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The first meeting following election day for Wyoming City Council was just about a half-hour long.  Staff and council expressed appreciation for the approximately 50 election judges who served this cycle and no issues were confronted during the day.  The top two vote-getters will be seated in January, they are Jodi Witte and Andrew Perry, with 1,563 and 1,438 votes respectively. Incumbent Dennis Schilling got 1,410 and challenger Jessica Bergan with 1,326 votes were knocked out.

Police Chief and Public Safety Director Neil Bauer also reported that a complaint expressed from a citizen about traffic related to Wyoming Elementary School is being evaluated. An officer is observing the area around Forest Boulevard Trail and will report back.

The city and watershed district were authorized unanimously to enter into an agreement calling for the watershed district to enhance and restore wetland function in the East Comfort Lake Drive pond.  Once the work is done the city will accept the site into its MS4 stormwater system.

A question about the council information packet about claims (bills) that have been paid solicited a small discussion about fraud. Cities have recently been restricting availability of public access to the payments and vendors the city uses, due to phony bills being generated. The League of MN Cities has an advisory recommending maintaining the claims list in city offices so the bills  can be seen by taxpayers if requested.

The council will meet in a work session format Tuesday Nov 17 at 5:30 p.m. to go over financial updates and work on finalizing the 2027 levy and budget which gets adopted in December.

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