City Council Meeting Date: October 21, 2025
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Ben Martig, City Administrator
Subject:
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Consider Adopting Schedule for 2026 Board and Commission Meetings.
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Action Requested:
The Northfield City Council is being asked to approve the attached Resolution adopting the 2026 schedule for City of Northfield boards and commissions.
Summary Report:
City Code establishes that board and commission meetings "shall be held at a fixed time, on a fixed date and in a fixed place as shall be determined by the council (Sec. 2-287)." In 2022 the City approved a monthly calendar that established a day of the month that every board/ commission would meet, with minor adjustments made throughout the year. In addition, the start time for most meetings moved to 6:00PM and the meeting location for most meetings moved to the City Hall Council Chambers. Starting in 2025, the City Council began approving the meeting schedules for most City boards and commissions, with exceptions noted below.
Attached is the meeting calendar agreed upon in 2022 with slight updates for 2026 (attachment #3). Those changes include:
* Removal of the Park and Recreation Advisory Board (PRAB) which was disbanded. There will continue to be expanded outreach related to capital improvements within parks to receive both neighborhood and broader community perspectives.
* Removal of Arts and Culture Commission (ACC) which was disbanded. There will continue to be community engagement integrated with the Public Arts Policy. Additionally, there has been new partnerships with the Northfield Arts Guild that brings both administrative support and broader arts representation to the public art processes.
* Removal of the Youth Substance Prevention Alliance Task Force (previously the Northfield Alliance for Substance Abuse Prevention) which was moved from a board to a task force. Their schedule will now be less formal and will not req...
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