HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994 [02] Feb 17
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Pu¡-~suant to due call and notice the¡-~e()f, the City Counc i 1 fo'r~ the City I
of St. ~Toseph met in to'e g 1..11 at~ session on Thtn~sday , F e b'r~uat~y 1. '7, 1.994 at
7:00 p. m. in the City Hall.
~LEtrtBE r~§. E..RE SE;;,tfL;. ¡Viayo'r~ Donald Bud Rebet~. iVlembet~s of the Counc:i 1 Ross
i=<ieke, Bob Loso, St ephan i e Hazen, Ken Hiemen<~. Clerk/Administrator
Rachel Stapleton.
º.It!.~!3.ª. PRESENT: Ct~a i g Ruhland, Judy Weyt~ens, Ivii ke Hazen, Ken Twit, Eh"ad
Lindg'r~en, Steve Deh 1 e¡-~, Dick Taufen, Jim )1a'r~t h..~ let", M ..::n~ y Gen e'r~o us, ,Joe
Bet t endot~f.
AGJ:NDA BPPRQ~.8.bj_ Hazen made a mot i on to appt~o v e the aDenda with the
additions of Comp¡-~ehens i ve Plan unde¡-~ Old Business, and St. ,Joe TOllm
Homes Plat and Watet~ Ft~eeze Policy under Clerk/Administrator Re pQ'r~t s ;
seconded by Rieke.
Ayes: Re bet~, Ri eke, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Nayes: None. Motion ca'r~t~ i eeL
~L!!'I U lli..~l Hazen lIIade a motion to appt~ove the minutes of the J ¿:\T\ uat"y ê.:6
meeting ~..¡i th the follolrJing con'~ect ions: The l,3,st sentence of the t h i t~d
to the last par~a!;waph on the fit~st page should ¡-~ead "Mayot~ Re be¡-~
concut~t~ed ~..¡i th Loso, and stated that they wet~e .j ust gath(,?'r~i ng
i nfot~mat j, on. " The l¿'\st pat~agt~¿-\ph on the fh~st page should t~ead
"Hazen sté.'\ted that the Fh~e Boa¡-~d has met with the F i1"~ e Committee
and t~equest ed that the F it~ e Depa¡-~tment meet jointly with the I
Counci 1 to discuss ma'l; t et~s of mutual concet~n. . " and und e'r~
L I NNEt'1ANN INN the following is to be i ncl uded, "Th(~ F it~ e
Depat~t ment vJas welcome to come on the p¡-~opet~ty in the co Ut~S e of
their duties."
The motion was seconded by Loso.
Ayes: Rebet~, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Nayes: None. Riel-<e abstained. j't10t ion ca'r~t~ i ed.
Hazen st¿~ted that she did not t~eceive the minutes of the F e b¡-~I,la¡-~y .::,
meeting unt i 1 Ft~iday, and questioned why they we¡-~e not out to the
Membet·,s of the Council in fom~ days as policy has established.
!3tapleton stated that othe'r~ pt"e s sut~e s and duties of the office t"eq u i ¡-~ed
a delay in getting them out, along with the minutes of J'an U¿:H~y L~b,
~'Jh ich wet~e also lat e. Hazen stated that the minutes at~e a pt~ i 0 t~ i t y.
Hiemenz stated that the vote on all motions omitted his name and Ii st ed
Hazen twice. Hiemenz made a motion to é.1mend and adopt the minutes of
the F e bt~uat~y 3 meeting with the cot~t~ect i on to include Hiemenz in all
the votes. The motion was seconded by Rieke.
Ayes: Re be¡-~, Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz.
Nayes: Hazen. t'10t ion cfxr~¡-~ied.
The minutes of the F e bt~uat~y 9 meeting wet~e discussed. Hif:!menz
'r~equest ed numet~ous cO'r~¡-~ect ion s and changes. Mayo'r~ Rebe¡-~ ¡-~equested that
Hiemenz pt~OV ide the info'r~mation to Stapl et on to t~edt~a ft the minutes. I
The minutes of the F e bt~'.\ën~y 10 meeting wet~e appt~oved with the deletion
of the duplication () f B¡-~ian Saladino's name, with a motion by Loso;
seconded by Hiemenz.
Ayes: Re be¡-~, R i f:!I< e , Loso, Hiemenz.
Nayes: Hazen. j~10t ion c<:n~t~ied.
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tU'!"·:L.â t:j)'{ ~:HtLE t De put y Cl ~?t~k Judy Weyn-?ns pt~(-?sented the bills paYé.'.\ble.
Aft e'r~ con sid er-'at ion Hazen made a motion to appt~ove the bills payable
check numbet~s 19279--19316 and p,.n~cha s e ot~de'r~ n um bet~ 1278; seconded by
Rieke.
Ayes: Rebet~~ Rieke~ Loso~ Hi emenz, Hazen.
Nayes: None. Motion can'~ i ed.
Aftet·· t~eviewing ovet~t i me and call outs Hazen made a motion to appt~ove
the ovet~time and callouts with the de 1 e-l:; ion of 1. 25 hol.n~s 'ft~ 0 m Rachel
Stapleton's f Ot~ F it~e Boat~d meeting and . 75 hom~s ft~o m Bt~ i an
Klinefelte'r~' s fOt~ Sa l' s Heat~ing ; seconded by Hiemenz.
Ayes: Rebet~, Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz, Hazen.
Nayes: None. )10t ion cat~t~i ed.
IREApUR~B.' S .REPQJJT: De put 'I Cl et~k JI.\dy l-Je yt~en s pt~esented the Decembet~
31, 1993 Tt~easl.n~et~' s Repot~t . She stated that the p'r~oposed t~ea 11 ocat ion
of ex pend i t I.n~e s was not done, because on ftwthet~ t~ev i ew of the final
'r~e po¡-~t it would not have accomplished the des i t~ed effect. Hazen asked
if the Depën~t ment Heads N e t~ e awat~e of theh~ e>-:pend i t I.wes in the final
t~epot~t . Judy stated that the Depa¡-~tment Heads have t~ece i ved the 'r~e po¡-~t
al so. Loso discussed the o v et~ag e in att ot~ney' s fees. Rieke and Rebe¡-~
felt that the costs expended fot~ legal counsel outweighed the ¡-~i sk of
pt~oceeding without it. Hazen made a motion to app'r~ove the Tt~easl.w-et~' s
Re p01"~t as pt~e sent ed; seconded by Rieke.
Ayes: Re be¡-~, Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz, Hazen.
Nayes: None. )10t ion cat~t~ i ed.
1~1AYQ..F3. fŒPQRTê: 'r1ayo¡-~ Rebet~ t~epQt~ted that he attended a meeting of the
St. Cloud A¡-~ea Econom ic Development Pa'r~t n e¡-~sh i p, and feels this gt~o up
will be beneficial to om~ city. An officet~ f¡-~om NSP attended the
meeting and discussed with the gt~O up Red ItJing's t~equest to sUppOt~t
legislation to allolo'J the t empot~at~y st o¡-~age of spent fuel by NSP at
the i...~ Pt~a i t~ i e Island powe¡-~ plant. It ~'Jas because of the additional
powet~ genet~at ion at this plant, dm~ing the sevet~e cold that NSP Io'Ja s
able to supply enough pONer to meet the demand. After discussion Loso
made a motion to app'r~o v e a t~esolution suPPQt~t ing legislation to allolo'J
fo...~ the t e m pot~at~y stot~age of spent 'fue 1 by Not~t h et~n St at e s PovJet~ at
the it~ Pt~a i1"~ i e Island Nuclear Power Plant; seconded by Hazen.
Ayes: Rebet~, Rieke, Lo so, Haz en.
Nayes: None. Hiemenz abstained. t1Jot ion cat~t~ied.
Ç,Q1LNC I L REPORTS.
R t~t5.~..t The CORE committee held a Community Dialogue at Willie's Pub at
St. John's Sexton Commons. A panel of City and College 01:'ficials and
students discussed and ¡-~esponded to questions conce¡-~ning impt~oving
...~elé.'.\t ions between the student popI.\lat ion and the pe¡-~maneiìt t~esidents of
st. Joseph. Also discussed was inct~easing commun ic.:~t ion and ë!wat~eness.
T¡-¡ i s event was v et~y successful.
tJ.Bf': EI'i.t 1 ) Hazen stated that the F it~e Depat~tment t~eque st ed to send f 0 '-\I'~
F it~e fight e¡-~s to State Fh~e Sch 0 0 1 . Hazen made a motion to appt~o v e the
t~equest to send four Firefighters to State F it~ e School Apd,l 29 to May
1 ; secQnded by Riel-<e.
Ayes: Hebet~, Rieke, Lo so, Hiemenz, Hazen.
Nayes: Non e. )1ot ion ca¡-~¡-~ied.
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2) Hazen q t\ e s. t i 0 11 e d th'2 st:¿;,tIJS oi- changing the ci~binet It¡h ich holds the
o v (?'r~h Gad, to ¿Ü 1 o~'~ fo"(" '::\ flush s u'r~f d.ce. Stapleton stated that Pete
Gir~oux had i ¡¡ d ì (>::<.'1:: f? d to h e"(" 1; h<"3.t h,? felt that the t~ e ~<J 0 u 1 d not be
adequate a j, 'r-' C i r'CU l¿Ü ion t.: 0 ¿\ 11 OItJ '\ 0 'r-' cooling of the ove'r-,he¿:id if 'J. J.s
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placed th¿<.t low in the c'a.binet. G i 'r-' 0 U x had ¿~lso indiciJ.ted that n e~^J
[) v e 'r-' h e ¿I d s a'r"e n 0 ~^I available ~...¡h i ch a'r~e a lot t h inn e r-' and may not t~ e qui 'r~ e
¿~ny change. He bl2'r' ~.tated th¿~t he t 11 0 IJ 9 h t that the c,;:..binet CQuld be
m øcj e ¡,.¡i th open ð,'r-'eC;\s to all o~'¡ f O'r' 2\1 'r' C i 'r-'C U 1 ð, t ion. Rieke stated that
the 1 o\.'¡et~ed p¿, t~t cou.ld be in the ~^Jay f Ot' the 1 eg'3 of anyone sitting
the'r'e, and could cause them to bang the Í'r~ legs on '.I. Hazen t~ e q I.W ';; t E' d
J. .... .
that the ci'\:; y yet costs of a 'C1 e~<¡, thinner-' machine {J.'lld co rn Pa'r-'e the COS"C
\.'J i t h the cost of ¡-" e v ¿, m pin g the cé\binet.
3) Hazen q 1.\ est ion e d the . , of '.1- I ' on the Weed Ins p e c to)' .
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Stapleton stated that i n f 0 'r~ mat j. 0 n had been 'r-'ece i v ed f'r-'om othe"r-' citieslO
I::, ) H¿~ zen questioned the s tat 1.\ S of obtaining i n f 0 'r' mat i 0 11 on doo"r' hanget-·s
fOr" s j, d e~'Ja 1 k snOvJ 'r-'emoval notices J. s. Chief Lind ¡p-'en stated th¿lt he
has a 1 et: i; e'(" t-·eady to be sent out.
b-O_sq.l- Loso 'r-'e pO'r~t ed thEd; the h 0 cl< e y 1"'i n~: ~'J ill close on Sunday f 0[-' the
seasanR
tUIJ'i E 1\1 Z =- 1) The HR~ì made ¿, pi~e sent at ion to the Planning Commis£,ion.
They ~'J ish to develop a pa'r~ce 1 of p'r~ope'r't y in an R-3 zone by
const'r-'uct j.ny duplexes. If the a'r"'e¿~ ~.~ e 'r' e [-'e z on ed to R-2 it ¡,.¡o u 1 d not
meet the R-2 setbacks. The Planning Commis~:,ion asked them to go bacl-{
and look at the o'r'd i nance. ~~ ) Andy B'r-·ixius vJa s appointed as the
Planning CO III m i '5 S ion 'r' e p 1"' e s en t <-,.¡,t i v e to the Star-' City Commission. ])
f~llanning Commission 1,1 e rn b e 'r' S v¡hü ~.~ i 1 J. attend t'r~aining s e m i n a -..~ s f O'r-'
Pl¿~ï1ning and Zoning a"r'e HI_\b 1<1 e i n and r=1ndy B'r-'i;-{ i I_\S ~.¡ i t Ii oth,:?'r~ Ïil e m I~I e r" '3
as backups. 4) Hiernenz 'r-'e pO'r-·t ed that he )"" e c e i v e d comments fr~ 0 m
c onc (2t'n e d individuals on Sð.11 s L i q 1.1 0 'r' violation he¿wing. Conce'r~n s
e x p'i~e s s, ed we'r-'e that the COI.\nci 1 came to E\ conclusion so fast, that it
\l-Jas it all CIJt and d t' i e d ; they ~'¡ant ed to ~:no~'J if the fine ~'¡Ol-l 1 d cove'r~
the di'r~(~ct cüst~> to the city fo'r~ this h e ð 'r~ i n 9 ; and Nhat vJE"r-'e those
d i'r'ect costs. Also ~> 0 m e individuals thol-lght that the Co 1-1 n c i 1 ~'¡as too
lenient and that the ], iql.\o¡--' license s h 0 I.d, d have been p t\ 1 led. 5)
Hie r,1 en z stated that at the t-r' a i n i n 9 gj.ven to the employees and Cot\nci 1
on Fe b'r" ua 'r~ y 1<=' the sexual ha'r-'assment policy \l-Jh i ch \l-JE\S passed out to
J,
all ¡,.¡ho attended, sholJld inclu.de pay (2 S 17, 18, and 19 of the P e 'r-' son n e 1
Policy I'ianual, and that these pages should also be sent to the ðt t or-'n e 'I
f O'r~ 'r'e\" i e~<¡. 6) Hiemenz asl-{ed on the s tat tl. ~:. of the t-r~ai n i ng ~·¡h i ch Did<
l"fio I ohon t"eco íil mend ed .¡- 01"" the employees. Stapleton st.a·cød that she is
un c 0 f11 f 0 'r't <-<. b 1 e with SOlnl? ¿'-\'ÎH"eras of Did-; ìi 0 I 0 h 0 n; s pt'oposal, i..~nd i '",
s;,eeking mOr~e info'r~mat ion on ~'Jh¿it to expect f'r~om a t 'r~,3, i n e 'r~ , and ~^I h ð t
othe'r' t "r' a i 1'1 i n 9 s e 'r-' vie e s !ii..~V e to off e 'r~ . She feels it is imp 0 'r' t a Tì t to
pr"üt ect the employee';; and t O'r' all i n d j, v i d u a 1 s involved "GO be
com f 0 'r' t i3. b 1 e with the t r~a i n in g. ¡-1¿~ z e íl st,3,t<?d that the Council had
aut ¡-"I 0 "r' i z e cJ the t "r~a i n in 9 "' ,. p'r-' 0 posed by Dick \'ti0 I ohan. Stapleton stated
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that she IJ n d e r' S too d that it ~'¡as to be on a vol unt at-''ý basis. Hazen felt
it ~·"as to be m¿lndéit O'r-' 'I . Rieke stéited thö:\t John Sch e i~-' e 1"' h¿:\d 'r' e C' 0 m m e Ii d e d
that it be Oïi '''' V 0 ll_m t ,'" 'r-' y ba';;is, but Rieke lS co m fO'r'-c <3.b 1 e ~.¡ i th Dick
IY!olohon. t,ia yo 'r' Rebe'r-' 'r~' e q 1.\ est e d that Stapleton put this I.lnde·r~ old
b 1_\ 5 i n e s s and p'r'GSí2nt the c 0 1_\11 C i 1 ~<¡ í th the a 'r~ e as shí2 1 ç uncomfo'r-,tabl e
\.^J i t h , é'lnd check with t.he at. h e'r~ E'mployees. 7) A 1 e t t e "¡" will be sent to
the De pa'r't men t ._ .c: Tt~ad e and Economic Development ,. . the City of C", I
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,J os eph has bequn th~? process-of star City Designation.
- PQ.bXÇs. !;:J-I I Ef.:, EÜ::PQJrnª_?_ Chief B¡-~ad Li ndgr~en p¡-~esented the Council Nith Eln
annual 'r~epot~t of activity in his depad:;ment. Aft et~ ¡-~e view and
discussion of the t-'e POt·,t the Counci 1 th¿lÍIked him fot" the excellent
annual f~epo¡-~t and com pa¡-~ is on s. Hazen made a motion to i;\.ppt~O v e F it~ s t
Respondet~ He ft~e sh e¡-~ Co t.n~s e for re-certification of all the officet~s ;
seconded by Hiemenz.
Ayes: Rebe'r~, Ri eke, Loso, Hiemenz, Hazen.
Nayes: None. Mot ion ca'r~t~ i ed.
Loso asked Chief Lind~ t"'en why the occut~ance of violations went on so
long at S~Ü ~ s without the Chief tall-<ing to the own et~, Dale Schne ide'r-'.
Chief Lind~wen stë':\ted that Dale knew what was going on and he would see
the officers in his b.:n~ Wt~i t i ng tickets. Also Dale Nas cha¡-~ged on an
established pattet~n of abuse of the 1 iquo¡-~ laws involving unde¡-~age
consumption and false 1D's. Also Dale did not come to an in'f ot~mat i ona 1
meeting Nhich the Police Chief had set up in the fall to wOt~~< with the
bat~ ONnet~S.
Loso made a motion to t~ece s s fo¡-~ fifteen minutes at 8: 15 p. m. ; seconded
by Hiemenz.
Ayes: Re bet~, Rieke, Lo so, Hi emenz, Ha~~en.
Ni:.\yes: None. )10tion cat~t~ i ed.
¡VI a 'I 0 t~ Reber reconvened the meeting at 8:30 p. m.
OPEI:i TO. TH~ PUBL:j;, C ;.. Jim )1a¡-~thalet~ asked if then~ could be an extension
on the t~equi t~ement that employees at~e t~eq u it~ed to use theit~ comp time
accumulated pt~iot~ to .Ji:.\nUat~y 1, 199L~. He stated that it wi II be pt~etty
difficult fot~ all the tt'\a i nt enance Employees to use it up by Më\ r~ch 31 ø
He t~equested that the time pet~iod be extended to at least ,June 3(>u
Hazen made a mot ion to ext end the time pe¡-~ i od to '.Ise accumulated comp
time to .July 3(), 1994; seconded by R i e ,{('? .
Ayes: Re bet~, Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz, Hazen.
Nayes: Non e. Motion cat~¡-~ i ed.
The Council asked J'im Mat~thal e¡-~ on the status of the Weed Ins pect Ot"
i nfot~mat ion. He stated that he has t~ece i ved it, but; has not had time
to go through it yet.
steve Deh 1 e¡-~ stated that he had given a taped lettet" to the Clet~k,
suggesting the City put t ogethet~ a subcommittee to lool< at hool<up
cha¡-~g e s and additional fees. He suggested a subcommittee could do an
indepth stud y outside of Planning Commission Ot~ Counci 1 meetings.
Steve Deh 1 et~ also thanked the Counci 1 f 0 t~ t I,n~n in g all the stt~eet light~;
on Minnesota Street.
E¡VIP~QXE_~HOLLQAYt_Stapleton ¡-~e pot~t ed that state 1 aw t~eq u it~e s that
P'r~esidents Day is a holiday i..=..nd no public business shall be t 'r~i.."n sact ed
on any holiday except in cases of necessity. Loso made a motion to
amend the Pet~sonnel Policy )1anual to t~evet-'t back to the pt~ e v i 0 us
allowance, which alloNs P¡-~es ident s Day as a paid holiday, which is the
t h it~d )10nday in Febr~uat~y, and the holiday fot~ employees individual
bi t~thdays is t~emoved. The motion was seconded by Hazen.
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¡:-iye S i I~ e bet·, ¡ Rieke¡ Loso; Hiemenz, Hazen.
¡'-Iayes; None. ItJot ion cat-''¡' i ed.
L.oso m<'3.de a motion to amend the ~3·t II ~T \) s e ph Police Offic(~t-·; s Fed e t~ a 'ì~ ion
Cont t~act to all 0 ~'J Pt~ e sid en t s Day ¿;\ paid holidé\Y, which is the t h i t~d
ir1ünday in Febt~'.\a'r'Y, as i:\ holidi"Y· The motion was seconded by Ha zen.
(~y e s : R e b e r~ ; Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz, Hazen.
Nayes: None. )1 0 t ion car~t~ i ed.
tL8XbL1.:,P1GNC~, T B.W_p< S_L D ê;\V e Hinnenkamp, as t' e q I_I e ,; t e cI by the CounC:ll;
p 'r~ e s en t e d an analysis of methods OT pi".yment '1"'" Ot-' the PI.lr··cI1a s e o "r new
ci t y maintenance vehicles. Hi ':; conclusion was that trle ci t y ~-\lO U 1 d
benefit by p¿~y i ng cash f O'r~ a ci t y maintenance vehicle at today1s
inter~e~,t t~¿:d:; e s. 1'1 a yo r' Rebe'r-' s t ¿~ t e d he would suppm~t getting one pickuµ
t h i ~; ye("'3.'r'" and budgeting fot~ a n (?~..¡ one eve r~ y two y e ,,:n-' s . I'ia y 0 t~ Reber~
made a motion to put~chase ¿£, ;'2 ton ~..¡ot~k t t~uck as quot ed by Gilleland
Ch e v 'r~ ole t at $1i,773 plus $70 to get GVl.JR 6, 100 I bs. plu.s t2,x ¿~nd
license; sec'onded by Hazen.
Ayes: F< e be 'ï', Rieke, Los-o, Hiemenz, Hazen.
i\~ f\ yes : Non e. 1,10t ion car~t~ i ed.
ç_Qm-_ ACC,OUIi:illm. ;:ITU¡;rc: Dave Hinnenkamp pr~esented, ·ï-·ev i eltJed and
discussed a cost accounting study \.'Jh i ch he had pr'e pa'r~pd. The ¿Ina J. y 5 e 5
c 0 V (? t~ e d the f 0 1 1 o~" i n 9 a t~ e a ';:. : sno~'J 'r' e m 0 val , mO~'Jing and t 'r' i m m i n 9 pi..=t.f~·k s,
ITI et et~ r-'eaeJ i ng, s t r~ e e t cleaning and s t t' e e t painting.
1ì Snow 'r~ e m 0 val - Although cont t'act costs may be so m e~'Jhat 1 0 ~" e r~ , the
timing ¿~nd q 1.1. a ). it 'I of s e 'r-' V ice ar~e to be taken 1 nt ü con sid e r~ a t ì un
v-Ihen compar-'ing contr-'act ing OIJ'C snov! 'ï-' e m 0 val to the City f'1a i nt en,,\nce
De par~t ment pr~ 0 y i din 9 this SE.'r"vice.
¿j ir1 0 ~'I i n 9 i3.nd T'r'i m m in 9 ot Par-'\{ 5 '- This 1 L=" b 0'1'-' intensive a'r'ea is not
cost effective to cont 'r~act out.
3) 1'1 e t e 'rO. Reading -- Recomlllendat i on 1S to continue the cut'¡-~ent metet~
'r~ead i ng method with the maintenance employees t~eading the met:er"'s;
btlt s t a t~ t b 1.\ d get i n g fo'r" ¿.:;, change to opt 1 sCi:\n; so that \.'Jhen
technology advances to a J. 10\.'J con v et~s i on to existing meter-'s, the city
~'J ill be able to considet~ a change to opt i scan.
i¡. ) Str'eet Cleaning ~ The c u r-'t~ ent system seern~· to be most cost
effective, bl.lt if ti1 e city should need to put~ch'3 ':;. e new e q I_ti P IT1 e nt,
cont r~act in g may be most cost effective. Additionall'!> the city may
~'J ish to con sid e'r' an 2. g t~ e e men t with othe'r~ ·.3.'r"'(?a cities.
~j ) st ~~e et Painting - The ci t y may ItJi sh to t"ent the city owned
equipment and ope r' a t 0 t~ to üthet~ c·itif2SI1
¡¡-'Ie COI.lnci J. thanked 1'1r-'. Hinnenk¿lmp f O'r'> his effor'ts and excellent
'r'epO'r~t .
Çl"., E Rj< / A º ¡VI UiU"U_BÐT ÇJ R ~~ Ef:='Q R IÞ : ____. 1) Stapleton p'ï~e sent eo applications fOro,
licenses 'F Ot' the Ch I.\'r'ch of St. Joseµh. Loso made a motion to app'r'o v e
the 3" ~~ On Sale Beer-' License and ,3,n Exemption Fr-'om L¿I~'J f u 1 Gambling
License, fot~ the Ch ut'ch of St:. Joseph Lfth of July C e 1 e b t~ a t ion ;
seconded by Hiemenz.
¡é.) yes : R e be r-' , Fhef<e, L.o::, 0., Hiemenz, Hc3.Z2li.
Na,yes: Non(~. 1'1ot ion C8,"r""r'i eo.
2) C ü n t r' ü 1 1 i n ~1 nudity in pl.\bJ. ic ~ Hiemen~~ stated that th i s, isslJe ha'~
bi2en t~ e f e t~ 'r' e d to the Plarliîing Commi'".sion. 3) Riel{e made a motion to
¿,ppt-'ü y e ¿I r-' e s [; 1 uti 0 n ï ü'(' t ["I e St. Joe T 0 ~'Jn HOfiles plat that the County
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Engineet~ has 1'~e viewed the plat and commented, and that the pI <'..1'1:: t'J i II
not involve d it~ect access onto County State Aid Highway 75~ nOt~ w:i,ll it
pt~od !.Ice any additional d'r~<.Ü nag e Ot~ 'r~un off, no1'~ wi 11 it a'lOfect pat~king
Ot~ b~affic on County State Aid Highway 75. The St. J'o €~ Town Homes plat
is appt~oved and the City CI e'r"I-< and t'1ayot~ ën~e d i t~ect ed to complete,
execute and file the app¡-~opt~iate cet~tificate with the Steat~ns Co tint 'I
SU'r~veyot~' S Office. The motion was seconded by Lo so.
Ayes: Re be¡-~~ Rieke~ Loso, Hiemenz, Hazen.
Nayes: None. t'10t ion cat~t~ i ed.
4) The Counci 1 con sid et~ed the wat et~ ft"eeze t~un policy and lrJat€~t~ thaw
policy as amended by the City Atto¡-~ney. After discussion Hazen m..~de a
motion to change the pet~ i od which is cm~t~ent 1 y used fOt~ the sewet~
mea s ut~e m ent fo"~ billing ptn~po s e s, f¡-~om the .J a n 1.1 è;\t~ Y ,- Fel::wuat~y pet~ i od to
the November -December pet~i od. The motion was seconded by Ri eke.
Ayes: Rebe'r~, Rieke, Loso, Hiemen:t:, Hazen.
I\!ayes: !\Ion e. Motion cat~t~ied.
The Counci 1 discussed that because of the change in the pe¡-~i od, they
ItJO u 1 d not need to make t~efet·'ence to an allowance on the sewet~ ché.'t"ge~
fo¡-~ those pt~ope'r·,ties Nho let the i t~ wat e¡-~ ¡-~!.In to avoid ft~o z en 1 ines.
Hazen made a motion to adopt the wat er' ft"eeze policy as dt~afted and
amended, as follo\.&Js; seconded by Rieke.
The City of St. Joseph b~ies to infonT! t~es ident s when
\.&Jat et~ lines at~e at t~i sk fot~ f¡-~eezing. The City Nill mal-<e
evet~y e ffot~t to publish a notice in the local pape¡-~ Nhen the
- f¡-~ost has t~eached level that tht~eat ens wat iH~ lines. By
a
doing th is~ the City is not assuming any t~esponsibility Ot~
liability. It shall be the ¡-~espons i bi 1 it Y of each p¡-~ope1'~t y
ownet~ to know theh~ watet~ line and be awat~e of the \.&Jatet~
t e m pet~at I.we.
The City of St. Joseph shall assume no liability when a
set~v ice line ft~e e z e s n A set~vice line is deí=ined as the line
which t~ I.In s ft·, 0 m the wat et" main to the point of the m et et~
connection. i':¡dditionally~ it shall be the t~esponsibility of
the pt~o pet~t y own et~ to contact and make at~t~angement s lrJith a
contt~actot~ to thaw the ft~o z en line. The City ()f St. .J 0 S e ph
will assist the cont t"act Ot~ only. The City of St. J'oseph will
assist the cont t~act Ot~ by pt~oviding 1 Dcat i oné.Ü and technical
i nfot~mat ion on 1 y. The City will not othe¡-~ItJi se assist in
thawing a set~v ice line. The City shall not be liable fot~ the
chat~ges of the cont t~act Ot~. The contt~actot~ sha II bill the
p¡-~opet~t y Ol-'me'r~ d i t~ect I y. No allowances shall be made with
t~e ga¡-~d to watet~ chè":n~ges.
The City of St. .Joseph shall assume ¡-~esponsibi 1 ity only
when the main line f1'~eezes. Ev et~y effo'r~t will be made by the
City of St. Joseph to thaN the main line in an expedient
fashion. The City sha II not be t~esponsible fot~ ..~ny claim~
loss Ot~ d¿:\mage to any lrJat et~ uset~ due to a ft~o z en mëÜn line ot~
set~v ice line.
Ayes: Rebet~, Rie~<e, Lo so, Hi emenz, Hazen.
Nayes: None. )10t ion cat~t~ i ed.
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F eb"r'ua¡"y ii, 1 '-) 'j L~
~5 ) '3tr:<.pleton toe por~'ì~ ed t had:: the BOð.'r"d of ¡:;: e vie w me e t i 1'1 g ~'J i 11 be held on
~,Jeclne sclay; i=''¡pr~ i 1 L?:;, 1 ') <3 It at 7:00 p. m. 6) The Region II ( C let" k s met _. J~
~J.l·
the LaPlayette today and had a s e m i n ð. t' on zoning issues, legisl¿,t ive
UpLl3t e and t~O und table discl-lssions. 7) Stapleton was d i "r~ect ed to vn-' j, t e
,,:\ let t e r' 'Ì.::o Police Chief Br"ad Lind!~rr-'en, with a motion by Hazen;
seconded by Los,o, and ¿;, s· r"CCO m mend ed by the Ci t Y nt t or-'n e y stat i n ~í that
the COI.\nci 1 t'eaffir~med the ¿"lct ion at Oct 0 bet~ 17, 1 '=)'~ i and th,,,-t a 11
employees and all depar~tments ar"£, employees gover~ned by the app"r~n pt~ i at e
job desc'r'ipt ion and the per~sonnel 1 ' and the (-?mployees und e'r' th(-?
pO..1CY,
ç. , Joseph Police Officer~s Fed er-'at ion a"r~e the only except ion to this
;:j'C"
pol icy.
Ayes: R e b e "r-' ~ Rieke, Lo·;-,o, Hiemenz, Hazen.
Ni,,-yes: None. 1'1ot ion ca'r'"r~ i ed.
b-J_NNE~l'1HNtI. J N[i =- PARK I j\{G ~_ Hiemenz discussed ~'J i t h the Council, the
r" e sol uti 0 n o i' the Planning Commission f'¡~om Ì'1ay __.J ~ VJh i ch t" e 1 ð. t e d to
pa'r-'k in g. (:1 f t e r-' discussion Loso made <,?-, motion to r"equi"r'e that the
Counci 1 ; <: p'r'\? 5 en t (~d ~.¡ it h a pIan, d(~tailing the f i "r~e lane <.,nd the 20
designated pa r~ kin 9 spots; seconded by Ha zen.
Ayes: Reb(:H", Loso, Hiemenz, Hazen.
Nayes: Rieke. ti10t i on cat~"r-' i ed.
~ I i'ji,:JEI'1ANJ'i I '!H =- t!.OOKl}E ¡:=-¡;::Eþ.i, (-. I Deh 1 e'r~ ¿,sked that the Council
~)-Geve
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fo'¡~gj.ve hookup fees, and he ~,tated that COl.mci 1 had made a pr~ e vi 0 us
motion to table the i SSIJe IJnt i 1 unt i 1 his at t O'r~n e y cant. ac·t s the Ci i~ y.
Deh J. er-' stð,ted trl3t the City should 'r~ e c e 1 v e a let t C>'r~ t"r~om his at t O'r"n e y
within a fevJ di.."Ys. Hiemenz stated the.t the City should r:woce ed ~.! i t h
taking steps to collect t rl e hookup fees. The gen8 "r-'<:'\1 consenSIJS of the
co 1.1 n c i 1 ~'Jas to notify o U'r~ .:Ü t or'n e y to pt"oce ed VJi th steps to collect the
hoof<lJp fees,
;Ji.. i~ QN êB.lJ~, ê..E:ER. L_LC,ENE)h,"- The COlJnci 1 con sid e t" e d the ..- .~, on sale bE'e'r~
.....J. L-.
i..'¡.:.pl icat ion fO'r~ Gt'i.."nd slam Inc. ¿,S p"r"e s en t ed by 1'1 i c h a e 1 J. C ð. 'r"r-' i~ 1 5 and
IYiat-'y f\aye Nor'dmann, OVJne'es. Counci 1 r"equested that the policy and fee
fo)" back g'r~o und ch f2Ck s fot·· ~. '=1 1 ic(-?nse'~ is f oil 0 ~'J e d .
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~~) TY EN.G It\ÍEER B.~PDfnS
Rf::))LROAQ CROSSING~: City En gin e e 'r" Joe Bet tend or-'f "r~epot~t ed that he has
sent a 1 e t t e 'r' to BU'r'l ington No 'r't h e r~n Ra i 1 r"oad 'r' e q 1_\ est i n 9 í':-'r" 0 S S i T1 9 s 1 )
by the feed mill, 2) trH~ough the Br~and en bl.wg e'r~ p"r~ 0 pe'r,·t y, 2; ) (t 0 keep)
the existing cr" ü '¿' sin 9 on [:0 unt 'I r~oð.d 1 ,:j,:j, to} ) ð:t the F:n-'oposed 1 i=:t Îl
¡:::1venue in t e"r~ sect ion, ;::; ) by B 0 r~ 9 er'1; Conct"et e. t'1a yo 'r' Re bet" "r' e com men d e d
th<."t the Counci 1 pt~ i 0 i" i t i z e the needed C'r' 0 S S 1 n 9 s.
[\ WIT.t!.L AbIJJ. PL A T. It-I RE E:~_ The d eve lop e)~ is p'r' 0 ¡.:. os in y ët. t h i r~d addition '(; 0
Not~th 1 and. The pt-·o po s,':\l is d j_ ffe'r~ent fr"om the pt'e Ii m i na'r"y plat ~'J i th
the addition of" cuJ.-de-s<3,cs, which 2\,¡-·e alvJaY5 a maintenance pt-'obl em,
but pr~oper't y own et'5 and d e \I e lop e r' S like them. Dick Taufen h<'1s
'('eco m rn encl ed having a J. ¿H~ 9 e r~ ¿H' e a in the middle of a cu l-cJ e--sac if Hie
city should ¿d 1 O~'J C'ul-d e--~,ac'":;. H'ft 8)'''- f I.\'r~t h e "r" discussion the Co I.mc i 1
'r'eqIJest eel that the p"r~oposed pl¿:lt IrJ 0 1.\1 d 'r-' e m 0 v e the ell 1'-d ('--sacs on the
edst 5 ide, blJt ~·!O 1.\ 1 d conside'¡" "-' 1 1 (H'J i n q the one in the VJoods. a'r'ea on the
south sicle. Bet tend ot'f s t. ¿:d:; e d that he \'JO u 1 d cont act the d eve ), 0 P e "r'; S
engineet' \'Ji th the Council's 'r" e com m e ÏI d <:". t i 0 1"1 5 .
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F e b'r~ Uë.n~ y 17 199"~
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)1 a y 0 t' Rebe¡-~ ext(~nded 'che meeting 15 fllinutes at 10:00 p. 111.
Bet t end O1"~f also discussed the stat us of oth€H"' mattet~~¡. 1) He discusf:¡ed
that the t"'equest ed comput et~ mapping c(,Jmpletion date is F e b t~ 1.\ ë.n"-y ;~-~ it- u
2) A meeting Ifd,l J. be set up with St Ben's officials to discuss the
south by-pass at~t e'r~ial Ì'~oadwa'l optic)ns in F e l":)t~ua¡-~y.
3) G!uotes fot~ a test well Nill be t~ece i vad by 1'<1 a 'r~ch 3 and con st 'r~uct i on
is expected to begin in late Mat~ch .
4) Old Highway 52 Public Impt~ovement HeaÌ'~ing will be IVla 'r~ch ~
,:." M
~j ) 1'1onìingside P a t~ k g¡-~ant application \-'J ill be t~ e ad 'I Ylat~ch -I r.=
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6) Wat et~ TO\-'Jet" Lighting schedule as follows: plans ,"\nd specs -- IVla t~ch
17, qlJot es t"'ec(~ i ved by Mat"ch 31, begin conj~t¡-~uct ion mid (4pÌ'~il.
7) Indush"ial Pat~~< Feasibility st udy to be completed by jYlat"'ch ~,'
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Hazen asl-<ed Rieke on the status of video té.'!.pin~J meetings. Riel-<e stated
he will get someone to make a p¡-~e5entatiQn to the council. Council
genet~all y agt~e ed to see a p'r"'esentat ion.
t,..Jat e'r~ Supet~ i nt end (mt Dick Taufen di5t'r~ibuted the annual ~\ at e'r~ 'r~e POt"'t to
the Counci 1.
I Hazen më':'ld e a mot:ion to ad.jout~n at 10:0B p. 111. ; seconded by Riek€~.
I~yes: Re bet~, Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz, Hazen.
Nayes: None. Motion c¿ü~t~ied.
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R¿~ch e J. Stapleton
Clerk/Administrator
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