[0:05] Jim Michalski, Mayor: I'll call to order the regular city council meeting for Wednesday, May 14th, 2025. Start with 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. [0:34] Jim Michalski, Mayor: And the agenda is in front of you. I don't have any additions. Anybody have any additions? If not, is there a motion to approve the agenda? [0:43] Council Member: So moved. [0:44] Jim Michalski, Mayor: Is there a second? [0:45] Council Member: Second. [0:46] Jim Michalski, Mayor: All in favor? Aye. Carried. Consent agenda. We have the minutes from the regular city council meeting, April 9th, 2025. Amendments from the joint special city council meeting water light, April 15, 2025. Local board of appeals and equalization meeting, April 17, 2025. Special city council meeting May 5th, 2025. And special city council meeting May, 2025. A motion to approve those. [1:18] Council Member: So moved. [1:19] Jim Michalski, Mayor: Is there a second? [1:24] Council Member: Second. [1:25] Jim Michalski, Mayor: Any further discussion? Not all in favor. Aye. Opposed? Carried. Financial reports. City payable April 2025. City financial statements April 2025 and liquor store profit and loss statement April 2025. Is there a motion to approve the financial reports? [1:51] Council Member: Questions? Motion to approve. [1:54] Jim Michalski, Mayor: Is there a second? [1:56] Council Member: Second. [1:57] Jim Michalski, Mayor: Any further discussion? All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Carried. Public comment. This time is reserved for comments from the public on matters not listed in the agenda. Please keep comments to two minutes. [2:32] Kevin McMaster: Good afternoon, mayor, council members. My name is Kevin McMaster. I'm the one who's been emailing you in regards to short-term rentals. My wife has been coming up to this area, her entire life. She probably doesn't want me to tell you how many years. But together it's been 30 years we've been coming to the area. Since 2019, we've operated our cabin on Sand Lake, which is in the township of Mahtowa, as a short-term rental. 2021, the county invited the short-term rental operators to help develop the formal ordinance. I attended this session and I'm glad it did. It was very productive and a collaborative process. At the time, the county proposed limiting occupancy to two guests per bedroom. While our cabin has four bedrooms, it comfortably sleeps 12, including guests who use two pullout couches. When I asked why the limit was being imposed, I was told it was based on the septic system capacity. [3:44] Kevin McMaster: I explained to them that I was on city water. As a result, the county recognized the uniqueness of our situation and amended the ordinance accordingly. At the time, I had no idea I would later purchase the property within the city of Moose Lake. Yet, here I am again presented with another unique case. I believe you're looking at the Carlton County ordinance for short-term rental. And under that current ordinance, it says accessory structures such as a garage are prohibited from being used for additional guest occupancy. [4:24] Kevin McMaster: However, our structure and situation is unique. We have a 4,000 ft garage that includes two bathrooms and a finished second level with dormers for sleeping accommodations. It is not a temporary space that was built to a standard. Most importantly, both this garage and the primary home have been inspected and approved by the state health inspector for short-term rental occupants. They meet all state requirements. With that in mind, I'm respectfully requesting that the city either adopt an ordinance to allow for this structure to be approved or grant a variance in this specific case. Just as Carlton County addressed their ordinance to reflect practical realities and unique properties, I ask that the city of Moose Lake consider doing the same. Thank you for your time, consideration, and service to the community. [5:26] Jim Michalski, Mayor: Thank you. Is there any other public comment? Hearing none, we'll go to department reports. Carlton County Sheriff's Office. [5:43] Kelly Lake, Carlton County Sheriff: Good afternoon. Here to present the law enforcement report for April 2025. I had a total of 131 calls for service that were handled by the contract deputies within the city Moose Lake. An additional 110 calls for service handled by county deputies were not contract working. The self-initiated activity for the contract deputies included 16 extra patrols, 49 traffic stops, 30 business checks, seven public assist on views, and one paper service. In addition to 27 calls for service and one medical assist, county deputies covered an additional 43 calls for service in April. 34 traffic stops, six paper services, extra patrols, business checks, and so on. Any questions or comments? [6:32] Jim Michalski, Mayor: Thank you. [6:34] Kelly Lake, Carlton County Sheriff: Thank you. [6:36] Jim Michalski, Mayor: Next, we have the city superintendent. [6:40] Phil Entner, City Superintendent: Thank you, mayor, council members. We'll start in the water department. Water department distributed 5.6 million gallons drinking water month April. New water service was put in on the 800 block of fifth street on S Hill. During that installation, we discovered two galvanized water services that were city owned, providing water to other customers. Those were upgraded at the same time. So, we're going to remove those from our... Yep. I had it right there. Just had it. [7:28] Douglas Juntunen, Council Member: Yeah, the lead. [7:29] Phil Entner, City Superintendent: Lead service. Lead service is what it was. Thank you very much, Doug. So, that was that was good. No one had any idea those were already in that location. So, found them. We got them taken care of. I'm investigating two potential water breaks we have right now in town downtown here. There'll be more to come on that here in the next week or so. Sewer department collection system collected 12.2 million gallons of waste water in the month of April. Lift station service checks. Those updates I will have for you in the next month. So we will be going over a few things there for repairs and other things we need throughout that department. Treatment facility—we are finishing up our finalized testing right now for our June discharge. It'll be happening should be next week sometime. So that'll be taken care of. I'm still looking at other options for additional capacity at our wastewater facility which we know is a huge topic throughout all of this. [8:13] Phil Entner, City Superintendent: Street department pothole filling is just about completed. Pot mix plants opened up yesterday. So we will start to be doing some pot mix installation. From the equipment standpoint everything is good to go there. Cemetery spring cleanup is underway. Burials are slowed down. Campground—that is open and underway. Spring cleanup is done. Mowing is routine every week. From the parks side of things, same thing. Spring cleanup is still happening a little bit here and there and then mowing there as well. The arena—the compressors are shut down, ice is out. That turned out to be a really good opportunity for the hockey association to try to capitalize on a few things. So, that was good. Storm water—I know we touched on the storm water cleaning program. There's going to be more to come on that next probably next month. We kind of got to go by here this month. Been a little busy. Gardening—Ray does not have an up-to-date update for you guys for that tree grant, but she is working on it. She's finalizing up some last minute paperwork and then I think there's a few more things later on in the meeting, but I think that's it for right now. Any questions? [9:27] Jim Michalski, Mayor: Thank you. [9:29] Phil Entner, City Superintendent: Thank you. [9:30] Jim Michalski, Mayor: The municipal liquor store report. City administrator Owens. [9:35] Ellissa Owens, City Administrator: Liquor store is doing great. As of 2025 through the first four months, we're up $86,369. You'll see in the profit loss statement that's in there. That's $13,898 above last year, same time frame. So all things are pointing in the right direction and last year was a banner year for us. So we do have a lot of our entertainment booked for the Fourth of July weekend. I'll just throw that out there. Thursday, July 3rd, we have Crosswinds from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Friday, July 4th, we have the Rowdy Gent 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. And we also have Ted Eastman that night at 5:00 p.m. And Saturday, July 5th, we got the Bean Bag tourney that's back again. Tournament signups at 10:00 a.m. and it starts at 10:30 a.m. Then we have live music that night. Milk Bone 4 pm to 7 pm and then Gray Cruise is back 8:00 pm to midnight that night. [10:47] Jim Michalski, Mayor: Questions for Ellissa? Thank you. [10:50] Ellissa Owens, City Administrator: Thank you. Technology/Library. Technology—I'll touch on. I was unable to make the library meeting so I don't have updates for that. The First National Bank of Moose Lake Arena digital sign will be here on Monday. So, that's a big deal. We'll have like a ribbon cutting for it. I'll shoot everyone an email probably later in the week. We just want to make sure there's no hiccups at all. But installation will be happening this coming Monday. And then I'm getting workstation quotes for the DMV. Just a lot of little miscellaneous IT stuff happening. And then one other update as far as financials go: the city auditors will be here next week. So as city admin will be very busy again Monday through Wednesday for sure next week. Any questions? [11:51] Jim Michalski, Mayor: Thank you. All right. City engineer report. [11:58] SEH Representative: Yes. So there's a couple items further along in the agenda that we'll discuss, but I just wanted to touch base on a couple of things. Primarily the Trunk Highway 73 Phase 2 trail project is underway. The bid advertisements have gone out. The bid opening will occur on June 5th. County board will award a bid contingent on the city's award on June 10th and then the city council will review on June 11th. Construction start date is tentatively scheduled for July 8th and then final completion of the project is currently scheduled for October 24th. So, we'll see movement on that. It's been a long time coming, but we're excited to have progress on the trail. [12:47] SEH Representative: In addition, we're working through starting the planning and drafting, construction, all of that for the DOC trunk sewer lining project. We're hoping to combine that with a citywide project. We should know at the end of May here in the coming weeks whether or not that's feasible. Otherwise, planning is underway regarding the MPCA grant the city was awarded for $658,000. In addition, we're working on plans and kind of action items, activities related to the MPCA small community planning grant for storm water. We're looking to combine that with some opportunities with the Kettle River/St. Croix watershed opportunities as well. So we will have more information for council on those, but we're trying to pull together a couple different funding sources in order to maximize the impact of that particular planning grant that we've been awarded. More to come on that. If you have any questions when you're reviewing the engineering minutes, please feel free to reach out. [14:11] SEH Representative: Regarding the residential property—construction staking has occurred. We did have a meeting with the developer within the last 24 hours. I've been told that within the next 7 to 10 days, we're going to see activity up there on the first town home to be constructed. The plans are to engage on the building pad for the town homes first and then we're going to work into the utility extension and infrastructure activities subsequently following. So, there will be movement behind Kwik Trip coming shortly and we'll talk a little bit more about the residential development later on in the meeting. I guess anything else we're going to talk about later on. Any questions from council on engineering meeting minutes or activities? [15:10] Jim Michalski, Mayor: Okay. Thank you. Moose Lake Area Chamber of Commerce monthly update. [15:14] Chamber Representative: Good afternoon on behalf of the Moose Lake Area Chamber of Commerce monthly update. We are still ahead for profits with the memberships coming in this year. We are hoping to continue to grow that and still waiting on some coming in. We are looking to fill two positions on the board as well. We did have two people leave. So we're looking to fill those. We are currently looking at reworking our mission statement. We did have some open conversation about switching some things around, maybe some wording to better fit our mission. We also have a new website that rolled out through Chamberhive. I know Michelle Anderson, the executive director, is making some updates to that as well. [16:11] Chamber Representative: We have an open house coming up for the new business, The Title Team, on Wednesday, May 21st at 2 p.m. There will be a ribbon cutting that's open for everyone. Our visitor guides are also out and available. They're located to pick up at the chamber office if anybody needs any of those. For event updates, we have our annual raffle October 8th following our board meeting at the Squirrel Cage. We have the Kitty Parade Thursday, July 3rd at 10:00 a.m. in the Moose Lake City Park. We invite any local businesses to participate with games and giveaways. 4th of July—the theme this year is "Stars, Stripes and Summer Nights." The parade will be on Friday, July 4th at 10:00 a.m. Agate Days—we have decided with the Gem and Mineral Club that the chamber will be taking over the Agate Stampede and we will be having Smitties and Barnum do the Gravel Brewfest. We have about seven confirmed breweries joining us for that so far. Brewfest will be on Saturday, July 19th at 5:00 p.m. at the Moose Lake Mun. [17:34] Chamber Representative: 9 and 10 Golf, Friday, July 25th at 1:00 p.m. at the Moose Lake Golf Course. The theme this year will be dress like your favorite holiday. Should be interesting. Moose Lake Triathlon, Saturday, August 9th at 9:00 a.m. in the Moose Lake City Park. We are looking for many volunteers for that, specifically a few people with boats or people who are comfortable being in the water, specifically in a kayak. Volunteers still needed for that. And then we have Bingo Saturday, August 23rd at the Barnum Muni. We have been doing Five at 5—the next one that was scheduled for June 10th is cancelled. I know Michelle is looking at reworking some of that. Our coffee and conversation, which is our women's breakfast networking, has been going really well. We just held one this month. We're going to keep them the first Fridays of the month at 7:30 a.m. at the Lazy Moose. There will not be one in July. We have an update from Kiwanis Club with their fly-in/drive-in breakfast June 21st at 7:30 a.m. And then with the Moose Lake food shelf update—they continue to serve just over 300 households for the month. That is all I have for the Chamber. Any questions? [19:10] Jim Michalski, Mayor: Thank you so much. There is nothing under discussed business. New business: American Legion Post 379 lawful gambling contribution fund request. [19:51] Mike Peterson (American Legion): Mayor, council members, and city administration. Mike Peterson, post adjutant, and this is Steven Fox, our vice commander. And we're just requesting some funds for our project down at the park. Overall, it's going to be about a $40,000 project. And the flag pole is in. And I want to thank the city, the power plant crew. Wonderful job. I want to especially recognize Pete Jusac who spearheaded the project there coordinating everything. He did a wonderful job. It just went up like clockwork. So the next phase of it is to finish the sidewalk, replace that sidewalk, and then we're going to be doing the slab for the veterans pavers or bricks that will be engraved with their names and branch of service. And it's open to everyone. You don't have to bring in a DD-214 to prove you're in the military. We're just going to take the families at their word. And also there's no other restrictions either. [21:19] Jim Michalski, Mayor: When will you start selling the pavers? [21:36] Mike Peterson: We're hoping Fourth of July and we're going to get those out somewhere in there for sure. That's what we're hoping for here. [21:52] Ellissa Owens, City Administrator: Yes. So we are engaging. Thank you, Mike. Project is underway. Things are going very smoothly. The pole itself is pretty amazing. We are currently engaging in our audit. As Ryan mentioned, we'll be fully under our audit as of the first couple days next week, looking to have an audited fund balance for our contribution fund in totality, so we can update council on how much money is in there. This request absolutely fits the standards and guidelines of what those monies can be utilized for. I have been asked to compile from a "bean counter" perspective the equipment hours and labor hours we have in at this time for facilitating the locate, excavation, backfilling, cutting grade—activities that we've already engaged in. So I will be able to have more information for council on that and we'll provide a fund balance. I have not had the opportunity to gather that information yet. It would require it being tabled just for due diligence, but that's where we're at from a city perspective. [23:25] Jim Michalski, Mayor: Any other questions, comments? [23:28] Council Member: I have one. Mike, what would be your ideal idea for Fourth of July Days Art in the Park with that site if it's not completely finished by then? [23:44] Mike Peterson: It should be finished. The plan is to have it finished by then. [23:48] Council Member: Okay. All right, then. Then I'm fine. [23:55] Jim Michalski, Mayor: Any other ideas, motions? [24:01] Douglas Juntunen, Council Member: I know we'll fund some of it, but we don't know how much money we have in that fund right now. I guess we should wait to see what we have for the money in that fund. I guess you know better. [24:22] Ellissa Owens, City Administrator: Honestly, with what's been going on at Hillside Manor, I just haven't had an opportunity to gather the figures and we wouldn't have an audited total from the end of 2024 to work off of. I could give an estimate. But I don't anticipate council would want to make funding decisions without the fund balance at this time. [24:51] Council Member: I'll make a motion we table this until next meeting. [24:56] Jim Michalski, Mayor: Is there a second? [24:57] Council Member: Second. [24:58] Jim Michalski, Mayor: Discussion. I agree. I think that's the best way. Does that work in your timeline still? Is that okay, Mike? [25:06] Mike Peterson: Thank you. Yep. No problems. Appreciate it. [25:08] Jim Michalski, Mayor: Thank you. Any other comments? All in favor? Aye. Opposed? HRA Hillside Manor West structure repair update. [25:42] Ellissa Owens, City Administrator: Yes. So I wanted to provide council an opportunity to ask questions but also have a new update. Within the last 48 hours we've gotten a significant amount of information pertaining to where we stand from a building perspective. Initial assessments from an electrical contractor were that one panel needed all the breakers replaced, and that for the other panel we were looking at a full replacement. What needed to happen in the interim was dehumidification and drying of the panels themselves in order for a full assessment to be done. Benson Electric was on site Friday, the day of the structure fire. They did their initial assessment and ordered as many parts as they possibly could source. Over the weekend, we engaged with Paul Davis Restorations and they came in on site on Friday as well and started the dehumidification drying out of the critical utility infrastructure in the maintenance room. [26:54] Ellissa Owens, City Administrator: Benson Electric is back on site Monday morning. They replaced all the breakers in one of the panels and it was confirmed at that time that the secondary house panel needed to be replaced in totality. They spent the last day and a half sourcing all of the items needed in order to do a full panel replacement and will be on site tomorrow morning for that activity. Our boiler inspection will occur then subsequently following on Friday. We have other contractors that have been on site, whether it be for the alarm system, sprinklers, things of that nature. Either they already have been on site or will be on site Friday and Monday for our schedule. So, we're just really working through trying to check every critical piece of equipment and utility infrastructure off the list from an inspection perspective and then repair based on the water damage that has occurred. [27:46] Ellissa Owens, City Administrator: We're also engaging with the insurance company and Paul Davis Restorations did a moisture mapping process and assessment. A report was issued today that has identified nine apartments as needing significant repair in addition to common spaces, hallways, things of that nature, and our utility room as well. Some of the short-term goals and long-term goals: short-term goals are we are hoping to be able to have occupancy restored on the "dry" side of the building. That's been a priority. In order to do that, the electrical work has to be completed. The boiler inspection and all these other inspections have to occur. But also, our city building official has been involved and done walkthroughs with the fire department. There's going to be a need to somehow separate the construction areas where restoration and construction activities are going to be occurring from the living space on the dry side. So, we have all of those contractors meeting and coming up with a plan for some type of temporary wall structure or separation. Those discussions are ongoing. [29:08] Ellissa Owens, City Administrator: We've had great coordination from a county perspective with the Red Cross. The HRA staff, city staff, United Way has been involved. The fire department has been absolutely fantastic. It's been a collaborative effort. Hope Lutheran Church is currently the shelter site. All residents transitioned on Sunday from a temporary hotel accommodation to a shelter. Working through that has been challenging, but with the partners at hand, it's gone well. I would encourage anybody who's interested to go and visit the shelter. If you have any questions I can most certainly field them. We have been having update meetings on a daily basis at 2:00. We've held a resident meeting on site at the shelter and the residents communicated they'd like to have that done once a week. [30:37] Ellissa Owens, City Administrator: We have established a means of donating specifically to residents in need for the structure fire. Working through HUD and the Red Cross, it was established that an independent organization facilitate the collection of donations and then the distribution so that it can happen in an equitable fashion. That partner ended up being United Way. The United Way is going to facilitate accepting donations and then distributing them back out through the Red Cross. Since the Red Cross is facilitating the shelters, they're also facilitating the meals and other activities. That press release just came out from United Way. It'll be on the city's Facebook and the city website. [32:02] Jim Michalski, Mayor: Any questions, comments? It looks like Red Cross has really stepped up, done a great job. Seems like the residents are happy with that, too. [32:15] Ellissa Owens, City Administrator: Yeah, they have been absolutely fantastic to work with. Everything from helping residents access new medication prescriptions to facilitating the Salvation Army supplying the meals. All residents have access to the meals even if they're not staying at the shelter and to other services like mental health services and spiritual wellness services. We have residents staying with family and friends, a few residents staying at hotels per their own discretion, and then we do have residents in the shelter as well. Carlton County Animal Rescue has facilitated temporary emergency fostering placement for animals. And then the shelter is allowing pets—not in the dorms, but in kennels in a separate space. Everybody is really doing their best to assist. Coordination has been fantastic. We're just going to keep moving along every day, making progress as best we can. [34:12] Jim Michalski, Mayor: Ellissa, you've done a lot of work here. I want to commend you for that. [34:16] Ellissa Owens, City Administrator: Thank you. Alex at the HRA is putting in her hours, too. This has been a team effort. [34:18] Kris Huso, Council Member: Ellissa, how many residents will be able to return once they get the siding through that? [34:25] Ellissa Owens, City Administrator: That's a great question. So, one thing we're working on is—it's not an even 20/20 split. There's 40 units in the building, but it's relatively even. So approximately 20 units could be restored once the temporary wall construction occurs. Another thing we've been looking at is if there is a way to have that separation occur on both sides so that residents on the "wet" side who were not impacted and still have emergency access to a side door could have occupancy restored to those units as well. Those conversations are being had. If we could essentially section off those nine units and allow all the other residents to return, that would be ideal. That's the goal. [35:31] Jim Michalski, Mayor: Thank you all for your hard work. Any other questions, comments? Thank you for the update. Rebel Heights residential development title and commitment. [35:40] Ellissa Owens, City Administrator: Yes. So part of the process of platting requires a title opinion and commitment. Those activities were engaged immediately following the preliminary plat approval by the planning commission and the city council. Carlton County Title and Abstract did a full research process and then they sent their report to Flaherty & Hood who has issued this title opinion and commitment. Essentially, it's part of the process to ensure that all due diligence has been done prior to the final plat being approved. That process went relatively smooth and the attorney issued a clear opinion in support of the final plat. [36:39] Jim Michalski, Mayor: Questions on the B resolution 25503 resolution approving the Rebel Heights final plat? [36:50] Ellissa Owens, City Administrator: Yes. So, council received the resolution in the agenda packet. This resolution approves the final plat of Rebel Heights development. Moving forward, if council approves the final plat, the plat will get circulated for signatures. SEH will assist with the circulation of the plat document. Then that goes to the county for recording. What's actually happened here is the county's surveyor is actually reviewing the plat right now as well to try and shorten the approval timeline. Once it's recorded and approved from a county perspective, then the Moose Lake EDA will then have the authority to engage in the purchase, sale, and transfer of additional lots to the developer. [38:11] Jim Michalski, Mayor: Questions, motions. [38:15] Council Member: Motion to approve resolution 25503. [38:20] Jim Michalski, Mayor: Is there a second? [38:22] Council Member: Second. [38:24] Jim Michalski, Mayor: Further discussion. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Carried. Next we have resolution 25504, a resolution certifying the availability of non-state matching resources for the eligible infrastructure project. [38:45] Ellissa Owens, City Administrator: Yes. So one thing in the engineering minutes was the Greater Minnesota Housing Infrastructure Grant. This grant has a max award of $500,000 and $40,000 per lot or $180,000 per multi-family unit. What we're looking to accomplish is to apply for the grant. This resolution just is in support of the application process from a city perspective. That grant would then be utilized to help fund infrastructure for the secondary phase of the Rebel Heights development. This grant just came out. It's one of the ways that if we can help secure additional funding, the viability of the second phase shoots through the roof. We have obtained a lot of letters of support for the project highlighting the need for workforce housing. I will share that information with council. Essentially, this resolution allows the city admin and our engineers to facilitate the application process. [40:38] Council Member: I'll make a motion we accept resolution number 25504. [40:44] Jim Michalski, Mayor: Is there a second? [40:47] Council Member: Second. [40:49] Jim Michalski, Mayor: Any further discussion? Hearing none. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Carried. Short Elliott Hendrickson supplemental letter agreement. [40:57] Ellissa Owens, City Administrator: Yes. So, what council received in their packet is the SLA for the $658,000 MPCA grant project. This supplemental letter agreement has us engaging with SEH for the design, bidding, construction, administration and observation of the DOC lining project. We are engaging in this now knowing that we have to start these activities regardless of whether or not we have a citywide project that comes from a bonding bill. This essentially allows them to begin work on that project. [41:48] Jim Michalski, Mayor: Is there a motion to accept this letter? [41:51] Council Member: I'll make that motion. [41:53] Jim Michalski, Mayor: Is there a second? [41:54] Council Member: I'll second. [41:55] Jim Michalski, Mayor: Any further discussion? None. All in favor? Aye. Carried. Gravel pit Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan. [42:15] Ellissa Owens, City Administrator: I apologize for the lengthy plan coming out in short order. I'm sure you all had a wonderful time reading this within the last 36 hours. Essentially I wanted to provide visibility to the process that we've been engaging in regarding the gravel pit. Part of the application process requires that we have a SWPPP plan in place. Superintendent Entner and myself have been engaging with the engineers in drafting this plan. This will be a working document. It is required for permitting. Essentially, there is a $1,240 fee for engagement with the SWPPP initially, and then the annual fee after that is only $345. Phil has been heavily engaged in this and will continue to be engaged moving forward. Anything you'd like to add? [43:57] Phil Entner, City Superintendent: There's a portion of this permit that is very similar to like our wastewater permit for reporting of discharge water or runoff water. Essentially, this is a very small version of our wastewater equipment. I feel totally comfortable with it once I dive into it and set up a monitoring schedule with our lab. As far as sample requirements—when, where, who, what—once we get that on board, I feel super comfortable. There are testing requirements within it that I am very comfortable with. It talks about site operations and we've had a chance to look at the location of different activities and have a plan as far as where the gravel pit activities will initiate and requirements for a berm. [45:09] Jim Michalski, Mayor: Any questions? A motion to accept this as presented. [45:15] Council Member: I'll make that motion. [45:17] Jim Michalski, Mayor: Is there a second? [45:18] Council Member: I'll second. [45:20] Jim Michalski, Mayor: Any further discussion? All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Carried. Approval for campground attendants. [45:28] Ellissa Owens, City Administrator: Uh yeah, so we have had a couple rounds of interviews. We have come to the determination that we're going to build our roster up with part-time employees to be utilized in the office. In previous years we've had staff that asked for a lot of hours, but we don't have that this year and so we want the flexibility to be able to schedule part-timers as needed. One of our previously approved hires actually declined, they found another opportunity. So all in all we will have three part-time hires for this season and are requesting approval of hiring these additional two: Evan and Richard. [46:45] Jim Michalski, Mayor: Questions, comments. [46:47] Council Member: I'll make the motion we accept the approval of Evan and Richard. [46:51] Jim Michalski, Mayor: Is there a second? [46:53] Council Member: Second. [46:55] Jim Michalski, Mayor: Any further discussion? All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Carried. Reports of correspondence: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Project number 2024-00835 waiver decision letter. The Carlton County Drug Prevention Coalition meeting notes from April 14th. A letter to the city council from Bill Carlson, April 11th, 2025. A report of concern from Rick Tumi, April 9th, 2025. Committee board meeting minutes: Moose Lake fire protection district meeting minutes from April 8th. Parks and recreation board meeting minutes from April 7th and May 5th. Any questions on any of those? [47:58] Jim Michalski, Mayor: Announcements: Moose Lake regular city council meeting Wednesday June 11th, 2025, 4:00 p.m. here in the board chambers. Moose Lake Economic Development Authority Wednesday June 18th, 12 p.m. in the city conference room. Moose Lake Water and Light Tuesday May 20th, 1 p.m. at the Water & Light office. Housing and Redevelopment Authority Board, Monday, June 9th, 11:00 a.m. Hillside Manor Office. Fire Protection District, Tuesday, June 10th, 6:30 p.m. at the Emergency Response Center and the Parks and Recreation Board, Monday, June 2nd at 5:00 p.m. in the city council chambers. And that's all we have. Is there a motion to adjourn? [48:47] Council Member: Motion. [48:48] Jim Michalski, Mayor: Is there a second? [48:49] Council Member: Second. [48:50] Jim Michalski, Mayor: All in favor? Aye. Carried.