2024-05-21 - MIN - City Council Regular Meeting
May 21, 2024 — 6:30 PM
Council Chambers
Hybrid Meeting
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
City Council meetings are being conducted in a hybrid format with in -person and remote options
for attending, participating, and commenting.
1. Call to Order
Mayor Harmon called the meeting to order at 6:30 pm.
1A. Pledge of Allegiance and Land Acknowledgement
Mayor Harmon led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance and read the City’s Land
Acknowledgement statement.
1B. Roll Call
Present: Mayor Roslyn Harmon, Council Members Sophia Ginis, Maurice Harris, Denise La
Mere-Anderson, and Gillian Rosenquist
Staff present: Interim City Manager Schuchman, City Attorney Cisneros, Community Development
Director Flores, Housing and Economic Development Manager Costello, Public
Works Director Kieffer, Equity and Inclusion Manager Kaempfer, and City Clerk
Schyma
1C. Proclamation Honoring LGBTQIA2S+ Pride Month
Equity and Inclusion Manager Kaempfer discussed proclamation and introduced members of the
Pride Committee to discuss the upcoming event .
Motion by Rosenquist, Second by Ginis to support a proclamation honoring the month of June as
LGBTQIA2S+ Pride Month.
Motion carried 5-0.
1D. Proclamation Recognizing National Public Works Week
Public Works Director Kieffer discussed the proclamation and thanked Council for their support of
staff in the Public Works Department.
Council Member Ginis thanked Public Works Director Kieffer and his staff for their strong service
to the community.
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Motion by La Mere-Anderson, Second by Harris to support a proclamation Recognizing National
Public Works Week.
Motion carried 5-0.
2. Additions and Corrections to Agenda
Motion by Ginis, Second by Harris to approve the agenda as submitted.
Motion carried 5-0.
3. Consent Agenda
Approval of Consent Agenda - All items listed under this heading are considered to be routine
by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no discussion of these
items unless a Council Member so requests in which event the item will be removed from the
general order of business and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda.
Motion by La Mere-Anderson, Second by Ginis to approve the Consent Agenda as submitted.
Motion carried 5-0.
3A. Approval of City Check Registers
3B. Licenses:
3B.1. Approve 2024-2025 Liquor License Renewals
3C. Bids, Quotes, and Contracts:
3C.1. Approve Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with BARR Engineering Co.
for Environmental Services for City Real Estate Needs
3C.2. Approve Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with ICS for City Real Estate Needs
3D. Adopt Resolution No. 24-030 Approving Amendment to Compensation and
Classification Tables
3E. Adopt Resolution No. 24-037 Approving the Golden Valley City Council Guide
4. Public Hearing
4A. Public Hearing to Authorize Submittal of Application to DEED's Minnesota Investment
Fund (MIF) for Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Resolution No. 24-038
Housing and Economic Development Manager Costello discussed the staff report.
Mayor Harmon opened the public hearing.
Ann Marie Collins, representative from Baxter Healthcare Corporation, publicly attested that ,
without MIF, the 70 jobs that are currently in Plymouth would move out of Minnesota.
Mayor Harmon closed the public hearing.
Motion by Harris, Second by Rosenquist to approve Resolution No. 24-038 authorizing submittal
of an application to the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development's
Minnesota Investment Fund (MIF) program for Baxter Healthcare Corporation.
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Motion carried 5-0 with unanimous approval. (In Favor: Harmon, Ginis, Harris, La Mere-
Anderson. Opposed: N/A)
5. Old Business – None.
6. New Business
6A. Review of Council Calendar
Mayor Harmon reviewed upcoming city meetings, events, and holiday closures.
6B. Mayor and Council Communications
1. Other Committee/Meeting updates
7. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned by unanimous consent at 6:49 pm.
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ATTEST: Roslyn Harmon, Mayor
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Theresa J. Schyma, City Clerk
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