President Carlsrud called the meeting to order at 5:00 PM.
Members present: President Carlsrud, Commissioner Gulmon, Commissioner Bishop, Commissioner Magnuson. Commissioner Erickson
Others: City Administrator Crawford, City Attorney Martineck, Finance Director Klein, Police Chief Horner, Administrative Assistant Hintz.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
SERVICE AWARD PRESENTATION
City-County Health awarded Officer Jacobson with an Above and Beyond Service Award.
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APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Add Item NB3. Consider Recommendation from the Visitor’s Committee to Approve $33,600.00 from the Valley City Tourism Development Fund for the Barnes County Historical Society WWII Heritage Trail Project.
Remove Resolution 2495, A Resolution Determining Sufficiency of Protests for Paving Improvement District 131.
Add Item NB4. Accept Protests for Paving Improvement District No. 131.
Commissioner Gulmon moved to approve, seconded by Commissioner Magnuson.
Motion passed unanimously.
APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA
Approve Minutes from the 6.17.2025 Finance & Commission Meetings and the 6.23.2025 Special Commission Meeting/Press Conference.
Commissioner Magnuson moved to change the wording from “taxable value of the home” to “single-family residence exemption cap” in the 6.17.25 Commission Minutes, seconded by Commissioner Gulmon. Motion passed unanimously.
Approve Contractor Licenses:
JT Lawn Services, Moorhead MN
Approve Contractor License Renewals:
Advance Garage Door Inc.
Braden Wenaas Construction LLC
Approve Tobacco License Renewals:
Dollar General Store #17856
Commissioner Magnuson moved to approve the Consent Agenda with changes, seconded by Commissioner Bishop. Motion passed unanimously.
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RESOLUTION
RES 2496. A Resolution to Adopt and Extend the Declaration of Storm Disaster Dated June 21, 2025.
Commissioner Bishop moved to approve, seconded by Commissioner Magnuson.
Motion passed unanimously.
NEW BUSINESS
Approve Amendment to Employee Policy and Procedure Manual – Law Enforcement Officer Special Event Pay. Clarification of the rate of pay for non-exempt and exempt officers when working a special event. The Event requesting will pay this fee.
Commissioner Bishop moved to approve, seconded by Commissioner Gulmon.
Motion passed unanimously.
Approve Task Order for Construction Engineering for Wintershow Road Shared-Use Path Phase 1 (NDDOT Project No. TAU-2-990(066), PCN 23917). Pre-project meeting will be in July.
Commissioner Gulmon moved to approve, seconded by Commissioner Magnuson.
Roll Call Vote: Bishop – Aye, Magnuson – Aye, Erickson – Nay, Gulmon – Aye, Carlsrud – Aye.
Motion Passed.
Consider Recommendation from the Visitor’s Committee to Approve $33,600.00 from the Valley City Tourism Development Fund for the Barnes County Historical World War II Heritage Trail Project. Mary Lee Nielson spoke about the plans for this project and how it will impact Valley City Tourism.
Commissioner Bishop moved to approve, seconded by Commissioner Magnuson.
Motion passed unanimously
Accept Protests for Paving Improvement District No. 131.
Commissioner Magnuson moved to approve, seconded by Commissioner Gulmon.
Motion passed unanimously.
CITY ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT
City Administrator Crawford shared an update with the clean-up still happening after the June 21st storm. Plan for this to take at least another two weeks to get caught up. Any Resident not wanting to wait may haul 24/7 to the site at no charge. We will be having another branch/tree pickup day on July 24th.
CITY UPDATES & COMMISSION REPORTS
Police Chief Horner wanted to congratulate Officer Jacobson on his service award. He also thanked the whole force for all their extra time and effort over the past several months. They are a great group of Officers.
Commissioner Gulmon went over the latest financials and shared that the City is doing well and the finances are trending nicely.
Commissioner Magnuson Is thankful for all the staff and how they have gone above and beyond throughout these past couple weeks. Super Proud!
President Carlsrud repeated Commissioner Magnuson’s thoughts. He also reminded the Resident’s to be patient as the staff is working on getting the town picked up and to be careful as they too work to clean their homes and yards. Be safe.
ADJOURN
Meeting was adjourned at 5:26 P.M.