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Part 1 (Video ID: https://dilworthmn.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=261):
- 00:12:40: Meeting Called to Order and Agenda Approval
- 00:14:06: Proclamation: National Police Week; Chief Speech on Service
- 00:19:47: Discussion: Supporting Law Enforcement; Moving to Parks
- 00:20:42: Ground Lease Agreement for Park Equipment at Church
- 00:24:57: Federal Grant Application for 14th Street Overpass
- 00:31:43: BNSF Match Contribution and Project Implementation Details
- 00:41:28: Grant Administration, Potential Costs and RFP Discussion
- 00:48:51: Council Appreciates Collaboration; Resolution Approved
- 00:50:05: Woodbridge and Summerwood Pond Design Project - Pay Application
- 00:53:11: Pond Project Successes and Future Water Level Discussion
- 00:55:36: Pond Project Complete; Moving to Tax Abatement Resolutions
- 00:56:15: Resolution: Public Hearing for Tax Abatement Bond
- 00:57:55: Tax Abatement Details; Resolution Passed Unanimously
- 00:59:24: Hiring DDA for City Administrator Recruitment Services
- 01:05:48: Cost Savings, Position Profile and Transition Assistance
- 01:12:02: Discussed Mentorship; Vote to Hire DDA is Unanimous
- 01:12:42: Public Hearing: Unpaid Curb and Gutter Repair Invoice
- 01:13:31: Public Hearing Closed; Resolution Approved
- 01:14:10: Public Hearing: Unpaid Utility Bill; Resolution Passed
- 01:14:55: Public Hearings Conclude; Council Member Concerns and Updates
- 01:18:58: Kite Day, Community Support and City Administrator Search
- 01:25:27: Pay the Bills and Meeting Adjourned


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All right. Good evening. 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. Quickly, roll call around the horn, please. Peterson. Bora. Steichen. Nash. And Olson. With that, we have our agenda before us this evening. Motion to approve the agenda. A motion by Nash. Steichen, second. Second by Steichen. All those in favor, say aye.

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Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. With that, we have our consent, agenda this evening. And under 4F, there's a change in the amount from $16 to $16.5 per hour. That is the change in the consent. Are there any other questions or comments regarding the consent agenda? Hearing none, I will entertain a motion for our consent agenda. Motion to approve. Motion by Nash. Second. Second by Peterson. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. With that, we move to number five. Peyton, has there been anyone any formal request to speak before council this evening?

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None received. Again, once again, remember to encourage our public to participate in our process. It is a sure way to help us make progress. Moving to number six. 6A is National Police Week for 2026. We'll start off by reading the official proclamation and give the floor to chief. Chief, do you want to read the proclamation? I can read it. Okay. I will gladly have you, read the proclamation on behalf of the City of Delaware. Do you have a copy? Do you have a Do you have a copy?

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I have a playbook. Sorry. A little tickle in my throat, so I have to give you a warning. The official proclamation recognizing National Police Week. To recognize National Police Week twenty twenty six and to honor the service and sacrifice of those law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty while protecting our communities and safeguarding our democracy, whereas there are more than 800,000 law enforcement officers serving in communities across The United States, including the dedicated members of the Dilworth Police Department. Whereas, since the first recorded death in 1786,

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there are currently more than 24,500 law enforcement officers in The United States who have made the ultimate sacrifice and have been killed in line of duty. Whereas the names of these dedicated public service public servants are engraved on the walls of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, DC. Whereas new names of fallen heroes are being added to the National Law Enforcement Officer Memorial this spring, including 111 officers killed in 2025. Whereas, the service and sacrifice of all officers killed in line of duty will be honored

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during the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund's thirtieth candlelight vigil on the evening of 05/13/2026. Whereas, May 15 is designated as Peace Officers Memorial Day in honor of all fallen officers and their families, and The US flag shall be flown at half staff. Therefore, be it resolved that the Dilworth City Council will observe May 2026 as National Police Week in the city of Dilworth and publicly salutes the service of law enforcement officers in our community and in communities across the nation.

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Thank you, chief. Thank you. Floor is yours. Thank you. I prepared a speech, so I'm reading that one. So bear with me. It's tough to get sometimes get through. Mister mayor, members of the city council, and those in attendance watching in remotely, every May during National Law Enforcement Memorial Week, we pause to honor the men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty. This year, 363 fallen officers were added to the National Law Enforcement Memorial. I find every one of those names engraved on the memorial walls in DC and here in Minnesota is a story of a person who chose life of service over

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self. I am reminded daily of the bravery and dedication shown by the officers of the North Police Department. We are a small, tight knit community, and that connection makes our mission deeply personal. When a police officer is lost, it isn't just a loss for department. It is a profound hole left in the fabric of a family, a neighborhood, and a city. I'm a sigh I'm a sidetracked for a second. To say they lost a brother, sister, spouse. So I'm trying to get some Kleenex. Sorry. I'll muddle through. It is one of the things I fear as chief of police. That, as I told her, and sharks.

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Sharks are there. Snakes are close. Spiders, as she said, are kinda scary too and but ladybugs, I'm good with. So my apologies. Gets me back on track. This week is a somber one, but it's also a week of profound gratitude. We honor the fallen by recommitting ourselves to the highest standards of our profession. We honor them by continuing to show up day and night to ensure that Delworth remains a safe place to work, live, and raise a family. I wanna thank this council and our citizens for the unwavering support that you show our department. It is this partnership that allows us to do our jobs effectively and safely.

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As we lower flags this Friday, May 15, I ask that you join me in a moment of silent reflection for those who never came home and for the families left behind. We'll never forget your sacrifice. Thank you. Thank you very much, chief. Obviously Obviously, an emotional time, a great week to remember, the service and sacrifice of the men and women who keep us safe, who do the unthinkable, who we need as a society to depend on, who are the foundation of our safety and our security.

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Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, team, and stay safe always. Will do. Thank you. And with that, we do have some things going on this week. I think if we have the opportunity to partake and support those that keep us safe day and night, take advantage of that, show our support. It'll probably be donuts or barbecue anyway, right? There's a barbecue. We appreciate it, chief. Thank you. That does move us to number seven this evening. We have seven alpha dealing with parks. We have the consideration of a ground lease agreement for park equipment at Dilworth Lutheran

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Church. Peyton, are you starting this one off? I will, and I'll actually invite pastor Elizabeth to come join us up here at the front table as I'm giving just a brief little presentation on this. In brief, it it sitting here earlier trying to think of what all I could put in for a presentation and and functionally, how all this is gonna work. You're not gonna notice much of a difference than how things were operating before, but this just formalizes, the partnership that we have with Dilworth Lutheran Church to be allowed the accessibility to

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co locate our park on their property. It's something that's been in existence for quite a long time out there. And so we've been engaging with pastor Elizabeth and other members of the church now for several months, and we were able to come up with the terms of how this lease agreement should be spelled out. So thank you to anyone and everyone that was involved in coming together to bring this to a formality. And so the lease term is up for twenty five years or for the life

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of the equipment. Lutheran Church will maintain all the grounds and the contract also lays out the insurance responsibilities. One thing that we are looking to do that's actually been an identified part for the Community Park Board to take a look at and to make some level of investment into. So that's actually on their agenda this coming Wednesday and as part of the partnership. And talking with pastor Elizabeth, we'll always be sure to include a member of the long range planning committee or anyone else who may be available as the par board is having those discussions because

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it's obviously a city park, but it's also their park too there. And so we want everyone to make sure everyone's on board with knowing that the type of equipment is gonna be there and be suitable for everyone and anyone that's gonna be utilizing that park. So we're really excited about the partnership. I've slept a little bit since the, the attorneys came up with all the language in there. So, hopefully, you're not gonna quiz me too much on how it's all laid out. But everything, I assure you, is in there as it should be. And Katie went through it, and then their team looked through it as well. And I think we have a you know,

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you know, came in compromise on a couple of things, but it's in a very safe place for the city as a whole. The league insurance trust contract review guy took a look at it as well. So, we should all be squared away. So with that said, I just wanna open up the floor to pastor Elizabeth and say thank you for getting us to this point. And if there's anything else you'd like to add, floor is yours. I have no additional, pieces of information. Just thanks to Peyton for continuing to work really hard on this. We're really grateful for his work. Are there any questions from counsel? Alright. To that, I mean,

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lawyer said it was okay. I mean, you don't wanna ruin any good agreement and get lawyers involved, I guess. But I mean, I'll just make a comment that I think it's great. I mean, having grown up in that neighborhood, like, and still watching all the little kids I mean, it's nice because it's a smaller park, so it serves the church. It serves, like, as a small neighborhood park, and so I'm glad we were able to, like, find an agreement that worked. I think it'll be great for years to come. Alright. Thank you, Julie. If there are no further comments, I will entertain a motion for seven alpha. So moved. Motion by Borra.

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Second. Second by Nash. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Again, thank you, CashBlue, for coming this evening. Thanks for paying for the work and cost numbers, for the conversation and getting this we're getting it in front of us again today. So, with that, moves us to number eight. We have planning and engineering. And tonight, we have under eight alpha, we have resolution twenty six twenty six supporting the federal grant application for preliminary design and environmental review of the 14th Street grade separation project over the BNSF Rillie Corridor.

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Who's leading this one off? I'm gonna start the conversation, invite our two guests up to the table here as well to present on this item. So and they're going to be able to explain this a lot better than I can, a representative from BNSF. But there is an op well, I guess going back to the rail needs study that was done in conjunction with MetroCOG, And Ben Griffith with Metro COG is here this evening as well, serving on that committee, Don and I did, working through that process. But as part of that process,

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went through all the different crossings across the entire metro area, identified certain needs and wants of all the communities and had a ranking of a priority list. And our crossing, talk about this crossing right out here at Main Street, is I think if BNSF could probably, not to speak for BNSF, but if they could snap their fingers and have anything occur overnight, it would probably be to have that one closed off. And we would love to accommodate that, but we'd also need an overpass at the same time to make that happen.

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And as you know, to get installed in overpass or any type of grade separation project, it takes a long coordinated planned effort. And that's really where we're starting off today with that. So we've identified 14th Street as that overpass opportunity here in town. There are some federal dollars that exist right now to help us get started with it on the planning side of things. And, yes, so we have Drexel and Alexis here this evening that are going to be spearheading this.

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And so this for the planning study that would exist, so this is happening a lot in a lot more expeditious fashion. That doesn't mean that we're approaching construction anytime soon. But I think this when we set out these timelines, often we're looking years in advance. And then when years in advance gets here, we're still years in advance. And I think we're actually a lot closer to that today than we may than I think your average project would lead you to believe so. And a lot of that has to do with casino and other things,

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and this is all going to be contingent upon the development on the south side of the rail yard area. But with that said, I'll turn this over to you to kind of explain it to how this is gonna work, mechanically, you know, how we're the applicant, all the things. So if you wouldn't mind, just explain. Thank you for coming over. Yep. Thank you for having me. So my name is Russell Verret. I'm the grants manager for, BNSF on the North region of our system. This is Alexis. She's your manager of public projects for BNSF. So, essentially, this is the last round of funding for the IIJA Act.

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With the CRISI and RCE grants were recently announced. It is a pool of $3,000,000,000 of funding that is available, which is why we've come back to the table to say, hey. Let's try to go after something just because we don't know what the next transportation bill is gonna look like. So this is a very, very good opportunity to try to apply for something and also to show that we're a good partner. We're willing to put up that 20% match that's necessary for these projects for a grant. There's usually a twenty, eighty, split between the grants whenever we go after them for these two type of programs

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that we're looking at. And I know before we've kind of had a conversation with the city and that this type of project is kind of on your twenty forty type of plan, twenty thirty plan. I think going after a planning and possible alternatives and design grants would really put you guys on track with that. Let's say you were to get awarded, you wouldn't find out. So, potentially, the end of this year, beginning of next year is what we're being told. After that, it takes about a year, maybe two years to get obligated from the FRA. And once you're obligated,

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that's where you can actually start the project. So you can start your planning. You can start your environmental. And once you have your all your alternative analysis approved and your community outreach, then you can start the actual design. And this all sounds like something that would take maybe three to four years. And at that point, you still don't have the path forward of how you may get this constructed. You don't have the hundred fifth design. You don't have, you know, where the funding's gonna come from. So but it it puts you on par to potentially go after another grant. Because if you get a word for this one, the FRA is more likely to award you for another one because they've already started

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helping you with your planning portion. So, really, what we're trying to do here is lay the foundation for you guys so that you can take this to the next level and actually get construction funding for this, something that we also would love to help you guys with if that opportunity were to present itself. So, essentially, what being a sub is proposing is that, we go after this grant. We have a team of grant writers that will write the grant for you guys. What we need is just any information in that pertains to the city to help write the narrative of why this is necessary,

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what the needs are, how we're looking at potentially closing Main Street, and that the overpass that we would put in would have double the bandwidth. So if it's two lane here, we will look to put something that's four lanes to kinda increase the growth and and deal with that growth of the city. Just things of that nature to kinda tell the the narrative of why we're doing this, what are the safety precautions, what are we looking at to make the grant competitive? That would potentially be maybe one hour calls weekly for the next couple of weeks. The application for RCE is due June 8,

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and the application for Chrissy is due, June 22. And BNSF is, paying for these consultants to write these grants for all of us. And like I said, we would just want you guys to be a participant to give the information. BNSF being the class one railroad is not allowed to actually apply for these grants, so you as a public agency would have to do the Apple application. Not sure how much experience you guys may have had with doing an FRA grant, but we can also help you walk through that. There's some things that you have to be registered for, and you actually have to go in and put in the application.

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But like I said, that's not that's something we're familiar with and we can walk you through. So that's really just what the proposal is here. If you have any questions, I kinda ran through a lot of things. Yeah. If you wouldn't mind and I probably barely believe myself. That was sort of my fault there. As far as the how this works mechanically, we're the actual applicants of this, but VN is the one that's putting in all the work to get everything submitted. And, again, bearing the lead here, they're the ones that are gonna be covering our 20% match out of all this, which is a tremendous

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a tremendous, lift on their part. So I don't know if you wanna talk a little bit more about that. Yeah. Usually, what we look to do is, 10%. So in most cases, we would probably come in with, you know, a quarter of $1,000,000 asking you guys to come in with the other portion. But like I said, we really believe in this project, and we understand that this is, like, the last go around for such a big pool of funding. So we're really trying to pull all the stops out to try and get as much as we can, and also just to show that being a step is a is a good partner here. Mr. Steffen, do you have a question? I had a couple of questions. Thank you for presenting and moving helping us move forward on this.

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Can I think we know the answer, but can you explain for those that aren't aware the value to BNSF for closing the main street crossing? Mostly safety. We believe the the safest crossing is a closed crossing. You know? So for for us, it would, decrease any, incidents that may, you know, slow the rail down as well as public safety, safety for our employees. That that's mainly what it is for us as well as the maintenance, but I would say the safety is more of a priority for us than the

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maintenance of the track. I mean, we might come out here once every ten years to rehab that crossing just depending on the traffic. And we also know that, you know, in a city that's growing, that traffic's only gonna increase, which means that risk is gonna increase. And we try to be proactive versus reactive. So if we can do something now before something happens, that would help us all sleep a little bit better. I'll I'll also add as well as as safety has been our number one, risk factor when it comes to at grade crossings. With Main Street being so close to the the rail yard here,

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I know that we take a look at the risk factors. Occupied crossings or block crossings is what people hear typically. So how often is that crossing being occupied? What are the accident factors, like Drexel said, at this crossing? So we take a look at the crossing holistically, safety wise and occupied wise, to see what what needs to change. And so that's why Main Street was I I identified because of the safety concerns and also the yard being so close to the existing crossing. And then, you know, we did discuss 14th Street that's actually been the overpass.

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So Okay. Then with that, as you're gonna need more information from us to move forward on this grant, do they need some sort of a there's nothing there's nothing out there right now. I'm immediately obviously aware of that. Do they want some pretty solid ideas on what will be? I know we could say this might be and the casino might be and whatever. I suppose it's helpful to to have a good understanding of what is projected in the next five years, ten years, or whatever. I imagine that's all part of the application to see how you're graded on that.

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Does that it definitely is a component. I'm not the expert of of writing the narratives. That's definitely something we would want to present to my consultants that we have to see, hey. Is this information that we could use or should use? I can't imagine how that would hurt, you know, you guys saying this is the plans that we have and this is why we need this type of overpass and we need to start planning for it. I I can't imagine that being a negative thing, but that definitely would, in my mind, help. But like I said, I'm also not the expert for that. I'm more so bringing everybody to the table and bringing the money to the table.

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But, that that that is the type of information we would be asking you guys as well as, accident reports that you guys may have, any public information to help write the narrative of why we should get this grant, why we should be awarded, how we can make this competitive. Thank you. Any other questions? Obviously, it's a distinct benefit for the City of Delworth. And then when we look at you, Alexis, you referenced holistically at that crossing, the occupied time, the inability to cross, the efficiencies in addition to safety, I mean, that's it's been an ongoing issue in Dilworth since

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I don't know, the train came through. When did that happen? Right. 1911 or certified as a forever, right? And I'll also say that we exist because of the railroad. I mean, we have to acknowledge, the benefit that we have from BNSF. I mean, that industry has helped make our country, if you look at the history. So and BNSF has been a great partner to the City Of Delworth. I have great confidence moving that forward. I do just have like, my one question, ultimately, BNS do we have the brains and the money in the building?

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We got the plan, right? If I'm getting the jobs right, I mean, you got one right in the narrative, one right in the check. It's gonna be a beautiful thing. So when we look at this, like, I'm 100% confident in in the team's ability to come and say and and help us through that process. My question goes to you, Peyton. It really is like, so who's running point on that from our end? Yeah. So once so for the time being because you were saying how long would it be before we hear back on this, most likely? So the FRA is on their own timeline, and they tell us one thing and it changes. So this this these grants are supposed to come out two months ago from what we were told.

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And currently, they're saying that they want to have awards out before midterms or by midterms. Yeah. We've also been told grants get obligated within a year. I have grants for 2026. There's grants from 2023 that we're still waiting to be obligated. So I can tell you midterms, but do not hold me to that because the effort rate there manpower has been cut. So they're they're trying the best they can. So we're looking at several months away, if not into next year, whenever it could be, most likely even the year following. And so what ultimately, at the end of the day,

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this ends up we'll say this ends up being a $2,500,000 project. Okay? So, or whoever the city administrator is at that time would be the point person, but also, in addition to that, working through community development, but also through finance as well. Because, presumably, we're gonna be the ones cutting the checks. Would that be right? So yes. The way that it works is you guys get reimbursed from the FRA. Yep. Exactly. So and I'm sorry to cut you off. I just kinda wanna add this in case there were concerns. If you do have a concern about manpower on your end of managing invoices and

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the project in general, we can insert, an additional administration fee into that 2,500,000 so that you may have, I don't know, maybe $60.90, whatever we think is appropriate that you can hire a consultant to make sure those invoices are together, that the paperwork is right, so that you don't get dinged from the FRA, you don't get penalized, and they can kinda help move this forward for you guys if there's a concern about manpower on that end. Because we do have some cities that aren't as nice and sophisticated as you guys are that I've even seen some of the part time mayor, and he's like, I can't do this.

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Well, let's have somebody to to help you, and the the grant will pay for it. So Yeah. So there's in in these programs, there's administration fees that you can add to help assist in that process. If we're talking about processing an invoice to one consulting firm, you know, once a month or whatever it may be, we'd be able to handle that. Now that said, where we'd probably get the administration fee or, want some help monetarily, Since this is over is it a million dollars, Perry? Yep. Since we're over a million dollars, it does trigger a single audit that we have to do anytime you have federal

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dollars coming through, locally like that. And so we've had to deal with that and other programs and other federal dollars and programs that we've received. So like our Fire Hall project, it was $9.75 and plus we had other federal monies coming in, that in that physical year. So that triggers like its own single audit. So there are some administration costs that come back to us, and there's some processing of invoices and other things like that. So, it's a collective effort just like we would any other federal project. My guess is it's probably only gonna be a singular company that we're probably cutting

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checks to most likely. Is that how this typically works? I would say yes and no. It just depends Okay. Because there's a there's a couple components. There's environmental. There's design. So Yeah. If you guys find somebody that does it all right or or you can have you can pay the person to bring other people in. Mhmm. But it's essentially it's your money, your grant, you know, how you guys deem fit to to do it. And also, if there's also a concern because that that is a lot of money. I don't have $2,500,000. Right? I wouldn't be sitting here if I did. But if there's a concern of,

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you know, we have a, you know, 250,000 invoice to pay, and we don't have that to pay now, and we don't have time to wait to get reimbursed, Venus Elf will give you that 500 k upfront to use as a filler while you wait for that reimbursement to come in. So if there are any concerns, I would hope that we've covered them all. Yeah. Yeah. Julie, go ahead. So just to clarify, so this is, an RFP that will come from them. And so is that when you're talking about the administration, are you talking like, do they allow like a de minimis,

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F and A cost that would be a percentage? We're not talking about doing a set dollar amount that we would pay out, right, That we would build in, like, a facilities and administration costs or whatever to the grant. Is that Yes. Yeah. It'll be like a line item of so so Okay. Like, one thing we're looking to do is is planning. Right? To look at what's around, where does this best fit. The the consultant will come up with, like, alternative analysis of these are a couple different ways you can cross over and connect it to 14th Street. Right?

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So that that would be one line item. That's gonna cost Right. You know, that. And then like, the reimbursement. Like, if we didn't have someone that so we we're talking about, like, the overhead part. Right? Like, if we need someone to help with accounting Mhmm. Is that on top of the 2.5, or is that inside the 2.5? We could put it inside. Okay. It it's a lot of estimating because for one, we don't know when you'll get awarded. Right? So, like, it it's it's one of those things where I I'm very big on let's cast the biggest net. And then once we get what we get, let's do what we can with that. Right?

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So if if we only have funding to do planning, right, because that's what it is three years from now. If we have somebody left over to do a design, our scope was planning and design. So we can do that. Right? But if it just so happens, you know, inflation and we only have enough to do half of it, we're still good. But I would hate to be where we have half $1,000,000 and this is the most we can do if that's all our scope was. Right? So our our people just put on, you know, this is what we've done other projects for. This is kind of what we're looking at. There's contingencies built into that.

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There's inflation built into that to do our best to try and get you what's good for just your specific situation. So, yeah, that that is something that we could just put as a line item. This is how we got that number, that 2,500,000. And that's something we definitely can discuss on, like, our kickoff kickoff calls of, you know, what are you guys able to do so that we can make sure we fit that need. Yeah. Okay. Thank you. Any other questions? And I'm gonna just take this one gigantic step backwards because we're already talking about, like, running the the planning project and everything like that. I'm gonna, again,

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take a gigantic step backwards and say, we have to write the grant first, correct? Correct. We got to do all that legwork first, right? Now, Peyton, where does that fall? Who's going to be our point person inside of that to facilitate and help with the grant writing process? Well, it will be done for the time being. But, long term, presumably, it would be whoever the city administrator is. And so we have a little bit of time frame because I have June 8 and June 22 down. So That's just yeah. That's for them. That's the That's when those applications are due.

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So within, like, the next week or so, we would like to be sending you guys a narrative to review and make sure the information is correct and you guys are comfortable with what it's saying. And I think we do, like, a 30%, 60%, and maybe a 100%, 90 or a 100%. So the next couple of weeks is we'll we'll be asking, you know, some participation from you guys. Absolutely. K. And that works with time frames, Payton? It does. K. We'll make it happen. I appreciate that, Don. That's that's exactly what I wanted to hear. 100%. That's outstanding. So, again and and I,

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like that of those elements too. I mean, when we start talking about this, and it might be, you know, a couple years down the road, but that's I like I like the ideas. I mean, we're there. We have a good foundation to go off of. So if there is another round of funding and we say we have a $60,000,000 pass you know, overpass, we're only looking at 20% of that that we would need to raise. And we can get the DOT involved. BNSF can make a contribution because we already do 5% of what's going over BNSF, so that's gonna be a guarantee that you'll get from us.

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And it it makes things where, like, you know, you might not know where to get 80,000,000, but you may know where to get, you know, 16 possibly to get this big project done. So yeah. Again, we're talking years. Yeah. We got Right. Right. Right. Right. Let's focus on the planning elements first. That's just the so again, and I are there any other questions? Because, again, like that first step, next couple of weeks, we'll be on it, and we can move from there. Mister Steichen? Mister Drexel, you mentioned they'll come up with possibly different crossing points. I'm not gonna say crossing points,

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but just more so because an alternative analysis is is required by FRA to make sure that you aren't just looking at one situation, that you're looking at the different angles and different places to go, but still make that connection to 14th Street. So we're we've all been focused on 14th Street shooting across, but it might converge at 14th, but it I mean, it it could it be farther east, more west? Right. Mhmm. And look, this is not me telling you where to put your streets. Right. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But you could anticipate them coming and saying a better spot could be here,

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and you'll somewhat tie in with what you're saying. Doing that doing that planning process is where we discuss all of those alternatives. You know, does it need to be further east or west? Let's look at the drainage. Is that gonna be an impact to that? Let's look at the right of ways. The right of way gonna be impact, especially if we are going to look at additional lanes on the bridge. Mhmm. So what does that all look like? And all of that will be discussed during the planning process. They'll look at feasibility, environmental, all those things and say, hey. You can do it this way, but this way might be cheaper and it might be less, you know, right of way acquisition, things of that nature.

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I do appreciate that because I've been I think a lot of us have just focused. It's gonna be 14th Street, shot over. Right. But it's so far off from that. So But if that changes, you guys can make that change during that process. Yep. Yeah. Thank you. Just make sure we close Main Street and get something over. That's all I need. It's a project with merit. Yeah. Absolutely. Well, kind of the reason I asked, the Highway 10 reconstruction does put a roundabout there. Mhmm. And I suppose that'll be something you'll obviously work in. So sheltered. I mean, they they have that in the back of their mind,

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but, obviously, so many things are so fluid yet, what could possibly happen. So Yeah. During that time, we'll take a look at everything that the city wants to develop, you know, years from now, like the casino, like you said, and everything else that'll be surrounding that area. Because, you know, roundabouts, we don't we wanted to be a certain clearance away from the railroad tracks, overpasses, whatever the case may be. So We may say no, and it might just stay the way it is. Right. So things may change. Right? So we'll take a look at that all through the during the planning process. Right. Thank you. Any other questions, Peyton? Again, I wanna just point out again that the match that they are making,

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that's a significant contribution to the city. And, just their overall being overall, commitment to safety, even the rails recent rail study outside of this, program, that was the local match of all the jurisdictions was actually covered by BN for that project, if I remember correctly. And that was a pretty sizable donation, we'll say, as well. So thank you for that. Absolutely. Are there any other questions from Kyle? Always appreciate it for the DM. No. No. Thank you. Yeah.

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We always love to have these coordination meetings whether it's, you know, doing a council or getting on Teams meetings. So we we definitely appreciate this, being able to come out to to speak with you guys. So Thank you. Alexis Drexel, thank you very much for coming out. Like I said, we've had we're we're fortunate to have the relationship we do with Burlington Northern Santa Fe. It's been very beneficial for the city of Dover. So thank you for for all the good that you've done to our community. I appreciate it. Like you in Texas. Right? Yeah. Just a little bit. Just a couple hours ago, I just landed at 01:30. Well, welcome. Thank you. Thank you. Safe travels back to Texas.

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So if there aren't if there are no further questions, I will entertain a motion for Resolution 20 six-twenty 6. Motion to approve. Motion by Nash. Steichen, second. Second by Steichen. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Again, thank you both for enhancing. Safe travels. Safe travels. Thank you, Mark. When Don said two weeks ago that things are moving fast, they he lied. He lied. So All right. So with that, it does move us to eight Bravo. We have consideration for, pay application number three for the Woodbridge And Summerwood Pond design project or dredging.

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We're designing more stuff dredging project. Peyton? Andrew? Good evening, Mayor and Council. This is not quite as exciting as the railroad project, but we have, before us tonight pay estimate three, which is the final pay estimate for the pond project. So it is complete at this point. And, the final estimate is in an amount of $46,989.85 And I do, just want to mention that the project did come in about $25,000 or so below the bid price.

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So not only did the contractor, in in my opinion, do a very good job of keeping things as clean as possible, I got things done in a timely fashion. It came in under budget. So all all in all, a successful endeavor, in my opinion, on this first time through a stormwater pond cleaning project. So with that, I'll take any questions that you might have. Any questions for Andrew? Did they go in and do the seeding the reseeding and stuff? I didn't look yet.

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Okay. Yep. The seeding was done at the very April. Perfect. Yep. Okay. The Woodbridge Pond looks great. Yeah. It just looks different too. You can tell. It's like a the level the water level just set a little better. You can tell. I don't know. It just it looks good. There's a change certainly around the edge. They didn't they didn't remove cattail growth on purpose. Some of it was removed, you know, through the process. But certainly as as a pond is drained out, as it's cleaned out, as it starts to refill, it does it does look different.

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And hopefully, part of the intent at the Woodridge Pond is it's deeper now. And so we're hoping that we're going to have, excuse me, a better water quality as the water sits in that pond because the deeper depth will allow will, allow water to, not become so, stagnant and shallow, and which is is kind of funny to think about in a pond. But shallow water in a pond does turn a little it's not as nice. And so hopefully with the deeper water levels, we'll notice some improved water quality,

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at the at the Woodbridge Pond. I gotta make sure I have my ponds correct. So Any questions for under mister Steichen? It's great that it came in under. I mean, we're always excited about that, and and I think it's kudos to your leadership on engineering and taking, the steps it needs to monitor it and watch it and keep track of things, I guess. You probably weren't out there daily, but, obviously, it ended perfectly, in the right way. Thank you for saying that. Yep. I I really have to give the contractor kudos here.

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The contractors can really make or break projects, and I think they did a very, very good job on this particular project. Very responsive. They were good to work with. They got things done timely fashion, and the the end result looks really good. So Good. Yep. It's a good partnership. Other questions? I had a couple. So it's I've been around long enough to where we know that when the water levels in the ponds gets low and it's stagnant for a long time, there's an odor and there's a color and there's algae growth and all of that stuff. So I appreciate the attention to to the detail and making it a little deeper

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to help mitigate some of that stuff. My question, Andrew, is will the level of the water on, let's say, the bank, if you will, will that be maintained? I know there was a couple of questions from the public regarding, like, the aesthetics of, at the end of the day, when it fills up, what's it going to look like in comparison? I guess, are we going to have the same level up on On the side of the On the side. I don't wanna call it the banks or the shore because I don't it's it's a ditch. I mean, so whatever the term, I guess, would be, is it the level of the water gonna be on par with what it's been

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in the past? Yes. I don't know that it is completely filled up. There's more water in in the ponds than I anticipated, because we just haven't had a lot of moisture. Both of those ponds are actually controlled. The water level is controlled by the lift stations, which are run off of, floats. And we have the ability to adjust those. Public works can adjust those to meet their needs. The intent is that those levels are not going to change going forward. So the water level, once the ponds fill fill up, should be maintained at the, let's call Call it last year's water levels.

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And again and I appreciate that review of the information. That's always good. And I remember Don Vocal used to talk about that all the time. Everything's controlled inside of the infrastructure by by the machines. So we try to maintain that, drain them in the winter to get closer for get ready for the spring thaw and all that other stuff. So, again, I appreciate that. I'm looking forward forward to the actually seeing it this summer to to see how it goes. If I could just point out, not all of your ponds are controlled that way. Right. These two happen to be so. Thank you, Andrew. I appreciate it.

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With that, again, I appreciate it, Andrew. And if there aren't any if there are no further questions regarding, the stormwater retention ponds, I will entertain a motion for pay application number three. I got I'll make that motion. And a motion by Peterson. Second. A second by Nash. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. We're about one second left from our paper. See you soon. We'll figure out who got the motion. Figure out who got the motion. Thank you, Andrew. I appreciate it. With that, it does move us to nine l for resolution twenty five twenty six calling for a public hearing on the approval of a proposed tax abatement of the city of

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Dilworth on certain property located within the city and issuance of a general obligation tax abatement bond. With that being said, it is $6.45. We'll call our public hearing to order. We'll open our public hearing and begin with staff presentation. Peyton? Perry? Yes. Thank you. This is not a, it's not a public hearing. It's calling for a public hearing. Calling for a public hearing. Yeah. Never mind. You can go on and calling for a hearing. No. It's a couple it's a couple of items down. So, again, we're just setting up the process for the public. That's right. And next time, I'll be sure to put this on the consent agenda,

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which probably would have been perfectly fine. But I just wanna it's more so just make a note for everybody here that we're getting started with the bonding process for the community center project. That first step is we have to do a public hearing on it, which is really just normal, bond processes that we go through. And so at our next city council meeting, Nick will be here. But I think the most important thing with this project, it's similar to the abatement program that we ran when we did the citywide seal coat project and where we

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designated an area of town, we'll say. And those taxes are abated, so to speak. For the residents, nothing changes. They still pay their taxes as normal. Really, all this does is officially and Nick can explain a lot better than I can, but in essence, all it's doing is these specific parcels are the ones that are designated to go towards the bond payment of the community center project. It doesn't change how we set our levy. It doesn't change anything. But it just says this line item or that this check that we're cutting is

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coming specifically from these parcels of land. So that's all it really means. But, anyways, that said, there's gonna be an upcoming public hearing on this, and that's all this is doing, just formalizing that process. Do we need to date some of that debate or just It's in there. It's in there. It's in there. It's in there. Resolution. Any other questions? Perfect. Hearing none, I will entertain a motion for resolution twenty six twenty five. Steichen, so moved. Motion by Steichen. Sorry. Second by Peterson. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. We are in step today.

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In step. Julie and I are locked in. Yeah. No doubt. Dialed it. I love it. Alright. So that does move us to ten. We have City Hall 10 Alpha. We have the consideration for the recommendations to hire DDA, human services for city administrator recruitment services. Julie? I just thought I'd mix it up a little bit. Sorry. Thank you, mayor, members of the council. So meeting. You know what we're doing. I do. Not long after the determination is made that I'd be moving on, I've reached out to multiple firms about providing a proposal for the city to consider,

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to help aid us in the next recruitment services for the city administrator job. And in total I think I sent out to six or seven different firms. I just went on ICMA's website and looked to see what I got that. Companies out there were, you know, providing the services. And, I had four firms that ended up responding to it. And so mayor, vice mayor, and myself, we took a look at three or we took a look at all four proposals and ultimately came to the determination to recommend,

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or I guess they are recommending the hire of DDA human resources. So just a little bit about DDA, they are a Minnesota based company, they do provide a lot of searches for other municipalities across the state, they do a lot of other associated work on the leadership side of things, they do wage and comp studies and other municipal type consulting services, but they do have a team that specializes in administrator, manager, and other,

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employment placement services. So, yeah, DDA been around for a while, and the recommended package that, is before you is the full executive search. And, ultimately and so the cost of the 26 k, that was all the firms were actually relatively close to one another in cost. I think they're all in that 26 to 30,000, I think, tops range. There's a few different a la carte options between all the different firms. But, ultimately, what sold us on this one was the ability to offer the full executive

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under the full executive search package was the leadership development mentoring. So Bart Fisher is a pretty well respected, former administrator now. He started his own consulting business. He used to be at Falcon Heights and City of Oakdale. He's former MCMA president as well. Pretty well respected, but he'll provide I think it's, like, ten hour and a half or 10, what, 10 sessions with whomever the next administrator will be on that leadership and mentoring front. And it's all about trying to ensure that they get a candidate that we're happy with and that will stay around.

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And so sometimes providing that, you know, that added level of mentoring support can be good to get he or she involved in what other, you know, whatever they need to get involved with when they enter this field. So with that said, yeah, the recommendations here to go with DDA, as part of the process, I laid out the RFP in a way to have an aggressive time frame. I can do anything sloppy, but we wanna make sure that we get someone in here as soon as possible. And so they put together a timeline to have someone starting in September.

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I wouldn't hold them to that. These processes always take a different twist and turns. And I think in the original outline that I put in the packet, last meeting was anticipating maybe an October start date, but we'll see how all those things end up fluctuating as, we work through all of this. But, be that as it may, to get started on that, I think I've reached out to make connect with all the council members. Next week will actually be a kickoff with Liza. Liza will be our point of contact, be the lead recruiter for us, in this process.

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She'll look to do one on one sit down interviews with each of the council members. Should we do an an hour interview with leadership team and staff? I'll be taking around town going over various other things and some of those nuances about the community, but they're looking to hit the ground running and get started with this right away. So, hopefully that we can, you know, do our best to stay on schedule through all this and get a slate of candidates that we can all be happy about. And so when they go through this, they will put this out, national search, regional search, all the things,

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different websites and networking opportunities that exist out there. You know, based upon the response that they received. They'll whittle it down to a slate of semifinal interviews, and there will be a point of contact here locally that they'll be working with. And then at that time, they'll conduct video interviews with each of them and then bring back a slate of candidates for you to consider. They normally do these by numbers. That's how I've seen them do it in other communities so they'll like candidate three has x, y, and z and so you'll know who they are but it won't be public because

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only the finalists are public record And, then at that time, we'll be whittled down to whoever final candidate you know, your final candidates are. You can only do three to five and then bring them up here, and they'll facilitate the day of or however we feel like that process should go. There should be a community component to it. If there should be a tour involved, whatever, you know, and we can kind of work through those details and how that should work. And then they will, once an offer is extended to someone, they will help facilitate the negotiation side of things.

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So they would be that go between. So it's not like you're having to directly negotiate with the candidate themselves. So you'll work through the candidate. They'll usually, you know, offer up a standard ICMA contract, which is similar to what I have now and, you know, and kind of, you know, facilitate that and then get approved at the council level. And then there's some other expenses that may not be covered as part of this package. So let's say travel to and from, if you have someone that's traveling excessive distance to get here, maybe require a hotel room, you know,

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fuel mileage, you know, flight, whatever it may be. So there there will be some expenses. And so I I do feel like the the the payment of this, the where it's gonna come from, obviously, my salary not being fully realized, will, you know, take up a lot of that there, if not all of it. And there will be how I'm paid comes out of the combination of funds since I touch all different departments. So it'll be a little hit from the general fund, little hit from utilities and everything. But, again, I think all that will be, you know, pretty much made up with my departure here soon enough.

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So we're gonna save money with you being gone? We'll see. Yeah. Yeah. We shall see. And they'll help us to develop to that point, they will help us develop the position profile, which is an important component. That's sort of the first step that they have to do. As part of that process, they will, you know, ensure that our wage is in alignment and look at all those other factors that go into hiring any individual. Julie, anything to add to that? No. I I mean, it was like, pretty much what Peyton said. The they were all really close in a lot of the same parts.

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They all had something different, but this one offered the best. I think that piece of helping transition our next leader in that really had made them stand out from the other one. I would I would agree with that. I mean, the process is I I would say it's identical. Like, there's a a slight variation, but it's just a different color of gray. If depend I mean, we may not need the the leadership development ring if we find someone with enough experience and, you know, a a Minnesota transplant that knows all the ins and outs or whatever.

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It'd be easy. I I still consider Dilworth a a great place to to work, but I think Dilworth is an entry level position for many people, in city administrator. So, again, Peyton himself, public project manager as he came in, and he just had he had the skill set. He had the personality. He had the drive to to learn the position, and that that was key. The other part too is and then I'll give, Peyton and Julie a lot of credit for really going through, like, the cost component, because I'm of the mindset, let's let's get the best firm to get the best result. They were meticulous in looking at the the fee schedule and and how we could

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best do it, but this too does give us, there's an insurance of going put the full package. You could save $5,000 by doing a couple of things yourself or this, that, or anything else, which is a lot of money. However, if we just go with the full executive search and the first round does not yield the result that we want, the process can be reset and we don't have to pay another $26,000 So there's a couple of elements there. And again, at the end of the day, I think we came to a consensus this is the best next step for us. Questions,

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comments, mister Steichen? Peyton, did you have the mentorship part of your package when they hired you? We did not. So, actually, when I started, the the individual that was hired to do lead our recruitment, that was I don't think it was anything that was discussed with the or to my knowledge, it was not discussed with the council at that time. Now Richard, who led the search, he hit me up to do something like that right away for a fee, of course. And, so that was offered to me by him, but I denied I didn't know what I was doing anyway,

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so I just didn't didn't take advantage of it. But those are I I was afraid to spend any money. Kevin, did you have a question? I'm sorry. I don't care now. That's all good. Yeah. Fake it till you make it. Yeah. Yeah. No. I've I'm in lockstep with you guys on this. I think, you know, going through this before and how you guys are meticulous when it comes to these things. I'm sure this is probably the best bang for our buck. I like the idea of having a year of leadership development mentoring. And I think I mean, what correct me if I'm wrong,

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but, like, is that is that that's a transitional thing. Right? I mean, so even if, like you say, we get an applicant that we choose to move forward with, and then we necessarily need all of the building blocks to get there. But if it assists with that transition of Peyton moving out and, like, here's my little box of secrets, you know, and that mentorship program can help the new person come in and get more streamlined quicker, I think that's invaluable. So I think that would take on yeah.

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And to your point, I think it's gonna take on different forms depending upon what level Who you get. Of experience Yeah. Candidate that we have if we have because we I'm just gonna be honest with you. It's a it's it's a tough seat to fill. No. I'm not talking about me. I'm just saying in general, the position. It's very tough to find, people in Greater Minnesota, certain locations. It's, tough to fill these jobs. And if you do have someone that is near the field, I could see BART providing mentorship on getting involved in MCMA and what that means

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and, you know, the value of joining committees or how to get out and about. But if you have someone that's been doing this for several years and just looking for a change it may take on different forms. I'm working on my own, say, little transitional package of things that I know that, presumably, if the council wants me to provide some level of assistance, you know, through it all because I hate for anyone just to start day one and not even know where to go with all of this. So, I do anticipate me still being involved in some capacity, whether it be with Liza, when he or she starts,

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whatever it may be, to provide that support. Very clear that with my new employer, and they're certainly supportive of that, and they wouldn't expect anything less for me to come up here and spend a few days with whoever is selected. I think that's gonna be a necessity and just as important as the mentorship thing that we're gonna end up doing here. Any other questions or comments? Alright. So with that, I will entertain a motion for the recommendation to hire DDA human resources for our recruitment process. I'll make that motion. A motion by Nash.

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Steichen second. Second by Steichen. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Clayton, are you gonna go through that? I just forgot to hear that slide. I just don't do that all. We're good. Yeah. Alright. Thank you. So with that, it does move us into City Hall, Number 10 And 10 Alpha or 10 Bravo, rather. We get into our public hearing on resolution twenty six twenty seven. With it being seven zero one, we'll call our public hearing to order this time for real, and we will begin our public hearing with staff presentation.

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Peyton, could you please give us a a presentation on resolution twenty six twenty seven, the miscellaneous assessment for unpaid curb stop and repair invoice? Mhmm. Just an unpaid, invoice that was sent to someone. We need them to pay that. All right. Anything else from the staff presentation? No. That completes it. All right. Thank you, Peyton. That was a fantastic, public presentation. So with that, we'll ask, is there anyone here to speak, in favor or opposition to this? Second call to speak in favor or opposition? Hearing no one here or online,

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to speak, we'll close this public hearing and council discussion. Hearing none, I will entertain a motion, for Resolution 20 six-twenty seven, Miscellaneous Assessment. So moved. Motion by Peterson. Second. Second by Nash. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. With that, we also have resolution 2,628, miscellaneous assessment hearing for unpaid utility bill at, said address, Peyton. Yeah. Very similar to the last one, actually. Pay your Oh,

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okay. Outstanding, staff presentation. Thank you. Very well done. With that, we'll see if there's anyone here to speak in favor or in opposition. Second call, to speak in favor or opposition. And hearing no one to speak on this particular resolution, we will close this out and go to council discussion. Council? All right. Good talk. To that end, hearing no further discussion, questions, comments, or concerns, I will entertain a motion for resolution 20 six-twenty eight. Steichen, so moved. Motion by Steichen. Second. Second by Borra.

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All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. And with it being seven zero four, we will close our public hearings. There's still got to be a better way to do this. Alright. To that end, it does move us to council members concerns committee updates number 11. Around the horn. Local days all of a sudden, ten weekends away. Don't hold your breath. I've been informed that I will be, helping to, Peyton, maybe you can elaborate. I will be the the Jerry Anderson of Volga Days Parade this year. Oh. Look nice. Looking forward to that.

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Yeah. First of all, those are big shoes. Good luck. I mean, I like it. Congratulations. I was not aware they officially reached out to you, but that's that's an honor. That was I was informed on Thursday. Yeah. Yeah. We're we're getting a little short staffed on the committee, we'll say. And, so, yeah, anyone, everyone willing to help and step out step up, through it all would be greatly appreciated. And just as a matter of record, Jason Charlie will help you. Roger that. Appreciate that. Community center is broken ground as you can see. Progress going on out east, so that's exciting. We do we have a meeting tomorrow.

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Unfortunately, I will not be there. So, gosh. Other than that, seems like curb day went pretty well. Everybody's flat screen TVs and dishwashers got left on the curb for For proper. For proper transport over to the, the Clay County, transfer station. But, hats off to everybody involved with cleaning up, everybody's stuff. So I'll yield. Thank you. Yeah. The community center, groundbreaking. That was nice to see. I'm looking forward to that. I can't wait for what did they say? Year? No delays. Local days next summer.

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Yeah. Local days next I I heard him say it. Somebody said it. April was the word on the street this afternoon. And then, kite day. That was a hit. There was a lot of compliments on Facebook. People just really enjoyed it. So good job to you guys. Knocked it out of the park again. And I'm really excited that we got something with the church to do that park. I'm glad to see it updated. It's been sitting there for a while in need of updates, so I'm glad to move forward with that. And I'm glad we could come to a good agreement. That's all I got. Thank you,

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Amber. Mr. Stecken? It's exciting that, BNSF is taking the lead in helping and doing what they can, grants and studies and all that. So it'd be interesting to see where that goes. Groundbreaking was windy and dusty and dirty and cold and but that's good. That's what that's what they're all there for, to get dirty and cold. So, I was amazed by how many I thought, it's neat that a lot of people come from outside to witness it, to observe, to be part of it. So it's, you know, from county people to morid people and,

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chamber people and all that. So that's good. The police the kite the kite event was pretty neat. Your officers do a great job, chief. And I was thinking when I was a youngster, I don't know if I'd be comfortable going up and talking to a police. I've seen, like, Officer Mitchell and the others, they were untangling things and building things and putting kids through this and that and getting tangled in the air and, cold and screaming and running and dropping. And The kids were tangled in? So it's just neat how these guys I wasn't sure if it was on or

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the team. Everything. Everything that you could think of happened. Yeah. But I was a neat it was neat how these officers of yours, it's such an amazing event just to get seen out there and people talk to you. And you're you're you're regular human beings. So, I mean, the kids kind of forget that, you know, when they see you guys helping, playing, working. It's a fun way to put a kite together. Yeah. Well, I mean, Chief had struggled, and, the Chief the Chief is a local, TV celebrity, for Thursday morning, so it's always fun watching live broadcast.

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And anything that could happen there did happen there. So but so thank you for for the event. You know, it was kinda rainy the night before, and I was wondering, oh, wonder how this is gonna be. So but it's neat. It was very good. So so appreciate that. Yeah, it's exciting that you're getting involved. So I hope that hopefully, it can continue, and, I'm sure it will. So thank you. Thank you, mister Steichen. Julie? Well, most of my committee stuff was covered by agenda things, so that's good. But, I wanted to say, thank you for that heartfelt message that you gave about National Police Week.

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I think, it really hits home about how it affects all of us in the community and not just you because it's felt, by everyone. But on the the other side of that, kite day is the happy day and yeah. It was so over you've got about approximately a thousand people, if you think about that. Right? Because there's 350 kites. Yeah. We had three sixty summer donor kites because we screwed them up. So we're at 50. It's difficult to determine because you have people coming and going since it's open event

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for everyone. So someone said a thousand, someone said 900. Yeah. I mean, estimating, it's still amazing how how many people More than 10. Are just drawn. And I I like the setup this year in the parking lot. You know? The friends are just That really you know, like, getting them off the road, that really was nice. So kudos for the how it's set up. And and, I mean, you didn't anticipate how many people were gonna show up the the first year. Right? And so the second year, you're like, woah. You know? And it it was amazing. Yeah. And back to the groundbreaking, again,

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the community support to come out, to be there, with identifiable lions and lady lions and just, showing support for that, it really means a lot. And so I'm really excited about that. And I think that's it. Thank you, Julie. Hey. I don't have to say thank you. Hey. What are you gonna do, fire them? Now the ideas are rolling. Right. And and so speaking of which, obviously, the the the hiring of of the firm is a significant component.

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And, you know, they talk about and Peyton had mentioned, like, refining the job description and everything like that. As we went around the horn, council members, all our concerns were really about how great our city is, the positive things, the growth, the community center, the our not just the tight day, but our our approach to policing. What we're about to embark on will I would contend will be one of the most important decisions that we can possibly make. It does set the the the tenor, and it does set the vision, for how city hall is gonna run,

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for the foreseeable future. And I I I do, place that much important importance on it. And I and I say that because when DDA takes over and the job is posted, the first thing they're gonna do is Google our city. They're gonna look at maintenance. They're gonna look at fire. They're gonna look at police. They're gonna look at city hall, and then they're gonna look at all of us. And as as much as we are selling the position, we're also selling our city, and we're also selling ourselves and the work environment that we create for this person.

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Statewide, there's been a couple of similar searches that have actually been canceled or put on hold because of one reason or the other. But using Peyton as an example, we pulled him up from Kentucky, and there are all kinds of reasons that that he came here, but one of them has one thing that we need to maintain is a is a stable and positive working environment. And we are completely in control of that. How we interact with each other, how we interact with the public, how we see our job as, servant leaders, all of that is going to play a role, and it's going to be under a microscope for the next

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three to six to twelve months. We we are selling ourselves. We are selling our city in hopes that we're able to continue, not in hopes, with the vision and the expectation that we maintain a standard of positive growth and expectations for our citizens, and we meet those every single day. So I encourage all of us to think of all the positive things that we have been able to do together, the things that we push and strive to create for our citizens, and we highlight that as much as we possibly can in everything that we do,

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social media, news media, print media, whatever, because we are going to be under that microscope. And we've got some very serious work to do. To that end, I want to thank everybody for all the work they've done thus far. Just in this year, it's been wild. And again, just BNSF sitting here saying, okay, how are we gonna do that if that doesn't make your jaw drop? Man, that's pretty cool. So I wanna say thank you to everyone again, and I look forward to what the next three to six to twelve months brings us because we got some work to do. To that end, we are gonna move to number 12.

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We have to pay some bills. I will are there any questions on the bills? Hearing no questions, I will entertain a motion to pay the bills. So moved. Motion by Nash. Second. Second by Borra. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. And with there being no further business before council this evening, call this meeting adjourned.