all right we'll get this meeting of the city of International Falls regular city council meeting to order it is 5:30 if you could all join me in pledging allegiance to the flag Al to the flag of the United States
of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation God indivisible liberty and justice for all thank you everybody
um please note that uh councelor Wagner is out of town he is on vacation he let us know that in advance that he wouldn't be here this evening um everybody else is present next item on the agenda would be to approve the agenda we did uh get a
request to have uh item number three removed off the agenda for the evening so the chair would entertain a motion to approve the agenda with that deletion I'll make that motion we have a motion by councelor Holden do we have a second I'll second second by councelor Kaylor
discussion hearing none call the question I I I and all vote Yes motion carries 40 next we have the minutes from uh the July 1st regular city council meeting chair would entertain a motion to approve those so move we have a motion
by councelor Buller I'll second second by councelor Kaylor discussion hearing none call a question I I I all vote Yes motion carries 4 Z go to the minutes of our committee of the whole on July 8th chair would
entertain a motion to approve that I'll make that motion we have a motion by councelor Holden second second by councelor Buller discussion hearing none call the question I I I and I'll vote Yes motion
carries 4 Z that brings us to the uh resolution for adopting the payments and claims we have international Falls transfers of $66,667
66 that is coming evenly from the 601 water Fund in the amount of $ 33,333 33 and the same amount out of the 603 sewer going to the 403 reserve for
capital outlay is $2,567 125 that's coming from the 601 water in the amount of $1,693 and the 603 sewer in the amount of $ 5,874 25 for a total transfers of
$87,200 accounts payable International Falls has uh counts uh payable claims of 67,8 4346 International Falls Library board
claims of $5,900 $53.90 airport claims of $5,760 67 and Airport major claims uh and it's just a reissue of avoided check uh $
72534 for a total accounts payable in claims of $683,000 37 chair would entertain a motion to adopt the resolution and pay the the bills so we have a motion by councelor
Buller second second by councelor Holden any discussion questions concerns hearing none call the question I I I I'll vote Yes motion carries 4 Z next we'll go to audience is there anyone in
the audience that would like to bring something forward that's not on the agenda hearing none we will uh give you an opportunity again later in the meeting we'll go down to the opening bids uh for
quotes the household garbage service quotes all right Betty how are we handling [Music] that thank you mayor as per the new garbage ordinance um we put out quotes
to uh accept quotes excuse excuse me for garbage service for those that are cited and we need to enforce garbage service on those properties after a process of time and um notices and things and uh we
received one back and therefore today we will open that publicly and state what that fee will be for us to do that and that vendor will then if we ever have to enforce this on a property they would build a city of international fils we would then in turn
um add that to their billing a monthly billing and if not paid it would be something that would be able to be assessed at the end of the year to their property taxes excellent let's open up that quote so the quote is from Friends garbage and the quote is for one year as
stated and for a 48 gallon weekly service tax included is $26.33 um for a weekly service friends garbage service 3131 Highway 53 and they currently hold a City license number
136 to do garbage collection within our city okay so then do we take uh action on that this evening yes okay so the chair would entertain a motion to accept the the bid that uh came in from Friends garbage make that motion we have a motion by councelor Holden do we have a
second I'll second second by councelor Kaylor discussion I that's that's weekly Ser a monthly I was just going to ask that same question is that monthly or weekly well it's monthly to pick it up weekly I'm assuming because that's what my bill is that is correct yes thank you
for just to make sure people know weekly service build monthly monthly correct so we have a motion in a second any discussion hearing none call the question I I I and I'll vote Yes motion carries 4
Z next we'll go down to the second and final reading of the updated International Falls Charter as presented by the charter commission as you remember we had to have a full city council to do the uh original reading on this because we have had a a full
Council um approve the first reading the second reading is just confirming uh we will not need to have a full Council for the second reading so the chair would entertain a motion to approve the second and final reading of the International Falls Charter I'll move we have a motion
by councelor Kaylor do we have a second second second by councelor Buller discussion just once again I'd like to thank everybody on the charter commission and uh for all the time and effort they put in we H what's funny we started when we
started one of the things they said this is n about word smithing well I don't know what's beyond word smithing but we might have did that but nothing really changed it's just simpler and more easy to follow and Lisa and Betty and the
city staff were immensly helpful and the people that were on it did a great job and very enthusiastic and they'll be glad to hear that it's cross a Finish Line excellent and so if this gets approved it has to be printed and then 90 days after printing is that correct
that is correct mayor um once publication is is taken place what we will do due to this complexity and size we will publish a summary and notice that it's available for full review at City Hall and at the public library and
then it has to be 90 days and then it's effective the um residents have 60 days in order to um bring in if they choose to um a petition to have it on as a referendum item so um there is you know
a further process that needs to be done but yes that is going forward what will take place excellent please I want to thank Pete for being on that too Pete you did a good job on that you're you're the one that was cheering it up and thank you thank you yeah well I had lots
of help as you all know it takes a village with beat sometime so it w good yeah and this will be and we still will be meeting once to twice the air and if there's ever any questions or thoughts that people think we might need noty whether it's from the council or anybody
else we will be meeting couple times a year excellent all right we have a motion and a second any other discussion call the question I I I and I'll vote Yes motion carries 4 Z next we go down to the approval of the
an annual audit as prepared by schiner and witer uh Ryan I don't believe he is on online um we had this presented to us last week there is a um we're still waiting on some information from the
airport uh to put together a final copy so uh the city administrator and myself just suggested that we hold off on approving this until after we uh get the whole thing finalized and we just put in
a request for extension is that correct Betty yes and and thank you mayor and speaking with uh Ryan at uh schlener wenner he doesn't anticipate any negative impact to the city's audit the city portion of the audit once the
airport portion is complete and he he said it's up to the council if you wish to do it contingent upon that final approval or just waiting until that is done um so he was okay either way but you know it is it could change slightly
may not change at all um you know we would have to come back if it does change and you know final it so um my suggestion would be to hold it until it is complete in order to have all of that information as a completed document does anybody feel compelled to
approve it today um if not we can just table this to our next council meeting I move to table it okay we have a motion to table till our next council meeting do we have a second second we have a second any discussion hearing none call the
question hi hi I and I'll vote Yes motion carries 4 Z so we'll have that on our next council meeting and we'll put in a request for extension all right uh next consider the closure of 4th Avenue from Third Street
to 2 Street uh for July 27th 2024 on the Rocks is going to have a street dance Terry Wood please come up thank you Mr Mayor and counselors um it's pretty self-explanatory we're planning a street dance for the it's a
block summer block party for July 27th um on the Avenue block basically blocking the street off from the alley kind of like well exactly like how we do it for ice box days from Third Street to the alley on Fourth
Avenue um my insurance is with Tammy dhy and she gave me the thumbs up today that our coverage has been endorsed and obviously we follow all the all the rules and rigs per licensing
um but we are we're having a live band and it's deep tracks with Eric kulig and they will actually be on the Avenue and fun food factory gave me a go ahead today that they're going to be present so I'll have some some food available
also and it's from 8 until midnight and hopefully we can get everybody out of there by one excellent yeah any any concerns that the council might have we haven't had any problems in the past with anything
no good no this is my fourth year and so far so good not good okay yeah all right sh please Chief do you have any concerns no concerns all right good all right chair would entertain a motion for approval I'll make that
motion we have a motion by councelor Holden do we have a second second second by counselor Buller discussion I'll try and stay awake till 8 so hopefully everybody can show up and enjoy some live music so and we're
becoming quite the Music Hub here in international I like it yes all right we have a second I will uh call the question I hi I and I'll vote Yes motion carries all right you're good thank you thank you
thanks next we have the International Falls cuchen County Airport commission semiannual update Thor and crew come on up good evening everyone good evening yes um here you know we had some dialogue with with Betty regarding what what
materials wanted to be shared tonight um we've brought some with us you know a lot of it has been shared over the you know over the past six months years with with uh Walton Tim representing the the airport Comm City side let me um let me share a couple of quick things just kind
of a review for the for the folks of the city and to understand uh the importance of the airport let just you know start in here quickly um Minnesota's 133 publicly funded airports and of those 133 public airports only nine have scheduled carrier service of those nine
were the smallest which were very very fortunate um of the 133 airports five have US Customs immigration uh the airport obviously supports medac for the hospital uh supports uh Air
Freight daily mid Airlines has a 4day uh a week contract Tuesday through Friday uh that provides a UPS Freight for for the area um airport directly uh employs 200 employees uh
Menon study which we shared at our our joint meeting six or now seven months ago whatever it was uh just reminding the group that was a 2019 study and in 2019 uh the airport contributes $28 million in positive economic impact to the community in the area so obviously
it's a it's a you're getting banged for the buck um couple of couple of quick things um uh before we we get into the questions and answer I just wanted to share what else uh we were chatting earlier tonight Sean and Kyra and I is that
there's also some good news on the funding which we which we'll ask Sean a little bit here to share where that as I believe it's gone to Now 1 1.25% so uh that's really at this point please ask questions we're here to help
you perfect well per first let me say thank you for coming today sure one of the things uh about two years ago one of the the things that uh councelor Buller had brought up is we we give a lot of different entities funds and we don't really necessarily know all the time
where where they go and then as we've been having deeper conversations about the um joint Powers agreement that we have we find out in there that we're supposed to have an annual a semiannual report so we just want to do what's what's inside there and it's fantastic to have you guys come in and just give
us a report of what's going on at the airport and I think uh we've all been pretty pretty clear that we understand how important the airport is and uh servicing both Cochin County International Falls and just want to say thank you for for coming um I'll open it
up for questions Alysa you guys have anything other anything else to present please no I'm just go ahead well I don't have a question I'm just saying go ahead John sure I guess the only thing I would have to add is that um airport funding primarily comes from the
FAA uh it is um um called the airport Improvement program it's funded by Congress and just recently uh they passed a new AIP program as the author uded to that will actually fund the airport uh with FAA dollars uh to a
greater degree uh both in uh dollar amount which is $1.3 million per year because the airport uh receives uh 10,000 Employments which is somebody uh getting on in aircraft um so with that $1.3 million it's able to be used on FAA
eligible projects such as Safety and Security type projects at the airport uh in addition to that uh new legislation that passed that new funding uh there is also uh an increase in funding amount International Falls would typically
receive 95% funding from FAA uh they've increased that to 97.5% uh for the next year uh as part of that legislation uh so any FAA projects that are completed at the airport then would receive that that funding amount
uh the airport also receives funding support from M Aeronautics at the rate of 70% of eligible projects the airport actually just received some maintenance equipment uh this year uh a lawnmower that was funded by uh State funding um
so that the mot Aeronautics they help out where the FAA uh cannot support due to FAA rules that are T by um the airport uh has a requirement
to keep a 20-year CIP uh on kind of on on the plan uh so the airport has that we meet with the FAA monthly uh to help kind of go through the projects that both are ongoing and also the ones in the future um so right now there's a a
Grant application for uh some FAA projects that include um mostly safety equipment snow removal equipment uh both for aircraft uh removing the ice off aircraft as well as uh Runway dicing equipment um that's really about it we
meet monthly with that fa go through the projects and and uh keep them up to speed as they're one of your larger funding sources so happy to answer any questions that anybody may have on I I think from the couple meetings I understand the 1.3 million year though
that's doesn't have any share to it right it it does so that would be the um Federal amount um so that would be the 97 12% so the project would be 1
okay perfect how do just um real quick question on how how does the uh some of the charters that come in I know we've had we have another one coming up pretty quick how how do those work how how does that uh work with the airport like like as for for flying in
because they aren't uh daily flying you know how do we set up things like that there's people that um greatly appreciate having that opportunity here is there other opportunities for things like that you know it's a great question literally it you know what happens is it's it's a market and it's a supply and
demand you know if they demand it they'll bring on more flights but a lot of folks do do utilize the Sun Country we call them junkets okay to to to Nevada it's a great deal for the for the local folks because the majority of the majority of the cost of the flight is covered actually by the casinos so a lot
of a lot of folks uh do the do the uh the junket flight and do the flights to Nevada and they don't even gamble they they just use the opportunity to to take the take the aircraft to get to Nada to to not even gamble get get a get a great deal on the on the trip on on the cost
of the aircraft the cost of the motel and rent a car and go do the tourist thing so yeah perfect yeah it's it's great are there any other opportunities for things like that or how how does did we did the um Airport contact them did they contact the airport I mean how how
does that work to com ation of both initially uh initially Sun Country actually contacted us and said hey can you know can can we do this we said great um we're fortunate that our airport is large enough uh meets the category of of the fire uh of of the fire needs what have you fire fire truck
support um the the proper um Jet Bridge when it's working Sean think uh but yeah so yeah it we're fortunate that we have a large enough to do it because 737 balance field length is something on a level of uh 5,500 ft and we're at 7,400 FT so that's
and and I I know the the council is pretty updated on it and there's been some issues with the building could you just touch on those a little bit yes um little brief history on the on the new terminal building uh from day one unfortunately it is the way it is uh the
roof was uh was designed a subpar uh combination of the design and combination of the actual workmanship Etc through a series of events and a series of promises that were not kept uh the commission made the proper made the proper decision uh to bring a suit
against the architect the engineering firm Etc and a lot of the sub a lot of the subcontractors we're in the middle of that litigation as we speak and so uh um in fact just recently the uh rain event 2700 last week you know three
weeks ago a month uh we had some issues with some lighting in in the terminal building and uh we found the cause was that enough Waters come through that some of the electrical work some of the quote unquote support cans in the roof are are filling fullow water so that's
been added that's been added to the suit and so it's all mixed into the blend but it's been uh been been been quite uh quite quite quite a event mayor yes um Mr Wagner has a question um he asked if the FFA asked
ball with the EMS station can handle that one um please so uh counc Regner is referring to like a joint use facility uh on the airport property to um manage emergency crisises both at the airport and then use it as a
community function uh to help both the county and the city manage any sort of emergencies um I did ask FAA this question and unfortunately um they view it as a non- aeronautical use uh so that is uh a use whether it's a business or a
facility that doesn't have to be at the airport so it it could be next door it could be downtown that function could be served um regardless if it's on an airport or not uh the fa is very particular about how they use their land
that they've provided funding to um so it's a federally obligated land that's the term that they use so if you wanted to do something like that you would have to convince the FAA that there is a non- aeronautical uh use in the form of a land release you release the land from federal obligations fa would have to buy
into that uh idea uh then they would formally release those obligations and allow the city and the county and the airport commission to move forward with that facility uh so it is possible however the fa doesn't give up their land easily and without uh a strong proof that it can't go elsewhere or
there isn't a place that would make more sense uh to give up those FAA aeronautical rights um so certainly a possibility but uh it would have to be shown on an Airport layout plan and then the help you in that decision making process
excellent all right um any other questions that they have that we anyone has for those all right oh please I just like for Kyra to give us a explain this one to them the implment like everyone asked which was
that one again so I provided a copy of our updated uh implment um so this is just for Sky West imp payments this does not incl in any other airlines that come through Sun Country or um privates or
anything like that um as of um June uh we are at 6,335 total Employments and so we look at the outgoing Employments and that is what goes towards our
10,000 um for the year so far this year we are up again uh almost 900 Employments over last year um and then last year we were up
significantly up 48% over 2 22 so our Employments continue to track uh a significant increase one of the the questions that always comes up when when we talk Airport from folks is scheduling and I I
know that you have given a great um answer to me that I I understand can you talk about the the scheduling and how that happens and why we have the scheduling we have and if there's any possibility to make it a little bit easier on local folks sure um Skywest
Airlines is a subsidiary of Delta that's our obviously our carrier here and what happens is is that when we're on the end of the food chain uh literally on the end of the food chain um they're battling for uh slots quote unquote arrival and departure slots in
Minneapolis and and they want maximum yield for those areas so uh each each slot each uh rival Point each gate is very very expensive and big Delta says hey we're you know we're carrying some of the value we're carrying a lot of the
monies uh to rent those to rent those spaces uh for those flights every day and we want to put larger aircraft in those and utilize those in the mornings in the evenings for the pushes and that's what happens with the smaller carriers such as are the Sky West that
and and it's it's a money game to them and and it's also Big Brother Delta is is quote unquote driving the bus in a sense to a degree um to to set those scandals and I appreciate that Harley but we've really tried you know we've tried hard to say you know it isn't that
we can't run it back up the flag pole again and say you know let's see let's see if we can't improve it but I appreciate that I do okay I do have another question from Mr rner um what revenue does the airport receive from the deployment please so um airport funding um you know
comes in a couple different categories for a commercial service airport like International Falls um the federally AIP program that funds capital projects um another uh source of funding uh is the PFC program it's called the passenger
facility charge each airline ticket has uh a $4.50 charge per leg of your flight uh and that is to help local airports um with different uh kind of Maintenance and uh infrastructure upgrades that
specifically support the airline operation operating at the airport so $44.50 is primarily the revenue that is um generated from Passenger activity at airports um there are other types of
activity of fuel sales so I mean Sky West every time they come they gas from the airport the airport commission has a fuel Flowage charge uh so they're receiving U money in that regard too so uh but those are the the two main ones that you would see from from that activator if if I may please
one of the uh one of the important funding funny things that that's really interesting is the EAS funding so without Essential Air Service the we don't have an airline um again on the end of the food chain our numbers are small so thank thank we have e Essential
Air Service but what s Bo Essential Air Service dollars is it's fully generated by the end user the majority of those monies it's pretty cool the majority of those monies are paid for by Foreign carriers that are using our airspace so as an example lansia comes from uh let's
just say an arbitrary discussion they come from London and they're going to LAX the time frame that our controllers United States control that aircraft out over the East Coast till the time it arrives Lex on the west coast they are charged significantly for that use and
so big part a big part of that funding part for EAS comes from foreign carriers so it's it's a very creative uh it's it's a very creative and very effective way to fund e so so that Eis fund uh that yes please does that uh that just
go right into the the airport um commission fund or how no it does not it comes out of Department comes out the Department transportation and those checks are written double quotation marks directly to the airline we we do
not facilitate those M so do we receive any of those funds for like the passenger fees or anything like that no it just keeps us up and running with we receive the PFC funds so we get a check each month from Delta Sky West okay
couple other airlines are are normal that we receive and then those funds go to specific projects so Cent C ly the majority of our pfcs are going to the terminal project okay it sounds like airport funding is really easy and
simplistic yes true s right any other questions for for these folks if I may please um interesting story uh to share and and to uh and to to give some positive input uh to our your esteemed
literally uh fire chief Adam NASA was involved in something that was very helpful on July 6th uh I was actually driving I was north of St Cloud about 20 mies and at 7:30 in the evening I got a call from Minneapolis Center and it was an emergency call and the protocol is as
follows that if a uh Schedule Care airport a small airport such as ours where we have a lack or not a lack but a small amount of staff protocol is that Minneapolis Center has an aircraft that has a infl problem and they're declaring an emergency and they're concerned about a fire of course they pick tell one of
the airports that has crash FL rescue AR which is us and uh so I answered the phone obviously and they goes hey Thor and it's going what's going yeah uh we have an aircraft it was actually a swor engine Merin 3 uh twin engine turbine airplane high performance aircraft and
he has a major uh issue with one of his engines he would like to make an emergency landing at Hibbing but it being the July 4th weekend could not contact anywhere anywhere there so made the call to us they said already on the way to National Falls can you help I
said absolutely we can help you um I called back to my staff I had one staff member on at that time and I was just uh uh picking up my phone to actually contact fire chief manasa to see if I get some help and he was already calling me because through the when Minneapolis
center pushes the big red button a lot of things happen people get called fire support gets called ambulances get called law enforcement gets called Etc so it was uh very uh it made me feel feel good good it comforted me that I was driving along and all of a sudden there's my phone lighting up with fire
Che Bas saying hey can I help you that's exactly what he said to I said absolutely so uh farie Vasa uh uh took his time on a Saturday night came to the airport supported my guy uh law enforcement I believe Adam maybe the
county that particular event I and uh my nephew Drake Dill was also involved and my quasi nephew uh Kean Gonzalez uh who who is my quote unquote CI nephew was so make a long story as short as possible um gentleman landed uh
with one agency cured not running uh uh dangerous situation used up the whole Runway Etc thankfully no fire no death no injury no harm but I just say from a point of Pride uh thanks to fire chief andas for his help it was very helpful so what happened with the plane after it
was all set done yeah great question uh taxied in got him parked in the block and uh and did a did a maintenance work on it they contacted some folks and send a maintenance team and and and fixed it and to a point that they could bring it to a maintenance center and I believe they actually flew to all places to
Winnipeg to work on so excellent great question thank you job well I think this is all we need thank you guys and I I would really appreciate if we do this again next year I think this is fantastic thank you thank you yeah thank
you for coming it was very educational thank you thank for coming joh all right I think we're going to the second page we are all right uh next we have adopt a resolution uh to approve the
public employees retirement Association spare firefighter engineer declaration for Michael Fischer's membership into the public employees police and fire plan chair would entertain a motion to to approve I so move we got a motion by councelor Buller second second by
councelor Holden discussion hearing none call the question I all I'll vote Yes motion carries next we have a uh removal or repair order uh for the Hazardous Building located at 2210 3rd Avenue 3rd
Avenue West I'm sorry City attorney Chelsea are you with us yes can you hear me yep yes sorry it took me a minute to unmute um so 2210 3DD Avenue is um a excuse me this is a trailer park um it's
actually just a trailer that's being removed the building um broken windows broken doors uh holes in the floors that sort of thing um just needs to come down and then the next item is real dreams property
LLC another building that probably needs to come down um last I spoke with Jared and I drove by it I didn't go in it or anything like that most of it you can see from the outside the foundation is buckling um he estimates that it's
probably been pushed in about 4T um the the structure walls there so just two properties that are in bad shape okay uh chair would entertain a motion to approve that order I'll make that motion we have a motion by councelor Holden do we have a
second is this for both of them now no just the first one just the first one okay I'll second second by councelor Boler discussion hearing none call the question I I he and I'll vote Yes motion carries 40 and then the second one would
be uh to approve the removal or repair in the matter of 102 9th Street chair entertain a motion to approve that so move we have a motion by councelor Buller do we have a second second second by councelor
Holden Chelsea any any additional information on this one this is the second one I was talking about where the foundation's buckling okay all right uh we have a motion a second uh call the question I I I and
I'll vote Yes motion carries 4 Z thank you uh we'll go to to Public Works recommendations consider the donation from the Rainer Rec club for scoreboards at holler field Tim ring Hopper I thought maybe you were just here for the rousing conversation about
the airport Liv here 30 years in my first meeting ever uh I was approached a couple weeks ago by baa Hagen uh from the reineer rec Club she was watching uh Little League games summer ball games and she said geez what are we going to do about
getting scoreboards at uh holler field just like we have over at rizle and uh she said that Rainer R club would be very interested in donating those so I just saw so happened I saw Ted that same evening and I talked to Ted about uh is there a way that the city could help us
out by installing those scoreboards getting the uh electricity to those places getting the uh standards in the poles in to hang the scoreboards on uh and of course we I came to the public works meeting last Monday and we discussed that uh we should come before
the council and uh make sure that that was something that we could get done hopefully this summer uh so that when next season starts so obviously with spring we'd be very difficult to get out there and get those in before the season started so was hoping that we could get those installed this fall all right was
there any concerns that came out of Public Works on it at all no okay oh concern about the maintenance of it afterwards but I see in the letter that they said that they would not want to be responsible for any maintenance prior after the scoreboards are put in that
they basically give them to the city the city's responsible for maintenance and after that and I think we're find another concern what was though when when they need to be replaced W won't be for a long time that that isn't Go Hopefully um the
city will not be liable to replace them okay it won't be all right um I'm so scared that I even want to say this Mike do you have any thoughts on this it's baseball I think it's excellent and I am all for it
yeah all right big likewise we all a motion all that all right we have a motion from uh councelor Holden do we have a second a second second by councelor Buller any discussion question what have they ordered they haven't ordered them yet we have not ordered them yet no we were waiting to make sure
everything got approval and uh we have a tentative delivery date on it so that we know I haven't I was told that once we order them it would take two weeks okay for them to be delivered we get them in this year then that'd be great yeah well we have a motion in a second and call the question I all I I'll vote Yes
motion carries thank you way it's going we're going to need at least two weeks for it to be dry enough for Rusty to be back there putting them in thanks uh next we have a request from International Falls Rotary Club to use a
silver scissor lift for the local artist Bruce TR to freshen up the downtown murals Bob thank you uh Bob degross representing the Rotary Club of International Falls and a local resident of International Falls as well and the club has been working to raise funds to
restore the five murals that are in town on five different buildings and uh we're just seeking the assistance of the city of International Falls by the use of that scissor lift as an in kind type of donation towards this project and everything so yeah I can't imagine there
was a problem with that at Public Works the only problem was we was we're questioning Insurance wise whose insurance is going to cover that during that time period did you come up with something Betty I didn't I know you had mentioned uh in your context that you were going to talk with the rotary
whether or not that would be covered yeah we do have uh insurance carrier for the Rotary Club in the United States um and for our district rotary club which covers the local Club as well as it does when we do like the bear garden and things like that okay so I'm just
working with them to assure that the uh current liability type of coverage that we have is going to be okay for this type of work and um hopefully we'll hear from them within the next week or so as to whether or not we need additional but once we get an approval whether or not
this current liability or if it needs to be modified we'll make sure that you get a a copy of it and everything so perfect and also to ensure all the safety precautions I use like harness harnesses and yeah I believe that type of stuff
and some training if they haven't had it yeah yeah exactly right Ted had said that he would or one of his crew would work with uh Bruce to do the training right Perfect all right so chair would entertain a motion I'll move we have a motion by councelor Kaylor second by
councelor Buller any additional discussion hearing none call the question all all and all vote Yes motion carries 4 Z thanks thank you appreciate that thank you all right next we have a couple of
uh recommendations that came out of committee the whole uh approve the revised earn sick and safe time policy with revisions that align with the Amendments signed into legislation on May 24th 2024 chair would entertain a
motion to approve that move we have a motion by councelor Buller do we have a second I'll second second by councelor tlor discussion hearing none call the question I I and I'll vote Yes motion carries 4 Z next approve paying out the
acred ESS for employees that are now exempt from acre ESS uh which are volunteer ambulance attendance EMTs and Casual paramedics volunteer firefighters and spare firefighter Engineers chair
would entertain a motion to approve that I'll make that motion we have a motion by councelor Holden we have second I'll second second by councelor Kaylor discussion just uh want to make clear on what this is last year when uh when the
state had instituted ESS um they had said anybody who is paid by an organization needs to have their employees uh AC crew sick time um and there was not any
exemptions um now they have approved exemptions for people that volunteer their their schedule so uh fire volunteer firefighters EMTs people that are not um a 9 to-5 or a scheduled employee over the course of the last
year have earned sick and safe time um the city is not required to uh pay that out um however we have chose to pay that out because it was something that was um regulated by the state we had to put it
in and these people did earn that time over the course of the last year that they did work when they were called out for EMT service or to a fire so um just trying to clear our books and make sure that uh we are handling it um and being
being fair to the employees that uh were underneath that regulation so we have a motion in a second I'll call the question I I I and all votee yes motion carries 40 next uh we have a resolution
approving 1 and a half times the regular hourly pay rate for emergency medical technicians EMTs and Casual paramedics on some holidays the holidays are inside your packets um so the chair would entertain
a motion to approve those particular holidays we have a motion by councelor buer second you have a second by councelor Holden discussion call the question I I and I
will vote Yes motion carries 40 next we have uh uh approval of submitting an offer to purchase property at 2232 2 Avenue East um this is for the uh the quasa
building um we are submitting an offer for to purchase the building for $1 um after taxes it would be 165 I think that's pretty excessive um but the chair would entertain a motion to
approve submitting that offer for purchase of property I'll make that motion we have a motion by councelor Holden do we have a second second we have a second by councelor Buller just discussion uh I'll be abstaining because I'm on the board of
kutasa okay um any other thoughts Betty did you have anything to add on this I have nothing additional mayor thank you okay uh so I'll call the question
I I oh and I'm just stain okay and I I will vote Yes motion carries three for the motion and one Abend um any other business come before the council hearing none we'll go to the
reports of the administrator attorney and the department head City administrator uh mayor and Council nothing additional at this time thank you okay um any questions for the city administrator I I just have one question
only because we're getting closer and closer and uh um I see there are some folks that are interested online when is the filing period for uh city council and mayor it's in it's in
August I believe but when when do we have that ju it opens July 31st runs 30 30th 30th and runs through August 1 13th okay so it's a two-e window it is a two-e window and for the city of International Falls it's the councel at
large position and the mayor position that is open Curr currently for this next um election and uh it it it came to my attention that somebody uh who was looking at running for mayor thought that I still had the option of running
for mayor as well and I'm not I have no interest in running for mayor I love the position I love what uh we've been able to do here as a community um so in the event that uh I do not get elected to the state house um I'm going to have a little bit of spare time here in our
community and I think I'm going to enjoy that just as much as I do this job so um we do have the two open positions my name will not be on it um so I just want to make sure that that's very very clear this isn't a midterm election for me or
anything like that so um we'll go to the City attorney do you have anything to add this evening I have nothing additional this evening okay uh department heads all right we'll go down to uh in your packets you have the police monthly
report for June we we also have the Fire EMS uh report for June um reports of the mayor council committees boards and commissions anybody have anything to bring forward
okay uh well our councelor Buller wanted to talk about the uh the July 30th um Port of Entry modernization project there's an open house that's going to be on July 30th and at uh 9:00 a.m. at the
coffee landing and they'll have the same uh relatively the same program if you miss that time frame at 6:00 at the bakus uh community center this is for the Port of Entry um how the federal government is looking at changing the
entrance uh to get into uh Fort Francis and coming back from Fort Francis so um there are some businesses that are concerned I think there's some uh residents that are concerned and uh this will be a great opportunity for us to
talk to the the folks at the GSA about the project anything else um just that uh you I was appointed to the Rainy River Basin uh one Watershed plan and we are
inching our self closer to getting uh a plan document up um we're going we reviewed the first part of it the policy committee that the uh other committees have been working on and they're going to go back and review
it again and then there'll be some more internal stuff but hopefully by next spring we will have that document and I would urge anybody that when they see notices to attend a meeting about it and what it's going to be about to attend um
um so you know what's going on and um we got what the what we're going to try and concentrate on in the next 10 years with the dollars uh big part of it's going to be hopefully some help with erosion but and everything else in between in there
so when there's an opportunity to look at it or there's meetings when those will be maybe probably won't be towards more winter has wi there but just to um if you're interested you should come in at 10: so you know what's going on when
I have more of a document I'll share a little more here um at it and I just like to also say uh if you got some spare time this week give blood Wednesday Thursday and Friday at the Covenant Church they have
openings Irene Anderson from the VFW is in charge takes a little bit of doesn't take very long I do it every time and like I say there snacks at the end so there you go and you it's really a good thing to
do yeah if you're able any anything else I uh I just wanted to say thank you to everybody um volunteers um uh City staff police fire
ambulance everybody for the 4th of July um this year was a a week-long event um I'm I'm assuming that's not going to be the case next year just the way that the the holiday falls next year but um we started the first with uh with a concert
uh from Chris KY um that was put on by backis Community Center uh weather ended up making it a little bit rough so they ended up moving it from the amphitheater which is a fantastic venue for outdoor door music to bis community center on
the second we did kids karaoke which uh Kyra hasb baran's son stole the show with uh his country rendition of everything um fantastic the kids karaoke was a a wonderful evening uh the mother Pluckers played on the 3rd of July they
did uh fantastic people milled around and the the food vendors were were great The Dirty Dozen came out and played on the 4th of July the parade went off without a hitch the fireworks were Fant fantastic uh the events in the Park from
the BFW doing the the um the wood chip pile the Elks doing the the watermelon everything went off fantastically on the fourth and the 5th of July doing it just a little bit different this year the the
two bands um having Bill picari Bill parari come out and play um always has a a great uh group of people and uh Gen X jukebox which had a tie to International Falls uh they they absolutely rocked it
I I think it was a fantastic uh one week event there were so many people in town uh for class reunions and just just people in the community and I I just want to say thank you and if I I did miss anybody um it it's not on purpose
it was uh just a great showing from everybody and I just want to say thank you to all the people that put that together there's going to be a wrap-up meeting um later this week on uh the 4th of July we'll kind of wrap it up and see uh see what we can do next year and how
we move forward for next year's event uh as weird as it is the 4th of July is in the charter as an official city um function so we we this is the one that we we throw it all out on um the bass tournament and uh all the other events
that we have in our community are fantastic but this is the one that is uh commissioned by the city of International Falls so um it was fantastic I just want to say thank you to everybody uh we'll go to audience anybody in the audience to bring anything
forward all right uh correspondents in your uh packets you have the Cochin County Board of Commissioners minutes from June 25th International Falls Public Library meeting information July 10th and International Falls Port of Entry uh project I I touched touched on
that our next meeting is going to be on August 5th uh at 5:30 so by that point you could have already signed up to be councelor at large or mayor so with that being said this meeting is adjourned we do have a Eda meeting directly following
it