Call to Order/Roll Call: The Mayor called the meeting order at 7:03 P.M.
Attendance: Mayor Romie Gessell Jr., Sara Macho, Bobby Veldkamp Jr., Irene Ehlert, Juli Schpering, and City Clerk Brooke Thieschafer.
The Pledge of Allegiance resided.
Agenda: Macho made a motion to approve. Seconded by Ehlert. All in favor, motion carried.
Mayor amended the agenda to add under the old business Park Discussion. Scherping supported. All in favor, motion carried.
Minutes: Macho made a motion to approve the April minutes. Supported by Scherping. All in favor, motion carried.
Bills: Ehlert made a motion to approve the bills from April 2025. Seconded by Scherping. All in favor, motion carried.
Todd County Sheriff’s Report City Clerk went over the calls for the month
Permits: None – Question asked about moving a fence line. No permit needed.
Old Business Sign Location, Mayor Gessell measured out a new spot to move the sign across the road to the Ehlert property. There will be a contract drafted with all parties to be newed after 5 years. The City Clerk will arrange for the installers to get the city sign moved to the new location.
City wide clean-up. Looking for volunteers to help. The City Clerk will post something on Facebook.
Memorial Day Parade, Bobby Veldkamp Jr will lead the parade. Starts at 11AM. Line up on Wilson Street. Potluck is unknown at this time.
Ordinances – will stay tabled for now. Mayor Gessell finally heard back from the City Attorney. More to come on decisions to be made. Discussion was had on poultry and livestocks. Tabled for now.
Painting of the Community Center – Veldkamp made a motion to approve the project. Scherping supported. All in favor, motion carried.
Park Discussion – Craig Hoppy – Map out some areas that you could let grow. There would be a lot of wildlife and wildflowers. Hoppy already has prairie grass on his property, but is looking to expand into the city’s property. There was a discussion on allowing prairie grass. At this time the city is not going to move forward with allowing prairie grass beds on the city property.
New Business: Grade streets and dust control: Would like to have the roads done before Memorial Day. The usual time frame to do a project is usually June. Terri Veldkamp will reach out to Big Stone Excavating for a quote. Council decided to look around for new quotes for maintenance of our roads.
City Equipment, a discussion was had. No decisions were made at this time.
Open Floor:
Note for the record-Bean Bake paid for their bill in full for items they purchased from the city. Craig Hoppy, a City Resident, was wondering if the city could let the grass grow by the Lions Park. Proposing to adjust the city ordinances currently in place. He would like wildlife to live. Butterflies, bees, etc. There is a creek that runs nearby, and proposing to have a rock garden near the creek to slow it down. The Mayor stated it is something to consider and no decisions were made at this time.
Cabooze- would like to extend their deck. No permit needed.
Announcements: Clean-Up Day is May 17th from 9AM to 11AM, Memorial Day Parade May 26th at 11AM
Adjournment: Macho made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:45 PM. Veldkamp supported. All in favor, motion carried.
Next City Council meeting is scheduled for June 3rd, 2024 at the Burtrum Community Center.
Brooke Thieschafer, City Clerk
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