Based on the context provided and the phonetic nuances of the transcript, here is the speaker-attributed version of the Faribault City Council meeting. **Note on Roles:** While the provided list identifies Thomas J. Spooner as Mayor, the transcript roll call and chairing duties indicate **John Rowan** is acting as the presiding Mayor for this meeting, with **Thomas J. Spooner** participating as a voting member. Additionally, the name "Karen" in the transcript roll call likely refers to Council Member **Mandy Barnes**. [0:11] **[Music]** [0:17] **Mayor John Rowan:** We call the Tuesday, August 27th, 2024 meeting to order. We'll start with roll call. [0:23] **City Clerk Heather Slechta:** Council member Barnes? **Mandy Barnes:** Here. **City Clerk Heather Slechta:** Doumbouya? **Adama Youhn Doumbouya:** Here. **City Clerk Heather Slechta:** Ross? **Royal Ross:** Here. **City Clerk Heather Slechta:** van Sluis? **Peter van Sluis:** Here. **City Clerk Heather Slechta:** Spooner? **Thomas J. Spooner:** Here. **City Clerk Heather Slechta:** Thiele? **Chuck Thiele:** Here. **City Clerk Heather Slechta:** Rowan? **Mayor John Rowan:** Here. Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. [0:41] **All:** I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [0:51] **Mayor John Rowan:** All right, I need a motion and a second to approve the agenda if there are no corrections or changes. **Adama Youhn Doumbouya:** So moved. **Peter van Sluis:** Second. [0:57] **Mayor John Rowan:** Motion by Council Member Doumbouya, second by Council Member van Sluis. All in favor say aye. **Council Members:** Aye. **Mayor John Rowan:** Opposed? That passes. There are no presentations or introductions tonight. We'll move on to approving the minutes of the August 14th, 2024 City Council meeting and the August 20th, 2024 special City Council meeting. Anybody have any changes or corrections that need to be made to that? Seeing none, I would take a motion and a second. **Royal Ross:** So moved. **Chuck Thiele:** Second. [1:27] **Mayor John Rowan:** Motion by Council Member Ross, second by Council Member Thiele. All in favor say aye. **Council Members:** Aye. **Mayor John Rowan:** Opposed? There were no requests on the clipboard. We'll move on to Consent Agenda items 6A through 6L. Anybody have anything they want pulled for discussion? Hearing none, I would take a motion and a second to approve Consent Agenda items 6A through L. [1:40] **Royal Ross:** Mayor Rowan? Council Member Ross. I'll make a motion to approve Consent Agenda items 6A through 6L. **Peter van Sluis:** Second. [1:50] **Mayor John Rowan:** Motion by Council Member Ross, second by Council Member van Sluis. All in favor say aye. **Council Members:** Aye. **Mayor John Rowan:** Opposed? All right. We have no public hearings tonight. We'll move into Items for Discussion. Ordinance 2023-20. [2:18] **City Administrator Jessica Kinser:** The City Council had a public hearing to discuss Ordinance 2023-20 authorizing a study and imposing a moratorium on the establishment and operation of cannabis businesses within the City of Faribault. There were no comments received at that time, and we have not received any comments or made any changes to the ordinance since. So, staff are recommending approval of Ordinance 2023-20. [3:01] **Mayor John Rowan:** Everything is in the right places. Okay, with that, I would take a motion and a second to approve the ordinance. **Peter van Sluis:** I make a motion to approve the ordinance. **Mandy Barnes:** Second. [3:09] **Mayor John Rowan:** We’ve got a motion by Council Member van Sluis, second by Council Member Barnes. This is a roll call, Heather. [3:13] **City Clerk Heather Slechta:** Council Member Barnes? **Mandy Barnes:** Aye. **City Clerk Heather Slechta:** Doumbouya? **Adama Youhn Doumbouya:** Aye. **City Clerk Heather Slechta:** Ross? **Royal Ross:** Aye. **City Clerk Heather Slechta:** van Sluis? **Peter van Sluis:** Aye. **City Clerk Heather Slechta:** Spooner? **Thomas J. Spooner:** Aye. **City Clerk Heather Slechta:** Thiele? **Chuck Thiele:** Aye. **City Clerk Heather Slechta:** Mayor Rowan? **Mayor John Rowan:** Aye. That passes the second reading. I need the summary publication of Ordinance 2023-20. To Director Wanberg. [4:00] **Community & Economic Development Director David Wanberg:** Thank you, Mayor. Actually, there will be two ordinances and two summary publications: one for the rezoning and one for the easement. Just by way of background, this is RSA Properties, which is also known as CNS Vending. At the last meeting, you did approve the first readings of that. Since the first readings of both those ordinances, we have no changes, so we do ask you to take separate actions on the ordinances and then separate actions on the summary publications. [4:30] **Mayor John Rowan:** Okay. Anybody have any questions since the first reading? **Royal Ross:** Mayor Rowan? I make a motion to approve Ordinance 2024-5. **Thomas J. Spooner:** Second. [4:45] **Mayor John Rowan:** Motion by Council Member Ross, second by Council Member Spooner. That is a roll call. [4:46] **City Clerk Heather Slechta:** Council Member Barnes? **Mandy Barnes:** Aye. **City Clerk Heather Slechta:** Doumbouya? **Adama Youhn Doumbouya:** Aye. **City Clerk Heather Slechta:** Ross? **Royal Ross:** Aye. **City Clerk Heather Slechta:** van Sluis? **Peter van Sluis:** Aye. **City Clerk Heather Slechta:** Spooner? **Thomas J. Spooner:** Aye. **City Clerk Heather Slechta:** Thiele? **Chuck Thiele:** Aye. **City Clerk Heather Slechta:** Mayor Rowan? **Mayor John Rowan:** Aye. That passes. I need a motion and a second to approve Ordinance 2024-6 to vacate a portion of drainage and utility easement at 1919 2nd Street Northwest. Any questions on this one for Director Wanberg? Hearing none—nothing changed since two weeks ago—so I'll take a motion and a second. [5:25] **Adama Youhn Doumbouya:** Mayor, I make a motion to approve Ordinance 2024-6. **Mandy Barnes:** Second. [5:31] **Mayor John Rowan:** I’ve got a motion by Council Member Doumbouya, second by Council Member Barnes. It's another roll call. [5:32] **City Clerk Heather Slechta:** Council Member Barnes? **Mandy Barnes:** Aye. **City Clerk Heather Slechta:** Doumbouya? **Adama Youhn Doumbouya:** Aye. **City Clerk Heather Slechta:** Ross? **Royal Ross:** Aye. **City Clerk Heather Slechta:** van Sluis? **Peter van Sluis:** Aye. **City Clerk Heather Slechta:** Thiele? **Chuck Thiele:** Aye. **City Clerk Heather Slechta:** Mayor Rowan? **Mayor John Rowan:** Aye. That passes. I need a motion and a second for a summary publication of Ordinance 2024-6. **Peter van Sluis:** Second. **Chuck Thiele:** [Second]. [5:57] **Mayor John Rowan:** Motion by van Sluis, second by Council Member Thiele. All in favor say aye. **Council Members:** Aye. **Mayor John Rowan:** Opposed? That also passes. We have no bids tonight. Any boards, commission reports, announcements, or project updates? **Council Members:** Nothing. **Mayor John Rowan:** Ms. Kinser? [6:12] **City Administrator Jessica Kinser:** Nothing from me. **Mayor John Rowan:** Anything exciting going on in the city? **City Administrator Jessica Kinser:** Nothing sure—there are things that are very exciting happening in Faribault. The pool closed. Did you know that the pool closed? **Mayor John Rowan:** I did. There were some very sad comments on Facebook, so I'm happy that we finally got that opened. And it's not going to break next spring? **City Administrator Jessica Kinser:** Not going to break next spring. Nice. But at least we found it now and not, you know, in the spring. So we put some plugs in there so we don't get water in it next year. [6:56] **Mayor John Rowan:** All right. Council Member Spooner? **Thomas J. Spooner:** Rice County Law Enforcement guys... **Royal Ross:** Oh, big softball game tonight! **Thomas J. Spooner:** Yeah, yeah. What time does it start? 5:30? 6:00? **Royal Ross:** 5:30, right? Oh, Facebook said 6:00. **Thomas J. Spooner:** Championship? **Royal Ross:** Ah, 5:30. Okay. Go Faribault Police! **Thomas J. Spooner:** Yep. Not separated like the basketball was. I got you. Oh, I know that wasn't a good thing. All right. [7:31] **[Laughter]** [7:33] **Thomas J. Spooner:** Well, of course someone's going to have a better aim than the other one. Come on. **Mayor John Rowan:** That’s van Sluis? Or is that what you had? **Peter van Sluis:** Seventh Street Bridge. **Mayor John Rowan:** Oh yeah, I saw that. Seventh Street Bridge. It didn't go anywhere, though. **Peter van Sluis:** Didn't go anywhere. That’s it. Opened that can right up. **Mayor John Rowan:** So, okay. If there's nothing else, I’ll take a motion and a second to adjourn. **Royal Ross:** So moved. **Adama Youhn Doumbouya:** Second. **Mayor John Rowan:** Motion by Council Member Ross, second by Council Member Doumbouya. All in favor say aye. **Council Members:** Aye.