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MEETING SECTIONS:

Part 1 (Video ID: QVdCbN40Trc):
- 00:00:02: Meeting Called to Order and Pledge of Allegiance
- 00:01:14: Consent Agenda: Approving Minutes, Coverage, and Agreements
- 00:02:59: Project 2601A - 4th Street Southwest Bid Award
- 00:04:30: Project 2608 - Seal Coating Bid Award Approval
- 00:05:58: Project 2605B - Storm Water Improvement Approval
- 00:07:50: Authorizing Bids for Wilmer Connect Network Operation
- 00:08:39: Public Comment: City as General Contractor Concerns
- 00:12:17: Announcements: Budget Session, Fire Truck, and Adjournment
- 00:13:21: Reconvening Executive Session: Valiant Performance Evaluation


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Call a meeting to order. Roll call. >> Mayor Reese >> here. >> Council member Osk here. Gardner >> here. >> Begley >> here. >> Davis >> here. >> Butterfield >> here. >> Shoulders >> here. >> Council members Nelson and Gilbertson are absent and excused. Seven present.

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Two absent. >> We stand for the pledge. I aliance 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

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justice for all. >> Motion to approve the agenda as presented. >> Well, you're Johnny on the spot to >> second, right? >> Yeah. All right. We got a motion. Did we have a second? >> Yes, sir.

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>> Okay, we got a motion and a second. Discussion. >> Roll call. >> Council member Fagerly >> I. >> Osk >> I. >> Harder. >> I. >> Shoulders. >> I. >> Butterfield. >> I. >> Davis. >> I.

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>> Seven or six. I zero ns. >> Motion carries. Next is the consent items. Call on Kyle Box the operations director. Good evening, Mayor and Council. Tonight for your uh approval are the city council minutes of April 20th, 2026. The planning commission

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minutes of April 15, 2026 as a draft. The Wilmer Municipal Utilities Commission minutes of April 27th, 2026. The statutory municipal liability coverage limits. The advertisement for bids for airport runway 1533 pavement

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maintenance. The sale of low potency hemp edible retail 2026 registrations. It's the memorandum of understanding between the Oh, excuse me. as well as the memorandum of understanding between the city of Wilmer and ASME general unit. The

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accounts payable report for 41626 through 42926 and for the council's information is the is an application for the Wilmer Municipal Utilities Commission. >> Motion to approve the consent agenda. >> Second. >> We got a motion and a second.

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Discussion. Roll call. >> Council member Butterfield. >> Hi. >> Os. >> Hi. >> Gardner. >> Hi. >> Davis. >> Hi. >> Baggerly. >> Hi. >> And shoulders. >> Hi. >> Six. Eyes. Zero. No.

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>> That motion passes. No open forum tonight. U. Project 2601A 4th Street Southwest bid award. Call on city engineer Jared Vogi.

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>> Good evening, mayor, councel. As indicated, the first item in your packet this evening is the Fourth Street Southwest bid award. Uh we had a great showing of biders on April 22nd. We received nine bids in total. The low bid was submitted by Ryan

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Contracting of Elco Minnesota in the amount of $4,685,15610. uh two actions before you this evening. The first is a resolution awarding the project to Ryan Contracting and the second is to approve the asbid budget. And I'd be happy to answer any

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questions that council might have. >> Move to approve. >> Second. We have a motion and a second. Discussion. >> Roll call. >> Council member Davis. >> I. >> Should I? >> Gardner. I >> Aggerley

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>> I Osk >> I >> Butterfield >> I >> six eyes zero nos >> motion to approve the asbid budget for the project >> second a motion in a second discussion

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roll call >> member Davis I told I >> Oski Okay. Six eyes, zero nos. >> Motion carries. Project 2608, seal bid award. Jared.

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>> Yeah. Thanks, mayor and councel. Uh on April 22nd, we received three bids for the seal coating and crack filling improvement project. Uh the low bid was submitted by Asphalt Surface Technologies Corporation. They're out of St. Cloud, Minnesota in the amount of

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$136,2385. Uh, similar to the previous item, we have two resolutions for your consideration this evening. We need a motion to adopt the resolution. >> So, move second.

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>> A motion and a second. Discussion. Know I can adjust this by waiting longer. discussion. >> Roll call. >> Council member Butterfield >> I. >> O >> I. >> Davis >> I. >> Gardner

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>> I. >> Shoulders >> I. >> And Faggerly >> I. >> Six eyes. Zero nos. >> Motion carries. Now we need a motion to adopt the resolution approving the budget for project. >> So move.

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>> Second. >> We got a motion and a second. Discussion. >> Roll call. >> Council member Davis. >> Hi. >> Gardner. >> Hi. >> Shoulders. >> Hi. >> Baggerly. >> I. >> Butterfield. >> I. >> Nosk. >> I.

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>> Six eyes. Zero. Nos. >> That motion carries. Next is project 2605B, storm water improvement. Jared. >> Yeah. Thank you, Mayor Councel. The final item here on my report this evening is related to the storm water

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improvement project. Uh we did solicit quotes for the improvements. We did receive six of those and the low quote was submitted by Hoffman Construction Company LLC in the amount of $122,1549. Um two resolutions for your

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consideration. Anybody willing to make a motion? >> Motion to approve. Motion to adopt the resolution awarding the project 2605 to Hoffman Construction. >> Second. >> We got a motion and a second. Discussion.

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Roll call. >> Council member Fagley. >> I should. >> Hi. >> Gardner. >> Hi. >> Butterfield. >> Hi. >> And Davis. >> Hi. Six eyes's, zero nos. >> That motion carries. Next is a call for

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a motion to adopt a resolution approving as bid for project 2605B in the amount of 168,800. So move >> second.

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A motion is second. Discussion. Roll call. Council member should >> I >> Davis >> I >> Gardner >> I >> Butterfield >> I >> Osk >> I >> six eyes zero no nos

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>> motion carries next is >> thanks councel >> thanks George next is the advertisement for bids on the knock information technology director Jonah

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Johnson. >> Good evening, Mayor and Council. Before you for adoption is a resolution authorizing the advertisement of bids for the Wilmer Connect Network Operation Center, also known as the Knock. The Knock is necessary for Wilmer Connect to operate. Um, an existing city facility

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is to remodeled to house critical equipment for Wilmer Connect's operations. If you have any questions, I am here. Make a motion to adopt a resolution authorizing the advertisement for bids. >> Second.

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>> Got a motion and a second. Discussion, >> Steve. >> Jonah, I've heard that the city's going to operate as a general contractor on this one. Is that true? >> That is correct. >> Is that the best course of action? >> I'll defer to Kyle, Mr. Box, for that.

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>> Thank you for the question, Council Member Gardner. Uh there are I believe four different areas that the city uh included in the advertisement for bid that the city would maintain and um that would manage those general contracts

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with the assistance of hometown fiber which was previously approved as project manager to assist in some of this. Um we do feel that this uh does save the city some dollars um you know anywhere from 8 to 12 15% in other costs. Uh, and we

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believe that these smaller portions that are cumulative within the project are manageable by the city. And >> do you know what those scopes of work are off top of your head? >> Um, I I believe they are included in the packet um under the cost breakdown.

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>> We don't have that, I don't believe. All we have is a resolution and something saying >> apologies council. Um that should have been included in the cost breakdown of the areas of this of the categories.

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If you give me 10 seconds here, I can pull it up and that to you. We'll make sure that's uploaded into the packet. So included would be um exterior windows. Uh we placement of windows. Uh

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concrete would be putting a surface floor on top of the existing floor. There's some interior work for walls, framing again with the raised floor for the rack uh and equipment to sit on. Uh wood uh wool acoustic paneling. Uh

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there's HVAC work that includes demo and install of new units, um AC units, uh electrical work, uh and then racks and trays would be under the general contracting. So there should be a total of four different um separate contracts

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that would be awarded or potentially to be awarded. you for like six or seven different scope areas though, how you can do that in four contracts. >> Um, so concrete and interior work will likely

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be combined depending on who the contractor is as well as potentially HVAC and electrical um depending on how the contracts are received and bid. So there'll be for my my memory uh there

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are four different areas that would be bid or four different bids that could be received. >> Thank you. Any further discussion? Roll call. >> Council member Schulus. >> I Butterfield. >> I >> Davis. >> Hi. >> Osk.

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>> Hi. >> Begley. >> Hi. >> And Gardner. I >> six eyes, zero nos. >> Thank you all. >> Motion passes. Thank you, Joan. Next is uh announcements. Well, we've

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got capital improvement budget work session for Monday, May 11th at 6:30 p.m. at the Rice Home Medical Building.

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Is there any other announcements? >> Um, >> thank you, Mr. Mayor. I just wanted to um just say for for anyone that missed it last night out at the fire department, they uh they celebrated the new truck, the new ladder truck. U crowd of folks there from the community coming

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out to to be there with the guys from the department. And um it's a big day. It's uh something I feel like we've been working on in this council and CIP pro u process for a couple years. And so it was great to see the the brand new truck out there and the investment that we've

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made in public safety. >> Steve, uh, Mr. Mayor, this is a item for the next meeting, but I moved one I move one to reconvene the executive session to discuss evaluation of performance of Leslie Valiant pursuant to Minnesota

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statute 13D.05 05 subdivision 3A of November 17, 2025 at the May 18th, 2026 regular city council meeting. And two, the city legal council provide appropriate notice to city administrator Valiant of this

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reconvening. >> Second. Here we got a motion, a second discussion. Roll call. Council member Osk. >> Hi. >> Harder. >> Hi. >> Baggerly. >> Hi. >> Davis. >> Hi. >> Butterfield.

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>> Hi. >> And should >> I >> six eyes, zero nos? >> Motion carries. Um, other announcements, uh, if you don't

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know it yet, but, uh, Thursday is the mayor's prayer breakfast. If you haven't gotten tickets, you can still get them online. So, would love to see each of you there. I believe that's it.

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>> Move to adjurnn. We're returned.