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PUt~su","\nt to due call and notice thet~eof, the City Council fot~ the City
of St. Joseph met in ¡-~e g u 1 at~ session on Thm"sday, J'anuat~Y 20, 199'+ at I
7:00 p. m. in the City Ha 11.
t1.~.r1I~.~RS_ PI3£SENT: )1ë\YOt~ Donald Bud Rebet~. IT1e m be'r~s of the Council Ross
Rieke~ Bob Loso, St ephan i e Hazen, I-\en Hiemenz. Clerk/Administrator
Rachel Stapl et on.
OTHERS PRESENT: Cit At t o~~n e y John Schet~et~, City Enginee¡-~ Joe
--~"- ------ y
Bet t end o¡-~f, Deputy Clet·, -< ,Judy We Y'r~en s ~ Chief of Police B¡-~ad Lindg¡-~en~
Building Ins pect CI1"~ Ron Eut eneuet~, C~~a i g Ruhland, Paul Ot~ndot~ff.
E!GE]\lDB. 8PPROY(~1.-3... Hiem{~nz made a motion to appt~o v e the a,genda as
pt~esented; seconded by Loso.
Ayes: Rebe¡-~, Loso, Hazen, Hi emenz.
Nayes: None. Motion cat·'t~ i ed.
M I~l!JES,L Counci I discu!ssed the minutes of the Januat~y 6 and Janua\'~y 11
meet ings. Hazen made a mot ion to accept th(~ amended Mayot~' s
Appointments with the inclusion of Dain Bo SWOt't h, Smith Ba'r~ney
Sheë\t~s on, and Pt~udent ial Secm~i ties as official cI e po sit Ot~ i e s ; seconded
by Hi emenz.
Ayes: Re bet~, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Nayes: None. t'10t ion Cé.1t~¡-~ i ed.
Hazen made a motion to appt~ove the minutes as co~~t~ect ed with the I
deletion of the t~e pea,t ed i nfot~mi..~t i on on Page c~l}63 ; seconded by Hiemenz.
Ayes: Rebet~, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Nayes: None. Motion ca'r~t~ i ed.
BILLS PA'f(..):ßLE: J ud 'I Wey¡-~ens, Deputy Clet~k, pt~esented the bills payable.
Loso made a motion to <3.ppt~O v e the pt.n~chase ot~d et~ numbet~s 1 038--1 Ol~9 and
1156-:1.:1.6:1. and 1097, 109B~ and 1123; seconded by Hazen.
Ayes: Re be¡-~~ Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Nayes: None. Motion C¿H~t~ i ed.
Counci 1 discussed the avet~time and callauts. The Council discussed
that the Chif:ìf of Police is an exempt employee unde¡-~ FLSA, and CORE
meetings at~e t~egular meetings, which camp time is not allowed~ and he
is i'·'equit~ed to wot~k at least L~3 hout~s pet~ week pt~ :i. CI1"~ to t~ece i v i ng comp
time. The¡-~efot~e , Losa made a mot ion to i;entatively deny the two hout~s
camp time of Bt~ad L i ndg¡--'en, to be t~ev i ewed if ¿;'\ valid cont t~act is found
to be in existence; seconded by H"'1Z en.
Ayes: Lo so, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Nayes: Rebet~. )10t ion C<3.'r~t~ i e d.
~ASI MINf\!ESO.J£i pTREj;T, AN~EXATION:, Deputy Cl ed< Judy t.Je yt~en s explained
that the East Minnesota Street ann(~xat ion needs an amendment t C) h¿we
the County t~ec:ot~d it. The pt~opet·'t ies \.-'J e t~e list ed by pë'H~C e 1 numbet~ as
the State Municipal Boa¡-~d allowed. In ot~d e¡-~ to have it 'r~e c ()'r~d e d at the I
County level, and to a v et-,t fut m~e pt~opet·'ty desc'r~i pt i on p'r~ 0 b 1 ems in that
at"ea, the County is t~eq u i t~ i n g all the p'r"op(·?t~t y be desct~ibed by legal
desct~iptions. Hazen made a mot i em to appt~ove an amendment cl at~i fy i ng
the pat~ce 1 s of pt~O pet~t y annexed in the East Minnesota Street Annexation
and authCl1"~i z e the Mayot~ and Clerk/Administrator to execute it; seconded
by Hiemenz.
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Ayes: Rebet~, Loso, Hazen, Hi emenz.
Nayes: None. Motion C¿H~t~ i ed.
MAYOR REPORTS: i) ,Judy Weyt~ens p¡-~esent ed the )1ayot~ wi th a ¡'~equest ft"om
Ray Ðecr¡told, Judy Weyt~ens, Mike SWOt~S k i, M¿H~y Genet~ous and Jim
)1a t~t 11 a 1 fn~, tha'c the Counc i 1 ¡-~econ sid et~ the method of disbm~sing the tNO
pet" cent salat~y i nct~ea5e fot~ the employees. They ¡'~equest ed that the
total amount of the i nct~ease be pooled and then the same dollat~ amount
Nill be d i sh~i but ed evenly among the employees. Re bet~ made a motion
app'r~ove the t~equest ; seconded by Hazen.
Ayes: Rebet~, Loso, Hazen, Hi emenz.
Nayes: None. )1ot ion ca¡-~t~ i ed.
2) The tr1ayot~ and B¡-~ad Li ndgt~en met with t~ept~esentat i ves of CSB/SJU and
Mat~k Lambet~t . They at~e inte¡-~ested in wot~king to cont t~O 1 kegs, and in
wOt~king Nith the city on fm~thet~ t~estt~ictions in the keg ot~dinance.
They a¡-~e also i nt et~est ed in helping to cont¡-~o 1 the off campus housing
pt~oblems. Th e it~ genet~al att itude is mOt~e open to WOt~f< i ng with the city
on stl.ldent c¡-~eat ed p¡-~oblems.
Ross Rieke at~¡-~i ved at 7:25 p. m.
3) The Mayot~ and Dick Taufen went to Becket~ to view theh~ maintenance
f ac i lit y, because the city needs mo¡-~e stot~age and maintenance office
space. Cm~t~ent 1 y equipment is being st ot~ed in cold stot~age which
should be in a heated f ac i 1 it y. Also we at~e cm~¡-~ent 1 y t~ent i ng stot~age
space. The City needs to begin planning f ot~ a neN b I.l i ). din g soon.
Hazen bt~O ught up that the Fi ' '~e Depat~tment is also in need of space and
this will be discussed at a meeting with the Counci l.
4) A Co'-n~t t~epo¡-~te¡-~ wi 11 be needed fot~ the 1 iquot~ violation hea¡-~ing fot~
Sal's Bat~ and Gt~ i II on F e bt~uat~y 10.
COUNClb. REPORT!:!.
RIEKE.!.. CORE will meet Janua¡-~y 31 to finalize the plans fot'" the
Community Dialogue event to be held at St. ,John's on F e bt~ua'r~y 15.
t!f!ZEN: 1 ) Hazen asked if the cost of the stt~{;!et lights on 91st Avenue
will be picked up by the City. Counci I agt~eed that the plans will be
cons idet~ed lat et~ in the meeting, fot~ upg' '~ading and extending the sh~eet
lighting in the newly annexed a¡-~ea. Hazen also asked when the light
Nill be installed on the pole at Lynx Road and 90th Avenue. It is
o¡-~det~ed and del ive'r~y date is t omOt~t~ON.
2) The F it~ e Boa¡-~d met with membet~s of the F it~ e Depën~tment on Tuesday,
Janua'r~y 18. They ¡-~equest ed to meet with the Counci 1 and TONn Bo ë\t~d on
Wednesday, Januat~y 26, at 8:00 p. m. at the Town Ha II . One of the
mat t e' '~s of concet~n is the need fot~ a neN t'r~uck and stot~age fo"~
equipment. The Fh~e De pat~t m ent Nas asked to pr~io¡-~itize thfdt~ needs fot~
space and equipment.
b.OSO: No t~e port.
t!1!; M S!>I_Z...t 1 ) Hiemenz stated that the st at~ Cit y Commission met w:i th
Ge¡-~ald ¡"Jenne¡-~ of the Depat~tment of Tt~ad e and Economic Development.
Mot~e infot~mat ion will be available at the ne>-:t meeting.
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2) Hiemenz stated th¿-t.'t he h<"1S r-' e c e i v e d complaints thø.t t'E n n e sot a r-.' 1
,:> 1; to. e e "G
is too d ë\ d< n O~·J.
~UILIQJ1\!G 9££JCIAl.:, B.~E'ORTS: Ron Euteneuer~, B I.Ii 1 din 9 Official, r~e pO'r~t ed
on the building con st r'uct ion in 19<13. 31 single family homes t.-Jet~e
bl.\i 1 t at an a v er~ag e value of '$S4, 128 ~.¡ i tho 1.1 t the cost of land Qr~ hookup
fees. EI_\t enelJet~ also stated that he issued ,:3- building pet~m it fO'r~ the
new dot~m at St. Ben's.
E'.Q.bJ.CE;, Jif-PQBJ: Police Chief Br~ad Lindr;wen t~e pOì~t ed that 1) he ~'J ill be
off fot~ s 1Jt~ 9 e 'r~ y F e b¡-~I.\at~y 2-4, in addition to J anlja¡-~y 25-28.
(;: ) The police depa'r~tment 'r~ e C 0 v e 'r~ e d a st 0 I en vehicle and got r~ecogn it ion
fOì~ it.
3) The net.-¡ pab~o 1 caì-' ha s Ø.'rT' j. v e d ~.¡ i t h the g'r~aph i cs on it. The FO'r-'d
s 1.1 p e 'r~ vis 0 'r~ S ai'~e telling them not to use the push bum p e 'r~ S , fo'e the good
of the ca'r~. Rieke asked, and Lindg'r~en a g 'r~ e e d that they vJO 1-1 1 d IJse them
only I.\nd et~ d it~ e eme'r-·gencies.
/+ ) The COI.\nci 1 d i s C I_I sse d the }. ett e'r-' f'r~om the concer-'ned pa'r~ent It¡h 0' S son
t-'ece i ved a t icke'c fot~ pat'king on the stt-'eet bet¡..¡een c all. m. and 6 a. m.
IYI a 'I 0 ì~ Rebe'r~ 5t at ed that thei'~e is a sign at each entr~ance to the Cit y
~'¡h i ch st¿~tes the p<"".'r'k i ng p'r~oh i bit ion. Cot\nci 1 t~ e q 1.1 est e d that the
Clerk/Administrator ì~espond to the pa'r"ent by let t e 'r-' .
5) t'1a. y o¡-~ Rebe'f~ commended the whole Police De pat~t m ent on the good job
they a'r~e doing, and he stated that the app'r~ehens i on of t r-I e i nd i v i d 1.\ a 1
v¡ho stole t: r-Ie vehicle wa!:; e;-<ce 11 en"\:; police ~"l 0 ~-. k .
S) Hazen made a motion to appr~o v e the appointment of Jeff Young to
Acting Ch i e f, iCl. S 'r' e com men d e d by Chief L i n d 9 'f~ en. The motion ~'¡as
seconded by Hiemenz.
Ayes: R e b e ì~ , Riek~, Lo~,o, H¿~zen, Hiemenz.
Nayes: None. t'Îot ion ca¡-~t~i ed.
çt_~.RV'.lA I¿J::llliliEPJ:'1 TOR P,-sE' 0 RT S,
GRtt1BJ-:.LNâ [~EeJ1LT APPLICATION: Reber-' made a motion to appi"o v e the
gambling license application of the St. Joseph Lions CIIJb to be
conducted in the t'1¿:i i n Str~e et pi.\b, and at the El Paso; seconded Hiemenz.
14y e s : R e b e 'f-' , Rieke, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Nayes: Non e. 1'r1ot i on c a 'r~ 'f~ i e d .
RUTljSJFU_ZAT I ON TO CONDUÇT l:l f~AF.fU:: L Hazen made a motion to appt~ove the
application o ¡- the stJ> J'o s e ph Lab School Home and School fO'r' a pe'r~m it
to conduct a t' a f f 1 e at the ir~ annual Fish F'r~Y' event Qn Mat~ch 25;
seconded by RiekE'.
Ayes: R e b e r~ , Rieke, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Nayes: None. t'Îot ì on ca'r't~ied.
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EJ;NÇE ÇgNêIRUCT]J)N ÇDttlE~8.I NT =_ The City received a q uot e f'r-'om T vi i n Ci t Y
Testing fo'r~ gat h e 'r~ i n 9 and testing a sample of matet~ial fO'f~ C:-'r-'eo'~ot e
estimated at $ '+ 25. Loso made ë\ J..' to have the testing done as
mOl,lon
quoted on the fence at Lf 1 5th r:':¡venu.e N~·J ; seconded by R e b e 'r~ .
nyes: R e b e ~~ , Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Nayes: Non e. Rieke <3.bstained. tt10t ion cat~'r~ ì ed.
W}3J3,Ç. nNlJ_ êf-NELLC=_ Hj.emenz intr~odl.\ced the t~evised Labo)~ Ag)'-' e e m en t Itii th
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the St. Joseph Po lice Off i ceH~S Fedet~at ion. He stated that Pt~es ident s
Day was included as a holiday, in the agt~e e rn ent as it had been :in the
past. Loso made a motion t() t~e m 0 v e P'r~esidents Day as a hol idi~y in
pën~agt~aph 9.2, and substitute the bi t~thclay ho 1 iday, which is at
s t-r~a i ght time. ; seconded by Hazen.
Ayes: Rebet~, Rieke, Loso, Hazen, Hi emenz.
Nayes: Non e. Notion cat~t~ i ed.
Hiemenz made a motion to appt~ove the amended agt~eement with the holiday
change and p'r~ 0 V i din g fot~ a two pet~cent pooled Nage inc)'~ei::\se ; seconded
by Hazen.
Ayes: Re be'r", Rieke, Loso, H¿:\zen, Hiemenz.
Nayes: Non e. Notion cat·'t~ i ed.
åTREEI. LIJ.3HTING MINNE_SOIB. §TREET:. Counci 1 y'eque st ed th.::\t a
t~ep'r~esentat i ve ft~om NSP Company meet with the Counci 1 to discuss
o pt ion s fot~ st-r~e et J.i ght i ng in the beautification at~ea.
ÞJ~OW. REMOVAl.:. 91 D¡;;WAL!i§J... Counci 1 ag¡-~e ed that the Sidewé.Ük Commissionet~
should pt~esent a plan to det et~m i ne the Public Safety Sidewalk d i s h~ i ct.
The Counci 1 also discl.\ssed the method of compelling pt~opet~t y ownet~s to
remove snow ft~o m theit~ sidewalks, which at~e out side the Public Safety
SideNalk d i sh~ict, within 2L. h 0 I.\t~S of a snowFall as ¡-~equit~ed by the
Qt~dinance. The Council discl.\ssed 1.tJi th the City Attot~ney methods of
enfQt~cement and if notice is ¡-~eq 1.\ i1-~ed. After discussion Hazen made a
motion to d it~ect the Police Depat~tment on t~out i ne patt~ol, at least 24
hOl.n~s, a ft et~ a minimum of one inch ()f s n OvJ, to attempt to make d i 'r~ect
contact with the pt~opet~ty ownet~s Nho have not t~e m 0 v ed the snow ft~o m
the Ì'r~ sidewalk, and infot~m them that it ml.\st be t~e m 0 v ed vJithin 2'+
hout~s. If d i t~ect contact can not be made, notice will be pt~ovided by a
notice placed on the d 0 Ot~. The Police Depa¡-~tment Nill check on the
availability of door hanger type notices and t~ e p O'r~t the it~ findings to
the Counci 1. TNenty fout~ hOl.n~s aftet~ notice is given, if the snow has
not been t~emoved, the Police wi 11 issue ë\ citation. The Police
Depat~tment will mal-<e a list of those pt~opet~t ies whose ownet~s will
receive a citation and delivet~ it to the 't1ai nt enanc(,) Dep¿ü~tment, fot~
t~e m 0 va 1 of the snow. The motion was seconded by L(jso..
Ayes: Rebet~, Rieke, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Nayes: None. Motion cat~¡-~ i eeJ.
PAR.t'~ ß.OARD, BY--.LAWS: The Counci 1 discussed the pt~O po sa 1 of the City
Attot~ney to pass an enabling O'r~d i nance authot~izing the Pat~k Boat~d and
empowet~ing it as a bod y. Loso t"equest ed that v e¡-~b i ag e be included in
p'r~OpO sed O'r~d i nance Amendment ê~303 to incll.lde "as i..=¡uthot~i zed by state
statute. " Th et~e was discussion on the d i ffe¡-~ence between a Boat~d and a
Commission. The Counci 1 ag'r~e ed that the liaison is a voting membet~ of
the body. Loso stated that the Pat~k B 0 ¿H~d and Planning Commission
shQuld have the authQt~ity pt~(jV ided them by law, and be accountable fot~
the it~ speci fic at~eë\S. John Sch et~et~ stated that the Council may wish to
allow the subsidia'r~y boat~d s mot~e ¿Hltho¡-~ity in ot~d et~ to t~elieve the
Counci 1 of the bl,wdens of decisions, in the s I.\bs i cI i at"'y boat~ds ¿,-n~eas.
Hé."Izen made a motion to allow the City (~t t ot~n e y to dt~a ft an amendment to
the enabling ot~d i nance fot~ the Planning Commission, fot~ the Council to
considet~; seconded by Rieke.
Ayes: Rebf:~t~, Ri eke, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Nayes: None. !710t i QÏI cat~t~i ed.
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OP[~f\·l LQ. TH,Ç, ElJBL~J C : Ross R i 2 ~< e stepped dQvHì ft-, 0 m his chCli'f' and
·f~eql.\ested to appr~oach the table. He ~:,t at ed that. he vJi she,:. to 'r-'e spond
to the Co 1-11'1 C i 1 ~ s decision ,;:~ 11 0 \..,1 T,,-,Iin City Testing to test the ,\lood on
hi f, f€~riceQ He stated that the Council needs to c lea r-' 1 y define the ir-'
findings i:'Ind if they intend to mal-;e t(~s·ts th¡--'o I-Igh 0 ut the city. He alsu
q tie S t ion e d v\!hat J.s the defj.nition of cr'eosot e~ and p'r~e sent ed a hand 0 U"G
to the membet's of the Counci 1 disctlssing chemical content. Rieke Ed ':=- 0
~,;tat ed that he has made offe'r~s, to the Counci 1 to ,:"andblast his fence~
and h<,:.<.s invited the m e m bet's of the Co tin 12 i 1 i; 0 his p'r"opet~t y to v i e~·J the
r Ag¿Ü 1'1 he as 1< e d the Council to define the i ì' findings. Ma y Ot-·
r l~nce.
R e b e 'f~ s t ¿'I t e d that .31though a neighbot~ complained~ the CO 1.\liC i 1 vJ·3S aWi:x'e
of a pr' 0 b 1 em pr" i Q'r-, to the complaint.
Hazen made ¿\ motion to r'ecess at 8 ~ ;=:0 p. m. ; seconded by Loso.
Ryes: Reber~; Rieke~ Loso,; Hazen~ Hemenz.
Naye'=,: None. t'1ot ion cat'r~ i ed.
The t"ia y Or' 'r~ e 12 0 n v en e d t Ìì E' meeting at 8 : ,:so p. m. and Rieke 'f~ e sum e d
hi '3 cr' <~ i ·r'.
E1TREET LIGHTING: Paul [I'r-'n d 0 r-' f f of St ear-' ¡ S El ectr~ ic Coop. , Ass'n~
d i S C 1.1 sse d ~'J i t h the Council his pt~O po sal·:=- far·' s t 'f~ e e t lighting of E¿l,s.t
IYlinnes.ota St r-'e et and 91 ~,>t Av en I.I!? He pt~e sent ed pr~O po sal s fOt~ It!Ood
poles and fibet~gla<:,s po 1 e s j and p.3\yment Upf'f~ont of installi.."tion and
equipment char~g e 5 O·r·' a monthly facilities char~ge. Aft er" cons i d e'r~at i, on
of aesthetics~ d I_wab i 1 it y; IJnd er~g'r~o 1_lnd inst,:Ü lat ion; and cos'Gs; Loso
made a mot ion to appr~o v e the q uot e of $4,355.56 fOr~ s t r' e e t lighting
~'J i t h fibet~glas'=> poles on f'i inn e sot a t. I I ¿~nd ·:~53lr. 64 f' O'f~ stt~e8t
oJ 1; 'r-' e e --ç IJ
lighting on 91 st Avenue; seconded by Hazen. Discussion ~ These ItJ i J. 1 be
150 ~'Jatt high pt~ e s S I.\"r' e sodil.lm.
Ayes: Reber~j Rieke, Loso~ He.z en; Hiemenz.
Nayes: None. t'iot ion c a tT' i eel.
The COI.\nci 1 d i s C 1.\ sse d the existing li ght "'. on 915t Av en ue which \'Jer~e
inst,::,'Illed ~~ 0 m e yea 'f-"", ago. Pal.II st.,,~ted that he would have the i r~ billing
depar'tment change the billing over' to the c: i t;/ fO'f~ those 1. i ght s if the
C 0 I.m c::: i 1 wishes. \...L:<.zen made a motion that the e¡Üsting f 0 l.\'f~ light,::, ~.J i 11
now become an obligation of the cHy; seconded by Hiemenz.
Ayes~ R(~be'r'; Rieke~ L 0 ~> 0 ~ Hazen~ Hiemenz.
Nayes: Non e. 1'1ot i on car~'r'ied.
Paul O'r~nd or~'f f also told the Co I.mc i I that the type t ~'JO co bì"a.h ead s t 'f~ e e t
lights have ¿In oval p¿d:; t er-'n of lighting~ ¿~Ì\d light s t ¡--. e e t s best . r
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placed p e 'r' pen d i c u 1 a t~ to the s t 'f' e e t ì·' a the "(" than at Lt.:" d e fe.V' e e angles.
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ºJ~b. bf1~.â [-IOOKl)y ÇJ-IAJ~.QEEll. Joe Bet ten d Q r-' f ~ City Enginee)'~; r" e p (:1 'f~ t 0 d f) iì the
monthly; tot¿,l~ ,2Hi d i."Ve'f~age ~.¡,3. s t e v/¿,t e t~ f 1 o~.¡ of DBL Labs. Av e·r-'2.g e
cl a i1 y flow J. s far...' 1'-;)93 11,603 ap¡:.wox i m¿·d:: e 1 y ga11Dns. The Council
d i .;s c 1.1 S ':; e d that DBL L<~bs hé.,d indicated that they intended to have less
\·Ja~; t ewat et-' by switching to ¿~ dr~y system. It does not appea'r~ that thC-:'r-'e
has been a con'3 i d e'f~ab 1 ':! dec)"'ease" Rieke 'f' f.? que s t e d th,3.t the
t~e pr-'e sent at i v e:, of DBL Labs come befo'r~e the Council to d i ", C 1.1 S s this
:\. S·:,·I.le v-,Iith them p'r-·i O'f" 1; 0 e'=.t,3.bl ishing the .::;, m 0 1_\ n t 01 hüüku.p. Loso m2de
Pagt~ j:~¡+83
,J.':! n Ui..'\ t~ Y ;~:O~ 1 ') <3 it,
a motion to establish the hool-{I.\p chat~ge fo¡-~ DBL Labs at -=t7 ·::1 un its ~
L..-...J a L_
based on the h" avet~age flow. The motion vJas s econd (~d by Ha~~en.
Discussion - Rieke stated that he would like to have t~e p¡-~e s (;mt at i ve s of
DBL Labs meet with the Counci ]. to di~¡cus!;; th€-.' fluctuation in f 1 OvJ
volume. r=iyes: Re be'r~~ Rieke, Loso, Hazen, Hi('.!menz..
\ ayes: None. Motion cat-Ti ed.
Bet t endot~f stated that the City has been m on it O'r" i n 9 q 1.\i:..1 it 'I as vJ(~ 11 as
quantity of the wast ewat et~ ft~ol1l DBL Labs. It hë.is a high BOD content.
OUt~ ot~d i nance t~eq u it~e s that special considet~ations at~e made if the BOD
exceeds 250. Bet t end ot~f stated that he is vJilling to dr~ë:'\ft a lette\'~ to
t~ep'r~«~sent¿'1t ives of DBL Labs on this matt et~. Hazen made a motion to
allow the City En~jineet~ to send a letter~ to t~ef:n~esentat i ves of DBL Labs
,3S discussed; seconded by Hi emenz.
Hyes: Rebet~, Rieke, Loso~ Hazen, Hi emenz.
Nayes: None. )1ot ion ca¡-~¡-~ i ed.
!L1 ç b!,~.§]~ STEJ,::L: ,Joe Bettendot~f also discussed the i mpl'~ovement s needed
in the Indust¡-"ial Pat~k a¡-~ea including dt~ainage, S é.1 nit .:n~ y sewer~,
wat et~ma i n and r~oadway, 'r~ai 1 t"oacl ct~ossing, wet l¿~nds and ¡-~oad
n?alignment. This é.U~ e a includ(~s Jo!;eph S'b~eet, and a p'r~O PO!5 ed
¡-"eal ignment Co. Rd. 1 -¡.-.;. Bett endo¡-~f stated that he did not f(~e 1.
..;"'....
thes,e impt~ovements cOI.\ld be made wi thout ~F' ant iass i stanc(~. FH(,?I-:e i..'\S1-< ed
if the St. Cloud Economic Development Partnership could help in getting
a g¡-~ant fO'r~ this pen'po s e. )Îay 0 'r~ Rebet~ stated thé.'\t they could and that
the Commissionet~ of the Depa'r~t lTIent of Tr~ad e and Economic Development
has indicated intet~est in i m pt~ 0 v i n 9 the I n d 1.\ S t;¡-~ i ¿,Ü pat~k . Ha~:: en made a
motion to appr~ovE' a feasibility st udy f cn~ d r~ a i nag e ~ t~oac:lway, Wë:\t er~ma i n
and s ¡?wet~ main fOt~ the Industt~ial Par~l-< at~e a, .;..nd to negotiate vJith Ted
Duncan fOr~ pr~ope¡-~t y t"i ght s at the co¡-"n et~ of Co.. Rd. 133 and ,Joseph
Stt~e et ; seconded by ~heke.
Ayes: Rebet~, Rieke, Lo s 0 ~ Ha~~en, Hi emenz..
Nayes: Non e. )1ot ion ca¡--'I'~ i ed.
ST..:..., CLOUD AREq ECONpIYIIC DEV~LOPMENT E8 r~INE;;BSHIe...L The Council discussed
the cost o f Wt~ i tin 9 £wants. Rieke made a motion to .join the Sta Cloud
Economic Development Pë:n~t n er~sh i p; seconded by Rebe¡-~.
Ayes: Rebe'r~, Rieke, I..k=tz en, Hiemenz.
Nayes: L.oso. tiJot ion ca¡-~t~i ed.
Mayo¡-~ Rebet~ stated he will meet ~..¡i i;h ,Joe Bet t endot~f on a ne~;J
maintenance building. Also Joe will pt~epa¡-~e options fOr~ aJ.te¡--'në!te
I'~out es fot~ the f u t I.n" e 'r~oi~dway pli:!ln t ht~o ugh pt~opet~t y ovmed by st. Ben's.
gJTY ATTQB.NEY BEPORTS
KE_G. 9RIli.NANG..~: )1ay01'~ Re bet~ stated that St. John'j s i':\nd St. Ben's
officials at-'€: intet~e!sted in vJOr~k i n9 with the ci t y to he 1 p cont t"O 1 off
campus st udent ct"eat ed pt-' 0 b 1 e ill s. They would like to ~'Jot~k v~i th the city
on t~edevelopin!;] the keg ot~d i nanc:'e and on t~(~ntal housing issues. They
at~e cons ider~i ng some type of college cont t"o 1 on off campl.\s housing fo¡-oo,
students. John Sche¡-~et~ stated that h,? \l-JO u 1 d be hesitant to i..-'\dv i se the
colleges on these i s s 1.\ e s , but would t~ecomme1'1d that they con s 1.\ ). t with
the Í'r~ legé.Ü adviso'r~s.
E~.R9Qt!.I~IEL lJ3 S_UE;;.êJ, The counci 1 discuE,secJ that: B"~ad Li ntigl''''pn had
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indic<..<.ted that he has an effective employment cont r~.3ct \'Iith the city.
7byor-' R e b e t~ extended the meE-~ting 10 minutes at 10:00 p. m.
1..1,,:<. zen st<..<.ted that it ~'Iould be in the p e t-· son n e 1 files. JOf1n Sch e'r~et-'
'r~ecommeÏlded that the Clerk/Administrator t~e s eat~ch the minutes, and ask
Chief L i n d 9 r~ e n f ot~ a copy of his cont r-'act. Hiemenz stated that the
minl-ltes of Oct 0 bet-' 17, 1991 'r~ e f e t' e n c e it, and the a 9 r' e e men t is dated
f~ugust 19, 1')91-
bJPUO f3. Y I OLAT I QN tiEr-¡ R It\!Gl 1'r1ay 0 t~ R e be t~ t~equested that Mt~. Sch e t-'et~
t~ eta i n a COI.wt r~ e pOt~t e t' for the h e a t-' i n 9 to be held F e bt~l-Iat~y 10. t'k.
Sch et'E'(' suggested that the Co I_InC i 1 con sid et~ appointing a specia,l
h e a,'r' i n g findings ad m in i sGt'at O'r~ Ot-' officer~ in the fut I-I¡-~e, and allm-I t r-I at
individual to heat' the mat t e t-· and make findings to the Council.
Ll N N E M I':J 1\1 t:l 1J>1i'1 HOOKUP: The Counci 1 asked t' e com men d at ion f'r~ 0 m the
¿It t ot'n e y fO'r~ collection of this outstanding chat~g e. tíJt~ . Schet-·et'·
r' e com ill end e d th,'3.t a second notice of the bill 1S sent \-1 i th i..~ statement
th""t a r~esponse is ¡-' e qui r" e d ~'Jithin t h i r~t y days Or~ fut~t h er~ action "I ill
be taken.
Il:::bT I NG OF fENCE 1'r1ATERIAL: Rieke ~,t epped do\..¡n ft~ 0 m his ch a i 'r~. Rieke
st at ed that he has made an offer~ of t~eso 1 ut ion to this mattet~ ~-lithol-lt
i ncm~r' i n g the $45() cost of testing the mater~ial. tíJt' . Sch et~ e r~ stated
that many fence matet~ials have wood pt' e s e t~ vat i v e s, and it could become
btwden s 0 m e and expensive to continue to test them. He also stated that
if the city detet~mines non compliance the r~ e a'("e many costs involved.
Ma y 0 r~ R e b e r~ extended the meeting of 0 r~ 10 minutes at 10:15 p. m.
Rieke st2\t(~d t h<3.t he has o off' e,¡~ed to san d b 1 c..... s t the south side of the
south fence and the n 0 'r' t h side of the 1'1 o¡--,t h fence. The Cotmci 1 stated
thc.'<.t they mc.'<.)l r~ e con sid e t' pO'r-·t ion s of the fence ot~d i nance, ~-Ihen this
issue is r-'esol'·¡ed. Aft f:."r' fut-,t her' discussion, t'h·'. Sch e r~ er-' st at ed that
the p r~ 0 p e t~ t Y line i S s 1..( e can be 'r-' e ~, 0 1 v e d along with the height of the
fence, aft e r' the snO\-1 melts.
Rieke than 1--: ed the Counci 1 f Or-' the attention they have glven hi fíI, and
kept t Il i S is S tl8 at a negotiation level and agr~e ed to have a d iff e 'r~ e n c e
of opinion. The Councj,l ag¡-~Ged that the test \'1 i 11 be fO'r~ c¡-~eosot e
on 1 y.
Rieke t~ (! sum e d his cha i'i~.
8DJOUF~N ~ Loso made a motion to ad.jour~n at 1 () : 25 p. m. ; seconded by
Rieke.
Ayes: R e b e r-' , Rieke, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Nayes: None. t'1ot ion cat~¡-~ i ed.
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Rachel Stapleton
Clerk/Administrator