Based on the context provided, here is the transcribed townhall meeting with speaker names added. [0:00] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** ...and stand for the pledge of allegiance. [0:03] **All:** I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [0:19] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Roll call, please. [0:21] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor Peterson? [0:23] **Joe Peterson:** Here. [0:24] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor Geissler? [0:25] **John Geissler:** Here. [0:26] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor Hjelle? Councilor LeBlanc? [0:30] **Brian LeBlanc:** Here. [0:31] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Mayor Boucher? [0:32] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Here. Announcements. Do any councilors have announcements this evening? [0:38] **Joe Peterson:** Not at this time. [0:40] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Uh, I'd like to thank everyone that was involved in putting on a very successful Summerfest. We managed to dodge the raindrops for most of it. Uh, appreciate the hard work that everybody put into it. Um, communications. Uh, is someone going to highlight the communication, Mr. Mulder? [0:53] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** I can. I just um we wanted to include um the various pieces of correspondence that we have relative to uh the possibility of um naming the softball fields after Tom Bang and we wanted to just include that for your information. [1:08] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** And staff is going through recommendations? [1:10] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** Yeah, we're going through a process to look at that. Uh we've talked with the park board a little bit and I would imagine that we'll have a recommendation to the council within the next month. [1:15] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Uh could you also give us a synopsis of the presentation on the Essentia Wellness Center expansion? [1:22] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** Sure. Um we have been in the process of working with LHB and um discussions with the Y about what um a possible expansion of the uh wellness center might look like. Um and it really kind of focused on maybe about five different items. Um one was the possibility of expanding uh child care. Um there's a a big need for child care in Hermantown. They have a waiting list of over 300. Um they currently can serve just over a hundred. Um this potential um expansion could double that. Um we also look like a possibility of adding a second gym and um with an outside court as well. We talked about an area for seniors um an area for seniors that wouldn't need to necessarily be members of the Y but could be um a senior center where people could um go there and gather and and have um you know interactions with with with other seniors there. Um in the second floor we talked about additional studio areas and we also talked about the possibility of um amongst other things there's maybe the school district um having their administrative offices in the area that um was the child care center. So, we're just starting that process of of talking about what might be included in that project and then also um what is a kind of a um order of magnitude in terms of cost and then just if you were to proceed, this is would be a time frame. It's going to take about if you wanted to proceed, it would take about two years from the when you hire an architect to getting it designed, getting it built and opened up. So, we just we're just having that initial conversation about what that might look like if that were something that you wanted to pursue. [3:11] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** And at this point, this is a concept and uh couldn't be moved on until there's funding available. [3:17] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** Right. [3:18] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Uh public discussion. This is a time that citizens can address the council about any item not on the agenda. We ask that you limit your time to three minutes per person. We will have time during the agenda items for public discussion on each item that's held up for a vote. So, is there anyone that wishes to speak to the council at this time? If so, please step forward and state your name and address. [3:50] **Jim Sweeney:** Hi, me again, Jim Sweeney. Address is 3929 Teal Lane. And I'm just mostly coming to ask uh is there been any updates on the Payton Acres dilemma uh as far as completion of sidewalk or uh drainage issues that have been there. [4:14] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Uh we have our city engineer. [4:16] **David B. (City Engineer):** Sure. So, mayor and council, about two weeks ago, we had a a precon meeting with uh the owners of of Payton Acres in regards to their their next phase of development. We also um discussed the um what I will call the drainage uh problem at the end of Teal Lane. At that time, um the developer said they were making some improvements and the public works director and myself were going to monitor that. And also um go out there and take a look at things. I was out there last week when it was raining and um there there there still in my opinion there's a lot of offsite water that's running onto the pavement around the cul-de-sac and um some of it is jumping the curb at at uh Mr. Sweeney's driveway and washing washing out. So we we're working with that developer to to make that correction. [5:25] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Have they been open to fixing the issue? [5:28] **David B. (City Engineer):** It—I'll say it's been a challenge. [5:32] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Is this a road that we've accepted? [5:34] **David B. (City Engineer):** We have accepted the utilities substantially. We I have not accepted the road as final completion. [5:45] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** So, we could hold off accepting the road until the corrections were made. [5:50] **David B. (City Engineer):** Correct. And that that was what I what I told the developer two weeks ago. [5:54] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. [5:55] **Jim Sweeney:** Okay. I lost 10 yards of material in that last big rainstorm right down my—right down my driveway. Um, and then another question I had, just a quick one. Is there or has there ever been uh considered a ordinance on pitbulls? [6:22] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** I don't believe there ever has been a problem even brought to us about pitbulls. [6:29] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** Yeah. Not breed specific, but we do have— [6:32] **Joe Peterson:** We have our own animal ordinance and— [6:35] **Jim Crace (Police Chief):** There are provisions in the—in our ordinances and in the state statutes for dangerous dogs. [6:42] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Okay. And there's been some recent enforcement on the dangerous dog issue in another part of Hermantown. So, uh, our police department is active in enforcing those. [6:52] **Jim Sweeney:** Okay. [6:53] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** But they're also complaint-based. [6:55] **Jim Sweeney:** Yeah. [6:56] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** So, if you do have a complaint about a potentially dangerous dog, uh, I would start with the police department as far as reporting it. [7:05] **Jim Sweeney:** Right. I—I two times I've talked to them and I, you know, I—I want to keep it good neighbors. [7:10] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Okay. [7:11] **Jim Sweeney:** But I don't like good people chasing my wife into their house either. [7:14] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Well, they they do deal with the complaints. It's a process that sometimes takes a while as evidenced by the one most recently, but there are results that are obtained. [7:29] **Jim Sweeney:** Thank you. [7:31] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Is there anyone else that wishes to speak to the council? If so, please step forward to the podium and start with your name and address. Is there anyone that wishes to speak to us under public discussion? With none, we will move on to motions. Approve the following medical combination cannabis retail registration of Vero Health of Minnesota LLC DBA green goods at 4960 Miller Trunk Highway number 300. Do we have a motion? [8:21] **Andy Hjelle:** Motion to approve. [8:23] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Motion by Councilor Hjelle to approve. Is there a second? [8:27] **John Geissler:** I'll second. [8:28] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Second by Councilor Geissler. Mr. Mulder. Is there someone on staff that would explain this or do you want to? [8:36] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** Uh I'll take a crack at it and uh the city attorney and city clerk can correct me when I'm wrong. Um so the process is they file with the state of Minnesota and then they have to be registered with the—with the city as we had talked previously. Um we had—we were going to limit it to one uh retail outlet. Um and because um this particular business already had the uh medical dispensary um from a number of years ago um we um said that we would um allow them to be the only. So they are now—if you approve this they would be registered and then they get their license from the state of Minnesota before they can do recreational marijuana. [9:21] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Any questions or comments from council? [9:24] **John Geissler:** Just to clarify, I had asked during the pre-agenda about the time frame for that and it seems like at this point the state has not determined a time frame for that. So, we shouldn't expect to see a recreational dispensary in the real near future. [9:39] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** No. [9:41] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Any other questions or comments from council? Is there any public input on this motion? Is there any public input on the motion to approve a medical combination cannabis retail registration? One last opportunity to approve the medical combination cannabis retail registration for Vero Health of Minnesota. Roll call, please. [10:21] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor Peterson? [10:23] **Joe Peterson:** Aye. [10:24] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor Geissler? [10:25] **John Geissler:** Aye. [10:26] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor Hjelle? [10:27] **Andy Hjelle:** Aye. [10:28] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor LeBlanc? [10:31] **Brian LeBlanc:** Aye. [10:32] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Mayor Boucher? [10:33] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Aye. Next is a consent agenda. Includes the minutes approval or correction of the July 7th, 2025 city council continuation minutes and accounts payable approved general city warrants from July 1st, 2025 through July 15, 2025 in the amount of $1,116,570.67. Is there a motion? [10:55] **John Geissler:** Move to approve. [10:57] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Motion by Councilor Geissler to approve. Is there a second? [11:00] **Brian LeBlanc:** Second. [11:01] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** And that was Councilor LeBlanc. Roll call, please. [11:05] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor LeBlanc? [11:06] **Brian LeBlanc:** Aye. [11:10] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor Hjelle? [11:11] **Andy Hjelle:** Aye. [11:12] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor Geissler? [11:13] **John Geissler:** Aye. [11:14] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor Peterson? [11:15] **Joe Peterson:** Aye. [11:16] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Mayor Boucher? [11:17] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Aye. Next. Ordinances. Uh this is the first reading, but we will have public opinion—uh public input on all three ordinances even though it's the first reading and no vote is taken. Ordinance 2025-14, an ordinance amending chapter 10, housing and buildings of the Hermantown city code. First reading. Do Mr.—Mr. Mulder, do we need a little explanation from staff? [11:53] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** Yeah, perhaps uh Brandon, our building official, could uh just give a brief explanation of uh what we're trying to do here with this ordinance. [12:00] **Brandon Holmes (Building Official):** Uh mayor and council, uh three primary goals with this ordinance before you today. First one is to repeal the extra-territorial provisions that were adopted uh in lump sum but never fully implemented. Second goal is to take away um specific language from our ordinance that has a need to continuously be updated as state statutes change uh and instead simply make reference to the state statutes so there's not as much need in the future to continue to update and/or risk conflicting language. Um and then lastly, we are clarifying the appeals process if anyone has a building code appeals that was—accident—that link was accidentally broken with fire code adoption about a year ago. So, we are simply clarifying that anyone with a building code appeal can apply to the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry Appeals Board and they'll be heard uh within 10 days. [12:44] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Okay. And that extra-jurisdictional— [12:47] **Brandon Holmes (Building Official):** Yep. [12:48] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Uh that was done by mistake when we adopted it? [12:50] **Brandon Holmes (Building Official):** Yeah. It was never fully in effect because it's a multi-part process to make it happen. But it at least gives the appearance that I'm required to enforce 2 miles outside of the jurisdiction. That was never the intent and that's not what we had wanted. [13:03] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Thank you. Any questions from council? Okay. Even though there's no vote on this evening on this—this evening, uh if there's any public input on this ordinance, please step forward to the podium. Is there any public input on the first reading of ordinance 2025-14? And last opportunity for public input on the ordinance amending chapter 10 housing and buildings of the city of Hermantown Code. Hearing none, we'll move on to ordinance 2025-15, an ordinance amending title two of the Hermantown city code by amending the official zoning map 4798 Miller Trunk Highway. This is another first reading. Mr. Mulder, do we have Mr. Johnson explain this? [14:14] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** Yes. [14:15] **Eric Johnson (Community Development Director):** Great. Thank you very much, Mr. Mayor and members of the council. Uh so in 2022 uh the city rezoned two 1-acre parcels uh located in the northwest quadrant of the Sunrise Cemetery. At that time they rezoned it from Public to C-commercial. Uh the applicant and the owner of that property has since been marketing uh those properties for potential sale development. Uh the applicant has recently uh been contacted by a potential developer who's looking to uh build on that property but needed some additional land to be able to accommodate their needs—particularly for parking. So what the applicant is requesting this evening is an additional 1/2 acre just south of the western portion be rezoned from Public to C-commercial. That would allow for these two lots to eventually be combined, make a 1 and a half acre buildable parcel at that point. In addition to this half-acre, uh the request is to rezone 0.15 acres associated to the right-of-way of Steener Road. In that case, uh that whole portion then would be rezoned Public to C-commercial. So, we wouldn't really have any gaps in our zoning maps that way. [15:18] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Are there any questions from council? Is there any public input on the first reading of this ordinance? Any public input on the first reading of ordinance 2025-15? Any public input on ordinance 2025-15? Hearing none, we'll move to another first reading 2025-16, an ordinance amending title two of the Hermantown city code by—amending the official zoning map 4798 Miller Trunk Highway. Mr. Mulder, is this Mr. Johnson again? [16:16] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** Yes. [16:17] **Eric Johnson (Community Development Director):** Great. Thank you again. So, in the course of uh reviewing the documents associated with this potential half-acre rezoning that we just heard, the survey discovered a discrepancy in the legal description of those previously uh approved uh two 1-acre sites. So, what this is is cleaning up that legal description. So, uh when these properties will actually truly abut each other, will not create any gaps associated between the two different parcels that way. [16:47] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Any questions or comments from council? With none, is there any public input on this ordinance? Any public input on the ordinance amending the official zoning map for 4798 Miller Trunk Highway. Last opportunity for public input on the first reading of ordinance 2025-16. Hearing none, we'll move to resolutions. Resolution 2025-117, resolution approving final plans and specifications and ordering advertisement for bids for the 2025 construction Hermantown Trails section 4 and part of section 3. Do we have a motion? [17:44] **Joe Peterson:** I'll make a motion to approve. [17:47] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Motion to approve by Councilor Peterson. Is there a second? [17:51] **Andy Hjelle:** Second. [17:52] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Second by Councilor Hjelle. Mr. Mulder, who should we have address this? [17:57] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** Let's have the city engineer address this. [18:00] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Mr. B. [18:02] **David B. (City Engineer):** Yeah. Thank you, mayor and council. So, this um resolution before you is for the um construction plans for what we're calling um sections four and three of the Hermantown Trail. And this is the—the first um piece of the trail that's going to be funded under the—the community recreation initiative. Um so this is the—uh these sections start at the southern um city boundary at Ghetto Road where we'll put a small trail head and then we'll build about 3/4 of a mile of trail north and east to the Keen Creek Park and then we'll um leapfrog 2,000 ft up to Morris Thomas Road because we previously had built that section and then we'll go another about 4,000 ft from Morris Thomas again north and east to the um Carlson Road right-of-way and then terminating on—at on Johnson Road. This—this trail um there's there's a few different walls that we'll be building. There's a bridge that—that we'll be building over Keen Creek and as a—we have an ad-alternate in this plan set and that ad-alternate is for the improvement to the parking lot at Keen Creek Park. So, we would convert the—the mass of gravel to a uh bituminous parking lot with striping and lighting and a new sign. And the estimate for all that is at—at 3.7 million. [20:00] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** I thought it was 3.2 million? [20:02] **David B. (City Engineer):** I think with—with the um—with the uh trail or the parking lot head. It was at—yeah the soft cost—so it was, excuse me, it was 2.9 for the trail and it was 0.4 for the—3.2 for the—yep, that's correct. 3.7 was from two weeks ago. Sorry. [20:19] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Okay. Thank you. Any questions or comments from council? Is there any public input on this resolution? Do we have any public input on resolution 2025-117? I'm sorry—is there any public input on the resolution approving final plans and specifications and ordering advertisement for bids for the construction of Hermantown Trail sections four and part of section three? Roll call, please. [21:05] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor Hjelle? [21:06] **Andy Hjelle:** Aye. [21:07] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor LeBlanc? [21:08] **Brian LeBlanc:** Aye. [21:09] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor Peterson? [21:10] **Joe Peterson:** Aye. [21:11] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor Geissler? [21:12] **John Geissler:** Aye. [21:13] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Mayor Boucher? [21:14] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Aye. Next is resolution 2025-118. Resolution approving amendments to the management compensation plan. Do we have a motion? [21:23] **John Geissler:** I'll move to approve. [21:25] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Motion by Councilor Geissler. Do we have a second? [21:28] **Joe Peterson:** I'll second. [21:30] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Second by Councilor Peterson. Mr. Mulder. [21:32] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** So we um the city has four different labor contracts. We just settled the last one uh two weeks ago with the AFSCME contract. Um and so we always wait for the management uh group to—um before we make any wage adjustments there. So this is uh making wage adjustments for just the management group consistent with what we've done with the various unions. [21:58] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Is there any questions or comments from council? [22:02] **John Geissler:** I would like to second what you said in the pre-agenda that it would be nice to have some discussion at least with the council about some of these changes. Not—not to say that any of them that you guys came up with this year are out of the question, but— [22:15] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** And I—I don't see anything wrong with uh the agreement that's come to. I just think it's important to have elected representation when we're dealing with negotiations with our employees. Uh it serves as a—a vehicle to show our employees that we care about what they're doing and it also makes us more accountable to the taxpayers for the results. Any other comments from council? Is there any public input on this resolution? Any public input on resolution 2025-118? Is there any public input on the resolution approving amendments to the management compensation plan? Roll call, please. [23:08] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor Peterson? [23:09] **Joe Peterson:** Aye. [23:10] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor Geissler? [23:11] **John Geissler:** Aye. [23:12] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor Hjelle? [23:13] **Andy Hjelle:** Aye. [23:14] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor LeBlanc? [23:15] **Brian LeBlanc:** Aye. [23:16] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Mayor Boucher? [23:17] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Aye. Next is resolution 2025-119. Resolution authorizing and directing mayor and city clerk to execute and deliver agreement for professional services with Short Elliot Hendrickson city engineer services for the Birch Hills subdivision development project in section 23. Do we have a motion? [23:46] **Joe Peterson:** I'll make a motion to approve. [23:49] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Motion to approve by Councilor Peterson. Is there a second? [23:53] **John Geissler:** Second. [23:54] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Second by Councilor Geissler. Mr. Mulder. [23:58] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** So the brief explanation of this and if uh you need more information we can turn that over to uh either Chad Ronchetti or um David B. But um we've talked about a lot about the land at um Morris Thomas and Okerstrom which the city purchased a little over a year and a half ago and um we've talked about the possibility of trying to develop that land um in a subdivision. So this would um be an engineering contract just to do the design of the infrastructure. Um and it's um at that point in time um if this is approved they would produce that design and if you wanted to proceed then you would um then could go out for bid um for the construction of that. So this is just for the design of that potential um subdivision. [24:53] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Any questions or comments from council? [24:57] **Joe Peterson:** Just clarification on the time frame. It was going to start quickly or this summer, fall, and then design over the winter and possible bidding in spring. [25:07] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** Yes. [25:08] **Joe Peterson:** Okay. [25:09] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Any other comments? [25:10] **Brian LeBlanc:** Uh maybe just for the sake of the people in chambers and anyone that may watch the meeting after the fact, I just reiterate what I said in pre-agenda that I—I think what this has snowballed into is not entirely what the initial intent of purchasing that land was for. It was for control, yes, but more so for making sure we got our easement where we wanted it for the trail. Um and I think it's—it's grown far outside what the initial intent was. [25:40] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Any other comments? Is there any public comment on this resolution? Is there any public comment on resolution 2025-119? Is there any comment from the public on the agreement for professional services with Short Elliot Hendrickson for the Birch Hills subdivision? Roll call, please. [26:19] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor Hjelle? [26:20] **Andy Hjelle:** Aye. [26:21] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor LeBlanc? [26:22] **Brian LeBlanc:** Nay. [26:23] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor Peterson? [26:24] **Joe Peterson:** Aye. [26:25] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor Geissler? [26:26] **John Geissler:** Aye. [26:27] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Mayor Boucher? [26:28] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Aye. Next is resolution 2025-120, resolution receiving proposed assessment role for the construction of Hermantown Road Improvement District number 541 and 542 Hermantown Road and Bridge and ordering a hearing thereon. Do we have a motion? [26:52] **Andy Hjelle:** Motion to approve. [26:54] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Motion by Councilor Hjelle to approve. Is there a second? [26:57] **Joe Peterson:** I'll second. [26:58] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Second by Councilor Peterson. Mr. Mulder, do you want to address this or do we have a member of staff? [27:03] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** No, I'll address this. In 2024, the city of Hermantown reconstructed um Hermantown Road from Ugstad east—or west to Highway 2 and then also Old Midway Road. Um and we also reconstructed the bridge over the Rocky Run. So, in the fall of 2024, um we held the assessment hearing and at that point in time, the city council decided to wait to proceed with the assessment because there was still a fair amount of work that needed to be done on the road and we wanted to make sure that that was done to our satisfaction. That work is primarily done now. Um and um so we want to start that process of having the assessment hearing that would be held on August 18th. Um, and if then at that point in time the council approves the assessment role, that assessment role would then take effect in 2026. [28:03] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Any questions or comments from council? Uh, I have a procedural question. We may have some uh appeals or challenges to individual assessments. Does the whole assessment wait until they're all resolved or do we pass the ones that there's no appeal and then deal with the other ones later? [28:22] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** We haven't discussed that with with the attorney, but my opinion is that you would proceed with um that unless you had, you know, if—if it was—if it was one person appealing it, then that's that one person. Otherwise, I think you proceed. So that that one uh assessment would be put on hold until it's resolved. I don't know that even if that might—it might—it may very—I—I don't know all the legals of this. So I'm going to just guess and [tell the] attorney and I'm wrong is that the assessment would be levied and if it's appealed then it could be overturned but in the meantime it's assessed. So it's kind of like in a—I would imagine it's similar to a labor contract. You work then grieve, but you continue to do the work. [29:08] **Staff/City Attorney:** I agree with Mr. Mulder. [29:10] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Okay. I just—just wanted to make— [29:12] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** You got it right. [29:13] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** I just wanted to make sure that we weren't looking forward to another delay in this process. [29:18] **Brian LeBlanc:** We're not going to put ourselves in a position where the city has to pay back money to any—anybody that was assessed, are we? [29:26] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** Well, the assessment wouldn't go on till next year's taxes. Yeah, hopefully they're all done by then. [29:33] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Any other questions or comments? Is there any public input on this resolution? Any public input on resolution 2025-120? Last opportunity for public input on the resolution receiving the proposed assessment role for the Hermantown Road construction. Roll call, please. [30:08] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor Geissler? [30:09] **John Geissler:** Aye. [30:10] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor Hjelle? [30:11] **Andy Hjelle:** Aye. [30:12] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor LeBlanc? [30:13] **Brian LeBlanc:** Aye. [30:14] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor Peterson? [30:15] **Joe Peterson:** Aye. [30:16] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Mayor Boucher? [30:17] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Aye. Next is resolution 2025-121, resolution authorizing and directing the mayor and city clerk to execute and deliver a purchase agreement with Thomas Anderson for Spencer Thomas Holdings LLC. Do we have a motion? [30:33] **John Geissler:** Move to approve. [30:35] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Motion by Councilor Geissler to approve. Is there a second? [30:38] **Joe Peterson:** I'll second. [30:39] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Second by Councilor Peterson. Mr. Mulder. [30:42] **John Mulder (City Administrator):** Um, so this is for the purchase of the lot that is at the uh corner of—Anderson, excuse me, Johnson and Morris Thomas that abuts uh the property that we have at um Morris Thomas and Okerstrom. And again, the process that we've used and we've um discussed at city council was to acquire that property to kind of amass um those two parcels on Johnson and then also the um the—the parcel um at Okerstrom and Morris Thomas so it's all one contiguous parcel with the idea of that would provide greater access to that property off of Johnson Road. [31:21] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Thank you. Do we have any questions or comments from council? Is there any public input on this resolution? Do we have any public input on resolution 2025-121? Any public input on the resolution authorizing a purchase agreement with Thomas Anderson for Spencer Thomas Holdings LLC? Roll call, please. [32:01] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor Peterson? [32:02] **Joe Peterson:** Aye. [32:03] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor Geissler? [32:04] **John Geissler:** Aye. [32:05] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor Hjelle? [32:06] **Andy Hjelle:** Aye. [32:07] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Councilor LeBlanc? [32:08] **Brian LeBlanc:** Nay. [32:09] **Alissa McClure (City Clerk):** Mayor Boucher? [32:10] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Aye. And do we have any need for a closed session this evening? Uh, next then is a motion to recess. [32:18] **Brian LeBlanc:** Move to recess. [32:19] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Motion by Councilor LeBlanc to recess. Do we have a second? [32:22] **Andy Hjelle:** Second. [32:23] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Second by Councilor Hjelle. All in favor say Aye. [32:26] **All:** Aye. [32:27] **Mayor Wayne Boucher:** Opposed? Same sign. [Meeting recessed]