# September 28, 2026 City Council Meeting

The September 28, 2026, Saint Peter City Council meeting approved several purchasing and infrastructure items. On the consent agenda, the council unanimously approved a tree purchase from Shidles Nursery Inc. (price not stated in the transcript). It also unanimously accepted the completed Highway 169 sanitary sewer-lining project and authorized final payment to the contractor, identified in the transcript as “Insichu Form”; the amount appears to be $178,069.31, though the transcript’s number formatting is unclear. The project was reported as within budget, with an 80/20 grant funding arrangement and about $8,400 in staff savings. The council also accepted a donation from the St. Peter Baseball Association for turf improvements at Veterans Field No. 1 and approved a lease with the Minnesota Department of Transportation for the city-owned former truck-station site while MnDOT continues using it until its new station is complete.

The council unanimously authorized soliciting bids for hail repairs to city buildings, divided into four packages. The work is expected to be covered by LMCIT after the city met its aggregate deductible; RW Carlstrom was engaged as construction manager, and the bid schedule is intended to allow participation by smaller local contractors. In reports, staff noted a state historic-preservation grant of slightly more than $20,000 for a consultant to develop standards for the historic downtown. A separate public hearing concerning a roughly half-million-dollar Park View Manor grant was held to address a required conflict-of-interest comment opportunity; no public comments were made. No grant or procurement vote related to that hearing was described.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Construction & Infrastructure
**Topics:** Physical Infrastructure, Grants & Funding
**Published:** September 28, 2026

### Sources
- [September 28, 2026 City Council Meeting](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BNSoSXjBKE) - City of Saint Peter, Minnesota