08-10-22 OHPC Meeting MinutesOTSEGO HERITAGE PRESERVATION COMMISSION
OTSEGO PRAIRIE CENTER
AUGUST 10, 2022
7:00 PM
Call to Order.
This meeting was called to order at 7:02 PM.
Roll Call: Chair: Toni Seroshek; Commissioners: John Waldron and Kathleen Beaudry; City
Council: CM Brittany Moores. Commissioner Chris Wilson was absent.
2. Consider Agenda Approval:
Commissioner Beaudry to approve the agenda as written. Seconded by Commissioner
Waldron. All in favor. Motion carried. 3-0
3. Consider the following minutes:
3.1 July 12, 2022.
Commissioner Beaudry motioned to approve the minutes as written. Seconded by
Commissioner Waldron. All in favor. Motion carried. 3-0
4. Updates:
4.1 Updates on City Council actions.
City Council CM Brittany updated OHPC on City Council Action Items.
4.2 Updates on Heritage Preservation items.
5. Prairie Festival.
Reviewed items we want at our booth – 3 tables, 4 chairs, large canopy to fit our 10 banners,
our 2 - 2x4 tripods, one more tripod; large framed sign of historic Otsego properties, photos of
round barn, one board of newspaper clippings; plastic box of supplies including Tootsie Pops.
We are hoping for a location near the car show. Spencer’s will show two tractors and
Doodlebug.
6. Otsego View Article.
Human Resources/Assistant City Administrator Sabrina Hille will use old article. Commissioners
Waldron and Wilson took new photos of round barn and got more history. We will try to get
that written for a formal poster and/or View article.
7. Future meetings/Schedule.
We discussed changing our meeting schedule to quarterly.
Motion was made by Commissioner Beaudry and seconded by Commissioner Waldron and
passed 3-0.
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Our next meeting will be in September, followed by December, March, and June. We can revisit
this if needed. We are also hoping that less frequent meetings might attract new HPC members
like Kevin Lefebvre.
SHPO conference in Duluth is September 14-16 and we are required to attend to maintain our
Certified Local Government status. Commissioner Seroshek will attend on Thursday,
September 15 only and do a day trip to Duluth. CM Moores will find out about reimbursement
for tuition and mileage from the city; the SHPO scholarships are only available if attending both
Thursday and Friday.
In the future, we need to revisit our CLG status, if it is of value to us to maintain or not. We will
need to learn more about the program. We will also consult with Dan Licht with this.
8. Adjourn.
Commissioner Beaudry motioned to adjourn. Seconded by Commissioner Waldron. All in
favor. Motion carried. 3-0
Adjourned at 7:36 PM.
Minutes taken/written by Commissioner Seroshek.