City Council - workshop

Carver County
Monday, October 19, 2026Official site

The Carver City Council discussed the proposed 2027 fee schedule, reviewing updates to utility rates, permit fees, civil defense siren fees, and administrative charges.

About this meeting

Government Body
City Council
Meeting Type
City Council
Location
Carver, MN
Meeting Date
October 19, 2026

Published excerpts

Only published remarks appear here. The full transcript is not published.

11 sections (from 12 segments)

5:46 – 5:59•Erik Perschmann

Does that put us in some kind of jeopardy where we're generating revenue from a for-profit organization as a government entity? Is that the issue?

19:37 – 20:11•Erik Perschmann

Where are we going from where we have about two and a half houses an acre? 3 to 3.5. Okay. So we're already. We'll be over $100 an acre then. Even at 35, right? Okay. I guess I don't really have a strong opinion. We're doubling what we're going to get right now. But if there's not an objection to 65, I don't have an objection to that. Yeah, I don't have a really strong opinion either way.

21:47•Erik Perschmann

I was surprised to hear we only had 10% of what we needed to buy the siren.

23:29•Erik Perschmann

I don't think so. Just, I won't look at the camera.

37:10•Erik Perschmann

That's the industry standard, 50 cents per transaction. Even if you buy a 50 cent item with your credit card. Okay.

37:27 – 37:39•Erik Perschmann

I didn't know that they were passing on the exchange. I did not know that. Typically, you were encouraged to use a checking account because there were not fees processed, so that's historically not true.

48:43•Erik Perschmann

Thank you. Yeah, the one she keeps for mine. I put it on the charger, but I must have had the wrong one because it wasn't very fast.

58:08 – 58:37•Erik Perschmann

That's a really good question. A lot of questioning. So the data that feeds into their system, is that exportable into something that we retain? So it may not be formatted in a system they go under. You know, we can't use their system to look through the data, but... could be then imported into something else.

59:06 – 59:21•Erik Perschmann

Just out of curiosity, what is our backup methodology? Do we retain a backup in two diverse locations, so if a fire wipes out a hard drive, we have it somewhere else.

1:00:48 – 1:01:31•Erik Perschmann

Well, there are systems for doing that. Andrew, I don't need to tell you about them. They do exist for the critical data. You know, that's something that I think you guys put together a cost for that. We decide whether or not we want to improve hard storage of some of that critical data. I really worry about cloud as a 100% solution. because of the volatility of those companies. They get bought up. They go out. They go under. They make a mistake and will pay the price for whatever it costs to rebuild that data, looking through the notes from the 80s that are wrong.

1:05:28•Erik Perschmann

Do we have any problem with asset loss? Somebody borrows a generator and forgets to bring it back to work? No, we don't have any of that. That's great.

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