Meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM on July 2nd, 2024.
Agenda: Mayor Ulbricht added: Todd County Recycle Bins and Donation to the Initiative Foundation. Sara Mach made a motion to approve. Irene Ehlert supported. All in favor, motion carried.
Minutes: June Minutes approved. Irene Ehlert made a motion, Gessell supported. All in favor, motion carried.
Approval of Bills: Juli Scherping made a motion to approve, Irene Ehlert supported. All in favor, motion carried.
See Report Sheriff’s Report: All City Council Members received the contract for reviewing.
Gessell made a couple of phone calls to other surrounding communities about the contract.
Questions were asked: More time spent in town. Why pay for a contact when a call is made?
The Sheriff’s Department has to come anyway when a call is made. Clarissa cut their contract in half. If the Sheriff’s Department is going to just drive through, what is the point of paying them? Clarissa is bigger than Burtrum. Do not think we get $540 worth of service per our contract. Call Sheriff Allen at his office to discuss further. Mayor will call Sheriff Allen, and will get some feedback.
Old Business: All inventory is on google docs, could use one time look over. But all is documented.
AED Training: One hour Class – Evening is preferred. More dates to come.
NEW: Permits – 0
Staining of the Swingset: We can purchase the stain from Rainbow. We can pick up from Rainbow in the Bloomington office. We can get a water base, because it lasts longer. Price is roughly $80 per gallon. Our Maintenance Worker would stain it. Call the Bloomington office to pay for the stain. Sara Macho’s friend will pick up. Motion to buy 2 gallons of stain per swing set. Sara Macho made motion, Irene Ehlert seconded. All is in favor. Motion approved.
Noon Alarm: Some people who work from home stated that it is a nuisance. Romie Gessell will discontinue the noon alarm. Gessell made a motion, Sara Macho supported. All in favor. Motion carried.
Sourcewell Impact Fund: The City was awarded $50,000. More to come on the project.
Discussion of future events at the center.
A representative Mike Everle from Todd County Recycling Waste came out to discuss- Greater MN Recycle Grant for Todd County. Supplying bins free of charge. Find an area to put the bins. Paving and complete construction are included in the grant. Year 2030 we have to increase the county recycling rate. Currently one in Bertha. A lot of bin areas require cameras. Something to think about. No cost to the city. Good way to recycle. Completely enclosed bin. A separate cardboard bin as well. Money needs to be spent by next year. The County Engineer would come out to find a place. Snow removal would be the city’s responsibility. We are one of two sites being considered. Comments: Biggest issue is location. Labor Day is ideally the deadline for a response and would like to know for sure if the city is interested. Cost to build the pad is about $60-70K. More documents to come if your city decides to move forward.
Irene Ehlert made a motion to move forward with Grant and Juli supported. All in favor, motion carried. mike.everle@co.todd.mn.us
Reach out to Mike about questions. Mayor will reach out with more documents. There will be picture graphs on each bin. The county will also include advertising before the project is complete so residents are informed.
Initiative Foundation: The city has donated in the past $110, there are 2 types of grants, and they serve Todd County and Central MN. Types of things they fund for grants are building updates, help nonprofits. They do really good things. There will be a meeting set up with them to discuss projects they can help support us. Sara Macho made a motion to approve donation. Irene Ehlert supported. All in favor, motion carried.
Open Floor: Long grass on a property in town, we will send an invoice for cutting.
Leftover Candy: The GE Lions would like to buy the Easter candy. $50 sold to the GE Lions. Irene Ehlert made a motion to sell candy at discounted price and Romie Gessell supported. All in favor, motion approved. Terri Velkamp paid in full with $50 cash.
Announcements: Rib Fest including volleyball tournament – July 27th
Heritage Days: August 24-25
Sign Painting Party: Sept. 20
Bean Bake including Craft Sale (Cabooze) – October 5th.
Adjourn: Juli Scherping made motion to adjourn meeting at 7:48 PM, Irene Ehlert supported. All in favor,
Next City Council Meeting is scheduled for August 6th, 2024 at 7:00 PM at the Community Center.
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