Tim, we're ready whenever you are. >> Welcome to the July 7th, 2026 City Council meeting. I hereby call the meeting to order. Members of the public may attend this City Council meeting in person or may watch and listen remotely by viewing the meeting on channel 8 WCTV and at the city's website at www.yzer.org/wctv. Public comment during the public forum and/or public hearing portions of the meeting may be provided in person at the meeting, in advance, or by logging into the Teams call and raising your hand during the public hearing. When your name is called in the meeting, you will be seen and heard in our council chambers and the cable channel. You will be asked to unmute and then you may begin your comment. All public comments should include your first name only and street name or neighborhood if representing a group. The second item on the agenda is the pledge of allegiance. If I could ask everyone to please stand and follow along. >> 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. >> The next item on the agenda is roll call. Uh please note that everyone is present outside of one council member who has an excused absence. Uh earlier we held a workshop to discuss the following items. Review of updated long-term financial plan, review of preliminary 2027 general fund budget, and discussion of future workshop topics. The next item is to approve the agenda. May I have a motion to approve the agenda as published or does anyone want to make any changes? >> I'll make a motion to approve that as published. Mr. Pro Tem Mayor. >> And is there a second? >> I'll second that. >> All those in favor say I. >> I. >> All opposed say nay. Motion passes. The next item is public forum. Just as a reminder for those members of the public in attendance tonight and who are interested in speaking, please state your first name and street name or indicate if you are representing a group and limit your comments to 3 minutes. If the item you wish to speak about is something that is on the agenda, for those that are in person, please fill out a form at the table and hand it in to staff. For those that are watching via Teams, please send a note via chat to staff and let them know what agenda item you wish to speak about. We also require that your camera is turned on when you speak. The first item on the public forum is introduction of Jared Voto, Deputy City Manager. >> [clears throat] >> City Manager? >> Thank you, Mayor Pro Tem and Council members. I'd like to invite Jared to come up to the podium while I introduce him. So, I'm pleased to present Jared Voto who is our Deputy City Manager. He started with the city on May 18th. He brings years of experience in government administration serving in roles in Washington County, Richfield and others which I'm going to talk about. And for those that don't know the Deputy City Manager position oversees finance, HR, communications and our motor vehicle functions as well as serving as acting city manager if if I'm ever away um, providing support to both me and the council, and notably, um, interacts and leads a lot of the work on our strategic plan. So, it's a really important position. I'm so happy that it is filled. Um, since Jared's come, he's already proved to be a huge help to me personally and to the rest of the admin staff and other department heads. He's incredibly smart. Um, he's very hard working. He's a quick learner. And to bonus, he has a really good sense of humor and fits in with the team well. That's super important here and he has all of those qualities. So, welcome Jared and I'd invite you to just tell the council and community a little bit more about yourself. >> Thank you, Laura. Um, council, appreciate the time to talk to you and introduce myself. As Laura said, I've got about 20 years of experience in the public sector. My last, um, position was with Washington County. I worked in both the property records, taxpayer services department, and prior to that, in the county administrator's office doing, um, strategic planning, continuous improvement, and data analysis work. Um, before that, I worked for City of Richfield. I was in the city manager's office and, um, public works. And so, had a breadth of a depth of experience in all those areas and really enjoyed all that. Um, I have my MPA and really found my love and passion for city government. So, I'm really excited to be back here from having worked with the county for a little over 6 years. And so, excited to be here, really enjoy the team and the culture that has been a part of it. And I feel like I'm fitting in and I'm really liking everything I I've seen so far. So, excited to be here and excited to, uh, really help the community and be part of it. >> Very good. Council, any any questions? Where did you grow up? >> Uh, Chisago City, Minnesota. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> And what were the things that drew you to, like, the smaller scale from, like, take a take City of Richfield to a city like Wayzata. >> Yeah, Um, I think I mean I think the community is one of the big draws of it. So I've just heard and through the experience of interviewing just the culture that was discussed about it. Smaller cities also you can just wear a lot of hats. You can get a lot of experience in different areas of it. Things that I've have experienced it previously but also things that I haven't and the excitement with that. So >> [clears throat] >> excited to lend the experience that I've had prior to it but also learning grow within this position. >> Yeah, that's great. Well, glad you're here and look forward to working with you. >> Yeah, definitely. Thanks. >> Uh so Jared, welcome. Um so you've been here a little over a month, is that right? >> Yep, about a month and a half. >> So maybe what, you know, give us some of your first impressions and maybe something that maybe you didn't anticipate or maybe a little surprising to you now that you've been here a bit. >> Um I mean first impressions, I think through the interview process I asked about the culture of the organization and it was, you know, described as really tight-knit and a good culture and I've seen that and I've actually said it's better than I expected. You know, sometimes that's a sales pitch and it's not what I've experienced here. It's even better than, you know, what I thought I was coming from. Um and then surprises, I'm not I don't don't know if I've had any yet necessarily. Um I really enjoy the time. There's a lot to learn obviously coming into new community. Um I don't know the West side a ton so there's a lot in that that I'm that I'm learning and um just kind of excited every day. Like I said, city government has been a passion and I'm really excited to be back in it and and working in it. >> Oh good, we're very pleased and excited also that you're here. >> Yeah, thank you. >> I'll also say you know, welcome to Wayzata. It's a gem of a place to be working. I will say that you have some very very big shoes to fill. >> Definitely. >> Not that she had big feet but >> [laughter] >> big shoes. Are you a native? I mean, you've been here your whole life? >> Yep, I've originally from yes, Chisago City and then I lived in Illinois for about 10 years. Went to grad school down there and then worked down there for about 8 years after that and then came back. >> Oh, good. A couple of us up here lived in Illinois for a while. Where where'd you spend time down there? >> Uh NIU, so Northern Illinois. So I was in DeKalb and then I interned in St. Charles, Illinois and then lived in Chicago proper for about six of those years afterwards. >> Very good. Well, anyway, we welcome you to the city and I'm sure you'll do a great job. >> Thank you. >> Okay. >> Thanks, Jared. >> Thanks. >> City Manager, do we have anyone on Teams? Yeah, we can clap. City Manager, anyone on Teams? >> Uh Mayor Pro Tem, we do not. >> Okay, very good. Uh item number six is new agenda items. Council, does anyone have any new agenda items to discuss or bring up? Nope. Okay, the next item is the approval of the consent agenda, which consists of It's a long one, so bear with me. Uh approval of City Council workshop and regular meeting minutes of June 16th, 2026. Approval of check register. Approval of municipal licenses. Adoption of resolution 28-2026 designating deputy city manager. Adoption of resolution 35-2026 appointing election judges for 2026 elections. Adoption of resolution 32-2026 approving special legislation. Approval of second reading and adoption of ordinance 861 amending chapter 936 tree preservation ordinance. Approval of second reading and adoption of ordinance 862 amending chapter 950, general zoning district provisions. Adoption of resolution 33-2026, approving an agreement for a gear dryer for the fire department. Approval of professional services agreement amendment with Brunken Consulting LLC for temporary communications support. Adoption of resolution 34-2026, accepting donation from the Waite Park Lions Club. Approval of CMT janitorial services agreement for cleaning of City Hall, police and fire departments, and public works. Approval of professional services agreement with AE25 for water treatment plant technical support. And lastly, approval of plans and authorization to solicit public bids for the Lake Street landscaping improvement project. Is there a motion to approve the consent agenda as presented, or as amended if we have anything that is going to be removed? Any changes? Questions? >> I'll move to approve the consent agenda as outlined, Mayor Pro Tem. >> Thank you. It's been moved. Is there a second? >> Second. >> It's been moved and seconded. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> All opposed say nay. Motion passes. We are now in the public hearing. I don't believe we have any items for public hearing, and no items for new business. So, next item on the agenda is a city manager's report. City manager. >> Thank you, Mayor Pro Tem and council. I have just a couple of updates for you. The first, while we've announced it publicly, this is the first council meeting we've had since it was announced, so I want to congratulate Chief Klaberich on being appointed our first full-time fire chief. He has served the department for about 50 years, um, many of them as chief and has a long legacy and dedication to the community. So, um, I'm very excited that, um, he's our first full-time fire chief. Um, we will do a full celebration and swearing in. We're planning to do that swearing in at the August 5th meeting and we're still trying to pin down a date for a community open house. So, more info to come on that, um, for how we'll celebrate and recognize Chief Klaverkamp. >> That's definitely worthy of a round of applause right now. >> Absolutely. >> [applause] >> And I'd like to interrupt your comments as well. Uh, most of you know that I was on the fire department for 16 years. Um, I know the chief is a man of many, many words. So, uh, chief, I'm just giving you a heads-up that we're going to allow a very long time for your speech. So, start now. >> Warrant has has allocated 3 minutes for each of the years. >> That's [laughter] a lot of time. Okay, we're we'll look forward to that. Anyway, I'm very happy to to see that happening. City manager? >> Um, okay, other things I just want to, um, recognize and thank those that planned, um, events for the 4th of July, the Children of the American Revolution and the pancake breakfast. I think I heard there was many as 1,200 people who came to the pancake breakfast, a lot of people. And the fire department for planning the mini Olympics or the water play, you know, events for kids, um, in town. Just want to recognize and thank them for their efforts. Um, a couple of other things I want to highlight. The Energy and Environment Committee is planning, um, an electric vehicle ride and drive event on Saturday, July 18th from noon to 2:30 p.m. here at City Hall. So, if you're interested in test driving an electric vehicle, electric boats, bikes, learning about electric yard equipment, they're going to have all kinds of equipment out for people to kind of get hands-on, um, exposure to those. So, if you're curious about that, July 18th, noon to 2:30. Um, and last is just a reminder that Night to Night is coming up. So, that is the evening of August 4th and we are accepting folks to register to host kind of their neighborhood block party through July 24th. [clears throat] So, you can go to our city website, search night to unite. You can sign up with the PD and then the council, a bunch of staff, police and fire departments will be out in communities to celebrate night to unite along with so many of our community members on August 4th. That's all I have for you. >> Thank you, city manager. Do we have any additional team's comments to bring up? >> We do not. >> Well, that brings me to adjournment. We may be setting a record for the shortest meeting ever in history. I don't know. But, so we're there. So, I'll take a motion to adjourn. >> So moved. >> And is there a second? >> Second. >> All in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> I. >> Motion passes. We are adjourned. Thank you.