--- title: MINUTES author: Oehlke date: D:20260515095313-05'00' --- ## Minutes ## Woodbury City Council Workshop Wednesday, April 29, 2026 Pursuant to the due call and notice thereof, a workshop meeting was held at Central Park, 8595 Central Park Place, on the 29 th day of April 2026. Workshop meeting was a joint meeting conducted with elected officials and staff from the City of Cottage Grove. This was an in-person only workshop meeting. Present: Mayor Anne Burt, Councilmembers: Kim Wilson, Jennifer Santini, Donna Stafford, and Steve Morris. City Staff Present: Jeffrey Dahl, City Administrator; Angela Gorall, Deputy City Administrator; Jim Westerman, Assistant Public Works Director; Janelle Schmitz, Community Development Director; Jason Posel, Public Safety Director/Police Chief; and additional staff in-person. Meeting was called to order at 5:30 p.m. ## Workshop Discussion Items ## Welcome/New Faces, Trivia, Awarding of Trivia Trophy Introductions were completed and a trivia competition between City Councils with facilitation by the Woodbury City Administrator was completed. A meal was then provided and the trivia trophy award was presented to the winning City of Cottage Grove. ## Partnership Updates A series of update PowerPoints were presented from listed partners. Council’s provided questions and comments throughout with no direction provided on future actions or discussions. ## • South Washington County Schools Update (Julie Nielsen, Superintendent) • True Lens Media Annual Report (Ann Schweisguth, Executive Director and Lonnie Garland) ## • HERO Cetner Annual Report (Dan Anselment, Manager) ## • South Washington Watershed District Update (John Loomis, Administrator) ## City Updates A series of update PowerPoints were presented from respective City staff. Council’s provided questions and comments throughout with no direction provided on future actions or discussions. • Water Treatment Update (Jim Westerman and Ryan Burfeind, Public Works Asst. Director and Director) • Public Safety Update (Jason Posel and Brad Petersen, Directors of Public Safety/Police Chiefs) • Development/Planning Update (Janelle Schmitz and Emily Schmitz, Community Development Directors) ## Adjournment Meeting was adjourned at 9:02 p.m. Respectfully submitted, ## Angela Gorall, Deputy City Administrator Approved by the Woodbury City Council on May 13, 2026.