Good evening and welcome to the May 18th city council meeting. If you join me for a moment of silence in the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the stands one nation
indivisible. Liberty for >> All right, >> Mr. Snder. Roll call, please. >> V >> here. >> Helier >> here. >> Vermal >> here. >> Walter >> here.
>> Lee >> here. >> Okay, very good. We'll move on to item number three, citizens comments. Opportunity for anyone to address the council for up to three minutes. Okay, very good. Moving on to item four, additional agenda information. Mr. Miller. >> Nothing.
>> Nothing. Okay. Very good. We'll move on to our presentations, introductions, and our first is our new police officer introductions. And I'll turn this over to our chief, Brad Pollson. Good evening. >> Good evening, uh, mayor, members of the council. We appreciate the opportunity tonight to introduce seven of our police
officers that have started within the past 10 months for us. So, I'll have them start working uh their way up to the front. This a well orchestrated uh event here, so it's been well rehearsed. Um, so we just I I'll provide uh just a few way points on each of their journey to uh Lakeville PD while they're getting
their badges pinned on here shortly. But um certainly when when our officers start uh on day one, they they do an official oath with the city clerk. Obviously, they've been wearing a badge now for a number of months, but we feel it's important to publicly uh do an oath
to uh honor our officers commitment to the public and also to to pin the badge to to signify and and introduce them to our community that uh that they are serving and and to uphold the the duties and responsibilities that they are swearing to do. So, we feel it's important to to publicly do that. So, uh
for the badge pinners, as I uh introduce each officers, I'll just have you come up and pin the badge while I while I speak. So, we'll start out with Bennett we strand down on my left here, badge 48140. Bennett graduated, I'm sorry. Bennett grew up in Apple Valley and graduated from Eastview High School and attended
St. Mary's University in Winona where he earned a bachelor of arts degree in criminal justice. He started working with Lakeville PD as a community service officer in the summer of 2022, spent a few years in this capacity while finishing up his law enforcement
schooling and became an officer with us last July. Congratulations to Officer Bennett Werrand. Next up is Officer Josh Enavald, badge 48141. Josh grew up in Chaska, Minnesota before moving on to college, where he graduated with a business management degree from
Minnesota State Mano. He worked in insurance and with TSA before spending about three years working at the Carver County Jail as a detention deputy. Josh was one of our IC Poet grant recipients and began his law enforcement schooling back in February of 2025. And once he
completed that in July, he uh was on boarded as a police officer with Lakeville PD. So, welcome Officer Josh Enavald. Next is Officer Megan Karp, badge 48142. Megan grew up in Rochester, Minnesota, and graduated from John Marshall High School. She went on to attend St. Cloud
State University and attained her bachelor's degree in criminal justice with an emphasis in victim services concentration. Throughout high school, college, and beyond, she spent about 10 years in the hospitality industry. She was also a recipient of our IC Poet grant. We pulled her out of hospitality into public service uh where she
attended uh law enforcement skills training in February of 2025, completed that and was on boarded as a police officer with us in July of last year. Congrats to Officer Megan Cart. Next up is Officer Joe Baron, badge 48143.
Joe grew up in St. Peter, Minnesota, and went on to college at Biji Baiji State University, where he played football and graduated with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice. He completed his law enforcement training at Alexandria Technical College, and he began his policing career with Lakeville PD last
July as well. Congratulations to Officer Joe Baron. I have to talk long enough till that badge is fully secure. So, we're doing okay. All right. Moving on to this side. Officer Fletcher Silver Nail, badge 48144. Fletcher spent his early years in
Burnsville, later moved to Lakeville, and graduated from Apple Valley High School. He's got the South Metro covered. He went on to to continue his education at Raspersonson University where he received his law enforcement degree. Fletcher spent about two and a half years as a community service officer with Lakeville PD before
becoming a police officer last November. Congratulations to Officer Fletcher Silvernail. In the middle here, Officer Victoria Rock, badge 48145. Victoria grew up in Lakeville and graduated from Lakeville South High School. She continued her education at
the University of North Dakota where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice. She finished her law enforcement schooling at Raspersonson University. She was also a community service officer with us uh for about a year and a half and moved into her police officer role last November.
Congratulations to Officer Victoria Rock. And finally, Officer Brandon Johnson, badge 48146. Brandon grew up primarily in Blaine, although he graduated from Central High School in Norwood, Young America. He furthered his education and graduated
with a law enforcement degree from Rasperson University and started his policing career as a deputy with the Mackenzie County Sheriff's Office in North Dakota. He spent a few years there before getting hired as a deputy with the Carver County Sheriff's Office in 2018 and joined us as a Lakeville police
officer last November. Congratulations and job well done by his daughter, Officer Brandon Johnson. And I'll invite Mayor Helier down to uh read the oath of office. >> All right. Very good.
Raise your right hand. >> I state your name so square. >> I do swear >> that I will support the Constitution of the United States. >> I will support the Constitution of the United States >> and the State of Minnesota
>> in the state of Minnesota >> and faithfully discharge the duties of police officer >> and faithfully discharge the duties of police officer. for the city of Lakeville. >> for the city of Lakeville. >> In the county of Dakota and state of Minnesota. >> in the county of Dakota and state of
Minnesota. >> To the best of my judgment and ability. >> To the best of my judgment and ability. >> So help me God. >> So help me God. Very good. So, I'll ask what all the senior officers won't ask is, do any of you
play softball or hockey? I know they're headed out, but I don't know if council has any words before they uh depart the uh the room here. But I want to thank uh families. Um it's always nice to see for them to see the support that they have uh from their families, from uh our staff and the
police department, from the community as a whole. So, thank you. >> Yeah, John. >> First off, I'm just wondering what happened to badge numbers in the 30s and 40s. Um, congratulations everybody. I mean, this is a big big moment for you and you
worked incredibly hard to get here and uh, as I'm fond of saying, the work is just beginning and you're going to continue to work incredibly long and hard for your career here in Lakeville. We're happy you're here. You're exactly right where you belong and uh, there
it's it's not a coincidence that you're here in Lakeville. Uh, you work in a great community. your community supports you and uh you're going to do great work. So, thank you for uh for getting this far. >> I'll just add first of all uh thank you
for your service. Uh I'm extremely proud of our police department and I am sure that they've selected the cream of the crop. So, here's an official welcome to the team. So, thank you. >> Very good. We'll give you one last round of applause and we'll give you a minute to kind of walk out and then we'll get
back into our meeting. So congratulations. Oh yeah, no problem. Okay, we'll uh now move on to our next item, our fire department quarter one presentation and have Chief Meyer. I
think by the time you make it up, the doors will be closed and you're good. >> Good evening, mayor, council members. I'd like to present the Lakeville Fire Department first quarter 2006 report. I don't know if your mic not m might not
be on. >> Yeah. >> About that one. >> Not that one. >> It's just quiet. >> Green light is on. So, >> okay. All right. >> Uh, mission statements. The Lakeville Fire Department is dedicated to serving the community through protection of lives and property by providing public
safety, education, and professional emergency response. Looking at call numbers or our call volume for uh first quarter. So, it's a the top graph is just a three-year comparison looking back 24, 25, and 26. So, you can see that increase per year.
Uh, and it's about a 10% increase that we're seeing, which is about average over each year so far. Uh, and then the bottom one is just a breakdown of the months in that first quarter. So, uh, pretty consistent until we get into February and March. You can see it's a pretty significant increase, uh, from 25
to 26 for that jump in call volume. Incident type. So this is different from what we've seen in the past reports because we did have to switch in January of 26 to nearest reporting. So it's just a change of how we are uh typing our calls. Uh so medical obviously is still
our number one call volume. It's about 62 63%. Uh what you've normally seen as far as false alarms or canceled calls are now broken into either a no emergency or public service. Uh so that's just the difference that you see there, but the rest of them remain
roughly the same. And then I'll highlight rescue is uh any car execution or car accidents were normally lumped into the medical response and rescue. So those are broken out differently. So what you're seeing for five uh incidents and rescue are actually five vehicle
accidents where we performed uh auto extrication. And then just a note there kind of what I mentioned as far as the the no emergency includes the uh alarms, accidents, good intent and cancel calls. Um I have a quick question just because
of the graph we had uh you had before it. What is the percentage of the non-emergency? Is it the same going from year to year? So >> for non-emergency like how we respond to a call or non-emergency
>> call the calls that you said that you said um they're malfunctioning accidental alarms, good intent and counsel calls. Yep. But that's in the num that's in the total number that you presented to us. Correct. For the >> number the no emergency is just how
we're typing a we determined that it was a false alarm because of a malfunction or dead battery as an example. So it's >> right. But my question is to you is because you know it goes up from year to year. >> Yep. >> The number but the 232 calls are in the
quarter. >> Correct. >> In the tally. >> Yep. Has that been is that an unusual number or is that the same over the three years? So >> it it is the same roughly there. I'll say our false alarms we are working to decrease those and we're starting to see
those uh the gains that that we've been working on. So those the false alarms as as we look at them from a commercial standpoint are decreasing because of our inspection staff, which I'll highlight in a few slides here. >> Thank you. >> Yep. >> Sorry.
Uh just looking at uh some some pictures from calls, but just know from an emergency response and our drone response, uh we're averaging about 11.8 12 calls a day. Uh just the three pictures that you see there, obviously when winter was here, we had a number of vehicle accidents with weather. Uh the
bottom right picture is actually a semi-tra or tractor on fire out at one of our transport businesses that ended up with a secondary tractor next to it that caught fire. Uh and then the larger picture is a uh dust bin collector that our crews had to be a little creative of
getting up above it and getting water down inside of that dust bin collector. Uh normally we would use the ladder truck as far as the nozzle that's on the ladder, but because of the cold temperatures, uh we didn't want to risk that. So then we used a hand line so that if it would freeze up, it's just the hose and not the ladder, so to
speak. So they're actually hoisting a line up on top of the ladder or hose line up on top to get at the fire. uh response time. So I kind of broke this out into all emergence. So the the left uh graphics that you see are for any call that we're responding lights
and sirens. So the top part is average response. Uh and just showing the difference or the breakout in that versus the 90th percentile. Uh we as a department look at the 90th percentile. Obviously that gives us a better snapshot of what we do as far as 90% of
the time responding to calls in the community. Uh so that's right in our target window of what we're looking for. uh we'd like to see that obviously get faster and better, but uh we have to work on that. And then the right side is there's not a lot of change in there, but just if it's a non-emergent call, so
we're not running lights and sirens to that call. So example is again we get a residential fire alarm or commercial alarm, our first truck goes lights and sirens, our second truck will go non-emergent. Training completed in the first quarter. So uh the monthly trainings where we did
uh listed there thermal imaging smoke reading uh alarm panels forcible entry and then medical training uh and then there's a list of other trainings that we have completed as a department and I'll just highlight the pictures that you see there is our pay on call academy ended with them doing an additional
three weeks of training out at AEL and then one uh additional training of doing car extations. So images of them working out at AEL as a team stretching those lines beyond what we we normally do with them just with the other three the other two cities in the ALF academy
fire prevention and community engagement. So just listing some of those. Uh we've completed 40 food truck inspections. Uh fire safety visit station tours just a couple listed there. Uh obviously we had crews out at the home expo in March. And then our car
seat installation uh team gets very busy. Obviously, we've got 14 car seats that we did over the the quarter, but we're also hosting a daycare foster care clinic. So, we do that once a month uh with uh the group that helps us keep our certifications and our hours required
for that inspections. So, first quarter inspections, 350 inspections on the left side graphs that you see is uh those broken out by different types. obviously the annual inspection which is our biggest category. Uh and I'll just draw the uh what I mentioned earlier as far
as reducing some of those false alarms. So when we do go to a business on a false alarm uh fire alarm, water flow, whatever that might be is that we do a follow-up. Our inspection team is out there. Uh so those 20 visits that they did in that first quarter is following up after we've been there and trying to mitigate so that we don't have to go
repeat repeat repeatedly back to that same business for an issue. Uh the right graphic just shows permits that were issued by the fire department. So you can see the different types of fire alarm, fire sprinkler, uh the temporary heat. Again, those are those will drop off here now that we're coming into summer, but those are temporary heating
that we put in that the builders will put in either to a residential or commercial building during the winter months for uh construction. Uh mentorship program. I like to highlight this one that uh we've been actively engaged in our community and the schools mainly as far as uh talking
to the kids that are interested in the fire service, engaging them and kind of showing them what the fire service looks like. Uh the ride along job shadow is something that we've really developed over the past, I'll say year, year and a half of giving them an opportunity if they're 16 or older that they can do a ride along with the crew and kind of get
an experience what what that shift looks like. So we do a 4-hour shift uh with our full-time staff. Uh but we also have used that for uh firefighters or people that are might be interested in a full-time position or a pay on call position that get the opportunity to do a ride along and see what it's all
about. Uh January hosted our annual awards banquet. Uh and you can see the pictures there. So Joe Velasi was our rookie of the year. Uh he's the guy with the the mustache versus Joe Small with the fancy suspenders on was our firefighter of the year. Uh and then just a list of the
firefighters that celebrated their years of service of 2015 or 10 years. And then finally, just department updates. Obviously, uh we did a groundbreaking this afternoon prior to the meeting. Uh and then we uh f uh filled assistant chief position with
Janelle uh Brooks who started in April. So, she's getting her feet under her and things are going great with her, having her on board and taking some of the load off of myself. So, this has been awesome. Uh and then I'll continually update as we can continually progress through uh station 2's building.
Uh with that, we thank you for your continued investment in our firefighters, our training, and our equipment, which ensures a safer community for everyone. And I'll stand for any questions. >> I like the picture of the speaker. Still don't know what happened with that one, do we? >> No.
>> 40 40 years later. Okay. council, any questions or >> No, I just want to uh give you some kudos on the mentorship program. I think that's a really cool way to recruit and uh get local people interested in serving their uh community on the fire
department. And then a curiosity question, what's smoke reading? >> Smoke reading is literally going through and looking at uh a structure that's on fire and what does a smoke tell you? So, uh different color smoke mean different types of material burning. So like a
brown smoke means that we've got wood product burning the trusses as example or flooring. And then you can look at smoke if it's pressurized, it's pushing and we call they call it angry smoke. Tells us that there's a lot going on in there that it could be a potential for a flashover that the building's at a comp
point where the smoke is going to actually self-ignite because of the materials and the products that are in it. Uh so it's it's called the art of reading smoke because truly and I'll say the fire that we had on uh Saturday afternoon as I'm sitting here watching what's going on I can tell what's
happening in the attic space by looking at the smoke and then as soon as the crews make entry and start putting water to it I can see that converting from like a brown black smoke into a white steam knowing that we're making progress and kind of gives you that that outside look of what's happening inside the
structure. >> Fascinating. Thanks. >> Yep. comments. >> Thanks, Chief. I know you guys had a busy week, so >> thank you. Um, okay. Moving on to item C, our business spotlight, and I'll have our development community development director, Tina Goodro,
give the presentation. >> Good evening, mayor, members of council. I am pleased to present uh the Lake View Bank business spotlight video. Lake View Bank was chartered in Lakeville and has been part of the community for over 20 years. The bank currently has 23 employees and is looking to expand to
meet the needs of their growth um and supporting their clients as our community grows. The bank has a strong mission of giving back. So many of the bank employees are actively involved throughout the year in many community organizations and volunteering. This year, the bank hosted its 20th annual
Legacy Awards event which provides scholarships to exceptional students and recognizes a citizen volunteer. In 2025, Lake View Bank was named the midsize business of the year for Dakota County. Mike Pepe, president and CEO, will be speaking on behalf of the bank before
the video. And just wanted to share that we do provide this little plaque that he'll be able to take with him. Um, so I'd like to invite Mike. >> Good evening. Welcome. >> Thank you. Thank you, Tina. I'll just take a couple minutes if
that's okay. Uh, good evening, mayor and council members. On behalf of Lake View Bank, thank you for having us as the business spotlight. Uh, my name is Mike Puppy. I'm the president and CEO of Lake View Bank, which is locally owned and headquartered right here in Lakeville. Uh, at Lake View Bank, we do believe
it's all about community. Here's what community uh, banking means in practice. Every dollar deposited at Lake View stays local. We take local deposits and lend them back out to local businesses, local homeowners, and local families. Uh
the money doesn't leave, it circulates here, it builds here, and it grows here. That's something that a regional or national bank simply cannot offer our communities. Community banks like Lakeville are the backbone of local economies across America. We provide
small business loans in this country, the majority of small business loans in this country. And we do it because we know the owners personally. They're not some credit score or algorithm. When a Lake View Bank resident or Lake View Lakeville resident or business opens an
account with us, those funds become the mortgage for a neighbor's home or a loan that helps a local business hire its next employee. That's not a coincidence. That's the model. And the model works for us because we are deeply rooted here. But our commitment to Lakeville
goes beyond banking. Lake View Bank actively gives back through direct financial support to local organizations, events, and causes through the time and energy of our employees volunteer right here in our community. Our team doesn't just work in
Lakeville. They coach youth sports. They serve on nonprofit boards. And they show up when the community needs them. We believe that's part of the job. Lake View Bank and Lakeville have grown together for over two decades. When our community thrives, we grow. When we
grow, we lend more, we give more, and we invest more right back here. That exact cycle is what community banking is all about and why having a strong local community bank matters for every resident in business in this city.
Because for us, it truly is all about community. And I can't tell you enough as a bank how fortunate we are to be part of the Lakeville community. Thank you again for this recognition tonight, for allowing me time, and for all that you do. Have a good evening.
>> Thank you, Mike. Lake View Bank was established in 2004 by a group of local business people led by Tom Mor who viewed Lakeville as a growing community and wanted to give back. >> This is the world headquarters of Lake View Bank. You know, we're the only chartered community bank in uh the city
of Lakeville and that has a lot of advantages for us. I mean, uh, the larger banks can be more problematic for certain types of customers, and we look at any individual business in our community as a potential client of our
bank, and I think we can give them the community bank uh, service that uh, a lot of people still want. >> Lake View Bank takes pride in being a community bank that provides residents with personal banking services and small business support. >> So, we're a full-ervice community bank.
So, anything you'd expect from checking and savings accounts to safe deposit boxes, we've got those. Our specialty is in small business lending. So, we work with a number of Lakeville businesses. Um, being founded in Lakeville 20 years ago, that's where we built our base. Uh, but we service businesses throughout the
Twin Cities metro and and some parts beyond. >> The bank's motto displayed proudly in their lobby is because it's all about community. And its 20 plus employees take that to heart. >> Because it's all about community is more than a tagline. It is really who we are. We get it very involved. Um during the
month of September, we have community impact month and we break out in teams. We have we all partner up. Every employee is given $100. We can combine them with our partners and then we do random acts of kindness in the community or we select an organization or a family
that needs some special um support. >> Everybody here if you walked into the bank would say they're a part of something. Uh, and that's just a big piece of what we do here. >> In addition to volunteering, attending local events, and actively engaging in community organizations, Lake View Bank
also hosts events throughout the year to recognize individuals in the community who are doing great work and celebrate with their customers during the annual birthday bash in July. >> Like a lot of things we do at uh Lake View Bank, it was to give back to the community. Um, we actually this year in
2026 celebrated our 20th Legacy Award. And what it was established back in 2006 was to recognize students and individuals in the community who have uh thrived in the community and excelled in
their profession uh as a student or as a volunteer. Um we provide scholarships to the students. We provide funding for each uh volunteer or business winner recipient to give back to any
organization they choose to do so. Several recent accomplishments include Lake View Bank being named midsize business of the year in Dakota County in 2025 and reaching a level of 200 million in assets in early 2026, which demonstrates the bank's success and its
intention to grow along with the community. >> We consider oursel a small bank, but I feel like we have the services to act like a big bank. So, we have all the technology that all the big banks have. But even as the bank grows and
adapts to changing technologies, its emphasis remains on maintaining personal relationships and giving back. >> I think as you talk about Lakeville, it is a growing community. For a bank, that is a good thing, but it's also a community that maintains a closeness and
a smallness to it. Um, there's a lot of people who have been around here for a long time that I see come into the bank and I think that's one of the things that's special about it. Thank you to Lake View Bank for choosing Lakeville and continuing to invest in our community. >> Well, thanks Mike. Extend our gratitude
to the rest of the team at Lake View for all of your support for the city. We are greatly thankful for that. So, thank you for being here today, too. >> Thank you. >> All right, we'll move on to item six, our consent agenda. Anything you'd like to highlight, Mr. Miller?
>> Thank you, Mayor. A few items tonight. Item 6H is confirmation of the planning commission chair and that is been voted on by the comm by the uh planning commission to be Christine Zimmer again this year and by our ordinance. You're asked to to confirm that. Item 6K is our
first labor agreement with IAFF Lakeville Professional Firefighters. This is the first contract that we have that union group and we appreciate their their work as we've negotiated that. Item 6S is Coober Coffee Minnesota LLC conditional use permit. This is actually
going to be a seven brew coffee and uh um 179th in Cedar. Cedar Place Cedar Marketplace I believe is the name second. And then item 16T is accepting phase two bids for new fire station 2. We just
held a groundbreaking that for that tonight and these bids came in on budget and we're excited to get construction going. >> Okay, very good. Um, council, anything you'd like to pull for further discussion or mention? Otherwise, I'll take a motion to approve. Council Lee
move to approve the consent agenda. >> Okay. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Any further discussion? Cosine none. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed. Consent agenda passes. We'll now move on to item seven, Interstate South Logistics Park fourth edition
plumary plat and conditional use permit. And I don't know if Mr. Kurt from Scanel is gonna start. Come on up. >> Good evening. Good evening, Mayor Council. My name is Jake Kurt with Scanel Properties. Very excited to
introduce uh this upcoming project that we anticipate to break ground later this summer. Um we will be taking our outlot uh that's named Interstate South uh fourth edition um into two separate lots
with one outlot. Uh from a site plans perspective, our lot one that will be on the east side of of the of the outlot will be a built a suit for Domino's uh supply chain. It'll be a distribution center 75,000 square feet. Um this will
be a relocation for them and and also expansion. So very excited about that. >> Okay, Miss Goodro, you have a staff report. So now we get the freshest dominoes in the metro. >> Yep. Yep. You will. All right. So yes, Scanell Properties has Smid Ply Plat
application for two lots on 37.9 acres. The property is located just south of 215th Street. Um it is just north of the Amazon XL facility. Um it is zoned I1 light industrial.
As um Mr. Kurt mentioned, the plat does contain two lots. Um lot one um is being platted over here. That development um application will be coming to you shortly. Lot two is the property that we're discussing tonight. They are also requesting a conditional use permit for
um additional parking. And so this is a site plan for that lot too. It's a 75,000 foot manufacturing building. It will have two access points to 217th Street. There'll be no direct access to 215th or County Road 70. Um dock doors
will be located along the east side, main parking area along the south side, and then additional trailer parking along the east side. And there is plans for a 25,000 square foot addition. So, one of the things that the applicant requested was having that additional
parking be built now. It just made sense to them to build it all now versus disrupting it in the future. However, we do have a requirement because we try to eliminate limit additional parking. Um, so we do have the cup process if you want to add parking in excess of 125%.
So, initially with this first build, they'll be at 150%, but when that 25,000 foot addition is placed, they'll be back below that 125% threshold. So, in a sense, it's kind of a temporary cup for that. And the math is included on the
screen as well as um was in the packet. The applicant will be adding screening um for the trailers along the east side. We're asking some for some additional screening along the north side um added to what's already proposed. and then um parking lot um screening and additional
landscaping um along the southern property um north of the pond. Um the building elevations um will be very similar to the different types of buildings that we've been seeing out in the industrial park. Medium texture pre-cast panels um four colors that's
being used to break up the building and to provide visual interest um to the building. The planning commission did hold a public hearing on their May 7th meeting. There were no public comments and the planning commission unanimously recommended approval and I stand for any questions. >> Very good. Council, any questions?
>> Council Lee >> for the applicant actually. Um, a little insider information about my dad drove truck for Domino's and just retired from uh doing this up in Egan last year. But something that I found
interesting was that Domino's has this a trucking strategy where most of it's overnight. uh I believe is that still the the trucking strategy in terms of uh when this facility is going to be the busiest. >> I don't know the specifics offhand, but
that this will be a 24-hour facility. Uh one thing to note is that the uh distribution uh of the materials that are inside the facility will span across the entire state. So I would anticipate that it's not just through, you know,
finite specific times. Sure. Yeah. >> Thank you. >> Do you uh do you how many jobs will be in this facility? >> Uh there'll be roughly about 45 new jobs just just in this facility. >> Very good. Council questions. If not, I'll take a motion. Council Walter. I
move a resolution approving the Interstate South Logistics Park fourth edition preliminary preliminary plat and two a conditional use permit to exceed 125% of the minimum parking requirement for lot 2 block one and adopt findings of fact
>> there second any further discussion Christine on roll call please Walter. >> Hi, >> Lee. >> Hi. >> Hi. >> Heler. >> Hi. >> Burma. >> Hi.
>> Very good. Um, we'll now move on to unfinished business. Seeing none, we'll move on to what we call new business, but we'll take kind of a five minute pause here or four minutes till 6:40. Sorry, Julie. Um, just this is what
traditionally was our work session time. Um, so for those who don't need to be here for the work session, you're give moment to leave and this gives us a nice break. So we'll come back at 6:40. >> Don't overly explain that. >> Just a minute to explain it.
>> Yeah. Our review of the quarter on financial report with our finance director, Miss Julie Stall. Good evening. >> Good evening, Mr. Mayor. Thank you. And thank you, council. We're doing something a little different tonight. Got a summary um in a PowerPoint
presentation. So, we're not just working looking through the report that you were all given in your packet. >> Hey, I like it. >> I know. I think it's going to be great. So, we are looking at the first quarter 2026. We're including the general fund, communications fund, liquor fund, and
utility funds. So, when we're looking at the general fund of revenues, um they're at 2.14 million right now and it's only 4% of our budget. You all know we get our tax money in June and December. So, that's not a surprise. It's not out of line for
this first quarter. And we've got license and permits are actually up from the same time period in 2025. So, they're at roughly 900,000. Charges for services are also up over 2025's first quarter um by about roughly 158,000. So
they're sitting at 655,000 for the year for the first quarter. Investment income, we've only got 73,000 this first quarter. Um again, we hold investments to maturity. We did for the city for our first quarter, we earned
990,000 of interest earnings. Um but the fair market value changes were a loss of 519,000. So net for the whole city portfolio was roughly 470,000 to the good. Um again that fair market value is also just a
point in time. So we don't like I said we hold them to maturity and don't take any losses on those typically. So um when we're looking at building permits quarter one comparison to from last year to this year we're higher. So single
families are at 63 units versus 58 last year and town homes are at 97 units versus the 59 from last year. Um just another note too. So year to date are May through May um for building
permits. So 83 single family homes, 124 town homes, four apartments which are 51 units and then eight commercial permits. We also a little difference from first quarter of 2025 is we have a full quarter of the safer grant. If you
remember we hired the 15 firefighters in March of 2025 for the first quarter in 2025 didn't have a full quarter's worth of those of that grant money. So that's about 400,000 more than last year. and then court finds. Um it's right in line
with the budget um but is slightly below last year's at this time at 53,000. Looking at the total quarter 1 expenditures for the general fund, we're at 9.5 million and that's only 20% of our budget. So we're doing well there.
Um there's some staffing shortages or or transition costs that have that are contributing to that savings. Um and it is uh as budgeted we have produc or had predicted 750,000 um more than quarter 21 quarter one of
2025. Again that's the growth factor. The um fire is a big part of that. We've had growth factor in the police as well. Um just showing the chart there is just showing those the costs um for each department for the quarter.
Excuse me. Uh salt purchase salt purchases. We are about 68,000 more than the same time period last year. Um but and it is 83% of our annual budget, but we are fully um at capacity at storage at the central maintenance facility. So
we're sitting good for this next winter season. Gas and electric, we're gas is up about 40,000 more than the same time period last year. And then we had a lot of rate increases on gas. um and combined both gas and electricity is at 30% of budget. So, we'll watch that
hopefully, you know, through the next two quarters and it'll be manageable. >> Well, air conditions up. >> Yeah, it feels like it does. Um fire department, we are, like I said, higher than last year um because of those 15 new fulltimes that were added
at um in March of 2025. Um they did change up how they're doing their gear outfitting for fire and they are renting instead of instead of purchasing. So there's some cost savings there. And then police um like I mentioned
those staffing vacancies during due to transitions um is causing police to come in under budget for the most part. So but we're expecting um that budget to come in line with what we anticipated. And looking at those other funds, the enterprise funds, we've got the liquor
fund, which is doing well. Um, compared to uh quarter one of last year, we're up 1.7% in sales. So that's at 4.6 million. The gross margin is slightly up as well at 29.3%. Um, expenditures are 19% of budget, so
they're doing really well with that. And, um, they're 26,000 under the first quarter of 2025. If I remember though, we were down the year before, so now we're probably back to >> it. It ago,
>> yeah, the whole industry has really tapered off. Um, so to see any increases in in the sales is very positive. >> Um, we did do the transfers already that were budgeted for the liquor fund and roughly 2.35 million to those other
funds, helping to keep our levy manageable. So, um I'll scoot over to water fund. Typically, the first quarter is low lower in the water and sewer funds and um so not an alarming that we've got
66,000 less than last year at this time. We did have the rate increase of 6% that went into effect February 1st. Um but we did have 65,000 fewer gallons that actually um were build for this first quarter. and our expenditure
expenditures are slightly over the benchmark at 27%. So 2% over benchmark. Sewer fund um same thing that the revenues are slightly um less than we'd anticipate but again first quarter
that's what they they typically do. Uh we do have increased costs. The the Met Council of MCEES disposal is the largest cost of the sewer processing. Um and that had an 8.3% increase for 2026, which is roughly $6 million cost to the
city for those that processing um the city. So it makes up a large part of our increase. We're able to absorb part of the increase with our existing fund balance, but um still there was a 3% increase for 2026. Uh expenditures on the other hand are
doing well. They're so they're under benchmark at 22%. And then street lights. Um we had a 5% rate increase that went into effect and revenues are right on track with that. Environmental resources 4% rate increase and the
revenues are actually um trending above 2025. There's some growth factors that are contributing to all of these different um levels of revenues, but um those rate rate effect rate effects rate increases affect it. But again, that
usage really just drives and the sewer and water especially. So, um I'll just um hit on the key takeaways from the first quarter. Uh building p building permits, they're outpacing 2025, which is very encouraging. Um and that, you
know, trend we don't see that we got a lot of lot of building permits to issue for everything that's been um all those applications that are already in place. So, um, the revenue timing again, like I said, is normal. We don't get our first tax payment until June. And, um, but the
positive thing is that our charges for services and our permits are are higher than what we saw last year. And again, expenditures are mostly on track. General fund is only at 20% of budget. So, right now, we're sitting at a good spot. and um like those savings
in the staffing vacancies um are helping helping with that. The utility rate adjustments, like I mentioned, those increasers are now in effect for the rest of the quarters and as we recognize the growth in the city, we're going to continue to see those revenues trending
up. Um, liquor sales again is positive and and that's it's an encouraging note know that knowing that they're they're trending up higher than they were last year because of how the industry has changed. Um, and then as you well know u
we've got the first center construction well underway and um hoping to be opening that in quarter 3 of 2026. We did get our first four partnership memberships with those other cities. So there's $40,000 of revenue in that fund.
So with that, if there's any questions on what was in the packet questions, I don't >> think we have anything. >> When it comes to permits issued, what does current quarter, what does that
translate into dollars when you break down housing, commercial, industrial? As far as the dollars for each of those, >> um, we don't have the dollars. Um, we have the numbers of I don't have that right at my fingertips. I have the >> as a combined total. Is that in
>> Oh, the combined total. Yep. That's the So, the combined total for the license and permits is the 895,000 compared to 618,000 last year's first quarter. >> Gota.
And when I'm looking at the the graph um for quarter one, there are two bars that look comparable, but the way the permitting works, it wouldn't necessarily mean that the dollars are comparable. >> Correct. It's then Yeah. >> the rates,
>> the valuations are different. Yeah. >> And the and the permit revenue is largely based on the valuation of the homes being built. So, >> right. >> Or the commercial entities being put in. Yeah. Yeah, I have to imagine three commercial versus zero is a big factor.
>> Yes. And I Yeah. And we could um I could be breaking out the dollar amounts for those permits if that's helpful. Valuation dollars, the building permit report um monthly. Yeah, that that breaks it down too. So,
>> thank you for the report. >> I've been format. Yeah, >> you like it. Okay. Okay. >> But keep all this too, right? >> Yes. >> Okay. Okay. >> I need the detail. But >> Sunday night, >> thank you. >> Good night. >> Yeah. >> Thank you.
>> Thank you. Um, council, any committee updates? I would just say we probably, if you're doing LMC conference, you probably have to be signed up pretty quick. Anybody's going to
be in with that I will take oh announcement our next city council meeting is June 1st and with that I'll take a motion to adjourn >> second >> all in favor say I >> I >> post we are adjourned
>> thank