City Council - Regular Meeting

Thank you. Wait, is it Wednesday today? No. I was waiting for you.

after that.

We will start sitting. If you can take the oath of allegiance, then stand up.

America is a country of justice. Because it is a democracy and justice for everyone. A warm welcome to Sandhya and everyone.

Please take the roll call.

Mayor King.

Present.

Council Member Etlar Justin? Present. Council Member Walid? Present. Council Member Baskin? Present. Council Member Bosma?

Present.

Council Member Heli? Present. Council Member Obala? Present. Council Member Fischer?

Present.

Mayor King? We have all of them.

Thank you. Item No. 1 is a proposal to adopt our Agenda. This has been moved forward. Item No. 2 is a proposal to give our Minters the right to vote. Move forward. Second. All parties have opposed. The proposal has been completed. Item number 3 is the agenda of our co-operation. The proposal has been presented.

Second.

All parties have opposed. The proposal has been completed. Let's come to the good points for item number 4. We have Josh Kunzi ready from the very beginning. Our new Austin Fire Sheet. And we are going to introduce him and pin him. Who will introduce Josh? Tiggy, do you want to do it or not? Should I do it? I will be happy to help you. I will just get you out of here, Tiggi. I will just take care of your work as the fire chief. This was a simple change. I will take care of it. I know that it will be a simple change for Josh. Josh is an honored AFD. I know that they are going to do a great job. In the peace process, we had three insiders. It is very good for the three of you to come forward. And I think this is a very good thing that we have such good insiders. It's good to see Josh serving as our fire chief. And now we are waiting for the pinning ceremony. And Josh, who is pinning you tonight? Put your cap on. Okay. Why don't you come forward and do the pinning ceremony? He is not going to wear a cap.

Josh.

What is your wife's name? Darina. Welcome. And now I'll introduce you to Mani Austin Fire Chief Josh Kunzee. I don't need your name and address. You don't need to tell me.

I am very grateful to you for this. When I started working in the fire service for the first time, about 17 years ago, I never thought that I would be standing in front of you today. Okay, 12 years ago, I got my first award and I became a full-time firefighter. And a good friend of mine told me, remember how you are feeling right now. Keep it with you. Write about it, but don't ever forget it. This is the enthusiasm that you will feel. You are going to need it because of Agnishman. Definitely not without Rupsi. For years, I wrote three names in my locker. And every day before going on shift, I used to read them. H. Do you know who they are? H. Troy A. Steeve. I used to see them in every shift because they were on duty. Before leaving, I wanted to remember why I do what I do. These three were the only ones who were unable to take care of the person who was given the post in fire. And these three got a second chance to live with their families. This is why I do what I do. In this summer, when I was preparing to pass through a very tough and difficult process, I was sitting in my own room. I am very proud of the history of Austin Fire. I was happy ever since I started. I always felt that to do good work, to become really good, you need to be good at the game. For this search, I started reading the M County File History Book of my Gills Paldes, Austin Fire. As I studied and researched, I found that the position of Fire Chief in Austin was a very exclusive membership. Actually, there were only 8 people in the 156 years of Austin Fire. Tom Rogan, 1898-1902 Neil Jensen, 1903-1943 John Tavaar, 1931-1965 Earl Blowers, 1965-1970. A. Daniel Miller, 1970-1993. Dan Wilson, 1993-2009. Mickey Haley, 2010-2013. James McQuay, 2014-2026. I am very proud to be number 9. When I thought about what I wanted to say, it became clear to me that this is not just me, but it is our job. No one has been able to save themselves. And this opportunity is no different. As you can see, I got a lot of supporters. And I promise you that if I didn't have my friends and family behind me, this journey would never have been possible. My wife. Kareena. He is the heart of our every plan. And he is the soul of our community. How will he serve us? He is in every work. He works very hard. And finally, IFFF. Local Fine Print Canyard. These people will hate me because I draw their attention. Because they don't pay attention. But they kept me with them. They trained me. They always took care of me. And they tolerated me for many days. And you will never find better firefighters than them. Our community is very fortunate to have them. Thank you, sir. Be strong. Be firefighters. Very good, Josh. And once again, congratulations.

I don't think anyone in this room would have understood that during your speech, we got the news of fire or someone called and they saw the fire. And this is the life that you live and let live. And the citizens of Austin also support it. So thank you. I am sorry that they had to go, but you did a very good job. Thank you and welcome. Okay. Now let's come to the announcement of the welcome week. In the near future, we are going to have a welcome week and I want to read an announcement. The theme of Swagat Sabta 2012 is to welcome America and its members, so that the working communities can be celebrated and their relations can be understood and their relations can be celebrated. The stories we narrate, the courage to connect, to share our experiences, to listen with curiosity and to dare to connect with each other beyond different perspectives and experiences of life. And from 10th September to 19th September 2026, together with communities across the country and the world, we will celebrate those people, cultures, traditions and stories that contribute to the strength and strength of our community. Mujhe shama kare hain humare samudaya ka chanda. Aare ek swaagatiyo ki samudaya banane ke liye sambandh banane, samaane aadhaar khojane aur ye sunisht karne ke liye nirantar pratibhadita ki awashakta hoti hai ki niwasiyon, chahe huve aajivan samudaya ki sadasyahon ya naye parosi ko bhaag lene, yogdaan karne aur apnipan ki bhavana mehsoos karne ke osor mine. And our community is strong when we recognize the contribution of all the people who call Austin their home. We listen to each other's stories, celebrate their festivities, which we celebrate and make them special. And we make a community by making it a more lively and prosperous community. So now, I, Stephen M. King, from the city of Austin, the Mayor of Minnesota, request the people of Austin to join us in celebrating the Welcome Week. Accept the stories that we tell, and feel the need to choose. And continue to lead a community where everyone feels welcome, valuable, and connected. And through this, welcome the 10th of September to the 19th of September, 2026, in the form of the Welcome Week 2026. And Vicky, you are here on behalf of the Human Rights Commission.

Would you like to say a few words and accept this announcement?

Thank you Mayor King, Vicky Spiolski. I live on 1116th Street, North West in Austin. Thank you very much. I am the President of the Austin Human Rights Association. On 31st December this year, as the President, my work will end. Serving in the association has been a joy for me. We are very excited to welcome you as a group during the week. There are many big programs. And that's why I definitely hope to see you there. Obcharik will start this Friday at Cedar River Kisan Bazar. And there will be a lot of activities. So, thank you very much for your time and all those opportunities. There are many opportunities.

I can keep going.

You can continue in the future as well, but thank you very much for your time. For this collaboration in Vividta, which makes Austin such a great and unique city.

Vicky, thank you for your time because your work can end and you can leave Manavadikar Ayog. That is why we appreciate your service. And your welcome should be good.

Thank you. We have the donation of the Rivret Scar Club under the name of Manitapur. And many of them are here from Rivret. They organize a car show every year. What is the name of that park? What is it?

Lafayette Park. And they do amazing work. Every year they try to bring about 300 cars. And sometimes the weather supports, sometimes not. But this is a very clean, very good and running car show. And along with it, registration fees and other things also come with some donations. But John is scared. This is our eleventh year and we have donated to the needy and to the patients. Apart from this, we have also made 23 flag boxes. There is a recovery flag box, just like the Eagles. And VFW, where people leave their flags. We have done this for all Sen Nishakas. That's why this year we have decided to do this for the police force. So next year we will probably do this for the administration department as well. So it's a big deal. And I have got a cheque of Rs. 700 for the police department. And this is going to the PD. So Chief Hartman, do you want to take it now? We will accept it later in the agenda.

He has also spent Rs. 700 from his budget for this.

Thank you John and thank you Riverides. I also know people who don't have a car there. I see a lot of citizens there. The common people of Austin also like to see that place. And you always have enough money for everything, whether they are young or old. So Karshav, we salute your work. We salute the donation given to Diti. You are very wise. Okay, let's move on to the next item. On item number 5, we have a mix of Bigot and Lenin's tax statement application. This is in your packet. It looks like a cornicherry. Is there anyone among the public who wants to speak on this tax exemption? No one is listening. There is a search for a proposal to reject the exemption. A proposal for the amendment.

Parishad Sadashya HAL Parishad Sadashya Fischer Parishad Sadashya Wala Parishad Sadashya Baskin Parishad Sadashya Posma Parishad Sadashya At-Large Austin The proposal has been approved.

Thank you very much. On October 5, 2026, there is a setting for the announcement of the fall. Nusra.

Parishad Sadassi Hel. Me. Parishad Sadassi. Fischer. Parishad Sadassi Waler. Parishad Sadassi Baskin. Parishad Sadassi. Parishad Sadassi Edlajas. Me. Rastav Cheparitua.

Thank you. Item number 7 is our Austin Utilities and Shedding Card. If anyone needs them, if they want to speak at the Murphy Creek substation, then this will be new for us. So, who is it, Tom? Do you want to say anything about this?

You are here. Now you should do something.

I came to meet George. We have a nine-part question for you that you have to answer. Congratulations on that.

So, Austin said that Murphy Creek substation was created last week and according to our agreements with SPA, we needed to make that substation a part of the agreement to make it a part of the agreement. So, just a small administrative step to make it a part of the agreement. Very good. Thank you. And any questions for Parishad Sri Ankar?

A proposal was presented for approval. Second,

Parishad Sadassi Haley. I am Parishad Sadassi Fischer. I am Parishad Sadassi Walar. Parishad Sadassi Baskin. Parishad Sadassi Posma. I am Parishad Sadassi in Bade Austin. The request has been passed.

Item number 8. The Austin Police Department has to accept a donation of 600 or 700 dollars from River Arts Car Club.

It has been presented. Parishad Sadassi Hari. Parishad Sadassi Fischer. Parishad Sadassi Walar. Parishad Sadassi Baskind. Parishad Sadassi Postma. Parishad Sadassi Austin. Prastav Cheparithua.

Very good. Thank you. Item number 9, Municipal Administrator Bharti. First update of the document and approval of the finalists.

Trish. Hello Mahapour and Parishad. Last week, Mahapour King, Parishad Sadassya Haley, and Parishad Sadassya Valar, Dave and I completed the 5-voters of the city administration and they were good. Tonight, two finalists have been given permission to move forward. Two people, Chris Henneman Redwing in Minnesota, who is currently the city administration and Eric Ellis Shri Alice was a municipal administrator in Utah, but due to her wife's employment, she moved to this area. So we hope that you will give your approval to give the last form to both the candidates. I also want to tell you that in front of you and on your seats, for the last hopefuls of the UK, on September 16 and 17, there is a planned program. They will reach Austin on the evening of the 16th, and then on the 17th, there will be meetings with the leaders of the community, witnesses of the municipality, and other such programs. We are still working on it. We will give any logistics or any such thing as the last thing that may be needed. There may be some change in it. This is different from the program that was in the packet because the program that was in the packet was made around the third hope. But we have only two hopes to move forward. So there has been some change in it. Okay, so again, tonight, in front of you, Chris Henneman and Eric Ellis have the permission to move forward as our two city administrators and finalists.

I would like to thank Darsh and Up Samiti and Dev for their efforts. They were a little tired for two days when they become a little longer, but Puri pekriya bahut achi tala se puri hui aur saakshatkar lene wale logon ne ullek kya ki ye bahut ghen tha aur sabhi sawalo ke jawab diye gaye the aur unke paas bahut samay tha. Ye bahut achcha tha. To baas hume umtano ko manchuri deni hai aur fir agle par aage badna hai.

Haan, do finalist ko manchuri deni hai.

Aage badna hai. Doosra sankshay.

Parishad Sadassi Heli Parishad Sadassi Fischer Parishad Sadassi Walar Parishad Sadassi Baskin Parishad Sadassi Postma Parishad Sadassi Austin I'd like to invite the two candidates for the city's administrative, financial, administrative and administrative programs. Please give your consent to move forward. Very good.

Thank you very much. One more thing, I would like to thank the committee that spent time with the city administration and its supporters.

We were hoping for three finalists, and as you know, a person has taken his name back for personal and family reasons. Before that, we would have made the announcement comprehensive. That's why we have only two good candidates. And I appreciate your time and effort. And I like the program that we have put together. I think it will be complete. And I have already decided on two bets for both Duke's candidates, Anuvarti and Shod. And then I will answer their questions and meet them. So that they can be fully prepared for the next two weeks. I will also give them the opportunity to talk to other people in the community about whom they want to get some more information so that they can study us. So I just wanted to say this. We had a new council template. I don't know if you paid attention to it for the council's action or not. If you look at the documents in the documents, Bree has worked on a new template. We shared it with the employees the next day and we are going to use the same format so that the information given to the council remains the same. I wanted to thank the interim principal and I asked him if he will stay here. He said yes, as long as I get the fire alarm and they really get the fire alarm. So, although I can thank you for them, but I will wait until they are ready to do this. He already knew that I was going to do this, so I will save it. And the last thing I have is Julie.

I wanted to share the Austin Summer Reading Program update with you. Both our programmers came together and discussed our summer reading program. So on one page, the theme was shown. Our total share was more than 2600. So forgive us for the summers. The share was really good. This gives you a lot of information about what happened. And then a little more has been told at the back. And I just wanted to tell you that the summer program of the Austin Public Library, Friends of the Library, Celso Legacy Funding, Mau County Horticulture Club, Austin Aspires, JC Hormel Nature Center, and the Mow County Fair, McDonald's, Culver's, and Quikrip's donation was not possible without donations. These contributions help the library to provide free education and entertainment that may not be available to the local families. So this was definitely a collective effort and we support the library for its reading program. Thank you very much. You don't believe anything?

Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing.

Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. I think we had very good candidates. We have identified five very good candidates. And now we are moving forward with two candidates about whom I am excited. Both of them have experience as a municipal administrator. We are not looking for a person who is inexperienced and wants to test his hand in municipal administration. We have focused on leadership, emotional intelligence and technology for them in the implementation process. In my opinion, the city administration has to use technology in the city in this way so that the budget is profitable and the machines can work properly and people have to be given time to work properly. I would also like to say that The best part of the whole process was to hear from the volunteers how they see the city. I think that when you are in your daily life and are dealing with problems, you get very close to it and you don't have much preparation. But the people who see Austin and think about working here talked about the excitement in the city. They talked about the COMP plan. We received a lot of praise for our development plan. He talked about high-level sustainability and he talked about other possibilities. The Whitewater Project came up. There are a lot of good things going on here. And I think that according to the big city we are in, it is very good. We have influenced many people by looking at Austin. That's why I want to remind you all of this. And in the end, I want to say again tonight that the city has received many donations. The Rewards Club donated. People donated for library activities. Whenever we meet, we give donations. And I was really thinking about this. And I feel that this is a vote of faith in our economic processes, our budget, and our spending. You don't donate to a place where you don't feel that they spend their money wisely. That's why I see those donations in this way. I think that we can move forward to make our budget process more transparent for the public. But I believe that our budget is well-equipped with our decision-making materials and community values. And the community sees the value of our work. And that's why we want to support it. That's why we want to support it. I wanted to say this.

Very good. Thank you, Lolly. You're welcome. I just want to read the September verse and I want to make sure that Stephen has the pen and paper, because he has the right to do so. And I have the right to do so for you. And I'm going to try to slow it down for you. Welcome. So, Brody Jensen, 13 years. Travis Kellner, 13 years. Matt Olsen, 12 years. Logan Goskson, 12 years. Brian Schaffer, Apsishti Jal Upchar Syantra, 12 years. Dave Wolf, Saadak Bibaag, 9 years. Rile Donovan, Park Manoranjan, Orwanki, 9 years. Chantry Silver, Police Bibaag, 3 years. Jack Swan, Science Shop, 1 year. Josh Walk, Saadak Bibaag, 1 year. Apart from this, we have some pairs who have been call-fired at Bhutan for 14 years and who have been on the ground for 14 years. Thank you for serving the people of Austin and for your long life. Apart from this, I don't have anything else. I am looking for a proposal to establish our office. That's why I presented it. Second.

Second. Fifth.

I opposed it. We will establish it. We will take an oath of one or two minutes. And the work is done.