--- ## author: Sue Barry date: D:20260723134507-05'00' --- 1 ## REGULAR MEETING MINUTES ## OAKDALE CITY COUNCIL July 14, 2026 ## CALL TO ORDER A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Oakdale was held on Ju ly 14, 2026 at Oakdale Discovery Center, 4444 Hadley Avenue North, Oakdale, Minnesota. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Kevin Zabel at 7:00 PM. ## ROLL CALL On a call of roll, the following were present: ## Mayor Kevin Zabel ## Council Members: Kari Moore ## Andy Morcomb ## Gary Severson ## Absent: Council Member Katie Wrich ## Staff Present: Kelli Bourgeois, City Administrator ## Sara Ludwig, City Clerk ## Jim Thomson, City Attorney ## Hannah Dunn, Sr. Community Development Specialist ## Jake Foster, Assistant City Administrator ## Andy Gitzlaff, Community Development Director ## Mikaela Huot, Finance Director ## Nick Newton, Police Chief ## Lori Pulkrabek, Communications Manager ## Cory Tietz, Public Works Director ## Kevin Wold, Fire Chief ## PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ## APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA ## A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MORCOMB TO ## APPROVE THE AGENDA AS AMENDED FOR THE MEETING OF JULY 14, 2026. ## 4 AYES ## APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: Workshop, June 23, 2026 ## Regular Meeting, June 23, 2026 ## Special Workshop, June 25, 2026 ## A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER MORCOMB, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SEVERSON ## TO APPROVE THE WORKSHOP MEETING MINUTES OF JUNE 23, 2026. ## 4 AYES 2 ## A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER SEVERSON, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE TO ## APPROVE THE REGULAR MEETING MINUTES OF JUNE 23, 2026. ## 4 AYES ## A MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SEVERSON TO ## APPROVE THE SPECIAL WORKSHOP MEETING MINUTES OF JUNE 25, 2026. ## 4 AYES ## PUBLIC HEARINGS None. ## OPEN FORUM Mayor Zabel invited comments from the audience. No comments were heard. ## CONSENSUS MOTIONS a) Request that the City Council waive reading and adopt Resolution 2026-41, electing to not waive the statutory tort limits relating to the liability coverage provided by the League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust. b) Request that the City Council approve the noise variance for JW’s Bierstube’s Oktoberfest Tent Party which will be held in the parking lot of Bergen Plaza, 7121 10th Street North, September 11-13, 2026, between the hours of 7:00 PM and 11:00 PM on Friday and Saturday, and between the hours of 6:30 PM and 9 PM on Sunday. c) Request that the City Council waive reading and adopt Resolution 2026-40, Approving Memorandum of Agreement between the City of Oakdale and the Law Enforcement Labor Services (LELS) Employee’s Union, Local 197 (Patrol Officers), relating to Health Care Savings Plan (HCSP) Participation. d) Request that the City Council waive reading and adopt Resolution 2026-39, approving the appointment of election judges for the Primar…

--- ## author: Sara Ludwig date: D:20260709230854-05'00' --- 1 ## AGENDA ## City Council ## Regular Meeting July 14, 2026 ## Discovery Center, 4444 Hadley Ave N ## 7:00 PM ## Amended ## CALL TO ORDER ## ROLL CALL ## PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA (Recommendation: Approve the agenda as presented or as amended). ## APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: Workshop, June 23, 2026 ## Regular Meeting, June 23, 2026 ## Special Workshop, June 25, 2026 PUBLIC HEARINGS: 7:00 PM, or as soon afterwards as possible OPEN FORUM (Maximum time of three minutes per person)* ## CONSENSUS MOTIONS a) Request that the City Council waive reading and adopt Resolution 2026-41, electing to not waive the statutory tort limits relating to the liability coverage provided by the League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust. b) Request that the City Council approve the noise variance for JW’s Bierstube’s Oktoberfest Tent Party which will be held in the parking lot of Bergen Plaza, 7121 10th Street North, September 11-13, 2026, between the hours of 7:00 PM and 11:00 PM on Friday and Saturday, and between the hours of 6:30 PM and 9 PM on Sunday. c) Request that the City Council waive reading and adopt Resolution 2026-40, Approving Memorandum of Agreement between the City of Oakdale and the Law Enforcement Labor Services (LELS) Employee’s Union, Local 197 (Patrol Officers), relating to Health Care Savings Plan (HCSP) Participation. d) Request that the City Council waive reading and adopt Resolution 2026-39, approving the appointment of election judges for the Primary Election being held August 11, 2026. 2 e) Request that the City Council authorize the Mayor and City Administrator to execute the Grant Contract Agreement Amendment between the State of Minnesota and the City of Oakdale for bidding services related to the drilling of new wells eleven (11) and twelve (12). f) Request that the City Council waive reading and adopt Resolution 2026-42, accepting $480,000 in grant funds from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources for the City of Oakdale. g) Request that the City Council waive reading and adopt Resolution 2026-43, Accepting Grant Funds in the Amount of $1,929,000 from the MPCA and the MN DNR to the City of Oakdale, covering operating and maintenance expenses incurred for the testing and removal of PFAS in City wells five (5), seven (7), and nine (9). ## ADVISORY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS ## Environmental Management Commission (no meeting, Council Liaison Zabel) ## Planning Commission (met on 7/9/26, Council Liaison Severson) ## Parks and Recreation Commission ( no meeting, Council Liaison Morcomb) ## Tree Board (no meeting, Council Liaison Moore) ## AWARD OF BIDS ## STAFF REPORTS ## COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ## a) Oakdale Marketplace Planned Unit Development Amendment (Recommendation: Waive rea…