##VIDEO ID:IubF1gYCGnY## up m's on mik's off on wax on wax off I'm ready no wax um I'd like to call the regular city council meeting to order for January 27th uh 2025 it's uh 6 o' uh please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liy and justice for all uh good evening I just like to re say the the council protocol uh this the city council members are here to serve the city of peers we expect uh we expect respectful conduct at all times slander or inappropriate language and not be tolerated please speak only when addressed one person at a time each speaker has a 5 minute time limit thank you for your cooperation uh first I would like to uh get approval of the minutes for a regular city council meeting for January 13th uh 2025 I'll make the motion Donnie makes the motion second I Gary second's motion all in favor say I I I opposed uh motion carried uh next I'd like to get an approval for the agenda for tonight and the one thing I think we need to take off is the oath of treasurer for k she is not here this evening so we can take that off um I don't know if anybody else has anything to add to it good okay if I can get a motion to approve the agenda less the oath of for treasurer I'll make the motion to approve the agenda minus the old for the treasurer okay D makes the motion I'll second it Lynn seconds it all in favor say I I opposed um motion carried for that uh next thing we have uh is planning and zoning and I think Donnie or are you here to I will do that okay so we have a sign for Tony's Tavern right here on Main Street um the sign is basically The Identical sign that was up there um it's already up and hanging it looks wonderful and planning and zoning was unanimous that it should be passed great so if I could get a motion uh for that I'll make that motion okay D makes the motion if I get a second I'll second that I Gary second the motion I'll in say I I opposed now motion carried for the for Tony Meyer for her new sign by Tony's Tavern uh next we have uh we just had a workshop um talking about the uh employees uh for the golf course this year and Lynn actually could you cover that really quick so people could kind of hear what we discussed okay thank you we brought to the workshop um as the park board Gary and I um that we would like to create a third position as a team lead um to help with the rotation of Supervisors and to try to have more consistent staff um Etc and it sounds like um the council was kind of an approval with um in agreement with that so that's the plan we'd like to move forward with great okay so that was kind of what we did for our Workshop today so the next thing we would have on the agenda is a Paya number seven and that's a request from uh Jared if you could come up and talk please good just a h do uh good evening Mr Mayor members of council um as shown in your packet agenda here tonight is we're looking for approval your consideration to approve um pay app number seven for our street project this last year um essentially what's on here is just the lights that were installed throughout the month of December um there are still some removals that need to be done especially in the alternate portion there's uh all those sign sorry all those light poles that were existing need to be taken down um but all the the new proposed street lights are all up and and and running so um going through the pay app here work certified to date is 1,991 53731 the amount requested on pay app number 7 is $14,290 95% of the project complete so far um so with that I'd be open to any questions you may have on the project on the lights on the pay up kind of anything in general but no Sarah good Laura do you have anything at all any questions okay all right well then if if none then we'll be looking for your consideration to approve payout number seven tonight okay if I could get a a motion for approval of pay up number 7 for $1 14,27 34 make that motion Gary makes a motion if I get a second I'll second it Gary seconds the motion all in favor say I I oppos a motion carried Jared for $140,000 14, 275,000 30 and 34 Cent sorry about that payoff number seven a mouth full there sorry all right well thank you yeah you thank you um then the next thing on the agenda is a exempt permit for the peers youth youth fast pitch uh for frosties for 61425 if I could get a motion for that approval I'll make that motion Aly makes the motion I'll second sir second a motion all in favor say I I opposed uh motion carried for the exemp permit for youth fast pitch for frosties uh the next thing we have on our agenda is a uh a solar contract approval what it is it's a uniform contract for the cogeneration and small power production facilities I believe uh for one of our residents uh in peers um if anybody has any comments or would like to say anything about that everybody's okay with it so then I would just need approval of that uh contract motion for that I'll make the motion D makes a motion I'll second it Gary seconds a motion all in favor of the solar cont contract approval say I I I opposed uh motion uh carried uh next item we have uh in in our budget is a donation request for Freedom Fest um it's for $1,000 and um so just kind of to refresh everybody um we looked at our budget uh for 2025 as far as our donation budget uh went and because we are looking to um invest in some additional equipment for the opening of the golf course uh this year we felt on the budget committee that other than we budgeted in some money for uh for Freedom Fest for the donation uh just because of how active they are in the community and what they bring bring to the community so are they're requesting $1,000 and that's what we have uh we budget that that in for a budget for uh uh uh 2025 um and uh so if I could get a motion to approve that I'll make that motion I Gary makes a motion if I could get a second I'll second there a second a motion all in favor say I opposed a motion carried for $1,000 donation to the freedom Fest uh Laura I got a question on that really quick I can't remember in the past but do they give us a couple of free tickets or something for that it did look like it we would be a level six sponsor so it looked like two VIP tickets for both days and two general admission okay so I I believe and I could be I think I'm right but in the past we've given them to either give them to certain people or something or I don't know how a drawing did we have a drawing cuz that's what I was I don't think we had one last year I don't know I think I think somehow we we did that yes well I hope so but anyway what I'd like to suggest is that we do have a drawing so I would I'd like to have you put out when it comes time to put out an email to everybody and that includes the council members too uh since we are employees of the city I think the council members should be able to uh uh put in for the tickets I have a drawing so we have a two you draw two people one for the VIPs two tickets and then the two tickets for the general admission right there's four and it does look like there'll be another four two general admission for Friday and four general admission for Saturday okay so we yeah I eight tickets total yeah so do the two for Friday then whatever for Saturday don't give them all for Friday and Saturday split them up and then if you could do that that'd be great yes okay are you guys okay with that AB I think I think everybody should have a shot at them okay uh next is um our uh City administrator update I do not have much to update other than um completed the year end tasks including the 1099s and W2s the quarterly and annually reports um the other part was I do have a request to attend the safety and loss control Workshop that's put on by the league of Minnesota cities it's $20 at the Rivers's Edge Convention Center it is an all day event in April yeah and I don't think we need to I don't think we need to vote on that you guys I mean that's a good thing that you do the continue education so um is that it thank you do you guys anybody got any questions for not you guys are good um so the next thing are uh is the council uh the council updates and um I just got a couple of things I'd like to touch on real quick um for we were talking about the budgets earlier that Sarah helped with actually was you Sarah K and then Laura and myself we were in them and uh we talked talked about and I know where audit is coming up we talked about uh creating an emergency fund which we talked about like we've been talking about it for two years now and we're not we're not getting anywhere with it and I think that is really vital to uh to a city of peers to have an emergency fund um and I know remember that sir we did talk about it and we also talked about putting some money uh start putting some money back in the roads dedicated fund uh our goal is to uh put get enough money in the dedicated funds there we can start paying off uh the street project maybe start paying it off early if we can when the time comes I know we can for a little while Jared but it gives us a little time to build up so what I'd like to do I asked Laura to look into it and see how what we actually have you know after we give all dish out all the money to the dedicated fund suit we have left over and then um I think we should have a workshop if that's okay with you guys and we can discuss maybe in a moment or how we should go about it if that's okay and we also talk about the road road funds the dedicated and then um I know Donnie had brought up to me about having her meetings at six o'clock how it's really tough for the permitting people to get their their jobs done so I guess I'd like to re look at that I mean I'll let Donnie take the lead on that unless you don't have a problem with it or is it worth a discussion or isn't it well once we get into the summer it's going to be really tough to have Planning and Zoning do all their stuff before and cuz some of the planning zoning still has jobs and they won't make Planning and Zoning meetings because of it so we're going to have to try to do something different right so we kind of have two options we kind of have either move it back to 7 or have a separate night for a workshop you know because the workshop I mean tonight was an exception to the rule nor and we we could have put more little more stuff on there but we were worried that we're going to run into our meeting we tried putting it in between the the permitting you guys on permitting and then our meeting tonight but um so those are I see are only two Alternatives either to move it back to 7 or to have a separate night for the workshop and I know it's tough for Laura she's got I mean she she's dedicated enough to what she's doing and did just throw another night in for her and I guess for the rest of us too so um anyway food for thought but are you guys okay with having doing another Workshop I mean it didn't like we have to do it tomorrow or anything there's no huge hurry for it but um I think we should okay you do it ly good thank you um and then we also have we also have um that other thing we oh yeah the other thing we were talking about too yeah uh paying for the uh revisiting how the boards uh the boards are board members are pay yeah how the board members are paid so I'd be that's three thing that's enough to do it right there with what we got um so I don't know what looks good for you guys how you want to do it but um do we have to I guess we could decide should we look at Avenues and then just talk about it then and decide I know this is kind ofly throwing it on but maybe are you looking at your schedule already Lyn she I got it pull out just looking to see what the dates are um either that or we could throw a few dates out and then uh decide on their next our next meeting in two weeks should do that then it gives me a chance to look at my calendar too I guess I'm not quite as up on it as Lynn is but um so so that I guess that's all I had to talk about but any anybody else have anything to say then I'll make the motion to adjourn at 6:15 p.m. Donnie Mi a motion to adjourn I'll second s a second a motion all in favor say I I I I NES good deal