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Nowthen City Council Work Session meeting, May 6, 2024

Council Work Session

Monday, May 6, 2024 · 6:00 PM

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Agenda

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What was on the agenda.

Packet

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Minutes

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One-line summary

The Council held a work session on the draft 2025 Capital Improvement Plan, approved the agenda, discussed parks, roads, buildings, equipment, IT, MS4, and bonding assumptions, assigned several follow-up tasks, and adjourned at 7:27 p.m.

What was on the agenda

3 items as recorded in the packet and minutes, each with a short summary of what was at issue.

  1. 1Call to Order, Roll Call, Approve Agenda

    Call to Order, Roll Call, and approval of the agenda.

    The work session was called to order, roll call showed all five council members present, and the Council approved the agenda as presented.

    The agenda was approved as presented.

    • meeting administration
    Approved
    p. 1Meeting City Council Work Session — Agenda Packet (2024-05-06)1\. Call to Order · Roll Call · Approve Agendap. 1Meeting City Council Work Session — Minutes (2024-05-06)Mayor Pilon called the work session to order at 6:06 p.m. Roll Call by Administrator Lehner. Present: Mayor Pilon, Council Members Breyen, Alders, Rainville and Fladebo.p. 1Meeting City Council Work Session — Minutes (2024-05-06)MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BREYEN, SECOND BY RAINVILLE TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED. 5 AYES. MOTION CARRIED.
  2. 2Discussion regarding the 2025 Capital Improvement Plan

    Discussion of the 2025 Capital Improvement Plan and related capital, equipment, park, road, building, IT, fire, public works, and MS4 planning items.

    The Council reviewed the draft 2025 Capital Improvement Plan and equipment replacement materials rather than adopting them. Discussion covered adding a street-sign budget line, parks language and park equipment needs, possible public building changes including a fifth fire department bay, road project timing and bonding, IT and financial software options, public works dump-truck planning, MS4 costs, and pickleball options. Several staff and council follow-up assignments were recorded.

    The Council discussed 2024 park needs while reviewing the 2025 plan, including replacing grills at Twin Lakes Park and Memorial Park, securing ash cans, improving the historic town hall memorial, Twin Lakes parking lot paving and striping, pavilion improvements, repairing the Memorial Park basketball court, and investigating what kind of pickleball court Nowthen should consider.

    During the public buildings discussion, the Council asked whether a fifth bay could be added to the fire department and directed Administrator Lehner to investigate ideas and ballpark costs.

    The Council discussed future road improvement projects and financing. The minutes state that 2025 would be a bonding year for road projects, that the mayor suggested tabling road discussion until a May 21 Moore Engineering presentation on a potential road study, and that Finance Consultant Yager had increased construction and bond cost assumptions and requested a reimbursement resolution as part of the bonding process.

    The Council discussed replacement of network computers, whether the City needs a server or could use NAS storage, IT service options, outsourcing some financial duties, and upgraded software that can track depreciation and appreciation.

    The Council discussed Public Works dump-truck planning, including the anticipated 2024 truck delivery, the possibility of keeping the older truck because the City may soon have a third CDL driver, and the planned 2027 dump-truck replacement.

    The Council noted that the MS4 program will need a 2025 line-item budget, that a May 21 presentation would address the needed program, and that costs could be significant if a drainage pond is contaminated and requires remediation and disposal of contaminated material.

    The work session produced discussion and staff/council action items, but no final adoption of the 2025 Capital Improvement Plan was recorded.

    • 2025 Capital Improvement Plan
    • parks
    • roads
    • public buildings
    • equipment
    • IT
    • fire department
    • MS4
    • pickleball
    Discussion only
    p. 1Meeting City Council Work Session — Agenda Packet (2024-05-06)2\. Discussion regarding the 2025 Capital Improvement Planp. 1Meeting City Council Work Session — Minutes (2024-05-06)## 2. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE 2025 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. Transportation: Add a Budget Line Item for Street Signs to meet regulated sign sizes, reflectiveness, and any inventory.p. 1Meeting City Council Work Session — Minutes (2024-05-06)ACTION ITEM: The Council directed Administrator Lehner to investigate the cost of grills and secure ash cans for the 2024 park season.p. 2Meeting City Council Work Session — Minutes (2024-05-06)ACTION ITEM: The Council directed Administrator Lehner to investigate ideas and ballpark costs to add a 5th bay.p. 2Meeting City Council Work Session — Minutes (2024-05-06)Roads: 2025 will be a bonding year for road projects. The mayor suggested tabling road discussions until after the May 21st presentation from Moore Engineering regarding a potential road study.p. 2Meeting City Council Work Session — Minutes (2024-05-06)ACTION ITEM: The council directed staff to investigate options and costs.p. 2Meeting City Council Work Session — Minutes (2024-05-06)ACTION ITEM: The Council directed staff to investigate options for upgraded software and software that keeps track of depreciation and appreciation.p. 3Meeting City Council Work Session — Minutes (2024-05-06)ACTION ITEM: Council Member Fladebo to call other cities and ask for approximate costs for a cheap, moderate, or extravagant pickleball court to be built.
  3. 3Adjourn

    Adjournment of the work session.

    Council Member Rainville moved, Breyen seconded, and the work session adjourned at 7:27 p.m.; the minutes did not print a vote tally for this motion.

    The minutes record a motion to adjourn and that the meeting adjourned at 7:27 p.m.; no vote tally was printed for the adjournment motion.

    • meeting administration
    Approved
    p. 1Meeting City Council Work Session — Agenda Packet (2024-05-06)3\. Adjournp. 3Meeting City Council Work Session — Minutes (2024-05-06)MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, SECONDED BY BREYEN TO ADJOURN. Meeting Adjourned at 7:27 p.m.

Motions and votes

2 motions on the record.

  • MOT-001MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BREYEN, SECOND BY RAINVILLE TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

    Exact transcript text

    MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BREYEN, SECOND BY RAINVILLE TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

    moved by BREYEN, seconded by RAINVILLE

    Passed
    • YPilon
    • YBreyen
    • YAlders
    • YRainville
    • YFladebo
    p. 1Meeting City Council Work Session — Minutes (2024-05-06)MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BREYEN, SECOND BY RAINVILLE TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED. 5 AYES. MOTION CARRIED.
  • MOT-002MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, SECONDED BY BREYEN TO ADJOURN.

    moved by RAINVILLE, seconded by BREYEN

    Passed
    p. 3Meeting City Council Work Session — Minutes (2024-05-06)MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE, SECONDED BY BREYEN TO ADJOURN. Meeting Adjourned at 7:27 p.m.

Sources

Documents and recordings archived for this meeting, when available.

Show a sample of the transcript (509 segments, 1:20:41 total)
  • 0:14 now we live right all order
  • 0:23 six Monday May 6 2024 this a work session Capital discussion of 2025 capital R counc member raniel present council
  • 0:43 member FAL present here counc Alders
  • 0:55 here CLK Johnson here we also have lorer present with
  • 1:04 us in your city administrator Brian motion to approve
  • 1:13 the agenda as draft second motion the second all in favor
  • 1:20 I car right we anything you want to point
  • 1:42 out statement on the front page Transportation now one thing that
  • 1:50 we haven't really discussed um we should figure somewhere in here is
  • 1:57 signs we used to budget a certain amount for signs okay for Capital um and I was out today and I
  • 2:06 realized that somewhere signs getting pretty old I don't know what our our replacement plan is but remember in the past it was fairly expensive I don't know if we have an
  • 2:16 inventory right now and we have a date on them I do know a couple of years back in the budget
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