this conference will now be recorded i got six o'clock we'll call the meeting to order we'll start with the pledge of allegiance 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 um do we need to add that amendment to Oh you can talk about the ad if you want send it back out to everybody though including paper we just got one amendment which everybody's seen is uh 8
the sale of the 2021 or 20 2001 uh plow truck move to adopt the agenda as amended any further discussions all in favor i I oppose passes 500 couch payable kevin
just two major things to look at here the new plow truck uh number 81396 for $320,8883 and then the uh um number 81430 to Shoeacher for the the watering
and repairs uh for $37,193.73 so unless there's any discussion I'd make a motion to approve the accounts payable in the total of $411,41612 i guess my only question I have on that is the shoe markers the 40430 Jefferson Drive water sewer mike
do you know explain that so some of them turn on the um invoices didn't come through again for some reason or another so some of them are from back in October again back when the Jefferson project
invoices got lost but it's part of that and then there was some watering for those new shrubs that were put in that was the watering portion of it perfect thanks Mike that was the only question I
had on that what's the 7500 tiff that was um money for the financial consultant and that is reimbured through the money that Keller Bartman paid us they paid us that uh escrow account yep any further discussions all in favor i I
oppose passes 5 0 thanks Kevin uh we'll 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 5 minutes i'll close the public comment portion because there's nobody in public
here uh we'll jump to consent agenda all items listed in the consent agenda considered routine by the council will be approved by one motion so I just need to consent agenda on the minutes from March 20th i'll make a motion to approve the consent
agenda second any further discussions all in favor i oppose passes 500 let's jump down to 7A unfinished business funding of the trestle bridge short-term repair uh Brian uh yep we this is what
we talked about uh last time um when we made the motion to do the repair and award the project we had some discussion about methods to fund the project and this is the same thing that I read to you last time um just in memo form
um so just as discussed uh three four of the options would involve a repayment and the one using a sales tax dollars would not involve a repayment i can go into it more if you want me to i just So you just need a motion on whichever route you want to go
whatever route we want on that one which I think we were somewhat agreeable i remember right we were inclined to the fund 421 the sales tax one yep that was a
discussion last time bob turn your mic up we just need a motion and a second whoever wants I'd make a motion to uh take those funds from fund 421 i'll second that and we're not exceeding
that 160 correct unless it comes back to council oh right absolutely okay yep uh any further discussions on taking the funds from fund 421 for the trestle bridge repairs and I assume we can roll
on that right away right Mike once it's approved or has that or is that an engineer question the the repair oh yeah they're ready to go yep or they're ready to roll i think we were looking to have it open end of June sometime
perfect we got a first and a second uh any further discussions all in favor i oppose passes 5 0 uh let's do unfinished business b resolution 202518 declaring the official intent to reimburse the
inner fund loan used to purchase the new plow truck yes um when we did that we had mentioned that we would be bringing this resolution which is a um basically gives us uh the authority to go out to bond for those dollars if those dollars
need to be paid back for any reason any reason prior to the 10-year term so if something comes up within the sewer fund that hey they're short on money we can go out and bond for those dollars and repay it with with bonding dollars
that's basically what this resolution says that was 350,000 and and that was for the plow truck and then other um capital equipment items that are on the schedule um the 350,000 was articulated in the capital planning document that
that we approved um with with AERS um what two three years ago um two years ago and so rather than going out to borrow those dollars we used intra fund loan but we want the option just in case
uh we don't foresee any reason that we would ever have to do this but it's good to have the option uh there in case we do need to go bond for those dollars in a pitch or borrow them some other way i guess I have one question for Kim
and I should ask this last meeting um when we do these interfund loans we're taking from the one account but we're paying that back with interest correct is that required by the state or by law you don't have to actually we aren't required to do that but I I think it's a best practice since it's a prop there's
a lot of of cities that take a huge chunk out of their proprietary funds every year and roll it into the general funds um I don't think that's ever served us really well so um we've made the standard practice since I've been here anyhow of setting it up on the
balance sheet like so in the general fund it'll say excuse me my brain just shut off for a minute in the general fund it'll say due to sewer restricted due so we say due to other funds and it'll be the amount and and then in the sewer fund it'll say due from other
funds so we'll we'll track it on the balance sheet and we'll track the progress on the balance sheet as well so it's it's just making sure that those funds get made whole since we're borrowing money and especially with the sewer fund being that we are entering into this no sanitary district i think it's very prudent to do it that way so
just another way of adding more money to that fund as well right yep we're paying interest to the fund now instead of you know higher interest than we're getting in money market currently we're going to raise that interest we were going to raise it anyhow because we
were going to go out and borrow borrow so that was built into the financial plan already i'll make a motion to approve resol resolution 202518 second roll call
i got it dylan I Kevin I Fred and I I passes 500 uh let's jump to uh new business 8A letter of recognition for Sergeant Chris Wallally chief
so uh today what we're going to do is we're we're recognizing Sergeant Tony Pasquali um for um his service to the community and those that uh he may encounter um in this particular uh situation that
occurred last fall um he uh it was in fact last November he uh had a call where he was assisting a stranded motorist that struck a deer and uh his vehicle was no longer operable um the
man had uh expressed that to Sergeant Basquali that he was in route to St mary's um to see his wife who was going to be going through some surgery and wanted to make sure that he got there and Tony offered to give him a a ride to
St mary's so um this is something that we might do every day potentially but this man expressed his gratitude um since his wife did pass away shortly after but he was able to go and spend
time with her and because of that it's just another good example of the compassion and um the uh the service that we provide our community members and those that we encounter in our city and it's to me deserving of recognition
for his efforts and his continued good work so Tony congratulations thank you you bet and uh thank you for your service all right thank you good job Tony thank
you we don't need a motion nope thanks Chief uh 8B sanatory sanitary sewer maintenance plan mike so I have the quotes back for the sanitary maintenance plan that um we talked about earlier um they like
to see us camera the sewer mains probably every 10 years um but I got the quotes back one was from Empire Pipe Services the other was from Superior um Sewer Service there's a slight difference in
how they bid them and um Empire broke theirs out yeartoear where um Superior took it and just averaged it out but overall when you look at the total code overall there was only a $27.50 difference and that was between a
five-year plan with Superior and a four-year plan with Empire um Superior took some footages off or some price off on their um easement work um that what they did
on their own i just assume they would have left it in there i think would probably even reflect a little better but that's the way they presented it back to us um with that being said we have to enter into just a one-year
maintenance plan yeartoear um so Empire uh pipe services is at 77,25850 but we look at the overall picture um some years are going to be less some years for um same thing with
superiors at their 65,000 some years they'll have more so um with a $27.50 difference um that's public works recommendation to enter into a
contract for year one with um Empire Pipe Services two questions I have on that Mike um one have we ever used Empire have you used Empire before they've done a good job I assume and I assume that comes out of the water
and sewer fund sewer and these guys don't do any repairs if they come across they just give us the report and then it's our responsibility at a later date or at that time I'll make a motion accept the Empire Pipe Services
contract for this first year second i guess I do have one more question as So years 2 three four and five are they the same price or can they go up according you know how stuff goes up so I think I yeah I included um so on
the sheet I included the in or the quote from Empire so their year one is 77 their year two is 84 86 and then 81
and Superiors was on a fiveyear so we're just dealing and they didn't give me a fiveyear layout like Empire did so superiors was just a average of 65,000 a year for five years so them prices are so in year two
or three come that's the price it's going to be they can't rate correct they can but Right okay we got a motion in a second to any further discussion well and I maybe should just clarify too
that that's a little bit of um we'll know the exact footages when they're done because that was us going through maps and plans and figuring out what we thought was was the total footage on things which can be a little bit
difficult so so then you're going to sit and read all them reports right every second of that pipe i go I go through a lot of them the problem is I don't have the equipment to do the old ones anymore
yeah okay uh all in favor i oppose passes 500 thanks Mike uh let's do 8C lawnmower purchase mike quote from motorers for 72in Ferris um it's a
bigger mower than what we've purchased in the past but we're able to extend this out for 5 years instead of the three-year um replacement we've got them on um we're still under budget with the
trade in um from what we budgeted in the plan so feel pretty comfortable with that any questions on that i'll make that motion
i'll second any further discussion i know we went to doing our own mowing at the park at that time and stuff because we thought it would save money do we Is it a saving saving us money by doing it ourselves then i earn it out
yep what was our mowing bill 148,000 a year oh no the park part was 25,000 oh really that one okay yeah i mean now we have another employee since then um that balances it out a little bit and they also get a little more service out there
and we also can control the mowing which I think you know usually they would mow once a week for schedules but now we can mow if there's music in East Park they'll go up and mow it was yeah yeah and I think it looks a lot better since our guys have taken it
over versus our contractor i mean nothing against our contractor but I think personal best yep yeah and the softball fields too the fields real would get long in the week and the little kids playing out there or me it's hard for me to get my legs out of that tall grass
do we have a motion a second i guess we do any further discussion all in favor opposed passes 500 thanks again Mike uh 8 let's do it again Mike well repair quote number four i got the um repair quote back from Ferguson so this was
what was presented at the January 23rd meeting um we only had one bidder which was Ferguson Caswell there was three packages sent out um at that time it was
the three line items that they went with um and then we got we get to this point where they take it back to the shop and kind of look things over and tell us what they need or what's needed and um it was all pretty standard except that
we were replacing um 18 column pipes this time um which was probably a little more than what we had in the past probably four anywhere from four to six more column pipe than usual but
otherwise it's pretty straightforward pump four is that the one out on 60 West well four is behind the city shop an inspection of well four second any further discussions all
in favor i oppose passes 500 thanks Mike uh let's do 8E sale the 2010 Sterling plow truck mike pretty standard when we sell um equipment or vehicles we always have to come to the
council for that permission um and we're ready to with that new truck so we're ready to get rid of the old one now and that'll go through min bid which we've used that in the past for equipment or trucks and stuff like
that so you use chief too for the cars i'll make that motion i'll second any further discussion all in favor i oppose passes 500 thanks Mike reports screw them yes
um the transporta the speaking of the trestle the TA grant that we applied for um this transportation alternatives grant we finally received notice from the district 6 area transportation partnership that we will receive
$525,000 uh this year that's 2029 money um and so we're we're grateful for that we requested 1.4 million and we finished second so in these things the the first place finisher gets fully funded and
that was about uh 1.5 $ 1.5 million project almost $1.6 million project and then we get what is what is left of that so what we'll do is bring this back again next year the same project and hopefully we finish first next year um
because we're not ready yet anyway to rebuild um so we're hoping to get it fully funded over the two cycles and that'll be 2030 money um we're asking for $875,000 next year but we're just we're
grateful to be included uh you know $525,000 that's a big deal uh even if we don't get any more but we prefer to get more so So we'll bring it back and and and and try for the rest of it any questions on that so you can bring it
back again next year yep yep we'll bring it back just next year or can you keep going yeah i mean Yep but theoretically we're number two this year hopefully we'll be number one 800,000 we Yeah uh no promises of
course but we can bring it back so we'll bring it back can you go for other grants being that you're going for just one grant or not yeah we did we do have another grant out there to pay for the engineering because the the transportation alternative grant does not pay for the engineering so we have another grant application i can't
remember what it's even called that's out there we won't know for that on that until midsummer uh so there there would be two grants already for that so but yeah there's nothing to say we couldn't look for more uh this is a federal one the other one I think is a
state grant um it's just a matter of how how if you can stack grants or if you're going to get you know Yeah because a lot of it comes from the same pool of money it's just called different grants so So good news on that and and we'll go back at it um the pool we're still working on
the construction documents uh anticipation of going out for bid in I believe May is when we were planning on that um fundra fundraising efforts are continuing um committee's been reaching out to businesses right now and then we'll reach back out to citizens with
a probably a number that hey if everybody contributed this amount we could get there type thing uh but we want to exhaust all other fundraising avenues first uh the there's been a T-Mobile grant submitted and then the
Taylor Family Farms grant uh there's three other ones I believe coming up uh with various deadlines and so CEDA grant writers are working on that um right now as well so more grants to come and then I just wanted to note the sanitary district information i haven't included
the minutes anymore in the packets because the minutes and all the information is all available on that website that I had sent to you uh and and put out um that we have a website now the North Summer Sanitary District um and everything's out there meeting minutes all the information updates on
bonding things like that the latest we know about bonding is that the uh state legislature is looking at combining bonding capacity for two years this year and next year which is going to result in about 1.4 something million dollars which is good for us there's more money
now then uh to to to draw from um so we are still going going at our request we're looking at phasing options uh because it's 48.8 million is a big ask and so we're looking at ways that we can phase to pair that ask down a little bit
and hopefully fit in to a bonding bill you know bonding bill waits till the end of the session so we won't know anything on that for a while we've also submitted to uh Finstead and Clolobashar um Congressman Finstead and Senator
Clolobashar for congressionally directed spending and we will submit to Senator Tina Smith as well once her request paperwork comes out um we were assisted by the U Prairie Island lobbyist or the Native American lobbyist out in
Washington DC in putting together the paperwork for that so so we're trying every angle to try and generate some dollars and keep this thing moving goal is to raise a million before we can start one to 1.1 million yep yeah and
where are we at on that well we had talked about maybe using some more um operating fund money that we still have available while still keeping our finance director comfortable um so we could get up to about a little
over 700,000 I think give or take right now it's at five something right now we could we could Yeah it's at five something now if we peel out this another 175,000 we'd be getting closer to 700,000 and then um when you go out to bid Burbach has said a typical inind
donation amount is anywhere between 200 to 300,000 200 is normal 300,000 is a really good inind effort um so the committee's out there trying to raise as much as they can between now and the end of
May from donations but we're going to get this rolling this year yeah we're going to do everything we can to to get it rolling this year
flory you you talked about 170,000 coming from where 175,000 um out of the pool operating fund pool operating fund yeah because you know we need to be comfortable that when we open the new pool we have the
operating money there and so I asked Kim to take a good hard look at if we need to peel some more dollars out of there can we and that's what we came up with and they've already taken 200 out of this no they took 200 out of the full restricted so this is you know because
so that's our savings account basically and then the other account is the pool operating budget but we kept have you know have left that the levy money we have right now that's pool earmarked will go in there this year in July and December
that's it that it thank you chief couple of things um so uh the 14th of April uh our savior's uh church is hosting a beneath the badge event um regarding uh health
and wellness for public safety officials and uh people in that field and their spouses are certainly uh welcome to uh come and hear the speakers and the speakers they this is what they do for a living as they go around and uh talk
about health and wellness and um and so this is uh partially hosted also by uh Kim Schroeder and um so this event is going to happen at 6:00 p.m on the 14th um and I had put that
information out to uh area chiefs sheriffs and requested they also share them with their local uh public safety partners and so we're hoping for a good turnout for that event um and so uh that's happened on the 14th and of
course our next before our next council meeting uh on the 17th we're going to do our groundbreaking for the Gary Schroeder memorial and so we're we're looking forward to this uh opportunity we are very close uh to being fully
funded um I don't know exactly how short we are it's around four 5,000 somewhere in there um but we received a check yesterday from this the trust was in Roa Community Trust for 10,000 that went toward it and uh we're very appreciative
of that um and so we uh we're looking forward to uh having this fully funded especially by the time we actually do a ribbon cutting event so um we're excited that this is going to happen this year and it's going to start this month so um
a lot of things are in place a lot of uh items that are customized have been ordered um I don't know if Jake has some of these things already in stock but um we're I think we're going to be finalizing the uh brick items the
personalized pavers that uh we had put out for $500 donations so those haven't been ordered yet so if there are people out there that still want to do that they still have time so but uh we're going to get going on that and uh we're
looking forward to it that's all I got so stay tuned i think we're doing the ribbon coming before council next council is that what we're doing 5:00 yeah 5:00 so we'll do a ribbon cutting prior out there um and then we'll have
council after this so um thank you for all the work on that we're scheduling 60 degrees and sunny for that time i think we're going to do some minor refreshments or something like that yeah we'll have cookies and punch or something I suppose
perfect maybe donuts curtis sorry yeah uh the EDA had a pretty exciting meeting in early March at Mosaic Motors uh Mary Hamill Brian myself couple EDA members a couple of
business owners were there and where there was a meeting with Rebound which is a investment group out of Northfield and one of the topics they we kind of sat around and talked about what Zomroa needs and some of them were I'm not going to lie a couple were pretty
far-fetched but some of them one of the big ones came up with was a hotel a destination for people to stay in Zambroa and from that meeting uh led to getting a hotel study done the city of Zumbroa
had one done in 2017 and that study said yes it's feasible for Zumbroa to open a smaller hotel what I mean by a smaller hotel is like a 50 unit hotel not a grand one like you'll see in the cities of Rochester um so we brought it back to the EDA meeting we last EDA meeting we
had and we selected a company HBS out of Minneapolis to do our hotel study uh that'll get started probably next week and what they will do then they will take that information and I'll keep working with Britt Reece who's the the individual from Rebound and they'll uh
take that information to basically sell the idea of a hotel coming to Zroa um at our next meeting we have with this group which will be April 15th miles will go with and he has a couple of spots for the possibility of a hotel going and more than like the hotel would be out on
52 i think everybody's familiar with that um rather than being down because there's no spot for one downtown um but yeah and we'll bring to that next meeting and uh go from there it was a
pretty exciting meeting to be a part of yeah I mean it was it was very interesting a lot of good ideas and I think that is uh good i do want to give a shout out to Todd Fitzgiven because he's been the one that has
really driven this and has really been the one putting this together and has really uh he's rah rah for Zumbroa which is great and I just want to give a shout out for the effort that he has done to put the city and the EDA and
business owners together to work on this so I'm excited to kind of see where this goes so I just want to give a shout out to Todd so anything else Kurt and our visitors guides for 2025 will be probably out in May so you may be seeing them
around places perfect that's it thanks Kurt miles yes Mayor council I have uh we're still looking for a planning and zoning commissioner um we had someone interested but that hasn't come through
yet so we're still looking for someone to be on planning and zoning so if anyone's interested please reach out to city hall um and we are going to bring back comments from our March 20 council meeting to the code committee for changes to the RV ordinance uh so we'll be working on that in April 15th and
hopefully we'll have something to bring hopefully in the summertime back to council as well and we are potentially looking for a new code committee member as well and we did get a lot of interest at that meeting for another citizen to be on that committee so we'll be potentially interested in adding one
more member as well thanks perfect thanks Miles kimberly nothing tonight mike I have nothing um I just wanted to mention I did have a couple citizens come and visit with me the other day um one of them concerned about the library
um with the um uh administrator or the head librarian not there wondering when he might be back and also concerned that it wasn't open on Saturdays um but I know those two concerns are in the works and things are moving forward to get that corrected um the other one uh
gentleman spoke with me about um an issue on Third Street on how uneven the street was um wondering about the possibility of fixing it um and what could be done about that uh his other issue question was on um city hall being
closed on Friday afternoons wondering um why um and um wondering with more help in the office um if that may alleviate some of that pressure so that we could have it open just his concerns just
thought I'd let you know before I go to Joan I'm going to go to our attorney Mike do you have anything Mike uh nothing tonight sorry my video was on and now it's not working but no nothing tonight that's fine i Sorry I forgot about you
that's okay joan nothing uh Kevin nothing fred nothing i have nothing meeting adjourned