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MEETING SECTIONS:

Part 1 (Video ID: w9JSvniqmR8):
- 00:00:00: Meeting Start, Pledge, Agenda Approval, and Minutes
- 00:01:23: Financial Matters and Snowblower Purchase Discussion
- 00:03:23: Rolling Ridge Park Path Extension Consideration
- 00:05:34: Mayor's Report: Memorial Day, Graduates, and More
- 00:07:59: City Administrator's Report: State Funding Update
- 00:10:33: Department Reports: Finance, Public Works, and Library
- 00:12:53: Committee Reports and Meeting Adjournment


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Obey the order. Start with the pledge of allegiance. Stand if you're able, please. 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

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liberty and justice for all. >> Call starting on my right. Council >> person John King, council person Craig Anderson, >> council person Jeremiah. >> I'm looking for approval of tonight's agenda. Any additions or deletions from one of those?

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>> Yeah, I'd like to make the amendment to remove the public hearing for 507 North Main and spoke with the property owner and they're in the process of taking that. Anything else over there? Anything from this table? No.

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>> Okay. Look for a motion to approve with the uh one deletion. >> I'll make a motion to approve the agenda. >> Second. >> I'll second. >> All in favor say I. I I >> opposed. That passes. Approval of council meeting

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minutes of May 12th, 2026. >> I'll make a motion to approve the minutes. >> We have a motion to approve. Do we have a second? >> I'll second that. >> Questions, anything? All right. Say I >> I oppos that carries. Takes us to

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finance and budget. You got accounts payable. You got electronic invoices and you got the additional. Is there any questions? Direct finance officer Kelly, please. >> I'll make a motion to approve. >> We have a motion. Second. We have a

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second. >> All in favor say I. >> I. That carries. So that takes us into motions and general business. And first one, the 507 North Mains P. So that'll take us to public works uh purchase of

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Bobcat 16in snowblower. We received the bid off state contract of $6,66312 for Sand code for replacement snowblower for a T450. The old blower is no longer compatible with the newer machines. We will sell our current blower that is in rough

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shape on public service surplus. questions for director Sean about >> you think you're going to need one soon or what? >> Well, last year we haven't used it that much, but last year we ran into where we

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needed it and it wasn't compatible with our new machine. So, >> it was a pain in the rear for all up and down street. >> You still got the long sting trucks? >> That's different floor from way back.

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since we bought the big one for the floor. >> All right, any other questions? >> This is the small blower that does just sidewalk to get through the little one. >> Oh, good deal.

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BR sidewalk. >> I wish >> you ain't sidewalk. >> I do that. >> Questions or discussion? Motion. >> I'll make a motion to approve. Motion to approve the purchase. Do we have a second? I'll second it. All in favor say I. I.

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>> Opposed? That carries. That'll take us to Rolling Ridge Park. Consideration of a path extension. Uh park board reviewed and approved a proposed new pave path at Rolling Ridge Park. Proposed pathway extend from existing path system along the west side of the tree line to 20th Street

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Northeast. Providing improved connectivity and access to the park. Preliminary cost estimates for the proposed project are not to exceed 30,000. Following discussion, the park board direct staff to proceed with obtaining bids for the project. So, council actually requested and be approved and I

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move forward with bidding of the road path connection project with a project cost not to exceed 30,000. Discussion, questions. So that's going to go just from the the park straight south on the west side because right now anybody going to the park has to go onto the the

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brush road and whatnot. So that we're going to connect it. I have talked to Dan Hammer. We have room to have it there, but I want to be neighborly and talk to Dan Hammer and say, "Hey, we're looking at doing this." He was good with everything. Uh and we are going to tie it in to our black top at the end of it

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and not go tie it into the county road yet. We'll bring it to ours there and then when the that road gets approved at whatever point if it's the cities or the counties at that point we would make the connection there then but for now we'll tie it into you might want to participate in the past maybe it could be

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>> and I'll ask >> this this is the bid there is for everything. I don't intend on doing everything. I want you guys to have a worst case scenario. So, I intend on us cutting the path and and uh compacting the rock and getting it ready. And when

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it comes time to doing it, hopefully we've have time to do all that and then it's just them black placing asphalt. >> So, it should be significantly under that. Any other questions or discussion?

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We have a motion one way or the other. >> I'll make a motion to approve. >> Second. >> Motion to approve in a second. All in favor say I. Oppos. That carries. Guess what? That takes us out of motions and general business. Put this right into mayor staff consult

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reports report tonight. Sympathy to the families of Bill Rowley. He was a past councilman here at Stville for several years. He passed here. Said they're simply their family.

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Hazardous waste collection day is Tuesday, June 2nd, 3 to 6:00 p.m. at St. John's parking lot right over here by the bank. The Highway 30 community meeting is Wednesday, June 3rd from 4:30 to 6:30 over at Civic Center. Be talking

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about they must finally have the final plans for this project. I guess >> like pretty much it, you know. >> Um, Stewie Cruisers have started for the summer. They've had a show or two already up there. No, one for sure. Two.

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>> Yeah. So, Friday evening, head out. Take a look. Bearcape concerts are going to start up on June 8th. We've got another fantastic lineup for this year and fun will be had by all. Try and make it out there and Wednesday nights. It's always a good time to go to the crowd. They've got

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some line up more vendors and things like that. Congratulations to the Sternville High School class of 2026. We're going to send our wishes for all the success and happiness as you begin this exciting new chapter. And I will tell you, it'll be exciting. It always

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is. Our community is very proud of all you've accomplished. They've done some great things this class has sports-wise, academic wise, and everything. So, good luck everyone. Oh, we got a happy birthday boy today. Brent Buyers turned

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65 today. 30, >> huh? >> You're not that old? >> Not quite. Okay. Happy birthday to you. And we'd like to uh send our congratulations out to

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Payton Ojan. She graduated with the class of 2026 already and she's already got her futures figured out. She's going to college going to be a teacher. Is that what I hear? Good for her. So, congratulations on that. That's all I've got for tonight. Oh, I'd also like to

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thank everyone who turned out yesterday from Memorial Day. We had we had a nice turnout down there. It was a nice day. little bit breezy, but otherwise >> I'll take the city administrator's report. >> Uh reports in your packet. Obviously, the biggest news is from the state

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legislature. So, both Representative Awan and Senator Nelson will come to your next meeting to I guess formally announce that the governor signed it too. >> He hasn't signed yet. >> It's not that we've seen any evidence of yet. So, hopefully that's on its way. I

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don't know. >> He was busy celebrating yesterday. I suppose they do set up some more ceremonial. >> He was really busy at the ling center. So, and then tonight, um, Brent and I were kind of lobbying our commissioner

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that if for some reason some of the or the dollars we've been allocated doesn't cover everything that we're at least saying we probably would come to the county and just say, "What formats would you have?" for their public works to

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either rejuggle mileage or something to help us with um whatever odds and ends might be there. We also talked to them tonight about if the township if we have to upfront any of this and then either us or the township need some upfront

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financing. Is that something the county could consider? So, um commissioner was taking that I guess he'd say under advisance. >> Oh, sure. I'm sure they'll be willing to participate at least in kind somehow in kind.

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>> We'll figure something out for you to participate with their friend. >> Yeah. And obviously as some of you that have been on the council for a long time and for surely the mayor who's been working at this for 18 years now or 17 whatever >> 18 years

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>> it looks like finally is coming to fruition. So, we'll wait for that last uh ink signing and uh and then staffwise, we already had our first meeting to try to coordinate now the engineering on it and get started. So,

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just remember to remind your fellow commissioners that the county did sign on with us to participate at the state level. That's how part of this grant went. You know, there we needed all three parties to agree to participate in this. So, oh, we don't want you guys to

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back out now. We'll back out. We're not the city of Rochester. >> Anything else, Bill? >> No, that's the main thing. So, >> any questions for Bill? All right. All right. Thanks, Bill. I

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think it's finance officer. Kelly, do you have a report tonight? >> No report. >> No report. >> Great way to do it. >> It's disgusting. Disgusting. But we work. Sean, do you have a report? >> The first one on there you guys could ignore because we did end up putting it on RCA, which you guys already know.

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>> So, uh, disregard that one. Other than that, >> second one I will agree with. Boy, you guys have really got that grass over there. >> Huh? What' you do? Secret. >> I I'll shake it. >> $1,000 worth of grass seed. That's a secret. Huh?

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>> What? $1,000 worth of grass seed. That's >> It wasn't that much. >> They put it on thick. >> Well, it's really looking good. Thanks. >> The golds are back, too, huh? >> Yeah.

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>> All right. Any other questions for Is the pool ready to go? >> Sure. >> I mean, that's going to be over a heater problem already. >> Well, there's been a couple problems already. One heater's the same one's struggling again. They got a part order

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for it. It is running. And then the chlorine went out this weekend. The booster pump for that. So, we got that back up and running again today. So, it's it's running, but been a little chore to keep it shut. But, it's ready to open. Good.

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Stays the way it is. They're going to be full right away. All right. Any questions for Sean? All right. Tell the guys thank Sean. No city engineer tonight for a report or do you have something? >> Library director Nate, you got a report

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tonight? >> I uh above and beyond what's in my report. Um yeah, our summer schedule. I hear a rumor that it should be ready next week. So, but I wanted to provide you with the kit list for the year for the summer. Um

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sort of and yeah, we're pretty well ready to go with that. I made a hundred uh dinosaur digs over the weekend, so I think we're good there. >> Digs. All right. Any other questions for Nate? Got a good report there. All right.

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Thanks, Nate. No fire chief tonight. No pool director tonight. Committee Commission board report. No chamber of commerce. Nothing in the packet. EDH, we did not meet last month. We'll be meeting here next month. Finance, nothing. Library.

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>> Uh, we had a meeting last week. It was a short one. Minister in there. >> All right. Park board. >> Uh, met a couple weeks ago. Um, actually, I thought it was a pretty short one, too. Personnel, nothing. PZ,

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public safety, nothing there. Public works. Ready? >> Uh, community council's minutes. said two items of discussion were data centers of course which is ongoing and then um a regional development

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organization there's talk in this whole southeast Minnesota area of does that whole format switch to some kind of regional planning office or department agency or whatever no transit advisory committee tonight no

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communications in the packet mic Anyone want to use the open mic? All right, I'll finish the last meeting with motion to adjourn. Do we have a second? >> Second. >> All in favor say I. >> I opposed.

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>> We are ajourned. Good