By Norma Ditmann Fulda City Council received an update on the CSAH 2 Project from Bollig Project Engineer Jordan Odegard. He stated that the current water main and sanitary sewer near the assisted living building runs under the parking lot. For ease of maintenance and access, Bollig wants to install the systems in 7th Street NE instead of it being replaced in the current location. Odegard also said that there are unknown sanitary sewer service locations due to lack of previously being televised, and that those lines will need further investigation as the proposed sanitary will be installed in a different location rather than the existing one. More work will be done to gather the information that is still needed prior to the start of the improvements.
The Minnesota Department of Health will be contacting Fulda City Hall through email to provide documents and fliers that will need to be sent to the homeowners involved in the project.
According to Odegard, the contractor is still planning to begin the project this fall.
For informational purposes, Odegard also reviewed the proposed city hall and fire hall improvements with the council. The cost summary presented was for informational purposes for budgeting and decision making purposes.
A lengthy discussion ensued regarding the cost of the improvements, the previous discussions that have taken place regarding what is needed for the fire department and for city hall space, the length of time that it has been taking to make decisions regarding the proposed project(s), and how the projects could be financially feasible at this time.
As the discussion continued with no resolutions, Mayor Jim Brown asked that all involved come to an agreement to put more investigation into all possibilities that would be beneficial to the additions to city hall, to the fire department, and still be acceptable to Fulda residents.
Further discussion was tabled until further investigative work is completed.
City Clerk Julie Burchill informed the council that members of the House of Respresentative will be at Fulda City Hall on Wednesday, October 22nd, about 1 p.m. until 1:20 p.m. for a meeting regarding infrastructure funding.
A motion was made and passed to NOT waive the Liability Coverage through the Minnesota League of Cities.
An amendment will be made to the City Equipment Use Policy that states that 2 or more fire fighters, where 1 is NOT the property owner, will be present at controlled burns.
City employee Jesse Rucktaeschel asked for input from the council regarding equipment that is needed, including a skid loader, and the jetter and pump. Rucktaeschel was instructed to ask for more pricing options and to look deeper into the replacement/ repair of the equipment.
Fulda’s Police Chief Lexy Gass stated that Jazmine Vega began her duties as a Fulda police officer on Monday, October 6th.
Approved was a request by the Fulda Fire Department to donate used turn out gear to Ukraine. The gear will be taken by the fire department to Isanti, MN, which is the collection point. Also approved was a request asking that a couple of current fire fighters retain their old gear for sentimental purposes.
A proposed contract with local assessor, Erik A. Skoquest, for $9,800.00 was approved.
A land split between properties in Blocks 18 and 19, in the Spalding’s Addition, (LaVonnne Baerenwald and Julie Blau) was approved by the council.
Building permits were approved for Nick Feit for a new concrete driveway, and for Tyler Paplow to build a shed on an existing concrete slab.
Fulda City Council will meet in their regular session on November 3, 2025, 5 p.m. at city hall.
