City Council - Regular Meeting

It is 7.30.

I will call the regular city council meeting of August 17th, 2026 to order.

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indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. All individuals are asked to either silence or turn off all cell phones, pagers, and other electronic devices that may disrupt the meeting. Approval of the agenda. Approve the agenda as posted in accordance with the open meeting law and herein place all agenda items on the table for discussion. What is the wish of the council?

I'll make a motion to approve the agenda. I will second that motion.

Motion by Council Member Glaze, second by Council Member Meyer. Any discussion? Hearing none, all those in favor? Aye. Opposed? Carries. Approval of minutes for the special work session meeting of August 3rd, 2026, the regular meeting of August 3rd, 2026, and the closed meeting of August 3rd, 2026. Approve. What is the wish of the council?

I'll make a motion to approve the minutes. Second.

Motion by Mayor Zilka, second by Council Member Liljegren. Any discussion? Hearing none, all those in favor? Aye. Opposed? Carries. Approval of bills. We have electronic checks 4405 through 4431 and checks 114789 through 114889 and void check 114786 totaling $1,829,827.57. What is the wish of the council? Make a motion to approve the bills. Second. Motion by Council Member Glaze, second by Mayor Zilka. Any discussion? Hearing none, all those in favor? Aye. Opposed? Carries. Awards, donations, presentations, and proclamations. We have none this evening, so we'll move on to the consent agenda. Under the consent agenda, we have the Animal Control Report, July 2026 receive. Fire Report, July 2026 receive. Heritage Preservation Commission Minutes, August 3rd, 2026, receive. Lower Potency Hemp Edible Retailer Licenses, Quick Trip Inc., DBA Quick Trip, number 1791, approve. Off-Sale Liquor License and Tobacco License, Quick Trip Inc., DBA Quick Trip, number 1791, 14867 18th Street Northeast, approve. Police report, July 2026 receive. Recommendation of interview committee, Taryn Bursch, police officer, accept, appoint. Recycling report, July 20th, 2026 receive. Wastewater report, July 20th, 20, July 2026 receive. And the water report, July 2026 receive. What is the wish of the council? I'll make a motion to approve. Motion by council member Goshek, second by council member Hanson. Any discussion? Hearing none, all those in favor? Aye. Opposed? Carries. Public hearings and lettings. We do have a letting tonight. Recommendation of airport commission, airport pad extensions, hanger paving project, Knife River approve. Greg.

Thank you, Mr. President. In front of you, you have a quote from knife river in the amount of $13,700, uh, between the time that the memo was put together and the packet here, we did get a second quote from Anderson brothers in the amount of $20,265 for, uh, paving in between the airport hanger, uh, pad extensions. We are recommending the council approve this contingent upon the airport commission's, uh, approval as well. And that would be in the amount of $13,700 to knife river north central. and that would be charged to the Airport Improvement Fund.

What is the wish of the council?

I'll make a motion to approve the recommendation of the Airport Commission. Second.

Motion by Mayor Zilka, second by Council Member Lilligren. Any discussion?

Yeah, Council President, if I may. Go ahead. Is this getting shared with the county?

Yes, so the funds that go into the airport improvement fund is 50-50, so the county purchase space in half, the city purchase space with half. We do have funds in there. There wasn't a specific line item for the pad extension for this, but we do have money in the airport improvement fund that we would use for these funds.

We've invested a lot of money into this airport recently, haven't we? All in all, yes, we have. And I'm not saying it's a bad thing. It's just kind of, it seems to be the gift that keeps on giving, and I just want to... Cause this was not budgeted for great.

Didn't we receive a lot of, uh, money that Staber kind of got for us.

And so, yeah, Mr. Staber provided us a very healthy grant. Uh, I don't remember the year, but that was for our crosswind runway. Um, and then we also have. number of grants through the FAA for the hanger improvements. Um, generally those are a 90, 10 split. Um, this one, this is a hundred percent local costs. So we will be, um, using our airport funds for that product. But usually when we see those, those products, there are 90, 10 split, but this one is not an eligible.

And I, and I do remember the 90, 10 split and that makes it very affordable for a community of our size. It's just, uh, This better be, I mean, it's sounding like a pretty nice airport and I'm fine with that. It is, yes. But is this going to come to an end at some point?

At some point, yes. I know we've got a number of projects coming up probably three years out. We'll be looking at some pavement at the main runway, but that's all included in our capital improvement plan for the airport.

Okay. Again, this is not budgeted for. Correct.

Any other discussion?

Oh, excuse me. It's not budget, but it coming out of the airport improvement fund, not the general fund. Correct.

That's correct. It would come out of the airport improvement fund. So we didn't have necessarily a line item for this particular item. Um, like I said in the memo, we did speak with the airport commission back in April. Um, they said, go ahead and move forward with it. They haven't seen. They've seen the Knife River's proposal number. They haven't seen Anderson Brothers' proposal. This Thursday, I've got an airport commission meeting. I would suspect that they're going to approve that number as well. But we do have money in the airport improvement fund that will be used for these improvements.

Thank you.

Any other discussion? Hearing none, all those in favor? Aye. Opposed? Carries. Moving on old business. First item is ordinance number 64, seven series amend city code chapter 10 section 10.1 for disorderly conduct. Adopt Alex.

Thank you. Council president. So this is, we introduced last council meeting is to update our code on disorderly conduct. We wanted to expand on some components that might violate a public meeting just to clarify what is and is not appropriate. There are also a few other updates in language while we were at that to just keep that a little bit more current with laws and standard practices.

Okay. What's the wish of the council?

I'll move to adopt ordinance number 64, seventh series.

I'll second.

Motion by Council Member Lundberg, second by Council Member Meyer. Any discussion? Hearing none, ordinance call roll, please.

Lundberg.

Yes.

Lildegren. Yes. Meyer. Yes. Zilka. Yes. Canaffa.

Yes.

Glaze. Yes. Hanson. Yes. Goshek.

Yes. Carries. Item B, ordinance number 64A, seven series summary publication of ordinance number 64, adopt. Alex.

Thank you, council president. We're just looking for council to adopt the summary publication for that code update.

What is the wish of the council?

I'll make a motion. I'll second it.

Motion by council member Meyers, second by Mayor Zilka. Any discussion? Hearing none, ordinance call, roll please.

Lildgren. Yes. Meyer. Yes. Zilka. Yes. Canafla. Yes. Glaze. Yes. Hanson. Yes. Goshek.

Yes.

Lundberg. Yes.

Carries. Next item is ordinance number 65, 7 series, authorized sale of property, Jesse L. Peterson, adopt. Alex.

Thank you again, Council President. So this sale of property was again introduced last council meeting. This is a small area of land next to our lift station just up the street from here. We are looking to sell that for $6,349.50. What is the wish of the council? I'll make a motion.

Second. Motion by Council Member Liljegren. Second by Council Member Goshek. Any discussion?

Mr. Council President, where does this money go to?

This one in particular would go to the water treatment facility. It's next to our booster station, so the water fund would have paid for that when they acquired it, and that's where it would go back to. Okay. Is that the same as the next one? The next one.

Are the two parcels from 173?

No, those would go in the general fund. Okay.

I do have a question. Mr. President, go ahead. Greg, I, this one kind of slipped by me the last meeting when it was introduced because it was lumped in with lots in a different area. And I remember talking about this one before, but I noticed this property has since sold. Yes. So my question is, uh, is, is this, it's, it's Jesse Peterson. Is that, the current owner and he has sold that. I apologize. He or she, I don't. She, she.

So Jesse was the previous owner. It's my understanding that they are acquiring that property. And then once that property is acquired, it goes with the sale of the property to the next buyer. I'm not sure who the buyer is. Um, but they were waiting on this to approve the sale of it, of the property. So, it says sold, but I don't believe they went through closing on it yet because this would go with that property to the new owner.

And I would also like my memory refreshed for the rationale for this project. Didn't it have to do with some improvements that were looking at being done?

No, they wanted to square up the property. So right now it's kind of a pie shaped. Oh, I I'm, I'm, I'm aware. Yeah. I just, okay. Yeah.

It was just to square it up. I just, I, I'm skeptical of the timing on all of this, right? With the sale.

Any other discussion? Hearing none, ordinance call, roll please.

Meyer? Yes. Zilka? Yes. Canafla? Yes. Glaze? Yes. Hanson? Yes. Goshek?

Yes.

Lundberg? Yes. Lildgren? Yes.

carries next item is ordinance number 66 seventh series authorized sale of property sean mcclure adopt alex thank you again so this is one of those parcels of um land that we discussed previously and again introduced last council when they moved 371 over the city acquired additional land so we offered portions of that to the existing or to the adjacent landowners. So this one and the next one are results of that. So this one would be sold for $1,093.20 and we do have the requirements on there that they need to add it into their existing property. So it becomes one parcel.

What is the wish of the council?

I'll make a motion to approve. Second.

Motion by Council Member Glaze, second by Council Member Lundberg. Any discussion? Hearing none, ordinance call, roll please.

Zilka? Yes. Canafla?

Yes.

Glaze? Yes. Hanson? Yes. Goshek?

Yes.

Lundberg? Yes. Lundgren? Yes.

Meyer? Yes.

Carries. Next item, ordinance number 67, 7th series, authorized sale of property, Dale-Rickstead, adopt.

thank you same as the previous ones a parcel of land from the road moving this is a smaller piece with the same requirements it would be sold for 255 dollars and 24 cents what is the wish of the council i'll make a motion second motion by council member little second by council member lundberg

Any discussion?

I just have a question as to, did we arrive at the prices by how many square feet they're getting? So it's so much per square foot. Okay. Thank you.

Any other discussion? Hearing none, ordinance call, roll please. Canafla? Yes.

Glaze? Yes. Hanson? Yes. Goshek?

Yes.

Lundberg? Yes. Liljegren? Yes. Meyer? Yes. Zilka?

Yes.

Carries. Moving on to new business, first item, Lindbergh Centennial Commemoration Contribution Request Update, approve, Sony. You taking that one?

Thank you, council president. Uh, in September of 2024, the city council approved a contribution request from friends of the Lindberg heritage for $50,000 towards the air show event at the Lindberg centennial commemoration. Uh, this request is funded from the sister city fund. Recent changes beyond the friends of Lindberg heritage have caused the, uh, air show to no longer be happening. So they are requesting that $50,000 contribution to be reassigned to the two-day aviation event at the Little Falls and Morrison County Airport, supporting a public art installation at Le Bourget Park and a parade. And then also I am requesting approval that cash disbursements be able to start in 2026 rather than waiting till 2027 if they need some of those funds in 2026. So the official request is that the city council approve the reassignment with the additional stipulation that city funds allocated for the art installation shall not be used directly or indirectly to compensate any council member or staff for labor materials or services related to the project and authorized cash disbursements in 2026. The total amount of the ask is the same.

What is the wish of the council?

I'll make a motion to approve.

Second. Motion by council member glaze second by mayor Zilka. Any discussion? Yes.

Council president, if I may go ahead. Um, I am a hundred percent for a celebration to, for the limber to commemorate Limerick's flight. And I am a member of the sister city, um, organization. Um, I'm not sure how supporting a public art installation at labor Jay park, got into, I mean, I, I, I understand the money was allocated for an air show. That was, I think it was supposed to be a camp Ripley originally.

It was to take place at our airport, but the, the, um, planes themselves ended up doing an event in Fargo that day instead. That's why they were unable to be here.

I remember hearing about that. Okay. Well, I mean, this isn't a slush fund to support a public art installation. And that was that. that particular project was supposed to come from grant money through the chamber. Um, it kind of seems like, Hey, we, you know, we got this $50,000 and again, I think we should spend that money that has been budgeted for on something cool to commemorate Lindbergh's flight. With that being said, I've not seen, I asked for a mockup of what the art installation is going to look like. does it going to refer to Lindbergh's flight? Cause that's what this money was allocated for. And, um, I just don't understand how that got into what this money was originally intended for. And I would guess I would like to have some conversation about that.

I know I've, I've seen the mockup. It's been a while. Um, we had it at our March, park board meeting. We didn't have a quorum for that one. So we took the input from the individuals that were at the March park board meeting, responded that back to perfect cause they only needed or the chamber cause they only need, they only had like a week after that to be able to give the artists to go ahead on the art. But I can get you what the mockup was. It was essentially, an image before the flight of the flight and then his landing in the parade afterwards, um, was my recollection, but I'll, let me see if I can pull it up.

I, okay. Let me, let me stop. So I requested when they presented that from the chamber that this council sees a mockup of what is intended to go at a city park. Sure. We have not seen that. And I just don't feel comfortable. I mean, I'd be 100% willing to table this until next meeting. And I would like the money to go towards the intended purpose of celebrating an amazing feat of our history. But I'm not comfortable voting for this until I see what type of art project is going into Labrador Jay Park. And I guess I want a few more answers as far as where I understand how grants work. Maybe the grants weren't given. This just seems like we're going ahead with something without having all the information. And my recommendation to the council is we table this until we are presented with a mock-up of the sculpture or what have you going to the park.

There isn't great.

I'm not just, yeah, let me see.

Can you screen share and put it up on the screen?

There isn't a, is there a, hurried rush, time constraint in order to get this done?

No, there is not, Council President. Susie Presapio, representing the Friends of Lindberg Heritage, approached Alex and I about the changes. And as soon as we knew about those, we just wanted to present it to Council because it was different than what the original fund request was for. We didn't want to wait on bringing that to you guys.

And so give me another, help me understand also, how did this artist get the green light to go ahead with this project when there was no funding for it?

That I don't know. That would be a question that the chamber would have.

So I do know that the chamber applied for, I believe as a Laura Jane Musser grant that they were not awarded. They only recently found out that they were not awarded that. So that's where they're identifying that they are lacking, um, some of the intended funds. So they're, they're working on trying to find where that is. Uh, as I understand it, the, um, Lindbergh group, they don't entirely know how much money the chamber. may be lacking. So they want the ability to help fund some of that gap should they need it.

Okay. But again, the artists get got to go. I'm not sure who's the artist by Laura or is I think it's the Laura. Okay.

Laura, there it is.

But, and she was given the go ahead on this project and we have no way to pay her. Chamber will be responsible for that. Yes. Unless we approve this. Ultimately, the money would funnel through the chamber.

It is a chamber project.

I don't like that.

Why are they asking us for the money then? They're not actually asking us.

They're just asking us to use the money for this instead of something else.

The organizers of the centennial event, I forget the name of the group off the top of my head, but they are asking for the possibility to use these funds since they no longer will have the air show, to use those for the...

Um, the two day aviation event, um, supporting the art installation and a parade. Yes.

Thank you. So it's supporting the art being of Lindbergh and his journey being a part of the overall events that are taking place over that time. They get, they do not have, they don't have the dollar amount that the chamber is missing at this time. They are still looking into additional funding. But last I heard, they were short $7,000. But again, they were still looking into additional fund opportunities.

And this artwork is permanent? Yes. And it's like a tile type thing?

It is a metal frame in the park with the stained glass panels in there and also protected

Plexiglas or something like that tell me it would be a permanent correct. So okay.

Can I add in? Yeah, go for it. I Built a framework. I wasn't aware of the new development After listening to what Sony said It says nobody on this council can make a profit from this or I but here I've built it already. So now I have quite an investment. So what's going on here? First time I heard of it.

So any, essentially any funds that come from the city would not be able to go as your council member, um, over to that. So the, the chamber would need to use funds from a different source in order to do that, which they do have a chamber with paying Frank.

Correct.

Okay.

So we just wanted to make sure that there were no blinds crossed there.

Well, I mean, come on. Really? So we approve the money. He needs to get paid also that has come from other funds. Well, conveniently, we're going to approve money to go to other stuff, freeing up other funds. Right. So you can call it whatever you want.

I mean, well, the bigger, and my bigger point is, is when did this artist get the go ahead when there was no money to pay them? I mean, it's beautiful and I'm not taking anything away from the project, but Specifically requested when they were talking about this project that I would like to see What their plans and intentions were this is a city park and this is under our purview, correct? I Mean Frank I appreciate you building the stand but there is no go-ahead From anybody on this council that this project is going to happen.

It's a chamber project But it's not they're asking for money This is after the fact. They're not asking for it. This is something.

What are you talking about? They're asking for $50,000.

We don't even have a number for this for this artwork that and it's beautiful. I think it's a great piece of artwork and I'm very happy with this that this is what it was. So I'm thankful I could see the mock up. What's the number? Everything else we do on this Council is it costs this much. We need to make this decision. It costs this much. We need to make this decision. We're just approving. Willy-nilly, am I mistaken? Am I not making any sense here?

I guess just to kind of pull this all together here, from what I'm hearing from all the comments that council members are making, that maybe we need to have a little bit more clarification on this project and the funds and where it's supposed to go. I think right now we're kind of guessing as to what's going on, what's happening, who gave the artists the... permission to go ahead and do it and all that kind of stuff. Um, I think maybe if we would table this, uh, until our next meeting and gather more information, um, so that staff can, um, give us a little more detail of what's happening here. I mean, I understand the process that the $50,000 for the air show, we already said, go ahead with that. but it's not happening. So now they want the $50,000 to go to some other activities that we didn't know much about um until this evening whatever so um i think a little more in-depth report from the staff detailing some of those expenditures and what they are for and who's asking for it and then bring that back to us would give us a little more clarification um and to help us make a decision um does that council does that kind of sound oh no i think if you've got a motion on that you need to get that motion passed or not passed

Correct?

Well, either that or table it.

Well, I'm not in favor of tabling, so.

But I do have a motion on the floor. Yes, you do. I think to table it's a good idea because there's some people unsure of what's going on, me included. It'd be nice to get this all set forward and straight in everyone's mind. So if we table it, it gives us a couple of weeks to kind of get the information. I would agree and I appreciate that.

I would like more information.

So then I guess I'd ask Council Member Glaze if you would want to rescind your motion.

No, I'd like to see a yea or nay on who wants to do it and who doesn't. I would like to see that, if that's okay.

That's a general consensus of the whole council and that's fine with me.

If we vote for it, then... We go ahead with it.

We go ahead with it, yes.

If we vote no, then we don't go ahead with it.

Right.

So now we have no information. If we want more information, my recommendation would be that we would rescind your motion and table it. until our next meeting in two weeks.

I think we understand the process, Mr. President, and I can appreciate Council Member Glaze's position. He made a motion. He wants a vote on it, up or down. Up or down.

That's all there is to it. If mostly Council wants it, yes. If not, no. Then that's fine. We can table it. But I'd like to see what everybody else wants to do by a vote.

Hold on a sec. Okay. I think that just at our last council meeting, we passed a new, how things are going to be done at council. And I think tabling it was on that. And I think we have a rule about that.

Do you have that policy, Alison?

It was a new policy. We just passed it and I'm pretty sure it said that anybody can table it at any time for any reason, but I want to double check that.

That would have been an amendment to an existing policy. I think that would have been in there originally.

Um, and it would have been two weeks ago at our council meeting or maybe four weeks ago.

Was it policy 13, the bylaws? I think so. OK, I'm just going to pop it up.

OK.

Unless specifically noted in the policy, it's, it still needs the vote with the majority, but I don't believe we modified that in our policy.

Is that the end of it?

I don't know if it's this one.

We just approved it a couple of weeks ago.

However, with standard Roberts rule of order, you vote immediately on the requested table.

Regardless of whether you have a motion on the table.

They didn't cover this in school.

GREG BRUDNICKI. Greg, while we have a little downtime here, do you have any ballpark of how much the artwork is going to cost? GREG BRUDNICKI. I have no idea. I'm not sure. GREG BRUDNICKI. I think we should table.

Council President, if I may, just to make sure that we bring back the correct information. So again, this is being requested from the Friends of Lindbergh. I just lost my page on here. I apologize. Friends of Lindberg Heritage is who is actually requesting the funds from us, not the Little Falls Chamber, not the artists themselves. So what I can do is reach back out to Friends of Lindberg Heritage to find out what the breakdown of funds is that they're requesting for that two-day event, the parade, and then the art installation. As far as the total cost of the art installation, is that what we're also looking for, even though we're not funding that?

Yes, or what our portion out of this $50,000 would be.

So what our portion is of the $50,000, how that's being dispersed.

Yeah, I guess I want as much information as possible so I can make the best decision possible. So I want to know how much the art costs. And I would also like to know what portion of that $50,000 they intend to pay the artist. Or if that makes sense.

How much of the $50,000 goes to each of the three categories that they're requesting, as well as how much the total art installation costs?

I think we can go deeper than that, than just the three. How are we coming up with $50,000?

So what the total?

We allocated it.

It was allocated in 2024. And again, that's why I'm bringing it. We're bringing it back to council to make sure that, um, with the changes, this is something you guys want to do. I just want to make sure that we get all the correct information so that you guys have everything you're looking for at next meeting.

I would like to request a copy of the original agenda item so I can see how that's worded when we approved it. the first time around to see how it compares with this new item.

Correct. I was not here, but I believe based on the notes I've seen, it was just during budget planning. I don't know that it was a formal agenda item.

Correct.

That's what I understand as well. Well, that's another host of problems then, right? Because we can budget for all kinds of things, but that doesn't mean we've then locked ourselves into spending it.

Correct. Again, that's why it's coming forward to you today.

Right. So we really haven't, we budgeted for it. We didn't award it. We, so we haven't approved anything till this point.

Correct.

Okay. Thank you. Greg, you have a, yes.

So I'm looking at my handy dandy cheat sheet here for Robert's rules of order. A motion to postpone has a higher rank than the motion to approve. commit or take precedence on something. Um, so if there was a motion to postpone, you would have to vote on the motion to postpone before you could vote on the motion to either approve or deny something.

So I believe I made a motion to postpone.

Oh, wait a second. I don't want to get him on the table. I'm just talking about, so what, what you're saying is according to Robert's rules, a motion to, Table or postpone, pick your term, takes precedence over a motion to approve.

That's correct. That's what it's telling me.

That is a hole in Robert's rules of orders. That can be absolutely weaponized.

That's ridiculous. I'm not looking for that, and that's not my intention by any straight.

I think according to what we have going on the floor right now, according to Robert's rules, which we follow, there was a motion to postpone discussion on this agenda. Do I have a second to that motion?

Yes, you do. I'll second that.

So there's a motion to postpone from Meyer a second by council member Hanson. Okay. Now, discussion on that or just we go right to it? We have discussion? Yeah. Any discussion on that?

That takes president over my motion to approve or not to approve. Correct. Okay. That is correct.

Correct.

Okay.

If that's what Robert said, I guess.

I think Colonel Roberts got this one wrong.

There it is right there. Me too. I think that's wrong. Let's kind of wait here and take turns, please.

Yeah.

Any other discussion? Hearing none, all those in favor of the motion to postpone, say aye. Aye. Opposed?

I abstain. I'll just abstain. I don't know where I'm at with this one.

Well, I oppose it, but that doesn't matter.

OK. Motion carries. So we will postpone this until our next meeting, and we'll get further facts for more discussion. OK. And I'll remember that for next time. All right, moving on. Ordinance number 68, amend city code chapter six, business regulation and licensing. Section 6.01 definitions and section 6.63 lodging tax. Introduce Sony.

Thank you, Council President. Staff is requesting ordinance number 68 be introduced. The amendment is to update the language in the definition to make it clear that short-term lodging and vacation home rentals, such as Airbnb and VRBO, are covered by this ordinance and are subject to the lodging tax.

What is the wish of the council?

I'll make a motion. I'll second it.

Motion by Council Member Liljegren, second by Council Member Lundberg. Any discussion?

Yes, I have one question.

Go ahead.

Thank you. Does that include people who come here to work at, say, a place and they rent? Is that included in lodging tax too?

Yes, with this update, any short-term rentals. What it'll say is- 30 days or fewer. Yes, short-term rentals and vacation homes, 30 days or less. Thank you. So it clarifies that much better than it used to.

Thanks, Melanie. Council President, if I may? Yes. And to clarify, this 3% lodging tax is supposed to go towards tourism.

It goes to the Little Falls Chamber designated for their tourism budget. For their tourism budget.

Correct. So what used to be Visit Little Falls or the Tourism Bureau, It's supposed to promote these Airbnbs and these businesses in that sort.

Among other things is my understanding, but correct.

Among what other things?

Other hotels, other tourism items, all tourism items, not just Airbnbs.

The reason why we're charging this tax is to hopefully benefit them in the long run in advertising Little Falls. Okay.

Any other discussion? Do I have a motion to introduce?

Second. Oh, we don't need to. It's an introduction. Nevermind.

Okay. Moving on resolution in 2026 dash 47 call for public hearing. Assessment role for delinquent utility charges, miscellaneous charges, and administrative offenses. Adopt. Soni.

Thank you, Council President. Staff is requesting City Council adopt Resolution 2026-47. The attached resolution details the amounts of each type of charge that staff is presenting. that may ultimately be assessed against the responsible party. Actual anticipated amount to be assessed once this process is complete is less than what is presented. The numbers presented on the resolution are the highest amount that could be assessed.

What is the wish of the council?

I'll make a motion to approve.

Second. Motion by Council Member Glaze, second by Mayor Zilka. Any discussion? Hearing none, resolution call. Roll, please.

Glaze. Yes. Hanson. Yes. Goshek.

Yes.

Lundberg. Yes. Lildegren. Yes. Meyer.

Yes.

Zilka. Yes. Canafla.

Yes. Carries. Resolution 2026-46, supporting Sourcewell Public Safety Impact Funding Requests, Public Safety Equipment Modernization Project. Police Department, adopt.

Thank you, Council President. Regarding Resolution 2026-46, the police department is requesting approval to apply the Sourcewells Public Safety Impact Funds Program for up to $50,000 to assist with the purchase of updated portable radios and a new equipment trailer for the police department's firearms use of force and other training programs. Many of the portables we currently use are obsolete, out of production, and no longer being supported with updates or replacement parts. And of particular concern is that many of these radios cannot utilize the highest level of encryption, which is being considered by the Morrison County Sheriff's Office. In addition to that, the police department is also seeking to replace its current training equipment trailer. Over time, the department has updated and expanded its firearms and use of force training systems and targets. This newer equipment is substantially heavier and requires more storage. The existing trailer can no longer provide adequate payload capacity or space. Uh, source wells, public safety impacts funds program allows eligible public safety entities to request up to $50,000 for projects addressing, excuse me, addressing critical equipment and technology needs. There is no match requirement for these funds and applications for the current fiscal year are due by September 23rd. Uh, police departments requesting authorization to apply for up to $50,000 towards the purchase of the previously mentioned equipment. If the combined project cost exceeds the amount awarded through source, well, additional expenditures would be addressed through the appropriate city budget and purchasing process, uh, specifically the public safety funds. The action request is that the City Council adopt Resolution 2026-46, supporting the submission of a grant application to Sourcewell's Public Safety Funds Program for up to $50,000 for the Public Safety Equipment Modernization Project. Thank you. What's the wish of the Council?

Move to adopt Resolution 2026-46. I'll second.

Motion by Council Member Lundberg, second by Council Member Meyer. Any discussion?

TODD BANDUCCI. Alex, do I need to abstain? CHRISTIE WOOD.

I do not believe we have in the past. TODD BANDUCCI.

OK. CHRISTIE WOOD.

But I mean, better safe than sorry if you'd like. TODD BANDUCCI.

I'll vote.

TODD BANDUCCI. Any other discussion? Hearing none, resolution call. Roll, please.

Hanson? Yes. Goshek?

Yes.

Lundberg? Yes. Lildren?

Yes.

Meyer?

Yes.

Zilka?

Yes.

Canafla?

Yes.

Glaze? Yes.

Moving on, we have announcements. I have a few here. First of all, announce that Habitat for Humanity is having their groundbreaking on August 19th at 4.30 for anyone that would like to attend that. Another one would be The View on 7th, which is the new apartment complex. They are having their grand opening on August 25th at 3.30. And the third one is the We Are Water splash pad party on August 20th, and that one's from four to seven, four to seven. Council members, everybody can attend if you want to because it's already been posted. So on any one of these three days, fun things that are happening in Little Falls, please consider joining. Any other announcements? Hearing none, I'll adjourn the meeting at 8.12.