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Clerk: city moves most accounts to Merchants Bank; clerk updates on paid leave, $10,000 donation and canceled liquor-license meeting
Summary
Clerk/Treasurer Melanie McGrath reported the council will move most city accounts to Merchants Bank, explained Minnesota paid leave implications for city employees, announced a $10,000 donation from the snowmobile club for the ballpark, that facility doors are arriving and that a planned liquor-license suspension hearing was canceled after payment was submitted.
Clerk/Treasurer Melanie McGrath told the Dover City Council on Dec. 4 that after comparing banks the council decided to move all city accounts — except one certificate of deposit and the Fire Department checking account — from Old National Bank to Merchants Bank.
McGrath also briefed the council on Minnesota's paid-leave law and said she would notify all city employees about eligibility and how it would apply to the city's payroll and personnel. She reported the snowmobile club donated $10,000 toward the ballpark project and that replacement doors for the firehall and the well house were expected to arrive within a week or two.
The clerk said the council had set a special meeting to consider suspending Road Trip Bar and Grill's liquor license over delinquent sales tax for Dec. 16, 2025, but that the meeting was canceled after the business provided payment and proof. The minutes do not record further enforcement action.
These administrative items were recorded as part of the clerk's report; the council approved the bank-account move during the meeting. No additional budgetary details or vote tallies were provided in the minutes for the bank-account motion.
