Dodge Center City Council Meeting - December 23, 2024

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DODGE CENTER SUMMARY COUNCIL MINUTES

Monday, December 23, 2024

This published information is a summary of the full minutes of the December 23, 2024 Dodge Center City Council regular meeting. A copy of the full minutes is available for viewing at City Hall, 35 East Main Street or online at www.ci.dodgecenter.mn.us.

Present: Mayor Bill Ketchum, Cathy Skogen (via video), Gary Trelstad, Matt Maas, Lee Mattson, Deputy Tyler Vermeersch, Jeremy Dostal, AJ Gengler, and Kathy Freeman

Absent: Paul Blaisdell

City Council approved the following items:

• Agenda and consent agenda to include: Minutes from December 09, 2024 City Council Meeting and the November 4, 2024 Planning & Zoning Commission Meeting; Year-End Invoice Payment Memo; On-Site NVR and Firewall Quotes; Authorization to Implement 2025 Salary Plan; Surplus Memo – Public Works and Payment of Bills;

• Extension of abatement at 18 1st Ave NE until February 1, 2025 at which time the order to abate will take place;

• Move forward with the order to abate 14 2nd St NE;

• Amendment to Ordinance No. 164, Second Series, adding Section 6. Lower-Potency Hemp Edibles;

• Amended Ordinance No. 164, Second Series – An Ordinance of the City of Dodge Center to Regulate Cannabis Businesses;

• Publishing the Summary of Ordinance No. 164, Second Series;

• Fire Department appointments effective January 1, 2025: Fire Chief – Jeremy Dostal; Secretary - Pat Giesler; Captain – Joe Wernecke and Training Lieutenant – Jeff Runnells;

• Hiring of AJ Gengler as a Paid-On-Call Paramedic at Step 3 of the salary plan;

• Appointment of John Fox as Interim Ambulance Director at Step 1 of the Ambulance Director’s Salary Plan;

• Appointment of Rod Duryee as Interim Operation Supervisor at a pay rate of $28.08/hour;

• Hiring of Collin Anding as a Part-Time Paramedic at $29.66/hour;

• Creation of a higher ceiling rate of $4.00/hour for regular paid-on-call EMT’s after twelve (12) months of service;

• Creation of a higher ceiling rate of $3.50/hour for casual paid-on-call EMT’s after twelve (12) months of service;

• Resolution 2024-034 – A Resolution Opting to Increase the Benefit Level for Firefighters who are Vested in the Statewide Volunteer Firefighter Plan;

• Stryker quote for two (2) ambulance monitors in the amount of $72,620;

• Mayo Advanced Life Support Intercept Agreement;

• Widseth’s request to submit information to Minnesota Pollution Control Agency pertaining to our request for a variance of the chloride limits;

• Rental of five (5) radio’s from ANCOM for five (5) months at the quoted price of $725.00.

Meeting adjourned at 6:41 p.m.