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o î" tjtft Joseph met in 'r~equla'r-' !'::,ession on ï hut~sdi:\Y, J'uly ì~ 1. <) (3 ,{.~ Ed; "7 ~ !Zt!Z1
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f1iENB!:: f{f; ¡:.., fÜ:,S!:::.N'¡ ~ !V!¿\YO'r" Donald Bud Rebe'r~; Counci 1 Ross f{ieke, Bob L.o s n.
K.en Hiemenz~ Stephanie Hazen; Clerk/Administrator Rachel Gtapletonn
iTfH!:::.RS ¡::,'f<!:::.SI::,N-¡: Judy We Yi'~en 5, J'oe Bett E'ndm~f~ Leo S¿ld 1 0, 'raÌ'~a PI ounE'Ì'~,
Jim ¡vla'r~t ha 1 e'r"', Iv¡U<e ÞkÜona 1 d ~ ¡Vlar',! lY cDon<:dd~ Met"'l J'e'r~zal-<~ Chat~les
Thelen.
¡::¡GEJ'.!Dn ~ Hazen made a mot ion to apt::n~ovE' the agenda as ë\mE'nded by moving
the p'r-'oposal to audit ut:i 1 :i, t y accounts to old business, ¿-Hic.i i:<.dclitions
to tfH? Clerk/Administrator's and Eng i ne et-" s t~e por-'t s ~ and t~emove
violence prevention f t~ 0 rn the '':;\1:1 enda. The motion ~"\Ias seconded b"
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Hiemenz.
(.::¡yes: Reber, Rieke~ La so, H¿lzen, Hi emenzn
Nayes: None. Motion ca¡--'¡-~i eel.
Ivl I r-.JU·! E.b :: Hiemenz made ¿I motion to appi"'ove the minute!::, of the "June 1l+
and June 27 meetinfolS as pÌ'~e sent ed and the June 16 meetinr.:¡ with the
follo~'Jin~ CO'r,·t~ect ion s :
Page ....' - Und et~ H 1 EI'ifE:.NI i'~epDt~t - U include propei"'t y 1 DC¿lt ion
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of 3Ø!Zt Minnesota street t::e.st. 2) include pr~O pet··t 'I 1 Dcat i 011 of
nean-' Cf{ '/';:; anti f{ i d ~:Jf!"'W od Hoad.
Page :3 - 'J) "Reber moved to request an opinion"
Page 6 - include at the end of the addressing changes that Joe I
Bettendorf will make recommendations for identifying cul-de-
sacs by special names or identifiers.
The motion was seconded by Hazen.
Ayes: Reber, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Mayes: None. Rieke abstained. Motion carried.
TREASURER'S REPURT: Judy Weyrens, Deputy Clerk, gave the Treasurer's
report for June. After some discussion Hiemenz made a motion to
approve the report as presented; seconded by Hazen. Ayes: Reber,
Rieke, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
BILLS PAYABLE: Judy Weyrens presented the bills payable. She informed
the Council that repairs are being made to the Police and Fire radios
which have recently sustained lightning damage. The Police are
requesting to upgrade their oldest radio at an estimated cost of $150
over the insurance payment. Hiemenz made a motion to approve the radio
request as presented; seconded by Hazen.
Ayes: Re bel" , Rieke, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Nayes: None. 1'10tion carried.
Weyrens also requested to allow the other two Police computers to be
networked at $170 per computer. Hazen made a motion to approve the I
request; seconded by Hiemenz.
Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Mayes: None. Motion carried.
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Ha;¿;en made a motion to approve the bills payable as presented check
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numbers ## 19'184 - 198'10; seconded by Hiemenz.
Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
Ha;¿;en made a motion to approve the overtime and call outs as presented
by Weyrens and approved payment o:f the Fourth of' July holiday as
requested by Weyrens; seconded by Rieke.
Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
MAYOR REPORTS: 1) Anne Schluender sent a letter to the Mayor requesting
consideration of' expansion of' the St. Cloud Metro Transit service being
extended to St. Joseph. She indicated that she would be willing to
conduct a survey to determine interest in this service on the campuses.
Loso made a motion to allow her to study the matter f'urther, and
provide her with in:formation which the City gathered a f'ew years ago
when it was considering this issue, and to make her aware of' the
exorbitant local cost requested at that time. The motion was seconded
by Rieke.
Ayes: Heber, Hieke, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
2> The entrance roadway to the city maintenance area is in need of'
repair. An overlay could be applied to it in conjunction with the Old
Highway 52 Street Improvement project. Mayor Heber will get an
estimated cost :for this overlay as requested by Rieke and Loso.
3> Mayor Heber also questioned where the old chain link :fence was
disposed o:f, which was removed :from Centennial Park. The Council
discussed that the City Maintenance removed it, and Heber will ask the
Supt. o:f Public Works.
4> Size and cost :figures for the Fire Hall portion of' the new Waite
Park :facility were presented by Mayor Heber. He also presented a plat
showing the area of the Krebsbach property which is currently being
considered as a site for a Fire Hall. Hazen stated that the Krebsbach
and Scherer properties are considerably smaller than the Roske
property. Hiemenz stated that the Krebsbach property has access on Ash
Street and Minnesota Street, and that access and parking are
important :factors. Mayor Heber stated that he wishes to provide :fair
costs to the taxpayers. He also presented APO's proposed growth
figures for 2015. It is proposed that growth will be by 1065 homes
south of CSAH 75 and b21 north of CSAH 75 in St. Joseph Township. The
Fire Board will be asked to consider the issue of the proposed sites
for the Fire Hall at their next meeting.
:=..> The City Engineer agrees that part of the sodding on the project on
Minnesota Street needs to be replaced.
CUUNCIL HEPUHTS
HIEKE: No report.
HA:a~:N : 1> Hazen reported that copies of the document which contains the
followup duties o:f the of:fices :from the last Council meeting, and
status of these duties, was not included in their packets.
2> She also reported that she will be absent from the area :for the next
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Council meeting.
LUSU: 1) Upgr'ading the parking lot at Morningside Park has been
proposed with ##donated funding. Leo Sadlo stated that the Lions Club
was misinformed that money had been allocated by the City £or the
l'1illstream Park pr'oject, and they may be reluctant to donate funding
for' ano'Lher' park pr'o j ect unless they are assured that there is no othel~
funding available. Sadlo stated that he will take this request to the
Lions.
2) Luso stated that the Personnel Committee intends to begin wage and
benefit negotiations in July, and that he and Rieke will set a date for
them. Hazen informed him that the Personnel Manual states that
negotiations will be done in Uc'LobeT', and recommended that a change is
made in the Personnel Manual.
3) Loso discussed with the Council the Police Chief contract issue. He
and Hieke, as the Personnel Committee will meet to consider their
recommendation to the Council on this issue.
HIEMl-.:NZ: 1) The Planning Commission recommended sending a letter to the
owner's of the Linnemann Inn stating that the class two surface of the
par-king lot is not an acceptable surface. Hiemenz made a motion to
appr'ove this request; seconded by Loso. Discussion - Loso made a
ITIDtion 'Lo amend the motion to require a de£inite timetable to comply;
seconded by Hazen with the stipulation that the City Attorney is
consulted on this matter.
Vote Dn the Amendment:
Ayes: Heber, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Nayes: Hieke. Motion carried.
VDte all -Lhe amended motion:
Ayes: Heber, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Nayes: Hieke. Motion carried.
2) The Planning Commission also requested to hold a public hearing to
amend the ordinance to clarify the definition of hard surface,
specifically for parking lots. Hiemenz made a motion to authorizing
'lhe Planning Commission hold a public hearing after recommendations are
received from the City Attorney and City l-.:ngineer; seconded by Loso.
Ayes: Heber, Hieke, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Nayes: Nune. Motion carried.
Hazen questioned public notification of the hearing. Council agreed to
advertise as a legal ad in the official newspaper and to put a notice
in the St. Joseph Newsleader and post the notice.
3) The Planning Commission also recommended approval of the Nudity
Ordinance with a prohibition of child pornography included in it.
Hiemenz made a motion to approve this ordinance amendment and have the
City At-Lurney include this prohibition in the amendment; seconded by
Hieke.
Ayes: Heber, Hieke, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
4) Hiemenz made a motion to approve a business and advertising sign, as
recommended by the Planning Commission, to be installed on the City
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property by the maintenance area designating the City maintenance
1'aeilities and Shannon's Upholstery. The motion was seconded by Loso.
)i8cussion - Loso stated that Mike Sworski could construction and
install the sign, which will be located on the left side of the first
corner going down to the maintenance shop, and comply with all
regulations including setbacks.
Ayes: He ber , Hieke, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
::) IŒA appeared before the Planning Commission with the plat plan,
which included Outlot A for ingress and egress. The Planning
Commission recommended that they scale down the plan to less units.
Hepresentatives 01' HRA will be attending the next Council meeting with
their request. The Planning Commission has recommended denial of their
request. HHA has threatened condemnation proceedings. Hazen requested
that the Council receive adequate information on this issue prior to
the Council meeting.
Hazen requested to remove items e) and i) from Uld Business.
WASTEWATER SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS: Jim Marthaler reported 1) the
rubbish and trash by Sue Karnik has been removed by the property
owners. Hiemenz agreed that it has been cleaned to satisfaction.
Hazen requested that letters are sent to the property owners and
complainer.
2) The Borr'esch property at ~13 Minnesota Street West needs cleaning
and elearing. Council requested that a certified letter is sent to the
property owners requiring that the property is cleaned and cleared
within thirty days or the city will have it done.
3) The rest roams in the Millstream Park lock only with a key, so they
are left open after groups use the park. Council agreed that since
there are other bathr'oom facilities available, and in order to prevent
vandalism some method of getting the facility locked after use by
groups is necessary. The Council agreed to have this matter presented
'La the Lions for a recommendation and during the interim a memo to the
Poliee will ask them to lock the bathrooms.
4) Marthaler requested that the Council budget about $lØ,ØØØ in the
next years for a jet machine for sewer cleaning.
UP EN TU THE PUBLIC: Karen Erickson and an individual representing the
purchaser of her house at 411 Birch Street West requested the Council
to reconsider the ordinance restriction of only two dogs per
household. The purchaser of her home has three dogs but they are well
cared for and would not be a nuisance. Rachel Stapleton stated that
the City Attorney had stated that this is a nuisance ordinance and does
not allow for variances. The only way to allow this would be to amend
the ordinance. After further discussion Hazen made a motion to request
that the City Attorney write an amendment to the ordinance controlling
dogs, which would allow the Council to allow more than two dogs under
certain conditions, if authorized by the Council. The motion was
seconded by Hiemenz.
Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
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Charles 'l'helen appeared before the Council and submitted a petition to
annex the? property at 31:.3 East Minnesota Street because it is in need
of municipal sewer. The.> property is legally described as:
All that part of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (NW 1/4
SE 1/1) of Section 'fen (10) in Township One Hundred Twenty-four (124)
North of Range Twenty-nine (29) West in Stearns County Minnesota,
described as ±'ollows ##to-wit: Commencing at a point on the North line
of State Trunk Highway Number :3 distant 66 feet Easterly of the West
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Line of said NW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 and running thence North, parallel,
with th~ Section line, a distance of 198 feet; thence Easterly a
distance of ::ï0 feet to a point, 1':38 feet North of the North Line of
state Trunk Highway Number :.3; thence South parallel with the Section
line, a distance of 198 feet to the North line of State Highway Number
:.3; thence Westerly along the Northerly line of said State Highway
Number :.3, a distance of ::ï0 feet to the place of beginning; being the
Easterly :50 feet of the Westerly 116 feet of the Southerly 198 feet of
that part of the NW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 10, af"oresaid, lying
and being Northerly of State Trunk Highway Number 3.
ANI) ALUU
The North thirty three (38) feet of East Minnesota Street, (formerly
State Trunk Highway #3) , South of and adjacent to said parcel.
Hazen made a motion to accept the petition to annex and to approve an
Amendment to the Joint Hesolution for Orderly Annexation between the
Township and City of St. Joseph to include the above described property
and that portion of Minnesota street which is adjacent to the property.
The motion was seconded by Rieke.
Ayes: Heber, Loso, Hieke, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
l1er'lyn Jerzak appeared before the Council to inform them of St.
Benedict's plans to install permanent recess appurtenances into the
ground with the top at ground level, to hold temporary informational
signs for special events on campus. They will be located 1) by the
par'ish sand lot, 2) Next to Lot 1 sign (across from the Main Building) ,
3) by the main gate on the college side, 4) by Rose House on Minnesota
street. Jerzak questioned if this would be allowed. The Council was
supportive of the proposal. Jerzak stated that he will make
application for a sign permit as required by City ordinance.
Mike McDonald appeared before the Council to discuss the change of
address on his property. He stated that his house number is in a
granite block on his house, and the cost to change it may be
considerable. He stated that when the City notifies him of the change
tJÍ address to his pr'operty he will submit the bill for changing it to
the City for' reimbursement. The Council was in general agreement to
tur'n the request over to the City Attorney for recommendation. Many
properties will be affected by this address change.
Loso made a motion to recess for ten minutes at 8:30 p. m. ; seconded by
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Hazen.
Ayes: Heber', Hieke, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
Mayor Heber reconvened the meeting at 8:4Ø p.m.
CITY ENGINEJ::H HJ::PURTS
EAST MINNJ::SUTA STREET IMPRUVEMENT PRUJECT: City Engineer Joe
Bettendorf presented application for payment No. 4 (.final) :for the East
Minnesota Street project and recommended approval. Hiemenz made a
motion to approve Application for Payment No. 4 (:final) to S. J. Louis
in the amount of $15,'3~.25; seconded by Loso.
Ayes: HE:'ber, Loso, Hieke, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
Bettendorf informed the Council that this project came in well below
the estimated cost, and consideration will be made to make some
reimbursement to the property owners.
WATEH TUWEH LIGHTING: Bettendorf discussed the water tower lighting
project.
There will be ~ poles, 30 feet height painted to match tower exterior,
grey fixtures with metal halide lamps, 'I day, 24 hour timer with
photocell, light bases will be flush with the ground. Quotes will be
received by July 21, 1994.
WEST MINNESOTA STH!::ET: The sodding was not acceptable on this project.
Hardrives will be asked to bring in a dif:ferent contractor to get the
sod corrected.
NEW WELL PHUPUSAL: City Engineer Joe Bettendorf presented a proposed
cost estimate of $55,000 to install a new well. This well would be to
replace well number 2 which has a high concentration of minerals and is
not reliable.
He also presented Pumphouse No. Z renovation proposal, with the
intention of using the existing pumphouse number 2 :for the new well.
E~timated total cost for pumphouse renovation is $49,0Ø0. Bettendorf
also stated that benzene has been found in well number one, but the
water filtration plant is removing it.
Leo Sadlo stated that the water filtration plant is in need of
upgrading or replacing soon. Mayor Heber requested that the projects
need to be prioritized and financing considered. Water rates with
surrounding communities will be reviewed. Increasing water rates and
other' means of financing will be proposed for consideration.
NURTHLAND PLAT THREE: Bettendorf presented the plans for park land for
Northland Plat Three. He asked what the Council had approved :for
drainage when the plat was approved. The general understanding of the
Council was that the developer had presented the parkland to be useable
and dry except immediately after heavy rains. The Council understood
that there would be no standing water. The Council wanted the plans
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prepare so that the parkland would be dry. A£ter further discussion
the Council requested Stapleton to listen to that portion of the tape
£rom the meeting when the Council approved Northland Plat Three, and
report to Bettendor£ and the Council.
CLERK/ADMINISTRATLJH REPORTS
FIRI::; PHUTI::;CTIUN PI::;RMIT HEPURT: Stapleton reported that a law effective
July 1, 1<3~4 requires licensing of íire protection contractors and
'£"f2V iew of plans. The ¡"'ire Board will consider this matter at their
next regular' meeting and make recommendation to the Council for the
August <'1 Council meeting.
BASEBALL PARK BLI::;ACHE::RS: The Council discussed the two quotes received
for- the bleachers for the baseball park and affirmed that the quote of
Southern Bleacher Company oí $13,950 was the low quote. The other
quote was from Flanagan Sales at $14, 175. As requested, the sales tax
issue was reviewed. Unly groups with an ST-17 exemption status are
exempt from sales tax. The bleachers have been ordered. Bob Loso
pr'esented a quote for the base for the bleachers would be $2,100 from
Concr'ete Plus and made a motion to approve the quote; seconded by
}Üekf2.
Ayes: Heber, Hieke, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
L.oso made a motion to send a directive to the Superintendent of Public
Works t.o dismantle the old bleachers and blocks; seconded by Rieke.
Ayes: Heber, Rieke, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
ON AND UFF SALI::; NUN-INTUXlCATING MALT LIQUUR LICI::;NSES: Stapleton
presented applications for on and oíf sale non-intoxicating malt liquor
licenses for Michael Hyan of the College of St. Benedict. The
application is for' the following buildings: Loft, Horsebarn-Arena, BAC,
Nain Building, HAB, Mary Commons. Reber made a motion to approve the
applications as presented; seconded by Loso.
Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
El'1PLUYI::;I::; TRAlNING: Stapleton discussed the upcoming computer software
training for the Administrative sta.f.f. Hazen reminded Stapleton to
check and see if books are needed for the courses.
LAND APPHAlSAL: Stapleton presented quotes .from two appraisal services
lor äppraising the Haske property. After consideration and discussion
of t.he two quotes Heber made a motion to approve the quote of Panger
Benson Appr"aisals of $2,10Ø for a narr'ati ve presentation. I.f a íull
:cepor't is requested the total cost would not exceed $2,800. The motion
was seconded by Hieke.
Ayes: Heber, Hieke, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
CABLI::; TI::;LI::;VISIUN: Stapleton informed the Council that she has received
sever'sl calls to have cable installed in the new additions. She sent a
letter to Mark Twain Cablevision requesting installation of the needed
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I equipment in order to provide service to the new developments. The
COU110il requested that the City Attorney require installation of cable
equipment in the developers agreement .for the new developments.
~tapleton also distributed information to the members of the Council on
construction managers.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:5b p.m. with a motion by Hazen; seconded
by Heber.
Ayes: Heber, Rieke, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
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Rachel Stapleton
Clerk/Administrator
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