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Farmington council approves agenda, consent items and 2025 committee assignments; Holly Bernatz named acting mayor
Summary
At its Jan. 6 meeting the Farmington City Council approved the agenda and consent agenda by voice vote, appointed Holly Bernatz as acting mayor for 2025 under council bylaws, and adopted a resolution confirming 2025 committee and agency appointments.
The Farmington City Council on Jan. 6 approved the meeting agenda and the consent agenda by unanimous voice vote, then moved through organizational items including appointment of an acting mayor and committee assignments for 2025.
The council approved the agenda on a motion by Council member Jake Cordes, seconded by Council member Steve Wilson, and approved the consent agenda on a motion by Council member Holly Bernatz, seconded by Council member Wilson. The consent agenda passed on a voice vote; items on the consent agenda included routine approvals and, as staff later noted, a contract award for removal of 216 ash trees and 102 ash tree stumps under the city’s EAB (emerald ash borer) management plan.
Under council bylaws, the acting-mayor role in an odd-numbered year goes to the member serving the third year of their term who received the most votes when elected. Council moved to appoint Council member Holly Bernatz as acting mayor for 2025; the motion, made by Council member Nick Lien and seconded by Council member Steve Wilson, was approved by roll call (Cortes — yes; Lean — yes; Wilson — yes; Mayor Hoyt — yes; Burnett — yes).
The council also adopted Resolution 2025-05 confirming appointments to a range of city committees and external boards for 2025, including primary and alternate appointments for the Air Lake Airport Advisory Commission, ambulance committee, Dakota 911 board, planning advisory committees, relief board, liquor operations committee, and Metropolitan Urban Service Area Review Committee. The motion to adopt the appointments passed on a roll-call vote recorded in the meeting.
Why it matters: committee appointments and the acting-mayor designation determine which council members represent Farmington on external boards and who performs mayoral duties in the mayor’s absence; consent-agenda approvals advance contracts and routine city business.
The council adjourned at 7:51 p.m.
