## CityofBecker CityCouncilRegularMeetingofAugust5, 2026 TheBeckerCityCouncilmetinregularsessionat5: 00p. m. onWednesday, August5, 2026, at12060 ## SherburneAvenue, Becker. Present-Councilmembers: MayorMarkKolbinger, RobinDingmann, Rick Hendrickson, MikeDoering, BeckyOlmscheid. Guestswereinattendance. 1. MayorKolbingercalledthemeetingtoorderat5: 00p. m. 2. ThePledgeofAllegiancewasrecited. 3. Changestoagenda: Item8BhasbeenaddedandtheConsentAgendaisrevised. 4. MotionbyDingmann, secondbyDoeringtoapprovetheagendaforAugust5, 2026, asamended. Allinfavor, motioncarried. 5. ## GuestsandOpenForum: ShaneZahrtfromtheCoalitionofGreaterMinnesotaCities (CGMC) ## provideda PowerPointpresentationtoupdatecouncilontheworkofCGMC. Heprovideda legislativerecapwithbondingandhousingbeinga focus. Theelectionsthisyearwillhavean impactonthenextsession. 6. ## CommitteeReports, Presentation, Awards ## TheBudgetandFinanceCommitteemetJuly23. Thefinancialnumberswerereviewedthru ## June 30. ## They shouldbe at 50% or less. ## Expensesin the ## General are at 46.6% ofthebudget. ## Golf revenue is at 57% with expenditures at47%. Past due utilitiesare at $ 10,000whichislow. ## BCC memberships areover 1, 000!! ## ThePlanningCommissionmetfordiscussiononFossum ## Fieldswhichis ontonight's agenda. TheJointPlanningBoardmetonJuly28. Theylookedat twodevelopmentsin thetownship. Onewasplattedandtheotherpulledfromconsideration duetotitleissues. 7. ## Board, CommitteeandConsultantReports ## A. 122nd ## Street ## Road ## Improvements— ## PhilKnutsonprovidedthebackgroundonhowa residentapproachedthecitycouncilinMayforsomethingtochangeon122ndSt. This is a sharedroadwiththetownship. Aftermanymeetingswiththetownshipandtraffic engineers, it wasdeterminedthebestcourseofactionwastocreatea cul-de-sacand stopthroughtraffic. Thecitywillpayfortheentireprojectwithanagreementthatthe township will pay 50%. ## The entire amountis $ 21,755withthefundscomingfromthe ## 2026StreetProject. Thatprojectcameinlowerthanbudgeted. MotionbyDoering, secondbyOlmscheidtoadoptResolution26-70approvingcostshareforthe RoadImprovementson122ndStreet. Allinfavor, motioncarried. 8. ## AdministratorandStaffReports ## A. ## NorthlandSecurities ## TIF ## Assistance ## Professional ## Services ## Agreement— ## Jacob Sanderspresentedtherequestfora developertohaveTIFAssistancetocompletea 56- ## unitapartmentproject. NorthlandSecuritieswillcompletea TIFanalysisbeforemore discussiontakes place ontheuseof ## TIF forthisdevelopment. ## MotionbyDingmann, secondbyHendricksontoadoptResolution26-69approvingtheprofessional ## CityofBeckerCityCouncilMeeting August5, 2026 ## Page 1 of 2 servicesagreementwithNorthlandSecurities, IncforTIFanalysisassistance. Allinfavor, motioncarried. ## B. ## Lift Station # 16PumpReplacement-ChrisLissonexplainedthelocationofthelift station ( intersectionof ## HillcrestCourtand ## County ## Road 24). ## Thestationhastwopumps thatwerereplacedin2019. Thelessexpensivemodelwaschosenbuttheycouldnotbe ## rebuilt. Theprojectedlifewas12years. Oneof thepumpshasfailed. Staffwouldliketo replacebothpumpsandkeeptheworkingonein inventoryforbackup. Fundswillcome fromtheDomesticWastewaterCIPfund. MotionbyDoering, secondbyOlmscheid toadoptResolution26-72approvingthepumpreplacementforLiftStation 16 as presented for a price notto exceed $ 11,400. Allinfavor, motion carried. 9. ## ConsentAgenda: GregLerudpresentedthefollowingrevisedconsentagenda: a. ## Hiring TerminationReport - revised b. Paymentofthe Bills - ## AuthorizetheWednesday, August5, 2026paymentofclaimsas presented. Theclaimslistinghasbeenprovidedtothecitycouncilasa separate documentandis availableuponrequestforpublicviewatcityhall. Thetotalclaimsare 418,266.18. c. Minutes — July21, 2026CityCouncilMeeting d. Minutes — July21, 2026ExecutiveSession e. ## CommitteeMinutes f. ## FossumFieldsThirdAdditionRevisedDevelopmentAgreement o ## Resolution26-71 g. ## PartialPayRequestNo. 2: CapitalPavingfor2026StreetImprovements. Theconstruction contractamount is $ 1, 250,626.51. Thepartialpayrequestis in theamountof 190,811.11leavinga constructioncontractbalanceof $755,698.32 h. ## PartialPayRequestNo. 1: CapitalPavingfor2026EdgewoodStreetImprovements. The constructioncontractamount is $ 2, 086,466.38. Thepartialpayrequestis intheamount of $461,946.65leavinga constructioncontractbalanceof $1, 624,519.73. MotionbyDoering, secondbyHendricksontoapprovetheconsentagendaas presentedandadopttheresolution, therein. Allinfavor, motioncarried. ## 10. AnniversaryAnnouncements: Mayorannouncedthefollowinganniversaries: Full-time: Josh ## Kuha-8 yrs; ## Troy Zwilling — ## 5 yrs. Part-time: KristinFaul-17yrs; JamieLangely-8 yrs; Kadence ## Cox-6 yrs; ## Lily ## Keenan- 6 yrs; LaneenDuke — 5 yrs; ## Macy Spear — 5 yrs. Seasonal: Eli Scheideman — 6; ## Brayden Graning — 5. ## MayorthankedthesevenNighttoUnitegatherings. ThirdStreethadcustomt-shirtsmade. The ## FireDepartmentandPoliceDepartmentparticipatedwiththeAmbulancewantingtoparticipate ## in2027. Theseniorapartmentswereappreciativeofallthestreetrepair. Solicitorsdoneeda ## permitfromthecity. Residentscanrequesttoseethepermit. Businessownersshouldfollow therulesofthecityforpermits. Itemwillbediscussedin SeptemberatanExecutiveSession. 11.MotionbyDoeing, secondbyDingmanntoadjournthemeetingat5: 54p. m. Allin faor, motioncarried. ## A ____!.. vv. ## PT ## ShannonMortenson, CityClerk ## CityofBeckerCityCouncilMeeting August5, 2026 ## Page2 of 2