Kenyon is a statutory Plan A city under Minnesota law: a mayor and four council members, elected at large, with a hired city administrator running day-to-day operations. The council is the purchasing agent, the licensing authority and the zoning authority. Everything else is delegated by ordinance or policy.
The calendar
- City Council: second Tuesday of each month, 7 p.m., City Hall, 709 2nd Street. Meetings are recorded and posted to YouTube; packets are posted to the city website the week before.
- Economic Development Authority: fourth Tuesday, 8 a.m. Minutes are available by request from the EDA coordinator, todd.kieffer@cedausa.com.
- Planning Commission: first Tuesday, 6 p.m., or as needed. This is where rezonings, conditional use permits and variances get their public hearing before the council votes.
- Public Utility Commission (Kenyon Municipal Utilities): third Tuesday, 4 p.m.
- Library Board: first Tuesday, 6 p.m. Park & Recreation Committee: first Tuesday, 6 p.m.
- Budget cycle: work session in August, preliminary levy adopted in September (Res. 2026-31 on Sept. 8, 2026), Truth-in-Taxation hearing the first week of December (Dec. 1, 2026, 6:30 p.m.), final levy and budget adopted in December.
Getting on the agenda
The administrator builds the agenda. There is no agenda-request form in any packet; vendors and residents who appear as agenda items got there because a department head or the administrator put them there after a conversation. Two doors are always open without an appointment:
- Citizen Comments, item II on every regular agenda. Anyone may speak. The council listens and may refer the matter to staff; it does not act that night. The record shows this door used for lot inventory (Aug. 2026), for a bid dispute (May 2025) and for utility questions.
- Public hearings for rezonings, variances, conditional use permits, assessments and the levy, noticed in the Kenyon Leader.
A special council meeting called for one individual's matter costs $500 under the fee resolution.
Where paperwork goes
Every permit, license and application form is a PDF. Completed forms are emailed to info@cityofkenyon.gov or dropped at City Hall (a drop box is in the alley behind the building and another in the lobby). Building permits are reviewed under the state building code; zoning permits go to the administrator, who may send them to the Planning Commission. Fees are paid at City Hall by cash, check or card (2.75 percent card fee).
Who to call
- City Hall
- 507-789-6415, Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
- After hours
- Same number; press 2 for streets or sewer, 1 for water or electric.
- Police (non-emergency)
- 507-789-5214; Goodhue County dispatch 651-385-3155
- Utilities (KMU)
- 507-789-6415
- Library
- 507-789-6821
- Pool (summer)
- 507-789-5913
Sources: cityofkenyon.gov/government, /committees, /contact, /permits; council packets Aug. 6 and Sept. 8, 2026; Resolution 2026-01.
Questions
When does the Kenyon City Council meet?
The second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at City Hall, 709 2nd Street, Kenyon. Packets are posted at cityofkenyon.gov/agendas-minutes and meetings are recorded to YouTube.
How do I speak to the Kenyon City Council?
Attend a regular meeting and speak during Citizen Comments, item II on every agenda. No sign-up is required. The council does not vote on comment items the same night.
Where do I turn in a permit application in Kenyon?
Email the completed PDF to info@cityofkenyon.gov, or mail or drop it at City Hall, 709 2nd Street, Kenyon, MN 55946. A drop box is in the alley behind City Hall.