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Minutes <br />City Council Regular Meeting <br />Monday, September 22, 2025, 6:00 PM <br />City Council Chambers 2780 Kelley Parkway, Orono, MN 55356 <br />Mayor Tunheim opened the public hearing at 6:20 p.m. <br />Jay Nygard, 1386 Rest Point Road, made a suggestion, neither for nor against. <br />Mayor Tunheim closed the public hearing at 6:21 p.m. <br />Benson moved, Ricks seconded, to approve the alcohol sales license. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. <br />11. City Code Update — Tobacco Sales — Ordinance 316 <br />Tunheim introduced the item as a City code amendment regarding tobacco sales that would prohibit retail <br />sampling of tobacco products. <br />Mayor Tunheim opened the public hearing at 6:22 p.m. <br />Simon Forbes, 2417 Woodbridge, spoke in favor of the amendment. <br />Molly Schmidtke, Association for Nonsmokers Minnesota, spoke in favor of the amendment. <br />Tunheim mentioned three letters received in support of the amendment change. <br />Mayor Tunheim closed the public hearing at 6:29 p.m. <br />Ricks moved, Benson seconded, to adopt the amendment to Ordinance 316. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. <br />Schwingler moved, Benson seconded, to approve publication of a summary of the Council action. <br />VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 0. <br />PUBLIC COMMENTS <br />Jay Nygard, 1386 Rest Point Road, provided comments. <br />2. Claims/Bills <br />Ricks asked about an item on the Bills for a $9,754 change order that she assumed goes with <br />Item 6. <br />Interim Fire Chief Chwialkowski explained he became aware that the cost for changes made in <br />June 2024 was still due and had to be paid before the truck could be delivered. He said some <br />changes were cosmetic, but others were serious safety changes. <br />Benson asked about a logo change item for $2,000, as it has been requested that these changes go <br />through Council. <br />Page 2 of 5 <br />