All right. So, good evening everyone. I am Mayor Shelley Carlson. It is May 27th, 2025. It's 5:30 p.m. The Morhead City Council welcomes public input on issues listed on the agenda or of general community interest, time and council
permitting. Speakers will be limited to three minutes each. If you would like to address the council during the meeting, you'll need to fill out a form provided by the city clerk and we will call you up during the citizens addressing the council item on the agenda. You would need to state your name and if you are a Morhead resident. If comments were
submitted to the clerk prior to the meeting via email or phone, those comments will be entered into the record. For more information on participation, please visit the council meetings page on the city of Morhead website at morheadmn.gov. We the Morhead city council collectively and with gratitude
acknowledge the sacred land the city of Morhead is built upon. We acknowledge the people who have resided here for generations and recognized that the spirit of the Dakota Ajiway Mati and all indigenous communities permeate this land. That could I get a roll call, please? Ryan Nelson here. Nicole Matson
here. Heather Nissa Meyer here. Emily Moore here. Deb White here. Lisa Borggan here. Sebastian McDougall here. Chuck Hendrickson here. Mayor Shelley Carlson here. And for those who are able, please stand for the pledge of allegiance.
All right. And city manager Molly, do we have any amendments? We have no amendments to the agenda, mayor. Okay. And moving on to the consent agenda. Do I have a motion to approve the consent agenda? So move. Morgan second. A motion and second. Any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor signify by saying I.
I. Any opposed? That motion carries. Moving on to recognitions and presentations. and we have a wonderful uh recognition tonight and that is graduates of our citizen government academy. So with that I will turn over
to Mr. Reitz. Okay. Uh Mayor and Council, um uh thank you. Um this is always an exciting evening. Um, you know, we uh we've done this for three years now. Um, this is uh
we we and it's a a nice little uh 8-week class where they we expose uh uh members of the community to uh various aspects of operations. Um uh once again, another
another great class, very enthusiastic, very good questions. I'm always impressed with the with the questions that come in in the sessions that we have. Um, this year we uh uh we turned turned it over got the uh communications
and uh uh uh government affairs departments more involved with that. Um led by Kelly Coun uh with assistance from Addison Carlude and Nora Simonette. Um Kelly kind of drove the bus and the
other two helped her. Um, and they did a great job and keeping the of keeping things organized and and moving along. So, I want to especially extend thanks to them for for their work in uh in another sex successful class. Um, and I
guess with that, I'll turn it over to Mayor Carlson for the uh for the diplomas. Um, sorry we don't have pomp and circumstance, but if anybody I'm sure there is at least one or two or five Concordia graduates in the room, so if
you guys want to just hum it, that'd be perfectly fine. So, um, I'll call you up, um, and give you your diploma and then we'll have you go over to our picture wall and then, uh, Caleb is going to get a picture for for our
archives. So Sarah Beach, Sean [Applause] Brandenburg, Jamie [Applause] [Music] Garvey, Philip
Hume, Congratulations, Cody Klein. Congratulations, Roger Coping. All right, council member Stephanie
Lightenin. Like I don't even want to try to say the name wrong. My maiden name was a name that was always said wrong. So congratulations Emily Moore.
[Applause] Rebecca [Applause] Mor Khalil Nasso is
there. Yeah. Thank you. Congratulations, Kimberly [Applause] Raten. Carrie Rogers. Congratulations. Robert Russ,
[Applause] congratulations. Cali Sherman, Daltton Swanson. Congratulations, Kevin Van Djk.
[Applause] Okay. And some of the others uh who graduated but are not here. Deb Wattney, Gary Wattney, right? Okay.
Claire Palmer and Josh Costello. So, congratulations. You can now turn your tassel from the right to the left or actually I don't know. [Applause] Right. It's always exciting to see
graduates in the audience. So, uh, moving on to the presentation for tonight. Uh, this is Cleanup Days 2025. and I'll turn it over to our public works director, Paul Fner. Good evening, mayor and council members. Yeah, I wanted to give a quick update or
summary of cleanup days for 2025. Um, as you know, for cleanup days, residents are allowed to place bulky items on the boulevard and the city will come up and pick them and dispose of them for free. We also allow residents to take their items for disposal to the
resource recovery center and dispose of them there for free also. So, as you can imagine, it's a it's a large task for public works every year and takes quite a bit of effort and coordination. Um, but things went really well this year.
Um, cleanup days is a two-eek event. So, it's between May 5th and the 16th. Then we actually have an 11th day. Uh the following Tuesday we do the Oakport area. So 11 days for us. I put together some stats. Um we ended up with 644 tons
of additional waste that we collected on the boulevards. 46 tons of metal were collected and recycled and over 350 freon appliances were collected for proper disposal. We use primarily our
sanitation staff and also streets. Uh, so 28 city employees and we supplement that with some contracted laborers to assist and 18 pieces of equipment. So, it's definitely a a large event for everyone. One of the big wild cards in the spring is just the weather. Um, we
ended up with pretty good weather the first week. The second week, you'll probably remember, we had a few days that were in the 90s, so some hot days there. Um, and then the last day when we did Oakport, that's when we had a bunch of rain last Tuesday. So, few uh rough days in there, but the employees did an
excellent job. Everyone stayed committed with it and and finished strong. We did have a a pizza lunch for all the employees on the second week. Um just a an opportunity to say thank you and show appreciation for all the effort they put into it. Another item I wanted to point
out is our coordination with Klay County at the resource recovery center. As you can imagine, with all of the additional waste that's coming through and then also the disposal from the residents just bring it into the facility there, um they do have a a lot of additional work and additional trucks that are
being hauled out that facility too. So definitely a teamwork between us and the county. Um but like I said, everything went well and overall it was a success. So we'll plan on doing it next year. Right. Thank you so much, Paul. And I
know that um I had received a few pictures of some houses that had it looked like they had took everything from their house and put on the curb. So the amount of work that you guys do is is just phenomenal. Um and the fact that
you keep so much of it out of the landfill too is is great. So any questions or comments from council members? So all right, don't have any. Thank you. Thank you. All right, moving on to the approval of the May 12th, 2025 meeting minutes. Do I
have a motion to approve the minutes? So moved. White seconds. Motion in a second. Any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor signify by saying I. I. I. Any opposed? That motion carries. Are there any citizens in the audience who
wish to address the council at this time? Again, any citizens in the audience who wish to address the council at this time? Right. Seeing none, um, we will have Derek walk very slowly up to the
podium for our public hearing, which cannot start until 5:45. I know, I know you have very long legs. It takes you about three steps. There we go. It's 5:45. All right. So, I'll call you up for a public hearing regarding the request of Kevin Bartum on behalf of
RF12, I think, LLC for Renaissance own property tax exemption. Um, do I have a motion to open the public hearing portion of this agenda item? So, move Nelson. Second, Misa Mayer. Motion and second. Any discussion? Seeing none, all
those in favor signify by saying I. I. Any opposed? That motion carries and we are in public hearing. I'll turn it over to you, Mr. Point. Thank you, Madame Mayor and council members. Uh uh really excited here to present a project on behalf of Mr. Kevin Bartram, who is here for your questions and further comments
here later. Uh just to lay a little bit of foundation, this is a renaissance zone application uh at a project located on the corner of 14th Street and Main Avenue, so near uh Ray Certified Auto uh as well as just directly south of of Heralds. U a little bit of background on
our Renaissance zone uh policy. This is uh really designed, this incentive designed for uh development within our downtown core, specifically to assist with infill. Uh and this project is certainly one of those as well. Um Mr. Kevin Bartum has plans to redevelop the
former gas station uh on this site that has been vacant since at least 2008. Um we've actually done a little bit of research. There's some known contamination uh on this site uh with some fuel tanks and other things. Uh Mr. Mr. Bartum as a part of this redevelopment will will take a lot will
take care of all that contamination cleanup as well. So, it's great to see that uh be taken care of as well. Uh post demolition uh including this for former service station as well as a couple of the residential structures nearby. The plans are to construct a 28 uh unit walkup style apartment building
fronting main avenue uh that would be a mix of 1, two, and threebedroom units. Uh this would also uh have 18 garage stalls, parking stalls and 25 off- streetet parking spaces behind the apartment building. Uh the intent is
that the proximity near MSUMM is that would there be a mix of college students, young professionals and others interested in living in our downtown core which all of our projects including a number that Mr. Bartum have done have been uh have done extremely well from a vacancy standpoint.
Uh our renaissance zone policy is defined through different goals and objectives. Uh we uh staff determined that uh this project meets a a high number of those including an activity generator, a walkable district uh honor transportation lines, infill uh and many
more. Uh based on the construction uh cost estimates, this project is estimated to be about $5 million, which uh per our investment thresholds would qualify for a 15-year property tax exemption. Land is still taxable per our
our renaissance own policy. So land will still be taxable. And then the way our policy works for the 15 years, it's the 100% for the first 5 years of that new value. Uh 75% through years 6 through 10 and then 50% through years 11 through
15. Uh if approved here tonight at council, uh the construction will begin here this summer in 2025 with the anticipated completion of summer of 26. uh Renaissance zone is a two-step uh process in the review. We took this to EDA earlier this month uh with unanimous
approval and uh looking forward to your decision here tonight. Be happy to answer any questions and again Mr. Bartum's here for any questions you may have too. Thank you. And since this is a public hearing portion of this agenda item, are there any members of the public who wish
to speak to this item? Get any members of the public who wish to speak to this agenda item? Seeing none, I would be looking for a motion to close the public hearing portion of this item. So move Nissa Meyer
second. Nelson motion and second. Any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor signify by saying I. I. Any opposed? That motion carries. The public hearing is now closed. Uh any questions or comments um of uh Mr. Le Point or of
Mr. Bartum. Um, Council Member Nisser. Thank you, Madam Mayor. I have a couple of um items of inquiry or interest. Um, I absolutely love all of the development that we have going on in our downtown corridor. I am always really interested
in having accessible um housing available options. I know accessible units are hard to come by in Morehead. And so as this development in like a really hot happen in town um is just an opportunity to consider accessible um
units, not all but some so we can have a really um integrated community. Also um some of those um uh housing uh facilities or opportunities for uh some of our larger families. Um, a lot of people think that four bedroomedroom
apartments are just for college students. And while we welcome all of our college students and many who choose to stay here in our community, we have lots of very large families that don't have a lot of places to live. And so what I heard you say, Derek, is that there were lots of one, two, and
three-bedroom opportunities in this layout. It's the beginning stages and I just wanted to plant those seeds that we have lots of people who are knocking down our doors really looking for um some maybe not so standard um offerings. And so as you explore things I just
wanted to say one thank you for continuing development in Morehead and two um trying maybe a different uh formula than the one two and three bedrooms and looking at something else for more inclusive housing options. I know Kevin may not come up, but I'll
just say to you that um I appreciate the different mixes that Kevin has done in his projects as well. This walk up style apartment uh building, I think, is a really unique opportunity for accessible units as well. Um we'll see if we can uh talk about fourbedroom units too, but we
appreciate your comment. Thank you. And uh Council Member White, thank you, Mayor. I just wanted to uh touch on something that I mentioned at EDA of just how pleased I was to see this project. Um that area has been blighted for a while and it's nice to
see it develop. But one of the things I wanted to point out about this because it's something that I um have been directly impacted by in the past is the just the the mindful way that this project was put together in the positioning in terms of the adjacent neighborhood. And I just wanted to thank
Mr. Bartram again for bringing that forward. Um if you look at the layout of this, the building is really, you know, centered up on Maine and then there's a parking lot and then there's a um the garages as a buffer. And you know, in the years past, we haven't always seen
projects like that. And we've had some that are really kind of been um not had the greatest impact on the neighborhood behind. And uh I'm glad that we've really, you know, um changed and seen some different projects coming forward. And this one is a great example of something that will be great for that
area. and again um be that good transition between the more you know busy main street and the adjacent single family neighborhood behind it. So thank you again for another great project that you brought forward in Morehead.
Uh Council Member Matson, sorry I don't need to punch the microphone. I'm very enthusiastic about this project. Um I just want to say Mr. Bartum, thank you so much for, you know, as my other council members have said, the
development that you've done. I did I do have a friend that lives in one of your buildings, and so I've never been in one, so I just asked her, "Hey, how, you know, how is it in there?" And she said, "It's great. The construction is great. Um the um um land, you know, the landlord services are great. So building
management services are are great." So that's what I wanted to say is um thank you for not everyone um builds nice things. So thank you for doing that. I do have a separate um concern. I am a yes on this. 100% yes. But a separate
issue that I think I we should talk about at some point. It doesn't have to be right now, but um we are putting roughly 50 more people, maybe 50 60 more people in that piece of land than there are right now, but we don't have a plan to add more public safety workers and
one building, you know, okay, but as we keep adding more and more buildings and we increase our population, um we I don't perceive us as as adding public safety workers at a similar pace as we're adding people. Um I I have heard
that in um 20 2007 the fire department responded to 224 calls for service. 2024 they responded to 4720 4722 which is nearly a 100% increase in
call volume but they had 0% increase in operational staff. So, as we continue to grow, which I think is great and excellent, I do think we need to be mindful that we are also maintaining the quality of service that we provide to our residents and and a safe working
environment for our public safety workers. Thank you, Council Member Matson. And um if we can try to keep our comments and our questions that is germanine to the specific item on the agenda, I'd greatly appreciate that. Are there any other comments pertaining to the specific
request listed on the agenda of any other council members? If not, I would entertain a motion to approve the Renaissance zone property tax. Nelson second, Na mayor. Motion and a second. Any further discussion? Seeing none, all those in
favor signify by saying I. Any opposed? That motion carries. Thank you um Mr. Le Point and thank you Mr. Bartum for continuing to do development work in the city of Morehead. I know that parcels like this where there's a lot of
contamination. There's having to pull up the old empty tanks takes a lot of work and a lot of money. So, um obviously nobody's wanted to tackle it for a long time. So, I appreciate that you're willing to do that. Thank you. being on to 13C and I will turn this
over to assistant manager Mike Rez. Thank you, mayor and councel. Um tonight, uh what you have on the uh in agenda here in front of you is a resolution to uh consider approval of guaranteed maximum price amendment
number two uh to the agreement with MGAF Construction. um as their construction manager at risk um providing services for the uh Morehead City M uh city hall
renovation. Um uh couple of things uh before we get to the that actual uh that item. A little bit of background on on the project. um kind of a little bit of a timeline on on how we uh got to this point. Um uh first
and foremost, we uh um we hired uh JLG architects uh in April of uh 2024 uh to begin with the uh the design and uh engineering of of the project. Um, in
June of 2024, we uh advertised for construction manager at risk services and then a couple of months later in August, um, the city council decided to hire MGOF in that role.
Um, in September of 2024, the council also passed uh a declaration of official intent uh for the city hall renovation uh civic plaza uh and the addition of a community room
um with to include space for city council chambers um in in an amount up to $28 million. So that kind of puts the upper end range for our uh for our bonding capability in place. Uh the
current project estimate stands at uh 26.4 million. Um what have we done to this point? Uh the the design is underway. Um uh from May to July of 2024, we were in
a phase called uh pre-esign. Um at the end of that phase, the end of July, we had a a council workshop where we talked about a number of different things related to that. Um but it was part of that was um setting a
scope of work uh moving into the schematic design phase. Um, and that included uh designing uh being more specific about the renovations to the tower as well as uh a potential addition of a community room uh city council
chamber space. Um from August uh of last year to November 2024 uh we were working through the schematic design phase. Um and and at at a workshop on the 28th, uh
the council again reviewed ideas related to community room city council chamber addition to the north as well as parking and uh conceptual floor floor plans for uh all of the floors within the tower.
um January of this year through March uh we were working through the the design development phase. Um at the toward the end of that, we held a council workshop uh where we reviewed what came out of
this schematic design uh what that estimate was. Um and we also did further discussion about um the addition on the north side of of the city hall. Um where we currently are is uh we're we're
starting to put together construction documents. Um and uh part of that is the the uh action you're that's in front of you tonight. Um we've we have bid package two that Oliver from MGOF will
uh step up and tell you a little bit more about in a moment. Um, and then ultimately, uh, June through, uh, June of this year through the fall of 2026, we expect to bid out the rest of the construct the construction work and
complete that construction. So, with that, I'll turn it over to Oliver. Well, good evening, mayor and members of the council. Uh, as Mike said, my name is Oliver Finnman and I'm with MGAF Construction, and I'm here to uh walk
you through what's uh happened over the last couple months from the construction perspective as it relates to contracting uh the next piece of work. Uh so as was mentioned uh I'm here uh to present uh guaranteed uh maximum price
amendment number two uh for the work uh on the city hall. And what is that uh guarantee maximum price amendment include? I'll start with guarantee maximum price amendment number one included the the demolition which is
well underway inside of the existing building. Uh the second uh guaranteed maximum price amendment uh that we're talking about tonight includes the um about the substructure and superructure. So think of like the concrete foundations, the steel columns that will
support the new addition, the replacement of the windows uh that you can see in the existing building right now. Um so those are we we've taken those items out to bid. We've gotten bids back in and then we've used that information
to prepare this guaranteed maximum price amendment. Um we had a excellent turnout uh from a bidding perspective. Uh we received 28 bids on five packages. Uh so we
had good quantity of biders turn out. also had a good quality of biders turnout and uh at the end of the day uh the project from where we estimated at to where the low bids came in at is about 10% lower than estimated. So
that's great news for the city and the project that the project is about 10% under where it was estimated at. Um, so in guaranteed maximum price amendment number two, we've packaged up all of
those bids and the total value of that is 2,316,240 and that's a not to exceed amount. So if at the end of the day the project comes in lower than that uh those savings are returned back to the city.
So, um I guess the next steps uh for this evening, if the uh the guarantee maximum price amendment number two is approved, uh we would issue subcontracts to the low biders and then our plan is to get
started in early June with the excavation for the new foundations around the outside of the building. Uh the design team is currently working on finishing up the rest of the drawings. So think of like the interior
finishes, the walls, the doors, electrical, mechanical systems. Uh when that's wrapped up in June, we'll then take that out for bid again, collect those bids, bring back a guaranteed maximum price amendment number three uh to the council for approval. And at that
point the entire project will be uh under contract from a construction perspective. Uh and that that's planned to happen in August. And then I think kind of subsequent to that the design team will be working on
uh designing and getting some of the you know furniture and stuff uh under contract that will transpire I think throughout the summer and into the fall. Well, that brings me to the end of the
presentation. Are any questions? All right. Thank you so much, Mr. Finnman. Um, any questions from the council? I I had a question. Council member Bourne. Sure. Um, just to clarify, my understanding was that bid
package 2 is primarily for the addition, but somehow it also includes windows for the tower. Correct. Okay. Could you expand on that? How that fell into good package too? Yes. So, um, when we
were, uh, doing our preliminary planning, we realized that the the time that it takes to get the windows uh takes about four months from the time you order them. So, we realize that in order to keep the project on schedule, we have to get the windows ordered
essentially ahead of time so that um once the we can take the windows out, put the new ones in and then start replacing, you know, doing like new walls and framing and stuff like that where you need a dried in building. So, that's why the windows were pulled.
And I have a followup. Okay. So then for a bid package three, four and five, are those all for the addition or for the whole project? Um they would all
pertain to the whole project. All right. Uh any other questions from council members? If not, I would entertain a motion to approve uh 13C. Second. Motion by Chuck Hendrickson, second by
Lisa Borggan. Any further discussion? Not. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Any opposed? No. And that motion carries. All right. Thank you very much
uh Oliver for coming to the council meeting presenting this information um and Mr. Wheatz for kicking it off. Thank you. All right, moving on to mayor and council reports. Any council members have reports of meetings of commissions
or boards uh for the city? Council member White. Thank you, Mayor. I have two reports. Uh last week I attended uh the CAPL LP monthly meeting and I wanted to let you that the council know that they are coordinating with the FM Coalition to end homelessness and United
Way um to hire another person to work on housing navigation and other support services for unsheltered people. And so as you know they already do our um homeless outreach here in the city and this will allow them to do even more of that. I know that they also contacted
our city manager. They're looking at doing a meet and greet with council um just so that everyone can learn more about what they do. I know I was amazed at just how many different um resources that they have and so much work that they do in the community. Um the other
meeting that I attended was Matt Bus and I just wanted to get this on folks radar in case they want to have input on this that um there was a request from the city of Fargo to do a fair increase. Um we had a lengthy discussion of this. Um obviously it would raise revenue but it
also would decrease ridership and so we would be um serving fewer riders. Um after a discussion a lengthy discussion we we decided to recommend that we increase the cash fairs but not the um passes. And that way for folks that say
want to, you know, if they rely on Mattbust for their way to get to work, they could get a monthly pass. It's still the same discounted rate compared to buying the cash fair. So, um, there this is just an early phase and it will be out there for public input later on,
too. And so, I just wanted to get it on people's radar. Thanks. Thank you, uh, Council Member Denise Mayer. Thank you, Madam Mayor. Um, I have two updates. The first um the solid waste advisory committee did not meet this month but we were provided an
update similar to what um director Fner had shared with us today about the cleanup week. Uh the cleanup weeks went um fairly well on the terms of the county. Um there was a large draw and need for um staffing and flexibility and
they were able to do that. Um I'm very pleased that um Director Fner shared the numbers. Um, I know that as he said, the county works very closely with the city to make that seasonal event which is looked forward to by many community
members possible. And so I want to appreciate not only city staff um, but also the county staff that put a great deal of work in despite truck breakdowns and 90 degree weather and a whole list of other things. The other update from the SWAC group was that the um landfill
is looking at possible um solar fields to have as um uh fill-ins in the landfill property in the cells that are no longer being used. And so I see that as a wonderful opportunity for um the county to use space that is currently
just hanging out. And so look for more updates on the solar potential um that they are working through getting bids and information from a variety of state entities before they can move forward with that. The other update is from public housing. We had a meeting today here in the oak room at the Yumump
Center. Um, and there are a lot of wild things happening in the world of uh, public housing. And so the um, board decided to motion through and keep our budget and roll it over for the next coming fiscal year because nobody really knows what's going on in federal or
state housing funds. And so there's a lot of unknowns and the staff have remained really flexible despite some of the largest um property damage um over the last year and a number of um influxes within the HUD system. And so I
want to appreciate the staff for their continual updates and their eagle eyes on watching things but also maintaining um high quality service to all of our residents in public housing units throughout the city and county. All right. Thank you so much, uh, Council
Member Nelson. Thank you, Mayor. Uh, two quick updates, um, for you this evening. Um, last week, the Historical and Cultural Society of Klay County, um, we got to had the opportunity to meet some, uh, uh, finalists for the, uh, executive
director uh, position there. The search committee had uh, narrowed it down to three finalists. Um, and so Deb White is on that search committee as well. So they brought in three uh candidates for the board um to uh meet and greet and uh have some uh some time with. So they
brought in three great candidates and uh we'll be meeting I'm sure in in the future actually have a board meeting tomorrow. Um but uh it was great to meet those three very uh experiences from all across the board. So it was uh it was great to see they're doing uh good work. So I expect to uh hear something uh more
formal in the sometime in the near future. So that was exciting from um from that group. And then uh just today had a um a full board meeting with the Red River Regional Dispatch um center. A few updates from from that group.
Um one of the um I guess the items is the uh a software called Tyler Technologies. Uh long story short, it used to be called New World. Uh Tyler Technologies is no longer going to be providing a uh fire reporting software
um after the first of the year. So they're going to be transitioning from that to a to a new software. And uh they've vetted out u this new software called First Do. So um they're going to be uh seeking a contract, a 5-year contract with that um First Due um
software company. Uh how that affects us is that uh Tyler Technologies we won't be we'll be ending the contract with them and going with first due for the just for the fire reporting software not everything else. Um and there will be some fees
associated with that. It'll be split up amongst the the JPA as previously spelled out. So um just be aware of that. Um it's a kind of a uh mandatory service that the fire department has to report on it. A lot of it is pertains to
uh federal reporting and so forth. So um as we were going through that, we kind of discovered that we have some old language in the JPA. It still talks about New World, which has been bought out by Tyler Technologies, and Tyler Technologies isn't going to be part of our um new fire service anymore. So, the
uh we're going to have um a new contract coming or an amendment to the JPA eventually coming to this uh this board to for an amendment sometime in the future once our attorney um looks at some language. So, just be looking for that sometime in the next probably
couple months. And then uh an update on the building. As you know, they've been building a new dispatch center up in uh North Fargo, and everything is actually just a little bit ahead of schedule uh on schedule essentially and uh even better news is um below budget as
planned. So, that's uh exciting news. The anticipated um I guess due date uh delivery date as they refer to it has been uh scheduled towards the uh beginning of October is what they're shooting for. So, um it's exciting news. is they've taken a lot of tours for the
dispatchers and stuff kind of getting some final um final things settled there. So, it's great news for our dispatch team. So, that's all I have. Thank you. Right. Thank you, Council Member uh Nelson. Uh the only thing I would add is that Morehead and Fargo
paid an additional um I believe it was a fire pro protect uh p fire prevention add-on um fee and that prevention component will
now be integrated into the new do I believe is what it's called. Is that correct council member Nelson? Um and now West Fargo and all the other um fire departments will have access to this prevention addition model. So that is a good thing too. Uh
other council members with reports. All right. See none. Um so for the mayor report since the last council meeting um had 13 different meetings. um also attended the Washington DC chamber
flyin. Um so I was gone last week from Sunday through Wednesday. Uh Derek Le Point from the economic de uh development uh department also attended with me. we were able to meet with DG Fuels um the CEO and president um which
was a really helpful conversation to to connect with them and learn more about that project and about some of the um asks that are being um put forth in in Washington DC. Um, we also met with um
our congressional delegation to put forth a request for a bicycle and pedest pedestrian bridge at Bluestem, which was a $4 million request. Um, in addition to a deatering phosphorus facility and lift station improvement, um, which it was
another $4 million request and a storm water resilience improvement project, which was a $3 million request. So, we're continuing to make those requests to our federal delegation um to improve the structures within
Morehead. Um and we're able to also meet with a number of the um federal uh representatives, not just from the state of Minnesota, but also from North Dakota and um uh Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Homeland Security. Uh
it was a group of probably about 30 to 35 individuals um representing um our colleges and universities on this side of the river. Um larger businesses, smaller businesses, government um and uh
really express the need for [Music] some assistance with some of the policies surrounding the tariffs and immigration policy um were kind of the two that kept coming up. um and the challenges that is occurring um with
with the policies being floated right now. Let's see here. Um with some of those other meetings that I had, uh they were the weekly flood mitigation meetings that we're continuing to have with the Metro Flood
Diversion Authority and also Klay County and the Watershed District. Um and then another one of the meetings that um was incorporated into those 13 meetings was a meeting with the Great Plains Food Bank. Um they had invited uh Mayors Mahoney and Mayor Dartis and myself to
come and get a tour of their building. Um they are doing a capital campaign because they need more space. They need more room. Um Klay County is the only county in the state of Minnesota that is served by the Great Plains Food Bank. Um they do serve all of the other counties
in the state of North Dakota. For Klay County alone, uh they distributed uh 1.5 million pounds of food last year and the value of that food that was distributed was nearly $3 million. So they serve an important component in our in our
community. Um, and um, I hope that they're able to uh, be able to build the project that they need to because they desperately need the space. And that is all I have. Oh, actually, I do have one thing because I
think um, our city attorney also has an announcement to make as well prior to uh, city manager Molly. Am I muted? Oh, thanks, Mayor. Yeah, mine's more exciting. news. So, that's good. I um am expecting twins in
October. So, I will be just letting council know that I will be on leave at some point here shortly, but um John Shley will be stepping in and helping out in my absence. So, just wanted you all to know. Congratulations. Thanks.
Yes. Three boys under two. Yep. We gonna we are going to wish her luck and I'm sure she's going to be very excited to come back to work. So turn it over to you, city manager Molly. Yeah, as someone who has an abil Well, actually I won't talk about my own
reproductivity, but the uh I think that I can't beat that news. That is absolutely fantastic. I wish everybody would have multiples and um no updates, mayor. Right. And congratulations to your uh twins that are just graduating from high school this year as well. Um,
we do not have an executive session tonight and there is not any new business. So, it is 6:19 and we are adjourned. Good night, Morehead.