here. Council member OC here. Council member Nelson here. Gilbertson here. Gardner here. Zagerly here. Davis here. Here. Council member Butterfield is excused.
So, eight present, one excused. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. [Music] 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. Mics don't work. We have to wait for them to work. Um, no, I don't think we need to. I'm guessing that audio.
All right. Well, we'll go to proposed additions or deletions to the agenda or a motion to approve. So moved. Second. We got a motion to approve the agenda. And it's been seconded.
Any discussion? Roll call. Council member O. I. Nelson. I. Gilbertson. I. Gardner. I. Vaggerly. I. Davis. I. And shoulders.
I. Seven eyes. Zero. Nos. Passes. Mayor, I'd just like to point out only the mics in the room are not working. So, if you all speak up, but they are working in our streaming. So everything
is going live right now. Okay. All right. Um I have a proclamation that I want to read. Uh whereas the citizens of Wilmer place a high value on local control over
community services and have chosen to operate a communityowned locally controlled notfor-profit electric utility. And whereas Wilmer Municipal Utilities has served the community since 1891,
providing reliable, efficient, and cost-effective electricity to homes, businesses, schools, social services, and local government agencies. And whereas Wilmer Municipal Utilities is a valuable community asset contributing to
the well-being of citizens through energy efficiency, customer service, environmental stewardship, economic development, and safety awareness. And whereas Wilmer Municipal Utilities is part of more than 2,000
public power systems across the United States, collectively serving 49 million people and demonstrating that public power is dedicated to service, community, and consumer value. And
whereas public power week is an annual national event that highlights the many community benefits of public power and recognizes the important contributions of public utilities and their employees.
Now therefore, I, Douglas Reese, mayor of the city of Wilmer, Minnesota, do hereby proclaim October 5 through 11, 2025 as public power week in the city of Wilmer, Minnesota, in appreciation of
Wilmer Municipal Utilities, our hometown electric utility. In witness whereof, I have hereto set my hand and caused the seal of the city of Wilmer to be fixed to this sixth day of October 2025.
You want to say anything, chair? I think you said it well, Mr. Did I? All right. Next is the consent agenda. Verete, city clerk. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Council members, tonight for your approval, I have the city council minutes of September 15,
2025. The planning commission minutes of September 17, 2025 as a draft, the airport commission minutes of September 22nd, 25 as a draft, the human rights commission minutes of January 28th, 25. The Human Rights Commission minutes of
May 6th 25. The Human Rights Commission minutes of July 29th 25. M Wilmer Municipal Utilities Commission minutes of September 22nd 25. The June 2020 2020 2025 parks and recreation board meeting minutes. The public works overhead door
replacement and repair project. Public works garage block repair. The Dovery Township Fire Agreement. The Buffalo Lakes Lions Club's conduct off-site lawful gambling application. The Prairie Lakes Chapter Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation lawful gambling application.
The accounts payable report from 91025 through 10125. And for your information, I have the September monthly budget or building report. Motion to approve the consent agenda.
Second. A motion and a second to approve. Any discussion? Roll call. Council member Nelson. I. Gilbertson. I. Gardner. I. Baggerly. Hi. Davis. Hi. Shoulders.
Hi. And Osk. Hi. Seven eyes. Zero nos. We have nobody signed up for the open forum. So, we'll go to the public hearing. and I'll open the hearing, the public
hearing, and call on Jared Vogi. Good evening, Mayor Councel. Get the presentation pulled up here. As indicated, this is the public hearing or the improvement hearing for the 2026 construction improvements project. have
a short presentation and then uh since it is a public hearing public will have an opportunity to provide any comments that they so choose regarding the projects proposed. This slide um identifies the various project types. Listed at the top are the
reconstruction projects. That would be Fourth Street from Wilmer Avenue to Trout Avenue and 16th Street from Wilmer Avenue to Trot Avenue. Below that are the overlay areas
uh primarily Industrial Drive and Trot Avenue. We also have a path improvement project that is planned along Lakeland Drive. Uh seal coating improvements. I won't read all those. We'll have a map here in a second that'll show where those are all located. Uh we do have a
brid bridge maintenance project that is the first street bridge related to the um deck surface. storm sewer improvements along Wilmer Avenue and then some capital storm sewer improvements um that we'll go through a little bit more in detail here in a
minute. Here's the map that I alluded to. The light blue areas identified are the mill and overlay areas again industrial and trot. The pink street, the pink represents the
street and utility uh reconstruction projects. And again, that's been identified as fourth and 16th. Uh path improvements along Lakeland Drive in red. We have the crack fill and seal coat in the yellow,
the crack seal only in red or in sorry, excuse me, in orange. Those areas. Um what's a what's the difference between crack seal and seal coat? One might ask. Uh the areas in orange are planned for only the cracks in the pavement to be
filled uh next year and the chip seal will not go over the top of it. Those are areas that were recently um milled and overlaid and we want to make sure that we're protecting that investment by sealing up those cracks. Uh the bridge maintenance project is identified there
for you in green. the uh trunk storm sewer improvements in the darker blue along Wilmer Avenue and then finally in pink or sorry purple the storm sewer capital improvement projects. Uh so considerations uh for the
improvements uh as it relates specifically to whether or not a street would be reconstructed or milled and overlaid. uh sanitary sewer. The areas proposed both fourth and 16th have uh clay and concrete pipes and then brick
and black mortar manholes uh which are sub susceptible to infiltration and inflow. Uh and again we don't want to be treating clean water at our wastewater treatment facility. Water man in those project areas consists of both
asbestous cement and cast iron pipe. The storm sewer, similar to the sanitary sewer, is also uh clay and concrete pipes with brick and black mortar manholes. Um and then the streets, I think we're all familiar with the street
surfaces in those areas. Uh definitely significant cracking. Our public works staff patches potholes and in some areas there's also settlements. So the primary difference between a reconstruction and an overlay project is
that in a reconstruction project essentially the entire pavement surface including the concrete curb and gutter um and sidewalk is removed. Whereas in overlay area just the upper layer of pavement is removed and
replaced. uh spot curb repair, spot um sidewalk repair in areas where the curb and sidewalk have been structurally compromised. Street widths. Did want to review that a little bit. The figure on the left
identifies the existing street widths. Starting on the far left at 16th Street, the northern portion of that street as 32 feet wide. Uh the southern portion is 40t wide. Uh moving over to the right hand side, 16th Street, street width
being proposed right now as part of the improvement would be 36 feet wide. That would accommodate parking on both sides and it would provide a consistent street width along that corridor. Fourth Street uh currently is
approximately 52 feet wide and that is being proposed at 38 ft. Um 38 ft similar to 36 accommodates parking on both sides and it is a reduction in the overall pavement surface as it relates
to u both upfront capital costs as well as uh long-term maintenance costs associated with a street that is that wide sidewalk and path locations. Uh draw your attention to this. This is the
Lakeland Drive improvements project uh with the path that the city successfully obtained funding for. Uh the what you'll notice is the the path is proposed between Trunk Highway 12 and uh Civic Center Drive along the east side. The
small segment of sidewalk on the west side of Lakeland Drive between Trunk Highway 12 and the railroad is proposed to remain in place. This is simply an exhibit illustrating
uh the sidewalk along Fourth Street exists on both sides and is being proposed to be replaced on both sides. So what will the new improvements look like? The sanitary sewer piping will be
new uh consisting of PVC. The individual sewer services to residents or businesses will be replaced from the main to the right ofway and there will be new manholes associated with that. Similarly, new water mane
piping, there will be new hydrants, new valves and the water services will also be replaced from the main and the street and to the property line or the right of way. storm sewer. Uh we'll have new piping with pre-cast concrete structures
which is the industry standard today and then new concrete curb and gutter. Also the 16th uh street improvements also identifies a storm water improvement which consists of a pond
in Minagasco Park. City staff is currently working with Centerpoint Energy um on the specifics associated with um locating that within Minasco Park. Overlay improvements again uh in light
blue shown on the screen. Uh Industrial Drive and Trot Avenue mill and overlay. This is just a typical section that identifies um what that really means. Uh so that what's being proposed is the upper two and a half
inches of pavement would be mil and then a new layer of two and a half inch thick batuminous would be placed over the top of it which will improve the um deficiencies that are in in those streets currently.
Estimated project costs are shown there on the screen. Fourth street is estimated approximately 5.8 million. 16th Street approximately 3 million the Milan overlay improvement project of approximately 1.36
Lakeland Drive path improvements around 1.6 6 million. The seal code improvement projects have been estimated at 428,500. The first street or the bridge maintenance project has been estimated
at 200,000. Those trunk storm sewer improvements along Wilmer Avenue 810,000. And then the capital improvement projects for storm sewer of 165,900. This is a summary of what the components
associated with these various projects consist of. You'll notice that the street reconstruction portion is approximately 4.3 million. The storm sewer 1.3 sanitary 1.6 water main 1.6 Six uh overlays again
similar to the previous slide we saw 1.36 million the path project seal coat bridge storm sewer and storm capital storm sewer improvement projects. This is another breakdown of those same
um funds for the various projects based on the street, the storm and the sanitary and water main for those first two there. That is those are the reconstruction projects of fourth and 16th respectively. And then the overlay and the other
projects is identified there for you as well. Just a further breakdown of the costs that the previous slides shared. Anticipated project funding sources for the improvements include assessments, state aid participation, uh, Wilmer municipal
utilities, wastewater funds, local option sales tax, city funds, and then state funds, uh, assessments. Hang on one second. the assessments,
state aid, grant, mu, wastewater, all those are broken down based on the project. So in total, the anticipated amount for all the projects listed in the preliminary engineering report is approximately $1.8 million. State aid
participation of just over $1 million. Uh the grant listed there is for the Lakeland Drive trail project. MUC's contribution is estimated at 1.3 million, wastewater fund of 1.65,
local option sales tax of approximately 1.1, and that would leave a remaining city uh total cost of just shy of 5.5 million. the assessments as it relates to the
various components for reconstruction project. We've estimated the street reconstruction assessment to be approximately 67 to $71 per foot. Sanitary sewer 17 to $20 per foot. The
sanitary sewer services have been estimated between $900 and $1,000 each. Water main reconstruction estimated between 21 and $25 a foot. Water services estimated between $1,100 and
$1,200 a foot. Uh storm sewer reconstruction 14 to 18 a foot. And then the overlays depending on the lot classifications. Um if council recalls, the previous projects that were completed identified lots in the small, medium, and large
range. uh and the 3500 would be for the small, the 7,000 would be the upper end for the large ranges. So those are the breakdowns. Just by way of reference, those are estimated to be within three and three or 5% depending on the
specific item of the actual assessments that were levied for the 2025 improvements project schedule. Um we presented the preliminary engineering report to council so that uh public hearing could be called for this evening. Uh we did
conduct an open house on October 1st. We had approximately six residents along the um improvement areas, excuse me, eight residents along the improvement areas um attend the open house. We are at the public hearing this evening. Um,
pending public input, uh, there is a resolution in your packets this evening, moving forward, we, assuming plans are authorized. The plans and specifications would come back before you again in February for authorization to advertise.
At that point, we would receive bids from contractors and then we would know the true uh, project costs. Again, these are estimates that have been developed as part of the preliminary engineering process that would allow for a bid opening uh to occur in March, potential
award of contracts in April. Again, those contracts would come back before council for approval before those would move forward. And that would allow for an assessment hearing uh to be conducted in August with construction to occur
between May and October. And with that, mayor councel, that concludes the presentation and I will take any council or questions that council might have at this time. Otherwise, um it'll be the opportunity
for the public. Carl, so regarding the four street project, I'm pretty sure this has been addressed before, but just to clarify and refresh my memory, the the center of the road will stay the same. The each side will come in seven feet roughly on then will
the sidewalks as well roughly. Yes. Okay. How about the sidewalk? So the side so just and and that'll all be determined during final design, but the sidewalks are anticipated to remain approximately at the right of way. So the boulevard width would increase.
So remember how much it will be um extra seven. Okay. Each side. Sure. Okay. Yep. Anybody else got questions? If not,
Steve. Yeah. Looking in our packets, there seems to be a letter from the city administrator regarding projects that staff is recommending to pull out of what Mr. Vogi just briefed. Is do you guys want to talk about that?
Not at this time. No, this is the public hearing time. That's for discussion afterwards. Okay. Anything else, Rick? Thanks, Mr. Mayor. So, on 16th Street and Fourth Street, you're
reducing the size of the street. How about the trees and will they have to be still cut down or you just going to take the bad ones down? Yeah. So, the the practice on street reconstructions, and it's a great question. Um, any trees that we can
save, we're going to save. Um, we do work with public works staff and the and the public works arborist to evaluate the condition of the trees before we take them down. What we run into a lot is we find that trees over time have
been planted next to our curb stops and our sewer services. And in order to replace those, those trees can't exist in those locations. We try to work around them as much as we can, but we can't have a 10-ft hole with a 40ft tree right next to it. Um, and ultimately
when we cut ruts on trees, they're they might not die the first year, but um, a couple years down the road they do that extra footage that the people will gain, how do how does that work? they have to put it on their abstract in a
new legal description or No, actually so the city right ofway within those locations already accommodates that and is established. So it doesn't impact the property owners whatsoever. It's simply um there will be
some additional grass to mow in the boulevard area. Yep. They'll have to maintain it if it's in front of their house as they do on every street. Yep. Yep. Any other questions? If not, I'll open it to the public for
comments, questions. Anybody wishing to speak to this? Give us your name and address, please. Good evening. My name is Lisa Berkkey. I'm a proud multi-generational resident of Wilmer. I currently live on
16th Street and I will be greatly impacted by this project, proposed project. My greatgrandmother was the proprietor of the old Wilmer hotel. My grandmother waited on the machine gun Kelly gang right before they came around
the corner and robbed the bank of Wilmer. My grandfather owned El's Barber on Benson Avenue. My father worked at the Wilmer Tribune and learned how to type the print for the Tribune as they changed from manual
type setting. I am a Candy County employee for over 36 years. I would like it known my objection to part of the project. I understand the need to upgrade the
water in the sewer and we have desperate need of repair of potholes and cracks and the water never drains on our street. And I disagree with the aesthetic components
of widening our street here from trot to Monagalia narrow or vice versa. widening it from Trot to Monagalia, narrowing it from Wilmer Avenue to uh Monagalia. And I believe that's just
unnecessary. It's an a an aesthetic aspect of a project that there is no safety concerns. There's no need for that to happen. I would also like to point out that um the Miniasco Park is
owned by Centerpoint Energy which is a Fortune 500 company and is not being assessed anything on this project but owns a lot of that property um from Trot to Minnesota. I think that they should
help bear part of this financial burden that's being asked of us. Um, I did ask for a breakdown of the proje projection costs specifically, but I did not receive that from Bolton and Mink. So, I could kind of ascertain what we would be
looking at. My final point of contention is that the estimated market value on my personal property is only $164,000. Um, I contend that the over $10,000 I'm being assessed for this project, I
will never recoup that. it will not improve the value of my property. So, I'm asking the council members to reconsider um some of this project and the assessment burden it's putting on me as a single family, single person trying to
make it here. Thanks, Lisa. I'm not so good with public speaking. My name is Mary Joe Molner. I live on 4th Street Southwest. Um my concerns or my questions are basically widening or
narrowing the road. The that road is a multi- um traveled road from downtown to Wilmer Avenue. Um we get the bus school buses go there. Um a lot of the Anyways,
lots of traffic on that one. My question is, has anybody considered maybe instead of narrowing the road, but dedicating maybe a bike path on that road? And um that's also the street that we have our
um parade on. Um and so we get a lot of overflow people for that. So that's just one of the things that I was considering also like she had said about aesthetics. Um why narrow the road? I mean, okay, it might be a little bit cheaper to plow it
if it's more narrower, but think about the amount of traffic that goes up and down that road and connecting the bike paths to other locations. That's uh a lot of money for a lot of us to have to be coming up with. I'm also uh retired
like a lot of the people on my in on my block and changing the value of our homes will we won't recoup a lot of that expense. So, we're just asking for help. Thank you. Anyone else wishing to speak? You address some of those, Jared,
individually or do you want to do it here? Mayor and council, I can certainly do that now as best I'm able. Otherwise, we can wait until all the public comments been received. Go ahead. Okay. Um,
street widths, I guess, uh, or the topic that was brought up twice here. Um, certainly it's council's prerogative to adjust the street width to whatever staff has proposed the street widths that we believe are um, adequate to
serve the needs of those corridors. Um, and also, as we've discussed before, definitely reduces the upfront capital cost, the long-term maintenance costs, and um, that's why they were proposed that way. So, certainly we can expand
them. Um, but that's the reasoning about why they were proposed at the widths they have. Um, there was mention made mention to Minasco Park and the fact that Centerpoint Energy is not uh, paying assessments that is accurate. There is an agreement in place with
Centerpoint Energy, formerly Minagasco, as it relates to that park and the city's use of that. So, that's why they're not on there, uh, because it's stated in that agreement. Um, I think that covers the question so far.
Thank you. There's no one else that's going to speak. I'm going to close the hearing. Right. The hearing is closed. We need a motion to adopt the resolution.
I think there were some some more questions that we were told to wait till the public hears must close. I think so. Yeah. What now? I think there are questions. Oh, from the council.
We were told to wait public hearing was closed. That's fine. So, who's got questions? All right, Steve, I'll start with you, then Tom, and then Justin.
Thanks, Mr. Mayor. Um, I have two questions actually. Uh, Mr. Bogey, what is the standard street width in Wilmer? Is there a standard that we would like to aspire to? Yeah, so the standard street width within the city of Wilmer should a new development come in as 32 feet. And
remind me again from your presentation because I don't remember off the top of my head what were the widths you're proposing for fourth and 16th 36 and 38. Both are wider than our standard residential development. Correct. Uh second thing is our packet has a memo
from staff wanting to reduce the size of the bonding package. So if we're going to have a resolution that authorizes him to start making plans, which I think is what the resolution is going to be, why do we want to have him start making plans for something we're going to pull out? the bonding package staff recommends
pulling out. I have our city administrator address that Leslie. Yes. So the memo is the one you're correct that we want to get into that bonding and we have already discussed with uh our Jared and staff on these
projects that we will want to move forward for 2026. So, they will only be working on these projects in the memo if the city's council approves the projects going forward. And that is because we do have the turn lane on Highway 40 that still
needs to come into play and the um extension of Wilmer Avenue and a new street in the industrial park. So, we want to make sure we have those dollars also accounted for in the bonding and try to maintain that5 to$6 million worth
of bonding costs. Yeah. I just want to make sure we weren't voting to approve correct to have him because 16th Street got pulled out. Yes. Which she doesn't know yet as now I got pulled out, but I want to have him spending time resources designing something that we're not going to do
next year. That's correct, Tom. You did. Yeah. Thanks, Mr. Mayor. Um, two things. Um, our the first speaker, um, Lisa mentioned that she was requesting
information from Bolton and Mink and had not received that. Is that information you could provide to her? Yeah, absolutely. Okay. And your followup with her then after that? Yep. Um and second of all, um what so um obviously if the streets are kept at
their current widths, um how does that affect assessment costs for the homeowners that live on there? Particularly, I'm thinking about about fourth if it stayed as wide as it currently is. What's going to happen to street assessments? Uh well, potentially they could go up
because of the extra width for sure because a 52- foot wide street will be significantly more costly than the numbers that have been presented tonight. Thank you,
Vicki. My question was his question. You stole the question. Okay. Do you have any questions, Rick? Um, yeah. Um, there is a a difference
between the cost for 16th Street and for Fourth Street. Pretty substantial difference. Couple million. Yes. Mhm. Is that simply the width of the street or why is Fourth Street more
expensive than 16th Street if we're going to pretty close to the same width? Uh, it's a great question. Um, it might not seem like it, but 16th Street is
almost 1,000 ft shorter than Fourth Street, which makes a big difference. So 16th is approximately 2,300 feet long. Forest Street is approximately 3150. So that's a big deal. My second question was the comment
regarding a bike bike bike lane or a bike path on Fourth Street if it was left wider or in the design of the street. I know I've asked this question before, but I don't remember
um the plans for that are in the bike bike bike plans as far as where people should be riding bike safely. Yeah. So, excuse me. We'll compare both the SS4A plan and the bike
ped plan uh that was recently completed. I do not believe that those corridors, fourth street specifically was identified as a corridor for bike and ped. I know seventh was obviously first is um there there's sidewalk that will
exist on fourth. Um there's I guess what I'm saying is we'll review the plans and there are other pedestrian facilities in close proximity to Fourth Street as well. So, when reviewing the plans, I know some of
the bike ones are on the sidewalk. Is that something to review that the sidewalk should be wider in the case where the boulevard is? And I know the trees are are part of the issue there, but if there would be a
wider place to ride bike on versus on the street. Yeah. During the final design, that would all need to be taken into account for sure. Okay. Is that something that we can still look at from how it goes into the bike? Oh, for sure. The plans that we just got?
Yep. Okay. Yeah. All right. Absolutely. Thank you. Any other questions? Along those lines, Fourth Street, I believe, is almost all uncontrolled intersections. Is that correct? Will any
of that change after this? uh the existing traffic patterns during the design process will definitely be evaluated because it is one of the recommendations of the SS4A plan um to evaluate uncontrolled intersections
within the community. So I don't have a definitive answer for you yet, but I would be shocked if some traffic control did not change as a result of this project. questions. If there's no further questions, I'd
like a motion. Make a motion to order the 2026 street and other improvements and approve the preparation of plans and specifications as outlined in the recom memo from staff. We have a second. Second.
We got a second. Discussion hearing none. Roll call. Council member Gilbertson. Hi. Gardner. Hi. Tiger Lee. Hi. Davis. Hi. Butterfield. I should
I And Nelson I. Eight eyes. Zero nos. That motion passes. Thanks, council. Next is uh an ordinance to amend the amended and the municipal electric
rates, and I'll call on Jiren Smith. Good evening, Mr. Mayor and City Council. So, what you have in front of you is an ordinance to amend the 2026 uh electric rates. It's actually a correction. Back in 2023, we performed a
rate study and we determined rates for the years 24, 25, and 26. There was an ordinance to implement those rates that was approved in November of 2023.
In the meantime, we identified that there were a couple errors in the 2026 rates. And basically, we have summer and non-summer rates. There were two of those that were flip-flopped. And then we also offer a 2% discount for
customers that receive primary service and that 2% discount wasn't applied. So we have three areas that we would like to correct in the 2026 rates. We introduced uh this new ordinance on August 11th at the utility commission.
We uh held a public hearing and approved the corrections to the ordinance at on in August 25th and then this ordinance was introduced at the city council level at the first meeting in September.
If you'd like to actually see those changes to the 2026 rates, they are on page 89 of your packet. We included a red line copy there and you can see how the summer and winter rates are
flip-flopped. And then again on page 90, there's a couple red lines. I can answer any questions you have right now. Otherwise, we would be looking for public input and then a if it's the wishes of the city council and
approval to adopt the ordinance. uh 1531 and then also approval to publish an ordinance by summary. So originally the full ordinance was published for all three years and since we're only making corrections to the 2026 rates um we
suggest making an ordinance by sum or publishing the ordinance by summary. I'll soon as you're done which I assume you are done unless there's question open the public hearing. Right. Thank you, chair.
Thank you. Anyone uh the public wishing to speak in regards to the utilities rates? Anyone wishing to speak? There's no one to speak. I will close
the hearing and bring it up to the council. Make a motion to adopt the ordinance amending ordinance number 1531. Second. Got a motion and a second.
Discussion. There is none. Roll call. Council member Gardner. I. Lee. I. Davis. I Butterfield. Hi. Schiz. Hi. Hi. Nelson. Hi. and Gilbertson.
I eight eyes, zero nos. That motion passes. Next, we need a motion to publish the ordinance by summary. So moved. Second. Motion and second. Discussion. Roll call.
Council member Faggerly. I. Davis. I. Butterfield. I. Chaldes. I. O. I. Nelson. I. Gilbertson. Hi. And Gardner. I. Eight eyes, zero nos. That motion passes.
Next, I'll call on our city clerk, Berne Larson, for a special assessment hearing for unpaid weed and grass mowing removal charges. Would you like me to come in front of the council or am I okay over here? As long as we can hear you, you're okay
where you are. I'll be loud. So tonight um the following properties were noticed of overgrown grass. They were asked to cut their grass and then
when they to do so within the required time they the city went in and did the lawn trimming for them and they were build and it was multiple occasions. um they have since had notice of their
statements and have gone unpaid. And so we're asking the council tonight to certify the amounts that are uh owed to the county auditor on 2026 taxes. They include the property parcel number
957401330. That's 416 Trot Avenue Southeast in the amount of $7724. and parcel number 958201170. That's 1016 Ella Avenue Northwest in the amount of $9618. All right, I'll open the public hearing.
Anyone wishing to speak to this? Anyone wishing to speak? No one. I'll close the hearing. Need a motion. Move to approve. Second. Motion and a second.
Discussion. Justin, I'm just curious about how this process works. Uh I'm assuming that if if they're not maintaining their yards, there's still more grass growing to our
season. They're going to be build again uh in this calendar year. Like is it does it go by calendar year? Does some of these bills go back to 2024? I'm not sure. I'm wondering if Jared can help because public works manages
or I'm sorry, Justin. Um public works is the department that manages the the grass. So yeah, that's a good question. So, typically it goes by calendar year because we come to the council around this time of year to catch up on the
past bills accumulated throughout the summer. Um, for both of these pro uh parcels, it's been multiple trips over there. Um, and that's why the costs are what they are. And if you if you mow again, you're
building them again, it'll appear next year. Correct. Okay. if the bill does not get paid. Right. Yep. Thank you. Enlighten a little bit more on that. It's under state statutes as to when we have to present these to the council. So, we have a limited window. So, we
can't wait till late October to do that. So, that's why you see it now. That's great. Carl just have a a question on how the fee is established. Is it a flat fee? Every time you go mow, it's 100 bucks or
No. So, we use the fee schedule, the city's fee schedule, depending on what equipment we use to mow it. If it's a a push mower, we use the push mower fee schedule um times the amount of hours. Um if it's two mowers or v whatever the
case may be, we just follow the fee schedule. Same with labor. Um we have that set fee schedule price. If we're out there for two hours, this is what the hourly bill rate is. And then there's a $75 administrative
cost to each of these and that goes to creating the invoices, sending them staff rechecking our action here tonight. Um, a a combination of all that. Yep. Todd, I just I'm just wondering if any of
these have been on prior. I believe that 416 trod is vacant. I think every year we're going out there. This is for sure the second year that we've basically mowed it non-stop. Um, so what do we do with the owner? We just
send him a notice that it's take care of it and he doesn't we go back out every every week we're sending them out of notice then or what? I don't know if it's quite weekly but as the grass gets to that 7 in barrier then you know we've tried knocking on the
door we don't get an answer. I I don't know if there's a better way to do it other than the way we're doing it right now. Um it's unfortunate because it's a lot of it's a lot of time that we're putting into it, you know, a lot of staff time,
a lot of time here at the council um uh for for mowing grass. So to say nothing about what it looks like. Correct. Any other Audrey? Thank you. Um, I think we've talked about this
before, the notification process and is it possible to change our notification process so that if we have a chronic one or like they get a couple weeks, don't they to if we give them a notice, don't they have a time frame in which they can get the lawn mode? Seven days.
Seven days. Okay. And so have we talked about that where where you have chronic ones that you know is there is seven days a reasonable Maybe it is. I don't know. We could certainly discuss that internally. And if if council would like
to extend that, shorten that, however that may be. Um I'm I would be guessing though, if we did that for one, we should do it for everyone. And whether whether or not we want to do that, I I don't know what the right answer is for that. I just know we have some chronic ones.
And it just feels like if that's their intention, then how do we, you know, how can we not have to go through that process if we know that what the end result's going to be that they have no intention of. Sure. But we can certainly
certainly look into that and see what options that are available and what we could do to address some of those. Thank you. Yep. Any more questions? Thank you. How many yards would you say you have to mow every summer?
Oh, I would guess between physically mowing them and and at least checking following up on a a citizen concern, it's it's probably 50 to 75 somewhere in there. It's unfortunately
it's becoming more and more common from what I've seen. Um, that's about the best guess I can give you right now. Okay. Thank you. Yep. Any more questions? Otherwise, we should uh have a roll call.
Roll call. Council member Faggerly. Hi, Davis. Hi, Butterfield. I sold. I Nelson. Hi, Gilbertson. Hi, Gardner. Hi,
Eight eyes's, zero nos. That motion passes. Next, I'll open the public hearing for special assessment hearing for unpaid fire alarms and system charges and call on once again our city clerk, Bernie
Larson. Thank you, Mr. Mayor, council members. Again, these properties had fire calls that were I think most of them are false alarms. They were build for them by the fire
department and those bills have remained unpaid by the property owners and so we are requesting that they council certify the amounts that are unpaid so they can go to the county auditor for collections in 2026.
They include parcel number 950091400 0. Address is 111 or112 Lake Avenue Northwest. Name on $500. Parcel number 9514280. That's 141 and 145 19th Avenue Southeast
in the amount of $500. Parcel number 959131220. That's 511 and 515 Lakeland Drive Southeast in the amount of $500. And parcel number 959090160. That's 420 and 430th Street Northwest in
the amount of $1,000. Looking for a motion to approve that resolution. Second. Okay, we got a motion and a second discussion. Justin, it's a public hearing, right? Yes.
I'll wait. Okay. Any any comments from the public? Anybody wishing to comment? If not, I'll close the public hearing and call on Justin. Thank you. Um, I don't know if I have a
question. I'm just wanting to express, you know, again, frustration over reoccurring um, instances here. And so I'm assuming that all three of these properties are owned by the same
LLC organization individual and and I guess my question would be like is there a higher fee charge alarm system malfunction and this is happening and over and over again. Do we
charge more for that? I believe we do. I was looking at the fee schedule right now. Okay. But I believe there is a recurring increase for alarm. I think we have a
grace of one and then they have so long to fix the problem and then if it happens again if they don't fix the problem then they get charged. Okay. Audrey.
So maybe just as a followup to that, is this a practice that they just let them go on to their taxes with these if they've been more than once? Minnesota statute allows for it that it be added to their property tax. So I guess is it the first time for us
on these properties to do that or is this like I a regular yearly occurrence? I'm not sure about these properties. I I was more familiar with the grass. Okay. I'm not sure about the fire. Okay.
Any other questions? Justin, I just if you can follow up with Chief Hansen since he's absent tonight and have him get in touch with us. Roll call. Council member Davis. Hi.
Butterfield. Hi. Childz. Hi. Osc. Nelson. Hi. Gilbertson. Hi. Harder. Hi. And Faggerly. Hi. Eight eyes. Zero nos. Motion passes. Next. I'll call on
operations director Kyle Box in regards to assignment and assumption of lease. Good evening, mayor, members of the city council. Tonight for your consideration is to an amendment to the um lease that the city has with the Stingers
organization. Uh earlier um earlier this month, late last month, uh the city was informed that Wilmer Baseball LLC has sold the Wilmer Stingers to the Wilmer Ball Club LLC. New ownership of the Stinger baseball team will continue to operate under the existing lease agreement that's
currently in place through August 25th, 2029. Uh, in accordance with the existing lease agreement, the assignment of the lease requires the express consent of the city uh as specified specifically in section 49 of the lease agreement which is attached in your packet.
Uh, the city has drafted uh an assignment and assumption of lease for consideration by the council. And additionally, this has been before the Northwoods League um and has previously um acted on this action and pending city council action tonight. Um we'll have
those documents signed and um and recorded or signed and scanned in, excuse me. I will stand for any questions. Anybody have questions? Uh Mr. Mayor, members of the council, we have representatives from the Stingers here as well. Um, I'd invite them if
they want to say anything. Uh, but they are here as well if you have questions for them. You guys want to say anything? You've been very successful in this city. You You want to say something? Up to you. Yeah, come on up.
I remember when you first came to us. Oh, thanks, Kyle. Thanks, uh, members of the council. Mr. Mayor Mark Derzac, co-owner of Wilmer Baseball LLC in the Stingers. And uh um we've got uh James Gibson here as well that uh is the
manager of Wilmer Ball Club LLC will be taking over the lease and um and we're excited to have him be a part of it. And Ryan and I will still be a part of the Stingers here, the or the operation for the next uh two years at least. And but James has taken over the the team and uh
and part of that is obviously the the lease here with Kyle Leslie. So, but uh it's been it's been 16 years and at some point Ryan and I had to have some type of exit plan uh in any business and uh we feel this is going to be a great uh transition. We needed the right person
and James is that right person to uh to take this to the next level but also have a nice transition because we want the Stingers here for the next 16 years and 16 years after that. And so we feel this is a great partnership that we've formed and uh to take it to the next
level. So any questions or been a great asset to our community in building community. Thank you. Yeah, it's been it's been tremendous. I mean, the the uh businesses and and uh the citizens and the season ticket holders and the host
families have uh you know, really really done a great uh service to bring this ball club to where it's at. And so without them, it doesn't happen. So they've supported it for 16 years and will continue to support it. And uh great nights of the ballpark for families and businesses alike.
Absolutely. Very enjoyable. Thank you. Anybody got questions or comments? Otherwise, we uh good. We don't have a motion yet, do we?
Looking for a motion. So move. Second. We got a motion and it's seconded. Any discussion? Roll call. Audrey. Oh, Audrey, I didn't see you. I'm sorry. That's okay. Just kind of a last thought. I don't know if the new owner
would like to say anything or not. It' be great to hear from you. Deal. So, my name is uh James Gibson. It's really nice to uh to meet everybody. And uh you know, I just want to say I really admire what Mark and Ryan have uh have
established here in terms of the Wilmer Stingers. It's such a great community asset. My overall objective would be to just continue to build on all of the success they've had in creating a great fan experience. So, we've got a whole continuity plan. They're going to continue to run the day-to-day this
season and beyond as well. So that's really the the plan over time is just to continue to uh you know improve the fan experience and the and the overall value of the asset. Thank you. Absolutely. Welcome.
Thank you very much. Roll call. Council member Butterfield. I Nelson I Gilbertson I Gardner I and Davis I
eight I eyes zero no nos motion passes thank you Kyle thank you mayor thank you councel next is a briefing on annexation of land owned by Vaxanova and Wilmer townships and I'll call on planning and
development director Christopher Corbett this is for information only correct Yes, Mr. Mayor. Yes. Tonight is only for information only. I imagine in the um near future this will come back to you all um with an agreement. So on the
screen is Epitopics. Um it's a parcel just north of our city boundary. So northwest the parent company is Vaxanova and they are wanting to they approached the city earlier this year to annex the property into the city and for future
construction. In your packet today is the petition, the um a few renderings or sites um aerial site aerial pictures of the land to be um annexed and then you have the orderly um annexation agreement
as well. Um we're waiting just a few moving parts to it. We're still waiting for the township to have their meeting on this and to vote uh and then we'll enter negotiations. um following our annexation policy and
statue state statute and then this will come back to you all to be executed for um agreement. So that's what I have but I'll take any questions that you all are curious about it. They're going to be expanding building where are they going to build you the
would there be another annexation? Nope. So, the parcel that they are wanting to annex into the city and build on is the one that is north of um the site, the current site that they have there. Okay. I'm not sure if you can see that on your screen,
but that's not being annexed right now. Yes, that is the one that's being annexed. The parcel is 33 0070020. Okay. I thought the yellow line was showing us what was being annexed.
city limits. The yellow line is city limits. Okay, Vicki. So then there's land to the west of it too that Epitopics has. Are they going to annex that as well? At this time they are not pursuing to
annex that um that L-shaped parcel, but in the near future they might. Would it be easier just to do it all at once? it would, but we were petitioned by them and um we can always go back to them and request a game plan for that. They can include it in this annexation
and so that agreement may look different when it comes back to you. Okay. Thank you. You're welcome. Any other questions? Yes, Leslie. In regard to that other parcel that they have at this time, they're not looking
to annex that. They may have other ideas for that property right now. Do you have questions, Jess? Not anymore. Anybody got more questions? Okay, that's what I have, Mr. Mayor. Thank you. That was for information only. Thank
you, Christopher. Uh, next is special assessments against lands outside the city limits. Renee, thank you, Mr. Mayor and Council property parcel number 330080012
is 32807th Avenue Northwest that was blazed just outside on the edge of project 253-B. That's 7th Avenue Northwest that had a mill overlay this summer. They lay
outside the city limits. Per Minnesota statute, the city isn't allowed to assess them and they were part of the assessment approved projects that we assessed last month. So, we are asking that they uh or it is a recommendation
that this special assessment be delayed until such time as the benefited property is enexed into the city limits. Um we do have we have done this in the past and properties when they are annexed then come back before the council for approval of the assessment
and a hearing is held at that time to enroll them back into the assessment project. But according to Minnesota statute at this time we aren't um it isn't something that we can actually assess to the property because they aren't in our city limits. So, I'm
looking for uh approval of a resolution to delay that special assessment until they are the benefit of property is enexed into the city limits. Some moved. Second. A motion and a second. Discussion. Tom,
what is the dollar figure on that assessment? Um 6775. Now Renee, does that change by time as time goes by? Is there an inflation cost?
I'm not sure historically when the last parcel that had this circumstance applied, there was a calculation of interest, but I'm not sure how it was calculated. That's something the city engineer did at the time. And so I I couldn't say at what point that changes,
but they did pay an additional amount from the original assessment. Robert Robert might be able to address that. Oh, yeah. No, go ahead. Mayor, members of council, thank you. The uh resolution documents, I think, what the value of the assessment would
have been if imposed this year. Um, but it is not binding on the city. if the city has different procedures in place or given the length of time believes that some inflator to that amount should be uh recouped at the time it imposes the assessment following annexation, the
city council would be free to do that at that time. So there could be yeah the amount would be determined at the time the assessment is actually imposed actually after annexation. All right. Thank you
Carl. So has the property owner requested annexation or is this eminent domain or how does how my understanding council member is this was a parcel of property just beyond the city boundary that had a small frontage
on the city street that was improved. That parcel is not in the city. So the city has no legal authority to assess it currently. I'm not aware of any imminent plans for annexation. And this is simply to note that if it does in the future, the city consider considers that
property to have benefited from this project and has the right to assess at that time. All right. Thank you. Any other questions? Tom, guess is an alternative that we just roll this into our budget and pay for it
now and just clean it up as our mistake. Um, it'll just go It's part of the bond payment anyway. So, we'll be paying it through the bond payments over time. So, the assessment will go off, but
that'll be part of the bond pay part of the bond payment anyway. Yes, the paperwork for us to pay it up front paperwork to follow up in 10 years when it gets annexed in is what I'm wondering. We need to do that. We would have to do that anyway.
Any other questions? If not, I need a motion to approve the resolution delaying special assessment. We already have a motion on the table. We do, Mr. Mayor. All right. Okay.
Roll call. Council member Schultz. I Nelson. Hi, Gilbertson. Hi, Gardner. Hi, Baggerly. I Davis I and Butterfield I
eight points zero nos. That motion passes. Next it's a introduction of a ordinance amending chapter 16 article 3 sanitary sewer system. Call on environmental specialist Sarah Seitzma.
Sarah good evening. Uh yes. So I explained this um briefly during the last council meeting, brought up the need for it, kind of what got us to this um spot today. Staff is bringing um a pretty
significant amendment to the existing sanitary sewer ordinance. The main components of that amendment are to establish an inflow and infiltration program. So an effort to reduce the clear water or the non-waste water that's entering our wastewater system. We did also use this um as an
opportunity to clean up a few other things in this chapter at this time also. Um so I will not go through every single proposed change, but there are a few things that I want to draw your attention to and then I can answer any questions or speak to anything else you
want tonight. Also, um the first one specifically being near the beginning, um right after the definitions updates, this um you got this information tonight, but it was uh omitted from Friday's version of the packet. So, in
section 1671B7, um we want to update the connection fee language because we do not want to include um that specific dollar amount. We want to reflect the um city fee schedule. So we want to adapt adopt that language, change the language right
there in item seven. That's the piece that you guys hadn't seen previous to essentially this afternoon. Um couple other things I want to cover. So, um the most of what we want to include
um as far as the INI, um influent infiltration program, that language lives in section 16-91. Um that's again the main additions that we're putting into this so that we can
set up this inspection program. Again, triggered by point of sale, major remodel projects. um plumbing reconstructions that are adding or altering or moving um plumbing in the home. Couple other minor
triggers that would uh require an inspection also so that we can start to tackle the INI that's coming in on these private sewer laterals. Uh I will point out in this um 16-91 section. So, Council Member Gilbertson had brought up
at the last council meeting wisely um including some information, some kind of boundaries of what staff would be using um as far as what would be compliant and what would not be compliant. So, we did specifically include um objective
criteria to avoid giving too much discretion to city staff. I think that makes this more clear for anyone who this applies to, anybody who's reading it. um that piece and then that might be the major ones that I want
to point out. Um but I'm happy to go over anything else that you guys have questions or want to walk through in more detail. So we need a motion, but uh if you got
questions, feel free to ask. must have explained it. Well, I will move to introduce your ordinance and call for public hearing on Monday, November 3rd or about 6:30 p.m.
Second. We got a motion and a second discussion. Rick, thanks, Mr. Mayor. On the criminal violations. Yes. How' you come up with that? So that uh Mr. Scott might be able to
talk more to um but we don't want to be required to so are you at is what you're referring to at the beginning um under section 16-87 uh 16102
criminal violations fines okay so I will say the beginning which also deals with criminal and um civil is that we did not want to be required to secure formal conviction for violations of the
sewer ordinance to issue fines. So, we only wanted the fines to be civil, not criminal on 16102. I would let legal counsel weigh in on
that. Thank you, members of the council. Um, first thing to note is the language in the draft ordinance in your packet for the most part in section 16102 was already existing. The only things
changing are what are shown in underline. Um, and what the I do believe the intent of that change was to kind of disentangle the civil fines that the city would be authorized to enforce for
violations of this chapter from the criminal prosecution and conviction requirement. So, we'll have a city employee going out and say, "Oh, you're in violation. we're not going to give you a fine potentially. I mean,
there does need to be an enforcement mechanism to these regulations uh for them to have any teeth. And there is a uh I I would note that there is a due process component that we are adding into the ordinance as well. So that
before any significant enforcement action is taken, there would be a hearing convened in front of the council and the alleged violator would have the opportunity to address the council and try and show cause why a uh given proposed sanctions should not
be enforced. So I mean I think it's been thoroughly considered on how to uh have a fair process in place for people subject to these proposed regulations. Well, they do have the option to go to district court then too, don't they?
There's always that option. Yes. Yeah. If if to be clear, if the council has a hearing like that, a person who's alleged to have violated this ordinance and the city is seeking to impose a sanction on them thinks that that sanction is unsupported legally, they
always have the ability to uh appeal decision. Whether I go to district court or the court of appeals, I think would be something we'd have to look at. But certainly a judicial remedy available. We got a motion and a second. Any further discussion? Steve,
I do. Um, thank you, Sarah. Um, how do we know one of the conditions of having this inspection is prior to the close of escrow when the property is transferred via sale or other transfer of ownership by deed, instrument, and writing? How do we know when somebody's
transferring their property to let's say you have a older family member wants to transfer their property five years say before going to a nursing home or whatever pretty common how do we know that's going to happen and how do they know this is required when that happens
I know ignorance is no excuse for violating city ordinance right but sure right at the same time how do we know to then go and enforce that ordinance so great question Um, and I part of it is still going to be um some more
discussions with communities that have this in place and the lessons they've learned so we can try to avoid um some of those some of that catchup. We are going to do extensive education um with the realators, with the um sort of the
real estate attorneys that all of the parties and the closing companies, all of them um so that they know that this the city of Wilmer now has this ordinance similar to the county, similar to um other communities in Candyo High
County also. Um, and I intend to do as much public education as we can um to capture that as well uh with the real litters and again if other communities have recommendations we're going to follow those too.
Appreciate it. Thanks. We recognize that definitely again part of the reason we don't want this to be put in place until January 1st is so we have the time to do all of that outreach and that education rather than you know springing it on them in the middle of the year in the
middle of a month. Appreciate it. Thanks Audrey. So it's my understanding Thank you. It's my understanding that buyer and the seller can say, "We don't want to do this." If they both agreed to it and
signed to it, that would not be an option. It's not an option. The inspection is not an option. Uh the inspection would have to be done before closing. And if it is determined that their private lateral in part or in its
entirety needs to be repaired or replaced, at that point, it's up to the buyer and seller to decide who's going to do that. Yes. Not if it's going to be done, but who is going to do it and pay for it. Yep. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um, little
clarification on the remodeling pro part portion of this ordinance. Uh, walk me through that a little bit further. or if it exceeds $50,000, any size building, um so a multi-million dollar building has a $55,000 improvement,
they would have to be inspected at that point. Yes. the way it's written right now, yes, their private lateral would need to be whether it's a expensive commercial building um or somebody's residential home that they're doing a remodel valued at 50,000 or more, it would be a
condition of their building permit. And if they've had it done, when would the next time they do a project have it need to be inspected or is it every time? Yep. Um so if it's new construction, um they do not have to have an inspection done within the 10 years. basically of
hooking up to the city's system. If an inspection has been done and you are in compliance and you do not have to do any repairs or replacement, that's good for 3 years. If an inspection is done and you have to do a repair on part of the system, that's good for three years. If
the inspection is done and you have to replace the san the ser service lateral in its entirety, that's good for 10 years. Same as new construction. So, a large uh building in our community such as like Bethesda for example, they're likely going to have to get theirs
inspected about every three years. Then that is Yeah, that is a potential situation. Mhm. Other questions? If not, roll call. Council member Nelson. Hi, Gilbertson. Hi,
Gardner. Hi, Baggerly. Hi, Davis. Hi, Butterfield. Hi, Schultz. I And Osk I. Eight eyes, zero nos. Motion passes. A motion to publish the ordinance by
summary. So move. Second. We have a motion and a second. Discussion. Roll call. Council member Gilbertson. Hi Gardner. Hi Baggerly. Hi Davis.
Hi Butterfield. Hi Shiz. Hi. O I and Nelson. Hi. Eight eyes's zero nos. That motion passes. Thank you. Thank you Sarah.
Next is a resolution to acknowledge donations for the third quarter of 2025. Very. Thank you Mr. Mayor. Council members, tonight I present to you the um donations we've received as from the city or to to the city and the amounts
who they were from. $50 from Darlene Bratburgg for the Wilmer Fire Explorers. $2,500 from the Wilmer Rotary Club for the Rex Scholarship Program. $500 from the Welcoming America for the 2025 network conference.
$1,000 from Centralare Health Systems for the Welcome Week sponsorship. $250 from the Wilmer Area Arts Council for the 2025 Welcome Week. $1,000 from Woodland Centers for the 2025 Welcome Week. $1,000 from Candyo High Power
Charitables Trust for the Wilmer Community Center. $5,000 from the Mentor Network Charitable Foundation for the Fire Department general supplies. $1,000 from community giving for the Wilmer Community Center program support,
$818.33 from grocery begging events at Cub Foods for the Wilmer Police Explorers, and $1,35 from Walmart for the Wilmer Police Explorers. And I'm looking for a motion to approve and accept the donations for
the third quarter of 2025. So move second. Got a motion and a second. Discussion. Roll call. Council member Gardner. Hi. Aggerly. Hi. Davis. Hi. Butterfield.
Hi. Shoulders. Hi. O. I. Nelson. I. And Gilbertson. Hi. Eight eyes's zero nos. That motion passes. Next is a summary of conclusions of the
evaluation of performance of the city administrator Leslie Valiant. On September 15, 2025, the city council held a closed meeting to evaluate the performance of the city administrator, Leslie Valiant. In accordance with
governing law at this council meeting, which is the next possible open council meeting following the previously mentioned closed meeting, city council is required to summarize the conclusions of the evaluation reached by the council
at the September 15, 2025 closed meeting. City Administrator Valiant did not request that such meeting be open to the public. As a result, the evaluation of city administrative values performance took place in a closed meeting as
provided under the Minnesota open meeting law. As chairperson of this meeting, I will now provide a summary of the conclusions reached by the council from September 15, 2025 evaluation.
City Administrator Valiant has strong technical skills of her job and applies them well to find solutions to issues facing the city. City administrator Valiant needs to take steps to improve
her interpersonal skills. City administrator Valiant needs to prioritize completion of agreed upon performance goals in the next six months. and I move on to the next item on the
agenda. Okay. Thank you. Which is setting a budget work session for Monday, October 13, 2025. So, council, in your um when we set the
budget calendar earlier this year, October 13th was our work session date. And um we've been working on some variations and things like that, changes that we're looking at on the budget
schedule or budget itself. So on the 13th, we would like to bring those um options to the council for your review and see if there's some consensus as to moving forward with that and changes that might be able to help change within
the budget itself. We would like to have this meeting conducted at the uh Rice Home Medical Building on 19th Avenue and uh at 6:30 Monday evening
if that's acceptable. Just a motion on that would be fine. Some moved. Second. We got a motion and a second to set that meeting. Any discussion? Roll call. Council member Davis.
Hi. Butterfield. Hi. Shoulders. Hi. Os. Hi. Nelson. Hi. Gilbertson. Hi. Gardner. Hi. And Faggerly. I. Eight eyes. Zero nos. Motion passes. Okay. Thank you, councel. Thank you for
everything. Next is announcements. And I uh I'm going to recognize Justin Deleo because this will be his last council meeting and he's going to be leaving us this
Friday and uh I'm going to miss you Justin. I wish the very best for you and uh come back and see us. Thank you. the feelings mutual.
All right. Anything else? If not, I would entertain a motion to adjourn. Second. We are ajourned. Uh Ben Saunders. I believe so.
I mean, there's a