In the CITY OF HAMBURG's ONGOING, HARASSING and CONCENTRATED EFFORTS
to FORCE A FAMILY OWNED, TAXPAYING COMPANY "OUT OF BUSINESS", the CITY OF HAMBURG has sent the family AT LEAST FOUR DEMEANING LETTERS; all SIMILAR in nature. (The CITY OF HAMBURG even went so far as to have the CARVER COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE deliver one of the City's many letters !!) MORE HARASSMENT !!
While in their HARASSING LETTERS that the CITY OF HAMBURG has sent, they set arbitrary 'deadlines' for the aggrieved family to 'comply' with the various directives given them by the CITY OF HAMBURG, the CITY OF HAMBURG via its Agent, BOLTON-MENK; is WITHHOLDING, and REFUSES TO PROVIDE; CRITICAL, SPECIFIC, RELEVANT DOCUMENTS & PUBLIC INFORMATION that (the CITY KNOWS) will PROVE BENEFICIAL to the Trebesch family !!
Would YOU trust HAMBURG MAYOR CHRIS LUND and HAMBURG CITY CLERK/ TREASURER JEREMY GRUENHAGEN to 'ACT FAIRLY' after your learning that BOTH HAMBURG MAYOR CHRIS LUND and HAMBURG CITYCLERK/TREASURER JEREMY GRUENHAGEN, 'CONSPIRED' IN AN EFFORT
to 'COVER-UP' the CRIMINAL ACTIONS AGAINST PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY and COMMITTED BY A CHILD OF HAMBURG MAYOR CHRIS LUND ??
Would YOU simply 'take the word' of 'SHADY' and CORRUPT HAMBURG CITY OFFICIALS
who have ALREADY PROVEN THEMSELVES to be DISHONEST, REFUSE TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTS & INFORMATION that would 'BENEFIT' YOU, and who TOOK NO ACTION WHEN THEY LEARNED OF SINISTER ACTS OF 'COLLUSSION' BETWEEN HAMBURG MAYOR and HAMBURG CITY CLERK/TREASURER JEREMY GRUENHAGEN to 'COVER-UP' the CRIMINAL ACTIONS AGAINST PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY COMMITTED BY A CHILD OF
HAMBURG MAYOR CHRIS LUND ??
I think not !!
Here's the MINNESOTA CRIMINAL STATUTE that CLEARLY DESCRIBES the MANY CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS of MINNESOTA LAW that ALL of the PUBLIC OFFICIALS of the
CITY OF HAMBURG, have COMMITTED:
NO OTHER REASONABLE PERSONS would acquiesce to the HARASSING and OUTRAGEOUS DEMANDS of the CITY OF HAMBURG; the aggrieved family shouldn't be expected to, either !!
In listening to audio of the last several HAMBURG CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, I learned that the CITY OF HAMBURG has retained the services of Chaska based BOLTON-MENK.
According to their Website, BOLTON-MENK boasts being a multi-state company with a staff of over 1,000 experienced consultant engineers and planners who customize various services for each community that retains their services.
I listened intently to the 'presentation' by the BOLTON-MENK 'planner', CORRIN BEMIS; who the CITY OF HAMBURG has 'retained'. Just LISTENING to her instilled 'confidence' in me that, unlike HAMBURG CITY OFFICIALS; she was a 'straight-shooter' and someone I felt I could trust
to provide me with accurate, truthful and 'unbiased' PUBLIC INFORMATION in a timely fashion.
On February 6th, I sent a request to her for pertinent information that the CITY OF HAMBURG
is INTENTIONALLY 'DISTORTING'; AGAINST THE TREBESCH FAMILY in the CITY'S FAVOR !!
But before sending that letter, I felt compelled to send her ANOTHER letter; this one, a 'LETTER OF APOLOGY' (see below); for the VULGAR DEPORTMENT of HAMBURG CITY COUNCILMEMBER ERIC POPPLER, who chose to PUBLICLY 'DROP THE F-BOMB' during the HAMBURG CITY COUNCIL Meeting !!
Lovely.
In total, I sent my request to the BOLTON-MENK 'planner' TWICE (see below), but she NEVER RESPONDED to EITHER of my requests !!
Her FAILURE TO RESPOND TO MY TWO REQUESTS for PUBLIC INFORMATION, caused me to write a letter to the VICE PRESIDENT of BOLTON-MENK on February 21st (see below); seeking his assistance of my TWO REQUESTS for PUBLIC INFORMATION made previously.
When I RECEIVED NO RESPONSE from the VICE PRESIDENT of BOLTON-MENK, I began to question the 'integrity' of the company !!
A SECOND LETTER (see below) to the VICE PRESIDENT of BOLTON-MENK also went
UNANSWERED; causing me to wonder how this company can 'STAY IN BUSINESS' if they can't even provide BASIC, PUBLIC INFORMATION requested (FOUR TIMES) by a resident of a City that is PAYING THEIR COMPANY FOR THEIR SERVICES !!
Yet, the CITY OF HAMBURG expects the Trebesch family; that they have been HARASSING for about a YEAR, to 'JUMP THROUGH ALL OF THEIR HOOPS' and make 'UNREASONABLE DEMANDS' upon the Trebesch family; while REFUSING TO PROVIDE the Trebesch family with BASIC but CRITICAL, SPECIFIC, RELEVANT DOCUMENTS & PUBLIC INFORMATION,
GERMAIN TO THEIR CAUSE !!
Copies of my (FIVE) letters sent to BOLTON-MENK that WERE NEVER ANSWERED, and the REQUESTED INFORMATION NEVER RECEIVED, appear below.
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CITY OF HAMBURG GUILTY OF SPOLIATION !!
CITY CONTINUES THEIR UNRELENTING & INTENTIONAL HARASSMENT OF FAMILY BY
REFUSING TO PROVIDE REQUESTED DOCUMENTS
& EVIDENCE BENEFICIAL TO THE TREBESCHES !!
PLEASE NOTE: Visitors To My Many Websites May Have Noticed That There Is An 'Issue' With The Audio Associated With Every
Webpage Of Each Website. Simply Put, The Audio On Each Webpage Is SUPPOSED To Begin Playing When The
Re-Open The Webpage To Automatically Hear The Audio Imbedded In The Webpage !!
Or, Just Use The FIREFOX Browser.
Why Would ANY Hamburg Resident, Or ANYONE Else For That Matter; Trust The City With All Of The
NASTINESS And
HARASSMENT Foisted Upon Them By The
Listen To The Audio Recording Of The
OBVIOUS That The City Is Trying To CONVINCE ITSELF, And Everybody Else, That THEY Are The 'GOOD GUYS' When,
In Reality; The CITY OF HAMBURG Is A
'TROJAN HORSE' !!
I've Been 'Following'
This Fiasco Involving
HAMBURG CITY OFFICIALS Since It Began On JULY 31, 2019.
The Manner In Which HAMBURG CITY OFFICIALS Try To Portray Themselves As "WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING TO RESOLVE THIS MATTER" Is ABSOLUTE,
PURE DECEPTION !!
NEVER TRUST
ANYONE
WHO
LIES !!
and the HAMBURG CITY CLERK/TREASURER,
JEREMY GRUENHAGEN; (whose Voices You Hear MOST OFTEN On The Audio Recordings) Are 'LEADING THE CHARGE' Against
The Trebesch Family In This 'UNWINABLE' MATTER Of Which The
Is DEEPLY INVOLVED !!
The 'Consulting' Company (That Gets 'Paid By The Hour') That The City Has Retained, Only Serves To
FURTHER PROLONG It's
HARASSMENT of the Trebesch Family (Hoping They'll 'Concede').
THAT WILL
NEVER HAPPEN !!
Actually, In Addition To The
INTENTIONALLY PROLONGING THE SETTLEMENT OF THIS MATTER, The 'Consulting Company Retained By The CITY OF HAMBURG; Is MAJORLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS MATTER CONTINUING TO BE UNRESOLVED
Because They Are
REFUSING TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTS And
INFORMATION, IN THEIR POSSESSION That
FAVORS THE TREBESCHES !!
(See My FOUR LETTERS Sent To
The Chaska Based Consulting Company,
BOLTON-MENK; That
They REFUSED TO RESPOND TO Or EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE !!
ANYONE with 'Half A Brain' And Some Good Old 'Common Sense' That
Would Have The Documents And Information That I've Requested, But HAVE
BEEN REFUSED BY THE CITY Through Its 'Agent',
BOLTON-MENK; Could, Much To The Chagrin Of
The CITY OF HAMBURG; SETTLE
THIS MATTER
SWIFTLY and FAIRLY !!
But, Because Their
COMMON SENSE
and DECENCY Has
Been REPLACED With
WON'T ALLOW THAT
TO HAPPEN !! They'd
Rather 'KEEP IT GOING'
So They Can "PROVE",
If ONLY To THEMSELVES;
HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE And HOW MUCH 'POWER' THEY HAVE
That They Can ABUSE !!
PERPETUATE This
UNWINNABLE CHARADE And WASTE HAMBURG TAXPAYER DOLLARS With All Of Their LIES, DECEPTION
and FOOLISHNESS !!
And
INFLATED EGOS !!
Hamburg City Councilmember
TIM TRACY,
(Who I RESPECT And Is The ONLY HAMBURG CITY OFFICIAL To Receive A
'COMPLIMENTARY COPY'
Of My Book About The
CITY OF HAMBURG,
"PUBLIC OFFICIALS
BEHAVING BADLY";
Also Serves As
VICE MAYOR,
And Is The Only
HAMBURG
PUBLIC OFFICIAL
That Appears To Have
ANY
Decency &
Common Sense.
'CLICK' On The
Orange Below To Hear
Councilmember Tracy's
'Clear Thinking & Logic';
Recorded At The November 12, 2024 Hamburg City
Council Meeting.
For Those Of You Who Have Recently Moved To Hamburg And Aren't Familiar With HAMBURG MAYOR CHRIS LUND, Allow
Me To Introduce Him To
You Via A Couple Of
HIS OWN
FACBOOK 'POSTS':
CLICK ON THE IMAGE BELOW TO MAKE
IT LARGER
CLICK ON THE IMAGE BELOW TO MAKE
IT LARGER
COUNCILMEMBER TRACY:
I Believe That I Am That 'COMMON GROUND' Of Which You Seek And Would Be Willing To 'Work' With YOU, (Only) To Resolve This Troublesome Issue That, If Allowed To Continue; Could
EASILY COST CITY RESIDENTS The
$60,000.00 (OR MORE) Of Which
You Also Speak !!
I'm ALSO a
TAXPAYING RESIDENT OF HAMBURG
As Well !!
In Addition What You're Seeing Shown Above, The FACT That
HAMBURG MAYOR CHRIS LIND,
CONSPIRED with HAMBURG CITY CLERK/TREASURER JEREMY GRUENHAGEN To 'COVER-UP' CRIMINAL ACTIVITY That Included VANDALISM TO CITY OWNED PROPERTY
Because MAYOR LUND'S CHILD WAS INVOLVED, Coupled With Lund's Being ARRESTED
For DOMESTIC ASSAULT,
ARRESTED For DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED, PLED GUILTY
To CARELESS DRIVING,
REFUSED To PROVIDE INFORMATION, As A PUBLIC OFFICIAL; About His EMPLOYMENT HISTORY,
REFUSAL To PROVIDE RESPONSES To WRITTEN INQUIRIES; See
Regarding PUBLIC INFORMATION Of DUTIES And
RESPONSIBILITIES As An ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICIAL
Of The CITY OF HAMBURG And
His Latest DESPICABLE, CONSPIRATORIAL ACTIONS, In Concert With HAMBURG CITY CLERK/TREASURER JEREMY GRUENHAGEN; To Attempt To FORCE A FAMILY OWNED, TAXPAYING BUSINESS TO 'SHUT DOWN', See
His Conduct & Behavior Should
CAUSE HAMBURG RESIDENTS To SERIOUSLY QUESTION LUND'S SUITABILITY And CAPABILITY
To REPRESENT the CITY OF HAMBURG and its RESIDENTS.
Meet The
HAMBURG CITY OFFICIALS
Also Referred To As
"THE HAMBURG SEVEN"
(And They're ANYTHING But Magnificent !!)
HAMBURG MAYOR:
CHRISTOPHER M. LUND
HAMBURG CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS:
TIM TRACY, Also Serves As 'VICE MAYOR', JESSICA WEBER,
MITCH POLZIN, ERIC POPPLER
HAMBURG CITY CLERK/TREASURER:
JEREMY GRUENHAGEN
JEREMY GRUENHAGEN: In 'My World' And The EVIDENCE CLEARLY
SHOWS; The PERSON RESPONSIBLE For Everything That You've
Been Reading About On My Websites For OVER TEN YEARS !!
HAMBURG CITY ATTORNEY KELLY C. DOHM:*
*Provided By, And Representing (but NOT very well); The Waconia Based Law Firm Of MELCHERT, HUBERT & SJODIN; Who Charges The City Of Hamburg
On An UNKNOWN 'Hourly' Basis For Their Legal Services & Advice.
MARK METZ
PETER IVY
WHILE AMPLE EVIDENCE EXISTS TO DO SO, NOT
A SINGLE PUBLIC OFFICIAL IDENTIFIED IN MY
BOOK OR ON ANY OF MY MANY WEBPAGES,
HAS EVER BEEN CHARGED FOR ANY OF
THEIR CRIMINAL ACTS OR OTHER
MISDEEDS DESCRIBED
THEREIN & HEREON !!
Photo Taken
March 7, 2025
5:11PM
Photo Taken
March 9, 2025
1:41PM
Photo Taken
March 8, 2025
1:15PM
We've frequently heard the words 'CONFORMANCE' and 'COMPLIANCE' being used numerous times at Hamburg City Council Meetings AGAINST THE TREBESCH FAMILY; yet THOSE TWO WORDS MEAN NOTHING to HAMBURG CITY OFFICIALS !!
HAMBURG:
A City That
MAKES UP
ITS OWN RULES.
On March 2, 2005, a Friday;
at 2:53PM, Minnesota
Governor Tim Walz
and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan Issued The
'PRESS RELEASE'
shown below and
to the right.
At the time of the 'PRESS RELEASE' being issued,
Hamburg's TWO full time employees were working.
The obvious question that
begs to be answered is
'WHY WEREN'T THE CITY'S
FLAGS LOWERED TO HALF-STAFF' in HONOR OF THE FALLEN POLICE OFFICER, as DIRECTED by
GOVERNOR WALZ
and LIEUTENANT FLANAGAN ?
And, this
ISN'T THE FIRST TIME
THIS HAS
TAKEN PLACE !!
SOMEBODY IS NOT
DOING THEIR JOB !!
WHERE IS THEIR
'ACCOUNTABILITY' ??
As 'evidenced' by the photos to the right, on Saturday, March 8, 2025 at 1:15PM; and again on March 9, 2025 at 1:41PM, the City's Flags were STILL NOT LOWERED to HALF-STAFF as DIRECTED by
GOVERNOR WALZ
and LIEUTENANT FLANAGAN !!
The City could, and probably will; 'make the argument' that both March 8th and 9th were 'weekend' days; hence; no
one would be 'on duty'
to lower the flags.
Not only a FEEBLE EXCUSE
it's one that also is
BLATANTLY WRONG !!
Because Hamburg has its own municipal water and sanitary sewer system, the City is REQUIRED TO RECORD 'DAILY READINGS'.
INCLUDING SATURDAYS,
SUNDAYS and
HOLIDAYS; to ensure that
City water quality remains
within specific limits.
Remember, I KNOW ALL OF THIS because while I was serving on the Hamburg City Council for four years, I was designated as the City's 'Water
& Sewer Commissioner'.
(Sort of like Hamburg's
'answer' to Ed Norton !!)
Now, to ensure that the daily water and sewer 'readings'
are taken on weekends and holidays, HAMBURG
TAXPAYERS PAY
EMPLOYEES 'EXTRA', OVER and ABOVE their
'REGULAR SALARIES'; for the PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEE (or in his absence, the HAMBURG CITY CLERK/TREASURER); to take these 'daily readings';
commonly referred to as
'rounds' by the City.
And we're NOT talking only getting paid 'CHUMP CHANGE' here folks; the PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEE, (or in his absence the HAMBURG CITY CLERK/TREASURER); EACH RECEIVE (at last report)
$50.00 for EACH SATURDAY, EACH SUNDAY and EACH HOLIDAY; for the 20-30 MINUTES (MAX) EACH DAY) they spend when they
take the City's water and
sewer 'meter readings' !!
(That MAY have already been
INCREASED to $100.00 !!)
Seems to me that if they are out on weekends/holidays 'reading; the City's meters', IS IT TOO MUCH TO ASK THAT THEY RAISE/LOWER THE CITY'S FLAGS as dictated by
''FLAG PROTOCOL" ??
Now, READ MORE about the 'background' of this 'scam'
(that I learned was taking while
I was a Hamburg City Council Member) involving (at least, one) CITY EMPLOYEE RECEIVING ADDITIONAL TAXPAYER DOLLARS
that, ACCORDING TO THE
HAMBURG CITY ATTORNEY; they AREN'T ENTITLED
TO RECEIVE.
Excerpt From Pages 52-58 Of My Book,
WHERE'S THE HONESTY & INTEGRITY ??
Another SERIOUS ISSUE that I have with HAMBURG CITY CLERK/TREASURER JEREMY GRUEMHAGEN, that only a few people know about but have managed to 'keep quiet' all of these years, is that in addition to his being prone to being 'UNTRUTHFUL' (I've PERSONALLY WITNESSED HIM LYING) and, rather than 'take a stand' and 'stick' with his decision, he, instead; has a tendency to vacillate 'back and forth' and 'side' with the 'team in power' or the 'side that is winning or popular'.
I'll be UP FRONT and BRUTALLY DIRECT & HONEST: Based on the knowledge and information that I have heard, and read; it is my belief HAMBURG CITY CLERK TREASURER JEREMY GRUENHAGEN
has RECEIVED TAXPAYER DOLLARS from the CITY OF HAMBURG to which he was NOT ENTITED !!
Further, the PUBLIC OFFICIALS of the CITY OF HAMBURG who I served with while I was a HAMBURG CITY COUNCILMEMBER, INCLUDING 'contract' HAMBURG CITY ATTORNEY KELLY C. DOHM of the Waconia based law firm of MELCHERT, HUBERT & SJODIN, were FULLY AWARE OF WHAT WAS TAKING PLACE !!
Let me repeat what I just stated so there is
NO QUESTION as to what I am stating:
I'll be UP FRONT and BRUTALLY DIRECT & HONEST: Based on the knowledge and information that I have heard, and read; it is my belief HAMBURG CITY CLERK TREASURER JEREMY GRUENHAGEN
has RECEIVED TAXPAYER DOLLARS from the CITY OF HAMBURG to which he was NOT ENTITED !!
Further, the PUBLIC OFFICIALS of the CITY OF HAMBURG who I served with while I was a HAMBURG CITY COUNCILMEMBER,
INCLUDING 'contract' HAMBURG CITY ATTORNEY KELLY C. DOHM of the Waconia based law firm of MELCHERT, HUBERT & SJODIN, were FULLY AWARE OF WHAT WAS TAKING PLACE !!
Am I alleging that he outright 'STOLE' City 'funds' that belong to HAMBURG TAXPAYERS ?
'NO'; I have NO DIRECT KNOWLEDGE of that taking place. I'm NOT calling, or accusing Gruenhagen; of being a 'thief' !!
'EMBEZZELMENT' is a pretty 'strong' word, too; (and allegation) so I'm not making that accusation, either. (But RESIDENTS CALLING FOR an INDEPENDENT 'OUTSIDE AUDIT' of 'CITY FINANCES' CLEARLY SEEMS TO BE WARRANTED and IN ORDER !!)
I'll 'give you the facts'; YOU can make up your own mind. Here ARE the facts, in detail:
The CITY OF HAMBURG held one (of many) of its infamous 'CLOSED' CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS in, I believe, August or September of 2015 after Gruenhagen had returned to work from an extended absence. In attendance at this 'CLOSED' CITY COUNCIL MEETING were
then Hamburg Mayor Richard Malz, Councilmembers Chris Lund, Steve Trebesch, Bob Gregonis, myself, 'contract' HAMBURG CITY ATTORNEY KELLY C. DOHM of the Waconia based law firm of MELCHERT, HUBERT & SJODIN and, of course, HAMBURG CITY CLERK/TREASURER JEREMY GRUENHAGEN.
In addition to the OTHER many 'salient' points that were discussed during this 'CLOSED' CITY COUNCIL MEETING, the topic of 'rounds' was brought up and discussed. ('Rounds' refer to a City employee or Official going to each facility mentioned below and taking
REQUIRED DAILY readings of meters located at the Water Treatment Plant, the main sewage lift station at Bi-Centennial Park and the Jacob Street 'Grinder Station', to measure the amount of well water being pumped out of the City's wells, and how much waste water, sewage, etc. (they call that 'effluent'), is being pumped to the 'sewage holding ponds' on Vera Avenue.)
Normally, this task is part of the daily routine, including Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, of the PUBLIC WORKS employee. In his absence or if the public works employee is unable to accomplish a daily 'round' for any reason', then USUALLY it is HAMBURG CITY CLERK TREASURER JEREMY GRUENHAGEN that accomplishes this duty when the PUBLIC WORKS employee isn't available.
While a member of the HAMBURG CITY COUNCIL, I was appointed to be the 'Ed Norton' (from the 1955-56 TV comedy 'THE HONEYMOONERS') of the Hamburg Water & Sewer Department and facilities before I was 'ostracized'.
I too, on occasional weekends and holidays; did 'rounds' when no one else was available. It probably took me all of 15 or twenty minutes and I don't recall ever 'putting in' to get paid for doing it. But I DID think; WOW !! FIFTY BUCKS for 15 or 20 MINUTES OF MY TIME; that comes out to somewhere $45-60 DOLLARS AN HOUR !!
Can you say, "GET RICH QUICK SCHEME" ?? (I KNEW you could!) I could hear Drew Carey saying, "CITY OF HAMBURG; C'MON DOWN" !!
Doing 'rounds' had, and still HAS, the potential of being is a 'real money maker' !! And NOBODY would probably ever know because the City Council usually DOESN'T LOOK AT THE MONTHLY 'CLAIMS LISTS'; THEY JUST 'MOVE TO APPROVE' TO PAY EVERY THING THAT'S LISTED !! By Gruenhagen. (Note the number of times that 'Rounds' appears in the monthly 'CLAIMS LISTS' adjacent to Gruenhagen's name documenting ADDITIONAL TAXPAYER DOLLARS that he's received!) EVERY MONTH !!
As the "WATER & SEWER COMMISIONER" for the CITY OF HAMBURG (before I was 'ostracized'), I thought that it would be a 'good idea' for all of the other 'City Officials' to know how to do 'rounds' in the event that was necessary.
On a Saturday morning, everybody showed up at the Water Treatment Plant and I explained how to perform this 'menial' (but high paying) 'required task'. I must admit that there wasn't much 'enthusiasm' shown by those in attendance; the 'highlight' (or 'lowlight') of the 'event was when Mayor Malz told me, "You're beginning to get under my skin."
The PUBLIC WORKS employee and HAMBURG CITY CLERK TREASURER JEREMY GRUENHAGEN are paid, the last I heard; a 'set amount' for EACH Saturday, EACH Sunday and EACH holiday, for visiting the three locations mentioned, and simply writing down the meter readings on a particular form. THAT'S IT !! At one point, PUBLIC WORKS employee Dennis was NOT paid for doing 'rounds' (the City didn't want to pay him 'overtime' for 'doing rounds'); instead he was allotted two hours per EACH Saturday, EACH Sunday or EACH holiday for 'rounds and his 'work week' was reduced to 36 hours each week. (Seems like a good 'policy' to implement again !!)
While I don't know (but I suspect) whose 'idea' it was, that procedure changed when 'somebody' realized "Hey; there's a chance, here; to make some 'good' additional money for very little time and effort and very few people, if any, will know what's taking place" !! (As I stated above, nobody really reads the monthly "CLAIMS LIST" closely and wouldn't notice. (But I caught that 'right away' while I was on the City Council. But, because it had been taking place for so long, I guessed that it was 'fitting and proper'.)
I was WRONG !!
Hence, the paying of a 'set' hourly amount to whoever was taking them, for weekends and holiday 'rounds', was born.
Reflecting from memory, I recall that the 'daily rate for' weekend and holiday 'rounds' was about $25.00 EACH DAY !! Not bad for about thirty minutes work; the two (previous) PUBLIC WORKS employees lived in the City.
Relying on my memory, again; I also recall some discussion shortly after I took Office, brought up by HAMBURG CITY CLERK/TREASURER JEREMY GRUENHAGEN, (words to the effect) "....we really can't expect an employee (implying the PUBLIC WORKS employee)
to do 'rounds' for such a small amount. Council should increase the amount paid." (I heard that MORE than once !!)
The City Council agreed to the increase EACH TIME; and GUESS WHO BENEFITTED THE MOST ??!!
GRUENHAGEN !!
What the hell; it was ONLY TAXPAYER MONEY !!
When I left the City Council, it seems to me that the amount had been raised to $50.00/'round'. God only knows what it's at today !!
BUT WAIT A MINUTE; LET'S 'BACK UP' to the infamous 'CLOSED' HAMBURG CITY COUNCIL MEETING back in August or September 2015 attended by Hamburg Mayor Richard Malz, Councilmembers Chris Lund, Steve Trebesch, Bob Gregonis, myself and, of course, 'contract' HAMBURG CITY ATTORNEY KELLY C. DOHM of the Waconia based law firm of MELCHERT, HUBERT & SJODIN. Because the meeting was about him, HAMBURG CITY CLERK TREASURER JEREMY GRUENHAGEN was also in attendance.
Let's NOT lightly 'skim over' the topic that I was just telling you about, like those in attendance listed above; did at the meeting. Because I REALLY CARED about how my TAXPAYER DOLLARS were being spent and BECAUSE of what I had observed in the relatively short time that I had been a HAMBURG CITY COUNCILMEMBER and BECAUSE I was aware of the 'covert' manner in which the City sometimes 'operated', my ears 'perked up' when the topic of 'rounds' was brought up.
During the discussion when it was brought out that HAMBURG CITY CLERK/TREASURER JEREMY GRUENHAGEN was being paid, OVER AND ABOVE HIS MONTHLY SALARY, for 'doing rounds' on weekends and holidays, 'contract' HAMBURG CITY ATTORNEY KELLY C. DOHM of the Waconia based law form of MELCHERT, HUBERT & SJODIN CLEARLY STATED, FOR ALL TO HEAR; that the HAMBURG CITY CLERK/ TREASURER SHOULD NOT BE GETTING PAID 'extra' for making 'rounds' because, as the CITY CLERK/TREASURER; he is an 'EXEMPT' EMPLOYEE !!
That was DEFINATELY an 'AH-HAAA MOMENT' !!
For MONTHS (actually years) I always thought that a 'salaried' employee for the City, is an 'EXEMPT' EMPLOYEE for the City and as such, should NOT be receiving 'additional pay' for 'duties and responsibilities' that CLEARLY can be construed as 'being part of the job' of the (salaried) HAMBURG CITY CLERK TREASURER !!
MY THOUGHTS AND SUSPICIONS WERE JUST CONFIRMED by 'contract' HAMBURG CITY ATTORNEY KELLY C. DOHM of the Waconia based law firm of MELCHERT, HUBERT & SJODIN !! (No, I had NO DESIRE to kiss her !!)
Because HAMBURG CITY CLERK/TREASURER JEREMY GRUENHAGEN is classified as an 'EXEMPT' EMPLOYEE', he is
NOT ENTITLED TO RECEIVE 'EXTRA PAYMENT' of TAXPAYER DOLLARS for doing 'rounds' or any other City-related 'tasks' performed 'outside' of 'normal business hours' !!
Reading the City's water and effluent meters ('rounds') ?? NOT INTITLED TO GET PAID !!
Changing the soft beverage canisters at the (once mold infested) HAMBURG COMMUNITY HALL in the (once mold infested) 'pop
room' ?? NOT ENTITLED TO GET PAID !!
'Unclogging' a clogged-up toilet at the (once mold infested) HAMBURG COMMUNITY HALL or the public toilets at Bi-Centennial Park or at the City Hall/Community Center ?? NOT ENTITLED TO GET PAID !!
While 'contract' HAMBURG CITY ATTORNEY KELLY C. DOHM of the Waconia based law firm of MELCHERT, HUBERT & SJODIN isn't on my 'Christmas Card list', she obviously has enjoyed (and STILL ENJOYS) 'screwing me over' every chance she gets over the years, in any way possible and NUMEROUS TIMES !! (As evidenced by the existence of the transcript of my TWO HOUR INTERROGATION with a DETECTIVE from the McLEOD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE !!)
That's 'got her name' all over it !!
The fact that she would make that statement ABOUT GRUENHAGEN, so OBVIOUSLY and so BOLDLY in the PRESENCE OF ALL OF THE OTHER CITY OFFICIALS, well; it was 'refreshing' to hear her confirm the 'suspicions' that I had been carrying with me since being elected to the HAMBURG CITY COUNCIL.
Once Dohm made that statement, I reflected back to the 'early days of yesteryear' when Gruenhagen was 'giving me the tour' of the (once mold infested) Hamburg Community Hall. One of the things I SPECIFICALLY remember him pointing out to me was the OBVIOUS MOLD in the room where the canisters for the 'soft beverages' were stored in the (once mold infested) basement of the (once mold infested) Hamburg Community Hall." (That the City KNOWING OF THE EXISTANCE OF THE MOLD CONDITION, 'RENTED OUT' TO THE PUBLIC !! )
Please check back for MORE about the 'MOLD INFESTATION PROBLEM' at the HAMBURG COMMUNITY HALL, the subsequent
DELETERIOUS HEALTH EFFECTS experienced by a former CITY EMPLOYEE and the CITY'S POOR RESPONSE !!
Remember, 'I WAS THERE' as a HAMBURG CITY COUNCIMEMBER when all of this was taking place, BUT NOBODY LISTENED !!
"So now, we, the HAMBURG CITY COUNCIL, the 'governing body' of the CITY OF HAMBURG, have a VERY SERIOUS SITUATION that we MUST 'deal with' DIRECTLY; the IMPROPER PAYMENT OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS to the HAMBURG CITY CLERK/TREASURER, that MUST BE RETURNED TO THE TAXPAYERS !!
We're NOT talking a couple hundred, or even a couple of thousand TAXPAYER DOLLARS here; because this has (apparently) been taking place for (presumably) MORE THAN TWO DECADES, we're talking in terms of (potentially) TENS OF THOUSANDS of TAXPAYER
DOLLARS; THE AMOUNT IS STAGGERING !!
Did the HAMBURG CITY CLERK TREASURER 'OFFER' or 'VOLUNTEER' to return the TAXPAYER DOLLARS that he WAS NOT ENTITLED TO RECEIVE because he is classified as an 'EXEMPT' EMPLOYEE ??
You'll get a 'RESOUNDING 'NO' to that question !! But an HONEST and HONORABLE PERSON WOULD !!
Did the HAMBURG CITY COUNCIL initiate ANY action to recover the TAXPAYER DOLLARS that it WRONGLY APPROVED
PAYMENT of that were NOT ENTITLED TO BE PAID ??
A 'RESOUNDING 'NO' to that question as well !!
But any EFFECTIVE, ETHICAL 'governing body' of ANY 'political subdivision', WOULD HAVE !!
How about this: EVEN THOUGH the 'contract' HAMBURG CITY ATTORNEY KELLY C. DOHM of the Waconia based law firm of
MELCHERT, HUBERT & SJODIN, TOLD THE CITY COUNCIL that what was taking place was IMPROPER and SHOULDN'T BE TAKING PLACE, WHY IS IT STILL CONTINUING TO HAPPEN ??
"C'MON DOWN !!"
The former HAMBURG MAYOR, DICK MALZ, as well as the CURRENT HAMBURG MAYOR, CHRIS LUND, and the 'contract' HAMBURG CITY ATTORNEY KELLY C. DOHM of the Waconia based law firm of MELCHERT, HUBERT & SJODIN, ALL KNEW THAT WHAT WAS INITIALLY TAKING PLACE WAS IMPROPER, and AFTER BEING ADVISED THAT IT WAS IMPROPER, FAILED TO HALT the practice and, instead, ALLOWED IT TO CONTINUE TO THIS DAY !! NO WONDER HAMBURG TAXES ARE SO HIGH !!
WAIT A MINUTE: This 'expensive issue' which is KNOWINGLY WASTING HAMBURG TAXPAYER DOLLARS is NOT 'over' yet; I'm not hearing any excessively corpulent females 'belting out any melodies' !!
Let's take a look at the 'COLLUSION' between the members of the HAMBURG CITY COUNCIL and the HAMBURG CITY CLERK/TREASURER .............
You'll recall (above) that 'contract' HAMBURG CITY ATTORNEY KELLY C. DOHM, of the Waconia based law firm of MELCHERT, HUBERT & SJODIN, SPECIFICALLY TOLD GRUENHAGEN, the ENTIRE HAMBURG CITY COUNCIL and HAMBURG MAYOR DICK MALZ that HAMBURG CITY CLERK TREASURER JEREMY GRUENHAGEN is NOT SUPPOSED TO BE PAID FOR DOING 'ROUNDS' and, by extension, he is NOT SUPPOSED TO BE PAID FOR ANY OTHER CITY RELATED 'DUTIES'
accomplished 'outside of normal business hours' !!
HOW CAN ANYBODY MISCONSTRUE DOHM'S STATEMENT ?
Yet, to demonstrate how ARROGANT, 'SHIFTY' and how 'CONNIVING' these people are, the PUBLIC OFFICIALS that HAMBURG RESIDENTS ELECTED TO OFFICE; about a MONTH LATER, after the 'controversy' over this issue had subsided, the 'smoke had cleared' and the 'dust had settled', HAMBURG CITY COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS LUND INTRODUCED A MOTION TO PAY GRUENHAGE FOR 'ROUNDS', in TOTAL OPPOSITION OF WHAT THE CITY HAD BEEN ADVISED BY 'contract' HAMBURG CITY ATTORNEY KELLY C. DOHM !!
OF COURSE, the other members of the HAMBURG CITY COUNCIL UNAMIOUSLY APPROVED LUND'S MOTION; I would have been 'outvoted' and only 'went along' with them because the TOXIC & HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT would have BECOME MUCH MORE WORSE for me than it ALREADY WAS !!
That action in particular, initiated by Lund; SPEAKS POORLY of ALL of the CITY OFFICIALS of the CITY OF HAMBURG, as do all of the other IMPROPER ACTIONS as DESCRIBED ABOVE and elsewhere in this book.
The ACTIONS and MISDEEDS, of GRUENHAGEN, the MAYOR and the HAMBURG CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS constitute MISCONCUCT OF PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE, in VIOLATION OF MINNESOTA STATUTE 609.43:
A public officer or employee who does any of the following, for which no other sentence is specifically provided by law, may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than one year or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both:
(1) intentionally fails or refuses to perform a known mandatory, nondiscretionary, ministerial duty of the office or employment within the time or in the manner required by law; or
(2) in the capacity of such officer or employee, does an act knowing it is in excess of lawful authority or knowing it is forbidden by law to be done in that capacity; or
(3) under pretense or color of official authority intentionally and unlawfully injures another in the other's person, property, or rights; or
(4) in the capacity of such officer or employee, makes a return, certificate, official report, or other like document having knowledge it is false in any material respect."
It is my belief that, after researching the facts and documents available; coupled with and based on my experience and observations as a HAMBURG CITY COUNCIL MEMBER and as a retired CAREER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, that
HAMBURG CITY CLERK/TREASURER JEREMY GRUENHAGEN
Who Doesn't Even Live In The City Of Hamburg
OWES HAMBURG RESIDENTS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS
HE RECEIVED BUT, KNOWINGLY; WASN'T ENTITLED TO RECEIVE !!
HAMBURG TAXPAYERS SHOULD DEMAND THAT HE
REPAY EVERY PENNY THAT HE RECEIVED !!
If a person 'takes' something that doesn't belong to them, they HAVE TO GIVE IT BACK !!
And 'suffer the consequences' for their inappropriate actions.
WHAT'S SO DIFFICULT TO
UNDERSTAND ABOUT THAT ??
TO LISTEN TO GRUENHAGEN 'WHINING' at the September 24, 2024 HAMBURG CITY COUNCIL MEETING & employing "THE POOR ME CONTROL DRAMA" because he
THINKS HE SHOULD BE PAID EVEN MORE for doing a task that is PART
OF HIS JOB and that THE HAMBURG CITY ATTORNEY
SAID HE WASN'T ENTITLED TO RECEIVE
ADDITIONAL TAXPAYER DOLLARS
FOR IN THE FIRST PLACE !!
And The
HAMBURG
CITY
COUNCIL
'BOUGHT
IT' !!
For MORE INFORMATION About WHO I AM, PLEASE CLICK HERE !!
My E-MAIL ADDRESS Is: [email protected] !!
This E-mail Was Sent To
HAMBURG CITY CLERK/TREASURER
JEREMY GRUENHAGEN
At 4:18PM On Friday, March 14, 2025
Like HAMBURG MAYOR CHRIS LUND, apparently the writer of the e-mail shown below that I received, isn't a 'fan' of Minnesota Governor Walz, either !!
(Note that the e-mail address
from which this message originated; that says
MORE than the writer's
actual message;
date:
Mar 16, 2025, 9:47 PM
Mar 16, 2025, 9:47 PMsubject:Re: NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
Re: NATIONAL NIGHT OUTwas looking at your site. you realize that private business does not adhere to public info request. you say you are a deputy and a city council member, I expect you to know that info request are only applicable to government. are u stupid
or ignorant????
Such stupidity doesn't deserve any response
or acknowledgement, just 'EXPOSURE' !!
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NOW IN MY
TWENTY-FIRST
YEAR !!!
BE THE NEXT
SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT !!
(Again !!)
Anyone who received the City's latest 'flyer' by HAMBURG MAYOR CHRIS LUND, saw his comment, "City Council did declare PID 45.0292010 a Public Nuisance. No
one representing the Trebesch property was
present at the meeting nor had City Staff
received any information either."
The FIRST thing that you should know (but the City won't tell you) is that the PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (PID)
that LUND listed, is INCORRECT !!
As I see it, EVER SINCE this 'charade' of HAMBURG MAYOR CHRIS LUND's ZEALOUS EFFORTS trying to 'STICK IT' TO THE TREBESCH FAMILY by USURPED AUTHORITY on behalf
of the CITY OF HAMBURG that began in JULY 2019; the
CITY OF HAMBURG has REPEATEDLY, and VISIOUSLY;
DENEGRATED an HONEST, TAXPAYING, FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS by ABUSING IT'S POWER
and AUTHORITY in the MOST POSSIBLE
IRRESPONSIBLE MANNER !!
The CITY OF HAMBURG, is using the ''POOR ME CONTROL DRAMA", to claim that they 'have done everything possible' to 'help' the Trebesch family 'resolve' the matter.
But what the CITY OF HAMBURG FAILS TO REALIZE
and ACKNOWLEDGE is that the THE CITY and its
DISGUSTING VANDETTA and REPREHENSIBLE ACTIONS AGAINST THE TREBESCH FAMILY are the
'ISSUES' here; NOT THE TREBESCH FAMILY !!
TWO EXAMPLES
First, as evidenced to the right, the HAMBURG 'CITY PLANNER' is INTENTIONALLY WITHHOLDING,
and REFUSES TO PROVIDE; RELATIVE INFORMATION, that will PROVE to be BENEFICIAL
to the TREBESCH FAMILY !!
Second, Lund stated; "No one representing the Trebesch property was present at the meeting nor had City Staff received any information either."
What Lund DIDN'T SAY is EVEN MORE IMPORTANT and,
of course; only the CITY OF HAMBURG, the Trebesch
family and I, KNEW; that on MARCH 11TH; the
attorney representing the Trebesch family,
SENT AN E-MAIL
to
ATTORNEY MATTHEW McDOUGALL
of the Waconia based law firm of
MELCHERT, HUBERT & SJODIN
who was
REPRESENTING THE CITY OF HAMBURG,
and
ADVISED MR. McDOUGALL
that the TREBESCH FAMILY was OUT OF TOWN and, therefore; WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ATTEND the
March 11th Hamburg City Council meeting !!
Yet, the CITY OF HAMBURG
WASN'T GIVEN THAT MESSAGE by THEIR OWN CITY ATTORNEY until the NEXT DAY, and
AFTER THE HAMBURG CITY COUNCIL MEETING !!
Did the CITY OF HAMBURG take ANY ACTION to
CLARIFY to CITY RESIDENTS WHAT
REALLY TOOK PLACE ??
Much to the detriment of the Trebesch family, the answer
NO !!
Did the CITY OF HAMBURG APOLOGIZE for the EGREGIOUS ERROR COMMITTED BY ITS CITY ATTORNEY in NOT NOTIFYING THE CITY OF HAMBURG
of the
E-MAIL HE RECEIVED
from the Trebesch family attorney
DURING THE SAME DAY
of the the
CITY OF HAMBURG
COUNCIL MEETING ???
NO !!
HAMBURG TAXPAYERS
BE FOREWARNED !!
Everyone will be interested to know that
EVEN WITH ALL OF THE TRANSGRESSIONS, and the EGREGIOUS CONDUCT by HAMBURG CITY OFFICIALS as well as ALL OF THE UNCERTAINTY that exists because of the CITY OF HAMBURG, and BOLTON-MENK'S REFUSAL to provide me with
'ANSWERS & EXPLANATIONS'
that are PUBLIC INFORMATION and that
FAVOR the TREBESCH FAMILY, the
CITY OF HAMBURG
has now
REFERRED THIS MATTER
to the
CARVER COUNTY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
for
CRIMINAL PROSECUTION
OF THE TREBESCH FAMILY !!
