1. Amending the 2025 spending and financing budgets in the Department of Public Works Traffic Signals and Street Lighting Maintenance Accounting Units to fund the purchase of two new wire trailers.
CONSENT AGENDA
Items listed under the Consent Agenda will be enacted by one motion with no separate discussion. If discussion on an item is desired, the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda for separate consideration.
Approval of the Consent Agenda
3. Establishing the rate of pay for Data Practices Specialist, in EG 02, AFSCME Technical, Grade 039.
5. Approving the City’s cost of providing Rubbish and Garbage Clean Up services during April 15 to May 14, 2025, and setting date of Legislative Hearing for July 22, 2025 and City Council public hearing for September 3, 2025 to consider and levy the assessments against individual properties. (File No. J2524R, Assessment No. 258563)
6. Approving the City’s cost of providing Miscellaneous Abatement services during February to May 2025, and setting date of Legislative Hearing for July 22, 2025 and City Council public hearing for September 3, 2025 to consider and levy the assessments against individual properties. (File No. J2502A, Assessment No. 258564)
7. Approving a Liquor On Sale- 100 Seats Or Less, Liquor On Sale - Sunday, and Entertainment (B) New Location license to STARCADE LLC d/b/a Starcade (License ID 20240001843) for the premises located at 928 7th St W.
8. Authorizing the Department of Public Works to enter into a grant agreement with the Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed District for the enhanced street sweeping stewardship grant to perform additional street sweeping within the Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed District boundaries.
10. Authorizing the Office of Neighborhood Safety (“ONS”) to apply for grant funding from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Office of Justice Programs’ 2026-2027 Community Crime Intervention and Prevention Grant.
Passed 7-0-0 Adopted
11. Authorizing the Fire Department to apply for the 2024 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant in the amount of $4,820,054.40 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to hire 12 additional firefighters.
Passed 7-0-0 Adopted
12. Authorizing the Fire Department to apply for the 2024 Fire Prevention and Safety Grant in the amount of $100,000 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to purchase supplies for the community risk reduction program Project Safe Haven.
Passed 7-0-0 Adopted
13. Recognizing Immigrant Heritage Month, World Refugee Day, and Caribbean American Heritage Month.
Passed 7-0-0 Adopted
FOR DISCUSSION
2. Directing the City Clerk to notify the County Auditor to place a referendum of Ordinance Ord 25-2 on the November 4, 2025, ballot and approving the title and language for that ballot question.
Honoring Community Partners and Recognizing National Gun Violence Awareness Month.
Passed 7-0-0 Adopted
Recognizing the successes of the Hmong International Freedom Festival held by The United Hmong Family, Inc.
Passed 7-0-0 Adopted
ORDINANCES
An ordinance is a city law enacted by the City Council. It is read at three separate council meetings and becomes effective after passage by the Council and 30 days after publication in the Saint Paul Pioneer Press. Public hearings on ordinances are generally held at the second reading.
Final Adoption
15. Amending the Appendix to Chapter 409 of the Legislative Code pursuant to Section 17.07.1 of the Charter, and Section 409.20 of the Legislative Code to create an additional Commercial Development District at 1624/1626 White Bear Avenue North.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
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17. Authorizing Public Works to collect fees from RDUs for garbage services to support the costs of operations and disposal and setting the 2025 late fee for delinquent garbage bills.
Passed 7-0-0 Laid Over to Final Adoption
18. Approving the application of St. Paul Saints Baseball Club for a sound level variance in order to present amplified sound for the Rock the Fourth event on July 4, 2025 at 360 Broadway St - CHS Field.
19. Approving the application of Rondo Avenue Inc. for a sound level variance in order to present amplified sound on Saturday, July 19, 2025 at 271 Mackubin St - Martin Luther King Recreation Center.
20. Approving the application of El Burrito Mercado for a sound level variance in order to present amplified sound on Tuesdays, July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, August 5, 12, 19, and 26, 2025 at 175 Caesar Chavez St - El Burrito Mercado patio.
21. Approving the application of Marcela Vega for the Chicano Fest event sound level variance in order to present amplified sound on July 12, 2025 at 235 Marshall Ave - Parking Lot.
25. Amending Council File RLH AR 25-34 to ratify the assessment for Collection of Vacant Building Registration fees billed during March 11 to October 17, 2024 at 1003 ARCADE STREET. (File No. VB2508, Assessment No. 258807)
LEGISLATIVE HEARING CONSENT AGENDA
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Approval of the Consent Agenda
22. Appeal of Carlos Block to a Summary Abatement Order at 2125 AMES AVENUE.
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