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ready all right you're good to go follow the meeting to order first order of business will be the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one
nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all here we go like to welcome everybody to our final meeting of 2024 and we will go to the consent agenda
there's a few items on here first item is going to be November 19 2024 regular council meeting minutes our December 3rd Council Workshop minutes a request to approve Rachel's successful completion
of probation resolution 2458 to accept pineal and fire department relief Association donation of a skid pack request to approve Casey sather as deputy chief for the fire department in resolution 2459 renewing the business license for S Boutique have your motion
to approve I'll move the consent agenda I'll second we have a motion and a second to accept the consent agenda any other discussion otherwise Vernon I Brandy I Mike I and David will be I
moving on to public input we had one letter submitted from the United Methodist Church everybody was able to look at that any other written correspondence no other written correspondence Mr Mayor right let's move to Administration
we have quite the list tonight our first item item a will be the truth and Taxation public hearing anybody I'll take a motion to open the public hearing I'll move to open the public hearing I'll second motion a second to open the public
hearing Vernon hi Brandy hi Mike hi David is I who had the motion on the second again you any want to get a second one I made the motion Brandy second thank you sorry about that
we good okay welcome to tonight's uh truth and Taxation presentation so tonight I'll be reviewing a few things uh so first I'll explain what the difference between a levy and budget versus home valuations so the levy is
the amount of taxes that the city is collecting the budget is the amount of money the city is planning to spend and property valuations is the estimated market value the county classifies your property so all three of these are tied together when it comes to discussing
property taxes uh because it is based off of your properties valuation we determine the levy by what council sets the budget at and the amount of money that we're going to spend so there's two major requirements uh by law so counties must send out the
proposed property tax statements in November so everyone who lives with uh anywhere actually would get them from their County and then um those are broken down by the different taxing districts and then most taxing jurisdictions hold a public hearing Like
We Are Tonight uh and that is due by December 31st so most entities do them in the month of December so this would be the city the County held theirs today I believe uh the school district all taxing authorities would do
so so there's certain information that the city is required to present information on so that's the 2025 budget the 2024 proposed property tax levy um which is collectible in 2025 and so we must discuss uh the percentage increase over the prior year and the purposes and
reasons for which taxes are being increased if they are so for the budgets um we have 27 different funds here in the city and so we have one general fund we talk about that quite a bit U most of the money flows through our general fund we have
eight special Revenue funds we have seven Debt Service funds uh six capital projects and Improvement funds and five Enterprise funds so the general fund like I said this is the account that most money flows through uh its functions like
General government public safety Public Works Economic Development and so this includes everything from salaries the benefits supplies Insurance utilities anything that involves the day-to-day operations of the government special Revenue funds these
are funds that are created for specific purpose for instance the library is a a special fund and that's because we receive money uh different funding sources for the library it's spent for uh very specific purpose like the river
monitors uh revolving loans things like that Debt Service funds so these are accounts that the city creates every time we take on debt we create a new Debt Service fund and that's so we can track the payments for that specific
debt and so you can think of it like a loan we essentially create a new account for every loan um that the city has so we can manage our uh Bond payments through those funds capital projects and improvements this would be something like a street
project we create a capital project fund and so we can uh send all the money through that fund while we're doing a project so for a street project we can keep track of the exact dollars uh once that project is completed those funds
would be closed out so when we talk at Council that we're closing out a project uh that's when we're closing out these funds and then Enterprise funds these are things like our water account sewer account ever Place uh deputy registar
and Cemetery these are funds that are essentially they run like a business and so they have their own cash flow operations so they do not flow through the general fund uh they run through fees um rather than Levy
dollars so our general fund Revenue by Source um I know it's a little small on the screen but essentially the big blue portion is property taxes so the city is funded the majority from property taxes our second highest income source is uh
federal and state aid and so that would be we talk about LGA um and then after that' be charges for services uh the reason the charges for services is so high is because a lot of that is our building inspection costs uh get looped into that charges for
services other ways that the city has revenue is um from uh some fines Specialists that assessments and then transfers in what those transfers in are there's certain things that we transfer into the general fund from Enterprise
funds for instance um Stephanie does a lot of uh things for water and sewers and so actually a portion of um her salary is paid from from water sewers so we transfer that money out of an Enterprise fund into the general
fund so this is essentially the same only by expenditures broken down by the different accounts so most of our uh cash flow runs through General and administration so that'd be like City Hall uh Eda and then uh you can see
streets is actually the highest and so all of our uh general maintenance our Street Maintenance uh any year to year that we do uh maintenance for our streets and then you can see we have a separate line item for police and
fire and then again you see the transfers out and those are transfers that are going out of the general fund into maybe Enterprise funds um and then also into some of the other special funds like our debt service and our bond payments so uh schedule of how we
prepare the budget and the levy is early July department heads start meeting with uh me to go over their 2024 budgets and then start looking at requests for 2025 and what projects we need to get done and July through September uh we meet
with city council and the budget committee and we approve the proposed Levy amount that's always done at the September meeting and then late November is when the county sends out the proposed property tax statements we'll usually
meet again and discuss the budget uh council did so at the work session a few weeks ago and then we have our public hearing and uh we certify the final Levy amount in December so just to look at where we
were previous to last year so last year our Levy amount was $3,833 519 this year the proposal is $4,475 this is a
5.57% increase from last year uh this is the exact amount that we saw in the preliminary uh Levy back in September so meeting with Council we didn't feel that there is anything that should be that could be cut from the final budget and so that dollar amount was left the
same so if you see look at the debt service line our debt service actually went down a little bit those are because when we take on debt Bond payments are scheduled and so we pay them on a schedule and typically you pay have high payments and as time goes on those
payments go down so that is why we're seeing a uh a decrease in The Debt Service so reasons for the increase would be implementation of the wage study that we passed last year so all staff is getting a step increase plus
the 3% coaf we had a $882,000 increase in our good Hugh County Sheriff's Office contract uh the Zoda area ambulance and EMS had a $2.50 increase per capita uh and then like I stated on the
last slide we did have a decrease in The Debt Service uh from last year again I know this is small but this kind of has a historical um aspect of looking at our tax levies so you can see um over the last 15 years
the city has seen um mostly either staying the same or increases there's one year where we have had a decrease back in 2013 and so just with the last few years this year we're looking at a 5.57% increase again last year we had a 99.92% increase the year before that a 12.94%
increase so that trend is going down uh a big part of our tax levy is how much are we growing uh how much of our tax capacity are we adding and so here is our new construction permit history usually we are around the mid
teens um um it dipped in 2023 that was for most cities so that isn't Pine Island in particular if you remember that's when interest rates uh went up drastically and now we've seen new home permits pick back up with um being in
the High Teens again for 2024 so looking at other surrounding communities uh we are one of the lowest uh Byron has a 2.49% increase and Canon Falls has 4.32% % otherwise all their surrounding cities
are higher than us um the average of these compared cities their average increase is 7.02% um the league of Minnesota cities sent out communication that the average for all Minnesota cities in Minnesota is 8.40% so we are below the state average
for what our Levy increase is looking for this year and so what this means how this is applied to your home valuation uh so the county sets the home valuation the city does not have um authority to
set that and so when people get their property tax statements um and their taxes go up it's one of two reasons their valuation could have gone up or the taxing districts any of the five taxing districts um in Pine Island would have gone up and so what this means is
last year we had a tax rate of 80.2% this year we're looking at uh increase rate of 81.5 6% and so what that means is a $100,000 a home that's valued at $100,000 um last year paid
about 576 in city taxes and so with that increase that's increasing to $585 in 2024 so it's an increase of about $9 per $100,000 valuation so with that we can open up we open up the public hearing if there's any questions I'm more than happy to
answer any questions to the area house um in 2023 and blown away when taxes are
now and um only a 1900 squ home and not a very big lot and guess I didn't realize that said County C really we lived for 50 years in St
County and I will it keep going up my [Music] neighbor so it's kind of twofold and I'm more than happy to meet with you oneon-one too I do that with a lot of residents yeah and I can definitely
explain that because it it's twofold because one depends on your home valuation so if your home valuation went up um that that would have an impact and that would be through Olstead County but then there's also five taxing districts
um on that that would um depending on each district on whether their taxes were going up or or see a decrease so I'm more than happy to meet with you and kind of talk through that to help you understand that if that would be helpful
okay yeah it also a brand new home that difference to and I understand yeah it's just so I can get my w my head around definitely and I realized when we first
tax minimal year so typically what we see in new builds is people look at the tax statement from the bare land and they see what the taxes were and then the new home is built and once that's valued then the new taxes are based on that
home's valuation so yeah yeah if if you want to call City Hall um anytime I can schedule time to meet with you so if that works for you yeah I mean if you I'm more than happy to answer any generic questions
tonight otherwise um yeah yeah you're very welcome um my card is right up on the table if you grab it and feel free to give me a call I'm more than happy to go through that and you can bring your tax statement in any other questions I can answer for
you okay well our [Laughter] over yeah yeah there is a difference okay see we didn't know that when we were looking now I'm here to help our
one the students built and it's nice awesome yeah very welcome anybody else as if not do we have any correspondence or anything from public on I have not uh the only feedback I
heard this year were from a few local businesses that um their valuations were increased which resulted in a pretty dramatic uh property tax increase so it was just explaining to them about property valuations so and that was the
only feedback I got as well was from businesses and um if not I will take a motion to close the public hearing second a motion in a second to close public hearing
uh Vernon hi Randy hi Mike hi and David is I thank you for bringing your questions for absolutely well welcome we're glad to have you all right Council we'll move to resolution 2460
which is adopting the 2025 final budget I'll move resolution 2460 adopting the final 2025 budget a second have a motion in a second any other discussion otherwise I'd like to thank uh City staff for their work on
this and for their patience working with Council through this and um sincere thank you to our department heads for their work on uh getting this ready for this next year um Vernon hi Randy hi
Mike hi and David is I which will lead us to resolution 2461 which is certifying the 2025 final Levy numbers I'll move resolution 2461 certifying the 2025 final Levy second we have a motion and a
second on the levy numbers any other discussion otherwise Vernon hi Randy hi Mike hi David is I we move to our cannabis discussion ordinance 173 cannabis
businesses who's taking this one you're get sick of hearing me by the end of the night uh this is essentially our second reading of our cannabis ordinance and so we uh first propos this to council at our November city council meeting at our
workshop on December 3rd we discussed the various buffers that Council would like to impose and so we have those agreed upon buffers listed in uh this ordinance so to break it down the buffers that city council could
choose to set are up to a, feet surrounding schools and up to 500 feet surrounding Park features daycares and residential treatment facilities at the work session on December 3rd Council agreed um they wanted staff to input 500
feet buffer zone around schools and 500 ft around Park features daycares and residential treatment facilities this was brought to Planning and Zoning uh a week ago for a public hearing Planning and Zoning
did uh are recommending the ordinance and the land use which I will get to next however they are recommending with a thousand foot buffer around schools and the 500 foot buffer around Park
features um residential treatment and facilities and dayc carees so I had a very good conversation with Pastor think from the Methodist church yesterday and uh he just wanted me to pass on a reminder to council you know
when we did make the consideration on uh this ordinance that we are looking out for the best interest of the community um you know and looking at the boundaries and what the state's recommending and there's a good conversation just explaining that you
know the state passed this without very with very little guidance to communities throughout Minnesota and the countless hours that we've been left trying to figure this out and the likelihood that things are going to change again so um it was a very good conversation and and just
trying to explain some of the things that we've had to discuss and look at and um so I I told and i' pass that on to council and and uh here we are so it is an ordinance
um we are looking for approval on this unless there's any other questions or discussions we want to have I'll move approval for ordinance 173 for the Cannabis bus I'll second we have a motion in a
second on four for ordinance 173 do we have any other discussion Mr Mayor uh can I just clarify that that is as written in the packet with the 500 foot feet Yes and again I'm gonna say thank you
staff for the work on this as well it's we've had many many many conversations around this so anything else otherwise Vernon hi Randy hi Mike hi David is I you too Bob
thank you for your help all right we're going to move on to resolution 2462 which is a summary publication of ordinance 173 which I believe this is going to be going in the old newspaper correct so for an ordinance to be in
effect we need to publish it in the newspaper ordinances can be very lengthy and that would be very costly to the city so we can pass a resolution authorizing a summary publication that uh lists what the ordinance is about and where uh any residents can
find the full ordinance for them to review we'll have it a paper copy at City Hall in the library and then we'll also have it online I'll move resolution 2462 for summary publication of ordinance 173 second have a motion and a second
any discussion your way Vernon hi Brandy hi Mike hi David is I which will bring us to ordinance 174 zoning amendments so with our cannabis
ordinance uh we are asking Council to add uh in our zoning so we need to add in the various cannabis licenses so there are 13 different types of cannabis business licenses and so although uh
what we just voted on regular Ates the retail there are 12 other business licenses that could come to uh the city of Pine Island and so we did work with one of attorney vos's Associates on what we're seeing where cities are putting uh
various licenses and what zoning districts and so uh that is before you this evening there are certain things that we thought about um for instance uh in certain zones we wanted someone to be able to
have cultivation manufacturing and Retail and so like that could be found in light industrial and so uh individuals who are applying and obtaining different kinds of cannabis licenses will be able to have those
operations in one location we try to be thoughtful when placing these and just to be clear the um the or the ordinance the way it's written up that we asked for the one in one business retail business is only
applicable for the 12,500 people correct right yes and so you could have multiple you know manufacturing or whatever correct so yes the limitation is only on the retail y mayor just to State what I suspect is
obvious to all the council members you know this law I have no comment about the policy that the state wants to pursue here getting into cannabis or not but but there are some elements of the law that quite clearly could have been thought through a little bit U better one of the complaints that I'm hearing
from a lot of City officials and all of us in our firm are hearing from a lot of City officials is this breaking up of the industry into this many different discreet little categories just isn't the way business works and this is I mean we've broken up what is not that
complicated of a business into what 13 categories of of elements that go into production of cannabis I it's it's not that complicated so but it is what it is and so you have to find a place where all 13 of these elements of the business
and so that's that's the uh that's the lift that staff was going through here is figuring out where a cannabis transporter as though that's somehow separate from you know cannabis wholesaler or cannabis grower I mean these are all part of the same thing so but where where is that business going
to be located and where is that permissible so St Paul will figure out a way there you go thanks Bob um I'll move ordinance 174 for zoning Amendment second we have a motion a
second any other discussion Council no otherwise Vernon I Randy hi Mike hi and David is I which will bring us to resolution ution 2463 which is a summary
publication of ordinance 174 trying to abbreviate this for the paper uh yeah I'll move resolution 2463 for summary publication of ordinance 174 I'll second that motion in a
second Mr Grims rud will have a lot to print so we got Vernon hi Brandy hi Mike hi David is I which brings us to another discussion we had at the work session which is ordinance 175 public
smoking so when cannabis was first passed by the state legislature uh we realized we don't have any sort of public smoking uh ordinance on the books and so uh as Council wanted they wanted to
limit um smoking any substance in public parks and recreational facilities as well near entrances and exits of public places I believe we talked at the last meeting uh attorney Vos um brought up the point
that this is smoking and so there are a lot of ways individuals can consume uh cannabis and other substances and so this would be to smoking only I'll move ordinance 175 for public smoking I'll second a motion and second
any other discussion just to reassure to the public as well this was something that was brought to the council and we ended up having to have a discussion to try to make some regulations without being overbearing so um it was a long
discussion but good discussion so Vernon hi Brandy hi Mike hi and David will be I again resolution 24 64 which is a summary publication of this ordinance
move a second Motion in a second bernon hi Brandy hi Mike hi David isai jumping out of marijuana to resolution 2449 which is approving Road vacation of Township Road
M so the city held a public hearing at our November city council meeting to vacate uh Township Road M which is now White Pines Drive Southeast however the portion that we are vacating is where uh
White Pines Drive Southeast used to be located with the inter change project it was moved East but the right of way uh was never vacated and so there we are requesting that we vacate where there no longer is a road um I'll move resolution
2449 for the road vacation a second motion and a second any other [Music] discussion Vernon hi Brandy hi Mike hi and David is I like getting things
wrapped up which is good resolution 2465 which is approving an orderly annexation between city of Pine and New Haven Township this is a little bit of a continuation discussion from last month so this is a joint resolution with New Haven Township like the mayor just
stated and so back in 2019 the city council adopted ordinance number 141 which annexed the parcel in question and uh essentially that was never then processed and so it was never brought to the state and the office of
administrative hearings and so as we're doing some cleanup of old paperwork uh we reached out to the office of administrative hearings to see what the best way to process this old anation was and they stated that we should bring the joint resolution to both the city
council and uh New Haven Town board New Haven Town board did approve this last week at their Township meeting and so now it's before city council uh this parcel is now a state-owned um facility and so there are no property quest uh
taxes in question resolution 2465 approving annexation between the city of Pine Island and New Haven second mayor yes sir and Council and and I guess I direct this to Elizabeth since he worked at the
state um uh so we do give notice of this and you've got the notice included here um do we do we want to just open up the any public comment yeah we should should we offer the ability to give public comment before the council takes the
vote we're just switching l and a correct basically no l is a separate annexation okay so we'll open up um it's not literally hearing but if you want to just invite anybody that has a comment and not clear to me that anybody here is intending to comment but if
anybody wants to comment you could let them do that I'll take a motion to open up for public hearing I'll make a motion to open public hearing a second a second Vernon hi Bry Mike hi David will be I
anybody from the public that wants to comment on this um item anybody we'll close public hearing second motion a second Vernon I
Randy I Mike I and David will be I which will allow us then to do resolution 2465 I'll move 2465 second have a motion on a second by Mike and Vernon and
get you just voted yet we already had a motion on that we had a previous motion on that resolution though yeah just hadn't voted sorry about that stuffing along a little bit well double duty were making a
job all right Vernon hi Randy hi Mike and David is I we're good to jump to L correct okay um we're going to take a motion for a public hearing for the annexation on
176 not what we just did this a different one this is a separate annexation okay I'll move to open for public hearing second motion a second got it Vernon hi Brandy hi Mike hi and David is
I are you taking this one Elizabeth yes so on October 24th the city received a petition to Annex a property at 178 Street Southwest uh I did attend the November New Haven Town board meeting to alert
them of the petition uh there was no objections from the New Haven Town board and in fact they supported it this property was completely surrounded by city limits and so it was essentially an island of Township uh land we did briefly talk about this at our last
council meeting uh because this was the individual who we entered into an agreement with so they could hook up to City Utilities prior to the annexation but now we have given proper notice and we uh mailed the notices for the public
hearing this evening for the annexation anybody here from the neighborhood or the community wanting to comment on the old Stitch see and none will close public hearing
so second motion is second Vernon hi Brandy hi Mike hi and David is I and we will go to ordinance 176 which is approving that annexation of land in New Haven Township I'll move ordinance
176 approving the annexation second have a motion in a second I do have one comment Mr Mayor um on Section six of the ordinance we have changed the language from the city requests that the property be zoned R1 to the city hereby zones the property is
R1 okay did we vote not yet okay Vernon I Randy hi Mike and David will be I there's a lot of resolutions tonight um we are going to jump to resolution
2466 The minda Limited use permit right along tonight uh so we just approved a similar resolution just a um few months ago but anytime the city has Trail a trail
within mot right away they do require the city enter into a limited use permit with them for that trail to be in their right of way this is property located um or this is a trail located with a Mot right away Along County Road
five I'll move resolution 2466 second have a motion in a second any other discussion otherwise Vernon hi Brandy hi Mike hi and David will be
I there's 66 we're good to keep going jumping to resolution 2467 which is approving the new liquor license for aave text mix the old rainbow building they got all their paperwork in order
correct I'll move resolution 2467 I'll second have some good breakast um May yes sir uh just to staff do we need I see there was a note about make the uh approval conditioned upon
Certificate of Insurance compensation work work comp and the application fee is that still true or is that all so we are still just waiting on payment we have received uh their Certificate of Insurance and their workman's compensation so so I would ask a condition that
receive payment I'll move I'll amend my motion to approve resolution 2467 pending payment the license Motion in second y okay yep um any other discussion thank you b y Vernon hi
Brandy hi Mike hi and David is I um we are gonna be jump to resolution 2468 which is setting our 2025 City fee schedule um we had this discussion at the workshop getting things in line so
they're ready to go in January yes so the only changes that we're seeing to the fee schedule in 2025 is the adoption of the Cannabis business registration fees uh along with that uh city council had asked to do a new
tiered approach to animal infractions and so this is included in the 2025 fee schedule and then also some slight changes to the Aquatic Center rates next year with Council requesting that uh ages 70 plus you get to use the pool uh
free of charge and that they can pick up their their um essentially Pool Pass from City Hall and so um I believe it was City council's intention to continue to work with the age friendly Community absolutely certainly was there
is I'll I'll also add that our utility rates increased um as they increase by an amount each year I'll move resolution 2468 second motion a second any other discussion that's some good conversation
at the work session that was nice um bernon hi Brandy hi Mike and David is I uh we are going to jump to resolution 2469 which is a summary publication of ordinance 172 I'll move 24 resolution
2469 no second Motion in a second any other discussion on that no and that will be in the newspaper for the public um Vernon hi Brandy hi Mike hi and David is
i q a request to approve the Evergreen Place expenses it's last time we're going to do this right so the dishwasher at Evergreen Place uh is no longer operational due to State Standards it has the water has to
um reach above 180 degrees to sanitize any dishes and so uh although the city contracts out to run the facility uh we do pay for all the physical aspects of Evergreen Place speaking with the
director uh there are multiple options the city could do so it's the booster that's out in the dishwasher so we could replace the booster that would be approximately $3,000 uh plus the install a new dishwasher would be5 to $20,000 which we
would need to obtain quotes or what Pine Haven facility does is they rent a dishwasher from eolab and so it's $500 for the install and then $187 per month for rental fee if anything goes wrong they'll f fix it um based on that rental
fee uh my recommendation would be to either replace the booster for $3,000 or um look at installing the dishwasher and renting it from eolab so our commitment to that rental
contract is is it month to month no when there's a sale I'm sorry I didn't maybe read it but yeah it's a it's a two-year contract however if the building would sell they would take over would have to be part of the sales they would assume
that at least I would assume so I mean would they have to no but that would be surprising if they didn't I guess if we sell it and have to pay two years of dishwasher rental whatever I don't know yeah okay ask those sure yeah is that
something that we would have to make aware of to the company that's handling the sale yeah May and Council the last time we went through this and and U we're in negotiations um any buyer of a property like this is going to do a pretty deep
dive due diligence and that we probably get down to the level of is your dishwasher looking so or how do you how do you have a dishwasher explain that to us so you probably yes that' be on the buyer's you know plate to to ask about that but we yeah sure we'd have to disclose it if we're asked to explain
that okay 18 we have to rent to dishwash for a long time to pay for the part yeah when they use it multiple times a day and they get like she said with the standards
that are required with their inspection it's absolutely ridiculous but you're looking for a motion to include then recommendation for one or the other yes correct to approve the uh this is a non-budgeted expenditure I'm G make a motion to lease a new
dishw I'll second that a motion and a second to go with the rental with eolab any other discussion keep those dishes clean gotta
have them um bernon hi Brandy hi Mike hi and David will vote I that taken care of and uh we're going to go to resolution 247 which is to approve the goodu County Hazard mitigation plan which is online and a
lot of people yes it's about 250 Pages at the November city council meeting you approved the Olstead County uh Hazard mitigation plan and so this is um this essentially the same resolution before you only for good Hue County Hazard mitigation on their
plan and so we did work with both counties uh at the same time to complete the plan the Pine Island portion is the same in both plans so resolution 2470 second a motion in a second for
2470 other discussion and thank you staff for getting that done for both counties uh bernon hi Brandy hi Mike hi and David is I brings us to our last item under administrative which is
resolution 2471 to allow ala County to annual annually retain voter funds so last year City Council um voted to have these dollars on the
good Hue County side kept with the county um then they put these dollars into election equipment um Olstead County had the same thing only it was a year-by-year basis this is a resolution now to make it reoccurring each year
unless we choose to stop that and so these voter accounts which stands for voter operations technology and election resources is a state funded account that trickled down to the county and then trickle down to municipalities and townships
uh what omstead county is asking if or the reporting requirements are if we get the funding then we have to report each year how we use those dollars or we can opt for the county to keep those dollars and then put them towards election technology omstead County actually provides a lot of our election equipment
and maintains everything for us I don't think it's unreasonable to keep those dollars at WSET County for instance the 2024 amount was uh just under1 157 yeah it was 17971 so I'll move resolution
2471 second a motion in a second any other discussion Vernon hi Brandy hi Mike hi and David is I jumping into Planning
Commission we have nothing listed uh Public Works and engineering [Music] nothing listed under that legal do we have anything from your end Bob no I just say I see that Nikki is here from the from the tribe and I just would say thank you to uh to their legal counsel
who reached out to me I know that others in their organization reached out to others here uh about the status of the uh of the uh feed to trust application portion of which was approved but anyway I I just appreciate that their Council
um sought to reach out to me and so that's I think the only thing I have to report from legal um everything else is quiet wink wink that's not true but nothing really to report meeting at this point so thanks excellent um
claims I'll move claims I'll second Motion in a second on claims Vernon hi Brandy hi Mike hi and David is I let's go to Department updates administrator uh everything is in my
report but I would like to thank staff for being um 2024 we weren't going to take on a lot of big projects and somehow we found ourselves in the middle of quite a few very large projects and so um staff really stepped it up in 2024
and I don't think we could have done the things we did without the staff that we have so I'd just like to thank all of our staff at all levels very good Rachel I'll keep it short and I'll unmute um the library we
been really busy getting ready for next year is mostly what we're working on right now uh we're looking at a whole slate of books for book club uh I've got some plans for books and Brews still at the brewery we're also going to continue the adult spelling be out there although
we're going to make it six times next year instead of three so that'll be fun and exciting I always like doing Partnerships with people um our one toown one title title is selection is going to be Diane Wilson's
the seede keeper um it's a book about an indigenous woman who basically reconnects to her Roots after being in the Foster system as a young child or teenager um so I look forward to offering a lot of programs with that the author will be visiting Pine Island at
the end of the month of February and we'll have a why treaties matter exhibit at the United Methodist Church in conjunction with that so I'm really looking forward to seeing her um otherwise today uh I updated or my husband came by and volunteered his
time to update all of our lights in the basement in the youth library to LEDs so thank you Shannon I love you you're an amazing man and um the only other news I have is that the board is meeting on
January 6th instead of um next Monday so we we're skipping a couple of weeks for the holidays so thank you all for your support this year and look forward to continued Partnerships and support thank youel Rachel our thanks to Shannon
too I told him that today yes Public Works anything on your you guys have been keep busy I'd just like to thank the council for another great year for your
support uh we appreciate that and City Hall staff and all staffs um been really great working with so thanks for a great year you guys have phenomenal thank you I would like to add one thing under
Public Works um we did have a pre-con meeting for the 51 Street bridge and so they they already started work this week the bridge should be taken down in a week I would think okay but uh it has a completion
date of mid June so I know we've had a lot of residents asking about that and so it should be opened up here early summer so thought I saw City Sam down there so busy the school will be happy next next
year uh Eda anything on yours fire department are not here they were in the Santa Claus Parade I promised it was actually pretty good had to resed it they had to reschedule because of the weather but miss Penny I
promis miss Penny I'd bring up her concerns about the trucks missing her house so you know she was all all gho about that at quick trip so that way know that scen it we're very appreci that's right well we had her convinced law enforcement bler Street
make it twice the size next year I know it was big it was a good turnout so Sheriff's Office anything from your end you guys are doing well so perfect um that brings us to the end of the
meeting um great year everybody it is Mike's last meeting and it's been a a long run together so eight years at least not more so so truly appreciate your work and you're a
service to the community thanks phenomenal with that so thank you for that wishing everybody a merry quick Christmas and a Happy New Year and we'll see you in 2025 all right take motion to adour
motion second Vernon hi Brandy hi Mike hi David is I e e for