e e e e e e e e e Mee order first qu of business the
first I to the flag of the United States of America and to for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liy and justice for all welcome everybody to our first
meeting of 2025 January 21st we have quite an exciting agenda first item is going to be swearing in of our elected officials have the newly elected stand you
swear I support of the United States support theti of the United States and the constitution of the state of Minnesota and the constitution of the state of Minnesota Faithfully discharge the duties of the
office I will Faithfully discharge the duties of the office of the Juris in the jurisdiction of to the best of my judgment and abil to the best of my judgment and ability welc
we're gonna move on to the consent agenda Congratulations by the way welcome we have a motion second to approve the consent agenda which includes December 17 2024 regular council meeting minutes our January 6th
2025 special City meeting minutes a request to approve Winterfest assembly permit a request to approve Christopher Carter to Planning and Zoning commission request to approve weight increase for cleaning staff a request to approve Rebecca leis to the library board
resolution 21 or 25-01 accepting donation to the city resolution 25-2 to approve the 2025 budget amendments and a request to approve pool manager job description and job posting any any other discussion in
otherwise i' would like to publicly thank and welcome Mr Carter to Planning and Zoning we always appreciate those in our community who are willing to step up and help with our boards and committees as everybody knows it's can be a challenge something so very excited
to have discussion counil Colton hi Vernon hi Brandy hi and David will be I passes which we will go into public input and we have two items
or two speakers on public inputs or do we have any written correspondence first no written correspondence correspondence we will have maraba like welcome to the Lector ince
yourself well welcome so most know show this is a little bit different but um in October Anson and myself from kind AG friendly and Angela cost of sson from Island high school
went to a play in TN city is called than you for holding ha gr play project and um because I had some conversations with someone that the in the project I received email saying that it is going to be streamed live next week and it's
since it's short notice I wanted to let the council know about it U mainly because this is part of you know the community becoming a Lial Community every month so this play project rather than me trying to figure out what you
say happening on their website um so that the information is based on the true stories of car series of interlocking fictional scenes that use puppetry song mement movement and humor to entertain in both
conversation and thought asking what does a community of care look like how we place value on care as a society in the middle of the night mysterious forces demand that Jonah accept a call for caregiving that he would do anything
to avoid Carol battles with the inadequacies of social service support while she tries to ensure her brother gets the best care possible Leu cares for her aging mother and complex family while dealing with the demands of being a nurse Malcolm loses himself trying to
support his mentally ill partner parents grapple with the joys and trials of caring for adult children with disabilities program staff tries to build community among people of all abilities teenage children experience
role reversals caring for sick parents middle-aged adults care for their aging parents each character is alone and unique in their experiences but United in the secret Club of being a so this is going to be streaming live
starting noon on January 26 through 7 P.M on February 2nd and there will be a zoom discussion on February second after live streaming um I have posted this on Facebook on uh
open to everybody my Facebook page how Community Lear as well as on brother top it's still waiting approve but it is on a p Comm site um and there's a link to get the email or the get the address
to be able to stream and then a zoom link is separate and it's out there on that Facebook post um also uh there is even in the live performance um they have a suggested ticket price for us I think was $10 but if you can't pay you can
still watch their their goal was to get this information that was gathered from these cariv in city's area and around them out to people so I think it's a great project it wonderful thing to experien in live and I'm hoping to do a watch party um and trying to organize a
watch party for that sometime get next week probably at the so thank you so much Miss Mary mber welcome hi my name is Mary bfer and I
own a home in Pine Island at 5354 Street souw I am here about a threatening letter I received from the city this began back in June 19th 2023 I want you to make note of the time
when I made contact for the company contracted by the city to change water leers after not hearing from them for over a month I contacted them again and on October 5th
2023 um they finally arrived examined the water meter and said they could not access it they stated they would contact the city with the information uh later that month I received a call from Todd Robertson and we set up an appoint o for November 13th
[Music] 2023 he looked at the meter said it was in proper working order but inaccessible Mr Robertson said um he would get back to me and I never heard from him however later that month I
received a call from Stephanie clington saying Todd Robertson needed to come and look at my water meter I told her he had already been there and asked if he needed to come again she stated that she was was unaware of his visit on November
13th I suggested she contact him before sending him out again and wasting the city's time and money I asked her to contact me or have Todd Robertson contact me after speaking with him neither Miss clington nor Mr Robertson
contacted me this all happened in 2023 and since 2023 I have never received a phone call an email a text or a letter about the water meter I have received a bill each month amounting to an average of
$35 which is consistent with the past and all bills were paid out um by an automatic withdrawal uh the only other contact I have had with the city um regarding this issue came on
July 7th of 2024 when I received a second letter concerning Leed pipes I called Jamie Hitchcock and told him that I had sent um the in the picture showing my water
pipes which included a shot of the water meter he told me everything was okay and to ignore the second letter I specifically asked him if there were any other issues concerning the water service at my post and he said no so I
will repeat once again since 2020 3 I have received absolutely no communication from the city of Pine Island about this water meter however on January 21st 2025 one of the coldest days in
Minnesota in three years I received a threatening letter from city clerk Stephanie pingon stating and I quote the city staff has been in contact with you regarding this issue and requested you schedule a time for the
furnace to be removed by an HVAC company at which time Public Works can change your water meter they never contacted me in over a year this is a blatant live as I stated before haven't heard
from you since 2023 in addition the letter threatens to cut off my water find me and um there are penalties it says I have violated chapter 3 Municipal Utilities 3.02
point1 subdivision 7 and I would like to read you what I am being accused of it says it is unlawful for a person to willingly carelessly break injur marred face disturb or in any way disturb with any buildings attachments Machinery I
can go on and on I have never done that it says it is on lawful for any person to make any connection with opening into use or alter in any way any Municipal utility system without having first Contact the city I have never done that
it says it is unlawful for any person to turn on or connected to a utility without contacting the city I have never done that and it says it is um unlawful for anyone to consume unmetered
utilities I have never done that I I I I just I don't even understand um as I said before you have contacted me since 2023 I look these up I have done none of
these things um as far as contacting an HP HVAC company to quote move my furnace and have it removed I would have absolutely no idea where they would move it to or
why it would need to be removed to change a water meter I have absolutely no knowledge or expertise in this area and would have no idea what to communicate to such a company the water meter I will tell you was replaced quite
a few years ago and the city sent Steve oers to change it he arrived with tools and had absolutely no problem replacing the meter other than saying it was tight quarters in addition because I was a new homeowner at that time I was extremely
worried about the fact that they at that time suggested pulling out the furnace as well and I distinctly remember the crew stating that no city inspector should have ever
approved the arrangement in that furnace room my home was built in 1982 and obviously the building including the furnace room was approved by a city building inspector now over 40 years later I am supposed to pay for a
building error approved by a licensed building inspector under the city's control I feel I was threatened with water shut off penalties and fines over actions I never committed as listed in
this letter from Stephanie Pon the city clerk what am I asking for I asking the city at their expense to contact an HVAC company and do whatever necessary to change the water meter or the other alternative is to continue to read my
meter and to collect the out of payment as it has always been done thank you Al we're going to move on to Administration which is going to be it a which is resolution 25-3 appointing Del whis to city council
[Music] vacancy motion a second any other discussion all right David will be I which will lead us to
office way up here s hiob Hi how are you mayor uh hello uh new Council I'm sorry that I'm not there I'm City attorney Bob I um have a good excuse but I won't belabor the point on that um I'll look
forward to seeing uh new council members at the next meeting mayor I just want to point out that um when you're appointing a a council member um in this uh kind of scenario it's it's useful to the public to just uh announce along with that the term of office that's being appointed
and Elizabeth and I had a little text exchange about that but maybe somebody could just uh explain that the term that's being filled by the appointment I Mr so essentially uh council member Jason Johnson
um resigned leaving a vacancy a vacancy was declared on September 18th 2024 um her State Statute 41 12.02 subdivision 2A um the vacancy could be
appointed by the city council because the vacancy occurred after the last filing for the last regular election so even though the the vacancy was declared
prior to the election the filing period had already passed and so this V or this term will be for the rest of that term which expires on the first Monday of January 2027 and then the seat will be up for
reelection in the 2026 well so I I'm going to go ahead and just welcome our new council members we have a very new Council that's sitting before the community and uh one of the challenges that I was presented with when I first
got under Council was the opportunity to listen to your community and it's a lot of times we come with ideas and suggestions that we want to share right the way but sometimes the best thing that c can do is just listening to the members of the community and I proud to say that our Council has done very well
with that and accepting feedback from the community sometimes it's hard and uh not always a popular thing that we have to do um I applaud Miss whis um she was one of them that stepped up when the
when the open seat came before us and it's a very top job so any anytime a member of the community is willing to step up and help F this very much appreciated we have a very cohesive Council we don't
always agree on everything um but that's what makes government work and one thing I will point out a lot of times people have to say it's an honor to serve um I would that say it's a privilege to serve um you're representing your community
and just be voted out so for them to UST us is a very honorable thing so um I'm moving forward this year really young so thank you everybody get ball rolling so we are going to move on to Item B which is
resolution 25-4 approving 2025 boards and committees for the year a motion and a second once again I'm going to say we've had some tremendous people stop up and willing to serve on our committees
community and that's what makes our community work so I'm very appreciative to those that are willing to do that uh we have a motion and a second Delena hon I Vernon I Brandy I David is
I first time we've had since feels really Co when you're resolution 5-05 is the accepting donation of the $ 49,98207 put into a special fund um they're put this fund 280 so that we can track these expenditures and essentially we could
save them um so each year we've uh got a donation from the relief Association and then we do track these expenses and so um we can do some for special purposes thank you Delena hi Colton hi Vernon hi BR hi
and David is I on that one we are going to be going into item D which is a public hearing for the proposed a for proposed ordinance um this is going to be an proposed amendment to an ordinance for snow
removal um I will take a motion to open the floor for public input or public comment excuse me make a motion to open the floor for public input second Motion in second open for public input d
hi hton hi Vernon hi Brandy hi and David is I who introducing this coordinance update I okay Mr Mayer um so essentially we learned a lot about our snow ordinance um in the last month and so if
you remember we had a an ice storm uh a few weeks ago and what we discovered is our uh snow ordinance was unenforceable because it said um after a snowfall and so we did not receive any snow we only received ice and so it was very
difficult we encouraged uh residents to move off the street and not park on the street however due to the fact that our ordinance specifically said snowfall and so we are proposing that we change snowfall to winter weather event also our in a separate matter uh
we received some feedback from the Sheriff's Office and our ordinance had said after a snowfall and so um we had again we had an all day weather event snow and um we have a few individuals
who are arguing some parking tickets because they were parked during the snowfall um and they um are arguing that our ordinance States after a snowfall so that technically they could park on the street while it was snowing they just can't after it is snowing and so we
staff has proposing changes um instead of after we say during or after um a thoughts from public works I agree and the verage says the street is clear correct so the
rest of the verbiage is staying the same and so it does uh can to say it's unlawful for any person to park a vehicle on any street during or after a winter weather event during which there has been any accumulation of snow ice and similar debris on any Street
and until all snow ice and similar debr has been plowed or removed from the P mayor yes sir I may just quick comment uh you can appreciate council members that uh in Minnesota this is a of discussed type of ordinance uh and
nailing down exactly when uh residents are required to do things in snow events or winter events is is sort of hard to Define in words and I this is definitely step forward in doing that I I think the key is and I just would say this for everybody in the room staff counsel and
and the public you know getting the word out about a change like this putting it on the city's website things like that um that's kind of the key um it's almost more important than how you reward it to be a little bit clearer which this does but sort of getting the word out that folks are expected not to park on uh
certain streets during during winter events even if they just lead to ice and they don't leave snow on the ground that's that's kind of the key so just my two cents on that point well I we've had this conversation many many times trying to make it fair
and uh each time we make a change people get upset and they love to go to social media and share their knowledge and wisdom um so with that being said Community needs to understand this is not being done to make it more challenging or difficult for them it is
to allow our Public Works to be able to clear the streets so that the streets are cleaned off they can treat the streets and we don't have people complaining about their cars getting hit with the bre from trucks um so like you said it's going to be getting that word out to the community so they
understand um so any members of the public here that would like to write any and on that Mr Mayor I will say that the sheriff department did work with us in three different snow event evenings
we did do um just friendly reminders with the or on a quarter sheet of paper that the sheriff department did put on vehicles that were part where they weren't supposed to so we did do three three sets of warnings for different evenings but uh we'll definitely with the change
uh ensure that we do that again in uh smil fa it says REM the portion that Miss as I just don't want there to
be we haven't had problems with that in the past and so um I think it's just to help describe the way rather than saying a right its entire well this require
it will not and so we have signs coming into town that say that we do have a winter ordinance in effect um and then it states what section of our code it is in and then um we have it on our website we do post it periodically probably once
mon 476 weeks um to social media and on the band page of our website just to try to um capture man how are you doing well SP I live here Island and I have a
couple of questions about change how much of a problem is this creating as more rules to address a few situations or is this a lot of situations where people are
making it difficult to follow I lived in St Paul for 17 years so I'm pretty familiar with how they have a very organized systematic way of removing snow by the hour 12 hours they divide it up they have Roots Ary Roots where you
can park after those are cleared they have every other day the first 12 hours of this this street the next 12 hours of that street so they do that because they have a tremendous amount of track cars people are parked on the streets
everybody has a garage uh they do a lot of on street parking so it's really probably more of a question is it really necessary to go after a lot of people and find them in the town's size um and how much of a problem is it really uh
when you say snow event do you define what that is um if during after before how many hours I mean it's it's difficult I think for people to know what to do if they have trouble their cars or they can't move their cars they don't have a place to move their cars too because you're flowering all over
the city so I think looking at it for me I would say Obviously there have been problems that have been reported and there have been issues but setting something like that it seems a little vague to me uh in
place is maybe not the most helpful way to help I get the street no that's a fair question because we we've had conversation in the past um since I've been in Council it's gone all the way from fully restricting public
parking on the city streets two it has to be a measurable amount of snow two it has to be two Ines of snow um and where Public Works was running into issu that they're out there trying to clear the streets and people were leaving their vehicles so they having to go around home owners were complained that their
street wasn't clean you know and then it ice up uh so you're right trying trying to make itable for everybody and not make it cumbersome by any means I think like with this language is reallying up yeah
it's just updating P courage really I mean with some of our street and [Music] get Road it's very hard and then also keeping it safe for don't have so um it's hard for kids to walk around
them and it creates you know drainage when it start melting then it refreezes and ice and all of so um safety issues yes and so I can see where you would think that it's you're creating new ruls but in in
the general aspect it's really justy yeah and I I love to see a sidewalk on my street for that very reason we have a lot of kids where two from school they walk down the middle of the street and all sorts of situations that are not safe so I totally agree
with that see why that's a big concern I mean if I were to say what could you do with the snow removal policy don't blow the end of my driveway and you know I there's a lot of things that people would like not to shov that out but um I just I hate to see situations where
rules are created or something that may not be as fa as as one with on the other hand I don't know how many cars areed or how many people have had to have cars removed or ticket CH so say that we're
aren't changing anything other than adding ice um to our ordinance um the main reason for the request is the safety hazard because when there was Ice our call trucks couldn't even move forward because they didn't have any traction and so we're actually very
thankful that more that no vehicles were hit by pile trucks because our pile trucks had to go backwards um they had to go in reverse through the entire city um because they couldn't get traction so they put salt down first so that they could get over it and so um the main the own the main
reason for this is for safety and so that um people's vehicles that protects their vehicles because when our P truck drivers have zero traction um they we don't we don't want them hitting people those personal vehicles so it's very essential that they're the
world and I think that's fair um I guess I would just say if you're going to change policy or change ordinance those your rules I would always say make sure that the responding to a problem is big enough that we have ground and this
situation that came up with the ice is clearly one that needs to be addressed so I don't disagree with that um I just think that people if anything that doesn't clarify more for the people in KN when to move their cars during and after is okay you know that it
um I I just wonder if it would create more problems so that's all I wanted to say on that and give you my input on it and I get a sidewalk soon absolutely anybody else [Music]
I which we will move to ordinance 177 amending the stoval ordinance ordinance 17 thank you for providing feedback hi hi hiy
hi all right we're gonna move on to Planning Commission which we have one item check the wrong box all right item e I'm sorry which is the request to approve a print release for the LIC bu given they have a much increased work
over there and they need update some equipment yes so with the license bureau taking driver license renewals you can get your real ID there in time so stop that um with these new license renewals that
seen a big boost in customers and process the printer that home um we have buy all theer and for it on us um it's getting
up there in years it's also make the terrifying noise when it prints so starting to show its age uh the city contracts with Tri-State Business Machines some other machines I believe the W treatment plant has one as well as
City Hall um we always had a great experience with them we have use machines so the toer and the um Services everything is included in that um if we leas with tri state we're also a pool
Prince the city can all department so one department has a low mon Department tool the cost of those prints um we did get another quote from Metro Sales in Rochester um little bit different device but it was their
equivalent came in a little bit higher than Tri State the tri state leas is for six months about $67 um you have pack for Canon IRC 256 256 is the old model
27 just requesting the approval of that 6 we Le for the um I think they bought their machine out at the um I'll move the so we can
help mitigate the terrifying noises was um we got a motion a second on floor for this me another discussion quick
question their cost is I we' got State our church as well they fish the toner and stuff right yep so the toner and the service yep we get a Ser the service
contract and I believe the price per sheet um for black white color cheaper that's discussion Randy I now we can move on to our Planning
Commission we have one item under here uh which was discussed at planning and zoning that's resolution 25-06 which is approving amendments to the Future land use map which is in the council packets great color scenes in there help
describe what's going on y so the city's been in talks regarding future annexation agreements Forex just identif Parcels to make potential anation easier in the future um there is no r at this time it's just
concept um it's kind of City practice to designate a future land use to any Parcels that we have plans to Annex in the future or have subject to OAS the current future land use map
that's in the fin comprehensive plan for 2024 um has a industrial area in the Northeast side of town um it currently ends at 500 Street the city is requesting to amend that to extend about
to 480th Street to the north there ones that the township and City identified to Beed anation agement um since this amendment to the future plan is part of comprehensive plan all comprehensive
plan Amendments have go through public heing zoning commission we had public hearing January 14 and the planning zoning commission appr it unanimously recommendation that members from
the city Township Board all there um we didn't receive any push back I it was just people interested that they saw their property what that was all about so it formative people walked away with a
better understanding of it so that great um So based on that recation for theion reques Council approve resolution 246 to amend that future use plan as shown in okay we got a motion on a second on this
um any other discussion [Music] they questions what do this I do the fure it's everybody no and I appreciate that our
city staff's um working working on this so much appreciated otherwise Ela Brandy is I we're going to go on to Public Works and Engineering which we have one item tonight resolution
25-7 which is reporting repeal of or Amendment to the B official M yeah thank you and welcome congraduations name yeah so the resolution in front of you tonight um would um if you're in
support it would um ask for the repeal or the amendment to the official M number one that is in the C jurisdiction so uh the official map I'll just give you a little bit of history behind it the official map was created in 20
when a North Bank interchange was being considered at that time um so this official mat just identified a future route for the realignment of County Ro 11 um and so there was there were some other
U terms to that agreement with M um but recently the city has been approached by developer to develop a portion of property the larest portion of the city and uh and this op doesn't good portion of their property so would make it
difficult for them if not impossible to develop that so we we started talking with and about options for this um that has indicated they do not have any plans to
construct a North Main interchange um those um that was done back in 2004 um but with interchange and time has passed they are not looking to
construct so good County it's it's their map they said um if we get a resolution of support from the council from the city council and also correspondents from that they're in support of repealing it then they would go through
the process and to the so um seems like um um end is in support is in support and after reviewing this and looking at you
know the unlikelihood of North staff is also supp that there are a couple recital um that I just wanted to cover um and those are the last three wees in the resolution um but um m not
just asked that we that the council acknowledge uh three items and that would be that um you know that the result of a repeal Amendment to the official map would result in PL interchange
like they're also second one from the bottom talks about that permanent closure of the north access onto Highway 52 so right now if you're head southbound 52 can into town M Street um um and it
is bar and the city before I applied for a grant to access Highway 52 from North Mell however was not
possible so um so they just wanted to acknowledge that they do have an overlay project that in 28 and at that time they want to look atan that intersection up
so construction yeah but they also said that that is possible access um and then the last one is just that um the existing about count 11
which St as as a full access so um part of the agreement if but but this is leaving that that access so just wanted to point those items out um so this is mean that we can still
address it down the line and there could be changes eventually if something were to change still or is hard in the line it is at this time it's a
hard now that is asked that agreement we don't all those for terms so that's not resolution but that is something just to there been a few [Music]
am shut that ACC on 11 down because nobody can safely exit back so I don't Main Street have to support our businesses continue growth here that I
don't see that being a viable option for you know especially industrial traffic and stuff that come back in some development down this way industrial you know like we talked about part of it North and
stuff so they still be able to get into town from 52 yeah that would say well if we amend this there's PL to shut that completely down right no it just says movement to
Northbound or southbound from 11 that would would be the same as it is now it yes it would essentially stay the same how it is Andre if I'm wrong this does not um prohibit us
from um working with minda on some sort of access north of town I know we've had loose discussions about 490th or 500th um and so this does not limit the city in um pursuing those sorts of accesses
this is just going from Tony Ro 11 to Mayor yes sir if I may just on on the point that uh your city engineer and City administrator Craig and Elizabeth are making
um um this is a nuanced point but just to give a little Comfort to council members about the resolution I mean first of all these three whereases dealing with the north uh end of town North Maine uh and 52 understand that these whereases are
just saying what the facts are these are not agreement points or commitments by the city these are facts uh about what the city has been told what city staff what Craig and Elizabeth have been told by mindat about mind's
intentions um and they're they're correct I mean these are things that mindat has expressed to Craig um and so the whereases are correct the point the council members are making is a good is a good point uh I'm not going to attempt to do the whole Elk Run history I suspect council members new council
members are are generally are are more than generally aware of the history on that there are agreements between the city and and mindat regarding that South interchange The elkrun Interchange and that's been amended a number of times the most recent amendment has a commitment in between
mindat and the city to sort of work collaboratively on considering improvements here at this North Main 52 area it's not specific about what improvements could be considered but there's a commitment there to consider
improvements we're led to understand mindat wants to address that more specifically now they want to amend that agreement to make that commitment change somehow that agreement between the parties change somehow that's not being agreed to here that this council is not making any promises about that amendment
to an existing agreement I think we understand what mot's going to seek and we're going to have to sit down with them and sort of work through the details of that but you're not should you elect to approve this resolution you're not obligating yourself to things related to
Future uh either South elkrun interchange changes or this North Main 52 area that that's yet to be decided thank you quick so a good question I have here
too to this but I know there's some of the council that have opinions that would be a good spot you know to put the interchange up that still impedes the process of this
developer not no no because that would be far and that that would be that would be too close to the the existing reservations about this because now we're limiting where we're going to put
our North bound or southbound right on that point that is indicated that a study would need to in so any any interchange request even if it's we did this stud
in4 and that was most not all that land in the middle that they could pull the lanes together and on and off ramps with roundabouts and everybody be happy got and correct corre and one other
point too on the on the official map um that does extend to the west side of I 52 where there City own property that is the form Walter property there as well so um this would remove that um That
official from that side as well so would allow for future development to incence on that [Music] property all those resolutions am we have a second we have a second any other
discussion and two I think I think this is really important to point out as well with with this going on and this project that they're discussing I I will say I appreciate mot's willingness to hear some of these
concerns we've had some conversations with them in the past may have thankfully Al some of their initial plans so that's always always been appreciated as well they're
hard that one so we have a motion a second any other discussion Council thank you Vernon Dela hi Colton hi Mandy hi and David willby
hi thank you uh we're GNA move into legal Bob do you have anything to add I don't other than just Craig did a better job than me of introducing himself again Bob Vose Kennedy engraven Law Firm I think I've been the City attorney since
04 I want to say um so a long time and I look forward to meeting you all in person and mayor I don't you know I've been doing some work uh I usually take this time to just report on any high points of any legal work I've been doing for the city I am now communicating a bit as our other staff members about the
project that you were just talking about uh communicating with developers legal and you know I'll have further input on that uh as we move forward thank sir all right counc let's go to
motion we have a second Motion in a second Elena Colton hi Vernon hi Brandy hi David is which brings us into Department updates which earlier I was
going to share with our community um I know sometimes staff doesn't always want to be in the L life but this is not to do that with our staff depart
administrator get some her updates um you know often times Community looks at the negatives that go on and they Overlook the positives that are accomplished and one of those things
that was very very positive was uh oh my goodness few weeks ago um fin was able to hostly Minnesota City's um one of their tours we were one of the T and as myself Elizabeth was there
Sten yeah who was there just us two was about five other yeah we a number of communities in BR was there and um Le Minesota representatives and one of the things that was really
exciting was we were able to do a highlight of what the community is doing one one of those was staff attention um a number of cities are struggling with change and very frequently where people
are leaving and it was noticed that pen has a very good retention of their staff and they want to and so it allow P to be able to share some of our successes and one of those things was what our city administrator implemented and I remember when was
first implemented or introduced to the city council we all kind of s sat with like what's going on is this and one of those things for those are here um Elizabeth wanted to get out and really get the city staff to interact another
some work sessions and it was in a high for remember the cities that were there that they just Perle how we can do it why we do that of course they were all saying we to do that but we were able to share
some of the successes out of that and having staff have open dialog with our city administrator um Elizabeth has been able to go out she took a driving CL fire truck which was fun so she's able to take EV training
with the fire department she's been down to Public Works she's been to the library um to the business or the license being able to see what staff are doing because um we talked to a number of the city administrator they sit in their office and they would tell people to come see them and it's not a
welcoming man do that and so uh lo and behold Prim Island was highlighted throughout the state here I league in V City so congratulations staff and Elizabeth for doing that we look forward to
continuing supporting our city staff and that's one thing I'm I'm so proud of with this city you see a number of cities struggle with their their staff and I'm so proud that this Council supports our sta look for continuing with so thank you with that being said
Elizabeth you're up everything thank you Mr rate it um I I say it almost every month but we have fantastic staffel New
Year is New Year I'm Rachel gr library in here town I've been with the library for nine years so that's really hard to believe but there you go uh big news uh is that we've got our board is finally full again so thank
you for approving more joining our our group we've got a new catalog coming um Soo is our Regional Library and they are getting a new it's called just based the new card catalog computers and so we're
all we're all taking training starting this week I have my train tomorrow on how that's all going to work so we basically have to migrate all of our data actually celo has to migrate all of our data and so we've been doing a lot of clean up and a lot of work with that
so very exciting to see what new cataloges otherwise um one t one title is what I'm thinking of right now we do a community read every year this year we're doing the book the seat keeper by
May Wilson unfortunately I have not received those books yet they the back order so I'm hoping they're here Saturday for Winter Fest I'm not holding my breath at this point but I'm hoping I've got another vendor working on this
for me so figures are cressed um we get about 100 books we distribute them throughout the community Through the month of February our book club talks about it um and then we've got programming that goes along with that this year our programming is um the seat
keeper is the Poke about basically Finding Your Roots it's um a Native American woman was adopted or put in the foster care system as a teenager and throughout the book she kind of becomes goes back to her native roots goes back
to the house where she grew up with her father and kind of rediscovers her ancestors and so we've got a lot of Native American um program and to go with that uh Chris Deets with the Historical Society here in town is going
to be doing a program on the 13th on pre Colonial P Island so basically the prehistory of our area so I'm really looking forward to that and on the 20th uh we've got our representa from the lower sup agency which is a Minnesota
historical site um just to the west of Us coming to talk about the Dakota War because that's also mentioned in the book it is one of those little historical plot points in the book um both of those are going to be at the History Center at 6:30 in the evening
these are all Thursday night programs so Chris is on the 13th luris Su agency is on the 20th and then on the 27th our author is Coming to Town ban Wilson is uh lives in it's north of Still Water along the
the border of the state um and she will be here at 6:30 at the unit Church um and she's going to be I've heard really good things about her presentations so I've got people asking me from other parts of V County already
that heard about her through the bast Gardener program that um when is she coming when is she coming so I'm really excited to have a whole house for that again 6:30 um the association with that we also have U the Minnesota Humanities Council has an
exhibit called by treat M it is a 30 poster exhibit that we have U been granted that will also be at the Methodist Church um that should be here all week that week so I believe that'll be installed on Monday open Tuesday and they'll be taking it back the following
Monday um think that's March 1st so lots going on um hopefully we'll have a couple more things regarding seeds but if not I think we'll be very well educated with our native um neighbors so really looking forward to all of that [Music]
I have any question for me this is I heard some very positive things about that program so yeah I'll be getting out all of our publicity for that this week and we're hoping to give out bols that wi us
if that we'll at least have uh an Swanson has volunteered to help me um give out stuff um but yeah we'll have our flyers and other information than you public works like to set up a date guys a
little tour of our facilities you later Eda yep thanks Mr Mayor I I don't have anything to add other than what's in my report but I did want to introduce myself I'm Mitch Mossman the Eda director I know there's a couple new council members who want to introduce
myself to you uh but I will be there in person next month and uh we'll looking forward to working with you thank you fire department here busy month busy month
um and yeah before we before we adjourn here once again thank you for those that are steing up here tonight so I appreciate that very much you're welcome to Planning and Zoning um with that being said [Music]
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your I take motion [Music] toy thank you everybody