Questions and answers

Open threads raised in 2026

Every question, assignment, pending figure and unsourced claim from Kenyon council meetings in 2026, each checked against the records we hold.

307threads raised in 2026
128settled by the record
124partly settled
48nothing on file
45contradicted
13meetings
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Status

Unsourced claimSeptember 8, 2026
in 2025, the Fire Department transferred $90,000 to the Capital Outlay Fund for capital equipment; and WHEREAS, the City desires to maintain funds within their respective departments and therefore, wishes to return the $90,000 transferred in 2025 to the Fire Fund. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE KENYON CITY COUNCIL THAT: 1) The following accounting entries are authorized to record the transfer: Account Description Debit Credit 203-00000-39207 Transfer 90,000 203-10100 Cash 90,000 202-42200-740 Transfer

Whereas clause of Resolution 2026-32.

We hold no data

We hold no 2025 general ledger entry for the original $90,000 Fire Department transfer to the Capital Outlay Fund. The 2025 audit, which BerganKDV was engaged to perform, would confirm it.

would settle it: The 2025 general ledger entry showing the original $90,000 transfer

the City desires to maintain funds within their respective departments and therefore, wishes to return the $90,000 transferred in 2025 to the Fire Fund. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE KENYON CITY COUNCIL THAT: 1) The following accounting entries are authorized to record the transfer: Account Description Debit Credit 203-00000-39207 Transfer 90,000 203-10100 Cash 90,000 202-42200-740 Transfer 90,000 202-10100 Cash 90,000 Adopted by the City Council on this 8th day of September, 2026. CITY OF KENYON BY:

Resolution 2026-32 on the consent agenda authorizing accounting entries between Fund 202 and Fund 203.

We hold no data

We hold no general ledger and no posted journal entries for the transfer between Fund 202 and Fund 203. The 2026 audited financial statements or a fund-level trial balance would confirm the $90,000 moved back to the Fire Fund.

would settle it: Posted journal entries confirming the $90,000 transfer

To look upAdministrator Scott LehnerSeptember 8, 2026

An update on the Kenyon Market is pending under the administrator update.

Partly answered

Kenyon Market at 109 Red Wing Ave told the council in July 2026 that it may close. The store is PIN 665400540, owner Peter J Wagner with a Kenyon mailing address, estimated market value $464,100 for 2026 falling to $447,700 for pay 2027, paying $7,225 in city tax and $14,914 in total tax, bought for $370,000 in November 2014. Its Google rating is 4.4 from 190 reviews. We hold no September 2026 status for the business.

The Dollar General that took roughly ten percent of Kenyon Market's sales pays $1,762 in city tax against Kenyon Market's $7,225, and its owner, the Gigliotti Family Trust, is in Fallbrook, California.

taxes/data/kenyon_tax.json; data/companies.csv

Internal Finance Director Summary Report 3 Year Accounting Services Proposal.pdf 44500.WS 2026 _ City of Kenyon _ HR _ Payroll Renewal Engagement Letter E_Signed.pdf HR Consulting Services Proposal.pdf Creative Planning Audit Presentation Summary Report City of Kenyon Pension Presentation.pptx XIV.

New business item with a City of Kenyon pension presentation attached.

We hold no data

We hold no Creative Planning pension presentation and no findings from it. The presentation attachment in the September 8 2026 packet and the minutes recording any council action would settle it.

would settle it: The findings and any recommended council action from the pension presentation

Update on Loan from KMU IX. ENGINEERING A. 2025 Street & Utility Project 1. 2025 Street and Utility Improvements - Pay Application #9 B.

Engineering agenda item following approval of Pay Application No. 8 in August.

We hold no data

We hold no pay application amounts for the 2025 Street and Utility Improvements. The contract with Fitzgerald Excavating was awarded July 8 2025 at $2,294,629.25, which is the only contract figure we carry. The signed Pay Application #9 and the engineer's recommendation would settle it.

KENYON_BIDS.md, 2025-07-08 entry · would settle it: The pay application amount and engineer's recommendation

Unsourced claimAdministrator Scott LehnerSeptember 8, 2026
Jerry Houglum, KMU Chairman, agreed that the KMU Commission was in favor of this loan and that more lots are needed in town to get people here. Administrator Lehner stated that a preliminary plat and a draft purchase agreement have been done.

Response to Doug Henke's claim that no progress had been made in two years.

Partly answered

The only land purchase in our record with a documented price is the Hinderaker tract, PIN 666800300, 18.09 acres asking $275,000 as named at the August 6 2026 meeting. We hold neither the preliminary plat nor the draft purchase agreement, so the claim that both are done cannot be verified. Copies of the two documents would settle it.

factbook Development, TIF and land

Unsourced claimJerry Houglum, KMU ChairmanSeptember 8, 2026
Jerry Houglum, KMU Chairman, agreed that the KMU Commission was in favor of this loan and that more lots are needed in town to get people here.

Citizen comment supporting Doug Henke's request on the land purchase loan.

We hold no data

We hold no KMU Commission minutes and no record of a commission vote or motion on the two-million-dollar loan. The KMU Commission minutes for the meeting at which the loan was discussed would settle it.

would settle it: KMU Commission minutes showing a vote or motion supporting the loan

Unsourced claimAdministrator Scott LehnerSeptember 8, 2026
Rebound Investors Meeting Rebound held a very informational investors meeting last night. They are looking for three million dollars from investors.

Administrator update following the Rebound investors meeting.

Answered from our records

Rebound reported seeking $3,000,000 from investors at the August 6 2026 meeting, which matches what the administrator repeated on September 8. The city had already approved $1,855,000 in tax increment assistance to the Rebound Sunset Home site on May 18 2026, more than double the $800,000 Northland Securities recommended, and adopted Resolution 2026-18 creating Municipal Development District No. 2 and TIF District No. 2-1 on June 30 2026. We do not hold Rebound's prospectus or capital stack.

factbook Development, TIF and land; KENYON_INCENTIVES.md · taken up again 2026-08-06

Action itemAdministrator Scott LehnerSeptember 8, 2026
The last Rose Fest meeting will be on Monday, August 17. 11 Department Head Reporting Lehner stated that he would like some department heads to give an in-person update at the council meetings starting in September. The council was agreeable with this.

Administrator update on department head reporting; council agreed.

At the meetingCouncil was agreeable.

We hold no data

We hold no minutes for the September 8 2026 meeting showing which department heads gave in-person updates. The adopted September 8 minutes would settle it.

would settle it: Confirmation that EDA, Public Works/Fire, Police and KMU heads report on September 8

To look upAdministrator Scott LehnerSeptember 8, 2026
Administrative Assistant-Rachel Goven Update Lehner stated that Rachel Goven resigned effective August 7, 2026 due to a family job relocation. The position is posted with a deadline of August 25.

Administrator update on the administrative assistant vacancy.

We hold no data

We hold nothing on applicants for the administrative assistant position or a hiring decision after the August 25 2026 deadline. The council consent agenda approving a hire would settle it.

would settle it: The applicant pool and hiring decision after the August 25 deadline

To look upAdministrator Scott LehnerSeptember 8, 2026
His last day will be August 14. Potentially, a job offer will be made to an applicant from the first round of interviews.

Administrator update on KMU staffing after John Lee's resignation.

We hold no data

We hold no record of an offer being made or accepted for the KMU position vacated by John Lee. The council consent agenda approving a hire, or the KMU Commission minutes, would settle it.

would settle it: Whether an offer was made and accepted for the KMU position

To look upAdministrator Scott LehnerSeptember 8, 2026
PRESENTATIONS/PUBLIC HEARINGS/RECOGNITIONS/PROLAMATIONS ADMINISTRATOR UPDATE Police Department Staffing Update Lehner stated that the police officer position is still posted until filled. There are no applicants at this point.

Administrator update on police department staffing.

Partly answered

The city posted the full-time police officer position on July 28 2026 at $33.54 an hour entry, $38.57 at three to five years and $42.61 at five to ten years, the highest hourly rate of the 46 job postings we collected in the area. We hold no applicant count, so the claim of zero applicants cannot be checked against our data. The city's own jobs page is the source that would settle it.

data/jobs.csv; KENYON_JOBS.md; https://cityofkenyon.gov/jobs

Lead Service Line Replacement Project - Design Scope & Fee Summary Report LSL-R Design Scope and Fee.pdf VIIC.

Engineering agenda item with an LSL-R design scope and fee attachment.

Partly answered

The Lead Service Line Replacement design scope from Bolton and Menk, covering bid opening and Public Facilities Authority coordination, was on the September 8 2026 agenda with the award still pending. Our bid record carries no design fee amount and no funding source for it.

KENYON_BIDS.md, 2026-09-08 entry

NEW BUSINESS Depot Park Concrete Project Summary Report Depot Park Proposed Concrete Project.docx LEXVOLD QUOTE.pdf Abdo vs.

New business item with a proposed concrete project write-up and one quote attached.

Answered from our records

Lexvold Construction was the low quote at $9,980 and the award is pending. That amount falls in the $5,000 to $174,999 band of Administrative Policy No. 34, so council approval plus two quotes is required.

Our record notes Lexvold as low among unnamed others, so the second quote that Policy No. 34 requires is not identified in the record.

KENYON_BIDS.md

NEW BUSINESS Depot Park Concrete Project Summary Report Depot Park Proposed Concrete Project.docx LEXVOLD QUOTE.pdf Abdo vs. Internal Finance Director Summary Report 3 Year Accounting Services Proposal.pdf 44500.WS 2026 _ City of Kenyon _ HR _ Payroll Renewal Engagement Letter E_Signed.pdf HR Consulting Services Proposal.pdf Creative Planning Audit Presentation Summary Report City of Kenyon Pension Presentation.pptx XIV.

New business item on how to staff the city's finance function.

Answered from our records

Abdo's own September 8 2026 memo puts its 2027 proposal at $164,800, made up of $109,000 for financial solutions, $30,000 for HR and $25,800 for payroll, against its estimate of $167,100 for a full-time finance director at $40.45 an hour. Abdo's three-year fee schedule escalates to $114,500 in 2028 and $121,000 in 2029, a 31 percent rise from the $92,100 a year the city agreed to in September 2025. The hire-side estimate is inflated: Abdo assumed $63,000 in family insurance for one employee when the entire city administration medical, dental, life and disability line ran $88,069 actual in 2025 and is budgeted at $78,130 for 2027.

Abdo's $63,000 family insurance assumption for a single finance director nearly equals the city administration department's entire insurance line, $78,130 proposed for 2027.

9-8-26 Council Packet, Abdo comparison memo; factbook budget tables; KENYON_BIDS.md

FINANCIAL August 2026 Financial Reports and Payment of Claims Summary Report XII. OLD BUSINESS 2027 Budget Update 1. Resolution 2026-31: Adopting the 2027 Preliminary Budget & Levy 2.

Old business 2027 budget update with an attached budget memo dated 9.2.26.

What happened next

The council adopted Resolution 2026-31 on September 8 2026 setting a 2027 preliminary levy of $1,670,115, an increase of 9.26 percent over the certified 2026 levy of $1,528,541. The draft opened at 19.50 percent on July 14 2026 and fell to 10.34 percent on August 6 before being certified at 9.26 percent. The preliminary tax capacity used was $1,865,379.

factbook levy history; taxes/levy.html; KENYON_DATA_IN_MEETINGS.md · taken up again 2026-09-08

Resolution 2026-33: Approving Contract for Private Development, Sub-Grant Agreement and Developers Agreement with Kenyon Real Estate 2, LLC for Certain Property in the City of Kenyon 2.

Kenyon Crossings development applications on the September 8 engineering agenda.

Partly answered

Kenyon Real Estate LLC appears in our ownership data as an absentee owner of three parcels worth $1,544,700 in estimated market value and paying $16,226 in city tax, the seventh largest holding in the city. We hold no executed Contract for Private Development, sub-grant agreement or developer's agreement with Kenyon Real Estate 2, LLC and no record of the council's vote on Resolution 2026-33.

dashboard/data/entities.json

PendingEngineer Derek OlingerSeptember 8, 2026
ENGINEERING 2025 Street & Utility Project Engineer Olinger stated that this pay estimate includes primarily sanitary sewer lining, grouting and manhole rehabilitation. The contractor will be back in town over the next several weeks to complete various punch list repairs.

Pay Application No. 8 discussion for the 2025 Street & Utility Improvements.

We hold no data

We hold no punch list or completion schedule for the 2025 Street and Utility Project. The engineer's punch list attachment and the contractor's schedule would settle it.

would settle it: The contractor's punch list and completion dates

Action itemEngineer Derek OlingerSeptember 8, 2026
Engineer Olinger was aware of some of these issues and will be working with the gas company to do repairs. 2025 Street and Utility Improvements – Fitzgerald Excavating & Trucking -Pay Application No. 8 Pay request No. 8 includes work completed through July 17, 2026.

2025 Street & Utility Project discussion of gas line installation problems.

We hold no data

We hold nothing on the gas line installation problems or any repair commitment from the gas company. The engineer's correspondence with Minnesota Energy Resources and a punch list of gas line defects would settle it.

would settle it: A repair commitment and schedule from the gas company

PendingEngineer Derek OlingerSeptember 8, 2026
The planning commission held public hearings on the variances and preliminary plat on August 4. They tabled these variances and the replat until the developer submits supplemental materials.

Planning Commission public hearings held August 4 on the Kenyon Crossings applications.

At the meetingCouncil extended the review period to a maximum of 120 days.

What happened next

The Planning Commission tabled the Kenyon Crossings variances and the preliminary plat on August 4 2026, and the council extended the review period to a maximum of 120 days on August 6 2026. The developer's supplemental materials and the commission's recommendation are not in our record.

factbook Development, TIF and land; council record · taken up again 2026-08-06

Unsourced claimDoug Henke, citizenSeptember 8, 2026
CITIZEN COMMENT Doug Henke asked, “Do you know how many lots are available for sale in Kenyon today?” According to Realtor Chris Mallery there are eight.

Citizen comment supporting the need for city land development.

Partly answered

Our listing data shows three vacant lots for sale in Kenyon as of September 13 2026, not eight, and all three are the Engel Drive parcels priced $187,778 to $252,230. The county roll shows 18 vacant residential parcels valued at $15,000 or more, so the supply of buildable ground exceeds what is listed. Confirming the count of eight would take the realtor's MLS export, which we do not hold.

Our Zillow snapshot counts three vacant lots for sale, not the eight attributed to Realtor Chris Mallery.

dashboard/data/zillow.json; taxes/data/kenyon_tax.json

QuestionDoug Henke, citizenSeptember 8, 2026
CITIZEN COMMENT Doug Henke asked, “Do you know how many lots are available for sale in Kenyon today?” According to Realtor Chris Mallery there are eight.

Citizen comment about the shortage of buildable/residential lots.

At the meetingAnswered as eight, attributed to Realtor Chris Mallery.

Answered from our records

Three vacant lots were offered for sale in Kenyon in the Zillow snapshot taken September 13 2026, all on Engel Drive: LOT 550 at $187,778 on 2.27 acres, LOT 451 at $252,230 on 3.08 acres, and LOT 450 at $201,457 on 2.46 acres, each 657 days on market. The county roll separately carries 33 vacant residential parcels of class 206 inside the city, 18 of them valued at $15,000 or more, the range that indicates a platted buildable lot.

The council heard eight lots for sale; our September 13 2026 Zillow snapshot shows three vacant lots listed, all on Engel Drive.

dashboard/data/zillow.json; taxes/data/kenyon_tax.json

RequestDoug Henke, citizen (former mayor)September 8, 2026
It is now two years later and still no progress has been made. He was asking the Council to get this moving forward.

Citizen comment on the lack of available residential lots in Kenyon.

At the meetingAdministrator Lehner stated that a preliminary plat and a draft purchase agreement have been done.

Partly answered

The only city land acquisition in our record with a named price is the Hinderaker tract, PIN 666800300, 18.09 acres of agricultural-class land owned by Hinderaker Properties LLC, asking $275,000 at the August 6 2026 meeting. Its pay-2027 estimated market value is $214,000 and it pays $1,752 in city tax. We hold no record of the two-million-dollar KMU loan authorization, the preliminary plat or the draft purchase agreement.

factbook Development, TIF and land; KENYON_INCENTIVES.md

Unsourced claimScott Lehner, City AdministratorAugust 6, 2026
When he arrived the general fund balance was about 17 percent of expenditures. Policy calls for 40 percent. It is now 17 to 19 percent on a good day.

Explaining why he reinvests at 18 to 24 months to keep cash reachable.

We hold no data

We hold no fund balance policy and no audited unassigned general fund balance for Kenyon, so the 17 to 19 percent figure and the 40 percent target cannot be checked from our data. The audited financial statements from BerganKDV, engaged December 10 2024 at $27,540, and the adopted fund balance policy would settle it.

KENYON_BIDS.md · would settle it: The city's fund balance policy and current audited unassigned balance

QuestionA council memberAugust 6, 2026
A council member asked who advises on investments and whether the city pays an advisor.

Discussion of investment maturities and the city's cash management.

At the meetingSturtz pointed to the report page listing Northland Securities, the 4M fund and Security State Bank; Laura George at Northland handles securities, 4M handles the money market, the local bank holds checking, and Lehner reviews rate sheets himself.

Partly answered

The meeting record names Northland Securities with Laura George on securities, the 4M fund on the money market and Security State Bank on checking, with Lehner reviewing rate sheets himself. No advisory fee agreement and no advisor fee line appears in anything we hold, so whether Northland is paid directly is unresolved. Northland is the same firm that recommended $800,000 of TIF assistance for the Rebound project, where the council approved $1,855,000.

9-8-26 Council Packet and KENYON_INCENTIVES.md

Action itemA council memberAugust 6, 2026
The member asked that future reports explain each movement.

Council member wanted more detail after asking why money market and CD balances dropped.

What happened next

Abdo's scope of services in the September 8 2026 packet already commits to preparing a quarterly financial report including narrative and a dashboard of key performance indicators, plus a report on the city's investment positions and liquidity. That scope sits inside the $109,000 Financial Solutions fee proposed for 2027, so the requested detail is a service the city is already buying.

9-8-26 Council Packet, Abdo scope of services · taken up again 2026-09-08

QuestionA council memberAugust 6, 2026
A council member asked why the money market and CDs fell.

Review of the June 30, 2026 cash and investments, which fell $1,306,963 from year end.

At the meetingSturtz said funds were pulled from the 4M money market for bond payments and will be replenished, and a maturing CD likely rolled into another.

Partly answered

We hold no transaction detail for the 4M money market or the certificates of deposit, so the $1,306,963 decline cannot be traced line by line from our data. The bond-payment explanation is consistent with the levy record, where the city's bond rate rose 35.91 percent for pay 2026 while the general rate fell 0.38 percent, driving the certified rate from 79.3028 to 84.6822 percent. The 4M and bank statements for the quarter would settle it.

taxes/levy.html and 9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-09-08

QuestionCouncil Member Deanna GardAugust 6, 2026
Council Member Gard questioned how people find out when meetings are scheduled. The response was, it is posted at city hall and on the city website.

Council comments about meeting notice reaching residents, especially younger residents who asked for social media notices.

At the meetingStaff said notices are posted at city hall and on the city website; council noted they are not on the utility bill.

Answered from our records

Meeting notices are posted at city hall and on the city website, cityofkenyon.gov, which runs on GovOffice, and the September 8 2026 packet repeats that answer. The city budgets $7,260 for website administration salary in 2026 and $7,910 proposed for 2027, and no social media or utility bill notice channel appears in the record. Note that the legacy domain cityofkenyon.com expired June 3 2026 and now has no mail records, so the @cityofkenyon.com addresses printed in the August 2026 packet bounce.

KENYON_IT_SPEND.md and 9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-09-08

PendingScott Lehner, City AdministratorAugust 6, 2026
Rebound hopes to start in September or October at the latest, depending on funding.

Project schedule tied to whether the $3 million investor raise succeeds.

Partly answered

No construction start date appears in anything we hold. The September 8 2026 agenda does carry Resolution 2026-33 approving the contract for private development, the sub-grant agreement and the developers agreement with Kenyon Real Estate 2, LLC, which is the step that has to precede a start, and the investor raise was still open at $3,000,000.

9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-09-08

Unsourced claimScott Lehner, City AdministratorAugust 6, 2026
Rebound is seeking roughly $3 million from local investors

Summary of the investor meeting held the previous night.

Partly answered

The September 8 2026 packet confirms the funding mix as DEED grant funds, city TIF, a traditional bank note and investor equity, and confirms the $3,000,000 investor target. The city's share is fixed at $1,855,000 in tax increment over 26 years, so the $8 million total, the $180,000 DEED grant and the $4.5 million loan remain unverified. Rebound's sources and uses statement is what is missing.

9-8-26 Council Packet and KENYON_INCENTIVES.md · taken up again 2026-09-08

Unsourced claimScott Lehner, City AdministratorAugust 6, 2026
Demolition with asbestos abatement was quoted at $464,000, a figure Lehner heard for the first time that night

Cost components of the Rebound project, which Lehner said he heard for the first time that night.

We hold no data

We hold no demolition or asbestos abatement quote for the Sunset Home site, so the $464,000 figure is unverified. The written quote from the abatement contractor would settle it. The development contract in the September 8 2026 packet does define demolition and site preparation as qualifying costs the city intends to partially reimburse through the TIF note.

9-8-26 Council Packet · would settle it: The written demolition/abatement quote

QuestionA council memberAugust 6, 2026
A council member asked whether the project proceeds without the $3 million. Lehner said Rebound's words were that it may not move forward.

Report on Rebound's investor meeting for the roughly $8 million Sunset Home project.

At the meetingLehner said Rebound's words were that it may not move forward.

Not a data question

Whether the project proceeds without the investor equity is Rebound's decision, not a fact in the record. What the city has already committed is fixed: $1,855,000 in tax increment assistance over 26 years approved May 18 2026, more than double the $800,000 Northland Securities recommended, plus Resolution 2026-18 of June 30 2026 creating Municipal Development District No. 2 and redevelopment TIF District No. 2-1 and Resolution 2026-20 for an interfund loan.

KENYON_INCENTIVES.md and 9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-09-08

To look upScott Lehner, City AdministratorAugust 6, 2026
Administrative Assistant-Rachel Goven Update Lehner stated that Rachel Goven resigned effective August 7, 2026 due to a family job relocation. The position is posted with a deadline of August 25.

Rachel Goven resigned effective August 7 due to a family job relocation.

Partly answered

The record confirms Rachel Goven resigned effective August 7 2026 for a family job relocation and that the position was posted with an August 25 deadline. No applicant count and no final pool appear in anything we hold, so the count of three is unverified and the post-deadline applicant list is what is missing.

9-8-26 Council Packet

To look upScott Lehner, City AdministratorAugust 6, 2026
PRESENTATIONS/PUBLIC HEARINGS/RECOGNITIONS/PROLAMATIONS ADMINISTRATOR UPDATE Police Department Staffing Update Lehner stated that the police officer position is still posted until filled. There are no applicants at this point.

Police staffing update; chief and full-time officer on vacation with part-time officers covering.

What happened next

The position was still posted until filled with no applicants, and the matter returned as item 2 of the Administrator Update on September 8 2026. The posting dates from July 28 2026 at $33.54 an hour entry, $38.57 at three to five years and $42.61 at five to ten years, which is the highest hourly rate in any Kenyon-area posting we hold.

data/jobs.csv and 9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-09-08

PendingScott Lehner, City AdministratorAugust 6, 2026
His last day will be August 14. Potentially, a job offer will be made to an applicant from the first round of interviews.

John Lee resigned with a last day of August 14; Lehner has spoken with two of three commissioners about the offer.

At the meetingLehner said Blake confirmed last week he is still interested; wages have not been discussed.

Partly answered

John Lee's last day was August 14 2026 and a job offer to a first-round applicant was described as potential, not made. KMU Staffing Update returned as item 3 of the Administrator Update on September 8 2026, but no wage decision, offer or acceptance for the line worker position appears in anything we hold.

9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-09-08

PendingScott Lehner, City AdministratorAugust 6, 2026
Josh from L&M is waiting on one HVAC quote from a contractor before assembling a refurbishment package. Lehner hopes to bring numbers in September.

Lehner was asked months ago what it would take to update the old police building.

At the meetingNo numbers yet; Lehner hopes to bring them in September.

We hold no data

We hold no refurbishment quote for the old police building and no HVAC quote, and the September 8 2026 packet records only that Lehner has been working with L&M on getting quotes. The assembled cost package from L&M would settle it. For scale, the comparable 2024 municipal building work bid out at $40,640 for the roof by Chandler Roofing, $11,485 and $6,995 for HVAC and a mini split, and $7,480.86 for flooring.

KENYON_BIDS.md and 9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-09-08 · would settle it: The HVAC quote and the assembled refurbishment cost package

Action itemA council memberAugust 6, 2026
A council member asked that Todd Kieffer of CEDA be added; Lehner agreed and will confirm with him.

Setting up the in-person department update rotation starting in September.

At the meetingLehner agreed.

What happened next

Todd Kieffer was added and appears first in the rotation. He is item VII.A, EDA Report, on the September 8 2026 agenda.

9-8-26 Council Packet, agenda section VII.A · taken up again 2026-09-08

Action itemScott Lehner, City AdministratorAugust 6, 2026
The last Rose Fest meeting will be on Monday, August 17. 11 Department Head Reporting Lehner stated that he would like some department heads to give an in-person update at the council meetings starting in September. The council was agreeable with this.

Weekly written department updates have been inconsistent, so Lehner proposed in-person reporting.

At the meetingThe council was agreeable.

What happened next

Department head reporting started as planned. The September 8 2026 agenda carries section VII, Department Head Updates, listing Todd Kieffer for the EDA report, Wayne Ehrich for public works and fire, Jeff Sjoblom as police chief, and Randy Eggert for KMU.

9-8-26 Council Packet, agenda section VII · taken up again 2026-09-08

PendingDerek Olinger, City EngineerAugust 6, 2026
ENGINEERING 2025 Street & Utility Project Engineer Olinger stated that this pay estimate includes primarily sanitary sewer lining, grouting and manhole rehabilitation. The contractor will be back in town over the next several weeks to complete various punch list repairs.

2025 Street & Utility Project status at pay application eight.

At the meetingOlinger said paving will happen later in the year.

Partly answered

Work was still running on September 8 2026, when pay application 9 covering July 18 to September 2 2026 came to the council under Bolton and Menk project 24X.134934.000. No paving date for Langford Avenue and 8th Street and no punch-list completion schedule appears in the record, and retainage was still being tracked, so the contractor's schedule is what is missing.

9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-09-08

Action itemDerek Olinger, City EngineerAugust 6, 2026
Engineer Olinger was aware of some of these issues and will be working with the gas company to do repairs. 2025 Street and Utility Improvements – Fitzgerald Excavating & Trucking -Pay Application No. 8 Pay request No. 8 includes work completed through July 17, 2026.

Damage caused by a private gas utility after the 2025 street and utility project was finished.

At the meetingOlinger said the gas company will pay and the city will not incur the costs.

Partly answered

No written commitment from the gas company to pay appears in any document we hold, and no change order or credit against the Fitzgerald contract records the cost. The only related written term in the September 8 2026 packet is the Kenyon Crossings condition that the developer pays for private gas, electric and communication installation, which governs a different project.

9-8-26 Council Packet

QuestionDoug Henke, citizenAugust 6, 2026
He asked who will fix it, since everyone paid for the project, and said he wants it done properly.

Henke described damage by a gas company crew after Fitzgerald finished the 2025 street project, including a sinkhole he stepped into.

At the meetingOlinger said he and Lehner have spoken with the gas company, the gas company also damaged the storm sewer so the area must be dug up anyway, the gas company will pay, and what remains is coordinating who does the work.

Partly answered

The record carries only the engineer's verbal commitment that he will work with the gas company on repairs, with no written repair agreement, cost figure or schedule in anything we hold. The street work itself was done by Fitzgerald Excavating under the 2025 Street and Utility Improvements contract awarded July 8 2025 at $2,294,629.25, and punch-list repairs were still open at pay application 9 covering work through September 2 2026.

KENYON_BIDS.md and 9-8-26 Council Packet

PendingDerek Olinger, City EngineerAugust 6, 2026
The planning commission held public hearings on the variances and preliminary plat on August 4. They tabled these variances and the replat until the developer submits supplemental materials.

Planning commission held public hearings August 4 and tabled all items; council extended the review period to 120 days.

At the meetingCouncil extended the review period to a maximum of 120 days; Olinger hopes revised plans are ready next month.

What happened next

The Planning Commission tabled the Kenyon Crossings variances and preliminary plat on August 4 2026 for unmet submittal requirements, and on August 6 the council extended the review period to a maximum of 120 days on a motion by Bailey seconded by Gard, carried 4-0-0. The hearing was continued to September 1 2026, and the September 8 2026 agenda carries Resolution 2026-33 approving the contract for private development, sub-grant agreement and developers agreement with Kenyon Real Estate 2, LLC.

9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-09-08

To look upScott Lehner, City AdministratorAugust 6, 2026
Items still open include benefits for the vacant officer position, which vary with whether the hire needs family or single coverage.

Remaining unknowns in the 2027 budget that keep it above the council's 9 percent target.

At the meetingNo figure available; staff will adjust when known.

Partly answered

The benefit figure was still open on September 8 2026 because the position remained posted until filled with no applicants. The only insurance benchmark in the record is Abdo's assumption of approximately $63,000 for family health, dental and life coverage for one employee, against a whole city-administration medical, dental, life and disability line of $88,069 actual in 2025, $73,310 budgeted 2026 and $78,130 proposed 2027. The posted officer wage is $33.54 an hour at entry.

Abdo's $63,000 family-coverage assumption for a single employee is close to the entire city-administration benefit line of $78,130 proposed for 2027.

9-8-26 Council Packet and data/jobs.csv · taken up again 2026-09-08

PendingJessi Sturtz, AbdoAugust 6, 2026
The proposed 2027 budget increase started at 19.5% but is now down to 10.34% by eliminating some pool, streets, and police 12 department items. Administrator Lehner suggested approving the preliminary levy at 10.34% in September.

Levy process timeline; once certified the preliminary levy can only go down before December final adoption.

At the meetingCouncil agreed to plan to certify at 10.34 percent in September.

What happened next

The council adopted Resolution 2026-31 on September 8 2026 setting the 2027 preliminary levy at $1,670,115, an increase of 9.26 percent, and set the Truth in Taxation meeting for December 1 at 6:30 p.m. That is below the 10.34 percent Lehner proposed in August, and the draft had opened at 19.50 percent on July 14 2026.

The levy was certified at 9.26 percent, not the 10.34 percent the council agreed in August to approve in September.

Res. 2026-31, 9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-09-08

Action itemJessi Sturtz, AbdoAugust 6, 2026
A work session with department heads will be scheduled in October for working the levy down further if needed.

Plan to certify the preliminary levy at 10.34 percent in September and then reduce it before final adoption.

At the meetingThe council agreed to the approach.

Partly answered

The plan for an October department head work session was restated in the September 8 2026 minutes, but the schedule of upcoming meetings published that night lists only the KMU meeting on September 15, the EDA meeting on September 22 and the next council meeting on October 13. No noticed October work session date appears in anything we hold.

9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-09-08

Action itemJessi Sturtz, AbdoAugust 6, 2026
Sturtz asked Lehner for a county contact to get the final number.

Abdo needs the county's final tax capacity to firm up the 2027 levy and tax rate.

What happened next

The final county figure had not arrived by September 8 2026. The preliminary levy memo of that date carries the note that the payable 2027 tax rate is estimated on preliminary tax capacity information from Goodhue County and that the final figure will vary, so Resolution 2026-31 certifying $1,670,115 was adopted on the preliminary base of $1,865,379.

9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-09-08

To look upJessi Sturtz, AbdoAugust 6, 2026
Tax capacity from the county is still preliminary; Sturtz asked Lehner for a county contact to get the final number.

2027 budget second draft assumptions.

At the meetingLehner was asked to provide a county contact; number not yet available.

Partly answered

For pay 2026 the certified net tax capacity implied by the county auditor's rate is $1,805,032, and locating it parcel by parcel recovers $1,804,993, or 99.998 percent. For pay 2027 the county figure was still preliminary at $1,865,379 when the September 8 2026 levy was set, and the packet states plainly that the final tax capacity and rate will vary. The certified 2027 figure from the county auditor is what remains missing.

taxes/levy.html and 9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-09-08

QuestionA council memberAugust 6, 2026
Another asked whether the realtor gave an average lot value.

Discussion of how many lots are available and what they are worth.

At the meetingNo answer recorded.

Partly answered

The three vacant lots listed for sale in Kenyon average $213,822 in asking price, at $187,778, $201,457 and $252,230 for parcels of 2.27, 2.46 and 3.08 acres. That is an asking-price average for large Engel Drive parcels, not an assessed value for a standard platted lot, and the realtor's own average was never recorded.

dashboard/data/zillow.json

QuestionA council memberAugust 6, 2026
she asked how it would work legally since the money has to be repaid

Council member recalled Henke's original request and questioned the legal mechanics of a utility loaning money to the EDA.

At the meetingNo legal answer given; Lehner noted the item would go to KMU and EDA agendas.

Not a data question

Whether a municipal utility may lend to the EDA and on what terms is a legal opinion for City Attorney Riggs, not a fact in our records. The city budgets $60,000 for legal services in both 2027 and the prior year against $68,326.50 actual in the earliest year shown and $12,108.20 spent at the time of the September 8 2026 budget table, so there is room in the legal line to obtain the opinion.

9-8-26 Council Packet, account 101-41610-304

PendingScott Lehner, City AdministratorAugust 6, 2026
Schedule of Upcoming Meetings KMU Meeting: Tuesday, August 18th @ 3:00 p.m.

Whether KMU will formally authorize the loan that would fund the Hinderaker land purchase.

At the meetingLehner confirmed it is agendized; no decision made at this meeting.

Partly answered

The August 18 2026 KMU meeting at 3:00 p.m. appears in the schedule of upcoming meetings, and the loan returned to the council on September 8 2026 as item 5 of the Administrator Update, Update on Loan from KMU. No KMU resolution or vote authorizing the loan appears in any document we hold, so the commission's formal action is what is missing.

9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-09-08

Unsourced claimDoug Henke, former mayor and KMU commissionerAugust 6, 2026
CITIZEN COMMENT Doug Henke asked, "Do you know how many lots are available for sale in Kenyon today?" According to Realtor Chris Mallery there are eight.

Henke's argument that the city has run out of residential lots.

At the meetingA council member had guessed four; no verification was offered.

Partly answered

Our listing snapshot of September 13 2026 shows 3 vacant lots for sale in Kenyon, priced $187,778, $201,457 and $252,230, all on Engel Drive. Assessment records separately show 18 vacant residential parcels valued at $15,000 or more, the count that would support a buildable-lot figure closer to eighteen than eight. The realtor's own MLS count for the date of the claim is what would reconcile the two.

Neither our listing count of three nor our buildable-parcel count of eighteen matches the eight lots attributed to realtor Chris Mallery.

dashboard/data/zillow.json and taxes/data/kenyon_tax.json · taken up again 2026-09-08

QuestionDoug Henke, former mayor and KMU commissionerAugust 6, 2026
CITIZEN COMMENT Doug Henke asked, "Do you know how many lots are available for sale in Kenyon today?" According to Realtor Chris Mallery there are eight.

Opening of citizen comment on the shortage of residential lots in town.

At the meetingA council member guessed four; Henke said realtor Chris Mallery told him about eight, possibly a few more.

Partly answered

County records show 33 vacant residential parcels of class 206 inside the city, of which 18 are valued at $15,000 or more, the range that indicates a platted buildable lot rather than a sliver. Only 3 vacant lots were actually listed for sale in the September 13 2026 Zillow snapshot, all on Engel Drive and all 657 days on market, so the count of lots for sale and the count of buildable lots are different numbers and neither matches eight. A current MLS export from the realtor would settle which lots are genuinely on the market.

Only three vacant lots appear as listed for sale in our September 2026 listing snapshot, not the eight cited at the meeting.

taxes/data/kenyon_tax.json and dashboard/data/zillow.json · taken up again 2026-09-08

RequestDoug Henke, former mayor and KMU commissionerAugust 6, 2026
It is now two years later and still no progress has been made. He was asking the Council to get this moving forward.

Henke told the council the town is down to about eight buildable lots and that KMU has twice verbally agreed to lend money for land purchase, but two years have passed with no progress.

At the meetingLehner said a preliminary plat and draft purchase agreement are done, the topic is on the KMU agenda for August 18 and will go on the EDA agenda; Lehner has spoken with Mortensen and Todd Kieffer.

What happened next

The Hinderaker tract is PIN 666800300, 18.09 acres in agricultural class, valued at $214,000 for pay 2027 and paying $1,752 in city tax, against the $275,000 asking price named at this meeting. The thread was taken up again on September 8 2026, where Update on Loan from KMU appears as item 5 of the Administrator Update and Lehner confirmed a preliminary plat and draft purchase agreement exist; no KMU resolution authorizing the loan appears in our record.

KENYON_INCENTIVES.md and 9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-09-08

PendingAttorney RiggsJuly 14, 2026
The council did not want to put stipulations on it, but we sure could do that, but right now that is not what is on the books.

Gard objected that the Depot Park liquor permit carries no conditions.

At the meetingThe permit was approved without conditions; a council member agreed conditions could be considered for the future.

Partly answered

The Depot Park permit was approved without conditions on a motion by Bailey seconded by Sjolander, carried 4-0-0, after Gard pulled it from the consent agenda over her concern about alcohol in a family park. Riggs confirmed conditions are possible but not on the books, because the council that opened parks to alcohol declined to add any condition on glass, vendors or insurance. No draft ordinance amendment has come back, and until one does the permits carry no stipulations.

8-6-26 Council Packet Updated and factbook KENYON_DEPOT_PARK.md · taken up again 2026-08-06

Unsourced claimAdministrator LehnerJuly 14, 2026
Lehner scheduled wires at the bank for four bond payments due by month end, about $233,000 total

Administrator update on bond payment processing.

Partly answered

We hold no bank wire confirmations for the four bond payments. The August 6 2026 cash summary does record a decrease in cash due to the first bond payment made for the year, which is consistent with the payments clearing. Debt service is the dominant force in the city's rate: the 2026 rate rise came almost entirely from the bond levy, with the general rate falling 0.38 percent while the bond rate rose 35.91 percent.

8-6-26 Council Packet Updated and factbook taxes/levy.html · taken up again 2026-08-06

Unsourced claimAdministrator LehnerJuly 14, 2026
Todd Kieffer applied to the Goodhue County housing trust fund for $82,000. The city was not awarded the grant.

Administrator update on housing funding.

What happened next

The Goodhue County housing trust fund denial stands, but the city landed a different award. The September 8 2026 packet reports Kenyon was awarded $75,000 in Tier II Housing Funds from a Minnesota Housing grant, aligned with Goodhue County Habitat for Humanity, with a four-year spending window ending in 2031. The plan is to build the home during the 2027-28 school year with the Kenyon-Wanamingo construction classes under Doug Thompson, with the city as fiscal agent and part of the grant usable to acquire land.

9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-09-08

Unsourced claimDan Wagner, Kenyon Market ownerJuly 14, 2026
a recent remodel of about $200,000 in equipment with new doors and cases, a leased building, and inventory of roughly $250,000

Describing what a prospective in-town buyer would acquire.

We hold no data

We hold no equipment or inventory valuation for Kenyon Market, so the $200,000 remodel and $250,000 inventory figures cannot be verified, and the fifty-fifty odds are a seller's judgment rather than a fact. One point our property record adds is that the building at 109 Red Wing Ave is owned by Peter J Wagner, who bought it for $370,000 in November 2014, so a buyer taking a leased building would be leasing from the selling family. A business appraisal or asset list would settle the valuation.

factbook, taxes/data/kenyon_tax.json PIN 665400540 · would settle it: An equipment and inventory valuation for the store

Unsourced claimPete Wagner, Kenyon MarketJuly 14, 2026
Dan Wagner, Kenyon Market owner, added that as far as continuing the store, it is looking to close or sell to an intown resident. There are approximately twenty employees that have been notified of the situation.

Stated for the record when asked about the store's workforce.

Partly answered

The council record corroborates the headcount at approximately twenty employees notified of the situation, stated by Dan Wagner as owner. No payroll records or employment histories for the store are in our holdings, so the 18 to 20 range and the tenure since high school cannot be verified. Store payroll filings would settle it.

8-6-26 Council Packet Updated citizen comment

Unsourced claimJessi Sturtz, AbdoJuly 14, 2026
small cities typically set preliminary levies around 8 or 9 percent and work down to 2 to 5 percent by December

Advising the council on setting the 2027 preliminary levy with cushion.

At the meetingThe council settled on a 9 percent target.

Partly answered

The Kenyon half of the claim is close but not exact. The 2026 preliminary levy was set at a maximum of 9.93 percent, not near 10, and the certified 2026 levy came in at $1,528,541, a 9.18 percent increase rather than about 9.2. The peer half cannot be tested because we hold no statewide dataset of Minnesota city levy increases. On Kenyon's own record the levy fell only 0.75 points between preliminary and final, well short of the 2 to 5 percent landing Sturtz described as typical.

Kenyon has not worked its levy down to the 2 to 5 percent range Sturtz described. It certified 9.18 percent for 2026 and 9.26 percent preliminary for 2027, after opening that cycle at 19.50 percent.

factbook levy history and Minnesota context warning

Unsourced claimCouncil Member Lee SjolanderJuly 14, 2026
small-city police budgets commonly run near 30 percent while large cities show 13 percent

Arguing against adding a part-time police administrative position in the 2027 budget.

At the meetingSturtz's presentation put Kenyon law enforcement at 32.7 percent of the general fund.

We hold no data

We hold no dataset of police spending as a share of city budgets for Minnesota cities, by size or otherwise, so neither the 30 percent small-city figure nor the 13 percent large-city figure can be checked against anything. The single number we can place is the one from the meeting itself, Kenyon law enforcement at 32.7 percent of the general fund. A statewide compilation of city general fund and police expenditures would settle it.

factbook Minnesota context warning · would settle it: Comparative police budget percentages for Minnesota cities by size

Unsourced claimDan Wagner, Kenyon Market ownerJuly 14, 2026
Dollar General took about ten percent of sales. Ten percent was the margin.

Explaining why the grocery store is no longer profitable.

Partly answered

We hold no Kenyon Market sales or margin records, so the ten percent claim cannot be tested. What the property record shows is the asymmetry between the two stores: Kenyon Market pays $7,225 in city tax on a $464,100 valuation while Dollar General pays $1,762, and Dollar General is absentee owned by the Gigliotti Family Trust of Fallbrook, California. Dollar General's valuation jumps to $972,800 for pay 2027 as the new building hits the roll. Store profit and loss statements before and after the Dollar General opening would settle the margin claim.

factbook, taxes/data/kenyon_tax.json and data/companies.csv

Action itemChief Jeff SjoblomJuly 14, 2026
Chief Sjoblom noted that state law on these vehicles has changed and he will circulate a reference sheet.

Sjolander's warning about increased scooter and e-bike activity in town.

We hold no data

No scooter or electric bike reference sheet appears in our holdings, and no later council passage records Chief Sjoblom circulating one. The only related entry is Sjolander's comment noting increased scooter and electric bike activity and reminding residents to be aware of them. The circulated reference sheet or a police department memo would settle it.

8-6-26 Council Packet Updated · would settle it: The reference sheet on current Minnesota scooter and e-bike law

Questiona council memberJuly 14, 2026
A council member asked whether hiring an internal finance person would cost less.

Budget discussion about contracted services.

At the meetingLehner said the comparison comes out roughly even and he would recommend Abdo, with the full comparison to follow.

What happened next

On Abdo's own numbers the hire is more expensive by $2,300 a year, $167,100 for a full-time finance director at $40.45 an hour against $164,800 for Abdo's 2027 package. The gap is inside the noise of the assumptions, and Abdo's fee is scheduled to rise to $114,500 in 2028 and $121,000 in 2029 on the financial solutions piece alone, a 31 percent climb from the $92,100 a year rate at engagement in September 2025.

Both sides of Abdo's comparison favor Abdo. Its $63,000 family insurance assumption nearly equals the whole city administration benefit line of $73,310 budgeted for 2026, and its own payroll piece of $25,800 sits against competitive 2023 quotes of $7,655 from Paychex and $5,032 from ADP.

9-8-26 Council Packet and factbook contracted finance section · taken up again 2026-09-08

Questiona council memberJuly 14, 2026
Asked who priced the pool work, he said Wayne Ehrich, the public works superintendent, gathered it from contractors as a stopgap to extend the pool's life, not a permanent fix.

Council reviewing the pool line in the 2027 draft budget.

At the meetingLehner said Wayne Ehrich gathered the pricing from contractors as a stopgap.

We hold no data

The contractor pricing behind the $77,000 pool line is not in our archive, and no pool sandblasting, crack repair or repainting quote appears in the 43-row bid record. Lehner attributed the pricing to Public Works Superintendent Wayne Ehrich gathering it from contractors as a stopgap.

A $77,000 purchase requires council approval plus two written quotes under Administrative Policy No. 34 as put before the council in August 2024, whose adoption our archive does not confirm, and no quotes for the pool work are on file.

KENYON_BIDS.md · would settle it: The contractor quotes for sandblasting, crack repair, and repainting the pool

PendingAdministrator LehnerJuly 14, 2026
if the award is not made the effort ends

Resolution 2026-23 authorizing the application for Depot Park accessibility and trail project support.

At the meetingCouncil adopted Resolution 2026-23 authorizing the application.

Partly answered

Resolution 2026-23 authorizing the Grant Navigator application was adopted on a motion by Bailey seconded by Gard, covering a comprehensive accessibility and recreation project centered on Depot Park with a future accessible trail to the Trondheim neighborhood. The program provides up to $5,000 per city on a rolling basis against a $500,000 statewide cap. No League of Minnesota Cities award decision appears in our holdings.

8-6-26 Council Packet Updated and factbook GRANTS.md · taken up again 2026-08-06

To look upJessi Sturtz, AbdoJuly 14, 2026
Health insurance figures arrive around October.

Budget assumption affecting police and other wage lines.

Partly answered

The 5 percent health insurance assumption was still in place through the September 8 2026 preliminary levy, where staff said some numbers remain pending and adjustments would follow as they arrive. October is the month the actual rates were expected and the last document we hold is dated September 8 2026, so no actual 2027 premium figures exist in our records. The carrier renewal schedule would settle it.

9-8-26 Council Packet

To look upJessi Sturtz, AbdoJuly 14, 2026
Workers' compensation and general liability at a 10 percent increase, pending League of Minnesota Cities figures.

Assumptions in the 2027 draft budget.

What happened next

The 10 percent placeholder was cut to 5 percent. Both the August 6 and September 8 2026 budget memos estimate a 5 percent increase for workers compensation and general liability, and note the League of Minnesota Cities is recommending 2 to 5 percent on workers compensation and 3 to 5 percent on general liability. Actual quoted premiums are still not in the record.

8-6-26 Council Packet Updated and 9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-08-06

To look upJessi Sturtz, AbdoJuly 14, 2026
Sturtz flagged that the fire levy line is wrong.

Error flagged in the July draft 2027 levy table.

Partly answered

The corrected fire levy line is not in our holdings, but the revenue budget in the September 8 2026 packet shows state fire aid budgeted at $48,000 for 2027 against $33,000 for 2026, a $15,000 increase, which is the entry Sturtz said needed fixing. The 2027 levy detail table showing the fire levy line before and after the correction would settle whether the 39.94 percent decrease became an increase.

9-8-26 Council Packet, fund 203 revenue budget · taken up again 2026-09-08

To look upJessi Sturtz, AbdoJuly 14, 2026
County tax capacity is still preliminary.

2027 preliminary levy and tax rate calculations depend on final tax capacity.

Partly answered

The preliminary tax capacity used for the 2027 levy rose from $1,822,872 in the July and August drafts to $1,865,379 by the September 2026 preliminary levy, and both memos warn the final figure will vary. For the prior year the same caution proved material: the certified pay-2026 base implied by the auditor's rate was $1,805,032, and we located $1,804,993 of it parcel by parcel, or 99.998 percent. Goodhue County's final 2027 certification is not yet in our holdings.

The figure was not unchanged. By September 2026 the county's preliminary capacity had moved to $1,865,379, $42,507 above the $1,822,872 carried in the July draft.

factbook, KENYON_DATA_IN_MEETINGS.md and taxes/levy.html · taken up again 2026-09-08

PendingAdministrator LehnerJuly 14, 2026
It is close to being done. The department heads will review it next and then it will go to the personnel committee for review.

Administrator update on the personnel policy rewrite with Abby from Abdo.

We hold no data

The personnel policy rewrite has not moved in our record beyond the status Lehner gave, that it is close to done and goes next to department heads and then the personnel committee. Later passages using the word policy all concern title insurance on the Kenyon Crossings plat and are unrelated. The draft personnel policy or personnel committee minutes would settle it.

8-6-26 Council Packet Updated · would settle it: The draft personnel policy and review schedule

PendingAttorney RiggsJuly 14, 2026
The city also received a plat application that day for the land side of the project showing two more units than earlier plans. That will return as a separate development agreement.

New plat application received the day of the meeting.

What happened next

The Planning Commission held public hearings on the variances and preliminary plat on August 4 2026 and tabled both until the developer submits supplemental materials. The council then extended the review period to a maximum of 120 days for the three variances and the preliminary plat on August 6 2026, on a motion by Bailey seconded by Gard, carried 4-0-0. No separate development agreement for the land side has come back.

9-8-26 Council Packet and factbook development section · taken up again 2026-08-06

PendingEngineer OlingerJuly 14, 2026
Crews have installed the liner system, but they still need to install manhole liners, adjust castings, and grout service connections. 2025 Street and Utility Improvements – Fitzgerald Excavating & Trucking -Pay Application No. 7 Pay request No. 7 includes work completed through July 3, 2026.

Engineering update on the 2025 Street & Utility Project.

What happened next

The sewer lining, grouting and manhole rehabilitation reached substantial completion on July 17 2026, the cutoff date for the partial pay estimate that covered that work. On September 8 2026 the engineer reported only punch list repairs remaining, plus separate repairs to be coordinated with the gas company over line installation problems raised by Doug Henke.

8-6-26 Council Packet Updated and 9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-09-08

PendingEngineer OlingerJuly 14, 2026
To allow for additional settlement time, we are recommending that final paving for 8th Street be delayed until the end of this construction season.

Change Order No. 2 on the 2025 Street and Utility project.

At the meetingCouncil approved Change Order #2 at no cost, with final lift due by October 31 and punch list by August 30.

Partly answered

As of September 8 2026 the final lift had not been confirmed placed. Reconstruction within Langford Avenue was reported complete with sod laid on August 6 2026, and on September 8 2026 the engineer reported the contractor would return over the following weeks for punch list repairs. The October 31 2026 deadline falls after the last document we hold, so a later pay application or engineer's certificate would settle it.

9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-09-08

RequestStephanie Brezina, applicantJuly 14, 2026
Brezina 14 commented that her neighbors to the west have someone living in the camper that is parked next to her property line and she requested that the camper be moved.

Raised during the 616 9th Street fence variance hearing.

At the meetingStaff said the neighboring property will be addressed and the rules applied consistently.

We hold no data

We hold no code enforcement record for the neighboring property or the occupied camper. The record shows only that Brezina's own fence variance was granted by Resolution 2026-22 on a motion by Sjolander seconded by Kirchmann, carried 4-0-0, after a Planning Commission hearing with four recommended conditions. A zoning enforcement file on the west neighbor would settle it.

8-6-26 Council Packet Updated · would settle it: A code enforcement record on the neighboring property

Questiona council memberJuly 14, 2026
A council member asked whether the developer could be required to clean up the site.

Dumped mattresses and furniture along the Kenyon Crossings property.

At the meetingLehner said the mattresses, box springs, and furniture are gone as of that day and the developer committed to weed control, mowing, a no-dumping sign, and a camera.

We hold no data

We hold nothing confirming the weed control, mowing, no-dumping sign or camera the developer committed to at Kenyon Crossings. The only later passage touching the site concerns seeding to the MnDOT Seeding Manual and erosion and sediment control on the plan sheets, which is a different obligation. A city code enforcement or site inspection record would settle it.

8-6-26 Council Packet Updated · would settle it: Confirmation the committed weed control, mowing, sign, and camera were completed

Questiona council memberJuly 14, 2026
Asked whether the amount could exceed what the council authorized when it approved the district, Riggs said no.

Discussion of the Kenyon Crossings contract for private development with authority for staff to adjust figures.

At the meetingRiggs said no.

Partly answered

The authorized ceiling is $1,855,000 in tax increment assistance over 26 years, approved May 18 2026, more than double the $800,000 Northland Securities recommended. The executed contract for private development and the face amount of the pay-as-you-go note are not in our holdings, so the final assistance figure cannot be confirmed.

Riggs said the amount could not exceed what the council authorized, but Section 5.02 of the September 8 2026 resolution approves the contract with such modifications as shall be deemed necessary, desirable or appropriate, and makes execution itself conclusive evidence of approval of any and all modifications.

factbook development section and 9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-09-08

QuestionBilly Dyrdahl, citizenJuly 14, 2026
Administrator Lehner stated that this Public Hearing was required for the Flom Disposal, Inc. rate increase. Billy Dyrdahl asked how much the rates went up and how the garbage cart size is determined.

Public hearing on the Flom Disposal rate increase.

At the meetingCouncil said the increase is about a dollar a month and that a smaller cart may be requested but the rate depends on household status, not cart size; Gudknecht said residents must contact the city to get the single or senior rate.

Partly answered

The council approved a new three-year solid waste hauling agreement with Flom Disposal containing increased rates, on a motion by Bailey seconded by Gard, carried 4-0-0, after the prior agreement expired June 30 2026. The rate schedule itself and any cart size policy are not in our holdings, so the dollar amount of the increase and the basis for cart assignment cannot be confirmed. The executed Flom agreement with its rate exhibit would settle it.

8-6-26 Council Packet Updated · taken up again 2026-08-06

Action itema council memberJuly 14, 2026
Lehner said he is finalizing a comparison Thursday.

Council asked whether an internal finance person would cost less than Abdo.

At the meetingLehner said the former position's pay and benefits versus Abdo's three services come out roughly even and he would still recommend Abdo.

What happened next

The comparison was delivered on September 8 2026 as a New Business item titled Abdo vs. Internal Finance Director, with a summary report, a three-year accounting services proposal, an HR and payroll renewal engagement letter and an HR consulting proposal attached. Abdo's 2027 proposal is $164,800 against its own estimate of $167,100 for a full-time finance director at $40.45 an hour, a gap of $2,300.

Abdo assumed $63,000 of family insurance for one hire, but the entire city administration medical, dental, life and disability line was $88,069 actual in 2025 and $73,310 budgeted for 2026, so the hire estimate loads nearly a whole department's benefit line onto one position.

9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-09-08

Action itemCity CouncilJuly 14, 2026
The council requested a report showing the breakdown of what is spent on outside services and contracted services. They would like a budget work session to be scheduled in August.

Council wants more time on the 2027 budget before certifying the preliminary levy.

Partly answered

No August 2026 budget work session appears in our record. The next budget discussion on file is the second draft presented at the regular September 8 2026 meeting, where staff said a work session with department heads would be scheduled in October to work the levy down further. A posted notice or minutes for an August session would settle whether one was held.

9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-09-08

Action itema council memberJuly 14, 2026
The council requested a report showing the breakdown of what is spent on outside services and contracted services.

Council wants to examine outside spending, naming Todd Kieffer's CEDA contract as an example.

At the meetingSturtz said contracted services are mainly Abdo and outside services mainly CEDA, and staff will pull the general ledger detail.

Partly answered

The Abdo portion of the breakdown reached the council on September 8 2026: the 2027 Abdo proposal totals $164,800, made up of $109,000 Financial Solutions, $30,000 HR and $25,800 payroll, escalating to $114,500 in 2028 and $121,000 in 2029. Actual outside services in the administration line ran $99,689 in 2025, and the 2026 packets attribute an $82,000 jump in outside services to recoding Abdo invoices that were previously booked to general government. A full vendor-by-vendor general ledger detail covering CEDA and the other contracts is not in our holdings.

9-8-26 Council Packet and factbook contracted finance section · taken up again 2026-09-08

Action itemCity CouncilJuly 14, 2026
The proposed 2027 budget levy increase is 19.5% from 2026. The council stated they would like to work the levy down to a maximum 9% increase.

Council reaction to the first draft of the 2027 preliminary budget.

At the meetingLehner said the council could strike items or set a target percentage; the council settled on 9 percent as a compromise.

What happened next

The council did not reach its 9 percent target in one step. The second draft came in at 10.34 percent on September 8 2026, and the preliminary levy certified that day by Resolution 2026-31 was $1,670,115, a 9.26 percent increase. Reductions came from cutting pool, streets and police department items.

9-8-26 Council Packet and factbook levy history · taken up again 2026-09-08

Action itema council memberJuly 14, 2026
A council member asked that the item go on the next Economic Development Authority agenda, July 28, and that staff contact Todd Kieffer and John Mortensen.

Response to the Wagners' request for help with the grocery store.

At the meetingThe Wagners were invited to that meeting.

Partly answered

We hold no July 28 2026 EDA agenda and no record of staff contacting Todd Kieffer or John Mortensen about the grocery store. The September 8 2026 packet lists an EDA report by Todd Kieffer as a standing department head update but records no Kenyon Market item. The July 28 EDA agenda and minutes would settle it.

9-8-26 Council Packet

RequestPete Wagner and Dan Wagner, Kenyon MarketJuly 14, 2026
There are approximately twenty employees that have been notified of the situation. The Wagners asked if there was anything the council could do to help, like a coalition or a cooperative.

Kenyon Market is losing money and the owners are looking to close or sell to an in-town resident.

At the meetingA council member asked that the item be placed on the July 28 EDA agenda and that staff contact Todd Kieffer and John Mortensen; the Wagners were invited.

Not a data question

Whether the city organizes a coalition or cooperative for Kenyon Market is a council and EDA policy decision, not a fact our records settle. What our records do show is the store's weight in the tax base: Kenyon Market at 109 Red Wing Ave pays $7,225 in city tax on a 2026 estimated market value of $464,100, about four times the $1,762 paid by the Dollar General that took roughly ten percent of its sales. No later council passage records the city acting on the request.

factbook, taxes/data/kenyon_tax.json and data/companies.csv

Unsourced claimKristi Trisko, planning consultant staff reportJune 30, 2026
Details of the request: The owner added 2' to an existing 6' fence solid wood fence in a portion of the rear yard adjacent to the western side of the property in October of 2025 for "safety, privacy and the well-being of the children in her licensed childcare program".

Background on the existing nonconforming fence that prompted the variance request.

At the meetingPlanning Commission conditioned approval on the existing fence being removed and rebuilt to code.

Partly answered

The staff report states the owner added 2 feet to an existing 6-foot solid wood fence in October 2025 for the safety, privacy and well-being of the children in her licensed childcare program. City code allows 6 feet in rear yards and the rear half of side yards and 3.5 feet in the front half of the side yard, so the 8-foot section exceeded the limit. Permit records for the October 2025 work are not in our holdings, and the Planning Commission conditioned approval on that fence being removed and rebuilt to code.

7.14.26 Council Packet Updated, 616 9th Street Fence Variance Staff Report

Unsourced claimKristi Trisko, planning consultant staff reportJune 30, 2026
The property is larger than typical city lots and located near the city's jurisdictional boundary that allows for great flexibility in uses, lot sizes, and city infrastructure.

Cited as unique circumstances supporting the fence variance findings.

We hold no data

We hold no lot dimensions for 616 9th Street, PID 665600240, and no city street surface inventory. The county parcel record giving the lot acreage and a city street surface or paving inventory for 9th Street would settle both halves of the claim.

taxes/data/kenyon_tax.json holds no parcel dimensions · would settle it: Lot dimensions from the plat and the city street surface inventory

Unsourced claimKristi Trisko, planning consultant staff reportJune 30, 2026
Figure 8 - Current Fencing Figure 7 - Existing Fence Neighborhood Notification: All property owners within 350' feet of this property were notified within ten days of the public hearing and published in the paper on June 24, 2026, that a public hearing would be held on July 7, 2026, for this variance request.

Notification record for the 616 9th Street fence variance.

Partly answered

The June 24 2026 notice for a July 7 2026 hearing was superseded by a second round. The September 8 2026 packet records that owners within 350 feet were notified and notice published on July 22 2026 for a public hearing held August 4 2026 on the same variance request. The affidavit of publication and the mailing list for either round are not in our holdings.

9-8-26 Council Packet; 7.14.26 Council Packet Updated · taken up again 2026-08-04

Unsourced claimKristi Trisko, AICP, PMP, planning consultantJune 30, 2026
See Figure #5 Tree/Shrub Coverage Site Use and Site Details: The site is used as a home and a family childcare facility of up to 14 children.

Basis for the finding that additional fence height serves privacy and safety for the daycare.

Partly answered

The capacity of up to 14 children appears in the planning consultant's site description and the finding that a state licensed family childcare facility is a permitted use in all low-density residential zones. The state license document showing the licensed capacity is not in our holdings and would settle it.

7.14.26 Council Packet Updated, 616 9th Street Fence Variance Staff Report

To look upPay Application No. 7June 30, 2026
SANITARY MANHOLE REHABILITATION (SPRAY-ON) 9.00 EACH 5,320.00 47,880.00 ... - 47,880.00

These are the remaining sewer rehabilitation items the engineer identified as the last major work.

What happened next

Those items were performed in the following six weeks. The August 6 2026 pay estimate covered primarily sanitary sewer lining, grouting and manhole rehabilitation completed through July 17 2026, which is also the substantial completion date for that work, and the September 8 2026 pay estimate covered the same categories with punch list repairs remaining. The nine spray-on manhole rehabilitations were bid at $5,320 each for $47,880.

8-6-26 Council Packet Updated; 9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-09-08

Unsourced claimBolton & Menk / Fitzgerald Excavating pay applicationJune 30, 2026
Project Totals $ 2,256,815.25 ... 87% $ 292,176.72

Progress estimate totals in Pay Application No. 7.

Answered from our records

The figures reconcile exactly. The current contract price of $2,256,815.25 is the original $2,294,629.25 less the $37,814.00 change order credit, and completed work of $1,964,638.53 against a balance to finish of $292,176.72 is 87.05 percent of the current price.

7.14.26 Council Packet Updated, Change Order Form No. 2 and Pay Application No. 7

Action itemResolution 2026-24June 30, 2026
the Mayor and City Administrator are hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver the Contract for Private Development and Sub-Grant Agreement for and on behalf of the City in substantially the form now on file with the City, but with such modifications as shall be deemed necessary, desirable or appropriate, its execution thereof to constitute conclusive evidence of the approval of any and all modifications therein. Section 3. Implementation. 3.01. The Mayor and City Administrator are authorized and

Implementation section of the resolution approving the developer agreements.

What happened next

The authorization was granted. Resolution 2026-24 passed 4-0-0 on August 6 2026, authorizing and directing the Mayor and City Administrator to execute and deliver the Contract for Private Development and Sub-Grant Agreement with any modifications deemed necessary, and the September 8 2026 resolution extends that authority to the Developers Agreement and any additional implementing documents. Signed copies are not in our holdings.

8-6-26 Council Packet Updated; 9-8-26 Council Packet, sections 2.02 and 3.01 · taken up again 2026-09-08

PendingResolution 2026-24 recitalsJune 30, 2026
The City and Developer have applied for and received a grant from the State of Minnesota as memorialized in a DEED Grant Contract Agreement (previously approved and executed by the City) and a further Sub-Grant Agreement between the City and the Developer. 1.06.

The city previously approved and executed the DEED Grant Contract Agreement; the Sub-Grant Agreement is presented in form only.

Partly answered

The Sub-Grant Agreement was approved by the council twice, first within Resolution 2026-24 on August 6 2026 and again in the September 8 2026 resolution covering the Contract for Private Development, Sub-Grant Agreement and Developers Agreement. The agreement form in the September 8 2026 packet still carries a blank execution date, and the DEED grant award amount appears nowhere in our records.

9-8-26 Council Packet, Sub-Grant Agreement; 8-6-26 Council Packet Updated · taken up again 2026-09-08

Unsourced claimResolution 2026-24 recitalsJune 30, 2026
Among the activities to be assisted by the City is a proposed development by Kenyon Real Estate 2, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company (the "Developer"), which has asked for financial assistance to help pay a portion of the costs of demolition of the existing structures and construction of a new 36-unit apartment development residential building on the Redevelopment Property located at the Redevelopment Property on certain real property located within the City of Kenyon, Goodhue County (the "Project"). 1.03.

Describes the redevelopment project receiving TIF and grant assistance.

What happened next

The 36-unit figure holds across the record. The recital appears identically in the July 14 2026 and September 8 2026 packets and again in the Sub-Grant Agreement recitals, each describing demolition of the existing structures and construction of a new 36-unit apartment residential building on the Redevelopment Property. A site plan or building permit confirming the count is not in our holdings.

9-8-26 Council Packet; 7.14.26 Council Packet Updated · taken up again 2026-09-08

To look upTammy with Northland SecuritiesJune 30, 2026
Tammy with Northland Securities reviewed the TIF purpose and process, projected tax increment, and duration of the TIF.

Northland Securities presented the TIF purpose, process, projected increment, and duration at the public hearing.

Answered from our records

The council approved $1,855,000 in tax increment assistance over 26 years on May 18 2026, more than double the $800,000 that Northland Securities recommended. The TIF Plan for District No. 2-1 was approved June 30 2026, as confirmed in the September 8 2026 packet definitions.

The council granted $1,855,000, which is 2.3 times the $800,000 level Northland Securities itself recommended.

factbook Development, TIF and land; 9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-06-30

Action itemHolli Gudknecht, Administration (agenda item)June 30, 2026
Election Update 3. KMU New Hire 4. Personnel Policy Update SUGGESTED ACTION: Administrator Lehner will give an update.

Administrator Update section of the July 14 agenda.

We hold no data

We hold nothing on what the administrator reported. The packets carry only the four agenda headings for the update, which are recognition of pool staff Addison Lindell, Cosette Rice and Leah Widholm, the election update, the KMU new hire, and the personnel policy update. The July 14 2026 minutes of the administrator's report would settle it.

7.14.26 Council Packet Updated, agenda item VII · would settle it: The administrator's verbal or written report on each item

Action itemPlanning Commission and planning consultant Kristi TriskoJune 30, 2026
No. 72, Third Series) Recommended Conditions: 1. The trailer must be removed from the front yard before the fence is installed. 2.

Recommended conditions attached to the 616 9th Street fence variance approval.

Partly answered

The four conditions stand as recommended by staff and the Planning Commission, with conditions 3 and 4 added by the Planning Commission, and Trisko confirmed them to the council on August 6 2026. Whether the building permit was issued and the conditions inspected is not recorded in anything we hold. The issued permit and an inspection record would settle it.

7.14.26 Council Packet Updated; 8-6-26 Council Packet Updated · taken up again 2026-08-06

RequestAmber Wood, neighborJune 30, 2026
Amber Wood - So as long as she is ONE foot (East) from the property line with the new fence and trailer to be removed, we are good with this with located and approved property pins.

Written comment on the 616 9th Street fence variance.

At the meetingStaff and Planning Commission conditions include removing the trailer and rebuilding the fence 1 foot off the property line.

What happened next

Two of the three asks became conditions of approval. Condition 1 requires the trailer be removed from the front yard before the fence is installed, and condition 3 requires the existing fence be removed and rebuilt one foot off the property line with the good side facing out. No condition requires a survey locating and approving the property pins.

7.14.26 Council Packet Updated, recommended conditions; 8-6-26 Council Packet Updated · taken up again 2026-08-06

QuestionK and M Hoffman, neighboring property ownersJune 30, 2026
My question to you is why is Bolton involved on a city ordinance issue? Seems it should be handled through the city or county, as it always has.

Comment received on the 616 9th Street fence variance notice.

Partly answered

Bolton & Menk serves as the city's planning consultant, and Kristi Trisko of that firm presented the variance facts and findings to the council on August 6 2026 after the Planning Commission hearing. The same firm is the city engineer and was hired in 2024 to move the city off the county's shared mapping to its own ArcGIS Online for $14,500 in conversion plus $1,260 a year in ESRI licensing. No answer to the Hoffmans appears in the record, and the scope-of-services contract that defines Bolton & Menk's planning and zoning role is not in our holdings.

factbook Development, TIF and land; 8-6-26 Council Packet Updated · taken up again 2026-08-06

RequestMs. Stephanie Brezina, applicantJune 30, 2026
Request: Ms. Brezina has requested to place an 8' fence along the western edge of her property line from the rear yard to 25' from the front property line.

Fence variance request for 616 9th Street, exceeding the 6-foot and 3.5-foot code limits.

At the meetingPlanning Commission unanimously recommended approval with four conditions; staff recommends approval.

Partly answered

The variance was renoticed and taken up again on August 6 2026, when Kristi Trisko of Bolton & Menk reported that the Planning Commission had held its public hearing on August 4 2026 and recommended approval with four conditions. Resolution 2026-22 would grant a 2-foot rear fence variance and a 4.5-foot rear and front yard fence variance at 616 9th Street, PID 665600240. The council's recorded vote on Resolution 2026-22 is not in the passages we hold.

8-6-26 Council Packet Updated; 7.14.26 Council Packet Updated, Resolution 2026-22 · taken up again 2026-08-06

RequestFlom Disposal, Inc. (via agenda item by Holli Gudknecht)June 30, 2026
Public Hearing on Flom Disposal, Inc. Rate Increase SUGGESTED ACTION: NEED MOTION TO OPEN AND CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING ATTACHMENTS: Garbage Public Hearing.pdf 17 18 Agenda Item Summary CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM REPORT DATE: July 14, 2026 SUBMITTED BY: Holli Gudknecht, Administration ITEM TYPE: Administrator Update AGENDA SECTION: ADMINISTRATOR UPDATE SUBJECT: ADMINISTRATOR UPDATE: 1. Recognition of Pool Staff – Addison Lindell, Cosette Rice, and Leah Widholm 2. Election Update 3. KMU New Hire 4. Personnel Policy Update

Public hearing scheduled on the Flom Disposal rate increase.

What happened next

The council approved a new three-year solid waste hauling agreement with Flom Disposal on August 6 2026, 4-0-0, on a motion by Bailey seconded by Gard. Administrator Lehner reported that the prior agreement expired June 30 2026 and that Attorney Riggs drafted the new agreement, which contains increased rates. The rate schedule itself is not in our holdings.

8-6-26 Council Packet Updated · taken up again 2026-08-06

PendingHolli Gudknecht, Engineering (agenda item)June 30, 2026
All other work within the contract is still required to be complete by July 18th. Remaining Punch list corrections must be competed by August 30th.

Completion expectations defined in Change Order 2 for the 2025 Street & Utility Improvements.

What happened next

The punch list was not finished by the August 30 2026 date set in Change Order No. 2. On September 8 2026 Engineer Olinger reported that the contractor would be back in town over the next several weeks to complete various punch list repairs, and Doug Henke reported gas line installation problems that Olinger would pursue with the gas company. Final paving of 8th Street and Langford Avenue remained due October 31 2026.

Change Order No. 2 required punch list corrections by August 30 2026, yet on September 8 2026 the engineer reported the contractor still had several weeks of punch list repairs left.

9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-09-08

Unsourced claimHolli Gudknecht, Engineering (agenda item) / Bolton & MenkJune 30, 2026
VII.B Agenda Item Summary CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM REPORT DATE: July 14, 2026 SUBMITTED BY: Holli Gudknecht, Engineering ITEM TYPE: Engineering AGENDA SECTION: ENGINEERING SUBJECT: 2025 Street & Utility Project – Change Order 2 SUGGESTED ACTION: As we discussed last month, some settlement of service line trenches is visible within 8th Street.

Basis for the recommendation to delay final paving on 8th Street.

Partly answered

The engineer's account is consistent across two documents. Change Order No. 2 states that soils used to backfill underground utility trenches from the 2025 construction within 8th Street settled over the previous year, which is the stated basis for delaying final paving. No survey measurements or field inspection notes quantifying the settlement are in our holdings.

7.14.26 Council Packet Updated, Change Order Form No. 2

RequestHolli Gudknecht, Engineering (agenda item)June 30, 2026
To allow for additional settlement time, we are recommending that final paving for 8th Street be delayed until the end of this construction season.

Engineer recommends delaying final lift to allow more trench settlement; no change in contract price.

Partly answered

Change Order No. 2 was issued and dated effective July 14 2026 by Bolton & Menk, delaying final paving of 8th Street and Langford Avenue to the end of the construction season while leaving all other contract work due July 18 2026. The change order form shows an original contract price of $2,294,629.25 and a prior change order credit of $37,814.00, and no council motion approving Change Order No. 2 appears in the passages we hold.

7.14.26 Council Packet Updated, Change Order Form No. 2 · taken up again 2026-07-14

RequestHolli Gudknecht, Engineering (agenda item)June 30, 2026
Motion approving Pay Estimate #7 for the 2025 Street & Utility Improvements ATTACHMENTS: 134934 Pay Application No. 7-revised.pdf 20 Contractor's Application for Payment Owner: CITY OF KENYON Owner's Project No.: N/A Engineer: BOLTON & MENK Engineer's Project No.: 24X.134934.000 Contractor: FITZGERALD EXCAVATING & TRUCKING INC Agency's Project No.: N/A Project: 2025 STREET & UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS Contract: N/A Application No.: 7 Application Date: 7/14/2026 Application Period: From 5/30/2026 to 7/3/2026 1. Original

Contractor's Application for Payment No. 7 covering work through 7/3/2026.

What happened next

Pay Application No. 7 for $461,189.14 was approved on August 6 2026 on a motion by Bailey seconded by Sjolander. It covered work completed through July 3 2026, and Pay Application No. 8 followed on September 8 2026 for work through July 17 2026.

8-6-26 Council Packet Updated · taken up again 2026-08-06

To look upHolli Gudknecht, Engineering (agenda item)June 30, 2026
VII.A Agenda Item Summary CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM REPORT DATE: July 14, 2026 SUBMITTED BY: Holli Gudknecht, Engineering ITEM TYPE: Engineering AGENDA SECTION: ENGINEERING SUBJECT: 2025 Street & Utility Project – Pay Application 7 SUGGESTED ACTION: Most of the reconstruction work within Langford Avenue is now complete and we anticipate that sod will be placed by the time of the council meeting.

Most Langford Avenue reconstruction is complete and sod was expected by the meeting date.

What happened next

Sod was placed. Engineer Olinger confirmed on August 6 2026 that most of the reconstruction work within Langford Avenue was complete and sod had been laid.

8-6-26 Council Packet Updated · taken up again 2026-08-06

Action itemHolli Gudknecht, Engineering (agenda item)June 30, 2026
Crews have installed the liner systems but they still need to install manhole liners, adjust castings, and grout service connections. We'll provide an update on schedule during the meeting.

Remaining major work on the 2025 Street & Utility Project is sewer lining and manhole rehab.

What happened next

Engineer Olinger reported on August 6 2026 that the liner systems were installed and that manhole liners, casting adjustment and grouting of service connections remained. That work reached substantial completion on July 17 2026, and the September 8 2026 pay estimate covered the sanitary sewer lining, grouting and manhole rehabilitation, with the contractor returning for punch list repairs.

8-6-26 Council Packet Updated; 9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-09-08

Action itemHolli Gudknecht, Administration (agenda item)June 30, 2026
Resolution 2026-24 Approving Contract for Private Development and Sub-Grant Agreement with Kenyon Real Estate 2, LLC for Certain Properties in the City of Kenyon SUGGESTED ACTION: Attorney Riggs will give an update.

Legal section of the July 14 agenda covering the Kenyon Real Estate 2, LLC project.

What happened next

Attorney Riggs gave the update on August 6 2026. He stated that two public hearings had been held, that the TIF district for Kenyon Crossings was already adopted, and recommended approval of the agreements and contracts, after which Resolution 2026-24 passed 4-0-0.

8-6-26 Council Packet Updated · taken up again 2026-08-06

RequestHolli Gudknecht, Administration (agenda item)June 30, 2026
MOTION NEEDED TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2026-24 ATTACHMENTS: Resolution 2026-24 APPROVING CONTRACT FOR PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT AND SUB- GRANT AGREEMENT WITH KENYON REAL ESTATE 2, LLC FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF KENYON.docx 30 RESOLUTION NO. 2026-24 CITY OF KENYON COUNTY OF GOODHUE STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTRACT FOR PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT A N D S U B - G R A N T A G R E E M E N T WITH KENYON REAL ESTATE 2, LLC FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF KENYON BE IT RESOLVED by the City of Kenyon, Minnesota

Kenyon Crossing update; Attorney Riggs is to give an update and a motion is needed to adopt the resolution.

What happened next

Resolution 2026-24 was adopted 4-0-0 on August 6 2026 on a motion by Bailey seconded by Gard. Attorney Riggs told the council that two public hearings had been held and the TIF district was already adopted, and recommended approval to keep the project moving.

8-6-26 Council Packet Updated · taken up again 2026-08-06

Approval of Resolution No. 2026-18 "Establishing Municipal Development District No. 2; Adopting a Development Program for Development District No. 2, Establishing Tax Increment Financing District No. 2-1 (Apartment Building) Therein and Adopting a Tax Increment Financing Plan Thererfor; Adopting Contract; Adopting Interfund Loan. Motion by Sjolander seconded by Helgeson to adopt Resolution 2026-18 removing the development contract.

Council adopted Resolution 2026-18 establishing Development District No. 2 and TIF District No. 2-1 but struck the development contract from it.

At the meetingMotion carried 4-0-0 with the development contract removed.

What happened next

The development contract came back and was approved. On August 6 2026 the council adopted Resolution 2026-24 approving the Contract for Private Development and Sub-Grant Agreement with Kenyon Real Estate 2, LLC on a 4-0-0 vote, and the September 8 2026 packet carries a further resolution approving the Contract for Private Development, Sub-Grant Agreement and Developers Agreement.

8-6-26 Council Packet Updated; 9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-08-06

QuestionMayor Don KirchmannJune 30, 2026
Motion by Bailey seconded by Helgeson to open the public hearing at 3:42 pm. Motion carried 4-0-0. Mayor Kirchmann questioned what percent of the new housing would be for Section 8.

Asked during the public hearing on the TIF district for the Kenyon Real Estate 2, LLC apartment redevelopment project.

At the meetingAlex Baraniak of Rebound stated their intention would be zero Section 8 apartments.

Partly answered

Rebound's stated intention is zero Section 8 units, and no binding occupancy or rent restriction on Section 8 share appears anywhere in the record. The council approved the Contract for Private Development and Sub-Grant Agreement on August 6 2026 by Resolution 2026-24 and approved a further contract package on September 8 2026, and neither recorded a Section 8 term. What is missing is a written occupancy covenant in the development contract stating the Section 8 unit share.

factbook Development, TIF and land; 8-6-26 Council Packet Updated; 9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-09-08

Unsourced claimJune 9, 2026
Motion by Sjolander seconded by Bailey to approve pay application #6 to Fitzgerald Excavating in the amount of $302,822.76.

Council approved pay application No. 6 for the street and utility project.

At the meetingApproved 5-0-0.

Partly answered

Our record confirms pay application No. 6 covered work through May 29 2026 but does not independently verify the $302,822.76 amount. The applications that follow are documented: No. 7 at $461,189.14 through July 3 2026, No. 8 through July 17 2026, and No. 9 dated September 8 2026 covering July 18 to September 2 2026, against a contract of $2,294,629.25. The signed application No. 6 with the engineer's certification would settle the figure.

7.14.26 Council Packet Updated; 8-6-26 Council Packet Updated; 9-8-26 Council Packet

Unsourced claimEngineer OlingerJune 9, 2026
ENGINEERING 2025 Street & Utility Project 13 Engineer Olinger stated that Utility work is mostly complete within Langford Avenue and the crew has begun to build the street structure.

Progress report on Langford Avenue work.

What happened next

Langford Avenue reconstruction finished the following month. On August 6 2026 Engineer Olinger reported most of the reconstruction within Langford Avenue complete with sod laid, leaving sewer lining and manhole rehabilitation as the last major item, though the liner system was installed and manhole liners, casting adjustments and service grouting remained.

8-6-26 Council Packet Updated · taken up again 2026-08-06

Unsourced claimEngineer OlingerJune 9, 2026
Fitzgerald has had several delays caused by private utility conflicts with the new work, but they have kept the project moving.

Status report on the 2025 Street & Utility Project.

What happened next

The private utility conflicts are confirmed in the record. On September 8 2026 Doug Henke reported problems with the gas company installing its line and Engineer Olinger said he would work with the gas company on repairs. Change Order No. 2 documents the separate settlement-driven delay, and change orders to date had reduced the $2,294,629.25 contract by $37,814.00.

9-8-26 Council Packet; 7.14.26 Council Packet Updated; factbook KENYON_BIDS.md · taken up again 2026-09-08

Unsourced claimAdministrator LehnerJune 9, 2026
ADMINISTRATOR UPDATE KMU Bank Account Closure Administrator Lehner stated that the KMU checking account was officially closed last week.

Administrator update on KMU bank account closure.

What happened next

The closure is corroborated by the treasurer's cash schedule in the August 6 2026 packet, where account 060, Security State Bank Kenyon Municipal Utilities Checking, carries zero in every column. The city's remaining balances that month were $378,630.91 in the general checking account plus $3,000 petty cash and $3,000 in the ATM.

8-6-26 Council Packet Updated · taken up again 2026-08-06

Unsourced claimPolice Chief SjoblomJune 9, 2026
Mitch has passed his background check and will start as a part-time fill in. Misty has worked one part-time shift so far.

Police staffing update on part-time officers.

Partly answered

Our data holds no personnel file or shift log for either part-time officer. The later record is consistent with the claim: on September 8 2026 Administrator Lehner reported that the police chief and the full-time officer were both on vacation and part-time officers were filling in. Payroll records or the department schedule would settle the individual shift counts.

9-8-26 Council Packet

To look upEngineer OlingerJune 9, 2026
Eighth street will be paved in late October after the street has had a chance to settle. 2025 Street and Utility Improvements – Fitzgerald Excavating & Trucking -Pay Application No. 6 Pay request No. 6 includes work completed through May 29, 2026.

Construction schedule for Eighth Street paving.

What happened next

The delay was formalized by Change Order No. 2, issued and effective July 14 2026, which pushed final paving of Eighth Street and Langford Avenue to the end of the construction season because backfill soils in the service line trenches had settled. The original contract had required final asphalt on Eighth Street by July 18 2026, with punch list corrections due August 30 2026.

7.14.26 Council Packet Updated · taken up again 2026-07-14

To look upEngineer OlingerJune 9, 2026
Fitzgerald has had several delays caused by private utility conflicts with the new work, but they have kept the project moving. Sewer lining work should start within a week. Pavement is scheduled for later in June.

Construction schedule update for the street project.

What happened next

Paving did not all finish in June. Change Order No. 2, issued July 14 2026, delayed final paving of both Eighth Street and Langford Avenue to the end of the construction season, and by August 6 2026 Langford reconstruction was complete with sod laid but final pavement not yet placed.

The June report that pavement was scheduled for later in June understates the delay; final paving on two streets was pushed to the end of the season.

7.14.26 Council Packet Updated; 8-6-26 Council Packet Updated · taken up again 2026-07-14

To look upEngineer OlingerJune 9, 2026
Fitzgerald has had several delays caused by private utility conflicts with the new work, but they have kept the project moving. Sewer lining work should start within a week.

2025 Street & Utility Project construction update.

What happened next

Sewer lining was substantially complete by July 17 2026. The August 6 2026 pay estimate covers primarily sanitary sewer lining, grouting and manhole rehabilitation through July 17, which the engineer names as the substantial completion date for that work, and the September 8 2026 report says only punch list repairs remained.

8-6-26 Council Packet Updated · taken up again 2026-08-06

RequestCouncil Member Sjolander (acknowledging citizen letter)June 9, 2026
COUNCIL AND STAFF GENERAL COMMENTS Council Member Sjolander acknowledged a letter received from a citizen concerning the boulevard roses.

Council general comments acknowledging correspondence received.

We hold no data

We hold nothing on the boulevard roses letter and nothing on any city policy governing boulevard plantings. The city correspondence log for July 2026 and the text of the citizen letter would settle it, along with any ordinance section on boulevard maintenance.

no source in our holdings · would settle it: The citizen letter and any city response or policy on boulevard plantings

RequestCouncil Member SjolanderJune 9, 2026
He also noted that the pool lifeguards had a busy day yesterday. He would like to see the guards involved get recognized by the police or fire department.

General council comments about pool lifeguards.

What happened next

Recognition was offered and refused. On August 6 2026 Administrator Lehner reported that pool staff Addison Lindell, Cosette Rice and Leah Widholm all declined to attend the council meeting and did not wish to be publicly recognized for the rescue, and Mayor Kirchmann thanked them instead.

8-6-26 Council Packet Updated · taken up again 2026-08-06

Action itemJessi Sturtz, AbdoJune 9, 2026
Motion carried 5-0-0. 2027 Budget Preview Jessi Sturtz from Abdo reviewed the budget timeline and current known factors that will affect the budget. Individual department head meetings will be held on June 16 to review the budget.

2027 budget timeline presented by Abdo.

Partly answered

We hold no agenda, attendance list or notes from any June 16 department head budget meeting. What the record does show is that on September 8 2026 Administrator Lehner asked department heads to begin giving in-person updates at council meetings, and the September 8 agenda lists five named department head updates. The June 16 session notes would settle this.

9-8-26 Council Packet

RequestCouncil Member SjolanderJune 9, 2026
Individual department head meetings will be held on June 16 to review the budget. Sjolander wanted to make sure that the step increases were included in the budget this year.

2027 budget preview discussion.

Partly answered

The 2027 budget carried forward the council-approved priorities for each department, and the levy that budget supports was certified as a preliminary $1,670,115 on September 8 2026 under Res. 2026-31, a 9.26% increase. Our data does not contain the wage schedule or step table, so whether individual step increases were funded cannot be confirmed from what we hold.

9-8-26 Council Packet; factbook taxes/levy.html · taken up again 2026-09-08

To look upPolice Chief SjoblomJune 9, 2026
Police Department Staffing Update Police Chief Sjoblom stated that the potential full-time police officer is still going through the background check.

Police department staffing update.

What happened next

The background check did not produce a hire. On September 8 2026 Administrator Lehner reported the police officer position is still posted until filled with no applicants at that point, and the city had re-posted the full-time officer job on July 28 2026 at $33.54 per hour entry, $38.57 at three to five years and $42.61 at five to ten years.

9-8-26 Council Packet; factbook data/jobs.csv · taken up again 2026-09-08

PendingAdministrator LehnerJune 9, 2026
Misty has worked one part-time shift so far. Flom Contract A new three-year contract with Flom Disposal will be ready for the July council meeting.

Administrator update on the garbage hauling contract.

What happened next

The contract came to the council on August 6 2026, not July, and was approved 4-0-0 as a three-year solid waste hauling agreement with Flom Disposal containing increased rates. The prior agreement had expired on June 30 2026, so the city hauled for over a month without a signed contract.

The contract was promised for the July council meeting but was not approved until August 6 2026.

8-6-26 Council Packet Updated · taken up again 2026-08-06

Action itemAttorney RiggsJune 9, 2026
LEGAL OLD BUSINESS TIF District 2-1 Attorney Riggs stated that two public hearings need to be scheduled for the TIF District. The paperwork from this meeting needs to be submitted to DEED by the end of the day on June 30.

TIF District 2-1 process requires public hearings and a DEED filing deadline.

At the meetingCouncil voted 5-0 to schedule a special council meeting on Tuesday, June 30 at 3:30 pm.

What happened next

The council voted 5-0 to hold a special meeting on June 30 2026 at 3:30 pm, and at that meeting it adopted Res. 2026-18 creating Municipal Development District No. 2 and TIF District No. 2-1 as a redevelopment district, plus Res. 2026-20 for an interfund loan. The September 8 2026 packet confirms the district was created, adopted and approved in accordance with the TIF Act, so the hearings and the DEED filing were completed.

9-8-26 Council Packet; factbook Development, TIF and land · taken up again 2026-06-30

Unsourced claimAbdo Financial Solutions, 1st Quarter ReportMay 18, 2026
Decrease in cash due to interfund transfer to the general fund and expenses paid for the liquor store remodel project. 114 City of Kenyon Attachment C Schedule of Investments For the Month Ending March 31, 2026 2026 N Unadjusted Deposits - Expenditures - Market Value Market Value Unrealized Institution Description Type Purchases Sales Transfers Interest 3/31/2026 3/31/2026 gain / loss Petty Cash Petty Cash 3,000.00 3,000.00 - Cash in ATM Machine Cash in ATM Machine 3,000.00 3,000.00 - Security State Bank General

Explanation of fund cash balance changes greater than $50,000 and 20%.

Partly answered

Both stated causes recur in the next quarterly report, which separately lists expenses paid for the liquor store remodel project and a budgeted transfer to the general fund. The remodel cost-to-date report and the liquor fund ledger are still missing. For scale, liquor store card processing alone ran $18,515 in 2024 and $22,956 in 2025.

8-6-26 Council Packet Updated; factbook KENYON_IT_SPEND.md

Unsourced claimAbdo Financial Solutions, 1st Quarter ReportMay 18, 2026
Sale of lot 551 Engel Drive to Falcon Investments. ⑤ Variance due to outside accounting help hired in the current year. ⑥ Variance due to budgeted contracted services from Abdo being coded to outside services (101-41940-324 and 603-49590-324) instead. ⑦ Variance due to higher health insurance premiums for police officers, more wages paid, and legal services performed. ⑧ Variance due to city pool not in operation yet. ⑨ Budgeted transfers made for 2026. 112 City of Kenyon, Minnesota Unaudited Cash Balances by Fund

Explanation of an unbudgeted General Fund revenue item in Q1 2026.

Partly answered

The sale is corroborated but the closing documents are not held. The August 6 2026 quarterly report records an increase in cash due to sale of a land parcel, and the September 2026 Zillow snapshot shows only three Engel Drive lots still listed, LOT 550 at $187,778, LOT 451 at $252,230 and LOT 450 at $201,457, all at 657 days on market, with 551 gone from the market.

8-6-26 Council Packet Updated; factbook dashboard/data/zillow.json

To look upAbdo Financial Solutions, 1st Quarter ReportMay 18, 2026
Tax settlements not recieved until later in the year. ② Local Government Aid not received until later in the year. ③ Shared facility revenue recorded for 2026. ④ Sale of lot 551 Engel Drive to Falcon Investments. ⑤ Variance due to outside accounting help hired in the current year. ⑥ Variance due to budgeted contracted services from Abdo being coded to outside services (101-41940-324 and 603-49590-324) instead. ⑦ Variance due to higher health insurance premiums for police officers, more wages paid, and legal

Explanation of General Fund revenue variances at March 31, 2026.

What happened next

Both revenues arrived as forecast. The August 6 2026 quarterly report records that the first half of the tax settlement and the first half of Local Government Aid were both received in July 2026.

8-6-26 Council Packet Updated, Abdo quarterly report · taken up again 2026-08-06

Unsourced claimAbdo Financial Solutions, 1st Quarter ReportMay 18, 2026
Variance due to higher health insurance premiums for police officers, more wages paid, and legal services performed. ⑧ Variance due to city pool not in operation yet. ⑨ Budgeted transfers made for 2026. 112 City of Kenyon, Minnesota Unaudited Cash Balances by Fund March 31, 2025, December 31, 2025 and March 31, 2026 PY Quarter PY Ending Quarter Ending YTD Change YTD Change % Balance Balance Balance C 3/31/2026 3/31/2026 3/31/2025 12/31/2025 3/31/2026  General $ 327,637 $ 494,555 $ 290,210 $ (204,345) -41.32% ① 

General Fund budget-to-actual variance explanations for the quarter ended March 31, 2026.

Partly answered

The stated cause is in the record but the police expenditure ledger is not. By the following quarterly report on August 6 2026 the police variance no longer appears in the comment list, which instead notes less legal service used than budgeted, so the legal-services piece reversed. The Q1 2026 detailed police ledger is what would settle the 141.60 percent figure.

6.9.26 Council Packet & Agenda; 8-6-26 Council Packet Updated

Unsourced claimAbdo Financial Solutions, 1st Quarter ReportMay 18, 2026
Total Cash and Investments $ 12,345,392 $ 12,930,995 $ (585,603) The investment type is as follows: Increase/ 03/31/2026 12/31/2025 (Decrease) Checking $ 598,047 $ 823,185 $ (225,138) Money Market 8,044,343 8,453,230 (408,887) Brokered CD 116,845 115,428 1,417 Cash 395,612 383,398 12,214 Certificate of Deposit 3,184,545 3,149,754 34,791 Petty Cash 3,000 3,000 0 Cash in ATM Machine 3,000 3,000 0 Total Investments $ 12,345,392 $ 12,930,995 $ (585,603) 108 General Fund Cash Balances $1,500,000 $1,000,000 Current Year

Compiled unaudited quarterly financial report as of March 31, 2026.

Answered from our records

The $585,603 decline reconciles exactly. Checking fell $225,138 from $823,185 to $598,047 and investments fell $360,465 from $12,101,810 to $11,741,345, while petty cash and the ATM held at $3,000 each, summing to $12,345,392 at March 31 2026 against $12,930,995 at December 31 2025.

6.9.26 Council Packet & Agenda, Abdo 1st Quarter Report

To look upAnna Kelly, Goodhue County TZD Safe Roads Grant CoordinatorMay 18, 2026
Summer Kick-Off Event in Cannon Falls, MN • June 11th • PIIC Public Safety Day in Red Wing, MN • June 11th • Adult Detention Center Presentations • June 22nd • PBT Event at the Guilty Goose in Zumbrota, MN • July 24th, 4-7pm • PBT Event at the Haycreek Campground in Red Wing, MN • July 31st, 4-7pm 32 How can YOU get involved? 33 How can YOU get involved? • SE TZD Steering Committee • TZD Safe Roads Coalitions 34 Thank you! 35 Agenda Item Summary CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM REPORT DATE: June 9, 2026 SUBMITTED BY:

List of upcoming TZD outreach events shared with council.

Answered from our records

The council packet itself lists the events with times: Summer Kick-Off in Cannon Falls and PIIC Public Safety Day in Red Wing both June 11, Adult Detention Center presentations June 22, a PBT event at the Guilty Goose in Zumbrota July 24 from 4 to 7 pm, and a PBT event at Haycreek Campground in Red Wing July 31 from 4 to 7 pm.

6.9.26 Council Packet & Agenda, TZD presentation slides

RequestAnna Kelly, Goodhue County TZD Safe Roads Grant CoordinatorMay 18, 2026
How can YOU get involved? • SE TZD Steering Committee • TZD Safe Roads Coalitions 34 Thank you! 35 Agenda Item Summary CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM REPORT DATE: June 9, 2026 SUBMITTED BY: Holli Gudknecht, Administration ITEM TYPE: Administrator Update AGENDA SECTION: ADMINISTRATOR UPDATE SUBJECT: ADMINISTRATOR UPDATE 1. KMU Bank Account Closure 2. Police Department Staffing Update SUGGESTED ACTION: Administrator Lehner will give an update. ATTACHMENTS: 36 AGENDA ITEM NO. VIIA. Agenda Item Summary CITY COUNCIL AGENDA

Closing ask of the Toward Zero Deaths presentation.

Not a data question

Whether the city joins the SE TZD Steering Committee or a Safe Roads Coalition is a decision for the council and the police chief, not a fact. Our records hold no membership roster or meeting schedule for either body.

Unsourced claimAnna Kelly, Goodhue County TZD Safe Roads Grant CoordinatorMay 18, 2026
A comprehensive traffic safety program serving all of Minnesota 23 TZD Cornerstone Four E approach:  Enforcement  Engineering  Education & Outreach  Emergency Medical & Trauma Services  Everyone Else! 24 Preventable Crashes, Not Accidents  Every death is avoidable  We all have a role to play 25 Why Traffic Safety Matters Last year in Minnesota:  363 people never made it home  Nearly 30,000 were injured Every single day in Minnesota:  174 crashes  65 injuries  1 person dies – every day Real people.

TZD presentation on why traffic safety matters.

We hold no data

We hold no state crash data behind the daily averages. The figures are at least internally consistent with the same presentation's annual claims, since 174 crashes, 65 injuries and 1 death per day annualize to 63,510 crashes, 23,725 injuries and 365 deaths. The underlying state crash database would settle it.

would settle it: State crash data source behind the daily averages

Unsourced claimAnna Kelly, Goodhue County TZD Safe Roads Grant CoordinatorMay 18, 2026
As of June 8, 2026, there have been 135 traffic-related deaths on Minnesota roads. 27 28 29 30 31 Upcoming TZD Events: • Summer Kick-Off Event in Cannon Falls, MN • June 11th • PIIC Public Safety Day in Red Wing, MN • June 11th • Adult Detention Center Presentations • June 22nd • PBT Event at the Guilty Goose in Zumbrota, MN • July 24th, 4-7pm • PBT Event at the Haycreek Campground in Red Wing, MN • July 31st, 4-7pm 32 How can YOU get involved? 33 How can YOU get involved? • SE TZD Steering Committee • TZD Safe

Year-to-date traffic death figure in the TZD presentation.

We hold no data

We hold no year-to-date Minnesota fatality counts. The state Department of Public Safety year-to-date fatality dashboard as of June 8 2026 would settle it.

would settle it: The state DPS year-to-date fatality dashboard

Unsourced claimAnna Kelly, Goodhue County TZD Safe Roads Grant CoordinatorMay 18, 2026
A comprehensive traffic safety program serving all of Minnesota 23 TZD Cornerstone Four E approach:  Enforcement  Engineering  Education & Outreach  Emergency Medical & Trauma Services  Everyone Else! 24 Preventable Crashes, Not Accidents  Every death is avoidable  We all have a role to play 25 Why Traffic Safety Matters Last year in Minnesota:  363 people never made it home  Nearly 30,000 were injured Every single day in Minnesota:  174 crashes  65 injuries  1 person dies – every day Real people.

Toward Zero Deaths presentation slides for the June 9 council meeting.

We hold no data

We hold no Minnesota traffic crash or fatality data of any kind. The MnDOT and Department of Public Safety annual crash statistics report for the year in question would settle both the 363 deaths and the nearly 30,000 injuries.

would settle it: MnDOT/DPS annual crash statistics report

Unsourced claimFitzgerald Excavating & Trucking / Bolton & Menk pay applicationMay 18, 2026

The project is 66% complete, with $1,479,176.27 of work completed to date against a current contract price of $2,256,815.25.

What happened next

The figures check out and the project advanced. $1,479,176.27 against $2,256,815.25 is 65.5 percent with $777,638.98 remaining, and by work through July 3 2026 the total reached $1,964,638.53, or 87 percent, leaving $292,176.72.

6.9.26 Council Packet & Agenda; 7.14.26 Council Packet Updated · taken up again 2026-07-14

Unsourced claimEngineering (agenda item summary)May 18, 2026
There have been a number of delays caused by private utility conflicts with the new work, but Fitzgerald is doing a nice job of keeping the project moving.

Explanation of progress on Langford Avenue utility and street work.

Partly answered

The private-utility-conflict language repeats verbatim in the May and July 2026 packets with no field reports behind it. The measurable schedule effect in our data is that completion moved from 66 percent at May 29 2026 to 87 percent at July 3 2026 while 8th Street paving slipped to late October. Daily construction reports naming each conflict are what is missing.

6.9.26 Council Packet & Agenda; 7.14.26 Council Packet Updated

RequestCity Engineer Derek Olinger, Bolton & MenkMay 18, 2026
Requested Action: Motion approving Pay Estimate #6 for the 2025 Street & Utility Improvements ATTACHMENTS: 134934 Pay Application No. 6.pdf 37 Contractor's Application for Payment Owner: CITY OF KENYON Owner's Project No.: N/A Engineer: BOLTON & MENK Engineer's Project No.: 24X.134934.000 Contractor: FITZGERALD EXCAVATING & TRUCKING INC Agency's Project No.: N/A Project: 2025 STREET & UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS Contract: N/A Application No.: 6 Application Date: 6/9/2026 Application Period: From 5/2/2026 to 5/29/2026 1.

Contractor's Application for Payment No. 6 covering work through 5/29/2026.

What happened next

Pay Application No. 6 for work through May 29 2026 was moved and approved at the June 9 2026 meeting. The $302,822.76 reconciles exactly as the period's $318,760.80 of work less 5 percent retainage, since work completed to date rose from $1,160,415.47 to $1,479,176.27.

6.9.26 Council Packet & Agenda; 7.14.26 Council Packet Updated · taken up again 2026-06-09

To look upEngineering (agenda item summary)May 18, 2026
There have been a number of delays caused by private utility conflicts with the new work, but Fitzgerald is doing a nice job of keeping the project moving. We expect sewer lining work to start within a week or so. Pavement is scheduled for later in June.

Construction status of Langford Avenue street structure work.

What happened next

Most Langford Avenue reconstruction was complete and sod laid by August 6 2026. Eighth Street paving was deferred to late October 2026 to let the street settle.

8-6-26 Council Packet Updated; 7.14.26 Council Packet Updated · taken up again 2026-08-06

To look upEngineering (agenda item summary)May 18, 2026
There have been a number of delays caused by private utility conflicts with the new work, but Fitzgerald is doing a nice job of keeping the project moving. We expect sewer lining work to start within a week or so.

Status report on the 2025 Street & Utility Improvements project.

What happened next

Lining did not start within a week. The same one-week forecast was repeated in the July 14 2026 packet, and by August 6 2026 crews had installed the liner system but still needed manhole liners, casting adjustments and grouted service connections. The September 8 2026 pay estimate covers sanitary sewer lining, grouting and manhole rehabilitation.

The one-week sewer-lining start was restated unchanged at the following meeting, so the May forecast did not hold.

8-6-26 Council Packet Updated; 9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-08-06

Action itemHolli Gudknecht, Administration (agenda item)May 18, 2026
1. KMU Bank Account Closure 2. Police Department Staffing Update SUGGESTED ACTION: Administrator Lehner will give an update. ATTACHMENTS: 36 AGENDA ITEM NO. VIIA. Agenda Item Summary CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM REPORT DATE: June 9, 2026 SUBMITTED BY: Holli Gudknecht, Engineering ITEM TYPE: Engineering AGENDA SECTION: ENGINEERING SUBJECT: 2025 Street & Utility Project SUGGESTED ACTION: Utility work is mostly complete within Langford Avenue and the crew is now beginning to build the street structure. There have been a

Administrator Update section of the June 9 council agenda.

What happened next

Both updates were delivered. The KMU checking account was officially closed the week before the July 14 2026 meeting, and as of September 8 2026 the police officer position remained posted until filled with no applicants, the chief and full-time officer both on vacation and part-time officers filling in. The posted entry wage is $33.54 per hour, rising to $38.57 at three to five years and $42.61 at five to ten.

7.14.26 Council Packet Updated; 9-8-26 Council Packet; factbook data/jobs.csv · taken up again 2026-09-08

To look upAlex Baraniak, developerMay 18, 2026
Alex Baraniak reviewed the housing development project that is being planned to replace the sections to be demolished and stated the advantages of adding this new housing to the community. The plan would be to have construction completed in 2027.

Review of the planned housing development project replacing the sections to be demolished.

Partly answered

No construction schedule exists in our records. The September 8 2026 agreement states only that the purpose is removing the structurally substandard structures and replacing them with new market-rate housing, and at the August 6 2026 meeting Rebound reported seeking $3,000,000 from investors. The development agreement's milestone dates would settle whether 2027 completion is binding.

9-8-26 Council Packet; factbook, Development, TIF and land

PendingAttorney Scott RiggsMay 18, 2026
Other Project-Related Matters None Council Member Bailey Resignation Resolution 2026-17: Declaring a Vacancy to Exist in the Office of City Council and Providing for the Appointment Thereof Attorney Riggs stated that to put this vacancy on the November ballot, Bailey should resign effective immediately and be reappointed to the council until the special election is held in November.

Handling of Council Member Bailey's resignation.

What happened next

The seat went on the 2026 ballot as planned. Affidavits of candidacy for open council positions could be filed July 14 to July 28 2026, the primary was set for August 11 2026, and Resolution 2026-21 adopted election judges for both the August 11 primary and the November 3 2026 general election.

8-6-26 Council Packet Updated; 7.14.26 Council Packet Updated · taken up again 2026-08-06

Action itemAttorney Scott RiggsMay 18, 2026
Other Project-Related Matters None Council Member Bailey Resignation Resolution 2026-17: Declaring a Vacancy to Exist in the Office of City Council and Providing for the Appointment Thereof Attorney Riggs stated that to put this vacancy on the November ballot, Bailey should resign effective immediately and be reappointed to the council until the special election is held in November.

Resolution 2026-17 declaring a vacancy in the office of city council and providing for the appointment thereof.

At the meetingMotion by Sjolander seconded by Kirchmann to adopt Resolution 2026-17 carried 5-0-0.

What happened next

Resolution 2026-17 declaring the vacancy was adopted 5-0-0 on the attorney's recommended path of immediate resignation and reappointment. We hold no signed resignation letter and no separate reappointment record.

6.9.26 Council Packet & Agenda · taken up again 2026-06-09

Unsourced claimAdministrator Scott Lehner / Tammy with Northland SecuritiesMay 18, 2026
Administrator Lehner recapped and summarized what was presented and why we were here tonight. Northland is recommending $800,000 in TIF assistance.

Recap of the gap between the consultant's TIF analysis and the developer's request.

At the meetingCouncil nevertheless approved the developer's $1.855 million figure.

Answered from our records

Northland Securities recommended $800,000 and the council approved $1,855,000, which is 2.32 times the consultant's figure and $1,055,000 more. Our records hold the two figures and the council's choice but not Northland's written basis for the $800,000.

factbook, Development, TIF and land (KENYON_INCENTIVES.md)

Rebound was looking for $1.855 million in TIF assistance. A June 9 public hearing will be held where official action may take place.

TIF process timeline described after the presentation by Northland Securities and the developer.

What happened next

The TIF was not settled on June 9. The council adopted Resolution 2026-18 creating the development district and TIF District No. 2-1 on June 30 2026, and the establishment public hearing appears again in the July 14 2026 packet.

Our record places the district-creating action on June 30 2026 and the establishment hearing in the July 14 2026 packet, not at a June 9 hearing.

factbook, Development, TIF and land; 7.14.26 Council Packet Updated · taken up again 2026-06-30

RequestBrett Reese and Alex Baraniak, Kenyon Real Estate 2 LLC 'Sunset Homes' projectMay 18, 2026
Northland is recommending $800,000 in TIF assistance. Rebound was looking for $1.855 million in TIF assistance.

Special meeting presentation and discussion of tax increment financing for the Sunset Homes redevelopment.

At the meetingMotion by Sjolander seconded by Helgeson to approve Rebound's proposed TIF amount of $1.855 million for 26 years carried 5-0-0.

What happened next

The council approved the developer's full $1,855,000 over 26 years, more than double the $800,000 Northland Securities recommended. On June 30 2026 the city adopted Resolution 2026-18 creating Municipal Development District No. 2 and TIF District No. 2-1 Apartment Building as a redevelopment district, plus Resolution 2026-20 for an interfund loan. The September 8 2026 packet carries the development agreement text defining that TIF district.

factbook, Development, TIF and land (KENYON_INCENTIVES.md); 9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-09-08

Unsourced claimScott Lehner, City AdministratorMay 12, 2026
Lehner expects that once the commission is running and keeping its minutes, Goven could attend alone in future years.

Answering why two people should attend this year.

We hold no data

We hold no heritage preservation commission membership roster and no commission minutes. The later passages cited here concern the planning commission, not the heritage preservation commission. The city's appointments resolution and the commission's own minutes would settle whether it is meeting and keeping records.

no holding · would settle it: Heritage preservation commission membership and meeting records

Unsourced claimScott Lehner, City AdministratorMay 12, 2026
He and DeWitz worked with On-Site Computers that day, and the system still has flaws even though it worked tonight. ... The small conference room is also being addressed.

Comments after staff worked with On-Site Computers that day on the meeting electronics.

Partly answered

No vendor assessment of the chambers or conference room equipment is in our records, but the cost of the On-Site Computers relationship is. Managed IT ran 1,500 to 2,700 dollars a month in spring 2025, roughly 20,000 to 25,000 dollars a year, covering Microsoft 365 at 201.60 dollars a month, Core Security at 616 dollars a month, backup near 170 dollars a month and block time at 147 dollars a month. The city's computer support object code hit 26,903 dollars actual in 2025 against an 8,500 dollar budget.

KENYON_IT_SPEND.md

To look upMay 12, 2026
Park and Recreation meeting, Wednesday, May 13, rescheduled and not on the printed list.

Schedule of upcoming meetings under other business.

At the meetingA council member confirmed the Park and Recreation meeting is tomorrow night.

Partly answered

Park and Recreation never returns to the printed schedule. The schedules of upcoming meetings in the July 14, August 6 and September 8 2026 packets list only the KMU commission, the EDA and the city council. That omission is consistent across every later packet we hold, so the printed schedule appears not to carry Park and Recreation at all rather than having dropped one rescheduled date.

7.14.26, 8-6-26 and 9-8-26 Council Packets

RequestScott Lehner, City AdministratorMay 12, 2026
Lehner explained the request for overnight lodging rather than daily driving. Evening events include networking and an awards ceremony, and attending fully puts the city's best foot forward.

Explaining the estimated budget for the preservation training.

At the meetingCouncil approved the training for both Lehner and Goven.

Partly answered

The council approved the training for both Lehner and Goven at the May 12 2026 meeting, but no approved travel budget figure reaches our records. The later packets carry only the general statement that the 2027 budget included council approved priorities for each department. The itemized lodging, registration and parking estimate in the May 12 packet would settle the amount.

5-12-26 Council Packet Updated

Unsourced claimRachel Goven, office staffMay 12, 2026
runs Wednesday, July 22, through Sunday, July 26, at the Marriott in downtown Minneapolis. It replaces the training normally required in September.

Presenting the training request and packet agenda.

We hold no data

We hold no conference registration materials and no state notice replacing the September training. The later passages cited for this item concern vendor onboarding, mineral reservations and a zoning hearing notice, none of them the preservation forum. The registration packet and the State Historic Preservation Office notice would settle it.

no holding · would settle it: The conference registration materials and state notice replacing September training

Unsourced claimScott Lehner, City AdministratorMay 12, 2026
The job posting for the open Kenyon Municipal Utilities position ran for three weeks and closed the previous Friday. Four candidates applied.

KMU job update during the administrator report.

We hold no data

We hold no application file or posting record for the KMU position and cannot confirm four applicants or a three-week posting. Our jobs dataset covers 46 area postings, 34 of them naming Kenyon, and includes the city police officer posting of July 28 2026 but no KMU line worker posting. The city's application log would settle it.

data/jobs.csv · would settle it: The application file or posting record from the city

Action itemMay 12, 2026
Motion to approve the historical preservation training for Scott Lehner and Rachel Goven. Moved and seconded. Staff will add the item number to the record.

Motion to approve preservation training for Scott Lehner and Rachel Goven.

We hold no data

We hold no corrected minutes showing the item number for the preservation training motion. The clerical correction does not appear in any later packet. The approved May 12 2026 minutes as adopted at the following meeting would settle it. Rachel Goven, one of the two approved to attend, resigned effective August 7 2026.

9-8-26 Council Packet · would settle it: The corrected minutes showing the item number

To look upScott Lehner, City Administrator and Rachel GovenMay 12, 2026
Based on her correspondence with the state, most of the cost should be covered. Goven confirmed scholarship funds remain available.

The scholarship form is complete and an estimated budget is in the packet.

At the meetingCouncil approved the training for both Lehner and Goven.

We hold no data

We hold no scholarship award letter and no final conference cost. Nothing in any later packet records what share of the expense was covered. The award notice from the state and the reimbursed travel claim would settle it.

no holding · would settle it: The scholarship award letter and final cost figures

Unsourced claimRachel Goven, office staffMay 12, 2026
The scholarship covers the remaining expense after a required 30 percent local match, and that match can be met with staff time spent attending and traveling. If approved, no cash match is needed.

Explaining how the city would pay for two people to attend the July conference.

We hold no data

We hold no Certified Local Government scholarship terms and no completed application. The only grant program in our records with documented match rules is the League of Minnesota Cities Grant Navigator, which gives up to 5,000 dollars per city against a 500,000 dollar program cap, and that is a different program. The scholarship program guidelines and the filed application budget would settle whether in-kind staff time satisfies the 30 percent match.

GRANTS.md · would settle it: The scholarship program terms and the completed application/budget in the packet

Unsourced claimScott Lehner, City AdministratorMay 12, 2026
Michael Koop of the State Historic Preservation Office has told the city it needs to get back into good standing.

Justifying attendance at the preservation conference to preserve Certified Local Government status.

We hold no data

We hold no correspondence from Michael Koop or the State Historic Preservation Office and nothing on Kenyon's Certified Local Government standing. The later packets cited for this item concern Abdo contract terms and general government tax lines, not preservation status. A letter or email from the State Historic Preservation Office would settle it.

no holding · would settle it: Correspondence from SHPO on Kenyon's Certified Local Government status

Questiona council memberMay 12, 2026
A council member asked whether anyone from the historical society had attended in the past, or whether the training is for city officials only.

Discussion of who should attend the preservation training.

At the meetingLehner said the state is launching this as a new program replacing the old September training, and records show Mark attended the earlier training on the city's behalf.

We hold no data

We hold no city training attendance records and no state eligibility rules for the preservation program. Nothing in the later packets names who attended past preservation training or whether historical society members qualify. The Certified Local Government program guidance from the State Historic Preservation Office and the city's own training file would settle it.

no holding · would settle it: City records of past training attendance and the state program eligibility rules

Questiona council memberMay 12, 2026
A council member asked whether the conference would help the city keep the Gunderson House maintained and operating.

Discussion of attending the National Alliance of Preservation Commissions FORUM.

At the meetingGoven said the sessions and networking should give a clearer picture of what the city should be doing.

Not a data question

Whether a conference improves Gunderson House maintenance is a judgment for the council and staff, not a fact in our records. What we hold is the money: the city spent 15,000 dollars with Wold Architects on a Gunderson House historic structure study in August 2019, and the 2027 budget carries 4,700 dollars of current ad valorem taxes against the Gunderson House fund. No post-conference maintenance report exists in our holdings.

KENYON_BIDS.md / 9-8-26 Council Packet

Questionminutes (asked of the administrator)May 12, 2026
Asked whether the work session needs a motion, Lehner said no.

Council asked about the procedure for scheduling the TIF work session.

At the meetingLehner said no; it will be noticed like a regular meeting, posted three days in advance, and as a special meeting discussion is limited to the agenda topics.

What happened next

The council did use a motion to schedule its next special meeting. On the TIF item the council voted 5-0-0 on a motion by Gard seconded by Helgeson to schedule a special council meeting for Tuesday June 30 at 3:30 pm. The posted notice for the May 18 work session is not in our holdings.

Lehner said a work session needs no motion, yet the council scheduled the June 30 special meeting by recorded motion.

7.14.26 Council Packet Updated · taken up again 2026-06-30

Unsourced claimDerek Olinger, City Engineer (Bolton & Menk)May 12, 2026
The contractor is on the schedule submitted at the start of the project. Paving is planned for early June, with everything complete by the end of June.

Engineering report on the 2025 street and utility project as part of pay application five.

What happened next

The project was not complete by the end of June 2026. On July 14 2026 Olinger reported Fitzgerald had several delays from private utility conflicts, pavement was pushed to later in June, and Eighth Street would not be paved until late October after settling. Work was still running on September 8 2026, when pay application 9 carried a punch list of 27,448.75 dollars and retainage of 48,240.80 dollars.

Olinger told the May 12 council the contractor was on the original schedule with everything complete by the end of June 2026, but work continued into September 2026 and 8th Street paving slipped to late October.

7.14.26 Council Packet Updated / 9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-09-08

To look upScott Lehner, City AdministratorMay 12, 2026
One current employee who is stepping back will stay on part time as needed, though the schedule does not yet show it.

Discussion of police part-time coverage and relieving existing officers.

We hold no data

We hold no Kenyon police department schedule or duty roster. The later record confirms part-time officers were filling in for the chief and the full-time officer on September 8 2026 but does not identify the employee who stepped back. The posted department schedule or payroll detail would settle it.

9-8-26 Council Packet · would settle it: An updated police department schedule showing the part-time availability

PendingPolice Chief Jeff SjoblomMay 12, 2026
part-time officer interviews are set for Friday and the department has also heard back from a previous candidate

Staffing update on relieving existing officers with additional part-time help.

What happened next

Two part-time officers came on. On July 14 2026 Chief Sjoblom reported Mitch had passed his background check and would start as a part-time fill in, and Misty had worked one part-time shift. The prospective full-time officer was still in background check at that point and the full-time position remained posted with no applicants on September 8 2026.

7.14.26 Council Packet Updated · taken up again 2026-07-14

Action itemScott Lehner, City AdministratorMay 12, 2026
He is gathering estimates from several companies for a possible upgrade of the council chambers audio-visual system... He will bring a proposal at a later date.

Council praised that the meeting electronics worked, but Lehner said the system still has flaws.

Partly answered

No audio-visual proposal for the council chambers reaches the record. The last chambers sound purchase in the bid file is March 12 2024, when Sim Sound won at 17,026.29 dollars against EPA Audio Visual at 23,246 dollars, and no later audio-visual quote appears among the 43 bids recorded through September 2026. By September 8 2026 Lehner was working with L and M on quotes for the old police building instead.

KENYON_BIDS.md / 9-8-26 Council Packet

Action itemScott Lehner, City AdministratorMay 12, 2026
The district goes to the planning commission first, then returns to the council for final approval on June 9.

Lehner reported the commission has not met in some time and that he and Holli Gudknecht are preparing the June 2 agenda.

What happened next

Final approval did not happen on June 9 2026. Attorney Riggs told the council two public hearings had to be scheduled and the paperwork filed with DEED by the end of the day June 30, so the council set a special meeting for Tuesday June 30 at 3:30 pm by a 5-0-0 vote, and the TIF Plan was approved that day.

Lehner told the May 12 council the TIF district would return for final approval on June 9, but approval was taken at a special meeting on June 30.

7.14.26 Council Packet Updated / 9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-06-30

Action itemScott Lehner, City AdministratorMay 12, 2026
Lehner will meet with the KMU crew and the three utility commissioners the following week to review the applicants, draft interview questions, decide whom to interview, and assemble an interview panel.

The posting for the open Kenyon Municipal Utilities position closed the previous Friday with four applicants.

Partly answered

A first round of KMU interviews was held, but the position was still unfilled four months later. On September 8 2026 Lehner reported John Lee's resignation effective August 14 and said a job offer would potentially be made to an applicant from the first round of interviews. No interview panel roster or hiring recommendation appears in our records.

9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-09-08

PendingScott Lehner, City AdministratorMay 12, 2026
The core team has worked out the main points; the council now needs the presentation so it can vote with full information.

Lehner said the core team has worked out the main points and the council now needs the presentation so it can vote with full information.

At the meetingNo action taken; the update was informational.

What happened next

The council approved 1,855,000 dollars in tax increment assistance over 26 years on May 18 2026, more than double the 800,000 dollars Northland Securities recommended. The TIF Plan for District No. 2-1 was approved June 30 2026, and Municipal Development District No. 2 was created by Res. 2026-18 the same day.

KENYON_INCENTIVES.md / 9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-06-30

To look upDustin Opatz, Audit Director, Creative PlanningApril 14, 2026
PRESENTATIONS/PUBLIC HEARINGS/RECOGNITIONS/PROLAMATIONS Creative Planning 2025 Audit Review Dustin Opatz, Audit Director from Creative Planning, presented a summary of the 2025 City and KMU audits and an overview of the overall City financial condition.

Opatz presented a summary of the 2025 audits and overall city financial condition.

At the meetingCouncil voted 5-0-0 to acknowledge receiving the audit presentation.

Partly answered

We do not hold the written 2025 audit reports, but two of their findings surface in later packets. The 2025 audit forced cash deficit loans that were reversed across at least seven funds during 2026, and the auditor flagged the Granicus and Catalis subscriptions as an unbudgeted 2025 variance. The audit work itself was competitively bid in December 2024 and awarded to BerganKDV at $27,540 against CLA at $97,640, and BerganKDV now presents as Creative Planning. The management letter is what is missing.

KENYON_BIDS.md, KENYON_IT_SPEND.md; 6.9.26 and 8-6-26 Council Packets

Unsourced claimContractor's Application for Payment No. 5April 14, 2026
Original Contract Price $ 2,294,629.25 2. Net change by Change Orders $ (37,814.00) 3. Current Contract Price (Line 1 + Line 2) $ 2,256,815.25 4.

Current contract price stated as $2,256,815.25 against an original $2,294,629.25.

Answered from our records

The change order arithmetic is exact and holds through the end of the project. Deleting 204.40 linear feet of 10 inch directional drilled PVC watermain at $185.00 a foot gives $37,814.00, and the original contract of $2,294,629.25 less that deduction leaves $2,256,815.25. The same line carries at 100 percent complete in both the August 6 and September 8 2026 pay applications, so no further change order value was added.

5-12-26, 8-6-26 and 9-8-26 Council Packets; KENYON_BIDS.md · taken up again 2026-09-08

To look upApril 14, 2026
Schedule of Upcoming Meetings KMU Meeting: Tuesday, March 17th @ 3:00 p.m. EDA Meeting: Tuesday, March 24th @ 8 a.m.

Meeting schedule printed in the April 14, 2026 minutes.

What happened next

The schedule was corrected in the very next packet. The May 12 2026 agenda lists KMU for May 19 and the EDA for May 26 with council on June 9, and the July 14 2026 packet carries the same forward-looking dates plus a June 2 Planning Commission meeting. The stale March 17 and March 24 entries were a carry-forward error in the April minutes.

The April 14 2026 minutes list upcoming meetings on dates that had already passed.

5-12-26 and 7.14.26 Council Packets · taken up again 2026-05-12

To look upSHPO scholarship budget sheetApril 14, 2026
Please check the FORUM website for the most up-to-date information. 83 Budget: State Fiscal Years: City Name: City of Kenyon Blank row, data starts in cell 3A Category Grant Request Cash Match In-Kind/ Volunteer Match Total Registration ($450 per person) $900.00 $ 2,262.92 $3,162.92 Hotel: 2 Rooms $2,324.14 $2,324.14 Parking On-Site ($39 per car) $390.00 $288.00 Total: $3,614.14 $2,262.92 $5,775.06 Meets match?

Budget sheet submitted with the NAPC FORUM scholarship application.

Partly answered

The $390.00 request reconciles cleanly as $39 a day for five days for two people. The $288.00 total reconciles to nothing at the $39 daily rate, since $288 divided by $39 is 7.38 days. Four nights for two people at $39 would be $312 and five days for one person would be $195, which is the per-person figure used elsewhere in the same application. A corrected budget sheet from the applicant is what is missing.

The parking line requests $390.00 but totals $288.00, and neither figure is reachable from the other at the stated $39 daily rate.

5-12-26 Council Packet, NAPC FORUM Scholarship Budget Sheet

Unsourced claimBudget justification in SHPO scholarship budget sheetApril 14, 2026
Total estimated in-kind time is 74 hours including travel time to the hotel, ( over an hour from Kenyon MN.) Using the staff rate of $23/hour for Rachel and $38.16/hour for Scott, the total in-kind contribution is estimated around $2,262.92 to help us qualify for the 30 percent match.

Match calculation for the NAPC FORUM scholarship request.

Answered from our records

The arithmetic checks out exactly on a 37-hour split. Goven at 37 hours times $23.00 gives $851.00 and Lehner at 37 hours times $38.16 gives $1,411.92, which sum to $2,262.92 against the 74-hour total. The $38.16 figure is SHPO's established volunteer rate named in the budget justification instructions, not a payroll rate, so payroll records would still be needed to show it matches what Lehner is actually paid.

5-12-26 Council Packet, NAPC FORUM Scholarship Budget Sheet

Unsourced claimHolli Gudknecht, Administration (agenda item report)April 14, 2026
NAPC'S FORUM in Minneapolis will serve as an annual training event, and every city that is a Certified Local Government (including Kenyon) is required to attend FORUM.

Justification for sending two staff to the Minneapolis conference.

We hold no data

We hold no Certified Local Government agreement or SHPO guidance stating that FORUM attendance is required. The SHPO material we do hold describes scholarships awarded first come, first served until funds run out, reimbursed to the Certified Local Government rather than the attendee, which reads as optional support rather than a mandate. The city's CLG agreement would settle it.

The packet calls FORUM attendance required for every Certified Local Government, while the SHPO scholarship terms in the same packet describe a competitive first come, first served award that can run out of funds.

5-12-26 Council Packet, SHPO scholarship material · would settle it: The CLG agreement or SHPO guidance stating the training attendance requirement

Unsourced claimCouncil Member Kim Helgeson (motion)April 14, 2026
Motion by Helgeson, seconded by Kirchmann to follow past City precedence to not waive LMCIT State Liability limits.

Wording of the motion on the LMCIT liability coverage waiver.

At the meetingMotion carried 5-0-0.

We hold no data

We hold no prior year LMCIT waiver forms for Kenyon, so the claim of past precedent cannot be checked. The signed waiver elections from earlier renewal years would settle it.

5-12-26 Council Packet · would settle it: Prior years' LMCIT waiver forms signed by the city

Unsourced claimCity Administrator Scott LehnerApril 14, 2026
State statutes limit a city's tort liability to a maximum of $500,000 per claimant and $1,500,000 per occurrence.

Explanation before the council voted on the LMCIT liability coverage waiver.

At the meetingCouncil voted 5-0-0 not to waive the LMCIT state liability limits.

Partly answered

The governing chapter is named elsewhere in our record: the September 8 2026 developer agreement refers to the maximum monetary limits on liability established by Minnesota Statutes chapter 466. We do not hold the statute text confirming the $500,000 per claimant and $1,500,000 per occurrence figures, nor the League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust coverage documents behind the $2,000,000 optional limit.

9-8-26 Council Packet; 5-12-26 Council Packet

Unsourced claimEngineer Derek OlingerApril 14, 2026
This information will be used to clarify the prioritization of sewer needs in this area, and whether city utility replacement needs to be incorporated into the state's project. Two televising quotes were received.

Basis for selecting Visu-Sewer to televise under Highway 60.

At the meetingCouncil approved the Visu-Sewer quote without the amounts being recorded.

Partly answered

Two quotes is confirmed and Visu-Sewer took the award on May 12 2026, but neither dollar amount is in our record. The award met the two-quote requirement of Administrative Policy No. 34.

KENYON_BIDS.md

QuestionCity Administrator Scott LehnerApril 14, 2026
Attorney Riggs stated that the City Council can fly the flag they choose, but they cannot regulate what flag is flown throughout the city.

Lehner sought clarification for the council on flag authority.

At the meetingRiggs said the council may choose the flag it flies but cannot regulate flags flown elsewhere in the city; item was informational only.

Not a data question

This is a legal question answered by the city attorney, not a matter of record our data can settle. Attorney Riggs gave the opinion at the meeting that the council may choose which flag it flies but cannot regulate flags flown elsewhere in the city. Any written opinion or statute citation behind that is the attorney's to produce.

5-12-26 Council Packet

Action itemCity Administrator Scott LehnerApril 14, 2026
They are learning fast and contributing to the city's well-being. 19 KMU Job Description Administrator Lehner stated that the job description is complete and will be posted April 17.

Administrator update on a finished KMU job description; a KMU Job Update is listed on the May 12 agenda.

Partly answered

KMU staffing stayed open through the last packet we hold. A KMU Job Update sat on the May 12 2026 agenda and a KMU Staffing Update on the September 8 2026 administrator report, five months after the April 17 posting date. The position was the Line Worker and Water Operator job description Lehner had been revising with KMU staff. Applicant counts and any hire are what is missing.

4-12-26, 5-12-26 and 9-8-26 Council Packets

Action itemSHPO scholarship application instructionsApril 14, 2026
SHPO Scholarship Application 1 85 SHPO will reimburse the Certified Local Government (not the individual attendees) after the post- conference reimbursement request and documentation are submitted. The post-conference reimbursement request is due on Monday, August 31, 2026.

Required of scholarship recipients after attending NAPC FORUM.

We hold no data

We hold no completed reimbursement form, receipts, in-kind labor forms or session list for the August 31 2026 SHPO deadline. Nothing in the September 8 2026 packet, the last we hold, reports on it. The submitted reimbursement package would settle it.

5-12-26 Council Packet, SHPO scholarship instructions · would settle it: Completed reimbursement form with registration, lodging and parking receipts

To look upEngineer Derek OlingerApril 14, 2026
Motion carried 5-0-0. 2025 Street & Utility Project Engineer Olinger stated that the 2025 street and utility project will be restarted during the week of April 13th. The final completion is expected to be mid-July with the punch list completed by August 30.

April report gave a mid-July completion; the May 12 engineering item gave a June completion.

What happened next

Neither schedule held, and the contract dates were formally reset. Change Order 2 in the July 14 2026 packet fixes substantial completion at July 18 2026 and ready for final payment at August 30 2026, and the same meeting reported 8th Street would not be paved until late October 2026 after the street settled. Fitzgerald had run into repeated private utility conflicts.

The May 12 2026 packet said all work should be complete by the second or third week of June 2026, but the contract's own substantial completion date was July 18 2026 and paving ran to late October.

7.14.26 Council Packet, Change Order 2 · taken up again 2026-07-14

PendingRachel Goven, Administrative Assistant (application contact)April 14, 2026
Each CLG may request scholarships for up to five attendees, but awards will be based on available funds and a desire to ensure broad representation from a greater number of CLGs. Scholarships will be awarded on a first come, first served basis, until all funds have been expended.

Scholarship application for NAPC FORUM 2026 attendance by Lehner and Goven.

We hold no data

We hold no SHPO award notice, so we cannot say whether Kenyon received the $3,614.14 or any part of it. The request equals the entire itemized cost of sending both staff, which means the city sought full coverage under a program that funds first come, first served with a 70 percent federal share against a 30 percent local match. SHPO's award letter would settle it.

5-12-26 Council Packet, SHPO Scholarship Application 2026 · would settle it: SHPO's award notice confirming the scholarship amount granted to Kenyon

RequestHolli Gudknecht, Administration (agenda item report)April 14, 2026
FORUM includes dozens of educational sessions and discussion panels, mobile workshops and tours, and five days of non-stop networking for preservation commissioners, staff and volunteers representing local, state, and national organizations and government agencies. Scott and Rachel would like to attend this conference.

Historical Preservation Training item under New Business for May 12.

Partly answered

The cost is fully itemized at $3,614.14 for the two staff: each of Lehner and Goven at $450 registration, $195 parking for four nights and five days at $39, and $1,162.07 for four hotel nights. No council motion approving attendance appears in our record. The minutes recording that vote would settle it.

5-12-26 Council Packet, NAPC FORUM Scholarship Budget Sheet

PendingCity Administrator Scott LehnerApril 14, 2026
Police Department Data Request Administrator Lehner stated that he wanted to make the council aware of a data request situation happening at the police department. There is a person who has been a steady data requester. The LMC along with Attorney Riggs have been involved.

Lehner informed the council of a steady data requester at the police department.

We hold no data

We hold no police department data practices request log and no League of Minnesota Cities or attorney guidance on the responses. The later references to chapter 13 in our record are boilerplate inside the Rebound developer agreement, unrelated to the requester. The city's data request log and the attorney's written guidance would settle it.

5-12-26 and 9-8-26 Council Packets · would settle it: The data practices request log and the attorney/LMC guidance on responses

To look upCity Administrator Scott LehnerApril 14, 2026
Officer Misty England has taken a full-time position with another department but may continue doing some part-time hours in Kenyon.

England took a full-time position with another department.

What happened next

England did continue part time, but barely. Police Chief Sjoblom reported on July 14 2026 that Misty had worked one part-time shift so far. By September 8 2026 the department was relying on part-time officers to cover the chief's and the full-time officer's vacations.

7.14.26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-07-14

PendingCity Administrator Scott LehnerApril 14, 2026
Police Department Staffing Update Administrator Lehner stated that the full-time police officer position has been posted. There is also an opening for one or two part-time officers.

Police department staffing update given during the administrator report.

What happened next

The full-time police officer position was still unfilled on September 8 2026, posted until filled with no applicants at that point, leaving part-time officers covering while the chief and the one full-time officer were on vacation. The city reposted the job on July 28 2026 at $33.54 an hour entry, $38.57 at three to five years and $42.61 at five to ten years. That entry rate is the highest hourly figure in the 46 area job postings we hold.

9-8-26 Council Packet; data/jobs.csv, KENYON_JOBS.md · taken up again 2026-09-08

Action itemHolli Gudknecht, Administration (agenda item report)April 14, 2026
Work Session May 18, 2026 at 6:00 pm 4. TIF Update for Sunset Home SUGGESTED ACTION: MOTION NEEDED to set work session date and time.

Administrator Update section of the May 12 agenda requires a motion to set the work session.

What happened next

The work session was held on May 18 2026 as proposed, and it was the meeting at which the council approved $1,855,000 in tax increment assistance over 26 years for the Rebound Sunset Home project.

5-12-26 Council Packet; KENYON_INCENTIVES.md · taken up again 2026-05-18

PendingHolli Gudknecht, Engineering (agenda item report)April 14, 2026
Requested Action: Motion approving Pay Estimate #5 for the 2025 Street & Utility Improvements ATTACHMENTS: 134934 Pay Application No. 5.pdf 23 Contractor's Application for Payment Owner: CITY OF KENYON Owner's Project No.: N/A Engineer: BOLTON & MENK Engineer's Project No.: 24X.134934.000 Contractor: FITZGERALD EXCAVATING & TRUCKING INC Agency's Project No.: N/A Project: 2025 STREET & UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS Contract: N/A Application No.: 5 Application Date: 5/12/2026 Application Period: From 11/29/2025 to 5/1/2026 1.

Fitzgerald Excavating application covering removals and early Langford Avenue utility work through 5/1/2026.

What happened next

The project moved well past Pay Estimate No. 5. Pay Application No. 6, covering work through May 29 2026, was approved July 14 2026, and Pay Application No. 8, covering work through July 17 2026, was approved September 8 2026 on a motion by Sjolander seconded by Helgeson. The September work was primarily sanitary sewer lining, grouting and manhole rehabilitation, with punch list repairs remaining.

7.14.26 and 9-8-26 Council Packets · taken up again 2026-09-08

To look upEngineer Derek OlingerApril 14, 2026
This information will be used to clarify the prioritization of sewer needs in this area, and whether city utility replacement needs to be incorporated into the state's project.

Purpose of the Hwy 60 televising work ahead of a potential state reconstruction in 2030 or later.

We hold no data

Nothing in our record answers whether city utility replacement must be folded into the state Highway 60 project. The televising was authorized May 12 2026 and no results were reported through September 8 2026. The Visu-Sewer findings plus MnDOT's project scope and schedule would settle it.

5-12-26 Council Packet · would settle it: Televising results plus MnDOT's project schedule and scope for the Hwy 60 reconstruction

Action itemEngineer Derek OlingerApril 14, 2026
Two televising quotes were received. Motion by Bailey seconded by Helgeson to approve the quote from Visu-Sewer to televise under Highway 60.

Infrastructure study of utility mains below Hwy 60 in preparation for potential reconstruction in 2030 or later.

At the meetingCouncil approved the Visu-Sewer quote 5-0-0.

Partly answered

The council approved the Visu-Sewer quote 5-0-0 on May 12 2026, but no completed televising report or findings appear anywhere in our record through September 8 2026. The dollar amount of the quote was never entered in the minutes either. Visu-Sewer's report and invoice would settle both.

5-12-26 Council Packet; KENYON_BIDS.md · taken up again 2026-05-12

Action itemHolli Gudknecht, Administration (agenda item report)April 14, 2026
Work Session May 18, 2026 at 6:00 pm 4. TIF Update for Sunset Home SUGGESTED ACTION: MOTION NEEDED to set work session date and time.

Listed as item 4 under the Administrator Update section of the May 12, 2026 agenda.

What happened next

The TIF question was settled at the May 18 2026 work session, where the council approved $1,855,000 in tax increment assistance over 26 years for the Rebound Sunset Home site. That is more than double the $800,000 Northland Securities recommended. By the August 6 2026 meeting Rebound reported it was seeking $3,000,000 from investors.

The council granted 2.3 times the assistance its own financial advisor recommended.

KENYON_INCENTIVES.md, council record · taken up again 2026-05-18

PendingCity Attorney Scott RiggsApril 14, 2026
Resolution 2026-12: Calling for a Public Hearing by the City Council on the Proposed Establishment of the Development Program for Municipal Development District No. 2 Establishment of TIF District No. 2-1 Therein and Adoption of a TIF Plan Therefor Motion by Sjolander seconded by Bailey to adopt Resolution 2026-12, Resolution 2026-13, Resolution 2026-14, and Resolution 2026-15. Motion carried 5-0-0. OLD BUSINESS 20 NEW BUSINESS LMCIT Liability Coverage Waiver Administrator Lehner stated that the City Council is

Resolution 2026-12 was adopted calling for the hearing as part of the Rebound Sunset Home project steps.

At the meetingCouncil adopted Resolution 2026-12 along with 2026-13, 2026-14 and 2026-15 by 5-0-0 vote.

What happened next

The public hearing was held and the district created on June 30 2026, when the council adopted Resolution 2026-18 establishing Municipal Development District No. 2 and TIF District No. 2-1, the apartment building redevelopment district, together with Resolution 2026-20 for an interfund loan. The hearing itself covered the Kenyon Real Estate 2, LLC redevelopment and was conducted under Minnesota Statutes sections 469.124 to 469.133 and 469.174 to 469.1794.

KENYON_INCENTIVES.md; 7.14.26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-06-30

To look upApril 12, 2026
1. KMU Meeting: Tuesday, April 21st @ 3:00 p.m. 2. EDA Meeting: Tuesday, April 28th @ 8 a.m. 3. City Council Meeting: Tuesday, May 12th @ 7 p.m.

Other Business item listing the schedule of upcoming meetings.

What happened next

The council did meet Tuesday May 12 2026 at 7 p.m. as listed, and the pattern holds across the year: KMU on the third Tuesday at 3 p.m., EDA on the fourth Tuesday at 8 a.m., council on the second Tuesday at 7 p.m., as the September 8 2026 packet repeats for September 15, September 22 and October 13. We hold no posted meeting notices, only the packet schedules.

The May 12 2026 packet prints a stale Schedule of Upcoming Meetings listing KMU March 17, EDA March 24 and a council meeting April 14, dates already past when that packet was issued.

5-12-26_Council_Packet_Updated; 9-8-26_Council_Packet · taken up again 2026-05-12

VI.A Creative Planning 2025 Audit Review

Presentation item VI.A with only a summary report attached, no audit document in the packet.

What happened next

Dustin Opatz, Audit Director at Creative Planning, presented the 2025 City and KMU audits and an overview of the city's financial condition on May 12 2026, and the council voted 5-0-0 to acknowledge receiving the presentation. The audit flagged the Granicus and Catalis subscriptions as an unbudgeted 2025 variance, and computer support ran $26,903 actual in 2025 against an $8,500 budget. A further Creative Planning audit presentation was back on the agenda as New Business on September 8 2026.

The December 10 2024 auditing services RFP was awarded to BerganKDV at $27,540, yet the 2025 audit was presented by Creative Planning, and no packet in our record documents the change of auditor.

5-12-26_Council_Packet_Updated; KENYON_IT_SPEND.md; KENYON_BIDS.md · taken up again 2026-05-12

Approve Hire of Donald Traurig, Caleb Beardsley, and Tracy Erlandson Part-Time Liquor Store Employee

Item V.B under Approval of Minutes and Appointments.

What happened next

The council approved the hire of Donald Traurig, Caleb Beardsley and Tracy Erlandson as part-time liquor store employees on the May 12 2026 consent agenda, carried 5-0-0. No wage rates for the three appear in our record. The August 6 2026 financial notes attribute the liquor store's higher wage line to a general employee wage increase rather than to added staff.

5-12-26_Council_Packet_Updated; 8-6-26_Council_Packet_Updated · taken up again 2026-05-12

RequestKenyon VFWApril 12, 2026
On-Sale Liquor License Renewal- Kenyon VFW

Consent agenda item IV.A.1 with the liquor license application attached.

What happened next

The Kenyon VFW On-Sale Liquor License renewal was approved on the amended consent agenda May 12 2026, motion by Bailey seconded by Helgeson, carried 5-0-0.

5-12-26_Council_Packet_Updated · taken up again 2026-05-12

Unsourced claimHolli Gudknecht, AdministrationApril 12, 2026
Amendments were made to the Fire Relief Association Bylaws to comply with 2025 Legislative updates effective January 1, 2026.

Staff explanation for Resolution 2026-10 on the consent agenda.

What happened next

Resolution 2026-10 approving the Fire Relief bylaw amendments passed on the May 12 2026 consent agenda 5-0-0. The June 9 2026 packet carries Resolution 2026-19 doing the same thing again, and its whereas clauses supply the detail the April packet lacked: the association membership approved the Article VIII service pension amendments at a December 1 2025 meeting, and Minnesota statutes require municipal ratification of bylaw changes affecting benefit levels or financial requirements. The specific 2025 session law is never cited in any document we hold.

The same Fire Relief bylaw amendments were ratified twice, as Resolution 2026-10 on May 12 2026 and again as Resolution 2026-19 in the June 9 2026 packet.

5-12-26_Council_Packet_Updated; 6.9.26_Council_Packet__Agenda · taken up again 2026-06-09

Unsourced claimApril 12, 2026
INCREASE BASED ON THEIR YEARLY AVG

The attached spreadsheet lists every utility account with a dollar increase based on its yearly average usage.

Partly answered

We hold the structure of the sewer rate but not the 2026 numbers behind the $2.08 to $6.04 range. The rate has two moving parts plus a flat fee, shown by the 2025 step: the residential sanitary rate went from $7.40 to $7.77 per thousand gallons, the residential base rate from $26.25 to $27.57 a month, and the storm sewer maintenance fee from $9.00 to $13.00 a month. A per-account increase driven by yearly average usage follows directly from that volume charge. The 2026 rate resolution would settle the current base and per-unit figures.

3-11-25_council_packet_(1); 5-12-26_Council_Packet_Updated · taken up again 2026-05-12

Unsourced claimHolli Gudknecht, AdministrationApril 12, 2026
Per City Council minutes dated December 12, 2023, a four-year plan to increase sewer rates was put in place to reflect additional revenue needed to ensure the Sanitary and Storm Sewer could continue to fund the upcoming projects.

Staff justification for the 2026 sanitary and storm sewer rate increase on the consent agenda.

What happened next

The four-year plan is real and its origin is one step further back than staff stated. The March 2025 rate action records that the 2024 sewer rates were increased in December 2023 as part of a four-year increase plan recommended by the 2021 utility rate study, not created in 2023. Each year has indeed come back separately, with 2025 rates set in March 2025 and 2026 rates on the May 12 2026 consent agenda, approved 5-0-0. The December 12 2023 minutes would still settle the exact four-year schedule of amounts.

Staff traced the four-year plan to the December 12 2023 council minutes, but the March 2025 rate report attributes it to the 2021 utility rate study, with December 2023 only the first year applied.

3-11-25_council_packet_(1); 5-12-26_Council_Packet_Updated · taken up again 2026-05-12

Unsourced claimHolli Gudknecht, AdministrationApril 12, 2026
Usually the fire dept. is not used for public events, but since the fire dept. is involved this request should be okay to approve.

Staff rationale in the consent agenda summary for the Summer Safety Event request.

Partly answered

The council approved the Fire Hall use on the consent agenda May 12 2026 without separate discussion, so the staff rationale was never tested. We hold no written city policy governing public use of the Fire Hall, and no packet in our record contains one. A Fire Hall use policy or facility use ordinance would settle whether the stated practice is written anywhere.

5-12-26_Council_Packet_Updated · taken up again 2026-05-12

RequestKenyon Fire Department in conjunction with KW Community Ed.April 12, 2026
Request for use of Fire Hall for a Community Summer Safety Event – June 2, 2026 from 5-7 pm

Consent agenda item seeking approval of a public event at the Fire Hall with fire, police, and pool staff presentations.

What happened next

The council approved use of the Fire Hall for the Community Summer Safety Event on June 2 2026 as part of the amended consent agenda on May 12 2026, on a motion by Bailey seconded by Helgeson that carried 5-0-0.

5-12-26_Council_Packet_Updated · taken up again 2026-05-12

VII.B 2025 Street & Utility Project ... 2026-04-06 Newsletter.pdf

Engineering item VII.B appears on the meeting agenda and packet index.

What happened next

Engineer Olinger reported the 2025 Street and Utility Project would restart the week of April 13 2026, with final completion expected mid-July and the punch list done by August 30. The work ran past that: Change Order No. 2 came in the July 14 2026 packet, Pay Application No. 7 covered work through July 3 2026 at $461,189.14, No. 8 ran through July 17 2026, and No. 9 was still on the agenda September 8 2026 for sewer lining, grouting and manhole rehabilitation with punch list repairs outstanding.

The mid-July 2026 completion and August 30 punch list dates given to the council did not hold, with pay applications and punch list work still before the council on September 8 2026.

5-12-26_Council_Packet_Updated; 9-8-26_Council_Packet; KENYON_BIDS.md · taken up again 2026-09-08

An MN Flag item is listed under the administrator update with no packet material.

Partly answered

The minutes record that Administrator Lehner wanted to clarify something about the MN Flag, and our extract ends there. No decision, purchase or dollar figure attached to the state flag appears anywhere in our record. The full text of the May 12 2026 administrator update would settle what the clarification was.

5-12-26_Council_Packet_Updated · taken up again 2026-05-12

A. Part-time Employee Update

Administrator Update item A, listed without written detail.

What happened next

Administrator Lehner reported that the new part-time employees were establishing roles and responsibilities, learning fast and contributing to the city's well-being. That is the whole of the report in our record, with no headcount or hours given.

5-12-26_Council_Packet_Updated · taken up again 2026-05-12

B. KMU Job Description

Administrator Update item B, listed without an attached draft.

What happened next

Administrator Lehner reported the KMU job description was complete and would be posted April 17 2026, and the item stayed on the administrator update as a KMU Job Update through the May 12 2026 agenda. The hiring closed out on June 9 2026 when the council approved the hire of Parker Burdorf as Line Worker and Water Operator. No council approval of the job description itself appears in our record.

5-12-26_Council_Packet_Updated; 6.9.26_Council_Packet__Agenda · taken up again 2026-06-09

E. Police Department Data Request

Administrator Update item E on the meeting agenda.

We hold no data

We hold nothing on a police department data request. The later administrator updates we hold cover staffing, the Kenyon Market, KMU staffing, the administrative assistant and a KMU loan, none of them a data request. The April 2026 meeting minutes text of the administrator update would settle what was asked and how the city answered.

5-12-26_Council_Packet_Updated; 9-8-26_Council_Packet · would settle it: The text of the data request and the city's response

C. Police Department Staffing Update

Administrator Update item C lists Police Department Staffing Update with only a summary report attached.

What happened next

On May 12 2026 Administrator Lehner reported the full-time police officer position posted, one or two part-time openings, and Officer Misty England leaving for a full-time job at another department while possibly staying part-time in Kenyon. By September 8 2026 the position was still posted with no applicants, and part-time officers were covering while the chief and the full-time officer were on vacation. The July 28 2026 posting offers $33.54 an hour at entry, $38.57 at three to five years and $42.61 at five to ten years.

5-12-26_Council_Packet_Updated; 9-8-26_Council_Packet; data/jobs.csv · taken up again 2026-09-08

XI.A LMCIT Liability Coverage Waiver

New Business item XII.A with the LMC liability waiver form attached.

What happened next

The council voted not to waive the LMCIT liability limits on May 12 2026, on a motion by Helgeson seconded by Kirchmann that carried 5-0-0, following past city precedent. The statutory tort limits left in place are $500,000 per claimant and $1,500,000 per occurrence, against an optional purchased limit of $2,000,000 annually.

5-12-26_Council_Packet_Updated · taken up again 2026-05-12

To look upApril 12, 2026
shall serve until the successor elected at the November 2026 special election has qualified and taken the oath of office

Resolution 2026-11 and the oath of office set the length of Deanna Gard's service.

Partly answered

A special election at the November 2026 regular city election is confirmed by the May 18 2026 special meeting resolution, which cites Minnesota Statutes section 412.02 subdivision 2a requiring one when a vacancy occurs before the filing period and more than two years remain in the term. Our holdings contain no document stating a December 8 2026 term expiration for Gard, and no election notice naming the seat.

The May 18 2026 resolution ties the 2026 special election to the unexpired term of Council Member Mary Bailey rather than Elana Brunner, yet Bailey is still recorded seconding motions on August 6 2026, so our record does not support a single clean account of which seat the special election fills.

5.18.26_Special_Council_Meeting · taken up again 2026-05-18

RequestHolli Gudknecht, AdministrationApril 12, 2026
Resolution 2026-11 appointing Deanna Gard to serve as Council Member until the next election.

Council Member Elana Brunner resigned March 10, 2026 and the council declared a vacancy that same night.

What happened next

Resolution 2026-11 appointing Deanna Gard was adopted May 12 2026 on a motion by Bailey seconded by Helgeson, carried 4-0-0, and Mayor Donald Kirchmann administered the oath of office to her that night. The 4-0-0 count reflects the vacant seat being filled.

5-12-26_Council_Packet_Updated · taken up again 2026-05-12

Resolution 2026-13: Approving the Professional Services Agreement with LHB, Inc.

Legal item VIII.A includes a draft professional services agreement with LHB, Inc.

What happened next

Resolution 2026-13 approving the LHB, Inc. professional services agreement was adopted May 12 2026, with Attorney Riggs stating all four resolutions were steps needed to keep the Rebound Sunset Home project on schedule. The LHB scope and fee amount are not in our holdings. For scale, LHB last bid against the city in August 2019 at $22,500 for the Gunderson House historic structure study and lost to Wold Architects at $15,000.

5-12-26_Council_Packet_Updated; KENYON_BIDS.md · taken up again 2026-05-12

Resolution 2026-15: Approving the Sub-Grant Contract Agreement for the Rebound Real Estate Sunset Homes Project

Legal item VIII.C pairs with the DEED grant to pass funds through to the developer.

What happened next

Resolution 2026-15 was adopted May 12 2026 in the same 5-0-0 motion covering Resolutions 2026-12 through 2026-15. The sub-grant was then rewritten twice as the project moved to Kenyon Real Estate 2, LLC, first under Resolution 2026-24 on July 14 2026 and again under Resolution 2026-33 in the September 8 2026 packet, which pairs it with a Contract for Private Development and a Developers Agreement for a 36-unit apartment development.

5-12-26_Council_Packet_Updated; 9-8-26_Council_Packet · taken up again 2026-09-08

Resolution 2026-14: Approving the DEED Grant Contract Agreement for the Rebound Real Estate Sunset Homes Project

Legal item VIII.B concerns a state DEED grant contract tied to the Sunset Homes project.

What happened next

Resolution 2026-14 was adopted May 12 2026 as one of the four Rebound Sunset Home resolutions passed 5-0-0. The September 8 2026 packet confirms the DEED Grant Contract Agreement was previously approved and executed by the city, and that the city and developer applied for and received the state grant. The award amount does not appear in our holdings.

5-12-26_Council_Packet_Updated; 9-8-26_Council_Packet · taken up again 2026-05-12

Resolution 2026-12: Calling for a Public Hearing by the City Council on the Proposed Establishment of the Development Program for Municipal Development District No. 2 Establishment of TIF District No. 2-1 Therein and Adoption of a TIF Plan Therefor

Legal item VIII.D sets up a future public hearing on the proposed development program and TIF plan.

What happened next

Resolution 2026-12 was adopted May 12 2026 in a single motion with Resolutions 2026-13, 2026-14 and 2026-15, carried 5-0-0. The public hearing was held and the council adopted Resolution 2026-18 on June 30 2026 creating Municipal Development District No. 2 and TIF District No. 2-1 (Apartment Building), a redevelopment district, plus Resolution 2026-20 for an interfund loan.

5-12-26_Council_Packet_Updated; 7.14.26_Council_Packet_Updated; KENYON_INCENTIVES.md · taken up again 2026-05-12

VII.A Hwy 60 Sewer Televising ... Visu-Sewer_Kenyon - Clean & TV Quote.pdf / Roto Rooter_Televizing Quote.pdf / Empire_Kenyon, MN 04-14-26.pdf

Engineering item VII.A includes a televising request map and three vendor quotes for cleaning and televising sewer along TH 60.

What happened next

The council awarded the Highway 60 sewer televising to Visu-Sewer on May 12 2026, on a motion by Bailey seconded by Helgeson that carried 5-0-0. Engineer Olinger tied the work to an infrastructure study for utility mains under Highway 60 ahead of a possible state reconstruction in 2030 or later.

The April packet indexed three vendor quotes from Visu-Sewer, Roto Rooter and Empire, while the May 12 2026 minutes state that two televising quotes were received.

5-12-26_Council_Packet_Updated; KENYON_BIDS.md · taken up again 2026-05-12

To look upminutes (administrator update agenda item report)March 10, 2026
Part-time Employee Update 2. KMU Job Description 3. Police Department Staffing Update SUGGESTED ACTION: ATTACHMENTS: 41 AGENDA ITEM NO.

Listed administrator update topics along with part-time employee and KMU job description updates.

Partly answered

The police staffing update became a standing item rather than a resolved question, appearing on the administrator update in April, May and September 2026 without any headcount reaching the record. What we can date is the hiring activity around it: the council approved hiring part-time officers 5-0-0 in early 2026, a full-time officer was still in background check in July 2026, and the city posted a full-time police officer job on July 28 2026 at $33.54 an hour entry. A staffing roster with authorized and filled positions would settle it.

4-12-26 Council packet; 5-12-26 Council Packet Updated; data/jobs.csv

Pendingminutes (presentations agenda item report)March 10, 2026
SUBJECT: Creative Planning 2025 Audit Review SUGGESTED ACTION: ATTACHMENTS: 40 Agenda Item Summary CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM REPORT DATE: April 14, 2026 SUBMITTED BY: Holli Gudknecht, Administration ITEM TYPE: Administrator Update AGENDA SECTION: ADMINISTRATOR UPDATE SUBJECT: ADMINISTRATOR UPDATE 1. Part-time Employee Update 2. KMU Job Description 3. Police Department Staffing Update SUGGESTED ACTION: ATTACHMENTS: 41 AGENDA ITEM NO. VII.A Agenda Item Summary CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM REPORT DATE: April 14, 2026

Scheduled presentation item on the next council agenda.

What happened next

Dustin Opatz, audit director at Creative Planning, presented a summary of the 2025 city and KMU audits and an overview of the city's financial condition on May 12 2026, and the council acknowledged receipt 5-0-0. The audit forced real corrections, since the August 2026 cash statements attribute movements in several funds to the reversal of a cash deficit loan from the 2025 audit. Creative Planning was back on the agenda again in September 2026.

Our bid record shows the auditing contract awarded to BerganKDV at $27,540 in December 2024, while the 2025 audit was presented by Creative Planning, and nothing in the record explains the change of firm name.

5-12-26 Council Packet Updated; 8-6-26 Council Packet Updated · taken up again 2026-05-12

Unsourced claimminutes (new business agenda item report)March 10, 2026
Cities can purchase additional insurance coverage up to $2,000,000 annually. In the past, the Council has chosen to not waive LMCIT State Liability limits.

Staff background recommending consistency with prior practice on the annual waiver.

Partly answered

The council acted on the stated precedent, voting 5-0-0 on May 12 2026 to follow past city practice and not waive the limits. We hold no signed waiver forms from prior years, so the precedent itself rests on the staff summary alone. Prior years' executed forms would confirm it.

5-12-26 Council Packet Updated · taken up again 2026-05-12

Unsourced claimminutes (new business agenda item report)March 10, 2026
State statutes limit a city's tort liability to a maximum of $500,000 per claimant and $1,500,000 per occurrence.

Background for the LMCIT liability waiver decision.

Partly answered

We hold no Minnesota tort liability statute text, so the $500,000 per claimant and $1,500,000 per occurrence caps cannot be verified directly. The figures are consistent across the city's own April and May 2026 documents and with the commercial general liability requirement of not less than $1,500,000 per occurrence that the city imposes on its own contractors. The statute itself and the insurance trust's coverage schedule would settle it.

5-12-26 Council Packet Updated; 4-12-26 Council packet

Requestminutes (new business agenda item report)March 10, 2026
XI.A Agenda Item Summary CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM REPORT DATE: April 14, 2026 SUBMITTED BY: Holli Gudknecht, Administration ITEM TYPE: New Business AGENDA SECTION: NEW BUSINESS SUBJECT: LMCIT Liability Coverage Waiver SUGGESTED ACTION: The Council is required to choose either to waive or not to waive the monetary insurance liability limits annually.

League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust liability coverage waiver form.

What happened next

The council decided on May 12 2026 to follow past city precedent and not waive the state liability limits, motion by Helgeson and second by Kirchmann, carried 5-0-0. The signed League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust form is not in anything we hold.

5-12-26 Council Packet Updated · taken up again 2026-05-12

Pendingminutes (Resolution 2026-12)March 10, 2026
This Council shall meet on June 9, 2026, at approximately 7:00 P.M., or on such other date and time as determined by the City Administrator, to hold a public hearing on the proposed establishment of the Development Program for the Municipal Development District No. 2 (the "Development Program"), the proposed establishment of the Tax Increment Financing District No. 2-1 (the "TIF District"), and the proposed adoption of a Tax Increment Financing Plan (the "TIF Plan") therefor (referred to collectively herein as the

Public hearing set for approximately 7:00 P.M. or another date set by the City Administrator.

What happened next

The hearing was called for June 9 2026 at approximately 7:00 p.m. under Minnesota Statutes sections 469.124 to 469.133 and 469.174 onward, and the districts were adopted by Resolution 2026-18 on June 30 2026. The assistance that followed is the largest in the city's record, $1,855,000 of tax increment over 26 years approved on May 18 2026, more than double the $800,000 Northland Securities had recommended.

4-12-26 Council packet; KENYON_INCENTIVES.md · taken up again 2026-06-30

Action itemminutes (Resolution 2026-12)March 10, 2026
City staff is authorized and directed to work with Northland Securities to prepare the Development Program and TIF Plan for the TIF District and to forward documents to the appropriate taxing jurisdictions including Goodhue County and Kenyon-Wanamingo School District No. 2172.

Calling a public hearing on Municipal Development District No. 2 and TIF District No. 2-1.

What happened next

The staff work was completed and the districts were created. Resolution 2026-12 directed publication in the official newspaper not later than ten nor more than thirty days before June 9 2026 and forwarding of the Development Program and TIF Plan to Goodhue County and Kenyon-Wanamingo School District No. 2172. On June 30 2026 the council adopted Resolution 2026-18 creating Municipal Development District No. 2 and TIF District No. 2-1, a redevelopment district for the apartment building, alongside Resolution 2026-20 for an interfund loan.

4-12-26 Council packet; KENYON_INCENTIVES.md · taken up again 2026-06-30

Pendingminutes (legal agenda item report)March 10, 2026
approves the Sub-Grant Contract Agreement between the City of Kenyon and Rebound Real Estate ("Applicant") for the Applicant's Sunset Homes Project. The above resolution was adopted by the City Council on April 14, 2026. ____________________________________ Donald Kirchmann Mayor ATTEST: ___________________________________________ Scott Lehner City Administrator DOCSOPEN\KE215\20\1088486.v2-4/9/26 72 AGENDA ITEM NO. VIII.D Agenda Item Summary CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM REPORT DATE: April 14, 2026 SUBMITTED BY: Holli

Pass-through of grant funds to the project applicant.

What happened next

Resolution 2026-15 approving the sub-grant contract agreement between the city and Rebound Real Estate for the Sunset Homes project was adopted on April 14 2026, the same night as the state grant contract and the LHB inspection agreement. The sub-grant dollar amount is not in anything we hold.

4-12-26 Council packet · taken up again 2026-04-14

Pendingminutes (legal agenda item report)March 10, 2026
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE DEED GRANT CONTRACT AGREEMENT FOR THE REBOUND REAL ESTATE SUNSET HOMES PROJECT BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Kenyon, MN ("City") approves the DEED Grant Contract Agreement between the City of Kenyon and the Department of Employment and Economic Development ("DEED") for the Rebound Real Estate ("Applicant") Sunset Homes Project. The above resolution was adopted by the City Council on April 14, 2026. ____________________________________ Donald Kirchmann Mayor ATTEST:

Grant contract between the City and the Department of Employment and Economic Development.

What happened next

Resolution 2026-14 approving the grant contract between the city and the Department of Employment and Economic Development for the Rebound Real Estate Sunset Homes project was adopted by the council on April 14 2026. The grant amount and the executed contract are not in anything we hold.

4-12-26 Council packet · taken up again 2026-04-14

Pendingminutes (legal agenda item report)March 10, 2026
The consideration, which City shall pay to Consultant both the Services performed by Consultant and the expenses incurred by Consultant in performing the Services shall not exceed $8,900, as set forth in Exhibit B and incorporated into this DOCSOPEN\KE215\20\1084098.v5-3/30/26 54 Agreement.

LHB would inspect buildings and report whether the property at 127 Gunderson Blvd qualifies for a redevelopment TIF district.

What happened next

The council adopted Resolution 2026-13 approving the LHB professional services agreement on April 14 2026, capped at $8,900 for inspecting the buildings and reporting whether 127 Gunderson Boulevard qualifies for a redevelopment tax increment district. LHB is a known bidder to the city, having lost the 2019 Gunderson House historic structure study to Wold Architects at $15,000 after bidding $22,500.

4-12-26 Council packet; KENYON_BIDS.md · taken up again 2026-04-14

Unsourced claimShawn Wenner, CEO, Empire Pipe ServicesMarch 10, 2026
Estimated Total: $18,943.80 Total w/o TC $13,423.80 Additional Items that may be needed on a per Incident Basis* 1 Jet Vac Truck w/operator HR 1 $268.00 2 Televising Truck HR 1 $253.00 3 Lateral launch for Services EA quote on a per incident 4 360 degree Manhole Scanning Video Inspections EA quote on a per incident 5 Additional Tech (if needed) HR 1 $105.00 6 Per Diem for 2-person crew (for additional work) Daily 1 $400.00 *Additional items will be tracked in half-hour increments Please note: We share our hourly

Competing quote for cleaning and televising 4,913 LF of 8-12 inch sanitary main.

Partly answered

The Empire Pipe Services figures are not in our archive and no side-by-side scope comparison exists in our record. Empire Pipe Services previously won city televising work at $12,782.68 for Pearl Creek in April 2022, against Pipe Services at $18,246.53 and American Environmental at $29,264.

KENYON_BIDS.md

Unsourced claimVisu-Sewer, LLC (Josh Regner)March 10, 2026
Quote assumes work will be available to complete while TV/CIPP crew is on site completing CIPP project. ▪ Excludes professional traffic control and flaggers. ▪ If additional cleaning passes or removal of obstructions are needed, this work will be performed at the same hourly rate of $395.00/HR. ▪ 30 hours is the estimated time to complete.

Quote submitted for the Hwy 60 sanitary televising work.

Partly answered

The quote is 30 hours at $395.00 an hour for $11,850.00, and no record of actual hours billed appears in anything we hold. The structure matters more than the total, because an hourly quote carries the overrun risk while the competing bid was priced by the foot, and Visu-Sewer's terms exclude mobilization, exclude professional traffic control and flaggers, assume the work happens while their lining crew is already on site, and charge additional cleaning passes or obstruction removal at the same hourly rate. The final invoice would settle whether 30 hours held.

4-12-26 Council packet, Visu-Sewer quote

Unsourced claimminutes (engineering agenda item report)March 10, 2026
Remaining work includes the full reconstruction of Langford Ave, final paving in all locations, and all sewer lining. The contract substantial completion date is July 18th.

Status of remaining work including Langford Ave reconstruction, final paving, and sewer lining.

Answered from our records

Change Order 2 confirms the contract dates exactly: substantial completion July 18 2026 and ready for final payment August 30 2026, against an original contract price of $2,294,629.25. The city hit the date, with the August 6 2026 pay estimate recording sanitary sewer lining, grouting and manhole rehabilitation substantially complete as of July 17. Change orders had by then cut the contract price by $37,814.00, to $2,256,815.25.

7.14.26 Council Packet Updated Change Order 2; 8-6-26 Council Packet Updated · taken up again 2026-08-06

Action itemminutes (engineering agenda item report)March 10, 2026
A pre- construction meeting with the contractor has been scheduled for April 12th. Updates from this meeting will be shared during the April 13th council meeting.

2025 Street & Utility Project work restarting the week of April 13.

What happened next

Work restarted the week of April 13 2026 as planned, with final completion expected mid-July and the punch list by August 30. Remaining work was the full reconstruction of Langford Avenue from Pine Street to Mogren Hill, final paving in all locations and all sewer lining, and a construction newsletter went to residents on April 6 2026 warning that access would become difficult the week of April 20.

5-12-26 Council Packet Updated; 4-12-26 Council packet · taken up again 2026-05-12

Pendingminutes (engineering agenda item report)March 10, 2026
This information will provide more clarity on the prioritization of sewer needs in this area, and whether or not city utility replacement needs to be incorporated into the state's project.

Infrastructure study for utility mains below Hwy 60 ahead of a potential reconstruction in 2030 or later.

Partly answered

The televising was authorized on May 12 2026 but no inspection report, prioritization finding or MnDOT coordination appears in anything we hold. The decision it feeds is whether city utility replacement must ride along with a state reconstruction of Highway 60 currently anticipated for 2030 or later. The completed televising report with pipe condition codes would settle it.

5-12-26 Council Packet Updated

Requestminutes (engineering agenda item report)March 10, 2026
Two televising quotes will be uploaded to the council packet prior to the meeting. Requested Action: Approve quote from Visu-Sewer.

Requested action on the Hwy 60 sewer televising study in advance of a potential state reconstruction.

What happened next

The council approved the Visu-Sewer quote to televise under Highway 60 on May 12 2026, motion by Bailey and second by Helgeson, carried 5-0-0. The quote is $11,850.00 for 4,913 linear feet.

5-12-26 Council Packet Updated; KENYON_BIDS.md · taken up again 2026-05-12

To look upminutes (engineering agenda item report)March 10, 2026
This information will provide more clarity on the prioritization of sewer needs in this area, and whether or not city utility replacement needs to be incorporated into the state's project. Two televising quotes will be uploaded to the council packet prior to the meeting.

Hwy 60 sewer televising item prepared for the next council meeting.

Partly answered

The two televising quote documents are not in our archive. Our record confirms two quotes were received and that Visu-Sewer took the award on May 12 2026, with no amounts recorded.

KENYON_BIDS.md

PendingAdministrator Scott LehnerMarch 10, 2026
The Council vacancy created by Brunner's resignation requires an appointment by the Council for the remainder of 2026. The remaining two years of the term will be put on the ballot for the November election.

Explanation of how the vacated council seat will be filled beyond 2026.

At the meetingStated as the plan; no further action taken.

Partly answered

The city did prepare for November balloting, adopting election judges on July 14 2026 for the August 11 primary and the November 3 general election, and the council used the same mechanism again for the Bailey seat, resigning and reappointing so that vacancy could also go on the November ballot. No filing confirmation for the Brunner seat specifically appears in anything we hold. The county or city filing record for the 2026 general election would settle it.

7.14.26 Council Packet Updated; 6.9.26 Council Packet and Agenda

To look upAdministrator Scott LehnerMarch 10, 2026
COUNCIL AND STAFF GENERAL COMMENTS Administrator Lehner invited the Council members to the KMU Commission meeting on Tuesday, March 17 to hear the results of the electric rate study.

Lehner invited council members to hear the rate study results.

At the meetingNo results given at this meeting.

What happened next

The study produced a five-year electric rate design that reached the council packet by May 12 2026. It raises rates 8.2% in year one then 5.7% a year after that, moving the all-customers street light facilities charge from $25.00 to $27.05 and on to $33.77 by year five, the security light charge from $10.00 to $13.51, and the street light energy charge from $0.14000 to $0.18908 per unit, a rise of 35.1% over five years.

5-12-26 Council Packet Updated, KMU Electric Rate Design · taken up again 2026-05-12

Action itemAdministrator Scott LehnerMarch 10, 2026
PRESENTATIONS/PUBLIC HEARINGS/RECOGNITIONS/PROLAMATIONS ADMINISTRATOR UPDATE Administrator Lehner stated that he has been working with the KMU staff to update the Line worker/Water Operator job description and this position should be posted soon.

Administrator update on staffing at Kenyon Municipal Utilities.

Partly answered

The job description update kept appearing on agendas without producing a posting. It ran as a standing administrator update item in April and again in May 2026, with no posting date recorded anywhere we hold. The position has been vacant since Austin Fitch resigned in May 2025, so the gap stands at a year or more.

4-12-26 Council packet; 5-12-26 Council Packet Updated

PendingAdministrator Scott LehnerMarch 10, 2026
The Council vacancy created by Brunner's resignation requires an appointment by the Council for the remainder of 2026.

Resolution 2026-08 declared a vacancy after Council Member Elana Brunner resigned effective March 10, 2026.

At the meetingCouncil adopted Resolution 2026-08 declaring the vacancy; no appointee named.

Partly answered

The council adopted Resolution 2026-08 accepting Brunner's resignation and declaring the vacancy, carried 4-0-0, but no appointment to fill it appears in anything we hold. The seat problem then compounded, because Council Member Mary Bailey also resigned, and on June 9 2026 the council adopted Resolution 2026-17 on Attorney Riggs's advice that Bailey resign effective immediately and be reappointed until the November special election. A council motion naming Brunner's successor would settle it.

4-12-26 Council packet; 6.9.26 Council Packet and Agenda

Action itemEngineer Derek OlingerMarch 10, 2026
ENGINEERING Capital Finance and Improvement Plan 37 Engineer Olinger stated that with several large infrastructure projects on the five-to-ten-year outlook and building momentum for some parks/recreation-related projects, they would like to update the costs and priority of the items listed on the capital finance and improvement plan with.

Engineering item noting several large infrastructure projects on the five-to-ten-year outlook plus parks/recreation projects.

At the meetingNo action taken; presented as an intention.

Partly answered

No revised capital finance and improvement plan appears in anything we hold, only the engineer's statement of intent. The pressure behind it is documented: several large infrastructure projects sit on the five to ten year outlook, and by September 2026 the city was weighing outsourced against in-house finance staffing partly on long-term planning capacity. A dated plan document with updated costs and priorities would settle it.

4-12-26 Council packet; 9-8-26 Council Packet

RequestAaron Meyer, resident at 322 Red Wing AvenueMarch 10, 2026
CITIZEN COMMENT Aaron Meyer, who lives at 322 Red Wing Avenue stated that the new light behind the liquor store is so bright that it shines into his house across the alley. He would like to have it toned down or moved so it shines west instead of south.

Citizen comment about light pollution from a new light installed behind the municipal liquor store.

At the meetingAdministrator Lehner said he was aware of the issue and is working to find a satisfactory solution.

We hold no data

Nothing we hold records what was done about the light behind the liquor store. Lehner said he was aware and working on a satisfactory solution, and the matter does not appear again in any later passage. A work order re-aiming or shielding the fixture, or a follow-up note to the resident, would settle it.

4-12-26 Council packet · would settle it: A decision and work order on re-aiming, shielding, or dimming the fixture, and confirmation to the resident

Action itemAdministrator Scott LehnerFebruary 10, 2026
He recommended implementing a COLA at the beginning of each year and a step increase on the employee’s anniversary date beginning in 2027.

Lehner's recommendation on how to structure future compensation increases.

At the meetingCouncil approved only the 2026 retroactive step increase; the 2027 structure was not voted on.

Partly answered

No adopted personnel policy setting COLA at the start of the year and step increases on anniversary dates appears in our record. The intent carried into the 2027 budget, where cost of living was a stated known factor at about 3% and Councilmember Sjolander asked on July 14 2026 that step increases be included, and the 2027 preliminary levy was certified at $1,670,115 on September 8 2026. The adopted personnel policy or employee handbook amendment would settle it.

7.14.26 Council Packet Updated; 6.9.26 Council Packet Agenda; factbook taxes/levy.html

RequestCouncil Member Lee SjolanderFebruary 10, 2026
Councilmember Sjolander expressed interest in providing some type of increase for part-time employees as well.

Raised during the step increase/COLA discussion in the administrator update.

At the meetingNo action on part-time increases; the motion approved covered a 2026 step increase retroactive to the first payroll.

Partly answered

No cost estimate for part-time increases and no council decision on them appears in our record. The only action taken was the 2026 step increase for eligible staff, estimated at about $41,000, and the one part-time office employee who raised the issue said she would not continue employment. A payroll estimate for part-time staff and a council motion would settle it.

3-10-26 Council Packet Updated

Unsourced claimPolice Chief SjolanderFebruary 10, 2026
Part-Time Police Recommendation Police Chief Sjolander recommended hiring some part-time police officers, noting interest from trained officers currently working in the profession.

The chief made the observation when recommending hiring part-time police officers.

At the meetingCouncil approved the hire of part-time police officers 5-0-0.

What happened next

The interest was real on the part-time side and absent on the full-time side. Part-time hires followed on a 5-0-0 vote, Mitch passed a background check and began as a part-time fill in, and Misty worked one shift before taking a full-time position with another department. By September 8 2026 the full-time officer posting had drawn no applicants at all.

Interest from trained officers did not extend to the full-time position, which had zero applicants seven months later.

3-10-26 Council Packet Updated; 7.14.26 Council Packet Updated; 9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-09-08

PendingEngineer Derek OlingerFebruary 10, 2026
Item one is extending the completion dates for 2025 work to reflect the additional time needed to complete the 2nd street watermain work and other work completed during the 2025 construction season.

Olinger presented the contract amendment with Fitzgerald Excavating and Trucking after it had been tabled the prior month.

At the meetingCouncil approved Change Order No. 1 for Fitzgerald Excavating and Trucking 5-0-0.

What happened next

Change Order No. 1 was approved 5-0-0 on a motion by Bailey seconded by Brunner, after being tabled in December. A second change order followed on July 14 2026 delaying final paving of Eighth Street and Langford Avenue, and change orders to that point had reduced the $2,294,629.25 contract by $37,814.00.

3-10-26 Council Packet Updated; 7.14.26 Council Packet Updated · taken up again 2026-02-10

Unsourced claimAbdo Financial Solutions 3rd Quarter ReportFebruary 10, 2026
Market conditions favorable compared to budget. ④ Variance due to $42k paid to IRS for 941 corrections from 2023 and 2024, various repairs and maintenance, and subscriptions to Granicus and Catalis. ⑤ Variance due to change in account coding for employee's wages and benefits, seal coat project in the current year, and purchase of 2025 Bobcat T66. ⑥ Monthly city recycling expense not budgeted for 2025. ⑦ Less hours worked in parks department than budgeted. ⑧ Budgeted transfers made for 2025. 7 24 City of Kenyon,

Abdo explained General Fund revenue variances greater than 20% and $15,000.

Partly answered

The ratio checks out: $52,946 against a $7,500 year-to-date budget is 705.9%, so the budget line was set at about one seventh of actual earnings. We hold no year-end investment income statement. The August 6 2026 packet confirms the favorable market conditions continued, citing large interest earnings on the 2025 bond investment held in 4M.

3-10-26 Council Packet Updated; 8-6-26 Council Packet Updated

PendingAbdo Financial Solutions 3rd Quarter ReportFebruary 10, 2026
Economic Development (351,922) (346,479) (386,139) (39,660) 11.45%  Special Purpose Donations 56,911 61,212 65,774 4,562 7.45%  COVID Cares ACT 3,999 3,491 (0) (3,491) -100.00%  Debt Service 2016 29,743 36,328 27,372 (8,956) -24.65%  Debt Service 2020A 192,771 165,784 113,287 (52,497) -31.67% ⑤  Debt Service 2016B Bond (28,783) 17,372 (28,181) (45,553) -262.22%  Debt Service 2016B Note (8,652) 21,080 11,409 (9,671) -45.88%  Debt Service 2023 G.O. Bond (16,824) (16,824) (26,215) (9,391) 55.82%  Debt Service

The unaudited cash balances by fund schedule lists multiple funds with negative balances.

What happened next

The deficits were handled through cash deficit loans booked in the 2025 audit and then reversed during 2026. Packets from June and August 2026 attribute cash movements in at least six separate funds to the reversal of cash deficit loans from the 2025 audit, which is the mechanism the city used rather than a standalone transfer plan. No formal deficit elimination schedule appears in our record.

8-6-26 Council Packet Updated; 6.9.26 Council Packet Agenda · taken up again 2026-08-06

Unsourced claimAbdo Financial Solutions 3rd Quarter ReportFebruary 10, 2026
Total Cash and Investments $ 12,637,004 $ 10,421,344 $ 2,215,660 The investment type is as follows: Increase/ 09/30/2025 12/31/2024 (Decrease) Checking $ 403,838 $ 374,325 $ 29,513 Money Market 8,742,067 8,067,795 674,272 Brokered CD 114,029 109,974 4,055 Cash 265 0 265 Certificate of Deposit 3,370,805 1,863,250 1,507,555 Petty Cash 3,000 3,000 0 Cash in ATM Machine 3,000 3,000 0 Total Investments $ 12,637,004 $ 10,421,344 $ 2,215,660 3 20 General Fund Cash Balances $1,500,000 $1,000,000 Current Year $500,000

Abdo summarized cash and investment balances and attributed increases in the water, sewer, storm sewer, and 2025 Street Project funds to bond proceeds.

Partly answered

The figures reconcile: $12,637,004 less $10,421,344 is $2,215,660, which is 21.26%. We hold no bond proceeds schedule and no year-end investment reconciliation, so the portion attributable to the 2025 bond cannot be separated from operating cash. Later packets confirm the 2025 bond proceeds were invested in 4M and produced large interest earnings.

3-10-26 Council Packet Updated; 8-6-26 Council Packet Updated

Unsourced claimAbdo Financial Solutions 3rd Quarter ReportFebruary 10, 2026
Monthly city recycling expense not budgeted for 2025. ⑦ Less hours worked in parks department than budgeted. ⑧ Budgeted transfers made for 2025. 7 24 City of Kenyon, Minnesota Unaudited Cash Balances by Fund September 30, 2024, December 31, 2024 and September 30, 2025 PY Quarter PY Ending Quarter Ending YTD Change YTD Change % Balance Balance Balance C 9/30/2025 9/30/2025 9/30/2024 12/31/2024 9/30/2025  General $ 441,948 $ 581,583 $ 223,585 $ (357,998) -61.56% ①  Capital Outlay 439,798 569,450 718,544 149,094

Abdo flagged Recycling expenditures against a zero budget line in the General Fund.

What happened next

The city fixed the missing budget line. The recycling account 101-43250-386 shows $46,214.06 spent in 2024 and $50,205.00 in 2025 against a 2025 budget of $0.00, then $46,500 budgeted for 2026 and $51,000 proposed for 2027. Full-year 2025 recycling cost $50,205.00, above the $38,630 counted through September 30.

7.14.26 Council Packet Updated; 9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-07-14

Unsourced claimAbdo Financial Solutions 3rd Quarter ReportFebruary 10, 2026
General $ 441,948 $ 581,583 $ 223,585 $ (357,998) -61.56% ①  Capital Outlay 439,798 569,450 718,544 149,094 26.18% ②  Fire 337,964 357,531 199,800 (157,731) -44.12% ③  Library 28,728 88,795 37,637 (51,158) -57.61% ④  Economic Development (351,922) (346,479) (386,139) (39,660) 11.45%  Special Purpose Donations 56,911 61,212 65,774 4,562 7.45%  COVID Cares ACT 3,999 3,491 (0) (3,491) -100.00%  Debt Service 2016 29,743 36,328 27,372 (8,956) -24.65%  Debt Service 2020A 192,771 165,784 113,287 (52,497) -31.67%

The unaudited cash balances by fund schedule shows the General Fund decline attributed to transfers, street maintenance, a Bobcat T66 purchase, the IRS payment, and insurance.

Partly answered

The arithmetic in the report is internally consistent: $581,583 less $223,585 is a $357,998 decline, which is 61.56%. We hold no year-end 2025 cash balance by fund and no general fund reserve or fund balance policy for Kenyon, so whether the remaining $223,585 breached a target cannot be judged. The audited year-end schedule and an adopted fund balance policy would settle it.

3-10-26 Council Packet Updated

Unsourced claimAbdo Financial Solutions 3rd Quarter ReportFebruary 10, 2026
Variance due to $42k paid to IRS for 941 corrections from 2023 and 2024, various repairs and maintenance, and subscriptions to Granicus and Catalis. ⑤ Variance due to change in account coding for employee's wages and benefits, seal coat project in the current year, and purchase of 2025 Bobcat T66. ⑥ Monthly city recycling expense not budgeted for 2025. ⑦ Less hours worked in parks department than budgeted. ⑧ Budgeted transfers made for 2025. 7 24 City of Kenyon, Minnesota Unaudited Cash Balances by Fund September

Abdo explained why General Government expenditures were 179.34% of the year-to-date budget.

Partly answered

We hold no IRS correspondence or payment record for the 2023 and 2024 Form 941 corrections. The other half of the same variance note is corroborated: the auditor flagged the Granicus and Catalis subscriptions as an unbudgeted 2025 variance, and Granicus Peak Agenda Management alone cost $4,530.03 in June 2025. The IRS notice and the city's payment record would settle the $42,000.

3-10-26 Council Packet Updated; factbook KENYON_IT_SPEND.md

Unsourced claimAbdo Financial Solutions 3rd Quarter ReportFebruary 10, 2026
Total $ (77,769) $ (58,328) $ (433,690) $ (375,362) 743.55% ①, ②, ③, … Arrows represent the variance as a % of YTD Budget: Red: < -10%, Yellow: -10% to 10%, Green > 10% 6 23 Explanation of Items Percentage Received/Expended Less than 80% or Greater than 120% and $ Variance Greater than $15,000 Number Comment  ① Second half of Goodhue County Tax Settlement received in December. ② Second half of Local Government Aid received later in the year. ③ Market conditions favorable compared to budget. ④ Variance due to $42k

The unaudited compiled quarterly report presents General Fund budget-to-actual results for the nine months ended September 30, 2025.

Partly answered

We hold no audited year-end 2025 General Fund statements, only the unaudited nine-month statement the report is drawn from. The 2025 audit was completed, because packets from June and August 2026 record the reversal of cash deficit loans identified in the 2025 audit. The audited financial statements would settle the final General Fund result.

3-10-26 Council Packet Updated; 8-6-26 Council Packet Updated

PendingAdministrator Scott LehnerFebruary 10, 2026
Planned upgrades include a new computer and monitors for the finance office, an upgraded conference room system, and a new printer for the Deputy Clerk.

Lehner reported that Mike from On-Site Computers reviewed the city's computer needs and layout.

Partly answered

No quote or purchase authorization for the finance office computer, the conference room system or the Deputy Clerk printer appears in our record. The spending envelope is known: computer support ran $15,961 in 2024 and $26,903 in 2025 against an $8,500 budget, with $19,000 budgeted for 2026 and $21,600 proposed for 2027, and On-Site Computers billed roughly $1,500 to $2,700 a month in spring 2025. The itemized On-Site quote would settle the cost.

Computer support ran $26,903 against an $8,500 budget in 2025, so the planned upgrades were being added on top of a line already more than three times over budget.

factbook KENYON_IT_SPEND.md

PendingAdministrator Scott LehnerFebruary 10, 2026
He has completed the department head reviews but was waiting to distribute the reviews pending the decision on step increases.

Lehner reported he had received all supervisor-completed reviews and finished department head reviews.

At the meetingCouncil approved a 2026 step increase retroactive to the first payroll, which resolves the pending decision.

Partly answered

The blocker was removed at the same February 10 2026 meeting, when the council voted a 2026 step increase retroactive to the first payroll, but no later passage confirms the reviews were actually distributed. A dated distribution record or the signed evaluations would settle it.

3-10-26 Council Packet Updated

PendingAdministrator Scott LehnerFebruary 10, 2026
Transitioning KMU into the City Banking System Administrator Lehner reported that the transition of KMU auto-pay accounts to the city banking system is ongoing and will take additional time to complete.

Lehner gave a status update on the banking transition during his administrator report.

What happened next

The transition finished by early July 2026, when Administrator Lehner reported the KMU checking account had been officially closed the previous week. The August 6 2026 treasurer's cash schedule confirms it, showing account 060, Security State Bank Kenyon Municipal Utilities Checking, at zero in every column against $378,630.91 in the general account.

7.14.26 Council Packet Updated; 8-6-26 Council Packet Updated · taken up again 2026-07-14

There will be not separate discussion of these items unless a Council member, City staff or citizen so requests, in which case the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda. IV.A Consent Agenda 1. Post Full-Time Police Officer Position Summary Report V.

Posting the full-time police officer position appears as item A on the February 10 consent agenda.

What happened next

The position was posted and has not been filled. Administrator Lehner confirmed the posting on May 12 2026, the city advertised it on July 28 2026 at $33.54 per hour entry rising to $42.61 at five to ten years, and on September 8 2026 it remained posted until filled with no applicants. Officer Misty England had taken a full-time position with another department by May 2026.

9-8-26 Council Packet; 5-12-26 Council Packet Updated; factbook data/jobs.csv · taken up again 2026-09-08

RequestKenyon Firemen's Relief AssociationFebruary 10, 2026
Resolution 2026-07: Approving the Lawful Gambling Premises Permit Application for the Kenyon Firemen’s Relief Association to Conduct Lawful Gambling at the Kenyon VFW Conrad Osthum Post #141 Located at 601 2nd Street, Kenyon, Mn 55946 Summary Report PREMISES PERMIT APPLICATION.pdf Resolution 2026-07 Approving_Premises_Permit.docx XII.

Resolution 2026-07 was placed on the February 10 agenda as new business.

Partly answered

Resolution 2026-07 approving the lawful gambling premises permit for the Kenyon Firemen's Relief Association at the Kenyon VFW Conrad Osthum Post #141, 601 2nd Street, appears in the record with its full title and agenda placement, but our extracts contain no motion or vote tally. The signed resolution or the minutes line recording the vote would settle whether it passed.

3-10-26 Council Packet Updated

PendingAdministrator Scott LehnerFebruary 10, 2026
Reposting of Administrative Assistant Position Administrator Lehner reported that the administrative assistant position is being reposted after the selected candidate declined the offer. The new application deadline is the end of January.

Lehner reported on hiring status during his administrator update.

What happened next

The position was filled by Rachel Goven, who then resigned effective August 7 2026 because of a family job relocation. The September 8 2026 packet records that the job was posted again with an August 25 2026 deadline. This is the second turnover in the same role inside one year.

9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-09-08

PendingAttorney Scott RiggsFebruary 10, 2026
It was previously determined that the resolution was not necessary; however, Rebound requested the resolution to support its grant application and improve its scoring. Adoption of the resolution does not obligate the City to any action.

The city adopted Resolutions 2026-03, 2026-05, and later 2026-04 to support and improve the scoring of Rebound's grant application.

At the meetingCouncil adopted Resolution 2026-04 at the January 28 special meeting.

What happened next

The state grant came through. On April 12 2026 the council took up Resolution 2026-14 approving the DEED grant contract agreement for the Rebound Real Estate Sunset Homes project. The project then advanced to $1,855,000 in tax increment assistance over 26 years approved May 18 2026, and Res. 2026-18 creating TIF District No. 2-1 on June 30 2026.

4-12-26 Council packet; factbook Development, TIF and land · taken up again 2026-04-12

PendingBob Hawley, Executive Director of Goodhue County Habitat for HumanityFebruary 10, 2026
This house is still looking for a family to occupy the home. Applications are open now for a low-income family.

Hawley updated the council during citizen comments on the Kenyon build assisted by the Kenyon-Wanamingo school construction class.

What happened next

The house is at 716 Washington Street and still had no buyer as of September 8 2026. An open house was held August 31 2026, an article ran in seven additional area newspapers, and Goodhue County Habitat for Humanity reported a couple of prospects with nothing secured. Separately Kenyon was awarded $75,000 in Tier II MN Housing funds tied to Habitat, spendable through 2031, with the next home planned for the 2027-28 school year with the Kenyon-Wanamingo construction classes.

9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-09-08

Action itemTodd Greseth, Goodhue County CommissionerFebruary 10, 2026
The May County Commissioner meeting will be held at Kenyon City Hall. If you have any questions for the commission, please contact Todd.

Greseth invited questions during his county update and noted the May County Commissioner meeting will be held at Kenyon City Hall.

We hold no data

We hold nothing confirming that the May 2026 Goodhue County Commissioner meeting was held at Kenyon City Hall, and no later council passage returns to it. The county board's May 2026 agenda or meeting notice would settle the date and location.

no source in our holdings · would settle it: Confirmation of the May county commission meeting date at Kenyon City Hall

Unsourced claimTodd Greseth, Goodhue County CommissionerFebruary 10, 2026
Todd Greseth, Goodhue County Commissioner, stated that the County levy will increase 6.5% for 2026. There will be an even larger increase coming in 2027 because of State mandates.

Greseth gave a county update during citizen comments at the January 13 meeting.

Partly answered

We hold no Goodhue County levy resolution and no county 2027 projection, so the 6.5% figure cannot be verified. What our records do show is that the city's own certified 2026 levy rose 9.18% to $1,528,541, more than the county increase the commissioner described, and the 2027 city preliminary levy rose a further 9.26% to $1,670,115. The county board's adopted levy resolution would settle the county side.

factbook taxes/data/kenyon_tax.json and taxes/levy.html

Unsourced claimAdministrator Scott LehnerFebruary 10, 2026
Historically, a step increase has also been provided; however, the 2026 budget did not include a step increase. Lehner reported that adding a step increase would cost approximately $41,000.

Lehner reported on the 2026 budget, which included a 3% COLA but no step increase, before the council voted to pay a retroactive step increase.

At the meetingCouncil approved a step increase for 2026 retroactive to the first payroll of 2026.

Partly answered

We hold no payroll calculation behind the $41,000 figure and no city wage schedule, so the estimate cannot be checked. The surrounding cost assumptions the city used for 2027 are on record: health insurance up about 5%, cost of living up about 3%, workers compensation and insurance premiums up about 5%, and fuel and utilities up about 5%. A step-by-step payroll run showing each position's current and next step would settle the figure.

3-10-26 Council Packet Updated; 6.9.26 Council Packet Agenda

RequestBrittni Schmitz, part-time city office employeeFebruary 10, 2026
Brittni Schmitz addressed the council regarding her part-time position in the city office, stating she will not continue employment due to ineligibility for COLA and step increases, and the impact of the new Minnesota Family Leave payroll deduction.

Schmitz addressed the council stating she would not continue employment for these reasons.

At the meetingAdministrator Lehner said a work session would be scheduled to review the issue.

Partly answered

The council acted only on the full-time side, voting a 2026 step increase retroactive to the first payroll of 2026 and leaving part-time eligibility untouched. Councilmember Sjolander said he was interested in some increase for part-time employees, but no motion, cost estimate or policy change on part-time COLA and step eligibility appears in our record. An adopted personnel policy defining part-time eligibility would settle it.

3-10-26 Council Packet Updated, minutes of February 10 2026 · taken up again 2026-02-10

Action itemAdministrator Scott LehnerFebruary 10, 2026
Brittni Schmitz addressed the council regarding her part-time position in the city office, stating she will not continue employment due to ineligibility for COLA and step increases, and the impact of the new Minnesota Family Leave payroll deduction. Administrator Lehner stated that a work session would be scheduled to review this issue.

Part-time office employee Brittni Schmitz told the council she would not continue employment because part-time staff are ineligible for COLA and step increases and because of the new payroll deduction.

Partly answered

No posted work session on part-time compensation appears anywhere in our record. The issue was instead handled the same night in the administrator update, where Lehner reported the 2026 budget carried a 3% cost of living increase but no step increase, put the cost of adding one at roughly $41,000, and the council voted a 2026 step increase retroactive to the first payroll. A posted work session notice and agenda would settle whether the promised session ever happened.

A work session was promised but the record shows the matter handled in a regular administrator update instead.

3-10-26 Council Packet Updated, minutes of February 10 2026

Pendingminutes (January 13, 2026 appointments list)February 10, 2026
Library Board – 3-Year Term a. Renee Caron b. Bryana Lothert 2. Planning Commission – 2-Year Term a. Vacant b. Vacant c. Vacant 3.

The January 13 appointments list showed three vacant Planning Commission seats, a vacant Historic Preservation Commission seat, and one vacant Park & Recreation seat; the February 10 consent agenda includes approving appointment of new Planning Commissioners.

What happened next

All three Planning Commission seats were filled on March 10 2026, when the council approved the appointment of Kelly Kreisler, Jon Meyers and John Cambronne, and Taylor Eggert was appointed to the Park and Recreation Committee the same night. The Historic Preservation Commission seat and one Park and Recreation seat remained vacant, and Bailey Ament held the other Park and Recreation seat.

3-10-26 Council Packet Updated · taken up again 2026-03-10

Unsourced claimGeorge Eilertson, Northland Public Finance (2025 CIP presentation)January 28, 2026
City of Kenyon, Minnesota Outstanding Debt as of June 2, 2025

Review of the City of Kenyon's existing debt in the capital and debt planning presentation.

Partly answered

The Series 2025A issue is confirmed at 3,165,000 dollars, dated July 9 2025, callable 2 1 2033, maturing 2 1 2046 at 2.95 to 4.45 percent, financing street, water, sewer and storm water improvements. We hold no updated schedule of the other eight issues past June 2 2025. The city's 2025 budget also shows 1,325,000 dollars of general obligation bond proceeds booked to the 2025 street project fund.

A schedule stated as of June 2 2025 cannot include the Series 2025A bonds as outstanding, since those bonds are dated July 9 2025, five weeks later.

3-10-26 Council Packet Updated / 9-8-26 Council Packet

Unsourced claimAbdo Financial Solutions (3rd quarter report)January 28, 2026
Weighted average Rate of return 2.14% 9/30/2025 Average Maturity (years) 0.22 9/30/2025 Market Value Market Value Market Value Investment Type 9/30/2025 4% Money Market Money Market $ 8,616,525.51 Brokered CD 114,028.63 Brokered CD Cash 125,806.92 26% Certificate of Deposit 3,370,804.21 Cash Petty Cash 3,000.00 Certificate of Cash in ATM Machine 3,000.00 Deposit Checking 499,230.73 Petty Cash 1% $ 12,732,396.00 1% Cash in ATM 68% Machine Checking KSSB O/S Deposits $ 415.13 O/S Checks (123,487.75) KMU O/S Deposits

Schedule of investments compares city returns against benchmark U.S. Treasury yields.

Partly answered

The investment schedule supports the short maturity but not a benchmark comparison. At September 30 2025 the city held 12,727,717.07 dollars at unadjusted value against 12,732,396.00 dollars market value, a variance of 4,678.93 dollars, and 9,361,588.04 dollars of that, 73.6 percent, sat in current maturities. Only 408,393.44 dollars, 3.2 percent, was out past five years, which is consistent with a 0.22 year average maturity. The Treasury yield table used as the benchmark is referenced but not held.

3-10-26 Council Packet Updated

Unsourced claimAbdo Financial Solutions (3rd quarter report)January 28, 2026
Monthly city recycling expense not budgeted for 2025. ⑦ Less hours worked in parks department than budgeted. ⑧ Budgeted transfers made for 2025. 7 24 City of Kenyon, Minnesota Unaudited Cash Balances by Fund September 30, 2024, December 31, 2024 and September 30, 2025 PY Quarter PY Ending Quarter Ending YTD Change YTD Change % Balance Balance Balance C 9/30/2025 9/30/2025 9/30/2024 12/31/2024 9/30/2025  General $ 441,948 $ 581,583 $ 223,585 $ (357,998) -61.56% ①  Capital Outlay 439,798 569,450 718,544 149,094

Recycling shows $38,630 expended against a $0 budget in the General Fund.

What happened next

The city budgeted for recycling starting the following year. Full year 2025 recycling came in at 50,205 dollars against a zero budget, above the 38,630 dollars reported through September, and 2024 had run 46,214.06 dollars. The 2026 budget carries 46,500 dollars and the 2027 budget 51,000 dollars, so the line is now funded.

9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-09-08

Unsourced claimAbdo Financial Solutions (3rd quarter report)January 28, 2026
Decrease in cash balance due to transfers to other funds out of the general fund, street maintenance expenses, Bobcat T66 purchase, IRS payment, and insurance expenses throughout the current year. ② Increase in cash due to budgeted interfund transfer. ③ Variance due to purchase of fire truck in the current year. ④ Variance due to increase in insurance premiums and wages and benefits for library employees. ⑤ Decrease in cash due to bond principal and interest payment. ⑥ Increase in cash due to 2025 bond proceeds. 9

Explanation of fund cash balance changes greater than $50,000 and 20%.

Partly answered

The explanation is repeated verbatim in the February 10 and March 10 2026 packets and names five causes, transfers out, street maintenance, the Bobcat T66, the IRS payment and insurance. A 61.56 percent fall to 223,585 dollars implies a starting general fund cash balance near 581,600 dollars, so the fund lost roughly 358,000 dollars in nine months. The general fund ledger detail is not in our holdings.

3-10-26 Council Packet Updated

Unsourced claimAbdo Financial Solutions (3rd quarter report)January 28, 2026
Total Cash and Investments $ 12,637,004 $ 10,421,344 $ 2,215,660 The investment type is as follows: Increase/ 09/30/2025 12/31/2024 (Decrease) Checking $ 403,838 $ 374,325 $ 29,513 Money Market 8,742,067 8,067,795 674,272 Brokered CD 114,029 109,974 4,055 Cash 265 0 265 Certificate of Deposit 3,370,805 1,863,250 1,507,555 Petty Cash 3,000 3,000 0 Cash in ATM Machine 3,000 3,000 0 Total Investments $ 12,637,004 $ 10,421,344 $ 2,215,660 3 20 General Fund Cash Balances $1,500,000 $1,000,000 Current Year $500,000

Cash and investment summary in the compiled, unaudited Q3 report.

Partly answered

Abdo states it reconciled all bank accounts through September 30 2025 and reviewed activity in all funds, but labels every figure unaudited, and we hold no bank or investment statements. The reported 2,215,660 dollar rise from 10,421,344 dollars to 12,637,004 dollars is a 21.3 percent increase in nine months. The audited 2025 financial statements would settle it.

3-10-26 Council Packet Updated

PendingHolli Gudknecht, Deputy ClerkJanuary 28, 2026
The regular meeting of the Kenyon City Council scheduled for February 10, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. at Kenyon City Hall was cancelled in advance due to an anticipated lack of a quorum.

The Q3 Abdo report and other February agenda items reappear on the March 10, 2026 agenda.

What happened next

The cancellation is confirmed in the March 10 2026 packet, which records the February 10 2026 meeting as cancelled in advance for anticipated lack of a quorum. The deferred financial work returned on March 10 as the combined January and February 2026 financial reports and payment of claims. The Abdo third quarter report slipped further and was not presented until April 12 2026.

3-10-26 Council Packet Updated · taken up again 2026-03-10

Action itemHolli Gudknecht, Administration (agenda item)January 28, 2026
VI.A Agenda Item Summary CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM REPORT DATE: February 10, 2026 SUBMITTED BY: Holli Gudknecht, Administration ITEM TYPE: Miscellaneous AGENDA SECTION: PRESENTATIONS/PUBLIC HEARINGS RECOGNITIONS/PROCLAMATIONS SUBJECT: School Bus Driver Appreciation Day Proclamation - February 18, 2026 SUGGESTED ACTION: Mayor Kirchmann will read the proclamation.

Annual recognition item placed on the February 10, 2026 agenda, which was cancelled.

What happened next

The proclamation was not read on schedule. The February 10 2026 meeting at which Mayor Kirchmann was to read it was cancelled in advance for anticipated lack of a quorum, and the School Bus Driver Appreciation Day item does not reappear on the March 10 2026 agenda in our records. Only the January and February financial reports carried forward.

3-10-26 Council Packet Updated · taken up again 2026-03-10

PendingBolton & Menk / city engineering (2025 CIP presentation)January 28, 2026
Sanitary Sewer - Prioritize I & I Reduction - Continue replace/rehab clay pipe - Sump Pump Program (Future) - Detailed Sewer Televising/Review - Treatment Plant Considerations

Sanitary sewer goals aimed at inflow and infiltration reduction.

Partly answered

The sump pump program remains a future item. The identical sanitary sewer goals list reappears verbatim in the March 10 2026 packet with the sump pump program still marked future, and no ordinance or program design reaches our records through September 2026. A council decision and a drafted program would settle it.

3-10-26 Council Packet Updated

Action itemBolton & Menk / city engineering (2025 CIP presentation)January 28, 2026
Water System - Replace Small Diam. Cast Iron Pipe - 6th Street, Bullis Street - Inventory/Replace Lead Service Lines

Water system goals in the infrastructure management plan summary.

What happened next

The lead service line work became a funded project. Kenyon is on the Public Facilities Authority 2026 Part B drinking water revolving fund list with 36 services based on 2025 data, but 45 known lead or galvanized services now exist, and the 2026 funding approval was capped at 900,000 dollars against the 36 count. The program offers up to 100 percent grant to 25,000 dollars per service, and on September 8 2026 the council took up the Bolton and Menk design scope and fee.

The city's approved lead line funding rests on 36 services while its own count of lead or galvanized services has risen to 45, a 25 percent shortfall in covered work.

9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-09-08

PendingBolton & Menk / city engineering (2025 CIP presentation)January 28, 2026
State/County Projects - Partnering = Cost & Flexibility - Hwy 60 (2031)

Infrastructure goals slide lists state/county projects as partnering opportunities.

Partly answered

The city was still preparing for the Highway 60 project as of May 2026 but has no confirmed schedule or cost share. On May 12 2026 the council approved the Visu-Sewer quote to televise sanitary mains inside the state right of way so the city can decide whether its utility replacement must ride along with the state project. The MnDOT and county project schedule and a cost split agreement would settle it.

The capital plan slide dates the Highway 60 project to 2031 while the engineer told the council on May 12 2026 that reconstruction is expected in 2030 or later.

KENYON_BIDS.md / 5-12-26 Council Packet Updated · taken up again 2026-05-12

To look upGeorge Eilertson, Northland Public Finance (2025 CIP presentation)January 28, 2026
All figures are estimated and stated in present value (today's dollars) estimates.

The capital improvement and debt plan projects a 2028 bond issue of about $2,510,000.

Partly answered

Three of the four 2028 figures are confirmed by the March 10 2026 packet: 615,000 dollars water, 477,000 dollars sanitary sewer and 477,000 dollars storm water, each paired with a 2025 companion amount of 1,037,546 dollars, 526,814 dollars and 180,216 dollars. The 876,000 dollar street figure is not confirmed anywhere in our records. The four 2028 items total 2,445,000 dollars, which is 65,000 dollars short of the roughly 2,510,000 dollar bond issue the plan projects for that year.

3-10-26 Council Packet Updated

Action itemGeorge Eilertson, Northland Public Finance (2025 CIP presentation)January 28, 2026
Based upon the City's current rate structure, future increases to water rates may be minimal. The City and Northland should continue to monitor as new projects are considered.

Rate analysis concluded future utility rate increases may be minimal or unnecessary under the current structure.

Partly answered

The monitoring commitment has not produced a new rate study in our records. What the March 10 2026 presentation adds is the debt service each utility must carry from the proposed 2025 bonds between 2027 and 2046: about 78,600 dollars a year for water, 40,300 dollars for sewer and 13,800 dollars for storm water, a combined 132,700 dollars a year. On those figures Northland judged water increases may be minimal and sewer and storm water increases may not be necessary.

3-10-26 Council Packet Updated

Action itemBolton & Menk / city engineering (2025 CIP presentation)January 28, 2026
Living Document (Last formal updates 2020 & 2022) Need to update street ratings Incorporate other systems, departments, needs Recommend formal update in next year or two

The IMP is described as a living document last formally updated in 2020 and 2022.

Partly answered

No formal Infrastructure Management Plan update was adopted through September 8 2026. The March 10 2026 packet still carries the same slide calling the plan a living document last formally updated in 2020 and 2022 and recommending a formal update in the next year or two. The related water supply plan was also still unfinished, with Bolton and Menk proposing in September 2026 to address the DNR comments first raised in 2019.

3-10-26 Council Packet Updated / 9-8-26 Council Packet

To look upAbdo Financial Solutions (3rd quarter report)January 28, 2026
Variance due to interest allocation not including the sewer fund in previous months. This was resolved in Q4. ③ Variance due to more hours paid in June-August payrolls in current year. ④ Variance due to more additions to capital in 2024 than deletions. 15 32 City of Kenyon, Minnesota Statement of Revenues and Expenditures - Budget and Actual - Electric Fund (Unaudited) For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025 Amount YTD CY as a 2025 Annual Amount YTD YOY Variance PY Percent of PY C Budget 9/30/2025 9/30/2025

Sewer fund interest earnings showed zero against budget in the Q3 statements.

What happened next

The allocation was fixed. The June 9 2026 report records that the prior year variance exists because the sewer fund has interest allocated in the current year. Through September 2025 the sewer fund had earned zero of a budgeted 50,000 dollars in interest.

6.9.26 Council Packet Agenda · taken up again 2026-06-09

Unsourced claimAbdo Financial Solutions (3rd quarter report)January 28, 2026
Variance due to $42k paid to IRS for 941 corrections from 2023 and 2024, various repairs and maintenance, and subscriptions to Granicus and Catalis. ⑤ Variance due to change in account coding for employee's wages and benefits, seal coat project in the current year, and purchase of 2025 Bobcat T66. ⑥ Monthly city recycling expense not budgeted for 2025. ⑦ Less hours worked in parks department than budgeted. ⑧ Budgeted transfers made for 2025. 7 24 City of Kenyon, Minnesota Unaudited Cash Balances by Fund September

Explanation for General Government expenditures running at 179.34% of YTD budget.

Partly answered

The 42,000 dollar figure is repeated verbatim in both the February 10 and March 10 2026 packets as one of three causes of the General Government overage, alongside repairs and maintenance and the Granicus and Catalis subscriptions. Our own technology file confirms the auditor flagged Granicus and Catalis as an unbudgeted 2025 variance, with Granicus Peak Agenda Management costing 4,530.03 dollars in June 2025. The IRS notices themselves are not in our holdings.

3-10-26 Council Packet Updated / KENYON_IT_SPEND.md

PendingHolli Gudknecht, Administration (agenda item)January 28, 2026
XI.A Agenda Item Summary CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM REPORT DATE: February 10, 2026 SUBMITTED BY: Holli Gudknecht, Administration ITEM TYPE: New Business AGENDA SECTION: NEW BUSINESS SUBJECT: 2025 3rd Quarter Financial Report - Abdo Jessi from Abdo will review this report at the meeting.

The quarterly report presentation was listed for February 10 and again for March 10 after the February meeting was cancelled.

What happened next

Jessi Sturtz of Abdo reviewed the 2025 third quarter financial report on April 12 2026 and the council accepted it 4-0-0 on a motion by Bailey seconded by Kirchmann. The report was three meetings late because the February 10 2026 meeting was cancelled. Quarterly reporting then caught up, with the first quarter 2026 report accepted July 14 2026 and the second quarter report accepted September 8 2026.

4-12-26 Council packet · taken up again 2026-04-12

PendingAbdo Financial Solutions (3rd quarter report)January 28, 2026
Variance due to change in recording utility receipts following staff turnover. Revenue will be adjusted in the subsequent audit. ② Variance due to interest allocation not including the sewer fund in previous months. This was resolved in Q4. ③ Variance due to more hours paid in June-August payrolls in current year. ④ Variance due to more additions to capital in 2024 than deletions. 15 32 City of Kenyon, Minnesota Statement of Revenues and Expenditures - Budget and Actual - Electric Fund (Unaudited) For the Nine

Sewer fund shows only $98,488 of charges for services (22.74% of prior year) and storm water $20,368 (26.75%) due to a recording change.

What happened next

The correction was made. By the June 9 2026 report the comment reads that the prior year variance came from the change in recording sewer revenues and that current year revenues are consistent with the current year budget. The misrecording had left sewer charges for services at 98,488 dollars, 22.74 percent of the prior year, and storm water at 20,368 dollars, 26.75 percent.

6.9.26 Council Packet Agenda · taken up again 2026-06-09

2025 Presentation - to be updated

Last year's Northland presentation was attached for reference to the CIP planning item, with every slide flagged as needing an update.

What happened next

A refreshed presentation was delivered on March 10 2026. It updates the 2021 Northland financial management plan using Bolton and Menk's 2025 Infrastructure Management Plan figures and carries estimated property taxes for debt service and the effect on utility revenues. Council was told last year's presentation was attached only for reference as the process got started.

3-10-26 Council Packet Updated · taken up again 2026-03-10

PendingHolli Gudknecht, Engineering (agenda item)January 28, 2026
May Finalize Draft project list at staff & committee levels June/July CIP/CFP work session and adoption

Proposed timeline for finalizing and adopting the updated capital finance and improvement plan.

Partly answered

The June and July calendar went to the budget, not the capital plan. The timeline adopted in the June 9 2026 packet runs Abdo and Lehner meeting department heads June 16, a budget work session July 14, a second one August 11 if needed, preliminary budget and levy adoption September 8 and enterprise fund budgets October 13, with no capital improvement plan work session in it. No adopted capital finance and improvement plan reaches our records.

6.9.26 Council Packet Agenda

Action itemHolli Gudknecht, Engineering (agenda item)January 28, 2026
April Engage city financial advisor to analyze tax & utility rate Identify other funding sources

Step two of the proposed CIP/CFP update schedule.

Partly answered

No April 2026 engagement of the city financial advisor appears in our records. The only financial advisor work we can document in 2026 is Northland Securities analyzing tax increment for the Sunset Home project, where Northland recommended 800,000 dollars in assistance against Rebound's 1,855,000 dollar request. The engagement letter and a rate impact analysis tied to the new project list would settle it.

KENYON_INCENTIVES.md / 6.9.26 Council Packet

Action itemHolli Gudknecht, Engineering (agenda item)January 28, 2026
March Update costs for existing projects (previously listed on CIP) Develop initial list of projects for analysis

Proposed schedule for the capital finance and improvement plan update.

Partly answered

The March step was not completed on time. On April 12 2026 Engineer Olinger was still telling the council that Bolton and Menk would like to update the costs and priority of the items on the capital finance and improvement plan, and no updated cost table or draft project list reaches our records. The finished cost update would settle it.

4-12-26 Council packet

RequestHolli Gudknecht, Engineering (agenda item)January 28, 2026
No Official Action – please send input on any projects you'd like considered for addition, prioritization, or other planning which may affect future spending.

Kickoff of the capital finance and improvement plan update, with large infrastructure and parks/recreation projects on the 5- to 10-year outlook.

Partly answered

No written project suggestions from council members appear anywhere in our records. The same request for input was still open on March 10 2026, and on April 12 2026 Olinger was still describing the cost and priority update as something the engineers would like to do. The council's own submissions or a compiled project list would settle it.

3-10-26 and 4-12-26 Council Packets

Action itemHolli Gudknecht, Administration (agenda item)January 28, 2026
Administrator Lehner will give an update on the position.

Old Business agenda item on filling the administrative assistant position.

What happened next

The position had been reposted after the selected candidate declined the offer, with a new application deadline at the end of January 2026. The recruitment ended April 12 2026 with the hire of two part-time assistants rather than one. The same update records that Brittni Schmitz left her part-time city office job over ineligibility for cost of living and step increases and the new Minnesota Family Leave payroll deduction.

3-10-26 Council Packet Updated / 4-12-26 Council packet · taken up again 2026-04-12

RequestAdministrator Scott Lehner / Holli Gudknecht, Administration (agenda item)January 28, 2026
The City of Kenyon is seeking the City Council's approval to hire 2 part-time Administrative Assistants... MOTION NEEDED NEEDED TO APPROVE THE HIRE

Old Business item seeking council approval of two part-time administrative support hires for the City Administrator and staff.

What happened next

Both hires were approved. On April 12 2026 the council voted 4-0-0 on a motion by Helgeson seconded by Bailey to hire Rachel Goven and Heather DeWitz as part-time Administrative Assistants at 23.00 dollars per hour. Goven resigned effective August 7 2026 and the position was reposted with an August 25 deadline.

4-12-26 Council packet · taken up again 2026-04-12

Historically, a step increase has also been provided; however, the 2026 budget did not include a step increase.

Council approved a step increase that the adopted budget did not include.

Partly answered

No budget amendment or fund transfer identifying a source for the roughly $41,000 appears in our record. We can size it: $41,000 is 2.68 percent of the certified 2026 city levy of $1,528,541. The only follow-through we hold is Sjolander asking on July 14 2026 that step increases be built into the 2027 budget, which the city set at a preliminary $1,670,115.

7.14.26 Council Packet Updated; factbook taxes/data/kenyon_tax.json

Unsourced claimAdministrator Scott LehnerJanuary 13, 2026
PRESENTATIONS/PUBLIC HEARINGS/RECOGNITIONS/PROLAMATIONS ADMINISTRATOR UPDATE Step Increase/COLA Administrator Lehner stated that the council previously approved a 3% COLA increase in the 2026 budget.

Background for the step increase discussion.

Partly answered

The 3 percent cost of living assumption recurs in the city's own budget planning, since the June 9 2026 known factors slide again carried roughly 3 percent for cost of living, about 5 percent for health insurance, about 5 percent for workers compensation and insurance premiums, and about 5 percent for fuel and utilities. The adopted 2026 budget wage line detail that would confirm no step increase was funded is not in our holdings.

6.9.26 Council Packet & Agenda; 2-10-26 Council Packet

RequestAdministrator Scott LehnerJanuary 13, 2026
He recommended implementing a COLA at the beginning of each year and a step increase on the employee's anniversary date beginning in 2027.

Proposed change to how wage increases are timed going forward.

At the meetingCouncil acted only on the 2026 retroactive step increase; the 2027 policy was not adopted.

Partly answered

The 2027 timing policy was never adopted in our record. As of August 6 2026 the personnel policy was still being rewritten by the administrator and staff, not yet reviewed by department heads or the personnel committee. A written personnel policy amendment brought to the council for adoption is what is missing.

8-6-26 Council Packet Updated; 2-10-26 Council Packet

RequestCouncil Member Lee SjolanderJanuary 13, 2026
Councilmember Sjolander expressed interest in providing some type of increase for part-time employees as well.

Raised during the step increase and COLA discussion.

At the meetingLehner said a work session would be scheduled on the issue.

Partly answered

No cost estimate for extending COLA or step increases to part-time staff exists in our record, and the exclusion had a documented cost of its own since it drove a part-time office employee to leave. The only sizing we hold is the roughly $41,000 estimated for the full-time 2026 step increase. Whether to grant part-time increases is the council's call, and a part-time payroll base would let staff price it.

2-10-26 Council Packet; 3-10-26 Council Packet Updated

RequestBob Hawley, Executive Director of Goodhue County Habitat for HumanityJanuary 13, 2026
This house is still looking for a family to occupy the home. Applications are open now for a low-income family.

Update on the Habitat house being built with help from the Kenyon-Wanamingo school construction class.

What happened next

The Habitat partnership continued and was rescoped. By September 8 2026 Kenyon had been awarded $75,000 in Tier II Housing Funds from a Minnesota Housing grant aligned with Goodhue County Habitat for Humanity, with a four-year spending deadline in 2031, a plan to build during the 2027-28 school year with the Kenyon-Wanamingo construction classes under Doug Thompson, and the city acting as fiscal agent. Whether a family was selected for the earlier house is not in our record.

9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-09-08

RequestTodd Greseth, Goodhue County CommissionerJanuary 13, 2026
The May County Commissioner meeting will be held at Kenyon City Hall. If you have any questions for the commission, please contact Todd.

Invitation offered at the close of the county update.

Not a data question

This is an open invitation rather than a question of fact, and whether to contact the commissioner is each resident's own decision. Our contact holdings cover 126 city, county, business and civic contacts, so a direct line for the commissioner may exist there.

factbook data/contacts.csv

PendingTodd Greseth, Goodhue County CommissionerJanuary 13, 2026
There will be an even larger increase coming in 2027 because of State mandates. The May County Commissioner meeting will be held at Kenyon City Hall.

County commissioner announced an upcoming off-site county meeting in Kenyon.

We hold no data

No confirmed date or room reservation for a May 2026 county commission meeting at Kenyon City Hall appears in our record. The county board's posted May 2026 agenda would settle it.

would settle it: The confirmed date and room reservation for the May county meeting

Unsourced claimTodd Greseth, Goodhue County CommissionerJanuary 13, 2026
Todd Greseth, Goodhue County Commissioner, stated that the County levy will increase 6.5% for 2026. There will be an even larger increase coming in 2027 because of State mandates.

County update during citizen comment.

We hold no data

We hold no county budget projections and no list of state mandates. The Goodhue County 2027 budget projections and the mandates named in them would settle it.

would settle it: County 2027 budget projections and the list of state mandates driving them

Unsourced claimTodd Greseth, Goodhue County CommissionerJanuary 13, 2026
Applications are open now for a low-income family. Todd Greseth, Goodhue County Commissioner, stated that the County levy will increase 6.5% for 2026.

County update during citizen comment.

We hold no data

We hold no Goodhue County levy data and cannot verify the 6.5 percent. For contrast, the city's own certified 2026 levy rose 9.18 percent to $1,528,541, well above the figure the commissioner gave for the county. The adopted county 2026 levy resolution would settle it.

factbook taxes/data/kenyon_tax.json · would settle it: The adopted Goodhue County 2026 levy resolution

To look upEngineer Derek OlingerJanuary 13, 2026
This is a contract amendment to address two items on the project. Item one is extending the completion dates for 2025 work to reflect the additional time needed to complete the 2nd street watermain work and other work completed during the 2025 construction season.

Fitzgerald Excavating and Trucking change order on the 2025 Street and Utility Improvements.

At the meetingCouncil approved the change order without item two being recorded.

Partly answered

Both packet versions of the minutes describe only item one, the extension of 2025 completion dates for the 2nd Street watermain work, and the council approved the change order 5-0-0 anyway. Change Order No. 2 later appeared on the July 14 2026 agenda. The written Change Order No. 1 listing both items and any cost is what would settle it.

The council approved a two-item change order while the record describes only one of the two items.

3-10-26 Council Packet Updated; 7.14.26 Council Packet Updated

PendingAdministrator Scott LehnerJanuary 13, 2026
Planned upgrades include a new computer and monitors for the finance office, an upgraded conference room system, and a new printer for the Deputy Clerk.

Mike from On-Site Computers reviewed the city's computer needs and layout.

Partly answered

No On-Site Computers quote and no council action on these upgrades appears in our record. The budget capacity is documented: computer support was budgeted at $19,000 for 2026 and proposed at $21,600 for 2027, against actuals of $15,961 in 2024 and $26,903 in 2025 on an $8,500 budget. A written quote and the charged budget line are what is missing.

factbook KENYON_IT_SPEND.md

PendingAdministrator Scott LehnerJanuary 13, 2026
Transitioning KMU into the City Banking System Administrator Lehner reported that the transition of KMU auto-pay accounts to the city banking system is ongoing and will take additional time to complete.

Year-end administrative update.

Partly answered

No completion date for the KMU auto-pay conversion exists in our record. The transition was still described as ongoing in both the February and March 2026 packets, and the September 8 2026 administrator update still carried KMU staffing and a KMU loan as open items. A status report naming the conversion completion date would settle it.

3-10-26 Council Packet Updated; 9-8-26 Council Packet

Library Board – 3-Year Term a. Renee Caron b. Bryana Lothert 2. Planning Commission – 2-Year Term a. Vacant b. Vacant c. Vacant 3.

2026 appointments and designations listed vacancies.

At the meetingAppointments approved as listed, with vacancies unfilled.

What happened next

Four of the five vacancies were filled on February 10 2026 by consent agenda: Kelly Kreisler, Jon Meyers and John Cambronne to the Planning Commission, and Taylor Eggert to the Park and Recreation Committee. The Historic Preservation Commission seat is the one that remains unfilled in our record.

3-10-26 Council Packet Updated, consent agenda · taken up again 2026-02-10

Action itemPolice Chief SjolanderJanuary 13, 2026
Part-Time Police Recommendation Police Chief Sjolander recommended hiring some part-time police officers, noting interest from trained officers currently working in the profession.

Chief reported interest from trained officers currently working in the profession.

At the meetingCouncil approved the hire of part-time police officers 5-0-0.

What happened next

The hires were authorized 5-0-0 and part-time officers are in active service. As of September 8 2026 part-time officers were covering shifts while the chief and the full-time officer were on vacation, and the full-time officer position remained posted until filled with no applicants. Names and hire dates of the part-time officers are not in our record.

9-8-26 Council Packet; 3-10-26 Council Packet Updated · taken up again 2026-09-08

Resolution 2026-05: Approving the Application and Committing the Local Match and Authorizing 13 Contract Signature Motion by Bailey seconded by Brunner to adopt Resolution 2026-05.

Resolution 2026-05 approves the application and commits a local match and contract signature.

We hold no data

The local match figure committed under Resolution 2026-05 does not appear anywhere in our holdings. The 70:30 federal to local match with no cash required, which appears in the May 12 2026 packet, belongs to a conference travel item and not to this resolution. The text of Resolution 2026-05 itself is what would settle it.

would settle it: The text of Resolution 2026-05 with the dollar match figure

PendingCity Attorney Scott RiggsJanuary 13, 2026
LEGAL Rebound Project-TIF Attorney Riggs stated that Rebound Real Estate is applying for a state grant and that additional documentation from the city would improve the application rating.

Council adopted Resolutions 2026-03 and 2026-05 to support the application.

At the meetingCouncil adopted the supporting resolutions.

Partly answered

No state award decision on Rebound's grant appears in our record. What followed instead was city financing: the council approved $1,855,000 in tax increment assistance over 26 years on May 18 2026 and created TIF District No. 2-1 on June 30 2026, and by August 6 2026 Rebound reported seeking $3,000,000 from investors. The state agency's award or denial letter would settle it.

factbook, Development, TIF and land; 3-10-26 Council Packet Updated

PendingAdministrator Scott LehnerJanuary 13, 2026
Reposting of Administrative Assistant Position Administrator Lehner reported that the administrative assistant position is being reposted after the selected candidate declined the offer. The new application deadline is the end of January.

Staffing update in the administrator report.

What happened next

The position was filled by Rachel Goven, who resigned effective August 7 2026 for a family job relocation, and the post reopened with an August 25 2026 deadline. The applicant count from the January 2026 round is not in our record.

9-8-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-09-08

Action itemAdministrator Scott LehnerJanuary 13, 2026
He has completed the department head reviews but was waiting to distribute the reviews pending the decision on step increases.

Lehner held back department head reviews pending the step increase decision.

At the meetingCouncil approved the step increase at this meeting.

Partly answered

The stated reason for holding the reviews was removed when the council approved the step increase on February 10 2026, but no later passage confirms the department head reviews were actually distributed. A signed acknowledgement or a personnel file entry showing the distribution date would settle it.

3-10-26 Council Packet Updated; 2-10-26 Council Packet

Motion by Sjolander seconded by Kirchmann to pay a step increase for 2026 retroactive to the first payroll of 2026 dependent on a satisfactory performance review.

The 3-10-26 packet version adds 'dependent on a satisfactory performance review'; the 2-10-26 packet version does not.

Partly answered

Both versions are in our holdings and they genuinely differ. The version printed in the March 10 2026 packet adds that the retroactive step increase is dependent on a satisfactory performance review, and the version printed in the February 10 2026 packet ends the motion without that condition. Only the approved final minutes or the meeting recording can settle which motion language was actually moved.

The city's own packets publish two different versions of the same motion, one conditioning the step increase on a satisfactory performance review and one not.

3-10-26 Council Packet Updated; 2-10-26 Council Packet

Unsourced claimAdministrator Scott LehnerJanuary 13, 2026
Historically, a step increase has also been provided; however, the 2026 budget did not include a step increase. Lehner reported that adding a step increase would cost approximately $41,000.

Discussion of whether to grant a step increase not included in the 2026 budget.

At the meetingCouncil approved the retroactive step increase anyway.

Partly answered

The $41,000 appears only as the administrator's verbal estimate, repeated word for word in the February and March 2026 packet versions of the minutes, with no payroll calculation behind it. For scale, $41,000 equals 2.68 percent of the city's certified 2026 levy of $1,528,541. A per-employee payroll worksheet is what would settle it.

2-10-26 Council Packet; factbook taxes/data/kenyon_tax.json

Action itemAdministrator Scott LehnerJanuary 13, 2026
Brittni Schmitz addressed the council regarding her part-time position in the city office, stating she will not continue employment due to ineligibility for COLA and step increases, and the impact of the new Minnesota Family Leave payroll deduction. Administrator Lehner stated that a work session would be scheduled to review this issue.

Brittni Schmitz said she will leave her part-time city office position over pay and deduction issues.

At the meetingLehner committed to scheduling a work session; no date set.

Partly answered

No work session on part-time pay or the Minnesota Paid Leave deduction appears anywhere in our record. What the council did instead, on February 10 2026, was approve a 2026 step increase retroactive to the first payroll, a full-time measure. As of August 6 2026 the personnel policy rewrite was still with staff, headed to department heads and then the personnel committee. A posted work session date and agenda is what is missing.

3-10-26 Council Packet Updated; 8-6-26 Council Packet Updated

PendingCity Attorney Scott RiggsJanuary 13, 2026
Resolution 2026-04: Expressing the City of Kenyon's Willingness to Work with Rebound Real Estate on Tax Increment Financing (TIF) for the Sunset Homes Redevelopment Attorney Riggs recommended tabling the resolution.

TIF support resolution tied to the Rebound Real Estate Sunset Homes redevelopment.

At the meetingNo action taken; resolution left tabled.

What happened next

Resolution 2026-04 was adopted at the February 10 2026 meeting on a 4-0-0 vote after being tabled in January. Attorney Riggs explained that the resolution had been judged unnecessary, that Rebound requested it to support its grant application and improve its scoring, and that adopting it obligates the city to nothing.

3-10-26 Council Packet Updated; 2-10-26 Council Packet · taken up again 2026-02-10

All years and totals