We'll call the meeting to order. Roll call. Mayor Reese here. Council member Osk here. Nelson here. Gilbertson here. Gardner here. Baggerly here. Davis here. Butterfield here. And Shel here.
Nine present. Zero absent. Please stand for the pledge. To the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for
all. Any additions or deletions? Make a motion to approve the agenda as presented. Second. Second. Okay, we got a motion and a second. Any discussion? Hearing none. Roll call. Council member Osk. Hi.
Nelson. I. Gilbertson. Hi. Gardner. Hi. Baggerly. Hi. Davis. I. Butterfield. Hi. Enshelis. Hi. Eight eyes. Zero nos. Next is consent items. And I'll call on
our city clerk for Larson. Mayor Ree and council members tonight for your approval I have the city council minutes of August 4th 2025 the Wilmer Municipal Utilities Commission minutes of August 11th 25 the Wilmer Police Civil Service Commission minutes
of July 25th 2025 as draft accept and final project number 2301- Gorton Avenue Area Improvement Project introduction of ordinance amendments amending ordinance number 1533 to reschedule the public hearing The Wilmer
Airport FAA agreement, a grant agreement, runway 3 1331 edge lighting and guidance signs, the Knights of Columbus lawful gambling application, the accounts payable report from 73125 to 81325,
and for your information, I have the monthly building report from July of 2025, the finance report through 7:31 of 25, the M Wilmer municipal utilities financial report from June of 25, and the director director's reports.
Thank you. Uh call for a motion to approve the consent agenda. So moved. Second. Motion a second. Discussion hearing. None. Roll call. Council member Nelson. I Gilbertson. Hi. Gardner. Hi.
Faggerly. Hi. Davis. Hi. Butterfield. Hi. Shelz. Hi. And Osk. Hi. Eight eyes. Zero nos. No items removed. So we'll go on and
number eight is the open form. I didn't get there is nobody. Okay. So we'll go to the public hearing, the assessment hearing and I'll call on our city engineer Jared. Evening Jared. Good evening Mayor Council.
just have a brief presentation here as it relates to the final assessment hearing. Um it is a public hearing. So after public has had an opportunity to provide their input, uh there is a resolution and closing your packet for
your consideration this evening. Uh just a recap of the project area. A number of areas throughout town were included in the 2025 improvements. uh 20th Street area. Our west street improvement project um includes a number of streets,
Eagle Ridge Drive, Fairway Drive, 7th, 8th. Um a lot of streets on that west side. Uh the next project is Technology Drive. Uh that's an improvement project that'll begin tomorrow. Uh business 71, Highway 71 improvements that's currently
under construction. And then the uh 7th Street Northwest and 15th Avenue uh Northwest improvements also under construction. The uh this slide simply shows a a figure of where the project areas
the various project areas are located. Uh a lot of questions sometimes come in about how the front footage is calculated. Here's some diagrams that will kind of walk through a little bit just to give you an understanding of how those
adjusted front footages are calculated. Uh standard lots simply it's the frontage on the street. Uh we do have a few rectangular variation lots. That's where the front and the back um widths are different. So basically that is an average of the front and rear lots.
Triangular lots are calculated um based on the average of the front length and the lot dimension 150 ft from the front of the lot. Culde-ac lots midpoints of the side lot lines is the distance
calculation there. Uh irregularly shaped lots uh that those distances are calculated at the 30foot setback line. And then finally, the last two types of lot classifications we have this year, uh, corner lots, uh, which the corner
lot are assessed for the short side plus 30% of the long. So short side, 30% of the long on corner lots. And that's only if there's improvements on both sides. Otherwise, if there's only a improvement on the short side, that's
the assessment. And if there's only an improvement on the long side, uh that 30% would be applicable there. And then the double frontage lots, uh the assessment is based on the full length of the side where the utility service comes from and then 30% of the other
side. So just to recap, uh the improvements, this is broken down by street, sewer, water, and storm. Uh street improvements totaled approximately $6.34 million. Uh
sanitary sewer component was about 53,500, water man approximately 117,000 and then storm sewer $134,000. Uh the assessment rates for 2025 are listed there for you. Um, street
reconstruction on a adjusted front footage basis of $66.75. Sanitary sewer $17. Sanitary sewer services $875. Water main reconstruction
$21.75. Water services less than or equal to 1 in, $1,100. Water services greater than an inch, $3,100. and then storm sewer reconstruction at $14.75
an adjusted foot. Uh for the overlay improvements, there are three different lot classifications. We have small, medium, and large. Those small lots would be any lots with frontages between 0 and 60 uh.9 ft. The medium 61 ft to
99.9 ft. And then large lot classification of footages over 100 greater than or equal to 100 ft. Uh you can see the rates there. Uh by way of reference, I did include the uh 2024
assessment rates. You'll notice that uh very much in line with the rates that were um identified for 2024 uh somewhere in that four to 5% range depending on on where the um on which item that you're looking at there.
assessment breakdown. Um, street and utility reconstruction $53,433 to private properties. The overlay uh 2,14,920 [Music] to private properties. You'll note the
city properties listed there. Uh the city properties that uh have frontage along these improvements. So that corresponding value is listed there. And then the um total. So one of the questions that comes up
quite frequently is what is the term? The term is 15 years. The assessment rate has been identified at 5.8126% and that's based on the rate um that was received through the bond sales for the
improvements. So what does that really mean? Basically, uh, estimated annual payment on an assessment of $1,000 is approximately $102. So, for every $1,000 in assessment, the annual payment is
approximately $102. Uh, there are some payment policies that I wanted to run through. Um, a lot of words here on this on this slide, but uh, some noteworthy items. So, by October 31st of 2025,
partial prepayments are an option um for the assessments. Those partial prepayments have to be $1,500 or greater, and there will be no interest acred. Otherwise, the full payment option also exists as well. If
payments are to be made between November 1st and November 15th of this year, those payments can also be made to the city clerk, but it will include daily interest from the date of the bond sale, which is July 21st.
After November 15th, um the 2026 payment will include interest from the date of the bond sale through December 31st of 2026. So, if you pay after Nove or November 15th, you'll get the interest
from the date of the bond sale plus the following year's interest. Um, and then once the assessments are certified uh to the county and the unpaid balances, those will be included
on property tax statements um and collected by Candyoy County. the first half payment of property taxes being due May 15th and the second half being due October 15th. And then finally, the if there was a
full payment to be made after November 15th of this year, um that would be those payments would be paid to the county auditor with interest through December 1st, 31st, sorry, of the following year. Um,
and with that, mayor council be happy to answer any questions that you might have. Do you have any questions before I open the meeting? I I will then open the public hearing and uh
public uh who wants to speak can come to the podium and give your name and address. Mr. Reese, a lot of you I haven't been here in a long time. I think you're kind of happy about that. Maybe. I don't know. We'll find out. My name's Tom
Amber. My address is 909 Southwest 17th Street in Wilmer here. And I'm here to address an assessment that I got on a property that I have in Valleybrook. Parcel number 748870.
No 5980. It's some property that I had bought in 2005. It was a tax forfeite at the time. You got to excuse me. I got handouts, but not enough for everybody. So, I'm going
to go every other person if I can. You give them to uh staff. Give them to Kyle. Perfect. I should have Kyle videos. Distribute them. Pardon? Kyle will distribute him to the council.
Yep. Okay. This property sits uh if you look at like I had mentioned I wish I would have made out more. If you go down 7th A and as you're coming into the development back there, Valleybrook, the
property to the right, the 1.8 acres is parcel that I own. At the time in 2005, we had um Jeff Redberg, I don't know if anybody remembers him, he was county staffer. And I had one other person look at the
property and we determined that there was enough land to build a parcel, a house on. Uh, at that time I was told not to build because the development back there, the new development, which I can't see the
street, but the one that's being processed now, the farthest one to the west, that was not that development wasn't done correctly because there was supposed to been an egress street and there never was one put in. So that
development wasn't completed and 7th Avenue was supposed to be completed and gone through and it never happened. I was told at the time to wait because the city was going to force them to put in that street and that never happened.
So in the meantime, the uh city planner at that time had retired and I had estimates and we went as far as hooking up to city sewer and water. We had estimates to get that done which that has not been done yet. At the time it
was about $5,000. The last time I hooked up uh city and sewer was about two years ago over in Pleasantville and that cost now is $17,000. So that has gone up substantially uh in the meantime. So that cost has
gone up. Second is if you look at the pictures um County Road 5 put in a development of apartment buildings and you can see by the runoff that it is flooding my lot down there.
You can see that there's sink holes. Uh I drove by there today. One of the pictures that you're looking at there was from a couple weeks ago. the sand around the drain sewer. Um, that they pulled over and filled in the sinkhole, thank God. So, at least
the sinkhole doesn't exist anymore. So, some people would say that maybe that lot isn't buildable anymore. And I would probably have to agree because of all the water that has been kind of directed to that. So, I'm here today to ask
forego the assessment until we can figure out what we're going to do with this property. Mr. Amber, I have a question for you. Sure. Um, just for my clarification, as you drive down 7th Avenue, um, is this just past the farm site?
Yes. On the on the right hand, on the right hand side, in the past, we've cleared off trees. Uh, we cleaned some of the brush out of there. And then in about 2010, 2009 when I figured I wasn't getting
anywhere with anybody, I decided to just leave it go. So currently, I want to say it's been 16 years since we've done anything over there. Um the other thing besides the runoff from the
apartment buildings is there was a um drain that goes about halfway down 7th Avenue. if you look at the pictures there. And I was told by a city staffer that that no longer was functioning. And then it was I suppose about a year
later. You can tell when you drive back there that there's another sinkhole about halfway back. So that kind of limited some of the drainage that was coming through at that time too. I've held this property for 20 years and it definitely is
getting worse as far as water goes. All right. Well, um, what do we do with our engineer will look at it and that'll be determined in the next council meeting. Anything that needs to move forward. I addressed Bolton and Mink and I talked
to them and uh, all I got was Oboy. Thank you, Mr. Ree. Thank you, councel. Next, I'm Chris Van Evelyn. I'm with the Wilmer Elks Lodge on 20th Street Southeast. Uh, I'm not here to complain about the
amount of the assessment. I just want to make it known that we have some issues with the project being done over there. Um, we've had some loss of income due to the project and our front and back, our back parking lot between the buildings has been completely destroyed by them
running heavy equipment back and forth because they're going around our back and forth around our building on our parking lots doing their construction. So, the back is completely busted up, cracked, split open. It's um they left
they ran our temporary water. They laid that across. We rent out storage units behind I don't know if any of you are familiar with behind the Elks there storage units. They laid the temporary water right in front of all the overhead doors. So now we have customers wondering if they're going to get a discount on their rent because
they weren't able to use their storage units. So I'm here to figure out or who I need to talk to or Megan knowing that who we need to talk to about our parking lots, about the water line laying in front of the doors. Um the easement
along the building, they've went way past the easement as far as tearing up the lawn and stuff. Um I addressed it with the Bolt Minky guy that was there one day that they had dirt up and you know and they said, "Well, that's where they got to day fine, but it kind of makes a mess of the place." And when I
discussed that the water line couldn't be there, it it laid there for two months in front of the doors. So, um the project is about a month behind. And I'm assuming they're going to say it's cuz it's raining, but there's a lot of days they're not there or one guy shows up.
Um they've left the street open quite a bit, so the lot of water has been sitting in there turning it to mud. So, um the concern is just what kind of shape the street is going to be in when it's done. Um we don't want to pay an assessment on something that's going to
need to be repaired because of mushy street underneath the asphalt. So, I'm not sure who, you know, if we need to talk to Bolt Minky about our parking lot, them replacing our parking lot or who is who's going to be responsible for that.
Um, trying to think of we'll take down the concern and then we'll we'll have our engineering firm look into everything of the concerns that he brought up. Okay. Okay, thank you.
Thank you. Thank you, Chris. Hi, my name is Judy Tubbin and I'm here representing Ridgewater College um on 15th Avenue Northwest. We have six parcels and the assessment
totals a little over $250,000. And as the college moves to a model where um we're more dependent on tuition than we are to state aid uh dependent on state aid, we're asking for a review by the engineer for the assessments to the
college as well. or we'll have staff be in contact with you. Thank you. Anybody else? Anybody else? If not, I'll close the hearing. I have letters to read. Oh, I'm sorry. Yes.
To record. The first letter I have is addressed from a man named Abd Fata Ali. He's his address is 5117th Street Northwest. Parcel number 95540390.
I see my name looks to me much I it's his English is not very good. So I apologize. I'm trying to make understand what he's writing. Um he does not he looks to me like it's much money for the work. Please I can't
pay at all for that. Um, can you look again, please? Or can the city help me? I don't think I can pay that much money. Signed, Abdata Ali. The next letter is written to me
and is signed by Renee Franklin Ruff. Address is 921 15th Avenue Northwest. I don't see a parcel number. Dear Renee Larson, this letter objects to the special assessment for street
improvements totaling $6,775 leveried against my property at 9215th Avenue Northwest, Wilmer, Minnesota 56201. I am a single retired 68-year-old woman. This assessment rep presents a
significant financial burden. A review of this assessment and consideration for relief are required or requested. Consideration of the following are requested. Financial burden. Paying an assessment in addition to other household expenses could cause
significant financial strain. A disproportionate benefit. While improvements may have been necessary, the assessed amount seems excessive compared to the actual benefit to the property will receive. Minnesota statute 435.193
regarding hardship deferral for seniors disabled or military personnel is acknowledged. Consideration for these provisions is requested due to the circumstances. An opportunity to explore options for a reduction assess reduced assessment, a payment plan without
interest or deferral would be appreciated. Thank you for your time and consideration in this matter. Renee Franklin Ruff. The final letter I have is from submitted by Steve and Jodkins.
Parcel number 95-910 0156 located at the corner of 15th Avenue and Northwest and Northwest First or North First Street. Mayor Ree and Wilmer City Council
members, due to a family emergency, my wife and I are not able to attend tonight's city council assessment hearing for the proposed assessments for parcel 95910 0156. This property consists of parcel 95910
0156 of 6.25 acres and parcel number 330030073 consisting of 7.31 acres for a total of 13.56 acres and is located south and west of the Copperleaf Assisted Living Center at the corner of 15th Avenue and
northwest first street. This area is designated as residential reserve in the city's comprehensive plan and therefore is designated by the city for future residential development. Due to the size and configuration of the property, a subdivision would be the
most sensible and cost-effective development. Similar to the subdivisions of College View, College Park Circle, Oslo Heights, Northwoods, and Northwoods 2 on 15th Avenue to the west. Similar to these subdivisions, there would be an
entrance only off of 15th Avenue into the subdivision and no direct street addresses. This is based on discussions with county engineer Mel Odin, who mentioned he would like to possibly put a future roundabout for the intersection
of 15th Avenue Northwest, the College Road, and First Avenue North. And I would make multiple entrances on 15th Avenue Northwest and would make multiple avenue um entrances off of 15th Avenue Northwest unsafe. As these subdivisions
have been determined not to have benefit due to no 15th Avenue Northwest street addresses and are not being proposed to be assessed, I would ask that you and the city council consider removing the proposed assessments of $13,550 from parcel number 95910
0158 for the same non-benefit and allow the future development of this parcel and parcel 330030073 for a single family housing which is needed and the city has set as one of their top priorities. Respectfully submitted, Stephen Jodie Oakkins.
Okay. Um I'm going to call on legal counsel to review the process. Yep. Thank you, Mayor Council. uh at this time uh when there are objections, council generally would uh under the law required to sort of pass upon or sort of
rule on those objections during the hearing. Uh at this time, I think it's staff's recommendation that the hearing be continued to the next council meeting uh to allow so Bolton and Bank to address some of these requests, some of these objections we heard tonight. Um,
in which case I'd recommend sort of a series of motions here, including uh first continuing the hearing to the next meeting for those parcels on which the city heard objections tonight. Uh, and then closing the hearing for all the parcels that did not object. Uh, and
then making a motion to adopt the assessment role subject to the modifications. Uh, any future modifications made of the parcels that have objected. and then I can go through the list here if you'd like of the objections we heard tonight
and have received in writing. Just just um want to clarify with legal counsel and make sure that those in the room understand that if you have not voiced an objection for your property that means we would not consider it. Is that accurate? Right.
That's correct. Okay. I'm assuming that maybe there's a couple more people that would like to then speak, but I could be wrong. I did happen to visit with a couple sitting here and their issue is they don't have an interpreter and they don't speak English. Well,
okay. They're going they they're going to speak or I'm speaking to you, Pablo. If it's your desire that I will interpret, I certainly can. Well, if they want to speak. Sure.
Yes. Good afternoon. West. And the address is 5517 Street Northwest. [Music]
The reason why we are here is because we have received a letter [Music] And we have received a letter stating that we have to pay $3,400. [Music] And the way I read it is that we have 30
days to pay this. So if we don't pay it by then, we would be paying 5,000 plus dollars if we um Yeah. [Music] So, I live on a corner lot and um seems
like there's been some work done already on Seventh Street. So I would like to find out what part of the property I'm paying for and I see the parcel number is 95540320 [Music]
FYI explain to her that it'll go to staff for review and the hearing would be continued. So it would be a difficult um bill for me to pay this time. Thank you.
Yeah, if that's okay. Yeah, I just want to make sure there's some people who haven't spoken. If you've been here with a group or if there's someone else to please put your name on there if you're here um so that it can be reviewed. If you don't and we
continue it, but if you're good, you're good. Okay, Tom. Yeah, if we could get city staff to bring up what to do about the the lowinccome deferral program that they've had in the past that they go down the
city office, pick up that form, fill it out. I don't recall what it's called, but I think there's a program out there. Pablo, could you explain that to them? If nobody else is going to Oh, okay. Couple of the other members from the Oaks has brought to my attention. So,
another thing that we I just brought to my attention, Second Street that runs behind our back building was not part of the project. That street has been drove down where the curb height and the street are about a 6 in height difference now. Um, and we do have an
overhead door to the back of that building. So, the curb is about 6 in higher than the street right now. So, I'm not sure what that what they're going to do with that being that street has been drove down and damaged. And then I would had a question whether or not um the AA building is right next to
Elks Lodge and the only way to get to the AA building is down uh 20th Street and around the back. Is the AA building assessed? Any assessments for going around the back those around the back on them streets?
Jared, can you shed any light on that? Sure. Thanks, councel. Um, so we are aware of the condition of Second Street as well as that parking lot. Um, I had not heard anything about the temporary
water line, but we'll look into that um immediately. The in terms of the gentleman is correct. Second Street was not included as part of the project. Uh so I don't have the entire role with me,
but I believe they their address is Second Street. Um and I do not believe they're included as part of the improvement because Second Street, excuse me, was not included as part of the project. So, uh there are some um
repairs that need to be made to pavement, both the parking lot, Second Street. Um and the contractor is is well aware of that and they will be um taking care of those issues. Thank you. Anybody else?
I think we're at the point of Okay. Um, I came more to My name is Jen Dar. Um, I live on 12315th Avenue Northwest. Parcel number 95560 01 0 0. Um, I came with the intention of
not really talking, but listening to what everybody is saying. Talking to some of my neighbors, my frustration is this is a large amount of money that we weren't given any say in. I'm not disabled. I'm not retired, but I have a
college student. I'm a public educator. We're all dealing with economic hardships that are going on right now. Um, the amount that's been assessed against our property is a semester of tuition, and that's above and beyond mortgage p mortgage payments, um, the
cleanup that we needed to do in our yard, which compared to some of the other um, responses I've heard is fairly minimal. Um, but it's a lot to ask for homeowners at this point or at any point to drop 60 over $6,700
in order to avoid interest payment. Um, so I guess I'm going to echo what Renee said that the road is nice, but the amount of improvement that we did, I don't know that it really balances out. So, I guess I would like
things reviewed. If there's any way that things could be reduced, that would be great. I don't know if I have any shot on that, but it's just it's a lot. And I think that's what a lot of people are feeling right now. That's all. Thank you. Anybody else want to speak?
Hello. Uh Chad Oakleaf, parcel number 95560170. I'd just like to echo the the sentiment of the previous speaker. Uh 6775 is a lot um that we didn't really have a lot of say in the road's nice. Um if there's any way that you could review it,
possibly uh make some other considerations, I would appreciate it. Thank you, Harley Davenport with the Elks Lodge. And we'll talk about Second Street. That's the one that was not in the in the building at all. The uh that door
that Chris referred to is the door to our car wash uh income to that. So, that's been since day one. Uh, you couldn't get there and wash your car if you wanted. Uh, and
that is not the Elks do pay for that or anybody else. It's not a big deal, but there's like seven guys that pay $15 a month. not a big deal, but there's no way that they're going to pay for the
five or six four or five months uh and not even be able to see it, much less jump that curb that's 6 to 8 in deep in that mud. So, um it sounds like he's going to look at it, but that's really important,
right? We're at the point to uh looking for a motion to continue the public hearing. I can make that motion to continue the public hearing. Thank you. Excuse me, Mayor Council. May I just clarify? This would be a motion to
continue the public hearing specifically for the by my account 13 properties that have objected seconded objections today and to continue that public hearing until the next uh city council meeting regular meeting.
Is that your intent? Uh yes. Okay. Second. Okay. We got a second motion and a second discussion. Roll call. Council member Nelson. I Gilbertson.
Hi. Gardner. Hi. Fegerly. Hi. Davis. Hi. Butterfield. I should I. And OS. I. Eight eyes. Zero nos. The motion passes. Do we have to take a
motion for the remaining properties now? I would uh take a motion to close the hearing for the properties that have not submitted objections. Okay. So moved. We got a motion and a second for doing so. Discussion.
Roll call. Council member Gilbertson. Hi. Gardner. Hi. Baggerly. Hi. Davis. Hi. Butterfield. Hi. Chelse. Hi. Os. Hi Nelson. I.
Eight eyes's zero nos. That passes. Thank you everybody. Um, what's that? One more. Sorry. And and for the last motion here, I'd recommend a motion to adopt the
assessment rule subject to modifications made for any of the 13 properties that have objected. Okay. So moved. Second. We got a motion in that and a second.
Discussion. Roll call. Council member Gardner. Hi Vaggerly. Hi Davis. Hi Butterfield. Hi Shel. Hi Osk. Hi Nelson. I and Gilbertson I.
Eight eyes's zero nos. That motion passes. Next is uh we're going to set a special assessment hearing for unpaid weed grass mowing removal charges. City clerk Bnee Larson.
Tonight, Mr. Mayor and council members, I'm asking for you to set a public hearing for October 6, 2025 for a special assessment hearing for the unpaid fire alarm system charges for the four properties listed below. 95009-1400
9514280 959131220 and 959 0160. I'm also doing Oh, that's the first one. Sorry. The first one is for uh unpaid weed and grass mowing removal charges.
Three properties have outstanding charges that have been build to the homeowner and have not been paid and they are as listed on the card. We're asking for a special hearing to be uh held or to be called for a special hearing for um October 6th, 2025 for
those special assessments. Okay. Looking for a motion to set that public hearing. So moved. Second. We got a motion and a second discussion. Just to clarify which one we're voting on.
You're voting on the grass removal charges. Thank you, Tom. Are any of these uh had previous years where they've been on assessment for yard yard work?
I'm not sure. I would have to look at that up and have that available at the hearing. I I couldn't give you that answer tonight. Any other questions? This is to set a motion to set the public hearing.
Any further discussion? Roll call. Council member Gardner. I. Baggerly. Hi. Davis. Hi. Butterfield. Hi. Schultz. Hi. Os. Hi. Nelson. Hi. and Gilbertson. Hi.
Eight eyes's zero nos. That motion passes. Now we've got the special assessment hearing for unpaid fire alarms. Correct. So I'm also looking for you to I'm asking that you set a special or public hearing for special assessment
hearing for the unpaid fire alarm system charges. These properties also have had one property's had multiple calls um but have outstanding bills with the city that they have been build for that they are not paying and we are asking that they be added to the that we set a
public hearing for the those properties. Make that motion. Second. We got a motion and a second discussion. Roll call. Council member Faggerly. I. Davis. Hi Butterfield. I
should Hi, Osc. Hi, Nelson. Hi, Gilbertson. Hi, and Gardner. Hi. Eight eyes, zero nose. Our motion passes. Next is a transfer of property with uh
on Highway 40 right away with mendot. I call on our city administrator, Leslie Dan. Good evening, council. So tonight, uh, we're looking for a motion to approve the contribution of city land along trunk highway 40. We are currently
working with Mandot to establish the rightaways along Highway 40 because we have that TAD grant to create the rightway turnin into the rail property. So, this would approve that transfer of
land just for the um 25 ft, 30 ft, half acre of parcel along trunk highway 40. Looking for a motion. Motion to approve. Second. We got a motion and a second.
Discussion. Tom uh just curious how this right away falls into our recent land uh use and making sure that it falls falls in line and within our our land use. This is this is a project we started
over a year ago with the Mandot. We received a TED grant for Highway 40 to create a turn lane. So yes, this falls in our land use because this is creating a turn lane into our industrial park.
These essential turn lanes for truck traffic into our new developments in the industrial park. We got a motion and a second. Any further discussion? Roll call.
Council member Davis. I Butterfield. Hi Chelese. Hi Osk. Hi Nelson. I Gilbertson. Hi Gardner. Hi and Fagley. Hi. Eight eyes, zero nos.
That motion passes. Next, I'll call on uh our city administrator, Lesie Valiant, again to uh set the gears in motion to
a budget work session. Yes, we'd like to set a budget work session next week. Um options are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Uh there are a couple council member that can't make it
on Thursday and one that can't make it on Thursday and one that can't make it Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. So, uh the fire hall, I'd prefer to be at the fire hall and the fire hall is open
Monday through Wednesday. Other than that, we'd have to go out to the recreck event center and then that is open Tuesday through Thursday unless you want to have a day meeting. Then we could be at the fire home.
But I'm going to leave that up to council discussion council with I would I would prefer to have it Monday evening, Monday the 25th at the fire hall. How does that fit everybody?
It doesn't fit me very good. 6:30 or 7 would probably work for me on Monday. What time did you say, Carl? I didn't say a time, but um I mean go 6:30, I suppose, if that
best for you, Tom. 6:30 next Monday. No, I'll be out of town. I'm out of town all week next week. Oh. Um, almost have to do it next week, don't
we? Yes. Otherwise, you have to wait until the meeting, the September 2nd meeting. That's when the preliminary budget will be presented. Mr. Gilbertson, you're here Thursday. Um,
or Thursday does work for you. Thursday evening. Yeah, you can't. We're not We're not going to have everybody there. That's pretty clear. Um, Tuesday are gone all week.
I'm I will be gone Monday and Tuesday. You're gone Monday and Tuesday. Justin is gone all week. Meet without me. So, Wednesday. Wednesday. How does Wednesday work?
This side of the table first. Nod your head or shake it back. 6:30. Yeah. Okay. How about over here? All right. So, Wednesday night at 6:30. Does that work? Yeah. All right. Wednesday night, 6:30
at the fire hall. Fire home. Is there a time that we need to give notice? Would this week work? We don't have enough time to give notice. Okay. That's what I was wondering.
Wednesday 6:30. Yep. Right. 27th. Yeah. That's a 27th. Yes. All right. We need a motion to set that date and time. Move to set a work session for
Wednesday, August 27th at 6:30 p.m. Second. Second. We got a motion and a second. Discussion. I think we've discussed it. Roll call. Council member Butterfield. I should I. Nelson.
Hi. Gilbertson. No. Gardner. Hi, Tiger Lee. I Davis I. Seven eyes, one no. That motion carries.
All right. Any announcements from any council members or staff? If not, a motion to adjurnn. Move to adjurnn. Second. Announcements. No announcements this evening, mayor.
I asked. Oh. Oh, sorry. Did you have some? Uh, encourage the uh council's uh council on Monday to uh tour the new water treatment $17 million water treatment plant uh with the Wilmer
Municipal Utilities this Wednesday at noon. You should get a invitation. So, right, we had a motion and a second. We're journed.