## CityofBecker CityCouncilRegularMeetingofMay5, 2026 TheBeckerCityCouncilmetin regularsessionat 5: 00p. m. onTuesday, May5, 2026, at12060 ## SherburneAvenue, Becker. Present-Councilmembers: MayorMarkKolbinger, RickHendrickson, Robin Dingmann, BeckyOlmscheid, MikeDoering. Guestswerein attendance. 1. MayorKolbingercalledthemeetingtoorderat5: 00p. m. 2. ThePledgeofAllegiancewasrecited. 3. ## Changestoagenda: TheConsentAgendahasbeenrevisedandPersonnelCommitteeand Budget & FinanceCommitteewereremovedfromItem6. 4. MotionbyDingmann, secondbyDoeringtoapprovetheagendaforMay5, 2026, as revised. Allinfavor, motioncarried. 5. GuestsandOpenForum: None. 6. ## CommitteeReports, Presentation, Awards ## A. 2025Audit Presentation — JustinNilsonprovideda synopsisofthe2025Audit ## Report. Allfundsendedtheyearona positivenote. Thereis anunmodifiedopinionand one instance of non- compliance; anyprojects over $ 175,000needa performancebond. ## TheprojectwasthereplacementoftheHVACsystemattheBCCwhichwasanapples forapplesreplacementandtosaveextracosts, theprojectwasexecutedinhouse. A checklisthasbeencreatedtoalleviatefuturenon-compliance. ## B. ## ThePlanningCommissionmetonApril27. Agendaitems7Eand7Fwerediscussed. The ## GolfCommitteemetApril24. Thefinancialslookgoodevenif theweatherhasnot cooperated. Membershipsaleshaveincreased. Thegolfcartpathprojectwasreviewed. Pond # 10projectis slatedtobeginMay18. TheJointPlanningBoardhadone adjustmentwhentheymet. 7. ## Board, CommitteeandConsultantReports ## A. ## RFP forCompensation ## Study— ## ShannonMortensonexplainedthatacomplete overhaulofthecompensationprogramwascompletedin2022. Atthattime, it was suggestedtodoa marketstudyin 3- 5 yearstobesurethewagescheduleis still relevant. AnRFP was advertisedand 12 proposals were received. Flaherty & ## Hoodhad the lowest costat $ 8500. Thebudget amount for a study was $ 25,000. Motionby Hendrickson, secondbyDoeringtoadoptResolution26-32enteringintoan agreementwith Flaherty & Hood, PA. Allinfavor, motioncarried. ## B. ## SupplementalLetterAgreementwithSEHforthe2026StreetImprovements- ## Construction ## Phase Services — ## PhilKnutsonbroughtforththeSLAforthe constructionphaseofthe2026StreetImprovements. Thisworkis overandabovethe master agreementwith ## SEH. ## Thecost fortheSLAis $ 96,900whichisintheStreetsCIP. MotionbyDoering, secondbyHenricksontoadoptResolution26-31 approvinga SupplementalLetterAgreementwithSEHforthe2026Street ImprovementProject-ConstructionPhase. Allinfavor, motioncarried. ## CityofBeckerCityCouncilMeeting May5, 2026 ## Page1 of 4 ## C. ## SupplementalLetterAgreementwithSEHforRoadandUtilityImprovements forLuAnn ## Drive— ## PhilKnutsonupdatedcouncilontheawardoftheGreater ## MinnesotaHousingInfrastructuregrantandtherequirementforengineering. SEHwill beginthedesignworkandtaketheprojecttobidadvertisement. Thisis notcoveredby thegrantbutwillbecoveredbythebudget. MotionbyOlmscheid, secondby ## DingmanntoadoptResolution26-38approvinga SupplementalLetter ## AgreementwithSEHfortheLuAnnDriveImprovements. Allinfavor, motion carried. ## D. ## CartPathReplacementforHole10/11atPebbleCreekGolfCourse-Phil ## KnutsonexplainedhowtheCSAH23roadprojectwillimpactthegolfcourse. Thereis a ## needtoreroutethecartpath. Thematerialwillbereclaimedforthenewbase. Quotes wereobtainedfromHansonPavingandwasfavorable. It wasproposedthattheamount of theprojectcomeoutof theStreetsCIPsincethisis occurringduetothestreet construction. MotionbyDoering, secondbyDingmanntoadoptResolution26- 35authorizingstafftocontractwithHansonPavingforthenewcartpathand pay the $10,200outofStreetsCIP. Allinfavor, motioncarried. ## E. ## PUDConditionalUsePermit, PreliminaryPlat, andFinalPlatforFossumFields ## ThirdAddition-AustinPetersendetailedthenewdevelopmentforFossumFieldsThird Addition. Thisareawasapprovedviaresolutionin 2022buttheplatwasneverrecorded. Today's platis differentthanthepreviouslyapprovedone. The16.52acreswouldhave 52lots. Thisnumberis enabledinpartbythePUDdeviationsrequested. Theutilities wereinstalledwhenFirstandSecondAdditionswerebuiltin2005sothelineswillbe inspectedpriorto anyconstruction. A publichearingwasheldontheapplications, and nopubliccommentswerereceived. MotionbyDingmann, secondbyOlmscheidto approveResolution26-36approvingthePUDConditionalUsePermitfor ## FossumFieldsThirdAdditionsubjecttotheconditionsofapprovalstatedin theresolutiontext. Allinfavor, motioncarried. MotionbyDingmann, second byHendricksontoapproveResolution26-37approvingthePreliminaryPlat forFossumFieldsThirdAdditionsubjecttotheconditionsofapprovalstated intheresolutiontext. Allinfavor, motioncarried. MotionbyDingmann, secondbyHendricksontoapproveResolution26-40approvingtheFinalPlat forFossumFieldsThirdAdditionsubjecttotheconditionsofapprovalstated intheresolutiontext. Allinfavor, motioncarried. ## F. ## ResidentialDensityAmendmentstoBecker's ComprehensivePlanandUnified ## DevelopmentOrdinance— ## JacobSanderspresentedtheapplicationsreceivedfrom thetwodevelopersonLuAnnDrive. Theapplicationsrequesta densityperacre reductionforhighdensityresidentialdevelopment. TheBecker2040CompPlan identifiesMediumDensityResidentialas6- 12unitsperacreandHighDensityasmore than12unitsperacre. Basedontheapplications, theproposeddevelopmentwould havea calculateddensityof10.9 unitsperacre. Theproposedchangewouldaffectany futurepropertiesbeingdeveloped. WhencrossreferencingtheUDO, thedensitycanbe ## satisfiedcity-wide. Staffsupportschanginghighdensityto10ormoreunitsperacre. All publichearingsfortheamendmentswereconductedandnopubliccommentwas ## received. ThePlanningCommissionrecommendsapproval. MotionbyOlmscheid, secondbyDoeringtoadoptResolution26-41amendingtheBecker2040 ## ComprehensivePlanunitdensitiesintheMediumandHighDensity residentialland usecategories. ## All in favor, motioncarried. ## Motionby Doering, secondbyDingmanntoapproveOrdinance3022ndSeries, amending ## CityofBeckerCityCouncilMeeting May5, 2026 ## Page2 of 4 Sec. 1. 3, Subsec.1. 3. 4( ## A)( 1) and Subsec. 1. 3. ## 5(A)( 1) ofArticle1 Zoningofthe cityof BeckerUnifiedDevelopmentOrdinanceadjustingtheunitperacre densityfortheMulti-FamilyLow (MFL) andMulti-FamilyHigh (MFH) Zoning Districts. Theordinancewillbecomeeffectiveuponpassageandpublication. Allinfavor, motioncarried. 8. ## AdministratorandStaffReports ## A. ## Becker ## Community ## Center ## Aquatics ## Project— ## BrandiiThomasgavethehistoryof theaquaticareaat theBCC. It wasbuiltin 1994andis nearingtheendof its lifecycle. It servesthousandsof peoplea yearandhasseenlittleneedfor upkeepin thepast. TheCIPidentifiedtheneedto modernizetheessentialcomponentsto extendthe lifespanof thefacility, enhancesafety, andcreatea refreshed, invitingenvironmentfor all users. Theprojectwillhavemechanicalroomupgrades, sandfilterreplacements, poolsurfacereplacementandsuctiongrates, pooldeckflooring, waterfeature replacement, structuralpaint, saunarefurbishment, heatingelementandwaterslide repair. Theprojectis anticipatedto beginin Augustandlastup to 6 weeks. Theamount budgeted is $ 529, 000 and the costis $ 513,293.45. Thevariancewillberemainingfor unforeseencosts. MotionbyDoering, secondbyOlmscheidto adoptResolution 26-42allowingtheBeckerCommunityCenterstaffto proceedwithaquatics improvementsaspresented. Allin favor, motioncarried. 9. ## ConsentAgenda: GregLerudpresentedthefollowingrevisedconsentagenda: a. ## HiringTerminationReport b. ## Paymentof the Bills - AuthorizetheTuesday, May5, 2026paymentof claimsas presented. Theclaimslistinghasbeenprovidedto thecitycouncilasa separate document andis available upon request for public view at city hall. ## Thetotalclaimsare 559,657.25. c. AuthorizeElectronicTransactionsas presentedin the3/ 31/2026Journal. TheJournalhas beenprovidedto CityCouncilas a separatedocumentandis availablefor publicviewat CityHalluponrequest. d. Minutes — April21, 2026CityCouncilMeeting e. Minutes — April21, 2026ExecutiveSession f. 2027BudgetCalendar o ## Resolution26-34 g. ## NewCannabisMicrobusinessLicenseRegistration h. ## AgreementwithMPCAforWellMonitoring o ## Resolution26-39 i. Acceptanceof 2025AnnualComprehensiveFinancialReportandAudit o ## Resolution26-33 MotionbyDingmann, secondbyDoeringto approvetherevisedconsent agendaaspresentedandadopttheresolutions, therein. Allin favor, motion carried. 10. AnniversaryAnnouncements -MayorKolbingerannouncedthefollowingworkanniversaries: ## Fulltime- KristinHeins-8 yrs; PhilKnutson-7 yrs; DerekRhodes-5 yrs; GregLerud-4 yrs. Part time— CurtisBertsch-10 yrs; EronBordson-5 yrs; RobertaGetskow-5 yrs; AllysaKrenz-5 yrs. Seasonal — ## ErnieRischer-17 yrs; DewayneSommerdorf-12 yrs; LukeBordson-6 yrs; Dan ## Brannan-5 yrs; JoshIrhrke-5 yrs; AndrewKolbinger-6 yrs; CynthiaLaudenbach-6 yrs; Dan ## Cityof BeckerCityCouncilMeeting May5, 2026 ## Page 3 of 4 ## Olson- 5 yrs; ## Ashley ## Reed- 5 yrs; ## Christopher ## Reed- 5 yrs; ## Zachary Stanger — 5yrs; Zachary Wenner-5 yrs; DavidVoigt-5 yrs. MayorKolbingerannouncedthattodayhereceiveda letterfromtheUSPSstatingtheyare lookingto purchasea parcelon thenorthsideof intersectionHwy. 10 andEdgewoodto builda facility. It wouldbe bothretailandoperations. Thereis an initialreviewperiodto assurethey complywithzoning. Constructionwilltake9- 12 months. Mayorthankedthecommunityand councilforall thesupportandletters. TheMayorhimselfhadover250emailsrelatedto the USPSsojobwelldoneBecker. Thequestionwasposedas to whenBill' s willbe opening. JacobSanderssaidthefinal inspectionsarescheduledandtheanticipatedfinishdatewasMay20. Councilcommentedhow nicethebuildinglookswhendrivingthruBecker. 11.Closed Session - ## Pursuant to ## Minnesota Statute § 13D.05, Subd. 3a, Hendrickson movedto recessthismeetingsotheCityCouncilmaymeetin a closedsessionto conducttheCityAdministrator's annualperformancereview. Dingmannseconded themotion. Allin favor, motioncarried. Councilproceededintoclosedsessionat 6: 00 PM. Themeetingwasopenedat 6: 30PM. 12. Motionby Doering, secondby Hendricksonto adjournthemeetingat 6: 31 p. m. All in favor, motioncarried. kAk)\ ikerr- eti,41-r) ## ShannonMortenson, CityClerk ## CityofBeckerCityCouncilMeeting May5, 2026 ## Page 4of 4