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The Council adopted the consent agenda with multiple approvals including an entertainment license for The Commodore, several grant acceptances and donations, professional services contracts, wage/fringe memoranda of agreement (several unions), and capital budget amendments for public works and parks. The Council also authorized financing for lead pipe replacement, addressed nuisance/boarding assessments and property rehabilitation/raze actions, and referred one property order to a future legislative hearing.
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- Consent Agenda adopted as amended, with unanimous 7-0 votes on listed items.
- Approved Class B Entertainment license and modified conditions for The University Club of St Paul (d/b/a The Commodore).
- Laid over MOA items regarding Saint Paul Police Federation eligibility list length and wage/fringe adjustments for Bricklayers and Painters to May 27, 2026.
- Adopted multiple wage and fringe MOAs for 2026 with unions including Operative Plasterers & Cement Masons Local No. 633, United Association of Plumbers Local 34, North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters, and International Association of Sheet Metal Local 10.
- Authorized professional services contracts with Poul Haas P.A. and Primacy Strategy Group.
- Accepted grants and donations including an Active Transportation grant for the West Side Safe Routes to School Project, a $1,000 donation to parks youth programming, gifts to the Fire Department (power load stretchers and green roof maintenance), and $100,000 from the Minnesota Twins for youth baseball/softball.
- Authorized application for $50,000 from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Local Climate Action Implementation Grant for energy efficiency upgrades at the Solid Waste & Recycling Facility.
- Authorized issuance and awarding of two Taxable Grant Anticipation Notes for lead pipe replacement financing.
- Adopted capital budget amendments and funding actions for public works projects including Wheelock Grotto Phase II, Local Road Improvement pedestrian projects, transfer of Municipal State Aid into projects, and the 2026 Sidewalk Reconstruction Program.
- Adopted an order to rehabilitate or raze structures at 633 Capitol Boulevard and referred enforcement to the October 27, 2026 legislative hearing.
- Ratified assessments for demolition, securing/emergency boarding, and deleted one rubbish/garbage clean-up assessment at 872 Rondo Avenue.
- Imposed restitution of $21,658 on Class 'A' Valet, Inc. for violations of Saint Paul Legislative Code, Chapter 224.
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