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Home My WebLink About2015 [01] Jan Newsletter In the Know in St. Joseph January 2015 www.cityofstjoseph.com Recogni?on of Service SKATING RINK NOW OPEN CITY MEETING SCHEDULE 2015 City Contact Information The ice rink in Memorial Park is now ready for City Council to Steve Thank you hockey & recrea?onal skaters to enjoy. 1st & 3rd Mondays, 6 PM Frank for serving the Warming house hours are as follows: Planning Commission community as a Coun- Mayor Rick Schultz Monday— Friday 4—8 PM 1st Thursday of the month, 6 PM cilmember for the past 326—7th Ave SE Saturdays & Sundays 12 noon—8 PM Park Board 8 years. St. Joseph MN 56374 4th Wednesday of the month, 6 PM 320-260-0393 Economic Development Authority CITY PARK SHELTER RESERVATIONS 3rd Wednesday of the month, 5 PM rschultz@cityofstjoseph.com Fire Board; 6PM Fire Hall on Looking for a place to host a gradua?on party, family reunion or Wednesday, February 5th workplace celebra?on? Why not reserve one of our park shelters? Wednesday, May 7th Councilor Dale Wick The non-refundable rental fee including tax is $85.90. We also require Wednesday, August 6th 1211 Dale Street East a $100 damage deposit that is completely refundable if the park is Wednesday, November 5th St. Joseph MN 56374 found in good condi?on upon your departure. To make a reserva?on, 320-363-0221 All mee?ngs are open to the public unless please contact the City Oﬃces at 363-7201. otherwise indicated on their respec?ve dwick@cityofstjoseph.com MILLSTREAM PARK: Located at the western edge of the City limits at agenda. Changes in ?mes/dates will be the intersec?on of CSAH 75 and Co Rd 2, Millstream Park provides a noted on the City website at variety of outdoor opportuni?es. The park hosts the following: so?ball www.cityofstjoseph.com. Councilor Renee Symanietz diamonds, camping sites, ﬁshing, nature trails, volleyball and horseshoe 354—4th Avenue SE courts, and disc golf. Picnic areas are located throughout the park. : St. Joseph MN 56374 CENTENNIAL PARKLocated on Second Avenue Northwest, Centennial Park is close to downtown and adjacent to CSAH 75. The park hosts (320) 980-1461 volleyball, basketball, and horseshoe courts, playground equipment and rsymanietz@cityofstjoseph.com picnic areas. MONDAYS 3:30-5:30 Reserva?ons are available May—September. Please note that reserving Resurrec?on Lutheran Church Councilor Matt Killam a park shelter permits you exclusive use of the shelter only. The remain- February 2 July 20 der of the parks remain open to the public. 120 Jasmine Lane March 2 August 17 St. Joseph MN 56374 April 13 September 21 Housing Rehabilita?on Grant (612) 245-4652 May 11 October 19 mkillam@cityofstjoseph.com June 8 November 16 In 2014 the City received a $ 600,000 Block Grant to December 14 provide funding assistance to low income residents for housing rehabilita?on. Funding is s?ll available Councilor Bob Loso to qualiﬁed residents. To be eligible to par?cipate STREET LIGHT OUTAGE 301 Birch Street West residents must own property in the target area and During these darkened months we rely on St. Joseph MN 56374 meet the federal low income guidelines. The target area includes street lights to guide us safely along streets, owner occupied homes south of County Road 75 between 1st & 5th (320) 363-8703 sidewalks & intersec?ons . Please report Avenues NE/SE; up to but not including Baker Street East. bloso@cityofstjoseph.com street light outages or malfunc?ons to the City Oﬃces at 363.7201. Eligible rehabilita?on projects can include replacement of exis?ng, deteriorated exterior features such as rooﬁng, soﬃt/fascia, gu?ers, Administrator Judy Weyrens siding, windows & doors. Interior items are also eligible and include PO Box 668 electrical, plumbing, new furnaces, insula?on, health and safety St. Joseph MN 56374 Water Line Freeze items. Please note that remodeling or addi?ons do not qualify for (320) 363-7201 While the City is not experiencing any frozen funding. For more informa?on contact the Central MN Housing jweyrens@cityofstjoseph.com water lines at this ?me, the City Engineer Partnership, (320) 259-0393. would like to remind residents to be mindful of long periods of extreme cold weather and Facility Commi?ee Police Chief Joel Klein the impact to service lines. Unlike last year The City Council hired WSB to facilitate PO Box 268 we have not had weeks of extreme cold a discussion on the current and future temperatures. If the temperatures do be- St. Joseph MN 56374 facility needs of the City. The Com- come extreme residents are encouraged to (320) 363-8250 mi?ee has been mee?ng regularly and run a stream of water about as thick as a jklein@cityofstjoseph.com all mee?ng material can be found on pencil. The City will make every eﬀort to the City website: no?fy residents via the website, cable access www.cityofstjoseph.com. The next and local newspapers should there be a Public Works Terry Thene 3—6 PM mee?ng of the commi?ee will be threat of service line freezing. PO Box 668 Resurrec?on Lutheran Monday, January 12, 2015 at 6:00 PM St. Joseph MN 56374 January 16 at City Hall. The mee?ng is open to UPCOMING HOLIDAY S February 20 (320) 363-7201 the public. March 20 tthene@cityoftjoseph.com January 19th Martin Luther April 17 King Day February 16th ENERGY TIPS from Tri-County Ac?on Program UNPLUG Unplug seldom-used appliances, like an extra refrigerator in the basement or garage that contains just a few items. You may save around $10 every month on your u?lity bill. Unplug your chargers when you're not charging. Every house is full of li?le plas?c power supplies to charge cell phones, PDA's, digital cameras, cordless tools and other personal gadg- ets. Keep them unplugged un?l you need them. Use power strips to switch oﬀ televisions, home theater equipment, and stereos when you're not using them. Even when you think these products are oﬀ, together, their "standby" consump?on can be equivalent to that of a 75 or 100 wa? light bulb running con?nuously. SET COMPUTERS TO SLEEP & HIBERNATE Enable the "sleep mode" feature on your computer, allowing it to use less power during periods of inac?vity. In Windows, the power management se?ngs are found on your control panel. Mac users, look for energy saving se?ngs under system preferences in the apple menu. Conﬁgure your computer to "hibernate" automa?cally a?er 30 minutes or so of inac?vity. The "hibernate mode" turns the computer oﬀ in a way that doesn't require you to reload eve- rything when you switch it back on. Allowing your computer to hibernate saves energy and is more ?me-eﬃcient than shu?ng down and restar?ng your computer from scratch. When you're done for the day, shut down. TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR TEMPERATURE Set your thermostat in winter to 68 degrees or less during the day?me, and 55 degrees before going to sleep (or when you're away for the day). During the summer, set thermostats to 78 degrees or more. Use sunlight wisely. During the hea?ng season, leave shades and blinds open on sunny days, but close them at night to reduce the amount of heat lost through windows. Close shades and blinds during the summer or when the air condi- ?oner is in use or will be in use later in the day. Set the thermostat on your water heater between 120 and 130 degrees. Lower temperatures can save more energy, but you might run out of hot water or end up using extra electrici- ty to boost the hot water temperature in your dishwasher. USE APPLIANCES EFFICIENTLY Set your refrigerator temperature at 38 to 42 degrees Fahren- heit; your freezer should be set between 0 and 5 degrees Fahrenheit. Use the power-save switch if your fridge has one, and make sure the door seals ?ghtly. You can check this by making sure that a dollar bill closed in between the door gas- kets is diﬃcult to pull out. If it slides easily between the gas- kets, replace them. Don't preheat or "peek" inside the oven more than necessary. Check the seal on the oven door, and use a microwave oven for cooking or rehea?ng small items. Wash only full loads in your dishwasher, using short cycles for all but the dir?est dishes. This saves water and the energy used to pump and heat it. Air-drying, if you have the ?me, can also reduce energy use. KEEP SAFE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON: In your clothes washer, set the appropriate water level for the St. Joseph Lions Club  Keep an eye on your candles size of the load; wash in cold water when prac?cal, and always  Chicken and Ham Dinner Don’t forget to water your tree rinse in cold.  El Paso Club Never announce your holiday trips on Clean the lint ﬁlter in the dryer a?er each use. Dry heavy and social media January 23, 2015 light fabrics separately and don't add wet items to a load that's already partly dry. If available, use the moisture sensor In the Know in St. Joseph 5—8 PM . ( se?ngA clothesline is the most energy-eﬃcient clothes PLACE YOUR ADVERTISEMENT HERE ! dryer of all!) $10 adults; Reach 1700+ in the bi-monthly u?lity TURN OUT THE LIGHTS $5 children under 10 bill . For more informa?on contact the Don't forget to ﬂick the switch when you leave a room. City Oﬃces at 363-7201. Remember this at the oﬃce, too. Turn out or dim the lights in RATES PER EDITION unused conference rooms, and when you step out for lunch. Silent Auction $100 — 4X41/2 . Work by daylight when possibleA typical commercial build- Meat Raffle $250 — 4X9 ing uses more energy for ligh?ng than anything else. $400 — 8X9