City Council - Regular Meeting

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

The New Ulm City Council approved a microdistillery cocktail room on-sale license, discussed the safety action plan and complete streets policies, authorized a PFA grant note for lead service line replacements, and accepted the proposed 2027 initial budget and tax levy.

About this meeting

Government Body
City Council
Meeting Type
City Council
Location
New Ulm, MN
Meeting Date
September 15, 2026

Transcript

36 sections

5:05 – 6:54Speaker 3

Good Afternoon. It is 4.30 pm on September 15th, 2026. I will call the CET Council in New London to make an order. First of all, it is an agreement agenda. Counselors, what are your wishes? That's it. Secondly, we have a promise. Is there any more discussion? Those who agree are called I.I. and send a signal. Are there those who oppose? That is the main obstacle. Next is the 2.1-year sale of the Microdistiller Cocktail Room on Sunday. From 16th September 2026 to 27th June 20. By the end of June 30, Black Frost Distilling Ltd, Company 201, 1st North Street Deck, Ant Patio, is offering an on-sale Microdistillery Cocktail Room on Sunday. 2. We have a second opinion. Is there any more discussion? 3. Are there any opponents? 4. Are there any opponents? 5. Are there any opponents? 6. Are there any opponents? 7. Are there any opponents? 8. Are there any opponents? 9. Are there any opponents? 10. Are there any opponents? 11. Are there any opponents? In that matter, I decided to talk to the President Veteran again. The general things were the only things that were done. I also participated in the Chamber of Commerce CEO Panel meeting in Shelsburg. I gave a lot of details about what these businesses are doing, including big corporate companies. The 700 people were appointed by a man who appointed 12 to 13 people. It was very pleasant. A work session we conducted last night on the development of the parks in Wauwee includes parks and necessities. It will come down from the pipe. The staff will give instructions on what to do more and you will hear about it in 2027. That's all.

6:54Speaker 1

Thank you. Pastor Smith. Yes.

6:57 – 7:56Speaker 3

President and Council Christian. I haven't had an HVC meeting or cable communications meeting. I had previously reported on the Convention on National Social Protection. But I was able to participate with the CEO panel of the Chamber of Commerce Council, Christine Oppam. I found that it was very informative and informative. Thank you. Um, the Mayor has always had good points, so I'll go. I'll leave her as the last one. Um, yes, um, um, eeda, just um, like a joke. For businesses, landowners, business owners, and those who buy a house for the first time, we continue to review and update some of the programs we have obtained. So, if you have any questions about it, our website has a lot of information on that. Thank you. Mayor. Oh, a few things. Oh, first of all, I got a chance to take a photo with them to see the new Ulam Rajakudam banks.

8:04 – 9:32Speaker 1

It was wonderful to share with them about their methods and the benefits of serving as members of our nation. Oh, I took part in one of the panels of Hype, encouraged the Chamber and Chadanga to become members of your community. Various different organizations were interviewing their volunteers. I am happy to have sat on that panel. I participated in the Human Rights Commission, and they made the welcome procedures for this coming Friday the last. Oh, let's paint the rain. I don't know what the purpose is, but it will be the parking lot near the CET Hall building. Oh, the purpose of this again. Our Human Rights Commission is sponsoring a welcome ceremony to welcome the people of this community who are aware of the services and opportunities that New Ulmil has received. Therefore, I urge all of you here today to participate in that ceremony. If you can. On the other hand, there is a report by EDA that the commission has offered $800,000 to Oak Hills for the new Oaks Furnishing on the Garden Terrace. I am informed that they are on their way to accept the tenants.

9:36 – 12:09Speaker 3

I believe it is on March 1, 2027. Thank you. Amazing! Do you have any other updates? Thank you. The next 4.1 is Ordinance No. 2026-116. This is the second section of the Civil Code. Good Afternoon, Oh Good Evening, Council President, Councilors. I would like to note that this Ordinance should include the approval of the Assembly that is going to be announced in the General Assembly. There have been no changes since the first hearing. We received a phone call about the change in this ordinance. In fact, they complained. Thanking the city for giving us other opportunities to stay in the old retail area of New Ulm. Thank you Madam President and councillors for giving us a second chance. There is a new safety action plan for Complete Streets Police and Crosswalk Police in the old business. Thank you Madam President. As you know, our action plan for the development of the complete streets policy and crosswalk policy has been updated by the city as SRF Consulting Group. We are here as the SRF Consulting Group to conduct an announcement on the progress of the implementation of this project. We are interested in your comments on the ongoing announcement. So, I will hand it over to Nicole. Thank you. Thank you.

12:09 – 25:06Speaker 2

I am happy to see all of you again today. I know that we have seen a lot of things here in the last two weeks. But as Joe said, through the two steps here today, through the two steps to move forward with the security action plan and through the two steps to move forward with the security action plan and through the two steps to move forward with the security action plan and through the two steps here today. Then, what will be the change after accepting the aim here on September 1st? So, two weeks ago, you all accepted the aim of the security operation. We announced the security operation plan to the Security Commission here. They gave a recommendation. We also announced it at the Steering Committee meeting. There, they were given the opportunity to give their opinions and make a significant announcement. We have reviewed those regulations and adopted some of them from the MNDOT. All of them have been completed today and have been included in the last safety action plan. The safety action plan and two laws that we are implementing are to be adopted. There is a crosswalk law and a complete street law. Again, this is important in 2024. All of you have been provided with SS-4A protection assistance, so we will fulfill those requirements and complete your program federally. There are seven steps in the eight steps of forgiveness, or the seven steps of protection. We will review each of the steps starting from the first step. So, one year before the start of the plan, we used a planning group. It was counted as a steering committee. 14 members, CET staff, school board, county members, police, county commissioner, Heart of New Ulum, Madalya and others were present. They immediately agreed to the development of the security process, reviewed each step, gave feedback on the different actions to be taken, and continued. When the actions continue and the actions continue, they are there as a voice board to help you achieve your goals in the city of Joy. The goal adopted last week is to create a vision that says that traffic deaths and heavy traffic jams should be performed on all roads from 2045 onwards. The intermediate goal is to reduce these accidents by 50 to 60% within 10 years. To continue, the goal is to make the safety measures in place. Today we are going to talk about various factors, safety measures, safety measures, procedures, and different funding opportunities. For your goal to be achieved, there is a department that helps you recognize different actions and different ways to accept them. There is also a security operation system. There is also a series of continuous investigations and investigations. So how can it be inspected every year? There are also investigation tracking options. The practice, the new Avalokanam, and the various different methods and methods that are available to the public and the nation to see the best ways to move forward in New Ulam Nagar. Therefore, there is a department that not only looks forward to your city rules and the best ways to move forward in other cities, but also to your safety. The two different rules here today are the crosswalk rule and the full street rule. Therefore, it is new to the city. The aim of this project is to ensure that the crosswalk system is developed in a safe way, and that the crosswalk markings in the city are always in place. In addition, there is a process for independent ships. There are regular jobs to be done to determine whether or not there are crosswalks or how to make them walk. This is a policy that was developed because of this. Secondly, these are complete streets. This was an update to your existing policy. This is a decision-making tool or a way of direction that specifies that there should be streets for all users, whether it is the shape of the city or the construction or anything else. Therefore, when you set up new projects, this rule is a special check sheet for all users who continue to improve their skills. Therefore, this is the second rule to be adopted today. There were also many odd jobs that were completed in two sections outside of the new Avalokanam. At first, there were four individual events, of which more than 150 people participated and talked to them. We helped them to understand the places in front of them. In the second phase, we examined the listening group sessions with more depth and focus. In addition, we sent our staff members through Herman Express Transit to re-understand what are the major problems for transit users reaching the stops. We also conducted a mail-in Garhika survey. Those who could not participate in it were given the opportunity to give their opinions through a survey. There were various different themes that we adopted from these activities to help inform the decisions made in the past and in the future. Therefore, we heard that it was a great pleasure to be a part of a community, especially in the primary schools and later in schools. We also heard that there is a doubt about when the six-way road should be closed, and that it is only an exception to the most possible difference, and that there are still some unusual places or rivers. In addition, we heard that there are efforts by the government to ensure that public crossings, attention is paid to bike-related activities, that there are no networks for those who enter and ride bikes, and that there are long-term traffic jams on the roads and sidewalks, as well as that there are efforts by the government to ensure that the enforcement of careless driving, speed, and change-making efforts are established. Our conservation project took two different paths, and we had a historical crash project that examined the accidents in the last five years. So, we examined it specifically from 2020 to 2024. Again, when we started this project, it was the years of accidents that we had achieved. So, at that time, there were 655 accidents in that five-year period. One of them was a road and 15 other dangerous roads. We saw that most of the accidents were related to the rivers. Apart from understanding the general history of accidents, we also developed the high-speed railways that you see on the right. There is segmentation on Broadway, Garden and other cross-streets. However, in the five-year period, accidents that were not important to you or were dangerous occurred there. Instead of helping us to understand where that calmness is happening, we have included a small test in Gurudharam. Therefore, it takes about 7 miles from all roads in the city, which is below 70% of all your Gurudharam accidents. In this experiment, we found out that the majority of those places are in residential areas. Therefore, the MNDOT and the counties in those areas will continue to help. In addition to the historical accident events, we also added a more detailed description of where the accident took place and where the historical crash took place. Four specific accident profiles came to the fore. Signalized roads were the places where the roads were actually destroyed. We were once again reminded of the safety concerns we had heard from the people who walk to designated destinations and cycle around the world. So, in these signalized boats, we found that those places were surrounded and there were three types of accidents in those places as well as some types of emergency accidents. There have been about 48% accidents on the roads that have been destroyed. For the safety of those who continue to walk and cycle to destination destinations, we have restored those places in schools, municipal buildings, parking lots, and major shopping areas. On the other hand, we have added the Munkananashrungala, which shows the different features and prices of your most popular segments and stations, which are related to the city, to show the problems and problems of the road. Again, you are going to see Broadway, which is in the middle. Then you have to pay attention to the fact that even if there is a segmentation, you have to make sure that those stations are in that segmentation. There are a few unique cranes in the entire area, but those cranes have reached the front. Again, where did the most community input come from? I know that you have seen another part of the project together. This is the project selection tool. Therefore, this is only an application that helps to decide which projects should be implemented in those high-end places. This is a spreadsheet that can be filtered. This will continue to discuss about county and state intersections, and will start the discussion again and will provide opportunities for cooperation. This is the last chapter of your security operations as a snapshot of your ongoing operations. All of this brings together and reaffirms the permanent operations and activities that you intend to carry out. There is a target of 1 million in 2027 to raise funds to re-establish high-rise areas. It is also a goal to ensure sustainability throughout the year. In the next two years, the roadway infrastructure that needs to be developed here will also be included in this. In addition, I will ask Joe to go through the challenges and challenges through questions.

25:08 – 25:34Speaker 3

Thank you, Nicole. Counselors, do you have any questions or any information related to this process? What did you observe and think about community input rather than doing similar reports in other communities? Do you know what is up and down, what is up and down, what is up and down, what is up and down, what is up and down, what is up and down, what is up and down, what is up and down, what is up and down, what is up and down, what is up and down, what is up and down, what is up and down, what is up and down, what is up and down, what is up and down, what is up and down, what is up and down, what is up and down, what is up and down, what is up and down, what is up and down, what is up and down, what is up and down, what is up and down, what is up and down, what is up and down, what is up and down, what is up and down, what is up and down, what is

25:37 – 25:52Speaker 2

Usually, we thought that if we use more input or feedback using interactive maps or maps, we would get more results. We were surprised to see how much input we got from the first day when we returned the location. Next slide.

26:14 – 26:56Speaker 3

I would like to say that we liked the idea that the interest of those participants, the interest in it, and the huge movement of different organizations started. Yes, when we thought about the characters in the steering committee, we tried to draw that picture using a large brush. That's right. So, from all the different users of our community and our Gathakadu Shrinkale, we got all the necessary resources and resources. So, we are very happy with the people who participated. In addition, I appreciate that the public participation was more than I expected. and we also did paper mail-in surveys, we got it. We got 40% or 50% mail-in surveys.

26:56Speaker 2

We conducted the mail-in surveys with our goal.

26:58Speaker 3

They were inspiring even the participants. Therefore, I am very happy that our community has survived through this process.

27:12Speaker 2

I am happy to hear that.

27:14 – 27:54Speaker 3

So, I can move forward. President, I don't have any questions, but I only have a few comments. First, I would like to thank you for this action, this method, and this action. As Councillor Christine said, I am grateful to you. The entire community of the 14 parts of the Steering Committee and the professionals who have helped us in this process are a great union. I think it is amazing that we did this and we are completing this. I am very happy to announce a proposal for a new security system, a new street and a new crosswalk. Secondly, Thank you. We have a proposal and a second one. Is there any more discussion?

27:54Speaker 2

I was going to ask the Mayor. You are the head. Since this is such a big thing, I was wondering if you had anything to say about it. I am eagerly waiting to see what we are doing to make it happen.

28:13Speaker 1

Again, it is not good to make any action plan or plan like this happen again. So, we will take care of it. Thank you. Is there any more discussion? Those who agree are giving suggestions by saying yes. Is anyone against it?

28:22Speaker 2

That is the main problem. Thank you very much. Under the new business, the current issue of $6.1 million is still pending.

28:28Speaker 3

We have Mr. Stortheim. Hello? Oh, no.

28:42 – 29:28Speaker 2

Council President, Councilors, this is a grant funding from the Minnesota Public Facility Authority under PUC. And the grant is $1.5 lakhs. We have to deposit a temporary note to pay off the previous expenses. If the project is completed, we will return that debt. It was a grant fund. Most of the projects will not be implemented in the local level. This will come out of the PUC revenue. Therefore, there is no real possibility of a disaster in the city. The only thing that needs to be completed as a base for this project is the paperwork. As the grant funds are received from the PUC year-on-year, this will be an important matter. In this way, all the lead service lines will be able to complete these projects.

29:32 – 31:25Speaker 3

Thank you. The two things I have to pay attention to are that we are not interested in this note, so it is very important for our people to understand that. Secondly, we are getting this money from the PFA. As you know, all these communities are not getting money for the change of the lead pipe infrastructure. However, this is a problem because the infrastructure that is being used by the communities outside our country and outside it is being used. And this is one of the things that really helps us to get rid of our expenses for doing this job. The people who sent us the surveys and stuff we sent earlier are still helping us to find out more about this. I had a question, but this may be a question for Chris as to where these replacement lines lead. Will the residents get any help to pay for their replacement and other expenses? Therefore, I think that they are trying to conduct about 70 replacements and they are giving priority to anything related to children. Therefore, day care centers and so on will continue to disappear. When it comes to residential facilities, if the urban area of the new building is less, we will increase it by a little residential area. But this is looking at about 70 lines that are going to be replaced using this $1.5 million, using 73 lines. Okay, so this is not going to solve all of our lead pipe replacement problems. But this is a very good start to what we have to do. Therefore, I am happy to have worked with you as a finance director. Therefore, before the arrival of the grant money, I would like to make a promise to the Minnesota Public Facility Authority to provide a $1 million dollar note to the Mayor and the Director of the Finance Department for the transfer of the lead service line. Secondly, We have a second promise. Is there any more discussion?

31:25 – 31:44Speaker 1

Yes, my small discussion is that I am very happy to be working with you in the transfer of the lead line. Thank you very much. Isn't there a mandate for 2030 to be completed? Or isn't there a mandate for any of the projects that are going on there? I think it's 2040. 2040? Okay, that means more.

31:44Speaker 3

There is time, but to make sure that there is funding in the coming years, we are still working with the legislation. Every year?

31:56Speaker 1

Hi, City Council President, Council members. I am Dev Borchardt, a police officer in New Ulum.

32:24 – 33:39Speaker 3

We have a serious problem with Martin Luther College and New Ulum Nagara Police Department. The MLC and Police Departments in Tamil describe the serious problem with the MLC and Police Departments in Tamil. We would like to test the possibility of a joint protest and the possibility of a joint protest. Today, I am joined by Michelle Margraf. She is a Title IX Coordinator and an MLC representative of EMAO. Therefore, we would be happy to answer any questions that may arise from the Council President or from the Council. We would be happy to conduct any surveys, opinions or presentations. What inspired you to create this? Were you in a state of need for something new? Michelle was connected to us. As you know, it was a kind of friendship. She wanted to make it a temporary relationship. The primary school of the school started at this point. So, Michelle, if you want to discuss it more.

33:39 – 34:02Speaker 1

Michelle Markgraf from Martin Luther College. As a local law enforcement agency, we have a law that is actually a constitutional law. This is a good idea beyond the constitutional law, so we wanted to continue it. We are very happy with the activities that we can do as New Ulam Police Department. Also, we would like to include it as a law to see the good activities we are doing as a state. Wonderful. Thank you.

34:13 – 35:03Speaker 3

Madam President, Councilors, I am very happy to express my gratitude to the MLC Compass for the support and encouragement of the Martin Luther College and New Ulum Police Department for the support and encouragement of the MLC Compass for the support and encouragement of the MLC Compass for the support and encouragement of the MLC Compass for the support and encouragement of the MLC Compass for the support and encouragement of the MLC In this regard, the city manager, the director of the city council, the police chief, and the mayor are the representatives of New Ulam Nagaram. Second, we have a promise and a second one. Is there any more discussion? Those who agree, are you against it? That promise is a promise. Thank you both very much. Thank you. Next 6.3 is the new Ulam Nagaram 2027 budget.

35:03 – 43:29Speaker 2

Okay. Council President, councillors, and I usually check this very briefly, but in this budget, many of my wealthy friends have worked hard. So we have come out in the best way we could in the beginning. So let's see what we got here. Some of the important things in the budget, I don't know if it's good or bad, but the things I want to point out. There has been an increase of LGA by less than $20,000, so it is only below 0.5%. Certainly, it is not a profit, so when it goes forward as a state, this has to be agreed. As most people do, we had a health insurance increase, but we thought it would be more than 15%. We have reached a 5% increase, so we have made some changes with our volunteers, and this year they are doing good for us. It has been discussed until 2027. There is a painful situation for union leaders. There is that pain. Then there are only very small prices in this budget. There is nothing to say about small projects and small investments. But let's see what is available. This is the first full year that the park and rec center have the right to name the park. So, it is the rec center. Next year, it will definitely be the same. So, we will not have the offsetting cost from those who have that new income. This year, the debt rate has increased significantly. We have seen losses from 2015 to all years. This is the first increase we have seen. This is a good thing. This is the basis for the fact that we are reducing our debt to high interest rates and debtors. Initially, we closed a few bonds. Now, when we close them to their end, we have some of those payments. We continue. This has not been included in the level. But our debt continues to be closed two years ago. Because we have to continue it as much as we can and reduce that level as much as possible. This year, there was a good increase in this level. That levy was 1,17,000 for many years. I can't even tell you when it started. We understood that it is the highest levy that can be used to make EID. When I did more research, I found that it is a percentage of the total budget of the city. So I was able to calculate it again. This year, their levy will be 2,55,000. That fund will still operate at a low level and it will continue to operate until their opportunities are completely self-sufficient. Until they reach that level, they will have a fund balance to pay it off. This is a slide that I like to show every year. The growth rate of the real capital is also determined by our actual capital growth rate. That blue line is the growth rate, so you can see that it is growing every year. Just like how it usually happens due to inflation and other overhead costs. If you look at the number of capital growth in 2013, It was as predicted in 2027. So, for the past 13 years, the growth of the city has shown us that we are moving at the speed we need to move our crops. We had some ups and downs. That's well said. Thank you. I don't think I have anything else on that slide. Um, then. Only a few other things helped to reduce or increase the leverage, but again it increased to less than Lg20,000, and the credit card was 45,000. These were the changes in the revenue of this budget. If you look at the other things we have introduced with continuous expenses, the total is 1,33,000 unprofitable events. Some of them will be in the budget every year, and some of them will not be available in the next two years. As determined in previous work sessions, the health insurance rate is about 5%, i.e. $1,72,000. It affects the city. There is also a part of the PUC that is affected, so this is half of the rate. And yes, because police vehicles have to be reinstalled every year, they are returning. Usually, there are two vehicles in the budget every year, i.e. 1,44,000. And there are some new features that engineers want to buy. A total of 60,000 total flow meters, traffic controllers, and then some other small projects in the park and rec. As I said, there are no big prices in this budget. And some of these small things call to take that problem into account. Also, they want to install automatic door lockers in parks, toilets, and other buildings. Oh no, they want to replace the pool filter covers. That's Rs. 22,000. Also, they want to replace a compressor for Rs. 11,000 at the Civic Center. Then, as we always do, we have a loan fund of Rs. 290 for the accommodation in Bavi. There, we keep money aside every year. For the needs of the buyers in Bavi, in various places in the city of Agnishamana Vagupulpet, we have a general loan fund that can be used in Bavi to reduce the cost of building, or to pay the debt. We have a German-Hermann fund for our services. When we calculate the amount of money required to rebuild or improve the Hermann, this is a very small amount. Then there are police officers, other small officers and other officers who replace thugs, and they are there. I think Naya is there. For other officers who are in need, the Kalistala Officer Fund was established a few years ago to assist in the rehabilitation of officers who replace thugs in different parks. There has been a delay in the use of other types of equipment to replace all the treadmills in the park and the rake. Therefore, instead of seeing a delay in the use of the equipment to replace the treadmills in the park and the rake, make sure that the funds in these funds will help to maintain the existing capacity. This is just another highlight of it. This gives you an idea of where the funds are going and where they are needed in Bavi. As you can see, most of the places are well maintained. The city facilities in Bavi will be one of the questions asked. This is due to some major improvements and improvements needed in the civic center and other buildings. When we move forward, we are looking for other funding sources, but if we don't find a way to manage some of the illegal activities in Bavi, we just have to show them. The fund we use in the year is only some of the balance. More than the cost of the previous project, the Thuga Park and Rec Department will continue that amphitheater. I think it will continue for four more years after $15,000. They are doing it now as long as they have a fund balance. In addition, one part of the money that we have kept aside in the past few years in the fund that we have kept aside in those three days will be used to do some methods such as signing, re-establishing or termination of the CET Hall. Some of the crimes committed in Goose Town, the thefts committed by the police department, and some PSA funds obtained by the police a few years ago by the police, they are used by different buyers when they move forward. Therefore, we will use approximately $87,000 from those funds. I received important news from the league last Tuesday to continue the campaign. Look at other cities and see what their benefits are. Even the new wave that I got in the past few days, we are struggling. When we are struggling with places where most cities and cities are struggling, we are very in the middle. Two cities will be a little more affected than us. This is a little different for some cities. It depends on the size of the city and the budget they have in their budget. But only to struggle. Then, when I looked at it, I found that our rent has increased by 6% from the county. So, that's good news, it's a promise. So, it helps to offset that rate a little. So, using the 8.49% rate increase that I indicated in this budget, we can see a rent increase of about 1.4% in the rent. That is, for a house that is a little expensive, about $28.

43:35 – 43:51Speaker 3

Do you know or do I need to know? Can you repeat that, Director Dhanakari? Before the meeting, there were many people who spoke about this. The difference between our income and unemployment and how it affects their homes. Yes, many people still have one thing in mind. My unemployment is increasing by 8.49%. No, they are not like that. No, they won't do that. So, 8.49% is an increase in the cost of their services to the city.

44:02 – 44:27Speaker 1

But it is equal to the market value of all properties in the city above that value. So when you put that 8.49% above it, it will affect your value, your city's value, your city's share of your value is 1.4%. So if your value does not change, your share of the city is only 28 dollars a year. When your property price goes up, it will definitely affect each property a little more. That's right.

44:27 – 47:49Speaker 3

I don't want us to be stuck in this $28 number. But I want to talk about it in this way. That's why it has become the foundation of the new global property price. You can expect that you will be able to see an increase in your property price. That's why the other things that come to you in cash are about $28 a year. That's a lot, but if you win that in 12 months, you'll get about $2.35. That tells us that our financial director, our team, and all of our members are working hard to reduce it as much as possible, because it is now less than the amount of money. So we would like to thank them for that good work. And again, as you know, it is only a small part. And because of that, the county officials are also working. I know that they are also working with them. But, yes, I think it is a good thing to explain it. And this is not 8.49% growth or change. But it is spreading everywhere. And the first number, then the second is, it is growing to the extent that our economy is growing. It is business development, development, and more houses are being built. That is also a kind of thing. So, more properties, so we are continuing to work well as a community. I don't know, I think you are doing a great job in making sure that that dollar is being used efficiently. Do you have any other opinions? Yes, I always agree with one final opinion. That is, we all know that this is a year of change. As our director told us, as you know, they have only increased our LGA by 19,000 dollars. New Ulm is also very optimistic about it. And then we have to use it. We didn't get our LGA. What do we believe it is? 4.5 or 5 billion? Yes, that. Where is it in that department? Oh, talk to them about the laws that apply to the state about the LGA. Instead of controlling the inflation, if your funding is deducted from us, when the Minnesota state is going to move forward when other municipalities have to remove it? Okay, that's what brings us there. Sometimes, this is used as a chip. In addition, in the form of a discount and a release. Our rural communities rely on that funding. Okay, in that case, I will announce the announcement that the New Ulum City will accept the initial budget of 2027. At that time, $30,989.99, $89,569, and a maximum of $1,21,902,367 property tax will be levied. Public hearings will be held at 6 p.m. on December 1, 2026, and public hearings will be held at 6 p.m. on December 8, 2026, if required, as the budget is for 2027. Second, we have a second option. Do we need more discussion? Yes, President, just a few details. I am very happy with this initial budget. I have seen the primary budgets that have risen significantly in the past few months. When the next year's 2027 budget is completed, this cannot be increased more, but it is possible to reduce in December.

47:54Speaker 1

Is there more discussion? Director Jorgensen, call Deva's role. Yes. Yes. Yes.

47:58Speaker 2

Yes. Yes. Yes.

47:59Speaker 2

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48:01Speaker 2

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48:22 – 49:29Speaker 3

President, I would like to announce a proposal to establish special facilities for Malini culture such as rainwater, rainwater, and so on from 2025 to 2026. In addition, a general hearing will be held at the CET Hall Council Chamber at 4 pm on October 20, 2026. Secondly, we have a proposal and a second one. Is there any more discussion? Those who agree are the ones who oppose. That is the problem. Another thing today is to remove the prices of trees, mud, and other necessities by 2025-2026. Again, the same thing is confirmed by the general hearing. I agree to remove the prices of trees, mud, and other necessities by 2025-2026. Also, after 4pm on October 20th, 2026, a general hearing will be held in the Council Chamber in 30 minutes. Second, we have a promise and a second one. Is there any more discussion? Those who agree are saying yes and giving suggestions. Is there anyone against it? That promise is an obstacle. Without any more discussion, today's Yogan has been changed. Thank you.

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