Evening everybody and welcome to the Adina City Council meeting.

It is Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026.

Fabulous day in Minnesota, and don't forget about the Adina Art Fair coming up this weekend.

Make sure that you have a chance to try to get down there with friends and family.

Before we call the meeting to order, I just want to reemphasize what Director Benrot said is that we're handling these meetings in a hybrid sort of fashion.

We have been all during COVID and since COVID.

And post-pandemic we handle these meetings in a way where she said we'll take testimony in the uh chambers first from folks that wish to appear before us and either express a uh comment uh in the community comment portion of the agenda on a matter that's of concern to them, just to reminder that it can't be something that's on the agenda this evening or scheduled for a future public hearing.

Otherwise, you're welcome to uh share your thoughts with the council on a matter of concern to you.

And then we've got a couple of public hearings tonight where people can testify either uh in person or remotely.

And here's the call in information on the screen now, so people should be aware of that because the uh community comment comes up fairly quickly in the agenda.

Having provided that information, I'm gonna call the meeting to order and ask our clerk Sharon Ellison to call the roll.

Council.

Here, Councilmember Jackson.

Here, Councilmember Pierce.

Here.

Councilmember Reese?

Here.

Mayor Hoblin.

Here.

Next to the Pledge of Allegiance.

Thanks, everyone.

Um we have a form of meeting agenda in front of us that's uh been published in advance of the meeting, so people uh had an opportunity to see if there was anything of interest to them.

And if we've got folks here tonight, I think, to testify in the public hearing portion of the agenda.

Uh Manager Neal, I'm going to turn to you because I think there's an item that you wanted to pull off of the agenda.

Yes, thank you, Your Honor.

Uh staff would propose to take item 6.6, the bag fee policy report uh off tonight's agenda and table that to July 21st, where we will have our subject matter expert available and be able to answer any questions you might

have.

All right.

Um is there uh a motion to that effect from a council member?

So moved.

Second.

Uh

member Pierce moves member Jackson seconds the uh moving of the bag fee policy report to the July 21, 2026 meeting of the Adina City Council.

Any further discussion?

All those in favor of the motion of stated say aye.

Aye.

Aye, opposed, carried.

Motion is adopted.

The bag fee policy report will be moved to July 21, 2026 meeting of the City Council.

Uh and then back to um the agenda uh with the absence of uh that particular matter 6.6.

Is there a uh anyone in the council wishes to modify the agenda in any form or fashion or staff?

All right, is there a motion to adopt a meeting agenda uh as proposed with the uh item 6.6 removed?

So moved.

Second.

Member Jackson moves the adoption of the agenda uh as published with the exception of six items 6.6, which we just dealt with.

And member Pierce seconds any further discussion.

All those in favor of adoption of the meeting agenda say aye.

All those opposed.

Uh

the agenda is approved uh with the uh elimination of item 6.6.

And now we are at community comment, and we'll take uh folks' comments in the uh audience first.

And um just a reminder, you've got three minutes and you'll get the yellow warning light, and you've got 30 seconds left.

And as Director Benarott indicated it would be good if you start thinking about wrapping up your remarks so that we treat everybody here uh in the same manner and given the same opportunity to uh provide their testimony,

council members.

My name is Ralph Sickert.

Manager Neil.

Thank you because your reply for posting a reply to the question I repeated for the third time on May 5th.

Thank you.

Because your reply confirms what I've been saying.

Spending cuts were not the primary reason the 2026 general levy was reduced from 17 percent to 8 percent.