Key actions taken Jan. 5, 2026 by the International Falls City Council (outcomes as recorded at the meeting):

- Approve meeting agenda — approved unanimously (voice vote).
- Approve prior minutes (12/15/2025 regular; 12/19/2025 special; other December meeting) — approved unanimously.
- Approve payments/claims and transfers — accounts payable and claims totaling $1,094,031.22 approved unanimously.
- Consent agenda (6 items including 2026 license renewal; travel and training approvals; update to IRS mileage rate) — approved unanimously.
- Refer county draft space/lease agreement (Law Enforcement Center) to Committee of the Whole for review — approved unanimously.
- Confirm mayoral committee appointments and external appointments (multiple one-year terms) — approved unanimously.
- Library board trustee reappointments (William Frank, Mona Johnson, Margaret Horning) — approved unanimously.
- Change payroll dates to biweekly beginning Jan. 6, 2026 — approved unanimously.
- Adopt resolution delegating authority for electronic fund transfers to the finance officer and city administrator (2026) — approved unanimously.
- Adopt resolution designating depository institutions (amended; list includes Old National Bank [formerly Bremer], Wells Fargo, Border Bank of International Falls, Edward Jones, Minnesota Municipal Money Market Fund) — approved unanimously after amendment.
- Adopt resolution approving 2026 wages and benefits for nonunion salaried employees — motion carried 4–1 (one 'no' vote recorded).
- Adopt resolution approving 2026 wages for part-time volunteer/on-call employees — approved unanimously.
- Approve and authorize submittal of pay-equity implementation report to Minnesota Management and Budget Division (statutory report) — approved unanimously.
- Proclamation declaring January 2026 Catholic Schools Week at Saint Thomas Aquinas School — adopted unanimously.
- Temporary on-sale liquor license for Saint Thomas Aquinas School Gala (Feb. 14, 2026) — approved unanimously.
- Adopt resolution accepting Operating Deficit Grant from Minnesota Office of Emergency Medical Services (authorize signatures) — approved unanimously.
- Adopt resolution authorizing execution of state airport grant agreement with Minnesota Department of Transportation (approx. $323,000 for 2024 projects) — approved 4–0 with one abstention.

Next procedural steps: several referred items (notably the county lease) will return to committee or be reviewed by the city attorney before any final council decision.