Osakis City Council Proceedings
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Osakis City Council – Regular Meeting
City Hall – 14 Nokomis Street East
January 8, 2024
7:00 PM
Editor’s Copy
Present: Dan Wessel, Laura Backes, Tim Thornbloom, Stephanie Finnegan, Al Larson
Meeting was called to order by Mayor Wessel at 7:00 p.m.
Motion by Larson, seconded by Finnegan, to approve the agenda as presented with the addition of MMBA, Liquor Store cleaning & Flaherty & Hood. Motion Carried
Motion by Backes, seconded by Finnegan, to approve the general consent items, including the December city bills in the amount of $293,303.50 and meeting minutes from December 12, 2023. Motion Carried
Consent Staff Reports:
•#74 Fire Department – report
•#13 Fire Relief
•#76 Police Report and schedules
PROJECT #74: LIQUOR STORE
Council received Liquor Store reports. Sales for 2023 was 1.2 million
Discussed MMBA coming to do a review of the Liquor Store operations and give recommendations for improvements.
Motion by Larson, seconded by Finnegan, to approve to hire Peggy Kortuem to clean the Liquor Store at $5,300.00. Motion carried.
Council received a list of Nelson’s Community Association donations to the Osakis community.
PROJECT #74: FIRE DEPARTMENT
Fire Department Officers are as follows:
•Chief – Travis Middendorf
•1st Asst. Chief – Adam Trisco
•2nd Asst. Chief - Kyle Kostrezewski
•Training Officer – Eric Zwilling
Relief Association Board:
•President - Kyle Kostrezewski
•Vice-President – Ryan Larson
•Treasurer – Bob Kallstrom
•Secretary – Craig Schultz
•Board Member 1 – Adam Trisco
•Board Member 2 – Matt Kral
Motion by Backes, seconded by Larson, to approve the Fire Department officers and Relief Association Board members for 2024 as presented. Motion carried.
PROJECT #76: POLICE
Discussion of part-time wage changes for years of service. Gulbranson feels if wages increase, he could get more part-time help to cover shifts
Motion by Larson, seconded by Finnegan, to approve to move the 2 part-time officers with experience to step 3 and based on experience for new part-time help. Motion carried. Opposed: Backes
PROJECT #60: ORDINANCE ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION
Gulbranson – working to integrate into the system. City attorney is reviewing. Gulbranson and Swenstad have not done a ride around yet. Will notify the resident of the ordinance change. Jake Heubsch will put together a list of those to enforce.
PROJECT #73: FIRST RESPONDERS
Resignation letters from Jason Schultz and Brenda Majerus
Backes will meet with Shannon Graff to discuss First Responders
Motion by Backes, seconded by Thornbloom, to approve the resignation letters with regret from Jason Schultz and Brenda Majerus. Motion carried.
PROJECT #151: STREET REPAIR - PLANNING
Gottwald will have WSB in the next week to get information on Pike Street, city shop and the water service line on 8th Ave and Oak Street
PROJECT #197: WATER PLANT
Council was informed that mid-April will break ground for the project.
OPEN FLOOR
Tonya Danielson (609 7th Avenue West) expressed her concerns about the cost of a PO Box for the Chamber. Wessel will discuss with the post office.
Danielson also mentioned a meeting that will be at Osakis Pub on January 31st at 6:00 regarding Taste of Osakis. Need chairs to run the committees.
PROJECT #152: BROADBAND SERVICES
Motion by Thornbloom, seconded by Finnegan, to approve a letter of support for broadband services for Todd County resident. Motion carried.
PROJECT #3: ELECTED OFFICIALS TRAINING
Council was reminded of the Elected Leaders Training on February 23rd and 24th. No council members will be able to attend.
PROJECT #229: ELECTIONS
Motion by Larson, seconded by Finnegan, to rescind the motion for Resolution 2023-42. Motion by Finnegan, seconded by Larson, to approve Resolution 2024-04 for election write-in votes. Motion carried.
PROJECT #488: NEWSPAPER
Motion by Backes, seconded by Finnegan, to approve the 2024 official newspaper bid from Long Prairie Leader/Osakis Anchor. Motion carried.
PROJECT #451: COUNCIL MEETINGS
Council reviewed a list of the 2024 regular meetings. Veteran’s Day falls on Monday, November 11th and will be moved to Tuesday, November 12th.
Motion by Backes, seconded by Thornbloom, to approve the second Monday of each month at 7:00 pm at city hall for the 2024 City Council meetings. Motion carried.
PROJECT #104: MAYOR APPOINTMENTS
The 2024 Mayor Appointments will be reviewed in February.
PROJECT #109: LICENSES
Council received a list of the 2024 licenses submitted.
Motion by Backes, seconded by Finnegan, to approve the 2024 licenses as presented. Motion carried.
PROJECT #286: DONATIONS
Council reviewed a resolution for donations made to the city since October 2023.
Resolution 2024-01 and Resolution 2024-02 were presented by Backes, seconded by Thornbloom, to approve donations to the City of Osakis for the purposes of Park Equipment and Improvements, First Responders, General Donations and Police Department. Motion carried
PROJECT #406: EASEMENT
Council received an Easement Encroachment Agreement for parcel #93-0279-000. The agreement has been reviewed by the city attorney and had no issues with approving.
Motion by Larson, seconded by Thornbloom, to approve the Easement Encroachment Agreement for parcel #93-0279-000. Motion carried.
PROJECT #387: CROSSWALK
Mayor Wessel is looking into flashing lights by Brother Market.
PROJECT #124: SIGN
Mayor Wessel is still working to get other businesses to advertise on the west side sign.
PROJECT #312: PARK BEAUTIFICATION TEAM
No updates.
PROJECT #441: PARK COMMITTEE
Draft language for the park commission was reviewed by the council.
Jacobson commented that the council should review the language and adoption at the February meeting after the Park Committee discusses who they want to commit to being on the board.
PROJECT #7: COMMUNITY CENTER
Horizon Public Health reviewed the bid for the kitchen cabinets and Doug stated that everything looked great. An award letter and deposit check was sent to Howard Swendstad.
The flooring and white milk board in the kitchen will also be replaced. The ceiling grid will try to be cleaned and painted or it may need to be replaced also.
PROJECT #472: MN HOUSING/2024 MN CITY PARTICIPATION PROGRAM (MCCP)
The city of Osakis is on the approved participation list and has the first option to the funds as the general public.
The program allocates funds to your community through the state program to use for the first time home buyers for a down payment or help with closing costs.
The City of Osakis was enrolled in the program in 2023 and by the end of the year the city met the requirement of more than the 50% of the allocated funds and are able to apply for the 2024 program. Motion carried.
PROJECT #321: VISITOR’S CENTER
Motion by Backes, seconded by Finnegan, to approve the bid from Hennen Floor Covering in the amount of $5,716 and to get it scheduled. Motion carried.
Motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:35 p.m. Motion Carried
Mayor-Daniel J. Wessel
City Clerk/Treasurer-Angela A. Jacobson
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Mayor – Daniel J. Wessel City Clerk/Treasurer – Angela A. Jacobson
