City of ## Becker ## City Council Regular Meeting of luly 07,2026 The Becker City Council met in regular session at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 7,2026, at 12060 ## Sherburne ## Avenue, Becker. Present-Councilmembers: ## Mayor Mark Kolbinger, Robin ## Dingmann, Rick ## Hendrickson, Mike Doering, Becky Olmscheid. Guests were in attendance. 1. Mayor Kolblnger called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m 2. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. 3. Changes b agenda: ## The ## Consent Agenda has been revised. 4. Motion bv Hendrickson, second bv Dinomann b aoorove the aoenda for Julv 7, 2026, as revised. All in favor, motion carried. 5, Guests and Open Forum: None. 5, Committee ## Reports, Presentation, Awards ## The Budget and Finance Committee met ## June 18. There was significant discussion on the LuAnne Drive TIF applicatlon. The application was fairly incomplete. The finances look good. ## One water shutoff took place on vacant property ## .Ihe Fire Board held a Special Meeting for the 2025 Audit presentaton. There were no significant findings. fhe ## Joint ## Planning Boardmet on lune 23 for a variance, IUP and Preliminary ## Plat. The Planning Commission met ## June 29. The main topic will be presented as item 7A on tonightt agenda. ## 7. Bpa,rd, Committee and Consultant ## Reports ## A. ## Country ## Lumber One Preliminary ## Plat and ## Final Plat - ## Jacob Sanders explained the division of the 6.47 acres ## on Bank Street. It will be divided into three parcels. ## There are some title issues to clear up which are understandable when the title goes back to 1904. MnDOT has approved the parcels and requests that all site plans be reviewed by them also. This was done when Dairy ## Queen and Dueling Brews built. MnDOT looks at potential runoff to Hwy 10. There are utility easements that will stay in place. The two storage buildings will be removed as a condition of the plats being recorded. The buildings are located on the proposed lot lines. They will be removed by September 30. ## The Planning Commission supports the plats and has held a public hearing. There were no comments received during the public hearing. Motion bv Doerino, second bv Olmscheid b adopt Resolution 26-60 approvino the ## Pr€liminarv Plat for ## Countnr ## Lumber One subiect to the onditions of aoProval stated in the resolution te:<t. All in favor, moUon carried. ltlotion by Doerino, second bv Olmscheid to adopt Resolution 26-61 apployinq ## the Final Plat for Countrv Lumber One subiect to the condition of aooroval stated in the resolution text. All in favor, motion carried. 8. ## Administrator and Staff ## Reports ## A. Ordinance ## Repealing and ## Replacing the City of Becker City Code - ## In June of 2025 council approved contracting with Americal Legal Publishing to recodify the existing ordinances. Shannon Mortenson explained the process to reorganize. The code will now City of ## Becker ## City Council ## Meetang ## July O7 , 2026 ## Page 1 of 2 be housed online at American Legal Publishing and a link will be on the Becker website. The online code will be updated annually. The budgeted amount for the recodification was $12,000 and the final cost was $11,533.11. ## The new code will go into effect on ## September 1, 2026 which allows time for the police department and county to update their systems. Motion bv ## Dinomann, second by ## Hendrickson b adoot ## Ordinance 303 reoealino and reolacino Citv of Becker Citv Code. All in favor, motion carried. 9. Consent ## Agenda: Greg Lerud presented the following revised consent agenda: a. ## Hiring Termination Report - revised b. Payment of the Bills - ## Authorize the Tuesday, July 7,2026 payment of claims as presented. The claims listing has been provided to the city council as a separate document and is available upon request for public view at city hall. The total claims are $476,865.84. c. Minutes - ## June 16, 2026 Cit/ Council Meeting d. ## Minutes - ## June 16, 2026 Executive ## Session ## e. Committee Minutes - ## Fire Board, Budget & Finance Committee f. MOU with ## City of Monticello o Resolution 26-63 g. ## Donation Acceptance o Resolution 26-62 ## h. Invoice #661615- McDowall Company - ## BCC HVAC i. ## Service ## Agreements with Summit Fire Protection Motion bv Hendrickson, seond by ## Doerino to approve Hre revised consent aoenda as presented and adopt the resolutions, therein, All in favor, motion carried. The Mayor had a phone conversation today with a business owner. ## High praises were given to the staff for economic development. The owner has worked in numerous cities and the best EDA he has worked with was in Becker. They are awesome to work with. Hats off to Jacob, Austin and Caryn. ## The Mayor also had a visit with a resident affected by the Edgewood Construdion. Jerry from SEH appeared and was extremely helpful/knowledgeable to help answer the questions. The mayor had not met Jerry previously and was very impressed. The Mayor also thanked everyone who volunteered for Freedom Days and the ## Freedom ## Days Committee for a job well done. ## There are not any USPS updates. lO.Anniversaries: ## Mayor ## Kolbinger recognized the following anniversaries. ## Part-time: April ## Vedders-S yrs; ## Amanda Krenz-6 yrs; ## Patti Zabinski-8 yrs; ## Dhani Adler-13 yrs. ## Full-time: Mike ## Smith-3 yrs; ## Preston Voigt-s yrs; ## Mike ## Gordon-5 yrs; ## Mark Ebensteiner-s yrs; ## Jacob Sanders-7 yrs; ## Ryan Peckskamp-7 yrs; ## Chad Claassen-8 yrs; ## Rodger ## Bellinger ## Jr.-11 yrs; ## Jeremy ## Halvorson-29 yrs. ll.Motion bv Doerino. second bv ## Hendrid<son to adjourn the meetino at 5:18 o.m. All in favor, motion caried. ## Mortenson, ## City Clerkannon ## City of Becker ## City ## Council Meeting ## July 07 ,2026 Page 2 ot 2