Good evening and welcome to this evening's regular city council meeting for the city of International Falls. The meeting is called to order. Monday, June 16th, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. Please rise as we recite the pledge
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.
[Music] All members of the council are present this evening. We can move on to the agenda with the addition from the city of Fort Francis. Are there
any other additions to be considered for this evening's agenda? Seeing none, I would ask for a motion to approve the agenda as presented with the addition under number eight. New business. I'll move. Motion by councelor
Kaylor. Second. Second by councelor Buller. Discussion. Question. I. I. I. I. I'll vote yes. Agenda is approved. 5. Thank you.
Next on this evening's agenda, approval of minutes. First, minutes of the Monday, June 2nd, 2025 special city council meeting. Second, minutes of the Monday, June 2nd,
2025 regular city council meeting. Third, minutes of the Monday, June 9th, 2025 committee of the whole meeting. Motion to approve the minutes. Thank
you. Councelor Wgner with the motion. Second. Second by councelor Holden. Discussion. Question. I I I'll vote yes. Minutes are approved. 5. Thank you.
Next on to payments of claims and transfers. First we have transfers city of international falls transfers of $95,833.33. Next we have accounts payable and claims.
City of International Falls claims $794,177.75. International Falls Public Library Board claims $6,88411. This is for a total accounts payable in claims of $81,6186.
At this time, I would entertain a motion um to approve payment and transfers. I'll make that motion. Second. Motions by councelor Holden and Wagner. Is there discussion on these payments, claims,
and transfers before we vote? Seeing no discussions or questions on the payments and transfers. Question. I I I I will vote yes. The bills are paid. 50. Thank you.
Next on this evening's agenda is the opportunity for any of you to come forward during public comment. Uh we would need name and address for the record and limited to 5 minutes or less. Seeing no public comment and there will
be the opportunity at the end of the meeting uh for comment as well. We will move on. this evening to the consent agenda. There is one item on the consent agenda to approve and allow necessary expenses
for human rea resources safety director Sherry Stenland to attend MP summer conference August 5th through 8th 2025 in Duth Minnesota.
I'll move second motions by councelor Kaylor and Waggner and a question. I I discussion. No discussion. I I I'll vote yes. Consent agenda is approved.
Thank you. Next, we will move on to new business. to approve new business number one, excuse me, to approve election judges and absentee
ballot board for the August 12th, 2025 special city election. Administrator Bergstrom, is this something you want to explain? This is for the what I would call a referendum um for the public works petition. Sure,
I can do that, Mayor. Thank you. Yep. No problem. for the uh since there is no um other elections in Coochin County um in August on August 12th, the city is having and holding their own special election for the referendum purposes
that the um citizens petition to have done. Um therefore, we have to um um put all of our vote voting places in place as a regular election. So, we will have East Center and West Ward along with
absentee voting here at city hall. And so, that is why we would need to um officially approve the election judges. These are judges that have been judges in the past. They are currently trained and their training is still in effect.
And um the absentee ballot board also has to be approved. That is something that we don't have to normally do um as the county does the absentees on a on a regular elections um but we do have to handle them here in house. So we do have to have a special board to handle those
according to state statute. Okay. Thank you. Any questions from councel there a motion to approve the election judges and the handling of absentee ballots? I'll make that motion. Councelor Buller beat you, councelor.
Okay, I'll second that motion. So, we have a motion and a second. Is there discussion on the motion or the question? I'd just like to thank all the people and a lot of these are the same ones that do it year after year, election after election to volunteer
their time to do that. It can be a long day when they're doing that. I would echo that. question. I I vote yes. The election judges and the handling of
absentee ballots is approved unanimously. Thank you. Next, new business. Item two to adopt a resolution establishing procedures relating to compliance with reimbursement bond regulations under the
Internal Revenue Code. I believe George Eertson of Northland Securities is here this evening. George, can you hear us? I hear you just fine. Can you hear me? Yes, we can. Okay, fantastic. Thank you. Um, well, good evening, Mayor and
Council. I'll I'll quickly address uh or or provide an overview of this item and then answer any questions you may have. So reimbursement resolutions are very common when municipalities are
considering the issuance of debt. Um the the U resolution states that you it it gives you the opportunity to use your cash reserves in the short term to meet any uh obligations that you would have
any invoices that would come in relative to a project and then reimburse yourself at a later date uh with the proceeds of a taxexempt bond. Um just to hit a couple highlights that are stated in the resolution. This is um there's two
sections in this uh resolution. One asks for a description of the project uh to be financed and this is the uh ninth street project. So a storm and sanitary improvement street lighting as well as
the sewer vector truck. So just those purposes are identified uh for this project. And then it also states a not to exceed dollar amount for the expected bond issue that would be issued. Uh and we put that in at not to exceed 3
million. Um mayor and council, just as a a refresher on this bond issue, certainly not issuing it tonight. We have it um scheduled for August 4th for uh consideration and issuance at your
August 4th city council meeting. I'll be working with your staff in mid July on the assignment of the bond rating. Um so that's certainly is important in in your bond issuance process because it brings uh the city's credit to the table. Um,
but in relation to this bond issue, it's it's important because you've already um made a couple of uh or or paid a couple of invoices relative to the sewer vector, but the the resolution allows you to look back up to 60 days to
recover any project expenses that may have already occurred and that will occur going forward. So again, um, very common place for municipalities to consider this type of resolution. Doesn't obligate you to issue bonds. This particular resolution again just
gives you the flexibility to reimburse yourself at a later date. Mayor, council, I can address any questions you may have with the schedule bond issuance date of August 4th.
How does that work with the August 12th referendum if the or am I mixing those up? This isn't related to that. This is related to Ninth Street and to the purchase of the vector. Okay. And the reason I asked that was because I
thought initially they were all going to be packaged. They were until such time that part of it was um the referendum. So they were split. Understood. Yep. Thank you. questions uh for Mr. Eertson from the council.
Thank you. Thank you for the questions. We didn't have very many. Well, Betty addressed it very well. Thank you. Yeah. Any discussion?
Is there a motion? I'll move second by councilors Kaylor and Holden. Once again, discussion. Question. I I I I I'll vote yes.
This resolution is approved unanimously. Thank you. New business. Third item to adopt a resolution authorizing execution of mindot state airport fund equipment
grant agreement. I'll make a motion. Motion by councelor Buller. Second. Second by councelor Holden. Discussion question. I I I I'll abstain item three,
new business is passed 40 with an abstension. We'll move on to new business number four to adopt a resolution fiscal year 2026 air service marketing
grant agreement for state project. And I'm not going to read the lengthy numbers. I'll move to accept a motion to accept by councelor Buller. I'll second. There's support for that motion by councelor Kaylor. Is there
discussion on this topic? Seeing no discussion. Question. I I I I I'll abstain. This passes 4 Z with an abstension. Thank you. Moving on. New business. Fifth item
from Budget and Finance Committee. Emma, is this something you'd like to come forward? Not unless you have additional questions. I don't think we do. Uh but if we do, we'll keep that in mind. uh to consider meeting weekly beginning August 5th for the budgeting
process for 2026 as we discussed in committee. And that's for the four weeks for the fourth month August on a Yes. the 5th, the 12th, the 19th, the 26th. All of August
from 1 to 4:00 p.m. Make that motion. Thank you, Councelor Wagner. With the motion, second by Councelor Buller. Uh for discussion I assume shall we should we need more
meetings we would call them? Yeah. Question. I I I I I'll vote yes. Our meetings are set on a unanimous vote. Thank you. Moving on under new business, item six
from committee of the whole recommendations to approve a date and time for an open house to take public comment on a proposed ordinance to prohibit the feeding of deer.
Before we talk about the date, I would just like to add that we've spent considerable time taking input from the community already. It's a passionate topic among many. I think that there's
an appetite of the council to do something. I think that will happen. there is not likely going to be a one-sizefits-all solution in whatever action uh that we take. So at committee of the whole we
discussed uh at good length uh before moving forward with any type of official rule that we take more public comment uh before it moves ahead. So with that um back to potential dates
and mayor if I may just looking at the calendar um you know open discussion is it something you on July 14th you have committee of the whole that's a Monday or July 28th is the open fourth Monday of the month is you know putting out
there is those are a couple of dates um that are more open and don't have other meetings. So kind of looking to you as a group um for definitive date and then we can move forward with some advertising
and um others that we want to put together. A Monday would seem appropriate. I would just want to make sure that it's afterwards at a time in the evening when folks correct would be able to attend
that are interested at least. Mhm. I'll move for the 28th. If that councelor Kaylor moves to schedule an open house on the proposed deer feeding ordinance on July
28th, presumably at 6:00 or 6:30 p.m. It's a good 5 whatever. 5:36. Yep. We'll leave that um up for interpretation. Okay. H how about 6:00? How about six? How about 6:00? Yeah, we we can
interpret that for any questions on councelor Kaylor's motion. Oh, s second it. Thank you, councelor Holden. Is there any more discussion on uh scheduling the uh open house?
Would you like me to see if DNR officials, conservation officer KDson or any of his partners or associates would be available at that time? Yes. Yes. And they have participated along the way. Yes. As well, which Yes, they have
been. Um, just as we get this information out there to the community. Okay. More discussion on this topic. Mayor, if I may, please. Go ahead, Betty. And in within the motion, you're
allowing um for fees for advertising, cost of advertising. Uh, if counselor Yeah. Is I'm a memeable to that one. Okay. Okay. Is there a normal cost to that? Uh I there is if we put it in the
Rainy Lake Gazette. I mean we'll also have it on our social media pages and our website and things, but if you want it in the gazette, that's an additional charge. Yes. Put it in there as well. Okay. Discussion continues. Yeah. Uh would
the uh city attorney be available for that too? I I am. Okay. Yep. Thank you for pointing that out. Councelor, I just assume to show up. So well, you might have a full calendar. We don't know. Yeah. As of now, no change. You got on
the calendar first. So good. Thank you. Discussion continues. I just think it's it's good to everybody to be aware that we've had discussion on this and we've we've we've tried to look through different avenues of of ways that we can reduce the population. That's the reason
for it is reduce the deer population in town. Not to be against anybody feeding deer, but in order to start out, we thought that that would probably be the easiest way to start out with is stop the deer feeding and go from there because other towns have tried it and
it's our least expensive start. So, I think that's that's what everybody needs to know that we already we have research stuff, but it's where we wanted to start. It's not against the people feeding deer. It's to get the deer out of town. We got to we got to quit somehow to move them out. So, thank you,
Councelor Buller. And I would just add while we're we're having our meeting that um through that process recording stopped the state has pointed out that this all starts with an
ordinance before yes we can reach out for assistance and anybody's willing to help us. So that's a lot of times is an ordinance necessary? Well, if we're going to go down this path yes it is um with this issue. So, um, Councelor
Holden, Mhm. I know you like deer, so I'm want to make sure you have your opportunity. I, uh, you know, I've thought long and hard about it. Uh, I know there's people that enjoy popping their popcorn and watching deer, but
it's gotten to the point that there's too many deer in International Falls. No question. And I there's a lot of different areas that are heavily populated and um it's only a matter of time and there's going to be a problem a
little bit even higher up than what it's been. So that said, I think we need to move on and and figure out a way to get that number down and whatever the city council agrees on, I'm all for it. I I
mean, there's just too many. So, thank you. Yep. Um, before we vote, is there anything we need to delay for with it? Um, we're just online anymore. Okay. We're still recording. We're still recording. Okay. I believe we can
continue. Um, question. I I I'll vote yes. We're going to set the date for July 28th at 6 PM. Thank you. New business. Item seven,
consider a request for a PR-rated refund of 2025 license fees for On the Rocks LLC. This is a business in our downtown district that was
recently affected by a deeply unfortunate fire. Betty, I would ask that you provide some insight to this, please. I sure can. Mayor Council, thank you. I did speak with the owner, Mr. Terry Wood, last
Thursday. Um and he indicated that another adjuster was coming up um Friday and that you know they believed it to be um severe enough that he will not be able to open before the end of the year and he is unsure of what the plans are
but um would like to know if we would you know refund on a prorated basis um for seven months um of the fees that he had paid. I I cannot I want I think his fees were 1,500 for
the year. So it would be a portion of that. Would that be something consistent with how we've treated other situations? It is in fact when different businesses have sold out in in the middle of the
year, we have refunded the previous owner, you know, on a prrated basis back the other way as well. Okay. Correct. Thank you. Mhm. Discussion on the topic for the council. I move to approve it. We have a motion
by councelor Buller to approve the pro-rated refund. Second. Second by councelor Holden. Discussion. Question. I I I'll vote yes. This is
approved. Item seven unanimously. Thank you. Next item on this evening's agenda, new business. Number eight was an addition. Uh I would like to read an email that I received from Mayor Andrew Hakus, city
of Fort Francis. Hi, Mayor Dill. We would like to invite you, your council, and your administration to Fort Francis on July 2nd for a ceremonial signing of the proclamation of friendship between our two communities. We will also raise a
Minnesota flag to complement our stars and stripes and city of International Falls flag, which we currently fly. We will host a lunch barbecue for our two councils and staff and perhaps members of the public as well. Would a
signing and flag raising at 11:00 a.m. to be followed by a barbecue work for you, Andrew? I thought it was a very nice gesture. Yeah, especially at this time that maybe we could make up some ground from what
happens in Alberta right now at the Gent. So, I don't know that we necessarily need to approve this, but um I would like to get back to him at some point that we've at least uh acknowledge
this generous invitation. And I certainly and I plan on going depending on how late Lois keeps me up out at the park the night before. Yes. Wonderful. With that. Go ahead. If I may. Thank
you, mayor. The what I can do is I can post it as a possible quorum with no official action being taken and then depends on who attends. we wouldn't have any trouble with um open meeting laws. Thank you,
Kelsey. Any concerns or comments? No, I think this is super cool. Okay, that's all I have. Thank you. Um Betty will post this. I will um would ask that Betty if you would circulate
this among city staff as well. Okay. um as they're invited and I will get back to the mayor and we'll have a barbecue. Yeah, sounds good. Is there any other business to come before the council this evening that was
not included on the original agenda that was approved? I don't see any. We will move on to reports of boards, committees, and department heads.
Much of this information is in our packets. I have a few items that I would like to point out and we can fill in some gaps as well if I can find it in my notes.
First, there was a terrible atrocity over the weekend um in Twin Cities with one legislator um Speaker Amarita Hortman who was
fatally shot with her husband and Senator Hoffman and his wife. So, I would just uh ask that we take a moment of silence for them. Thank you. The legislature has adjourned.
There was a bonding bill with very few local projects. PFA did receive some funding in that. Ironically, probably the biggest win for small communities is that I believe in the tax
bill. There was $16 million for direct grants to local ambulance services and also I think there was another $16 million for uncompensated
care grants. Um we will learn more about that as that program unrolls. So uh any help with our ambulance fund is welcomed. In the new city charter,
there is a requirement for performance reviews which I have asked our city attorney Chelsea to assist with and we'll be working with administrator Bergstrom as well and the council to communicate through her with the council
to get them scheduled and no LGA or Pelt cuts. No, good. Yes, we thought that that was going to happen and it didn't. Any uh other reports from council?
Well, we got a sewer meeting tomorrow. Uh sewer meeting. So, we'll know more after that meeting, I guess, unless unless Walt got there'll be a there'll be an ad put in the paper in the next
two papers for a board member at large as we're reconfiguring our our board. There's going to be uh three from the falls instead of four. There'll be two from East Coast. There'll be one from Reineer and one at large. that one at
large will be sim similar to what Mike is for the council. It's over the whole all the districts is will be a contact person for all the districts and we're looking for somebody for that position to that would be willing to fill in on the board and and help uh help out with
moving things forward there too. Have you received more applicants? We're going to approve it tomorrow morning. It's it's been it's been done. It's been preliminary approved. I mean, we had a meeting, personnel meeting on it to get get it going and what it would say. So, tomorrow will be approved. It'll
probably be I think she's got it arranged that she can tomorrow. It'll be in the Friday paper. Wonderful. So, that's the biggest thing going on there right now, I guess. So, thank you. I don't mean to interrupt, but when they're speaking,
they're speaking at you. Oh, I'm sorry. The microphone is on this side of your We can't hear you. I'm sorry. Thank you. You want me to repeat it? Yes, please. Okay. At the sewer board, we have have got an ad that's going to be going
in the paper for a a uh member at large, which has not been on there before. It's something new since we're re we got the permission from the legislature to reconfigure our board there. So, it's going to consist of three from I falls
instead of four. There were four before. There'll be instead of one from East Cooch, there'll be two from East Cooch district and there'll be one from Reineerat and then one at large. And then one at large is what gonna be putting in the paper. It'll be somebody that'll be representing all the
districts like Mike represents the three ws. It's it's like a city councilman at large. We've had never had that one before, but we thought that'd be good to have one at large. So that's what we're we're going for that that kind of that board to be established after we get
everybody put together there. So and that's for the sewer. That's for the sewer district. Correct. East or the North Coach sewer district. Thank you, Councelor Fuller. Yeah. I'm sorry about that. We'll put this over here.
Any other reports? We will move on at this point. Uh there is another opportunity for public comment. Once again, name and name and excuse me, address for the record and limited to 5 minutes.
Hello. Good evening. I'm Joe Caner. I live at 1607 13th Avenue West, International Falls. And I'm here tonight to address a little bit about, you know, a lot of advertisements that we put out for we
shell out for money and stuff like that. And uh the city of the whole the meeting we have here, we have a lot of decisions that we make um at these meetings. And I'm just asking maybe would it be good
to be able to televise this all this stuff that we put on every every at every meeting so that people in the town or anywhere they are can listen to this and we have time to talk to our representatives before we have our our
meetings our main meetings uh on the 29th and and be able to figure it out that way. Is there is that possible? Like we could have it televised so we have more time to discuss this and and
make decisions with our repres representatives of the state. I want to make sure that your question is understood when you reference representatives of the state
when are you talking about televising city council meetings? Yes. Okay. Well, I believe they are after the fact on which, excuse my ignorance, which channel?
Seven. They're on YouTube and and they're on YouTube. Um, do we have a live feed? Not there is the opportunity, I believe, to tune in virtually.
Um a as so maybe I said that a little off there, but um it could give us, you know, if we had like the city council meeting of a the whole where they make we make a lot
of decisions at the meetings, but they're not they're not televised on on channel 7, so other people can't hear it or see it being televised,
but give people a chance to process all this and they then they know it's transparent and everybody else gets a chance to look at it at home or or whatever they need to do because a lot of it's a lot of
it's not really being advertised or nothing like the deer population and stuff like that. We got a meeting that we're going to do now on the 28th, but who else knows about this yet? Like, it's going to be coming up pretty soon, but people more people will be more
aware of it than than just putting an ad in the paper and stuff. Some people don't read the paper. you know, the uh to address those in in part with the deer feeding ordinance. There will
be ample time to discuss with the council for input on that. That will be advertised, which is what uh I believe councelor Kaylor offered that motion this evening. Um in regard to the to the committee of the whole meetings, yes,
which is the second Monday of every month in between our two regularly scheduled regular city council meetings, the process for I I don't know televising, but
recording it or or making it available to the public. I get asked that question a lot. So, I I don't I would have to ask our attorney if there's any legalities of what we would need to do to put that
that up on YouTube or or if the council would want to do that. I'm of the opinion right now that um if we don't conduct our business in the light of the public that it's going to lead to more questions down the road. and I'd like to
be able to answer them, especially going into fall. Um, that may not be the most convenient at times uh for some, but the reality is we're this is a
public enterprise that must do business publicly unless for a couple weeks. Well, I I agree with you on that. I agree. I agree. But it it gives us a little more open window of uh seeing the light at the end of the tunnel before
the decisions are made at the me regular meetings like tell if we open this up where we can see this on TV then then everybody gets to see it and there's more time to be able to make decisions
and proper ones you know instead of just kind of leaving some people in the dark cuz like I Hey, a lot of people don't read the paper. Some people are busy doing other things. A lot of people are working and stuff, but when they get home at night, well, pour pour
themselves a drink, sit down, watch TV, and it gives us a little more transparent time to see what's going on. Thank you. Okay. I if it's possible, I don't my personal feelings is I don't care if we put the committee of the
whole on TV. I mean, I I'm fine with it. I don't for a long I just want to clarify. Um I don't think we get to decide if it goes on TV, but certainly recorded and put on YouTube. Well, that's what I
that's where I would be at. That's a YouTuber. Yeah. Yeah. That um Thank you. Okay. You're welcome. And that's a Todd question. That's a Todd question. Is that something that
you would be able to accommodate? Yes. And they can be done just exactly the same way that city council meetings are on YouTube. And then Casey's Darson Sullivan is the one who decides what to tell. We have no we have
no say over what she does. But yeah, it would be the same process. It would just take um I would just have to edit it and prepare it as we do for the regular city council meeting. So there's no technical reason why we can't do that. Okay. And I think that the the YouTube would be our
channel would be plenty acceptable to the Darcy thing and and TV that it's not a regular city council meeting, but um there are things discussed there just like every other meeting. If we Chelsea, do you think it would be
appropriate um for the council to take a vote on that action or is that something that we should just ask for? I guess it would I would do a motion directing um city staff to facilitate the
recording and publication of it. I don't think I think without a motion that's a little bit too unclear. So, I would do a motion. Okay. that. Thank you for clarifying that. Is there a motion? I'll move.
There is a motion by councelor Kaylor to record the committee of the whole meetings and upload to YouTube. A second. Second by councelor Buller. I would add that I believe that the
meetings already are recorded. They're not. No, they aren't. No, they're not. Okay. Any discussion? Question. I I I I'll vote yes.
The committee of the whole will be recorded and uploaded to YouTube less any technical difficulties. But I've got to give a shout out to Mr. Ojula. Thank you for your hard work and dedication. Uh our public comment is still open for
police called 1901 6th Avenue East. Um today for the first time I uh was at a committee meeting. I found found it very enlightening and useful and I think I
think what our community really is hoping for is a lot of transparency. And so when I was reading this uh new business item five, I think because of uh the situation in town uh and with the
city finances, I think there would be a lot of interest in people going to these meetings. So, I'm wondering if it would be a a burdensome expense to post our committee meetings with uh
as we do in the gazette for the council meetings if we could if we could make a an effort to post those committee meetings and invite the public to them, especially uh something as important as a budget and finance and the committee
of the whole meetings place and date. And uh I I think one of the benefits of doing that is I think if the public knows they're invited to these committee meetings and
have an opportunity to understand what's going on, it may deflate some of the uh emotional uh misunderstandings of what goes on with the with the city government. And I
think as as uh striving to be transparent, I think if we' do something that simple, I think it would really uh open up u government involvement or citizen involvement in government, local government. Would that
be a great expense? Laurel's on. If I may, mayor, please. Um we do publish the minutes. We do publish on a regular basis the city council meeting is the first and third Mondays. There is a calendar on our city web page
that has all the meetings as well as the committee meetings on there. Um but yes, obviously there is an expense. I I don't I can't quote what that expense is right now, but it is an additional expense. Therefore, if you you guys want us to put those also in uh the gazette, we
would need approval for that expense. I just one last thing. I I I know the the minutes are in the paper, but when you put in the paper when the city council meeting is in big block letters and make
put the committee meetings in that same ad, I think people's attention is drawn to it rather than listing it in the uh city minutes where it's small print and some of us uh you know don't always have
our magnifying glass with us. That's all I have to say. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Calder. Mary Wilson, 1711 First Avenue East. Uh, I just want to say thank you for being transparent. I appreciate that you're
going to do this with um recording the the minutes of or the um the meeting with it. But you don't have to put it in the paper. Like I have trouble reading the paper
because I get out the magnifying glass because it's so tiny for reading the minutes. But if you're putting it on YouTube, it doesn't cost anything. So there's no extra expense there. So that's all I had to say. Thank you.
Good evening. Hello, council. My name is Lois Lundine. I live at 2222 33rd Avenue East. I'm here tonight to represent Bakus Community Center. I wanted to um just um share with you that we have a free concert coming up on Tuesday, July 1st out at the amphitheater. Um, and
then I want to thank the city for your participation and your support of that concert. Um, we have two bands this year. It's going to start at 4:00. Deep Tracks is going to be playing and Radio Nation at 7:30. It's going to be 70s, 80s, and 90s rock. We have food trucks.
We have vendors coming in. Um, there will be activities and a lot of opportunity for community. U, this concert is sponsored is um, the result of a grant from Minnesota State Art Board. Um, so it's free to the public. everyone can attend. There will be
picnics. People can bring picnics. They can um just come and have fun. Come and go. It's free of charge. Everyone can be there. So, it's a it's a really a cool opportunity for community. Um I just I wanted to thank you for your
support with uh having law enforcement in and out and with the the different services that the city is going to provide for that concert. So, I hope to see you all there and I hope um it's dry. this year last and um and and I
just I really hope we have good response from the community, but thank you all for your help. Thank you. Thank you. Hence, I was worried about the 11:00 on the 7th or on the second. I thought I maybe should clarify that. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Right. Yes. You're welcome.
And I gave people permission kind of on the radio on Thursday. You know, if they're tired of work at noon, 1:00 on Tuesday, what a great place to go. Good evening. Good evening, Rhonda Benedict's 9096 Street.
So, one of the things I'm going to bring up that was on the agenda was the payments and claims. When you're up here and you're spitting out the numbers that you're paying, is it possible that we have spreadsheets to see what I mean, you're spitting out numbers, but we don't really know what they're for. Is
it possible? Um, do we have that? Yes, it is. And actually, I would like to bring that up and maybe we have them this evening. Maybe we don't typically. Did we used to put out the full packets? I seem to remember there was a box.
There was one. Well, we we print one public packet. Okay. Unless requests unless there's requested um unless if there's interest in more than one, which there appears to be, we could certainly
print more than one if we were not. So, because at the end you're like, does anybody have any questions or concerns or what? How do we have questions when we don't know what it is for? Right. I
you you're bringing up a point that I can't answer and so therefore I think it's abundantly obvious that the the agenda that's put online and whatnot isn't the full packet. I mean, I think
your point is that if you receive this, it doesn't have the information like the payments and and stuff that you're reading out like you know that you're paying tonight. So, at the end when you get done, you're like, "Is there any questions or
whatever?" Well, how can I have questions when I don't know what it's for? Right. I'm just asking if there's a way to get if we could have print outs of that. So, can I just add, mayor, please, that um if you would like to get an email of the packet, we do send that out on Friday. So, that is another
option. Okay. So, before the meeting, is that what you're saying? You could have it before the meeting. If you want a printed copy, you would need to contact city hall so we make enough copies. Okay. I just thought it'd be easier. Okay. Um and second, so for the last few years, I've noticed that semiis come
down our main streets quite often uptown. Um, I always thought there was a rule or maybe it's a law, I don't know, um, that they didn't drive down our main streets. So, if we're trying to save money and trying to save our streets
from repair sooner than they need to be, um, how come they're allowed to drive down our main streets now? They never used to be. That's a legitimate question and concern. I
folks do reach out about that. It's happening more and more and more and they're a lot of them are quite um belligerent about it, let's just say. So, when they're turning the corner and if you're already at the one of the stop signs or something and you're going to
turn, but they want to turn your way, they will not move. They're they make you back up, right? So, there's not even enough room for them to turn. But, it's it's more and more and more you see more semis uptown now. So, I'm just wondering if we're trying to save money and trying
to save our streets, why are they allowed to drive? I think town, they used to have to go all the way around. I I and I don't know if this is for sure. I'm just taking a stab in the dark when I've talked to people. I think it might have to that it is a state highway,
trunk highway, so they're allowed to drive on it. But isn't that what the truck route was built for? So, in theory? Yes. Yep. In theory. Yes. Are are you specifically referring to the downtown business district area? Yes. Yeah. Right now. Okay. That Yeah, that's
a state because the truck route was built for them to go around. So they didn't drive down the main streets right up town to wreck the roads. So that's why the truck route to route around right off of Highway 53 to
go around. Is there a pathway to change that? and and not we're not I doubt that there'd be anything more than discussion, but that is this is something that at least I routinely
have heard about over the years. And so I if I owned a business on Main Street or someone else did, I think that it's warrants further investigation because in front of city or in front of uh Smoky Bear, that street obviously is
really in bad shape because there's been quite a few semis coming down. Is that something um Jason that is in I can I can find out. Thank you.
That's all I have actually. Thank you. So I just to recap the uh packets can be gotten by getting on the email list from administration. Okay. Um and I would just ask that if we print a couple three
more um prior to the meetings. I know we've printed at times too many or too few. So I don't think we have to go I don't know why we wouldn't print 10 and use some paper. So I did I'd prefer Yeah. Don't you
support voice? Yeah. Yeah. So we will have some more available. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Reminders, the city offices will be closed in observance of the Junth holiday on
Thursday, June 19th, 2025. There's a special city council meeting next Monday, June 23rd, 2025, which is an update in discussion of the city audit for 2024.
City offices are closed in observance of Independence Day on the 4th of July. And our next regular city council meeting is Monday, July 7th of this year at 5:30 p.m.
Seeing no further business at this time for the council, we'll adjourn the meeting. Thank you.