The Eagan City Council met on October 21, 2025, at 6:30 PM at the Eagan Municipal Center. The agenda included a recognition of retiring Police Chief Roger New, approval of a consent calendar with numerous routine items, six public hearings (including certification of delinquent lodging taxes and final assessments for five street improvement projects), and adoption of a resolution supporting suburban transit. One property owner filed a written objection to an assessment, triggering a potential appeal. The meeting concluded with a closed session to discuss litigation and a property purchase.
And the republic is one nation undergo individual with liberty and justice. We have a fairly uh brief agenda tonight with some substance. Uh, and some pump uh and circumstance. Uh, recognizing uh Roger News retirement after thirty-one years with the city of Egan. Um so uh hopefully we'll be out here at a reasonable time tonight uh on a bliss free night. Um Ms. Miller, are there any changes in the agenda tonight? No, Mr. Mayor. Council need to change the agenda. No, sir. We'll take a motion on the agenda. Motion to adopt the agenda as presented. Second. That's moved and seconded. Any further discussion on the agenda? Seeing none, uh all in favor, single saying aye. Opposed nay. That motion carries, and we have an agenda. The first thing up in our agenda is the aforementioned recognition of uh retiring police chief uh Roger New, uh, who has been with the city of Egan for 31 years uh and is retiring, coming up here on I believe November 30th. Is that right? Yes. Excellent. So I'm gonna hand over to Ms. Miller to start us out in this recognition. Uh I want to welcome Roger uh and uh his family in tonight saying it's good to see you and uh uh two good looking kids, Roger. Thank God they don't look like him. Yeah, right. They look a lot better than him. Anyways, you're welcome, Roger. All right, Mayor and Council. Well, first it's very strange to be on this side of the dais, but um I want a really important evening this evening uh to recognize Chief New, as you said, we'll be retiring at the end of November. I want to give a little bit of background um on Chief New and make a couple comments before we turn it over to him and then back to the council. So Roger began his career in 1994 as a community service officer. He rose through every rank within the department, uh, demonstrating his unwavering commitment to safety, leadership, and community. Uh Chief New was appointed chief in 2018, becoming only the sixth leader of the Egan Police Department, and certainly has guided the organization with integrity and vision. Uh Chief News impact, as you well know, go far beyond his professional achievements, as he is a he has devoted countless hours to community mentoring and volunteering and coaching athletics. And with his leadership, compassion and dedication, Chief New has helped shape Egan into a community that is truly safer and stronger for all, and for that we are very grateful. Um I'm gonna share more sentiments about Chief New at uh gathering next week, so I will keep this brief. Um I just simply want to say to Roger, you know, what a true honor it has been to have you as our chief and as our colleague. You truly epitomize care. Yeah, come on up. You epitomize care in how you lead the team. Um you're always present in good times and bad. And we had our leadership team meeting earlier today, and someone I think just summed it up perfectly. They said, whenever you have a conversation with Roger New, you become the most important person in the world. And it's so true. Like what a gift, um, what a talent to have. We're gonna miss that. Um, I know that we're gonna thank lots of family too, but Sandy, Elias, Sydney, thank you for giving your dad to us for so many years.