Gardner here. Baggerly here. Davis here. Butterfield here. And Sheldis here. Nine present, zero absent. Please stand for the pledge. 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. Proposed additions or deletions to the agenda. Mr. Mayor, I'd like to make a motion for
an amended agenda. I'd like to add recognition of Dave Baker as the League of Minnesota Cities 2025 Legislator of Distinction. If we could do that right before your proclamation for welcoming week. Second.
We got a motion, a second discussion. All those roll call. Council member Ask I. Nelson. I Gilbertson. Hi. Gardner. Hi. Baggerly. Hi. Davis I Butterfield I and shoulders
I eight I's zero nos that passes. Representative Baker, Mr. Mayor, thank you for being here tonight. I uh we the city would like to thank you for
your good service and your consultation and your accessibility to our city. and the league uh appreciated your work on behalf of the
city the cities and we look forward to working in the future on any issues that impact the city with you. Thank you. Thank you for your great work and your recognition is well
wellreceived. Thank you. Yes, Mr. Go ahead. Thank you again. I just I'm appreciate the opportunity to to be honored like this in front of all of you. Actually, thank you members uh in the community. It's what you pay me to
do, I think, is to work with everybody. It's it's to get into the details. Uh I know that I worked with the league a lot this year with just trying to figure out how do we work through some of the new business mandates coming up with paid family and the ESST stuff. As the chair
of workforce, I really wanted to make sure I knew how this was going to affect us because it affects all of us. It affects my taxes. It affects how you manage the city. I listen to Leslie a lot and Kyle about things that are going to, you know, what is this going to be like when I when this passes? So, I I
feel like over my last 11 years representing Wilmer and the entire county, most of the county, um I felt like that's what I'm should be doing. So, I'm just lucky to be there. I'm lucky to be serving. It's an honor to serve. Uh I appreciate the recognition,
especially from you, mayor, and the council members. Thank you for thinking this is a good thing because I really like fighting for whatever we need out here. This is a beautiful community, and I'll continue to do that. So, thank you so much for the recognition tonight. Well, we appreciate you greatly, David.
I will continue that too, Mr. Mayor. Thank you, my friend. Mr. Representative, I'm sorry. That's Dave is Dave is always good. So, thank you. All right. All right. Thank you. Have a good night. Thank you. I'll come back for legislative review sometime soon. Okay. Thank you whenever you need to. Thank you.
Well, we've got a proclamation if I can find it in all of my papers here. There it is. Proclamation city of Wilmer for welcoming week 2025.
Whereas the community's success depends on making sure that all residents feel welcome here. Today, new residents are a vital part of our community, bringing fresh perspectives and new ideas, starting businesses, and contributing to the vibrant diversity
that we all value. And whereas this week, we honor the spirit of unity is bringing neighbors together across the city of Wilmer. During welcoming week, I invite all residents of Wilmer to join this movement of communities nationwide
by renewing your commitment to our core American values and by taking action in the spirit of welcoming. By working together, we achieve greater prosperity and make our community the kind of place where diverse people from around the
world feel valued and want to put down roots. And regardless of where we are born, what we look like, we are residents united in our efforts to build a stronger community. By recognizing the contributions that we all make to a
create a vibrant culture and growing economy, we make our community more prosperous and more inclusive to all who call it home. and let us come together to build communities
where every resident has the opportunity to contribute at his or her best. Let us come together, create more prosperous communities, and to reaffirm that Wilmer still stands as a beacon of
freedom and opportunity. Now therefore, I, Douglas Reese, the mayor of Wilmer, do hereby proclaim September 13, 2025 Wilmer Welcoming Week Day. I call upon the people of Minnesota to join to build
stronger communities across Minnesota. Where's my There you are. Pablo, do you want to say something about the welcoming week, please? Absolutely. Mr. Mayor, members of the council, once again, uh believe it or not, this is the
number six welcoming week that is celebrated here in our community and together with many community partners, the city and um all the community members are hosting the sixth annual
welcoming week event on September 13 uh downtown Wilar from 2 to 6:00 p.m. and everyone is encouraged to attend. This year's welcoming week is a call to come together as individuals and groups
to celebrate our strengths and differences and recognize that we are at our best when we tell our stories that made who we are. Wilmer welcoming week is a journey to build the community that
is that invites everyone to be in. Yes, this in in this community opportunity to create a sense of belonging for all. This free event will have food, music,
entertainment, and activities. But most important, we want to highlight the theme of this year's event, which is the stories we share. And here everybody in this room have has to gone through a
story in order for you to be able to say this is why I'm here. Maybe your story is I've been my whole entire life living here. Or maybe your story is I'm here because somebody told me about the
opportunity for a job. Or maybe somebody is here because the reasons why you left home were difficult. We all have a story to share. And at this event, we are hoping that we can come together and
share those stories with one another. This time 2025, it is a great opportunity for all of us to show that unity, understanding, and community
holds strong and will continue to give us hope as we move into the future. You are all invited to our event, Mr. Mayor and members of the council. And that's Saturday. It will be in a week from Saturday. Saturday, September 13.
and come and meet your neighbors and what better food and music and greeting uh greeting and meeting new people in the community. That's correct. The food is great. I agree.
And the atmosphere is warm. Yes, absolutely. So, invite your friends, your neighbors, uh your family members to uh join you as we celebrate welcoming week. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Thank you, Pablo. We'll go to uh
consent items. Call on Verne Larson, city clerk. Mr. Mayor and council, tonight for your approval, I have the city council minutes of August 18th, 2025. The planning commission minutes of August 6th, 2025, the planning commission
minutes of August 20th, 2025 as draft. the Wilmer Municipal Utility Commission minutes of August 25, 2025. Accept the Mindot Runway 13/31 Lighting System Replacement Grant. Consider accepting Southwest Initiative
Foundation grant, the Glacial Ridge Curling Club Lawful Gambling Application, and the Accounts Payable Report from 81325 to 82625. Mr. Mayor, I'd like to pull um item D
from the consent agenda, the utilities commission minutes. And then barring any other um items that my colleagues would like to pull, I would move approval of the remainder of the consent agenda. Second. Okay, we got a motion and a second. Any
discussion? Roll call. Council member Nelson, I. Gilbertson, I. Gardner. Hi Digger Lee. Hi Davis. Hi Butterfield. Hi Shiz. Hi. And Osc.
Hi. Eight eyes. Zero nos. We'll address the uh that motion passes. We'll address the removed item from the consent agenda. Yes, Mr. Mayor. I'd uh offer a motion to table the approval of the Municipal
Utilities Commission minutes from August 25th. Um they mention in their minutes the creation of a of an ad hoc committee, the advantage of municipal power committee and until the commission would provide a rationale for the creation of that committee or scope of
its work, a job description for that committee, um I'm going to make a motion to table that. All right. Do we have a second? Second. We got a motion, a second. Discussion. Roll call. Council member Gilbertson.
Hi. Gardner. Hi. Baggerly. Hi. Davis. I Butterfield. I should I Osc. And Nelson I. Eight eyes, zero nos.
That motion passes. We'll move on to uh the open form. Um you get three minutes. is state your name and address when you address come up to the pulpit and uh speak into the
microphone. I sorry I can't read your name. Lee is it Lee? Yes. Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Thank you, council members. My name is Lee Hagen Jo. Uh my address is 3153
8th Street Northeast here in Wilmer. I am one of the family medicine physicians uh that practices low at Lakeland Family Medicine. Also an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Minnesota and a core faculty member for the new rural family medicine residency here in Wilmer training new doctors in our
community. I'm here tonight to advocate for just the sense of welcoming that you proclaimed this evening, sir. the uh message of welcoming and support for diversity and the uniqueness that makes Wilmer the space that it is is something
that I find incredibly meaningful and uh myself personally not being from the area is what brought me to this community to serve as one of the physicians here. the diversity that we have the benefit of having in our community and the acceptance and
welcoming space that we were able to create within our organizations and within our government here locally, I believe is one of the truly unique things that definitely sets us apart from not just other rural spaces within Minnesota, but I think across our
nation. And I think in this especially important political moment in time in our country, I think the sentiment that was read out in the proclamation and that we've mentioned and heard tonight in the welcoming week that's planned is something that we should all strive and
um advocate to have not just as a day or a week in the year, but rather in something that we bring to each meeting, each moment, and each instant of the decisions that we make as a community to try and advocate for those that in our community who are underserved, who have
had historical trauma, or who have not had the space to advocate for themselves. And so, um, as a physician here who came to serve that community and to promote that diversity, I'm here to commend the efforts that you, as a
council, um, and a governing body have done to to further that and advocate for that to continue as best as it can going forward. Thank you for your time. Thank you, Dr. V. Right. Um Naomi
Flores. Good evening. My name is Nomi Flores. Um my address is uh 1204 19th Avenue um here in Wilmer. I first of all want to say thank you mayor and city council for giving me this time. I wanted to share a little bit about welcome week and what
it means to our community. Um, over the last few years, this event has become more than just a day on the calendar. It is actually, to me, the way I see it, it's becoming a part of the soul of Wilmer. Um,
and it's amazing to see and to be able to take my son to expose him to different cultures, different foods, something that I can't give to him at home. It's something that he sees at school when we go out. And this event is
what really exposes him to everyone. Um the amazing thing about this committee, this event is that we might come together as strangers, but we leave as neighbors, as friends within our community. Um it's people coming
together from all sorts of backgrounds and really sharing who we are in our community is what makes us amazing. and and throughout that event, you just feel that something different, something
special is happening here in Wilmer, and it's something that everyone can come and feel as well. I do want to say that welcome week isn't just about diversity. It's about feeling
belonging. and Wilmer, we are so lucky to be able to say that we belong here and that this is home. Thank you very much for your time. Thank you. Next is a public hearing 2025 assessment
object objections and recommendation from our city engineer Jared Vogi. and uh I will open the continued hearing. Good evening, mayor, councel. Uh on August 18th, we did hold a public
hearing for the purposes of adopting the assessment role associated with the 2025 street improvement project. At that hearing, uh 13 objections were raised from property owners throughout the project areas. Uh council as you know
did close the public hearing to related to all the parcels for which no objections were received and um the objections were taken back uh reviewed by staff and uh the enclosed memo in
your packet this evening includes our recommendations as it relates to each of the objections. Um I'd be happy to run through those um with council at this time. The first objection uh was for P
958331400. Uh the objection was related to the suitability of the lot for building. Um staff did review the parcel. Uh noted that wetlands do exist on the parcel. However, there is upland area um
available for the development of a um residence or other use on that upland area. And the um finding is that the the assessment was in accordance with the city's assessment policy. It provides a
benefit and uh we're recommending that the property be assessed as presented. The second objection we received was P 95540390. Um the objection was to the cost of the
assessment and the individual indicated that uh it was a potential hardship as it relates to the cost. Uh the parcel was assessed in accordance with the policy and we are not make we are not recommending any adjustments to that. Um and then also if the property owner does
qualify for a for a uh deferred assessment based on hardship um that can be reviewed um at city hall. So that option is available. The next objection for P 95540320 [Music]
uh similar to the one we just discussed objected to the cost of the assessment and also indicated that it was a hardship. We did review it. Um the parcel was assessed in accordance with the policy and we're recommending that the assessment uh be adopted as
presented and again related to the deferment there are options for the um the property owner should they qualify for that. The next objection was a variety of parcels actually uh six parcels related to the Ridgewater
College property. the objection was related to the cost of the assessment. Um staff did review the objection and uh found that the assessment was indicated in accordance with the city's assessment policy and there is our recommendation
is that the properties be assessed as presented in the rule. Fifth um group or parcel that objected was parcel 95910156. Uh the there was a written objection
submitted for this parcel and the objection indicated that the property should should be assessed according to the College View, College Park Circle and Oslo Heights areas. um and indicated that the property did not benefit from
the improvements and objected to the assessment. Um we did review the objection. The parcels referenced in College View etc. um were not assessed as double frontage lots which would have resulted in an assessment along the
county road because they were not able to be subdivided. Um the property with the objection 95910156 um is un currently unplatted and the final development layout is unknown. Um
the improvements have been determined to be a benefit to the property and there are no um changes recommended to the assessments as originally presented. Next parcel 955601000
uh objected to the cost of the assessment. We did review the parcel in accordance with the city's assessment policy. Found it to be uh found the assessment to be in accordance with that policy and we are not recommending uh any modifications to the assessment as
presented. Uh next parcel 95560170 [Music] uh objected to the cost of the assessment. We did review that parcel also. Um it was assessed in accordance with the city's assessment policy and
there are no uh changes being recommended for that assessment. And then the final objection received at that August 18th meeting was for parcel 95560180 uh objecting to the cost of the assessment and indicating that it was a
hardship. Uh we did review that parcel as well and uh determined that it was assessed according to the city's assessment policy and don't recommend any changes to the assessment amount. And again, if the property owner qualifies for the deferment, um that
option is available um to them. So, with that, mayor and council, I'd be happy to answer any questions that you might have after any public testimony is received. There's a resolution in your packets for your consideration this evening.
Any questions from the council? Yes, Tom. on the very first one, uh, property number 9583314 0. He was complaining that the water was coming down due to new development.
Is there a way the city could fix that later on, you know, when we do street improvements there or is that just going to be continual problem? Yeah, good question. Uh, public works staff and engineering staff are are looking into that. Um
there's a significant number of other properties in the area that uh also contribute storm water to that aside from just solely the new development. So um that is something that we're looking into. Anybody else? Tom,
mayor, um for those that objected due to hardship, were they guided as to what they needed to do or was it just um stated here at the council meeting? uh it was stated here at the council meeting. Okay. Was it extra information given to those
parcel or those owners taxpayers from the city as to how to qualify for those hardships? There will be after this. Thank you.
Anybody else? How do I want to speak before I close the hearing? Yeah. Thanks, Mayor Council. I would say as this is an open hear uh as the public hearing is still open uh for those specific properties uh if any of those
property owners are here wish to speak following this presentation while the meeting while the hearing is open we should give them that opportunity. Okay. Thank you. Any one of the 13 I think it is want to speak
Mr. Mayor, members of council, my name is Steve Hulkins. I live at 38815th Avenue Northwest here in Wilmer, Minnesota. I'm here to speak to parcel 95910 0156. That parcel is on the corner of 15th
Avenue and First Street. Um, also known as the College Road. Um, is adjacent to a parcel that is uh in the township as well. I mentioned that in my wife and and my letter that we submitted. I apologize that we are not able to attend
the 18th August meeting. Um again uh we stated that we do not see the uh benefit to this property as it is an unimproved parcel. Um it is not platted at this point. Uh the city does have complete control over platting and zoning issues
if and when it was developed. Um uh there's two partial two items in the assessment policy that gives the council the authority to we had asked to have uh the assessments removed. Um there's a a section in uh section 3 subdivision JA
page 12 uh deletion of properties. Uh it says uh that the uh the city has the right to delete land that is not benefited. Um there's also a section talking about unimproved property. Um section 3, subdivision X, paragraph 2 on
page 17 of the assessment policy that talks about uh deferment or deleting until the platting of the property. Um it's also mentioned in the municipal code 5-89 about unimproved property as well. And so I would just ask that the council uh
reconsider uh staff's recommendation uh in regards to parcel 95910 0156 uh in regards to my wife and I asking to have it removed. Thank you. Anybody else?
He didn't mention I'm Chris from the Wilmer also Chris Van. He didn't mention the engineer did not mention anything about the Elks and we haven't heard anything as far as what going to happen with what we had talked about. It's kind of been we're just kind of been hanging and we're kind of waiting to see what
you know since the last meeting we haven't heard anything as far as what they're going to do. So still wondering what they're going to do and if they're not going to do anything then then we would like to contest the assessment due to damages to our property.
you want to address that? Sure. Good evening again, Mayor Council. Um, as it relates to the assessment, and I believe the the gentleman indicated there, this memo is specific to the objections received for the assessments. Um, no objection was received from the
Alex. As it relates to the project itself, um, that project is still currently underway. Um, I think I mentioned at the last meeting that um the improvements to the the parking lots and the streets that were um damaged as
a result of the contractor's activities uh will be repaired and um ultimately at the at the conclusion of the project everything will be put back together. Um the contractor has been informed numerous times. Uh we've had
con uh conversations with them as recently as last week prior to the long weekend. Um so they're they've been um working toward getting that uh subgrade ready so that the gravel can be installed and the curb can go down and
the pavement can be um installed and the repairs made. So um project is underway. Um no changes in in anything that was described previously. So, thank you.
Um, Mr. Fogi, I'm just wondering when should the Alex Club expect to to hear from someone from your team about that progress? It sounds like it's been a couple weeks and they haven't heard anything. Well, is there is there a timeline that they're g are we originally were told
middle of July and we're pushing past that, but we have units and spaces that are pending pending the being dumped. So now we're sitting on we're not collecting income, but we could be collecting because the street didn't
stop. So I will obtain the gentleman's contact information and we'll be in touch with them tomorrow. Okay, that would be great. Thank you. I understand you're the kind of the middleman in that situation, but no problem. Rick,
Mr. mayor. So, will you be sending them a letter then so they have it in writing to know exactly what's going to happen? If that's a desire of the council, we certainly can. That'd be a good thing. Um, I'd hate to have them go to court and then they have
to look at the files or the videotape here and he can just show a a letter. Shouldn't that letter be coming from the contractor? [Music] Um, currently the
city holds a contract with the contractor. So, um, as part of the contract requirements, any damages resulting from the contractor's activities must be completed by the contractor. Um, so we can have some
formal communication with the um, elks related to um, things that need to be repaired out there. Mr. Velga, do we ever write liquidated damages in any of our specifications that help to offset, for instance, if the Elks loss of business as a result of
these projects that take forever finish? There is a provision for that in our contracts. Yes. Yes. Carl, uh, regarding Mr. Oaken's property, the, um, the farmland to the what would it be
to the west of that parcel that's that's undeveloped as well. I believe that's within the city limits as well. Is was that assessed? Those farm fields? Yes, I was on the roll. Undeveloped. Okay. Yes. Audrey, then Justin.
Okay. Um, Mr. Oakens made a comment about something in our policy that would allow us to defer until it was developed. Did I understand that correctly? I'd have to look at the specific
section. and I didn't don't have the policy handy, but um I believe I I forget there's there's a requirement associated with um deferred assessments as it relates to size and I I'd have to look at that.
Okay. I'm I'm just curious because um deferring them would still be recognizing the amount of the assessments that are there, correct? and that they would still need to be paid at some point in time if the
land were developed or when the land is developed and what if it isn't developed. Great questions. But you are correct. The assessments don't go away by deferring them. So in light of that, what do we do about
his questions tonight? I mean, I I don't want to interject for for anyone, but I believe the council has the um ability to defer assessments if they so choose. I'm not I'm just asking for
clarification of what's in our what's in our policies. Legal counsel, do you have some input here? Council, let me look into that for a moment. We have to do all or none tonight, right? We can't just leave this one
hanging out there till next time, next meeting. Just a question. I I believe I believe council is required to act on each of these individually. So if there was one remaining um
I guess that's always a potential. I'll wait to see what legal counsel has to say. take your question before. Oh, um I have the remarkable convenience for all of us of having exactly the same
question as council member Nelson. So, uh no, I'm not going to be able to provide you anything in the interim. Although, if it would be Well, no, because we have to close the public first. I was going to say we could vote on the other the other ones, but you got to close the hearing. It's still
open. Council deferment under that sort of policy uh is at the council's discretion. So for the unapproved So could you read us the policy? Joy, the policy of the city to defer
assessments against unimproved property is permitted by Minnesota statute section 429061 subdivision 2 and city code section 5-89. Payment of the first installment of any assessment levied upon unimproved property may at the count's count
council's discretion be deferred until a designated future year until the platting of the property or the construction of improvements thereon. Just having heard that I do believe like that that would affect other uh objections as well. Notably uh objection
number one. Yeah. So if we're going to apply that policy fairly, we're going to have to make sure that other properties would be considered with the same standard. Parcel number one though is a platted
parcel but unimproved, right? I think the I think the policy was unplatted property unimproved. It's an important distinction. It's unplatted property. It's
unimproved. Parcel one is a platted piece of property. So the deferment in theory would then be until it became plotted. Is that a deferment without interest? interest.
So say this deferred went 30 years and they would have paid the interest for from day one up to 30 years on the property. So it' be a lot more than what you would be paying right now over next 15. All right.
Want to close hearing. So is that correct that there is interest the whole time it's deferred? I thought like with egg deferments this is different but I do know one of our parcels that we've
had deferments on they have had to pay the interest on deferment. Right. I want to close the hearing. Hold on. Hold on. What's that? Before before you close the meeting, I would take action to uh either sort of to pass upon the objections or rule on
the objections and adopt the resolution. Oh, okay. You have to do each one indiv. We do that in within the hearing. Yes. Okay. All right. So, what we're looking for is a motion to adopt the resolution to deny
objections on each of the 13 parcels and adopt the city engineers memorandum dated August 25th, 2025 and confirm final assessment role of 2,490,32810. [Music]
You have to do them individually or Yes. How do I do that? I think you could, if you're handling these properties individually, I think you can make a motion to pass upon the objection for each of those properties. for simplicity for me. Um can either
Kyle or um our city clerk Bernay read them off individually for consideration and motion. So let me find it here quick. So the first motion would be for parcel
95833-1400. Right. Looking for a motion. Make a motion. Okay, we've got a motion. Second to approve the recommendation. And we got a second. Discussion. Roll call.
Council member Gardner. Hi. Baggerly. Hi. Davis. Hi. Butterfield. I should. Hi. Os. Hi. Nelson. Hi. And Gilbertson. Hi.
Eight eyes. Zero nos. That motion passes. Next parcel is 95-94-0040. Motion to accept. You got a motion. Need a second. Second. We got a second.
Discussion. Roll call. Council member Faggerly. Hi. Davis. Hi. Butterfield. Hi. Shel. Hi Hos. Hi Nelson. Hi Gilbertson. I
and Gardner. Hi 8 eyes zero nos. Motion passes. The next parcel is 95-904-000010. Motion to accept. Second. Motion and a second. Discussion.
Sorry. Can you clarify which property this is again? be the fifth one. Seriously, we missed a couple, didn't we? Yeah. I was on property three and that's not the same. She I think she's looking at a different list. Yeah, because we missed two also.
I'm looking at the resolution. So, it would be property. It would be the Ridgewater property. Okay. Thank you. All right. We got a motion and a second, right? Tom and is this for Bridgewwater?
Yes. Can she just read all of their numbers? Have to do them individually. Okay. Who seconded it? Tom. Did you? Okay. Tom did. Discussions. Roll call.
Council member Davis. Hi. Butterfield. Hi. Shelves. Hi. Os. Hi. Nelson. Hi. Gilbertson. I. Gardner. I. And Faggerly. I. Eight eyes. Zero nos.
Motion carries. The next parcel is 95 9009 010 0. Also Ridgewwater motion to accept the recommendation. Second. Okay, we got a motion and a second. Any
discussion? Roll call. Council member Butterfield. I should I Os. Nelson. I Gilbertson. Hi Gardner. Hi Pagerly. Hi and Davis.
Hi Eight eyes's zero nose. That motion carries. Next. The next property is 95-94-000040. Also, Ridgewwater College move to accept the recommendation.
And a second. Discussion. Roll call. Council member Shel. I Nelson. Hi. Gilbertson. Hi. Gardner. Hi. Faggerly. Hi. Davis. Hi. And Butterfield.
I. Eight eyes, zero nos. Motion carries. Next, the next property is 95-90070. Again, Ridgewater College. Motion to accept.
Second. Got a motion and a second. Discussion. Roll call. Council member Osk. I. Nelson. I. Gilbertson. Hi, Gardner. Hi, Faggerley. Hi, Davis. I Butterfield I should
I eight eyes zero nos. Motion passes. The next property is 95-9-000080. Again, Ridgewater College. Motion to accept recommendation. Second.
Motion and a second. Discussion. Roll call. Council member Nelson. Hi, Gilbertson. Hi, Gardner. Hi, Baggerly. Hi, Davis. I Butterfield, I should I and Osc.
Eight eyes, zero nos. That motion passes. The next property is 95-94, excuse me, 95-54 0320 for Alba Calero.
Motion to accept staff recommendation. Second. Okay, we got a motion and a second. Discussion. Roll call. Council member Gilbertson. Hi, Gardner. Hi, Faggerly. Hi, Davis.
Hi, Butterfield. I should I and Nelson. Eight eyes, zero nos. The motion passes. The next parcel is 95
540390. Abdi Fata Ali. Motion to accept the recommendation. Second. A motion and a second. Discussion. Roll call. Council member Gardner. I. Faggerly,
hi Davis. Hi Rudderfield. I should Hi. O I Nelson I and Gilbertson I. Eight eyes's zero nos. Motion carries.
Is that our 13th or no? That's our this next one is the last one, right? No more. We have three more. Three more. The next property is 95-910-056. [Music]
Steve Oakans motion to defer assessment until the property is plotted. Second motion, a second discussion. Audrey, just clarify that interest will still be
collected. And is that what he wants? What do you want? I would assume that would just be in line with our policy. Can we get Mr. Oakens up here to see if he's agreeable to that or if what he was really want to do or are we stuck in it
right now? I think we got to stick to our policy. I just wanted to clarify that there would be interest collected. Mr. Mayor, so even even if we agree to defer, Mr. Oakens
can still pay if he doesn't want to collect the interest on it. I mean, I know that's not what he wants, but Any further discussion? Roll call.
Council member Faggerly. Hi. Davis. Hi. Butterfield. No. Childz. Hi. O. Hi. Nelson. Hi. Gilbertson.
Nope. And Gardner. No. Five eyes, three nos. That motion passes. The next property is 95-560- 010 0 for Brady and Jen
Debra. Motion to accept staff recommendation. Second. Okay, we got a motion and a second. Discussion. Roll call. Council member Butterfield. I should
I Nelson. Hi. Gilbertson. Hi. Gardner. Hi. Baggerly. Hi. And Davis. I. Eight eyes's zero nos. That motion passes.
The next property is 95-560-0170 Chad and Christy Oakleaf. So move second. You got a motion and a second. Discussion. Roll call. Council member Schultz. Hi, Os.
Nelson. I Gilbertson. Can I hear the parcel number again? 95-560- 0170. Thank you. Yes. Hi, Gardner. Hi, Faggerley. Hi,
Davis. Hi. and Butterfield. I am eight eyes, zero nos. The motion carries. The final parcel is 95-560-0180. Move to approve. Second.
Got a motion and a second. Discussion. Roll call. Council member Osk. Hi. Nelson. Hi. Gilbertson. Hi. Gardner. Hi. Baggerly. Hi. Davis. Hi. Butterfield.
Hi. And Scheles. Hi. Eight eyes's zero nos. That motion passes. All right. Thank you, Jared. Thanks, council. I'll close the public hearing
or do we have to Mary Hel? I think I would uh close the public hearing and move to amend the resolution to defer uh the assessment for property 95
910-0156. That's correct. He said, "Anybody want to make that motion?" So move. Okay, we got motion and a second. Discussion. Roll call.
Council member Nelson. I Gilbertson. I Gardner. Hi. Baggerly. Hi. Davis. Hi. Butterfield. Hi. Chaldis. Hi. An Osci. Eight eyes. Zero nos.
That passes then I thank you mayor council. I would then uh move the uh resolution as amended as you just amended it. Okay. So moved. Second.
We got a motion and a second. Discussion. Seems like we're doubling up. Roll call. Council member Gilbertson. Hi Gardner. Hi Berley. Hi Davis. Hi Butterfield.
Hi Shis. Hi Osc. Hi. And Nelson I eight eyes zero nos. That motion passes. That was just confirming the amount right.
those yeah adopting the full assessment following okay la the last meetings hearing and this meeting okay now I can close the hearing right yes all right I'll close the hearing
and we'll go to uh Kyle Box operations director on ordinance amending number 1533 three. I'll open the public hearing. Good evening, mayor, members of the city
council. Tonight is a public hearing for consideration of an ordinance amending ordinance number 1533. This uh ordinance was introduced and adopted uh in February of this year by the city council to regulate cannabis and hemp retail businesses within the city of
Wilmer. During the 25 2025 legislative session, changes were made to the cannabis law uh which results in uh the amendment before you. Um the ordinance amendments will conform to changes made in uh the 25 legislative sessions and these changes are largely administrative
in the registration and licensing process. Uh the ordinance red line is included in your packet as well as a clean line. Uh we'll be asking for two actions after the public hearing is closed is to adopt the ordinance amending uh ordinance number 1533 and to
publish the ordinance by summary. I will pause there for uh public hearing and for any questions. Anybody here to u speak as to the uh proposed ordinance?
Anybody in the public want to speak? Nobody. Um, council speaks during the public hearing. All right, we'll close the public hearing. We have a motion to adopt.
I'll make a motion to adopt ordinance amending ordinance number 1533. Second. We got a motion and a second. Any discussion? Roll call. Council member O. I.
Nelson. I. Gilbertson. Hi. Gardner. I. Faggerly. Hi. Davis. Hi. Butterfield. Hi. And I. Eight eyes. Zero. knows. The motion passes. Next, we need uh a
motion to publish the ordinance by summary. So moved. Second. Discussion. Roll call. Council member Nelson. I. Gilbertson. Hi. Gardner. Hi. Feigerly. Hi.
Davis. Hi. Butterfield. Hi. Shoulders. Hi. And Osk. Hi. Eight eyes. zero knows. That motion passes. Thank you, Kyle. Thank you, mayor. Thank you, councel. That was a quick item, but it was not
quick in developing. Thank you for your work. Um, next is the proposed budget. And uh good evening uh to everybody, the council and um residents of Wilmer.
Every year the city charter requires me as mayor to bring forward a budget for the coming year. This isn't just about numbers on a page. It's about telling the story of where we are as a community and what we've accomplished and where
we're headed. The city's budget is like the blueprint for keeping Wilmer running and growing. It's made up of four main parts. The general fund, which keeps the day-to-day operations moving. the special revenue funds which support
specific areas like our industrial park, the airport and public works projects. Then our debt service which pays for bonds we've taken on for streets equipment and other improvements and the
enterprise fund which supports the wastewater department through user fees. This year's budget story began in April. The council and I took our annual
capital improvement bus tour, a chance to see firsthand the buildings, the equipment, the vehicles, the street projects that will need attention in the years ahead. In May, the council followed up with a work session and set
the 2026 capital improvement plan or CIP at 1.1 million. That money will go toward every tangible to very tangible needs. Fixing airport drainage, replacing traffic signals, purchasing
firefighting gear, squad cars, and a plow truck. These are the tools and infrastructure that keep Wilmer safe and moving forward. But we also learned something important. The true annual cost to keep up with all of our
buildings, vehicles, and equipment is closer to $3 million. The preliminary 2026 general budget increases operating expenses by about 15.5%. That sounds like a big jump, and it is.
The CIP accounts for part of it while the rest comes from rising operating costs. Things like salaries and health insurance for our 109 staff members. These are men and women who maintain our parks, plow our streets,
protect our neighborhoods, and respond in emergencies. inviting in them. Investing in them means investing in the quality of life we all enjoy here in Wilmer. In the past, we've relied on
reserves to fund major projects, but those reserves have been spent down. The good news is that we've slowly started rebuilding them and we've maintained our AA3 bond rating which helps us keep
borrowing costs lower than we need to take on debt when we need to take on debt. The other key piece of the budget story is the tax levy. Simply put, it's the tool that balances
our budget. the difference between what we spend and what we bring in. For 2026, the levy will increase by about 15% or 1.67 million. Here's how those dollars will be used.
Half will fund our general operations. Just over a third will cover the 1.1 million in capital improvements. A small portion, 3% will continue building our city hall reserve and 10% will go toward
paying down street project debt. The city hall reserve is especially important. Back in 2022, we began setting aside 3% each year to plan for a future city hall. By the end
of 2025, we will have saved about 2.1 million. That's a good start. With our current tax capacity, we could bond up to 10 million for 30 years without raising taxes. This is a smart planning
for the future. And it's kind of pl the kind of planning we cannot afford to stop. Of course, another part of the story is our streets. The levy includes an increase of $170,664
for street debt. About 10% of that total levy. Later this fall, the council will receive a feasibility study outlining upcoming street projects, including a reconstruction of Fourth Street Southwest and 16th Street Southwest,
Lakeland Drive Path, Mill and Overlay for Trot Avenue Southeast, and Industrial Drive Southwest. These projects are investments in how we connect as a community. So tonight, I
bring forward a balanced budget with a 6.3% tax rate increase. This budget makes sure we can replace critical equipment like fire trucks, police cars, and graders, move forward with 1.1 million
in capital improvements, keep building our city hall reserve, and cover street debt. I'm asking the council to approve this preliminary budget, not because it's perfect, but because it's responsible. It gives us the framework we need. Over
the next 10 weeks, we can work together with staff to refine it. But once this preliminary levy is passed, it can only go down, not up. This is our chance to stay the course, to keep investing in our streets, our facilities, our
equipment, our staff, and our future city hall. These are the building blocks of a strong, welcoming Mulmer. At this time, I'd like to invite Finance Director Tom Odin to present the details of the 2026 budget. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Mayor, and the members of the council. Uh tonight, uh for your consideration, uh we'll receive the mayor's 2026 preliminary budget and the tax levy. Uh we'll also be calling for the truth and taxation hearing that is scheduled for
December 1st, 2025. We'll briefly go over a budget calendar which started back in March of this year where the council adopted the uh budget calendar. Then we also were able to go on a a capital improvement bus tour as the mayor mentioned in his uh in his
message here this this evening. The council was really able to put eyes on the requests that departments have put together the equipment that's being asked to be replaced the roofs that are leaky that needs to that need to be replaced and fixed. Um later after that, we did have a
council work session where we got some good feedback and we were given a target to come back for the preliminary budget at the $1.1 million. Uh through uh the month of May and June, the council or the the departments were able to put together their 2026
operating budget requests. Uh then throughout July and August, the administration, finance and the departments were able to go through line by line and have a really good conversation which each department had to go through their budget and request
for 2026. And then we also just recently conducted a work session where the council was able to see a u a first peak at the 2026 budget and tax levy. So tonight we will receive the mayor's
proposed budget. Uh what um we do have to certify to the county by the end of the month and and that figure will be used for the truth and taxation statements that will be sent out by the to all the property owners in the city throughout the next 10 weeks. As the
mayor mentioned, we will begin or continue to um refine the budgets, work with uh staff, administration as well as the council to to get the budget refined and get our best product put out there. And then come December, the December 1st
is the truth and taxation hearing where the public will be able to provide input on the budget. Um, and then we also do have to certify by the end of the year, December 31st, to the county for the 2026 taxes payable.
So, the the 2026 levy, the our tax levy is really broken up into three main pieces. The general fund levy, which includes our capital improvements, we have our street debt service, as well as our city hall, future city hall um
planning levy. So the general fund this is this illustration is showing by spending by type. You'll see that roughly twothirds of the general fund levy does go towards employees uh through wages, pension and insurance. Uh another thing just to
point out this also does include as I mentioned earlier the capital improvement plan of the $1.1 million. So that last graphic was a spending by type. This is the more by department level or the category. Uh for every
dollar of tax, 37 cents is spent on public safety. So that's going to be our police and fire. 26 cents will be our general government. That would be uh mayor, council, administration. Think of the city hall departments, uh all the departments that are housed in city hall. 21 cents would be public works,
transportation, that's our public works, engineering, and storm water. and 16 cents is our culture recreation. That's our parks and wreck, community center, event center, civic center, uh the pool as well. The second portion of our tax levy is
city hall. The in 2022 uh 3% of our tax rate was uh being levied for a future city hall. So this number does grow with our tax capacity or tax base. And so for 2026 that is at $627,750.
This is an illustration from starting in 2022 through uh proposed 2026. Just this just kind of illustrates the tax base. It's still 3% of the tax rate. So it's gone from 485 up to 627.
The third uh uh piece of the tax levy, as the mayor mentioned, is our street debt. Starting in 2022 as well, the uh city council uh we started taking out bonds for street improvement projects.
That's roughly 10% of our overall levy at $1.3 million. This is uh an illustration starting in 2022 through 26 of our street improvement bond obligations. So,
uh this might be a better look at what makes up the 1.3. There's our bond issuances and then the the dollars required for our next year's debt service payments of 1.3 million. So, it's it's a street improvement bond per
year. This this illustration uh kind of goes along with what we saw in the city hall. Uh this is our tax capacity which would be the tax base. That's the vertical blue bars from 2019 through 2026
estimate. And then above that on the yellow line would be or the orange line, excuse me, would be the tax rate. Uh and then you'll see starting in 2022 where the line the started to go a little steeper was when the city implemented levying for the new city hall as well as
for our street improvement projects. So we we put all these numbers together and this is a uh kind of comparing it to the 2025 actual adopted budget. The general fund as I mentioned is an
increase of $1.4 million. that does that does take into account the increase of capital improvement from 485,000 to 1.1 million. The street debt uh as as mentioned in the message is the addition of the 2025 bond debt service
requirements. The city hall uh went from 600 uh 587 to 627 or a $40,000 $750 increase. And then on the bottom portion of the table that shows the tax rate changes.
So the general fund took 3.2% increase. The street debt was.3. City hall roughly stayed the same at three. Our goal is three um for a total of 61.195% or an estimate of 3.6%
of an increase of the tax rate. This next slide kind of shows a real world example. I I uh was able to obtain the median house value in the city of Wilmer and that is $193,500.
So I applied the 2025 tax rate to that median house value. The city taxes owed to be $1,114. The middle column would be the same house value with the new tax rate of 61.195.
the the city tax is owed to be $1,184. This is an increase of $70 or 5.83 a month. The very right hand column factors in the change in value. So the the average or the median value change
within the city of Wilmer was a 7.3% increase in property value. So I took the 193500 applied the percent changed that results in $27,626. We have put the new projected tax rate of $61.195
with the city taxes owed to be $1,271 or an increase of $157 from 2025 taxes. That's a conclusion of what I have prepared. Um the uh the consideration
tonight would be set the preliminary levy and then also set the truth and taxation hearing on December 1st at the council meeting. Thank you, Tom. you're willing, I'd like a motion to uh adopt the
budget as we can go down, but we can't go up. So moved. Thank you. Second. Thank you. Any discussion? Roll call. Council member Gilbertson. Hi.
Gardner. Hi. Tigerly. Hi. Davis. I. Butterfield. Hi. Shoulders. Hi. O. Hi. And Nelson. I. Eight eyes's zero nos.
That motion passes. Tom, did you intend to have the truth and taxation set at in that motion? Was that the intent? Separate. Oh, sorry. Two separate. We can do that one now. Two separate motions.
All right. I don't believe so. That's fine. All right. I need a motion to set the truth and taxation hearing. So, second. December 1st at 6:30 p.m.
Any discussion? Justin. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I think just for public knowledge, if someone from city staff could speak to to what's going to happen between now and and December 1st, I know that we've set kind of a schedule for um for council and staff to to
continue to look at this. Um you know, we're not done. We're hoping to bring this down. And so if we could just kind of notify the public about what those next step next steps will be between now and December. Yes. Yes. Mr. Council member OS the from now so that what this number is uh based
on we will send this to the county. So when the tax statements get sent out you'll get your proposed taxes for 2026 in the mail that will that will use the figures we adopted tonight for the preliminary levy. As you mentioned, staff will continue to refine this uh working amongst uh internally as well as
with the council on, you know, work sessions or other meetings. A couple key things uh don't always like um some key budgetary items such as health insurance premiums. We will hopefully find those by the end of September, early October.
That'll that'll help with our budgeting process. There might also be some other uh other income or revenues that would get certified between now and then and that would also affect the budget. So we will continue to work with that. Uh but once again the the public hearing in
December would be where the public would have the best input for a um property owner in the city to come and speak on the budget. Thank you. haven't voted yet. We got a motion and a second. Any further discussion?
Roll call. Council member Gardner. I. Faggerly. Hi. Davis. Hi. Butterfield. Hi. Shel. Hi. O. I. Nelson. I. And Gilbertson. I.
Eight eyes. Zero nos. That motion passes. Thank you. Um, next is a introduction of an ordinance but I don't see chair. I will present
I will present it tonight. Good evening, mayor, members of the city council. First, just a point of order. Uh, this action item was included in the utilities minutes uh that were tabled. Uh, I just would like clarification from
the council if um the intent was to table the entire meeting minutes or specifically the portion of the meeting minutes that included the creation of the ad hoc committee. The intent of my motion was to table the entirety of the minutes.
And that might be a recommendation by the attorney to clarify that by motion. Is that correct, David? Uh, no. I think the minutes were tabled. I think that's that's fine. Um, you can move forward with introducing this though. Okay. Thank you. Uh, tonight before you,
mayor and council members, is an introduction of an ordinance to amend ordinance 1531. Uh Wilmer Municipal Utilities is requesting an amendment to the ordinance. Upon an internal review, discrepancies were identified in the ordinance. A transposition occurred between the summer and non-summer demand
charges associated with large power classification. Also, the industrial primary rate was set at the same level as the secondary rate, whereas it should be 2% lower as outlined in the approved rate study. Uh these corrections are necessary to ensure the ordinance accurately reflects
the recommended rate structure and the intent for 2026. Uh the rate uh corrections in the red line is included in your council packet. Again, this action tonight is to call introduce the ordinance and call for the public hearing as well as to publish the
ordinance by summary. And then staff would come back um utility staff would come back on October 6th to have uh have that public hearing here with the council. So moved. Second.
Got a motion, a second. Discussion. Roll call. Council member Faggerly. Hi. Davis. Hi. Butterfield. Hi. Child. Hi. Osc. Hi. Nelson. Hi. Gilbertson. Hi. Gardner.
I. Eight eyes's zero nos. Motion carries. We need a motion to publish by summary. Second. Or so move. Make that move. Okay. Second. We got a motion and a second.
Discussion. Roll call. Council member Davis. I. Butterfield. I. Shoulders. Hi. OSK. I. Nelson. I. Gilbertson. Hi. Gardner. I. And Faggerly. I.
Eight eyes. Zero. Motion passes. Thank you. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, council. Kyle. Next, I'll call on uh director of planning and development, Christopher Corbett. Good evening, Mr. Mayor, members of the
council. Uh in front of you today, um I'm looking for two approvals. One for the subdivision with affirmative findings of fact and determination that a public hearing is not required for this subdivision. And I'll talk to you
about that. And the second approval or um recommended action I'm looking for is the approval of Wilmer 10 addition preliminary and final plots. Um subject to any modifications required by city engineer. The subject area that we're
looking at or the subject site that we're looking at is on Highway 12 and it's parcel number 959131028. Um what we're looking for is to what the applicant is looking for is to subdivide
the uh southern part of that parcel. Um this parcel is located just east of Home State Bank. Home State Bank will retain and maintain the ownership of the um storm water pond there and sell possibly
or at least the um northern part of the parcel. This action was in front of planning commission on April 2nd. A final decision was um done on August 20th um where they did finalize both the
preliminary and final plat as well. The reason this is in front of you today, um, similar to a few months back, we subdivided the parcels on, um, where the ambulance garage is on 7th and Wilmer Avenue because it is on a mind
road or a county road. Um, usually you'll see that a minor subdivision will come before you as a major subdivision. In your packet, you have the screenshot of the um parcel as well as the final
and preliminary plat. I'll stand for any questions that you may have. Christopher, the uh holding pond, there's a small parcel on the south end. Oh, that is a separate parcel. It is a certain it is a separate parcel
at this time. Um, we might work with the applicant for future um to combine the lots, but that should be just a simple form at the county that they possibly could do. Okay. But it is the same owner though.
Any questions for Christopher? Otherwise, uh, we need a motion to approve the subdivision. [Music] Second. We got a motion and a second. Discussion. Roll call.
Council member Gardner. I Lee. Hi. Davis. Hi. Butterfield. I should I Nelson. I. And Gilbertson. Hi. Eight eyes, zero nos.
Motion carries. Thank you, Christopher. You're welcome. I'm here for it, too. You're here for the next one. Mhm. The zoning ordinance rewrite. You need the There's another motion here. Um the a motion to approve the preliminary and final final plat.
Second. Got a motion and a second to approve the final plat. Discussion. Roll call. Council member Davis. I. Butterfield. Hi
Chald. Hi Osk. Hi Nelson. I Gilbertson. Hi Gardner. I and Faggerly. Hi. Eight eyes, zero nos. The motion passes.
And Christopher, you're on again with the zoning ordinance rewrite. Yes, I am. I'm very excited, Mr. Premier to kind of um request the release of the city of Wilmer zoning ordinance rewrite request for proposal. This is a part of
our implementation of the comprehensive plan where we're looking to rewrite our zoning code where it is aligned with the future land use map that was adopted on June 16th. Um I'd like to go through some of this uh with you all. Our
current zoning code was adopted in 1994. Uh it was designed for a different era of growth. It prioritized low density and singleuse development. Um we are running into some lacks of flexibilities just for today's housing, business and
sustainable needs. With the zoning code rewrite, we're able to um support different housing typologies. So, if you're looking for more patio homes to be built, if you're looking for row homes or town homes or just a
duplex, it is hard for those um typologies to be built in the city with our current zoning. Uh we'll be re-evaluating the lot sizes and setbacks um limit our current zone limits options
for starter homes, seniors, and workforce housing. And I know that housing is very important to this body. And so, um, having a zoning code update or rewrite would assist in getting more typologies and housing diversity to the area.
Uh, releasing an RFP would allow the city to engage qualified planning consultants with expertise in zoning reform, community engagement, and implementation strategies. The selected firm will work closely with city with city staff, elected officials, and the
public to develop a zoning ordinance that reflects Wilmer's values and future aspirations. If if approved tonight to release the RFP, we'll we'll post the RFP on 10 free
platforms um where we can have a large broad um reach to different consultants. and I listed those in your packet. The proposed time is um if approved tonight, we possibly can have it posted and
listed tomorrow. And then we're looking at probably a 6 to9 month project process um with the consultant. in the in your packet, I even kind of laid out some of the most recent
um projects or zoning code rewrites that's taken place here in Minnesota. So, you can see some of their population and their estimated costs as well. I don't have final numbers on a lot of them, but uh just to take a look at um
the city of Becker, their project scope is very similar to what we're going after, as well as uh Northfield, Minnesota, whose population we're more compatible with and um the land use development code overhaul is what we're
aiming for. I'll stop there. Um in your packet is the draft RFP. It just goes through some of the general information, preliminary timeline, goals, scopes of services, um proposal submitt, um the consultant
selection. So, we laid all of that out. Um I also provide the in the RFP some of the resources that a consultant would need to review before submitting and certainly before being awarded a contract.
And this item did go into in front of planning commission on August 20th with their recommendation to move forward and with an RFP to to to complete the work. I'll stop there and I can answer any questions that you may have.
Any either questions or motion to uh rewrite requests for proposals? Audrey, thank you. Reese, um, looking at the timeline, is there money in this year's budget or is this allocated in next year's budget?
Great question, Council Person Nelson. Um, I do have a remaining balance under the professional service line for this year. And so, we would like to release the RP and possibly have a contract signed this year as well as next year. I believe my budget is about 95,000. That
should be enough to cover the remaining balance of an RFP. You're welcome. I'll make a motion to approve the second. We have a motion and a second. Discussion. Roll call. Council member Butterfield.
I should I. O. Hi. Nelson. I. Gilbertson. Hi. Gardner. Hi. Herly. Hi. And Davis. I. Eight eyes's zero nos. That motion passes.
Christopher, we're calling on you again for the rail park extension. All right. And then after this, I'm done. I promise. All right. It's all right. All right. The next item is I'll be looking for a motion to approve extending the Wilmer
Rail Park construction deadline until September 6. This is more of just a protocol. Um, you're familiar with all of our purchase agreements. there's a buyback clause um in all of them for two years
if the um purchaser or owner that accepted title if they haven't done any construction to the land. Um this one is a little different though. So, two years we noticed that um the real Wilmer Rail
Park LLC had to work with BNSF to get preliminary and final approval of the rails first and that has taken a little more time and so we are looking for um a year extension to that agreement. I'll make that motion.
Second. We got a motion and a second discussion. Rick, are you saying it's hard to work with I think it's hard to work with almost any rail railroad but um I believe that they have ex they have finally gotten um
final approval and so we should see construction soon one day once uh construction begins. What kind of timeline are we looking at? Depending on some of the um companies that they're working with they're we're looking at probably another five years.
um two to five years just to like break ground on a lot of the projects and permitting. Um but for full development, I don't have an a number for you of years. Any other discussion? Roll call. Council member Schelers.
Hi. O I Nelson. Hi. Gilbertson. Hi. Gardner. Hi. Baggerly. Hi. Davis. Hi. And Butterfield. Hi. Eight eyes's, zero nos.
The motion carries. Thank you, Judge. All right. Next is the east wall of the civic center and I call on public works director Justin Deleo. Thank you, sir. Thank you, councel. Uh for your consideration tonight, as the mayor mentioned, are a couple of items on the
uh civic center building that come um director Bombgard asked me to present tonight. Um the east wall of the civic center has experienced uh deterioration over the years along with the wall um the doors,
the walkthrough doors over on that side of the building. and $160,000 was allocated in the 2025 CIP for repairs to that portion of the building. Structural work was done earlier this summer um by Building Restoration
Corporation. Um that work included uh repairs to the steel beam, tuck pointing, new block, core filling, etc. Um for about $57,000. There are some pictures of that work in your packet.
And so the next step um would be that we are asking for permission to move forward with door replacement. Uh there are two banks of doors, one on each side of the overhead door and we solicited
for bids. We got two quotes back. The low bid is from Mid Central Doors in the amount of $43,38518. And I would ask uh council approval to move forward with that bid um and to adopt that resolution. And once that uh
decision is made, I can discuss the next one if that's what uh the council would like. I'm looking for a motion. So move. Second. We got a motion and a second. Any discussion? Audrey.
Thank you, Mayor Ree. So, will there be painting or something done afterwards that will kind of fix the things that were changed or is it just the doors we're doing? Just the doors now. I will get to that in in the next uh Sorry. Yep. Nope. We're good.
Any other discussion? Roll call. Council member O. I. Nelson. I. Gilbertson. Hi. Gardner. I Davis. Hi. Butterfield. I and I
eight I eyes's zero nos. That motion passes. And so the next item that we are requesting permission for is to uh have metal siding and install an insulation installed on the east side of the wall.
This will protect the new block that was installed. It will help insulate the building and prevent further deterioration of the block itself. Um, after speaking with contractors, they thought that this was the most
economical and uh, ideal way versus going over the block and repairing all the block itself. If we can cover it up with insulation and a steel siding, we will get many more years out of that building. And so, Mr. Mayor, I would ask
for a resolution to accept, excuse me, I I should go back. There were two bids received for that siding project. Um the low bid came from H Heartland Construction in the amount of 41,956. Uh the alternate of adding the
insulation to the wall came in at $7,122 for a total project cost of $49,78. And so Mr. Mayor, I would ask for a resolution to accept that bid from H Heartland Construction. Is Hartland the same company that's
doing the uh outdoor ice? No, that is Tradesman, I believe, out of Alexandria. Yep. Move to approve. Second. We got a motion and a second discussion. Audrey,
just we've had to have three different people kind of come to the table to help us resolve this, right? Yes, that's correct. Okay. Cuz nobody would give us a bid to We tried and we were getting um a lot of
different ideas and and some people that just wouldn't uh even entertain the idea of it. And so we pivoted and got to three different people, three different people doing three different uh quality things. So,
okay. Thank you, Rick. Thanks, Mr. Mayor. So, how did the block get damaged in those walk-in doors? Something hit it or was the header not put in right? We think that the header was not was put in right, but it it
didn't have proper drainage and um moisture was collecting in there and causing the block to damage. And so, as part of that repair that was done earlier this summer, there was extra uh weepholes and ways for that water to escape now and we shouldn't see that in
the future. Hopefully not, right? Any further questions or discussion? Roll call. Council member Nelson. I Gilbertson. Hi. Gardner. I. Baggerly. I.
Davis. I. Butterfield. I. Ches. Hi. Venos. I. Eight eyes. Zero nos. Motion passes. Thank you, Jess. Thank you. Next, I'll call on our fire chief, Frank
Anson. Mr. Mayor, members of the council, um before you tonight, I present a update of our building. Um hopefully probably our last one for the exterior of the building. Um it's a new LED lighted logo
sign along with um replacing a couple of panels on our community sign that are are yellowing and time to replace. Um, we did speak with Quick Signs of Wilmer and they did quote us a price for
both total of $6,314 um along with um an estimated bill for electrician of about $1,500 to wire the side of the building. Um the 2024 CIP has been approved for
$10,000 for this project. Um, so in the resolution, um, we're basically asking for no more than $7,814 to complete this project. I'll stand for any questions,
questions. Justin, thank you, Mr. Mayor. Chief, um, am I understanding correctly that the picture that you, um, provide for us in the council packet is what it will look like? Um, that's one of the options that we had. We just kind of I want to give you
just kind of an idea. The letters Wilmer Fire Department is what we're looking at. The logo in the middle is not necessarily what we're 100% set on. Um but it's going to look similar to that. So, I'm very supportive of the the
lettering and the the LED project. Um I'm curious why you wouldn't use the approved logo from 2024. that is actually um being designed through quick signs right now. We just didn't get a copy of it with the with the current logo. Yes. So that's what you would use.
Yes. Okay. I'd be happy to make the motion to approve then. Okay. We got a motion. How about a second? Second. We got a second. Discussion. to you. My concern is same as Justin is are we
going to use the same fonts and logos that are with with our brand, you know, update that we did a couple years ago? I want you'd want to make sure everything's consistent, right? That that is correct. I don't know. Um the the Wilmer the red Wilmer letters
are consistent with what we have on the north side of the building. Um the lettering and the logo will be consistent with our brand with the with the logo on the inside with the city brand. You mean?
Yes. We're going to use an old font on a new sign. You said it's going to be consistent with a sign that's already there. the the red lettering above and below the logo will be consistent with what we have on the north side of the building
that was installed three years ago maybe. Um the logo on the inside um the actual logo itself will be consistent with the city brand, the city W and the font inside that
logo. What is the purpose for lighting it up? We've already got the bright light bright large sign on the north side. We've got the big sign on the first street. What's the purpose of lighting it up for $1,500? Just to make it look a little bit more
professional, make it look nice. This is the main entrance to the fire department. Also, just to clarify, chief, the um the number that it would cost would be no more than 7,814.
It's written kind of there's an extra three in there in the packet. So, just clarifying. Yes, that's that is correct. 7,814 for the total project.
Any further questions? I guess I think if we're going to stick with the same branding, using the same font that we're using on the rest of the buildings throughout the community makes more sense than matching the north side from my standpoint. Um or leaving it the
same as it currently sits. brick. So, the sign will be lit. Yes. What color is that going to be? Red. The letters will be red. And then the inside of the logo will match our burnt
red color as best as they can match it. Whatever. And then it'll look like we have the R uh railroad tracks going through it like whatever design. Oh. Yes. I don't like it. So, All
right. Any further discussion? Audrey, what would it cost to do the other side of the building also? Same cost to change the the other side. The north side. You're matching this side to the other side, right?
I think offh hand that was like $20,000. Yep. Any further questions? Roll call. Council member Gilbertson. No. Gardner, no.
Faggerly, no. Davis, no. Butterfield. No. Should I ask? Hi. and Nelson
I. Three eyes's five nos. That motion fails. Thank you, Frank. Next, uh consideration of approval of a
retail license. Uh, city clerk Veret. Thank you, Mr. Mayor and council members. Tonight I have for your consideration approval of a retail registration application for a cannabis micro business for Cloud9 Farms LLC,
currently doing business in Wilmer as Hemponix Holdings LLC. Um they submitted an a complete application to the city of Wilmer in compliance with Minnesota statute 342.22.
They did pass zoning requirements and preliminary fire inspection um with the understanding that if they do any internal remod remodification or remodeling of their property, they will again be re reviewed by zoning and
building code and fire code. But currently uh meet all the requirements for the registration application to be approved. And so I am looking for your approval tonight. It's all moved. Second. We got a motion and a second.
Discussion. Tom, uh, you just stated this, but I just wanted to confirm that it's not within a daycare or a school or any um, it's zoned correctly. That's correct. They they are outside
the boundaries of the requirement. So that's 1,000 feet from door to door and they are beyond 1,000 ft as per Christopher uh Frank our planning or city planner
in Go ahead mayor. Um in the event that a school or daycare would open within the that uh zone what would the situation have? I believe they're grandfathered so they would be exempt. Move.
More questions. Roll call. Council member Gardner. I. Baggerly. Hi. Davis. Hi. Butterfield. I. Schultz. Hi. O. I.
Nelson. I. And Gilbertson. I. Eight eyes. Zero nos. Motion carries. Renee. You take the next one, too. Thank you, Mr. Mayor and council members. Again, I have for your
approval, and this would be our second retail registration applicant for a cannabis micro business for a Mary Jane, Buds, and Edibles LLC. They did present to me a fully complete registration application. Uh they do meet all the
requirements of Minnesota statute 342.22 for retailers, local registration, and enforcement. um they would be a startup business and so they meet preliminary approval for zoning but at a later date once their buildout is complete they
would have then a fire inspection and um building impro building inspection approval before they would be able to operate but they do meet their registration application requirements at this time and so I'm asking for approval of their registration application thus
capping out our city at two need a motion So move second. We got a motion and a second discussion. Tom then? No, this one's follow up with uh council
member Gilbertson's. Now is this one going to fall within the thousand ft of a school or daycare? Not when you consider it doortodoor. No, they are beyond the thousand ft. So we did change that,000 ft. Nope. We kept it at 1,00 ft as per
council's recommendation. Carl, my question is related, I guess. 1305. What where is that on first? That is actually the old Cashwise liquor store building. Okay. They are actually a First Street address.
Any further questions, Tom? Will the door of the building move at any point? I believe it's within 1,66 ft of the door of the middle school. I don't believe so. And I believe that plans for any
reconstruction to that building would have to go through our department, our planning and development department and then they would be told then at that time if they were planning to move their door if they didn't if they were out of compliance. Okay, it's very close.
No further questions. Roll call. Council member Faggerly. Hi. Davis. Hi. Butterfield. I should I Nelson. I Gilbertson.
Nope. Gardner. I. Seven eyes, one no. That motion passes. Thank you for me. Any announcements? If not, do we have a motion to adjourn?
So move. Second. We're adjourned.