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Votes at a glance: Minot City Council actions July 7, 2025
Summary
Summary of formal votes at the July 7, 2025 Minot City Council meeting including approvals of a Renaissance Zone tax benefit, façade grant, consent items, pensions enrollment, procurement actions and policy adoptions.
The Minot City Council recorded the following formal actions and outcomes on July 7, 2025. Where vote counts or individual votes were recorded in the transcript, they are listed below.
• M110 — Ascol Group LLC: Conditional approval of an 8-year property tax benefit for rehabilitation of the commercial building at 110 East Central Avenue (Renaissance Zone; public hearing). Motion to close the public hearing and approve the request passed 5–1. Dissent: Alderman Samuelson.
• FID-15 — Façade Improvement Program: Request by Ascol Group LLC for façade improvements at 110 East Central Avenue. Motion to approve passed 5–1. Dissent: Alderman Samuelson.
• Consent items (bulk): Council approved remaining consent agenda items (after pulling three items for separate consideration). Motion passed unanimously.
• 6.19 — ND PERS retirement plan: Dispatch enrollment in the public-safety retirement plan. Motion to approve passed unanimously.
• 6.2 — NDEPRS retirement plan: Opt out of defined-contribution (DC) plan (enrollment change). Motion passed unanimously.
• 6.21 — Budget amendment to purchase two wireless microphones for council chambers. Motion passed unanimously.
• Pathfinder services (7.1): Agreement approval passed unanimously.
• Columbaria (7.2): Bid approval and associated budget amendment for new columbarium sections passed unanimously.
• MI‑8/9 alignment (7.3): Council tabled the staff recommendation and directed staff to meet with a property owner and the Souris River Joint Board; motion to table passed unanimously.
• Public comment/personal appearances policy (7.4): Council adopted an amended resolution implementing the state’s public-comment requirement and preserving local practices; motion passed unanimously.
• Sixth Street SW parking revision (7.6): Council approved the parking revision, motion passed unanimously.
• Deputy police chief job description and pay grade (7.7): Approved, motion passed unanimously.
How to read these entries: items listed here reflect formal motions called and recorded during the meeting. If the transcript did not capture a named seconder or individual vote, the record indicates vote tallies when recorded.
Selected vote tallies recorded in the transcript • M110 (110 E. Central Ave property tax benefit): Passed 5–1 (dissent Alderman Samuelson). • FID-15 (Façade improvement for 110 E. Central Ave): Passed 5–1 (dissent Alderman Samuelson). • Consent/other listed items: Several motions passed unanimously for consent and individual items as noted above.
Council requested follow-up or additional materials where noted above (for example, MI‑8/9 follow-up with the property owner and the SRJB).
