Good evening everyone. I'd like to welcome you to the OBSO city council meeting. Tonight is Monday, March 23rd. Audrey, can you have our record show that our assistant attorney is present, our city planner, city engineer, all council members, our assistant city
administrator, and our city administrator. At this time, I'll ask you all to join us in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge algiance 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. >> Thank you. Our first item of business this evening is the open forum. This is where you can come to the podium, state your name and address, and limit comments to five minutes or less. Would anyone like to speak at this time?
Kathy Kohl's 1561390 Street Northeast. Here's my monthly picture of no fence over at coord. >> Can you give an update either now or mayor? Uh with the change in seasons, uh we were going to reach out to Coburns and see if they can't advance their
efforts to get that fence installed. Again, the last update we had was they were seeking codes. So, >> thank you. >> Thank you. >> Hello, Council Mayor. Sorry I haven't been here. I've had family uh issues the
last couple meetings and I miss seeing you guys. So, glad to be here. Um just first of all I want to let you know that um today uh our administrators down at the cap in that uh city zoning
preeemption bill did not make it through committee. So it was a 57 vote. So we're happy that that is not going to be put forward uh to any other legislative body. So happy about that. I know the mayor is probably interested because all
the mayors of Ray County were against it and were told to talk to their uh legislators. So thankful for that. And uh I guess the biggest thing that we have going on with the county is it's in
my district. I'm very excited. About eight months ago, I had uh the pleasure of having Adam uh your Adam, Albertville, Adam, Steve, uh come together with our administrator because
we have uh uh we're thinking out into the future and we're seeing how everything's blowing up out here with housing and people. And we also know with your Costco going in, uh, the there's land that's starting
to be scooped up. So, we talked about, you know, uh, a satellite, uh, government center. Uh, we're we asked Adam what you guys had. Uh we asked Steve and we asked uh Elderville and we
came um we did a lot of due diligence looking at like what would be easy to access and Elbertville had a piece of property that uh um it's a very great location that would benefit all of us
and it's the if anybody's familiar it's it's the old Highland Bank Peekaboo Cafe is right there Now, it's right next to uh the Taco John's convenience store and
and then it butts up against the um post office, which we figure is probably going to go away in the future at some point and then maybe we would be able to uh buy that land as well. But this is a really nice piece of property. Our
thought was buy it now while it's still affordable. Uh, and it was nice that uh, Adam Naststead was holding cover over because he's been getting a lot of phone calls from uh, developers and because of
the area this area growing so much knows it will be a great value to uh, the cities not only to Odd Sego, Elbertville and St. Michael, but also uh Monaceel, Clearwater, Maple Lake because Maple
Lake uses the freeway on 37. And what it would be would be a DMV. Uh we would have HHS use it. Uh we would have probation use it. And then it would be like a a sheriff substation. So, like
we're thinking a patty wagon because you know the deputies out here have a long drive to get to the jail and to use the the services over there. Now, we purchase a property. We're very excited.
It's a big block. Um, we would love to say that, you know, in the next year or two that we would start building it. That is not the case. Uh Albertville has already been uh getting calls and letters like this is great.
When will the DMV open up in Albertville? Uh this is a three to fiveyear project. We our intent was just to make sure that we get a really good price for some property because we know
how attractive uh the property is in that area, especially once we get that uh construction project done and with Costco going in, we know that uh it's going to be a very attractive
place for developers. So, yeah, we're really excited about that. Uh it's going to be a great great addition um in the future for uh this area for sure. And so thankful for Adam for uh helping us out
in this project and and yeah, we're we're excited about that. This is great. And as you know that the projects are going to be coming in hot and heavy. Uh, I just want to know any let you know that anybody that's traveling from
Monosel to Elk River is going to have a heck of a time. That is there is really no good detours. Uh, so make sure you use Google Maps if you got to get to Buffalo. Um, I know there's some people
that use 39 and go down at uh 25. 25 is is is going to get a major uh redo uh with some I think three three roundabouts for sure. For sure. 37 and
25 which I think a lot of your people use. Um and then the one on uh 25 and 113 which is by the apple orchard and then one by the hospital. So the detours are going to be very
tricky. Uh, and so just want to let anybody that needs to go to Buffalo to be aware that since starting in April, that's that's going to be a project. You know, we know the 37 projects going to be ramping up here soon. Uh Albertville
uh 19 is going to be heavily used because we're also right uh we're going to right after school uh they're going to be doing Main Street and they're going to be doing 50th which is in front of the the um middle school west. So
that's going to put all the traffic on N19. Uh so anybody that ha from this end of oddgo that needs to get into Albertville, they need to be aware that it might be tricky. So if we can get through this year, I think we're going
to be a lot uh a lot happier. It'll be nice to have those rows done, but those are the growing pains that we're going to see coming up here in the summer. So but otherwise, things are are going well. We've been down at the
capital for various uh items for the county. Um and we're hoping we've heard from many people that not much is going to make it out of uh the session this year. Probably know there probably will
not be any bonding bill which is very unfortunate but maybe we will get something. most things are not going to make it through the house because it's an election year and they are hoping to b
their time to see who gets control of the house. So, it's been uh an interesting year for sure. >> So, but yeah. >> Does anyone have any questions? >> Oh, >> yes. Go ahead.
>> Um Jeie, thank you for all that. Um I was wondering how many acres is that parcel? I guess room. >> It's not acres, it's two lots because it's the lot that has the um the building on it and then it's the lot
right next to it. So, it's a it's a nice piece of property because of the lots uh and and it will fit our needs uh in the future. And then it is nice to know that if we decide at the last minute, you know, if something would happen with the
building for the post office, we could expand. But for now, it's a perfect lot size. So, we were very happy with the lot size. >> So, that's kind of by the post office and the gas station and the meat markets over there.
>> Yeah, over there. It's it it butts right up along the um post office. And then Albertville owns the old fire station which is a soccer uh place >> that butts against it too. Um so yeah,
right in that area and and it's going to be nice because it'll be e with that roundabout. It'll be easy on, easy off for our residents of Ray County that live in Monaceel and Adigo or um Clear
Water, but then like all of our Adigo people, St. Michael, uh it's it's going to be a really nice piece of property. >> Has a county done stuff like that before, having satellite type things like that? >> No. Other counties have, you know, like
Henne County, Sterns County. Um, and it it it makes sense just because the more the more population we have to be able to serve them better and then they don't have to drive all the way to Buffalo, it's getting a little trickier with, you
know, more >> more traffic and yeah, so and we didn't we wanted to think ahead instead of, you know, five years down the road saying, "Oh, we really should do this." So this is the ver first time that I know that
Wright County is thinking ahead and so very proud of that because it's the way that we can save money for all of our constituents. >> Good deal. >> Think ahead and even if we don't do this in let's say five years, we can always sell the property and we aren't going to
be out any money. >> Sure. It's a good spot. >> Yeah. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. >> Any other comments there? >> Yes. Jeannie, do you have a date as to when they're going to start on County Road 37? >> No. Okay. >> Uh I I think as soon as possible. Isn't
it around April? They're thinking once the restrictions are off. >> Mayor, maybe Ron has a better answer, but I would assume once road restrictions are removed. >> Yeah, they're going to be waiting for road restrictions to come off and then they'll start working on that. >> Okay. Yeah. Thank you. >> Thanks, J.
>> You bet. >> Thank you. >> Thanks, you guys. Thank you. >> Call me if you need anything. >> We'll do. Thank you. Right. Any other comments? >> Yeah. Gabe Davis. Uh got a question. On Wednesday, you guys are going to have a special meeting
uh for the new fire chief. Is that the right that you're going to decide Wednesday night who it's going to be? >> We have interviews on Wednesday. >> Wednesday. So, when does the decision get made on who you guys choose? >> Um, that would depend on our interview
process. I guess I'll look to staff on this one. >> Uh, mayor, I would say that so interviews will be held on Wednesday. Uh, but final approval of hiring probably won't be until April 13th. >> April 15th. How many people applied to
for the fire chief position? >> Uh, 18 in total. >> 18. And who does how did they get cut down to a couple? >> Uh I went through and I score them based on the job description. So based on past experience or education, uh there's a
criteria that I'm happy to share if you're interested in it. Uh it basically breaks down uh a basic way to have uh a uniform way of comparing candidates, not necessarily by where they come from, but years of experience, relevant things that we're looking for in our job
description. Was there an any in-person interviews? Were they done on video or? >> Yep, we did some speed interviews uh through Zoom. Uh that was with about eight candidates. Uh and then we narrowed it down with area fire chiefs
and we interviewed five people that we made a recommendation to be coming to the um this coming Wednesday meeting. >> So we have like five people there. >> Five. There'll be two individuals at the uh interviews on Wednesday, but there
was five at the last one where we had the area fire chiefs helping us. >> Okay. And who was all on the committee involved in cutting them down to a group of five? >> Uh it was myself, uh city administrator Adam Flity, interimm fire chief Mike Scott, uh Rogers Fire Chief Patrick
Fren, uh Elbertville Fire Chief Eric Bullen, and uh Elk River Fire Chief Mark Dickinson. and then our public safety commission chair uh Dave Grieman. >> Okay. So, so the city council was involved in any part of that. >> Correct.
>> Okay. That's what I want to know. Thanks. Thank you. >> All right. Any other people for open forum? >> All right. We will close open forum and move on to consider our agenda for approval. Does anyone have anything that
they need to add or delete? >> Madam assume we need to add. Okay. Right. >> Yeah. I was going to u add item 6.1 the condo suites at Seaggo CIC. >> And then I will also bring down off the consent agenda item 3.3. We can make
that 6.2. And with that I would move to approve the agenda as amended. >> There a second. >> Second. >> Motion by Ryan, seconded by Corey. Is there any discussion? All those in favor signify by saying I.
I >> I oppose. Same sign. Motion passes. Moving on to our consent agenda. A motion would be in order. >> Madame Mayor. >> Yes, Ryan. >> I move to approve the consent agenda as amended. >> Second. >> Motion by Ryan, seconded by Tina. Is
there any discussion? >> All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Those opposed, same sign. Motion passes. Next item is item 4.1 under parks and recreation Lily Pond Park renovation
project. Good evening, mayor and council. Uh very excited tonight to present the bids that we had received for the Lily Palm Park renovation project. Uh I hope you guys got a chance to read your packet. It had some background information from last presentation kind of going over the
scope of the project, you know, explaining that we try to, you know, rehab our parks after 20 plus years. Uh, comprehensive approach that includes the playground, the trails, the courts, site amenities, etc. Um, you know, we received 12 bids which was outstanding. I would say on typical park projects
were excited at four to six. So to see that many come in was outstanding for the city and it worked out great. I mean, obviously you saw a variation in the bids um of over $200,000, right? So, it really worked out to have that comprehensive approach and to have that bid pack out there like that. Um, and
with those numbers coming in the way they did, uh, we were able to include every aspect of the project, even including the alternate zip line that was proposed in front of the commissioner, recommended to the council. Um, so that's in the packet tonight, as well as accepting the bid from Matt Bulock excavating out of St.
Michael. So, at this time, if there's any specific questions, um, I will open it up to council. Um, pretty straightforward. Overall, obviously, the total project cost is $516,390.80. The CIP budget was $52,000. So, obviously, we saved a good amount of
money and uh estimates were um worked in our favor this time, which I'm happy to report. So, >> council questions for staff. Otherwise, a motion. Mayor, I'll make motion. >> Motion to adopt resolution 2026-25
accepting bids and awarding contract to Matt Bulock Contracting Company, Inc. for the Lily Pond Park Improvement Project in the amount of $250,000 uh 250143 and 17. You want me to make
>> We'll just do it one at a time. So, >> I'll second. >> Okay. Motion by Tina, seconded by Ryan. Is there any discussion? >> Sorry. >> All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> All those opposed, same sign. Motion passes. >> Madam Mayor, I'll make the second motion
here. Motion to accept the quote from Midwest Playscapes and to authorize the purchase and installation of the zipline equipment for Lily Pond Park in the amount of $45,82.80. >> Second. >> Motion by Tina, seconded by Ryan. Is
there any discussion? All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> All those opposed, same sign. Motion passes. >> Thank you. Thank you guys. Uh exciting times. This is the first zip line in the park system. So, we're pretty excited about that. It'll span about 100 to 112
feet depending on the fall zone. So, come take a ride and remember to be at egg hunt this weekend. >> Yes. >> Are you going to go the zipline with us? >> Yeah, absolutely. >> Okay. All right. Thanks, Nick. Thank you. >> Thank you. All right, moving on to city council
reports and updates. First item is heritage preservation. >> Uh, thank you, Madame Mayor. Um, I'm getting used to my my new way of doing things here. >> Doesn't have paper. >> No, I'm trying to be electronic. Uh
>> a boy >> crying. Um Heritage Preservation met on March 10th. Um we took care of annual business uh with electing officers. Planner Lit joined us in the meeting and
helped us uh uh set goals for the year. We're going to try to do that annually now. Thought it went really well. Um, we also discussed uh encouraging the commission to help out with the project that Chief Scott asked for for the fire
station. >> So, it went well. >> Thank you. Next item is park and wreck. Michelle, >> um yeah. Uh so, obviously we passed the um or approved the um expenditures to
approve Lily Pond. Um that was one of the items. Um I have to say that parks erect has been very busy. Um we've been working on or they've been working on um the master planning. So we did have a special meeting in regards to um the
master planning for Prairie Park as a group on March 9th. Um and uh that was the last time we met on um parks and wreck. So that meeting is scheduled for
I believe the 14th the 7th to no 14th excuse me no 24th 21st excuse me on the 21st and then this weekend for those want to do the Easter egg hunt you just mentioned it
>> we're gonna mention it as we go through whether or not I'll be there too exactly that's it >> thank All right. Next is planning commission. Ryan, >> madame mayor, the planning commission did not meet.
>> Okay. Next is public safety. Tina was absent, so I will take that. Um, our updates were that the station was moving along as planned. Um, actually some things were moving along a little bit ahead of schedule with anticipation of also getting our new trucks delivered in
May. Um we talked about a map that um Chief Scott had put together for us um showing 8% of the calls are actually coming from the treatment center um out of our full call volume which then led to a good discussion with Sergeant Olman's um talking about once a new
chief is hired meeting out at the treatment center he meets out with staff there twice a year and just um talking about maybe mitigating or what we can do as a team to address that large call volume.
So 8% of calls total come from that. Um it was also um shared with the group that the Elk River chief announced that he will be leaving in July. The Albertville chief will be leaving in August. Um let's see. Then we talked about the
interviews which um Sabrina just shared how they kind of worked their way down and um and now here we are getting we'll have two that we'll be interviewing. Um Sergeant Almans will maybe share with it but also his update was just talking about um working with the Windham Hotel
here in town with um lifeguard procedures and and safety training. They had had an incident that he had shared. So uh there also was elections. Uh David is the chair again, vice chair Dan Breberg and secretary will be shared with Kyle and Jim which we had welcomed
him. That was his first night as um a new commission member. That's what I have. Um we are still under council reports and updates. Does anyone else have anything? My update was going to be that I was at the right county mayor's association
meeting and was going to share what Jeannie shared. So you all got the update on that. So that was last week. All right, moving on to item 6.1 that was on the deis here. That is for the condo suites.
>> Mayor, uh this item was added uh at the request of Boyd Delansky who are the developers of the Sego condo suites located at 70th Street and Cadler Avenue. You recall these are 14 buildings that were approved 2024 I believe. Um the intent of these
is that each unit, each building can be divided into multiple units that uh small businesses could come and buy uh to operate from plumbing businesses, contractors, etc. where they basically need a desk and some storage space. Uh another part of the development is being
marketed more towards the car condo uh or luxury garage type scenario. um in order to facilitate the individual ownership of these uh spaces. See this they need to divide the the each
building into condominium suites uh which is done through a common interest community plat. U we have in the subdivision ordinance that common interest community plat need to be reviewed by the city council uh because they do deal with issues related to utilities uh access etc. It doesn't
change the use, doesn't change the number of units or the intensity of the activity, but there are elements that the city should review. These are all spelled out in a declaration uh that city staff has reviewed that gets recorded with uh this CIC plat. Uh and
so we have two resolutions for you to approve the two separate uh condo associations for the umo condo suites. questions for staff. So Dan, how did did this process change
along the way or why was this not adopted originally in 2024? >> So they just didn't have it set up yet uh in order to proceed when they actually did the platting of the property. >> Okay. >> Um they did the platting, got the construction started, have their
documents in order, they're selling units, and now that they're working that through, they just brought this in. uh to city staff within the last three weeks. So, we are expediting this review for their uh convenience. >> Okay.
>> Other questions? >> Yeah, Madam Mayor, I just have a kind of a quick question just for my own understanding because if a homeowners association were to come in, they they can create an association after the fact and we have no review
process for that. Is that correct? >> Correct. So what's the difference between that and the CIC process we're doing here, mayor? So essentially they're dividing ownership of a piece of property. A homeowners association is a group of individual property owners collectively agreeing to a contract on
how the property is going to be managed, but they still own their individual properties, right? In this case, they're not owning they own the space within the building, but they don't own the building itself. Uh, so there are some
differences between the two. Okay. >> Any other questions? Cy, >> Dan, does that have any, you know, it's more of a county question, I guess. Tax implications with with this? That'd be a question for the assessor. I would assume not. Again,
the value of the construction is not changing. Value of the property is not changing. It may end up causing increases in the property values because as the individual units are sold. So that you have >> different ways to measure value within
the property. But again, we if the council's interest, we get more information. >> Okay. Well, just curious. >> Any other questions? So, we're just changing how we're seeing the property as >> from an ownership standpoint. Correct.
>> Okay. All right. >> Madame Mayor. Yes, Ryan. >> I move to adopt resolution 2026-26 approving the CIC plat number 171 condo suites at Seiggo Trades and adopt resolution 2026-27
approving CIC plat number 172 condo sweetgo classics as presented >> second motion by Ryan seconded by Tina. Is there any discussion? >> All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I.
>> All those opposed same sign. Motion passes. Moving on to item 6.2. Ryan, you pull that down from item 3.3. >> Yes, madame mayor. I oppose this action because our city is able to receive excellent service from our existing contract providers at a price point that
is costefficient for the taxpayer. If approved, the total cost for owning a fire department will increase to 16 million 911,63710. Any discussion? Cy. >> Madame Mayor, u I'll make a motion to approve pay application number 15 in the
amount of $667,47012 for the work completed on our fire station project. >> Second. >> Motion by Corey, seconded by Tina. Is there any discussion? >> All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> All those opposed, same sign. I
>> motion passes four to one. All right, we are still under staff reports and updates. Sabrina, >> uh thank you, mayor. Uh we are closing up some recruitments. So, uh I'm going to embarrass Jake and Jake actually is here tonight. Uh who will be joining us
next week and I'm very very excited. Um and then we also have some other new faces that will be joining us uh in utilities um and some other seasonals starting pretty soon. So, please expect that in the next coming next couple meetings seasonal hires. So, >> welcome back, Jake.
>> Welcome. >> Congratulations on Glad back. >> Yeah. >> All right, Adam. >> Uh, mayor, councel, uh, few updates tonight. Valuation statements, if you haven't seen them in your own mailbox, I I did see them in mine. So, uh, those should be out in the public eyes. And
just a reminder, the local board of appeal meeting is on April 22nd at 6 PM. Uh I'd like to thank Commissioner Holland and Wright County staff for coordinating the event last Friday afternoon. Uh attendees included Congressman Emmer, Congressman Stabber,
and Congressman Graves from Missouri, uh who is the chair of the transportation and infrastructure uh committee at the federal level. So it was nice for our I94 coalition group and area city leadership to be there um to hear them speak on the importance of those federal
dollars into our um u local economy. um and providing transportation improvements. So, uh reminder interviews Wednesday uh for fire chief finalist. Uh the compost site will reopen uh in April so residents uh can continue use uh of
that site. Similar hours uh there were some minor changes to that that are posted on the city website a little bit longer. >> Um and then vacation I'll be on vacation next week. So just as an option >> so we'll call you every day. >> I won't answer. That's all I have. Thank you.
>> Thank you, Audra. >> Thank you, Mayor. I have no updates. >> Okay. Thank you, >> Richard. >> No updates for me. >> What? Just kidding. >> It's good to see you. >> You're supposed to say you'll be at the Easter event Saturday. >> All right, Dan.
>> Mayor, the planning commission meets on April 6. Uh relatively full agenda. uh Meridian Fields residential preliminary plat uh FOS swim school site and building plan review an expansion of industrial building on South Queens Avenue in the older Frankfurt Township
part of the city uh and then the city's wellhouse number three project >> thank you Ron >> no updates mayor >> thank you Sergeant Almans Uh yeah, you kind of touched on it a
little bit, mayor, where uh I think it's important that um relationships are formed with the different entities around the city. So um as it pertains to, you know, a water park that's in the city and how that emergency response works, that's important and make sure everybody's kind of on the same page.
Um, as as far as the uh Northstar regional treatment center, we get a lot of calls there. That's just the the circumstances. That's where we're at. Um, part of that discussion that I have with them when I meet with them a couple times a year is, you know, mitigating,
you know, do we have to respond to this type of call or what calls that we know that we have to respond to, what that looks like, what the EMS system looks like here in Wright County, specifically at Sego. um just so that they're aware of that before they hit 911 that they know what type of uh vehicles are going
to be showing up and officers, EMS personnel, whatever, so that they can understand and they they can make accommodations and that has been successful. Um initially when we were responding, it was just kind of this mess of just a ton of people showing up and they still had, you know, a lot of staff and their clientele kind of
running around. Um they made changes over the years knowing that when we respond we kind of they do basically a clear the hallways kind of thing where they just go okay law enforcement's going to be here the fire department's going to be here and there's going to be an ambulance that it's going to be here. Uh they know to kind of clear the hallways and just give us our room and
there's a lot less a lot of less prying eyes and uh maybe outside influence that can sometimes happen whe there's a medical situation or whatever the case is. So um that has been really successful quite frankly and they have the treatment center has been really open as far as my conversation
with them. So I just kind of throw it out to as many entities as I can. So in case of uh the hotel I just kind of discuss with them some uh maybe some improvements that we could make to their emergency protocol and how they look at things. I told them from age 16 to 21 I
was a lifeguard too. So I get when you get lifeguard training you kind of feel like all the weight is on you as a lifeguard. recognizing that's okay. Just get the ball rolling on the process. Get 911 called and the burden can be shifted. So, just do what you can for the next couple of minutes until that
the next entity arrives. So, um that's really important to do so that they don't feel all the stress on them and they're maybe sometimes focusing on the wrong things. So, uh we'll see how that goes. But again, my point is typically I'm trying to throw my business card as
many entities or different organizations that are in town to make sure, hey, if there's an improvement that can be made, I know we've we've done that with uh uh some of the warehouses over on Queens Avenue, we can understand an emergency response plan for them as well as tell them to
stop engine breaking. Um so, um otherwise, local stuff or some stuff that's been happening recently. We had nice weather on Saturday. So it's interesting how the dynamic of the the call load and the different types of calls changes with just a single like I know that sounds really cliche but it's
interesting one small day we had winter winter winter and here we have you know 50 60 70 degree weather uh the call load absolutely shot through the roof there on what was it Saturday that was really nice out um the different types of calls that we had obviously you know we have the pedestrian couple pedestrian
accidents in the area bicycles getting hit um >> we Just last night, St. Michael got hit with people stealing stuff out of cars because they wander around in the middle of the night when it's nice and start pulling on car doors. So, it just restarts that whole process and the different call load comes up. So,
>> reminder to lock your car doors. >> At least lock your car doors. >> Keep your garage doors closed. >> Yeah. >> I think that's all I have. Unless you have any questions or anything else to add. >> Anyone have any questions? Well, it's going to be nice again on Wednesday.
We'll be ready. >> Thank you, sir. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> All right. If no one else has anything, then a motion to adjurnn would be in order. >> So moved. >> Second. Motion by Tina, seconded by Michelle. Is there any discussion? All those in favor signify by saying I. I.
All those opposed, same sign. The meeting has ended. Thank you all for attending.