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Park Rapids council approves $178,843.91 in payables, consent agenda including wage steps; liquor-store sales reported up
Summary
Council approved $178,843.91 in payables and $270,205.18 in prepaids, approved a consent agenda including wage/step increases for Austin Rittgers and Emily Brown, and heard Liquor Store Manager Scott Olson report June sales were up 3.75% from last year.
The Park Rapids City Council on July 8 unanimously approved payables totaling $178,843.91 and prepaids of $270,205.18 and carried a consent agenda that included personnel actions, permits, and vendor payments.
Under the consent agenda the council approved Resolution #2025-116 (a wage and step increase for full-time Police Officer Austin Rittgers) and Resolution #2025-117 (a wage and step increase for part-time Rapids Spirits Liquor Store clerk Emily Brown). The council also approved a Minnesota Lawful Gambling LG220 exempt-permit application for the Antique Tractor & Engine Club and multiple vendor payments listed in the meeting packet, including Bergstrom Electric $9,600.00; Dell Marketing L.P. $1,445.03; F.I.R.E. $2,000.00; Great Plains Fire, Inc. $2,958.54; Hawkins, Inc. $5,061.99; Park Rapids Ford $50,746.00; and R & R Petroleum Equipment $74,900.00 (the transcript contains a numeric typo for this line; figure corrected here based on packet formatting).
Liquor Store Manager Scott Olson reported that June finished 3.75% ahead of last year, year-to-date sales are up 0.67%, and July 4 sales were a record, up 4.2%. "An odd thing we had is we've bested any of January, February, or March just in the first seven days of July," Olson said, as recorded in the meeting minutes.
Motions recorded in the transcript: Joe Christensen moved to approve the payables and prepaids; Tim Little seconded, and the motion passed unanimously. Jeremy Engholm moved to approve the consent agenda; Tim Little seconded, and that motion also passed unanimously.
