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[0:00] **Wayne Boucher**: call the meeting to order and stand for the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and through the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all and now we will move to the oath of office okay so counselor Hjelle and Council LeBlanc I will have you stand please and raise your right hand they have opted to be sworn in together so repeat after me [0:22] **Alissa McClure**: I state your name [0:43] **Andy Hjelle**: hi Andy Hjelle [0:45] **Brian LeBlanc**: aye Brian LeBlanc [0:46] **Alissa McClure**: do you solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States [0:48] **Andy Hjelle & Brian LeBlanc**: do you solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States the Constitution of the state of Minnesota and that I will discharge Faithfully the duties of the office of council member of the city of Hermantown in the county of St Louis the state of Minnesota to the best of my judgment and ability [1:29] **Alissa McClure**: congratulations thank you welcome [1:32] **Wayne Boucher**: counselors and thank you for your commitment to the community roll call please [1:37] **Alissa McClure**: all right counselor Geissler [1:39] **John Geissler**: here [1:41] **Alissa McClure**: counselor Hjelle [1:42] **Andy Hjelle**: here [1:43] **Alissa McClure**: councilor LeBlanc [1:44] **Brian LeBlanc**: here [1:45] **Alissa McClure**: mayor Boucher [1:46] **Wayne Boucher**: here announcements do any counselors have announcements they'd like to make at this time [1:52] **John Geissler**: I'll just welcome councilor LeBlanc counselor Hjelle and look forward to working with you guys for the next couple years [2:02] **Brian LeBlanc**: thanks for having us [2:03] **Wayne Boucher**: thank you either of you have anything you'd like to say [2:06] **Andy Hjelle**: oh yeah just a big thank you to the current Council mayor and staff especially Jackie for helping us with all the onboarding materials needed from us so excited to serve [2:17] **Wayne Boucher**: thank you uh public hearing we have none Communications we have listed Department presentations Mr Mulder could you go over just a short synopsis of item a [2:24] **John Mulder**: yeah so we gave a presentation um during pre-agenda just about some of the basics of being a city council member and um kind of big picture um um and some admin details in in January we'll kind of work on kind of setting the context and giving you a kind of up to speed in terms of the things we're working on right now [2:50] **Wayne Boucher**: public discussion this is a time when that anyone from the public can discuss anything they'd like with the council we ask that you limit your time to three minutes per person we will have items for public discussion under the agenda items that are voted on uh at that time is there any member either present in Chambers or online that wishes to discuss anything with the council at this time is there any public discussion for the Hermantown city council this evening if anyone wishes to discuss something with the council please start with your name and address hearing no public discussion we will move on to consent agenda consent agenda includes the last Council minutes accounts payable motions appointment of official newspaper depositories appointment of the mayor as a designated resident representative to the Chamber of Commerce appointments to the Metropolitan Interstate Council appointments of returning three-year term Planning and Zoning commission Utility Commission board of appeals and adjustments Park Board and Heda also resolutions for acting mayor appointing counselors to various boards which is airport zoning counselor Geissler Broadband Task Force counselor Hjelle board of appeals and adjustments counselor LeBlanc comprehensive planning Advisory Group counselor Geissler fire department board mayor Boucher Park Board counselor Hjelle Planning and Zoning commission counselor Geissler and Utility Commission counselor LeBlanc these are and a resolution appointing signatories for checks those are all part of the consent agenda do we have a motion to approve or deny the consent agenda [5:20] **Andy Hjelle**: make a motion to approve the consent agenda [5:23] **Wayne Boucher**: okay motion to approve by counselor Hjelle second by counselor LeBlanc roll call please [5:28] **Alissa McClure**: counselor Geissler [5:29] **John Geissler**: aye [5:30] **Alissa McClure**: Hjelle [5:31] **Andy Hjelle**: aye [5:31] **Alissa McClure**: Council LeBlanc [5:32] **Brian LeBlanc**: aye [5:33] **Alissa McClure**: mayor Boucher [5:33] **Wayne Boucher**: aye uh no ordinances this evening resolutions resolution 2023-04 resolution accepting resignation and declaring a vacancy on the city council this is the automatic resignation of counselor Geissler when he was sworn in today as a Minnesota State senator and uh counselor house Chapman Geissler you want to go to the state senate I [6:07] **John Geissler**: didn't think I was going to St Paul okay we switched places with you [6:11] **Wayne Boucher**: um and declaring a vacancy for that position Mr Mulder anything further on this [6:16] **John Mulder**: just so as we discussed that pre-agenda meeting um we will um start advertising tomorrow and accept applications until I think the 23rd is when we decided and then based upon the number of applicants will either do interviews or um do kind of initial selection on on our workshop on January 30th [6:37] **John Geissler**: thank you I'll make the motion to accept the resignation and declare a vacancy [6:42] **Wayne Boucher**: motion do we have a second [6:44] **Andy Hjelle**: second [6:45] **Wayne Boucher**: second by counselor Hjelle um any counselors wish to discuss this or have any comments or concerns is there any member of the public that wishes to comment on this if so please state your name and address is there any public discussion on resolution 2023-04 one last opportunity for public discussion on this resolution hearing none roll call please [7:15] **Alissa McClure**: Geissler [7:15] **John Geissler**: aye [7:16] **Alissa McClure**: Hjelle [7:16] **Andy Hjelle**: aye [7:17] **Alissa McClure**: mayor Boucher [7:17] **Wayne Boucher**: aye resolution 2023-05 resolution establishing procedures relating to compliance with reimbursement Bond regulations under the Internal Revenue code do we have a resolution approving it a motion approving it [7:48] **John Geissler**: yeah motion to approve [7:49] **Brian LeBlanc**: seconded [7:50] **Wayne Boucher**: okay motion by counselor Geissler second by counselor LeBlanc Mr Mulder [7:55] **John Mulder**: so we have a couple of projects in 2023 that will be issuing bonds for um and this resolution simply allows us to um reimburse any expenses that we take on before we actually issue the bonds so therefore we can basically use existing funds to kind of float the expense of that and then um our those funds would get reimbursed by the the bond proceeds [8:25] **Wayne Boucher**: thank you any questions or comments or Council is there any public input on resolution 2023-05 is there any public input on this resolution is there any public input on 2023-05 if so state your name and address roll call please [9:02] **Alissa McClure**: counselor Geissler [9:03] **John Geissler**: aye [9:03] **Alissa McClure**: Hjelle [9:04] **Andy Hjelle**: hi [9:05] **Alissa McClure**: LeBlanc [9:06] **Brian LeBlanc**: aye [9:07] **Alissa McClure**: mayor Boucher [9:07] **Wayne Boucher**: hi resolution 2023-06 resolution approving wage rates for part-time employees in 2023. is there a motion [9:18] **Brian LeBlanc**: motion to approve [9:20] **John Geissler**: uh I'll second [9:21] **Wayne Boucher**: motion to approve by counselor LeBlanc second by counselor Geissler Mr Mulder [9:28] **John Mulder**: so we have some part-time employees we have one custodian that works about 15 hours a week and then we have some seasonal help in the public works department and so what we're recommending here is just a three and a quarter percent increase for those employees um for their work that's consistent with what we did with other non-represented employees [9:54] **Wayne Boucher**: thank you do we have any comments or questions from Council none is there any public input on this resolution is there any public input on resolution 2023-06 any public input on this resolution roll call please [10:25] **Alissa McClure**: counselor Hjelle [10:26] **Andy Hjelle**: aye [10:27] **Brian LeBlanc**: aye [10:28] **Alissa McClure**: Geissler [10:29] **John Geissler**: aye [10:30] **Alissa McClure**: mayor Boucher [10:31] **Wayne Boucher**: hi and that ends our business this evening we need a motion to recess do we have a motion [10:39] **Andy Hjelle**: motion to recess [10:40] **John Geissler**: second [10:41] **Wayne Boucher**: motion by counselor Hjelle second by counselor Geissler all in favor say aye [10:46] **City Council**: aye aye aye [10:49] **Wayne Boucher**: opposed same sign