This public utility footprint is 125 ft away from my front door, completely destroying my neighborhood view, impacting my property value, and threatening I don't know if you've done a solar glare um reflective gr glare study.

If I, as a taxpaying person, wanted to put ground mounted solar system in my yard, the city's zoning ordinance outright bans me from doing so to protect the neighborhood character. Yet, the library roof couldn't structurally support these panels. So, the city gave itself a pass, deciding it's perfectly fine to dump an industrial ugly footprint on the public lawn right in front of my living room.

This permit that was given to me by Ian the other day, $10,000. Is that for the total project for that public library project? That's the assessed value. That is fraud. I took this to three electricians today. They said the electrical alone would cost probably 8 to10 grand. So what are you doing? You got $103,000 grant money, which by the way is my taxpayer money and everyone in this room's taxpayer money. Ridiculous. What are you doing with the rest of it?

The request here with a subordination agreement would move the EDA from first position um down to third position behind the the bank's existing um loan on the property and um the proposed 475,000 letter of credit that would go towards Elite for the purpose of um operation operational expenses.

The city attorney review the subordination request and she had recommended that the EDA not agree to the subordination agreement um since it does place more risk on the EDA by moving it from first down to third position.

As it's noted, it says we're third, but technically according to MBT Bank, they would roll both of their loans into one, and that would make us technically second because they classified theirs. Yes, it's two loans, but they would recover them as one.

More recently we did have kind of a group meeting with the other investor communities um, just to talk more about the future of the group and strategic planning as far as regional economic development goes.

We did voice our opinion at the EDA level that we want to see more out of them. So I mean they did send a little packet, but it's almost like you got to force them to do it. So, you know, so they are aware and there's other cities that voiced their same opinions that yeah, you say you want to help, but where's, you know, in where's more input for us?

With the provision that I would like to see like at the end of the year, are we getting anything out of this?

This preliminary plat um it would divide the entire parcel up into um five different parcels labeled 1 2 3 4 and five um as you can see on the plaid up here.

Some of them having to do with this proposed lot five um down in the southeast corner. Um, right now it's it's just wooded acreage. Um, I did share that one proposal by the city was to um develop it possibly as a single family residential housing. Um, however, a lot of those present felt that it would be better utilized as a public city park.

Um, just to be clear, um, you mentioned to access anybody going back there. So, if we have an access agreement, that's only going to be dedicated to that property. So, it's not going to be necessarily public access. It's going to be access just for that specific property. So, if they were to put solar, whatever, up there, um, or farm it as it is today, be accessed just for that property owner. So that'll be in the access agreement. So it's not a public access.

So this is a this is a kind of a want not a need but we do think it would extend the life of um letting people obviously have burials here in Cassen.

We are responsible for the concrete pad that the the uh columbarium will sit on and the crane rental to lower it onto that. Um each niche will hold two. So if if there's a couple that want to be together in one, um the stones are then etched by the company that we buy this for.

I I think, you know, we're planning using some of the reserve funds there. You know, it's one of those things where, you know, people come and they still want to be buried here if they can be. And, you know, you're running out of lots that are desirable lots and like I said, we're seeing the cremation. So, like I said, at the end of the day, it's a want. It's not something that you have to approve. I think isn't going to necessarily cost the taxpayers anything. You know, we'll we'll use the reserve funds from the cemetery.

I guess my opinion is we we said that let staff pick a rate for a nonprofit and bring it back to us and then, you know, cuz they seem to know exactly what goes into each thing. So that would be my recommendation is we'd let staff set it right and bring it back and forward it on.

The biggest push back is going to be from folks who are from the general public who are going to say, 'Well, why do we have to pay which is probably going to be more, you know, if they're using the same facility?' I mean, that's that's just so you're aware, that's probably the biggest push back would be is, well, if I'm doing X, Y, and Z, why do I have to pay more? And I mean, I think, you know, the argument has to be, well, the nonprofits are providing a service to the to the residents or to the community.

I mean absolutely. I think so. I mean I think just taking the effect of like thinking critically about the nonprofits and how we like we definitely all of this funding goes right back to KM residents. So I think I love that idea and it just gives us more money to be able to put back into the community. I mean and we understand the fire the fire department is incredibly helpful.

So, we sent out an email to eight. We got three back and you can see the the pricing in there. There's really no decision to make because of the differential. So, resonate. It was significantly cheaper.

Yeah. They're thousands of dollars cheaper. 10 and $13,000. Yeah.

I'd like a motion to direct staff pursuant to the 2012 joint powers agreement that a city is exe executing its right to end its current position as the operator of the Dodge County Ice Arena. So in our contract we have to give them a fourmonth notice if we would like to talk to and change the contract. So that was just I would look for a motion to have staff notify the county

So both the uh KM and the Z SRO agreements are similar to the last agreements we had for the last two years. Um only changes are some uh statutory changes that we had to add for language for SRO duties. And about the financial changes too.

Just as a reminder, the cameras don't turn on while they're in the building talking to kids. They when they wear their cameras, these aren't that's up to them if they want to activate it for some reason. So, if they think it's could be a criminal event, then they would. It's not be it's not recording 24/7.

This is kind of our first look at the budget. And included in your packet, you have a couple of items. Um one is kind of what I call the budget in brief. It's just the top sheet. It shows you the the numbers from the library, the general fund, economic development, um the debt service, capital levies, as well as the tax abatement levies.

Biggest changes in the budget for um 2027 or healthcare that continues to be an area of uh increased cost. I think right now what was the projection, Linda? Uh I think we put in the budget 20% but um Bill was talking 12 to 15.

We have been notified that one of our staff uh will be retiring, two of them actually in the next year or so. But um we want to be able to possibly bring some people on a little early to do some training in house because um last time on the finance department it was difficult um hiring outsource.

Basically what this funding would be going for would be the um, substation on the north side. Last month is a good example where we had that during the fair, you know, Excel had a a transmission line fail and I think uh, Kassen was dark pretty much for 2 hours thereabouts from about 6:00 until 8.

We think it might give us an option, you know, opportunity to have a little bit more diversity in the in the power supply for the city. Um, still can't guarantee there's never going to be a failure obviously u when they have a major transmission line goes down like that. But, um, that's what that project that's what the money's for.

And all this borrowing this comes out of the electric fund. That's right. Yeah. And it's been it's something we do do the rate study every 5 years for. We prepared for it for a project of this nature. Kind of that handout he's giving you, you know, kind of breaks down where we anticipate it would be around $630,000 a year in borrowing, you know, payments. But that's easily covered by our free cash flow in the electric system right now.

Ultimately um that's what we're going to be asked tonight to start incurring some significant costs for this project. So, if there's anything that we need to discuss or delay, um, now is the time, um, because we're going to start some significant work on the project if we move forward, I think tonight.

When I go to public works and say, 'Where's your worst area in town? Where are we going next?' After we did third, fourth, and fifth, and southwest 57, it's this area here. Um, if you go down the alleyway now, it's blocked off because we had another catch basin collapse um by CAM Telecom.

We do have a city assessment policy of 30% total roadway. That's what we applied on third, fourth, and fifth southwest. 57 was a little muddled with the state project, but ultimately we kind of made it right um of that same amount of a traditional street. Um, so you can see the total amount to be assessor is just under 800,000 based on that policy.

So, I think lead service line, I think, we all should be experts in that now. So, it's been a it's been a it's been a process, but uh past actions for the council's been um ultimately the the federal government through the Minnesota PFAS um had some funding available for us to go find services.

So tonight asking for your consideration of a resolution to award the bid uh for the 2026 lead service line replacement project. Um as you can see there the low bid is CAM excavation at 195,841 and I'm sad to report CAM excavation has nothing to do with KM. It actually is a contractor out of Mano.

I will note on the bottom paragraph of the resolution, it does say conditional approval for the Minnesota PFA, which is ultimately paying for this project. Um, and is ultimately you are, um, resolving tonight that the proper city official authorized execute that agreement with the PFA, which we don't have in our hands yet.