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From YouTube: City Council Meeting - 11/02/20
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City of Austin, Minnesota
A
C
B
A
A
A
A
You
item
number
three:
I
don't
know
how
to
do
this
under
recognitions
and
awards.
Hormel
institute
is
here
to
honor
the
mayor,
the
hormel
institute,
which
I
knew
not
that
much
about
when
I
started.
I
knew
about
as
much
as
everybody,
but
I've
come
to
appreciate
is
one
of
the
premier
organizations
in
minnesota
and
I've
made
lifelong
friendships
with
some
of
the
professors
down
there
from
different
countries.
Dr
liao,
I
still
email
back
and
forth
with
him
all
the
time
and
it's
just
been
a
pleasure.
A
D
Well,
first
of
all,
thank
you.
It's
so
wonderful
to
look
around
the
room
and
to
those
of
you
that
are
here
or
via
zoom,
and
we
really
thank
everyone
for
your
support
of
the
hormel
institute
because
of
our
community.
It
has
grown
into
what
it
is
today
and
there's
no
stopping
it.
There's
progress
that
is
planned
to
continue
and
mayor
steem.
We
couldn't
miss
the
opportunity
to
thank
you
for
your
many
years
of
support
of
the
continuing
progress
and
growth
and
expansion
of
the
hormel
institute.
D
You
were
elected
about
the
time
that
the
institute
started
to
grow
and
started
to
invite
and
recruit
scientists
from
around
the
world
to
join
us,
two
expansions,
two
expansions
2008
and
2016,
and
truly
whether
it's
something
big
like
speaking
at
the
expansion
events,
or
something
like
what
you
described,
which
is
making
friends,
personal
friends
with
a
lot
of
the
scientists
just
to
make
sure
they
were
welcomed
and
part
of
our
community
you've.
Just
you
and
and
sarah
also
have
just
gone
above
and
beyond,
and
we
want
to
thank
you
well.
D
E
Hi
mercy,
I'm
brenda
gerhart
from
the
hormel
institute
again,
thank
you
all
for
allowing
us
to
come
and
express
our
appreciation
of
you.
I
just
want
to
touch
briefly
on
how
much
you
have
supported
the
diversity
in
the
hormel
institute.
As
you
were
talking
earlier,
you
even
made
wonderful
friends
with
with
people
from
countries
all
over
the
world,
and
we
have
scientists
who
come
from
all
over
the
world
to
work
at
the
institute,
and
you
have
always
been
very
welcoming
I'm
a
really
welcoming
face
of
austin
for
all
of
them.
A
E
A
G
You
bear
steam,
member
of
the
council,
I'm
ted
hinchcliffe,
I'm
a
professor
at
the
institute
and
I
came
to
austin
from
exotic
south
bend
indiana
right
before
the
the
opening
of
the
first
expansion
and
have
been
here
ever
since
when
gail
asked
me.
If
I
could
come
today
to
speak
about
what
you
have
done
for
the
hormel
institute,
I
immediately
was
taken
to
a
story
when
we
were
all
gathered
at
the
groundbreaking
of
our
second
expansion.
G
G
A
Well,
I
thank
you.
I
was
a
police
officer
during
that.
The
troubles
yes
and
there
was
a
sign
and
he
had
it
down
with
the
last
person
out
of
town
turn
off
the
lights,
and
we
were
afraid
we
might
have
to
do
that
someday.
But
you
know
with
that
with
the
three
hormels
involved:
we've
just
grown
and
grown
and
grown,
and
I'm
sure
with
jefferson
taking
over
after
me,
we're
just
getting
started
so
and
the
institute
is
always
going
to
be
a
part
of
that
and
we've
all
suffered
cancer.
G
D
And
I'll
read
this:
the
hormel
institute
for
your
transformational
leadership
and
generous
support
your
vision
for
the
hormel
institute,
expanding
capacity
for
cancer
and
medical
research
will
impact
and
improve
human
health
for
generations
to
come.
Thank
you
from
all
faculty
and
staff
for
your
warm
and
faithful
friendship.
A
D
H
A
A
Thank
you,
I'm
going
to
tell
people
if
it
bothers
anybody
that
I
take
my
mask
off.
I'm
sorry,
you
know
put
your
hand
up
I'll
wear
it,
but
I
just
I
can't
you
wouldn't
hear
me
very
good
if
I
and
we
are
pretty
well
socially
distanced
under
public
hearings,
number
five
is
a
resolution
reviewing
a
tax
abatement,
application
from
bigelow
and
linen
construction,
craig.
I
Thank
you
mayor
members.
This
is
for
a
property
at
2106
14th
avenue
northeast.
This
is
in
the
nature's
ridge
subdivision,
a
bedroom
unfinished
basement
estimated
value
of
two
hundred.
Sixty-Five
thousand
nine
hundred
bigelow
linen
has
submitted
that
request.
It's
a
spec
home,
so
it's
still
showing
good
strength
in
our
housing
market
locally.
A
B
J
J
A
K
A
F
F
A
I
want
to
thank
you
santino
santino's,
already
quite
a
bit
of
a
leader
in
our
community
for
people
that
don't
remember,
recall
the
honorary
council
member
program
was
brought
here
by
the
civil
rights
commission,
which
I
think
jason
baskin
was
chairing
at
the
time.
It's
just
been
tremendously
successful
and
we're
lucky
to
have
you
at
santino.
Thank
you.
Welcome.
Welcome
anybody
have
any
questions
of
santino
before
we
approve
an
appointment.
F
B
A
M
A
I
Thank
you,
mayor
members.
We
have
three
contract
approvals
this
evening,
all
with
uaw
bargaining
groups.
This
is
the
last
of
our
three
following
the
compen
classification
study,
the
street
and
steward
department
wastewater
treatment
plant
and
park
and
recreation
they've
been
on
an
expired
contract.
From
january
1st
2020.
I
I've
had
discussions
with
the
bureau
of
mediation
services
to
bring
us
to
this
point.
Essentially,
the
agreement
makes
the
pay
adjustments
for
the
compen
class
study
and
working
towards
operational
efficiencies
and
conformity
of
other
city-wide
positions.
We
have
a
series
of
motions,
that's
necessary
exhibits.
One
through
three
are
the
labor
contracts,
details
of
those
are
listed
in
the
packet.
We
also
have
exhibits
four
through
six
ml
used
for
retroactivity
for
july
1st
2019
and
exhibits.
Seven
through
nine
are
the
placement
within
the
bps
plan
from
2020
to
2022.,
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
B
M
A
I
Yes,
mayor
just
for
the
record
and
assuming
mr
bynum
would
agree,
those
motions
on
the
preceding
ones
for
the
contract,
approval
also
included
motions
for
the
moas
on
the
retroactivity
and
placement
within
the
bps
that
just
so
council
understands
that.
So
yes,
approving
personnel
policy
updates
is
with
the
contracts
and
the
other
provisions
that
have
been
in
other
contracts.
We
need
to
update
our
city
policies.
I
These
would
include
the
bereavement,
leave
overtime
notification
to
the
finance
department
for
payout,
and
then
we
also
had
an
adjustment
for
our
response
times
that
eliminated
any
gray
area
for
our
policy
moving
forward.
We
had
some
instances
what
needed
to
be
addressed
and
weren't
clear
in
the
response
time
policy,
so
we've
tightened
that
up
and
asked
council
approval
for
that.
I'd
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions
or
chief
mckica
is
sheriff.
If
there's
anything
on
the
response
time
that
you
might
have
a
question
on.
A
A
A
H
H
For
residential
and
business
entries
free
to
enter
and
we
will
publicize
the
map
and
we'll
have
three
prizes
in
each
division.
Your
honorable
mayor
steam
has
agreed
to
be
a
judge
for
us
for
a
mayor's
choice.
Then
we
will
have
people's
choice
where
people
will
vote
via
text
and
then
we
will
also
have
a
clark
griswold
winner
too,
so
just
making
a
lot
of
fun.
So
we're
really
looking
forward
to
it
having
it
be
a
way
to
engage
the
community
in
a
safe,
safe
manner.
H
H
You
know
you
get
the
point
between,
so
that's
why
we
chose
awesome
winter
extravaganza.
So
we
could
have
that
awesome
part
in
there.
So
should
be
a
lot
of
fun.
We're
very
excited
about
it
and
hope
that
you'll
get
out
and
take
advantage
of
seeing
all
the
great
lights
in
town
and
just
again
continuing
to
be
inspired
by
the
wonderful
community.
A
A
H
L
A
A
H
Contest
again,
that's
a
pre-registration
on
wednesday.
We'll
have
that
up
and
running
so
and
we're
really
excited.
We've
already
got
a
number
of
sponsoring
partners
involved,
so
I
think
people
are
kind
of
excited
about.
Yes,
something
good
is
happening
and
it's
fun
and
it's
family
oriented
and
also
can
help
to
inspire
people
to
do
business
locally.
So
thank.
A
A
N
Yeah,
we
may
have
had
different
opinions,
but
you've
always
been
respectful
and
open-minded,
and
I'd
apprecia
appreciate
that
I've
always
got
along.
I
always
like
you,
tim
being
that
we're
in
a
sort
of
a
peacetime
emergency.
There's.
Excuse
me
this
isn't
awful
all
right.
The
there's
a
medical
need
for
cannabis
or
cannabis
extract
that
the
doctors
have
approved
and
it's
become
more
and
more
difficult
through
whether
it
be
the
covid
or
just
the
healthcare
system
itself.
N
It's
provided
more
of
a
need
and
less
of
an
ability
for
people
to
meet
that
need
and
in
planning
ahead
of
time,
for
what
is
you
know?
11
states
have
legalized
it
and
it's
you
know
pretty
much
moving
this
way,
it'd
be,
I
think,
in
the
community's
best
interest
to
be
able
to
plan
ahead
for
whether,
where
and
how
it
will
be
able
to
be
available
to
the
public.
N
I
just
think
that
in
the
meantime,
we're
running
a
risk
of
putting
the
public
in
a
bad
position
and
the
police
in
a
bad
position,
because
we
have
legal
cannabis
that
looks
smells
and
tastes
the
same.
But
yet
it's
not
you're
not
able
to
differentiate.
It
puts
the
police
in
a
bad
position
and
it
puts
the
legal
customers
in
town
in
a
bad
position
and
with
minnesota
being
one
of
the
worst
states
in
prosecuting
people
of
color
5.4
times
more
for
this
crime.
A
N
A
N
C
A
Needs
you.
Yes,
I've
been
one
of
the
reasons
that
helped
me
recognize.
I
know
you
have
legitimate
needs
and
it
helps
you
and
you
have
issues
and
you're
not
and-
and
you
know
what
you've
gone
through.
It
shows
me
that
the
people
with
medical
needs
are
not
being
served
very
well.
I
talked
that
right
here.
Last
spring,
I
don't
know
if
you
guys
were
here
when
the
legislators
were
here,
including
team
poppy,
and
they
felt
pretty
sure
that
it
was
probably
going
to
be
legalized
in
the
next
session.
A
A
When
they've
legalized
it
in
every
state,
they've
dropped
the
convictions
of
everybody-
everybody's
marijuana
convictions,
if
I'm
not
mistaken,
maybe
that
you
know
big
selling
convictions
if
you
sold
10
pounds
or
something
they
might
not
drop
that,
but
generally
they
drop
all
the
convictions
for
marijuana
and
people
are
right
back
to
square
a.
So
that's.
A
A
Not
well,
then
that's
what
your
group
needs
to
do.
I
mean
we
need
that,
get
a
group
together
and
and
lobby
for
that
stuff.
You
know
right
now
when
the
meeting
said
here
and
with
the
drug
task
force
meeting
that
you
go
to,
I
mean
that
what
they're
talking
about
is
when
it
does
pass.
What
are
we
going
to
do?
How
are
we
going
to
make
sure
the
taxes
are
used
wisely?
I
think
there
is
a
big
push
for
it
nationwide.
A
N
N
It
would
help
the
public
understand
because
a
lot
of
public
you
know,
even
at
the
meeting,
didn't
understand
that
cannabis
is
rated
a
schedule,
one
drug
with
no
medical
use
at
the
same
time
as
they're
selling
it
for
medical
purposes
and
it's
contradictory
and
it
kind
of
puts
everybody
in
a
bad
light.
Who
has
to
defend
that.
A
A
Now
you
go
to
that
drug
task
force
meeting,
I
don't
mean
jeff
wants
to
go,
but
you
get
that
that
you
know
that
group
down
there
to
recommend
make
that
recommendation
to
us
and
I
think
we'd
look
at
it.
You
know
which
is
somebody
coming
in.
You
need
the
group.
You
need
this
group
you're
talking
about.
There's
a
group
already
out
there.
You
know
you
need
to
get
people
and
work
on
stuff
people
talk
to
me
about
the
skateboard
part.
They
want
to
improve
it.
You
know
what
I
tell
them.
We
don't
do
that.
A
We
help
you
with
the
improvements
you
get
a
group
together.
You
come
up
with
half
the
funds
and
you
you
know,
and
then
then
we
listen
to
you
and
I
got
to
tell
you
the
same
thing.
I
mean
I
got
two
guys
standing
in
front
of
me.
We
want
to
do
what
we
can
for
you.
If
I
got
20
people
standing
in
front
of
me,
it
makes
a
big
difference.
A
Get
online
they
can
get
online,
have
them
call
up
and
she'll
give
them
the
code.
I
don't
want
this
place
all
packed
with
50
people.
That's
you
know
at
some
point.
We'd
probably
start
turning
them
away,
because
we're
not
going
to
have
it
packed
in
here
haven't
come
online.
Have
them
write
letters
get
a
group
together.
That's
what
you
really
need
to
do.
O
J
F
O
O
Many
are
also
medical
patients.
However,
they
go
untreated
and
are
past
patients
due
to
the
prohibited
costs
of
the
minnesota
medical
program,
especially
with
the
lack
of
any
insurance
coverage
having
those
barriers
and
access
barriers
to
access
in
place
can
often
lead
people
seeking
relief
for
their
conditions
through
the
illegal
market,
placing
them
at
risk
and
arrest
for
marijuana.
Possession.
O
O
O
What
are
our
priorities
going
to
be
going
forward
in
austin
and
maura
county,
with
shootings
happening
regularly
in
austin
and
a
spike
in
heroin
and
methamphetamine
distribution
in
town,
which
is
apparent
exactly?
What
are
we
going
to
choose
to
focus
our
efforts
on
with
limited
resources
in
a
clogged
cork
system?
O
What
are
we
here?
What
we're
here
for
is
to
ask
austin
minnesota,
be
proactive,
organize
a
special
task
force
of
citizens
to
move
forward
with
the
decriminalization
of
small
amounts
of
marijuana
up
to
two
ounces,
and
that
city
immediately
takes
steps
to
prepare
local
zoning
ordinances
for
the
inaudible,
inevitable
legalization
of
cannabis.
O
O
O
O
O
A
A
K
And
so
you
know
again
and
that's
that's
been
since
you
know
I
started,
I
realized
it's
a
ticketable
offense,
but
a
petty
misdemeanor
has
a
different
legal
way
of
saying
it.
We
would
say
that
is
the
decriminalization
and
it
has
been
done
and
has
been
done
in
minnesota
for
my
23
years
in
law
enforcement,
and
so
you
know
it
sounds
like
you
want
two
ounces
versus
whatever
the
state
has
now
again.
There's
a
there's
a
lot.
A
O
O
O
O
A
Can
do
is
groups
get
together
talk
to
the
drug
test
where
steve's
on
it.
You
know
I
I
had
gone
to
the
media
for
a
while,
but
you
know
talk
to
that
to
them
and
get
you
can
get
in
on
the
zoom
meetings
and-
and
that
would
be
the
group.
You
know
that
I'm
sure
that's
a
group-
that's
talking
they're
already
talking
about
how
it's
going
to
be
taxed
and
where
the
funds
are
going
to
go.
Tim
you've
been
to
a
lot
of
the
meetings.
A
H
M
M
C
Yes,
I
guess
it
was
quite
interesting
coming
into
city
hall
tonight,
as
there
were
several
people
trying
to
get
in
their
last
minute
pre-vote,
but
those
that
were
not
successful
and
those
that
have
not
like
myself,
who
I
chose,
choose
to
go
in
person
tomorrow
do
vote
tomorrow.
Your
vote
does
make
a
difference.
I
Okay,
the
mayor
and
I
met
with
senator
klobuchar
on
the
22nd,
and
we
discussed
the
cares
funding.
I
thought
that
was
a
good
discussion.
We
really
appreciated
the
senator
reaching
out
to
austin
and
other
communities,
so
that
was
good.
The
small
business
grant
program
is
going
to
a
phase.
Two
county
had
some
more
funds
to
allocate
towards
that.
So
of
those
that
were
allocated
in
the
first
round,
we
had
appropriation
of
about
a
little
over
twenty
four
thousand
dollars,
so
they're
opening
a
second
round,
that's
already
open
and
will
be
open
through
november.
I
I
Some
of
the
submission
of
documentation
is
prior
to
the
deadline,
as
well
as
some
of
the
operations
before
january
1st
of
2020
rather
than
march
1st
of
2019,
and
then
those
obviously
that
were
awarded
in
round
one
wouldn't
be
eligible
for
round
two
for
those
that
are
interested
in
applying
for
that.
We
certainly
encourage
you
to
do
so.
You
can
go
to
austindca.org.
Backslash
cares
or
call
them
at
their
office
at
433-9495.
A
N
A
J
A
And
I'd
just
like
everybody
to
get
out
and
vote
because
it's
a
transformative
time
in
our
country
20
years
from
now-
and
you
don't
want
to
be
able
to
say
something
happened
that
you
didn't
like
and
you
didn't
vote
because
I
don't
think
I've
ever
seen.
People
hold
their
vote
in
such
high
regard
as
they
are
this
year.
I
expect
to
have
really
a
good
turnout
and
I
know
austin
usually
does
so
with
that.
We
need
a
motion
to
adjourn
till
monday
september,
16th
2020
at
5,
30
p.m,
so
move
for
a
second.