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Center City council approves annexation petition, planning consultant contract and committee changes
Summary
The council approved an annexation petition for 13840 Lake Boulevard, a 2026 contract with Municipal Development Group (adding remote meeting options for the Planning Commission), and small committee assignment changes including adding the Chisago County Collaborative Initiative.
At its Jan. 6 meeting the Center City Council approved multiple administrative actions, including an annexation petition for 13840 Lake Boulevard, a planning consultant contract for 2026 and limited changes to committee assignments.
The council approved Resolution 2026-01-06-B regarding Annexation Petition 13840 Lake Boulevard by a recorded vote of Ayes-5 (Garrett Boulineau, Sally Swanson, Jill Behnke, Mark Wolcott, Lloyd Vetter); Nays-0. The minutes state, "Lindstrom has passed and signed the petition for the property detachment," as part of the annexation record. No additional conditions or ordinance numbers were recorded in the transcript.
The council also approved the 2026 Municipal Development Group (MDG) contract authorizing Holly Kreft to work with Center City; the contract explicitly adds the option for remote attendance at Planning Commission meetings for Kreft. The motion to approve the MDG 2026 contract carried with the recorded ayes-5.
Council agreed to limited changes to committee assignments for 2026, including the addition of the Chisago County Collaborative Initiative to the assignments list; that motion also passed with a unanimous recorded vote.
Other administrative items noted during the meeting included staffing and public-works reports. For follow-up, the clerk indicated she will coordinate meetings related to the Bayview Raingarden and schedule discussions with bar owners and the Center City Fire Relief Association about charitable gambling operations.
