City Council
Council Chambers
Agenda — 36 items
- 1 6:00 PM - CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
- 2 CALL TO ORDER
- 3 OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT
- 4 APPROVAL OF AGENDA
- 5 CONSENT AGENDA
- 1. Consider Approval of November 18, 2025 City Council Special Meeting Minutes.
- 2. Consider Approval of November 25, 2025 City Council Special Meeting Minutes.
- 3. Consider Approving Disbursements totaling $3,686,659.34
- 4. Consider Approval of Mayoral Board and Commission Appointments.
- 5. Consider Motion Approving Joint Powers Agreement Between Rice County and the City of Northfield for Absentee Balloting and Election Services for 2026 Elections
- 6. Consider Approval of Amended 2025-2027 Consultant Service Agreement with FiftyNorth and Age Friendly Northfield Steering Committee Related to Age Friendly Northfield (AFN) initiatives.
- 7. Consider approval of Tobacco License Renewals.
- 8. Consideration of a Conditional Use Permit for Fares Ibrahim to Operate a Cannabis Retail Establishment at 2010 Jefferson Rd. Suite C.
- 9. Consideration of Amendments to 2025-2028 Strategic Plan
- 10. Consider Resolution Approving Amendment to Section 4.05 Lunch and Rest Breaks for the Employee Handbook.
- 11. Consider approval of a new three-year towing agreement between the City of Northfield and Raider Automotive LLC dba Valley Autohaus.
- 12. Consider approval of 2026-2030 Residential Waste Hauling Contract with Dicks Sanitation Inc.
- 13. Consider Approving Application for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Planning Grant for Stormwater - Downtown Floodwall Design.
- 14. Consider Resolution Restricting Parking on Spring Creek Road from Jefferson Parkway to Woodley Street.
- 20 PUBLIC HEARINGS AND RELATED ACTION
- 15. Public Hearing on the 2026 Budget and Tax Levy.
- 16. Consider Adopting the 2025/Payable 2026 Tax Levy, including the EDA and HRA.
- 17. Consider Adopting the Final 2026 Budget.
- 18. Consider Adopting the 2026-2030 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP).
- 19. Consider Approving the 2026-2030 Capital Equipment Plan (CEP).
- 20. Public Hearing on Currency Exchange License Renewals for Northfield Financial, LLC at 650 Professional Drive and Servicios Latinos Menas LLC at 300 Linden Street S.
- 21. Consider Recommending Approval to Minnesota Department of Commerce of 2026 Currency Exchange License Renewals for Servicios Latinos Menas, LLC at 300 Linden Street S. and Northfield Financial, LLC at 650 Professional Drive.
- 22. Public Hearing on Police Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (Drones) Program and Accepting Public Comment.
- 23. Approval of Police Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (Drones) Program.
- 30 REPORTS FROM THE MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS
- 24. Reports From the Mayor and Council Members.
- 32 ADMINISTRATORS UPDATE
- 25. City Administrator's Update.
- 34 ADJOURN
- 35 Note: The City Council may take a five minute break during the meeting. All regular City Council meetings end at 9:00 pm unless a simple (4/7) majority of the City Council vote to extend the time.
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