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Nowthen City Council meeting, April 9, 2025

City Council

Wednesday, April 9, 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 Council approved the agenda, heard and discussed Fire Chief Miller’s Fire Department needs-assessment presentation, and adjourned at 7:46 p.m.

What was on the agenda

3 items as recorded in the agenda, packet, 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 approval of the agenda.

    Mayor Hybben called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m., the Pledge of Allegiance was recited, Interim City Administrator Johnson took roll call, and all five council members were present. The Council approved the agenda as presented, then later adjourned the meeting at 7:46 p.m.

    The meeting was called to order, roll call was taken, and the agenda was approved.

    • meeting procedure
    Approved
    p. 1Meeting City Council Meeting — Agenda (2025-04-09)1\. Call to Order · Pledge of Allegiance . Roll Call · Approve Agendap. 1Meeting City Council Meeting — Minutes (2025-04-09)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 City Administrator Johnson. Present: Mayor Hybben, CM Breyen, CM Glaser, CM Swenson, and CM Rainville Absent: Nonep. 1Meeting City Council Meeting — Minutes (2025-04-09)MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA AS PRESENTED BY CM BREYEN, SECONDED BY CM GLASER. 5 AYES. MOTION CARRIED.

  2. 2Fire Department Presentation on Findings of a Needs Assessment for Emergency Management and Fire Services for the City of Nowthen

    Fire Department presentation on findings of a needs assessment for emergency management and fire services for the City of Nowthen.

    Fire Chief Miller presented findings from his first four months with the Fire Department and discussed emergency management and fire-service needs. The packet identified current liabilities including personal protective equipment, training and certification standards, non-compliant facilities, and apparatus replacement needs, and it outlined incremental improvements such as PPE upgrades, training improvements, retaining a part-time fire chief position, business fire safety inspections, a dual response vehicle, fire station planning, outdoor warning sirens, and water-source planning. The minutes record discussion only and no council action.

    The minutes record a presentation and discussion, with no action taken on this item.

    • fire department needs assessment
    • emergency management
    • fire services
    Discussion only
    p. 1Meeting City Council Meeting — Agenda (2025-04-09)2\. Fire Department Presentation on Findings of a Needs Assessment for Emergency Management and Fire Services for the City of Nowthenp. 1Meeting City Council Meeting — Minutes (2025-04-09)Fire Chief Miller began a presentation on the Fire Department based on what he has observed in his first four months with the department. Discussion ensued. For more information, please see the City of Nowthen Website or the City of Nowthen YouTube.p. 3Meeting City Council Meeting — Agenda Packet (2025-04-09)Current Liabilities · Personal Protective equipment · Training Standards and Certification . Non-compliant facilities · Urgent need to replace some apparatusp. 14Meeting City Council Meeting — Agenda Packet (2025-04-09)Improvement Plan (Incremental Growth) · Replace Rescue with a dual response vehicle that includes an ISO rated pump and allows for a quick response to both medicals and fires. . Plan and replace Fire Station to include space for an EOC and future department growth. · Install 3 outdoor warning sirens to complete basic c…

  3. 3Adjourn

    Adjournment of the meeting.

    Mayor Hybben called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m., the Pledge of Allegiance was recited, Interim City Administrator Johnson took roll call, and all five council members were present. The Council approved the agenda as presented, then later adjourned the meeting at 7:46 p.m.

    A motion to adjourn was made and seconded, and the meeting adjourned at 7:46 p.m.

    • meeting procedure
    Approved
    p. 1Meeting City Council Meeting — Agenda (2025-04-09)3\. Adjournp. 1Meeting City Council Meeting — Minutes (2025-04-09)MOTION TO ADJOURN BY CM BREYEN, SECONDED BY CM RAINVILLE. The meeting was adjourned at 7:46 p.m.

Motions and votes

2 motions on the record.

  • M-1MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA AS PRESENTED BY CM BREYEN, SECONDED BY CM GLASER.

    moved by BREYEN, seconded by GLASER

    Passed
    • YHybben
    • YBreyen
    • YGlaser
    • YSwenson
    • YRainville
    p. 1Meeting City Council Meeting — Minutes (2025-04-09)Present: Mayor Hybben, CM Breyen, CM Glaser, CM Swenson, and CM Rainville Absent: Nonep. 1Meeting City Council Meeting — Minutes (2025-04-09)MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA AS PRESENTED BY CM BREYEN, SECONDED BY CM GLASER. 5 AYES. MOTION CARRIED.

  • M-2MOTION TO ADJOURN BY CM BREYEN, SECONDED BY CM RAINVILLE.

    moved by BREYEN, seconded by RAINVILLE

    Passed
    p. 1Meeting City Council Meeting — Minutes (2025-04-09)MOTION TO ADJOURN BY CM BREYEN, SECONDED BY CM RAINVILLE. The meeting was adjourned at 7:46 p.m.

Sources

Documents and recordings archived for this meeting, when available.

Show a sample of the transcript (728 segments, 1:46:39 total)
  • 0:32 and city administrator. Will you please take roll call? [Music]
  • 0:42 Here. Present.
  • 0:48 Here. Chief Miller here, myself, Natalie Johnson, and administrative. All right, perfect. Um, so for today,
  • 1:02 uh, we've we only have one line item on the agenda. Is there a motion to approve the agenda? Second. Very quick and easy. All in
  • 1:12 favor of approving the agenda, say I. I. I. Those opposed? Motion carries.
  • 1:19 Chief, it's up to you. We did the administrative stuff. Um, all right. Hopefully, um, so tonight I'm here to talk to you
  • 1:31 guys about um city and city council about where I'm at this
  • 1:38 position. Um, that's okay. So, sorry. I'm here tonight
  • 1:46 to talk to to the city council and the citizens about um what I've discovered in the four months being here um what I believe um where the fire department
  • 1:55 needs to go and what we need to do to achieve that. And so, um, as many of you know, I came in here on the first council meeting and talked about
  • 2:04 liability. And I was really here to talk about reducing liability of the citizens, um, the city council, um, and
  • 2:12 the firefighters and particularly our firefighters because they're the ones that probably pose the most risk out here, um, doing the job that they do.
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