Graceville, MN

CITY OF GRACEVILLE SPECIAL MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL June 29, 2026 City Hall OPEN MEETING; Mayor Jensen opened the special meeting at 7:00 PM. Members present were Tyler Buller, Dean Jensen, Michelle Backer, Chad Hoppe. Clerks Scott Bauer and Kara McNally were present, as well as Chad Zimmel. The special meeting was called to order at 7 PM. Bids were opened from Bituminous Paving Inc and Jim Riley Construction for road work throughout the City. Totals were as follows: Jim Riley Construction : $240,431 Bituminous Paving Inc : $378,000 Discussion was held on most important projects out of the 5 identified on the bids, as well as discussion also held on other areas needed in the near future. Zimmel to inquire on cost savings to extend Project #3 versus doing a separate project in the future. M/S/C/ Backer-Hoppe to approve bid for all 5 projects with Jim Riley Construction. All in favor M/S/C Backer-Hoppe to adjourn the meeting at 7:21 PM

MINUTES GRACEVILLE CITY COUNCIL June 11, 2026 7:00 P M GRACEVILLE COMMUNITY BUILDING The meeting was called to order by Mayor Jensen at 7:00 PM, and we recited the Pledge Allegiance to the Flag. Council members present: Michele Backer, Dean Jensen, Chad Hoppe, Francis Chalupnik and Tyler Buller absent. Scott Bauer, Kara McNally, Jake Lillihaug, Chris Hauschild, Chelsea Hauschild and Mary Buller were also present M/S/C Chalupnik-Buller to approve the minutes of the last regular. M/S/C Backer-Hoppe to approve the agenda. Reports: • Ambulance. No report • EDA report. No report • Fire Department report. No Report • Library report. M/S/C Backer-Buller to disband that Graceville Library Board. Members will join the Graceville Friends of The Library to address library concerns/needs. • Grace Village: Discussion was held on air conditions at Grace Village. Maintenance will keep a new unit in stock to quickly replace when old units fail. Discussion was held on how maintenance needs are reported for timely repairs. • Maintenance report. No report. • Planning and Zoning: Permit to Chad Zimmel for a 36x36 garage to be issued. • Sheriff report. No report. Old Business: • Council discussed ordinance on campers and the 30-day conditional use permits for campers. The Council discussed enforcement on this going forward. • The sump pump ordinance was passed, published and is going to be enforced. We have begun issuing letters to those who are out of compliance. • The …

MINUTES GRACEVILLE CITY COUNCIL May 14, 2026 7:00 P M GRACEVILLE COMMUNITY BUILDING The meeting was called to order by Mayor Jensen at 7:00 PM, and we recited the Pledge Allegiance to the Flag. Council members present: Michele Backer, Dean Jensen, Chad Hoppe, Francis Chalupnik and Tyler Buller absent. Scott Bauer, Chad Zimmel, Kara McNally, Dean Birkland, Jake Lillihaug and Mark Taffe were also present M/S/C Chalupnik-Buller to approve the minutes of the last regular. M/S/C Hoppe-Backer to approve the agenda. Reports: • Ambulance. The office of EMS started a program to help defray the cost of non-compensated runs. The City received $10,610.40. • EDA report. No report • Fire Department report. The FEMA funds for the Turn-out gear grant has been paid in the amount of $125,714.28. MS/C Backer-Chalupnik to approve the amended By-Laws of the Fire Relief changing the retirement payout from $850.00 to $1000.00 per year of service. • Library report. Dean Jensen gave a report on the Pioneer land Library meeting he attended. Lauri Ortega has retired and Rachelle Golde has been selected as the new PLS executive director • Grace Village: There are 3 empty apartments at Grace Village at this time. The Expo was held on May 9th along with Grillin for Grace Village. • Maintenance report. City maintenance has been doing some crack filling in the streets. The street sweeper was here last week for spring cleanup. We discussed street repairs needed in the near future. The 3 …

MINUTES GRACEVILLE CITY COUNCIL APRIL 9, 2026 7:00 P M GRACEVILLE COMMUNITY BUILDING The meeting was called to order by Mayor Jensen, and we recited the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Council members present: Dean Jensen, Michele Backer, Francis Chalupnik, Tyler Buller and Chad Hoppe. Chad Zimmel, Scott Bauer and Jake Lillehaug were also present. M/S/C Chalupnik-Hoppe to approve the minutes of the last regular meeting. M/S/C Hoppe-Backer to approve the agenda. Reports: • Ambulance report. No report • Library. Jason sent the 2025 year in review report. Dean has a Pioneerland manager meeting on April 16th. • EDA: We have an application on file, will be doing our 2nd quarter meeting before our next regular council meeting. • Maintenance report. Chad was present for the maintenance report. He has the ground water tank back in service. A company did an inspection on the water tower with a ROV (small submarine), there will be a report sent but things looked good so far. Maintenance will be doing some crack filling in town in the next week or so. We had a couple of applicants for part time maintenance mowing position. M/S/C to hire Blake Bohlen for the summer. Our 2000 Chevrolet pickup will be sold on sealed bids. M/S/C to purchase a 2024 utility cart for $11,000.00 from Murrays Garage. This will work nicely for our part time maintenance, spraying in the alleys, etc. • Grace Village: The Expo is scheduled for May 9th. We will serve burgers and hot dogs that …

MINUTES GRACEVILLE CITY COUNCIL MARCH 12, 2026 7:00 P M GRACEVILLE COMMUNITY BUILDING Mayor Dean Jensen called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM, and we recited the Pledge Allegiance to the Flag. Council members present: Francis Chalupnik via digital, Dean Jensen, Tyler Buller. Scott Bauer and Chad Zimmel were also present. Chad Hoppe and Michele Backer were absent M/S/C Chalupnik-Buller to approve the minutes of the last regular meeting. M/S/C Buller-Chalupnik to approve the agenda. Reports: • Ambulance report. Scott attended the South West EMS meeting held on March 11. Ann and Holly reported on training updates, Stop the bleed kits available and an update on Tele Medicine for ambulance. Tele- Medicine is a grant provided through SWEMS as a pilot project. Graceville is signed up for this. • Building report. M/S/C Chalupnik-Buller to approve Ike’s Carpet Cleaning bid for carpet cleaning in the library for $883.00. • EDA report. No report • Fire: No report • Library report. Scott received some sample by-laws from Pioneer Library Systems, the council is looking into abolishing the library board and moving toward using the Friends of the Library as our community representative to Pioneer Land Library System. • Maintenance report. Chad was present to give the maintenance report. He will be working with BSC engineer Jordan to get numbers for reconstruction of St. Peter Ave in front of the school. Jordan is also working on final specifications for the sidewalk …

MINUTES GRACEVILLE CITY COUNCIL FEBRUARY 12, 2026 The regular meeting was called to order by Mayor Jensen at 7:00 PM, and we recited the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Council members present: Michele Backer, Dean Jensen, Tyler Buller, Francis Chalupnik and Chad Hoppe. Scott Bauer and Denese Gustafson were also present. M/S/C Chalupnik-Backer to approve the minutes. M/S/C Chalupnik-Hoppe to approve the agenda. Reports: • Ambulance report. Scott presented the 2025-year end report for ambulance. The ambulance was called out for 131 runs in 2025, up from 80 last year. Reimbursements only pay for about 1/3 of what it costs to operate the service, which was $174,540.00 in 2025. We collect about 85,000.00 after write offs and insurance discounts. The ambulance service relies on donations, grants and fund transfers to survive. The squad has been training each month with Ridgewater College for their mandated refresher course. M/S/C Chalupnik-Backer to offer a resolution authorizing the city clerk to apply and administer grant funding from the State of MN. Voting yes-Backer, Buller, Hoppe, Chalupnik and Jensen. M/S/C Chalupnik- Backer to authorize the director to manage billing questions, write-offs, etc. • Building. No report • EDA report. M/S/C Hoppe-Chalupnik to approve the request and recommendation of the EDA board to borrow $10,000.00 to Wyle Pullis for home improvement projects. • Fire Department. No report • Library Report. M/S/C Hoppe-Chalupnik to al …

MINUTES GRACEVILLE CITY COUNCIL JANUARY 8, 2026 7:00 P M GRACEVILLE COMMUNITY BUILDING Mayor Dean Jensen opened the meeting at 7 PM. We recited the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Members present were Dean Jensen, Francis Chalupnik, Michele Backer, Tyler Buller and Chad Hoppe. Also present, Dillon Dwyer and clerk Scott Bauer. M/S/C Backer-Hoppe to approve the minutes of the last regular meeting. M/S/C Chalupnik-Backer to approve the agenda. Reports: • Ambulance; No report • Building report. M/S/C Chalupnik-Hoppe to approve the purchase of snirt stopper from Athey Dairy for $2431.35, installed on all shop doors, water treatment and fire hall doors. Backer abstained from the motion • EDA; M/S/C Hoppe-Backer to approve the recommendation from the Dec 22nd EDA meeting. Nora Murphy requested $10,000.00 to help with the purchase of “The Flower Box” • Fire Department. The FEMA grant is pending dispersement, the equipment delivered and should be all closed out this month. • Library. No report • Grace Village: The heating system at Grace Village is going to need some work, the propane boilers are wearing out and there are iron filings in the water. We had a contractor suggest some different things we could do. We will need to get quotes for the work to be done. • Maintenance. M/S/C to adopt a resolution to enter into a limited land use permit with MNDOT for our welcome to Graceville signs. Chalupnik, Backer, Buller, Hoppe and Jensen voted yes. • Planning and …