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April 6, 1995
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the City Council for the City
o:f St. Joseph met in regular session on Thursday, April 6, 1995 at
7: 00 p. m. in the Ç,i1;y ,HalL
IIEIIBERS PRESENT: Mayor Donald Buq Reber; Councilors Ross Rieke, Bob
LO~Q, Ken ,Hiemenz':L,C;qry; Ehler1;;G:J.erkl Administrator, Rachel Stapleton.
OTHERS PRESENT: Juqy WeyrE:'ns" Steve Streng, Dick Taufen, Mike Deutz,
Ken. Twit, Mike Hazen, Pat· Schneider.
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Mayor Reber called the~eeting to order at 7:00 p.m. with Reber, Loso,
Hiemenz and Ehlert present.
AGENDA: Loso made a motj,.pnt.o apJ:lrove the agenda; seconded by Hiemenz.
Ayes: Reber, Loso, Hiemenz, Ehlert.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
CONSENT AGENDA: Losoc:made. a motion to approve the consent agenda as
follows; seconded by Ehlert. Discussion - Reber requested and Hiemenz
concurred to remove.-i te,md) Amendment to Ordinanc~ 31 - Addressing,
which clarifies methodology of establishing street names and addresses
according to a grid system. Losoand Ehlert agreed to remove it until
a:fter the Planning Commission considers Ben Poepping's recommendations.
Consent agenda approved as :follows:
a) Minutes o:f the March 16, 1995 meeting.
b) Resolution supporting Morningside Park grant application.
c) Park Board to hold public hearing on grant application April 24 at
6:30 p.m.
d) st. Joseph ,Parish application :for non-intoxicating liquor license
:for the 4th of July event.
e) St. Joseph Parisþ.Exemption from Gambling License application :for
the 4th of July event.
g) Engineering rate, schedule.
Ayes: Reber, Loso, Hiemenz, Ehlert.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
Rieke arrived at 7:02p.~.
TREASURER'S REPORT: Deputy Clerk Judy Weyrens presented the February
Treasurer's Report. After discussion o:f the specifics of the report ¡
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and need to show roll overbalances in budget Loso made a motion to
approve the report; seconded by Rieke.
Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz, Ehlert.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
BILLS PAYABLE: Deputy Clerk Judy Weyrens presented the bills payable.
After discussion o:f the Township's share in the costs relating to the
Roske property Loso made a motion to approve the bills payable check
numbers 20800-20885; seconded by Hiemenz.
Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz, Ehlert.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
Loso made a motiontg,ßpprove the overtime and callouts as presented;
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April 6, 1995
seconded by Rieke.
Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz, Ehlert.
Nayes: None. Motion càrried.
MAYOR'S REPORT: 1) Heartland State Bank had a promotion for new CD's
in which they gave $5 .-00 toward the purchase of a tree for Arbor Day,
to the city of depositor's choice. Mrs. Houdek designated the City of
St. Joseph to receive the $5.Ø0. Also Jerry Hirshfeld, of DBL Labs
donated $1,000 to the D.A.R.E. program. Mayor Reber~equested that a
letter of thanks is sent to the bank, Mrs. Houdek, and Jerry
Hirshfeld. Hiemenz ,made a motion to send letters of thanks as
requested by the Mayor; seconded by Ehlert.
Ayes: Reber, Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz, Ehlert.
Nayes: None. Motion carried.
2) March 27 a sofa was moved to the middle o:f Ash Street NE between
First and Second Avenue and torched. Dick Taufen cleaned up the
debris and will check on damage to the street sur:face.
3) A proposed amendment to the keg ordinance would require a resident
to obtê;1.in ê;1. per-'m it to have a keg.. Application vi 0 u 1 d be r~eq IJ i r-'ed '38ven
days pr~ior~ to the event and the pr'oper'ty ol-'m ei" ~'JOU 1 d be r"equir^ed to
sign it. After discussion of contr~o 1 5 on house pax't i e sand methods of
'r'e s pon ';0, e to spontaneous events the Counci 1 ag'r'eed to r'eql..i,-~st public
input on this mat t er' at the next Council meeting, pa'r't i cu 1 ar~ 1 y fr-'om
the 1 iquor-' license h old e r' S .
4) r'1ayor' Reber~ pr'e sent ed co st s fOr' r"e pa i ì' to the ar~eas of the
beE\ut i fi cat ion p'r~oj ect th'3t ~'J e r~ e damaged by snOvi r'emoval.
5) The County Five Year' Road Impr'Qvement pLm was r~ecent 1 y pr'esented.
County Road 1"'N.J. is pr'O po <::. ed to be OVG'r'layed 1n 1'3'36, and County Roads
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1 i=: 1 and 133 in 1998. Also s e v sr'a 1 stop lights ar~e pr~oposed far' County
! Road 75.
COUNCIL REPORTS
RIEKE: 1) Yluch ,,'\/as accomplished at the City\Township meeting of Apt'i 1
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i 2) CDRE met i1ar'ch 27 and f"'eql.\ested a pr~oposal of the addit.ional costs
'r' e suIt in 9 fr'o m Pin e '::' t 0 ct-< . Financing needs compiled by Stapleton ~'J e 'r' e ~
¡ $':,8ØØ fOr' additional officer's, as pr~epar'ed by Ch i e f Lind gr"en ; $9617.1
i f O'r'" st'r'eet sweeping, and $;=:,øøø fOr-' a Good l·Ji 1 1 fund. This pr' 0 po sa 1
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¡ vi i 11 be pr'e sent ed to the CORE Committee fa'·... cons ider'at i on and
, r' e C 0 Iii m 1;2 n d at ion and then the Student Clubs 1¡.,1 ill con sid e f~ the level of
· funding fOr"' these needs. Rieke made a motion to appr'ove sending these
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· ì' e que s t s fOr' C Q Ii sid e r'ë\ t ion, seconded by Lo so.
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Ayes: Reber', Rieke, L 0 so , Hiemenz, Eh 1 er-,t.
· Nayes: !',Ione. r'10t ion car~r i ed.
3) i1j chae 1 Schmitt, \'Ja~, Pr"'/2 sent E,rJ as an inter'ested co m m Pr'C i. 31 r' 2 a l t 0 ì' ,
fOr"' assisting in the sale of the Roske pr~oper't y par'ce 1 ~~'. He ~'i i 1. J. be
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placed on the agenda for"' the fcn~thcoming City/Township meeting of IVla y
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EHLERT: Pr'og~~ams fo~~ st udent wO\'~ke~"s ë\t~e available t h\'~o '-l!;!h St. Ben's
and St. John's. Ap~~oposal wi 11 have to be submitted to fo~~
conside~"at ion in t h i sp~~o g~~am 751- fede~"all y funded. Dick Taufen ~\ ill
be consulted fo~~ i nfo~~mat ion needed fo~~ th e p~~oposal .
LOSO: 1) When the City has ~~ec\'~e.::\t ion ¡::)\'''og~~ams in p~~o[wes!:~ the nf.-!f?d
for communication in eme~"gency situations exists. Loso die! a st'..\dy
on the available equipment to se~~ve the City's needs that the budget
trJoule! allow. US We';;t has ag~~e ed to install a pi:\Y phone inside the
ent\'~ance to Centennial Pa~~k . US West is willing to abso~~b the
monthly co s t s and th e i ~" installation costs because this equipment is
being installed to meet a safety need. The Ci ty ItJ i 11 be ~~eq u i ~~ed to
install a conc~~et e base and extend e 1 ectt~ici t y to the site. Loso made
a mot ion to app~~ov eth~ cost of installing a base .3. n e! extending
elecb~icity to the site of $345; seconded by Rieke.
Ayes~ Rebe~~, Ri eke, Loso, Hi emenz, Eh 1 e ~"t .
Nayes: None. 1'10t i on ca~~~~ i ed.
2) Info~"mat ion on the se~~v ices p~~ 0 v ide d by the cell ph 0 n E~ compëmies
was discussed. A cell phone ItJould be used by the Rec~~eat ion
Depa~~tment and as othe~~ needs a~~ is e in the City. Riel,<e më\de a motion
to app~~ove the pu~~chase of a cell phone and connection to Ce 11 ul.::,œ
2ØØØ, with no ~"egula~~ monthly fees. Costs a~"e based on minutE~s used.
The motion was seconded by Hi emenz.
Ayes: Rebe~~, Rieke, Lo so, Hi emenz, Ehle~~t.
Nayes: None. Motion ca~~~~ i ed.
3) Loso ~"eql.le st ed to attend the League of Minnesotë\ Cities annual
confe~"ence in Duluth i nJune. 1'r1ayoi'~ Reber questioned if the tight
budget would allow this conf e~"ence. f:.)fte~-· asst.n"ance that t h e~~e is a
small budget fo~" Counci 1 b"ave 1 and confe~~ence Mayoi''' Rebe'r" made a
mo't;ion to app~"ove the ~"eql"lest, seconded by Ehle~"t.
Ayes: Rebe~", Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz, Ehlei'''t.
Nayes: None. \71ot ion Cën~~" i ed.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: Mike Deutz appeiiH"ed befol'''e the Council to
~"equest a change in his 1 iquo~" license of M & T Off Sale Liquor",
Inc. to
~"emove Theodo~"e J. Duncan as an office~~. Ri f.~ke made a motion to
app~"ove the change as ~"eque st ed; seconded by Lo so.
Ayes: Re be~", R ie k e , Loso, Hi emenz, Eh 1 e ~"t .
Nayes: None. Motion cai'''~'' i ed ø
Mil-<e Hè:'\z en appea~"ed be of o~"e the Counci 1 to discuss the 1"'ecent
p~"oposal by a postal employee to ~~econside~" the ade!~"ess i ng system.
He questioned why the Council would i'''econside~'' the ac.1d~"e ~¡ sin!;;J plan a:::.
pi'''epa\'''ed by the a committee including the City Eng i nee~" ë:md a Police
Officei''' of the City. The Counci 1 gene~"all y discussed that they would
be i nt e~"E!st ed in hea~"i ng about any maj o~" p~"oblems in the add\'''~~ss i ng
plan, as pe~"ceived by someone who has bet~n involved in ë\d d I" e s sin g.
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I~en T~..¡ it, r'epr'esent ing the ~; tar' City Commission; questioned the
feclin~~s of the Council on the f 0 r~>t he 0 m in 9 'li'::,it by the De~,jgn Team.
Reber' and Rieke i no j,cat ed t h,3.t they SlJppo"r""t 1~ h (9 De'::;ign Tei:'\m. LOSQ
~;t8t:ed that hp. dof."~, not S u ppor't the Sta'r' Ci t Y pr-' 0 !; 'r'a m becó:i.lJse he
reels the cost to the Ci t y outweighs any benefit that he is a~-Ja¡" e of.
T vJ i t questioned the s,ep¿n-'at ion of the r-'O 1 e and function of a liaison
to a s tl b sid i ¿\'rOo y Boar'd 01'-' Commission fr'om the '1'018 and function of c\
COIJnci 1 p (?'r' son as an individual.
Dick Taufen discussed ¿, needed eas(?ment in Hollo~\ Par'k. Lot 1 ¡
J310ck 1 in Hol10\.-'J Par'k cl.\'r'r'ent 1 y has a hOIJse under' con~, t r'I_lct ion.
Th e r' e :i, s ¿; s e~' er' 1 ' ~'J i th ð. manhole beh:ind it tha.t need", per' i 0 die
..Ine
s e ¡,-, v i c i n 9 . The pr'O per-'t y Ol-¡ner' has ð.!;weed to give a needed ea:":'~ÍIlent on
the ~,~ est side of the lot in r'et ur'n fOr' an a 11 Ol-Jance to place a
concr'et e slab on '.L in or'der-' to pad-( snolAJmobile tr'.o:d 1 e r-'. Taufen
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indicated that ¿,:c.cct~ ~=.-:=. f'r'om the SOUth03.St: ',:, ide of the p'r' 0 pe 'r't y IrW U 1 d
give much better' access. After-' discussion Rieke made a motion to allolrJ
Taufen, City Engineer' Joe Bet ten d 0 'r' f and M .oH' k Hi ltner', the pr'O per't y
OViner-' to negotiatG an easement as needed. The motion ~'Jas ~,econded by
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Ayes: Reber', Rieke~ Loso¡ Hiemenz, Ehler't"
Nayes: None. ~'10t i on C<3r'r'i ed"
Hiernenz made a motion to 'r'ece s s fOr-' ten minutes at 8:30 p. m. ; seconded
by r~ e b e r' .
p.yes: R e b e 'r' ; Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz¡ Eh 1 e r't .
hlayes: \\lone. f'1ot ion C¿HT' i ed.
Ma yo r' R e be r' r'econ v en ed the meeting at 8 : f¡, ø p. m.
CLERK/ADMINISTRATOR REPORTS: U A complc::\j,nt about ¿\ bus. of Dale Salo'~~.
par' 1< e d adjacent to his development ln Clover-,cJale Estë:\tes Addition ar-'ea
h¿~s p'r'oduced a r' e s po n s e fr'om Salo. The Police Chief sent a .L' to
nO\..lCl?
him to fllove it ¡ and he r'espondeLl that he has made ar'r'an gem ent s to ha,ve
U; ,,-, e m 0 v e d .
2) The Gr'G en Thumb pr-'O gr'am is not active in the õ'.L Joseph community.
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Stapleton discussed the p'r'ogr'am th¿\t ser'ves to help get senior'
citizens involved in the com m I.m i t Y t I"w 0 ugh employment and tr' a i n ì n 9 .
Rieke made a motion to allow the ci t y staff> tQ help facilitate the
p)" 0 9 r'a m in St. Joseph t h r-' 0 IJ 9 h some use of city staff ·t i me; seconded
by Hj.emenz.
Ayes~ Reber'j Rieke, L.o ':',0 ¡ Hiemenz¡ Eh 1 er·'t.
Nayes~ None. Motion car'r' j. ed.
3) Stapleton discussed the stë:\tus of the A. l..J. H. 1. R. pr' Q !; 'r'2 In and that
an alcohol and dr'ug testing P¡·' 0 g 'r'3 m ,-J ill be r'equi r-'ed to be in place
by Januar'y 1 ¡ 1996 fOr-' those employees ItJr¡ 0 rwld C ü rn rn e r'C i a 1 dr-' i ver's
1 icen~"es.
4) Retaininy tapes of Counci 1 meetings vJas discussed. Loso made ó:i.
motion to ¿¡,llo,'J tapes to be 'ï' e t 2, j, n e d for' at: 1e,3.st E\ 'I ear'> and may be
¡'-'C!used aft P.r-' one year' has passed, e XC!? pt j. n ca~,ÐS of closed meetin!J~'
¡:::'age ê~777
Apt'i 1 &7 1995
O"r"\- if dh'ected to t'etai n a ti::1pe f Ot' a longet' pet'i od of time, and
p!"epat'e 2\ w!"itten policy fot, tape t'et ent ion and dupl icat ion. The
motion was seconded by Riel-<e.
Ayes: Re bet', Rieke, Loso, Hiemenz, Eh 1 e t't .
Nayes: None. Vlot ion cat't'i ed.
5) The summet' t'ect'eat ion pt'O !;wam is being pt'epat'ecl. Re ~l i., t !"at i on ItJ i 11
be held on Tuesday, Apt"i 1 11 f'r'om & to 8 p. m.
&) Spt'i ng cleanup ItJil1 be ctwbs. ide on Thut'sdays, AI::wi I c~ø ,:7\nd Apt'i I 27.
Appliance picl-<up wi 11 be on Apt'i 1 27 on 1 y.
HUNGER AWARENESS: Jennife!" Holton i::\ppeat'ed be f ot'e the Council to
infot'm them of an event to t'a is e money and i nCt'eë:lSe awat'eness of
hunget' in youth. A 5K walk/Run/Roll against h ttn get' wi 11 bt~ held on
Sunday (~pt' i I 3Ø beginning at Kennedy EI em ent at"Y at 1 : L~5 p. 111. Ci:.<.sh
donations wi 11 be accepted. The main ptwpose of the pt' 0 g t'a m is to
i nCt'ease awat'en e s· s of hunget-' in youth and to assist in (':!nding hunr.~et'
of chi ldt-·en.
BASEBALL PROGRAM AND PARK: Pat Schneidet' in f Q\"ITI ed thf:! Counci 1 L~l+
pat't ici pant s have signed up with the Babe Ruth Leag ue. He also
indicated that the Baseball pat'k scht~dul e is pt'et t l' full.
Some paint on the back of the new bleach et'S needs cot't'ect ion. The
company has been contacted and cot't'ect ion is not 2\ pt'obl em..
The Amet-'ican Legion has put'chased a lot of equipment foy' the baseb¿d 1
team. Lack of stot'age space is becoming a set'ious pt'obl em. J'ohn
Meyet' has dt'awn up a pt'oposal for ADA handicap accessible batt1!"ooms
I'Ji th stot'age space with a pt'o po s ed cost of $&'+, øøø.. A vet'bal
contt'act has been obtained to hold the st i:.<.t e Babe Ruth t out'nament in
the ball pat'k this fall. Discussion on batht'oom f ¿iC i 1 it i e~; and
possible funding followed. Maym' Rebet' stated thi:.<.t with the t i r.~ht
budget the city does not have the t'esout'ces to fund mot'e facilities..
Schn e i del" indicated that then,? may be ott1e!" funding s,out'ces available
in the community. This is a community I.\sed facility.
Schneidet' also discussed the need fot' anothet' at'ea fo!" <'::"\ ball field
fOr' pickup type games fot, use when the cut't'ent ball fields i:\ t' e in use.
Counci 1 agt'e ed and suggested that thet'e may be i:\n at'ea in Mi 11 !:':,b'eam
Pat'k available fot,this use. Ri el-<e wi 11 ask the Design Team to
considet,this n(;!ed7 and L050 \rJ ill tal-<e the matt~H~ to the Pat'k Boat'cI.
A pt'oposal fot, lighting the Me rn Or' i a 1 Pat'k Ball field was pt'esent ed by
Schn e i d et'. Aft et' some discussion, Hiemenz 11I<..'\de a motion to allow
Schneidet~ to get a committee togethet'to \rJot~k out a pt'opos¿d. Ri e~{e
seconded 'che motion. Discussion -- Mayo!" Rebet' volunteet' to be on the
committee.
Ayes: Re be'r'.¡ Rieke, Loso? Hiernenz? Eh 1 e t~t n
Nayes: None. Motion c<'::1t't'iecl.
COUNCIL REPORT - HIEMENZ: 1) Hiernenz t~epo!'-·t ed that Ken Twit disclJssed
the St a'r~ C i t Y Design Team's fot"\:;hcom i ng visit, and Counc i 1
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f':ipr-' i 1 6~ 1995
par't i c i pat ion.
2) A student called fOr' i n fOr' mat ion on Pine stock' 5 impact on the City.
1'1 a yo 'r' Rebe'r' ext.ended thf? meeting five minute';', at 10:0iZ1 p. ITI. and
di",cussed with the Council s.c;tback r-' e LJ u i 'r' e men t s fOr' ." 11 D.C:C' C~ S f.. 0 'j'" \/
b IJÍ 1 din 9 s in r'e sid ent i ¿1.l zon(~s, including those that d'r'e not on ~3 slab
0)'-' found2,'t~ ion. He indic¿\tc~d that hi? \I~ i 11 'r~'efeìOo, to the Planning
Com m i !:; s ion to consid~?r' r'elieving the setback r'eq U i 'r'e m ent for' i3.CCesSOr·'y
buildings \.'Jh i ch ar'e not on found¿lt ions, Or' slabs,.
Rieke made a motion to adj our-'n at 10:05 p. m. ; seconded by EhJ.er't.
Ayes: R e b e r' , Rieke, Lo so, Hiemenz, Ehler-'t.
Ni:¡yes: None. 'riot i on cary·i ed.
Rachel st ale on
Clerk/Administrator
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