Waite Park City Council approves consent items, appoints Rachel Schmidt to park board

Waite Park City Council voted unanimously 5-0 to approve its agenda, a slate of consent items and a park board appointment during a regular meeting. The council approved the hiring process for a records technician, the sale of a squad car and public works equipment, and temporary gambling licenses; it also appointed Rachel Schmidt to the city park board.

The council first moved to approve the agenda and then took up the consent agenda. Councilmembers approved grouped consent items C through G — which the meeting identified as: approving the hiring process for a records technician; approving the sale of “squad car 12-205” (as transcribed); approving the sale of public works equipment; and approving temporary gambling licenses for the Indian Foundation and for an organization in Saint Cloud (name not specified in the transcript). Those grouped items passed on a motion and second, with the council recording a 5-0 vote.

Separately, councilmembers voted to approve consent items A and B, listed in the meeting transcript as minutes for earlier council meetings (transcribed as “12-22-24” and “12-16-24”). One councilmember asked that items A and B be pulled earlier so that any members who did not attend those earlier meetings could abstain; after discussion the council approved those minutes by separate motion, also 5-0.

The council then considered a park board appointment. On a motion to appoint, the council appointed Rachel Schmidt to the park board; that motion was seconded and passed 5-0.

An additional motion in the meeting transcript to “approve the bill” was moved and seconded and recorded as passing; the transcript did not specify which bill that motion referred to. The meeting included an administrative update listing thank-you letters to the family fund donors from “Central Minnesota Medical Health Center,” “Center Care Foundation,” and “Saint Paul area school district” (transcribed), and a councilmember offered public praise for the city’s public works plow crews.

Votes at a glance: - Motion to approve the agenda — Passed, 5-0. - Motion to approve consent items C–G (hire records technician; sale of squad car “12-205”; sale of public works equipment; temporary gambling licenses for Indian Foundation and an organization in Saint Cloud) — Passed, 5-0. - Motion to approve consent items A and B (meeting minutes transcribed as “12-22-24” and “12-16-24”) — Passed, 5-0. - Motion to appoint Rachel Schmidt to the park board — Passed, 5-0. - Motion to “approve the bill” (bill not specified in transcript) — Passed, 5-0.

The meeting transcript does not include ordinance or statute citations, dollar amounts, or detailed terms for the equipment sales or the temporary gambling licenses. Where names or items were unclear in the transcript, this article notes that fact rather than inferring specifics.