Meetings
Agendas, packets, and minutes from Nowthen council, planning & zoning, work sessions, and Truth-in-Taxation hearings. Click any meeting to see what was on the agenda, what was decided, and the dollars that came up.
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Meetings in 2018
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24 meetings · page 1 of 1
- City Council MeetingCity Council
Council approved the Ward minor subdivision, adopted the 2019 final levy and budget, approved the recycling grant agreement and planning grant extension, joined the Anoka County Economic Development Partnership, hired a part-time recycling employee, and rejected a package of administrative policy changes.
Tuesday, December 11, 2018- No agenda on file
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- Joint Meeting of City Council and Planning & Zoning CommissionPlanning & Zoning
Planning & Zoning approved Matt Ward’s revised 3-lot minor subdivision at 6635 Old Viking Blvd, canceled the December P&Z meeting, and then held a joint discussion with City Council about 2040 Comprehensive Plan land use and proposed zoning changes including a proposed ROS district and possible commercial/industrial expansion.
Tuesday, November 27, 2018- No agenda on file
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- Joint Meeting of City Council and Planning & Zoning CommissionPlanning & Zoning
The City Council and Planning & Zoning Commission held a joint meeting to discuss the 2040 Comprehensive Land Use Plan (including annexation/settlement impacts, commercial/industrial areas, frontage roads, and parks/trails) and took public comments before adjourning.
Sunday, November 25, 2018- No agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity Council
The Council certified the local election results, denied a reimbursement request for a 2015 CUP fee, approved the Peterson/Hollenbeck lot split and CUP and the Wood Duck Ponds plat items, approved routine claims and several resolutions, tabled the Fire Hall expansion quote and joining the Anoka County economic partnership, and ordered feasibility studies for multiple 2019 street projects during the workshop.
Tuesday, November 13, 2018- No agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity Council
Council approved most consent items, adopted a tobacco-free parks policy with parking-lot exception, retained AEM for financial services (with Bettinger dissenting), directed a draft fire service charge ordinance revision, approved a $500,000 general-fund transfer to road/bridge (with Bettinger dissenting), and in workshop revised the city administrator hiring approach and advanced planning for a large road project.
Tuesday, October 9, 2018- No agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity Council
Council held a special meeting to discuss retaining AEM for financial services and the city administrator hiring process; they set the agenda order and adjourned, with staff to bring recommendations and revised job materials to a future meeting.
Thursday, September 27, 2018- No agenda on file
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- Joint Meeting of City Council and Planning & Zoning CommissionPlanning & Zoning
A joint City Council and Planning & Zoning Commission meeting was scheduled to discuss key elements of the 2040 Comprehensive Land Use Plan, including the detachment/annexation settlement agreement standards, commercial/industrial expansion, frontage roads, parks/trails, and community perspectives.
Tuesday, September 25, 2018- No agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity Council
Council approved multiple planning and zoning land-use requests (Uhde lot split/CUP/variance; Poce preliminary plat; DeKok and Helgeson interim use permits), approved two Road & Bridge repair actions on Bison and Iguana, passed a broad consent agenda (including 2019 sheriff contract terms, preliminary budget, appointments, and other resolutions), and in the workshop adopted the proposed levies and scheduled a Sept. 27 special meeting on financial services/administrator hiring.
Tuesday, September 11, 2018- No agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity Council
The meeting bundle contains a fully-executed settlement and mutual release agreement between the City of Nowthen and petitioners who had filed an OAH detachment/annexation petition; the agreement lays out comprehensive plan and rezoning commitments and default remedies.
Thursday, August 30, 2018- No agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity Council
Council delayed the Uhde lot-split decision to September; denied the Clemmer setback variance (with Bettinger opposed); approved the Greenwaldt 3-lot minor subdivision with county-review contingency; approved a temporary habitation permit for the Uhdes; approved road-work resolutions (culvert/ditch quote and Water Crest/Bison paving scope changed to milling quotes); approved the consent agenda; appointed Breyen as URRWMO alternate; and authorized a support letter for CR 22/CR 66 safety improvements.
Wednesday, August 15, 2018- No agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity Council
The City Council workshop reviewed pending planning/zoning items (Uhde lot split delay, Clemmer variance update, Greenwaldt lot split, Uhde temporary habitation), code enforcement complaints (Willing property weeds; Twin Lakes Beach dogs/animals), road/culvert repair priorities, and upcoming consent items including audited bills and contracts.
Thursday, August 9, 2018- No agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity Council
Council carried motions to move forward employee health insurance recommendations, invite an Innovo/PEIP presentation, and engage Derus Government Consulting, LLC as interim/temporary administrator effective August 1, 2018 at $65/hour.
Tuesday, July 31, 2018- No agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity Council
The meeting packet includes a URRWMO memo seeking member-community input for a 10-year plan update and listing potential watershed projects, activities, and rough cost estimates.
Thursday, July 19, 2018- No agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity Council
At its July 10, 2018 meeting, the Nowthen City Council approved several staffing-transition actions after the clerk-treasurer's resignation, directed follow-up on Bar None and a variance issue, authorized road-maintenance quote gathering, dedicated donations to City Hall improvements, refunded part of a tree escrow, and removed Dan Williams from the election-judge list.
Tuesday, July 10, 2018- No agenda on file
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- City Council Budget MeetingCity Council
The packet contains a multi-year URRWMO budget table (2018–2027) with line items, planned project costs, and a stated inflation assumption, but no agenda, minutes, or recorded actions are included in this bundle.
Tuesday, June 26, 2018- No agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity Council
Council held the required public assessment hearing and then, in the regular council meeting, awarded the Pinnaker Lake Estates overlay contract to North Valley and approved the related assessment roll; later discussion included a city donation to the Heritage Festival and a clerk conference request with a no-overtime condition.
Tuesday, June 12, 2018- No agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity Council
Council approved the Anderson lot split/CUP, awarded dust control and crack-sealing work, approved key consent items (including bills and a donation), tabled the farmers market budget and recycling agreement pending further work, and reset the deputy clerk hiring process with League of Minnesota Cities input.
Tuesday, May 8, 2018- No agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity Council
Council approved the consent agenda (including donations, road-improvement resolutions, URRWMO budget, and a meeting-disturbance ordinance), set interim spending-authorization direction through the mayor, approved hiring seasonal employees with limits, and directed staff to explore deferred assessment options for the Old Viking Blvd project.
Tuesday, April 10, 2018- No agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity Council
A joint meeting was scheduled for March 26, 2018 to continue discussion of the 2018 Comprehensive Plan Update, focusing on a Met Council grant midpoint check-in, the 2040 land use map, whether to keep the frontage road plan, park and trail plan changes, community perspectives, and goals/policies.
Monday, March 26, 2018- No agenda on file
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- Public Hearing & City Council MeetingCity Council
Council held a special meeting about a proposed detachment/annexation request (about 450 acres) and voted to continue that meeting to Oak Grove’s March 26 meeting; separate road-improvement public hearings were held for Pinnaker Lake Estates (engineer’s estimate $149,000; $2,980/unit assessment) and Old Viking Blvd (engineer’s estimate $533,280; $4,040/unit direct assessment) with Old Viking hearing continued to April 5 for additional resident input.
Tuesday, March 20, 2018- No agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity Council
The City Council approved the agenda and consent agenda, denied a requested zoning map amendment at 5259 Viking Blvd, approved a $5,000 escrow for park buffering related to Bill’s Superette tree replacement, appointed Robert Schiller to the Planning Commission, scheduled a Comp Plan workshop for March 26, and directed staff to involve the city attorney regarding an Oak Grove annexation petition and a trespass ordinance.
Tuesday, March 13, 2018- No agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity Council
Council approved Bill’s Superette’s expansion CUPs (with a tree-replacement escrow to be finalized), adopted two ordinances (park/trail dedication fee clarification and code-enforcement process), approved consent items including bills and a land purchase offer, advanced two road-project feasibility resolutions and hearing dates, approved gravel/dust-control plans, transferred funds to several capital-related accounts, and tabled the Uhde lot split/CUP to March pending attorney review and a needed variance; a proposed 3% COLA for full-time staff failed 2–3.
Tuesday, February 13, 2018- No agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity Council
Council held a joint City Council & Road and Bridge meeting, appointed Road and Bridge leadership, approved the agenda and prior minutes, received feasibility reports for Pinnaker Lake Estates and Old Viking Blvd road projects, discussed financing and whether to include West Ford Brook Drive, and adjourned at 8:43 PM.
Tuesday, January 16, 2018- No agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity Council
The council handled planning, committee, staff-pay, recreation-reporting, feasibility-report, and hiring-process items.
Tuesday, January 9, 2018- No agenda on file
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