[0:00] Background: Hey, hey, hey. Hey, can I Can I go to it? Is that [0:54] Mayor: you all ready? What's up? Good evening and welcome to the city council regular meeting for Monday, February 2nd, 2026. If you please rise and join me in 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. Welcome this evening to a packed house. Go ahead and uh are there any additions or corrections to the agenda? [1:38] City Administrator: No, sir. [1:41] Mayor: Seeing none, uh we'll move the agenda. Is there a second? [1:45] Council Member: Second. [1:47] Mayor: All in favor signify by saying I. [1:47] Council Members: I. I. [1:47] Mayor: We are approved and we will start out this evening with item three, presentations, proclamations, and acknowledgements. And the first is our officer oath of office. I'll turn it over to Chief. [2:10] Police Chief: Mayor, members of council, city administrator, and staff. It's my privilege and honor to be here tonight as we celebrate two of our officers taking the oath of office. These two officers tonight were part of a program to strengthen law enforcement agencies in Minnesota, which actually was only developed a couple years ago. If I can give you a little bit of history on how this program developed. On December 10th, 2024, Governor Waltz and the commissioner of Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Bob Jacobson, announced a significant grant to support law enforcement. The grant was called the intensive comprehensive peace officer education and training program or IC poet. The ability to make this happen was a result of many hands working together across the aisle of politics for the common goal of strengthening our law enforcement community. One of those individuals who tirelessly worked on this was our own rep. Um John Ho, I'm not sure if he's here tonight. He was going to try to make it, but he was instrumental in making sure that our voice here in Dakota County and the city of Rosemont was heard. This groundbreaking initiative was created to address Minnesota's growing need for highly trained peace officers, aimed to enhance public safety while fostering trust and accountability between the communities we serve. The IC pro the IC poet program combined academic coursework, technical skills training, mentorship to equip participants with tools needed to succeed in the modern policing era. Governor Waltz said, "We need to do anything we can to make sure we're supporting them across the board." As we here in Rosemont realized too, we were seeing a decline of qualified applicants. In order to seize what was out there, we realized that many of our qualified applicants did have a two and four-year college degree, but were also committed to other vocations to support their family, their friends, and what they needed to do. And so, in 2024, we went on and we we asked for the grant to see if we could get money to establish this program in our city. We were able to commandeer $150,000 and that provided three different different opportunities for individuals here within our city and our greater community. So we went to work. Our recruitment team went into high gear and the process of hiring was in full swing. At the end of the day, the department recognized three individuals who stood out. Two of these were current two of these were currently working as community service officers and the third was working at the Dakota County Correctional Facility. Tonight we'll be honoring two of those wonderful individuals at the oath of office. So the first one I would like to talk about is is Jaylen Snitker. Jaylen was hired in the spring of 2025. He came to Rosemont from the Dakota County Sheriff's Department where he served there from April 2017 to octo October of 2024. During his tenure with Dakota County, he was promoted to the rank of sergeant and he was part of the Dakota County Honor Guard team. and he said this, "This assignment changed my outlook on law for law enforcement and has given me something that will impact me for the rest of my life." I had I had a chance to speak with Sheriff Leo the other day and he remembered Jaylen and he said it is to our credit that we have him here and selflessly he wished that he would have stayed with the department in Dakota County for his career. Jaylen graduated from Hasten High School in 2012 and went on to receive his BA degree in criminology and a minor in coaching from the University of Minnesota DUTH in 2016. In 2024, he attended Henpin Technical College through the IC polar program and graduated in March of 2025 with a certificate in law enforcement skills. Once completing law enforcement skills, Jaylen returned to Rosemont and started the second phase, which is the field training program. After three months of focused time of focused real-time training, he was officially released on his own. Jaylen said this. I chose Rosemont because of the amazing opportunity they gave me with the IC poet program. I was able to get paid at a competitive rate to go back to school, enhance my career. Rosemont is similar size to the town I grew up, so I was comfortable making the transition here. I will always appreciate Rosemont's mission and statement in serving with honor, integrity, and courage, especially with the challenges we have seen in law enforcement over the last decade and which we continue to see. Tonight, the Rosemont Police Department, the city of Rosemont are welcome and excited to see what Jaylen has with his integrity, his work e ethic, and character as he makes the choice of being a differencemaker each and every day for our community. Jaylen wants to thank his family for sticking by him, being his foundation through the journey. They have been there have been countless times when I had to rely on them for doing long long work hours, being there for my sons, or just vetting after a long day. They never gave up on me and they never questioned or gave they never gave up their waving support. I also want to thank the the city of Rosemont and the PD. Tonight we have some special guests. We have Jaylen's two son Lincoln and Charlie. They're out there I believe and they'll be pinning the badge. We have uh we have brothers Jerry, Justin, Brandon, Wesley. We have father Kurt, mother Jan, and stepmother Joanne. Now, as we've been waiting for, if I can have Jaylen coming up, if I can have the city clerk, and we will author the oath of office. [7:12] City Clerk: Senator [7:19] Officer Jaylen Snitker: United States [7:28] City Clerk: officer of the police department [7:35] Officer Jaylen Snitker: and the state of Minnesota to the best of my judgment. [7:35] City Clerk: So welcome [8:11] Police Chief: He's coming in for the stab. The second individual I'd like to introduce to you tonight is is Braden Lecher. Braden graduated from Rosemont High School in 2020. While he was in high school, he took courses through the District 196 in emergency service programs, which solidified his decision to pursue law enforcement. Upon graduating, Brain attended the University of Wisconsin, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice and a minor in sociology. During his time at UD UWLair, he volunteered with the the Uclair County victim witness services and crisis responses response team where he earned learned how to work with victims in crisis. Braden also worked in the county sheriff's office of as a park ranger for four years. During this time, Braden spent the time here with our city as a community officer prior to going to ICU Poets. During that time, he got to spend time with law enforcement officers, both sworn and non-swearing, understanding the daily opportunities and the daily struggles of what it meant to be a police officer. So, when he started the ICO program, he had a good idea of what he was walking into. In March of 2025, Brain successfully completed the program and received his certificate in law enforcement skills. Once completing the program, Brain returned back to Rosemont where he started the rigorous field training program. After three months of continued training, testing, and infield learning, he was released to be a solo patrol officer. Braden said this, "I chose law enforcement not only because of my interest from a from a young age, but for the real time in problem solving. Every day is something different, and I get to help people on their worst days by piecing together the puzzle each call, which each call presents. Rosemont to me is home, and it's an amazing city to be raised in, and I look forward to giving back each and every day. Brain's ability to work through difficult situations, problem solve under pressure, show empathy and compassion to all while maintaining his integrity represents what 21st century policing is. And we're excited to have him as part of our team. Braden wants to thank his girlfriend Valerie, his dad Justin, his stepmom Denise, his mom Britta, his stepdad Jeremy, his sister Payton, his brother Carter, his grandparents, aunts and uncles, and the other 20 people that he brought. So, so Braden, why don't you come on up? City clerk, if you come up and issue the oath of office, [10:44] City Clerk: do solemnly swear. I will support the Constitution of the United States of [10:50] Officer Braden Lecher: the State of Minnesota [10:50] City Clerk: as an officer of police department [11:05] Officer Braden Lecher: to the city of Rosemont Army state of Minnesota. State of Minnesota. The judgement [11:35] Mayor: you do every day. Yeah. Not only do you get your [12:08] Audience: to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday, dear Braden. Happy birthday to you. [12:29] Mayor: Who says we don't have fun? So, Chief, are do we get them all this evening or are they all staying here? This would be pretty phenomenal if we get this for the rest of our meeting. [12:43] Police Chief: Do you have cake and ice cream back there? [12:46] Mayor: No. [12:47] Police Chief: Skittles. [12:48] Mayor: Skittles. Good deal. Are they taking them out? Okay. All right. Now they're starting to leave. All right. Okay. All right. I was getting worried there a little bit. [13:05] Police Chief: I didn't know if we were doing a group picture. [13:09] Mayor: Comment. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We don't need to. I just We could have done the public We could have done the police and public works while they were still here. We should have. Yeah. It's always interesting to note that uh the young gentlemen that are joining us have worked within the county and in fact growing up here in Rosemont. So says a lot for our community and we like seeing uh people uh joining our police force from out of our our community and who've gone to high school here too. How are you? Good. Good. All right. As everyone's kind of filing out, we will go ahead and that'll complete items 3A and 3B. And we'll move on to 3C, the APWA award. We'll ask uh our public works director to come up and share the news. [14:04] Public Works Director: Well, I can, mayor. Thank you. Uh good evening, mayor and council. I actually have a couple of guests from our Minnesota chapter of APWA to do most of the talking. I don't think a lot of people want to listen to me with my voice as it is tonight anyhow. So, we'll wait while they file in. Yeah, it’s uh we’re getting used to going in in order like this the the after the the big show, but uh still proud and happy to do it. So, I’ll invite Eric Limy and Richard McCoy up here. And what I'm going to do is uh start a little photo slideshow uh just to go in the background while they're chatting away. did. [14:55] Eric Lumpke: Uh, good evening, mayor and, uh, council. Um, as I don't know what Nick said, we were in the hallway trying to make our way in, so hopefully it gave us a good introduction. Uh, my name is Eric Lumpky. uh grateful to be here tonight uh to help celebrate this truly uh remarkable public works project, the Rosemouth public works and police campus project. Um myself, I'm a principal engineer with the Stantech um works closely with public works u agencies and communities like Rosemont to advance public works projects for the about the past 28 years now. Additionally, I serve as the APWA's awards chair. Um um here in the at well behind me uh is Richard, somebody you might know, Richard McCoy. He serves both as uh the public works director and the city engineer for the city of Robbinsdale. And with that, uh Richard serves with me on APWA's awards committee as well. Um, I'm not sure how many of you are familiar with APWA or what our organization is all about and its mission. Um, the Minnesota chapter of the APWA um has about 1100 members strong, you know, representing many public agencies, private consulting firms, industry vendors. Um, we what we really do is we advocate on the importance of all things pertaining to public works. um and the importance of you know advancing public infrastructure um and the public service industry. You know, additionally some of the other things is the stressing the importance of um training uh providing training programs for our public works professionals. Nick uh himself uh has been an active member in our organization for a number of years and is actually uh one as our chapter is one of our past presidents. So, he's it's been great to get to know Nick in that capacity as well. Um, lastly, I'll just share a real briefly a little bit about the awards committee in the background of this recognition that you guys are receiving tonight. Um, the awards committee is made up um of about a dozen volunteers um of which, as I said, Richard and I are part of that committee. Um each year our committee uh solicits um award nominations for both projects of the year uh like the one that Rosemount is receiving as well as personnel awards. Um you know with that you know we you know each of those are received in various categories. Um and you can imagine the diversity of you know comparing one project to another. Um determining winners is sometimes more challenging than others. Um, but it definitely uh you definitely see when certain projects rise to the top and uh I can tell you that this one is one of those that really stood out. Um, I can confidently say in discussing the project nomination that Nick and the consulting team put together. It was uh one of the easier awards that Richard and I had to have been a part of giving out. So, you guys are truly deserving of APWA's project of the year in the structures category. Um, lastly, I'll just close with the uh um what constitutes going into the award. To be considered for this award, the following criteria must be met. The project must be substantially complete between January 1st and October 31st of 2025. It includes the use of innovation construction management techniques and the completion of the project on schedule. It must maintain excellent safety performance and a safety program throughout construction. Evidence of strong community relations during all phase of the project which you know from what I know this project excelled at. um consideration given to the environment, sustainable design techniques involved, which again this project nailed that. Um unusual accomplishments given adverse conditions and you couldn't have constructed it at a more challenging time with the economic changes um that were happening in the supply market. Um and then provide future value to public works profession and the perception by the public. And lastly, additional consideration given to value engineering, innovation, project in innovative project financing, and multi- agency coordination and participation. And uh with that, we'll let Richard just talk a little bit about uh beyond the criteria, what we really dove into as we looked at your project. [20:14] Richard McCoy: Mr. Mayor, council members, good evening. Good evening. Um, as Eric mentioned, my name is Richard McCoy, the public works director and city engineer for the city of Robbinsdale. Uh, I also serve on the local chapter awards committee. Been on that committee now for countless years. I can't remember how many, but it's fun and it's great to be able to recognize the the people in the projects that make public works so special. And this project is is certainly ticks all the boxes for that. So committee members get uh quite a number of applications come in and we have to sort through them and and sort the wheat from the chaff if you like to see which ones should be put forward as award winners. We have some different categories and that works with the national level. I would expect Nick will be submitting this up to the national level to try and get national recognition for this project. It certainly deserves it. So this particular project I think it was pretty evident by everybody that was reviewing the the application that it is uh a sensational project. It uh really meets all of the criteria that we have for uh reviewing. And you know I'm not going to sit here and and go over it in detail. You folk probably have a good understanding and feeling for the project already. I will say that um Nick did have a bunch of us engineers over there to have a look through and I'm entirely jealous. It's um quite the facility. It's it's good for me too because Robinsdale's in the in the process of uh looking to redo our public works uh building and uh you get some great ideas by going around and having a look at the the best of the best. So very uh very pleased I got that that opportunity and I think I'm going to try and get an office that's at least as big as what Nick has. Actually I might get the dimensions and make it just a touch bigger so I can start a bigger office. So this particular project you know you the the city has been been working on on elements of this for for many many years two decades. Uh we there was a vision to provide modern expanded facilities to replace the the mix of undersized and inefficient spaces for both police and public works. A facility's task force was organized with the end outcome being to colllocate public works and police at one facility. City council engaged the broader community and uh kept them informed and involved. was impressive to read about how the design team worked hand inhand with city staff, city council to refine the functional layouts to integrate modern aesthetics and to ensure that the facility reflected community identity and civic pride. The site design considered systems that exceeded both local and watershed storm water requirements. Also, vehicle flow and neighborhood compatibility was a high focus as well. Sustainability was part of the project with elements such as the reuse of roof runoff for vehicle washwater, smart irrigation, as well as the inclusion of native plants. We all love native plants. I love native plants. uh EV, solar readiness, smart lighting systems, and operational efficiencies of the site were all elements that added to this project being set up to serve the community for many many decades to come. The committee also acknowledged the extraordinary amount of focus put into uh the the layout uh focused on team unity by keeping leadership and frontline staff together. shared spaces such as the large training room intent uh could could double as an emergency operations center. I like that idea. That's a really clever idea. Or be used for community meetings or multi- agency gatherings. Additionally, the investment in this campus facilities not only serve the public works and police department's day-to-day needs, but also has a strong focus on wellness, staff retention, and training, as well as attracting the next generation uh to come to work for your city. Uh the the little firing range that you had there is pretty cool. Nick wouldn't let me have a turn at it, but it was pretty cool. You know, lastly, we know that uh projects don't happen like this don't happen without the great support from the community leaders like yourselves and project partners. It was remarkable to see the success of uh communication with the city's vision to the community and others by creating an attractive project that was able to gather diverse funding support that it did. This includes everything from upfront land swap deals that saved over $2 million to the $25,000 grant from the Vermillion River Wershed. This project serves as a role model for what is possible for future public works initiatives by demonstrating how communitydriven planning and multi-EP department and agency collaboration can successfully deliver community's goals. So, with that, I'm told, look at this. Originally, this was awarded back in November at the the fall conference of uh the the Minnesota chapter, but uh tonight we're going to represent Nick with the project of the year award in the structures category for the public works and police campus project. So, congratulations everybody involved with this. So again, um we we we like getting out celebrating um the successes of the the various award winners. We like to come to the communities in which they work or which the projects have been built and uh just celebrate the the successes. too often a lot of us in the the public works field, we just get on with work and we don't uh kind of celebrate or or seek to be recognized. So, uh thank you for allowing us to be here and uh Nick, if you've got any words. [26:32] Public Works Director: Yeah. Well, how can I follow that? You two guys just summed it up very nicely and I'm glad for that because I don't feel like talking at real length right now. But I just want to again reiterate uh the the the journey that this required to make happen. I mean it's it's a long time coming, countless hours of work, the the shared uh visioning and efforts from all of our staff and yourselves and the community and helping make it a reality. Uh that's why it it deserves this type of accolade and to be have a light shone on it out there in the public. So, uh, very happy to accept the award again and, uh, we're hanging it proudly in our atrium over there at the complex and, um, for everyone to see. And like, uh, was alluded to, we are going to pursue the national level recognition in, um, the late summer is when that the, uh, winners will be announced for that. So, stay tuned. [27:32] Mayor: Awesome. Congratulations, Mayor. Do you guys want to form up for a picture and accept the award officially? I think that'd be They're They're here. Might as well, right? Thank you for coming. Thank you for your works. You come shoot it. Thanks. Congratulations. Thank you. [28:26] Council Member: I think I blame that again. [28:31] Public Works Director: Oh, shoot. Yeah, talk to. Yeah, I'll edit it out with the TV. Edit with eyes. That TV is a big TV. I promise. [28:39] Mayor: It actually is. That one's good. TV. Did you get rid of the little one? The little guy is still in his It is. Okay. Okay. The little And I know the acronym APWA was around an awful lot. Just for those that may not know that, it's the American Public Works Association. There you go. So, yeah, congratulations and thank you very much. With that, that completes item 3C. We'll go ahead and move on to 3D, Robert Trail Library presentation. And I'll look to [29:17] City Administrator: Logan, were you going to I can take it quick, Mayor. Yeah. Every year, Go ahead, Terry. Every year we we love to invite Terry Rum as the branch manager of Robert Trail Library up for kind of an annual report. And so, Terry, I'll turn the mic to you to give us a recap of 2025. [29:26] Terry Romin: All right. Uh, thank you, Logan. Welcome, Terry. Thank you, uh, mayor, council members. Uh, it's a privilege to be here. Um, like Logan said, I'm the branch manager over at the Robert Trail Library. I've been over there now. It'll be 10 years. This this year will be my 10th year. So, uh, we've seen a lot of changes uh within the library in that time. Um just like to provide you with with a little update about the system and about the branch itself and uh some things in 2026. So uh looking back at last year uh the visit number hereund close to 150,000 visits to our local library here in Rosemont. Um so that number uh is up about 3% from the prior year which is really impressive considering the prior year wasn't down be uh in 2024 we had our construction project with the solar panel and that visit number was about the same as the year before. So the fact that we were able to keep the number of visits in 2024 from 2023 but then increase them a little bit is really good. Um the items checked out uh 446,000 that's also an increase of about 3%. Um as we calculate items checked out those are physical items checked out over the last 10 years uh the issue with check we don't monitor our progress simply by checkouts because of the advent of uh of ebooks that is not in that number there the uh so many more or so many fewer people check out DVDs and CDs and the media type stuff. So all of those collections literally are just, you know, over the last 10 years are, you know, just collapsing in usage. Just, you know, cars don't even have CD players anymore. So, uh, we still purchase some of those items new. We don't buy as many as we used to. But with circulation going up still, it means other traditional media, magazines, books, uh, kids books, all of those items continue to go up in circulation every year. So, uh, the circulation may not be a ton, but when it's counting for the decrease in those, uh, media focused ones, uh, it's very impressive that we keep going up. Um, the third number, the 78,000 people attended programs, that is systemwide in Dakota County. We do not keep a local number of uh of attendance at individual programs, but we keep individual ones, but we don't separate it out in our stats that way. So, as a system, last year um we, you know, had over 78,000 visitors to our libraries for different programs, whether that be story time, um or other programs we offer throughout the year. So, a couple system updates uh for this year. Currently, we have uh Wentworth Library is closed uh because they are going through a remodel. They will reopen this spring. Uh Burnhaven is scheduled to close this spring in Burnsville uh for roughly a year. Uh as they go through their remodel, uh they will get a temporary location site. It has not been official yet where it's going to be, but they will have a temporary location um somewhere close to the library. Uh they should be closed for about a year. Um Robert Trail remodel, there's no official date. I've seen a couple different county documents that say it could be roughly 2028, maybe. Uh maybe next year 2027 we get a um what they call basically like a review of the building, see what needs to be done, what would have to be updated. But we're either I believe WCOT and Egan is ahead of us and then it's us or it's us and then Westcot. Though they keep kind of flipping back and forth every couple year. The one in Wescott is such a big project I don't really think they know exactly how long that's going to um what that's going to entail necessarily. So, uh, but we're getting close. We've been there now since 2009, and we have not had a remodel to this to date. We've certainly had a few updates here and there, but nothing significant. So, uh, we're certainly due, uh, from a technology standpoint, uh, just last week the library instituted a new printing service, uh, which similar to our old one, but it's much easier to use. It does allow uh customers to submit print jobs either online and they can come into the library and print them or printing from their mobile devices within the library will be much easier. Uh our old system was a little cumbersome, a lot of clicking. Uh the website wasn't optimized for mobile which didn't really work that well with a mobile device. Uh this current system we have is much better and it uh we did just roll it out last week so we are still working through a few hiccups here and there but uh we'll get there in two or three weeks. It'll be smooth as can be. Um the other technology issue as it pertains to the 20 26 budget is uh we did see a cut in the library budget this year uh as most uh county county departments did. We all know the fiscal challenges that the um of county government and I'm sure you're going through local government challenges as well. Um so we were not immune from some cuts. Um we did do a little bit of staffing cut throughout the system which the system should be able uh to absorb. it did not include any layoffs or anything like that. So, we're thankful for that. Uh one of the other things we did have to suspend was our Hoopla digital database, which was ebooks remotely. Uh it was one of two services we offered. Uh and we know customers enjoyed it and customers liked it. Uh it wasn't a a choice of getting rid of it due to a lack of use. It was just simply a funding issue. Uh we do still have ebooks available through our Libby database. Uh people can get them that way. So uh e audio and e um e- reading books. So um and then uh another technology one we will be cutting here coming up will be um our we had Wi-Fi hotspots that we would check out. We started this during the pandemic uh when people were homebound and there was some grant money and stuff to get uh so we started to check out Wi-Fi hotspots to people which people really found useful uh particularly in the southern part of the county where I think uh Wi-Fi and internet connections can be a little more challenging sometimes. Uh these Wi-Fi hotspots work worked really well. Uh but again unfortunately due to the budget cuts they will be cut this year. Uh they're still active now until the end of February but um they're winding it down as of 2026. So, um, systemwide, early in 2025, the library started a podcast. So, we're up to 20 episodes now. You can find it on any of your, uh, any place you download or stream podcasts. The Dakota County Library. Uh, just a reminder that we do have self-service hours uh, from uh, 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. 365 days a year, 7 days a week. Uh, and people can get that uh can gain access to the library by getting a self-service card. They simply do that by going on our website, requesting a self-service card, and then going into one of the branches and picking it up. And we go through the uh we go through the process with them how they can access the library at 6:00 a.m. 7 a.m. Uh there is no staff there. Uh it operates kind of on a model similar to what um like one of the 24-hour gyms would operate. uh where you scan yourself in and such. So, um locally, Robert Trail building update, uh I already mentioned that kind of with um with the remodel hopefully in a couple years. Uh currently, there's some scaffolding over our building. Now, they are doing some roof work that has to be done and then in the near future in a couple weeks, we will get uh uh new doors and things put on the library. So, they'll you'll see a little bit of update there. Uh staffing updates. Unfortunately, this year we uh our circulation supervisor, Peter Aldall, who'd been with the library for 10 years and some people may know because he also did a lot in the community and he worked with the voting. Uh he volunteered uh at the polling stations. Uh uh he resigned earlier this year. We were able to replace his position uh with a new circ supervisor. Her name is Megan. Um she's originally from Oklahoma. Has a lot of experience and she's just been on since the beginning of December. So, um, uh, service update. I was just going to mention the service that we have, the 20 or the self-service hours and a reminder everybody for that. So, um, a couple library events I always like to mention. Uh, the student art display, which we do, uh, the local schools, uh, they get to put their art up in the library. We have a reception. It's a great way for the community to come together and the schools and the kids to come to the library. Um, meet the author program. We have probably the only type program in the county where we have regular authors come to the library and this is in great part due to rack and uh our collaboration with them with them getting the authors to come in. Um but so that's really kind of a standout event that's unique to Rosemont. Um winter reads program goes on every winter kind of like an adults program for kids kind of like an adult summer program for kids adult reading program for uh that's similar to kids summer reading program. So, uh, summer discovery program we'll have we offer again this summer. Last year we had over 600 people at our kickoff event, which was the most we've ever had at our kickoff event. So, in my time there, maybe before there was more, but um, so with that, I just like to thank a couple people. The library is always thankful for the county commissioners. Even when when when we go through times like this when we do have to cut things, uh the county commissioners uh and the county managers, they're particularly very supportive of the library and they understand the value we bring to the community and they do their best to um uh to understand where we're at and we certainly appreciate that. Uh the facilities people who keep our buildings um uh clean and running and we're down to one boiler right now, but the reason we have one is because facilities is so good and otherwise we'd have none. So, we appreciate them. Um, library administration, uh, we appreciate their dedication and service to the Roseman area as well. There was some turnover there. I did want to mention our library director, Margaret Stone. She resigned last September. Uh, her position was replaced by our director, our deputy director, Jen Riker Simpson. Uh, she was promoted to library director. So, uh, we're happy to have her. uh friends of the Robert Trail Library is uh very uh useful to us and they're um very dedicated to library service and programming in the Rosemont community rack as I mentioned and of course um the Rosemont community as a whole. So we thank them for their support. Uh we wouldn't be here without them and we really do value all the visits we see in the library um every year. So with that, I'll just say thank you for the time tonight. I appreciate it. I'm certainly can stand for any questions if you have any for me. [40:02] Mayor: open up to council. Any questions or comments? [40:04] Council Member: No. [40:05] Mayor: No. Thank you. Thank you for what you do. Thank you. Thank you. I know when we uh when this was built um some time ago, it was a a need recognized in the community has been serving us since then very well. So, thanks again, Terry. That completes item uh 3D and completes all of items three. We'll move on to item four, response to public comment. Don't believe we have anything outstanding on that this evening. Moves to public comment item number five. Anyone wishing to come before councel may do so at this time. Please state your name and address and we ask that you limit your comments to 3 minutes or less. With that, the floor is open. Anyone may step forward to address a comment or question for the council. Anyone? Anyone? All right. Seeing no one uh making their mad dash to the podium, that'll close the uh public comments for this evening. We'll move on to item six, consent agenda. We have items 6 A through H. This evening we have bill listings, minutes of our January 20th regular meeting minutes, renewal of the consumption and display setup permit for the meeting point, approval of contract for new building permit software for our community development group, CIP reimbursement resolution uh allowing us to uh manage bond issues for the fire engine and fire station remodeling. That's upcoming. application to conduct offsite gambling by the Rosemont Hockey Association during a leprechauns event, the Minnesota DOT agreement on Highway 3, the Ped Crossing enhancements, and the authorization for expenditures of opioid settlement funds that were originally distributed to the county. And this would get us our portion of that. Any items council would wish to council members would wish to pull for further discussion or comment? [42:18] Council Member Freski: G. Item 6G is pulled. Anything else? Just G. [42:21] Mayor: All right. So, we'll move the consent agenda items A through H, less G. Is there a second? [42:27] Council Member: Second. [42:37] City Clerk: All in favor signify by saying I. I. I. We are approved. Ecl. Lumple. [42:47] Council Member Lumple: I. [42:48] Council Member Weisensel: Hi. [42:49] Council Member Freski: Hi. [42:54] Mayor: And that uh completes the consent agenda except G 4. And we have 6G up. Let's pull that one up. The Minnesota DOT agreement. Mr. Edgar. And I'll turn it over to Council Member Freski. [43:03] Council Member Freski: I'm pulling this item. This has been a hot topic for a few of the community members I've been working with over the past couple years. So, if you could just give an update on the great progress, that'd be awesome. [43:15] Public Works Director: Yeah. So, this is uh this agreement, cooperative construction agreement, provides the city with funding uh about 50% of the cost of installing two rapid rectangular flashing beacons. Say that five times fast. Uh along Highway Three, and we'll be doing those installations this coming summer. Uh the the one of them is going to be installed at the existing crossing that's in front of the steeple center near the library and the other will be installed at lower 147th Street. These are two spots through analysis we determined could use a boost in visibility when pedestrians are looking to utilize those crossings. So uh submitted a local partnership program grant application to MDOT in 2024. Uh we were successful in that of course and uh meant to build these in 2025 but things got a little slow uh on process and administrative uh end of things and so we had to delay to 26 but excited to be able to go forward. This agreement was kind of the last administrative step before we can go and get quotes from contractors to do the work. Uh so look for that activity to uh be out there this coming summer. [44:46] Council Member Freski: That's great. Great. [44:50] Mayor: Okay. And with that, uh, any other questions from other council members? Otherwise, would you like to move the recommended action? [44:53] Council Member Freski: Sure. I'll make a motion to approve a cooperative construction agreement with Mandoture of rapid rectangular flashing beacon crosswalk enhancements along Highway 3. [45:01] Council Member Lumple: Second. [45:03] Mayor: Got a motion by Freski, second by Climpmple. Roll please. [45:08] City Clerk: Climple. [45:10] Council Member Lumple: I. [45:11] Council Member Weisensel: I. [45:12] Council Member Iler: I. [45:13] Mayor: that completes item 6G40 and completes all of the items related to consent agenda item six. We have this evening no public hearings in item seven or unfinished business and item eight, new business in item nine and we are to announcements item 10. Mr. Martin, anything? [45:31] City Administrator: Thank you, mayor, members of the council. Just a quick uh update for the good of the community. Uh the city council did meet with senior leadership team on Friday uh in our annual goal setting session for about 5 hours or so Friday afternoon. Uh and uh really appreciate the council's feedback and perspective shared. Um we're in the midst of our 5year strategic plan. So casting a vision from 2024 through 2029. So it wasn't a full kind of upending of the strategic plan but more a confirmation of the trajectory that the city is on. As a reminder I we know the community has the strategic plan well understood but our four main pillars are to grow Rosemount uh to create community connections to provide a high quality of life and then to do all that we need to support a culture of high performance and so staff and and and uh budget parameters and things of that nature to get things done. And then within there, each department head and and senior leadership team had a chance to give a vision for what their 2026 looked like uh from kind of an initiatives and a work plan model. And so really exciting to do that and get council confirmation of a lot of really exciting things to come, a lot of work ahead of us, a lot of big things to to tackle and take down, but we're looking forward to it. So, uh that was the only update that I wanted to share from a staff perspective tonight Mayor. [46:44] Mayor: Okay. Thank you. And we have our upcoming community candid. First, I'll reach out to council members. anything that you want to announce? Anything? [46:53] Council Member: I'll I'll do a little plug. Um the Leprechaun Days is having their um halfway to Leprechaun Days Bingo Bash on Saturday, February 28th. And you can go out to our website, leprechaundays.org, or find us on Facebook to um purchase your packets, pre- purchase it. Last year, last two years, we have sold out the tables prior to the event. So, we do that in partnership with our gambling partner, Rosemont Area Area Hockey Association, which we just approved earlier this evening, but it's at the Steeple Center on the 28th and it begins at 4 p.m. [47:30] Mayor: Any other items? So, coming up for city council, the let's see, the next item up here, city hall will be closed on President's Day. That'll be February 16th. Our next uh gathering is the port authority meeting February 17th from 6:00 to 7:00 followed by the city council meeting from 7 to 8:00 p.m. here at city hall. And with that, there is no other business to come before council. We will adjourn the city council meeting and um return to our work session efforts back in the conference hall. So with that um motion to close. All in favor signify by saying I. [48:14] Council Members: I. I. [48:14] Mayor: Opposed. We are closed for this meeting. Adjourning to work session. Thank you. [48:48] Background: Heat. Hey, Heat.