City of Mapleton Minutes – Regular Council Meeting February 11, 2026 The regular meeting of the city council was held February 11th, 2026 at 5:30 pm. Roll call was taken with the following members present, Mayor Brent Streck, Abby Koenigs, Joe Hogan, Jacob Zawodny, and Alan Nielsen. Travis Kaufman was absent. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. Attorney Mike Schmiedt from Crary Huff was also present. Motion by Jacob Zawodny, second by Joe Hogan to approve the minutes from the previous meeting. Ayes: All. Motion carried. Motion by Abby Koenigs, second by Jacob Zawodny to approve the agenda. Ayes: All. Motion carried. Anni Paulsen from Fisher Whiting Library was present to ask for a 5% increase in the city contribution instead of the previously agreed upon 2% for the next fiscal year. The amount would be $3000. She was told that the city would look into where and if the city could fit that into the budget. Heather McNamera was not present and Alan did not have an update. Marshall’s report consisted of the removal of 14 trees, with Wolf Tree Service quoting $1200 each for topping 2 big maple trees on 8th Street. The city crew hauled them away. One of the property owners paid the $1200 for the tree in his parking. The stumps have been grubbed as they go and dirt brought in to fill holes. City Hall had a water leak that was fixed on Wednesday. Feld Fire had not inspected the fire extinguishers in the city buildings or vehicles for 3-4 years. They had lost the records for Mapleton due to employee turnover. Feld Fire was asked to return to yearly inspections. The city has 30-40 extinguishers in total. Alex Ehlers gave the police report from January 14th to February 10th. Kalvin started giving warnings for parking on non-hard surfaces, handing out 27 notices. The officers have been enforcing the no parking on the north side of the school on Monona Street. The new police truck will go get outfitted at the end of the month. Brent Streck had a meeting on Monday evening with Mr. Thelander, Alex Ehlers, and Alex Boyle. Parking and traffic control around the school was discussed. Ideas that were brought back to the council were to repaint the cross walks across the north end of 6th Street and the north end of 7th Street. The stop signs and children crossing signs on those corners will be moved to be more visible, however this will take 2 parking spots on each side of the school. No parking will continue on Monona Street between 6th and 7th Streets with some curbs being painted red and the spaces on the north east side of Monona Street will be bus drop off parking only. White lines will be repainted on the west side of 6th Street. On 7th Street 10-15 spots along the north end will be marked as children pick up/drop off only. White lines will also be painted across the bus loading area linking the sidewalks and should be the only place that children cross in the bus area. Brent will report back to the school. Motion by Abby Koenigs, second by Joe Hogan to approve these changes. Ayes: All. Motion carried. It is time to advertise for summer mowing help. Marshall would like two employees for 40 hours a week and one for 20-25. Pay will again be $15 per hour. Motion by Joe Hogan, second by Jacob Zawodny to approve advertising. Ayes: All. Motion carried. Cemetery mowing is also to be advertised. The city is looking for sealed bids for April-October, mowing at least once a week, unless told otherwise by Marshall, and trimming at least every other week. No side discharge mowers are preferred. Motion by Jacob Zawodny, second by Abby Koenigs to approve advertising for cemetery mowing bids. Ayes: All. Motion carried. Jack Seuntjens presented an offer from a potential buyer to buy two of the new lots on Tower Street for $55,000. The buyer wanted lots 2 and 3. Lot 2’s sale price is listed as $35,000 and lot 3’s price is $45,000. The house would be 2500-3000 sq ft. The council did not agree to this. The old airport fuel tanks were sold for $1000. Zac Schrader is advertising the pump and containment system for the city but has had no offers. The Elementary School wants to rent the pool for an end of the year party. They have done this for the last few years. The School Foundation’s grant will pay up to $500 for lifeguard expenses. The day it is to be held has not been chosen yet, but will be somewhere between May 18th and May 21st. Motion by Joe Hogan, second by Jacob Zawodny to approve the rental of the pool for a school party. Ayes: All. Motion carried. Toni Elmquist has offered to sell the small half lot next to the lot on 3rd Street that the city has acquired. He is asking $3000.00. This will make a full lot and make it more desirable. Motion by Joe Hogan, second by Abby Koenigs to approve Mike Schiedmt to draw up a purchase agreement for the parcel. Letters for nuisances were decided upon. A shared resource officer/police officer between the school and the city was discussed. There is a grant for $125,000 over 3 years to help fund this. The officer would be used in the school during the school year and around town in the summer. If there would be an emergency in town, the officer could leave the school to respond if/when needed. Next school year this position is hoped to be filled. Motion by Jacob Zawodney, second by Abby Koenigs to approve the start of the process of the 28E agreement. Ayes: All. Motion carried. Event center donation forms are complete. Alan wants to know what happens to the donations if the event center would not get built. Mike is checking into if the funds should be returned to the donors or if the money would have to roll to another project. Motion by Joe Hogan, second by Abby Koenigs to move forward with fundraising for the event center. Ayes: All. Motion carried. Motion by Joe Hogan, second by Alan Nielsen to approve paying the bills. Ayes: All. Motion carried. Motion by Joe Hogan, second by Jacob Zawodny to adjourn the meeting. Ayes: All. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned 7:20 pm. Brent Streck, Mayor Attest: Karen Koenigs, City Clerk MP2-19-26
