[0:10] Mayor Jim Michalski: All right, like to welcome everyone to the regular meeting Moose Lake City Council for Wednesday, September 11th, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. The first item on the agenda is a Pledge of Allegiance. [0:30] Council & Audience: 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. [0:51] Mayor Jim Michalski: Like to welcome our guests here tonight, thanks for coming. The next item on the agenda is approval of the agenda. Do we have any corrections, additions, changes? Hearing none, do we have a motion for the agenda? [1:10] Council Member Walter Lower III: So moved. [1:12] Mayor Jim Michalski: I have a second? [1:13] Council Member Douglas Juntunen: I'll second. [1:14] Mayor Jim Michalski: All in favor say aye. (Aye) Opposed? Motion carried. Moving on to number two, the consent agenda. 2A, the minutes. First one, regular City Council meeting for August 14th, 2024. Number two, the special City Council meeting, August 22nd, 2024. Number three, special City Council meeting, September 5th, 2024. Do I have any questions or comments on the minutes? Can I get an approval? [2:00] Council Member Kris Huso: So moved. [2:02] Council Member Lou Ohly: I'll second. [2:03] Mayor Jim Michalski: All in favor say aye. (Aye) Opposed? Motion carried. Under 2B, Financial reports. Number one, city accounts payable for August 2024. Number two, the city financial statements, August 2024. Number three, the liquor store profit-loss statement for August 2024. Any discussion or questions? Hearing none, do we have a motion? [2:33] Council Member Douglas Juntunen: So moved. [2:35] Mayor Jim Michalski: Have a second? [2:36] Council Member Walter Lower III: I'll second. [2:37] Mayor Jim Michalski: All in favor say aye. (Aye) Opposed? Motion carried. Number three, public comment. This time is reserved for comments from the public on matters not listed on the agenda. Please keep your comments to three minutes. Mike to speak. [3:00] Mike (Public Speaker): Mayor and the Council, just want to kind of address up on Sue Hill. Been fighting a war up there for probably as long as I've been up there, 38 years, and most of it is just building upkeep in the area. I did purchase one of the buildings and tear it down, which greatly improved my view to the north. But we do have a property owned by Gordy, a property owned by Chris Peterson, also the Blacklock Danielson building. All of them have one thing in common: they're rental units. And I don't know if there's anything that can be done with a rental—if there's rental licenses, anything that can be withheld until these buildings get up to a satisfactory level. But they... I just happen to kind of upgrade my building a little bit on the outside. I put a window... when people walk in my lobby, this is exactly what they see through my lobby. And so now it's kind of become a little bit of a personal issue. And I do know the back history of how the building got started, the grants and how that building was not in that area. But just wondering, obviously, if at some point the Council can address... I'm probably most interested in that building, if they can just address what can be done. I don't even know if it's safe inside as well. So if there's something, anything the Council can do, certainly would appreciate it. And just kudos to one landowner up there where the old Moose building was. I did contact the Thompsons that they purchased that lot up there; the next day they went and mowed it. And kudos to them, appreciate it. So thank you. [4:46] Mayor Jim Michalski: Thank you. We do have some information that the Administrator can share with you because we have been talking about these—two of them, the picture and also the Thompson lot. [5:10] Ellissa Owens: Yes. So in the Council's packet, we actually have it as an agenda item for later on in the meeting. So the Council has been made aware of different inspection reports related to some of the properties. So our City Building Official is involved; they have visibility to some of those inspection reports and a letter from our City Building Official as far as recommendations for moving forward. He's drafted one for Council to review. So if Council so chooses tonight and there's consensus, we'll send out a letter contacting the property owner—one property owner in that area in particular—with items that are related to building code. And at this point in time, that is the authority, or the approach, that the city has. [6:13] Mayor Jim Michalski: Great, thank you. Thanks for coming. Your building looks great. Anyone else for public comments? Hearing none, move on to number four, departmental reports. 4A, Carlton County Sheriff's Office activity report for August 2024. [6:30] Sheriff Kelly Lake: Good afternoon, Mayor, Council members, and Administrator Owens. So you should have in your packet statistical information that we sent, which included our August 2024 activity, totaling 93 calls for service by the contract deputy assigned to Moose Lake and 101 calls for service by other county deputies. During that time period, we had 18 extra patrols, 23 traffic stops, 26 business checks, three community engagements, and seven on-view or public assists made by the contract deputy, and 17 paper services, 18 traffic stops, 13 Stone Garden checks. So what that is, is the Sheriff's Office has a federal grant for extra patrol and checks related to critical infrastructure and traffic and narcotics enforcement throughout Carlton County. So those 13 Stone Garden checks were actually made by the deputy working those but within the city of Moose Lake. And then the 911 calls to respond: there were 16 calls for service by the contract deputy and 51 calls for service by the other deputies in that time period. And then there's more detail behind that that you have in your packets, but if you have any questions... [8:15] Mayor Jim Michalski: That's an increase from last month, and that tells you that the officers are doing the job. It was greatly appreciated, please pass that on. [8:23] Sheriff Kelly Lake: Thank you, I will do that. I will do that. [8:30] Mayor Jim Michalski: The only question I had was: what was a "Stone Garden" patrol? You answered it. [8:35] Sheriff Kelly Lake: Yep, I did. I actually... initially Lieutenant [unintelligible] did this report and he didn't have that explained. I said, "You might want to explain that because I guarantee you we'll get that question." Stone Garden is the name of the grant that the federal government has named that particular grant program, so we did not come up with that name on our own. I don't know where they came up with that, but that's what it is. We've been actually participating in that grant program for several years now. [9:15] Mayor Jim Michalski: Great. Just a quick question—did someone else have one? Okay, I thought I saw... any update on other officers? [9:24] Sheriff Kelly Lake: Yes, so we had one that just started within the last two weeks that is in field training. I just extended conditional job offers to three, two days ago, so they will start... you know, we'll do the pre-employment checks on them: background, physical, psychological evaluation, all that is required by the Post Board rules. And so when we complete that, we will have—hopefully all three of them will make that—and we'll get them started as soon as we can. There are a couple of lateral officers within that pool of candidates as well, so the training period likely would not take as long. [10:01] Mayor Jim Michalski: Thank you, Sheriff. Anyone else? Appreciate it, thanks. [10:05] Sheriff Kelly Lake: Yes, absolutely. Thank you, we appreciate it. And like I said, although we just have the one contract deputy now, as you can see, the other deputies are very busy within the city as well and still doing extra patrol and enforcement throughout the city. Thank you. [10:10] Mayor Jim Michalski: Moving on to 4B, City Superintendent Phil Entner, department report for August 2024. Phil out? Kelly, you're welcome to stay or leave anytime you want. [10:20] Phil Entner: Mayor, Council, Administrator Owens. We've had a crazy busy month, September, but we're getting it done and we're working our way through. Starting with the Water Department: like we always do, we distributed 4.7 million gallons of drinking water in the month of August. We do have five curb stops we need to repair before the winter months. That'll be happening here in the next couple of weeks, along with hydrant flushing the week of the 23rd. I believe... yes, week of the 23rd. That'll be just as normal as we always do it, so maybe a little discoloration of water, possibly a little loss of water pressure in certain areas, but there will be notice in the paper, social media, all that. Sewer Department: collection system collected 13 million gallons of wastewater in the month of August. We are currently in the middle of our September discharge at the wastewater facility site. The 2024 relining project is complete; we're currently finishing up some inspection paperwork and video stuff with that. I just got off the phone with our compliance officer; we are going to be getting a level one inspection on our wastewater facility, which is normal—it's been about six years, I was told, since our last one was done. So next week I will be crabby. But it'll be okay. So that was that news. Streets and rights-of-way: blacktop patching has been everywhere. Industrial Road, Cedar Avenue, 7th Street, First Street, Kenwood Avenue, Woodland Drive. There were 49 tons of mix just on Industrial Road that went out last month, and then more on the rest of all these streets. So there's a lot of product going out and it's turning out nice. It's not perfect, but it's as good as we can do with what we got, and we're borrowing equipment that's not ours to the best of our ability. Cemeteries: they've been quiet again. Maintenance out there we'll be wrapping up here next week. Just a reminder to everyone that all flowers and any type of special monuments need to be removed by Monday, otherwise they will be removed and then those cemeteries will be put to bed for the winter. Campground: don't have anything to report in the campground currently. Parks: no. The arena, we'll talk about later. Storm sewer: nothing. Gardening: we're going to talk about that later, aren't we, Raenee? Safety stuff: we're good there. Extras: that's all I have for right now. Any questions? [13:25] Mayor Jim Michalski: Yes. I noticed on First Street at my home, there's like blue paint on my water thing and then some markers going off the street. What's going on there? [13:51] Phil Entner: So there is, I believe, the Electric Utility putting in some new underground down First Street. That's part of the locate process. Scott was out there doing it... once in a while when there's bigger projects like that, for us to do a locate of two blocks takes two people more than two days to do it. So if we get the heads-up that there's going to be a locate coming in a week or two, when we get some time, we start doing some of that. You will see a lot more paint. That's just part of the locate process. Before any digging is done, all the utilities are located prior to any excavation. [14:40] Mayor Jim Michalski: Anything else? Thank you very much, Phil. Appreciate it. 4C, Liquor Store Department report, August 2024. [14:48] Ryan McKeon: Good evening members of the Council, Mayor, Administrator Owens. Liquor store is doing great still. We're doing a pretty good job down there; we're being a little more strategic with our staffing, so we're kind of patching things up where we need to be. We've been talking a lot about promotions, staffing, capital. We're also looking into this "Bottoms Up" drink pour—for those who don't know what that is, it's pretty cool looking. You set the glass down and it pours upwards, so you eliminate all the waste from when you pour a drink and you have to sift it off the top. In theory, you save some money there. We reached out to Finless and they have it, just waiting to hear back from them. I reached out to the MMBA and they're going to get back to me on what their thoughts are on it because they have a pretty broad network they can check. Other capital stuff: we're looking at potentially some tents, because the tent prices for when we have our events outside keep going up every year. I don't know why the City doesn't maybe look into having their own tents; maybe that's something we can rent out in the future as well when we're not hosting events. Any questions about the liquor store? [16:22] Council Member Kris Huso: How are we doing with covering shifts with the one worker that is gone, and do we know how long they're going to be gone for? [16:42] Ryan McKeon: You know, I don't want to speak to that. I think there are some things that need to come back before we know exactly how long. I would say the estimate is at least a couple of months here at minimum. [17:09] Mayor Jim Michalski: Any further questions? Thanks, appreciate it. You have Library next. [17:15] Ryan McKeon: Yeah, so Library. For Laura, she's doing her due diligence. She is purchasing a 3D printer which we hope will be just another unique selling point for people to stop in the Moose Lake Public Library. She picked out a really good one; she went through the Arrowhead Library System and they gave a recommendation based on other libraries. It came in cheaper than other printers that I saw for the same model. I don't think she needs approval for it, so this is just informational. It's in the budget, so all is good there. [18:00] Council Member Walter Lower III: Any questions on the 3D printer? So that's something that the public can come in and use and purchase what they make? [18:15] Ryan McKeon: Yeah, I think they're pretty neat. [18:18] Council Member Walter Lower III: Is there a warranty on this, extended warranty or anything like that? I saw it was on Amazon. [18:25] Ryan McKeon: Yeah, the Amazon one she has picked out... I want to say it's like three years for certain things on it. The Amazon was the second quote for us. Through the Arrowhead Library System, she had got the Ultimaker MakerBot, and the first quote was less. Again, she did get special pricing, so we checked it with what was available on the internet as well. [18:41] Mayor Jim Michalski: Thank you. [18:43] Ryan McKeon: IT-related stuff: as you know, Administrator Owens sent out an email that we've been really struggling with our accounting system. The gist of it is, well, it could be twofold: there could be some things that we could do better with Java, and then also there were some other Windows updates that needed to be performed when we switched over the server. The buffer just really got full of data, so we need to do some things. It should be all cleared up; it's actually the fastest I've ever had it now for my workstation. Yours are slower, which is most important, I think. Other IT stuff: just busy putting the new TV up there. There's another one for the hallway down there. Just kind of everywhere with that. Any questions? Thanks, appreciate it. [20:10] Mayor Jim Michalski: Moving on to 4E, City Engineer. [20:16] Ellissa Owens: Yes, the engineer meeting minutes from September 5th are included in the packet. We're actually going to touch on a majority of these items throughout the agenda. Counselor Juntunen found some verbiage that was missing from some of the notes, so in Letter C, Section 3, sub-note C, some additional verbiage has been added regarding the design of the trail, which will include signage to identify and delineate between the ATV trail and the new pedestrian trail. I will go into more specifics on that within the trail update. Any questions, please feel free to ask. [21:02] Mayor Jim Michalski: Anything from the Council? Very good. Moving on to 4F, Chamber of Commerce updates. [21:12] Ellissa Owens: Yes, we were able to attend the Chamber of Commerce meeting today. They have a lot going on. Thursday, September 12th at noon, there is a tour of the Carlton County Justice Center. Friday, September 13th at 9:30 a.m., there's a ribbon cutting at Little Willow Childcare. Thursday, September 19th at 4:00 p.m., there's a tour of the new Aspirus St. Luke's Plaza; it's an open house from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. And then there's also an After Hours at the Moose Lake Golf Course, October 3rd at 5:00 p.m. And then finally, Trunk or Treat, October 31st in the city park. Lots of upcoming events. If anyone's interested in the annual raffle, tickets can be purchased at Edward Jones, Valley Printing, First National Bank, and the Chamber office. And lastly, there is a Fall Festival happening at Denim Run on October 19th. [22:45] Mayor Jim Michalski: Is there something going on this weekend at the Arena? [22:50] Ellissa Owens: I think that's the 28th. That's in September, but that's not a Chamber event. One thing that the Chamber talked about they want to try differently this year is instead of having a big push on Small Business Saturday, they're going to do a Small Business Season. Local businesses can be included on a Bingo ticket, and you can get a stamp for buying a drink or giving an email address. There will be prizes for people who get Bingos on their card. They're trying to extend activity from November 1st all the way through December 31st to boost local business activity. [23:32] Mayor Jim Michalski: Thank you. Moving on, number five, previously discussed business. 5A, Elm Avenue beautification discussion. Raenee? [25:06] Raenee Bennett: Good evening City Councilors, Mayor, and Administrator Owens. Thank you guys for having me up again. The last time that we spoke, there was a discussion about the removal of the trees on Elm because they're dying, branches are dropping, they're heaving up the grates. My idea was instead of putting eight trees back in, let's put four back in. After that meeting, the Administrator and Phil and I sat down and talked about checking in with the business owners. Leah and I went around and met with every single business owner on the street. One of the questions that we asked was how they feel traffic flow is working. There was an overwhelming response regarding traffic going the wrong way down the street. I personally saw that happen three times today just when I was out here dealing with this flower bed. People were concerned about elderly people stepping out not knowing the direction of traffic. Suggestions were to contact Google regarding how people get routed to the campground. Another strong suggestion was on Fourth Street—there needs to be some parking spots eliminated there because the semis that are coming through are clipping vehicles. If those two spots on the right and left were removed, it may help the turn radius. Regarding the trees, I was kind of shocked that literally not one person wanted the trees. They said, "No more leaves, no more roots buckling up the sidewalk." Overwhelmingly: get rid of the trees, do not replace them, cover the holes with concrete, and move forward with new ideas. Those ideas are street-side planters and light-pole baskets. I contacted a company called Earth Planter; their pots have a 300-pound weight limit and use a wicking reservoir system, which eliminates the need to water every day. I included a map of where we could space them out so we aren't putting a planter right in front of the theater or the flower shop since they already have flowers. Earth Planter gave us a small city discount and their products have a lifetime warranty. It would be no problem for us to modify the tank on our truck to water these. We redid the flower bed out here today—well, we pulled everything out. CIP helped us with that project and they did a fantastic job. So I see good things happening for the downtown; it's going to be walkable, beautiful, and safe. Any questions for me? [34:10] Council Member Walter Lower III: Do you suggest both sides of the sidewalk? [34:18] Raenee Bennett: We're talking about kind of zigzagging down there. We would use both sides, paying attention to traffic patterns. And when flowers are gone, these can be moved with skid steers, making it a lot easier for snow removal. [35:15] Council Member Kris Huso: Will those trees be removed yet this year? [35:20] Ellissa Owens: What we've talked about internally is having Public Works remove the trees yet this year and pouring concrete in those patches. By having our own Public Works do the tree removal and sidewalk repair, we are saving enough money that we could then afford to purchase the planters, which would occur in 2025. [36:42] Raenee Bennett: One more thing: when I talked to the bank on the corner, they asked that a sidewalk be put in between their parking lot and the sidewalk on Arrowhead Lane so people don't have to walk across the grass or snow. I am in conversations with MnDOT as that is a MnDOT right-of-way. [37:45] Mayor Jim Michalski: It would be great if they would offer to pay for that. [38:17] Raenee Bennett: You're reading my mind. [38:18] Ellissa Owens: So, do we have consensus for Public Works to remove those trees and make those concrete repairs yet this fall? [39:03] Council Member Kris Huso: I just want to say thank you to staff for going out and boots-on-the-ground having these tough conversations. When we did that beautification project, those trees never ended up being what was envisioned. I was a business owner down there for many years; they never really took off, they died, and people replaced them. It's tough for a tree to grow in that kind of environment. [40:40] Mayor Jim Michalski: So, open this up for discussion by the Council. [41:15] Council Member Walter Lower III: Mayor, these trees have outlived what they're supposed to live. We did have somebody get hurt, so this is a better option for the citizens and it'll be a lot safer. I'm in favor. [41:35] Council Member Lou Ohly: I'm in favor of the removal. [41:55] Mayor Jim Michalski: Okay, we have consensus to remove the trees. As far as the planters and hanging baskets, I guess the next question is: do you want to approve what they have shown us for a design? [44:15] Council Member Walter Lower III: I think that we could approve the purchase of them, but I think once you get the trees down and look at where it makes sense to put these things... I don't want to hold them exactly to where each one of these go. [44:28] Council Member Kris Huso: I make a motion that we approve the purchase of the planters and let them decide best placement, to be included in the 2025 capital for the Gardening Department. [45:10] Council Member Walter Lower III: I'll second. [45:12] Mayor Jim Michalski: All in favor say aye. (Aye) Opposed? Motion carried. Move on to 5B, Elm Avenue parking discussion. [46:02] Ellissa Owens: This dialogue came from previous Council discussion and Counselor Lower has brought this forward. Our city gardeners canvassed business owners. Surprisingly, there were more issues communicated regarding Fourth Street parking versus Elm. Phil printed a map. One thing brought forward is the elimination of a couple parking spots at the bottom of Fourth Street to give a bigger turning radius for deliveries. The complaints were that when parking is on both sides, larger vehicles have a really tight fit. Regarding Elm Avenue, there wasn't a strong feeling about changing the direction of traffic, but rather doing a better job of communicating how the flow is supposed to go using signage and Google. [48:30] Mayor Jim Michalski: Any feedback regarding a two-hour limit on Elm? [49:10] Raenee Bennett: No one brought that forward to me. [49:15] Ellissa Owens: It would be really difficult to monitor that. [49:40] Council Member Kris Huso: For Fourth Street, I too have been one of those people driving up there and even with my car, I feel like I'm going to be scraping. I watched a camper trying to make that corner; he couldn't and had to go straight up Elm. I am in agreement with taking away a couple of those spots, but I'm thinking if we could ask staff to park on Douglas to alleviate some parking we take away. I also suggest we get a sign by Veterans Park that says "Moose Lake Campground two blocks that way." [52:30] Council Member Douglas Juntunen: In looking at this, if you eliminate one on each side and then designated the next two as "compact vehicles only," it would give more space and be enforceable. That way you aren't losing four spots. [53:45] Council Member Walter Lower III: I understand what Doug is saying. I wouldn't like to see us lose four parking spots downtown. As a theater owner, one of the problems we have is vehicles parking in front of the theater for days at a time. I have an apartment above the theater and I demand they only have one car and park in our private lot. Other apartments don't have enough private parking, so their tenants park on the street in front of the theater for 3, 4, or 5 days. When we're running movies, older folks are having to walk much further. That's why I brought up two-hour parking. If you had rules, business owners would have something to stand on. It used to be two-hour parking downtown until they changed it to one-way and took the signs down. [59:00] Mayor Jim Michalski: I see no problem having it posted for three-hour parking. 90% of people obey the signs. It helped the officers notice which ones were staying and helped them clear out to the big parking lot behind us. [1:00:15] Council Member Walter Lower III: If we put up parking signs, we could put them on the light poles that are already downtown. [1:01:00] Phil Entner: We can add signs to those poles. It's not a big deal. [1:02:30] Council Member Kris Huso: There is a handicap ramp in the curb directly in front of a parking spot. [1:03:00] Phil Entner: When we're striping, we can make sure there's no parking spot in front of that ramp. [1:05:40] Mayor Jim Michalski: Directions from the Council? [1:07:00] Council Member Douglas Juntunen: I motion that we eliminate the first parking spot on each side at the start of Fourth Street, and we make the second spot on both sides "compact parking only." [1:08:00] Council Member Lou Ohly: I second. [1:11:15] Mayor Jim Michalski: All in favor say aye. (Aye) Opposed? Motion carried. Now we have the motion for 3-hour parking. [1:15:00] Council Member Walter Lower III: I'm thinking 3-hour parking 24/7 because of the plowing in the winter. [1:17:46] Council Member Kris Huso: I would go with 3-hour parking at the most. [1:18:25] Council Member Lou Ohly: I'll make a motion that we do 3-hour parking on Elm and 4th Street, seven days a week. [1:18:40] Council Member Walter Lower III: I'll second. [1:20:10] Mayor Jim Michalski: Does this include all of Fourth Street or just to Douglas? [1:20:15] Council Member Lou Ohly: Just to Douglas. [1:22:30] Phil Entner: I won't have all the signs by October 1st. Can we say January 1st? [1:24:45] Council Member Lou Ohly: I'll change my motion for 3-hour parking on Elm Avenue and on Fourth Street to Douglas, 7 days a week, effective November 1st. [1:25:00] Council Member Walter Lower III: Second. [1:25:10] Mayor Jim Michalski: All in favor say aye. (Aye) Opposed? Motion carried. [1:28:34] Mayor Jim Michalski: 5C, Phase 2 Trail Project update. [1:29:15] Ellissa Owens: We've finalized the route. We've had a coordination meeting now with the DNR, MnDOT, and the County. Design reviews are taking place. The proposed route will run side-by-side with the ATV trail in front of the state facilities. Project bidding timeline is February 2025, with construction in May and completion in late summer 2025. This project received over $700,000 worth of grant money. [1:31:00] Mayor Jim Michalski: We should be thinking about the next grants for trails. There are areas like the nursing home where people in wheelchairs need a trail. [1:32:40] Mayor Jim Michalski: 5D, Riverside Arena cooling system replacement update. [1:33:13] Phil Entner: All the old equipment is out. The outside cement is poured. Mechanical equipment is ready to be installed. We're on schedule to start making ice the second week of October. [1:34:01] Mayor Jim Michalski: 6A, September 25, 2024 special City Council meeting discussion. [1:34:30] Ellissa Owens: We are still waiting on our 2023 audit. We need that to finalize our preliminary budget. So we will have a special meeting on September 25th at 11:00 a.m. to present the preliminary budget, set the property tax levy, and discuss the residential development. [1:36:30] Mayor Jim Michalski: 6B, Moose Lake residential development discussion. [1:37:16] Ellissa Owens: To meet state subdivision statutes, we have to stay under five lots initially while we plat the rest in the background. We have a timeline to get the developer land in October so he can move dirt and get one unit built yet this year as a model. The Eda will sell the land to the developer on September 30th. [1:44:15] Mayor Jim Michalski: 6C, NPCA FY25 Implementation Grant for Wastewater Resilience. [1:45:00] Ellissa Owens: There is a grant opportunity for up to $1.5 million with a 10% match. We're going after this for a relining project. Our Engineers think we have a great story with the 100-year-old clay pipes. [1:45:53] Mayor Jim Michalski: 6D, Moose Area Fire District In-Kind Services discussion. [1:46:30] Ellissa Owens: Both entities agreed to put on paper what in-kind services are provided. We submitted ours to the Fire District. Their operating costs are capped, so it's in our interest to help keep their costs low. One thing not yet hashed out is that their water at the Emergency Response Center is not metered. We need to look into a metering opportunity to assess the savings the city is providing. [1:51:24] Council Member Douglas Juntunen: It's in the minutes of the Fire District that they estimate mowing at $3,000 and snow plowing at $6,000 a year. [1:51:50] Mayor Jim Michalski: 6E, 602, 604, 606 F Boulevard discussion. [1:52:10] Ellissa Owens: The City Building Official has done inspections. There is a letter drafted to the property owner regarding structural repairs. He had a permit to fix the front of the building but never completed it. [1:53:30] Mayor Jim Michalski: Do we have consensus to send the letter? (Consensus) The other properties Mike was talking about—the Blacklock building and the old Winchester—should we have the inspector look at those? [1:56:49] Council Member Walter Lower III: We should look into EDA revitalization grants or Carlton County Eda funds that might be available to help these homeowners with repairs. [1:58:15] Mayor Jim Michalski: 6F, 2025 Budget Discussions. A, flags and seasonal decor. [1:58:22] Ellissa Owens: A request was made to add flags on the poles heading north on Arrowhead to Veterans Park. Phil established there are 11 poles. It would be about $100 per pole for brackets and flags. [2:01:00] Mayor Jim Michalski: B, annual Park maintenance budget allocation. It's been a while since we put a substantial amount into our parks. The playground equipment at the big park is old and needs replacement. I'd like to see a line item created for park capital improvements so we can start saving for things like the playground or a poured wall at the Sue Hill park. [2:07:35] Mayor Jim Michalski: 7A, Teamsters Joint Council 32 payroll audit. [2:08:20] Ellissa Owens: This is an annual process. We are no longer engaged with this union, but the audit went well. [2:13:48] Mayor Jim Michalski: Before I go into announcements, the efforts for the workout center for employees—is that a dead issue now? They wanted $10,000. [2:15:30] Council Member Lou Ohly: Drop it. Notify them we aren't interested at that price. [2:16:50] Mayor Jim Michalski: Regular Moose Lake City Council meeting, Wednesday, October 9th. Special meeting September 25th. EDA meeting September 18th. Water and Light, September 17th. Do I have a motion to adjourn? [2:17:35] Council Member Kris Huso: So moved. [2:17:38] Council Member Douglas Juntunen: I'll second. [2:17:40] Mayor Jim Michalski: All in favor say aye. (Aye) Motion carried.