This conference will now be recorded. 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.
>> Uh we have one amendment to add to the agenda which would be 8 C uh scheduling work session or sessions I'll make a motion to approve the agenda as amended. >> I'll second.
>> Any further discussions? All in favor? >> I oppose. Passes 5 0. Public comments. Individuals may address the city council about any items of concerns. Speakers must state their name and limit to the remarks to five minutes.
Public comments. I will close public comment portion and we will jump to the consent agenda. All items listed on the consent agenda are considered routine by council and will be approved by one motion. We will do a roll call because there is a resolution uh in one of the
consent agendas. There will be no separate discussion on these items unless a council member requests in which case item will removed from the consent agenda be considered in its normal sequence on the agenda. I'll make a motion to approve the consent agenda. I'll
>> second. >> Any further discussions? >> Bob, >> I >> Joan >> I >> Kevin >> I >> and I pass this 500. Let's jump to accounts payable. >> I just want to highlight a couple of
them. was 8191 or to deer company for the new mower uh for at the sewer plant for 575774. Uh the other one was um uh for Canudson for trestle repair of 56,134
and everything is done out there now, isn't it? >> Yeah. >> Yep. Uh, and the other one I wanted to mention was um to Elcore for some manhole repairs which we I believe approved earlier for uh number 81984 for 15,400.
I guess I have two comments on public or on accounts payable. One, I was over the trestle bridge. Turned out great. I mean they did a great job. That was the first time I was over here a week ago. And two, I believe the payments came from sales tax. Correct. That's where that
was on. So that's where that money came for repairing the trestle, which we approved. >> Yeah. To to clarify, it was it was the sales tax money that came from Rochester when when the legislature um had them pass out some money in the area. So that's been an account for quite a while. >> And yeah, so I just wanted to bring
those up. Any more questions on the accounts payable? I'll >> make a motion to approve accounts payable for $139,814.99. >> Second. Any further discussions? All in favor? I >> oppose. Passes 5 Z. Thanks, Bob. Uh,
let's jump down to seven. Unfinish business resolution 202530 approving the proposed budget levy collectible in 2026. Kim, >> I not make I didn't make any changes after what we've talked. I know that we we are
hoping that we can reduce um the levy going forward, but we will need to review that with during work sessions. That's one of the work sessions that we're going to do probably uh in October for sure. Strictly going to be budget and just kind of figure out if we can
cut anything or add anything or move anything around. So, and we should have all the unions done by then, I would think, or hoping or planning. >> Oh, yeah. Yep. >> So, I just need a motion and a second to approve the proposed budget.
>> I'll make that motion. I'll second that. >> Any further discussions? Uh, roll call. Bob, >> hi. >> Joan, >> hi. >> Kevin, >> hi. >> Fred. >> Hi. >> And I I passes 500 Z. Thanks, Kim. Uh, let's jump to new business. Set public
hearing and adoption dates for the 2026 final levy for budget. Brian. Yep. Um, we need to set the public hearing date for December 4th. Uh that's the first council meeting in December at 6:05. We
usually do it at 6:05 p.m. And then the uh the final adoption uh for December 18th. Uh that's the the second council meeting of the month. We need a time on the first one because that's a public hearing. The second one is just an adoption. There's no hearing
that night. >> So we need to set it for December 4th at 6:05. Correct. >> Yep. And then Well, we're setting both dates. >> Yeah. Yep. >> I'll make that motion. >> I'll second it.
>> Any further discussions? All in favor? >> I oppose. Passes 5 0. Thanks, Brian. Uh, let's do the merc or 8B merc uh WC gas franchise. Zombroda. Uh, Mike talking about that flity.
>> Yeah, he was, but he's he didn't make it. He hasn't called. I just talked to him five minutes just before the meeting here, too. So, um, he must not be able to get on. Unless you're on there, Mike, somewhere. Nope. Um, well, basically what we've got is is, um, every 20 years we need to
update our gas franchise agreement. Um, there's not really a reason to go away from Minnesota Energy. Um, so I had Mike Clarity take a look at the uh at the uh the agreement. He had just done one for another city. um you know, so he made
pretty quick work of it. Um got some things in there that that needed to be in there. Um I don't have all the ins and outs um on on what was added and what was subtracted, but the one thing that Mike and I did talk about was a question of a of a franchise fee always
comes up. Um we did not put a franchise fee in the agreement. In the agreement, it says that the franchise free fee will be uh by by ordinance with the fee schedule. Uh so that's something we can talk about uh during work sessions uh
whether or not the council wishes to um have a franchise fee uh associated with the with the uh Minnesota energy. Right now the only franchise fee we have is with charter uh uh for the cable um and
we're also working on Excel um franchise agreement right now as well. So, so, uh, we'll have those discussions during the work sessions. Uh, but for now, we're just asking for approval of of this, uh, agreement again, which states in there that they'll be if there's a fee, it'll
be by ordinance at a later date. It's my first one, so only happens every 20 years on all these things. So, we're just looking for approval. That's just a motion, second, and approval for for this. It's an ordinance. Uh but we don't
need uh we don't need to have a public hearing for this type of a of a of an ordinance. It's not a a land use type ordinance. Um I might check that out u and Morgan as well just to make sure. So we're just looking for uh approval of
this uh this ordinance u to renew the the merc agreement. we do decide to put up zoning ordinance for a fee. What kind of a fee is that or I mean dollar value? >> Well, that's that's negotiable. Um there
are some guidelines uh with that. Um but what you need to know is that fee of course is passed along right to the payers. So um a lot of communities do have a fee uh for a franchise fee for all of their um utilities. Um you know,
we haven't so far other than charter. So that you but >> yeah we can't just put any fee on there. There there are guidelines >> and that's the fee that we charge the uh XL or Minnesota Energy. >> Basically you can put a franchise fee uh
in the agreement um that allows them to operate their franchise within the city limits of some. >> So we charge them and they're going to turn around and charge our customers. I mean, >> correct. >> And my guess is how it normally goes, if it's only five bucks, they're going to charge the customer 750 because they're
going to make a little bit just how everything goes. >> Yeah. I I don't know if that's the case or not, but we can have more discussion on that as as we move forward, excuse me, as we move forward. >> Those the franchise fees come once a year, so we don't see those.
>> I'll make that motion to to approve the I'll second. >> Any further discussions? >> All in favor? >> I >> oppose. Passes 500. Let's do uh work sessions. Do you guys want to schedule the next three months or you just want
to do October and then next council meeting we can uh do November and then the following? Just my thinking or reasoning is that is as our schedules fill up, we can see I mean see what works better then or
we can do all three whatever works best for you. But for the one for October, um I don't know. I guess Wednesdays except for the 22nd open for me or I mean I don't know what other people are
because I was the third Wednesday. The 22nd is uh EDA. So I don't know >> what EDA meeting I mean 15th. >> I could make the 15th work, >> Brad. Nope.
>> Do we have a Does that work for you, Bob? >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Do like 5:30 work? >> That work? I mean, is 5:30 work for everybody? >> It works for me. >> 5:30 October 15th. That work for you, Gruden? >> I'll make it work.
>> Do we want to do November or do we want to wait? My my thought was that if they're all on the calendar, then we can schedule around them. >> You want to How about one, two, what do we have on the 10th?
November 10th, the Monday. Is there a planning in? >> November 10th. >> So, we'll need to reschedule the planning meeting, which is on Veterans Day. I don't know if that's going to be on Monday or Wednesday yet. So, I don't
know for sure when they're going to want to do that. >> I'm out of town on the 10th. >> Uh, I'm going to probably be out of town on the 17th. Fridays, I don't like to do stuff on Friday. Just people can do family stuff
or getaways. Uh, you want to do Thursday the 13th or do we want to wait? 13th work. Kevin, >> if it's early, I got meeting in Rochester at 7.
It depends on if we go for only an hour. >> You want to do four? You want to I mean it you want to do 4:30 to 6 on the I know that I mean so can I. That work you Fred? I would say you're retired but you're not cuz I haven't seen you retire
>> pretty much though. >> Yeah, I can I can make it work. Okay. >> Yeah. I mean, >> I have appointments early that day. So, >> 13th at 4:30 to 6. >> Brian, that work? >> Yep. >> Are we picking 4? >> 4:30. >> 4:30.
>> And then we might as well talk December. I mean, obviously we're getting holidays >> and we want to hit the week of the 8th or the 12th probably because that's the week before the council meeting where we have >> You want to do the 11th, which is a Thursday?
You should be mowing by then, Brad. So, I don't You'll be back retired then, right? >> And I don't do snow, so we're good there. >> I could do that if we do 4:30 again. >> Yeah. Is that going to work for you, Bob?
>> Shop closes at 5:30, so it's better for me at 5:30. We'll see what happens. >> I mean, or do we want to do How's the 9th? Do we have any meetings on the 9th? Is that planning and zoning normally? >> Yep. >> Tuesday, the second Tuesday. Is that planning and zoning
>> for the 8th? Does that work better? Just make it a little bit of February. >> Okay. >> I'm telling the ETH. >> Let's go back to 11th. 4:30 to 6 again on the 11th of December. So I have October 15th
from 5:30 to 7, November 13th 4:30 to 6, and then December 11th 4:30 to 6. >> Yep. And those will all be heavy heavy budget discussions. >> Are the all three is that budget discussions there? That that'll be the
the crux of it was the budget >> and maybe might be the better thing too is maybe break the budget ins work on couple different major topics if there anything and we can go to topic three or four and we can talk about that and give you guys a heads up of what
we'll talk about if you have any questions on certain areas or we're not maybe we can just downsize it but I just need a motion and a second to approve them date >> I'll make that motion to approve uh the 15th 11.
>> I'll second them. >> Any further discussion? >> All in favor? >> I >> oppose. Passes 5 0. Thank you. Uh reports. Let's change this up a little bit. Miles,
>> nothing for me. >> Okay. Kim, >> just wanted to let you know that our auditor will no longer be auditing. So, you're going to see a motion coming up for us to ask you for permission to sub or let out requests for proposals for a new auditor.
>> That'll be that. Thank you, Jeff. >> Thank you, James. >> Uh just wanted to mention we had our boiler installation finished today, so it went pretty smooth. Uh we did have a little extra cost run over because of uh
the hard water that we have coming in. So we had to take care of that a little bit. So I'll be sending the bill for the overage to Jeff in in the water. So >> is that something though too to think about putting a water softener? I mean Jeff and James I mean
>> they treat it. Did they end up treating it or >> That's what they did. They end up treating it. So we have a closed loop system. So once it's treated in there, we shouldn't need to to really put more water into it. >> Okay. Um, aside from that, we don't really have a I don't take too many showers over there, so I don't really have a need for softener.
>> Guys, perfect. Sounds good. >> Thanks, guys. >> Uh, Bill, >> nothing tonight, Mayor. Thanks, >> Chief. >> Ryan, >> nothing. >> I have uh two quick things. One, we had the Senate bonding bill. Is that
yesterday morning? Yeah, we had what, four senators here. um did a presentation on North Dumbro um district. It went very well. Um I think that at least three out of the four senators have been it and seen it
and really are pushing for it. Uh Jan John Jacowski, is that how you say his name? >> Yep. >> Jazowski. >> Jazinski. >> Jazinski. He's been a big advocate for it. So he uh spoke up on that and we'll wait and see how that goes. Um,
number two is uh parade cover bridge festival parade this Sunday. I don't know detail. I don't even know what time it starts. Um, this week's been a busy week for meeting here. But, um, I'd like to have counsel if you want to bring UTVs or if Fred wants to use his, is it
a Mustang that you have? If somebody needs a Mustang, if you don't want to be in it, that's fine. We can talk about that. Um, you have a golf cart, right, Joan? >> I got a golf cart. My dad has a Mustang, >> but if you want to use that or something, I can get I can probably get another UTV if somebody wants to do
that. So, um I don't know. Yeah. I mean, if you want to bring kids, wife or so, I like to get at least everybody there if we can or if you have any interest in doing that. just put them
in. Some of the public don't know who's on council andor >> will we somehow have it marked. So >> yeah, I'll get the I'll get the number to where we're at like we did last year >> cuz last year we had a different number and then we end up running for the pool. We were in the pool
>> portion. So um >> starts at 3 p.m. >> 3 p.m. at the school is usually where they lined up >> back somewhere in the back last year. So if you want to join that, that would be great. That's all I got. >> Kevin,
>> nothing. Fred, >> just uh I see the boys put Do we have more than one of them thermometers for the pool? Is there going to be one like >> There is. Yep. >> Okay. Because I seen the one that was kind of packed back in there like >> back by the trail by the pool. One one
there. Um >> and then they Chris put one on a a sandwich board. I I asked if they could do that and yeah, Chris can do anything. So, yeah, we have one on a sandwich board. We're just going to try and decide where to put it. Uh