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Stand if you're able to start the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

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>> Roll call starting on my right. Council person Josh, Council Person Brener, >> Mayor Jimmy John King J King J King J King J King J King J King J King J King J King Jang, Council Person Craig Anderson, >> Council Person Jeremiah for approval of tonight's agenda. Any additions in the table?

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>> Make a motion to approve it. >> We have a motion to approve. Do we have a second? >> Second. >> We have a second. All in favor say I. >> Opposed? >> That will carry. Approval of council meeting minutes of

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May 26, 2026. >> I'll make a motion to approve those minutes. >> I'll second. We >> have a motion in a second. Any questions or discussion? >> Hearing none. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed. That'll carry. That'll take us

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on the financing budget. Got the accounts payable in front of you, the additional listing with it and the electronic pay listing is there also. Any questions regarding the finance officer? >> Motion to approve. >> Do we have a motion to approve? Do we

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have questions or discussion on that? Hearing none. Do we have a second? >> Second. >> All in favor say I. >> Opposed. That will carry. Our special guests have not made their appearance yet. I think they're going to make a big entrance sometime here. So, we'll for now just move on to motions and general

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business. First item under motion general business of public hearing on the utility easement vacation. Staff's been working with police and catering on their expansion project. In order for the expansion to work on the site, the city proposed vacating a portion of the utility easement that

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runs through their property. City has received the approval from people's energy to do the vacation and no other utility company is utilizing this easement. So action requested would be to approve resolution 2026- a resolution vacating a

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utility easement as described in the resolution. I think I'll read the resolution off there. >> Yep. Where are they adding that? Straight to the south or to the west? >> They are going straight to the south. >> Straight to the south. But they need that ladder on there.

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>> They need um for their um refrigeration unit and air conditioning. They're going to encroach on the easement a little bit. So, we did go over one call and found out that found out that only people's energy was in there. So, we got written approval from them to go ahead.

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So, we've signed off on the building permit and now we're just formally vacating that portion. >> All right. Any other questions? >> I'll make the motion to vacate. >> We got a motion. Do we have a second? >> Second. >> All in favor say I. >> I.

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>> Opposed? That'll carry. Wastewater treatment plant update. There it is. SE supplemental agreement. Following the council spring planning workshop on capital improvement projects, the council directed staff to work with the city engineering staff putting together the planning study work

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for the next phases of our wastewater treatment facility improvements. This plan will help guide the city through various phases of expansion improvements for our future wastewater needs. This study will address areas of projected growth, including residential, commercial, and industrial.

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We initially approved up to 45,400 listed in the attached supplemental services agreement outlining the work ahead. There's an added amount of scope requirements now needed which are shown in the task categories. This will add an additional 28,400 for your approval

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which was discussed at the workshop earlier tonight. All right. Council actions to approve or deny the additional agreement work. I'm a big fan of my toilet flushing and working appropriately. So, I will have a motion to approve that.

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We have a motion to approve. Do we have any questions or discussion? Other than that, if not, do we have a second? >> I'll second. We got seconds. All they want their toilets working, too. All right. All in favor say I.

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>> Opposed? That'll carry. Now that takes us to a public works consideration of purchase of a UW56 Bobcat. As per the approved 26 Kaplan equipment plan and the 26 budget, the Bobcat TS610

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being recommend for replacement. The cost of replacement for the T5610 with the US or UW56 is 68,5838. We'll be trading in a buck at the value

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of 44,000. This will bring the final cost down to 26,591.88. We are adjusting our capital equipment purchases to stay within our overall allocated budget. We are using state contract piracy of Santa Claus and we recommend using our local dealership for

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this purchase. This will be replacing the tool kit we have. The one we have now has a three-point on the back end. Uh this will be replacing it with the box instead of the three point and BTO on the back. >> You don't want three point BTO. >> We have the smaller utility tractor that

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has so the guys kind of want to upgrade that cuz it's carrying their tools and stuff as they're going. of the leisure to have that box for doing some of that stuff. >> All right. Council action request is to approve or deny the purchase of the Bobcat UW56 toolkit.

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>> Make a motion to approve. >> Have a motion. Do we have questions or discussion? Hearing none. Do we have a second? >> Second. >> All in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed. That will carry.

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Here we go. Consideration of Yeah. Lou and I cuz I'm a massage therapist license. Come on in, Carlo. Hello. >> We'll have you up in just a second here. >> Okay. The city has received an application for approval from

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I guess the two I just mentioned for massage therapist license and will be working at real life body foot spot and foot 501 North Main Street. Homestead County Health Department is currently looking at the application background check. So the action request would be consideration of approval of this

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massage service application for Come on in Mr. Po. Sit down for a second. We'll get right to you. Subject to Homestead County's recommendation. >> Questions or discussion? >> Nothing from the question or discussion.

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I'm not a fan of these, but I understand that approve of what? So, motion. >> We got a motion. >> Second. >> I didn't make a motion. >> I'll make a motion. You got a second. >> I thought so.

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>> Obviously, it pends all approvals from home. >> Yep. Like background. >> I haven't gotten them back yet. >> Application approval, but they do all the inspection. Yes. >> They do all the inspections. >> All right. Is there a motion to second? All in favor say I. >> I.

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>> Opposed? That'll carry. >> That will take us out of motions in general business. >> Jump back to the first one. Yes, we're going back to our special guests. And tonight is our special guest, we have Senator Carvin Nelson and

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Representative Wayne Claw. >> Whoever wants to go first or together, whatever you want to do. >> I will. Oh, I I am going to let Representative >> You have us here, you have I Forest Township here, you have both parties are happy to hear about this.

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>> Great, great, great. Well, first of all, I just want to really thank uh Steuart Bill if I'll I'll get into kind of the review of the bill and what happened. But you know what's really uh big on my heart is uh Steuartville and and the

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great thanks I have for the city of Steuartville. It's just been a real joy to represent you uh for the last 16 years. And as I was thinking about this, Steuartville was the one consistent through all three redistricting

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redistricting, Steuartville remain consistent in in the area that I was so happy and really so honored to represent. So, um, the things that happened this year, well, sometimes it's like you're you're glad about what's

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happened and then sometimes you're glad there's certain things that didn't happen. So, let's start with the good stuff first. First of all, I am thrilled, just thrilled that the bonding bill included the Steuartville one mile

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of necessary road to collect the to connect these two 10-tonon roads. And I tip my hat to uh the township and the city for working together on this. It really took everybody to do that. And I just want to thank you. It could not

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have been more important. And if you think about what we saw not too long ago with the tornado um you know that could have taken out uh those th that connection and it did not. We're thankful for that but it very well could

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have and it was very close and it is really critical that we have that connection. So I am really just incredibly happy for that. Um as you know we've worked on it for years. We've worked on it for years. I have to tell you one of the most delightful I've been

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on the bonding committee for I don't know a dozen years probably and gone on bonding tours all over the state and I want to just tell you about probably the most impactful bonding tour was when we pulled the bus right up here the mirror

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smiling Bill knows these two guys got on the bus as we drove the mile. Now let me just say driving the mile that was good. I mean, it was good for um members of the bus to see that, but what was really was important was the discussion that

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these two folks had with bonding committee members. Um you know, just kind of one-on-one there in the bus. So, really congratulations to the city. We're really really really glad about that. Um and that was one one provision in the bonding bill. Obviously, there

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were others uh that were important as well. Many of you might drive Highway 14. Uh, as we go west of Rochester, there's two intersections there that have been incredibly dangerous, in fact, so dangerous, they've been turned into these traffic mitigation

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corners where you can't even take a full a left turn if you're going one way or right if the other. And both of those now have a full funding and those will become full intersections. So, we're really glad about that. It's not just it's a huge safety issue, but also you

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can see how those cars have been spooling up as they as they collect there not having that good intersection clearing really spooling all the way up to Highway 52. So really really glad um about that. Uh there were uh things in

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the tax bill. Let's see. I made I made some notes here. There was things in the tax bill that were helpful as well, but maybe not everything that I would have liked to have seen. However, um there was uh are you familiar with sustainable

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aviation fuel? That is really a huge thing uh regarding um the really the fuel of the future. It's very important for our egg communities, important for transportation. And so there is uh we've been working on that for a few years.

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some SAF uh funding to get that. Minnesota should really be a leader in that coming uh really uh um um economic growth opportunity. Um and then one of the other things was the um let's see I

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made a a note here about well the Senate tax bill also included some property tax inc uh relief additional property tax relief and we know how important that was because many of your uh property tax holders have been seeing great increases

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in their property taxes really due to all the unfunded mandates that the legislature had passed a couple years ago. So, we're glad about we're glad about that. Um, I'm particularly glad that I think, you know, if we're really serious about um about uh this idea

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about more sustainable energy, we have to quit talking like it 30 years ago. And we need to really start thinking about nuclear energy. And we have had a horrendous time with that because the state law just totally refused anyone to even talk about that. So, one of the

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good things uh this legislative session was we in a sense kind of lifted that ban and there can now be discussion about looking at nuclear energy and what would that look like for Minnesota and

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that would be good really for for all of us. So, we were glad about that. One of the things that I'm really glad did not pass, I don't know if you were following it, but I was very concerned about the this is the third year now that some in the legislature had really been seeking

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to strip your authority regarding zoning. And so, uh, what's your population here? >> How much? >> Just under 7,000. >> Seven. That's what I thought. It's over 5,000. So, it would hit Steuartville as well. And so this um

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initiative going through the legislature would have taken away your zoning authority and it would have required that you do certain things like every commercial site have so much um multifamily housing in it for example.

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Uh so that's just one example. I know there was a whole host of very very bad stripping local authority in your zoning and they were going to tell you how you had to zone for growth in Steuartville.

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And I cannot tell you how glad I was that that failed but it was a uh there was I I'm we didn't know for sure if it was going to fail. There was a lot of votes there to get that passed. So I think a lot of the bad things that we were able to stop really have to tip my

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hat to the house. I think that had a lot to do with a divided house. And so never ever underestimate the value of one boat. Uh and so I could go on and on. Those are just a few of the things that

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um were done that I'm pretty excited about. Uh things that were, you know, that you're still we're still going to have to watch and I know that Stuart Bill will. I don't want to take too much of your time. I know you all have a full agenda and I know you want to hear from RepresentativeWam as well, but just know

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that Stewartville will always remain in my heart. It's that very special place. I hope I uh see you all and look forward to celebrating with you uh some of these great uh things that are coming, especially that road. I told my bonding

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chair uh that I was not voting for a bonding bill that was not in there. And um it was just ridiculous that it didn't pass before. We're very glad it did now. So I'll turn it over if you have any questions or we'll turn it over to represent >> Carla. It was a

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sad day when I heard you weren't going to run again. >> Well, you know, one of the consistent of the 18 years that I've been here has always been Carla Nelson and you've always fought for >> and you don't know how much we've appreciated that. And you were just as disappointed every time something didn't

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go our way as we were. that was appreciated by us very much. So, it's uh I don't know I can't put enough words together to say we're going to miss you immensely. We're going to miss your reports at the council meeting. >> Yes. >> But we thank you for all you did and I

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glad you twisted a few arms and got this finally done. >> Yeah. Well, thank you. Thank you so much, Mayor. That really means uh means the most to to me. And uh just know that Stuart Belw my thoughts and >> remember the first time we ran into each other. Remember what you called me the

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first time you met me on your J square. >> Did I say that? >> You always call me J square. >> Well, it is JJ some of the other things called Colorado. >> Yeah,

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one of the short times I've been called. I appreciate it. >> Well, thank you so much. I just have the most respect and honor for you. So, >> representative. >> Well, thank Carla for uh squaring off your corners so you no longer square.

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>> Um the difference between these last two years and the two previous was a vote. um and frankly uh negotiating prowess

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because a lot of bizarre stuff happened during the previous trifecta. Um there was a lot of effort to take some of that surplus and put it a billion into a fund that would allow uh local

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governments to be able in an emergency you have a flood a tornado uh and you need the cash flow to take care of stuff that that would be where you could pull it out use it for the stuff and when FEMA stuff came back in

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pay it act that would be an intelligent thing to have done. Um funding for local roads, township, county, and etc. non-state roads have things so that if there was something

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happened, you really had to replace a culvert. You could do that quickly because uh that's important to be able to access whether it's a flood, a tornado, or anything. getting to the people and helping them is key and

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that's what the state should do is is assist in it. Um we made some uh progress um in the committee that I co-chared. They were pushing the housing bill

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and they had talked several members in to uh voting for it because it was just going to go off to a committee and wait until there was agreement. And uh there were a few of us that uh were able to convince them, no, you uh

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fix it and then we can pass it. Because the idea that you would no longer have any voice of how neighborhoods were being developed and what housing you would have in this

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area or that area is atrocious. Um you you're doing a good job because it's growing. Plus, uh, Stewartville is a prime location for you got the airport, you got the

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interstate, you got 60, 63, 30, and not not far from 52. There's a railroad that's close enough. I mean, Amazon made a good choice. And when bonding bills come up and

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there's asks um I tend what I said about Stuartville, you know, you added Amazon, they're expanding because the airport and I I told about the location. So the idea of

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improving the roads before they become overcrowded and hazardous is a thing to do. And sometimes you know even politicians listen. But uh the hope is we can continue that

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that progress. And what is really useful is you come across stupid. You know you you're going to do something. It's like why is it written that way? It costs us uh you know extra hours a bunch of paperwork etc. Those

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are the things that I like to have amendments done to get rid of the stupid. And there are small little things. You can get it on the bills. Even if you're in the minority and you, you know, talk to the chair, you can get that stuff because in

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this rural area, we know that, you know, you don't want stupid. You want to be able to uh do it right the first time. and it's a lot more work, you know, wi with that harassment. So, that's what I

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ask, you know, communicate to me and we'll see what see about getting verbiage in to fix that. And then, um, hopefully, uh, the economy grows enough to where the structural deficit isn't so severe

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or that maybe, uh, with they're getting close to 100 convictions for fraud, maybe some money coming back from all of that that was taken. >> Nice. >> But the the idea this year and last year was mitigate

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the big deficit we were going to hit and there were smart things done from both chambers to do that to make the next step coming in. um you know, let us know. Um you're the eyes and ears to

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what is the real world instead of well in the metro they do and and frankly we've seen that that doesn't work here. Um Highway 14 and Byron before I was born, they started the

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project. They offered the Byron City Council and the mayor that they would have an overpass in what is now County 5, but they had to buy $1,200 worth of

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property as part of the agreement. They said no. So now Byron is about the last town over 5,000 of 14 that doesn't have an overpass

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and fortunately we're getting that that fixed. But this region it's so important. Um they they do something on the bridges uh in Austin and people have to go other

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you got 52 you got a lot of diverted traffic. So, let us know to plan ahead and that'll get us working on it because it doesn't always get done the first year, but uh that you're the ones that

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uh let us know the details and shine us on uh the key things to help this part of the state is why we have what revenue we do because of the businesses and the many,

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but there are a lot of key businesses down here and you've situated in a prime location to have them join us and I like to see the expansion. Um, plus I think I heard that quite a

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few students from over there went up to state this year. >> So, we we've got a lot of good things. Uh, any questions? No questions, but we'd certainly like to thank you. You've always been there for

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us when we need help on the bonding and you've pushed it through the house and you done tremendous work for us when we asked for it. We we truly thank you for that. We're glad to see the good work. I'm pretty sure you're doing good work because the way they're coming after you out there, I think that that means

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you're getting something done. Well, I whether I've been in the majority or minority, I've had bills pass >> and I've actually had uh chairs of the other side come to me and ask for language for an amendment or

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uh include my bill in their because to me, you know, I grew up on the farm. you focus at the issue and addressing that and you don't get caught up in the you versus them type thing because on the next one they might be working with you

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and also grew up on the farm uh I learned as a kid not to do stupid because it was a lot of work to fix it and I was the one was going to have to do it. So you think ahead just like you are with uh with the streets and the additionals. >> Oh truly thank you. I I think the whole

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council feels the same way and staff. I mean, this was a tremendous thing that happened for us. Without your help, you know, I don't think it would have got done at all. So, thank you very much. >> You're welcome. Thank you. I just wanted to um thank our city

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engineering staff because they helped us put together summary information from the township, from the council, from our staff >> to present to uh both bodies. And uh that was very helpful because those summaries were what got used in the two

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chambers. And then just a personal thank you to both uh Senator Nelson, Representative Quam because they throughout this process either invited me and or the mayor to actually testify before the respective committees. And so just to get that invitation so we could

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be heard uh was greatly appreciated. And obviously as uh we talked earlier tonight about some more things that are probably down the road, we'll be back. So we'll appreciate that again uh in the future. So thank you.

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>> Anybody here table got anything to say? >> In addition, anyone from my force like to throw in a few cents? >> Just thank you for working this through. >> Carl, I'm still sad to see you go. >> Yep. >> Well, who knows what's next, but

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>> hang on. >> Hang on. >> Thank you both again. All right, we've gone through most of our agenda before you got here, but you're welcome to stay for the last few committees and commission reports and stuff if you'd like cuz we've got other

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important state business to get done. >> It's pretty nice though. I think I >> I don't want to make that. >> All right, first up, uh, mayor staff reports for the mayor's report.

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The city of Stville would like to send their sympathies to the families of Marcela Moyer, Elaine Ricestead, Mary Fearson, Dale Johnson, Patricia Leasio, Curtis Stenc,

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Dave Sacket, and Jason Burns. That was a big bad week. But also congratulations to Harry Diffly. That'd be John Diffly. I'm speaking a little turbine now.

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Our local legend. John was given the 2026 Community Service Recognition Award from the Community Education Advisory Board. And it was welld deserved. And he's uh been a great contribution to this community for many, many about 60 years, I think he said.

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So, congratulations again to John. Oh, some more congratulations need to go out here. Congratulations to Jen and Robert on your 25th anniversary. >> Congrats. >> I don't know how you put up with Robert for 25 years.

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>> Stewie cruiser start their uh Friday night cruise out there. I'll tell you what, they've got some good vehicles showing up already and stuff. stop out if you get the opportunity. They got some nice stuff going on. And now the Bear Cave concerts are starting next week or tomorrow, Wednesday,

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>> maybe. >> We think. >> Yeah, weather looks bad. Yeah, weather. >> We're thinking they might start, but that's the plan. But if they're not, we will be there next week and we got another family planned for the year going. So, >> when did they try to make a decision on something like that? I know it's hard.

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Well, the band called me yesterday already and I told them that I would make a decision until probably 3:00 tomorrow. >> Unless it's 4 or typically we pay them whether they come or not. So I we mean if they're loaded

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up and coming it's and we turn them away then it's I mean they get paid. So >> we've had too many where we've canceled and it's like this outside sunny and beautiful. >> Yeah. All right. That's all the mayor's got

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tonight. Anything uh from city administrator Bill? >> Uh reports in your packet. Just two items. A call out to a couple employees, Dalton and Jake for uh getting the pool all up to snuff and coordinating with

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our hired uh folks down there. And then passing uh another good public health inspection so we're all ready to go. And then uh you'll start seeing uh some um semiquincentennial banners going up as we welcome folks

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into Steuartville uh for this big 250th uh nation's birthday. >> Delighted to be here before you know it. >> Not too far unless you get in. >> Any questions for you, Mr. All right. Finance officer Kelly, you got a report?

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>> No report. >> No report. All right. public works director Sean, you got a report? >> Yep, it's in there. And then the one that I pointed out that I wanted to discuss was the issues we were having with the brush down continue to go. Uh

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we had a U-Haul vehicle back out there, dumped a bunch of construction materials the other day, and it's every day someone's throwing something out there. I'm seriously sick of picking all their crap up for them. Literally crap. Cuz one bag was a bag of dog crap. >> I would suggest locking it up like we

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did the other time. And I I put in there's going to be rebuttals back on some of that stuff, but my opinion is if we do something where at least it's banned again. We've tried this. It keeps going on and on that they're cracking down on us through the state with NPCA

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with the what's being tossed out there and we are supposed to get garbage picked up out there. Uh and it's just and the sad part is it is a lot of it's from Rochester. We we've given out tickets. Uh at least half of them are coming from not anything in store. But

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Justin's been awesome to work with with doing the detective work. We pull up in the cameras and he runs the plates and tracking people down and getting what we can to issue tickets. And we've got some local people here that I know they're not very happy with me right now because we did it. But it's there's no excuse

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for what they're doing. I don't know if we need to spend extra money to ban it. It's supposed to be adults out there and if they can't be adults about it, we just shut the gate and they can go pay somewhere else. They go tell them stick on recycling and paint the area up there. So, I got no problem with it.

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>> Well, the problem is there's no gate to shut because of the dog. >> We'll put a gate on there. We'll fix it up. We talked about this the other day. There's ways to shut that down out there. That's your guys's call to make in the long run. That uh

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I talked to Bill, we were talking a little bit about when they start with the power company puts their substation out there and they get a gate across there. Our intentions are to move out to that property. We want eventually to get it further out and away from the residential areas. Uh at

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that time, you put a gate in there and just have it moved out to that area where it's not with the dog park. It's easier to and then hire someone. If if you guys don't want the money to hire somebody, that's again your call. But there will be there'll be some upset people if it's >> my opinion has been the same as the last

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time we shut it down. That's my opinion on it, too. What do you guys think? I showed it off for two weeks last time when they've been for a while. >> Yeah. I mean that the dog part is a real deal for sure and you want to please the community, but I also understand that

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there's still people acting like kids and dumping all their crap out there. So I I'm kind of split. I don't know if it's worth paying for someone out there all the time. >> Well, it wouldn't be all the time. We've talked about that, too. >> Couple nights. I'm >> If you did that, it' be a couple hours.

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>> Couple nights a week. Yeah. couple nights a week open up and >> offered to do it. He already talked to me about >> give me a badge. >> I mean, it used to be open two days a week and they had somebody name it. Then we switched to this. We do have the

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cameras, but it it is we spend a lot of time going through there trying to find and you got to get it just right where you can identify everything or Justin doesn't feel comfortable taking it. So, there's a lot of them that don't get caught, but we're trying to catch as many as we can. problem with that is you you do it for two days a week. How do

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you shut it down the rest of the week? >> Well, that's where if it's out the new site needs to be fenced off the new site, it's a different deal. I'm talking about where it's at. >> Yeah. No, I Yeah, >> I told them we'd have to put a fence. We'd have to put a fence. We had to spend money on fence out there.

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>> You have to do something to keep them out of there. >> We pound a whole bunch of steel posts in there, let them flat all their tires when they back in there. So, there's ways to slow people down. What are the busiest days? Like I could see like a couple like the weekends be busy kind of like in the winter. >> I think we used to do like a Wednesday,

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Saturday. It was almost Saturday, >> Wednesday to Saturday. We did Wednesday or Saturdays like 8 to 3 or 9 to 4 type of thing. And then Wednesdays we did more afternoons like 3 to 7 or 3 to 8. >> Um but that was before the dog park was

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there. So we were able to close that gate. We're already spending way too much time, Sean's time, public works time, cleaning up, picking up just >> We don't get any of that money either, do we? >> I mean, it's just a thing. It's a short

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time before we move it out to >> Yeah. And I say this tonight, expecting action immediately. I just want to present it because we have changes coming up with being able to go out to the new site eventually. Like what what kind of time frame are you talking on that >> Well, next year.

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>> Yeah. >> Next year for spring. >> Okay. Well, yeah. Then we could probably do it a little better. I don't know if we I don't know how you signage is kind of a waste of money, too. But I'd love to get the message out there saying because of some of you dip

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heads, we're thinking about shutting down. for all the >> well we did it once before >> and it's good for a little bit but then >> I know our people are relentless >> before we were having it's now more because NPCA's cracked down on us or the pollution control agency cracked down on

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us that we got to keep it picked up >> so I've been going out every morning and looking at cameras and picking the stuff up personally myself and spend a half hour out there picking and it was literally bags of dog crap people bag it all up some people it's one scoop and they throw their doggy bags in there and

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we got to have every bit of that picked up. So, well, I'll tell you what. I'll I'll I'll I'll tell you what I'll volunteer to do. You figure out where it goes. I'll haul the back, excuse me, back to their place and throw them in their yard. I've done it before on my own out there in a farm and they dump out the farm. Small town.

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>> And I've done I mean, I someone dumped a door out there. I took it right back up to his farm. >> I'll take it right somewhere else. I I will >> see if that slows it down a little bit. But Justin, and I've talked to Justin several times because I've been working I want to work closely with him because

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he's awesome to work with. And I said, I don't want this to be a pain in the butt for you. He's willing to do anything over and above. >> Well, he's pretty laidback too because I got a hold of Todd Mayor Todd, you know, from somebody >> and I said, "Dude, you racking up this stuff." So, he had he talked with Justin

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and Justin even said, "You're fine duffing some of this stuff out here. You just can't be doing this big D." something had to do with the way you unloaded it and what it would obvious hydraulic system you >> right and he said yeah exactly it's like you can if you're willing to do the work

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just manually get it off but it just shows that it's not like Justin's being being overly hard on people by any means >> but he's willing to go the extra to run the plates and and take the time to find and track these >> guys they create the only way we'd pay for state county sheriffs I don't think

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we need to waste their time Because people >> clean their dog poop up and take care of it theirel and do what they're supposed to. >> People that can't clean up their yard. There's people that can't take in their packages. All sorts of stuff. >> Any So, just a heads up. You guys act

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how you on it as you want. Uh I'm not expecting any action immediately. I just want to start greasing things towards looking at what we do when we transfer out. >> Give me some stuff tomorrow cuz when I'm picking up appliances, I can throw some off. Chad, can you can you put that in the

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paper then about the about out there? What's going on? Yep. >> And we might close it. >> I'll do that tomorrow. >> And we've done that before also. There's been stuff put in there before, but do it tomorrow. See what I have. >> That's what they'll say. It could be me.

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>> And everyone tells me I I forgot it. I didn't mean to leave that there. Well, >> that only carries weight so long. >> We do. All right, other questions. Oh, question from Mr. Representative Brown. >> Um, if you have an ordinance

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that specifies what's allowed and not allowed and the first time is a warning. After that, it's like a $5 fine or fee, and you've got the video and the camera. Uh, that might help incentivize.

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>> We already finding a lot more than that. Okay. So, you've already got the ordinance and stuff. >> Yep. We got signage. We got ordinance. We find them way more than that. We Yeah. It's just It's what you talked about up there is sometimes it's hard to fix too.

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>> It's about 200 I think the ticket's 290 >> for commercial. >> It It is sad because it's a lot of people not from Stville that are doing >> that is a problem. I know. >> And I think the only way you can correct that is to have it made in my opinion.

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workshop. All right. Well, we're not going to solve it tonight, I guess. Any questions for public work? You guys are doing a great job. I see you pull this little park here for the first time. Looks good. >> Really looks good. Thanks, guys.

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>> All right, city engineer Jenna, you got a report? >> Sure do. Next week on the 16th, we are having an open house for the 2027 CIP project. We're taking this schedule a little differently than our other projects. Uh bringing everybody in

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before we really even start designed different layouts, talk to um the businesses and property owners since this is for TB's um industrial park. So want to get everybody connected early on

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in the process and get moving forward with the way things. So please do attend >> where's it at? >> 4 to 6 at the civic center. >> Um the other thing I'll update you guys, we did move the bid date for the signal

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system to the 30th of June. Um it was originally posted for the 16th. So next week we moved it to the 30th so we can finish our agreements with make sure we get their share of the money on things.

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So that will be has been reposted um to be avail. >> All right. Thank you, John. No library director report tonight. Fire chief's report is in your packet. Pool director is busy at the southern pool. Committee commission board reports. Chamber of

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Commerce. Anything? >> Getting ready for the fourth. Getting ready for the fourth. You bet. That's a big one. EDH, we've got a meeting coming up next week. Finance. Anything from them? >> Nothing's scheduled. >> Nothing from them. Library. >> Uh, nothing.

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>> Parkour. >> We met last night. Talked a lot about shelters. We got place in the shelter at the dog park, the one that blew away in the storm. um shelter at Rolling Ridge. Got

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drawings uh getting finalized for that and uh maybe one for the disc golf. Some other um planning getting ready for budgets. Perfect. >> Personnel planning zoning. Nothing. Public safety.

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We've all been safe this week. Public works. >> Nothing. >> Ready? >> No report. >> Ro, >> no report. No transit advisory committee today. No communications in the packet. Now that takes us to open mic if anybody would like to use it. City council

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welcomes and encourages participation from community members. Please keep in mind that your comments must be pert city business. Must adhere to the data privacy rules. No employees name may be used. Please do not expect action with the council this evening regarding your concerns. We would also request that your comments be limited to four

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minutes. Speakers be recognized only once at this time. Anyone who would like to address the city council, please step up to the podium, state your name and address. Motion to adjourn. >> We have a motion to adjourn. Do we have a second? >> Second.

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>> Any questions or discussion on that? Hearing none, all in favor say I. I.