Meeting of the Lincoln City Council November 6, 2025 - Minutes CALL TO ORDER The Lincoln City Council members met on November 6, 2025, at 6:00 PM at Lincoln City Hall, 74 Santee Road, Lincoln, ND. Councilmembers Artavia, Bjornstad and Davis , and Mayor Berglund were present. Councilman Shoemaker was absent. 1. AGENDA a. Mayor Berglund moved to amend the agenda to ad d Lincoln Resolution for Burleigh County Emergency Management and the 2025 Burleigh County Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan as item #15 and renumber accordingly. Motion by Davis, seconded by Bjornstad. MCU 2. CONSENT AGENDA a. Motion by Davis to approve the consent agenda, seconded by Artavia. MCU 1. PUBLIC COMMENT – None. 2. OLD BUSINESS a. City of Lincoln Project Update – Loretta Marshik i. Wastewater Rate Study – complete and formally submitted. Data has been integrated into the City’s Waterworth program. ii. Pavement Management Program – field data collection is complete and SEH has completed the internal review of the draft report. iii. Wastewater Update – Apex is coordinating with the Attorney Rogneby and Engineer Marshik to finalize the scoping document. b. Apex Engineering WWTF Design and Bidding . i. Council discussed and approved the contract and task order, with specific modifications and limitations of liability addressed. ii. Karla Olson noted no nothing was altered from the original task order, just an expansion to give more details. iii. The city owns all of the plans and designs under the contract. iv. Davis motioned to approve the Apex contract, seconded by Bjornstad. MCU Roll Call: Artavia – Yes, Bjornstad – Yes, Davis – Yes. v. Davis motioned to approve the Task Order Agreement, seconded by Artavia. MCU Roll Call: Artavia – Yes, Bjornstad – Yes, Davis – Yes. c. Data Center Ordinance Moratorium. Attorney Rogneby presented a resolution that will freeze in place a pause in any development of data centers until the city’s zoning infrastructure can catch up. Motion to approve by Davis, seconded by Artavia. MCU Roll Call: Artavia – Yes, Bjornstad – Yes, Davis – Yes. d. Turkey Meadows Annexation – Petition and Ordinance. A signed petition from the landowner, a valid application with a legal description, and a resolution annexing the property into the city was presented to council. Motion to approve the resolution annexing Turkey Meadows into the City of Lincoln by Davis, seconded by Bjornstad. MCU e. Data Center Ordinance Moratorium. Attorney Rogneby presented a resolution that will freeze in place a pause in any development of data centers until the city’s zoning infrastructure can catch up. Motion to approve by Davis, seconded by Artavia. MC- Roll Call: Artavia – Yes, Bjornstad – Yes, Davis – Yes. f. Third Party Step and Grade update will be presented at the next meeting. g. The council discusses the inclusion of rodent control in the residential property standards and the potential need for an ordinance. Rodent Control will be removed from the agenda. h. The council discussed the policy for employees taking home city vehicles, including the need for a mileage radius and vacation time considerations. Concern was raised to the expense to the taxpayers, maintenance, gas, mileage, and vehicle replacement timelines. Further discussion at the next meeting. i. Residential property standards review. Consolidating feedback from all councilmembers to create a unified document for review. Councilmembers will continue discussion to review and amend the proposed ordinance to ensure clarity and consistency. 1. NEW BUSINESS a. Back the Blue Grant – Discussion for the distribution of grant funds among eligible officers. Motion to accept the grant by Bjornstad, seconded by Davis. MCU Roll Call: Artavia – Yes, Bjornstad – Yes, Davis – Yes. b. Lincoln Resolution for Burleigh County Emergency Management and the 2025 Burleigh County Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan. Motion to accept by Bjornstad, seconded by Artavia. MCU Roll Call: Artavia – Yes, Bjornstad – Yes, Davis – Yes. c. Engineer Report – reflected meetings attended, application reviews, and the Burleigh County Permit Valuation Report as of November 3, 2025. d. Attorney Report. The pension resolution continues under review. The attorney for the petition for exclusion of territory has changed to Scott Solem of Solem Law in Beulah. The requirements that have to be met before the petition is valid are that the land cannot be platted and the other is that the land is not receiving or adjacent to city services. If either are true, the law does not authorize exclusion. Mr. Solem is to investigate annexation component and Attorney Rogneby will investigate the city services component. 1. PORTFOLIO REPORTS a. Public Safety. Rural Fire Department did receive the new fire engine. b. Public Works. Per the Capital Electric contract, the city will have two light heads and poles on hand at all times. Council agreed to purchase one of the narrower light head and explore the possibility of buying more in the future. A quote was presented for purchasing the budgeted two new trucks through ND State Procurement Office. Motion to purchase by Bjornstad, seconded by Davis. MCU Roll Call: Artavia – Yes, Bjornstad – Yes, Davis – Yes. c. Administrative and Policy position review to continue. d. Lincoln Events Committee will take over the Santa event with participation from council. e. City office will be closed Tuesday, November 11 th in observation of Veterans Day. f. Auditor report. The three CDs come due on November 8 th and will be reinvested for another six months at 3.90% with APY at 3.94%. Motion to roll over the CDs by Artavia, seconded by Davis. MCU Roll Call: Artavia – Yes, Bjornstad – Yes, Davis – Yes. Checking account rate will hold at 2.00%. Flex fund dollars received for August, September and October total $77,347.97. Adjournment at 8:53 pm. Mayor Keli Berglund Auditor Tonya Wilson 11/28 - COL-ND-2604