, a showroom, and maybe like a retail storefront in the future as they kind of get established. And so what this request would be is for the entire block um because it's currently zoned single family detached
for all those lots there and our 2040 comp plan future land use map actually designates them already as a mixeduse parcel. And so the reason why we're requesting to reszone that entire block and not just that church is spot zoning
in short. um resortoning just one parcel wouldn't be permitted and so staff recommended to the McDonald's that they talk to all the adjacent land owners first before submitting. Um all those land owners ended up getting on board and were agreeable with that with this
request. And so on March 5th, we got four separate complete applications covering all five parcels, one of which is a vacant parcel that the same land owner um as the home also owns. And so this kind of con um became sort of a
coordinated request which was also consistent with our future land use map. One really important piece to touch on is the effect on the existing homeowners. Um the reasonzoning does not require homeowners to change their use. So they'd still be able to stay a single family um home, apply for building
permits, add additions, things like that. And it's specifically protected in um in our UD UDL article 1 section 1.9.1C which specifically says that single family residential uses are protected.
Um they can expand, add accessory structures, sell the home as a single family home. The only um caveat to that is that the mixed use standards would only apply if the owner wishes to establish a use beyond single family.
So, sort of a commercial type of use. Um, we city staff did also contact Sherman County Assessor's Office to see if there was any tax impact for these other parcels by the resoning and they let us know that there would not be because the county goes by what the
property is actually used for instead of what the municipal zoning is. Um, so there' be no change there. As Rick kind of touched on, we did hold a public hearing at the March 30 Planning Commission. Um, no public comment was received there, but I did receive a
phone call after that meeting this week, just kind of from a person nearby that said they couldn't make the meeting and they were just curious what was going on. Once I explained it, they had no uh concerns or issues. Um, so with that, I'll be looking for a motion in a second
to adopt resolution 2625 approving an amendment to the official zoning map of the city of Becker Unified Development Ordinance to reszone the above described properties from single family detached or SFD to mixeduse District MXD.
I can stand for any questions. >> Anybody have any questions for Austin? Tiffany, you're here not to put you on the spot, but you want to come up and tell us what you're going to do there. We're excited to add a business in in the city. So,
was not expecting this. >> That's okay. Uh, thank you for having me. Um, thank you for considering. Um, like he said, I'm Tiffany McDow. Um, we own McDow Embroidery. We've been doing it for 8 years out of our home and we are currently just outgrowing our space
and we would like to be able to hopefully in the future um provide a storefront for our community um and also just have um you know more space to be able to expand like you said running embroidery and screen print um easier
place to meet up with our customers as well. So >> all right >> thank you. >> Thank you. All right. If there's no further questions, anyone want to make a motion on resolution 2625, which would amend the zoning map to
reszone this district from single family to mixed use. >> Make the motion. >> I'll second. Have a motion by Robin, a second by Rick. Is there any further discussion? >> Hearing none, all in favor, please state I. >> I. >> Anyone opposed, state no. Motion
carried. Congratulations. Thank you, Austin. All right. Administrator and staff reports. Our police annual report presentation. Chief Lindloom. Good evening, Mayor and Council. I'm
super excited to be here for this. We didn't do a annual report last year with the transition um in leadership. So, um, it's been a year and I'm excited to, uh, get back on the horse with getting these presented to you. Um, I had sent an email out earlier today
that contained an actual the full annual report. Uh, tonight's just a brief covering some topics that are highlighted in that report. And just so the public does know, um, all of our annual reports are posted on the police department website. It was put up there this afternoon. So, um, anytime after
the meeting here if you wanted to jump on, um, you can view the full report on our website under the, uh, annual reports page. So, and Greg's helping me out. Tony's Cony's going to save me.
Now wasn't me. I'm still excited to present this. >> We're still excited to to hear it. >> Never had an issue. There we are. Right. >> There something came up. >> It just came on. >> Uhhuh.
>> Our monitors came on. If that helps you to know. >> Well, that one's working. I think that uh >> I've got my monitor. >> Somebody did something. But I wasn't. >> All right. >> This one's also not. >> That's the tech guy blaming everybody else.
>> Mine doesn't work either, so I'll share. >> Well, like I said, um if we're okay, moving forward, we can go up the screen behind me here. Um just an overview of some of the the content that's in the actual annual report that I wanted to kind of cover. Um first and foremost is going to be our organization, right?
This is the the men and women who uh come to work every day for the citizens of Becker. Um, and I'm extremely proud of the work that they do every day. Um, we've got a really good team set up. Um, in 2025, we added uh, patrol officer Hunter Henles, who kind of replaced me
when I had moved up to my position, and he's on the road now. Uh, we also added uh, Cody Pouch and Jeff Webster, who you had the privilege of seeing there swearing in um, a couple weeks ago here in council chambers. As of right now, uh, we do have a couple reserves. Uh, we
have one reserve remaining. Uh Hannah stepped back now at the beginning of this year to pursue some other uh employment opportunities. So wish her the best of luck. Um and we're always looking for additional reserve officers to continue. So that's a little look at the team that serves you each and every day. Uh talk a little bit about budget.
Um you can see here we were did really well with budget. Some of that comes to just uh being mindful of our budget. The other was staffing. We are a little bit short uh staffing this past year with some staffing um issues. So, that kind of helped a little bit on the budget side. And then, uh, we do have some key
revenue sources that we like to highlight each year. Uh, police state aid, you can see there is that 110,000. Uh, that was, um, the biggest that we've had in approximately four years. And that's kind of been a steady little growth that the states uh, provided us
each year. Um, and that directly relates to their their um, the the formula they use for state aid. So, that's been a good benefit. uh towards zero death grant. That's the TCD grants, your um drunk driving, distracted waves where we can go out work those shifts and the
state reimbures us. This year we uh funded 19 overtime enforcement shifts uh with 93 almost 94 hours of dedicated patrol um traffic patrol to those uh issues. So it could be anything from distracted to speed and and dist drunk
driving. So um those are some of the revenue sources that we see each year. Um crime statistics um that's the budget budget trend. So, I took this from finance. They really like to show the the the um the graphics. So, I thought I should throw one in there. I'm just throwing a little bit better look at the
last few years and where we've been at, which is pretty consistent. Um there uh part a crime. So, these are crime trends and the way that we documented crimes changed a few years back. So, this this does look a little bit different. We've kind of been working to clean up. Um it
used to be um it's group A and group B now and it used to be A one and two part one and part two crimes. So what they did is is neighbors is the the the group that gathers all this information. They changed how they gather that. So some of
these things have have switched a little bit. Um part A crimes highlights. So this is going to be kind of like your bigger crimes. Um you can see here assault offenses consistent drug and narcotic offenses are down from 54. That was in
2022. Uh just wanted to highlight that. Um one of the reasons for that decline is a lot to do with um the state regulations on some of the the ways that we operate in you know um vehicle searches and obviously marijuana laws changing has had a huge effect on that.
um a vast majority of our narcotics cases stemmed from marijuana cases and then would expand out from there. And so that's had a pretty steady decline because of those changes as well. Um the two arson on here um it was a new we
have an occasional arson uh complaint. These were uh combined. So we actually had two charges out of the same one incident. So not super concerning to me to see that on there. Just uh it was a pretty isolated incident. Um and then our lararseny and frauds have kind of
remained stable over the past few years. So part B crimes are your kind of quality of life things. Um these are a little bit more minor. Uh DUIs um are up from last year. Our guys and gals that are working the road have been getting out and trying to really focus on on those areas. And that ties into those
TZD shifts as well um where they're actually out there working those state funded programs to specifically target the DWIS. Um most of the other trends have kind of stayed stayed pretty much the same. Um I am going to look a little bit into our liquor law violations which
is going to be um like open containers, open bottles, under 21s, things like that. Um it's been a really nice decline since 2022. So we actually had zero last year. So um kind of an interesting trend to see that we're not running into that as much anymore.
uh calls for service. So, this is kind of like the front end high picture of what your police department's doing. Uh 2025, we had 5,525 calls for service. Um which uh is up from 2024, but still below our high of
um 6,200 about in 2020 uh 2023. So, uh some of that's just attributed again those staffing issues. Um we're not not going to calls for service, but when we're we're short, we've had people out on medicals and things like that. Um the proactive calls for service does take a little bit of a decline. So I attribute
a little bit of that to there. Um busiest months continue to be January, February, and March. Everybody thinks summers are super busy, but in Becker, a lot of us are fortunate enough to have cabins and things like that. So we see a lot of uh exodus on Fridays and Thursday afternoons, and our our weekends and
things like that in the summer are actually typically not as busy as the winter time. Um and you can see just our common call types. So medical's alarms are are always year after year going to be kind of our our high um um calls for service on the on the the basic calls,
excuse me. Uh some crashes, domestics. Um domestics are down a pretty decent little amount which is nice to see. Um and then everything else has remained pretty consistent. So uh a little bit about traffic cuz that's a very visible part of what we do every
day. Um, you can see here we made about 1,700 traffic stops. We do issue a lot of warnings. A lot of that's to that traffic education. Uh, we get that question a lot like what are why are we why do we have a warning versus a ticket. Um, and part of it is officer discretion, right? We trust that they're
going to go out and make those choices um appropriately. Um, they'll take a look at past driving conduct uh complaints that we've had in our internal record system, which includes all of Sherburn County. They'll took a look at uh Minnesota DVS if they've received citations in the past and then they kind of base a lot of that on on
decisions on kind of what that looks like and um a lot of times we're stopping people for the first time or they don't have a ticket on their record and then we use that as an educational opportunity. Um most of the citations we issues are for speed. Uh the 21 DUI arrests are highlighted there. driving
after revocations um which remains pretty consistent each year and then um school bus stop arms those did go up LA starting last year because of the uh funding that we got for the camera systems on all the buses. So all of our um main buses have like
the four or five cameras that are on them and that's been a huge help for us for um the violations um for the stop bar violations. So, we've really enjoyed having that um community engagement. Um you know that it's kind of a big area for me. I'm
always trying to get involved in different ways. So, some of the things that we did this year is did our community events, donate drive-thru, guns with the cops, laser tagged with the police, national night out, school interactions have been good. Um, one of the first things that I did, uh, after I became the chief is I met with our
superintendent and made it a point to go to each of our schools to do a walk through and then subsequently have our, um, officers go through and do some random walkthroughs there with them as well, which um, I feel has been a a really good collaboration with the school district and just kind of partnering up um, and just being present
at more, you know, a basketball game or a football game, walk through and just be visible for those has been a nice uh, nice interaction with them. uh public safety education. We do a lot of different things like that throughout the year. We speak at the reckless driving academy. Uh we do presentations for daycarees, um fall festival we were
at and any of those opportunities and then business partnerships. So I just recently spoke at the community uh chamber of commerce event um to the businesses that were involved there and just kind of talked a little bit about what the police department can do for them uh and how we do things for the businesses. So, that's been another kind
of big area for us that I've been working on and figure it end with some fun pictures of some of the cool things that we did throughout the year. Um, these are mostly from our community engagement events. But, um, we've got a really good crew that is always willing to kind of step out and do those things to interact with the community. That
being said, that's kind of a quick highlight. I try to go because I know I can talk, so I try to be mindful of that and your time. But, uh, if you have any questions, I'd be happy to take those. >> Yeah, I do. Uh, >> yeah. on that state aid or uh extra duty
or whatever it is. Is that local or does that or do you travel someplace for that? >> Uh so most of those are local. Um it used to be dependent on the on where at, but we start in Becker. We work the Becker area. If it's not fruitful, then we'll we'll go out. Now there are
occasionally ones um that are uh scheduled elsewhere. So for instance, Distracted Driving Wave just kicked off April 1st. Might have heard about it. They've been really pushing it. They actually had a kickoff event in Elk River on 169. So we had a Becker officer, two Big Lake officers, couple Sherburn County officers in Elk River
then. >> Okay. So if they issue a ticket on that, does that show up in these stats then? >> Yes. So those count as R. >> It looks like it's it looks like it's a Becker issue then. >> Uh so those citations would go under ours. Yes. >> Yeah. But in your numbers?
>> Yes. Numbers would show the citations that were issued for those. Yep. So, not all of that is local. >> Correct. Not every ticket is was written in Becker. I would say maybe throughout the year there's 20 that are, you know, in one of those bigger events. Our
officer that worked this one on April 1st, I think they he wrote like five or six and they have those maybe a couple times a year. So, not as common as it used to be. Um, back several years ago, we used to travel a lot more and we'd be in Elk River or Big Lake or Zimmer or St. Cloud. Yep. So, they kind of started
to hone that back in a little bit to your local agencies. Yeah, good question. >> That's all I got. >> All right. Any other questions for Chief? >> Awesome. Well, thank you for the time tonight. I really appreciate it. >> Yeah, thank you very much. Thank all your staff as well.
>> Yes. >> All right. Moving on to Mr. Larude for the consent agenda. Uh, Mayor Coinger, city council members. Items for review, approval, or adoption on tonight's consent agenda include the hiring and termination report authorized the
Tuesday, April 7th, 2026 payment of claims is presented. The claims listed have been provided to the city council as a separate document and is available upon request for public view at city hall. The total claims are $310,69045. Approve the March 17th city council
meeting minutes. Receive the minutes of the February 23rd fireboard meeting, the minutes of the February 24th budget and finance committee meeting, and the minutes of the March 20th police committee meeting. Approve massage establishment business license for Tammy
Leot Johnson for a location change. Approve farm lease agreements 26-1 and 26-2 with Kyle Approve the revised uh Becker Lions Club temporary liquor license. The dates are for June 19th and
20th as part of Freedom Day's events. Declare the 2003 Ford van a surplus and order its disposal. Approve lower potency hemp edible retailer cannabis registrations for Gwell Liquors and Quick Trip. And I will be happy to answer any questions.
>> All right. Anybody have any questions on the consent agenda? If not, someone want to move approval of the consent agenda as revised? >> I'll make that motion. I'll second. >> Got a motion by Rick, second by Mike. Do
we have any further discussion? >> Hearing none. All in favor, please state I. >> I. >> Anyone oppose? State no. Consent agenda carries. Some anniversary announcements. Uh full-time in the police department.
Paul Hickerson, 11 years. part-time the golf course we have Dewey Somerdorf 12 years Curtis Burch 10 years uh Brenda Peterson at golf 9 years
Tiffany Bennett community center 8 years Aaron Borson golf 5 years Dan Olsen golf 5 years Ashley Reed golf 5 years Christopher Reed golf 5 years and Zack Winter golf 5 ers. Thank you to all
those full and part-time employees. We appreciate your dedication to the city. Uh did receive a letter back our postal regulatory commission complaint. I received a letter back from Phil's best
friend, Mr. Ziggler. Um and he said, "We're still working on it." So, that's paraphrasing, but it wasn't a whole lot longer than that. So, I was pretty proud of my complaint and thought
it was pretty thorough and they said, "We're working on it." So, I'll let them know that's not a satisfactory response and we'll ask the commission to be involved. We kind of expected this to come, but >> it's nice to know they're still working on it.
>> I think if if if you don't keep the fire on them, I think it's going to go away. >> Yep. So, we we did submit last week we submitted the foyer request. We decided to do that online. The township was good with that. So, we requested all
communications related to the Becker post office from June 1st, 2024 to I believe March 30th of 26. >> And I've told people I know around here and Monosel to write letters to the postal service to
>> Yeah. Don't mail them. >> Actually, I said send him an email. >> We don't have a post office. >> Well, I just wanted you to know we got that letter back and it was good to know they were still working on it. So,
anybody else have anything else for the council meeting tonight? >> Nope. Nope. >> All right. Do we have a motion to adjurnn? I'll make the motion to adjurnn. >> Second. We have a motion by Rick, second by Mike. All in favor of adjournment, please say I.
>> I. >> Anyone opposed, say no. Meeting is adjourned at 5:36. And we'll take just a couple minute break to get some stuff ready and we'll roll to the executive session. Thanks for coming tonight, everybody.
>> Is it on here? >> No, that's a different one. >> It's a different one. I got to make sure I go to that. I've had guys specifically >> bring it to my attention. >> I remember seeing I remember seeing it.
I just don't remember when it is. >> If I can find it in my meeting and it's >> I think it's in I thought it was in April, but meeting minutes. >> Okay, Rick, do you remember when that
Legion shindig is? >> Which one? It's uh one where the Lions are serving beer. >> They changed the date. They had the date wrong. >> Yeah. So, it's just for the >> It's the the revised >> date that was on here. >> Yeah. The revised uh
>> No. Well, that's for the that's for freedom days, right? >> Yeah. No, this is the Legion's having a dance or something. >> Oh, and and the Lions are serving beer. >> Yeah. >> I got my do I got my meeting minutes in there.
>> That was like the end of the month. That's what I thought. >> I guess got to make sure I go to it. I've had couple of them mention it, you know. >> Yeah. I would have been on last week's >> it was like over a month ago that we approved that license.
>> Yeah. I do have it on my calendar. >> I do not have >> I don't see it either. >> If we have the Thank you. >> I can stop by the hardware store and ask John
packet from >> Yeah, I uh have it on someone at the consent agenda. February 27th. >> May 1st. This one, right? >> Usually I get that stuff.
>> May 1st they're having live music. >> Yeah. When when? >> May 1st. May. >> See guys, >> you just got to go to the Facebook. >> I don't do Facebook. >> I know, but I'm just saying. I'm like, boom. >> Mike's a Tik Tok guy.
>> He's a Tik Tocker. Snapchatter. >> What's that? >> Snapchat. >> No, I don't do any of them. >> Social media be the death of you. >> Totally. >> So fancy.
>> Like look at how fancy he looks there. >> Did you call him? >> Did you call him? when >> your email on the dollar there were freezing at the twins. >> We just >> So you are being recorded.
>> You're being recorded. >> She's like, >> who cares? It's Chris. >> That's Yeah, that's the number we've we've received in. He was mentioning that he'll like help like BBOP in and out this summer cuz he's going to >> reopening.
>> They're they opened before >> open for a couple weeks closed back down April 1 and opening again >> last few days. >> There were that golf that Sunday that was so nice and did they open? >> They open two three weeks ago.
>> He's 21. Well, until it got cold here and then they closed for >> Yeah, >> I can get it up. >> They've been They've been closed for about a week or something. Close to a week. >> No, he would have been good because he looks so much older than his age. >> Craig go.
>> Listen, I know. Sorry. >> Um, >> I'm 21 in October. >> Originally opened March 25th, >> closed April 1st. Oh, I'm like, who else did I know that would look even in the opening tomorrow? >> Perfect. >> I'll stop waiting.
>> Rude. Still rude. >> We'll be home. So, >> I should have had supper. >> In and out of here. >> Everybody ready to rock and roll? >> Let's rock. >> I'm ready. >> All right. We will call the executive session to
order at 5:42. >> I love your lies. >> Mr. Sanders, you're up first tonight, it looks like. Thank you, Mayor. I don't know why I tried to turn that on. It was already on. Um,
so with the I think all of you are aware uh with the departure of our building official. So Mark Luck gave his resignation notice on the 26th and the effective date was the 3rd. Um it's a little sooner than that, but
we're in the position now to work with Rum River on the consulting work to do the building official uh work that we need. So doesn't give us a lot didn't give us a lot of time really to kind of get in this situation. We have a contract with
them. The contract was on call and as needed. That's an hourly rate, so they're here 95 bucks an hour everything that they're doing. And right now we have I think it was around 100 open permits. And so we had a number that were in the middle of inspection things that we needed to take care of in the
industrial park. We have a number of projects that are trying to finish out. And so Rum River has been really good at taking on those. Um working with Karen and Austin. KN has done a really good job of trying to wrap some of those up and working with Rum River on getting those solved. The
biggest piece is if you we were to continue at 95 bucks an hour on an hour hourly rate that's pretty expensive over the long haul. Uh we're not hiring. So, uh, if you're aware that we went to part-time, and this is for the public, too, whoever is listening, we went to
part-time with, uh, Mark just due to the amount of work and what hasn't transpired at this point over in the industrial park. And so, we went to 3 days a week, uh, which had been working well. And then this occurred, uh, where we need to retain services. So, Rum
River had provided us with a draft professional services agreement and fee schedules changes. Some of those are recommended fee schedule changes is a lot of what they do is based off the state uh schedule fee schedules rather than the older 97 unified building code schedule which we've been using for a
while. So um depending on the outcome of this discussion we would take anything that we glean from here kind of go back reconvene adjust where we need to and then bring an official ordinance amendment on the fee schedule back. the the changes in here. Um
there's a bigger fee schedule in the appendix, which is actually a good thing. It's much longer what Rome River is recommending. Um it's a little more defensible. And so I'll let them kind of talk about why the changes that they're recommending are where they are. Uh and
then I'll kind of come back at the end for any other questions. So I'll turn that over to and I forgot to introduce them. So Andy Schrader and Carrie Levitzky from Rum River. All right, welcome. >> Appreciate that. Thank you, mayor and councel. My name is Andy Schrader. I'm
co-owner and chief building official with Rum River Construction Consultants. We've had a super uh excuse me, a supporting role in Becker here for about three years, and now we can move into uh to serve as your designated building official. We work in this role in 21, perhaps potentially 22 now, uh
municipalities across Minnesota. Education and voluntary compliance continues to be our focus as we found the flexibility and ability to deliver a service based on constant improvement and meeting the specific needs of our customers. We use that word intentionally customers because that includes not only the contractor and the
builder uh but also the building owners, the future owners as well as the general public, city staff and of course elected officials and the juris in the jurisdictions that we serve. Each of these have distinct needs and deserve our time and attention to asssure that they know their role in the life,
health, and safety of the buildings that we all use. I'd like to introduce Carrie Levitzky. She's our senior adviser to address the contract language and how we can move forward from here. Thank you for inviting us here this evening, and we look forward to continuing our focus on supporting the city of Becker.
>> Good evening. Thank you, Andy. Um, I'm a little bit more vertically challenged than Mr. Schrader. Um, good evening, Mr. Mayor, Council. Um, Andy did a great job teeing this up. Um, you know, when we first received this call on, uh, March
27th, I will say, um, I was a little bit nervous. Typically, um, transitioning to a full service jurisdiction is a a few monthlong process. So to um be able to do this in a week um time, I will say uh
I was a little bit nervous, but you know, following our meeting with um Jacob and Austin and Karen uh on the uh 30th, I believe, and then again with city administrator um Greg on the 1st of April.
All of those anxiety feelings very um subsided. uh you've got great staff and um they certainly were helpful and no doubt that we will have a very successful relationship ongoing as we transition into what will hopefully be
your next um designated building official service. Um I uh again we appreciate their professionalism and experience and really look forward to um again what will be a long-standing
relationship. Um before you this evening again is our contract uh proposed contract. you have in your packet for tonight um what is current along with what are proposed and same thing with uh model fee schedule along with your
current fee schedule and um I'm here to answer any questions that you might have uh and walk you through um maybe some highlevel uh why behind the um what for the fees and I understand um also city
attorney has um reviewed our contract as well has made some suggestions. We made those changes and provided um um that new draft. So before we go on to the fee schedule, any questions related to our contract that either Mr. Schrader or myself could
answer? Okay. >> Anybody have any questions? >> I don't. Um so Rum River Consultants, we currently have 21 um full service or what we consider designated um
jurisdictions under us and we also provide them uh the same fee schedule every year and try and be consistent. Um one of the um benefits of having a uniform Minnesota state building code is also to try and get those fees as most
uh uniform as possible. Um and so one of the things that is important to understand is that um we want to make sure that you know fees are reasonable, defendable, and also pay for the service that's provided. It's commensurate with
that service that's required by state statute and Minnesota administrative rules. And so when reviewing the current fee schedule and providing our recommendation, um we did notice that there were some um adjustments that we
were looking to get more aligned better so that that cost of service um doesn't um full trickle over into the uh general budget. as far as um that development
and um uh the cost of improvements pay for that service. So, we do have that before you tonight for your review and if you have questions, we're here um to answer them. >> Great. Thank you very much.
Jacob, are you going to take us through some of the some of the >> I certainly can and I think it'd be good too if uh Andy and Carrie can kind of jump in on some of these. So I think she mentioned that the adjustments are to align with the state fee schedule rather than again like mentioned the older 97
UBC that we've been working off of. Um I think changewise if you look at the red line version of our existing fee schedule uh there's you'll notice that the over the counters are the ones that are probably the most the biggest impact
value and val valuation wise there's some adjustments but they're not necessarily way out of how do I put this? They're not huge adjustments on our valuation numbers but the over- the-counter numbers are. So they're about double little less than double
what our current fee schedule has in place. Um we're at 65. We adjusted that a few years ago because it was at 50 to kind of keep up because it hadn't been adjusted for a while. And so what this does, it puts it more on par with where the state is adjusting for the industry
in general. And so there's that kind of the increase on the 95 an hour, 1 hour minimum, some other adjustments in there on fee inspections. But again, I can let um Andy and Carrie kind of talk about those and why those numbers are adjusted, why
it's important. You'll notice too, there's an exhibit in the contract. Um there's a proposed recommended there's a number of exhibits. Part of this is uh Rum River taking over this would also utilize we would utilize
their services for delegated building officials. So for example, like fire for bigger projects, public ones. So they have the delegation at the state level. We currently use their plumbing services. That saves a heck of a lot of time for our commercial businesses. And
so for example, I think the state is at 12 weeks right now on a plumbing review. Rum river term zones around I don't even know if it's it's pretty fast. >> Yeah, about a week or two. And so that's been really valuable to a lot of our commercial operations. So that would be valuable as well when you talk about
fire um and those other mechanical things like dealing with the school or other big projects that typically the state would review. So they would have to go to the state rather than us. Um but if you go down to it's the one with the blue lines. It's
kind of says 2026 recommended um fee schedule on exhibit A and it has revised 12 or 217 at the bottom. So, it looks like this one right here. So, you'll notice this is much longer than what we have in our fee schedule
currently. Um, that being said, in reviewing this, it's way more defensible. Like, you'll notice on page six of this that there's the value per square foot that's actually listed in here so that the community knows where our valuation's coming from when the
when Run River kind of values the permit. A lot of contractors, they'll put, "Oh, my house is going to cost me $300,000." Well, Rum River looks at that and says, "Here's what we're basing our valuation on square foot off of." We've had that question a lot in the past. We
haven't had a really good solid answer for where those square foot is coming. >> This valuation is what it's going to cost to build, >> right? So, it values the house at a certain square foot or the deck or attached garage or whatever that is. Lean to carport.
>> Yeah. And I'll let you guys you guys can feel free to jump in and correct my language here. >> Yeah, thank you, Jacob. And uh great point. So, you will notice that our fee schedule is substantially longer than and what yours currently is. And there's
a reason for that. And um there is >> there and has been some um ongoing litigations with some um area cities that aren't too far from here. And uh part of that is um that valuation per square foot. Um there were bills that
were introduced last legislative session in 2025 that um could have potentially had a negative impact on local control as far as what cities do. And part of that is not being transparent. Um uh
people when you apply for a permit it is uh you're required by law to identify the valuation but that doesn't mean that it can arbitrarily be um taken like so if if someone says oh it's
going to cost me $1,000 to build my deck and then um the building official or or inspector of the student plan review might come up with a different number and then you figure out which one is higher and then that revenue is additional to city. That's not how Ram River operates. We go off of we're very
transparent um very uh consistent and that is part of that valuation that's identified within that proposed recommendation um for the fee schedule. Um it helps property owners and it also is um you know our fee schedule is very
much says on the very top it's formatted to be understandable, explainable and defendable. And there's a lot of language that's also incorporated in into our fee schedule um that talks about you know the multiplier along with that valuation and also um giving
certain um price breaks for uh property owners that are doing multiple projects for maintenance. Um, if you're doing a uh furnace replacement and an air conditioner at the same time, instead of
um having $100, $125 for each permit, we allow that combination or we recommend having a combination because again, it is um uh it's the fees need to be commensurate with that service that's provided.
There's also a lot of fees that aren't identified within your current fee schedule um that we feel is necessary um and such as uh I believe the you know structures moving in and out um along with the um uh plumbing delegation did
have some uh statutory changes last um last legislative session and that was part of our delegation um in our supportive role uh was is the plumbing plan review >> and um the state uh met with um plumbing
contractors and they had not looked at their fee schedule in quite some time and so um they had a what's called a tag committee or a technical advisory group and they got together and thought what's best would be to align the plumbing plan
review and plumbing permit um similar to what the build and and how building permits are um calculated which is that fee multiplier along with the valuation. So that's all been realigned as well. Um
your current schedule um cites the 1997 um what was considered back then the UBC fee schedule, the uniform building code. As we all know, in um the early 2000s, Minnesota State um and everywhere across
the country uh moved over to the Icodes, International Code Council, and part of that um aligning that fee table went away. And so our fee multiplier table, which is cited on that very first page, um matches the um uh state of Minnesota
except for the very first um two lines. And that is so that we um we have a minimum fee. Uh essentially that $125 is what we are recommending. Um we did notice that you know a lot of cities
when they um and jurisdictions when they're going through their fee schedules on an annual basis um it's a little hard to swallow going wow 65 to $125. But if you consider the fact that um what was the service that was being
provided even before Rum River um wasn't covering the cost of that um staff member and so by ensuring that your fees again are not um having any sort of impact on your general budget. Um, so
being fiscally mind, you know, mindful of that and responsible as far as that the again the permit needs to pay for that service that's required by law. Um, and I can go through other um
there's a lot of language that that that is in there and um I'm I'm more than happy to go through, but I don't want to um drone on more. We have a little bit more of a passion for this um than most people. So, um, again, I I'm more than happy to answer any questions that you
have. >> Yeah, I just used your number to figure out I just did a deck last year, so I just used your number to figure out and it it like it use as the base multiplier or whatever, and it it came pretty close. I mean, it was it was reasonable. I mean, it wasn't like, you know, was a
>> it is very close. Thank you, um, Council Member Hendrickson. And also we um if you'll notice in our fee schedule we do have maximums and to my knowledge we are the only we don't know of any other jurisdiction other than the jurisdictions that we are designated
building official in that have maximum permit fees. So, um, for some of the most common, uh, property owner, for instance, um, projects for decks, accessory structures, and basement finishes, um, sometimes those values can
get quite high, especially with the cost of of where things are, even though we haven't adjusted our, um, valuation data table. Um, 2022, so in over four years. Um, either way, we do have maximums. So,
you know, people love, for instance, we're finding more and more um outdoor um spaces, for instance, um even in Minnesota mosquito weather, uh people love their uh outdoor spaces, and some of those the decks can get rather grandiose. And so, by having that
maximum um permit, um even though that valuation might go um a lot higher than that, people aren't paying $1,000 for a deck permit. um we have those maximum thresholds and again to my knowledge I do believe that we are um our recommendation is is pretty unique with
that. >> I just uh so I think just just about everybody here has been here long enough to you know we've had a building official inhouse before that. We had a consultant service before that. um
definitely wasn't you know there's a reason we went to bring a person in house previously I mean we had um I would say a less than desirable experience um so probably more than the um the financial piece would be um you
know to uh you know I guess some of the situations I'm I'm thinking back several years here but you know the building inspector would say I'm going to be there at 11:00 and so the you know the p the contractor whoever would show up at 11 building inspector oh I'm sorry I can't get there till one. Well, um but
it and it wasn't a rare occurrence. It was something that happened pretty often and we would have we had a hard time at getting um problems addressed, I guess. So, I'd um >> I can I can feel Mr. Schrader next to me just jumping even though I could probably talk about this as well, but I'm going to I'm going to pass it over.
>> Thank you for that question, Mayor and Council. And I feel very passionate about this. We operate on a 20-minute window. we're either 10 minutes early or 10 minutes after the appointed time and anything beyond that we're calling ahead of time. We can anticipate but we we do take very uh close attention to that factor uh as far as being punctual and
knowledgeable. And I look at this we really need to be two things. We need to be knowledgeable. We need to be accountable. Knowledgeable, we don't want to guess. We want to make sure that the things that are required of the contractors and the homeowners are in fact required by code. Uh because we are affecting people's largest financial and emotional investment, their homes and
their businesses. We're very cognizant of that. And then we also have to be accountable. Want to make sure that we're on time and not only in our inspections, but also in our plan reviews. We spent some time the last, well, today's only Tuesday, yesterday and today with staff getting to know the the software, contacting the contractors
to let them know that we're now taking over over the uh plan review and the inspections. Um, so I take that very seriously and I'm glad you do as well. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. We had a lot of complaints years ago. So >> Jacob, I have a question. the
over-the-counter permits. Can kind of maybe explain that process. Does over-thec counter mean they're reviewed, not reviewed? >> No, over the counter. So, they come in, we have a a set form that they apply on, it's online. All of our permitting is on there. The inspection is the big deal.
So, then once they pull the permit, they get the work done. They call for the inspection, schedule it through Karen. Run River comes out and does the inspection on that. Is that for like shed placement? You have some that there's not inspections on.
>> So, I'm Andy can correct me if I'm wrong, but I think a lot of those like the mechanical and other ones all require the inspections. So, anything that they're pulling a permit for will have some sort of inspection, whether it's one or two. It depends on the >> fence is just administrative though, correct? >> If you're talking about a fence below a
certain Yes. So, if it's all those administrative ones, like if it's under 200 square feet, we don't require a building permit. We're just talking building permit fees here. >> The administrative fee for a fence, I think it's 50 at this point. Was 25 a
while ago, but it's a $50 permit. >> That's what I was the ones that aren't inspected. That's not going to be affected. >> Not with this. Nope. >> Got it. That's what I was wondering. >> No, those would those would remain the same. So, we're just talking building permits. Got it. And to Andy's point, I
think um again by nature of just the situation we've been put in, I think Rum River has done a really good job in the last week coming in and kind of working with staff to pick up the pieces where we had a lot of loose ends. Um we've had a lot of meetings with them. I think
we've been pretty comfortable with where they're at. Karen's been really complimentary of the work they've done. She had a meeting today with two individuals. um the smart gov software, they've worked in a number of online permitting softwares that are able to kind of pick a lot of that up pretty quickly. So, from a service delivery
standpoint, we've made that expectation pretty clear in our meetings with Rever and they understand that when we've talked about our previous experiences with a contracted service because that is a big deal and we've done a lot of work to make positive and solid relationships with our local businesses.
So, and we've made them aware of that. So Andy, my question would be, and I know you've had a, you know, a long time to think about this uh being uh sarcastic there, but do you do you expect to have the same or similar group
of people servicing us? Are you going to have someone that might be here? Is it just going to be, hey, run over to Becker, a different person every day? Um just >> That's a great question. Thank you, Mayor Cel. That's a great question. We do want We do have dedicated staff to each jurisdiction where we serve. Um and
we've also found benefit of having a desk in the office as well. And uh every city I believe that we have we do have a dedicated workspace. We have uh monthly meetings with staff just so that we can uh be on task with what's coming up and things of that nature. But in here we will have a dedicated uh uh residential
and a uh commercial inspector and then I'm as the building official I'll come in just to make sure that everything's being done correctly. >> Okay. >> Great. That'll just help breed familiarity as we go forward. It will absolutely and then that way you know staff also can expect and develop those
relationships. That's really important. Uh so uh we do have dedicated staff in short. Yes. >> Cool. So you mentioned uh maybe more of a question for Jacob. You mentioned uh we have roughly a hundred different things in flight right now. >> I think it was about 100. Yeah.
>> I'm assuming uh they would just be under the old whatever they started on whatever fee structure and then we would you know obviously you would continue to bill. We just if there's a difference, we probably have to eat it. That's just >> Yeah. And that's it's in the contract in one of the lines that talks about that
the pre-existing permits would be um under those. And then I don't know where I put my other papers. >> Oh, that's all right. If you feel I can try. >> I I think the biggest piece already
stealing your stuff and putting you on the spot. This is great. >> Right. So, so it is a it is an existing one where >> I think it's under the $95 an hour fee for the existing any of the future ones
once the contract is executed. That would be kind of the trigger point between the two. Thank you. This is what I was looking for. So, yeah, pre-existing permit administration. Um, it would invoice at 95 an hour for administering prior to the signed date of the agreement. And then if there is
any Oh, thank you. Were you going to say something, Annie? Go ahead. >> I was Thank you, Jacob. Uh, mayor and councel, I would like to evaluate that existing list a little bit more closely. That is our arrangement at $95 an hour, certainly, but we don't want to um overbill either. So, I'd like to see that if we can look at those and group
them together while we're in town to check those boxes, to do those inspections. We might be able to do it more efficiently and effectively than an hourly wage. But, we're uh looking at a report from Karen uh to understand exactly what those permits all entail. and then we'll be able to go into your software to see which inspections were
already done. It might be a little bit faster and more efficient that way, but I'll come back to staff with with that once I get a better handle on exactly what's out there yet. >> Thanks, Andy. >> Thank you. And from a standpoint of the
percentage, um, so this would be I know with some of the state delegated ones, I think they're 85%, but the general building permits, uh, Rum River would retain 80% of the, um,
permit fee and then 100% of the plan review fee and then 20% is what the city would retain. And I talked to Greg about that. That's fairly typical in the industry right now. anywhere from 75 to 20 I think are current is at 75% under our current contract with Rum River. Um
couple of things budget-wise we would work with finance on as far as forecasting into the future. So uh this would be one of those years that would kind of set a benchmark for some of those budgetary discussions to come. >> That was going to be my question for Greg. What will this do to this year's
budget? What is your >> Well, we're um re revenues are under expenditures already. Um so this year we will likely be um under uh we'll have more expenditures and revenues. We did we were on the positive side last year
so there will be enough to draw on. But going forward um with this arrangement the city would never lose money on the service. Right? If we have our own we potentially could lose be exposed to losing money providing the service. This way we would not. So yes, we will have
to recind of calculate um our revenues really based on revenues, no actual expenditures. So to determine our revenues each year, >> but it will be on the positive side. >> Sure. Yep. >> And if I remember right, when we did it before, it was close to a pass through and the only time it really changed is
when you got the year end kind of thing because you'd have stuff that would start one year and if you might collect it the next or you know, so that was the only time it um >> yeah, last year was a good year in permit revenue. This year it's down a little bit. >> Yeah. >> All right. What else do you need from us
tonight, Jacob? >> I think just making sure you're comfortable with where what what's been presented. If you're comfortable with where the fees were, cuz that was one of our bigger items, especially on over the counter, then we can post a draft fee schedule amendment um because it takes
10 days to do that. So, we would have to get it to the paper tomorrow, which we can work on in the morning trying to form format that for a draft ordinance. and then we would bring it back with the contract on 17th I think or 21st. Thank you.
So, as long as you're comfortable with that and don't have any further concerns or questions, we would that's all we really need. Anything else for Jacob or Andy or Carrie? >> Thanks for stepping in, helping us out.
>> Absolutely. >> Appreciate that. >> Thank you. >> All right. Thanks to staff. I'm sure that's been a a lot of unexpected work for you. So, good job. All right.
Next up, we're on to round table. Mr. Kudson, you're not putting in your notice, are you? Denied. Next. >> So, when you don't know what ground you're standing on, you wouldn't be on
that show. No, I want to get in front of you tonight just to kind of give you a heads up what the next three or four meetings could look like as it relates to the community center. Uh, if you looked at the CIP for 2026, uh we've got a a healthy spend from the
community center and it's not on one specific thing. There's a couple of big uh projects coming in. The pool deck uh improvements, the pool resurfacing. Uh we've got some mechanical stuff going on. So Brandy and Troy have been working on it since uh early January and have
done a really good job, but we're what I'm trying to do with them is to work together on kind of clumping those together as we come through. So we'll see those. None of them are going to exceed the the uh sealed bid thresholds by any means. Uh but there's some things we got to work through and I don't know exactly when they're going to come out.
But uh as we look to do this, most of the work is going to get lumped together because it it revolves getting rid of the mushroom, proposing to get rid of the mushroom. Uh so when you drain the pool, you got to be ready to replace some of the pumps, the pool rates, the pool uh surface itself, and trying to do
all of it together. But to get some of these things scheduled, a lot of these companies won't get you on the calendar if you don't get a deposit in place. can't get a deposit in place without bringing in front of you folks to get it going. So, uh, strategically, we could have something as soon as the 21st for
sure by the first meeting in May and we'll start lining these up. So, just wanted to kind of get your, you know, thought around that that it's going that way. And, um, I think the spend profile is 554, I think. Um, so there's going to be a lot of stuff coming over the next
few meetings and a lot of that's going to get piggybacked probably the end of August or 1 of So any questions, let us know. We don't really run a lot of this through the park and Rex. It's center specifically doesn't impact that, but there's a lot
of little things that are going to add up to a lot of big >> $554. >> I'll work with finance on that. Some of that stuff we're seeing some savings because the scale. So we're looking to invest that
but not spent on it. So, we're going to get creative, but keep the integrity of the CIP in place and uh and I think we're going to be able to do that and really kind of give that whole pool area a really nice refresh. It's 32 years old and we've not done a lot of work in
there. So, it's needed, but I think if you just envision that, we'll just kind of peel back the curtain and I think the users are really going to say, "Wow, we did a lot of needed things, but a lot of cool things to improve." Just wanted to give you an answer. >> How long will the pool be down?
>> They're telling us right now um we're probably going to announce the uh six weeks. We think we can do it in four. Um but we'll message that with our members. We'll we'll communicate that. We'll do a nice storyboard on what's going on so people understand why we're doing that. Tell the story that 32 years in the
making, it's time for us to redo these things. and just be patient with us so we can come back through and when we unveil this thing you're going to see the benefits let's do but right now they're telling us six weeks but we think we can do it before if everything goes right so we'll
we'll meet on the sixth and hope we can unveil on four >> okay thank you >> so I know when we've done pool closing projects in the past we've always shot for that first two weeks right after Labor Day obviously this is going to be a wider gap so do we start before Labor Day then Is that the goal or
>> the goal is is we've got some availability based on contractors that we're looking with um towards the end of August. So maybe that week or or even two maybe 10 days prior to the Labor Day holiday policy to get >> when school starts before Labor Day this
coming year. So >> it's again we'll look at those we do reciprocate with with Monaceel too. We've had a good relationship with Monaceel for the last 15 years. We close our pool. we we give some courtesies to their members and vice versa. So we'll we'll work on that as well just to
offset that. It's it is a slow time as we get back into the school season. So we do have it is a good window but um you take away the sun and boy people >> all the sauna is going to be out there's there's a lot of workers
we may have to take out the sand filters completely. It's old technology. So there's a lot of stuff we're working on. I don't want to chase bad dollars on a on a project like that. >> So, it's a big undertaking. Like I said, Brandy and Troy have tacked this really really well. So, I I think we're going
to have some some good projects, but uh I think it's a good investment as well. >> Will the outdoor splash pads still remain open? >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Splash pad traditionally um Memorial to Labor, but then we just carry that into the fall.
We have a hard stop usually the middle of Octoberish we just pull a plug because we got to be able >> I was thinking if we had a hot day or something where people may normally go into the pool at least I mean I don't know about us but you know if you got kids I guess you can go out to the
>> first we had that last year we had a couple 85 degree days it's a matter of just opening the valves again and activators ready to roll but people make the decision we don't make the decision water to it. So if they want to use it, they can >> just looking forward to seeing Rick at
the splash pad. >> That's what I just heard. >> More to come. >> All right. Thank you. >> Do you want to talk about massage? >> Yes. I was going to give a quick just a legislative update. Um Greg I think is
going tomorrow. Um Jacob testified with me last week or the week before. Uh did a very good job. That was your first time. So, congratulations. Uh, it was great. We had all our testimony planned and then they ran way over and said, "All right, you get 30
seconds each." So, Jacob did a good good job with that. Um, LPI has a bill to look at um a study how they can maybe generate some steam because we know that's a domino effect. When Shero shuts down, LPI doesn't have steam.
Uh tomorrow there's going to be um some talk about the EAC stuff that uh we're looking for in terms of the the development for energy transition communities. So that is still on the uh
docket. Uh yesterday I hosted a realtor's roundt. So invited nine or 10 realtors. I think five or six made it. Um talked about development, property values. That's kind of been a hot topic lately with some some people uh online
and um the realtors were very unanimous in saying the biggest threat we face in Becker is not attracting any kind of new development but failing to replace the tax base we lose with Sho >> um because that what that would do to our tax profile and they do hear from
people now that are a little bit worried about moving to Becker because we're losing that big tax base. So that continues to be my focus that we need to replace that loss tax base. Uh obviously we don't have a current proposal to do
that but when and if we would get a proposal then we would weigh that development proposal based on its merits. Um >> so and then yes Rick we should talk about uh the massage amendment and pe see what
people's thoughts were about that request. Yeah, she's asking for 6:00 to 9, which is our Monday through Friday hours, to do it seven days a week. >> I think our only I mean the 6 a.m. I don't think was uh you know, I think our only concern is always just been we
don't want it to be a lady of the evening type of place. >> When we when we set those times, we didn't even consider early morning. I mean, >> I think she even had suggested the times I think she did and >> so yeah, I have no problem with it.
>> I don't either. She wants to work that much more power to her. >> Right. >> We'll prepare an ordinance then and bring it back at the next meeting. >> Okay. >> All right. Did anybody uh So there's a
um there's discussion on a bill of uh potentially citing nuke in uh on Sho property. Anybody see that? >> So I was just curious if we probably not probably don't know if we got any phone calls then. That's right. Um, >> that just came out today. Did I say that
today or yesterday on social media? >> Did you actually read the bill or did you just see the headline on it? >> Um, >> with all due respect to my neighboring community, I think it was just a erroneous headline. >> Um, it's Senator Matthews P or a study
to study nuclear an end to the moratorum. So I read the whole article today and it and we were there for that testimony a couple weeks ago specifically citing nuke in Becker was never brought up. His bill just ends the nuclear moratorum.
>> So I I personally looked at the headline and I was like what? We were just there. So I I'm not sure the headline matched what was printed in that newspaper. >> Gotcha. >> Yeah. Cuz we didn't hear anything specific about that proposal. It was just let's study this. it it's not
ending the moratorum. It's let's study what an end to the moratorum would look like. >> Um so I don't think there was a specific proposal related to Shero that I saw. >> Okay. >> But >> yeah, that headline made me think too because I'm like oh boy.
>> Not that I'm opposed to it, but it was just kind of like, you know, was nobody had talked anything about it and all it's like, okay, we're >> I have my answer ready if people ask me. That's news to me because I was there and they didn't mention that specific thing. So, cool.
>> All right. Anything else for the round table from anyone? >> Jacob, Jacob, >> no need to be sorry. I forgot to mention it during my um things on the fee schedule. One of the things that finance has been working on is rightaway permitting. I know they've been working
with um public works and Chris on that. So, that's something we would also look at tackling as part of the fee schedule amendments. Um I think Lori said they could have it ready for that. So, just wanted to let you know that >> she did. >> I thought you did. Maybe. Anyway, I'm
going to leave the microphone now. >> Lori will have it. >> Maybe. Maybe. >> We give dates work. That's right. >> Yeah. It's been nice knowing all of you guys. So, no. I I think we would that would be something we could do as part of that. But I just wanted to mention it. If it isn't ready, I think it could come back
later. But they are working on that to kind of keep up with the staffing costs. That was it. Okay, awesome. >> Anything else? You have another tool kit you want to buy, Chris, or We got them all now. >> Uh
>> oh. Uh just so you guys are aware, the grinders for the yardway site, they we got a hold of them today. So, plan to start Monday, probably start grinding Tuesday of next week. And then they requested that it's closed during the grinding for safety of their workers and
residents. So, it'll be closed for business days approximately >> starting when >> to the 24th. >> Starting when? >> 14th. Next Tuesday. >> Will they open during the weekend since they're not going to be there? >> Uh, we can check on that and see. Kind of depends upon operation and there's
more stuff coming in separate. We have to just make sure we're kind of keeping what's what. So, >> can we get that out on our socials and >> we'll do some up? I just texted with them today information. So, >> soon as it gets warm here, then everybody's going to
>> and People always go to Zimmerman or Big Lake as well because the cars work at all the three sites. So >> I did reach out to them and let them know when our grinding was just finished in Zimmerman. So >> that's next >> next Tuesday. You said >> next Tuesday.
>> Perfect. Isn't that the You got to stop pruning oaks then anyway, right? >> Yes. >> Yeah. So I can't even >> So we're good there. >> Hey Chris >> on the social media. Can we do a reminder about updating your >> compost card, too?
>> Because people will have forgotten that by now. >> Mhm. >> Mine's done. >> Look at you. >> Mine is not. >> Don't you get that? >> And I got I got my kids to help me this weekend. >> I know your honor. >> Oh, sure. >> There was a ton here when I was here yesterday.
>> By my house, take mine. >> Might do that for you. >> All my stuff in my yard. >> Is Mike Mike volunteering to pick our stuff up? >> He really is. Yeah. >> What am I doing? >> Yeah. >> Picking our brush up. I cut all my trees down a couple years ago. I don't even have a tree anymore. >> Michael drive to German with the gate
open and get there and nothing will be there >> like everybody else. >> I can't get in. I haven't updated my card. >> You don't have to. You'll be empty. >> Motion to journ. >> All right. Motion. >> Is uh every everybody going to be here for the board of review?
>> I'm not. >> I will. >> I will. >> Anybody certified besides me? >> I am. You are only certified, but I won't be here unless it's necessary. >> I might not be able to make it. That's why I'm asking. >> I am. So, Becky, you're here.
>> Pretty sure I need for that. >> We need a quorum. >> Uhhuh. >> So, two. >> So, we need a third. >> How about Are you going to be here? >> No, I'm at work. >> Okay. Well, I'll let you tell my wife. >> Oh, don't tell.
>> It's not like your anniversary or nothing, is it? >> It's her birthday. >> Oh gosh. Mike, >> how about how about I buy you and Sue's birthday dinner since I won't be here. >> I'll be >> It's free dinner. It won't cost us anything, but we'll have to go out to
eat a little bit later in the day. >> Go to like Manny's. >> Yeah, Manny's. Yeah, I'll just break the news to her tonight. That's >> Go to lunch. Go to lunch. >> I'll leave the porch on sleep on the couch if you need it. That's >> like How quick is the meal? >> All right. All right. We are >> 45 minutes. Are
>> we good? >> I'm just seeing if I could leave a client. >> We are adjourned. 626. >> I didn't see anybody signed up. >> Yeah. >> Really quick.
>> She wants to make an afternoon and evening out of it. >> Oh. Oh.