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Home My WebLink About2013 [03] Mar Newsletter In the Know in St. Joseph March 2013 City Contact Information CPR COURSE OFFERED Registrants must reside or work in Mayor Rick Schultz the St. Joseph Fire District. Courses 326—7th Ave SE are free of charge with a limit of 20 St. Joseph MN 56374 DUE DOG LICENSES registrants per session. Sessions are available: 320-260-0393 APRIL 1ST 6-10 PM Mon April 1 and Wed April 3rd rschultz25@msn.com Registration by phone at 363.7201 Councilor Dale Wick Purchase your tag at the 1211 Dale Street East St. Joseph MN 56374 City Offices or online under SPRING CLEAN UP 320-363-0221 the “How Do I” tab at . Residents contactdalewick@hotmail.com www.cityofstjoseph.com who are part of the City refuse program have the opportunity Councilor Renee Symanietz to place additional refuse curbside for collection 354—4th Avenue SE at no charge. NEW St. Joseph MN 56374 Who: Customers enrolled in the City refuse program (320) 980-1461 Where: Curbside at your residence before 6 AM symanietzrenee@gmail.com STREET LIGHT FEE When: Thursdays May 23rd and May 30th Exceptions: Appliances, tires, pollutants, yard waste, computer Councilor Steve Frank Beginning with your May monitors and televisions . 606 Birch Street West utility bill you will notice a St. Joseph MN 56374 APPLIANCE & ELECTRONIC COLLECTION Street Light Fee. This fee is (320) 493-0311 8 AM to 12 noon Saturday, June 1, 2013 ONLY assessed on a per-unit ba- stephenfrank17@gmail.com in the City Offices parking lot. sis to all properties within There is a limit of any combination of 2 appliances/electronic items the City. The current per- per household. Residents must be prepared to provide identification. Councilor Bob Loso unit rate is $3 per billing 301 Birch Street West cycle. Funds collected will St. Joseph MN 56374 be used to offset the cost (320) 363-8703 Sponsored by the St. Joseph Jaycees of providing street lighting bobloso@q.com throughout the City. 2013 Utility Rates Administrator Judy Weyrens May 17 & 18 PO Box 668 Fees that have increased are boldfaced. St. Joseph MN 56374 Street Light Fee to begin with May billing (320) 363-7201 jweyrens@cityofstjoseph.com WATER USAGE $0.0032/gallon WATER LINE CHARGE $ 18.00/billing Police Chief Pete Jansky PO Box 268 SEWER USAGE $0.0028/gallon St. Joseph MN 56374 SEWER LINE CHARGE $ 15.50/billing (320) 363-8250 STREET LIGHT CHARGE $ 3.00/billing pjansky@cityofstjoseph.com Refuse, 60 gallon $ 33.00/billing Refuse, 30 gallon $ 27.00/billing Register before May 6th; Fee: $5 Public Works Terry Thene Refuse, senior rate, 30 gallon $ 17.00/billing PO Box 668 ) (Note: 65 and older St. Joseph MN 56374 REVISED Ordinance No. 74 Storm Water, Single Family $ 7.40/billing (320) 363-7201 Storm Sewer, Duplex $ 7.40/billing requires the purchase of a Keg tthene@cityoftjoseph.com Storm Water, Multi Family $ 20.00/acre Permit. Kegs are limited to 1 per Storm Water, Commercial $ 31.50/acre address at any given time. Storm Water, Industrial $ 24.30/acre Permits are $5 and are available at Storm Water, Institutional $ 24.30/acre the City Offices Mon-Fri; 8 -4:30 . State Surcharge $ 1.15/billing ATTENTION BUSINESS OWNERS The St. Joseph Economic Development Authority completed a survey of business owners in 2012. Through the survey process several business owners expressed an interest in linking their websites to the City website under a ‘local business’ listings. The EDA will be updating information on the City website over the next several months. If you would like to link your business to the City’s website please contact Cynthia Smith- Strack with your web address information. Contact Cynthia at cstrack@municipaLdevelopmentgroup.com, by phone at 320.363.7201 ext 424, or drop off information at the City Offices, 25 College Avenue North. SPRING THAW WARNING: As the temperatures begin to warm, we may experience problems associated with the spring thaw. Just a reminder that fast thaws and cold temperatures cause storm drains to freeze. The maintenance staff will work to clear storm drains as soon as they can. The Public Works department appreciates for your patience during this time. FROM THE DESK OF THE FIRE CHIEF Daylight Savings Time is a good time to test all of your smoke detectors and put in NEW BATTERIES. There should be a smoke detector in every bedroom and at least one on every level of your home.  Children do not HEAR smoke, they HEAR smoke detectors.  Place emergency phone numbers on EACH phone. Including your cell phone  NEVER HIDE FROM A FIRE.... run from it.  Keep stairs FREE of clutter.  Be sure your 911 address is easily visible from the street.  Drive at least 200 ft behind Emergency Vehicles.  While on the road, make sure to move over for all emergency vehicles . In the Know in St. Joseph RATES PER EDTION: SUBMITTAL SCHEDULE: $100 — 4X41/2 December 20th for January mailing PLACE YOUR ADVERTISEMENT HERE ! $250 — 4X9 February 20th for March mailing $400 — 8X9 April 20th for May mailing Advertise in the bi-monthly utility bill reaching 1700+ ! June 20th for July mailing Black printing on white paper August 20th for September mailing High resolution 300-350 dpi, pdf, tiff, jpeg or eps files October 20th for November mailing Images should be submitted sized at 100% All advertisements are subject to City approval,