Members Present: Mayor Jenae Ulbricht, Romie Gessell, Irene Ehlert, Juli Scherping, Sara Macho. Staff Present: Brooke Thieschafer. Quorum was met and Mayor Ulbricht called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM, and the Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
Approval of Agenda: Mayor Ulbricht added e. Under New Business – Policing Contract Follow-up. Ehlert made a motion to approve the agenda. Scherping supported. All in favor, motion carried.
Approval of the Minutes: March 2024 – Correction: Centennial items; motion to do all items, not just shirts. Ehlert made a motion to approve the agenda. Gessell supported. All in favor, motion carried.
Approval of the Bills: Gessell made a motion to approve the bills from March 2024. Ehlert supported. All in favor, motion carried.
Todd County Sheriff’s Report – City Clerk gave an update about the calls.
Old Business: Easter: The event was a huge success. A lot of people donated extra eggs. A discussion was had for next year to split into age groups. Total egg hunt lasted 2 minutes and 45 seconds. There are some gifts left over. The kids loved it.
City Clean-Up: City Clean-Up Day will be May 18th. Ideas of having it at the old school. Goal is direct traffic better this year, and talked about posting a route to go. Put signs up of Enter and Exit. Looking for volunteers. Township is getting bids, more to come at the next meeting.
New Business:
Permits: None
Lock Updates: Two digital locks have been installed. The office and main door. The main door goes off wifi. We are not able to set temp codes for use of the community center, and track who comes in and out. There is also an app to lock and unlock. More to come on the other doors.
Inventory: Will pick a day to finish.
LMC- There will be a conference held in Rochester, MN June 26-28. Mayor asked if anyone was interested in going. 2 night stay, hotels are anywhere from $120-219. It does cost about $600 per person to go. Looking for 1-2 people from the council to attend. Great way to network, what are other smaller cities doing. More to come next weekend. Macho made a motion to send 2 people from the council. Scherping supported. All in favor, motion carried.
Open Floor: Bobby Velkamp Jr. will be bringing back the plow truck at some point.
Announcements: Sara Macho will bring the extra eggs and gifts back to the office. Pull a map of roads that need to be plowed within the city limits. A recommendation was made to start looking for smaller snow plow truck.
Adjournment: Gessell moved to adjourn the meeting at 7:35 P.M. Ehlert seconded. All in favor, motion carried.
Next City Council meeting is scheduled for May 7th at 7:00 PM at the Burtrum Community Center.
City Clerk, Brooke Thieschafer
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