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Isanti City Council adopts organizational resolutions, funds Railroad Avenue study and promotes clerk

Isanti City Council · January 6, 2026
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Summary

At its January meeting the Isanti City Council unanimously approved routine annual designations and appointments, kept its official newspaper designation, authorized a $10,800 preliminary engineering study for Railroad Avenue, created a combined city clerk/deputy HR director post and promoted Jaden Strand, and adopted an updated personnel policy aligning sick-leave language with ESST rules.

Isanti City Council approved a slate of routine organizational resolutions and several substantive items during its January meeting.

On motions that passed unanimously (5-0), the council: reaffirmed committee designations and appointed representatives (including reappointments to the parks and recreation board for Erica Zadon and Dan Henamp); continued the city’s three-year newspaper designation with the "Sanago County Star" under the existing agreement; authorized the city to continue using its bond counsel for ongoing debt-management questions; and approved the annual boilerplate resolution declaring the city’s intent to reimburse certain expenditures from future bond proceeds if needed.

Council also authorized a preliminary engineering report and feasibility study for Railroad Avenue (Main Street to Palomino) to evaluate sidewalk placement and potential assessment options. Mr. Cook told the council…

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