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Nowthen City Council meeting, March 12, 2025

City Council

Wednesday, March 12, 2025 · 6:00 PM

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Agenda

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What was on the agenda.

Packet

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The supporting materials the board reviewed.

Minutes

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The official record of what happened.

One-line summary

The City Council approved the agenda, ranked candidates for the vacant Council seat, and appointed Dan Swenson by a 3-1 vote before adjourning at 6:25 p.m.

What was on the agenda

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

  1. 1Call to Order

    Call to order, Pledge of Allegiance, roll call, and approve agenda.

    Mayor Hybben opened the meeting at 6:00 p.m.; the Pledge of Allegiance was recited, roll call was taken, and the Council approved the agenda by a 4-0 roll-call vote.

    The agenda was approved by roll-call vote.

    • meeting opening
    • agenda approval
    Approved
    p. 1Meeting City Council Meeting — Agenda (2025-03-12)1\. Call to Order · Pledge of Allegiance . Roll Call · Approve Agendap. 1Meeting City Council Meeting — Minutes (2025-03-12)Mayor Hybben called the session to order at 6:00 p.m. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited by all in attendance. Roll call by Interim Administrator Johnson.p. 1Meeting City Council Meeting — Minutes (2025-03-12)MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA BY CM BREYEN, SECOND BY CM GLASER. VIA ROLL CALL 4 AYES (RAINVILLE, BREYEN, GLASER, HYBBEN) MOTION CARRIED.

  2. 2Discuss candidate rankings and appoint a candidate for the City Council vacancy

    Council members discussed candidate rankings and appointed a candidate to the vacant City Council seat until after the August 12, 2025 Special Election.

    The Council discussed how to handle the ranking process for the vacant City Council seat, listed each member’s top three candidates, thanked all applicants, and appointed Dan Swenson to the vacancy until after the August 12, 2025 Special Election. The appointment passed 3-1, with Rainville, Hybben, and Glaser voting yes and Breyen voting no.

    Dan Swenson was appointed to the vacant City Council seat by a 3-1 roll-call vote.

    • City Council vacancy
    • Dan Swenson appointment
    Approved
    p. 1Meeting City Council Meeting — Agenda (2025-03-12)2\. Council Members to discuss candidates' ranking and motion to appoint a candidate for the City Council Vacancy until after the August 12th, 2025 Special Election.p. 1Meeting City Council Meeting — Agenda (2025-03-12)The following are the Nowthen residents applying for the vacant City Council seat. · Sean Patin · Sheryl Olson · Dan Swenson · Don Philipps · Paul Reighard · Sue Schmitp. 1Meeting City Council Meeting — Minutes (2025-03-12)MOTION TO APPOINT DAN SWENSON BY CM RAINVILLE, SECONDED BY MAYOR HYBBEN. VIA ROLL CALL: 3 AYES (RAINVILLE, HYBBEN, GLASER) 1 NAY (BREYEN) MOTION CARRIED.

  3. 3Adjourn

    Adjournment.

    CM Breyen moved to adjourn, CM Glaser seconded, and the meeting was adjourned at 6:25 p.m.

    The minutes record an adjournment motion and state that the meeting was adjourned at 6:25 p.m.

    • adjournment
    Approved
    p. 1Meeting City Council Meeting — Agenda (2025-03-12)3\. Adjournp. 1Meeting City Council Meeting — Minutes (2025-03-12)MOTION TO ADJOURN BY CM BREYEN, SECONDED BY CM GLASER. The meeting was adjourned at 6:25 p.m.

Motions and votes

3 motions on the record. Split votes are highlighted.

  • M1MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA BY CM BREYEN, SECOND BY CM GLASER.

    moved by Breyen, seconded by Glaser

    Passed
    • YRainville
    • YBreyen
    • YGlaser
    • YHybben
    p. 1Meeting City Council Meeting — Minutes (2025-03-12)MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA BY CM BREYEN, SECOND BY CM GLASER. VIA ROLL CALL 4 AYES (RAINVILLE, BREYEN, GLASER, HYBBEN) MOTION CARRIED.

  • M2MOTION TO APPOINT DAN SWENSON BY CM RAINVILLE, SECONDED BY MAYOR HYBBEN.

    moved by Rainville, seconded by Hybben

    PassedSplit vote
    • YRainville
    • YHybben
    • YGlaser
    • NBreyen
    p. 1Meeting City Council Meeting — Minutes (2025-03-12)MOTION TO APPOINT DAN SWENSON BY CM RAINVILLE, SECONDED BY MAYOR HYBBEN. VIA ROLL CALL: 3 AYES (RAINVILLE, HYBBEN, GLASER) 1 NAY (BREYEN) MOTION CARRIED.

  • M3MOTION TO ADJOURN BY CM BREYEN, SECONDED BY CM GLASER.

    moved by Breyen, seconded by Glaser

    Passed
    p. 1Meeting City Council Meeting — Minutes (2025-03-12)MOTION TO ADJOURN BY CM BREYEN, SECONDED BY CM GLASER. The meeting was adjourned at 6:25 p.m.

Sources

Documents and recordings archived for this meeting, when available.

Show a sample of the transcript (161 segments, 25:41 total)
  • 0:08 are we live it's preparing preparing for live setting up which means it's recording here directing at least we're not buffering
  • 0:20 that's ready to go all right well good at six
  • 0:36 o'clock on March 12 we're going to open the council meeting and we are going to start out with the Pledge of Allegiance all right uh City administrator Johnson
  • 1:06 will you please call rooll Mayor hi here council member Brian here council member Glazer here counc member rainville here here consultant boils here
  • 1:20 Administrative Assistant stal here and myself Natalie D okay well perfect so we're looking to approve the agenda would somebody like to make a motion to
  • 1:30 approve the agenda please motion to approve the agenda all right is there a second I will second okay so we will do a roll call vote
  • 1:39 starting with council member rainville I I council member Brian I council
  • 1:48 member laser I I also an i motion carries agenda is approved so we're going on to number two uh council members
  • 1:56 discuss candidate ranking and motion to appoint a candidate for the city uh Council vacancy until after the March 12th it
  • 2:06 should be before the March 12th special election um so one of the questions that uh I want to just ask for clarification
  • 2:13 is uh I said that I wouldn't appoint You' go through this process three times what does that mean what does that mean to you and what does it mean to the
  • 2:23 residents does that mean we're going to have three separate meetings does that mean we're going to go through this process tonight and talk about it and so I was just trying to bring Clarity to
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