·         Monday, September 15, 2025 Public Hearing-5th Avenue West meeting

·         Monday, September 15, 2025 regular City Council meeting

·         Monday, September 22, 2025 special City Council meeting

Motion seconded by Councilor Holden and carried unanimously.

Helen Tveit, 3001 County Road 2 N, inquired if anyone had made contact with a private entity such as North Memorial to take over the ambulance service.  Mrs. Tveit expressed the need for a public meeting for area residents to become more informed and aware of costs related to running an ambulance service and other city services.

Nancy Imhof, 339 3rd Street, addressed concerns with the snow removal process in the downtown district.

APPROVED as presented

MOTION by Councilor Kalar to approve the Consent Agenda as presented:

·         Approve/allow necessary expenses for Mayor/City Councilors and/or City Administrator to attend the Coalition of Greater MN Cities 2025 Fall Conference in Grand Rapids, MN – November 13-14, 2025

Motion seconded by Councilor Wegner and carried unanimously.

City Administrator Bergstrom advised the city did not have verification of sufficiency as of yet and is currently working with County Auditor/Treasurer, Secretary of State, and the City Attorney to get this completed.  City Administrator Bergstrom noted she has ten (10) business days from October 2, 2025 to verify sufficiency and hopes to have a letter prepared tomorrow.

MOTION by Councilor Kalar to acknowledge receipt of Charter Commission’s approval of the form and substance of the proposed amendment to the home rule charter to impose levy limits.  Motion dies due to lack of second.

City Attorney Nelson commented that the City Council does not have to acknowledge receipt but statutorily they cannot deny sending it to a vote even though acknowledgement was not received.

Chief Mannausau indicated that his concerns with suspending calendar parking had to do with the access emergency vehicles would have during those business hours as well as consistency.  Chief Kostiuk mirrored Chief Mannausau’s concerns regarding consistency and felt that if council approved this they should consider temporarily lifting calendar parking for the entire city for a time period and see if any issues arose and those could be discussed at another meeting.

Councilor Wegner stated that there should either be calendar parking or not, as he was not agreeable to doing individual exceptions.  Councilor Holden agreed.  Councilor Kalar suggested suspending calendar parking on Sundays from 9 A.M. – 3 P.M.  Mayor Dill was hesitant to do anything permanent and asked how they could stay consistent.

Len Peterson said that the city has created their own issues as it has been allowed and they should take into consideration special circumstances as long as safety concerns are addressed.  Chief Kostiuk suggested suspending calendar parking temporarily on Sundays from 9 A.M – 12 P.M for the City to study the effects.  If issues arose then it could be brought to a Public Safety meeting for further review.

MOTION by Councilor Holden to temporarily suspend calendar parking on Sundays, for the whole city from 9 A.M to 12 P.M until December 31, 2025, to allow time to study the effects of this change.  Motion seconded by Councilor Kalar and carried unanimously.

MOTION by Councilor Kalar to acknowledge resignation of Aiden Litfin, Patrol Officer effective October 3, 2025.  Motion seconded by Councilor Wegner and carried unanimously.

MOTION by Councilor Wegner to acknowledge resignation of Todd Ojala, Information Systems Administrator effective October 22, 2025 and move discussion of replacement to the October 13, 2025 Committee-of-the-Whole meeting.  Motion seconded by Councilor Kalar and carried unanimously.

MOTION by Councilor Holden to approve renewal of the 2026 dental plan that covers retirees and hourly library employees.  Motion seconded by Councilor Wegner and carried unanimously.

MOTION by Councilor Holden to adopt Resolution No. 66-2025 declaring adequacy of petition and ordering preparation of feasibility study for Bituminous Paving of 6th Avenue between 17th Street and 19th Street.  Motion seconded by Councilor Kalar and carried unanimously.

Mayor Dill advised that the state bonding tour is underway looking at new projects.  Dill added that the tour will be in Ely on Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 6:00 P.M at Vermillion Community College and he plans to attend.

The International Falls Police Department Activity Report for September 2025 was available for review.