[3:40] **Mayor John Althoff**: and evening everybody welcome to the February 4th City Council meeting for the city of Cannon Falls could we have roll call please bring gold here punkin here yes me dear Lyndell here Mattson here montgomery your mayor altough air would you stand for the Pledge of Allegiance and I pledge allegiance to the Y the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all [4:23] **Mayor John Althoff**: ok ok take a motion to approve the agenda **Steve Nordin**: so moved **Bill Mattson**: second **Mayor John Althoff**: going a motion by Steve second by bill approve the agenda any discussion all in favor aye I carried okay now we're gonna have a proclamation and I will read that for you a proclamation for Paul Paul Bringle day whereas the people of city of Cannon Falls have great admiration and the at molt gratitude for Paul bringing old and his dedication and selfless commitment to the city our city and Paul's contributions to the Cannon Falls [5:08] **Mayor John Althoff**: library library Kenneth fall schools the mail foundation Historical Society and other local organizations that have significantly benefited this community and whereas the citizens of can Falls do not want to see these contributions and services go unrecognized i john alta mayor the cam falls do hereby proclaim Thursday February 13th 2020 as the officially designate day in Cannon Falls to celebrate and recognize Paul brinjals service to the city of Cannon fall I I will personally deliver this to Paul [5:53] **Mayor John Althoff**: Paul's had a little ball with pneumonia and he's laid up and I will personally the hilarous and I rethink him for his service okay moving on the consent agenda consent agenda as may be adopted under one motion as presented or may be removed for discussion and resolution is council business it's a long agenda for you at home in the audience I'll go through the consent agenda item a just incorrect claims for the accounting period ending December 31st 2019 item B just incorrect claims for the accounting [6:39] **Mayor John Althoff**: period ending January 31st 2020 item C minute meetings for the July 14th 2020 city council work session item D minute meetings for the January 21st 2020 City Council meeting item e resolution 2461 adopting the presidential nomination nomination primary election judges for 2020 and setting the hourly wages IMF approved the 2020 appointments item G resolution 2462 called for a public hearing for the TIF [7:26] **Mayor John Althoff**: district number 2 - 8 pertaining to Carson trucking item H approved the pay estimate number 8 the final payment for east side project east side to project item I resolution 2463 accepting a monetary donation from David and Linda Nelson for $50 to the ambulance service item J resolution 2464 accepting a monetary donation from an Vantage cannon fall LLC for $1,500 to the ambulance department item K approved the 2020 Fire [8:12] **Mayor John Althoff**: Department officers item L approve a gambling premises permit application for oles War Road house for the Cannon Falls Fire Department relief Association item AM approved the pay equity implementation ammonification report item an approve the police reserve officer volunteer employees and item all set the fire department wage is there anything the council would like to pull down **Bill Mattson**: I'd like to pull down F we have xx xx committee appointments **Mayor John Althoff**: ok F we'll make that under council business item d [8:57] **Mayor John Althoff**: the 20/20 appointments is there anything else **Mayor John Althoff**: I'm gonna pull down a we'll make that item 7e Justin claims anybody else I might as well pull down H I'm gonna pull down H we'll make that 7 F that's a final payment for the east side ok anything else I'll take a motion to approve the consent agenda with the exception of these three items **Bill Mattson**: so move [9:43] **Mary Jill Bringle**: Oh I'll second **Mayor John Althoff**: I wish my Bill and Mary Jill to approve the consent agenda - items a F and H any other discussion all in favor aye opposed carried okay well we'll write the council business item a unemployment insurance determination request for reconsideration Dave you know this report **Dave Maroney**: this pertains to the appeal that we had on a recent unemployment claim the city attorney myself participated in a conference call with Bonnie German in the administrative law judge regarding the appeal on the [10:29] **Dave Maroney**: unemployment the judge has made a decision the decision did not go in favor of the city of Cannon Falls in this case and I know some of you had a chance to kind of look at the determination and the decision and findings I've been in conversation with attorney Kendall on this with respect to the potential of appealing that is the city appealing this determination we have until February 10th to do that the City Attorney's recommendation is that we not proceed at this time partly because it would be rehearse aim judge that has already heard the case and the likelihood of us prevailing is probably not that strong so recommendation of city attorneys to not to proceed at this time but it's your decision any discussion aye [11:21] **Steve Nordin**: I've talked about this and and thinking it over and we could appeal the peel Diaz decision and and waste more time more money and I think it would go to the same yes making the same jad like it's time to put it behind us you got the same judge it's not going to go another way **Bill Mattson**: you want to make a motion **Steve Nordin**: I'll make a motion for that **Bill Mattson**: second **Mayor John Althoff**: motion by Stephen a second my motion to don't appeal the judgment any other discussion all in favor aye opposed carried okay city administer position [12:09] **Dave Maroney**: Dave you wanna just say that we've we just came from a work session where we interviewed Neil Jenson for the position prior to that we also had a work session talked about the process for replacing the city administrator position you have before you tonight as obviously couple alternatives to consider one would be to authorize staff to proceed with initiating negotiations with the candidate in this case Neil Jenson to assume the position of city administrator another choice would be to to not do that at this time the rather instructs staff to go out and do a recruitment process to invite applicants to come in and apply for this position with the later selection of candidates [12:54] **Dave Maroney**: to interview and potentially an offer those are probably the two most predominant alternatives that I was hearing from the 7 of you obviously there are some other subsets or sub possibilities of proceeding but I think those are the two that have been discussed most often so that'll be the decision of the City Council on how to move forward **Bill Mattson**: discussion well we did the interview with with Neil and I went very well he's extremely qualified for the position and as we discussed in the work session you know the various pros and cons of moving ahead I feel the moving ahead immediately while it does seem fast [13:40] **Bill Mattson**: we got a person who was very interested in being our administrator and hopefully I would like to see him come on board you know subject to contract negotiations and in background check well let others voice **Derek Lundell**: Derek well yeah we met with Neil he certainly was qualified but I have said from the beginning that my preference would be that we post the position see who is out there we know we have one person interested that's great [14:26] **Derek Lundell**: I think to keep it fair you know equal opportunity for everybody we post it for 30 days check out the applications that come in and we can go from there I realize you know Dave's gonna be gone in a little over a week and there's some challenges that would come with my option but for me I just feel that it's the right thing to do hey **Mary Jill Bringle**: Jill I can see it both ways I do think that we've got so many loose ends right now to that to have a candidate who first of all wants to come to us and who is really so qualified and who is [15:14] **Mary Jill Bringle**: now working in a city that's rather similar to ours in a lot of ways with the exception of them almost being out of debt because of the work he's done I just think we shouldn't and I hate to say the word waste but I think it's almost a waste because I don't think we're gonna find a call okay we could find a candidate as qualified as him but my my gut is that we wouldn't and I I feel with the other two higher level positions that we have to hire for mainly namely the finance person and Public Works that that's three major positions to hire right now and if we've got someone now who's willing to do the [15:59] **Mary Jill Bringle**: administrator job we should go I really do that's me **Morris Mierojewski**: Morris I agree I think we need him I got to see his resume and from talking to him I mean he's got what the city needs and with the positions that are open like it was explained you know like before we had Linnell to back you know in the back us well she's not here Dave's going city's gonna be hurtin bad but he he's more in qualified I think he [16:47] **Morris Mierojewski**: will help this city out and hopefully taxes and everything maybe will will come about so he wants to work with the people that's right from **Matt Montgomery**: I have a vote but I know Neil I met him at see the meetings in the past couple years they see what he's done enzyme Broden I'm impressed I like Mary Jill was saying we've got a lot of loose ends in this town and to go and post it's just gonna be three or four months down the road and I we don't have a backup administrator now and I just feel we have to move because I think Neil is a [17:34] **Matt Montgomery**: well qualified that's all I got **Laura Kronenberger**: I cannot support this tonight and it has nothing to do with the candidate I think the candidate had a fine interview and I'm glad that we met him but a week ago we had a workshop where we said we would talk it was called a meet and greet and within one week that has turned into an interview and I assume tonight that's gonna turn into a motion that will probably pass the tie-breaking vote to hire him this has not been transparent the public no it hasn't for us people were privy to information at different times as a council certain council members had backdoor meetings with this person when we didn't even know who the applicant was I have had this resume for just over [18:23] **Laura Kronenberger**: 24 hours and tonight we are going to decide to hire this person or not it's too fast and yes we might be in tough times because of the loss of our finance director our city administrator and our department heads that doesn't mean that we cannot do this the right way [18:49] **Steve Nordin**: Steve well I came tonight with an open mind and a lot of lists remembering back to a lot of emails and some phone conversations and some some calls I didn't have time to answer didn't get a chance to call him back but I still have mixed feelings but one thing and I know David's very forthright I've worked with Dave well but when you break up what's your girlfriend you shouldn't tell her who the date next and I think that's [19:35] **Steve Nordin**: I'm sorry David's a little bit of how I feel Neil pretty much bowled me over with his his credentials and his answers and I guess if he wishes to pursue this job I think he should do it along with all the other applicants that we we'd go out and look for that's I think that's how I'm gonna lean whether though I apologize to half the community and go from there **Bill Mattson**: well I'm gonna go ahead and make a motion that we offer Neil the job subject to contract negotiations and a [20:21] **Bill Mattson**: background check offer him a contract maybe his well the contract negotiation would go on if he was if he's willing to accept [Music] [20:43] **Morris Mierojewski**: well second **Mayor John Althoff**: motion has been made by Bill and seconded by Morris to offer Neil Jensen a contract for city administrator there's any other discussion we do a roll call vote sure any discussion before we do that okay let's have a roll call vote **City Clerk**: rondell no ring golden yes Mattson yes Duncan yes Montgomery thou gav'st me no mere [21:29] **Mayor John Althoff**: altough thrown into this position yes we will offer a contract to Neil okay moving on the police department extra duty policy Joe we got anything on that **Police Chief Jeff McCormick**: so as we talked at the January 21st council meeting you wanted us to prepare a policy you've been provided that policy one of the things that we talked about was talking about having the [22:17] **Police Chief Jeff McCormick**: business or whoever we would contract with have a umbrella policy so we talked to Connie with Flum who is our city insurer she consulted with the League of Minnesota cities and got ahold of an attorney there and he saw no need for that and although when an attorney advises us something like that there's a lot of attorney talk so I'm gonna break it down like this since we are on duty if you get hurt somewhere it would be our insurance I mean that would be the claim would be through the league's insurance it'd be up to the league to go after that premesis and their insurance for any costs so they [23:04] **Police Chief Jeff McCormick**: saw no reason to add that now if you want we can get that but what happens is there would be two separate claims so you can almost double dip on the claims so the on-duty employee would make the claim with the city for an injury or whatever it might be while on duty and then could also make a claim on the umbrella policy so that's why the league says there's no need for that for example if I'm in a business downtown on duty regardless of its contracted or not and get hurt it would be the responsibility of the League of Minnesota cities insurance trust who is the work comp and sure to go after the insurance for that business of how I [23:51] **Police Chief Jeff McCormick**: would have got hurt so okay that's kind of all was explained to me but absolutely if the council wants to have that added in we can do it it just doesn't sound like there's gonna be much effect either way or a money saving for the city okay we're good we're good **Mayor John Althoff**: Prairie Island come into that is that **Police Chief Jeff McCormick**: so so Prairie Island has asked us the last couple years if we had an officer to help them with security and there are events that they have they have very large outdoor events if you're not aware of that we've never talked about that because we had our already contracted [24:36] **Police Chief Jeff McCormick**: services that we had trouble getting officers to fill so nobody's nobody within our department they've talked about it but we figured if we're making a new policy let's include that would cover that also so that we wouldn't have to do this again next year should that become an issue but so they they'll they contract the the Sheriff's Department red wing Lake City to provide police services during their concert **Mary Jill Bringle**: I don't remember discuss well if you have trouble covering the morning how could you cover Prairie island I don't before that **Police Chief Jeff McCormick**: well to be honest it would be would you rather work [25:22] **Police Chief Jeff McCormick**: at a contracted service in town or go to a concert and get paid for it weird I'll work the concert **Mary Jill Bringle**: I also think that if before we dare a contract with Prairie Island I think it's got to come to the administrator the console the pod yeah yeah can't just go and do it mm-hmm I mean my continued problem with this is police officers of the nature of their job there's a lot of liability and by doing what we do at the winery it adds a little bit a potential [26:08] **Mary Jill Bringle**: fortunately nothing's happened yet but I really do worry about that and that's uh I mean I noticed you guys came up with a new fee going from 56 to 72 year you're at least proposing yup **Police Chief Jeff McCormick**: so the chief worked with Sara and kind of just looked at all what the costs are and if we just came up with a flat rate that's 72 would cover because what we're currently doing was was at 62 and then a $20 per for it prevent so just kind of rounds that all Alton [26:59] **Mary Jill Bringle**: well my problem with it is a little different than the liability just looking at what has happened in the past and I made a point of asking chief McCormack a couple of times whether or not we were required to fill whether we were obligated to fill the shifts and each time he said no we weren't obligated which is good I'm glad for that because my gosh we'd have we could have an administrative nightmare if we tried to fill those but then when you look back and see who did the shifts he did the most and so and he's he's the boss of the department and I just think that if if you're going through something like this and I don't know how [27:44] **Mary Jill Bringle**: many of you have worked in other areas but if it's something especially when it involves extra compensation and it's really kind of a it's a oh no this is volunteer sign up for it if you can but then the boss ends up working the shifts and getting paid extra for it and he's doing most of them or she's doing most of them this must be something he wants to do I mean otherwise people would be signing up for him and it just kind of smacks me as some kind of favoritism like he's trying to get extra pay and I know that sounds terrible but it's almost like that because he did he did do several more than anyone else and [28:31] **Mary Jill Bringle**: everyone I think all the shifts got filled and maybe that was just a feeling like well we need to get him filled so I'm gonna do them but I don't know because then that then that comes back to the rank-and-file officers or the part-time officers and they might say Oh Jeff wants to do these I'm not going to sign up it's what happens at places and you know if if it becomes known like so-and-so likes to play in the golf tournaments and they're the boss nobody else tries so-and-so wants to do this well they're the boss you better back off and I would like to see this as something that police chief can't do the shifts they will likely go unfilled then well [29:16] **Police Chief Jeff McCormick**: then they will but so so what we do is so in the last what was it six years that we'd been doing this so we get the list in the spring we post it hey these are the shifts that way the officers can look at their forecast of schedule their personal schedule because officers work every other weekend so that would mean that one of the weekends are gonna get broke up by filling the winery shift if you want it and it would obviously go to show that half of them don't want to do the winery chefs I put great effort and trying to convince them to get them filled it usually comes down to the Monday before the shift hey there's one open who wants it the perfect example that was the chief actually showed up for one because [30:03] **Police Chief Jeff McCormick**: nobody signed up and an officer just showed up said oh I'll take it okay chief said okay it's all yours I'm going home yeah so if you think that this is about the chief trying to increase his retirement no I don't not I don't think that's what it is but you're in your speaking form but I I don't think that's what it is **Mary Jill Bringle**: well I'm I think what it does the officers and I don't want I think what it does is give the appearance that the boss wants to do this so we're gonna back off and not sign up that's what I've had the experience with at other places I I don't know well if it's that hard to really get somebody maybe we shouldn't do it and just let them hire privates **Police Chief Jeff McCormick**: so the the example of that is [30:48] **Police Chief Jeff McCormick**: we have more than just a winery that asked for it whether the church for example a you know but they can hire they could yep absolutely yeah you guys have used that church thing so many and it was for one event because it was about abortion and they were worried about security mm-hmm one time the wineries all the time the other problem I have is it going through our payroll and I know you've run the numbers you can figure out what it cost and the city monetarily breaks even or maybe makes a couple of bucks but the point is for and I guess would especially be Sarah I guess because she does a payroll she's still spending extra time on this extra [31:34] **Mary Jill Bringle**: work when we're already overloaded with work for our for our administrative staff have you asked Sarah how much extra time she spends doing this **Police Chief Jeff McCormick**: we didn't get the specifics on that but what I do know is so this at the time she would do is on our timesheets it's written as extra duty time she would enter that in as she's doing yeah a little extremely extremely minimal so couple seconds yeah but then it comes to the this year I know I was it was the end of the year she had all the numbers and then calculated that to send a bill to the winery so I guess I was I'm not privy to what that took well if we need [32:20] **Mary Jill Bringle**: if we need one person to make this work out of how many people we've got the capability of having I don't think it's worth doing I worry about that **Police Chief Jeff McCormick**: I don't think what what happens if if nobody signs up and you or Jeff can't do it it goes unfilled I mean we told the winery we'd be there and we're not would that put any liability on us or do they know that there's a chance we might not be able to fill oh and that's what we added in the agreement portion that if it went does my old we wouldn't be like right I still think it's a bad policy for a small apartment like ours the city gets [33:07] **Mary Jill Bringle**: nothing out of it **Mayor John Althoff**: well it may not get anything financially but it gets a police officer out there to keep the place safe I mean that's not worth nothing **Mary Jill Bringle**: no but they can hire private security cuz I'm trying to remember Joe did do some of the officers go in uniform and others not or is it always plainclothes **Police Chief Jeff McCormick**: that depends on the requester okay okay the winery's obviously didn't they just want us in plain clothes just blend in okay so it could be a yep so this this hasn't gone to the city attorney I mean this is just a draft so if there [33:52] **Police Chief Jeff McCormick**: was specifics within the policy that you'd like to see changed or if the council I oh it's really up to you what direction you'd like to see this go or something added something removed any changes **Mary Jill Bringle**: the only change I would make the only way I'd vote for it is if the chief can't do this shifts which I don't think is we're gonna you know I just that probably isn't that big a deal but I'm not I'd rather not allow it period **Mayor John Althoff**: I guess we can see what the what the if the city attorney has any other recommendations or if they say it's a good idea or not a good idea or they [34:39] **Mayor John Althoff**: think it's within our Wow just send it back to the attorney and get his recommendation because I think if you would go through the legal part yeah whether you want it done or not as yeah well dude is there anything in the actual policy about any or as the policy written generically so that it would be for anyone who requested **Police Chief Jeff McCormick**: yeah we tried to make a general party you only put Treasure Island in the background information that's just in the background correct okay that we were asked for like a a potential future client I guess you could say that might request that so okay that was the only other one that we could come up **Mary Jill Bringle**: one so we want to go forward and send it to the attorney [35:25] **Mary Jill Bringle**: while we table the agreement until the attorney has a chance to well it would it's not I think it's so so the one the one question that we did have we highlighted in there it talks about officer interviews and depositions the so that we kind of want to see what the counsel says for this part would be would you want the officer compensated directly or should that be something that we just submitted overtime voucher and it gets billed similar to the contract and so sometimes we have these offices or interviews and depositions where we go to an incident whether we're working or not and we get called into civil court because we were a witness to something because it wasn't criminal it kind of leaves open well can we ask for [36:13] **Police Chief Jeff McCormick**: 200 bucks an hour and do it on the side but because we are working should we be running that through the city's billing we also kind of want a consensus from the council on how that portion of the policy you would like to see **Mayor John Althoff**: so I think it's I think if we were to do it it would be fine to run it through the regular process but the company requesting needs to know you're going to do this at whatever it is right and they'll be billed yes yeah yes put it that way other then we don't have any problems with I didn't get paid or you know that kind of thing because it would obviously be that the requester who would pay you or whoever the officer is and we don't want to run into problems with that we want to make sure you get paid so I would say it would go through [37:00] **Mayor John Althoff**: the regular process at the whatever there a general consensus for that portion of the policy yeah yeah yeah [37:21] **Mayor John Althoff**: anything else we do **Bill Mattson**: well I guess I would move to table it until we've had an attorney yeah that's what we've got to do **Mayor John Althoff**: i motion a table so do you do you want the final draft to come back to you first yeah hardly are you proof **Police Chief Jeff McCormick**: so the next council meeting we give you the final that would include the covering of the city attorney mm-hmm if he can get it done by then cut yes **Mayor John Althoff**: motions a table by mill bill a second by Morris any discussion all in favor aye opposed carried okay item D the 2020 [38:10] **Bill Mattson**: appointments yeah I brought that down because I know the Finance Committee had not been finalized when this was done and I believe John you were going to appoint Mary Jo Morris and myself and you as a non-voting member on the Finance **Mayor John Althoff**: yes we also have to establish that though **Bill Mattson**: there are a couple weeks yeah that's right it's gonna happen but we have to we could make the appointments but in the keys in the position and we can do the positions but we're in any resolutions are set up the finance and pool committee and we're need an ordinance to establish the police cable and Public Works right that right correct **Mayor John Althoff**: so how do we go forward with that **Dave Maroney**: if you go on on the Finance [38:56] **Dave Maroney**: Committee assuming we're gonna go ahead with that subject to approval of a resolution if you want to put some names as placeholders in that box for that committee that's probably fine but we really need to have a resolution that would formally establish that Finance Committee along with the responsibilities right bore I need the temporary authorization because obviously we're going forward with some contract negotiations that yeah I profess to look at if you're gonna put the four names and I presume that you're gonna have four counselors at least saying let's get the resolution going we got to get that going ray but that's what I pulled it down for was was was that question because well we also have [39:42] **Bill Mattson**: to establish a Police Commission and other things are those separate **Dave Maroney**: yeah they all separate right but we've already got names for those no I understand word but we still have to establish them all those things have to be established by either ordinance or resolution the distinction is many of these should have been established previously by ordinance but were not okay so he's gonna make the appointments tonight and then what what will happen is you're still in the Finance Committee so if you're gonna go ahead of the Finance Committee and put four names in or not I think the direction to staff is to work on the resolution to formalize the creation of a Finance Committee right exactly but they cannot meet and tell that they really shouldn't because [40:31] **Dave Maroney**: technically if they're if they're making recommendations having conversations they really don't have an official authorization as yet so I'm fine if you want to put the names in there for now but we really need the resolution before they can meet and we don't need an ordinance for that one the others say ordinances if the conversation on **Mary Jill Bringle**: Emery Jill was was with the with three pending contracts union contracts coming up other issues on the utility charges if that's going to go to this committee we haven't talked about what specific tasks this committee will handle but if there's let's say they're going to take utility rate review we really need to establish by resolution what tasks it is that you want this recommending body to you to take on and established by it by [41:19] **Mary Jill Bringle**: resolution it's only by resolution because it's a standing committee in theory for this year if you're going to form we've never had a Finance Committee so if you're going to formally establish it forever then we would have to be back into the ordinance form okay and one requirement but do we have to do that at the next meeting the resolution **Bill Mattson**: yeah or can we do that today **Dave Maroney**: no we want yeah reason I ask is if they're not allowed to meet how can they start contract negotiations with the person we just need to do what a what'll happen in contract going back to that item it'll happen in contract negotiations as I think you've authorized staff to start the conversation with mr. Johnson that doesn't lead to any kind of official contract and acceptance this is just your extending an offer subject to these [42:06] **Dave Maroney**: terms and conditions to accept the accept the city administrator role so it's still interim period this time period it's still the City Council it ultimately has to adopt that contract okay so whether you have a whether there's timing to create a Finance Committee to review and recommend or you just say it's coming back to the City Council that's your choice **Bill Mattson**: so you're saying that it would be up to you and maybe like Michelle or something to negotiate the contract **Dave Maroney**: yeah whatever happens needs to be approved by the City Council okay so if you got to start somewhere yeah and you would keep us all on the loop right right and the reason like the Police Commission has to be done by ordinances we've had a police commission for a long time and it's never been established [42:52] **Dave Maroney**: cable commission and public works being the same okay so it's okay to add the names though to that protocol committee yeah I'm not gonna get too hung up on the names bill really at this point we're not gonna call a meeting before we have a resolution approving the group and the reason all right all and also the reason the pool committee only needs to be by resolution is it's probably gonna be gone next year yep which makes sense okay okay well with that I guess I would make a motion to approve the appointments **Mary Jill Bringle**: second just one quick question that there are no names for the pool committee is that something we're gonna have to approve later don't okay you'll have some gaps in the fourth he's [43:38] **Mary Jill Bringle**: gonna be the norm at yeah so we'll have to approve those people technically Matt is Matt and I are in charge in community can I get to be on 200 you didn't let me do the pool yeah you know **Morris Mierojewski**: second of that second that **Mayor John Althoff**: goodbye Morris all in favor aye pose carried I pulled down item 70 which is just claims for December 31st just got one question for **Bill Mattson**: Jill there's a thing in here for stretchers or something or $1400 what page on page one strikers [44:23] **Mary Jill Bringle**: strikers yep right that is that was the ammunition oh okay furnitures good reading about bad eyes okay never strapped ha gotcha okay **Mayor John Althoff**: emotions that will prove that **Bill Mattson**: so move **Morris Mierojewski**: just a second second Morris **Mayor John Althoff**: all in favor aye aye opposed carried and then I pull down the final payment for the esight to project only curious if you know we had that cul-de-sac the redo were there at the end of Minnesota Street did we ever send us build of a city for that I guess you mean schools **Dave Maroney**: we have not we have not build them yet we haven't okay but we've got all the paperwork and I think we do [45:10] **Dave Maroney**: yeah yes we got a kind of a schedule of events and some minutes from different bodies to piece together the how it happened Thanks **Bill Mattson**: I wouldn't complain but it wasn't in the original plans and the former superintendent wanted to call the sack there and it cost us money so they agreed to pay half of that song okay then I have a motion to approve the final payment no I can't make it sorry **Steve Nordin**: Steve **Morris Mierojewski**: Oh secondly Morris **Mayor John Althoff**: all in favor aye opposed carried okay we will get on to reports Oh Kyle chamber she's so patient wait that's okay **Kyle Paulson (Chamber)**: good evening council [45:59] **Kyle Paulson (Chamber)**: members and community we do have several things to talk about the first one being the heartfelt happy hour and that is an open house at the cannon River senior living facility that used to be known as the Twin Rivers senior campus and so they're doing that on Thursday February 13th from 3 to 5 and I would love it if we could have a good showing there to welcome Evan easer to town Abin easier and fairview are the new owners and so February 13th 3 to 5 and beverages and hors d'oeuvres so it should be a fun time then the Kenan Arts Board is [46:48] **Kyle Paulson (Chamber)**: putting on a dinner theater basically in partnership with artisan Plaza because it's at their location it is on February 14 15 and 16 as well as February 21 22 and 23 both Friday and Saturdays are at 6 p.m. and the Sundays are matinees but I am NOT a hundred percent sure of that time and so tickets are available you can go on to their website and I know they're hoping for more tickets to be sold then we do have two blood drives coming up in February so the first one is February 18th from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. [47:35] **Kyle Paulson (Chamber)**: at saint pius v church and then on February 20th 10:30 to 4:30 at first farmers and merchants so a couple of great times that you can help Red Cross get in some more blood and that would be wonderful then the actual Chamber we are working with by all means graphics which is from Northfield Minnesota they have joined our chamber and we will be doing our 2020 discover guide with them something that we're looking for and we need a lot of help with this is some new photos as [48:21] **Kyle Paulson (Chamber)**: my guess me commented tonight he got photos from the chamber the chamber got photos from probably the beacon and the beacon got them from the city so I mean the same old pictures are just being used and I think it's about time I know there's great photographers out there in the community so please share your photos with us we can give you credit in the discover guide you know just to show off your your skills we do need them by February 12th and so that is next Wednesday next Wednesday so please bring those into the the chamber or you can email [49:08] **Kyle Paulson (Chamber)**: them to tourism at Cannon Falls org any questions it's the quiet time of the year however we're still busy so that's good thank you very much thanks **Mayor John Althoff**: Expo joint powers board **Mary Jill Bringle**: you're looking right at me but I see Brad Anderson sitting out there and he knows more than I do all that I had to leave the meeting early we did have quite a discussion about installing an electric car charger at the welched rail station seem to be [49:54] **Mary Jill Bringle**: quite quite a bit of interest in that not terribly expensive and even better we have someone to donate it we would have to pay for the electricity obviously but it's not very expensive and I I think one of the things correct me if I'm wrong Brad is if it went really well we might consider putting one in Red Wing and in Cannon Falls problem is getting an electrical source for those you might have to do some creative wiring and then we have a lot of bridges got redone most of that work is done so and it looks beautiful I mean you can't see it because the trails closed but the pictures we have are just beautiful they even did the concrete [50:40] **Mary Jill Bringle**: they did concrete on the bridges instead of wood because it wears so much better but they still put in the ruts so you'll still have that bum ba-bum ba-bum ba-bum as you go across so that was really cool but the trail should be able to open on schedule in either but I'm a first for sure **Mayor John Althoff**: wouldn't Scott be willing to pay the electrical cost I think you should I think you should but well so these you know the people don't have to pay for it for the electricity yeah yeah they're expected to donate it's a donation box because you can't really say that about a charging station whatever happened to that guy we kind of know he didn't must [51:27] **Mayor John Althoff**: we have gotten mm-hmm well you know my thinking is if we got one in can of Falls it would probably go in the city parking lot which isn't a bad place for a car charging station anyway well this kind of came he wanted to put it at KC's right and I thought oh yeah more benefit rail not everything else in the city parking lot you know which we haven't alike in so I think it's not out of the realm of possibility might be something we want to do anyway they're not very expensive he had to go through some state bid or something he must not have gotten that's gonna be a big issue I said that a league meant well the other day that there's a shortage of charging things and there's more electric cars well and the the man who he and his wife [52:16] **Mary Jill Bringle**: wanted are ready to donate it are so passionate about this subject that you know I don't know if we could get them to donate another one but ain't visible at five hundred dollars or something yeah I mean it's for a charging station so I think it's something worth considering these daisies fast or going to the yeah all the time 24 hours a day but I think the deal was we wanted to get him downtown or early into the trail wall or something the trailhead close the [53:02] **Mary Jill Bringle**: trailer and I'll get him downtown so I think it's something worth considering anyway yeah got electricity that's all I have okay we have the work session that was pretty much setting up tonight's worse at work session okay let's go around the horn Greg okay **Police Chief Jeff McCormick**: Wes Joe thursday 10:30 we have coffee cops in conversation I will be there next week we have triad Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. at the CCC it's all I got **Dave Maroney**: Dave **Steve Nordin**: hey Steve nothing **Mayor John Althoff**: Matt oh um nothing [53:47] **Matt Montgomery**: Derek nothing tonight are you **Mary Jill Bringle**: Joe I've already said my piece **Mayor John Althoff**: okay well go to into public input so this is may speak to issues not on the agenda before speaking please give your name and address for the record and kindly limit your comments to three minutes public comments must be respectful pertinent to City business and adhere to the aPOPO data privacy rules the City Council will not take a shanna action on any issue raised by the public but may choose to schedule consideration of the item future agenda is there anybody would have just wants to address public input anything hmm [54:34] **Mayor John Althoff**: Brad you need ET tonight second call public input third and final call public input hearing none I'll close the public input portion of the agenda or if there's nothing else I'll take a motion to adjourn **Matt Montgomery**: no won't **Mary Jill Bringle**: second my Matt **Mayor John Althoff**: all in favor aye opposed carried