there you go yeah all right everyone let's get this uh regular city council meeting for the city of International Falls to order uh 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 under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all all right thank you everybody um please note all members of the council are present first item on the agenda is
to approve the agenda I don't believe we have any uh any additions or deletions so the chair would entertain a motion to approve as written I'll make that motion we have a motion by councelor Holden second second by councelor Wagner
discussion hearing none call the question I I I I and I'll vote Yes motion carries 5 Z go to the approval of the minutes uh we have minutes from the July 15th regular city council meeting chair would entertain a motion to approve those
moove we have a motion to approve by Mr Buller do we have a second I'll second second by counc Kaylor discussion all the question I I I I I'll vote Yes motion carries 5 we'll go to
the uh special city council meeting of July 22nd and chair would entertain a motion to approve that I'll make that motion we have a motion by councelor Holden do we have a second second second by councelor wigner
discussion call the question hi hi hi hi and I'll vote Yes motion carries 5 Z next we have our payments and claims uh we have a resolution before you um with the transfers are going to the 101 general fund in the amount of
$1,317 and2 8 and that's coming from the 812 lodging tax fund accounts payable International FSE claims of $ 975,000 airport commission claims of $3,666 and Airport major claims projects
of $ 56,57 65 for a total accounts payable of 1,144 385 30 shair would entertain a motion to adopt the resolution approving the payments and claims 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 I and I'll vote Yes motion carries 5 Z next we go to
audience is there anyone in the audience that would like to bring anything forward that's not on the agenda all right there will also be an opportunity later in the meeting we'll go down to Old business uh remove from the table the approval of the 2023 audit
as presented by schlenner and wner so move we have a motion by councelor Buller we have a second second second by councelor Holden discussion I would just say that uh we had to get an extension if I got this
right otherwise we would have been done because there was some issues with airport paperwork for our audit yes that is correct correct got so anyways for the for the folks that uh are watching online there is definitely a piece of
the uh the recording that it's going to get cut out there was um some lwd behavior on our uh on our Zoom meeting so we are going to cut that piece out of what goes into uh kcctv we will not be
um airing that or bluring it out no business has been uh conducted from the city council from our last uh motion which was to remove the uh schlener and winter um audit forward so now it's
before us um and I just want to um hand off to the city administrator to verify that we are in a good position now with um or if we're not in a good position to approve the annual audit mayor are you going to
take a um vote to remove it first completely I apologize I thought we had I guess I got a little just got a first in a second you do not have a call on that I apologize so we have a motion in a second I'll call the question I I I and I'll vote Yes motion carries thank
you I I did get sidetracked by some things um so now that's before us uh City admin yes thank you mayor and councel um our finance officer is out of the office on vacation this week so she did put a memo
together for you uh her and I have been in contact with Ryan our auditor and he assured us that um they were diligent in getting the final pieces to that was that's the airport commission was diligent in getting the final pieces to them upon request they are understanding
that we did have to file that extension and that there were no material changes to the uh original audit that was presented to you guys at uh the budget and finance meeting and the document is in front of you again the pretty much the same document therefore um we are
asking that you um go ahead and approve that document and we would move uh the appropriate information to the office of Secretary of State's office for publication and um final processing of the audits all right so the chair would
entertain a motion to approve the 2023 annual audit so move we have a motion by councelor Buller do we have a second second second by councelor Holden discussion I will reiterate again
apparently that's a little early you but maybe that's to cause problems who knows but uh just said we had the extension because of the delay in getting the airport um paperwork and financials for
that's why we needed an extension and I'm assuming they weren't just asked for that paperwork in July would that be safe to say correct all right so that's all I have to say all right any other discussion on the
audit hearing none call the question I I I I and I'll vote Yes motion carries 5 Z next we have a on our consent agenda we have acknowledgement and accept the donation of Packaging corpor Corporation
of America for the International Falls fire department uh chair would entertain a motion to approve that check for $2500 so moved we have a motion by councelor Wagner second second by counc
Fuller discussion hearing none call the question I I I I can all vote Yes motion carries 5 Z next uh we have a letter of resignation from the Housing and
Redevelopment Authority from board member art Holt chair would entertain a motion to approve that uh resignation I'll move we have a motion by councelor Kaylor you have a second second okay we have a second by
councelor Buller discussion heing none call the question I I I I and I'll vote Yes motion carries 5 Z next says consider appointment of the housing and re uh to the Housing and Redevelopment Authority board um I have
received one name of someone that's interested but I do want to open this up to everybody um so at the next council meeting I will make an appointment but I would uh um like to make it open to anybody in the community that would like to serve on the Housing and
Redevelopment Authority board to put in an application with the uh City there's application for appointment uh in the office um and we will have an appointment uh on our next city council meeting for that if nobody else um comes
forward I do have one person that is interested so um we're able to move forward that way is there a counselor on that committee uh there can't be a well there can be a counselor but it makes it very difficult because they meet at the same time as
us but we could change our meeting times but yeah that's part of the issue I just just had that question so well and it it it they meet um when we have our committee the whole meeting so I mean it could be something that we could change our committee the whole meeting around
so that one person could get information and bring it right back to the uh the council but as of right now um it wouldn't make sense all right next we're doing some fun stuff we're approving the
recommendation to promot officer bleo to Sergeant effective August 6th 2024 Chief do you have anything to say about this thank you mayor councel as you said this is my
recommendation for our final sergeant that we need um we've talked before about how we try to have a sergeant on each shift um 24 hours a day and knows this as well truthfully one of the most important positions in our department um
street level supervisor and I can speak from experience and I know I've got um Willie here too who was a sergeant is probably the one you take most pride in attaining in our department Joshua has worked extremely hard for this
um since January we've been challenged in a lot of the roles he's taken on um and as you can see just from his work history he may have started in 2021 but anytime we've had something that needed to be done he stepped up and done it um the school resource officer performed
that job excellent um we counc only I were talking about before the meeting about the incident where we had a possible active shooter dealt with it within seconds um and now he's the defensive tactics instructor he's a part of our emergeny
Response Team Drug Task Force member um Firearms instructor in addition to all this I I've been really impressed with just the way he handles the dayto days and his his strong ethical background um again one of the most critical things of a
sergeant is you're trying to Ste the beliefs in your Patrol officers and those you work with and we as Administration rely on the sergeant to do all that and and I'm very very excited with his potential where he's going to go in our department um I'm assuming you all know Joshua he's in
back here but if you don't he's Josh you want to stand up and just you've probably all seen them anyway but excellent employee one of the best officers we have in our department he's going to be a fantastic supervisor so I just wanted to introduce you guys and tell you how excited to for him well
thank you excellent all right well at this time the chair would entertain a motion for the promotion I'll make that motion all right we have a motion by councelor Holden do we have a second I'll second second from councelor Kaylor any discussion just that I think
joshu will do an excellent job started out in the jail but one thing he's always been very good he's very good with people and can use his um communication skills that to avoid started out in jail well it kind
of feels like that sometimes yeah yeah don't get me started I was going to say already already know but I was going to keep that to myself what I know but but no I think he'll do an excellent job and I'd like to thank him for the work he did at the school when there was a
possibility of an active shooter as a former School Board member the importance of taking care of the future of this country you did a fantastic job and I appreciate that congratulations all right you if you
don't know right now there is the biggest smile I've ever seen on your face right now all right so we have a motion in a second I'll call the question I I I I and I'll vote Yes motion carries congratulations congratulations conratulations
[Applause] oh now I feel bad Brad Hagen isn't going to get the same all right next we have a uh a letter of retirement from Brad heg
equipment officer effective August 2nd and move the vacancy to the public works committee to discussion and consideration chair would entertain a motion to accept that letter and to move the vacancy to the public works commission so move we have a motion by
councelor Buller we have a second second second by councelor Wagner discussion call the question I I I I I'll vote Yes motion carries
0 next we have approv the access gate operator system and the perimeter fence quotes for the lay down yard project as presented chair would entertain a motion to move thanks for coming thank you see you we have a couple of uh quotes here
chair would entertain a motion to accept the low quote which is the 15,000 is that correct Ted do you want to come forward and just give us a quick rundown thank you mayor and councel the first quote in front of you is for the
gate operating system so it'll be an automatic gate that's got a fob and security on it so and then the perimeter fence is a separate quote okay because a lot of the fence companies don't dabble in the the gate side of it
especially with the automatic opener so did we receive uh multiple quotes or no actually we only received one quote back okay yep but we did we did go out for uh yep we sent to several vendors we're actually finding that on
several smaller projects um we we put the quote out for concrete and sent it to four or five and only got one back so that's but yes we are definitely sending them out to more than one vendor one more than one contractor as
per statute yep all right so the chair would entertain a motion to accept uh both both quotes So Mo we have a motion by councelor buler do we have a second second second by councelor Holden
discussion so so is there two quotes here then that well there one for theate for theate yep so the fence is 40 yep and the gate is 15 MH any and that is right in line with what our engineers's estimate was so I
mean if it was astronomically High we wouldn't entertain it but do you have a followup question on that no okay we have a motion in a second I'll call the question I I I I I'll vote Yes motion carries 5 Z thank you
thanks consider recommendation from the Planning Commission to add uh resolution of conditional use permit for storage and meeting purposes to the International Falls Recreation hockey um Kelly do you want to come forward and just talk about
that mayor ccil what uh this was a part of uh possibilities that would be done at carry Park uh Rec cocki has a building that we have our compressors in at car park and backside they've used that for
storage for quite a few years with the potential possibility of the expansion to the building and and or if they do anything with changing over to an ammonia system the city is going to require that that entire building to
utilize it for what it is so recck is looking to move forward with another project which is property that's adjacent to the to the park which you can see it's on the uh West the South west side of the building it's property they've Acquired and they looked at
building a similar building what they have to use for storage plus meeting purposes on that backside we held the meeting um we did have one neighborhood person that was there to speak a little bit they had no opposition to it they were just concerned about the activity
and as long as we access from the back side of the building like Through the Alley they had no issues so I think it's a good move for them it'll it'll be something that could come come into play with whole carry Park project or expansions or anything in the future I
mean I think it's a plus so this is just these two um it's those two lots I I apologize I didn't bring my map with me they do have 250 Lots there so they have plenty of room for what 80 and 81 yes 80 and 81 okay and uh it it would
just be a good addition it gives us a little more room at the park then too something that'll help them and help us at the same time and then um because it's not city property this wouldn't be part of carry Park this would just be their own their own gig this will remain
a residential property it's a conditional use that fits under under the conditions of a residential area and that's what it could be used for okay works out good that it's hooked up to it perfect does anyone have any questions for Kelly on that please Kelly can you
also talk on on these conditional uses if they're approved how they're recorded and um the ownership if it ever changes what happens to this conditional use permit okay what happens with this is it gets recorded it's recorded at the courthouse as a conditional use on the
property if FS Rec hockey ever ended up deciding that they were going to sell the property the conditional use is lifted it goes back to a residential standards of what it is so it's something that should stay there you know as long as R cocky is in existence I'm sure they're going to keep it but if
they decided they had to sell it for some reason then this conditional use would get lifted and it would be put back into the residential status of that area is there a fee for filing that $46 fee yes okay and and I'm I'm not throwing anyone under the bus when I
asked this question that historically hadn't happened correct we were just holding on to them in the building no to be honest with you it kind of created a lot of confusion over the years they weren't recorded at the courthouse for conditional use what we were doing is they were stored in the file cabinets which are in my office so people claim
that they have a conditional use for something I have to dig if you can't produce it they don't have one right and and we need to record that they have that purpose and by doing it in this manner by recording it and saying that if it gets sold and lifted it's a good
thing because if you have say a welding shop in a residential area that got approved it was there for 50 years ago and all of a sudden somebody decided they were going to do it again but the hoses have changed they have to come back to us to ask so a it's a good
fashion I I I I think it's a great thing cuz when I first got into my office downstairs I found old conditional use permits from the 80s so if anybody wants to come and help someday I've got boxes of no I think that's fantastic I think
it's a great way to go about it all right so we uh we'll need a motion in a second to approve that uh uh recommendation I'll make that motion we have a motion by councelor Holden do we have a second a second second by councelor buler
discussion hearing none call the question I I hi I I'll vote Yes motion carries 5 Z thank you Kelly uh next we have a uh resolution for application to have uh off-site gambling for Rainer Recreation they're
going to have a raffle to be held at the Falls High gymnasium on October 14th 2024 chair would entertain a motion to approve that I'll move we have a motion by councelor wner we have a second a
second second by councelor bll discussion hearing none call the question I I I I I'll vote Yes motion carries 5 Z any other business come before the council all right we'll go down to
reports of boards committees and department heads start with the city administrator thank you mayor just an update that um myself and councelor Kaylor were down at the Coalition of Greater Minnesota City's conference in St Cloud weight Park St Joseph area last
week for a day and a half two days and thank you for allowing us to go it was very beneficial we heard from the emsrb how those things are changing down there what we can expect a little bit other legislators um lot of some talk on housing trying to understand you know
everybody has impact on housing and what they're hoping to do the next session um very beneficial and you know they're there to help us so connected with some other folks um in regards to annexation as well so as we move forward with
talking um airport property that could be a a great resource also so just that was short update on that um travels last week perfect uh City attorneys out um department heads anybody have anything
to bring forward um really quick for the administrator do we have um I and I know I asked you earlier today but just for the knowledge of the council an update on the Bandshell on timing or anything I'm going to have Jason fiser our engineer
step up and give a brief update on what because I just asked him the same question so he can give us a brief update on where we're at question it was uh yes and talking with the contractor the way have to demo it now is we're going to be putting it into
uh containers dumpsters to hallway and so they're trying to update the schedule so they can get it all hauled Away by the end of next week or not next week the week after um but they are concerned they don't want them in dumpsters during the bass tournament so if they can't get
it in the dumpster get the dumpsters hauled by then they're going to be pushing it back until after that okay so so before July 3rd after that's just sad thank you get
pointing all right uh in your packet you have the police monthly report uh reports of the mayor council committees boards and commissions anybody have anything just said I went with the city administrator to the
conference like she said it was good and educational learned some stuff and one thing I learned is uh this in the house and in the Senate yes everybody realizes there's a housing issue but you could say there's a slight
despair despair see of what uh how to fix the problem what about what about your event on Friday night yeah well I don't you have an event coming up I don't have an event coming up on Friday oh I did yes I
met uh some gentlemen from uh atasa County um on their own they came together and uh one was a police officer one a teacher and one of the doctor and one uh ran a marathon on the way here
one biked 125 miles and another bik or uh roller were bladed 998 mil and I met them at the cobblestone in welcome to town and they raised money for all different uh charities in
uh the itasa County area and what and totally from the West End itas count you're a lot of it cuz one was from Grand Rapids one from kasset and one from Deer River so and they and then they turned around the next day and we're going to do the same
thing yeah but they had a good trip up here cuz they were delayed a few hours not So Much from the running and Banks but from stopping along the way and apparently there was a big group out at the junction uh bar and restaurant that
greeted them and stuff so they're happy there are a few of us out there at the Cobblestone and they were just doing this they decided to raise some money so it's really good I told him I suppose we can take a picture and put our purple and orange uh differences of size for
the for good for a good cause so thank you uh and on July 18th um I got uh a phone call from the International Peace run uh and we had folks that were
running all over uh the United States Mexico and Canada and they were um coming to International Falls and then they were uh going to run up through Canada and it was one of the more interesting
things that I've ever uh experienced as mayor these folks were from New Zealand they were from uh um Italy all over the all over the world and they were running and they taught me that our
international bridge was dedicated in 1991 by mayor Jack Murray as the International Bridge the Shi chimoy Peace Bridge is the dedication on our
bridge and this peace run is uh in memory of this this uh gentleman that uh was promoting peace and N in 1991 they dedicated our international bridge to this man man who is uh
promoting peace and they came up here on to run to see that uh that plaque that's there I put the information on my social media page uh the mayor Harley droa the information is up there along with a picture of the plaque that is on the
bridge from mayor Murray back in 1991 and it was an educational piece of something in our community that I didn't know anything about um so it was it was a really great moment of meeting some folks from outside the area and uh it
was really interesting just like like the group of people that that you had just promoting a cause by doing physical activity wonderful one more thing and I did meet last Tuesday that had uh open house about the construction of the
Newport entry headquarters that a few people attended about 30 or so that morning and I don't know about night but just went over where they're at the plans sounds like hopefully be the design will be done next fall and I
leave and then Construction in 2026 start but they're doing the best they can to alleviate the concerns but that's where it's going uh unless they decide not to build it but they're May they're looking all possibly roundabout when they you're leaving the
port to help direct traffic to leave some of the concerns but they're just given information to the public then that another meeting that that was uh interesting and informational perfect anybody else have anything to
bring forward all right we'll go to audience is there anyone in the audience that has anything to bring forward now I'm concerned oh we're good all right um correspondents the coching Board of Commissioners meeting minutes are in
your packet along with uh public notice for the international budget international uh budget and finance committee uh for the 2025 budget process and and um the voyagers national park annual
star star party is August 9th and 10th our next council meeting will be on August 19th this meeting is adjourned