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Lake Bronson council adopts county cannabis rule, approves routine finance and personnel items
Summary
On Feb. 18 the Lake Bronson City Council voted to follow the Kittson County cannabis ordinance and approved the 2024 cash-basis and treasurer’s reports, 2025 fire contracts and routine claims. The council tabled an employee review and water-billing changes and asked officials to check CD rates.
Mayor B. Schmiedeberg called the Lake Bronson City Council to order at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 18, 2025. Council members P. Shablow, T. Carlson and B. Undeberg were present; C. Strom was absent. City Clerk Sandra Lund recorded the meeting.
The council voted to align the city’s cannabis rules with the existing Kittson County ordinance after Council member P. Shablow moved and T. Carlson seconded the motion. The motion carried with the council’s recorded assent (M/S/P). The decision means Lake Bronson will follow the county’s regulatory approach rather than adopt a different local ordinance.
Why it matters: adopting the county rule sets the legal baseline for cannabis activity and enforcement in the city without requiring the council to draft a separate local ordinance.
The council approved several routine financial items. B. Undeberg moved and T. Carlson seconded to accept the 2024 cash-basis report compiled from the clerk’s books; the motion passed. The council also approved the 2024 treasurer’s report after a motion by B. Undeberg and a second from P. Shablow. Councilors voted to pay city claims and fire-department claims as presented (motions by T. Carlson and B. Undeberg, respectively, with seconders noted in the minutes). The minutes and the 2025 fire contracts were approved by recorded motion and second.
On city investments, the council discussed options for the city’s certificates of deposit and directed Mayor Schmiedeberg and Council member B. Undeberg to check rates at several banks and report back. That action was approved on a motion from P. Shablow, seconded by T. Carlson.
Personnel and operations: the council tabled an employee review and deferred water-billing changes to the next meeting while Mayor Schmiedeberg gathers additional information. The council also discussed succession planning for wastewater operations after noting that the current operator, Anderson, intends to retire at the end of the year.
In the council roundtable, B. Undeberg volunteered to spray for mosquitoes this summer, and council members discussed and volunteered for city lawn-mowing duties. T. Carlson moved, and B. Undeberg seconded, to approve Addison Holmstad’s application to the fire department; that motion passed. After reviewing workers’ compensation premium options, B. Undeberg moved and P. Shablow seconded to keep the policy unchanged, and the motion carried.
The meeting adjourned at 7:57 p.m. on a motion by T. Carlson and second from P. Shablow. The council scheduled its next regular meeting for March 17, 2025, at 5:30 p.m.
