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Rose Creek council accepts resignation of Clerk/Treasurer Kristine Allas after closed session
Summary
The Rose Creek City Council accepted the resignation of Clerk/Treasurer Kristine Allas effective Jan. 29, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. after holding a closed session Jan. 26 under Minnesota Statutes Section 13D.05 to consider allegations and evaluate performance; the minutes record motions but not vote tallies.
The Rose Creek City Council accepted the resignation of Clerk/Treasurer Kristine Allas at a special meeting on Jan. 26, 2026, after holding a closed session under Minnesota law, according to the meeting minutes.
Mayor Andrew Leisen opened the special meeting at 6:00 p.m. The council moved into a closed session "pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 13D.05, subdivision 2(b), to conduct a closed meeting for preliminary consideration of allegations or charges of misconduct against an individual subject to the City Council’s authority, and subdivision 3(a), to conduct a closed meeting ... to evaluate the performance of an individual subject to the City Council’s authority," naming Clerk/Treasurer Kristine Allas in the motion. The motion to convene the closed session was moved by Councilmember Mark Conradt and seconded by Councilmember Andrew Felten; the minutes record that the motion carried.
The minutes do not disclose the content of the closed-session discussion. Afterward, Councilmember Tom Lewison moved, seconded by Councilmember Wendel Sprung, to end the closed session and return to open session; that motion also "carried." The council then voted to accept Clerk/Treasurer Kristine Allas' resignation, with a motion by Councilmember Mark Conradt and a second from Councilmember Andrew Felten. The resignation is recorded as effective Jan. 29, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. The minutes record each action as "motion carried" and do not include roll-call tallies or individual yes/no votes.
City Attorneys Sam Ketchum and Robert Alsop are listed as present in the minutes. The special meeting concluded with a motion by Councilmember Tom Lewison, seconded by Councilmember Wendel Sprung, to adjourn at 8:55 p.m.; that motion carried.
The minutes provide no further public details about the allegations referenced in the closed session or any follow-up steps the council may take. The recorded actions are limited to the motion to enter and end the closed session and the acceptance of Allas' resignation.
