this conference will now be recorded 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 add I'll make a motion to approve the
[Music] agenda I um looks like a very normal month not a lot of activity there was a the salt um 8129 two was
$2,973 99 everything else was buried Excel was $ 5,993 um very normal nothing um out of the norm um does anyone have any questions on any of the
accounts re or accounts fa if not I would make a motion to approve accounts payable in the amount of $6395 second fav I public comments portion individuals may address the city
council by any item of concern speakers must State their name any public comments if not we'll close the public comment section and uh oh technology we'll proceed to the consent
agenda P that little button thanks Mike um basically consists of the M minutes of the February 20 meeting I'll make a motion to approve the consent agenda I'll second any more discussion all those in
favor I passive passes 4 z um then we proceed to number seven um unfinished business uh the Fifth Street West Avenue crosswalk study Brian yes um
so we've been talking about this for a while and and I had u a city engineer take a look at it um and um maybe we'll have Bill kind of Kick this off um as to what's looked at and when when a question like this comes up um you what
what warrants are looked at um and all that good stuff um so for those of you that have been on the council for a while and anytime we have speed issues or traffic signal issues or stop sign issues uh There are rules that we are required to follow so are required to follow was
called the mutcd that's the manual of uniform traffic control devices and we're also um uh required to follow the Federal Highway Administration guidelines on pedestrian safety so we follow those two items so anytime we have a request for a
stop sign what we do is we look at how do we meet warrants okay warrants are for uh number of crashes uh generally crashes and number of cars per day that go through an inter C okay so so what you have in front of you here is is a memo that just spells that out a little
more and then what I did is I did put some excerpts from those uh standards in here and basically what we looked at first off is uh so to put a two-way stop up uh as it is right now that is an allowed use so basically when you have a
higher volume Road and a lower volume Road it's automatic that you can put stop signs up on a two-way stop on the lower volume Road uh for the four-way then uh it comes down to as I mentioned crashes the number of vehicles uh entering or pedestrian and vehicles
entering and what we do typically from a cost savings perspective is we say anecdotally Do We Believe are we close to meeting those volumes uh because if we are close then we would typically move to the next phase we would have to do actual traffic counts where we
typically put uh we hire you know the city we hire somebody to put cameras up and we physically measure the number amount of traffic but we are well short of that this intersection of the amount of traffic so what we do then is we say okay where do we fall on these
guidelines and where we fall on the guidelines is on the second page and where I've highlighted in red there this is a chart where you look at the number of cars that's the top axis aadt is average annual daily traffic so how many
cars per day and then the number of lanes so that's where I kind of that red highlighted yeah Brian thank you or who's ever running the yep so up in that top left and then what you look at is what's an appropriate treatment so that's signified by the little black
little dots so the appropriate treatment for our volume of Roads is a high visibility crosswalk and that's down the lower right so that's the number one and then it says in addition to that you can entertain the other items are possibilities more at your discretion
that's items two four five and six so that's a raised crosswalk uh pedestrian crossing signs curb extensions and pedestrian refug Island and then then the other items are typically not recommended so for example a rectangular
rapid flashing Beacon out on the high on Main Street you know that's the button that you push and you get the blinking lights that's not recommended uh and Road diets but hybrid beacons Etc so so what the conclusion of this is is that uh cross rocks would
absolutely be recommended and then the other items uh such as pedestrian bump outs uh would be uh basically to be considered so so so the recommendation is to not put a four-way stop in because you don't meet warrants so that was
ultimately what Brian and I had talked about that we wanted to make sure anytime we have an inquiry from the public we want to make sure we explain it's really important to explain why we do or don't do something so with that I'll pause and if there's any questions or Brian anything yeah we have had
police officers um observing the intersection uh on various days uh after school um they've uh encountered not too many Crossings there five at the most it's usually three adults and a couple of kids on any one of those days now
that's not a all-encompassing study uh but so far we've observed not not many Crossings on different weeks at different times um right on different days in that after school hour um and I said I would bring back
some costs or projected costs for the for different options U more than just painting the crosswalk U you know we talked about rrfbs uh that's about $30,000 and not recommended uh anyway um
solar crosswalk signs uh would be about $5,000 um we have those up on on Ninth Street um generally uh I'm told by the engineering the less effective um and or bump outs uh that's about $10,000 per P
ramp so per corner so if you did both sides it'd be 20 grand um so in talking with their engineer and observe police observing uh the staff recommendation would be hey let's paint a crosswalk there that's warranted absolutely
there's Crossing there let let's paint a crosswalk get a little bit more visibility and start with that you know we could look at just regular warning signs crossrock warning signs a little difficult on the the Quanza Hut side because there's not really a place for a
sign over there uh but that's something you could look at as well but to start with recommendation to the council would be let's let's direct Public Works to paint a crosswalk there when we can that really doesn't cost too much just the time just the paint and the
time that's something you'd recommend Pat yes yep I would say it's a good place to start if things change you can always it again see if there needs to be improvements that yeah if I may ad May the second
most common thing to do would be to then put bump outs in and and the reason being is Bump outs reduce the amount of time it takes someone to cross it's also a clear delineation when cars come up that they see that and they inherently slow down and study and research shows
that so say paint and and assign in the middle not in the middle we're just saying paint right now traditional signs you know the traditional yellow crossing signs that you would have then ones that just be on
the sides of the road you know like like we're a stop not like just any traditional sign like a stop sign you see in the Boulevard on that no but I mean these uh you're talking about option for an in Street pedestrian crossing sign bolted D or
anything where yeah sometimes you take those out in the winter or you put them in in the summer you know and put them that that would be something that would be uh an optional one as well yes I think I I think I know which one
you're talking about Fred but they used to be on Main Street here we had some of those I think the school has them now like the fiberglass uh the fiberglass I forget what they're called Kevin may know the name uh just a sign
that goes on the in the in the middle of the road yeah they're narrow the middle they almost always come off in the winter time because otherwise you break them off you plow y I know I know what you talk about Fred what's your thought Mike on that
both or one or or Adam um I guess I I could see going with the the um Center one and uh just because I think if we plow we
could always just slide it off to the site and then put it back the problems with the ones on Main Street was there was too many big trucks Turing in I I think that that would work there or at least it's an option to try it first
before you put signs up but we were talk to I know Tony came over to me then I asked him or he said well I he he' like the idea of just paint and putting one of them signs in the middle I mean I think
it I think it helps make people come in aware till they get right there and see the white you know I mean when I when I drive around I see this yellow thing sticking on the middle l proceed with a little Caution I mean I don't think they can be that much I
mean those signs yeah sorry if it's kind of long to see but there's all sorts of varieties you know where they're just four screws you screw in the middle of the road there's all sorts of varieties of them screw them there's ones with just weighted bases just weighted bases
there's both there yeah weighted bases are the ones you can screw in and you take them out usually in the winter well I'd like to make a mo I can make a motion on this make a motion that we paint the crosswalk signs there and put a center
portable caution sign in there second yeah second discussion all favor zinat 2022 yes this has been something that the code committee has been working on
for over a year um you know we've got a lot of campers parked all over the place uh during the summer uh some campers that sit all year in in various places um some in yards some in the
road um and we've got also other recreational vehicles um specialty Motor Vehicles that's where that falls in you know your side by sides trailers things like that um this would help to clean that up uh this is modeled after several different communities and a whole lot of
discussion and then some tweaking from Morgan from our our new City attorney um um to make it read very well I think and this is just a first reading uh something that to get in front of you uh to think about um and bring back
questions we'll discuss this some more at the work session uh next week I think it's Thursday the 13th is our work session so um so we can have more discussion there but really this is a first reading um and then asking to set up a public hearing
at the March 20th meeting um so um you know we'll we'll publish this um in the paper with the notice of the public hearing um so the public will be able to read it see it think about it and come in and give us their thoughts in the
20th so is that that's our next meeting the 20th Yep well that's our next council meeting we do have a work session on the 13th but we necessarily won't act on that in March 20th I mean yes so we can have we can have the public hearing and then act on it after
it doesn't give us a lot of time then to Hash over what the people are you don't have to act on it there's a lot of comments a lot of different thoughts that's what I was wondering it set in stone that we have to act on it if we hear a bunch of comments and want to research more yep you can direct City staff to go back and and tweak it make
changes based on comments yep absolutely on the lawn mo one yes well that's right yeah Kevin is on the the code committee making sure we get it right so there is that that's something us you
talk to about at the work session or not yes yeah we can have more discussion give you a little bit of time to chew on it from a council standpoint and then typically then the council will ask a bunch of questions or whatever you want to talk about at the work session and then we'll bring back you know we we can
even tweak it a little bit before we bring it back to the uh to the public hearing after the work session something yeah after mean we you can't make any motions or any no but you can yeah we can we can make small changes and and bring it back for the public here
um yeah at the 20 on the 20th and then once we have comments if if there's a lot of comments a lot of good comments things that we need to consider yeah then you just direct U Council to I'd like to see I'd like to see it on the work session too AB give us more time to discuss it yep yep it'll be there this
is really setting up the public meeting and and the first reading getting it out there uh we really don't in within our ordinance we don't have a first reading requirement but I like to do first readings for this reason let's get it out there so I'll make that motion for
putting it on the agenda for the 20th as the ordinance 2025 V two any discussion all those in favor I pass um 8B resolution 20253 schedule a public hearing for
modification of Municipal development District number one adoption of proposed tax increment financing for the proposed bridge view apartment building right yes so this is our our tip district for the bridge view apartment building um and I've got
something here from aers um just kind of the rundown so in October of 2024 the city of zambro in partnership with Kelly Bartman properties the developer received a deferred loan for 2,816 th000 uh to assist with the
development of 38 units of rental housing located on the site of the Bank building at 7003 Street West uh the project is market rate housing without without any designated affordable units uh citing a financial gap in the project
related to construction cost interest rates and modest Market rents the developer requested tax increment assistance and a waiver of sack and whack fees uh the proposed tax increment financing District would be a Redevelopment district with a maximum
term of 26 years of assistance uh ERS alers completed a financial analysis of the project the tax increment but for analysis and in a memo dated April 4th 2024 concluded that assistant from the assistance from the city is Justified to
make the financially feasible uh the proposed assistance included 1,751 591 in tax increment assistance and $627 in waved sack and whack fees uh
this is assistance equates to $ 47,7 45 per unit uh the developer anticipates starting construction this spring and the tax increment District needs to be established prior to the developer receiving a building permit um this evening's action would set a
public hearing for the establishment of Tiff District 1 through 20 at 73rd Street on March 20th 2025 uh after the public hearing the council will consider approval of resolution establishing the Tiff District so this is another one setting
up a public hearing on March 20th and um the way it's worded uh in in the memo is is uh at approximately 6 o'clock we'll just put them all that way because they start different you know we used to do 6:05 and 6:15 but approximately 6 p.m.
um is what we're asking for just basically set a public hearing for the the Tiff District any questions or do make a motion a motion on we do y yep it's sting a public hearing y okay I make a motion that we new apartment complex
everything that Brian just said I'll second it and this one we need to do a roll call for Jo I Kevin I Fred and I I passes 4 z uh then we have resolution 20254 for
approving support for North zumbro sanitary sewer district Regional Wastewater facility yes we've done this each year for is this the fourth year third or fourth year of doing this so this is just uh something that we need to submit uh to our legislators showing that the
council is in support still in support of pursuing the Sanitary District motion to approve resolution 20254 roll call again as well Jo Kevin I Fred and I I passes 4 z uh then we're down to 8D um new plow
truck purchase M truck um we uh it's in the Capital Equipment plan it was scheduled for last year but we took the street sweeper last year so
we basically we just swapped them but it's there and um Adam did quite a bit of work on this to get the quotes um we had the first quote was a truck that we would have to put together would be a
2026 single axle Cab Western Star um total for that one was [Music] 132,00 and then the upfitting charge to add plow options
162,000 for a total of 295,000 for um but then to get it each equal to the one the state uh the other truck that we were looking at which was a state truck that they turned down um to get a brine
tank and we're up to $324,800 and then um increase from the state bid of 10% so uh they also looked at a truck
from Boer um which is a 2022 Western Star had all the same options that were I just mentioned with that other truck it's ready ready to go
fully equipped uh for 3,39 and I think that was adding a new camera or something yeah or an extra when I talked to the to the dealer he said if it was a deal breaker he'd be willing to throw the extra C so it'll
have one camera on it already but we looked at putting a second camera on the back just so you can see better behind you when we're turning around and stuff um he said if it was a deal breaker he'd throw the camera
in which it was like a I think it was like $400 plus the wiring harness and stuff so that sounds like a deal breaker to me he'd be willing to do that um I if you want to talk some more M just the um
it a bran tank we've never had run bran before but I always thought it was probably good option to have um and then I think there's an option for us to run choride for the gravel roads in town too
we can do that ourselves take a little bit of setting up and stuff to figure out but um I think that would be a good option to have with that truck Adam did a lot of work on this he spoke with Kevin as well the plow expert the state plow
expert um and Mike and Larry and and the rest of the crew they did a lot of work on on researching this and this is a brand new truck for a whole lot less than what you would normally pay for all these options that are on it com all speed out
with state for what they the plow trucks as um and I had talked with uh Brian and little bit with public works with the option of Brian can become a pretty good costs saer with um as well as
um the cleanup side of it with currently we do a lot of sand out on the roads and you have to sweep all that up every spring with the brine you have a lot less of that sanding that you have to sweep up makes it a lot less of a pain to deal with um you use a lot less
chemical application directly because when when you're dealing with the hard rock salt or sand it has to cook down through the top layers to break it off the road and the brine actually because it's a liquid penetrates through and breaks the bond underneath makes it a
lot faster turnaround time to regain roads um so we'll have to look into options for um acquiring brine um there's there's services that you can buy a premixed delivered just have to install a holding tank and easy to pull
it off of that then so there's different Avenues to pursue in that so and you're saying it's Brian's a good way to go oh yeah so if we're getting this I mean is that something that we should look at for even next year then set up with that and if we're
gonna there'll be something to discuss with in the in the work sessions okay work on developing options for that turn these guys loose since they did such a good job finding the plow I think Chris is kind of done a little bit of research on where to get Brian and I think it the
one place I think he found was like 30 cents a gallon and and then delivery charge and whatnot but obviously there's a little bit of an initial cost just like buying a tank and pump and stuff but in the long run it'll probably be a
savings whether it's for cleanup and you won't have to hopefully use as much salt or sand so well I would anticipate that our salt would go down in our salt what we order for salt now would go
down um so I this is State numbers what I've got in my head but we have storage capacity at the zro shop for 6,000 gallons we used to only have 1,000 gallons because only a couple of the
trucks ever used brine but the states made a massive effort to get away from um rock salt towards they have a number of trucks that are just brine trucks they don't even carry salt anymore um and so with
that push we the the usage of it has gone up but again the numbers of 30 cents per gallon for salt brine my truck holds 1,000 gallons once I can get through like this past event that was super
heavy I filled my truck once and used the Thousand gallons um for all the mileage and multiple trips out and around so and that's a lot cheaper than throwing down load after load of salt
out the back that much of that the traffic disperses into our boulevards onto the grass where it doesn't help the road kills the grass so the bran actually stays on the road too and people's cars but salt does that
too you looked at the this is a 22 versus so this is been sitting around for two years or whatever the warranties and stuff all so Boer as a long story but Boer ordered all these trucks had them set up for the
state took too long to upfit them so the state backed out so it's a 2022 but it's it has like 200 miles on it and it'll the warranty will start the day we get it and it comes with a fiveyear Powertrain warranty basically
so it motor transmission uh the the diesel exhaust fluid all that stuff is under that 5year warranty and then I think there's there's something with the wiring too there's a extended warranty for that too
um it'll come with it'll so we don't run Wings in this right now in town so it'll have a wing on it which I think it'll be a big time saving and wear and tear on other equipment we can clean our own intersections and that way we right now
we have somebody that follows the plow truck around to clean intersections where we've talked with other towns and they just make the make the corner and it puts it right up on the curb the best it you know it can obviously you're not going to get it perfect but I think in the long run
it'll it'll save a lot of time and eventually maybe if we look at maybe going down to two trucks instead of three just because of the cost that these trucks are getting to be I don't think the city can afford to have a
million dollars worth of trucks sitting around that you know so I don't know that's I think it's a I think it's a good purchase at this price considering it's
I mean it's fully loaded it's the Cadillac so and and the one that the one that I had speced out for ourselves like not the not the one we went and looked at that's already ready to go we could pick
it up tomorrow if we wanted to the one I expect out we wouldn't get it that we could get the truck but it wouldn't be upfitted until it wouldn't be ready for SE till September of 26 at the earliest so then we're out a whole
another plowing season and if we act I mean we haven't had a winner the last two winners so I don't think that the one truck we have I don't think it if we get a winner I don't think it'll make it through a winner I mean it's it's had a
pretty pretty easy life the last two winners and it's still we've still stuck money into it I mean the r went out we to fix some other stuff on it so I think it's a good deal but that's
that's my take on it I'm going to make the motion to approve the new snowplow truck purchase pass is 4 z um uh Trestle Bridge short-term repair
right yeah let's uh oops let's start off with Bill on that one bill you want to start off talking about The Trestle Bridge yes so in your pack there's a you know fairly longer than normal uh agenda item or or background but I think as
everybody's aware the The Trestle Bridge you know uh was closed uh this past fall um it was closed because it failed an inspection goodu county is the inspection Authority so technically they closed the bridge uh based on inspection uh several items were failing uh the
floor beams stringers decking Etc um so this is a project we've been looking at for many years so we've actually applied for funding I think uh probably going on five or six years for various things we've looked at congressionally directed spending we've looked uh from Congress
we've looked at DNR Trail grants we've looked at a variety of different things uh and actually currently uh we are a finalist for a transportation Alternatives Grant that's a federal Grant administered to the dot uh Brian and I were we we actually went to an
interview uh on on Zoom I think it was back in December uh we made it through the first round and we actually presented a week and a half ago as finalist the see as Andro it was for funding uh roughly uh 60% is of the
total cost there's eligibility criteria uh we will find that out next Friday so uh but those federal government grants are four years out so meaning uh that's for 2029 so the question is okay what do we do for the next four years now there is
if we would happen to get that Grant you can do something called Advanced construct uh we could move that forward maybe to 2027 uh but then there's okay what do we do for two years so what we have looked at is what are the options to do a a fix
to get it uh to basically so we could open it up as soon as possible so uh when we bid out when the covered bridge was uh damaged from the snow heavy snows in 2019 uh we did go out to bid there and we had canes and construction was the little bidder there so I did reach
out to canuts and construction uh their project manager worked on the cover bridge lives here in zro he has a member of the ski club so we talked to him uh to just get an idea is it possible how they would approach it uh the other thing that we have to do is we have to also see where we fall regarding
statutory bidding requirements so the statutory bid requirement is if we're $175,000 or more we have to go through a different process uh we are under that uh what so the statute says if your engineering estimate is under that so our engineering estimate is under that
which means we s can informally solicit written quotations so what we are suggesting we having the discussion today is uh do we go out for quotations we have to get a minimum of two we'd bring those back to the the next council
meeting uh to say here's what uh it would cost to repair it we believe that's probably in the 125 to $150,000 range to repair the bridge I'm calling a short-term fix shortterm in my world is five to 10 years so that would
be long enough that ideally we will have received funding and then we will be working on the full Bridge replacement you while we have the Bridge open for the next you know say two to five years um that's kind of the quick and dirty version of that so
but uh obviously we could answer more questions we go into more detail yeah oh thank you Bill and as a citizen I like to see the Bridge open as an administrator you know it's up to you guys if you wanted to spend the money but we don't need to make that decision we we just want to be able to have those
quotes in hand um when we find out if we're going to get any funding um and then we can add more discussion then yeah because because actually you there's no council action is needed but if we're going to go out and get quotes typically we'd want your consensus you
know because technically Brian can direct us to get quotes but it's always good to have the Council on board before we get quotes because we get quotes and then we say I we don't want to do it oh the contractors aren't happy with us because they took the time to put them together so that's what we're looking for consensus from the council uh to get
quotes and bring them back here at the next meeting I know I was talking to you the other day and you said there was other options too with this grant money coming that we could you know if we know we're going to get the Grant and there's twoe spread you said there's other funds that
we could use for that two years till we get to the grant instead of putting Factor here is if we were to get a grant federal dollars and there's a lot of things that need to be done so it's a couple year and a half or two
years before you can really even pre-build it and the fastest we could do anything would be in 2027 if we if we received a grant if we if we receive the grant that's the quickest we could be able to to build a bridge so we have minimum of two years
so you still have two years think about you keep it Clos for the two years again we might not get the grant so then then there's a you know it's still a decision of you know do you to repair to get five to 10 years out of
it so either way we need to have quotes in hand yeah I think we need prices so we can make some decisions as we want to keep it closed for two three years or we want to get it open as soon as we can at least so we can make those and weigh those options so who who else do you have to
get I mean you said that what was that other company so we have to get we're required by Statute to get two quotes so last time uh we solicited quotes from kuden construction K Anderson those are the the two Primary people that do this but uh
that that's who we would most likely go back to uh canson primarily because three of their project managers live in z broa uh so that's always a good choice and KRA Anderson's their number one competitor so seems like a good choice
as well so when when they they do bridge they build Bridges and all that stuff they do wooden bridge repair so someone like like a full flown you know like a bridge contractor uh like a bigger one but it takes a smaller contractor to
want to do a repair because this is going to be all hand workk here so who who repaired it last time kudon the the I'm sorry which Bridge The Trestle The Trestle Bridge was uh I'm not sure icon repaired it last time icon
and that's what they do icon correct they're Bridge contractor yes and repair yes just in my thought process is like these guys are saying 125 to 150 for air but if we get somebody that builds bridges in there just I mean it can't
hurt to have them look at it maybe they have other options to where we should clarify that's the engineering estimate what's that that's the engineering estimate it's 125 150 right we don't know what quotes will come back in so but I'm just saying if these guys
repaired it before they kind of know maybe got some different ideas to where you know they can repair it for a different amount for a longer time or forever you know I I just think the
more and if they they did it before yeah we we are not limited we can ask as many people as we want so so and maybe you're not aware but icon when they repaired that Trestle Bridge the last time when they tear down
old bridges they keep a lot of the parts so what they put back into that bridge was not that it makes any difference it was original parts that they had saved but it fit good with what they had there because they were I can't remember what
exactly they replace there but they kept a lot of parts down in their lot down there so they were able to just bring that stuff up and repair it I never want to speculate who's going to be low but [Music]
um my guess is the the people with the the local people in town are probably going to be more aggressive but we will know if uh the council's on board we'll know in two weeks sounds like we don't need a motion for that just no we're basically just
looking for agreement as everybody on board I'm seeing some head nods I I haven't seen Fred's nod yet but you know that they've got I would like to see as many especially icon
experience perfect that sounds good so Brian I we're going to take this as con consensus we'll get quotes and we'll uh get uh we'll solicit at least those three that we just mentioned thank you very good thank you agenda is uh setting a work session
um what dates we're looking for this in April is that correct well yeah I mean we could do another one in April or we could do it in early may you know budgeting is going to start end of April early May uh we we do have things we could discuss in an April one and
then start the budgeting in May um so I just want to throw it out there because we have one scheduled for for March just does the council want to have another one or or set another one um mayor Hamill kind of wanted to do a month by
month so yeah if you want one in April absolutely looking at doing that on like an off already one set for March this is March we have March Oh I thought you said April April or [Music]
mayil doing it either the second or the fourth week in April so it's an off for the I prefer not the second week okay I'm out of town but it's about the council not me the fourth week of April 21st through
the 25th we have uh Auditors and Chambers oh yeah so a different day you know if it's oops 16th of April Wednesday There's an Eda meeting but we could displace the Eda meeting if we had
to um you know maybe the there's a Tuesday the 22nd there's no meetings in here a and Chambers oh you just said that we listen very well do I plus you want to do a Monday
night not the first Monday night though because that's the park board yeah on the second and third is fire but that's not where you go down to like the 29th 29th or the 30th
Wednesday um yeah I'm going to be out of town that one time too but but you don't you know we've got the new Deputy City administrator here he'll be fully up to speed then so you could have a work session
um and miles can handle it right miles I hope so you will so yeah I mean if you wanted to on the 29th is what you're looking at there Tuesday Tuesday the 29th that
one's wide open for me is there anything 29 yeah yeah there's no me other meetings in here so tu that at the same 5:30 that we usually do [Music]
them that I'll make that motion if we need one all in favor right I uh I believe that's it uh reports Tonight reports yes let me find it here ah the Sanitary District uh we
spent the day um at Capital today for League of Minnesota City's City day on the hill um it includes speakers from the league as well as House and Senate leaders uh mayor walls or mayor Governor walls did speak for a few minutes as
well uh we had a Committee hearing uh Michael Bolton spoke representative Jacob and Blake Johnson from the Prairie Island community they had five minutes the presentation went well so um that was our first Committee hearing we also
met with three representatives to talk about about um our bills um while we were sitting there we MMB uh Minnesota management budget released its updated budget projections uh it
shows about a 456 million do Surplus this year um however the bonding capacity has been decreasing it was about 980 Million last year and uh with today's projection which includes A6 billion deficit in the
next bium 28 that's 28 and 29 2028 2029 so anyway uh even though there's $456 million surplus a little lower than was expected I think which brings the available bonding dollars down closer to
700 million or or so so uh there's a lot of projects that were out there last year um for bonding uh they're looking at carrying those through as much as they can but there's less down so pretty competitive um we're in a we we'll just
include us mode now um just you know keep us moving we'll take something if you can get us in the Bild so that's where we're at with that um for the pool we received a $3,200 contribution from the zro American Legion from the pancake breakfast it was
a free will donation um benefit and a big thanks to the citizens who contributed and then uh everybody from the American Legion and other volunteers who who worked at the breakfast all morning it was fun to talk to people I spent quite a bit of time there and U
yeah $3,200 contribution from one little pancake breakfast so big thanks to them that's it that's it yep Mike do you have anything tonight um only if anybody has questions on the ordinance that for first reading
tonight that are legal questions those to Brian and I'll reply prior to the work session or prior to the next council meeting where it's addressed but nothing further thanks thank you um Pat nothing anything more from you Bill
further thank you else nothing for me just wanted to remind you that now as as we T talk discussed purchasing the the new plow truck uh in the budget process you guys did approve the issuance of equipment certificates to help fund that purchase we haven't done
equipment certificate since I've been here so Brian and I will be exploring the possibilities of course we have funds on hand if we need to do a short-term you know pay for it but we we will be bringing that forward to you when we understand and get the process
going so Adam right I have nothing tonight just update on the zro area ambulance um the we had the folk board
uh discussion uh this past month and um just a couple highlights the current cost right now is $17.50 per capita um they're we're looking for the proposed increase of that to go up to $20 for
2026 and um could be another 3% $3 raise the next time it bumps up instead of the $2.50 that has been going up just the biggest issue is that 70% of clients are on Medicare and for every
$2,000 build it's only $300 um recovered for that billing and there's a three to six Monon delay on any bill that goes out so from the time submission of the bill goes out you
don't see any money return from that for um three months to up to six months and it's only um it's fraction of what the cost is so the the costs have to be covered to keep the ambulance service Al
and everyone there is doing a fantastic job that they're holding the retention rate is excellent the recruitment is good uh so we want to keep that we don't want to be losing our emergency service uh Personnel so um that side of things
and then oh one other thing I don't have the exact details on this pasquali brought up the the radios communication with the county having switched over to fully encrypted that there's no more
monitoring with the EMS Services they can't monitor traffic anymore are you able to be to some of the technical side of that Pat not necessarily okay but they would have to have encrypt radios right so and
are do does zro police do we have that capability our radios are ened ours are okay so we can hear the traffic of good Hue County or we're we can hear everything okay okay not true yes okay thanks so that's
that's the current situation is they don't have the radios that are able to listen to the other information the the cost for that is currently prohibitive to get into it as a city we were able to do that I remember some of the
discussions on that so that's kind of my update I don't know Brian if you had anything more on that I was gonna say is that true with fire too you don't have encrypted radio so you can't no so what what happens is there's a communication gap there basically where they can't all hear each
other anymore what's going on as they're headed to a scene of some sort um so that's that um there is a couple of bills uh EMS bills up at the legislature that that they're looking at now or some
of those things um you know more more funding more permanent funding they just did a one-time uh funding increase what was $192,000 the amance got some money or will get some money um um from that but
they want to try and make uh make something more permanent so anyway there are some EMS bills everybody's aware of it up there as well uh radios and and funding issues so that's that's being talked about up there at the capital oh
and the um ambulance costs are going through the roof too a brand new rig is estimated at $400,000 and five years out from date of purchase to reception so they're currently looking at swapping uh what do you call that the
box from one to a new chassis so replacing the chassis but keeping retaining the box I guess the company that they've been purchasing trucks from they do that as a service they're really good at it back in the day there were some problems with saving a box new
chassis but those things have been ironed out over the past few years decade whatever so it's a significant cost savings to retain the box and uh just replace the
chassis so that's the update from that we want to wait for him or do we just during the meeting did he say he had anything on the way out he didn't say anything yeah guess we just during the meeting okay motion any motion a second to
motion hi