Remarks by Mary Supple
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Okay, thank you. So you will be following up with each of these property owners?
I would wonder if it would help rental licenses were brought up, if that could be added somewhere in the rental licensing process to remind people that this is what's going to happen and so that they're well aware of it so they can ask those questions to prevent future problems with that. And I do think when we look at renegotiating the organized hauling contracts, I think this should be brought up and take care of it because it's... I think it makes, it's pretty clear that it's an issue because it's basically between that and the vacant properties, the only thing that came up tonight, and it…
All right, and so you will be following up with each of the people that spoke tonight. With that, if there are no further questions, we can take a vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. All opposed? And we have adopted the resolution. We're going to move on next to the special assessments for removal of diseased trees from property. So the motion would be to conduct, or excuse me, to adopt a resolution for special assessments for removal of diseased trees from private property for work orders from January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025. Is there a motion for that? So moved Okay, it's…
Thank you, that's helpful. And then on the other side of the wall next to the street, this maintenance district takes care of that as well?
All right. Are there any other questions or comments? Since there are not, we'll take a vote. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. All opposed. And we have approved that. Next we'll move on to resolute or nine E which is the motion to adopt a resolution for special assessments for sanitary sewer line repair or replacement on private property for work order from August 2nd, 2025 through August 1st, 2026. Is there a motion? So moved. Second. It's been moved and seconded. Is there any discussion? I did have one question. I think it's a good service. You know, if your sanitary sewer line goes out,…
And from what she told me, it's because we soften our water and so the pipes don't get corroded so they last a lot longer, but I just wanted to address it since it was brought up by a resident. Any other questions? All right, all in favor, please say aye. Aye. All opposed? And we've adopted that. Okay, next we have a public hearing. to consider the approval of some ordinances amending the charter. So I'm going to turn this over to Council Member Burke.
It's been moved and seconded to open the public hearing. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. And the public hearing is now open. Is there anyone who wishes to speak to the charter commission amendments?
Thank you. Is there anyone else who wishes to speak? Then a motion would be in order to close the public hearing.
Second. Second. It's been moved and seconded to close the public hearing. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. All opposed? The public hearing is closed. And I want to thank Chair Bullock and the rest of the Charter Commission for all their work on this. I appreciate that. So now, do you want to move?
Okay, so it's been moved and seconded to approve the first reading of the ordinance amending sections 4.05, 5.04, 5.05, 5.10, 5.12, and 5.15 with Richfield City Charter. Is there any discussion? All right, all in favor, please say aye. Aye. All opposed? And we have approved the changes. All right. So next we're going to move on to the proposed ordinance, item 10A, Councilmember Christensen.
It's been moved and seconded. Do we have any questions for staff or any discussion? So I know we've looked at a lot of these as we've gone along, and thank you to everyone for all the updates and the changes. We appreciate that. Any other comments or questions? All right, all in favor, please say aye. Aye. All opposed? And we have approved the amendments, or approved the motion. Next, we'll move on to item 12A, Councilmember Coleman-Woods. Thank you, Mayor.
Okay, it's been moved and seconded. Any questions or comments? Go ahead, Council Member Hayford-O'Leary.
Thank you. And I was very excited to see we had so many applicants. We used to have this many applicants, and then the pandemic hit, and it People didn't want to be online any more than they had to because they were already going to school online. So it's good to see this bouncing back and getting the youth involved again. So thank you to everybody who's applied. And we do have a few more vacancies if anybody's listening out there and would like to apply. Any other comments or questions? All in favor, please say aye. Aye. All opposed? And we have approved the appointments. Thank you to all…
All right. Is there anyone who would like to see, speak about this council member Hayford, Larry?
Thank you, Council Member Coleman-Woods.
All right, other discussion or comments? I do think it would be good to have a policy. And it sounds like we have worked with all of the individuals and worked out the vast majority of the complaints. So if we can at some point get to this and figure out a policy, that would be great. I don't want to bump anything currently because there's a lot of stuff that's been waiting for a long time. So any other comments or questions? City Manager Rodriguez, does that give you enough information to move forward? Yes. Okay. Thank you.
No. Thank you. All right. Then we will move on to council discussion and hats off to hometown hits or council liaison reports. Council member Coleman Woods.
Thank you. So speaking of commissions, applications are now open for several commissions and they'll be open through October 31st. You can find the applications on the city webpage. As you can see behind you, we are in election season and the city clerk and her staff have been answering questions and helping with people with the absentee ballot process. But starting Friday, October 16th, it's going to be actual early voting going on in this room and there will be the actual machine that you can put your vote into and do early voting. So thank you for all the election judges and the city…
All right. So the clock in the room here apparently is behind the rest of the world. So thank you all for joining us. I'm going to call to order this meeting of the Richfield City Council. It is September 22nd, 2026, and it is 7 p.m. If you're able, please rise and join us for the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. So we're going to start off with two presentations this evening. The first is the proclamation recognizing…
Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
We've got a couple people that want to take pictures. Thank you. Next, we'll move on to approval of the agenda.
It's been moved and seconded to approve the agenda. We have Council Member Coleman Woods joining us online, so each of our votes tonight need to be roll call votes. So City Clerk Friedrich, could you please call the roll?
All right, we've adopted the agenda. Next, we'll move on to approval of the minutes of the September 8th, 2026 City Council and Planning Commission Joint Work Session and the minutes of the September 8th, 2026 City Council Regular Meeting.
It's been moved and seconded. Are there any corrections or changes or comments? All right. City Clerk Friedrich, would you please call the roll?
All right. We have adopted the minutes. We're going to move on to open forum. Participants can share their comments in person by voicemail or email and may also request to participate virtually. For more information on submitting comments, refer to the council agenda and minutes page at richfieldmn.gov slash city council. I believe we received one email comment that's been distributed to all of the council members. And so we also have a card for somebody that would like to speak this evening here in person. So please state your name and city of residence, and then we'll have three minutes to…