This is the regular city council meeting for the city of St. Peter on Monday, July 13, 2026. We are called to order at 7:06 p.m. Would all please rise for the pledge
to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> All right. First up is approval of the
agenda. Are there any additions or corrections to the agenda? Hearing none, do I have a motion to approve? >> Second. >> We have a motion and a second. All those in favor say I.
>> I. opposed. The motion carries. The next step is the approval of the minutes uh which are on pages 4 through six. And this is from our last meeting on
June 26. That was a long time ago. On June 26, 2026. Are there any revisions or corrections to the meeting minutes? Hearing none. Do I have a motion to approve the meeting minutes?
>> So moved. >> Second. >> A motion and a second. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> I. >> Opposed. The minutes are approved. Next up, we have time on our agenda for visitor comments. Uh we first take
visitor comments on uh agenda items. Are there any audience members who would like to make a visitor comment on an agenda item? Seeing none, we will move on to general visitor comments. Are there any members of the audience who would like to come
forward and uh make a general visitor comment? Seeing none, we will move on to the approval of the consent agenda items. The consent agenda items are on pages 7 through 14
and it contains the following. We have two employee appointments. We have a temporary gambling license for the Nicollet County Egg Society. We have a list of election judges. Their names are in the packet. And lastly, the schedule
of dispersements for June 19th, 2026 through July 9th, 2026. Any questions on the consent agenda? Hearing none, do I have a motion to approve the consent agenda? So move second. Have
>> a motion and a second. Do we call the role for call the role, please? >> Council member Johnson. >> I. >> Council member Pettis. >> I. >> Council member Sharstrom. >> I. >> Council member Devos. >> I. >> All right. Consent agenda is approved. We have nothing listed for unfinished
business. So we'll move on to new business. And the first item of new business is public works facilities optimization consulting services. And we have Pete here to discuss that. >> Madame council member and the rest of city council. Uh as you were aware when
we started our roofing project here a few months back uh there was discussion at workshop about how we would approach uh not only this repair but other repairs and needs at public works. Um, you asked us to
have public works uh evaluated to look for ways that we can optimize our efficiencies, our programs, our spaces that we have uh really just get a handle on everything for the next 15 to 20 years. And so with that, we put out a
proposal requesting um interested firms to come to uh a day at St. computer public works and work with city staff to see what we had for operations uh so they could better fill out their proposal that they were working on. Uh
we did receive four applications uh and proposals right up front. Uh we had about six individual uh individuals at public works review those and rank them one through four. Uh we had three that were very close at the top, one
that was a little distance. Um and so we did conduct three virtual interviews after that process with the candidates. The uh uh each firm was allowed to have two individuals and a presentation uh which they would turn over to the city
for review. Um and out of that um what we did was we selected ISG as the top candidate. Um ISG uh did fill out the request very thoroughly. Um they came highly r um rated in the first two areas
of our proposal which were firm and team experience as did uh the other two that we uh interviewed. Very very uh confident that either one of those two um u firms could have done the work for us. Um they had a great understanding of
the project and the technical approach that would be required. Uh their presentation was outstanding. Um and then they also provided some of their past performance and references for us to check which we followed through with. Um what was interesting though with them
was they gave us a project management schedule which we'll talk about in a little bit here. Uh but it really met our timelines on where we want to go and what we want to do. Uh our overall goal is to have something by the end of the year. uh they were able to squeeze that information into that presentation and
it communicated really well to us uh on how that could be accomplished. So you might ask what's next? Uh what do we got going on in the future here? If you go back to page 23, two pages in front of the resolution here, there is a fourphase process. Uh
it says fee at the top of the the schedule. There you go, Todd. That's right on. uh looking at phases one and two, which is really the the ground level work that they need to get into. Their their goal would be to meet with us if you approve
them this week. Uh and then get a good handle on things in July and August and pull phases one and two together by the end of September. Uh we'd be looking at different alternatives and developing a shared vision in October and then
putting final recommendations and implementation schedules together in November and December. Our goal is to be done by the end of the year. Uh as you guys know in December it gets a little shaky on how much time we really have because we get pushed with the uh uh one
council meeting and uh usually just one workshop. So we'll see how that all works out for us. But we don't have a certain timeline that we have capital projects that we have to build. It's more or less getting an understanding of where we want to go in the next few years. Um, our recommendation at this
time would be to approve the resolution on page 25 that would authorize ISG as the consultant to do this work for us. >> Any questions for Pete? >> Go ahead. Um, so it says approximately
75,000 in here, but the total at the bottom here of this is 83 to 95, >> right? So what we did with the firms is, uh, when when they came back in for the virtual interview, we let them know, we didn't give them a a dollar amount upfront. And so we had a wide range of
variation in those costs. And what we wanted to do was not rule somebody out because they may have 150,000 into this. The overall goal was we will now explain to the uh firm that's selected here's kind of the scope that we see. Here's
where we think you might be a little long. We'll help you with this information. You just need to assemble it, but then let them have the outside look on what's going on. So that would be our plan and our goal is to spend around 75,000 or under if they can see efficiencies that we may have within the
operation. >> Great. Thank you. >> Yep. >> Any other questions? I am just wondering, Pete, with these four phases and this hopefully wrapping up by the end of the year, what can the
council expect for when will we see updates or when will we have to make any decisions or is it at the end of the year when there's a report? No, I I think when you look at getting phases one and two done, we should be report to you, excuse me, we should report to you
on where we're at there as we start shaping to make sure that's the direction that you guys see this project going as well. So, I would say somewhere in October is when you probably will probably schedule a time to visit with council and maybe at that point we can
have ISG come and do a little presentation uh before the council at workshop. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Yep. Any other questions? If not, the resolution authorizing ISG of Mano, Minnesota to complete a public
works optimization services study is on page 25. Do I have a motion to approve? >> So moved. >> Second. >> We have a motion and a second. Call the role, please. >> Council member Pettis, >> I.
>> Council member uh Sharstrom, >> I. >> Council member Devos, >> I. Council member Johnson. >> I The motion carries. Resolution is approved. Um, >> thanks Pete. >> Yeah. Next up, we uh of new business. We have a donation acceptance resolution
for the St. Peter Girls Fast Pick Fast Pitch Association. >> So, mayor, members, that's me. Pete's providing technical backup if I miss something. Um, but this is to accept funding from the St. Peter Girls Fast Pitch Association for the purchase and
installation of four scoreboards at Jefferson Park. These are replacing scoreboards that Pete are probably more than a couple decades old if I remember right. And so the softball association, the girls fast pitch association has worked really hard to raise approximately $30,000 towards this
project. As you know, you have a policy related to donations and how that works and that fits within that policy overall. And so we really want to thank the association and the folks that spent so much time and effort. What you see on your screen now and what you see in the
packet is an image of what this would look like. It'll take take care of balls and strikes and outs and time and you know scores and then you'll see their sponsors. So the association has gone out and sold sponsorships for these
which will be provided for. I think it's also important to note that um we've signed an agreement with the association about how, who, when, all of that works. And so that's included in your packet as well. What we're really recommending for you tonight is to approve the resolution
that accepts the nonation under these con uh conditions and provide a word of thanks to the softball association, the girls fast pitch association. And again, they would provide funding that is just shy of $30,000. That's a really monumental task to come
up with those resources and there's a lot of local folks that put a lot of work into this and businesses that are being are are supporting this as well. Um so the resolution is included in your packet on page 31. >> We also want to make sure that this is authorizing us to purchase the scoreboards.
>> Purchase the scoreboards. >> Yep. >> Any questions or comments? Go ahead. Council member Sharstrom >> or Go ahead, Darl. Uh my wife was the Southpole Association treasurer for I believe four years many years ago. I'd like to thank the association for doing
this. This is a very nice gift to the city and we appreciate it very much. >> Go ahead. >> I was just going to share in in honor of being completely transparent, I do actively serve on the softball association board and Pete and I personally worked very closely on this
project and I'm very happy we pulled it off. Any other questions or comments? >> 30,000 bucks is hard to raise. Very, very hard to raise. You're telling me. >> So, it'll get used by softball association, of course, other folks that utilize Jefferson Fields. These are for Jefferson's fields.
>> These fields are utilized by the softball association, the youth baseball association, and the slow pitch >> leagues. It's an excellent community improvement, and it is tough to raise that that much money. So, the resolution
um is authorizing the donation acceptance, but also the city is purchasing. >> That's correct. Under your policy. >> Okay. >> Yep. >> All right. So, you'll find that resolution on page 31 of the packet. It's the resolution approving the agreement and donation for Jefferson
Park scoreboards from the St. Peter Girls Fast Pitch Softball Association. Do I have a a motion to approve? >> So, move. Second. We have a motion and a second. Please call the role. >> Council member Sharstrom.
>> I. >> Council member Dvas. >> I. >> Council member Johnson. >> I. >> Council member Pettis. >> I. The resolution is approved. Uh, next up we have reports. As Mayor Prom, I do not have any reports. Do council members
have reports? >> Go ahead. Um, so I' I' I'd like to give uh remind our citizens how lucky we are to have a hospital in this community. Um, I had an incident last Sunday. Um, was able to go into the urgent career.
Um, get taken care of much faster than I would have in Mano. Um, uh, 12 stitches later and and uh, I it is an asset we have in this community. um one I think it's a great partnership with uh OFC
that has allowed us to maintain our hospital and I think it's something we don't appreciate enough in this community. >> Yes, we're very lucky to have a communityowned hospital in this community. Um any other reports from council members?
All right. From our city administrator, any reports? Um, I'd like to give just a short report related to moving and give a short update on moving and where we're at. As folks may be aware, whether they're following us on Facebook or whether they're following on our website, um,
all of the department save administration is now at the new location located at 1441 Civic Way. And so that's the new location for city hall. Council will follow probably in Augustish for
minutes, for meetings, and um be ready for that. So, watch for some additional information on that and we'll make sure to inform the public of that. Administration, the last kind of team from the current city hall on Front Street will be moving tomorrow with common things like pop machines and
other things. We'll move on Wednesday and follow us up there. Um we're fully operational up there related to emergency services from the police department. Transit MRVT is there as well. And of course, folks that want to pay their utility bill or sign up for utilities or building permit, all of those things are available at that
location. Now, it will take us a little bit to kind of get fully settled, but things are um going really pretty well. Even though moving is hard. If anyone here listening or any of you have moved ever or moved college kids a couple dozen times, it is hard. And so, the
staff has been fantastic in working through that. Uh we have a few things that we continue to work through related to furniture and access and signage. You'll note that signage even changed again today. Final signage interior to the building is coming either tomorrow or Wednesday. At least that's the
schedule so far. And so we're excited for the opportunity to serve people in a new location there again. So watch for public meetings and when that will start likely Augustish. Um so ma'am that's that's the only report that I have for you. But I do
have a request which is the last page of your council packet um asking for approval of a resolution to go into close session to discuss the potential transfer of property located at 105 East Brown Street here in St. Peter. And so that resolution again is the last page
in your packet. >> Will we return action or >> Thanks for that question. My plan right now is that we are unlikely to return for action. Um we are in the process of having a discussion and negotiation on potential transfer of property. So more
work would need to be done likely um come back only to adjourn. >> Thank you Todd. >> Any other questions? All right. The resolution calling for close session is on page 32. Do I have a motion to approve? >> So moved.
>> Motion and a second. >> Uh do we call the role for this? Okay. Please call the role. >> Council member Devos, >> I. >> Council member Johnson, >> I. >> Council member Pettis, >> I. >> Council member Sharstrom, >> I. >> The resolution is approved.
>> And what is the process next? We >> So, we would recess into close session and then we'll come back into regular when um before adjournment. >> We are recessing to close session 724. >> Um we'll probably go downstairs.