Council approves sale of four acres to AMPI and payment for Ampy Park shelter work

The Paynesville City Council voted to sell four acres to Associated Milk Producers, Inc. (AMPI) and approved a payment estimate for the Ampy Park shelter during the same meeting.

City staff described the Phase 2 agreement with AMPI as enabling installation of a dissolved air flotation (DAF) pre-treatment device for wastewater on roughly four acres behind city property. Staff said AMPI will purchase the four acres for $36,000 and agreed to bear the cost of required lot plotting (staff estimated $3,000–$4,000). The sale was presented as contingent on completion of platting and related planning steps; council approved the agreement and motioned to sign the sale agreement.

On the Ampy Park shelter project, the council reviewed pay request number one, which the packet lists at $32,418.34 for work completed through the end of October. Staff said concrete and block work were complete and framing was in progress; the contractor hoped to finish the majority of work in weeks with some spring touch-ups. To help cover the shelter’s shortfall, the council also approved transferring park-dedication funds to the park capital improvement fund.

Councilmembers asked whether the city would continue plowing for the Rose Center and confirmed that arrangement. The AMPI sale vote and the pay-request motion carried by voice vote with no recorded opposition.

Next steps: staff will complete platting requirements with the county, finalize the sale closing, process the payment estimate to the contractor, and record the park fund transfer in the capital budget.