--------- I'm going to give you my C all of you this has my cell phone my email have one of them if you have a question I don't care 9:00 on Friday night thank you very much and thank you for being here tonight
Dave all right now with kind of the jumping around we've done we are going to go to D and that is the turn back of of East Front Street from the county East Front Street basically from Main Street to
teal Street pass the water tower is presently now a County Road it has been forever uh the counties start talking to us maybe a year and a half or even longer ago than that to possibly uh give the city that portion of that road
because they don't really need it in their County system anymore as far as Transportation needs and things like that so if if the county were to do that and if they'd be willing to do that there's a couple options for us to do one is the county could um give us money
that we can use to repair that possibly next year um it's not the total cost of repair so we may have to change that estimate or change the plan a little bit so to speak the second option would be
to have the county have the road to keep it but I have been informed that if we do decide to do that the County eventually is going to have to make improvements to that road and there is a county policy there's a cost sharing policy so if the county fixed their Road
in a couple years we would still be charged probably about the same dollar mod um Bolton M put an estimate together it's dated last last October uh to do the Front Street
improvements it would be 260 ,000 was an estimate from October um the county is willing to give 150 for the turnback agreement so that does mean that we will need to come up with some more money I did talk with Joe zimy
about this a little bit too maybe we have some options as far as left sidewalk or a couple things that save some money on the uh on the Front Street portion the county is looking for guidance
from you here tonight which I can give to Jim tomorrow um and then there's some paperwork and processes and things like that that you know go through at St Paul when you're given a county road to a city well it's without a doubt one of
our worst streets in town I think it needs it needs help you are correct I visited over the weekend with one of the the newer Property Owners along that street and he currently isn't
serviced by sewer and water uh he knows this is an upcoming project and he would like those luxuries installed in his property now that doesn't show up in the Bolton M that they're doing we're not
doing there's not Utilities in that project yeah I don't know how much that he's willing to pick up well I I mean assessment yeah I don't think I mean if we're not putting Utilities in he'd have to he'd have it
it pick it all up yeah that's his but how far would he have to come you know I I don't know where it's service down I did I have to look at a map I don't know yeah I mean to me some of this seems like an
Overkill but I guess if it if that's what it does take to get brought up to's I may you may yeah this is just the the overall Engineers estimate I would recommend we treat this as uh uh just a regular Capital Improvement project um
to me it to kind of mimic his thoughts some of this seems a little I mean they're going to aim high engineer estimate's always going to be a little higher but I would uh I would recommend myself meeting with you know some of my usual contractors getting some bids not
all the sidewalk needs to be replaced not all the curb and gutter needs to be replaced um just look at some of those things a little more in depth um than what than what uh we have presented here tonight so um keep this keep the original plan
keep you know the 3-in over uh Mill and overlay um and yes some of the sidewalk panels that are busted up will need to be replaced some of that are shifted um but overall I think we can there is some Watershed issues on a couple intersections there what's that there is
some Watershed issues on Main Market both but the water does not drain yep is there a storm underneath there there's just a little bit kind of by the the L old Lambert's gravel parking lot on the south side and that heads East that's
basically it yeah and then at the intersection of Market and front there's some storm there as well but them are all um Incorporated inter under the water tower is that a storms what's that under the water tower itself the drain
yep that goes in directly into the storm s y would it kind of stay the same like there wouldn't be curb and gutter like kind of where Monty is and where that so that would be something I would probably talk with my contractors I would still there's there is curb there it's covering gravel it's just drive over
kind of busted up curb so some of that yes will have to be replaced okay um but yes for there it be like wherever there's existing kind of drivein uh keep that all the same okay um would be my recommendation [Music]
so I mean we'd have to pay it anyway even we pay either way we so so we might as well just say okay thank you well that would be my opinion thank you for the road get first the all right so if we did take this over we
wouldn't necessarily have to get all this stuff no we can do what we want to with it yeah we can take the money and not repair the road if we want to but that's obviously not the road we want to go and this is just an estimate that for an idea we're not on a time limit
anything they give us the money to use it we're on a time limit because of the condition of that [Music] road faith f right resident of East Front Street and that road does need
major major help um I've lived there my entire life my dad was born in that house my grandpa was the one that built it and so it's been in our family for several years um the city drives by the
fire trucks um do their water refilling right across the road um there's three stretches of sidewalk in that area but there's a lot lot of potholes and a lot of things that do you need ma to repair that it was used a lot when land prints
was driving by when deal Drives By so it need some major major TLC thanks Pa I think we're an agreeance at this point I would say talk to Jim and move forward with taking the street back and
we'll to get it into our plan to get it fixed I will call him and ask him to get the turn back documents started and know one J we probably 80% done and I would say Joe went to work on some
estimates yeah I would think limp it limp it through for now if we can yeah budget for some CIP for it next year throw a little more at it obviously we're going to need a little bit so um I just want to thank you for your consideration on this
um the um I know this feels kind of like here you go lucky you um but the fact is it doesn't fit into our County system right we're not continuous to that in any way coming off other roads to plow
that little stretch it it doesn't work very well it is now a local Road really by and especially with with um the changes to Lampert and and other businesses
there um that being said I appreciate your willingness to to take this on and then do the road the way you want it because if it's a County Road there are standards that we have to meet that you as a city have have more flexibility on
and so I think you're Wise Wise to do it this way and and I assure you that um Jim has brought his expertise to to this process um he we want to be good partners with you we want you to have a
road that works for you and however you want to do it we're we're going to work with you but um if it's your road then you get to do it your way and control is a big deal for local people so thank you thanks
D my personal opinion is I think that if we're going to take it over and we're going to put money into it I think we should probably start by putting a little bit of storm into it I'd hate to put all that money into it and have no storm sewer underneath it and if we
wanted to add it after the fact we just I mean we're tearing up we just spent all that money on I'd have to agree I hate it when I see a new road get put in town and then they go back to it and dig a huge Square because they got to do something to it and it's like now you just wreck that nice new road cuz cuz if
it's going to be ours forever I mean I I personally feel it would be really nice to have some storm already but I guess I was a little upset when they did Fel Street last last year now there's a big hole in it they didn't uh
do anything other than the gutters overl so so is there a way to get like a map from what he talked about to see how many people are outside how much would that cost and if they wanted to split it
what that would be if we're going to be tearing it's there only be one building there that would be out yeah well I can't [Music] imagine yeah it was it's not going to be there's there's three houses on that
street three houses on this street and four commercial properties really right so at least is got all right you have the direction on that Clinton clear as mud boss okay now we're going to go to E
we're going to go to E which is appointing Tod trainer to the utility committee I would make that motion second all in favor all right
and motion to adj second at 809 you made Mo I somebody else said at the same time I think Andy did but there are only two of us that voted
so you want to stay here [Music] long for Part: 2
we will call a meeting to order at 7:00 please stand for the [Music] pledge I pledge aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation
under God indivisible with liy and justice for [Music] all at this point we're going to continue the public hearing for the sales and use permits for the DHC
ordinance yeah so just to kind of go over this rather quickly uh the Planning Commission has looked at the ordinances that the city council's been reviewing since January um they did have very good discussion at our meeting on the 26
and they recommended that we basically present two options to the council for tonight's hearing one is to keep everything that you saw in January the original um ordinances and then the other one is they suggest that we change
the boundaries a little bit for the you know the distance for getting your license um the ordinance here says 750 from a school 400 from a park a daycare I would even suggest you make that 700 um cuz the Planning Commission I think a
agreed that it it's better to provide the opportunity um more so than what we had in January because you remember the ordinances in January it really didn't allow for much in town so I do have a summary sheet that I put together that just kind of highlights the
ordinances um anybody have any questions [Music] huh actually on [Music] mine yeah it um please you weren't here
Lauren sorry we have to use the podium for their YouTube crowd your name okay Lauren tester if the ordinance 700 ft ises that CL concerns or issues for other businesses or other dayc carees opening up and then they would then also be
restricted on where they could open their daycare center based on where this could be [Music] devel so if somebody wanted to come and open a dayare they certainly could we would not say no to them but that that
restrict would not apply um to the daycare and with regard to an existing business they would not be crossed out or their license would not once the license is granted they would be in good standing unless there was some sort of a
violation of trigger suspension or rication well then should that business be sold it would have to be relicensed it's not transfer correct correct in that situation then
yes the license would not reissue I also want to point out one other thing the Planning Commission talked about this if you happen to be within one of these uh limits you can apply for a conditional use permit to at least go through the public hearing
process notifying the neighbors around the business you know within 350 ft like it says in state law so the conditionally used permit is still an option in the B1 and B2 zones that's one thing that the Planning Commission did want to add so like this one like um say
the bowling alley you would be able to apply for that apply for that so nobody is flat out just saying okay there's always there is an option [Music] okay Megan luchin this says low potency
on the 700 all over it um was the high want to see if that's going to stay like the 1500 ft the maximum or yes okay I move on the change 700t one second just move okay maybe what we should do is ask for more comment and then close it
meeting close the hearing and then you guys can do that okay is there any more public comment all right we'll close the public hearing now so we need a mo a motion Toop
is a with the change to 73 for the local yep I'll second motion all in favor I will abstain
401 um we are we did have Todd trainer is going to join us on the Utility Board Bo and he did his first meeting a couple hours ago so I we're going to add that to the agenda just to approve Todd to set on our board there other than that I have no changes
or additions we do have a couple items with the public works uh Joel is here tonight okay so we're going to look at some quotes and bids on different items we let's do that under staff reports when it's his turn yeah okay
with those changes I would make a motion to approve the agenda second all in favor all right all consent did you end it yes you have minutes from the last council meeting February 10th we have
your receivables and also payables uh Sarah Joe I believe has a few payables she'd like to point out if you do that please um some said they normal our Northland trest Services paid on our
serious 2016 a bond was just over 82,000 Covered Bridge Furniture Joe got those benches ordered that [Music] 4,743 we had a couple more bills for the
safe girl to school from gold Mink that came to just under 12000 we P that first quarter staff services TOA this month that's [Music]
10,467 our work count 2025 bills from the leag payment through that was just over 50,000 and then the Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association our first quarter safety program bill was 4,373 then that everything was pretty
noral sorry all in favor public forum anyone wish to speak to your public forum public forum [Music] notice and Communications I have
none Council reports uh I have none at the moment but I would like to get ball rolling on of golf board meeting it's Waring up and that will be getting going here
soon um let's start out with the uh Park Road uh we were short a couple of board members so we really couldn't do much at the last meeting uh we had a few discussions
we did learn that the person at HUD that Rita had been using for several years uh she was scheduled to take a vacation in February she made it permanent with a government buyout apparently and she's not coming back and
Rita called up and asked who who's going to be working with her and they really don't have an answer now so it take a little bit to get the finances HUD reports back in line where they were
um last time we met with with Eda we spent most of the time that we were here talking to uh kada and meeting the gentleman that was here at that time um I can't think of anything else that we
really did there and uh Community Center uh last time the community center met um they set their mind on using the uh nonprofit status that they've
Acquired and they would like to uh start with chable charitable gambling somehow and they've got several different people in ways that they're looking into that and getting the licensing and such for
that uh the next thing I did is Clinton kind of stuck me on the on the library detail I've met uh on the on the paint job I met with Andy another thing at the
library is there is a big monument in front of the library sitting on a 1ot thick piece of concrete that has multiple cracks in it and there's some fear of it maybe tumbling over so I know the legion Club is
meeting tomorrow I intend to uh stick my face into their meeting and see if they maybe wouldn't take over the project of repairing or moving that Monument that Monument I believe was uh
installed in 192 something by the League of Women something so and it's it's a list of Civil War veterans that are buried
around the jeansville area as far as Elma City so uh does have some Heritage to it and we don't want to offend anybody by just uprooting it personally I'd like to see it in Memorial Park but that's just
me so whether the rest of the citizens in town agree or not we'll find out that's what I have okay here's the woman's relief Corp was organized in 1893 there we go and the brown tablet
was installed in 1929 uh Planning Commission we met on the 26th uh a lot of what we talked about was the candidas um you all received that and we looked over
that tonight's J as well right um we also talked about the variance request um after the Planning Commission talked about it um it is their feeling to go ahead and approve that variance um with the going along with
that there was a an ex accessory structure uh talk going on about what can be done in front and backyard and whatnot um they decided to push that I believe month to get some more
information and uh more clarification push on to council um the park board met um we did a lot of talking about songs in the park looking forward to uh continuing this year and expanding in as
many ways as we can um not a lot there that needed to come to council I don't think um there was talk of in the past there used to be a farmers market here in town um right out here on the road Thursday evenings I
believe it was something like that um there was talk about uh organizing another one um they're looking into somebody to um head that project and get it back on track and find out days and times I was going to tell Ian to do
that what for more work you do the less time you're in here all right um I don't believe there was anything else during the park meeting that needed to come to council um unless Clinton can think of something well I
think Joe has some items tonight so oh right there um the rest of what we talked about the park meeting will be brought up by Joe later on perfect s uh the nursing home uh in July will be their 6th anniversary so they're
thinking about doing something maybe for the community big huge celebration of sorts maybe and that's about it you said 60 6060 yes like I said we do have a new member
on the Utility Board tonight as well as we did send it out on Facebook in the text we did have someone contact one of our customers saying that they were us it's a scam going around
so if if you're questioning and hang up and call City Hall directly our number should come up on your caller [Music] ID you know it goes without saying don't hand out information that's you're sure about what you're [Music]
doing administrator report oh I have one more thing um Wasa Jamesville section Championship is over Wasa 74 Jamesville 38 thank you
the administrator report yes okay attached in your packet is a Reconciliation from the bank for February you also have the cash balance report as of last Friday um happy to announce this we have been discussing the Utility Board discussed this a little bit too but you
know those CDs that we invested in in the beginning of 2024 they are maturing now when we're going to cash cash those out um so just the the city itself not including the utility but the city itself was was able it earned about
$32,000 in interest just on those CDs for the last 15 months yeah right so you're you're cashing the amount of the money goes in the general fund then well some of it's golf fund other is sanitary fund
you to go back to it represent funds but right now the our money market savings and the CD interest are getting close enough close enough together that it's advantageous just to put it back in our savings that's where it's going
I various [Applause] funs um just a few other things here kind of updates for you uh I did get in contact with Waste Management um they have saved Saturday September 13th for our annual
pickup um the last few years we've averaged about $4,500 and we did budget for that this year in the 2025 budget so uh September 13th will be the James old date uh Planning Commission was
also updated on this here a couple weeks ago but uh CJ as you all know interning with us is doing a fantastic job updating our comprehensive plan um in the March meeting we are going to give the plan to the plan Planning Commission they have a whole month to review it
then in April the the Planning Commission when they meet will they'll conduct a hearing they'll look at it they'll get public input um and then we will come to the council meeting shortly after that to get our comprehensive plan
updated um and the only other thing I guess I have is if you notice a couple weeks ago we we launched like a updated website so if you haven't checked that out I encourage you to do it um it's pretty cool I like it and if I can click
on stuff and find stuff they must they must have done a pretty good job with it so uh then my final thing you do have the the newsletter from the Coalition of Greater Minnesota City's in there uh just keep an eye out on the legislative
session please because there could be some significant changes to housing legislation as it refers to zoning issues um density issues things like that so we're just going to have to keep keep looking at that watching that
through all the session that's all I got uh regarding the Citywide cleanup day Clinton um I was thinking the bill last fall was over $6,000 for that and we talked briefly
about looking at another option mhm um so I I just wanted to bring that up to you I guess yeah and I can contact waste management and see what they do for Alternatives yeah because I mentioned at that time that we
have a dumpster place here in town so okay motion to approve second all in favor right y apartment heads who wants to go first don't everybody run up here once
[Music] now yeah I don't have much uh just a couple bids that I was able to get um I'd like you a review um you have first we have some Park equipment um
that we're going to discuss a little bit and then our CIP overlays and Chip seal yes what do you want to do first huh you want cfp first sure one second yep so our this is our overlay schedule for this year do you
have the map too that link I you so we're going to be focusing most of our that's chip seal the other one up there kind of kind of something on our side right we're going to be focusing most of our attention on the
overlay side of things out in the Northwood Edition this year to try and Salvage that before it gets too deteriorated so we're basically proposing to Edge Mill and 2in overlay basically the whole the whole
addition and I think that bill or the quotes from well we'll just go over the only other addition to this would be the two railroad crossings right over here be two reconstru up those as
well so for the total number side of things um this is that Irish comment that IEM just made scoll we need ww's and neon's numbers ww there oh that's chip we're
looking at overlay there we go we go so for the for the northw Edition the WW came in right around 106 356 with the addition of next
page Rail Road Crossings at 13928 so they came in for total overlays for 12,28 $84 [Music] and neelson quoted 123 921 a ww com in
just under neilson's bid uh for the overlays chip seal scroll down you just I think the map is on this one that's our chip seal map we're proposing for this year um North teal Street East 2 Market Street couple blocks off of
Second Street Becker Street and then Oak Street and a sub El or chip seal and those numbers came in at ww was 46,600 and Minnesota
roadways um Company auto Shaka came in at 72,1 20 D so um any questions um what we have proposed here tonight this all works within your
budgeted number so we budgeted 150,000 for CIP so we're going to be just a touch over that um and I propose to cover um the overage with the small cities Aid we received last year um
which is money that are designated for roads so sounds great y out on the Northwoods Edition you know where there's some big swales will they when they go to Edge Mill that are they going to are they going to fill that and
then so it's Crown it's going to kind of be as we go um once we get there and see get things opened up um no it's my hope that them would get corrected yes yeah and it's tough too with some of them shallow storms um everything shifts so
much but this is this will get us some time buy us a lot of time so yeah yeah we want action on this separate from his other stuff I would say let's do this yeah okay
a motion to accept the little spit from ww [Music] on second all in favor I so the only other quotes we have for you tonight are
Park equipment I know we Park where we were talking about and they talked about last year about adding um really focusing on Veterans partk across the street and adding a climber unit um kind of a rope net type unit um so we went
out for bids and I got one from game time from Minnesota Wisconsin playground as well as St Croy Recreation um do you have the photo of the Minnesota Wisconsin one
I have to Google it little here no just so they can kind of see yeah I won't be that one good [Music]
and I think the park board was really on board with the design we had from Minnesota Wisconsin um we were just kind of waiting from St Croy for some final numbers um to see where they came in at so I just wanted to get you a visual of what we're
closing okay game time be eight be [Music] [Music] St he's like my dad to teach here it should be yep that's it so that's the design the
park board really liked it obviously it won't be neon green um most like blue or red but the um that would be placed right where the kind of the volleyball court is over there would be removing that and just kind of extending um the playground
equipment further that [Music] way so that's the option option A and the total price for that installed um I think came to what 525 52,500 installed and that's with the
engineered wood fiber installed as well and the other estimate from St Croy for the equipment alone was $ 46,2 19650 6 for the same thing no for that the
other picture I sent them this I said get us something as close as you can to this um and this is what they came up with which we kind already have some most of those um amenities incorporated into
what we currently have over there so it kind of um I would like to seen more more Nets more ropes um but that's what we got so and then I don't know what they were supposed to get back to me as well on the install
price so do we need to proceed a motion to I know the park board recommends the the Visa Ro 8 System um I guess any questions
and we did mention to the park board at their meeting that you know we're waiting to get some of these bits the park board could not review it that night but but Joe and I did tell them that you're going to be meeting in a couple weeks so we could just bring it to you so we can get get an
order well certainly when you add labor to this one it's going to it's going to well exceed the first B so as far as yeah weally left for a low price and also Minnesota was got so you can still get this order in under
the wire to avoid that inflation we were talking about he said the 12th so yeah okay contact him tomorrow 11 motion to approve option A or whatever we're calling it there the
Minnesota Wisconsin equipment the spiral or that one no the spiral one y second all in [Music] favor anything else for us Joe uh not
really just uh only other update we're just manage and Equipment back together from the mass of blizzard so a question uh pickle ball nuts yeah are they up not yet okay no I had had somebody asked when they were going to put them up and
I said I'll ask it have been great today but the weather's going to I totally get it we just kind of waiting another maybe and then we'll probably have them up yeah any other questions for [Music]
me thank you CH thank you thank you thank you [Music] Joel [Music] K hello Kelly cleen with the J Public Library um I don't have a ton to I
didn't have a lot ready Clinton just invited me but we're going to talk about the painting of the library right Ian yes all right would you like me to proceed a little bit or do you want to go I would let you you have the bid and everything as long as we're kind of in
this mode we're just going to jump C up to right now so everybody's no confused in your packet there was the estimate for the painting of the library from Diana r prorv resident
um Diana is a little concerned because the library is old and there's cracks and flaking on the paint so when she goes to prep the wall those old walls are extremely rough and she is worried
that you're still going to see where she has patched in and tried to get the wall all in better condition that you may still be able to see some of those marks will bleed
through the paint it won't be cracks but they'll be evident she's really concerned about them I know Kelly and the library crew has offered to move all the books out of the shelves because those shelves are
backless so Diana has to paint behind all the books on the shelves Diana and her crew not working by herself um she's going to paint the upper part a lighter color probably a
white or offwhite and then a slight gray on the bottom potentially we're others yep working with the Historical Society a little bit on that yep Clinton and our library director are y y
um in the entryway at the library she will paint the walls she is not going to touch the woodwork nor is she touching the woodwork in the rest of the library that would work in the entryway because it's a southern door with
sunlight year around uh is pretty much blistered or lost all the varnish it had and uh she's just not comfortable touching that part of the
project so she made maybe in the future but for now she's just going to her bid is to paint the walls on the main library and the entryway she has a lot of suggestions on how we can make the place look
better just keep throwing money at it it'll get better we haven't done anything for a long time we need to play catchup so we did Place extra money in the budget this year for some of these repairs in the library right
so the amount on her bid for painting is $6,050 that includes the the labor the paint and uh her throwaway supplies that she says she uses that's she was estimating that's
three people 4 days to complete that project it's typically the council's practice to get two bids on everything however we tried very hard to find someone else nobody else even wants to bid it so tonight we're bid with we're working with one I know just na but why can't we do
something like a a painting party or something to let people just come paint well there is cracks and some repairs and stuff that need to be done too there's nothing that says we can't do that could we get a bid just for the repair
part possibly doesn't matter that it's I mean I would lawence she would pain for a couple hours I mean I'm sure we can find other people in the community if Will and paint yes um there's no sense we can't do that some of an issue may be
repairing pain it's all going to have to be done on a time schedule due to the moving volitive books I also did speak with re n who was going to talk to the NH yes about helping move books to so
D if you would just CU there is people watching on YouTube tonight thank you County Commissioner D malter and uh your representative from the county on the library boards um I I really appreciate the investment that the city
council is willing to make in our historic current Library um and I also appreciate the suggestion that that um it might make a great Community activity um that the building is belongs to the city and it
is the city's to care for as a historic building and also as a working Library um just so everybody understands the collection itself is owned by the library system all the books are not
owned by the library and they're not owned by the city they're owned by the um they're owned by the collective Wasa lur Library System um and so I know our staff um their concern and their job is
to make sure that they are caring um for the space that you have provided but particularly for the collection um because your library system puts in um between $100 and $200,000 a year in new
collection um throughout the system nine libraries and so um I am all about having NHS help and have and even have the community help but we whatever we do we want to end up with a good product so
um anytime Community gets involved I'm I'm excited about that possibility we want to think about well your 5-year-old can't come and help cuz that's going to be a mess you know just those practical considerations that
we we got to keep in mind because we want if this gets painted once every 20 years let's make sure it gets a good job if it's once every 20 years we're looking at $300 a year so it's not a lot of money there you go so I really appreciate the investment you're willing
to make in the library to make it a more welcoming place we know that as a historic building it's not highly accessible this is an issue but we keep managing and as a community we make sure that people that need to get in the library can and our librarian is
absolutely awesome about serving people who can't get into the library meeting them you know on the sidewalk or wherever she has to to to make that happen so thank you for making a library in Jamesville possible because it only happens because you provide for it so
thank you laen tester um as really frequent flyers and I do watch Kelly pick butt for all the time um I guess I even as a member of the community wasn't aware that we were even looking for
quotes but is it still an option to get more quotes or as an example I formerly worked for an employer in M that they do like nonprofit paintings as like their company does it like free so I don't know like if any of
those Avenues were investigated or looked into either no we didn't look outside of Jamesville okay I don't know if that are still options or it's hoping to be approved today to start or what the options might be well I know ultimately yes the Hope
was to approve it and keep things moving up there doesn't mean we have to input Ivan this is kind of your baby yeah uh it's not my my baby it's the belongs to the people of Jamesville um
if we could get a Citizens Community or a better price for painting we can certainly find other places to spend that money we are looking at furniture repair or replacement up there also possibly this year so
uh you know like I said we have all that wood work in the main part that needs to be addressed at some place down the road we just can't do everything this year I was thinking I would make a motion to
appoint you to find citizens to uh bird dug this and go see if you can find another bid or enough people in the community to do the job well and and bring those results back at our next meeting I would make that a motion you
would take down I have no problem with that give it a month and see where it goes absolutely come up with that okay okay so that was a second then
sure yep second [Music] favor anything else Kelly anything else Kelly all is good if we keep working on the list I understand that everything's not going to get done in here but as long as we keep looking at it and keep
kind of thinking and we all work together Wonder any questions for me at all you can help them on their committee I'll make sure I'd like it P it done before the summer reading program starts yes yeah yes all right thank you
thank you thanks okay under Administration a is variance 101 Hendrick Lane Mike Gardner 101 Hendrick Lane has requested a variance to add an addition to the west side of his house um his
house presently lies on the rear yard setback so the Planning Commission held a public hearing to look at that variance request uh we advertised 350 ft around the property I've received no comments questions they receive anything from
anybody the Planning Commission nobody showed up for the public hearing so the Planning Commission recommends approval of resolution 2025-the [Music] [Music] uh B our current contract with Ceda uh
yeah Dave from Ceda is here tonight um like to visit with the council about what has happened and kind of what our plans are moving forward so if you have any questions for [Music] Dave get
go Ahad I just I'm here if you guys have any questions just uh we we appreciate the fact that that you guys are are going with Ceda um I will admit we kind of dropped the ball on the first one we had two excellent candidates that we
interviewed but looking at what you wanted we went with the candidate we did because he was able to be here 3 days a week and we felt he might be able to hit the ground running a little bit faster um that isn't the case we do have a plan
the other candidate that uh they've been working for us uh since September and they are finishing their master's degree at vano so the issue with them is they can't be here on Tuesday they have brick and mortar
classes on Tuesday so what we're proposing is going forward for at least the next couple of months I will work here every Tuesday and I will drive up and make sure we've got everything taken care of on Tuesday uh Caitlyn will be here on Thursday and Friday so she's
actually I will be here tomorrow and Caitlyn is scheduled to be here Thursday and Friday our head of Minnesota operations Hillary Tweed will actually be down working with her on Thursday and Friday and this would be our plan until Caitlyn graduates then she would be able
to be here 3 days a week that in May she would graduate in May but until then I will be here on Tuesday and if I need to be here another day I have no problem driving up is everybody on the council aware of
exactly what is going on this we have we had a representative from Ceda working for the city 3 days a week he has tendered his ornation with CA so now currently we do do not have one here in
town well technically you do because well we are contract with SE you're contracted with Ceda and that's one of the one of the fine points about being with Ceda is we're not one person we have 50 people on our staff so with James not able to be here I will be here
we will have Caitlyn here we have other people that if we need to we can transfer in and out to make sure that you have the coverage that you need and as I was just talking and this fin us over here about painting the library um Smith has a grant that it's
your paint your town Grant and that's something that I can help them apply for if they want to and we could possibly get to paint for free okay um another concern I have is that s's contract I believe was to start the first of the year correct and we
were almost till the end of January before it actually started we've been missing some days here at the end so I guess I'd like to see the city compensated some of that money back and I have no problem with bringing that up
with our leadership and having them address it I you have a valid point they didn't start our billing till February 6th when James started so we didn't pay for you didn't pay for January no we so there was not a bill for January
and I know there were a couple days with weather that James didn't make it over and we had a snafu last week um but going forward and again weather weather is going to be touching but hopefully we're through
that um I don't know if you have all read our contract with CA but we do have the option of a 30-day notice yes and getting out of our contract and looking at other EVS I have spoke with not only Clinton
but other staff members in the office and I think the common opinion is maybe we should move on and look at other options ultimately it's a council decision I'm just rying what I [Music]
know we have a a unique C here where our utility department works closely with our street department they work together they kind of intertwined everything I would like to see our office doing the same thing in order to do that I think we
need our own staff in here but that's just my if I can the situation that you're in is not uncountable there's we're in probably 60 communities throughout the state Wisconsin and Illinois
and so what you're talking about we have the ability to do okay now again as you mentioned you do have a 30-day out and if that is your prerogative that that's that's up to you
um I firmly believe in the company I've been with Ceda for 4 years um it is a phenomenal organization the difference that we've been able to make in communities is astounding and and as I had mentioned we have 50 people on staff so if you have
somebody in here uh we have a question something that comes up hey I'm looking I want to do a facade Improvement program well guess what we facilitated 10 of those throughout the state so we've already got the groundwork laid out we've also got people
from all different backgrounds we finally last year we hired our first person with an economic development background so we have people with marketing backgrounds with real estate with construction so we have unique points of view into anything that the city would run
into and yes you have one person here and that is your face of Ceda but you have access to the entire team the entire network [Music] okay you have anything you'd like to add Qui I
just what's the best way to move forward um Resort staff we have been since forever we got to get something figured out okay we got to are you comfortable moving forward with this contract
again well if we can have 24 hours a week which we have not had yet so for our current staff I feel that if we didn't move somebody over they would have a pretty good grasp on what has already been done
previously yes but then we would also have to we'd have to go down the hiring road again fill another position yeah would you like to weigh in on this one D do you have any experience
well with's this um no not necessarily I would say that um you know St county has just within the last year and a half hired someone specifically for economic development team Wilson and
um and whatever you decide to do um I hope you know that that she is she is OnStaff for the county so she's a resource for us she is she is not just a resource for for she's expected to connect however she needs to to to
assist you because when we assist James will in Economic Development we assist the county she has worked and she works with OA she works with waler she works withan she she was at our last meeting here yeah and and she will work with you
but she is covering the whole County so I I I don't know that she has the time to devel to economic development in Jamesville the way you guys want it you quotes on board want it done um and this is a wonderful community and and I
applaud for your um drive to make sure you're putting enough energy into Economic Development to move the needle um small towns that it that rock can be pretty hard to get rolling but there's a lot of great things happening in the
whole place where I live to you so I appreciate your thoughtfulness this then just know that the county wants partner with you and support those efforts whatever you [Music] decide I was very impressed with the employee that Ceda had sent here he
seemed extremely knowledgeable and you know within a day or two after talking to him he was researching and running with some projects and I can I can see where that if we
could be guaranteed need another person of that caliber then I would have no problem with renew or continuing with a contract and and as I explained to Clinton um when we bring people in here everybody's got a different background everybody's got a different experience
level and if we bring somebody in here that may not have the same experience as him in some areas but different in others we are going to make sure that they have all the tools in order to succeed so for your Eda meetings that are on Tuesday I will be here I will
make sure sure they're run when Caitlyn can start working on Tuesdays I will still come to the meetings and I will sit with her to make sure that she's got everything she's got all the tools um I'm the regional manager for all of South Central Minnesota so if there's a
question there's an issue I can be here in about an hour and a half and I have no problem coming to help out we do great things I I love how you pointed moving the me CU that's exactly how we describe our organization
is we're moving the needle for small communities small rural communities throughout Minnesota and that is what we do I was told earlier tonight we need somebody to run a farmers market on Thursday well and it's luck would have it I'm actually the treasurer for our
farmers market in Jackson so if you're wanting to put one together I can definitely help with that all right my personal opinion just I'm just going to waigh on Ian's comment for one second he's not going to be able to put
a farmer car together I know you need a Jamesville person to speak with Jamesville people to get this stuff yeah he may be able to bring other stuff to us I don't think that they're going to be able to bring us everything we need exactly right you're you're going to need somebody here that Champions it I
can help with the red tape from the state and getting all of that taken care of but yes you'll need a champion here [Music] Lauren tester um does the 30-day thing is that like we're already in a 30-day zone or like are we allowed to give them
like 30 days of trying this out and then putting a 30-day like the 30day thing can happen any time can happen anytime that's we're not in it now part of our contract is the 30-day notice okay so it's not based on the fact that we didn't have support in January it was
just okay thank you anybody else have an opinion on this if he's willing to show up and fill in the gaps right now I mean if we gave him 30 days click on the office staff are going to be had left hanging when nobody's there cuz we can't guarantee we
have them in 30 days them no so I think for now we should just keep going and see that are options have to agree with that yes we can't find anybody to fill any positions the way it is okay can you speak up Sarah we can't find anybody to fill
position the way it is right oh like I said this can be Revisited at any time right I feel that if we're if we're going to look at doing it in house then we need to put some feelers out for uh
office help y first and then if we feel that we have some um interests in that then I think we could possibly move forward to doing Anns
okay well at this point then I guess it sounds like we will continue our contract Thea hopefully they're willing to do everything you