Call the meeting to order. Order. Pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all. Consider approval of the agenda. Wakefield will make a motion to approve the agenda as written. I'll second it. Motion been made and second uh by Scott Wakefield and Nikki.
Um all in favor say I. I. Opposed. Carried consider approval of January 29th meeting minutes. I'll make that motion. Second. Motions have been made and second by Nikki and second by
Samantha. Any uh discussion? All in favor say I. I. Opposed. Carried. Review and consider action on 2025 business improvement grant program applications. Thank you chairman.
So, we received one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine applications total for this round. The applicants, um, several repeats, some new ones. First one, Ace Employment Agency, Kevin Gurl at 124 Ash Avenue North. Uh, he
requested to replace some HVAC units with some more efficient ones, a new awning on the back door, and a pergola with seating on the side of the building. uh Bob's repair uh coming back for requests for HVAC and furnace for his shop and then also to install a
permanent water fountain for uh visitors and staff. Butternut Tree LLC. This is the multi-tenant complex next to uh former Fill Me Up. They would like to redo a couple sections of concrete and pavers that are tied to their foundation. Uh
they currently have negative slopes, so they're having water intrusion on th those fronts. and then to fix a sump line associated with that. Court Trust Bank would like to uh paint uh their eaves which have fallen into a little bit of
disrepair. Knuckleheads uh putting in a grant to uh replace their front door. They've had some security breakins on it and they would like to have that replaced. Uh new windows on the back of the building, uh painting the back of the building and restaining their deck
at the back of the building. Madson Rents. Uh they put in an application. They ran into they weren't an applicant last year to redo the exterior interior of their building. Um they got the exterior done and when they opened up
the walls on the interior of the building, it was one of those they found much more going on than they anticipated. Uh the ceiling was sagging. Uh they need to put in some roof venting and re they wanted to also then more do do more insulation because of what they
found. and then redo the bathrooms differently as well. They also put in so that was for the retail space to finish it out and then they put in another half of that grant was to fix up the shed in the back with the idea that there would
be potential sale of kitchen cabinets and other things out of the back there. Where where is this the I don't know the addresses. Uh one that one is 121 Ash. That's right next to the post office. Yeah, that's what I need like reference point. Thank you. Okay. Well, brand new
windows. Okay. Pretty windows. Perfect. Thank you. Yeah, they just did the redid the windows on the corner. So, this is just to work on the inside now. Yeah, because they found more open up the walls and went old crud. Yep. This project turned into a bit bigger than they anticipated.
Okay. Some of us refer to it as the OD cell building because it has OD cell's name up on the top. Oh. Engraved in a brick. Okay. Yes. Thank just thanks for that clarification. Uh one of the new ones, well uh new
business coming to town at the former fire station, uh Northstar Dental, Mark D. Rocher. Uh he's going to be putting a dentistry and orthodontist installation there. And then another new business of town, oh what a stitch by Leslie Bershide. She'll
be do quilting and a number of other things in there. looking for flooring and shel permanent shelving within there. And then last but not least, R&V service coming back another time here to the their 2024 project was to redo the
siding um add fencing to their um toe lot and then do some electrical upgrades along with security cameras. And the siding just got finished on their front side. This is would be an application to redo
the siding and add windows on the east side of the building that faces the highway. So, that's just a quick overview of the uh applications that we have. Um, so we'll need to go through evaluate and then excuse me. So, I
handed out an extra sheet of paper or extra set of papers there with the grant program on there. Uh on the final page is the uh scoring criteria. Um when we redid this, we had the tiered depending on what was being
done. Tier one improvements scored three points. Tier two sc scored tier one scored five, tier two scored three, tier three scored one. And then we need to weigh project impact and thenu community benefit. Total of five potential points.
analysis of job growth, job retention, tax base improvement, increased foot traffic and visual enhancement of the area. Next one for five points, project feasibility and timeliness. Uh do we is there a assess the feasibility and the
ability to complete at the specified time frame. And then the last category is a non-funded applicant bonus which if they've never participated in the program before, then as a new applicant they get five bonus points in that. Um, could you remind me how much money we
have this year? I can certainly do that. Oh, there you go. We have a current balance of $82,924. There are three grants still outstanding which have yet to be closed out. The one is Madson Rentals because
of the situation he's currently in. That was for 10,000. R&V Service, which they are just buttoning up um for 10,000. And then Bob's repair, which they're actually get getting work done right now. The contractor took some time in order to
get back to these projects. So, it wasn't necessarily on the grant applicant. It was more on the contractor who was late in getting these done. Um, both the applicants did push the contractor to try to get these done sooner, but that's the way the schedule
went for them. So, that's all from last year's projects that we approved. Yep. Starting new in 2526 we have $75,000 available, right? Nope. For this is our balance afterwards. 55,924.
But were we going to get additional funding from the city council at the beginning part of the year? That includes it. They denied it. Don't joke like that. Oh, didn't they? No. No, we didn't. 50,000. I thought we were going to go for 75,000. I'm sorry. Okay. Well, that was
Yeah. The ask for 75 was denied. The the 50 was still transferred. Got it. Okay, there we go. Um, didn't know that. Okay, thank you. Theif So, the 50 has been transferred. So, the balance after last year's awards Yeah. just under 56. Did
you do you have And I'm sorry I did not ask for this prior to this meeting. I apologize. Do you have like a list of like Cuz I know last year you guys pretty much picked most applicants.
We tried to. We tried to. There was a couple that there was some I listened to the meeting. Um but like just curious cuz like we have this money but some of them are over 10,000 so they'd only get 10,000. Some are under.
So I'm just curious um after we score Oh, this is it, right? So this is the spreadsheet for the 2025 applicants put together. Perfect. This is what I was looking for. So we have
55,000 in total. There's an ask for 62 if we approved everybody. Right. We don't have enough. We don't have enough. Yep. Because 62 is bigger than 55. Right. Right. But I'm just saying like we're close, right? Yeah. Um Okay. Got it. recommend not spending yourself to
the gills because there are certain things around town that the EDA pays for. Okay. Car show related stuff or other things. So, you don't want to deplete yourself. So, what is your recommendation for a minimum balance? Uh you get 50 a year. So, I would stay
within the bounds of that 50. Last year we went over because we had a little bit of excess in there. Okay. But I don't think we wanted to get in the habit of being given 50 and spending more. Okay. So when do we get the money? It's already transferred. What time of the
year do we get the money? Uh early part. So January. January. February. Okay. So at the beginning part of the year, we get the 50 that goes in the projects on them. They're dated. They must be completed by the end of the year, aren't they? There is uh I thought there was an end
date. There's a 150day window with allowances for extensions depending on the circumstances. and we gave you the authority to make the extensions, right? And the three that are still outstanding have been in communication with you on reasons on why
it hasn't been completed. Correct. And last year we didn't do the uh applications till later in the year. Correct. So then things were like busy and booked and that's why we released them so early this year. Correct. So they had more time to plan get quotes,
get contractors lined up. Okay. Out of these uh nine here that you have, how many got money last year? Nick, can you highlight those? Can we put the five and the ones that haven't gotten? Yeah. Automatically. Yeah, let's do that. Sorry, I just because they're going to
get five extra points on the grade. They're going to get five extra points. Correct. So, put five in the ones or the other ones that have it, they're going to get a negative five, however you want to look at it. They're going to get five extra points. So, let's So, ACE employment, that looks like one of them. The ones. So I will highlight the ones
that have not so easier. That sounds fine. Come on. West Stitch, Northstar [Music] Rentals, Knuckleheads, and Butternut. We didn't give them their money. Yes, we did. They
had a project last year. We did. Yes, we snuck them in. Okay. because they had a water issue last year also. Last year's request was to sh up the foundation. Remember I remember the windows, but I didn't think wasn't a foundation issue and the
window and the window. Which one is that? Which building? Butternut. That's This is last year. It's not in the package. This is the old Moto Ski Snowmobile dealership. It's the one next to the gas station. So, here's the difference between the two. Last year was to replace windows and do foundation
repair to that. Yeah. because of water intrusion. That was in the back. That was in the back. Yeah. Yep. Take care of that. Do some of that work. And they did that. They did that. This was this was last year. Okay. And now they're coming back and they want
more water intrusion work. So the difference being we'll go to their application here. Oh, they want cement work. This is out front whereas it's a side building. There are negative slopes. When it rains, water runs towards the building, drops down in and that'll continue affecting the
foundation. What they want to do is tear this out, res-slope it to get the water to go away so it's no longer draining down to towards the foundation. See that little chunk of wood there where the little dent right there? That's little chunk of wood you can pop out if the water the drain is probably right
underneath there. So, it's probably actually sloped this way a little bit. So, when that drain is actually plugged. So, the idea is that if the street level is higher, you got to have some way for the water to go away. Yeah. It looks like that sidewalk comes up to it. Yeah. I don't know. From the sidewalk to
there. The sidewalk to the door. Is it negative? Must be. So, it says it isn't. Yeah. Brad and I are we supposed to do this exercise or not? Yeah, of course you can. It's just the the two that you have. Yeah, you can do this exercise. You just have to accuse yourself from
voting discussing the applicants for for which you have direct input unless it's a factual question in nature. So you can talk about eight of them. No can talk about seven of them. If we if we vote for y well we're just doing a point
system. So there's no voting. It's as far as giving we could we could load our points. That's what I'm saying. And it's like, well, you wouldn't be able to add comments on what points we should they should get your We would be doing the point system though, Brad or we would
restrain from it. I don't I just want to know where we're at. No, you can do it for everybody but your own. You can't add input. We can be talking about points for everybody except you can't talk about points for the your specific building. I'll hang in there and see how it goes there. So you could talk about
ACE employment and give your thoughts on points, but so can we auto because we're giving scoring right now add five to those three. Yep. Yeah. So these three and I think we just we either start with those
three conversation first and then we go back to the top and work our way down. Yep. I like that. Yep. Knucklehead. I didn't know knuckleheads was as bad as what it was. Once you look at the pictures, like, wow. Yeah. Yeah. Some of the other stuff we can do right off the
bat. Okay. I got to go to my I love paper. I do. When it comes to the program itself, something very easy is the tiered system. I guess some of these projects clearly fall into some of those. I haven't done this before. So, yep,
that's fine. So, knuckleheads looks like tier two. Yep. Right. So, we'll I'm going to go right down the top here. So, we'll add some of those at the end. When it comes to tiered scoring, that's also pretty straightforward. You have HVAC. That's a tier one. So, that's going to
be five points right off the bat. Why do you do 0.5? I'm just curious because if I just do five plus. No, it does do it like that. What if you did the equal? Yeah. Yeah. Bob's at HVAC. So that's tier one
butternut tree redo. This affects the concrete. So that's uh one of those. Okay. When it comes to core trust exterior painting, that's aesthetic. So that's three points. Knuckleheads, new front door windows, that's three points. Madson rent. Uh
ceiling insulation perilation. Yeah, this is electrical plumbing. I like how this is set up so far. That falls under the plumbing. So that's a five. That's going to be a five. Electrical walls, plumbing, flooring, ceiling. That's five. Oh, what
a stitch. Flooring and shelving. That's a three. Arguably a three. R&V resides. That's a three. Okay. So, points are tier three. Well, you get three points. Three points. Yep. These are points. So, then go back to the highlighted ones and add
five after the three. So, knuckleheads three plus three plus five. Yeah. You're going to do the formula. Okay. Yep. There you go. So, this we can easily Yeah, there you go. And then it jumped.
There you go. Yep. There you go. Okay. Okay. So then what's the next range? Probably other easiest one on there. Project feasibility and timeliness. Okay. For five points, I think we can assume all these projects will likely get their projects done.
Other than the contractor is they all would have been done. And then just the opening up of the walls. A lot of these I don't have any concerns about getting that done. They're probably talking plus five on all of
those. Well, definitely butternut because of the water issue. But yeah, all of them probably are. I didn't see any of them that gave me pause for concern. East. That's the old bank. Yeah. Okay.
That one should be um first of all, I do like giving the five extra points to the ones that haven't had a grant. I really think that was beneficial. It's asphalt work. Do you still give me five extra? Asphalt. Asphalt is tier one. Tier one.
But if they're new, they still get the five. Yeah. So they would if you're if it's asphalt and you've never had a grant before, you get the five points because you are new. Because you're new, not because it's asphalt. Yeah. You get one point because you get one point because it's asphalt. Okay. Got it.
Okay. What other category you got next? The final category is project impact and community benefit up to five points. So this is probably where you're going to have the diff differentiation, right? Yes. Job creation, job retention, taskbased
improvement, increased foot track, visual enhancement. Got a lot of things going on in that one because really I would take job retention, tax base improvement, separate that from enhancement, make a second category. But we don't have room in the we don't we're
being little to but you almost what we approve I know right I'm just saying that's something we can do as an improvement for next year when we now we've done it for three years you're g it's going to start getting a little bit more technical right yes visual improvement should be its own if we
should want that we will deal with that at another time right but not today and not in this se not in this year's right um and then can I just say and I do think that I know that city council denied the request for additional funding for this year because I I don't
recall the conversation. My guess is because it's new and we're still trying to figure out the benefit of it. But I think if we can come with these before and after pictures to city council and show them and show them and then show how many applicants we've gotten now two years in a row and that it is actually a
benefit, I think that there is room for an adjustment. Well, if we could have got that additional 25,000 in funding, we wouldn't be having these conversations. We would have funded all the requests. Correct. But this is a good but this is a good thing. It is a good practice, right? Yeah. So, we're
trying to see the benefit and we've already seen that benefit by the aesthetic pieces, right? This this category right here. Yep. I just wanted to throw that out there as I don't think we should give up on asking Absolutely not. with additional uh
proof. I think if we can take some of those before and afters and put those together as like a nice like also if somebody comes in and asks like this is where right this fund money and then get that in in the third quarter Q3 of the year to the city council. So it's not
like we're dropping it on them when they're trying to adjust their budgets for the year. Let's get it out to in Q3 that this is here's the improvements that we've done on these project. People are noticing them. I noticed things on Facebook. Yeah. that they're saying like, "Oh, look at the place with the new windows." Or, you know, "What's going in there?" You know? Oh, yeah.
People want to know. They Yeah, I'm getting those, too. So, get it to them Q3. Like, the goal would be Q3. Get them some of these improvements. So, then they're not feeling so rushed and they can have time to drive around and say, "Wow, these grants are really making a difference within the city. We probably
should fund another 25,000." So I I I we've never had this much movement on I know we've done for some of us been on the board a long time. We've done this before and got absolutely nothing in the response. So this is great. I
love it. So let's I'll stop yammering. So the last category we have is the project and impact and community benefit. I think this is where you're going to figure out where you're going to be slicing things and on the funding. Well, the two of them that stand out to me are
Northstar Dental with a Stitch. Correct. Because they're they're they're going to bring foot traffic in. They're going to If you look at that definition, it kind of hits all the marks underneath that. Yeah. Yeah. So, I would give them both. Job growth. Obviously, there you're adding a job just if there's one person
in there. The second thing was flip back job retention. Well, we hope that, you know, they're going to stay in business and maybe add a job as their business expands. With the orthodontist, he's going to be in there as as the guy doing the work, but you got to have somebody answering the phones. You have
a prep tech probably may have three people in there. Tax base, obviously, if we have more businesses in town, it'll help improve that because the valuation of the building and the entity will go up based on income uh valuation. And if you have people coming into town, Yep.
Oh, they're using the gas station. They're Oh, we need something to eat. And foot traffic. That's the That's the next one, Nikki, that you refer to is increased foot traffic overall. Hey, look, they got a splash pad overall. Look, they're having a car
show. Um, and then the visual enhancement of the area. Not so much in this because in the form of, you know, you look at a really degradated building and you're making a big improvement, but it is an improvement overall. So, so could you do because it doesn't really have a visual because the visual is
already done, right? Do you give four points, right? Because they hit everything visual. Yep. So, you do four points. That's what I do. That's how I would do it. I like it. I Anybody disagree? Like, yeah, to Northstar Dental and Oh, what a
stitch. An additional four on each. Yeah. Do you other people agree? Yep. You can't say anything. You can. But he can't. Oh, okay. What are you doing up here? Seriously, it's just your formatting cuz everything
else was a dollar and you probably copied. Yeah. Also doesn't help that my uh hand was hitting the touchpad. So, you can just change the I'll clean it up after. It's still all the same. It's just got a dollar figure in front of it.
Okay. All right. Um, next would be knuckleheads. Yep. So, and then you have this right here on the back. So, if we want to just read. So, so knuckleheads job growth, it's already
a current business, so they don't really wait in that. No. Job retention because the building's nicer. The biggest one is the next one, taxbased improvement. So the assessor will come by, you'll see the improvements to the
building that will be increased probably 15 to 20% based on the dollar amount that they're putting in there. Yep. And then the visual enhancement is the biggest one of all of them obviously. So would they get two three points or two points because would it really increase
foot traffic? I would say three. Three. Yeah. Three out of the five. Agreed on three. Yep. Yep. Okay. So, now I think you can just start from the top. Yeah. Yep. Ace Employment
Agency wants to re um not a ton of detail on this one. He wants to replace the HVAC units with more efficient ones. Add an awning on the back door. So, on the back side, then construct a pergola with seating area on the side of the building. And this is the old bank
building. The old security bank building. Okay. Is there an ETA on opening? So, what is here's here's where I'm going to throw in a technicality that we placed into this year's program. Okay. We said if there is a vacant space if we don't know
what's going to be happening with the building, there needs to be some sort of plan put forth about what are you going to do with it. We never received anything of that order. Also with Madson Rents, same thing, right? We knew what he was doing last
year when he explained it and this is a continue more of a continuation of that project. So I don't feel it's in the same boat. Okay. As that close, but not quite. So are you saying like should we be funding businesses that aren't putting anything in there over and over
again? That was what is put in the program because that was one of the concerns that was had right with Mads and Rents. He explained last year the purposes of his project was to put get this up, get it into a nice open rentable space and then get it out on
the market and get it rented. We knew that was his plan with Kevin. We do not know what the plan is. And okay, the end state, but there also is the things that you guys had done last year actually
improve the aesthetics of downtown in general by adding the awning. It looks nice. So yeah, we don't know what's going in there, but it does make the building more susceptible for if he's renting it or adding a business. So to
some degree in this case and can at some point, you know, that it is adding value to the community because the building is actually getting right. But I don't think you could should get as many points compared to other businesses
that ha have visual enhancement. If I'm being completely honest, I think he's disqualified. Okay. Because he hasn't really told you what he planning on doing. You're speculating. Yep. Okay. Tell me when he's going to be up and going and
advertising that vacant space. Yeah. So, why put money into something that may or may not? The answer is we don't know. Yep. And that's all right. So then you could give him zero points for this section. Yep. Because it's what is the community impact? We don't know. I'm
saying you disqualify his application entirely. Yeah. Oh, okay. Because he did not submit the requisite baseline to begin with. And that was part of that's part of the program is they need to I like Kevin. I've worked with him, but we
have no plan from him on when it could be five 10 years down the road. We don't know. It could be next year. We don't know. But that's where in the project documents and that was a criteria last year as well. Correct. Here it is.
Number seven. Okay. Yeah. Then I 100% agree with you. Now when it comes to Mats and rents, tell me what makes you think that seven isn't the same for Mats and rents because explained what his plan was last
year. What was the plan last year? He was going to renovate the space with the grant last year and then put it out on the market for rental for whatever is qualified under the C2 district. There's more damage. The caveat with this is he opened up the walls and went, "Oh, darn.
I need to do more work." So, it's not like the plan changed. It's that additional funding is now needed to then achieve the plan that was already in place. So the ace it is a slim differentiation but I think it's an important
differentiation. Well they to me did Kevin even say they were or ACE employment. Sorry. Um did they say they were going to rent the space out or nothing? They haven't said anything. I didn't receive a plan. Right. Where the other one actually said we want to rent
the space out but they can't now until those fixes are done. Right. So they answer. So they don't know what's in there, but their plan is to rent the space. The I know from uh Michael Madson that once the space is finished off like you is going
to try to attract a tenant. I can't imagine what he spent on those windows. I don't think 20,000 covered that, right? He's he's putting something into it. So with Mr. Madson, it's a matter of I need some extra money to get this
project done because I found extra things. Prepare the building to lease it out to some sort of If he had not if he had not had those things happen, he would be done. The space would be finished and it would likely be on the market right now. Finding a tenant. So,
he would be achieving that which which he set out. So, that's what I think the differentiation between the two is. So tax base improvement and can we go back to the scoreboard so two point so yeah I'm thinking Madson rents gives them plus
two ace employment gets zero unless you just want to even take him off of there or scoring put zero it's up to you I mean it's up to us I guess it's not up to you but technically he doesn't qualify so I would think that's a zero I
think it's a that yeah It's a that and then add say two for mats and rents. We should go in order. We agree. Guess that's what he applies. Okay. I just have them in alphabetical order. I know. Okay. So, this one you guys were saying plus two for Madson. Yep. Yes. Enhance
visual enhancement and tax base improvement. So, um I do have a question about that project. Mhm. So, they have the shed like I'm confused. Ah, yes. part of his house. Like I'm very confused of like what
what's going on here. Thank you for bringing up that's actually a thought I actually had as well. Um so there's really he's asking for two parts in this grant. One is the shed fixer upper and then there's the retail space which was part of the original plan.
And what's the shed? What's for that? What is that? Where is the shed? I don't It's in the alley. Okay. I don't go in the alley so that's my fault. up to second street for the car shows. That's this way. Then the alley goes down to knuckleheads. People park like up by the garage. Yeah, I'll bring it up.
And he wants to rent that space as well or little less defined during the renovation. Yeah, because he's calling it a shop. Are you able to say that we are only qualifying him for one part of his scope of project? You're going
exactly where my mind went. So right here is the garage on the back here. So this is the front part uh highways here. Here's the front. This is the living space and this is the shed in the application.
Okay. Um you're you're going exactly where I my thoughts were. Not that I'm trying to influence the board, but I think the only part that you would look at funding is the retail area to finish that off. Right. If he would like to apply for
something else in a future year, I think that can be dealt with at a separate time. Well, right, because what's he doing in the shop? Is it a business? It, you know, I've I've seen where he's uh it's it's setting up stuff that he's going to sell in his
front. So, it's kind of the back shop that fixes things to put up front if he buys cabinets and has to do some fixing. Well, either way, his project's $20,000, so he wouldn't be getting funded for the whole project anyway. If it's match, though, we give 10, he gives
10, right? That's for all of it. And even if we just said the retail side, that's still 10. So, no, just the retail side would not be 10,000. Well,
again, it's it's one to one. So if you have a $20,000 project, you get 10. So if you take the shed out and it's a $10,000 project, he only gets five. So you have it split up. So yeah, five. Okay. See, that's I got to It's a little
more than 10. One to one to me says 20 to 20, you know, like but it actually means 50%. Correct. Correct. So that the total project So can we change his up to $20,000.
Yeah. Can we change this qualifying grant request to 5,000? That's five. Correct. That is up to You want to put it in there? Do we got to make a motion to do that? Um, we'll make a maybe we'll make a all-encompassing look at the breakdown
first. It's it's in his grant there. So, so 20 it might be higher than five. So, we take just the retail. I think it's 10,300 if I can do math right.
I feel I feel that's close. That's There you go. Sorry, my hand is hitting the pad. Get it together, Nick. Yes. Look at you. I'm so proud. Okay. And then how much of that is the shed?
That's that that's just the retail building. Oh, that's just retail. Here, Scott, if you find that here. So, that would be the grand. Got it. Perfect. I feel more comfortable with that. Yeah. I don't I want my I I think next year he could look at the shop if he gives us
more detailed of what that means, but I feel that the retail is the the building that we should be focusing on. Am I looking at this wrong? I come up with 10 two and you guys say 103. Yep. You're looking at it wrong. Because you he didn't include the parking lot patches.
That's shop. So shop is the shed. So 2 3 4 500 and 800. You're adding back to your add up. Oh, I was adding the other one. Gotcha. Yep. So we're at 27,100 right now
if you put Mats and rents in there and the other ones that are highlighted. So let's finish the scoring for Mats and Rents. All right. So for the front it would be what? Tax base improvement and visual big time and visual. So two oh my gosh foot traffic
too direct us foot traffic visual if it opens this year I guess foot traffic tax base improvement. Yep. He's going to get assessed by the assessor which help the city of mayor with their tax
base. So, I would say there would be a three out of the five at a minimum. I was going to say four. Okay. I wouldn't argue with that. I can go three. I'll do I would do three. Three. Three wins. Okay.
[Music] And then can you change the project cost from 25 to 103 so we can see the grant request? That'd be better. Then take the 21,000 of base employment out too. Can't you? Or is that now we're just playing games? Take
the 10 and 21 across the top up there. Out. Yeah. While you're making some adjustments, go up to the top. There you go. Yeah. Delete that. And then delete that other one. There we go. Now we're cooking. Okay. So, but let's still keep Bob's or what
are we doing? Yeah, let's do Bob's. Bob's next. Bob's Repair HVAC and furnace for the shop and to install a water fountain. Sandy. Hey, should I close the doors after?
You could probably close our door. We're not looking for anybody else. Okay. As a note, I have that exact same t-shirt at home. I recognize it. Good job, Sam. If you want to wait till you just start shooting, then close it up. Yeah. Right. laser.
Do we want to be if the water Do we want to be funding water fountains? Does it matter if the water fountains for customers or employees? We don't differentiate that. Okay. I don't I didn't see the water fundable.
So, I have a question. Um I have a question. So, like we did for Madsen Rents, we can remove things from the project that we are not funding. He did not do a breakdown. Yep. Oh, wait. I'm looking. It might up his
water bill. He did do a break. I I think with Bob's I I don't know if if water fountains are something you want to be funding with this kind of grant program, but if you eliminate the water fountain, which was 2,000, it's still 20 and the grant
request is still 10, right? So it doesn't materially change. Okay, I agree with that. Remove the water fountain. Yep. What are we giving them for points on impact? Okay. Well, it'll have an impact on the tax base. It's not really going to do much
for foot traffic or or visual or visual. So, one So, one one. Yeah. And then, can you just change project costs to 20,000 just so we're fair, we know. Okay. Okay.
Are we in agreeance with one? Yeah. Butternut tree. We're doing concrete pavers to address negative slope issues and fixing a sump line. Well, aesthetics makes a big one. It's right in front. It's not like it's in the back. So, that's one.
Yep. Foot traffic will be dry instead of wet. Improve. So, it's improving the foot traffic I think too because it just tax base and Yep. visual. I don't think it'll affect tax base. You don't? I think it's a onep
pointer. Then one You think it's a what? One pointer. Where is this? Why can't I place it? It's right across um right by the car wash. The next building over to the south used to be the apartments up above. Apartments above. Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. Okay. Is it gray in color? Real real. Yeah. All the real businesses on the bottom with the little Yep. Caps lock on used to be the motor ski dealership back in 1972. aren't going to remember that Scott. I know you're dating yourself. I know. It used to be a
liquor store, too. Yeah. Yep. Used to be the liquor mayor liquor worker. Right there it is. There it is. There it is. One point. They already made it aesthetically more pleasing. Yeah. That was before the ground. Yeah. But it's
Sorry about your look. Yeah. But technically with that one cement that looks bad, it's technically when you're walking by. Yep. So, one or two. I'm going to say two.
Um, I could do either. I was at one cuz Bob's isn't going to give you any aesthetics. And we gave them a one. I would say this is more aesthetics. I give him a two. That makes sense. I can go with that.
Cort bank. [Music] painting their eaves. Well, aesthetics is obviously the one that sticks out there, but I don't know if it's going to do much for anything else as far as tax base or I'd say one then.
Yeah, I'd say one. Good with that sent. Uh, yeah. And last but not least, Mr. Stifter. Would that be two? Wait, something's wrong here. [Music]
Well, aesthetics obviously is big. Yeah. So, looks beautiful what's been done already too cuz it's they have the exposure to the So, that's the 2024 grant the front of the building. Yeah, but the side still because it's still yellow, I'm thinking. So the other
side's yellow. It's so visual. And then would that improve your tax base? Yeah, it would. All of it is because it's not going to do add more jobs or job retention or increase foot traffic. No.
Okay. Okay. Sam. Yep, that's fine. Now we had talked about earlier we have 55 but our goal would be 50 because that gives us almost 6,000 to remain to do additional things. Correct. So looks to me like all of them can be funded.
Correct. Yep. So I'd make a motion to fully funded fully fund all the requests for 2025 as presented and as presented and adjusted. Yep. And adjusted. Adjusted.
Yeah. Yeah. Not based on their application. No. Based on the adjustment that we made and the scoring. Based on scoring, the adjustments that we made, I would make a motion that we would fund all the 2025 grant requests for $47,423.
So, just for the record, I'll read them off. Okay. Bob's repair was adjusted from 22,000 to 20,000 for a grant total grant request of 10,000. Butternut Tree LLC. uh to total project cost of $8,23 for a grant request of
$4,1141.50. Core Trust Bank uh total project cost of $7,325 for a grant request of $3,662.50. Knuckleheads, total project cost of $10,11 for a total grant request of
$5,50.50. Madson rents with an adjusted project cost removing the shed and just doing the retail area uh for $10,300 for a grant request of $5,150. Northstar Dental with a project cost of $50,000 and a grant request of
10. Oh, what a stitch with a project cost of $4,96 with a grant request of $2,048 and R&V service with a project cost of 15,000 and a grant request of 7,500 with uh uh ACE employment agency
uh disqualified from the process. I like it and I and I like that. I really do like the five extra points. I do because I I mean if we would have had to eliminate that would have put them right. Yeah. A
little a little bit on the top end, right? So not the same companies because we don't have very many, you know, like Right. Well, this is exciting. Motion's on the floor, Mr. Chairman. I'll second it.
Motion's been made and second to accept the adjusted program applications. Is there anything else? Is that fine? Yep. Any discussion? Any further discussion? All in favor say I.
I. I. Opposed? Carried. Uh for a third category say all abstaining. Yep. Yep. I was kind of thinking about that, but I didn't know how to say it. Yep. All abstaining. I I
Very good. I motion carries. Thank you for your hard work. Yeah. Another successful year. Individual reports. Anybody have anything that they notice somebody doing or something not
doing and would like to be corrected or not corrected? Nope. What's new on the crearyy? Yeah. Give me an update on the cream. Uh he's a bit preoccupied with his wedding coming up. Uh closing has happened. Again, he still plans to do second floor apartments, first floor
commercial space. The idea for this year being he's going to get the building shored up in 25 and then fix the ceiling, get it shored up, tear down the lean to and then 26 the magic happens to get it to
turn key. Um what happens if that I mean the secure of the building and making it you know we already had with the previous owner correct that has come and passed with no action. are is there how do we make sure
this happens in 25 or how does that make sense city council bring I know but I'm just curious like in general like so like let's not he won't we're not speculating that it'll go this course but let's have
a scenario where he does nothing city council still has the ability to condemn the building as it currently stands okay we're simply removing that because Nicholas SE has turned it over to a new owner and we have they're going to be Yeah. for good faith. Okay. And
everything that he's planning to do in 2025 is would get it unconddemnable, right? Okay. He plans it bring it back electrical, plumbing, HVAC, bring it all up so people it can be inhabited as a commercial space and in the second floor
as a habitable for residential as well. And then will you share with him this grant program for next year? Mhm. Okay. Well, also for I would believe that we would be going for the 2026 CDA program. I think this would likely be our focus
project on that for 100,000. There may even be some that council stuff we can go after as well to assist. Okay. Update on uh Dollar General. Uh we're waiting on two permits from them.
Then we can release our building permit. Otherwise, we're waiting for the mindot letter and then plumbing and plumbing review specifications from the state. Have they purchased the land? Oh, they have. Okay. Okay. They've been bugging us for the permit. We keep telling them we need
these last two items. Then we'll give you the permit and then they will Do they have any update on if it's going to be a market or not? Uh they've indicated that they believe it will be a market. Really? Believe it will be a market. Wow. That's good. That'd be beautiful.
Yep. Okay. Well, do you need to talk about the mayor car show at this point and reserve some funds for your mayor your Wednesday car show deal? I think we got him. I've cleared that. Okay, that's within my
spending authority. First uh the first Wednesday we're going to have Rod Lner who is local and his two daughters and I don't know who else will be in the band but the band's name is Green River. Green River is that May June 3rd 4th
whatever it is on whatever Wednesday is the first one. So that'll be a kickoff and of course we'll end it with October Fest in the first Wednesday in October. Yeah I like it. which yeah, a lot of people like that old time music so might do that again. Yeah,
[Music] they got food lined up for the year and food. Yeah, bratz and kraut for October Fest and German potato salad. Warm sounds. That's the main one. That's what it's judged by. Right, Bradley? That's
right. That's right. You got warm potato salad. Warm potato salad. Anybody want to do number seven? Write me that far yet. Yep. Yep. I'll make a motion to Salon is number nine on I'll make a motion to adjurnn Wakefield. Motion to made
second. All in favor say I. I. Thank you. It's a new word for you, Tom. Huh? Thank you very much. That was a lot easier.