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Votes at a glance: budget, phone system, hires and permits
Summary
The council approved the 2025 budget and levy (Resolution 20‑24), authorized a new phone system, approved a firefighter hire and several routine items; it tabled the Big Iron land‑use permit pending ownership and inspector review and approved Task Order No. 1 while tabling the full engineering agreement for attorney review.
At its meeting the council took the following formal actions:
- Resolution 20‑24 (2025 budget and final levy): approved after a public hearing (see article above).
- Land‑use permit for Big Iron: motion to table pending building‑permit review by the inspector (Darren) and written confirmation from the recorded property owner (Sullivan); motion carried.
- West Central Technologies phone system proposal: approved; one‑time deployment fees to be paid from the municipal building fund; staff to finalize procurement details and schedule porting and deployment.
- Hiring: approved the hire of Trenton Zemer for the city fire department.
- Reimbursement accepted: council approved acceptance of $258.85 from the fire relief association for equipment on a new fire truck.
- Temporary on‑sale liquor license (Lions Club, Dec. 22): approved.
- BG Engineering: council approved Task Order No. 1 (zero fee) to allow winter work to proceed but tabled final approval of the full engineering agreement pending city‑attorney review; staff was asked to confirm rates and contract language.
Where the transcript recorded a simple "carried" or "all in favor," no individual vote tallies were recorded in the meeting text. Council directed staff to follow up as noted above and to return items with the inspector's findings or attorney comments as appropriate.
