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Tuesday, June 30, 2026
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Tuesday, July 28, 2026
Tuesday, August 4, 2026
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The Council approved the 2025 budget, consent agenda, cannabis zoning ordinance, liquor-fee increase, and Burns Bottle Shop penalty, but council-vacancy items were not reached after two members left and the meeting lost quorum.
The Council paid Rum River Consultants' $19,620 invoice, restarted code-compliance administration, received road recommendations, directed action on Bar None compliance, accepted Administrator Lehner's resignation, certified election results, approved council e-mails, and tabled the 3rd Quarter Financial Report and ICMA renewal.
The council approved Rogers Lake assessments, Petersen Acres with conditions, Ortell enforcement steps, a conditional city-attorney attendance approach, A&B land-sale due diligence, a 60-day Mackenzie Hills temporary certificate of occupancy, stipend-policy amendments, and several invoices while leaving several old-business policy items pending.
Council approved a pup trailer and tire purchase, tire-fee increases, subdivision security releases, an MS4 services proposal, a fire education incentive program, and staffing changes, while redirecting the fire chief search toward part-time options and continuing the Rum River invoice for clarification.
The Council approved the consent agenda, promoted Cody Overson to NFD Captain, accepted a baseball-field tarp donation, revived work on a code compliance policy, and directed Planner Nash to draft a minimal cannabis ordinance.
The Council approved claims, consent items, Petersen Acres, a modified Jorgenson/Popp shared-driveway CUP, Nowthen Pastures, Chris Riley's probation completion and wage increase, continued budget-consultant work, and the URRWMO JPA update; it tabled the fire education incentive and ADU ordinance work and sought more information on cannabis regulation and MS4 services.
Council approved the IT transition to Tools for Business, AET testing services, Woodhaven and Breyen’s Bend infrastructure acceptances, the Nowthen Pastures final plat, a residential parcel acceptance, a consultant-fee/escrow ordinance, seasonal parks hiring, and declined a Rogers Lake Road assessment deferment policy while sending the gravel-road study question to the attorney.
The council held the Rogers Lake Road/Waco area public hearing and carried a 5-aye motion to accept GMH Asphalt’s bid and award the improvement project contract.
Council approved two plats, accepted the 2023 audit, approved Vista Prairie conduit bonds, shifted Fire Department reporting to the City Administrator, authorized parking lot work up to $63,000, hired a part-time Administrative Assistant at $20/hour, tabled the Bootleggers off-sale license, and discussed several policy and administrative updates.
The council approved consent items, advanced the Waco-area road project and assessment hearing, amended C-1 home-occupation rules, approved the SotaSolar IUP, changed the city insurance agent to Corporate Four, approved compost-class spending, and reviewed the ACFPC 2025 budget.
The Council approved the consent agenda, amended the 2023 budget for goat-related funds, extended the Project Manager position, accepted bicycles at the Recycling Center, and approved the Nowthen Knights baseball field maintenance agreement.
The Council approved a large consent agenda, selected Rum River Consultants as building official, approved staff and firefighter compensation changes, accepted a ball field donation, ratified the URRWMO budget, approved several training items, raised newsletter ad rates, and separately approved the SafeAssure agreement.
Council approved consent items, hired Cindy Nash as contracted city planner, authorized work on a Fire Chief job description, approved a Ramsey road-project JPA and Comcast cable-franchise waiver, continued personnel-policy and compensation decisions, and approved an amended resource trade with Nowthen Alliance Church.
The Council held the Truth in Taxation hearing, adopted the 2024 final levy and budget, approved a consent agenda, approved Mackenzie Hills and an interim use permit with conditions, approved a residence-to-accessory-building conversion, advanced a private-driveway ordinance hearing, and heard public safety, staffing, and building-consultant reports.
Council authorized two part-time administrative assistant offers, made several personnel-policy decisions on smoking and overtime, continued the broader personnel-policy discussion, and tabled Recycling Center business to December 12.
The council approved consent items, assessed $350 for a Cleary Road code case, sent three long-running code cases toward prosecutor review, approved population sign replacement up to $700, and approved terms to hire Isaac Schulz in public works.
Council reduced one special assessment, advanced the Waco-area road project to a public hearing, approved three Planning and Zoning requests plus a leasing moratorium, raised the mattress recycling fee to $50, tabled commercial cardboard changes and prior minutes, and authorized the election-funds agreement.
The council adopted THC, cannabis moratorium, and lawful gambling ordinances; accepted Lions benches; honored Keith Elliott; approved consent contracts and purchases including law enforcement, file scanning, Jasper Street paving, and salt barn paving; hired four firefighters; approved code assessment notices; ordered removal of the Twin Lakes human foosball court; began Bar None compliance action; and continued ice arena lighting to October.
The Council approved an amended consent agenda, discussed cannabis regulation and upcoming public hearings, accepted July public safety reports, approved replacing the Twin Lakes Park restroom water tank, and authorized posting the Fire Department Captain-Training position internally with an amended job description.
The council met in closed session about allegations against individuals subject to council authority, then voted 4-0 to retain Isaac Kaufman of Red Cedar Consulting to investigate them and adjourned at 6:55 p.m.
The council accepted the agenda and consent calendar, heard the 2022 audit and monthly public safety reports, approved road striping, a Xenon Street culvert contract, Jasper Street patching, Memorial Park field repairs, and a conditional Ramsey Lions liquor license, then discussed overweight detour traffic on Old Viking Blvd.
The council approved the consent agenda, a used-auto-sales interim use permit, Juneteenth holiday pay, an off-road-vehicle ordinance work session, a project-manager search, and a goat mitigation contract for Twin Lakes Park.
The council approved the consent agenda, hired recycling and seasonal staff, authorized sale of the 2008 Ford truck and plow, reviewed public safety and road updates, and discussed Fire Protection Council costs and ATV/golf-cart rules.
The Council approved the agenda, consent agenda, MS4 ordinance amendment, URRWMO budget, Adrienne Christensen resignation-date change, claims and treasurer report, and hired Donna Ogdahl as full-time Administrative Assistant.
The Council approved the consent agenda, received Fire and Sheriff's reports, handled Administrative Assistant transition staffing, discussed City operations updates, and adjourned at 8:56 pm.
The council approved consent items, hired Amy Hanson for the recycling center, transferred $60,000 for city building improvements, approved a $180 Threshing Show ad and a truck purchase up to $120,000, and advanced major Comcast and Arvig broadband grant work.
The council opened new terms, approved an amended consent agenda including claims, annual appointments, COLA authority, and two recycling attendant hires, received fire and sheriff reports, heard updates on the recycling center, salt spreader, and staff reviews, and set a February 9 fee-schedule work session.
The council adopted the 2023 levy and budget, amended the 2022 budget, approved the consent agenda, approved a conditional cell tower amendment, and authorized AV and salt-spreader purchases.
The Council accepted consent items and the ERYHA donation, approved a Fire Department rescue boat, approved the Polgreen shoreland variance, tabled the Verde Valley cell tower CUP, certified four special assessments after striking the Weichelt assessment, closed the dormant Economic Development Fund account, reappointed Skogquist and Wells as assessors, and approved a skid-loader snow blower attachment.
Council approved the consent agenda (including claims, election judges, SCORE grant, Q3 financial report, LUCAS device purchase, and baler repair), appointed BerganKDV as auditor, approved park/disc-golf sign replacements, approved hiring Alan Nerase as recycling attendant (pending background check) with Saturday hours changed, heard sheriff/fire reports, and received updates on gambling ordinance work and winter prep.
Council adopted the 2023 preliminary levy and budget, canceled the 2019A bond debt levy for 2023, set a fall recycling day date, and returned the proposed lawful-gambling ordinance and miscellaneous special-assessment process to staff for revisions; it also approved a zoning abatement agreement for A & B Welding after pulling it from consent.
The Council installed Scott Lehner as City Administrator, approved the amended consent agenda, adopted commercial/industrial architectural standards and a THC products moratorium, discussed code enforcement and parks improvements, and approved an amended per-meeting pay policy.
The council approved the amended agenda, consent agenda, Airbourne Arms home occupation, a Type 3 septic design, the Toft 2nd Addition preliminary plat, new recycling center hours, MinnBid disposal of a mower, and a temporary part-time scanning position.
The council accepted the 2021 audit, approved the Dryden Acres and Country View Acres plats, approved a Dryden excavating CUP amendment, terminated the Molnau Trucking agreement for Ebony and Garnet road work, and discussed public safety, code enforcement, agenda procedures, recycling hours, the architectural standards moratorium, and a pickleball court idea.
The Council approved the consent agenda, appointed three fire captains, tabled both Dryden items, approved Country View Acres and Finn planning requests, discussed CUP/IUP verification, approved a road CIP and several road maintenance actions, and received a City Administrator search update.
The council approved most consent items, vacated the Potassium Street trail easement, joined the statewide firefighter pension plan, approved Woodhaven final plat, approved Bid-2-Buy/Cash Farms permits, named DDA for administrator recruitment, declined to join IWIP, approved economic development cost sharing and Farmers Market stipends, and discussed employee conversion without a recorded result.
The Council approved the Woodhaven 9-lot preliminary plat, confirmed 2022 precincts and polling places, started the process to fill a Planning and Zoning vacancy, and discussed hiring the city's next top administrator or clerk.
Council appointed Adam Schrag as Assistant Fire Chief, approved consent items including claims, a truck/equipment purchase and road repair, adopted an accessory-structures ordinance and local-control housing resolution, discussed unemployment appeals and broadband, directed State Auditor review of office concerns, and extended the interim administrator contract to July 1, 2022.
Council approved the agenda and most consent items, created a CIP subcommittee focused on 2022 street needs, authorized the mayor’s LMC training, approved employee pay increases, directed staff to get both ice rinks running, approved waivers for the 2022 Heritage Festival, and discussed internet service planning; 4M contact appointments were approved, but the minutes do not record the vote outcome.
The Council approved an amended consent agenda, a fire duty officer vehicle, conditional hiring of three paid-on-call firefighters, Recycling Center improvements and a grant-funded rolloff, the 2021 audit by Mike Pofahl, and deferred the accessory-structure ordinance for further work.