##VIDEO ID:fyRqqZgm_ck## the United States of America to The Republic which it stands one nation indivisible andice um our first item tonight is a special presentation Oaths of office uh I can have de you come first you want to good and okay y council member FY would next I can youir that I was [Applause] Mr RI if you could go next I'm [Applause] congratulations um we'll read tonight's 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 uh item a approval of minutes uh approve the minutes of the following city council work session November 6 2024 city council regular meeting November 6 2024 special Clos city council meeting November 19th 2024 city council work session November 19th 2024 City Council regular meeting November 19th 2024 city council work session December 3rd 2024 city council regular meeting December 3rd 2024 city council work session December 17th 2024 city council regular meeting December 17 2024 Item B resolution r-2-1 Declaration of a city council vacancy adopt resolution r-2 25-1 declaring the vacancy of a city council member seat effec of January 8th 2025 with a term that expires December 31st 2026 2025 appointments approved the City of Winston Winstead's 2025 official appointments item number D City attorney proposal melart Hubert and shodin attorneys at law authorize a city administrator to execute a City attorney Proposal with melart Hubert shodin attorneys at law um item number e resolution R-25 d02 uh Winstead volunteer fire department adopt resolution R-25 D2 to accept a donation from Michael and Beth Balman for the winad volunteer fire department in the amount of $100 to be dedicated toward the Winstead B your fire department Capital Improvement fund item number F resolution r- 25-3 uh Winstead volunteer fire department relief Association gambling contribution adopt resolution r- 25-3 accepting a contribution from gambling proceeds from the Winstead volunteer fire department relief Association in the amount of $75,000 to be dedicated toward the Winstead Volunteer Fire Department's Capital Improvement plan item G pay Equity implementation report authorize the mayor and City staff to submit the pay Equity impl implementation report for the city of Winstead to the state of Minnesota item H uh resignation Winstead volunteer fire department accept the voluntary resignation of Mr James Nelson from the Winstead volunteer fire department effective December 26 2024 item I uh claims approve the claims list list for January 8th 2025 and item J uh resolution r244 Winston municipal airport State Grant agreement clear Zone acquisation acquisition plan adopt resolution R-25 d04 authorizing the mayor and the city administrator to execute Minnesota Department of Transportation Office of Aeronautics Grant agreement number 10 15874 for this for state project number a430 6-42 at the winad municipal airport for a clear Zone acquisition plan uh that is the consent agenda it would uh entertain a motion to accept I make a motion to accept the consent agenda as presented we have a second second all in favor I I opposed consent agenda um we have no public hearings tonight correct uh so old business know old business new business uh city council appointment and O of office Mr Tom ol um real quick all right so as you heard in the consent agenda that we have an opening and this opening is due to council member elbert's becoming mayor and if it is anything that's under two years which now this term would be under two years the council has the authority to appoint a member and Mr olig who has a wealth of experience in this realm and is a valuable member on this Council would um has volunteered to fill that term and in work sessions everybody was in agreeance of that if you have anything to add any of that Tom do you have anything to add I'm just so excited okay uh I would entertain a motion uh I'll make a motion to appoint Mr Tom olig as eligible city of Winstead resident to fulfill a vacant city council seat with a term expiring December 31st 2026 and authorize the city treasurer to conduct the O of office for Mr olig we have a second I suppose I second that all in favor I I motion is carried [Music] I will just is this sign I'll come back Don okay okay okay all right so uh now we've got the open Forum portion of our meeting uh open Forum provides uh residents with the opportunity to address an issue that is not on the agenda with the city council the city council will not take official action on items discussed dur open form except to refer items to staff for future report or follow through if you wish to address the city council please take your name address and topic that you wish to discuss speakers will be limited to 5 minutes to discuss an issue and the mayor will limit discussion on any one topic to a total of 10 minutes there anyone that would like to come forward and address Council would appear not uh we go to the city administrator update announcements okay I um want to take a quick minute here to introduce you to Kristoff Moran if you want to step up and introduce yourself um Fort Hubert and shadine as their attorneys that we just appointed thank you Mr Mayor and city council my name is kristofh Moran I'm an attorney at melr Hubert chadine when um when City administrator Neil schel invited us to submit proposal for City attorney position I thought I wanted to make sure to take the opportunity to come down and meet you all face to face um you all have the proposal that we presented to the city in front of you if you have any questions about our firm or about uh myself um I'm here to answer them uh otherwise just introduce myself what what do you anticipate doing for us I anticipate doing the um well the Civil work for the city um our firm handles Municipal work for several cities uh in the western Metro we repres chasa wakona cologne New Germany and Hamburg and Winstead um you may be familiar with Kelly Dome from our firm she's worked with the city in the past as well um I primarily handle um things like development agreements ordinance ordinance Drafting and enforcement um other more routine matters um in city city governance for my clients and for our clients our Kelly Dome mainly handles employment law matters how long have you been with the firm this is the end of my third year going on to my fourth year okay at Mal Huber and you'll do a good job yes sir uh Kristoff has worked with me on some of our more recent here um the park l and and uh what was the other one that we just did why is it slipping in my mind um we had discussions about the Herald Journal um and yeah the utilities there we did um and there was oh some Grass Lake farms the development agreement we remember that one anyone have any other questions welcome yeah welcome welcome award thank you thank you you any yeah then I just have a couple other uh announcements we will'll be closed on U Martin Luther King Jr day our C offices will be closed and then on Tuesday January 21st after our meeting we will have our recognition for former mayor Steve staco so I want to invite the public to that and and looking forward to seeing Steve again give him a hard time right anything else that's all I have hey Tom do you have anything I do not Matt nope Jesse Tim no sir all right my understanding that I do not need a motion to adjourn so I will uh call the meeting adjourned thank you