This transcription identifies the speakers based on the provided list of city officials and staff, as well as the contextual roles (e.g., the Mayor presiding, the City Administrator presenting the budget, and the City Engineer/Director of Engineering handling zoning). **Note on "Council Member Karen":** While "Karen" is not in your provided list, the transcript explicitly names her during roll call and the closing retirement announcement. She is identified as **Council Member Karen** below. *** [0:03] **Staff Member:** George has three minutes. Thank you. Get ready everybody. Has ringers off? Ringers off. [0:30] **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** We'll call the Tuesday, December 10th, 2024 meeting to order. We'll start with roll call. Council Member Karen? **Council Member Karen:** Here. **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** Doumbouya? **Council Member Adama Youhn Doumbouya:** Here. **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** Ross? **Council Member Royal Ross:** Here. **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** Van Sluis? **Council Member Peter van Sluis:** Here. **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** Thiele? **Council Member Chuck Thiele:** Here. **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** Mayor Spooner? Here. Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. [1:03] **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** Thank you. Need a motion and a second to approve the agenda if there's no changes. **Council Member Adama Youhn Doumbouya:** So moved. **Council Member Peter van Sluis:** Second. **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** Motion by Council Member Doumbouya, second by Council Member Van Sluis. All in favor say aye. (Group: Aye). Opposed? That passes. We have no presentations or introductions today, so we'll move on to approving the minutes of the November 26, 2024 city council meeting. Anybody have any changes or corrections that need to be made to that? Hearing none, I would take a motion and a second. **Council Member Royal Ross:** So moved. **Council Member Chuck Thiele:** Second. **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** Motion by Council Member Ross, second by Council Member Thiele. All in favor say aye. (Group: Aye). Opposed? That passes. And we have one request to be heard tonight: Mr. George Wickstrom. Move up to the microphone there and we'll get your three minutes going. [1:47] **George Wickstrom:** It's hot. Well, thank you for allowing me the time, and I would like to share some things with you that I don't think are well known or paid attention to about very many people. I'm 94 years old, I've been in the financial services business, investments, and life insurance for 47 years, and I've studied the economy for a long time. I'm going to say right now that our economic problems in this country today are probably not solvable. We've gone too far in debt and we have too many unfunded liabilities. Let me—let me know when the minute and a half is up if you will, so I know where I'm going. But, our economic problem started right after World War II. See, this country has always been about 4.5% of the world's population, and we are pretty close to that today; it may have varied up and down one or two tenths of a percent, pretty much on the average 4.5%. 4.5% of the world had all of the developed world countries that were bombed out in World War II—there was about 15 or 16 countries that were totally bombed out. They needed help. What else should we do? We had things like when President Eisenhower was in, we put in 41,000 miles of roads. The 1948 Clean Water Act—we put sewer and water systems all over the country. But none of these things did we set any money aside for repairs or replacement. 36% of the [bridges] in this country are in need of repair or replacement. It's over 200,000. There's no money to fix them. But what does the government do? They sell bonds and they print money: debt and inflation. Most of the inflation that we're getting today comes from the federal government. You could buy a loaf of bread when I was a kid for a dime; now it's three and a half or four bucks. That's 35-40%. A very nice car for $2,000 in 1947— **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** One minute. **George Wickstrom:** —is now 40-50,000. See, that's what's happening to us. So now what do we need to also understand? We've changed our style of living tremendously. When I was a kid, it was all about wants... well, not about needs, I'm sorry, about needs. People were more concerned about having enough money to pay for food and the house, lodging or rent, and getting to work. That was about it. Very little time for vacation. We had a one-week vacation when I was a kid, that was it. But now, what kind of things are we doing today? The *Icon of the Seas* is the largest cruise ship we've got in the world: 7,950 passengers and crew, four and a half times the size of the Titanic. So 40% of our gross domestic product is going into things of that kind. It's unsustainable. What we're doing today as an economy is unsustainable. Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve President, was on 60 Minutes about three months ago. I didn't hear the program but I saw a replay of it. He said our debt is unsustainable. And it is totally unsustainable. The unfunded liabilities for Social Security alone are $73 trillion. And why is that? Well, because when it was put in place in 1935, life expectancy for a 65-year-old normal retirement was 68 years. They moved that up to 67; a 67-year-old has a 17-18 year life expectancy. So those are the kinds of things we need to worry about. So when you folks are planning for expenditures, keep in mind where the money's coming from. The federal government is broke, but they will print money for Social Security bonds and they'll print money— **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** Time's up. **George Wickstrom:** That's enough. That's all I've got to say. Thank you for listening. And one more thing: my phone number is 507-323-5239. If anybody wants to talk about this with me, I'll buy a supper, I'll buy a lunch, we can meet. This is serious stuff. Thank you. [6:28] **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** George, your knowledge is unprecedented. Thank you for reminding us. Yep, absolutely. All right, we'll move on to Consent Agenda items 6A through 6K. Anybody have anything they want pulled for discussion here? **Council Member Royal Ross:** Mayor, I'll make a motion to approve Consent Agenda items 6A through 6K. **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** Motion by Council Member Ross, second? **Council Member Adama Youhn Doumbouya:** Second. **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** Second by Council Member Doumbouya. All in favor say aye. (Group: Aye). Opposed? That passes. [7:16] **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** We'll move on to public hearings tonight. We have a number of them. Are you going to take them in groups or one at a time? How do you want to do it? **Jessica Kinser (City Administrator):** So, I have a presentation prepared that kind of covers everything, and then we can take them... **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** Okay, so we'll take public hearings on all the items 7A through 7H in one presentation, and then we will talk about it at the Council. Then we'll go out for public discussion on this item for our public hearing, and then we'll bring it back to the Council for closing. Okay, Director Kinser. [7:57] **Jessica Kinser (City Administrator):** Thank you, Mayor. Some of this will look familiar as I took last year's presentation and used some of it, but also made a little bit of it my own. So tonight we are here to take basically the last steps on the 2025 budget, which really started essentially in May with staff looking at capital requests, personnel requests, year-to-date budget, and last year's actuals. We are here tonight with eight different resolutions before you, which were mostly discussed at the December 3rd work session. Things that we discussed last Tuesday really do coincide here. I have the presentation set up to kind of go through some of these grouping by grouping, but feel free to ask any questions as you go. There are some different graphs and things that are small, so I did print the copy of the presentation for you. These are the eight resolutions that we have tonight. [9:28] **Jessica Kinser (City Administrator):** Talking first about the property tax levy, this is a graphic that you probably remember seeing over the summer or in September. It really everything starts with the County Assessor and determining that market value. Once we figure out that amount, that's when we use that net market value to figure out what that rate is for the next year. Our net tax capacity did increase by about 1.5 million. Our levy amount also increased by 1.5 million, and the tax rate did jump by basically 2.8%. The total tax rate we're looking at for this year is just below 50%. We're still seeing growth in our net tax capacity, but in 2024 it was 2.2 million, so things are slowing down from where things hit a high in 2022. I do also want to point out that our new construction amount was about 350,000, which turns out to be a little more than one-third of that total new growth. [11:46] **Jessica Kinser (City Administrator):** I did update this chart to talk about taxable market value. 2023 was when things really peaked out in terms of growth as a percent, and now we're starting to kind of slide back. It's a similar picture where we're still seeing growth, it's just at a much slower rate than what it was just two years ago. When we start talking about preliminary levy versus final tax levy, the preliminary levy is what was on the Truth in Taxation notice. There were some differences that were all in a very positive direction for the taxpayers between what we actually have for you to vote on tonight and what went out in that notice. As you'll recall, last week was really when we made big changes regarding local government aid (LGA). We are down 2.57% from where we were at the preliminary levy time, to 12.11% for 2025. [14:04] **Jessica Kinser (City Administrator):** Looking at 20 years of history, there were definitely some years back in 2008 where there were 15 to 36% tax levy increases. When we look at the tax rate, 49.5% for 2025—looking at the prior five years, we're higher than '23 and '24, but actually lower than 2020, '21, and '22. What does this mean on residential properties? It's essentially a 5.77% increase. That would range from essentially $34 at the low end up to about $193 on a $350,000 home. On our website, we have our "budget receipt" that we created with Polco. Brad and I will be meeting tomorrow to make updates, and we encourage people to look at that budget receipt to see where your dollars are going. Brad gave the stat today that there have been more than 600 clicks on that web page so far. On the commercial side, it's again a 5.77% increase. [17:07] **Jessica Kinser (City Administrator):** Also included in our actions tonight is taking action on the HRA and the EDA resolutions. Both have requested the maximum amount—$416,000 for the HRA and $408,000 for the EDA. The next resolution is dealing with our budget appropriations. I wanted to start with the general fund. We're at $22,810,656. That does leave out $220,000 of the LGA to address some future needs in 2025. Our budget is heavily dependent on property taxes and local government aid, making up 87% of the revenue. When we look at the expenditure side, Public Safety is our largest expenditure at 47%, or a little over 10.6 million. Number two is culture and recreation, which is all things Community Center, Parks, Recreation, and the Library. Then you have Public Works and General Government tied at the 15% mark. [20:11] **Jessica Kinser (City Administrator):** Personnel is by far and away our biggest cost. For 2025, 16.8 million of that 22.8 is personnel costs; that's 74% of our total budget. Moving to Special Revenue Funds, I highlighted in yellow the items that are on the tax levy. Community and Economic Development has a small deficit from 2023 that we're addressing with the tax levy in 2025. The airport is one area where we've got significant projects that'll take place in 2025, mostly funded through Federal resources. We have a lot of TIF funds, and for the HRA and EDA, both are planning some pretty active projects in 2025. [23:30] **Jessica Kinser (City Administrator):** Our debt service tax levy portion is 1.3 million, almost 1.4 million. I did go ahead and update the payment schedule for the internal capital loan. For Council Member Ross, I believe this is the graph that he asked about multiple times, showing that by 2034, things would be paid off. To follow up from Council Member Thiele's point last week, a future Council could adjust that payment schedule as early as 2028 to repay the general fund a little bit sooner. [25:47] **Jessica Kinser (City Administrator):** Getting into capital projects, we have four capital project funds encompassing street improvements, park projects, equipment replacement, and public facilities. We talked about these in-depth on October 15th and nothing has changed. Enterprise funds (business-type funds) are supposed to operate on user fees. 2025 calls for a 3% increase on water, 2% on sewer, and 10% on storm water (about 89 cents per month). The water fund specifically will need a loan of about 4.6 to 4.7 million to be pursued. Northland Securities will make recommendations in May. Sewer flow charges also increased by 2%. Storm water has an 88-cent per month increase per residential lot equivalent. [30:25] **Jessica Kinser (City Administrator):** Regarding the capital improvement plan: Street Improvement Fund has a very aggressive year for 2025 planned at about $4.7 million. Park Improvement: Viaduct Park is underway, estimated at 6.3 million between 2024-2025. Deer Bridge reconstruction will happen in 2026. Capital Equipment fund 431 is the one related to the internal loan to finance our 1.9 million expenditures in 2025. Fund 437 is our public facilities fund; the most significant revenue source for 2025 is the sale of property, which funds the purchase of 15 Central and its demolition. [38:10] **Jessica Kinser (City Administrator):** Another resolution is the fee schedule. Sprinkler plan review fees are new; we’ve increased Planning and Zoning fees but eliminated zoning escrows. Franchise fee schedule: we’re looking at an impact of about $30,000 less in the general fund due to the expansion of Metronet. Finally, Resolution 2024-251 sets up that internal loan for $1.6 million at 2.5% interest to fund equipment for 2025. This is the culmination of what was not an easy process. I’m quite proud of what we have here. Typically, you’d have a formal bound budget document, but Brad and I are going to move toward an easier-to-digest, ADA-accessible format on our website. Happy to answer any questions. [41:15] **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** That was an enormous amount of numbers. Good that you had a Finance Director—oh, so good job on your transition in, and not only being the City Administrator but the Finance Director also through this whole process. Kudos to you for all that extra work that you were not expecting when you came out. **Council Member Royal Ross:** I also think she did a fantastic job. **Council Member Chuck Thiele:** Well, and with the help of directors too, but without having a Finance Director for a good portion of time... I thought you did a job. Had no idea you could talk. [Laughter]. [42:01] **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** All right. Any comments on this before we open? Just thanks to everybody, directors, everybody in the city. Okay, we have a number of items that we're going to go out to for one public hearing. We'll go out for all of them at once. If you have anything that you would like to say, you'll be able to come forward and state your name and address for the record. But before that, I need a motion and a second to open the public hearing on all these resolutions. **Council Member Royal Ross:** So moved. **Council Member Peter van Sluis:** Second. **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** Motion by Council Member Ross and seconded by Council Member Van Sluis to open the public hearing. Favor say aye. (Group: Aye). Opposed? We are in public hearing. Please come forward, state your name and address for the record. [Pause]. Any people? As I expected, jumping for the microphone. To close the public hearing, I will take a motion and a second. **Council Member Chuck Thiele:** So moved. **Council Member Peter van Sluis:** Second. **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** Motion by Council Member Thiele, second by Council Member Van Sluis. All in favor say aye. (Group: Aye). Opposed? All right, now we've got to go through these resolutions separately. Let's not be shy. [43:34] **Council Member Royal Ross:** Thank you, Mayor. I'd just like to point out—Jessica, her Administrator Kinser, gave a great overview of a whole bunch of numbers, but what this comes down to is on about a $225,000 house, what we're talking about here is about $5 to $7. That is, if your house did not go up in tax value. Citizens, look at your tax statement to see what the value of your home for this year compared to last year was. [44:20] **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** Okay, we'll start with Resolution 2024-243: Adopt the 2025 Property Tax Levy. **Council Member Mandy Barnes:** [Inaudible motion]. **Council Member Mandy Barnes:** Move. **Council Member Royal Ross:** Second. **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** Motion by Council Member Barnes, seconded by Council Member Ross. All in favor say aye. (Group: Aye). Opposed? That one passes. Move Resolution 2024-244: Adopt the 2025 Budget and Fund Appropriations. **Council Member Adama Youhn Doumbouya:** So moved. **Council Member Peter van Sluis:** Second. **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** Motion by Council Member Doumbouya, second by Council Member Van Sluis. All in favor say aye. (Group: Aye). Opposed? Move on to Resolution 2024-245: Adopt the 2025 Housing and Redevelopment Authority Tax Levy. **Council Member Peter van Sluis:** So moved. **Council Member Chuck Thiele:** Second. **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** Motion by Council Member Van Sluis, second by Council Member Thiele. All in favor say aye. (Group: Aye). Opposed? Passes. Move on to Resolution 2024-246: Adopt the 2025 Economic Development Authority Tax Levy. **Council Member Royal Ross:** So moved. **Council Member Adama Youhn Doumbouya:** Second. **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** Motion by Council Member Ross, second by Council Member Doumbouya. All in favor say aye. (Group: Aye). Opposed? Move on to Resolution 2024-247: Adopt the 2025 Fee Schedule. **Council Member Peter van Sluis:** So moved. **Council Member Mandy Barnes:** Second. **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** Motion by Council Member Van Sluis, second by Council Member Barnes. All in favor say aye. (Group: Aye). Opposed? Move on to Resolution 2024-249 and 2024-250: Approve the 2025 Franchise Fee Distribution. **Council Member Peter van Sluis:** So moved. **Council Member Mandy Barnes:** Second. **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** Motion by Council Member Van Sluis, second by Council Member Barnes. All in favor say aye. (Group: Aye). Opposed? Passes. Move on to Resolution 2024-251: Authorize an internal loan for the financing of the 2025 Capital Equipment budget and a 2023 approval purchase of a fire truck. **Council Member Royal Ross:** So moved. **Council Member Peter van Sluis:** Second. **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** Motion by Council Member Ross, second by Council Member Van Sluis. All in favor say aye. (Group: Aye). Opposed? Those are all done. A lot of work for us and especially for you guys, so thank you again to all staff for helping out with that. [46:38] **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** We're moving to items for discussion. We'll start with Ordinance 2024-21: Willow Street, first reading. Over to Mr. Wanberg. **David Wanberg (City Engineer/Director of Engineering):** So the item in front of you tonight is the location of the property here along Willow. This property has been used for a long time, since the 1940s, as a commercial property. We're running into a situation where two years after the building was built, the property was zoned as residential. We're coming back here about 70 years later trying to get the zoning right. The Comprehensive Plan does acknowledge and support commercial context for this use. In summary, it meets our zoning map requirements. [48:24] **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** Thank you, Mr. Wanberg. Ross? **Council Member Royal Ross:** Thank you, Mayor. Just looking ahead and theorizing here: what if somebody wanted to live on one level and use the other level for a business? **David Wanberg:** In the C1 district, that would be possible under a conditional use permit. We have something called a "dwelling in conjunction with a business." **Council Member Royal Ross:** Correct, right. **Council Member Mandy Barnes:** Could this building be demolished? What's the worst that they could put in a C1? What would be the largest hindrance or disruption to a neighborhood that they could do in a C1? **David Wanberg:** Mayor, I think potentially there could be like a small convenience store, but a gas station actually would not be allowed at all even by conditional use permit for C1. It would just be a convenience store by itself, a bookstore, auto parts, dry cleaning—those are just some of the permitted-by-right uses. Nothing too horribly noisy or obtrusive. [50:08] **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** All right. Any other thoughts, questions, comments? If not, I would take a motion and a second to approve the zoning map amendment for this. **Council Member Royal Ross:** I'll make a motion to approve Ordinance 2024-21. **Council Member Mandy Barnes:** Second. **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** Motion by Councilman Ross and a second by Council Member Barnes. This is a roll call. Member Karen? **Council Member Mandy Barnes:** Aye. **Council Member Adama Youhn Doumbouya:** Aye. **Council Member Royal Ross:** Aye. **Council Member Peter van Sluis:** Aye. **Council Member Chuck Thiele:** Aye. **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** Aye. All right, that passes first reading. We'll be back in two weeks for that. [50:53] **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** We'll move on to Ordinance 2024-17: Establishing regulations related to cannabis and hemp businesses in the city of Faribault, first reading. Over to Jessica. **Jessica Kinser (City Administrator):** Mayor and Council, I don't know if I've ever been so excited to present an ordinance. After the last year and a half, we've been working on this cannabis ordinance. Back on August 25th of 2023, we passed an interim ordinance authorizing the study and imposing a moratorium, which is set to expire in January. Since the approval of that, we have all been working very hard to discuss regulation of cannabis in the city of Faribault. City staff, along with all of you and our City Attorney, have developed Ordinance 2024-17. The purpose is to protect public health, safety, and welfare by implementing regulations pursuant to Statute 342. All of the registration fees will be set. With that, I will answer questions. [52:27] **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** Terrific. Thank you. Over to Council Member Spooner—ah, me. I know you'd love to pass this, but I hate to be... I've got to bring it up. The Office of Cannabis Management is changing policies regarding the lottery for the sale of it. That is now pending. The League of Minnesota Cities today publicized a bunch of new regulations that the Office of Cannabis Management is putting out. We've been at this for 18 months and I guarantee you we ain't done. **Jessica Kinser:** No, this is... I firmly believe that this is only the first round of this ordinance. [53:14] **Council Member Royal Ross:** I'd like to hear if Council Member Karen has anything. **Council Member Mandy Barnes:** I would like to make a motion to approve Ordinance 2024-17. **Council Member Royal Ross:** Second. **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** We've got a motion by Council Member Barnes, a second by Council Member Ross. I believe that this gets us to where we want to be without the state changing too much. With that, it is a roll call. **Council Member Mandy Barnes:** Aye. **Council Member Adama Youhn Doumbouya:** Aye. **Council Member Royal Ross:** Aye. **Council Member Peter van Sluis:** Aye. **Council Member Chuck Thiele:** Aye. **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** Aye. That also passes first reading. We'll see what happens in two weeks. [54:01] **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** We'll move on to Ordinance 2024-22: Approve a zoning text amendment to allow cannabis businesses in certain zoning districts, first reading. Back over to Mr. Wanberg. **David Wanberg (City Engineer/Director of Engineering):** Thank you, Mayor. So in a very similar way, we've been working on an ordinance to allow cannabis businesses within zoning to help guide where these businesses may be. We did actually improve the definitions—we cut out a lot that didn't really matter from the Office of Cannabis Management's model ordinance. The setback is still there: 250 feet from any school, measured lot line to lot line. We put together a table that I hope is more straightforward. Generally, the Comp Plan does support allowing new businesses. The DNR has commented; as long as the uses are similar to other uses within that zoning district, they really have no comment. So in general, it meets the zoning text amendment criteria. [56:21] **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** Questions on this one? No comments? I will take a motion on Ordinance 2024-22. **Council Member Mandy Barnes:** Mayor, I'd like to make a motion to approve Ordinance 2024-22. **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** Motion by Council Member Barnes. Second? **Council Member Adama Youhn Doumbouya:** Second. **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** Second by Council Member Doumbouya. And this is also a roll call. **Council Member Mandy Barnes:** Aye. **Council Member Royal Ross:** Aye. **Council Member Peter van Sluis:** Aye. **Council Member Chuck Thiele:** Aye. **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** Aye. That one passes first reading. [57:06] **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** Now to our last item of the night, Resolution 2024-256: Approve a new off-sale liquor license for Indigo Dreams LLC, d/b/a Tipsy Corner Liquor. **Jessica Kinser (City Administrator):** Yes, Tipsy Corner Liquor submitted an application for a new off-sale liquor license. They'll be located at 1930 2nd Avenue Northwest. They have submitted their application and fees, and we are waiting to get back their insurance and background check. No red flags on the application. **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** Perfect. Any comments or questions? **Council Member Royal Ross:** Mayor, I'll make a motion to approve Resolution 2024-256. **Council Member Peter van Sluis:** Second. **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** Motion by Council Member Ross, seconded by Council Member Van Sluis to approve it. All in favor say aye. (Group: Aye). Opposed? That one passes. [58:30] **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** We have no bids tonight. Any project commission reports, announcements, or project updates? **Council Member Royal Ross:** Yeah, we got coffee with the Council—what was the fun name that Brad came up with? I forget. "Conversations with the Council"? **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** "Let's Talk Politics." That was it. Thank you. December 14th at 1:00 PM, and that'll be in the Great Hall at the library on the backside. We'll be able to see the remodeling that's going on in process. We did approve a change order tonight because those walls were made of soft materials and not adequate for hanging TVs. But we'll be able to see some of the progress on Saturday. I hope people join us at 1:00 PM. [59:16] **Jessica Kinser (City Administrator):** Only because I fear you will not mention it—next Tuesday at 4:30 PM here in City Council Chambers, we will be having a thank you reception for Mayor Vachek for his service to the city of Faribault and for Council Member Karen in her service. This is a public reception, everybody is invited. **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** He's in charge of that one? I'm sure she's already got the punch lined up. **Council Member Royal Ross:** Oh, that's a surprise. All right, any other comments? **Council Member Adama Youhn Doumbouya:** Winterfest was a great success. Thanks to all the organizers, there was a huge crowd for the parade. **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** Yep, the weather was perfect on Saturday. The fireworks were good, lots of compliments. That's a tradition that I think is going to continue. [1:00:01] **Council Member Mandy Barnes:** Thursday night is our Boards and Commission annual thank you to everybody interested. There's all kinds of opportunities for people to get involved. Some of those are only six-year terms, and there's some that are yearly, right? **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** And then Thursday is the stakeholders meeting for Riverbend Nature Center. They're constantly looking at different funding options. If you see some unfamiliar faces in town, that's what's going on—they're doing another bus tour learning about Faribault. All right, think that's all we got. With that, I would take a motion and a second to adjourn. **Council Member Adama Youhn Doumbouya:** So move. **Council Member Chuck Thiele:** Second. **Mayor Thomas J. Spooner:** Motion by Council Member Doumbouya, second by Council Member Thiele. All in favor say aye. (Group: Aye). Both... [Meeting Adjourned].