Richland Township made a special donation this year and they want to make sure it is being used for its intended purpose.
Raised during review of the 2020 township fire contracts.
At the meetingVahlsing agreed to check with Sue Dodds and email the townships.
We hold no dataNothing in the factbook or the later packets records a special Richland Township donation or how it was spent. What we hold on Richland is its fire contract share: 36 sections, 30.38% of the township allocation, $20,860 under the 2021 contract, under a 51% city / 49% township split of the fire operating budget. The email Vahlsing agreed to send after checking with Sue Dodds, or a fund ledger showing the restricted donation, would answer it.
12.2.25_Special_Council_Meeting · would settle it: Accounting record showing the restricted use of the Richland Township donation
He told the attending citizens that they could appeal proposed assessed valuations for 2021 next April at the Board of Appeals and Equalization. meeting.
Vahlsing told citizens the 2020 valuations could not be changed because they were valued last April.
Partly answeredThe April 2020 Board of Appeal and Equalization date is not in our records; the next dates on file are Thursday April 15 2021 at 5:00 pm and Thursday April 14 2022 at 5:00 pm, each requiring at least three council members including one state-certified member. The thread ended in 2023: the Goodhue County Assessor's Office held the April 20 2023 board and has run Kenyon's valuation review as an open book since then because no council member holds the required training.
5.9.23_Council_Packet_and_Agenda; KENYON_DATA_IN_MEETINGS.md · taken up again 2023-05-09
The budget Peggy Halvorson of 303 Langford Avenue questioned how set the proposed tax was verses what the actual tax will be. Administrator Vahlsing stated that the City tax may drop slightly, but it will not increase.
Answer to a citizen's question about the difference between proposed and final tax.
Partly answeredThe budget calendar confirms the structural half of the claim: the maximum proposed levy is adopted by the end of September and after that it cannot be increased, only decreased, with the final levy and budget adopted by the end of December. The final adopted 2020 levy and the certified proposed figure it would be compared against are not in our records; the earliest certified levies we hold are 2025 $1,400,000 preliminary (+9.55%), 2026 $1,528,541 (+9.18%) and 2027 preliminary $1,670,115 (+9.26%).
8-20-24_AGENDA; taxes/data/kenyon_tax.json
Fire Chief Lee Skillestad summarized the Volunteer Fire Department response report with the number of calls to date in 2019.
Fire Chief presented the Volunteer Fire Department response report at the contract meeting.
At the meetingReport presented but the count is not in the record.
We hold no dataNo count of 2019 Kenyon Volunteer Fire Department calls is in the factbook or in any later council document we hold. The written 2019 response report, or a later packet reprinting annual call totals, would answer it.
would settle it: The written 2019 Volunteer Fire Department response report
Property valuations are reviewed at the Appeals and Equalization meeting in April. Vahlsing stated that the County had increased property valuations substantially in the City.
Explaining why tax bills were rising even though the meeting would not address valuations.
Partly answeredNo assessor figures for the 2019 or 2020 Kenyon valuations are in our holdings. The nearest documented number is the County Assessor's report of May 10, 2022, that the average valuation increase in the City was 18.46% for the 2022 assessment payable 2023, based on 56 home sales between 10/1/2020 and 9/30/2021.
5.10.22 Council Packet & Agenda; dashboard/data/benchmarks.json
The budget Peggy Halvorson of 303 Langford Avenue questioned how set the proposed tax was verses what the actual tax will be.
Citizen question during the public budget and levy discussion.
At the meetingVahlsing said the City tax may drop slightly but will not increase, and the budget is usually tight and won't change much.
Answered from our recordsThe September maximum levy is a ceiling: once adopted it cannot be increased, only decreased, so the final tax is at or below the proposed figure. The 2026 cycle is the clearest example, with a 9.93% maximum approved in September 2025 cut to 9.18% in November and certified at $1,528,541; the 2027 draft opened at 19.50% on July 14 2026, fell to 10.34% on August 6, and was certified at 9.26%.
taxes/data/kenyon_tax.json; 12.9.25 Council Agenda and Packet Updated · taken up again 2025-12-09
He noted that the 1980 tender tanker will need replacing in the next year or two. The department has had this tanker for 12 years.
Background on the age and service life of the tanker slated for replacement.
We hold no dataNo fire department equipment acquisition record is in our holdings, so the 12-year service claim cannot be checked. Fire department apparatus purchase or transfer documents showing the acquisition date of the tender would answer it.
would settle it: Fire department equipment acquisition records
Mayor Henke called the special meeting to order at 6:00 pm. 2020 Fire Contract Meeting with Townships City Administrator Vahlsing explained that the purpose of meeting was to review the proposed 2020 contracts for fire protection with the six townships in the Kenyon Fire Department service area. The contracts are based on a breakdown of 51% city and 49% township of the operating budget.
Explanation of how the township fire contract amounts were calculated.
Answered from our recordsThe 51% city / 49% township split with each township's share set by section count is the city's standing method, repeated verbatim in the packets for the 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 contracts. The 2021 worksheet shows the mechanics: 118.50 sections in the fire district, Richland 36 sections or 30.38% at $20,860, Holden 30 sections or 25.32% at $17,385, and a township total of $68,665, which implies a fire operating budget of about $140,133.
12.2.25 Special Council Meeting; 12.6.22 Special Council Meeting Minutes
The department has had this tanker for 12 years. Also, there are seven new members that will need turnout gear at $3,500 per person.
Equipment costs raised in the context of the 2020 fire budget and township contracts.
Partly answeredNo vendor quote or roster of the seven new members exists in our records. The nearest figure is the 2022 fire budget, which carried three new sets of turnout gear at $4,000 each plus one SCBA at $6,000, on a ten-year rotating replacement schedule, and the 2024 budget which funds three sets a year plus any additional gear for new firemen.
The 2022 budget prices turnout gear at $4,000 per set, not the $3,500 per person stated in 2019.
9.8.21 Work Session Minutes; 9.12.23 Council Packet & Agenda
Fire Chief Lee Skillestad summarized the Volunteer Fire Department response report with the number of calls to date in 2019. He noted that the 1980 tender tanker will need replacing in the next year or two.
Fire Chief's summary of department equipment needs during the fire contract discussion.
At the meetingNo cost estimate or purchase date given.
What happened nextThe tanker was replaced. The council approved purchase of a 2025-26 tanker truck from Midwest Fire on June 11, 2024, with a $10,000 Fire Relief Association down payment from the truck fund; the new 520 Tender truck was delivered in the first week of December 2025. The 1983 Chevrolet Tender was declared excess inventory on November 12, 2025 and the 1988 C70 Chevrolet Tanker went to auction in December 2025. No total purchase price appears in our records.
Later records name a 1983 Chevrolet Tender and a 1988 C70 Chevrolet Tanker, not a 1980 tender tanker.
12.9.25 Council Agenda and Packet Updated; 6.11.24 Council Packet; 11-12-25 Council Packet · taken up again 2025-12-09
The budget is usually pretty tight and won't change much. The final budget and levy will be approved at the regular council meeting on December 12, 2019.
The special meeting was a public hearing on the proposed budget and levy.
Partly answeredNo record of the December 12, 2019 adoption of the 2020 budget and levy is in our holdings. The city's documented practice is that the final levy and budget must be adopted on or before December 30 each year, and in later years the final levy was certified at or below the September maximum: 6.8% for 2023, 8% for 2024, 9.55% for 2025, and 9.18% for 2026.
taxes/data/kenyon_tax.json; 12-13-22 Agenda; 12.12.23 Council Packet; 12.10.24 Council Packet
Mayor Henke called the special meeting to order at 6:00 pm. 2020 Fire Contract Meeting with Townships City Administrator Vahlsing explained that the purpose of meeting was to review the proposed 2020 contracts for fire protection with the six townships in the Kenyon Fire Department service area.
The special meeting was called to review the proposed 2020 township fire contracts.
At the meetingContract basis explained; no approval recorded at this meeting.
Partly answeredNo signed 2020 township fire contract appears in the record we hold. The arrangement continued without interruption: a 2021 contract table lists all six townships totaling 118.50 sections and $68,665, and the same review process is recorded for 2023 on December 6 2022, for 2024 on December 12 2023, for 2025 on December 10 2024, and for 2026 on December 9 2025.
12.2.25 Special Council Meeting; 12.9.25 Council Agenda and Packet
Also, there are seven new members that will need turnout gear at $3,500 per person. Steve Johnson of Richland Township asked about where the special donations show up in the budget.
Richland Township made a special donation this year and wanted to confirm its intended use.
At the meetingNot answered at the meeting; Vahlsing said he would check with Sue Dodds and email the townships.
Partly answeredSpecial donations are recorded in fund 230, SPECIAL PURPOSE DONATIONS, with a revenue line under each department: Fire at 230-42200-36230 and 230-42200-36235, Library at 230-45500-36230. The fund carried $73,632.31 in 2023 activity and $42,558.35 in 2024, budgeted at $0 each year, so donations show as revenue with no budget appropriation; the specific Richland Township entry is not identified in any packet we hold.
9-9-25 Council Packet; 9-8-26 Council Packet
Richland Township made a special donation this year and they want to make sure it is being used for its intended purpose. Administrator Vahlsing stated he would check with Sue Dodds and email the answer to the townships.
Richland Township wanted assurance its special donation was used for its intended purpose.
At the meetingNo answer given; Vahlsing committed to follow up by email.
Partly answeredTownship donations are booked in city fund 230, SPECIAL PURPOSE DONATIONS, which carries department sub-accounts including 230-42200-36230 DONATIONS and 230-42200-36235 Donation - Donor Restricted for Fire. The record shows one documented expenditure from the Special Donation account, a $3,000 transfer to the Public Works Capital Fund for pool maintenance requested on May 10, 2022, but no entry identifying Richland Township's donation or Vahlsing's promised email to the townships.
9-8-26 Council Packet; 5.10.22 Council Packet & Agenda
Additional coordination may be required after the application due date of September 2, 2019 resulting in cost of up to $3,000. The cost of the permit renewal of $1,240 was included in the 2019 budget.
Comparison of budgeted versus actual cost for the NPDES permit renewal.
At the meetingCouncil authorized the $11,000 fee anyway.
We hold no dataWe hold no 2019 budget line for wastewater permit renewal and no Bolton & Menk proposal for the NPDES renewal documentation. The follow-up passages address cannabis license and registration fees and do not bear on the permit. The 2019 adopted budget and the engineer's proposal would answer it.
factbook: no wastewater permit entry · would settle it: The 2019 budget line for permit renewal and the Bolton & Menk proposal
COUNCIL AND STAFF GENERAL COMMENTS Councilman Rechtzigel thanked Henke for accepting the Mayor position. Councilman Mortensen was happy that two new members joined the Park & Rec committee last night.
Council general comments.
We hold no dataWe hold no Park & Rec committee roster or 2019 minutes naming the two new members. Later packets record only that Park & Rec seats were still vacant on January 13 and January 14 2025. The August 12 2019 Park & Rec minutes would answer it.
1-13-25_Council_Packet_Updated · would settle it: Park & Rec committee roster or minutes
The Foundation aids economic development, early childhood, and community vitality. Early childhood shortages have recently risen to the top of the programs in need.
Presentation on Initiative Foundation activities in economic development, early childhood, and community vitality.
We hold no dataWe hold no SMIF program reports or needs assessment data on early childhood. Our SMIF records concern grants only: a $10,000 SMIF grant funded the Depot Park shelters, and the September 8 2026 packet describes a SMIF Taylor Family Farms Rural Development Grant of up to $20,000 with no match for the Depot Park concrete work. SMIF's own program priority documents would answer it.
KENYON_DEPOT_PARK.md; 9-8-26 Council Packet · would settle it: SMIF program reports or needs assessment data
Part of this money was budgeted for in 2019 and additional money will be in the 2020 budget. The improvements may be completed in phases if needed.
Plan for funding the police department layout in the former ambulance building.
Partly answeredNo phasing plan or 2020 budget allocation for the police building appears in our record. What is recorded is that by January 12 2021 the council authorized the KMU Supervisor to use the former police chief office and let senior citizens use the front area of the former police department building with keypad entry, and that PD building flooring and a squad car were added to capital outlay in the proposed 2024 budget. The 2020 adopted budget line and the layout cost estimates are missing.
1.12.21_Council_Minutes; 9.12.23_Council_Packet__Agenda
Currently, two people have expressed interest in the Council position.
Work session and regular meeting discussion of filling the council vacancy.
At the meetingInformal meetings with both were set for September 4.
We hold no dataWe hold no letters of interest or work session record from the September 4 2019 meetings with the two interested residents. The only vacancy record we hold is from a later, separate vacancy: on February 8 2022 the council interviewed John Naatz of 405 Trondheim Road and Kimberly Helgeson of 426 4th Street. The 2019 appointment minutes would answer it.
2.8.22_Council_Work_Session_Minutes · would settle it: Letters of interest on file at City Hall
Cities Authorized to Set Certain Lower Speed Limits – Update on New law Vahlsing stated that the 2019 Minnesota Legislature has authorized Cities the ability to set speed limits on certain city streets without a MN Dot traffic study. This is for information only and no changes will be made at this time.
Legal update on new state speed limit authority, presented for information only.
At the meetingCouncil took no action.
We hold no dataNothing in our holdings records any later council action on the 2019 speed limit authority. The follow-up passages concern the annual LMCIT liability limit waiver and do not bear on speed limits. A council resolution establishing speed limits under Minn. Stat. 169.14 subd. 5h, or a street department report, would answer it.
factbook: no entry on speed limits · would settle it: The text of the 2019 statute and any future Council decision to act on it
This event is scheduled for September 9 from 5:30 to 7:00 pm. The Police and Fire Departments will also be assisting with this event.
Use of a City building for a school community education event.
At the meetingCouncil approved KW Community Ed's use of the Fire Hall on September 9, 2019.
What happened nextFire Hall use by KW Community Ed continued to be handled by case-by-case council approval rather than a standing use agreement. On April 12, 2026 the council approved use of the Fire Hall for a joint fire department and KW Community Ed Summer Safety Event on June 2, 2026 from 5 to 7 pm, with staff noting the fire department is not usually used for public events.
4-12-26_Council_packet_(1) · taken up again 2026-04-12
Kenyon Area Historical Society – Oktoberfest Event– September 14, 2019 Kevin Anderson, representing the Kenyon Area Historical Society, requested approval to hold an Oktoberfest event at the Gunderson House on Saturday September 14, 2019 from 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm. KAHS is working with the Muni to coordinate the event.
New business request for a community event at a City property.
At the meetingCouncil approved the KAHS Oktoberfest event on September 14, 2019.
What happened nextThe Oktoberfest became a recurring Historical Society event at the Gunderson House. On August 10, 2021 the council approved the KAHS Oktoberfest for September 18, 2021 from 1:00 to 5:00 pm with alcohol sales, with KAHS coordinating the event with the Muni, and the September 14, 2021 minutes record it as held.
8.10.21_Council_Minutes · taken up again 2021-08-10
Clifton Larson has completed the audits since 2016. The overall cost for the 2018 audit was $20,225. The proposed quote for the 2019 audit would be $20,950.
Appointment of an audit firm for the 2019 audits.
At the meetingCouncil appointed Clifton Larson to complete the 2019 audits on Vahlsing's recommendation.
Partly answeredThe bid record confirms the 2019 City/KMU/Liquor audit quote of $20,950 from CliftonLarsonAllen and the award to that firm; the $20,225 figure for the 2018 audit does not appear in our records. CLA continued through the 2020 audit, presented July 13, 2021, then lost the work: Abdo Eick & Meyers won the 2021 audit RFP at $26,875 against CLA's $32,130 on September 14, 2021, and BerganKDV won the December 10, 2024 RFP at $27,540 against CLA's $97,640.
KENYON_BIDS.md, data/bids.csv · taken up again 2021-09-14
The grant was approved for $10,000 in June. This funding will cover up to 50% of the cost of a Historical Structures Report Study for the Gunderson House.
Funding for the Gunderson House historic structures report.
At the meetingCouncil accepted the $15,000 Wold quote, with half from capital funds and half from the grant.
Partly answeredAt the awarded price of $15,000, a grant covering up to 50% pays $7,500 and the city's capital funds pay $7,500, so the $10,000 Certified Local Government award would not be drawn in full. Wold completed the study and Vahlsing summarized the final Historic Structures Report to the council on January 12, 2021, and its air conditioning recommendation led to a $4,765 Reliable Heating and Cooling award on May 11, 2021. The SHPO grant award letter and agreement terms are not in our holdings.
KENYON_BIDS.md; 1.12.21_Council_Minutes · taken up again 2021-01-12
Wold Architects and Engineers $15,000 Clayburgh Preservation Architects $37,150 Miller Dunwiddie $46,400 LHB Inc. $22.500 MacDonald Mack Architects $28,300
Work session presentation on firms to conduct the Historic Structures Study.
At the meetingCouncil accepted the quote from Wold Architects & Engineers.
Partly answeredOur bid record confirms two of the five quotes and the award. Wold Architects asked $15,000 and LHB asked $22,500, and the council awarded Wold at $15,000.
Only two of the five quotes Vahlsing listed are in our bid record; the MacDonald Mack, Clayburgh and Miller Dunwiddie figures are not.
KENYON_BIDS.md
While the part-time officers are currently enrolled in the Coordinated fund. All Minnesota public employees, except full-time police and fire, are enrolled in the Coordinated Fund.
Background for the part-time officer PERA fund change.
Partly answeredThe city's audit note confirms Kenyon participates in two PERA plans, the General Employees Retirement Fund and the Public Employees Police and Fire Fund, under Minnesota Statutes chapters 353 and 356, covering all full-time and certain part-time employees. It does not state the statewide eligibility rule that everyone except full-time police and fire is in the Coordinated plan. PERA's membership eligibility statute would settle it.
7-11-23_Council_Packet
In this fund the City contributes 7.65% toward Medicare/Social security and 7.5% to PERA. With the Coordinated fund 1.45% is contributed toward Medicare and 18.4% toward PERA.
Comparison of PERA fund contribution rates presented with Resolution 2019-24.
We hold no dataWe hold no PERA Coordinated or Police and Fire employer contribution rates, so the 7.65%/7.5% versus 1.45%/18.4% comparison cannot be verified. City records show only combined PERA remittance amounts, for example $8,063.35 for pay period 9 of 2025. PERA's published employer rate schedule for 2019 would answer it.
5-13-25_council_packet_updated · would settle it: Official PERA Coordinated and Police & Fire employer contribution rates
Based on 2018 Part-time police wages the overall annual increase from the Coordinated PERA fund to the Police and Fire fund would be $641.
Resolution 2019-24 revising the PERA contribution formula for part-time officers.
At the meetingCouncil approved Resolution 2019-24.
We hold no dataWe hold no PERA employer contribution rate tables and no 2018 part-time police payroll totals, so the 3.25% increase and the $641 annual figure cannot be checked. The later passages record only lump PERA remittances such as $7,175.58 for pay period 12 of 2025, which mix employee and employer shares across all departments. The 2018 part-time police wage detail and PERA's rate schedule would answer it.
6-10-25_COUNCIL_PACKET_Updated · would settle it: PERA contribution rate tables and 2018 part-time police payroll totals
LEGAL Sale of 411 Bullis St Attorney Riggs stated that the Purchase agreement for 411 Bullis Street has been executed. A closing date is scheduled for August 28, 2019.
Legal update on the executed purchase agreement for 411 Bullis Street.
At the meetingCouncil was informed the purchase agreement has been executed.
We hold no dataWe hold nothing on 411 Bullis Street or the August 28, 2019 closing. The follow-up passages concern a 2025 development agreement closing clause, not this sale. A recorded deed or the closing statement in a fall 2019 packet would answer it.
no source in factbook · would settle it: Confirmation the closing occurred and the closing documents
The preliminary levy must by adopted at the September Council meeting, so the budget numbers are needed before this meeting.
Setting a Council work session to review the 2020 budget.
At the meetingCouncil set a work session for Wednesday, September 4 at 5:00 p.m.
Partly answeredThe factbook confirms the budget calendar Vahlsing described but holds no 2020 preliminary levy figure. Later packets restate the same rule: the maximum levy must be certified by the end of September and can be reduced but not raised before the final December adoption, and the certified levy history we hold begins with the 2025 preliminary levy of $1,400,000, up 9.55%. The missing piece is the September 2019 packet carrying the draft 2020 budget and the preliminary levy resolution.
taxes/levy.html; 9.13.22_Council_Packet__Agenda
Update on Police Building Layout – Chief Sjolander Police Chief Sjolander presented a diagram of a possible layout for the police department in the former ambulance building. The preliminary estimate for the project is $75,000.
Update on police building layout in the former ambulance building.
At the meetingChief Sjolander presented a diagram of a possible layout; improvements may be completed in phases if needed.
Partly answeredNo written estimate or contractor quote supporting the $75,000 police building figure is in our holdings, and neither the 2019 nor the 2020 budget lines for it are recorded. Council minutes of January 12 2021 show the former police chief office being reassigned to the KMU Supervisor and the front area to the senior citizens, so the department had vacated the old building by then. The 2019 and 2020 building improvement budget lines and any contractor quotes would settle the cost.
1.12.21 Council Minutes · taken up again 2021-01-12
The MPCA is requiring the City of Kenyon to provide more information on phosphorus and mercury minimization as part of the 2020 permit renewal.
Explanation of why the permit renewal work is needed.
We hold no dataWe hold no MPCA correspondence on phosphorus or mercury minimization and no document showing the wastewater permit expiration date of February 29, 2020. The MPCA permit renewal letter and the current NPDES/SDS permit would answer it.
No factbook holding on the city's NPDES/SDS wastewater permit · would settle it: The MPCA permit renewal requirements letter and current permit expiration date
Additional coordination may be required after the application due date of September 2, 2019 resulting in cost of up to $3,000.
Wastewater NPDES/SDS permit renewal proposal.
At the meetingCouncil authorized Bolton & Menk to proceed at a fixed fee of $11,000 plus additional coordination not to exceed $3,000.
We hold no dataNo Bolton & Menk invoices for the NPDES/SDS permit renewal are in our holdings, so we cannot say whether any of the $3,000 additional coordination allowance was used beyond the $11,000 fixed fee. The engineer's invoices for late 2019 and 2020 would answer it.
No factbook holding on 2019 Bolton & Menk invoices · would settle it: Bolton & Menk invoices showing whether additional coordination was needed
In order to move forward with the project, the Council must approve the feasibility report, set an improvement hearing date, and set a date for a public information meeting.
Council accepted the feasibility report and set hearing dates for Red Wing Avenue.
At the meetingCouncil approved Resolution 2019-25, set the public hearing for September 10, 2019 at 7:00 pm and the information meeting for September 5, 2019 from 5-7 pm at City Hall.
We hold no dataWe hold no feasibility report, hearing notice, or minutes for the Red Wing Avenue improvement project of 2019. The later passages describe the 2025 Street and Utility Improvements schedule, with its hearing held October 8 2024, a different project. The September 10 2019 minutes and the published hearing notice would answer it.
No factbook holding on the 2019 Red Wing Avenue project · would settle it: The finalized feasibility report and hearing notices
A preconstruction meeting was held on July 9 with RAW Construction. RAW Construction stated that they would not be able to start the project until late August.
Change Order #2 adjusting the substantial completion date on 2nd Street sanitary sewer improvements.
At the meetingCouncil approved Change Order #2 adjusting the substantial completion date.
We hold no dataWe hold no Change Order #2 for the 2nd Street sanitary sewer project and no record of RAW Construction's actual start or completion dates. The later change-order passages cover A-1 Excavating in 2021 and BCM Construction on the 2023 Pearl Creek project. The signed Change Order #2 and the engineer's final pay application would answer it.
No factbook holding on the 2019 2nd Street project · would settle it: The contractor's actual start date and the revised completion dates in Change Order #2
The City is working with CEDA on the next steps in the process. A special EDA meeting will be scheduled in early September to continue the business park development.
Next steps after the BDPI grant approval.
We hold no dataNo notice or minutes for a special EDA meeting in September 2019 are in our holdings. The later passages list routine EDA meeting dates in 2025 and 2026. The posted September 2019 EDA meeting notice would answer it.
No factbook holding on 2019 EDA meetings · would settle it: A posted notice with the special EDA meeting date
OLD BUSINESS Update on BDPI Grant – Business Park Project Administrator Vahlsing reviewed the letter received from MN Employment and Economic Development approving the City's grant in the amount of $672,096. DEED is finalizing the grant agreement and related documents.
Update on the Business Development Public Infrastructure grant for the business park project.
At the meetingCouncil was told the grant was approved in the amount of $672,096 and the City is working with CEDA on next steps.
We hold no dataWe hold no executed DEED grant agreement for the $672,096 BDPI business park award. The DEED Grant Contract Agreement referenced in 2026 packets is Resolution 2026-14 for the Rebound Real Estate Sunset Homes project, a different grant. The signed BDPI grant contract and CEDA correspondence would answer it.
4-12-26 Council packet; no BDPI agreement in holdings · would settle it: The executed DEED grant agreement
The interested parties will meet informally with the council prior to the budget meeting on September 4 at 4:30 and 4:45 respectfully.
Council seat declared vacant after Doug Henke was appointed Mayor.
At the meetingCouncil set informal meetings with the two interested parties on September 4 at 4:30 and 4:45.
We hold no dataWe hold no record of who applied for or was appointed to the 2019 council vacancy. The later passages concern a separate 2022 council vacancy and the 2022 appointment of Molly Ryan to the KMU Commission, not this seat. The September or October 2019 minutes with the appointment motion would answer it.
No factbook holding on 2019 council appointments · would settle it: Names of the applicants and a Council resolution of appointment
Councilman Rechtzigel agreed that it would be a good idea to talk about a potential plan for the compost area. This will be addressed at the September Council meeting.
Response to the McLeans' complaint about compost pile burning.
We hold no dataNo compost area plan appears in any document we hold, and no later agenda in our holdings shows the September 2019 discussion taking place. The September 2019 council agenda and minutes would show whether the plan item was heard.
No factbook holding on the compost site · would settle it: A drafted compost area plan on the September agenda
The pile burns for many days and the smoke goes right through their house. They also stated that non-compost items are being burnt including green-treated lumber.
Citizen comments on smoke and improper materials at the City compost pile.
At the meetingCouncilman Rechtzigel agreed it would be a good idea to discuss a potential plan for the compost area, to be addressed at the September Council meeting.
We hold no dataWe hold nothing on the City compost site, its operating plan, or what materials are burned there. The only later passages mentioning compost are unit-price bid lines for compost material in the 2022 and 2025 street project tabulations, which are unrelated. A written compost site operating plan, the public works burn log, and any MPCA open-burning permit would answer this.
No factbook holding on the compost site · would settle it: A written compost site operating plan and record of what materials are accepted and burned
Bonds will be issued after the bids are in hand, which will probably be in the Spring of 2020. Interest rates are very favorable right now and will hopefully carry over until Spring of 2020.
Eilertson characterized the bond market while presenting financing options.
Partly answeredWe hold no municipal bond index data for 2019 or 2020 and no Northland rate assumption from the Red Wing Avenue financing plan. The comparable figures we do hold are the 4.4% rate carried on the 2016 First Street assessments and the 5.25% assessment interest rate used in 2025, described as the projected city bond rate plus 1%.
5-13-25_council_packet_updated
The second option was based on the 2016 1st Street project, which would assess 27% of the street costs and 100% of individual service lines and shut offs for sewer and water to houses and businesses.
Rhein offered the 2016 project as a precedent for a second assessment option.
Partly answeredThe 2016 First Street project assessments are on record in the January 11, 2022 packet as a 2017-certified, 10-year, 4.4% assessment with individual amounts ranging from $3,193.12 to $3,963.10 per property. Those records do not state the percentage of street cost assessed, so the 27% figure is not confirmed; the 2016 project assessment resolution and roll summary would settle it.
1-11-22_Agenda_packet
The first assessment option was based on the current assessment policy, which would assess 50% of the street costs and 100% of individual service lines and shut offs for sewer and water to houses and businesses.
Rhein described the first assessment option based on existing city policy.
Answered from our recordsThe assessment policy summary in the September 10, 2024 packet confirms the claim: Street and Site Reconstruction 50% assessable, Sanitary and Water Services 100% assessable. It also shows Sidewalk 50%, Street Overlay 0%, Storm Sewer 0%, Watermain reconstruction 0% and Sanitary Sewer Main 0% assessable.
9.10.24_Council_Packet_and_Agenda · taken up again 2024-09-10
Administrator Vahlsing reviewed options for the repayment of a portion of the project financing from the sewer, water, and storm sewer enterprise funds. Proposed increases and the impact on rates were reviewed.
Vahlsing presented options for enterprise funds to pay a portion of the project debt service.
At the meetingOptions were reviewed; no decision recorded.
Partly answeredNo 2019 rate study tied to the Red Wing Avenue debt is in our holdings. The council did later act on utility rates: on January 9, 2024 it raised the sanitary sewer rate from $6.61 to $7.40 per thousand gallons, the residential sewer base from $23.44 to $26.25 per month and the residential storm water maintenance fee from $4.03 to $9.00 per month, citing project costs and the utility rate study.
1-9-24_agenda · taken up again 2024-01-09
George Eilertson, Northland Securities, reviewed the bonding options for the Red Wing Avenue project based on the engineer's estimated project costs. The estimated repayment terms were shown for 15, 20 and 25 years.
Northland presented repayment terms for three lengths but no term was chosen.
At the meetingNo term was selected at the meeting.
We hold no dataNo document in our holdings records the bond term chosen for the Red Wing Avenue project. The council resolution awarding the sale of the Red Wing Avenue improvement bonds, or the Northland financing plan adopted with it, would name the term.
would settle it: A Council resolution selecting the bond repayment term
The estimated repayment terms were shown for 15, 20 and 25 years. Bonds will be issued after the bids are in hand, which will probably be in the Spring of 2020.
Bond issuance timing depends on receiving construction bids.
At the meetingEilertson indicated the likely timing is Spring 2020.
Partly answeredThe Red Wing Avenue project was built by Wencl Construction, with the remaining work restarting in April 2021, final paving in May 2021 and full completion required by June 26, 2021. The bid opening date and the actual bond sale schedule are not in our holdings; the Red Wing Ave Capital Project fund shows $0.00 in bond issuance costs in the 2024 budget table.
4.13.21_Council_Minutes · taken up again 2021-04-13
The estimated project cost using the 32% will be presented at the public hearing. The final cost can be adjusted later, but should be the same or less than this amount.
Council was told the 32%-based figure sets a ceiling that can be lowered.
Partly answeredThe practice described was confirmed in a later project: on July 8, 2025 the assessment roll was updated with actual bid pricing and, except for three assessments that stayed the same, all assessments fell below the amounts in the official notices and the May 13 hearing. The Red Wing Avenue final assessment roll itself is not in our holdings.
7.8.25_Updated_Council_Packet_and_Agenda · taken up again 2025-07-08
The Engineers will use the 32% for the purpose of generating the feasibility report. The estimated project cost using the 32% will be presented at the public hearing.
The cost figure based on the newly chosen 32% assessment rate was not available at the work session.
Partly answeredThe report containing the 32%-based estimate was accepted August 13, 2019 and a hearing set for September 10, 2019, but we hold no dollar figure for the Red Wing Avenue project cost or its preliminary assessment roll. The same 32% rate reappears in the 2025 Street and Utility Improvements packets with a 15-year term and 5.25% assessment interest.
8.13.19_City_Council_Mtg_Minutes · taken up again 2019-08-13
The proposed assessment amount will be in the final report that will be considered for adoption at the August Council meeting.
Adoption of the final Red Wing Avenue feasibility report and assessment amount was deferred to August.
What happened nextThe final feasibility report came to the August meeting as promised and was accepted August 13, 2019 by Resolution 2019-25, with the improvement hearing set for September 10, 2019. The motion by Nielsen, seconded by Mortensen, carried 4-0-0.
8.13.19_City_Council_Mtg_Minutes · taken up again 2019-08-13
After discussing the options, the Council's consensus was to reduce the street assessment cost from the policy amount of 50% to 32%. The Engineers will use the 32% for the purpose of generating the feasibility report.
After reviewing assessment options, the Council agreed to reduce the street assessment from the policy 50% to 32%.
At the meetingCouncil reached consensus on 32%; no report delivered at this meeting.
What happened nextThe feasibility report was finalized using the council's work-session direction and accepted on August 13, 2019 by Resolution 2019-25, which set the improvement public hearing for September 10, 2019 at 7:00 pm on a 4-0-0 vote. The 32% street assessment rate, reduced from the 50% policy, remained the city's working rate in later projects, appearing again in the 2025 Street and Utility Improvements assessment terms.
8.13.19_City_Council_Mtg_Minutes · taken up again 2019-08-13
Motion by Rechtzigel second by Nielsen to move all future hire authorizations that are staff directed personnel hires to the consent agenda with the understanding that one council member can pull it off the consent agenda at any time.
Procedural change adopted after approving the liquor store hire.
At the meetingMotion carried 4-0-0.
What happened nextThe practice took hold and remains in force: personnel hires appear under the consent block 'APPROVAL OF MINUTES and APPOINTMENTS' in the October 10 2023, March 11 2025 and March 10 2026 agendas. The March 10 2026 packet lists the hires of Emiley Schindler and Tate Erlandson as consent items 5 and 6.
3-10-26_Council_Packet_Updated · taken up again 2026-03-10
The purchase of this pickup was approved at the February 2019 Council meeting and was included in the 2019 City budget.
Justification for the lease resolution.
Partly answeredThe budget carries Fund 336 '2019 FORD F150 LEASE' with expenditures of $8,150 budgeted and $8,146 actual, funded entirely by a transfer from the capital fund with a levy of $0, and the fund reads $0.00 in the 2025 and 2026 packets, so the lease is retired. Neither the February 2019 minutes nor the 2019 adopted budget line is held, so the claim that the purchase was approved in February 2019 and budgeted that year is not confirmed.
8-29-24_work_session · taken up again 2024-08-29
The first lease payment would be due in January of 2020. The City would then have the option of purchasing the pickup for $1.00 at the end of the lease term.
Resolution 2019-22 approving the lease with option to purchase.
At the meetingResolution 2019-22 passed 3-1 with Henke voting no.
We hold no dataNothing in the factbook or the follow-up passages records the F150 lease payment schedule or the $1.00 purchase option; the 2022 passages concern Kinetic Leasing terms for a Peterbilt dump truck, a different vehicle. The signed 2019 lease-purchase agreement and its Exhibit B payment schedule would answer it.
8.15.22_Council_Packet__Agenda · would settle it: The signed lease-purchase agreement
Rose Fest Funding Request Administrator Vahlsing stated that at the June Council meeting the Rose Fest committee made a request for additional funding from the City for this year's celebration. The City has previously donated $1000 to Rose Fest each year.
Background on the City's history of Rose Fest support.
Partly answeredThe council record shows Rose Fest receiving $2,000 from the city in the April 8 2025 donation list, alongside $2,500 to the Kenyon Area Historical Society and $10,000 to Kenyon Fire Relief. No pre-2019 donation ledger is held, so the $1,000-per-year history is not verified; the city's annual donation resolutions for 2016 through 2019 would settle it.
4-8-25_council_packet · taken up again 2025-04-08
Vahlsing noted that Bolton & Menk, the City's Engineering Firm, donated $1000 to Rose Fest following the June meeting.
Context for the Rose Fest additional funding request.
We hold no dataWe hold no Rose Fest donation records and nothing documenting a $1,000 contribution from Bolton & Menk. Our Bolton & Menk entries cover paid work only, including the 2024 GIS conversion at $14,500 plus $1,260/yr ESRI licensing and the 2026 Lead Service Line Replacement design scope. The Rose Fest committee's donation ledger or treasurer's report would answer it.
KENYON_DATA_IN_MEETINGS.md · would settle it: Rose Fest donation records
PRESENTATIONS/PUBLIC HEARINGS None ENGINEERING Business Park Development Update City Engineer Rhein stated that they had met with the Goodhue County Engineer to discuss access, drainage, and future utility locations along County Road 12. The County did not have any major concerns with the project.
Report on the meeting with the County Engineer.
Partly answeredNo written comments or notes from the Goodhue County Engineer on the business park are in our holdings. County Road 12 work did proceed: a CSAH 12 partnership agreement defining roles, responsibilities and cost shares was drafted, sent to the city attorney and forwarded to the county for approval by May 14, 2024, with Jess Greenwood, P.E., County Engineer and Public Works Director, as the county's authorized representative.
5-14-24_AGENDA(1) · taken up again 2024-05-14
The council has the option of either appointing a new mayor or advertising for interest, but this should be done as soon as possible, because there needs to be five members on the Council.
Urgency of filling the vacant seat.
Partly answeredNo city charter or ordinance text stating council size appears in our holdings. The record shows the council continued to transact business with four members, adopting Resolutions 2019-26 and 2019-27 on 4-0-0 votes on August 13, 2019, and filling the fifth seat by appointment after informal meetings with two interested parties on September 4, 2019. The charter or ordinance provision fixing membership is what is missing.
The council passed resolutions 4-0-0 with only four members seated, so a five-member council was not a precondition for acting.
8.13.19_City_Council_Mtg_Minutes · taken up again 2019-08-13
As long as the remaining term is less than two years, the Council can appoint a replacement to serve until the term expires.
Legal options for filling the vacant Council/Mayor seat.
At the meetingCouncil proceeded with Resolution 2019-23 on that basis.
What happened nextThe council acted on that basis: Resolution 2019-27 appointed Doug Henke to serve as Mayor until the next election on August 13, 2019, and Resolution 2019-26 then declared Henke's council seat vacant. Attorney Riggs restated the same rule on February 8, 2022 for Tom Gard's seat, where the appointee served until the term expired in December 2022.
8.13.19_City_Council_Mtg_Minutes · taken up again 2019-08-13
Motion by Mortensen second by Rechtzigel to accept Amy Reding's change in status from full time to part- time and authorize re-hiring for the position.
Police officer resignation added to the agenda as New Business item E.
At the meetingMotion carried 4-0-0.
Partly answeredNo 2019 applicant list or hire for the vacated full-time police officer position is in our holdings. The position has recurred repeatedly: an internal posting to part-time officers was authorized November 9, 2021, a posting closed April 1, 2025, and as of September 8, 2026 the full-time officer position was still posted until filled with no applicants, at $33.54/hr entry to $42.61 at 5-10 years.
9-8-26 Council Packet; data/jobs.csv · taken up again 2026-09-08
Motion by Mortensen second by Henke to accept Peter Kerr's resignation and authorize re-hiring for the position.
Public Works worker resignation.
At the meetingMotion carried 4-0-0.
We hold no dataWe hold nothing on the re-hire for the Public Works position vacated by Peter Kerr on July 26, 2019. The 2025 passages concern the Finance Director resignation and the Public Works Director resignation rescission, not this position. The August or September 2019 minutes recording the posting and hire would answer it.
no source in holdings · would settle it: Job posting and hire recommendation
CITIZEN COMMENTS The family of Mike Engel asked for permission to use the City logo on Mayor Engel's funeral pamphlet.
Citizen comments at the start of the meeting.
At the meetingAdministrator Vahlsing granted permission.
Not a data questionPermission to use the city logo is an administrative courtesy, granted by Administrator Vahlsing at the meeting. No further record or figure is required.
meeting record
The Council stated that if more money was donated by the City, they would like documentation on how it was spent.
Condition attached to the extra $1000 donation for 2019.
At the meetingCouncil approved the additional donation on that condition.
Partly answeredNo Rose Fest expenditure report for the extra 2019 donation appears in any later packet we hold. The budget-time half of the condition was met: Rose Fest funding now runs through the annual budget transfer list at $2,000, approved April 8, 2025. An itemized accounting from the committee would settle the documentation requirement.
4-8-25_council_packet · taken up again 2025-04-08
Rose Fest Funding Request Administrator Vahlsing stated that at the June Council meeting the Rose Fest committee made a request for additional funding from the City for this year's celebration.
Carryover request from the June Council meeting.
At the meetingCouncil approved the $1000 donation plus an additional $1000 for 2019.
What happened nextThe council approved $1,000 plus an additional $1,000 for 2019, and the doubled figure became the standing line: the April 8, 2025 packet lists a budget transfer of $2,000 to Rose Fest alongside $2,500 to the Kenyon Area Historical Society and $10,000 to Kenyon Fire Relief. The committee's own request letter and budget are not in our holdings.
4-8-25_council_packet · taken up again 2025-04-08
The Minnesota Management and Budget Office is currently completing its review. When that agency has completed reviewing the application it will go back to DEED for final review.
Update on the BDPI grant for the business park project.
At the meetingFirst phase of review reported complete.
What happened nextDEED approved the BDPI grant at $672,096. Administrator Vahlsing reported the approval letter to the council on August 13, 2019, with DEED finalizing the grant agreement and the city working with CEDA on next steps, and a special EDA meeting to be scheduled in early September.
8.13.19_City_Council_Mtg_Minutes · taken up again 2019-08-13
The final legal description should be coming soon from the surveyor. Then the City can move forward with the property closing.
Sale of 411 Bullis Street.
What happened nextThe purchase agreement for 411 Bullis Street was executed and Attorney Riggs reported on August 13, 2019 that closing was scheduled for August 28, 2019.
8.13.19_City_Council_Mtg_Minutes · taken up again 2019-08-13
Administrator Vahlsing stated that Chief Sjolander has been meeting with contractors to develop a layout and design plan for the building improvements.
Planning improvements to the ambulance building being transferred to the City.
What happened nextChief Sjolander presented a diagram of a possible police department layout in the former ambulance building on August 13, 2019, with a preliminary estimate of $75,000. Part was budgeted in 2019 and additional money would come in the 2020 budget, with improvements completed in phases if needed.
8.13.19_City_Council_Mtg_Minutes · taken up again 2019-08-13
The resolution to approve the transfer of ownership back to the City will be on the EDA agenda on July 23. Once the resolution is approved, the deed can be filed with the County the next day.
Transfer of the ambulance building property back to the City of Kenyon.
At the meetingRiggs said he is finalizing the documents.
Partly answeredNo EDA resolution of July 23, 2019 and no recorded deed for the ambulance building appear in the record we hold. By August 13, 2019 the Council was treating the building as the city's, with Chief Sjolander presenting a police department layout for the former ambulance building at a preliminary estimate of $75,000.
8.13.19_City_Council_Mtg_Minutes
Red Wing Avenue Feasibility Study Engineer Rhein stated that a work session to discuss the project financing is scheduled for Tuesday, July 23 at 6:00 pm. The Feasibility Study should be ready for adoption at the August Council meeting.
Timeline for adopting the feasibility study.
What happened nextThe Council adopted Resolution 2019-25 on August 13, 2019 accepting the Red Wing Avenue feasibility report and setting the improvement public hearing for September 10, 2019 at 7:00 pm, carried 4-0-0.
8.13.19_City_Council_Mtg_Minutes · taken up again 2019-08-13
Red Wing Avenue Feasibility Study Engineer Rhein stated that a work session to discuss the project financing is scheduled for Tuesday, July 23 at 6:00 pm.
Red Wing Avenue Feasibility Study update.
At the meetingWork session announced as scheduled.
What happened nextThe work sessions were held and their feedback was incorporated: on August 13, 2019 Engineer Rhein reported the Red Wing Avenue feasibility report had been finalized using feedback received during the previous Council work sessions. The financing options discussed at those sessions are not itemized in the record we hold.
8.13.19_City_Council_Mtg_Minutes · taken up again 2019-08-13
Construction should begin by August 26 and still be completed by September 13. A public information meeting has been scheduled for Monday, July 15 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm at City Hall.
Outreach ahead of the 2nd Street sewer construction.
At the meetingMeeting announced as scheduled.
What happened nextThe public information meeting on the 2nd Street improvements was held July 15, 2019, as reported by Engineer Rhein on August 13, 2019. The record we hold does not list the questions raised at that meeting.
8.13.19_City_Council_Mtg_Minutes · taken up again 2019-08-13
The RAW contractor stated that the City's construction start has been moved out due to summer weather issues. Construction should begin by August 26 and still be completed by September 13.
Update on RAW contractor schedule after summer weather delays.
What happened nextRAW Construction confirmed it could not start until late August, so on August 13, 2019 the Council approved Change Order #2 moving the substantial completion date off August 30; the contractor still expected to meet final completion on September 13. The motion carried 4-0-0.
8.13.19_City_Council_Mtg_Minutes · taken up again 2019-08-13
The development plan is being worked on and should be ready for review in August. 2nd Street Sanitary Sewer Improvements Engineer Rhein stated that a meeting was held with RAW today.
Business Park Development update after meeting with the Goodhue County Engineer.
Partly answeredNo August 2019 business park development plan document appears in the record we hold. The business park thread continues later: the EDA set the lot price at $0.99 per square foot with TIF used to reduce the actual sale price, and reviewed a CEDA marketing strategy, community profile and flyer on November 9, 2021.
11.9.21_Council_Minutes
Motion by Mortensen second by Rechtzigel to direct the City Administrator to advertise for the empty Council position.
Filling the Council seat vacated by the death of Mayor Engel.
At the meetingMotion made following adoption of Resolution 2019-23.
Partly answeredThe advertisement drew two interested persons by the August 13, 2019 work session, where the Council discussed either appointing directly or interviewing and appointing in September. No resolution appointing a person to the council seat appears in the record we hold.
8.13.19_Council_Work_Session_Minutes · taken up again 2019-08-13
The council has the option of either appointing a new mayor or advertising for interest, but this should be done as soon as possible, because there needs to be five members on the Council.
Discussion of the transition process following the passing of Mayor Engel.
At the meetingCouncil adopted Resolution 2019-23 declaring the vacancy and moved to advertise for the position.
What happened nextThe vacancy was filled by appointment rather than a new election: on August 13, 2019 the Council adopted Resolution 2019-27 appointing Doug Henke to serve as Mayor until the next election, carried 4-0-0. The same meeting adopted Resolution 2019-26 declaring Henke's council seat vacant.
8.13.19_City_Council_Mtg_Minutes · taken up again 2019-08-13
Approve Resolution 2019-20: Requesting Reinstatement of Local Board of Appeal and Equalization Mayor Engel stated that a resolution was required to have the Local Board Appeal and Equalization returned to the City Council in 2020.
Resolution 2019-20 required to return the Local Board of Appeal and Equalization to the City in 2020.
At the meetingCouncil approved Resolution 2019-20 by a 5-0-0 vote.
What happened nextReinstatement took effect: a Board of Appeal & Equalization meeting was scheduled for Thursday, April 15, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. in the city's meeting calendar. The city later gave the function back to the county: on May 9, 2023 Mayor Henke reported the Goodhue County Assessor's Office would hold the April 20, 2023 board and serve as the Board for at least the next three years, and since 2023 it runs as an open book because no council member holds the required training.
5.9.23_Council_Packet_and_Agenda; KENYON_DATA_IN_MEETINGS.md · taken up again 2023-05-09
COUNCIL AND STAFF GENERAL COMMENTS Councilman Mortensen noted that Cheryl Dahl said the pool kickoff party was a success.
General council comments at the end of the meeting.
We hold no dataNo attendance or revenue figures for the 2019 pool kickoff party are in our archive. Our pool material is limited to budget lines and the $77,000 of repair pricing carried in the 2027 draft budget.
KENYON_DATA_IN_MEETINGS.md · would settle it: Attendance or revenue figures from the pool kickoff party
Library Director Michelle Otte updated the Council on the library improvement project. The carpet will be replaced with new carpet squares, which was included in the 2019 City Budget.
Funding source for the library carpet squares replacement.
We hold no dataWe hold no 2019 city budget detail, so the library carpet line cannot be confirmed. Our library spending figures begin with the library automation line at $7,850 in 2022. The adopted 2019 budget with the library building or capital line would answer this.
KENYON_IT_SPEND.md · would settle it: The 2019 City Budget line item for library carpet
The offer is from a buyer who would like to construct a single-family home on the property to be used as rental property.
An offer was received on the City-owned 411 Bullis property.
At the meetingCouncil approved Resolution 2019-21 authorizing the sale and purchase agreement.
What happened nextThe sale closed. The purchase agreement for 411 Bullis Street was updated in July 2019 pending a final legal description from the surveyor, and on August 13 2019 Attorney Riggs reported it executed with closing set for August 28 2019. Nothing in the record confirms the buyer's stated intent to build a single-family rental.
8.13.19_City_Council_Mtg_Minutes; 7.9.19_City_Council_Minutes · taken up again 2019-08-13
Meetings were held with the neighbors to the North, MN DOT, and Goodhue County Public Works concerning various requirements in this area. 2nd Street Sanitary Sewer Improvements City Engineer Rhein provided an update on the 2nd Street project.
Update on the EDA Business Park development.
What happened nextThe county side was cleared at the next meeting: on July 9 2019 Engineer Rhein reported meeting the Goodhue County Engineer on access, drainage and future utility locations along County Road 12, with no major concerns and a development plan due for review in August. No written MnDOT requirement appears in our holdings; by June 10 2025 the city had a finalized developer's agreement for one Business Park lot awaiting an EDA public hearing on the sale.
7.9.19_City_Council_Minutes; 6-10-25_COUNCIL_PACKET_Updated · taken up again 2019-07-09
Update on BDPI Grant – Business Park Project Mayor Engel stated that KMU approved the inter-fund loan that will provide City's match for the BDPI grant at their May 15 meeting.
Reporting on the local match secured for the BDPI grant application.
We hold no dataWe hold no KMU minutes for May 15 2019 and no inter-fund loan resolution for a BDPI grant match. The follow-up passages concern a 2025 DEED redevelopment grant and Resolution 2025-09, a different program. The KMU May 15 2019 minutes and the loan resolution would answer this.
would settle it: KMU May 15 meeting minutes and the loan resolution
Also, the project area will be clear of any equipment, or materials, and that all roads shall be open to traffic during this period. The change order will not change the cost or completion date of the project.
Change order barring work and equipment in the project area August 15-19 for Rose Fest.
At the meetingCouncil approved Change Order #1.
Partly answeredThe executed Change Order #1 document is not in our holdings, so its cost and schedule terms cannot be confirmed. The project schedule did change later: on August 13 2019 the council approved Change Order #2 with RAW Construction moving the August 30 substantial completion date because the contractor could not start until late August.
8.13.19_City_Council_Mtg_Minutes · taken up again 2019-08-13
Meetings were held with the neighbors to the North, MN DOT, and Goodhue County Public Works concerning various requirements in this area. 2nd Street Sanitary Sewer Improvements City Engineer Rhein provided an update on the 2nd Street project. RAW Construction signed the contract and will begin construction in late July.
Status update on the 2nd Street sanitary sewer improvements.
What happened nextConstruction did not begin in late July. At the July 9 2019 meeting Engineer Rhein reported the start had moved to about August 26, and on August 13 2019 the council approved Change Order #2 with RAW Construction adjusting the substantial completion date from August 30 because RAW could not start until late August, with final completion still set at September 13.
RAW Construction did not begin in late July; the start slipped to late August and required Change Order #2.
8.13.19_City_Council_Mtg_Minutes; 7.9.19_City_Council_Minutes · taken up again 2019-08-13
The server will now be in Atlanta instead of onsite in Rochester. This change will be more secure and cost effective.
Otte is working on a library server migration away from SELCO.
What happened nextThe library did not leave SELCO. The library site kenyon.lib.mn.us runs on SELCO hosting at $230 a year plus $347.55 a month for ILS support, the Library Director's address remained motte@selco.info in July 2023, and the library fund description listing the county contract through SELCO still appears in the December 9 2025 budget packet.
The library remained on SELCO hosting and ILS support rather than migrating to a purchased Atlanta server service.
KENYON_IT_SPEND.md; 12.9.25_Council_Agenda_and_Packet_Updated · taken up again 2025-12-09
The details are still being worked out, but the goal is to close for two weeks starting August 19, for the updates.
Library improvement project combining carpet squares replacement with painting while shelving is moved.
We hold no dataNo painting scope, cost or closure schedule for the 2019 library carpet and painting project appears in our holdings. Later library items in the record cover lighting retrofit quotes in 2023 and a door installation in 2024, not the 2019 painting work. A quote or contract for the painting and a council record of the August 19 closure would answer this.
would settle it: A finalized painting scope, cost, and closure schedule
EDA Board Resignation Mayor Engel stated that Dan Dummer had resigned from the EDA Board. His knowledge and experience will be missed. Replacement candidates are being sought.
Dan Dummer resigned from the EDA Board.
We hold no dataNothing in the factbook or the follow-up passages names candidates for the EDA Board seat vacated by Dan Dummer or records an appointment. The follow-up passages concern Finance Director and police officer hiring, not the EDA seat. EDA minutes or a council appointment motion naming the replacement would answer this.
would settle it: Names of candidates and a council appointment
The seals were leaking, so a new heater was ordered. The cost of the heater and installation is approximately $16,000.
The main pool heater failed about three weeks ago due to leaking seals and a replacement was ordered.
At the meetingCouncil approved the purchase of the new heater.
We hold no dataNo record of the pool heater purchase price or installation invoice is in our holdings; the follow-up material covers other pool work, a $3,753.50 main-drain pipe repair approved June 11, 2024, and a $3,668.10 Reznor unit heater on the May 2025 claims list, neither of which is the 2019 main pool heater. The 2019 claims register or the vendor invoice for the heater and its installation would confirm the approximately $16,000 figure.
factbook holds no 2019 claims register · would settle it: The heater purchase invoice and installation quote
Sjolander met with a contractor today. The plan is still a work in progress, but hopefully it can be completed by the end of the year.
Chief Sjolander reviewed conversion ideas after meeting with a contractor.
What happened nextChief Sjolander presented a layout diagram for the police department in the former ambulance building on August 13, 2019 with a preliminary estimate of $75,000, part budgeted in 2019 and the rest to come from the 2020 budget, with the work possibly phased. The vacated former police department building was reassigned on January 12, 2021 to the KMU Supervisor and senior citizens, and as of the September 8, 2026 packet Administrator Lehner was gathering quotes from L&M to update that old police building.
8.13.19_City_Council_Mtg_Minutes; 1.12.21_Council_Minutes; 9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2019-08-13
LEGAL Update on Transfer of Ownership of the Ambulance Building back to the City of Kenyon City Attorney Riggs stated that he is finalizing the legal documents for transfer of the property back to the City. Once the EDA has signed off on the transfer, the deed can be filed and transferred to the City.
The deed cannot be filed until the EDA approves the transfer.
Partly answeredThe EDA sign-off was scheduled: the resolution approving transfer of the ambulance building back to the city was placed on the EDA agenda for July 23, 2019, with the deed to be filed the next day. The minutes of that July 23, 2019 EDA meeting, which would record the vote, are not in our holdings.
7.9.19_City_Council_Minutes · taken up again 2019-07-09
LEGAL Update on Transfer of Ownership of the Ambulance Building back to the City of Kenyon City Attorney Riggs stated that he is finalizing the legal documents for transfer of the property back to the City. Once the EDA has signed off on the transfer, the deed can be filed and transferred to the City.
Transfer of ownership of the ambulance building from the EDA to the City.
Partly answeredOn July 9, 2019 Attorney Riggs reported he was still finalizing the transfer documents, with the transfer resolution set for the EDA agenda of July 23, 2019 and the deed to be filed with the county the next day. The recorded deed itself is not in our holdings, so the filing date is unconfirmed; the county recording record or the July 23, 2019 EDA minutes would settle it.
7.9.19_City_Council_Minutes · taken up again 2019-07-09
The City Engineer's office will hold a meeting in late June with affected property owners on the 2nd Street project. Representatives from RAW Construction will also attend the meeting.
Preparing affected property owners for the 2nd Street sanitary sewer construction.
What happened nextThe public meeting on the 2nd Street improvements was held July 15, 2019, and a preconstruction meeting with RAW Construction was held July 9, 2019, as reported to the council on August 13, 2019. RAW said it could not start until late August, so the council approved Change Order #2 adjusting the substantial completion date, with final completion held at September 13.
8.13.19_City_Council_Mtg_Minutes · taken up again 2019-08-13
Red Wing Avenue Engineer Rhein stated that draft versions of the project layouts, cost estimates, and assessment roles have been prepared. The feasibility study is being completed and the findings will be reviewed at the Council work session on June 25.
Update on the Red Wing Avenue project ahead of a council work session.
At the meetingCouncil set a work session for June 25 at 7:00 p.m. to review the findings.
What happened nextThe feasibility work moved to a July 23, 2019 work session where Engineer Rhein reviewed updated costs and two assessment options, and the council's consensus was to cut the street assessment from the policy 50% to 32%, with 100% of individual service lines and shutoffs assessed. The study was scheduled for adoption at the August 2019 council meeting; construction ran through final paving in May 2021 with all items complete by June 26, 2021.
7.23.19_Council_Work_Session_Minutes; 7.9.19_City_Council_Minutes; 4.13.21_Council_Minutes · taken up again 2019-07-23
It is now being forwarded to the Minnesota Management and Budget Office requesting full funding. When that agency has completed reviewing the application it will go back to DEED for final review.
Update on the state grant that would fund the Business Park project.
At the meetingReported that the application passed first phase review.
What happened nextDEED approved the grant at $672,096, reported to the council on August 13, 2019. DEED was then finalizing the grant agreement and related documents, the city worked with CEDA on next steps, and a special EDA meeting was to be scheduled in early September for business park development.
8.13.19_City_Council_Mtg_Minutes · taken up again 2019-08-13
The committee would like to keep receiving their $1,000 donation from the City, in addition to having the City pay for the Porta potty costs and transfer $2,000 to them from the Carriage & Cutter account. Engel noted that the City only donated $1000 to the Carriage & Cutter Day not $2000.
Disputing the Rose Fest committee's request to transfer $2,000 from the Carriage & Cutter account.
At the meetingCouncil accepted the correction and declined the transfer.
Partly answeredThe council record confirms a Park & Rec Carriage & Cutter fund existed with $2,750.41 remaining as of January 31, 2024, transferred to the Depot Park Fund on March 12, 2024, but it does not state the size of the city's original donation to Carriage & Cutter Day. The check register or fund ledger showing the city's donation amount would settle whether it was $1,000 or $2,000.
3.12.24_Council_Packet__Agenda
The committee would like to keep receiving their $1,000 donation from the City, in addition to having the City pay for the Porta potty costs and transfer $2,000 to them from the Carriage & Cutter account.
A funding request received from the Rose Fest committee for the August festival.
At the meetingCouncil declined the Carriage & Cutter fund transfer and directed staff to find another source for the Porta potty costs.
What happened nextThe council granted $2,000 total for 2019, the usual $1,000 plus an extra $1,000, on July 9, 2019, and no transfer from the Carriage & Cutter account was made. The Carriage & Cutter balance survived until March 12, 2024, when the remaining $2,750.41 as of January 31, 2024 was transferred to the Park & Rec Depot Park Fund on a 3-0-0 vote.
7.9.19_City_Council_Minutes; 3.12.24_Council_Packet__Agenda · taken up again 2019-07-09
The City Administrator and Liquor Store Manager were directed to consider a plan that would come up with the extra money to cover the Porta potty costs and report back to the Council at the July meeting.
Rose Fest committee asked the City for additional funding beyond its usual $1,000 donation.
At the meetingCouncil decided no money should be transferred from the Carriage & Cutter Day fund.
What happened nextThe funding question was settled at the July 9, 2019 council meeting: the council voted 4-0-0 to continue the $1,000 donation and add a second $1,000 donation for 2019, conditioned on any future request coming at budget time and on documentation of how the money was spent. Bolton & Menk, the city engineering firm, separately donated $1,000 to Rose Fest after the June meeting.
7.9.19_City_Council_Minutes · taken up again 2019-07-09
COUNCIL AND STAFF GENERAL COMMENTS Councilman Mortensen wanted to remind all City residents not to blow their grass clippings into the street, which eventually ends up in the storm sewers.
General comment during Council and Staff comments.
What happened nextThe city addressed grass and yard waste in public streets by ordinance: on March 9, 2021 the council adopted Ordinance No. 97 amending Section 845 of the City Code regarding regulation of trees, grass, and weeds in public streets and public property, on a 5-0-0 vote. City Attorney Riggs stated the section was simplified but still gives the city control.
3.9.21_Council_Minutes · taken up again 2021-03-09
Approve Memorial Day Parade for May 27, 2019 Motion by Mortensen, second by Henke to approve the Memorial Day Parade permit for May 27, 2019.
Parade permit item under New Business.
At the meetingPermit approved 5-0-0.
Partly answeredThe permit was approved 5-0-0 at the meeting, and later council records show the Memorial Day parade permit is approved annually for the same route, down 2nd Street ending with a ceremony at the cemetery: May 31, 2021 approved 4-0-0, May 30, 2022 approved 4-0-0, and May 29, 2023 approved 4-0-0. The signed 2019 permit document itself is not in our holdings.
6.13.23_Council_Packet_and_Agenda · taken up again 2023-06-13
Hiring approval list includes Nora Woock with no position title listed.
At the meetingHiring of all listed pool employees approved 5-0-0.
We hold no dataNo record in our holdings gives Nora Woock's position title among the 15 seasonal pool employees approved on May 14, 2019. The city personnel file or the seasonal pool staffing roster attached to that hiring approval would answer it.
would settle it: The personnel record showing Nora Woock's position title
PRESENTATIONS/PUBLIC HEARINGS 2018 Audit Summary – Chris Knopik of Clifton, Larson, Allen LLC Chris Knopik presented a summary of the 2018 City and KMU audits and an overview of the overall City financial conditions.
Knopik presented a summary of the 2018 audits and an overview of City financial conditions; no figures recorded.
At the meetingA summary presentation was given but no figures are recorded in the minutes.
Partly answeredThe 2018 audit figures and management letter are not in our record. Every later audit summary we hold reports an unmodified, clean opinion on the City and KMU audits: 2020 presented by Chris Knopik of CliftonLarsonAllen on July 13 2021, 2022 by Tyler See of Abdo on September 12 2023, 2023 on August 20 2024, and 2024 by Brad Falteysek of Abdo on July 8 2025. The 2018 audited financial statements themselves would answer it.
7.13.21_Council_Minutes; KENYON_BIDS.md
State statutes limit a city's tort liability to a maximum of $500,000 per claimant and $1,500,000 per occurrence.
Explanation given before the Council voted on the LMCIT liability coverage waiver.
At the meetingCouncil voted 5-0-0 not to waive the LMCIT state liability limits, following past practice.
Answered from our recordsThe $500,000 per claimant and $1,500,000 per occurrence tort limits and the $2,000,000 additional coverage figure are repeated verbatim in the council record for May 14 2024, May 13 2025 and May 12 2026, and the Council declined to waive the limits each time. The June 13 2023 minutes state the additional coverage available as $3,000,000 rather than $2,000,000.
5-14-24_AGENDA(1); 5-13-25_council_packet_updated; 5-12-26_Council_Packet_Updated · taken up again 2026-05-12
ENGINEERING EDA Business Park Development Update Platting City Engineer Rhein stated that he was working on the development concept plan for the area near the future business park. 2nd Street Sanitary Sewer Improvements City Engineer Rhein provided an update on the project.
Rhein provided an update on the 2nd Street project with no details recorded in the minutes.
At the meetingAn update was given but its content is not recorded.
What happened nextOn June 11 2019 Engineer Rhein reported RAW Construction had signed the contract and would begin construction in late July, with a property owner meeting set for late June attended by RAW. The Council also approved Change Order #1, barring work and requiring the site clear of equipment and materials with all roads open August 15-19 2019 for Rose Fest, at no change to cost or completion date.
6.11.19_Council_Minutes · taken up again 2019-06-11
New Interfund Loan for Business Park City Administrator Vahlsing stated that this item was discussed during the previous work session. The resolution was required to approve the inter-fund loan to show the match for the BDPI grant.
Interfund loan for advance of funds for Business Park infrastructure improvement costs.
At the meetingResolution 2019-19 approved 5-0-0.
Partly answeredKMU approved the interfund loan providing the city's BDPI local match at its May 15 2019 meeting, and the resolutions and supporting material were then submitted to DEED, as reported June 11 2019. The loan amount, interest terms and repayment schedule set in Resolution 2019-19 are not in our record; the resolution text itself would answer it.
6.11.19_Council_Minutes · taken up again 2019-06-11
City Attorney Riggs explained that the resolution is required for the City to able to reimburse itself for previously incurred expenses from Bond sale proceeds for the 2nd Street and the Business Park projects.
Reimbursement bond regulation compliance under the Internal Revenue Code.
At the meetingResolution 2019-16 approved 5-0-0.
We hold no dataNo schedule of previously incurred 2nd Street and Business Park expenses and no bond sale closing documents appear in our record. The later passages concern Resolution 2023-03, a separate reimbursement bond procedures resolution adopted March 14 2023, not the 2019 expenses. The bond official statement or the finance department's reimbursement schedule would answer it.
3.14.23_Updated_Council_Packet__Agenda · would settle it: The schedule of previously incurred expenses to be reimbursed and the bond sale closing documents
VFW Parking Lot Derek Olinger of Bolton and Menk reviewed findings of a study on drainage from the alley and the VFW rear parking lot. The study recommended that the VFW make improvements around a drain in the rear parking lot.
Olinger reviewed findings of a study on drainage from the alley and the VFW rear parking lot.
At the meetingNo Council action recorded on the recommendation.
We hold no dataNothing in our record shows any VFW response or commitment on the rear parking lot drain. A later council document recording correspondence with the VFW, or an engineering follow-up on the alley drainage study, would answer it.
would settle it: A written response or commitment from the VFW on making the drain improvements
Resolution 2019-17: Local Government Resolution Adopting Business Development Infrastructure Application Administrator Vahlsing stated that this is a revised resolution needed for the final DEED BDPI application Motion by Mortenson second by Nielsen to approve Resolution 2019-17.
Resolution 2019-17 was a revised local government resolution needed to complete the final BDPI application.
At the meetingCouncil approved Resolution 2019-17 by 5-0-0 to support the application.
What happened nextDEED approved the BDPI grant at $672,096, reported to the Council on August 13 2019 from the Department of Employment and Economic Development's award letter. DEED was then finalizing the grant agreement and related documents, with the city working through CEDA on next steps.
8.13.19_City_Council_Mtg_Minutes · taken up again 2019-08-13
ENGINEERING EDA Business Park Development Update Platting City Engineer Rhein stated that he was working on the development concept plan for the area near the future business park. 2nd Street Sanitary Sewer Improvements City Engineer Rhein provided an update on the project.
Update given under EDA Business Park Development, platting item.
Partly answeredWork on the business park plat and development plan continued through 2019: on June 11 2019 Rhein reported meetings with the north neighbors, MnDOT and Goodhue County Public Works, and on July 9 2019 he reported the county engineer had no major concerns on access, drainage and utility locations along County Road 12, with the development plan ready for review in August. The finished concept plan and recorded plat are not in our record; by November 9 2021 the EDA had set a lot price of $0.99 per square foot and adopted a marketing plan for the park.
7.9.19_City_Council_Minutes; 11.9.21_Council_Minutes · taken up again 2021-11-09
Red Wing Avenue Resolution 2019-18: Ordering Preparation of Feasibility Report on Improvements to Red Wing Avenue Motion by Mortenson second by Nielsen to approve Resolution 2019-18.
Council adopted Resolution 2019-18 ordering preparation of the feasibility report.
At the meetingResolution 2019-18 was approved 5-0-0.
What happened nextThe Red Wing Avenue feasibility report was finalized and accepted on August 13 2019, when the Council adopted Resolution 2019-25 receiving the report and setting the improvement public hearing for September 10 2019 at 7:00 pm. The vote was 4-0-0.
8.13.19_City_Council_Mtg_Minutes · taken up again 2019-08-13
At their last meeting the EDA requested the City Attorney prepare the title work for the conveyance of the building back to the City. He stated that he is currently preparing the legal documents for the property transfer.
The Council in April requested the EDA transfer the former ambulance building back to the City for possible Police Department use, and the EDA asked the attorney to prepare the title work.
Partly answeredThe conveyance was still in progress through the summer of 2019: on July 9 2019 Attorney Riggs reported the legal documents were being finalized, the EDA resolution approving transfer was set for the July 23 2019 EDA agenda, and the deed would be filed with the County the next day. The executed deed and recorded title documents are not in our record. Meanwhile the building's police use advanced, with Chief Sjolander presenting a layout on August 13 2019 at a preliminary cost of $75,000.
7.9.19_City_Council_Minutes; 8.13.19_City_Council_Mtg_Minutes · taken up again 2019-07-09
Appointment to the National League of Cities Small Community Council Administrator Vahlsing reported that he had been appointed to the National League of Cities Small Community Council.
Added as New Business item F at agenda adoption.
We hold no dataNothing in the record bears on an appointment of Administrator Vahlsing to the National League of Cities Small Community Council. The NLC appointment letter or an NLC roster listing him would answer it.
would settle it: The NLC appointment letter
Liquor Store – 2019 Rose Fest Band Administrator Vahlsing stated that Lost Highway has been booked as the band at the Muni for Rose Fest weekend.
Informational report on liquor store entertainment planning.
Partly answeredNo record of a 2019 Lost Highway contract is held. The council record shows Rose Fest street dance band contracts are brought to the council as New Business items: a Dads Band agreement on February 8 2022 and MTV's for Saturday, August 17, 2024, approved 3-0-0 on May 14 2024. The signed 2019 band contract is missing.
2.8.2022_Council_Packet__Agenda; 5-14-24_AGENDA(1)
City Engineer – Joe Rhein, Bolton & Menk g. City Auditor – CliftonLarsonAllen LLP h. Financial Consultant – Per Project Basis i.
2019 appointments and designations were approved.
At the meetingApproved as part of the designations, 4-0-0.
What happened nextThe designation was later filled with a named firm: the 2022 appointments list Financial Consultant as George Eilertson of Northland Securities, and the same name carries through the 2025 and 2026 appointment lists. Northland Securities also appears as a designated depository from 2025 onward.
1-11-22_Agenda_packet · taken up again 2022-01-11
Discuss amending Section 405 City Code - Housing Code - Rental Units Administrator Vahlsing stated that Section 405 of the City Code which governs Rental units has never been implemented. The ordinance was passed in 1994 requiring that all rental units to be licensed by the City and be inspected annually.
Background for the proposed amendment of the housing code.
We hold no dataNeither the factbook nor the later council record contains Section 405 of the City Code, any rental licensing or inspection records, or a later amendment of the housing code. The later ordinance actions on file are Ordinance No. 101 on backyard chickens, Ordinance No. 109 on residential performance standards in R-1 and R-2 adopted January 14 2025, and Ordinance No. 110 on downtown commercial uses, none of which license rental units. The 1994 ordinance text and any city rental license files would answer this.
1-14-25_council_packet_(1); 7-11-23_Council_Packet · would settle it: The 1994 ordinance text and any city licensing records
Most of the refuse haulers in attendance were against this proposed ordinance, because of the increased costs.
Report on the Goodhue County Board public hearing held in Red Wing.
We hold no dataWe hold no record of testimony at the Goodhue County Board hearing on the refuse designation ordinance and no Kenyon solid-waste hauling data. The county board hearing minutes or testimony record would answer this.
factbook, no solid waste entry · would settle it: The county hearing testimony record
NEW BUSINESS Liquor Store-Minnesota Lottery Sales Site Administrator Vahlsing reported that Representatives of the MN State Lottery met with Matt Bartel and himself to discuss the Kenyon Muni as a lottery sales site. The State Lottery is attempting to establish a new site in Kenyon after the BP Station closed.
Explaining why lottery representatives approached the city about the Muni.
We hold no dataNothing in the factbook or the later council record confirms that the Minnesota State Lottery lacked a Kenyon sales site after the BP Station closed, or that the Muni became one. A statement from the Minnesota State Lottery on Kenyon retailer coverage, or a Muni lottery retailer agreement in a later packet, would answer this.
factbook, no lottery entry · would settle it: Confirmation from the MN State Lottery about Kenyon retailer coverage
Resolution 2019-02: A Resolution Authorizing Acceptance of 2018 Donations This resolution authorizes the acceptance of $29,995.73 in donations to various departments during 2018.
Resolution 2019-02 authorized acceptance of the 2018 donations.
At the meetingResolution 2019-02 was approved 4-0-0.
Partly answeredThe annual donation-acceptance resolution is a standing practice, with Resolution 2023-02 for 2022 donations, Resolution 2024-02, and Resolution 2025-02 accepting $45,488.23 in 2024 donations not already accepted during the year. The itemized list attached to Resolution 2019-02 supporting the $29,995.73 figure for 2018 is not in our holdings.
1-14-25_council_packet_(1); 1.10.23_Council_Packet__Agenda
The draft geotechnical report was received, and no major concerns identified. He also stated that the sanitary sewer mains were televised and found to be in moderately poor condition.
Update on preliminary investigation work for the Red Wing Avenue project.
What happened nextThe Red Wing Avenue investigation led to a project that was built and closed out: Resolution 2019-18 ordered the feasibility report on May 14 2019, the finalized report was accepted by Resolution 2019-25 on August 13 2019 with a public hearing set for September 10 2019, and Wencl Construction finished the punch list with a final completion date of June 26 2021. The televising report and final geotechnical report themselves are not in our holdings.
5.14.19_Council_Minutes; 8.13.19_City_Council_Mtg_Minutes; 5.11.21_Council_Minutes · taken up again 2021-05-11
The Lottery would pay 6% commission for scratch off ticket sales and 5% for the sale of lotto tickets. There is also a 1.5% redemption commission for winning pay-outs from both.
Vahlsing described the financial terms of making the Muni a lottery sales site.
We hold no dataNo Minnesota State Lottery retailer commission terms appear in the factbook or the later council record; the later passages mentioning a lottery concern the state cannabis license drawing, not the State Lottery. The signed Minnesota State Lottery retailer contract would answer this.
factbook, no lottery entry · would settle it: The MN State Lottery retailer contract terms
The total net amount from the sale of the tractor and equipment was $94,738. After the purchase of the skid loader and related equipment the amount remaining from the sale is $30,813. The total of the proposed 2019 smaller projects is approximately $27,000.
Ehrich presented a list of smaller street and storm sewer projects to fund with the remaining sale proceeds.
At the meetingCouncil agreed the remaining funds could be used for the listed projects.
We hold no dataNo figure for the tractor and equipment sale proceeds, the skid loader purchase, or the $30,813 balance appears in the factbook or the later council record. The later equipment items on file are unrelated: a front end loader purchased in May 2024 and backfilled with COVID Cares fund transfers, and the December 2023 SCBA and compressor purchase of $156,445. The capital outlay fund ledger for 2018-2019 would answer this.
8-29-24_special_session_(1); 1-9-24_agenda · would settle it: The capital fund ledger showing sale proceeds and skid loader purchase
Kennedy & Graven 2019 Rates for Legal Services Administrator Vahlsing stated that the proposed rates for legal services have increased approximately two percent for 2019. This increase would raise the hourly base rate from $165 to $168 an hour. The other associated rates would also increase $5.00 per hour.
Council approved the 2019 legal services rates.
At the meetingCouncil approved the 2019 rates 4-0-0.
Partly answeredThe later council record confirms the Kennedy & Graven base rate series rising from the $168 approved for 2019: $171.50 to $174.00 for 2021, $174.00 to $180.00 for 2022, $180.00 to $188.00 for 2023, and $188.00 to $196.00 for 2024. The 2019 rate schedule letter itself is not in our holdings, so the $5.00 increase on other associated rates is unverified.
1.12.21_Council_Minutes; 2.8.2022_Council_Packet__Agenda; 2.14.23_Council_Packet__Agenda_; 2.13.24__Council_Packet_and_Agenda · taken up again 2024-02-13
Carriage and Cutter Day Requests for February 23, 2019 Motion by Mortensen second by Rechtzigel to approve items related to Carriage and Cutter Day: Parade Route/Permit, Street Closings/Detour, Parking Restrictions, Use of Fire Hall for Pre-parade Meal, $1000 Donation to Carriage and Cutter Day, 5K – Approval of Race & Route, Use of Ambulance Garage, and Snowball Tourney.
Requests were tied to the February 23, 2019 Carriage and Cutter Day event.
At the meetingAll requested items were approved 4-0-0.
What happened nextThe city's Carriage and Cutter Day donation was $1,000, confirmed by Mayor Engel on June 11 2019 when he corrected a Rose Fest committee request that assumed $2,000, and the council refused to transfer money out of the Carriage and Cutter fund. The fund was closed out on March 12 2024 when the council approved transferring its remaining $2,750.41 to the Park and Rec Depot Park Fund.
6.11.19_Council_Minutes; 3.12.24_Council_Packet__Agenda · taken up again 2024-03-12
Revise minimum Age for Firefighters from 21 to 18 Administrator Vahlsing stated that Fire Chief Scott Miner requested Council approval to decrease the minimum firefighters age from 21 to 18 due to increased difficulty in recruiting candidates.
The Fire Department voted to recommend approval of the age change.
At the meetingCouncil approved decreasing the minimum firefighter age from 21 to 18, 4-0-0.
We hold no dataNothing in the factbook or the later council record addresses the firefighter minimum age. The later Fire Department items on file cover a November 2021 revision of the Standard Operating Guidelines on member attendance and November 2022 appointments of two new firefighters, neither of which states an age requirement. The adopted policy or ordinance text setting the minimum age at 18 would answer this.
11.9.21_Council_Minutes; 11.16.22_City_Council_Packet_and_Agenda · would settle it: The adopted policy or ordinance language reflecting the new age
Attorney Riggs was directed to review this ordinance with Police Chief Sjolander and make revisions. OLD BUSINESS Emergency/Mass Notification Software No new information.
The item was listed under Old Business without update.
At the meetingNo new information was reported.
We hold no dataNothing in the factbook or the follow-up passages reports a vendor, quote or decision on emergency or mass notification software. The 43 documented bids and quotes from 2019 to 2026 include no notification system, and the supplied Old Business passages concern Granicus agenda software, payroll processing, the liquor store and a mobile clinic. A later packet listing notification software vendors would answer this.
KENYON_BIDS.md; data/bids.csv · would settle it: A status update or vendor information on notification software options
He also stated that the sanitary sewer mains were televised and found to be in moderately poor condition. The topographic survey of the project area will begin this week. It will take about two weeks to complete.
Survey information will be used as part of the project design plan.
Partly answeredThe topographic survey data itself is not in our holdings, but its purpose was served: Engineer Rhein reported on August 13, 2019 that the Red Wing Avenue feasibility report had been finalized, and the council accepted it by Resolution 2019-25. The raw survey deliverable from Bolton & Menk would be needed to confirm the two-week schedule was met.
8.13.19_City_Council_Mtg_Minutes · taken up again 2019-08-13
Then the detailed construction plans will be prepared. The engineers will be meeting with MN DOT tomorrow on the road closing options.
Road closure options must be resolved as part of the 2nd Street sanitary sewer improvements.
We hold no dataNo report of the engineers' January 2019 meeting with MnDOT on 2nd Street road closure options appears in the factbook or the follow-up passages. The 2nd Street closure notes in the 2025 packets are traffic control plan sheets for a later project, not a MnDOT determination from 2019. The February 2019 engineering report would answer this.
follow-up passages 2025-01-13, 2025-10-14 · would settle it: A report of what MN DOT decided about road closure options
Plans are expected to be ready for approval at the March 2019 council meeting. Bids should be ready to be accepted in April with construction beginning in the spring of 2019.
Topographic survey data is still being collected before detailed construction plans can be prepared.
We hold no dataNo record shows the 2nd Street sanitary sewer construction plans being presented for approval in March 2019 or bids let in April 2019. The 2nd Street traffic control sheets in the 2025 packets belong to a later street and utility project, and the other passages are development agreement boilerplate. The March and April 2019 council minutes would answer this.
follow-up passages 2025-01-13, 2025-10-14, 2025-12-09, 2026-09-08 · would settle it: The completed construction plans submitted to council
If MN Lottery sales were approved at the Muni, the State would provide a self-service vending Machine in three to four months, which would reduce the impact on labor.
Council approved moving ahead with making the Kenyon Muni a lottery sales site.
We hold no dataNo installation date for a MN State Lottery vending machine at the Kenyon Muni appears in the factbook or the follow-up passages, which concern cannabis licensing lotteries, the Muni roof and a bingo permit. A later council packet, Muni manager report or lottery retailer agreement would answer this.
follow-up passages 2022-04-12, 2024-03-12, 2024-12-10, 2025-01-14 · would settle it: A confirmed installation date from the MN State Lottery
Most of the refuse haulers in attendance were against this proposed ordinance, because of the increased costs. The commission voted 3-2 to proceed to the next step of negotiating with the haulers.
A public hearing was held in Red Wing on designating all mixed municipal solid waste to Red Wing's Solid Waste Campus at an increased fee.
We hold no dataNo document records whether Goodhue County adopted the solid waste designation ordinance. The follow-up passages show only Kenyon's own hauler licensing and the Flom Disposal contracts of 2023 and 2026. Goodhue County Board minutes or the county designation ordinance itself would answer this.
6.13.23_Council_Packet_and_Agenda; 5.9.23_Council_Packet_and_Agenda · would settle it: The county board's final decision on the designation ordinance
The commission voted 3-2 to proceed to the next step of negotiating with the haulers. Vahlsing will continue to update the council as steps are taken.
The County Board voted 3-2 to proceed to negotiating with haulers over designating county waste to Red Wing's Solid Waste Campus.
Partly answeredThe record holds the city side only: Kenyon stayed with its existing hauler, and on June 13, 2023 the council approved a new three-year agreement with Flom Disposal carrying CPI rate increases and higher tipping fees at the Red Wing landfill, with another three-year Flom agreement approved August 6, 2026. Nothing in the factbook reports the outcome of Goodhue County's negotiations with the haulers or further Vahlsing updates on the designation process. County Board minutes would answer that.
6.13.23_Council_Packet_and_Agenda; 8-6-26_Council_Packet_Updated · taken up again 2023-06-13
A resolution will be prepared for the February council meeting to transfer $12,000 to the street department fund and $15,000 to the storm sewer enterprise fund from the Capital Fund.
Council agreed remaining proceeds from the tractor and equipment sale could fund small 2019 public works projects.
We hold no dataNo record of a February 2019 resolution transferring $12,000 to the street department fund and $15,000 to the storm sewer enterprise fund appears in the factbook or the follow-up passages. The transfers shown are unrelated: $3,000 from the swimming pool donations fund to public works capital in May 2022, and $90,000 from the Capital Outlay Fund to the Fire Fund in the September 8, 2026 packet. The February 2019 council minutes would answer this.
6.14.22_Council_Packet__Agenda; 9-8-26_Council_Packet · would settle it: The drafted transfer resolution on the February agenda
At the February meeting, the Council will review the findings on Red Wing Avenue to date and consider moving forward with the feasibility report. 2nd Street Sanitary Sewer Improvements Engineer Rhein stated that the topographic survey information will be collected in the next two weeks.
Soil borings, sewer televising, and a topographic survey are feeding into the Red Wing Avenue project design.
What happened nextThe Red Wing Avenue feasibility report was ordered by Resolution 2019-18 on May 14, 2019 and finalized and accepted by Resolution 2019-25 on August 13, 2019, which set the improvement public hearing for September 10, 2019 at 7:00 pm. The project was built by Wencl Construction, with final paving in May 2021 and all items due complete by June 26, 2021.
8.13.19_City_Council_Mtg_Minutes; 5.14.19_Council_Minutes; 4.13.21_Council_Minutes · taken up again 2019-08-13
The council liked the specific requirements and enforcement steps of the Stewartville ordinance and would like to tweak it for Kenyon. Attorney Riggs was directed to review this ordinance with Police Chief Sjolander and make revisions.
Section 405 governing rental unit licensing and annual inspections was passed in 1994 but never implemented.
We hold no dataNo document in the factbook or the follow-up passages records a drafted amendment to Section 405 on rental licensing and inspections. The passages supplied cover Ordinance No. 97 on trees and weeds, a draft chicken ordinance, a C-1 apartment zoning amendment and cannabis Ordinance 112, none of which touch rental housing. A later council packet or minutes containing a proposed Section 405 rental ordinance would answer this.
KENYON_DATA_IN_MEETINGS.md; follow-up passages 2021-03-09, 2024-03-12, 2025-01-14, 2025-05-13 · would settle it: A drafted amended Section 405 ordinance based on the Stewartville model