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Votes at a glance: International Falls City Council actions on May 5, 2025
Summary
The council approved multiple routine and administrative items including payments and claims, event co-sponsorship, proclamations, personnel actions, and contracts. The largest single voted item was preliminary approval of capital improvement plan bonds (covered separately).
The International Falls City Council took action on several agenda items during the May 5 meeting. Below are the formal votes and key details recorded in the meeting transcript.
- Approve agenda: Motion by Councillor Buller; second by Councillor Holden. Vote: unanimous (5-0).
- Approve minutes (April 7 regular meeting; April 14 committee of the whole): Motion and second noted. Vote: unanimous (5-0).
- Payments, transfers and accounts payable: Transfers of $95,833.33 and total accounts payable and claims listed as $692,082.48 (City claims $641,682.11; Library Board $6,299.75; Airport Commission $44,100.62). Motion to approve payments and transfers; vote unanimous (5-0).
- Public hearing adjourned and reconvened; see separate article on capital improvement plan bonds. The council adopted the bond resolution after the hearing 4-1 (see separate article).
- Co-sponsor Couchiching Labor Assembly Labor Day picnic (Sept. 1, 2025); approval included street closure request for Third Street and use of Smokey Bear Park. Motion by Councillor Holden; second by Councillor Wagner. Vote: unanimous (5-0).
- Mayoral proclamation declaring April 2025 International Dark Sky Week in International Falls. Motion passed unanimously (5-0).
- Letter of support for Kutaska grant application addressing public transit and underserved areas: Motion passed unanimously (5-0).
- Adopt resolution approving 2025 wages for part-time, volunteer and paid on-call employees: Motion passed unanimously (5-0).
- Adopt resolution approving 2025 wages and benefits for nonunion salaried employees: Motion passed unanimously (5-0).
- Approve internal promotion for lead equipment operator: Motion by Councillor Holden; second by Councillor Wagner. Mayor Bridal declared a conflict (brother-in-law) and abstained. Vote recorded as passed with one abstention.
- Approve internal posting of vacant position created by that promotion: Motion passed unanimously (5-0).
- Public works recommendations: approve signage changes on Shorewood Drive and authorize the city engineer to work with MnDOT on additional signage at Highway 11 and Shorewood Drive. Motion passed unanimously (5-0).
- Approve renewal agreement with Hometown Billing for ambulance accounts receivable, effective May 18, with new billing rates effective June 1. Motion passed unanimously (5-0).
- Acknowledge certificate of clinical excellence presented to the International Falls Ambulance Service by the Minnesota Office of Emergency Medical Services. Council acknowledged certificate with unanimous support (5-0).
Ending — These routine and administrative votes were recorded as motions and carried largely by unanimous consent. The single contested item on the evening was the preliminary bond resolution, which the council adopted 4-1 and which is covered in a separate article.
