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Tuesday, June 30, 2026
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Council approved the consent agenda, directed work on recycling-site improvements (up to $41,000) and expanded recycling hours, directed research on 2022 polling place options, authorized a benefits audit, and amended the RTY Consulting contract to extend through year-end; meeting adjourned at 8:11 PM.
The Council approved road assessments, the SCORE contract, Dryden preliminary plat, Ward plat, Primocraft IUP, accessory-building and plumbing-code ordinances, Sodium Street trail repairs, a clerk hiring committee, and RTY’s year-end extension, while tabling the elections JPA and Dryden amended CUP.
The September 14, 2021 packet set up a council meeting focused on consent financial business, a $2.83 million GO bond sale, fire surplus equipment, Toft and Kontz subdivision items, planning-process materials, park and road improvements, and internet service questions, but no September 14 minutes were included to confirm actions or votes.
At a City Council open house, officials, the applicant, and residents discussed the Rademacher 181st Avenue and Baugh Street concept plan, with no formal action taken.
The Council approved the consent agenda, firefighter COVID reimbursement, the 2021A bond pre-sale resolution, actions on Molnau default issues, the Jump City IUP, a Rademacher open house, Ordinance 2021-05, VOA enforcement steps, road patching, and a 16-page newsletter.
The Council approved the consent agenda, firefighter hiring, a $600,000 replacement tanker tender, CST industrial CUP/IUP, erosion-control escrow fees, a commercial/industrial development moratorium, a financial newsletter item, and the mayor's conference expense, while denying the Allied Blacktop 199th Avenue paving proposal and tabling accessory-building and zoning-fee items.
The Council approved consent items including road contracts and ARPA acceptance, approved Fire Station concrete work, approved FX Auto and Schultz land-use requests, denied the Guimont exterior-storage IUP, continued the MS4 escrow ordinance, and hired Recycle Center and park maintenance employees.
The Council held two road-assessment public hearings, discussed a T-Mobile generator easement, approved the Name Brand Storage Phase 2 and 3 grading permit, and selected Lars Carlson, Martin Bies, and Dan Haapala for the Planning and Zoning Commission.
The Council approved the 2020 audit, accepted and allocated a hockey association donation, approved an SCBA compressor purchase, a Recycling Center employee posting, and Farmer's Market stipends, while tabling the FX Auto Repair CUP for more documentation.
At the April 20, 2021 recessed City Council meeting, Nowthen approved softball field use, Brand Name Storage permits, 2021 road plans, seasonal positions, and an amended animal control contract, while continuing discussion on Dryden property issues, recycling center operations, P&Z interviews, ordinance design standards, and a Mack truck purchase.
The Council approved consent items, MS4 submission, two road-project bid packages and assessment steps, fire JPA termination, and the Cote lot split, while recessing Public Works, Recycle Center, Facebook, and animal-control items to April 20.
Council approved the consent agenda, fire department policies and hiring process, Carr's and Leistico land-use requests, the snow removal ordinance, the fee schedule, employee personnel policy, and a resolution to stop illegal habitation at 19111 Cleary Road; it also tabled self-storage regulation discussion until April.
The City Council held a planning session on vision, values, 2021 goals, communication practices, ad hoc committees, recurring calendar items, and Planning and Zoning Commission policy, with follow-up assignments and several topics continued to the next Planning Session.
The Council approved the 5259 Viking Boulevard lot split, advanced Planning and Zoning Commission posting procedures, approved the URRWMO 2022 draft budget and the new website going live, and tabled the snow-removal ordinance, fee schedule, personnel policies, and North Metro Animal Control contract.
Council swore in the mayor and two councilmembers, approved consent items, advanced multiple road projects with North Valley payments and a geotechnical quote, approved Breyens Bend final plat/development agreement, adopted two zoning/land-use ordinances, tabled planning commission applications pending a recruitment/training process, approved electronic sign removal quotes, and rescinded the December 2020 Planning & Zoning commission-structure ordinance.
The City Council held two December 9, 2020 road improvement public hearings, one for Ebony & Garnet Streets and one for the Rogers Lake Area, took resident questions on project scope, assessments, drainage, bidding, and timing, and closed both hearings by unanimous roll-call votes.
The council approved the amended agenda, consent items, a CUP revocation, snow-removal and plumbing-plan-review ordinances, CARES Act fire-station spending, donation designation, and snowplow staffing, while discussing Bar None, the website, the Historic Town Hall sign, the Recycling Center, and COVID-related operations.
The Council approved road-project feasibility studies and North Valley quotes, several planning and building items, a Wix website conversion, CARES Act spending for a fire station addition and broadband, and a fire department well not to exceed $80,000.
The Council approved creating a city-owned all-hazards emergency and fire response team, began a management-services search, and approved several CARES Act-related quote searches and purchases.
The council approved the amended agenda and consent agenda, denied Carr's Tree Service's CUP, approved Breyen's Bend with conditions, carried a Lindberg amendment with driveway and occupancy conditions, changed public hearing notice procedures, and agreed that workshops will be recorded in the future.
The council approved the consent agenda, tabled the Ebony and Garnet road discussion, authorized an estimate for a five-year road plan, approved a commercial kitchen IUP and a zoning map update, and tabled the Carr's Tree Service CUP until September 8 for legal and planning clarification.
The council approved two road improvement contracts, a CARES Act funding plan, council receipt of public hearing notices, and reopening the recycling center, while also discussing CenterPoint Energy utility work and routine consent business.
The Council held two assessment public hearings for 2020 road improvement projects, heard resident concerns, and deferred project decisions to the July 14 council meeting.
Council approved the agenda and a large consent agenda, received the 2019 audit report and approved the annual reporting form submission and hiring the auditor for the 2020 audit, heard the Sheriff’s report and an update from the city prosecutor, discussed a Senator Benson Zoom call about county funding and city logo ideas, then adjourned.
The council approved a business-reopening resolution, a gravel and dust control plan, a temporary habitation request, a shoreland variance, recycling-center enforcement steps, and discussed building signage, logo options, Recycle Days, audit tabling, and claims review.
At this special meeting, the Council advanced parts of the 2020 road improvement program to bidding, directed more design and resident outreach for Ebony/Garnet and Roger's Lake, reduced city office hours during COVID19, approved two recycling days, and heard mayor updates.
The council approved the agenda, approved the consent agenda, heard a Sheriff's Office COVID-19 and March calls update, approved Nowthen's share of the 2021 URRWMO budget, and adjourned at 8:04 pm.
Council unanimously voted not to declare a local emergency, reduced public access to city facilities through March 31, continued emergency-management and fire-service planning, and reviewed COVID-19 public-safety response changes.
The council approved the consent agenda, vacated an easement at 19350 Jasper Street NW, tabled road-standard policy discussion to a workshop, approved a $8,500 hot patch asphalt heater and a network room, and heard the Sheriff's report and LMC conference information.
The City held three road-improvement public hearings (Krypton/183rd/Merle’s/Potassium; 189th/190th/Dolomite; and Ebony/Garnet/Willow Creek), took resident questions and feedback, and closed each hearing without taking action or making decisions.
The council approved the amended agenda and consent agenda, approved a Nowthen Threshing Show ad, approved a one-year North Metro Animal Control contract with kennel-inspection follow-up, tabled soil boring proposals, denied Planner Stockman's CDC meeting attendance, authorized city map pricing work, and moved forward with road bonding planning.
At the January 14, 2020 meeting, the Nowthen City Council approved the consent agenda, adopted the Surface Water Management Plan, advanced three road improvement feasibility-study resolutions, approved a 3% employee COLA, approved MCFOA Conference attendance, acted on the part-time maintenance position, and authorized several Fire Department JPA and fire-service discussions.
The December 10, 2019 packet scheduled consent items, the 2020 budget and levy, code enforcement, URRWMO representation, council pay, and a Ramsey fire JPA discussion, but no meeting minutes were included to confirm votes or final actions.
The Council approved consent financial and licensing items, approved the Holzem flag-lot CUP and Guimont IUP, ordered three 2020 road feasibility updates, chose IPS for Recycle Center surveillance with grant funding, approved a 2020 Alexandra House donation, accepted a youth hockey donation, and authorized a capped rink-liner purchase.
Council approved amended consent items, adopted five 2019 road assessment rolls, approved a $33,682 old maintenance building repair, approved Bison Street patching, adopted and joined the Anoka County hazard mitigation plan, and approved Heritage Festival basement storage with conditions.
Council approved the amended consent agenda, the preliminary 2020 budget and levy, and the Reynolds variance, and directed staff to review the Bar None facility's existing CUP.
Council approved the amended agenda, consent agenda, a Wegner/Municipal Builders interim use permit, and hotel reimbursement for the Duluth conference; it also discussed the Comprehensive Plan, MS4 comments, 2020 road priorities, quarterly finances, Ham Lake's URRWMO JPA amendment, and new city logo concepts.
The Council approved the consent agenda, approved Steve Madson's IUP with Sunday hours removed, revoked his 1993 mining CUP, adopted Ordinance 2019-02, and directed road repairs for the Rogers Lake and pits area.
Council accepted the 2018 audit, approved a $7,950 2019 audit contract, approved a modified consent agenda including donations and 2019A bond authorization, discussed road repairs and the 2040 Comprehensive Plan, and adjourned at 9:10 pm.
The council held five road-improvement assessment hearings, awarded the 2019 Road Improvement Project contract to North Valley, Inc. subject to attorney review, and approved a bond-financing resolution and a deed restriction.