Meeting record · Richfield, Minnesota
City Council — Tuesday, August 12, 2025
7 items on the record
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Items on the record
Item 4ApprovedPassed 5-0
Approval of July 22, 2025 Meeting Minutes
The Council approved the minutes of the July 22, 2025 City Council Work Session and the July 22, 2025 City Council Regular Meeting, formally recording those proceedings.
Item 7.AApprovedPassed 5-0
Approval of Disbursements and Claims
The Council approved $3,554,842.87 in city disbursements as part of the consent calendar, including $2,173,806.65 in accounts payable checks issued between July 19 and August 7, 2025, and $1,381,036.22 in payroll for August 1, 2025, which included August health insurance premiums.
Item 7.BApprovedPassed 5-0
First Reading: Ordinance Amending City Code Section 601 – Multi-Family Recycling Requirements
The Council approved the first reading of an ordinance amending Section 601 of the Richfield City Code to add new definitions and require multifamily residential buildings (four or more units) to provide weekly recycling capacity of at least 0.09 cubic yards per unit (one cubic yard per 11 units), aligning city code with Hennepin County Ordinance 13. A second reading and public hearing is scheduled for August 26, 2025.
Item 7.CApprovedPassed 5-0
Resolution Supporting Livable Communities Demonstration Account Grant Application for Small Business Center at 6440 Nicollet Avenue South
The Council adopted Resolution No. 12331 supporting a $300,000 Metropolitan Council Livable Communities Demonstration Account grant application for Herspace, LLC to acquire and rehabilitate 6440 Nicollet Avenue South—the former home of Richfield Medical Group, which is relocating to the Hub—into a small business center/coworking space franchised through The Coven. The city would serve as grant applicant and fund administrator.
Item 7.DApprovedPassed 5-0
Design and Engineering Agreement for Veterans Memorial Park Improvements
The Council approved an agreement with Udris Burgess Architecture and Design, Inc. to provide professional design and engineering services for planned improvements to Veterans Memorial Park.
Item 11.AApprovedPassed 5-0
Resolution Amending City Manager Katie Rodriguez's Employment Agreement
Following a performance evaluation covering June 2024 through July 2025, conducted at meetings on July 8 and July 22, 2025, the Council adopted Resolution No. 12332, the Third Amendment to the Employment Agreement with City Manager Katie Rodriguez, reflecting a salary adjustment based on her performance review.
Item history
- Jun 25, 2024 · City Council
- Aug 12, 2025 · City Council · This item
- Jun 23, 2026 · City Council · Under Review
Item 14.AOutcome pendingrecorded in the approved minutes — tally not yet extracted here
Review and Update of City Council Rules of Procedure and Decorum
The Council discussed proposed updates to its Rules of Procedure and Decorum, including adding a monthly Liaison Reports item, easing restrictions on discussion when appealing the presiding officer's ruling, allowing the Mayor to vary agenda order with Council input, increasing the Open Forum comment limit from 15 to 30 minutes (extendable by majority vote), and limiting public hearing speakers to 3 minutes (extendable by majority vote). No formal vote was taken on the revised rules at this meeting.
Official documents
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