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Home My WebLink About2009 [07] Jul 15 In the Know in St. Joseph Volume 3, Issue 4 July 15, 2009 New Ordinance Regulating Garbage Containers City Contact Information Mayor Al Rassier The St. Joseph City Council amended the Refuse Ordi- 115—9th Avenue SE nance prohibiting garbage containers to remain at the curb St. Joseph MN 56374 longer than 24 hours after collection. Residents cannot 320-363-4711 alanrassier@yahoo.com place garbage containers to the street/alley/curb before Wednesday AM and they must be removed from the street/ Councilor Dale Wick alley/curb no later than Friday evening. 1211 Dale Street East St. Joseph MN 56374 320-363-0221 The City has established the following administrative fines for violation: 1st contactdalewick@hotmail.com violation $ 50; second violation $ 100; subsequent violations will be issued civil citations which are administered by the Court system. In the case of Councilor Renee Symanietz rental properties both the landlord and tenants will be cited. 354—4th Avenue SE St. Joseph MN 56374 Recycle Program (320) 980-1461 symanietzrenee@clearwire.net Councilor Steve Frank Recycle Bank Program As you are aware the City refuse service includes a — 606 Birch Street West program entitled Recycle Bank. Your recycling container is equipped with a com- St. Joseph MN 56374 (320) 493-0311 puter chip that identifies your address and each time the container is emptied by sfrank@stcloudstate.edu the hauler you receive points towards merchandise at participating vendors. To redeem your points you must activate your account. If you have not activated your Councilor Bob Loso account please contact Recycle Bank at 1-888-727-2978 . 301 Birch Street West St. Joseph MN 56374 According to Jamie Phenow of Allied Waste, the recyling material has increased 10% (320) 363-8703 bloso@clearwire.net from last year this time. The top three rewards redeemed from the Recycle Bank program are local vendors—Taco John’s, Kay’s Kitchen and Gary’s Pizza. Administrator Judy Weyrens PO Box 668 St. Joseph MN 56374 Compost Site Open (320) 363-7201 jweyrens@cityofstjoseph.com Compost permits for City residents are $ 15.00 with a $ 5.00 re- Police Chief Pete Jansky placement fee. Permits may be purchased at the City Offices. PO Box 268 When purchasing a permit please be prepared to provide the vehi- St. Joseph MN 56374 cle make/model that will be used along with the license plate (320) 363-8250 number. The schedule is a follows: pjansky@cityofstjoseph.com Public Works Dir. Terry Thene Wednesdays 2:00 PM—8:00 PM (or dark, whichever is first) PO Box 668 Fridays 4:00 PM—8:00 PM (or dark, whichever is first) St. Joseph MN 56374 Saturdays 9:00 AM—1:00 PM (320) 363-7201 tthene@cityoftjoseph.com 1 Kids Needed …….. Business Corner…... The St. Joseph Maintenance Staff has recently finished installing new playground equipment in Northland Park The equipment is ready for activity and just needs children. The St. Joseph Park Board had budgeted for the new equipment over the past years and they are excited to be able to add to our Park system. The City of St. Joseph welcomes the following new businesses that are located on CR 75 and Cedar Street (adjacent to Lee’s Ace Hardware): Anne’s —An Occasional Store that sells second hand Interim Use Public Hearing— merchandise some of which has been repurposed. The store will be open the 2nd weekend of each month— Consideration for renewal of Rental Thursday—Sunday. Pending Zoning approval there will Licenses also be an outdoor market every Sunday between May and October. The St. Joseph Planning Commission will be conducting a Wes’ Auto Sales of St. Joseph —A used vehicle dealer-public hearing on Monday, August 3, 2009 at 7:00 to con- sider renewal of the Interim Use Permits as they relate to ship which will be opening soon. rental licenses. The following rental licenses will be consid- Coborn’s - Congratulations to Coborn’s for breaking ered: ground to construct a 36,500 square foot superstore. It 101—5th Ave NW 209 MN St W 2009. is anticipated the store will open late November 106 Jasmine Lane 34 College Ave N 1306 Iris Lane 224—17th Ave SE 104—1st Ave NW 415—7th Ave SE 510 Fir St 133—5th Ave SE 302—7th Ave SE 308—10th Ave SE 117—4th Ave SE 221 Birch Street W 606 Graceview Dr 409 College Ave N What’s Coming ????? 321 Cypress Dr 30 Birch St W 119 College Ave N 403—1st Ave NE Stonehouse —The Stone House has submitted plans to expand the restaurant to accommodate weddings and All persons wishing to speak will be heard and oral testimony large events. The Planning Commission will consider will be limited to five minutes. Written testimony may be this expansion in August. mailed to: City Administrator; PO Box 668; St. Joseph MN 56374. Russell Eye Care & Associates —Professional Eye care and retail store to open in the Millstream Shops and Lofts. Watch future issues for details. UTILITY RATES — The City Council established the follow- ing utility rates for 2009: WATER CONSERVATION — Water– . 00228 per gallon, $ 4.50/mo/unit line charge The odd-even water sprinkling conservation plan is in Sewer— .00226 per gallon*, $ 5.00/mo/unit line charge effect year round. To conserve water and have ade- Refuse— 30 gallon– senior $ 7.50/mo; 30 gallon non quate storage for fire protection, please observe the fol- senior $ 14.00/mo; 60 gallon $ 17.00/mo. lowing guidelines: If your house number is an odd number, you can water on odd numbered days and even Storm Water—$ 2.75/mo, residential days for even numbered houses. The full fee schedule is available on the City Website. 2 * Residential sewer rates are based on the winter quarter water reading.