Becker City Council — Transcript
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Roadway Safety Concerns on 150th Avenue Southeast and 122nd Street Southeast
Committee Reports Overview
2027 Squad Car Purchase Strategy
First Quarter Financials 2026
Sherburn County Public Health Presentation
US Highway 10 / County Road 11 Grant Application Cost Share
Votes (2)
2027 Squad Car Purchase (Resolution 26-44)
Moved by Mike [00:43:28] · Seconded by Becky [00:43:28]
The Police Chief requested approval to place an early order for the 2027 squad car due to a previous cancellation and new Ford ordering flexibility. The plan is to request a build date in late 2026 or early 2027 to ensure timely delivery and alignment with the 2027 CIP budget. This would also re-sequence future purchases, leading to a 'drop year' in 2030 and a two-car purchase in 2031. The estimated cost for the car and upfitting is within the budgeted $65,000.
Consent Agenda (Resolution 26-43)
Moved by Robin [00:52:47] · Seconded by Mike [00:52:47]
The consent agenda included the revised hiring and termination report, payment of claims totaling $439,889.18, and approval of May 5th meeting minutes. Additionally, Resolution 26-43 was adopted, formally accepting several community donations: $350 value from Safe Food Training to the Police Department, $7,500 from the Becker Alliance Club for Becker Freedom Days fireworks, and $721.98 from the Becker Youth Baseball Association for a shed rebuild (following an arson incident, which staff repaired in-house).
Notable Quotes (4)
With the order cancellation, uh Ford has confirmed that what'll happen is our other car kind of goes to the top of this pass list. So, because we got our order cancelled, that one's good.
We kind of looked at that as maybe an opportunity to kind of change how we order this particular time. And what it would do is um we would be able to starting I think next week...we could put in our request for the squad car for our 2027 um budget year and request a build date like the last week in December, first week in January.
Just a note, the uh baseball building that was a victim of arson and it has been repaired. They did that in house. So, thank you to staff for doing that. Saved a lot of money doing that. And thanks to the youth baseball association, we built it a little bigger so it can serve more people out there and and they kicked in for that.
And our usual thanks. I don't know. I feel like 100% of the meetings I've been at and for my year and a half, the Lions are donating something. So, thanks again to the Lions. Keep playing those pull tabs, people.
Ordinances & Resolutions (16)
Agenda with updates presented for approval.
Updated report on staffing changes presented for approval.
Report struck from the agenda as the committee did not meet.
Authorizing the early purchase of the 2027 squad car.
Budget to be discussed at the June Fireboard meeting and accepted in July.
Identified the purchase of the 2027 squad car and future projects.
Year identified as a 'drop year' for squad car purchase.
Year identified for a two-car squad car purchase.
Required every 5 years, guides public health work.
Guides public health work based on CHNA priorities (2025-2028 priorities mentioned).
Source of obesity prevalence data from healthcare organizations.
County ordinance updated and effective July 1st.
Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements grant program.
Joint application with Sherburn County for federal rail infrastructure grant.
City's intersection included in the joint grant application.
Study for the Monella bridge project, not impacted by the grant application.