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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Tuesday, November 17, 2026 · 6:30 PM
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Meetings in 2025
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- Planning & Zoning MeetingPlanning & Zoning
The Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously recommended conditional approval of the K Land three-lot minor subdivision and discussed tightening the minor subdivision ordinance for future applications.
Tuesday, December 23, 2025- Agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity Council
The Council adopted the 2026 budget and levy, approved the amended consent agenda and pulled consent items, accepted the 2026 overlay feasibility report, approved 2026 staff wage increases, postponed payroll-service review, and directed enforcement action for 8704 190th Avenue NW.
Tuesday, December 9, 2025- Agenda on file
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- City Council Budget MeetingCity Council
The Council removed an erroneously noticed budget public hearing from the agenda, reviewed but did not finalize the 2026 budget, approved seasonal plow staffing and a public works posting pay range, changed overtime policy to count PTO and holidays for all staff, and approved a $578.10 no-logo street-sign quote.
Wednesday, November 26, 2025- Agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity Council
The Council awarded the 2025A bond sale, approved consent items and several fire/stormwater/public works actions, tabled the siren, safety glass, and street sign items, rejected a motion to stop flying the state flag, extended the Comcast broadband agreement, and authorized an attorney services RFP.
Tuesday, November 18, 2025- Agenda on file
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- City Council Closed MeetingCity Council
The council held a closed meeting on employee allegations, then reopened and approved a written reprimand with additional training for Employee A, later identified as Joe Glaze.
Monday, November 17, 2025 · 6:45 PM- Agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity CouncilMonday, November 17, 2025
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- City Council Special MeetingSpecial City Council
The council accepted an Anoka County recycling subsidy, approved cannabis zoning and Burns Bottle Shop THC-related approvals, shifted winter Recycle Center hours, adopted administrative enforcement and fee schedule changes, prioritized zoning code enforcement, and tabled the PFML personnel policy update.
Thursday, October 30, 2025- Agenda on file
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- Planning & Zoning MeetingPlanning & Zoning
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved the Burns Bottle Shop IUP/variance with a fence condition, recommended approval of the cannabis ordinance amendment after a split vote, and recommended approval of the fee schedule/third-party consultant amendment.
Tuesday, October 28, 2025- Agenda on file
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The Veterans Memorial Renovation Committee discussed memorial design, committee assignments, fundraising support through possible QR codes, vendor bids for concrete and metal work, prior flag pole pricing, and set the next meeting for December 2, 2025.
Tuesday, October 21, 2025- Agenda on file
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- City Council Special MeetingSpecial City Council
At the October 21, 2025 special meeting, the Nowthen City Council approved the agenda, adopted Resolution 2025-101 setting a 6% assessment interest rate for the 2025 Overlay Project, and adjourned.
Tuesday, October 21, 2025 · 5:45 PM- Agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity CouncilTuesday, October 21, 2025
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- City Council MeetingCity Council
The Council approved the Ingebretson easement vacation, 2025A bond presale, 2025 overlay assessments, 2026 overlay feasibility report, rescue pumper chassis prepayment, Braith kennel approvals, Plaisted subdivision and development agreement, zoning work group appointments, council salary ordinance, and claims, while continuing ADA software, administrative enforcement/fee schedule revisions, and overtime policy work.
Tuesday, October 14, 2025- Agenda on file
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The committee reviewed Heritage Festival fundraising ($614.00), discussed design and construction needs for renovating the Veterans Memorial, and reviewed flagpole quotes while adjusting the October meeting schedule.
Tuesday, September 30, 2025- Agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity Council
Council approved Veterans Memorial Renovation Committee appointments, hired Kim Miller as part-time front desk receptionist, and changed Recycling Center Saturday hours to the first and third Saturdays with both employees working.
Monday, September 29, 2025- Agenda on file
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- Planning & Zoning MeetingPlanning & Zoning
The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of the Operation Good Dog kennel IUP with conditions, approved the Plaisted minor subdivision subject to packet conditions, and discussed members for a zoning ordinance working group.
Tuesday, September 23, 2025- Agenda on file
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The Veterans Memorial Renovation Committee agenda covered introductions, contact follow-up, a design presentation, next steps, Heritage Festival booth staffing, and future meetings; no minutes or transcript were included to show outcomes.
Wednesday, September 17, 2025- Agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity Council
The Council adopted the preliminary 2026 levy and budget, approved SSTS and Rum River contract changes, amended cannabis zoning for RRA cultivation, updated council policy and the fee schedule, and approved the Anoka County recycling contract with attorney-suggested amendments.
Tuesday, September 9, 2025- Agenda on file
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- City Council Budget Work SessionCouncil Work Session
The council approved the consent agenda, kept the recycling center operating as-is with two employees, and continued 2026 budget work including a 3-2 vote to set proposed staff salary increases at 4%.
Wednesday, September 3, 2025 · 6:00 PM- Agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity CouncilWednesday, September 3, 2025
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The Veterans Memorial Renovation Committee discussed memorial design ideas, business partnerships, fundraising, QR-code resource concepts, donated stone, assignments for initial designs, and upcoming meeting dates, with no formal motions or votes recorded.
Tuesday, September 2, 2025- Agenda on file
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- Planning & Zoning MeetingPlanning & Zoning
The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended changes for cannabis cultivation in RRA zoning and approved a planning-and-zoning fee amendment setting a $250 administrative fee plus actual postage costs.
Tuesday, August 26, 2025- Agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity CouncilWednesday, August 20, 2025
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- City Council Budget Work SessionCouncil Work Session
The Council approved the agenda, accepted BerganKDV audit-service fees through 2027, held a detailed 2026 budget work session with follow-up items, and adjourned at 8:06 p.m.
Wednesday, August 20, 2025 · 6:00 PM- Agenda on file
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The first Veterans Memorial Renovation Committee meeting focused on the renovation goal, design ideas, resident-name research, assignments, a two-week meeting schedule, and a $40 per-meeting stipend.
Tuesday, August 19, 2025 · 6:00 PM- Agenda on file
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- Tuesday, August 19, 2025
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- City Council MeetingCity Council
Council approved the amended consent agenda, the 2026 law enforcement contract with amendments, Wood Duck Haven 2nd Addition, several policy and staffing changes, recycling vendor changes, a SolarApp+ grant application, legal-services RFP direction, new 8-4 office hours, and moving forward with Collaborative Planning for ordinance updates.
Tuesday, August 12, 2025- Agenda on file
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- City Council Budget Work SessionCouncil Work Session
Council approved the agenda and early claims, then held a detailed first discussion of the proposed 2026 budget with consultant Lori Yager, including levy and fund balance targets, transfers, and departmental budget drivers.
Wednesday, July 23, 2025 · 6:00 PM- Agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity CouncilWednesday, July 23, 2025
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- Planning & Zoning MeetingPlanning & Zoning
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved the agenda and June 24 minutes, then voted to send the Rademacher Companies concept plan to the City Council for input.
Tuesday, July 22, 2025- Agenda on file
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- City Council Special MeetingSpecial City Council
Council approved a temporary 3-day liquor license for the Nowthen Threshing Show, voted 3–2 to move forward with bonding for a rescue/pumper truck not to exceed $500,000, tabled administrative job descriptions to July 23, and took no action on Natalie Johnson’s employment agreement/job description.
Monday, July 14, 2025 · 6:00 PM- Agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity CouncilMonday, July 14, 2025
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- City Council Special Meeting with LMCSpecial City Council
The City Council held a special worksession with the League of Minnesota Cities on teambuilding, roles, responsibilities, open meeting-law practices, staff communication, and administrator role clarification, with only agenda approval and adjournment motions taken.
Wednesday, July 9, 2025 · 6:00 PM- Agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity CouncilWednesday, July 9, 2025
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- City Council MeetingCity Council
Council approved the amended consent agenda and the Baugh Street JPA, tabled zoning ordinance update proposals, discussed road assessments and fire truck options, considered hiring Laura Wiski, amended the safety-shoe policy with a $225 cap, and received public safety and Veterans Memorial updates.
Tuesday, July 8, 2025- Agenda on file
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- Planning & Zoning MeetingPlanning & ZoningTuesday, June 24, 2025
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- June 24th Planning & Zoning MeetingPlanning & Zoning
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved the agenda and prior minutes, then carried a conditional approval of the Wood Duck Haven 2nd Addition preliminary plat before adjourning at 7:23 p.m.
Tuesday, June 24, 2025 · 7:00 PM- Agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity Council
The Council held the 2025 Overlay Road Project assessment hearing, approved the North Valley contract through Resolution 2025-67, added and approved a bond-reimbursement resolution, and adjourned at 7:01 p.m.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025- Agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity Council
The council approved an amended consent agenda, set a $70 excessive law-enforcement-services fee, approved most of the March 2025 personnel policy, extended Fire Chief Miller's contract through 2027, formed a Veterans Memorial ad hoc committee, allowed Facebook comments on a trial basis, approved septic-program work, wrote off the $325 Dryden legal bill, closed the city office on two staffing-related days, and approved Memorial Park court striping from Park Capital funds.
Tuesday, June 10, 2025- Agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity CouncilThursday, June 5, 2025
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- City Council Work SessionCouncil Work Session
The City Council held a Budget 101 work session, approved the agenda, heard one public-forum request about a kayak vendor at Twin Lakes Regional Park, discussed 2026 budgeting, fund balance, revenue, sheriff costs, roads and recycling, and adjourned at 6:46 p.m.
Thursday, June 5, 2025 · 6:00 PM- Agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity CouncilTuesday, May 13, 2025
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- City Council MeetingCity Council
The Council approved the MS4 application, 2025 Overlay Project bid and assessment resolutions, Parsons parcel acceptance, A and B Addition grading/final plat/development agreement approvals, PERA eligibility for Chief Miller, staffing changes, and the CIP/ERP, while tabling the goals, Facebook-comments, Veterans Memorial committee, and personnel-policy items to June 10.
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 · 6:00 PM- Agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity CouncilThursday, May 8, 2025
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- City Council Community Feedback Public ForumCity Council
The Nowthen City Council held a May 8, 2025 Community Feedback Public Forum where residents raised concerns about budget transparency, a special election, public safety, roads, fire infrastructure, contractors, zoning, and escrow; no motions or council decisions were recorded.
Thursday, May 8, 2025 · 6:00 PM- Agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity Council
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.
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- City Council MeetingCity Council
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- Agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity CouncilTuesday, April 29, 2025
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- City Council MeetingCity CouncilWednesday, April 23, 2025
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- City Council MeetingCity Council
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- Agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity Council
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- Agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity CouncilWednesday, April 9, 2025
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- City Council MeetingCity CouncilTuesday, April 8, 2025
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- City Council MeetingCity Council
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- Agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity CouncilThursday, March 27, 2025
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- City Council MeetingCity Council
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- Agenda on file
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- Planning & Zoning MeetingPlanning & ZoningTuesday, 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- Agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity CouncilThursday, March 20, 2025
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- City Council MeetingCity Council
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- Agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity Council
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- Agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity CouncilWednesday, March 12, 2025
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- City Council MeetingCity CouncilTuesday, March 11, 2025
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- City Council MeetingCity Council
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- Agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity CouncilThursday, March 6, 2025
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- City Council MeetingCity Council
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- Agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity Council
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- Agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity CouncilThursday, February 27, 2025
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- Planning & Zoning MeetingPlanning & ZoningTuesday, February 25, 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- Agenda on file
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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- Agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity CouncilTuesday, February 11, 2025
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- Planning & Zoning MeetingPlanning & ZoningTuesday, January 28, 2025
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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- Agenda on file
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- City Council MeetingCity Council
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.
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- City Council MeetingCity CouncilThursday, January 23, 2025
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- City Council MeetingCity Council
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.
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- City Council MeetingCity CouncilTuesday, January 14, 2025
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