The Crookston City Council met on Monday evening. After the Call to Order, Roll Call, and a quiet Crookston Forum, a few presentations took place.
CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION FOR CHARLES “CORKY” REYNOLDS – Former City Administrator was on hand to receive a plaque in thanks for his time and service to the City of Crookston.
COALITION OF GREATER MINNESOTA CITIES WITH MARTY SEIFERT
Seifert gave a presentation on the 2024 Session Report. He shared with the council some of the highs, lows, and drama of the 2024 legislative session.
The agenda for the meeting was approved, and the Council moved on to the Consent Agenda. All items on the Consent Agenda were approved, but one was pulled for discussion later in the meeting. The items approved were the Special City Council Minutes from July 22, the City Council Minutes from July 22, a donation to Karn Field in memory of Rodger Coauette, and four resolutions related to the OxCart Days festivities.
The Regular Agenda had two items. The first item was the approval of Crookston Recreation Policy changes. Jake Solberg, Director of Parks and Recreations, was on hand to explain. “Just basic general policies on cancellations, scheduling and our philosophies on our youth sports and just a different variety of things that I want to bring forward so it’s a little bit easier when registration time hits,” said Solberg. Instead of approving the Crookston Recreation Policy, Council Member Jerde asked if Parks and Recreation could work up a policy related to heat for outdoor activities first. “Councilwoman Jerde would like me to update like a hot weather policy, you know, in the summertime if it gets up to a certain degree, what are the procedure for that, where would we go, would we cancel, and things like that,” says Solberg. Solberg said he would get these policies updated and bring them to the Park Board meeting on Monday, August 19.
The second Regular Agenda item was to approve the contract for security software with Splunk Enterprises. Approving this contract would bring the City of Crookston Compliant with the BCA, which is already used in 20-30 cities in Minnesota. Zach Governale, City of Crookston Systems Administrator, explains what this software will do for the City. “It’s going to look at all of our infrastructure, all of our IT systems across the city and take those logs and anything that needs to be reviewed; if it’s maybe fishy or if it is something that’s bad, it will notify right away,” said Governale. The cost being roughly $13,900 per year for Splunks service seems to be money well spent. “In the event that we would have somebody get into our VPN, we would be notified right away; it would be something I could shut off any connections to and figure out how and then patch and prevent it from happening in the future,” said Governale. Governale added that the City just did a $400,000 network upgrade so trying to protect is very important. The Council unanimously approved the contract.
Consent Agenda item 6.03 was moved to the Regular agenda for discussion. This item was to approve the City of Crookston Bills and Disbursements for $1,096,926.23. Council Member At Large Tim Menard wanted some clarification on a few disbursements that were part of the item. Discussion was opened and resolved, and Consent Agenda item 6.03 was approved.
The Council opened up for Reports and Recommendations
-Boat Launches in Crookston need some attention/upkeep
–Pickle Ball Courts are aging. Park and Recreation painted them on Monday.
-The annual Pancake Breakfast at the Crookston Fire Department on Friday morning
-Reminder of the Planning Commission Meeting next Tuesday, August 20.
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