I now call city council regular meeting to order for Monday, December 1st, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. I'll rise for the pledge of allegiance. >> I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Item number three on the agenda. Roll call. Administrator Pulus. >> Council member Ball >> present. >> Council member Jensen
>> present. >> Council member >> present. >> Council member Scott >> present. >> Mayor Rogenamp >> present. Number four on the agenda is open forum. The city and council invites residents to share new ideas or concerns related to city business not already on the
agenda. However, the individual questions or remarks are limited to three minutes per speaker. No city council action will be taken. And although the council may refer issues to staff for followup or for consideration at a future meeting, the mayor may use discretion if speakers are repeating
views already expressed or ask for a spokesperson for groups of individuals with similar views. Speaker should state their name and home address at the podium before speaking. At this time, is there anybody here that wishes to address the council on open forum?
Okay. I have several. So, we'll start uh in order up front. I have one lady right here. Yep. First one to raise your hand, and then we'll just kind of go along the line. Remember, you need to state your name, your address, and you have three minutes to specifically list your
comments to us. >> Okay. Oh. Oh, >> that's all right. Yep. Go ahead. >> Okay. >> There was a lot of hands went up. I apologize. >> My name is Carrie Worlinger, 30595 Airport Road. My husband and I have been
operating a very successful short-term rental property in Breezy Point since October 2023. Since I received the email from the city, I have been sick to my stomach and can't sleep. My livelihood, my reputation in the industry, and future residency now depend on passing this
inspection and getting approved before the cap limit is reached and/or deciding if the new requirements like collecting every single name, license plate, make, model will make me just throw in the towel and relocate. You may think I'm crazy worrying about
the 60 limit cap, but if every single short-term rental property in Breezy actually applied for the license, we'd be waiting in line outside city hall the day you officially accept applications. I'm all for safety and standards, but these are the things that keep me up at
night. I have a long-term renter in the property for winter. I will have to make special arrangements to get access to the house. God only knows how many times until I can get through the new checklist of requirements and pass inspection. Most short-term rentals
have a booking window of 12 months out. So, right now, I have bookings for summer and fall. If I don't get in under the coveted 60 STR cap, if I can't pass inspection, or if I decide the new headaches aren't worth it, I'll be
forced to sell my property because my superhost status on Airbnb and my premier host status on Verbbo will be destroyed. This status is maintained by guest satisfaction, my response time to all inquiries, number of bookings per year, and the fact that I've never
canled a guest yet. If I can't get my license, I'll be ruining so many upcoming trips for people that I care about. We support all the local businesses in the area. We spend between 100 to $150 on each group that checks
in. This summer, we typically had three groups per week. This meant that in one week, we spent $300 to $400 at Pelican Square and boutiques in Pekquat Lakes, Cross Lake, and Nysa. We refill three propane tanks and buy
local wood for fires. Ace Hardware employees employees know us by name as we keep our property in pristine condition. My welcome binder has 10 pages of local restaurants, shops, and attractions I recommend. Once they check
in, I send links to all the activities happening at Breezy Point Resort and the surrounding area. Our guests are frequent patrons at the resort restaurants and marina rentals. One-third of our guests are golfers, and all golfers use the three golf courses
at the resort. This summer, we had guests fly in on private jets and spend a week here. They golf 36 holes every single day, which isn't cheap at Deacons. And they told us they were at Deacons. They love to eat and drink, so you can imagine what the resort made in just one week off of our small business.
This is just a snippet of what your casual email that you send out right before Thanksgiving did to us. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> All right. I know I have others, so just keep coming up in line. Just take your
turn. Come on up. Address your name, address. So, whoever wants to come next. >> My name is Dolores Lafallet and I live at 303 Birchwood. 30378 North Birchwood have a block down the road and I have an
issue. I spoke with Michael O'Brien today your animal control and many many many residents too numerous to mention about the feral cat issue in Breezy Point. It extends all the way from Bushman Road which is not in Breezy
Cleop and McKe within the gates the entire city of Breezy. We are overrun with feral cats and every day I have a female that comes to my deck. I can't touch her, get close to her. She always brings a litter of kittens at least twice a year. Um, I've been here eight
years. I know she has produced probably over 30 kittens since I've been here. I don't know what happens to them. I did see a coyote one time with one in his mouth and I Mike said that you are working on an animal ordinance for cats and I'd like
to hopefully help with that and find an ammo solution here for the residents and see if we can't get something taken care of that'll make everybody happy. Right. Thank you. Next.
>> Hi, my name is Mara Lungquist. I live at 30505 Airport Road. Um, I would also like to speak to the email we received last Thursday or last Wednesday regarding the increased license fee for our short-term rentals. So, my husband
and I have been in this business for 10 years. 2026 will be our 10th season. We have hosted over 535 reservations in that span without a single complaint. Not a single police call, nothing. No complaints whatsoever.
Our average guest count is typically about four people. Our properties hold six to eight guests. Our average length of stay is three days. We can have up to, like uh Kathy said, we can have numerous rounds of people throughout the course of the week. So, with that said,
a little bit of research here. I'm going to walk you through some numbers. With an average guest count of four people, about a third of our guests play golf. Without lodging, playing medium golf, medium level golf, not always the high end or not always the low end, the uh
cost for food, transportation, entertainment, and golf is typically about $2,500. For people without golf is typically about they spend $1,260 here in the city. So, if I take a third
of my guests, which is 178, times the 2500, equates to $450,000. $445,000. You take 358 guests reservations, which is the remaining 2/3 of that, that comes
to $451,000, which is close to $900,000. That's excluding what we make on our properties. That's just extra money that they have spent here. So in my 10 years of doing this, I have contributed almost
a million dollars to the economy here. So with that said, with what we do, we don't make a lot of money at it. We have a we most of us typically have an endgame. You know, we have a property. It's the only chance you can have to have a property you can afford it is if you rent it out part of the time. Some
people do it because they want to be entrepreneurs. They like the business aspect of it. We do it because we're trying to build a legacy for our kids, giving them some sort of a financial trajectory as we go forward. So, by going forward with this and implementing
this whole inspection process and increase fees and things like that, that's going to create a financial hardship for a lot of us. First of all, you do it on our off season. you stick it to us when our revenue is at our lowest aside from April because we're seriously digging through the c couch
cushions trying to figure out how to pay the mortgages come April because nobody has any reservations in April. So, with that said, I can only imagine what these inspections are going to generate in additional to-do lists for all of us
and how many of those things are going to result in having to pull additional permits and additional revenue. I mean, if you guys are looking for an income source, I said, "I think you found it." You know, you're gonna it's you're going to keep Luke real busy. So, you know, I have a lot of concerns about that. You know, where's the where's the logic
there? When I was speaking with um Ally uh last week, I said, she said, "Well, these cross, excuse me, these costs are comparable to Cross Lake, but we're not Cross Lake. We don't have a library. We don't have a barber shop. We don't have
retail. We don't have any restaurants that aren't owned by the resort. We don't have a lot. You know, it's We're not Cross Lake. We're not Pine River or Bakis either, but you know, hey, at least they have what is it that Tractor store and a Dollar General. We
don't even have that much. So, you know, I don't know if if I have to throw in the towel, I'm not going to give up completely. But, who knows? Maybe I'll turn my properties into low-income housing, rent them out for a buck to to people who can't afford rent or something. I don't know. Take it as a tax loss. But, you know, we live and die
by our reviews. This year, I had out of all of my reviews, I had one that was not a five point star, five stars, and it was four. And it was only because the lady never gives five stars. She doesn't believe in it. So, you know, that's how
we live and breathe is our by our reputation. And, you know, at this point, I'm going to give the city of Breezy Point one star. And that's only because I cannot give it a zero. The communication on this was absolutely horrible. You sprung it on us out of nowhere,
not easy to do business with, and very disappointed in the value of what we get for what we pay. So, with that said, that's all I got. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Next.
>> Hello, Brian Lee, uh, 9168 Indian Hill. Um, yeah, I made a couple bullet points. Um, as far as the fees goes, I have 17 short-term rentals throughout the state. Um, I've never heard of anything as much
as 750. Windermir Township had proposed 750 a year ago and they've been working for the last year to try to come up with a reasonable number and they just settled on 300 after everybody was up in arms about it. um cities have to come up with a fee that is actually cost
incurred, not just this is what a different town's doing, which I don't know if I I don't know of anywhere doing that price. So, I'd like to know how the fee was come up with and where that came from and what cost the city is actually going to incur that's reasonable for that. Um the inspection's absolutely
over the top that's proposed chip paint, holes in a screen. Um, I have a 600 square foot seasonal cabin that's been here for over a hundred years. Um, it's closed five months out of the year and I don't have a furnace. It It's unnecessary. Um, the oven tip prevention
seems ridiculous. I can pull on the back of my oven and not tip it over with all my strength. Um, keeping track of guest license plate. I don't know if we have to be watching cameras and trying to write down. I mean, it just seems
ridiculous. Um, the time frame that this was sprung on us, we got an email like two days ago, and this wasn't on the agenda for tonight. It's a fee schedule. So, luckily, some people did their research and are here to actually combat this and
voice what's going on. I mean, it's it's unreal. Um, if there is there any issues currently that prompted this? Um, I mean, it seems like it's worked out great for as a vacation rental area for
so many years, and it it just seems like another government overreach. Um, my seasonal cabin here has been safe. It's a 1921 cabin. It's in perfect condition. Um, again, VBO and Airbnb regulate these
like you wouldn't believe. If you get below a 4.8 an eightstar rating. Um, you lose your superhost status. If you drop below four, you actually get kicked off the platform. So, you cannot um even be advertising, so you can't get guests.
Um, again, we're supporting locals with these short-term rentals. This is a resort vacation community. We have cleaners. They go to the local gas stations to buy firewood and supplies. We have a local lawn service. um they're at the local restaurants and bars
supporting those when the guests are here. Um again, I have a 600 foot cabin and the fee is a flatline fee. Um if someone has a 5,000 foot house, how is the inspection of that warranted for
$750 versus a 600t cabin that you can make one turn around and see the whole thing? Um, again, Aken County is $100 per bedroom. Max County is $350 for the inspection. Savage, Minnesota is $100 for their fee. And again, Windmir
Township proposed 750, but now they're at 300 because they realized um what they were doing. So, I hope you guys take this seriously. It's a major impact for everyone here. Um, and especially I mean especially for the town itself, it
could be a huge detriment to shoeing people away. Like it was said before, people are coming here because of a a short-term rental that they see advertised and marketed. That's what's bringing that new demographic to the town. So, I don't think we should burden
people with over-the-top regulations. It should be a safety inspection if anything for smoke alarms, carbon oxide detectors, um fire extinguisher, etc. So, thank you for your time. >> Thank you. >> Next.
Hey guys. Hey, I'm John Stanchfield. Uh live in Surfside Condominiums in Breezy Point. and I've been up here my entire life since 1964. Moved up from the cities 8 years ago. But I've got a lot of friends that are in this city that own VRBO's and and let
me tell you, my phone's been ringing off the hook in the last three days. These gentlemen that um that uh have these VBOs, they're really really upset about um the way that they were told about
these new regulations. The fee itself is outrageous. It's outrageous. The the the amount of things that they're going to have to adhere to on this checklist is way over the top. And I'm talking to people that have been in the VRBO business for
years. These aren't people that just are new to it. It's a it's a total overreach of city government. It really is. And we all know that VBO's are good for everybody in the city. It's good for everybody. You know, the revenue that
they that comes in. So, what are you going to do? You're going to you're going to overreach. You're gonna you're going to step beyond your means. You're going to charge them in a ridiculous amount of money. You're going to make them jump through a hoop of regulations and restrictions to where maybe 50% of
these VBOs are not going to be able to get licensed. Okay? That's not what we want in the city of Breezy Point. We have other issues that we can attend to, but putting these kind of regulations on the back of hardworking people that own these VBOs, it's not as lucrative as you
think it is. They got three months to rent these things out. And what they do to our community is nothing but a plus. It helps everybody around here. Revenue. It keeps older cabins looking great again because they went in and bought it. And when you think about it, when
they buy these places, they remodel them. They apply for a permit. The city inspector goes in there and looks at what they've done to it and they sign off on it. Their competition is the next guest coming because they rate them. If
it's not pristine, if it's not clean, if it's not safe, they don't get the rating. They they get a bad complaint and you heard Brian just a second ago, they drop below a certain level, they're off the platform. I really want you guys to reconsider
this because this is just a small sample of the people that are up in arms on this deal. They don't like it at all. They don't like the stretch of city government coming into a place that they already know how to operate and operate in the right manner.
Their guests are they love these properties. They go out and tell the rest of the community how what a great time they had at Breezy Point. What a beautiful cabin they stayed in. You're going to lose 50% of the VBOS's with this ridiculous
uh amount of regulations and standards to meet it. It It's beyond the It's over the top, guys. It's over the top. And your fee is ridiculous at 750. They're they're they'll welcome any inspection. If you want to come in and say, "Hey, look, is it safe? I got fire
extinguishers. I got I got everything that makes this place safe." They they'll welcome that. They have nothing to hide. But they started telling me and going through the list of things that are required to get a license. And I just had to shake my head. Who the hell
came up with that list? Way over the top, my friends. So reconsider. Reconsider. We're not shouldn't be passing anything here tonight until we take a closer look at what we're doing here. These people
are a great asset to the community and we don't want them leaving. We don't want them selling. We want more of it, not less of it. Thank you. Thank you. Next,
>> Carvin Bazelle, 4261878th Street, Hillman, Minnesota. part-time 30539 North Lake View Drive. Uh, a lot of what I was going to say has already been covered, so I don't want to
repeat. >> Thank you. >> Uh, I appreciate, uh, you know, you guys allowing us to speak. I feel that we've, you know, I'm newer to this, uh,
business. I bought the old Love Shack down in on uh Lake View. It's been there for 30 years. It was an old shack and I put a ton of money into it and remodeled it. And when I went to invest, I spoke to several realators and they said, "Hey, Breezy understands this town
wouldn't even exist if it wasn't for short-term rentals." And I'm not talking about VBOS's. I'm talking about the main resort, uh, Narvis, all the time shares. Those are all short-term rental properties. And now you're you're you know a
short-term rental time share basically what depending on you know it doesn't really matter. It does matter how it's classified but the essence of what it is you guys are taking a group of land owners that are integral part of the resort area and
you're trying to treat them differently. in essence and I I believe that there's uh some legal issues there and I'm not threatening or saying that but I would like you to at least do some more take your time on the on the fee schedule. It's way out of proportion compared to
other uh areas that I've looked into. I've also if you're if you're doing some comparisons in other communities, you can look at some of the economic impa economic impacts that have occurred to towns that have implemented some restrictions.
Uh South Max Lake Wakon area, it became very restrictive and now if you look at their map and what's happened to their economy, it's crushed it. So, if you care about the city, we're not competing with the resorts or the time shares.
We're we we embrace them and we we think that we're an asset. So, we would like you to reconsider the uh I say vote no on the fee schedule tonight. Hold off. It may impact some of the uh timelines with licensing, but maybe you guys can
get a group of short-term rental owners in here and come together and come up with some ideas that could work for everybody. >> Thank you. >> Bill to 31877 Green Scene Drive, Breezy Point. Um I'm going to cut short what I was going to say. I don't have a
short-term rental property, but I I do know something about that business in Breen Ridge, Colorado. There were condominiums going for a million dollars a piece because they had a thriving business of short-term rentals. They closed that business down. Those $1
million condos now are $400,000 and dropping. So, that's an added detriment to what some of these folks here have been talking about. Um, I I I was going to talk about a few facts. First of all, uh, the public works department was awesome in this
last snow. My my roads were clear by 8:45 in the morning. My father-in-law, Lake Shore, who pays a lot more property taxes, was upset. It was 3:00 before they got to his. So, thank you. And also, uh, so you're going to review the administrator tonight compared to the gunslinger. She's awesome. So, I hope
you give her good reviews. Um, the inflation rate over the last 10 plus cumulative years is 36% in this country. My property taxes have gone up almost 200% in that same time frame. That's six time the inflation rate, a
rate that would make Joe Biden blush. Uh our national debt, we pay $70,000 a second on in our national debt. Um our social security benefits for those that are on social security and Medicare is
going to be cut by 25 to 35% in 2033 unless something is done. We are drowning in debt. And I I guess I I want to I know this bond issue is going to be coming up again. And the third the 10-year doublea general obligation
Minnesota bond today the rate was 2.85 2.85 which is almost 3/4 of a percent lower than the last estimate that they have. So just I'll give you guys the what the bond rate is when you guys decide to make to make that decision. I I I don't know why we don't just go one
coupon 10 years out. And I know I know the logic. You're afraid the taxpayer is going to be upset because it's going to be there's less to pay that way. But, you know, we're already upset, so let's get it over with in 10 years instead of 15. Um, ask what the underwriting fees are.
They're going to be substantial. Uh, why no call feature? What if we get a 2020 situation again where we can get a a fiveyear we can refi a half percent to 1%. I mean there should be a refi feature in there in my opinion. Um this trunch business. I mean you know
why all these maturity levels and different rates? I I I I just I don't I just think it's ridiculous. Um and and and you know they're going to want us an a piece of paper came out of Aken today that was 2.85 for 10 years. So, I mean, I'm not making these numbers
up. The piece we did a year ago, the $90,000 piece, that was 18 bonds at $5,000 per bond. They had a 5% coupon on that. The rates at that time were three and were 3%. So, I would have bought all
of those $90,000 day one. Day two, I could have sold those bonds for $106,200. They're going to play with the coupon, so just be aware of that. So the second day they came out, that 5% paper had to be the inverse relationship had to be priced according to what the market was
at that time at 3%. I know I'm kind of getting in the weeds here, but please ask these questions of these people when they come up and make this presentation, please. Thank you. Thank you. Is there anybody else that wishes to
address the council in open form at this time? I will ask again. And is there anybody else that wishes to address the council on open forum? One final time. Is there anybody that wishes to address the council in open forum?
I don't really wish, but I didn't hear the first part. I I would assume. >> Could you please state your name and your address, please? >> It's Dwayne Mullen, 11446 County Road 11. One of mine.
I I just want a justification of a 64% tax increase on my properties. That's simply what I'm interested in. >> Okay. Well, we'll get to that in the upcoming public hearing. You'll have a chance to come back up and speak because
we'll have an open hearing on truth and taxation. >> Is this tonight? >> Yeah, it is tonight. >> This is some other meeting. >> What's that? I say this is some other >> No, we're in open forum on the council meeting right now. >> Okay. >> And once we get done with that, we'll be moving on and actually that'll be the
next open public hearing and you'll have an opportunity to come up and address us. >> All right. Thank you. Is there anybody else that wishes to address the council? Open forum hearing none. Open forum is now closed. I do want to thank all that attended
tonight for your comments. I will say that the council will take everything that you've stated to us under advisement. We'll work with our staff and then we'll go from there. So, thank you. All right, moving on. Item five, consent agenda. 5A, approve city council meeting
minutes from November 3rd, 2025. 5B approved claims totaling $185,43523 and includes checks 14716 to-14760 and e checks 4039 to-457
5C approved 2026 city meeting calendar excuse me 5D approved 2026 Minnesota paid leave policy 5e E resolution number 34-20225
supporting pursuit and submission of 2025 local road improvement program 5F resolution number 35-2025 approve joint powers agreement and court services agreement and 5G ordinance
number 01-2025 approved 2026 fee schedule. So, the consent agenda has been read. Does the council wish to have anything removed from the consent agenda at this time? >> I would like to see item G.
>> Okay. So, item G. >> I'll second. >> Yep. Nope. No. Yep. We just need to have it removed. We'll have item G, uh, approving the 2026 fee schedule removed from consent agenda and placed as item.
And to get down to my item, let's do 7 C. That's a business item. So, we'll place it under business 7 C. >> All right. With 5G being removed, do I have a
motion to approve the consent agenda? >> So moved. >> I have a motion from council member Ball. Do I have a second? >> Second. Second from council member Jensen. Any further discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I.
>> I. >> Opposed. >> Abstensions. The motion carries. Moving on to item six. 6A public hearing 2026 truth and taxation. And this goes in line with item 6B.
Basically what we're going to do now is we're going to open it up. uh the to a public hearing and basically it's the city staff or city council invites residents to voice their comments and concerns related to the public hearing agenda item which is the truth and
taxation. Individual remarks are limited to three minutes per speaker. And if someone before you has already made your point, feel free to simply state your agreement instead of repeating the same comments. And again, speakers should state their name and home address at the podium before speaking.
So we will open uh the public hearing. We will first take a staff report and any uh overview. Is there any? >> Yes. Yes. Yeah. Thank you, mayor. Um so the truth and taxation public hearing is required by state statute and it's to ensure transparency and public
participation in the budgeting process. Tonight I'll share a brief presentation giving an overview of the proposed final budget. The mayor and councel will invite anyone here to speak um at the podium and then following the com the public comment the council will discuss. After discussion, the council will adopt
the final 2026 budget and tax levy which will then be certified to the crowing county. Um so I'm just going to go over some tax levy basics here. Um a tax levy is the amount of revenue a government entity
must collect through property taxes to ensure a balanced budget. The formula is expenditures minus non- tax revenue equals your tax levy. The preliminary tax levy was approved at the end of de or at the end of September and the final
tax levy must be adopted by the end of um December. The final tax levy can only be equal to or lower than the prelim levy um approved in September. So, as you'll see um in the next graphic, most of you have received your
property tax statements um for 2026. About half of a typical Breezy Point residential property tax bill goes to the city. Um the remaining portion is split between Cromi County and the school district. Um those are estimated and approximate, but about 30% to Croing
County and 20% to the school district. The Breezy Point tax levy is made up of four funds. Your general operating fund, which covers most of the expenses we're all familiar with. Um, this also includes the equipment CIP. This is for
larger equipment purchases and replacements. um the economic development authority fund, the cemetery fund, and the debt service fund, which is used to pay the principal and interest on the city's debt obligations, which in 2026's case will just be the
Bushman Road bond. Um some major impacts to the 2026 budget were our insurance increases both facility um and our workers comp insurance increases. The equipment CIP purchases that are coming directly out
of the levy this year. Our new financial software um has some ongoing costs. We're working to replenish the capital reserves, our public safety contracts, so our contracts for our fire services, employee compensation benefits,
inflationary increases, and obviously the Bushman Road project debt service. So, I'm just going to kind of go through each fund. It's pretty high level, so I'm happy to answer any more in-depth questions. Here is your general fund by department. This includes city council
admin, PNZ, public safety, public works, and parks and wreck. On the next side includes our 2026 CIP. This accounts for most of the change that you've seen from the preliminary levy. Um, this accounts for most of the
decrease. Um, the line item in administration was decreased by about 70ish,000. The EDA fund, there is no change proposed for 2025. The cemetery fund, there are some proposed changes, but that is um funded
by the cemetery reserves and it has no impact on the levy. And then the debt service fund, which accounts for about 7% of the city's totals levy, is for the Bushman Road debt service payment at $105,000 a year.
So the 2026 final proposed levy is 9.15 which is a little over a percent lower than the preliminarily approved levy. Our enterprise funds um this is a city service that has to be funded primarily through fees to its users. So it's not
impact to the levy. The sewer fund includes a sewer rate fee increase of $85 to sorry not of $85 to $85 to help sustain the ongoing increases and expenditures. The sewer capital fund is
used specifically to plan long range projects. Um we hope to get a sewer rate study done next year which is included in this budget to help us properly plan for a facility expansion in the future. Um, so that'll hopefully have a more gradual uh plan for increases to the
sewer fees. The next one um shows a breakdown of your city services and um the levy increase and how that increase is being spent in which department. Uh the local government tax rate is the
percentage of taxable property value needed to raise the levy. For 2026, it is estimated um that it'll be 36.21%, a titch lower than the preliminarily approved. The next slide shows um what it this
means for homeowners. I just pulled um some standard property values in 2025. I included a 5.6% valuation increase and the 9.15 general levy increase. And you can see how that's impacting homeowners.
um on a $410,000 house in 2025, you'll see an annual difference of about $125 um on your tax statement. This this varies kind of depends on your tax classification, your valuation, but this is just kind of to give an average for
homeowners. And then the final slide kind of shows how your um tax bill is being spent. Uh the average homeowners tax bill will be around uh $1,568. And you can see how that's split between
general government, public safety, which includes fire services, public works, parks and wreck, and then um Bushman Road um as proposed. So the next steps are to open for public comment um city council discussion and
adopt the final budget. Thank you administrator Pos for your presentation. >> So as you heard the our administrator state the next step is to open it up for public comment. So I will do that at this time. Anybody who wishes to come forth to address the council regarding
their taxes um can do so at this time. Please again keep your comments to three minutes. Um I will watch uh the time and then also state your name and your address. So, is there anybody here that would
wish to address the council right now uh at public comment regarding the taxes? If so, please come forward. Dwayne Wallen, 11446 Conor Road 11. I didn't see a presentation that really
reflected the extreme increase that my taxes show. I mean, on my uh homestead, I'm showing a 24% increase on
adjoining property, 64% increase. Another joining property 64% and another property at 47%. From previous year from 25
who's picking up the slack, you know it. I saw nothing on your presentation that looked like you had that kind of excuse me had that kind of a uh increase in your total revenues.
I didn't you went through the slides pretty fast so I couldn't catch the uh the uh I think it was about the fourth slide where you had the the finalized numbers but one thing I'd like to state is that when
you look at your tax statement please be aware that there's not just the city taxes that are on there. You you have the county as well as the school and then in addition everything is based on valuation. >> The valuation is
whatever one they say it is. Okay. >> And that's set by the state. >> That's the mill rate plus the >> right. It's it's set by the state too. So we're forced to deal with that as well. >> Okay. For my homestead the uh I don't have a home here.
Okay. Mayor. >> Yeah. Yes. >> If I may, I'm happy to sit with him if he wants to come by and get through it. >> Yeah. >> Um >> if you'd want to come in. >> Yeah. >> Our administrator is stating if you'd like to s come in and sit down with her, she'd be more than happy to go over your
statements with you and help. >> I'm here. I'm here all week. Um >> just for the record, you know, the county the county is running an extra 15% in my homestead. You're running 24%.
And the school is running 45%. >> Yeah. >> You know, >> the county will have a um they call it an open book meeting where you can >> I'm I'm aware of that. >> Yeah. Contest your valuation as well. >> Yes. Turns out the county is also and I
don't know if this reflects on your valuation but the county has been valuing my property homestead as one of the adjoining properties as well instead of taking a 10 acre parcel.
They're including a uh 40 or 35 acre parcel as my homestead and basing their taxes on that, which is something of a of I'd consider an error on their part, but I don't know what I haven't had a chance
to talk to about it, but I don't know if that's reflected in your taxation base or not. Well, again, the valuations that are used are the ones that are set by the county. So, if that's what the county is using, then that's what's being used.
And so, that's where that open book uh meeting that comes into play uh every spring that you can go in and you can talk to them about your evaluation and say, "Hey, wait a minute. Something's not right here." And you can talk to them about it. And then they at that time can make a decision to change your
valuation based on what your points are that you bring up to them. So you have that opportunity to speak directly to them about that. >> Yeah. I wouldn't I would not have noticed except you know when you get this kind of a tax increase I went through you know and pencled everything out to find out what
was happening. >> Mr. I discovered this error in their in their uh according to the state anyway that was you know I called the state people. >> Mr. Mayor, if I may, um I did pull up your your truth and taxation from the
county and it looks like your home valuation went up about 18%. Um on your home valuation. That has a large portion of where your percentage carries in. Um part of that was also the school district voter levy. Um that raised uh on your taxes it looks like by about
$120 a year on your taxes portion. Um, so when your valuation goes up like that, so do you know how how the payments go with that. Uh, you mentioned about how the county is abuing uh another parcel that's abudded with you. I know sitting through um some of those
meetings in the years past, the county has started combining those properties together because typically they look at as a one parial. um even though you treat them still as separate, they still look at is the second lot buildable and if not, they kind of start combining it
with your homesteaded property. That's something that the county handles. Um and then going back to just your evaluation of what you believe it is. Um sometimes I know that they've gone out uh to homes and maybe they haven't gone out to your home recently. They can do an in uh a review with the home. I know
the last meeting we sat with um somebody brought to their attention uh the way that the structure was built and they immediately reduced the value of the home because they were under the impression it was built a different way. So the county is really the one who sets that valuations um that I really encourage you to work with them and
figure out are they valuating your property correct. Well, the question is or the the bind is that they incorporated more than the homestead the property valuation in the limited
homestead. So I have, you know, X and then I have a 7 acres that I still have on my homestead that they applied, but they applied the total value of that
30 acre piece to the homestead. So when you when you start figuring out the deductions, you know, it biases in their favor. Yeah, >> I would definitely work with land services department. Gary Griffin's department would be willing to work with
you. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Does that somehow reflect on city's, you know, my homestead is getting valued that way by the city as well? >> Yep. So, your your valuation on your property and your home and I apologize
from um affects how all taxes from the county, the school district, and the city, >> correct? >> All affect based on what your valuation is that the county places. >> Yep. So is there some next question I guess is am I have any chance of being made whole
for the previous years I paid excess taxes on that? >> I'm not entirely sure. I would I would definitely you know come in and talk with Ally and then also reach out to the county and she can help you get the the number in contact with them as well. >> Okay.
Thank you. Is there anybody else who wishes to address the council in public comment of truth and taxation? I will ask again, is there anybody else that wishes to address the public?
Anybody else? Hearing none, I will now close the public hearing for the 2026 truth in taxation. That brings us to 6B, resolution number 36-2025,
adopting the final budget and levy for 2026 council. Any further discussion at this point? If not, I would like to have a motion. >> Um, I would just like to add my property
taxes went up 21.77%. That was a result of a large increase in the estimated market value was the main contributor to that. I live on Shore View Lane. That whole area, Shore View
Lane, um Lakeshore Drive, North Lake Lakes Shore Drive, valuations went up substantially and that really reflects the big increase in taxes. there was I think the cities was 16 and a half% but
if you use the um example that administrator Pulfus posted on our website of the property whose valuation went up $4,100, their city taxes went up $77 a year. So
evaluation is a big deal. Um the city works very hard to and takes very serious the amount of levy that we raise. Um it's based off costs, road projects, and you know the cost that the
city incurs to keep the lights on. Um so it it would be worth your benefit to work with land services on those valuations. >> Yeah. And just to speak on that, um, my valuations didn't go up this much this
year, but last year it did. Um, we built in 2004, now we've added on, um, but it was a simple $180,000 home, and now I'm valued at over $500,000. And it's it's it's shocking to me of what I built back in 2014.
>> I believe the valuations are off 2022 2023 numbers. So, next year, 2024, 2025. Um, and that homes that are not on the lake, everybody thinks it's just lake
property. If you live in an area where there's newer homes and there's been a lot of sales in the last couple years, they are impacted as well. The department of revenue um looks they they look at the new sales
and it is mandated that the estimated market value is between 90% and 105%. City of Breezy Point we have nothing to do with that. So they're they want those values close to the sale prices.
So we understand Thank you, Council Member Jensen and Council Member Any other further discussion from the council? >> I just want to make a couple of comments
or maybe ask a question or two. Um I believe the administrator mentioned of the tax levy and next year's budget including um debt service payments.
And I guess that's my main concern is we're including several hundred thousands of dollars uh to the tax levy for bonds that have yet to be issued. Um no one knows for sure when they might
be issued. Could be within the first couple of months of next year. Um it could be, you know, not until six months into the year. And to me, it just doesn't feel in alignment with what we're needing to generate an
anticipation of those debt service payments until the bonds themselves are issued and we have a clear understanding of what that debt service actually looks like. Um, I continually hear uh time over time how the city council
over the years has been putting money away um in reserves. It feels to me like maybe the council should consider removing those anticipated debt service payments for now and re-evaluate what
the need is when 2027's budget is being considered. Um, if there's a need for additional funds to cover that debt service, then it feels to me like that's what the reserves are for.
>> Okay. Thank you for your comments. I think one thing to point out is that um when it comes to we with the reserves, some of those reserves were taken and used to help us pay for the city hall. Um, in addition, if we don't put
something in the budget for the bonds, that puts the Bushman Road project on hold. We would need to have something in our budget for this year in order for that project to move forward. So, to not have anything in the budget, that means we're basically saying that the Bushman Road project doesn't move forward.
>> If if I may, >> yes. >> Regardless of when the bonds issue, ne our bond payment would be due by the end of the year next year. So, it would need to be made with this year's tax dollars. Um, just as a point of clarification,
>> well, and correct me if I'm wrong, 280,000 of that money was set aside in last year's levy. >> Correct. >> In anticipation of Bushman Road happening this year, >> correct? >> This year's levy, $25,000 additional
dollars to meet the debt service payment. Yep. Thank you for the clarification. Any other discussion? All right. Well, hearing none, I would call for the motion to adopt uh
resolution number 36, 2025, adopting the final budget levy for 2026. >> So move. >> I have a motion from council member Do I have a second? >> Second. Have a second from council member Jensen. Further discussion
hearing? None. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> I. Opposed. >> I. >> Abstensions. The motion passes. 6 C. Public hearing on proposed park
dedication fee. Again, we will be having a public hearing. The same rules that applied to the public hearing on truth and taxation apply to this hearing as well. Um I will open the public hearing and then turn it over to staff. >> Yes, >> Commissioner Poffus. >> Thank you. Um at the city council
meeting back in June, the council directed staff to revise the park dedication fee to include a per dwelling unit alternative fee. Um park dedication fees are uh fees that the city may require from a developer or subdivider to be paid to the city. The idea is that
when a new subdivision or development adds new households, it increases the demand on public parks, recreation areas, open spaces, etc., the park dedication fee can only be um used through a designated fund for specific and intended purposes. Uh the proposed
ordinance amendment includes a per dwelling unit fee of $500. So, you should uh take public comment and either deny or approve the ordinance to amend the park dedication fee. Thank you, Administrator Poffus. So, I will
now open it up uh to anybody who wishes to make comments regarding uh the proposed park dedication fee and change to the policy. Is there anybody here that wishes to address the council? I will ask again, is there anybody here that wishes to address the council on
this one final time? Is there anybody in the audience who wishes to address the council on the proposed park dedication fee? Hearing none, the public hearing is now closed.
We'll move forward then to 6D, which is to approve the ordinance 02-2025 amending the park dedication fee. Any comments or discussion from the council? >> Do I have a motion? >> Couple of comments. Yep.
>> Um, first I remember as a council us discussing park dedication fees um as it applies to, you know, what property should actually be required to pay this fee. Um, as far
as I recall, I don't believe that we've ever revisited that. So, I'm just wondering, do we have the cart out in front of the horse um at this point until we can really get clear on when should park dedication fees
actually be required? Um so, that's my first comment. Second is um can we have a little further explanation on the $500 per dwelling unit and how that was
derived at? >> Administrator Poose, can you clarify please? >> Planning and zoning administrator Bonesac, >> come to the podium, please. Please state your name for the record. >> Jerry Bonesac, uh, planning and zoning
administrator. Um, I was around as the administrator at the time that the last discussion happened in, uh, I think it was probably June of 2025.
Um there was a the discussion was that um subdivisions would be required to pay park dedication fee which was part of our subdivision ordinance. The question that I think that came up
more than anything else at that time was uh there was a flat fee based on 10% of the value of the the property prior to development. That was what the ordinance was. And there was a a need that was
felt to address small subdivisions and density and pay by density. And that's where the per dwelling amount came about is that if there's
a two lot subdivision, there's two housing units, you would pay a fee for two units, not based on a and and that was specifically um used because our present zoning
ordinance requires that all the new subdivisions be 2 and a half acre lots, which uh limits the density immensely. Um there there needed to be some kind of fairness between a subdivision
of two and a half acre lots versus say a subdivision that was in a commercial area where you could have an apartment building and how could you address the density? So that per dwelling you unit
uh was used to address the density. Um the $500 fee was um something that I don't it was felt that some of the other
communities around us were were doing something similar to that and were at it similar uh per dwelling unit fee of like $500 to $1,000. And that's where the $500 fee
came from. Thank you. There was also the property owners on Nickel Road that came before the council in June and that they were the ones that presented the request. They wanted to subdivide the lot.
>> Correct. >> So that the daughter could build a house. >> Yes. That's what generated this all to begin with was that exact situation which then at the time the council realized that there really wasn't anything in place to kind of address
that in in lie of the fact that our current uh planning and zoning ordinance states that it has to be of that certain amount of space in order to be subdivided. So I think that's where u with um Mr. bone sacks explanation and
then what the council talked about in June. That's kind of where we came to um coming back to the staff bringing that back to us. So that's where we sit now. Um any other discussions, questions
or hearing? None. Then I would like to go forward with um calling for a motion to approve ordinance 02-2025 amending the park dedication fee. So moved. I have a motion from council member Jensen. Do I have a second? >> Second.
>> Have a second from council member Ball. Any further discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor of approving the ordinance as as put together signify by saying I >> I >> opposed. >> I >> abstensions.
Motion carries. 6E public hearing on proposed assessments for Edgewater Circle project. Again, I will turn it over to administrator PFUS to give an overview. >> Yes, thank you. Um on just on July 7th,
2025, the city council held a public hearing on the street reconstruction of Edgewater Circle. At the time, the council was reviewing the special assessment policy and determined that this project would be assessed once this new special assessment policy was approved. Now that that policy is in
place, the council must hold an assessment hearing to take public comment and approve the final assessment role. Per the policy, the assessment for this project is calculated at $10,000. um to the benefiting property owner. The proper notices were given to the impacted property owner and published in
the paper. >> All right. So, we've heard the overview. Uh is there anybody here? I will open the public hearing now for public comment. Is there anybody here that wishes to address the council regarding the proposed assessments for Edgewater
Circle project? I'll ask again. Is there anybody here that wishes to address the council in public hearing on the proposed assessments? One final time. Is there anyone here that wishes to address the council on the proposed assessments for Edgewater
Circle project? Hearing that there is none, the public hearing is now closed. We now move to 6E or 6F resolution number 37-2025 adopting assessment for the 2025 Edgewater Circle Street reconstruction improvement project. Is there any
comments by the council? Hearing none. Do I have a motion to approve resolution number 37-2025? >> So moved. >> I have a motion from council member Jensen. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Second from council member Moroni. Is there any further discussion by the
council? Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Opposed abstensions the motion carries. Moving on to seven number seven business item 7A
resolution number 38-2025 approve appointments and designations. I'll turn it over to administrator PFUS, but I'll also speak to it as well. So >> I'll be short and sweet. Um each year the council makes appointments and designations for commission members, committee members, council leazison,
board members, and other designations is required. staff recommends um the council discuss and approve as presented. >> Thank you. I would also uh like to state that um we had applications come in to fill the positions within our existing
committees and I thank those who have applied um and will be working on our committees. They're very important to the city. I would highly encourage anybody who's interested in serving on those committees to please ask for more information by contacting the city. uh administrator pulvous or other staff
would be more than happy to explain to them what the responsibilities and duties are for those committees. We have multiple uh committees that we ask um citizens to serve on and you play a very important role in that aspect. Um I've also want to thank the council for
stepping forward to serve on committees as leaison. I think it's very important that we have the council members there uh and on the uh different uh committees that we have so that they can serve as a conduit between the committees and the city as well as the council. So I thank
you for that too. So is there any other comments from the council hearing? None. Do I have a motion to approve resolution number 38-2025 to approve appointments and designations? >> So moved. >> I have a motion from council member
Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Second from council member Ball. Any further discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. >> Opposed. Abstensions. The mot.
The motion carries. 7B resolution number 39-2025. receiving phys physibility feasibility report and calling hearing on improvement for 2026 uh street improvements. I believe Nick, you're gonna talk to us about this?
>> You bet. Uh my name is Nick Peterson. I'm with Woods. Uh I'll just do a quick summary of the report and open it up for questions if there are any. Uh so this uh feasibility report was authorized by council uh on October 6, 2025.
Um, we reviewed the feasibility of improving Bluebird Lane, Piney Way, and Ren Drive based on the 2026 street budget and the capital improvement plan. Uh, this report evaluates existing conditions, identifies potential improvements,
uh, projects estimated project costs and assessment costs. So, the three roads again are Bluebird Lane, Piney Way, and Ren Drive. Bluebird Lane existing conditions. Uh the road was last improved in 1978.
Uh it has a 20 foot width and is about 1100 linear feet which is similar for all three of these roads in this feasibility study. Um it's visibly deteriorated and patched in many locations. Uh there's gravity sanitary
sewer on Bluebird Lane. Uh likewise for all three of these roads, we recommend televising all of them to address any potential issues uh underneath the pavement that could be addressed during the project. Piney Way uh 1100 square f feet, sorry,
linear feet again and 18 ft wide. Uh gravity sanitary sewer recommend televising similar situation was last improved in 1978 and is visibly deteriorated patched in many locations. REN drive. Uh the last recorded uh
improvement was 2004. However, based on our visual inspections, it looks like it potentially was overlaid at some point. Uh we would like to get some uh additional existing conditions information with pavement boring.
uh our proposed improvement for that is based on a uh a pavement thickness that we would need a certain amount. I mean, if if it was paved at 2 in like a lot of the roads in the area or two and a half, uh this road looks like it is paved at a
thicker mat of three and a half potentially or four. Uh if that's the case, we can mill and inlay this road. Uh so we've included costs to do um estimated costs to do pavement borings
on all three of these roads. Uh proposed improvements, we we don't propose to extend any of the roadway widths for any of these three roads. Um we have some improvements for drainage
on Bluebird Lane where we are addressing some known drainage issues in the low point. Um, additionally, some information was brought up to me uh by planning and zoning right before the council meeting today. Uh,
there may be an agreement on some of the lots on Bluebird Lane for a drainage easement. Uh, we were unaware of that at the time of this feasibility report. um potential changes for from what you're
seeing in your packet to what could uh be the case if if we find this agreement would not change likely not change the uh estimated assessment costs but may change the city's share of that cost
which may differ it from your assess current assessment policy of 50%. Um, if those uh parcels are dedicated for drainage, even though they're under the name of the current property owner, they would likely be city cost then if they
are in a drainage easement. So, we will dig into that uh and get back to you on that. If the if the report needs to be amended, that would likely push the project schedule back. Um but if costs to if uh
estimated assessment costs don't change the report would not need to be amended. Um so proposed improvements um again not extending roadway wids uh as part of this project. Um,
it is the city's standard to have uh proposed or I'm sorry, improved roads at 22 feet of width, but it's usually taken on a case-byase basis. And in talks with city staff, um,
we we're not proposing to uh increase the width for these projects based on costs, assessment costs. So again, uh some drainage improvements for Bluebird Lane and Piney Way. Uh some ditching in the city right ofway and
some uh surmountable curbon gutter going down some of the steeper grade on Bluebird Lane to assist some of that water getting to where it's going to go regardless. Um we are proposing to raise both of the roads just slightly with the improvement
of an FDR and uh additional class 5 um just a couple inches to and reestablish the crown to promote drainage as well. So then again with with Ren Drive uh milling inlay milling an inch and a half
and repaving an inch and a half there to tie back in with driveways. So in the report is uh proposed or I'm sorry uh estimated project costs as well as estimated assessment costs based on the updated city assessment policy.
>> Is there any questions? >> Yes, council. Do you have any questions for Nick? >> Oh, I think we're good. Thank you for the explanation and the report as well. So what we have before us then is um basically
to approve um resolution number 39-2025 receiving visibility report and calling hearing on improvement for 2026 street improvement. Do I have a motion by the council? >> So moved. I have a motion from council member Jensen. Do I have a second?
>> Second. >> Second from council member Further discussion hearing? None. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. >> I. >> Opposed. Abstensions. The motion passes.
Moving on. 7 C. Ordinance number 01-2025 approved 2026 fee schedule was removed from the consent agenda. Um, basically this is in regards to some of the comment we heard tonight in our open forum um regarding the fees and the
fees fee scheduling set as well as inspections for uh VRBO's or our rental properties. Um, I'm just going to come out of the gate to the council and throw something out and then we can go from there. But basically what I would
recommend to the council to consider is that we basically take the fee that we had last year and implement it for this year. Um, and then at this point suspend the inspection and allow staff to revisit and bring back to council and
then we could do further uhformational to the owners of the RBO's to allow them to provide us uh time for more input or input to us at the time when we talk about it. Um, so that's just a thought that's just an opening start. So council
feel free to add or your own input. Um, I agree with major with Mayor Rogan Camp. I think part of the problem was you had the council started on this in what 2022 and >> Yeah. at the end of my first term.
>> Yeah. >> And picked it up in 2023. Um, to speak to the inspections, council was under the assumption that inspections were always being done. We now know they weren't. and being a
resort community and renting properties. Yes, you're booking out for summer. I guess timing in my opinion was bad and I think Mayor Rogan Camp's suggestion makes a lot of sense. I also looking
through Cross Lakes, I think we should do a little bit of comparison to theirs. Um, it is being inspected. They want safe properties, but it looks to me to be not as ours almost looks like a
building inspection. Um, but that's, you know, my thoughts on that. >> Other comments from councel? >> I I agree with just kind of pushing the pause button on on what was rolled out. Um, let us let us continue with what
we've done in the past. um whether that's uh the council addressing another meeting, having a workshop with renter uh owners uh to come to the table to figure out what where we were going in 2023 uh to where we are now. There's middle grounds to be had, I think. And
um so I'm I'm all right with pu pushing that pause button. >> Yeah, I am as well. And I would probably even take it a step or two further. Um, this is a question that I asked at the time that the council was considering a short-term rental ordinance, and I'll
continue to ask the question. Um, what are we trying to solve um through an ordinance? What's needing to be managed differently than how things were operating before an ordinance? Um, I I really challenge us as a council
to get clear on the need for an ordinance. Um, as people know, I'm not really big on government involvement where it shouldn't be. And I honestly feel this is a good example of every bit of that occurring,
unless until we can figure out what the issue was that now needs to be managed um or how better to regulate use of property in the city. I don't really know that I understand the need for it.
So if memory serves me correctly, we had some good discussions with a a full house here with with pros and cons for this. Um it was discussed quite quite extensively actually. We had uh um
residents from both sides from from uh good renters and and and good owners and we've had stories from not so good owners. And what this was trying to do is is make the playing field level across the field. Um the county actually came out with a short-term rental and so
that's where we had to step in. Um we could adopt the county's uh ordinance. Um but we we wanted we heard from constituents. Again, we I know who we have out in the audience here, but we had owners that were not taking care of the property. We're not enforcing uh
rules and regulations of of short-term rentals. And so this was trying to make sure that the ab budding property owners had um their rights still upheld. Um you know I know it was a big discussion of you know if you own the property you should be able to do what you want with
it but your neighbors also want to respect their property and they didn't expect to live next door to a rental property. And so putting guidances and requiring me to make sure that the owners are upholding to standards uh was was the point for it.
I think that was some of the point for it as I remember. Um, but it certainly wasn't the overwhelming majority point as I recall in a short-term rental ordinance. Um, I think it would be very naive of us to think that everyone
that's renting their property on a short-term basis is applying for a license. I think we clearly have a number of situations yet occurring where people are not getting licensed. there's no oversight on the use of their property
and th this to me is penalizing people that are wanting to do the right thing consistently. >> Sorry, >> I mean spot on. >> We have other ordinances and ways to deal with situations where people are
not using their property according to Sydney ordinance like our nuisance ordinance or the building code. there's other avenues and approaches and ways that we could come at this. Um, so anyway, I'll just continue to
reiterate that I would like for us as a council to revisit exactly why a short-term rental ordinance is needed. Maybe we can use this year or two with the ordinance in place to say, are we in any different or better place?
And if there really isn't anything that's drastically changed or is different than prior to the ordinance again, I would continue to raise the question, what's the need? >> Well, if we want to go through that
exercise again, let's have at it. And I can tell you the last time it was it was a long drawn out exercise. We spent a lot of time in here talking about this ordinance. And I said at that time we weren't done with it. And why am I not surprised that we're not? So, if the
council wants to take it on, I'm fine with taking it on. Just realize that we're going to have the other side too as well, and that all plays a role. I don't have a problem with it. I mean, if we if we feel that we can do something different and it's going to work better for the citizens of the city, then I'm
willing to look at it. But I can tell you that um we did what we did at the time because of what we were hearing. And so that's that changes over times. That's what ordinances are in place for and sometimes they get changed,
sometimes they say the same. I think at the same time we felt it was important to have something in place where we could police this. Um at the time when this all came up, our VRBOs were only being allowed in certain areas of zoning.
And we knew it was being violated all the time and we made that change in opening it up so that everybody could have VBOS's in this city. So that was a change that was made in positive for the people that have them.
And I will go on record as saying is you wouldn't have them if we had not made that zoning change because it was very limited before. What we were trying to do is take into the idea that it was being violated all the time constantly.
Is is it perfect now? No. I guarantee you we still have violations taking place out there. But again, how do we do that? We hire a full-time enforcement officer that's going to go around and enforce that. You're not going to want that. But do you see the do you see the
conundrum we're in to try and figure out what the best solution is? So, it's not an easy answer all the way around. So, again, we're going to do what we can to do the best we can for everybody, but at the end of the day, everybody's not going to be happy because you never make
everybody happy all the time. That's just the reality of the situation. So, again, if the council wants to go down that road and open this back up, they're the ones that have to put that forth, and I'm there to go along with it and work with it on it. Um, but I'm
trying to get us to a point here where we can at least move forward because we do need to approve our fee schedule. It is a part of our budget process. >> If I may, mayor, so what I'm hearing is you want to approve the fee schedule with the $300 short-term rental fee in
2026. We can evaluate, you know, what we had what staff had proposed to the current renters, see what's needed, see what's not, go through the process. that doesn't involve an ordinance revision.
>> Um, however, we could look at ways to pull the reigns back if that's what the council wants. So, tonight you'd approve the fee schedule as presented, but revise the short-term rental fee to remain the same as last year. and we can bring something back, talk about maybe a
phased approach or, you know, bring some options back to maybe ease into this, not just hit it all at once, which I can admit maybe was all done prematurely. So noted, >> I personally think I mean we there was
two years spent on this. >> Trust me, I know >> and both sides did have their say. We and I I do not think we need to revisit the entire short-term rental. It we should
allow people to do it. We could look at reducing the requirements for inspections. Look at Cross Lake, but to go through two years, I don't think much has changed personally. Yes, there is violations
um to the people that rent their properties. I mean, the timing was bad. I mean, there's just no two ways about it, but I don't I mean, I used I attended the meeting the meetings as a resident when you were on council and
there was hours of public hearings, discussion, picked it up in 2023. I think the issue was thoroughly discussed and um we just need to look at the inspection process, allow people to
rent, make it fair and equitable because the neighbors do have rights to um all the property owners do whether you're renting or not renting. So that's my take on it. >> Thank you. Anybody else? Any further comments?
I we will contact the people who we sent the email to and let them know. Okay. >> As well. >> Right. Very good. So what we are going to look at then is approving
ordinance number 01-2025 approve the 2026 fee schedule amended to bring the fee schedule or I should say the fee for um short-term rentals back in line with what we have had in
previous years. Um and and we'll do that. And then in addition to that, the piece will be as in regards to the inspections, we'll go ahead and and work to suspend that with the idea that we will um we'll be working on that in 2026.
>> Uh as a council staff and then also getting with the VBO owners and working potentially maybe we can work at as council member said, maybe a workshop won't be a bad idea. We can put something together and have everybody come in. We can meet. We'll do a meeting. they're allowed to give their
public comment and we kind of go down that road and then from that we can craft something out allow them to bring their expertise and information into us and then we can use that to get it to staff to craft something up. So, so basically what we have right now then in
front of us is to approve um the fee schedule in 2026 as amended as discussed. >> So I have a motion from council member Was that correct? Yes, >> Council Member Rooney. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> I have a second from Council Member
Ball. Further discussion. >> If I may ask a question. >> Not at this point. Okay. We're We're in Okay. So, hold on. Let me let me finish up. Okay. Any further discussion?
Hearing none. All those in favor signifies by by saying I >> I >> I opposed abstensions. The motion carries. Now, yes, I may allow you to come up. If you would like to ask one question,
please come forward. State your name and your address. >> Please keep it brief. We have other business to attend to. >> Brian Lee, 9168 Indian Hill. Um, I just have a question. If is there an issue right now with your current ordinance that we have in place that we're trying
to correct or is the one we've that you guys have worked on for two years and in place working right and we can save everybody time. >> The ordinance is working fine as far as I'm aware. I think it's done what it's needed to do. So what you've heard the council say is we probably aren't going to revisit the ordinance unless they
feel the need to. The key is to look at the inspection and look at that as a part of what we have in place and then also address the fee schedule so we can adequately put that in place too. >> Right. Yeah. If it's not broken, let's not fix it. >> Correct. >> So, thank you. >> Thank you.
>> Can I make one? >> Sorry, ma'am. I need to move on. Okay. Please. Thank you. >> All right. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Yep. Moving on item eight, departmental
updates 8A, October cash and investmentsational item. Janette, did you want to speak to that at all >> or is it more just for us? >> More just for you. >> Just checking. >> We have a slide on that. >> No, it was more just anformational item. Yeah.
>> Okay, sounds good. Didn't mean to put you on the spot. >> I guess next year she'll be put on the spot. We hope to give kind of quarterly reports on our financials. So, not yet. >> Great. All right. Okay. And number eight B, uh, city administrator information
meeting, 2026 street improvement project. Administrator POS. >> Yeah. Um, so as part of the proposed 2026 street improvement project, city staff, which will be Nick, Joe, and myself, will hold anformational meeting here at city hall on December 15th at 5:00 p.m. Um, the goal is to meet with
property owners, gather feedback, and make any necessary changes to the feasibility report. We are also going to be offering virtual attendance. So, if any residents want to attend that way, you guys are all welcome to attend. You don't have to if you don't want to, but mailers should be going out to the
property owners today or tomorrow. >> And I would just remind the council if you do plan to attend and there's more than three of us to post it. So, >> yeah. And then, uh, this is the last meeting of the year. So, happy holidays, happy new year. >> That's it.
>> All right. Thank you, Administrator. >> Clarification, Mr. What time was that meeting again? >> 5:00 pm. >> Can you send a calendar invite? >> Yes, I can. >> Thank you. >> Any other further questions for the administrator? >> All right. Hearing none, I'm going to
now move to item nine. I would ask that I move to close uh session. 9A is pursuant to Minnesota State Statute 13D.05 subdivision 3A, city administrator six-month performance review.