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Council approves updated MOU to use Ralph Engelstad Arena for mass-casualty incidents
Summary
Thief River Falls City Council voted to authorize a memorandum of understanding updating language that designates the Ralph Engelstad Arena as a joint-use facility for mass-casualty incidents with Pennington and Red Lake County public health partners.
The Thief River Falls City Council approved an updated memorandum of understanding on the city's use of the Ralph Engelstad Arena as a joint-use facility for mass-casualty incidents with Pennington County and Red Lake County public health and home care.
City staff said the memorandum of understanding was created during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and the amendment updates part of the original wording; no further detail on specific language changes was provided during the meeting.
The council sought a motion to authorize the mayor to execute the updated document. Councilman Arstead moved to approve the memorandum, Councilman Langness seconded, and the motion passed on a voice vote.
The council did not record an individual roll-call tally in the public transcript; the clerk announced the motion passed. The memorandum remains a local agreement intended to define use of the arena during a large-scale emergency response.
The council moved on to other agenda items after the vote; no subsequent direction to staff or implementation timeline for the revised agreement was stated on the record.
