Brainerd City Council
Meets 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3
City Hall, 501 Laurel St., Brainerd, Council Chambers
The public is invited to attend these meetings in person Attend by phone: 1-844-992-4726
City Council - Meeting Access Code: 2493 040 8853
Personnel and Finance Committee held: 2nd Floor Conference Room at 7:00 PM
Safety and Public Works Committee held: Council Chambers at 7:15 PM
Meetings are broadcast on CTC ch 8, Charter ch 181, YouTube, AppleTV, Roku, and Amazon FireTV
1. Call To Order
2. Roll Call
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3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. Approval Of Agenda - Voice Vote
5. Consent Calendar
NOTICE TO PUBLIC - all matters listed are considered routine by the Council and will all be enacted by one (1) motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless good cause is shown prior to the time the Council votes on the motion to be ADOPTED BY ROLL CALL
A. Approval of Bills
B. Approval of Minutes
C. Department Activity Reports
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D. Approve MN Lawful Gambling Application Submitted by St Joseph Catholic Church for an event to be held on May 16, 2025 at Northern Pacific Center, 1511 Northern Pacific Rd
E. Approve MN Lawful Gambling Application Submitted by Lakes Area Habitat for Humanity for an Event to be held at 415 8th Ave NE on May 4, 2025
F. Approve Temporary On-Sale Liquor License Application for Jackpine Brewery for an Event to be held at Essentia Health Sports Center, 502 Jackson Street, on March 21 & 22, 2025
G. Approve Hiring of 2025 Winter Temporary Employees
6. Public Forum
Time allocated for citizens to bring matters not on the agenda to the attention of the Council - Time limits may be imposed
7. Council Committee Reports
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A. Personnel & Finance Committee
A.1. Consider Approval of Technology Department Organizational Chart and Job Descriptions
A.2. Approve Distribution of 2024 Statewide Affordable Housing Aid (SAHA) Funds
A.3. Consider Request to Delay payment of SAC and WAC Charges and Deferred Assessment for Country Manor Development Project
A.4. Ratify Hiring of Aaron Forstrom as Transit Operations Specialist
A.5. Consider Approval of the Revised Employee Policy Manual
A.6. Annual Review and Approval of Investment Policy
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A.7. Consider Allowing Pueringer to Assume Four Parking Spaces in Alley Parking Lot
B. Safety & Public Works Committee
B.1. Direction on Active Code Enforcement Cases
B.2. Discussion of City Maintained Flagpoles
8. Unfinished Business
A. Call for Applicants
Mayor Recommended: (terms to expire on 12/31 of said year) Charter Commission – 2 terms (Expire 2025) 2 terms (Expire 2026) Housing and Redevelopment Authority -- 1 term (Expire 2027) Library Board-- 1 term (Expire 2027)
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Transportation Advisory Committee- 2 terms (Expire 2025) 1 term (Expire 2026) Council President Recommended: (terms expire on 12/31 of said year)
Airport Commission - 1 term (Expire 2027) Planning Commission-- 2 terms (Expire 2027)
B. Final Reading Propose Ordinance 1580 - Amending Section 600 of the City Code
9. New Business
A. Consider Public Utilities Commission Request to Add Conference Attendance Requirement to the Commission Description
B. Public Hearing and Adopt Resolution Ordering Improvement and Ordering Preparation of Plans - Improvement 23-16 - South Brainerd Resurfacing Project
C. Consider Amendment to Planned Unit Development (PUD) for Country Manor Development Project
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D. Conduct Public Hearing on Tax Abatement for Country Manor Brainerd Campus LLC; and Adopt Resolution Granting a Property Tax Abatement for Certain Property in the City and Approving a Tax Abatement Agreement with Country Manor Brainerd Campus LLC.
10. Staff Reports
(Verbal: Any Updates since Packet)
11. Mayor's Report
12. Council Member Reports
13. Adjourn
14. Council Communications
Airport Commission
Meets 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 6
Passenger Terminal Conference Room
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Appointment of Officers (City/County lay members are eligible to serve)
a. Vice Chair
4. Motion to Approve Agenda
5. Consent Calendar. (Note: All matters listed in this form are considered routine by the Commission and will all be enacted in one motion in the form listed below.)
a. Approval of Minutes from the Regular Meeting of January 9, 2025, with Financial Reports of December 2024, as distributed.
b. Hangar Inspection Report
Suggested action: Motion to approve Consent Calendar
6. Approval to Pay Bills (As emailed to Commission)
a. Roll Call
7. Public Forum
a. Introductions
8. Reports
a. Airport Staff & Marketing/Creative Services
b. Consulting Engineer
c. 2024 Airport Annual Operations Report
9. Old Business
a. Airport Authority Update – Information Only
b. Personnel & Finance Committee Selection and Scheduling
10. New Business
a. Adjusted Budget – 2025
b. Review of Airport Business Plan – 2025
c. BRD Task Order 2025-1 – Replace Loader with Cupping Plow
11. Next Meeting Date: March 6, 2025
12. Adjournment
Crow Wing County Committee meeting schedule
The following list includes Crow Wing County meetings that may be attended by one or more members of the Crow Wing County Board:
Meets 9 a.m. Monday, Feb. 3, Personnel Committee, Historic Courthouse, County Administrator's Conference Room / Teams (218-302-1725, 790189291#)
Meets noon Tuesday, Feb. 4, BLAEDC Unified Fund Meeting, BLAEDC Offices, Brainerd
Meets 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 6, Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport Commission, Airport Conference Room
Meets Thursday, Feb. 6, Central MN Council of Aging (CMCOA) Board Meeting, Zoom (call 320-253-9349 for link)
Meets 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 6, State Community Health Services Advisory Committee (SCHSAC) Meeting, MDH Freeman Building, St. Paul / Webex (call 651-201-3880 for link)
Crow Wing County Personnel Committee
Meets 9 a.m. Monday, Feb. 3
Historic Courthouse
County Administrator’s Conference Room/Teams
ATTEND IN-PERSON OR BY MICROSOFT TEAMS (CALL 218-302-1725, CONFERENCE ID: 790 189 291#)
COMMISSIONER KOERING ATTENDING BY TEAMS AT 15400 THORNTON RD, FORT MYERS, FL 33908
1. Personnel Actions
2. 2024 Performance Reviews
Review Overall Rating outcomes
Timeline/Process for County Administrator & Veterans Services Officer
3. Additional Business
Baxter City Council
Meets 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4
Baxter City Hall, 13190 Memorywood Drive, Baxter
The agenda has been published as shown below but is subject to change to include such business as may come before the city council.
The Baxter City Council will meet in a Work Session on Tuesday, Feb. 4, at 6 p.m. at the Baxter City Hall, 13190 Memorywood Dr., Baxter, to discuss park improvement funding.
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
PRESENTATIONS
ADDITIONS OR CHANGES TO THE AGENDA
PUBLIC COMMENTS - Comments received from the public may be placed on a future meeting agenda for consideration.
CONSENT AGENDA - The following items are considered non-controversial by staff and are recommended to be read and passed in one motion. Any council person, staff, citizen, or meeting attendee can request one or more items be pulled from the Consent Agenda and the item will be pulled and addressed immediately after the passage of the Consent Agenda; otherwise, the following items will be passed in one motion:
1. Approve City Council Work Session Minutes from January 21, 2025
2. Approve City Council Minutes from January 21, 2025
3. Approve the Payment of Bills and Finance Report (Addendums A and A-1)
4. Approve Unpaid Leave of Absence and Retroactive Premiums
5. Approve Purchase of Easement for Parcels 40050608, 40050614, 40050719, 40050532 and 40050721 for the 2025 Design Road & T.H. 371 Stormwater Improvements Project
6. Adopt Resolution 2025-018 Authorizing Advancement of Municipal State Aid Funds for the 2022-TH 210/Inglewood Drive Road Improvement Project and the 2025 Design Road & TH 371 Stormwater Improvements Project
7. Approve Lawful Gambling Permit for Lakes Area Habitat for Humanity to Conduct a Lawful Gambling Raffle on May 21, 2025 at Jack Pine Brewery
8. Approve Conditional Hire of Roland Matus and Nolan Gustafson as Patrol Officer
PULLED AGENDA ITEMS
OTHER BUSINESS
9. Accept the 2026 Brentwood Circle Sanitary Sewer and Roadway Improvements Feasibility Report
COUNCIL COMMENTS
10. Connie Lyscio
11. Zach Tabatt
12. Patrick Sundberg
13. Mark Cross
14. Darrel Olson
CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT
15. The City Council will meet in a closed session pursuant to Minn. Stat. Section 13D.05 Subd. 3(b) for an Attorney-Client privileged discussion, to discuss potential litigation pertaining to Whiskey Creek Stormwater Project
CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT
ADJOURN
The Trust Project
