2025.08.04 Minnetrista City Council Meeting
2026 Financial levy and budget planning
Water treatment plant project bid schedule and design adjustments
Trista Day scheduling change to a weekday
Miscellaneous drainage and erosion repair issues
Full Document Analysis
Votes (1)
Move police workout on duty policy discussion to the personnel committee
Moved by Council member · Seconded by Council member
Notable Quotes (3)
If you do that then you need to put that as an alternate bid because we are very concerned about the cost.
If we take a percent and a half or 2% of that, you basically have, I think it's projected, $350,000 just as a safe revenue option.
Staff has noticed several other communities have events like Trista Day also in the late afternoon during the week.
People (5)
Lisa WhanMayorFacilitating council work session and directing discussion on policy and budget.
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Facilitating council work session and directing discussion on policy and budget.
“This is a work session and during our work sessions, it's basically a council discussion. We don't take um comments or input from the public.”
Opening remarks regarding meeting protocols.
Brian GrimFinance DirectorLeading levy discussion and financial outlook for 2026.
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Leading levy discussion and financial outlook for 2026.
“The deadline to certify the levy as it is every year is basically the end of September.”
Reminding council of upcoming budget deadlines.
AdamCity Engineer Representative (WSB)Updating council on the water treatment plant bid delay and design modifications.
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Updating council on the water treatment plant bid delay and design modifications.
“We've delayed the bid opening for the project... working on some site civil adjustments and we're also looking at some architectural changes.”
Explaining the water plant project schedule change.
Craig SquiresPolice ChiefProposing the scheduling change for Trista Day to a weekday.
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Proposing the scheduling change for Trista Day to a weekday.
“Attendance has fallen over the last couple of years and as of late that's really not attributed to weather.”
Justifying the shift of the annual event to a weekday evening.
Allison FalskyCity EngineerProviding updates on drainage issues and potential remediation costs.
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Providing updates on drainage issues and potential remediation costs.
“We're looking at about $49,000 for some of that to address the erosion that's going through that fire lane channel.”
Reporting on drainage project estimates.
Places Mentioned
Events & Meetings (5)
- Work session - Date not explicitly stated (August 2025 context)
- Levy discussion/work session - August 18, 2025
- Preliminary levy adoption deadline - September 15, 2025
- Water treatment plant bid opening - September 25, 2025
- Proposed Trista Day - May 13, 2026