[Music] we'll call the meeting to order all rise for the Pledge of Allegiance I pled Al FL of the United States of America to the repblic for it
stands one nation under God indivisible liy and justice for all roll call all members are present approval of the agenda uh 6B the Eda board did not meet
that was postponed so we'll scratch that off of there is there any other changes had the updated scaff report for 7 for 7 B oh c
okay just an updated so Council have any changes otherwise uh do I have a motion to approve the agenda with those changes so M motion by
Brad do I have a second second second by Joel call the question all those in favor signify by saying I I I opposed motion carries five in favor none against approval of the minutes of the February 19th 2025 regular
meeting receive them in your packet is there any changes needed or clarification hearing nothing do I have a motion to accept the February 19th meeting as presented motion to
approve motion by Heidi do I have a second second second by Scott call the question all those in favor signify by saying I I I oppos motion carries five in favor none against now the February 27th 2025
special meeting anything there pretty straightforward on that one since it's cant legal councel do I have a motion to accept the February 27th meeting motion to approve
motion by Joel do I have a second second second by Heidi call the question all those in favor signify by saying I I I oppose extensions I in favor none against one
exstension this now brings us to our public open forum is there anyone that would like to speak to the councel is there anyone here that would like to speak to the councel call a third time is there anyone here that would like to speak to
the council public open forum is now closed we have no public hearings we'll move on to reports and presentations Park board report Vicki the park board met last night in regular session uh we did welcome our new member Brandon Schindler
and then last night was Scott kow's uh first shot at being the chairman of that board uh we did receive an update on the camper cabins they have started the first cabin at the school and things are going well uh they are recommending that we approve the plans inspects for the trail project and authorized going out for bids and also they selected some
equipment options for JC Park we had received $5,000 from Community connections to be used at that Park so they were looking at some playground options uh so the only op the only action we have tonight is that approving the plans and specs for the trail
project okay any questions [Music] concerns we'll move on to our action items then 7A approve HRA appointment so the HRA board appointments are up they actually run uh starting they go in
March they don't start in January like the rest of us do it's a different calendar year so we have one position to be appointed for a 5-year term uh Nicholas girton's term does expire on March 31st he's requesting to return to that position so the action is for the council to appoint Nicholas girton to
the position on the HR board for 5year term effective April 1st and ending March 31st 2030 okay any questions or concerns do I have a motion to appoint Nick so moved motion by Brad do I have a
second second second by Joel any last discussion call the question all those in favor signify by saying I I oppos extensions motion says on the board should I or as you're Council liaison so you you can do
that okay all right so in favor yep okay five in favor none against 7B approve resolution 2025-the sale of excess vehicle so the police department offered for sale the
2018 Ford Explorer the Interceptor uh that's the spare vehicle that was taken out of service after engine failure uh the bids were received as follows received uh three bids $525 $800 2525 so 2525 so we're looking to approve
resolution 20255 authorizing the sale of that excess vehicle to Miguel Gomez for $2,525 questions or concerns do I have a motion to approve resolution 2025-the motion carries five in favor not
against 7 C approv change order City Hall air handling unit so Ellingson Plumbing Heating and Air was awarded the bid for the air handling unit here at City Hall they have recommended a change order to the project which includes replacing the VAV boxes with modulating
units rather than the onoff type each have in the ceiling there's boxes that can that control the air uh changing the boxes would ensure that all are in working order and sealed appropriately and I do have a copy of The Proposal the cost of the change order is $37,900 um is there a reason why we
didn't look at that prior so the initial company that kind of advised us on this project did not bring this up when we first were going out for bids and during the bid process you know we had eight different contractors come in and look at this and several of them did bring up
changing out those VAB boxes Ellingson being one of them um not the original contractor that came and kind of got this thing rolling for us so that's why it wasn't included in the original bid is because we were relying on them and their expertise to kind of guide us and
what we what we should do so and explain what these are going to do could you so the ones that are so each room is controlled individually with this uh heat unit it's a I don't know 12 in by 3T metal box it has an electric
heater inside of it and it has an air damper so the ones that we have now are on or off so there's there's a switch in there that tells it to shut it all the way off or turn it all the way on the new system if we go so we already have it planned in this project to hook it up
to the new building control system so that we can control the Babs so that's already part of the original bid this is only taking out the vavs that are in there and replacing it with a new one that can be a variable airflow system so that's going to help us be able to
balance the building a lot better it'll provide more energy efficient Heating and Cooling throughout each individual room because each individual room has its own VAV unit okay obviously you recommend I mean you certainly recommend we go with it being
you're recommending we approve it yes I think it's a perfect time to get to get everything done and then it we know that everything is going to be working just as we expected to when the project is completed so and originally we kind of thought that everything was going to cost us about 400,000 and Elling sings
came in with a very good bid so even with this change order we're still well under what we thought we were going to be spending on this project thanks Ben yep any other other questions I know with this unit it is a big change order but when you can
control it like like Vicki's office when she leaves on Friday it can be set so that it cools down her office until Monday morning when she walks in um the police department can stay a standard so council chambers can be not
heated and be cooled down and only turned on for Council meetings or if we got something rented out so it's going to be able a lot more efficient and then maybe we won't have electric heaters under some of our secretary's desks to try to stay warm in their office because
it's controlled better you probably still have those it probably won't happen but still you'll still have those we have the system at the bank and people still have their heaters just all they are well you would know that I wouldn't so is there any other
questions on that change order uh I just have one question if that was a consideration with any of the other bids that were originally submitted in December no so everyone that brought it up I said do not add anything extra above and beyond what the bid is calling
out so that we're comparing the same across the board okay so I did look back in the the original award ellingson's was 241 683 the second bid was 2935 even with this 379 they'd be 14,000 below
right that second bid still with this change yeah that was the reason for my question just to make sure that whiters wasn't including this andson wanted to add it on yep any other discussion otherwise I'll
look for a motion to consider the change order the handling unit project motion to approve motion by Scott do I have a second second second by Joel any other more discussion do nothing call the question
all those in favor signify I a saying I I I oppose extensions motion carries five in favor none against 7D approve resolution 202 5-16 accepting bid for Library window project so we open bids
for the library window project on February 25th the bid called for thermotech with moons with the option to submit an alternative and so we did get that bed worms Lumber and Ready Mix did the thermal Tech vinyl window with the moons for 120 and Rosa Lumber did not do
the thermatech with molans because they are an aftermarket so they did the Marvin aluminum clad with molans for 129 and then they also did um plane without the molans when I'm talking about the moons I'm talking about the little cross pieces that are up in the third pane uh
St Ros of lumber and worms both submitted this uh similar window for that so there's two separate bids here to look at the windows that were installed when the addition to the library was completed in 1999 are the Marvin alumin aluminum clad with the Mion that is why St Rosa bid the one
that they did uh these windows will remain in place they're not sated for replacement uh the Marvin moons are manufactured at the facility and they are between the pains the ther the ter thermatech moons are after the market installed so there two separate things there and then I did put because one of
not sure which one of you asked about it whether it was historic building uh the Nar narrative in the shipo inventory states that the library is contributing Factory to the historic Main Street and has it said sash windows Top by transon lights with chip Andale lattice work so I don't know if that means anything to
you but a lot of the Carnegie libraries throughout the state have that same design in the window so the budget for the project was 125 so we have kind of like two options do we want to spend the money and get the Mion and if we do that do we want to do the Marvin or do you
just want to do the the thermotech just the plane window so it's kind of a design Choice and then maybe a little bit of a longevity Choice as well I bring it up to you for discussion like which direction you think we should
go my my initial thought is yes it's a design Choice yes it's keeping a historic um appreciation of that building but you're going to have to continue to keep that and that's going to continue to cost money if we make the
change now it becomes Less in the future 25 years 30 years of needing to replace and continue to replace so my initial feeling is to to choose
the the Lesser option the thermotech yeah with Mion with plane oh plane plane okay any other comments concerns one of the things that I looked at was
like if the ones that we put in there already were 19 99 or the Marvin luminum clad already that's 25 years they've been sitting there and we haven't had an issue with any of them windows that I
know of not those so they're already proving that they're worth the money plus the pure fact that those I think have milons in them and I can see about the time we replace windows and put in
plane we're going to get a lot of heat so um because people are going to say why did you change why did you do this it's a historic building blah you know whatever I think
I'm it's council's decision but I'm actually thinking we should actually just stay with put the same brand back in and use the Mion and keep that thing so the 120,000 the 129 who okay I guess my thought is is it's it you
know it is a historical building and um it has been and I think it always will be to some degree in maintaining it and I agree with Warren we've we got 29 years out of the existing windows I think I would be in favor of spending
the money put in the right windows and not change from what we got they lasted a long time just my opinion yeah actually the the ones that the Marvin ones on the addition from 99 the windows we replacing were was 1904 so right but the ones that we put
in in 1999 are still good are still good okay I think that's where I was confused I think I was I was imagining that the 99s were being replaced and place clear on that okay you know you might have the option if you wanted to do the thermotech plane
that to try to add aftermarket milon somehow afterward so up on that question or that comment then if we put the Marvin you know the aluminum clad with mions in there that
will match what we put in there in 1999 yes yes okay then that even I think supports my mind greater then we won't have two different windows so you mentioned the longevity difference with this so what what would be the estimated useful life of the vinyl plane versus the
mullon windows I think that the I think the vinyl comes with the 20-year quany I don't know um I didn't get the spec sheet for the Marvin because that was a we already had that from before and the warranty it they have a lifetime warranty for parts of it and a 20-year
warranty for parts of it so and the molans would be after market so they wouldn't have a a warranty if you did the thermotech for the thermotech ones yeah and they'd be obviously on the outside of the pain and the Mion with the Marvin and aluminum CL are basically inside the
window yeah between the glass where with the thermotech way understand they'll send them send them out and you're going to stick them on there the way you need to to make it look pretty and it is you know to me then it starts looking cheap
but I don't know how many people look at it close but it's still $50,000 yeah I guess my that's why my kneejerk reaction was that
to plan to plan now for what the in the replacement costs could be in the future is setting the future Replacements up for being a little more cost effective but because I don't know what replacing this will it be 100 years
will it be 50 years will it be 60 years I don't know will that building still be standing I don't know but well I think if if we put them the higher dollar ones in we'll probably well even the other ones by the time we
do it none of us are going to be around to see the replacement again anyway but unless you know something I don't no I I just I I think the library staff will be happy with any windows that their papers don't blow off their desks when they're in right oh
yeah yeah I just don't want it I just think we don't want to hodge podge two different things but I'm just whatever the council if you're going to do it do it right that's what I yeah think so
there's no more discussion I'll call for a motion do I have a motion to approve resolution 2025-the that you want to go with I'll make a motion to approve the resolution as noted with the St Rose Al Lumber
Marvin aluminum clad with moliens for 129,000 okay we have a motion do I a second cherl second it any more discussion call the question all those in favor signify by saying I I opposed I
extensions motion carries Heidi were you in favor or against yes in favor four in favor one against no abstention 7e approve resolution 2025-the and fire departments we did get three
bids uh the one ultimately pulled out due to uh staff changes at their at their business that was that cable Cloud verata they I included it in here just to see that it's very similar to the Midwest do lock and door um except it adds $5,000 a year for storage so then
we have left after cable Cloud pulled out we have Midwest lock Andor for 49437 and Marco for 10394 we did have an initial budget for this project of $50,000 so what we're looking to is to approve the resolution accepting the bid
from Midwest lock and door questions concerns just a question Vicky you said the 5,000 or the extra storage was or was not included in the midwest lock it was 472 plus 5,000 each year so it' been like 50 52 that's cable
Cloud though I'm wondering the Midwest Midwest lock and door we're going to um store it on our server okay so it's internal still gets in Cloud because we backed up to the cloud but rata had their own cloud storage just want to make sure it was apples for apples thank you yeah is there a reason why Marco was
so much higher did they have extra bells and whistles that we didn't consider they had uh they were similar bids except it seemed like the labor for Marco was extremely high compared I mean their their labor bid was almost more
than the other total bid so okay one question is this is City Hall wide right not just the police department yeah and Joe's been heading that so if you have any questions about specifics you have to ask him right
that's I just wanted to clarify so everybody knows that basically every entrance door or anything in between departments is going to be that was my question because I know that there's access between the fire department and the police department so every door internal and external will have security
and that's get taken care of so the door right now there is access between where the utility room is there going to be access be beard there um and then there's future put the door here so fire department m
that also be key so it'll be key carded uh from the fire department side the police department side the department the also from City Hall and is this external doors as well or just the so is
it actually a key card or we going to have a code so fire department's going to have key card plus a code but you'll each have an individual code okay cu the the the issue we have or the concern that I have is if everybody has the same code it really doesn't you don't know
who it is you guys got millions of dollars equipment in there yeah sens of stuff so in case you got paid yeah in the middle of the night you if it's not in your truck or you put in your individual code and then that they get you in that's just just we're just doing that for the fire department doors the
another doors will we have a key card okay thank you and then curious if this is like a traceable like every code with our own internal access is recorded so we can know who's accessing which door at what time that's the main reason for it so we can we're not going to babysit it but if something would go missing
yeah we have somewhere to start okay this is who's in the door in this time frame so it'll be on an internal server um and then if we need to if someone loses a card we can shut that card off and give them a new one um and then yeah
we we'll have we'll have full control that see who's in and out and I said if someone loses one hey not a big deal we just cancel that card out that we gave you here's a new one don't lose it again so really kind of phase one is to do all the doors I don't know what we have for
video or you know cameras and things is that something that you also have looked at we we already have video so we got most of our PD has got video we got video up by Wendy's office parking lots yeah um eventually we just updated our
video system in 20 or 22 oh perfect so we just got new new cameras so our camera system is pretty dang good thank you and together this is 100% BCA compliant no no issues with audits correct so this will this will
save us from the BCA audits as far as we'll have the max out as far as they'd like to see like alarms on Windows but that we're not going to do that um but yeah so as far as their big thing is is who's coming in who's coming out who has access to your stuff and like right now
the way ours is set up everybody knows the code and if someone would slip up and we wouldn't know so this will this will make a everything 100% compliant so good there good deal so is the council each getting their own Co
card or is there a limit on the card every city every city staff member will get a card and we'll have discussion about who has access to what parts of buildings that that'll be kind of up to City policy is you know there's places
that I can't go there's places that general public can't or other employees can't go so that's something once it's in we kind of sit down and say who wants access who who can have access to what um what places because this will also um with the external doors too it's also
going to be the internal um my office door is going to have a secure access so we I got bunch of stuff in there Sergeant V wal's office and our evidence room which is a big one so um that's another part of it and Vicky's office will also have a key card so the that's
a little bit above the BCA standards but I figured if we're going to do it let's just do it right that way down the line I'm sure they that'll be a requirement I bet so we're just getting ahead of it that way okay the reason why I asked is because every now and then if I've got stuff to sign and I don't make it in on
a Friday sometimes on a Saturday morning or something I come in and sign all the papers and get that all taken care of and it doesn't happen very often but the the time I need to is when I won't have a way to get in so from my understand
it's basically you can have unlimited cards so you know even we can even issue two to each fireman or something along those lines it's just when we issue those cards or serial number and that way one gets lost or then we can just keep FL so that's the
nice thing about the card system is yeah shut them off someone gets terminated and we don't we can do it right there in the spot yeah cuz I know you know with the turnover we had for a while who knows how many keys are floating around out there well fire department too with
guys retire we don't change the codes every time somebody leaves we try to change ours every couple months and it's just there's a it's the original system from when they built the building righta has to stand up on the ladder while I'm down there doing the Cod things and we
have to coordinate let's avoid that so funny okay is there any other questions or concerns do I have a motion to approve resolution 202-1758 none against 7f approve resolution
2025-the bids for the trail so at the February 19th meeting you guys saw these Maps already you authorize the development of the plans in specs for bidding uh those plans have been completed they're ready for approval to go out to bid uh the bid opening is set for April 10th so you'll potentially
award that bid then the second meeting in April or and uh so it's about six weeks out from now we have any questions on it otherwise we'd look for resolution 20258 approving the plans and specs and authorizing the bids for that project and the park board did review it last
night and they are recommending we proceed okay do I have any questions or concerns we reviewed it at the last meeting so do I have a motion to approve resolution 20258 I'll make the motion motion by
Heidi do I have second I'll second second by Brad any other discussion call the question all those in favor signify by saying I I opposed motion carries five in favor none against 7g
accept firefighter resignations and appoint firefighters so at last night's fire department meeting the department accepted the resignations of three firefighters uh Mike Sunderman he's been there for 40 years uh Brian Fredericks for 33 and Ronnie Mor 420 and then also
at the meeting the department recommended that the following be appointed to act active firefighter status from the hiring list that is Brandon mortz and Lucas zel so this will put the department at 29 active firefighters and so we're looking tonight is to accept the resignations
and affirm the appointments to the sock Center fire department questions concerns do I have a motion to accept the resignations and affirm the appointments so Move Motion by Brad do I have a second I'll second second by
Haiti any other discussion no I just thank them guys that's a lot of years of service it is that was 124 years between them and Steve when they got off so that's a years of experience
right got ahead of me I was going to be uh got a motion and a second call the question all those in favor signify by saying I I I oppos extensions I motion carries three in favor none against two
extensions and yes I will also thank them for their years of service 7 H approve street closure and use of Park chalk and sock so hman representing artify sock Center has submitted a request for a road closure
and the use of St Clair Louis Park for the annual sock Center Festival of the Arts which we call chalkfest in the past uh the request is for the closure of Park Road from Main to Oak they would also be using Clair leis Park from Maine to the Bandshell parking lot with food in the lot they propos to reroute
traffic down Second Street the closure request is from 8 a.m. on June 21st which is a Saturday to 600 p.m. on June 22nd which is a Sunday so the request is to approve the road closure and use of the park for a chalk in sock questions
concerns do does Joe you had any issues with where it's at there was talk that we were going to try to slide that farther down into the park because after it's all said and done then everybody's Still Standing on the street two days
later and almost getting run over so I don't know if we want to take care of that now it's just a concern at one point maybe not now but maybe we got to line up the street department or the fire department to go down and wash the
street off as soon as they're done the issue was issue a little B last year when it was done throughout the week standing roadway taking pictures when thead
opening Main Street that was conc well and I don't think I mean to me it would make I wouldn't want all that work done on the with all that art work to be washed off with a fire truck 5 minutes after
more permanent at least within a day yeah so I think maybe if Joel could work with you know Pam and the the artify group and see if there's a solution you know I mean to move it a little further back push back closer to the Bell the
Stu closer to the Main Street maybe that's more the ch wash officer the main issue is like people are coming off of Main Street hurry and people taking pictures of yeah report post when I was
watching could Happ maybe the more Perman stuff we push it down a little further chalky more chalk stuff do more chalk stuff Main Street that's makes
sense that lasted for right now cuz I'm not against the the project it's a great thing because it brightens everything up I just don't want to see anybody get hurt after the fact y because we keep it
in that location so that's the reason why I wanted to bring that up so any other discussion otherwise I look for a motion to approve the road closure in the use of the park so moved motion by Brad do I
have a second second Jo Scot I don't know which one that was in un I'm just going to go with Joel any other discussion call the question those in favor signif five by saying I I I
opposed motion carries five in favor none against unfinished business 8A bid opening March 6 2025 2025 Birch Pine project that's the so tomorrow we're be opening the bids uh they right now as a
right now there's 13 primary plan holders so we hope to get some pretty good numbers uh this isn't a bit opening where they all come here this is electronic request so everybody will log in through a teams meeting and then uh they'll open the bids that way and you'll be able to see It'll populate as it goes and it does the math and the
adding so it's worked out really good in the past um I did some preliminary debt issu debt issuance costs for for this project and also the the building project and it looks like uh we should maybe be around 3.75 for interest rat rates I'd like to get a little lower
than that but um the way the market is right now that's probably where it's going to be at so we'll uh have this at the council the next meeting of our potential award okay any questions concerns okay we'll move on to new
business request to remove winter parking restrictions so I I put this on here because I had multiple calls and so is the police department about the winter parking uh the weather forecast looking like we're not going to be receiving any significant snow snowfall uh people are asking whether the it can
be lifted I said I would take that to the city counil that's something that is your authority to do uh if we lift it we'd also have to expect the cars to be moved if it snows you know that's always the thing if it snows move and we keep telling people that it doesn't always happen so um we want to look at
considering lifting that a winter parking restriction for the balance of the season I know we got a little snow yesterday so it's probably bad timing to have this on the agenda tonight but I I think looking forward it looks pretty warm out there um we've also actually had discussions from every year we have this discussion maybe March 1st is a
better day than March 31st for the termination of it so I'm going to put it up to you uh consider lifting that uh the restriction for the balance of this season and we can have a discussion on uh termination dates in the future at a different meeting hey Ben most of most
of the streets you guys didn't do curb to curb it was just one pass right yesterday with that inch or whatever yeah especially with the war 10 yeah so it wasn't a real big deal if there was I mean it was during the day anyhow it wasn't that you were trying to get around vehicles and stuff since you weren't going to the
curb for the most part right I think for it's getting soft if if there is this being what our third year of restrictions so we're at a 66% lifting it early if this goes through tonight
the consideration to possibly make an amendment to the ordinance of changing it to March 1st instead of March 31st what does that entail just changed it the we have to amend the amend the ordinance we don't it doesn't require public hearing any of that we can just
amend it just amend the ordinance and put white stickers over the threes on the signs out there that's why March 1st versus February 28th yeah just changed the I I feel like because I remember the discussion originally was even November
1st till March 31st and I pushed to December 1st for the ordinance and I my feeling was was giving a little but I I felt that the original discussion March 1st so December 1st March 1st should have been the original ordinance just we
have snow either the last two years we haven't had right much for snowfall but right we were supposed to this year they said but it never Happ the first year we had it in place it definitely paid off right so if we have another year like that for sure but just my opinion I say lift it now
but let's consider um changing the ordinance how many Joe how many did we ticket last night three last night three okay because I know one of them
they some people are just giving up yeah they're just going to park on the street and take the ticket they they aren't worried about what we're doing anyway but we got three more weeks and we could have a lot of
snow the the the strength of the sun this time of year melts it within a day like today I mean we we had the snow last night I was watching it melt in my front yard on my on my driveway and on my deck by this afternoon so right even
if we do have a snow event the chance of it sticking around that it would become a problem for the street I don't see I'm I'm looking at the pure fact that the Twin Cities had 10 to 12 Ines of snow down there most piles ain't going to melt in the day and we got to get it
curb to curb somewhere along the way snow emergency Call at that point that's that's what we relied on for the past how many years yeah yeah my my thought is we lift the parking restriction now if we get a major snow event you know call snow emergency you're parked on the
street you're some they want they want to be on the street and take their you know their ticket well I'm pretty sure they want to pay the tow bill so we just take them off the street if they not don't have enough common sense to take their car off the street when we're got six inches
of wet heavy snow yeah I just yeah if we're going to if we would go to that direction yeah definitely if we call a snow emergency it's an automatic toe we aren't going to be knocking on doors being nice about this because we're being nice taking a
month off you know it's like come on definitely I mean it it comes common sense but how many people can you rely on to have common sense yeah hurt their pocketbook being being the third year all these people know that they got to park on their grass well you can't
tell me every one of them cannot figure out a way from March until December to put a more solid pad down someplace for their car to be parked on after 3 years if you can't come up with
it these are the same people going in oh my yard's getting tore up but are you trying to there's a lot of houses that are close to the street that have a onecar garage and multifam or multi- drivers it's I know a lot of people
parking in The Yards yep and I don't know if it's feasible for a driveway wider but and I think that was kind of an unknown at the time when we made the ordinance I mean seeing it now 3 years in how many people actually are affected
by having to park on their on the yard it was a privilege to us to think that it wouldn't be an issue so being able to look look at it now three years in and say yeah it really is an issue I think it's worth our effort to to take another look at it I don't
think there's any ordinance that shouldn't be evaluated if it needs to change you change it I mean we set the ordinance we set the rules I mean i' certainly be in favor of of lifting it effective immediately that's CU we're in March so um and yeah I if we get a snow
emergency call call snow emergency we just move on are we going to to them or are we just going to knock on the door and ask them I think that would dependent on the officer and I mean I don't think that's counil you can't do it depending on officer that leaves way too many gray
areas well calling a snow emergency comes with its own results so if it's stated we are calling a snow emergency if your your vehicle is not off the street by this time it will be towed that's notice right so we we decide at the time of the
event how much snow are getting if it's that important we tow them if it's not that important I you're calling a snow emergency you're pretty much saying it's important enough the do on the I would agree I would agree I mean I don't think we need to determine us everything's getting towed or everything's getting ticketed I mean that's there is some
common sense so common sense of it's SN and get off the street but you know there's a lot of people out there that think ah I ain't going to worry about it but you hit them with the back pocket and then all of a sudden it's a big issue and I don't want
every police officer that's out there going well that's my friend so I'm going to knock on his door and then no the rule is the rule you either follow it or you don't follow it all right whatever put a snow emergency for let's let's let's move
on I'm still running this go ahead I think I I I just I think that it it's a small number of people that might be affected in the the chance that a snow emergency is called and this those Vehicles don't get moved
so picking apart what we do with it at this point I don't think is a is worth our time but it it will need to be looked at if it needs to be called in my
opinion okay because usually Ben or myself are the two that make the call so whether not it's a snow emergency so no if there's any other discussion
I'll hear it otherwise uh do I have a motion consider lifting the winter parking restrictions so moved motion by Scott do I have a second I'll second second by Heidi any other discussion call the question all those
in favor signify by say and I I opposed I extensions motion carries for four in favor one against 9B deed funding so uh deed the Minnesota Department of of education and
employment has awarded $6.2 million in Main Street Economic Development funding of course that spread throughout the state it was funded to awarded to First Class cities and to partnership organizations the initiative fund got 500,000 that is the region that we're in so that is available funding and we're
in that territory a business can apply and receive funding uh they can use it for property repair renovation construction Landscaping streetscaping demolition site prep predesigned design engineering non-publicly owned infrastructure or related site administ so there's some funding out there through the initiative fund for these
businesses I'm actually working with two businesses downtown uh that try to to pursue some of this funding but if anybody else knows the people that are looking trying to get the word out that that's available for them so um we wouldn't be we we're not a party to that it's just more of Outreach and getting
them connected okay questions okay then we'll move on to our consent agenda 10A approval of claims we have schedule of claims unpaid claims of
$4,325 7 for a total of the same we have resolution 20 25-19 accepting contributions of $12.75 from from the men's card playing Club group to be allocated to the senior
center we have $250 from sock Center CVB to be allocated to the fire department and we have a value of $1,441 consisting of cabinets countertops and labor from buyer
interior Woods to be allocated to the ambulance department and on behalf of the city council and the rest of the city I want to thank those groups for their donations is there any questions about the consent calendar as
presented this might seem trivial sock Center CVB is now visit sock Center correct well they're they're doing business as visit sock Center there still they still sock Center CVB there's still a convention visit so listed that
way when we get audited is not going to throw any flags for anything okay any other comments do I have a motion to approve the consent calendar motion to approve motion by Heidi do I have a second second second by
Joel any other discussion call the question all those in favor signify by saying I I I motion carries five in favor none against informational items I have
nothing you have nothing okay uh board of appeals actually you can you want me to read them my I I'll read them off we got the board of appeal and Equalization meeting on April 7th at 1:00 we need one person that's certified I am certified I
will be there I so we need definitely need a quorum that day so at least three um fire department annual golf fundraisers at the arena on March 22nd we have the Youth Hockey
Association an annual beer and wine fundraiser at the arena on March 29th the gun show at the arena on April 5th and 6th waterfest May 88th that's planned for Melrose but if it's raining
it always ends up here at the arena and the circus Pages Arena on June 3rd and 4th any questions about those items otherwise I will ask for an adjournment motion to adjourn motion by Joel do I
have a second second second by Heidi call the question all those in favor signify by saying I I I oppose motion carries five in favor none against meeting adjourned
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