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From YouTube: City Council Meeting - 12/20/21
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City of Austin, Minnesota
B
C
B
All
in
favor,
aye,
aye
opposed
emotion,
carries
number
two
is
a
motion
approving
the
minutes
from
our
december
6,
2021,
truth
and
taxation
hearing
so
move.
Oh,
I'm
sorry
and
the
20
december
8th
hearing
so
move
their
second.
Second,
all
in
favor,
aye
opposed
motion
carries
number
three
under
recognition's
an
award
we've
got.
Some
we've
got
four
retirements,
we're
going
to
recognize
today.
First
one
john
mueller
don't
see
john
the
audience
chief.
You
want
to
say
anything
about
john
mueller.
E
John's
still
with
us,
he's
obviously
chosen
to
serve
on
the
county
commission.
He
had
an
outstanding
career,
starting
with
fillmore
county
came
to
us
in
94.
As
an
experienced
officer.
I
actually
worked
overnight
patrol
with
him
when
I
started
97.
I
had
a
enormous
amount
of
respect
for
john
and
he
was
certainly
one
of
my
mentors
and
someone
who,
even
as
captain
in
chief,
he
was
our
lieutenant
on
days,
one
of
the
one
or
two
people.
I
bounced
a
lot
of
ideas
off
and
again
he's
grew
up
in
austin.
E
He
was
very
proud
to
serve
here.
He
also,
of
course,
has
a
son
and
a
daughter
who
currently
work
for
us
so
definitely
has
has
instilled
that
in
in
his
kids,
that
that
service
to
our
community
and
again
an
outstanding
career
for
us,
and
we
were
sad
to
see
him
go
like
all
those
who
retire.
I
think
he's
very
happy
with
seeking
other
challenges
in
life
right
now,.
B
C
B
You
leave
and
leave
that
divot
so
we'll
be
expecting
that
from
anybody
that
leaves
from
now
on,
but
john
served
from
june
6
1994
to
february
28
2021
and
we're
happy
for
that
service.
Thank
you.
Chief
next,
up
for
retirements
is
norbert
eggert
from
august
25th
1992
to
april
12.
2021
public
works,
stephen.
G
Yeah
norb
worked
at
the
wastewater
treatment
plant
for
us
started
out
as
kind
of
a
machinist.
He
came.
He
and
his
dad
owned
a
machine
fabrication
company
in
waltham
and
norb
came
from
from
there
and
we
utilized
his
talents
at
the
wastewater
treatment
plant
for
many
years
on
on
the
maintenance
side
of
it
and
then,
as
he
advanced
in
his
career,
he
moved
into
the
operations
side
and
also
the
management
side
and
retired
as
a
operations
supervisor
for
us
and
served
almost
30
years.
B
G
Yeah
bill
was
a
mechanic
for
his
whole
career
for
us
at
the
public
works
garage
working
on
all
of
our
snow
equipment,
any
any
snow,
plows
trucks,
any
of
that
type
of
equipment
that
needed
maintenance.
He
was.
He
was
talented
in
that
and
did
a
great
job
for
us
as
a
mechanic
and
allowed
us
to.
You
know
ultimately
save
a
lot
of
money
by
being
able
to
do
things
in
house
on
that
maintenance
and
and
fixing
of
equipment
standpoint
and
not
have
to
send
it
off
for
repairs
at
other
facilities.
B
H
I'm
coming
cheryl
started
at
the
arena.
She
served
nine
years
over
at
the
arena
before
she
came
to
the
clerk's
office.
If
anyone
who's
done
anything
with
the
city,
you
see
cheryl
at
the
front
counter.
She's
smiling
face
she's
a
positive
person
she's
a
perfect
example
of
a
city
employee,
putting
herself
out
there
and
serving
the
public,
and
she
will
be
greatly
missed.
So
you
know
we
thank
sheryl
for
all
of
her
years
of
service
and
we're
sad
to
see
her
go
but
happy
for
her
new
adventure
in
life.
I
C
E
B
B
J
C
With
this
mayor,
can
I
just
say
something
because
she's,
probably
I'm
sure,
they're
not
going
to
hang
out
for
our
whole
long
and
drawn-out
meeting,
but
I
don't
think
that
there's
ever
been
a
time
that
I
haven't
seen
you
with
a
smile
on
your
face.
Cheryl
has
I
every
time
I
walk
in
she's
got
a
smile,
she's,
welcoming
she's
friendly
she's
happy,
and
we
know
you
have
bad
days
so
you're
going
to
be
missed,
you're
going
to
be
missed.
C
B
J
J
E
K
A
A
The
plan
is
just
over
158
million
dollars
worth
of
projects
and
about
80
million
of
that's
going
to
be
the
treatment
plan,
and
this
covers
everything
from
police
fire
treatment
plan
to
everything
the
city
does
capitalize
what
what
happens
with
council,
if
this
does
get
approved,
is
that
2022
would
then
be
approved
as
part
of
the
budget.
That
staff
is
then
directed
to
go
forward
and
get
those
improvements
done.
A
2023
through
2026
are
almost
place
holders
or
planning
methods
for
them
to
take
a
look
at
to
plan
longer
term
what
they
want,
the
improvements
to
be
so
those
are
not
set
in
stone.
In
fact,
a
lot
of
times.
We
see
them
jocking
different
years
in
order
to
fit
other
items
in
within
the
available
funding.
So
again,
this
is
a
public
hearing,
but
this
is
the
capital
improvement
plan
proposed
for
2022-2026.
B
B
A
As
discussed
at
the
truth
and
taxation
hearing
that
was
held,
the
proposed
tax
levy
for
2022
is
7
million
940
thousand
dollars
again.
That
is
what
would
be
proposed
to
be
spread
over.
All
the
taxable
property
within
the
city
of
austin
council
made
a
recommendation
at
the
truth
and
taxation
hearing
to
pass
this
levy,
as
is,
but
the
council
can
always
reduce
it
now
or
you,
but
you
cannot
increase
it.
B
C
A
2022
budget
is
proposed
at
38
million
949
960
again,
7.94
million
of
that
will
come
from
the
tax
levy
over
eight
and
a
half
million
will
come
from
local
government
aid
and
then
the
rest
is
sewer
fees,
internal
service,
fund
fees
etc.
Again,
we
request
council
authorized
and
approved
and
adopt
the
budget
for
2022.
That
will
then
send
the
spent
that
will
then
set
the
spending
and
revenue
sources
set
for
the
next
year.
B
A
City
of
austin
issued
debt
back
in
2015
for
the
austin
utilities
master
facility
central
facility,
for
which
part
of
that
approval
was
that
the
council
would
pass
a
debt
service
levy
each
year
for
payment
of
the
bonds
related
to
that.
If
the
utilities
didn't
have
sufficient
revenues
to
pay
the
debt
themselves
for
twenty
for
payable
2022,
that
levy
is
one
million
two
hundred
eighty
thousand
six
hundred
and
forty
six
dollars
and
again
that's
only
for
the
2022
payment.
A
C
J
A
B
B
A
H
H
Getting
a
wine
on
sale
because
of
the
limited
availability
of
a
3-2
beer
license
so
they're
having
issues
with
the
distributor
which
we
might
have
to
take
that
up
next
year
from
the
council
standpoint
of
modifying
some
of
our
current
ordinances,
because
three
two
beer
might
go
away.
So
I
would
request
approval
of
those
two
items.
B
A
B
B
A
A
B
M
And
council,
this
is
regarding
approximately
90
acres
of
city-owned
property.
The
original
ordinance
was
passed
back
in
august
and
submitted
to
the
state
municipal
office
of
municipal
boundary
adjustments
as
part
of
their
process.
They
submitted
to
mndot
to
examine
our
legal
descriptions
and
there
were
just
a
couple
of
issues
that
they
wanted
to
correct
before
they
went
ahead
and
approved
our
annexation.
B
F
M
Yeah,
so
this
is
just
a
notice
to
the
township
and
to
the
office
of
municipal
boundary.
Adjustments
on
that
we
intend
to
annex
approximately
21
acres
of
I-90,
and
what
that
will
do
for
us
is
because
of
the
way
the
statutes
are
written
once
that
happens,
or
once
that
is
allowed,
the
rest
of
the
area
on
I-90,
q18
and
and
other
parcels
in
the
city
would
be
able
to
be
annexed
by
ordinance.
M
We
could
do
the
whole
thing
by
joint
resolution.
However,
we
have
gotten
opposition
to
that
from
the
township
in
the
past,
so
I'm
proposing
to
go
this
route
initially.
What
would
happen
is
the
notice
would
get
sent
to
the
office
of
municipal
boundary
adjustments
and
the
township?
The
township
can
either
approve
the
are
moving
forward
with
annexation.
They
can
contest
it
or
they
can
ignore
it.
If
they
ignore
it
within
90
days,
we
would
be
able
to
move
forward
with
annexation
by
ordinance
and
right
now.
B
G
The
next
three
items
are
all
icm
related
with
different
entities.
We
do
these
each
year
around
this
time
of
year
to
re-establish
flow
and
strength
discharge
rates
from
different
users
throughout
the
community.
These
typically
apply
to
businesses
that
discharge
waste.
That
is
stronger
than
the
normal
residential
waste.
We
have
about
11
icm
agreements
with
different
entities
and
before
you
tonight
are
three
different
icm
agreements,
and
if
you
have
any
specific
questions
about
them
as
we
get
to
them
feel
free
to,
let
me
know.
B
D
B
B
I
Good
evening,
mayor
council,
the
next
four
items,
the
elimination
of
the
30
minute
response
time,
the
employee
referral
program,
the
student
loan
incentive
program
and
the
relocation
program.
All
of
these
relate
to
police
officers.
We
discussed
them
at
the
last
work
session.
Hopefully
these
are
an
attempt
to
increase
our
application
pool
for
our
police
officers.
I
The
30-minute
response
we
had
indicated
many
of
the
local
or
our
comparables
do
not
have
the
response
time.
So
eliminating
that
requirement,
the
one
kind
of
change
we've
had
following
our
discussion
was
the
relocation
at
our
work
session.
I
think
council
member
poshustad
indicated
that
you
know
we
had
originally
had
two
years
in
there
and
that
there
may
be
times
when
it
might
be
difficult
for
an
individual
to
find
the
housing
that
they
want
and
relocate
within
that
two
years.
J
B
B
B
B
So
I
moved
second,
all
in
favor
aye
opposed
that
motion
carries
number
23
is
granting
the
planning
and
zoning
department
the
power
to
contract
for
the
removal
of
junk
and
or
illegally
stored
vehicles
at
the
following
locations.
23A
is
1206
5th
street
northwest
the
mailing
property
need
a
motion
so
moved.
C
B
K
K
Yes,
the
mayor
and
I
were
contacted
by
the
superintendent
of
schools
and
with
interest
in
joint,
doing
a
joint
meeting
with
the
school
district
with
city
council,
similar
to
what
we
do
with
the
county
and
they
proposed
a
couple
dates
of
february
14th
or
march
14th.
So
if
council
could
take
a
look
at
those
dates-
and
let
me
know
if
that
would
be
open
for
you,
I
think
we'd
like
to
avail
meeting
with
the
school
district
and.
K
B
K
C
Merry
christmas
happy
new
year
to
everybody,
I
I
want
to
say
I
do
have
a
number
one
fan
that
watches
every
meeting.
So
I
want
to
say
merry
christmas
to
jason
and
happy
new
year
to
jason
and
just
thank
you
to
the
staff
for
all.
You
do
all
the
time
and
it's
been
another
good
year.
I
believe
and
better
than
2020
and
oh,
I
forgot,
with
the
exception
of
tomlinson,
so.
B
D
Yeah,
merry
christmas
to
everyone,
happy
holidays,
appreciate
all
the
hard
work.
It's
been
an
interesting
year,
a
little
bit
better
than
the
year
before,
and
hopefully
we
continue
this
trend
down
into
22
and
forward
and
we
get
this
pandemic
under
control
and
totally
turn
return
to
normal
quote,
unquote,
so
look
forward
to
a
better
22..
Thank
you.
Everyone.
F
Well,
happy
merry
christmas
to
everyone
happy
holiday.
This
been
a
great
year,
even
though
the
storm
tried
to
challenge
our
town
in
the
last
few
days.
So
I'm
sorry
for
those
who
lost
their
property
and
other
stuff
so
we're
thinking
of
them.
So
hra
have
some,
I
think,
program
that
they
can
apply
through
chip
for
so
that
they
can
get
reimbursement.
I
think
I
believe,
but
overall
2022
will
be
a
great
year.
J
Two
things
one
is,
I
think,
craig
had
something
in
the
friday
at
five,
but
we
did
sit
through
a
dca
austin
community
growth
venture
strategic
planning
meeting.
I
think
this
was
the
first
of
several
meetings
but
really
good
session,
and
I
think
it
really
reiterates
the
fact
that
you
know
we've
got
a
lot
of
good
assets
in
our
community
and
we've
got
a
great
opportunity
to.
You
know:
refine
how
we
utilize
those
assets
to
really
take
the
next
step
in
terms
of
economic
development.
J
When
you
think
of
you
know
the
hormone
foods
corporation
entering
the
hormel
institute,
the
foundation,
just
the
sheer
number
of
you
know,
community
leaders
that
we
have
here,
I
think,
really
exciting
stuff,
and
so
you
know,
I
think
I
left
there
with
a
pretty
clear
sense
of
optimism
that
there's
going
to
be
some
big
opportunities
for
us
and
then
number
two
is
just
again
echo
the
happy
holidays.
Merry
christmas.
Thank
you
to
everybody
on
the
council.
J
I
think
you
know
we're
a
pretty
good
functioning
group
and
everybody
kind
of
brings
their
own
perspective,
but
we
get
to
the
the
right
goal.
You
know
at
the
end
and
thank
you
to
staff.
I
mean
it's
been
an
incredibly
challenging
year
from
where
we
started,
and
you
know
we
just
kind
of
roll
with
it
and
we've
kept
the
city
functioning
and
you
guys
deserve,
obviously
all
the
credit
for
that.
So
thank
you.
L
B
Thanks
paul,
I
just
want
to
say
a
few
things
we
had
a
honor
of
we
honored
marv
rupinski
on
his
last
hra
meeting.
I
think
he
served
there
12
years
or
something
went
to
that
last
meeting
and
sent
him
off
and
just
we
appreciate
marv's
service.
We
all
know
him
and
he
has
had
some
real
passion
for
the
hra
and
we're
we're
blessed
to
have
him
for
those
12
years
on
that
board.
Also
again,
blita
schindler
gave
ten
thousand
dollars
to
that
to
the
ski,
the
cross
country
ski
out
there
at
that
nature
center.
B
It's
absolutely
amazing
the
gifts
that
people
keep
giving
on
the
citizens,
how
they
how
they
give
to
austin.
We
certainly
appreciate
that
gift
and
then
cheryl
hayes.
I
mean
it
is
as
we
joke
45
years
of
city
service,
you
don't
get
that
and
that's
just
absolutely
amazing.
So
I
was
glad
to
see
her
and
her
family
here
in
person
for
that
for
that
recognition,
so
that
just
that's
something
to
honor,
no
doubt
so.
With
that,
take
a
motion
to
adjourn
to
january
3rd,
2022.