To increase transparency and resident education, below is a quick summary of the Shorewood City Council meeting of February 11, 2025. Links to the meeting video have been provided to each item.
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Council members present: Labadie, Maddy, Sanschagrin, Gorham, DiGruttolo
Staff present: Administrator Nevinski, City Clerk Thone
Staff absent: Budde, Czech, Schmuck, Morreim, City Planner, and City Attorney
2. Consent Agenda (passed without discussion)
- City Council Work Session Minutes of January 27, 2025 Minutes
- City Council Regular Meeting Minutes of January 27, 2025 Minutes
- Verified Claims List Claims List Jan. 27-Feb. 10, 2025: $472,573.04
- Mound/St Bonifacius Fire JPA City Administrator Memo
- Joint Powers Agreement – Approve city clerk/HR director to conduct fingerprinting for BCA employee background checks.
Resident Jim Hirner asked the council to look into the increased low-flying air traffic from MSP airport. Staff was directed to write a letter to the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC).
4. Reports & presentations:
- Recycling Update
- Communications/Recycling Coordinator presented a breakdown of 2024 city-wide statistics and revenue/expense.
- 5 year Republic contract for recycling expires in March.
- The city history is “renewing” the contract for five years without submitting a Request for Proposal (RFP) to qualified vendors.
5. Parks: No report
6. Planning: No report
7. Engineering-Public Works: No report
8. General new business-commission appointments
- Park Commission: Amy Wenner, Jim Hirner and Janet Sylvester
- Planning Commission: Cindy Holker, Danielle Longo, Eric Magestad
9. Staff & council reports
- Four applications for the planning director position have been received.
- Administrator’s Report:
- LMCC has announced that two new cable providers have applied for permits.
- Street maintenance plan and mill and overlay report due in March
- Park planning document update going out for RFPs
- RFP for banking services resulted in retaining the current bank and overall cost savings.
- Council retreat is Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025 (this is a public meeting).
- Public works director attended a 4-hour Hwy 7 meeting in Minnetonka. A full report will be provided at the next meeting.
- City council reports:
Adjourn.
Additional Resources:
View the meeting at LMCC-TV.org
Read the packet (the public background materials provided to the council)
Let city leaders know what you think.
Best option: attend and /or speak up at City Council meetings and get it on the public record.
Contact City Council Members
Dustin Maddy (612) 293-6727 dmaddy@ci.shorewood.mn.us
Jennifer Labadie (952) 836-8719 jlabadie@ci.shorewood.mn.us
Michelle DiGruttolo (517) 422-9528 migruttolo@ci.shorewood.mn.us
Guy Sanschagrin (952) 217-1289 gsanschagrin@ci.shorewood.mn.us
Nat Gorham (617) 780-7771 ngorham@ci.shorewood.mn.us
