##VIDEO ID:b_0B9vNPS04## e e e e e e e e e e good afternoon it's 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday November 19th 2024 we'll call the city council meeting of the city of newm to order item number one is a consent agenda counselors what are your wishes don't move second thank you motion in a second any further discussion those in favor signal by saying I I opposed that motion does carry item number 2.1 is a public hearing on the final plot of River Haven Edition Mr snowber um Madame President members of the city council um the plat of River Haven addition has been submitted by uh Wendy Anderson uh the current property owner though is the city of New Al there is a pending sale to um New Alm River Haven LLC and that is who she represents street address of the property is 1800 North Highland Avenue um the property is located east of North Highland Avenue and south of um Milford Drive city council approved the preliminary plat with conditions at its October 1st meeting um the total platted area is 7.61 Acres it consists of 17 Lots 16 of those lots would accommodate Twin Homes so there would be eight twin home structures in that location um there also is a lot a larger lot that is intended to accommodate two apartment buildings of 48 units and then six town home units then there's a smaller parcel a property that is dedicated for right away for the extension of Ryan Road so we're looking at a total of 118 housing units on the property now I noted earlier that the city of New Al is the owner of the property and the plat lists the owner as being newal River Haven LLC so before the plat can be filed the property is going to have to be sold to new Al River Haven and that has not yet um taken place obviously um there are a total of five conditions um the first is to pay the platting fee of $480 the second is city council should approve a revised General development plan and that is required in order to retain the puds zoning designation uh they also need to prepare a revised development agreement and that also is in order to retain the Pud zoning designation and I'd like to skip number four and go to number five number five is to file an approving plat resolution with the Brown County recorder's office number four is a condition that um I would recommend that the city council add it was not considered at the Planning Commission meeting but I think we need to um stipulate that new Al River Haven LLC will secure ownership of the property to be ploted as River Haven addition and the first step in that process is to enter into a purchase agreement with the city and that's as stipulated in the memorandum of understanding I believe that was signed back in February of uh this year that would uh conclude the U staff report thank you Mr snri I do have a question um regarding the sale um the sale is that imminent and they are planning to move forward with us River Haven um I would uh at the present time we don't have a purchase agreement and that really is the first step and they they've been doing this since what March you said or April and there's no well the memorandum of understanding was adopted at that time that was correct okay so are there conversations regarding the price or I'm just does is there any information that can be provided regarding the hold up of the PA so the purchase agreement is kind of being held up the project is going through a lot of different let's go revisions at this point in time they had to reapply for clearance from the FAA um the project is going to move forward we just got almost a million dollar Grant from the state to move forward with the project so once we finalize what they want to do um with that and we nail that down we can move forward they're still looking at um financing for the project um so they would like to start next year sometime uh but again that's going through planning review process through the planning through the plumbing process um at the State uh we more than likely will be selling the um selling the land for a dollar and then recouping um the cost of the land through the tax and payment process but those are things we need to work out through the purchase agreement and am I correct that I mean I'll make the motion all five conditions if one is n one nullifies it right yep correct then I'm comfortable with it okay Mr stadheim Madam president St councelors in regards to the airspace analysis that has been completed and we do have a updated um determination no Hazard so that step has been cleared okay perfect and then so we would be this public hearing today is to plot this as the River Haven addition um as far as we know they're comfortable with the plotting yeah the plat um is acceptable in its current form to staff um and um meets the uh Necessities uh of the um developer um and just out of pure curiosity were there any major changes from the last um proposed plotting from the last project or is it very similar well the the last time there was only one lot because all of the parcels on the property were going to be owned by the developer and they were going to retain ownership of them now what they're doing is the Twin Homes are going to be sold and so that's why they're platted individually perfect that does make sense thank you yeah all we hear is we need more options for affordable housing and this looks like we have wonderful amount of new affordable housing coming on the market so I I'll go ahead and make a motion close a public hearing and offer resolution approving with conditions the final plat of River Haven Edition located at 1800 North Highland Avenue and New Alm River Haven LLC will secure ownership of the property to be platted River Haven addition first action will be to enter into a purchase agreement second thank you we do have a motion in a second any additional discussion would just like to note this is a public hearing if there was anyone that would care to be heard but we do not see [Music] anyone with no other action director jensson please call the rooll councelor Mack yes councelor Christian yes councelor warmka yes and president Becker yes that motion does carry item number 3.1 liquor license extensions for the parade of lights I'll offer the resolution to authorize the extension of liquor licenses into Minnesota street from First South Street to Fourth North Street during the pray Del lights to allow alcohol to be consumed on Friday November 29 2024 from 400 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. subject to the conditions and that's for the new American Legion Sweet Haven tonics 209 Pub and Grill and Rodney's Tavern second thank you we do have a motion and a second any further discussion director Jorgenson please call the role councelor Mack yes councelor chrisan yes councelor warut yes and president Becker yes that motion carries um item 3.2 is a BNL bar alley closure and liquor license extension for the parade lights I'll go ahead and offer the resolution authorizing the BNL bar to tempor temporarily close the alley next to their establishment on Friday November 29th 2024 beginning at 400 p.m. until 2: a.m. on Sunday December 1st 2024 with two fire pits in the alley on Saturday November 30th 2024 from 4:00 p.m. to 10: p.m. and authorize the extension of the BNL liquor license into said closed alley area as specified and Minnesota street from 1st South Street to 4th North Street during the parade of lights to allow alcohol to be consumed on Friday November 29th 2024 from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. subject to conditions second we do have a motion in a second any additional discussion director jensson please call the role councelor Mac yes councelor Christian yes councelor wara yes president Becker yes motion carries item 3.3 temporary on sale intoxicating liquor licenses for n Area Chamber of Commerce I'll offer a motion to approve the issuance of four temporary on sale intoxicating liquor licenses for newm Area Chamber of Commerce one North Minnesota street newm for an event on Thursday December 12th 2024 subject to compliance with all city and state requirements second thank you we have a motion in a second any further discussion those in favor signal by saying I I I opposed that motion does carry item 3.4 Raffles gambling permit for Church of St Mary motion to approve the issue of a lawful gambling permit for the Church of St Mary to conduct Raffles gambling at the church of St Mary 4117 South Minnesota Street on Friday February 7th 2025 second thank you we have a motion in a second any further discussion those in favor signal by saying I I I that motion does carry item 3.5 on sale intoxicating liquor Sunday liquor and off sale intoxicating liquor licenses I'll offer motion to approve the issuance of the annual onsale intox ating liquor license Sunday liquor license and annual offsale intoxicating liquor license for LOL 16 Incorporated DBA Lola at 16 North Minnesota street for the period beginning December 1st 2024 ending June 30th 2025 subject to compliance with all city and state requirements second thank you we have a motion in a second any additional discussion those in favor signal by saying I I I I that motion does also carry item 4.1 um summary of business conducted during board and commission meetings I'll be Mr Schulz isn't here I get to go first uh due to Veterans Day there was no Park and wreck meeting uh Heritage preservation commission met last night for a very important topic we are going to put in a bid and almost 99.9% guaranteed to hold the 2025 Minnesota State Historical Society convention in new uh it's a great idea idea I believe the last time it was here was 03 I mean it's a lot of work to do but it brings a lot of people into home and we get to show off the community oh excellent nice thanks also I'm not going to do it in redundancy I did attend the uh National League of cities convention excellent convention the classes were fantastic and enjoyed the conference it was really good that's it thank you U just add from the sister cities that we're going to be looking for new students to go over for the 2025 season so if there's anybody out there listening you can register online and I too uh attended the NLC the national league of cities conference and I kind of collected a few thoughts of what I what I thought of it and what I got out of it um so I was just going of read it off here not to hurt our shoulders patting ourselves on the back but we as a city are doing pretty good if not great compared to many others we have a council that communicates efficiently works together with each other without letting politics stop progress It's nice getting to know each other a little bit more on this trip as well uh we have a city that we can rely on we're blessed with professional leaders in each department our commissions that Comm consistently look out for what's best for our residents in our community I heard stories of discourse distrust anger amongst the leaders the citizens councilmen um heard stories where the city's most proud accomplishment was bringing clean water to the city for the first time that was this year kind of makes our problem seem a little uh little less when you put it in that scope um but we do have a a community that takes pride in itself are we perfect no but we are always willing to come up with solutions for our residents and are actually willing to embrace change uh one takeaway I heard was a line and one of my classes that uh people don't fear change they fear loss we have to keep a balance to change that allows us to keep what we've had and the attributes that make us unique but also Embrace change to keep us going into the future another takeaway I had was that the city needs to come up with more efficient ways of communicating with our residents about change we need to find a way to get good information to our residents other than simply trying to resolve qualms or play defense on decisions that were made fighting on social media and Facebook if rumors are and hearsay are all some people here in the community um it allows constant negativity misinterpreted misinformation and just a a down to what we're doing um I do feel that we're going to find new strategies in the future to address this need um this was the first convention like this I've attended um just like conventions I attend for my own career it showed me things that we're doing properly and and things that we can always address but as a whole this convention was incredibly encouraging for me as an elected official and I feel proud of this community that's all that's that was fantastic that really sums it up um Chris do you have anything to say about NLC or um I would kind of echo you know what Eric says and and um every year I've gone to this and and had new counselors come and when the mayor came last year you know one thing that I I did mention was exactly what Eric had touched to listen to where the other cities are listen to what the speakers and the panelists are saying and then gauge that to what we're doing here um it is important to see have that perspective where you know in-house fighting on Council just screaming at each other we don't have that we're we're very good um at just communicating with each other and if we disagree we disagree and we move forward you know there's no hard feelings moving forward um but the sessions you know this year um a lot of them were were very good but my takeaway um big takeaway from it was um the use of AI how cities are using it and how they're planning on using it moving forward um NLC did a very good job of putting together an AI handbook for lack of a better term um that we'll look at and kind of dive into and I know our IT director is out at a conference right now where the big talk topic is AI so when he comes back him and I we'll have some conversations about potentially integrating it into um what we do on a daily basis sometime in the future um I'll and then I'll you mind if I let you finish up today just because I was also at NLC um but just um I mean they do a great job of putting it on and doing um offering a nice variety of different topics I mean everything from Waste Management to water to clean energy to collaboration to lots of focus on AI this time um I learned so much about some of the ways that it can be applied some of the free Resources with it um and you have to go as a city where the puck is going and I think we do a great job with that um there's a lot of talk about cyber security as well because a lot of smaller to midsize cities are the ones that get attacked with the mware and the ransomware um and I feel very confident with our staff um that we are protected as a city again I'm very thankful I had a friend of mine telling me about how they were sanctioning two of their counselors for physical altercations at a Walmart and so um you know those there is a lot of discourse and a lot of disagreements and I'm just so thankful to work with all of you guys um and we'll have a new counselor coming on in just a couple of months um but we couldn't be luckier and you know as a city I think we continue to look at where that puck is going um and you know try to anticipate some of these needs and changes we've been doing a lot of really super creative things here um and we're getting noticed as a community so we're getting to speak on panels and we're getting asked to participate in some of these things uh that we hadn't had an opportunity to do before and it's because um we are Innovative and we are working together we're getting things done um yeah I don't know it just it's it's so nice um there was one more other thought that I had that just went but mayor any States uh I I was not at the NLC but um I wanted to share with you some exciting things that the economic development uh uh commission and Authority uh started a new program this year where we're visiting businesses that ex are existing in new Al uh many times when we talk about Eda we talk about uh chasing after and luring and attracting and helping new businesses but there something to be said for those that continue to invest and reinvest in newal and so our program includes myself and uh Heather brael from the economic Authority uh going on visits and so this month we visited the southern Minnesota tooling uh where uh Greg Holm uh gave us a tour of his facility and shared with us uh some of the insights uh what they fabricate uh who their clients are we also visited the commercial upholstery with Phil and Chris forwork and again uh had a tour of their facility uh find out what they're doing oftentimes you drive by these buildings and we don't know what is being produced and what's happening behind those walls so uh those two visits were great insight into what's going on in newal and we thank them for their both of them have reinvested significantly uh at the tune of over a million dollarss close to 2 million uh in expansion in their their uh facilities uh also I want to report that I've invited to go on to the Minnesota extension service Brown County Board I've agreed to do that and looking forward to uh finding out more about that opportunity uh human rights uh we are working on the human rights uh annual uh award and recognition so they're working on that and then sister cities just to add one more thing to Larry's report we are looking at bringing back the German language Camp I think the last time it was done Larry was it 2013 is that been over 10 years yeah it's been over 10 years and so uh we're exploring the opportunity to bring that back that concludes my presentation oh well that's wonderful well thank you so many great Updates this month thank you all right um section five is um reports item 5.1 is the city Engineers report regarding the proposed 2025 CIP Capital Improvement plan uh Mr sodim all right thank you madam president Madam mayor and City councilors I'm pleased uh to be here tonight to present our proposed 2025 CIP and Report uh just quick look at the agenda we will go through our recent history of reconstruction and um where we were at about you know back in 2008 and where we are today um kind of look at those payment condition Maps so you can see the difference and we'll jump into really what we have scheduled in the next 5 years and go through some methods and methodology as well so uh our recent history so back in 2008 you can see uh we reconstructed you know about four miles of roadway and that cost at that time was U $743,000 per mile and now if you look at 2024 and look at that per mile cost we're at $3.7 million per mile so you can see the DraStic increases we are seeing um for roadway and utility reconstruction uh so since 2008 we have reconstructed 43.5 miles of failed roadway so you'll be able to visualize this a little bit better in the next couple slides so uh look at that number um and that equated to about 30.7 miles of failed roadway sections in the city at that time and now we can happily show we were down to 6 and a half miles of failed roadway so here's a distribution um graph showing those uh roadway uh pavement conditions the blue line at top is our total miles the green is what we consider adequate and good roadways red is our failed and yellow is our marginal kind of on the verge of starting to fail needing um seal coat maintenance things of that nature so our red and green were really close back in 2010 and you can see it's we have a quite a wide Gap now um so our program has been aggressive and the conditions uh I think accurately reflect that so looking at that in a visual form for our V visual Learners out there here's our map in 2010 whole lot of red not a lot of green not a lot of yellow and now looking at that today is a vast difference um so I think that's something the city can be really proud of if that we've made really big strides in our reconstruction program so one area where we are lacking though is alleys um we have a lot of valys within the city that were built kind of in that same time period in the' 60s and 70s they're starting to fail they're uh the sections that they're made with are inadequate for today's uh Vehicles you know uh garbage trucks things of that nature so um our current distribu of alley segments that we have 67 that are failed 107 that are marginal and 59 of them are adequate and there's that a distribution on the city map showing those alley segment uh conditions and then just the next one shows all of our Pavements together so this includes all the roadways and alleys on on one single map so moving on from our history to our plan development so when we start our plan development process we look at pavement condition uh we analyze the cbon gutter to see if that needs to be replaced look at the water main needs sanitary sewer needs storm sewer needs and then also making sure we are in compliance with uh ada8 improvements um so and in addition to that our um Act of Transportation plan and complete streets policy so just a reminder our complete streets policy was adopted back in June of 2019 our active Transportation action plan was adopted in November of last year uh this uh plan was taken to the safety commission at their September meeting and they recommended approval of the 2025 Capital Improvement plan in terms of the plan meeting the purpose of the complete streets policy and the active Transportation plan and then we have conducted some public Outreach for the plan as well so we conducted the public open house back in September um I think we had about 12 attendees uh for that open house for the potential projects in 2025 so getting into what we are proposing for 2025 the big one on the list uh is Bridge Street from Cottonwood Street down to Tower Road uh so just to place that that's down by the craft plant um um roadways in very poor shape utilities are in very bad shape so that'll be a complete utility and roadway reconstruction project uh the other big one on the list is lakeside lakeside Village Edition where we'll do the initial roadway improvements so Paving curbing gutter sidewalk Street lighting and restoration out there and that a subdivision that was built back in 2005 and sat for quite a while and now was almost I would say almost full so um also Al included on the chart here are the estimated special assessments So within the report in sections 3 and seven touch on methodology for the assessments and um really the the um cost estimates and how we come to those values as well so it's same as in the past years the uh roadway reconstruction assessment policy is based on resolutions 8850 and 9035 that the council adopted um previously and those uh um res olution state that the Reconstruction is assessed at 60% on a per parcel basis for each buildable residential parcel and it's an incremental benefit for non-residential parcels and in 2025 we are recommended that uh residential unit reconstruction assessment rate at $4,750 per parcel which is the same that it was this year um and then for a surface reconstruction project which will follow on the next slide that' be $2,140 per residential parcel um so Lakeside Village Edition it's a new development that'll be assessed per the de development agreement for that subdivision which states typically it's assessed at 100% to the uh adjacent properties so we're real close to that number with what's being proposed and then the alleys are assessed at 100% as well here is the proposed surface reconstruction project um showing kind some of the segments uh included on the plan for that um again we'll show all this on on the combin map at the end of the section as well but just quick run through is 23rd North from Broadway to Terrace Drive 11 south from Payne to Jefferson fifth North from Broadway to German 15th cell street from state to Washington Summit Avenue from the State Park Road to Gulf Drive so that's heading back into the country club and total estimated cost is about $445,000 next project uh we are currently working through the FEMA Grant process um for the funds on this project but that's the 18th cell Street storm SE lift station and a reminder on that we have tentatively been awarded 1.125 million in federal FEMA funds for that so um I'm hoping by the end of the month we have a grand agreement and I hope to bring that in December for Council consideration uh 20th Soul Street the railroad crossing will be getting lights and gates at that at gr Crossing um that includes a uh $360,000 from the state on that project airport um lot of stuff happening at the airport in the next uh couple years uh so everything from land acquisition to the crosswind runway construction again we were notified that um we were we were receiving those congressionally directed spending funds for the cross crwi projects we're also reconstructing the fuel system and doing some taxi Lane uh extensions pavement uh maintenance um at the airport as well so about $4.5 million um of dedicated funding with the estimated project cost of 5.1 million then final project on the list is tree planting so this be new trees up in Lakeside Village Edition we um take that out as a separate project just for constructability and um actually keeping projects open allows us to close our construction projects earlier because trees have a 2-year warranty on them whatnot so we just take that project out separately and there's just kind of a graphical representation of where those projects are located throughout the city now we get into kind of working towards our bonding need for the what's being proposed for 2025 so on the left is our estimated project costs the estimated special assessments that are are going to be proposed once we get to the public hearings for these projects the right hand side shows our dedicated funding sources um so while we have a capital Improvement plan that's about $14.5 million 8.2 of that 8.2 million of that is dedicated funding whether it's airport funding our congressionally directed spending fund funding for from FEMA um and then our utility uh funding that we get from the Pu for for the um reconstruction of the utilities on those segments so all that put together put it in the blender and we get to our proposed bonding need for 2025 and that's about $6.5 million it's I would say a little bit more than what we've done in the past maybe quite a bit more than what our normal bonding is but uh if you look back through that list there's lot of projects that are included that need to be done so um working through all the numbers it puts us at about a 35% assessment uh percentage and in order the bond we have to be at at least 20 so we meet that requirement so finally with all that information I believe the plan is uh that we are recommending this plan um improvements are necessary we believe they are feasible and grouped to enhance constructibility and provides a uh cost effective Capital Improvement program and you can find that in section five of the report we'll just quick go through the projected uh fiveyear list starting you know we went through 25 so quick run through of what we're propos what's being proposed 26 27 28 and 29 um some high and I'll just touch on the highlights for um each of these years moving forward 2026 would be four blocks of State Street adjacent to the fairgrounds from 12th North to 16th North and we're looking at doing some water main looping out um kind of in the neighborhood of shells to help with some water pressure issues out there um and surface reconstruction project would be Third Kind of the highlight of that project is third south from Broadway down to front some tree plantings um possibly the Hang City own hanger is kind of penciled in right now for the airport may or may not happen but we're including it for now as we work through the other airport Improvement projects and there's the map showing showing the proposed 2026 plan 27 we're looking at uh using some of those storm water uh utility fee funds to do a substantial uh out uh Ravine stabilization project adjacent to um Junior Pioneer Park we have some pretty significant erosion in that Ravine that we'd like to stabilize and get cleaned up and then also seven blocks of Franklin Street from 5th North to 12th North and knock out some alleys as well uh we have a state aid project in 27 that's Garden Street from Center to fifth North it does not include the intersection of Center and garden though that that's included later um and then as well as uh you know continuing the surface reconstruction project um again airport projects we some items penciled in here we have to see how everything plays out with our entitlement funds next year but we keep those placeholders in for the airport projects as well another big year another $14.5 million year in 27 a lot of that is due to Garden Street and um we that's a project we've received um about uh around $4 million in federal funds for that project as well and there's the map showing those locations 2028 we would uh knock off another three blocks of German street from Center excuse me Center to third cell Street um some other segments included as well would include for first North Street from German down to Front Street um guys can see that's getting in pretty rough shape continuing to knock out additional alleys to try to catch up on that alley list as well and then surface reconstruction projects we're kind of trying to group those a little bit kind of in that South uh Eastern portion of the city 16th South 15th South and finally 2029 um USA project we are looking at uh five blocks of pain street from Center to fifth North Street we have some trunk main sanitary sewer in there that we need to extend continue projects from the past there um and then some additional alleys there's always going to be alleys we need to catch up on so we including those included as a placeholder I don't have funding for this yet but we are including it regardless in 2029 we're including the intersection of Center and garden along with the corridor from Pain Street as well that we um you know kind of discussed when you received the intersection control uh evaluation report for that that segment um you'll not what I put in there that it is a placeholder we will be working with the county to apply for funding for that it's a substantial project that we need to identify those funds for you we're estimating it at $6.7 million and that includes from Pain Street to Garden Street and also that pedestrian underpass as well so there's the map showing that and then we will show a combined map so we have a nice colorful map of locations all over the city and then in summary our 5year CIP has a total of about $51 million um all five years considered so if we total up everything at the end of this 5year program we will reconstruct 6.3 Mi of roadway and 16 failed alley segments so um any questions I know that's a lot of information I threw at you pretty quickly but um I have one question with the our handicap accessible ramps Joe do you know like how far out are we yet that we're done or caught up uh Curious good question we we've you know I I don't have a percentage of where we're at but you know every roadway segment We Touch we we're hitting those um I would say if I had to estimate we've maybe hit 60% okay but um that's just a guess off top of my head right now thank you that Lakeside Village how did the assessments work or the Lakeside addition yep so the there's a development agreement for that uh location so that's uh verbiage and development agreement is that 100% of the costs are assessed equally to the residential Parcels out there so each Parcels assessed the same regardless if they're on a corner or not sounds good and that's originally platted Parcels so there are some parcels that are double lots that are built across two lots They will receive two assessments so and I spoke a couple to a couple of those residents at the open house and they're aware of that so sure they'll be happy to have roads y that was the overwhelming comments we got so all right thank you yeah no um okay I will look for a motion to adopt the proposed Capital Improvement plan in the acknowledgement of uh Mr stadheims report I'll motion to adopt the proposed 2025 Capital Improvement plan and acknowledge receiving the end Year's report thank you very good job absolutely second thank you thank you we have a motion and a second any additional discussion those in favor signal by saying I I oppose that motion does carry under old business item 6.1 is ordinance number 20249 3 second consideration regarding the schedule of fees just one or one comment I want to make before that I did double check with councelor Schulz and he was actually fine with all the proposed changes I didn't get any messages or comments from him either so yep I'll have for motion to conduct a second consideration and adopt the ordinance number number 202 24-9 3 amending sections 2.99 of the city code of the city of newm relative to schedule of City fees second second thank you we have a motion in a second any further discussion those in favor signal by saying I I that motion does carry item 6.2 is the second consideration of ordinance number 20249 for amending chapter 5 of the city code this was regarding the liquor life this was just language cleanup um essentially taking um the resident agent from full responsibility for the conduct of the license um to just having them be responsible for compliance with state and local laws and oversee the daily operations of license facility that's right um I'll make I'll make a motion to conduct SE second consideration and adopt ordinance number 202 24-9 4 for the City of New Al Brown County Minnesota amending chapter 5 Section 5.03 subdivision 6 of the city code second we do have a motion and a second any further discussion those in favor signal by saying I I I opposed that motion does carry item um 7.1 under new business is leag of Minnesota City's insur Insurance trust liability coverage I assume this is the one we just renew every year yes with a non-wave right offer the resolution authorizing to not wave the monetary limits on Municipal Tor liability established by Minnesota statutes 46604 accepting liability coverage limits of 1,500,000 from the league of Minnesota cities effective January 1 2025 and authorize the city manager execute the waiver for all four and on behalf of the city of no home second thank you we have a motion in a second any further discussion director jensson please call the role ccor yes councelor Christian yes councel warka yes and president Becker yes motion does carry um item number 7.2 are the city council appointments for January 202's annual meeting and these are the recommended well this is just letting you know basically what everybody is doing right now and I highlighted the ones that councelor Schultz was associated with those are the ones for sure that we'll need addressing at the January meeting um the rest is up to council if they want to leave them the same or sure um I would ask if there is anyone that is interested in the vice president role for the city council L was our Council vice president so that means he runs the meetings in my absence something to think about before January so just yes something to consider um I know uh Council Christian you expressed some interest regarding Eda yep correct perfect and then we can talk with um everyone and our new counselors in regards to Cable Advisory board so we can and I I do have one that I'm going to bring up in January uh I've been on the Heritage preservation for eight years was also the liaison for 15 years I'm going probably go with the Eda so I'm going to be looking for somebody Heritage preservation but I am going to help plan the conference I'm not going to back out of that I will help plan that just a note sounds good Dave and I our new elect usually he is out in the audience but uh tell Mr Schmitz he should be here otherwise you get [Laughter] appointed okay um so um any other questions or comments otherwise I'll look for a motion to receive this report I'll offer a motion to receive an order filed report from the finance director regarding appointments to be made by the city council at the annual city council meeting on Tuesday January 7th 2025 second we do have a motion in a second any further discussion those in favor signal by saying I I opposed that motion does carry item 7.3 assignment of fire department officers no motion to approve the assignment of the following fire department officers for a calendar year ending December 31st 2025 first assistant chief Aaron Wilford second assistant Nate Osborne and the Fire Marshall Trent zel outstanding human beings I will second that thank you we do have a motion in a second any additional discussion those in favor signal by saying I I I that motion carries thank you all gentlemen item number 7.4 fire department donations I'll offer the resolution to accept the following donations to the fire department $155 from Pizza Ranch $200 from Christensen Farms $500 from ksky $1,375 from the Brown County egg Society was fair auction proceeds uh $500 from the Brown County egg Society for demolition derby assistance and uh $2,650 from Shell's Brewery from their fire brick for firefighters program second thank you we have a motion and a second any further discussion director jensson please call the role councelor Mack yes councelor Christian yes councelor warka yes and president Becker yes motion carries item 7.5 longdistance provider council president counselors um our current provider is has given us notice that they're discontinuing service on December 19th um so Brandon Our IT director um sent out um or contacted uh multiple Telecom providers with Nua uh the only one returning um a proposal uh we're looking at uh the NOA 1000 plan which is 1995 a month the first thousand minutes are point or 1.9 cents m and then 3 cents a minute for uh each minute after the first 1,000 um we would be ending our Rochester telecon system on 11:30 uh and then beginning with new Vera on 121 if this was approved I'll authorize the approval of a three-year quote provided by NOA for the NOA 1000 plan in the amount of $19.95 per month second thank you we have a motion in a second any additional discussion those in favor signal by saying I I I opposed that motion does carry one more item tonight loan number two loan to 214 North Minnesota Street LLC council president counselors this is a request for a loan um from the rebound group for The Lamplighter building uh they are looking for a total amount of $149,999 uh with an interest rate of 1% and a term of 10 years um this would be for um um internal stuffff fire sprink fire sprinkler system ada8 compliant restrooms mechanical electrical Plumbing um drywall um it does meet uh the standards um for the city revolving loan um they have at least a minimum of 10% equity in the project and the City Loan is less than 30% of the total project cost makes makes good sense and get some good use out of that building again um so I'll offer resolution authorized Al loone with conditions to 214 North Minnesota Street LLC in the Mount of 1,49 or $49,999 from the city's revolving Loan Fund to install a sprinkler system ADA Compliant restrooms new mechanical electrical and plumbing systems new interior drywall and paint flooring lighting exterior improvements and remodeling and other General improvements second thank you we do have a motion and a second any additional discussion director Jorgenson please call the role councel M yes councelor Christian yes councelor warka yes president beer yes that motion carries and with no additional business and no work session to follow the tonight's meeting is adjourned thank you