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Part 1 (Video ID: 0NvxY6t5iBw):
- 00:00:01: Meeting Called to Order, Agenda and Minutes Approved
- 00:02:47: Public Forum (None), Ordinance Readings and Consent Agenda
- 00:06:04: National Treatment Court Proclamation and Presentation
- 00:14:32: Treatment Court Board Member Needs Discussed
- 00:23:45: National Travel & Tourism Week and Public Works
- 00:26:29: Planning Commission Appointments and Hiring Committee
- 00:30:33: Fire Department Equipment and Summer Employees
- 00:32:20: Ambulance Roster Changes, Resignations Acknowledged
- 00:34:03: Board and Committee Reports, Officer Recognition
- 00:37:12: Second Public Forum (None), Meeting Adjournment


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like to call the uh regular city council meeting of the city of International Falls to order. It's uh Monday, May 4th, 5:30 p.m. Um would you stand and >> Pledge allegiance with us?

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>> 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.

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Thank you. Um, all counselors are present except for Mayor Dill. He is absent tonight, this evening. Um, we get approval of the agenda. Any additions or deletions? >> I'll move to approve.

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>> I'll second. >> Motion by councelor Kaylor to approve. Second by councelor Buller. Any discussion? Call a question. I >> I >> I I motion carried. Thank you.

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Okay. Approval of minutes. Monday, April 20th. >> I'll make the motion. >> Okay. 2026 regular city council meeting minutes. Councelor Holden has made a motion to accept the minutes. >> I'll second.

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>> Second by councelor Kaylor. Any discussion? Call a question. >> I >> I >> I >> I motion carries. >> Payment of claims. >> We adopt the resolution for 2026 approval transfers payment and claims

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accounts payable. Seat of international falls claims $91,726.72. Airport commission claims $73,127.18. Airport major capital project claims $63,95340. Total accounts payable claims

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1,38,87.30. Do we have a motion for >> You have a motion. >> Motion from councelor Balden. Have a second. >> A second. >> Second by councelor Bullard. Any discussion? Seeing none, call the question.

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>> I I I >> I. Motion carries. Uh, now we have our audience open forum if anybody would like to come up and address the city council on any matter not listed on the agenda. And please

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limit your comments to 5 minutes. Seeing none, we'll move on to uh old business. one the uh second final reading of the ordinance for the electric bicycles. I'll move

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>> a motion by councelor Kaylor >> second >> second by councelor Holden discussion anyone again we haven't just so we're aware the state is working on this also so and that could change this if something

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happens there but actually more strict what I've read now >> than what ours is here so we we may have to amend this at some point but That's all the information I have. All question >> I >> I >> I

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>> I motion carries. >> Uh second and final reading reading of the ordinance uh for prevention and reduction and elimination of blighting factors. This was the extension from 7 to 10 days of the notice.

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>> I'll make a motion. >> Motion by councelor Bullard. >> Second. Second by councelor Holden. Discussion. Hearing none. Call question. >> I >> I >> I >> I motion carries.

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>> Okay. Consent agenda. Um approve allow necessary expenses. We got to approve that first. consent agenda or don't >> you you can read them and then you prove

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it as a whole. >> Okay. >> With no discussion. >> The human resources safety director Sher Stenland to attend the Coalition of Greater Minnesota City's employment law and compensation four-part webinar series for June.

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>> Move to approve. >> Second. >> All in favor? I >> I >> I >> uh license for the fun food factory as presented. Should have that in your move to approve.

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>> Second. >> Approved by councelor Buller. Second by councelor Holden. >> Councelor Wagner. >> Yeah. >> Point of order on that. It's on the consent agenda. There's just two bulleted items and we just need one motion to approve them. We don't need

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them approved indiv individually. >> Okay. >> So, if you want to take the first or the which >> you want to finish this one, then they're both approved. >> Whichever your preference is, but they don't need to be individual, but whichever your preference.

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>> All right. >> Call the question. >> I >> I >> I approved. >> More corn dogs better. >> More corn dogs. Yes. Absolutely. Uh, new business. National Treatment

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Court presentation proclamation. Alyssa Hackin Mueller is here. Yes. Quarter treatment court coordinator. Would you like to come up and talk to us? >> Yes, please. >> Excellent. >> Thank you for having me. >> Yeah. >> Judge Shimone sends his condolences. He wasn't able to make it tonight. I do

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have a couple of people in the audience. I'll call out. I Krauss. She's our mental health provider on the team. Okay. Sheriff Hedland also serves on our team. Um, >> oh, and they're more than welcome to come up and say something too if they like please don't. They don't want to.

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>> I think I I >> I doubt if that had anything to do with >> Miss Betty a while ago, but I wanted to remind you all that >> as part of um National Treatment Court Month, we are inviting um our city council and our county board members to join us for a session.

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>> Okay. >> Um it's actually going to be a pretty cool session. We have a graduation and some phase advancements which is pretty special. Um graduation is a culmination of 18 to 24 months of work for an

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individual. So they're they can get kind of emotional and they're um really cool to just be a part of and to observe in my opinion. Um I also have just a couple of packets. Nothing huge, just um some information about treatment court, how

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we operate. >> Thank you. >> Um and I can get into it a little bit more here in just a moment. >> Yes. Thank you. >> Okay. So, um, this packet that I'll give you, it's a flyer that we, um, use just to advertise

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and inform individuals, uh, about treatment court, what we do. Number one, treatment courts offer individualized treatment. Number two, it's a high level of accountability. So, if you're familiar with standard probation, this is like probation. I always say on

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steroids, which is a really bad analogy for drug court, but it is like that. Uh and so you have a really high level of accountability with your agent and the treatment court overall. Usually law enforcement, both the county sheriff's department and um I falls police department are aware of most of the

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individuals in treatment court. So that's also very helpful. We um get some collateral information to increase that supervision and that accountability. And then in treatment court, we focus on um not just your mental health treatment and your substance use or your recovery

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treatment, but we help you develop recovery capital, which is the cornerstone of the new standards for treatment court. Uh if you flip the page over, recovery capital, um it's defined basically by all the financial and tangible resources, the financial,

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tangible, and personal resources that you have as an individual that are going to support you in life. For us, it's specifically in sustained long-term recovery. Uh those examples of recovery capital can include your personal or physical capital such as your housing,

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your transportation, kind of those um basic level needs that allow you to not live in crisis mode every day and make a living for yourself, pay your bills. We look at social capital. Uh we know that recovery is not an individual journey.

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It truly requires a community or a village if you will. Uh and so we talk a lot about who's in your support network, specifically who's in your silver support network, who outside of your family, because families are complicated. Um and boundaries sometimes

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have to be set for individuals who outside of your family is sober and can support you long term in this journey. Uh your community capital. Um what organizations are you a part of? We know that when individuals later on in our uh

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our treatment court program have an adaptive role that they play in the community, they are more likely to sustain recovery and long term. And by that I mean they're working, maybe they volunteer, uh maybe they are a basketball coach, some sort of engagement in the community where they

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are feeling a part of the community, they're staying busy, um they have that adaptive adaptive role um set in place for them, they'll be more successful long term. So, one of the reasons why I wanted to talk about Recovery Capital today is I've been in this position now specifically as coordinator for a year.

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Prior to that, I was on the staffing team for about eight years. And um one of the things that our team and our participants talk about the most is the lack of sober support and sober activities in this community.

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I have big dreams of being able to have a pot of money that can support somebody in ways as simple as buying them a basketball so they can go shoot hoops with their kids. Because let's face it, when you hit rock bottom and your

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options are treatment court or prison, you probably don't have very much money to fall back on to even buy a basketball, right? um the way that our fiscal system is set up through the judicial branch uh my scope and size of

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funding is severely limited. I can't even as the coordinator or a uh an employee of the dig judicial judicial branch solicit funding for donations. I can't even do that. And so, um, for me, that's

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been a huge barrier. As a, uh, social worker for almost 15 years in this community, I'm always about fixing those problems, right? And, and right now, my hands are tied. Uh, I also have a huge dream of someday having a sober fish

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house on the lake in the wintertime, but that's another conversation. And so, you can see what I mean, right? like there there are so many ways that we could be supporting individuals in recovery, activities that we could fund, um clubs that we could start, just

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different things to support people, right? But I don't have the capacity to do that. And so what we're doing right now is uh with the help of Janelle Feller at Friends Against Abuse, she is um also on our staffing team for treatment court. She is helping me kickstart a 501c3. We're going to start

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a foundation or a nonprofit for treatment court. Um that meeting, that initial stakeholder meeting, uh will be held on, um oh my goodness, Wednesday the 13th. Is that next week, right? Yep.

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The day after the county board meeting. Yes. I have too much going on in May for this. And um it'll be at Friends Against Abuse from 1 to 2. So, if you are interested at all in checking that out, supporting us, uh it's just the initial meeting where we kind of decide, okay,

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what do we want this to look like? Who's going to work on the 501c3 paperwork? What's our mission statement going to be? Just kind of get a general sense. Um I will be there as a liaison of sorts to answer more in-depth questions about what we can and can't do at the branch

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and where our barriers are for funding some of these activities. Um, but again, I cannot I cannot initiate this. I cannot lead this endeavor. Uh, and so I really do need uh members of our community and our leaders to step up and help us get this ball rolling because I

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there's so much we can do for individuals who are committing themselves to recovery and improve mental health, not just for themselves, but for their children and for the future of our community. Um, in in addition to the information about recovery capital, uh, I have a

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taxpayer cost comparison. This is a national I'm working on a Cuchin County data form for you guys. I don't have that quite yet. Um, but just as a reminder, even though I'm here talking about money, treatment courts still nationally are the most successful in

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terms of recetivi reducing recidivism and saving taxpayer dollars. um the most successful diversion program in our court's history nationwide. And so um yes, I need some money, but uh it's still going to be very uh financially

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sound program. >> So I got a question for you. >> Yes, >> Alyssa. Um being that you can't do it, but it's a 501c, can some of your board members do it? >> Yes. So we don't have a board. We are

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we're basically a branch of the judicial system, right? So the jud it's Judge Shimone's court um court program and then I act as the coordinator and then we contract with Arrowhead Regional Corrections and they help provide uh we pay a certain dollar amount of that

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those wages for Troy Roio and they cover the rest as part of his probation. Um, beyond that, our staffing team like Parin Hedland and April Krauss, uh, Janelle Feller, it there it's voluntary. Uh, it's not an official board. It's a

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steering committee. Uh, we meet and we use their resources and their knowledge to guide an individual through this process, through treatment. We make service adjustments. We refer for new assessments, uh, things of that nature. Um

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and so yes, they could be. However, the branch would prefer it be out an outside entity, right? So, um I would I also would prefer to see a mix because it's the same people coming to the table every week. If you're on my steering

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committee or our staffing team for treatment court, I see you every week. It's a huge commitment already. Uh, every other week is our big day where you're there from 8:00 in the morning until 12 or 12:30 in the afternoon every other Thursday. So, these providers in our community are already committing a

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huge amount of time. Um, Janelle Feller actually as a member of our staffing team, she'll be stepping back once we kickstart this process next week from attending staffings to just focusing on helping us get this foundation up and running. >> Okay. >> Yeah.

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>> So, you're you're going to need people. We need people >> to >> be a board member. >> Yes, we will. >> Cuz you need a board if you're going to have a >> Yes. >> And I'm not I'm not offering up nothing cuz Pete's speaking at >> It sounds like you are. >> Well, Pete's on Pete's on plenty of

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boards, right? But I just wanted to mention that possibly. I I'll try and stop by, but I'm Yeah, >> I'm also uh on the Coutas Coutasa board. >> Yes, I know you are all very busy. And when you I just want to make one thing

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clear. If you come to if you feel like you have stake in this and it's important to you, come to this meeting next week. We're not asking you to commit to be on our board. We just need all the right people at the table to determine, okay, does it really make sense to develop a foundation or can somebody else house this? And if we are

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going to develop a foundation and and do a 501c3, then where where are our gaps? What what is missing from this community specifically? I don't want to I don't want to redo what's already been done, right? and and that and reason I mentioned the coutas not to say I'm too

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busy to do this one is these are all things even with that dealing with poverty all the social capital and the thing little things that can make a difference >> huge difference >> that in people's lives and it's all it's circular it all works together >> yep

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>> and I am on another board the cooing warrior initiative it's a veteran suicide prevention mental health program but it's also for everybody. And I'm sure if you need a place to meet, I know they have the Alamo Club and all the places like that,

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but if they ever want to do some extra activities, >> they're more than more than welcome to use our at this use our um >> room at Bakus for >> just to get together, say there's a hockey game they want to watch or so we got a TV and all this stuff. All you'd

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just would have to >> perfect make arrangements uh with the veteran service officer me but that is open for you people to use anybody else for that. >> I appreciate that. Thank you. >> I'm done now. >> Yeah. Any other questions or >> I do I have one. So uh could you give us

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a generic idea how candidates for this program >> Yes. >> are chosen. >> Yeah. I'm sorry. I should have started with that. Right. I just come here assuming. So, uh, treatment court is a, like I said, a diversion program, a criminal diversion program. Um,

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borderline treatment court specifically works with individuals who have, um, meet two criterias. Well, first and foremost, they have to have a gross misdemeanor or a felony, um, charge or probation violation. That's the first step. Um, the second piece that we look at is are they high risk of reoffending?

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Meaning, what are their criminogenic risk levels? things like um your history of prior felonies or gross misdemeanors make you a higher at repeat offending, right? Um homelessness does, mental health does. There's a whole big list of

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things that probation um uses a um evidence-based assessment tool to determine whether or not somebody is high risk. You have to be high risk to come into our program. We're not going to let somebody who maybe has their first DWI DWI who needs maybe clinical

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treatment but is low risk of reoffending. They they've not been involved in the criminal system before. We don't want them um in the same program as individuals who have been in the criminal justice program for years and years and years. The research tells us that's a bad idea. Uh the second

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piece to admission is um the clinical need. You have to have be diagnosed with a moderate to severe compulsive substance use disorder and we do that through a comprehensive assessment assessment done by a licensed alcohol and drug counselor. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Yeah. Um I don't know if you want to

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know but once they're in it's usually people have uh prison time hanging over their head and so they try and cut a deal. It's it's meant to be a voluntary program treatment court is uh but it's like a volunttold, right? You have this choice or you have this choice. Um, many

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people come into our program in that pre-contemplative stage where they're like, I don't know, I'm just trying to stay out of prison, uh, or or what have you. And, um, we try and get our hooks in and reel them in. And eventually, most of them in our program and across

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the country end up choosing recovery for themselves. That's just a great program. >> Good. Thank you. Any anybody else questions? I just want I just want to let you know I had a I had a really good experience with uh when they first started this. >> Yeah.

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>> They were going to build a fish house and it needed a place to build a fish house and we built it at the county garage >> for treatment court. Yes. >> What happened to it? I don't know this history. >> I don't know what happened to it. We're going to do it again. >> But it was just Yeah, it was built there. It it Yeah, it was really it was fun to have those guys come at. They

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needed a warm spot to build it. It was springtime or winter, whatever it was. I made a stall ready for them there so they could come in and build when they wanted to. >> Okay. >> What's really neat to see is most of these that I still remember some names of that were doing on it are doing very well now.

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>> Yes. >> Yes. >> They they are. >> Yes. >> I'm honored to be part of this program and I will say every day it's a privilege to walk this journey with people who come through our program. Um our participants are amazing. We ask them to change every aspect of their

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life. Uh it could because every addict in recovery will tell you if nothing changes nothing changes. So we're talking about everything from um where you live to who are your friends sometimes where you work if it's a job that happens to also run drugs behind

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the scenes. Um your family even. We're asking you to change that. And so just I want everybody here to think about in this room. Maybe you come see me tomorrow and now I'm saying you can't talk to those people anymore. the people you thought were your friends for the past 10 years. You can't live where you're living

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because it's unsafe there. It's a flop house. People are using in that house. You can't go stay with your mom because she's also inactive addiction. And you can't work there anymore because we know through our law enforcement collaterals that they are running drugs through that business in town. And now you have to

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change all of that all while also dealing with mental health and trauma and recovery. So, it's a lot. So, anything that we can do to um kind of shine a light on that and reduce the stigma and give somebody a basketball when we need to, right? Or a pair of

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skates and a stick. They can go go um I was going to say shoot some hoops on the ice, but that's not it. I'm clearly a basketball player. >> You know what I mean? >> Absolutely. >> Yeah. Well, anything else? >> Well, good luck with your 501 chapter C.

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I think that moves ahead. It's going to if I have anything to do with it. Well, I'm not supposed to, but >> I I know who to talk to. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Are we going to do the proclamation today? Is that something we can still do? >> Yes. >> Yeah. >> Yeah, I think so. >> It's on there right with her program.

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>> Good deal. >> Okay. >> So, you need a motion? >> Yeah. >> I'll make that motion. >> Motion by councelor Holden. Do we have a second? >> A second. By councelor Boulder. Any more discussion? >> No. Call a question. >> I

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>> I >> I I >> Thank you. >> Motion carries. Thank you. >> Appreciate you. >> Yo. >> Yes. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> I appreciate it. >> It's good seeing you. >> You too.

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>> Yeah. >> You bet. >> I appreciate it. >> Thank you. >> You are so welcome. Good to see you. Thank you. Next we have the uh National Travel and Tourism Week uh proclamation is requested by the International Falls

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Reineer and Rainy Lake Convention and Visitors Bureau. >> I'll make that motion. >> Motion by Councelor Holden. We have a second. >> I'll second. >> Second by councelor Kaylor. Discussion. Is that Do we have somebody

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here for that or no? >> No. Okay, we're good. Any any questions? Discussion. Call question. >> I I >> I >> I motion carries. >> Okay, moving on. Public works committee recommendations.

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Approve requesting quotes for demolition landfill perimeter fencing. Mr. Fischer, would you like to talk to us about this? >> Explain what we're trying to do here. Um, we've been in the process of closing the demolition landfill. Um, last summer

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we completed the the clay cover on it and stuff, but the MPC requires a fence around it. Um, we originally had that in our project scope, but it was an ad alternate and it came in way more than we were expecting. So, um, we didn't

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accept that quote. So, this is the final quote or the final piece. We did some modifications to make it a more affordable project. So, um, we'd like to go out for request quotes from the fence companies. So, move >> motion by councelor Buller for

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more quotes from fence companies. Do we have a second? >> Second. >> Second by councelor. Any questions for Jason about this? >> I do have one. >> Sure. >> How how big of fence what are we looking at here? Um, it'll be similar to the one around the the county's landfill over

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there that's closed. So, it'll be 5 foot high and it'll have the barb wire. It'll be the woven wire fence. So, >> okay. >> And then there'll be a gate for we can get in there for mowing it and stuff like that we'll have to do in the future. So, >> okay. >> Anybody else?

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>> All questions. I >> There you go. Good luck. >> Thanks, Jason. Next is uh reappointment and new appointments to the planning commission. We have uh the reappoints are Brian Yuso

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for a one-year term, Joanne Dornhacker for a three-year term, uh Christine Anderson a two-year term. This will be new new new members. Jeffrey Olsen three-year term. >> I'll move

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>> motion by councelor Kaylor, second by councelor Mohler. Uh discussion. >> Um Betty. Uh it but we still need a couple more if we can. Correct. >> Yes. And I believe that Lisa had reached out to the mayor and we are putting

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advertisement out again for to try to get more members. I just wanted to make sure it's still speaking on it. >> Yep. >> Okay, >> that's correct. >> How many do we currently have? >> So, this will be seven and we're um need nine members.

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>> These four and three other right now we have we need two more then. >> Yes. And then won't be long. Um Mr. Dusso has indicated he does not want to return in 2027. So, we're definitely going to need at least three more.

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So, anybody here interested in being on the planning commission? Here's your chance. >> Yeah. Okay. Do we have a motion to uh >> move ahead with these appointments? Yeah, >> we have a motion. >> Call the question. I

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>> I >> I >> I >> Okay, next is the uh hiring committee for the director of public works position. So, we want to establish a hiring committee for the I'm I'm guessing for

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the interviews for public works director as that um application has been put out. I guess on >> correct. Yes. And so is there anyone that's interested? >> I was

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>> Or do we want a committee or don't you want a committee? >> I if I may. >> Yeah. >> Um I would move that our committee be the mayor, the city administrator, um human resource director, and the interimm public works director.

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>> Okay. Okay. Did you get all that down? That's a motion. That was a motion you made. >> Yes. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> There's a second discussion. >> Do Do you think we would if there's a

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counselor that would want to be on it? Would that be >> Well, that's >> or do we want to stick with just one? >> That's why I appointed the mayor. But if you think we >> I think that that that worked out with him. >> The mayor did indicate in his email to me today when he said he's unable to

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attend that he would like to be on that committee. >> Correct. >> Yeah. >> But I think that I think that's plenty unless one you guys want to be on. >> Yeah. >> Does that work for you? >> Works for me. >> Okay. >> And that and I think it's good to have the interimm director because he knows

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where we're at and the job and stuff like that. So >> Mr. Wallace, will you be available for that? >> Yep. Excellent. >> I didn't ask him. >> Well, I thought we'd ask him here. Oh, you know. >> Yeah, that was the point. I didn't ask

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him. >> We'd have heard from him by now. >> Yeah. >> He didn't jump up. >> No. >> So, we have a motion and second for that. Uh, call a question. >> I I >> I >> I have a committee for the director of

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public works position. Okay. >> Has that has that deadline been in ready for the applications? >> We do not put a deadline on it. >> Okay. >> Um we will start reviewing the applications and resumes on May 6th.

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>> Okay. Thank you. >> Okay. Um Chief Manasa request purchase fire helmets from I'm just going to say Dinges Fire Company. I don't know if that's right. with funding from fire department

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capital outlay funds as a budgeted item. Um >> so move >> motion by councelor Buller second by councelor >> Holden discussion anybody >> in in chief's absence him and I did

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speak he is at training but um the helmets are at end of life and therefore they need to all be replaced um and unfortunately they only last so many years so these are budgeted for replacement for this year >> any other questions

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Call a question. >> I >> I f >> I >> tell chief to get his fire helmets. >> Okay. Consider request to hire summer employees for public works department. >> I'll make that motion.

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>> Motion by councelor Holden. We have a second. A second. Second by councelor Buller. discussion. Cherry, you have anything on that? >> I do not. >> Did we have enough applications to fill it all?

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>> We did have enough applications and there were two who stayed on throughout the winter and helped out occasionally. So, we have 10 for summer. >> Okay. Okay. >> So, that was good enough. >> Y good. >> Excellent. Call the question. I >> I >> Hi. >> Hi.

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>> Okay. Consider request to add two individuals to the active ambulance roster. Jacob knifine. >> I don't know how to pronounce >> and Michaela Wordier. >> So moved.

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>> Motion by councelor Buller. Do we have a second? >> Second. >> Second by councelor Holden. discussion hearing. None. Call question. >> I I >> I

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So, we got a EMT and a casual paramedic. That's great. Um and now we're losing one. Uh so, we're going to acknowledge and accept the resignation of volunteer firefighter Jacob Harris. That's from Chief Manassa.

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>> I'll move. >> Motion by councelor Kaylor. Do we have a second? >> Second. >> Second by councelor Buller. Any discussion? Call question. >> I >> I >> I >> I

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another one. Acknowledge and accept the resignation of Brenda Lujahan, emergency medical technician. That's from fire chief Manasa. Also, we have a motion to move. >> Motion by councelor Buller. Second. Second.

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>> Second by councelor Holden. Discussion. Hearing none. Call the question. >> I >> I >> I. Any other business before council tonight?

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>> Okay. Reports of boards, committees, and department heads. City administrator bi-weekly update. Wow. uh is in your packet. I have nothing additional. >> Okay. Nice. Uh police monthly report which is also

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in your packet unless Chief has anything you'd like to address us about. Good. >> Well, bike rodeo went good. >> Oh, nice. >> Last weekend. >> Yes. Yes, it did. I was going to Thank you for bringing it. Went good. It was very successful. There had to be a

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couple hundred kids there and uh I'd like and the gentleman from the uh sport shop did uh it wasn't just a look over the bikes or whatever they needed something fixed. They fixed them and

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gave away a lot of helmets and Yeah, it went really good. >> Good turnout. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Good. >> Yeah. >> I got to ask, were there any electric bikes there? There were none. I >> No, there were not. >> Had to ask.

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>> No. >> Okay. All right. >> Yeah. >> Good. >> And most of the kids made it around the obstacle course unscathed. >> Good to hear. >> Yeah, >> it's good to hear. Uh you also have the fire, rescue, and EMS monthly report in

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your packets. Um reports of the mayor, council committee, boards, and commissions. Anybody? Uh it's early in the month, so there probably isn't any real new ones yet. Um correspondence, you have a memorandum from Bolton and Mink providing an update

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on the International Falls Water Treatment Plant. Um International Falls Reineer and Rainy Lake Convention Visitors Bureau meeting information. And then we also have Officer Gomez,

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nationally recognized school resource officer. I saw email on this today. I don't know if you guys all saw it. I did. So, looks like do you know about this? >> Yes, I I got the email as well and uh prior to that there's been a communication with me.

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>> Um it's going to be a great event to go to the community. They want to see a good turnout for that. >> It's always interesting to go and see the the nationwide trends in in you know

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trafficking of children and drug trends and things like that. So any anything that we can pick up bring to our community that's good for us. >> Good. >> I hope that's a good turnout as well. >> And that's next Monday. Correct. The

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11th. Yep. 7 o'clock. >> Monday May 11th 2026 700 p.m. at the Bakus Community Center. >> And I think it was it's paid for the opium >> the opioid. >> Yeah. So, just wanted to mention that so

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people have an idea what some of that money is going to through public health. >> So, Officer Gomez is a nationally recognized school resource officer and youth safety expert. So, that'd be good. Um, I I did uh want

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to go back because I missed the uh second audience open form. Just noticed that. Um, would anybody like to address the council? And please keep your comments at five minutes. Okay, seeing none, move on. Reminder, small cities open book meeting on

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Wednesday, May 13, 2026 from 9:00 a.m. to noon at the county assessor's office. Street uh 715th Street for information informal appeal for taxpayers to discuss their property tax assessment and

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valuation. And I do believe >> there may be some people interested now. >> Yes. And I do believe you have to go there before to get on the I forget what the next step is the set the board equalization or whatever. But you got to go to this first.

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>> Okay. Yeah. This is the one that most people don't go to and then when we come to our truth and taxation they come come here and just try to discuss the value of your homes. and you got to go here to start to talk about your value of your

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homes because that's where it's changed at is at the county level. So, excellent. Next regular city council meeting is Monday, May 18th, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. This

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meeting is adjourned.