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Home My WebLink About1995 [01] Jan 05 Page 2638 January 5, 1995 I Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the City Council for the City of St. Joseph met in regular session on Thursday, January 5, 1995 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Hall. OLD COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Donald Bud Reber; Councilors Ross Rieke, Bob Loso, Ken Hiemenz, Stephanie Hazen. Clerk/Administrator Rachel Stapleton. OTHERS PRESENT: Allen, Pat and Shannon Ehlert, Art and Edith Hiemenz, Tillie Wasner, Mike Stapleton, Dave Theisen, Dick Taufen, Judy Weyrens, Jim Marthaler, Steve Johnson, Mike Pfeiler, Joe Bettendorf. Mayor Reber called the Old Council to order at 7:00 p.m. with all Councilors present. MINUTES: Hiemenz made a motion to approve the minutes of the December 6, 1994 meeting; seconded by Loso. Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz. Nayes: None. Motion carried. Loso made a motion to approve the minutes o:f the November 10, 1994 meeting; seconded by Hiemenz. Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz. I Nayes: None. Motion carried. Loso made a motion to accept the December 13, 1994 minutes with a clarification to the first paragraph, last part, on page 13 to read "Hazen and Hiemenz proposed extending the beautification project from Minnesota Street to County Road 75, on College Avenue as a priority. Rieke concurred." The motion was seconded by Rieke. Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz. Nayes: None. Motion carried. BILLS PAYABLE: Judy Weyrens, Deputy Clerk, presented the bills payable. Hazen made a motion to approve the bills payable check numbers 20464 through 20534 and included the loader payment check number 20535 of $854; seconded by Rieke. Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz. Nayes: None. Motion carried. Hiemenz made a motion to approve the overtime and callouts as p:c'esented; seconded by Loso. Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Hazen, Hiernenz. Nayes: None. Motion carried. OUTGOING COUNCIL REPORTS I HAZEN: Hazen presented no report but thanked the Council and community for their support during her term. Mayor Reber presented her a plaque honoring her service to the City. Page 2539 January 5, 1995 ADJOURN: Loso made a motion to adjourn the Old Council; seconded by I Rieke. Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Hazen, Hiemenz. Nayes: None. Motion carried. Mayor Reber called to order the New Council and Mayor Donald Bud Reber and Councilors Bob Loso and Cory Ehlert took their oaths of office. AGENDA: Loso made a motion to approve the agenda as presented; seconded by Rieke. Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz, Ehlert. Nayes: None. Motion carried. ##t1AYOR APPOINTMENTS: Mayor Reber presented his appointments. After some discussion the Council agreed to have Ron Euteneuer, Building Official attend the next meeting. Loso made a motion to approve the appointments as follows; seconded by Rieke. Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz, Ehlert. Nayes: None. Motion carried. MAYOR APPOINTMENTS 1995 1. Acting Mayor - Ross Rieke 2. Police Commissioner - Mayor Reber 3. Street Commissioner - Mayor Reber 4. Sidewalk Commissioner - Ken Hiemenz I 5. Weed Control Commissioner - Mike Sworld 5. Assistant Weed Control Commissioner - Mayor Reber 7. Planning Commission Voting Liaison - Cory Ehlert 8. Planning Commission - s. Kathleen Kalinowski, Kurt Schneider 9. Joint Planning & OAB - Cory Ehlert 10. Park & Recreation Liaison - Bob Loso 11. Forester - Mike Sworski 12. Water & Sewer Commissioner - Leo Sadlo 13. Water & Sewer Inspector - Leo Sadlo 14. Building Inspector 15. Assistant Building Inspector 15. Rental Housing Inspector - Alan Rassier, Asst Hub Klein 17. Fire Chief - Dave Theisen 18. Assistant Fire Chief - Frank Loso 19. Fire Advisory Board - Rachel Stapleton, Bob Loso, Dave Theisen 20. Emergency Services Director - Bob Loso 21. APO Executive Liaison - Mayor Reber 22. APO Full Board - Mayor Reber, Planning Chair Hub Klein, Cory Ehlert 23. APO Sewer District Representative - Leo Sadlo 24. Stearns County League of Cities Representatives - Mayor Reber, Ken Hiemenz 25. 3-Member Health Board - Ken Hiemenz, Ross Rieke, Thomas Newton MD 25. Police Interview Committee - Brad Lindgren, Leo Sadlo, Mayor I Reber, Mike Loso 27. Official Newspaper - St. Cloud Times 28. Official Depository - First State Bank of St. Joseph, First Bank of St. Cloud, Zapp Bani'.: Page 2640 January 5, 1995 29. Historian - Ken Kuebelbeck I 30. CORE Committee Representatives - Ross Rieke, Rachel Stapleton, Brad Lindgren 31- Personnel Policies - Cory Ehlert, Ross Rieke 32. Hiring Committee - Mayor Reber, Bob Loso, Ross Rieke, Ken Hiemenz, Cory Ehlert 33. Star Commission - Ken Hiemenz 34. St. Cloud Area Economic Development Partnership Liaison -Mayor Reber MAYOR REPORTS: Mayor Reber presented a resolution to establish a consent agenda and discussed the £unction o£ it, for e££icient use o£ time at meetings. Rieke made a motion to approve the Resolution Establishing a Consent Agenda; seconded by Loso. Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz, Ehlert. Nayes: None. Motion carried. Mayor Reber also asked that the Councilors use the city meeting attendance forms. COUNCIL REPORTS RIEKE: No report. EHLERT: Ehlert thanked the community £or their support and look forward I to working with the Council. LOSO: LOBo discussed that the enabling ordinance amendment was to correlate with the Park By-laws to allow seven to ten members. He made a motion to amend the ordinance to allow seven to ten members i£ such change is allowable under state law. The motion was seconded by Rieke. Discussion - Hiemenz stated that at the time the Park Board and Planning Commission enabling ordinance amendments were considered they were viewed through stated law. Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Ehlert. Nayes: Hiemenz. Motion carried. HIEKENZ: 1 ) Hiemenz stated that he did not receive an NSP calendar, nor does he want one. 2) He questioned if the personnel request of Jean Gustin was resolved, because he did not see any correspondence on the resolution. Loso stated that the personnel committee met with her personally and discussed it. 3) Hiemenz also questioned the status of an outstanding issue from October 6 with Mike Hazen. Mayor Reber stated that this issue is still being handled. CLERK/ADMINISTRATOR REPORTS I LIQUOR VIOLATION: Council considered a liquor license violation report of of£ sale beer to underage person. A:fter discussion Reber made a motion to send a letter to the owners o£ M & T Liquor stating that the Council is aware o£ the violation; the motion was seconded by Rieke. Ayes: Reber, Rieke, LOBo, Hiemenz, Ehlert. PagE> 2541 January 5, 1995 Nayes: None. Motion cal~ried. I CONSENT AGENDA: LOBo made a motion to approve the consent agenda items as follows; seconded by Rieke. a) Application for payment No. 5 (final) to Hardrives, Inc. of $24,791.69 for the West Minnesota Street Improvement project. b) An amendment to the Fire Contract between the City and Town of St. Joseph allowing joint ownership of the Roske property. c) Purchase o:f 2,Ø0Ø parking tickets at a cost o:f $1,216. d) An amendment to Ordinance 61 correcting the bond and insurance amounts required by contractors to the amounts previously established by the City. Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz, Ehlert. Nayes: None. Motion carried. OTHER MATTERS OF CONCERN: a) The maintenance personnel were commended :far doing a good job of reading the water meters in spite of the very cold weather. b) Stapleton distributed to the members of the Council and discussed the importance of the use of Incident/Complaint forms. c) The Building Official has changed his business name to Great Northern Inspection, Inc. effective January 1, 1995. d) The city received another payment of $2,5Ø0 from Mark Twain Cablevision for access channel equipment. The balance due is $5,ØØØ and will be carried over in the change of ownership of the cable company. I e) Stapleton recommended that the members of the Council consider setting goals for the next two years. Rieke requested information and assistance from the League of Minnesota Cities, far the Council in this process. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: Jim Marthaler, Wastewater Superintendent, requested approval to seek quotes :for a new pickup for his department. After short discussion Loso made a. motion to get quotes from area dealers and state bid amounts and bring back to the Council; seconded by Hiemenz. Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz, Ehlert. Nayes: None. Motion carried. Dick Taufen, Public Works Superintendent, reported that he hopes to be back to work next week, with light duty, but that he has been called for jury duty effective January 17. Mayor Reber presented Dick Taufen with a plaque, on his retirement as Fire Chief, honoring his service to the city in that capacity. Tillie Wasner questioned the policy on repair and reconstruction of sidewalks. Council agreed that the ordinance addresses this issue and recommended that she pick up a copy of the sidewalk ordinance from the office. Loso made a motion to recess for :fifteen minutes at 7:55 p. m. ; seconded I by Loso. Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Ehlert, Hiemenz. Nayes: None. Motion carried. Page 2642 January 5, 1995 Mayor Reber reconvened the meeting at 8:10 p. nl. OLD BUSINESS POLICE CHIEF CONTRACT: Loso made a motion put this matter on the agenda of the next meeting and have the Police Chie:f in attendance to discuss this matter; seconded by Rieke. Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz, Ehlert. Nayes: None. Motion carried. EXEMPT NON-EXEMPT EMPLOYEES: Loso stated that this matter is being reviewed by the Personnel Committee but he feels that none of the City employees are exempt :from the Fair Labor Standards Act. He will meet with Ehlert and pass on to him the personnel in:formation. TAPE RECORDING EQUIPMENT CABINET: After discussion o:f the items that need to be stored in it, Stapleton was directed to prepare information to accommodate needs :for the next meeting. The status o:f vacating alleys was discussed, along with the comprehensive plan and the transportation plan. Rieke recommended planting trees adjacent to the route o:f the future arterial roadway. CITY ENGINEER JOE BETTENDORF REPORTS ROSKE PROPERTY: 1> Utility easements will have to be obtained on Ash Street between Third Avenue NE to the Roske property. Mayor Reber and Joe Bettendorf will contact the property owners. 2) Bettendorf discussed having a Phase One Audit done on the property. Council agreed to discuss this issue at the Joint City/Township meeting. 3) Dave Theisen stated that the Fire Department is requesting to use the old buildings on the property :for a fire drill by burning them. Council requested that this issue is discussed at the Joint City/Township meeting also. Bettendor:f also discussed that a committee of city officials will be meeting to compile and prioritize a capital improvements list along with estimated costs and proposed :funding and will report to the Council in February. Rieke asked Bettendor:f for recommendations on goal setting and planning. Bettendor:f stated that their company sets aside time :for it and hires a :facilitator. MARK TWAIN CABLEVISION: Mike Pfeiler, Manager of Mark Twain Cablevision appeared be:fore the Council and discussed the proposed transfer of ownership. He also acknowledged that the $5,000 obligation for access channel equipment will carry over to the new owners. P:feiler also discussed methods used by other cities, of operating access channels. After further discussion of transfer and transmitting Page 26(13 January 5, 1995 of information and ownership and operation of the Cable Company, Rieke made a ....' to approve a Resolution of the City of St. Joseph, m01..~on Minnesota consenting to a sale of ownership interests in Mark Twain Cablevision Limited Partnership, the holder of a cable television franchise issue by the City; seconded by LOBo. Ayes: Reber, Riel<e, Loso, Hiemenz, Ehlert. Nayes: None. Motion carried. LOBo made a motion to adjourn at g: 10 p. m. ; seconded by Ehlert. Ayes: Reber, Rieke, LOBo, Hiemenz, Ehlert. Nayes: None. Motion carried. Q Rachel Staple on Clerk/Administrator