Votes at a glance: International Falls City Council actions

The International Falls City Council took the following recorded formal actions during the meeting:

• Agenda approved (5-0). • Minutes (June 1 regular; June 8 special; June 8 committee of the whole) approved (unanimous). • Transfers and claims (including an Airport Major Capital Project claim of $595,312.78) approved (5-0). • Road closure for Crazy Days (temporary closure of the 300 block of Main Street on July 29) approved (5-0). • Resolution authorizing a grant anticipation note for lead service-line replacement (PFA-funded portion) approved (5-0). • Finalized job descriptions and approved certification-tied pay steps for fire marshal/building official positions (up to $18,000 in one-time incentives) (5-0). • Motion to accept hiring committee nominee for public works director received no second and died; subsequent motion to restart the hiring process passed 4-1. • Appointment of Greg Lundine to the planning commission approved (5-0). • Purchase award for firefighter boots to Clary Safety Equipment ($14,820 for 30 pairs) approved (5-0). • 2026 cigarette and tobacco license for Northland Smoke, Inc. approved (5-0). • Rejection of band shell replacement bids and direction to seek insurance reassessment approved (5-0). • Special meeting set for June 29, 2026 at 4 p.m. for presentation/approval of the 2025 audited financials (5-0). • Resolution committing to a long-term plan to address the ambulance fund deficit adopted (5-0). • Law enforcement center lease proposal (five-year letter to Cuchen County) approved (unanimous). • Appointment of Susan Zarin to the Housing and Redevelopment Authority board approved (5-0).

Where vote tallies were recorded in the transcript, they are noted above. Motions that lacked explicit mover/second in the transcript are listed without mover attribution. For motions and appointments, councilers recorded roll-call approvals were typically unanimous; the hiring process motion was the lone item with a 4-1 split.