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St. Paul council approves consent agenda, financial transfers and gaming-tax deposit; police and utilities staff provide brief updates
Summary
The council approved the consent agenda and multiple disbursements on Dec. 15, 2025, authorized depositing mechanical amusement device taxes into the city's Keno account, and received brief police and utilities updates including a potential county recycling-center closure and a vehicle resale.
At its Dec. 15 meeting, the St. Paul City Council approved the consent agenda—including the November 2025 Treasurer's Report, Dec. 1 minutes, Planning Commission minutes and a list of vendor disbursements—and carried routine financial actions by unanimous vote.
Council member Mark Wilson moved to approve the consent agenda; Council member Katie Kowalski seconded and the motion passed 4-0. The disbursements list recorded routine vendor payments and several notable internal transfers, including a $150,000 transfer from Heritage Bank and an inter-company transfer totaling $400,000 distributed among Light ($200,000), Water ($100,000) and Sewer ($100,000) accounts.
Council member Katie Kowalski moved to deposit Cash Device Taxes collected from mechanical amusement devices into the city's Keno bank account for "Gaming Proceeds," with the council directing staff to create a spreadsheet to separate Keno funds from cash device taxes for proper expenditure. The motion passed 4-0.
Under departmental updates, Police Chief Dan Howard (reports provided by Mayor Feeken) said training hours had been submitted and that McPherson County reimbursed the city for a vest and tactical gear used by Lawrence Stump. Utilities Superintendent Helzer reported that a Dodge pickup will be re-sold on Purple Wave after a bidder default, that the city's Christmas Light Parade was well received, and that Custer County Commissioners are considering closing the county recycling center where St. Paul takes recycled material.
Mayor Mike Feeken adjourned the meeting at 7:42 p.m.; the minutes were later corrected and approved on Jan. 20, 2026.
