Call the council meeting to order. If you could stand and uh join us in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic, one nation under God, indivisible.
Um, we'll start with the consent agenda. 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, Civil Defense Sirens, Preventative Maintenance Services, authorizes city administrator to approve an estimate from Ready Watt Electric for an amount not to exceed $2,660 per year for the years 2027, 2028, 2029,
and 2030 to provide preventative maintenance services for civil defense sirens in Winstead. Item B, purchase authorization lift station pump Winston on the lake. Authorize a city administrator to execute a quote from Quality Flow
Systems in the amount of 14,345 for the purchase and installation of a heavyduty submersible pump at the Winstead on the lake lift station. Item C, liquor licenses. Approve the off sale, on sale, and Sunday liquor
licenses from July 1st, 2026 through June 30th, 2027 for the following. Alexi Holdings LLC, uh, The Corner Bar, 111 First Street North. BNBWS
LLC Blueenote Bar and Grill 3203rd Street South The Woods Group Eggs 121 First Street Northong Liquor 1326 Street North off sale only approve the liquor wine club or 3.2% 2%
license from July 1, 2026 through June 30th, 2027 and wave the fee for said license for the Winstead Baseball Association Incorporated, Winstead Wildcats at Dennis M. Campbell Field. Approved the 3.2% 2% off sale liquor
license from July 1, 2026 through June 30th, 2027 for Casey's General Store number 1673 at 246th Street North. Item D, licenses to sell tobacco products and tobacco related devices. approved licenses to
sell tobacco products and tobacco related devices from July 1, 2026 through June 30th, 2027 for the following um Casey's General Store number 1673 located at 246th Street North, DG Retail
LLC, uh Dollar General, number 1,000 uh number 15,46 uh at 206th Street South Usong's Liquor at 1326th Street North and BMBBWS LLC
Blueote Bar and Grill at 3203rd Street South. Item E, application for exempt permit Winstead Baseball Association, Inc. Approve an application for exempt permit submitted by the Winstead Baseball Association Incorporated to
conduct a raffle on July 26, 2026 at Dennis M. Campbell Field, 535 Andy Avenue West, Winstead, Minnesota. Contingent upon the organization providing all necessary documentation to the state of Minnesota Gambling Control
Board. Item F, application to conduct excluded bingo, Buffalo Creek BMX Association. Approve an application to conduct excluded bingo submitted by the Buffalo Creek BMX Association on October 25th,
2026 at the Blueote Ballroom, 3203rd Street South, Winstead, Minnesota, contingent upon the Buffalo Creek BMX Association providing all necessary documentation to the state of Minnesota Gambling Control Board. Item G, appoint
seasonal brush site monitor. Uh, appoint Mr. Kent Landine to the position of a seasonal part-time brush site monitor beginning May 9th, 2025 for a period not to exceed 6 months. Item H, approve the
claims list for May 5th, 2026. Uh that is the consent agenda. I would entertain a motion. >> Mr. Mayor, I'll motion to approve the consent agenda as presented. >> We have a motion. Is there a second? >> We'll second that. Uh, we have a motion
and a second. Um, I have one question regarding the seasonal brush site monitor. That's just for one day a month. Is that what that is? >> Yes. >> Okay. Um, >> they still want >> um has he been informed that uh he'll be
required to uh ask about residency? >> Andrew says, >> "Yeah." >> Yep. and he understands he'll have to turn people back, turn people away. I um that's the only question I had.
Anyone else have any other? >> All in favor? >> I >> motion carries. Um no public hearings, no old business, new business. Item A 2026 street maintenance
project pothole repair grading dust control. Yes. So over last few years I've uh received quite a few complaints out on uh Grass Lake Road on uh potholes and that is really the only gravel roads
that we have in town. Um potholes, a lot of washboarding. Um some of the road going away. I guess I can invite Chris up to talk a little bit about what the the past practices have been, but we apparently sometime in 2019, we used to
um always get a load or few loads of gravel, fill it in, and then 2019 looks like the last time that we did that. So, playing a little bit of catchup now, I believe. And I'll let Chris chime in here on the road.
>> Yeah. So, I don't know why that practice stopped. Um, the guys used to do it. They get a couple loads each spring and put out um on the gravel road that ended at like you said in 2019. Um, now it's
just it needs quite a bit of gravel and we get got bids for it then to have it hauled in through Winstead Township. >> Right. So, in this meantime here, I did contact the township and try to get a part of their bid so we could get a a
better pricing. Um, what is that? Skyline Aggregate was who they awarded the bid to. So, um, right now we're looking for the 75 mile portion, we'd be looking at $7,650
for just the gravel on the road. um probably another 4 or 500 to grade, but I didn't get that bid in time here for this. But to be a part of the township bid, we had to do
at this time uh entertain a motion for this. >> And after all this is done, they will do dust control on that road. >> We'll have the option to do dust control. Okay, >> that'll come up.
>> Doesn't Windtock do dust control on that road? >> Or am I thinking of a different road? >> They may on that portion >> on that portion on the uh >> but not on the going >> the north >> going to north.
>> They'll do the portion going to the west and south. >> Last year they did. I don't they did not. >> Okay. take a motion then we'll have uh questions if if there are any more. Um I'll make a motion to authorize the city
administrator to approve a quote from Skyline Aggregate for $375 yards of gravel, $20.30 per hauled yard for an amount not to exceed $7,650 for portions of Grass Lake Road. I have
a motion. Is there a second? A second. >> We have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? All in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries. Um, open forum portion
of the of the uh program. Uh, doesn't look like we have anybody that wants Oh, uh, we have a citizen who wants to partake in the open forum. Minister, please. Please, Chief. Mr. Mayor, members of council, uh it's been
a while since I've been president, but we are in the springtime and um we do in uh enforce the blight ordinances um throughout the year, but uh with the grass and weeds growing, uh we just ask cooperation from our residents to try to stay on top of that um because we are
actively sending out letters for grass and weeds and then also um other debris, unlicensed vehicles and yards. We just ask the city's cooperation or our citizens cooperation so we can uh keep our community looking well.
>> Thank you. >> How how does um I I happen to noticed an unlicensed vehicle on a at a location where um there's more than just that wrong with it with that particular property on
the north end of town. Do do we tow those vehicles or >> Yep. So great question. and I can discuss the process a little bit. So we have a blight ordinance. We also have public nuisance ordinance. So you can see a bunch of violations on let's say one property. How does that get
addressed? Right? So the blight uh for instance um vehicles if they are expired registration or unlicensed for a period of 3 months or more then they are a violation of our blight ordinance. So, a letter is sent um by the city to the
owner of the property and they're given 10 days to remedy that issue. If it is not remedied, we can issue a citation and then give them an an extension of uh time frame to get that license. On certain properties in town uh where
they're habitual, uh we do not give a citation. We go straight to the court process. So, then we send our report to uh the city attorney for review of formal complaint charges. they're formally com charged, they're given a court date. Um, and then once they're found guilty of that or the situation's
been remedied, generally it's not remedied. So, they got to go through the court process. Once they're found guilty, uh, if the situation has not been corrected, then I will come to the city council and ask the city council to proper ordinance to abate that property.
So based on our prosecuting attorney, he is advised to make sure it goes through the court process first and then the city council can order an abatement. Then at that point, you can the council can order it to be towed and then the property owner would be assessed that
prop uh the fine. Uh an issue with a number of properties in town, we don't get to the abatement because some of you have been on the council for years know that you don't see me coming for an abatement. The pro the reason is is in that process they get their tabs, they
get their vehicle working. Um they clean up the property to suitable standard to the courts uh in the court's eyes. So we don't get to that point. So it's sort of a a lot of encouragement by the city gets compliance. It's just the habitualness
of it becoming an issue the very next year again is sort of the merrygoround we we are on. But we're bound by ordinance to get on that ride. >> Chief, what happens if you issue the letter but you can't find the person?
>> We continue the process regardless. >> Okay. >> The process continues because I do get um I get a lot of letters back. We spend a significant amount of money on certified letters that just get returned back to us, but we continue the process anyway. The timeline's the timeline. >> The 10 days start ticking.
>> Yeah. When we talk about brush, you'll see on some properties there's brush and trees. That's not that is blight, but I also include a public nuisance um end of it because it can harbor animals, cause, you know, >> other hazards. So,
it it is a lot of process, but it's worth it uh in the long run. You know, sometimes it's hard to see a the sunrise on on a lot of this. Uh, and we we know that because we've been dealing with a lot of these properties for a long time,
but um there is a process. It's frustrating. I get it. I've lived in this community 20 years. >> Mhm. >> But it it sort of is what it is. >> Any other questions? >> Oh, yeah. Thanks for answering that.
>> Did Josh want to finish? Uh, you were going to talk about I thought you were going to talk about it or were you going to talk about what's coming up on >> I can talk about it. >> Okay. All right. Anybody else for open forum? >> Oh,
all right. Um, city administrator update. Okay. Uh we have a open house here on Thursday from 5:00 to 7:00 that's going to have the 2027 infrastructure improvement project.
You as a council obviously are invited, but Josh and his team will take care of most of the heavy lifting and I will be here as well to answer questions from the public. Um mostly I'm anticipating most of those questions being about the
assessment process. of which we won't have any answers for them that meeting. >> We will have some. >> We'll have estimates >> exactly what it's going to cost. >> Not exact, but we will have estimates. >> Raquel, if three of us show up, is that
an issue, >> right? There's a quorum um notice posted already. So, yes. >> Okay. >> We do. >> I guess Josh does want to talk, so let him he'll come up here. >> Yeah. So, we'll have the uh preliminary assessment roles there and then we'll
have the timeline for them so they'll know when we're going to, you know, finally adopt the final assessment role and when those payments will be due when those questions come in. And a lot of the questions will be just kind of related to what's going to be what's the impact to my front yard, to my to my
driveway, to my, you know, grass. Do I have a sidewalk that's going to be in or out? Can I contract with the contractor to to replace the remaining portion of the driveways or sidewalks or other pieces? So, those are just general questions that we typically get. Um, and
then, you know, obviously schedule. We'll go over uh the schedule that's currently in place for the project and then just kind of let them know when the other opportunities are that they can come in and ask questions and who those people are. >> And this this year we are or are not
doing Zion. that is not in the 27 project, >> but there's repairs going to be done. >> So, um that is part of what I have here. Our our bids are coming in higher
because of oil prices on our street reconstruction and uh the cost of oil and different things. But Chris and I did meet with the gentleman from RCM. RCM did the patching that was out there this year. Um or I'm sorry, last year
they did that patching and that's held up pretty well. Um to patch again we'd be looking at 22,675 on Zion alone. Um for the rest of town be 40,815
and a few spots at the airport for $900 some dollars. So that answer is to be determined but by by you guys in the end. Um now when we did meet with the gentleman's name is
Frank but when we met with Frank out there he mentioned that there's a lot of good tar out there. Um, and he believes that the the road would this patching would definitely go a long ways to
keeping the road until the the project would go on the list. >> Okay. >> I I am under the impression nothing has set quite um
I I don't know. I mentioned this at the last. It does not sit well with me that we don't give more consideration to Zion. It's a horrible horrible >> bad road in the rock >> and and um there's a lot of people that
live out so they may very well share some of their >> and and we'll have we'll have comment cards in a box so people can just fill out comment cards and we'll document whatever we hear from folks at the open
house and >> like driving. >> I do it every day. >> Driving on the back road. So overall our city projects meaning um the street repairs any crack fill and
ceiling we are likely to be over budget due to the oil costs um meaning that we'll have to dip into the street CIP which we do have funds there. So did that just >> week or two ago
prices had changed. No >> I I didn't have pricing at that time so I'm not sure if it was for the whole the the bigger projects that we're talking about or if it was for >> the others but yeah. Yeah. And nothing
nothing else really has. These are the the pricing that I've received really. This one I got on Monday and then the seal coding ones I don't have all the bids yet, but I just know I guess in anticipation I think they're
going to be higher. I did review one of the bills from last year and they said this is and that was at like $100,000. It wasn't the one that we awarded, but they did have in theirs if oil hit $125 a barrel, it would go
up, but that wasn't last year's bid. So, we will see. Any other questions for Josh? >> You have anything else? >> No, I'm good. >> Do you have anything? >> No. No, sir. Yeah.
>> Um, due to a work event, I will not be able to be here on Thursday. So, just so you're aware of that, your mayor, other than that, I do not have anything else. >> Jessie, you're not >> I do have a question that a few people have asked me. They said, a few people
have asked me if the city is buying the van that used to be at Monarch or it used to be at St. Mary's, which is Monarch. No, >> never heard of it. >> Okay, that was my only question.
>> Okay. Um, entertain a motion to adjurnn. A motion. Is there a second? >> Second. >> All in favor? I >> we're ajourned.