CITY OF NERSTRAND, MINNESOTA
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
Jan 13th, 2026
7:00p.m.
221 Main Street, Nerstrand
1. Call to Order/Pledge Allegiance
2. Roll Call: Pam Caron, Karla Ingersoll, Betty Voge, John Harris, and Todd Evavold.
3. Approval of Last Month’s Agenda
Betty was first to make a motion and Karla was second and All voted to approve.
4. Consent Agenda
(All items on the Consent Agenda are considered routine and have been made available to the City Council in advance of the meeting. The items will be enacted in one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a council member or citizen requests, in which event the item will be removed from this agenda and considered in normal sequence.)
A.Regular Meeting Minutes of Dec 9th, 2025
B.Ordinance Committee- Updates provided by Karla
C.Payment of Claims
5. Clerk’s Report
1.6 Past dues sent. 3 paid to catch up. 1 Shut off notice was sent.
2.We have a great deal of policy and procedures needed to qualify for a grant. Council is comfortable with the templates provided and the Fair Housing Plan the Clerks were able to generate.
3.11% rebate from Menards is not useable. If we receive it, we need to shred it. This is coming from the state. Using them is a huge conflict.
4.Work Session Topic for the end of January is going to be Ordinances.
6. New Business
A. Parkside - Request for the City to handle tobacco registration and compliance. Currently, this resides with Rice County. Rice County has removed their ability to sell Menthol products, and this resulted in a great decline in sales. They are hoping that if the City is the overseer then perhaps, they will be able to bring those products back. The fee for the County is also a substantial amount. If the City takes ownership he is hoping for less.
B. Parkside - Request to add liquor to the location with a separate entrance (Required). Parkside has requested to put an Off Sale Liquor in the Parkside location. Council has vowed to look at the ordinances and move forward with the possibility of this occurring. With both of their requestd they have asked to have them expedited but as the City of Nerstrand has neither of these programs we will need to do our research to construct them.
C. Resolution for Accepting Donation from Dennison Lions- The Dennison Lions were kind enough to donate to our Cemetery fund. A resident who attend suggested the money might be used in removing two dead trees at the location. Council will consider this further.
Pam was first to make a motion and Betty was second and All voted to approve.
D. Grant Discussion-Reviewed the Policy and Plans further that were mentioned above in the Clerk’s Report.
7. Old Business
A.Doors for City Hall-Tabled
B.Resolution to use incumbent funds to balance the budget- We are changing the wording of this to assignment funds. We will not be creating a resolution because no money is being moved.
C.Discussion regarding cannabis ordinance-Heading to work session for discussion.
D.Discussion regarding liquor ordinance and permitting-Heading to work session for discussion.
8. Reports of Officers
A.Public Works Director- Please congratulate Steve on becoming the City of Nerstrand’s Weed Inspector! This title does not replace the Director of Public Works title but is an additional one. With this title he will be going around and identifying obnoxious weeds that may be present in our town. Steve/Jacob brought two quotes to council for approval. They are necessary to have compliance with our chlorine storage requirements. Also, Steve needs to know what softeners are being used in town he may be calling residents for their information. There are three trees in the park that need removal. This will be looked into further.
B.Mayor
C.Fire Department – Joe Johnson was able to negotiate a fire contract with the Northfield township. This is a new Fire contract and council was very pleased that Joe was able to get this accomplished and praised him for his hard work in getting this accomplished.
D.Council Members
E.Zoning Committee-Meeting Minutes Provided by Lu -One new permit was discussed prior to council. It was for a furnace after a gas leak so it was approved by zoning and sent to Goodhue County.
9. Other Business
Council discussed having the floors done at City Hall after salt season is over.
10. Adjourn
Pam was first to make a motion, and John was second and All voted to approve.
Next City Council Meeting is scheduled for February 10th, at Nerstrand City Hall.
Mayor
City Clerk
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