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September 16th 5:30 in the council chambers for the first item of business was setting the preliminary property tax levy for payable 2020. This was an amount of 7 million $150,000 for 0.03 percent increase. We also have the truth in taxation, hearing December 4th that residents can come and express any concerns that they have. This is the second to last step in the budget process. The last part is in December or recertify our final levy, but the preliminary levy.

This amount is what will go out to taxpayers in your tax statements and what you'll see that you can anticipate for taxes in 2020?

Yes, this is a long process that starts in June, and we work for to this point to approve the preliminary levy. So councils put a lot of work on that and approved that to move forward next item of business was use of contingency funds for some exterior lighting at the public library.

Council approved that an amount of six thousand twenty-five dollars now the 2019 contingency funds, this accommodate a little bit of overage for the cost that we anticipated there because of some unforeseen costs related to that project. We also added a property. Stivers nursery was interested in being added to the city's deer hunt, so the council approved that being acceptable to our criteria to be able to have folks safely, hunt deer. There they've had a lot of problems with deer eating their stock. We also had a memorandum of agreement with the police supervisors unit.

This provides a constant living increase from January 1st 2019 of 2.25% retroactive. To that point, Council approved that moving on we had donation of a fire trailer that was a cooperative effort between Albert lee-metford Noah Tana, the pairs of the trailer we're going to exceed its value and, as a result, we just felt was easier to donate that to the Owatonna Fire Department Council approved that we also approved a toward zero death grant for overtime at the police department to help with traffic enforcement.

That amount is 19 thousand and seventy five dollars, so council crew receiving a grant to help with overtime costs associated with traffic enforcement. We also approved a zoning and subdivision code update following our 2016 comp plan changes. There were recommendations as part of that to move forward with changing our zoning code and subdivision ordinance that amount do that review. It's just shy of $80,000 the last time we've updated. That was in 1970s, so quite a long time for us to do that, we want to be compliant with state and federal codes.

Our land and land use. That's regulated by the zoning code is our greatest asset and being able to compliment and deliver the final zoning realities of what the use of people's land. We want to make sure that's done the most constructive manner possible. So we approve that and we'll move forward with WSB for those amendments to our zoning and subdivision code. Otherwise, we rounded out with a few properties for removal junker legally stored vehicles. Council approved those provisions, otherwise that concluded the council meeting.

If you have any of any questions on this or any other items with the city, don't hesitate to give me a call four three, seven, nine, nine four one would love to hear from you. Otherwise that or shoot me an email, Craig C at CIA, stone, MN us if emails, a little more convenient for you, so I'd love to hear from you take care have a great rest of the week.