July 21, 2025 City Council Minutes

 MINUTES

MOUNTAIN IRON CITY COUNCIL

July 21, 2025

Mayor Anderson called the City Council meeting to order at 6:30p.m. with the following members present: Councilor Ed Roskoski, Bradley Gustafson, Al Stanaway, Julie Buria, and Mayor Peggy Anderson. Also, present were: Craig Wainio, City Administrator; Tim Satrang, Director of Public Works; Anna Amundson, Library Director/Special Events Coordinator; Amanda Inmon, Municipal Services Secretary; Al Johnson, City Engineer; and Bryan Lindsay, City Attorney.

It was moved by Buria and seconded by Stanaway the consent agenda be approved as follows:

1. Approve the minutes of July 7, 2025, regular meeting.
2. That the communications be accepted and placed on file and those requiring further action by the City Council be acted upon during their proper sequence on the agenda.
3. To acknowledge the receipts for the period July 1-15, totaling $350,595.54 (a list is attached and made a part of these minutes).
4. To authorize the payments of the bills and payroll for the period July 1-15, totaling $453,877.51 (a list is attached and made a part of these minutes).

The motion carried (No: Roskoski; Yes: Gustafson, Stanaway, Buria and Anderson).

It was moved by Roskoski to amend the original motion to remove the bills from Napa in the amount of $480.00 and Parts City/Champion in the amount of $314.00 from the consent agenda for separate consideration. The motion failed due to lack of support.

It was moved by Gustafson and seconded by Roskoski that Councilors receive bills and payroll ahead of the meetings prior to approval, going forward. Councilor Gustafson withdrew the motion.

Public Forum:

• No one spoke during the forum

The Mayor reported on the following:

• Thanks to City workers

City Administrator:

• Application was submitted to MN Housing Finance Agency – senior housing project, for low income tax credits – November timeframe for more information

Director of Public Works:

• Updating parks in between recent storms – Wolf Park and Ann’s Acres
• Finished voltage conversion in the area – minor outages during final setup

It was moved by Roskoski, as recommended by someone with many years of outdoor playground equipment maintenance, that all Mountain Iron playground equipment with saw dust wood chips as a base, which retains water, will have it replaced with a rubber synthetic material. The motion failed due to lack of support.

Library Director/Special Events Coordinator:

• Successful 4^th of July celebrations, thanks to all the volunteers, Parks & Rec board members and City Staff
• Summer reading program ends on July 31^st
• 110^th celebration of the Mountain Iron Public Library – celebrate August 9^th 10am-12:00pm
• National Night Out, Tuesday, August 5^th 4:00pm-7:00pm
• Locations:
  • Mesabi Fit parking lot
  • North Star Credit Union
  • Locomotive Park
  • West II Rivers Campground
• Merritt Days Grand Marshalls – Dale & Janet Skinner

City Engineering:

• Jola & Sopp – paving Mineral Ave/Slate Street completed soon

It was moved by Gustafson and seconded by Stanaway to approve to approve Pay Request No. 3 – for the Mineral Avenue Watermain project, with an increase amount of $88,812.36 to 2EZ Inc. DBA: Jola and Sopp Excavating, Inc., Eveleth, MN. The motion carried unanimously on roll call vote.

City Attorney:

• No formal report

Liaison:

• Councilor Gustafson updated
• Recently stayed at West II Campground, family had a wonderful time and wanted to give a big thank you to the wonderful caretakers, doing an outstanding job our there

It was moved by Stanaway and seconded by Buria to approve Ordinance #05-25; Camping on Public Property (a copy is attached and made a part of these minutes). The motion carried unanimously.

It was moved by Stanaway and seconded by Gustafson to approve Resolution #11-25; Maintenance Agreement with State of Minnesota, Department of Transportation (a copy is attached and made a part of these minutes). The motion carried (No: Roskoski; Yes: Gustafson, Stanaway, Buria and Anderson).

It was moved by Gustafson and seconded by Roskoski to approve the request as presented by the Merritt Days Committee for road closures/barricades beginning Friday, August 8, 2025, at 12:00pm – Sunday, August 10, 2025, at 7:00am Merritt Days Celebration:

• Mountain Avenue from Locomotive Park (north) to the alley behind Bolton & Menk (south)
• Main Street from Slate Street (west) to Marble Avenue (east) with barricades on the adjoining alleys along Main Street
• NO PARKING SIGNS ALONG Main Street for the race, parade and activities from Mineral Avenue to Slate Street on Saturday, August 9, 2025, from 7:00am-7:00pm
• Saturday, August 9, 2025, road closures/barricades
• Locomotive Street from the alley on the east to the alley on the west
• NO PARKING SIGNS along Locomotive Street for activities at Locomotive Park from 12:00pm – 4:00pm

The motion carried.

At 7:27p.m., it was moved by Buria and seconded by Stanaway the meeting be adjourned. The motion carried.

Submitted by:

Amanda Inmon

Municipal Services Secretary

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