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Votes at a glance: Oakdale Council adopts levy, CIP and multiple resolutions
Summary
The Oakdale City Council adopted the 2025 levy and budgets, approved the 2025—29 CIP, vehicle/equipment replacement plan, awarded a Water Tower 3 reconditioning contract, approved a Norhart Apartments site-plan amendment, set a street-reconstruction hearing, adopted a fee-schedule ordinance, and accepted community donations.
The Oakdale City Council convened Dec. 10 and approved a series of resolutions and one ordinance affecting the 2025 budget, capital projects and city operations.
Key actions taken by the council (motions, movers and outcomes as recorded in the public meeting):
- Resolution 2024-114 — Adopted the 2025 property tax levy and the 2025 general fund, special revenue, debt service, and enterprise fund budgets. Motion to waive reading and adopt moved by Councilmember Ingebretson and seconded; adopted by voice vote.
- Resolution 2024-115 — Approved the 2025—29 Capital Improvement Plan and authorized 2025 projects. Motion carried by voice vote.
- Vehicle & equipment replacement (2025—34 VERF) — Council approved the plan for vehicle and equipment replacements; motion carried by voice vote.
- Ordinance 942 and Resolution 2024-118 — Revised the 2025 fee schedule (Ordinance 942) and authorized publication by title and summary (Resolution 2024-118); adopted following a public hearing with no speakers.
- Resolution 2024-110 — Awarded the Water Tower 3 reconditioning contract to Classic Protective Coatings. Staff reported seven bidders and identified Classic Protective Coatings as the low base bidder; the presentation lists the low base bid as $1,766,750 and the council adopted the award. The council separately authorized the city administrator to approve change orders up to $24,999 within the project budget.
- Resolution 2024-111 — Approved the amended site plan for Norhart Apartments to create a dedicated loading/unloading zone in place of two on-street parking spaces; conditions included signage and a $10,000 escrow for screening a transformer.
- Resolution 2024-117 — Accepted the feasibility report for the 2025 Street Reconstruction project, excluded additional water-main replacements and Hadley Avenue improvements, authorized preparation of plans and specifications, declared the cost to be assessed, and established a public improvement and assessment hearing for Jan. 28, 2025 at 7 p.m.
- Resolutions 2024-112 and 2024-113 — Accepted donations totaling $2,400 for the Family Fun Inflatables event and $1,500 from Larry and Vicky Eberhard (Eberhard Group, Keller Williams) for the Oakdale Nature Preserve 5K.
Most motions were adopted by voice vote with no recorded roll-call tallies. One consent item (consensus motion d) was pulled for individual consideration and was approved with a recorded abstention (4-0-1) after Councilmember Morecambe said his son was an applicant for the posted job.
The council—s actions finalize planned budget and capital spending for 2025 and authorize staff to proceed with contracting, plan preparation, and the public-improvement hearing process where required.
