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City of OakdaleTranscriptWednesday, February 12, 2025
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[0:04] all righty give me one
[0:07] second briefie this
[0:09] one all right we're going to go ahead
[0:11] and call to order the meeting of the
[0:12] Oakdale city council February 11th 2025
[0:15] Sarah will you take the role council
[0:17] member Moore here council member morham
[0:19] here council member Severson here
[0:21] council member willb here mayor zabble
[0:23] here please join me for the Pledge of
[0:27] Allegiance I pledge allegiance to the
[0:29] flag
[0:30] of the United States of America and to
[0:33] the Republic for which it stands one
[0:35] nation under God indivisible with
[0:39] liberty and justice for
[0:43] all first up on the agenda is the
[0:45] approval of the agenda no changes
[0:46] tonight so can I get a motion to approve
[0:48] the agenda as presented so moved there's
[0:49] a motion is there a second second motion
[0:52] a second all those in favor say I I I
[0:54] opposed and the agenda is adopted next
[0:56] up we have two sets of minutes in front
[0:58] of us for adoption Workshop meeting
[0:59] minutes January 28th 2025 council
[1:02] members any changes or
[1:04] Corrections I'll look for motion so move
[1:06] there's a motion is there a second
[1:08] second motion a second all those in
[1:09] favor say I I I opposed and workshop
[1:14] meeting minutes are adopted next up
[1:16] regular meeting minutes January 28th
[1:17] 2025 any changes or Corrections council
[1:20] members I'll look for motion move
[1:22] there's a motion is there a second
[1:24] motion a second all those in favor say I
[1:26] I opposed and those meeting minutes are
[1:28] adopted no public hearings tonight so we
[1:31] will move into open Forum this is an
[1:33] opportunity for anybody that's joining
[1:34] us tonight that would like to share
[1:36] whatever's on your mind please feel free
[1:37] to step up to the podium state your name
[1:39] and address for the record and proceed
[1:40] with your
[1:44] comments seeing none we'll keep things
[1:46] rolling into consensus motions council
[1:48] members we have a through H in front of
[1:50] us tonight are there any that anyone
[1:53] would like to pull for individual
[1:55] consideration seeing none I'll look for
[1:57] a motion make a motion to approve
[2:00] consensus motions a through H as
[2:01] presented there's a motion as there
[2:03] second motion a second all those in
[2:05] favor say I I I opposed and those
[2:08] motions are adopted next up is our
[2:11] chance to checking with our advisory
[2:12] boards and commissions first one that
[2:14] met was Environmental Management
[2:16] commission last night we had our annual
[2:17] work plan check-in meeting with uh the
[2:19] EMC um at their meeting they worked on
[2:23] their 2025 Communications plan as well
[2:25] as talked about some of the um events
[2:28] that are coming up for the City
[2:30] throughout the year so um they are also
[2:33] at full strength for the first time as a
[2:35] commissional they have seven people now
[2:37] appointed by the city council which is
[2:38] fantastic thank you to all of the those
[2:40] Commissioners for
[2:42] volunteering uh Planning Commission
[2:43] council member willenbring so the same
[2:46] they went through their workplace um
[2:48] discussion for 2025 or their work plan
[2:51] if discussion excuse me and then we also
[2:53] worked on the zoning update
[2:56] project good things uh no other
[2:59] commissions met so we will roll into
[3:02] word of bid nothing staff reports City
[3:04] attorney Jim anything for us tonight
[3:06] nothing specific happy answer questions
[3:08] any questions for
[3:10] Jim let's turn to our right check in
[3:12] with our city administrator miss vulkar
[3:14] anything for us tonight I do not have
[3:16] anything but glad to answer questions
[3:18] anybody have any questions for
[3:20] Chris all righty Council
[3:23] presentations let's look over here
[3:25] Carrie Susie anything no no no all right
[3:28] Gary none nothing how about you I got a
[3:32] few from City uh staff city offices will
[3:35] be closed on Monday February 17th in
[3:37] observance of President's Day regular
[3:38] hours will resume on
[3:40] Tuesday uh there's just three indoor
[3:42] markets remaining for the season so stop
[3:44] by the indoor market on September uh on
[3:47] Saturday February 22nd from 9:00 a.m. to
[3:49] 1 p.m. at the Discovery Center uh lots
[3:51] of great local vendors um offering a
[3:53] wide variety of items uh you may have
[3:55] seen on social media the First wall went
[3:57] up at the new Public Works facility
[3:58] yesterday um construction on the new
[4:01] Public Works facility officially began
[4:03] last October and is expected to open
[4:05] this fall you can follow um all of the
[4:07] construction progress on the project
[4:09] page on our City website Oakdale mn.gov
[4:11] you can also sign up for project updates
[4:14] and uh view construction Time laap
[4:17] images finally uh we finally got some
[4:19] snowfall um so good reminder to
[4:21] participate in Oakdale Recreation snow
[4:23] sculpture contest this year's theme is
[4:26] favorite sport and the winner will
[4:27] receive a special gift basket you can uh
[4:30] submit your photos of your uh snow
[4:31] sculpture until March 31st um for full
[4:34] Contest rules and how to submit your
[4:35] photos visit the city website Oakdale
[4:37] mn.gov
[4:40] council members we have a claims roster
[4:42] in front of us tonight January 29th
[4:44] through February 11th in the amount of
[4:46] 1. 328 million in change uh was there
[4:49] any claims that council members wanted
[4:51] to flag for additional
[4:53] research can I get a motion make a
[4:56] motion to approve claims as presented
[4:58] there's a motion is there a second
[5:01] Motion in a second all those in favor
[5:03] say I I I
[5:05] opposed bills are paid can I get a
[5:07] motion to adjourn so moved there's a
[5:09] motion is there a second second motion a
[5:12] second all those in favor say I I I
[5:14] opposed we are adjourned thank you and
[5:16] good night