Cruz, the one guy that was here, he got that dive team started years ago and then he this year he wanted to get equipment for if there's ice things, you know, ropes and >> all this stuff. Well, then he went out on vacation for a week. Well, we had a four-wheeler going open ice. Did you see on the news this morning the wind surfer guy in San Francisco Bay that hit a whale? >> What? >> Yeah. >> Google it. I'm like, >> whoa. >> Yeah. >> I was not expecting you to see that. >> Yeah. the odds of that. You better go to Vegas. >> Yeah. >> Oh my. >> And it wasn't an April Fool's thing. >> No. >> Cuz I I got caught before and not realizing April Fools. I saw this thing of >> Ford came out with a new pickup with like a 16T bed and I'm like >> I I sent it to my brother. You see this sort? Yeah. 16 foot bed. This is awesome. And my my wife's like, "Damn, it's April Fools." I was like, Okay, guess we're ready. Uh, call the order of the Lakeland Shore City Council meeting of April 2nd, 2026 is approximately 6:31. Uh, Kim, uh, would you like to take roll call? >> Council member Sher >> here. Council member Zan Miller >> here. Council member Hatton >> here. Council Council member Ericson >> here. Mayor Bishop >> here. Uh, join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, liberty and justice for all. I assume there's no discussion about the agenda. So, uh, could we have a motion to adopt the agenda? >> Motion to adopt the agenda. >> I'll second that. >> All those in favor? >> I. >> Going to two, which is the consent agenda, approval of monthly claims as well as B, uh, January 8th, 2026 meeting minutes. Tim, did I understand that you had found some defect? >> Yeah. Yeah. Nothing. >> Has it been >> has been corrected? >> Oh, yeah. Okay, >> good. Uh is there any discussion concerning uh approval of the consent agenda? If not, uh can I hear a motion uh to approve it? >> I'll make the motion to approve the consent agenda. >> I'll second that motion. >> All those in favor? >> I >> Okay. Three. Um unfinished and new business consideration of resolution number 226-04 fire department vesting schedule change. Would not appear to be anybody here from the fire department, but I think we've all had a heads up uh by Kim sending us the information earlier in the week. Um, would somebody uh like to discuss uh how they're feeling about this or should we just go to a vote? >> Well, we could vote, but basically they're trying to give out more money per year for years of service. As it is now, the li what what do you call it? The liability is like 115%. >> Yeah. >> So, it went down to 110, but basically they're trying to um it it has to do with uh recruitment and retention. Mhm. >> Now that we're going if they increase it or they lower the vesting schedule, um a few a few of the older fellows who are could easily retire, we'll stay on a few more years. And that's big. >> Yeah. >> While we try to get some younger people in there and have the more experienced people, you know, train and help them along. >> So, one of the things is is it's it doesn't cost the city anything. It's in their fund. And so when we say fully funded at 115% of God bless we never had a tragic accident that we had to pay out all that. So that's basically what it is. Uh and to do with their retirement. So they're just lowering it and taking that money to pay put into their fund for more dividends which it doesn't affect anything except brings their benefit up. So >> yeah, that's a good thing. >> Like Tim said, it does it doesn't cost the cities anything. >> Yeah. So, anybody have any questions on that? >> I mean, I'm assuming that the major change that we're talking about here is that we all of a sudden have a fiveyear vesting, >> right? >> Oh, I forgot that they reduced that too as part of it. Yeah. >> And that and all the things the changes made >> they have that's amongst the firemen. So they have their voting, they have a meeting and then they have a voting and discuss it and they're the ones that made the changes to that and approved all the changes to this. So but realize keeping it up at 115 when they retire there's a lot of lot of lot of money on the table. >> Yeah. >> For for the guys retiring. So this has just helped increase that. And again recruitment and retention is an issue. So it helps. >> Sounds good. Is there any further discussion? If not, uh we have a motion to uh adopt or resolution number 2026-04. >> Yeah, I'll make the motion to approve resolution number 2026-04, fire department vesting schedule change. >> Any further discussion? If not, uh all those in favor? I >> I >> Is there a second? >> I'll I'll second. >> Excuse me. Thank you, Kim. I want to rush through this. We'll be done in 12 minutes. Um, under 3B, excuse me, consideration of addition to the 2026 B schedule, burn permit and fire inspection. So, basically the the fire department wants um the cities to collect money so we don't have to, >> right? And the cities have a little more author, you know, leverage. >> Well, so what will the burn permits the the department's going to collect on site when they do burn burn permits, but like an inspection fee, so at the commercial buildings, it it'll be up to us to collect the the fee. Uh we can do it one of two ways where we have them pay for it or I don't know how many businesses that we'd have to have inspected if there's what six or seven businesses and it's just each address and it's the inspection fee is what 50 bucks or 100 bucks and it's one of those things. Do we want to have the hassle collecting it or do we the city and because what's going to happen on that is the fire department's going to bill the city and we're going to have to pay it I don't know if it's quarterly >> or every six months. Yeah. So it might be if they do one at a building, it'll they'll bill us for it and then we have to pay it or try to collect it. But it's mainly on the commercial properties and I look at what those commercial properties pay if we want to just absorb the cost, you know, and see how much it's going to be. So the thinking correctly on this we're talking about just in general I can remember like in Afton where I lived for years uh if I wanted to burn a pile of brush I would get hold of the fire department somebody would come out. Yeah. Okay. >> So now the firemen will collect it. Whoever comes out to get that they'll collect that and they they'll have >> for that's for residential, >> right? and they'll have an app on their phone or it'll be prepaid before or something so they can get that paid for. So that'll be taken care of. >> But it's the like for them to walk through and do an inspection out with these commercial buildings. >> And so that was >> I I'm trying to look at to see what the cost is. >> We had we have the I forgot what it was. It's not it's really not that much. >> It's like 50 >> 50 to 100 bucks maybe. And then if you have to go back >> a reinspection, >> it it may eventually >> if you go if if it's a troublesome, you know, property and has to keep going back, then the the bills get the fee gets larger and larger. >> So if we have like six businesses here and they hit them once a year, >> you know, they pay how much in property tax to the city. If it cost 50 or 100 bucks, you know, city absorbs the cost, but we get it in their property tax any, you know, >> I can understand how we might be collecting it in other ways, but uh does anybody know if they went into the the marijuana store down here and did their annual inspection what it would be on a generally speaking, what that cost would be? I mean, is there I mean, does an inspection I realize it could be different for every building, but I mean, around ballpark figure of what it might cost 150, 200? >> Oh, it's it's less than 100 bucks. >> It's 50 to 100 bucks. I can't remember what the fee did. You have it on there. >> No, I don't. Okay. >> I got it here. Actually, >> mayor and council members, I just wanted to ask how is that fee being collected now? >> We don't. We have none. There's no fee. >> Yeah. So now it's something that the fire department absorbs cuz >> then we you know the you know all other cities do a collection and then we have the firemen go out there we get the you know the hourly rate the paperwork the mileage and all that so it's something for the city >> first one's 50 is >> no but I think we're working on that which we should try to do every year >> and that's what the fire department charges >> makes sense right >> the business but if you're talking six or seven >> said they want to charge I don't think that's invasive to the city. >> They would like us. >> They would like us to collect the money and then pay them a letter out. >> Yeah. And then I guess, you know, you'd have to bill it or the clerk. Okay. Yeah. We could do that, too. Yeah. >> So, it's >> as opposed to property taxes. It's not really fair to >> Yeah. And we could >> we could send have send a letter out to letting them know that this is going to happen. >> Yeah. If the city is aware of >> Yeah. And I would think on that letter it would also say contact so and so to schedule that inspection. >> Correct. Yeah, that's a good idea. >> So the the first the first inspection is 50, the second one's 100, the third one is 150 and then from there it's if it's troublesome then I I think that the fee would be >> right uh determined at that point. So basically, we're going to end up taking what they charge and they're going to bill us. >> Yeah. >> And then we if we so inclined, we can >> Yeah. >> pass it on. Yeah. >> The business. >> Makes sense. >> I know. It's worked pretty well the way it is right at the moment. >> Yeah. But mayor and council members, I just want to clarify the fire department is absorbing those cost, >> right? Yeah. >> Okay. >> Yeah. So, it's good to pass it on. >> Uh, is there any further discussion? >> Nope. >> Okay. And we have a motion to uh um well, it's not really an addition to to the fee schedule, is it? Uh it would be basically a motion to uh to concur in in the uh >> Did you add something to the P schedule? I thought there was >> What was the burn permit, Tim? >> I didn't see anything on >> 25 bucks. Yeah. Burn pits. >> No. the um >> schedule that was adopted in January I included in the packet just for reference. >> The motion would be to add these two things. >> Okay. I'll make a motion to add the in business inspection fee to of $50 for the first visit, $100 for the second, 150 for the third, and then a burning permit of $25 per visit, which the homeowner, the property owner will pay before. So, we just have to be responsible to collect the first one. >> Is there a second? >> I'll second that. >> All those in favor? >> I >> I go to 3C, which is consideration of ordinance number 2026-01, Centerpoint Energy Cast Franchise Ordinance. Kim, can you I mean, can you give me just a or us a little bit of a is this just boilerplate type of stuff that goes on every 10 years? >> 20 >> 20 years. >> Um, mayor, council members, that's why I it's been so long. >> I put in the last agreement for reference and then the new agreement. Um, >> center point had contacted me quite some time ago and I've learned all about this agreement. Um, it is proposed to be another 20-year agreement. I didn't quite understand why we needed to have an agreement because they're you're not getting any franchise fees and Excel is certainly out here. And the explanation I got um franchise agreements between utilities and local governments are not required, but most of the sections in their ordinance site state law and state rules. So, it's basically just spelling everything out, their responsibilities, the city's responsibilities. Um, it's especially helpful if you determine if the city determines that you ever do want to put a franchise fee in because you have to have an agreement in place to do that. the uh franchise uh fee agreement is a totally different ball of wax, different ordinances, different uh and basically that's a a tax that they would put on their energy bills that and then pay the city a portion of that. Um again, if you ever decide that you want to do that, this agreement has to be in place. um they the company is responsible to uh publish the ordinance after it's true and the reason a public hearing was not required is because it's not a land use ordinance. It's just an ordinance. So um I would recommend approval. >> Can we limit a 1% raise per year on gas? >> That would be nice. Well, there is stuff in here that's that's good because like if you if they dig up your yard, they have x amount of day to make it look exactly like it was and whatnot. So, it kind of protects us, but it also gives them the opportunity to >> to do maintenance and whatnot with the >> and I also made it perfectly clear they still have to get right away permits working. >> So, the the the agreement does not uh exclude right away permit. >> Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yep. You're right. Yep. >> Okay. Okay. Is there any further discussion? Can we have a motion to uh for uh passing the ordinance number 2026-01, same point energy gas franchise ordinance. >> I'll make the motion to pass ordinance number 2026-01, Centerpoint Energy Gas Franchise Ordinance. >> I'll sec I'll second it. All those in favor? >> I I >> going to four which is council and staff reports. Uh Kim, is there anything you need to report on? >> Uh mayor and council members just as I mentioned earlier which uh we should not talk about much but uh the city myself is working with W and DNR on some issues that have occurred in Lakeland Shores. Um, also I took a look at your plowing contract, which I had thought expired >> this year7 2027. So that's why that's not on here. >> Um, >> yeah, it goes through 2027. So >> I just wanted to update you on that. >> Did you sign a three three year with them? >> Yeah. >> Is that the the plowing season or does it end Some of them end like March, I'd say. >> Okay, good. May >> because I've seen some where they end on March 31st and then we get heavy, you know, then people are like, "Ah, we don't have a contract." >> Okay. >> Um, mayor and council reports, uh, Tim Schroeder. >> Um, I have nothing. >> Tim Hen, >> I had a bunch of things written down here, but so I'll just skip Why you are you trying to set a record here or what? >> No, no, no. I'm good. I That's it. I don't really have much to say. >> Okay. >> Uh, Council Member Z Miller, >> nothing. >> Mr. Ericson, >> um, other than some concern about, uh, activities that probably shouldn't take place uh, dealing with the, uh, St. Croy River and the Wild and Scenic River. Um, beyond that, uh, there's nothing additional to add. I hope to maybe sometime get together with, uh, John Parero. Uh, we've got a few places that are, uh, looking like we could use some, uh, some sort of spray patching maybe. Um, but I hope to get together with them sometime once frost is out of the ground and uh, look at those. But beyond that, I think uh, everything seems to be running fairly smoothly. Knock on wood. So with that, can I have a motion to adjourn the meeting? >> Motion to adjurnn. >> I'll second it. All those in favor? >> I