Jun 16, 2026 City Council

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I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE STILLWATER CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JUNE 16TH, 2026. WITH THAT, BETH ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER COLLINS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. BELAN HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. ODEBRECHT HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. PAULINA HERE. MAYOR KOZLOWSKI HERE. AND WITH THAT, IF EVERYBODY RISE AND JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. MOVING ON. FIRST ITEM ON OUR

[1. The Border Battle Presentation]

COME ON UP, GENTLEMEN. SEAN'S FAVORITE EVENT OF THE YEAR. HERE, HIT THE LITTLE BUTTON FOR YOUR MIC. THERE YOU GO. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL AND AND STAFF AND AND CITY OF STILLWATER ON JANUARY 4TH, OUR SAINT CROIX SYNDICATE, WHICH IS OUR NAME OF OUR ORGANIZATION, SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED A PIVOT AND DID THE SECOND ANNUAL BORDER BATTLE ON THE PIER IN HUDSON. AND SO WE WE DID DO OUR TUG OF WAR. IT WAS NOT ON THE STILLWATER LIFT BRIDGE WHERE WE WANTED TO HAVE IT INITIALLY, BUT WE PIVOTED AND RAISED SOME MONEY. SO WE PITTED THE GREEN BAY PACKER FANS AGAINST THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS FANS, SORRY TO SAY, MAYOR, YOUR TEAM, YOUR TEAM LOST TWO IN A YEAR, TWO YEARS IN A ROW. THE VIKING FANS HAVE HAVE LOST TO PACKER FANS. AND IT'S SORRY BECAUSE THE STILLWATER FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE STILLWATER POLICE GET SMALLER CHECKS BECAUSE OF IT. THE DEAL IS THE WINNING TEAM GETS 60% OF THE NET PROCEEDS AND THE LOSING TEAM GETS 40%. SO WITH THAT, I HAVE CHECKS FOR TO PRESENT STILLWATER FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR $615 AND STILLWATER POLICE FOR $615. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANKS.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. SO. STILLWATER PD AND YOU'RE OUT THERE TO PULL ON THE ROPE GETS A GOOD. OH YEAH, WE GOT IT. WE GOT IT. COME ON. THEIR BACKS. THERE WE GO. PERFECT. ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, GUYS. I THINK WE SHOULD YOU KNOW KIND OF LIKE THE THE SHOOT WITH THE SHERIFF THING THAT THAT OUR OUR MUTUAL BUDDY PUT TOGETHER. WE SHOULD GET, YOU KNOW, STILLWATER PD VERSUS HUDSON PD AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, LIKE GET IT GET A TEAM TOGETHER THIS YEAR. WE JUST THERE. YEAH, WE'VE HAD SOME POLICE. HAVE YOU SEEN OUR COPS? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. I FEEL LIKE WE I THINK WE COULD TURN THIS AROUND A LITTLE BIT. YEAH. WE GOTTA GET TYLER ANTHONY OFF OF OFF OF INJURED RESERVE AND REALLY HAVE A TEAM. YEAH. AND THEN BUT THE BEAUTY OF THIS IS THAT LAKEVIEW EMS REPRESENTS BOTH WISCONSIN AND MINNESOTA, AND THEY GET THEIR FULL CHECK.

SO I'D LIKE TO PRESENT THIS TO OUR LAKEVIEW EMS. NICE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS. I DIDN'T PLAN ON GETTING BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER ON THAT ONE. AWESOME. THAT'S SO GOOD. YEAH. THANK YOU.

THANK. BUT WHEN WE WERE PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, WE JUST WERE THINKING OF LIKE, LET'S HAVE SOME FUN. LET'S HAVE IT ON THE LIFT BRIDGE AND LET'S DO A TUG OF WAR BETWEEN VIKING FANS AND PACKER FANS. AND THEN WE WERE LIKE, WHAT IS A REALLY WORTHY CAUSE? AND OF COURSE, OUR HOMETOWN HEROES AND THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO, WHO, WHO WE CALL AND THEY COME RUNNING. THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE LOVE ABOUT THIS EVENT IS THAT WE GET TO SUPPORT THEM AND SHOW THEM APPRECIATION.

I KNOW IT'S NOT JUST A CHECK. IT'S, IT'S THE, THE LOVE THAT THE COMMUNITY FEELS FOR, FOR YOU FOLKS AND WHAT YOU DO. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AWESOME. AND THEN THE NEWS THAT WE WERE COMING HERE, HOPEFULLY WITH, WITH GREAT NEWS, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE PRELIMINARY APPROVAL FOR THE BORDER BATTLE 2026 TO BE ON THE STILLWATER LIFT BRIDGE. THAT NEW LEASE THAT SEAN GOT US FOR, RIGHT? THE FANCY NEW LEASE THAT LETS US DO WHATEVER WE WANT ON THAT BRIDGE. I THINK WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR THE THE CONTRACT TO TO TO DRY OUT. BUT IT'S NOVEMBER 15TH AND REALLY GOOD TIMING FOR US. THE LIFT BRIDGE WON'T BE IN OPERATING AND IT SHOULD BE A QUIET MORNING EXCEPT FOR WHEN WE PLAY, RIGHT. BECAUSE YOU DO IT THE FIRST YEAR WHEN THE VIKINGS AND PACKERS PLAY THAT SAME WEEKEND. YEAH, WE ALWAYS DO IT OKAY. BUT IT DEPENDS ON WHEN THE SCHEDULE COMES OUT. AND THAT'S WHY WE WAITED UNTIL NOW BECAUSE THE SCHEDULE JUST CAME OUT. OKAY, SO THE VIKINGS PLAY IN OR EXCUSE ME, THE PACKERS PLAY IN

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[2. 2025 Annual and Financial Results Presentation]

OTHERWISE, THERE'S ALWAYS THE OPPORTUNITY AT THE END. FIRST OF ALL, I'LL INTRODUCE MYSELF.

CHRIS. I'M THE PRINCIPAL WITH CLA WHO'S BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY OF STILLWATER NOW FOR SEVERAL YEARS. AND I BROUGHT WITH TONIGHT'S FIONA KELLY. SHE'S THE SENIOR ON THE CITY'S AUDIT AND HAS ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY NOW FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. SO WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF TAG TEAM THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT. BUT AS I MENTIONED, FEEL FREE TO INTERRUPT US IF YOU DO HAVE QUESTIONS AT ALL. SO AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, REALLY THIS FIRST SLIDE IS LOOKING AT JUST SOME REQUIRED COMMUNICATIONS WE HAVE AS THE CITY'S EXTERNAL AUDITOR.

IT'S REALLY JUST TO REMIND YOU WHAT OUR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE UNDER GENERALLY ACCEPTED AUDITING STANDARDS. IT'S REALLY TO EXPRESS AN OPINION ON THE FAIRNESS OF THE PRESENTATION OF YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE PROVIDE REASONABLE ASSURANCE, NOT ABSOLUTE ASSURANCE, AS TO THE RESULTS THAT ARE WITHIN YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. WE ALSO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS OR ACCOUNTING POLICIES THAT WERE ADOPTED OR CHANGED DURING THE YEAR. THE ONLY ONE THAT'S REALLY OUT THERE THIS YEAR WAS GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING STANDARD OR GASB STATEMENT NUMBER 102, WHICH WAS REALLY JUST A NOTE DISCLOSURE TYPE OF STANDARD, WHICH IS KIND OF NICE FOR A CHANGE. AND REALLY, IT DIDN'T EVEN ADD ANY NOTE DISCLOSURES TO THE CITY AT ALL. SO NO IMPACTS TO THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AT ALL THERE. WE ALSO NEED TO LET YOU KNOW IF THERE'S ANY ESTIMATES THAT ARE INCLUDED WITHIN YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT WE CLASSIFY AS A HIGH DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY, OR A HIGH DEGREE OR A HIGHER DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY. AND REALLY, THE ONLY ONE THAT SHOWS UP FOR THE CITY IS YOUR OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFIT LIABILITY. AND THE ONLY REASON WE SAY IT'S A HIGH DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY IS SINCE IT'S TECHNICALLY A SINGLE EMPLOYER PLAN. SO IT'S SPECIFIC TO THE CITY OF STILLWATER, YOU TECHNICALLY HAVE MORE ABILITY TO CONTROL THE INPUTS THAT GO INTO THAT. EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE USING AN ACTUARY, YOU STILL COULD CONTROL THOSE INPUTS MORE. SO YOU HAVE A HIGHER DEGREE THAT YOU COULD ACTUALLY IMPACT THAT LIABILITY CALCULATION. WE LOOKED AT IT, WE HAVE NO CONCERNS WITH IT, BUT WE JUST WANT TO CALL IT OUT AS THAT TYPE OF A LIABILITY ESTIMATE OUT THERE. ALSO LET YOU KNOW IF WE HAD ANY DISAGREEMENTS OR DIFFICULTIES IN PERFORMING THE AUDIT. WE HAD NONE. IF I HAD SOMETHING THAT FELL INTO THOSE CATEGORIES, WE'D LET YOU KNOW ABOUT IT BEFORE A PUBLIC COUNCIL MEETING. AND THEN AS FAR AS ACTUAL AUDIT RESULTS. SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE CITY RECEIVED AN UNMODIFIED OR A CLEAN AUDIT OPINION ON YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THAT'S THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ASSURANCE THAT ANY TYPE OF ENTITY CAN RECEIVE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU'RE GOVERNMENT, NONPROFIT, FOR PROFIT, UNMODIFIED IS THE OPINION YOU WANT TO SEE IN YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. WE ALSO LOOK AT INTERNAL CONTROLS FOR THE CITY. OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS NOT TO PROVIDE AN OPINION ON YOUR INTERNAL CONTROLS. WE ONLY LET YOU KNOW IF WE IDENTIFY DEFICIENCIES IN THOSE. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY. SO WE LOOK AT THEM. THEY GET CLASSIFIED. IF WE HAVE ANY DEFICIENCIES AS MATERIAL WEAKNESSES, SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES, OR JUST A MANAGEMENT LETTER COMMENT, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT FELL INTO ANY OF THOSE. SO VERY GOOD FOR THE CITY AND THE STAFF HERE WITH BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE TO KEEP THAT HIGH LEVEL OF INTERNAL CONTROLS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT IN PLACE. WE ARE ALSO REQUIRED, AS YOUR AUDITOR, TO LOOK AT THE MINNESOTA LEGAL COMPLIANCE GUIDE THAT'S PUBLISHED ANNUALLY BY THE OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR, BREAKS LEGAL COMPLIANCE THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO TEST TO GO. THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER STATUTES THAT THE CITY HAS TO FOLLOW, BUT WE ONLY HAVE TO TEST A CERTAIN NUMBER OF THEM, BROKEN OUT INTO SEVEN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, COVERING ANYTHING FROM TIF DISTRICTS TO CASH AND INVESTMENTS. SO SEVEN DIFFERENT AREAS. WE HAD NOTHING THAT FELL IN AS A LEGAL COMPLIANCE FINDING EITHER. SO VERY POSITIVE RESULTS WHEN IT COMES TO THE RESULTS FOR THE CITY AS FAR AS CLEAN AUDIT OPINION, NO INTERNAL CONTROL AND NO LEGAL COMPLIANCE FINDINGS. SO THAT KIND OF JUST IS KUDOS TO ALL OF THE STAFF HERE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN NOT ONLY THE AUDIT PROCESS, BUT JUST IN DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS WITHIN FINANCE. SO VERY POSITIVE. AND THEN LASTLY, JUST BEFORE I TURN THIS OVER TO FIONA FOR SOME FINANCIAL RESULTS, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL IS INFORMED AS FAR AS AS FAR AS SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL UPCOMING STANDARDS THAT ARE COMING OUT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. THE FIRST ONE STATEMENT, NUMBER 103 IS A FINANCIAL REPORTING MODEL IMPROVEMENT STANDARD. SO THIS ONE'S ACTUALLY GOING TO IMPACT

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SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO SHIONA TO GO THROUGH SOME FINANCIAL RESULTS. THANK YOU CHRIS. ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO BE KIND OF BREAKING DOWN A BUNCH OF GRAPHS IN THE UPCOMING SLIDES THAT SHOW THE FINANCIAL RESULTS AND TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE CHANGES AND GIVING SOME CONTEXT TO WHAT CHANGED FROM 2024 TO 2025. SO THE FIRST GRAPH I HAVE HERE IS THE GENERAL FUND DAYS, OPERATING EXPENDITURES IN FUND BALANCE. AND WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS IS IF FOR WHATEVER REASON, SUDDENLY NO REVENUE WAS COMING IN, HOW MANY DAYS WOULD THE CURRENT FUND BALANCE BE ABLE TO COVER OPERATING EXPENDITURES? AND THIS IS JUST THE GENERAL FUND. SO A GOOD RULE OF THUMB AND THE GOAL LINE, WHICH IS THAT YELLOW LINE, THERE IS 180 DAYS, WHICH GIVES US ABOUT SIX MONTHS OF FUND BALANCE RESERVES. AND WHAT WE CAN SEE ON THIS GRAPH HERE IS THAT THE CITY ACTUALLY HAS ABOUT 194 DAYS. SO THAT'S 14 DAYS HIGHER THAN THE GOAL. AND THAT'S REALLY GOOD TO SEE. THE WAY WE CALCULATE THIS IS JUST WE TAKE ASSIGNED AND UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE, DIVIDE IT BY OPERATING EXPENDITURES, AND THEN MULTIPLY IT BY 365 DAYS IN A YEAR JUST TO GET THAT DAY GOAL. SO THIS REALLY SHOWS THAT THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE IS HEALTHY AND MAINTAINING OVER THAT GOAL LINE. SO THAT'S GOOD TO SEE. NEXT UP IS THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES. SO REVENUES OVERALL HAVE BEEN TRENDING UPWARDS OVER THE PAST ABOUT TEN YEARS, ESPECIALLY IN PROPERTY TAXES, WHICH IS THAT DARK BLUE SECTION OF THE GRAPH. AND PROPERTY TAXES REPRESENT ABOUT 73% OF TOTAL GENERAL FUND REVENUES, WHICH HAS BEEN INCREASING FROM LAST YEAR, WAS ABOUT 71%. AND THEN THE PAST FEW YEARS BEFORE WAS ABOUT A 68% AVERAGE. ANOTHER PORTION OF THIS REVENUES THAT INCREASED FOR THE YEARS, THAT KIND OF LIGHT YELLOW SECTION, AND THAT'S LICENSES AND PERMITS. THERE WAS SOME LARGE PERMITS COMING FROM THE NEW LAKEVIEW HOSPITAL FOR THE YEAR. SO THAT'S KIND OF MORE OF A ONE TIME INCREASE, BUT SOMETHING TO NOTE. THEN AS FAR AS THE EXPENDITURES IN THE GENERAL FUND, PUBLIC SAFETY HAS TYPICALLY BEEN THE LARGEST EXPENDITURE, WHICH IS THAT LIGHT BLUE SEGMENT THERE. AND ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS FOR THAT, OR DRIVERS FOR THAT

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AND THEN EXPENDITURES WERE UNDER BUDGET BY ABOUT 341,000, MAINLY DUE TO UNALLOCATED EXPENDITURES, PUBLIC WORKS, STREET EXPENDITURES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURES THAT WERE LOWER THAN BUDGETED. AND ALL OF THESE CAUSED FUND BALANCE TO INCREASE BY ABOUT $617,000, WHICH IS GOOD TO SEE THAT MAINTENANCE OF A HEALTHY FUND BALANCE. NOW FOR THE SAINT CROIX VALLEY REC CENTER FUND REVENUES INCREASED A BIT FROM LAST YEAR, MAINLY DUE TO SOME OF THE FIGURE SKATING OPEN SKATE FEES, AS WELL AS A FEW ONE TIME PAYMENTS FOR ICE RENTALS THAT WERE A BIT HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR. REVENUES VERY CONSISTENTLY EXCEED EXPENDITURES IN THIS FUND OVER THE PAST DECADE, AT LEAST. EXPENDITURES INCREASE. DID INCREASE A BIT IN THIS FUND TWO, AND THAT'S JUST KIND OF IN LINE WITH THE INCREASE IN REVENUES AS WELL. IN ICE ARENAS IN THE FIELDHOUSE, THERE'S A LOT OF OF ICE ARENA COMMUNITIES, WHICH IS A RARE ICE ARENA THAT. YES, YES IT IS. IT IS PRETTY RARE. MOST CITIES THAT WE WORK WITH, IF THEY HAVE ANY KIND OF, I THINK A LOT OF RECREATIONAL TYPE ACTIVITIES, WHETHER IT'S ICE ARENAS, GOLF REC CENTERS IN GENERAL, SWIMMING POOLS, WE STILL HAVE SOME CITIES THAT RUN MUNICIPAL SWIMMING POOLS. VERY TOUGH BUSINESS TO BE IN NOWADAYS. I THINK THAT KIND OF GOES WITH WITH THE KIND OF THE HEART OF WHAT STILLWATER REALLY IS. YOU THINK ICE ARENA'S, THINGS LIKE THAT. YOU HAVE A REALLY GOOD ICE ICE HOCKEY PROGRAM OUT THIS WAY AS WELL.

SO JUST KIND OF SHOWS YOU THE DESIRE OF, OF THE CITIZENS OF THE AREA AND THE USERS TO REALLY TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THOSE. BUT THIS IS KIND OF A RARITY THAT WE SEE WITH A LOT OF OUR CLIENTS NOWADAYS. YEAH, DEFINITELY. WE USE IN THE YELLOW LINE IN THE BLUE. WELL, SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS IN THIS FUND REVENUES, CHARGES FOR SERVICES, WHICH ARE MORE THE DAILY FEES AND PROGRAM REVENUES FROM THE REC CENTER, ABOUT $2 MILLION. OTHER REVENUES, WHICH ARE SOME MISCELLANEOUS REVENUES AND INVESTMENT INCOME, ABOUT 423,000. OPERATING EXPENDITURES ABOUT 1.9 MILLION, WHICH LEADS TO AN INCREASE IN FUND BALANCE OF ABOUT $316,000. SO CONTINUING TO INCREASE. NEXT UP IS THE PARKS FUND REVENUES INCREASED, WHICH IS THAT BLUE AND YELLOW COLUMN TO THE LEFT THERE, WHICH IS MAINLY CONSISTS OF PROPERTY TAXES, WHICH IS THAT LARGE BLUE SEGMENT. THOSE INCREASED ABOUT 3% FROM 2024. AND THEN EXPENDITURES INCREASED A BIT IN 2025 AS WELL, MAINLY DUE TO PERSONNEL SALARIES, BENEFITS, THAT TYPE OF THING.

SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS IN THIS FUND PROPERTY TAXES ABOUT 1.4 MILLION. OTHER REVENUES ABOUT 128,000. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE DONATIONS, EVENT FEES, PARK FEES, ITEMS OF THAT NATURE.

EXPENDITURES ABOUT 1.5 MILLION, LEADING TO AN INCREASE IN FUND BALANCE OF ABOUT $40,000. SO FOR ALL THESE FUNDS I MENTIONED, FUND BALANCE IS INCREASING, WHICH IS A VERY GOOD SIGN. NEXT UP ARE THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE WATER BEFORE YOU LEAVE THAT ONE. JUST CURIOUS WHAT'S DRIVING THE UP AND TO THE RIGHT NATURE OF IT'S IT'S GOOD THAT WE'RE STAYING AHEAD OF EXPENSES, BUT IS IT JUST THE INFLATIONARY NATURE OF WHAT WE'VE GOT FOR LABOR AND MATERIALS NOW, OR IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE DRIVING THAT? VANESSA OR SHARON, FEEL FREE TO, TO CHIME INTO THIS. BUT REALLY, IT IS KIND OF JUST THAT INFLATIONARY PRESSURE OF PERSONNEL COSTS INCREASING. IF YOU RECALL, THE THE CITY, THE WAY YOU HANDLE YOUR PROPERTY TAX LEVY, IT FLUCTUATES QUITE A BIT BASED ON THE CITY JUST TRANSFERS FUNDS OVER THERE OF YOUR PROPERTY TAX LEVY ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS. IT DOESN'T JUST LEVY A FLAT DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR

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THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO NEXT UP ARE THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE WATER, SEWER STORM SEWER, PARKING FUNDS AND LIGHTING. SO THE FIRST GRAPH WE HAVE HERE IS THE SANITARY SEWER FUND. AND REVENUES DID INCREASE A LITTLE BIT THIS YEAR DUE TO A RATE INCREASE OF ABOUT 3%. AND EXPENDITURES ACTUALLY INCREASED A BIT MORE THAN REVENUES OR EXPENSES RATHER. AND THAT WAS MAINLY DUE TO A LARGE LIFT REPAIR ON NELSON STREET IN 2025.

ONE THING WE DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WAS THE CASH BALANCES IN THIS FUND. SO ACTUALLY PRIOR TO 2021, THERE WAS LOWER CASH BALANCES, CASH RESERVES, ACTUALLY A DEFICIT IN SOME YEARS. BUT THIS INCREASE IS REALLY SHOWING HOW THE CITY'S MAINTAINING THEIR CASH RESERVES AND WHICH IS PARTIALLY DUE TO THE INCREASES IN THE CONTINUOUS INCREASES IN THE SEWER RATES.

AND THAT IS CONTRIBUTING TO THE SEWER FUND, HAVING A HEALTHY CASH BALANCE AND NET POSITION.

AND I THINK MOST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE BEEN HERE WHEN THOSE TOUGH DECISIONS WERE MADE BACK, YOU KNOW, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT YEARS AGO TO REALLY HAVE TO MAKE SOME SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN YOUR USER RATES WITHIN THE SEWER FUND. SO KIND OF JUST IN A TESTAMENT TO THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE DIFFICULT DECISIONS ARE ACTUALLY STARTING TO, TO SHOW THAT WE'RE BUILDING CASH RESERVES WITHIN THE SEWER FUND NOW, WHICH IS A REALLY GOOD THING FOR THE CITY TO HAVE. SOME OF THEM MIGHT NOT REMEMBER WHAT WE DID, BUT WHAT WE DID IS WE MATCHED WHAT THE MET COUNCIL RAISED OUR FEES BY, AND WE KEPT GETTING KIND OF, I SHOULDN'T SAY BLINDSIDED IS THE RIGHT WORD, BUT WE WERE NOT PREPARED FOR THE INCREASES. SO THEN WHEN WE GOT THE INCREASE FROM MET COUNCIL ON OUR SEWER RATES, WE RAISED OUR RATES PROPORTIONATELY. YEAH, THERE. I'VE WORKED NOW WITH THE CITY FOR PROBABLY CLOSE TO 15 YEARS NOW. AND WHEN I FIRST STARTED WORKING WITH THE CITY, THE CITY KIND OF HAD A TENDENCY A LOT OF TIMES TO ONLY INCREASE RATES WITHIN YOUR SEWER FUND EVERY FEW YEARS. MEANWHILE, WORKING WITH MET COUNCIL, THEY INCREASED THEIR RATES EVERY YEAR. SO YOU WERE ESSENTIALLY KIND OF CREATING A STEP IN LADDER. SO WHEN YOU STARTED MAKING THAT TURNAROUND IN YOUR CASH BALANCES IN THERE, THAT'S WHERE THE CITY CONTRACTED WITH AN OUTSIDE FIRM TO COME IN AND ACTUALLY ANALYZE YOUR USER RATES WITHIN THERE. AND THOSE WERE SOME PRETTY DIFFICULT YEARS AND DIFFICULT DECISIONS BECAUSE RATES WERE INCREASING TEN, 15, 20% AT A CLIP TO CATCH YOU BACK UP TO WHERE YOU ARE. AND I THINK NOW THE CITY IS ON A GOOD, A GOOD PATTERN TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT PROCESS GOING FORWARD. NOW WE'RE MET. COUNCIL INCREASES THEIR RATES, EVEN IF IT'S ON A ONE YEAR LEG. THE CITY'S GOT TO INCREASE YOUR RATES TO AT LEAST MATCH WHAT THEY'RE DOING. OTHERWISE YOU'RE GOING TO BE STARTING THAT BACKWARDS TREND AGAIN. ANOTHER QUESTION IS THAT CASH BALANCE APPROPRIATE FOR THE LEVEL OF EXPENSES AND REVENUES? WE HAVE THE NICE PART WITH ANY TYPE OF AN ENTERPRISE FUND YOU'RE YOU'RE BILLING ON A MORE FREQUENT BASIS. SO WHAT WE TYPICALLY LIKE TO SEE IS, YOU KNOW, A CASH BALANCE THAT REALLY JUST MATCHES WHAT YOU'RE BILLING FREQUENCY IS. SO IF IT'S BILLING, WHETHER IT'S MONTHLY OR QUARTERLY, THEN YOU CAN KNOW, OKAY, WE HAVE ENOUGH CASH TO AT LEAST GET THROUGH ANOTHER BILLING CYCLE, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. SO THE FACT THAT NOW YOU'RE UP, YOU KNOW, 1.3 MILLION A LITTLE OVER THAT, YOU'RE SITTING IN A VERY GOOD SPOT WHEN YOU START THINKING YOUR TOTAL REVENUES FOR THE YEAR ARE NOW SITTING AT ABOUT FOUR, JUST UNDER 4.5 MILLION.

SO YOU'RE ABOUT RIGHT. SO YOU'RE COVERING A REALLY GOOD SPOT THERE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP IS THE STORM SEWER FUND REVENUES DID INCREASE IN 2025 DUE TO RATE INCREASES OF ABOUT 9.5%. EXPENSES ALSO INCREASED DUE TO ONE TIME NORTHLAND AVENUE STORM SEWER REPAIR FOR THE YEAR. AND ACTUALLY A NEW TREND PAST TWO YEARS IS THAT REVENUES ARE STARTING TO EXCEED EXPENSES. AND THOSE EXPENSES INCLUDE DEPRECIATION AS WELL. SO THAT'S JUST SHOWING THAT THE REVENUES ARE NOW ABLE TO COVER ALL THOSE EXPENSES, INCLUDING

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BUT ONE THING THAT REALLY JUMPS OUT ON THIS GRAPH IS THE INCREASE IN TOTAL NET POSITION, WHICH IS THAT DARK BLUE COLUMN. AND YOU CAN SEE KIND OF PRIOR TO 2023, THERE WAS ALWAYS A DEFICIT NET POSITION. AND ONCE AGAIN, HOW CHRIS MENTIONED SOME OF THOSE DIFFICULT DECISIONS WITH RATES TO INCREASE THOSE REVENUES IS WHAT KIND OF LEADS US TO THAT NET POSITION INCREASE. AND REVENUES ARE ACTUALLY ABOUT DOUBLE THE EXPENSES IN THIS FUND, WHICH IS WHAT'S CAUSING THAT INCREASE, EVEN THOUGH THE LEVELS OF REVENUES AND EXPENSES KIND OF STAYED THE SAME AS LAST YEAR. NOW FOR THE TWO PARKING FUNDS, THIS IS GOING TO CONSIST OF THE PARKING LOT FUND AND THE PARKING RAMP. THE PARKING LOT IS THE LIGHT BLUE REVENUES ON THE LEFT THERE, AND THE RED EXPENSES ON THE RIGHT. AND THEN THE PARKING RAMP IS THE YELLOW REVENUES ON THE LEFT AND THE ORANGE EXPENSES ON THE RIGHT. THE PARKING LOT REVENUES INCREASED SLIGHTLY FOR THE YEAR, AND EXPENSES FOR CHARGES AND SERVICES DUE TO SALES TAX EXPENSE DECREASED A LITTLE BIT. AND THEN IN THE PARKING RAMP, FUND REVENUES ALSO INCREASED AND THEN EXPENSES DECREASED A BIT DUE TO LESS PURCHASES OF SUPPLIES AND OTHER SERVICES AND CHARGES FOR THE YEAR. AND THIS IS THIS IS A FUND, I THINK. WAS IT TWO YEARS AGO OR THREE YEARS AGO, SHARON, WHERE WE ACTUALLY SPLIT THESE TWO FUNDS WITHIN YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, JUST TO PROVIDE MORE TRANSPARENCY, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE JUST BIG PICTURE. THE THE LOT SIDE OF THE OPERATIONS FOR PARKING TYPICALLY IS WHERE YOU'RE GENERATING YOUR REVENUES, THE RAMP TYPICALLY FOR, FOR MOST THINGS, IF YOU'RE BREAKING EVEN, YOU'RE TYPICALLY HAVING A GOOD YEAR WITH YOUR PARKING RAMP. SO. ALL RIGHT, NEXT IS THE WATER FUND. AND REVENUES INCREASED A BIT IN 2025 DUE TO A RATE INCREASE OF ABOUT 2%. AND THERE WAS ALSO HIGHER CONSUMPTION FOR THE YEAR AND EXPENSES INCREASED MAINLY DUE TO SOME WATER MAIN REPAIRS IN 2025. NEXT IS OPEB RETIREE AND ACTIVE. SO THIS IS THE OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFIT WE HAVE RELATED TO OPEB LIABILITY. AND THIS IS COMING FROM THE ACTUARY EVALUATION. AND IT'S BEEN SLIGHTLY INCREASING SINCE 2023, JUST NOT DUE TO ANYTHING THE CITY IS DOING, BUT MAINLY JUST DUE TO CHANGES IN THE ACTUARIAL ACTUARIAL ASSUMPTIONS. THEY USE ITEMS LIKE THE DISCOUNT RATE IN HEALTHCARE TRENDS TO MAKE THEIR ASSUMPTIONS, AND THEN COME UP WITH THAT LIABILITY, AS WELL AS KIND OF SOME OF THE NUMBERS THAT THE CITY PROVIDES. THIS IS JUST SHOWING THE DIFFERENCE IN THE RETIREE LIABILITY. THE DARK BLUE AND THE LIGHT BLUE ARE THE ACTIVE EMPLOYEES. SO CHRIS, WE'RE LOOKING GOOD THERE. NOW, THAT WAS ALWAYS THE ONE THAT WAS THE NIGHTMARE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL. YES. THAT ONE WAS ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, THE GRAPH KIND OF SHOWS THAT BACK IN 2020, THAT'S WHERE THE CITY MADE YOUR KIND OF FUNDAMENTAL POLICY CHANGE AND HOW YOU WERE HANDLING THE RETIREES AND THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE PRIOR TO THAT WERE THAT LIABILITY WAS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER. RETIREES COULD STAY ON HEALTH INSURANCE UNTIL DEATH, ESSENTIALLY IN 2020 ISH. I THINK IT WAS ROUGHLY INTO THAT 21 VALUATION. THAT'S WHERE THE CITY MADE THAT KIND OF POLICY CHANGE THAT RETIREES, ONCE THEY HIT, BECOME MEDICARE ELIGIBLE, THEY NOW GET ESSENTIALLY FORCED INTO MEDICARE AS OPPOSED TO STAYING ON THE CITY'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT DID RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT DROP TO YOUR LIABILITY, AS I HAD MENTIONED. REALLY, YOU'RE NOT REALLY CHANGING ANYTHING. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE YOUR RETIREE PIECES STILL YOUR BIGGEST PIECE OF IT, AND THE LIABILITY IS NOW TRENDING BACK THE OTHER, OTHER WAY AND UP IS PRIMARILY JUST BECAUSE OF THOSE ASSUMPTIONS THAT GO INTO THE LIABILITY.

THINK ABOUT WHAT HEALTHCARE COSTS HAVE DONE, INFLATION, DISCOUNT RATES, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. THAT'S WHY YOUR LIABILITY IS GOING. IT'S NOT LIKE ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU FOUND NEW RETIREES THAT ARE ON YOUR PLAN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT'S JUST KIND OF THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT GO INTO THAT. SO BUT THEN THIS ONE ALSO SHOWS YOU KIND OF THAT BREAKOUT TO SHOW THERE ARE STILL A COUPLE OF ACTIVE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT PLAN THAT ARE STILL CURRENT CITY EMPLOYEES YET. SO. AND THIS IS THE SAME LIABILITY GRAPH, JUST SHOWS THE BREAKOUT OF THE DIRECT VERSUS THE IMPLICIT PAYMENTS. SO THE DIRECT BENEFITS ARE THE ACTUAL PAYMENTS OR CONTRIBUTIONS THE CITY IS MAKING FOR THE RETIREE BENEFITS. WHILE THE IMPLICIT IS THE ECONOMIC SUBSIDY EMBEDDED IN THE PREMIUM STRUCTURE. SO THIS JUST SHOWS THE LARGER PORTION OF THE DIRECT PAYMENTS VERSUS THE IMPLICIT. AND THEN THIS SHOWS THE ACTUAL DOLLAR

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SO WITH THAT YOU KNOW WE'RE OPEN TO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE.

OTHERWISE. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE TOWARDS SHARON AND VANESSA AND THE REST OF THE CITY STAFF THAT WE GET TO WORK WITH HERE AT THE CITY. THEY'VE BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH THIS YEAR, AND WITH THAT, WE'RE OPEN TO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO RECOMMENDATIONS. THIS YEAR. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY INTERNAL CONTROL RECOMMENDATIONS THIS YEAR. THERE'S ALWAYS A FEW IT RELATED COMMENTS THAT WE LIKE TO PROVIDE, BUT WE DO NOT PROVIDE THOSE IN A PUBLIC SETTING LIKE THIS. GOTCHA. AWESOME. OH, THIS IS GREAT.

GREAT. STAFF'S DOING A GREAT JOB. ABSOLUTELY. OH THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION.

WELL DONE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANKS. BE HARD TO WRITE A BETTER ONE OF THESE, RIGHT? IT'S PRETTY. YEAH, IT TOOK A MINUTE. IT'S ONE OF THOSE FUNDS RIGHT. I MEAN TURNING ALL THAT AROUND. YEAH. WE TURNED AROUND. WE TURNED EVERY FUND AROUND. RIGHT. THE RETIREE ONE, THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION WAS UNBELIEVABLE HOW THAT THEY SAID THAT WAS

[V. OPEN FORUM – Public may address Council on non-agenda items. Please limit remarks to 5 minutes or less.]

WELL, MOVING ON TO THE OPEN FORUM, THIS IS THE PART OF THE MEETING TO ADDRESS COUNCIL ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO FIVE MINUTES OR LESS. IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? COME ON UP. GOOD EVENING. I'M RICK HAYDUK. MOST OF YOU KNOW ME. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF SUSTAINABLE STILLWATER TONIGHT AS THE BOARD CHAIR, AS WELL AS THE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM TEAM LEADER. MOST OF YOU KNOW ME AS A BICYCLING ADVOCATE, BUT EVEN MORE SO, I'M AN ADVOCATE FOR COMMON SENSE SOLUTIONS THAT PROVIDE SAFE STREETS AND ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE CITIZENS IN STILLWATER. SO WITH THAT SAFETY IN MIND, I JUST WANTED TO HAVE A LITTLE DISCUSSION TONIGHT ABOUT A THING CALLED E MOTO'S. IS EVERYBODY FAMILIAR WITH E MOTOS? YES. IF YOU IF IF YOU'RE NOT VERY YOU WILL BE BECAUSE IT'S GETTING TO BE A REALLY BIG THING. BIKE MEN HAS REALLY BEEN TAKING THIS ON AND THE STATE LEGISLATURE JUST PASSED SOME A NEW LAW AROUND E MOTORS THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE AND SHARE. BOTTOM LINE IS E MOTO IS IS THAT AS YOU SEE ON THE CHART HERE A LITTLE BIT, THERE'S AN E-BIKE ON THE LEFT, AND THEN THERE'S AN E MOTO ON THE RIGHT, THE E-BIKE, THE MAXIMUM WATTAGE FOR THE ELECTRIC POWER IS 750W. IT CAN GO UP TO WITH THE DIFFERENT CLASSES AND GO UP TO 20 OR, OR 28 MILES AN HOUR WITH A THROTTLE ASSIST. THERE'S ENOUGH CHALLENGES WITH THAT ON THE TRAILS AS WE'RE DEALING WITH THAT ON ETIQUETTE, MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND SAFE SPEEDS, HOW TO USE THEM PROPERLY. SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. ON THE RIGHT AND ON THE RED, YOU SEE A THING CALLED MOTO. IT'S BASICALLY A MOTORCYCLE. IT'S A IT'S AN E POWERED MOTORCYCLE.

THE WATTAGE CAN CAN GREATLY EXCEED 1500W. AND SO THEY, THEY START AT TWICE THE WATTAGE.

BASICALLY FOR THE POWER AS AN E-BIKE MAXIMUM WATTAGE. AND SO THESE THESE E MOTOS THEY'RE THEY'RE AN E POWERED MOTORCYCLE. THEY DO NOT HAVE PEDAL ASSIST. SOME OF THEM HAVE PEDALS ON THERE, BUT THEY'RE FOR YOUR FEET TO REST ON. THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY DOING ANYTHING.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE IN A BATTERY POWERED MOTORCYCLE. THEY CAN GO 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. OKAY.

AND THEY'RE GETTING REAL POPULAR WITH KIDS. 12, 13 YEAR OLD KIDS BASICALLY ON THE SIDEWALKS AND ON THE TRAILS. AND SO THEIR YOUNG USERS, THEY'RE DIFFERENT FROM E-BIKES.

THEY'RE NOT A BICYCLE. THEY'RE A MOTORCYCLE. WE HAVE A NEW LAW. AND THEN THE THIRD, WHAT YOU NOTICE IS IN THE MIDDLE, THERE'S THAT'S BASICALLY A MOPEDS. AND THE LEGISLATURE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MOPEDS. SO THEY MADE A NEW CLASSIFICATION THAT IT'S A MOTORIZED BICYCLE, AND IT HAS ITS OWN UNIQUE KIND OF REGULATIONS FOR BEING STREET LEGAL. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS, IS THAT WE HAVE E-BIKES AND E-BIKES ARE ON THE TRAILS, ON THE SIDEWALKS. THEY'RE THEY'RE GENERALLY GREAT, ESPECIALLY FOR COMMUTING. AND AS AN ALTERNATIVE, MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION, WE SUPPORT E-BIKES IN A BIG WAY, CAN BE USED ON TRAILS AND SIDEWALKS. THE E MOTO BECAUSE OF THE SPEED, BECAUSE OF. IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A WILD WEST SITUATION OUT THERE RIGHT NOW WITH THE LAWS IN PLACE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING WITH SUSTAINABLE STILLWATER TO WORK WITH WITH THE CITY LEADERSHIP IS TO TO REALLY EDUCATE, COMMUNICATE AND, AND TRY TO MANAGE THIS BEFORE IT GETS OUT OF HAND BECAUSE I, I'M SEEING THEM IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE SIDEWALKS. THEY'RE ON THE TRAILS NOW. AND IT'S GOING

[00:35:02]

AGAIN, FOR THESE GRANTS TO DO THESE. BOTH OF THEM FIT EXTREMELY WELL INTO WHAT SUSTAINABLE STILLWATER REALLY ADVOCATES FOR IS COMPLETE STREETS AND BICYCLE FRIENDLY, ESPECIALLY THE THINGS THAT I WOULD ASK FOR WHEN WE TALK ABOUT STREET MODIFICATION.

RECONSTRUCTION IS. AND WHEN WE'RE ADDING PATHS, ESPECIALLY IS CONNECTIVITY IS WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE PUT A TRAIL IN, IT CONNECTS TO SOMETHING WHICH WHICH IS ALWAYS A PROBLEM AS YOU'RE DEVELOPING THAT. AND THEN STREET CROSSINGS, HIGHWAY 36 IS STILL REALLY, REALLY TENUOUS ON, ON BIKES AND PEDESTRIANS GETTING ACROSS 36. SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS AS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WASHINGTON AVENUE TO KEEP IN MIND THE OTHER THING ON THE BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN PLAN, IT TOTALLY FITS INTO A NETWORK OF PLANNING FOR BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN NETWORKING AND CONNECTIVITY. OUR BICYCLE FRIENDLY CERTIFICATION, WE WERE DOWNGRADED TO HONORABLE MENTION THIS YEAR. AND SO THINGS LIKE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE WILL GET US BACK UP TO BRONZE.

BUT THE OTHER THING THAT THAT THE LEAGUE OF AMERICAN BICYCLISTS ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, IS REALLY STRONG ABOUT IS, IS BICYCLE ADVOCACY IN THE CITY LEVEL. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE STILL ASKING FOR IS WITHIN CITY STAFF, IF WE CAN ACHIEVE A BICYCLE ADVOCACY ROLE, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A NEW STAFF, HIRE A NEW POSITION. BUT THERE'S BUT BUT IT DEMONSTRATES THAT THERE'S THE THINKING PROCESS, THE ADVOCACY WITHIN, WITHIN THE CITY LEADERSHIP. AND THEN WE ASKED FOR FOR IF THESE APPLICATIONS ARE APPROVED, THAT'S SUSTAINABLE. STILLWATER HAS THE ABILITY TO, TO PROVIDE INPUT INTO THE PLANS. OKAY, GREAT. WHAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON WITH WAS IT CLASS ONE BICYCLES OR WAS IT CLASS THREE BIKES? THE SPEED, THE HANDLES WITH THE E-BIKES. YEAH, THE E-BIKES IS A CLASS ONE, CLASS TWO, CLASS THREE. AND IT DEPENDS ON ON HOW MUCH THROTTLE ASSIST THERE IS VERSUS THE THROTTLE BASICALLY DRIVING THE BICYCLE. AND SO, SO CLASS TWO AND CLASS THREE, CLASS TWO HAS A MAXIMUM SPEED OF 20 MILES AN HOUR. BUT YOU CAN YOU CAN BASICALLY RUN A CLASS TWO THOUGH WITHOUT PEDALING, YOU KNOW, HARDLY AT ALL. IT'LL JUST RUN IT ON THE THROTTLE. BUT CLASS THREE IS THE WAY IT'S DESIGNED. AND AGAIN, THE DANGER ON THIS IS THERE'S MODIFICATION BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S VERSIONS OF E-BIKES THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE BUYING ONLINE FROM CHINA AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO TELL EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE SET UP TO, YOU KNOW, SO, SO, BUT THAT'S THE WAY THE DESIGN STANDARDS ARE. CLASS ONE, CLASS TWO, CLASS THREE AND CLASS TWO, THE MAXIMUM SPEED OF 20. CLASS THREE. MAXIMUM SPEED OF 28 WITH WITH THROTTLE ASSIST. AND SO BUT YOU MOST TIMES YOU HAVE TO PEDAL SOMEWHAT. THAT'S WHY I MEAN THEY'RE GREAT FOR COMMUTING. THEY'RE STILL EXERCISE. YOU'RE STILL YOU'RE STILL USING THE PEDALS. BUT LIKE FOR HILLS, YOU CAN, YOU CAN, YOU CAN ADJUST IT SO YOU THROTTLE MORE AND, AND YOU HAVE TO PUSH THE PEDALS LESS. BUT IT'S ALL, IT'S ALL PEDAL PEDAL PLUS THROTTLE ASSIST FOR E-BIKES. WELL, THE REASON I ASKED YOU IS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND YOU AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS. IS THAT THE SPEED ON THAT BRIDGE, THOSE PEOPLE ARE FLYING ACROSS THERE AND IT'S NOT SAFE.

IT'S I MEAN, AND THEY DON'T SIGNAL. THEY DON'T SIGNAL. I MEAN, WE'VE TOLD PEOPLE OVER AND OVER, YOU KNOW, SIGNAL YOU'RE YOU GUYS WORKED HARD ON EDUCATING PEOPLE, BUT THEY DON'T CARE. WELL, AND UNICYCLES OUT THERE, MOTORIZED UNICYCLES AND YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING ELSE ON THEM FLYING ACROSS THAT BRIDGE AND THEY'RE GOING FAST. WELL, AND THE MOTOS ARE GOING TO BE WORSE. BUT, BUT AND YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. BUT THE POINT OF IT IS, IS UNLESS WE WANT TO IMPOSE SPEED LIMITS, WHICH THE DNR DOES NOT WANT TO, THE MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE DOES NOT WANT TO IMPOSE SPEED LIMITS ON ON PATHS. OKAY. AND THEN HOW YOU'RE GOING TO ENFORCE ANSWER MY QUESTION. AND SO, SO, SO, AND IT'S HARD TO ENFORCE. SO SO THE THING IS, IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SEAN ON IS STRESSING BICYCLE AND TRAIL KNOWLEDGE AND ETIQUETTE IS THAT

[00:40:02]

WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO PUSH JUST BEING AWARE ON THE TRAILS AND EVERYBODY BE RESPECTFUL OF OTHER PEOPLE. ARE YOU STILL DOING THOSE CARDS? WE, WE, WE MADE THOSE CARDS TO HAND OUT AND THE SIGNS. DID WE EVER GET THE SIGNS UP? I HAVEN'T I HAND THEM OUT TO THE BIKE SHOPS.

THEY'RE ON THE COUNTERS OF THE BIKE SHOPS. SO WHEN PEOPLE BUY E-BIKES, THEY, THEY, THEY GET A CARD KNOWING THE TRAIL RULES AND EVERYTHING. AND, AND WE'RE JUST BUILDING UP MORE MOMENTUM.

OKAY, GREAT. WE'RE WORKING ON IT. AND WE'RE NOW NO LONGER A BICYCLE FRIENDLY CITY, RIGHT.

WE'RE HONORABLE MENTION. WE GOT DOWNGRADED. WE GOT DOWNGRADED. OKAY. I'LL VOUCH FOR RICK ON THE WE WE LIVE NOT TOO FAR APART. AND THE SIDEWALKS ARE JUST THOSE THINGS FLY AND WE LIVE ON A HILL. SO WE KIND OF GET A LOT OF KIDS THAT ARE JUST TRYING TO LIKE, LIKE LITTLE KIDS THAT ARE TRYING TO GET AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. SO YOU ALWAYS KIND OF HAVE TO BACK OUT CAREFULLY BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO CATCH ONE WHEN THEY'RE GOING QUICKLY ON THOSE, ON THOSE MOTOS, I, I WOULDN'T STAND A CHANCE. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. HEY THANK YOU RICK.

APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? COME ON UP. HI, BEN. KULA. I LIVE AT NINE, SEVEN, FIVE CREEKSIDE CROSSING. I'LL START JUST WITH THE RHETORICAL QUESTION HERE, BUT IF YOU, MAYOR KOZLOWSKI AND THE CITY COUNCIL WERE PRESENTED WITH A VENDOR FROM ONE OF YOUR DEPARTMENTS, THAT WAS A SIX YEAR ANNUAL COST. AND AT THE SAME TIME, IF YOU LOOK AROUND THE COUNTRY HERE, THERE'S DOZENS OF CITIES THAT ARE CANCELING CONTRACTS WITH THEM. AND ALSO THIS VENDOR IS UNDER CONSIDERATION AND LAWSUITS AND COURTS FOR VIOLATING CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. WOULD THAT BE A VENDOR YOU'D WANT TO WORK WITH? THAT VENDOR THAT WE DO HAVE HERE IS FLOC WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HERE.

FLOC HAS A CONTRACT WITH STILLWATER POLICE DEPARTMENT AS OF 2024. OH, SORRY. NO THAT'S OKAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. WITH 24 CAMERAS IN STILLWATER AND LICENSE PLATE READERS. AND FOR THOSE WHO AREN'T AWARE, FLOC IS AN AUTOMATED AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION, OR ALPR AND VIDEO SURVEILLANCE COMPANY. MOST OF THOSE CAMERAS ARE DOWNTOWN, BUT THEY'RE ACROSS THE CITY. AND FOR ALL OF US HERE THAT DROVE IN, YOU LIKELY DROVE PAST ONE AND IT WAS RECORDING YOUR VEHICLE INFORMATION AND LICENSE PLATE DECALS, BUMPER STICKERS, WHATEVER IT MAY BE. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU KNOW. HOPEFULLY NONE OF US HERE ARE HAVE COMMITTED A CRIME OR CONSIDERED TO HAVE, BUT REGARDLESS, IT'S TRACKING YOU THERE. AND SO NOW YOU HAVE A DECISION TO MAKE WHENEVER YOU'RE TRAVELING AROUND OUR CITY, WHICH IS FOLLOW YOUR NORMAL ROUTE OR CHOOSE NOT TO BE SURVEILLED. FLOC SAYS THAT THEY ARE DESIGNED TO REDUCE CRIME AND CATCH CRIMINALS MORE EFFECTIVELY, BUT NO INDEPENDENT RESEARCH HAS PROVED THIS TO BE TRUE. THIS ACTUALLY GIVES PEOPLE WITH A CONTRACT ACCESS TO AN UNFATHOMABLE AMOUNT OF DATA ON A REGULAR BASIS, WITH LITTLE TO NO RESTRICTIONS. THOSE SEARCHING FOR VEHICLE JUST NEED TO STATE A REASON WHY THEY'RE SEARCHING FOR IT, AND NOT SPECIFIC TO THE STILLWATER POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT THERE IS A LOT OF EVIDENCE FROM OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS THAT ALL THEY'RE PUTTING IN IS INVESTIGATION OR NOTHING AT ALL. THESE INSTANCES OF THE SEARCH FEATURE BEING USED ALSO FOR PERSONAL PURPOSES, THERE HAS BEEN INSTANCES WHERE POLICE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN USING IT TO STALK PEOPLE IN THEIR PERSONAL LIVES, OR JUST MISUSE IN GENERAL, AND WE HAVE LITTLE TO NO TRANSPARENCY OUTSIDE OF COURT CASES OF WHAT SEARCHES ARE BEING CONDUCTED OR THEIR VALIDITY. THERE'S ALSO NO REQUIREMENT FOR A WARRANT PRIOR TO CONDUCTING A SEARCH, WHICH THERE HAS BEEN COURT CASES THAT HAVE PROVEN THAT THAT'S A VIOLATION OF OUR FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS. IN ADDITION, FLOC ALSO HAS MULTIPLE SECURITY ISSUES WITH THEIR DATA. RECENTLY, SEARCHES THAT WERE CONDUCTED ON FLOC WERE MADE PUBLICLY VIA SEARCH ENGINES SUCH LIKE BING, DUCKDUCKGO. THEY ALSO HAD A BREACH WHERE LIVE FEEDS OF THEIR CAMERA WERE AVAILABLE ON LINE TO THE PUBLIC. AND LASTLY, CREDENTIALS FOR FLOC WERE AVAILABLE FOR SALE ON THE CYBER CRIME FORUM. MORE GENERALLY, WHEN IT COMES TO THESE TYPES OF COMPANIES, CARPENTER VERSUS THE UNITED STATES IN 2018, THE SUPREME COURT EXPLICITLY REJECTED THE ARGUMENT THAT JUST BY VENTURING INTO PUBLIC THAT YOU VIOLATE OR YOU ARE RELINQUISHING YOUR FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS, FLOC CLEARLY VIOLATES THAT. EVERY DAY THAT WE TRAVEL THROUGH STILLWATER. AND TO REFERENCE JUST THE AMOUNT OF VOLUME THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH WITH THIS, BACK IN 2016 AND 2017, THERE WAS A STUDY CONDUCTED THAT IN THAT TIME FRAME IN THE US, 2.5 BILLION CARS WERE SCANNED THROUGH AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS AND CAMERAS WITH 99.5% BELONGING TO VEHICLES UNASSOCIATED WITH ANY CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, WHICH ILLUSTRATES THAT THIS IS NOT TARGETED SURVEILLANCE, BUT JUST MORE OF A DRAGNET TOOL. WITHIN THIS NATURE OF THESE TOOLS, AND SPECIFICALLY, WHEN IT COMES TO STILLWATER POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE SET UP A CONTRACT WITH THEM IN LATE 2024, EARLY 2025. AND

[00:45:01]

FLOCK IS NOT ONE OF THOSE REASONS. AS YOU CAN GATHER FROM WHAT I'VE SHARED, FLOCKS FLOCK IS COSTING TAXPAYERS VALUABLE MONEY THAT COULD BE BETTER SPENT IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS WHILE PRODUCING NO REALIZED BENEFIT TO THE SAFETY OF THE POLICE, OR TO SAFETY OR TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHILE VIOLATING OUR PRIVACY AND LIKELY OUR FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS, AND POTENTIALLY LEAVING OUR DATA VULNERABLE TO LEAKS. I ASK YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR KOZLOWSKI, CHIEF MUELLER TO END THE CONTRACT WITH FLOCK OVER THE PAST YEAR, MORE NOTABLY IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, AROUND 60 COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING THOSE CLOSE TO US SUCH AS COLUMBIA HEIGHTS AND BROOKLYN PARK, HAVE ENDED THEIR CONTRACTS WITH FLOCK 24 ALONE IN THE PAST FIVE MONTHS, HAVE CANCELED THEIR CONTRACT. I'VE OUTLINED THE COST IN A VARIETY OF WAYS, AND THE BENEFITS HAVE NOT BEEN REALIZED OR PUBLICIZED. IT'S A SIMPLE BUSINESS DECISION.

THAT'S ALSO PRIVACY ONE AS WELL, AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. BEN, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK AT OUR OPEN FORUM THIS EVENING? JUST REAL QUICK, WE DO HAVE A SESSION THAT THE CHIEF IS LEADING COMING UP ON THAT TOPIC. WHEN IS THAT? I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A SESSION NECESSARILY. COUNCIL MEMBER THERE'S A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT I'M MEETING WITH NEXT WEEK. OKAY. ON TUESDAY AT 630 HERE IN THIS ROOM. OKAY. I WANT TO THANK YOU.

I THOUGHT I'D BE POLITE AND LET EVERYBODY ELSE GO FIRST. HOW ABOUT THAT? GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. ONCE AGAIN, I'M JUST TO SAY HELLO TO EVERYONE AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK BECAUSE IT IS TRULY APPRECIATED BY THIS RESIDENT AND ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN TOWN. HOLY SMOKES. WHAT HAPPENED WHEN I WAS GONE? THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. BUT THERE IS ONE THING AS LONG AS HE IS SITTING HERE AND YOU GUYS ARE ALL HERE THAT I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE TRIP. WHEN I FIRST MOVED HERE, IT WAS A WALKING AND BIKING TRAIL, NOT POWERED BIKES. I MEAN, IT WAS BAD ENOUGH BEING A PERSON, A PEDESTRIAN ON THAT TRAIL WITH THE BIKERS BECAUSE THEY WERE SO RUDE. I MEAN, I ACTUALLY HAD BIKES, PEOPLE THAT DO THESE BIKE RUNS AND EVERYTHING COME SO CLOSE TO ME, AND MY URGE WAS TO JUST GO, BAM! AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, IF IT EVER HAPPENS TO ME AGAIN, THEY'RE GOING TO BITE, BITE THE DUST BECAUSE THAT IS

[00:50:05]

EXCUSE ME. BUT LIKE I SAID, IT EVER, IF I USE THE TRAIL AGAIN AND THEY COME CLOSE ENOUGH TO ME LIKE THAT, HEY, I HAVE REACTIONS. WALK ON THE SIDEWALK AND YOU'LL BE SAFE. OH, DON'T COUNT ON IT. I KNOW, DON'T WORRY ABOUT THOSE DARN FISHERMEN OUT THERE. NOW YOU DEAL WITH SKATEBOARDERS. BUT YEAH, BUT I COME UP TO SAY HI TO EVERYBODY AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. IT'S GREATLY APPRECIATED BY THIS RESIDENT. GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU.

GOOD TALKING TO YOU. BEEN TALKING TO YOU TOO. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISHES TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE. WE'LL CLOSE THE OPEN FORUM AND BRING

[3. Assistant City Administrator]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK WITH THAT BECAUSE I KNOW, YOU KNOW, MOVING MNDOT ISN'T THE EASIEST THING. AND I KNOW FOR MNDOT, THEY DON'T OWN A WHOLE LOT OF PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES THAT EVERYONE WANTS TO PARTY ON. SO IT'S, IT'S HARD FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THAT. ANOTHER ITEM, MAYOR, THIS THURSDAY, WE HAVE STAFF HAS ANOTHER MEETING WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TO TALK ABOUT USE OF THE OF THE HOUSE AND LUMBERJACK LANDING.

THOSE. THOSE MEETINGS WILL CONTINUE, PROBABLY FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS UNTIL WE CAN COME TO AN AGREEMENT. JUST SOME PROJECTS THAT ARE ONGOING. YOU'VE NOTICED THAT THE GAZEBO

[00:55:04]

AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE KIDS AND PEOPLE OUT THERE DOING AWESOME. I CANNOT, I CANNOT WAIT FOR THAT TO BE OPEN. THEY DID A GREAT JOB. IT WAS GREAT. AND IT WAS MY STUPIDITY OF NOT KNOWING HOW TO OPEN THE DOOR. RIGHT? SO BUT I DO KNOW HOW TO DO IT. WE HAD SOME KIDS THAT NEEDED TO USE THE RESTROOM, SO I WAS CALLING. WE SENT THEM HOME AND PLANTED THEIR TREES

[4. Police Chief]

SO BETWEEN 9 AND 10 IS AN ACTUAL PRESENTATION DOWN AT THE THE BRIDGE CIRCLE IN LOWELL PARK, AND IT'S PART OF THE LAST TRAIL. THEY'RE MEETING UP AT THE HISTORIC COURTHOUSE AND FINISHING THEIR LAST RUN THROUGH HERE. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF SPECIAL OLYMPIC ATHLETES IN TOWN FROM LUMBERJACKS AND DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT PARTICIPATE. SO IT SHOULD BE A GREAT, GREAT PRESENTATION. 9 A.M. FRIDAY MORNING, 9 A.M. AND FRIDAY MORNING. YES, RIGHT ON THE BRIDGE. YEP, ABSOLUTELY. I CAN SEND YOU SOME MORE INFORMATION. I WAS GOING TO CONNECT WITH YOU, MR. MAYOR, ON THAT AS WELL, BUT PRETTY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THAT THAT GROUP CHOOSE STILLWATER AS KIND OF A LANDING LOCATION FOR THAT. IT'S A IT'S A PRETTY BIG EVENT ACROSS THE STATE. AWESOME. WITH THAT, I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANKS, CHIEF. THAT'S 9 A.M. ON FRIDAY, 9 A.M. FRIDAY. ALL RIGHT. YES, SIR. I'LL BE THERE. IT'S GOING

[5. Fire Chief]

JUST A COUPLE QUICK UPDATES AS WELL. STAFFING. FIREFIGHTER. ENGINEER MIKE CORNELL STARTED YESTERDAY. SO GOOD TO HAVE HIM AS AN ADDITION TO OUR TEAM. DID YOU GET HIM AWAY FROM LAKE ELMO? THAT'S WHAT I SAW. THE NAME I ABOUT FELL OVER. SO HE LIVED ACROSS FROM THE FIRE STATION, SO OKAY WAS A GOOD FIT. SO HE JUST STARTED. SO HE'LL DO HIS THREE MONTH FTO AND THEN WE'LL GET HIM ON SHIFT. WE DID ASSISTANT CHIEF INTERVIEWS LAST WEEK. SO THOSE OFFERS OFFER IS OUT. THE CREWS HAVE BEEN BUSY DOING INSPECTIONS OF THE NEW HOSPITAL WITH THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AND THE FUEL TANKS GOING IN. AND THEN LAST IS WE PARTNERED WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN LAKEVIEW TO DO AN EXTERNSHIP WITH STILLWATER AREA HIGH SCHOOL, WORKING WITH TEACHERS. WE DID ALL MORNING TODAY, AND WE'LL DO ALL MORNING TOMORROW. AND IT'S JUST A GOOD GIVING THEM A TUTORIAL OF THE FIRE, POLICE, EMS TO WORK WITH KIDS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL ON A PATHWAY FOR WHAT THEY WANT TO DO ONCE THEY GRADUATE. SO THAT'S COOL. NICE. AWESOME. SO

[6. Finance Director]

THE NUMBERS ALL LOOK WONDERFUL AND I FEEL LIKE WE ARE MUCH MORE EFFICIENT AND WELL-RUN CITY. YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE GRAPHS EVEN, RIGHT? WE'RE MAKING GOOD CHOICES. SO THANK

[01:00:03]

YOU JUST HAD TO DRAW IT OUT AND IT WASN'T THAT BAD. GET YOUR ABACUS. SHUT UP TED. THAT'S

[7. Community Development Director]

BUT YOU KNOW, SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO ON THAT, I'D JUST LIKE TO THROW THAT OUT THERE AS WELL.

I THINK THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A FEW OF THEM. SO I THINK IT MIGHT JUST BE EASIEST JUST TO WORK WITH THE WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS, BUT ALSO ON OUR PARKING MAP. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN AMEND THAT JUST TO PUT A BIG RED BOX OVER THOSE THINGS, LIKE ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO DISTINGUISH OURSELVES FROM THOSE, BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S DRIVING LIKE HALF THE VITRIOL, I SWEAR, IS THE $70.77 TICKET PEOPLE ARE GETTING IN THESE PRIVATE LOTS. SO WHICH IS CRAZY BECAUSE THE FREIGHT HOUSE HAS LIKE 18 SIGNS UP POINTING TO THEIR THING. IT SHOULD BE RELATIVELY EASY TO SAY, YEAH, NOT CITY OF STILLWATER. YOU KNOW, IT'S PAID PARKING, BUT YOU JUST DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S NOT STILLWATER PAID PARKING. SO I THINK THEY'RE HOPING TO GET THE CUTE $25 TICKETS THAT WE ISSUE, NOT THE $70.70 ONE WHERE YOU GOT COLLECTION AGENCIES CALLING YOU AND SENDING YOU A NASTY GRAMS ALL THE TIME. SO THEY DO THAT. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, I'VE GOT SOME OF THOSE. YEAH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT THE EASIEST PEOPLE. AND THE NAME OF THE BUSINESS IS MUNICIPAL SERVICES. SO THEY'RE LIKE, NO, IT'S A CITY TICKET. IT SAYS MUNICIPAL SERVICES. I'M LIKE, THAT'S A PRIVATE BUSINESS. THAT'S I MEAN, I JUST WALKED AROUND DOWNTOWN BEFORE THIS MEETING. THERE ARE NEW SIGNS UP AND THEY ARE BIGGER AND LOOK DIFFERENT FROM OUR OTHER ONES, BUT IT'S NOT CLEAR THAT THEY ARE PRIVATE. IT DOES LOOK DIFFERENT ON THOSE 3 OR 4 BUSINESSES THAT NOW HAVE THAT PRIVATE SERVICE. SO WE'LL WE'LL CONTINUE TO TRY TO WORK WITH THEM, SEE IF THERE'S A WAY WE CAN DO SOMETHING THERE. BECAUSE, I MEAN, AGAIN, I AGAIN FOR I THINK EVERYONE LIVING HERE, IT'S OBVIOUS, BUT FOR OUR VISITORS, IT MIGHT NOT BE SO COOL. AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, JASON, FOR YOUR CONTINUED WORK. I THINK SOMETIMES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. WE THINK BEHIND THE DESK, BUT JASON HAS BEEN OUT FOR THE LAST 18 MONTHS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE. AND YOU'VE BEEN A PART OF THIS WORK. I'M REALLY FROM DAY ONE, BOOTS ON THE GROUND ACTUALLY LOOKING EVEN TODAY WE WERE GETTING PICTURES OF SOME OF THOSE PRIVATE BUSINESS SIGNS AND REALLY JUST TAKING A LOOK.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT. AND ON THE SUBJECT OF PARKING, I THINK THE OTHER THING I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE, BUT I THINK IT'S WORTH MENTIONING, I THINK LIKE I WAS DRIVING AROUND LIKE MY PREMISE WITH LIKE A COUPLE VIDEOS I SHOT ON THE SOCIAL WEB WAS TO

[01:05:03]

SO THAT WAS KIND OF ONE QUESTION I JUST HAD. IF THERE'S A WAY TO, TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT UTILIZATION OF OUR, YOU KNOW, OF OUR FREE LOTS AS WELL AS SOME OF OUR ON STREET SPOTS SOMEHOW, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S HELPFUL, BUT I THINK IT MIGHT BE WORTH EXPLORING ANYWAY. COOL. AWESOME. THANK YOU. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THAT.

[8. Administrative Services Director]

WE CREATED A THREE TIER ONE FOR BASIC LEVEL SHOUT OUTS. AND THEN STAFF CAN RECOGNIZE THEIR COWORKERS FOR CORE VALUE AWARDS THAT WOULD BE RECOGNIZED. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO RE-IMPLEMENT YEARS OF SERVICE. SO ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS TO RECOGNIZE OUR STAFF FOR STUFF THEY DO EVERY SINGLE DAY. WE ARE ON PACE TO LAUNCH AN EMPLOYEE INTRANET THAT THOSE TYPES OF COMMUNICATIONS WOULD BE ON THIS SITE, AS WELL AS OUR FORMS, OUR POLICIES. ANY GOOD INFORMATION THAT EMPLOYEE NEEDS, WE WOULD HAVE A CENTRAL HUB FOR ALL OF THAT, WHICH WE'RE DOESN'T EXIST RIGHT NOW. SO THAT'S FIVE DIFFERENT THINGS YOU HAVE TO LOG IN. SO THAT'S SUPER EXCITING AS WELL. AND THEN YEAH, EVERY, EVERY LOTS OF COMMUNICATION SUPPORT AND EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON. SO DOING GOOD. YEAH. COOL. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP WITH ALL THE, THE PARKING STUFF. THAT WAS AWESOME. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE BOTH OF YOU HERE. HONESTLY, LIKE I'VE NEVER HAD MUCH HELP WITH COMMUNICATIONS IN THIS ROLE. LIKE, SO IT'S LIKE, HEY, CAN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND JUST REDLINE THE OUT OF IT OR SORRY, REDLINE IT. AND YOU WERE RIGHT THE FIRST TIME. YEAH. RIGHT. SO KNOW APPRECIATE HOW MUCH. SURE. HE SAID SHIP WITH A P. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. ELIZABETH. WE HAD A REALLY GOOD ENERGY ACTION MEETING THE OTHER DAY.

DO YOU THINK WE CAN GET THE SOLAR STUDY ON FOR THE NEXT MEETING? SO WE GOT SOLAR STUDY BACK, WHICH WAS PAID FOR. WE MANAGED TO GET A GRANT FOR IT. SO THEY LOOKED AT A VARIETY OF OUR BUILDINGS AND SAID, IF THEY MAKE SENSE FOR SOLAR OR NOT. AND THEN WE ALSO GOT OUR BENCHMARKS FROM EXCEL ENERGY MIXED BAG, BUT I THINK WE'VE HAD AN IMPACT THERE. SO ONCE AGAIN, JUST A REPORT OUT TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT WHAT WHAT CAME BACK WITH IT. ABSOLUTELY.

UPDATE WITH WHAT? THE SOLAR PACKAGE. I'M ACTUALLY PRETTY IMPRESSED WITH WHAT WE GOT BACK.

I WAS I WAS SKEPTICAL ON THIS, BUT I THINK WE GOT SOME REAL DATA THAT WE CAN WORK OUT AND THIS IS GOING TO UNLOCK US BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT OTHER GRANTS FOR SOLAR AND HOPEFULLY CONTINUE TO SEE WHAT WE SAW THERE, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, COST GOING DOWN, REVENUES GOING UP, GOOD STUFF. AWESOME. THANK YOU. ALL GOOD. ALL RIGHT. CITY CLERK GOOD EVENING. I JUST HAVE A FEW

[9. City Clerk]

[10. City Attorney]

YEAH, YEAH. TOOK HIM LIKE 25 MINUTES MAN. OH MY GOSH. THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR, MAYOR AND

[11. City Administrator]

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MAKE SURE YOU GUYS WEAR MATCHING SHIRTS OR LIKE VESTS. YEAH, IT'S A REALLY GOOD LOOK.

LIKE MATCHING CITIES. LOVE THAT. YEAH. MATCHING DRESS ALIKE EVERY DAY. YOUR WHITE REEBOKS I THINK ISN'T OUR CITY ATTORNEY SPEAKING AT THIS EVENT THIS YEAR. WHAT'S WHAT'S THE TOPIC? IT IS THE SIX LEGAL ISSUES I WISH ALL COUNCILS KNEW. AREN'T WE LUCKY TO HAVE YOU? YES, BECAUSE WE ALREADY KNOW ALL SIX OF THEM. I COULD PROBABLY I COULD TELL YOU RIGHT NOW.

FRIDAY. THE SHOW IS FRIDAY AT TEN, FRIDAY AT TEN. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU

[VII. CONSENT AGENDA – These items are routine and will be approved in one motion.]

[31. Washington MDG LP Requests Host Approval of Issuance of Bonds and Enter into Joint Powers Agreement with City of Oakdale for a Multifamily Housing Project - Resolution]

THIS IS THE WASHINGTON MDGLP REQUEST HOST APPROVAL OF ISSUANCE OF BONDS TO ENTER INTO A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT. THE CITY OF OAKDALE FOR MULTIFAMILY HOUSING. I KNOW WE'VE DONE THESE BEFORE. WHO'S KICKING THIS OFF? MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I CAN TAKE IT. SO MDG OR WASHINGTON. MDG DID REQUEST TO BORROW $17 MILLION THROUGH THE CITY OF OAKDALE. THIS MONEY WOULD BE USED FOR THE ACQUISITION AND REHABILITATION OF THREE DIFFERENT MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES, ONE OF THEM BEING IN STILLWATER. SO THEY WOULD NEED BASICALLY HOST APPROVAL ON A RESOLUTION THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT. AND THEN A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF OAKDALE. WITH THAT, WE DO HAVE JENNY BOLTON HERE, WHO IS THE BOND COUNSEL FOR THE CITY OF OAKDALE. AND THEN WE ALSO DO HAVE THE DEVELOPER HERE FROM WASHINGTON, MDG, AS WELL.

GOTCHA. ANYTHING ANYBODY NEEDS TO DISCUSS ON THIS, I KNOW WE'VE DONE THESE BEFORE. IT'S ESSENTIALLY A PASS THROUGH, RIGHT? IT DOESN'T COST ANYTHING. WE'VE DONE IT MANY TIMES. ALL RIGHT. WELL, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYBODY THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THE HOST APPROVAL, ISSUANCE OF BONDS AND THE ENTER ENTERING INTO A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT WITH CITY OF OAKDALE FOR MULTIFAMILY HOUSING? ANYBODY GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE. AND WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL, COUNCIL. ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS? YEAH, I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR THE DEVELOPER OR THE REPRESENTATIVE. WILL RESIDENTS BE DISPLACED DURING DURING THE REHAB OF THE BUILDING? AND THE REASON I ASKED THIS QUESTION IS THERE'S A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE THAT DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION, THAT THEY WORK CLOSE TO THE FACILITY. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT DISPLACED DURING THIS, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

YES, THAT'S THAT'S PART OF THE OBJECTIVE. OKAY. IT'S WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH DOING REHABS ON THE UNITS, THERE WILL BE SOME TEMPORARY RELOCATION NEEDED. BUT OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO NOT DISPLACE ANYBODY. WE HAVE A SPACE IN THE BUILDING THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO UTILIZE AS THE SPACE THAT THEY CAN GO TO WHILE THEIR UNITS BEING RENOVATED. SO THAT'S THE TOP, TOP OBJECTIVE FOR US. OKAY. AND THEN WHEN DO YOU PLAN TO INFORM THE RESIDENTS? AS LONG AS THIS GETS APPROVED, WHEN WILL THEY BE INFORMED? SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE DETAILS WITH OUR PROJECT PARTNERS AND TRYING TO GET THE SCHEDULE MORE LINED UP. AND SO OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO DO IT VERY SOON. WE'RE JUST KIND OF IN THE WEEDS RIGHT NOW, WORKING THROUGH THE DETAILS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHEN WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CLOSE, OKAY, AND BRING KIND OF HAVE EVERYTHING COME TOGETHER AND THEN START THE PROJECT. OKAY. SO VERY SOON. THANK YOU. GOOD QUESTIONS. KATHY. THERE'S NO FINANCIAL LIABILITY TO THE CITY. YEAH. I WILL ADD, THERE'S NO FINANCIAL LIABILITY TO THE CITY ON THIS ISSUANCE OF BONDS AND THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT. BY THE WAY. GOOD QUESTIONS, COUNCILMEMBER COLLINS. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVE. I'LL SECOND. I'VE GOT A MOTION, A SECOND COUNCIL IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED. AND THAT PASSES WITH

[32. Review of Planning Commission Councilmember Voting Status]

YOUR HONOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, YOU ARE UNIQUE AND WELL, I KNOW WE'RE UNIQUE.

WE'RE STILLWATER. WE KNEW THAT ALL ALONG. USUALLY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE LIAISON TO ALL OF THEIR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, BUT NOT A VOTING MEMBER. OKAY, SO I HAVE ACTUALLY TRIGGERED

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RIGHT. I WAS A LITTLE STUNNED TO SEE THAT IT USED TO BE HARD TO GET PEOPLE ON PLANNING. IN FACT, CHAIR DYBVIG AND I WERE AT ONE POINT TRYING TO BUILD A BULLPEN AND THEN REALIZED THAT THAT WAS REALLY STUPID IDEA BECAUSE WE JUST HAD WAY MORE APPLICANTS THAN WE COULD ACTUALLY FILL SEATS FOR. AND THE QUALIFICATIONS HAVE JUST GONE UP. WE ARE GETTING ABSOLUTE TOP SHELF PEOPLE FROM THE CITY NOW. I THINK WE DID. BRIXTON, I THINK WAS HANDLED WELL, AND THAT'S THE ONE WHERE I KIND OF WENT, YOU KNOW WHAT, BECAUSE IT EVOLVED, RIGHT. WE WE HAD OUR OUR HEARING THEN AND I HAD A BITE AT THE APPLE THEN AND CAME TO COUNCIL AND WAS CONVINCED ANOTHER WAY. AND THAT'S WHAT FINALLY PUSHED ME INTO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A REALLY QUALIFIED GROUP RIGHT NOW AND OTHERS THAT ARE LOOKING TO JOIN. AND SO I THINK IT MAKES SENSE. I'M SURE THIS MADE SENSE IN 2015. I DON'T THINK IT DOES ANYMORE. YEAH. I'M FINE WITH LIKE, I, I, I KIND OF GET HOW WE ENDED UP THERE, BUT THE IDEA THAT YOU'RE VOTING IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEN YOU'RE COMING BACK HERE TO VOTE DOESN'T MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE TO ME WHATSOEVER. SO I'M FINE IF YOU WANT TO. IF DO WE NEED A MOTION FOR YOU GUYS TO WRITE A CODE CHANGE? RIGHT? YEAH, I'D SAY I'M, I'M FINE WITH THAT. NOT BEING A VOTING MEMBER MAKES SENSE TO ME. OKAY. WE ALL GOOD? COOL. ALL RIGHT. THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS UP, LARRY. YEAH. THANK YOU. YEP. I COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT IT, HONESTLY. BUT I GUESS WITH THE BRIXTON THING BECAUSE. RIGHT. THAT'S YEAH, IT'S THE ONE WHERE I WAS LIKE, OKAY, RIGHT. I'M ACTUALLY CHANGING MY MIND ON THE DAIS. YEAH. AND THAT'S SUCKS. IT'S LIKE THAT'S YEAH, THAT'S NOT AGAIN, LIKE, I DON'T THINK IT MAKES ANY SENSE TO HAVE A VOTING COUNCIL MEMBER ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION. SO IT'S THE MOST POWERFUL COMMISSION FOR, FOR HIGHLIGHTING THAT. YEAH. FOR US, LARRY, AND BEING OUR CRASH, OUR CRASH TEST DUMMY. YEAH. BUT DO YOU WANT TO BE A MEMBER ON THE PARKING COMMISSION? NO, I WAS GOING TO SAY NO, THANK YOU. I DO NOT PREFER THAT. THAT'S GOOD ENGAGEMENT. YEAH. COME ON. IT IS. IT'S GOOD. ALL RIGHT. WELL, AWESOME. WELL THANK YOU EVERYBODY. THE FINANCIAL REPORT LOOKS AMAZING. GREAT STAFF REPORTS THIS WEEK. FINANCIAL REPORTS. AMAZING. I'M SORRY. THAT WAS A GREAT AUDIT.

ABSOLUTELY. SO WITH THAT, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE I WAS JUST GOING TO BRING UP TED. 4TH OF JULY. FIREWORKS ARE DOWNTOWN IS GOING TO BE SHOULD BE SPECTACULAR THIS YEAR. AND WE ADDED SOME THINGS TO IT THIS YEAR. YEAH. I HEAR PEOPLE ARE ALREADY STARTING TO CALL IT ODEBRECHT'S ROCKETS. RED GLARE. IS THAT IS THAT TRUE? WE GOT IT. SOMEBODY SOMEBODY MADE A SUGGESTION. HIS NAME IS LARRY ODEBRECHT. BUT WE NEED TO HAVE FIREWORKS TO THE TO THE NATIONAL. IF YOU LISTENING IN. I'VE BEEN HOUNDING HIM ON THIS FOR YEARS. SO WE ARE STARTING THE FIREWORKS THIS YEAR WITH THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE ROCKETS RED GLARE, THERE'S GOING TO BE RED ROCKETS SHOOTING OFF. YEAH. AND WHEN IT GOES BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR, WE'RE GETTING CLUSTER BOMBS, BOMBS, BOMBS IN MID-AIR. WE'VE BEEN WANTING A CLUSTER BOMB HUDSON FOR FOREVER. SO CLUSTER BOMBING HUDSON EVERYWHERE, I LOVE IT. I'M WAITING FOR YOU. I'M WAITING FOR A RESPONSE BACK FROM THE AIR FORCE. IT'S. THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE WE'RE GOING TO GET A C-130 FLYOVER AND MINIMUM. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WORLD WAR TWO B-52 FLYING IN OR NOT. B-52, B-29, B-29 FLYING OVER. CAN WE GET SPACE FORCE IN ON THIS? CAN WE GET LIKE THE ENTERPRISE COME IN. AND I DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF CONNECTIONS. OKAY. THE BEAUTY THAT WE'RE DOING THIS YEAR IS WE LOST WAVE AND RADIO, AND THAT WAS A LOT OF IT WAS SENIORS AND WHATEVER. THEY CAN'T SEE IT. AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO WE WE INVESTED IN THE TECHNOLOGY OR VALLEY ACCESS INVESTED WITH US, THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE CAN GO OUT.

IN THE FIELD NOW AND BROADCAST FROM THE FIELD OVER THE INTERNET. THANK YOU TO OUR FRIENDS AT VALLEY ACCESS. SO, JORDAN, SO JORDAN'S ON VACATION RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON

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