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Votes at a glance: Lake Elmo City Council, April 1, 2025
Summary
Summary of motions and outcomes from the Lake Elmo City Council meeting on April 1, 2025, including agenda approval, minutes, consent agenda items, contract awards and design authorizations.
The Lake Elmo City Council took the following formal actions on April 1, 2025 (summarized). Where vote tallies were not recorded in the transcript, outcomes are reported as stated.
• Approval of agenda as presented — Passed (voice vote).
• Minutes: Approve minutes of March 18, 2025 — Passed (voice vote).
• Consent agenda — Passed (voice vote). Items listed in packet included: approve payment of disbursements and payroll; approve Arbor Day proclamation; approve support for Lake Elmo Association letter of intent for habitat restoration through the Priority 2 settlement; approve Bridal Inn CUP and variance extension (resolution 2020‑five‑thirty2); approve Northstar second edition development agreement (resolution 2020‑five‑thirty3); approve security reduction and accept improvements from Royal Gulf Third, Fifth, and Sixth editions; approve release of grading and public utility security for Union Park West edition; accept sanitary sewer and water main improvements and approve security reduction for North Star First Edition; approve plans and specs and order advertisement for bids for Stillwater Area School District utility improvements (resolution 2020‑five‑thirty4). The consent agenda was approved as presented; individual items were not debated on the record.
• Resolution 2020Five‑thirty5 — Accept bids and award contract to New Look Contracting, Inc. for Village Parkway UPRR Crossing Improvements in the amount of $587,948.01 — Passed (voice vote). See separate article for discussion.
• SEH contract increase and Braun Intertech materials‑testing contract — Motion to increase SEH, Inc. design services contract by $9,000 and authorize a materials‑testing contract with Braun Intertech not to exceed $10,000 — Passed (voice vote). One council member stated they would not participate in discussion or vote because of an employment relationship.
• I‑94 Lift Station and force main replacement — Motion to authorize preparation of plans and specifications, approve task order number 27 for Bolton and Mink, Inc. design services NTE $109,537, and authorize geotechnical services NTE $30,000 — Passed (voice vote). See separate article for details on the technical background and next steps.
If a reader needs full verbatim motion language or vote tallies with member names, those are recorded in the official meeting minutes and contract documents.
