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Council approves clerk access and instructs attorney to deny former-clerk payout claim
Summary
Council approved issuing office keys and bank/access privileges to new City Clerk/Treasurer Nicole Carroll, approved monthly billing and updated mileage reimbursement as recorded, and instructed the city attorney to send a letter to former clerk Kristine Allas stating no further payment is due based on the city’s review.
The Rose Creek City Council completed several administrative approvals on April 6 tied to the newly appointed City Clerk/Treasurer, Nicole Carroll. The council voted to issue office keys to Carroll (motion by Tom Lewison, second by Andrew Felten) and granted her account access at United Farmers State Bank, TCM Bank administrative access, city credit-card access, Minnesota Unemployment Insurance access and Federal business (IRS) account access (motion by Tom Lewison, second by Andrew Felten); both motions carried as recorded in the minutes.
In other administrative business the council approved moving to monthly billing with the Mower County Independent at a stated $100 per month (motion by Wendel Sprung, second by Tom Lewison). The minutes also record approval of an updated IRS mileage reimbursement rate as noted in the clerk’s report; the transcript lists the figure as '0.72.5' for 2026, which appears to be a typographical or transcription error in the minutes and is noted here as unclear in the record.
The council addressed a written claim from former clerk Kristine Allas for approximately $11,000 in final wages and vacation/sick-time payouts. Mayor Andrew Leisen presented a spreadsheet the city says shows overpayments. Councilmember Tom Lewison moved, and Mark Conradt seconded, that the city attorney draft and mail a letter informing Allas that no further payment is due; the motion carried. The minutes record the council’s direction to involve the city attorney; they do not include the attorney’s draft or any further payment calculation details.
