Call to order the city council regular meeting for the city of Wyoming, Minnesota, June 2nd, 2026. Let the record reflect we do have a quorum. Member Lucer, member Anstead, member Schilling, member Joerger, and Mayor Iverson are present. Please stand
for the pledge of allegiance. I aliance 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.
>> Next on our agenda is open forum. Open forum is an opportunity for the members of the public to address the city council on items that are on or not on the current agenda. Items requiring council action may be deferred to staff or boards and commissions for research
and future council agendas if appropriate. You will be limited to three minutes and we ask that you conduct yourself in a professional courteous manner and refrain from the use of profanity. Failure to abide by this policy may result in the loss of your privilege to speak. Do we have
anybody here for open forum? >> Okay. In the back, come on up. State your name. Yeah. If you can state your name and address, please. >> Yep. Come on up. >> Testing.
>> Hello. Uh, good evening and to the members of city councils. Thank you for giving me me and my fellow residents the opportunity to speak freely tonight. My name is Gain Chauvu and I'm a proud
resident here in the city of Wyoming. I truly appreciate the time and hard work and dedication each of you puts into managing our city's operation. It is not an easy job and your commitment to our community doesn't go unnoticed. I am standing here before you tonight to
share a perspective that guides how I local how I view local governance. I lean sorry I lean strongly towards a minarchist philosophy. Um meaning that I deeply value individual liberty, maximum
personal privacy and strict protection of property rights to private individuals. From my perspective, the primary and most noble function of local government is to protect those fundamental rights to keep our community safe through essential services like law
enforcement, fire protection, and courts while otherwise allowing individuals maximum freedom to live their lives. When we look at our local ordinance from strict zoning laws and conditional use permits to regulate on what we can do in
our own land, it often feels like the city is shifting away from protecting property rights and moving towards heavily micromanaging them. I understand that many of these rules are passed with the best of intentions to promote the general welfare. However, every time we
pass a new restriction, a new permit requirement, a new fee, we chip away at the personal freedom and privacy of the people who live here. We turn voluntary choices into bureaucratic hurdles. My
ask for this council moving forward is simple. As you consider future ordinances, budgets or regulation, I ask you this. View them through the lens of individual liberty. Before voting yes on a new rule, law, regulation, please ask yourselves, is this the government's
intervention absolutely necessary? Does it protect an individual from actual harm or right to use their own property? Can we trust the free market and our own citizen to handle this instead? I believe that Wyomi is at its best when
our residents are trusted to be responsible, self-governing individuals. By prioritizing property rights and personal privacy, we can keep our city both prosper and truly free. Thank you again for your time tonight, for your service to our city, and for listening
to this perspective. >> Thank you, Mr. V. >> Thank you. 65. Thank you, sir. >> Okay, next. >> No, not Nope.
>> Okay, >> might have to be a little closer maybe or use your mom voice. My name is Barbara. 25410. Um, I want to address yellow lines. to stop. Um,
not to mention I don't know if you notic and such. Um, another problem where it's like a race. It's really hard to get out
on the road. If I pull out somebody's like for you to consider dropping that 45 miles. I mean, there are 30s coming out of a mile and a half
and four of those driveways or roadways are residential streets where there's more people and it's just to get out on that road. I mean, it's dangerous. I get the bike,
you know. Can we getting that reduced problem. >> So, East Viking Boulevard is a dead end street. You've got that mis
>> Yeah. So, an >> Yeah, an answer to your question, I'll refer to staff if you could. Um, our engineering, our police, and whoever would like to I know we've done some review of that. Maybe you can touch on some of the work that we've done on that previously. >> Yes, thank you, Mr. Lynwood. Um, Mr.
Bower unfortunately is not here this evening. Um, but he has uh work through and developed a speed study. There's some software that he has in a device and we did evaluate that, look at that um to some degree and we still haven't finalized. We want to make sure that we
have some consistency throughout the community as well and not just willy-nilly upon residents request say, "All right, we're going to change this one." But we'd like to look at it a little bit more comprehensively. And I know that that's still something that staff is working on. Um I certainly can't make any guarantees that the
results will be something that you might want. Um but there are some criteria that we look at and we're we need to develop a policy as well which is why we haven't done some of those things but we want to make sure that we have some consistency. The state legislature as
you know did give some uh flexibility before uh that we had zero flexibility in setting speed limits and so that was uh resided with the state and not with the local agency here. And now we do have some flexibility but still have some criteria that we need to meet. And
one of those is developing that policy where we have some consistency and we've uh have a draft of it that we've worked on. Um we've not finalized that, but that's something that we will need to pick back up and and continue efforts on with that. And part of that is looking at not just this roadway, but others
where we have completed a number of uh other streets as well with speed studies and just want to make sure we're classifying roadways similarly. >> Okay, perfect. And um has Chief Boward been out, do you know, Mr. Lynwood, to maybe kind of do some
radar checks and that kind of stuff. Um, But as far as I don't want to speak too much off I know there has been preliminary study that was done out to request.
>> Okay. >> Okay. >> Go ahead. I'm sorry. Hold on. Just one minute. Um, so I also know that you've been in good communication with other things with the DOS as well, so you'll kind of keep them informed or where we're at on things. >> We can certainly do that. And I know that um, you know, roadway
characteristic, geometry, clear zone, lane width, all those things have a factor on on driver feel, if you will. And so a lot of times we feel or we see where um where driver uh driver um response to change in speed doesn't
impact their driving uh um their driving patterns if you will. And so there's been a number of studies part of the city engineers association of Minnesota. They've uh had studies where entire community changed speed limits on a number of roadways and it's had a.3%
or.3 m hour impact. Right. So it it it doesn't always result in the change in drivers behavior. So I just want to make sure that that's very clear. Um that we've done that on one other roadway in Wyoming and it has had zero right. >> So I just want to make sure that that's clear that that is not often the answer.
And so I just want to make sure people are aware that I think you know more enforcement is certainly more beneficial uh based on our past experience. >> Yeah. Okay. Miss Delo, you had something else to say. When you consider Boulevard
and Highways, they're going to >> Okay. >> Yeah. I don't >> drop if it's controlled. >> Okay. Well, we appreciate you coming in and talking about it and then we'll have
staff keep working on it and come to council back with what information you have from that study. >> Yeah, Mr. Reeves will be working on that. >> I don't know. I know we just drove that and I'm not I guess we I know the council just drove that. I guess I'm not aware. I know that there's some um you
know some um things in that road. I don't know necessarily about potholes. I'll take your word. I've driven a little bit. I haven't seen a ton of potholes, but there's definitely >> tires. >> I was just driving on it the last week coming home because there was a block on the road or >> Yeah,
>> there was some problems. I didn't notice. I saw some I saw some >> I said I saw some. >> So, okay. Well, we can have Mr. Reeves >> go on out there maybe tomorrow. The last time you guys paid that road,
you took out most of the yellow striping. So that's what four years ago. >> So thank you for listening. >> Yes. Thank you for coming in. We appreciate that. >> Anyone else?
>> Seeing none, we will move on to number one. consider approving the minutes of the work session of the Wyoming Minnesota City Council for May 19th, 2026. If there are no questions or changes, do we have a motion to approve? >> So moved. >> We have a motion to approve by member
Schilling. Do we have a second? >> Second. >> We have a second by member Luger. All in favor? >> I. >> Opposed? So approved. Number two, consider approving the minutes of the regular meeting of the Wyoming Minnesota City Council for May 19th, 2026. There are no changes or comments. Do we have a
motion to approve? >> So moved. >> We have a motion to approve by member Schilling. Do we have a second? >> Second. >> Second by member Luger. All in favor? >> I. Opposed. So approved. Consider approving the minutes of the work session of the Wyoming Minnesota City Council for May 27th, 2026.
There are no comments or questions. Do we have a motion to approve? >> So moved. >> We have a motion to approve by member Schilling. Do we have a second? >> Second. >> Second by member Luger. All in favor? I >> I >> opposed. So approved. Consent agenda
number four, five, and six. Does anybody wish to pull a item from the consent agenda? Seeing none, we need a motion to approve four, five, and six on the consent agenda. Do we have a motion? >> So moved. >> We have a motion from member Luger. Do
we have a second? >> Second. >> We have a second from member Schilling. All in favor? I opposed. >> So approved. knowledge receipts of reports of officer boards, commissions, and department heads number seven, 8, 9, and 10. Does
anybody wish to pull an item from the reports? Seeing none, we'll move on to new business. Number 11, to consider resolution 260659, a resolution approving a site plan review to allow the construction of a
cold storage building location 5201260th Street. application Emily Nep of ISG on behalf of Rosenbower Minnesota LLC property ID21.00468.32 uh Mr. W.
Madame Mayor, council members looking at constructing a cold storage building site 2011 260 Street building there. And they're also proposing a tilt table which is actually tilts the trucks to
make sure they don't fall over a certain point. currently industrial comprehensive plan also guides it towards industrial business proposing to construct 2500 ft accessory building for storage parking spite
plan meets all the parking lot scale. We're requesting as conditions that they have provide proof that they have 80% service cover22. So the cold building facing east
wall suggested conditions of approval are the five listed there. Number five, the application submitted landscape plan for staff approval of the screening requirements. There's a ideas. Um asking that we not implement that one for security reasons open
sightines to seeing their equipment or material recommend approval. I don't have an issue with dropping number five. Can you uh put up the map again where
what's around there? >> So there work is running north and south. 260th Street is is to the north building. Um the round street to the south that's the hospital. Cross is Rosen's facility. Also
on the west side, east side there's a facility. >> So where would the screening where would the screening would have to go? >> It would go along the roadways. So long for sure
the east side of that residential screen that >> but there's but on the east side it's just a little garden and >> it's a garden energy >> and XL energy so it's industrial all the way around >> industrial or or commercial >> or commercial all the way around and
screening along the roadway >> right that's what our require but again >> but they don't have screening along along the roadway in the other part. >> Right. But they've this facility was created before we
>> Okay. >> All right. Uh member Shilling >> um obviously in le of the letter I I'm fine with it especially because everything that surrounds it. Uh the other reason is um I mean literally across you I think that's a steel gate
now or a chain link now. >> Um is that kind of the proposed then as chain link it or They could do more screening. They could do plantings or they could put in slats and screen the fence itself. >> But I I would be fine with the fence as the the chain length fence that they
have on the other side. I mean, there's a lot of property there and I don't know. I would I would be fine dropping number five. >> Okay. Member onstead. >> I feel the same way. It's for security. >> Uh no questions. I have none either. So,
uh, we need to, um, make a motion to approve resolution 260659, a resolution approving a site plan review to allow the construction of cold storage building. I'll make that first so we don't have the same two people doing first and second. So, I'll make the first. Do we have somebody who wants to
We have a second by member. >> Do you want to do you want >> Sorry. Oh, sorry. Yes. I have to amend it. Apologize. Okay. So, I'll make a motion to approve resolution 26065 um 9, a resolution approving the site plan review with taking out or removing
um the screening >> condition. Yeah. >> You you want to make the motion to remove condition number five? >> That's it. You know what? Let's have member Luger Duke. Do you are you okay with making the motion? >> Yeah, but I'm not member Luger. >> Oh, sorry. Joerger. Are you okay with that?
>> Okay. I make motion to um adopt resolution Okay. >> Resolution 26659 approving a site plan application to construct a cold storage building with the one revision of in the conditions
for approval we eliminate condition number five. >> Awesome. Okay. So, we have a first. Do we have a second? >> We got a second. Okay. We have a second by member Anstead. All in favor? >> I opposed. So approved. Thank you, Member Joerger. Uh number 12. All right.
Uh to consider approval and adoption of ordinance 202601, an ordinance amending the city of Wyoming code of or ordinances chapter 16 nuances division for noise. Mr. Wack, is that you? >> It'll actually be over with me, Madam
Mayor. >> Okay. >> Honorable mayor, members of the city council, within the request for action is an amended version of the city's existing noise ordinance. The proposed amended ordinance is intended to modernize and clarify existing regulations uh related to excessive and disruptive noise. The current ordinance
lacked uh specity in several areas which can create inconsistencies in the way that you interpret or enforce uh that ordinance. This was before uh the council had a work session, the last one not today but prior to this meeting um the one from two weeks ago in which we
went over this and and provided feedback. Um those changes have been made but specifically the proposed uh revisions are designed to align the city's ordinance more closely with the standards and practices that are utilized by our surrounding uh and similar uh municipalities. The updates provide clear definitions establish more
subjective standards regarding allowable noise and outwards of operation and they clarify exceptions related to permitted special events. In addition, the revised language is intended to improve the enforcability of the ordinance by providing clear parameters and guidelines to law enforcement personnel and city staff when we respond to
complaints regarding noise. Um, attached to this is a redline version as well as the finalized version of that ordinance 202601. Um, and then in terms of brief synopsis, there are uh four points or four different uh sections to the noise ordinance itself. First section goes
over prohibited noises. just kind of establishes the general uh prohibitions against uh unreasonable and disruptive noise. Uh it also goes over hourly restrictions on certain operations uh including domestic power equipment and construction activities. Uh talks about
exceptions uh which identify circumstances under which uh certain noise related activities may be exempt from ordinance requirements that include emergency work and city approved permanent events. Uh and then enforcement outlines the authority and responsibilities for enforcing the noise
ordinance including civil reme remedies and criminal penalties for violations. So we have the uh ordinance 202601 as well as resolution 260660 which adopts and approves a summary publication for that ordinance. >> Okay, perfect. Thank you. Let's start
with member Jagger because you had some great changes to it during the work session. So do you see that those are all taken care of? >> Yeah. um comparing it. Yeah, they were taken care of. >> Are you looking at the >> Yep, I'm looking at the >> the domestic.
>> So, we we're going to tell people they can't cut their grass between 7 a.m. They can only cut their grass between 7 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. >> Yep. That is the restriction under section 1691. >> Is that common in other cities? >> The times that we pulled are from uh
surrounding cities. >> Okay. Fine. >> Okay. Defendant that. Okay. Chilling. >> Uh, no. I The only questions I had, everything was addressed after the work session in the the final copy. So, I'm just glad we're defining it. I don't like gray ordinances. Oh, the other
thing I would think of should do we have to put in there what we consider Friday under um subsection two under noises prohibited where we go 9 to 8 on any weekday and 10
to 8 on any weekend or holiday. We had discussed, I guess, internally as a staff if Friday was included in weekend. We thought that that was something that most people would understand being inclusionary that could be something that would be added.
>> Well, I can see somebody saying it's Friday. It's not in your ordinance because it's Friday is a weekday. >> Sure. >> So, you might want to spell it out just in case. >> Mr. Looney, can you weigh in on that? >> Yeah. Thank you, Madame Mayor. uh members of council,
you know, with the ambiguity, it would give some discretion to the um to the zoning enforcement as to how you implement it. The best practice probably is to provide firm dates. Government holidays are known for weekends. If you want to say Friday, Saturday, Sunday,
just to be clear, it eliminates any ambiguity. So, it's just really up to the discretion of the council as to how specific they want to be in the ordinance. >> Okay. Thank you. Uh, member Jagger, what is your thought on that? >> Um,
I would consider Friday as a weekend day or amend this to say um on any weekend holiday on any Friday weekend or holiday. >> Okay. Okay. Member Schilling.
>> Uh, give me a minute. I'm still reading. >> Okay. So, you hang tight. >> Yeah, I'm I'm looking at what you I would agree with that. Adding Friday >> as the weekend >> as the weekend >> is is just put it in here. I'm saying >> um
>> adding Friday is fine by me. I'm just wondering are we not are we allowing gongs now? I noticed that that was redlined in the old one. >> Gongs? >> Why not? >> I mean, >> would you like to take that out or were you
>> put it back in? I don't know. Do do we >> Gong's traditionally been an issue and why there will >> there's once upon a time I don't >> never know there might be. Okay. >> No, I'm fine with adding Friday. That that makes sense. >> I I'm actually fine with it because
>> fine with adding Friday >> or gongs >> the the the Friday to 10 instead of the nine. So consider it a part of the weekend. So considering Friday >> part of Saturday what you would do is uh
operation of any such set blah blah blah blah blah between the hours of 8 of 9 and 8:00 a.m. on any weekday and 1000 p.m. and 8 am on any Friday weekend or holiday in such a matter of etc etc. You like
that Mr. Looney? Um, Madame Mayor, Council Member Jagger, um, if we're going to amend it, then let's just make it clear. Um, and specify the actual days. So, I think there could be confusion. So, any place that it says,
if I'm understanding how you want to do it, um, and again, this isn't the only place that weekend is defined. So, we'd have to determine if council is just amending section two here or any place that weekend. But you could do a global amendment where weekday is replaced with Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, weekend is replaced with Friday, Saturday, Sunday. And since we're making a change, I would say for holiday, call it a government holiday just to eliminate >> works for me. >> Well, what I'm wondering is maybe um I would be more comfortable maybe we table
it till the next meeting so we can see these changes unless council wants to go ahead and make these changes verbally and be done with it. So listing the listing the days. >> Yeah. >> And government holiday >> if you're assuming I mean you can look at the sections in the code. So section
two there. Then if you go to section 1691 which talks about domestic power equipment and construction activities. Um then if you go to 1690 oh sorry this is just the amendment. So so it's really
just those two. It's the um section two which talks about radios, amplifiers and other electronic deliveries or sorry devices and then section 1691 which talks about certain operations. That's the only two areas where you specify
weekend and days. it if council was inclined, it wouldn't be that complicated of a fix to just change weekday to Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and change weekend to Friday, Saturday, Sunday and then just put government in front of holiday just
>> okay for 1691 would we want to consider Friday part of the weekend in that case? >> Well, I just for me I feel like if we're going to do it, we just do >> it for both. Okay. >> But you guys, I mean, member Schilling, >> I I'm fine with doing it for both.
>> Okay. Um, member Anstead, >> I have no preference. >> Okay. Member Luger, >> I'm good with that. >> Okay. >> So, do we need a motion to table until the revisions are put in or >> or can we just make it? >> Let's just do it. >> Let's just >> What do you want to just make it? >> You know, I
>> we may want to I'm looking now at 1691 a little bit more thoroughly. you're talking about construction operations and you're actually then on Friday saying they have to start later because you have them start later on the weekends. You may >> may not want to do that. You may want to keep that there.
>> Okay. So, my suggestion, let's table it. >> Rewrite that >> and then just have Mr. McFarland maybe do a little more research into that and bring it back to the next. >> Right. Because yeah, I'm seeing >> on section 1691, you need to adjust subsections one and two,
>> right? We're good with that. >> All right. Motion to table. Uh >> we have a first. >> Second. >> I'll second. >> Did you want to add >> a motion? Motion to table until the June 16th meeting. >> Okay. We have a first.
>> Second. >> We have a second by member. All in favor? >> I opposed. So approved. >> It's an interesting agenda tonight. >> All right. Number 13 to let's see to oh we don't need this one then. So number
13 resolution 260660 adopting >> table. >> We've got it. Okay. So I'll motion that we table number 13 260660. Do we have a second? >> Second. >> We have a second. All in favor? >> I opposed. >> So approved. Okay. Um council reports.
Let's start with member Lucer. Um I attended the road tour with um council and staff last week and then the um budget work session earlier this evening. Thanks for coming. >> Thank you. Member Anstead, >> I attended the uh road uh survey tour
and the work session just prior to this. Thanks for everyone coming. Okay, member Schilling >> uh also attended the road tour as well and uh EDA on Monday um and the work session prior to this and thanks for those that came in to talk and anybody watching. Have a good night.
>> Member Joerger. >> Well, I attended the road I also attended the road tour and the budget work session previous to this meeting. Thank you all for coming and thank you all for watching. >> I was at everything that you all talked about. Um, but I would like to um send
my condolences to the Zeruba family um for the loss of Myron Zeruba. Uh he and his family um a lot of history here within Wyoming, 150 years or so um with the bank and have just done some amazing
things within our community. So I wanted to pass along our condolences to the Zeruba family. Um I would also want to give just a couple minutes about the Touch a Truck on Saturday. Who wants to do that? >> Yes. Uh, honor members of council, Touch
Truck is on Saturday, June 6th from 10:00 a.m. to noon over at Good View Park. Uh, we have, I believe the number is 31 different organizations, vendors, companies coming out there from uh, Hugo Tree Care, Rosenbower, uh, public works. We'll have our, uh, PD out there,
Chicago County Sheriff and and so forth. We'll also have Scoops ice cream and the Evergreen coffee truck as well. and a helicopter landing if weather permits. Usually that's around 11, but we'll find out as the day goes. So, um, very excited for that and looking forward to seeing everyone out there.
>> Okay. And Mr. McFarland, can you update us on the bike rodeo, which is on Friday? >> Um, >> can I see if Mr. >> Friday? Yeah, that's usually his update. So, it's uh at our new What do I want to say? Building.
It'll be at the new city hall building that leads 26263 Forest Boulevard. Um >> from 6 to 8, >> I believe. Yes, I believe. >> Sounds correct. >> Okay, that'd be great. Any update on National Night Out? >> And for Chief Bower, I think uh planning
away and I think it'll it sounds like they are busy doing so, but it'll be very similar format as usually and should have a know they've been trying to throw in some new things kind of like they did last year. I can't say for sure, but I'm sure they'll have a nice event and then we always have a great turnout. So, >> okay. And I should say night to unite. >> Night toite.
>> Yeah. Sorry. Um, Step Out Suicide is coming up a week early in August, which is um a great event. We've got some big names coming in there to se I shouldn't say celebrate, but to um talk about the 15th year of that 5K for Stomp Out
Suicide. And then stage coach days. I just wanted to bring to everybody's attention. It is a week later than what we normally have. >> September 19th. >> Yeah. >> And also for clarification, the bike rode is 5 to 7 on >> 5 to 7. >> 5 to 7. >> Perfect. >> I know I'm going to be out there.
>> So, all right. Um, with that, we need a motion to adjurnn. >> We have a first. Do we have a second? We have a second. All in favor? I. We are adjourned. Oh, I should say opposed. Is anybody opposed to it? No. Okay. We are adjourned at 7:30.