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Home My WebLink About2014 [07] Jul Newsletter In the Know in St. Joseph July 2014 City Contact ELECTION DAY REGISTRATION CONTINUED State Primary Election Information Approved Photo IDs include: TUES AUGUST 12th Drivers license, state ID card, US passport or military Mayor Rick Schultz ID, Tribal ID, Minnesota university, college or tech- 326—7th Ave SE nical college ID, Minnesota high school ID. PRE-REGISTRATION You may register to vote St. Joseph MN 56374 Approved Documents include: 320-260-0393 www.mnvotes.org. online at Voter Registra?on Residen?al lease, current student fee statement. rschultz@cityofstjoseph.com Applica?ons are also available at the City Oﬃces. Pre Also, bills due within 30 days of the elec?on for: -registra?on closes 5 P M July 22, 2014. phone, TV, internet, solid waste, or sewer services, ABSENTEE BALLOTS You can cast your ab- Councilor Dale Wick electric, gas water, banking, credit card, rent or mort- sentee ballot in person at the Stearns County Audi- 1211 Dale Street East gage payments. Approved documents may be shown tor’s Oﬃce or by mail. St. Joseph MN 56374 electronically or on paper. you must ﬁrst submit a wri?en TO VOTE BY MAIL 320-363-0221 Vouching: applica?on to the Stearns County Auditor. Applica- dwick@cityofstjoseph.com A registered voter in the same precinct can sign an ?on forms are available online at www.mnvotes.org. oath a?es?ng to a new registrant’s residence. Paper forms are available at the City Oﬃces. Councilor Renee Symanietz College student ID—if a housing list was provided 354—4th Avenue SE you may do so at the Stearns TO VOTE IN PERSON MN postsecondary educa?onal ins?tu?ons may pro- St. Joseph MN 56374 County Auditor’s Oﬃce, 705 Courthouse Square as vide a list of students housed on their campus. A (320) 980-1461 follows: student iden?ﬁed on that list may register by pre- rsymanietz@cityofstjoseph.com Monday-Friday, today thru August 8th; 8 AM—4:30 sen?ng a current, valid photo student ID card from PM POLLS WILL BE OPEN Saturday, August 9th; 10 AM—3 PM Councilor Steve Frank TUESDAY, AUGUST 12TH; 7AM—8PM Monday, August 11, 2014; 8 AM—5 PM 606 Birch Street West ELECTION DAY REGISTRATION St. Joseph MN 56374 Precinct 1: Voters west of College Avenuewill vote at Minneso- (320) 493-0311 Kennedy Community Schools, 1300 Jade Rd. ta provides for same day registra?on provided that stephenfrank17@gmail.com Precinct 2: Voters east of College Ave will vote at the you: will be at least 18-years-old on Elec?on Day. St. Joseph Community Fire Hall, 323—4th Avenue NE. Are a ci?zen of the United States  Will have resided in Minnesota for 20 days immedi-  Councilor Bob Loso ately preceding Elec?on Day 301 Birch Street West FILING FOR OFFICE Have any felony convic?on record discharged, ex-  St. Joseph MN 56374 pired, or completed The following municipal seats are open (320) 363-8703 Are not under court-ordered guardianship where a Mayor—2 year term  bloso@cityofstjoseph.com court has revoked your vo?ng Councilor—two seats, each serving a rights or have ruled incompetent by a court of law. 4 year term not been Voters wish- ELLIGIBLE PROOFS OF RESIDENCY Administrator Judy Weyrens Aﬃdavits of candidacy are ﬁled at the ing to register on elec?on day must provide one of PO Box 668 City Oﬃces the following: St. Joseph MN 56374 Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM—4:30 PM Valid Minnesota driver’s license, state ID card or trib- (320) 363-7201 July 29 through August 11 al ID card with your current name & address in the jweyrens@cityofstjoseph.com and precinct,OR a photo ID plus a document with name & August 12th, 8:00 AM—5:00 PM current address . Police Chief Joel Klein PO Box 268 St. Joseph MN 56374 FREE! A HEARTY WELCOME (320) 363-8250 jklein@cityofstjoseph.com join Please us in welcoming Public Works Terry Thene two new members to the PO Box 668 St. Joseph Fire Department St. Joseph MN 56374 (320) 363-7201 Andrew Kramer & tthene@cityoftjoseph.com Joseph Orcutt Congratulations! & Thank You to all members serving our community. REGIONAL SALES TAX DISCUSSION In 2013 the area ci?es (St. Joseph, Waite Park, St. Cloud, Sar- tell, Sauk Rapids and St. Augusta) received legisla?ve approval to extend the addi?onal ½ cent sales tax an addi?onal 20 years beginning in 2018, pending voter approval. The addi?onal ½ cent sales tax is a regional tax and as such a regional project(s) must be part of the plan. The area ci?es have agreed to desig- nate $ 900,000 annually to the following projects: $ 500,000 Regional Trails connec?ng to the Wobegon thereby connec?ng all six ci?es. $ 200,000 Aqua?cs Center $ 200,000 St. Cloud Regional Airport Once the $ 900,000 is distributed for the regional projects, the remaining revenue is distributed to the area ci?es using a for- mula that combines popula?on and sales tax collec?on. Based on the formula, the City of St. Joseph receives approximately $ 1.42 for each $ 1.00 collected in the City. As this ma?er will be placed on the November 4 ballot, the City Council is looking for sugges?ons on poten?al projects for the poten?al revenue. Based on projec?ons, it is an?cipated that St. Joseph will collect 11 M over a 20 year period. Input sessions will be held at City Hall on: July 16, 2014 6:00 PM and July 21, 2014 5:30 PM COME SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ! September 28, 11-5 CELEBRATE SUMMER AT THE COUNTY FAIR Sherburne County Fair Elk River Jly 17-20 Stearns County Fair Sauk Centre Jly 30—Aug 3 Benton County Fair Along Minnesota Street Sauk Rapids Aug 5– 10 www.millstreamartsfestival.org got water? DO YOUR PART BE WATER SMART The 2013 Consumer Confidence Report is available at www.cityofstjoseph.com Annually the State Demographer provides mu- nicipalities with revised census information. We are proud to announce that effective April 1, 2013 the population of . St. Joseph is 6787 and total households number 1875 COMPOST PERMITS AVAILABLE ST. JOSEPH JOES BASEBALL Compost permits are available at the City Offices and online at The final regular league schedule ends www.cityofstjoseph.com. Annual permit fees Free concerts near the gazebo at Munsinger 1 PM Sunday July 13 at home vs Foley Gardens Sundays at 3 PM. Delicious rootbeer are as follows: League playoffs begin on floats are available for $1! St. Joseph City/Township residents $30 Saturday July 19 & Sunday Jul 20 July 13 Ring of Kerry St. Wendel Township residents $60 Hours of operation are as follows: July 27 Peggy Doerrie & Kevin Carlson Home games are at Schneider Field, located at 28— Mondays 2 PM—7 PM August 10 Harper’s Chord 3rd Ave NW. For details on these games and upcom- Wednesdays & Fridays 4 PM—7 PM August 24 Monday Night Jazz ing regional & state tournaments visit their website at: Saturdays 8 AM—12 noon http://saintjosephjoes.teams.mnbaseball.org Visit www.munsingerclemens.com for more info.