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March ,.., 1992
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Pursuant. to due Ca I I and notice thereof, the City Counc i I f .J r t.he
~ City of St. Joseph and the Town Board for the Township of St.
Joseph met at 8:30 p. m. in the To\.¡nship Ha, I 1 .
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Steven Dehler; Members of the
Gounc i I Leo Sadlo, Bob Loso, Stephanie Hazen. Clerk/Administrator
Rachel Stapleton. Ross Rieke absent.
TmJNSH I p BOARD SUPERVISORS PRESENT: Bernie Schloemer, Jerome
Salzer, and Joe Bechtold. Ann Reischl, Township Clerk.
The meeting W<3.S c<3.1 led to order at 8:30 p.m. Joe Bechtold
discussed the la,rge land ëiI.reëil, of the t.ownship in relation to the
city, and t.hat the township services are provided to a larger land
a,rea. but. simi lar population.
The group discussed the annexation requests of DBL Labs, some
\,Jhispering Pines resident.s, and St. Bens. The To\.¡nship is
concerned with losing t.ax ba.se, but wi I I st.ill have to provide
service throughout the township. Dehler stated that an ëiI.greement.
on ta.x sha.ring benefits and services.
PI a,ns for water, sewer and storm sewer services for areas beyond
the e i t..y were discussed. Schloemer discussed that perhëil.ps t.he
t.ime is coming to have t.he city and township look at the whole
area as one. Consolidation could be looked at, wit.h various
dist.ricts. Also, W,3. i te PëiI.rk <3.nd St.. Cloud a.re pressing on the
border of St. Joseph Township.
Loso asked what is the t.ownship's position on Whispering Pines
a.rea request. for annexa.t.ion. The Board members had no problem
with it, and some of the residents need sewer.
Hazen stat.ed that. the group needs to look at near future planning
along wit.h long term planning.
Dehler asked hovl the township intended to react t.o DBL Labs
request to annex. Bechtold stated that. he would oppose it. without
the city hëil.ving a long ra.nge pla.n for services. Also, the
township would require that t.he fut.ure arterial roadway plan would
be permanently reta.ined and no building permits would be al lowed
on the roa.dwëiI,y area.
The Council and Board genera. I ly agreed to jointly have the City
Engineer prepare <3, cost. estimat.e, t.o prepare a plan to provide
fut.ure water, sewer and dratnage service to the sections 1, 2, 11,
12, 13, 14, and 15. \,Jhen the cost estimate is ready the Boards
wi 1 I meet. a.gain.
The meeting was adjourned at. 10:20 p.m. ~~
City Clerk/Administrator
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Page 2034
March 5, 1992
Pursuant. to dl.~e e<3. I I and notice t.hereof, the City Counc i I for the
City of St. Joseph met in regulaT session, on Thursday, î13.reh s
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1992 <3.t 7:00 p. m. in City Hal I,
i1Ei1BERS PRESENT: i-1a.yo r Steven Dehler; i1embers of the Coune i I Leo
S<3d I 0, Ross Rieke, Bob Loso, Stephanie Hazen. Clerk/Administrat.or
Rachel St3pleton.
OTHERS PRESENT: Stu<3.r t Goldsehen, D<3.n Nierengarten, Bud Reber,
Ted Klein, Steve Frank, Kevin Sehirmers, 8 i I I Elfering.
i1<3Yo r Dehler ea I led the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
APPROVE AGENDA: Sadlo made a motion to approve the agenda a.s
revised; seconded by Loso.
Ayes: Deh I er, Sa.d I 0, Rieke, Hazen, Loso,
N<3.yes: None. Motion carried.
MINUTES: Sadlo made a motion to approve the minutes of the
February 20 meeting as corrected as follows; seconded by Loso,
1) Page 2030 (second last. para.gra.ph) Mayor Dehler reconvened t.he
meeting at 8;50 p. m. (omit the balance of the parag raph) .
2) Page 2032 \.JAGE AND BEI',JEF I TS: i nere<3,se s2-.lary 3.nd wa.ges ;3%
3) Page 2033 Council discussed other benefits - vacation, denta I,
i nsura.nce and actual sal<3.ry levels, and left the benefits at
the sa.me I eve I. Loso a.nd H<3. zen requested to st<3Y on the S<3. I <3.ry
committee when t.he s t. a. t. e sends ba.ek their report on the City's
Pay Equity plan.
þ,yes: Dehler, S.3.d I 0, Rieke, Hazen, Loso.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
BILLS PAYABLE: H3.zen ma.de <3. motion to approve t.he b i I Is payable
a.s present.ed; seconded by S<3.dlo.
Ayes: Dehler, Sadlo, Rieke, Hazen, Loso.
N<3.yes: None. i10t.ion ea.rried.
MAYOR REPORTS: 1) At the APO meeting items discussed were;
ava.ilable space in the St. Cloud waste\I/at.er t re<3. tmen t f<3ei I ity;
the Executive Board is designated to be the By-laws committee; the
necessity of corridor preserv<3.tion for future rO<3.dwa.ys.
2) Attended Blue 3.nd Gold Boy Scout banquet., Local Government
Forum with Dick Taufen a.nd Leo Sadlo.
3) The official kick off for the D.A,R.E. program was March 3,
3.t the Lab schoo I, with the i'1a.yor <3.nd Po lice Ch i e f .
4) Spa.ee evalu<3.tion proposa.1 for city facilit.ies cost estimate is
for consideration, Loso stated tha. t he does not feel the
expenditure is \'Ia.r r,3.nted in light i;) f the fin<3.ncial situat.ion. He
fe It this issue should not be dealt with unt i I the matter of
obtaining the Roske property for city facilities can be voted on
b" t.he gene r<3. I public, <3t the next general election, a.s requested
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by' the r1ayor' and Counc ii, SadIo stated that this is a proposal
for various properties, a.nd future Counc i I wi I I have to dc! --
some