Testing the audio? Okay. And what about the camera? Can you see anything other than a gray blob? No. Nope. I have, like, a switch, and so I've switched it back and forth, and nothing seems to change. Okay. Okay. Great. Thank you. Yes. I can see your screen. Great. Oh, yeah. So I can't We don't need I can function fairly well. Military knows And my eyes like, hey. Have you seen this? I'm like, still can. I know that I I will get started in three. I don't know if you say I don't know if you guys would want it or or not. With it being 06:00,
we'll call our meeting to order and start with the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance 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. With that, we'll roll call around the horn, please. Peterson. Bora. Steichen. Nash. And Olsen. With that, we have our agenda before us. I did not see any additions or subtractions. We're tracking. I will entertain a motion. So moved. Motion by Peterson. Second. Second by Nash. All those in favor, say aye.
Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. With that, we have our consent Fairly straightforward. Any questions on the consent? Hearing no questions or conversations, I will entertain a motion. Steichen. So move. Motion by Steichen. Second. Second by Nash. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. With that, it does jump us down to number five. Peyton, has there been any formal request to speak before council this evening? No. Received. Once again, encourage the public to participate in our process. Let's progress to number six. Six Alpha, we have the consideration this evening to approve the position announcement for the position of
city administrator for the City Of Dilworth. Peyton, you wanna start this off, please? Yeah. I'll get us started here. So Liza is gonna be joining us remotely. We are having some video issues, but we should be able to hear her, perfectly fine all the way from Alaska, I believe. So we appreciate her taking time out of her day to come and visit us a few time zones over. So with that said, Liza, if you wanna get things, you know, kick started here and talk through kinda where we are in the process and what's all been,
discussed right now with between yourself and the, let's say, the subcommittee, myself, mayor Olsen, vice mayor Nash. And so we'll turn it over to you. Alright. Well, wonderful. Thank you, mayor Olsen, member of the council. My name is Yvonne Bauer again from DDA Human Resources. And thank you for letting me join in, and I apologize for the video. And hopefully, the the So the order of agenda items tonight, but I'm a business item that I'm looking for is for this counsel to review and make any necessary changes to the position profile because as soon as you give
me those changes, we'll get to work on making those and begin advertising tomorrow. I also need, review and approval of the salary range as well as the timeline. The timeline I see is on your screen. The three yellow or highlighted dates are the dates where I'll need action from this council. So I'm hoping you have a chance to take a look at your calendars and have those dates clear because I'll need you to not only be present on those yellow highlighted dates, but the week leading to the July 27 date that you see on your screen
and August 19, you'll need to set aside time throughout that week in order to review candidates and semifinalist's finalist information, advertising. I'll be holding our, myself and staff accountable to these dates. I will also be reminding candidates in order to meet deadlines along the way, and I'll also give you gentle nudges to let you know you have some homework coming and that we'll be meeting in person on July 27 Any questions about those dates and the timeline? Anybody anyone else can check their calendar?
I'm gonna check. July. Well, the nice thing is it's council meeting day, so the twenty seventh is a council meeting day. Nineteenth. The nineteenth is a Wednesday. Right? And that day can take several hours. It could be the full day. It depends on your interview activities that the council will be selecting, so keep that in mind too. So, again, Liza, so you're thinking that'll be an all day event? Yes. It will be for, most likely the candidates depending on the council's involvement in, and we'll go deeper into the weeds on July 27.
But city council will have their formal interview with the candidates Depending on the different the other various activities that you want to include on that day, you may or may not be involved in those. So for instance, if your staff is having their time, whether it's informal or formalized interview process, you will not be a part of that. But any of the other activities, whether there's a tour involved or some type of meet and greet with the public, your attendance would be, warranted there. Counsel? Those dates work?
Mhmm. Works for me. Should. Okay. I'm glad you're open that day, Payton. I'm just going to cancel a couple of things that I have, but it'll be fine. It'll all make it work. So Wednesday, the nineteenth, was would be the only day that I'd have an issue, but it's not an issue. So if we don't if we're good on the nineteenth, I guess, I'd entertain a motion to, receive and file the timeline or accept the timeline. Is that what we is that that's what we need? Yep. That's Yes. Perfect. Motion, is that the timeline for city administrator? The motion the motion by Nash.
Second. The second by Peterson. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. And then the next piece, Liza Is to review the position profile, which also includes the salary range. So I have my red pen with me. We can make any changes to the profile that the council sees in any whether it's grammatical errors or we just didn't get to capture something correctly, then I'm here to make those changes now. And that would also include the salary range and job description
that's embedded into the profile. Any questions? What discussions have you guys had about salary? Yeah. And that's that was gonna be my comment. As we as we look through this, we had the information the great thing that was brought to us by DDA is they have a compensation and classification team and really looking at comparable markets, where we're at in terms of the City of Dilworth, looking to make us competitive, we came to the conclusion, dollars 125 to 160 would be the range. And really,
that's the expected salary range. And then kind of narrowed it down, starting salary would be between 125, 140, is that is that if my my memory serves me. So we have a range, and that really goes along. And we kinda kicked around the difference, you know, between 155, 160 for a while. Really landing on, the percentages that we've seen, throughout the industry with, like, a 30%, like, low to high margin, to be to cast a wide net. You know, we wanna make sure that we're not gonna, you know, dissuade any potential
hires with some long term or, you know, some, like, a long term growth possibilities, if you will. And then, again, that's kind of where we looked at breaking it down to where we're where we're looking at starting salary and then overall salaries. That gives us, an opportunity to have an individual who's willing to come in and then grow with the city and grow with us for a while. Did I forget anything, Julie? No. I mean, I would just add that we also, you know, a couple years ago did the wage study, and what DDA came up with was in line with, like, let's say, you saw it progress a couple years.
You know? Like, they so it was good to see that what we had done before still kind of matched what market was showing. So this lies right in that kind of range. Excellent. Well, Aza, do we forget anything? No. You no. You explained it wonderfully. And the the job description, I went over it a couple different times, and, actually, my question was answered before we got here regarding the whole, clerk treasurer nomenclature, state statute type stuff. So, I I will say with the job description and the visual presentation you put with
the posting, I'm very impressed with what's gonna be put out there, for potential hires. It's, it's a great foot forward for the city of Dilworth. Well, I have to say, you guys have done the work to put a great foot forward, so I'm excited to represent the city of Dilworth. Are there any other questions about the job description, salary range? Are we ready to hit the send button. I'm I'm comfortable with it. Yeah. I think, like Julie said, it's right in line with the wage studies that we did or is what you guys expected to see, it sounds. So Yeah. Yeah. Peyton? The only thing I was gonna add is
and we're budgeted within the salary range that's expected. Also knowing and I think we may have mentioned this earlier that there might maybe other expenses that go into the hiring process, luring a candidate here, whether it be potentially moving expenses, maybe it's, you you notice other added costs that come in with the candidates that are coming from outside of the area, hotel stays, whatever it may be. So really other costs that go into the whole process that for the wage front, that is pretty well encapsulated there.
And, Liza, once we get into the weeds a little bit more, will you help us understand some of those upfront costs? And I and from my perspective is I keep that completely separate from the salary. Yes, we'll get if we have someone who's willing to take the job, that's fantastic. But we also have to get them to Dilworth. If they're not coming from South Moorhead, heck, even if they're coming from Wahpeton, there's going to be some expenses. So and I think just having a just I wanna be in the game. I wanna I wanna make sure that we're in the ballpark when it comes to
understanding what it's gonna cost in the event that we have to relocate someone who wants to come to Dilworth. Okay. Thank you. Yes. Are there any other questions? Are you fishing in Alaska? I've been here for a very short time. Our daughter is here working for the summer, and it's her 20 birthday today. So I'm gonna ask you to we will be going out for dinner tonight. Alright. Well, with that, any other questions from counsel? Alright. Hearing none, I will entertain a motion for, to receive and file the job description, including, the salary. So moved. And a motion by Nash. Steichen.
Second. And a second by Steichen. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Liza, I think that's everything. Correct? Yes. That is. Thank you so much. And we will send, a weekly update, starting as early as tomorrow when we post it to all of our sites. And then you'll continue to receive weekly updates. Just I will be sharing how many candidates we have, maybe some trends or, anything I may be seeing along the way, as well as nudging you when we have a deadline or a date or some of the homework for you to, look forward to.
So thank you again for all the work that you all have done to get us ready to get to this point. Thank you very much, Liza. Enjoy the evening, and Alaska. Thank you. Thank you. Alright. So with that, it does move us to number seven. We have our community center conversation today. We have seven alpha. We have, pay request number one. Here we go. Here we are again. Brand new opportunity. It's a clean slate over there. It's, it's always fun starting with the greenfield. So, so, just give you a brief update on where we're at today with things, and, then we can go from there.
So right now, we are working on foundations and utilities. I would say utilities are probably, like, 90 to 95% complete on the whole project site. Water's all in. Sanitary's all in, and we're just working on the storm sewer right now. And then we have the guys working on a foundation, and they are also about 95, if not more, percent complete. If we didn't have that rain last week, that held us up for about a day. We probably would have it all done by now. But, they should wrap that up. I think their last pour is gonna be tomorrow and then get things cleaned up,
and we're working on backfilling, the site and working on access roads and parking lot. So can't see a whole lot when you drive by because everything's underground that we've been working on and getting buried, but we're gonna be going vertical probably starting next week with masonry. And then we got a small load of, steel today for the masonry walls. And, we'll be going up in the air, so looking forward to that. And, yeah, Peyton has our first pay request, and this was actually from May. So it kinda got in,
I think, a little bit late or wasn't able to make that May meeting. So we just decided to hold it off until the next the next meeting. So we have this one and then also another one, number two, that is in process right now, which is another $707,150.49. So we're doing a double whammy tonight. So update covers both alpha and bravo? Yes. We'll take these one at a time. And are there any questions on pay request number one? Hearing none, I will entertain a motion for pay request number one. So moved. Motion by Bora.
Second. Second by Nash. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. With that, we also have seven bravo pay request number two. Any questions from counsel regarding pay request number two? Hearing none, I will entertain a motion for pay request number two. So moved. Motion by Peterson. Steichen, second. And a second by Steichen. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Thank you very much. No problem. And I just want wanted to mention that, one of our representatives, Adam, and BKB and Scott and Marty,
I believe, all did a one year tour of the fire station last, I think it was last week. And there's just a few minor items that are Adam's following up on getting corrected over there. It's mostly plantings and a couple other little things. So we'll, get that taken care of in short order. Appreciate that. Thank you very much. Alright. We'll see you next month. Sounds good. Thank you. I will say, as they're mentioning, like, you can't see much because it's in the ground. That aerial footage or that aerial aerial photo, where you see the foundation, like, you can see the hallway.
It's like, oh, yeah. Okay. It it's I don't know. I thought that was it it's great to see it go from plans to actually fruition, if you will. So it's it was a it was a great photo. It was a great photo. With that, we do move now to number eight. Council members, concerns, committee updates. Around the horn, please. Actually, I've got a few today. Alright. I don't wanna misquote, but there are thank yous in order to the ten u baseball team, the players, parents, and coaches,
all chipped in and cleaned up all of the corn husks that had blown into Cottonwood Park. And it it looked it looked like it was quite the undertaking. So, hats off to them for for just being, you know, good stewards of the facility that, that they're using. So I appreciate that, and, they're happy to have, you know, the opportunity to play there. So that's been a been a good partnership so far with them. This morning, thank you to chief Rawson and chief Payne for, allocating a couple of vehicles to Wish golfer Hannah Desjarlais,
off. She qualified for the state tournament this year as a freshman golfer and is the first female golfer at BGF to ever qualify for the state tournament. Wow. So, yeah, we, we thought it would be kinda neat to to send her off, in the same way that we sent the football team off and the the the softball team with who I believe had a parade. So she was pretty excited to see that. So thank you guys for making that happen. And then also I'd be remissed if I didn't mention, Aria Garrett or Aria Garrett and Ellie Sosa at the state track meet last week.
They together took home five medals, which combined makes them the two most decorated female track athletes at Dorothee, Glenn, and Felton in the history of the school. So congrats to all of them, and thank you. Local Days is coming up shortly. I say that every month, but I mean it this time. And local days committee is, inevitably losing one of the, most important members of the team, when Peyton moves on. So that'll be a very large hole to fill.
So I'm pleading to anybody in the audience or online. If you ever felt like chipping in for the greatest community festival In Dilworth. In Dilworth history, but really in state history. I've I've I say it on the radio every year. We're a close second to We Fest when it comes to summer festivals. So, you know, if if if the spirit moves you, please, think about participating on the local days committee because we could use all the help we can get. And just to follow that up with, Peyton, is this your last meeting with us Yes,
sir. In in scheduled Yep. Fashion anyway? Yep. You know, I just had the pleasure of serving five and a half years on the council with you. And, I had all these points in my head that I was gonna touch on, but I'll just I'll make it quick. And just thank you for being such an inspiration, you know, to myself, and and your commitment to a city that you really didn't have to, but you chose to. And the place is just in such
a great spot, you know, for for you to leave off. And, you know, it's much appreciated. So thank you for everything. Thank you, sir. That's all. Amber? Yeah. DGS Sports is kinda on a roll right now. Katie Kittleson for softball got that play of the week on KBR. So if anybody hasn't seen it yet, go check it out. It's really cool. Grab she got there in the outfield. And then Wednesday, we have the Southside Social over in Cottonwood. So thank you to those parents for picking that up. That was very helpful. 05:30 to 07:30, if you guys are able to make it, it should be a good time.
That seems to be one of our biggest park events every year, and, hopefully, we have a good turnout this year again. And, yeah, Peyton, it's gonna be sad to see you go, but I'm happy for you. So Thank you. Thank you for everything you've done for us. Appreciate it. That's all I got. Mister Steichen. Yeah. Kudos to the sports people. That's pretty impressive. So, so congratulations on the send off and the players and all the support they've gotten. Plan on being at the Cottonwood event on park event on Wednesdays, so that should be should be good.
It's always been good. Peyton has taught me quite a few things, all the years on planning and council here. And I noticed that for to be successful, his wife Sarah deserves mention a lot because it can't happen without support at home. So I know she's been very friendly, very, when I've been at events and it's it's just nice to see that they're a good team. They actually are a team that that, support each other in all they do. So,
and they they're kind of have different functions, but they they, where they work together quite well. And and she's always been professional. And, I know Peyton probably doesn't want us to go on and on too much about it, but Peyton taught me less is more. Less I say the better a lot of times. So, but he deserves the kudos before he leaves. So, so appreciate everything you've done, everything you've taught, everything that you've worked for in the city, and everything you've changed, and how it's all evolved since you've been here.
It's pretty amazing. And and I've always said this before when I go to league events, it's very interesting and fun to see how so many people know Peyton and how they appreciate Peyton and how they respect him. And, it's evident in the award he received last last summer. So, it it's it's been wonderful working with you, so I'll leave it at that. Thank you, sir. Julie? Okay. So quickly, lunch with a cop starts tomorrow, Whistle Stop Park. So if anyone's out there that is interested in that,
make sure you show up for that. What's for lunch? I don't know. Pizza? Pizza. Chicken. Chicken. Oh. We've inherited chicken from our last event. Oh, very nice. Yeah. Just checking that. Yeah. Yeah. And, other than that, yeah, it's hard to imagine it's our last meeting. Mhmm. For me, it's been fun because, you know, policy has always been my Peyton's always been my policy person I can talk to. So I'm gonna miss that. Maybe I'll have to message you once in a while, like, how do I address this or something. But He's probably just by the hour.
I wanna say I Right? Oh, maybe not. He's not. He's not. He's not. He's not. He's not. He's not. Make sure we're not on the override. I'm gonna do it. Hey. It'll be well worth it. Let me call you. I know it will. But no, thank you for choosing Dilworth. I mean, going back to remembering I think I was sitting over there when we were interviewing, and I still remember it vividly and can't believe it's been this much time, and you're on to your next adventure. Very excited for you. So I'll leave it at that because I'll lose. Thanks. I was thinking since the last meeting,
was that and we didn't was Cole's recognition that we did? That was the day after our last meeting? Is that correct? Or or a couple days afterward? Or maybe it's the day. The next week, I think. It was May 26. I have a Yeah. Because we had council meeting on Tuesday. It was supposed to be, then we moved it back that next day. So I thought that epitomized everything that this community is about and what it stands for. And so just to be part of that recognition for our upcoming local days Grand Marshall, just to be part of that experience and be over there and see everyone supporting,
team coal there. That was quite amazing. So thank you to all that were involved in things like the park event this week. You know, it doesn't get done without all the capable staff that we have here with the city of Dilworth. So, you know, my praise goes out to everyone in the audience, everyone within respective departments that make this thing a go. I don't have you know, I didn't really process or think about much of what to say. So I was just sitting here thinking about when Julie made mention vividly remembering where
people were sitting at the time. I can recount all those things. And I don't even know if this is gonna make sense or not. I'll just feel my way through it here, say what I'm thinking as I go along. I've not processed you know, well, I'm going through a lot of processing of emotions right now, obviously, doing this and making this transition to a new community. I'm handling it my own way, and I know I'm gonna really lose it here at some point, hopefully not in the next three minutes or Julie's really gonna lose it. But I I was thinking back to
how quickly your life can change all of a sudden. Right? It's I flew up here with no expectation of being offered a job. Didn't really know why I was coming up here, honestly. Someone showed me some love, and so I just wanted to see what it was about. So I came up here, interviewed, offered the job, and all of a sudden, it's like, oh my gosh. I guess we're really doing this. You know, I had no idea this was gonna be a possibility. It's brought me so many opportunities. My wife as well brought us both so many opportunities and friendships and connections,
given me the chance to grow. It's given me a chance to live in a state that I really love. I have a peer network that I'm leaving behind that's very special to me as well. When you're talking about seeing people from across the state, that's something I really that's really foundational to my everyday work. But yes, thinking back to me leaving, I'll never forget. Again, I thought this was going to it was more like a dream moving up here on a few different levels. We had no expectations we were even going to stay that long. We didn't own a snowblower or anything.
So why would you stay that long? Didn't understand winters. Didn't understand what I was getting into. Didn't know if anyone would like me here. That's still debatable at times. But, I was it was the night before I was flying up here and, I remember walking into my, mechanical room, like we're or whatever. I walk in from the garage, walk in the house. And it was at that time, you know, you start thinking this is my last time to do this and that. And, like, well, this is gonna be the last time, you know, I step in foot to my home. And that's, like, the same for tonight.
Right? This is the last time I'll walk into a council meeting, and so, you know, I start processing the days one by one, getting closer. You know, I'm leaving here in three or four days. This will be my last time to do x, y, and z. And so I've tried to cherish every moment these last few weeks. It is a whirlwind. Again, someone showed me love. I accepted the position here. Same thing, my relationship you've had, every connection you made, and just think back a little bit about the experiences that you've had.
And hopefully, you have left the position I've left my position no. I know I have in a better position than I was in when I began. And I feel like I'm a better person because of it. I feel like the people that I have interacted with, you know, hopefully, they're all better people because at the end of the day, that's all I really want out of this. I look at this as Don and I were talking about it last week. You know, this is the closest thing that I can get to being in a full time public service charity charitable type role,
you know, and maybe get paid better than a nonprofit, I guess. But, but I do. I look at myself as providing community service. And when I'm always asked, you know, why I got into it, I have this whole spiel, you know, that you rehearse when you're doing job interviews and such. But at the end of the day, it's having that everlasting impact on a community. And that's so cool to know that my twelve years here can be marked by many of things. My name is gonna move on and whatever people will people come and go, right?
That's just life in general. But to know that I had just the tiniest amount of imprint on a community, a place that I got to call home here for over a decade, that means so much to me. So, I I mean, thank you, obviously, to the City Council. Thank you to everyone I work with and to all the other people that gave me an opportunity, all the people that embrace me and to this entire area for being supportive. Dilworth will it means so much to me, and I can't fully put it into words.
So again, thank you for the opportunity. And I know our paths will continue to cross, hopefully, with my contract in place. Y'all text me all the time, and I'll be there morning, noon, and night for you. So but we'll get a good cadence. I'm not worried about anything. We have such a fantastic group here that, you know, I get to work with up here on the policy side. And on the day to day side, I have no worries whatsoever. There'll be some growing pains, right, when anyone, moves on from an organization. But, it's been a truly a blessing to work with each and every one of you,
and I love you all. Thank you. Thank you, Peyton. Anything else? I think that's it. Alright. Thank you. Just to start with Cole. Right? I I wasn't quite sure where he where that that was pretty awesome. Get that kid whatever he wants. I don't care what it is. We'll figure it out. He wants to be the grand poo of the brand. He wants to ride a buffalo. Let's let's figure it out. Wants to drive a fire truck. Let's figure it out because, yeah, let's get him what he wants. Staff, obviously, Second. Second. And a motion by Nash.
Second by Peterson. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Motion carries. For the record, staff, You're hired to do a job. Peyton Leland, I still expect that we wake up, but we do our job every single day. You are in control. You always have been. You always will be the essential component, essential pieces of the puzzle of the of the great city at Dilworth. Your professionalism, your preparedness, your your willing to support Cole at a moment's notice, that's I will continue to expect that level, until I don't sit in this chair. And I expect that it continues to be met,
and I say that without most confidence. Council, we have some work too. The greatest Minnesota celebration short of we've estimated the state fair is coming up. We need to fill those positions. The Olsen boys, and by those, I mean Chase and Charlie. They're they're veterans of aiding in the parade. You can pencil pencil them in. They'll get the golf carts and organize the the floats and all that stuff. They are willing to help whether they know it or not. But, again, we're gonna have to fill the gaps. We're gonna have to fill in. We're gonna have to hit the meetings,
make sure that we're answering the questions and and just being a little bit more attentive in that follow through. I can help. I'm a little bit, more available this summer. Also clear schedule because of of our the schedule that we're gonna have to do with, hiring this position. So make sure we're doing all the little things to help out with the big picture. And, again, if I can help in any capacity, just just give me enough heads up, and I'll make things work. Yeah. Peyton, thanks. It's been fun. It's been fun. Stike and said less is more. I remember standing in the hallway saying, go talk to your wife because you're my wife.
You were the one that I wanted. And then I talked to, the mayor of La Vista. Sounds like she should be moving to California, but, I had the opportunity to visit with the mayor of La Vista today for half hour or so. Just a just a great just a great guy. We're moving on to the great city. And, again, taking that next step, and and I said after seven years, if you had a resume, you need to leave leave Dilworth. You've all grown Dilworth, but you've also elevated us to a a position where we have standing and status in the metro community. The the position itself has been elevated
in ways that I could never have imagined even six years ago. The expectations of of management and counsel, have all been enhanced by your presence and your participation and your willingness to to help all of us grow. For that work for that, I'm grateful. I suppose I would say next. Less is more. Yeah. Maybe not quite yet. So and and yeah. Less less is more. So when I have the opportunity to to visit, with the mayor, And and and I'll say this. We as council members make hundreds of decisions, thousands of decisions.
I've been in this position now for fifteen years and to keep. It's a distinct pleasure to serve. I consider myself a servant of each and every citizen of Dilworth, and I make the decisions always based on their best interest. What is best for the city? How can I ensure long term viable success for our city? And without without hesitation, I I've made thousands of decisions, during my tenure. You are the best. Thank you. Thank you. But there being no further, With there being no further business before calls,
calls meeting adjourned.