Are you ready? Say when you're ready. I'm good. Yep. Oh, Brandon's here. I'll call the meeting to order. For our start of business, we'll be doing the pledge of allegiance. Please stand if you're able to. 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. I'd like to uh welcome everybody to our March 13th council meeting after St. Patrick's Day. Not too green outside. >> [clears throat] >> Um So, we are going to jump into consent agenda. There's a few items on here. February 17th, 2026 regular city council meeting minutes, Pine Island Chamber of Commerce assembly permit application, Pine Island Pickleball Association Cheese Festival tournament request, uh Pine Island and Brody Mazepa Gymnastics request to in the parking lot and also the Pine Island Community Education request for road closure. Any questions or comments? Hm? Uh I'll move the consent agenda. I'll second. We have a motion and a second to approve the consent agenda. Anything else? Questions? My way is Delena. Aye. Cody. Aye. Vernon. Aye. Randy. >> Aye. And David will be us. We'll get into public input. We have a list here and we are doing like usual, we'll do our two minute two minutes and for those of you that may have not been here at city council, we just have a few guidelines for public input. It's an opportunity for you to share thoughts or comments to the city council and this is a a way for you to just share what you have to say. We ask that you conduct yourself with a civil and productive manner. Uh please refrain from any personal attacks and name-calling. This applies both to the public, the council staff or department heads. Um I'm just asking you to please show respect and avoid interrupting the speakers. Um and we just want to be able to allow everybody to share their thoughts. Uh we're here to conduct our city business and ask for your cooperation to make our meeting successful. With that, um in repeated warnings, um we will address those. So, uh yes, two minutes will be on the clock for you to introduce yourself. Make sure you say where you live and your address and then we will be able to get everybody through. Um so, our first speaker tonight is going to be Nicole Mills. Welcome. Thank you. Nicole Mills, 12517 New Haven Road Northwest. I'm here tonight to give my two minutes' worth of thoughts about the proposed large-scale data center you've invited to town. Since having relocated our family here in 2019, we've immersed ourselves in the community of Pine Island. Our daughter goes to school here. We buy gas, groceries, building materials, and even our chicken feed here, which the mayor himself has helped me load into the back of my Jeep. I've moved our banking and hired a local CPA here. We frequent the restaurants, provide business to the local vet, and board our dog here. We've hired the local painter, handyman, electrician, plumber, and car mechanic. Our daughter takes music lessons just a few doors down. I've also built my business here by purchasing what I'd hoped would be a permanent home for it right on Main Street. I hung up my shingle and got to work. My business is a bit different than the ones mentioned above as they keep people in Pine Island where mine brings people to Pine Island, which can arguably be just as important. 80 to 90% of my clients do not live in Pine Island but visit from surrounding areas. All this to say we're invested in this small town and I feel we do our part to help Pine Island thrive. It wasn't long after we settled here I met our now Mayor David Freeze while walking our daughter to and from the elementary school. And when I pointed out where we lived, he regaled me with a story from his childhood, namely that his family would buy eggs from the then owner, Gladys Hopper, and did I know she raised her chickens in one of the upstairs bedrooms. I'd heard the story along with many others and to be honest, I took pride in knowing we'd inherited such heartfelt, amusing heritage when we moved to Pine Island. But now the tides are turning on how I feel and if I were making the decision to invest so heavily in the Pine Island community now, I'm not terribly terribly confident I would do so. So, let me ask you this. How confident are you that this data center will be a positive beacon for community growth in Pine Island? How certain are you that you aren't causing irreparable harm to this community? I don't think you can be certain. I think the short-sightedness being shown by the city and you, the council, may prove to be the beginning of the end for this small town America, not the reawakening you can only hope it will be. And I say hope because that is what you're gambling on, not thorough research, not due diligence, and certainly not community. The very thing you're supposed to represent, and I am very saddened by this. Thank you. Thank you. Reverend David Dirkson, you're up next, sir. Good evening, sir. Good evening, chairs. Reverend David Dirkson, I live Let's up a little bit. 240 Prairie View Drive Northeast, by Island. Years ago, I worked at Hazel Hazel and Betty Ford Foundation as a chaplain providing spiritual care for people trying to recover from addiction. One of the principles of addiction recovery is that you have to be honest. Cuz dishonesty is the rot that keeps one bound in spiritual and physical and emotional sickness. I am concerned as a citizen that there's been a lot of dishonesty around the project with Sky View. The last meeting where things were voted upon in January 20th, the city lawyer sat there and said that he was sympathetic to a delay, but we had to vote on it cuz there's 60-day time limit. In that law, which he knew cuz I talked with him afterwards, he said, "Yes, it's true that you could have put in writing for a 60-day extension and got it to 120 days." So, you could have said yes to your constituents. But, it was misrepresented to everyone in this room that that wasn't an option. And that's frustrating. You wonder why we're upset? Well, we asked for something and the answer was no. So, of course we'll be upset. And on top of it, the dishonesty around it. Also, when laying out the the preliminary development plan, one of the slides about water says, "No water usage will be used for data center cooling." And then it was followed up with a zero water will be used for industrial purposes. Yet, I just had a exchange in writing with Steve that water will be used to charge this cooling system. I don't know about you, but that's awful sounds awful lot like more than zero amount of water for industrial purposes. It also sounds like it's part of the of the system used to cool this. It's another issue of dishonesty. We need honesty in order to have a working relationship, and I ask for that respect as a community member. Thank you. Harvey Dirkson. Welcome. Harvey Dirkson, 340 Prairie View Drive Northeast. The ask from residents has remained constant. We want honesty, transparency, and a seat at the table. The AUAR I've heard in the city continue to say that no water is going to be used for cooling purposes and that there is no industrial water use. But, Steve and Shivel, you put in an email that the system will use a closed loop system that will be filled with water for cooling. So, by the city's own admission, you're using water for cooling purposes while simultaneously saying the exact opposite. And then wondering why people don't trust any of you and are upset. Closed loop systems use water for industrial purposes. You are still required to disclose how much ground water, yes, that is where you are getting it from, you are withdrawing to fill the system, and Pine Pine Island has not done this. You have to disclose any chemicals you are putting into that system, which Pine Island has not done. You have to analyze whether the water treatment plant can remove any of those chemicals that are discharged into the area's water system, which Pine Island has not done. When companies and cities are not honest, it has real-life implications. I grew up 2 miles away from 3M. My high school Tartan is known for the number of kids that have gotten cancer from PFAS-contaminated water. I buried my classmate, my older friends buried their classmates, my younger siblings buried their classmates, and it still continues. I will never forget Aaron Fowler's dad walking across the stage at my high school graduation 6 months after his son died from leukemia to accept his son's diploma. PFAS regulations have been enacted in this state because my because family members and alumni from my school are tired of getting sick and burying people. Pine Island does not have to be another Tartan. And it's really not that hard to do the right thing. Suzanne Blasic. Welcome. Good evening. Suzanne Blasic, 1315 County Road 3 Southwest. Pew Research Center is a non-partisan, non-advocacy fact tank based in Washington, D.C. that provides information on social issues and public opinion. A new study from Pew Research Center asked Americans about their feelings toward data centers, and it is not positive. Pew published the study the day after Senator Bernie Sanders called for a nationwide moratorium on data center construction in the U.S. amid mounting public concerns about the building's impact on local communities. Pew found that most Americans polled had heard of data centers, and the more they learned about them, the less they were in favor. The more they learned about them, the less they were in favor. Yet, in our town, information has been obfuscated. That means deliberately made vague or difficult to understand, often done to conceal the truth. One example, we've been told the data center won't use any more water per acre than a residential development. What I hear is that human water consumption, my kids' bath water, our clean drinking water, is no more valuable than hardware evaporating it. This example also hides the massive scale of the data center, potentially four Valley Fairs. We all know knowledge is power. Information is power. Because the city administrator and deputy city administrator entered into NDAs, our community could not stay informed about the major development of Project Skyway Pine Island data center that may impact our environment and our daily lives. NDAs have no place if we want trustworthy governance. Because we could not stay informed, it was maybe hoped that the opposition would be weak. Because remember, the more people learn about data centers, the less they are in favor. The information gap between you and us is massive, and I think very much planned. The imbalance erodes our ability to engage in meaningful dialogue. Many residents and community members in Pine Island are still learning and still making up their minds. And I have yet to hear a single one who, on deep consideration of what this data center might do to our community, comes away in favor of it. Thank you. Thank you. Joseph Blasic, you're next, sir. Welcome. Joseph Blasic, 1315 County Road 3 Southwest. What is the long-term goal for Pine Island, and why do we need a data center to get there? That should have been the very start of the conversation the moment it was being considered. In a conversation with the mayor, I asked if the duty of the council was to represent the people who elected them, or to make decisions that they feel are best for them. His answer was both. And to that, it can't be. If it were, the council would not vote 5 to 0 in every step towards building the data center. Including, but not limited to, approving the final AUAR, rezoning from agricultural to light industrial, and approving a tax abatement. When asked why the rush, our administrator said, "Well, we have 60 days to make a decision, and so long as the application does not conflict with our local laws and ordinances, we have no means of denying it." That brings up two things. Number one, the council has thrown up their hands at every step of the way towards the data center and said, "This doesn't mean we're approving the data center. This is just a AUAR, or this is just a zoning." When in reality, our local government was well within their means to institute an ordinance that would place a moratorium on or ban completely a hyperscale data center from ever coming to our town. Number two, would you please make public how many 60-day extensions were filed throughout this entire process? When asked to slow down, an appropriate response from the council could have been to file an extension and cite the statute that says, "An agency may extend the review period by up to 60 days if it provides the applicant written notice of and reasons for the extension before the end of the initial 60 days. The notice of extension must be made after the complete application is submitted and the initial 60 days has begun to run. Extenuating circumstances do not need to exist for agency to extend the review time. It is enough that the agency needs more time." There are far too many known and unknown hazards to having a data center in our backyard. I really do hope that I'm wrong and that the extra tax revenue is worth the impact on current and future generations in our small town farming community of Pine Island. Thank you, sir. Mr. Leonard, you're next. You're welcome. Yeah. To the mayor, city council, city administrators regarding the data center project, you should not have allowed wealthy corporations to dictate terms to the city or expose residents to exploitation by Big Tech. Your duty to the people you represent, not to Ryan Companies or Google. You should not have placed a hyperscale data center so close to homes, numerous residents at a school, assisted living, a uh nursing home, and local businesses are situated far too near the massive AI complex. Impacts to public health are simply too great. You should not have plan put financial gain above residents health, safety, and well-being. As 1 Timothy chapter 6 verse 10 warns, for the love of money is a root of all evil. You should not have hidden major decisions behind code names like Project Skyway or shielded public business behind unnecessary non-disclosure agreements. Transparency is not optional in public service. You should not have bypassed stronger environmental review by labeling our hyperscale data center light industrial. A project of this magnitude demands a full environmental impact statement, not a limited alternative urban area-wide review. You should not have rushed approvals while basic questions about infrastructure, regulations, and community impact remain unanswered. You should not have dismissed residents' concerns as as activism. Many of us have lived here for decades. Our voices deserve respect. You should not have minimized public opposition or limited opportunities for residents to speak. You should not have granted a $36 million tax abatement to a trillion-dollar corporation at our expense. Residents deserve transparency, accountability, and leadership that puts the community first. On this project, you'll fall in short of that standard and demonstrated conduct that is inconsistent with the responsibilities of public service. Thank you, sir. Toby Halliday Halliday? All right. Welcome. Thanks. Uh I'm Toby. I live in Rochester, and I'm a member of Workers Strike Back, a national independent movement organizing against the billionaires and their political servants. Over the last 6 months, I've watched the politicians on this council shamefully approve every step of Project Skyway. Rochester shares Pine Island's aquifer, and any harm done to the environment or people of Pine Island is harm done to the entirety of Southeast Minnesota. Billionaire tech giants like Google are going to operate and profit off this new data center and are hoarding the world's wealth while working people around the country are suffering an unbearable cost of living crisis, in part fueled by foreign wars at our expense. Despite this, this council has voted unanimously to give massive tax breaks to support Google. Council members claim that there will be long-term fiscal benefits to the city, but those could never outweigh the damage that will be done to our environment and the lives of residents. All elected officials who vote for projects like this, whether Democrat or Republican, should be thrown out of office. The billionaires know all the detrimental impacts these centers will have, and they do not care because they have no regard for our lives and the impact on our communities. The same is true for the Democratic and Republican parties, which are both parties of Wall Street and war. This is why Workers Strike Back is calling for a new party for working people with demands like a $25 minimum wage, healthcare funded by taxing the rich, national rent control, and ending military aid to Israel. We are also supporting Kshama Sawant's socialist campaign for Congress against warmongering Democrat Adam Smith. Our movement is modeled after the strategy Kshama Sawant while serving on the Seattle City Council, a strategy that won the highest minimum wage in the country, a tax on Amazon for affordable housing, and historic renters' rights. Our method of class struggle is crystal clear that our allies in the fight against this data center are the working class, and our enemies are anyone who sides with big business like those on this council and the entire Democratic and Republican parties along with them. I urge everyone who agrees with this to join our fight in Workers Strike Back. Solidarity. Thank you. David Montaquin? I'm sorry if I mispronounced your last name. That was Cranon. All right. From Um thank you. So, I'm David Montaquin. Um I live in Rochester. Um I'm a public sector worker and a member of AFSCME Local 319, and I'm also a member of Workers Strike Back. It is estimated that Project Skyway here in Pine Island will gobble up a whopping 152,000 gallons of water per day. That is equal to half the city's annual water usage. Only the tech billionaires behind this project will profit. Green-lighting this project will be detrimental to working-class people in Pine Island and everywhere. It will accelerate the cost of living crisis faced by working-class people, and it will take the environment with it. Both Republicans and Democrats on the Pine Island City Council are playing an active role in making sure that this project is completed. Both the Democratic and the Republican parties serve the interests of the billionaires. Both are allowing data centers like Project Skyway in Pine Island, like data centers in Rosemount and Farmington and elsewhere. Both have refused to tax the rich to fund working people's needs. Both have created and funded ICE. Both have funded the genocide in Gaza, and both have given a trillion dollars to Donald Trump for his horrific war in Iran. Working people urgently need to get organized independently of both parties and throw every elected representative who supports these data centers out of office. That's why I'm a member of Workers Strike Back, a nationwide organization that is mobilizing working people for an independent fight back against both parties of Wall Street, the Democrats and the Republicans. That is why we are also supporting Kshama Sawant's independent socialist campaign for US Congress. During her decade on the Seattle City Council, Kshama won the nation's highest minimum wage and defeated billionaires to win the Amazon tax, and we need that kind of fight back in Congress and across the country. To any working-class or young person who is watching this and agree that we need to break from the Democratic Party to urgently stop the proliferation of these hyperscale data centers, then I urge you to join Workers Strike Back. Down with Republicans and Democrats. We need a party of the working class. Solidarity. Thank you. Roxanne? Or yes, Roxanne White, you're next. Ethan Fedrich? Welcome. Hi. Uh I'm Ethan. I'm from Zumbrota. Um and while I might not be a member of of Pine of the community in Pine Island, I will still be affected by all of this. The people in Pine Island who are advocating for this data center have to also recognize that this is not just affecting Pine Island, but also Zumbrota and all the communities surrounding it. And how this data center is going to harm every community every community in the area. There is not a single good argument for this data center being built, and I think that uh the I think I think that the community uh who you are representing is going to remember your support for this and how in a cost of living crisis uh already, when it this data center being built is going to increase water prices, increase electricity prices, in uh increase general environmental damage, and the costs that are um supporting uh that will be associated with this data center are extremely destructive. I believe that each uh each of the the uh council members here are going to be remembered, and not just the council, but the mayor, every member of this government is going to be remembered for what they've they are doing trying to build this data center, especially considering that the public is being misled, if not outright lied to, by the members of this council. And I believe that everyone here is going to be remembered with hate. Thank you, sir. All right. We're also going to jump into administration, which is our first. This is good for the request to approve the purchase of outdoor LCD and AV for the Cheese Factory from fund 280. It was discussed in our work session. Who's going to take this one? I will take this one, Mr. Mayor. Uh so, as you know, each fall we do a staff development day with staff, uh where we get everyone together across all departments. One of the fun activities that we do is we break into groups and each group is able to come up with an idea. They pitch it to the council and the council is able to implement that as they wish. And so there's really no rules to this except that we encourage staff to make it at least attainable. And so they can switch a policy, suggest a switch of policy, purchase something. Sometimes our staff are the ones who see the they're kind of boots on the ground. They see problems that we don't necessarily see or that the council doesn't necessarily see. So one of the groups presented the idea of purchasing an outdoor AED for Trailhead Park. This was pitched to you in a work session and you asked staff to get some folks together so we can present it to you here at this council meeting. And so this AED would be climate controlled. It's a climate controlled cabinet. We're suggesting fixing it to the creamery. That way it's centrally located to the Douglas Trail, the pickleball courts and park itself. And so it would be heated in the winter, it would be cooled in the summer and then an alarm would sound when the cabinet is opened for the AED to be accessed and 911 would be called and so that emergency services can come immediately. We would also suggest having it on the creamery because we have multiple cameras there and so we can watch it for vandalism. And so we did seek two quotes. We have one quote for $6,906 from Advanced First Aid and that does include four years of the cell coverage. Otherwise we had to kind of piecemeal the second quote and so we would order the cabinet from it would be Chesapeake AED services. That does not include any cellular. So we would have to pay for cellular separately. It does have an alarm that would sound though if the cabinet was opened. And then the AED would be purchased from AED Superstore. That is for a combined total of $6,927. And so it is cheaper to purchase the whole entire unit together from Advanced First Aid. I would be recommending that we purchase this from Fund 280 which is the charitable gambling. Typically those are funds that we receive from the Pine Island Fire Relief Association that they get from their gambling proceeds throughout town. They usually donate to the city each year. We put that in a fund to save for large capital purchases. Typically we save those for fire department purchases. However, I have spoken with the fire chief. He's okay if we take this out of that fund. We thought it would be a good way to put those proceeds towards something that would benefit the entire community. I'll move approval for the purchase of the AED for the Cheese Factory from the Advanced First Aid estimate. I'll second that. We have a motion and second. Uh I would just like to add that this was a request as well. I think last year the pickleball association also I think that's where staff got the idea from. So I do want to give them a shout out because the pickleball association did request that. I believe Rochester has one and there's was actually used and it saved a life. So You know, we talked about this at the work session but are we still planning on doing signage just to let them know like you'll be notified? >> So we'll order signage that AED is located here. We'll probably put it on all sides of the creamery so that people know where the AED is located. But then by the AED people will have a big sign that says emergency services will be called and an alarm will sound if cabinet is opened. So Is that going to be on the east side did we talk about or Yeah. Yeah, I think the east side facing the parking lot is probably most visible. But then we'll make sure there's signage on the west side Yeah. for anybody using the ice rink or the pickleball courts. Yeah. That will say AED on the other side of the building. Yeah. Okay. No questions. I think it's a good project to to implement and if it provides resources for one person to be rescued it's a good thing. Yes. We have a motion and second. Anything else? Otherwise Delaina? Hi. Holton? Hi. Vernon? Hi. Randy? Hi. David will be I. New city staff resolution 26-12 which is a new business tobacco license for Island Tobacco. What's the change? Yeah, so Island Tobacco is has been purchased by a new owner and so tobacco licenses are not for the business, they are for the each specific owner. And so because it's switching ownership they would have to apply for a new tobacco license. I've talked with traders going back. It'll be an action item. I'll move 26-12 for the new business tobacco license assuming we have everything we need. I'll second. We're just sending their certificate of liability. Okay. Pending their certificate of liability. Then I'll second. We have a motion and second on that. Thank you Stephanie. And then Delaina? Hi. Holton? Hi. Vernon? Hi. Brandy? Hi. David will be I. Which brings us to a sign of spring and summer. It's nice for once. Resolution 26-13 which is a mobile food license which is going to be a renewal for Two Cavemen Grill'n. Yep. So it's a mobile food license so that they um food trucks can operate on private property but we do have a mobile food license for food trucks who want to operate on public property. So this way they could I think they typically set up shop across from City Hall in that parking lot. They're very communicative. They always let us know when they're there just so that we can let them know if the parking lot's being used for anything else. Very good food. Oh yeah. I'll move 26-13 for renewing Two Cavemen Grill'n's license. Second. Motion and second for Two Cavemen Grill'n. Any questions? Otherwise Delaina? Hi. Holton? Hi. Vernon? Hi. Brandy? Hi. David will be I. And we are going to be moving on to a request to approve the purchase of the air packs for the fire department. Which is going to be a resolution 24 26-14 approving the cooperative purchase of self-contained breathing apparatus. Lot of words there but that's how we govern. So are you taking that first? I will. I can get going and then I'll Chief Sayer answer any follow-up questions but I know he's been following along. So I'll try to um get this right. So the SCBAs at the fire hall most of them are expired. They have a 10 15 15 year lifespan. And so this is something we knew that the SCBAs for short um that they were expiring. We've attempted to get them replaced because they are very expensive. As you can see on the quote before you is for $246,000. We have applied I think for three different grants the last three years to try to get this get them replaced through a federal grant. The I think the first time we applied on our own. The second time we applied with another agency maybe. Okay. Yeah, we applied twice with Rochester and then last year we hired a grant writer to apply and it's very competitive grant. We did not get it. But we got to the point where we can't kick the can down the road anymore and we do need to replace them. And so the quote before you is for 26 SCBAs or 25 air packs and one rip pack. I'll let Chief Sayer explain the difference between those. This quote does have a discounted price of $37,000 and that's because the statute allows um cities and government entities to come together and do joint cooperative agreements. And so essentially they enter into a contract with a uh with a vendor for a certain price on a certain project. And so there is a resolution along with this quote where I am recommending to council that we approve the resolution which would allow us to join that joint cooperative agreement to get the discounted pricing on the SCBAs. This price is only good through April 1st and then after April 1st the new pricing will come out for the next year and they will have to redo the joint cooperative agreement before you. So Chief Sayer and I have already approached and presented this to the rural fire board. So typically at the end of the year the rural fire board is invoiced for 50% of the expenses of the fire department of the previous year. We did essentially want to get their approval first. So they knew about this. They were on board. They already voted to approve and designate funds to cover 50% of the cost of this. So the city would be purchasing the entire all the SCBAs but then we would be invoicing the rural fire board for 50% of the cost. Um We've been saving for this. So as I the we have Fund which is our capital savings account. Chief Sailor and I have been working knowing this purchase has been coming hoping a grant would take care of it, but since it hasn't, we we have been saving for this. We also have fund 280, which I just previously talked about, which is a charitable gambling donations. And so, we are recommending the purchase of this. I'm recommending that 50% of the city's cost comes out of fund 280 because we can only replenish that account with charitable gambling funds, so we would not be able to replenish that account with funds from the rural fire board. But then the other 50% of we paid out of fund 250, the capital fire department account. And then when we receive the uh reimbursement from the rural fire board, we can reimburse that capital fund uh 250. So. Um do you have any technical questions about >> The new ones have the 15-year life spans in too? Yes, they do. This 15's my assumption. All right. And that's where with [clears throat] the fire department working to keep the current equipment up to as well maintained as possible. As we start running into replacement issues, um I would say that the department has done a fantastic job trying to keep keep equipment as long as possible and keeping it operable. So. Yeah. Make sure the people can breathe when they go into smoke. Do we need two separate approvals for this? Yeah, so I would need uh one approval of the resolution to enter into the joint cooperative and then a second uh motion to approve that vote. And then with the joint cooperative, that drops the price of That's where we get the $37,000. So if you do that, it goes from 246,000 to 37? Yeah. Yeah, that's $37,000. If we don't enter into the joint cooperative, there's nothing to There's no cost associated with entering into the joint cooperative. Um the the agreement is in the packet and it's just saying that these cities came together um to essentially form this joint purchasing, so um Um I'll move approval for the purchase of the air packs for the fire department and move approval for the resolution 2614. Um what wording do I need to use for the resolution to enter into the joint cooperative agreement? I'll second that and second this. Yep. You have a motion and a second. Okay. Any other questions? Hearing none, Delaina. Aye. Holton. >> Aye. Vernon. Aye. Brandy. Aye. And David will be five. What's the time frame to save? Uh 45 to 60 days is what it's It's all through the rural board. And we're okay until that point. Yeah, I don't know if they have to be Okay. Okay. They have to be ordered before April to get this or the price, I'm sorry, can you repeat that? >> They have to be ordered by April 1st to get the price though, right? >> Yeah, we just Yeah, we just have to commit to the purchase. All right, council, we're going to move on to graffiti discussion. We're looking to approve a quote for the graffiti putting on the community mural that's in the works. Mitch. Yes. Good evening, American Council. Um so as you know, we're continuing to work our way through the graffiti uh or the the mural and we're looking to get a quote approved tonight for getting that graffiti coating putting up over top of it once it's complete. Um in your online packet, it's the wrong quote, but in the printed one, you should have the correct quote now. Um that quote is from Nick Slavik for $3,181.26. Um again, that would be to put that clear coating over top of the mural once it's complete and essentially it makes it so that if somebody does do some graffiti on it that we can clean it off fairly easily with some warm soapy water essentially. Um it's just a way to help protect the integrity of that over time. Um where is the budget coming from? The budget? >> It So, this would be coming out of the um that improvements account through the park board. So, they did set aside $10,000 for the community mural. We were able to raise the cost covering the total cost of the actual mural. Uh so, we do have that $10,000 that we reserved for other expenses. The city's responsible for putting up the the post and the backing that the mural will go on and then this will come out of there as well. I'll move approval for the uh graffiti coating cuz people are annoying. Second. Motion is second on the cooperative graffiti coating. And that I will just add to this probably answers your question about it. Those are budgeted. Yeah. Yeah. >> [clears throat] >> Any other questions for Mitch? He's getting excited for this, so I know. He's speaking. But we are still on has to be done by Cheese Fest, right? Yes. Okay. Cool. Delaina. Aye. Holton. Aye. Vernon. Aye. Brandy. Aye. And David will be aye. Thank you. >> Thank you. If that changes, let me know cuz I'm planning my whole routine for Cheese Fest around that. Sounds good. We We met with the muralist 2 weeks ago and it only takes them a week, did they say? Okay. Yeah. Okay. Sweet. On the theme of Cheese Fest, we're going to jump into the detour discussion. So, last last year we tried something new and we closed off Second Street. Um I think we all got a lot of calls about it and it it didn't quite work. So, last week Todd, Bryce, and I met with um Council Member Paul just to discuss what route to take and since Council Member Paul's the first slide's on, um and we are recommending to council to not close that street this year. However, we would leave Second Street open, but the south side would remain available for parking, but we would make the north side no parking just to assist one, give more room for traffic, two, then we won't have pedestrians crossing Second Street, and three, to allow access to the local businesses because I think that's where we really struggled last year. Mhm. Yeah, the the issue that came up was the semis backing up to Lano Lakes and blocking traffic and stuff. Well, so I felt like the old arcade game Froggy trying to get anything carted with the forklift. We made it work, but So, that would alleviate some of that, but we'll still have the detour go over to the third, you know, go to the next street down and come over and hopefully most people will still take that. Mhm. >> [clears throat] >> And then uh Todd also mentioned about no parking from like the uh uh water or your washing for the egg partners from there to the corner so that you come in from that street and still make the turn in. So, there's nobody parking from that driveway to the street there. I just appreciate the conversation. You have comments, Todd. I said that was Bryce's idea. Oh, sorry. Bryce's idea. It came up in the discussion and I'm a little foggy with my cold. Mhm. >> [clears throat] >> We just got to find out if we need a public comment or if we need a detour. So, okay. And you're just looking for the A-OK or Yeah, I think it just said that we don't need a physical motion, but I think a general consensus that that's okay. Um so, then we can submit our detour >> Whatever to public works. Yeah, we'll we'll submit it to [snorts] the update the businesses then. Yeah, we can. >> That's a good idea, Bryce. We can talk to them and let them know that it's going to be open this year. I do. I won't be uh I won't be So, that'll be good. >> [laughter] >> Um no, that'll be good. >> I wouldn't count your chickens before they hatch. I know. All right. My hair's turning gray. I know. I wasn't going to say anything. Well, last year was last year was tough too with QuickTrip closed on the entrances and stuff. >> Yeah. Forced some traffic and Oh, I would have been It was a nightmare there, so Yeah. But it was a good Cheese Fest. It was. Yep. Sounds good? Yep. >> Perfect. Let's jump into our local library. We want to keep it warm. Yes, so we actually get too warm sometimes. Okay. Um so, I brought before you a couple of quotes for a new boiler for the library. Um and Hawks are to stop by today just to kind of take a second glance and make sure everything was up to snuff with their quote. Um they estimate that our boiler is from the '50s. It's got the nice clean curved lines. It's teal. I mean, it it kind of fits that thing. And it's it whenever the temperature of the library gets over the outside temperature gets over about 40°, it's hard to wear anything more than a t-shirt in the upstairs portion of the library. It just gets so hot and it's super inefficient. It really we can heat the whole building just by propping open the door to our boiler room. So, we're looking to get a new energy efficient model. Instead of the 175 thousand BTU that is in the packet, they actually are going to be doing a 200,000 BTU, just a little bit bigger, after they did some final measurements. They are not charging us any more money, so the quote that is on the quote that they gave us is the one that they're still sticking with that number. Um my board unanimously agreed that this was the better of the two quotes that we received, basically based on cost and just the customer service we received from Hawk. They were willing to come out tonight to be here to answer any questions and to do anything like that. Um they're very, very eager and they're able to install it in April, so that's really makes me really happy. Um we'll probably close for the day that they're doing most of the work, um but they are willing to work with us if we want to stay open as well. Did you have any questions at all for me? Is it going to be zoned controlled? Yeah, we currently have three zones. Okay. We've got downstairs, there's one that's upstairs, and then there's one that kind of makes right next to the elevator upstairs, and then the the stairwell is all on one. So, um and they'll they're going to be redoing basically all the pipes inside. They'll be taking out our back window that we currently have into the boiler room, um basically because they're going to need to be putting out some PVC pipe, um but they'll be using a a exterior grade plywood and we can paint that however we want to. Heidi and I have some thoughts about maybe making it a hobbit door or something fun like that outside, so we'll see what happens with that. Melody fun. And then I'll vote too. Maybe. It'd be cool. Okay. Um I'll move approval for the replacement of the boiler with the Hawk Services quote. I'll second. Motion is second to go with Hawk's. Where are they at again? Orono. They used to be Pine um Pine Hour. Got you. And then they wanted to get out of that franchise, so now they're Hawk's, so. I see their truck down at Agent Curry the other day. >> Yeah. Mhm. Any other questions for our library director? Hearing none. What's the time frame? April. Perfect. Okay. I Delena. I. Bolton. I. Burnham. I. Randy. I. And David will be I. I think that's it for the voting. Thank you all. And just so you were aware, we did have this budgeted, um so that is all set to go. Thank you. All right, Council, we're going to jump into planning this evening with ordinance 182 approving a rezone of the Pine Prairie III, which came up last month. Craig, are you taking the minutes? I can start out with it here. So, um in your packet, you have ordinance 182, um it references an application for rezone that we received from Bigelow Homes. This is in reference to Pine Prairie III, their third edition of the um residential subdivision down by the elementary school. Um the request for rezone is the northernmost portion of that land down there. Um the rezone they're requesting is larger than the area they're currently platting, um just to save time and money going forward. They don't have to then come back when they do their next phase and rezone again. Um they're just re-zoning a larger portion now um to save time down the road. Um they are requesting zoning change from ag to R1, which is the resident or suburban residential, um that is what the current uh zoning is for the rest of that subdivision, so um it's in line and then kind of the findings for the criteria they have to meet under that ordinance there. Um otherwise pretty straightforward. We had a public hearing on the rezone at the planning commission meeting on the 10th of March, and the planning commission approved the recommendation to the council unanimously. Perfect. Perfect. Any questions for Steven or Craig on this first part here for ordinance 182? Has anything changed much since we talked about it last month? No. Okay. I didn't think anything had, but All right, um ordinance 182 approving the rezone for the Pine Prairie III. Uh before we get to that, I wanted to ask, did you guys have a chance to get out there? I don't think I did. Okay. Um perfect. Uh so, I'll put that back here as well. I'll confirm that. Yes, I did. I'll second that. There were four There were four conditions brought up at the planning and zoning stuff that they had to meet too, so. Yeah, they'll be up front. Yeah. All right. Sorry. No, you're good. I'll second it. We have a motion and second on ordinance 182, which is approving the rezone as one to R1. Any other discussions or questions? Hearing none. Delena. I. Bolton. I. Burnham. I. Randy. I. And David is I, which will jump into resolution 2615, which is approving the final plat for Pine Pine Prairie III. Yep, so again, um following up on last month's preliminary plat, um Bigelow Homes did submit an application for final plat. Um it's about 15 acres, 28 residential lots. Um again, this went to the planning commission um on the 10th. They uh approved the recommendation unanimously. I'll let Craig go through some of the kind of the technical um requirements or conditions in there, um kind of the more administrative things. Um Bob's office is uh reviewing and putting together a plat plat opinion. Um once they get that to make sure all the title work um is in order, they won't be able to record the plat until Bob's office issues that title commitment. Um we just got it actually, so. How about that? Um and then um on the other side, uh we'll be entering into a development agreement um for this third. We've had development agreements for the first couple phases, so we'll have another new one um that addresses all of that. We're not going to have that before you tonight. Um we'll have that either at the special meeting in April or our regular April meeting. Um so again, they won't be able to record the plat until um they approve that development agreement, but we just have some uh some fees and parkland stuff to kind of hammer out before we present it to council, so. I think that was probably the only question I had from any of the neighbors out there was how this was going to be zoned, whether we were going to start seeing apartments coming up or not with that or you know, and So, not in this northern portion. Um we do have a a master plan that was submitted back in '21, I believe, or '19 or whatever it was, the '21, the first phase. Um and that master plan had all multi-family further south towards County Road 5. Um so, they just haven't got that far yet. So, I think they're doing single family first and then Sure, absolutely. southward once that's done. But I'll throw it over to Craig. There's some kind of grading and storm water and um public improvements conditions in there that he can speak to. Yep, good evening, Mayor and Council. So, the um the one condition that we had in the preliminary plat was to accommodate a uh trail, a possible trail uh link from the school um over to Elk Run Drive. Um and so, the there was currently or there was a a 30-ft wide outlot. Uh we asked for a 40-ft wide outlot just to allow for a little more room um in between the homes there and then also just to accommodate any grading. Um and that was reflected in the final plat, so that uh condition was met. Um the at the public hearing, there was uh the resident liv- that lives on the far east side on the south side of Elk Run Drive did have some concerns about drainage. Uh so, we spoke with the uh consultant that is working on the construction plans um about that. And and so, um Todd and I will run out there um as well. We just didn't get a chance to do that yet. Um meet with the resident and then um address their concerns. We have looked at that before, but I think um I think the from my what I understood of the issue was a little bit different than what uh uh they were explaining here, and I think we can accommodate uh some grading back there with some uh reshaping of a of the channel there, but um but there was some some of that area was in intended to back up because it's providing uh some storm water treatment, so um so that we'll just run through that with the resident there. But other than that, um the construction plans will still be submitted um and know that is a condition that those will be reviewed and approved before construction can start. So, um those are the main main items, and now answer any other questions that you might have. Yeah. I guess the one question I would have as we as this area is growing, the long-term plans for secondary access out there. Where right now are we looking long-term to get our road pushed through to the north or the south, would you say? Um the road the reason uh not to the to the north um likely. I mean, when the when future phases go out, but this this will be a big horseshoe here, so that they will have two means of uh ingress and egress. Uh where we were looking at um uh the possibility of an extension over to the east, um that it just is going to be a little difficult to to make that happen. So, that's why and another reason that we asked for the additional width on that outlot. So, um if there was an emergency at the school, uh that um that that trail could possibly carry that bridge could carry uh emergency vehicles or buses across it, so that's still something that we're looking at, but that's um that's again the reason that we asked for that additional width. Agreed. Thank you. Any other questions for Craig? This one. Exciting to see it's moving. >> Yeah. Mhm. Yep, excited. Resolution 2615 approving the final plat for Prairie Park Pine Prairie third, sorry. I'll second. A motion and a second 2615. Any other discussion, questions? Hearing none, Delina. I. Holton. I. Vernon. I. Randy. I. David will be I, which brings us into this public works and engineering department number one to Global Specialty Contractors in the amount of 77,500 for the water slide project. Another sign of spring. Who's excited? Yes, so um as you remember, Global Specialty Contractors won the bid for the water slide project. Um they uh requested a pay estimate um pay estimate number one for 77,500. That covers the engineering of the project and then they've began to fabricate the slide. Um I believe they have been in or planning to be in um to start excavating um working on that. I know they're also working on the pump um and kind of the the internal stuff inside the building um and then they are shooting for having the slide um fabricated and delivered in early um April, I believe. So. That's kind of the timeline to get that installed and up and running for what we call the pool problem. So we're having a test party, right? Yep. That'll be crucial with the Verona not having a pool there. All right, well, yeah. Uh I'll move approval for the estimate pay estimate one for the 77,500 for the water slide. I'll second. A motion and a second for the estimate number one. Uh been a long long journey. So I'm glad to see this fruition. The only thing I'll add is the monetary portion. And so council has already approved when we ordered the slide that um the majority of the funds would be coming from the swimming pool capital fund 250 and then um what's not covered um will be coming out of the unrestricted capital fund. So. A motion and a second. Any other questions? Hearing yes. We're at a two on that. So they the amount certified would be that 77,500 and then there'd be a 5% retainage amount down there. So the total payment amount due would be at 73,620. Oh, good. Thanks. Yep. Perfect. Thank you. Delina. I. Holton. I. Vernon. I. Randy. I. David will be I. That'll be the first one down. >> [laughter] >> You're like the first one in the fountain down there. Very good. That was my debut. All right, we are going to jump into a discussion uh lawn mower for public works. This is out of the capital equipment fund. Who's Are you taking this one, Bryce? I think you are. Evening, Mayor and Council. Before you is three quotes uh to trade in our 2016 Ferris zero turn finish mower. Uh took in those three quotes and after taking a poll with our uh current operators, uh they seem to like those Ferris mowers. Um and we also have an abundance of inventory for spare tires, wheels. Uh and we've had really good luck with the 2016 that we're trading in. It's got just about 1,000 hours on it. So I would uh there's also a corrected bid. I mistakenly put the wrong bid in the memo. So the the bid I would like to recommend is the one recommend is the one from Loder Myers for the one with the Vanguard 44 engine with the OGS. >> [clears throat] >> And uh those funds would come out of the 250 parks capital outlay account. Are we doing like one a year now? Uh probably pending on how the more mowing we gain, the more hours we put on it may vary um like every five possibly with the amount of hours we're putting on each one now. Do you want the Loder Myer one? They get used. I'll move approval um for the purchase of the lawn mower from the Loder Myer quote. I'll second it. A motion and a second on recommended quote from Loder Myers. Who does for your mowers do you guys generally do your maintenance? But who services Do you guys have anybody that services? We do the we do the normal maintenance, the PM stuff and then anything that needs to go um that we can't do it goes to Loder Myer or whoever the dealer was on it. Perfect. You guys like those over Gravely? Yeah, the the operators really like them. Um we've had really good luck like with this 2016. That's a pretty good amount of hours. We don't have some of the best mowing around so they take the abuse and the big thing with the Ferris too that the operators really like is it's a full suspension unit. Yeah. So after eight hours a day on it it's a lot easier on the operator. The Gravelys, the larger ones have suspension too. And this this one here, this 2016 that we're trading in actually came from M&M back in the day but then they changed they changed to Gravely so that's why we ended up at Loder Myers for anything we do with the Ferris. Do we have a motion and a second on that one? You had a motion, right? I had a second. Perfect. Okay. I agree. I can't remember if we had the second one. Yep. Um Delina. I. Holton. I. Vernon. I. Randy. I. David is I. Thank you. Thank you. Bryce, you're impressive. All right, Council, for our last item on public works is going to be uh the correct the request to pay the city county public works invoice for the bridge inspection. This is going to be a split pay. Yep. So for the 511th Street bridge, the county worked with us and got us state aid and federal um bridge replacement dollars. And so how that worked is that covered the construction and all but $10,000 of the engineering costs. Uh with that the city was responsible responsible for 100% of the bridge inspection costs, which was those services were provided by Goodhue County Public Works. Uh we we received that invoice from last summer and so the bridge inspection fees were $72,420. Uh so I am recommending that we pay that invoice we using 50% of um our general fund capital outlay account and then 50% would come from our general fund 250 capital account. Um I'll move approval for the payment of the public works invoice for the bridge inspection. I'll second. A motion and a second on the payment as described by Savannah in the split cost. In a two any other discussion, questions for her on that? When is it predicted to get done? So then we're done then. Yep, the project is uh done. I don't think there's anything left to go on. So. Uh yeah, the county did nominate the bridge for an award to see if we could get an award through the state but we did not win. It did look It did look nice though. Very good. Yeah, they did comment for such a small bridge it it looks really nice. So they really like the they complimented the design on that. Nice. It's going to look even better with the dog park all completed next to it and landscaped. Delina. I. The dog park, sorry. I. I. Randy. I. David will be I. Brings us to legal. We do not have Bob with us tonight so we can jump right to Craig unless you have anything you want to add to legal. Okay. I do not. Approval of claims. I'll move approval Second. A motion and a second on claims. Delina. Approved. Holton. I. Vernon. I. Randy. I. David is I. Delina threw me for a loop. >> [laughter] >> Approved. I was reading something. We're going to jump into departments um I'm just going to start off by saying uh I had the privilege here where weeks are running together. I think it was last week I was up in St. Paul um meeting with Perry Aasness and some of our representatives up at um in St. Paul at the capital. And we also had the privilege of being able to meet with some of our state legislators. Things like that. And so one thing that I took away from that and we we had a good discussion and it was a long discussion um about the regional treatment plant and out of that conversation came a lot of positive feedback from state leaders including Prairie Island and uh representatives in St. Paul about our public our staff here at in Pine Island. And out of that was a lot of uh a lot of commendation for Elizabeth and the work that she has done um with the with the regional treatment plant project, but also just the overall work that has been done in Pine Island. And uh along with our staff. And I a lot of times we go through council meetings and we just click right along and don't always have that opportunity to recognize our staff. Um and I mean it's no secret it's been a very very challenging last 9 months to a year. And I would say that I want to commend our staff for being able to do a fantastic job. As council we take and we make the decisions and pass to our staff to to do the work. And I want to say publicly thank them for that and thank Elizabeth and just know that council is very appreciative and it was really really neat being able to see that from people in St. Paul. I would that that was just really really neat. And made me proud of it. And I appreciate that and just I want to say thank you to Elizabeth. You know, and I overall it's just the professionalism and I want to say thank you for that and to your staff. So, um it was a good meeting. It always it's a lot of enjoyment being able to just meet with our Prairie Island partners and just the work that they're doing to help support as well. So, Did you get a bonding bill? We're working on that. We are working on that. Did not to ask you. That's We need the It was >> It was reiterated with our fearless leaders in in St. Paul it's going to be a lot of work with very little gain this year. So, it's an election year and it'll go around. Thank you. Good. Sorry. Keep telling us that we need do this, but yet they don't help us help us get the project underway. No, I I there's a lot of people I think beating their heads against the wall that they're we do everything that we're supposed to and do it the way they ask us to do it. And Just wait. At least we're not in the situation that Goodhue's in. Yes, yeah. Absolutely. Anything from the administration side? Uh I do. So, first things first, um the city completed its audit last week. So, we had our auditors on site. So, um if you see Rachel, give her a pat on the back. Um she did a phenomenal job. It's been a busy month for her. Uh just with the sale of Evergreen Place she had a few um extra things on her plate and she she did a wonderful job. Um so, we'll be wrapping up the audit here. I'm guessing um the auditors might be here at our next meeting in April to to get the report. And so, um as far as I've heard they don't have any findings. So, uh Nice. And then also just a reminder that um we will be sending out official communication. It's not our project. projects so they can't leave the communication, but with the County Road 3 bridge replacement project. Um so, we did have a pre-con meeting uh last week or 2 weeks ago with Olmsted County. And so, they are targeting May 15th for that closure date. The contractor wants to get in early, but we're not sure if they will be able to. But the school, the county, and the city are working together kind of on joint information so we can all release the same information. We know it will will be um a rough couple last weeks of school, but the reason for them starting early is that they have a completion date uh to be done before the next school year started. So, they had to be in one of the school years. So, um they opted to start it early. So, like I said, it's not our project so we don't have a whole lot of control over it, but um yeah, when when that date is um uh we did at the park board we discussed with the park board and um we made the decision to close Zumbro Park for the summer just because we didn't really know how to provide access access to Zumbro Park. Um so, the county's grading project I believe will go all the way to the roundabout. And so, um but that way they can use Zumbro Park too for staging because they have limited the construction company's limited staging area. So, um with that the city's looking at uh some utility replacement so we can extend utilities to Willow Court as you know. And so, we had some discussions with them on that just timing because it'll be different contractors. So, um yeah. Be busy. So, is that able to coordinate with the Yeah, so the the contractor for the bridge We got them. Yeah, we got Yeah. We got Yes, Minnowa. Um so, they um they're aware that we are looking at that as three projects and that we won't be awarding that bid until April. And so, but they're they're more than willing to work with that project. So, Okay. Um on that. And so, yeah, we'll coordinate that. Yep. Yeah, so a couple items of note on that too would be uh sanitary sewer and the water mains. Those are the utilities that will be along as part of the project. Um we originally had those plans to run down the center of the water main and just off the center line. Uh so, we had to put those utilities in the street. Sorry. Nope. All right. Here at Prairie Island. Oops. Um so, that was originally it, but we wanted to move um the way conflict with the existing storm sewer that way where we have to run the sanitary actually east of the storm sewer so that will be out of the right of way. We're also getting um a price for directionally drilling all that water main so we don't have to actually even uh do that uh that much in the way I guess if you can directionally drill the water main and then also keep that sanitary sewer out of the street. So, because they will be reconstructing uh to just south of the 8th Street intersection. So, Okay. Oh, wait. Bring that intersection We will we will have to extend through the intersection with utilities. So, So, that intersection will be closed down for a while. I believe. Something like that sort. And they can Yeah, they can divert and come around Yeah. On that It will be It will be able to talk about that. The water utility Yeah. Good. Anything else? The only update I'll also add is just a quick update about the pool. We have the dates swimming lessons are going May May 1st swimming lessons will um be available. Last year because the Prairie Island pool um is closed we were inundated with um some broader residents for uh swimming lessons. We heard a lot of feedback last year that a lot of Pine Island families were not able to get into swimming lessons. And so, the park board did make the decision to limit for the first week to everyone with a 55963 um zip code. And then I think a week later it'll open up swimming lessons to people outside that zip code. I may be wrong on the timeline so look for that advertisement, but we're giving um preference to local families first. >> And that information will be out on the website then and Yes. So, we already sent the advertisement to the community ed brochure and then um we'll get it on the website as well. So, we just finalized that last week. It sounds good. Anything else? And that's still going through normal Prairie the early learning center too, right? Yeah, so Panther House will be separate. Um they have their sign up separate from the public sign up. So, Thanks. Anything else needed administratively? No. All right. Library? Hey everybody again. Um just wanted to let you know I've had a busy month in February. We had a great turnout and uh participation with One Town One Title. Um already looking forward to next year. Um maybe have someone like William Kent Krueger. We'll see. I'm just starting to kind of put feelers out. So, stay tuned for that. But thank you to everyone who participated. We had some really good um conversations about uh local foods and that kind of uh topics. Uh summer reading is underway. That planning is happening. We're going to have a plant a seed read theme. Um and the packages just showed up today for all the swag and the t-shirts that the staff has. We're really really excited. It'll be a really good programming. So, stay tuned for more info. I am starting a new um thing at the library. Actually going to be putting them out tomorrow. We're going to be doing postcards uh that are pre-printed that says, you know, why is the library important to me? Just so we can get an idea of what people are thinking about and what they are valuing from us. Um it'll have the all of the libraries in Goodhue County are looking at doing something similar, so we can kind of get together and maybe present that to the county as well. One of the big things we discussed, we had a meeting this month, um, was the possible funding deficit that we might be receiving from the county. Um, so hopefully we won't lose a lot of money there, but it is possible that we might not get as much money as we have in the past. So, that's one of the things that we've been working on as well this month. Is that just the county or is that cell phone in general? >> Uh, just the county. Um, but yeah, they're looking at all secondary agencies getting diminished um, funding getting less money because they just have a they're foreseeing a deficit. So, I think Olmsted County already voted to reduce that amount. I don't think Goodhue County has taken action. Correct. Yeah, we got a little bit less money than we expected uh, for this fiscal year, um, from Olmsted and Dodge County is never changing theirs they can help it because they're at the minimum maintenance of effort that they're required by law. Everyone else has been a little bit above that. So, or at least a little bit if not more. Otherwise, we had our annual report, um, at our last board meeting and I gave you a really nice little uh, one sheet on it. I just wanted to highlight the fact that we had over 10,500 visitors last year and the amount borrowed that items borrowed worth almost 40,000 items. So, thank you to everyone in the community for your support. This was up from last year. We keep track of um, everything going forward and we're really excited to see that continue. Hope they're okay. Um, library programs we had 157 library programs with 2,300 attendees. We had about 2,500 Wi-Fi connections. Public use of the public computers in the library was 742. And then we had a good amount of library items. The number of items we had when we did the annual report was 22,169. We have taken some of those items out already because we did um, a big weeding project at the beginning of the year for the audiobooks because they just weren't going out. So, you'll be seeing a lot of shifting of the shelving this coming month of changes. So, it'll be fun and exciting to have a little bit more room maybe upstairs for some more books. Otherwise, I just thought it was really interesting that our top uh, checkouts of the year included The Firekeeper's Daughter and Women of Copper County. Those were both book club books. Um, and then Bluey the Creek was the next one. And then Fourth Wing has been a very popular book still and I knew Brandy would be happy to see that. And our fifth most uh, checked out item at Pine Island was The Karate Kid Legends movie that was out this last year. So, I just wanted to thank again everyone in the community for your support for the library and I look forward to more. Yay. It's like the numbers are up everywhere, too. Yeah, we've been up a little bit already this year. So, Good. we're doing our best to keep that progress. Any questions for me? Well, thank you all very, very much. Public Works? Oh, you have it. I'd just like to thank uh, Public Works staff for the last 3 days. Been some long days for us. Um, and I thank the residents and business owners cuz it was a mess. And uh, everybody was pretty good and just want to thank them. So, thank you guys. Thank you guys. Yep. Thank you. Thanks. I think it turned out really nice. It was Everything's open again. Yeah. Appreciate all the work you guys have done. Thanks. >> Mhm. I don't think people realize how how much time and effort they put in. So, they were in at 3:00 a.m. 3 days in a row. So, they're they're tired. I give them credit for being here today. So, Did you feed them all today? I would. Uh, EDA? No, I'm good. Fire Department? No, they're out out on a call. They're busy. Sure they are. I mentioned you. Cemetery Board? Concession? License Bureau? Emergency Management? Earth? Elizabeth, anything to add with the North Memorial Cemetery District? Yeah, I don't know anything I'll say for the Cemetery District. So, we're we're still working with our lobbyist, uh, meeting with legislators. Um, we we're close on two fronts. One, um, so we we qualify for P safe funding, which is point source implementation grant and um, with that is it has to be funded typically through a bonding bill. And then uh, we're also seeking stand alone dollars through the bonding bill. And so, we are working with local legislators meeting with members of the local capital to maybe um, things like that. As far as the uh, P safe funding goes, it's unclear how regionalization uh, qualifies for their our project priority points. Um, and so that ranks us and essentially when we get funding. And so, they create a list of projects that are ready to go. When they receive funding, they essentially just go down the list. They fund as many projects as they can till they run out of money and then they have to wait to be funded again. Uh, and so we are working with Senator Jasinski and Representative Jacob uh, to try to get um, that defined through MPCA uh, on how we would rank. And so, we've been working on that like the last 2 to 3 weeks. Um, so hopefully we can get clarification on that. Um, so we're proposing that uh, legislation with our bonding bill. So, Is it good? Okay. You're pretty good. Anything from the Image Committee? City County Board minutes are available if need be otherwise with that. Anything else? So, with the last for adjournment. So moved. Second. Have first, second.