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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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  • URRWMO MeetingWatershed meeting

    Tuesday, November 17, 2026 · 6:30 PM

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  • Tuesday, November 17, 2026

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  • Planning & Zoning MeetingPlanning & Zoning

    Tuesday, November 24, 2026

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  • Tuesday, December 8, 2026

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  • Planning & Zoning MeetingPlanning & Zoning

    Tuesday, December 22, 2026

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  • URRWMO MeetingWatershed meeting

    Tuesday, January 5, 2027 · 7:30 PM

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  • The council amended the agenda to add public forum, approved consent items, amended the nuisance/excess-services ordinance, extended Boyles for limited administrator-search work, raised Interim Administrator Johnson’s pay to $45/hour retroactive to January 2, approved fertilizer/herbicide applications, addressed a Dryden Acres escrow invoice question, and made several personnel-policy decisions.

    Monday, May 5, 2025
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  • Tuesday, April 29, 2025
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  • The April 29, 2025 Nowthen City Council meeting opened, an agenda-amendment motion died for lack of a second, residents disrupted the meeting, and the council adjourned at 6:08 p.m. without reaching the substantive agenda.

    Tuesday, April 29, 2025 · 6:00 PM
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  • The Council accepted Michele Greiner’s resignation, approved two seasonal summer hires, and used a CIP work session to direct staff to gather park, road, network-computer, and Rescue One information.

    Wednesday, April 23, 2025 · 6:00 PM
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  • Wednesday, April 23, 2025
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  • Wednesday, April 9, 2025
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  • The Council approved the agenda, heard and discussed Fire Chief Miller’s Fire Department needs-assessment presentation, and adjourned at 7:46 p.m.

    Wednesday, April 9, 2025 · 6:00 PM
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  • The council approved an amended consent agenda, approved the Leistico variance and Original Hockey Mom Brownies IUP, directed follow-up on planner billing and council technology, deferred the 2025 special election to 2026, and voted to levy Dryden unpaid escrow amounts.

    Tuesday, April 8, 2025 · 6:00 PM
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  • Tuesday, April 8, 2025
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  • The council approved the amended consent agenda, accepted the Emergency Operations Plan, ratified Nowthen's $11,933.21 share of the 2026 URRWMO budget, ordered a dust-control equipment cost-benefit analysis, approved the Northern Salt dust-control bid, and tabled the interim administrator wage and Dryden Acres assessment items.

    Thursday, March 27, 2025 · 6:00 PM
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  • Thursday, March 27, 2025
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  • Planning & Zoning MeetingPlanning & Zoning
    Tuesday, March 25, 2025
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  • Planning & Zoning MeetingPlanning & Zoning

    The Planning and Zoning Commission approved the 22511 Baugh St NW variance, approved the Leistico East accessory-building variance recommendation, and approved the Original Hockey Mom Brownies Interim Use Permit as recommended.

    Tuesday, March 25, 2025 · 7:00 PM
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  • Thursday, March 20, 2025
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  • The Council approved the agenda, met with Mike Humpal of South Central Service Cooperative to discuss the City Administrator recruitment and job description, and adjourned at 7:20 p.m.

    Thursday, March 20, 2025 · 6:00 PM
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  • 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.

    Wednesday, March 12, 2025 · 6:00 PM
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  • Wednesday, March 12, 2025
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  • The Council ordered the 2025 Overlay improvements, approved the amended consent agenda, approved A&B Addition actions and Petersen Acres actions, tabled the Original Hockey Mom Brownies IUP for more Planning and Zoning review, and approved 2025 replacement of two 185th Ave NW culverts with asphalt patching in 2026.

    Tuesday, March 11, 2025 · 6:00 PM
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  • Tuesday, March 11, 2025
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  • Thursday, March 6, 2025
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  • The council interviewed applicants for the open council seat but made no appointment, rescheduling the decision meeting to March 12, 2025, and then adjourned.

    Thursday, March 6, 2025 · 6:00 PM
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  • The Council approved the amended consent agenda, delegated cannabis retail registration to Anoka County, approved the fourth quarter financial report, tabled the 2024 budget amendment, discussed the council vacancy and special election timing, and scheduled a May 8 town hall.

    Thursday, February 27, 2025 · 6:00 PM
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  • Thursday, February 27, 2025
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  • Planning & Zoning MeetingPlanning & Zoning

    The Planning and Zoning Commission approved A&B Addition recommendations, continued the Leistico East accessory-structure variance, sent the Howard bakery IUP forward with a denial recommendation, and recommended approval of home occupation, policy, and Planning Commission ordinance updates.

    Tuesday, February 25, 2025 · 6:00 PM
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  • Planning & Zoning MeetingPlanning & Zoning
    Tuesday, February 25, 2025
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  • Tuesday, February 11, 2025
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  • Council MeetingCity Council

    The council approved the 2025 Overlay feasibility report and hearing, a fire Grant Navigation application, an amended purchasing policy, an August 2025 special election and vacancy ordinance, and a $14,500 SCSC administrator search; it waived the Tractor Pull newsletter fee and tabled the 2024 budget amendment and Fourth Quarter Financial Report.

    Tuesday, February 11, 2025 · 6:00 PM
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  • Planning & Zoning MeetingPlanning & Zoning

    The Planning and Zoning Commission elected Ames as chair and Bies as vice chair, approved Petersen Acres, tabled A&B Addition and the home occupations ordinance amendment to February 25, and sent the revised 2025 commission policy to the City Council.

    Tuesday, January 28, 2025 · 6:00 PM
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  • Planning & Zoning MeetingPlanning & Zoning
    Tuesday, January 28, 2025
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  • The Council approved the consent agenda and amended 2025 goals, added three spring Council meeting dates, tabled the Council vacancy/special-election discussion to February 11, and voted 3-1 to take no action on McKenzie Hills until escrow is paid and the developer reapplies.

    Thursday, January 23, 2025 · 6:00 PM
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  • Thursday, January 23, 2025
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  • The council approved consent items including staff increases, the Frank Boyles consulting contract and generator maintenance, ordered a 2025 overlay feasibility report, approved annual appointments and a no-comments city Facebook page, tabled 2025 goals, and directed staff to draft an ordinance for filling a vacant council seat.

    Tuesday, January 14, 2025 · 6:00 PM
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  • Tuesday, January 14, 2025
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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.

    Tuesday, December 10, 2024 · 6:00 PM
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  • City Council Work SessionCouncil Work Session

    The Council accepted CM Fladebo's resignation, declared a council vacancy and ordered research on filling it, then discussed interim Administrator coverage and authorized Attorney Ruppe to work with Frank Boyle on a possible interim contract.

    Monday, December 2, 2024 · 6:00 PM
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  • Special City Council MeetingSpecial City Council

    The City Council held a brief special meeting and carried a motion approving Resolution 2024-103 to hire Michele/Shelley Greiner and Cordelia/Delia Stoeckel as part-time administrative assistants.

    Monday, November 18, 2024 · 6:00 PM
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  • 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.

    Tuesday, November 12, 2024 · 6:00 PM
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  • The Planning and Zoning Commission held a cannabis zoning ordinance public hearing, directed Planner Nash to follow through with recommended amendments, handled routine agenda business, and adjourned at 7:56 PM.

    Tuesday, October 22, 2024 · 7:00 PM
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  • City Council Work SessionCouncil Work Session

    The Council continued work on Phase 2 personnel-policy revisions, amended the agenda to add the project-manager timeline, and voted to keep the project manager through October 30 to finish formatting and agreed changes.

    Monday, October 21, 2024 · 6:00 PM
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  • 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.

    Tuesday, October 8, 2024 · 6:00 PM
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