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Votes at a glance: Minot City Council actions, Oct. 20, 2025
Summary
A summary of formal motions and votes taken during the Oct. 20 Minot City Council meeting, including unanimous approvals of multiple consent and action items and the council's split votes on alcohol and sales-tax matters.
At its Oct. 20 meeting the Minot City Council approved several consent and action items by unanimous votes, and split on several high-profile items. This summary lists each formal motion recorded in the meeting, the outcome and key details.
- Consent items (multiple): The council approved the remaining consent items as a block; the motion passed unanimously. (Agenda references: consent list; one item, 5.16, was pulled for brief discussion.)
- Item 5.16 — Donation from Ron and Carol Gaffrey and the Minot Golf Association to fund Crimes Against Children (CAC) training for the Police Department: Motion to approve passed unanimously.
- Item 6.1 — Regional CO2 storage project: Motion to approve participation/cost-share passed unanimously. (Council discussion noted Jamestown and Bismarck also participating.)
- Item 6.2 — Ordinance amendment to increase the veil service commission from 3 to 5 members and clarify removal process: Motion to approve passed unanimously.
- Item 6.3 — Third Street bridge repairs engineering task orders 2 and 3: Motion to approve passed unanimously.
- Item 6.4 — Memorandum of understanding for Scribe Bridge program: Motion to approve passed unanimously.
- Item 6.5 — Alcohol ordinance comprehensive update: Council directed staff to continue work on the draft ordinance and return with a revised Chapter 5 after further edits; council voted unanimously to send the draft back to staff for rework and returned with several specific directions (see separate article for details).
- Item 6.6 — Alcohol-license cap (public hearing and decision): After a public hearing the council approved retaining the existing retail liquor-license cap. Vote: passed 4 to 3 (dissent: Aldermen Blessum, Hayes, Pittner). See related article for full context.
- Item 6.7 — Sales-tax ("first penny") ordinance second reading: The second-reading motion failed 3 to 4 (dissent: Aldermen Hayes, Janser, Olsen, and Pittner). An amendment to the ordinance to require at least $900,000 be allocated to economic development and job creation also failed 3 to 4.
Meeting note: Several other procedural motions (fee-resolutions process, consolidation of license categories, and smaller amendments) were considered and, where noted, approved or sent back for revision. The council repeatedly urged staff to return revised ordinance language and clarified that fees could be moved from ordinance to resolution by future council action.
