This conference will now be recorded. >> I got six o'clock. I'll call the meeting to order. We'll start with 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 do have one amendment that we need to change on the council agenda. It's uh 6A ordinance 20261 needs to be O2. So that's the only amendment we have to do. The only change
on that. >> 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. I will open the public comment portion. Individuals may
address the city council about any item of concern. Speakers must state their name and limit the remarks to three minutes. I will close the public portion comments and we'll go to the consent agenda. All items listed on the consent agenda are considered routine by council and will
be approved by one motion. There will be no separate discussion on these items unless a council member request in which case the item will removed from the consent agenda and 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? We will do roll call because we have that resolution of the uh Zumbroa pool fundraising campaign. Bob >> I uh Joan >> I >> Kevin >> I >> Fred >> hi >> and I I passes 500.
Uh let's do accounts payable. Bob Priy was just a couple I wanted to highlight. Uh, one of them was 82390 for Rochester Sand and Gravel uh for $76,9759. Uh, and the other one I wanted to mention um we approved this I believe
last month was a new pickup um number 82420 the Mosaic Chevy for $47,33069. >> Everything else seems uh quite normal on average. There's no questions. I would make a motion to approve the accounts payable
in the amount of $113,133.99. >> Any further discussions or questions? I guess I just have a quick question for Jeff. Have we gotten the truck yet? >> Yes. >> Is that okay? >> Couple couple. >> Okay. I guess I I haven't seen it, but that don't mean anything. So, perfect. Uh, any further discussions? Uh, I think
we got a motion and a second >> or no, >> I'll second. >> Okay. Any further discussions? All in favor? >> I oppose. Passes 5 Z. Thanks, Bob. Uh, let's do the public hearing portion. I will open the public hearing portion on
ordinance 20262, revised animal ordinance. Uh, Rob or Miles. Mr. Rob. >> Mr. Rob. >> Yes. So, we had direction to work in revising our animal ordinance that we
had um over the we started it kind of over the summer and then into this fall. Um so, we have a rework draft that was went through code committee and um is here tonight for council. Uh basic summary of a lot of the changes is that our animal ordinance is pretty outdated.
It hasn't been changed really at all since 1982. Um so, a lot of it ended up just being we needed to update it because state laws have changed. Um so we focus on a lot of licensing. We did some maybe adjustments to some licensing issues um that we as a city have when it
administering dog licenses. Um we changed um you know a lot of just the processing of what the ordinance looks like and what needs to be there just in order for the police department to enforce this ordinance and to do so effectively. Um one of the big changes
we are changing the amount of dogs allowed from three to four. Um that was a change kind of we thought was okay because we felt as though we have some instances where some people have four dogs and that kind of creates a conflict um for enforcement. Um and other than
that it's mostly adding things to changing some habitual barking rules going from three going to three minutes instead of five minutes for the amount of time a dog has to continuously bark before a nuisance um is issued. Um, and then adding some to prohibited animals
and making sure we're regulating that properly because it's pretty bare bones and we wanted to make sure we didn't get into a situation where someone had a monkey or something. Um, and that was pretty important for code committee as well. Um, so yeah, I'll be open up for
questions um on items that we have changed on there, but uh we basically amended the entire ordinance. Um just mostly a lot of it ended up just being restructuring as well too. So >> perfect. Thanks, Miles. Any uh public
comments on the new animal ordinance? Any questions on council on animal ordinance? I know we've been working on it and uh I want to give Kevin the gratitude of uh checking into it and reads it and changes some of the verbiage on some of that which he does very well for that
code ordinance. I will close the public comment portion of the uh ordinance 20262. >> Can I also just add I had one public comment that I forgot to mention there um that I got over the phone yesterday.
So, I just wanted to add that in just before council decided. Um, they wanted to say they were against the four dogs because they felt as though that was excessive compared to the three dogs. Um, and they also would like to see a leash requirement for cats. Um, and I will also add that we have never
regulated cats per se in the city and our code committee decided we didn't want to start doing that now because it would add a significant portion to our animal ordinance too. So, just to throw that context in there as well, but um that was the public comment we got.
>> Do we address and this might be more of a chief or a Tony question. Do we address I know we have a couple of residents in town that we have excess cat issues and problem. Does that ordinance kind of cover that for you guys on some of that? Yeah, the the ordinance does cover
animal issues in in that sense where you're dealing with it uh kind of more of a nuisance than you are dealing with strictly the animal portion. >> And so um we do have methodology to deal with, you know, if if someone has, you
know, a house full of 19 cats and it's, you know, causing a a public health issue. >> Yeah, we we can deal with that in other ways. So I'll make a motion to approve the animal ordinance.
>> 2026 >> 20 20262. >> I'll second that. >> Uh any further discussions? I will do a roll call on that one. Bob >> I Joan >> I >> Kevin >> I >> Fred >> hi.
>> And I I passes 500 Z. Thanks. uh uh Miles and the code committee for uh addressing that. Um I will jump to a new business intro to law enforcement class update. Uh we have the pleasure of
having the ZM High School uh principal, Mr. Stapleton. It's floor is yours. >> Thank you. Good very much for letting me speak. Uh my name is John Stapleton. I'm the middle school high school principal here in town. Um first thing I just want to do is say thank you. Uh last year you
guys uh gave a very generous donation to the school district to uh purchase curriculum for a brand new course that we are offering and going into year two. I just wanted to give you guys an update on how year one went and what we're looking to do to improve on on year two.
So um we've been working really hard at the school to bring new opportunities for kids into the building particularly in what's called CTE career and technical education. The intro to law enforcement class is one of those examples. We've also added an EMR
course, an emergency responder course, a CNA course that we are offering right in the school. Um, and then we're actually looking at doing some other things as well too. So, more to come on that, but uh last year um we had 12 kids take the
course uh here at ZM. Of those 12 kids, uh Deputy Tedman gave me these numbers here. So, if you can talk to Cody about that, but of those 12 kids, two of them have actually now graduated and are pursuing a career in in law enforcement.
Uh, two others also um took the class, passed and are working towards a career in uh conservation officer. So, you know, right now, to the best of our knowledge, a third of those kids that took that course last year are are working, you know, towards some kind of
career that uh coincides with the class. Right now, um we this is the beginning, the first week of second semester. We have 13 kids that are are taking the course. So, we we've increased it by one. Um, I know Deputy Teman worked really hard last year and is continuing to work really hard to bring in all
kinds of different speakers in from local law enforcement, uh, county, state, and and the federal level to get these kids all kinds of, um, different perspectives on careers that exist in law enforcement. So, we're really lucky to have him working so hard to do that.
But, um, you know, from what I'm hearing from the kids, uh, they're excited about having those opportunities. So once again, I'll just reiterate, thank you guys very much for um helping to purchase the curriculum. It's greatly appreciated. I don't know if you guys had any questions for me.
>> I mean, I know I've heard I've talked come across a couple of the kids that have been in the class and they said it was uh real helpful and um they learned a lot and they they kind of like that class, that opportunity to take that. It's kind of the couple of kids that I've taken. I think Sarge, didn't you
teach a day or something too? >> A couple different days were in there. Um, and then as well with the mock crash scenario that we were able to put on for the prom. That was the first time we were able to have those students then worked alongside law enforcement to see,
okay, in this scenario, what would law enforcement actually do? So, they got some great hands-on experience with that as well. And I know the EMR group did that with Zero Ambulance as well. they were partnered up with the EMT or medic during that scenario to to see everything they've been learning when they practice.
>> And I like the hands-on, too. I think that's good for the kids for the hands-on. Any more questions on for the principal? >> Thanks, John. Thanks for coming in. And uh >> thank um I told Mr. Bruno, I'm going to leave
a copy of the text that was purchased so you guys can just take a peek and then a syllabus of the course. Um, and I'll I'll swing by and pick them up at the end of next week, but just in case you guys want to check out and see what the kids are doing and where uh where the funds went. >> Yeah, thank you. >> Thank you.
>> Uh, reports them. >> Um, lost my notes here. I just want to thank Miles and the code committee, those of you that are on that, uh, cranking out changes on these ordinances compared to what it was when I was on
there. So, no, nice job. We appreciate that. Um, we received $1 million in congressionally directed spending dollars from um, Congressman Finstad. Um, and u Amy Clolobashar and Tina Smith
teamed up uh, to get us a million dollars for the sanitary district. So, we're grateful for that. Um, and we'll be heading up to the capital quite a few times coming up to to lobby for for the rest of the dollars and and get this moving. Um, and then just thanks to the
public works staff on keeping up with these little one two inch snowfalls. They're out there constantly. So, I appreciate that. Everything's everything's clean and nice and lots of hard work. So, thank you for that. >> That's it. >> Perfect. Thanks, Chief. Uh, just a
update uh regarding the uh uh sergeant position. We did have two applicants that uh applied for the position and uh we have interviews scheduled for this upcoming Tuesday and so hopefully we will be able to walk away with uh
someone to select from that and uh we're looking forward to uh hopefully filling that position. That's all I got. >> Perfect. Thanks, Chief. Tony, you have anything to add? Jeff, >> James, >> Kim, um for W2s that are in your
mailbox, so please Is that it? Miles, >> uh, only thing I wanted to say was thank you to code committee, uh, Todd and Kevin. You guys did really good work on the animal ordinance. And then also thank you to our attorneys who also
worked on this a lot as well. Uh, Mike, Morgan, and Mia, um, all did a lot of work on this. So, big shout out to them, too, because they helped me out a lot. So >> Mike was up there earlier. He's sick. So he wasn't debating whether he was going to be on or not. And I I told him he
could drop off after the the hearing. So >> perfect. That it Miles, thank you. I have nothing. Bob, >> nothing good tonight. >> Joan, >> I'd also like to thank the public works guys. They're doing a great job on the roads. Other than that, nothing. >> Nothing from Fred. And I also would like
to say like guys, I know after everybody shovels their sidewalks, you guys go pack down and clean that up. And that looks really nice on Main Street for the older people. It doesn't get piled up there. So, thank you. Nice job. >> Perfect. >> Meeting adjourned.