With it being 06:00, we're gonna 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, number two brings us, roll call around the horn, please. Bora here. Steichen. Nash. And Olson. With that, moves us to number three. We have our agenda for approval. I am going to remove eight naught or eight d. I can't even say it. Without prejudice,
we just need some additional time to put some details together for future dates. So if we could just hold that for another meeting. Perfect. Any other questions about that from counsel? Okay. I will entertain a motion for our agenda with that, that update. Motion to approve the agenda with the amendment. A motion by Nash. Steichen to second. And a second by Steichen. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. With that, we have our consent. Any questions or comments on our consent? Hearing none, I will entertain a motion for our consent agenda this evening.
Steichen, so moved. Motion by Steichen. Second. Second by Borra. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. With that, moves us to number five, our, public comment period. Angela, has there been any formal request to speak before council this evening? No. There is not. Thank you very much, Angela. Once again, please encourage the public to participate in our process. It is a great way to help us ensure we're making progress. With that, it does move us to number six on our agenda, and six alpha is the Lake Agassiz Regional Library, presentation. Miss Lynch?
Hello. Thank you for coming this evening. Yeah. The floor is yours. Opportunity. I see there aren't any times next to the agenda. So I can talk about libraries all day? Is that all night? Is that how that works? You are six a, and as you are a part of the agenda, you do not have a time limit. Alright. Okay. So I do have a slideshow here, and we'll just start with slide number one. And I'd just like to thank all of you for the opportunity to be here today to talk a little bit about services offered by Lake Agassiz Regional Library and,
really, to answer any questions if you are interested in exploring a public library for the city of of Dilworth. So to start out, I think it's worth mentioning that currently there's over a thousand, Dilworth residents who are currently registered as Lake Agassiz Regional Library cardholders. And so that we would assume that if there was a public library in Dilworth, of course, those numbers would just grow greatly. So you might ask yourself, why should the city of Dilworth have a public library if the residents are already
using Lake Agassiz Regional Library services? And my answer is the benefit, is that libraries are a special amenity that's open to everyone in the community. It provides educational enrichment and entertainment opportunities for all ages and is a true resource for the preservation of health, happiness, and quality of life in our communities. When community members go into our public libraries and sign up for library cards, they're often saying, I just moved to town. The first thing I wanted to do when I came to town was sign up
for a library card. Why do they do that? They do that because it's an excellent way to meet people, find out what's going on in the community, and really be a part of something bigger. So, in addition, another great reason, to have a public library in Dilworth is transportation. It's an issue in every community. Whether we're talking about individuals or daycares or individuals in nursing home, nursing home residents, the homebound, etcetera, your local library always has a way to reach out to those individuals to get the services that they need to improve their quality of oh, you're on the second slide. Okay. So, with that in mind,
I'll just share some information regarding the library system the and the resources offered, and then I'm gonna talk a little bit about support systems in place as well. So Lake Agassiz Regional Library is just one regional library system of 12 in the state of Minnesota. And, as you can see, Lake Agassiz Regional Library provides public library in a seven county service area. Within those seven counties, we do have 22 locations and 13 of those locations are public libraries or branch
libraries and then we also have nine link sites and communities across the the region. With, the the link sites are just small collections. They are collections small collections of materials, that are in community centers around the region and they're open about six hours a week and the whole idea is that those link sites are a link to the larger regional library system. Also, on this map, we do have a regional office or a headquarters and that headquarters is where I
work and, it is currently located in the Lower Level of the Morehead Public Library. So, if you'll go to slide three. The mission of Lake Agassiz Regional Library is to enrich lives and strengthen communities. This is a mission that I feel very passionately about and I believe all 85, employees in our regional library system feel that same way. We do this by providing a large list of services and we have a large list of resources and, we can kind of sum all those up in four different categories and,
as you can see from the slide, the first category is collection and materials, the next is programming and events, the third is computer and internet access, and the fourth is information and referral services. Do you want to go to the next slide? So, collection and materials. Of course, books, when people think about libraries, they think of books and really our collection of materials is really our bread and butter of our services and it's really a reflection of the community. As you can see from the slide, we provide both physical and digital,
materials. Lake Agassiz Regional Library really operates as one library. We have one collection of materials that happens to be housed in 22 locations. Anyone in any location has access to any of the other materials through a holds and delivery system and a transit system. And as you can see for the physical collection, those are the items you can actually physically hold in your hand. Those are our books, DVDs, audiobooks, CDs, magazines, newspapers. We also have book discussion kits.
We have, Wi Fi hotspots for checkout and then and a variety of other items as well. And then we also have our digital collection, which has downloadable ebooks, eaudiobooks, and emagazines. These are digital items are so popular across the region. We're having a hard time keeping up with the demand, but we recently went out and talked to community members about, you know, what they wanna see in our libraries. And while the digital items are so convenient, people just aren't ready to give up the print books yet.
So, if you wanna go on to the oh, yep. Programs and events for everyone, Lake Regional Library has a great track record of building community through programming and events. Programs are always free of charge and open to the public, and here's a list of some of our traditional library services that are offered in all of our locations. So, we do have the summer reading program for youth, of course. They're all family friendly events every week during the summer. You can bring your family to these events. We also have a reading incentive program because we want kids to read.
We want kids off of their devices and we'd rather see them with a book in their hand. We really try to help, with education and we really try to prevent that summer slide during the summertime. We have this 1,000 books before kindergarten, which has been wildly popular. This is a program where, individuals bring or excuse me. It's a reading incentive program and we really encourage parents or caregivers to read 1,000 books to their children before they start kindergarten, so that they can really understand concepts,
have a great vocabulary. The list goes on regarding the, how the wiring in their brain can, really improve with with, while when you read to them. And so we want them to be ready for kindergarten. We have our preschool story times. This is such a community builder. Parents and caregivers, daycares all bring children to these preschool story times. We've heard stories from around the region where, parents will meet when their children are young at these preschool story times and then twenty years later,
the same group of women are going to Mexico every summer together because they've created such a bond, in those early days with their preschool children. Of course, we have book discussion groups across the region, and then I did hand out a legacy brochure to all of you. We do receive funding from the state of Minnesota through the legacy amendment. We receive funding through the arts and cultural heritage fund. We do plan events across the region in all of our locations no matter the size of the community and we feature Minnesota's authors,
artists, and musicians and historians. These are events that people put on their calendar months in advance. We have such great attendance for these events. It's always so great when there's an author or a historian speaking. They'll speak for forty five minutes And then after that, that's when the community starts asking questions, and you can just you can just feel the community building during the conversations. It's just a very rewarding program. And then, of course, we provide support and guidance for events and programs that are unique to each community.
We also provide, computer and Internet access. We really wanna work towards bridging that digital divide. Not everyone has a computer or Internet access at home. There are still a lot of people, for whatever reason, still want to come into the library to use the public access. We also provide free wireless Internet laptops for in library use, printing, copying, faxing, virtual meeting tools, wireless hot Internet hotspots, and then, of course, support on how to use all of this. There are still so many people who have trouble navigating through the Internet or through
anything having to do with the computer and, with computer programs, so we are there to assist. And then, information and referral this is still something that we're really dealing with and public libraries are really important right now. There's a lot of information online that is, questionable. And so, we do provide online access to a full suite of online journal articles, genealogy resources, consumer information, resources for homework help and test preparation. We assist with, resume and job resources, varying online information,
referral to agencies, general computer and device assistance, and so much more. So, regarding Laurel operations, how are we able to provide all these service and much more in 22 communities? Again, the answer is pretty simple. We operate as one library. As a consolidated library system, we have one governing board. We have the joint powers agreement signed by seven counties and five cities. We have one set of policies, one operating budget, and all of this helps us maximize efficiency and effectiveness.
We also have our Laurel headquarters. This is a funny image to put on this slide because this is not our headquarters nor is it a regional office employee. But, our headquarters has a team of 14 individuals who take care of as much of the behind the scenes work as possible so that the people who are working the front lines, can just really concentrate on that person who is walking through the door and assisting them and also planning those programs to best meet the needs of the community. So this is just a sample of some of the support that we provide from
our headquarters. We can go to the next one. So, I did want to, also include a slide of division of responsibilities or partnerships, I would like to say. So regarding, our regional library system, counties, according to Minnesota statute one thirty four, they are required to be a member of a regional library system and so we do have a joint powers agreement that, as I mentioned earlier, is signed by, seven counties and five cities. By being a signatory,
you have a seat on the board and also are agreeing to be a primary funder. The responsibility of the city is, basically for the facility. In all of our libraries and link sites, the locations are all the facilities are all owned by the city. And, also, the city is responsible for janitorial services and upkeep. And then as mentioned, some of our cities have signed the joint powers agreement and so they will have a a seat on the board and those primary funding responsibilities. And then like Gagazy Regional Library,
our responsibility is with the funding from the state of Minnesota, the counties, and the cities, We provide the staffing, the personnel, all the services and resources previously mentioned, and all general operations. And so, basically, what we often talk about is how, the, facility is owned by the city, and we own anything that's not connected to the wall, basically. And I think we can go on to the next one. So, I just also wanna go back to that original question that I brought up earlier
regarding why would you want a library in Dilworth when people are already using, like, Regency Regional Library Services and, really, it's because public libraries can be the anchor of the community. I'll just mention again that libraries are one of the most valuable amenities a community can have. They provide free access to information, technology, and learning opportunities which help bridge gaps in education and in income. And as a librarian, of course, I wish we had a library in every community in our region,
but I know that that is not very realistic. And so, I'm happy to answer any questions you might have about the Lake Agassiz Regional Library System and to, gather any additional information you might like. Thank you, Liz. Questions from counsel? Mister Steichen? Well, thank you, miss Lynch, for coming here and making your presentation. Yeah. You kind of answered my question on the funding part with the seven counties and five cities. The I'm a member of the Lake Agassiz. I've taken advantage a lot of their activities and functions over there.
It's a pretty neat place. Now other not the link sites, but those other 13 Yeah. Mhmm. Do they have similar programmings that kinda you kinda take the lead in Morehead and they kinda Yep. Have the same theme for the month? Or Yep. That's exactly right. And, we plan all of that out of a lot of it out of our headquarters. Mhmm. And so, like, the legacy events that you see in these brochures, we have a legacy coordinator who takes care of planning those events all across the region and yeah. And the link sites, I'm guessing I've been to one of them Oh.
Where they got limited amount of resources. Yeah. But I suppose they can you can have brought in have you can bring in whatever once things rotate out. Yep. That's right. Mhmm. Thank you. Yep. Any other questions? I I was I I agree. I was hard pressed to give up book, like, the physical Mhmm. Book. But that Libby app Mhmm. Is amazing. Yeah. If you like audiobooks, it's the only way I can cook or clean or do lawn, lawn work. So yeah.
Yeah. Libya is pretty amazing. I like the transition, but my real question is, does the Lake Agassiz Regional Library, do they have an expansion, like, a a strategic plan for expansion to where they would like to be? I know this is probably an opportunity that is, you know, on the horizon potentially. But is there a plan for locations that the library would like to be in other than every community? Yeah. Well, it's kind of interesting because right now, we're going through a strategic planning process. We really do not we did not have any plans to add any new locations.
You know, we have always said that we would only add a library in a commune a growing community, and that's just not the case in many of our communities in the seven counties. But Dilworth is kind of the exception to that rule with such a growing population. And so this this is this would be it. Any others? Again, miss Lynch, thank you very much for coming out this evening, and we look forward to seeing where this takes us. Great. Thank you so much for having me. Have a great evening. Stay warm and dry.
It's that time of year now. Right? Yeah. Transition is happening. Thank you very much. So with that, we do move on to number seven on our agenda, and that is our planning and engineering. Seven Alpha is Resolution 2,553. We have the approval of the 2026 through 2030 transit development plan. We have both Adam and Adin presenting here this afternoon or this evening from Metro COG. And gentlemen, we'll turn the floor over to you. Good evening, mayor, council members. Thank you for your time here tonight. Again, my name is Adam Altenberg,
and with me is Aidan Young. And we're here on behalf of MetroCog to present the twenty twenty six, two thousand and thirty transit development plan. This is a plan that we update every five years, which looks at ways to improve transit services in the Fargo Moorhead Metropolitan Area. So next slide. So jumping right into the plan here. So we divided this plan into five components. We have the existing conditions analysis, that looks at things such as route analysis, system barriers, those sorts of those sorts of issues. Future system needs, identification. So looking down the road, what what would we like to see in terms of our transit within the our
more more metropolitan area. Service recommendations. And within this plan, this took, took the form of two different service scenarios, which I'll touch on a little bit later. And we had, the, public provide feedback on those and what they'd like to see. Talking about community feedback, we had a number of surveys that we, put out as part of this plan, including one that was tailored for the city of Dilworth. We also had an online story map where people could put, if they identify different barriers within the community, they they were able to do that online. And also several public input opportunities on physical meetings.
And then lastly, coordinated transportation plan. So this looks at regional transportation providers, not just Map Bus, but all of those different providers within our area. Next slide. So TDP purpose, basically, this builds off the goals, objectives, transit system recommendations that were established in our last transit development plan, identified transit service needs, prioritizes investments and determines resources required for implementing those service adjustments and then again, updating that human coordinated human services transportation plan. Next slide.
So planning process, so we kicked off this plan in July 2024. Again, for those first couple of months, summer or winter to 2024, it was really looking at those existing conditions, collecting data, holding some of those, initial community and stakeholder engagement opportunities, also looking at route performance, so looking at all the different transit routes within the community, looking at their on time performance and other issues that might have arised with transit routes in the area. And then looking at issues and opportunities identification.
Late winter twenty twenty four and into the spring of this year, we looked at future system needs. This is where we looked at those two different service scenarios. One is looking at expanded fixed route services. Other was looking at, potential on demand areas, for areas that don't see a lot of transit service, but wanted to get the community's feedback on those and what they would like to see, for future system needs. And then also looking at, future improvement priorities. And then again, look, we, held some additional community stakeholder engagement. This took the form of a public engagement meeting in March 2025 as well as
those, additional surveys for cities of West Fargo and Dilworth to get, get their feedback on specific needs within their communities. And then finally, final plan development. This is something that we, worked on over the summer here and up until the fall. So looking at some of the future recommendations, and then finishing up that coordinated, transportation plan. And then brings us here to today where we're, speaking with jurisdictions here, this month and next month and looking for, approval by Metro Cox policy board in December. So next slide. So engagement, this is broken into three different,
three different areas, you could say. So we had a study review committee. This is made up of staff from Nat Bus and, planners from local jurisdictions. We met four times throughout the study process. And within those four different meetings, we usually combine that with a public input opportunity. So as you can see, we had issues and opportunities October 2024, service alternatives in March 2025. And then we did have an online public opportunity to review the draft plan here in late August. In addition to those, we had several focus groups that met in late January.
So this was, groups, specific meetings with local jurisdictions, planners from local jurisdictions, human services, community based organizations, large businesses within our areas and employers. We also met with first responders, emergency preparedness, and then finally, higher ed institutions in that area. So what did we hear? So if you look to the left here, how well does existing MAPPA service work for you? We had 75 respondents to this question. Two thirds said that the service works well or sometimes works well. That's pretty good.
For the people that said that the existing service does not well and I'm sorry, it looks like it was cut off here on that slide here a little bit. But for those that said the service doesn't work well, some of the reasons for that was lack of Sunday service. With West Fargo specifically, there's a lack of kind of North South connectivity. Also some service gaps within Southwest Fargo area. And then also people did talk about real and perceived securities concerns, with the with the transit in the area. Another, if you go back oh, that's okay. One other thing I'll just highlight quick is we did ask a question.
Do you transfer to complete your trip? And what we found is that three fourths of respondents said that they usually they use two or more trips to get to their destination. So that also kind of drove some of the recommendations that we'll talk about a little bit later in this presentation. So preferred service plan. So these are kind of the guiding principles for our transit development plan. And I'll just kind of go through them quick. So simple and direct, bidirectional. So routes should be operating in both directions at the same time. Fewer transfers,
and with that, we're, and we'll kind of look at some of the options that we came up with that. Maintaining access, scalable and that's important especially with some of the budgetary issues that came up with one of our jurisdictions kind of later in the planning process. So making sure that this TDP, if funding is short in a certain year, that some of the recommendations can be scaled back. And then if future funding is available, being able to go forward with those recommendations at a future time. And then lastly, reliable, and making sure that routes are designed to ensure that they operate on time.
So some of the key, route changes and I'll just touch upon, briefly. So, looking at Route 3, that's in South Southeast Moorhead. A couple of changes to Routes 46 And 9 that serve Central Moorhead and Southeast Moorhead as well as City Of Dilworth. And then on the North Dakota side, I looked at Route 13 that serves on a North Dakota campus in North Fargo. And then we won't get into the specifics for this meeting, but also looked, closely at Routes 182021 in Fargo, West Fargo, and also a new, new route in that area as well to serve their new city hall in the
Lights District. So, so with some of those changes to some of the routes, I do note that 99.6 of existing customers would be continued would continue to be served. So and even though it's a 15.4 of 4.40.4% of existing riders, some of these route changes, they would actually have a 2% increase in the number of residents served within our communities and also a 5% increase in the number of job centers served. So regional impacts here. So one of our goals was looking at fewer two and three proceeds rides.
And what we've come up with is, several interlined pairs, including for the City Of Dilworth. So for City Of Dilworth residents, you don't have to transfer to the Walmart and get another bus to get to Downtown Fargo. That would all just be one route, with some of the changes that are recommended as part of the transit development plan. So as you can see, there's the route between the city Of Biltworth and then, South Moorhead that would be interlined, and then several routes on the North Dakota side as well. Also, looking at more directional, bidirectional routes. So not just looking at kind of the generic loops that you might see in
what's with other transit systems, but making sure that the routes are actually serving areas that people need or want to go to. So and making sure that that's emphasized with future transit routes. So highlighting some of the changes here for the cities of Morehead and Dilworth. So looking at Route 4, that's the route that kind of goes to the North Side of Morehead here. Making that bidirectional route that would actually serve some of the the new Clay County service centers on Fifteenth Avenue just north of the Walmart.
That was something that we heard from represent representatives from Clay County that they wanted to see those new service centers have to have transit access. So that was an important feature that we did include as part of this plan. Route 6, this would be a new bidirectional route that would replace parts of Route 4. This would run every thirty minutes between the Ground Transportation Center and Fargo and would, go all the way to Dilworth and serve, the new rail district as well as the, new community center. So again, that would just be one route.
It would go for a it would switch the numbering would switch from six to six a when it entered the city of Dilworth, but it would be the same route. So again, you wouldn't have to hop off a bus and get on a new bus. And this should also improve on time performance with with those routes. And then another bidirectional route is looking at six b. That's the one that goes to the south along 30 Fourth Avenue. We did eliminate or kind of reconfigured that route. This was started when the Sam's Club came up in the area about ten years ago. But when the when Sam's moved out and with the new,
career academy for the Morehead High School, there just isn't a lot of ridership in that area even with, Menards in that area too. So we've eliminated that and, actually looking to serve, some additional neighborhoods on the West Side Of 30 Fourth Avenue. And then we still go down to, the Sanford clinic and then, come back up, to Walmart and then to Brown Transfers and Center at Fargo. So final plan feedback. So throughout August and September, we've been soliciting additional community feedback. This was brought to our MAPAS Coordination Committee in October.
And what we're saying here, too, is that we're still soliciting feedback from you and from the community. Again, we're not looking to approve this plan until December. So if you have any comments here tonight or if you can think of any additional comments after this presentation, please feel free to reach out to us, and we'll make sure that those are addressed before final approvals here in December. And then lastly, I touched upon this. So again, this is probably about halfway through our planning process that we, started to hear, some of the concerns from one of our jurisdictions about funding issues within their communities.
So we did try to address that, within the transit development plan. Again, making that scalable so that if there are if there are issues that arise, we can kind of, look at what are some of the options to maybe scale back services. And then when funding is available, how can we revamp those services in the future? And then lastly, coordinated plan. Again, this is an inventory of different transportation, providers, not just MapUs, but, provides, additional information on all of those different, transit providers within Cass and Clay Counties. And then just some quick goals for that plan there.
Service availability and accessibility, education, marketing awareness, financial sustainability, promoting regional coordination and also utilizing the use of new technologies. Touching on those briefly. Again, approval time line. We this was presented to the Minneapolis Coordination Committee in, in October, just, was it about a week and a half ago, two weeks ago, and was, recommended for approval for the four jurisdictions, that map us, serves Fargo, Morehead, West Fargo, and Dilworth. So we are reaching out to those four communities here this month and next month, and then final approval again with,
MetroCog's policy award in December. So with that, that concludes our presentation. Would be happy to take if there's any questions at this time. Thank you, Adam. Any questions from counsel? Mayor, I have a question. Adam, with the potential cutbacks from the city of Fargo, I mean, our route in Dilworth is basically left intact. Nothing changed there. And that's what the feedback you had gotten from the people, correct? So, I'm just wondering, is there any discussion about trying to change the route, shorten it up, or is it a discussion of frequency of buses? Repeat your question here. It's Yes.
Is there any discussion about possibly changing the route or we're on a thirty minute cycle now, increasing the length between cycles, you know what I'm saying, trying to reduce the cost. Yeah. And it's again, the funding for transit on the North Dakota and Minnesota sides are vastly different. State of Minnesota has a lot of additional funding for transit, for communities. So the issue that came about was, so transit has a cost allocation plan. So when the city of Fargo was looking to cut their services,
it would actually have increased the cost to the city of Moorhead and Dilworth, but not expanding services. And that was what the issue the issues that were coming about. And what's the MAPPA's coordination committee to discuss in September? Really try to minimize those impacts. Most of the service cuts that were being looked at in September were actually taken off the table. City of Fargo did decide to provide some additional fundings for some of those proposed cuts. So the impacts to Dilworth and Moorhead are very negligible with regard to that cost
allocation plan. If that makes sense. Yes, that answers the question. Thank you. Other questions from counsel? Where are we with the MAP bus at Walmart, the new That's a very good question. I think we're aware of the issue. We have not heard what what those discussions are. For that new, transit hub Okay. And what's what is what is happening with that. Our our information is there have not been any additional discussions in in in several months. So Thank you.
Adam, I guess mine is my question is in line with service and funding. Did the other jurisdictions approve this? So, our coordination committee recommended it to, jurisdictions for approval and resolutions of support. Wells Fargo did approve it last Monday. They had some issues and concerns, but it wasn't it was less with the TDP and more with Map Bus itself. So we tried to answer those questions as best we could. But still the city of Dilt Worth, you're the second that we've met with.
We're meeting with, Fargo and Moorhead here in November. Julie? I just want to say I appreciate the thought and process that went into it because I like how it keeps the route in Dilworth and adjusted. And while not you know, diminishing service, but keeping in mind where transportation needs are and and also with the part with Moorhead, you know, like, with where it out. So I appreciate the thought and process that went into that. Thank you. Thank you. Any other questions or comments? Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much, as Vice Mayor Nash said, for the efforts that went into this and then also for coming on presenting,
to us this evening. Thank you. Thank you, Bruce. Before, Yep. Yep. We have so before us is resolution twenty five fifty three, the approval of the '26 through 2030 transit development plan. If there's no other discussion from counsel, I will entertain a motion, for resolution 20 Five-fifty three. Steichen, so moved. Motion by Steichen. Second. And a second by Nash. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Thank you very much, gentlemen. Stay warm, stay dry. With that, it does move us, to number eight on our agenda.
And eight alpha is consideration of pay request 21. We have our fire hall reconstruction project. Gotta be getting close. We're, like, right there. Right there. Looks great from the highway even at night. So, yeah. Like you said, we have our should be final pay request here tonight, $54,623.28. The only bill that's left is for paying for the commissioning agent to, he's working just to make sure he's tuning in all the mechanical electrical systems. And they only wanna submit one bill when he's all done,
and he's working on the fall portion into winter of the mechanical systems right now. We tried to get it here before the billings were due for for this meeting, but they didn't, send them in. So that's the only bill that's gonna show up. So so this will be our our last meeting here today, and, we'll send that in when it comes in. But we have a line item for that in our general conditions, amount. So everybody else, as I look down our list of contractors, is all a 100 build out for the project right now. And, you know, we'll have a balance in the general conditions of almost 50% and quite a bit
left in our contingency. So very successful project for for both the City Of Dilworth and Gertz Construction. So So Outstanding. Any questions? So we'll have one more pay request. It'll be more of a billing and invoice that will be submitted. It's not from a not from a contractor that has a contract here, but, yes. There'll be one more bill that comes through. I just wanna celebrate that last one. I don't know what anyone else I just wanna celebrate that last one. Will you let me know where we're celebrating at? I will. I will. Any other questions for that? We good? Hearing none, I will entertain a motion for pay request number 21.
So moved. Motion by Borra. Second. Second by Nash. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. That one's done. Yeah. Again, I won't probably come for the last one being it's just a simple billing, unless you request me to be here. But, I appreciate, us being selected for the, fire station project. It's been an honor to work with you guys, and we can't wait to work with you again on the community center. Thank you very much. I really appreciate it. I like the fact that I have money on contingencies left over. It'd be fantastic. Roll it over. Pay the bill.
Yeah. Pay the bill. That does move us, from eight alpha to eight bravo. We have an update on condition, for consideration, the firefighter build update and a request to send two additional firefighters. Chief? Yeah. Yeah. It's that time, coming up in December or January. We're hoping to have the engine done. Just like the first time, we're gonna we need to send a group down to go through all 414 lines of the build again, make sure everything was built properly, check it out, do go with any defects,
and then test out the engine. If we don't do that and the engine comes up here, we're responsible for any repairs or anything that was missed. So this is a good opportunity. It's in the best interest of the city, best interest of the fire department to to get this done. My feeling, my personal feeling is to put eight eyes on it instead of two. Or instead of two people, instead of four eyes, it just goes faster and better from that first this is all from that first, foray down there. It's a process. It takes it takes the full sixteen hours to do it,
and I wanna get it right. It's a $715,000, $721,000 now piece of equipment. So let's get it right down there and not have to worry about it when it gets back up here. I'll answer any questions if you have them. Questions for the chief? Are you gonna send the same people you sent? No. I'm not. I these are strategically picked. We have Josh Worm as a captain on Fargo Fire. He's mister firefighter. He knows he knows a lot of different things. He works with those trucks every day. The other two are truck drive trucks or have driven trucks,
and so they know the truck portion. And I'm there just to sign off and and make sure everything goes because it all falls on the chief. So I wanna make sure it goes smoothly and, from that aspect. So they're strategically chosen by me, and then they'll be here they should be here for the next build, and so they can just pass that on. They're also part of the truck committee. So they're the ones that actually went through the build and and created this on paper. So Sounds like good choices. Any other questions for the chief?
Mine are answered, but that's fine. So I have to ask a question like where Oh, yeah. Yeah. Where's the money coming from? We kinda planned that when we when we did sell that compressor to to Moorhead. That's kinda what I wanted to use that money for because it was not budgeted, but I I, you know, I probably won't be here for the budget, but the next chief should budget that in the build of the truck. That's Right? And we didn't know. We we have never built with Pierce. And going back to the other two trucks that I've been involved with, the 02/2005 2015, that was just on the periphery.
They weren't done that way, and and there was problems. I mean, they just they weren't built to what we wanted, and or what we needed. They get there was some roundabout things done, and and we paid for it over time. You know, it's still functional, but, you know, this should have been here. This should have been there. And and that's what we asked for, and it wasn't done right. So so, yeah, so I'm kinda looking at, you know, looking forward to to making sure it's right. You know? At the end of the day, we need that built correctly. So Any other questions for the chief? Is and and just my last one then,
chief, is, you know, because you said if we put what happens if the eyes miss? Like, what kinda you put eight eyes on it, but if we miss it, what kind of action do we have once we get it home? Then we have to send it down to Minneapolis. Apple Valley, they have a plant, and that's where they'll fix the problems. So we still have options. Right? We still have options, but the way the process works is once we're once we're done with it, they'll drive it up to Apple Valley. And and then they'll put it in their plant, and they'll go through it again. If they miss it then then Right. Yeah. You know, so I'm hoping that both of those things,
it's still I think it still costs when they bring it up. If it's at the factory and they repair it, it's they're on their dime. But when they bring it to Apple Valley, once it comes into Minnesota, it's it's basically it's on our dime. So let's hope that nothing major goes wrong with it. But And I guess my last comment would be as we're going to invest three quarters of a million dollars on this, to me, this is a no brainer. And at some point, like, it I think it needs to be formalized in the process of buying and building trucks that this is how it's done.
That'd be my recommendation. I'm in no means by telling you how how you should run your department. But I like I like the idea of eyes on. I like the ideas of of making sure there's it's test driven before it gets brought home. Yeah. For lack of a better term because I know they're a complex piece of equipment, and and I think to me, it's just it's a great investment to make sure it's right when we get it here. Yeah. And also involving those other members, it it it it's ownership. And once ownership, you know, it's pride, all that, it gets done to the best of our ability.
So Any other questions for chief? Do you want a formal recommendation that we're gonna support you in sending the two additional? Please do. I will entertain a motion from counsel. Steichen, motion to approve two additional firefighters to visit Pierce manufacturing facility. I have a motion by Steichen. Second. And a second by Borra. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Thank you. Thank you, chief. Thanks. Sorry, dad. Do I need a stay here? I think so. Okay. Alright. Rental registration program? Yep. PD, FD? That's on here.
PD, FD. Here we go. That does that gets That includes me. The the chairs are now full for 8 Charlie. We have the update on our, rental registration program. Chiefs? Chiefs. Alright. Well, mister mayor, council members, mister Lauersong, miss Miller. Yes. Alright. So we're miss Miller was able to put together we've worked in collaboration to determine the best way to do inspections, and this is this falls under the crime free housing, not mister Schroeder's inspection. So, normally well, what we've agreed, chief Payne and I have agreed to his agency, his department will take care of the multi family units,
so anything apartments. The police department will take care of all single family homes. So one thing that I know with my department, what I've done is I've instilled this upon our CSOs. We are looking for the single family homes, and I've divided in the cities into four quadrants. I have our CSOs working on one side of town one year, the other side of town the second year. Also, with the follow-up on the other in between the years. So Northeast, Southwest, so forth. And And so this is this is this is new to the fire department. I did find one member that is a Moorhead fireman that,
Jeff True, that has agreed to do the inspections of the multifamilies. I have not talked to him to see how he's dividing it up, and we'll see how much of a how much of a I'm not gonna say burden, but a load it is for him to do do those types of inspections. But the the idea was to do half in one year, half in the next year, and then he can spread it out however he sees fit. Yeah. And that's something that you can also we our agency can collaborate with our Cranefree Housing with your designee. So since it's new to you guys,
it's it's something that we've done since 2022. We wanted to start this process again, especially with our CSOs having to. We have a little more versatility within our department to make sure this is happening. So it was nice to be able to collaborate, especially with the fire department, with the multifamily units, apartment complexes. They know what they're looking for. Single family homes is a little bit easier on our end. Thank you, John. Questions from counsel? Just a quick one from me, I guess. Is there communications to the property owners that this is taking place? Will they be notified in advance?
How does that work? Exactly? That will be done. We have a draft we send a letter out, to the various agents, to the various departments. Hopefully, I printed one out. It is something just a generic one. I can bring it up to show it. But we do have a letter, a form letter that we do send out to the property owners, and we could also do this on behalf of the fire department as well. And the tenants, I'm assuming that they'll be communicated with as well. Property owner may not always be the tenant. Right? The Multifamily. For the multifamily homes, it's just gonna be the units will just be the building owner or the management
company. Since we're not expecting, are you are you guys looking at inspecting No. Not units itself. Not units. Exterior. Just a common unit. Laundry rooms. Yep. Correct. Mary, do you have a question for the chief. I've got both chiefs there for Hunter. Oh, come on. Complaints and that kind of thing, are that still gonna be routed through your office because availability of the firefighters or whatever? How is that gonna be handled? We can take the initial complaint if it comes down to it's something I can relate to your designee for that aspect unless you have a and this is a question I haven't asked. Do you guys have a separate email account for you guys?
Yes. We do. Okay. So if that's something we could any any single family homes will take care of the complaints. Any of the multi apartment complexes can go to the fire department. But we can also do a joint send to both just so it's double covered. Yeah. It's just so that there is somewhere for people to contact. So there's some and a complaint doesn't get dropped. I guess this is my only my only concern. And and that's the only that was the one concern we had. How many fingers are in this, you know, with the two departments? Excuse me. I think that it's a we have better accountability for the citizens and those that are paying the registration fees. So for any complaints,
I'd like to see it go to that individual, or we can set up as we do with the finance department. One email for the finance goes to both Jessica and and Perry. So we can set something up like that too. We'll probably on our end. So Any other questions? Well, tell them, I will say thank you for the update. We appreciate it. Continue the good work. Absolutely. And you don't need anything from us, correct? Nothing from you guys. Thank you very much. Alright. Thank you. With the change Do I need to skip? I need to skip here for the next one, right, with the change? No. With the change, we're just gonna move,
right to number nine, actually, on our agenda, our amended agenda. We're now into nine, and we have, nine alpha. We have our public hearing, on resolution twenty five fifty five, miscellaneous assessment hearing for unpaid nuisance violation fine invoice at 203 Fourth Street Northwest. With it being six what is that? 54. We'll open, the public hearing and start with the staff presentation. Angela. There was a nuisance violation, and it wasn't abated. And we, gave him a fine, and he did not pay that either.
So here we are. Perfect. Thank you very much, Angela. We appreciate that. With the end of our staff presentation, we'll now go to public comment. Is there anyone here to speak in favor? Second call in favor. In opposition? Anyone here speak in opposition? Second call in opposition? Hearing no public comment, we will close the public hearing at 06:55, and have council discussion. Questions from council? I will entertain a motion for resolution twenty five fifty five. So moved. I have a motion by Nash. Steichen second.
And second by Steichen. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. With that, it does bring us to number 10. Council members' concerns and committee updates are on the horn, please. I just wanna wish the varsity football team the best of luck on Halloween. Hopefully, they bring it home. That's all I got. Thank you. Mister Steichen? I don't have any official, but, do wanna mention that, Mike's mother had passed away. So our sympathies go out to the Mike and his family. So so it's always tough to lose lose a parent, but we're thinking about you.
That's it. Thank you, mister Seiken. Julie? We did have a meeting on the community center, and so they're moving forward with all this. Nice to see the thought process and all the people involved that, like, come together to talk about it. That was great to see the involvement. I see other than that, officer Mitchell will be going down to Texas, for her training very soon. So on the next before our next meeting, I think. And then, we also now have two certified instructors on gloves.
So, we can do that. Red Dot? We can set a certified instructor. Red Dot certified. So they can do that in house now with the instructing each other. Right? Is that how it works? Correct. And what our certification just assists another agency with their certification as well. So something we can send to other agencies. Very nice. Awesome. Anything else, ma'am? That's it. Thank you. Angela? I have no problem. Alright. To that end, I just wanna say thanks for a great month in the transition. I know we're probably looking at snowfall and all that good stuff as yeah. We'll see.
We'll see. So to that end to that end, we're gonna keep this under an hour. Moves us to, to number 11. 11 a is, bills to be paid. And if there's no questions on the bills, 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. With there being no further business before council seating, call this meeting adjourned.