This conference will now be recorded. >> All right, we're going to call in Richland City Council meeting for May 11th to order. Um, everyone is here. Jason Moran is here with us as well. We'll do the 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. >> All right. Do we have any changes or
anything to the agenda? Unless you want to change the procedure for when you're do the bunk house. >> I think we'll just leave it the way it is and then do that. Yep. >> I move the agenda as presented. >> Second that. >> All in favor?
>> I >> consent agenda items. >> Make a motion to approve the consent agenda item. I'll second. >> All in favor? I >> All right. Public comment we're going to have right now. This is going to be
public comment for anybody that um does not want to speak on behalf of the ordinance for the open meeting for the bunk house. We'll just do the regular public comment right this moment. So, um anybody would like to speak that's not on the agenda.
All right, Mr. Hansen, we'll have you come up now for your presentation then. >> Very good. Good evening. Uh thanks for uh taking a couple minutes. Uh my name is Sean Hansen. I teach in Wasika. I actually grew up in Wasika uh long time ago and
had been back teaching uh since 1991 and have always had a a pretty strong passion for local history and always thought in retirement which is a few years away I would want to do a historical tour of Wasika because I
appreciated the history of Wasika so much. Well, this came about and it led to ultimately um an application for a grant and we cooperated with the city of Wasika and the grant was issued and the grant
allowed for us to create um basically it's a it's a dual platform. It's a website as well as an app that you can it's in the app store and you can download it on your phone, but it's also a website. But you're like, why are you here? I
will get to that. It started as that project. Um, it began to expand because we work with a company that allows us not just to have a a one tour, but to actually have a dozen tours. So, we eventually uh met and um
collaborated with the county. So, it was a school district and it was a city and it was a county project. Uh, and they asked if we would consider expanding it as a way to promote Wasika County. And so we took what was originally just a small project and over the last three
years have now expanded it to a point of now unofficially saying we're finished. And I don't know if finished is an accurate word because it's constantly changing. I just saw something today that need that needed to be added. But there are 12 different tours on this
project and it is now explore Wasika County which is why I'm here tonight or the county asked if I would come and share it with you just to make you aware of it. I'm not selling anything. There's nothing there's no obligation or responsibility by the city of New
Richland financially at all. All I'm here to do is just to make you aware that this exists because it includes 12 different tours. four of which include the histories of our communities. Okay, so obviously the Wasika one exists. There's a a great
history tour of Waldorf. There's a great historical tour of Jainsville and there is a great historical tour of the Richland. And I would say that none of those are entirely complete and we even mention that that we would love to expand and add and uh just it's an open
we are wide open for anybody that would like to add to it. But beyond the four historical tours, we use the opportunity as a way to promote Wasika County. So there is a tour of the schools of the county. So there are 16 different tour
stops on the county. Uh schools tour each of which highlights the schools. There's a videotaped interview with the principal. There are images. There are website links. There are social media. All of which you would need to really get to know what goes on in that school. and there are 16 of those within the
county. Um, there's an attractions and events tour and there are 34 different attractions and events in our county and it includes golf courses and bowling alleys and libraries. Um, special community events, uh, farm and city days
is one of our tour stops, a variety of different things from within the county. Um, 37 bars and restaurants stops, 10 accommodation stops. Yeah, I the bars and restaurants is an interesting one. I like I teach my Wasika history. We
always kind of concluded that I don't know about originally, but Wasika loves its bars, its parks, and its churches. Uh other ones I don't know what that says about us, but so but there's an accommodations tour and there are there are 10 stops on the accommodations tour.
29 different shops that exist within Wasika County, 33 churches and 25 parks. Also, every park in the county, uh, all the cities and all the rural parks are highlighted, including drone flyovers
and all kinds of information about each of the parks, as well as another tour that includes the trails. So, it's not all inclusive of everything going on in the county, but it talks a lot about what life is like in Wasika County. So if a potential visitor wanted to come to
any of the communities in our county for any elements of what are on these tours and the idea is that if it's on a website which is very user friendly um you can access all those tours and um find out information, watch videos,
images, information and get navigation to it. If you download the app onto your phone, it takes you where you need to go and when you stop at a certain spot, you can then visit. You can read about it. You can look at the images, you can watch videos. It's um a really cool
project that, like I said, is three years in the making. It's not complete. Um I'm quite certain as as soon as it gets out there, somebody will say, "Well, how come this isn't there? >> Uh how come that's not there?" That's okay. I'm fine with that. I don't offend easily. uh if there's something within
this community that we missed, we want to know that and we want to be able to make it thorough so that we can promote everything in the communities of our county. Um the beauty of it is is the county is picking up the tab on the annual subscription. The county is
picking up the tab on the u promotional materials. Uh, I would say that the the community and the city leadership would decide from this perspective is how much you want to embrace. And I I'm going to hand you this. You could just disperse
that. These are what we call rack cards. And those rack cards um we have established and set up a plan. Um, so I said I made a comment about shops and everything else, but um, the idea is
as the county has said, we're willing to do this. Um, every shop, every school, every restaurant, we have a rack card holder and a set of rack cards to go in there. And, uh, if the whoever the owner is is wanting to and willing to, they're on it, they're on the tours, we'll we'll
put it in for them. Ideally, I would love it if somebody locally did that. I mean, I'm fine introducing myself to them and my student who works with me is fine doing it, but it'd be great if I had somebody local to work with. You say, "Well, what about the ones that are not a brick and mortar?"
The county has also said, "We love to get this all weather sign and post this on the historical stops, post it at the parks, post it where the trails are as a way of attaching and letting people know and promoting the project so that they have the QR code that takes them to the
to the link to put the app on their phone or to go to the website." And what I I like to tell people is all of what is on our project is pretty much found in other places. Uh you have a fantastic
set of volunteers that work so hard on your historical society. The project has original history on it, much of which came from that. What we have on this project is pretty much all of those things but in one place. And
that's the idea of it was to try and aggregate that and my students we taught and worked with them to try and develop those skills of deciding is this important is that important how do we want to promote it and so the idea was is to say once we found out we could
have all these other tours let's not just do the history let's do other things that'll draw somebody to find out more about the county if they're visiting if they're here already they're thinking about moving here want to put their kids in school uh That's the idea.
So, um, ideally, I would love to have a contact here that I could communicate with that could be that point person that's not going to require much of them, but just somebody that could be that person to say, "Well, I think what we decided is we want a dozen of these
because of the parks in town or the other stops in town, or we want to distribute those rack cards in a different way." So that would be ideal if somehow we could come about to that and you and I could communicate later about that. But I my intent was just to
inform you, not to sell anything, but just tell you this is now finished and it's there and we're going to uh pretty much it's now I mean it's been live for quite a while but it's in the app store and uh the website's been live for quite some time but now we can officially say
for the most part it's done but yet open for editing and changes and additions. So questions. Do you have more of these or are they still printing them? >> I have a lot more of them. >> Okay. Because June 3, our EDA is having
a meeting kind of inviting businesses to come and gather. >> So, it'd be perfect to have these there and we could distribute these. >> Well, >> um packets. >> Sure. >> Um if they want us to put them in their stores. >> I that would be awesome. Well, as much
as I love to visit Richland, I love to go door to door. Uh it feels like I made a pedaler permit. I don't know. I don't want to do that. Um and my student who is a senior and is on independent study, which is why tonight was so important. She's done at the end of May. Yeah.
She's like, "Well, I'll go. I'll Well, okay. >> But um it'd be better coming in from you if Right. So, I have 200 of those holders and 2,000 of those cards. >> I will meet up with >> Is that enough? >> I'm sure. I mean, I can coordinate something with you to drop them off at
the office. with um the other thing was is our EDA meeting we had tonight. We actually talked about you before this meeting. So I know um but they our CEDA um program has an intern that's going to be working with them um from May or end
of May until the end of December that could help kind of put some updated stuff with the historical. So, um, those are a couple things that we talked about at that meeting that maybe that would help you to update someone when they say, "Hey, it's not on there." >> Yeah, that is excellent. And there is a
gal that is now going to be hired by the county. It's a Wasika grad. She worked as an intern last summer, is very skilled at the project. My intent is to ultimately hand this over to the county for the county to kind of run it. >> Sure. >> But, um, in the transition, I'm more
than happy to work with it. And these are a nifty way for the non-brick and mortar >> like your parks and your other places for people to be aware of it. And I I don't know the level of social media that the city of New Richland has. That's another great way to just
promote, you know, all kinds of different things. >> Yeah. So, other questions? >> Have you toyed with the idea of asking people to be volunteers to make it a guided tour of certain places? Well, and see that's uh it's very interesting you
say that because what we did work with with the Waldorf and the Wasika tuber, it is narrated. So you are GPS driven. So if you walk within a certain number of feet from one of the historical tour stops in Wasika and you have a head piece in, the narration starts.
>> That's kind of kind of that way. >> It's Yeah, it is, isn't it? Yeah. And um >> Okay. >> And which we have not got a narrated version of the dura tour. I would entertain someone who you trust is a really reliable voice, I would be more than happy to record them. Part of our
grant was the recording equipment. Um, it's not a hard thing to do. But yeah, that uh that's a fun thing to incorporate with your community celebrations, you know, to to do whatever you can. >> All right.
>> Other questions? >> I don't think so. >> All right. >> Very cool. knows how to get a hold of me. Knows how to find >> I know how to find you. >> Yes. Wonderful. >> I appreciate that. >> Thank you. >> Thank you for all you do with that. >> Thanks for putting me in.
>> All right. >> Okay. Resolution 26-07. >> Yes. Um, it's a resolution 26-07 resolution entering into construction of the Minnesota Department of Transportation for routine maintenance
by the city on along adjacent to trunk highway number 30. Um, it's a very standard construction agreement that would cover the bulk the process and basically put the city in charge of the maintenance, not necessarily
financially, but we would have the it would be on us to enforce that the sidewalk is maintained and no different than what we're doing everywhere else. For those of you aren't aware, it's going to be sidewalks all the way on both sides.
Is it? I believe so. >> It's highway 30. >> Yes. >> From west to east or east to west, however you want. >> And they're doing it costing us anything. I don't think >> except ADA compliant is what the reason they're doing it. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah. >> Well, that should be nice. >> You need a motion. Correct. >> Correct. Make a motion to accept resolution 26-07. Second. >> All in favor? I. >> All right.
Resolution 26-08. >> My computer of course just Well, >> Adobe does not seem to like uh the large files. Uh resolution 26-08 is a resolution accepting donations. Uh the town of Byron and Rosa County uh wants to donate
$200 to uh the virtual department. >> Town of Byron Township. >> Okay. I was going to say that's what they're trying to buy. >> Okay, makes more sense.
>> As well, give us money. >> I make a motion to approve resolution 2608-0. >> I'll second that. >> All in favor? All right. Ordinance 26-01.
>> Uh, an ordinance establishing standards licensing inspection requirements for bunk house housing for migrant agricultural workers and allowing such housing as a conditional use in specified districts. >> And we had the one change to it from last meeting. Correct. >> Yep. That was to change the uh burden on
decision from 10 days to 30 days as per Jason Casey's request. Okay, >> I'm going to open up the up that ordinance for public comment at this time. It is 647. If anybody would like to speak regarding
ordinance 26-01, please come to the podium, state your name and address. just get like just a general thing about first. >> Um actually that might be a good opportunity for to describe what the the process is if they want to speak to the
podium. >> Sure. >> You just want to touch base about it then. >> Um >> yeah. Uh so basically um a local a company is hiring H2A
workers that have to go through a vetted status through um the state and federal status as well um to employ these immigrant workers for six months out of the year. we are providing housing for
those workers and have been very clear with the city um as far as what the intent is with that. Um making a building that has been kind of a thorn in the side on that side of the
community um and rehabbing that uh to account for those workers. >> And where do the workers come from? >> Uh South Africa. that that would be that would be for this specific case, but it could open up for yes for potentially anywhere, but
they the process is effectively the same where vetting and they'd have to have go through department of state and department of labor to qualify for the programs. So, it's not just somebody jumps on a plane and shows up one day >> and they have very strict guidelines that they have to follow being here. If
they there's any issues that you know they violated their agreement they do have you know will get sent back too. >> So is it does it come like on a green card or a visa or something like that? >> So H2 >> is this Matt Hall? >> Yeah.
>> Yeah. >> Oh jeez. Sitting right over there. I remember talking to you. Is there anyone who add >> I've got a question that'll kind of do both you talked to you remember about where if somebody's wrong they're gone
because you got 100 other people jumping in their place >> if something happened with the area over here yes we've got certain guidelines that everybody's supposed to bloody but if they do not I could put up all night you know but I'm not what if I'm saying if somebody does do something that is
against the rules what are you guys going to do or is it his responsibility to do? >> I think it would be a combined effort between that and >> and then how long would it take to get something like that done? Would it be weeks? >> Yep. See, that's what I'm saying. What
is >> but say like there's five or six cars out back or there somebody's making noise or having a party or something that's fairly obnoxious to the community but yet it's not totally illegal or anything
like that. Would that be taken care of in a night and nothing's happened in more or would it be weeks? >> Something you got a phone call on that. What would how would that be handled? So, as much as I would love to cover every violation, typical ordinance violations, you know,
typically get one warning. You know, if you don't calm it down after that, then we take like the the administrative citation actions associated with it. For properties like that, we notify, you know, whoever runs it. >> But is that one warning that night and then they're if they do it again? So it's it's not like you get one morning
on Monday, you you act up on Friday and like >> you know it it just it's very circumstantial based on the event. Now if it's like a physical altercation for a large party, that's a whole different matter than just music too loud. >> So they might not be as familiar with
the city ordinances. So that's why I like to have wonderful educational, you know, conversations about certain practices and safe actions. >> I think I'm hearing that it's not going to be immediate. Well, I can't remove them from their property if that's what you're trying to get.
>> Can they remove them from the property any different than any other citizen? I'm saying I understand that. >> And the parking there, >> it can't go on for months like it did here in the last people were in there. Well, that's a totally different tenant right and you're talking
>> that's a whole another ball. As far as the cars, I can promise you you don't have to worry about that because they're going to be parking at the elevator and there's two or three shifts on rotation. >> So, it's the vehicle won't be a problem, but that's the nice part about we do have a couple vehicles that'll be parked
at the elevator, but you know, yeah, there might be one there or something like that. It's not like there be 10 vehicles parked there. And the only thing is because I'm supplying it, but I don't have that many. So, >> all right. Thank you. >> And we're we're open to like if there is something, you know, obviously they
might be unloading groceries or they might be doing something. Obviously, the alley back there is the only way to get in that front. You can park in front of us and you can also get into the front of the building from there, too. So, it might be an instance where they're unloading something or, you know, but it's not going to be
>> hours worth of clogging up either the alley or in the road there. just wouldn't be any different when it was the laundry mat. >> Actually, it would be less. >> Yes. >> I've got to ask Drew something. >> If something happened, would you go to them first or then to him or him first then to them? >> No, we would address the situation on
hand on site. So, you know, it's just working communication with them due to the fact that they're under strict guidelines as far as those individuals being there. But everybody gets the same fair chance whether they're here on a visa or an American citizen. And some of it could be handed off to him to take care of as far as it's his business
doing stuff. >> Well, it all depends on what's >> Yeah, correct. So, you know, they're dealing our products out of there. That's a whole different matter compared to a noise complaint. >> You know, if if say we had two, three complaints for noise, we would discuss with them about appropriate action and
having them, you know, work with us to mitigate future occurrences. >> Okay. Well, thank you. If I may, following up on that concern, if concerns aren't addressed, um there is language in the ordinance that allows for the revocation or the
suspension of the license. So, keep that in mind as well. Problems arise with noise and it isn't effectively handled, you know, council can take a look at revoking a license or suspending a license or imposing your own penalty for
it. How quick is the implementation of that? >> Well, it could take some time. I mean, especially if the property owner disputes the allegation, you know, it could be a matter of months. >> Okay. >> Yep. I mean, for a noise violation,
in theory, it could be two, three, four months to work its way through. Certainly the more issues that you have the quicker the process will be but I mean you know a month or two max or minimum sorry but there is a provision
in there that call for it to be revoked or suspended on the screen right now. Yeah, that's all the questions I had. >> One question that I did have >> one question that I had did have and I just thought of it actually is has our building inspector reviewed this and is
our building inspector up to date on some of these federal requirements? He's the one that is going to be inspecting this facility. Have we ran the ordinance by the inspector to see if the inspector is okay with this ordinance?
>> He is not. do nothing. >> We've had the uh >> the state inspector down here already once. >> Okay. >> And he has walked through the property and uh he was actually uh pretty impressed on the living conditions that they were going to have.
>> Well, if he wasn't, you would know about it. >> 100%. Yes. And he had a list and basically our rental licensing that we would do for a single family home actually is more strict than the H2A licensing guidelines that they have. So, correct. >> Um, when he walked through it, he was
very happy with the layout. Good. >> And we do have a checklist of everything. Good. >> Um, we have, I believe, 30 days, uh, somewhere in there where, um, that'll get be getting reinspected to that man. >> And our inspector would very likely use that information anyway. So, if you've
had it inspected by somebody from the state, our inspector, you know, there would be the sharing of that information, and perhaps our inspector wouldn't even need to know. >> Yeah. >> But, uh, no, that's good. No, no, >> I did get to go. >> We've been in communication with him and uh with
the lady's name >> Mary is her name with uh she works in the inspection in the state park. >> Sure. >> And we've had conversations with her too um back and forth. So everything is documented and emails back and forth between us and them and I think Matt's on it too. So we're all on the same
page. >> We I had an opportunity to go visit it as well. >> Yeah. >> It's I did too. >> Very impressive. what >> I did not >> used to look like. >> I did not realize how big it was. And it's not going to be just cramming a bunch of people in a small area. It is very wide open in different areas. So,
it's not just putting people in a room. There's lots of spaces and um open areas for them to be outside of their rooms and everything. So, they're doing it doing it the right way by checking all the rules that they need to do. I feel >> all right. Would
anybody like to speak? >> I guess all I was going to say is at the end of the day, you know, I'm employed for work. So if they're screwing around or causing problems, obviously, you know, personally, I'm going to try and take care of that right away. But if it does, you know, I know law enforcement, we're going to deal with like we would any other situation. So if that's a
concern, obviously you got to take my word for it. But if they're a problem, obviously they're probably a problem for me, too. And they're here for one reason. So, you know, we'll deal with any problems they have. >> I agree, too. >> All right. >> One of the unresolved parts of this is
the uh setting the fee for the for the permit to do this. Um it's my recommendation that the city set the fee of $250, but that is at the discretion of the council. >> Is that yearly or is that Does that fall in line with other
>> We're we're kind of the the pioneers here. There's not really much in line with >> I think looking at every Yeah. >> Looking at the rest of our fee schedule, this fits >> very much. So, >> what is your standard rental license? $75 >> and then >> it's every three years though, isn't it?
>> Correct. >> So, 250 every year. >> Yeah. and then it goes down per unit. So it's a multi-unit. So we'll leave that open then for the public comment then >> or do we >> does anybody else have any more public
comment >> any last time just if anybody wants to speak otherwise after this we won't be able to discuss it anymore. All right. Then we'll close it at seven. >> And then you would like a motion for the fee schedule then? >> Uh yes, that
>> and everything too. >> Okay. >> I'll make a motion that the fee is $250 annually for this house application. I'll second.
>> All in favor? >> I need a motion. >> Motion for the ordinance. >> I'll make a motion for the ordinance >> as written. I'll second. >> All in favor?
>> I. >> All right. >> All right. department reports. Huh? >> One second. Catching up to you guys. >> Okay, I'll have to hold on fire for a minute. >> All right. Um, department reports, uh,
ambulance department is up first. And actually before before we start, if anybody is not here for continued business, you may be dismissed at this time. >> Thank you. >> I first thanks the buyer and township for
the donation today. Appreciate that. >> Um I don't know. I don't have anything I do have to say it was a busy weekend. We had uh four I had five calls all the weekend, Friday night until Sunday. So, it's pretty busy for us, which is kind
of nice. Um Brianna started already and she's had four calls already. So, that's good. Um so, there's crew that come from out of town and they do laundry. I don't know if you had a chance, Heather, to look at any of the washers. the one like
washer and dryer set that they had you had gotten for >> Oh, um Dana also we looked at other ones and cheaper ones. >> Yeah, anything that's cheaper. Um I do I know at Costco I do have a membership
there. They are cheaper there um also. But I'd like to get a washer and dryer set for back there for the linens and not only that those that come from out of town, especially the ones that come from out of town. One of them works at the sheriff's office in Henipin County and then she'll come here and work dur
when she's off and then so she can do laundry while right now they're coming to my house and doing laundry and uh I feel like I have to provide them stuff and you know I I just I think it would be better to have one there and not only that for the city to be able to use it
and law enforcement if they ever need anything to use the towels that we have in the in the kitchen and everything. Um, I think it'd be a good allaround to use. This the washer. Tyler had asked about the washer that's back there. That is for turnout gear. Um, I don't want to use that for use any linens that are
supposed to be in the ambulance and stuff like that. I don't want to have to I think we get one that would be good for having back there. Um, again, that was one I saw at Lowe's, but there's other ones that are cheaper. Um, I don't know. We can I can kind of
coordinate with Heather and we can look and see what there would be one if I could get approval to get one of them. >> Are there hookups in place or >> Pardon me? >> Are the hookups in place? >> There is one there's a hookup back there for the wash um a washer area by because there's the washer for the firemen. So,
I don't know how we'd have to we'd have to hook up something more. I'm not sure. But there is available faucets back there. >> How about for the electrical though? >> I don't know. I'd have to look at the electrical. is a dryer 220. Most of it is gas.
>> A gas one might be 110, but you have to run in a gas line. So, you know, that's right. >> We already had the arrow at city hall once this month. >> I'd also recommend looking at warranty on much fire. >> Well, did you find J?
>> So, I had just looked um I had found one for like,300. So, it was a little bit less than what you had found um on there. I just that was a real quick search that I did. I didn't go deep into it yet, but um >> I think the one I saw at Costco was like
just right around a thousand, but it would be under 1500 for a washerd dryer. So that's stackable one that we can get in there. >> The question I have right now is where is all the linen being washed for the ambulance bay? Right. >> Well, when I get a chance to take it to the care center. >> Okay.
>> But you have to be here during the day. >> Okay. >> Yeah. can pick it up during well they can drop it off during the day but yeah >> if in those cases you can let us know that there's a bag and make sure to bring it over. >> So yeah, but we can get it done here. It
would be a lot easier and stuff like that. >> I think we need to do some checking on the electrical side of it because we might have some additional costs yet first before we That's my opinion. >> That's fine. >> I agree. Make sure it works. >> You guys got a certain person we use for the city, right? I can even have Caleb just pop in and take a look just to let
us know right away and then go from there too. >> We can table it to the next meeting and then discuss that. >> Yeah, that's fine. That's fine. >> All right. Do find out that information first because I feel like we need to have >> look at more prices and see what I can find. I'll I'll show shop around and see
where there is everything. >> The CPR director I found out that we paid for that last year. So, we have a credit and our certification was this year. So, we don't have to worry about that. But >> Okay. >> Yeah. Perfect. Yeah, we like that. >> Yeah, I asked Sarah and and she's like,
"We already paid for it." I'm like, "Oh, cool. Thank you." Um Pat, I'm still waiting on the actual C. We have the power loan system back there. There was some updates that they did on it. I wish it would come soon. We are having issues with our C that we have right now, but I know how to work around it.
>> How long have you been waiting for the cut? >> A while. Last year, right? >> Quite a while. >> How long have we paid for it? >> Yes. Yeah. >> Well, then why did we ask? >> Huh? Oh, I'm in contact with her on a daily basis. >> I was going to say >> and I'm going to let her know that I
know council is really getting >> what is their reasoning on what's delaying it? >> Um that been they had some issues, some malfunctions with this. So, they had to fix that at one point >> and then now there's was an update and it's sitting in the factory but they're doing the update and the last the last I
heard when I talked to her last week and she said she was going to let me know today. So, I'm going to color again tomorrow and be like, I need a set date because or something because I've had the loading system what probably a month now.
>> Well, end of February. >> So, it's brand new, but they're having problems with it. They don't have another one that they can >> uh they had problems now. It's just up >> updates that they're doing on it. So, >> same. >> Yeah.
>> Okay. All right. >> Before it was we were get the cut way before we got our monitor. Well, we've had our monitor way before we got our C. So, >> hopefully that comes soon. >> All right. >> I can even email her with Tyler attached
or something and start getting so that way you have communication with it on it also. Um, >> yeah. >> I can write spicy emails too. >> Huh? >> I can write spicy emails too. >> That's right. I I don't She's She's one
there. I mean, I can be there be that way, but I want to get her caught. I want her caught. So, because this one, you hit the latch to unhook it and the one side gets caught. So, I got to go over there and kind of pull the cot and it's hard to do that with the patient on
there, especially and it's >> Yeah. >> Yeah. And I'm not on every call. So, well, I'm on 90% of them, but >> Yeah. So, waiting on that. Hopefully, I'll have another update and I'll send an email
out tonight with Tyler attached. So, other than that, I don't think is there anything more on there that I have down there with the director. Nothing. Yeah. >> Any questions? >> We haven't asked or talked about it recently, but the new billing has been
going seem the new billing hasn't been any no issues there. Everything's been going smooth. that new company since we >> I haven't I heard money starting to come in. >> I think everything's looking great. Just when I did March's check register, I tallied it up and um through that I
stream company too, all the old funds from the prior company, there was probably 1,700 that came in just on that in March. >> Good. >> Um and then I think February's there was close to 3,000 that came in. >> So we're starting we're getting our old stuff coming in slowly, but it's every
month it's coming. >> Yeah. Okay. >> So, yeah. >> Okay. Very good. >> Perfect. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Sarah, are you going to be around later? If not, here. Take this. >> This is nothing to do with council. I
just want you to see it, read it, talk with the chief of police also. And if you got questions, give me a call. Thank you. >> I'll make a motion to accept it. I'll second that. Oh >> yeah, we had the table >> table the motion to table the
laundry machines. >> I'll second it. >> All in favor? >> I then the motion >> I'll make a motion for the accept to handle report. >> All in favor.
>> All right. Fire department. >> The fire department report was in writing this month. Um, their reports are pretty spartan. Uh, there was three fire calls, two medical calls, and this one's string was an LP burn.
>> Very simple, straightforward. >> Make a motion. >> They're not asking for anything this month. >> No. I'll make a motion to accept the fire department report. >> I'll second that. >> All in favor? >> I. >> All right. Police department
done. You can be as efficient. >> Uh, we had 97 calls for service for the month of April, putting our totals for the year at 400. Um, I renewed officer Drod's license renewal, so you can keep working. You're
welcome. Um, purchases annual renewals I crime fighter access. That's where we upload all of our squad video, our photographs that we take. Um, pretty much all of our stuff except for
reports go into there. Um, renewed our maintenance fee for CISMCS, which is our um, mobile unit or our mobile um, software that we use that dispatch uses. So we can look
up licenses and look at addresses and all that stuff. Um 270 blew a belt, so that was loud. And we did an oil change, air filter change. We did all that at the same time.
And then on May 29th, we will have our end of the year water balloon fight. Um, those supplies were purchased using a grant uh grant money that we got from the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association. So, >> have the body cams been working as they should?
>> Yep. Oh, and we got all of the um I haven't heard complaints from fire or ambulance and all the encryption the radios for all of that has been implemented. The old radios have been phased out and everything's working smoothly there too.
>> Excellent. Perfect. >> I got a question. I think and this is kind of related to him too. I think you had later in your report that you went to that conference >> and talked about meeting up with other police chiefs. >> See, Mr. That was also a chief of
police. >> Now, my question, you talked to her about looking at, you were talking about maintenance on the 270. >> What's the time frame we need to replace and maybe talk to him about getting somebody else's? It's
coming down to it. What do we have? >> 131,652 miles. >> Yep. And it seems like every month we're having an issue. I don't think the engine light ever shuts off. I think it's just a permanent function now. >> Um, it's still in there then,
>> huh? >> It's a great question. Um, >> we should just cover it up. >> Yeah. >> As long as it's not flashing, that's fine. >> Well, sure.
>> Um, it's runnable. >> So, you're looking into talking to him >> about We've chatted about it. We just there's been a lot of >> excessive uh investigations we've been having to go through in the last couple months.
So, >> um yeah, but replacement is going to be needed pretty soon. >> Cool. >> Thank you. >> Anything else? >> Thank you. >> Thanks. >> Thank you. >> I'll make a motion to accept the police department. I'll second.
>> All in favor? >> All right. care center. >> Bob. >> Hi, Bob. >> How we doing? >> Good. >> Well, it's good to hear. >> All right. Care center report. Um,
let's see. Where are we at here? Average census. We'll start there for the month of April. Um month of April our average was uh 35.6 per day. Um trending down in the last
couple of months which is uh somewhat normal and typically in July we pick back up. uh July through September we're up and then you're probably
down again later in the year. We hope to later in the year land at 38 or 39, but we'll see how things go. Uh today we are currently at 36. We've got I think two for tomorrow and
maybe one stretched out to next week. But we've also got people going home. Uh they do such a good job. They get people back in their feet and they send them home. Blind my therapy go. Um as you see, you look at the managed
care numbers there, they've been pretty consistent across the board. Uh drop down to Medicare A and they are a little bit higher in April. So I like to looking at managed care and
Medicare A. I like to see those numbers around eight. That that's good money coming in as that's a lot of rehab therapy or medical therapy period that uh the federal government Medicare pays
a lot better than just Medicaid. Uh Medicaid numbers are high. In February, however, those numbers at 20 almost 25. We had eight people on hospice care and that were all Medicare or Medicaid
rather and that's extremely high. We've only got two hospice rooms so we had to stretch things out and uh it worked out and I I think it everything went well. But right now we've only got we've got
four um currently um census of 36. Um and then you look at our our private pays. Well, just nowhere near what we should have.
We should have a dozen, but um the way the way everybody saved money back in the day, well, Medicaid is it. Medicaid is our higher numbers. A lot of people on public assistance. So,
not a dig on anybody because I'm going to be there, too. So, it's also important to realize that New Richland has a below average median household income has for quite a while. True. So this is likely to be the beginning of trend, right? Right. Was that
>> very true? Yep. And we do have uh I would say 50% of our people do not come from New Richland or one of our small surrounding towns. Uh some of Gosh, we had a a lady
just went she go home tomorrow and she is over by the city of Byron. Maybe it was them that sent you the money. Um, just kidding. But we we've had a lot of people. We've
had people from as far away as Worthington. Uh, a lot of people from the Rochester area, Kenyon, just kind of bizarre how they get to one little town and build up the corn
shoots. So, but it it's kind of interesting. you you get to meet a lot of nifty people. Um but something else about that just a brief explanation there every person in the care center has a care level which
their care level equates to a certain amount of how much they pay to live there or to stay there. Obviously the people on managed care and Medicare A their care level is higher on the scale. Therefore we get more money
for them. Uh, we do have a few what they call PA1's. We're not supposed to have PA1's. PA1's are people that probably should live in assisted living or a group home or maybe even independent. I've got four of them.
They're doing very well. They're integrated into the community. Uh, three of them are younger, so they really don't have a place to go right now. So that that detracts from uh the amount of money that we can actually
make per month. So >> question. Yes. Do you actively when you said the numbers on the private aren't as well as you'd like, do you actively recruit for people to come here like try and find somebody? >> Um no.
Those are those days are kind of over. Um, not many people are are willing to just call up and say, "I'd like to do a tour of your building. Dad needs to live there because I can't take care of anymore." >> Everybody's busy,
>> right? Everybody's busy. Um, so most of the people come to our build. Well, everybody comes to our building either through hospice or through um a stay at the hospital in which case you get those Medicare people.
Thanks. >> Yep. Uh revenue, well, we took another downturn in March. April should look up a little bit, but March was a a downturn. Some of the people that we hired in, well, they didn't pan out. Uh
we had to revert back to some agency people, agency staff. Uh some of our residents were lower care people, so we didn't get the higher reimbursement rates. they might have been $8,000 instead of 15. Uh that takes a toll. Uh
so as you read there, we did require fewer agency hours to meet our uh helping us meet our goals. Resident mix, which we just talked about, higher levels of care, lower levels of care. Um, everybody that fluctuates in our census
comes from a high level of care drops and they go home. Uh, this week we are celebrating National Nursing Home Week. Gur the, uh, today
was day I don't remember. Oh, today was dressed like uh your favorite team day. Obviously, mine is team Bob. I just I forgot. Um got too fat. I can't fit enough anymore. Um music and games,
food and fun, all this jazz. We're having a ball this week. Uh so, come on down, spend some time at the nursing home, talk to the residents, thank the staff for what they do. Uh, they had a great survey. Um,
thank you Eli. Get us in the paper. That was great. >> That's good. Appreciate it. >> Yeah, it's fun writing that article. A lot of fun. Um, and then we're working on emergency preparedness for
Louise and the ambulance crew. Well, she already left. And oh, sorry, Department. We're going to be working with them this summer to create a better plan. So, we want everybody to be aware of where things are at in our building. It's all
I got. >> How's the audit coming? >> Good. >> Is it done? >> Yep. >> I don't have it yet, but it's done. >> Perfect. At least it's >> I was going to ask about >> I figured you were open. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> That's my monthly question.
Um, you know, and part of the problem that we had with the audit was uh agency numbers and ERA insurance or uh PAR investment that things weren't driving.
>> Sure. >> Lindsay had a lot of back work to do to catch up. >> One other thing I have is any checks that I need to sign. I didn't see you didn't bring any in. I wish. >> Okay. >> Lindsay does have a pile of them, but
>> that's between Lindsay and >> I didn't have any. >> Okay, that's cool. >> Yeah. Yes, sir. >> You said you're doing the emergency preparedness plan, right? >> Yeah. >> You've been here long enough to know this when we went through any of the floods.
>> The floods. >> Floods. Were you here when that happened? >> I was not here for a flood or we hope you evacuated. >> Okay. Now, have you taken or are you going to take a look at future plans based upon what they think should be
done from past floods and try and make it better? >> Yes. >> You got a plan? You got a plan on how though or not? >> Not yet. >> One of my plans is to educate people on how to sandbag.
>> Okay. because I was here when we sandbaged once and it was done very poorly. >> I I have a contact um with a company that sells um the reusable plastic flood barriers that will use the wave of water
to hold it back. Y >> um they're wanted to come out and do a a demonstration in the talk and be great. >> One of the things that we did the just for a preliminary idea was barricading around the care center. They didn't give me a number so that could be it might be worth just letting it wash away
depending on what the price is. >> No. >> All the money I put into that building last couple years. No, >> of course. >> But they're going to come. >> Yep. Absolutely. And then we can uh
the grand guy >> we can get him involved. He probably Oh, picking a grant. We did get we've applied for a Wasika County grant to have an intern
come in for and they do was county pays for it. And we're going to look at marketing and resource development so that we can create a better resource development plan for you. >> Good.
>> And it's free up to 29 hours a week. Perfect. >> Very good. >> Yes. Yes. >> I did that. >> Nice. Thanks, Bob. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Make a motion to accept the care center. >> I'll second that.
>> All in favor? >> People service. >> Hi guys. >> Heather. >> Hi. >> Okay. For the month of April, we had 5.5 million gallons of waste water and water
that came through. The well only pump 2.1 million 2.1. >> You got like 3 million. >> We've got a lot of extra iron. >> So, yeah, >> it wasn't even rain. >> It was only like a inch and a half.
Yeah. Um, in the one day that we on the 13th when we did have that rain, 300,000 gallons of water came. So, it's really hard to treat rain water that's clear. I need dirty water. I need waste water,
not clean water. So, the the plant has a very hard time trying to treat clean water. It's very difficult. >> Why are we treating the storm water? Well, it just comes into the sewer pipes on its own. >> I thought it Isn't there a separate
sanitary sewer and storm sewer? >> Yeah. >> Well, can't we dump the storm sewer into the creek? >> It is, but >> it is. But back in the day, they were a join. So, people's houses, their sump pumps go to the sewer, which is illegal. >> Yeah, I understand. And like the school
building, you know, I'm trying to get that all of that redone. All of the water off the roofs and from around it was coming to me. So if you take that size building times rainfall, it's a lot of water. It's going down though. I
mean, since we've gotten the streets getting those fixed, >> I bought um 150 uh manhole plug plugs. So, I've been going around town plugging every single sewer manhole that has a hole in it
because that's water. So, that I'm on that. So, that should help. I know it's a it is a lot, but anything will help. >> See you with a rubber mouth. >> So, um anytime that you see any extra water
coming in anywhere, yeah, that's not supposed to be like say it's a big rain and there some pumps aren't going to the store. Where are they going? That's usually my first clue. So, >> just the the state of our sewer system. Yes.
>> A lot of cracks. >> Lot of cracks. >> Any crack just leaks like a civ. >> Holes, cracks, you name it. Yeah, there is a lot of issues. Deal with that day by day. That's about
all I can do. All the reports are finished for the month on time. Work orders were on time. I do monthly cyber security that I have to do that is done every single month. Um I got the new regulator and filter
for the diaphragm pump still not running right. Um I did the manifold covers. Chlorine and sulfur dioxide is on now for summer. Started on the first and I run it until November 1st. Um, wondering still about
the alarm system, like what's at the wellhouse. This will go to my alarm system. Um, I have the sens alarms too, so it would hook right up to it and it would call me because I did have a few issues with the new chlorine, not new
chlorine heads, but I took them off to get them refurbished, but there was a small chlorine leak out there. Now, if I wasn't there, that's 150 lbs of chlorine out the door into the field to the community if that was
to happen. That is the worst process you don't ever want to go through in your whole entire life. So, if these go to our sense phones, Eric will too when they get that figured out there. But, we will get a
call instantly if there is a chlorine or a sulfur dioxide leak. So, it's a brilliant idea to have it like that because that alarm can go off and I bet nobody could hear it. I only can when I pull in
>> and you can't walk down there. If you walk down, you're probably going to >> come back out. >> And I wouldn't want anyone else to go down there either. So, but yeah, that alarm I would really like the two, one
for the chlorine run room, one for the SO2 room. >> What is the cost for them? >> I don't know. Those guys got >> um We can consult with uh Eric got >> Did he get them from Eric Mickelson? >> He got them from the whoever the pools.
>> Yeah, he got them from there. >> That's where I order my stuff from. You said that there was there was one that he didn't or one that you needed that he didn't get. >> That was a that was a chlorine head. >> Yeah, that was a a head to a chlorine
tank. >> But yeah, if we could get those. I don't know what you guys I asked about it last month, but yeah, I'd like to just we I like I said, it's only on May to November 1st, but tanks do sit in there
into December and January. They do sit in there, so it's kind of something that would have to be on, you know, it's it goes right to my alarm system. So, it's kind of a way better deal. Cassen just had a bad leak um three
months ago. They had to evacuate homes, fans in the basement. I mean, it's >> it's not something you want to do. So, it's very dangerous. I >> think our insurance company would like for us to have some type of a warning like that, too, >> I would feel. >> Yeah. It's the safety of the person
there. Anybody that was to show up and not know, like say someone's just looking for me. >> Yeah. You Yeah. You don't want to be in a lot of people in World War I. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> I'm going to see what
>> or at least can we get it on the next meeting with the prices so we can approve that because I think and find out make sure we have the budget money. Well, and I can I can uh text Eric Nicholson that's from Alden and just get >> Yeah, we can get for the next meeting
and what the >> longer we wait the longer I mean this has been a few times now after no one's gotten on it. So, so yeah, I kind of it it worries me, you know, when I walk down there and I have
to turn that tank and I have to change a tank, I wear my mask. You know, you you don't want to get shot by that right in the face. I mean, it only takes a second. >> Yeah. >> So, and if it was to continually leak and I can't get out of there,
>> it's just going to sit there and leak. >> Mhm. >> So, >> all right. So, we'll have that put in the next meeting then so we can get that. >> Yeah. or sooner would be nice because you'd still have to get them put in and get them set into the sens.
>> I seem to recall the price was somewhere on the order of like4,000 but I guess I could be mistaken but it was relatively neable. I know that the money is in the alarm. >> There's an alarm, but it's only a
audible. >> Nobody can. >> Can Can you just confirm that and then maybe reach out to us and we can do a >> hopefully cool 30 battery chlorine gas alarm $1,600 and scalron22.
>> I don't need the scale. >> Okay. >> You need two of them. >> I just need two alarms. This one right here. 32. >> This is what Eric got. >> That's a G. >> That way if we stay with the same system and we both have sensones to keep the
water and the waste water parts the same. And that's what I'm trying to shoot for here before I retire. >> They're 16. >> Everybody have the same part. >> That's a no-brainer. >> Makes sense. >> Yes. Prove >> up 3500.
>> Well, taxes and stuff. I would just do maybe 45. Yeah, just do five. >> Not to exceed. >> Not to exceed. Yeah. >> You got to find your own. >> Yeah, I know. Exactly. >> Yeah. I'll make a motion to approve a
purchase of the chlorine sulfide alarm >> and or to my sens. >> Yeah, >> it's right in my office which goes to my phone and my home phone and to six other workers. >> So, all right. Yeah. I will make a motion to approve the clearing of
dioxide alarms up to 5,000. >> Thank you. >> I'll second. >> All in favor? >> I better for all of us. >> Yes, >> it's it's very um the only thing that um
the other thing is the metal detector and I've asked about it. >> Yes, it's on. Yes, this is I don't need no fancy dancy thing. I need this to find like looking for the manhole over in the wooded area on seventh and and uh
birch. That was fun. >> Finally found it. A metal detector would have made my life a lot faster, but um there are some animals in the fields out there on the demic that have never been found.
So they're 10 rows out. >> Sure. Believe it. >> Wow. >> So, um, it would stay in the city of New Richland. It would not leave New Richland. It would stay here. >> So, but I can't keep poking around in the
dirt until I find that. I can't maintain, right? They they just got one with the rehab of all the streets. Yeah, theirs is a fancy one, but I don't need the fancy. I'm not
looking for not looking for water and hydrants and lines. Mine's just a metal locator. And this is the cheapest one I found. >> What's the cost? >> Mine right now is a box >> 149. Where >> I have a box called the Aqua Locator.
You hold it out like this with the magnetic >> thread on it. >> And I can't do it anymore. Both holes. I can't I can't do it. Can't do it.
So, and this is the same person that Eric and Braden got theirs from their uh their new locator deal that they got. >> How often do they use theirs? Could it just be borrow there? >> Well, I asked for their old ones
>> or at least a old one, but I don't think that one worked. >> So, let me tell you, >> that thing's a a massive thing like that's to find water lines and hydrants or whatever. But,
>> they use that to locate, don't they? >> They use that to locate. This is just a metal detector. But we did have a a green one, but I don't think it was in the best working. >> They usually have to look at water lines. >> But yeah,
>> the new streets and any new streets that we will have, they will be a there's a sewer cap. So if you took this metal detector, you swipe through and you'll ding right on where the sewer is. Now, the old sewers I go from the 1939 map
and I have to measure it by hand. So, that every new one that you get will now have this new deal that they put on. Curb stops are easy. I mean, yeah, ding ding ding, they're all over. Sewers, you can't find them. Manholes underwater,
very hard to find. This detector can find that. Or sewer grates or storm grates. Um, you can find anything, you know. It's a easy way to to find your grades
and pull them and Yeah. All right. >> 1419. I move to approve the purchase of the metal detector. What's it 1419? did that with tax and shipping and all that stuff.
Do you need like a mount? >> Um, I think this is the exact amount is what he sent me. >> Utility logic >> I don't have that quote. I just have >> Oh, sure. Here. >> We just have the 1419. >> 1419, right?
>> 12 1275 and 45. So, it' be 12. Yeah. What did 12? That was what I got on an email. >> Let's see. 1210. Is it 1220? >> Right. No tax on it. Oh, cuz we're
taxing. >> All right. >> Right. >> You can just do 15 in case there's any hidden stuff >> up to 1500. I guess so. >> And it will stay here in New Richland. >> All right. Put your city sticker right on.
>> Motion. >> All in favor? >> I All right. Is that all you got? >> That is it. >> I got a question for you. >> Sir, what do you got? >> Being that you're an inquisitive person and a fixer just like I am, I would like you to Google
>> um sustainable aviation fuel or diesel fuel out of sewage. >> Okay. and see because there's some there are some cities that are doing it and I'm pretty sure it's bigger cities and we probably couldn't do it economically. >> We don't even have enough to make nothing.
>> We we don't have enough. I don't know how you would what you would skim up or co-pilot drive. >> I'll have you bring that back next. >> It won't be at the top >> truthfully. I'm not going to lie. But
yeah, it's not at the top. Just wanted to peique your curiosity. >> I don't think it would work. >> Anything else, Vince? >> No. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. I do appreciate it. >> Move to approve people service report.
>> Second. >> All in favor? >> All right. Maintenance and utility report. >> Eric could not be with us today. Thanks to baseball to present. So, uh, zero blue cards are issued to residents this
month. Um, zero shut offs. Um, so your weekly maintenance of Legion Field, City Park, city hall went on as normal. They flushed hydrants. Uh, burned the dump. Uh, JNR exercised the valves. Sand was put down at the beach. Uh, just a lot of
general um, storm sear was blocked on Broadway and second by a case of empty beverages causing the flooded street. That was the night of the last meeting. >> Yeah. So there was there was a lot of stuff going on there. >> Yeah. >> Waiting to hear back from Karen Fence
about the newware fencing at the baseball field and softball field. It's already in kind of rough shape from frost heave. Um ropes and raft are out at the lake and they planted a bunch of shrubs to
help eliminate uh erosion on self. And let's see here. There we go. Uh they're well pumping as Shell touched on 20 2,100,000 or so gallons the water pumped.
All the numbers came that good. And that's our our annual usage. There was no no requests for for the month. >> All right. >> Uh just to add to that two things. Uh
blue cards were at zero and the shut offs because now they are required to send our water bills back up to the cities to be dispersed out instead of directly from here. So I did not go off of the due date and so it's not fair blue cards either if I wasn't honoring
the due date as well. Um, so there might be some changes with that coming up and I might be pushing the due date automatically back at least a week's worth from what it normally is because if the post office is not showing the numbers, we could potentially lose our
post office and I'm not going to be responsible for that. So, um, there'll be some changes, but that is why we did not do that. And citywide cleanup September 19th. >> September 19th. >> Yes. And that will go out in the newsletter
with this month's newsletter. So >> the project at the water treatment plant with getting everything done. Have we resolved that for them to get work done? >> Oh, he's there. >> He was there. There is progress. Eric is
happy with the state of the progress. >> Okay. >> It's not completed, but he's happy with with the fact that there's progress. >> Okay. Okay. >> For the cleanup day, I have heard a little bit of feedback on that. People
liked it around the time of the >> the citywide garage sales and stuff like that. It just made sense that it was after that. I understand if it didn't work, but >> and also in September, all citywide garage sales will be two weeks, not the weekend before, but two weeks. So, the
first weekend in September and then clean up. It did not work for staff. It didn't work for Thompson. N >> worked out well that it didn't work because Eric's been by himself. So, if we would have actually just done it this last weekend, he would have been the only one. So, it worked how it was supposed to. This year, we will
hopefully >> Yeah, it just it didn't work for anyone all around to do it in May this year. So, I figured I'll do it in September after the other set of garage sales because I do know people like to do it with garage sales and clean up and we have more probably bad weather coming.
So yeah, we did what we could. So, but no, I do know that too because I heard a lot as well. So, >> okay. >> Make a motion to accept the maintenance and utility report. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I
>> economic development. >> Um I included that. Um I have a hearing writing from the EDA meeting. um didn't get included in the packet. If you want to take a look at what DA did this uh this last month, but there's no action
required a department to approve. >> Um so we're into unfinished business. Uh February 2026 uh check register um is completed. Uh that's up for for viewing.
>> I had one question. No, I can't find it. Um, it was Boltman Bank $15,000 for mailing project mailing and posting or $5,000. Does that make sense? >> Yeah. Um, that was for one of the
notices that they had sent out in January to everyone in the city. I can't tell I don't remember what one that was, but some like they put together pamphlets, packets and stuff or something like that. And so it was their fees for doing
all their stuff and mailing it out. >> When are they coming back to finish everything? >> I think after school is done. Now that this the sidewalk project was the last weird I guess once done, they wanted to come in right away now.
>> No, it's um the Sawyer. What was this? Yeah. Um, next week they're going to be looking at something on the boulevards or something too. >> Yep. They're surveying a lot looking for cracks and everything else too. >> But that was the last step we heard.
the school's out started again. Any else? >> Anything? >> Anybody else have anything? >> Not on that. Make a motion to approve the February check register. >> We'll second. >> All in favor? >> I.
>> The March check register was completed today. Um we did not get included in the packet, but it is it is complete. So we'll have that with next month and Heather's doing a great job of catching us up on that. So we'll be I think after
next month we'll be >> right back on track with that. banning is playing well these days. >> So I suppose that's maybe not reasonable but we're we're trending better. >> It's it's getting a lot better and now that I figured out what the ultimate
problem is. >> Okay. All right. Then we'll move on to number three which is radio link. Jason, you want me to tee this up? >> That'd be great because you've been >> All right, we're here again. This is the
third meeting in a row that we've had on this. Um, did everyone get my memo with the council packet? >> Radio link. You received it as well, right? May 6 memo. >> Yes. >> Okay. I just want to make >> Sorry, verbally. Yes.
>> I'm sorry. >> Yes. >> Good, good, good, good. All right. it. Following the last council meeting, you guys wanted me to uh start negotiations with Radio Link. What I did is I drafted a proposed lease with very standard
terms on it. I sent that out to Radio Link, sent it out to them on April 21. I didn't hear anything back. On May 1st, I followed up. May 6th, I did receive not comments regarding my proposed draft,
but I received their draft. And as I mentioned in my memo to you, and I copied you on my proposed lease, and then I copied you on their draft that they sent on May 6. And I I have no idea
why this needs to be so difficult. Um, but at any rate, I didn't really get any comments on my proposed lease. I just got their lease. I cannot in good conscious recommend that you guys adopt this lease for all of the reasons that I
indicated in my memo, which are 12 12 U points different points contentions that I have with their lease. Their release it is
woefully inadequate in my opinion. It doesn't contain any uh provision regarding the workers comp which is standard and elementary in these types of leases. It doesn't contain any language with regard to
you guys being liable in many situations but the language holds us liable. I mean it should be mutual liability. Um doesn't contain any language for late payments which is
frankly elementary in a lease. The lease that you guys have proposed contains language in here about an easement. I don't know why you we would ever agree to anything like that. We certainly
shouldn't agree to anything like that. I think that the lease that I have proposed is very reasonable. The language comes from other agreements that I have worked on in 25 years. There is nothing ownorous
in my proposal. There is nothing out of line in my proposal. There is nothing excessive in my proposal. My proposal is a very standard, easy to understand lease that frankly protects the city in
in a lot of different issue areas where their lease is very many many terms very vague, very ambiguous and again it's devoid of essential principles. So I cannot in good conscious tell you to enter into
this lease that they have proposed. I continue to stand by mine. Um, the council is going to have to make a decision on this at some point in time. I articulated the options that I think you have on this and that's to continue to negotiate. Although I don't
know if there's been much negotiation. I haven't again I didn't get any comments on my version. What I got was this version. Um, so your your options are to continue to negotiate or simply not enter into a
lease and start the decommissioning phase. The third option, you know, you guys can certainly discuss it here tonight, maybe come up with a third option, but I think our options are fairly limited. That's essentially where we're at. And again, I've reviewed it. Tai has
reviewed it. Neither one of us in good conscience can recommend that you enter into this lease that they have proposed. The one that I sent is very standard. One of my concerns with it is is I've never really seen a business come in and
say, "Here's my contract. You have to go with my contract." We sent one. I don't I don't understand why we haven't even received that contract where we should have been going off of ours is what we should have be that's my opinion. I just feel like this is just a circle around constantly. Um
>> what I can't get past is it's your town. >> Yeah. >> You own this house. >> Yeah. I mean >> as the residents of New Richmond own this town. there is could there's the potential of a lot liability for the city and the taxpayers
of this town um if something was to happen. >> Where did this easement language come from? So let me start with the contract that radio link internet submitted.
We submitted that so that well, let me just get this. Uh, we submitted our agreement to try and avoid uh antagonizing or appearing to be antagonistic by reviewing the city contract. So, if you look at the red on this, now this
has been reviewed by uh DC lawyer, local lawyer, and a 25-year contract attorney. All the red is what was written. Now the contract as written was a valid and good
contract for building rental. There is nothing wrong with it for a building. The issue comes in when you use that contract for communications and collocation. It's been upgraded to that and
there's about three paragraphs that the attorneys said they didn't have to change. So, we were trying not to be antagonistic. That's why we submitted. And the contract we submitted is based on the state of Minnesota contract
that's been used for, I was told, over 10 years. It was also based loosely on the League of Minnesota Cities contract template that you guys have access to from their attorneys. So, the contract we submitted is based on
communications specializing attorneys. We were trying not to be antagonistic. That's why it didn't. It took so long. If you look at the red on this, there's a lot that took a whole It's very expensive to have DC attorneys go
through this. Um I I try not be antagonistic. Now, I can respond to your memo. Uh I can respond to different parts of your contract. So the memo I can respond to all the parts on your memo which
relate to our contract. There's only one change we put in here and it was like okay everything else is already covered in there. So I can respond to them. I was trying not to be antagonistic by just giving you a
contract the state of Minnesota uses >> just putting in your specifics. >> But that didn't answer the question about the easement. >> Okay. easement specifically. So, let me get my notes. Don't want to read from these >> or why it doesn't contain language about
workers. >> Okay, we'll start with the easement. That was which one of your items? I've got all all these written in down so I can jump around. >> Well, your contract section one >> your memo.
>> This is your access and utility easements for the operation expected. >> Which number? >> Number one. Yours. number one. Okay. Uh the easement >> this includes access and utility. Ultimately the easement is required
because there's fiber in the tower. The radio link internet owns fiber in the tower and that needs to be be taken into account. Easement is the legal language to take into account underground services in the public rightway going into the water tower. Are we giving you
an easement over the land or >> that was done years ago? Radio Link has received a citywide easement years ago. >> Oh, for the rideway. Maybe >> I was told it was years ago. >> It just seems very unusual that you
would have in here the word easement. I I don't think easement should be in there. I think easement is a legal term and easement then conveys property rights and goes into a whole different area besides just general access rights. The workers count should also be in
here. Why isn't there anything about penalties in the event of late late payment? >> Okay, let's take one item at a time. So, in your memo, I would like to get the exact wording so I'm not reading it wrong because this this gets into legal
things. So, in your memo, the li the workman's comp was I've been through this so many times. I apologize. I don't have them memorized. >> May I interject? >> I think the time for this was this last month while we were supposed to be
negotiating. Antagonistic or not, this is the stuff that we should have been hashing out >> before coming here doing it >> in council. >> Correct. >> Mhm. >> That was the idea. That was the idea was happening behind the scenes and you were voting on a contract whether it was
agreed to or not. >> Okay. >> Well, that didn't happen. >> And I sent to my version April 21. >> So, let me just point out in your version at the end of five years, the city must remove all of their equipment from the water tower.
>> No, you guys must re remove it. The city isn't removing anything. Section two in your contract. Let me get the right one here. Is item two?
Yes. Item two, term. This lease shall automatically terminate on May 1st, 2031. Landlord shall fully and completely have its equipment decommissioned from the tower on May 1st. In the event that you
don't >> is that in. >> Yeah. If you don't remove your equipment, we can go in there and remove it and charge it back. This lease shall automatically terminate on May 1st. Landlord shall fully and completely have its equipment
decommissioned from the tower by May 1st. >> Where are you at? your your contract >> I'm looking at section 12 >> term your contract number two term >> there's a lot of things that appear to
are going to be antagonist >> yeah that's >> that's a typo that should be tenant >> but that's something that we would have caught in negotiation not not here having theater >> under okay if I give you a contra if I give you
feedback from attorneys that every paragraph is in question and has issues. I was told that's not going to go. You're going to have issues with that. We are take you're taking a building rental contract and trying to make a
communications contract, which is rewriting every paragraph. >> Again, this was the time to do it, not this the time to do it. >> Okay. >> Yeah. But >> I can't recommend that they approve your grant.
>> Yeah. Every item you've put in your memo is actually covered in the contract. >> Uh I disagree with that. >> Okay. I've got two attorneys in the 27year contract attorney that are saying yes.
>> Okay. They are. All right. All right. I am not going to recommend that this council approve your draft and we can go through and up uh upgrade yours. There's the it's very expensive for the city to
upgrade yours. The items on yours are easily easily adjusted. They >> Well, then why haven't they been? So the I we received your memo >> on April 21.
We received my my version on >> April the Okay. It took us so long because we went through your contract. Again, if you look at the red, there is an astronomical amount. That's this is 40 hours worth of labor. You
were at the last meeting and when it was made clear that uh >> I understand >> that we were supposed to have a contract ready to vote on tonight. That was the idea. The problem is you're also not getting it for free still. >> Yeah. >> Can I see the contract the red line, please?
>> I understand it. The the response I'm getting is what we were trying to avoid. That's why we gave what the state of Minnesota uses. with the city's stuff. Your city's requirements.
>> You're saying the state of Minnesota uses this one. >> It's based on the state of Minnesota. Yes. >> This exact one. >> No, it's not that way. It's >> okay. >> Got the vast majority of the state of Minnesota with city specific requirements from the last meeting. And
in the state of Minnesota one, they talk about easement language and there's no workers comp provision and there's no penalty provision >> dealing with the workman's comp. I file I got moved on workman's comp workman's comp. When we contacted our insurance agent, um this isn't a new insurance
agent. They laughed. um they've never ever been asked for a workman's comp because that is publicly available at the state of Minnesota's website that I have written.
Oh, where is it? Thank you. Uh it's basically it's it's a publicly available thing. They laughed at me when we were asking for workman's comp. It's part of payroll. I mean, if you're going to employ people, you're going to take out payroll taxes.
>> It should be easy for you to provide it. >> Yes. We finally the insurance agent basically said, "Yeah, I can go up to the state of Minnesota's website and do a screenshot of it." 100% correct. They're laughing at me because it's never been asked before. Again,
this is a non-standard item. Um, it's publicly available. Anybody can go look at the workman's comp. I don't understand why it's an issue. It's never been in contracts. It's not in the state's contracts because it's not Minnesota contract.
>> Make sure that during the duration of this contract that you carry workers come >> and you're asking for us to provide stuff every 30 days. That is so outside the norm. >> 10 days upon demand. No, you are asking
for every 30 days to provide proof of insurance. >> And that's something that I put in because of interactions I've had with other entities that have demonstrated how your organization does business.
>> A lot of times with a cola, if somebody needs to get onto the premises, they have to ask for a 24-hour notice to go on. If you they they submit a cola and it you have a year term for your cola, but every time you need to go on that
premises, you need to show proof that you still have that policy. And that's kind of I think what Tyler is asking for. You have to show proof if you're going up there that you have that coverage. >> And in the event that there is an event when we make a request for proof of insurance, we want it to be provided.
So I can we can take a screenshot of the workman's comp from the state of Minnesota. Will you guys accept a screenshot from the publicly available state of Minnesota's website? That's what it is. >> I'm more concerned about the general liability. If there's an event, you
should provide it within a certain amount of time. >> That I understand. I completely understand. >> But there's nothing in there. There's nothing in there about providing that within a certain amount of time in your version.
If you we are in default of something listed in the contract, it then reverts to defaults. Most of your items come back to if we're not doing something in the contract, it reverts to the section that says we are in default, which gives
the city a lot of respon lot. I'm saying that my version makes default clearer and every 30 days to submit named proof of insurance. Insurance companies have never done that.
Again, it's this is non-standard. We're taking I >> personal personal attacks on radio. It's personally targeted to radio link is radio link internet. This is >> I'm going to shut that down. That's not what that is.
>> Well, this is the most besides the police station in city hall. This in in many ways the water tower is more essential than this building. That is the most essential infrastructure that we have. >> Agreed. And keep in mind, Rail Link
Internet's been there. This is all new. We've been there since 2011. This all started because the contract submitted last year. No, two years ago, we had questions and it disappeared. Two years ago, we were trying to do the
contract and it there was typos. Everything disappeared. Typos in that where where it should have been us. It was the city. We was we owned this water tower or something two years ago. >> But we're not talking about what happened. We can't talk about the past because we're not a part of that. So
going forward we have to talk about this it >> I mean that's kind of my theory it's not going about the stuff what happened two years ago >> and we need finished product brought to us as a council to ash >> understood >> I'm to the point for me this is my opinion for you guys is I'm to the point
is the amount that we were talking about having a contract to do we're going to spend way more than that than just trying to discuss this contract than it's even worth I feel that just asking, you know, giving that notice of to them
to decommission at this point because we're never going to get anything resolved without thousands of dollars for the city of New Richland taxpayers. Yes, there are people in the county that it is going to affect unfortunately and I hate to have that happen, but we've also sent a letter to them earlier this
spring about this where they could potentially be looking for a new place to put their equipment. And I don't know if they've done that and that's that's their choice if they did not. Um the other thing is is people that live out in the county, they're not part of our
taxpayer base. If they have a problem with only having one internet provider, they have to go to the city, the Wasika County Commissioners meetings to discuss that. That's not on us. We are looking out only for our residents in New Richland who have to pay for all these
things. That's my opinion on this. I feel um that's where I'm at and you know I haven't possible thought of what I'd like to do but impossible make a motion to do that but I wanted to express mine
and see what others thought first. >> I believe that what Tyler said is we should have a finished product in front of us the next month to have it done. We don't >> had that tonight. >> That's what I'm saying. But we haven't had it so we should next month. And there was no communication back except just them giving us ours. I've never
seen a business just do their own contract and not say, "Well, your contract has this. I don't like this language. Let's discuss this." Instead of just writing up a whole new one. I just feel that's unnecessary.
>> Yeah. Red lines back and forth is >> Yeah. It's a red flag all around where we're our staff is going to be >> negotiations. >> Yeah. >> Change what you want to change. I mean, we already have it where he they admitted last meeting that they did not have a cola of liability insurance with
the equipment that's up there now. >> So, I mean, and they have access to the water tower now. So, if they go in there to do any work, >> we have liability insurance. >> We have not been provided with a cola certificate that you do. >> Was
that requested and we missed that detail? kind of like the uh was that ever was that requested? >> We've talked about it the last couple meetings and um Mr. Petser had mentioned that he does not have a specific policy that gives additional for the city of
Richland. I believe we talked >> an additional insurance. So, you want to be the named. So, the thing with the named is when you become a named on insurance, unless there's limitations put on that, um, if somebody trips on that sidewalk out front, you can put up
against Rail Link Internet Insurance. That's literally what our insurance agent told. As soon as you're named, it's a free-for-all for how you can use it. That is what our insurance agent told us is how that insurance works.
I'm not I'm not checking with you there. So, you're saying that because the city of New Richmond has added as an additional insured on your tower rent, but somebody slips and falls out here that >> Well, if there are not limitations put
on being named is what our insurance agent told us. Okay. >> That's why the contract we've got says it's dealing with the water tower. >> Yes. If something happens to the water tower, we do something to it. We are responsible 100%. >> I do have a question. I'm gonna kind of
throw them in the spotlight here a minute because they are an insurance agent. Is Brenda, you deal with insurance >> for your job. Is that make any sense? >> Well, I don't understand why like falling out here would have anything to do with the water tower.
>> It would be specific for the water tower. >> I frankly don't. >> Okay. There's a lot I haven't understood here. >> Okay. that we were told that unless there's limitations put on the name, it can be used for things not related to the contract. >> I would assume your cola with your
insurance agent, you would be filing a a policy that would be for the city of Nichelland for the water tower where your equipment is and that's where it would just be for that specific thing. So and I think we might be using different terms becoming a named which
is both of us are saying becoming a named on radio link internet insurance policy uh means it's fairly wide open not tied to the water tower that's why on our contract we just put in yes absolutely
named dealing with the water tower. Brenda, do you have >> There's a difference between a named insured and an additional insured. A named insured is, you know, Jandelure and Brenda. >> Yeah. >> And then the additional insured is like you just put the city of New Richland.
You don't, you know, they're not asking to be listed here. You're asking to be enlisted as an additional insured tower. >> Correct. >> Yes. >> So not named but additional. So >> right
>> that can I see that back? I believe it's named >> sir. Can I have our red line back? >> Yeah, >> that's the only copy I thought. >> That seems like a pretty straightforward
thing to talk about on April 22nd. So if you additional ins if additional insured is all the city wants, great. That's >> that's exactly what mine says. 9.2 shall list the city of New Richland as an additional insurer. And I took that
language out of virtually every other contract that I've done over my 25 years, not as DC, but Minnesota attorney. Okay. >> I don't know why this has to be so hard. Um, he has our proposal. They've had it since April 21. We didn't hear anything
back until May 6. May 6, we got this. I guess I'm just going to point blank ask you, are you guys rejecting our version? >> No, no, no, no, no. Not at all. It's if we can address these items 100%. It was >> clarification. If you are not rejecting,
why replace instead of going back and forth and discussing it as part of a negotiation? As I >> I speak out. >> No, you're the same question I was going to ask. So, >> as the very first sentence I make, I was
trying to avoid being antagonistic. The contract is a valid building rental contract. We are discussing a carrier colllocation. If I send back a contract with every paragraph redlinined,
I'm gonna get the take it or leave it stance. >> I personally I personally would think you're just suggesting changes to what we did not be an antagonist. That's what I would say. >> Okay. Thank you. I if that if we can we'll be
happy to submit if there are questions for every paragraph. Can we address these please? We're happy to address them. I just we were trying not to upset you. It's been antag this seriously this antagonistic.
We've been at this for four months. >> We've been at this for four months and I just we just want a contract >> and I say let's just have it fixed just like you're talking. let's fix it and talk about it and then bring back finish product here in June. >> Well, it's not us talking about it's I mean they're not even communicating back forth. It's just handing this and
then >> Yeah, we're telling them to do that. >> We told them that time. We told them last time. >> It just didn't happen. >> But I it happened on our end. I love you clear. >> Yeah. >> Gotcha. And >> I see your point now.
>> And frankly, I think that for whatever reason, it's this is a stall tactic. We've been going since February and and this is where we are. And if it's pushed to June, it's pushed to July. It's pushed to August. >> Well, >> we don't want nobody. You guys don't want to be spending time on this. We
don't. I want to be out working. The hours we've spent on this are astronomical. Everybody Everybody just wants this behind them. >> I don't I feel like the amount of money that they're putting on behind the lawyers and everything else, they could pay us more, too. We already >> I mean
>> we've already spent it. >> Well, >> it's gone. >> That's your choice. But um I guess I just >> the low the rent is still low. >> Correct. Correct. But I mean that was beside the point. So um I don't know
anybody have questions or want to discuss more here. >> What was everybody's thoughts here? I thought we would like we've been talking we pushed it back multiple months and here we sit and I feel like I've accomplished or we've
accomplished zero >> and we've spent lots of money >> in the last uh two months of just getting stuff to where we should have a contract right now. That would be
would have been discussed for 20 days before we even came back. >> And we have zero. And here we sit and listen to the same story for three months in a row. >> And um what I'm ra gathering is it's
just we're just circling around. They keep getting another month free. Um, at this damn point, we should be going back to January 1 of payment if we wanted to even initiate having them on
our water tower because we are spending a ton of money. They might be spending money, but they're not spending any money. They're getting free service. >> And I was all for this at the beginning, and now the can just gets kicked down
the road. It's not getting nothing's getting solved. I mean, rating the uh Jason's and then theirs. I don't know how we just have two different ones. >> Yeah, >> you're doing I the contracts that I've done is this is what we have. Okay. Oh,
I want this back or whatever it may be. And we have we like I said, we've gotten zero If nothing else, having a second lease that seems way more antagonistic than, hey, these are the things we disagree on. Can we talk about it? >> Yes, >> when we shouldn't had to ask on Monday,
May 6th or whatever it was, Wednesday, May 6 for a response back or Jason, >> they they've had my memo since May 6. >> What if we propose this have a finished product for June? And if not, they're
off the tower. Write that in there. Are you making that as a motion to see if anybody >> I got something? >> Oh, you got something. >> Yeah, I believe we're holding the cards here like Jason said. And you want our contractor, don't you?
>> As written, no. Well, then take your stuff off the water tower. That's my thing. You know, you it it shouldn't be any contract I've entered in. I don't have to sit there and I don't write another contract. You know, you either accept it
or you don't. I mean, we're new business. Yes. This is an existing. We It's not >> Well, it's almost like a new business because you guys haven't paid any rent for how many months or how many years, I should say? >> Years. in your in your contract, you
don't have anything for late rental, whereas ours does. You have zero for but you don't say anything about if the rent's late as far as interest. No, in 30 if we're late in 30 days, you kick us off. That's again, it defaults and we go
away. If you would rather limit and just do a percentage, we can do that. Um, okay. We were advised it was going to be upsetting to use your contract as a base. >> I said prison every week for 25 years. I
have very thick skin. >> Okay. >> Sending me a redline version. In fact, I would have welcomed it. Okay. >> You guys have had this since April 21. >> We've gone through the Okay. Yes. We went through your contract. We went
through our contract and the memo because we were advised it would be severely upsetting. >> We were advised incorrect. >> Mayor, may I suggest that we are just rehashing the same thing in this conversation? >> We are. >> Yes.
>> All right. Well, >> I'll make the motion that Joey wanted to make. If you don't agree with this right now, take the top off the top. Do you want to set a time? >> You want to set a time? Yeah. >> 30 days. >> Yeah. >> How much time would you need to remove
yourself? >> I can't answer that right now. I have to have Daniel uh look at this. >> There's >> 60 days, 90. >> So, just to notify people is minimum 30 days after the letter is read and mailed. So, we got post office is
generally 15 days. So, you got 45 days just for notifying people. No. No. >> So post office is not 15 days for local. >> No. >> No. And we we assume. So
>> there people not >> I'll make it 60 days. >> I don't know. I'll propose that. >> Would that work for you? >> Well, I think we can send we already notified them once before where it's the potential of this. So they've already
had some that this is coming. So I feel 60 days. >> Yes. >> But you have a motion kind of on the partially on the table. What is your full >> I'll say if they don't take the contract that we have tonight, then I say we'll give it 60 days to take their equipment off.
>> I am not authorized to right here. >> Yeah. >> So we have to make a decision if we're just done negotiating is basically what we have to do is we're no longer going to We're backing out and saying we're not going to go anymore. Can we do that? >> Yes.
>> Okay. >> And I'll change my motion. >> It's a motion to not enter the contract. >> And not enter the contract. Take commitment off within 60 days. Got a second. >> I'll second it.
>> All in favor? I >> Thank you for Thank you. All right. Where are we at? >> Um, new business. >> April check register as we've previously discussed is not prepared yet.
Let me scroll down to administrator report. I will make this as short and sweet as I can. All right. >> Next administrator. >> Yeah. >> Um, Adobe wants to play stupid games with
me. >> Tell it to stop. >> I keep doing it. It's just not listening. >> Mine works. You don't either either. >> Excellent. Um the first thing up on there though is um did Eric Hendendrickson's uh annual review uh
he's performing at and above his level. Um I >> agree high marks. Uh I recommend that he uh be moved up a step. It's already been budgeted for. Uh his next step is as follows. Grade five, step seven, $30
$32.84 an hour. >> And Braden's on family leave, correct? >> He is. Yes, he is. He is flying solo right now. Um, okay. >> Mike Abbott is out on vacation and he's not >> I I brought my jeans and a and a reflective shirt in so I can mow if I
need to jump in. That's where he's at right now. >> All right. >> Make sure we keep coffee going. >> You need a motion for that? >> Yes. >> I'll make a motion that we approve the maintenance supervisor of next step
upgrade 5 step 7 at 32.84 84 an hour. Second. >> All in favor? >> I I >> city hall repainting mural. >> So we got two estimates back u for
repainting. Um came in within $700 of each other. Uh the first one uh came in at $5,876.56. That was Michael's painting. That's who did the uh um concession stand, crow's
nest building out there. Um Eric had nothing but good things to say about the about the finished product. He said that the time was a little bit slower, but the work and the price tag made up for that. Uh the other one, um Northw
Painting came in at $6,573.60. Um, >> they they came in and solicited me. I can't speak to the quality of their work, the time in this. Um, >> I think I was going to say, what's the paint difference?
>> I just bought a gallon of paint for exterior. That's where Northw. >> I I couldn't speak to that. >> No, this is just painting the outside of the building. One color. >> One um >> or trim, too. Uh, Northw was going to redo the red and blue strike as well up
front. Yes. >> For the ambulance and all that. >> Okay. >> Effectively, they're they're a horse a piece. Um, Michaelels is a known quantity. They're slower, but they do a good good job. >> You want something tonight?
>> We don't have to do it tonight. U, we can we can keep gathering. This is I don't think this is going to be >> Can we confirm that paint price because I feel like that is way >> low I don't want any surprises later that it's you know $2,000 later.
>> That's our tough luck. >> I just bought a gallon right there. >> I just bought a gallon to do a small project a garage door and it was $140. So I I want to know where he gets paint. >> All right.
>> So that doesn't need to go for books. So we don't >> All right. >> Next item. The >> Oh, that's why I sent an emailed Shell tonight. Okay. um Minnesota rural water seminar um up
in Nisa. I also went to another one in Steuartville last month or the month before talking about project funding and service line replacement and all of the all of the options that are available as far as how we could get funding for various water projects whether it be
fresh or or clean water or fresh water, however you want to call it. Yeah. >> Um effectively all boils down to getting on the project priority list. So the window for that's already closed for this year. So we'd have to apply by I believe it's March of next year. And then if we get onto the list, they rank
us in priority and then we um would basically be on the list until the funding comes up and we're high up on the list. >> Shell needs to write her SAB story of what we need out there. >> Yep. There we go. >> I just emailed her I just emailed her that funding program so she could look
at it. And and each of the projects needs to have its own entry on the priority list. So it'll be working with our our engineer to say this stretches this project. This stretches this project and they don't care if we shot and blast them with with projects.
>> You could have everything. The whole wish list can go on. >> Yeah, absolutely. and >> and some of it like there's there's a low threshold for it and like if we wanted to redo like phase two of our water plant that might not hit that
threshold for the priority list but it is possible to creatively bundle things together to make it part of the same project. Um it just the metric doesn't quite work the same. It's not super successful. Uh but there is other um there is other funding
opportunities um including like direct funding uh where basically it's just we apply for a loan at the bank and we we fund. And so there's there's a lot of different options. It's just going to be more important than the funding. It's going to be working with the engineers
to narrow down the scope of our projects to figure out what what we can actually justify. U most of these aren't just grants. um most of our like revolving funds and loans and such. So, we need to be cognizant that we might only get 20% of
a of a project up to a certain amount for a project. So, if we're potentially tapped out on bonding there, we're if we get to that point, we could have a lot of uh obligated debt that we're just carrying year to year to year to get these things done to. So, it's going to
be I think we need to sit down and come up with a strategic plan to figure out with the with the engineer to know what what our next step is going to be. >> We need to put up like we've talked before a fiveyear plan of what needs to get done out there and this is the first step of it.
>> Yeah, absolutely. And because this is this is all of our infrastructure. And the good news is that some of these things >> um when when you open up the road to go down and replace the the sewer line, we have an opportunity to place our our freshwater line,
>> but part of that is that they repave the street above it. So, you know, we could potentially >> come out okay if we are thoughtful and creative about the whole thing, but it's not going to be fast. Like we're talking three years before we break out of the
first step. >> Everybody who's got a plan. >> Yeah. And that's that's the first step. >> Is this memorandum for the rural water seminar? Have you got it as a separate PDF not part of the packet? >> I can. >> Yeah. Yeah.
>> You should be able to get on their website, too. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. I want I want the stuff that he's got here. >> Yep. You can do that. >> Like the funding stuff and >> Well, just all his comments. Okay. >> Their site is very cool.
>> Yeah, it's a lot on that. >> Then next next time that those things are available, I can absolutely drag you guys to them like that's not limited to administrators and you know you might glean a piece of information, haven't lived in this town a lot longer than
worked in this town that you can say, "Oh, that that clicked something here." So, I would highly encourage participation in that. Um the MCMA conference, just a little followup, um it was held April 28th and
through May 1st at NS and Gold Lake. Uh it was a lot of the the bulk of it was kind of leadership focused, but there were breakout groups that were more technical focused um including remaining politically neutral in the increasingly political world. And then workplace
flexibility as a as a benefit rather than an abstract box. I know a lot of a lot of cities are going towards workplace flexibility as as the thing that is attracting better talent and and all those things and also helping with retention because
it it costs a lot of money to bring somebody on board and and lose them and then have to do it again. >> So there's there's a a balance there that I think I think we're doing generally pretty well but there's always room for improvement on everybody. That
was one of the topics conversation. um the the after hours and before hours networking opportunities. Met a lot of great uh resources and other city administrators um including a signature and chief of police as we talked about earlier that was like, "Oh yeah, we've
got we've got this this gear. Email me. We'll see if we can if we can hand it down to you." And I mean, if if we get if we got a tenth of what they were offering, if we could use a tenth of what they were offering, >> you you pay for me to go to that conference in that summer and just
resources that I have now in my my rolodex for I can call this person to get an answer on how this thing actually works. >> Nice. >> So, I I would say this was an extremely valuable train to go to.
>> Um, do I update? Uh we kind of talked about this. Uh probably don't need to rehash this as everything has already been said. Uh except for uh like to remind residents that the normal Thompson sanitation dumping location is approximately 7 milesi north on Highway 13. It's open year round and that
dumping anything other than yard materials at the city dump on South Broadway is not permissible. And that even comes with caveats that logs of certain sizes and things like that aren't allowed. It it doesn't burn down. like the guys just have to sit there and stare in a fire for days if if they do
that. >> So, just want to remind the residents that it is a >> it is far more a privilege than anything else and that we follow the rules on that to keep it a thing. >> You're talking about the recycle place.
>> Yeah. >> Oh, sorry. >> I didn't think that was Thompson. >> Okay. They have been finding a lot of garbage and everything again at the city dump. >> A lot lot. Um
>> they got cameras like trail camera. >> Um I I know who's got proof of stuff. Um >> this way. >> So >> I mean >> it might not be a bad idea to literally
buy $50 trail cams to put out there. So, if this continues, then yes, I don't blame the guys for wanting to lock it all up because >> well, and you don't even need approval for that for that cameras at $50. So, >> go ahead and do it. >> Well, the cameras get a reminder to
people that listen and watch these videos, there's a lot of people down the streets that have cameras on the outside of their houses. So, then it gets trickier >> no matter what time you go and dump. So, >> we will find you. but might be trickier if they don't want to give that information up to be the one to have to
show that footage where if we have our own cameras, we can pull that information and not have to have somebody feel awkward that they have to provide that and get the blame put on them from a resident. Drew's nodding his head, so I'm assuming like for ordinance violations or like
smaller matters, uh you would need like a witness like statement. So if we actually had things in place to prevent that, it would make the process. >> I have a question for Jason Moran though on that. So putting up cameras, do we have to display that we have that we are
recording out there? >> Okay. >> I just wanted to make sure while we're here we can discuss that. >> So no one could come back later and say >> or put up a sign saying we are and we're not. >> Yes. True. >> You'll never know.
>> You'll never know. >> Yeah. Okay. >> It's just not moving forward. >> Yeah. >> Um park shelter renderings. Um the committee that's working to revitalize the city park uh is requesting the city
work with Bman to obtain renderings and materials to assist its fundraising efforts. Uh renderings would depict a picnic shelter with unisex bathroom, service counter with electric outlets and roll up doors to secure the building during inclement weather and winter months. uh will be in the same location as the current um I believe it's
condemned building. I wrote condemned. I'm hoping it is. Um the the best and whatever else potentially. >> Yeah. >> Um will be in the same location. Um I was in discussions with Drew at Holton Mus from the cost. uh came back with a
not to exceed price of 4,000 include a virtual kickoff meeting to align goals invitations, couple draft concepts, and a polished final version for using fundraising materials. I think that it would be a good idea for the city um whether it be all of us or a liaison
from the the uh the council uh to be involved just to ensure that the community is happy with the design. It's not not a one-sided thing. Um, I know that $4,000 is is a lot because we have nothing in that part of the budget for it right now. Um, I don't think that
this necessarily has to be a a right now ask. This could easily be added into a next year's budget ask. And it might hamper fundraising efforts a little bit, but I I don't see much of a a different way to do it right now. I >> think they have some ideas of starting some of the fundraiser processing even
if we don't have anything going. But >> yep, I believe they're going to be doing something at farming city days. >> Starting to kick off. >> Um >> yeah, they're >> Yep. Yep. >> Well, I was just going to say um everybody please join. I'm h Well,
Brandy is the head of it, but I'm backing her up behind her doing all this with her. Um but there is a Facebook page about it. So that's where she's going to post aside from going door todoor and just putting stuff out. That's where she's going to post pictures of what might potentially so
that people can vote. So still on there community very much involved. So please find the Facebook page and join it because that's where a lot of the communication will be on. >> I'll have to get back to you on that. I can't remember right off the top of my head. Um,
>> would it be permissible if we put that information out on the city Facebook page for that other group? >> Sure. >> Or I can even put it on the newsletter as well >> their page from our page. >> They're not technically city entity or
city entity park. >> I mean, we post things about farm and city days here. So, I don't see why we can't wear this either. So, I mean, why not? fits the whole entire community. It's true. >> Yeah. >> More eyes on it better. >> Yeah. Even a link on our website for
them to go right to it. >> And that is the entire administrative report. >> Okay. >> Motion to approve the administrator. >> Second. >> All in favor? I >> council have anything to add tonight.
>> All right. >> Make a motion to adjourn. >> Okay. >> All in favor? >> I can just make a comment. I just really want to thank you guys for all the time and the effort and the thought that you have put into the radio link project. Um
I really appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you. >> Thank you.