Based on the context provided and the content of the transcript, here is the formatted version with speaker identifications. **Note on Identifications:** While the context list provided some names, the roll call in the transcript includes several Council Members (Bringgold, Duncan, Giesme, Althoff) not appearing on your list. I have identified them as "Council Member" based on their presence and participation in the vote. *** [2:33] **Mayor Matt Montgomery**: That happened to me when I had a yard store. Good evening everyone, I'd like to call a March 2nd City Council meeting for the City of Cannon Falls to order. Sara, roll call please. [2:45] **City Clerk Sara Peer**: Bringgold? (Here). Duncan? (Here). Giesme? (Here). Kronenberger? (Here). Glendale? (Absent). Montgomery? (Here). Althoff? (Here). [3:05] **Mayor Matt Montgomery**: We rise for the Pledge of Allegiance. 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. [3:22] **Mayor Matt Montgomery**: Okay, approval of the agenda. [3:24] **Council Member Bringgold**: So moved. [3:25] **Council Member Duncan**: Second. [3:26] **Mayor Matt Montgomery**: Motion by Bringgold and a second by Duncan to approve the agenda. Any discussion? All in favor? (Aye). Opposed? Carried. That leads us to the public hearing: introduction and first reading of Ordinance 374, annexing land located in Cannon Falls Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 414.033, subdivision 2, permitting annexation by ordinance. Neil, you want to explain that? [4:09] **Neil [City Staff]**: I'll give you a brief introduction here. Josie and Zachary Hayes applied for an annexation of 12.4 acres in Cannon Falls Township. It went to P&Z on January 11th; they unanimously approved that to send it to City Council. The public hearing tonight is to take input on whether to annex that or not. When the annexation is complete, if approved, it will come into the city as an R3 Medium Density Residential. [5:09] **Mayor Matt Montgomery**: Okay, open the public hearing. Anybody want to speak on the annexation? Not hearing any, then we'll close the public hearing. Do we need a motion or we just move this to a second? [5:27] **Jon Radermacher (City Administrator)**: A motion to move it to a second hearing. [5:30] **Council Member Duncan**: I'll make a motion to move it forward. [5:32] **Mayor Matt Montgomery**: Okay, second that. Motion by Duncan, the second by Montgomery to move Ordinance 374 to a second hearing. Is there any other discussion? All in favor? (Aye). Opposed? Carried. Okay, Consent Agenda. Before I get into the Consent Agenda, we're going to table Item F—we're taking that off the agenda—Resolution 2537. [5:55] **Mayor Matt Montgomery**: Okay, Consent Agenda items may be adopted under one motion as presented or may be removed for discussion. Resolution is Council business; for you at home and in the audience, I'll go through the Consent Agenda. Item A: Disburse correct claims for the accounting period ending February 25th, 2021. Item B: Minutes for the February 16th, 2021 City Council meeting. Item C: Approve a union contract between the City of Cannon Falls and the Minnesota Public Employees Association, the Supervisors Unit. Item D: Approve the investigation of city affairs policy. Item E: Approve a full-time police officer hire. Item G: Resolution 2538 in support of a grant application of the Minnesota DNR for the Regional Trail Connections program. And Item H: Resolution 2539 relating to the Market Properties 2 LLC and the option to purchase land from the City of Cannon Falls. Is there anything that Council would like to pull down? Anything? If not, I'll take a motion to approve the Consent Agenda. [7:34] **Council Member Giesme**: Motion. [7:35] **Council Member Duncan**: Second. [7:36] **Mayor Matt Montgomery**: Motion by Giesme, second by Duncan to approve the Consent Agenda. Any other discussion? All in favor? (Aye). Opposed? Carried. Okay, we'll get right into reports. Kyle, Chamber? Oh, so soon. [8:05] **Kyle [Chamber of Commerce]**: That's exactly right. Good evening community and Council members. We are gearing up for the Chamber's Children's Easter Cruise. We're going to call it a "cruise" this year because it is a travel drive-through and they'll be driving through the fairgrounds. And so the Easter Bunny will be arriving by fire truck at 10 o'clock, and the vehicles will be coming in on the north gate by Hannah's Bend and exiting the south gate near the swimming pool. And then we will have the collections for the Cannon Falls food shelf out there on the route. And so if you bring donations, there may be gifts for you as you drop them off. And so we are needing volunteers just to help at the gates and to help with the cars, making sure they stay on the route and things like that. So if anyone's interested, they can sure call the Chamber office. [9:11] **Kyle [Chamber of Commerce]**: I would like to announce that the 2021 Discover Guide went to print yesterday morning—seems like it was a long time ago—and we should have it back in the Chamber office by March 19th. And then we'll get those distributed. They do go to all of the travel centers throughout the state of Minnesota and a good number of chambers that have requested them; they have people asking for our location. And then the rest go out to our businesses and campgrounds and restaurants—whoever would like to have them in their place of business for their customers or clients. And so we keep a big list of that. We did order 5,500 this year and so that'll hopefully do it for us; we won't have to scrimp and save at the end. Are there any questions? Good, that's it. Thank you. [10:14] **Mayor Matt Montgomery**: Thank you, Kyle. Okay, Police Commission. Jeff, you want to take that? [10:24] **Police Chief Jeff McCormick**: Sure. So the Police Commission met on February 22nd, and of the items, there were three items on the agenda. First one was the investigation of city affairs policy that was approved this evening on Consent. The second thing was a speed display sign. We had a discussion about the origin of speed, which was County Road 17, and that we still don't have a final outcome on that. I've been working with the County Engineer Assistant on that, and what the Police Commission recommended was, before we moved to the display signs, let's get that solved. And so they directed me to work with our City Attorney on creating or designating an "urban district." I've had those conversations, I've gotten some guidance, and so Council will likely see something coming before them maybe the next meeting. Once I get it drafted, I'm going to send it back to her to review to make sure it meets the finding of fact and stuff that this body will need to designate that. [11:27] **Police Chief Jeff McCormick**: Then with that done, we'll send it to the County Highway Department so it can get recorded and move through their process. Hopefully, we'll see some speed reduction on the hill area on County Road 17 in the spring when they can start putting signs in. Then that'll be coming back into the discussion for speed display signs that could be purchased through a cost share that the Goodhue County Highway Department has. Those signs could be displayed on the county roads; they would be movable if we chose to do that, which would be my recommendation. And then the third thing we talked about was, with the action that was taken this evening on approving the hire, we have the current police officer spots filled. We anticipate the possibility of another one occurring, and so the Police Commission discussed how they wanted to move forward and gave me some direction. So we're moving forward in that manner should that occur. And then we adjourned. [12:28] **Mayor Matt Montgomery**: Okay, thank you. How about the Joint Powers Trail Board? [12:35] **Police Chief Jeff McCormick**: Met on the 23rd. [12:37] **Mayor Matt Montgomery**: No? Me? No, not in February. [12:41] **Police Chief Jeff McCormick**: No, they skipped. [12:42] **Mayor Matt Montgomery**: They skipped. Okay. Okay, let's go around. I see Laura's out there. Laura, you have anything? [12:59] **Council Member Laura Kronenberger**: Nope, I'm good. Thank you, though. [13:03] **Mayor Matt Montgomery**: Okay. Jeff, anything else? Neil? Okay, let's go around the horn. Laura, anything? I'm good. Mary? Jill? Phil? No. See you? No. I guess I don't have anything either. So let's open up the public input. Citizens may speak to issues not on the agenda. For speaking, please give your name and address for the record and kindly limit your comments to three minutes. Public comments must be respectful, pertinent to city business, and adhere to applicable data privacy rules. The City Council will not take action on any issue raised by the public but may choose to schedule consideration of the item on a future agenda. Anybody would like to talk to public input? [14:10] **Mayor Matt Montgomery**: Second call, public input. Third and final call, public input. Hearing none, we'll close the public input section of the meeting. Before we adjourn, I'm just going to bring up a couple meetings coming up. On Thursday the 4th, we've got EDA, Public Works, and Park Board. On the 8th, next Monday, we've got Planning Commission and Library Board. And on the 23rd, we have a Joint Powers Trail Board—they should be meeting in March. Yeah, they have one scheduled; we'll be meeting in March. That being said, I guess I'll take a motion to adjourn. [15:02] **Council Member Duncan**: Motion. [15:03] **Mayor Matt Montgomery**: Second. Motion by Montgomery, second by Duncan to adjourn. All in favor? (Aye). Opposed? Carried.