March 11, 2026 Regular Council Meeting Minutes

Call to order:

The regular Randolph City Council meeting was called to order at 7 p.m. by Mayor Marie Jacob

Roll Call:

Present were Mayor Marie Jacob

Council Members Tony Price and Randy Ferguson, Treasurer Sandy Nicolai and Clerk Mary Haro.

Council member Keith Sande was absent.

Also, in attendance was Bolton & Menk engineer, Matt Blazer and legal counsel Greta Bjerkness of Kennedy & Graven.

Approval of Agenda:

Motion to approve the agenda was made by Jacob and seconded by Haro. All voting in favor, none opposed, motion passed 4:0.

Public Comments:

None

Prior Meeting Minutes

A motion to approve the February 11, 2026 regular council meeting minutes was made by Ferguson, seconded by Price.

All voting in favor, none opposed, motion passed 4:0.

Treasurer's Report and Payment of Bills:

Motion to approve the payment of bills with the addition of the invoice to Beaver Creek Companies in the amount of $4,062.62 made by Price, seconded by Ferguson.

All voting in favor, none opposed, motion passed 4:0.

Old Business

Pete Schaeffer – Permit Fee

Our legal counsel indicated that the state building code does states that it is per structure in their code and we follow their code; however, we are going to update our ordinance to make it clear that it will be per structure. Decking and redecking is also in the state building code. We did discuss the redecking on his permit and after discussion we indicated that we will remove it from his fee which will make his permit fee in the amount of $645.00.

Mayor Jacob made a motion that the total amount due on Pete Schaeffer’s permit will be $645.00, seconded by Price.

All voting in favor, none opposed, motion passed 4:0.

Water Tower Repairs

Matt indicated that they have prepared a PPL application to submit to the state for the repairs needed at the well house in the amount of $525,000, which includes all new values and the turbine to get replaced, which is more than what we have to replace but we should aim high and see where we come in at. We have to replace the submissible pump. They are also submitting a PPL for a new well in the amount of $1,050,000. Hopefully this will get us either a grant or a low interest loan. The well was put in 1980 and nothing has been done to it with the exception of the exterior. They will be submitting the applications by Friday when they are due. We should find out in May where we get placed on the list and depending on where we are on the list they decide what they will fund which usually happens around September or October. None of this will get funded if they do not do a bonding bill this year. Reach out to your representative to encourage the bonding bill. We also discussed the aerator in the water tower– Bryce only runs it during the winter months but he was told that it should be running all year long. We don’t run it because of complaints of the noise.

New Business

Building Inspector

We will table this until next month’s meeting.

Winter Parking Regulations and City Parking Lot

Greta sent us a memorandum regarding parking regulations. We have an ordinance regarding winter parking. We could ask the sheriff department to ticket individuals that violate the ordinance. Greta is going to have a discussion with Dakota County regarding parking on the county roads and the enforcement and look into next winter’s parking regulations and what the process would be. We should start with just giving out parking tickets. It was indicated it was not clear where the parking restrictions are in the fire department lot. We need to clarify where the no parking should be and they could put up more signs if needed. It was noted that the parking restrictions are year round and not just in the winter months. Also it noted that in the Fall we should put something in with the water bill regarding the winter parking ordinance. Maybe do a newsletter as a reminder to citizens.

Building Permits

Greta indicated that we don’t need to change the ordinance. We can change the verbiage in the fee table to add after roofing to state per structure. We will wait on this change until we get the parking information from Greta.

Randolph-Hampton Fire Department

Mayor Jacob indicated that she did attend their Annual Business Meeting and they handed out their annual report. They talked about the air compressor that will be installed in Hampton. They talked about that Castle Rock Township is getting a 1300 acre solar garden. It affects our fire department because of the batteries that will be installed so the company that is installing the garden are going to pay for the firemen’s training that they will need for it and pay for any specialized equipment they will be necessary.

Sewer Project

Matt indicated that they sent a letter to NGE asking for a schedule for this year for the project and they did receive a letter back on Monday, March 9th and did not give a start date, They noted how much work on the project they have left and indicated it should be completed in 5 – 6 months. They did have some concerns and Matt addressed them very quickly. We don’t have an approved change order for some of the work at the pond but they need to submit a number for the costs and then it needs to be approved by the council. If we need to have a special meeting we can do that to approve it. Mayor Jacob asked about the lawn by the softball field across from her residence. They would like it to be sod but it was indicated that sod could be $11,000 versus seed at $2,000. It doesn’t even look like they seeded it last fall. We should seed it this Spring and rope it off to keep people off of it so that it grows. She also talked about the no parking on Dawson and it was noted that maybe we should make the whole block no parking during school hours – we can look into that.

Council Member Reports

Clerk Haro noted that she was contacted for a permit for the Tayven Geiger raffle to be held on May 1st at the Baseball Field. Clerk Haro or Mayor Jacob will sign the paperwork needed for this one-day event.

Mayor Jacob also discussed that we need to add a notice to the water bills regarding the Nuisance Ordinance regarding junk and unlicensed – not working vehicles in yards. She will draft something up to include with the water bills in April. Mayor Jacob noted that she was contacted by a deputy regarding the camper that is parked at the end of Dawson where we vacated the alley. They are suspicious of what is happening. We are looking if there is anything that we can do. It is now a public nuisance because of all the garbage piled up. We will wait and see and the law take control.

Mayor Jacob made a motion to close the regular meeting, seconded by Haro. The meeting was closed at 8:18 pm to attend a closed meeting to consider an attorney-client privileged legal matter. Closed Meeting Mayor Jacob moved to open the closed meeting at 8:18 p.m. pursuant to Minn. Stat. 13D.05 subd. 3(b) for attorney-client privileged communication to discuss the sanitary sewer project delay claim. The closed meeting adjourned at 8:45 p.m. Mayor Jacob moved to reopen the regular meeting at 8:46 p.m.

Adjournment

Motion to adjourn the meeting made by Ferguson, seconded by Jacob, the meeting was adjourned at 8:46 p.m.

All voting in favor, none opposed, motion passed 4:0.

Respectfully submitted, Mary Haro