Oakdale Council Approves $1.3M Claims Roster
The Oakdale City Council approved claims totaling $1.328 million during a brief meeting Tuesday evening, covering expenses from Jan. 29 through Feb. 11.
The council conducted routine business, approving the meeting agenda and minutes from their Jan. 28 workshop and regular meetings without changes. No public comments were offered during the open forum portion of the meeting.
Council members approved eight consensus motions without individual discussion. Mayor Zabble reported that the Environmental Management Commission held its annual work plan meeting Monday night and is now at full strength with seven appointed commissioners. The Planning Commission also reviewed its 2025 work plan and continued work on a zoning update project.
City Administrator Chris Vulkar announced that city offices will be closed Monday, Feb. 17, for President's Day, with regular hours resuming Tuesday. The new Public Works facility construction reached a milestone with the first wall installation, and the project remains on schedule to open this fall.
Oakdale Recreation is hosting a snow sculpture contest with the theme "favorite sport," accepting photo submissions through March 31. Three indoor markets remain for the season, with the next scheduled for Feb. 22 at the Discovery Center.
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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
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