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$10,000,000 in State bonding. He said Staff is looking for Council’s direction on proceeding forward with the bonding process and proceeding to authorize the bid. Acting Mayor Riley asked Council if after hearing that building costs will likely not be coming down any time soon if they wanted to give approval to move things forward. Councilmember Specht asked if there was a percentage increase that has been calculated for the water cost. Finance Director Lund stated this was part of the rates discussion and it was a 10% increase for the water and sewer rates since those are the funding source. She mentioned this is also based on the 15 year bond rate. Councilmember Heineman said he appreciates all the information around this project. He feels comfortable with moving forward to bid the project. He mentioned if aesthetics will add to the cost of the project that he would rather see the cost lower and the building with less aesthetics. Acting Mayor Riley asked if the consensus was to get the ball rolling on this project. He added that Mayor Kuzma is not here tonight but is in favor of moving forward with this project. Councilmember Musgrove asked if any direction was needed on the ask for bonding from the State or if this is something that would be brought back to Council at a later date. City Administrator Hagen said the discussion with the State will start early January so these discussions will happen late November early December. Councilmember Woestehoff asked if some language including tax exemption for the construction project can be added for the State and could save a few million dollars. Acting Mayor Riley expanded on this and said this would be to ask that the construction project be sales tax exempt. He gave direction to get the ball rolling. 7.02: Adopt Ordinance #22-25 Pertaining to Mobile Food Units City Administrator Hagen reviewed the staff report and discussion from the last Council meeting when this ordinance was introduced. He said Staff is happy to answer any questions and recommended adoption of the ordinance. Acting Mayor Riley asked if there was any additional discussion or if Council was comfortable making a motion to adopt the ordinance. Councilmember Howell shared she noticed a lot of food trucks having flags inserted into the ground and asked if the food truck owners will still be able to do that with this ordinance. City Administrator Hagen stated he believes this ordinance does limit them just to a sign. He said that being more open and allowing these flags are possible. City Council / October 25, 2022 Page 8 of 14