Call the meeting to order. All rise for the pledge of allegiance. >> 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. Roll call. Council member Fickman is absent. We'll move on to approval of the agenda. Is there any changes or corrections to the agenda?
>> Just those updated staff. >> Okay, we got the two updated ones, 7D and 7E. Council have anything? >> Okay, do I have a motion to approve the agenda? Motion to approve. >> Motion by Scott. Do I have a second? >> I'll second.
>> Second by Heidi. >> Call the question. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. Opposed. >> Motion carries. Four in favor, none against. Approval of the minutes of the March 18th, 2026 regular meeting.
You received them in your packet. Is there any changes or corrections? Actually, that should be April 1st meeting, not March 18th. April 1st meeting, not the March 18th.
>> The agenda says March 18th, but it's actually the April 1st. There's no changes or correct clarification needed. Do I have a motion to approve the minutes of the April 1st regular meeting? >> So motion by Brad. Do I have a second? >> Second.
>> Second by Heidi. >> Call the question. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. I. >> Opposed. Motion carries. Four in favor, none against. Approval of the minutes of the April 6th, 2026 special meeting.
Is there any changes or corrections within those minutes? Hearing nothing. Do I have a motion to approve the April 6, 2026 special meeting? >> Motion to approve. >> Motion by Heidi. Do I have a second? >> I'll second. >> Second by Scott.
>> Call the question. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. Oppose abstensions. >> Motion carries. Three in favor, none against, one abstension. This brings us to our public open forum. Is there
anyone here that would like to speak to the council? Is there anyone here that would like to speak to the council? Matthew Schmidz, 220 Oak Street. I came here to say that you have failed to offer the child any compensation for
the pain and suffering endured due to the gross negligence of your police officers that resulted in the child being sexually abused. Your officer was supposed to bring the child to a licensed foster care provider, but instead left them at a home with a bunch of criminals and
perverts. This den of inequity featured a woman with multiple sexual partners both in and out of the home, and these people were involving the children in their romantic and sexual relationships. In the home, this child was abused.
When the child came forward with this, Vunwaldi turned around and did everything he could to protect himself and the others involved. He had a promotion coming up, and this child's allegation was going to jeopardize that. In a meeting with members of Janelle Kendall's office and social workers,
they worked out a plan to silence the child's testimony of abuse. Not only did Vunwaldi break the law by not reporting this child's allegation or investigating the matter, he continued his services by orchestrating and facilitating the transportation of this
child out of Sterns County and back into the hands of those very same people who sexually abused the child the first time. And the sexual abuse of this child started all over again with these same men and women. Dustin Bunwaldi was the
catalyst of this child's sexual abuse in these homes. Everyone involved knew what they were doing was wrong, but did it anyways. And this is the kind of white glove service that Bunwaldi provides to these people. We sit here today with simply no idea of
just how many children he has done this to. How many cases of child abuse has he covered up for the Sterns County Human Services? How many have had to suffer so that he could get that promotion? I am proposing that the city of Sock Center pay this child restitution in the
amount of $20,000 for the sexual abuse, neglect, and domestic violence that they had to endure due to the actions of your police officer and your police department. >> Okay. Is there anyone else who wants to
speak to the council? Call a third time. Is there anyone else that would like to speak to the council? Our public open forum is now closed. We have no public hearings. We move into our reports and presentations.
Police department monthly report. Joe, >> good evening. Mayor and council. Uh if you look in your packet, you got the March 2026 activity report. Um some of the highlights are bigger numbers there. Uh 15 alarm calls uh including a few uh
extra fire alarms on top of that. It's a little bit higher on the the alarm side of things. Uh we respond to 18 medical emergencies along with another 14 welfare checks. Uh 488 traffic stops. Uh responded to 14 called in suspicious
calls. One tampering with motor vehicle call. uh school bus stop violation. Uh and then bunch of the mis smaller numbers for a total of 983 for the month. Uh which is kind of shows with
what's going up with the weather uh activity will pick up. Um other news, we're we wrapped up most of our postmandated trainings. Um we got a couple more coming up in the next couple weeks to get make sure we're on board staying up to the Minnesota State Post
board standards. We have been doing some extra stuff too. We we sent uh one officer to uh the Minnesota Death Investigations Conference for a couple days uh which was a good training there. I've been at the chief's conference throughout this week just getting my updates and meeting with other chiefs
around the state. Uh we're sending an officer to a financial crime specialized financial crime uh training uh for 30 hours at the end of the month which we got a grant for which is free. that covered uh hotel uh cost of training
food. Uh we're just paying his wages which he's just we're just pulling off the street to send a doom. So that'll be good. Um and we got a few other officers heading to some different miscellaneous trainings for the next few weeks and then we kind of buckle down and get busy with our get ready for our busy time of
year. So kind of really focusing on training here last couple weeks in the upcoming weeks. >> Okay. >> Any questions? questions. >> I have a question. >> Go ahead. >> Looks like it was your second highest March in 19 years. >> Yep.
>> Um any thoughts why that might be? >> Uh a lot of proactivity. Um you know, when you look when you look at it, uh yeah, you look at like last year
I'm in the wrong section here. Yeah. you know, last year 914. Um, it was a little bit warmer, a little bit nicer temperatures, which which helped a little bit with call activity. Um, but yeah, we're kind of
we're up 760 from last year. So, I don't have a solid answer why, but we're not doing anything different. >> So, proactive policing is just more uh traffic stops. No, not necessar. Yeah,
traffic stops are involved, but a lot more of getting out at uh the school events, getting into going into the hospital. So, anytime the officers go out to the nightly, we check in at the hospital, we check in at Walmart, the truck stop. Um some of our 24-hour
businesses where we'll go and will either go inside and check in or we'll make sure we spend specific time in their parking lots or areas they may be concerned with. Um, so it's not always uh proactivity is not always strictly
enforcement based. It is uh community engagement as well. So yeah, I mean we're out there making traffic stops, but we're also out there uh trying to create uh positive interactions with people too. Not just that we're out to enforce the law or out there to give
pull you over. We're out there also to hey check and see how things are going. >> Thank you. Okay. I just had one concern from uh someone for speed control again on Hickman Drive from uh the splash pad
going west down to the first corner. So, if you want to have the guys start watching that, >> we'll do that and we'll maybe uh get the speed sign down there too. That speed sure helps port one. We got >> Yeah, we'll put that up so we can we can start something later on. >> Yeah, just another concern. So, okay.
Thank you. >> Thank you. public works department. Ben, >> good evening, Mayor and Council. This past month at the arena, we had three dryf flooror events. All went good. No building issues on our end. And uh
sounds like the events were successful. Park stuff, the pier, we shifted that back into place after the ice was off the lake and got the ramp set on the sidewalk leading up to it so people can use that again. The poles are put in the lake bottom and the cables are removed.
We put the boat landing dock in along with two other docks in the campground. There's a few left to go yet. Uh the arena ball fields. We they received their spring grading and dragging of the lime. We met with the baseball association about installing the new scoreboards at JC Park and both arena
fields. The youth association purchased those and the parts all arrived. They're in our storage building. So sometime in the next month or so, we'll hopefully be getting those put up and installed. Bathrooms are open only at the arena right now to the outside. The other park bathrooms are going to be open next
week. Looks like the last bit of cold weather on Saturday. So we don't want to have any pipe issues. And so we're going to wait till next week on that campground. We did put new grout in at the tent bathroom showers to spruce those up and get some more life out of them. We leveled and cleaned the
campsite pads and swept the roadway. We've got some grass maintenance and a few other things to accomplish before the season opens in a couple weeks there. The library window project, all the windows and trim are in. The contractors totally done with that project. They said it went smooth on
their end. Didn't run into any major surprises or extra repairs that needed to be made. Uh they did finish ahead of time, which was great. So, we could get the library and the historical society back up and running. We ordered some new blinds, put some samples up now. So, we're just getting feedback from the
staff at the library and what what they like. And once we find that out, we'll get the rest of that stuff put back up. So, they're totally back up and running. Street department, we poured a new concrete pad in author's edition. That's where the three community mailboxes are going to be installed on that. So, those
will go in next week. compost pile. We had to move and stir that, create the two extra piles and create an opening for everything that's going to come in this spring. I did talk to um Flowers again. They're going to be grinding that brush pile sometime mid to late June. So, that continues to work well for both
of us. Hopefully, that continues to go well in the future. Our street sweeper, we made our initial pass around town. If you recall from last fall, we had a lot of warranty work completed due to some issues we had with the performance of the sweeper. So, I'm happy to report that it is now working to our
expectations and performing well. So, we're we're very happy that we're at this point with that. We had several snow events that also happened last month that required cleanup. Our pole shed warehouse, we had numerous boards that were water damaged along the bottom where the dirt was placed against them when it was built. So, we removed all
that, excavated the dirt, put new boards in, new waterproofing, and put drain tile in to help prevent that damage moving forward. We did about a dozen street signs that were no longer legible, so those were replaced. We had two stop signs that were replaced that had been hit by cars. We did pothole
patching on the areas that were in need again. Once hot mix is available, hopefully the first week of May, we'll go after all the smaller holes on the street. The winter mix that we have doesn't work on those very well. We did have a sink hole open up next to a storm sewer on First Street North. So, we have
the locates called in for that. Planning to get that repaired this week. alleyways currently hauling a lot of class 5 where needed and uh box plating is level. We swept all the grass areas next to the gravel roads and alleyways that had gravel pushed onto the grass from winter plowing. So, those are all
cleaned up now. And uh next couple projects, crack sealing and scheduled to begin next Monday, April 20th. They should be done next week. I let Aztec know that's the tenative schedule. I haven't heard back from them when they're thinking about coming, but it's great they'll be here to get the crack
ceiling done um ahead of time at least. And the senior center project, that roof has been on for a month now. Uh the trim contractor is scheduled to start the first week of May. So that that'll all be done hopefully early May. >> Okay. >> Any questions? I can answer.
>> Questions, concerns? >> Okay. Thank you. Planning Commission Sarah. >> Good evening. At the last planning commission meeting, we did have um one h one public hearing for a variance for
offense and then the detached accessory structure that the council mandated back to the planning commission has now made a uh recommendation of the city council uh building permit report. So for March of this year, we issued 23 permits with a total construction value
of 2.5 million and 1.8 million of that is the new Quick Trip store that we issued a permit for. Um zoning permits, we had a few of them, but that's starting to pick up. And let's see, any other questions you have for me?
>> Questions, concerns? Okay, thank you. Okay. Ambulance department quarterly report. >> Good evening, Council Mayor. How you doing? Sorry about that phone call. It was actually an ALS transfer coming in.
Um, just quick going over our numbers. We are down one call from last year and remember last year was a banner year for us. Was our busiest year to date. Um call volumes have been just kind of a or call distribution has been pretty much
the same throughout. We did have a little blip in last month with ALS transfers going from the previous two months a total of six to then adding 12 to it in March. So that was a I don't know surprising. I know I felt
busy doing it. Um on our billing we've built out just shy of $300,000. Um collections are just a little bit over $100,000. We're still catching up from uh the fourth quarter of last year on our collections. Then on our current staffing levels, we
are I would say we're fully staffed with one EMR. We have 20 EMTs and seven paramedics. We have one nurse that's finished up a couple that he wants to come over and do ALS for us as well. He currently works at um Lelink with Nicole
Ros. Sorry about that. That's the ALS transfer. Um, we've had some interesting trans uh long-distance transfers this first quarter. We had one to Hibbing, one to Briner, then with the closure of the detox in
St. Cloud, we took a detox down to Granite City. We had three go to Thief River Falls, then Little Falls and four go to Long Prairie like the Little Falls and Long Prairie was and um the Briner was because St. Cloud was full. So, they
were trying to find placement for patients here. Uh then the we had one significant call that was the double fatal we had just north of Rosa uh the second day of the year and it brings in stark reminder of how close it can be because actually one of the uh parties involved was a close
family member of one of our members. >> Um on medical taken to other hospitals other than sock we did one going to Alamir and Alec that's one that I took that was a accident up there in West Union. Then we took one to Melrose.
Then the mutual aid, we helped out Melrose on a couple ALS transfers. Then North and um they've been calling us a fair amount in Ozakas, helping them out in their nursing homes over there. Um one thing I did not add in there, I'll go on and some training wise, we've
added some BLS scope or some scope to our EMTs. Um they just have um D10, so sugar. We they can give IV which helps with our diabetics. Before that was a paramedic scope and now we can the EMTs can do that. Then also some
respiratory drugs they can start it up this year for them. Then special events. We have three of our members teaching the first responder class at the high school that they're having every quarter for I believe the juniors and seniors. Uh then we just did CPR in March. Then
the fourth quarter CPR for the school this month coming up next week. It's about all I have right now. Is there any questions? >> I have one question. What was collected from 2026 to 104,000? Basically, how much how much has been
collected or still remains to be collected? Do you know is it 20%, 50%, just curious in future reports? >> I think we're about 60% collections to build. >> Okay. >> I mean, over the history. So, we're below that benchmark. Um, and I haven't
got that deep into it as to why just yet. if there's a delay in the billing or if it's a change in how we're getting money. >> Gotcha. Just curious how long once we bill before we start to, you know, see those dollars come back if it's 6 months or nine months. >> It's six months might be a little bit on
the long end depending on some of the insurance companies and maybe some of the uh errors that we may have on our paperwork that we have to correct. >> Gotcha. All right. Thank you. Okay. Any other questions? Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you. Move on to action items. 7 A, approve
resolution 2026-26 granting variance to Jessica Flatam. So, the planning commission acting as the board of adjustment conducted a public hearing at its regular meeting on April 8th to consider a variance request for Jessica Flatam. The property is
located at 402 M Street South at the corner of Fourth and Elm. The request is for a variance from the road rightway to allow the construction of a privacy fence connecting the house to the garage. It's a corner lot, so it would be on the side lot side. Uh city ordinance requires a 30-foot setback
from the property line. The request is for 13.4 ft. The house is actually sitting at 19.4 right now. I did put an aerial photo in your packet as well as a copy of the survey and then she did draw in where she wants to put the fence. Um, after review of the proposal, the
planning commission recommends that the request be granted to allow the construction of the fence at 13'4 in from the north property line adjacent to Fourth Street South. Uh, in your package, you also have the resolution uh, which is the findings that they utilize to support that and then the
conditions as well, which is the void after one year if they don't proceed and that they can't have the same or essentially the same variance within six months if we do deny it. So that's resolution 2026-26 approving the request for a variance for
Jessica Flatam. >> Okay. Questions, concerns? Everything was if it's granted and they put the fence up, they understand what all the guidelines are, right? Where the if it's a wood fence, the good sides got
to be facing out. >> And that'll all come through with the permit with the permit itself. Okay. Okay. Any other questions or concerns? If not, do I have a motion to approve resolution 2026-26?
>> So moved. >> Motion by Brad. Do I have a second? >> Second by Scott. I heard you first. >> Any last minute discussion? Call the question. All those in favor signify by saying I.
>> I opposed. Motion carries. Four in favor, none against. 7B. Approve resolution 2026-27 granting variance to Kevin Toms. >> The planning commission had previously denied a request for variance by Robert
Toms for a detached garage during a public hearing conducted on March 11th. On the March 18th city council meeting, the city council remanded the request back to the planning commission pending changes submitted by Mr. Toms at the council meeting. At its April 8th meeting, the planning commission
reviewed the amended proposal. The initial proposal was for a detached garage of 2400 square feet where 1,200 is allowed with an overall total of 3,000 square ft or 18 is allowed. That is when combined with the attached garage. The revised proposal is for a
detached of 1920 where,200 is allowed and an overall total of 2520 where 1,800 is allowed. So that's a 720 square feet over maximum when they are combined. In reviewing similar variance approvals over the fast five last five years, the
average variance over the 18,800 ft maximum was 666 square ft with a median of 250 which means half or more than half or less. So there was some higher ones that brought that average up a bit. And this request of course was 720. The planning commission voted to recommend
approval of the amended variance application with conditions that the existing detached storage building be removed, that all roof water drainage be directed to the rear of the lot and away from the neighboring property, that no part of the garage may be used for human habitation, and the two lots be combined into one parcel. And that is in front of
you as resolution 2026-27 approving the variance request for Kevin B. Toms. Okay, questions, comments? >> Just as you know on the uh planning and zoning, we did uh spent quite a bit of
time uh reviewing this and um it was uh I mean there was changes made uh Kevin made made changes to uh you know based on his feedback from from staff and our
our feedback back to him. Um and so he did reduce it. It was not unanimously voted on. Um we had one council or one committee member opposed but it did pass uh 4 to one. So just wanted to be aware.
>> Okay. Anyone else have any questions? Um basically the 720 ft over the maximum is because he's connecting the two lots. the 720 square ft.
Our our reasoning is is it's it it's Yes. To answer your question, it is combining >> because you're combining both lots. So, it's a larger lot. >> It's a larger lot. >> Okay. >> It's home. It has to have a living quarters and otherwise it's a single lot, isn't it? By itself,
>> right? >> You can't have a shed on a single lot, >> right? But I know the average is usually only 200 to 250 square feet over the top and I'm just trying to understand. >> Yep. No >> the reasoning. >> So
>> with the other findings as well obviously but yeah. >> Right. Right. Okay. >> But that was the primary discussion point. >> Okay. >> Sorry about that. >> Is there any other questions or concerns? Do I have a motion for resolution
2026-27? >> I'll make a motion to approve. >> Motion by Heidi to approve. Do I have a second? >> I'll second. >> Second by Brad. Any other discussion? Call the question. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I.
>> Opposed? I. >> Motion carries. Three in favor, one against. 7 C approve resolution 2026-28 authorizing purchase of tool cat. >> So the 2026 budget includes $70,000 for
the replacement of the 2019 toolkit with the attachments. Uh two bids were received for the proposed purchase with Farmight proposal utilizing the state bid discount and Swanson using the Sourcewell cooperative purchasing discount. The retail price for the tool cat is 95,79446
plus freight. Uh the tool cat bid itself farm rate at Long Prairie uh their their gross with the discount was 68,980. They are allowing 33,000 on trade for a net cost of the toolkat of 35980.
Uh Swanson of Alexandria uh they bid 69,57066 but they author they gave us 35,000 in trade. So resulting in a low bid of 354,570666 for the broom and the snowblower. It flipped. Farmight actually had the low
bid. Uh Farmight of Long Prairie had a $6,700 with a $3,000 trade and Swanson had a 670340 price with a $2,500 trade. So that a net of 3,700 for the broom. The snowblower
farm right had 6,500 with 2900 trade for a a net of 3600 and Swanson had 64.9944 with 2500 trade for 39.9944. So we kind of have three different pieces here. The toolkit itself uh the
low bid was Swanson and the broom and the snowblower. The low bid was Long Prairie. So that's the proposal that we have. Uh the overall cost if you purchase it from the same dealer would be if the you combine them together would be 4277350 but if we uh break them out and purchase
them from the opposite dealers and the total is 41,870. I know that's a lot of math but $900 get down into we got pretty deep into the weeds to try to get the best deal that we could. So, uh, 41,8766
is the overall total cost for the toolkit with both attachments. Uh, it was reviewed by the operations committee. We did have a tied recommendation, though, so this did not come back with a recommendation one way or another. So, we're looking here though to approve that resolution 2026-28
authorizing the purchase of the tool kit with the attachments. Okay. Questions, comments? >> And is it a big deal if you get the attachments from Long Prairie and the tool cat from EL? Is that a big deal for you? >> No,
>> it's not. Okay. Yeah, $900 difference isn't a lot, but if it's not a big deal, then obviously money saving is money saving. >> So, okay. So, obviously we had difference. Um, I personally am not in favor of moving forward with the purchase. I realize it
might be in the budget at $70,000 or whatever we budgeted for it and this is far less. I get all of that, but in all reality, it's it's still low hours. There's no major issues with it that I'm aware of. We have a mechanic that's on
staff that if we have repairs, we can fix them. And in all reality, yeah, they're giving us 33,000, but you know, uh, they might give us 30, you know, 32,000 next year and 31 the following. Where do you draw the line? And how often are we going to keep
spending more and more and more dollars on new equipment when really, you can tell, correct me if I'm wrong, Ben, but we're replacing this because we are ex getting to high hours in in our minds, 2,000 hours roughly, just shy of that.
and we're anticipating there could be addition could be costs that we're not aware if we will have the cost or not. >> Right? So, two factors. Um the past tool cat that we had when we got above 2,000 hours we had reliability issues which is problem number one. We don't want
equipment to be down when we need it. Needs to be operational and running. And it started to get really expensive. Every time it had to go in, it was a $2,000 fix every time. One hose to replace on that thing. You have to rip the entire bottom of that machine apart and it's eight to 10 hours worth of
labor. And yes, we have a mechanic, but if it's snowing, I don't have a mechanic to throw on this. He needs to be doing his work on the streets or the sidewalks or whatever the case may be. So, in those situations, it's going to a dealer and we're paying $140 an hour labor rate
to have that done. >> So, that that adds up in a hurry. Um, we did have an assessment done on it. That's how the trade value came back from Swanston. They gave us an assessment of the machine and what they felt it needed for repairs. Are things fluffed up on some of those? Absolutely,
I'd agree. But it was like $11,000 worth of stuff that they came up with between parts and labor that could or should in their eyes be replaced. And they're probably going to do some of it when they trade it in, of course, before they sell it to somebody else. But I I totally understand where Brad's coming
from. And that's the hard part. Where do we find the balance of we have a good trade number and it hasn't cost us a lot of money in repairs yet, but it's coming. And is this a year where it's two grand or four grand in repairs? And then we spend four grand in repairs and
now the trade-in price is 31 grand. So now it just cost you $6,000 where, you know, we're able to buy at a pretty sweet price off of retail what a normal customer buys. So that puts us at a really good advantage to start with. And uh and I feel like just based off of
our past history with this machine and talking to the other dealers, we're kind of in the sweet spot of it hasn't cost us a lot of money in repairs yet. It's coming and we have a really good trade price. So that's why I recommended moving forward with doing this now
before we have those issues. And like I said, I just want to reiterate, we want to have stuff that is not down. We want to have things that are working reliably because we don't have a ton of extra stuff. Like we have what we need to get the job done. When something breaks, we
don't have something else just sitting at the shop to bring out and fill its place. It's down and out. Now we're taking a different piece of equipment that should be doing a different job and it's got to do two jobs now. So that's that's part of the reason why we're asking for it. >> So if you had preventative maintenance
on a regular schedule, right? I mean, obviously we have maintenance. We do maintenance on it, I'm sure. >> Oh, for sure. And um so based on the type of maintenance always has to do with the type of repairs you end up. If you have poor maintenance, you have bigger repairs, quicker repairs, all those
types of things. And so I believe we have we do good maintenance >> for sure. >> So, you know, that being the case in my mind then tells me that, you know, we should get 3,000 or 4,000 hours out of it. If we have good maintenance, we should get better time than the average.
So that's just again maybe a difference of philosophical views probably but um I also think that you know we spend a tremendous amount of money on capital equipment and uh to me it seems like we are on a pretty consistent basis of
purchasing new on a very elevated rapid pace. So my that's my feelings. >> Any other comments? If you were to to calculate the cost of owning a tool cat just in general, what is the yearly rate
and and across its lifespan? >> I mean, just just maintenance-wise, normal maintenance stuff, you're going to spend a,000 bucks a year on filters, oil, and lubricants, and the normal stuff that we use on a regular basis. This year, we have tires coming up. That's going to be 1,200 bucks. That's going to have to get done before summer.
Um, this past winter, we had an electronic issue. Electronic issues we can't fix. they have to go to the dealer. That was a thousand bucks. And it was a simple fix, but it was just something that we couldn't do. And as things trend to be more electronic going forward,
the older it gets, the more likely you're going to have those electronic issues. And that's the other part of why we consider trying to get rid of this stuff before it becomes a big headache for us. >> How many hours approximately a year do you put on >> this machine? Six years old.
>> So 300ish, 350. >> Yep. which is probably a lot more than what a regular consumer like myself would put on it by >> I mean a lot more obviously but a contractor would be probably more than us depends on the use but this is one
machine that we use year round spring summer fall winter it's >> and a lot of the wear and tear comes from how it's being used if you're put if you're blowing back snow banks and doing the trail all the way out to the cemetery going east of town and that's
full. That's where it's getting used. Um, so that adds on to the wear. Um, and I kind of have to look at the fact that if it's down, it's costing us money irregardless if we fix it or if the
dealer fixes it. It actually is going to cost us more if a dealer has to fix this because it's an hourly rate. Plus, we're paying somebody to haul it to the dealer, and we got to pay somebody to go up and load it up and bring it back when it's ready. That's all money that
someone normally doesn't look at. And the pure fact is is, you know, we trying to work every department into a rotating basis. You know, the ambulance, we rotate, everyone try to get a new one each year.
Fire trucks, we rotate equipment, >> police department, we rotate equipment and we're trying to get it on a rotate so we don't get caught with that. You know, if it's going to be 11, you said $11,000 in repairs is what they
seen. >> They as they project it could be $11,000 in repairs, >> right? They project it could have half that next year and half the next year. depends on how many years you're going to go. Well, that's all money you spent
when it could have been a machine that's got warranty on it. >> And yeah, you pay a little extra for the warranty or whatever, but if a hose blows out 3 months after you buy a brand new one, that's covered. The warranty is
going to cover that plus any maintenance. And so to me, it's Yeah. Years ago, we probably didn't. All we did was fix. You talk to the guys that are in the shop and they go, "We spent more time in the shop fixing stuff
because we were too cheap to buy stuff and use it the way it needed to and we've changed that." So, I'm I'm going to lean with uh going with the new one.
It's coming in 20ome,000 under budget. >> Because it's in budget doesn't mean we have to buy it. >> No, that's right. But it all depends on which way you do your math. >> If it was personally, if I personally owned it and it was going to cost me 11,000, I'd be looking at changing it
out because I can't afford that. >> 11,000's hypothetically a number. It's not a number that you can count on. >> It's not a number you can bank on, >> right? >> But if they said that's what they got to stick into it, they're the experts that fix this stuff. They're going to know. Yeah. Like you said, it might be
inflated to get them to trade, but you know, it's got to be within 10% of that. It's not going to be half of what they said because, right, >> they're they're not going to do that. >> So, if I'm looking at my normal maintenance budget and I get a take in and say, if you were going to fix this
up so that it was like new or in good shape, tell me what you would would do. They're going to tell you everything from A to Z. And they're going to tell you, well, this is at this life expectancy. This is this. and they're going to they're going to cover every bounce. And then you're going to go back, you're going to evaluate that list
of 10 things, and you're going to say, "Well, based on what you're telling me and our type of usage, our type of maintenance, I think we're going to do options A, B, and D." Right? You're not going to I don't think anybody on a on a
taking a thing in for just general maintenance going to fix every item that they list because they think it might go bad. They're going to do that over a period of time, over a set schedule, over a, you know, it ain't we ain't going to take it in tomorrow, Scott, and say, "Well, we're going to have it fixed up
based on what they say and we're going to spend $11,000." >> At least I sure wouldn't be doing that if I was running a budget. >> Oh, obviously we know that. But, I mean, it's like, so the pure fact is is how many years do you run it to when you
don't get nothing for the trade and then you get stuck with the 97? >> Fair enough. I think we I'm so >> we do we do fix a considerable amount of things in our shop just so you guys are aware. Uh two years ago we had an axle
issue with one of our dump trucks that we brought to RE several times. Several $10,000 repairs >> and it happened for a third time and we actually ripped the axle out ourselves and put a whole new used axle in that truck all in house. So, if we can fix it and we think it makes sense to fix it
monetarily wise, we certainly will. >> You have the staff to do it. That's fantastic. Just so you know, that's great. You got great people. >> For sure. >> Okay. Do I have a motion? >> I'll make a motion that we approve the
>> purchase of the tool cap from Swanson and then the two attachments from Farmight and Mont Prairie. Okay, I have a motion. Do I have a second? >> I'll second. >> Heidi, you'll second it. Any more discussion?
>> Call the question. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. Opposed. >> I. >> Motion carries. Three in favor, one against. 7D. Approve resolution 2026-29 authorizing sale of excess equipment.
So, public works supervisor entered excess equipment into the state minbid online process for sale with the following results. And this is equipment that would otherwise be scrapped. We had a Pepsi vending machine, gas generator, two pallets of signs, and then there was a floor scrubber added to that as well
for 260, 55, 290, and 301. So, uh that money will go uh through that system and then we'll receive the money funds back minus a commission. So, it's just a good way for us to get rid of excess equipment and comply with the competitive bidding law. So, I have resolution 2026-29
authorizing the sale of that excess equipment. Okay, questions, concerns. Do I have a motion to approve resolution 2026-29? >> I'll make the motion to >> motion by Heidi. Do I have a second?
>> Second. >> Second from Scott. Call the question. All those in favor signify by saying I. I >> opposed. Motion carries. Three in four in favor, none against.
7E, approve resolution 2026-30 authorizing purchase of ambulance equipment. >> So the the capital plan for the ambulance includes the purchase of new monitors for the rigs. The initial plan was to replace one monitor each year for three years, but director Zale solicited
quotes for three monitors uh so that all three rigs would have the same equipment. And he will be able to explain that a little bit in more detail. We had uh bid from Striker and then once you add the shipping and handling, the maintenance agreement less the trade we're at about 154 535 and
then Zo has a different type of equipment and that total was 157201. The department is requesting that we purchase the ZOOL from Zo for the Zenex monitors. And I'll I'll have uh Mr. Zales come up and kind of explain the
justification of why he feels that's uh more beneficial. The difference up in the total is 2666 for all three. So if we purchased all three, that would be the difference between the low bid and the proposal that he wishes to purchase.
>> There is some I'll have Ryan come up. There's some technology parts here that I'm not real familiar with. >> Welcome. I do want to apologize again for those um interruptions with my phone. Well, I'll start with the purchasing the
three over at the one monitor that was originally in the capital budget for this year. Um currently our our monitors, the three that we have, one is 8 years old, one's 11 years old, one's 15 years old. We've got some pretty good use out of them with the expected uh expected life expectancy of eight years. So, we're looking pretty good on that.
It is time. Um, one of the reasons again if we buy them all at once, we'll have the annual increases, the manufacturer typical annual increases for the price of the monitor every year. We'll be saving that cost. This is a piece of equipment that we use
on every single call. It's it's like the engine of what we do. It's everything that we do. And if it's a critical call, I want our people to have not to have to think as much comparing different equipment. If we have two different monitors, they're used differently. So,
I'd like to have something standardized throughout the fleet. Um, our consumables will be different since there's different pieces and parts to each different monitor and it'll have it'll add some chance for
error to happen if we have the wrong consumables with the wrong monitor. try to prevent that. A little bit of cost savings if we do all three over one. I mean, I I mentioned the uh annual price increase, but we also have purchasing three as a group is cheaper than one individually.
So, it's a couple thousand dollars for each manufacturer. Then my recommendation over the Z over the life pack. Personally, I've used Life entire career. I'm partial to it, but we're going to I I recommend a ZO
for one is inter agency compatibility. Everybody around us use a ZO monitor. So, our pads, everything else will work with it. So, all we got to do is just switch them. Second, uh when we demonstrated the two, we found the ZO to
be easier to use. Just all the button pushes and menus were a lot easier to use on the ZO. Z. technology that Vicki mentioned. It's called Zol BVM help or real BVM help. It's technology built in the monitor that helps optimize when we
have to breathe for somebody and also ventilations. I mean ventilations and compressions, I'm sorry. And having said that, the fire department I was with in Colorado reached the purchase monitors with this technology and they run about 50,000 EMS
calls a year. They saw an 11% increase in cardiac arrest survivability. That's not Zel numbers. This is real numbers from the EMS chief that I spoke with from the department. So, we average about 10 cardiac arrest a year. If we can save one more person, I'd be happy
with that. Um, personal experience I've had with the ZO algorithms, interpreting cardiac rhythms, I feel I'm pretty good at it. I had one the other day where I didn't see it. The monitor called that the guy was having a heart attack. I was talking with the cardiologist on the
phone. He didn't see it. We brought him to the hospital. He ended up having a heart attack and we bypassed. We got him to where he needed to be quicker with that technology as well. >> And that's about all I have. Do you have
any questions? >> Questions? >> Uh reason for the 2200 shipping and handling on the striker versus no shipping and handling. There's $2,200 of shipping and handling for the Striker versus nothing listed for the Zo. >> I'm guessing that's just what the
manufacturer is filling out free. Okay. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Also, I see the difference on the three-year maintenance agreement. >> The maintenance agreement. Yeah. Again, that's going to be manufactur specific on the PM agreement.
>> Okay. And if I understand right, there's only a 50,000 that was budgeted for one monitor. >> Correct. >> And you're asking for three. >> For three. Correct. >> Okay. >> So, where does the funding come from? >> Well, the ambulance is always
>> selfunded. >> Come from its own revenues and stuff like that. >> The revenues that the funding is there. >> Well, that was my question. I know it's selfunded. I know it all comes directly from the ambulance, but I'm just wondering, do you have those extra funds to cover this at this point? We we have enough and we still have enough to cover
operating inspections for the year if we didn't catch another time. Great. >> Okay. >> Okay. Any other questions or concerns? Otherwise, I will look for a motion to buy one or two or three or none. Whatever you wishes are.
>> Just a question for Vicki on the resolution. Vicki, you have it looks like we're missing something because you have $6,000 difference just about in the resolution, but you have >> because I got updated prices today. So, the staff report, the newest staff
report that you got tonight are the final numbers. So, the resolution will be adjusted. >> Thank you. All right. >> Do I have a motion? >> Make a motion to approve the purchase of the equipment. of >> of the three of the equipment as
requested. >> Okay. Of ZO. >> Of ZO. >> Okay. A motion by Brad to purchase all three from company Z. Do I have a second? >> I'll second. >> Second by Heidi.
Last minute discussion. Call the question. All those in favor signify with saying I. >> I. >> Opposed. I motion carries. Three in favor, one against. Motion carries. 7F. Approve resolution 2026-31
approving plans and specs. Author's edition second author's second edition. >> The the final plans and specs have been prepared and submitted for final approval for the author's phase 2 construction project. The est the initial estimate for construction including engineering is 1.38 million.
Uh the project includes the development of 20 residential lots as an extension of Hendricks and Penott. The second author's edition pond will also be constructed a part of this phase which will also serve other phases but it has to be done now. If the city council approves they'll go out for bid with a
bid opening on May 14th and a potential award on May 20th and then the lots could then be marketed at that time. that plat has already been recorded and they're good to go, but and we're not going to market them until we know if we're going to do the construction itself for the road.
>> Um, I did send out to you in advance copies of the plans and specs if you have any questions about those. Keith is here to answer any questions you may have. Otherwise, I have resolution 2026-31 approving those plans and ordering the advertisement for bids.
>> Questions, concerns? >> I got questions. >> Yep. Um, I know we've talked about uh construction projects and we did a large project last year. I think this year we just talked recently about having an off-year construction, not doing a big
project. Now, here we are, $1.4 million project in front of us. And next year, we're going to have another seven million project. 2028 we're going to have a 10 to$15 million project or greater or more.
Where do we ever take a break? Just ask. >> Well, our Well, first of all, these I don't want to call it I don't want to belittle it that this is small, but this is kind of like a a fill-in type project. Um, we hadn't anticipated the 2027 project. We thought we that was
going to be combined with 2028. So, that really was going to be our off year was this year we were going to finish up birch and pine and some smaller stuff and then next year would be off. We just had to take that 28 project and divide it into two. Um, this will not be a
bonded project. We're proposing this to be an interfund loan like we did with the first phase of authors and then the Elm Street project. So, basically borrowing the money from ourselves um from another fund and authorizing it. And the reason that the EDA is is
proposing this is because of how active the lot sales have been in the first author's edition and the demand that we have for more lots. So, more lots, more houses. So that's why they're recommending going forward on it. Now, uh, initially when we first did the phrase, we thought we'd do one and then do another one in five years. We're a
couple years ahead of schedule from what we initially thought would happen. But, um, that's kind of the gist behind it was to get more lots on the market. >> And so the 1.4 million, um, there's a significant cost to the utilities for
that. >> No >> project. Not at all. Nothing. So nobody's going to pay for no utility. anything. >> What's that? >> The on a new project on a we we're the developer. So the developer pays and not the utility. They just pay for repair and reconstruct. >> So we're going to cover the entire 100%
of it in-house. >> The only part that the public utility would handle would be the electrical running the electric and they do that separate from this project. >> We hear frequently from the utilities that we do too much. We do too much.
We're spending so much money. they're costing them so much money. So, I'm just curious, you know, can they afford it? >> They We have ways of funding it and doing it. It just needs to tweak how
they do things now compared to how they used to do it years ago. Um, it's easy to say, but you at the same point that they, yeah, we're doing all this and it's costing us this, this, and this. They're also at the same all them people
are saying we're finally catching up to what should have been done 20 years ago and now it's costing us more. So the same people that are saying you're spending a lot of money doing this and this but it needed
to be done. So >> and this revenue will come back in tax base as well too. >> Yeah. Well, and the EDA and the council at the time when we did the first didn't plan on having all 19 lots sold in one year or two years, whatever it's been.
>> And who knows how much this project would have been if we or could be in the future if we hold off. >> You know, just with the lots we sold already, the lot the land is paid for. >> So, >> so is it the right position of the city to be developers? typically not. But you'll find more and
more cities doing that now because developers can't make money at it. You know, you don't see even even other cities are starting to kind of do this as well because that's how they can get new houses because that upfront cost is just too much for a developer. They
don't have a good enough profit where I don't need to make a profit. I just need to break even. But a developer is going to have a certain amount of profit they're going to want to be guaranteed in order to jump into a project like this. So they just don't do it without some incentive from the city. Well, >> then we're putting money out. At least
here we're going to break even. >> Well, and even that the future, you know, the tax return. This is developers don't get to collect tax on on their sale property. So, you know, long-term short-term burn for heartburn for long-term gain. >> The same question was asked when we got
into the first phase, whether or not we should be developers or not. And like Vicki said, there was no developers out there unless they can make a money off of it to do it. And we considered the council at the time forward thinking
enough that yeah, let's do this and expand the city, increase our tax base because if we increase our tax base, everyone else taxes won't go through the roof. And so that's the reason why it was. And
basically now we got a need yet for housing and we have the ability to do it. So looking at the project, we're looking at proposing the center portion of it. It appears what's left. Is there a reason why we do the center and not the outer
areas? >> We're doing the east side. It has to do with how the sewer and water flows and where the storm water has to go. So we have to connect this one next because the sewer will fly flow south and it'll also go toward Kennot to the
east and then the next will hook into that. >> So we're taking on the bulk of the cost on the front side on this >> and on the phase one that we did was probably the most expensive phase and then this one will be because we're putting in extra storm. This includes
another storm pond and the pipe that'll bring the water from the other um from the other phases. >> And then we also do this. We also kind of uh are the seller the agent also, right?
>> So, you know, are we are we also getting into the the business of being a sales agent? >> Because we own the property, we can sell it. Um, the EDA will be looking at whether or not we should list it for sale with another with a real estate agent or whatever. Um, at this point,
we've just saved those commission costs and it's just stayed with the EDA. >> And actually, realtors in town have been bringing people to the city for it. So, it's actually uh win-win for both. >> Yeah, we we did put out there if a real estate agent has a buyer that they if
they bring that buyer to the city and it closes that we would pay them a commission. So, >> well, I think there's always been a reason a public a political city, a government agency does not get into the private industry. >> True.
>> I mean, that's just life. And so, we're kind of we've kind of we crossed that path some time ago and looks like we're continuing on. So, I just just ask the questions. >> Yep. >> Well, I'd be happy to work with the developer if they want to front the cost.
>> Yeah. If there's somebody out there with the money to do it, go show up on the door. >> Why would they? If they're going to compete with the city, >> they wouldn't be. We'd hand the project. >> Would we? >> Would they? >> Would we? >> We don't know. >> Well, there's my question. Would we?
>> Depends on how much they're going to make. >> That's the point. >> Fure fact is is a lot of things have changed in 20 years. Well, when we purchased this land initially, we got we got a good price on it and we had a a sizable donation from Earl Felling
Felling Trailers and Sock Center Opportunities, >> right? >> So, we were able to fund the cost of the majority cost of the land itself. >> So, that was a that was a big driver in us pulling the trigger on doing this. I think the EDA and and I'll include
myself on it is I want to see the city grow and be someplace somebody's happy to come to and live in and not go the other direction. So >> what's the other direction? >> Not fixing anything. >> Yeah.
>> Oh, okay. So, do I have a motion to approve resolution 2026-31? >> I'll make that motion. >> Motion by Heidi. >> I'll second a second by Scott.
Last minute discussion. Call the question. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> I. Opposed. >> I. >> Motion carries. Three in favor, one against. 7G. We approve resolution 2026-32
accepting quote for park building repairs. >> Uh this is the park building, the park maintenance building that's located in the campground. If you recall in the budget meeting, we talked about getting that new metal siding and roof with the windows and the doors. Uh we had a timeline request of June 1st of 2026
completion and that's because it's located in the campground and once once uh June, July, August happens, we don't want to have a lot of construction happening down there. We did get two bids for materials, two bids for labor, and two bids for overhead doors. Uh, Kramer Lumber and Worms Lumber bid the
materials with a low bid of 847102 from from Worms. We had two bids for the construction from Steve Mortz and Worms. Uh, the Steve Mortz bid was $850 lower. However, they are unable to make the June 1st completion date. They wanted an August 31st completion date. He was
upfront with that when he put the bid in. And then we had bids for the garage doors, the overhead doors. And the low bid there was center garage door for 5286. So if we take those bids, the total is 264762.
And that is if we do the worms construction labor that meets the June 1st uh completion date. So that's resolution 2026-32 accepting those quotes. >> Questions, concerns?
Do I have a motion to approve resolution 2026-32? >> I'll make a motion that we go through worms for the lumber and the construction and then center garage door for the overhead doors. >> Okay, we have a motion by Scott. Do I have a second? >> I'll second.
>> Second by Brad. Call the question. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I opposed. Motion carries. Four in favor, none against. 7H. Approve resolution 2026-33
authorizing disposal of excess vehicle. >> Uh the police department has in its position an abandoned vehicle and are requesting it be declared excess and authorize its disposal. It's a 2000 Pontiac Sunfire. I did put the VIN on there. Um this is just one that's going to be disposed of. It has no value. So
this is to approve resolution 2026-33 declaring it excess and authorizing its disposal. >> Questions or concerns? Otherwise, do I have a motion to approve resolution 2026-33? >> I'll make a motion to approve.
>> Motion by Heidi. I'll second it. >> Call the question. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. Opposed. Abstensions. Motion carries. Four in favor, none against. Unfinished business. Fueling system.
>> Just an update on that. uh that would be the fueling system to be put down at the shop. Uh we did receive quotes for that installation and that is for two above ground tanks along with the fueling cabinet and software. The cost will be shared by the public utility and the city. Uh the city will purchase the
purchase the fuel and at the end of each month it'll allocate to each city department and the PUC will be built for their their share according to the pumping records. Uh the public utility was going to review its proposal and will bring it before you. I understand the public utility did approve it at their last meeting. So, I'll bring the
actual numbers and everything to you at the next council meeting. They just kind of update you where we're at with that. >> Okay. Any questions on that? That'll be so nice. Okay. Then we'll move on to 10th Street speed control. >> Um, as you if you remember at one of the
prior meetings, we had a request for some speed control on 10th Street. So, we put the sign out there, the speed the the speed monitor, and then we did get a vehicle speed report. If you can kind of see that, it's kind of small, but the little dots just mean they detected a car going at that speed. Um, that went
from March 18th to April 8th. There was a couple days that it was I think the battery was dead, so we didn't record a day. The average daily volume over that period was 371 cars. Um, the average speed was 14.4 4 miles hour with 98.5%
or 365 traveling below the posted speed limit of 30 and the remaining 1.5% which calculates out about six cars were traveling over the limit. Uh the police department has been monitoring the area to try to catch whoever is doing that excess speed. But just kind of gives you
an idea of what that machine will do. Um I guess you just had a request from mayor tonight regarding Park Road. Maybe that's or Hickman Hickman Road. I guess it might be something they can put out there and we can see what the traffic is really doing because I know when you see it, it looks like it's going really fast. Is it really?
>> And so that gives us an idea. So this is just information only. >> Um I don't think it really calls for an adjustment to the speed at this point. Okay. >> Unless you have any questions. Uh Ben and Joe can both explain a little bit better how it works.
>> Any questions on that? >> The excluded speeds greater than 40 miles an hour. Is it has that been an expressed concern of the neighbors? Do they think cars are going that fast? >> No. So for the report, there was a couple that came in at 90, but I can
assure you that we when we did this graph, we excluded those speeds. >> Not that the sign excluded it, like didn't record it, but >> it recorded stuff, but for whatever reason, that radar is imperfect on
something. stretch >> it was not a considerable amount but it just cleaned up the numbers made a better >> okay >> one of the things is to add to that is
that was that reads where it's placed was picking up vehicles on belt line because it's a little reading for some of those speeds that's radar. So yes, if a vehicle
we see a lot like semis even in our squad car we'll get a little like banking. What it's doing is that radar is bouncing off something else metallic or sometimes if you catch the windmill just break it's interference and we know on our squat cars it's interference not
car to it the I suspect the radar that's in the sign it's a little bit it's a little bit cheaper it's not as high quality as squad car so it's not uncommon to get blips like that once in a while >> could be weather could be weird reflection so and from what we've seen
what I've seen you know, even like 35 miles an hour on a side street like that, that's max. >> So, when you're standing outside and you see someone and you're used to, I'd say your typical, especially side street traffic, typical speeds, they're
probably, let's say, 15 to 25 miles an hour. That's what people are used to. So, when you're outside and all of a sudden you see that one going by at 30, then 35, maybe close to 40, and a lot of people, oh man, they're going 50. It seems like that because you're so used
to the traffic. But um yeah, is there some cars that are going too fast down 10th Street? Absolutely. Um are there some that are probably about 40 at some point? Yeah, probably. Um but like I said, is it worse there than anywhere else from what we've seen?
>> No, it's about the same. Anywhere you go, people driving sometimes. But I think when we put that speed sign out too, it helps people realize, hey, >> they're watching. >> They're watching. Let's check the check. Well, the reason why I mentioned that is because since I drive school bus and I
turn off a belt line onto 10th, I barely even get straightened out to come down 10th >> and I can see the speed monitor telling me what's back speed and that's two blocks away. >> And also think about that speed where it says like average speed's 14. So the way
that works, it takes its first reading at the the first time it sees that vehicle. So you're coming off a center street turning out, you're 14. That's not first reading. >> So even like the the reading of 300 and some cars per day, I think that's probably pretty high on the street. So I
think it's catching I'd say it's probably catching two readings on it. So I bet you we cut that number in half, >> you know, and they're averaging they're still averaging, >> right? >> Yeah. Okay. Thank you. Uh new business policy committee
meeting. So, at the last city council meeting, uh, we had some discussion regarding the future of special assessments. And so, I don't know if this is something you want to send to the policy committee so we can talk about it and come back with a recommendation. I know we're going to be having a public hearing on improvements coming up. That's not the assessment
hearing. That won't be till late this fall. So, we have some time to talk about assessments. But I think that um because of the way of the world with special assessments and how projects are funded, we probably should get ahead of that and make sure we're in agreement with what our current policy is before
we do another project. So if you want to send it there, I'm happy to take it there. If you think we're good where we are, I'm okay with that as well. >> What's council's wishes? Yeah. >> I'm thinking policy could look at it. I would especially when we got
>> especially if there's anything they can tweak. >> You know, there might be different ways of changing things up too. >> So, we're good with it. >> Okay. General consensus. It'll go to policy committee.
Vicki or ID will have another meeting. Okay. Consent agenda. We have schedule of claims, unpaid claims of $141,158. We have March checks, paid claims and payroll of $459,24424.
Gambling application for exempt permit request from Sock Center Art Lab doing businesses 510 Art Lab for a raffle on August 29th, 2026 at 510 Art Lab. We have uh four requests from Scott Kowski
representing the American Legion Post 67. One for an application and permit for a one-day temporary on sale liquor license for the beer garden during Sinclair Lewis days in the Sinclair Lewis State Lewis Park on July 17th. And the fee and
certificate of insurance are being provided. Another one is an application of permit for a 4-day temporary on sale liquor license during the Sterns County Fair from July 29th to August 1st, 2026. Fee and certificate of insurance are
being provided. Well, another one for submitted an application and permit for a one-day temporary on sale liquor license during the Sterns County Fair for August 2nd, 2026. Fee and s and and certificate of
insurance are being provided. also representing the Legion for a one day one temporary extension of outdoor liquid permits for the permit term of one day on September 26, 2026 for a 5K
run in their north parking lot from noon to 1000 p.m. Also would like permission to block off Park Road from the boat landing to Main Street. We have a request from Jessica Mossman doing business as Crazy Jay's Bar and Grill
for a temporary extension of premise permit for an outdoor party on June 13th, 2026 from 8:00 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Is there any questions or concerns about the consent agenda?
>> Do we typically go past midnight? >> 12:30 has always been >> Has it always been 12:30? We actually changed, what did we change about that a couple years ago once the bar times changed? >> They wanted 1:00 and we changed it 12:30. >> Okay.
>> Yeah. Okay. Do I have a motion to approve approve the consent agenda as presented? >> Motion to approve. >> Motion by Heidi. Do I have a second? >> I'll second. >> Second by Brad. Any other questions?
Call the question. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Opposed. Motion extensions. >> I. >> Motion carries. Three in favor, none against, one abstension. Almost forgot you.
Informational items. >> Have a couple things. Just a reminder. The public hearing on improvement on April 29th. That's Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. And that's on the trunk highway 71 phase one, which is our side street connections. A hazardous waste pickup. And that's going to end scrap metal,
e-waste, mattresses, and tires May 13th at 2026 at the Civic Arena. And the hazardous waste part is when the Sterns County comes and they'll take your gas and your your oils and your paints and that. Then we have a couple different recycling companies that are going to come for the scrap metal and the
e-waste. And then they're also going to do mattresses and tires. So that'll be the first year that we've included mattresses and tires in that. And then also we have the Spectrum channel lineup for you. >> That is all I have. Okay. >> And that went down 15 bucks.
>> Well, they changed it enough. >> I'm just saying it's a decrease. >> Yeah. >> Okay. That's on you. >> Any questions about those three items? That brings us to the end of our agenda. Do I have a motion to adjurnn? >> So moved.
>> Motion by Scott. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Second by Heidi. Call the question. All those in favor signify by saying I. I. >> I. Opposed. Motion carries. Four in favor, none against. Meeting adjourned.