the meeting to order. If everyone could stand and join us in the pledge of allegiance. >> 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. We'll start off with a consent agenda. Uh items listed below are considered routine and non-controversial by the city. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless requested by a council member, staff, or citizen. If removed, the item will be
discussed at the end of the regular agenda. Item A, approval of minutes. Approve the minutes of the following meetings. City Council work session, September 2nd, 2025. City Council regular session regular meeting September 2nd, 2025. City Council work
session September 16, 2025. And City Council regular meeting September 16th, 2025. Item B, schedule a city city council budget work session. Schedule a city council budget work session for Tuesday, October 21st, 2025, beginning
at 8:15 a.m. in the council chambers at Winstead City Hall. Item C, uh, Winstead Municipal Airport fiscal year 2026 grant pre-applications authorizes city administrator to execute project validation forms and federal
grant pre-applications with the Federal Aviation Administration for the construction of a multibay hanger at the Winston Municipal Airport. Item D, approve the on sale, offsale, and Sunday liquor license from November 3rd, 2025
through June 30th, 2026 for BNBWS Enterprises LLC, doing business as Blueotee Bar and Grill, 320 3rd Street South, contingent upon all State of Minnesota and City of Winstead requirements being met. Item E, approve
a tobacco license from November 3rd, 2025 through June 30th, 2026 for BNBWS Enterprises LLC doing business as Lunote Bar and Grill, 3203rd Street South,
contingent upon all state of Minnesota and city of Winstead requirements being met. Item item F, Winstead Municipal Airport land lease agreement hanger number 39. Approve the assignment of a land lease
agreement between the city of Winstead and Mr. Bejorn Pollson Olsen for hanger number 39 at the Winstead Municipal Airport based upon the successful submission of all required documents and fees to the city of Winstead.
Item G, resolution R-25-36, Winstead Leester Prairie Police Department donation. Adopt resolution R-25-36, accepting a donation from Mr. William H. H. Malashsh to be dedicated toward the
capital Equipment Fund for the Winstead Leester Prairie Police Department. Item H, resolution R-25-37, Winstead Volunteer Fire Department donations. Adopt resolution R-25-37 accepting donations from various donors
to be dedicated toward the capital improvement fund for the Winstead Volunteer Fire Department. Item I, technical rescue equipment quote, WS Darling Company. Authorize the city administrator and fire chief to approve a quote from WS Darly and Company for
the purchase of technical rescue equipment for the Mloud County technical rescue unit for an amount not to exceed $7,000. Item J, sidewalk replacement change order, Tim Rings concrete, First Street
North. Approve a change order for amount of $1,100 for an add-on of 5 ft by 22 feet. uh sidewalk section from Tim Tim Rings concrete uh incorporated to replace sections of sidewalk on First
Street North from Albert Avenue to Fairlon Avenue. Item K, hayride permit. Winstead holding activities that unite people. Uh, approve a hayride sponsored by Winston holding activities
at Unite People on designated streets in the city of Winston as approved by the Winston Police Chief on Saturday, October 25th, 2025 between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. Item L, uh, resolution R-25-38,
Winstead Municipal Airport State Grant Agreement for runway seating and fertilizer application. Adopt resolution R-25-38 authorizing the mayor and city administrator to execute a Minnesota Department of Transportation off office
of aeronautics grant agreement for airport improvement excluding land acquisition for a state project for runway seating and fertilizer application at the Winstead Municipal Airport. Um, item M, approve the claims
list for October 7th, 2025. Item N, appointed uh, appointment Winstead Volunteer Fire Department. Appoint Miss Halen Doms to the position of firefighter with the Winstead Volunteer Fire Department contingent
upon passing a criminal background check, pre-employment physical, and a drug and alcohol test. Item O, uh, another Winstead Volunteer Fire Department appointment. Appoint Mr. Joshua Walters to the position of firefighter with the Winston Volunteer
Fire Department contingent upon passing a criminal background check, pre-employment physical, and a drug and alcohol test. And then item P, hanger drainage drainage improvements agreement. Hangar number 43. Authorize
the mayor, city clerk, treasurer, and city attorney to effectuate a hangar drainage improvement agreement with 4J's LLC and John and Jill Velour with relation to hangar 43 at the Winston Municipal Airport. Uh to the extent that
is necessary, that is the consent agenda. We would uh uh like a uh motion. >> Mr. Mayor, I'll motion to approve the consent agenda as presented. >> We have a motion. Is there a second?
>> I'll second. We have a motion. We have a second. Is there any additional discussion? All in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries. Um we have no public hearings. We don't have old business. We have uh one item on new business.
Resolution R-25-39 accept council member resignation and declare a vacancy. Neil, as you guys know, uh council member Fury has moved out of town, leaving us with an open opening on the council. Uh the
way that we're going to fill this opening, we're going to open up applications starting today as long as you guys accept this resignation and we will have on our website or they can pick up applications here. We'll
leave that open until October 31st and uh following depending on how many applicants we get uh we'll have interviews the following week and hopefully appointing for sometime in November one of the council meetings
>> on the uh website. Does it list the length of the term? >> It will. Yeah, it >> will. Okay. >> And as you or I guess we can go through that too. length of term will be approximately one year a little bit over
when we go then the next cycle election cycle we'll have four spots up the five >> Mhm. >> Um would anyone like to make a motion on
that? I'll make a motion to consider resolution R-25-39 accepting resignation of Tim Fury from Winstead City Council and declaring a city council vacancy. >> We have a motion. Is there a second?
>> I'll second. >> Have a motion. We have a second. Is there any further discussion? All in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries. Um, we've come to the organizational report and uh, we have representatives from Howard Lake, Waverly, Winstead Schools. If you'd like
to come up to the podium and introduce yourselves and give us a little talk. >> Morning. >> Good morning. >> Um, thanks so much for the opportunity this morning. I'm Shannon Movill, uh,
vice chair of the school board and parent in the district um of a sixth grader and nth grader and um so um appreciate the opportunity again um we've been here a couple of times the last couple of years to talk about things that are happening in the
district and uh this time um primarily to um to introduce our new superintendent uh Dr. Edwards, but also um one of my my other roles um as a school board member is to chair our new community relations committee and really
have a strong interest in connecting more with our um our communities uh that we uh serve as a as a school district. So, want to continue to be thoughtful about how we um how we can connect more with with the communities that we um
that we serve, that our families live within and um and really um and and the businesses and and um folks who live within those communities as well as as you know, the city councils that serve them as well. So, um, we hope to see
more of you and and be back more often to provide more of a connection, um, longer term, um, between the district and, uh, and the city councils. Um, just one update I wanted to share from our meeting last night is something we've been working on for a while, and that is
we've added, uh, three new non- voting um, student members to our school board. Um, and something we're excited about. Um, so we will be starting that process of adding uh three students to our school board to add that voice uh to
hear more from from students as we move forward. So, we're excited about about that. Um, that's something that we've kind of been working on the last few months and just finally approved last night. So, with that, I'm happy to just turn it over to uh Dr. Edwards um to
introduce himself and share a little bit about what's happening in the district. Thank you. >> Thank you so much for the opportunity to be here. Uh thank you for your flexibility and rescheduling. Uh had a medical situation that prevented me from being at our originally scheduled uh uh
event back in September, but uh really like love the opportunity. Now uh been to each of the respective city councils and as Shana said uh definitely want to make sure that we're engaging. I've been on the job uh since July 1. um got a
tour of uh the city from Neil back in mid July. uh he was one of the first people to reach out to me uh introducing me to the the community and uh it's been a a great uh welcome really been an exciting it's an exciting week in our school district as it's homecoming week
this week and lots of fun activities as and as Shana talked about looking for ways to continue to engage our our students uh in in their process of of they are our number one customer and they are who we serve and uh so that's
an exciting time and And we are working as a with the board and with our uh staff uh to work toward implementation of our strategic plan which was adopted uh about a year and a half ago now and uh really getting uh focused on that work and also the community engagement
and uh having uh the opportunity to come here today. Uh timing is perfect. I I just wanted to make uh you all aware of something that we're going to be doing in the coming uh months here. Uh you might be aware that we are experiencing a significant transition in our FFA
program which is one of our foundational programs of our school district and as a part of that uh it's been become very clear to me in very early uh stages of my time in the district that uh the alignment of that work and the stakeholders uh in all of the
stakeholders coming together around that work is something that uh certainly is an opportunity for growth and improvement. So just last week uh began a FFA advisory council of which I have stakeholders from each of the respective groups. Uh uh parent/alumni
uh representatives three of them uh schoolboard representative one uh staff representative currently one uh administration myself and the high school principal as well once again as students uh being a part of that advisory council. And we had our first meeting last week and one of the topics
we talked about was the importance of engaging with our local communities that we serve because we are preparing the future workforce for these communities. Not that all students uh who graduate from Howard Lake Waverly Winstead are going to uh stay here necessarily, but they are definitely a workforce. And a
couple of weeks ago, I had an opportunity to go to a ACC az galvanizing uh through the uh chamber of commerce. And uh that was a great experience for me to walk around and take a tour of that facility. And obviously we have many manufacturing uh
and job opportunities here in this community. And we all know about the workforce and uh the fact that we have an aging workforce and uh we have the next generation of workers uh that come through our school system. So, we're going to be uh engaging in a a survey of
sorts uh with the local area businesses and in all of the communities that we serve um to kind of get a sense. Also going to be surveying surveying our students. Um you know, we've had course offerings in the in the FFA program that have ranged from uh your typical
agricultural offerings to teched offering, technical education offerings. um what's the future of uh those needs? And uh we're we're going to get serious about uh making sure that as we look forward uh to our future that we are preparing our students for the future
that in some cases is unknown and in some cases is known. Um but uh definitely want to get the input from our local uh community businesses of which obviously as you well know there are many of them here in the Winstead uh city of Winstead proper. So, uh just a
couple of uh things that are going on and once again uh invite you all to participate uh uh in meeting with our activities director yesterday. He's expecting a a record crowd on Friday night. If not, uh as we are playing one
of our uh near town rivals, the Watertown mayor for the first time in quite a number of years. Neil might be able to tell us how long that's been, but it's been a long time. uh and uh looking forward to that and again lots of fun energy in the schools right now.
So again, thank you for the opportunity and certainly field any questions if you'd like. >> Why HLWW >> as far as myself? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Thank you for that question. I skipped that part of my introduction because I've been here for a few months so feel like I'm part of the family. Uh
well uh when I decided after 31 years in Prior Lake Savage area schools that it was time for me to pursue that next level of leadership opportunity specifically the superintendency uh I was looking for a community. I wanted to return my started my career over 30
years ago in Cold Spring Rory. uh and uh that that was a a community that I really enjoyed being a part of, coached three sports and taught and and uh a smaller community. And so I was looking for that. Um and then lo and behold, when I walked up for my first interview,
it said home of the Lakers. Well, Prior Lake Savage Area Schools is the Lakers, too. So, I felt at home uh right away. And it's been uh just a great opportunity uh that communities that are committed to their schools, committed to doing what's right for students. And
that's what I was also seeking in a school board. Uh I have a wonderful school board who's uh I think all of them, yes, all of them currently have students that we are serving. Uh and so they are very passionate about making sure that we're serving our students.
Well, >> um, what do you think is the most, um, important change you can make? >> I think one of the very important changes, and Shana hinted at it a little bit in her introduction, is bringing our
our communities that we serve together and making sure that we are all uh, serving the needs of our various communities that that are part of our school district. I I think that that is an opportunity. Um, and you know, I'll I'll make a pitch here. Uh, I I think in
the first uh visit and tour of the city with uh with Neil, one of my comments was uh we need to we need to find a a board representative who is from Winstead or multiples. Uh when when those opportunities present themselves, we too will have some open seats on our
board. Again, have a great board. Uh love to see them all run again. Uh but as those types of opportunities, how do we bring our communities together? Again, another piece of that as well with that uh mention of engaging with the local businesses. I think uh we as
educators as a system have uh been u maybe overly focused on uh preparing students for we've said career and college ready. Uh a phrase that I like to use is life ready. We have a a responsibility to get our students life
ready. Uh and for some of them that's entering into our local businesses as I mentioned earlier. Uh for some of them it's going off uh leaving us and returning um to this community in this area. So >> do you foresee replacing your assistant
football coach? >> Uh well it depends. Yeah. One of them uh he's on a he's on a short list of I'm keeping an eye on it. I >> think he's talking about you Matt. Uh just can can you give us an update on
the grade school building I mean process? I know it's next year but >> Yeah, thank you. Uh we actually did uh just update the board last night. Our elementary principal uh updated the board. Uh we have a committee of uh staff who have been a part of the transition planning and uh we are
obviously wanted to get this school year off and running well. Uh one of the reminders we gave to that committee back in the summer was we we don't want to look too far forward. We want this year of second grade for example or fourth grade for students to be the best. They only get one shot at that grade. So we
focused our early attention on that. But we are beginning to shift our focus now to preparing uh for that transition, that successful transition. And I think that uh that committee is uh really excited about looking forward to the future specifically the opportunity that
presents itself now that all kindergarten students uh will be in one building and and come together as a unit uh working toward that that unity and and all the teachers uh so that we have commonality of the experience for a kindergartener or a third grader. Again,
back to that life ready. We want every student coming out of second grade being life ready for third grade. every student coming out of third grade being life ready for fourth grade and so on and um and so that opportunity uh we're working through that the next uh exercise we're going to get engaged in
uh with that committee is in December uh kind of talking about the actual physical move in in preparation for that um obviously I assume many of you have been in elementary classrooms uh there's a lot to an elementary classroom uh and uh so making sure that we create the
learning spaces as we move into the new spaces uh that are prepared for that respective grade level assessing our facility uh facilities uh to make sure that we are well prepared for that and and so that will begin uh in earnest in
December with the goal that the second half of the school year will be find opportunities to bring those staff together because we've had first grade teachers in in both Winstead and Humphrey uh they'll be in one site uh bringing them together to share the great things that are being happening
and that collaboration across teaching uh positions. >> I should note that I did volunteer the wrestling and football teams to help move. >> Yes, she did last night. >> I mean, my my ninth grader's been lifting weights all summer, so he might as well use it for something.
>> Yeah, free free labor. We like free labor. Yes, she did. Actually, three years ago, we had um a replica of the Vietnam wall in Winstead and um we had to get a group to put it up and a group to take it down and uh Neil and our
former administrator Adam um arranged for the HLW football team take it down. And I think they learned a lot about humility and uh the price of freedom. And those are great opportunities for
our students to engage with our communities and and and it it was mentioned and in all honesty it is uh to serve and I think that's one of the the neat things about uh these types of engagements with our students that we're working on prioritizing is for them to
see you know one of the things I said to the school board uh in pitching this idea of student representatives they're our future leaders and we need to prepare them and put them into seats like they're they're our future city council members, for example, our future school board members, and for them to
experience all of what that means is is an important back again to those life skills, life readiness. >> I had a question for our police chief. Um, is there ever a situation where our department would assist out at the school?
Okay, thank >> Okay, thank you. >> Yeah, and I appreciate you bringing that up because that partnership is is so key. Um, actually visited with the chief back in early uh in early September. Uh actually it was late August when that
very unfortunate situation had struck Annunciation School uh and had reached out that day to Holy Trinity School because obviously there was uh direct impact to to uh relations there and uh
we one of the things that's really great about our communities uh as well as our counties uh that we have implemented our SRP protocols around safety procedures and obviously Our partnership with our local law enforcement agencies is key to that being successful.
>> Okay. >> Um, as far as your uh non voting student members that you're going to be looking for for the board, if parents are out there listening, what what are you looking for from that student or students?
>> Take that. >> So, we we actually are we have three different paths for students to to join the board. Um so one student will come from uh directly from the leadership of the student council. >> Okay. >> Um the second student will be elected um
from the general student body. So in terms of what they it's meeting the same kind of criteria that they need for any other activity. So you know the the grades and the you know the basics um that they would need. um and if they are interested in a in a leadership role, if
they want to learn what it's like to be in an elected position, um this is a great a great fit for them. Um the third um and there's an application process to do that that will be sent out probably >> very soon. This week >> um this week or early next week um
because we really want to launch that. Then the third position will be um the final one selected by the school board to kind of round out that that last spot. >> Okay. Thank you. Mhm. >> And we're really looking to to have cross representation of student uh of
the student body. Uh students again who are recognized already by their classmates as leaders, those who aspire to that. Um making sure that we have uh generally 10th through 10th through 12th grade. We feel like 9th graders maybe aren't quite ready for that uh type of leadership role, but we want to
obviously have uh ideally representation from uh the range of ages that we serve. Any other questions? No. >> Thank you for coming. >> Thank you for coming. >> Thank you. >> Good luck. Appreciate >> the opportunity.
>> Um come to the open forum uh portion of our uh meeting and uh would appear the chief of police would like to say a few words. >> Mr. Mayor, members of the council, thank you for having me. I just want to remind folks um November 1st our winter parking
ban starts. Uh, no parking 2 to 6:00 a.m. on any city street. Um, if you do need to park on the street, we ask you call the police department at 320-485-260. On the 24th of October is our business trick-or- treat event. Uh, be held in the downtown area. And then I just want
to remind folks to make sure you're locking your vehicles, locking your garage door or shutting your garage doors, locking your vehicles. Um, our officers are very diligent. If you do read the newspaper, you will see that uh we find a lot of open doors. Um, a lot of people leave their garage doors open. Uh, leave car doors standing wide open,
you name it. Um, and it is our responsibility as stewards of the community to uh, address those. So, typically what we do is we shut them. So, if it's 2 3 4 in the morning, we're not going to wake you up. We're going to put a little we have a placard door hanger. We'll put the uh, note on there.
We'll put that on your door or in your vehicle and we'll shut your door for you. So, I just wanted the folks to know if you find that um, that's what that's all about. Oh, just try to make sure we protect what's yours. >> That's it. >> Thank you. >> Thank you.
>> City administrator update and announcement. >> Uh we were able to sell the snowblower for at auction for $37,500. [Music] Um you know, when we had budgeted, we were hoping to get 22. So quite a bit
over that. Uh, Old Smokeoky will be on the Jeff Martin auctioneers site on October 9th. And what's up, it's up on the site now, but I'm open for bidding on October 9th. And then our first street sidewalk project is nearing completion. Just have
one more section to finish up. All right. Um, Tom, anything? >> Nope. Matt? >> Nope. Jesse? >> Uh, yeah. One quick question. um the power gate or the key fob gate that's
you know fall cleanup's coming >> right been working with CIT um that's our I don't know computer networking place where we'll be getting the the uh cards and the processor from and might be
installed next week but that's I'm not going to say there likely will not be so I would I would I think by the end of the month we'll have it. >> How about um I'm sorry. How about uh the lights on County Road One >> about doing them?
>> Yeah, >> that we'll talk about at the budget meeting. >> Okay. >> On the 21st. >> All right. I would entertain >> entertain a motion to adjurnn. >> Make a motion to adjurnn. You >> have a motion. Is there a second?
>> I'll second. >> All in favor? I I >> We are adjourned.