City Council, September 14, 2026
Votes on Monticello Tech DCPUD data center application status update
What happened
The Monticello City Council took no zoning votes on the pending Monticello Tech hyperscale data center, but staff confirmed the DCPUD application (preliminary plat, rezoning of 11.2 acres near Highway 25 and 85th Street to IBC, and conditional use permit) is on the October 6 Plan…
- Jurisdiction
- Monticello, MN
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- September 14, 2026
- Decisions
- 2 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Voted
Free sample: decision 1 of 2
Authorization to advertise for bids for new public works facility
Council authorized advertisement for bids for the new public works facility on 18.42 acres of a 70-acre site along School Boulevard across from the bowling alley. Construction cost estimate ~$29 million, owner costs $1.4 million, design fees ~$1.5 million, total estimated project cost just under...
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Meeting Summary
The Monticello City Council took no zoning votes on the pending Monticello Tech hyperscale data center, but staff confirmed the DCPUD application (preliminary plat, rezoning of 11.2 acres near Highway 25 and 85th Street to IBC, and conditional use permit) is on the October 6 Plan…
Key Decisions (2)
Authorization to advertise for bids for new public works facility
Monticello Tech DCPUD data center application status update
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Zoning Changes (1)
Development Activity (3)
Monticello Tech hyperscale data center campus
Industrial
New Monticello Public Works Facility
Infrastructure
Fallon Avenue road widening and utility project
Infrastructure
Market Signals (5)
Infrastructure
Monticello is financing a new water treatment plant with an…
Infrastructure
Fallon Avenue preliminary engineering for road widening and trunk sewer/water…
Commercial Demand
A proposed 547-acre, 3 million sq ft hyperscale data center…
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Who spoke
15 distinct speakers; 5 identified names.
All speaker roles: 3 Councilmember, 5 Staff, 1 Witness, 5 Public, 1 Mayor.
Identified name roles: 1 Staff, 2 Councilmember, 1 Witness, 1 Mayor.
Speaker sample: Elizabeth Wafel, Witness.
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Zoning terms (16)
38 recorded timestamps
- motion to approve (3 timestamps)
- annexation (3 timestamps)
- land use (2 timestamps)
- zoning (5 timestamps)
- adu (1 timestamps)
- commercial (3 timestamps)
Decision moments (2)
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