This transcript features the Moose Lake City Council meeting. Based on the context provided and the dialogue, here is the identified speaker transcription. Note: The Mayor refers to the City Staff member as "Katie" throughout the meeting. While not on your specific list, she performs the duties of the **City Administrator (Ellissa Owens)** or **Deputy Clerk (Taylor Hansberry)**. I have labeled her as **City Staff (Katie)** for clarity. *** [0:00] **Mayor Jim Michalski:** I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Before we get into even approving the agenda, I thought we would kind of go over some rules so that we can operate I hope as smoothly as possible. It's kind of hard on telcon, but for each item as we go through it, like if we do a motion and we get a second, I'll ask Katie... [0:47] **Mayor Jim Michalski:** ...to do a roll call so that each person gives their vote. And then when we get to items in the agenda or discussion, I'll open it for discussion and then Katie go through the roll call again so each person has an opportunity to speak. And then when everyone speaks, if somebody else wants to speak again they can raise their hand—you know, just raise your hand to get attention—and then Katie would call that person. Otherwise, I think it's gonna get too complicated; we'll talk over each other and we won't be able to hear what's going on at all. Is that okay with... [1:33] **City Staff (Katie):** ...everyone? So, the thing that I'm going to be doing is, I think I have everybody. Maybe to start we should do a roll call so that I make sure I have everybody labeled correctly. And I'm going to mute everybody that is not a counselor until the public comment period. I will unmute so that if anybody wants to address the council they are able to, and then I will mute again starting with the departmental reports and continue on for the rest of the meeting. There are no other public portions of the meeting, and so that'll get rid of some of the background noise also. Okay... [2:22] **City Staff (Katie):** ...so did you want to do a roll call now? **Mayor Jim Michalski:** Sure. **City Staff (Katie):** Mayor Michalski? **Mayor Jim Michalski:** Yes, here. **City Staff (Katie):** Louie? [Lou Ohly] **Council Member Lou Ohly:** Here. **City Staff (Katie):** Doug? [Douglas Juntunen] **Council Member Douglas Juntunen:** Here. **City Staff (Katie):** Kris? [Kris Huso] **Council Member Kris Huso:** Here. **City Staff (Katie):** Walter? [Walter Lower III] **Council Member Walter Lower III:** Here. **City Staff (Katie):** I think that's all of you. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Yep. And then your mic on... [3:03] **Mayor Jim Michalski:** All right. The next item is the approval of agenda, and I do have an addition change to make. After the public comment, I would like Katie to give us a city department operations review. So, before after number three and before number four, Katie just kind of go through all the departments, their operation, who's working who isn't. And then I'll speak a little bit about what the governor has brought out today—there's a change in the stay-at-home initiative and back-to-work type stuff—and then... [3:49] **Mayor Jim Michalski:** ...we'll go into the Department report. Does anyone else have any changes or additions? Hearing none, do I have a motion to accept the agenda? **Council Member Douglas Juntunen:** So moved. **Council Member Kris Huso:** I'll second. **Mayor Jim Michalski:** Thank you. All in favor say aye, and I'll have Katie do the roll call. **City Staff (Katie):** [Conducts roll call vote] Yes. [4:43] **Mayor Jim Michalski:** All right, motion carried. Moving on to the consent agenda, we have 2a: the minutes for March 11th, 2020 City Council regular meeting minutes. Do we have any discussion or questions on the minutes? If anyone has anything, raise your hand or speak up. Hearing none, I'll go through the financial reports too then we'll just do one motion. Following on to 2b: the financial reports. Number one, we have the... [5:29] **Mayor Jim Michalski:** ...city accounts payable for March 2020. Number two is the city financial statements for March 2020. And number three, the liquor store profit/loss statement for February and March 2020. Any discussion or questions on the financial reports? Doug? **Council Member Douglas Juntunen:** Well, I would just ask if it's possible—thank you Katie—I just asked if it's possible, since we're looking at year-to-date March, is there a way to get one more column in there comparable to 2019 March, and then April next month or things of that nature? I'm talking about the liquor store... [6:19] **Council Member Douglas Juntunen:** ...number three, year-to-date. We made $4,018 in March. I'm just wondering if we could compare month-to-month or see where we're at historically. **City Staff (Katie):** I can do that. **Council Member Douglas Juntunen:** Thank you. **Mayor Jim Michalski:** Any other questions or comments? Hearing none, do we have a motion to accept the consent agenda and have Katie do the roll call? **Council Member Walter Lower III:** I'll make a motion. **Council Member Douglas Juntunen:** I'll second it. [7:09] **City Staff (Katie):** [Conducts roll call vote] Doug? **Council Member Douglas Juntunen:** Aye. **City Staff (Katie):** Walt? **Council Member Walter Lower III:** Aye. **City Staff (Katie):** [Continues roll call] **Mayor Jim Michalski:** Motion carried. I suppose I should ask any nays? None. Moving on to public comment. This time is reserved for comments from the public on matters not listed on the agenda. Please keep comments to three minutes. Then... [8:04] **Mayor Jim Michalski:** ...Katie, if you please give us kind of a rundown on the city department operations and who's working right now. **City Staff (Katie):** Sure. I think it'd probably be harder to tell you who *is* working. The Public Works crew, they're staying home unless there's a water break or backup, that kind of thing. So, coming in every day to check on things and do maintenance type things, but there are no like extra projects planned right now. Governor Walz—I didn't get a chance to watch it—but Governor Walz extended the stay-at-home. He did something from what I'm... [8:53] **City Staff (Katie):** ...hearing from Ted. There was a stipulation in there that if you have the ability to stay within the social distance six feet, then you can support work. However, if that's not a possibility—such as places like the DMV, the library, places that are kind of confined spaces where you can't stay within that six feet—then he recommends that those places stay closed. I believe as long as it's okay with you guys, I kind of talked to Phil about it... [9:40] **City Staff (Katie):** ...but I think the public guys are going to come back starting on Monday after this current home order expires. So that's what's going on with Public Works. DMV is still closed. The senior dining area is closed to the public; they're still doing home-delivered meals. The library is closed. The arena staff is not there. Our police department is still fully staffed. Am I forgetting anything? **Mayor Jim Michalski:** No, I think you hit it all. Just a little bit on what the... [10:26] **Mayor Jim Michalski:** ...governor went over today. As Katie said, the stay-at-home initiative is being pushed out to May 4th. That means any public gathering places would have to stay closed business-wise. Unfortunately, Walter, like your business, and restaurants, and what you call gathering-type places where a lot of people gather together, all that has to stay closed, like the library and the DMV. We can do off-sale but not on-sale for liquor. All those gathering places have to stay... [11:12] **Mayor Jim Michalski:** ...closed. Any businesses that are open will stay open, the ones that are called critical. He did talk about the back-to-work initiative. Since Minnesota's curve is the lowest curve of all the states, our state was able to keep the lowest number of new incidents of COVID-19. So, like Phil, as long as you guys can social distance—I know there's sometimes you have to work close because of safety and you've got to have two people on the job—but pretty much in general, they can go back to work. I'm guessing Joel at the park with his two maintenance guys, they can start cleaning the park now that the snow has melted. As far as the rest, it sounds like we would have to keep the status quo. I know Katie, some of the libraries in the region are doing different things like allowing pickup, but I don't know... [12:44] **Mayor Jim Michalski:** ...since we've been closed, I just can't see changing it until May 4th. **City Staff (Katie):** Yeah, I think so. If you guys want to open it, we certainly can try it. **Mayor Jim Michalski:** I just don't see it at this time unless they have work they can do themselves, like the director coming in to do some work or catch-up stuff as long as they are not interacting with the public. There's something that we should talk about in this part, and that is the... [13:30] **Mayor Jim Michalski:** ...parks. There's no problem with the guys working and cleaning up the place, but the way they brought things out, I don't see us opening up even the summer realm for people coming in and parking. I'd push it back to May 15th. **City Staff (Katie):** Go ahead, Katie. Oh, wait, I actually have that as an agenda item under number two. **Mayor Jim Michalski:** Okay, well we can... [14:15] **Mayor Jim Michalski:** ...start it now and I might as well finish it. For the seasonal people, instead of May 1st, push it back to May 15th. We'll have another City Council meeting before then, and we may have more direction from the governor by then after the May 4th deadline is reached. I did talk to Joel about that and he sees no problems. He'll just have to notify anybody that's scheduled early. He does have the two workers though that come down and they have trailers, but if there's just two of them in there and they're working, I don't see any problem with that part—just not letting any seasonals come in until the 15th. And you... [15:03] **Mayor Jim Michalski:** ...know, because they'll have to start the mowing, the painting, and all the brush cleanup. That'll probably go for the cemeteries also. The work could start once the snow is out. Phil, more work to do! It kind of all comes together. So with that, I'll open that up for any discussion, any ideas from anybody or statements? **Council Member Douglas Juntunen:** I guess I would like to... [15:51] **Council Member Douglas Juntunen:** ...I would like it to be a steadfast date. A lot of people in this area, if they can go out for opening fishing, this would be the opportunity if that order was lifted. If the governor comes on May 1st and says after May 4th I'm going to lift it, I'd like to see people be able to utilize those things. Plus those people are paying money for a seasonal rental. I don't know how that's gonna affect it. That's just food for thought. **Mayor Jim Michalski:** Yeah, I think the... [16:38] **Mayor Jim Michalski:** ...problem on some of them is they're coming long distance. If they know there's a date they can be there, it may take them three days to travel to get here. I thought if we had a firm date, they know they can leave at this time. I see what you're saying though, Doug. **Council Member Douglas Juntunen:** Yeah, and that's why I guess to get you guys' input. **Mayor Jim Michalski:** Do we know when opening fishing is? [17:24] **Council Member Douglas Juntunen:** I guess I don't know when the opener is. I just looked at my calendar and it doesn't say. **Mayor Jim Michalski:** I heard guys say he canceled his fishing trip. **Council Member Kris Huso:** Yes, he did. **Mayor Jim Michalski:** But if he canceled the actual opening day, probably not. **Council Member Walter Lower III:** Well, what I heard last is that he canceled his fishing... [18:11] **Council Member Walter Lower III:** ...trip but fishing was still being allowed. That was a couple days ago that I heard that. I just don't know the date. **Council Member Kris Huso:** Isn't it generally Mother's Day weekend, which would be like the 12th? **Council Member Walter Lower III:** I believe you're right, but I heard the same thing as well—that he canceled his trip but opening fishing would remain. **Mayor Jim Michalski:** Why don't you let Katie and I talk with Joel, and if there's anyone planned to come in already, we can see if there is a problem. One of the problems is that the... [18:59] **Mayor Jim Michalski:** ...public bathrooms won't be open. There will be the porta-potties, of course, but there wouldn't be the showers available until it's actually officially opened. **City Staff (Katie):** I guess I don't know. I know it's not really my call, but the stay-at-home order is for people to stay at home and not go camping. As much as I love camping, I just don't know... [19:44] **Council Member Kris Huso:** I agree with Katie. I don't think we should be opening the campground at all until it's the end of May. Even if he lifted it on the 4th, that's really still too soon. I think that he's probably going to extend it again, and I just think you should be looking for the end of May, unfortunately. **City Staff (Katie):** What I... [20:32] **City Staff (Katie):** ...can do is take the people who have paid and who still owe money, and I will take whatever they pay, divide it out so I can get a by-month amount, and then reimburse them a month of their seasonal rate. I feel like that's fair if they're missing out on a month. **Mayor Jim Michalski:** I understand what everyone's saying. I'm gonna recommend we do it for the 15th. We will have another City Council meeting before then, and if we extend it, we extend it. I think Kris had her... [21:20] **Council Member Kris Huso:** ...hand up first. Thank you. Well, I guess, you know, I'm looking at all the things that people are saying about advising people not to go to their cabins, don't come up north. I think that we're giving them the okay that they can come to our small town, and I still would support the end of May. **Council Member Walter Lower III:** Well, I just wanted to point out, the small businesses are obviously going to be depending on the campground. The soonest we can open it up will be important to them. I do worry that if we keep it closed... [22:08] **Council Member Walter Lower III:** ...too long, the people that are planning to come here will start looking for another campground if there's other campgrounds that are going to be open in the area. But I do like the ability to be able to look at it again at the next meeting. If it could be... [22:53] **Council Member Walter Lower III:** ...done safely by May 15th, I would be open for that too. **Mayor Jim Michalski:** The only one we haven't heard from is Lou. Do you have any input, Lou? **Council Member Lou Ohly:** I just think the governor is gonna decide for us. We can put any date we want, but I think yet the way things are going, I don't think it's going to be lifted until June. [23:33] **Mayor Jim Michalski:** We have quite a difference. Maybe we should do this by motion and vote, and that way we will know where we're at. Does anyone have a motion? **Council Member Douglas Juntunen:** I think we can say the 15th as long as Joel lets people know that it may not be for sure. **Mayor Jim Michalski:** I think we should just get a firm date on it, whether it's the end of May or the 15th. **Council Member Douglas Juntunen:** I'll make a motion that we do the... [25:08] **Council Member Douglas Juntunen:** ...15th with the understanding that if Governor Walz changes the opening, or something comes up that we're unable to open on the 15th, the seasonal people are given notice. It is a tentative date on the 15th and it could go to June or longer, and they need to check in with the campground director prior to coming. [25:34] **Mayor Jim Michalski:** Any further discussion? **Council Member Kris Huso:** Could we change to the 22nd? That would be Memorial Day weekend. The 15th isn't gonna make fishing season anyway. I'm not sure why the 15th is such an important date. If we're missing opening fishing, then why don't we just push it another week to Memorial Day weekend, which would be the 22nd? **Mayor Jim Michalski:** Doug would have to change his motion... [26:22] **Council Member Douglas Juntunen:** I would be willing to amend my motion to make it that Friday? I would like it to be open on that Friday, the 22nd. I would be fine with that amending my motion if Walt was okay with seconding that. **Mayor Jim Michalski:** Anybody have a calendar? **City Staff (Katie):** Yes, the Friday would be the 22nd. **Mayor Jim Michalski:** Doug, are you amending your motion? **Council Member Douglas Juntunen:** Yes, to the 22nd. **Council Member Walter Lower III:** I'll second it. [27:11] **Mayor Jim Michalski:** All in favor say aye. Katie, do the roll call. **City Staff (Katie):** [Conducts roll call vote] **Mayor Jim Michalski:** Motion carried. I guess before we move on, the last thing would be the agreement on the... [27:57] **Mayor Jim Michalski:** ...back to work. I think we're all in agreement with the Street Department back to work as long as you can hold the social distancing. That would be the same with Joe and his two workers. I don't think we have anyone else. One other thing then would be the Arena. Because there's no public allowed in it, I guess those workers could come back too as long as they do social distancing. Katie, you would have to talk to Todd on that. [28:53] **City Staff (Katie):** Okay. **Mayor Jim Michalski:** All right. Sheriff Lake is on. **Sheriff Kelly Lake:** Yes, I'm here. [29:41] **Sheriff Kelly Lake:** All right, so for the Police Department, you'll find the police report. Calls for services from March 1st to March 31st was 144. In addition, we had an hour at the MSOP and one hour for ECRC. As far as the department, you guys have probably been brought up on it, but the update on the COVID policy for responding to calls: we ensure the squad is getting disinfected, we have masks, gloves, sanitizer... [30:29] **Sheriff Kelly Lake:** ...spray, and everything they need to protect themselves. Any calls that can be taken are being done over the phone. If required to go in person, we are advised to maintain that six-foot social distance. We have the front lobby still shut down; it's just essential employees. No fingerprints are being done. We have done a couple gun permits; we just put the permits outside and they pick them up and drop them off for us. The businesses in town... [32:00] **Sheriff Kelly Lake:** ...they've all been very compliant. The community overall seems to be doing what they can. I've been trying to buy from the businesses in town to give them some support right now. Other than that, it's pretty much the same as usual—fully staffed and ready to respond. I'm proud of our community though; the community is definitely coming together like every other emergency situation. **Mayor Jim Michalski:** Thank you, Sheriff. Under Staff... Public Works Superintendent report. Go ahead, Phil. [33:44] **City Superintendent Phil Entner:** Okay, so on the Water Department, last month we distributed 4 million gallons of drinking water. Currently, we still have two services running water to prevent freezing; we should see an end to that in the next couple of weeks. Hydrant flushing is scheduled for the 4th of May. Sewer department collection system collected 15.8 million gallons. Wastewater treatment system is just coming out of winterization; we are starting our spring discharge possibly next week. Every sewer cleaning program is in place. We... [34:31] **City Superintendent Phil Entner:** ...got off to a really good start before the guys got sent home. We were able to get 7,500 feet done. We have an additional 14,000 feet to go, which we're going to be starting back in on Monday. Street department pothole filling is going to be starting Monday, and also street sweeping should be starting the week of the 20th. That should take about a week to complete. Other than that, I'll be just about back to full staff by Monday. So I think that's all I have. Any questions? **Mayor Jim Michalski:** Thank you very much. [35:36] **Mayor Jim Michalski:** Skipping technology... I am sorry about that technology. **City Staff (Katie):** The library had their annual report that was due on the 31st. I believe she submitted it without getting board approval from the library board because the state was being a little bit lenient with signatures. Technology—anything exciting aside from maintaining? We had the liquor store computer come back, and the police department computer took a dive; they tried to wipe as many... [36:23] **City Staff (Katie):** ...files off of that as they could. **Mayor Jim Michalski:** I have just one question, Katie. Do we have any help on the update of our TV thing? Is he talking a month yet, or June or July? **City Staff (Katie):** He is scheduled... [37:12] **City Staff (Katie):** ...for the first week in May. We're in contact with Mediacom, and actually Bill Carlson has been helping with the original agreement because we do need an IP address. I'm having Bill help with that. It looks like Mediacom would hopefully be the provider for the internet for the system that does the streaming part of it. **Mayor Jim Michalski:** So, May 1st you're looking at that? **City Staff (Katie):** Yeah, depending if they get equipment. [37:59] **Mayor Jim Michalski:** Very good. Good idea. **City Staff (Katie):** I did mention to them that we don't want to be down on our system, so what they may do is get equipment all set up and not, in a sense, throw the switch until we're into a little bit more stable environment. **Mayor Jim Michalski:** Very good. Anyone have any questions on technology? Hearing none, we'll move on to the City Engineer report. Katie? **City Staff (Katie):** We did a couple big openings for the sewer lining project and the well. The next step is that I have to complete a rate study based off of estimates that engineers have... [39:31] **City Staff (Katie):** ...right now, so I'll be working on that this coming month. We've got some bids that we have to approve for the sewer lining project as well as the well. Then maybe mention about that trail grant. We submitted a trail grant application for a couple things. One is for the blue line trail—it's a part of the trail that's really busted up—and then another grant would be to help us bridge the gap for the Trunk Highway 73 trail extensions. We have a lot of money so far... [40:18] **City Staff (Katie):** ...I want to say at least $350,000. So we'll see what happens there. **Mayor Jim Michalski:** Very good. Any questions? **Council Member Douglas Juntunen:** Well, I see that the seh sewer lining... the engineers estimated they were at 145, is that correct? [41:34] **City Staff (Katie):** The base bid is the main part of the sewer lining project, and then the alternate bids were two alternate projects we were seeing how much it would cost. **Council Member Douglas Juntunen:** I'm just saying I believe the engineer's estimate for the base bid was $145,000, and it looks like they came in under budget by $10,000. Is that correct? [42:18] **City Superintendent Phil Entner:** So, the alternate bids were two different projects. One was to do an additional section of pipe. The other one was to line the manholes in the section of pipe we are already lining, which I would highly recommend we do. **Mayor Jim Michalski:** Align those because they're old? They're not a solid piece of cement; they're brick, correct? **City Superintendent Phil Entner:** Correct. [43:04] **Mayor Jim Michalski:** So they leak terribly. However, I don't think that totally answers Doug's question, Phil. **Council Member Douglas Juntunen:** I was just wondering if we came in under budget of the main engineer estimate. And then I had a second comment on Wells 3 & 4—we have $180,000, but I do not see where the engineer's bid or estimate was on that. **City Staff (Katie):** I think after listening to Phil, yes, I think it's good coming under budget. I know that we gave them a hundred thousand dollars for the base bid. Yes, they did come in a little bit under budget for the base bid. For your second question... [44:39] **City Staff (Katie):** ...on page 61, there is the letter from SEH. The bid came in at $180,000 and the engineer's estimate was $170,000, so it's about $10,000 over what they estimated. **Council Member Walter Lower III:** I was just gonna bring up that information on that sheet. The sewer line project looks like Granite Inliner did $96,000 and the engineer's estimate was $108,000, from the way that I understand it. **City Staff (Katie):** Yes, that's correct. [45:52] **Mayor Jim Michalski:** What that allows is I'm hoping that Phil can get some of those things in, like those manholes. If you have manholes that leak like crazy, we're only fixing part of the problem. I'm hoping with these under-bids we can make a dent in that. **City Staff (Katie):** I do have Mark Wallace, the engineer for the Wells project. He emailed me about the drawings for the well house itself, and I will send pictures. He added color to them, though the color is not set in stone. **Council Member Kris Huso:** I'm just taking it all in. [47:24] **Mayor Jim Michalski:** If anybody else has any questions on the engineering report... there is a lot in here. One other question from me, Katie: was the garage up by the school, the old school, is that all gone now? **City Staff (Katie):** I believe it was Thursday and it was half gone. **Council Member Douglas Juntunen:** No, I just took a walk by there yesterday. Everything that was left there was just the foundation. All the wood structure is gone. **City Staff (Katie):** And I believe the foundation is going to be removed by the company as part of the bid. [48:58] **Mayor Jim Michalski:** Chamber of Commerce—a lot of their events are dependent on city property, like Ag Days and the triathlon. The triathlon has been cancelled. They have not cancelled Ag Days yet, that's in July. But it takes quite a few meetings and time. So they're kind of waiting on us to see if we're able to open the building up. I think social distancing and stuff will be in effect for quite a while. And we have a problem with the 4th of July also... [50:31] **Mayor Jim Michalski:** ...how do you do social distancing when you have a couple thousand people for a parade? I don't know how we can tell them or make a decision now. **City Staff (Katie):** I think we'll have more information if we just kind of hang on for a few weeks here. **Mayor Jim Michalski:** Yeah, so I guess what I'd like to ask from the council is to give Katie and I the authority to say no to them if things change. **Council Member Kris Huso:** Well, I mean, every county and city is gonna be having these problems. We just have to follow what the governor says. [52:05] **Mayor Jim Michalski:** We're not gonna know for a good month. They're going to have to make a decision to either close it on their own or wait for us. I want to still schedule the 4th of July fireworks at minimum, but they may even be canceled. Moving on then to number 6: previously discussed business. 6a is a Legacy of Excellence donation request. Katie? **City Staff (Katie):** Their letter outlines what their plans are to do with the money—the main focus was the playground stuff at the new school construction and a scholarship program. [54:27] **Mayor Jim Michalski:** Could you tell me what they're asking again for the donation? **City Staff (Katie):** She said $5,000, and I told her that probably wouldn't happen, but she said they'd take whatever. **Mayor Jim Michalski:** We've never given anything close to that amount. We donate $300 a year to post-prom and some to the Chamber. How much do we have in the fund right now? **City Staff (Katie):** About $2,300. **Mayor Jim Michalski:** I'll open up for discussion. Doug? [55:14] **Council Member Douglas Juntunen:** If you'd entertain a motion, I guess I would just like to start the ball rolling. If we gave $400 or something of that nature, it would suffice. I think the whole purpose of having this fund is to support the community. **Council Member Walter Lower III:** I would go ahead and support this, but it's just a question of the amount. I don't have a problem with Doug's suggestion of $400. **Mayor Jim Michalski:** Are you making a motion? **Council Member Walter Lower III:** Yes, I'll make a motion that we give them $400. **Council Member Douglas Juntunen:** I'll second it. [57:29] **City Staff (Katie):** [Conducts roll call vote] Motion carried. Moving on to 6b: the 2020 local Board of Appeals and Equalization. I think we should cancel the physical meeting with the understanding that if anyone has a problem, they can call and speak directly with the county. This is the meeting where people discuss their valuation. **Mayor Jim Michalski:** I think that's a smart thing. Do we have a motion? **Council Member Douglas Juntunen:** I'll make that motion to cancel our board of appeals meeting and direct them to the county. **Council Member Kris Huso:** I'll second it. [59:53] **Mayor Jim Michalski:** Motion carried. Moving on to new business, 7a: the 2020 Clerks Institute. **City Staff (Katie):** It got rescheduled for July 20th through the 24th in St. Cloud. I will be gone physically from work that week, but I have my computer. **Mayor Jim Michalski:** Thank you, Katie. I think 7b we already completed (Campground and Parks). 7c: the resolution 2004.01 lccmr grant application. This is hopefully to close the gap on the trail. We are $323,000 short right now. [1:02:09] **Mayor Jim Michalski:** Do we have a motion on resolution number 20-04-01? **Council Member Kris Huso:** So moved. **Council Member Walter Lower III:** I'll second. **City Staff (Katie):** [Conducts roll call vote] Motion carried. **Mayor Jim Michalski:** Number 7d: mailbox policy. Phil? **City Superintendent Phil Entner:** So, mailboxes are a pain for blowing snow. What I have is a copy of Carlton County's mailbox policy. I am saying we do need something in place because right now there is absolutely nothing on the books. [1:05:27] **City Superintendent Phil Entner:** It is typically the snow coming from the plow that impacts the box. A mailbox is private property in a city right-of-way. In that packet, it shows a swinging post. It swings out of the way when snow hits it and returns back to its normal position. I think we should have something that spells everything out. It works out for the Postal Service too; it meets their specs. **Mayor Jim Michalski:** I think everyone should understand that if we have this policy, it doesn't force anyone to change their mailbox, but it protects the city from having to repair them. [1:09:25] **Council Member Kris Huso:** As I was reading through it, it spells it out. If this is what the county is going with, it's a protection for us as well as for them. I would say go with this same language. **Council Member Walter Lower III:** I'd concur with Kris here. **Council Member Douglas Juntunen:** I'll make that motion to accept this as policy. **Council Member Walter Lower III:** I'll second it. **City Staff (Katie):** [Conducts roll call vote] Motion carried. [1:12:34] **Mayor Jim Michalski:** Moving on to 7e: trail connection grant submission. Katie already talked on that. Page 55, those who bypass the trail. We had a washout. **City Staff (Katie):** He submitted an application at the end of March. The pavement portion of it is really bad right now. **Mayor Jim Michalski:** The MS 150 cannot use the trail in that condition, so they'll have to route all the bikers through the industrial road. Hopefully we get that grant. Moving on to 7f: the 2020 fee schedule. [1:15:42] **City Staff (Katie):** I updated the 2020 fee schedule. The only changes are the peddler's permit and the Farmer's Market fee. **Council Member Douglas Juntunen:** The Farmer's Market fee at $100—is that annually? **City Staff (Katie):** Annually for the entire season. **Mayor Jim Michalski:** Do we have a motion to accept those changes on the fees? **Council Member Kris Huso:** I'll make a motion. **Council Member Walter Lower III:** I'll second. **City Staff (Katie):** [Conducts roll call vote] Motion carried. [1:18:29] **Mayor Jim Michalski:** Moving on to 7g: the sewer lining bid awards. **City Staff (Katie):** They recommend Granite Inliner. Phil, maybe you can explain the manholes? **City Superintendent Phil Entner:** There are three of them. **Mayor Jim Michalski:** While we're doing it, we might as well do it well. Those are the old manholes with brick. Do we have a motion to accept Granite Inliner's base bid of $96,666 and alternate bid of $10,137? **Council Member Walter Lower III:** I make a motion that we accept. **Council Member Douglas Juntunen:** I'll second. **City Staff (Katie):** [Conducts roll call vote] Motion carried. [1:21:48] **Mayor Jim Michalski:** Moving on to 7h: Wells 3 & 4 construction bid award. They recommended Trout Companies at $180,180. **Council Member Douglas Juntunen:** I'll make a motion that we accept the low bid of $180,180. **Council Member Kris Huso:** I'll second. **City Staff (Katie):** [Conducts roll call vote] Motion carried. **Mayor Jim Michalski:** Moving on to 7i: 4th Street service change. **City Superintendent Phil Entner:** Seh called yesterday about moving the location of that water main to stay out of 4th Street to eliminate utility conflicts. It's going to be considerably cheaper and faster. [1:24:59] **Mayor Jim Michalski:** So we would just have a small area to repair, not the whole street. That saves us a little bit of money. **City Staff (Katie):** I did want to update you guys—I want to wait until our audit is finished before I give an update on where we're sitting with sales tax and the franchise fees. **Mayor Jim Michalski:** Moving on to number 8: correspondence. **Rory [Guest]:** The communication bill provides a connection with the Depot and Augustana. Content into the community is the focus. [1:28:51] **Mayor Jim Michalski:** Thanks, Rory. Just to keep everybody up to date. Moving on to number 10: announcements. The next City Council meeting will be Wednesday, May 13th at 4:00 PM. Housing and Redevelopment, Fire District meeting... Lou, maybe give us an update on the Fire District? **Council Member Walter Lower III:** We'll be having our meeting next Tuesday. We'll do it in the big garage part to get social distancing. **Mayor Jim Michalski:** Library board is canceled. Anything else, Katie? [1:31:51] **City Staff (Katie):** I just want to double check—do you guys want to have a weekly meeting? **Council Member Walter Lower III:** If we don't have to, I'm fine with not having it. If there's an emergency, we can have it. **Council Member Douglas Juntunen:** I would leave them on the books for every Wednesday since they're already set up, and then we can cancel it if we don't have anything that we need to talk about. **Council Member Lou Ohly:** I'll follow Doug. **Mayor Jim Michalski:** Okay, I think we have consensus. Do we have a motion to adjourn? **Council Member Walter Lower III:** I'll motion. **Council Member Lou Ohly:** Second. **Mayor Jim Michalski:** All in favor. Motion carried, we're adjourned. Thanks everyone.