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Ryan, I just want to make sure you can hear us. >> I can hear you. Can you hear me? >> Yes, great. Thank you. >> Perfect. >> Okay, Jennifer. We are ready when you are. >> Okay, I'll wait. Give Mark 30 seconds to get up here.

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>> [clears throat] >> All right. Good evening, everyone. I would like to officially call the city of Niswa regular council meeting on this Tuesday, June 16th, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. to order. If everyone could join me in the pledge.

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>> 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. Uh, first on our agenda is to approve the

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agenda. Um, I would like to add an item without objection from this council under new business just after the audited financial statements. If we could add um an LG 220

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uh Lakes Area Heroes gambling permit for consideration. >> And that'll be under >> Uh >> A and B for one. Correct? >> You could put it under consent. Okay, if we can put it under consent calendar um

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if there's no objection, I'd like to add that gambling permit for consideration under the consent calendar. >> No objection. >> That's fine. No objection. >> Okay. All right, we will add that. Uh Ms. Wentler, if you've noted that LG 220 gambling permit for Lakes Area Heroes. Um all right, do we have a motion to

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approve the agenda with this amendment? >> I so move. >> Second. >> All right. Uh moved by council member Fraley, second by council member Zahn. Any discussion? All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Opposed? Okay, motion carries. Um next up is a consent calendar. Again, notice

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to the public all matters listed are considered routine by the council and will all be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless good cause is shown prior to the time council votes on the motion. >> Make a motion to approve the consent

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calendar as presented. >> All right, motion by council member Zahn, second by council member London. Any discussion? All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Opposed? Okay, motion carries. Uh next up we've switched orders here

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this month. So we have the council liaison reports uh first and then we'll go to reports from our city attorney and city engineer. Um all right, so for the mayor report what I have here is an EDA update. Um

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for those of you that were at our town hall last week um I shared this update. So, EDA, for those that aren't aware, is the Economic Development Authority. Uh, we have had now three interview dates regarding the EDA. Our first interviews

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were held on May first batch on May 19th, second on June 2nd, the second batch. The third batch was this morning, June 16th, and we still have one uh applicant who we've not been able to sync up schedules with, so we're still

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working on that. I'll run through the names uh that we've interviewed so far for everybody. Uh, Bruce Imhold, Andy Shafer, Don Southworth, Bob Fear, Greg Newmyer, Valerie Wilkening, Shawn Hanson, Jake Huser, Galen Strovers,

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Charlotte Fillhower, Kyle Allen. Today we interviewed Tina Foster, Steve Larson, and Mike Foy. Um, the one outstanding is Brandon Hedland. So, as soon as we're able to get that scheduled, and then uh Tyler Glynn from Blaylock and I are able to synthesize,

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then I will be able to consider the appointments of the five members from the public and the two council members to present forward to all of you on the council, and then we want to give you guys time to assess those on your own if you'd like to. So, we don't have

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appointments available tonight. >> Uh, when what date uh uh can you give us a date as to when those appointments will be made? >> I'm targeting the July council meeting. >> Can they be any sooner so we can get it going? >> It depends on this last interview. We're trying to sync it up if we >> This is on the schedule to talk about

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later. Let's just talk about when it's on. >> Okay. >> Okay, well, this is my mayor mayoral report, so that's part of the report. Um, all right, next up, I have I just want to thank everybody. We had our first town hall of this year on June

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9th. We appreciate everybody that came. We introduced town halls last year in 2025, we held two. We've held one this year, and then I've also done a straight talk with the Niswa mayor. So, personally feel this is very important to engage the community and give

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everybody a chance to come and engage with the full council. So, thank you for those that came in person and for those that were able to participate by viewing online last week. Um since our last council meeting, I shared this at the town hall as well. I did a

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police department ride-along on May 29th with Officer Hines. I found that experience to be very educational, informative, and very insightful. Um Officer Hines is a great officer. Uh Chief Shamansky is doing a great job as a new leader for our department. So,

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really appreciate the Niswa Police Department. And then just um two other quick notes. I participated as mayor in a Memorial Day program at the Niswa Legion with our uh elected state rep and state senator from this area, as well as a very bright

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and inspiring young fourth grader named Poppy from Niswa Elementary who had won an essay contest uh for the school talking about what Memorial Day means to her. And then also at the Legion this past weekend, there was a it's called the Fast Eddie's Classic Car Show that

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is put on by one of the managers at the Legion in honor of her father who passed away of cancer. It was the sixth year and money's raised go to local cancer causes. So, that was a nice event to be a part of. And last thing I have on my list, um I'm really excited about this. I've been

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reached out to by folks uh from Washington, D.C. as next week I've been invited to speak and participate at a listening session for the National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture. Um there's an a group

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that's looking at trying to get a museum off the ground in Washington, D.C. and as a mayor of Niswa, they've asked me to be a part of that event in St. Paul. So, I'm honored and looking forward to representing our city and representing a great endeavor that could happen out in DC.

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Lastly, for council, um I wanted to since we have everybody here discuss scheduling a special council meeting for a closed session litigation update from our attorneys at Kennedy and Graven. Uh

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I spoke with the attorney today and the attorney has avail availability on July 29th, 30th, and 31st. Um if we can check our calendars and come to alignment if perhaps the first thing

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in the morning cuz I know everyone's got busy schedules. If we could possibly do an 8:00 a.m. on one of those mornings, if that might work. >> All those days are open for me. >> Okay. Also, member London? >> Which one of the lawsuits? >> It's a conference It's both.

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>> Both. It's It's both of them. >> Yeah. >> I'll I'll I'll get back to you. >> Okay. Council member London? >> The dates? >> Yeah. Open? Okay, and >> be able to follow up with an email perhaps tomorrow? >> Absolutely, but I told her I'd bring it

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up in the mayor's report. So, and Council member Halstead, you just want to respond to the email? >> Yeah, I'll look at her schedule when I get an email. >> Okay, I'll send that to Maggie and she can get that out. All right, that's all I have for the mayor report. So, we will go through to do

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Council member reports. Uh Council member Freiling, we'll start with you. >> Hopefully they can see this out on uh YouTube, but uh This is help us improve walking and biking safety in the region. Um You can visit the project webpage for

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more information at b i t dot l y slash Brainerd Lakes Bike Walk Safety. This is to bring uh as Katie presented about the frustrations of trying to cross uh 371

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to get to the trail. It's a good way. It's through the whole county. It's for >> [snorts] >> um safe passage, safe walkways uh on the streets, sidewalks, and on trails. >> Okay, thank you, Council Member London. Okay, Council Member Zorn. >> I don't have anything.

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>> Council Member Hall. >> Nothing. >> Okay, next we'll go to city reports. Um we'll start with our city attorney, Mr. Pearson. >> Good evening, everybody. I don't have anything to report at this agenda item. >> Okay, thank you. Next we'll go to our city engineer.

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>> Just uh ongoing work with 2026 and 27th Street improvements, so we're continuing forward. >> Very good. >> Yeah. >> We're seeing the work, so thank you. Um okay, old business. The first item under old business is um

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the pickle for new chairs. Um the question I have is at our April Council meeting, Council Member Zorn had asked our pickle manager, um Mr. Wallin, whether this item could wait until after the full liquor assessment by Delaney

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Consulting, um when they provided the full assessment to the council. We were supposed to have that assessment today at 3:00, but that's been changed to the 25th. Um so, if Council is okay and Mr. Wallin um of tabling this item until we get through

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that liquor assessment report. Council? >> I so move the table the pickle discussion until we get the report. >> Do we have a second? >> I'll second. >> Okay, any additional discussion? All those in favor signify by saying I.

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>> I. >> I. Opposed, same sign. Okay, that motion carries. Um, next up under old business as well as the pickle walking cooler repairs. This item as well in April was asked to be postponed until after the full liquor

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operations assessment, but this one might be a little more time sensitive. So, Mr. Wallen, if you'd like to come approach the council, that would be wonderful. >> Yeah, I think we should do the same um as with the chairs.

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I I can't close the off-sale liquor store for 5 days in the heat of the summer to have that done. So, we're looking at prob- possibly in the fall when it's things slow down. >> Okay, um Ms. Wentler, sorry, you look like you wanted to chime in. >> Yeah, I didn't get to talk to Terry

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today. Um, schedules just didn't align, but um I feel like we should not delay on this walking cooler. We are spending lots of money every month to keep this operating and moving. I don't know what it looks like to potentially rent a cooler or an outdoor storage for some of

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these things if possible to at least get the ball rolling on getting these repairs done before we don't have a walk-in cooler. >> Can you Can you just talk about you had mentioned it's costing us costing the city additional money? Do you have kind of a ballpark range of either of you two

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of what that looks like? >> I want to say like two grand a month. >> going to say a thousand dollars a month. So, I mean, it's real money that we need to consider and I we've pushed it already. I would hate to continue pushing it. >> Yeah. >> We need to consider and I we've pushed it already. I would hate to continue pushing it. I don't know what

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you know, when the if the Minnesota Department of Health is going to come in and say nope, you have a drop-dead date. I know that this is the 4th of July. Chances are we're not going to get on a schedule in the near future. Next month anyways. So, I just don't want to continue kicking the can down the road

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on this item. >> And Mr. Wallin, you'd be okay if the council were to motion to approve this tonight. You had just mentioned not being able to close the liquor store for 5 days, but >> Well, and it might not even take that long, but yeah, whatever >> We can I mean

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>> Sooner the better, but >> Steph, we can work on something like I said, if we need to rent something never just for the time being. I'm >> Right, the beer the beer truck companies or the beer company said that they would just bring in a reefer truck. They would just put it in there and then all The main thing is stocking the bar

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while the bar is busy. That's the main thing. We just won't have tap beer for 3 4 days, so >> Okay. >> No problem. >> Um council, any questions for Mr. Wallin? Council member Hall? >> No. >> Council member Zahn? Council member London?

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Council member Fraley? All right, I would entertain a motion. >> I'll make a motion to approve the payments to High Tech for the walk-in cooler repairs for $10,535 as presented. >> Do we have a second?

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Okay, any additional discussion? All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> I. Opposed, same sign. Okay, motion carries. That was a motion by Council member Fraley, second by London. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Okay, uh next up is the

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spirits lease. Um but again, same thing for that item. I think at last month's council meeting, I abstained from voting um and I cited the reason that I'd like to wait until the full liquor assessment comes back from

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Delaney. That was supposed to happen today, but it hasn't. So, if there's no objection or if there's a motion, could we table this one as well? >> I'll so move. >> All right. Do we have a second? Okay.

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Motion by Council Member Frealey, second by Council Member London. Any discussion? All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Opposed? >> Opposed. >> Okay. Eyes were Frealey, London, Zahn, and I didn't vote, but I I will vote I,

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and then opposed is Council Member Hall. Okay. Motion carries. All right. Next up, EDA. Um I did basically give my update on it. Uh Mr. Glenn from Bladeck had a board meeting

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at 6:00 in Crosby. So, he is not here yet. Um It seems like Council would like to have some discussion on it. Council Member Hall, I'm happy to start with you. >> Yeah, just based upon the timeline the

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last couple months, even our discussion last month, I don't know why there is any reason to postpone this or or move it along um per your suggestion last month. Um I did look at the candidates, the

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applications. Had several conversations with Tyler Glenn. He informed me that there are many good applicants out there, and I'm prepared to make a motion to um uh nominate some candidates and move this process forward. Uh by delaying it,

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we are simply costing the taxpayers in the city more money every month, and there's no reason to delay. >> Okay. Well, um it doesn't work that way. Council can't make a motion. It's the mayor's appointments per state statute. It's an appointment confirmation

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process. I am not ready to appoint because I want to be completely fair to everyone that's applied and we have not interviewed one applicant. We have been trying, but schedules he was not available today. Um he is available later this week, but unfortunately, I'm heading out of town. So, we're going to

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try our best to get this in next week. We can call a special meeting for it when I'm ready with those appointments, but I am not ready um as it stands today and per state statute, these are mayoral appointments with uh confirmation by the council.

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>> I was just wondering, how can we have applications coming in when the application period is over? >> So, >> They were closed, so >> As I >> for a long time. >> Okay. As I stated at the town hall and as I've shared in an email distributed through Maggie to the full council as

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well as to all the applicants and as I even wrote an op-ed in the paper, um state statute cannot tie a may- the the mayor, I'm the mayor appointing, cannot tie my hands behind my back around you must only take applicants that apply in this window. You must only consider

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these. That's not how the process works. We can keep going round and round about this, but this is a state statute and it's crystal clear. It's very clear about it. We can get there. >> is not crystal clear on it. The state statute

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has some gray areas to it. Um So, I think we need to move forward. >> Okay. Well, I'm not ready to appoint, so >> Well, let me ask this question if that's the case then, Madam Mayor. Yeah. We made a council motion and I think you

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voted on that as well to have a two-week window that the city of Nisswa was going to uh advertise for these EDA positions, right? >> I don't remember if I voted or not. >> You did. I have the notes here. Well, uh two-week window. Uh that two-week window

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came and went. If there's additional folks that have applied with you directly, that's great. We want to see as much turnout for that. But, if there are additional folks coming forward, I mean, if you have another candidate >> No, this candidate that we have not interviewed yet was in the two-week window.

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>> Okay. But, you've interviewed candidates that have not applied within that two-week window? >> Yep. >> So, my question is is if there's another candidate that applies next week and another the following week and another the following week, when does this end? >> Um as Mr. Glynn and I discussed this

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morning, we just want to interview this last candidate. >> Okay. So, if there's more that pop up after that fact >> No, I'll be ready to make appointments after we interview the last one and I can synthesize with Mr. Glynn, get his perspective, share mine, and

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then I will come forward. >> And so, what that'll be at the July regular meeting? >> the plan as of right now. >> The state statute does not specifically say that we cannot, um as a council, uh nominate and endorse and and vote on

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candidates. >> The state statute is clear. It's I can pull it up again. >> city attorney on that. >> Okay. You can do that. >> The appointments are the council's. >> The appointments are the mayor's, Mr. Pearson, and we can dispute that.

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>> Council approves. >> I will pull up the state statute. >> I don't need to have you read the statute. >> Okay. >> Okay. You acknowledged in previous meetings that you know the council makes these appointments. >> I I think where I'm going to put my foot down on the matter is that this can has

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been kicked and kicked and kicked. And I was uh even by yourself, Madam Mayor, called out for calling a special meeting to try to get the EDA pushed forward and suggesting to potentially have a special

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meeting at that time was deemed a waste of taxpayer dollars and dollars spent to have our city attorney here. There's a reason, and I hope an obvious reason to anybody in this room or watching online that we have a limited window here in regards to the

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seasonality of being able to move forward with any potential projects on that property, whatever they may be that's presented to the EDA. We've had this window opened and closed for the the 2-week filing window. I believe it was in May, if I'm not mistaken. Um

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we're at this point again where in the May meeting it was pushed back, in the June meeting now it's being proposed to be pushed back. What happens if another two, three, four individuals from the community step forward and say they want to be a considered for the economic development authority? You I think you can understand that like

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there's some frustration on why this is getting prolonged. We're all ready to move forward, and there's one person on this committee that this elected board that is upholding city business to be able to allow this EDA process to play out that we have been discussing for many months

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going back into last year. And uh with Mr. Glenn being a part of the interviews that you've had, that's fantastic. Uh I think uh I would like to ask you if you cannot reconsider to put together a list now to be able to allow us to move forward with

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this. Let's just wait another 30 days. >> I I appreciate >> Because you said this last month as well, and we're sitting here in the same situation again. >> Yeah. I appreciate your input, but I just want to say to make negative assumptions like I'm intentionally trying to hold this up. I think that's a bit unfair, and that's not the case.

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I've been fully transparent at every meeting. I've sent very detailed emails to share out. I've sent it to all the candidates. I gave a very detailed the same detail that I gave in my mayor's report um before Council Member Hall kind of cut me short to push it here.

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I have not been hiding anything. I've not been delaying anything. I'm simply trying to be fair. >> And I don't >> And I would like to we have interviewed everybody. I would like to interview Mr. Hedlund. I think that's fair and I think it's the right thing to do. And to be completely honest, I'm not fully settled

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yet on who the five are from the public and who the two are from the council. And that's why I wanted to be able to which we have not been able to just find one on one time sync up with Mr. Glenn from Blade Act because he does have extensive experience in being kind of a

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consultant and working on EDAs with multiple cities in our county including like Crosslake and Brainerd and Pequot even though they have an EDC. That I want to make sure we're being very thoughtful and diligent and thinking about all angles and not rushing it and

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doing it right. And the comment about wasting taxpayer resources the comment that was made back in the winter if you'll remember too. That was the time that every council meeting was just there was so much tension in it. You know, just acrimony things that we

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were trying to move forward from and so I think we all had different approaches then than perhaps we might have now in trying to work together in the best interest of the city. So I don't believe that holding this until we can finish this final interview

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and give me the time to synthesize that and download and be thoughtful and diligent about it is a harm to the city. I think it's actually a good thing to the city. And so I hear what you're saying. We're not looking to take another application, another application, another application.

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I would like to with Mr. Glenn interview Mr. Hedlund and then confer with him and then I will be ready to make appointments. >> Couple comments to be fair, open and transparent. You sent out an email saying that the application that Maggie

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put together and our pro- our standard process for um interviewing and applicants to apply to the city, that you were not going to look at those applicants and that you had your own

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process, your own application that you were going to be sending out. And so, you know, that's that's a direct email. I have a copy of it here if anybody wants to see it. >> Sure. >> Um and so, now now you're saying the exact opposite of what you put in writing, "Oh, hold on. I want to

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interview Mr. Hedlund." Well, he applied through the city route. >> Yeah, but I >> on on >> We've used every application that came to the city. >> Can I Can I finish my statement? >> Sure, go ahead, Council Member Holt. >> So,

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that in itself is con- um you know, a conflict. Um we, as a council, we're not sure are you using the city applications? Are you using your own? Were we going by this timeline?

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Other people through the process applied late to Maggie. Maggie already turned those down. If they applied to you, well, now they're coming in. It has just turned into a giant mess. And like Jesse said and Mark and everybody, we don't need to kick the can down the

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road. I know that you met with Tyler today. You said you haven't had time to talk with him. I have. I've spoke with him today this afternoon. I have a list of five candidates in front of me

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that he said were the top candidates. He said we had many great candidates. And so, I would like to move forward with a motion for these five candidates from the from the community based them up upon my conversation. >> Can I interrupt you? >> Yep.

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>> I'm sorry. Uh my advice on this, rather than do what you're suggesting here, first of all, I think we've populated this as a seven The latest information on this was to populate seven. Instead of what I think you're

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talking about you were in right now, bring forward a motion that mayoral may oral appointments recommendations for appointments be to the city council and be on the agenda for the July meeting. And if there aren't appointments suggested by the mayor, then then the

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council will take appropriate action. Um and leave it at that. I I would rather that you not jump the gun at this point, given what the mayor has said about this. Give her the chance to follow through with what she's saying she's going to do, which is come with these

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appointments in July. And then that discussion can be ferreted out then. >> Okay. I guess I will go with that. I will resend my motion. I just have to say I find it ironic that I could have the conversation and get

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five candidates from Tyler this afternoon, and you weren't able to. >> I'd just like to say Council Member Hall, Did my thing go on? Is my thing light on? >> Oh, sorry. Um I'd just like to say Council Member

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Hall, the continued negativity towards me from over there month after month is not in the best interest of the city to I'm speaking, please to continuously take these

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perspectives that try to cast me in a negative light to say this is a mess this is not a mess. I think if you talked to Mr. Glenn when he gets here, perhaps he'll share. This has been a very professional we've worked together very well. All the applicants that have interviewed, I

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think have felt that the 30-minute segments have gone well. So, to try to position this in a negative light just to take another cheap shot at me because it's an election year, it's just it's not right. So, anyway, that's all I have to say.

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>> I will follow up by saying it's not negativity, it's just transparency. Just doing what I think is right. >> that's not transparent about it. I've shared every step of the way. So, to insinuate that I haven't is wrong. And I'm happy to put all those emails out, but quite honestly, we have other business to get to. We've had this

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conversation ad nauseam. We're following a process. We're We brought in a professional. I could have skipped including Mr. Glenn, but I thought it was the right thing to do for the city. And for all the people that applied and for everybody here to include him in

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that process. So, that's why we did. So, with that, Mr. Pearson, you made a recommendation. Council member Holly, you said you would send. >> I have I have something I'd like to >> Council member London, go ahead. >> So, when do we get to You know, we should move forward on this and um

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we have if you use the phrase kick the can down the road, it's gone on long enough. I'd like to go forward with this. When do we get to pick the council members are going to be part of this? >> Well, Mr. Pearson just made a recommendation. So, >> July.

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>> Yeah, and that's what I said. I said there's one candidate to interview. We're going to finish that interview and then we will be ready to go. >> But we can't do that tonight. >> Well, he's not here. I'm not I'm not ready to appoint tonight and I'm I'm not going to make appointments tonight.

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>> Will there be a motion to the effect of what I stated? >> Is there a motion to the effect of what Mr. Pearson stated. >> Before I would consider making a motion on that, my my question is is When is your interview with Mr. Hedlund again? >> We're trying to get it for next week.

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>> Okay. Can we call a special meeting to be able to get this EDA established by next week's versus waiting another 30 days? >> I mean, we can call it for sooner, but I don't know I we have to sync up when we can meet with him. Could when he's available?

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>> Well, go ahead, Ms. Wentler. >> Maybe it's something we could add on to the special meeting next Thursday. >> Next Thursday on the 25th? It's I mean >> That'd be fantastic. I I don't think we need to see this thing wait another 30 days. And Madam Mayor, I hope you

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understand this is not uh a negative attack here uh at all. >> I don't I don't feel that it is from you, Council members on. >> Well, I think I think all five of us should be thinking in the mindset that that property's been in city possession

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for a year and a half. Uh we've all agreed, hence why we're at this point with the economic development authority. Uh we have a seasonality aspect to development in this community. Uh we have a smaller window for

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construction, uh especially when it comes to property that is owned by a city that has to then go through multiple steps to be able to get uh some potential, hopefully, uh parcels sold off on that property to be able to then get dollars into

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decrease the the fiscal burden that that property has brought on. And every day can count on that. Hence why I think we were trying to push to have this done in May and then June, and now we're potentially teed up to

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next July. So, if we can get a commitment from you and I'd make a motion on this to be able to include this EDA continuation of this EDA topic from old business onto Miss Maggie. I believe you said next Thursday's special meeting.

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>> Yes, with the Delaney report. >> I'd make that motion effectively. Reasonable. I mean, I believe Mr. Hedlund's office is >> Second it. >> right across from City Hall, right there. >> walked over there and talked to him face-to-face. Um we have a motion from Council member Zohn, a second from Council member

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London. Do we have any additional discussion on the motion? Council member Hall. >> Yes, I would just ask that you would share with the rest of us all the candidates that applied with your own application and the ones that applied after the closing dates. Um we

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do not have any of that information. >> I don't I don't have any candidates for my own application. I've shared with you guys all the candidates who have come through the city's application. That's it. There's nobody else. >> candidates that have applied after the fact. We don't We don't have that information. >> Oh, I shared that at the town hall and I was sharing it

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>> We don't We don't have the applications ourselves. Maggie had been sending on the ones until the date. After the date, I don't have a copy of those applications. >> sent an email out to Maggie and asked her to forward it to the full council with the few that came in after the

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two-week window. Uh it was Galen Strovers, Charla Phil Hower. Those were the two and those were forwarded in that email, which I saw Ms. Wentler sent to the full council. Since then, the two additional ones which I talked about in my mayoral

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update are Tina Foster and Steve Larson. And I do not have Mr. Larson's application because it was dropped off to City Hall, so that needs to get to us. Um Ms. Foster's, again, I can send another update, which I'm happy to do

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this week. Um we have a motion and second on the floor. Do we have any additional discussion? >> I have a good question. Is there any recourse to these people that applied after this deadline? I mean, if someone applied, uh let's say they don't get picked, and then you bring somebody in, and you

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appoint somebody that applied after the fact, is there any recourse on that? >> No. Okay, any additional discussion? Otherwise, I'd like to call Go ahead, Council Member Fraaley. >> This I know I said in my consideration list

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Was I Was I the only one? >> You are the only one from Council. >> Okay. >> Others from the community have sent forward a consideration list. >> Yeah, I got I got >> as it relates to the City Council, you're the only one that sent forward your recommendations.

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Okay, any other discussion? Otherwise, I'd like to call the question. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Opposed? Okay, motion carries. >> I recommend a secondary motion that says if the mayor is not prepared to

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make appointment recommendations at the special meeting that this is getting continued to, then the Council will take action. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Second. Okay. >> Okay, motion by Council Member Zorn, second by Council Member Fraaley. Any additional discussion?

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Um I just like to say, Mr. Pearson, I think your legal interpretation of the statute is 100% wrong, and I think I'm not calling I haven't called on you. I am speaking. Um in most cities, they hire an attorney that specializes in EDA

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or HRA law. So, if you go to bigger suburbs or cities in the metro, even St. Cloud, Duluth, places like that, where there is a broad expanse and understanding of that, I think there is a big miss here on your part, and I think because of that, Council is getting misguided direction. We can

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agree to disagree on that, and I will make sure that I bring an expert to come to the next meeting when this is discussed. >> with you. We've been having this conversation >> That's fine, Mr. Pearson. We have We have We can agree to disagree. We can agree to disagree, and we will see how it unfolds. All right, we have a motion and second on the table. All those in

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favor of the we vote signified by saying I. >> I. >> Opposed? Same sign. Okay, motion carries. All right, moving on to new business. The first item is the city of Niswa audited financial statements for the year ended December 20th 31st, 2025.

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We have a audit presentation from Ryan via Zoom. So Ryan, we will turn it over to you and thank you for joining and for sticking with us. We know you have to be somewhere else at 7. >> Yep, no. It's good work out great. I think the timing will be be fantastic.

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>> [clears throat] >> All right, so I'm going to try and share my screen here. And let me know if you all can see that now. >> Yes. >> Okay, thank you. And I'm going to walk us through a PowerPoint presentation here. So we do

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have the full audited financial statements finalized and distributed and and the required submissions have been made to the state, but we're going to walk through a PowerPoint presentation here to kind of hit the high points of the audit. Um and feel free to interrupt me with any questions along the way as

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we go. Okay, so with that being said, I I like to always start out with just a brief overview and reminder of what exactly the audit process entails and what is the purpose of the audit. So in a nutshell, we essentially obtain

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your financial records and information from throughout the past year and we perform various procedures over this information as laid out on the slide here. Um the the two on the right are really the majority of it. A lot of sampling the transactions that are in the accounting system and then doing

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detailed testing over those transactions. You know, looking at supporting invoices and reports from the state and the county regarding your funding and and you know, what did you end up using that money for and so on and so forth. All for the purpose of then being able to express an opinion on whether or not

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we feel your financial statements are accurate. And the opinion that we've given you this year is what's called an unmodified opinion, and that is the clean opinion that you're hoping to achieve. Next page here, um just talks about how the audit process went. So, yes, you did

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get that clean opinion, but did we have any difficulties during the audit, or did we see anything unusual in terms of accounting policies or or journal entries, or just anything that stood out to us? And I can say uh nothing along those lines came up. Everything went

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very smoothly. Uh Maggie puts a lot of work into preparing for us each year, and uh she did a great job making sure that things uh progressed well with this year's audit as well. As part of the audit, we do always have to also review your internal controls.

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Uh so, that's the processes and procedures that are behind the numbers, and then also your compliance with Minnesota statutes. Um so, we have a few items to mention here, and the first two uh columns there where we say audit adjustments, and then and then the two items under internal

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controls here, these are kind of like the standard three, I'd say, for a city your size. Um so, it's pretty hard to get away from these three. Uh the first one is just saying that as part of the audit process, we do assist with quite a few year-end adjustments. You know, we're we're helping get certain funds

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from the cash basis of accounting to the more accrual basis that's required uh by the state. And just helping with some year-end adjustments and some cleanup as part of the audit process, so we do have to note that. Um the next item here, internal controls,

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these two are are by far the hardest to get away from, particularly this first one related to a lack of segregation of duties. Um so, you have a limited number of people who are involved with the accounting processes and procedures, and as a result, uh there's certain people

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who have basically access to your entire accounting system and you need to be aware of that and just try to implement as much oversight as possible. And then we do prepare the financial statements as a third-party on behalf of the city and we need to note that as well.

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And then finally, your compliance with Minnesota statutes, the state gives us various checklists related to, you know, how did you go about contracting and bidding and how do you deal with any conflicts of interest that might come up or where do you keep your cash investments and so on and so forth. And

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going through those, we did not identify any instances of non-compliance. So, everything looked good from that standpoint. All right, with that we'll move into the numbers here a bit. I'm going to start with the general fund and just a real high picture look at the general fund on this slide and then

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we'll get into a little more detail going forward. Um here we have 2021 through 2025 and then also the 2025 budget on here as well. Uh so, revenues, expenditures and then the green is the fund balance at the end of each year.

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Um so, big picture comparison to the budget, revenues exceeded budgeted amounts by about $51,000. Um so, extremely close to budget and expenditures were even closer to budget just under by about $14,000.

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Um the biggest fluctuation from budget is actually this other sources and uses line item, which is basically actually entirely consists of transfers to and from other funds. Um so, you had some significant transfers out to other funds

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in 2025 uh including an additional transfer out to the parks and rec fund uh to set aside some money for an upcoming project. I believe that was about $550,000 and then there was about $534,000 that was transferred to the city hall

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project fund. Um the bond proceeds went into the general fund in the prior year and that transfer to the city hall project fund was essentially closing out the final cost in that fund and and financing those. So, with those, you had budgeted for a

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clean break even, but because of those transfers, you had a decrease in your fund balance of about 970,000 for the year. Now, the next two pages here still focused on just the general fund and we're looking at the revenues and expenditures, the same revenues and expenditures from the previous slide,

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but now in a little bit greater detail. So, we we have revenues here and the next slide will be expenditures. Um, not a whole lot to talk about on the revenue side. You know, you can see compared to the budget, the the red compared to the green here, very close to budget across

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the board. Um, so, obviously, the majority of your revenues in the general fund come from property taxes. Um, but yes, very close to budget across the board. The next page, uh, same layout but looking at expenditures. Um, here pretty close to budget in in

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all the categories as well. Um, you know, general government here you were over about 98,000 dollars. Um, mostly related to professional services and some employee compensation swings there. Um, public safety very close. Public

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works you were under about 63,000 here. Um, very close across the board. Last year you had you had that land purchase of about 2.1 million in 2024. That's the big swing that you see there. You didn't have that in 2025, of course.

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And then the next slide shows the unassigned portion of your fund balance. So, this is basically the the fund balance in the general fund as a percentage of your annual budgeted expenditures. Um, so, looking at this ratio, you have a policy in place. We are striving to

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keep a minimum of 100% for this ratio. And you can see you've been on a a bit of a decline trend over recent years, um but you're at 110% which uh still in excess of your policy and I would say is still a very strong uh number for this

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ratio. And the next slide just shows the cash in the general fund over the past 5 years. Um so, I've got a little bit extra going on in this slide because there were some years where the general fund was borrowing quite a bit of cash out to

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other funds uh to temporarily finance some projects while you were waiting on grant funding or or other things coming in. Um so, the the purple bar or the purple line here is essentially the cash balance of the general fund plus

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whatever was was due back to the general fund because it had borrowed to other funds. So, you can see that that's why that bar is or that line is a lot more steady. And then you it did drop off a bit this past year due to those transfers out to other funds that I discussed.

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Okay, with that we'll move away from the general fund and we'll talk about a couple of your other funds here a little more quickly. Um so, the the Gull Lake Trail project fund and then your capital project fund here, um both of these had fairly significant expenditures this year for

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projects that were started or underway. Um and both of these had deficit fund balances at the end of the year, um which uh was because there was funding anticipated that was coming through in 2026. So, the the Gull Lake Trail, maybe

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this came through already, but there was at the end of 2025 you were anticipating reimbursements for this deficit uh from grant funding. And then the road projects, uh there was to be a debt issuance in early 2026 to finance this, which I'm

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assuming may have happened by this point. Next slide here, we have your debt service fund, and then all of your smaller non-major funds kind of wrapped together um, just because there's too many to discuss all at once here. Um, but debt

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service activity very typical, tax receipts coming in, and then your debt service payments overall increase in fund balance here of about 186,000. And then the non-major funds, this includes the the park and rec fund and the city hall project fund where those

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cash transfers went into that I talked about. Um, so overall you did have an increase in fund balance here of about 926,000. And the cash [clears throat] in a couple of those categories or the the debt service fund, you can see that increased uh,

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you know, with with uh, pretty steadily over recent years, and then the non-major funds that jumped due to those cash transfers that I talked talked about. All right, with that we'll move into your enterprise funds. Um, so your liquor and and then your sewer fund here.

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Uh, but starting with your liquor fund, the graph at the top is focusing primarily just on operations. So operating revenues versus operating expenses, and then you have more detail down at the bottom uh, including operations as well as some

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non-operating items. Um, but you can see very very consistent gap here over the years in your liquor fund when you're comparing operating revenues versus operating expenses. Um, so operating revenues, that's that's really your sales net of the cost of those sales. So that's your net sales.

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Um, and that was down about $56,000 from the prior year. Operating expenses, however, were down about the same amount. So overall your operating income was very comparable to the prior year, about 452,000. You did have a transfer of $290,000

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out to the general fund to help fund the general fund. And even after that, you did still have an increase in your net position for the year of $160,000. Sewer fund, uh same layout here. Uh here you can see operating revenues did increase about $42,000 compared to

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the prior year. And operating expenses also increased about $81,000. Um your connection fees included under under non-operating here about 214,000. And overall you did have an increase in your net position for the year of about

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219,000. And then the cash in both of those funds, you can see both have been uh pretty steady upward trends for the past 5 years. Okay, and just a couple final slides here. Uh just a couple slides showing the future debt payments

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uh that are due from your governmental funds. And then uh the next slide from your your enterprise funds. Um so, this this is not the outstanding debt balance. This is the amount of payment that is due each year. And you

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can see that it drops off in 2027. And then tapers off all the way until 2040 when it's finally paid off. Now, this is based on debt that was outstanding at the end of 2025. So, if you issued new debt in 2026, that is not included that's not included here yet.

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And then the same layout on the next slide uh for your proprietary funds. Any questions? I know that's a lot of a lot of financial information all at once, but there are any questions I'll try to feel them.

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>> Council, do we have any questions for Ryan? Council member Fraley? >> No. >> Council member London? Council member Zorn? >> Done. >> Council member Hall? >> No, thank you again and thank you Maggie. >> Thank you very much. We appreciate your time.

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>> Thank you, appreciate it. >> Thanks Ryan. >> Would like a council motion to be able to certify those? >> Yes, I need >> And is that and then additionally a separate council motion for the report

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to the members of governance? >> Yeah, I don't know if they were same motions or not, but we could do them together or separate. I don't know that it matters Ryan does it. Okay. He's shaking his head. >> I think it can all be together in my opinion.

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>> I'd like to make a motion to approve and certify the 2025 audited financial statements as well as the 2025 report to members of governance. >> [clears throat] >> Okay, we have a motion by Council member Zorn, a second by Council member London. Any discussion?

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All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> I. Oppose same sign. Okay, motion carries. Thank you again Ryan. >> Thank you. >> Okay, next up we have Parks Community Center pay application number two, Ms. Moon Peterson.

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>> Awesome, thank you. Good evening. Uh, this is before you tonight not due to the dollar amount, but due to the overall project. Um, so we are in the final stages. High techs out there this week. And we'll have at least one more pay application before closing out.

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>> Do we have any questions for Ms. Moon Peterson? Okay, I would entertain a motion. >> I'll make a motion to approve pay application number two for community center updates for $523.79 as presented. >> Second. >> All right, motion by council member

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Fraley, second by council member Zahn. Any additional discussion? All those in favor, signify by saying I. >> I. >> I. Oppose, same sign. Okay, motion carries. Um next up still, uh Ms. Moon Peterson, the Parks Bron proposal

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material testing for GLT. >> Yes, this is for the Gallatin Trail, the bathroom portion of the project. Um just looking for the final um material testing on the concrete and bituminous. >> Any questions for Ms. Moon Peterson?

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All right, I would entertain a motion. >> I'll make a motion to approve Bron's Intertek's proposal for construction materials testing services for $8,133 as presented. >> Do we have Okay, motion by council member Fraley, second by council member London. Any additional discussion? All

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those in favor, signify by saying I. I. Oppose, same sign. Motion carries. Okay. >> Thank you. >> All right, next up, uh planning and zoning, Schaefer's sign, Mr. Timblin. >> Thank you, council. Uh yeah, so we have before us a

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recommendation from the planning commission. Uh they reviewed at this month's meeting the CUP item for a dynamic display sign uh that would be proposed upon a freestanding sign proposal uh within an existing curb island. Uh this was before you guys as well last month for early

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eyes. Um so this I envision to be a two-part action from you guys. Uh the planning commission functioned on that CUP in an advisory capacity to you, so that the motion occurs here. As the second part is impactful to that approval if you render it. Um so the

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first thing that I would be asked for from you is review of the recommendation to approve the CUP with findings and facts and conditions discussed at the public hearing. >> Okay, do we have any questions for Mr. Timlin? Okay, I would entertain a motion to

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approve the CUP. >> I'll make a motion to approve the CUP as presented. >> Do we have a second? >> I'll second it. >> Okay, motion by council member Hall, second by council member London. Any additional discussion? All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I.

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>> I. Opposed same sign. Okay, motion carries. Uh Mr. Timlin for the second. >> Yeah, the so the second part would be right of way authorization and agreement to be drafted for placement with possible conditions and clauses listed below. Um little bit of background is in my memo here. Uh the signs are prohibited

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within the right of way of in city code. With right of way encroachment proposed, there must be review and approval by city council with public works, engineering, and legal, and possible conditions that I've listed there, five in total. Um it has been my recommendation to avoid placement within the right of way.

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However, if the applicant chooses to formally pursue this pathway of review in that same memo um would be the one that we've been following and I've highlighted uh current course in green for you. >> Okay, do we have any questions for Mr. Timlin?

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All right, I would entertain a motion. >> I'll make a motion to approve the right of way authorization. >> Do we have a second? >> I'll second. >> So the mechanism on this side, correct me if I'm wrong Mr. Pearson, would be to bring back the agreement to you guys at next month's meeting in July. Would that be correct?

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>> Yes. I'll revise my motion to have it then be prepared to be presented next month's meeting. Thank you. >> Do you revise >> As I will I'll revise my second. >> Okay, any additional discussion? All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I.

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>> Opposed same sign? Okay, motion carries. And then, uh, Mr. Timlin, you're still up with Roy's Landing future road connection adjustment, item number five. >> Thank you again. Uh, so, the applicant has submitted applications for a boundary line adjustment between two lots within that

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plat of Roy's Landing. Uh, this application was reviewed by the Planning Commission Board of Adjustment, who is recommending approval to City Council contingent on an approval to release and relocate the easement held by the city for possible future road connection from Roy Lane to Bass Lake

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Road. Um, staff would recommend authorization of the city attorney and staff to execute these changes with the applicant same moving forward to July. >> Okay, do we have any questions for Mr. Timlin?

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Okay, I would entertain a motion. >> I'll make a motion to approve, uh, the Roy's Landing, um, as presented. >> I'll second it. >> Okay, any additional discussion or questions? All those in favor, signify by saying I. >> I.

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>> Opposed, same sign? Okay, motion carries. All right, and last one for Planning and Zoning is the communication tower. >> Thank you again. Uh, so, the action that we're requesting for you guys today is consideration of the request that the

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city review ordinance language that pertains to communication towers in the next phase of ordinance revision. Also requested would be that staff create materials which outline and clarify the administrative appeal process to the Planning Commission Board of Adjustment determinations. Uh, both of these requests are coming

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from the individuals listed in the item clause of here, um, Paul Weston and Roger Landers. >> Okay, Council, any questions for Mr. Timlin or I see, uh, Mr. Landers [clears throat] in the audience. >> Stephen, is this uh, uh

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Is this something that the PCBOA will then take up and then bring back to us with suggested changes as well as staff suggestions for appealing process and road map? >> Yep. So, before I initiate a lengthy review utilizing my time, I would seek

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that directive from you guys to undergo analysis to growing counties' ordinances, compare to neighboring municipalities to bring forward regulatory language that would comport to our comp plan and into the purpose of our zoning ordinance. It would go through that proper due process of ordinance review at the planning

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commission advisory to you. >> Before you spend a lot of your own time, which is city dollars. >> Correct. >> Should do that for data request. Uh I'd like to make a motion to uh approve the communication tower.

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It's pretty bland. Um But uh the the considerations as presented, perhaps. >> Sure. >> I'll second. >> Okay, motion by Council member Brazon, second by Council member Fraley. Any additional discussion or questions? >> Thank you for that question. Thank you,

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Roger. >> Council member Hall. >> Has any um cell phone providers reached out to the city recently since since the last one? >> No. We haven't heard from anybody. >> No.

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>> Okay, any additional question or discussion? All right, all those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Opposed, same sign. Okay, motion carries. Thank you. >> Yep. >> All right, uh next up we have the

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uh pond two proposal agreement for professional services, Mr. Blumer. >> Good evening, everyone. Um So, what this is is um it's uh we're looking for approval from a for a proposal from Widseth to provide engineering plans and specs

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for the liner replacement of sewer pond number two. Uh this is this would be the starting point to get that liner replaced. Um its impact is uh the proposal for the scope of services is not to exceed $130,000.

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And you should have a copy of the proposal in your packet. >> Any questions for Mr. Blumer? >> Yeah, Council members on. >> Tom, where where are we going to be pulling the funds from for this from the sewer fund? >> So >> [clears throat]

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>> for now, yes, the engineering would come from the sewer fund. >> Okay. >> The actual project will be to be determined. >> And would you envision that when it comes budget season for us in a few months here, actually pretty quick, right? That we'll need to replenish those funds

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on a monthly basis? >> I think what you're going to find is that it's going to end up being um a bond is what is going to >> Ultimately? >> Yeah. >> Cuz this will open up the actual true scope. >> Yes. >> Yeah, got it.

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>> Any additional questions for Mr. Blumer? Council member Fraley? >> How soon how soon will the other ponds be looked at, checked? >> Um well Dave has >> Yeah, so this proposal takes it down the PFA funding track where

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uh all three ponds that were built at the same time would be reviewed for their condition. So yes. >> Will they outlive their lifespan, so? >> Yeah, they had a 20-year lifespan. They're now 35.

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>> Anything else, Council member Fraley? >> I'm just thinking or besides replan are we looking at putting funds away for the future when this happens again, that's one thing and that's basically for the council, but >> So Jesse kind of asked that question to me, too.

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We do put away funds. Obviously, the lift stations are one you're probably aware of. So I don't know that we want to put funds specifically away away for any component of the system. I think it's probably more wise to put a percentage,

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you know, to have a fund available for when something like this happens. >> Correct. So but the thought is is do we need to add more to the what's put away for public works because some of these are pretty hefty amounts of money.

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>> Probably. I'm going to consult with PFM. >> Okay. >> where we're at with that. >> Thank you. >> Anything else, Councilmember Franly? >> No. >> Councilmember London? Councilmember Zon? >> No, I'd like to make a motion to approve the Pond 2 proposal/agreement for the professional services from WSN.

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>> Second. >> Okay, motion by Councilmember Zon, second by Councilmember Hall. Any other discussion? All those in favor, signify by saying I. >> I. >> Opposed? Okay, motion carries. >> Thank you. >> All right. Now we have the Braun

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proposal material testing for the 2026 road. >> Okay, so what we're looking for here is we have a proposal from Braun Intertec to provide materials testing for the 2026 road bond. This proposal is not a lump sum. This is an all a carte proposal for services we

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may need to use during the construction project. Our total cost is likely to be less. The estimated fee for this is $39,028 and a copy of that proposal is in your packet. >> Any questions for Mr. Blumer?

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>> This will be included in the overall construction costs that will be a credit back. >> Yes. >> I'd like to make a motion to approve the proposal from Braun Intertec for the construction materials testing services as presented. >> Do we have Okay, uh motion by Council

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member Zohn, second by Council member Hall. Any additional discussion or questions? All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> I. >> Opposed? Okay, motion carries. And lastly, we have approved the hire of Chris Kostek.

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>> Okay, so uh second while I get to that. Um so I'm looking for confirmation of the hire of Chris Kostek for replacement maintenance tech. Uh he would be taking the place of Peter Carey who um left us.

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Um He It's filling an existing position. He began working for us on June 1st. Um this is a budgeted position uh for the entirety of 2026. His starting rate is grade nine, step one, $26.6

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>> Any questions for Mr. Blumer? >> No, I'd like I'd like to make a motion to confirm the hire of Chris Kostek for replacement maintenance tech as presented. >> Do we have a second? Okay, motion by Council member Zohn, seconded by Council member London. Any additional discussion? All those in

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favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Opposed? Okay, motion carries. >> Thank you, everybody. >> Thanks, Tom. >> All right, next up we have spirits. Uh Mr. Farrell is on Zoom. >> No, I'm just going to fill in for him. >> Uh Miss Wentler, pay raise for Joey

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Hendrickson. >> Yes. Um he is now a key holder and so part of our process with all I'll say new hires that take on additional responsibilities, we increase um their pay by one step. So this is all this is.

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>> Okay, any questions for Miss Wentler about this increase? Okay, I would entertain a motion. >> I'll make a motion to approve the increase as presented from step three to step four. >> I'll second. >> Okay, motion by Council Member Hall,

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second by Council Member Fraley. Any additional discussion or questions? All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Opposed? Okay, motion carries. And lastly, under new business, we have the Teamsters Union

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MOA resolution. >> Uh this is >> I'll give you what I know of this. So, this was talked about in your closed session at the end of the last two meetings ago. Um just there was some additional

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memos that were approved back in 2025 for the Teamsters Union contract and did not get on the contract for 2026 through 2028. And so, this is just a memo of agreement to

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add those additional things for It looks like there was some vacation and um adding the 10th step to the wages and correcting the wages from the last the original contract you approved a couple months ago.

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>> Okay, thank you. Do we have any questions for Ms. Wentler? If not, I would entertain a motion. >> I make a motion to approve the um amendment uh from the Teamsters. >> I'll second. >> Second. Uh motion by Council Member Hall, second by Council Member Fraley.

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Any additional discussion or questions? All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Opposed? Okay, motion carries. >> Can I add one thing to this? I hope that it's okay that it gives me a little bit of time to make this payment the back pay to them. That it doesn't

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maybe have to happen in 2 weeks. I could have a little bit of time to make sure I have everything right. >> Unless there's screaming employees, which I would imagine there are. Ready for it. >> Okay. Um next we as I mentioned at the beginning we kind of changed the agenda around. So now we're to the point of

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open forum. Is there anyone that would like to address the council? If you can state your first and last name and your address and then I will start the timer for 2 minutes uh after you do that.

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>> Hi, Katie Ellsworth 26210 Edna Lane. I have one unplanned comment and then one planned comment. Uh I would like to just ask everyone here and anyone listening to please look at the website that Mr. Fraley shared earlier

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um for the Brainerd safe walk and bike paths and add comments. It's an open comment um interactive website and our comments and are what will drive those hopeful changes. So any support there would be appreciated. And then a comment

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for council um just an idea but I saw in the Echo last week that Pequot Lakes developed a mobile app for communicating with their with their citizens and I thought that was a brilliant idea. There have been several comments throughout

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the meetings that I've attended about how to best communicate changes and announcements with citizens and that might be a great solution if you wanted to pursue that. So >> Thank you. Um do we have anyone else for public comment?

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>> Maggie will sign up to develop and broadcast the mobile app for us, right Maggie? >> can state your first and last name and your address and I will start the timer for 2 minutes. >> Great idea on the app though. >> Uh Andy Shafer 6295 Nashway Road

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uh just wondering what happens with this EDA if the council doesn't agree with the mayor's seven picked people. And uh also the liquor assessment, I heard today that it's on the 25th now.

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That wasn't uh announced anywhere that I could see. Or uh you know, we keep talking about transparency and I feel like that's something that the community really wants to know about and I hadn't heard anything. >> I literally sent an email what, 9:30 last night to the council of this. And

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so, when I have an agenda and a packet, it will go online. >> There we go. Thank you. >> Thank you. Um anyone else for public comment? All right, then we have announcements and upcoming meeting dates listed and a

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motion to adjourn would be in order. >> I so move. >> Second. >> Okay. >> I actually have a quick question though. >> A motion and second is on the floor. To adjourn. >> Further discussion? >> A motion to adjourn is not debatable. >> Oh. All right.

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>> All those in favor signify by saying I. Uh do you want to recend? >> I recend. >> Okay, go ahead Councilmember Zone. >> Great, I got another extra half hour since we moved these meetings up early. That sounds funny. >> Want to go try those new pickle chairs out? >> Don't got them yet. >> Uh Mr. Attorney, I have a question

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though. Um to actually answer perhaps Mr. Shafer's question, is there any potential guidance there in regards to state statute, uh I think 569 or 596? >> 469 does apply subdivision two.

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>> Wow. Um what what what happens um in the event that this council doesn't agree with one or any of the of the appointments that the mayor would make?

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>> Let's defer the question and the answer to next week. >> Okay. >> Okay. A motion to adjourn would now be in order. >> I so move to adjourn. >> Do we have a second? >> Second. >> All right, all those in favor signify Uh >> I.

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>> Ms. Wentler, sorry. Motion by Council Member Hall, second by Brayley. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Okay, meeting is adjourned. Thank you, everyone.